...A Comparison of the Labour Market Outcomes of the Postsecondary Graduates of Various Levels and Fields over a Four-Cohort Period Reactions: The one thing that surprised me in this article was that the evolving economy did not require workers with specific technical skills; instead it requires workers who have more transferable and less specific skills, which is most of the liberal arts students. I believed that technical skills were a requirement or most jobs and were what made the workers appropriate for the job. I always assumed that workers with technical skills are the ones who end up with high wage jobs as they are applying the skills they learnt in school. However, this is not that case, as employers now want workers who understand the various aspects of the new technology, who know how to use it and how to promote it. This was one thing that really stood out to me from this article. Keepers: One key idea from this article that I believe is a take home point is the fact that students in college and trade programs are usually the ones with the highest possibility of getting a part time job or no job at all. Another key point is that graduates of humanities, fine arts, and programs classifies as ‘other’ programs are also the ones with the highest possibility of getting a part time or no job at all. I believe this is key because even though there are points in this article stating that technical skills are not the only skills employers look for, or that trade programs...
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...duration” of CRPS differs between those who are affected (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). People of any age can develop CRPS, but the most common age is 40, and the elderly are rarely affected (RSD CRPS). It is generally seen in more women than men, but both are susceptible (RSD CRPS). There is no cure but merely therapies to treat the symptoms as the individual’s body works to heal itself. There...
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...Bibliography [Page - 1] [Page - 1] [Page - 2] [Page - 3] [Page - 4] [Page - 4] [Page - 5] [Page - 5] [Page - 5] [Page - 6] INTRODUCTION The Corporate Retreat Professionals (CRP) is an event management company specializing in corporate customers. CRP will offer two types of services, retreat training services as well as product launch event planning. The retreat training services will be either leadership development training or teaming skills training. For both types of retreats, CRP can take care of the planning of the event, as well as actually hosting the training through the use of one of CRP's strategic business partners. The corporate market for event management is steady and profitable. For some large companies, economic downturns mean cuts in training. This is, however, only the case for shortsighted companies. The benchmark companies may trim down the workforce during a downturn, but they do not cut funds for training. They recognize that investing in human resources is always a good investment. CRP intends to profit nicely from this. Additionally, even in economic downturns, companies still have product launches and will still need someone to organize these events. In short, the need for corporate event planning/hosting services rarely diminishes, it is a steadily increasing demand that CRP will capitalize on. There are a good number of event management companies in Bangladesh but the...
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...The CRP, also, intercepting the Democratic party’s meetings by wiretapping the phones of a couple of Democrats who were at the meetings. The FBI could not find any evidence of being tapped in one of the phones, but, in the other, the FBI had found the listening device. With the device being uncovered, the CRP had started to plan their second break in. During the second break in, Frank Wills, a security guard for Watergate, had noticed a piece of tape on one of the doors. He had taken the tape off and, when he returned to the door later that night, it was retaped. Wills had called the cops, who arrested Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis, CRP’s burglars. The cops also arrested E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy for conspiracy. All seven of them were arrested for burglary, attempted interception of telephone and other communication devices, and violation of federal wiretapping laws. Nixon had some “critical” conversations with the CRP and the Watergate case, which was recorded and presented to the world. Investigators looked more into the tapes and noticed that some of the clippings were erased, meaning possible other conversations about or with the CRP. After Nixon resigned, Gerald Ford, Nixon’s vice president, took over, he pardoned...
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...What company is the case about: Nucleon a biotechnology company (specialized R&D) One of over 200 firms Case Facts: Need one strong patent on the right molecule and that can ensure survival for years by allowing the company to attract capital Very difficult to patent the process technology used to obtain a biologically important molecule (hard to predict how the courts would rule) May also take several years to process an application and large risks with going ahead with development without the patent Nucleon has a strong patent position for CRP-1 molecule but not so certain about the rights to the other necessary proprietary components i.e. the genetic sequence Nucleon must pick the right projects the first time and cannot gamble with a big portfolio of projects Must also be in the loop about new scientific research which requires them to attract the best in-house scientist and maintain close contact with universities It’s imperative that Nucleon gets its products into the clinic before their competition does. Nucleon’s competition is not direct in that they are working directly on cell regulating proteins, but the projects that they are working on require similar technology and others are developing drugs for the same disease that the cell regulating factors are being developed. All Biotechnology firms started as specialized R&D laboratories Some vertically integrated into production or marketing Nucleon can’t afford to market its own product...
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...Department, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ E-mail: llawrence@pima.edu AIM. The purpose of this study was to examine how nurses’ moral distress, education level, and critical reflective practice (CRP) related to their work engagement. The study is relevant to nursing, given registered nurse (RN) documented experiences of job-related distress and work dissatisfaction, and the nursing shortage crisis. A better understanding of factors that may enhance RN work engagement is needed. METHODS. A non-experimental, descriptive, correlational design was used to examine the relationships among four variables: moral distress, education level, CRP, and work engagement. The sample included 28 intensive care unit RNs from three separate ICUs in a 355-bed Southwest magnet-designated hospital. RESULTS. There was a positive direct relationship between CRP and work engagement, a negative direct relationship between moral distress and work engagement, and CRP and moral distress, together, explained 47% of the variance in work engagement. Additionally, in the neonatal intensive care unit, a positive direct relationship between increased educational level and CRP was identified, with a suggested negative relationship between increased education level and moral distress. IMPLICATIONS. Strategies to promote CRP and reduce moral distress are recommended, to promote RN work engagement. Additionally, further study on the role of education in...
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...shipment information rather than shipping based on retailer-generated orders, to determine the quantity of products to be shipped. This did reduce costs in inventory, and labor, but however, it ended up costing P&G more. Then after another test, they decided to expand on CRP innovation. Mass merchandisers generated interest from other retailers in the new process. CRP started with diapers but then expanded rapidly to other products. Not only did this reduce costs, but increased grocery sales as well. 2. How important are the new information technologies in P&G’s efforts? The new technologies were very important. Increased sales were an important benefit of the CRP program for P&G and its distributors. EDI alone is not beneficial, but when implemented in parallel with process and systems reengineering, it can become a powerful tool. EDI provided an essential platform for CRP operations. EDI was a good and easy first step. As mentioned in number one, these technologies sparked the interest of others, and all begin to join in. Increased sales and expansion, instead of just the diaper, were the outcome of these technologies. 3. To what extent has P&G changed its strategy to take advantage of ECR? CRP was an important element of the ECR vision. The ECR report ran in January 1993, suggested that 38% of the $30 billion in...
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...use shipment information rather than shipping based on retailer-generated orders, to determine the quantity of products to be shipped. This did reduce costs in inventory, and labor, but however, it ended up costing P&G more. Then after another test, they decided to expand on CRP innovation. Mass merchandisers generated interest from other retailers in the new process. CRP started with diapers but then expanded rapidly to other products. Not only did this reduce costs, but increased grocery sales as well. 2. How important are the new information technologies in P&G’s efforts? The new technologies were very important. Increased sales were an important benefit of the CRP program for P&G and its distributors. EDI alone is not beneficial, but when implemented in parallel with process and systems reengineering, it can become a powerful tool. EDI provided an essential platform for CRP operations. EDI was a good and easy first step. As mentioned in number one, these technologies sparked the interest of others, and all begin to join in. Increased sales and expansion, instead of just the diaper, were the outcome of these technologies. 3. To what extent has P&G changed its strategy to take advantage of ECR? CRP was an important element of the ECR vision. The ECR report ran in January 1993, suggested that 38% of the $30 billion in savings projected from implementing ECR in the grocery industry could be...
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...as a synonym for capacity management. There are four procedures for capacity planning; capacity planning using overall factors (CPOF) capacity bills, resource profiles, and capacity requirements planning (CRP). The first three are rough-cut approaches (involving analysis to identify potential bottlenecks) that can be used with or without manufacturing resource planning (MRP) systems. CRP is used in conjunction with MRP systems. Capacity using overall factors is a simple, manual approach to capacity planning that is based on the master production schedule and production standards that convert required units of finished goods into historical loads on each work center. Bills of capacity is a procedure based on the MPS. Instead of using historical ratios, however, it utilizes the bills of material and routing sheet (which shows the sequence or work centers required to manufacture the part, as well as the setup and run time). Capacity requirements can then be determined by multiplying the number of units required by the MPS by the time needed to produce each. Resource profiles are the same as bills of capacity, except lead times are included so that workloads fall into the correct periods. Capacity requirements planning (CRP) is only applicable in firms using MRP. CRP uses the information from one of the previous rough-cut methods, plus MRP outputs...
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...which they operate” (Charles River Center, 2008). Thus it is important for Charles River Printing (CRP) to include this concept into its sustainability vision and mission in order to make it as part of their daily operations and grow as a responsible company. To build the strategic planning practices (SPP) for CRP it is important to develop action plans, the timeline for its planning; the level of stakeholder engagement; the governance structure; risk assessment and mitigation plans; and most importantly measure its progress (Pojasek, 2013. p.1). While doing this it is important to integrate the policies and strategies with respect to the economic sustainability, social responsibility and environmental stewardship of the company. Moreover, the goals have to be aligned with the mission, vision and core value of the company and vice versa. The first step is to develop the SPP would be to understand that of its parent company RR Donnelley. The plant manager should try to align the SPP of CRP with the parent company to have a common methodology and then improvise the strategies, while keeping in mind the long term goals of the company. CRP can follow international performance frameworks that will help them measure their path to excellence, understand the gaps, and discover solutions regardless of sector, size, structure or maturity. It is important for the plant manager of CRP to adopt a very systematical and formal approach towards framing the...
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...XOX-LifeStyle CRP Cash Rewards Program Life with free mobile ! A Subsidiary of XOX Berhad Current Mobile Network Operator U-‐MOBILE MAXIS (~ 14 mil) 2013 Forecast Malaysia mobile subscribers will achieve Source: Forest Interac5ve XOX COM* Tune Talk REDtone CELCOM (~ 11 mil) Others DIGI (~ 9 mil) 40+ million Life with free mobile ! Why Joining XOX LifeStyle TRADITIONAL XOX-LifeStyle Cash Rewards Program Mobile Agencies Network Operator Spending, Discount Life with free mobile ! Save → Free → Earning How To Participate In CRP Program • Sign-up as a Preferred Customer • Get a new service line OR • Switch from your existing operator • Refer 4 Preferred Customers or more That’s It. Done! No extra expenses, free of contract Life with free mobile ! Preferred Customer Benefits • Referral Reward - RM120 per customer referred (one-time cash reward) • Recursive Reward - 10% of monthly commitment from total preferred customers (up to RM10/customer) • Appreciation Reward Life with free mobile ! How CRP Works Referrer You Life with free mobile ! Referral Reward Referral Reward You • Direct referring – RM120/customer • Earning more by referring more customers • Expenses reduced become entirely FREE mobile services Life with free mobile...
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...I. Background Nucleon is a small biotechnology start-up company focused on developing biotechnological pharmaceutical products based on a class of proteins known as cell regulating factors. The company has been in the market for five years, and currently, they are in the process of human trials for their first potential product, “cell regulating protein-1” (CRP-1). Overcoming these phases, Nucleon has to decide among several alternatives on producing CRP-1. Knowing that the process involved a tremendous amount of time and money, Nucleon has to choose the right decision for their long-term survival in the intensively competitive and high-stakes drug industry. II. Problem Analysis Before a drug is launched to the market, it has to pass human trials to get approval from the FDA. There are three phases on human trials: (I) basic safety assessment, where the drug was administered to healthy volunteers to find out any adverse reactions. This phase would require 6-12 months and if there is no serious side effect, the product then (II) administered to patients having disease the drug was presumed to treat to find out whether the patients’ condition improved or suffered by any adverse side effects. This phase would require 1-2 years and then, (III) the product’s efficacy is assessed with a relatively large sample of patients on statically rigorous basis that involved multiple hospitals and required 2-5 years. It would take around 8 years to complete these trials...
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...planning (CRP), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) to run firm smoothly. Before choosing any software we need to see what each device does and what its benefits are. Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) MRP is used for planning projects. It is a system to plan productions. It helps to manage inventory and control parts of inventory. It helps to control Manufacturing details in the system. This system works through electronics. MRP is worked through computers methods. It can also be done manually as well but can take more time. MRP system needs to be sure about available material and when will it be ready for production and available for customers. This system helps maintain small amount of supplies in the stores. Quality production is necessary for system whether it is in manufacture, delivery and purchasing. Epicor software There are software’s available to accomplish these task. Epicor software is one of the solutions as this software known’s that manufactures has to produce quality products due to competition available in market. Manufacturers also face Economic fluctuations, market governance and compliance mandates on daily basis. Epicor also produce ERP solution This software comes in different price. Price range is from $4000 to $50000. Software price depends on the users and what version of software company uses. This software is designed for organizations like PPQ Parts with different operating systems. (Epicor (2012) Capacity Requirement Planning (CRP) Capacity...
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...(Moseley, 2006). Following this, Johnson et al (2011) did a study to establish the effectiveness of GMI in clinical practice. This study found that the average pain intensity did not change, and only 3 out of 32 patients included reported that their pain had at least halved. The patients in Johnson et al (2011) study was only seen by a therapist every 2-4 weeks, compared to in Moseley (2006) study where the patients was seen daily and advised to practice three times every waking hour. This was only one of the possible explanations for the poor effect of GMI in Johnson (2011) study. The CSP guidelines for the management of CRPS (Goebel et al, 2012) are based on a...
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