...Head Start 1 Running Head: HEAD START Social Policy Study Improving Head Start Act of 2007 Kristin Sancken University of Minnesota Head Start 2 I. Introduction Head Start is a beloved program and one of the few social welfare programs that continues to garner strong support from both sides of the aisle. It has seen very little shift in public perception over the last 44 years since it’s creation as part of President Johnson’s Office of Economic Opportunity, and politicians have framed it essentially the same way during that time, namely, a way to provide the least fortunate with a chance at educational opportunity. Every few years, the Head Start Act must be reauthorized by the U.S. House and Senate in order to continue receiving federal funding. The Head Start Act itself states that its purpose is to, “promote the school readiness of low-income children by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development”(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). Head Start focuses on growth in a variety of areas such as acquisition of language, literacy, math, science, social and emotional functioning, creative arts, and physical education (Kildee, 2007; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). To reach these lofty goals, Head Start provides a holistic blend of services to low-income children and their families, based on family needs (Kildee, 2007; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2008). The latest reauthorization...
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...ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER A. The network for the given problem is as shown below B. The various activities given in the case may be broken down into sub-activities as follows. a. Meet with department heads i. Fix appointments with department head ii. Prepare agenda and inform department heads as needed iii. Meet department heads and discuss plans b. Appoint move advisory committee iv. Decide broad advice required from advisory committee and identify skill sets needed v. Decide various members required for committee vi. Inform members and get responses vii. Replace members based on responses viii. Call committee meeting and help committee gel together ix. Release official committee appointment communication c. Plan PR activities x. Decide channels necessary xi. Decide whether to be done in company or to appoint agency xii. Decide channel-appropriate PR material xiii. Populate to appropriate people for approvals xiv. Deploy d. Meet with police department xv. Fix appointments with police department xvi. Prepare agenda and inform department as needed xvii. Meet police department and discuss plans xviii. Get necessary approvals e. Meet with city traffic engineers xix. Fix appointments with engineers xx. Prepare agenda and inform city traffic...
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...CASE ANALYSIS – ABC STEEL COMPANY I. VIEWPOINT: Vice-President Production II. TIME CONTEXT: Upon appointment of Mr. Roberto Cruz as the new Shop Manager III. PROBLEM STATEMENT Delay in delivery of finished goods IV. STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES To zero backlog by end of the third month. V. AREAS OF CONSIDERATIONS Strengths Producer of top quality steel products Largest producer of fabricated steel products Majority of workers are within nearby district Management is responsive to the problems in the organization Management are open to appoint employees to open position(s) within the organization (vertical movement/lateral movement) Weaknesses Shortage of skilled manpower Workers constantly violating company rules Damaged reputation with clients due to late delivery High cost of operational expenses due to excessive overtime pays and payment of penalty for undelivered items Poor planning and coordination No back-up plan Possibility of going chapter 11 Inaccurate estimates and targets Discipline problem Shifting and work schedule Some of the middle management lacked sufficient “management experience” Opportunities Arrival of new technologies that would fast track the fabrication of steel products New partnerships or mergers with local and international firms Innovative product variations Export of services & products Skills Training School (accreditation to TESDA) Threats ...
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...Health Administration? Health Administration or healthcare administration is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of hospitals networks, healthcare systems, and public health systems. There are two types of administrators, generalist and specialist. Generalists are individuals who are responsible for managing or helping to manage an entire facility. Specialists are individuals who are responsible for the efficient operations of a specific department such as policy analysis, finance, accounting, budgeting, human resources and marketing (www.mshealthcareers.com). Students beginning a career in health administration must possess an array of professional and management skills in addition to a strong knowledge and fundamental understanding of the field. Prime example proficient computers skills are an essential management tool for health care administrators such as: word processing, graphics and presentations, using operating systems, creating databases, spreadsheet analysis, using imported data, e-mail, and downloading information are among highest ranked for computer skills. The experience for this career requires you to know and become familiar with the healthcare discipline, to get as much internship as you can. Applying for internships for this field will make you invaluable to develop your career, ask for experience; with this you can contact healthcare organizations who are always looking for ways to groom and prepare the next generation of healthcare...
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... BAJAJ HINDUSTHAN LIMITED) who gave me the opportunity to work with the organization. I am extremely grateful to my guide and project coordinator Mr. Mohan Kumar Sharma (officer– HR) & Mr. Shankar Singh (Sr.Officer –HR) who removed every stumbling block in my endeavor to complete my project successfully. They proved to be a constant source of inspiration to me. Last but not the least; I would like to thank those who were directly or indirectly responsible for the successful completion of the project. Priyanka O15 S. NO. | PARTICULARS | PAGE NO. | 1 | Objectives of Study | 5 | 2 | Introduction to the Company | 6-12 | 3 | Literature Review | 13-19 | 4 | Research Methodology | 20-21 | 5 | Data Analysis |...
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...More children are living below the poverty line in America today than when the war on poverty began almost fifty years ago. Despite consistent efforts by the government, nonprofit organizations, and the people themselves, poverty rates in 2012 are very similar to the early 1960s. Social security and Medicaid have reduced the number of seniors living in poverty, but the plight of children has worsened. Several factors have contributed to this problem. As measured by inflation adjusted dollars, wages of low-skill jobs have declined. The number of families headed by unmarried mothers has risen, and large numbers of immigrants with little education have entered the U.S. The combination of these factors have resulted in approximately 20% of our country’s children living in poverty, which is 50% higher than 1969. Historically, the foundational basis for lifting the disenfranchised out of poverty is education. One of the first steps of the civil rights movement was a grassroots movement educating the poor and disenfranchised to a level of literacy that would enable them to register to vote. This strategy was led by Stephen Currier and his wife, Audrey Bruce, the granddaughter of Andrew Mellon, during the early 1960s. Their Taconic Foundation brought the leading civil rights groups together with other foundations including the Stern, Rockefeller, and Norman foundations. The funding to civil rights advocacy associations was matched with volunteers throughout the South who tutored...
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...In the later 19th century, Finance was a part of the Economics. But due to the globalization and more expansion of international trade, Finance plays the major role for the economic development. The development of a modern economy would not have been possible without the use of money. Bank is an important and essential financial institution for the necessity of the use of money and the protection of the money. Bangladesh is now integral part of global market. As such there is an urgent requirement for Bangladesh to place the traditional banking pretties in harness with the global trades of a free market economy by following international Banking customs, practices and standards. Today clients of a bank in Bangladesh are exposed as well as interNational markets. They have to stay update with their practice and standards to meet the demands of achieving harmony in the high standards of a free economy. Rationale of the Study: Now a days banking sector have built up as the most important player of the economy. Economists have observed that loan is of the most important aspects of economic activity because of its great role in establishing various projects that generates production and thus generating employment. The only important aspect of loan is economic and social development in addition to achieving a suitable profit margin. Islamic banks consider loan as the basic motivation for community development and a means to get rid of social and economic problems through employment...
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...Executive Summary Situational Analysis Overview: Marble Slab Creamery (MSC), founded in 1983, is an ice cream serving company which offers various premium ice cream products. Operating with the franchise model, MSC focuses on the student-driven market. The competitive advantage of MSC is its high standard, customized product. Compared with other local competitors, MSC serves the ice cream through manual gauging rather than the ice cream machine. Being able to choose flavours and mixins as they like, the customers of MSC can enjoy unique customized ice cream experience. With the success of his first franchise in Kitchener, Rob Hunter, an MSC franchisee, prepares to open his second location at Waterloo. The gross revenue of the Kitchener store, a mid-range unit, in the first year was $430,212, and the gross margin was 14.62%. The materials and wages of $226,998 were the main costs. Hunter has to make an immediate decision on which weighing policy he should adopt in his new store: should he strictly comply with head office's current weighing policy or use a modified policy according to the traffic level of the new location? Main SWOT Points Related to the Issue: The most significant strength of MSC is its premium customized product. However, weighing is extremely time-consuming, which is the weakest point of MSC since it is hard for customers who have to stand in a queue for about an hour to get the service in the busy summer time. The opportunity of Hunter’s new location...
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...Development manager. B) Interpretation of Data and Presentation of Facts: The information, collected from the relevant personnel and studies, were first recorded and then interpretation of the information was make. The significant findings are presented systematically throughout the report. Introduction The act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively that is the work of management. Though management work started from the beginning of the world, it became popular in 19th century. Management comprises planning, organizing, stuffing, leading and controlling an organization for the purpose of accomplishing goal. Management starts with planning. Good management starts with good planning. Without a plan you will never succeed. If you happen to make it to the goal, it will have been by luck or chance and is not repeatable and management ends with accomplishing goal. Today professionals in the management department are important in the success of any organization. Without a good management department, we can’t think of a successful organization. Managing people is not easy. However, it can be...
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...Re Table of Contents COMPANY LETTER HEAD ......................................................................................................................... 2 INSTITUTE CERTIFICATE .......................................................................................................................... 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 5 1 Company Profile:............................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6 A Brief History ......................................................................................................................... 6 Milestones:.............................................................................................................................. 7 Vision....................................................................................................................................... 7 Companionship: .............................................................................................................. 7 Tangible differentiation: ..................
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...the consumer and business markets. In conjunction with these acquisitions DDM has acquired a range of payroll processing methods, systems, pay cycles and reporting structures. Currently, 11 staff oversees the payroll delivery for 1,238 employees at 5 different site locations. DDM’s current business plan calls for all support operations to be centralized at the Head Office over the period of one year. The goal of this change is to sustain the expected growth of the company by reducing overhead costs for Payroll and Human Resources in each operational centre. CASE SUMMARY GUIDELINES: What are the issues in this case? Our objective is to determine the set up of a centralized payroll at the Head Office. To do this, the following existing payroll issues will have to be considered: 1. There are many payroll systems currently being used in the different operational centres (outsourced: ADP & Ceridian; in-house: Simply & ACCPAC; manually for management). Analysis of the situation: Using a mix of in-house systems and outsourcing partners in a large company operating in nine sites, can make it difficult for the head office to get visibility into their individual payroll operations, ensure they are all compliant and in some cases, it is a struggle just to get basic data/information. Similarly, quality of service may vary widely from operation to operation, yet it can be hard to extract enough relevant data to make meaningful comparisons between the different operational centres...
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...Subject: Management Information Systems Assignment: Security Poli Cooney Hardware Ltd Security Policy Table Of Contents * Introduction * Purpose * Why do we need a Security Policy * What is a Security Policy * Building Issues * IT Policy * Risk Analysis (Identifying The Assets) * Risk Management(Identifying The Threats) * Personal Security * Health And Safety * Auditing * Security Threats * Network Policy * Delivery Of Goods * Conclusion * Introduction Information Security has come to play an extremely vital role in today’s fast moving but invariably technically fragile business environment. Consequently, secured communications and business are needed in order for both Cooney Hardware Ltd. and our customers to benefit from the advancements the internet has given us. The importance of this fact needs to be clearly highlighted, not only to enhance the company’s daily business procedures and transactions, but also to ensure that the much needed security measures are implemented with an acceptable level of security. It’s sad to see that the possibility of having our data exposed to a malicious attacker is constantly increasing everyday due to the high number of ‘security illiterate’ staff also having access to sensitive and sometime even secret business information. * Purpose The purpose of this policy is to secure and protect the assets owned by Cooney Hardware Ltd, one of the biggest hardware company’s...
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...Interactions Disagreements & differences were not treated as threat; free expression Hate waffling Governed by own conscience and internal sense of right and wrong. | Formal Interactions Emphasis of politeness, respect & emotional restraint. Circling around the topic More focussed on what others would say; led down when publically challenged. | Legal * Faulty HR policy can create legal issues. SWOT Analysis of Present System STRENGTH * The selection process varied amongst different countries hence it catered to cultural differences in a better way. * 90% of candidates were from the same country as the one they would be working in * Structured interviews by HR Specialist and department representative | WEAKNESS * Individual assessment centres were conducted by External consulting firms and hence less opportunity for modifications * No guarantee on validity of information from the selection system * No empirical evaluation of the assessment centres * No statistical analysis of the selection procedures * Limited time and budget * Lack of willingness in people to move...
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...CONTROL TECHNIQUES 1. INTRODUCTION The assignment requires critically analyzing one of the key aspects of managerial organization and making suggestions to improve the current status of the selected organization. Out of the four areas I chose control techniques for this assignment. Management controls have always existed, in order to control the behavior of employees with the purpose of ensuring that organisational objectives are achieved. Many of these controls were accounting controls, such as budgets, standard costs, variance analysis etc. As organisations became more sophisticated, non financial controls were added. These controls included targets such as quality, waste, delivery lead-time, customer satisfaction etc. When other controls, such as those in respect of personnel, information systems, corporate policies, working practices etc. are added, the result is a system of management control, although often the components of the system lead to different behaviors. In his seminal work on the subject, Anthony (1965) defined management control as: “The process by which managers assume that resources are obtained and used effectively and efficiently in the accomplishment of the organisation’s objectives” His classic categorization of control was of three levels; strategic, management and operational which he saw as linked. In his work, management control was seen as the interface between strategic planning and operational control such that management control...
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...Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Introduction We all know that Bank is nothing but a financial institution. And it’s a very much well known word to all of us. Bank actually serves as a financial intermediary. The term "Bank" may refer to one of several related types of entities like: Central bank, State- owned Commercial bank, Private Commercial bank or Merchant bank, Foreign Commercial bank, Specialized Development bank, etc. But when we use the term bank it generally means ‘commercial bank’ that collects the deposit from surplus unit of the society and then lends the deposits to the deficit units of the society. But the new thing is that how it operates and presenting its activities for the purpose of serving customer requirements to increase their well-being in the sense of wealth. Banks also provide many services for clients to make their life easy in this busy environment. In this competitive environment in today’s world, the entire bank increases their facilities in favor of their customers to retain them and capture more share of the market to be leader. The whole banking system is based on the Interest system. But according to the Islamic rules interest is not legal. So many people, who could be the potential customers of Bank, feel not to engage themselves in the banking system. To facilitate them in addition of the Conventional banking System there is another System we can see a banking world that run according to Shariah. This system established...
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