...third order of operation is to implement the change. This involves managing the transition effectively. It might be helpful to draw up a plan, allocate resources, and appoint a key person to take charge of the change process. The company's leaders should try to generate enthusiasm for the change by sharing their goals and vision and acting as role models. The process of planning and implementing change in organizations could be done by minimizing employee resistance and the cost to an organization, while also maximizing the effectiveness of the changing effort. Edward Jones doesn’t require change to remain competitive, but more so to produce or offer the best product and services for their employees to offer to clients. Another reason for change is because of opportunities,...
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...of detail and communication technologies (ICT) expansion has turn out to be a brawny driving force in about each feature of expansion. This paper intends to discover the bang of cyber crime on developing countries mainly in terms of economic losses. Findings – The paper in general terminates that the internet is crushingly strong equipment for expansion. Inconsistently, the internet is a “double-edged sword,” offering several choices for peoples and associations to expand except at the similar time, has carried out with it fresh choices to execute crime. The paper disputes that the internet shows fresh confronts to law enforcement in every expanded and budding nations. Conversely, budding nations endure significantly as of the actions of internet crime than their expanded counterparts as budding nations have insufficient expertise, infrastructure and deficient law enforcement proficiency. Consequences of Cyber Crime Phenomena for Developing Countries Cyber crime means any act of crime through computers and networks; in general this act is called hacking. Moreover, this crime also comprises conventional crimes performed by the Internet. As an example; theft of identity, hate offenses, credit card account thefts, telemarketing and Internet fraud are viewed as cyber crimes when the unlawful activities are conducted by the Internet. Many publications and reports on cybercrime commence by determining the term “cybercrime”. Another example for a global approach is Art. 1.1...
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...For as long as I can remember, I've never been complacent with the knowledge I possess. Constantly setting new goals that will stretch my mind into something that it was not the day before and allowing every experience to shape me, while never loosing a handle on my own personal convictions and what I have learned along the way, has always been a way of life for me. For me, pursuing a legal education is not a terminal accomplishment, nor will obtaining a legal degree quench this ongoing thirst for knowledge that I have always had; I don't want it to. I constantly need to be in pursuit of challenging goals that that require considerable mind expansion and personal reflection. The experiences and knowledge that I will acquire in attending law school will stretch my mind to think in ways that I never have, allowing me to face future intellectual, professional, and academic goals with confidence and enthusiasm. Mid way through my senior year, the University of Arizona choose me to be their undergraduate representative at the "Arizona First" town hall meeting, a three day, bipartisan conference focus on shaping legislation that will bring economic growth and prosperity to AZ. During this three day conference I worked closely with Arizona state representatives and senators, the majority of whom where lawyers, in proposing new legislation with the potential of bringing new job opportunities, more commerce, and an overall better standard of living to the state. It was one of the first...
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...Article Title: Recruiting Generation Y. Educational Leadership Abstract: “The article offers several ideas for educational leaders to prepare their school district to recruit teachers from Generation Y, those who are born between 1977 and 1995. It is suggested to analyze the school district's web site and its human resources section for its user-friendliness, design, and teacher candidate accessibility. The application process of the school district should include electronic application programs. Other suggestions are discussed including using electronic and social media to advertise open positions.” Annotated Bibliography: This article explains the importance of the online recruitment of teachers for a new generation of the work force, the Generation Y.As an individual of this generation, even though I am not pursuing to be a teacher, I agree with the recruiting approaches the article suggests. An attractive and user-friendly web site and advertising through suitable social media were discussed. I believe these approaches apply not only on the education field but many recruiting strategies in different careers for the Gen Y. Internet is used incredibly widespread nowadays especially for the new generations such as Gen X, Gen Y and teenagers. People who have access to the internet would obtain ton of information even more than they expected. It then became an effective way for employers to recruit people by launching information up on the internet. This way is inexpensive...
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...International School of Management Identifying and Managing Risks in Professional Services Firms & The Novo Group Incorporated Candidate: Maria Nicholas-Groves Date: August 15, 2013 Executive Summary Identifying, measuring and managing risks are critical for all businesses today. There is substantial research of applying risk management within manufacturing companies, yet limited information regarding services firms and their need to manage risk effectively. Nevertheless, service businesses account for 70% of employment and 70% of domestic product in Western countries (Hollman, 1991). Given the substantial impact this industry has on Western States, it is critical companies understand how to apply risk concepts and become capable of dealing with their risks appropriately and cost effectively. This paper will uncover the core risks professional services firms’ face. It will overlay this assessment on a micro level, reviewing The Novo Group, Incorporated. This is a professional services firm specializing in recruiting professional talent in the United States. In this intersection of risk, the paper will attempt to measure the risk, its impact, and options to manage these possibilities. Professional Services in the United States of America Services are a critical contributor to the United States’ gross domestic product and are responsible for the livelihood of thousands...
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...The merger between Myrtle & Associates and Bellview will Law Group, forming the MAB Law Firm, will create a new network and domain. Myrtle & Associates existing network is modern and using update to date technologies. This network also allows for mobile access to case via the internet. The capabilities of this network give Myrtle & Associates an advantage and helps make them competitive. The Bellview Law Group operates on an antiquated system that is stationary and not as secure as their counterpart. They do not have access to case files on the move. With the merger forming MAB Law Firm there must be some necessary and much needed changes to both systems to a single definitive network. Myrtle & Associates domain will become part of the MAB Law Firm domain. Myrtle & Associates will still have the same experience they previously encountered but will be able to interact more effectively with the employee of Bellview Law Group location. Belleview Law Group will see a complete over hall of their network and systems. Their outdated in-house built server towers will be replaced with new Dell power edge servers. They will operate the same case management software that the Myrtle & Associates operate. These systems will replicate with one another. The network will become a Server 2008 R2 based network utilizing windows active directory one the MAB Law Firm domain. Each site will host a domain controller and domain name system on the same server....
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...that provide same day surgeries for patients that rather do it this way versus going to an actual hospital. This facility is not considered a hospital and therefore does not provide any type of emergency care. In an ambulatory surgery center patients do not need admission, go home right after their procedure and do not stay overnight. Running a surgical center is no easy task, so knowing the laws and regulations are extremely important. There can be many legal issues involved so proper training and education are vital components for the staff and healthcare professionals within those types of facilities. There are many legal issues that mainly involve dealing with physician ownership, network waivers and Medicare cases. Physician ownership seems to be one of the most legally debatable issues having to do with ambulatory centers. This is due to a lot of new owners that come in and buy the business from old owners leaving it. Most owners have to be able to understand their contract with legal obligation for the concerning buyer when selling the center. Selling a surgery center can be difficult especially if it is due to a financial situation. All owners of a business like this must be optimistic about acquiring new business to increase financial compensation and should be monitoring this type of activity with their own software. It is always important to track productivity statistics early to know what you are up against and what changes need to be made, if any. Continuous assessments...
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...(SOX) became law in the year 2002. This act was proposed and created by a Paul S. Sarbanes, United States Senator and Michael G. Oxley, United States House of Representative. The purpose of the act was to bring transparency to gain investors’ confidence (CPA Journal, 2008, Pg. 16 p.1). The SOX Act is a complex law that includes several regulations, procedures, and penalties for fraudulent financial practices and reporting. In 2008 U.S. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes was interviewed by a journalist of CPA Journal and during the interview he state the following, “ We tried to create a framework that supports individuals who want to do things honestly, and identifies and penalizes those who cheat and cut corners” (CPA Journal, 2008 Pg.17 p. ix). During the first five years after the creation of the law, several companies showed resistance adopting the financial procedures and reporting provided by legislators in the SOX Act. After thirteen years from the enactment of the law there still criticism arising from several sections included in SOX Act. This paper will discuss the negative and positive views towards the SOX Act, the discussion will determine the efficacy of the law in avoiding future frauds. Sarbanes–Oxley Act negative views Strong criticism come from Small businesses since the financial reporting and audit requirements included in the law are extremely costly for small companies. Small businesses struggle to become publicly, but eventually since the law requires paying...
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...accounting firms, the prospect of a malpractice case against an accounting firm would at first glance seem attractive. Juries are presumably more predisposed to view accountants with renewed skepticism, when hardly a news cycle passes without some reference to accounting fraud, investigations, and the occasional large-scale debacles like the demise of Arthur Andersen, not to mention the high-profile criminal prosecutions that have recently gone to trial. Daniel J. Hurson, formerly Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel at the SEC, practices securities enforcement and accounting malpractice law in Washington, D.C. His website is www.hursonlaw.com. 25 26 The Practical Lawyer April 2006 Accountant malpractice litigation is a minefield of arcane judicial doctrines layered over pleading and discovery traps that can bury the best plaintiffs’ counsel. Indeed, among the players in these sagas, the accountants sometimes offer the best litigation target. The companies themselves have often tanked; the errant executives dismissed, awash in legal problems, and without insurance coverage; but the accountants (Andersen notwithstanding) live on and prosper. They are generally deep-pocketed and amply insured, and the surviving “big four” firms are vast international organizations with billions in revenues. Even the middle-tier accounting firms are substantial in their own right, and are recently acquiring more and bigger clients as the big four shed smaller clients. In fact,...
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...France: A close relationship with CSR More than a legal problem, we have a lexical one. Corporate Social Responsibility is a generic word used all over the world, but as to use carefully in France because of Social. In a country where people are proud to have the best social system, we have to understand what is related to social and how to talk about it when it is linked to mores. France has adopted many legal frameworks and many companies have joined the United Nation Global Compact that makes France, one of the largest network. Moreover, CSR is related to history in France with the Human Right constitution. Nowadays, CSR is a key issue that has to be taking into consideration in a domestic that will impact an international scale. For France, CSR is not only related to ethnic issues bus can also have a good and a bad impact in social issues, economic in France and overseas and in the environment. France is perceived as one of the leader in CSR, more than 47% of French companies have an exemplary CSR management and system while only 40% in the OCDE and 15% in the BRICS. But France has a problem with the integration of ethical issues regarding risk management, recent conviction or rules policy. (Ecovadis, 2015). This good performance is linked to a good structured in their CSR approach that covers several aspects from the global key issues that has to be covered, but also through a good communication of the diverse actions and a constant innovation in the process to improve...
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...Sarbanes Oxley: An Antidote To Executive Greed? | May2011 | “Today I sign the most far-reaching reforms of American business practices since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This new law sends very clear messages that all concerned must heed. This law says to every dishonest corporate leader: you will be exposed and punished; the era of low standards and false profits is over; no boardroom in America is above or beyond the law”- George W. Bush | | INTRODUCTION Since the initial separation of corporate ownership from corporate management, the abuse of power by management has been a concern. Early in the last century a small number of Industrialists owned and controlled the major corporations. Slowly, as these individuals aged and retired, their vast holdings were transferred to a large number of decedents who were, for the most part, disinterested in managing the firms in which they held an ownership share. The shareholders relied on experienced managers to direct their corporations. This transfer of power gave rise to agency problems wherein the agent of the organization (manager) is likely to place their own interest above those of the actual owners of the firm. There is a vast body of literature addressing the issues of agency problems and clearly defined Agency Theory to which the majority of scholars subscribe (Van Ness, Miesing, and Kang, 2009) The original attempt to create an antidote to agency problems was the formation of corporate boards of directors...
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...Smith | 12/1/2011 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VIH Aviation has built credibility for its well trained staff, well maintained equipment, safety standards, and technological developments. The performance of the organization has caught the attention of some foreign firms, and additional business ventures will analyzed. China’s second-largest airline has proposed a joint-venture offering shares, profits, cultural know-how for equipment and managerial know-how. Australia’s HNZ group has proposed an acquisition and has offered their staff, equipment, and cultural know-how in exchange for technological expertise and heavy equipment. Finally the sister corporation VIH Cougar in the Gulf of Mexico could be further expanded. The analysis completed was a competitor analysis; Bristow, PHI, and CHC are all industry leaders bringing their own expertise to the table. Bristow is one of the largest companies in the industry and recently started using TCAS2’s (traffic collision avoidance system) for new equipment. PHI dominates the North American oil and gas market, and has the most air time experience of all firms. CHC also has strong ties with oil and gas firms, but after a significant loss they are looking to be acquired by another firm. Overall the helicopter industry is growing due to the new exploration sites for oil and gas, and many opportunities exist. The second part of the analysis was comparing the economic, political, legal systems: and cultural, ethical, and human rights standards...
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...houses and envision another life," he recalled in The American Lawyer. "I knew kids who had things I could only dream of.” He went on to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1959. He supported himself by selling insurance policies for his father’s company. Later that year he was accepted by the Loyola Marymount University School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1962. In 1963 he passed the California bar examination. He soon began taking highly publicized police brutality cases. In May of 1966, a young black man named Leonard Deadwyler was shot dead by police as he tried to rush his pregnant wife to the hospital. Cochran represented Deadwyler's family, who accused the police of needless brutality in their son's murder. The Los Angeles Police Department argued that the officers had acted in self-defense. "To me, this was clearly a bad shooting," Cochran maintained in The American Lawyer. "But the [district attorney] did not file charges, and when our firm filed a civil suit we lost. Those were extremely difficult cases to win in those days. But what Deadwyler confirmed for me was that this issue of police abuse really galvanized the...
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...MM522: Week 7 – Assignment: Marketing Plan – Victus HR Solutions 06/12/2010 Omolola Adekeye D03211850 Student Keller Graduate School of Management Executive Summary Our company functions as a Human Resources Management Consultancy firm providing specialty human resource services and business immigration to small and midsize business. Professional recruitment services are offered to healthcare and legal professionals. We represent the interests of both healthcare and legal professionals and the facilities that employ them -- matching professionals with their most desirable job openings while supporting employers in their search for skilled, experienced talent in those same professions. Victus HR Solutions is a human resource (HR) consulting company Victus has expertise in a wide range of HR areas and is targeting the emerging company market. Victus HR Solutions will offer this market the ability to compensate it with stock options from their company in lieu of only cash. This will be especially appealing to start-up companies that find capital scarce. Omolola Adekeye, the founder and owner will be leveraging her past and current personal/professional relationships to generate business for Victus HR Solutions. The leveraging of these relationships will be especially fruitful since a large degree of business for emerging companies is based on networking. Omolola has a large number of relationships to utilize having spent over as immigration professional. She also has...
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...of skills and knowledge and attributes 5 2.2 The justification of TNA 6 2.3 Discrimination issues in TNA 7 2.4 Approaches used for TNA at the organizational, team and individual levels 7 Guide to effective introduction of TNA 7 2.5 Links to Appraisal 8 4. References 9 Task 1 1.1 Strategic HRD Definitions Human resource development has now become a necessity rather than sheer mind-set. As the world economy is changing, it is crucial for organizations to proactively and strategically adopt HRD (Hollingshead, 2010). Not just that, it also requires the firms to shift their approach to HRD. This is the driving factor for strategic HRD. Some of the definitions to identify the scope of SHRD by different authors and perspectives are as below: * According to McCracken and Wallace (2000), SHRD can be defined as creating a learning culture that not only aligns with the corporate level strategy of the firm but also shapes it and influences it by opting for training, learning and development of the human resources. * One of the earlier definitions of HRD includes managing employment learning while taking into consideration the long term implications of the business and corporate strategies such that they lead to mutual benefit for the individual human resources and the organization too (Garavan, et al, 2002). Another author proposed that strategic HRD targets the human resource development within the strategic...
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