...(14-15 Academic Year) Year One (Level 4) BA Business Studies Module: Business Systems- An Introductory Management Perspective Student Name: Daniel Makwara Student ID: 3101229 Maker: Ralph Gharibi PART 2 Question 3- (a) The electronic engineering company part 1, question 1 (b), is upgradeing its PCs including the software. As a junior consultant, I have been asked to write a short report recommending up-to-date PCs as follows: Hardware * iMac desktops The iMac is desktop is an all-in-one designed. The desktop is substantially thin edged, has the new Apple Fusion Drive, faster processors which are 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 and i7 Ivy Bridge. These processors makes the computers fast boot and run no delays whilst doing your hence good for business. It also has enhanced graphics along with updates to the ports an 8GB memory RAM for easy backup of large electronics files and also 1TB built in storage for business documents. It comes with 21.5 and 27 inch screen with Intel Iris Pro graphics perfect for viewing electronics circuits easier. * Surface Pro 3-4 tablets The Surface Pro 3is a slim lightweight tablet with performance of a laptop. A compact premium tablet body, it's the ideal way to work on the move hence good for the company to employ so employees can be productive where ever they are. The Surface Pro 3 is powered by a 4th generation Intel® Core™ i3, i5 and i7 processor which feature TurboBoost technology, boosting performance...
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...Management Accounting April 10, 2013 Management Accounting Nepalese Perspective Management accounting is the method of measuring the performance of the organization through both quantitative and non-quantitative approach. Financial accounting and cost accounting both give the quantitative measures based upon which decisions are made but it will not be correct to make decisions based solely upon numbers thus only considering financial terms is considered the old method of decision making in management. Decisions made at both the operational level or management level are not always the outcome of financial numbers. Most of the decisions have other factors which make greater impact than the numbers given by the financial accounting. At present the tendency to measure performance on the overall basis rather than just looking at the size of the profit made by the company has tremendously increased the importance of management accounting worldwide including Nepal. The concept of cash flow management and profitability are central to both financial accounting and management accounting. The financial constrains of any organization defines its objectives and its future course, the impact of which needs to be considered by the managers for decision making in steps. Nepalese Perspective Cash Flow Management The most important function for any manager is to maintain the cash flow of the organization. The main cause of business failure in Nepal like elsewhere is not the unprofitability rather...
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...The relationship between leadership and management is a question that has puzzled many for as long as people have worked together. How do the two concepts relate, how are they different. Are leadership and management dependent or are they independent activities. Leadership and management are concepts that many use interchangeable but too often these concepts are misunderstood at the highest levels of an organization. This misunderstanding leads to confusion, consternation and sometimes dissension within an organization. I will look at the concepts of leadership and management and examine how other writes understand the relationship these two concepts hold. "If there is a clear distinction between the processes of managing and the process of leading it is between getting others to do - managing - and getting others to want to do - leading." (Kouzes, & Posner, 2008) Managers are given a responsibility to perform certain tasks. They are given resources to accomplish their assignments and are expected to perform within a timeframe. In many cases one resource a manager must deploy are personnel. When a manager is in charge of a group of people we have a tendency to call him a leader. Under the definition Kouzes and Posner have put forth a manager is not a leader. In the process of deploying human resources a manager will give assignments, set deadlines and establish job descriptions for each individual. The manager does not set the vision for the organization. The manager does not...
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...wormance Measurements University of Phoenix MGT 437 Project Management Alan Miller January 16, 2012 + Performance Measures Performance measures are used to help provide insight for the company based on the project at hand. The performance measures each look deeper in different areas of the project. A financial audit provides the company with information about how the costs are comparing to the outcome of the project. Learning and growth allows the company to get detailed information from the employees that work for them. Finally there is customer perspective. This is customer insight about the project that was being evauled. Each of these perspectives comes together in one big report for the company but all of the perspectives are different. Financial Audit Audit is a way for the company to have insight to financial matters to help determine if the project is meeting goals. The audit will review budgets, status of the project, and future of project, sales receipts, maintence, and even pay roll information. The company then has an overview of how costly or beneficial the project is. An audit for a project uses no standard system and has no records; therefore the data needs to be started when engaging the audit. Learning and Growth The learning and growth perspective allows a company to understand the employees employed. This provides information based on employee satisfaction and even retention. Learning and growth even explores the different skills...
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...A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Labor Relations Flavia Melo Pilar Asensio Pollyana Sobreira Stephanie Rais Thi Minh Vo I. INTRODUCTION 1. Practical Issues to be considered II. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT III. COMPANY EXAMPLE: Mc DONALD’S 1. Background 2. Managing Diversity 3. Competitive Advantage IV. Mc DONALD’S IN INDIA V. Mc DONALD’S IN CHINA 1. Training Local Staff 2. Fast Food wages scandal in China VI. CRITIQUES 1. Arguments in defense VII. CONCLUSSION VIII. REFERENCES I. INTRODUCTION The report is a discussion of the different perspectives of labor relations in McDonalds located in 2 different countries, which are India and China. Our report is partly based on some aspects of ‘Managing Diversity’ in the workplace and also about International Human Resource Management. The topic is quite complex. The management of this global company involves dealing with cultural issues but at the same time sharing similar practices. The first part of this report contains the case study which involves some aspects of how McDonald’s manages diversity and also the techniques in the HR department which allow the company to leverage diversity to their advantage. The main point that should be considered in the analysis of the organization is whether or not McDonald’s is effectively integrating...
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...LEARNING TEAM CHARTER – TEAM “X” |Course Title |BIS/221 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND SYSTEMS | | | | | | | | | | | Team Members/Contact Information |Name | |Phone | |Time zone and | |Email | | | | | |Availability During the Week | | | |Kristine Henry | |920-566-5800 | |Central Time; After 5 Thurs-Sat | |Henry_kristine@hotmail.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ...
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...CHAPTER 1 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN PERSPECTIVE by Dessler and Cole What is human resource management (HRM)? - it is the management of people in organizations. What is strategic HRM? - it is involving the link between HRM with the organization’s strategic goals and objectives to improve business performance. Human resources activities are now being seen as falling into two categories: a) traditional operational administrative category – HR hires and maintains employees and then manages employee separations. This role requires HR staff to be administrative experts and employee champions b) more recent strategic category where HR is focused on ensuring that organization is staffed with the most effective human capital to achieve its strategic goals. this role requires HR staff to be strategic partners and change agents Internal environmental factors influencing HRM include: - organizational culture (values, beliefs, assumptions) - management practices (bureaucratic structures/flatter organizations) External environmental factors influencing HRM include: - Political - Economical - Social - Technological - Demographic - Labour market - Environmental Three stages in the evolution of management thinking workers are - scientific management focused on production - human relations movement focused on people - human resources movement which it was recognized that organizational success is linked to both HR professionals are certified by provincial...
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...1. The boards decided that an entity’s financial reporting should be prepared from the perspective of the entity (entity perspective) rather than the perspective of its owners or a particular class of owners (proprietary perspective). Do you agree with the boards’ conclusion and the basis for it? If not, why? Yes, we agree with the boards’ conclusion about the preparation of the entity’s financial reports from the entity perspective because this is in correspondence with the current situation of entities. In other words, under the entity perspective, the reporting entity has substance by its own; contrary to the situation under the proprietary perspective where it does not have substance separately from the proprietary one. The proprietary perspective is more accurate to the situation where entities do not exist separately from its owners or to those days where most businesses were sole proprietorships and partnerships that were managed by their owners. Nowadays, the separation between managers and owner grew, most of today’s businesses have legal substance, and multiple capital providers with limited legal liability being more appropriate, in our opinion, the entity adopted perspective. Moreover, as the chapter explains, adopting the entity perspective does not prevent to include additional information on the financial reports that is more consistent with the proprietary perspective but can be useful for any kind of capital providers. 2. The boards decided to identify...
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...India was amazing. People were always willing to help us any way that they could. Whether it was the hotel employees, the bus crew, restaurant staff, bystanders on the street, or even those living in absolute poverty, the people of India were always smiling at us and wanting to know where we were from. Most people would think that they were always looking for a rupee or two, but that was not the case. They were genuinely glad that we were in their country and wanted to make sure that we had the best experience possible. It was inspiring and amazing and I think we could all learn of a lot from them. India was an eye-opening experience and it absolutely gave me an appreciation for how fortunate I am and it really put life into perspective. It made me realize what’s important and what I really value in life. There were times when I found myself frustrated, dirty, exhausted and ready to throw in the towel, but then I would turn a corner and spot something spectacular or come across a child with a smile on their face and I would remember how fortunate I was to experience such a unique place. India is a beautiful place filled with incredible people whose pride in their country is unwavering, and rightfully...
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...CHANGING PERSPECTIVES PSY/220 KATRENA TAYLOR 7/24/11 WRITTEN BY GARY ELLIOTT The scenario that is in the text is something that we see all too often out in society. We as people think that we should have control over what is going on around us at all times. The way we view something is what we have seen in the past, or have experienced ourselves. I have been guilty of this very thing; everyone has a different perspective on the same situations. People that have religion see things different than people that don’t. Most people just see the situation from their perspective on the outside and they don’t take the time to ask questions or try to see the other side. After reading the following scenario, I would say that the first analogy of the situation fits well. You see that sort of situation all the time, whether you are at the grocery store or at Wal-Mart. I actually witnessed a situation like this once at a store called Game stops. These kids were so bad that they were running around knocking over the displays, the mother was patiently waiting in line to purchase the games that she bought. One of the guys that worked there had to stop the kids from destroying the store, while the mother paid no mind to what was going on. Where I live there are a lot of homeless people constantly walking around and asking for anything mainly money. These are the same people that are telling you that their car broke down and the just need a little gas to get home. Most of these homeless...
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...The five characteristics for human service professionals are: Self-awareness, Ability to communicate, Empathy, Responsibility/commitment, and Flexibility. Self-awareness is the deep understanding of one's own self, this includes comprehending self-knowledge about beliefs, attitudes, values, stereotypes, biases, cultural and gender differences, and behaviors. Self-awareness is beneficial in diminishing preconceptions and opinions, allowing one to modify or change their "self" toward a client's perspective. Empathy is the ability to see or feel what the client has experienced. Similar to self-awareness, empathy furthers the progression of understanding oneself and enables a provider to put their feet into the client's shoes. Providers who have experienced as well as relate to the client's situation have an easier time expressing empathy. Responsibility/Commitment are ideal promises to a client. The provider shall support the client in whichever possible way is needed through responsibility and will offer the highest quality of service through commitment. A provider displays a strong presence of professionalism and acts to the best of their abilities. They will adhere to a code of ethic or conduct and will remain honest with their client throughout their service. Flexibility provides versatility to a provider’s service. They may need to change, abandon, or revise plans if the program suddenly becomes difficult or unusual. Flexibility allows a provider to learn new alternatives...
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...probably fail once or twice but you’ll get there.” 2. I – Emotions are as reliable as reason. II – Areas of knowledge are not applied; they are organized clusters of knowledge. III – No area of knowledge is inferior to another, especially the arts and the religious knowledge systems. 3. - I know bits and pieces of knowledge as I am of the opinion that we can never know the whole story. - I can say I know myself pretty well. I believe my background and experiences shape the way I think. Therefore, my pursuit and interpretation of knowledge is often skewed to fit my preferences. - I know what I know mainly through evidence, experience and my intuition. I explore the nature of knowledge by looking at knowledge from different perspectives, examining biases and the ways of knowing used to interpret the knowledge at...
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...Reflective Practice Reflective practice is a process which enables you to achieve a better understanding of yourself, your skills, competencies, knowledge and professional practice. Although most of us engage in thinking about experiences either before, during or after an event, we need to document our understanding in order to clearly identify and demonstrate the components of our learning. Identifying what we have learnt requires us to think about our experiences, and consider the outcomes, in order to evaluate the experience, and identify our thoughts, feelings and understanding of the relevant issues. The objective is to identify what we have learnt in order to construct new or different approaches to our future practice, or to recognise and validate effective practice to utilise in the future. Learning comes from many different incidents and experiences that we have in life. We can learn much about ourselves, others, our job, our organisation, and professional practice, as well as our abilities and skills, if we consciously take the time to reflect on our learning. As a starting point, a pro-forma sheet for reflective practice, incorporating some ideas around the type of experiences we can utilise for learning, is provided. N.B. When reflecting on clinical incidents or professional practice involving patient care, patient confidentiality must never be breached Further guidance on different theories and methodologies for reflective practice is available on...
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...Anthony Doerr uses many different perspectives in his novel All the Light we Cannot See to convey how different people are affected by the current ongoing war, World War II. Doerr focuses on 2 characters perspectives in his novel; Werner, a intelligent boy enlisted into a nazi training camp and later sent onto the field and Marie-Laure, a blind girl with a passion for knowledge. Werner’s perspective is focused around survival and he does what he is told because he fears for his life. Contrary to this, Marie-Laure has a hopeful perspective because her hope creates her reality in her mind. Doerr uses different perspectives to show how focusing too much on one point of view can obscure reality and make a person blind to the reality of some situations. Werner has a very fearful perspective....
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...Psychology Experiment Essay It is inevitable to stop people from creating their own perspectives, but is it possible to change those perspectives or not? The issue that we deiced to study tries to answer the question: Do you believe only what you want to believe? My group and I realized that during this time, especially with the presidential debates, it was important to find an answer to this question. We wanted to prove whether people react to new information in a biased manner, when it conflicts with their previous beliefs. In other words, are all people programmed to be narrow minded? To look further into this topic, we developed an experiment that will try to prove that people are prejudice towards new information. We believe that if people read something that contradicts their original beliefs on a topic, then they will defend their position regardless of the factual information presented because people develop personal biases towards what they want to believe in. In order to prove that people believe only what they want to believe, we have devised a survey which forces people to react in their biased manner. We decided that in order to receive strong reactions from people we needed to choose a controversial topic. During the course of our experiment we will interview 60 people. Of the 60 people 30 of them will be given the article that states marijuana is not a gate way drug. The other 30 people will be given the article that states marijuana is a gate way drug. Of...
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