...McCarthy, 2011). Sneeze-Free is a new product that separates itself from other products that fight allergic reactions. It is anticipated to be popular in trade magazines and newspapers. The use of audio and visual media is another public relation opportunity. Sneeze-Free will produce videos of the product and provide the videos to news media, so the news stations will air the product to the public. Gratifying publicity along with presenting the consumer the product in a positive manner is the key to public relations opportunities. Channel Management Decision A successful manufacturer first needs to have a secure distribution channel for its product. “Analyzing the consumer needs, setting an objective, identifying and evaluating major alternative are a part of the channel management decision”( Armstrong and Kotler, 2011). On account that Pet Co was a retailer turned manufacturer, the text book prinicples of channel management decisions do not apply. Pet Co is a traditional company, known as Brick and Mortar, the choice to manufacture offers their product through intermediaries, but Pet Co can act as it own...
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...environmental cost. Tetra Tech EM Inc. (1997, p.1) stated municipal solid waste (MSW) from Florida was provided, and full cost accounting (FCA) could identify, assess and report the costs of solid waste management. 1.2 Definition of Full Cost Accounting Boer, Estes and Klammer (1994, p.61) defined that FCA may provide the more reasonable pricing of goods or services and help the managers choose better alterative from decision making. ‘It is method of accounting for all monetary costs of resources used or committed for MSW services’ (Veeraraghavachariar, 2007). Another detail description for FCA by Conway-Schempf (1998, p. 11), which pointed out that the good or services should be priced to relative their true costs. The true costs included environmental and other social costs. ‘The natural resources would be factored into calculations of a GDP’ and environmental cost would become a product cost. 1.3 Scope of Full Cost Accounting FCA would address (Veeraraghavachariar, 2007): • Up-front costs - public education and outreach, land acquisition, permitting, and facility construction and modification. • Operating costs - operation and maintenance, capital costs, interest payment, and hidden costs. • Back-end costs - site closure and postclosure care. 2 Body 2.1 Prinicples of Full Cost Accounting Full cost accounting embodies several key concepts that distinguish it from standard accounting techniques. The following list highlights the basic tents of FCA. •...
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...Communication and the Global World Monica Kinney Colorado Technical University MGM 316 Professor Reinke December 2, 2013 Monica Kinney 714 Benson St. Moberly, Mo. 65270 (660)-353-0593 Monicakinney76@yahoo.com December 2, 2013 Administrative Assistant Atlantis Resort and Hotel Abu Dubai, Dubai 198 Dr. Mr. Johnson, I am interested in the position for Administrative Assistant with your organization. Atlantis Resort & Hotel has been highly recommended to me as one of the best organizations to work for. I would be interested in learning more about the organization and the opportunities available. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Colorado Technical University Online. In addition, I have been a manager for RJD, Inc. for the past nine years. My resume, which is enclosed, contains additional information about my experience and skills. I would appreciate the opportunity to discuss this position with you and to provide any other pertinent documentation or information on my candidacy. I can be reached via my email at monicakinney76@yahoo.com or by my cell phone, (660)-353-0593. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you and speaking with you about this opportunity. Sincerely, Monica Kinney www.gulftalent.com/home/Admin-Assistant-jobs-in-Dubai-UAE-138345.html\ 714 North Street Moberly, Mo. 65270 December 2, 2013 Mr. Larry Johnson Human Resources Manager IBM Corporation 88 Tokyo Avenue Beijing...
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...Optimism Week #3 Individual Research Project Kelly Braun Rasmussen College, St. Cloud Campus Author Note This research is being submitted on October 23, 2011 for Steve Rudolph’s B233 PRINICPLES OF MANAGEMENT course at Rasmussen College by Kelly Braun. On October 1, 2006 PepsiCo named Indra K. Nooyi President and Chief Executive Officer. For the past decade, Nooyi has been conducting the company’s global strategy plan and Performance with a Purpose. Prior to becoming CEO, Nooyi served as President and Chief Financial Officer starting in 2001. From 1996 to 1999 she was Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development. Before joining PepsiCo in 1994 she was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Strategic Marketing for Asea Brown Boveri, a Zurich-based industrials company. She was in charge of the company’s business and involvement in the U.S. Between 1986 and 1990 she worked for Motorola where, again, served as Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning. She spent those six years directing international corporate strategy projects at the Boston Consulting Group. Her career started in India where she earned a B.S. from Madras Christian College, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Manage in Calcutta and a Masters of Public and Private management from Yale University(PepsiCo. (n.d.). Bio. In Our leadership [Biography].) Nooyi has been leading the Performance with a Purpose for many years and it’s focused on delivering sustainable growth...
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... Data Security Systems In December 1992, Emirates Information Systems (EIS) completed the implementation phase of a strategic re-orientation change process, led by a new General Manager, Khalid Soussou. The outcome of the change process was a radical restructuring of the organisation involving 80% of the workforce being made redundant, a 90% change in the senior management team, and the outsourcing of the entire transportation department. Rather than being instigated in reaction to a contemporaneous event, the change was instigated because the CEO recognised that EIS’s previous growth strategy via acquisition was not sustainable, and believed significant organisational change in anticipation of increased international competition would help create a sustainable competitive advantage. Soussou’s appointment resulted directly from the CEO’s felt need for change. Soussou was essentially ‘contracted’ to review the business in order to develop and implement appropriate changes that would re-align EIS along more efficient and effective business prinicples. Consequently, the CEO became the ‘patron’ of change, and Soussou the key change agent. After a month of informal interviews with managers and employees, Soussou’s initial impressions of EIS were that they were a ‘cottage industry that achieved success through luck rather than design’. He believed the majority of the managers were ‘essentially incompetent – they had never seen a Profit...
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...Strategic Plan Part 1: Conceptualizing a Business BUS/475 Integrated Business April 9, 2015 Strategic Plan, Part 1: Conceptualizing a New Business Introduction When I say " Pappadeaux Restaurant," many envision the many delicious mouth watering cuisines that this restaurant is so famous for. The Pappas trade name is a southern powerhouse, notorious for nourishing individuals and families by the masses for approximately 39 years. Founders Chris and Harris Pappas, according to their website, …were encouraged to avoid the restaurant industry and given warnings about its long hours and unpredictable schedules. The brothers managed to stay away – for a little while. Harris earned a finance degree from Texas A&M University and served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Chris received a degree in engineering from the University of Texas and took a job at IBM computers. But the lure of the restaurant biz proved too strong for both brothers. Soon, Harris found himself managing his father Jim's first restaurant, the Dot Coffee Shop, only to be followed shortly by Chris who stepped in at his brother's request. (About Us, 2015) The initial restaurant started by Chris and Harris was The Strawberry Patch. This was only the beginning. As of today the brothers currently own and control virtually 100 restaurants in as many as seven states. Pappadeaux is one of nine trade names. So everyone will be happy with something from which Pappas offer. Their food ranges from Tex-Mex and...
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...Texas. From very inception the company is providing superior value to its target market by providing latest technology at competitive prices around the world. Dell is cited as the largest player of the personal computer market. The company follows unique selling policy that is known as Dell Model—selling computers and other equipments directly to customer and build-to-order strategy thereby eliminating the intermediary margins and inventory costs. The mission statement of Dell has been divided into three parts customer satisfaction that states “We are an established company striving to satisfy customers by meeting their demands of quality, responsiveness, and competitive pricing. Each customer is #1” , team satisfaction that states, “Management and employees are committed to cooperating as a team for the purpose of profitability and gratification of a job well done” and community satisfaction “We will provide jobs in a clean, safe, environmentally sound atmosphere and be an active participant in community affairs” (Dell, 2010). 1. External Analysis: The primary industry of Dell is personal computer and computer equipments that are evolving with the passage of time due to constant advancement of technology. The dynamic nature of environment offers certain opportunities to Dell while posed certain threats to various player of the market including Dell. The competitors of Dell can be grouped into two categories: those who sold their products directly to customer and those who...
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...Texas. From very inception the company is providing superior value to its target market by providing latest technology at competitive prices around the world. Dell is cited as the largest player of the personal computer market. The company follows unique selling policy that is known as Dell Model—selling computers and other equipments directly to customer and build-to-order strategy thereby eliminating the intermediary margins and inventory costs. The mission statement of Dell has been divided into three parts customer satisfaction that states “We are an established company striving to satisfy customers by meeting their demands of quality, responsiveness, and competitive pricing. Each customer is #1” , team satisfaction that states, “Management and employees are committed to cooperating as a team for the purpose of profitability and gratification of a job well done” and community satisfaction “We will provide jobs in a clean, safe, environmentally sound atmosphere and be an active participant in community affairs” (Dell, 2010). 1. External Analysis: The primary industry of Dell is personal computer and computer equipments that are evolving with the passage of time due to constant advancement of technology. The dynamic nature of environment offers certain opportunities to Dell while posed certain threats to various player of the market including Dell. The competitors of Dell can be grouped into two categories: those who sold their products directly to customer and those who...
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...Course Outline 1. Introduction and History History Life Cycle Software and Process Qualities 2. Object-Oriented Modeling Concepts of Object Orientation Modeling and the Unified Modeling Language 3. Requirements and Early Life-Cycle Engineering Requirements Elicitation Software Specification Object-Oriented Analysis 4. Software Design Classical and Object-Oriented Design Architecture and Patterns (Components) Software Engineering - Summer 2004 5-1 © Stefan Leue 2004 Course Outline 5. Software Quality Assurance Testing Inspections (Reliability) (Software Metrics) 6. Software Production Process Evolutionary Models Spiral Model Unified Process Maturity Assessment (Agile Process) 7. Software Project Planning and Management Project Structure and Staffing Effort Estimation Scheduling Software Engineering - Summer 2004 5-2 © Stefan Leue 2004 Life-cycle Model: Waterfall Module Implementation and Test • translate design modules into code modules • test modules in isolation SRS Design Design Implementation System design Requirements Software Quality Assurance • did we build the model right? Software Engineering - Summer 2004 5-3 © Stefan Leue 2004 Life-cycle Model: Waterfall Integration and Testing • integrate tested module to form system • integration testing (incremental or big bang) • validation • customer acceptance testing Design Implementation System design Requirements SRS Design Integration Software Quality Assurance • did we build the model right? Software...
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...respective product categories. Acer is the market leader in many countries around the world, and is ranked in more than 30 countries globally owing to the strength of its core business. On the distribution side, in 2007 it is the world's No.4 PC branded PC vendor, number one in South East Asia, Latin America and Middle East, etc... Since spinning-off its manufacturing operation, Acer has focused on globally marketing its brand-name products: mobile and desktop PCs, servers and storage, LCD monitors and high-definition TVs, and handheld/navigational devices. Acer's unique Channel Business Model is instrumental to the company's continued success. The model encourages partners and suppliers to collaborate in a winning formula of supply-chain management, allowing Acer to provide customers with fresh technologies, competitive pricing, and quality service. Established in 1976, Acer Inc. employs 5,300 people supporting dealers and distributors in more than 100 countries. Estimated revenue for 2006 is US$11.31 billion (Acer Annual Report 2005). Stan Shih, the founder and chairman of the Acer group and widely regarded as a high-tech visionary, had a long term vision to transform the Group into a global high-tech corporation. Though fully committed to aggressively pursuing growing segments of the PC market, Acer also began to shift a sizeable portion of its attention and resources to the 3E market – education, entertainment and e-commerce. Newly created ventures in semiconductors, communications...
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...Journal of Business and Management Editors Cristina M. Giannantonio, Ph.D. Amy E. Hurley-Hanson, Ph.D. Published by Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business and Economics Sponsored by the Western Decision Sciences Institute WDSI WDSI WESTERN DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE The Western Decision Sciences Institute is a regional division of the Decision Sciences Institute. WDSI serves its interdisciplinary academic and business members primarily through the organization of an annual conference and the publication of the Journal of Business and Management. The conference and journal allow academicians and business professionals from all over the world to share information and research with respect to all aspects of education, business, and organizational decisions. PRESIDENT Mahyar Amouzegar California State University, Long Beach PRESIDENT-ELECT Nafisseh Heiat Montana State University-Billings PROGRAM CHAIR/VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMS/PROCEEDINGS EDITOR John Davies Victoria University of Wellington VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMS-ELECT Sheldon R. Smith Utah Valley State College VICE PRESIDENT FOR MEMBER SERVICES David Yen Miami University of Ohio SECRETARY/TREASURER Richard L. Jenson Utah State University DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS Abbas Heiat Montana State University - Billings IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT G. Keong Leong University of Nevada, Las Vegas REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT Vijay Kannan Utah State University Journal of Business and Management – Vol. 17, No. 1,...
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...INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OUTLINE – WINTER 2005 - SPANOGLE The book is designed around three types of transactions: 1) Sale of goods across borders; 2) Transfer of technology; a. Licensing production abroad; b. Franchising. 3) Direct Foreign Investment. There are two parts to making these deals: 1) Deal-making aspect; a. Allocating risks; 2) Government regulation Decisions and Risks in Trade – Analyze for each Problem! • The language in which the contract is executed. o They speak German- the purchase order is German; o Battle of the Forms (CISG) with another language, you have problem 4.1. (like the Chicken Frigalamenti case). o Even if the transaction is in English, there may still be communication difficulties. • Currency o How are they going to pay you, in Euros or in dollars? It’s important because the exchange rate changes, you may prefer to be paid in Euros rather than dollars because right now the dollar is doing badly. o What if the purchase order is from Laos instead of Germany? If you don’t know the name of the Laotian currency, you probably don’t want it. There are lots of currency problems that go beyond exchange. • Shipping – Import Regulations/Export Regulations handled by customs brokers. o German Customs o Import Duties; o Tariffs. o You might need a shipping broker. o Can’t bribe, “grease the wheels” due to the Foreign Corrupt Practices...
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...CONTENTS Click on the up arrow to return here 1) INTRODUCTION 2) DEFINITIONS 3) ETHICAL THEORY 4) ETHICAL DECISION MAKING 5) NEGLIGENCE 6) CONSENT IN COMPETENT ADULTS 7) CONSENT IN CHILDREN 8) CONSENT IN INCOMPETENT ADULTS 9) CONSENT CONCERNING UNUSUAL IDEAS 10) ADVANCE DIRECTIVES 11) CONFIDENTIALITY 12) CONFIDENTIALITY AUDIT 13) EUTHANASIA 14) ABORTION 15) BIOTECHNOLOGY 16) SUGGESTED READING ONE – INTRODUCTION (Registrar) The importance of Ethical thinking in General Practice is becoming more and more apparent. It should not be thought that Ethics merely relates to the “Life and Death” issues in our Professional life – Abortion, Contraception, Euthanasia and the like. Ethical issues affect some part of almost every consultation, even if the ethical issue is something more mundane like obtaining adequate consent for an examination or respecting a patient’s dignity. Indeed, it could be argued that the Consultation skills that we foster so assiduously are actually Ethical skills – and that we need to know the patient’s “Ideas, Concerns and Expectations” in order to respect his Autonomy as well as in order to improve the outcome of the Consultation. In the 1998/99 academic year, I was appointed the deanery’s Medical Ethics fellow with a bursary from the MDU. I developed an approach to the teaching of GP ethics based on two half day sessions, which...
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...TELECOMMUNICATION SWITCHING AND NETWORKS TElECOMMUNICATION SWITCHING NffiWRKS AND THIS PAGE IS BLANK Copyright © 2006, 2005 New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers Published by New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of the publisher. All inquiries should be emailed to rights@newagepublishers.com ISBN (10) : 81-224-2349-3 ISBN (13) : 978-81-224-2349-5 PUBLISHING FOR ONE WORLD NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL (P) LIMITED, PUBLISHERS 4835/24, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi - 110002 Visit us at www.newagepublishers.com PREFACE This text, ‘Telecommunication Switching and Networks’ is intended to serve as a onesemester text for undergraduate course of Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, and Telecommunication Engineering. This book provides in depth knowledge on telecommunication switching and good background for advanced studies in communication networks. The entire subject is dealt with conceptual treatment and the analytical or mathematical approach is made only to some extent. For best understanding, more diagrams (202) and tables (35) are introduced wherever necessary in each chapter. The telecommunication switching is the fast growing field and enormous research and development are undertaken by...
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