...I want my purpose in life is to contribute to a better world. To do this, I have made it a priority to incorporate this goal in to my values and develop habits that will allow me to achieve this ultimate goal. Through my work, school, and relationships, I have found that when I focus on my ultimate goal, and applied my values, I have been able to experience enormous success in all three aspects of my life. These values that I find most important are integrity, respect and awareness. With work, my goals are to keep challenging myself and find a career that fits me the best. This career should be a fast paced, customer oriented and plenty of opportunities to continue to learn. Currently, I’m part of a planning and research team that evaluates flood risk and propose potential mitigation solutions. I have been able to excel in my position because I have applied my values consistency through all of my work. When evaluating flood risk, a lot of the data used is sensitive information therefore having integrity is essential since people need to trust me with this information. Additionally, flood risk resiliency planning involves many stakeholders, therefore prioritizing respect when communicating with others is essential for working together. Lastly, flood risk management involves both a qualitative evaluation approach and a quantitative analysis. By having awareness for others, I believe it has helped me to develop solutions that take in to consideration the many impacts that a massive...
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...Purpose of Brochure The main purpose of the brochure is to inform potential customers about the business, and what sorts of products they sell. Panel 1 – This panel is essentially the most significant as it is the first part of the brochure that potential customers will see. Panel 1 contains a small amount of text, with four images and a bold, eye-catching WordArt title. I feel that it is purposeful because the images represent the products which are sold within the shop, and the text offers a brief overview of what sorts of products the shop sells. Panel 2 – The purpose of Panel 2 is to provide the potential customers with details on how to contact the business, should they want to. It contains the address of the business, an email address, and a telephone/fax number. There is also a map of Llangollen showing where ‘Cottage Cards and Crafts’ is located. Panel 3 – It informs potential customers about the business, with minimal text so that it does not look overloaded with text (which could put people off viewing it). It also contains 3 images of Llangollen within panel 3, which are purposeful because ‘Cottage Cards & Crafts’ is located in Llangollen. Panel 4 – The purpose of panel 4 is to convey a small amount of information about lovespoons. There is also 2 images on that panel; one of lovespoons and one of a welsh dragon. They are purposeful because ‘Cottage Cards & Crafts’ sell welsh lovespoons. Panel 5 - This panel contains a combination of text and images...
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...Guidelines for writing an SOP – Graduate Program Following are the questions that you need to answer while writing your SOP for the above-mentioned graduate programs: Q1. What reason/factor motivated you to pursue the applied field of study?* Can be only your interest Can be some personal/academic experience Q2. How did you develop interest in your area of study?* Q3. What is your academic and career goal?* Q3. What experiences do you bring along from the school you attended?* Tell about your academic experiences and academic honor during school Mention if you have some extra-ordinary excellence in some subject/sport/co-curricular activity during school Q4. What experiences do you bring along from the college you attended?* Tell why you selected a particular course for your under graduation Academic performance and academic honor, if any Mention your subjects of interest (relevant to the future program) Training/internships undertaken Emphasize on your role during these trainings/internships Also, tell what all did you learn Mention about your final year project and your role Q6. Do you have any work experience?* Mention where did you work What was your designation and your key areas of responsibility Mention if you have handled any project Mention about an independent project you handled, if any and how you made it a success Tell what skills you acquired and how will they help you at the graduate level Q6. What are your plans for professional...
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...Statement of Purpose For Graduate School of Business, Florida International University Executive MBA, BY:Jazmin Kazravan Positive attitude, outstanding academic performance in my schools, active participation in academic as well as extra curricular activities and work experience, cultural diversities had made me the person I am today. I consider my self a very successful woman, the woman who never feared taking risks. My strong and enthusiastic ways of life have helped me develop strong quantitative and analytical abilities and good leadership and communication skills. These optimistic qualities have prepared me to handle complex problems and have given me the confidence to pursue graduate studies and to step in to more challenging way of life. I was always told by my peers and friends that I am a very optimistic, positive, pleasant, diverse, active and intelligent woman. One of my best distinguishing characteristics is the diversity of experiences I had throughout my life. I am a woman of success, a person who never gives up and take NO for answer, a leader who strives for a new experience every day. My leader ship skills had always drawn me to pathways that lead me to a better future. I am a Registered Nurse and the president of two very successful medical centers. As a Nurse and a Business woman I decided to pursue my education in business to be more successful in doing what I like to do. I believe that my unique blend of experiences I had, made me a woman...
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...Special purpose vehicle (SPV) is a legal entity – one of the financial structures, which is formed solely for a narrow, single, particular and specific purpose. Subsidiary might be a special form of SPV that exists before SPV, can stop liability, and have freedom of actions to do business like Philip Morris. Though, the difference between SPV and subsidiary is the full function in controlling the business. Subsidiary has completely full function while SPV does not do full range of business. In general, SPV is typically used by companies to isolate the firm from financial risk, to hide debt or ownership, to minimize bankruptcy risk and obscure relationships between different entities that are in fact related to each other. Commonly, because of the financial risk of a large project, the company will transfer assets to the SPV for management and narrow the risks by putting the entire firm at stake. Most importantly, SPV is formed as a separate company that theoretically has no connection with the sponsor. In order words, the owner of SPV legally must show no relationship to the main company. Furthermore, besides all of the reasons listed above of establishing a SPV, securitization is a must known, which is used to securitize loans. Asset securitization provides another way for a company to raise cash in the capital markets as well as transfer risk of default on high-risk debt, such as credit card receivables. If asset securitization could be a desirable way for a company to raise...
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...United States Financial Accounting Standards Board. A VIE refers to an entity (the investee) in which the investor holds a controlling interest that is not based on the majority of voting rights. As long as the investee is not the primary beneficiary then they do have to consolidate the company on their balance sheet. 2. How did we determine whether an entity need to be consolidated before FIN 45? Before FIN 45, “Many financial institutions were secondarily liable (without adequate disclosures) for many financial instruments held in special purpose entities” (Reinstein, 2012). The old consolidation framework used a common-sense approach, where a company should consolidate operations when they had a controlling ownership interest in another. Controlling abilities were tough to recognize and led to many unconsolidated statements. a. Explain how FIN 46 modified the guidance on VIEs. Originally FIN 46 focused only on special purpose entities and required a reporting enterprise to consolidate them. Soon FASB changed it where FIN 46 should apply to all entities where a VIE exists. Part of this decision involves more judgment now according to sec.gov. There is no bright line test and all facts and circumstances, qualitative and quantitative, should be considered. b. Explain how SFAS 167 has modified the guidance on VIEs. Under GAAP, a company must consolidate any entity in which it has a “controlling interest.” This term was long defined as ownership of more than 50%...
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... Paper Enron and the Special Purpose Entity. Use or Abuse? The Real Problem - The Real Focus Neal F. Newman Texas Wesleyan Law School This working paper is hosted by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) and may not be commercially reproduced without the permission of the copyright holder. http://law.bepress.com/expresso/eps/1165 Copyright c 2006 by the author. Enron and the Special Purpose Entity. Use or Abuse? The Real Problem - The Real Focus Abstract In December of 2001, Enron Corporation filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; one of the largest corporate bankruptcy filings at that time. When the investigations commenced and the tangled Enron web was unraveled, it was discovered that Enron had perpetrated a very sophisticated form of accounting fraud through its repeated use of what are referred to as Special Purpose Entities (“SPEs”). In their most basic forms, SPEs are business entities formed for the purpose of conducting a well specified activity such as construction of a gas pipeline, or collection of a specific group of accounts receivable. However, because of their complex nature, SPEs can be used to manipulate a corporation’s financial results, which was the primary use for which Enron employed the SPE structure. As a result, the investment and financial community has cast a dark cloud over the special purpose entity, depicting the SPE as an inherently evil structure whose only purpose is to defraud, obfuscate and manipulate...
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...Purpose Of Life About ten years ago I was working so much I forgot about my health, family and friends. Somewhere along the road of shooting to become a successful business owner I lost track of what was most important. My dream somehow turned into a reality of being stressed out, and unhappy. It finally hit me...... Work had become my life's purpose. Like so many other entrepreneurs, I started my business for a chance at freedom and opportunity to be the master of my own destiny. I had visions of success and money, and with that I believed I could one day finally be happy. But the reality was I was not happy. I was miserable. I won't bare you with business concepts, but there is one important concept I learned that changed my life and I want to share it with you. All great companies have four things: purpose, vision, mission and care values. I asked myself, why can't I apply these ideas to my life? So I did, and here's how you can apply it to. Your life's purpose is the reason why you exist. It's the reason for being. Let me ask you again, because it's in my humble opinion, the most important question you could ever ask yourself – why do you exist? In the past, if you asked me what my life's purpose was – I would have told you it was to make lots of money. Believe me, there's nothing wrong with making money, but for myself, I finally realized it was not the reason why I exist. It was only an enabler at best. Finding your life's purpose is very much about...
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...Design Responsibility under Design and Construct Contracts: Some issues for Principals Introduction There are a number of reasons design and construct (D&C) contracts are attractive to principals and lenders. There is a single point of responsibility for both design and construction aspects of the project, the principal is able to fast track the project although not all aspects of the construction are complete, there is greater certainty of price and the contractor is involved from the earliest stage in planning design and programming. In consequence, the principal will need to accept a higher price for the contractor to take on this additional risk compared to more traditional construct only contracts. This paper will identify some issues for principals to consider when allocating design responsibility to contractors within a D&C project. These issues arise as the design and construct process involves a fundamental conflict of interest. Principals desire to have constructed a product of the best quality for the lowest possibly price. The contractor on the other hand is more likely to make a higher profit if the product is of a lower quality (and therefore cost) and a higher price (as opposed to costs). In addition, although a greater proportion of design risk is placed on the contractor, this passing of risk is often accompanied by the abrogation of responsibility and loss of control. The paper will refer to the approaches of 3 standard form contracts -...
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...Major Definite Purpose: Questions to Ask Yourself (3) 1. 5 most basic virtues: Love, Peace, Truth, Right Actions and Non-Violence. I strongly believe in allowing the universe to take its course in my life. I live life through a “vision board”, where I envision all that I want out of life and strongly affirm to making it happen. I believe that it is only when you see others are divine sparks of God will you have truly realized the purpose of life. I live or at least try to inculcate in my life the 5 values listed above and all my thoughts words and actions are benchmarked on those. 2. To be successful – career wise To be the best mother and wife I possibly can To enjoy life to the fullest 3. Do everything to ensure that my child is well taken care of use every moment to realize God consciousness. 4. Give it to my parents. They have worked so hard for everything and I want to be able to give them some time to rest and relax and enjoy life. 5. Letting my superiors know what I really think of them. Speaking out, especially if it is not positive is something that I have a problem doing. 6. My belief in God and my family. My husband and son are my greatest joy and pride and bring me the greatest sense of accomplishment. 7. Dream of being able to rid the world of poverty. While it may seem like an over ambitious goal, it is heart wrenching to see children suffer for food that some people throw away so much of everyday. If I can guarantee this I would take...
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... Abstract This paper intends to the necessity of personal development for promoting our country in the map of the world. The paper discuss on the role of personal development that we need in every aspects in our life. It will be able to make us more effective that will help us to reach our goals. The concept of the paper is discussed into a main article (Necessity of personal development) which is distributed in different sections. These sections had told about the role of personal development in our life such as setting goals, focusing, balancing and recognizing our strengths, are all positive attitudes and we need positive thoughts and behaviors in order to accomplish the purpose of life. ROLE OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 3 INTRODUCTION Self development is personal development which can be used to support the person in achieving goals and objectives. It is the process of knowing and enhancing our attitudes, behavior and feelings to have a healthier , happier and successful life. Peter Drucker (1955) postulates that “Development is always self-development. Nothing could be more absurd than for the enterprise to assume responsibility for the development of a man . The responsibility rests with the individual...
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...able to . . . When I complete my education, I want to be able to be ready for my career. I want to be able to start my own business in the field of my choice. I want to be able to be self-sufficient and take care of my family based on my thriving business success. My education is a vital part in starting my business, which is why I have to make sure that I am successful and complete my studies on time. With my education I will have made all the necessary connections for me to start my business and it to be profitable. I also want to be in the fortune 500, as one of the best. I also want to be able to purchase the basics house, car of my choice, and stocks. Part 2 My purpose for being in school is my children, I have to be successful and complete my educational goals. My purpose for being in school is myself, I am determined to complete school so that I can better myself in my personal life. I am motivated to complete school because without my degree I believe that I will not be successful in my life. This is a last alternative for me so I have to give it my all and make getting an education work for me in my life. Based on your results of the CSFI, which dimensions have you explored this week? I have explored my time management skills and I have made the necessary adjustments so that I am successful in school. Explain how have you applied the information from the text to the dimensions you named in part a. I have taken the time to evaluate...
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...for this stage because she will grow to be outgoing and sociable as their reflection along with being affectionate to others from the attention she was given in this stage. (Early child hood 2-3 years) In the early childhood stage Crystal is becoming curious and attempting to achieve some type of independence such as feeding herself and learning to use the bathroom on her own. Crystal is speaking and saying small words and already walking. This stage is a success with the interactive behavior from the parents and family being encouraging of independence and autonomy. (Preschool 3 to 5 years) Crystal is taught become aware of helping family with small chores and assisting with younger siblings. The success of this stage is the given purpose in life and power. (School age 6 to 11 years) Crystal now understands the importance of school work and teachers expecting her to complete certain educational tasks. In this stage the conflicts are industry Vs inferiority. The success of this stage leads to a sense of competency. (Adolescence 12 to 18) Crystal is surrounded by friends who are all different as far as personality she is learning her identity and is easily confused in social relationships. Her parents teach her to remain independent and mentally strong as well as to continue to be who she is at all times. The success of this stage is that she...
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...Plate Tectonics General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the Earth’s plate tectonics. I. Introduction A. Attention getter: Have you ever wondered what is the reason why there are earthquakes on Earth? B. Thesis statement: I know I have because I’m always hearing about earthquakes happening all around the globe. C. Personal Credibility: Well I did some research and I found out a lot of interesting information. D. Audience motivation/reason to listen: I found out that the reason behind it is plate tectonics. Plate tectonics are a big reason for earthquakes and since we all live in California that is very relevant to all of us. E. Preview of main ideas: (list briefly, no details) 1. What are plate tectonics?...
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...needs, functions, and goals. When considering the best design, one must first define the purpose of the company. All other features of the company’s organizational methods should center around fulfilling this purpose. A company whose purpose is centered around helping others, for example, would need a very different design than a company that is technologically focused. If both companies were to utilize the same design principles, one or both would be operating well below their optimum potential. In addition to considering the purpose of the company, organizational design must also evaluate the skills and purposes of the individual employees. A creative company may thrive with a loose organizational system, ample opportunities for free brainstorming, and playful incentives. A company with more left-brained individuals may do better with a rigid, well-defined structure. Most situations will call for a unique blend of these methods. A company’s organizational design also serves to define the chain of command and division of labor within the group. It determines who each individual reports to, what various departments are responsible for, and how everyone works together. The best designs typically allow for plentiful communication both between managers and employees as well as between various divisions of the company. Many consulting firms specialize in organizational design. Their purpose is to look at a company’s performance, methodology, and...
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