...Running head: PROBLEM SOLUTION: Remington Peckinpaw Davis Inc. Problem Solution: Remington Peckinpaw Davis Inc. University of Phoenix Remington Peckinpaw Davis is an asset management firm that is experiencing technical issues with their online trading services. The company, a trading enterprise was created by Sam Remington, a well-known Wall Street pacesetter. The firm does not have a streamlined information technology (IT) department that has the capability to fix the numerous issues that they are having. The company must determine how to fix the problem before they lose customers or get into very serious trouble with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). “Successful implementation requires both technical and social skills. Project managers have to plan and budget projects as well as orchestrate the contributions of other” (Gray & Larson, 2006. p. 15). Issues with the innovative online trading site soon began to surface. The project manager, Harlan Davis is a novice with little management skills. The project cost deemed to be expensive and useless. “Project managers are expected to marshal resources to complete a fixed-life project on time, on budget and within specifications” (Gray & Larson, 2006, p. 7). References Gray, C. & Larson, E. (2006). Project Management: The managerial process. McGraw-Hill, NY University of Phoenix (2011) Remington Peckinpaw Davis Scenario. Apollo Publishing Group. Table 1 Issues and Opportunities Identification ...
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...Educational Preparation May 22, 2011 There are different routes in becoming a Registered Nurse. There is the 2-3 year Associate degree level (ADN), which can be obtained at a community college, and there is the four year baccalaureate degree (BSN), which can be obtained at a university. In both routes after finishing the program the candidate needs to take the licensing examination test called NCLEX-RN. When making a decision of what route to take the difference in competencies need to be taken into consideration. Differences include level of knowledge, skill preparation, and clinical judgment. A BSN degree nurse has a more comprehensive knowledge base than those who have an ADN. The bachelor nursing program includes everything taught to an associate degree nurse plus more detailed studies on physical and social sciences, public and community health, humanities, nursing research, and nursing management. Nurses that obtain a baccalaureate degree in nursing have a broader knowledge of disease prevention, health promotion, and risk reduction (Ellis, 2007). Having a BSN degree prepares a nurse to deal with illness and disease management in a more efficient way than an ADN nurse. In addition, those who obtain a BSN degree must be able to make critical decisions about patient care and learn to understand more in depth about the patho-physiology of disease processes (Forster, 2008). The ADN education is more task orientated, putting less emphasis on applying critical thinking...
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...B398 Ch. 1 • • • Mon. May 5. 2014. Chapter 1 -‐ Organizations and Organizational Theory Org theory helps us understand and explain what happened to an org in the past and what may happen in the future so that we can manage orgs more effectively. Important to choose the right change strategy and design the right structure depending on the changing environment and its impact on the org à orgs are not static! Adapt to external env. *Theory: ideas about what something is, how it works; the key elements are generalizability, explanation, prediction! Large, successful orgs are still vulnerable; orgs are only as strong as their decision makers. • Current Challenges • Challenges today are different from the past, so org theory is evolving. • Top execs say that coping with rapid change is the most common problem in orgs. • Globalization: world is shrinking with rapid advances...
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...Code of Business Ethics: Our core values in action Our Code of Business Ethics reinforces our core values and drives our culture of compliance, ethical decision making and accountability. Our core values shape the culture and define the character of our company. They guide how we behave and make decisions. Contents 5 6 Our Code at a Glance Stewardship To navigate, use the links provided in these sections: Contents (page 2); Our Code at a Glance (page 5); and the Index of Key Terms (page 42); as well as the Accenture policies listed throughout the document and the links at the bottom of each page. To zoom in and out, use the magnifier and back buttons. 10 Best People 14 Client Value Creation 18 One Global Network 24 Respect for the Individual 28 Integrity 36 A Model for Making Ethical Decisions 40 Our Responsibilities 41 Where to Go for Help 42 Index of Key Terms This file is in A4 format. The print feature on the navigation bar sets to your print settings. For further information, access our Policies Website. 2 | Accenture Code of Business Ethics Print Questions ? To All Accenture People: For more than 50 years, our success has been based on a core set of beliefs, behaviors and values that have transcended both generations and geographies. From our earliest days as technology pioneers to our position today as a Fortune Global 500 industry leader—collaborating with our clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments—Accenture’s men...
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...Recruitment – Internal vs. External As the world today keeps changing and the economy struggles to maintain workforce; there needs to be a lot of things truly thought out before just posting a job and hiring a person. I know in the company that I work for in which I am the Director of HR/Payroll of a management group for eight places; one fireplace/landscape business, three donut shops, and.five assisted living facilities; we have general guidelines of posting jobs and process for recruiting but then there are many things that then must be specific to the industry of those business. I also did research and found that many have the same issues we do and what they feel is the key things to know for doing recruiting. In the management group we have developed a HR manual which has policy and procedures that must be followed for doing the steps for recruitment and the follow through to get the candidates hired. As I have attached a copy of the request for recruitment form, job requisition form and the job duties questionnaire and the job description form which are the tools we use to get positions approved and filled for the company in Appendix A. There is a step-by-step for doing the recruiting and where to post the jobs. We then follow this step up with the interview process and pre & post offer screening and then the orientation of new hire. The initial start of the process is what our philosophy is: (this is from our HR policy manual) Philosophy: ...
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...III Slide 2 Introduction the FX Markets Statistics FX is the largest / most liquid global market Daily Turnover Bid / Offer Number of securities FX Market 3.2 Trillion 4 bp (0.04%) 150 (40 actively traded) Bond Market 900 Billion 5 bp 2,000,000 Equity Market 400 Billion 15 bp 20,000+ Source: BIS (September, 2007) Slide 3 Market Dynamics Short Term Drivers of the Market Market sentiment Release of new data (economic and political) Equity and bond market performance Positions of market participants Central Bank intervention Options activity Hedging mechanism, and protection from a knockout level are reasons for heavy trading Technical analysis Slide 4 Market Dynamics Long Term Drivers of the Market Supply/demand Current account vs. capital account + reserves “Current account” associated with trade flows “Capital account” associated with investments and speculation “Reserves” associated with central bank activities FX and Interest Rate policies are closely linked Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), e.g. the Economist Magazine’s “Big Mac” index Central Banks Mission is to preserve economic stability, in particular to preserve price stability Interest rates can drive FX markets... “Interest Rate Defense”: Raising interest rates can attract foreign investment & support the currency, higher short-term rates are typical “defense” against large, short-term FX devaluations Seen in Emerging markets, during EMS crisis Alternately:...
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...Public Policing vs. Private Security Public Policing vs. Private Security It is in my estimation, public policing stands for more in society than private security because of the funding provided. The duties and responsibilities to enforce the law and maintain order in society is that of public policing. Agencies paid to perform the protective and lost-prevention type duties not handled by police officers are the private security agencies. Society needs to know the pros and cons for each agency to ensure that agency will protect him or her for the correct reasons. In comparing public policing and private security for society, most individuals need to see the different branches and what each agency offers to ensure the best for the situation. Most agencies leave a good review for society and attempt to provide information on public locations for society to view to gain more knowledge about each system and organization. There are several distinct differences between public policing and private security. Public policing does the following: 1) maintain order, 2) performs community service, 3) detect crime, 4) handle crime, and 5) prevent crime, 6) traffic control, 7) stop and questioning an individual, 8) search/seize individuals and their personal belongings, 9) conduct interrogations, and 10) arrest an individual. Private security does the following paid duties: 1) serves as an escort, 2) patrol housing and business areas, 3) serves as guards at gates, 4) transport valuables...
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... Dynamic Holiday Limited Biometric Authentication Report Introduction This report aims to give a brief overview of the alternatives to the current authentication system being used at Dynamic Holidays Limited. Specifically it will detail the technologies behind both fingerprint and iris scanning, doing a comparison of each in turn, and then ultimately leading to a recommendation as to which would suit the company better. Biometric Overview Biometrics, or the singular biometric, is the measurement of living things and in most contexts details the measurement of human beings for security and authentication purposes. This stems from the Greek bios (life) and metron (measure). In a security environment, biometrics are utilised to ensure that the correct people have access to the products and services to which they are entitled. The field of biometrics covers a wide scope of technologies, including but not limited to facial, iris, fingerprint and DNA recognition. Within the field of biometrics, there are generally two sources of identification classifications: physiological and behavioural. Physiological characteristics are those that we are born with and do not usually change (iris and fingerprints), especially once we have reached adulthood. This excludes the nature of physical injury or various other medical or traumatic interventions. Behavioural characteristics are ingrained within us as we grow and develop (gait and signature)...
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...that the patients receive. Adequate coverage needs to be address and using temporary staffing is a way to fill chronic vacant positions so that float RN’s are available for PTO requests. Insurance credits and consumer discounts can be used as incentives for those employees that practice healthy living activities. Staff meetings held during work hours, discussion boxes, timeout rooms, and partnerships with massage clinics are all changes that can provide stress relief for nurses. These changes are not too costly for the facility, and in the end, will result in less money spent on errors and injuries. The issues and changes must be discussed with a representative at each level (nurse, manager, supervisor, and budget analyzer). Technical changes encounter less resistance than social changes. Employees should be allowed to voice their concerns and opinions anonymously, written, or verbally. Information...
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...At this time, unfortunately, a convergence in terminology has not been forthcoming and, hence, a definition of the term Micro-Machining to be implied in the context of this assessment is in order. In principle, one may take two viewpoints:(1) The first viewpoint may define Micro-Machining as the collection of all cutting operations that are performed on micro/meso-scale components and products that fall into the 100 μm to 10,000 μm size range as shown in the figure below. The Micro-Machining regime is characterized by the requirement of producing high accuracy complex geometric features in a wide variety of materials in the above-defined size range. These requirements impose the use of considerably downsized tooling (micro-tools, e.g. endmills in the 50 to 500 micron diameter range), small undeformed chip thicknesses and feedrates (submicron to a few microns) and speed settings (50K to 200K RPM might not be uncommon) that would be considered technologically infeasible at the conventional macro-scale. As a consequence, the principal distinction between Macro and Micro-Machining operations emerges and manifests itself as the dominance of ploughing and rubbing phenomena at the cutting edge over shearing and the necessity to take micro-structural effects into consideration. (2) The second viewpoint approaches the definition of the Micro-Machining regime from the standpoint of the magnitude of the undeformed chip thickness being removed in the cutting process. It is difficult to define...
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...weakens the suppliers’ power. Thus, the bargaining power of supplier is moderate. Bargaining Power of Buyer (High) Toyota’s aim is to serve the middle income customer because the cars that they produce are affordable. The buyer purchase small volume of the products because cars are expensive. Because its aim is to serve middle income customers, toyota’s have a lot of buyer because the population of middle income customers is more than high income customers. The product is worthy because the quality is good, the price is affordable, toyota has its own mantainance service and the secondhand’s price is good. The switching costs is low because customers can easily change from toyota to competing firms at no extra cost. The customers have accurate and high quality of information from companies websites which make them compare toyota’s products with others product. The subsitute of the products are moderate. Thus, the bargaining power of buyer is high. Threat of Subsitute Products (High) There are a lot of substitutes available. The subsitutes to Toyota products are Honda, Volkswagen,Ford and etc. Products |...
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...supports X jobs in an area or that a festival or special event generated Y million dollars in sales or income in a community. “Multiplier effects” are often cited to capture secondary effects of tourism spending and show the wide range of sectors in a community that may benefit from tourism. Tourism’s economic benefits are touted by the industry for a variety of reasons. Claims of tourism’s economic significance give the industry greater respect among the business community, public officials, and the public in general. This often translates into decisions or public policies that are favorable to tourism. Community support is important for tourism, as it is an activity that affects the entire community. Tourism businesses depend extensively on each other as well as on other businesses, government and residents of the local community. Economic benefits and costs of tourism reach virtually everyone in the region in one way or another. Economic impact analyses provide tangible estimates of these economic interdependencies and a better understanding of the role and importance of tourism in a region’s economy. Tourism activity also involves economic costs, including the direct costs incurred by tourism businesses, government costs for infrastructure to better serve tourists, as well as congestion and related costs borne by individuals in the community. Community decisions over tourism often involve debates between industry proponents touting tourism’s economic impacts (benefits)...
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...American political culture How and why does the medical community use media to communicate with public? Increasingly interdependent spheres w/ differing perspectives on vision of media’s role is in “media-ted” world What makes health “news”? Producing Medical Heroes How and why has American society selected its medical heroes? How has this changed over time? What functions do depictions of heroic doctors (Walter Reed, and House, M.D.) and patients serve? How have fictional medical characters – in novels, Hollywood films, on TV – shaped expectations of medical culture? VD, HIV, and the Media How did the media contribute to the publics perception of venereal diseases and HIV? What images (both visual, and stories told to make a point) came most powerfully to cultural prominence? What were the aims of medical and public health authorities, the state, and media professionals in working to make those images publically visible? What role did the media play in changing public’s image of HIV? Stigmatization, Destigmatization, and Medical Illnesses Ways portrayal of medical condition in media contributes to a stereotype in society? How does representation influence publics perception of a particular medical condition? Some consequences of stereotype portrayed in media? The Promise of Health What constitutes a promise in medicine? How does that differ w/ how allopathic medical community interacts with media and...
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...CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES ON INTRAPARTUM AND IMMEDIATE POSTPARTUM CARE 2012 A collaboration of the Department of Health and the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society 1 The mention of specific product brands is not meant to suggest that they are endorsed or recommended by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) in preference to other products of a similar nature that are not mentioned. All reasonable precautions have been taken by DOH and POGS to ensure that the information contained in this publication is accurate. However, this guideline is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the guideline lies with the end user. In no event shall DOH and POGS be liable for damages arising from its use. 2 ii MESSAGE The primary aim of MDG 5 is to reduce by three quarters by between 1990 an 2015, the maternal mortality ratio,especially among less developed countries. The Philippines is among those with high maternal mortality rate (MMR). In 2006, our MMR was 162 deaths/100,000 live births, however, the Family Health Survey in 2011 showed that the MMR has increased to 221 deaths/100,000 live births. It is therefore important that we mobilize our efforts together to avert further deaths of our pregnant mothers. The Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (Foundation), Inc. (POGS) stood up to the challenge of World...
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...Challenges in the Global Business Environment Code of Ethics Conduct Coca-Cola Company Richard Bonds Dr. J. A. Anderson, Sr. Date May, 31 2014 Abstract Coca-Cola Company or Coke s the largest distributor of soft drinks in the world. Businesses such as Coke and other corporations set a strict code of ethics laws to live by and operate upon. This paper will illustrate the code of ethics of Coke the industry leaders and two of its partners/competitors PepsiCo and Dr. Pepper/Snapple Co. and the similarities of their ethics code for operations as American multination companies. Coca-Cola Company or Coke is the largest distributor of soft drinks in the world. A successful businesses like Coke and other large corporations set a strict code of ethics laws to live by and operate upon. A brief look at the industries three largest leaders in the soft drink industry, with Coke being the front runner followed by the PepsiCo Groups and Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group all unique in their own way with a variety of products consumers have been using for nearly 100 years. All three companies born in the southern part of the United States has provided different brands names under different company logos worldwide. Coke has such names in the soft drink industry like Sprite, Minute Made, Fanta, Power Aide, an Simple Orange to name a few of the 3500 plus products they produce worldwide. The largest and closest competitor of Coke is a bit more diverse in the product...
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