...talking about Brown Mackie College. I looked in the book and then that’s when I saw Information Technology I knew it would be something very interesting when I looked at the courses. The first day of class in Professional Development, the first thing I learned how to get out of my box. Because I have always been scared to get out of my box, I never got a chance to make any friends, or got to know most of my teachers in school. This class has helped me out a lot, because I have got a chance to get to know my fellow classmates and made new friends. Getting out of my box gave me confidence that I really need. Stepping out of my box has shown me that I can make friends on campus and off campus. Second, we talked about in class was “What exactly is Success in College”. Success in College to me is really a challenge for me. All because I was used to being at home, and just going to church, I didn’t think about going back to College. I have already succeeded because I had enough courage to go back to school and further my education. Here my keys to be Successful in College: 1. Showing up to my class. 2. Put a daily schedule together and stick to it. 3. Find some classmates to form a study group. 4. Talk to my instructor outside the classroom. 5. Improve my thinking skills. 6. Have a encourage mind. 7. Be realistic about my expectation. See if I follow these steps they help me to become successful in college. Third, I learned how the learning cycles and learning styles works...
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...Personal Responsibility Gen/200 May 20, 2013 Personal Responsibility Personal responsibility defines how a person will succeed not only academically but also throughout one’s life. When a person encompasses personal responsibility, he or she executes obligations in every aspect of his or her existence. It is necessary for a person to exhibit personal responsibility if one desires to have a lucrative and successful life. College Success and Personal Responsibility For one to achieve college success a person must have determination, to do what is necessary in one’s college career. A student must strive for excellence and have dedication to achieve a college degree. An undergraduate cannot expect to reach graduation if assignments do not get turned in on time or attend classes. In many cases sacrifice is necessary, meaning that three day camping trip may necessitate postponement. This is, unfortunately, the nature of the beast. In addition, a student must take ownership of his or her actions, achievements, and failures. It is important to remember, the world does not owe anyone anything, everything a person achieves is something he or she earns and that does not always come at cheap price. Plan to Overcome The greatest thing a person can ever do is to have a plan to reach goals and overcome obstacles that will inevitably arise. The primary step in this process is to become, and stay organized. One can keep a calendar handy with important dates, like the date that thousand...
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...Personal Responsibility Jermaine Warner GEN/200 February 26, 2013 Janet Madden Personal Responsibility There is no success in life without personal responsibility. Success can be achieved only when one realizes that it requires some form of responsibility whether it is time management, prioritizing, or simply paying attention. The amount of success have is measured by the ability to be responsible for your own actions. Personal responsibility knows no class. Whether you are poor or rich, personal responsibility has a role in your life. In this essay I will identify with personal responsibility and the effect will have on my academic progress. My initial responsibility is to never repeat the cycle in which I was raised. I grew up in a single parent household with two brothers and four sisters. Life was very difficult growing up. With no father figure in my life, I was never shown the way to pursue success. I just gathered my memories of all the hardships from my adolescence and vowed to never repeat the cycle. My family was evicted from our home several times with no remorse. As a child I never understood why this was happening, as I grew older I realized my mother did not make enough money to pay the monthly bills on time. I am a strong believer that no matter how difficult the journey to adulthood was, there is no excuse to repeat failures you have lived through once before. Personal responsibility was introduced to me at a young age. I moved away...
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...Purpose The Salem Campus of Kent State University recognizes the dignity and worth of all human beings, believes post-secondary education should be available to all who can benefit from it, and accepts responsibility for offering educational programs and supportive services responsive to the needs of its community. Consistent with this responsibility, the mission of the Insurance Studies degree program is to prepare individuals for productive and progressively successful employment in the insurance industry, one of the Ohio's top employers at nearly 200,000 jobs statewide. Goals and Student Learning Outcomes/Objectives, with Any Associations and Related Measures, Targets, Findings, and Action Plans G 1:Prepare Individuals for Career Success in Insurance Industry Prepare traditional and non-traditional students to enter the insurance business world with: • the knowledge and understanding gained through a broad-based liberal arts education, • the specific knowledge and skill sets associated with a thorough understanding of risk management and insurance, and • true respect for the role these disciplines play within our economic system. SLO 1:Achieve Liberal Arts, Risk Management and Insurance Comprehension Both in terms of liberal arts competencies, such as writing, mathematics, science, and communication, and business-specific knowledge, such as management, finance and operations, ensure program graduates can demonstrate in-depth comprehension of, and...
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...for the way the organization functions. It is a personal belief of mine, to passionately serve those you seek to help a leader must empathize and identify with the organizations vision. The organization that I have chosen to create is called “Love Doesn’t Hurt”. This organization was created to assist young mothers and pregnant young mothers from the age’s fifteen until twenty-two. “Young women who give birth while attending a community college are 65 percent less likely to complete their degree than women who do not have children during that time”(NCSL, 2010).The young women that will benefit from the success of this program are from lower middle class or below poverty level. Many of them will be at risk for not completing their education and lack a support system. The graduation numbers in 2016 are alarming and the cycle of poverty is becoming more difficult to break. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, “Only 40 percent of teen mothers finish high school and of that 40 percent, fewer than 2 percent finish college by age 30” (NCSL, 2010). I was not a teen mother but I was a young terrified mother at the age of 22 years old. I had a year and half left to complete my undergraduate. I know firsthand, how vital a positive family support group is in completing your educational aspirations. “People expect their leaders to speak out on matters...
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...GEN200-Week 2 Essay Rough Draft-Due-6-30-2014 Cecilia I. Rodriguez Personal Responsibility and Educational Success In order to effectively accomplish personal responsibilities, one must believe in self and make positive choices in life. It is important to take control of personal actions by having confidence and discipline. When remaining true to self and confident; the outcomes in life and college success become rewarding. Wikipedia defines personal responsibility as the idea that human beings choose, instigate, or otherwise cause their own actions. A corollary idea is that because individuals cause actions, they can be held morally accountable or legally liable. However, many define it as an internal factor that affects each human being. It drives thoughts which lead to words, which influences choices, which determine actions, which form habits, which develops lifestyles, which ultimately establishes destiny. Personal responsibility depends on each individual. The achievement of goals depends on many different factors, but the main one is to be aware of the responsibility it has in lives, on the well-being of the individuals, and personal happiness. One should take personal responsibility for their own actions so they can lead themselves to a pathway of success, how one decides to manage their time between their personal responsibilities, and their college success is a major factor in achieving one's goals. One must learn to prioritize by any means, keeping healthy...
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...1. Describe the stages of the business cycle. The stages of the business cycle are; boom, downturn, recession and recovery. • Boom - the boom stage is a period of time during which sales of a product or business activity increases very rapidly. During the boom the economy grows, jobs are plentiful and the market brings high returns to investors. • Downturn - the downturn stage is a slowdown in economic activity. When there is a high level of inflation in a boom, it can lead to a recession. • Recession – the recession stage is a period of general economic decline that last longer than a few months. It is visible in industrial production, employment, real income and wholesale retail trade; this stage begins just after the economy reaches a peak of activity and ends as the economy reaches its trough. • Recovery – the recovery stage is a time when the economy becomes stronger and there is an upturn in the business cycle’ more jobs are created and more goods and services are supplied by business; unemployment begins to fall and very cautiously consumer spending starts to increase. 2. Explain how recession affects low-income families. Recession is a tragedy for low-income families. Unemployment takes center stage while the families dealing with the recession suffer. Job loss affects the stability of families and individual. With unemployment rates running extremely high during a recession, individuals and families struggle to find work to pay the bills each month. Reduced...
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...render a service to their customers. For Example, if ISON HARRISON SOLICITORS, a privately owned limited company offers a loan to one of their customers, they expect to make an interest on the money they gave to the customer. Therefore, they add a specific APR (Annual Premium Rate) to the money loaned, thereby increasing the amount the customers will pay when they start repaying back the loan. The interest paid on the loan is the profit that the bank makes from the services they provide to their customers. Also, Pegasus Cycles provides products as well as services to their customers at a cost. When they purchase goods from manufacturers, they add an additional amount of money to the original price at which they paid to buy the products and also the VAT rate before selling them to the customers. The company makes a huge profit after selling the products and ensures survival of their businesses. PEGASUS CYCLES Pegasus Cycles Ltd has been in existence since 1895 and was founded by two men Harold Spence and John Dove The business was run and operated by John Dove and Harold Spence and other members...
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...Journal of Business Strategy Nokia: a case study in managing industry downturn Raúl Carral Markus Kajanto Article information: To cite this document: Raúl Carral Markus Kajanto, (2008),"Nokia: a case study in managing industry downturn", Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 29 Iss 1 pp. 25 - 33 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02756660810845679 Downloaded on: 05 November 2014, At: 03:22 (PT) References: this document contains references to 10 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 6911 times since 2008* Downloaded by UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN At 03:22 05 November 2014 (PT) Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Martin Zander, Jamie Anderson, (2008),"Breaking up mobile: implications for firm strategy", info, Vol. 10 Iss 4 pp. 3-12 Peter Curwen, (2014),"Can Nokia survive the jump into icy waters? Reprise", info, Vol. 16 Iss 2 pp. - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ info-11-2013-0057 Mitch McCasland, (2005),"Mobile marketing to millennials", Young Consumers, Vol. 6 Iss 3 pp. 8-13 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by 126269 [] For Authors If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for...
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...characteristics of representative species from different phyla, long and confusing life cycles of different organisms and such. Many have failed in recalling key details and important information during examinations and majority of that is because of the technicality of the information they need to digest. The change made by the new administration of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila regarding the grading system has motivated the students to study harder to acquire the maintaining grade or to get a higher one. This has driven students to create their own techniques regarding memorizing or understanding overwhelming information and data. In the case of the BS Biology students in PLM, they deal with scientific terminologies, numerous characteristics of different organisms and the like which are hard to put in mind. Different techniques are being used to make the students remember as many information as possible. To make the future students acquire needed values, viewpoints, strategies and forms of knowledge to live creatively in the world of future, new trends in educational area have been needed(Koutselini, 1997). For that reason, together with these new ideas and triggered by the changes in educational arena, various approaches, theories, and trends have appeared, applied, and been studied by the educational researchers to investigate their effects and find new ways to increase student success. In today’s educational arena, some of the approaches used are multiple intelligences...
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...www.wiley.com/college/bajtelsmit to assess your knowledge of developing a personal financial plan. Determine where you need to concentrate your effort. What You’ll Learn in This Chapter ▲ Personal financial planning and decision-making strategies ▲ Factors that influence financial planning ▲ The stages of successful financial planning After Studying This Chapter, You’ll Be Able To ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ List the five steps in the personal financial planning process Examine the factors that influence personal financial planning decisions Begin to construct a comprehensive financial plan Consider opportunity costs and marginal effects in making personal finance decisions baj01275_c01_001-021.qxd 2/09/07 02:23am Page 2 2 PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING IN ACTION INTRODUCTION Knowing how to manage your finances can help you be more successful in life. In this chapter, we first look at the five-step financial planning process and then the factors that influence it, and we discuss the elements of a comprehensive financial plan. Finally, we explore strategies for making effective financial decisions. With this framework, you will be able to gain the tools for successful personal financial management. 1.1 The Personal Financial Planning Process In your life, you’ve probably already faced some financial challenges. For example, maybe you’ve asked yourself one or more of the following questions: ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ Should I take out a student loan to pay for college expenses? How...
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...As long as I’ve remembered college was never a topic in the everyday family discussions, maybe for reasons that many of my family members did not see college in the near future for none has had the opportunity to attend one. The failure to attend a college/university was due to the financial burden college would be, therefore this would this scholarship would assistance me becoming the first attend and complete college. This 3,000 scholarship will ensure that I do not fall into the endless cycle of only receiving a high school diploma, but will allow me to go on to bigger and better things that life has in stored for me. With the help of this scholarship will be able to to pursue my career in real estate, to later embark in opening my own company...
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...student feedback and leadership a report on the 2006 leadership for excellence in learning and teaching project (le67) developing Multi-level leadership in the use of student feedback to enhance student learning and teaching practice http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/altclgp/ 2009 Project Leader Professor James Barber – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Project Manager Associate Professor Sandra Jones – Director Learning & Teaching Unit Project Officer Brenda Novak ISBN 978-1-921426-36-0 Student Feedback and Leadership A Report on the 2006 Leadership for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Project (LE67): Developing Multi-Level Leadership in the Use of Student Feedback to Enhance Student Learning and Teaching Practice 2009 Project Leader Professor James Barber - Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Project Manager Associate Professor Sandra Jones – Director Learning & Teaching Unit Project Officer Brenda Novak Report written by: Associate Professor Sandra Jones and Brenda Novak. Case studies written by: Dr Mali Abdollahian, Ian McBean, Geoff Outhred, Dr Kate Westberg. Photographs - Copyright © 2009 RMIT University Photographers Margund Sallowsky and Kate Ebbot unless otherwise stated. ISBN 978-1-921426-36-0 Support for this project has been provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect...
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...Executive Summary lndustry Overview The college bookstore market can be divided into two major segments, four-year traditional schools and two-year non-traditional community, technical and junior colleges. In total 14 million students will enroll in these 4500 institutions this year, and this number is estimated to grow to 16 million over the next ten years. It is also estimated that $90 billion represents college student spending, and of that 23% is non-essential. Students at four-year schools are insulated in avery enclosed environmen! typically attend full-time and attend from age 18-22. Students at two-year schools typically attend part-time, commute to school and are 29 years in age on average. Each type of school represents 50Yo of the college bookstore market. Buyers will use reps and distributors as well as buy from a company direct. Reps commissions are l0-l5Yo, they are the most frequently used form of distribution and best way to atfract attention to a new product. Mark-ups typically range from 20%-50%. The buying cycles revolve around the major quarters, semesters or trimesters. Key Trends & Attitudes Recently, college bookstores have been faced with a substantial increase in outside competitive forces i.e. school supplies and computer outlet stores. In an attempt to compensate, many stores are moving towards a one-stop-shopping approach. Items such as Starbucks, designer clothes and Clinique cosmetics have begun to appear in stores nationally. This provides...
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...Profit-driven projects………………………………………………….13 4.2 Legislation/ Brand protection project……………………………….14 4.3 High Risk project analysis…………………………………………...15 5.0 Recommendations…………………………………………………………....17 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………….18 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………..19 Executive Summary Ellen’s College is a unique undergraduate institution. It was established in 2010 with the goal to building a reputation as a leading educational service that produces good skills. Its key business activity for the past two years has been to educate and promote excellent students with good passing marks that are ready to make a difference in the corporate world of today. Its Operational business plan for 2013 is to promote good quality educational programs that equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to be marketable for employment. The focus of the college is based on excellence and community engagement. The guide has been the vision to be a great learning institution with its mission to meeting the learning needs of the community. Assessment conducted in 2010 on Market and Competitors gave a clear indication of the success of the business. The college’s activities include the offering of undergraduate certification and online...
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