...Fire and Ice Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. Robert Frost So my favorite poem I have to say is Fire and Ice by my favorite poet Robert Frost. First of all the reason I like Robert Frost’s poetry is Because his poems have such deep meaning and it makes us think more About life and identifying the world we live in. His poems can be really Sad but still its very enjoyable to read and it makes great sense to me. He doesn’t use very big words, but there so simple and have such a Deep meaning making his poems easy to understand and is very Touching. I believe that when reading a poem it’s not about oh if the Poem rhymes or it doesn’t have literary devices, it matters if it makes Sense and you feel something from it almost like a connection if it Tells you something in your mind then that’s a good poem and Robert Frost never fails. The reason out of all the poems this is my favorite one Because it talks about how the world will end due to our natural Disasters and its saying will it end in a fire, or ice. I think, that ending In fire means that everything will be destroyed rather than ice means Everything will still be there but it will be frozen which meaning nothing Can move. I really like how intimates the worlds problem in this poem In...
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...CPA904 – Applied Payroll Management Case Study - NutriGrow Submitted by Deborah Brimner, Debra Conrad, Grace Hsieh, Ashley MacAdam, and Monika Schmidt On February 28, 2013 Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 BENCHMARKING 4 2.1 THE FIVE STEPS OF BENCHMARKING 4 2.2 THE PAYROLL BENCHMARKING TEAM 5 2.3 ORGANIZATIONS CHOSEN TO BENCHMARK 5 3 LIST OF ASSUMPTIONS 7 4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN 8 4.1 STAKEHOLDERS 8 4.1.1 Internal Stakeholders 8 4.1.2 External Stakeholders 8 4.2 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS 9 5 ISSUES 10 5.1 THE PAYROLL SYSTEM 10 5.2 PAYROLL PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES 13 5.3 TIME REPORTING SYSTEM 15 5.4 PAYROLL AND HR INFORMATION SHARING 17 6 OTHER ISSUES 20 6.1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT 20 6.2 CHANGE MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION 20 6.3 SPECIAL REPORT REQUESTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS 21 6.4 PRIVACY ISSUES ARISING FROM THE NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM 21 6.5 PAYROLL-RELATED CONCERNS AS COMPANY EXPANDS 22 7 PAYROLL’S ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION 22 8 ACTION PLAN AND TIMELINE 23 8.1 IMPORTANT DEADLINES 23 8.2 TIMELINE 23 8.3 POTENTIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS/MILESTONES 24 9 CONCLUSION 25 10 REFERENCES 26 11 APPENDIX 28 1 Introduction NutriGrow is a Canadian owned and operated agricultural supplies manufacturer, operating in the province of Manitoba. The organization has been in business for 60 years, with relatively slow growth until the recent introduction of a new product that was marketed to large agri-businesses with great...
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...Applied Payroll Management (APM) Online Learning Course Outline Total Hours: 5 – 8 hours per week Prerequisites: Introduction to Payroll Management, Organizational Behaviour Management, Managerial Accounting, and Compensation & Benefits Management Course Description: This course is the final core payroll course in the Certified Payroll Manager (CPM) certification program. Applied Payroll Management provides professionals with the opportunity to apply relevant management processes in a payroll department context. Benchmarking, best practices development and human resources skills - such as monitoring, motivating, assessing and supervising personnel - are utilized to enable the payroll professional to achieve organizational and career goals. Upon completion of Applied Payroll Management, you should be able to: Define the legislative compliance role of a payroll professional, including how payroll can expand its role in an organization Analyze payroll's relationship with the finance, human resources and information technology departments in an organization Participate in continuous improvement strategies through benchmarking and the application of best practices Identify the processes required for evaluating, implementing and maintaining new payroll systems Participate in the development of payroll employees through the use of cascading objectives, job design, professional development, succession planning and performance measurement ...
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