...Introduction According to Brown, C.V., Dehayes, D.W., Hoffer, J.A., Perkins, W.C., Martin, W.E. (2011), MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) is a member support, non-profit organization that deals with state government on behalf of local business policies. In the early 2000’s, the MSCC, became the most powerful advocacy organization for the business community under the new leadership of President Jack Wallingford. As the growing demands of members and employees were increasing, the MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) has decided to update its computing systems. The management then decided to consolidate their systems to AS/400 based system called UNITRAK. Ted Vassici has supported the systems for a significant period before Simon Kovecki was hired by MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC). Simon Kovecki was in charge of implementing this new system, but he ended up with failure that left MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) with lost data on the old systems, and an inoperable UNITRAK system. This case study illustrates the problems that MSCC went through after acquiring the UNITRAK system. Summary According to Brown, C.V., Dehayes, D.W., Hoffer, J.A., Perkins, W.C., Martin, W.E. (2011), Jack Wallingford, who was the President of MSCC, taught of appointing a new person who could help for the growth of revenue in the organization. Leon Lassiter who has no information technology background...
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...Case Study 1: Midsouth Chamber of Commerce-The Role of The Operating Manager Information System Question: Something had to be done- but what? After reading the case, one continues to come up with new problems and issues along the way that are related to information technologies. The three main problems we encountered in this case are lack of IT knowledge, inappropriate planning, and ineffective and inefficient Resource Management. Each of these issues requires specific attention to fix the next problem and so forth. The solution to attack each individual problem or issue will be explained as follows. Problem #1 Attempting to manage the conversion from an old technology system to a new one without the proper knowledge or background in information technology. Solution Rather than attempting to fix the IT issue, which Leon Lassiter (Vice President of Marketing) of Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) had no knowledge about, instead he should have recognized the issue and address it to be taken care by IT experts. Most importantly he should have consulted with the experts of the matter addressing potential problems and solutions while establishing a timetable of completion of the project within reasonable, reachable, and acceptable time frame. At the same time he needs to establish a realistic expenditure budget to avoid draining financial reserves set forth for such expenses. Now, Mr. Lassiter needs to prioritize the full conversion of the new system by October. He needs...
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...MidSouth Chamber of Commerce Case Study Sulaiman Al‐Rafee MBA‐534 Signature: ……………………………………… Sunday, October 11, 2009 Introduction Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) was created to benefit of businesses within the Midsouth area. By the late 1980s, MSCC became the most powerful business advocacy organization within the area, with Jack Walingford as president. As they started using more and more computer technology, they recognized the need to use computer technology to harness the power of information they had. This case study outlines what MSCC went through when they acquired a new system to handle their operations. Case summary Computer operations at MSCC MSCC had some computer systems that were not integrated, not documented, with little supports and maintenance at the time, and the systems was not Y2K compatible. Leon Lassiter had a vision of an integrated computer system that could further help the organization in its core business (marketing, handling conferences and seminars, pushing the Legislature for new laws). They started with hiring a full‐time computer programmer (Simon Kovecki), and started looking at software packages for the organization. While Lassiter was not in charge of computer operations (Jeff Hedges was put in charge of computer operations), Lassiter pushed the organization to purchase a new system from a company called UNITRAK. It ...
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...Introduction According to Brown, C.V.,Dehayes, D.W., Hoffer, J.A., Perkins, W.C., Martin, W.E. (2011), MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) is a member support, non-profit organization that deals with state government on behalf of local business policies. In the early 2000’s, the MSCC, became the most powerful advocacy organization for the business community under the new leadership of President Jack Wallingford. As the growing demands of members and employees were increasing, the MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) has decided to update its computing systems. The management then decided to consolidate their systems to AS/400 based system called UNITRAK. Ted Vassici has supported the systems for a significant period before Simon Kovecki was hired by MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC). Simon Kovecki was in charge of implementing this new system, but he ended up with failure that left MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) with lost data on the old systems, and an inoperable UNITRAK system. This case study illustrates the problems that MSCC went through after acquiring the UNITRAK system. Summary According to Brown, C.V.,Dehayes, D.W., Hoffer, J.A., Perkins, W.C., Martin, W.E. (2011), Jack Wallingford, who was the President of MSCC, taught of appointing a new person who could help for the growth of revenue in the organization. Leon Lassiter who has no information technology background has taken for this task. He began to recognize the problems and complexities with the...
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...Chambers of Commerce: Their role and areas of opportunity White Paper Study: Summer 2011 Business Assistance Services Offered by Chambers of Commerce Overview Addressing Congress on December 7, 1911, President William Howard Taft expressed the need for a “central organization throughout the country that [would be] able to keep American interests in closer touch with different phases of commercial affairs.” Over the years, Chambers have been portrayed as the “voice of business” and as a central, local source of business services, advocacy and information. Chambers are also key coordinators in providing community events and activities. Scope of Study This white paper examines the range of business information and economic development services offered by local Chambers of Commerce. The data for this White Paper comes from a scientific web-based survey of 1,265 Chambers of Commerce nationwide.1 Chambers were randomly selected from those organizations that are active members of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The study examined five (5) components: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Organizational Structure Services Provided Data & Information Hospitality, Conventions and Tourism Professional Association Participation Key TAKeAWAyS: • Both perceived and real value is the basis of membership development and retention. Utilizing plant/site visits, coordinating them with local elected officials is a key method of establishing an understanding of the...
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...Since the implementation of the Unitrak software, Midsouth Chamber of Commerce has continued to make incompetent management decisions, when it is related to building an IT infrastructure, for their organization. Such a lack of foresight, to properly structure a sustainable IT environment has created numerous difficulties for MSCC. In order to salvage the situation, MSCC has acquired Sage Niele to manage MSCC ‘s information systems. Niele has an impressive resume, as a previous owner/operator of a successful IS and financial business consultant company, which suggest that MSCC has finally taken the right step towards solving their IT issue’s. Niele has already started on her pursuit of saving MSCC from further disaster. Gathering information about the current IT scenario, and working with DMA, the company that is providing MSCC’s current software system, with a softer temperament, are some positive signs demonstrated by Niele,towards solving MSCC’s IS problems. From now, It is essential for MSCC to work with Niele to provide her with every opportunity to succeed, with proper oversight from the upper management .MSCC also has to be extremely careful to avoid past mistakes, or else even with Niele’s effort, MSCC will seize to exist as an organization without a proper IT infrastructure. Cleaning up an Information System debacle at MSCC Leon Lassiter, president of Midsouth Chamber of Commerce, felt the need to introduce UNITRAK software into...
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...Journal on Chapter 73-80 Through the last nine chapters, we can clearly see Bao-yu’s rebellious attitude towards the feudal Chinese system. From the previous chapters, we know that Bao-yu is very talented at poetry things, however, he stands aloof from worldly success. He doesn’t want to like his father. All he wants to do is to stay out of the officialdom. As Cao writes in chapter 73, “He had always detested this style of writing in any case. The Sage himself didn’t write that way, he argued, so how could one hope to expound the inner meaning of his teachings through such a medium” (Cao, 437). From this excerpt, we know that Bao-yu really despises the traditional test system. He thinks all the tests are mediocre. They are not comparable to those Sages’ works. Also, as Cao writes, “Before he left, Jia Zheng had selected a hundred of these essays for him to read; but Bao-yu had only glanced at them occasionally, reading a paragraph here and a paragraph there as some particularly felicitous expression or the extravagance. He had never settled down to the serious analytical examination of even a single essay” (Cao, 147). In ancient China, the writing test for official selection is really vital, but Bao-yu seems to be reluctant on it. Bao-yu wants to be whom he is instead of imitate other people. Moving onto chapter 74, lots of things take place in this chapter. Wang Shan-bao and his wife are not happy with Skybright. So they decide to set up a trap in order to kick Skybright...
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...Transformation is a central concern when studying 'The Bloody Chamber' and 'The World's Wife'. How far would you agree with this observation? Transformation is a prominent theme in the 'The Bloody Chamber' and 'The World's Wife', with the transforming beast, the changing of man’s ideal of perfection and finally physical transformation occurring throughout both volumes. These 'transformations' are brought about via the chains of a patriarchal society which are imposed upon the female protagonists which causes them to have to leave their assumed role in society and assume a more independent and masculine role. Both authors use revisionism throughout their tales so as to allow both their feministic values to be expressed and to allow the female narrative voice to be heard and thus emphasise the sense of female empowerment and independence which permeates both volumes. As Sarah Gamble writes, both writers use the fairy tale as a vehicle for the perpetuation of female oppression in culture.[1] Transformation is a traditional theme of the fairy-tale with it being a key aspect of Carter's 'Cat tales.' In 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', the love of Beauty is a catalyst for the metamorphosis of Mr Lyon which causes a transformation from his strong bestial qualities with his “unkempt” looks and his “rough, hot, stiff stubble” into the stereotype of the gentleman who walks calmly in the garden with his wife. Her enduring love for Mr Lyon develops him from the “leonine apparition” into...
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...The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal--the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour. But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys. This was an extensive and magnificent structure, the creation of the prince's own eccentric yet august taste. A strong and lofty wall girdled it in. This wall had gates of iron. The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts. They resolved to leave means neither of ingress nor egress to the sudden impulses of despair or of frenzy from within. The abbey was amply provisioned. With such precautions the courtiers might bid defiance to contagion. The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was...
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...Chamber of Commerce South Florida Broward County Chambers of Commerce Coconut Creek Chamber of Commerce Colombian American Chamber of Commerce Coral Springs Chamber of Commerce Dania Beach Chamber of Commerce Davie/Cooper City Chamber of Commerce Deerfield Beach Chamber of Commerce Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Greater Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Greater Plantation Chamber of Commerce Greater Pompano Beach Chamber of Commerce Greater Tamarac Chamber of Commerce Hallandale Beach Chamber of Commerce Latin Chamber of Commerce of Broward County Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Chamber of Commerce Lauderdale Lakes Chamber of Commerce Lauderhill Regional Chamber of Commerce Lighthouse Point Chamber of Commerce Margate Chamber of Commerce Miramar Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce Pembroke Park Chamber of Commerce Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Broward County South Florida Chamber of Commerce Sunrise Chamber of Commerce Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce Belle Glade Chamber of Commerce Black Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County, Inc. Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce Finnish-American Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of PB County Lantana Chamber of Commerce Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce ...
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...Assignment Name: |Unit 2 Individual Project | | |Deliverable Length: |Research Paper + at least 15 PowerPoint slides | |Details: |You are the newly appointed President of the local Chamber of Commerce. You are making your first | | |presentation to the Chamber and want to make a good first impression. | | |Your presentation will be based on the following topic, purpose, and audience. | | |Topic: Expected U.S. GDP growth rate going forward | | |Audience: Local chamber of commerce | | |Purpose: To give business leaders an idea of what the economy may look like based on recent history | | |and expected future conditions | | |Part I | | |Write a 600-750 word research paper given the topic, purpose, and audience information above. In | | |addressing GDP, consider the following: ...
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...Empowering is when someone shows traits of being stronger and more confident because they are able to take control over their life and fight for what they want. Capability is when someone obtains the ability to do something for themselves. Carter’s The Bloody Chamber presents some female characters, such as the mother, to have characteristics of positivity and empowerment; whilst other characters such as the young girl have been portrayed as naïve and vulnerable. The novel centres on a seventeen year old girl who is exploring sexual experiences for the first time with her new older husband who is the “richest man in France”, which soon leads to her changing for the worst. The statement that “Carter shows a positive and empowering image of female capability in her stores” could be argued as being correct. This is because at the climax of the novel, the young girl’s mother is identified as a hero because she killed the Marquis in order to save her daughter, who was moments away from being beheaded by him. “Now, without a moment’s hesitation, she raised my father’s gun, took aim and put a single, irreproachable bullet through my husband’s head”. This illustrates how up until this point, the Marquis’ plan was going how he wanted it to but the mother interrupts this with her independence and capability. Traditionally, women are seen as weak and unable to fight for themselves, however Carter reverses the character roles and a theme of female empowerment became noticeable. In addition...
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...Court of Star Chamber – A royal law court that could be used by the King’s subject to get justice. An Ancient high court of England, controlled by the monarch, which was abolished in 1641 by Parliament for abuses of power. Wolsey was the head of the Star Chamber Origin of Star Chamber * The court took its name from the "Star Chamber" or "Starred Chamber" which was built during the reign of King Edward II specifically for the meetings of the King's Council. * The room at the royal palace of Westminster, where the court would sit had stars painted on the ceiling, hence the name "Star Chamber." * The ceiling of the chamber in which the court convened was supposedly painted with a representation of the night sky, including stars, so that the accused could gaze upon the decorated ceiling and contemplate his place in the universe. Purpose of the Star Chamber: * To oversee the operations of lower courts and to hear cases by direct appeal. * The court as structured under Henry VII had a mandate to hear petitions of redress. * Initially the court only heard cases on appeal, Thomas Wolsey and, later, Thomas Cranmer encouraged suitors to appeal to it straight away, and not wait until the case had been heard in the common-law courts. Types of Cases Dealt with in the Star Chamber: * Involved with property rights, trade, government administration and public corruption * Tudors were also concerned with matters of public order * Wolsey used the court...
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...You are the newly appointed President of the local Chamber of Commerce. You are making your first presentation to the Chamber and want to make a good first impression.Your presentation will be based on the following topic, purpose, and audience. * Topic: Expected U.S. GDP growth rate going forward * Audience: Local chamber of commerce * Purpose: To give business leaders an idea of what the economy may look like based on recent history and expected future conditions Part IWrite a 600-750 word research paper given the topic, purpose, and audience information above. In addressing GDP, consider the following: * Trends, forecasts, and statistics * How GDP is determined * Interpreting GDP Part IIPrepare a PowerPoint presentation, consisting of at least 15 slides, to supplement your research paper and be presented to the Chamber of Commerce of an area of your choice. As with any effective presentation, the PowerPoint should be in color, have at least one chart, and clip art on other slides.PowerPoint - Presentation GuidelinesThe following guidelines for your PowerPoint presentation will be used to grade your work as well: * Limit the number of words on slides. Slides are designed to supplement your presentation—not to be your presentation (in this assignment, it is to supplement your research paper). * Avoid paragraphs * Use bullet points * Use succinct phrases instead of sentences * Limit each slide to 6 bullet points * Simple fonts * Fonts...
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...Running head: LETHAL WEAPON Round in the chamber or not James Hardy SECR 5010 Lethal Weapon Today’s question facing the United States Armed Forces is, “Should Military Police (MP) carry a weapon that has a round in the chamber, with a full magazine, while performing law enforcement duties on installations?” I will analyze this question by giving facts to support my legal and ethical arguments, then I will take a opposing opinion that is supported with legal and ethical arguments, and final I will close by reassessing my initial response and indicate whether I have changed my opinion or not. I Support rounds in the chamber I believe that MP should be authorized to carry a loaded weapon. We are authorized to carry a weapon with loaded magazines and the logic of a reasonable person should say that the rationale we are carrying the weapon is to be able to use it if all other means of nonlethal tactics fail (like verbal judo). But, without the round in the chamber, doesn’t my weapon (firearm) becomes synonymous to being nonlethal? And if a MP draws his weapon, isn’t it because he is trying to ward off deadly force to defend himself or the public against those rare situations, such as threats of death or serious bodily injury? So why are we as leaders, standing for MP to carry a lethal weapon that does not have a round in the chamber? The time it takes to load a round in the chamber of a empty weapon may cost that MP or innocent bystander their life. I feel that we...
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