...The Board of Directors: Tower Simulation Sophia Zhidro, Troy Alexander, Jessica Zawada, Yunjie Yang, and Beihao Xu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Abstract As the board of directors, once we received our assigned roles for the simulation we knew that our role would be critical for the assignment. With little instructions from the instructor we delved into our tasks and began meeting on a regular basis to become a unified team. Through the textbook materials and media exposure, it is evident that upper management sets the tone for an entire company. As the Board of Directors, we wanted to set a positive tone for the rest of the teams in the simulation. We deeply valued the importance of having a positive group dynamic because we wanted to be perceived by the other teams as unified and competent. Members of the class consistently approached us asking for directions due to the ambiguity of the assignment. As the Board we believed it was our responsibility to take control in order to ensure a smooth execution. Board of Directors: Tower Simulation As a result of the ambiguity of the assignment and confusion that many of our classmates faced, we, as the board of directors, decided to lead with a hands-on approach. DuBrin indicates that “by getting directly involved in the group’s work activities, the leader [we] influence(s) subordinates to hold certain beliefs and to follow certain procedures and processes (DuBrin 250). We had spoken with the presidents of each...
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...COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed to enrich the students’ experiences in developing and utilizing appropriate technology to facilitate learning. It shall also provide exposure and hands-on opportunities in the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Field Study 3 can be anchored on the following Professional education subject: * Educational Technology 1 * Educational Technology 2 GENERAL OBJECTIVES 1. Select the teaching materials that best suit the needs of the learners 2. Apply the principles of developing instructional materials 3. Develop and utilize instructional materials appropriate to a chosen subject area Acknowledgement I just want to express my heartfelt gratitude to those who were so generous with their time and expertise: To our Almighty God for the knowledge, strength and wisdom. His guidance leads me to select the most desirable way to success. To my parents who provided me their financial support, love, moral values and advices. To Prof. Dominic Dizon,MAEd as my mentor for my Field Study 3. I really appreciate your utmost effort in facilitating and checking my errors. Thank you for molding us to be competent and knowledgeable about Technology in the Learning Environment. I am so grateful to have you as my mentor and I feel so blessed. To Ms. Shienna Mae Eramis for your cooperation and to your students who also gave their cooperation. I wish...
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...Capability: * Some offices perform well Corporate Social Responsibility: * Previous surveys have shown high scores for WRSX in terms of its ethical stance and its social profile (its social contribution to the communities in which it trades) Client attraction & retention: * WRSX scores highly on its market research capability and its understanding of market segments and channels. * It also scores very highly in terms of its creativity and innovation SWOT Analysis – Weaknesses Management of Growth: * WRSX is perceived as just below average in terms of its entrepreneurial capability & management of organic growth * Well below average in terms of the way it has managed acquisitions to date * Not seen as a global player measured against competitors * Its ownership of trade names and intellectual property rights is below the industry average Management of risk: * Its management of financial risk has dropped below average as a result of a sustained investment in acquisitions in recent years * Acquisitions have not been perceived as financially astute * Recent corruption scandal involving Raphael roux has damaged WRSX group’s reputational risk score. * The way the business is structured and managed, i.e. local autonomy and a light handed approach by the wrsx group board, results in a low score in terms of management of operational, market and business risk against the industry average. Leadership capability:...
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...This article was downloaded by: [University of Glasgow] On: 06 August 2013, At: 08:28 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Transnational Management Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wtnm20 Diversification, Strategy, and Stability of Lebanese Banks: A Non-Parametric DEA Approach Rock-Antoine Mehanna & Youssef Yazbeck a b a b Sagesse University, Furn el Shebak, Lebanon Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon Published online: 14 Jun 2012. To cite this article: Rock-Antoine Mehanna & Youssef Yazbeck (2012) Diversification, Strategy, and Stability of Lebanese Banks: A Non-Parametric DEA Approach, Journal of Transnational Management, 17:2, 155-166, DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2012.676939 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2012.676939 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed...
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...Executive Summary Reforming Education: Firing and Motivating Teachers The public educational system in Texas is failing. The current practice of retaining underperforming teachers is preventing students from receiving the quality of education that is necessary to succeed. To correct this problem, we propose a system for evaluating teacher performance at the elementary school level based on state test scores. Teachers will be placed into one of four categories based on their students’ educational growth: top performing tier, high performing tier, medium performing tier, or lowest performing tier. Teachers performing in the top tiers will be rewarded with public praise and annual bonuses, while teachers in the bottom tiers will be placed on probation which includes performance improvement courses. Teachers who are unable to improve their performance will be fired. The tactics to sell this plan to the Spring Branch Independent School District board will be based on consistency, intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, emotion, and the Expectancy Chain. Convincing the school board to fire underperforming teachers will challenge the educational status quo, but will improve the quality of education given to students. Reforming Education: Firing and Motivating Teachers Public education is failing in Texas. Texas ranks forty-first out of fifty states in high school graduation rates. “The research shows that kids who have two, three, or four strong teachers in a row will eventually...
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...CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT Banks are in the business of risk management and, hence, are incentivized to develop sophisticated risk management systems. The basic components of risk management system are identifying the risks the bank is exposed to, assessing their magnitude, monitoring them, controlling/mitigating them using a variety of procedures and setting aside capital for potential losses. RBI prescribed risk management framework in terms of: a) Asset-Liability Management practices. b) Credit Risk Management. c) Operational Risk Management. d) Stress testing by Indian Banks in the perspective of international practices. BANKING RISKS: It can be categorized into: i) Business-related Risks. ii) Capital-related Risks. Business Related Risks: The business related risks to which banks are exposed are associated with their operational activities and market environment. They fall into six categories: namely, a) Credit Risk b) Market Risk c) Country Risk d) Business Environment Risk e) Operational Risk f) Group Risk Note: Market Risk comprising of interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, equity price risk; commodity price risk and liquidity risk; Credit Risk: Credit risk, a major risk faced by banks, is inherent to any business of lending funds to individuals, corporate, trade, industry, agriculture, transport, or banks/financial institutions. It is defined as the possibility of loses associated with a diminution in the credit...
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... 15 1. Specifications: A requirements specification for a software system - is a complete description of the behavior of a system to be developed. It includes a set of use cases that describe all the interactions the users will have with the software. Use cases are also known as functional requirements. In addition to use cases, the SRS also contains non-functional (or supplementary) requirements. Non-functional requirements are requirements which impose constraints on the design or implementation (such as performance engineering requirements, quality standards, or design constraints). Software Requirement Specification for Tic-Tac-Toe: Tic-Tac-Toe is a board-game....
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...The board exams and stress seem to go hand in hand for the vast majority of students who undertake this sort of coming of age ritual across India each year. Lost appetites, under-confidence, nervousness, anxiety and even depression are no strangers to the youngsters who are conditioned to look upon these exams as the be-all and end-all of academic achievements in school. Not a year goes by without the media reporting a number of suicides and suicidal attempts by children as young as 14 to 17 due to the fear of the boards, or their poor performance in the same. Small wonder then, that the stress inflicted upon these hapless students has become quite a concern for parents, schools and society alike. These youngsters primarily undergo stress due to two factors. The first is the hype that surrounds the board examinations. While they are no different from the dozens of exams the students have already undertaken during their school life, schools, teachers and parents approach the boards with apprehension akin to fear and this in turn seeps into the students. From the time students enter Class IX, teachers start mentioning their boards looming large next year. Once in Class X, the pressure is relentless, with continual pressure for improved performances in time for the boards. This attitude is also reflected by parents, who view the boards with trepidation as a good score in Class X alone can ensure admission into a subject stream of choice. For Class XII students also, their...
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...Comparative Reporting Harmonization can be described as the ‘Process of increasing the comparability of accounting practices by setting bounds to their degree of variation’ (Page 75). In Essence, it is the continual effort of implementing a global set of standards, in which there is if not none, minimal differences between financial reporting in countries all around the world. For many modern day businesses, it is important to have a set of financial statements that appeals to a wider audience of investors and shareholders in which they can hope to receive important investments. The process of Harmony around the world seems to be a challenge, however in 2006, Canada’s accounting board, AcSB, made a strategic move in giving the option for firms in the public sector the choice of presenting their financial statement in accordance with IFRS which would be in effect as of January 2011. This essay seeks to establish the influential factors that shaped the accounting standards in Canada, and to distinguish any key differences in relation to the UK accounting system using the Canadian private enterprise, Good Group. This paper will primarily focus on the Private sector that choose to present under the ASPE system, as both Canada and UK use different accounting standards for which they implement in this sector. Canada’s Accounting System Like many other countries around the world, Canada has multiple accounting standards to meet the needs of different segments within their...
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...Internship Report On Credit Risk Management: A Study On Sonali Bank Ltd. Supervised By: Shahidul Islam Lecturer Department of Marketing Comilla University Prepared By: Mahmudul Hasan ID – 0807031 Session- 2008-2009 3rd Batch Date: 20th January,2014 Department of Marketing Comilla University Table of Contents Contents Page no. Letter of Transmittal Letter of Authorization Acknowledge Executive Summery Chapter- 01 Introduction Background of the study Problem Statement Objective of the Study Chapter- 02 Literature Review Overview of Sonali Bank Ltd Overview of Credit Risk Management Literature Review: A Theoretical Framework Chapter- 03 Methodology Sources of Data Chapter- 04 Data Analysis & Findings Diagrammatic Analysis SWOT Analysis Findings Conclusions & Recommendations Internship Experiences References Letter of Transmittal 20th January, 2014 Shahidul Islam Lecturer Department of Marketing University of Comilla Sub: Submission of Internship Report entitled “Credit Risk Management : A Study On Sonali Bank Limited. Dear Sir, I am pleased to submit this internship report as you entitled me. I tried my best to present this internship report on Credit Risk Management: A Case Study On Sonali Bank Limited, Agrabad Corporate Branch, Chittagong, according to your...
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...The Digital Age of Education: Who Benefits More in a Mutual Learning Environment? It is 8:00 in the morning and another school day has just begun. Mrs. Sullivan is powering on her SMART board so she can demonstrate today’s spelling lesson to her first grade class. Mr. Price is waiting for the bulb in his projector to achieve its maximum brightness before he begins showing his fourth grade history class an interactive map about Christopher Columbus and his discovery of a new world. Mrs. Peattie disperses electronic touch screen tablets for her students to use as they learn how to diagram sentences. Later in the day, Mrs. Thomas makes sure all the laptop computers for her classroom have a full charge so she can teach her seventh grade math students the importance of fractions as they work out exercises on the machines by themselves. These instances are a common occurrence in modern schools and classrooms. Technology is being integrated into classrooms all over to enhance and enrich students’ educations. But who really benefits from having this technology in the classroom? Both students and teachers benefit from the integration of technology in the classroom by creating new opportunities for learning, improving performance, and increasing involvement. The general purpose of having technology in the classroom may not be as evident to everyone. With the teacher/student ratio on the rise, individual attention for students is limited. Beneficially, technology is the answer...
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...GMI (Governance Metrics International) for MINDTREE Research Methodology GMI rating criteria are based on securities regulations, stock exchange listing requirements and various corporate governance codes and principles. Among the latter are principles promulgated by the OECD, the Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance, the International Corporate Governance Network and the Business Roundtable. In addition, we have sought the views of various corporate governance and legal advisors, institutional investors, corporate officers and company directors, and utilized the combined experience of the founding partners.This endeavor has produced a set of hundreds of metrics structured in a manner that can only produce yes, no or not disclosed answers. In this way we have attempted to eliminate a large degree of subjectivity to answer these metrics from official company filings with securities regulators and stock exchanges. The GMI research process starts with a review of all pertinent public data, including regulatory filings, company websites, news services and other specialized websites. All data collected by GMI are entered into a relational database. Once the research template answers have been compiled and have been subjected to various quality control checks, data entry reports are sent to each company in our universe for a final accuracy check. After any company adjustments are made the data are locked and GMI runs a scoring model that calculates and assigns ratings...
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...Diversity Initiatives...........................................................13 5. Family-Friendly Benefits....................................................................14 6. EEO-1 Disclosure ..................................................................................15 7. Highest-Paid Executives ...................................................................16 8. Board Representation .......................................................................18 9. Director Selection Criteria ...............................................................20 10. Corporate Commitment ................................................................21 DIVERSITY SCORES BY SECTOR ................................................................22 CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS ...........................................................23 MODEL BOARD DIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROXY DISCLOSURES ..................................................................................25 APPENDIX S&P 100 Ratings (alphabetically) ......................................................26 S&P 100 Ratings (by score) ..................................................................27...
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...INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………........1 REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY FOR AND SIT FOR THE TEXAS CPA EXAM…….............1 Moral character………………………………………………………………………….1 Degrees&150 hours…………………………………………………………………......2 Accounting, business, and ethics courses…………………………………………….....2 FOUR SECTIONS AND TEST STRUCTURES………………………………………….........5 Coverage and structure………………………………………………………………….5 THE RULES, TESTING WINDOWS, AND SITES……………………………………...........6 Rules…………………………………………………………………………………….6 Testing window………………………………………………………………………….6 Testing center……………………………………………………………………………6 PREPARE FOR AND TAKE THE UNIFORM CPA Exam…………………………………….7 Courses and options……………………………………………………………………...8 Taking the Uniform CPA Exam under rules…………………………………………….9 Receiving scores…………………………………………………………………………9 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR TEXAS CPA…………………………………...........10 Submit a licensure application…………………………………………………………10 Ethics exam……………………………………………………………………………..10 Work experience in Texas……………………………………………………………...10 BENEFITS TO BECOME A TEXAS CPA…………………………………………………..11 CONCLUSIONS……………………………………………………………………………….11 WORKS CITED…………………………………………………………………………….....11 EXHIBITS AND NOTES……………………………………………………………………...12 APPENDIXES…………………………………………………………………………………17 Appendix 1-Application of Intent………………………………………………….. …..17 Appendix 2-Work Experience Form……………………………………………………19 Executive Summary This report provides information about the steps to becoming a Texas CPA. Included is the information about the...
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...Solving the trust issues at the VUmc | An advice for the management board of the medical center of the VU University Amsterdam on how to understand and solve the trust issues from the staff towards the management board | Coach: Renee Liesveld Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 1.1 Problem statement 2 1.2 Research Objective & Research Question 2 2. Background 3 2.1 Contextual background 3 2.2 Theoretical background 4 Defining the concept of trust 4 Model of trust from Mayer et al. 6 3. Conceptual Framework 10 3.1 Combining the theories into a conceptual model 11 Research Questions 13 4. Methodology 14 Qualitative methods 14 Quantitative methods 14 Quantitative data analysis 14 Planning of all activities 15 5. Bibliography 16 5. Appendix 17 5.1 Interview Design 17 5.2 Questionnaire Design 18 5.3 Coding sheet Questionnaire 20 5.4 Figures and Tables 21 1. Introduction 1.1 Problem statement Not many times a television program is brought to a halt because it brought a whole country in commotion. This is what happened with the program ‘24 hours between life and death’ produced by ‘Eyeworks’. In November 2011 the production company ‘Eyeworks’ approached the VUmc for a new television program ‘24 hours between life and death’. The program makers wanted to portray emergency cases at the Accidents and Emergency (A&E) department from the view of patients and staff workers. VUmc decided to cooperate with this project as...
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