...accounting. (Institute of Certified Managment Accountants, 2009, p. 1) The CMA exam is made up of different components that test the skills an accountant or another individual in the finance field would use on the job including financial planning, analysis, control, and decision support. (Institute of Certified Managment Accountants, 2009, p. 1) There are numerous requirements for taking the CMA exam, as well as to maintain your CMA certificate but they are only mediocre compared to the benefits the Certified Management Accountant Certificate can do for you. The CMA exam is administered, developed and graded by the Board of Regents of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants. (Institute of Certified Managment Accountants, 2009, p. 2) The Board of Regents also has the responsibility to evaluate and validate the CMA applications to make sure they have meant all the requirements to be a CMA. (Institute of Certified Managment Accountants, 2009, p. 2) To be eligible to take the CMA exam you much first become a member of the IMA and pay an entrance fee, $200 for regular members but only $75.00 for any students. (Institute of Certified Managment Accountants, 2009, p. 3) Once a member of IMA the Board of Regents will make sure that you have a Bachelors Degree from an accredited university, if the degree is not from an accredited university it could be accepted but only after being evaluated by an independent agency. (Institute of Certified Managment Accountants, 2009, p. 3) Candidates...
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...should face during changes. This essay intends to discuss whether organization should change or not. The reason why organization should change is regarding to growth opportunities. Employees now have chance to learn new skills , exercise their creativity in the ways that ultimately benefit to the organization through new ideas . Importantly, preparing employees to deal with the opportunities in the market that organizations needs to pursue in order to increase its competitiveness. ( Chap 3 part 1 page 36 in " Change management" in Financial times Briefings).In addition, organizations also benefit from increasing satisfaction of customers and markets. Specifically, organizations are now able to introduce the new ways of meeting customer needs, new processes of delivering customer service, and new products which might attract the markets.For example, Apple Inc, the an American multinational corporation, understand and grasp the customer's needs which is phablet (more than 5 inch smartphone screen) , so they offer two new designs for the iPhone 6 which have the screen size of 4.7 inch and 5.5 inch. As a result , Apple are now able to cross the biggest competitor ,SamSung and becomes the No. 1 smartphone maker in the world. Nevertheless, there is the fact that 70% or more of significant organization changes either fail to achieve the desired results or make things worse. The failure may result in disillusionment, frustration, chaos, waste of time and human and capital resources...
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...ßCultural-Competence Assignment Introduction The purpose of this essay is to firstly understand the arguments between McSweeney and Hofstede about national cultures. The argument starts on the Hoftstede’s published book Culture’s Consequences. Hoftstede’s cultural dimensions theory has got popular and in the same time criticised by other scholars, while McSweeney is one of the scholars who have been critising the cultural dimensions on people from different nations. This essay will firstly summarise the ideas and arguments of both of McSweeney and Hofstede in order to develop the understanding about the reasons why they are conflicting with each other on the cultural dimension theories. Following the summary of the two scholars ideas and argument, this essay will discuss the agreement and disagreement of both scholars. Reflection on this course on national culture will be specified as well in order to show whether my personal understanding about culture has been changed or improved. Summary of the ideas and argument of both McSweeney and Hofstede * McSweeney’s argument McSweeney expresses his doubts about Hoftstede’s model of national cultural differences and their consequences. The criticism that McSweeney has on the theory of Hoftstede’s cultural dimensions based on the description of national cultural differences in the Culture’s Consequences published in 1980 (McSweeney, 2002). First of all, the methodology applied in the research of Hoftstede’s model is critised...
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...FROM TAYLORISM TO AUTONOMY In this essay we will present how the managements concept was developed from F.Taylor concept to contemporary management concepts. We will point to a few selected aspects of strengths and weaknesses of scientific management. From craftsmanship to mass production. Scientific management.- breakthrough in the industrial production. Until F.Taylor published his book 'Principles of scientific management' in which he laid down fundamental principles of large-scale manufacturing through assembly-line factories, good production was based mostly on the work of crafts. "Production efficiency methodology that breaks every action,job, or task into small and simple segments which can be easily analysed and taught. Introduced in the early 20th century, Taylorism (1) aims to achieve maximum job fragmentation to minimize skill requirements and job learning time, (2) separates execution of work from work-planning (3) separates direct labour from indirect labour (4) replaces rule of thumb productivity estimates with precise measurements, (5) introduces time and motion study for optimum job performance, cost accounting,tool and work station design and (6) makes possible payment-by-result method of wage determination.”1. ( reference). Application in industry scientific management methods a specially assembly-line factories made it possible to mass production of goods. Many products previously inaccessible for a mass audience, such as for example...
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...GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Geog 209 - Fall 2014 T-Th 12:00-1:20 Plus Discussion Section and evening films McKenzie 240A Prof. Shaul Cohen Condon 107G Tel. 346-4500 Office Hours Tuesday 12:00-1:00 OBA scohen@uoregon.edu GTFs Ashley Wall Jennings Office Hours M 1:00-2:00 ajenning@uoregon.edu Christine Carolan ccarolan@uoregon.edu Purpose: This course explores the geography of the Middle East with an emphasis on politics, culture, and regional cohesion. Through a variety of sources including modern literature, film, images of landscape, traditional academic texts and the daily news, we will pursue an understanding of those elements that characterize the region, as well as those features that are distinct and mark different peoples and places. We will examine local, sub-national, national, and international issues relating to identity and status, history, environment, economy and other topics, in an attempt to create a portrait of daily life in the many venues of the region, whether they be urban or rural, coastal or desert, North African or Asian, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Arab, Israeli, Turkish, Iranian, and so on. Our goal will be to use the information available to us to discern patterns in the region that allow us to grasp its richness and complexity, to gain a sense of its past, contextualize current changes, and to anticipate future directions. Resources: For this course we will work from a number of selected writings, and...
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...Network Design Project Intruction Kudler Fine Foods is making steps to inhanse the existing network, including wireless technology. These changes are being provided to improve the comuunication links between the stores and all employees. We will be implementing new technologies to automate inventory managment by creating orders of products from the transactions at the POS. The VOIP phones will be repalced with wireless VOIP phones and will allow for the employees to take calls as they provide servieces for their costumers. The improvements in network security will provide real time monitoring. Timeline The redesign of the Kudler Fine Foods will be an extreme undertaking. We will need three months to fully reconfigure the network. Since each store will have to have new cable and equipment run throughout, the downtime for each location will be minimul. In the network closet the new router will be installed, along with the two new switches. The Cat 6 Ethernet has to be run from this closet to each access point. The two servers will need to be backed up and the data will be uploaded to the new servers. A wireless access point will be added to the network and the printers and VOIP phones will be configured. While the store is closed, all the user devices will be connected to the new ports and the network will be connected to the inetnet. Design Approach and Rationale My approach to the design of this network starts with security and usablilty. The network most be fast, reliable...
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...Assessment Criteria Evidence (To provide evidence of Achieving Assessment Criteria Learner should provide the following ) 1.1 Discuss the role of strategic marketing in an organization. For AC1.1, learners need to show that they understand the difference between strategic and tactical marketing. They need to use established models and definitions to develop theirdiscussion. 1.2 Explain the processes involved in strategic marketing. For AC1.2, learners will be expected to understand and explain the processes involved in strategic marketing. This will involve looking at a range of processes and learners may wish to draw on their own experiences in the workplace to amplify their points. 1.3 Evaluate the links between strategic marketing and corporate strategy For AC1.3, learners are expected to understand that the process of strategic marketing does not take place in a vacuum. They will need to show that they can evaluate the links between strategic marketing and corporate strategy and provide examples of those links. 2.1 Assess the value of models used in strategic marketing planning. For AC2.1, learners need to research the models used in strategic planning. They will need to make judgments and assess the value of the models for strategic marketing planning. 2.2 Discuss the links between strategic positioning and marketing tactics. For AC2.2, learners need to understand that when strategic plans are put into operation, dayto-day tactical decisions have to be made. In...
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...Environmental Scan Dwayne A. Haynes MGT/498 August 12, 2013 Michael Medoro Environmental Scan Internal and external environmental scanning helps shape strategic management and planning. Companies use business strategies to create value and secure competitive advantages. Measurements verify the company’s strategic effectiveness. This essay is a brief overview of the internal and external environmental scans, competitive advantage, value, and measurements used at Wells Fargo and Verizon wireless. Most of the supporting data are summaries from the Wells Fargo, and Verizon websites. Wells Fargo is a large financial institution with five strategic priorities: putting customers first, growing revenue, reducing expenses, living the vision and values, and connecting with communities, and stakeholders (Wells Fargo, 1999 - 2013). The Wells Fargo strategy includes cross-selling, (selling additional products), technology, customer-centric (focus on what the customer needs, not what Wells Fargo wants to sell), brand, and opportunities (Wells Fargo, 1999 - 2013). In the cross sell effort, Wells Fargo has detailed data on what products the customers are buying and the number of products per household. According to Wells Fargo (1999 - 2013), “We want all our wealth management, brokerage and retirement customers to bank with Wells Fargo. We want all our banking customers to think of us first for all their wealth management needs” (Our Strategy). The company wants...
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...FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT DECLARATION This form must be completed, signed, dated and attached to your assignment that you submit for marking. COLLEGE OF BUSINESS, HOSPITALITY & TOURISM STUDIES 1. Administrative Details STUDENT NAME: Devika Chand STUDENT ID NUMBER UNIT OF STUDY: ACC 409 2015131951 TITLE OF ASSESSMENT: Supply Chain Management DATE DUE: 19/10/2015 DATE SUBMITTED: 19/10/2015 TUTORIAL/CLASS TIME: Thursday 8-10am 2. Compulsory Student Declaration Plagiarism means using another person’s intellectual output and presenting it (without appropriate acknowledgement of the author or source) as one’s own. Plagiarism constitutes academic misconduct. Where there are reasonable grounds for believing that this has occurred, disciplinary procedures of the University will be instituted. PLEASE TICK TO INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE SATISFIED THESE REQUIREMENTS: o I have read the policy on Programme Regulation on preventing plagiarism and the relevant referencing guides (or have had this explained to me by my unit coordinator) and understand the consequences of committing academic misconduct as outlined in the policy. o This assignment is my own work, I have not participated in collusion, nor have I previously submitted this or a version of it for assessment in any other Unit of Study at the University or any other institution without having obtained the approval of the teacher. o I have taken proper and reasonable care to prevent...
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...Introduction The purpose of the study was to determine the identity of middle manager using the particular of focus group conversations. According to the article, “Who is ‘the middle manger’?” by Harding, Lee, and Ford (2014), the definition of middle management is very clear and consistent in many literature. However, there are insufficient literatures on middle management roles and identities. In order to understand identity of middle management, the researchers setup three scenes to identify middle manager by the analysis of the participants’ behaviour. As a result, the performance of middle managers is complex and contradictory. The controversial role of middle managers Middle management is the intermediate management in organisational hierarchies, are responsible for implementing the executive management’s policies and plans and above the lower levels of junior staff (Uyterhoeven, 1972). Although there is a coincident definition of middle management, the controversial performance of middle management has been discussed in many literatures. Following the definition of middle management, middle managers should have skills that receive strategic plan from top manager and deploy it successfully by control over junior staff (Harding et al., 2014). However, they have not been considered part of the strategy process (Floyd & Wooldridge, 1992). They just like ‘a passive linking pin’, doubtfully carry out the instructions of the top managers and fully implement throughout the organisation...
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...research by many theorist such as: Fredrick Taylor, Abraham Maslow, Douglas McGregor, Frederick Hertzberg, Karl Marx and Harry Braverman. I will discuss the critical and mainstream theories around the topic of worker motivation and then give examples to link them to current times, this will then lead to a conclusion supported by facts and theories. The main stream theorist I would like to draw upon first is Fredrick Taylor and his theory of scientific management. He linked productivity with economic reward and put forward the concept that worker are motivated primarily through pay or ''economic reward''. This concept of Fredrick has been accepted by management all over the world and still holds true for many business where productivity is linked to sales and then to economic rewards. [ (Locke, 1982, pp. 14-24) ]. Mayo conducted experiments between 1927 and 1937, that later came to be known as hawthorn experiments and came to the conclusion that physical, economic and social environment can effect workers productivity. These experiments were criticized by a number of theorist including Alex Cary, in the ''American sociological review (1976)'', and as such I won't be using them extensively for this essay. Abraham Maslow on the other hand came up with a more general approach to motivation, his theory came to be known as the 'hierarchy of needs', which stated that as one tier of need is fulfilled another tier of needs will emerge and thus motivate the workers to achieve them....
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...BRE345 Measurement, Documentation & Estimating —TOPIC7 BRE345 Measurement, Documentation & Estimating —TOPIC7 2 Content 1. QUESTION（a） .................................................................................................... 3 1.1Provisional Quantities .......................................................................................... 3 1.2Preambles ............................................................................................................. 3 1.3Specification.......................................................................................................... 4 2. QUESTION（b） .................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Reason for Prequalification ................................................................................. 6 2.2Prequalification Criteria ...................................................................................... 6 3. QUESTION（c） .................................................................................................. 10 3.1What is Prime Cost Sum? ................................................................................... 10 3.2 When we use the PC sum? ................................................................................. 10 3.3 Main items in Prime Cost Sum......................................
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...Executive summary Recent success in the Indian market of pasta has compelled Nestle Bangladesh to introduce new snack “Maggi Pasta” in Bangladeshi market. This snack is still not that much popular because of unavailability and high price. Beside that no other company is producing or supplying a good amount of pasta in the local market. This gives a huge advantage to Nestle Bangladesh ltd. to enter in a very less competitive market and enjoy the first mover advantage. The company will get benefit from already a well established distribution channel of nestle and its’ dexterous staff to give the product in the peak of its success. The expected market share could be achieved by a sound promotion policy and by the brand name of Nestle as the maggi noodles is already a well known product. This instant pasta mix will attract customers just like it attracted the noodles customers. And as a different product it will be able to gain more market share by creating a completely new market. New types of pasta will be introduced to the market to keep the market in hand and the beginning will have a pasta festival that will create a brand value, promote the product, strengthen the brand in the customers’ mind and make customers believe that the only instant pasta mix provider in the market is maggi. The company is expecting to have a 40 percent share of the market at the first quarter and what will reach in 80/85 percent at the end of the year. Production cost could be minimized by nestle...
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...Title: Personal and intimate care means crossing normal boundaries. What are the implications of this for users and workers in health and social care? Within health and social care crossing normal boundaries may sometimes be required. Firstly, this essay will explore some common dilemmas and difficulties within care settings, and then consider how this can lead to poor-quality and unsafe practice. “Often poor practice occurs in care situations that are challenging to the care worker, for example giving intimate care or dealing with challenging behaviour,” (unit 17, pp. 11-54). Secondly, using case studies I will define and compare the implications for both workers and service users, thus allowing for the evaluation of ways in which intimate care can be provided to promote wellbeing, making people feel comfortable and safe. Finally the importance of guidelines, protocols and accountability are discussed, therefore creating good practice and safeguarding both the worker and service user. Providing personal and intimate care often involves direct physical touch and nakedness and sometimes gives rise to emotional closeness. These are also characteristics of sexual relationships, so it is not surprising that the boundaries between care and sex become blurred (Twigg, 2006). Personal Care can be merely assisting to brush someone’s teeth or assisting with feeding; whereas intimate care is events that would usually be done in private without anyone else present. Social boundaries...
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...* All assigned chapter readings are covered. * All TCOs are covered. * The Final Exam is 230 points total broken out as follows: 5 Short Answer (10 pts each), 4 Essays (45 pts each). * You have 3.5 hours to complete the exam. * SAVE frequently, because when the time limit is reached you will automatically be exited from the exam. * There are 2 pages for the exam. They do not need to be completed in order. * Help Desk phone number: 800-594-2402. * See Syllabus/"Due Dates for Assignments & Exams" for due date information. Week 8 : Final Exam and Looking Ahead - Final Exam ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Time Remaining: | | Page: 1 2 | Page 1 Question 1.1. (TCO A, B) How is job dissatisfaction reflected in an organization? (Points : 10) Job satisfaction is the collection of feelings and beliefs people have about their jobs. Job satisfaction is a positive feeling about your job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics as we studied in the last weeks job dissatisfaction is reflected within any organization or company through the attitudes , actions and performance of that dissatisfied employees within that organization, we all agreed in our weekly Discussion that when employees are dissatisfied they are less likely to perform their job effectively and efficiently, show no enthusiasm to go the extra for the company or fellow employees, and tend to be absent a lot, if...
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