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Professional Knowledge
Abstract In this paper I will tell you how the Association of YMCA Professionals can provide me with information to giving one better knowledge and abilities within the company. The knowledge that I will learn will better assist me in providing me with the necessary trainings and conferences needed to become a professional employee of the YMCA of the Greater Houston. Professional Knowledge and Abilities The association that I chose was the Association of YMCA
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Professional Practice Within the Media
In this assignment I will be studying the ways bodies regulate the media. Media regulation is the regulation of the media, such as enforcing rules and regulations and how they deal with the breakers of these rules. The Press Complaints Commission is an independent organization which deals with the complaints from the public about content in magazines or newspapers. As and Independent body it has no government funding and the government has no influence in
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Professional Skills in Ledingham Chalmers
Ledingham Chalmers, professional skills and personal development Word count: 1088 Executive Summary The subject of this report, estate agencies, and Ledingham Chalmers in particular, were chosen because at some point in everybody's life, property is going to be in the picture, and most likely all business linked to that will be handled through an estate agent's. The reason for choosing property, over so many other possibilities, is that the professional skills required in each of
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Professional Values and Ethics
Professional Values and Ethics Team B Foundations for Education and General Success/GEN 200 April 19, 2010 Sara Murphy Professional Values and Ethics Most successful companies will state that their success is directly related to their employees and the way in which they conduct their business. Professional values and ethics are the fruit of what makes a company successful by allowing employees to believe in what they do and customers to trust the service provided.
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Professional Values and Ethics
Professional Values and Ethics GEN 200 February 1, 2010 Professional Values and Ethics This paper will focus on values and ethics and their relationship among career success. Values and Ethics will be defined and described how they differ. Values and ethics are important in one's personal and professional lives and are vital to any organization, team or group. Values and can be instilled from many different sources whether it is from parents, religion, school,
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Professional Values and Ethics
Professional Values and Ethics In today's career world success is based on how well an individual adapts to different situations and makes professional decisions. Applying personal values along with ethical beliefs are important for making these decisions. Professional ethics is something that successful companies have and apply on a daily basis. It is important to understand the differences and similarities between values, ethics and their impact on career success both personal and company wide. Values
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Professional Workplace Dilema
Professional Workplace Dilemma Being employed in the healthcare field is no easy task by far; you are faced with moral and ethical decisions daily. Not only are you faced with some tough questions, you are also faced with some tough decisions. At least one time or another on a job you may have experienced something that contradicts your views and beliefs or come in contact with an individual that has a slightly different definition of
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Professional Workplace Dilemma
Professional Workplace Dilemma The ethical issue experienced is that profit seeking businesses price their goods and services according to the value that people are willing to pay for them. The costs of producing those goods and services are a measure of what society has to surrender to make those things. If what people pay exceeds the cost, society has gained and the business has maximized the value of producing those things. So, profits are a
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Professional Workplace Dilemma
Professional Workplace Dilemma A dilemma that I experienced has to do with my place of work at ABC. In 2002 I had a values conflict that had to do with my job situation. My company had hired a new director for our accounts payable department in 1997. His name was MB.MB was a financial director from Coca Cola with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance. For several years, MB had held strategic positions and his fame
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Professional Workplace Dilemma: Agentes Aduanales Del Pacifico
Professional Workplace Dilemma: Agentes Aduanales del Pacifico Achieving unfailingly correct decisions is not an easy task. Most decisions are made from three different perspectives; these are the economic, professional, and social standpoints. These three standpoints sometimes are of equal weight yet, totally in opposition. When this is the case and the standpoints are in opposition is very difficult to find the correct and ethical solution. This paper will deal with this dilemma. If it is
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Professional Workplace Dilemmas
Environmental Factors Global and domestic marketing has expanded very rapidly during the last fifteen years in my organization. In the 90’s when my company was in a climate of low economic growth, the company saw international markets as a potential vehicle for profit growth. Global and domestic marketing is becoming of ever-greater importance to more and more company and organizations around the world. However, global and domestic marketing is complex because overseas markets are usually
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Professionalism
Professionalism The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines professionalism as the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person. Yet the White Paper on Pharmacy Student Professionalism says it is displaying values, beliefs and attitudes that put the needs of another about your personal needs. There is still another definition. The Medical Professionalism Project says professionalism is the basis of medicine’s contract with society. It demands placing the interests of patients
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Proffessional Values, Ethics and Career Success
Professional Values, Ethics and Career Success Gen 200 27 April 2011 Mrs. Mclean Professional Values and Ethics Understanding the importance of good ethics in the work place and how ethics affects performance among employees or group members is essential in day to day business operations. First let's define ethics; the Webster Dictionary defines Ethics as [The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of
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Profile Comparison of Ub Group and Radico Khaitan
Profile Comparision of UB Group and Radico Khaitan Executive Summary UB Group and Radico Khaitan are the two largest players in the fast-growing Indian liquor industry today. Since 2002-2003, UB group has metamorphosed into the world’s second largest brewery. Numerous acquisitions and extensive brand launches have been the driving forces for this change. Radico is a relatively new player in the market and has concentrated solely on developing three successful brands thus far. It is
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Profile Management of Abc Electric Company
ABC Electric Company ABC Electric has been in business since 1970. The company makes hand-held arc welders its primary customers are construction firms, shipbuilders, auto-repair shops, and “self-help” amateurs. The company has 30% of the current market share along with four other competitors it has an annual sales of $800 million. The company has a satisfied customer-base. Although, their products are priced above the competitors, customers prefer ABC’s welders due to their superior finish, reliability,
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Profile of Union
Industry/Service: Private Catering Union(s) Involved: (1) IUF, (2) BFAWU, (3) T&G Profile of Union: (1) The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations, the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages, hotels, restaurants and catering services and all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF currently has 336 trade unions in 120 countries representing a
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Profit
After we have chosen our groups we had to come up with a creative idea and work with one of the local charity to raise money by showing our skills and qualities. To raise money for the charity, we undertook following events: 1. Organised and set up our own stalls consisting of various activities fair at St. Peters secondary school. 2. Raffle competition for a large ‘Teddy bear' worth over £150.00. 3. Also Football ‘kick
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Profit and Shareholder Value
Profit and shareholder value are the two goals that organizations pursue. Exploiting an industry’s resources and achieving and sustaining competitive advantage have always been the drivers to profitability. Traditionally being a corporate social responsible company meant sacrificing profitability and thus there was a trade off. Through specific examples and concrete reasoning Prahalad and Hammond suggest how companies can achieve both. I was impressed with the example about making a developing community the target of the
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Profit and Shareholder Wealth Comparison
Profit and Shareholder Wealth Comparison To compare two competing companies in a certain industry many financial ratios can be used in order to determine which stock is a better buy or if the company being looked at is performing better than the peers. This paper will compare GE and Tyco to determine which one has been performing at a higher level than the other. To value these companies certain data must first be provided, the
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Profit and Shareholder Wealth: Ge and Tyco
Today’s companies take many forms. One of the ways a company can ensure its success is to diversify its holdings. General Electric and Tyco International are two such companies that have done just that, although they have taken different approaches to achieve their growth. General Electric has taken a more conservative, methodical approach to the industries where its businesses are located. Tyco has taken a more aggressive approach by multiple acquisitions. These types of companies
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Profit Maximisation
This assignment is an insight about the changes that will be made to Shamrock over a period of three years, as they join ventures with three companies. It will go on to discuss theories that Shamrock will need to put in place in order to cover costs. This essay will highlight theories such as profit maximisation and sales revenue maximisation and give a brief explanation as to their means. Profit Maximisation Profit maximisation is defined
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Profit Maximization - Is Profit Maximization Always the Major Objective of a Firm?
Is Profit Maximisation always the major objective of a firm? The production of goods and services in our economy today takes place within organisations, whether in the centrally planned economy or free market economy. Any firm within these societies all have the same tendencies to acquire a successful business. Attaining this succession through mission statements, goals and objectives is simultaneous through all businesses. Changes in these objectives can have forcible effects on the decisions that
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Profit Retention Within Various Market Structures
Since 2003, Quasar Computers has been operating as a monopoly; insulated from competition. As our product line matures and others enter the market Quasar should pursue the following actions to prolong our profitability. Prolonging our Products Profitability Proactive Use of the Legal System According to the simulation, our product patents are about to expire and we expect Orion Technology to launch a produce that will directly compete with ours. Team A views this moving towards
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Profitability of Nhl
The world of sport enterprise is filled with obligations. One of the most important obligations to a professional sport team is achieving profit. There are many ways a professional sports team determines their profitability. The study done in this specific article relates profitability and other factors in reference to the National Hockey League (NHL). In the introduction, the author presents an overview of the different professional sport teams and their franchises. Information regarding the competitive
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Profitability or Responsibility
purpose of the organization should be. Profitability relates to the shareholder value perspective, while responsibility relates to the stakeholder value perspective. The shareholder value perspective state that the company belongs to the owners and would agree with the statement that firms exists to satisfy the shareholders. Proponents such as Rappaport hold that corporations are instruments whose purpose is to create economic value on behalf of those who invest risk-taking capital in the enterprise. While it
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Profitabilty Analysis
CORPORATE INFORMATION Richard Pieris and Company PLC is a public limited liability company incorporated and domiciled in Sri Lanka and listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. The registered office and principal place of business of the company is located at 310, High Level Road, Nawinna, Maharagama. ? PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS These ratios help measure the profitability of a firm. A firm, which generates a substantial amount of profits per rupee of sales, can comfortably meet its
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Profits and Loss Statement Analysis
PROFITS AND LOSS STATEMENT ANALYSIS From the extracts of the profit and loss statement of Sidcup Furnishings Ltd. from the years 2002 to 2005, the direct materials cost have notably fluctuated in the years observed, evidenced in the increase in 2002 to 2004 and experiencing a significant decrease in 2005, largely due to the changes experienced in the price of hardwood, the raw material used for making Sidcup's products. Additionally, the trend in production for
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Program Languages
Object Oriented Programming organizes programming logic around objects instead of processes. Some widely used third generation; object-oriented programming languages include C++, Java, and Smalltalk. In OOP, data, and the processes that can be performed on the data, are combined into an object. Objects with similar characteristics may be combined into something called a class. (AXIA College of University of Phoenix. 2008) When an OOP programmer creates a class and wants to categorize certain files a
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Program Map Paper
Running head: MAP PAPER Program Map Paper Frank Nwankpa University Of Phoenix COM 525 BOB ARMBRUST Program Map Paper It was quite interesting and educational reviewing the Graduate Business and Management Program Map. The competetencies from different domains to be discussed in this paper will be-General Management: analyzing the challenges and opportunity presented by change, explaining effective leadership techniques for use with in an organization and, Law and Ethics: evaluating the role of individual values
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Programmed and Non Programmed Decision Making
1. Compare and contrast programmed and nonprogrammed decision-making in organizations and give two realistic business examples of each of these two types of decision-making. Programmed decision are decisions that have been made so many times in the past that managers have developed rules or guideline to be applied when certain situations are expected to occur. Programmed decision making is used when an inventory manager of mc Donald’s decides to order beef patty stocks because the
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