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Before selecting any suitable candidate for the position of accountant, we have to set some basic criteria for selection based on the job responsibilities and the business requirements and then we will do the comparative analysis of three available candidates. For this job, a candidate is needed who is well versed with report writing skills, fiscal ratios which are needed to measure the profitability and productivity of client applications, and handsome experience of managerial accounting. The reason is that S.I.S constantly needs to provide high-quality financial data to financial institutions like banks, investment houses, and the government. For managerial decision-making, financial information should be presented in a tabular and graphic format so that senior management can see the big picture and understand the position of the business readily. For investors, the reports should carry information about growth in sales, Profitability (profit margins), Investments (assets owned), and Business value (tutor2u). Lenders Banks need information that helps them determined whether loans and interest will be paid when due, mainly focused on Cash flows. Credit Suppliers require information about the short-term liquidity of a business. The government agencies are interested in accounting information to levy and collect Corporation Tax. Various regulatory agencies (e.g. the Competition Commission and the Environment Agency) need the information to support decisions about takeovers and grants (tutor2u). The company has to hire an accountant, who possesses comprehensive knowledge of making such different types of reports that satisfy all these stakeholders’ requirements. Another important point is that mere knowledge of all such types of reports is not enough but the hands-on experience is mandatory because any mistake on the part of an accountant can have serious implications for the business and may result in the form of loss of a big business opportunity. So the selection of the right candidate is very crucial to the company. For making this decision, let us analyze the data available about each candidate and try to make a comparison among them. About Jethro This person is the youngest and the most educated of all the potential can
Introduction The General Plan of the city is an important evidence and driver of the joint work of the government, officials, social services, and the population to improve the city environment. It reflects a number of aspects to enhance such as environment, transportation, water planning, housing, and other crucial parts of the life of the city and its citizens (“The Town of Gilbert’s General Plan” 3). The city of Gilbert is located in Arizona, and it occupies almost 122 sq.km and gives the home to almost 208000 people. The aim of this paper is to assess and analyze the General Plan of the town, in particular, its community design. Evaluation and Analysis According to the plan, the citizens have been satisfied with the development of the city in terms of community design. In general, it is considered well planned, functional, and attractive. Moreover, as per residents’ survey, the community design responds to their aesthetic expectations (“Community Design” 1). However, the town setting needs to be considered regarding the commercial growth and the increasing number of residents since they impose higher requirements to the town administration regarding the area planning. That is to say that the current neighborhoods need to be managed in the ways they offer public facilities and areas. Overall, the plan has been developed for the coming 20 years, and it stresses out a variety of issues to work through (“The Town of Gilbert’s General Plan” 1). It reviews such aspects as architecture, sustainability of territories and facilities, the town lightning, and so on (“Community Design” 4). According to the plan, many different policies have been developed and are being gradually introduced. For instance, new policies have been established to promote minimization of commercial impacts or restoring of town facilities. The existing and perspective challenges for the city of Gilbert, which it is expected to overcome during the next twenty years, are indeed large-scale. In particular, it has been decided to eliminate inefficient street design to make it more complex. The new community design will promote feasible but efficient lighting, convenient and safe pedestrian walks, and attractive landscaping. It is essential to reconsider signage as well as all the commercial interfaces. The plan promotes open areas for the residents in commercial elaborations (“Community Design” 4). Nevertheless, the most important aspect is the town architecture; it is planned to put much thought in this issue of planning despite the fact that the majority of city dwellers think of the city as quite attractive. Further on, it is planned to integrate the parking lots and make them more presentable and harmonious so that they do not interfere with the general appearance of the city (“Community Design” 4). It should be stressed out that due to the town geography; one of the essential points in the plan should be drainage and storm water management. Based on the prev
Introduction Group synergy and group member roles are some of the elements applied in organisations with regards to the relationships between employees. The former involves interaction of forces. In such engagements, the whole is regarded to be greater and superior in comparison to its parts. Group member roles, on the other hand, is a scenario where the tasks performed by different individuals belonging to a team are coordinated to solve specific problems. Employees working in a given company may be organised into different teams with specific objectives. The marketing team, for instance, may be tasked with the responsibility of increasing sales volumes. In this paper, the author will define the two concepts by relating them to real life situations. The author of this paper will enhance the relevance of the two phenomena by linking them to experiences in contemporary society. Group Synergy An Overview of Group Synergy According to Engleberg and Wynn (27), synergy is described as an association of many elements working together. Such elements are designed to operate in unison to give results that are greater than their individual effects. The word is derived from a Greek term that loosely translates to “working together”. Engleberg and Wynn (27) associate the term with a group of individuals working in harmony to achieve specified goals. On their part, Harvey and Brown (16) define synergy in relation to developments in an organisation. Harvey and Brown state that the term simply implies a form of coordinated interaction between multiple departments. The departments operate in a harmonious manner. They do this to improve the welfare of the entire organisation. Group Synergy in the Real World In a real life situation, synergy is used in different spheres of life. In small and medium business entities, for instance, group synergy is utilised to marshal resources for micro-enterprise development. The concept has made it possible for individual entrepreneurs to join forces with their peers and achieve their savings goals. By coming together, such entrepreneurs can easily access credit, create formidable business partnerships, and share influence (Engleberg and Wynn 62). Analysts view group synergy as a means of development among individuals with limited resources. The element of coming together as a group creates a “functioning complementation” (Engleberg and Wynn 62). The resulting functionality not only depicts team efficacy, but also positive team performance. In this context, sch
Introduction Camille Paglia strikes a touchy topic in the article “On date rape” in a typical aggressive manner she is famous for. One feels while going through it that all date-rape victims have become muted, all discussions in the world on date-rape have been wrapped up and all judgments have been passed by one person who can “read the signals”. One tends to partially agree with Camille’s central argument that girls bear personal responsibility while on the date. But the supporting arguments render an impression of an over-assertive style. The logic seems to slip up at several occasions in the article giving a sense of error in reasoning; or fallacy. The main concepts in this article As mentioned, an overwhelming sense of one-way argumentative traffic prevails throughout the article. No counterarguments, no words from the defensive side, and no debate, a mere judgment. The over-aggressive attitude of the author does not encourage any critical thinking. It says: you are right if on my side and wrong on the other. Such a dictatorial position is said to be “poisoning the well”. More generally this is defined as when writer or speaker makes an assertion that will intimidate the audience and therefore discourages an open discussion (Cooper and Patton 155). Although the whole article tries to pass over any open discussion, one strictly feels being on a defenseless trial on at least two occasions. A reader first senses such notion when the author says, “So it is women’s personal responsibility to be aware of the dangers of the world. But these young feminists today are deluded”. This sentence, particularly the word‘ deluded’, wraps up everything as if there is nothing to left for debate. This is the easiest, but most erroneous way to handle a discussion by just assuming that the other person is misled. In this article, however, this is not evident that the writer is trying to elude a discussion; rather it seems she is striving to prove her argument right anyway but ends up weakening it. Secondly, when the author says about male sex, “The idea that we can regulate it bypassing campus grievance committee rules is madness”, she again exploits a harsh word, discouraging a decent willing counterargument. Campus grievance committee rules are not devised by a single person. Such committees and their efficacy may be debatable, but one cannot pass a judgment like that in one sentence, flattening the validity of the whole concept. The second most pervasive error reader finds in the article is a distortion of “white, middle-class world” women’s position. The author has somehow taken the least arguable stance of the common woman whose position she is so aggressively attacking. Such self-creation and distortion of other’s positions are called the “straw man” argument; a type of fallacy. This occurs when, according to the general definition, the writer or speaker creates and then attacks a distorted version
Research Methodology This chapter discusses the methodological approaches used by the researcher to collect, analyze and present its research findings. In this case, the study followed a positivist and phenomenological paradigm. The selection of the paradigm determines how the study expresses the underlying research perspective toward how things are connected (Brenda, 2003). The study’s choice of a positivism and phenomenal approach remain appropriate to the study. This paradigm succeeds in investigating the study scenario in its natural setting to deal with the existing factors affecting children because of the “No Child left Behind Act.” Data Collection The researcher used a mixed research design in the collection, and analysis of data. The study shall collect quantitative data by administering a survey questionnaire. The survey instrument shall enable the researcher to collect and analyze empirical data to investigate the effect of “No Child left Behind” Act on children. The collection of quantitative data is appropriate to determining the existence and extent of the relationship between the Act and several strategic effects (Brenda, 2003). The researcher’s choice of a qualitative research design remains appropriate to the study scenario because it allows a researcher to examine the phenomenon in its natural setting during the study. Phenomenological approach enables the researcher to explain factors influencing the factors in the research topic to enable a plausible explanation of the study theory. Instrumentation The researcher collected qualitative data by using focused interviews to assess the effect of the Act on disabled children (Brenda, 2003). The interview shall consist of open-ended questions to give a general insight into the possible effects of the programs under the guidance of “No Child left Behind” Act. The use of open-end questions is to help the researcher to win first hand confidence of the respondents, and objectivity of the responses (Merriam, 1998). Sampling technique The study utilizes a random sampling approach in selecting the sample of the study. This technique ensures that the research cushions its results from errors of biased source of data. Data Analysis Qualitative Data Analysis The researcher’s use of thematic analysis to analyze interview findings helps to
Introduction Gitman and McDaniel (2008) argue that the success of an organization depends hugely on the organization structure adopted by a company. This is because the organization structure helps in aligning an organization towards the achievement of its set goals and objectives. Also, it determines how well employee’s activities are managed by setting up the rules that guide how an organization is run. Mechanistic and organic organization structures are some of the most common organizational structures adopted by many companies throughout the world. Gitman and McDaniel (2008) note that these two organizational structures differ significantly in terms of design features and characteristics. This paper will compare and contrast the design features and attributes of mechanistic and organic organizational structures. It will also highlight the environmental circumstances that favor one of these organizational structures over the other. Body To begin with, a mechanistic or bureaucratic organizational structure is an organizational structure where everything is centralized. In this regard, the authority in a mechanistic organization structure flows from the top in a well-defined hierarchy (Daft and Murphy, 2010). This implies that top-level managers make most decisions in a mechanistic structure. As such, the decisions of top-level managers are supposed to be followed to the later by subordinates without questioning their grounds (Harris and Hartman, 2001). Also, communication in a mechanistic structure is done vertically. This implies that all communications in such an organization are done by top-level managers and communicated vertically to the subordinates. Some of the typical organizations that operate on mechanistic structures include universities, healthcare institutions, and governmental organizations, just to name but a few (Harris, and Hartman, 2001). Organic organizational structure, on the other hand, is highly decentralized (Harris, and Hartman, 2001). As a result, unlike in mechanic structures where all decisions are centralized, decision-making in organic structures can be delegated to subordinates and even employees of an organization. Therefore, decision-making also integrates the opinions of the subordinates. Also, unlike in mechanistic structures where communication is vertical, communication in the organic structure is done laterally (Harris and Hartman, 2001). This implies that communication needs not to come from the top, rather even from subordinates of an organization. The two structures also differ in the way tasks are assigned to employees. In this regard, a mechanistic structure entails a high level of individual specialization in which each employee has designated a job according to their areas of specialization. Most tasks assigned in a mechanistic structure are relatively trouble-free (Daft and Murphy, 2010). In this regard, a bureaucratic organizational structure is viewed as a network of tasks and not people, as is the case in an organic organizational structure. Also, Daft and Murphy (2010) note that integration between departments and functional areas in
Introduction Even modest daily rituals develop into major patterns and aspirations that provide us with just enough stress can be positive to carry us through the day with a sense of responsibility and well-being. The daily schedule enables us to set the tone for the day, helping us control commitments better rather than being controlled by them. Learners can better focus on what is essential, where to spend time, and, subsequently, boost productivity. This healthy habits exercise selects daily meditation as the preferred habit for the morning routine. Daily Meditation There are several insights offered in the reference podcast on early morning best practices by Benjamin Hardy. For instance, Hardy emphasizes that “If you could confront fear for 20 seconds every single day, before you know it, you will be in a different socio-economic and social situation” (Hardy, 2018, 02:06 ) . This quote connects with an inner personal desire to create and be of service to the community. The need to confront fear means that ideas can be translated to action without procrastination. The desire to create relates to a daily routine of allowing the mind to imagine and explore new ideas that can solve several problems our society faces today. Benefits of Adopting Daily Meditation Daily mediation as a routine helps create the necessary space and silence for the mind to explore the inner feeling and desires necessary in creation. According to research, being aware can have significant advantages, such as relieving chronic pain, migraines and aiding in the treatment of melancholy and anxiety (Kellen & Saxena, 2020). According to Kellen and Saxena (2020), such routines can assist the individual in breaking free from numerous negative thought habits, improving attention, and increasing drive. The motivation for choosing daily meditation is based on its ease of developing a routine in the morning. Optimism On a Likert scale of 1-10, I believe in achieving an eight due to the inner desire to practice meditation. The high confidence is attributed to a personal belief that the best times to meditate are at 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. Most researchers believe that the angle between the earth and the sun is claimed t
The correctional services offered by the Criminal Justice System of a country are of great importance in the effective running of the society. This is because it is through these avenues that those members or the society who do not abide by the laws and codes of conduct established can be punished and effectively rehabilitated. Even so, the United States has a phenomenal number of inmates serving in her correctional facilities. In her article, “7.3 million in the US prison system”, Randall, Kate’s discusses the prison population changes in have been exhibited in the US. This paper will present a summary of the dramatic changes that the US prison population has had over the last 25-30 years as highlighted by Randall. While the role played by the criminal justice system is imperative for the well being of the society, the number of incarcerated individuals in the US is alarming. Randall begins by stating that the US has 7.3 million people in its prison system therefore making it the country with the highest number of inmates in the world. The article reveals that the last quarter-century has witnessed a phenomenal growth in the number of incarcerated adults with the growth been placed at 274%. The author goes on to note that while men continue to make up the bigger percentage of inmates in correctional facilities, the rate of women prisoners is growing at a high rate. Women have now become the fastest growing group of incarcerated persons in US. The article also notes that there is a disproportionate representation of the African American community in the US prison system. According to Randall, black men are imprisoned at almost 4 times the rate of white men and constitute approximately 35% of the total prison population. As of2007, 9.2% of black adults were under some form of “correctional control”. Bearing in mind that African American’s make up less than 15% of the US population, there is a gross overrepresentation of this group in state penitentiaries. As a result of the increase in number of people incarcerated, state spending on prisons has increased alarmingly. As it stands, state spending budget increases
Investment Analysis This report focuses on the investment behavior of the client. There will be an analysis of his current portfolio of investments. The findings would help to make new strategies to gain more from investments and balance out the risk appetite of the client. The report will give several recommendations at the end. Introduction about the Client Philip, who is currently, aged 32 years and single, graduated five years ago in Electrical Engineering. He is currently living with his family which includes his father who is soon to retire in five years, his mother who is a teacher and still has seven years left before retirement, and a sister who is well-educated and seeking a job. With an Annual Income of Â£34,600 (after-tax), has annual expenses of approximately Â£31,000. With Â£53,600 in his bank account, has a very cautious approach to investments. He recently inherited Â£50,000 from a close relative. He has total credit over him of Â£9,930. Client’s current Investments Currently, the portfolio of investments of Mr. Lewis includes Gilts and a variety of shares. The holdings include Treasury bonds with a face value of Â£2,500 which gives 6% annual interest. The OEIC holdings that were bought 3 years ago contain 700 shares managed by JP Morgan Asset Management New Europe. The client has not kept a regular check on the stock’s performance and is unsure whether to continue with the stock. The client also purchased shares in utility companies in September 2008. He aimed to invest in stocks that are very less risky and recession resilient. His holdings include 250 shares of Drax and 150 shares of Severn Trent (Bailey & Kinerson 2005; Weiss 2009). The table below shows a summary of various investments. Gilts Worth              3,744 OEIC holding new Europe  1,287 Drax Shares worth        1,356 Severn Trent worth       2,291  The pie chart below represents the share of investments After the death of his close relative, he inherited Â£50,000, which he retained it in a building society savings account. He is concerned about the low return from the savings account. The table below shows a summary of various interest incomes. Interest on savings  750 Income from Gilts    188 Income from shares   350  The pie chart below represents the share of income The table below shows the net worth statement of Lewis. Assets                       (£)                               (£)        Cash                         53,600                                       Gilt Value                   3598.75                                      OIEC Holding                 1369.9                                       Drax Shares                  1,237.75                                     Severn Trent shares          2,353.5                                                                   Total assets                      60, 922.15 Liabilities                                                               Current liabilities:                                                      Credit Card plus interest    4,287.24                          4,287.24   Store Card plus interest     982.72                            982.72     Personal loan plus interest