Defining Marketing We can distinguish between a social and a managerial definition for marketing. According to a social definition‚ marketing is a societal process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating‚ offering‚ and exchanging products and services of value freely with others. As a managerial definition‚ marketing has often been described as “the art of selling products.” But Peter Drucker‚ a leading management theorist‚ says that “the aim of marketing
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Borrowing Create Value? If so‚ for whom? If not‚ then why do so many executives concern themselves with leverage? It depends; Borrowing creates value if the company borrows at the optimal amount of debt or less. If the company borrows more than the optimal amount of debt‚ then borrowing will destroy value. Borrowing will increase value of the firm through the tax shield that borrowing brings. Thus‚ the increase value of the firm will increase the value of equity and create value to shareholders
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In today’s competitive market organizations are looking for ways to meet there organizations goals by reducing the gap between employee’s actual performance and optimal performance. One way of doing that is through performance management. Performance management is a continuous process of communicating and clarifying an employee’s responsibilities‚ priorities and expectations to ensure mutual understanding‚ thereby adding value to the organization and individual by promoting skills and career
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Nurse staffing has always been an issue in the hospital setting. Different units with different patient acuities are staffed accordingly usually based on the patient census. While nurses who are in direct contact care with patients feel that a decreased patient load will lead to greater benefit for the patient‚ others who are usually in managerial positions are not persuaded that such a correlation exists. As of this time‚ no such research has been done with an intentional change in staffing ratios
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RECRUITMENT POLICY VS. RECRUITMENT PROCESS: ESPOUSED THEORY AND THEORY-IN-USE ANNA M. STAFSUDD Department of Business Administration Lund University P.O. Box 7080 SE-220 07 Lund Sweden INTRODUCTION This paper argues that recruitment policy does not influence the recruitment process to a large extent‚ as it represents an espoused theory‚ which is used to explain and idealize behavior after it has occurred. Instead‚ it is argued that recruitment decision assumptions will guide the recruitment process‚ as they
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1.0 Introduction The place of measurement is crucial in accounting. Measurement is vital to accountants for recording‚ summarising‚ reporting financial transactions and preparing financial statements that should indicate the true position of an entity. However‚ accounting measurement issues are seen to be problematic as many measurements are derived. According to Mary E. Barth (2007)‚ an analysis regarding the latest activities of the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) have revealed
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current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0263-7472.htm Performance measurement in facilities management: driving innovation? Michael Pitt and Matthew Tucker School of the Built Environment‚ Liverpool John Moores University‚ Liverpool‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to examine the state of knowledge of performance measurement in facilities management‚ in particular regarding the concepts underlying benchmarking in relation to its ability to
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Agenda • Introduction – Organization‚ Mission and Values • Organizational Structure • Leadership • Competitive Advantage • Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats (SWOT) • Environmental Analysis • Going Global • Conclusion Introduction The Arizona Department of Education’s mission is to “serve Arizona’s education community‚ and actively engage parents to ensure every student has access to an excellent education” (“Arizona Department of Education”‚ n.d.). It values integrity‚ respect‚ helping
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The Policy Process Part I Linda S. Thompson HCS/455 March 11‚ 2014 Pukar Ratti‚ MSChE‚ MSHCM‚ CIM‚ CCRP‚ FACMPE The Policy Process Part I Women’s Health Policy The trail to uphold and advance health car nowadays has become a daily profession for our government and state official. Health care authorities from one place to another labor in their service to guarantee the safe guard of others and to uphold organized approach of providing to others requests. These administrators remain in ongoing
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Business‚ HR and Staffing Strategy shaping the Recruitment and Selection Process Organizations are combinations of financial physical and human resources. Human resources refer to the skill‚ knowledge‚ and ability of individuals‚ and their inspiration to apply them on the job (Fitz-enz‚ 2000). The workforce of an organization is the human resource team acquired‚ deployed‚ and retained in the pursuit of organizational results such as market share profitability and customer satisfaction (Bowen
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