INCREAS PROFITABILITY OF BRANCH profit center Definition A business unit or department which is treated as a distinct entity enabling revenues and expenses to be determined so that profitability can be measured. Distinctly identifiable department or unit that contributes to the overall financial results of a firm. Where adequate cost accounting systems are in place‚ profit centers are given responsibility to target certain percentages of the total revenue and are given adequate authority
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Terrence Wei‚ the new property president‚ feels that his department managers appear to be in conflict with each other. The managers of each department have expressed concerns when it comes to running their department under the profit center approach. Overall‚ complementary costs and allocated overhead included in the direct costs pose more of a problem in determining the amounts to allocate. More specifically‚ the hotel manager complained about capacity constraints. It is difficult for this department
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New Heritage Doll Case Analysis 3/29/2013 Introduction Emily Harris is the Vice president of New Heritage Doll Company’s production division. In mid-September of 2010 she was trying to decide on project proposals for the company’s capital budget meeting in October. Of the proposals presented to her‚ two of them stood out based on their innovation and ability to strengthen the division’s product lines. The first project‚ Match My Doll Clothing Line Expansion (MMDC)‚ would extend the
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America now is a very culturally diverse nation; most of the minority and immigrant population lives in cities‚ which indicates that the public school classrooms in urban areas are full of versatile cultural identities. According to the 2000 Census record‚ minority and immigrant populations has grown in increasing numbers‚ and most of those people live in urban areas and attend public high schools; also‚ the level of residential segregation still remains as high as in 1990‚ which proposes new problems
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ABSTRACT This paper seeks to discuss an activity from a project programme that allowed the Project Manager to plan for risk reduction in the construction of a Medical Centre for the Mfantseman Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana. The paper focuses on the preliminary/site preparation stage of the construction and highlights an identified risk‚ with the view to reducing its impact on the project. In analyzing and assessing the activity the following were considered; 1. One Quantitative
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The Book of Ethics Ch. 5: Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Addiction Treatment Presented by: Joslynn A. Davis Rapid Growth of an Ethnic and Culturally Diverse Clientele As a result of a steadily increasing rate of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S.‚ the population that helping profession wants to assist has become very multicultural and diverse. Some helping practitioners are unable to effectively help their clients due to the cultural boundaries between the client and the helper
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Indus: The Unvoiced Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization was an intriguing and sophisticated ancient culture‚ with many highly advanced inventions in civil engineering. The urban planning in cities like Dholavira was quite superb and had to be because it held up to 20‚000 people. The people kept this urban district up with large limestone pillars that increased the aesthetic and functional integrity of their buildings. Dholavira had an intelligent water system with water flowing both above
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B – Data Centers (1) 1. PUE (Power usage effectiveness)‚ the ratio of total facility energy to IT equipment energy within a data computer‚ which measures how much of the power is actually used by the computing equipment. It is an important place to start when considering how to reduce data center power consumption because it is one of the most effective metrics for measuring data center energy efficiency. PUE is calculated by taking the total power of consumed by a data center facility then
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2% of our land area being developed (Tan‚ 2006)‚ exhausting much of our natural heritage in the process. Due to the limited amount of land‚ our natural heritage is insufficient to provide us with much economical goods; we are thus very dependent on imported food and material from other countries (Tan et al.‚ 2007). Even though these goods and services can be easily enjoyed from nearby countries‚ our natural heritage is endowed with unique characteristics which provide us with a plethora of services
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which factors contribute to the values of one’s heritage and culture; she illustrates that these are represented not by the possession of objects or mere appearances‚ but by one’s lifestyle and attitude. In "Everyday Use" Walker personifies the different sides of culture and heritage in the characters of Dee and the mother (the narrator). Dee can be seen to represent a materialistic‚ complex‚ and modern way of life where culture and heritage are to be valued only for
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