“At Your Service” PM598 – October 2012 Johnny Sanders You are Chris and Pat Smith‚ entrepreneurs with five years of experience investing in small businesses. Eighteen months ago you decided to invest in a catering venture with two chefs‚ J. P. Martin and L. L. Miller‚ who have culinary science degrees and five years of work experience‚ which includes winning a prestigious prize in a gourmet food competition. Following some extended discussions‚ the four of you decided to set up a business
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Why Project Labor Agreements Are Not in the Public Interest According to Tuerck Gerardo Haro ENGU 103 - Writhing and Rhetoric Professor Margy Calil Ameritas College of Brandman University Abstract On this document we are going to see the pros and cons‚ about the Project Laborer Agreement (PLA). WE are going to explore the point of view of David G. Tuerck. On how are Unions in Decline‚ The History of PLAs‚ The Strikes that did not Happen‚ The Nexus between PLAs and the prevailing
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What are Web Services Web service is any piece of software that makes itself available over the internet and uses a standardized XML messaging system. Because all communication is in XML‚ web services are not tied to any one operating system or programming language--Java can talk with Perl; Windows applications can talk with Unix applications. Here are the benefits of using Web Services Web Services allows you to expose the functionality of your existing code over the network. Once it is
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Relationship Agreements Case Study November 10‚ 2012 Consensual Relationship Agreements Case Study Consensual workplace agreements are being adopted by some companies it response to workplace romances. I am going to argue for the use of them and also counter against their merit. There will be a discussion of the ethics involved in their use. I also plan to give an alternative to the consensual workplace agreements. There are many reasons for using Consensual Relationship Agreements in the workplace
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dated 16th March‚ 2012. Dear Sir/Madam‚ Subject: Union Budget 2012: Changes in Service Tax-reg. It is said that in matters relating to taxes‚ questions rarely change‚ but the answers do. Budget 2012 has‚ however‚ changed a number of questions relating to service tax. 2. No more will the most often-asked question “which taxable service is being provided?” be relevant; no more will an exporter be asked whether an input service has been used in export to claim a Cenvat refund; and no more will a host of
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Service Delivery PlatformS: the key to Service convergence Devoteam white PaPer C onneCting Business & t eChnology Service Delivery PlatformS: the key to Service convergence Devoteam white PaPer october 2007 Table of conTenTs 1. IntroductIon 6 1.1. bjectives O H 1.2. ow to read this white paper 1.3. About Devoteam 1.4. About the SDP work group 2. SdP general overvIew 6 6 7 7 9 9 2.1. Traditional service delivery models 2.2. Service
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The Nature of Services Learning Objectives Classify a service into one of four categories using the service process matrix. Describe a service using the four dimensions of the service package. Discuss the managerial implications of the distinctive characteristics of a service operation. Discuss the insights obtained from a strategic classification of services. Discuss the role of a service manager from an open-systems view of service. An Integrated Approach to
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Services represent approximately 80 percent of the U.S. GDP and a growing percentage of the GDPs of countries around the world. Companies‚ governments‚ and universities worldwide have recently awakened to the realization that services dominate global economies and economic growth.1 Yet‚ in practice‚ innovation in services is less disciplined and less creative than in the manufacturing and technology sectors.2 While Business Week’s 2007 top twenty-five most innovative companies list includes
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invalid (Lau‚ 2011). The six elements of contract formation are offer‚ acceptance‚ consideration‚ mutuality of obligation‚ competency and capacity‚ and sometimes a written instrument (US Legal‚ n.d.). Contracts can be both bilateral‚ meaning an agreement between two parties‚ or unilateral‚ where action is taken by one party or group (Lau‚ 2011). This
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Background The NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement is the contract between the NBA team owners and the NBA Players Association that dictates the rules of player contracts‚ trades‚ revenue distribution and the salary cap. Since the previous CBA signed in 2005 was going to be expired before July 2011‚ the two parties‚ team owners and basketball players had to come up with a new CBA for the upcoming few seasons. According to the CBA signed in 2005‚ a soft cap system (at $58 million) was adopted
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