Executive Summary I decided to do the internship for the BAS Supervision and Management program in my own employment site. Florida International University (FIU) is an American public research university in Greater Miami‚ Florida‚ in the United States‚ with its main campus in University Park in Miami-Dade County. It is classified as a research university with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation and a first-tier research university by the Florida Legislature. Founded in 1965‚ FIU is
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I identify most with the view on grit by Angela Lee Duckworth. Duckworth emphasizes that for one to achieve excellence or solve high-level challenging problems‚ much effort and time needs to be put into this. This agrees with my belief that there is no overnight mastership in any field; persistent dedication and hard work have to be put into it. The position by Duckworth that "there are no shortcuts to excellence" underlines clearly that it has to be an activity carried on and sustained over some
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Nike Executive Summary Kimi Ford manages a large mutual fund for NorthPoint Group. Her company is trying to decide whether or not to invest in Nike’s stock‚ which has been declining in price in the past year. Kimi has asked her assistant‚ Joanna Cohen‚ to estimate Nike’s weight average cost of capital (WACC) to help make this decision (Case 13‚ pg. 58). We looked at Joanna’s estimates and discovered a few problems that she made when estimating her cost of capital. We found Joanna’s estimates
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Executive Summary University of Phoenix Executive Summary Dating back to 1929‚ television has been viewed all over the world by millions of families. The impact technology has on television is phenomenal. Viewers have watched programs as silhouettes‚ outlines‚ with no sound‚ or black and white. With time‚ technology brought direct broadcast satellite to television. New Corporations Fox Entertainment Group‚ launched DirecTV in 1994. This company provided
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| General Mills Inc. | Executive Summary | | Xiao(Cynthia) Chen | 2012/4/24 | | Executive Overview General Mills (NYSE:GIS)‚ our company‚ is a global consumer foods company. We develop distinctive value-added food products and market with our unique brand names. We work continuously to improve our established products and to create new products that meet our customers’ potential needs and preferences. Our company has $14.88 billion in sales last year. Our sales has grown substantially
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hindsight bias affect the factors to which you might attribute Blakely’s success? Why or why not? Sara Blakely has always shown a strong character. From her childhood on she exhibited her management skills‚ for instance by manipulating friends‚ so they would take care of her household chores or by listening to Wayne Dyer to build up her personality. Showing a good performance appeared to be important for Sara Blakely throughout her whole life. However‚ giving up seems to be no choice for her at all. Taking
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attended were either due to the throughput engagement or I would provide updates about my observations‚ recommendations‚ project information and barriers. These updates were given during the OUMC huddles or discussions with the OU Medical Center executive leadership. Specific needs were determined after the start of my internship and upon attending initial meetings with the
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Benefits of Virtualization Executive Summary The server virtualization environment has increased tenfold creating flexible and cost effective infrastructure for IT datacenter. Return on investment (ROI) is substantial when consolidation is implemented properly. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the company forty-seven physical server’s currently in use in the datacenter and provide information on how virtualization can increase utilization of hardware‚ decrease power assumption‚ and reduce
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Project on Key Account Management – Executive Summary Objective: Extensive study of MBQ & ARS processes followed by major Key Accounts and recommend suggestions to ITC field team to adopt relevant best practices at account level to maintain & build MBQ’s across categories. Given independent & business model unique to each individual account‚ the recommendations may be account specific. Relevance of Project to the Organization: Key Accounts are the trendsetters in the premium categories
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Executive Summary Camp Happy Valley is a successful non-profit organization. It began in 1965 as a summer day camp for children living in the city of London‚ Ontario. The camp’s objective has been “to maximize the camper’s experience through a multitude of activity in a positive and safe atmosphere.” In the recent year‚ Camp Happy Valley has seen a decrease in the morale of the staff; last summer‚ camp received many complaints from staff‚ campers and parents. Adam Cameron is a first-year student
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