Case 1 (Providian Trust) / Analysis write-up/discussion questions. (1) What key issues and challenges led to the initiation of the Access Plus project? Please think about the external vs. internal and business vs. technological aspects of the issues and challenges. From an internal point of view‚ Providian Trust board members felt that the trust’s information system was outdated and therefore the day-to-day activities‚ which could be done more efficiently with a new software and process‚ were
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Providian Trust Case Study Executive Summary: Providian Trust is a company which is rich in tradition‚ experience‚ and a high level of customer service‚ but was void of technology‚ information management‚ and therefore also void of an IT competitive advantage. Providian Trust was in major need of reengineering and simply implementing a new software system (Access Plus) was not going to give the company a competitive advantage. The company was going to need a dramatic redesign of business processes
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Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller and Carnegie were all very successful businessmen. These men had many similarities. Vanderbilt‚ Rockefeller and Carnegie are three of the greatest businessmen America has ever known. Each man had a work ethic like no other. Nothing other than success was an option. No matter how big the risk‚ these three men were willing to take it if somehow it would put them ahead of their competition. None of these men liked competition. They always wanted to be the best at what they did
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Business Context/Key Business Drivers Providian Trust delivers financial and fiduciary services to clients across 216 branches. In an industry built on servicing clients‚ many of Providian Trust’s trust officers had 20-30 years of experience with the company and managed clients at a personal level. The trust officers had total control over what was sent to the client‚ including generation of financial statements. Control of the financial statements often resulted in a 2-3 month lag in statement
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The Speed of Trust In Stephen M. R. Covey’s The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything‚ he gives some great tips on how to gain‚ keep‚ and rebuild the trust of others‚ whether they be coworkers‚ family members‚ customers‚ or complete strangers. He emphasizes the importance of trust in every relationship‚ purporting that relationships are built on and sustained by trust. And even the best relationships can be broken and destroyed by lack of trust. Without trust‚ actions are misinterpreted
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place your trust in certain key personnel" Introduction Within any organisation a high level of trust has traditionally been placed in management and key personnel. This has led to some quite public failures in corporate governance and internal controls Enron‚ WorldCom‚ HIH insurance etc A lack of effective personnel controls can lead to a multitude of organisation problems such as fraud‚ theft‚ excessive costs and poor management decisions. The solution therefore is not to trust the key
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existed at the when the gift was made but ceased on the date it is to be executed. * Eg : A make a will to give RM1million to XXX charity in 1995 . A died in 2002. XXX charity ceased in 2000. a) Width of charitable intent * Where a charitable trust fails as being effective on the date of the gift‚ the gift will lapse of the property will apply cy pres * Only if the court finds a wider intent‚ cy pres will be applicable. RE RYMER [1984] 1 Ch 143 * A legacy to the rector for
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Bibliography: Books 1. Maxims in Law and Equity: Comprising Noy ’s Maxims‚ Francis ’s 2. The Principles of Equity and Trusts‚ Graham Virgo 3. Equity and trusts ‚ Alastair Hudson Web pages 1. http://www.slideshare.net/AhmadFarouqAmir/maxims-of-equity-12621279 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxims_of_equity 3. http://notes-law.blogspot.com/2008/08/maxims-of-equity.html
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Friendship is a necessary aspect of every human ’s life‚ as we are not self sufficient in and of ourselves (Other Selves‚ pg. 30). Despite its necessity‚ in some cases we are either forced or morally required to end these relationships. When the trust between two parties has been broken‚ the loyalty of the friendship is soiled‚ and it is therefore a true and just action to end the friendship. First‚ let ’s define what it means to be a friend. Friends can be described as: "an intimate associate
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Instructions 1. This assignment will constitute 20% of your total final mark. 2. Your Assignment‚ excluding footnotes‚ must not exceed 5‚000 words. One mark will be deducted for every word exceeding the maximum word count. 3. Your answer must be printed in 12 point Times New Roman or Roman font‚ with 1.5 spacing‚ on single-sided sheets with a one-inch margin all around. 4. Marks will be awarded for judicious use of headings and proper citation style. Conversely‚ marks will be deducted
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