Summary on the situation of the United Way today This past year United Way was marked with new and strengthened partnerships with businesses‚ governments‚ nonprofits and other institutions. The opening of the Mary M. Gates Learning Center began a new era in how United Ways expand the reach of its network. This state-of-the-art learning center at United Way Worldwide strengthens collaboration and learning opportunities‚ and fuels the progress of our worldwide movement. President and CEO:
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November 14‚ 2010 Tracey Lutz SWOT Analysis for Valley of the Sun United Way Strengths- Valley of the Sun United Way (VSUW) has a long time reputation of being reputable and seeing to the needs of the community in 25 cities within the State of Arizona‚ Maricopa County for the last 85 years. VSUW are active members of the Better Business Bureau (BBB)‚ and recent finalist of the 2010 BBB Ethics Award (VSUW‚ 2010). Weaknesses-Were not easy to find with VSUW‚ although all organizations have some
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STAS 343 L02 Mid-term Paper The Council of Canadian Academies published a study analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the Canadian research and the innovation in its business sector. This editorial piece critically describes the purpose‚ approach and findings of the report. It then focuses on the details of three aspects; weak Canadian business research and development‚ the firm-centric model in an innovation ecosystem and the key trends that will drive sciences and
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1. SWOT analysis for Toyota Introduction Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats (SWOT) is a popular concept for evaluating an organisation. Conducting SWOT analysis is a common practice that organisations adopt to assess themselves and the industry within which they operate. This is very important given the different forces that exist within the environment the organisation operates. SWOT analysis offers an organisation insights into the areas that needs attention and consequently taking
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Abstract This case study is covering the controversy surrounding the “gay issue” surrounding the Boy Scouts of America and United Way regarding donation and funding issues. While United Way does have antidiscrimination policies‚ organizations such as The Boy Scouts of America did not ultimately have to follow their model; thus continuing their discrimination within the group for its leaders and members based solely on sexual orientation. Case Study #1 This case study covers the major controversy
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describe fundamental and cost-effective internal controls that charitable organizations could implement to reduce exposure to theft losses. I am confused by the shear disregard for internal controls at many charitable organizations as described in the United Way case. Cost minimization is a factor for nonprofits‚ but losing millions of dollars to fraud seems foolish when they could have just spent a fraction of that to put proper internal controls into place. Outlined below are several fundamental internal
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accountability. Their staff does their own research and collects data to prove their point on how much money goes to the welfare system. Another important strength is that the organization are people who are or has connections to the congress and get easy get their ideas to the congress. There are several weaknesses that the organization has. One of the weaknesses is that it’s hard to get organizations or businesses to help donate to their organization. The organization only has 16 members that advocate for
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their slaves‚ I believe that when Sparta fell apart that it was a good thing. Sparta abused their slaves and would kill them whenever something didn’t go their way. Sparta’s society revolves around war/military battles and fighting each other. The boys were forced to play war games and some ended in death. Sparta’s weaknesses outweigh the strengths because the Spartan boys were abused‚ they lacked education‚ and they were taken away from their families at a young age. To begin with the Spartans abused
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man of courage and bravery‚ and nothing was more important to him than getting his men and himself home safely. Without him‚ his men would have surely perished. Odysseus displayed strengths and weaknesses on his journey home‚ but he also came into contact with many difficult conflicts. Odysseus reveals many strengths on his expedition home after 10 years of being compelled by Circe. Because he was cunning and intelligent‚ he was the only man that Circe believed would be able to endure the enchanting
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It is important to understand that not all surveys and reports gather all the same information. Also‚ there are strengths and weaknesses to all the surveys and reports that are conducted‚ therefore‚ there is not one that is perfect. One report that is used measure crime is the Uniform Crime Report‚ also known as the UCR and it collects data annually under the title‚ “Crime in the United States” ( ‚40). There are two parts
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