Role of GIS in Disaster Management What is GIS? A geographic information system (GIS) integrates hardware‚ software‚ and data for capturing‚ managing‚ analyzing‚ and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. GIS allows us to view‚ understand‚ question‚ interpret‚ and visualize data in many ways that reveal relationships‚ patterns‚ and trends in the form of maps‚ globes‚ reports‚ and charts. A GIS helps you answer questions and solve problems by looking at your data in a way
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Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 4 No. 6; June 2013 Credit Risk Mitigation Strategies Adopted By Commercial Banks in Kenya Moses Ochieng Gweyi Assistant Lecturer Department of Co-operative Studies The Co-operative University College of Kenya P.O. Box 24814-00502 Nairobi‚ Kenya Abstract The study’s overall objective was to investigate credit risk mitigation strategies adopted by 44 the commercial banks currently operating in Kenya. The study was descriptive in nature. The
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Historically when credit unions were formed in Germany in the 1800’s‚ the intent was to fill a need for the underserved and poor. Credit unions originated because banks were reluctant to lend money to certain individuals or groups. Those underserved consumers pooled their resources and formed cooperatives which are owned by their members. This afforded cooperatives better known as credit unions‚ to be classified as not-for-profit‚ which means that they are not subject to corporate income taxes
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A central bank is the public authority that oversees all financial institutions and implements monetary policy. The Bank of Canada is Canada’s central bank. Monetary policy is how The Bank Of Canada controls inflation and the business cycle by monitoring and changing the amount of money being circulated in the economy and regulating both interest and exchange rates (Parkin‚ 2003). The Bank of Canada plays a great role in chartered banks. One of the tools that the Bank of Canada uses to implement
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commercial bank (or business bank) is a type of financial institution and intermediary. It is a bank that provides transactional‚ savings‚ and money market accounts and that accepts time deposits. After the implementation of the Glass–Steagall Act‚ the U.S. Congress required that banks engage only in banking activities‚ whereas investment banks were limited to capital market activities. As the two no longer have to be under separate ownership under U.S. law‚ some use the term "commercial bank" to refer
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1. Introduction: The Role of Leadership in Change Management The unwanted change in almost any condition‚ mainly the downsizing‚ needs the most important quality of leading the way out and rise above; The quality of leadership. The literature suggests that the change is the derivative of the opinion that employees have of the higher management and their potential to lead. If a person has to lead effectively to change the situation‚ there are three major time frames where leadership is significant
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Kwabena Mensah Northcentral University The two business professionals that revolutionary contributed to the advancement in the business world for the lessons of transforming any business are Michael Dell of Dell Computers and Andy Groves of the Intel Corporation. Michael Dell mainly focused on the Customer whiles Andy Groves‚ on Execution and Strategy. Michael Dell put the customer at the center of his business‚ which so many businesses might also have done‚ but what made him different was
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ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION What is Change Management? Change management is a structured approach to transitioning individuals‚ teams‚ and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. Change management is a systematic approach to dealing with change‚ both from the perspective of an organization and on the individual level. It is a set of processes that is employed to ensure that significant changes are implemented in an orderly‚ controlled and systematic
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Berlo’s Model of Communication * Autobiography David K. Berlo studied with Wilbur Schramm in the School of Journalism at the University of Illinois‚ where he received his doctorate in 1956‚ with the Allocation Thesis of Procedural Responsibilities to Determine Group Productivity and Satisfaction‚ directed by Charles and Osgood. In 1960‚ he created the SMCR model and the book Process of Communication: An Introduction to Theory and Practice‚ edited by Thomson Learning‚ was published. The book
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State Bank of India is the largest state-owned banking and financial services company in India. The Bank provides banking services to the customer. In addition to the banking services‚ the Bank through their subsidiaries‚ provides a range of financial services‚ which include life insurance‚ merchant banking‚ mutual funds‚ credit card‚ factoring‚ security trading‚ pension fund management and primary dealership in the money market. The Bank operates in four business segments‚ namely Treasury‚ Corporate/
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