Unit 401 - Understanding the principles and practices of internally assuring the quality of assessment Giving credibility to educational institutions programs relies on it having high profile internal quality procedures. By presenting embedded internal quality systems the institution can give confidence to its many partners, leaners, awarding bodies, the community it serves, funding agencies, employers, regulators and inspectorates. This profile demonstrates the institutions commitment to the quality of maintaining and continually improving standards. It provides for an internal standard benchmark for its own staff to share, agree and improve. Through this process it should provide automatic evidence for the rigor of external evaluation of the partners outlined above.
In 2011, sales and revenues of Caterpillar, Inc. measured about $60.138 billion. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Progress Rail Services. Despite achievements of Caterpillar, Inc., the firm has several ethical issues that it must address. Some of these issues deal more with the nature of the company’s products than with anything the company itself has done.
What is meant by an integrative project management process and why is this so important? What are the pitfalls if such an approach is not taken? An integrative project management process is meant to coordinate a project plan’s development, execution and to control changes (Marchewka, 2012). It is the combination of all the process and activities involved in identifying, describing, merging, fitting together and coordinating the many processes in project management. This is important because it helps the project to be completed successfully by making sure all the processes are integrated and so that performance is maximized throughout the entire cycle of the project.
HSC 3051 UNDERTAKE TISSUE VIABILITY RISK ASSESNENTS Understand the need for tissue viability risk assessment Describe the anatomy and physiology of healthy skin http://bp3.blogger.com/_e-mPA_6ZQyg/R5osT7sMM1I/AAAAAAAAGIo/xq-t_lNiMGk/s400/Skin.jpg Skin is the largest organ in the body and accounts for about 15% of the body’s weight. The chemical composition, of skin is about 70% water, 25% protein and 2% lipids. The remainder includes trace minerals, nucleic acids, glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans and numerous other chemicals. The skin consists of three main layers: The Epidermis: This is the outer layer of skin, and has a thickness between.05 mm (eyelids) and1.5 mm (palms and soles) It is made up of 5 layers. They are from bottom to top: stratum basale stratum spinosum stratum granulosum stratum licidum stratum corneum Cells in the stratum basale are shaped like columns.
They are the key to the success of their department (greatsystems.com, (2008). As a result of these duties a front line supervisor must have the following skills: 1. Organizational skills. These set of skills are crucial to the organization as they are necessary for the department to run smoothly. The front line supervisor must have an understanding of
Third, they must have the tricometer patented. Finally, they will incur about $10,000 in other expenses in organizing the corporation. Jean and Joe need to know if they should pay these expenses individually and then assign the trademark, trade name and patent to the corporation. Or, should they first form the corporation and have it pay the expenses out of the money they contribute to it together with their know-how and rights in the tricometer, in
You have no idea what you will encounter, but you have heard that Dr. Wilson is quite ruthless and very clearly wants the prunes for his company. You know that Dr. Wilson's company is one of the biggest biotech firms in the U.S.--you heard that Wall Street sent the stock soaring about two years ago. As a result, Kim Wilson probably has a lot of money to throw
Justin Gemoll – Justin’s assessment score is ENFP. The relationship theory would apply to Justin because he provides inspiration, helps others and wants everyone to reach their full potential/ My leadership plan for Justin is for him to participate in strategy development and implementation. Mai Yang – Mai’s assessment score is ISTJ. The leadership theory that would best apply to Mai is the relationship theory because she is focused on the performance of group members, and she has high ethical and moral standards. My leadership plan for Mai is that she assists in the market research, development, and implementation of strategy Leroy Washington – My personality assessment score is ISTP.
| 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 3 – Best 2 – Average 1 - Worst Case Background The case pertains to Target Corporation and $300 million in capital expenditures it is considering directed at Target’s future store growth and expansion. Five of the ten projects under consideration by Target’s Capital Expenditure Committee (CEC), representing approximately $200 million, will demand the majority of the CEC’s attention when it meets to decide which of the 5 projects are funded. Leading the CEC is Mr. Doug Scovanner, Target’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who has had a successful track record leading the CEC in its efforts to choose projects fueling Target’s rapid growth and financial success. CFO Scovanner’s Guidance Mr. Scovanner, in preparation for the CEC meeting, has asked me to prepare a recommendation ranking the 5 projects in order to assist him and the CEC in deciding which projects to accept or reject. Mr. Scovanner provided the following key guidance to assist in ranking the 5 projects for CEC’s meeting.
Executive Leadership Annette F. McGee LDR 535 April 16, 2012 Terica Pearson Executive Leadership Introduction Leadership is the ability to influence another individual to follow. In an organization, it is fundamental for the leader to fully understand the capacity of his or her commitment and involvement. It is equally important that the leader communicates a clear, concise, and steadfast vision of what he or she wishes to achieve organizationally. Organizational change efforts succeed only when the leader is 100 % committed and thoroughly embraces the effort required for its success (Hearst Seattle Media, LLC, 2011). Therefore, an effective leader knows how to direct his or her actions and work toward the organization’s