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Feasibility Analysis of a Law Firm

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Executive Summary

Digital Law Practice and Title Company specialize in the real estate law, title and escrow. This venture is born out of my passion for law, and how I enjoy the real estate part of it most, especially searching title; genealogy of land ownership. The service of the firm is to provide outstanding legal service and solutions to clients mostly in the real estate sector at a reasonable service. I chose law after drawing my inspiration from the old saying about law, “When times are good, they are good, and when times are bad, they are better”. This firm will be there to provide for those in need. This document is going to define success, the purpose and mission of this particular venture, a description of my ventures revenue model, case assumptions of the venture performance, and sources that aided in making assumptions.

Digital Law Practice and Title Company will raise revenue through feed charge on the services provided to the clients. The service will be billed on hourly bases for all categories of clients. Through hourly changes, Digital Law Practice and Title Company forecast estimate indicates earnings of $301,225, in the first year. The earning in the second year will reach $602,450 and $1,204,900 in the third year. This revenue forecast is based on the best case scenario.

Definition of Success

Every person has a vision in life. God has also given us unique abilities and talents, as well as opportunities to exploit and bring the best out of us. Most people have dreams they would wish to achieve in life. However, most people die before they make these achievements since they do not focus and develop themselves to deliver on their dreams. From this, my definition of success is to have a dream, develop oneself to deliver on the dream, focus on purpose and eventually achieve well laid down goals.

From my definition of success, I consider Bill Gates to be a successful person in life. Since he had a passion about electronics and despite education in school, he focused on his passion and dream giving it the best to the extent that he quit academics after discovering that academics will not steer him towards his goal. Eventually, he discovered a computer. At the time computers began, several competitors came on the market like the Macintosh, but he manages to stay at the top throughout, because of management skills.

I peg my own success on the number of clients the company will be able to serve on quarterly basis and the amount of revenue the company will be able to generate during the same period. It is also vital to realize the forecasted financial performance in the first, second and third years of existence.

Financial and Non-Financial Goals

My financial goals include, but not limited to: be able to run my law firm marking significant profit after paying my staff well with initial income of about $100,000 and growing by about 40% subsequent years. The company aims to attain revenue of $301,225, in the first year, $602,450 in the second year and $1,204,900 in the third year. These particular achievements will improve the economic standing of employees and partners through good pay, with a sustainable annual increment. The success of the firm will also improve my economic and living standards. Through a sustained growth, I expect my company to expand and serve clients far beyond Lewis county.

The company’s non-financial goal is the focus on delivering solutions to the rising real estate legal issues as well as giving the best service to my clients. Statistics show that the real estate industry is an ever flourishing field. Consequently, with time legal issues will also increase prompting the need for resource and professionals to address arising issues. This law firm shall be strategically established to offer solutions to these issues.

Best service delivery will drive the company’s dream. I intent to establish policies that shall govern the way clients will be handled and served. Before hiring any staff, the company will ensure that these professionals have satisfactory public relations skills, in order to handle clients well. As my company gets established with time, it shall fully sponsor and run children’s home with the ultimate goal of raising, educating and motivating less fortunate in the society. This is out of passion for the unfortunate in the society. I desire that someone will one day attribute their success to me having lifted them from point of no hope for the future. I believe that success in life is not only leaving a good life, but changing lives of other people positively.

Mission and Purpose of the Venture

Digital Law Practice and Title Company shall specialize in the real estate law, title and escrow. The mission of the law firm is to provide outstanding legal service and solutions to clients at a fair fee. The firm is focused on the fast changing real estate business that has very complex legal issues. The specialization of the firm will be real estate law since its market is turning around. In fact, Nissan’s top supplier announced that the factory is to be set to bring in an average of 1000 jobs to the area; as a result, there will be increased demand for housing. In Hohenwald, there are only two title companies, and one of them is on the way to retirement by the end of this year. This is a sharp indicator that there will be a big market for a new firm.

The firm will target buyers and sellers of real estate, banks, agents and all people in need of areas of legal counsel in Lewis County, Tennessee and surrounding areas. When initially setting up the firm, I will only hire a legal assistant/receptionist who will assist in office work and hope to grow the company up to a staff within 3 years. As the company gets more and more established, I intend to partner with a treatment facility in the country and start a rehabilitation program that intends to mirror the Davidson County Drug court. This will offer rehabilitation and nonviolent drug/alcohol related offenders in lieu of jail (Marcum, 2013).

The firm’s core values include professionalism, customer service, integrity, accountability, honesty, fairness and equity. All the staff of the firm shall be expected to adhere to the values. The management structure of the company shall be professional to ensure high quality service delivery. Training will be highly valued not only in the professional line, but also in all areas that touch the business of the firm including public relations, technology and ethics. In order to absorb new staff, the company shall itself train young graduates who upon successful completion of the internship period will be absorbed.

Industry Overview

Economic analysis by The Wall Street Journal reports that home construction is spending at the highest level since 2008 year (Sparshot, 2013). This includes public projects, housing as well as commercial, which consistently increase at about 0.6% per annum. The report acknowledges that the housing market has played a big role in the growth of the economy; therefore, making home owners more confident and comfortable spending a lot on building materials, thus, creating more jobs.

Nashville Business Journal published an article about Nissan’s top supplier adding up to about 1200 jobs with $109.6 M investment (Snyder, 3013). This was announced by both the government and officials of the Calsonic Kansei North America Inc. This company manufactures thermal components, exhaust systems and so much more. The new projected jobs will be an addition to the company’s facilities in Shelbyville, Lewisburg and Smyrna. Calsonic is set to invest $2.1 million at the facility in Smyrna, located within Nissan’s plant. This will add about 183 employees to already existing 469 staff.

At Shelbyville plant, Calsonic is making the biggest investment ever- $57.6 million. This investment is estimated to add about 489 jobs over the next three years. The company is also investing $49.8 million at Lewisburg facility estimated to create about 256 jobs by the end of three years. “For an unprecedented fourth year in a row, Tennessee ranks as the No. 1 state in the nation for automotive manufacturing strength and CKNA’s major investment in our state reaffirms why we continue to earn this distinction,” said Hagerty. With this overview of the market predictions, this venture is timely.

Revenue Model Description

A revenue model is a clear description of how a business plans to earn its income, how it will make a profit and generate relatively higher return on investment. My law firm intends to bill for services offered on an hourly basis. Timesheets shall be used to track record and accurately serve and keep time clients. With the current technology advancement, the company intends to seek a software design and application development company to do a system that will be utilized to do the pricing. Payment will only be required after service has been successfully rendered to clients. My revenue model will be represented by four different category streams.

The first category is buyers and sellers of a real estate property. Every time when buying or selling of a real estate, there are legal procedures that are followed to the later, and my law firm will be strategic to offer this service. The second category is banks that offer loans for buyers of a real estate. The third category shall comprise real estate agents. Last but not least will be people that will be in need of legal counsel in Lewis County, Tennessee and the surrounding areas. In this venture, the law firm will depend on revenue from the maximum number of clients, which the firm will serve in a specified period.

The demand for services from the firm shall determine the number of clients the firm can serve in a specified period. With legal issues and different clients, some services will be more involving than others. For example, dealing with a group of real estate owners may be more involving that handling a single owner, this significantly determines the number of services the business will be able to offer in a given timeframe.

Scenario-Based Explanations of Assumption

My law firm offers legal counsel and law practices. During the research of identifying potential clients, I spoke to five prospective clients. First, I spoke to Marquette Tyner. She is the mother to Conor Scott who recently was a party to the lawsuit vs Williamson County with regard to his disability. I was able to assist and help her to navigate the courts during the lawsuit. They recently purchased a home.

The second contact was Tisha Rickard who owns a small business of a doggie daycare and boarding facility (Sit n Stay) located in Hendersonville. Ms. Rickard recently started her business that I was able to assist to establish. The third one was Bernie Leadon who recently negotiated a contract to rejoin a partnership and tour. The fourth one is Juanita Lane who owns Dulce Desserts, a small business that recently negotiated the commercial real estate lease for her store. The last person I spoke to is Gerlie Rickard, CPA – Certified Public Accountant and Expert witness for IRS. We discussed the potential demand for Tax attorneys and Tax Law.

I was able to encounter three competitors during my research. First was Billy W. Townsend, Esq who owns Townsend Law Office. He had a paralegal, Linda- a primary source of this paper. They opened books and provided me with valuable and authentic information I needed to validate my numbers and business plan. Moreover, he wants me to buy his law firm. The second competitor is William Landis Turner, Esq. He is a semiretired attorney who practices in Lewis County (42 years) and past president of The Tennessee Bar Association, presently Chairman of TN Lawyers fund for Client Protection and Lewis County Commissioner.

The last competitor is Janet Johnson, Executive Director Hohenwald/Lewis County Chamber of Commerce, facilitator for Leadership Lewis County. Janet, as an executive director of the Chamber of Commerce, is an invaluable networking person to know, and can provide referrals to my law firm as a member of the Chamber. Through her encouragement, I am a member of the 2014 Leadership Lewis County Class.

My interview with Lewis Turner gave me numerous lessons that will be valuable in the establishment and running of a Law firm in Hohenwald, Tennessee. First, Hohenwald does not have many lawyers. There are only five practicing lawyers in Lewis County and, therefore, there is room for more. However, being a rural county and small town, practicing law here would need a lot of travelling; especially if a person does not live within the county. Furthermore, one can only make very little money in such small towns. However, there are a few people who can pay good fees. From this Turner’ perspective on small towns, my business will seek to establish a name and compete effectively with the legal firms in the county. Second, my firm will strive to win as many as possible clients who can pay big fees.

Turner also notes that new graduates have minimal knowledge of the legal aspects of practicing law. In this regard, my firm will train its recruits to meet their expect job outcomes. Vigorous training will also be used to prepare interns for absorption into the firm.

Tuner also suggests that giving something back to the community is good. I appreciate helping the community and I plan to contribute to it through charity and help in the rehabilitation of drug addicts. Turner notes that the starting salaries for graduate lawyers are not impressive, and one has to find a very good firm to get paid well. In this, my firm will make good salary packages as a priority.

Best Case Scenario

The best case scenario is based on the expectation that the low firm will be able to render its service to a large number of clients and generate the highest possible revenues due to favorable economic development. The best case scenario is economic growth due to the industry development. Industrial development in the county will create more than 1,000 jobs leading to a boom secondary services industries or providers. All these will increase the county’s population and result in a boom for the real estate market. It means that there will be more real estate clients that will need legal services. If this best cases scenario holds, I anticipate making 100% sales in cash (I the first year of operation) with the total sales from the month of January to December amounting to $301,225, those of the second year projected to reach $602,450, and in the third year to reach $1,204,900. Accordingly, it means that the percentage increase in sales by the third year is anticipated to be 300%.

Worst-Case Scenario

A worst case scenario would mostly result for economic downturns cycles of inflation, and economic recessions are common. Another economic recession would result in economic devastation. Recession would give negative effect on the industry growth, resulting in massive layoffs. Losing a job would reduce people income and thus, reduce their ability to buy homes or rent apartments. The number of client served by my firm would also drop and encourage the firm’s revenues to drop. This would slow the growth of the firm. If the worst case scenario takes precedence, the firm will earn total sales of $160,770 in the first year, $128,616 in the second year and $109,566 in the third year. This leads to an expected 31.84% decrease in sales by the end of the third year in operation of the law firm.

Lewis County Economic Indicators

Below is economic data about Lewis County provided by Lewis Chamber of Commerce.

(Updated Comprehensive development strategy Committee, 2012).

( Updated Comprehensive development strategy Committee, 2012).

References

Primary Sources:

Customers:

Marquette Tyner. Email interview. 5 Feb. 2014. Email Address: HYPERLINK “mailto:Marquette.tyner@gmail.com”Marquette.tyner@gmail.com

Tisha Rickard. Phone interview. 10 Feb. 2014. Contact phone: 615-957-7104

Bernie Leadon. Phone interview. 18 Jan. 2014. Contact phone: 615-478-3660

Juanita Lane. Phone interview. 4 Feb. 2014. Contact phone: 615-321-8700

Gerlie Rickard. Phone interview. 1 Feb. 2014. Contact phone: 615-851-2525

Competitors:

Billy W. Townsend. “Townsend Law Office”.Phone interview. 2 Feb. 2014.

Contact phone: 931-796-5547 Title: Owner

William Landis Turner. “TN Lawyers fund for Client Protection and Lewis County Commissioner. Phone interview. 4 Feb. 2014.

Contact: 931-212-7370/931-796-5317 Title: Chairman

Janet Johnson. “Hohenwald/Lewis County Chamber of Commerce”.Phone interview. 2 Feb. 2014.

Contact: 931-796-4084.

Title: Executive Director.

Secondary Sources:

Marcum, M. (Performer). (2013). Prescription drug abuse and addiction [Web Video].Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://www.attorneycredits.com/classes.php?stateID=6&displayPerPage=20&pageNum”http://www.attorneycredits.com/classes.php?stateID=6&displayPerPage=20&pageNum=1&keyword=Prescription Drug Abuse and Addiction&practice=&specialty=&doSearch.x=37&doSearch.y=8

Snyder, E. (2013, September 3). Nissan’s top supplier adding 1,200 jobs with $109.6M TN investment. Nashville Business Journal. Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/09/nissans-top-supplier-adding-1200.html” http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2013/09/nissans-top-supplier-adding-1200.html

Sparshot, J. (2013, September 03). Home construction spending at highest level since 2008. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/03/home-%09construction-spending-at-highest-level-since-2008/”http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/03/home-construction-spending-at-highest-level-since-2008/

Updated Comprehensive development strategy Committee. (2012). Updated Comprehensive Development Strategy. Retrieved from http://lewiscountyny.org/content/Generic/View/68:field=documents;/content/Documents/File/1949.pdf

Feasibility Analysis of Entering into the Field of Human Services

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Table of Contents TOC o “1-3” h z u HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717086” Table of Contents PAGEREF _Toc288717086 h 2

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717087” Abstract PAGEREF _Toc288717087 h 3

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717088” Feasibility Analysis of Entering into Human Service Field PAGEREF _Toc288717088 h 5

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717089” Introduction PAGEREF _Toc288717089 h 5

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717090” Data Collected PAGEREF _Toc288717090 h 6

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717091” Key Factors in a Foreign Service Career PAGEREF _Toc288717091 h 6

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717092” Recruitment Process PAGEREF _Toc288717092 h 6

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717093” Employment Outlook PAGEREF _Toc288717093 h 8

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717094” Skills Required PAGEREF _Toc288717094 h 8

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717095” Education Required PAGEREF _Toc288717095 h 9

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717096” Advantages of the Career PAGEREF _Toc288717096 h 9

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717097” Challenges of the Career PAGEREF _Toc288717097 h 10

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717098” Career Options in the Field of Human Services PAGEREF _Toc288717098 h 11

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717099” Case Managers or Social Workers PAGEREF _Toc288717099 h 11

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717100” Social Service Assistant PAGEREF _Toc288717100 h 11

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717101” Counselor PAGEREF _Toc288717101 h 12

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717102” Childcare Worker PAGEREF _Toc288717102 h 12

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717103” Probation Officer PAGEREF _Toc288717103 h 12

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717104” Conclusion and Recommendation PAGEREF _Toc288717104 h 13

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717105” Summary of Findings PAGEREF _Toc288717105 h 13

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717106” Recommendations PAGEREF _Toc288717106 h 14

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717107” References PAGEREF _Toc288717107 h 15

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717108” Appendices PAGEREF _Toc288717108 h 16

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717109” Appendix 1: Sentence Speech Outline PAGEREF _Toc288717109 h 16

HYPERLINK l “_Toc288717110” Appendix 2: Interview report PAGEREF _Toc288717110 h 17

Abstract

Human services field is complex and constitutes various careers. Individuals working in this field need to be motivated in order to perform optimally. In addition, the respective individuals need to have relevant knowledge, skills and abilities to perform effectively. The field has various advantages that professional benefit from. One of the most rewarding advantages pertains to the endless opportunities for professional growth and development that are provided through the various learning opportunities. The challenges that the professionals experience are also wide and varied. Nonetheless, these provide opportunities for growth and can be overcome if individuals have the required skills and knowledge. The field has various career options that individuals can choose from. These range from counseling and Case Management to Probation Officers and Childcare Workers.

Feasibility Analysis of Entering into Human Service FieldIntroductionThe field of Human Services is a diverse and complex field hat addresses wide ranging issues. The professionals in this field of specification are in most cases committed to working with communities in a bid to make a difference in their lives. In most instances, the relative departments or agencies that provide employment to various individuals are responsible for planning, budgeting and delivering important services such as housing and health. Notably, provision of these services is the responsibility of the government that also plays an instrumental role in planning for the provision of basic public utilities. Essentially, the professionals in this field focus their effort on improving the lives of individuals and making efforts to reduce their degree of suffering. For this reason, individuals that attain skills and ultimately seek employment in this field need to be motivated to make changes in the lives of other individual and especially those that are disadvantaged by various factors.

To enhance sustainability and ensure that the relative efforts yield beneficial effects, it is important for the urge to help the needy to be strong and based on self will. This also ensures optimal performance that is based on a calling and not mere pretense. According to most psychological studies, the inherent satisfaction is in most instances realized after an individual has worked for a specific period of time. Put differently, a person can only realize that s/he has a sincere compelling urge to help other individuals in pursuing their dream and attaining a high degree of happiness and fulfillment in life. The inherent challenges usually enable the individual to make informed choices as well as decisions in this regard. The professional also concern themselves with helping others to find health, safety or motivation.

At this point it can not be disputed that this work is noble and of great importance in the current society. It is widely agreed that the relative duties and responsibilities are sufficient motivation that can make an individual to join the field. The duties and responsibilities in most instances revolve around initiation, establishment and nurturance of individual as well as professional relationships with all individuals across the age spectrum. In this regard, an individual needs to naturally have superb public relations and the ability to establish and maintain viable and lasting relations with various individuals within the society.

Data CollectedKey Factors in a Foreign Service CareerRecruitment ProcessJust like other fields of specification, the process of employment n the human services is procedural. Usually, the respective employment agency or national department advertises the vacant positions. These detail the job profile including the skills, knowledge and abilities that individuals are supposed to posses. In most instances, the departments tend to encourage applications by individuals form diverse cultural and linguistic background. The inherent multiculturalism encourages effective performance as the employees also work in multicultural environments. After the period for application closes, The US Department of Human Services (2011) suggests that the process of selection takes an estimated six to eight weeks. One of the most important aspects of the process of recruitment pertains to safety screening. This is instrumental in ensuring that individuals that are selected uphold the organizational or departmental values. In addition, it ensures that the respective individuals have the ability to provide a safe and sustainable environment for the clients that are in most instances vulnerable to wide ranging social threats.

Before the individuals apply for the job vacancy, they need to ensure that they satisfy the eligibility criteria. In the field of counseling for instance, the State of Delaware (2010) requires one to have an Application for Professional Counselor of Mental Health Licensure that is not only completed but also signed and notarized. In general, individuals need to be American citizens that also reside permanently in this nation. As indicated in appendix one, the process of recruitment is divided in five major stages. After application, short listing is done and then the interviews follow. The safety screening checks then follow before the final selection is done.

Usually, the application needs to detail the qualifications as well as specialist expertise that is either required or preferred. The key selection criterion on the other hand underscores the skills, knowledge and personal qualities that are required for an individual to perform the respective job. During short listing, the panel that is responsible for selection asses all the available information in a bid to determine whether the respective candidates qualify for interviews. Usually, great emphasis is placed on the knowledge, skills, desirable or mandatory expertise or specialist expertise. In most cases, the desirable personal qualities are assessed during the interview or through reference checking usually for al individuals that proceed to these stages. The applicants that are short listed are notified accordingly and requested to attend an interview or assessment.

Panels that conduct the interviews in most instances comprise of individuals of different gender. A study undertaken by Cnaan and Goldberg-Glen (1991) found out that usually, applicants are expected to provide proof of identity, qualifications and nationality. The competitive applicants proceed to the safety screening checks where hey undergo various checks before they are selected. Successful candidates are the selected and appointed accordingly.

Figure 1: Recruitment Process of Human Services Professionals

Employment OutlookThe individuals that are employed b the human services department usually have specialized skills that would have attained through previous training or job experience. Individual have a chance to hold various positions in different areas such as correctional facilities, food banks, homelessness, elder care operations, substance abuse programs, residential care , employment services, domestic violence efforts or mental health services (Wittenberg, 2003). The roles and duties are wide and varied and range from helping other individuals to obtain vital services, monitoring or keeping important records, leading or organizing group activities, assisting the clients to master daily survival skills, modeling healthy and acceptable behaviors for clients or residents and so forth.

In most instances, typical human services jobs tend to be paraprofessional. Common positions including childcare workers, in-hole staff and activities coordinators do not need to have extensive education. Paraprofessionals usually constitute a facet of employees that work in collaboration with other professionals such as doctors or psychiatrists. In essence, there are different job titles and depending on the organization, population or setting, titles and duties differ considerably. Irrespective of the inherent differences, each job, role or duty is considered very important because of the significant impact that it has on the life of an individual.

Skills RequiredIndividuals working in this field need to have multiple skills in order to perform optimally. To begin with, they need to be creative and understanding to address emergent challenges. In addition, they need to have the ability to identify and implement interventions accordingly. Then, they need to be conversant with multicultural environments. Further, they need to have the ability to cope with work related stress accordingly.

Education Required

According to the interview with Mrs. Genae Martin, an individual needs to be educated in certain fields and up to a certain level in order to perform optimally in this field of specification. From the interview, one needs to be educated n a certain specialist program and be a holder of a specialist level degree for her or him to successfully enter careers related to being a practitioner or administrator. Besides this, an individual needs to undertake field placement in order to gain first hand skills and have experience in the respective specialized area. With regards to teaching, Mrs. Martin indicated that one has to proceed to a Master program education wise. Then, careers that are related to research and academics require an individual to have a Doctorate degree.

Advantages of the CareerThe field of Human Services has various advantages that make it attractive to the individuals hat enter it. This is further perpetuated by the fact that the government is the key employer of individuals that pursue the field. For this reason, it takes significant efforts to ensure employee satisfaction in a bid to attain a healthier, caring and creative nation. To begin with, the field has various career opportunities that give an individual a chance to make changes whenever possible. The inherent opportunities challenge individuals to improve their skills so that they can explore careers that are more satisfying or rewarding. Seemingly, the structure of the career enables the respective individuals to enjoy professional development too.

This field also has high quality workforce that attain this state of affairs through training and development. This is important because it enables the employees to gain sufficient skills that can help them to maintain portability in the region as well as develop their talents accordingly. The chance to attend seminars and conferences is important because it enables the individuals to enhance their qualifications, performance and build viable social networks that enhance growth and development. The leadership programs that the program provides go a long way in developing or honing the skills of emerging leaders.

With respect to salaries, The US Bureau of labor Statistics (2009) indicates that the field offers a package that is reflective of the skills and knowledge of an individual. This contributes significantly to job satisfaction and allows an individual to main optimal performance. Other benefits such as insurance cover are also useful in enabling an individual to attain the required job satisfaction. The field also allows it employs to strike a balance between their work and life. This is attained through initiatives such as job sharing, part time jobs, additional purchased eaves, home-based work and so forth. Undoubtedly, these are useful in enabling an individual to attain a flexible lifestyle without compromising the quality of his or her performance.

Challenges of the CareerBesides the preceding benefits, there are various challenges in this career that have various implications on the holistic life of the professionals. To begin with, the professionals are required to established distinct boundaries with the individuals that they help once they enter this career. Failure to do this can have devastating effects on the performance of an individual. In addition, individuals that the professional interacts with are from a multicultural background and therefore have different values, lifestyles and beliefs. In some instances, these are dynamic and tend to change considerably. For this reason, it is imperatively important for the professionals to also exercise flexibility and at the same time inform themselves about the various cultures of individuals that they deal with.

According to the University of Liverpool (2010), the statuses of the individuals that need help in some instances make the professionals to judge them on the basis of their health, disability, education, economics, culture or values. This can influence the quality of service rendered by the individuals in different ways. It is important for the professionals to remain non judgmental under all circumstances. In most cases, the individuals that require the human services constitute a significant percentage of the workfare or system. Maneuvering the respective systems can be not only slow but also frustrating.

Career Options in the Field of Human Services

Fundamentally, this field offers various career options that individuals can explore to their advantage. Degreedirectory org (2003) indicates that the professional have a chance to work with the elderly, adults, adolescents and children. They provide them with social services as well as support when they are at risk of drug abuse, illness or homelessness. Usually, the careers are open in either private or governmental social service agencies.

Case Managers or Social Workers

These are responsible for connecting people with important services that can help them to effectively overcome adverse conditions or situation such as age related issues, homelessness, abuse addiction and so forth. They in most cases coordinate the available social services across various agencies as well as service providers. Usually, the entry level in this field requires a bachelor’s degree. However, a significant percentage of the positions require a Master’s degree in Social Work.

Social Service AssistantThese basically help the social workers and case managers. In particular, they may provide important case management support or in some instances run various social service programs including food pantries, adoption services or group homes. For most of these positions, college education is not a requirement.

CounselorThese are responsible for advising and guiding clients in a bid to help them overcome their problems and begin a new life. Usually, ‘entry in this field requires a master’s degree in psychology or counseling. In detail counselors provide mental health therapy, marriage and family therapy, career and vocational counseling and substance abuse counseling.

Childcare WorkerTogether with daycare teachers, these are in charge of educating as well as supervising school aged children outside the school hours and preschool children during school hours. In most instances, they need to have a license and minimal education of high school diploma. However, this partly depends on the number of children that are usually under their supervision. The school teachers may however require a bachelor’s degree or may need to have experience in preschool teaching.

Probation Officer

These are found within the corrections system. Their roles include monitoring and conducting people that have been sentenced to probation after conviction of the crimes that they committed. They ensure that the terms of probation accorded to the respective individuals are strictly followed. In addition, they help their clients to identify viable rehabilitation plans that are instrumental in helping them to avoid re-offending. Relative to these are parole officer who perform similar roles and duties but work with individuals that are released from prison.

Conclusion and RecommendationSummary of FindingsAs it has come out from the study, Human Services is a field that is responsible for providing help to individuals that face different problems. The respective help is aimed at enabling the individuals to overcome their difficulties and live a norm life. Seemingly, the field requires motivation and commitment for one to attain optimal performance by providing quality service. During recruitment, individuals undergo five main stages before they are absorbed in the systems. Besides private agencies, there are a host of government agencies that also provide this service. The advantages of a career in human services revolve around the learning opportunities and professional development that the employers provide, the inherent portability that allows professionals to explores various fields, the compensation package that the individuals are given and so forth.

The challenges in the field on the other hand stem from the inability to establish boundaries with clients, the individual social, cultural and economic influences that undermine effective functioning of an individual. From the study, this field has various careers that include Case Managers, Counselors, Probation Officers, Childcare Workers and social service assistants. Professionals need to have certain skills and knowledge in order to perform effectively. Although each field requires distinct qualifications, these are related and an individual can use similar skills to work in multiple environments.

In conclusion, this field is important an benefits various facets of the society in different ways. If n individual has all the skills, abilities and knowledge, s/he can possibly enjoy working in this field. The field provides endless opportunities for advancing one’s career. The skills and abilities are marketable and needed in almost every part of this nation. Individuals only need to be dedicated towards making a change in the life of those experiencing various problems.

RecommendationsCertainly, an individual that wishes to work in this field of specification needs to be conversant with various issues. Education is of paramount importance because it enhances performance and enables an individual to creatively deal with emergent wide ranging challenge sin the field. Also, it is important for an individual to be motivated to help other individuals overcome their problems. This would be instrumental in enhancing sustainability and ensuring attainment of desirable results. Also, an individual needs to be able to cope with stress and understand the dynamics of the work place. This enhances the wellbeing of both the client and the professional. Most importantly, relevant regulatory bodies should take the initiative of maintaining quality standards to ensure that clients get quality care.

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AppendicesAppendix 1: Sentence Speech OutlineSentence Outline for Speech

Purpose: To analyze the feasibility of a Career in Human services

Length: 5-7 minutes

I. Introduction

A. A career in the human services gives one endless opportunities for persona and professional growth

B. To succeed in this field, one must be strongly motivated to help individuals improve their lives by overcoming difficulties.

C. This presentation covers two major areas:

1. First, there are key factors of working n human services.

2. Second, human service has different careers.

D. The report concludes by appreciating the role of human services and recommending that individuals wishing to pursue the field have a relevant and sound educational background

II. Body

A. There is a five stage recruitment process that tests the knowledge, skills and abilities of the candidate

The candidates undergo security checks before being selected

2. They are required to fulfill all the requirements before they can be considered

3. Different fields require distinct qualifications

4. The common challenge that professionals face is to maintain cultural competence.

B. Human Services careers are several;

1. Case managers or social workers link individuals to available services

2. Social service assistants assist the case managers

3. Counselors offer guidance and direction

4. Childcare workers and teachers offer preschool and after school services

5. Probation officers work in the corrections systems

III. Conclusions and Recommendations

A. The Human services career play an instrumental role in enhancing the quality of life of the populations

B. Individuals looking forward to pursuing this field should have relevant skills and knowledge

C. The skills are attained through education and training

D. There is dire need for regulatory bodies to maintain quality performance

Appendix 2: Interview reportTo:

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Subject: Job information interview with Genae Martin, School Psychologist, Middletown High School

I interviewed Mrs. Genae Martin on Thursday, February 17. Mrs. Martin has been a school psychologist for the past four years. She holds a degree as an educational specialist (Ed. S.) in school psychology. I interviewed Mrs. Martin in order to obtain information and learn more about her occupation. During the interview, we discussed required education, responsibilities, likes and dislikes of the profession, and salary for those wanting to pursue this career path.

Required Education

In order to be a school psychologist you must have a psychologist license in the state you are going to work. In Mrs. Martin’s case, she has a Delaware psychologist license. To obtain a psychologist license, you must have completed one of the following programs:

Specialist-level program

A specialist-level degree is entry level for careers as a practitioner or administrator. Mrs. Martin choice this career path because she was interested in adolescent mental health and not the research side or teaching aspect of psychology; although, she did stress the importance of choosing an educational program that would allow a pathway to obtaining a doctoral at some later time.

Attending school full time for three years will be required if entering the program without a master’s degree. Your last year is spent as an intern on site at a school. You are required to complete twelve-hundred hours during your internship.

Master program

A master’s degree in education is a non specialized degree and is a better degree if you want to go into teaching.

Doctoral program

A doctoral degree is for individuals who are interested in careers dealing with research and academia.

Mrs. Martin completed her internship at Middletown High School in 2006 going on to graduate with a degree as an educational specialist (Ed. S.) in school psychology. Soon after, she applied and received her school psychology license and was hired in 2007 by Middletown High School as their School Psychologist. Mrs. Martin did say continuing education credits are required to maintain your license.

Responsibilities

Mrs. Martin’s main responsibility at Middletown High School as their School Psychologist is to work with the students, families, internal agency staff, and other outside agencies as it relates to the psychological well being of a student. She spends a great deal of time counseling or providing guidance to students who are having problems. There are a number of sessions she will conduct with family members, social workers, probation officers the school nurse, teachers, Wellness Center staff, and other agencies to address the mental well-being of a student. There are a number of times Mrs. Martin has to administer psychiatric tests and analyze the data in order to recommend the right educational program for a student. The position is highly involved in the development and on-going maintenance of Individualized Education Plans (IEP), which tailors an educational program based on a student’s needs. A great deal of writing is required to maintain meeting notes, develop IEP’s, and to correspond via letter form or email.

Likes and Dislikes of Being a School Psychologist

Mrs. Martin truly loves her job and shared more likes than dislikes to being a School Psychologist.

Likes

Working with adolescents and making a difference in their lives

Developing IEP’s and having the ability to revise and revise to the point where they actually make a positive impact on the student

Administering psychiatric tests and analyzing the data

Finding innovative ways to challenge students

Helping a student look at the optimistic side of life when everything seems to be falling apart around them

Pulling all the necessary resources together to assist a student in need

Dislikes

Writing – necessary, but endless

Losing a student due to dropping out of school or suicide

Mrs. Martin summed it up by saying, “In order to really enjoy being a school psychologist you have to have a passion for helping others and be able to handle the emotional roller coaster that comes with working with troubled students.”

Salary

The minimum yearly salary of a school psychologist is $52, 433. Mrs. Martin explained the salary of a new hire is based on their level of experience, which could allow them to make as much as $78,649 a year.

Conclusion

My interview with Mrs. Martin was very enlightening. The educational information and explanation of the different degree programs was extremely helpful. She shared the importance of going into the field for the right reasons, since you’re impacting another person’s well-being. I found Mrs. Martin to be very easy to speak with – I can envision her displaying a calming affect when speaking to a student and showing compassion. Mrs. Martin indicated it can be a very rewarding job for the right person.

Feasibility Analysis

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Strengths

The company as established business assets

The company well set man-power needed

The company is situated in areas with readily available raw materials Weaknesses

The company has a weak market share

The industry has many competitors

Opportunities

More and more demand for tire products is increasing

There is room to profitability and increase of market share Threats

Market saturation of low quality and fake products

Source : (Sasikumar, Kannan & Haq, 2010).

Feasibility Analysis

Despite the fact that Pirelli is on the eve of running to lose while in the industry due to the fact that it expanded it market by getting assets of Armstrong Tire as making the bid to Continental AG, the company has room to improve its business potential and to foster in to profitable business in the future. The reason behind is that the company has strengths as the bigger asset base as well as the reliable and qualified personnel who can steer the company forward in the future. Weak market share it currently has can be improved by venturing it equity share in other potential market. This can be so if the company establishes a better market entry strategies. The threats that it facing, can be curbed by investing into market that have well-established laws that prevent sale of fake products.

References

Sasikumar, P., Kannan, G., & Haq, A. N. (2010). A multi-echelon reverse logistics network design for product recovery—a case of truck tire remanufacturing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 49(9-12), 1223-1234.

Feasibility assessment

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Feasibility Assessment

Feasibility analysis refers to the process of evaluating a business idea to determine if it is viable. The process ensures all projects are carefully understood before spending resources on them. It also calls for extensive research before any decisions are made. Decisions made in this case really heavily on strengths and weaknesses of proposed ventures or existing business, attention is also drawn towards opportunities and threats brought about by environment, resources required and other prospects for achievements. In other words, feasibility study provides a comparison of cost required to execute a project and value attained after it has been completed. A properly executed feasibility analysis explores four main areas; product/service feasibility, industry/target market feasibility, organization feasibility and financial feasibility. However, all these areas are structured towards achieving a common objective; evaluating a project’s credibility or potential for success.

Product or service feasibility analysis focuses on the overall appeal of the product or service that is under review or development. The analysis can be divided in two main areas namely desirability and demand to ensure it focuses on all essential aspects. Before a prospective firm introduces a new product or improve the existing products, it should be sure that is what the customers want. To establish product/service desirability the organization should prepare a concept test of about a page and distribute it to different people to fill. This move will provide feedback on the prospective product thus assisting the organization to improve the development strategy even further before proceeding. In product /service demand, the prospective firm should carrying out two main steps in assessment; provide a buying intention survey and then conduct a secondary research using the internet, library and gumshoe. Buying intention survey comprises of statements about the product and assists to evaluate customer interest on the same.

Coca cola Company is one of the companies that have strongly embraced product feasibility assessment. The company ensured that proper brand desirability and product demand are well analyzed before launching the company’s new product cocacola-zero a sugarless brand of the company’s popular beverage; coke soda. Coke Cola Company management possessed questions like Is the product reasonable?, Will it assist in filling the marketplace gap? Is it a good time to introduce the product?. Answering these questions meant that the company analyses the product before launching it to the target market.

Industry/ target market feasibility analysis focuses on the industry and target market of the prospective firm. An industry refers to a group of organizations producing related products and services. Target market on the other hand, is the limited section of the industry that the prospective firm intends to focus on. Feasibility analysis in these two areas revolves around two wide components; industry attractiveness and target market attractiveness. Industry attractiveness analysis will involve comparing the industry characteristics to those of the firm. This means that the firm will require monitoring environmental and business trends are improving and not declining in comparison to those of the industry. Target market analysis will assist the firm to find a market that is large enough for the desired product or service but at the same time attracting few competitors from the same industry. It is difficult to establish the attractiveness of a target market than that of the industry; therefore the firm should employ detailed research and ingenuity to attain accurate results about a specific target market.

Organizational feasibility analysis establishes efficiency of the prospective firm in areas relating to management, organizational competence and besides availability of resources. Organizational feasibility pays close attention to the non-financial resources of a firm thus establishing ability to introduce new products or improve existing systems. The components of organizational feasibility analysis are management prowess and resource sufficiency. Management prowess will establish the firm’s management team on it passion and expertise on the business idea. This important analysis will determine the passion the financing team has on the business idea. It will also establish the market understanding of the funding team or the entrepreneur before the firm participates in any venture. Resource sufficiency on the other hand, assesses whether the firm has sufficient resources to launch the business idea. In carrying out this assessment the firm should make a list of all non-financial resources required for the venture and evaluate it. At this level, if it is found that some critical resources are not attainable the project should be discontinued.

Financial feasibility analysis provides the final analysis of an elaborate feasibility analysis. At this point the firm should pay attention to the financial resources required for the venture. The components of this analysis that are quite essential are funds required for the start up, financial performance of related firms and overall financial attractiveness of the project. Start-up funds refer to the total cash to be invested before the firm can make the first sale. At this stage the firm should prepare a budget comprising of capital purchases and operating expenses that will be required to generate initial revenue. This move will ensure the venture financial requirements are realistic and will not affect the firm previous performance. The second component of financial feasibility analysis which is financial performance of similar business involves comparing financial situations or related businesses. There are several ways in which the firm can undertake this process; analyzing financial records that may be available for other firms and also simple carrying out simple observation research on customer spending. Lastly, financial feasibility analysis requires monitoring overall financial attractiveness of the venture which requires the firm to make financial estimates on the venture that will yield positive results with existing factors.

Feasibility analysis achievements can best be explained using Coca cola company achievements, Milk Company Inc and Budweiser Black Company all of which concentrate heavily on advertising. For instance, during the Super bowl game on February 1st they took time to market their new products to their target markets. Coca cola advertised using security cameras, Milk Company gave samples the milk shake and Budweiser briefed the clients using the black crown celebration advertisement. All these companies strictly observed the four main areas of a feasibility assessment before introducing a product. They researched on their product, identified the target market, established organizational resources and established financial stain for the venture.

With that discussion, we can confidently establish that feasibility analysis evaluates and analysis the viability of a business venture. It is more effective if the four main areas are well explored which are; product feasibility, industry/target market feasibility, organizational feasibility and financial feasibility. When these four areas are correctly done a company’s prospects for a new business will be well timed and properly conducted thus assuring excellent returns.

References

Justis, R. T. & Kreigsmann, B. (1979). The feasibility study as a tool for venture analysis.Business Journal of Small Business Management

Young, G. I. M. (1970). Feasibility studies. Appraisal Journal

Feasibility of Knowledge transfer

The transfer of knowledge is a complex process and difficult to understand. Various elements affect the knowledge transfer success. As the world is fast becoming a village, transitional transfer of knowledge takes place not only in big companies, but also among individuals. A significant and increasing amount of efforts and activities are devoted to knowledge transfer at a transnational level.

Various scholars have given different definitions of knowledge transfer. For instance, a scholar defines knowledge transfer as a process through which one unit is affected by the expertise of another. It has also been defined as the process systematically arranged exchange and sharing of knowledge and skills between entities. Some scholars however have considered knowledge transfer as knowledge sharing while other state that knowledge transfer cannot be defined as it is related to learning. Although various definitions have been used by different scholars in defining and illustrating what knowledge transfer means and entails, majority of the explanations refer to knowledge management and its transfer among organizations or within such organizations.

The number of multinational and transnational companies and hotels are on the rise. Due to changes in business dynamics and an increase in pressure on businesses to diversify their operations and make the most out of opportunities in far away nations, there has been increasing importance of rating companies. However, despite these changes, businesses and hotels still feel immense pressure to ensure that they redesign their operations and rating systems so as to make the most out of the available opportunities. The level of competition faced by transnational and international companies is high which had led to increased emphasis on the strategies that international firms can use to improve their positioning in various market segments. Among the ways of improvements is through a properly defined hotel rating system. It is through the rating that the organizations are able to define and identify their market position in the regional and international markets. In some case, various companies and hotels have adopted knowledge transfer strategy to improve their services and remain at the top of the market for example Group–Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel in Shanghai. It is therefore imperative on individual businesses and researchers to come up with strategies through which local and international businesses can strategize their operations such that they aid improvement of global economic conditions and their profitability.

The main reason for transfer of knowledge is to transfer knowledge source to the recipient. Additionally, Feher 2006 states that knowledge transfer is manifested through the changes in recipient’s performance. According to this author, the successfulness in transfer of knowledge is dependent on the perceived advantage and the satisfaction with knowledge management. He further defines effectiveness in knowledge transfer as the extent of institutionalization of the practice of the receiver.

Transnational knowledge transfer

The globalization trend witnessed in the recent past has pushed various hotels in China and globally to search for new opportunities, expand their present business boundaries, or collaborate with global partners. As a consequence, organization knowledge needs to be transferred across the global boundaries. The knowledge transfer can entail activities from one individual to the other, across organization or across countries.

Knowledge transfer among countries can take place in various forms from an organizational perspective for instance intra-organizational transfer in international company, international transfer within a society or partnership. The increase in the number of transnational transfer of knowledge have been helpful in assisting developing countries to advantage from the skills, best practices, technology and innovations presented in the developed countries. Knowledge transfer has also facilitated creation of knowledge at the local and international levels.

An individual or organization can acquire the knowledge to carry out his tasks through knowledge sharing and through knowledge transfer. Mostly, the term knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer are used interchangeably. However, the difference between knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer is the direction of the knowledge exchange. In knowledge sharing, knowledge is exchanged in both directions, whereas in knowledge transfer, knowledge is shared in one direction and this is common with many organizations.

Knowledge transfer and entrepreneurial opportunities

Taking into consideration international knowledge and business ideas transfers among countries in the global village; one way of dealing with the unequal status of the market in less advanced market environments is to fulfill the empty market by copying a business concept that has already been successfully implemented in a more advanced marketplace and thus entrepreneurship. Knowledge transfer is a franchise or other business transaction that allows the transfer of existing best business practice and related knowledge. In a rapidly changing and globalization business environment, networking is a way to broaden the resource base for entrepreneurship. Participation in a formal and informal entrepreneurial networks has been becomes even more topical during recent years. Knowledge transfer has become an especially essential business model in overcoming distance as a barrier in business co-operation.

From the knowledge co-operation point of view, participation in knowledge transfer have different meanings when applied by entrepreneurs that are oriented towards imitating the best business practices, creating a new business concept on the bias of individual innovation or co-operating a new business direction within broad network of entrepreneurs, clients and other stakeholders. Entrepreneurship theory has progressed tremendously in the rule assigned to knowledge in the process of opportunity recognition and exploitation. It has evolved- form a strict economic approach, whereby knowledge was implicitly conceived as being modifiable, to a cognitive conceptualization of the entrepreneurial activity based on the working of tacit knowledge.

It is known that knowledge retention and transfer results to business creation. Entrepreneurial firms may provide important opportunities for examining how knowledge is created in organizations. Most entrepreneurial firms are small enough that researchers can more readily observe learning processes in them than in large established organizations. In addition, entrepreneurship firms are new enough that one can study organizational learning from the beginning of a firm’s operation. Thus, researchers could observe the building of connections and establishment of relationships that are central to organizational learning models. Thus, entrepreneurial firms seem to be especially promising sites for studying knowledge creation.

Feher, P., 2006. Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Knowledge Management. Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Publisher Academic Conferences Limited.

Group–Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel in Shanghai

FATIMA had her DISSERTATION used unlawfully by her professor

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Introduction

Fatima has a mixed reaction; should she report her supervisor to the head of the department or should she forward her work having her incitation and be accused of plagiarism. Accusing her lecturer may cause her missing her graduation, whereas reporting may be her way out but also cause her to lose faith in her supervisor who may avenge for her actions. Also, being accused of plagiarism which is a serious misconduct in the school’s policy conduct will result in the university terminating her studies in the university. What appropriate action is she really going to make?

First step, she should go through her work, ensuring all the data and materials used are in accordance with the guidelines for writing a quality scientific research proposal; the field notes, data, materials, methods and techniques are relevantly included in her papers. The information written should tally with her original field notes (Smith, 2008). She forwarded copies of her work to her supervisor meaning that she have original copies of her work and not the supervisor. Having read her work which was published by her supervisor without her consent and did not include her name in the footnote she needs to take an action to defend her work and integrity as well. Attacking the supervisor would not be appropriate as he would definitely fail her in order to retain the published work as his own doing. Being in charge of the research will give the lecturer an upper hand in winning the case of a stolen work from his student. The supervisor will perfect Fatima’s work and appear as if it is his own work.

She will incriminate herself of plagiarism if she does not report the matter to the head of department. Before reporting the issue to the relevant committee, she should collect all the evidences necessary to back up her serious allegation. As well she should understand the rules and regulations governing the academic conduct as it will lead to the team to look into the matter in order to maintain the university’s academic veracity by uncovering and avoidance of plagiarism, as well, not to raise severe questions on the appropriate efficient management of the matter in question by the institution.

In all institutions of higher learning, breaching of copyright is considered a serious problem, particularly in the situation of postgraduate education in thesis writing. Brian. (1985), states that plagiarism degrades all the principles of study degree. It kills the intellectual institution. Normally, the academic senate will have the papers remarked to refrain from having any undesirable effects that the accusation may have to damage on the department and her committee advisor too.

Plagiarism is considered as unlawful act aimed in depressing the high standards in academics. Therefore, being accused of copying her supervisor’s published work will put her studies at stake since, the department will take the necessary steps in punishing her and not consider her pleas she did not report the matter before forwarding her work. Plagiarism amounts to indiscipline under the Institution’s Student Conduct Regulations. A verified plagiarized assignment is a very crucial matter that will result in severe expulsion and/or severe corrective action from the university.

Reporting her problem to the head of the department basing her accusation on the relevant evidence will be the best approach to this situation by excluding her supervisor giving head of department a chance to confidentially investigate on the problem. Fatima needs to convince the department to hold confidential hearings in order to defend her work, use valid evidence to back up all deeds, i.e. the original field notes and papers of her work that she used to send copies to her advisor, appropriate and reliable respondents, and field materials.

Classified hearings give her the courage to explain her work confidently as she will not be under the fear of being failed but now in the process of seeking the relevant authority to help in solving the matter. The head of department should give her private hearing in order to defend the honor of the investigation to obtain a clearly comprehensive understanding of what has happened, why and to enable the department to decide if it would need any public hearing. Presentation of the research evidences to the department by Fatima will give them an ample time to analyze the presented evidence carefully as they also investigate on Fatima’s supervisor defense on his published journal for approval. This is will help in analyzing all the provided evidences by both parties for the department head not to leave any important questions unsolved, together with why a supervisor would publish a student’s work without consent. As well as, why the department’s plagiarism guidelines are not followed.

Reporting her supervisor to the head of department will give her the opportunity to accuse her supervisor to have intentionally plagiarized his from her forwarded dissertation to him and published them without her consent. Since Fatima found the letter, data reports and field notes’ statements directly used from her research giving her a better and valid reason to report her supervisor for allegedly publishes them.

Wister, (2003) explains that the head of the department have the duty of effectively and properly managing and administering appropriate academic standards. The head can first seek to understand the occurrence by interviewing several witnesses brought to him as evidences, and examining the obtained related documents. The issue in concern is the investigation of her advisor’s plagiarism on her that she is yet to present that she clearly identified during her regular reading of journals related to her specialization area. This creates a fundamental concern on the behavior of the department’s officials who ignore the allegations of using their students’ research for personal gain rather than looking into such claims.

ConclusionWithin the university, head of department are needed to observe the codes of conduct amongst the employees who should meet the required standards. This will help Fatima defend her work before them courageously for a fair judgment to be made.

ReferencesSmith, RV. (2008). Graduate Research: A Guide for Students in the Sciences. Plenum Press, New

York, NY, pp 292

Wister, K. (2003). Good Conduct and Administrative Practice: Guidelines for Public Authorities

And Off icial, New Castle.

Brian. N. (1985). Independent Commission against Corruption: Practical Guide to Corruption

Prevention, New Castle.

Fauquier Gas Company Case Study

Key Facts: The Fauquier Gas Company a leading gas provider had to ensure that it always completed its tasks of providing new gas lines to commercial and residential areas. There was an increase in the demand of gas, and 3 ½ miles of new gas lines had to be available for a customer in September. Secondly, the construction and design organizations were under the vice president of operation’s management. Thirdly, the design organization was headed by a design superintendent known as Mr. Charlie Buck. Lastly, Mr. Pat Wilson was the design engineer and Mr. Bill Murphy was the supply manager at the Fauquier Gas Company.

Problem: There are many problems, which are present in the Fauquier Gas company case study. Mr. Murphy did not have prior information about the scheduled new project that was to commence in June. He only happened to hear about it from Mr. Byers while having lunch. Based upon the experience of Mr. Murphy it would be quite hard to obtain the pipe purchases from the suppliers. The suppliers had to be given quotations in advance so as to prepare everything on time. There was also a conflict of interest as the vice president of operations had dealings in two critical areas of the project. Furthermore, changes were being made to the pipes specifications. The original pipe specifications would have a length of 57 feet, wall thickness of ¾ inches and a 24 inch diameter. However, according to the new changes, the length would be at 40 feet or fewer 5 feet, and a thickness of 3/8 inches. To add on to the existing problems, the new specifications wanted the use of two wrappers, the pry-tech and the coal tar. The two companies that supplied the wrappers were located in Atlanta and Philadelphia, and this would cause additional problems. A lot of time and money would be spent in transporting the wrapper to the Fauquier Gas Company and this would cause delays. The changes to the length and thickness of the pipe would affect the schedule and this would have an economic impact to the company. Lastly, even by April, the pipe specifications purchase request had not been given to Mr. Murphy.

Alternative Solutions:

A meeting involving Mr. Murphy, Mr. Byers, Mr. Buck, Mr. Wilson and the vice president of operations should be scheduled.

Mr. Wilson should immediately give Mr. Murphy the purchase order for the pipe specifications.

Mr. Murphy should immediately get in touch with the suppliers of the pipes and wrappers.

Discussion of Solutions:

In this case, it is evident that there is a lack of proper communication and this is the main reason why the problem occurred. Mr. Murphy should not waste any time in calling all the involved parties for a meeting at once. The purpose of the meeting should be to discuss how the project deadline can be met, as well as about the changes in the specifications of the pipe. During the meeting, they should talk about the manner, which information should be passed on to all the concerned parties. In this case, they should consider options such as sending emails and even posting memos in the various notice boards at the gas company. The most suitable method of communication would be to have weekly meetings whereby they get to discuss about any new projects. This will greatly assist in ensuring that no one misses out on any crucial company information.

Once the parties are in agreement with all that is taking place concerning the new project, Mr. Wilson should give Mr. Murphy the purchase specifications. Upon receiving the specifications, Mr. Murphy should make a call to the suppliers in order to book for an appointment to meet the people who are concerned with the issue at hand. When Mr. Murphy finally gets to go and have a meeting with the suppliers, they should let them know as to why the changes have to be made. This will give the supplier a better idea as to why the sudden changes on the specifications exist. It should be known that personal communication makes quite a difference when trying to sort out a problem as compared to other forms of communication. Lastly, another supplier that deals with wrappers should be contacted and they should be located near the gas company. This will help save on a lot of additional costs that the company would have occurred.

Recommendations: It is most likely that once the solutions are followed the Fauquier Company will benefit. However, there are some recommendations that I suggest so that the problems does not repeat itself in the future. A communication channel needs to be established and all the concerned parties need to be able to receive and give feedback. Secondly, a supplier that is located near the gas company should be found instead of the others that are located in Atlanta and Philadelphia. Lastly, Mr. Murphy should always ensure that he knows about the on goings at the company because his role as a supplier is critical to the success of the company.

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Fascism and its Defining Elements

From the realms of political philosophy, Fascism is considered as a governmental tendency where administrative institutions present dispositions of autocracy, tyranny, and dictatorship. Considerably, regimes applying this style seek to convince citizens that the interests of the nation are more important that individual and civil rights. Thus, the latter can be forgone at the expense of the former. Other major characteristics include forceful crackdowns on opposition systems by use of state resources, political and social regimentation, and existence of other dictatorial features.

The defining elements of Fascism seek to assert the position of the importance of nationality and continuation of ideas of nationalism. Thus, such systems design nationalistic slogans, songs, and other forms of paraphernalia that aim at enhancing nationalism. Further, national security stands out as another major obsession of fascist regimes. In this sense, individuals are governmental institutions establish military and police institutions whose main functions are to intimidate perceived opponents of the system. Such units receive preferential treatment to ensure governmental demands are implemented. This is also accompanied with obsession with punishment of crime that is commonly implemented unlawfully.

In relation to other societal institutions like religion and education, the enlightening ability and power of such institutions commonly gets taken away and consumed into the government. Thus religious institutions almost intertwine with the government; developing what is almost a case of state religions. So is the case of media and communication channels like television, radio, print, and other forms of broadcast. In fascist systems, such institutions are either state owned or extremely controlled. This reduces enlightenment and ensures successful perpetuation of fascist tendencies.

On the other hand, it is worth noting that most Fascists come to power through the support of corporate institutions. As a result, most corporate institutions receive unquestioned government protection. This is irrespective of whether they carry out business in ways that affect the masses negatively and exploit them.

In considerations relating to individuals, Fascists start by not recognising human rights and freedoms. Thus, arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings, and detention without trials commonly occur. In extreme cases, torturous tendencies are also identified. Markedly, most Fascists use the ideas of insecurity and solidifying the collective national interest so as to perpetuate these unacceptable elements. Also, Fascists frustrate enlightenment and intellectualism with individuals attempting to enlighten others getting arrested or banned from activity. As well, the collective ability to bargain for wages as well as collective labour power get suppressed extensively.

Corruption, misuse of national resources, and sycophancy also stand out as other distinctive marks of Fascist regimes. Governments are characterised by lack of professional approaches in implementation because appointees are not professionals but rather cronies and sycophants to power holders. Still, ministers, state secretaries and other office holders have overwhelming and uncontrolled power and authority over resources in their dockets. To this end, they commonly loot and misuse such resources. Commonly, the system has sexist and gender discriminative trends where most officials are purely male.

Probably, the most outstanding defining element of Fascism is fraudulent and commonly rigged elections. This is because it is through this means that Fascists set themselves into power. After initial establishments, Fascists employ all state resources including state forces in re-rigging elections to ensure they continually remain in power.

In Sum, Fascism is definitively characterised by continuous election frauds, corrupt systems, oppression of individual rights and the use of ideologies of national security and nationalism to perpetuate undemocratic suppression. Elementarily, it is autocratic and dictatorial.

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Reasons for Being Passionate About Apple Inc

Apple is one of the greatest and biggest organizations around. They work in iPod. Macintosh PCs, IPhone, IPad, furthermore iPods The past are a percentage of the gadgets made and showcased by Apple, Incorporated, an organization known for offering smooth, simple to-utilize, profoundly looked for after products around the world (Dennis, 2006). The organization builds a long haul association with purchasers of differing ages by offering incredible administration in their own particular retail locations and through phone help that constructs faithfulness for the brand (Dennis, 2006). Apple puts a high esteem on product separation, picking up the high ground setting costs and accessibility in the commercial center. For a long time the brand was a far second to Microsoft as far as deals and working framework utilization.

Dennis (2006), nevertheless, throughout the last few years, the starting of an expansive scale promotion battle has given the brand an essential place in purchasers’ lives and made the brand hip alongside naturally mindful. Last, the organization is getting a charge out of the impression of offering easy to understand gadgets with numerous learning instruments in examination to Microsoft’s absence of style and convenience. There are numerous reasons why I am energetic about this brand (Linden et.al, 2008). For one they give extraordinary nature of electronics at a high cost however I feel you get what you pay for. An alternate reason is on account of they market their product exceptionally well.

The company is successful in building loyal customer relationships across different groups. That has been contributed by various factors:

Stakeholders assume a noteworthy part, specifically clients, on the grounds that “the more subordinate the firm is on the resources gave by a certain stakeholder, the more power that stakeholder has over the firm”. Case in point, the choice for clients to purchase or not purchase will be completely different for the offers of the firm. Therefore fulfilling clients through seeking after higher social measures to separate themselves is ordinarily seen. Also, different stakeholders give more data to clients, permitting clients to settle on more educated decisions (Linden et.al, 2008).

Elevated media scope and expanding legitimate prerequisites for client data make firms’ supplier administration approaches more straightforward, permitting clients to consider the broad view and adjust their purchasing choices to their own particular social guidelines. This gives an enormous impetus to shape organization strategies, for this situation supply administration arrangement, to give a “reliable social record to the client”. An illustration may be to ensure that espresso beans originate from reasonable exchange accomplices that don’t misuse nearby agriculturists (Linden et.al, 2008). The organization would accordingly need to grow its social models over the inventory network by selecting their suppliers to satisfy these guarantees, spreading the impact of social maintainability. Therefore, client social weight is compelling in advancing socially maintainable practices in organizations crosswise over diverse levels. An alternate key stakeholder to advance social manageability is the administration, through regulations and laws. Government weight is characterized as “weights by lawful powers of the association’s nation of origin”. Actually, it is regular to see organizations accomplish more than law or regulations oblige it (McKenna et.al, 2002).

By consenting to higher social models, the company can dodge the steady methodology of progress, in light of the fact that “tightening of regulation may lead firms to set higher guidelines in advance to be arranged for the future and maintain a strategic distance from high correction costs”. By surpassing government prerequisites, it is even conceivable further bolstering make a good fortune against others. On account of supply administration, exchanging expenses of suppliers can be relieved even on account of more stringent administrative prerequisites. Consequently, a larger amount of government social weight urges organizations to preemptively embrace social economical polices (McKenna et.al, 2002).

Competitors and Reasons I prefer Apple over them

Dell and Microsoft Corporations are some of the Apple competitors. Nevertheless, I prefer Apple in the manner in which it performs its activities. The industrial organization model keeps the pool of rivalry small, makes entrance boundaries and helps a firm survey the following venture of its few rivals (Linden et.al, 2008). By utilizing this procedure, a prevailing organization will attempt to keep up a decent footing on the business. An alternate advantage of the industrial organization is hindrances for entrance and results for passageway. Sociological, sparing, political or innovative obstructions can keep new contenders out of a very fragmented business (McKenna et.al, 2002). Having these obstructions set up means an entering firm needs more than the ability to fabricate the item to enter the business sector – frequently, it may require political ties or bigger measures of capital for immediate venture. Understanding a contender’s next conceivable move could decide how a firm needs to communicate with its rival, a business method that is extraordinary to this model. In the wake of computing the contender’s next conceivable moves, an organization could find that it would be best to appropriate the business sector, making the first key move and getting there ahead of its rival (McKenna et.al, 2002).

The firm can utilize two fundamental sorts of business strategiesto influence its business by using its qualities and joining them with the quantity of accessible positions to market its items. These business procedures are expense initiative strategy and separation strategy. Apple is presently chipping away at the separation system by putting extraordinary components in the outline and improvement of its items. The separation procedure is characterized as a strategy that plans to create the items as well as administrations that have extraordinary attributes that are well liked by the clients and are esteemed by them. This system improves the business position of the companies concerning their partners (Dennis, 2006). Thus, Apple Inc. strives hard to give incredible use experience to its clients by offering innovative items regarding equipment, programming items and additionally different offerings.

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McKenna, M. K. L., & Murray, W. E. (2002). Jungle law in the orchard:Comparing globalization in the new zealand and chilean apple industries. Economic Geography, 78(4), 495-514.

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Fascism Criticize the First Ideology from the Standpoint of Liberalism

Fascism is counter-evolutionary politics that emerged in Europe in the early years of the twentieth century. The system was a way of responding to social turmoil and devastation brought by the First World War. It was also a response to the Bolshevik Revolution (Kallis, (2003, 3). Fascism is a political ideology where authoritarian measures are used to empower the government, as well as deny citizens their rights. In most cases, an absolute dictator suppresses citizens through violent acts and strict laws (Ringer, 2006, 204). Rulers such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini used this system to govern their nations. Fascism may consist of characteristics such as racism, dictatorship and militarism. There are various ideologies associated with fascism such as the populist, elitist and the extreme right-wing principles. Philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, George Sorel and Georg Hegal are the philosophers whose ideologies shaped the Fascist theory. The populist ideology tries to activate the citizens as whole against enemies or oppressors, and also to enhance national unity. Fascism also takes an elitist approach because the will of the people is personified in a select group or a supreme ruler whose authority is the most significant. The system forcibly subordinates all spheres of the society to create an organic community through totalitarianism. It also uses mass organization to enhance integration and control. Organized violence helps to suppress opposition although the intensity of violence is not similar in all circumstances.

Fascism also involves the ideology of extreme right-wing. It acknowledges the nation or race as an organic society that is above other loyalties. This ideology accentuates a belief of racial or national rebirth when a region has gone through a period of destruction or decline. Fascism considers aspects such as materialism and individualism as signs of ethical decay, so its main aim is to eliminate forces that pose a threat to the organic community. Fascists believe that the decay of a society occurs naturally and the most efficient way of eliminating this decay is through violence. Violence is enhances acquirement of power in a society that is experiencing moral decay. The leaders must be willing to use violence to slow down the decay. Hegal believed that war was significant in unifying of a nation, and that peace created a weak nation (Grigsby, 2012, 127). This creates the need for military forces to enhance war. War unites a nation because citizens have to come together to fight their enemy. He also claimed that the members of a community had the responsibility of sacrificing for their nation. The duty of the corporate organization is to make the laws of the state. The system also celebrates aspects such as masculinity mystical unity, renewing power of violence and youth. The system also promotes ethnic persecution, genocide, imperialist expansion and racial superiority doctrines. These occur when a community is against authority. Internationalism in the fascists’ world is based on ideological or racial solidarity throughout the nation. Male supremacy is also dominant in the system (Flood, et.al. 2013, 188). At times, the privileged race or nation encourages female solidarity (Brock, 2009, 262). Nietzsche came up with the idea of a superman to lead the nation. This individual must be creative and also possess a high intellectual capacity. Nietzsche’s idea came from the moral codes in ancient empires that consisted of master and slave morality.

Liberalism in the political sense is when a representative government tries to preserve the rights of the citizens and also maximizes freedom of choice. People can choose what they want with their lives (Joyce, 2003, 1). Fascists deny people their rights because they practice totalitarianism. Liberalists claim that all individuals have equal opportunities before the law. Class privileges are not a common feature in this form of governance. Fascists believe that liberalism enhances materialism and individualism. They claim that individual freedom enhances the division of a nation. Liberalists believe that a human being should focus on their own interests without interference from the society. They criticize the elitist ideology when they suggest that the people have a right to choose their leaders and also to reject oppressive rule. In liberalism, there is one leader but he does not make decisions for the rest of the people. People have to vote to decide what they want. The work of the leader is to ensure that individual interests do not harm other members in a society. This is not the case for fascism because the leader in this system is has absolute authority. This means that the people have no rights. They must follow what the leader wants. The work of the leader is to ensure that people have no freedom to choose what they want. The leaders also come up with mass organizations that punish those who are against the laws of the government. In liberalists’ societies, people carry out their activities as individuals and not as groups. Liberalists claim that he society decays when individuals do not have freedom to do what they want. This leads to war and other negative occurrences. War does encourage unity in a liberalist society; it creates division since people have personal interests. It does not achieve the main objective of liberalism, instead, it causes destruction.

Liberalism encourages active participation in law making. The people have the freedom to choose the appropriate laws. This is the case for fascism because only the corporate organization has the power to create laws. Liberalist societies also have class divisions but according to the law, the upper class has no authority over the lower class. The only difference is that the upper class has more money than the lower class, so they have a more options concerning how to use their money. The fascist society has social classes, but the upper class has authority over the lower class. The people who belong to the upper class made decisions for those in the lower class. Liberalists claim that this system is oppressive because no one choses to be poor or rich. Some people are only rich because of luck. They were born in rich families, so they inherit wealth. For this reason, the rich should not oppress the poor because everyone is equal in the eyes of the creator. Liberalism also discourages racism because everyone is equal before the law (Zafirovski, 2007, 421). The criticize fascism because it encourages discrimination on racial grounds. Power belonged to the whites, so the blacks were treated unfairly because they had no representative in the government. Liberalism also encourages equal opportunities for males and females while fascism encourages a male dominated society. Women from rich organizations were the only ones who had authority. The rest followed what he males said. Liberalism encourages freedom for all. Women can perform the same tasks as men as well as govern the nation.

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