This document discusses partnerships and collaborations in aviation training. It defines partnerships as voluntary relationships between different parties working together towards a common goal. The drivers for partnerships include organizational, economic, strategic, and political factors. Successful partnerships have attributes like functional trust, common goals, shared decision making, and open communication. The benefits of partnerships include leveraging resources, strengthening knowledge, and overcoming challenges more efficiently. However, partnerships also carry risks like negative interdependence and lack of advocacy. Overall, the document argues that partnerships allow stakeholders in the aviation industry to achieve more through cooperation than any individual organization can alone.
The document summarizes research into current sustainability assurance practices and stakeholder perspectives. Interviews were conducted with corporate managers, investors, NGOs, and trade unions. Major findings include that corporations see assurance as valuable but want cost-effective limited assurance. Stakeholders had varying views on assurance value, with investors less concerned and unions skeptical of provider competencies. Incorporating stakeholders more through panels was a proposed solution, but practical challenges remain. The research also uncovered governance implications around assurance statements, voluntary reporting, and the political nature of balancing corporate and social sustainability needs.
Bill Taylor, Changing approach and behaviour in service delivery: a provider'...LandorLINKS
The document discusses the evolution of integrated services in the UK highways sector. It outlines how integrated contracts aim to improve value for money, efficiency, and relationships between public and private sectors by having a single provider handle multiple functions like maintenance, design, and customer services. However, traditional payment mechanisms focused too much on costs and claims rather than outcomes. The TfB model in the UK changed this by making profits dependent on performance targets and open-book accounting. Shared objectives, risk management, a focus on outcomes, and good people management are seen as key to the success of integrated services.
The document discusses the importance of an effective grievance procedure for a union. It outlines the key roles and goals of the grievance procedure, which include enforcing fairness, resolving conflicts, and building trust between the union and its members. It also examines factors that influence the effectiveness and members' satisfaction with the procedure, such as representation, training of union stewards, and clear communication. The document recommends strategies for unions to establish an accessible and well-structured grievance process and ensure stewards have the proper skills to handle grievances.
Ofqual held a consultation event on December 3rd, 2010 to get feedback on their new role as the regulator of qualifications in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. As the newly created qualifications regulator, Ofqual is focusing on three key aspects of their work - regulating awarding organizations, their role as an economic regulator, and handling complaints and appeals. The purpose of the event was for attendees to provide their views and opinions on why qualifications are regulated, what is being regulated, and how regulation will occur under Ofqual. Ofqual outlined their principles for regulation, which are to act with better regulatory principles, make evidence-based decisions, target interventions based on risk, and ensure transparency and proportionality. Awarding organizations will be expected
This chapter discusses frameworks for understanding interorganizational relationships, including resource dependence theory, collaborative networks, population ecology, and institutionalism. Resource dependence theory examines how organizations struggle for autonomy based on their dependence on other organizations for resources. Collaborative networks discuss how organizations can thrive through collaboration by sharing risks, costs, and resources. Population ecology looks at the diversity of organizations and their adaptation within a population. Institutionalism focuses on how organizations seek legitimacy from their external environment by conforming to expectations and norms.
This document discusses how sustainability and climate risk considerations can provide opportunities for wealth and asset managers. It argues that addressing these issues can help attract clients concerned with them, position the firm as a leader, and identify companies well-positioned for long-term success. The document recommends that firms develop narratives explaining how they consider sustainability, provide sustainable investment products, and work with Climate Risk Ltd to implement related strategies.
Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.
This document discusses partnerships and collaborations in aviation training. It defines partnerships as voluntary relationships between different parties working together towards a common goal. The drivers for partnerships include organizational, economic, strategic, and political factors. Successful partnerships have attributes like functional trust, common goals, shared decision making, and open communication. The benefits of partnerships include leveraging resources, strengthening knowledge, and overcoming challenges more efficiently. However, partnerships also carry risks like negative interdependence and lack of advocacy. Overall, the document argues that partnerships allow stakeholders in the aviation industry to achieve more through cooperation than any individual organization can alone.
The document summarizes research into current sustainability assurance practices and stakeholder perspectives. Interviews were conducted with corporate managers, investors, NGOs, and trade unions. Major findings include that corporations see assurance as valuable but want cost-effective limited assurance. Stakeholders had varying views on assurance value, with investors less concerned and unions skeptical of provider competencies. Incorporating stakeholders more through panels was a proposed solution, but practical challenges remain. The research also uncovered governance implications around assurance statements, voluntary reporting, and the political nature of balancing corporate and social sustainability needs.
Bill Taylor, Changing approach and behaviour in service delivery: a provider'...LandorLINKS
The document discusses the evolution of integrated services in the UK highways sector. It outlines how integrated contracts aim to improve value for money, efficiency, and relationships between public and private sectors by having a single provider handle multiple functions like maintenance, design, and customer services. However, traditional payment mechanisms focused too much on costs and claims rather than outcomes. The TfB model in the UK changed this by making profits dependent on performance targets and open-book accounting. Shared objectives, risk management, a focus on outcomes, and good people management are seen as key to the success of integrated services.
The document discusses the importance of an effective grievance procedure for a union. It outlines the key roles and goals of the grievance procedure, which include enforcing fairness, resolving conflicts, and building trust between the union and its members. It also examines factors that influence the effectiveness and members' satisfaction with the procedure, such as representation, training of union stewards, and clear communication. The document recommends strategies for unions to establish an accessible and well-structured grievance process and ensure stewards have the proper skills to handle grievances.
Ofqual held a consultation event on December 3rd, 2010 to get feedback on their new role as the regulator of qualifications in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. As the newly created qualifications regulator, Ofqual is focusing on three key aspects of their work - regulating awarding organizations, their role as an economic regulator, and handling complaints and appeals. The purpose of the event was for attendees to provide their views and opinions on why qualifications are regulated, what is being regulated, and how regulation will occur under Ofqual. Ofqual outlined their principles for regulation, which are to act with better regulatory principles, make evidence-based decisions, target interventions based on risk, and ensure transparency and proportionality. Awarding organizations will be expected
This chapter discusses frameworks for understanding interorganizational relationships, including resource dependence theory, collaborative networks, population ecology, and institutionalism. Resource dependence theory examines how organizations struggle for autonomy based on their dependence on other organizations for resources. Collaborative networks discuss how organizations can thrive through collaboration by sharing risks, costs, and resources. Population ecology looks at the diversity of organizations and their adaptation within a population. Institutionalism focuses on how organizations seek legitimacy from their external environment by conforming to expectations and norms.
This document discusses how sustainability and climate risk considerations can provide opportunities for wealth and asset managers. It argues that addressing these issues can help attract clients concerned with them, position the firm as a leader, and identify companies well-positioned for long-term success. The document recommends that firms develop narratives explaining how they consider sustainability, provide sustainable investment products, and work with Climate Risk Ltd to implement related strategies.
Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.
Tim Cummins, IACCM - Open Forum Events' NHS Commissioning and Procurement con...Alexis May
The NHS is under pressure to deliver more value while containing costs. Currently, 35% of contracts seriously underperform, resulting in economic impacts to cost, time, and quality. Responsibility for outcomes has shifted from being the customer's alone to also being shared or the supplier's. New approaches are needed to drive improved supply outcomes through insight into what causes problems and tools to support emerging business environments. Relational contracting approaches like problem solving, no-blame culture, and continuous improvement can help reduce the probability of failures. Common issues include unclear objectives, late engagement of commercial resources, and contracts being of little practical use to delivery teams. Few organizations effectively learn from past contracts.
As organisations grow and develop they often need to change priorities and adjust ways of working. Developing an asset based culture where one didn't exist before can be a major challenge. As with all change, there are things you can do to smooth the transition. Here is a basic overview of the headlines.
The document outlines the nine basic analytical tools for analyzing a company's strategic environment: 1) general market evaluation, 2) measuring environmental turbulence, 3) PESTEL analysis, 4) industry lifecycle analysis, 5) key success factors analysis, 6) Porter's five forces analysis, 7) four links analysis, 8) competitor analysis, and 9) customer analysis. It provides a brief overview of each tool to help assess factors in the external environment that influence strategic decision making.
The document discusses key goals and functions of health insurance exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act. It outlines how exchanges are meant to distribute insurance, coordinate eligibility, set standards, and improve affordability and quality of care. Specific functions of exchanges include determining eligibility, creating standard benefit categories, enrolling individuals and businesses, certifying qualified health plans, and establishing consumer-focused websites and assistance programs. The document also raises issues around the role of exchanges in coordinating with Medicaid, regulating brokers and navigators, and incentivizing participation from small businesses.
Conduct Risk. Assessing risk and identifying cultural drivers for clear defin...Compliance Consultant
Conduct Risk is sweeping the financial services world and catching many risk manager out as there is still a lack of understanding.
Our Compliance Manual is available at http://bit.ly/ComplianceManualTemplate
Risk management need to determine the corporate risk philosophy and appetite. To assess or understand the risk philosophy, try to comprehend the organisation's culture, values and environment. The way business operations are conducted on a daily basis and the organisation’s strategy are typically good indicators where you can find the company risk philosophy. Assess whether business has an aggressive, innovative, typical or conservative attitude towards risks for achieving business goals.
Risk appetite is simply the amount of risk which the organisation is willing to take to undertake business activities and achieve the business objectives, where Conduct Risk is concerned this has to include good customer outcomes. A simple question to ask the board of members could be “What amount of reported mismanagement or public uproar would make you uncomfortable if it appeared in the business newspapers?”
Consolidate the various risk exposures from the risk department's identified risks and present them to the board. Finally, assess whether the company’s internal perception and rhetoric on risk philosophy and appetite are consistent with the board and other stakeholder's viewpoints. Realign the two where required to prepare the annual strategy.
Build Your Framework.
Regulating qualifications to secure standards and valueOfqual Slideshare
Presentation entitled 'Regulating qualifications to secure standards and value' delivered by Fiona Pethick at the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) National Conference 2010.
This document provides information on performing an external assessment and audit of opportunities and threats for a firm. It discusses five categories to analyze - economic, social/demographic/environmental, political/legal, technological, and competitive forces. An example five forces analysis of McDonald's is given examining competitive rivalry, bargaining power of customers and suppliers, threat of substitutes, and threat of new entrants. The document concludes with strategies for success including cost leadership, differentiation, and focus once an external analysis is complete.
THE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT-Strategic Management chpter 3zikrullah bahrun
The document provides details of a group presentation on performing an external audit. It includes the group members' names and student IDs. It then discusses the purpose and process of an external audit, including gathering information on key external factors such as economic, social, cultural, political, and technological forces. It also explains tools for external analysis such as Porter's Five Forces model and how to develop an EFE matrix to evaluate external factors that present opportunities and threats.
The document discusses analyzing a company's external environment. It describes three levels of analysis: general environment, industry environment, and competitor environment. The general environment considers broad societal forces like economic, technological and demographic trends that influence industries. Industry environment analyzes factors specific to a company's industry that affect profitability. Competitor environment focuses on predicting competitors' actions and responses. External analysis is an ongoing process of scanning, monitoring, forecasting and assessing changes and trends to understand their impact on strategic management. It helps identify opportunities and threats in the external environment.
Value Driven Management is the organization, coordination and execution of activities focused on growing the net value of products as the primary way to build business value. This slide show explains why accounting metric based management is flawed and why the enterprise should focus on the fundamental metrics to drive bottom-line growth.
Performance/Output Based Specifications (POBS) - An introductionGiuliana Longworth
This presentation aims to explore and explain Performance / Output Based Specifications (POBS) for Performance Based Contracting, reporting successful practices and outlining benefits and potential challenges.
Presented by Christine Storry - PIPEN Project Manager
presentation to british house of commons all parliamentary committee
RCS Global Director Harrison Mitchell presents on due diligence at British Parliament in London
On 20th October, RCS Global director Harrison Mitchell presented to a packed session of the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Extractives on conducting human rights due diligence in raw materials supply chains.
The presentation provides a background for why human rights due diligence is increasingly important for all companies in the supply chain, from miners, to traders, manufacturers and investors.
Human rights issues will continue to be of significant importance to the APPC, as well as the extractive sector generally, particularly in light of new legislation currently under discussion by the European Union on conflict minerals.
The document discusses various factors affecting product costing decisions and developments in cost analysis techniques. It outlines key technological, globalization, customer focus, and ethical trends influencing costs. Various costing strategies and tools are described, including target costing, activity-based costing, value engineering, and life cycle costing. The role of professionals like Company Secretaries, Cost Accountants, and Chartered Accountants in product cost analysis is discussed. It envisions a future of globalized professional services and potential for multinational mega-firms through collaborative commerce between various professionals.
The document discusses various concepts related to environmental scanning and industry analysis for strategic planning purposes. It defines environmental scanning as monitoring external factors to avoid surprises and ensure long-term success. Industry analysis techniques discussed include Porter's Five Forces model and PEST analysis. Porter's model assesses rivalry, barriers to entry, supplier and buyer power, and substitution threats. PEST analyzes political, economic, social and technological factors. The document also covers strategic groups which identify competitors pursuing similar strategies, and strategic types like defenders, prospectors and analyzers.
This document discusses factors to consider for VAT cost sharing groups focused on education institutions. Main factors include supplies must be of services, no profit or loss on member supplies, and exemption does not apply to commercial outsourced services. Additional factors are goods ancillary to services are covered, and the group can profit from third party services. Specific to Jisc, membership is for UK education/research, members' activities must be 85% exempt, and supplies must be directly attributable to members' relevant activities. The document also discusses methods for allocating income and costs transparently and acceptably to members, using techniques like activity-based costing and apportioning based on factors like staff/student counts or subscription levels. A full calculation
Climate Change - New Corporate Reporting Presentation - 16th June 2021Morlai Kargbo, FCCA
The document summarizes recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) for new corporate reporting on climate change. The TCFD developed recommendations in four areas: strategy, governance, risk management, and metrics/targets. It also provides guidance for all sectors to help implement the recommended disclosures in financial filings to inform investors and other stakeholders about climate-related risks and opportunities. Implementation is expected to occur over five years to allow for increasingly sophisticated voluntary disclosures.
RIA in the context of regulatory policy and governance: UKOECD Governance
Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.
Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.
This document discusses resources for responsible inclusive finance, which aims to provide financial services that target excluded people, protect client interests, and ensure institutional sustainability. It outlines key initiatives like the Smart Campaign, which promotes client protection principles, and the Social Performance Task Force, which developed the Universal Standards for Social Performance Management. The Standards provide a framework for institutions to define and monitor social goals, ensure products meet client needs, and balance social and financial objectives. The document recommends learning about these resources, assessing performance, planning improvements, implementing changes, and demonstrating progress through reporting to initiatives like MIX.
Analysing the external environment of business (i.e. general, competitive) milesweaver
The document provides an overview of a student appointment with Dr. Miles Weaver to discuss strategic management. It includes objectives for the lecture on identifying major external influences on organizations and analyzing tools like PESTLE analysis and Porter's Five Forces model. Key concepts that will be covered are environmental scanning, analyzing the internal and external environment, defining strategic intent and formulating strategies.
Skype uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture where Skype instances act as both servers and clients. The document outlines the Skype APIs available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS X, including Skype4Com for Windows, Cocoa and Carbon for MacOS X, and communication layers for X11 and D-BUS on Linux. It also lists versions of Skype for each operating system and languages supported by APIs like Skype4Java and Skype4Py.
Tim Cummins, IACCM - Open Forum Events' NHS Commissioning and Procurement con...Alexis May
The NHS is under pressure to deliver more value while containing costs. Currently, 35% of contracts seriously underperform, resulting in economic impacts to cost, time, and quality. Responsibility for outcomes has shifted from being the customer's alone to also being shared or the supplier's. New approaches are needed to drive improved supply outcomes through insight into what causes problems and tools to support emerging business environments. Relational contracting approaches like problem solving, no-blame culture, and continuous improvement can help reduce the probability of failures. Common issues include unclear objectives, late engagement of commercial resources, and contracts being of little practical use to delivery teams. Few organizations effectively learn from past contracts.
As organisations grow and develop they often need to change priorities and adjust ways of working. Developing an asset based culture where one didn't exist before can be a major challenge. As with all change, there are things you can do to smooth the transition. Here is a basic overview of the headlines.
The document outlines the nine basic analytical tools for analyzing a company's strategic environment: 1) general market evaluation, 2) measuring environmental turbulence, 3) PESTEL analysis, 4) industry lifecycle analysis, 5) key success factors analysis, 6) Porter's five forces analysis, 7) four links analysis, 8) competitor analysis, and 9) customer analysis. It provides a brief overview of each tool to help assess factors in the external environment that influence strategic decision making.
The document discusses key goals and functions of health insurance exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act. It outlines how exchanges are meant to distribute insurance, coordinate eligibility, set standards, and improve affordability and quality of care. Specific functions of exchanges include determining eligibility, creating standard benefit categories, enrolling individuals and businesses, certifying qualified health plans, and establishing consumer-focused websites and assistance programs. The document also raises issues around the role of exchanges in coordinating with Medicaid, regulating brokers and navigators, and incentivizing participation from small businesses.
Conduct Risk. Assessing risk and identifying cultural drivers for clear defin...Compliance Consultant
Conduct Risk is sweeping the financial services world and catching many risk manager out as there is still a lack of understanding.
Our Compliance Manual is available at http://bit.ly/ComplianceManualTemplate
Risk management need to determine the corporate risk philosophy and appetite. To assess or understand the risk philosophy, try to comprehend the organisation's culture, values and environment. The way business operations are conducted on a daily basis and the organisation’s strategy are typically good indicators where you can find the company risk philosophy. Assess whether business has an aggressive, innovative, typical or conservative attitude towards risks for achieving business goals.
Risk appetite is simply the amount of risk which the organisation is willing to take to undertake business activities and achieve the business objectives, where Conduct Risk is concerned this has to include good customer outcomes. A simple question to ask the board of members could be “What amount of reported mismanagement or public uproar would make you uncomfortable if it appeared in the business newspapers?”
Consolidate the various risk exposures from the risk department's identified risks and present them to the board. Finally, assess whether the company’s internal perception and rhetoric on risk philosophy and appetite are consistent with the board and other stakeholder's viewpoints. Realign the two where required to prepare the annual strategy.
Build Your Framework.
Regulating qualifications to secure standards and valueOfqual Slideshare
Presentation entitled 'Regulating qualifications to secure standards and value' delivered by Fiona Pethick at the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) National Conference 2010.
This document provides information on performing an external assessment and audit of opportunities and threats for a firm. It discusses five categories to analyze - economic, social/demographic/environmental, political/legal, technological, and competitive forces. An example five forces analysis of McDonald's is given examining competitive rivalry, bargaining power of customers and suppliers, threat of substitutes, and threat of new entrants. The document concludes with strategies for success including cost leadership, differentiation, and focus once an external analysis is complete.
THE EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT-Strategic Management chpter 3zikrullah bahrun
The document provides details of a group presentation on performing an external audit. It includes the group members' names and student IDs. It then discusses the purpose and process of an external audit, including gathering information on key external factors such as economic, social, cultural, political, and technological forces. It also explains tools for external analysis such as Porter's Five Forces model and how to develop an EFE matrix to evaluate external factors that present opportunities and threats.
The document discusses analyzing a company's external environment. It describes three levels of analysis: general environment, industry environment, and competitor environment. The general environment considers broad societal forces like economic, technological and demographic trends that influence industries. Industry environment analyzes factors specific to a company's industry that affect profitability. Competitor environment focuses on predicting competitors' actions and responses. External analysis is an ongoing process of scanning, monitoring, forecasting and assessing changes and trends to understand their impact on strategic management. It helps identify opportunities and threats in the external environment.
Value Driven Management is the organization, coordination and execution of activities focused on growing the net value of products as the primary way to build business value. This slide show explains why accounting metric based management is flawed and why the enterprise should focus on the fundamental metrics to drive bottom-line growth.
Performance/Output Based Specifications (POBS) - An introductionGiuliana Longworth
This presentation aims to explore and explain Performance / Output Based Specifications (POBS) for Performance Based Contracting, reporting successful practices and outlining benefits and potential challenges.
Presented by Christine Storry - PIPEN Project Manager
presentation to british house of commons all parliamentary committee
RCS Global Director Harrison Mitchell presents on due diligence at British Parliament in London
On 20th October, RCS Global director Harrison Mitchell presented to a packed session of the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Extractives on conducting human rights due diligence in raw materials supply chains.
The presentation provides a background for why human rights due diligence is increasingly important for all companies in the supply chain, from miners, to traders, manufacturers and investors.
Human rights issues will continue to be of significant importance to the APPC, as well as the extractive sector generally, particularly in light of new legislation currently under discussion by the European Union on conflict minerals.
The document discusses various factors affecting product costing decisions and developments in cost analysis techniques. It outlines key technological, globalization, customer focus, and ethical trends influencing costs. Various costing strategies and tools are described, including target costing, activity-based costing, value engineering, and life cycle costing. The role of professionals like Company Secretaries, Cost Accountants, and Chartered Accountants in product cost analysis is discussed. It envisions a future of globalized professional services and potential for multinational mega-firms through collaborative commerce between various professionals.
The document discusses various concepts related to environmental scanning and industry analysis for strategic planning purposes. It defines environmental scanning as monitoring external factors to avoid surprises and ensure long-term success. Industry analysis techniques discussed include Porter's Five Forces model and PEST analysis. Porter's model assesses rivalry, barriers to entry, supplier and buyer power, and substitution threats. PEST analyzes political, economic, social and technological factors. The document also covers strategic groups which identify competitors pursuing similar strategies, and strategic types like defenders, prospectors and analyzers.
This document discusses factors to consider for VAT cost sharing groups focused on education institutions. Main factors include supplies must be of services, no profit or loss on member supplies, and exemption does not apply to commercial outsourced services. Additional factors are goods ancillary to services are covered, and the group can profit from third party services. Specific to Jisc, membership is for UK education/research, members' activities must be 85% exempt, and supplies must be directly attributable to members' relevant activities. The document also discusses methods for allocating income and costs transparently and acceptably to members, using techniques like activity-based costing and apportioning based on factors like staff/student counts or subscription levels. A full calculation
Climate Change - New Corporate Reporting Presentation - 16th June 2021Morlai Kargbo, FCCA
The document summarizes recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) for new corporate reporting on climate change. The TCFD developed recommendations in four areas: strategy, governance, risk management, and metrics/targets. It also provides guidance for all sectors to help implement the recommended disclosures in financial filings to inform investors and other stakeholders about climate-related risks and opportunities. Implementation is expected to occur over five years to allow for increasingly sophisticated voluntary disclosures.
RIA in the context of regulatory policy and governance: UKOECD Governance
Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.
Presentation by Rachel Holloway, Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom, at the RIA workshop which took place in Lima on 22-24 May 2017. Further information is available at www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/.
This document discusses resources for responsible inclusive finance, which aims to provide financial services that target excluded people, protect client interests, and ensure institutional sustainability. It outlines key initiatives like the Smart Campaign, which promotes client protection principles, and the Social Performance Task Force, which developed the Universal Standards for Social Performance Management. The Standards provide a framework for institutions to define and monitor social goals, ensure products meet client needs, and balance social and financial objectives. The document recommends learning about these resources, assessing performance, planning improvements, implementing changes, and demonstrating progress through reporting to initiatives like MIX.
Analysing the external environment of business (i.e. general, competitive) milesweaver
The document provides an overview of a student appointment with Dr. Miles Weaver to discuss strategic management. It includes objectives for the lecture on identifying major external influences on organizations and analyzing tools like PESTLE analysis and Porter's Five Forces model. Key concepts that will be covered are environmental scanning, analyzing the internal and external environment, defining strategic intent and formulating strategies.
Skype uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture where Skype instances act as both servers and clients. The document outlines the Skype APIs available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS X, including Skype4Com for Windows, Cocoa and Carbon for MacOS X, and communication layers for X11 and D-BUS on Linux. It also lists versions of Skype for each operating system and languages supported by APIs like Skype4Java and Skype4Py.
The Wisconsin state budget process involves 7 steps: the governor introduces a proposal; the Legislative Fiscal Bureau releases an analysis; the Joint Finance Committee holds hearings and debates provisions, then recommends a budget; the Assembly and Senate vote; approved bills are reconciled if needed; and the governor signs or vetoes the budget. The document provides details on the current Joint Finance Committee members and notes that today marks the beginning of the budget process.
Profeten Muhammeds (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred) liv
Foreldreløs som 6-åring Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred ) var en araber fra Hashem- klanen i Quraish- stammen. Han ble født i Mekka omkring 570. Han kjente ikke sin far , Abdullah, som døde rett før hans fødsel, og hans mor Amina , døde , da han var seks år. Det foreldreløse barn ble oppdraget av sin bestefar, en troende og vis stammeleder, og senere av onkelen Abu Talib, som var en rik kjøpmann. Den unge Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred ) arbeidet som hyrde; senere tok hans onkel han med på hans handlereiser. Han ble kjent for sin enestående ærlighet, vennlighet og klokskap. Den rike enke Khatija la merke til hans gode egenskaper og ansatte ham til å lede handelsfirma hennes. Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred) levde i en tid med stor forfall, hvor de arabiske stammer tilbad mange avguder ved det gamle tempel i Mekka, som kalles Kaaba. De trodde at gudene i Kaabaen ville ødelegge høsten eller forårsake tørke og sykdom , hvis de ikke ofret til dem. Det var da ikke alle som trodde på flere guder, eller at figurer av tre og stein hadde noen som helst kraft. De betraktet den slags som overtro og mente tvert imot , at det kun finnes en Gud . Muhammed(og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred) tilhørte til denne gruppen, som araberne kaller hanif. Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred ) blir profet Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred) trakk seg ofte tilbake for å be og tenke . Han foretrakk ensomhet i bergene omkring Mekka og ble der av og til i dagevis. En dag viste en engel seg for ham. Det var Gabriel ( arabisk: Djibril), Guds sendebud. Gabriel sa til ham at det kun var en Gud , som het Allah og at Gabriel var hans sendebud. Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred ) ble veldig redd og trodde han ble sinnssyk . Men da han kom hjem , lyttet Khatija på ham og overbeviste ham om , at det virkelig var Guds sendebud , og at Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred) var blitt kalt til å være profet. Muhammed (og velsignelse være med ham Guds fred) var ikke den første profet.
This document provides an introduction and overview of the book "Islam Denounces Terrorism" by Harun Yahya. It summarizes the author's background and intentions in writing the book, which is to explain Islam and refute anti-religious ideologies using evidence from the Quran. The introduction emphasizes that the book aims to guide readers to the truth and abolish doubts, not promote the author's own views. It is hoped the book will help communicate Islam to others and contribute to religious discussion and understanding.
This document discusses the issue of trust and identity in the virtual world. It questions whether we can fully trust personal agencies and social media like Facebook, since virtual identities can be confusing and famous people have been impersonated online. It advises that we should not easily trust virtual identities and profiles, since identity play is possible for anyone online.
The document summarizes the annual general meeting of the Ottawa-Outaouais Chapter of IIBA held on June 23, 2009. It includes the agenda, proposed bylaw amendments to split the VP Communications & Marketing role, the treasurer's financial report showing income and expenses, results of the board member elections, and results of a member survey regarding events and interest in BA World 2009.
Poetry is a genre that uses various literary devices and figurative language to convey powerful feelings, emotions, and ideas in a rhythmic way. It utilizes elements like stanzas, imagery, metaphor, rhyme and rhythm. Poems can be interpreted on both a literal and figurative level and use devices such as simile, alliteration and assonance to establish mood, tone and evoke sensory experiences for the reader. Characteristics include the use of figurative language, sound devices, and evoking intense emotions through themes, style, and imagery.
This document discusses 3 quick marketing ideas for new businesses:
1) Utilize free internet platforms like blogs, social media, forums, and email marketing to spread your message to a large online audience.
2) Advertise on popular websites by placing banners or negotiating pay-per-click or profit-sharing deals.
3) Consider affiliate marketing but be aware you will need to share profits with others. Signing up for a virtual office can lend credibility to your marketing.
Virtual offices provide a low-cost alternative to physical office spaces by eliminating expenses associated with facilities like rent, utilities, furniture and equipment. They offer key services like a dedicated phone number, mailing address, email and website hosting, administrative support from a virtual receptionist, and optional physical meeting spaces. Virtual offices allow businesses, especially startups, to establish a professional presence and test their market at a lower risk and cost compared to a traditional office.
The document discusses remembering to study and discover before sleep in order to create and experience the world while young, referring to making the most of each day and not being late as life passes quickly.
The document discusses the process for organizations to become members of the ISEAL Alliance, an association for sustainability standards. It outlines that there are currently eleven full members that comply with ISEAL's membership criteria and codes of practice, as well as eleven associate members working towards full compliance. The road to membership involves a pre-assessment, associate membership stage where requirements are met, and then a decision on full membership application. Recommended reading includes ISEAL codes of practice for setting social and environmental standards.
Slide presentation outlining the benefits and services offered under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program as amended by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015.
#PorterPrize 2019 looks at the strategic acumen of corporates in India. The strategy award rewards the best companies based on value creation, innovation, and strategy in their specific industry segments.
Implementing, monitoring, and reporting CSR requires identifying a company's CSR level, key requirements like commitment and resources, and operational steps. CSR should be operationalized through forming a motivated core group to identify focus areas, design action plans, monitor impacts, and report initiatives. Measuring, monitoring, and reporting CSR ensures accountability, avoids risks, and improves reputation and performance. It involves using tools like ratings, principles, and indices to benchmark performance across areas like workplace, environment, and community initiatives. Reporting provides transparency and drives progress through methods like descriptive, quantitative, full cost, and triple bottom line reporting.
The document provides information about the Porter Prize, which recognizes corporates in India for best strategy management practices. The prize is awarded based on four pillars: capitalizing on industry dynamics, strategically segmenting, leveraging unique activities, and exploiting tradeoffs. Companies are evaluated on competitive advantage, competitiveness, and sustainability. The prize aims to propel value creation and innovation, recognize sustainable strategies, and acknowledge efforts to create shared value. It describes the award categories and provides a list of past recipients from 2017 to 2012.
Key Performance Indicators for Chief Compliance Officers.pdfwilliamshakes1
Chief Compliance Officers play a pivotal role in upholding an organization's ethical standards and regulatory compliance. Monitoring their performance through these key performance indicators provides valuable insights into their effectiveness.
The document discusses strategies for sustainability through a framework called DQE (Design, Quality, Environment). It provides an overview of strategic analysis, including analyzing the external environment, identifying internal resources and capabilities, and formulating strategies based on unique resources that are difficult for competitors to imitate. The DQE approach leads to strategies that combine design, quality and environmental considerations to create competitive advantage and ensure long-term sustainability.
This document discusses different approaches to selecting performance indicators within and across community settings. It outlines styles of indicator selection such as management, strategic, consultative, and best practices. Important criteria for indicators are that they are authoritative, economical, ethical, feasible, logical, manageable, measurable, reliable, specific, timely, and valid. Different types of indicators are also discussed such as analog/continuous, digital/logical, qualitative/spatial, and ratio/rate measures. Performance indicators should relate to logic models and be carefully chosen.
Covestro is committed to sustainability in its supply chain. It uses EcoVadis to assess suppliers' sustainability performance. EcoVadis evaluates suppliers across 21 criteria in areas like environment, ethics and supply chain. It provides benefits like continuous improvement, benchmarking, and prioritizing improvement areas. The assessment involves answering questions and uploading documents. EcoVadis then analyzes the information and provides a scorecard and report on strengths and weaknesses.
The document summarizes a seminar on consumer product safety compliance plans presented by various industry trade groups. It discusses the role of trade associations in educating members on legal requirements, advocating on their behalf with regulators, and facilitating discussions on leading practices. The trade groups emphasize that compliance plans are just one part of safety programs, which also include hazard analysis, risk assessment, and product testing. They recommend establishing clear corporate safety policies, training personnel worldwide, and going beyond minimum safety standards. Recalls are seen as an opportunity to improve safety rather than an indication of failure. Technology can help with tasks like document management, data analysis, and consumer communications.
This document provides an overview of key marketing concepts including definitions of marketing and marketing management. It discusses the marketing concept and various marketing philosophies. It also covers topics such as the marketing environment, market segmentation, strategic planning, and business unit strategic planning. The document is intended as a high-level introduction to marketing management principles and frameworks.
The document describes a Risk and Safety Capabilities Maturity Reference Model created by the Safety Institute of Australia. It identifies objectives, themes, gaps and areas for prioritization to improve risk and safety capabilities. Key areas for focus include identifying and sharing best practices, establishing clear guidelines, addressing respectful behavior, rebuilding partnerships between HR/IR and OHS, and considering options like wellness programs and job redesign to deal with issues like an aging workforce. The maturity of capabilities is assessed on a scale from lack of awareness to full awareness, adoption of solutions, and embedding solutions across businesses.
The document discusses conducting a value chain analysis and intervention for a livelihood program implemented by CST organizations in Ethiopia. It aims to develop a common understanding of value chains among program staff and introduce the value chain approach used in the current livelihood program cycle. Key points discussed include:
1. Defining value chains and explaining they link farmers to consumers through the steps a product takes, including input suppliers and market/financial institutions.
2. Outlining the value chain approach adopted in the livelihood program, which emphasizes value addition through strategies like promoting value chains for aloe vera, cactus and incense production.
3. Describing sub-sector analysis and its role in selecting value
The document discusses several key topics related to business planning and entrepreneurship including Michael Porter's five forces model, generic strategies for competitive advantage like cost leadership and differentiation, strategic positioning, critical success factors for different industries, and comparisons of prior and contemporary business environments. It also profiles several social entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs who have made impacts and introduces concepts like social venture capital.
The document discusses analyzing a firm's external environment including the general environment, industry environment, and competitor environment. It describes the components of the general environment and how they can affect firm strategy. It also explains Michael Porter's five forces model for analyzing industry competition including the threat of new entrants, bargaining power of suppliers and buyers, threat of substitutes, and rivalry among existing competitors. Finally, it provides guidance on conducting a competitor analysis by examining a competitor's objectives, strategies, assumptions, and capabilities.
This document discusses corporate social responsibility (CSR). It defines CSR as a business's commitment to operate ethically and contribute to economic development while improving life for employees, local communities, and society. The document outlines different types of CSR initiatives focused on employees, markets, society, products, and the environment. It shows how CSR code of conduct priorities vary by industry and lists benefits of CSR like enhancing influence, attracting employees, increasing customer retention, and saving money. The document provides a framework for CSR management through planning, implementing, checking, and improving initiatives. It gives examples of Google and IBM's CSR programs focused on sustainability and energy efficiency.
ICRT is an international consortium of consumer organizations that carries out joint research and testing of products to provide objective and comparative information to consumers. ICRT publishes comparative tests of over 5,000 products per year focusing on criteria like performance, safety, and environmental impact. The comparative tests aim to inform consumer choices, pressure companies to improve products, and compile data to support advocacy efforts. While comparative testing is effective, including sustainability criteria presents challenges regarding resources, coordination, and integrating complex issues into ratings.
Everywhere is marketing in the world.
“Meeting Needs Profitability”
Marketing is an organizational function
and set of processes for
creating, communicating & delivering value to customers and
for managing customer relationships in ways that
benefit the organization & its stakeholders
Production Concept
Service Concept
Selling Concept
Product Concept
Marketing Concept
Holistic Concept
Internal Marketing
Integrated Marketing
Relationship Marketing
Performance Marketing
This document provides an overview of a strategic planning and policy analysis course. The 3 main points are:
1) The course aims to teach students how to analyze an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in order to formulate strategic plans and goals.
2) Students will learn how to think strategically about a company and its business position to gain a competitive advantage.
3) Strategic planning involves analyzing where a company currently stands, where it wants to be in the future, and how it will get there.
Similar to ISEAL Impacts: Short Course On Indicator Selection (20)
The ISEAL Alliance is the global association for social and environmental standards systems. Member Support Manager David Gould introduces the organisation, its codes of good practice and opportunities to engage.
The document discusses continual improvement in training programs. It recommends selecting key performance indicators and establishing baselines to identify areas for improvement. Processes for continual improvement include measuring indicators over time, setting goals for improvement, implementing improvement plans, measuring results, and reporting findings. Specific tips provided are to regularly update training materials based on feedback, set annual improvement targets for student evaluations of 5% or higher, and measure improvements in student performance metrics like course completion rates. Continual improvement is portrayed as an ongoing journey that starts with initial goals and measurements.
This document outlines the process for developing an effective auditor training program. It discusses defining training needs, designing and planning the training course, providing the training, and evaluating outcomes. The document notes that an effective training program considers the auditor as an adult learner by accounting for their characteristics, motivations, and learning styles. It also examines factors that influence auditor performance and common auditing challenges to address in the training.
The document discusses evaluating the effectiveness of training programs. It recommends:
1) Evaluating specific courses by measuring perceived learning through student surveys and demonstrated learning through tests and performance assessments.
2) Evaluating the overall training program by tracking key performance indicators like student performance, ratings, retention, and field performance over time.
3) Continually refining training needs, design, delivery, and evaluation to improve both specific courses and the overall program.
7. Considerations for Taking the Program OnlineISEAL Alliance
The document discusses considerations for taking training programs online. It outlines benefits of online training such as increased accessibility, reduced travel costs, and allowing students to self-study modules on-demand. It also discusses common features of online training platforms, including video streaming, downloadable modules, audio support, quizzes, polling, chat rooms, and tracking of student activities and performance. Designing online courses requires defining learning objectives and components to be delivered online, classroom, or blended.
3. Course Design Overview: The Big PictureISEAL Alliance
The document discusses integrating learning objectives, styles, and motivations into course design. It provides teaching methods for different learning objectives like knowledge, skills, and attitudes. It suggests design considerations for visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. It also addresses structuring the course to accommodate goal-oriented, activity-oriented and learning-oriented student motivations.
The document discusses evaluating student performance, including both external evaluation and student self-evaluation. External evaluation involves measuring students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes through tests and other means throughout the course. Student self-evaluation involves students assessing their own learning process through self-assessment, self-correction by employing remedial strategies, and reflection on how the information fits their needs and goals. The document recommends providing opportunities for self-evaluation throughout the course, such as practice problems and feedback, to help students make the most of self-directed learning.
The document provides guidance for planning an in-person training. It recommends defining prerequisites, keeping the class size to around 20 students, and ensuring the venue has adequate space, equipment, and seating. Logistics like language requirements and translation services are addressed. Materials should include a pre-course package 2 weeks prior, printed materials during the course like slides and exercises, and resources for the trainer like notes and rosters.
The document provides guidance on designing training courses by outlining steps to define training needs, develop content, and structure courses. It recommends mapping learning objectives to teaching tools that address different learning styles. Content should identify universal versus customizable portions. Stakeholder input helps ensure relevance. Courses are designed in modular format with rotation of knowledge and skills while addressing different learning styles.
The document outlines the process for qualifying and calibrating trainers. It discusses determining trainer competency levels, qualification steps which include co-training with a lead trainer and evaluations, ongoing evaluation of trainers through student feedback and observations, and documenting the entire qualification process.
2 Defining Auditor Learning Objectives: What an Auditor Needs to LearnISEAL Alliance
The document discusses defining learning objectives for social and environmental auditors. It identifies three broad learning objectives: knowledge, skills, and attitude. It provides examples of the types of knowledge, skills, and attitudes auditors need to effectively conduct audits, including knowledge of relevant laws and standards, interviewing and documentation skills, and having a culturally sensitive and objective attitude. The document also discusses sequencing learning objectives based on auditor levels and providing ongoing training to refresh and update auditors.
1. Managing a Social & Environmental Auditor Training ProgramISEAL Alliance
1. The document discusses the importance of implementing a management system for an auditor training program to ensure consistency, competency, and continual improvement.
2. A management system should define, document, and implement processes to control training delivery and assess student performance. It includes policies, procedures, internal audits, and corrective actions.
3. Benefits of a management system include consistency, streamlined administration, reduced costs, improved communication, and a basis for continual improvement.
This presentation introduces the challenges and opportunities for the voluntary standards movement and explains the ISEAL Alliance Strategic Plan 2009-2013.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
Main Java[All of the Base Concepts}.docxadhitya5119
This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
Assessment and Planning in Educational technology.pptxKavitha Krishnan
In an education system, it is understood that assessment is only for the students, but on the other hand, the Assessment of teachers is also an important aspect of the education system that ensures teachers are providing high-quality instruction to students. The assessment process can be used to provide feedback and support for professional development, to inform decisions about teacher retention or promotion, or to evaluate teacher effectiveness for accountability purposes.
How to Add Chatter in the odoo 17 ERP ModuleCeline George
In Odoo, the chatter is like a chat tool that helps you work together on records. You can leave notes and track things, making it easier to talk with your team and partners. Inside chatter, all communication history, activity, and changes will be displayed.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
Physiology and chemistry of skin and pigmentation, hairs, scalp, lips and nail, Cleansing cream, Lotions, Face powders, Face packs, Lipsticks, Bath products, soaps and baby product,
Preparation and standardization of the following : Tonic, Bleaches, Dentifrices and Mouth washes & Tooth Pastes, Cosmetics for Nails.
How to Build a Module in Odoo 17 Using the Scaffold MethodCeline George
Odoo provides an option for creating a module by using a single line command. By using this command the user can make a whole structure of a module. It is very easy for a beginner to make a module. There is no need to make each file manually. This slide will show how to create a module using the scaffold method.
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
How to Manage Your Lost Opportunities in Odoo 17 CRMCeline George
Odoo 17 CRM allows us to track why we lose sales opportunities with "Lost Reasons." This helps analyze our sales process and identify areas for improvement. Here's how to configure lost reasons in Odoo 17 CRM
ISEAL Impacts: Short Course On Indicator Selection
1. ISEAL Impacts Code Short Course on Indicator Selection Paddy Doherty Impacts Manager
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Gender Equity Strategy Area Standards and verification Capacity Building Intended outcomes Women are receiving similar pay for similar work of men Women are employed in non-traditional jobs Indicators Women to men wage ratio Women employed in non-traditional jobs after training
7. Enterprise Resiliency Strategy Area: Standards Capacity Building Market Development Intended outcomes: X% of certified fishers have guaranteed contracts (including prices) with buyers Small-scale fishers in certain countries are investing in new fishing equipment X # of retailers are actively promoting branded fish in stores Indicators: Contracts with buyers Purchases of fishing equipment by certified fishers Promotional campaigns by retailers
8.
9. Thank you Paddy Doherty [email_address] www.isealalliance.org