different quality material from standard; Buying materials from a non‑usual source due to urgency; Utilising different labour from standard; Price changes due to economic conditions; scarcity of supplies; Choosing to incur additional discretionary fixed costs; More (or less) overtime hours used than budgeted. 2. Efficiency/usage/quantity variances: Standard is out of date‚ set without due care; Inefficient use of material/labour‚ deliberate or otherwise; Poor supervision/equipment/maintenance.Changes in
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ineffective spending around the globe‚ lawmakers looking for cost-saving measures would do well to turn to prisons. Prison reform must attain the lowest economic costs‚ lowering actual taxpayer dollars spent without giving up the benefits of attaining important social goals‚ which represent another form of cost when lost. Undoubtedly‚ the current prison system is doing little to separate the US from its international counterparts in minimizing such cost‚ yet prison privatization has yielded hopeful results
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autonomy and sensibility‚ you tend to assume that each person operates from a clear sense of their own values. Your Definition of ethical behavior: Creating the Greatest Good You define an ethical person as one who makes responsible choices that benefit many different individuals at the same time. You seek “win-win” results for
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Running Head: FOUR PRINCIPLES 1 The Four Principles of Community Corrections Ashley Hargrove CRJ201 Professor Jodi Levit December 17‚ 2012 FOUR PRINCIPLES 2 Community corrections are “non-prison sanctions that are imposed on convicted adults or adjudicated juveniles either by a court instead of a prison sentence or by a parole board following release from prison.” (Joan Petersilia Para. 1) There are four general principles of effective
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Proper Hand Washing Technique in Healthcare Organization American Sentinel Universiy Proper Hand Washing Technique in Healthcare Organization Evaluates a nursing policy and procedure Proper hand washing techniques will help reduce the spread of infection in health care organizations. At HBR hospital where I currently work‚ the significance of proper hand washing techniques is emphasized over and over to all the health care professionals that work in the hospital. Hand hygiene is the key to
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and Critique of COMEX: A Cost Management Expert System Danijela Grahovac and Vladan Devedzic (2010) wrote an article about an expert cost management system called COMEX (cost management expert system). The article offers an explanation of what the system is designed to do and how it assists billing departments within a company in particular. The system assists in the gathering of costing data pertaining to products‚ services and customers (Grahovac & Devedzic‚ 2010). Cost management is vital to
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Cost Concepts for Managerial Decision Making Prepared for instructional use in Economics For Managers ECG 507 College of Management North Carolina State Universiy © Stephen E. Margolis 2000 Soon we will be using the concepts of cost that are presented in Landsburg’s chapters five and six to analyze market behavior of firms. With a bit of interpretation‚ however‚ these concepts have immediate application to ordinary decisions that
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through higher education‚ but sometimes I find myself wondering: Do the benefits of college still outweigh the costs? I want to say that college will always outweigh the cost‚ but I have no facts to support my opinion. With this paper‚ I have set out to prove or disprove my opinion. I will do so by researching three main topics. I will find the pros and cons of gaining a higher education‚ the statistical facts about the costs and debts gained and the possible ability to repay in a timely manner‚ and
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strive to differ from their competitors in everything and at any cost. As an example‚ let’s have a global look at the business of mobile phones. In June 1998 Ericsson‚ Nokia‚ Motorola and Psion established their own International Strategic Alliance‚ a private independent company called “Symbian”. Symbian Ltd. is an independent‚ for-profit company whose mission is to establish Symbian OS as the world standard for mobile digital data systems‚ primarily for use in cellular telecoms. So‚ the three biggest
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Analytical techniques Introduction * The analysis technique chosen is gas chromatography‚ I’m going to talk about it and I am elected chromatography studies to identify and quantify known materials do. * The principles of gas chromatography * The functions of gas chromatography * Theories of instruments and techniques etc. PRINCIPLES Gas chromatography (GC) was first demonstrated for analysis of liquid in the classic paper by james and martin (1952). It was quickly recognised
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