Essays on Whalen

Introduction

Earnings or Net Income is the single most important figure in a company’s financial statement for the average investor. Even a small fall in the reported earnings can result in the loss of millions of dollars in stock value and subjects company managements to scrutiny by investors and financial analysts. Corporate executives are under therefore under pressure to meet market expectations resulting in “earnings management”. Earnings manipulations can range from minor adjustments within the law and the accounting standards to the outright fraud of showing non-existing profits (Carruth, 2011). The Sarbanes- Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 was enacted ...

An electronic health record (EHR) is termed as a patient’s medical or paper chart in a digital and secure format. EHRs are an innovative and unique form of technology in the healthcare system wherein authorized users can access patient-centric information in real-time. EHRs are known to contain conventional clinical information of the patients. It includes medical history, current treatment and management interventions, current medical status and other personal information. However, EHR should not be restricted to clinical or patient-centric information but also vital information that could be of use at the healthcare provider’s office. In the nursing ...

Abstract

Given the importance of human resource economics to address labor utilization together with its implications for the greater economy, the accumulation of human capital is one of the major related topics. Human capital collection greatly drives the instrumental economic considerations such as unemployment, employment turnover, and the functions of both the labor unions and government policies. Unlike most of the resources that depreciate with time, investment in human capital increases in appreciation and continually exploits the available resources. Although it may consume time, it ensures effective use of qualities and skills while enhancing other resources. The human resource plays ...

Attitudes and Beliefs of Hypnosis amongst Mental Health Professionals and the Impact on the Availability of Hypnosis Training in Counseling Training Programs

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Nine out of ten general practitioners are approached by their patients for information regarding alternative and complementary therapies, including hypnotherapy, and three out of four GPs provide referalls for hypnotherapy (Hall & Giles-Corti, 2000). A minority of healthcare providers, however, has ever received formal education and training in hypnosis, and a majority relies on lay information from the media and other non-authoritative sources to form its opinions about the merits or demerits of hypnotherapy. Mental healthcare standards dictate ...

International Market Entry Plan

Company/Product Overview. General Motors are a multinational corporation whose mother country is America. The General Motors’ business is in the automotive industry with its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. The company’s main activities are the designing, building and selling of cars and trucks. It owns eighteen brands including Chevrolet, Cadillac, Opel, and GMC among others as illustrated by Harrison et al (17). There is no particular mission for the company, but on their website, they exist for this, “Making the best vehicles in the world needs world’s greatest employees. We take great pride on duty and care to ...

1. The capital budgeting system for Target has three different entities. These entities include the real estate managers, the research and planning group, and the capital expenditure committee. The approval process of the capital budget allocation will start with the proposals that are passed on to the real estate managers, which they manage the specific geographical regions. The real estate managers will develop the proposal by gathering and satisfying the different details and all of the requirements in order to prepare it for the pitch to the CEC. The proposal is processed would then be sent to research and ...

Introduction

Monetary policy and fiscal policies are important aspects of the analysis of the U.S economy, as they have a significant impact on the growth of the economy. Moreover, the two types of policy issues are always in active use in the country although the media offers much attention on various economic indicators. Nonetheless, both monetary and fiscal policies have a significant role in the development of an economy and must work together as they cannot exclusively work on their own. Fiscal policy works using tax and spending changes to impact on an economy in diverse ways. However, for any ...

Which agreement is most generous, relative to the average wage in the relevant industry?

Wage increases Hours of work Labour process (see Boxall and Purcell 2011 Ch 1, p.13 - 16). For the dominant occupational group cover by the EA, is the labour process..

Does the EA have more, the same, or less job titles than its relevant Modern Award?

Note two distinctive substantive rules for each agreement Note one distinctive procedural rule for each agreement Note one clause that relates to work health and safety. Rate the agreements in terms of: Enterprise Industrial Relations Enterprise Industrial Relations In the mining industry, employment is full-time, casual, or part-time. From the beginning of employment, the employee is given a six month qualifying period within which their employment can be terminated ...