AT &T Summary   Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Course Date Instructor               AT & T Summary AT & T built the U.S communications infrastructure over the past century. It is due to this that the company was regarded as being the one that made the future. However, its legacy businesses are becoming outdated. The firm is in the process of reinventing itself by moving its industry from hardware and cables to cloud and internet. The renovation in the industry has led to a massive HR challenge. AT & T employs about 280,000 people who get their foundational job training in different periods. It has initiated many efforts to enhance its workers to obtain innovative digital skills. The average occupation in the company, excluding the individuals working in the call centers, is between 12-22 years. The firm prefers retraining the current employees than hiring new talent workers as it makes efforts to produce a culture of continuous learning. Current Deloitte research shows that 39% of the…

Greenwashing and the Consumers Introduction With the rise in global warming and the urge for the world nations and leaders to embrace green energy sources, there has been increased activity in unfriendly consumer practices by firms. These practices are done in the name of complying with these efforts of the provision of environmentally friendly products to consumers. Such has not produced desirable results in the wide spectrum of protecting the globe from the harms of factors contributing to climate change and also hindering progress towards the goal of tackling climate change. This paper will focus on a broader perspective, the issue of greenwashing by reviewing its origin, forms, and how it works. Furthermore, the paper will describe the reception of greenwashing by consumers, its effects on consumer perception, consumer limits, and implications on green businesses. Definition and Background of Greenwashing Businesses and companies have always sort strategies to retain and attract customers for their products to maximize profits and maintain their brand. Such happens in everyday operations but such strategies might change especially when there are changes in policy. In…

Schooling in London Table of Contents Life in University –Slide 1 Life in London – Slide 2 Difficulties faced by Students in London- Slide 3 Life in University Using the facilities provided by HUB Interconnecting place with the presence of a wide number of resources in reading(Wu and Wilkes, 2017) Provides lots of choices for developing adequate knowledge among students Using the Library Vast amount of reading resources available Development of a wide range of facility In the University Campus, there is presence of a huge library which provides various styles of reading resources for students. This place provides a wide range of reading choices for students and development of HUB is useful for providing wide range of interconnecting place with considerable choices in the reading abilities. Life in London Multicultural City London comprises of a wide range of diverse cultures Presence of wide range of cultures Living in a New Place Develops familiarity within the place Creates adjustments with new surroundings in the place Rules and regulations of new Place Procurement of suitable rules and regulations within the city(Gonzalez,…

Types of shovels (with pictures) for Gardening, Digging, Mulching, Snow By definition, a shovel is a tool with a broad concave blade and a tip that is usually curved. There are several types of shovels that one can choose from, and that depends largely on the activity you want to do. If you select the correct type of shovel, you will definitely have an easy time completing the task ahead of you. Well to help you do this, here is a complete guide on the world of shovels. Parts of a shovel Before we dive into the types, it is best to understand the different parts of a shovel and their uses. Grip/ handle- this is the part your hand will touch when you grasp the shovel at the top. There are three types of shovel grips namely; No-grip- these types of handles have no grip. In essence, a user directly touches the handle. The handle could be made from metal, wood, or any other material. If the shovels do not have grips, they usually compensate by having very smooth…

Private and Public Accounting   It is paramount to understand that the accounting career path begins by making the right decisions regarding personality traits, job outlooks, working environment, and long term goals. Accounting can be generally be divided into two broad areas, private and public accounting.  Each of these types of accounting comes with both benefits and shortcomings and thus the need to have an in-depth understanding of each. A distinction of each is equally fundamental in career and education pursuit. It allows for a quick progression of career and job satisfaction. Public accounting is characterized by long working hours, a variety of tasks, and frequent travels. Therefore, public accountants need to be mobile and be able to work in an ever-changing environment. The situation makes it hard to create family ties and adequate leisure time.  During the tax season, there is a significant increase in the number of tasks and working hours. Common public accounting areas include advisory services, forensic and auditing services. It is vital to focus on the promotion, motivation, job description, and efforts to foster work-life…

UMass Boston as a “total institution.” In Asylums, Goffman defines a total institution as a social system that is closed and where strict rules systematize life, norms, and schedules. An absolute authority dogs everything that occurs in a total institution. The absolute authority will is performed by members of staff who implement the standards and regulations. Laws, a distance along with shields around its possessions, often detach a total institution from the broader community. Total institutions usually have much in common and are distinctive (Goffman, 1968). UMass Boston can be considered a total institution to some extent. This is because of the similarities that exist between it and a total institution. Some of the similarities between a total institution and UMass Boston are; people within performing almost all their functions in similar locations accompanied by other people and the existence of a rigid system that ensures those within are provided with an organized way of operation.  There are, however, other differences that limit UMass Boston from being fully considered as a total institution. One of the differences is that the…

The Reasons for the Great Crisis of 2008-2009 Introduction The Great Recession in American capital markets triggered significant instability from 2008 onwards. During that time, economic disruptions impacted both customers and business owners significantly. The circumstances that lead to this financial failure culminated in company frustration and corruption. The collapse of the housing bubble and the evolving mechanisms of mortgage origin led to an economic slowdown, which has negatively impacted the lives of many people. Corrupt decisions brought on the Great Depression, where many businesspeople wanted, which caused both creditors which consumers who spent their money in those markets to financially battle. This paper seeks to analyze the causes of the Great Recession of 2008-2009. The loss of jobs was 8.4 million, or 6.1%, in 2008 and 2009 in the United States. At the end of 2008, the price of homes dropped by 18 percent on average. In Los Angeles, household valuation losses were higher in 2008; Miami was 29 percent and San Diego 27 percent. The twin consequences of rising household prices and reductions in profits after taxes have…

Draft Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Church in the contemporary world faces various issues and crisis originating from cultural factors more so in North America. Percy and Ward (2016) explain that different aspects arise due to the globalization and change in the cultural system making individuals perceive church in diverse ways which directly or indirectly impacts the churches in North American in a negatively or positively. North American societies express individualism as the cultural structure, which significantly affects the church in many ways (Orobator, 2001). According to Roxburgh (2004), the concept of expressive individualism makes the church to encounter challenges in spreading the gospel since God word come for “Us” but not “Me”. Equally, the people in the North American societies get isolated, polarized and fragmented in the contemporary world, which negatively impacts the church. Herbert (2017) posits that decline of the individuals’ trust in the institutions such as churches giving people increased the number of choices about their lives hence decreasing solidarity resulting in fragmentation as well as disorientation (Roxburgh, 2004). As a result, the church encounters difficulties in reaching…

  Analytical summary of Process Costing The process costing method is used for tracking production costs. Production costs tend to depend on changing processes. The term “process costing” is consistently used in cost accounting. The term is used for describing the method of collection and assigning of manufacturing costs. The technique is used when identical units are produced in bulk or mass. The term “job costing” is used with process costing; however, the two differ in their application. Job costing is also used for assigning and collecting manufacturing costs of units that tend to differ from one another. Contrarily, when the costs of units are difficult to differentiate from one another, the process costing method is employed. Hence, the difference between process costing and job costing lies mainly due to the technique of production. It has been noted that in process costing, the production method is continuous and homogenous products are used (saylordotorg.github.io, 2020). Moreover, a standardized process is employed. The process output is converted into raw material for a different process. A process-specific cost collection technique prevails. In this…

Financing Healthcare Introduction There exists a close relationship between renumeration in healthcare and quality of care and as a result, there is a need to focus on how healthcare service compensation shapes the delivery of care in clinical settings. Healthcare service compensation also directly reflects on the policies within the healthcare system and how such policies are changed to ensure operational efficiency within healthcare. Medical practitioners receiving better compensations are linked to healthcare facilities that provide quality care and as a result, this has resulted in payment reforms and policy changes to ensure better policies within the healthcare and one such reform is the pay-for-performance. Pay-for-performance has become popular among healthcare policymakers and has been widely been adopted into health insurance markets to promote patient-centered outcomes. History of managed care and private insurance Private health insurance has had a tremendous effect on shaping medical care and as such it is only prudent to reflect upon the history of the private health insurance industry and manage care and how this industry has evolved into the current healthcare industry. Health insurance may…