Business continuity planning

Planning past tomorrow was the first session I attended. It was very similar to the one I went to my freshman year. But with more information. What I learned from this session was planning is essential if you want to have success in the classroom. The meticulous way Tom Michalek plans is amazing. It goes from yearly to weekly to daily plans. All of it is in one excel sheet on his computer which means if he needs to check or revise or change anything he can do it really efficiently. The yearly…

I am very glad that I took the student development class here at Tidewater Community College. The student development class is a tool for students who are new to the college experience. It is a good thing that this class is mandatory, because otherwise I would not have taken it. There were many lessons that I have learned throughout the duration of this class. There are also many things from this class that you could apply to your every-day life. The lesson with the most impact on me was time…

This week we were assigned to read portions of the book titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven R. Covey. I saw this week’s reading as a sort of introduction to the actual list of habits that Covey is going to share with us later in the book. I identified four main points that Mr. Cover talked about. The first one is the “Pygmalion Effect” (Covey, 1989, 2004). Covey then talked about Character Ethic and Personality Ethic. Then he discussed paradigm shifts. I…

Case study This case study has focused on the management of a furniture factory, International Furniture Factory LLC, a business unit of Izz group of companies. The group’s interests range from mining, telecom, media agency, real state, tourism development and furniture manufacturing. As a business group, the establishment was not doing very well until the new CEO took over in June 2014. The Factory is one of the biggest furniture factories in the Sultanate…

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Hey guys have you ever been in the situation were you have to decorate the napkins for dinner? Well, today I will demonstrate the proper way to fold the napkins. Here are the different types of Napkins. B. Reason to Listen: To give an elegant touch to any dinner party, it’s nice to fold a napkin in three dimensional or the pyramid. C. Thesis: To show my audience how easy to fold a pyramid napkins. [Transition: So, let’s start doing the most…

college and had no desire too, but once I saw the requirement to become an Officer I knew what I had to do. Not being familiar with the academic world SNHU helped show me parts of college I had no idea existed, like the act of registration and pre-planning my courses. Finally, I can relate the academic plan to taking the fear out of moving forward after the first semester. Now that I have a road map I can plan out my life for the next 3 years a little better. The fact that I can take a little…

Concentrating on the right thing, or the right goal is a very important way of saving time. Many people can often end up wasting time by working on the wrong activity in the business. You need to be efficient in the workplace and make sure you are working towards your objectives, this means working on the right things. You need to focus on the purpose of your activities. Focus on effectiveness, then concentrate on efficiency. You need to monitor your time and effectiveness, this might mean…

Honduras Dinner - Advertising Department. Planning and Strategizing Our mission statement for our department was “Making sure that we spread all the necessary information regarding the Honduras Dinner by using effective forms of media to attract possible clients”. Our core values are integrity, reliability, elegance, friendships, dedication and diversity. For our department to function properly, we started with the planning process by identifying our main objective. Our department’s main goal…

Task 1 In this assignment for project management I am going to choose the Agile Scrum methodology to use as the main body and examples. Agile Scrum is commonly known as it has its famous 12 principles that achieve a good success in project management. These principles I will describe below in a short description. This will hopefully illustrate whoever reading this a short understanding as I will progress to then explain why, Agile, is used to secure many great benefits to project management. 12…

Which shift to prefer-Day shift or night shift Companies that specifically operate in the service sector have designed schedules that ensure uninterrupted supply of its services to the customers. In doing so, the working day is divided into shifts such that the work is carried out in set of periods during which different group of individuals perform their duties. Usually the day is divided into three shifts, First shift, second shift, and the third shift. The first shift is also…