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I am a former part time running start student and I have faced many challenges and struggled to manage high school, college, work and family. However I got through it all and did pretty well academically and financially. I worked hard throughout my academic history up to date; I’ve managed to get on the vice presidents honor roll at Highline College, graduate Thomas Jefferson High School with honors and earn my…

1923,Emílio Odebrecht founded the Emílio Odebrecht & Cia. company which was responsible for the construction of several buildings during the interwar period in the Northeast of Brazil. Scarcity of raw materials drove Emilio out of the construction business but his son ,Norberto Odebrecht, had the entrepreneur gene and followed in his father’s footsteps, in 1941, creating a company that became the origin of the Odebrecht Group. During the period 1946-1952, a number of construction projects was…

Introduction I would like to discuss the incredible experience I’ve had interning at Compton & Lee, CPA’s in Tallahassee, Florida. I have had the opportunity to delve into the professional accounting field while still in school, which has been a valuable lesson to balance school and work life. I have learned how to proficiently use QuickBooks, how to reconcile bank statements, and how to file tax returns. My customer service skills have improved greatly over the course of my internship, which I…

while making it a priority to improve learning, retention, and graduation rates. Given our student needs and limited system resourcefulness, we plan to continue to offer a focused set of academic offerings. Our MBA concentrations are focused on business needs in our marketing area: Supply chain, accounting, international studies, human resource leadership, and sports and entertainment management. Clayton State University takes pride in offering the…

Lincoln Electric Company was founded in the year 1895 by founder James F. Lincoln. John Lincoln was an inventor at heart but little did he know 120 years later that he would have been the man to start one of the world’s largest best managed welding manufacturing companies in the world. Although, he did not do it on his own but with his family’s core values and vision he had the leaders in place to create an organization culture that was a success for Lincoln Electric, the employees and most of…

fancied himself more of a "hands on inventor" type of leader, another family member, Mr. James F. Lincoln, brother of the fabled founder, soon joined the company. (Unknown, N. D.) Brother James was to be become the managing partner that burgeoning business needed, in order to flourish. (Unknown, N.D.) Christian principle was apparently of great importance to the Lincoln 's, and was a key ingredient in the creation of their company 's founding principles and resulting corporate culture. (Unknown,…

the passing years, the Kirloskar group has had a long & close relationship with the foundry business with several group units specialization in the manufacture of high quality ferrous & non-ferrous casting. Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited was born with the unique advantage of having been conceived with ideas accumulated though experience & expertise of the group in the field of foundry business, at a time when the de-licensing & liberalization policies of the government came…

a degree in finance and accounting. 2. Kalin tops three entrepreneurial: a. Determination- While Kalin was going to school; he did his research by working at the popular Greek restaurant. He meets up with one of his classmate who father that owned his own Bulgarian winery. Kalin truly believe in his dream and he knows what he needs to get done in order to get his own business off the ground.…

this class I have learned many skills that I can take with me throughout my business career. I believe the ultimate goal of this class was to essentially aid my classmates and I in getting a job and how to properly act in a business environment. These skills I have learned have ultimately made me a more respectable candidate when it came to applying for a job as well as giving me a different perspective regarding the business world as a whole. Throughout this class we have had many projects…

to detail and analytical thinking made him stand out so much in my class that I nominated him Business Student of the Month for January. Another strength is Carter’s leadership and dependability. In Business Professionals of America (BPA), which I am the advisor for, he was our chapter’s president last year and is our vice president this year. Being the vice president, he is the manager of the school store. He is responsible for all the ordering of our product, stocking, making sure our…