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My interest in the becoming a HLT mentor stems mainly from being connected to strong mentors throughout the Honors curriculum. Each of my HLT mentors contributed greatly to my success at Kelley, and I feel obligated and would welcome the opportunity to give back to the Kelley Honor’s class below me. My first mentor, Will Colling, was actually the sole reason I landed a sophomore internship at a private equity firm. This internship helped me considerably during my search for a junior year…

1. Why does the Medicaid program receive a great deal of attention each year in the state of Florida? From legislators? From providers? From health plans? The Medicaid program of the government plays a critical role in the reduction of the uninsured by expanding eligibility to include nearly all low income adults with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level, but not limited to children and parents, individuals with diverse physical and mental conditions and disabilities, and…

Lance, I truly enjoyed reading your discussion about The Make a Wish Foundation. I have heard of it but have never known anyone who has participated in this non-profit organization. I read more about it online to find out exactly who they offer wishes to and read that they actually granted wishes for more than 14,000 children. That is such a significant number but it was only half of the eligible applicants. There is a need for this organization and I feel it brings hope to the child and their…

Personally, I have always thought teachers were inspiring and enthusiastic people, recently I have learned not everyone agrees with this statement. Some believe teachers are extremely positive and overly peppy, others believe teachers are negative people that do not care about their students. I have also learned, a lot of these viewpoints come from the media by over exaggerating a teacher’s role or not giving them enough credit. Teachers in the media are portrayed differently than actual…

Vannevar Bush stated that scientific research is absolutely essential to national security, that war requires the most advanced scientific techniques. Bush pushed for colleges, universities, and research institutes to conserve the knowledge from the past and to teach that knowledge to students of the future. These institutes should be strengthened by use of public funds in order to better aid in the development of new scientific knowledge. He realized that the potential of underprivileged men…

IKEA CASE STUDY Ikea is a worldwide company which designs and sells the kitchen appliances and home accessories which provides ready to assemble furniture since 1943 in Sweden. In the UK, it moved in 1987. It had a Scandinavian design which was not accepted by many customers at first. It gradually changed its approach and the graph had increased until now. Not only this but the descent of the car ownership also affected them greatly. It has dropped from 75 percent to 66 percent as there has…

COMPANY BACKGROUND IKEA is a multinational home company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture. Ingvar Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 in southern Sweden and the iconic IKEA name is a result of the first initials of its founder and the first letters from his farm and village, Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd. Kamprad had developed his business model by listening to the need of his customers and selling the products they required at low prices, since then, IKEA has grown into a global brand with…

one at all. Just like the different training each country have their own safety standards. Europe uses the Economic Community of Europe (ECE 22.05), and the United States use the Department of Transportation (DOT), as well as the Snell Memorial Foundation, to name a few. The best practice is to check which standard is required for your location, and the locations that you will be riding through. With all the different types and standards for helmets which one is the safest to wear?…

The IKEA Group of companies is one of the reasons as to why the company has had such great success. The INGKA Holding B.V is the mother company to IKEA. The company employs a friendly organizational culture to all its employees.The above figure shows the organizational structure of the company. The INGKA Company controls the IKEA Group. The company believes in a highly centralized form of leadership (Dahman, THIERNO, Adel, Sameer, & Dahman, 2011). IKEA has a list of functions namely: 1.…

International marketing: Ikea is Swedish and international company found by Ingvar Kamprad. IKEA designs and sells ready to assemble furniture and home accessories. The sources of IKEA’s successful entry into the furniture trade business were IKEA’s low prices and quality. Kamprad began selling furniture in his mail order company. Later he turned it into a business. In 1935, the furniture prices increased quicker than any other trade good. Kamprad reacted to this by selling his furniture in…