"The Employees Retirement System ERS began administering retirement benefits for State of Georgia employees on January 1, 1950, as provided by laws enacted through the Georgia General Assembly. Laws governing ERS provide service retirements, death and disability benefits, and permit a refund of contributions and interest to members who...
This article describes about using steel framing for walls, floors, and roofs. Residential steel framing utilizes cold-formed steel members for walls, floors, and roofs. The framing members are C-sections with standard dimensions similar to wood framing members in stick-framed construction. Steel framing can be a cost effective alternative to wood...
The Progressive recently reported on a public-private organization with 23,000 members in business. InfraGard members include top managers in 350 of the nation's Fortune 500 who are given a direct pipeline with Homeland Security and the FBI, presumably to report suspicious activity or disgruntled employees. Does that mean someone in...
Facilitation is an overlooked art in many organizations, but one that is crucial for excellent team work and great results. It fosters a sense of responsibility for, and commitment to, the outcome a group may reach. A facilitator’s role is to serve as a catalyst, creating the conditions and motivation...
Every incorporated business has a board of directors. The board’s role is to define the goals of the enterprise and adopt broad strategies to achieve them. The board appoints, supports, and counsels a chief executive officer (C.E.O.) whose job is to implement that strategy. Board members must understand that...
The art of facilitation enables a group of people as few as two to reach an outcome for which they will take responsibility and to which they will be fully committed.What You Need To KnowWhen there is a clear objective to be reached, isn't it awfully indulgent to give space...
The MACPA launched an innovative news resource in November designed to provide relevant, practical information specifically for members in business and industry. The Business Edge is an electronic newsletter that provides members with new ideas, timely information and unique perspectives on systems and processes that have worked for their colleagues...
A massive project to compile a global learning programme for chartered accountants offers insights into worldwide learning styles. How can a person establish consistent professional development when the person has members working in widely different functions all over the world? On the one hand, this training must have clarity and...
Glued laminated timber redefines the possibilities for engineered wood construction. Glulam is an engineered wood product that optimizes the structural values of a renewable resource - wood. Glulam members are composed of individual pieces of dimension lumber. The pieces are end-jointed together to produce long lengths which are then bonded...
Glued laminated timber redefines the possibilities for engineered wood construction. Glulam is an engineered wood product that optimizes the structural values of a renewable resource - wood. Glulam members are composed of individual pieces of dimension lumber. The pieces are end-jointed together to produce long lengths which are then bonded...
Meetings are forums wherein people assemble and deliberate on a pre-defined agenda. Different members of the meeting come up with their own perspectives on the issues at hand. These are duly recorded for future reference. Therefore, the effectiveness of a meeting is gauged by the number of memorable experiences encountered...
Companies typically move through three stages as they develop their e-business strategy. Stage I is , " e-commerce," uses the web as an electronic storefront for marketing, sales and services delivery. Stage II is “Putting Processes Online,” is an effort to reduce or eliminate costs that may be redundant to...
A basic reward in most companies is the cash bonus. Take an example.Employees were assigned to specific machines and divided into work teams of four or five members; the more a team produced during a given month, the bigger the bonus for each member. The new incentive system had an...
Article provides the summary of the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, It includes provision of establishment of the board as the Act establishes a five-member Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the members of which will serve full time, serve five-year terms, and are appointed by the SEC...
This report considers a supply chain in which the underlying demand process can be described in a linear state space form. Inventory is managed at various points of the chain members, based on local information that each member observes and continuously updates. The key feature of the model is that...
From the executive summary: ‘Association executives and staff get so caught up in governance issues, planning the next meeting, and program design, that they sometimes forget about the how and the why of successful association management. The why is the people, the members and the staff, while the how is...
Resistance to lateral forces in wood structures is provided by horizontal diaphragms within the floor or roof and vertical diaphragms, or walls. Diaphragms typically consist of wood members, fastened to a sheathing material, forming a structural rib. This system allows the separate wood members to function together with the sheathing...
A purlin is a secondary roof framing member that supports other smaller members. In a panelized roof system, purlins are supported by main carrying members. The purlins, in turn, support stiffeners (sometimes called sub-purlins) which provide support framing for the structural panel deck. Panelized roof purlins are typically spaced at...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHEN EMBER Seet, 27, joined Big Four Consultancy as an auditor, she was very happy in her work as the management was pro-family and the staff members worked as one happy family. During the employment interview with the managing partner, Lim Ooi Keat, 48,...
At approximately 6:10 a.m., USS John S. McCain's bridge watch team observed a fire on a ship on the horizon and, in response, maneuvered towards the burning vessel. Upon observing a life raft with 11 people on board drifting in the vicinity of the burning ship, crew members immediately launched...
