Corporate Performance

. Discuss the purpose of an arraignment. How is different from a preliminary hearing.   The purpose of an arraignment is the process by which an accused person is officially be informed about the offence he or she committed before a judge. a) In General. An arraignment must be conducted in open court and must consist of: (1) Ensuring that the defendant has a copy of the indictment or information; (2) Reading the indictment or information to the defendant or stating to the defendant the substance of the charge; and then (3) Asking the defendant to plead to the indictment or information.(Legal Information Institute,2012). Under the sixth amendment an accused person must be granted constitutional right of court hearing without any kind of delay in court proceeding. The Sixth Amendment to U.S. Constitution guarantees that defendants shall "be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against them." But the Sixth Amendment does not guarantee defendan...

1.  Describe the "Golden Age of the Victim" and explain how the status of victims differs today from that age. Describe how a changed view of the nature of crime has impacted the status of victims.           The status of a victim in today court is more challenging and victims are more compensated financially for their emotional and physical pains.A victim is any person against whom an offense has been committed. For certain procedural purposes, a parent or legal guardian is considered to be the victim if the actual victim is below the age of eighteen years or is incompetent. A victim may also be one or more family members or relatives designated by the court if the actual victim is deceased or incapacitated.( Schmalleger,2012).In the “Golden Age of the Victim” Victims are empower to take part in the legal procedure and to make recommendation about the sentencing of the offender. During the “Golden Age of the Victim,” which blossom...

  Leadership role               Every organization requires good managers to manage its day to day business transaction. The manager must possess a good character that is worthy of a manager. While seemingly amorphous, character and leadership often make the difference between good performance and great performance (Kaplan, 2008. P. 47). A manager must have good characters that include honesty, diligence, good morals and good communication. All these characters help an organization to reach its financial goal. Leadership is the process of social impact in which an individual can support others for the achievement of a joint objective (Golman, 2000, p. 83). Motivation should be the primary goal of a leader not bullying. Every leader must find a way to create a workplace environment that is free of bullying; this will increase efficiency and productivity. A great example of abuse of power characterized by ...

The organization of my choice is Microsoft Corporation and that is an organization l am really interested to have better understanding of their stakeholders and social responsibility to the communities.Microsoft Corporation supports a wide range of software products and services.The company headquarter is in Redmond,Washington and employed 90,000 people as of June 30,2011.(Marketline,2012,p.3). Microsoft Corporation has been a successful global company that have different stakeholders that includes employee,customers,suppliers,student and communities.            Employee at Microsoft Corporation has been an important aspect of the progress of the organization.The employees are concern about the economic and financial performance of the organization.They strives very hard to promote the organization image.            Customers are important stakeholders at Microsoft Corporation b...

Enterprise Technology and the Value Chain          The purpose of this paper is to understand enterprise technology utilized to manage value chain in organization. Enterprise technology is a great tool that streamlines business process and improves value chain of an organization. This paper reviews the importance of enterprise technology such as enterprise resource planning that includes SAP (System Application Program) and Oracle Business Suite.         Enterprise technology has greatly coordinated all the business processes in an organization from procurement, warehousing, production, quality control, marketing and sales and delivery to customers. There are different technologies implemented in an organization that include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management and Supply Chain Management.   Enterprise Technology        ...

Customer Tiers outside Target Market                     Organizations such as General Electric, Siemens and British Petroleum focus their resources on how to increase their market share and profit in order to survive in the global market. To maximize the size of their blue oceans, companies need to take a reverse course. Instead of concentrating on customers, they need to look to noncustomers.(Kim & Mauborgne,2005 p.102).The goal of expanding sales and increasing revenues is to reach out to noncustomers that are not in the companies’ existing target market.          There are many factors that will attract customers outside the target market; these include price of products, quality of the products, product innovation, age difference, geographical location and desire for clean energy.           ...