Principles of Business Communications The communication process plays the most important role in business as it will separate your business from the competition and determines its success or failure. Warren always mentions how important is to improve your communication skills in order to succeed in business. The principles are: 1. Clarity: be clear regarding your thoughts and expressions. Say and write what you mean and mean what you say and write. Make sure you use simple words and be concrete;
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Famous Thinkers PHL/458 Famous Thinkers Many famous thinkers have made an impact on society; however‚ none as much as Dr. King; a people’s man or Warren Buffet; a businessman. After an in-depth analysis of the thinkers and their contributions one will identify the problems each sought to solve‚ the solutions each found‚ and implementation of those solutions. Moreover‚ exploration of each thinker’s social‚ political‚ and personal environments will show how those factors contributed to their
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analysis‚ I will examine Berkshire Hathaway and its long standing CEO Warren Buffet. In some circles‚ the name Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffet himself are synonymous with ethics in business. In March 2011‚ the Wall Street Journal reported on the departure of Buffett’s long-standing lieutenant David Sokol‚ often thought to be the imminent successor after Buffett’s retirement (Ovide‚ 2011). As published in the article‚ Buffett made it clear how important it is to avoid the appearance of impropriety
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CASE 1: Warren Buffett: a) From Warren Buffett’s perspective‚ what is the intrinsic value? According to Warren Buffett’s perspective‚ the intrinsic value is defined as “the present value of future expected performance” (Bruner‚ Eades‚&Schill‚ 6th 2010). Why is it accorded such importance? It can be used to estimate the value of the business’ ongoing operations‚ not company’s stock. How is it estimated? The intrinsic value is very subjective‚ but he stated that “it is better to be approximately
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Mary Warren The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials and all the people involved with the deaths and he people that actually died. The play explains the trigger to thee trials and the events that lead to the first and last people that were hanged. Mary Warren‚ a character in the play‚ was the cause of a lot of the deaths in the play‚ even though in was pretty much all a mistake. The Crucible really makes you thing about how even innocent people are the most guilty. Arthur Miller was
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purchase created additional value for both firms‚ shown in the $2.55b market gain that day. The purchase also increased the diversification of Berkshire by entering into a market previously not included in their extensive portfolio. The reputation of Warren Buffett may have also played into the sudden increase in market value. The average Price Per Share Berkshire paid was the cash value of $5.1 billion/312.18 million shares outstanding = $16.33 The $2.55 billion in Berkshires equity gain = $2.55 billion/312
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GOLDMAN SACHS RECOMMENDED READING LIST Written by Current or Former Goldman Sachs Employees • The Five Great Myths About China and The World by Jonathan Anderson and Fred Hu; PPP Company • Exploring General Equilibrium by Fischer Black; MIT Press; 1995 • Business Cycles and Equilibrium by Fischer Black; Blackwell Publishers; 1991 • Managing Currency Risk by Fischer Black; Association for Investment Management & Research; 1989 • Old Girls’ Network: Insider Advice for Women Building Businesses
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structure simple with all the operating unit heads reporting directly to Buffett. This has made Berkshire’s unrelated diversification or
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References: Johnson and Johnson. (1997). History of Johnson and Johnson. Retrieved from http://www.jnj.com/connect/about-jnj/company-history/ Schroeder‚ A. (2008). The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life. Domhoff‚ G. (2010). Wealth‚ Income‚ and Power: The Wealth Distribution. Retrieved from http://whorulesamerica.net/power/wealth.html Frank‚ R. (2008). The Wall Street Journal: The Rich Man’s Michael Moore. Retrieved
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to work at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has given $28 billion to it. Together with his wife Melinda and Warren Buffett‚ he has also convinced 57 U.S. billionaires to sign up to the Giving Pledge and publicly vow to give away at least 50 percent of their fortune during their lifetime or upon their death. 3. Warren Buffett (USA) - $50 billion‚ Berkshire Hathaway Buffett‚ 80‚ has run his Omaha‚ Nebraska-based conglomerate since 1965. Its interests run from railroads to ice cream. In 2006
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