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Management Control Instruments

Planning

Establishes lines of action and responsibility within a company's organization to achieve goals. This is executed through programs and embodied in the budget applicable to each program.

Budget

Determines objectives more precisely, specifying amounts and responsible parties. The budget, when applied to the immediate future, is known as operational planning. It is typically performed for a period of days or weeks, using fully quantitative variables and involving the direct participation of each department.

Causes of Deviations

Deviation Definition

A deviation is the difference that arises when comparing expected (planned or budgeted) data with actual results.

Sources of Deviations

• Errors in environmental estimates:

Party Roles

A role is defined as an individual's function within a group. Individuals can fulfill multiple roles across different groups.

Status refers to an individual's position within a hierarchical structure.

The role involves practicing behaviors aligned with the status held. While a person may play different roles, certain behaviors define each role. Studying the "Johari Window" helps understand how individuals present themselves in relation to others.

Johari Window: Four Key Areas

• Open Area: What I know about myself and what others know about me.
• Blind Spot: What others know about me, but I don't know about myself.
• Hidden Area: What I know about myself, but others don't know.
• Unknown Area: What neither I nor others know about me.

Within groups,... Continue reading "Understanding Group Dynamics: Roles, Conflicts, and Teamwork" »

Many individuals face challenges meeting basic needs in their lives. Social integration work aims to help individuals improve their quality of life, fostering autonomy and independence.

Developing Essential Life Skills

We must help them acquire social skills such as:

• Working effectively in groups
• Making and maintaining friendships
• Accepting rules, and more.

Also, it is crucial to help them develop strong communication skills. This includes expressing desires, understanding instructions from someone explaining something, and using gestures consistently to indicate agreement or disagreement.

Another important task is to assist in developing work-related skills. This involves areas like managing money, following simple instructions (e.g., operating equipment)... Continue reading "Social Integration Work: Fostering Autonomy and Independence" »

Understanding Electric Current and Circuits

Electric current is the passage of electrical charge through a conductor. This occurs when there is an imbalance of charge between two points of the conductor.

An electric circuit is a set of elements connected together through which electric current flows. For current to flow, the circuit must be closed.

Components of an Electric Circuit

• Generator: Builds and maintains the voltage needed to produce the current.
• Conductors: Pathways through which the electric current flows, usually made of copper or aluminum.
• Receivers: Elements that transform electrical energy into other forms of energy.
• Switching and Control Elements: Direct the flow of electrical current.
• Protection Elements: Protect individuals and the

Types of Bone Fractures

According to Their Pattern of Interruption

Incomplete Fracture: The fracture line does not cover the entire thickness of the bone.

• Fissures: Affects part of the thickness of the bone.
• Greenstick Fractures: Bending fractures in flexible bones (children).
• Bamboo Fractures: Children's fractures generated by compression, produced by a wrinkling of the bone cortex.

Complete Fracture: Affecting the entire thickness of the bone. It can be divided into:

• Simple Fractures: They have a single line and there is no displacement.
• Complete Fractures with Displacement: One fragment deflects relative to the other. If the normal alignment of the longitudinal axis of the bone is lost, it is said to be angled (may be in varus or valgus).

Depending

St. Thomas Aquinas' Anthropological Theory of the Middle Ages

**Life and Works of St. Thomas Aquinas**

St. Thomas Aquinas was a Christian theologian, the main representative of the scholastic tradition, and founder of the Thomist school of theology and philosophy. He wrote numerous works, among which are his commentary on Aristotle's thought and theological works such as Summa Theologica, Summa Contra Gentiles, and De Ente et Essentia.

**The Conception of Man in St. Thomas Aquinas**

The conception of man in St. Thomas is based on Aristotle's conception. But, as with the other aspects of his thought, it must be reconciled with the basic beliefs of Christianity: the immortality of the soul and creation. The human being is a substance composed of... Continue reading "St. Thomas Aquinas' Anthropological Theory: Soul and Body" »

Stock Valuation

Purchase price and manufacturing cost: Purchase Price: This is the cost that includes the supplier's price and all additional costs incurred until the merchandise is in the buyer's stock. These expenses are:

• Transportation: the cost of transporting goods to the warehouse. This expenditure is called postage or freight. Also, include the costs of loading and unloading if these are borne by the carrier.
• Insurance: The goods to be transported can be insured to prevent possible incidents: breakage, shortages, accidents, etc. According to the market value, the insurance premium will be higher or lower.
• Packaging: the cost of the goods' packaging.
• Customs duties: when the goods come from a non-EU country, you may have to pay tariffs (taxes)

Euribor

Euribor, an acronym for European Interbank Offered Rate, or European interbank offered rate, is the interest rate applied to transactions between banks in Europe. It represents the percentage rate a bank pays when another bank lends it money. This index is computed from the offer prices of the loans made to each of 64 major European banks. For example, 1.243%.

Simple and Compound Interest

• Simple: Characterized by the interest generated in each time period not accumulating to the capital. Consequently, the interest for the next period is always calculated on the initial capital.
• Compound: Characterized by the interest generated in each period being accumulated to the capital prior to calculating interest for the following period.

Discounting

Item 11 of Prevention Management

1. Risk Assessment

It is a process to detect and estimate the magnitude of all risks in the company, determining which can be removed and acting on those that have not been avoided.

To perform the risk assessment is a systematic analysis of all aspects of the workplace, taking into account:

• The nature of the company's activity.
• The nature and number of exposed workers.

1.1. Risk Analysis

1. Identify the hazard.
2. Describe the risk.
3. Estimate the Risk:
   • High probability: the damage will occur always or almost always.
   • Average probability: the damage will occur occasionally.
   • Low probability: the damage will occur rarely.

1.2. Risk Evaluation

Consists of issuing an opinion on the tolerability of risk, based on previous studies. When... Continue reading "Effective Risk Management and Prevention in the Workplace" »

Frequency Distribution

1) Loose Data: Data collected that has not been organized numerically. For example, heights of males and females obtained from a survey, arranged alphabetically.

2) Ordination: An arrangement of numerical data in ascending or descending order. The difference between the largest and smallest number is called the data range.

Example:

Data Management Data Range
2.1 1 A: 10 to 1
7.6 2 R: 9
4.9 4
8.10 6 R: range of the data.
7
8
9
10

3) Frequency Distribution: When dealing with large amounts of loose data, it's useful to distribute them into classes or categories and determine the number of individuals belonging to each category, often called a class.

A tabular distribution of data by type or category with its corresponding... Continue reading "Understanding Frequency Distributions: Data Organization" »