Sentences with phrase «changing operating practices»

Meanwhile a 2003 study by Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Co. found that non-profits in the U.S. could free up $ 100 billion a year by changing operating practices to become more efficient.

Not exact matches

Efforts to find shared value in operating practices and in the social dimensions of competitive context have the potential not only to foster economic and social development but to change the way companies and society think about each other.

Dave Poddar, «Recent Changes to the Australian Merger Control Regime - How the Changes Have Operated in Practice» (2009) 32 (1) University of New South Wales Law Journal 275

«The sustainable workbook, offered by CSWA, allows the winegrower or winemaker the opportunity to compare their operating practices to a standard, identify where changes can be accomplished and develop a sustainable work plan for improvement.

With the support of the Majority Caucus, the resolution was submitted on Thursday, March 6 and calls for changes to the county charter concerning the council's membership and operating practices.

Green hotels are catching on: hotels across the world are incorporating LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and other green building practices into their spaces, changing the way hotels are designed, built and operated.

Operational flexibility in modifying business and operating practices to adapt to a changing environment

This change would not reduce costs overall, but it would begin to curb the practice of paying operating expenses with long - term, off — balance sheet debt.

The joint approach aimed to broaden the scope of possible changes in education by combining state - level policy with practice and application in operating districts and schools.

Aspire's mission is to open and operate small, high - quality charter schools in low - income neighborhoods, in order to increase the academic performance of underserved students, develop effective educators, share successful practices with other forward - thinking educators, and to catalyze change in public schools.

If a teacher is operating in an environment that doesn't welcome risk or learn from failure, then taking that big step toward changing one's practice isn't likely to happen.

Penicillin saved many lives, and discovering more sanitary practices in the operating room and in field hospitals forever changed how treatment worked.

The city was dubbed the «Sex Change Capital of the World,» after a local doctor gained a reputation for openly operating one of the first practices that performed sex reassignment surgeries in the 20th century.

Hippo Manager experts are just a call or click away, talk to someone today about how our highly rated cloud veterinary software can change the way your veterinary practice operates making it more efficient, saving you time and getting your practice more profits.

I don't claim to know anything about social or psychological sciences to elaborate, but this might just be a consequence of the fact that climate change operates on timescales much larger than a political term or the time it takes to schedule your son's soccer practice.

Marketing is a vital part of operating a law firm or a successful solo law practice, but the way in which marketing is done has changed.

To ensure the cost - effective delivery of legal services, a lawyer in private practice needs to: (1) operate in a skilled and efficient manner; (2) keep accurate records of time and costs; (3) maintain communication with the client as the matter progresses; (4) inform the client is there is a need for change in the arrangements concerning the scope of the work or fees and expenses; (5) bill clients monthly or quarterly, or as arranged, but promptly in accordance with the arrangement; and (6) maintain an internal rate schedule justifiable to the consumer, and review it at least annually.

When it comes to weighing benefits and risk, we attorneys tend to err on the side of caution and perhaps find it easier to turn a blind eye to the needs of our clients and the public for greater access to justice over the potential discomfort it causes us a business owners to implement changes in the way we operate our law practice.

The government states the key change is the establishment of mandatory breach reporting, and the aim is to «codify existing best practices» and harmonize Canada's regime for reporting with those of other jurisdictions — currently, only Alberta has mandatory reporting requirements — and «reducing the burden of reporting for organizations operating in multiple jurisdictions.»

It has a first - rate public policy practice, which sees members of the London office operating alongside experts across the network to anticipate changes in public policy and assist clients in formulating commercial strategies; Phillip Souta is the head of the firm's UK public policy team.

As technology continues to evolve and change the day - to - day practice of law, young lawyers can shape their careers and how law firms operate by becoming experts in areas that more senior lawyers have less experience in.

Pitmans LLP's licensing team operates within the firm's wider commercial practice and services national and London clients for all licensing mandates, including premises licence applications, changes and renewals for sporting grounds, gaming centres and bookmakers, representing clients in local authority committee hearings and taxi licensing issues.

Drawing on the best practices of the legal profession, Ed will analyze your operating procedures and recommend changes to increase profitability margins.

«Many everyday activities — such as sending an email message to a customer, operating a company website and making a mobile application available for download — will soon be subject to new, detailed rules that will likely require you to make significant changes to your operational practices or face significant fines.»

The changes bring UK trade mark examination practice broadly into line with the system operated for the examination of CTMs, and will enable the UK system to become more streamlined.

Analytics is about compiling information about how the firm currently does business, then analyzing that data to find ways to change practices to operate more efficiently — and more profitably.

There's massive change swirling all around us — the internet has changed the way that lawyers market themselves, and even the way that practices must operate.

The city was dubbed the «Sex Change Capital of the World,» after a local doctor gained a reputation for openly operating one of the first practices that performed sex reassignment surgeries in the 20th century.

The effects of the scandal have been astounding, with Facebook making substantive changes to its ad practices and the permissions it grants third - party app developers operating on its platform.

And remember, it is always a good practice to manually create a system restore point first, before making any changes to your operating system.

Led team to implement Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standard operating practices for Fleming Cos.by installing, incident, change management, service level, and change board documented processes.

IT Leadership - PMO and Project / Portfolio / Change / Application Portfolio Management Assigned to an IT program manager role for management of a six company subsidiary integration to form NTT DATA Re-framed and subsequently instituting a portfolio governance practices via a functional representative - based operating committee Re-formed the Corporate IT PMO practices within a multi-geography team environment Analyzed and developed a turn - around roadmap to address fundamental weakness in our internal delivery capability in partnership with both the PM staff members, as well as our stakeholders.

For home visiting to realize its potential to change the context in which families live and programs operate, we need to explore new ways of approaching home visiting research, planning, and practice.

107 DOS 98 Matter of DOS v. Sosis - subject matter jurisdiction; due process; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; deposits; fraudulent practice; DOS fails its burden of proof; DOS has subject matter jurisdiction if at the time the disciplinary proceeding was commenced by proper service of a notice of hearing and complaint the party was (i) licensed to engage in regulated real estate activities, or (ii) an applicant for either a license or for the renewal of a license to engage in regulated real estate activities, or (iii) eligible to automatically renew the prior license under the two - year limitation provision of RPL § 441 (2); ex parte hearing is permissible upon proof of proper notice of hearing; DOS has subject matter jurisdiction where party was licensed at the time proceeding was commenced and, where at time of hearing, although not licensed was eligible to automatically apply to renew pursuant to RPL § 441 (2); licensee operated a real estate brokerage business under an unlicensed name; licensee unlawfully retains deposit funds after deposit monies were delivered on the condition that same were to be disbursed only on the principal's consent and approval and said consent and approval was not given; licensee's illegal exercise of right of ownership over his principal's funds spawns conversion and constitutes a fraudulent practice; DOS fails its burden of proof to establish licensee failed to deposit trust funds in a segregated escrow account, engaged in fraud and changed business location without notice to DOS; restitution ordered in the amount of $ 1,900 plus interest, fine of $ 1,000 and any further application for licensure shall not be considered until applicant pays said fine and provides proof of payment of restitution

168 DOS 98 Matter of DOS v. Briggs — due process; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; ex partehearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; licensee changed location of principal place of business without notice to DOS and operated a real estate brokerage business under an unlicensed name; real estate services rendered on behalf of an unlicensed entity are illegal; $ 500.00 fine, failure to timely pay fine will result in suspension

189 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Naftal - listing agreements; deposits; unauthorized practice of law; vicarious liability; amendment of pleading to conform to the proof; improperly altering listing agreement without the consent or knowledge of principal to show the potential commission split with buyer's broker to meet MLS requirements; preparing and submitting fraudulent MLS change notifications purporting to extend and alter listings; deposit of escrow funds into operating account; preparation of lease constitutes the unauthorized practice of law; pleadings may be amended to conform to the proof and encompass a charge not stated in the complaint where the issue has been fully litigated by the parties and is closely enough related to the stated charges that there is no surprise or prejudice to the respondent; continuing to offer properties for sale after preparation of forged listing extensions violates 19 NYCRR 175.10; DOS fails to establish violation of 19 NYCRR 175.12 for failure to provide copy of listing extension where extension was not authorized by principal; DOS fails to demonstrate demand for unearned commission where broker may have believed they were entitled to a commission; broker's licenses suspended for one year and thereafter until such time as restitution in the amounts of $ 5,000.00 and $ 2,055.40 is made