Category: Equity

  • Healthcare Policy Issues: Health Equity

    Table of Contents Issue Identified Background Information Problem Statement Solution Stakeholders and Funding Considerations Impact on the Health Care Delivery System Conclusion References Issue Identified One of the main healthcare policy issues that are currently in need of addressing is health equity (HE) (American Public Health Association [APHA], 2015). Alternatively, it can be identified as…

  • Is National Health Service Implementing Job Evaluation to Assist Pay Equity?

    Introduction The health care delivery system is one of the vital components of the public welfare schemes of the government. The healthcare components like accessibility to good medical care, quality and cost are increasingly moving beyond the grasp of the general public. The downtrend of the national healthcare delivery system has become a major issue…

  • Direct Foreign Investment, Long-Term Debt, and International Equity Markets

    Direct foreign investment (DFI) occurs when a business or a person claims at least a ten percent ownership of a foreign corporation. Although this percentage does not give a controlling interest to the investor, it permits the influence over the firms operations, policies, and management (Erdilek 17). Subsequently, unlike a short-term debt, a long-term debt…

  • Capital, Debt and Equity

    WACC What role does the cost of capital play in the overall financial decision making of the firms top managers? There are different sources of funds that could be accessed by a company to manage its various business activities. These may include funds obtained from either operating activities or non-operating activities. The combination of funds…

  • Reasons Behind Creation of Equity

    Table of Contents Introduction Reason for the creation of equity Difference between equity and common law Relationship between equity and common law Conclusion List of References Introduction Equity was developed more than hundred years ago to settle the claim of the dissatisfied litigants which arised from the harsh inflexible rules of law, which made the…

  • Equity as Important Consideration in Compensation

    Equity refers to fairness or using the same yardstick to ensure that two or more individuals are treated in the same manner. Equity is a fundamental theme in as far as compensation theory and practice are concerned. In compensation, equity involves ensuring that the workers remunerations are fair, according to the prevailing market scenario. Equity…

  • INTEC: Strategic Skills Analysis and Pay Equity

    Relationships among KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities), job analysis, organizational strategy, and HR activities An organization will have a strategy in place to achieve its desired goals. Most organizations have the desire to expand their businesses such as in the company INTEC a subsidiary of a construction and engineering company in the article Strategic Skills…

  • Compensation and Pay Equity at a Local Hospital

    Introduction In the present situation, I am to perform as an HR Consultant working for a small local hospital, with the task of expanding the workforce of certified medical assistants. The major problem is that three exemplary certified medical assistants who occupy the same positions in the organization are paid different salaries. In this paper,…

  • The Advantages and Disadvantages of Debt and Equity

    Undoubtedly, to start and develop a business, people need to have specific financial resources. There are different ways to get them: for example, borrowing from a bank or cooperating with investors. Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages, but both provide a right to exist. In particular, borrowing money from a bank is one…

  • Private Equity in the Business World

    Introduction In todays business environment, capital happens is regarded by many as one of the most important resources (Padget 2011). One way through which companies are able to finance their business ventures is through private equity (PE). According to Snider and Howards (2010), private equity is treated as capital drawn from different investors. The entrepreneurs…