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The Financial Planner, 2006.
This paper examines the role of a financial planner and discusses why it was voted the number three job in America.
978 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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The writer of this paper contends that the career of a financial planner, while very rewarding, is not without its challenges. This paper details the responsibilities and requirements needed to become a financial planner. This paper distinguishes between the position of financial planner and that of the certified financial planner, which is actually a designation obtained by a financial planner. There are currently no educational or experience prerequisites to become a financial planner, other than the requirement in most firms that the applicant pass several licensing examinations, which are detailed in this paper. This paper discusses the areas in which a financial planner typically operates in, including: Investment planning, estate planning, retirement planning and business succession planning. While describing the ins and outs in the financial planning field, the writer contends that this career is primarily a sales position. The writer also delves into the pay-scale of this particular profession, which varies by firm and level of experience. Those with more experience and with an inventory of clients can demand up to six-figure salaries.
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"Another group of firms includes brokerage firms, also called wire houses, that may offer some or all of these services, but their primary aim is investment management. These companies include Merrill Lynch, Saloman Smith Barney, Goldman Sachs. They may call their personnel Financial Planners, but they tend to be focused on gathering money from clients to invest through the firm. Some of these firms may offer some of the specialized planning services for their high-dollar clients. The most important thing for someone who is considering this profession is that it is primarily a sales position, particularly in the beginning of the planner's career."
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Conflicts of Interest for Canadian Financial Planners, 2008.
A discussion of various conflicts of interest that exist for financial planners in Canada.
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper addresses conflicts of interests facing professionals in financial planning in Canada. The paper points out that the Financial Planner Standards Council (FPSC) was put together in 1996 in order to better regulate the rapidly expanding industry and to reduce or eliminate the potential for abuses in the industry - the most common abuses being the potential for conflicts of interest for the financial planner. The paper delineates 3 types: financial, structural and personal. The paper concludes with the suggestion that one of the best ways to protect the interests of financial planners is to become certified through the FPSC.
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Introduction
Conflicts of Interest
Conclusion
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"Another type of conflict may develop when the financial planner actually holds some type of formal or informal position of influence over that of the client. These are termed structural conflicts and while not very common are certainly difficult to regulate or prevent (List). Many of these types of conflicts of interest are prevented by the standards to which all Canadian financial planners must adhere to in order to remain certified financial planners through the Financial Planners Standards Council in accordance with its code of ethics."
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Financial Planning: An Intricate Profession, 2002.
A look at the challenges facing those in the financial planning profession due to recent changes in the financial markets.
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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An examination of the changes facing the financial planner and advisor in his/her profession. The paper looks at changes in the financial markets and trends of investments to show how the relatively simple job of previous decades has transformed into a very challenging one. The writer presents four suggested steps that the financial planner should follow for forecasting solid investments.
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"Financial planning was an easy route to wealth and success during the 1980s and the latter part of the 1990s. The stock market was riding high, the new wave of high tech stocks posted significant and uncharted gains and investment capital flowed through the American economy freely. In today?s economy, however, the financial planning profession is much more of a challenge and a grind. It can be equally rewarding and fulfilling, but it requires more preparation and understanding of the complex markets and of planners? ethical and professional responsibilities to their clients."
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Urban Planner Patrick Geddes, 2005.
This paper explores the visionary contributions of Sir Patrick Geddes to modern urban planning.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses Patrick Geddes' contribution to the'garden city' concept of urban planning, a movement that gained strength throughout the twentieth century. The author points out the impact of Geddes upon urban planning thinkers such as Lewis Mumford and Ebenezer Howard. The paper relates that these planners owe a great deal of their own views to Geddes' firm belief in the marriage between the city and the urban landscape and between nature and human creation.
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"This paper explores the impact of Patrick Geddes upon the development of contemporary urban planning. Chiefly, this paper focuses upon Geddes' contribution to the 'garden city' concept towards urban planning as that movement gained strength throughout the twentieth century. In particular, this paper examines Geddes' undeniable influence upon later thinkers - most famously Lewis Mumford. In the final analysis, perhaps no short paper can make complete sense of Sir Patrick Geddes, but the very exploration of the man is a rewarding and illuminating pursuit in and of itself. "
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Managers as Planners, 2001.
Examines requirements necessary for managers to focus on visionary planning rather than traditional emphasis on competition.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, $ 39.95
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"With the increasing speed of doing business around the world, and the rapidly-changing global business environment the manager is no longer simply able to react to events of the current moment, but must also be skilled in planning for change, and how that change will affect the company. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, sees the necessity for planning as critical. Stating that businessmen always
?overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten? he warns planning managers to not be ?lulled into inaction? (Gates, 1999, 69).
Johnson (1995), writing about management planning in the new millennium..."
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Regional Planner Patrick Geddes, 2005.
This paper discusses Patrick Geddes and his contribution to the idea of regional planning.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper explains that that Sir Patrick Geddes was one of the founders of town planning as a profession. The author points out that Geddes was the first in Britain to use "landscape architect" as a professional title. The paper relates that he derived his ideas from a study of evolution under T.H. Huxley and, in turn, Geddes'greatest influence was through his student Lewis Mumford.
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"Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) was a Scottish biologist and town planner. He made use of the theory of evolution, which he studied with T.H. Huxley, using it as a basis for his ethics, history, and town planning. For instance, he created "a botanical garden for the University of Dundee which aimed to show the relationships between groups of plants and also their historical significance" (Turner para. 1). He carried this into his work in different ways, producing the key book Cities in Evolution in 1915. Sir Patrick Geddes was one of the founders of town planning as a profession and was the first in Britain to use "landscape architect" as a professional title (Turner para. 1)."
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Urban Planner Lewis Mumford, 2005.
This paper examines the role of organic urban city development as pioneered through the genius of Lewis Mumford.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the fusion of naturalism and industrialization in urban planning as presented in Lewis Mumford's Organic Theory. The author includes aspects of urban planning such as more municipal land control, less mechanization in urban planning and organic balance in cities of steel, which were the innovation of Lewis Mumford. The paper relates that these three concepts demonstrate how Mumford helped to forge a city, which included nature within the formation of the new modern American city.
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"This study examines the role of organic urban city development, as pioneered through the genius of Lewis Mumford. By evaluating the issues of industrialization and the growing problems of privatized capitalism of his times, Mumford offered a newer public array of city planning that would infuse naturalism into modern cities. By the acceleration of industrialization slowly eroding the overpopulating cities of America, Mumford forged a new path by offering a balance between capitalistic interests and the organic beauty of Nature that created healthier and more open city environments."
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Finance Careers, 2002.
An evaluation of career pptions: Financial planning, investment banking, and credit analyst.
3,900 words (approx. 15.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 142.95
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This sixteen-page undergraduate paper is in the form of a report on three career options: Financial Planner, Investment Banker, and Credit Analyst. The report provides the knowledge to make an educated decision on which career option to start out in, and discusses the skills needed to be successful, including the work environment of each career option, the amount of advancement possibilities, salary and how it changes with experience, and the future growth or lack of growth in the career option.
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Careers for Liberal Arts Majors, 2006.
This paper presents seven careers that graduates do not know that they can do with a Bachelor's degree in liberal arts.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper explains that a liberal arts degree develops the skills to think critically, write and make connections between data, which can be used in many careers. The author explores careers such as brand manager, salesperson, direct response copywriter, meeting planner, financial planner, paralegal and teacher. The paper relates that salespeople, which are among the highest paid professionals, are only required to have the ability to sell the product or service, not a specific major.
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Brand Manager
Meeting or Event Planner
Salesperson
Direct Response Copywriter
Financial Advisor
Paralegal
Teacher
When It's All Said And Done...
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"One hot job right now is brand manager. In the typical company, only the executive team and the brand management team have fingers in every pie. The accountants know the numbers. The sales people know what's going on in sales. The research and development types are stuck in the lab. But the brand managers are responsible for the "big picture." They coordinate everybody's efforts from production to advertising, to distribution, to finance. Brand Management staff work mostly in consumer goods companies. The typical staffer starts as a brand assistant."
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Employee Benefits, 2005.
This paper discusses the employee benefits of profit sharing and capital accumulation plans (CAP) in Canada.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reveals some of the normative standards for employee benefits through CAPs and profit sharing methods, proven by expert financial planners. The author points out that, in developing portfolios for mutual funds, segregated funds and pension plans, which look at long term investment as a solution for retirement, there is a greater focus on market competitiveness in relation to accumulating a slower, yet more conservative development of investment growth for employees. The paper relates that these approaches are the formats for CAPs and profit sharing plans, which are normative in developing employee benefits within corporate Canadian financial planning systems.
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"This financial study examines the Canadian employee benefits that reside within normative regulations for profit sharing and Capital Accumulation Plans (CAP). By reveling how employees can participate in stock shares, financial retirement planning and savings plans, one can divulge the way these benefits are implemented in Canada in current corporate structures. The use of CAPs to help employees within corporate financial policy has been a rising source of benefits in recent times. The use of investments to help build a stock portfolio within benefit plans is the main source of many accumulative' plans to build a future for a particular employee."
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Personal Finance Books, 2007.
This paper compares two books on personal finances: D. Chilton's "The Wealthy Barber" and E. Tyson's "Personal Finance for Dummies".
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that these personal finance books are designed to aid the average person in his or her personal finances, which is a subject everyone should try to understand. The author points out that Chilton's "The Wealthy Barber: Everyone's Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independent" is formatted as a discussion among friends; however, it does not provide a clear explanation. The paper relates that Tyson's "Personal Finance for Dummies" explains different topics, chapter by chapter, in a clear and well-designed manner including a useful chapter pointing the way to more information such as financial planners. The author suggests that Chilton's book might make a good introduction for the individual who needs to gain some of the basics before examining Tyson's more detailed book.
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"Chilton uses a fictional barber as a central character and so details how this barber has handled his personal finances so as to become financially independent. The plan Chilton offers is not a quick scheme but a carefully developed way to change one's financial status over time. Chilton does not require the reader to be wealthy or to have any more than an average salary, yet he shows how such a person can take control of their finances and make a real difference for their future."
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District Development, 2007.
A look at some of the challenges facing district development planners.
1,492 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines how several challenges face district development planners today and how issues of democracy and decentralization have made district planning much more complicated and challenging than the case was in the past. It looks at how communities today expect their power and participation levels to be fully concomitant with their ideals of democracy and empowerment as provided by the Constitution. It also discusses how issues relating to the nature of each specific community need to be taken into account for optimal planning. The most important element of district planning is community participation. Only in involving as much as possible of the community, can effective ideas come forward in setting community goals and targeted achievement.
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"J. Norman Reid for example emphasizes the need for community participation in his focus for effective development and planning. According to Mr. Reid, active community participation is beneficial in several respects. This aspect for example results in greater community empowerment. This in turn creates a better economy for that community in that a participating community tends to apply for an receive more funding than a non-participating one. Thirdly, citizen satisfaction within a participating community is greater, as the sense and evidence of accomplishment can be appreciated by all participating parties."
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Richard Haass: "The Opportunity to Define an Era", 2005.
An evaluation of "The Opportunity to Define an Era" by foreign policy planner Richard Haass.
2,070 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines "The Opportunity to Define an Era" by foreign policy planner Richard Haass. It includes proposals for integrated agreements among major powers, led by the United States, with analysis of current problems.
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" Richard Haass the former director of Policy Planning in the U S State Department and now president of the Council on Foreign Relations proposes a realistic yet optimistic foreign policy to turn the dangers of .."
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Planning in Canada, 2005.
This paper analyzes the article, "Geography: Planning in Canada".
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This paper explains that the article "Geography: Planning in Canada" discusses how planners rely upon the protocols of the professional planner to deal with the politics of planning. The author points out that this reliance can present problems because this protocol promises more than it delivers in terms of its potential value as a source of moral authority and of political power. The paper relates that the protocol of the professional planner simultaneously resolves and reproduces the liberal paradox between freedom and justice thus creating a dilemma of ambivalence.
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This article discusses how planners rely upon the protocols of the professional planner to deal with the politics of planning. This reliance can present problems, for this protocol promises more than it delivers in terms of its potential value as a source of moral authority. Furthermore, it delivers more than it promises as a source of political power. Subsequently, the protocol of the professional planner simultaneously resolves and reproduces the liberal paradox between freedom and justice. This dilemma explains the ambivalence many planners express concerning power and how their encounters with power may reflect their use of this protocol.
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Urban Planning in Canada, 2008.
This document discusses the need for greater urban planning across Canada.
1,535 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 50.95
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The paper relates that if Canada wishes to maintain its advantage in sustainability and environmental leadership, it must continue to implement urban planning as a core strategy of sustainable development. The paper focuses on the greater Toronto area and discusses how urban planners have defined its geographic boundaries by the character of the surrounding geography itself. The paper shows, however, how its overall boundary making strategy may not be as clear as it could be. The paper concludes that without the technology to remap the region for various purposes, assigning requisite resources for specific purposes would be very difficult indeed for the city's urban planners. The paper includes two color maps of Toronto.
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Introduction
Urban Boundaries in Planning
Determining Borders as Urban Planning
Urban Planning Characteristics
Conclusion
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"European settlers, across the breadth of Canada, have long utilized boundary setting and the definition of geographical boundaries for both cartographic and political purposes. This began with the earliest colonization of the Canadian provinces and continues, to one degree or another, today. Harris points out that the expansion of the suburbs following World War II created growing strain on Canada's cities and its natural environment that was quickly recognized as a threat vis-a-vis sustainability (2004). Yet, with the ever expanding population following the war, due both to natural population growth as well as to Canada's ever-more friendly immigration policies, urban planning became not only a benefit to sustainable development but a necessity."
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