Business Communication Nursing and Residential Care

Question: Discuss about the Business Communication for Nursing and Residential Care. Answer: Introduction Nowadays, the development of technology has made pupils a regular user of internet and web based resources. It can be seen that students prefer e-books over printed learning resources because of various advantages (Gibbins, Harris and Shadbolt, 2014). The report has been developed to compare printed books with web-based alternatives to recommend the best option available for schools to support the development of students and solve their problems of printed books. Comparison It can be seen that printed books can b differentiated from e-books by conducting a comparison. A comparison between printed books and web based alternatives are presented herein blow: Comparison between printed books and web based alternatives Particulars Printed books E-books Price The price of printed books are higher than e-books due to cost of paper The price of e-books are lower than printed books because there is no cost of printing Availability Printed books are not always available on book stores E-books are always available on web sources Book buyback Program There is a need of book buyback programs that avails the students with an discount on new books while exchanging their old books E-books do not provide any buy-back facility that makes the student buy new books every time. Student's thoughts about purchasing Printed books are costly and make it difficult for the students to carry a physical book every time. In place of buying printed books, it can be borrowed from the school library. E-books are eco-friendly, reduce the burden of carrying all books and are easily available (Chang, Lee and Wang, 2016). Hence, students prefer e-books in the current generation. Advantages and disadvantages Advantage of printed book The major advantage of printed book is its physical existence. The page numbers makes it easier for the students to make any topic. Furthermore, it helps the students to mark necessary points as per requirement. Disadvantage of printed book It is heavier than e-books such as Kindle. It is costly than any e-book. Printed books are not always available on book stores. Advantage of e-book E-books virtually exist. All e-books can be carried in one device. The size of text can be adjusted as per the requirement of the reader (Kommers, 2010). It is easily available from the web-sources. Disadvantage of e-book Most of the e-books do not have any page numbers. The reader cannot mark or not down any point in e-book. Recommendation and conclusion Considering the above analysis, it can be seen that e-books have emerged to be an effective web-based alternative of printed books. Hence, schools must promote use of e-books for a better development of students technological skills. Furthermore, an e-library can be implemented by the schools to promote the learning activities of the students. Topic 2: Leasing Vs Buying of Computer Equipments Introduction There are certain benefits and downsides attached to the leasing or buying computer equipment. Both of the buying and leasing options are available to reduce the cost and financial burden. Therefore, buying or leasing computer equipment can be one of the important options for modern companies. Questions to be taken into consideration In order to get the best deal in making a decision to purchase or lease computer equipment, some of the questions must be taken into consideration. First of all, the type of lease must be understood to be signed. In the case of a capital lease, the equipment can be considered to be assets. On the other hand, the operating lease option, the equipment can be considered as monthly operating expenses. Secondly, the duration of the lease must be figured out to ensure the payment terms (Bernstein, 2016). For leasing computer equipment, the longer the lease duration, the monthly payments will be lower. The next question will be asked whether the equipment has to be insured. There are options to insure the computer equipment. Another question will be asked whether companies can add to the existing lease. In such cases, payments will be adjusted according to the terms (Nantell, 2013). Eventually, the final question will be whether a company can terminate the lease untimely. In such cases, a prepayment penalty may be added to terminate the lease agreement. Advantages and disadvantages The advantages and disadvantages of purchasing and leasing computer equipment have been briefed as follows. Purchasing: Advantages Easier than leasing equipment: Leasing equipment needed paperwork and terms and conditioned to be followed. In the case of purchasing, there is no such formality to be done. Determine maintenance schedule accordingly: With purchasing computer equipment, companies can determine the maintenance schedule according to the favourability. Equipment will be deductible: Under Section 179 of the IRS code, companies can deduct the full cost of the purchased computer equipment. Such deduction will be helpful for small organisations in a start-up business (Bernstein, 2016). Purchasing: Disadvantages Hefty sum to be funded as initial outlay: With a purchasing, companies need to invest capital in buying new computer equipment that can increase the initial cost of start up a business (Nantell, 2013). Issues with outdated equipment: As computer equipment become outdated, companies may be stuck with outdated computer equipment eventually. Leasing: Advantages Up-to-date equipment facility: With leasing computer equipment, companies can access newly available computers in a faster and cheaper way. Pay nothing up front: For small businesses, leasing computer equipment will be a good option as leasing computer equipment rarely requires a down payment up front (Bierman, 2008). Predictable monthly expenses: With a lease, companies can pre-determine the monthly expenses on the computer equipment to make the budget. Leasing: Disadvantages Expensive long run payment: In the case of long run utilisation, the leasing amount will become more expensive than buying equipment. Lease terms: There are certain leasing terms to be followed by leasing computer equipment such as make payment within due date, maintenance of technological equipment and much more. Need to pay if company stop using the computer equipment: According to the lease paperwork, companies must make payment for the entire lease duration even if the leasing equipment are no longer required or utilised. Recommendations and conclusion Understanding the purchasing and leasing scenario, in the case of long run tactics, purchasing computer equipment can be the best solution. On the other hand, for small business organisations with tight funding facilities should go for leasing computer equipment to establish the business up front. References Bernstein, A. (2016). Rent, lease or buy? How to finance your new equipment.Nursing and Residential Care, 18(8), pp.440-442. Bierman, H. (2008). Buy versus Lease with an Alternative Minimum Tax.Financial Management, 17(4), p.87. Chang, J., Lee, M. and Wang, T. (2016). Integrating a semantic-based retrieval agent into case-based reasoning systems: A case study of an online bookstore.Computers in Industry, 78, pp.29-42. 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