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School recommendation letter

Note: for  School of Business How well and in what capacity do you know the applicant?   I have known well Mr. Sugawara for five years and a half now, I am his mentor during his intensive programming training in the company and also his mentor to the department he is a part of and we work under the same division. We have worked together and I have observed his growth in becoming a good IT manager. He has this enthusiasm in him that makes him flexible as a worker and that he shows excellent management and leadership skills and has compassion for the team and its members.   Does the applicant have potential as a leader and a manager? What have you observed that leads you to think the applicant will be successful?   I do believe that the applicant has potentials of being a leader and a manager in the sense that Mr. Sugawara works extremely well with others. He has the ability to cooperate closely with colleagues, both as a leader and as a member of a team. When he first joined our company as an Applications Developer, he showed strong teamwork skills while working on projects such as system modification due to the change of securities and exchange law. He takes time to listen to the opinions of both the members of the team and his supervisors in order to reach a consensus about key aspects of the project. He has the love for the company and the staff and respected their great technique in computer science and their calm humane characteristics. But for some reason such as wrong institutional system and unskillful management of supervisors, staffs tend to loose their self-esteem so, he makes an effort to replenish their motivation in their hearts and talk to them if their faces seem cloud and counsel staff anxiety and he is happy when we make good job successfully.                 Are there areas where the applicant can improve his or her potential for graduate study and a managerial career? If so, what are those areas?   Nobody is perfect I believe, so there are areas of improvement I observed in him although he is a capable manager who listens to the opinions and ideas of the members of his team, and then works to create a consensus, it sometimes takes him too long to coordinate the various team members when working on a project. My impression is that he tries too hard to accommodate the wishes of everyone in the team, which often leads to wasted time. I think that he needs to become more forceful in his management style and be less concerned about the feelings and wishes of team members who are unwilling to compromise.   Please appraise the applicant in terms of the qualities listed below. With what group or population are you comparing the applicant?   I am comparing him to other workers.   Leadership ability –Outstanding Intellectual capacity–Outstanding Organizational skills–Outstanding Verbal skills–Outstanding Written skills–Outstanding Analytical skills–Outstanding Ability to work in a team–Outstanding Maturity–Outstanding Self-confidence–Outstanding Creativity–Outstanding Initiative–Outstanding Sense of humor, ability to keep things in perspective–Outstanding   Overall appraisal   Do you recommend that this applicant be admitted to the  School of Business MBA Program? Yes, I strongly recommend Mr.   to be admitted for MBA program.

School recommendation letter

Note: for School of Business How well and in what capacity do you know the applicant? I have...

A Sample Recommendation Letter for Postgraduate Certificate in Laws Program

It is my pleasure and honor to be an advocate to Lam Samson’s desire to enter into your institution and probably receive a good Postgraduate Certificate in Laws Program, the reason why I support the endeavors that Samson is involved in because I do believe that he possesses the needed potential qualities of being a model student in your University and be a part in fulfilling and realizing your priorities and aspirations today and in the futures to come. Samson, as a Legal Assistant at Individual Voluntary Arrangements is of a high note and that I can see and feel that he has this promising personality and attitude that never fails to provide the needed help that our clients’ require in order to reach their goals and actualize their objectives in every situation. Samson is hard working and one good reason why I am proud of this man is that he never loses focus and concentration during peak hours of the job and that he is an effective problem solver that can make better and wise decisions for meeting the needs of our clients which is for me, is an important aspect of him why he is deserving to be the Customer Service Manager at IVA. Henceforth, Samson is not just a skilled worker but he is also a good leader and that he has this strong ability to make some of the worst scenarios at work calm down because he has this colossal heart and an empathic aura that touches every individual for, when he speaks, he is never bias and after all, he maintains an equal treatment to all the people involve.  Thus, he knows how to carry such situation when he is dealing with our clients and can give golden financial advices and explain to them the legal procedure involved in an IVA application and that Samson enhances a strong power skills in terms of promoting the debt restructuring service through media and organize seminars and that as a Customer Service Manager, I can feel in Samson that he is always in total coordination with his mental cognition that drives him in helping people solve their problems through giving out his best in everything that he does in life. I guarantee to you that Samson has really what it takes to be an absolute addition to your prominent law school. Lastly, I amicably manifest that Lam Samson is a complete individual that your institution needs why? Because I believe that he has great dreams not just for himself but for other people and that I think in order for a person to become a good lawyer, he must know how to prioritize the needs of other people and dream the dream that could make this world a better place to live in.                   PERSONAL STATEMENT     According to Francis Wellman in his book entitled ‘Day in Court’ (1940) that ‘’life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities, we strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud and the only answer is the echo of our wailing cry’’. (Wellman, 1940, p. 257) and that in my desire to become a full pledged lawyer in your institution and be able to receive the certificate in law program, I agree to Wellman that ‘’the general public should be interested in the correct methods of sifting out the truth of any controversy’’ (Wellman, p. 6) but I think it is impossible to overstate the importance in any society to perform upon the legality it requires. Well, I always wanted to become a lawyer because I want to help victims of oppression, discrimination, inequalities and other forms of injustices and probably inspire them to continue to fight for real justice and inculcate in them self confidence and firmness regarding their actions. Thus, in order to reach my dreams I need to have the ability of concentration within my whole mind as well as the power of clearness and the simplicity of expression. I think I have a better common sense and a good professional reputation and I transact business well because I believe that I can finish this law program with pride to myself and to my associates and maybe urge those men who aspire to become a lawyer like myself, to read – read everything what it takes to read. I am positive and hoping that your high standard law school will provide and give me opportunity to reveal to the world my ample right to be recognized as an effective and able lawyer in the future.   Moreover, I graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems in 2002. Upon graduation, I joined a local law firm as a system administrator. The firm grew and expanded very quickly, to the extent that even a non-legal staff like me had to handle legal documents and had to interview clients. As time goes by, I got use to be familiar with various legal services, especially insolvency cases like bankruptcy and individual voluntary arrangements (IVA). Most of the clients I met are those in financial troubles and some of them even think of dying in order to “solve” the problem. Through providing legal knowledge and service to them, I saved many people’s life by legal means. I discovered that this job is much more meaningful than only writing computer programs and working with machines. My desire to earn an LLB rooted in the recognition that individuals with personal or family problems require advocacy to realize their solutions. After a serious discussion with my boss, I have changed my career as a legal executive in the firm and continue to interview clients and solve their problems. On the other hand, I joined the part-time LLB program offered by the University of London in order to achieve this meaningful career goal. Although my boss supported my legal study in financial means, the job nature requires me to stay up late in the office since most of the clients are only available after office hours. This make me missed some of the classes and rendered my study more difficult, but I have never thought of giving up in these three years, I even found myself more interested in law as I continue my legal studies.   I was a basketball team captain in both secondary and university school life. As a captain, I have to be a solution minded player, think accurately and quickly because I have to work things out within a very limited time. In daily interaction with lawyers, I realized that these qualities are the same as what a lawyer should possess. Some of my clients become friends of mine and the meaningfulness behind this friendship has inspired me to cope with any obstacles and has strengthened my faith to help more others in a greater extent to realize their human rights and help them find better solutions to their problems. Lastly, my experiences in life had transformed me to become a better person as I am motivated and inspired by the power of love for the service of the people and be able to share my skills to others and give them a service that can never be paid under the table because I believe that money is not everything for if it is then, it can buy dignity and principles of the affected people like the oppressed as they are hungry and craving for justice. I want people to value life and share to them that for every good action they do for others deserves a just reward and not injustice, for the truth prevails no matter how long the time is.

A Sample Recommendation Letter for Postgraduate Certificate in Laws Program

It is my pleasure and honor to be an advocate to Lam Samson’s desire to enter into your institution and probably receive a good Postg...

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