Focus Article Reviews Samples For Students

The first three months of 2014 are full of mega events like Super Bowl, Olympics, Grammys, Golden Globes, and Oscars. The article talks about the importance of developing an event marketing strategy which focuses not on a single big event like Olympics and Super Bowl but which can bank upon all big and small events of the year. The author then discusses the things to be done to make it possible. The first order of the business is to identify the key triggers (evens) that drive sales. Once the triggers are identified, the next step involves ...

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This article titled “4 Principles of marketing in the digital age” was written by Greg Satell and appeared in the Forbes magazine on the 16th of April 2013. It gives pointers to marketers on how to cope with the ever changing face of marketing especially in the digital age.
The second principle is “Use Innovation Teams to Identify, Evaluate and Activate Emerging Opportunities”. This principle will enable marketers to tap into new potential and stay ahead of the competition through taking advantage of new opportunities. Greg, however, advices companies to first test all innovations that come their way ...

In this article Douglas Ross talks about applying the principles of effective leadership as defined by Stephen Covey to the realm of project management. These principles focus on three main stages in the development of any successful leader. Independence, that is moving away from being dictated to by events and relationships and instead taking charge of them. Interdependence, which involves obtaining the maximum possible utility out of your team through ensuring their effective function and communication, and finally committing to a continuing emphasis on this improvement through training, mentorship, and a renewed focus on mental improvement.
One of the main ...

Is Risk the Best Theory for Capitalism?

Issue summary
James Kwak and Simon Johnson asserts that the risk is a crucial component in making profit. When imprudent risk is taken, the outcome can be harmful. Despite the negative consequences of risk, the value of risk in business remains vital. Barry, on the other hand, assert that much focus is put on risk as an essential component yet risk was the main cause of economic collapse in 2008. Risk entails undertaking various issues in business. In most corporations, risk is a critical factor in achievement of objectives, goals, and mission.

Risk is a condition that is always present in ...

Brief Summary

Knowing the definition of “gifted and talented children” is important. Unfortunately, there really is no general meaning for it. The Angleton Independent School District (2013) defines “gifted and talented” as someone who has the potential to achieve an outstandingly high level of accomplishment and who can display a high performance capability, compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment. It refers to someone who excels in a specific academic field (Angleton Independent School District, 2013).
In the article Do Gifted and Talented Students Need Special Schools?, the opposing views of John Cloud (2007) and Susan Winebrenner and Dina ...

Paper 1 Comments(a) To AuthorsThe literature details strategies in information sourcing for effective disaster management can be useful for avoiding future of loss of lives and damage to property. However, the facts presented are not sufficient to provide an overview of the mitigation approaches to tackling natural calamities when they occur.(b) To Program CommitteeThe article is informative and provides insightful information that can be helpful in sourcing information through crowdsourcing approaches discussed. Such data can be effective in the management of natural calamities in order to save life and property.Paper 2 Comments(c) To AuthorThe language used in the ...

Management

The problem the article is attempting to solve
The article attempts to look at the emerging trend among the colleges that offer MBA to introduce the Hippocratic Oath for the students as the case of the medical schools. The article attempts to explore the impact of the Hippocratic Oath on the managers and whether it makes sense in the current business environment. The central problems addressed in the article include whether the oath is a requirement for the practice in the management and whether it can lead to improved management. The author attempts to explore the impact of the ...

The inside preoptic place (mPOA) of the hypothalamus gland is involved in the control of two essential and normally fulfilling behaviors: sex-related and expectant mothers’ actions. Medication of abuse apply their results by taking advantage of organic neurobiological compensate systems, especially the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) program. However, the mesolimbic program does not function in solitude, and feedback from other reward-relevant components is factors in cocaine's fulfilling results. Appropriate behaviors reactions to organic compensate are necessary for success and reproduction success. To this end, neurobiological compensate systems have progressed to strengthen actions such as sex-related communications and parent care. However, ...

Question 1

Etic and emic play a significant role in the negotiation process. For this case, French culture is selected. As such, in terms of emic, power distance, uncertainty avoidance and individualism are common in the French culture. These are things that an individual focusing on conducting a negotiation in this culture has to embrace and use them throughout the negotiation process. In contrast, the power distance, uncertainty, individualism and masculinity are very low in South Korea. An emic factor for the South Korea is the low individualism of an index of 18. Therefore, an individual from South Korea has to know that ...

Abstract

In this paper, I will cover the issues of treating patients with dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis is a condition when patients develop two disorders, and most healthcare professionals are not able to assist those patients in treating their conditions. A literature review reveals that lack of proper regulations and specialized treatment models are considered the main causes of low recovery rates among patients with comorbid disorders. Other issues include lack of patient motivation, education, compliance with treatments, etc. The available literature mainly criticizes the contemporary situation in healthcare when it comes to treating patients with comorbid disorders, but some approaches ...

When an armed attack takes place, eyewitnesses usually focus on the weapon and ignore the appearance of the perpetrator, to the extent that they are unable to remember his or her face accurately afterwards. Many studies have showed that seeing a gun makes eyewitnesses less reliable, because they tend to focus on the weapon, rather than the face or particularities of the criminal. These studies often concluded that this is an automatic response generated by fear or surprise at the unexpected sight of the weapon (Pickel, Ross & Truelove, 2006). In their study, Pickel, Ross & Truelove (2006) investigated the psychological ...

Climate change is one of the debatable issues in the world today. It is worth noting that climate change is a big threat to humanity and sustainability. Climate change refers to a lasting and significant change in the distribution of weather patterns in a period of time. The causes of climate change are many, and there is need to mitigate them in various ways. Both the developing and developed countries are part of the causes and effect of climate change; hence, every country is part of the issues concerning climate change. The problem of climate change begins when the greenhouse gases are ...

InstructorQUANTIFYING THE CONSENSUS ON ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE: A CRITICAL REVIEW

The subject of climate change has been a topic of research among several scholars. Cook et al., (2013) in their article “Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature” focus on the subject of Anthropogenic Global Warming by analyzing scientific studies on the subject. The researchers analyze literature from 11,944 abstracts from 1991-201. The abstracts analyzed express both support and dismissal of AGW, but one of the primary consensuses is human population actions are the primary source of global warming. This critical review analyzes various aspects of the articles such as aims, approaches, and arguments ...

Good nutrition is critical for growing children, both for physical and cognitive development. Elementary age children are challenged every day in school and a nutritious and balanced breakfast is critical for them to learn. Many studies have been completed that consistently demonstrate the importance of a good breakfast on learning.
According to a study completed by Anjos et al (2013), good nutrition begins with expectant mothers and continues throughout a child’s life from infancy to childhood. The acquisition of nutrients is important for proper brain development. The authors have implemented a large scale research project named NUTRIMENTHE which is examining the effects ...

Article Review

Article Review

being the lowest cost producer” presented the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of Ryanair . The air travel organization was pegged as the leading short haul carrier in Europe. The current discourse hereby summarized the SWOT of the organization through an in-depth analysis of the key elements of its internal and external environment.

Strengths

The strengths of Ryanair are identified through the following categories: (1) lowest cost per passenger; (2) lowest fare; (3) offering the largest short haul network; (4) maintaining the newest fleet which provides them with greater fuel efficiency, lowest maintenance costs, and exemplary perceptions from ...

A Reflection by Your Name

Innovation is a buzz word in modern day businesses and in fact it never went out of style. It is innovation that has enabled certain companies to stay ahead of the rest and command a premium in the marketplace, products, services and stock value. However, the lack of innovation process and management in an organization leads to underutilization of its most valuable assets in namely: knowledge, ideas, experience and judgment of the workforce. The article represents a framework of Innovation Management 2.0, incorporating the development of both tools and philosophies that enables the employees to be engaged much more fully in the ...

Figuring out a path for life is something that the youth find hard to establish. This is because there are a lot of options that add up from going to college, getting employed, doing both or even starting up a business. The options depend on the circumstances and the final decision of the person. This is why brainstorming is important in that it identifies for you what you need through comparing different strategies and options in life. Researching is also an important method to find out what works and how it can work.
Anyone starting up has to be ...

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Introduction
The article, ‘The Mountain of Motor Development: A Metaphor,’ by Clark and Metcalfe, is about understanding the human motor development all throughout his lifespan. According to the authors, just like many scientific phenomena, a man’s motor development may be difficult to conceptualize (Clark & Metcalfe 2). For the same reason, several ways have been devised in order to facilitate its understanding. Two methods have been described as the most common methods employed by those who wish to teach or instruct a certain phenomenon and that is through the creation of a model or a metaphor. A ...

Chapter 1 – Perspectives

The 5 × 7 Business Technology Strategy
The 5 × 7 Business Technology Strategy is a consulting practice which aims to help the organizations to optimize their technology investments. Going through the strategy I found that some of the steps can be particularly effective. Segmenting the operational and strategic layers of business will surely help in effective management of resources. Decentralization and private hosting of the website will also help in the daily and easy upgrade to the website. One of the steps which I feel the most important is assessing the present as well as future security threats and being ...

Introduction

The discharge planning process is highly imperative in ensuring a smooth, rapid and even rapid transition of the patient from one healthcare environment to another. The discharge process entails the arrangement of necessary resources, social work evaluation, high-risk screening operations, patient advocacy, chart documentation, collaboration/consultation, family and patient awareness and most importantly counseling. The process is, therefore, complex and seriously requires a personnel with a large assortment both organizational and clinical skills to tackle the diverse patient needs, healthcare schemes, and patent's families and also to promote the optimum functioning of support systems, patients, and families. Delay factors may ...

The main research question that was studied in the article “Do airport hotels continue to be a growth opportunity, and which airports present the best opportunities?” by Joni Smith was to assess how hotels depend on the local airport to generate demand for their service. There was also a secondary hypothesis investigated studying the link between the premiums charged at average and peak travel times.

The methodology used to address the research questions were questionnaires given to the hotels in the areas of the airports asking for information about occupancy percentages, room rates, and vicinity in relation to the terminals, ...

Leadership Theories
Leadership is a process that a group or an individual impacts a group of individuals to reach a certain or common goal (Parent et. al., n.d.). According to Parent et. al., (n.d.) the literature concerning leadership has transformed from the trait or behavioral approach to the transformational. This change also includes the transactional and charismatic leadership approaches (Parent et. al., n.d.).
According to Kouzes & Posner (2007), on the other hand, Leadership is a chance that can occur at any place or any time. It may happen in a huge or small house, the mall, the school, or in any group. This ...

BUSINESS

The area of business is characterized by a landscape of supply chain management, marketing channels used for distribution, logistics and purchasing. Each of the above areas interrelates with the other in an evolving nature hence contributing to the understanding of business as a whole.
Supply chain is a network of companies ranging from suppliers to users on the other end whose aim is to integrate supply and demand through the coordinated efforts of the company. Managing the supply chain involves coordinating and sourcing, procurement, conversion and logistics through working together with the supply channel partners. In order to have a good supply ...

Introduction

This paper provides an overview of descriptive theories that have advanced in over the last decade concerning the working of the human memory and how it affects the adult behavior and experiences. The purpose of this literature review is anchoring an understanding of different attempts to come up with one comprehensive understanding of psychology and the developing of the human brain. While exploring the different facets of the concept of human behavior, the paper embarks on different scholastic analysis using divergent resources. Contemporary literature on this subject assesses the role of diversity and its impact on human competency and ...

Method

Research Design and Research Tradition
Sample and Setting
The researchers employed purposive sampling which is the most appropriate to use in a qualitative study. They considered the family members of elderly patients and chose those who they judged would be best able to relate their experiences in the ED. They made sure that different age groups, gender, and civil status were represented. The authors did not set a sample size beforehand and is also appropriate in a qualitative study because sample representativeness is not based on the size but on how much participant narratives mirror reality (Everest, 2014). As ...

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Global v/s Multinational

Article Review
Introduction
There is no doubt that today’s business environment has changed. Over the past few decades, the rise of transportation, communication, technology and cross cultural integration across the world has seen the rapid rise of consumerism and increasing wants and needs on a global scale. In the article named ‘Globalization of Markets’, (Levitt, 1983), sees the demise of the quintessential multinational corporation and proposes the emergence and ...

Article Review: Gender Climate Change: A Feminist Criminological Perspective

Executive Summary
The article “Gendering Climate Change: A Feminist Criminological Perspective” by Wonders and Danner (2015) represents the study on the dialectical relationship that exists between socially constructed gender and climate change. Within their study, the scholars examine several issues to support their idea and explain logically the importance of the problem under consideration and the usefulness of feminist criminological perspective for analysis of climate change issues.
First of all, they provide the results of the review of the current criminological literature, stating that feminist perspective has been largely ignored in most criminology literature covering the issues of climate ...

The Effects of Deployment on Families

What are the effects of deployment on military families? Deployment is the action of moving or relocating military personnel and materials to a different location. For service individuals and military families this act can be devastating and require adjustments that frequently have detrimental effects on all family members psychological, physical, and cognitive wellbeing. For this paper two articles will be analyzed to determine key concepts that are commonly discussed in both articles; strengths and weaknesses in both article’s scholarship; the significance of both articles to clinical practice with military affiliated families; analyze if and how articles classify into ...

Aircraft safety has always been in the centre of attention and the reasons for that are obvious – if an airplane crashes, it usually takes away the lives of all its passengers. Traditional methods of preventing accidents in the air include special focus on aircraft design and maintenance, pilots’ professionalism, air traffic control quality, etc. However, the events of September 11th have shifted the focus from traditional preventive measures to aviation security both on the plane and before boarding it.
The analysis of 9-11 events showed that aviation was the weakest spot. Therefore, special commissions and agencies, e.g. the Transportation ...

Article Review

The idea of art history represents a historical framework that is based in the inherent identity of the culture from which it is being expressed. In this way, there are numerous ways of characterizing the ways in which these various cultures can express themselves. By establishing a coherent representation of the historical importance of art in politics and culture, the establishment of this perspective is ultimately refocused into the framework from which it emerges.
In the essay “Whither Art History In a Globalizing World” by Parul Dave Mukherji discusses the subject of art history, its definition, and its place and importance ...

Rationale

It is apparent that the entire healthcare system is grappling with nursing shortages-a phenomenon that is characterized by improper nurse-patient ratios. This has adamantly hampered the quality of care provided and adversely affecting patient outcomes and satisfaction. According to the American Nurses Association, proper staffing and hence patient-nurse ratios is an integral aspect in improving the quality of healthcare provided. High nurse-patient ratios means that nurse have to deal with huge numbers of patients leading to clinical errors, clinically acquired infections or premature discharges from hospital. This leads to high readmission rates and increased hospital costs due to recurrence ...

Introduction

Social, economic and business environment are becoming increasingly complex in their structure and interrelationships. The rivalry market environment and external pressures in place the companies in the hospitality and tourism industry consider cost reduction and look at alternative ways of building on their competitive edge. This competitive pressure drives he prices down and makes travelling and international mobility more accessible to middle and lower middle classes. Supported by various ways of financing, tourism has become an integral part of many people´s lives. With the above in mind, cultural, social and other elements of diversity become extremely important for ...

PSYC101 Journal Article ReviewAssignment - Part 2Article Analysis, Connection, and ReflectionDue: 11:55pm ETSunday at the end ofWeek 6of the 8-week course termYou may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6.Points Possible: 140
OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly ...

The article reviews the strategic planning necessary in conducting research and development. It stresses the importance of creating projects that serve necessary both for the consumers and the commercial interest of the company. Setting aside competency and skill, management must focus on delivering on-time results and continue on a long term strategic development of new technology and processes in order to gain significant advantage on the market.
In operational management, new product development in necessary in order for the company to function in the long run. Product development arises from the increased competition and advance in technology (Mba-om.blogspot.com, 2010). ...

Critical Review: “Like” and “Check-in”: How Hotels Utilize Facebook as an Effective Marketing Tool

Critical Review: “Like” and “Check-in”: How Hotels Utilize Facebook as an Effective Marketing Tool
1 Introduction
This paper is a critique of the research traditions utilized in the ‘”Like” and “Check”: How hotels utilize Facebook as an effective marketing tool’, written by Kelly V Phelan, Hsiang-Ting Chen, and Matthew Haney, and published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2013. The critique will explore the philosophical background of the article and the logical approach followed by the authors in the process of conducting the research. It will also evaluate the research ...

Martin Amis's Other People and London Fields

As Brian Finney points out in Narrative and Narrated Homicide in Martin Amis's Other People and London Fields although he is not classified as a crime writer Martin Amis’s stories are filled with crime and focus upon death and murder. . Finney’s critique of Amis’s stories revolves around the continuing themes of women, death, murder and victimization along with their relationship with the enigmatic narrator.
In his analysis Finney looks into the author and the zeitgeist of his era as well. He notes that Amis himself describes his work as “"playful literature" (Neustatter 71) and describes himself ...

Introduction:

This article elaborates the several factors affecting the housing and property in the markets of Malaysia. The international credit agency has given focus on this housing and property markets in relation to the forces of demand and supply in their economy. The rise in the prices of property has attracted great concern since they have a great impact in the economy of Malaysia. It is therefore necessary to emphasis and focus on this issue in order to consider the general impact on the economy as well as how to curb this problem using various economic means and tools.
The ...

Galanz’s Main Problem

In a nutshell, Galanz’s main problem is finding a way how they can successfully integrate and synchronize the three segments of their business namely: their OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing), OBM (Original Brand Manufacturing), and ODM (Original Design Manufacturing) businesses. In the past, Galanz used to manufacture microwave ovens whose components are bought from Japanese microwave oven manufacturers but after years of sustained growth and development, they were able to procure the resources as well as the technical knowhow to manufacture and sell their own microwave ovens. Part of their success was also thanks to their low cost strategies which basically ...

1. "Design for a Sustainable World" Margolin 1998 JSTOR. Published in Design Issues, Volume 14, No. 2 (Summer, 1998), pp. 83 - 92, by The MIT Press

In the article Design for a Sustainable World written by Victor Margolin and published by The MIT Press in Design Issues in Summer of 1998, Margolin traces the history of sustainable design from the late 19th century on. When Margolin starts his story on sustainable design he observes that it was “conceived as an art of giving form to products for mass production” ("Design for a Sustainable World" Margolin 1998, at pg. 83). In this ...

Different news stations often report the same story (or stories related to one another) in very different ways. This is largely because of their political ethos and their attempts to reach their market and readership. The events in Libya are no different: tired of living under Gadhafi’s dictatorship, the Libyan people are revolting to try and remove him from power. Following the success of similar protests in neighbour countries, Egypt and Tunisia, Libya is fighting for its freedom from a man who shows no qualms in using force to supress his people, even now when the world is watching. ...

Dealing with elderly patients in various nursing scenarios can be challenging in a number of ways. One of the biggest risks to these patients is falls, as these can lead to a number of different health issues, including fractures and psychological distress (Campbell, 2016). As such, much research has been conducted with the aim of understanding what can be done to prevent these falls. Hourly rounding by nurses working with elderly patients is one area of interest, as it has been shown to significantly reduce the incidence of falls in nursing units (Campbell, 2016). The purpose of this paper ...

Article review

This is a review of the article “Establishing a Total Safety Culture within a Flight Department” by Homan, W.J., Rantz, G. W and Balden, R. B and published by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1998.
The article presents principles and procedures based on behaviour. These procedures and principles are successfully applied to modify safety attitudes within Flight departments. It addresses the constraints and flaws of human condition and methods of employees to learn safe behaviour. It then goes ahead and propose management of crew resources as a tool of increasing general safety in the Aviation industry. Additionally, it identifies senior ...

Abstract

The impacts of an enterprise’s dividend policy on share prices wield considerable significance to the investors, economists, and corporate officials. The economists try to appraise and understand the operations of the capital markets, the corporate officials institute the guidelines, while the investors plan the portfolios. Throughout the process, several queries arise: Do the firms with substantial distribution policies sell their premiums over those with negligible payouts? If yes, under what circumstances? Is there a standard series of ratios or payouts that can maximize the share prices? The three questions have been the focus of various studies, but the ...

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The present paper reviews three different articles that are focused on teaching and learning concepts. The first article is based on fixed versus growth mindset which is written by Popova (2014). In this article, the author discussed the fundamental belief that is most common among people. Most of the people believe that the character, intelligence and creativity are the hereditary blessed traits that cannot be changed. These people are classified as fixed mindset individuals who believe that striving for success is worthless and it better to avoid ...

Washington State University

The need for gambling disorder treatment increases due to the growth of the gaming operations in the United States of America and globally, there is a rise in recognition of clinical investigators together with the creation of awareness among the public to be able to assess gambling symptoms and its harmful consequences on the lives and overall function of gamblers. In this effort to recognize and ameliorate the symptoms of gambling, instruments were created to identify the severity of the gambling symptoms and also any changes that are reflected due to changes from treatment. In empirical research, a variety ...

Key learning from society’s efforts to create meaningful environmental shifts

One major lesson from society’s efforts is the need to be able to adapt to black swans. Black swans, as Taleb calls them, are big events that are both unanticipated and highly consequential. Typically, nobody sees them coming, but when they arrive, they immensely shape our world. Events such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed the way the world views security issues and terrorism. Furthermore, the internet and Google have revolutionized the way we communicate and obtain information in ways never imagined before. The two have opened up new opportunities and jobs that nobody ever predicted. On the ...

1. Which company is the focus of this article?
a. Specific US company: the article focuses on the Abt Electronics Company, founded by Jewel Abt and her husband, David
b. In which particular country/region of the world is this company’s business the topic of the article? The United States of America, with its headquarters based in Chicago, Illinois
c. Provide some basic BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the company and its focus based on your research. (2 paragraph summary):
Abt Electronics started a small business in the local area of Logan Square, in Chicago. The company began in the ...

The main ideas of the theoretical reading focus on the material and the way building are made. They focus on the methods of cladding that meant to provide shelter and protection. The focus is to keep in mind that the needs and durability of each building are different and what may be suitable for one may not be so for the other. Different buildings have failed because of various problems and therefore raise different questions. Every material used in architecture carries its own definition and worth. The principle of cladding is an important one in the vocabulary of every ...

Chapter 2 – Organization

Five Flavors of Alignment
Alignment for a company in its simplest terms will mean streamlining its present business and being operationally prepared for implementing any future changes in its products and services. Alignment generally feels like a huge and unachievable task. Author has simplified this process by differentiating between different types of alignments. He has divided the whole alignment process into five different parts or flavors as he calls it; Strategic, Infrastructure, Operational, Innovation, and People. I think the author has taken the right approach here. Differentiating between the flavors of alignment will help a company to properly understand ...

Introduction

Enterprises normally have many buyers purchasing their products such that they do not get a chance to know each of them personally. In such a case the business is required to pursue a rigorously tested study concerning consumer behavior. People are definitely different, but at some point their minds tend to react in the same way, and comprehending the aspects can assist the company to formulate strategies that will make customers accept their items or services. The creative measures should be ethical to conform to the universal values of the consumer base. This article articulates a critical review of ...

Prevention and avoidance of risk factors are better than cure. Phillips advocates for accident prevention as the future key to ensuring airline safety. Failure to this, the safety record maintained by the aviation department will decline over the next two decades if they continue to focus on what caused the disasters. The author incorporates ideas from a chief engineer in Boeing, Paul Russell, to provide statistics concerning the causes of the fatal crashes and the methods that can prevent them. Aviation safety seems to decline every time a new aircraft is added to the system. Based on Russell’s ...

Based on the two articles, the authors utilized different designs in their respective researches. The study conducted by Marker, et al. (2013) utilized a case study design wherein the development and situation of one particular school is observed overtime. In their study, they considered the budget cut experiences of Stake Elementary in Bakersfield County, North Carolina and its effects on the faculty and students of the school. The use of a case study in their research allows intensive study on the research participants especially when dealing with the observations of the participants’ behavior which is what the researchers what to observe ...

Part 1. Differences between quantitative and qualitative research

Research is the parlance used to refer to the search of knowledge. It is described by Kothari (2004) as both a scientific and systematic search for information and an art of scientific investigation. There are two approaches used in research, namely quantitative and qualitative research and they vary greatly on how the research is done. Quantitative research only uses measurable data to analyze while the qualitative research approach mainly uses data that are narrative and subjective. The goal or research objective of quantitative data is to use statistical models using a systematic procedure. This approach uses various steps to progress logically ...

Memorandum

This memorandum will examine a scholarly article that discusses organizational change and managerial sense-making. The article critique will be presented in this memo by focusing on the thesis, methods, evidence of thesis support, contribution to literature, recommendation and implication.

Thesis

The strategic planners design change management programs, while the middle managers implement these initiatives by managing resistance and emotions of subordinates to ensure organizational transformation. The article, Organizational Change and Managerial Sense-making focuses on the critical aspect that managers must focus on ‘sense-giving’ to reduce skepticism and uncertainty among subordinates regarding the intent and dedication of their bosses about change management ...

Globalization comes into mind when barter of goods and services take place. In any trading or business-related scenario, separate parties must always ensure fairness when exchanging respective assets and goods. There are two economic theories analyzing the scenario of trading goods and resources, and these two theories are known as comparative advantage and absolute advantage. Comparative advantage focuses on enhancing the quality of produced goods, while absolute advantage determines the capabilities of a company to produce at a highly quantified rate. Choosing a theoretical economic approach may vary depending on the priorities and necessities of concerned parties. However, it is important to ...

This article discusses the emerging issues in the growth and development of corporate social responsibility. It starts by discussing various drivers of to corporate social responsibility. Ideally, business attitudes and its relationship are slowly changing with time due changes in the business environment. As a result, changes in business environments such as technological, political, economic, social, cultural and legal environments are influencing the business behaviours and the way to handle problems. This is to mean that there is great need for corporates to adopt changes in their social responsibility. In addition, social corporate environment is also ensured by focusing on ...

The Current State of Research on New Methods and Technologies for the Safety and Reliability of Assessment of Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics1

Abstract

Materials with high energy have in the past and are still in use for both intensive military and civil purposes. Research and studies have been conducted recently to try establishing and inventing new materials likely to have enhanced high performance and that are less sensitive to heat and shock as compared to existing materials. In future military applications have a threshold to be adjusted to. This paper is mainly focusing on the on the advancements, possible formulations of ...

SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT # 2: CONTEXTUALIZED SUMMARY

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Food safety issues pose important questions concerning risk management, as those constitute a major public concern on health and safety in food consumption. Understanding how risk management experts confront food safety issues requires a deeper understanding of the underlying literature, given the controversy arising from mismatching perceptions between consumers and experts. Such a discrepancy serves as an important point for clarifying the conduct of risk management on food safety issues, hence my choice of the article by Krystallis et al. (2007) entitled: A Perceptual Divide? Consumer and Expert Attitudes to Food Risk Management in ...

Introduction 3

History of Aquaculture 3
Aquaculture and biotechnology 4
Public response to Aqua-biotechnology 4
Ethical Implications of aqua-biotechnology 5
Sustainability of the environment 6
Preserving the existing species 7
Conclusion 8

References 9

Introduction
Plausibly, one of the biggest problems facing the 21st century humanity is food insecurity. This has been occasioned by a rather unpredicted population increase across the world which is mounting too much pressure on the natural resources for food. Aquatic food has been one of the greatest sources of food for humankind. According to statistical predictions, the demand for products is set ...

- Where did you find the research article? Did experts in the field review it before it was published?
The research article was published in the Journal of Education for Business in 2011 . The paper was classified as peer-reviewed, therefore, validating that it was reviewed by experts in the filed before it was published.
- Does the article have a stated research question or problem? That is, can you determine the focus of this author’s work? If so, what is the stated research question or problem?

Research Question 2: What values do students place on interview traits?
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