Principles Article Reviews Samples For Students

Educational Technology & Society

2007
A Summary Report
Educational Technology & Society

Summary report

This Research paper deals with the potential of social software. The concept of social software is quite naïve. According to most of the emerging writers of the concerned field, systems like wikis and blogs (or at least, collections of blogs) can be put in the social software category. YouTube, MySpace, Flickr etcetera can be added to the genre.In e-learning, the social software provides the learners with a choice as whether they wish to control or to be controlled in a learning transaction, and also, it establishes and strengthens the social connections, ...

Conservatism based on Russell Kirk and Phyllis Schlafly’s Works

Conservatism can be defined as a social and or political philosophy that favors the retention of traditional social orders and institutions. This means that in a typical argument between liberals and traditionalists, conservatives would vote for the retention of established dogmas, principles, and institutions, emphasizing the importance of continuity and stability. Following the Second World War, countries, not just the United States, have made great progress in making reforms, either to their existing social, economic, and or political orders. While this may be something that would immediately alarm the conservatives, both Russell Kirk and Phyllis Schlafly presented good points of explanations ...

According to Karen (2013), Police Officers normally train often with guns but less so for the circumstances they get themselves in most of the times. OC spray, teasers and batons are usually on the duty belt of the officer but these may not all the time be viable choices. Other times some good old fashioned hand-to-hand combative is inevitable. Hence, when that time approaches, it is vital to one to have acquired the skills that will finish any violence as fast as possible
There are several excellent hand-to-hand combative systems carried out, for example, Wing Chun Kung Fu ( ...

Article Review

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 ...

Article Review on Achieving Competency in Psychological Assessment

Article Review on Achieving Competency in Psychological Assessment

Literature Review

The article under review was authored by Radhika Krishnamurthy and associates in 2004. The article surmises the proceedings of psychological assessment work group in the Competencies Conference: Future Direction in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology. The objective of this group was to first, identify the core components of psychological assessment competency. Second, determining the primary educational and training requirements that will facilitate competency development(Krishnamurthy et al., 2004). Third, Identifying and explicating strategies that will help evaluate competence. Finally, developing a roadmap for future direction in identification training and evaluation of ...

Taylor, F. Scientific management.
The article is dedicated to outlining importance of basing management on scientific principles, considering advantages, which are associated with using science-based management of initiatives and incentives and explaining four groups of principles of scientific management. Brief overview of quarrels associated with current scientific management-related discourse is provided.
Consideration of four groups of scientific management principles, highlighted in the article, allowed us coming to the conclusion that the article is applicable for the workplace as all the groups unite principles, which are viewed as basis of relationships between workmen and management.
Follett, M.P. ...

The article by National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) describes about the importance of the code of ethical conduct for the programs that involve children from their birth through 8 years, like the infant programs, child care centers to name a few. NAEYC is a non-profit organization that works towards the needs and interests of young children. The article emphasizes the professional relationships on the ethical responsibilities with children, families, colleagues, and with the community and society. The article further categorizes the ethical responsibilities into ideals that reflect the objective of the practitioners and the principles that help ...

The Article “Closing the GAAP” written by Mark K Conny and Published by Enzinearticles on November 22, 2011 analyses the due process and benefits of moving from GAAP-Generally Accepted Accounting principles to the IRFS-International Financing Reporting Standards. The author presents the plans made by US companies requiring that each of them adopts the IFRS by the year 2015 once those plans are approved. The author points out that even though no date has been set yet everyone should be ready for what he refers to as done deal and notes that although differences do exist between IRFS and US ...

Instruction:

David Colander presents a journal known as eastern economic journal in 2016. A set of rules are important to organize the teaching of introductory economics. These rules offer an advantageous instructions and suggestions, which provide a platform for further discussions to unify. If a teacher follows all these efficient rules, then they make grading easier and students can remember all material related to the course. Many Economists argue that our way of teaching is not well and we are teaching the wrong directions as well. Every teacher should keep in mind that every principle is a tool not a ...

In the article, “Principles of Information display for Visualization Practitioners” the author outlines the work on information display by Edward Tufte. It begins by defining the concept of visualizations excellence. According to Dr. Tufte, as the author quotes, visualizations excellence entails the complex ideas, which are communicated with precision, clarity, and efficiency. The author also quotes Dr. Tufte on the things that visualizations should do. Among them include showing the data and making large data sets coherent.
The article also highlights some of the classic information designs along with general principles that Dr. Tufte has researched. Specifically, the article ...

Consuming beef is without a doubt a pleasant practice among many individuals. In fact, not many people pose to think about the kind of treatment the animals were compelled to endure before their slaughter. In the article, This Is What Humane Slaughter Looks Like. Is It Good Enough? McClelland seeks to provide a rationale over the ethical principles about beef consumption. Precisely, are animals subjected to a conducive slaughter environment before their death? Is their demise made humane as many people think? He mentions that the United States enforced the Humane Slaughter Act in 1958. However, over the decades, ...

Frederick W. Taylor, Principles of Scientific Management, 1912

Thesis: According to Fredrick, the principles of scientific management when applied and given sufficient time can be very effective and produce far larger and better results for both employer and employees. The management of “initiatives and incentive” in which those on the management’s side deliberately provide a huge motivation to workmen who work for them and as return the group of workmen responds by putting efforts to their very best ability all the times in the interest of their employers.
“The first advantage which scientific management has over initiatives and incentive management initiative of workmen is obtained practically ...

Introductory section

- Does this material define the primary government? The document has defined the primary government in which the city operates under as the council manger form with six members who are elected for a four year term.
- Does the introductory section discuss the government’s financial condition at the balance sheet date? The introduction briefly discusses the financial position of the government where it states that on a government wide basis, the city’s net assets grew by $19.6 million in that fiscal year which was generated by governmental activities it continues to state that the city’s combined ...

Business Ethics

Business Ethics
Business ethics refer to the just principles that serve as a guideline on the conduct and management of every business. Generally, the ethical principles that apply to an individual are likewise applicable to most businesses. Some people claimed it to be just knowing about the right and wrong practices, however, a closer examination reveals that good ethical practice in the business may differ across organizations. This paper aims to provide an examination of different point of views towards business ethics.

In an article entitled The Merits of Self-leadership, the author came up with a commentary about the ...

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 ...

Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning

Introduction
Critical thinking is the process by which nurses define clients’ problems, examine evidence-based practice and make a rational choice in the delivery of care. The fact that health care is a systematic process that involves the assessment of the current health situation, planning interventions and evaluating the outcome calls for critical thinking and clinical reasoning. Critical thinking is necessary since it makes nurses rely on facts in their efforts to promote positive patient care outcomes.

The article examines the teaching in class and the way it addresses the need for nurses to engage in critical thinking as the ...

The article being reviewed concerns criminal justice and behavior where an intensive rehabilitation supervisory program is analyzed by the application of a quasi-experimental evaluation. There has been an increased understanding that was developed in regard to the interventions that do work as well as those that do not work with offenders. Programs dealing with treatment to offender risk, responsivity factors and needs have been linked with reduced recidivism (Bonta, Wallace-Capretta and Rooney). In other words, it analyses a cognitive-behavioral treatment plan delivered within the scope of intensive community administration through electronic monitoring (EM).
There exists recognition that sanctions devoid of a ...

Introduction

Provision of excellent health care services should be the key objective for any professional health practitioner. According to health policies and regulations, health care practitioners are required or expected to act within the Hippocratic Oath as stipulated by the governing policies and principles. One of the core principles or standard which a health practitioner is expected to uphold is to ensure maximum life protection is offered or created to the involved clients. Lack of meeting or adhering to such principles can be termed to be negligence of one’s duty. Consequently, the aftermath associated with negligence of duty can be ...

Healthcare ethics is sometimes also referred to as medical ethics or bioethics and simply defined, is a set of moral principles, beliefs, and values that guide medical practitioners in making important choices about giving medical care. Four core principles that define ethical responsibilities and within which medical professionals must act in the United States are: Autonomy which demands that the professional honors the patients’ right to decide on their own about the medical care to be given, Beneficence which on the other hand tasks the practitioner with the duty to assist the patients to enhance their own good, Nonmaleficence ...

Human life is sacred. The teaching about life is similar in its application in both religious perspectives as well as in nursing perspective. Just as the way religions such as Catholic Church view the aspect of human dignity, so is the way nursing profession view it. This discussion will focus on some of the major key principles of Catholic Social teachings and their application in nursing practice.

Dignity of a human person

According to the Catholic Church teachings, human life is sacred, meaning that it5 has been sanctified and should be given the respect it deserves. Their teachings also argue that human dignity depicts ...

Crumpacker, M., & Crumpacker, J. (2007). Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad? Public Personnel Management, 36(4), 349-369.

Problem Statement

The problem statement in the article ‘Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad?’ by Martha Crumpacker and Jill M. Crumpacker establishes that the labour force of the present day consist of no less than four age groups, which spread more than sixty years apart. The capability of the department of the human resources to operate with the ...

This assessment meets the following course Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of critical thinking.
2. Identify the things that stop us from thinking critically.
3. Recognize argument structures and begin to evaluate and construct valid arguments.
4. Identify the key fallacies people make in their reasoning.
5. Apply the concepts/principles studied during the course.
Academic Honesty: Breaches of Academic Honesty will be treated with the utmost seriousness. You are reminded the penalties for cheating or plagiarism include dismissal from the HCT.
(for more information please refer to Academic and Student Regulations, HCT Academic Honesty Policy, Student Handbook)

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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 ...

Efficient leadership makes a great impact on employees and contributes to the overall development of the company by sharing the same principles, creating a vision and building a strong team of professionals. There are many different leadership styles with detailed description, however, a true leader should take the best of each while managing the company. In this regard the new leadership style - management by walking around has been defined as the most credible. It applies to the position of a nursing leader, as one should constantly be on the move and fulfill the given responsibilities.
This leadership style ...

Scientific management or Taylorism is one of the theories of management that focuses the analysis, review, and synthesis of workflows to enhance efficiency and productivity. Fredrick Taylor emphasized productivity and efficiency by utilizing scientific principles rather than values and beliefs of employers and employees. Scientific management received a considerable amount of criticism from many theorists and management experts primarily due to the consideration of efficiency and productivity. Taylor focused productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of workflows and functions rather than the wellbeing of workers and employees. This theoretical framework stressed on the perspective of organizational objectives and they do not ...

Abstract

The ratification and finally, the implementation of the details and provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or what is more popularly known as the Obamacare have been the topic of the hottest news and cause of public and private debates not just nationwide but also worldwide. The objective of this paper is to look at and review the PPACA in light of the important principles and concepts about public policy decision making presented by Lindblom in his highly influential work.

Obamacare and the Science of Muddling Through

Charles Lindblom authored one of the most influential articles related to policy making and public ...

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 ...

In his article, Multiplicitous and Inorganic Bodies, Lynn tackles the relevance of understanding the principles of proportional geometry. By incorporating this principles on architectural designs, architects can achieve harmony which results to a natural, well-crafted work (Lynn, 1992). As a professor of architecture, Lynn is thoroughly concerned with the spatial bodies of inanimate objects he refers to as ‘organisms’. Lynn argues that in order to better understand any object, destroying it would be the first option. Similarly, biological sciences attempt to study the vital functions of the organs through live dissection and open surgery. In architecture, creating a plan is also a simple ...

Business Modeling

Abstract
The objective of business modeling is to collaborate specific goals for businesses and organizations and forming them as part of a whole of a business strategy. Businesses and organizations, particularly large ones with multitudes of divisions and departments, follow integrated practices, although separately, but work toward achieving the same results. The dynamics of business modeling is set to create a renowned value for an organization’s structure, infrastructure and policies. In theory and practice core values are what form an organization’s rationale such as social, economic, or cultural. Seemingly internal stakeholders are often oblivious to applications as long as ...

Question 1

A community is composed of a set of individuals. In order for it to develop, each individual should be socially conscious and responsible towards the society, as it is a core of their existence. Social responsibility according to Vanasupa is about refining the quality of relations with key stakeholders. Vanasupa further states that individuals have societal obligations to fulfill and in that way harm or help themselves or others. Engaging in acts that may impair oneself or others should actually not be classified as a social responsibility. It is more of being irresponsible and may bring retrogression to the contemporary society.
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Ergonomics Principles and Using IT as a Remedy for Probable Work Related Injuries in Construction Projects by Mojtaba Valinejad Shoubi, Azin Shakiba Barough, Amin Rasoulijavaheri

Summary of the Article

The article entitled “Ergonomics Principles and Using IT as a Remedy for Probable Work Related Injuries in Construction Projects” which was written by Shoubi, Barough and Rasoulijavaheri presented relevant issues pertaining to evaluating Muscoloskeletal Disorders (MSDs) which were deemed particularly predominant in the construction industry. An initial overview of MSDs, also revealed to be known as Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs) were provided through the disclosure of information on the work-related problem from previous related literatures. Thus, ...

Introduction

This article will review a book by authors, Alexi Pavlichev and G. David Garson with title Digital Government; Principles and best practices. The article will also review a book section of Portals and Policy: Implications of Electronic Access to U.S. Federal Government Information and Services by Patricia Diamond Fletcher.

Summary

Review and evaluate
According to Fletcher (2004), three variables that led to the development of federal portal include top level support, an enabling policy environment, and the necessary diffusion of technology. The author is concerned with the benefits of portals in the government and other users in development of portal. The ...

Summary

Reading the bible and getting meaning out of the passages is most probably one of the most complicated things for Christians. The bible has been mentioned as one of the most inspiring books and the most read. However, despite all the worth that is attached to the bible, many people still finds it hard to not only read it but also get the most out of it. In the article How to read the bible for all its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, they highlight some of the strategies that can be followed by a Christian to ...

Article Review: Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs

Article Review: Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs

Summary

The position statement issued by NAEYC in 2009 maintains that a developmentally appropriate practice is an effective intervention in the field of education. Developmentally appropriate practice is a best practices framework for early childhood education. In discussing this framework, the the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) highlighted the (a) issues in the early childhood education environment, (b) new knowledge that addresses the identified issues, (c) primary considerations in applying the framework, (d) child development and learning principles that guide program implementation, (e ) guidelines in implementing the framework, and (f) implications ...

Summary of the Four Elements of Financial Management

Healthcare industry is riddled with high operation costs. In most instances, the revenues generated from offering medical services far exceed the revenue received from offering such services. As a result, facilities incur huge losses during their operation periods. Financial management information is very vital for controlling these costs through its four elements. To begin with, financial management begins by measuring the quantitative and qualitative performance of a healthcare facility. In addition to measuring the financial strength of the facility, they also measure the quality of care and the level of patient satisfaction. By using diverse categories of measures, health facilities can ...

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 ...

Presented herein is an analysis of 2 Peer Reviewed Research Articles based on how researchers understand organizational leadership and worker traits and their ethical relevance to Information Technology. It gives the summary, the analysis, and the synthesis of the articles.

Article 1

Summary
This research article is based on the effective project team leadership theory as viewed from the angle of leader traits, skills, roles, and behaviors. The research examines leadership principles from the actual work settings of organizations, specifically the dynamic projects, with an aim of discovering the actual happenings as compared to the espoused theory. The research question ...

Integration of ABM and ABC in Dow Chemicals Limited

The Dow chemical, an international chemical company, applied activity based costing in order to enable the global business to report the contribution margins according to the geographical area, specific products and customers. The management believed that the system would assist in better decision making in the use and the deployment of its resources. In the traditional accounting system, the costs were assigned to areas such as sales and purchases. However the method was inappropriate as it resulted to fluctuating cash flows since the main focus of costs was on prime costs. It did not provide the manager with accurate ...

Part I: Using the questions in the Munro article, go through the two pieces of criticism by Greenberg and Rosenberg and write answers for each question posed by Munro.

In Greenberg’s “Towards a Newer Laocoon,” the work being criticized seemed to be art in general, and the struggle between all different types of art to become the dominant art form relative to its period. For the most part, Greenberg discusses avant-garde painting, and how it had and continue to has a purity that elevates itself above most art forms. He claims that there are no greater justifications for depicting nature ...

Introduction

The research was carried out to establish the results of a three-year training program which is founded on the learning principles. The effectiveness of the program is being evaluated in promoting authentic Leadership (AL) the participants’ mindfulness. The reason for carrying out the evaluation is due to arguments between various authors who reasoned out that the adoption of authentic leader method is attributed by coherence between the actions undertaken and espoused values and clear intentions. The characteristics are required to attain sustainable business performance (Baron, 2016). Throughout the world, there is a call for genuine leadership which will guide ...

LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) rating systems such LEED-ND are designed for the certification of exemplary neighborhood development projects which show exemplary performance in relation to smart growth, green building, and new urbanism. Contextually, such development projects include whole neighborhoods, multiple neighborhoods, and even parts of neighborhoods. By reviewing the Pilot version of the LEED-ND 2007 certification document, it is evident that LEED-ND systems are designed to drive the marketplace towards acknowledging the central doctrine of green building i.e. the simple fact that our personal, economic and environment health is significantly influenced by our immediate surroundings which include the places ...

The article is impressive in the manner it discusses issues regarding the challenges that people face in their bid to achieve social justice. It is particularly remarkable given that it exposes a contemporary society that is geared towards prosperity by all means possible while disregarding equally important conservative principles. The aspect of fighting for social justice is apparent when the author observes how the Buddhists embarked on a mission to address a local problem of deforestation and destruction of the ecosystem after realizing how harmful the trend was to the community. From the article, the use of religion by ...

1. Summary
The article “The perception of ethics in business: analysis of research results” written by Włodzimierz Srokaa and Marketa Lőrinczy represents a report based on a research conducted in the field of business ethics in Poland and the Czech Republic (Srokaa & Lőrinczy, 2015). The scholars state that business ethics is of utmost importance for modern companies that want to position themselves as serious and successful enterprises in the growing business environment. Therefore, they conclude that sustainable development of a contemporary company is not conceivable without taking into account basic elements of business ethics (Srokaa & Lő ...

Toyota is a global automobile manufacturer that has outperformed other competing businesses because of its reliability, cost reduction, productivity, market capitalization, and sales growth that continue to expand each year. This has been attributed to Toyota’s tactics and tools in its operations such as kanban pull systems, production cells and cords which it uses as the main operating principles. These policies are geared towards ensuring that the business has continuous improvements in safety, efficiency and reliability hence enabling the company to achieve profitability and higher market share continually. Toyota relies on production systems with nested experiments throughout its ...

Abstract

The article is about writing and critical thinking in the workplace. It covers issues on changing organizational environment, comparisons of traditional and new principles as well as understanding of public relations. The authors present these topics to how they affect the perception of technical communications amidst an increasingly demanding complex environment. They also show the adjustments that can be applied to help professionals adapt to the workplace.
Keywords: changing organizational environment, public relations, new principles, technical communication, professional adjustments, curriculum design, technical writing and higher education.

Introduction

Media personalities and CEO recognize the importance and the value of quality technical ...

The alternative payment model and value-based payments processes introduced by the Department of Health and Human Services in March 2015 aims at changing the health care payment methods to lower the cost of care and achieve better patient outcomes as the nation moves to the population-based health care (HCPLAN, 2016). Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) graduates should familiarize themselves with the new payment model because it assists in understanding the requirements of the new payment methods. An APRN gains knowledge about new reimbursement mechanisms and their application in the delivery of care to meet the healthcare goals.
On the ...

The Quality by Design (QbD) does well in defining the good practices that need to be adhered to in the development of pharmaceutical products. The Quality by Design (QbD) is displayed as a very systematic approach to the development of drugs. It emphasizes on process control and understanding of the processes that define how a product is developed. It is evident that Quality by Design is based on strong scientific ground and a quality manner of managing risks.
The Q8 (R2) demonstrates by example when it defines the QbD approach. The first step in the QbD approach is determining ...

ARTICLE DISCUSSION

Essay
The basic principles of Economics might seem very primitive for someone. Even though, they usually easily describe the basic principles of life. The well known demand - supply balance works in every field of our life starting from buying stuff at the grocery store to searching for a person to spend your life with.

Article description

In this essay I would like to discuss the article written by Bob Davis called “The Thorny Economics of Illegal Immigration” from the Wall Street Journal. This article is about the issues that appeared as a result of an immigration policy that was invented ...

Sanitary Reform—introduction of the systematic sewerage in English and American cities

Sanitary Survey (the term did not exist at the time)—investigation of the sanitary conditions in a city and their correspondence with public health status for later use in planning of the sewerage system

Filth Theory—a theory stating that infections could be caused by “miasmatic affluvia” or “aeriform poison”

Cistern—a container for collection of rainwater
Cesspool—a receptacle for excrements and filth in the form of a pit
Privy Vault—a water closet from which the excrements were drained to a cesspool
Private Lot Waste Removal—a system of house-drains and common sewers, privy vaults and cesspools that were build by all households and businesses. The sewers were originally intended to provide drainage ...

Economic transformation has led to tremendous change in the role, scale and meaning of major urban airports worldwide. The major gateway airports are attracting spatial concentrations of commercial activities, leading to transport induced growth (aerotropolis). In Australia, airports are becoming major business centers and are being leased off to private companies by the government. The airports are no longer public goods but profit oriented ventures. As a result of development of these airports by these private companies, complications arise which relate to land use, environmental impacts and implications, infrastructural transport and stakeholder relationship. The impacts of airports are a challenge to ...

The Resurgence of Chinese Power and the Coming of Islam

In this article the author argues that: “the establishment of the Ming dynasty constituted an age of Chinese ascendancy, largely the result of the aggressive foreign policies of the early Ming emperors and their successful reassertion of the tribute system” (181). The main point is that there were lots of impressive decisions and discoveries made that promoted the authority of the emperor to the highest level as well as lots of pity mistakes that diminished the possible gains. From the author’s point of view and as human experience suggests, no people’s hegemony lasts forever and the Chinese ...

Major Focus of the Article

The article titled, “Strategic Opportunity, And Anguish, For U.S. Companies That Are FIFA Sponsors” by Groves centers on the ethical decision that the sponsors of the world’s football governing body, FIFA ought to make regarding its recent scandalous allegations involving money laundering, bribery, and racketeering. Among these sponsors include the United States leading companies such as McDonald’s, Adidas AG, Nike, Coca-Cola Co, and Visa. Groves implies that all the FIFA sponsors are caught in the cross-fire, that is, between taking part in FIFA’s prosecution and capitalizing on profits. Just like all other organizations, FIFA sponsors have ...

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 ...

Information Governance in Healthcare

The electronic health record system (HER) is one of the adopted health information technology. The core attention of the system is to improve the quality of services and to obtain efficiency in healthcare. Most of the healthcare industry adopts and implements the new technology such as the data collection and information and its strategies, advantages, and optimization. In 2014, AHIMA conducted a study that most of the healthcare organizations are beginners in terms of information tools in business knowledge and analysis. These organizations utilize and manage the information gathered for years and they considered the information as the competency and ...

Coca Cola Company is a global brand which specializes in the manufacture of beverage products. One of the reasons why Coca Cola performs well in the competitive market is due to its competitive pricing. The prices of Coca are fairly stable and are not subject to huge fluctuations (Mankiw 89). For instance, in the year 2008 the price of 12 packs of 300ml cans was $2.99 in 2011 the prices were $3.79, and it remains unchanged at $3.79 in 2014.
Source (http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaq5.html)
Percentage change in price = {(3.79-2.99)/2.99} *100 = 26.76%the change in prices over the period of ...

Introduction

Leadership and motivation are concepts that are inherent in any achievement of desired goals. Every individual or organization with personal or corporate objectives respectively needs to apply leadership and motivation concepts. Leadership goes hand in hand with the amount of influence that a given person can impact on his followers. The ability to convince followers towards a common goal determines a leader’s performance. In my opinion, motivation is the basis for all achievements in all aspects. Leadership influences the performance of any individual or organization. In addition, it influences how parties involved in an organization’s activities are motivated towards the ...

Where Auditors Fear to Tread Article Review

In the article Where Auditors Fear to Tread, Paul M. Clikeman brings to light the issue of earnings management. Clikeman argues that earnings management should be classified in the same category as fraud because both earnings management and fraud have one thing in common: misrepresenting the organization’s financial performance. Clikeman goes further to allege that the flexibility within GAAP (General Accepted Accounting Principles) allows this subtle form of fraud to take place. He further asserts that this unethical practice is either ignored or even encouraged.
The article also gives some of the reasons as to why managers ...

Reflection Paper on ‘The Character Factory’

David Brooks’ article ‘The Character Factory’, talks about the conflicting assumptions that parents and governments make about children when it comes to decision making about their life outcomes. Brooks says that nearly every parent want their children to develop character to make it in life while the governments be it republican or democratic focus mainly on the economic aspects of the child development. He says that the democrats address the issue of material deprivation of the poor while the republicans adjust the economic incentives or regulatory barriers. Brooks quotes from Reeves’ article, ‘The New Politics of Character’ to further ...

David Kolb developed the Experiential Learning Cycle theory in 1984. In his theory, Kolb explained that learning happens in four stage cycles and four separate learning styles where the recipient learns by undergoing the different knowledge phases from experience to reflection, followed by conceptualizing and ends with Action.
The Experiential learning theory according to Kolb outlines learning as the process of gaining, assimilating, transforming and owning knowledge by interacting with the environment (Kolb, 1984, p. 41). These interactions include abstract, concrete, reflective and active participation forms of learning.

The learning process follows this basic model (Saul McLeod, 2013)

As indicated in the model. Kolb’s learning model follows a ...

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 ...