Real Estate Article Reviews Samples For Students

In the year 1990, Portland city adopted a historic ordinance for recognition and preservation of its significant collection comprising of historic architecture and landscapes. Approximately 1800 properties are protected in the city including the Stroudwater, old port, Congress Street, Fort McKiley on great Diamond Island and the west among others. The main intent was to manage thoughtfully the unique character of the historic sites by protecting them from demolition, alteration, and ensuring compatibility with the original designs while putting up new structures. More and more buildings have been rehabilitated with historic preservations and new compatible buildings been build up. The ...

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 ...

A town center should be a place where one can walk, with open air multi-use development that is designed around a clearly identifiable public realm. Town centers are used for retail, leisure, dining and residential purposes.
Retails are successful for example in eastern Colombus unlike downtown Colombus, is an example of a successful town center, Eastern Columbus was built in a green field, and has 15 million visitors a year, and this was in 1993. It had inviting public place and filled with people. There are other people however who do not like places filled with people and prefer town centers with no ...

Introduction

Energy usage and savings has become a major factor in the design of buildings. The performance of buildings is important for the design life of the building and contributes to cost incurred in the long run. The article provides a summary of research findings on the benefits of exterior energy improvements and provides reasons why it is important to construct a building envelope energy evaluation. The purpose of carrying out an energy evaluation is developing the best approach when doing an improvement project on a building.
John L. Pierson who is an engineering services manager with over 17 years experience in the ...

There are differences and similarities between new nonconformance ordinance and old nonconformance ordinance. Working and conforming to the provisions of both new nonconformance ordinance and old nonconformance ordinance. An ordinance refers to a decree or legislation established by an institution or a local authority to regulate its affairs. It is the by-law that has an authoritative order. In most cases, as the map changes or new locations and zones established, majority of structures, buildings and uses are rendered noncompliant as new provisions are applied. Structures, buildings, lots and uses that were initially compliant with the location laws are sometimes rendered noncompliant. ...

The Construction Cost Trends for 2014 September/ October2014 issue

The BNi@ Building News and Design Cost DataTM are regarded as important American magazines used in the construction industry. They are the leading providers of the industry intelligence. The articles are mainly devoted to delivering the industrial critical information to help in providing reliable cost estimates to all the industry concerned bodies. The article is quite helpful for the construction professionals’ on matters such as projecting future building cost and the building trends (BNi@ Building News 24).

Authors and Audience

The Construction Cost Trends for 2014 magazine contributed by BNi@ Building News, shows how the housing trend is recovering from many parts ...

The article by Bryan Hoskins who has a Ph. D. in Fire Protection Engineering dwells on the importance of structurally sound tall buildings in the context of possible disasters caused by fires or explosions which destroy the buildings in question. There is also substantial guidance on how to design an egress system in a tall building whilst also taking into account the Life safety Code.
The main thrust of the article is also based on calculating how people will behave when a tall building is evacuated. This will assist the engineer to design an egress system which has to account for ...

Supply chain managers may see decline in warehouse vacancies

The article “Supply chain managers may see decline in warehouse vacancies” talks about the decline of vacancies in warehouses across the country, highlighting that this trend is a sign of revival of the U.S. economy after a few years of post-2008 recession. The momentum is strong both in leasing and absorption, as well as in the level of construction, indicating that warehouses may no longer remain vacant, as it was the case during the previous years.
The news about higher activity in the commercial real estate market seems to be a sign of the overall economic recovery. The demand for warehousing space ...

Columbia College

Introduction
This paper provides a critique of an article “Group dynamics and Team building” written by Nazzaro A and Strazzabosco J. Thesis statement: The possible ways to improve group dynamics and team building. The theories presented in this article are reflected from the “workshop on group dynamics and team building, presented at the WFH Global NMO Training Workshop May 16-18, 2002, in Huelva, Spain” Nazzaro & Strazzabosco, 2009, pg 5.

Summary

Nazzaro is from National hemophilia Foundation (USA) while Strazzabosco is a consultant and trainer in USA. The authors of this article, covers the topic of group dynamics and team building in ...

The study involved an examination of the influences of several personality and situational variables on assisting behavior in an emergency situation as the one depicted by the parable of the Good Samaritan. The authors of the article note “helping those in distress is one of the characteristics of an ethical act”. An ethical act refers to proceedings governed by principled norms and precepts taught to young ones in church, school and home environments. The different personality theories result to differences in internalization of the said standards that would result to differences between individuals in the event in which they ...

Inter-personal relationships is an important key to the success of any IT and business collaborative projects, according to the “Project Management: How IT and Business Relationships Shape Success,” (Levinson). Leaders or people involved in such project should exert conscious effort to manage inter-personal relationships within the group. These relationships would ultimately determine how the project flows and ultimately ends.
Building and maintaining trust between IT and business is one of the most important tasks of the team manager. Trust needs to be strong among the members of the team to allow smoother and faster flow of work and eliminate ...

Leadership and Innovation by Barsh, J., Capozzi, M.M. & Davidson, J.

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Barsh et al. (N.d.), in their article called ‘Leadership and Innovation’, insist that innovation is just a term theoretically understood by senior executives, but not pragmatically applied. This is exhibited by a research where 70% of senior executives assert that innovation is critical in the next three years for expanding companies both financially and globally. However, despite the known fact, 65% senior executives are not conversant of how to apply innovation into transforming organizational fortunes to the better. Furthermore, the authors also positively relate leadership with innovation, where the presence of good leadership in ...

This is a review and analysis of a source of information about the Milwaukee Civil Rights Marches in 1967. The source selected and used is a document: Restrictive Real Estate Covenants, Fox Point Gardens, dated June 18, 1940 and recorded July 26, 1940.

The subject document is two pages containing a total of 18 covenants, governing and restricting the occupation and use of residential lots and dwellings on a Wisconsin village called Fox Point Gardens, located about 12 miles north of Milwaukee.

The document was retrieved from an archive called the Barbee Papers, created in 2010 by Lloyd Barbee. However the Restrictive Covenants document ...

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. ...

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 recent financial crisis and its causes.

Financial crisis is a situation whereby people lose confidence in the banking sector and therefore their investments in many countries is affected. The value of the assets owned by the financial institutions and other investors reduce in value to a great extent (WIEDEMER, 2012). This has adverse effects in the economy of many countries. The recent financial crisis has resulted to many problems in the whole world. According to the article by Gordon and Metric, the major cause of the financial crisis is the increase in debt of various countries. Both public and private debt was behind the cause of the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Hotel Monte Carlo Hotel in Las Vegas was built in 1995. Three years later, on 25th January 2008 a fire broke and destroyed some parts of the hotel. It is believed that the main factor for the start of this fire was the welding that happened on the on a catwalk at the roof high screen parapet wall of the Monte Carlo Hotel (Beitel, J., & Evans, D., 2011). The investigation results were never published. However, the questions remained. What were the things that contributed to the spread of fire trough out the building?
The investigators examined the constructions material ...

In the article ‘playboy’ (which was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s) the author made reference to an idealized bachelor house giving a cross section from the house and evaluating the aspects of interior design as earlier mentioned.
- Pile J. Interior Design, New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 2007
- Elizabeth F. A journal of urban history: Playboy’s urban lifestyle, 2008. Retrieved from http://juh.sagepub.com/content/34/5/747
Responding to this post, I can claim that in my opinion the idea of interior design was considered keenly in the building. The aspect that a swimming pool and seats were ...

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 ...

Bolander et al. (2015). Social networks within sales organizations: their development and importance for salesperson performance. Journal of Marketing, 79(6), 1-16. doi:10.1509/jm.14.0444

Overview - Summary of the Key Points

The topic of this article is related to salespersons performance. Traditionally, it was based on sales people relations with customers and their own activities. Off late, researchers have found other factors, playing a leading role in sales people’s performance. Main focus of this research is on sales people’s intra-organizational connections and activities, helping in realising high sales outputs as well as the role played by different traits of the sales persons. Other than the ...

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1.What are the four techniques the author describes?

1. projecting solar depth - cantilevered louvers;
2. capturing the flow of air - double skin facades;
3. occupying the envelope - hybrid conditioned atria; and
4. responding to the surface - environmental data logging (Trubiano).
2. How do these examples "increase the depth of the envelope" according to the author?
Trubiano explains that the increase of the "depth" of the envelope becomes possible through the following means: the amplification of material layers for drifting and displacing light, air and heat at the exterior ...

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 ...

Article Critiques

Article Critiques

The researchers of this study sought to examine the relationship between heavy drinking and the consequences on undergraduate females and their living environment. The four types of environments considered were: residential learning communities RLC) and non-residential learning communities and same sex and coed environments. The negative consequences young women experienced were described as hangovers, embarrassment, blackouts, missing class and sexual harassment (Boyd et al 2008).
This study is part of a long term longitudinal study. A random sample of 2,502 first year students was selected, representing both RLC and non RLC environments and single sex or ...

Thesis

The main subject of study in this article is the immense hope that the poor hold in their hearts despite the fact that they are passing through difficult moments that threaten to kill their dreams. Moreover, parents commit promises that they are not sure to realize to their children just to brighten their future life but it remains the offspring’s sole responsibility to work and achieve goals set by their parents

Introduction

The article “The House on Mango Street” gives an account of the life of the writer together with his siblings and parents. The writer, siblings and parents ...

1. Design an integrated brand development communication programme for Taris that incorporates name, logo, symbols, and colour. If you cannot draw a label, just describe it, like brand name, background colour, other brand elements, etc.

The name of the new Taris brand should communicate both the characteristics of the oil and its health benefits, while being easily understandable for the American users. The name “Green Olive” is both simple and reveals the essence of the product. The word “green” in the name implicitly suggests that the product is both natural and supports a healthy lifestyle. The logo of the brand should ...

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Introduction

Employee motivation is one of the most crucial components of the success of any business or organization. Employers invest in their human resource in order to build an organization’s capacity to overcome adverse effects on its operational capacity especially with regards to periods of low business operation or absence of business opportunities. (Glassvisage; Hacker; Herubudiarto; Holt, M; Demand Media, present some major communication methods through which an organization’s executive committee can promote good business ethic and professional management of internal issues in order to promote internal relationships that form support structures necessary for overcoming an organization’ ...

Psychology

Exposure Therapy for Fear of Spiders in an Adult with Learning Disabilities: A Case Report
Introduction
Past research has shown that people with learning disabilities are prone to a higher extent of being susceptible to phobias of various types. Exposure therapy is a type of treatment for phobias, where subjects are repeatedly exposed to the thing they are afraid of till the latent fear subsides, primarily as a result of the subjects associating non-threatening cues with the objects creating phobias. Past research has depended upon behavioral indices to determine success, overlooking the fact that people with learning disabilities could ...

ARTICLE REVIEW: ENCLOSED IMAGES

Summary
The article by Beatriz Colomina ‘Enclosed images’ discusses the importance of enclosed images in our present life. In the article, images are found in various perspectives and their usage is wide beyond the ordinary expectations of people. The article further looks at the evolution of multiscreen technology and the use of images to give a story through a documentary of a short film. According to author, Colomina, the establishment of experimental cinema and designing of military war rooms is majorly a contribution of designers and artists. The use of artists to contribute towards designs of images and multiscreen ...

Realist theory arose by way of reaction to the shortcomings of utopian philosophy and the utopianism underlying the post-World War I peace-building process. What is the realist critique of utopianism in relation to the League of Nations? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Woodrow Wilson was the most prominent advocate of the utopian approach underlying the post-World War I peace-building process. His concept of international world order was based on two important prerequisites: first, he envisaged a new world order governed by an international framework of “collective security” (Carr, p. 8) between nations which he considered essential for the ...

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Citation:
Is the title clear and concise? (Yes or No):
Comment: Yes
Does it promise no more than the study can provide? (Yes or No):
(Hint: Read article completely and work through other sections before answering this one.)
Comment: Yes
Carbon monoxide is known to be an exceedingly perilous indoor contamination prompting serious wellbeing results. In any case, CO-related mortality information is not accessible through standard reporting plans, and accordingly, the extent of CO- related mortality has dependably been liable to estimation.
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This paper gives a reader’s guide for the course work. It gives an analysis of the political influences on the conservation of national parks and building of dams. For a very long time, the United Stats of America (USA) has faced a lot of problems as far as its environmental conservation is concerned.
First and foremost, it is important to agree with the presenter for arguing that the National Parks and the designated wildernesses are some of the most important preservationist class of land in the country. Whereas some National Parks are located within the designated wildernesses, some designated wildernesses ...

Person and Place in PreClassic Maya Ritual

Person and Place in PreClassic Maya Ritual
The enigmatic Maya civilization evokes pangs of interest among historians and commoners. The ancient civilization was advanced in several ways and their quintessence is still existent on the heart of the world which is adorned by the massive archeological structures constructed by the Maya people. An insight into their constructions would enable one to decipher the intricacies of their culture. The Maya society and its structure can be comprehended in relation to the artifacts, paintings, monuments, temples and other structures. Excavations in the heartland of the ancient Maya civilization have unearthed ...

David Meer

Reflection by
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Theory is the starting point:
In this part, the author addresses analysts who will quickly be overwhelmed by the amount of data available about customers’ preferences. Relatively, random data analytics will not lead to any improvement of certain services if it was not theory-based. Theory provides a clear strategic pathway to follow on data analytics in order to come out with new feasible trends that attract new customers, and work on improving certain provided services. However, to widen the circle of target customers, there should be a clear hypothesis to start with about customers’ ...

This article done by Sherman Garnet focuses on the issue regarding denuclearization of Ukraine. Ukraine reached an agreement with Russia and United States stating that they would give up nuclear weapons within four and a half years. Despite signing this agreement and giving assurance that she would cooperate in doing so, this process of denuclearizing Ukraine was a hard task due the below listed issues that complicated the process as is evident from the article.
- Ukraine was a center for nuclear weapons even before she had gained the status of a fully independent country. She had well established Centre for nuclear ...

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Young people form a majority when it comes to a countries population. They are therefore the core decision makers and the main determinants of how stable the economy is. However, it is unfortunate that most of the young people and more especially in institutions of higher learning tend to shun from activities that are geared towards national building. As the United States gears towards election, it is important for the young people in universities to be reminded of the fundamental role they will play in deciding who the next leaders will be. It was hence a wise decision for Alpha ...

The articles elaborate Johnson and Johnson's novel marketing strategy in Africa to gain a greater market share in the region. The company has recently turned to Africa to improve its future sales in the medical diagnostics and pharmaceuticals segments. Its primary marketing strategy has been investing in research and development in the continent. It is building relationships with the consumers by first providing the residents of South Africa with the desperately needed services such as mobilizing health facilities and drug distribution. (Johnson & Johnson 1). The company is investing in building these relationships because it presents them with a market ...

Article Review: Getting the Public Involved

Article Review: Getting the Public Involved

The article provides a piece of information about the reaction of the concerned citizens of Rushmore and Pleasantville about building a four-lane highway in the neighborhood. It also presents a systematized list of the groups and associations who opposed to the new road project and introduces the key reasons of their concerns: “In addition to the road construction project, they are concerned about the elimination of existing farmland to build private dwellings or commercial structures.” ” (Communication & Participation: Getting The Public Involved, 1999-2000). The article thus tries to identify the opinion of the majority ...

The piece in question is on display in Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University. The author, A. Lee Ayars titled it All in Itself. Although created by American artist, the sculpture seems to be reminiscent of ancient Greek art because of the colors and some of the shapes present on the piece.
It can be argued that the piece belongs to representational art because if one were to look only at the sculpture’s silhouette, it would have looked like a three-dimensional bust of a snowman. On the other hand, however, the body of this particular snowman consists of ...

American Public University

In this paper, I will analyze the advantages of creating a business in the form of corporation and cost structures of companies. Companies develop some strategies to have the possible least cost of production and gain an advantage in competition. Preference for forming an organization is the first step. Corporation legal structure presents some advantages to companies. Also, companies need to have full knowledge of costs to be able to manage costs to maximize their profits. Eventually, this paper will give some insights about these subjects.
Corporation is a legal form of building an organization for a company. Operating ...

Question 1

John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success is still applicable to the current business environment. The pyramid named loyalty, team spirit, condition and skill present in the team. These attributes are essential to today’s business environment as they help nurture the relationship between the firm and its clients. The Pyramid of Success is applicable not only to basketball where Wooden was a coach but also in our day to day live. Through Wooden, we learned that the end is always a result of our doings and misdoings. Therefore, businesses that want to prosper in the long term should not ...

Article 1: Barriers to fitness: Overcoming common challenges

The Mayo Clinic Staff (par. 1) examine the possible excuses that people provide to avoid training and exercises. The various reasons that individuals give include lacking adequate time, finding exercise boring, laziness, tiring, lack of support, self-consciousness, expensive, fear of getting hurt, not being athletic, and past failures in training. For each reason, Mayo Clinic Staff outlines several ways that individuals can utilize to overcome the barriers. It is vital for people to set aside adequate time to exercise by cutting down on other activities such as driving and sleeping. The training should include routines that the individual enjoys ( ...

NMHC is a care delivery model that uses advanced practice nurses to lead practice arrangements for the provision of comprehensive care services to vulnerable populations. Ely (2015) notes that NMHC-centered models associate with colleges, schools, universities, nursing departments, social service agencies, non-profit health organizations, and qualified health centers. Through NMHC, nurses acquire the skills needed to reframe service delivery in primary health care. The building blocks of this model include primary care, chronic disease management, wellness education, as well as care integration and coordination (Ely, 2015).
Various major studies demonstrate that primary care is cost-effective when delivered under nurse ...

Israel and Palestine have been fighting over Gaja for decades. The ongoing struggle has left Gaja in ruins. The ongoing siege of the Gaja territory by Israeli forces has made it impossible for any humanitarian efforts to rebuild the Gaja strip. In the midst of this conflict, Coca-Cola has decided to invest in the Gaja territory and is set to build a factory. The author examines the real reasons behind such investment and takes a microscopic look at the deal to determine whether this investment will be for the benefit of people residing in the Gaja strip or will ...

Section One

Wyandotte County is situated in the US and is bordered by Johnson on the shores of river Missouri. The county has an average of 156 miles and is one of the smallest counties in the city, and this reason has forced residents to work or reside in the neighboring areas. As indicated by the county's population statistics, it is evident that the county had a steady growth but later declined during the ‘80's and ‘90's. However, it is worth noting that the decline in population growth negatively affected the economy of the county, but its revival in early 2000 ...

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 ...

Ahnee-Benham, M.K.P., Napier, L.A. (2002). An alternative perspective of educational leadership for change. Reflections on native/indigenous ways of knowing. In K.A.Leithwood& P.Hallinger (eds.) Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration (pp. 133-165)
The article by Ahnee-Benham& Napier (2002) is dedicated to considering traditional and new ways of applying indigenous knowledge in order to improve the understanding of educational leadership. In this regard, the article has three major aims. Firstly, it attempts to locate, systematize and discuss leadership theory and practice, as understood and practiced in various indigenous communities. Secondly, an important task of the research is contrast contemporary ...

In her article for New York Times Public & Private; No Place Like Home, Anna Quindlen tells about a new building in Rio constructed to serve as permanent housing for the homeless people. This project was started out of the initiative of a non-profit group and is an alternative to providing homeless with temporary shelters. The buildings constructed for the project are fully functional homes with kitchens, baths, rooms and everything like in real homes. Moreover, alcoholic and drug addictions treatment will be provided as necessary. The tenants will participate in job training and will be able to pay for ...

The field of Civil Engineering deals with the design considerations, actual construction and maintenance of both man-made and naturally built structures and environment. Most people perceive Civil Engineering as that subject whose focus is limited to only buildings and roads. In fact, there are a lot more: from roads, tunnels, canals, bridges, retaining walls, highways, dams, industrial plants, airports, water and wastewater treatment, oil refineries, just to mention a few. All these parts require expertise in Civil Engineering. Undergraduate education in this field provides all the basic subjects that every student is expected to be conversant with. They include: ...

In 2006, Fernandez and Rainey (2006) completed a meta-analysis of the research which had been conducted regarding changes in organizational culture, and the models or frameworks which can be used to implement that change. They determined that many of the frameworks are strikingly similar, and more specifically identified eight factors which “change leaders and participants” should pay special attention to when implementing a major organizational change (Fernandez & Rainey, 2006). These factors include: insuring there is a need for change, providing a plan for change, building the internal support for change in order to overcome resistance, ensuring management support and ...

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The juvenile offenders, at the end of the 18th and the beginning of 19th centuries, were sentenced, punished and served their punishments in jails or other penal units in very miserable conditions, along with adult criminals or mentally ill individuals. The situation changed under the actions of the new established movement for Prevention of Pauperism with leaders Thomas Eddy and John Griskom, who opposed to the current practice of placing juveniles in penitentiaries with adults and insisted on establishment of new units that would answer the requirements for domicile of poor and rambling through the ...

- GE’s main businesses are around the sectors of commercial finance, infrastructure, energy, healthcare and transportation. Healthymagination is an initiative by Jeffery Immelt, the current CEO of GE conglomeration. Innovation and entrepreneurial spirit among managers are the key values that govern the GE culture in the age of healthymagination. Jack Welch had promoted an organizational culture that focused on lean management and productivity, but Immelt is focusing on quick problem solving and entrepreneurial initiatives. “Imagination at work’ is the favorite punch line used by Immelt to drive the business.

As per the culture carved by Immelt, the ...

Introduction

Supply chain management is a term that is very common in many businesses enterprises. It is a term that has been subjected to a variety of definition but in its simplest form, supply chain management is a management philosophy whereby manufacturers or service providers utilize various integration and partnership efforts with suppliers to reduce the cost and improve quality and delivery timing. Terms such as integrated logistics, supplier integration, integrated purchasing strategy, supply chain management, value chain management, Just-In –Time (JIT) logistics, supply chain synchronization and lean production are some terms that are often mentioned alongside supply chain management. These terms usually represent ...

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 ...

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Educators in the West always promote individuality in teaching youngsters in their early childhood. They always make sure that every child has one set of toys, books and art materials to be able to explore and study on their own. It is teaching children’s independence and competitiveness. In the context of mainland China however, there is an inspiring way of teaching that educators are implementing. In an observation done by Freeman (1998), it brings another good perspective on how to nurture children towards building a community that does not leave an individual behind. It ...

Article summary The article by Roberts Michael and John Davis emphasizes the importance of entrepreneurship in the management of family businesses. Roberts and John argues that for family businesses to grow and become successful, the families must embrace entrepreneurship. They support their argument by stating that it is entrepreneurs and not managers who identify opportunities, generate ideas and drive the implementation of new business lines. As a result, business grows, diversify and build assets. The article provides two main reasons why families should encourage entrepreneurship in the family business in order to stay in business. According to Roberts and John, ...

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 ...

The website Math is Fun.com is authentic; the features itself are simple yet attractive. It started on April 19, 2000; it is their 13 years of helping people learn especially students and children. The site covers the full kindergarten to K12. It has a teachers’ page to inspire their student to visit the site for any suggestions and recommendations. Math is Fun updates their featured topic of the month, and forum is open for any feedbacks, new ideas and comments. It shows the real view of what really means about Math is Fun. The simple minimal features added the clarity ...