University Case Studies Samples For Students

The validity of the ancient testimonia as regards the origins of the Oracle of Apollo still remains controversial. To test the validity of the tesmonia, a research has to be conducted on the evidence for geological faults and gas emissions at the sanctuary of Delphi. Modern doubts as to the availability of chasm and vapor at Delphi are rooted from unsuccessful archaeologists. Surveys at Delphi have continuously indicated the presence of the two; hence Dr. Jelle de Boer and John Hale are to investigate the presence of geological faults and gas emissions so as to test the soundness of the ...

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Jurisdiction: Public disclosure of private facts under the state of Michigan
I. Alex Como has a legal basis for filing a case against Sarah Falinsky for invasion of privacy by Public Disclosure of Private Facts.
Como has a legal basis for filing a case against Falinksy for invasion of privacy by public disclosure of private facts according to the privacy tort of public disclosure of private facts.
This memo will now discuss whether Como’s claim is strong enough to charge Falinsky for invasion of privacy given the provisions stated under the elements of private facts.
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Management

Sands Hotel and Casino is observed to be implementing both preventive and detective controls in its day to day operation. Preventive controls are its proactive measures that ensure compliance of various operations to set objectives and standard operating procedures of the company and that of the regulating institution. On the other hand, detective controls are aimed to spot any errors or deviation from standard (University of Vanderbilt, 2014). Below are its identified critical control activities and corresponding control type:

Potential Areas for Additional Control

In the article of the American University in Cairo (2011), it mentioned about corrective controls, which hinge on errors or ...

Chapter 2: User experience

This chapter will define the user experience for the creation of the website. It is important to understand the users and how they will interact with the website. This chapter will define the user experience and the audience for whom the website is developed.
Audience definition – one of the audiences of the website is the students. The website is being developed to be used by students. Students will also want to access the materials from the website. This is for academic purposes. With time, the website will have reading materials for students. Many students will access the website ...

Summary of the Case

Maddux has established two game program suppliers, one local and another one in a different town. He is faced with a decision on which one to pick with their different cost for printing programs and the cost involved in delivery of programs to the university. Another challenge he is facing is whether carrying inventory will be economical for the university. Maddux is pressured to keep the costs of the game programs low and maximize profits.
The stadium is expected to have an attendance of 60,000, which is dependent on the team performance and the opponent the team is playing. ...

An acceptable use policy (AUP) is an essential document for several types of organizations, including businesses, educational institutions, and service providers, that lays out the rules applied when accessing the owner’s network. While AUPs are often used to describe the general employee code of conduct when engaging in discussions online, they are usually a part of information security policies, which indicate how employees may access confidential information and what consequences will be enforced in case the policies are breached.
The AUP developed by Clemson University offers clear guidelines on employee conduct when engaging with the computing systems provided ...

1. As the goal of the fringe benefits restructuring is not merely to reduce cost but also to consider the fact that this change may have on the quality of staff. Therefore, it is critical to take into account opinions and demands of people, who work in the university. A task force includes staff and faculty from different university departments, therefore it can better represent the interests of university employees.
2. The president already appointed chief administrator of the task force, thus ensuring that hospital management issues will be high on the task force agenda. Furthermore, an inclusion ...

- The PricewaterhouseCoopers is the auditor for Vanderbilt University for the financial statements as at June 30, 2012. The opinion of the auditors is unqualified, and they make an assertion that in their opinion, the statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Vanderbilt University as June 30, 2012 and June 30, 2011. This opinion means that after examination of the statements, the auditors did not find any issues which could have affected the materiality and objectivity. This essentially implies that it is the opinion of the auditors that the financial statements were prepared in accordance ...

In past two weeks the athletic fraternity in the country has witnessed unbearable scandal in one of its most famous arena of basketball, when Rutgers University committed a series of actions that seem unprofessional and unattractive both to the public, the media and other learning institution.
The university have gone to the depth of firing the head coach of the university’s basketball team, coach Mike rice over claims of his abusive behavior to players, it has also forced the resignation of the athletic director, Tim Pernetti and also gone to the extent of kicking out its general counsel a ...

The development of a tourism hotspot in the Favela region has been set to use a strategic and systematic approach at achieving the set goal of increasing the tourist attraction sites in the region. The tourism planning approach involves a number of projects that have been put in place to improve the infrastructure and property value.
One of the procedures undertaken involve the starting up of property development with introduction of big villas meant to promote property acquisition by visiting tourists that will be visiting the attractive areas. Favela has good and attractive beaches and its strategic placing proximity in Rio ...

The university is in to contract with Tenex Company where the company supplies the University with stock tab paper. When they entered into the contract, the company was to supply stock tab paper on a fixed price basis. Now that the prices for the stock tab paper have gone up, Tenex approaches the University's purchasing department so that they can go to a guaranteed margin approach as opposed to what they had agreed earlier, fixed price. The university's purchasing department responds to the Company (supplier) reminding them that the case would have been different had the prices gone down. ...

Introduction

Critical organizational evaluation is paramount. Focus is on development, reviews and personnel performance. Notably, the organizational analysis includes examining the organization environment both external and internal environment. The external environment refers to the forces that are without the organization. Often they affect the organizational performance. On the other hand, internal environment concerns the forces within the organization, for example, the strengths and the weakness of the organization. This paper will focus on analyzing higher learning institution elements. Namely, organizational structure, organizational environment, culture, size, structure and management styles

Organizational Structure

The organizational structure of an institution has a significant impact on ...

Role of Cyber Speech and First Amendment

The Internet has transformed communication throughout the world, allowing people to share information instantaneously at relatively low cost. The Internet is regarded as the most participatory form of mass speech ever developed in the world and it is the main channel of communication that is behind the development of cyber communication. Students in schools and colleges communicate amongst themselves through social sites such as Facebook and Twitter. They can receive first-hand information that has not even reach their school administration. More often, students use these sites to express their feelings about politics, school administration, and relationships. Most of them ...

Introduction

Organizations, companies, educational institutions, and governments, face different challenges and threats every day, and the need to plan for undesirable future events is a critical requirement for any organization (Berg, 2010, p.80) There are times when the risk factors are unforeseen, catching the organization by surprise. Other instances are beyond human control, like disaster strikes and natural phenomena. In most cases, however, the risk areas are known, and management carries out the task of planning for the risk by creating contingency plans or determining ways to avert the risk. In extreme cases, the organization might choose to absorb the ...

Labor unions are the legally accepted representatives of the workers in most organizations in the United States. Currently, the activities of labor unions are centered on the collective bargaining over working conditions, wages and benefits for the members and also representing members in cases of disputes with the management for violations in provisions of contracts. Other larger unions engage in the electioneering and in lobbying activities and the federal and state levels. In the year 2010, the proportion of workers that belonged to unions in the United States was 11%. In the private sector, union membership has fallen to ...

Question One

- Craft production system
One of the main advantages of craft production systems is that even if the volume of production is low, the products fetch very high prices. Additionally, the quality of the products is high because the process is coordinated by the owner while he is directly in contact with the customers, contractors and workers. This notwithstanding, the production can only be owned by the rich because it is capital intensive. The quality of the products is still unpredictable because all products are essentially prototypes.
- Mass production systems
This system is advantageous in ...

Abstract

The number of worldwide issues concerning environmental safety and corporate social responsibility has been on an ever-increasing rate. This is why we can also see a significant growth in the demand for environment-friendly and self-sustaining buildings. The number of domestic and international organizations that monitor and facilitate the standardization by means of a tiered certification of such buildings has also been on an ever-increasing rate. The LEED certification program is one of the most prominent ones in the U.S. and the UC Davis Brewery, Winery, and Food buildings have received platinum grade certification under such program. The objective of this paper ...

Part 1

Milton manufacturing is facing a number of issues that include:
Inaccurate costing of tables and chairs, there is an equal allocation of overheads to chairs and tables resulting in the chairs being allocated more than a fair share of the overheads while the tables under absorb overheads.
Resistance to change, Mr. Smith is reluctant to change the costing techniques arguing that they have traditionally allocated overheads to tables and chairs equally.
The organization has a closed climate where employees are not able to freely communicate. For instance, Mr. Smith tends to dominate the meeting and members are afraid of ...

Answer 1

Corporate social responsibility is a management strategy where companies integrate social and environmental concerns into their business operations. The company tries to integrate itself into the society. It tries to bring people together and even to improve their living standards at all levels. By launching the plate4plate initiative in 2011, the company donated a plate of food to the developing world for every plate sold at Zambrero. It, therefore, shows that the company is trying to integrate itself to society of the developing world. The company, through this initiative saw a donation of 1 million plates to the developing countries. It acted ...

Abstract
Shelter is one of the basic human necessities. Provision of decent-quality and affordable housing is one challenge that various authorities have been faced with, and Sheffield is not left behind. Though she has surpassed her average annual housing needs, Sheffield is still struggling to mitigate housing problems. This research project reviews the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Sheffield’s housing and how education level affects the adoption of GIS in affordable housing initiatives. In order to achieve this objective, the current state of Sheffield’s housing is exhaustively considered. Using the boundary data from EDINA ...

It is important for an institution for higher education to conduct preliminary observations and surveys prior to developing a strategic plan in order to determine the areas, or departments that require some change, and those department or areas that are operating, and functioning properly. These initial observations allow the researchers and decision makers to make educated decisions to solve problems and improve overall results (Girden & Kabacoff, 2011). This paper will layout a strategic plan for Spring Valley University (SVU).

History

SVU is a public institution for higher education located in Spring Valley, New York. SVU educates about 6500 undergraduate students ...

The University of Uriarra has nine main applications for information systems that have varying levels of importance. This case develops a structured analysis and evaluation of these applications relative to their technical level of quality in the university activities. In a bid to develop this classification, this study will evaluate the levels of each application against its technical quality in a percentage scale before presenting these values on a matrix.

Administration (FINPAY)
The tactical and managerial operations of the university are based in this section of the university. This commercial section ensures that the university runs smoothly and connects ...

Since early 1990s, there have been issues relating to water problems, conflicts, and compromises over water. Projects have been established to make appropriate documents relating the issues, problems and solutions to the west conflicts and settlements over water. This research currently will offer on various ways the government handling the problem of water rights of Native Americans tribes in Arizona. These tribes include the Hopi, Navajo, and the Pima tribes in Arizona. The group participates on Federal Negotiation team as activities intensify and more progress made for these teams. Thus, it is the drive of this project to digitize ...

Brian Short v. State of Florida

The Main Issue
Is the “Maintaining the size of our children law” in the State of Florida is unconstitutional considering the imposed marriage prohibition on the basis of height?

Relevant Legal Concepts

Under Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, no state shall enforce any law that would abridge the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the United States, nor shall any state law should deprive any individuals of their liberty, life, property, denied jurisdiction of equal protection of the law and without due process (Schubert, 2008, p. 24).
Civil rights is a basic proponent of the Constitution stipulating that personal liberties ...

Question1

For this particular scenario, I would use several layers of security because this compound is comprised of various components or buildings each having different significance or importance. Using different security for each layer would ensure that even if intruders are able to breach through one layer, they will be incapable of breaching the other layers using the same techniques that they might have used for the previous one (Bernard, 2007). I would, therefore, invite the best security experts to ensure the particular component of security that has been used one layer is not used on the other. The corporate ...

Chronic Stress and the Brain: Response

Stress can occur in varying levels of severity and lengths of time and result in physiological responses that proportionate to the level and duration (Greenberg, Carr & Summers 2002). The functioning of the amygdala, hippocampus and prefrontal cortex are negatively affected by chronic stress in humans. The amygdala is the control center in the brain for emotions, emotional behavior and motivation (Wright). The hippocampus works closely with the amygdala; its primary functions are long term memories and declarative memory (Wright). The prefrontal cortex is responsible for goal oriented behaviors and executive functions such as short term memory, motor functions and ...

Introduction

Increasingly difficult geographic conditions and harsh climatic conditions coupled by climate change have emerged as key causes of migration as persons affected by the crisis escape from the rigors that come with the conditions. In most cases, it is vulnerable persons who are most affected by the extreme geographical and climatic conditions and who seek to find ways of grappling with the problem. Most of the time, migration has always presented itself as a viable solution for the vulnerable persons to other areas in a bid to cushion themselves against the tough conditions. Nonetheless, migration, albeit seen as a viable option by ...

Introduction

The first antitrust law was formed by the Congress in the year 1890. It was referred to as Sherman Act, and its aim was to ensure that there was economic liberty, by ensuring that the competition in the trade was fair. Later, the Congress passed other two antitrust laws in the year 1914, and these additional laws contained some revision to the first antitrust law. Those laws were the Clayton Law and the Federal Trade Commission Act. The court applies the antitrust law to prevent illegal business practices and unlawful mergers. The main objective of the antitrust law is ...

Strategic Management

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Overview of Wikipedia’s Strategy
Wikipedia is thought to be the unique example of a market player that implements the principles which have been previously declared. It means that the thesis consisting in creation of the free online encyclopedia was proven by the consequent and following actions, taken by the website. The company has managed to be powerful competitor, when there were other online free information players, such as Britannica and Encarta.com. The former was represented by Microsoft Inc (Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, 2011).
When the online information platform was only being formed, it was the ...

The Mission and Value of Google Company

The corporate culture and mission of Google Company reflects a philosophy of creating money without doing wickedness or evil. Moreover, work must be challenging and fun. At Google, these beliefs dictate life. The Google’s Inc certified mission statement is arranging or organizing information of the world and making it globally useful and accessible (Corporate Information 3). It has a value of no retaliation. Google Company forbids retaliation against any employee within the firm who participates in or reports an investigation enquiry of a likely violation of their code (Google’s Corporate Information 10).

History of the Google Company

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, classmates at Stanford ...

Introduction

Question 1. how and why the incident happened (what conditions allowed the incident to happen)?
Hiroshima is located in the west of the largest Japanese island of Honshu. The town's name translates as "Wide Island". It is so named because the bayou Ota, flowing from the mountains to the plains Chugoku, where the Hiroshima formed at the confluence of the Inner Sea 6 islands protrude into Hiroshima Bay. They located the city. Hiroshima worth almost entirely in the valley, only slightly above sea level; to the north-west and north-east lie the hills, up to 700 feet (Rotter, ...

At least fifteen people were injured and Sixty-four students arrested on Friday as two opposing groups of demonstrators crashed with University police at Fairmont University. This occurred when demonstrations seeking to influence the decision of the board of regents on cultural diversity classes turned violent.
The Board of Regents postponed the decision on whether or not to allow for a class in cultural diversity for all students and faculty until their next meeting scheduled for next month. The regents refused to comment on the reason for the delay in judgment on the controversial issue, with the regents’ president Clifford ...

Abstract

The God squad group, mainly made of boys in junior and senior years, uses the 9/11 attacks as a rallying point for combination of white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, ant-Islamic, anti-immigrant, ant-gay, nee-fascist dogma mixed with a good dose of anti-abortion and fundamentalist Christian diatribe. The group catches the attention of the administration when they show up at school all wearing their uniforms and distributes the first edition of their weekly "newsletter". The” newsletter” contains highly offensive diatribes on how it is the "the duty of all true Americans to fight against the forces trying to destroy our country". The ...

Biology of Disease

Mode of action of;-
Dexamethasone
The Glucocorticoid receptors are discovered intracellularly in all tissues. They enter cells through inactive dispersion and structure a complex with a receptor protein (Rhodes & Hartnoll, 2002, P.10). This intricate then experiences an irreversible enactment and enters the cell core, where it ties to the DNA, hence prompting organic impacts instigated by these hormones, which include expanded hepatic gluconeogenesis, as well as expanded lipolysis (Ahmed, 2007, P.13).
Dexamethasone is utilized to treat numerous provocative and immune system conditions, for example, rheumatoid joint pain and bronchospasm. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, an abatement in quantities of ...

Management

Management

Introduction

Management is a key function of an organization that should be approached carefully. The case study presents the prevailing conditions within a company known as AbeBooks. There has been high employee turnover within the marketing team. Essentially, increased employee turnover implies that that is a prevailing problem that needs to be addressed in order to avoid adverse effectives of this problem. A thorough review of the case and identification of the root causes of the problem is necessary to ensure that a resolution is achieved as promptly as possible . This report addresses the prevailing issues within the company in order to provide ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive nursing care plan in relation to a case study. The nursing care plan is a structural framework that is developed by a health care provider for the purpose of ensuring harmonized communication that will eventually result to secure and valuable care for the patient (Doenges, M. E., Moorhouse, M. F., & Murr, A. C., 2005). Maternal health care is a sensitive area of health care provision as it involves handling two lives at once; that of the mother and the unborn child. In this case, developing a maternal care plan requires adequate familiarization with the psychological, ...

Reform Movement: Demolishing Barriers Between Computer Science and Computer Engineering in Purdue University

Introduction
Synergy Between Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Engineering is the ‘practice of safe and economic application of scientific laws’. Science is a ‘systematic observation of natural events in order to formulate laws.’ The field of engineering became a separate discipline from science in the nineteenth century.
Computer science, like engineering, is a field of applied science. Unlike science, it has a shorter-term view. Computer science aims to determine what will work, and not to discover fundamental laws of nature. It is akin to engineering in its emphasis on automation. Therefore, computer science is more aligned to engineering than to ...

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- Describe the organizational culture of the Air Force Academy as presented in this case in terms of its similarity and differences to a typical college or university.
In many respects, there are similarities between the environment of a typical university or college and the Air force Academy. It is a common environment that creates a feeling of belonging, of identity for the students / cadets, provides a social support structure and consists of students of different ages and backgrounds working towards developing themselves and working towards their future.
However, in the case of the air Force ...

Question one – Case study

This case was heard by the Supreme Court at Brisbane in the state of Queensland. The judgment was delivered at Brisbane by Judge Fryberg on the 24th January, 2011.
The judge in the case was Fryberg J. The case was heard on the 2nd and 3rd December, 2010.
The Plaintiff in the case is Ms Mee Wah To, a landlord who owns a parcel of land located at 33 Lisson Grove, Wooloowin. The Defendant on the other hand is Miss Eugene Choi, a tenant of part of the land owned by Miss Mee Wah To.
The counsel for the ...

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McDonaldization of the U.S. Court System

Introduction

The McDonaldization representation is an undemanding systematic perspective to what has been believed a flourishing game plan, therefore pointing to the extraordinary value and development of the US court system this plan has been titled after. The model of McDonaldization is consisted of four important conceptions: predictability, efficiency, calculability and control. There is the term McDonaldization that was emerged by Maryland University professor and, sociologist George Ritzer, to signify the mixture of current day 20th century US functions for example scientific supervision, bureaucratization and assembly line manufacture. The achievement of ...

Ben’s age is critical in the decision to pursue the MBA. This is because the age indicates the number of years he has in the employment industry. As such, the age would inform the decision as the duration left in service would be used to compute the cash flows that would be accrue in terms of salaries and remuneration. The outcome would be compared to the costs incurred in pursued of the MBA. The figures would then be compared to the net cash flows that accrue in the absence of the MBA. This would inform the rationale for ...

Is internet a disruptive technology in the education industry?

With the boom of the internet, education also experience innovations brought about by the technologies. Traditional universities are hurrying to keep up with the trend of offering online education by offering full courses and short courses online. Big universities offer distance education where instructions and educational materials are sent through the net.

With this picture, it cannot be said that the Internet is a disruptive technology in the education industry. Although nothing can replace the actual classroom interactions in a traditional school, technology has changed most of the usual set-up of a school. For years, the classrooms remained what they are 100 ...

Importance of Utilitarian Benefits over Moral Justice

In my own judgment, the possible utilitarian benefits of building the Caltex plant were not more important than the violations of moral law and justice. Building the Caltex in deed seemed to present more benefits for the discriminated groups in the country. Caltex insisted that its expansion in South Africa actually benefitted the economic conditions of blacks because it followed the Sullivan Principles of 1977 (Ashford University). These principles were a set of six guidelines which served as a policy which the companies would follow to promote equal treatment between their black, colored, and white employees. In addition, statistics indicated that ...

The Sweet Dreams Motel SWOT Analysis

Dreams Motel is a profit-making entity located in Far North Queensland. The firm provides accommodation and serves breakfast to its customers who include local families and foreign tourists. The firm is struggling to compete fairly with rival firms in the locality. An immediate action is required to improve on both short run and long-run returns. A SWOT analysis has to be put in place. This is a tool of analysis that critically identifies Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats associated with its business within the market share it serves.
The internal structure of Sweet Dreams Motel avails great potential over its ...

Background

Successful modern business marketing lays emphasis on meeting the needs of the customers. This focus is a departure in the opposite direction from the traditional business whose major concern was selling its products or services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way of meeting not only the direct customers’ desires but also the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders of a business (Ortenblad 2016). Unethical profiteering practices of large companies and customer awareness due to free flow of information have forced many companies to make CSR a key strategic focus in their conduct of business. Besides enabling a ...

Management

Starbucks is “the global coffee and food retailer operates more than 21,000 locations in 66 countries” (Fortune 500). The history of the company began in 1971 when the first Starbucks café was opened in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. Since that time, the company has grown into one of the world leaders in coffee retail represented in 66 countries all over the world. Moreover, Starbucks became the symbol of ongoing process of the Americanization that embraced countries in Asia. Starbucks included in Fortune 500 on 146 place in 2016. Figure 1 illustrates Starbucks’s Fortune 500 rank ...

Tourists Relationship with Food and Drinks

Introduction
According to Dale (2006, p.2), tourism involves activities of people travelling to take vacationsin places that are outside their typical environments. These vacations do not exceed one consecutive year. Tourism is driven by several factors such as leisure, business, or any other purpose (Dale, 2006 p.2). The definition indicates that tourists move away from their usual homes to a destination where food, drinks, and culture are different.Food and culture are strongly linked. Food choices reflect the identity of the eater (Hurh and Kim, 1998 p.72). Human beings tend to adhere to taking familiar foods and drinks because of ...

1. Why is this an ethical dilemma? Which APA Ethical Principles help frame the nature of the dilemma?
This is an ethical dilemma because Dr. Yeung has an ethical obligation to maintain the confidentiality of her client but he has also made a veiled threat of violence on her answering machine. This puts her in the position of determining what threat level this message poses and if or should she override her professional duty to maintain confidentiality in order to prevent violence from happening. The APA ethical standards which frame the nature of the dilemma are Confidentiality and Privacy.2. ...

Based upon the FTCA, determine if the federal government and or the air traffic controller is potentially liable to the victims of the accident. Explain why or why not
The FTCA gives the limited waiver of government sovereign immunity when the employees are negligent within their scope of the employment. Therefore, the federal government is not held responsible and liable to the victims of the accidents. It gives that the government shall not be responsible when the agent commits torts of assault, false arrest, abuse of process, slander, deceit, battery or interference with the contract rights. They are also ...

Introduction

Scenario Overview
ABU is one of premier university in the state of British Colombia, Canada. ABU has launched a B.COM course for entrepreneurs few years back and the course ran successfully for few years. However, in recent years because of increased competition the overall students enrolling in the course both online and on-campus has reduced drastically. It seems that ABU is unable to differentiate its course from that of its competitors. After initial research it was observed that ABUs B.COM entrepreneurial course is still one of the best in the market. However, it seems that marketing and positioning of ...

The human resource management takes a leading role in enhancing the global competitiveness of an organization. One of its vital functions is to implement effective and organized procedures in the selection process of hiring employees. Selection involves the process of using instruments in choosing from a pool of candidates applying for a job (Tiwari, 2015). There are different selection methods involved when choosing the right candidate for a job position. These methods include the use of application form, psychometric tests, resume or curriculum vitae review, formal (structured) interview, informal (unstructured) interview, teaching observation, presentation of the candidates to a ...

Nowadays Afghanistan continues to be an unstable region where the risks of insurgency and terrorist activity are significant due to the underdeveloped economy of this state. Prepare a strategic plan to evaluate and scale-up some of the Task Force`s efforts in Herat, based on the social value investing (SVI), for a country-wide approach. This plan will contribute to the economic development of rural areas of Afghanistan and increase employment, welfare and gender inclusion, thus mitigating the risks of insurgency.

Issues

Although military operations against the Taliban bring positive results, they cannot guarantee the longstanding stability and peace in Afghanistan. ...

Introduction

It was one evening at around five, when we were going for a dinner with my friend, Vicky;that is, a friend we are with in the same college, when this study began. Itproceeded informally like a normal talk accompanied by several youthful jokes. Being bathed by the cool breeze of the ocean; as we were enjoying our traditional meals, which were deliciously cooked, we got ourselves indulged in several discussions. Surprisingly enough, it was this day that I realized that my brother is single and not engaged. As usual with the age and country mates, we were able to study more ...

The audiologist in this scenario faces an ethical dilemma regarding his decision not continue holding ASHA certification due to the cost implications. A decision to maintain the credential will come at an additional cost for the audiologist, which he views as a negative outcome on his part. However, the decision not to hold the credential also negatively affects his students’ career progression. Consequently, the ethical dilemma in this case is whether to continue incurring the cost to facilitate the students’ attainment of future credentialing or to stop the practice and complicate the matter for students who wish to attain ASHA ...

Executive summary

Airlines industry is marked by innovations and dynamism. With technological advancement, increased attractiveness of the industry and increasing liberalization in airlines industry, have made the airline industry highly competitive. The low cost carrier industry is going through its best growth phases presently. With level of competition is increasing with every airline company trying to gain share of profit from this industry. Price wars are increasing. To offer the services in a cost effective manner, the challenge faced by the low cost airlines is to reduce their operating costs. The companies adopt different strategies based on their product and service offering ...

Actions Needed Now to Avert Disaster Later

In consideration of the increase in number of terrorist attacks throughout the world, it is imperative that we become more knowledgeable about the risks our community faces in order to be better prepared to prevent any attack and respond effectively in the event that an attack is orchestrated.

Threats

Terrorist threats can come from a number of vectors, however considering the composition of our community the most likely threats are likely to manifest in the following areas.
Cyber-attack: As our community increasingly adopts information technologies for work, study and life, the risk that they will also be subject to a cyber-attack ...

Nutrition is an indispensable component of care. It is from food intake that the body obtains the micro and macro nutrients needed to maintain and improve health. Diet is also an area of regulation for the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Care plans focused on nutrition necessarily must be individualized to take into account unique needs arising from specific medical conditions, the client’s developmental stage, and cultural preferences. Developing a care plan entails evaluating for nutritional risk, defining the goals of nutrition therapy, identifying interventions and expected outcomes, implementing the interventions, providing education, and promoting safety.

Evaluation of Nutritional Risk

The ...

For example Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the Sample Grant
Program.
Angeli, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 55555
Analysis of Case Study
John Canon is a graduate of the prestigious American west coast university. He has majored in International business. After his graduation, he became a very successful biotechnology marketing analyst very early in his career. He became an expatriate in Germany working for IML (International Medical Laboratories). He is appointed by IML to become marketing product line manager for cardiovascular instrumentation. ...

Article Evaluation

Article Evaluation

A. Introduction

- Does investigator report on relevant literature?
- How many sources were used and how many were recent (i.e. within five years of publication date of the article)?
There was an apparent use of relevant literature in the study, which is evident in the linking of theoretical underpinnings of the study itself and those of the literatures being used. For example, the study establishes the relationship between academic, first-semester academic achievement and psychological attitudes. The relationship in these variables constitutes understanding of resilience among first year college students, which was reinforced by the findings ...

Academic integrity, commonly known as academic honesty, refers to commitment even in the face of struggle to the five vital virtues of trust, honesty, respect, responsibility, and fairness. It is from these values that behavioral principles flow. These principles of behavior enable academic communities in translation of ideals into actions.
Ethical theories enable us to contemplate issues and make rational decisions about the proper action to take. They assist us to be moral agents with a conscience by pointing out one's duties in such occasions. These theories also guide the choices we make in particular cases. Examples of these ...