Teamwork concept can be interpreted from various disciplines such as sociology, industrial relations, psychology, philosophy, theology, economics, politics, health sciences and the wide range of paradigms can be quite extensive. Each has a different criterion for defining what it is and the boundaries within which it functions. Sometimes due to these discrete variables encompassing its adaptations social scientists find Continue reading...
The business environment has undergone tremendous change with the increase in the globalization and technological development that have given birth to global organizations. The customers are better informed and more powerful as they have plenty of choices at their disposal and therefore customer loyalty is lower than what it was in earlier times. The customers demand high quality products that offer innovative features and utilities. It has become a challenging task for marketers to devise innovative strategies that are aimed at satisfying the needs and the demands of the global customers and also ensure that the future products and Continue reading...
Many companies engage in corporate social responsibility engaging in charitable acts. There has been focused attention on this topic. Milton Friedman suggested that corporate social responsibility applies only to the shareholders of the company. Other parties should not be considered. The managers should only concentrate on maximising shareholder’s wealth and ensure the firm constantly makes profits. This concept goes against the widely held view that a company should practice social responsibility to several stakeholders such as the customers, employees, suppliers and the local communities. The concept proposed by Milton is known as the Shareholder Concept of social Continue reading...
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Every living entity most certainly has to die at some point or the other and yet there is very little we know about death, our soul, and what will happen to it after we die. The spiritual writings of almost every religion teach the followers about to how to prepare for death. The continuity of the soul is the underlying philosophy of these spiritual writings, and the inform human beings of which actions, behaviors, and deeds may lead their soul to heaven or hell after they die. In all the Eastern Indian religions, especially Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism, this Continue reading...
Declaration
This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “Gaining Strategic Advantage through Customer Value”, presented by me to the University of South Africa for the award of the degree of Master of Business Leadership is a bona fide record of research work which was carried out by me under the supervision of Dr Sidney Shipham. The contents of this dissertation in full or in parts have never been submitted to any other Institution of higher learning for the award of
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The paper focuses on the evolution of the concept of marketing myopia presented by Levitt (1960) as the relevance of this concept has emerged once again in the form of new marketing myopia. In the light of case study of Tesco, the concept of new marketing myopia is analyzed. Many organizations in the 21st century face similar challenges just as Tesco because they fail to realize the stakeholders that they should address. To avoid this new marketing myopia, a number of steps have been recommended by the end to the report. The basic idea of the report is to Continue reading...
A dentist is a medical professional trained in the field of dentistry. He is a medical practitioner that is also referred to as a dental surgeon. A dentist specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and management and treatment of diseases involving the oral cavity which means that the anatomic structures that will be covered by this field would be the teeth, gums, and the tongue. The idea stating that dentists are only concerned with the different pathologies involving the oral cavity is rather conventional and could be actually being considered invalid as of today. The field of dentistry has evolved Continue reading...
Self Concept in Psychology: A Discussion
Just as a person has opinion about those around them, they also have perceptions about their own self. This opinion about one’s self is generally known as self-concept. Self-concept is not a predefined view and, as with most perceptions, develops overtime as a result of external influences. It includes an organized, dynamic and complex network of acquired beliefs, opinions and attitudes towards an individual personal existence. Cosden, Brown and Elliot describe self-concept as ‘domain specific self-perceptions’, while self-esteem is differentiated as ‘one’s overall sense of self-worth’ . Self-concept is often also identified
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Concept of operations is basic, yet complicated to any management system in business, the purpose of operation management is how an individual, group or the whole company as a whole, by utilizing operation management to success in the future. It is upon application of these concepts that desired objectives are achieved including a smooth running of a business and good definition of policies and ethics that govern the business. In this case, operations concepts focus much on the transportation network that a company undergoes in the event of running the day to day activities. As indicated in Continue reading...
I. Introduction: The present paper aims to present the conceptual understanding of Karl Marx’s concept of alienation and its relevance in the 21st century’s workplace of developed economies. To undertake this study successfully, the current literature makes an attempt to explore the notion of factors emphasizing alienation and their effect on people, the nature of job that leads to alienation and the prevalence of alienation in the jobs. Though the concept of alienation originated in Karl Marx’s philosophical writings during 1840s, it did not see the day of the light in 1950s until it was published Continue reading...
Black on black crime myth or fact is a controversial subject in many countries with contrasting black and white populations. The black on black crime is a concept where blacks commit crime against other blacks. Although people committing crime against own people have been there for centuries, the concept of blacks-on-black crime seems too common in the present times. There are supporting and opposing sides in this never-ending debate. The whites believe blacks have criminality behavior and are capable of anything including crime against other people including their own. On the other hand, the blacks believe the whites just Continue reading...
Alienation
The concept of alienation is a one of the central constructs of Marxian theory. This concept was used for description of a capitalist mode of production when workers lost control over the means of production. In accordance with Knox & Pinch (2010) it is described as “a mechanism of social change” and relates another concept of deviant behavior in wider sociopolitical connotation (p.215). Later alienation was used by the early deterministic theorists because it was of a great interest when studying spatial variations of people behavior (Amin, 2002).
Marx outlined several reasons of alienation. Firstly, alienated person feels like
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The concept of wellness or fitness is important in relation to occupational health and the nursing profession. Nurses are uniquely positioned to influence the health and wellness of their family members, colleagues and community members. They are in strategic positions to lead the way in addressing the client’s fitness because of their holistic approach to client illness or injury and their emphasis should be directed towards client communication.
The purpose of this paper is to review at least 3 peer-reviewed resources that will be able to identify the characteristics or attributes of the concept of wellness.
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The concept of power is complex based on the fact that it is mainly associated with entities such as wealth, politics, and authority. The concept behind the notion on power is the impact o influencing the actions or the decisions of others within the society. The indicated approach in relation to the respective effects of power and the influence reflected by the leaders to the followers stipulated the implications that the leaders provide within a given community. Researchers argue that leaders need power towards influencing others within an organization or a country. The notion that they are always on Continue reading...
With the notion of Nation-States, nobility devised certain rules that could be respected by all others in order to avoid conflicts between them. These rules were mostly based on the principle that the princes were sovereign in their land. Their power was uncontested, exclusive and supreme within the borders of their territories, granting them authority over their subjects, the right to give laws, impart justice and even decide what religion should be followed. There was a time however when that concept was not known and rulers and kings asserted their power through terror and wits. Arming gangs or paying Continue reading...
The business world is currently in a highly competitive state where the slightest and smallest of strategies employed by management determines the success and profitability of the organization. Through effective application of the strategies and concepts, a business entity might enhance efficiency and effectiveness of business operations, reduce costs and increase profits on commodities produced and sold. In this paper, I will look at two improvement process concepts in relation to logistics, the advantages and disadvantages of the concepts, when they are most effective and my personal opinion on each of them.
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Time value of money is an important concept of finance and financial management. It has been said that the present consumption reveals more value than a future consumption and it is because of the fact that consumers have two options; either to consume it right away or forego it to avail it in future by investing the present amount (Houston, and Brigham, 2009).
This report defines and highlights the importance of time value of money and also discusses the importance of time value of money for the financial managers. The report also calculates present value of money as
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The Themes Addressed on Bastard of the Party and their Relation to the Rest of the Work Engaged in the Entire Program
The concept of war as an ultimate resolution in the documentary Bastards of the party has been highlighted prominently. This has been reflected on regard to the approaches considered by the listed gangs towards the address of their social disparities. The concept of war being deployed in the settling of such disputes extends further to the involvement of security forces. Their approaches, as elucidated in addressing the gang wars, seems to be advised from the same concept Continue reading...
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How should one deal with desires, needs, bodily limitations and mortality during the living of one’s life? To what extent can our minds know and control or improve our bodies?
The question of how one should deal with desires and needs, on the one hand, and bodily limitations and mortality, on the other, has been one of the most significant, essential issues throughout the history of philosophy, in particular, and history of mankind, in general. It would be unrealistic to assume that it is possible to answer this question within
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Part One
- Simonides
- A subject on Greek Mythology would be interested in Simonides as he is a Greek lyric poet who was involved in the distinction of the different famous personalities of his time. He uses fanciful elements that had real influence on the enlightenment of the Greek literature towards the classical era.
- “Psychopompus”
- This word is identified to refer to the guider of souls. In Greek mythology, Hermes is considered the psychopompos who leads the bodies of the dead to the state of stability as he hands them over to Charon.
- “culture hero”
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Quality of life is the quality of an individual’s daily life indicates the assessment of quality of wellbeing and lack of wellbeing. Wellbeing of a person maybe in terms of physical and psychological aspects. In healthcare, health related quality of life (HRQL) is the assessment which shows how the wellbeing of an individual may be affected in the future by any disease, disorders or disabilities. This paper is a concept analysis of health related quality of life in young people who are suffering with chronic illness. Concept analysis is a way of deriving conceptual hierarchy from a collection Continue reading...
There are numerous examples where microeconomics is applicable to us in our everyday life. This paper will focus on some of the examples I encountered while I was a teen ager and also how these concepts have helped me to analyze every situation from an economist perspective.
Starting off with a simple example, as teenager I always loved McDonalds and would spend a lot of money buying shakes, burgers from an outlet. At that time I had no idea about the concept of utility which is a fundamental concept in microeconomics. Every time I consumed a burger I really
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The history of British social policy, exactly as vast majority of social policies of developed states, can be viewed as a transition from the state, where the one is always responsible for making his/her living, despite any kind of social risks he/she experienced, to the welfare state, where none permits social or natural contingencies to fully determine the lives of people, and a range of programs to protect children and adults from illness, disability, poverty and unemployment exist (Gutmann, 1988, p.1).
In the history of British policy the concept of welfare state is for the first time mentioned with
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The concept of human rights has evolved over time and today, human rights are used as the yardstick upon which people measure a government’s treatment of its people. Human rights have been proffered as universal rights that occur to man by his being human. It may well be stated that human rights in modern day are synonymous to religion. They seek to define the moral code within which a government treats its people. Several theoretical approaches have been put forward in an endeavor to explain the basis of human rights. some of the theoretical approaches include the natural Continue reading...
Introduction: Due to the swift changes those are evident in the economy due to rampant globalization; the concept of continual learning has become imperative. It is the interconnected nature of the economies which exhibits the elements of high speed information technology and communication that makes the practice of knowledge economy and knowledge workers inevitable to achieve a sustainable economic development accompanied with the relevant and appropriate social change (Mayson, 2006).
Many organizations in the contemporary world scenario realize the practical implications of effective and constant developmental training needs of their workforce. Such continual training sessions not only act instrumental
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Over the years and in all cultures of the world, people have always called for the truth. It is commonly taught as a societal virtue which all individuals have to master and perfect. In every facet of life, people are always asked to pursue the truth. Whether in religious terms or under societal teachings, people will forever ask for truth. However, there is an aspect that comes up when the concept of truth is further dissected. There rises a question as to what exactly the truth is and how it can be upheld. This essay seeks to look at Continue reading...
It has been documented by many researches that various forms of adversity are at the heart of many mental illnesses. Indeed, even the term mental health recasts a social problem as a psychological and medical one. And, as would be expected, people addressing multiple forms of adversity, poverty and disability and social exclusion adversity, for instance, are likely than others to seek, or be sent to mental health services. While violence is the most common experience for people with severe and long-term mental illnesses, it is far the only adversity at issue. This can be addressed through open dialogue. Continue reading...
Social structure refers to the pattern within the culture organization through which social action takes place. It is also defined as the arrangement of roles, organizations, institutions, and cultural symbols that are stable over time, often unnoticed and are changing more invisibly. Social structure enhances and constrains what takes place in social life (López & Scott, 2000). The definition, however, is altered from time to time on different levels of socio-analysis. In macro-sociology, social structure is understood as social institutions, socioeconomic stratification, or other relations between large social groups that are patterned. On the micro-sociology dimension, social structure is Continue reading...
In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Freire outlines his concept of banking education: the notion that, ‘knowledge is a gift bestowed by those (teachers) who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those (students) whom they consider to know nothing. (2014, p.2) To Freire, banking education is problematic as it, ‘negates education as a process of enquiry,’ (2014, p.2) through the assumption that each student is completely ignorant. He asserts that: ‘Education must begin with the solution of the teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the poles of the contradiction so that both are simultaneously teachers and students’ (Freire, 2014, p. 3) In the following Continue reading...
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Medical paternalism is a medical conduct that gives medical personnel immense authority and power as far as the treatment of patients is concerned. The following essay looks at medical paternalism and whether it is a valid medical practice or completely uncalled for.
Medical paternalism is a principle that gives medical personnel certain powers and liberties. Medical paternalism is the frame of thought that the medical personnel can withhold certain information from the patient or even forcefully administer certain forms of treatment and medication contrary to the wishes of the patient. The main argument behind medical paternalism is
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Many scholars have theorized about the concept of globalization. One such scholar is Waltz Kenneth who is famous for the interdependence theory. Waltz contends that globalization is the interdependence of ideologies. He further adds that interdependence is associated with peace and by extension the economy. In his concept of globalization, more importance is given to people, markets and firms rather than to political states. The world becomes increasingly interdependent to one another and consequently, decisions are made from the perspective of a collective whole in the economic arena rather than independently in the political state (Jones, 2010, pp. 52).
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Mary Midgley argues the concept of ethical relativism that seeks to dictate the universal moral standards of the societal way of life. She bring in the lime light that the concept of moral doctrine is clearly associated with the various relative communities or the societies in the surrounding arena and definitely dictates their course of action with regards to the various matters that hold them.
The origins of the diverse doctrines originate from the various backgrounds that set the standards of the various beliefs that societies follow. An example is the sexual morality of which is reflected in the
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Answer Question
Question 1
This means that the bought the device at:
($600- cost)/ $600 = 0.25
Cost = 450
Question 2
Retailer
Using markup formula 33% markup
($299-cost) /cost=0.33
Cost = $300
Using the margin formula
($300-cost)/ 300 = 0.25
300-cost = 300*0.25
Cost= 300-75
Cost = $225
Using margin formula
($225- Cost)/ $225 = 0.5
Cost = 225-112.50
Cost = $112.5
The Usefulness of Distributors
Distributors are very important in a supply chain. Finding the right distributor is always a plus to the supply chain system. The following are reason as to why the company must make keep the distributors.
First it
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Motivation is a process which initiates, sustains and guides behaviors that are oriented towards achieving certain objectives. Motivation makes people do what they can to achieve what they desire. For instance, when an individual is motivated to gain knowledge, he will have the desire to read and learn until they gain the knowledge they had desired in the first place. Similarly, a thirsty individual will act in search of water to quench their thirst. Therefore, motivates directly affects how an individual behaves. There are two major classifications of motivation. Continue reading...
Arguably, when people in an organization interact, many factors come up. Individuals have to study group and individual dynamics, as well as organizational nature. Study of organizational behavior is gaining fame, because people from diverse cultures need to work together efficiently and effectively. In organizational behavior, there are numerous psychological terms that are mostly used interchangeably, this include self-concept and self esteem as well as self-efficiency and self-fulfilling; hence it is crucial to elaborate on its similarities and differences in meaning.
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In the case study, the social worker makes his own unethical decisions of reporting late or leaving early to find time to attend to his ailing wife who suffered a stroke that affected the neurological system. According to the principles of management as stated by Henri Fayol, all employees should subordinate their interest at the expense of the organizational interest. Apart from that, utilitarian theory of ethics stipulates that a moral action that seeks to benefit many and derives maximum utility should be adopted (Barsky, 2010). Accordingly, the social worker should have identified a relative or an alternative person Continue reading...
Conceptual mapping is a graphical representation of concepts or ideas and the relationship between them. The concepts are represented as vertices of a graph while the relationship between them is represented by edges which may be directional or unidirectional depending on the relationship between the concepts. Conceptual mapping can be thought of as theory-building process because it explores the relationship between various concepts such as causes and effects. In this easy, the works of various authors are analyzed in view of conceptual mapping as a theory-building process.
Artinian, B. M. (1982). Conceptual Mapping: Development of the Strategy. West Journal
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The concept of corporate finance lies in time value of money and is often regarded as the foundation of the corporate strategy as well as the financial management. The concept of net present value is applied in a number of financial decisions and the time value of money is dependent on the same principle. Therefore, this paper will be focused on the importance of the time value of money based on the concept of net present value. This concept is clarified by using the example of bond valuation as mentioned in the question. However, this paper Continue reading...
Joni C. Poff and David J. Parks
Winter 2010, Vol. 6, No. 4
Shared Leadership
There have been uncountable researches on the significance of a leader and the essence of leadership itself in the past three decades. The success of any organization is dependent upon the mindset of a leader where leadership is the combination of skills, drive, behavior and a mindset. Leadership can be voluntary and is not confined to a particular position (Pearce and Conger, 2003). The most important application of leadership is in the academic institutions specifically the schools; these institutions form the basic foundations of
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- Analyzing Caring
Once of the concepts that can be analyzed in the nursing profession is the concept of caring. While there are many concepts that are used in defining nursing, caring is an enigma because, in essence, nurses are caregivers. While this is the case, caring can be analyzed in so many ways, including a close examination of the caring theory – a conceptualization of care as offered by nursing and other caregivers.
According to Ranheim, Kärner, and Berterö, the most effectual method of analyzing care is the simultaneous concept analysis method (pg. 78), which entails the following
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