Willing College Essays Samples For Students

Immigration – A Critical Analysis of Recent Publications

The issue of immigration into the United States is a major issue of significance in US political and economic discussions. Immigration is a major subject in the current presidential race and there is a major question of how to deal with the over 11 million illegal immigrants, estimated to be living in the United States now. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of immigration on the US labor markets as presented and critiqued in various newspapers in the United States.

Summary of Lexis Nexis Findings

A preliminary study of the role of the illegal immigrants on the US economy indicated ...

The legalization of Euthanasia is an ethical concern in Canada. Euthanasia refers to the process of medical assistance in dying. It is one of the easiest methods to terminate the life of a person who may be having a terminal illness like cancer and HIV/Aids in their lasts stages. However, some people argue that the individual must be sure that they have to die in the end. Recently, the Canadian legislator changed the rule and advocated for euthanasia among the terminally ill patients. The law is unethical as most people do not identify with the effects of the law ...

Introduction

Activism by university students has always been discouraged by administrators with many of these activists finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. The 1960’s were characterized by racial discrimination and the oppression of the rights of students from free expression. These protests were considered acts of massive civil disobedience and most students who were found participating in such activities ended up in jail. It is during this period that Mario Savio joined the University of California, Berkeley and used speech to mobilize his fellow students to participate in peaceful sit-ins to demand free speech rights. Activists ...

Syrian Migration Crisis to Europe

In this paperwork, I am going to discuss about the recent Syrian migration crisis to Europe- specifically Germany.
Currently, it is estimated that millions of Syrians have escaped their homes because of the ongoing civil war that started in March, 2011- according to UNHCR report; over 4.25 million are dislocated within Syria (McFarland 139). Germany is one of the major target states for Syrian immigrants seeking refuge in Europe. In terms of applications for asylum, it holds the largest share compared to the rest of the European countries. Germany has, always, had a welcoming heart for visitors. Recently, the ...

Section

Executive Summary
In this study, the city wanted to determine the economic value of the Sharp Park and the surrounding coastal trail. Instinctively, one may think of lost revenues, or possible income which may be generated by keeping the golf course.
However, in the study, it has been determined that the amount earned from the golf course is actually much lesser than the amount required to maintain such. In fact, the city does not even earn from such property. The expense is greater than the revenues generated.
But in the course of the research, it has been ascertained that ...

Identity crisis for McDonalds

Inability to identify with specific customers

Realignment of the organization’s strategy
Management’s meeting on the quality of products being offered
Listing of better business operations for the company
Improvement in operations
Higher quality food
Improved menu through wider variety
Improvement business partnerships
Better franchises
Duplicate business model
Marketing strategies
Advertisements
Social media presence
Product promotions
Body
McDonald’s has had issues with its identity for some time. The identity is doubtful following the extensive exodus of the customers from the McDonald’s fast-food points. The company has not yet identified with a certain class of customers who ...

What are the determinants of the Deadweight Loss?

Introduction
The deadweight problem happens when the government through an attempt to increase their earnings from the goods in a country increases the taxation on them. It happens when they impose a certain amount of tax on certain commodities in the market and the end consumer as well as the producer in charge of the production process forced to lose the whole or part of their surplus. The loss they both suffer is the deadweight loss. The government has the right to earn some form of income from the trade activities within their borders. However, they also need to ...

Steve Jobs was a highly controversial but extremely successful leader of one of the largest and most successful companies in the world. Jobs dazzled the business world and the general public with his drive for excellence, but annoyed at even angered many of his executives and employees with his single-minded vision. Jobs was remarkable and visionary, and he helped to revolutionize personal computers and the digital industry as a whole. Thanks for this, Apple enjoyed massive sales any time a new iPhone, iPad or iPod hit the market. All of this convinced the world in general and business circles ...

This paper will look at love, sex and gender within the backdrop of postmodernism, existentialism and orientalism in the novels The Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar, Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian and The Lover by Marguerite Duras. In the novels love/ and sex are shown as something that a woman has no control over, something that destroys due to its intensity, and something that forever changes a person, respectively. While gender is seen as being something that disenfranchises women in a male dominant, unequal society and something that can destroy a man if ...

Abstract

This paper evaluates Hassan’s essay concerning suicide bombing with the aim of gaining an understanding of the phenomenon. In his discussion, Hassan offers three main explanations for the motivations behind these attacks. Initially, he argues that suicide bombers rarely suffer from mental disorders. According to the author, it is also inaccurate to refer to suicide bombers; rather they are more motivated by political reasons. Vengeance also drives some attackers. Such individuals or groups believe that injustices are being or were committed against the population they represent. As a result, if need be, they are willing to sacrifice their ...

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a contradiction of people who are authentic such as Sybil and Henry and those who are hiding their true selves behind deceptions, like Dorian and Basil. This paper will look at the use of “smoke and mirrors” in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. “Smoke and Mirrors” is a metaphor that refers to the hiding of truth behind a veil of deception. This is a concept that is popular in Victorian Literature and helps to drive the plot as the conflict is often times essential to the advancement of the storyline.
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Analysis of Leadership in the Film “Into the Wild”

Introduction
It is difficult to define leadership. There are multiple opinions regarding this topic. Some experts think it is an innate ability of a person to lead; the others insist that there is no such thing as a natural born leader, as every individual has a potential for leadership. These are diametrically opposite views towards leadership, yet both of them have important points. Those who claim leaders are born, emphasize the significance of their relationship with family and resources available in the early age. The opposite view focuses on the training, learning, and the ability of a person to ...

Impact of Minimum Wage on Labor Markets

Minimum wage is the price floor imposed in the labor market to ensure that firms don’t exploit workers. Usually, the minimum wage is set above the equilibrium wage. The minimum wage ensures workers get adequate income that can enable them to live a decent lifestyle. This price floor is revised from time to time as per changes in the cost of living. Therefore, it disrupts the supply and demand of labor in the economy. Economists who advocate for this policy argue that it supports the low-skilled workers who are easily exploited due to their low bargaining power (David, ...

Introduction

To illustrate the various aspects of business ethics and religious perspectives, a study was carried out in a CPA firm. This company is owned by Myron D. Solomon who is a CPA and he was interviewed for purposes of this study. This is a small firm located along Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove, Illinois. His firm provides accounting services for small and medium sized companies. It is estimated that his business revenue is less than $ 500,000 annually. Myron D Solomon does not employ full time employees. He shares office space and employ with two other CPA offices and a third entrepreneur in a different line ...

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Markets work as the most efficient way to allocate scarce resources for which there are alternative uses. This is the theme carried through Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics. And this is the point that Becker and Elias offer in their Wall Street Journal article. They make the case that people are literally dying from a lack of organs that they need to survive. And they make the point that it is especially true in the case of kidneys. Live donors can survive perfectly well with one kidney. Such donations are becoming common, but usually among family ...

Skimming and penetration pricing strategies are used by the company when it is launching a new product into the market, but there are many differences between these two pricing strategies. In price skimming strategy, the company focuses on setting higher price for the product when introducing it to the market, and then decreasing it gradually. In this strategy, price is set high for skimming maximum revenues. The revenues are, however, skimmed layer by layer from the market segments that are willing to pay higher price; the organization in this way profitable sales though they are fewer in number (Kotler, ...

The article by Marceta Reilly “Getting Genuine Commitment for Change” (2015), discusses several responses of employees in the education area to the changes proposed by leaders: principals and coaches. The author of the article argues that it is natural to react to new initiatives and practices with resistance and be reluctant to accept innovation. The reason, according to Reilly (2015), is that people feel secure and comfortable when doing their job in customary ways, and are alarmed when changes affect these traditional ways, which they are accustomed with. Often they do not see a need to change anything in ...

Introduction

There is always a question as to how to encourage students to listen, pay attention, and interact within the classroom environment. Too often it is seen that those who excel by choice are at the forefront of the classroom while those who are either not as adept at the given subject or are less interested fade into the background. Professor Dylan Williams and his ideas on how to better engage the entire classroom are both innovative and simplistic enough that students of all skill levels can participate and feel relatively equal. To teach effective equality within the classroom it ...

Introduction

Asian Americans used the comic novels to tell their stories regarding the turbulent racist stereotypes that they had to undergo. The novelist developed narratives of some of the real-life experience of many young Asian Americans who were willing to do anything just to be recognized and appreciated by other Americans. This essay correlates racial discrimination with the desire of being American or Westernized.

Jin Wang

All that Jin Wang wishes to do is to fit in amongst his peers. When his household moves to a new area, Jin Wang suddenly becomes the only Asian American child in his new school. On ...

Dear Editor,

Community is under the threat! The access to clean water can become limited. It is high time to make some actions towards helping of our community. This is not a joke and it is not even a secret that the only river which leads to the town is being constantly polluted by the plastic factory. People will no longer be able to get as clean water as before from their taps. It is necessary to take some measures in order to help them and me and you. It is not a problem of our town only, it touches upon ...

Love is a wonderful feeling, an experience that a human being cannot resist. The song entitled “Stereo Hearts” is a song full of questions, yet, it brings assurance to the one he or she loves. The writer is apparently inspired and adored someone whom he offers and expresses his or her love through his or her music and willing to give everything. A true love knows no boundary, willing to apologize, forgives, and forever protects a special someone.
Both the figurative language from the lyrics of the song that says “My heart’s a stereo” (a metaphor) and “Hear ...

Apple Incorporation is a globally-operating company with its headquarters in Cupertino, California, in the United States. The company was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The founders had fashioned the company for development and sale of personal computers. However, over time the company extended its operations to the production of consumer electronics, software, as well as delivery of online services. The hardware products of the company include iPad, iPod, Mac laptops, as well as the new Apple Watch. The consumer software that the company produces includes OS X and iOS operating systems. The online ...

Jesus in Film

Portraying of Jesus in media sources mainly forms peoples’ attitude towards him. Evidently, film industry is the source that influences on peoples’ mind most effectively. Moreover, people conceive messages about religious issues easier by means of films. It occurs due to bright illustrations and filmic elements. This paper is directed to distinguish Jesus appearance in films. In this paper two films The Passion of the Christ and Life of Brian are reviewed.
In order to detect essence of the topic three objectives are set. Firstly, it is necessary to indicate characteristics of Jesus in mentioned films. The second objective ...

I clearly remember the very moment I realized how I would like to change my life to; the moment, which not only shocked me, but made me realize that my family is the most important thing I have; the moment when I realized that the life of my son was at stake. It happened in the middle of the night, when my deep and quiet sleep was interrupted by the tender but at the same time concerned voice of my son. He shocked my body lightly as he whispered these heart wrenching words: "Wake up!! Wake up! Something is ...

during Times of Uncertainty
during Times of Uncertainty

Introduction:

Times of uncertainty lead the public to seek both leadership and answers. They need answers, and ways to organize around issues of social significance which have created doubt, and indecision. In essence, they need help understanding the issue at hand and being offered an acceptable frame of reference when they, themselves, do not have the experience to come up with constructive solutions. Often this leadership comes out of the academic community. As such, the purpose of the current essay is to determine in what ways academics can contribute on issues of ...

Fig1: Environmental sustainability-Frepessco Global Services
There is an ever increasing pressure on the residents to increase productivity and consumption to spur economic growth. This is often translated as a need to acquire that new dress, a pair of shoes, make ups, and other luxury products that we do not necessarily need. The human desire is to acquire the best quality at the lowest possible cost. On the other hand, there is pressure on the organizations to increase the production efficiency and reduce the carbon emission and other form of wastes. Thus, the need for increased production at a lower ...

Policy Brief, Design and Evaluation of A Public Policy: Child Welfare in the Changing Family Unit

Introduction
Children need a conducive environment where they can grow in peace and develop in all other areas that relate to their welfare. The conventional family unit consisted of a nuclear set up comprising of a man, woman and the children they sired together. Such formed the foundation through which children could draw strength and some kind of inspiration due to the availability of both gender parents (Conger and Donnellan, 2007, p175). According to Hobson and Fahlén, (2009) it was also an opportunity where the man and woman would bring up their children together and give them love ...

The term "demand" in economics means payment need, i.e. need that the subject is able to pay. From this definition it follows that the demand for a particular commodity (service) depends on the price. This means that the increase in commodity prices will lead to a decrease in demand, and, conversely, a decrease in prices will lead to higher demand. The relationship between price and quantity demanded is stable. (Agarwal, 2013)
The cause of the change in demand is change. This reverse causal relationship between price and quantity demanded is the law of demand. The law of demand manifests ...

The main hero of the novel “The Dispossessed” is Shevek. He is a young physicist who is willing to show the world his theories and discoveries. He is a resident of Anarres but it is not a place for him to show and discover his full scientific potential. Therefore, Shevek’s freedom is quite limited on his home planet.
Towards the end of the novel Shevek is trying to build that moral society is possible. His discovery and theory is being neglected on his home planet because it is viewed as the way to boost his personal ego. However, ...

Investment Proposal for Cengage Learning, Inc.

Executive Summary

Purpose of the Paper
The main purpose of the paper is to prepare an effective investment appraisal for Cengage Learning by using various financial management tools.

Overview of the Paper

The paper comprises of following material that can be seen in the overall paper.
Investment appraisal techniques for introducing new product line
Selection of two most common techniques
Importance of techniques through literature
Testing of Feasibility of new project
Interpretation and conclusion on the analysis
Techniques Used
Results
It is found from the above two analysis that the project is viable for the company and has potential to provide high return ...

A free market economic system is a method of allocating resources, which is based on the market price. Prices are determined through unrestricted competition between the state and privately owned business entities

Command system works best when there are extreme market imperfections and uncontrolled monopolies

A command system works badly when the government control most of the resources and discourage fair competition because it leads to inequalities and poor quality of goods and services.
The contest method of resource allocation works efficiently because increased competition ensures fair prices of goods and services. Additionally, the wage rates are high and the quality of products and services improve as various market players strive to ...

The Greco-Roman myth is characterized by familial power struggles which mean that power structure was primarily hereditary as power revolved around one family. Familial power structures are reflected by the way Zeus allocated responsibilities to his sons and daughters. The gods, such as Zeus father, killed their sons for fear that they would usurp them while there were also incidences where gods would be dethroned from power. The Greco-Roman myth reflects the way power struggles interfere with the functioning of the society and the extent to which those in authority are willing to go in sustaining their authority and ...

Iraq

Introduction
The period between 2003 and 2011 is a duration that will remain in the history of Iraq for decades to come. It was a period characterized by unprecedented levels of violence and political disorder whereby there was a strong influence exerted on Iraqi politics by foreign powers. The same period witnessed the American-led military troop invasion of Iraq, in an exercise that overthrew Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party governance. The year 2011 marked the end of nearly decade-long fight when the US troops left the country. After the invasion, there were efforts to reconstruct Iraq. However, the ...

4. Environmental Analysis
4.1. Operating Factors
Some of the common goals in any restaurant regardless of size is the desire to make money, control food and labor cost and to retain employees . A restaurant is one of the toughest businesses to run successfully because of the long hours involved, the high turnover and the relatively low pay when compared to the number of hours. Therefore it is clear that human resource is a critical operating factor. An understanding of the nature of the market is also essential; factors like market saturation and market trends are critical to operating a ...

Introduction:

The United Kingdom is the world’s eighth largest tourist destination with over 36 million visitors in the country in the year 2015. Direct spending by tourists is estimated at over $22 billion, which is equivalent to about 2% of GDP. Most of the tourists to the United Kingdom are from mainland Europe, accounting for approximately 60% of all tourists. Despite this, the most profitable tourists for the United Kingdom are from the North American market consisting of the United States and Canada (Delloite, 2013). Although this segment accounts for less than ten percent of overall tourist numbers, it ...

Abstract

Negotiation is a means of getting something that you want or need from another person. It is a two way communication that seeks to strike a deal or coming to common ground on an issue that both you and the other negotiating party have opposing interests in (Fisher & Ury, 1991).
Negotiation is clouded with myths that stretch from how negotiators carry out negotiations to the kind of attitude they bring to the negotiation table. There are misconceptions that good negotiators are born, but the real truth is that negotiation is a skill; and like any other skill, it is ...

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Question: Given our policies relating to national defense and law enforcement and the priority given to homeland security, should privacy rightly be considered a thing of the past?

Privacy Rights are More Important than Law Enforcement, Community Protection, and Domestic Safety

Privacy rights are more important than law enforcement, community protection, and domestic safety because it is considered that “privacy as a basic human good or right with intrinsic value” (Nass et al., 2009, p. 77). This means that privacy is “being objectively valuable in itself” and it is an “essential component of human well-being” (Nass et. al., 2009, p. 77). Therefore, if the privacy rights of an ...

Personal Reflection:

Abstract
Cultural bias is a condition that can have great effect upon the education of a student. In Canada it has been seen that while immigrants are quite welcome and even encouraged to settle within the provinces, they are still seen as second-class in several ways. Two of those ways involve their place in education and their cultural identities. While Canada is renowned for its acceptance of many various races and peoples, it is not as well known for its quiet assimilation of its immigrants into the Canadian culture. Immigrants are not paid as much, do not always receive ...

Lot’s and Paul’s stories in the Bible

Lot’s Encounter
A crucial and outstanding aspect that has been well presented in Genesis chapter 19 is the issue of remaining righteous no matter the situation at hand has been demonstrated in an amplified way (Carroll & Prickett, 2008). At times, a heavy resentment has to be overcome with not so favorable options, but just to defend what is righteous. In Sodom, the two messengers could not find a room to stay. No one accepted strangers in the place since they did not adhere to the immoral culture that had taken root in the region. The two strangers were ...

United States has for decades been deeply involved in the Middle East, and particularly in the ongoing conflict between Israel and its various neighbors. This is why there is been a good deal of speculation of late as to how US policy toward Israel during a future Hillary Clinton presidency might differ from (or be similar to) that of the current Obama administration. Since leaving the State Department, Clinton has provided some indication about what her policies would be in the Middle East in general and Israel in particular. Nevertheless, a certain degree of uncertainty still exists. While there ...

The modern society places huge expectations of conformity on the individual, forcing them to question their identity and place in the society. Parental presence and acceptance, class, income, race and physical appearance become important in how well individuals get accustomed to the often rigid demands of the society they live in. Philosophers, poets and novelists throughout history have written about the feeling of abandonment by a parental figure or a class and the resultant agony it brings to their protagonists. Werther in The Sorrows of Young Werther, the creature in Frankenstein, Lily Briscoe in To The Lighthouse and Bartleby ...

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Introduction
The novel, ‘City of Thieves’ by David Benioff, presents an opportunity to analyze the concept of masculinity under the circumstances of war. What is significant in this literary work is that manliness emerges under extreme adversity, which is often considered as the very test of being a man. Although Benioff’s ‘City of Thieves’ is fictional, the circumstances are realistic and is based on a historical incident that happened around six decades ago in Leningrad, which is the present day St. Petersburg in Russia. Becoming a man is one of the most confusing rhetoric there is. ...

Introduction

Sharp Park, which is named after George Sharp, has a long, rich history. Mr. Sharp owned a more than 400-acre estate that he established with a vision for the San Francisco residents to enjoy recreation in a natural setting. When he died together with his wife, the property was left to the San Francisco City Council under strict instructions that it would only be used for recreational purposes. Sharp Park is in California off Highway 1 along the Pacific Ocean, San Francisco. It has existed since 1917; the golf course was established in 1930s. In 1941-internment camp was established ...

Historians and researchers have documented various changes that have taken place in the world since time memorial. One of the major variations that has occurred over the last century is the change from a local to a global society that has integrated the entire world into one common unit. This essay conceptualizes on the works of various authors who have studied the relationship between a local and global community. The writers under evaluation are Donald Wright, who authored The World a Very Small Place, Ryan Poll of Main Street and Empire, and Hunt of The World Transformed.
Hunt’s ...

Ibsen exposes the life experiences of his main female character Nora to show the way patriarchal societies deprive women their freedom by suppressing their views, treating them like children, and through repressive gender roles. Nora’s life and her relationship with her husband, Torvald, is a typical reflection of the importance of self-determination for women within the marriage institution. It is apparent that when a person’s freedom is limited either by choice or by chance, one is not able to establish a relationship based on equality with a partner or other people within the society. The author provides ...

Introduction

In economics, a market is an institution or a mechanism that brings together buyers (bearers of demand) and sellers (suppliers) of certain goods and services. At the same time, markets may take various forms, including the form of the labor market. The labor market not only covers employees in all sectors of the economy of various skilled workers, but also working-age people who are not involved in the social production at the moment (for example, temporarily unemployed people).
In the most general form, the labor market is the economic relationship between the demand and the supply of labor. The ...

Introduction

Strong leadership skills are imperative for every organization since employees are attracted by leaders who understand varied workplace situations and are able to design ways through which workers stay motivated. Three themes that are fundamental attributes of competent leaders include the ability to lead and influence actions of employees, ability to promote work-life balance and the need for leaders to impact positively in an organization such that their contributions to the organizations will forever be remembered. The three themes were brought forward by the guest speakers Mark Herley, Martin Plant and Michelle whose presentations provided useful insights on factors ...

The main purpose of the current paper is to define corresponding tendencies related to different social changes influenced by the religious beliefs and the supporters of a particular religion. Despite the fact that almost every religion is based upon the respective concepts of supernatural and sacred presuming themselves to have nothing in common with objective reality, representatives of particular religious groups not only tend to follow their own code of ethics and way of life but are also willing to spread their ideas to the masses imposing their own values on the social masses that are not necessarily belong ...

Situation- Mario’s Italian Restaurant is a new restaurant that has recently opened in Overland Park, Ks. The restaurant is currently experiencing difficult times financially. The restaurant is slow and the owner believes it is due to the smaller size and somewhat hidden location. The other restaurants in the area are self-standing. In other words, they are not attached to any other business and are closer to the road. Mario’s Italian Restaurant, on the other hand, is located further off the road in a strip mall. The strip mall is placed behind the self-standing restaurants. Also, Mario’s ...

The case of the von Braun team of German rocket scientists who came to the United States at the end of World War II illuminates the idea of administrative evil. It is incredible that half of the team were individuals who were Nazis in Germany. Individual who were at the core of the United States space missions in the 1960s had ties to the evil Nazi regime. One of the core members of the von Braun team was a key decision maker at the Mittel Dora slave labor concentration camp. The text notes that about a dozen of individuals ...

Article Analysis

The cries of the goblin merchants give the story its haunting quality.
Lizzie is more sensible than Laura, so she is more protective when it comes to heeding the cries, and she ends up protecting Laura.

Repeating Lizzie’s warnings over and over again provides an “aural lesson” for the reader, as well as for Laura.

There is some disagreement as to whether the nature of the cries is local in context or provides a larger comment about the class war.
Rossetti’s poem is somewhere between the sounds of the streets around her and the literary evocations of that city that transform sounds into words.
London had a reputation for being filled with a huge array of noises ...

Business Plan

Executive Summary 3
1.0 Introduction 4
2.0 Operations plan 5
2.1 Location and facilities 5
2.2 Business processes 6
2.3 Distribution and outsourcing 9
3.0 Organizational plan 10
3.1 Management 11
3.2 Mission 12
3.3 Purpose 13
3.4 Vision 13
3.5 Legal structure 13
3.6 Organizational chart 14
4.0 Marketing plan 16
4.1 Price 16
4.2 Product 17
4.3 Place 19
4.4 Promotion 20
5.0 Financial plan 21
6.0 Growth plan 22
7.0 Contingency and harvest strategy 23
8.0 Timeline to launch the plan 25
9.0 References 28
10.0 Appendices 29

Executive summary

Don’t we all enjoy the experience of ...

Depending on a specific set of goals and priorities that a business wants to pursue, it may choose among the following types of pricing objectives to help shape its pricing strategy:
Profit oriented objectives include maximization of profits by setting up prices that can cover the costs and yield maximum current profits, and target return on investment when companies pricing strategy allows for sales revenue that yields average return on investment;
Sales oriented objectives are related to driving sales volume and gaining desired market share both of which can be achieved through price adjustment;
Status Quo oriented objectives promote ...

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In this essay, we are going to explore and prove that Patrick Ferguson, a famous Scottish officer in the British army that was known for his actions during the American War of Independence, was a great man. In considering that Ferguson was a good man, we will specifically be looking at the ideas that he would never shoot another officer in the back, Ferguson would not kill someone who was innocent and would have just been a victim of war, and he would wear a checkered outfit while in battle to ensure that ...

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In the given case study, Fiserv is a payment and electronic billing company, which is encountering a challenge of coming up with fruitful recommendations that it may present in front of its e-billing partners to increases the adoptions of electronic payment methods for paying bills i.e. e-billing. In order to overcome the challenge, Fiserv has hired a marketing research team, which aims at studying and segmenting the e-billing consumer market. Therefore, this paper focuses on analyzing the finding of the market research team by using the customer value targeting and segmentation strategy in order to ...

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In “The Postmodern Condition” Jean Francois Lyotard defines post-modernity as “Incredulity towards metanarratives”. In outlining Lyotard's position as elaborated in this essay, it is evident that his work focuses primarily on the possibility of achieving what he calls a “unity of experience”. In order to understand his conception of this idea it is necessary to first assess his view of society in relation to the modern world. Postmodern culture demonstrates “a radical break, both with a dominant culture and aesthetic, and with a rather different moment of socioeconomic organization” (Lyotard, 1990, p. vii). This demonstrates a fundamental shift ...

Based on Zimbardo's presentation (click link below to view), what is the most powerful determinant of whether human beings do good or harm?
A human is more likely to do good or harm based upon the situation, the influence upon them and if they take that first step to harm. Being in a new situation where one is unfamiliar also can increase the chances of doing bad. An example is the Milgram experiments where it starts with an amount of electric shock, up to a tortuous amount. Taking that first step in an evil path can continue to causing ...

Psychology is the scientific study of how the mind works and how people chose to act.

(Feldman & Dinardo, 2009, p.5) Psychology encompasses many areas of analysis: how people feel, how people act, how they learn, how they are driven, and how they think. Understanding why people behave the way they do can benefit people in many areas of life. If you know why someone does something it is easier to find a way to get them to do it. The reverse is also true that if you know the cause of someone’s behavior you may be able to find the remedy to stop that behavior. This field of study is extremely useful in working ...

As a result of changing environmental, biological, and physical conditions, human beings are being frequently affected by a wide range of illnesses. Some of these ailments reach detrimental levels threatening one’s life and as such prompt the need for an organ transplant to ensure their survival. Such situations are often common for diseases such as cardiac, liver, and kidney diseases. As such, this creates the need for such organs so as to treat relevant ailments and extend life. The most common organs required for transplant surgeries include, but not limited to, heart, kidneys, lungs, intestines, and the liver. ...

Question 1: What is Cineplex’s Altman Z-Score for 2013 and 2014?

Z = 1.2X1 + 1.4X2 + 3.3X3 + 0.6X4 + 1.0X5

Where:

X1 = Net Working Capital/Total Assets (it measures liquidity)
X2 = Retained Earnings/Total Assets (it measures the cumulative profitability)
X3 = Earnings before Interest and Tax/Total Assets (it measures the return on assets)
X4 = Equity Market Value/Book Value of Liabilities (it measures the market leverage)
X5 = Total Revenue/Assets (It measures the revenue generating potential of total assets)
X1 = Net Working Capital/Total Assets = -184,021/1,609,416 = -0.11
X2 = Retained Earnings/Total Assets = -123,771 / 1,609,416 = -0.08
X3 = Earnings before Interest and Tax/Total Assets = (97,415 + 21,948) / 1,609,416 = 0.07
X4 = Equity ...