Hope Reports Samples For Students

A command line interface refers to a computer operating system user interface or an application that uses visual prompts to execute tasks by typing in a command on a specified line. The graphical user interface, on the other hand, is a human-computer user interface that uses icons, windows, and menus that can be controlled using a mouse or a keyboard to execute commands. Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are accentuated by Microsoft Windows while command-line interfaces (CLIs) are exemplified by the UNIX command Language. It is less complicated for a beginner to use a GUI than a CLI since a CLI calls for special skills to operate (Bell, 2005). In ...

Work engagement is a complex multi faced concept practiced in one’s daily life. It entails many practical, emotional and physical variables which create a combination of notions influencing decision making and final outcomes. The four preliminary variables of which work engagement is based on are hope, resilience, optimism and efficacy. Each variable is associated in a slightly different way manipulating the way of thinking and final outcomes. Work engagement is commonly defined as "a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind that is characterized by vigor, dedication, and absorption" (Schaufeli and Bakker, 2004: 295).
Psychological capital is a key term shaped by hope, ...

Psychological capital which is commonly known as (PsyCap) consists of efficacy, hope, optimism and resiliency. In this study, variables that are closely associated with work engagement are; hope optimism, efficacy, and resiliency. These values have empirically been demonstrated in the four articles in relation to employee and manager outcomes in organizations. In the Journal of Education for Business, two issues emerge; there are important implications for psychological capital in regards to business student development, success, and retention. Notably, a distinctive competency is represented by managers’ human capital. The second article about the relationship between hope, self-efficacy, eustress and life satisfaction ...

Management & Budgetary Control and the Beyond Budgeting debate

Part 1
What is budgetary control?
Budgetary control is the “establishment of budgets relating the responsibilities of executives to the requirements of a policy,” and the constant checking of the adherence to the budgeted results (FAO, 2014). It sets targets for income and expenditure to monitor and adjust the performance when necessary (Weygandt et al., 2009). It develops goals and forecasts for the major financial indicators, such as profits and revenues, costs, and cash flow (Horngren, 2012).

Why use traditional budgetary control?

Traditional budgeting is often described as the most reliable and effective tool used in managerial accounting (Pietrzak, 2014). Budgetary systems are the ...

Introduction

I will be extremely happy to become a computer engineer with Aramco- the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I hope to serve at the company’s headquarters in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia although the company offers an excellent working environment in each of the countries where it operates. The company operates as a fully integrated global petroleum and chemicals company with huge departments that conduct exploration, refining and distribution of oil and gas (saudiaramco.com). As I study computer engineering, I hope to acquire the skills and knowledge to help me perform to my highest levels at ...

1. The figure below shows a collection of art work by Lucas Cranach. It shows a feast of Herod whose head is held by a woman. It is from the Ella as well as Mary Sumner fund, 1936.339

This picture gives a representation of a feast that happened in the ancient period, at a time in the Old Testament during the rule of a king by the name Herod (Andrew, 114). The artist, by the name Lucas was did this work of art with the primary reason of illustrating hope in the New Testament since the woman in the drawing is carrying the head of the ...

RE: Our Company’s Ethical Duties and Social Responsiveness

With the great efforts of our human resources, legal, and administrative department, I would like to announce the recent completion of our amended Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”). The drafting and implementation of the Code illustrates our commitment to ensure that all members of the Ruby Tuesday staff and corporate suite conduct themselves with “honesty, integrity, and ethical behavior” and in compliance with the law (Ruby Tuesday, 2015). A Code of conduct is essential for us to be the best organization that we can be.
While the Code provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of our ...

Writing bad-news messages

Dear Ms. Leketa Young,
Introduction
Our esteemed customer, I received your email. In the package, you are bringing to my attention the fact that the jacket you bought from my women’s clothing shop in California turned out to be defective since the panes have different coloring. You also requested for refund of the cost of the jacket and the shipping charges. Thank you for expressing your claims to me. Unfortunately, I’m sorry to inform you that it will not be possible to refund you for reasons that you will understand.

Reasons for refusal

- Leather jacket is defective ...

Writing good-news and neutral messages

West –brooks veterinaries,
P.O.BOX 245-0005,

New York.

2nd June 2, 2013.
Pet Haven Inc.
P.O. BOX 523-0012,
New York.

Introduction

I have been working for the government as a trained veterinary officer for the last ten year. However, I have not been very comfortable with the career since I feel that I am not making the progress that I anticipated. Since my childhood, I have always been dreaming of taking life into my hands and make the most out of it. Due to this, I have decided to abandon my profession and join the world of business. However, it ...

What is organ donation?

Organ donation is the voluntary giving of an organ or tissue so as to help someone who needs them or whose organs have failed. Organ donation is normally done to save or enhance other people’s lives. Donating one’s organ is an act of generosity and any willing donor will be informed about the procedure and will be thanked for their actions to save humanity.

History of organ donation

Organ transplant experiments on humans and animals can be traced back to the 18th century. Scientists tried to transplant body organs on both animals and humans, but the experiments failed terribly. But not ...

Introduction

This paper entails a comprehensive response to five main questions that revolve around the responsible management of a business entity from a leadership perspective. In this regard, the responses that will be alluded to in this paper comprise of different aspects of the management of a business entity more so in relation to the leadership and management of the human capital working within an organization.
This paper will also evaluate the nature of the relationships between employees within an organization and how the management can mitigate conflicts and leverage on these relationships so as to ensure that they result ...

Personal Strategic Plan

Personal Strategic Plan
1. Vision, Mission and Values
My vision is to exceed my limits and aim beyond the stars. My purpose in life is to turn my ambitions and energy into a power that can help my society and women in particular, to lead by example, to shine and exceed in my line of work and to inspire other women. In my personal life, my purpose is to raise a stable family that is devoted to change the future of our country.

- I’m a firm believer in equality and fairness, because it is important to grant everyone ...

Personal profile

I am David Keller an American citizen born in 1978 with an entrepreneurial family background from California. I attended all my education in the America schools and colleges. I joined Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1996 from where my mind was opened up to focus on the international trade opportunities. After college in 1998, I started an agribusiness by the name Evergreen Traders. I hoped to build a business kingdom globally from the enterprise which I have. As an actor in the global market exporting and importing agricultural products I have interacted and learnt from the other players. Those ...

Purpose

The objective was to remove all doubts about the treatment of multiple sclerosis not being able to work for both men and women, whose domiciles are different. Comparisons for the treatment being given in two countries were to be made, with the aim of finding the similarities of drugs used, which work and which ones do not, as well as the differences between those regimens used. Through the differences, similarities, advantages and disadvantages uncovered from drugs obtained from two countries, the project sought to give male patients suffering from multiple sclerosis the ability to make sound and informed decisions ...

Over the course of time, nursing has evolved as a profession whose ideals are embedded on the caring and therefore advancing the health of a population with diverse health needs. It is apparent that the role of the nurse has today become increasingly recognizable and that nurses today are regarded in a more approachable and respectable manner. In some quarters, nursing is defined as a calling but at the professional level it is more than just that calling. It is a dynamic role that involves caring for individuals, making decisions, critical thinking, problem solving and sustenance of a health ...

The holiday plays a role in the process of socialization of the person, the perception of his role and relationship to social groups. With its emotional background, entertainment, unconventionality, often accompanied by joy and abundance, ability to use various benefits that are unavailable in ordinary time, gifts and entertainment and deviations from the usual rules restricting the behavior of people, holiday for many centuries attracts children and young people, deeply etching into their memory. It is a very important reason to identify oneself with other people – in the days of the feast, young people, often more clearly than in ...

Objective

The key purpose for the Make-A-Wish Foundation is to grant the different desires of children experiencing life-threatening illness, an aspect that gives them hope and joy in life. The organization helps to save the lives of children between the age of two and a half to eighteen years and their respective families with the burden of enriching their life experience. The rationale for the experience is a belief that through the concept, children in such conditions and their family are released from the immense stress and filled with hope in life that will surpass their illness. The foundation achieves ...

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The Originals and Gender Physiology

1.0 Physical Issues
Gender physiology essentially pertains to physical issues better ascribed to the concept of sex, the biological characteristics, which distinguishes the male from the female (Torgrimson and Minson 785). Consistent with essentialism, it emphasizes physical differences in anatomy, hormones, reproductive systems and related characteristics, which arise from the fundamental and differential impacts of the human chromosomes (Carothers and Reis 3). In the TV series The Originals, there exists a clear demarcation between biological characteristics. The male main characters include Klaus Mikaelson, Elijah Mikaelson, Marcel Gerald, and Finn Mikaelson. In the second ...

Executive Summary

This work determines the various concerns a company or an investor needs to look into before investing money in any economy. There are key players in the economy that determines its growth and progress. Matters of employment are so fundamental to consider in any country, since it determines the purchasing power of the consumers. In addition, it also determines the purchasing behaviour in an economy. Other factors that this paper looks into include the demand and supply relationships. It is confirmed in the works that increase in supply affects the price of commodities. For example, when the supply goes ...

Introduction

Primarily any business' aim is to remain in business while maximizing the welfare of its shareholders. To start and continue its operations without hitches, companies usually require funding. The funds needed are either short-term or long-term (Carey and Essayyad, 2015). Sources of short-term funding include overdraft, short-term loan, trade credit and lease finance. These sources are repayable within a period of one year. Due to the volatility in the interest rates associated with the short-term funding, they represent high risks for the borrower (James, 2000). However, they are less expensive and more flexible (Chahyadi, 2000)
Long-term funding, on the ...

Technical Writing

Summer 2016
Recommendation Report
Best Desktop Computer to Purchase
Electrical Engineering
Feasibility/ Recommendation Report: Best Computer To Purchase
Introduction
Purpose
The purpose of this report is to recommend the best computer to purchase for playing games.
Problem
The desktop computer remains the most versatile machine even today. With new designs, affordable prices and a range of uses that extends far beyond the home-office, desktop computers remain a relevant option. Apart from computing and gaming, desktop computers are also being used in the living room as home entertainment systems. Design-wise, they are witnessing a paradigm shift from being tower-based systems ...

BUSINESS PROPOSAL: E-RECRUITMENT AND EFFICIENCY FOR THE JOB SEEKER AND RECRUITER

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report examines the ways through which GE Company can be able to develop a better and efficient recruitment process for their applicants who are seeking for a job position or internship with the company through embracing technology in order to speed up the process of recruitment. Slow recruitment process in the GE Company has had a lot of disadvantages, especially on the applicants who have to wait for longer periods before getting their feedback.
There are other organizations that have an online service form intern structures for interns that apply to their particular programs. These structures and ...

Executive Summary

Rocky Marketing Network is faced with two issues concerning to their workforce i.e. low retention rate and poor performance that are telling upon their profitability and challenging their position with a comparison to their competitors. The current report has been prepared after a careful investigation of the causes of the reported issues. After a deep study, it was detected that both the issues are overlapping each other to a considerable extent and are the products of poor HRM performance. Furthermore, it is suggested that the company can tackle both the issues by taking appropriate initiatives, which are as follows:
All these initiatives ...

The archetypal hero’s journey has taken many forms throughout history; in contemporary film, it often requires the main characters to step outside their cynical, grounded physical worlds and enter new realms of imagination. In the case of two classic films from the 1990s, Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King and the Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix , three archetypes of the hero’s journey(the hero, the mentor, and the monster) are found, contextualizing these modern science fiction and fantasy films as modern hero’s journeys. The three characters from each of these films that fit these archetypes are adapted ...

List of figures

Figure 1: A representation of an action plan on academic skills 8

Introduction

I am from Saudi Arabia, one of the richest countries in the world but very poor in education. On realizing its low potential in education, the Saudi Arabian government in collaboration with the ministry of education developed an education policy. The main objective of the proposed education policy was to promote education to all in order for the country to meet its economic, religious and social needs, and eliminate high literacy rates present among Saudi adults (Alkhazim, 2013). In addition, the Saudi King developed a program that sponsored ...

Leadership in Health and Social Care: The challenge of promoting effective teamwork on hand hygiene compliance in an inter-disciplinary environment for team leaders in Hong Kong authority hospitals

Part I

Introduction:
Hand hygiene is the single most effective and cost efficient method for preventing and reducing the transmission of hospital acquired infections. Adherence to hand hygiene practices is the most important method of reducing infections in healthcare facilities. Because hands of healthcare workers frequently serve as vectors for the transmission of organisms between patients, and are also a major reservoir for pathogens with antimicrobial resistance, the simple act of washing ones ...

Job Description

A job description is essentially a statement that details the purpose, tasks as well as the responsibilities of a particular process. A job description is of great importance in the employee recruitment process. However, its mandate does not stop there. Even after employees have been successful hired by an organization, job description plays a crucial role. It, for example, greatly assists in the process of induction and training of the newly hired employees.
A job description has various purposes. The ultimate task as mentioned earlier is to detail or articulate the purpose, responsibilities and tasks of a particular job.
A job ...

Summary of selected Shadow Experience

For the record, I was not expecting to learn a lot of things about sales, marketing, and merchandising strategies in this shadow experience. The opposite of what I was expecting happened because I, in fact learned a lot, particularly in the field of economics, marketing, and merchandising. In this sales call strategy report, I will discuss the different things that I learned from a real-life sales person working for the Ocean Marine Yacht Club in Hallandale. The line of product and or service being offered is directly related to properties and real estate. The first time I came into the venue of ...

Profitability ratios

Gross profit margin =Gross profit/Net sales
The formulae used in the calculations are listed in the appendix. ("Growth, Profitability, and Financial Ratios for Myer Holdings Ltd (MYR) from Morningstar.com," n.d.)

Commentary

- Profitability

Generally, profitability ratios give someone an idea on how the company is utilizing resources to make the profit.

Myer has a lower gross profit margin compared to David Jones. The gross profit, net profit margins for Myer decline over the two-year period, 2012 and 2013. During the same time, David Jones improves marginally on the margins. This is an indication of changing fortunes in the industry, where one company gains as the other declines.
The two companies have a similar tax environment as tax expense ...

Introduction

The case study Nike the art of selling air, taken from 100 great businesses and minds behind them is in essence the story of an organization which changes the course of the sneakers industry and started a journey which is still ongoing with great success.
Nike Inc. has been the face of the sneakers industry for the last five decades, the story starting in 1962 by Phil Knight who in collaboration with his coach Bill Bowerman, laid the bricks for a revolution in the footwear industry.
Ever since the launch the achievements of Nike in terms of creating a brand ...

This report analyzes the current human resource systems and practices of XYZ Limited, a company incorporated in the United States. Collectively, the interplay of these systems and practices form the underlying backbone of the company`s human resource management system. According to Bratton (2012), the human resource management system of a company refers to the conscience strategies, applications, practices and systems that the company has implemented at a particular point in time to facilitate the oversight of its talent management or human resource division. This paper presents the outcomes of a project which was undertaken to analyze these functions in the context of ...

Section 1

On November 26, 2013, I attended the Don Knabe Pediatrics Arts Exhibit event. The event featured artworks from 12 students currently enrolled at the Don Knabe Pediatrics Arts Program. The event was organized the event in collaboration with Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Centre, which runs the Don Knabe Arts Program that consists of training in fine arts, music and graphic art to participants who have previously experienced disabling or catastrophic injuries.
At the forefront of the event’s organization were Joseph Manacmul and Gabriel Enamorado. Enamorado is Stay’s Gallery creative director while Manacmul is the gallery’ ...

Introduction

Social networks are increasingly business minded. It is difficult for any business to monetize their presence in social networking sites. It provides complete information about the customers. For example, there are more than 30 million people on Facebook in the UK. The increase of monetization opportunities such as Facebook Deals, Facebook credits and F-commerce provides a tangible difference to bottom line of the business. In this report, two case studies such as Zappos and HCL technologies will be discussed with their present activities that support social networking. Along with this, the impact of social networking sites such as Twitter, YouTube, ...

Introduction

Positive human functioning enables human beings especially adolescents counter and deal with difficult situations with ultimate ease in life. Positivity develops a high degree of self esteem which is critical towards determination of whether one flourishes or does not flourish in life. This report is going to analyze whether the elements that determine the well being on an individual as defined in the PERMA model by Seligman differ or compliment with categorically flourishing and none flourishing for adolescents.
Martin Seligman established the PERMA model which constitute of five important elements that determines a happy living in life (Armstrong, 2006). Challenges ...

I consider myself to be honest, strong-willed, and moral. I always try to live an ethical life by helping others whenever I can, like giving money to homeless who deserve it or donating to food drives. I think this is the best way to help people, on an individual basis, rather than through government handouts. My primary values are hard work, honesty, and being fair to others. I express these values by donating money worked hard for to charitable organizations, like the American Red Cross. I believe that we all have to interact in a way that is fair to ...

In his article Made in Canada: How Local Companies Can Compete with International Outsourcers Andrew Seale brings to the lime light the prospective loss of business faced by local manufactures due to the cheap low quality products being imported to the Canadian market. Small businesses are especially finding it very hard to compete with the large multinationals that are sourcing cheap labor from the developing countries (Seale n.p). Even local newspapers are currently outsourcing their print designs from Indian firms rendering the Canadian firms jobless.
Having identified this as a problem or threat to businesses in Canada, Seale seeks ...

Introduction:

In this seminal text, Brubaker addresses various issues regarding Zionism and nationalism whilst also harking back to the European revolutions of the past where Jews were also up to a point kept back from expressing their nationalist tendencies. Nation building has always been something which preoccupied the Jewish state in this sense.

Zionism and its complex relationship with other religions

It is strange to note that confrontational problems continue to dominate the Middle East at such a level when the main philosophy of each religion is that of redemption and compassion. Christianity which has often been militant where Islam is concerned has actually been at cross purposes many a time ...

The case of Terri Schaivo is a perfect example of using the right to die movement to rid ourselves of people whose lives we do not value. Terri Schaivo was by all accounts a healthy young woman who inexplicably collapsed at home while her husband was also home. Terri was just twenty-six. Over the next fifteen years, Terri’s birth family fought bitterly with her husband, Michael Schaivo, over whether Terri was in a persistent vegetative state or not and whether Terri would want to live like that or not. Terri’s parents claimed she was able to communicate on a minimal level. ...

Introduction:

The father of history’ of history as called him, Herodotus was an ancient writer who was among the pioneers towards the approach of the reporting of history in skeptical and more logical way. He endeavored to identify myths and events as well as separate them and after identifying his sources, made points out of them by realizing his trust or not realizing. His article the ‘Histories’ is among the widely read accounts of ancient realities, legends and in particular, among the ancient Greece’s Persian invasion.

Dubbed as the ‘father of scientific history’, Thucydides, a Greek historian author is also a ...