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Interview Questions: A Critical Review

Interview Questions: A Critical Review According to Agyei and Christopher (2016), “getting the right people in the right place at the time doing the right job is an essential element of recruitment and selection process in organizations”. Therefore, it is important for managers to design selection strategies and interview questions thoughtfully. This paper contains the review and assessment of the interview questions used by Southwood School District for their recruitment process. It further lists suggestions and corrections that can be opted for the future interview processes. Though the school improved a lot from its previous method of selection by ...

Influence of Nurture on the Process of Becoming a

Abstract This is a research paper that presents connections between family’s part in the process of becoming a successful adult. It concentrates on answering specific questions: “How do families with all their complexity influence their children’s psychological development since the early childhood? In what way are the family background and students’ academic achievements (successful/unsuccessful life) related?” These questions are answered through analysis of a group of 15 people from different familial backgrounds, each of whom had a simple task of telling about their childhood experience. Information obtained is later compared and contrasted with various scholarly studies of ...

My Friend

I have a friend back in my homeland who I talk to, almost every week, through Facebook Chat. She is my childhood friend. We grew up in the same street. I felt close to her as a friend because she was very nice to me and our parents are also friends so they would always see each other whenever there are special occasions. My friend is one year younger to me, so I am a little protective of her. Unfortunately, I needed to leave our homeland and settle here to study. So, in order to make sure that our ...

Doctor

ABSTRACT Young people in the United States are battling depression in record numbers, reaching an all-time high of 3 million patients in 2015. Researchers are continuing to search for alternative or additional methods than therapy and medications to improve depressive symptoms in teenagers and young adults. Some studies have demonstrated that as possible option in easing depression is physical exercise. In addition to assisting mental health issues, exercise promotes social interaction, physical health, and appearance. However, research has focused primarily on adults and therefore additional studies are needed with focus on the impact of exercise on depression in young ...

Introduction

A report following a global study of 44,000 people in the tourism sector by TripBarometer Connected Traveller report states that China is among the few top ten nations with connected travellers and categorises 49% of the Asians as connected travellers as most of them use a PC or mobile for booking trips . TravelBurma App targets the Chinese travellers, local business travellers, and other foreign travellers in the age group of 21-50 years. As Myanmar is a business district unit, people often prefer travelling there than any other part of China. During the year 2015, more than 4.68 million ...

Introduction

In its initial stages, the hotel industry provides renting space for people who were travelling from one place to another. The industry has grown exponentially into a flourishing service sector with revenues of billions of dollars (Prasanna, 2013). The hotel industry has improved its products. While it offered accommodation and food in the earlier years of the hotel industry, the hotel industry in the contemporary environment offers theme parks, conference facilities, lodging, cruise line, restaurants, and transportation among others (Prasanna, 2013). The classification of the hotels using the star system is also partly based on the products, services, and ...

Abstract

Computers scientist have been grappling with the challenge of developing cognitive systems. Some of the challenges that have made the creation of such systems include natural language processing and machine learning. However, IBM has been able to produce a system known as Watson that has demonstrated human-like intelligence. The system was able to deal with the challenge of natural language processing by using a parsing process to derive the context of questions. This made IBM Watson have human-like understanding of natural language. The system is also built on active technologies that facilitate adaptation training through data and user changes. ...

Most Australians are unable to practice healthy physical and mental activities mainly because of the fact that they have got more comfortable with playing video games and watching TV. As such, they have given physical exercise a back seat. So this state of affairs leads to the question; what are the barriers to physical activities and how can they be overcome by the affected population?

Introduction

Physical activity is vital requirement if an individual wants to achieve a healthy lifestyle and also proper mental wellbeing. Exercise is a very important and vital part of growth and it is applicable to ...

Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States

A00493777 Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States

Introduction

According to a recent presentation by The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength and stamina, and it is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as other health ...

Discussion Questions appending to Nespresso Business Market Strategic Management.

Question #1 – Business Background, Definition, Role and Scope The scope of business definition extends beyond Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in theory, or celebrity endorsements. The strategically-priced encapsulated Nespresso coffee, for machines development, capitalizes on an emotional goods category. According to a report by Conley, Bican, and Ernst (2013) the 1986 Nestlé of Switzerland launch segmented a role for coffee-enjoyers to receive premium product in hermetically sealed pouches filled beforehand. The concept underlying the performance of the unit, boosted by a fancy international campaign dangling the face of movie star, George Clooney, thus by accomplishing a move away from the ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

The Association between Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States proposal

Introduction According to a recent presentation by The Center for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength, stamina and is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as other health related complications (Azevedo Da Silva et al., 2012). Thus implementing a regular physical activity ...

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Priority of the Service Issues I would list as follows:

Outdated and Unavailable Brochures

Delay in Answering Phone Calls Clients Not Being Acknowledged Store Appearance The brochure is a powerful tool and symbol for the business and that is why companies set aside a hefty budget for the creation and printing. With its contents designed for selling, it takes the place of the salesman when he is no longer around. Just as the salesman’s skills and personality are the measure of sales competence, the quality of the brochure bespeaks of the agency’s competence overall. The email response time ...

1. How would you characterize Martha Stewart’s initial public relations response to the charges against her? Martha Stewart’s initial response was inappropriate. She should have shifted from her usual image of being blunt, stern and tight-lipped to a more accommodating. She did not answer the press when asked and instead went online later to issue her response. Her stance conveyed an image of aloofness. It was time to speak but instead she stayed silent. She needed to reassure her supporters and stakeholders that she is fine and they will overcome the problems. 2. What key public relations ...

Presentation Feed Back

The four discussions are very well structured with each discussion starting by indicating the topic being discussed, the audience targeted by the discussion, the date the discussion was presented and the reason behind choosing that particular topic for discussion. By indicating all this information in their introduction, they enable the reader to prepare him or herself for that particular topic by providing him/her with forehand information on what to expect in the rest of the discussion (Smith, & Clark, 2013). Another highly positive thing about all the discussions is that they provide well formulated, clear and direct answers to all ...

The Association between Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States

Prospectus: The Association between Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States Introduction According to a recent presentation by The Center for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength, stamina and is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as ...

Introduction

In reference to my military involvement, I am not really sure if it shows on my face, in my demeanor, but I am thankful for it. I consider it nothing less than a privilege to serve in the branch of military in which I serve. Just the fact that I live in a country that is established to the point that it is financially able and willing to provide this kind of experience to a young person seeking advancement for the pursuit of a place in life makes me more than grateful for this opportunity. I realize that all ...

Introduction

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of several instruments that will investigate the personalities in people and assess them and give results that are easy to remember (in this case, the result is a four letter designation that lists preferences, or styles, in descending order). There are eight of these preferences, listed as pairs of opposites: Extroversion (E) or Introversion (I), Sensing (S) or Intuition (N), Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P). Since one of each of contrasting tendencies will be listed, that results in 16 possibilities to describe the person's personality. It is ...

Executive Summary

The report is prepared to identify the reason Touch Screen Marketing and Research (TSMR) is not able to gather proper responses from the surveys they conduct. The main scope of the company is to conduct market research for its clients are providing them with the details about the market. The company is generating weak responses from the respondents who are likely to affect the business of the company. The report will help TSMR to identify the reasons behind such responses and the steps that the company can take to improve the responses from the market. To analyze the current ...

Application Assignment

Application Assignment

Cognitive interviewing is a practice that is widespread across many survey and investigative organizations. Cognitive interviewing is a qualitative method that examines the question-response process taking into account the consideration used by respondents as they formulate answers. The structure of the interviews consists of respondents first answering a question and then providing information, usually textual, to reveal how they went about answering the question. The interviews follow an order that intends to capture relevant information by activating the mental records of the respondents. An important step that should be undertaken by forensic interviewers in the preparation of ...

The research context:

History of tort law Tort law originated a century ago when Oliver Wendell Junior examined the history of negligence in the legal system, which later resulted in the theory of tort. He concluded in his study that the duty to exercise care in England was faulty. He noted that most plaintiffs suffered overwhelmingly when another party or entity caused a significant level of damage to them. Similarly, Morton J. Horwitz reexamines the history of negligence and found out that many jurisdictions did not understand negligence as carelessness or fault (Kaczorowski). Since its discovery, many nations such as the USA, ...

a. The concept of employee turnover among the providers of third party proposition services – literature review 5 b. Calculating employee turnover rate and its impact on business 6 c. Research questions 7 III. Evaluation of Canterbury Travels Survey Questionnaire 9 IV. Survey Plan for Evaluating the Causes of High Employee turnover rate and strategies development in hospitality 11

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The Use of Qualitative Methods Providing third-party player proposition services is a dynamic, yet poorly researched segment of the hospitality business. In particular, the practice evinces that while there is abundant data about gambling, hotel or destination management in general, the ...

INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study  The Russian Federation with seventeen million kilometer square of surface area is the world largest country. The country has a major deposit of oil, timber, coal, natural gas, and a variety of mineral like any other country; designing of healthcare systems is based on the needs of healthcare in Russia. Countries for providing good healthcare to their people invest huge amounts in designing significant policies. Around the world, a wide variety of healthcare systems exists; countries attempt to improve the health of their people because it also affects the economic growth as well. Development of ...

Accountability is extremely important in the military setting because it allows for a chain of command to be established in which all things are controlled and accounted for, for the safety of every soldier, and the nation. To be more specific, accountability is being both responsible and liable for answering to a higher authority. There are a variety of things that go into accountability, including answering to your superiors, following orders, accounting for your where about at all times, and accounting for those below you in the chain of command, and your equipment. Being accountable also means being punctual, ...

Increase Government Spending to Fight Recessions

Introduction Government spending as a recession recovery tool has been the subject of debate numerous times. To date, there is no definitive proof of its success or failure of its application. An active fiscal or a monetary policy is the sum total of the actions taken as a reaction to the current economic conditions; the government chooses to use a specific policy to deal with something in the economy (Mankiw, 2001).

Government spending as a method for lessening recession is a tool that has been proposed and even applied by many governments when they are experiencing a recession. This ...

Liberty University Email Address:

Assignment 1-2: Do you agree that the Bible is a divine-human book? Why or why not? What is textual criticism? How is it possible to have a high view of the authority of Scripture and a positive view of textual criticism at the same time?

What is translation?

Why is translation not a simple exercise? Describe the two main approaches to translation discussed in this chapter. Which approach do you feel most comfortable with? Why? Assignment 2-1: Describe the five steps of the Interpretive Journey. Answer each step with as much information as possible. In other words, do not just give a ...

Research often involves developing research questions to answer a known or unknown phenomenon. The purpose of these research questions is to guide the research to through the right course through addressing a research problem that the researchers think is worth providing a solution. In answering a research question various research, methodologies are used to enable a researcher to obtain just the right information to address the potential problem (Creswell pp131-133). This paper will, therefore, address the use of observation as a research method in answering a research question. While conducting research on people’s beliefs and culture, I decided ...

Bad Internet Philosophy Paper

Broad topic gives the opportunity to show the deep knowledge of the history of philosophy. But not many know how to express their opinion correctly, which further causes errors in their articles. I have reviewed a lot of articles and decided to choose one of them where I disagree with the author’s point of view. Answering the question the author argues that: One (but by no means the only) way of answering this question is to suggest that Socrates' ethical assertions are not really assertions of fact. They are maxims more than substantial claims, and cannot really be ...

Introduction

Stroke is among the key healthcare problems that is associated with severe long-term disabilities, increased morbidity. In addition, stroke is associated with higher incidences of death in the United States as well as the world in its entirety. In the recent years, incidences of stroke especially among the high risk middle age adults have escalated raising serious concerns among the healthcare professionals as well as the entire public. According to CDC, stroke is among the key causes of adult disabilities and is associated with higher incidences of death as well as increased morbidity among this population (Centers for Disease ...

Annotated Bibliography

Bauerlein, Mark. The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking. New York: Jeremy Tarcher/Penguin, 2011. Print This book is directly related to the topic on online social networking because it discusses the different risks and advantages associated with the use of social media, according to the interpretation of different commentators. There are those who see these technological developments as innovative steps towards better education, information access and progress in humanity. However, there are people who are also concerned about the negative impact it has on our society. For example, these online ...

Research Methods Sp2016

Abstract The dominance of commercial technological innovation in the context of modern society has resulted in a form of technological dependence for some individuals, causing them to pay less regard to aspects of the physical world. Technological innovation has assumed a noteworthy role in the flow of our daily lives, such as through the methods we employ to maintain interpersonal connections. Numerous individuals are included in a matrix of connections facilitated by technological innovation and an increasingly digitalized culture; however, the vast amount of these affiliations can leave individuals the global community feeling subjectively void. The effects of technological ...

Staples, Inc. is a very large supply chain store in the United States, and it has over 2,000 stores globally in 26 countries. The company’s headquarters are situated in Framingham, Massachusetts. Staples has retail stores, attending to customers under its original name in various countries such as Australia, Brazil, and Germany and operating subsidiaries in countries like Argentina and Italy. The company consists of various businesses such as selling supplies, promotional products, technology, office supplies, and health and beauty services through online and in stores. Staples came up with some strategies, which targeted at increasing its productivity ...

The start of my writing carrier proved to be an uphill task for me. As a result, I learnt the hard way when I first ventured into the idea of writing. When I started thinking about the way, my writing has changed from the start of the semester to the present moment, my thoughts wandered through many different things. I feel that I have improved my writing and I can now write better to the audience instead of writing for myself. Furthermore, my belief is that I have acquired the ability of controlling my sources instead of allowing the ...

Introduction

Cloud computing is a considerably new development which has taken root in the business world (King, 2008). Mell & Grance (2011) define cloud computing as a model that enables the convenient, ubiquitous, and network access to configurable computing resources that are pooled together. These resources include computer services, network servers, networks, and storage space for data. These resources can be provided to prospective customers and also forfeited without the need for significant management effort. The interaction between the provider of cloud computing services and the customer is also not required for this model (Mell & Grance 2011). Cloud computing consists of ...

Research Method Assignment B

Introduction With the growing numbers of motor vehicle in every city, it is evident that people are getting more reliant on private vehicles when it comes to meeting their travelling needs. One of the cities or location that holds this situation is Kuwait, from which more and more people depend on their private vehicles as they claim that it is more reliable to drive or ride on their private cars than to take the city’s public transport. While the public transport in Kuwait aims to provide better service to their people, there are still many citizens who do ...

The death penalty is imposed to provide justice as well as deter homicide and bring down the crime rate. However, evidence and research cannot provide any consensus which agrees that the crime rate goes down, or it increases with the imposition or non-imposition of the death penalty (D. Vergano, 2012). Therefore in order to determine the correctness of the gathered research, a study will be dedicated to finding out whether the death penalty deters homicide or not. The relation between the death penalty and the homicide rate is found on several variables and surveys which are analyzed, and data ...

How do Masculinity and Inequality Relate to the Negative Experiences of Mexican Latino Day Laborers?

Mexican Latino Day Laborers have developed a defined sense of masculinity build on the concepts of macho and machismo. Researchers have delved into the issue and looked into the impact of the LDLs trying to live up to the socially acceptable presentation of a real man. A review of the literature on this issue reveals that Mexican LDLs often engage in various maladaptive strategies to ensure that they portray the socially defined concept of masculinity.

Methods

This study employed purposive sampling as the primary methodology towards getting data. Purposive sampling here entails the selection of subjects and cases that offer ...

Introduction

The current study entails the determination of the constituents of a high self-esteem in young children. The methodology chapter details the approach of the researcher into answering this question. This section presents information on the paradigmatic choices of the researcher. The chapter will also outline the ontological and epistemological positions on which the study is based. The section will also outline the research design to be used and a description of the participants and their location. The methodology chapter will also highlight the materials that the researcher will use, the procedure through which the study will be performed, the ...

Costa Coffee-Business Strategy Analyses

The strategic tools used Analyse the company’s history, development, and growth The strategy tool used to analyze this question is the Critical success factors. As discussed below, there are various factors that have contributed to the development and growth of the company. The tool is chosen because it is possible to identify the factors in the case study. Costa coffee began its operations in the United Kingdom in 1971. Costa coffee was brought into existence by two brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa. They served the first coffee to some caterers in London. In 1978, the company opened its ...

Abstract:

This formal report focuses on self-reflection and the importance of personal development planning for students and managers. This focus underlines the necessity to define the concepts of self-reflection and Personal Development Planning and critically assess the ways they benefit students and managers. The report is divided into two primary sections: Self-reflection (1) and Personal Development Planning (2) that are, in their turn, subdivided into four and, respectively, three sub-sections. The materials used for composing this formal report include peer-reviewed journal articles, a book, and web-resources that focus upon the topics of self-reflection and PDP, their benefits and best implementation ...

I. Activity Log My typical workday begins and end the same. I wake up get dressed do about 45 minutes of exercise. This last week the weather was good so I was able to complete my exercise with a morning jog at a nearby park. After exercise, I usually make a cup of coffee or tea and relax for about an hour, reading the news or engaging in social media. Next, I begin my work day. My work day always begins with e-mail. Here I am either answering e-mails, writing my own e-mails, or organizing my e-mail box. As ...

Faking is a challenge in the selection process as it may lead to the rejection of the most suited candidates and the selection of the least suitable (Donovan, Dwight and Schneider, 2013). The outcome of faking in the selection process is that applicants with high personality and other scores may perform poorly in their actual jobs. However, the problem of faking in selection measures is not as big as suggested by critics of personality measures in selection processes. According to Hogan, Barrett & Hogan (2007), a well-structured personality test limits the possibility of faking during the selection process. Their study ...

Space exploration is the process of investigating into physical conditions in space, planets, stars and celestial bodies by use or man-made satellites. In many cases spacecraft’s are used to orbit around the earth and space with a human crew to collect sufficient information of the entire solar system. Space exploration is geared to answering scientific questions on the physical conditions which directly affect people in their day-to-day activities. Purposively, space exploration explains the nature of space and other environmental factors that result from natural forces. A few scientists and public argue that space exploration is not a brilliant ...

History is a ‘process of interaction between historian and his facts, an unending dialogue between the present and the past’ (Carr 1) this statement may be supported with the different types of evidence – from literature, sculptures, paintings etc. In the scope of this paper, three following paintings (from V&A Museum in London (vam.ac.uk 1)) - as they represent the contemporary historical periods, would be assessed and their link to the historical background would be provided. The first one is ‘The Death of Ananias’ – Raphael’s Cartoon and Tapestry; the second one is the ‘The Industrial Arts Applied to War’ ...

The Influence of Early Childhood Teachers’ Mental Health Literacy and Early Intervention for Special Needs Children: Methods

Introduction In recent decades, it has become common knowledge that early childhood education is of fundamental importance to the overall development of all children, whether those children have developmental disabilities, are intellectually disadvantaged, or present with other special needs (Virmani et al., 2013; World Health Organisation, 2016; Kay-Lambkin, Kemp, Stafford & Hazell, 2007). However, despite the importance of early childhood education for all students, there are special requirements that must be met for students with special needs. Teaching special needs students in the early education classroom can be difficult for a plethora of reasons. The purpose of this discussion will ...

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Description Globalisation is often regarded as a process that leads people from around the world to share a common economic, emotional, social and cultural space from wherever they are in the world (Guidotti, 2015). Nowadays everybody is affected either directly or indirectly. As the world continues to integrate on this front, it emerges that there arises benefits and problems in equal measure because in the long run there will be a sharing of economic, cultural, political and environmental powers among many nations of the world (McMichael & Butler, 2006).

Feelings

Australia has not been left behind when it comes to matters ...

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. ...

Abstract

This study looks at the glass ceiling by examining three specific research questions. The questions look at the definition of the glass ceiling, its effects as well as how it can be broken. This part of the research contains a comprehensive literature review of some of the sources to be used. The literature review only includes sources from current peer-reviewed journal articles. The literature review reveals the fact that the glass ceiling is still in place in the current workplace and has various effects. The effects stem from factors such as unequal pay for the same job and lack ...

Introduction

Business ethics is a set of principles or values that regulate the actions and conduct of employees in an organization (Marcoux, 2008). These principles apply to all aspects of a business and determine the interaction of profit-making and non-profit issues. This paper contains an ethics program that Company X will include in the new workers handbook.

Elements of acceptable behavior in code of ethics

The new employees should practice respect and communication, honesty, time management and adhere to the set dress code (Duggan, 2016). These practices will ensure that the company achieves its goals and mission.

Respect and Communication

A good communication structure exists where employees respect each other as ...