Essays on Arrangements

Benford's law also known as the first-digit law deals with the distribution of natural numbers in which it tends to major into their importance regarding significance. The law states that given any arrangement of natural numbers, the smallest number always seems to be the most significant while the largest number in the collection is always the least significant. Therefore, number 1 appears to be the most significant in any given combination of natural numbers 30% of the times. While on the other hand, number 9 appears only 5% of the times as the most significant number. The law states ...

Business Resilience/Continuity

Business resilience is defined as the ability shown by a business organization to act quickly to adapt to a disruption or disaster that may affect the business negatively. This ability to fight any disaster is shown while business continues to maintain its operations instead of dissolving. Therefore, business resilience safeguards the assets, workers as well as the brand equity. Furthermore, business resilience offers post-disaster methods that mitigate the downtime that can prove costly to business. Through business resilience, business vulnerabilities are shown up thus maintaining the daily business activities against the unforeseen breaches (Cerullo and Michael 71). Business resilience ...

Introduction

As the world develops, more people expect a higher and better quality of life. In the 21st Century, architecture has evolved significantly and it seeks to maximise the quality of life that people have across the world. Thus, several works have been done, seeking to blend traditional architecture with other disciplines in order to enhance the nature of the built environment. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a book review on Cognitive Architecture: Designing for How We Respond to the Built Environment by Professors Ann Sussman and Justin Hollander. This book review will include an overview of ...

The Greek islands have many opportunities for travelers, and it has become one of the most sought-after vacation spots in the world. These islands are historic for their beauty, with many worldwide travelers coming here for centuries for what th”ey believe to be healing properties. Recent visitors may or may not believe in healing waters or sun powers, but they are interested in a chance to be spoiled, get away, and enjoy the island’s vast natural offerings, as well as the luxuries of the sister islands and the ocean. Mykonos, part of the Cyclades island chain, is ...

Introduction

The balancing of life and work is a problem for several individuals in organizations. Work-life balance as a concept has become popular in research works. Additionally, sociology, human resource management, psychology, as well as organizational studies are concerned with work-life balance. Most research encourages people to find an equilibrium of work and life. This is to avoid conflicts that often arise. The concept has also had various definitions proposed by scholars. Others define it as a sense of harmony in life. It is also described as satisfactory functioning at home and work with minimum conflict of roles. Focusing on ...

International Torts, Negligence

CC could sue National for tortious impedance. Tortious impedance is a purposeful tort that precludes the consider obstruction with authoritative or business connections (The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, 2014, p. 220). Since National purposefully paid the CC representative to get the arrangements for CC's new item, this would be a substantial claim that CC could use to sue National. In the event that the arrangements were enrolled with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, then those arrangements are ensured by law. In the event that the arrangements were copyrighted by CC, they would likewise be ensured by ...

PART 1

Risk is defined as a measure of future projections on uncertainties that affect the set goals, achievements, objectives and performance of business, project or organizations. Risk is often associated with programs such as technology failure, threat, design maturation, supplier capability and performance plan analysis. The mentioned programs are managed through integrated master schedule (IMS) and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Industry risk assessment addresses potential variation in market capability, accessibility, cost structure, profitability, substitutes, cyclicality, and regulations. Therefore there are key elements that must be evaluated during risk assessment (Weagley, 2014). They include a root cause or risk projections that ...

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 ...

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Analysis of Sustainability of Tomorrowland Event

Introduction and Context

The focus of this report is about sustainable event management. It aims to look at a major event and the sustainability policy of that event. The report briefly analyses the policy versus its actual implementation in real-life. The report reviews the earlier literature about sustainable event management. It examines the various theories related to corporate social responsibility and ISO 20121, which is the international standard for sustainable event management. The report then relates the findings at the present event to the sustainability theory. The report then presents the conclusions.

Tomorrowland is an electronic ...

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Premarital sex among those living together in a cohabitation has long been a moral concern that many parents and religious people have minded themselves with. Even though the stigma of premarital sex and cohabitation before married has very much faded and waned over the years, the mental health and family planning concerns that come with the subject have amplified in nature give the increase out of wedlock birth rate and the complications of trying to persist with a serious and cohabitating relationship in spite of a marriage not being part of the proverbial equation. The general subject described above ...

Impact of Team-Based Approach on Productivity at Nestlé

Introduction

Companies in the contemporary business environment must rely more and more on intangible assets and develop competitive advantage beyond the hard and soft attributes of their products and services. Globalization and internationalization of supply chains demand more flexibility and resilience from the companies, placing pressure on their creative and innovative capabilities (Sims, 2007). That said Human Resource Management (HRM) has gone a long way in transforming from a simple administrative support function to a strategic element in most of the modern forward-looking organizations. Diversity is the key to building sustainable competitive ...

(Student’s Full Name)

According to Peter Capelli, “52% of U.S. employers surveyed say they have difficulty filling positions because of talent shortages” (par. 10). However, at the time that The Wall Street Journal article was written the unemployment rate was around 9%. The writer explains further that American employers are still complaining about “talent shortages” because they would like to employ persons who do not require any “training or ramp-up time” (Capelli par. 10). These employers hardly hire anyone despite having an “abundance of workers to choose from” (Capelli par. 10). The unwillingness of U.S. employers to hire ...

Introduction

An organization is defined as a social entity, which has a purpose or a mission, designed, structured and organized deliberately and has a close connection with its macro environment (Clarity, 2010). An organization has shared elements, which include employees, mission, hierarchy or organization, coordinated efforts and the external environment. The paper reviews the definition of the organizations to identify the five common elements. It will then use the five common elements to analyze the Graceland Memorial Hospital, which is a community-based nonprofit hospital situated in an urban area in Midwest. From the basic definition of the term organization, it ...

Personal Ethics Statement

Personal Ethics Defined The ethics which are central to the healthcare industry, at their core, are based in the idea of providing support in a dignified and respectful manner. These fundamentals form early and support the premise that the ethics serve to guide the application of assistance. When such assistance is applied, while striving not to marginalize morale or treat individuals de minimisly, personal ethics are the guiding principles which define an individual's personal moral philosophy. These principles are the basis of character. Our principles ultimately determine which decisions we make and how we feel about those decisions in ...

Accounting Standards and Regulations

Part a - AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers This accounting standard is addresses organisations’ concerns to recognise, measure and disclose revenue using a five step process. Applicable from January 01, 2014, this standard was issued in May 2014. As per this standard, which will replace AASB 111 and AASB 118, organisations can recognise revenue or income even though the products and services are not yet delivered to customers. In other words, companies can record the recognition of the payment (service income) even when the entity has not yet provided goods and services. As per this standard, revenue ...

Articles review

The article Putin's elite and legacies of Soviet quasi-modernization in contemporary Russia highlight Putin and his clique’s attempt to extend oligarchy in Russia. The Partocracy is the general rule rather than the exception. The scenario depicts a situation whereby the president and the ruling elites control the party and the entire government systems so that the party loyalty and sycophancy are emphasized at the expense of merit. The Putin's Siloviki as the elite cartel is popularly referred is characterized by coercive structures where a combination of force and persuasions are the cornerstones of the administration. As such, the ...

Horse-run carts portrayed the streetscape right up until the commencement of the previous century, but the arrival of the vehicle, which Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler created separately of one another in the year 1886, instituted a totally fresh combination of needs as compared to those connected with horse-run carts – particularly where the suspension was a concern: it was essential to handle superior pace, without jeopardizing road travelers. Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler assumed dissimilar approaches to this issue: while Benz chose the cycle as the initiating point for his Copyright Motor Car and employed a navigating head plus ...

Business and Law

BUSINESS AND LAW Introduction The breaching of contracts and denial of human rights have risen over the past few years due to the lack of enough knowledge. The paper covers several cases whose judgment is based on the Australian common law and consumer acts in the IRAC format

Question 1

Issue: Does Brenda have an action against Steven for the breach of contract? Rule: According to the Australian contract law, an anticipatory breach of contract can occur from time to time. An anticipatory breach of contract refers to where one party informs the other that they will not deliver what was ...

The drafting of the valid agreement between the parties of the contractual relations is the key pillar for the maintenance of the credible business relations with the occurrence of the relevant rights and responsibilities between the participants of the contract. Based on the validity of the agreement, it is possible to prove the attitude of one party to the another one, interpret the scope of the rights and several other moments in terms of the contract law. With that, the validity of the agreement is grounded on some points based on which the findings regarding its force may be ...

Sports facility refers to places and things necessary in doing sports as it involves a variety of risks related to safety. It is necessary for various types of sports such as cricket, football, baseball, etc. The most common sport in the world is football that is being watched by a large number of audiences, so there is a lot of crowd at the place where it organizes the event. The management of a football ground is a critical and challenging task for the organizer. The organizer of sports (especially football) is entitled to ensure safety and other measures before ...

Marketing Audit and Plan of QANTAS Airline

Organizational view The airline industry is a fastest growing services industry in the world that is providing air transport services to the traveling passengers and freight. I am very inspired by the industry business, and it provided valuable service to me. I have gathered some information and aware about a leading Australian Airline company, Qantas. The marketing audit is and empirical study of the company that Qantas to understand the global market’s demand and examine the competitors’ market. It also helps the management to investigate the current marketing aspects and set future strategies. I am familiar with the ...

MANAGEMENT

Today, the world of sports has an immense number of fans following with subsequent industrial growth. According to Schlesinger (2016), the American population was recorded more than 320 million and Jones (2015) claimed that more than 60% of American population is a diehard fan of sports. Among innumerable sports, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has 17.7 million viewers; the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series has 14.9 million viewers, and the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl had record-breaking 108.7 million viewers throughout United States of America (USA; Thompson, 2014). Surprisingly, more than half a million viewers of each ...

Sports Direct – A Brief Corporate Insight

Sports Direct International Plc (Sports Direct) is a chain of a retail store that was established in 1982. The entity was formed by Michael James Wallace Ashley, prominently known as Mike Ashley, who is also the owner of a football club, Newcastle United. Sports Direct is an origination of the United Kingdom (UK) and has more than 670 retail stores globally (Sports Direct, 2016). The corporate operations are segmented into two divisions namely Sports and Leisure, and Fashion and Lifestyle (Sports Direct, 2016). The Sports and Leisure division offers multiple and popular brands to target audience such as Nike, ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Erin Brockovich is a film centered on the real-life story of Brockovich herself. The movie conveys various ethical issues. Brockovich is a single mother who struggles hard to make a living. Due to a car accident, she gained access and became part of a law firm where she worked as a clerk. Her interest was focused on examining medical cases. With the permission of Ed Masry, Brockovich started to search for links between the Hinkley, CA community members and the Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E). The company has a factory in Hinkley. The factory has been pointed as ...

The companies of all sizes are obliged to comply with the laws and regulations of the country. All the organization should be aware of the fact that there are many different risks of infringing opposition regulations. The companies will also have to understand the procedure of developing a compliance plan that fulfills the requirements. A successful compliance plan allows an organization to reduce the risk of association in competition law infringements, and the expenditures resulting from anti-competitive activities. Issue 1:The CFP is a code of behavior for organizing European fishing fleets and for preserving the stocks of fishes. The ...

Introduction

In spite of the contribution of urbanization to the economic growth in Zhejiang, its adverse effects far much outweigh the positives since sustainability of the ecosystem and the society is at stake. Environmental concerns, particularly air pollution, are real threats to the ecosystem since they lead to increased atmospheric temperatures which in turn result in climate changes. Urbanization contributes to pollution through higher energy consumption and motorization that have resulted in higher volumes of greenhouse gasses emitted in the air. The shrinking of natural resources is another consequence of urbanization where there is the rampant destruction of natural habitats, ...

Introduction

Weighing machines have long been used for measuring weights of various objects. The basic principle behind weight measurement is balancing of force due to gravity of an object with some known standard. You could easily find weight of small objects by using standard weighing balances having pair of pans i.e. one carrying the object to be weighed and the other is used to put loads of known weights until machine is balanced. This method cannot be applied on large scales involving heavy machinery, vehicles, or even humans. Another traditional method of weighing involves balancing force of an object due ...

Uiversity

Economic Outlook Economic Outlook provides detailed conjecture on progress, swelling, and equalization of finances, instalment parities, corporate revenue and a vast cluster of sectored markers. It provides expository viewpoint through clarification of the made forecast. This forecast helps companies like Apple in planning their goals as per economic megatrends. This economic outlook is apparently sponsored by vast crypt of confirmable and constantly overhauled prices of information. The accessibility of this database is to all administrative endorsers. The Government provides huge data on organizations and the associated diagrams. Additionally, there is provision of varied individual report pictures.

GDP changes and variations

The guardian of ...

As Chief of Staff, my assignment is to create a response for you on the topic Medicare Crisis. I understand that you have been requested to take an interest in a board dialog and give a reaction concerning the Medicare financing crisis. The board examination will concentrate on the proposition of diminishing Medicare uses by enlisting members in HMO's. The National medical coverage framework for Americans started back with President Teddy Roosevelt, his stage when he kept running for president in 1912 included health care coverage. Roosevelt's thought for a national health arrangement was put on hold until U.S. ...

1.0 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background and Rationale of the Research The industry of construction is not only a key player in the national economic growth; but also a crucial sector affecting the economic and social welfare of citizenry, particularly in its primary function in providing reliable and decent shelter. It is viewed as one of the most essential sector to highly contribute to the growth of an entire economy at the provincial, national and international levels (Artto & Kujala, 2008). In the recent years, cost modelling and estimation for construction projects have attracted major attention of several research scholars. ...

Summary of the Content

The book that is the subject of this paper is entitled Debt: The First 5,000 Years. This book was published in 2011 by book author and anthropologist David Graeber. As the name implies, much of the content was focused on debt. It, however, tackled the said topic in relation to other social institutions and practices such as marriage, friendship, barter, law, religion, slavery, economics, and government management. By putting the topic in line with the very factors that make up human life and society, he basically showed that he considers debt has played an important part in it. ...

The U.S. Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights was proposed and passed through twelve amendments but only ten were successfully ratified and became part of the United States Constitution, which was at first considered incomplete because it lacked what proponents called the basic human rights. The common belief at that time was that the framing and ratification of the Bill of Rights was to eliminate fears of the Anti-Federalists that the proposed Constitution did not satisfactorily guarantee individual freedoms. Even if individual liberty was important during the debate for the bill of rights, the Bill of Rights was ...

Part 1

With the rise of globalization, many firms have ventured into internationalization because of the wide playing field and the quest for bigger profit. There are many challenges to international expansion and firms have experienced advantages and disadvantages in their entry to new markets. Research has shown that international expansion influences organizational performance through economies of scale, exploitation of local endowments, knowledge sharing, and other mechanisms. However, there were studies that concluded a positive relationship between international expansion and corporate performance (Delios & Beamish; Goerzen & Beamish as cited in Jiang, 2010). Moreover, a few research focused on the effect of corporate ...

Abstract

Carrying out the analysis in the multiple directions of liquidity analysis, fixed assets, off-balance sheet items and capital structure has helped us in learning more about the financial situation of the company. Beginning with the liquidity analysis, the company is suffering from liquidity dry-up with current liabilities exceeding the current assets significantly. Most importantly, declining cash reserves are the biggest concern. On the other hand,with consistent growth in the fixed asset base and a sustainable debt-equity composition do favor the company, however, with deteriorating liquidity position, the company may face issues in committing to its long-term obligations. Apart ...

Human Resource Management

Introduction Human Resource Management is responsible for attracting, selecting, recruiting, placing, recognizing, engaging, retaining and rewarding people while developing anticipated organizational culture and leadership, as well as, ensuring compliance with national and international labor and employment laws. Mostly, small to medium organizations manage their HRM activities by outsourcing their human resource functions to specialized HRM firms. Other hires few HR professionals. However, larger business corporations uphold an all-inclusive HRM functional division that is characteristically dedicated to the specialized tasks such as strategic recruitment and selection, employee engagement, and development of functional leadership across the business undertakings (Bratton & Gold, 2011, ...

Apple

Description of Apple Apple Inc. does the planning, manufacturing and advertising of various versatile media gadgets, personal computers, as well as portable and advanced music players. It also offers various programming, administrative, and organizational arrangements as well as computerized contents and applications. The core products and services of Apple are iPhone iPad, Macbook, iPod, Apple watch, Apple Tv, etc. The administrative services that are provided by Apple are expert programming applications, and arrangement of other computerized contents such as iOS, OS X and watchOS frameworks along with iCloud, Apple pay services, and other various benefit and bolster offers (Danova, ...

Abstract

A patient survey at a community hospital in which I serve as the chief financial officer indicated the need for a commercial 24-hour pharmacy within the hospital. The pharmacy would ensure that patients and families fill prescriptions and begin taking prescribed medicines as and when ordered instead of waiting for the following day. In response to the findings of the survey, this paper seeks to look into the viability of the business. Herein provided is the proposal for the first three months of operations. The paper also looks into the financial implications of the proposed project by looking into ...

Introduction

The workings of Henry Moore have been so enclosed in fluctuating to a better grade than possibly any other British sculptor from the twentieth-century and is sometimes conflicting, desert about their contemporary significance as well as historical importance, that new perceptions have frequently seemed indefinable. Previously in the 1930’s, with the hastening motion from the close of the Second World War, Moore’s sculptures were the focus of high appealing, societal and political debates. In most cases, the viewing of the work was coordinated with an inventive institution keen to discover an iconic image for a contemporary social-democratic ...

Introduction

Auditing is one of the most important elements in any police department. Both the law enforcement and individual offices should always be held responsible and accountable for their own actions. Effective auditing procedures are very vital if all the policing departments are to achieve their set objectives and goals of legitimacy and lawfulness as required by the national policing authority (National Council, 2004). Lawfulness alludes to consistence with the formal prerequisites of the law, including statutes and court choices. Legitimacy alludes to the recognition that police behavior is both legal and reliable with open desires. Responsibility is acknowledged through ...

The existing framework for homeland security (HS) never offered the required system to handle issues posed by Hurricane Katrina. Even though homeland security designed a response framework, which ably manages the requirements of a catastrophic threats, wildfires, as well as artificial calamities, the framework had structural drawbacks for managing Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina had significant effect on homeland security (HS) environment because of some flaws within national preparedness. These flaws were apparent in the processes for sound or unified control of the national disaster response, knowledge of the plan for preparedness, control or command structures in the Federal administration, ...

Abstract

The Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) industry plays a crucial role in developing an industry approach to risk management in the area of air medical transport. The aviation sector has been known to manage risk at very high levels, but the current state of HEMS, given the many accidents, needs higher level risk assessment. An analysis of the risks involved in the HEMS industry would allow operators to maximize their opportunities and minimize probable threats. While some risks are uniform to most HEMS operators, there are some risks that are unique to an operator. For this paper, Air Methods ...

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Abstract Technological development is an integral part of the modern world’s life. It is difficult to imagine the existence without computers, cell phones, and other devices nowadays. It brings many positive features to the humans’ lives, such as facilitating of many types of labor, allowing easy communication between family members and friends that live far away from each other, enhancing many business processes (e.g. supply chains, distribution of information, client servicing). However, new technologies also bring a number of problems to people. One of the most significant issues is its influence upon the labor market and unemployment rates. ...

Effect of flexible time and place arrangements for employees

Section 1- Case Summary This case suggests that striking a balance between work and life is a very important attribute that the employees seek from their jobs. Employees like Joe often after receiving promotions in their designation prioritise work-life balance and a higher designation with no work-life balance leads to dissatisfaction and demotivation. AESC surveys reveal that many companies are striving to include programs for increasing the family time of the employees as 85% of the recruiters have experienced recruits rejecting roles which lack work-life balance. The candidates seeking jobs are negotiating on work aspects like flex time, work ...

Introduction

Regulation of the activity of the business units is not new branch of the law. In fact, the local authorities in different jurisdictions attempt to exercise control over the performance over the companies by virtue of the adoption of different regulations. However, the commercial practices shows that this activity is not always efficient due to the fact that the companies refer to the supplementary instruments suitable for the completion economic growth in the market. This implies that several organizations usually enter special horizontal or vertical agreements in terms of the competition legislation that may be prosecuted by the authorities. ...

Introduction

GAP Inc. is US based clothing and accessories retail company. It has headquarters in San Francisco, California. The company was founded in 1969 by two partners. The motivation behind the formation of the company was making sure the availability of the pair of jeans at affordable prices. Now the company has expanded its business to different regions as well as divisions. The divisions of the company operating under GAP Inc. are Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Intermix, and Banner. GAP is the largest specialty retailer in the US. The company is operating in a tight, competitive landscape and faces ...

Work must be conveyed out consistently with the appropriate controls, standards and, codes of conducts, involving the ADG Code. Work is under general direction on progress and results of work. It requires inducement and, judgment for individuals and others in arranging, utilizing assets, administrations and, forms to accomplish the required results within the working environment strategy and, methodology (Cruijssen 2007). A range of opportunities may be utilized to create the working range and to support the improvement of work frameworks, imaginative methodologies to bargain with contingencies and to support the accomplishment of the work environment's objectives, key execution targets ...

Cohabitation is an arrangement that involves two people, who are in a romantic relationship, living together as a couple without being formally married. Current trends show that cohabiting is becoming either a type of family system or a pathway to forming a traditional family through marriage. According to Finer and Philbin (2014), there has been a “growing delay of first marriage, which has been offset by increasing levels and duration of nonmarital cohabitation” (p. e272). Smock (2000, p. 3) states that the occurrence of marriages preceded by cohabitation between 1965 and 1974 was only 10%, whereas the occurrence of ...

Credit Management

The modern day business environment has made trade credit to be an essential component for many businesses. In the UK for example, close to 90% of the business transactions between firms are on credit (Boden & Paul, 2014, p. 260). The implication is that companies have the dilemma of gaining the advantages that come with trade credit and the risks that go with this phenomenon. Credit management practices for the modern day business, therefore, need to be strategic to ensure that a company continues to enjoy success in the market. The ability of a company to successfully gain a competitive ...

Solar Energy

Solar Energy Background What can be more useful for humanity if not an unlimited power source, which we can use without any harm to the environment? Probably nothing, but solar power. Humanity has always tried to conquer the unlimited power of the sun – the history of solar technology dates back to the 7th Century B.C. and continues to this day. In the beginning, we tried to concentrate the sun’s heat by using glass, mirrors or other devices to light fires. From those times, we greatly progressed, but still we did not conquer this magnificent source of power. Why ...

Reciprocity and Exchange can be hard to establish and maintain if either party believes they are in control. Similarly, highly cooperative individuals may find it difficult understanding the importance of both concepts in social arrangements. Marcel Mauss’ The Gift uses the value of reciprocity and exchange as part of building unity and continuity for human social arrangements. The book’s analysis of archaic communities shows how objective exchange can help establish and maintain relationships between groups. In archaic societies, Mauss establishes evidence that early communities existed around the obligation to give, receive, and reciprocate for social continuity. Exchange systems ...

WGU

A. Table of Contents Professional Resume – presents my clinical knowledge, skills, experience, and philosophy to potential employers Executive Summary – provides an overview of the contents of the portfolio Professional Reference Questionnaire – presents the objective and subjective evaluation of my key behaviors and clinical performance by one of my professional references Importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – discusses the need to develop knowledge and skills in quality leadership in order to improve the quality and safety of patient care and promote holistic, patient-centered care

Copy of IHI certificate of completion – serves to validate my completion of the IHI Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership course

Evidence-based Practice – summarizes an evidence-based research project on hand hygiene Applied Leadership – summarizes my ...

Summary Report on the Transfer of the Main Warehouse

Problem Definition Customers in the northern and eastern central regions of the US have been complaining of delays in their shipments. With the weakening of the defense sector, there had been a boom in the commercial aviation sector and the suppliers are also having a hay day. The two largest plane makers Boeing and Airbus had orders of 10,000 planes since 2014 which can last them up to 2014. One reason for the boom was attractiveness of the financing rates at that time and coincided with the state of the aging planes of both. The other reason is ...

Executive Summary

GPV Enterprise was formed February 2009 to provide travel arrangements that include airline, hotel, car and vacation packages to prospective clients. GPV also plans events such as family reunions and tours. The founders of GPV are Marissa and Anthony Gilbert. Both founders have their MBAs and are passionate about GPV Enterprise. An opportunity for GPV’s success exists because the national tourism and travel industry is growing annually. Further, the Nashville travel market is growing at an alarming rate and has no providers who specialize in travel and event planning. GPV is destined to take advantage of this growth ...

Introduction to Financial markets

The financial market is a term that is used to describe any marketplace where both buyers and sellers participate in asset trading like bonds, equities, derivatives, and currencies. Therefore, it is typically defined by possessing transparency pricing, regulations on trading, and market forces that determine the value of securities that are in the trade. Financial markets are almost found in every country. However, some may be small with few participants while others like the New York Stock Exchange are big and do trade trillions of dollars on a daily basis. Moreover, the investors have the access to a large ...

Romanticism is an artistic movement which evolved at the end of the nineteenth century in different fields of art such literature, painting, and music. The artists of the Romantic era were influenced by the reaction to the Industrial Revolution, the revolt against the notions of the Enlightenment, and doubt against the rationalization of nature by science. The major characteristics of Romanticism were the emphasis of emotion and nature, a tendency towards the mystic and supernatural, attention to national identity. More specifically in music the important elements are the emphasis on the expressions of emotions, use of folk songs and ...

Dear Dean,

RE: PETITION AGAINST DISMISSAL FROM THE COLLEGE OF NURSING This is to present my petition following my dismissal from the college of nursing as a result of failure to meet the standard grade of C in the course NR226-Fundamentals-Patient Care. I admit this failure on my part to meet this standard grade and wish to declare my interest and commitment with the course. I believe that I am a naturally focused person and persistent in pushing for my goals and objectives. However, this has not been the case with this course and I have failed to remain focused and ...

1. Introduction Agriculture is an important area of policy development in the EU. There are 500 million people residing in the EU (European Commission, “Agriculture”). Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) expresses the EU’s agricultural strategies and plans for all member states. CAP is one of the oldest EU policies. Revision of the CAP occurs periodically to accommodate emerging issues affecting all member states or specific to one or some member states. Spain protects its interests as a major agricultural producer by influencing the EU’s agricultural policy. Agriculture is a key sector in Spain. The agricultural sector contributes 3.4% ...

Management report

Introducing a business A business that is going to be explored is a store that offers vintage clothes and accessories. Vintage clothes and accessories can be worn in a daily life or specifically targeted for some events, such as costume ball or a farewell night at school. Apart from selling clothes and accessories, a store will accept orders for creating retro-style clothes and accessories foe different events. First, a single store will be opened. Then, it is expected to create a chain of stores, continually expanding US-wide.

Industry analysis The retail store “Retro” functions within the clothing industry. The ...

Introduction

In the contemporary business world, the work environment is constantly changing, so as the structure that defines the jobs, employees, and employment practices. The rise of globalization has allowed the employees to choose and have a voice in their place of work, and hence forcing the companies to rethink about the future contemporary and future means of acquiring, planning, and using physical space. Therefore, in order for a company to change and enhance the workplace performance, it is important to consider the most interesting issues that affect the contemporary and future work environment. The two most interesting issues in ...