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Executive summary

The purpose of this report is to assist Sam De Boni with his investment decision. He recently won a lottery of $10,000 which he wishes to invest in the tourist industry and the skycity entertainment group in terms of financial and statistical data and key accounting ratios. From the financial statements the company has been performing well in the recent past and the trend is expected to persist in the near future.

The research for this report involved a thorough research on NZX Company Research Database website, Statistics New Zealand website, and SkyCity Investor Centre website.
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Statistics involves studying the collection of statistical information, organizing and analyzing it then interpreting and presenting the information. Statistics is mostly used in experiments and surveys. Statistics has a major role in businesses and their day to day operations. Businesses utilize statistical methods to improve their efficiency, planning and output through strategy formation. Therefore, any business owners, workers or managers must resort to statistical methods to help them operate the business in the most appropriate manner.

Businesses use statistical information when conducting market research to obtain information that is of interest to their strategy formulation and decision making. Market ...

1) Describe how to formulate and test hypothesis about a population mean and/or a population.

A hypothesis essentially refers to the prediction of the expected outcome of a research process. When one intends to research a particular subject, event or outcome, he ought to state his expected outcome. There are two types of hypotheses; null and alternate hypotheses. The null hypothesis refers to what the researcher is trying to nullify, disapprove or reject. In testing the hypothesis, the researcher attempts to prove the hypothesis either wrong or right. In ...

Question one: static, flexible and activity based budgeting

A flexible budget incorporates elements of change in the level of activities of the firm. The budget allows for its application even in the events the level of activity deviates substantially from the initial expected level of activity. On the other hand, the static budget is geared toward one level of activity. As such, the budget does not find application in scenarios where the activities deviate substantially from the expected level of activity. Activity based budgeting, on the other hand, employs the process of budgeting through the authorization of the activities ...

Introduction

Guillermo Furniture Store was established some decades ago in Sonora, Mexico. The concern essentially manufactures furniture as its main product. The paper essentially examines the Guillermo Furniture Store Concepts in appreciation of the scenario in which it currently is placed. The options availed to the proprietor are given with the objective of making the best decision for the concern.

Concepts

Over the recent years, the concern has been faced by a number of challenges. For starters, the entry of a foreigner into the market has greatly affected Guillermo. This is because of the Guillermo’s use of high technology ...

During the early years, a spirit of exploration developed amongst individuals. Governments and individuals began funding explorations into new lands. The need for exploration was driven by diverse aspects. Among these included the need for new trade routes, spirit of adventure, and a search for new colonies. In addition, some voyages were carried out in search of wealth. During the various voyages, the explorers’ correspondence in the form of letters served as an avenue for divulging information regarding the various discoveries. Explorers were awed by the various discoveries that included the discovery of new people, lands, and experience of ...

Medicalization growth is the process by which certain aspects of life that were initially not part of health care become medical problems. Biomedicalization is the current process of medicalization that is undergoing constant transformation influenced by new social forms and practices of technology in medicine. New technoscientific innovations transform how health care institutions are managed and how they offer their services. Clinical innovations such as new methods of diagnosis and treatment, bioengineering, and evidenced based medicine are core of biomedicalization. A wide range of knowledge that is now ...

When I was in eighth grade, my close friend Rick was diagnosed with a hole in his heart. After repeated attempts to repair it, his doctors just decided that he needed a new one. It took two years to find a donor, but Rick finally got a new heart. A year or two went by, and he started developing the same problem that he had before. His immune system was causing the hole which had by then grown so large that he needed another replacement. Another donor was quickly found, and he was back by the end ...

"Despite the usual connotations of the word “criticism,” literary criticism is called criticism not because it is negative or corrective but rather because those who write criticism ask searching, analytical, "critical" questions about the works they read. Literary criticism is both the process of interpreting and commenting on literature and the result of that process."

This passage from the textbook gave me a new way to think about the word “criticism.” I always thought of criticism as a way to talk about what is wrong with something, but the textbook says it is not limited to negative remarks. It ...

The current united state healthcare is not very good. There are many problems that the citizens of the United States face as a result of the poor condition of the healthcare. In the first place, a high percentage of the people in the United States have no insurance cover such that they cannot receive treatment sometimes due to the fact that they cannot afford. The other problem is that the healthcare is very expensive and therefore many people end up not accessing the Medicare care they deserve. In addition, these high costs make it difficult for the citizens to ...

Question one: Explosives

The Oklahoma City bombing occurred at nine o’clock during the day in April 1995. It saw the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building. Two critical safety steps that were essential in the management of the disaster entailed the establishment of a safety perimeter that would limit the extent to which the first respondents could reach and the immediate withdrawal of the trapped bodies from the danger zones. The former essentially contributes in accountability and management of the respondents. It should be noted that the respondents’ desire to save anybody in the disaster must never ...

Introduction

This presentation outlines a community assessment conducted at South Ozone Park, Queens, New York. It would entail a description of the community; display and explanation of data; designing of a genogram; interpretation of important features portrayed in the diagram and making a community diagnosis.

A.1: Community Description-South Ozone Park, Jamaica, Queens, New York

South Ozone Park is geographically located at the southeastern boundary of Queens’ borough. This awesome development aroused out of low class housing projects in the 1990s. On the north of its magnificently ...

Generally a business cycle is defined as a cycle consisting of a period of declining aggregate economic activity that is followed by a period of rising economic activity. The lowest point of the contraction is called the ‘depression’ or ‘trough’ and the highest point of the expansion is called the ‘boom’ or ‘peak’. According to Abel/ Bernanke (2007) “A complete theory of business cycle must have two components. The first describes the types of shocks or disturbances that are believed to affect the economy the most. The second component is a model that describes how key macroeconomic variables, such ...

Computer forensic refers to the preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation and documentation of computer evidence (Wiles, Cardwell, and Reyes, 2007, p.2). Such evidence retrieved is usually aimed to be used in a court of law. Electronic crimes increased in the 1970s especially in the financial sector. These crimes resulted because people saw an opportunity of making money by manipulating computer data (Nelson, Phillips, and Steuart, 2010, p.5).

According to Mohay (2003, p.113), computer forensics was first used in the 1970s by the US military and intelligence agencies. Daniel (2011, p.14) notes that computer forensics began in 1984. During this year, ...

In the contemporary computer technology environment, networking has become the order of the day since it reduces physical movement of people so as to deliver and collect information. In fact, networking has become so important to a company or any organization that even the smallest computer based organization seeks to have a computer network. However, in the process of setting up a computer network several factors have to be considered. Some of the basic considerations are discussed below.

One of the factors to consider is hardware requirement. This is dictated by the type of network that a company of ...

Ever since I have known, I was fascinated with things around me, always inquisitive and famished for knowledge, for personal progress and opening new horizons. This has proven to be one of my major traits, molding my personality into that of an extremely curious human being, who treats others as he himself would like to be treated and always desiring to know more.

For the person I am now, I have many people to thank. I come from a close and loving family, who offered unconditional love and support to me and my siblings. My childhood was one filled ...

Apple is a successful computer, phone, and computer hardware and software producer. The external environment of the business has evolved drastically over the years opening up new opportunities as well as exposing the company to new threats. The company has numerous opportunities and threats which can be exploited and avoided respectively to ensure the company remains competitive and successful.

There are major threats that the company needs to curb in order to realize its mission and serve its stakeholders effectively. The IT software industry has many competitive and innovative companies such as Microsoft. The company faces similar conditions in ...

Information security is a crucial concept in ensuring organizational performance and efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery. This is so, especially since the application of technology in delivering services is now a basic need to any organization that desires to compete favorably in the market economy, given the rise and move towards globalization (Whitman & Mattord, 2005).

Information security faces numerous issues, some of which seem effortless, but it is riveting how interestingly complex they can be, when it comes to handling them. One such issue is risk management. Complexities that come with automation ...

Tourism is one of the most fast developing sectors in the world. Many countries that have good beaches have found the need to develop tourism destinations that will assist in marketing their attraction sites. The research below shows the development of New Brighton tourism destination. It offers an introduction to tourism followed by the background information on New Brighton. A review on different researches conducted on the same topic is analyzed in order to come up with the research gaps. Moreover, the proposal gives the recommended method of data collection. Primary data collection method is preferred for this research.

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Almost every person has his/her favorite place and being there makes him/her feel happiness, peace and joy. I also have such a place and this is my library. I spend much time there because it brings me good emotions and I feel myself there. In this room I can be myself and no one can disturb me here. The library is like a living organism that lives its own life changing its mood depending on the time of the day.

In the morning this ...

Chapter 5 identifies several diagnostic models. The first five speak of the overall structure of the organization. Select one of these five and research it on the Internet. Discuss why you chose this particular model, with special emphasis on the components included and how they (and the model) fit with your view of the organization you are researching for your project. Speak also to what you see as the model’s strengths and weaknesses.

I choose the Star Model, which I believe also applies to both Oracle and SAP. This model consists of five organizational design categories, which include ...

Learning is a continuous process that doesn't end after we received our hard-earned diploma. People have the capacity to discover and explore new things, thus constitutes a continuous quest for learning new things. In the psychological point of view, learning has related principles and theories that explains the process in which a person can effectively absorb new information. One example is myself initiative to learn a new language specifically French. It is not easy to just listen to a French conversation and be able to pick-up the details of the conversation's entire context. It takes ...

Guadalupe in New York, by Alyshia Galvez, is a look inside the lives, culture, and faith of Mexican immigrants in the urban United States. The book is a collection of stories, histories, and information about the lives of Mexican Immigrants trying to make a living for themselves in the land of opportunity. Galvez describes how these immigrants find themselves living a difficult and fearful life, working long hours for low paying jobs, and in constant fear that they will be discovered as illegal immigrants. This book touches on a wide variety of subjects including immigration, Mexican-American culture, religion, and ...

I) What are the current opportunities for Toyota?

The Toyota Automobile Corporation operates in a complex global industry. In order for this company to realize the current available opportunities for growth and expansion, Toyota Corporation has to take into account the entire global automotive environment. The company’s mission is to make better cars and contribute to society (Toyota Motor Corporation, 2010). To achieve this mission, Toyota offers quality cars at affordable prices, puts its customers first and practices good customer service to all the clients.
There are various current opportunities for Toyota. One of these opportunities is investing ...

Back in 1971 Southwest Airlines was the brainchild of Rollin King, John Parker and Herb Kelleher. It started as a small Texas intrastate carrier know for its progressive policies and innovative thinking. Southwest Airlines’ corporate culture differs from other airlines in that it that prides itself on “ doing the right thing by our Employees and Customers” . When the stock went public on the New York Stock exchange it adopted the ticker name “LUV” to match its attitude and the way it feels about its people and community. This attitude has paid off and it is the only airlines to ...

Human resource management is more than just procuring health plans and cutting paychecks. Strategic human resource management looks at the organization as a whole to identify what sets it apart, and how it can be made better. One of the tools used to do this is the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis. This looks at the organization, where it needs to improve, what should stay the same and the steps necessary to make improvements without affecting what makes the organization a success.

1. Strategic human resource management focuses on the larger, organizational picture and its strategic goals ...

1. Why does the effective management of change represent a critical core competence that all organizations and leaders must master?

As such, it is important for organizational changes to be managed effectively. This ensures that such changes won’t cause disruptions in the organization’s operations (EML, 2012). Whatever the nature of the change – be it a business process change or a restructure of the organization – it is important for the transition to be effectively managed to ensure that the organization will benefit from the change and not suffer during the adjustment period.

Not only is change a natural ...

1. What effects did domestication of plants and animals have on human societies?

Until 10.000 years ago, people were nomads, without permanent residence, always in search for food, gathering plants and following animals. Then, according to Mac Neash, the famous archeologist, some 10 000 age people began to farm. People realized what cultures could be preserved during the dry period of time. For an example, we have the culture corn. It is culture that can be saved as a seed for a long period of time. Effect that domestication of plants and animals in The New World, as well ...

The Renaissance was a time, as the name suggests, of rebirth and renewal in Europe; a time that led society into a new modern age. Inventions shaped society and brought it closer to what people would recognize today; and philosophical and religious enlightenment moved civilizations out of the dark ages and towards a deeper understanding of humanity. This essay will analyze the importance of these two features of the Renaissance as a portal to the modern age.

New inventions during the Renaissance still play a part in the modern age today, from everyday necessities such as the toilet to ...

Question 1

More than often, changes in technology affect the level of productivity as it increases efficiency and reduces costs associated with projects. As a means of increasing efficiency, the use of improved technologies allows for achievement of increased faster payoffs as compared to the use of traditional systems of implementation because the programs are designed to specialize on specific functions that are targeted on increasing production. More so, these projects differ in terms of their focus on using systematic software that not only increases productivity but also the product quality. This is because, the software designed seeks to perform functions ...

I have had many friends in my life so far and they have all been very different. Two people to whom I have been closest are Mary and Kat. While similar in their supportive and generous natures, Kat and Mary contrasted with each other in most other ways. While Kat was assertive, proactive and confident, Mary was introverted, indecisive and wary of life.

Mary and I were friends for around five years. She was an unusual girl. She was fairly intelligent but had not done well academically. She was a very kind person, constantly lavishing me with kind gestures ...

The dramatic dynamics to the today’s ideas and cultural practices can be traced back from the explorations and discoveries which took place five centuries ago. The exploration of the new world is driven by curiosity and demand for goods and resources as famine, war and diseases have become inseparable with mankind.

The Darwin’s discovery on origin of species in 1859 opened up anthropology, geology and paleontology. During World War 1, the Germans invented U-boat for breathing in deep submersion and propulsion. They were later standardized into naval warfare ships and diving gears with modern technology e.g. remote ...

When I started the inquiry process, I thought I knew the subject well. It turned out I was wrong. I ended up having to make extensive changes to my inquiry question as I developed the topic. To start I had to change the main issue and make it more specific; the inquiry process was too effective, and my choice of focus too general. I ended up with an excessive amount of information. Therefore, I changed the topic from medical errors in a hospital to be more specific to induced labor. This topic was still too general, and I was ...

There is little doubt that the New iPad 3 is the best gadget in the industry when it comes to delivering unmatched and finest array of applications on a wide screen. The New iPad 3 offers improvements on its predecessor the iPad 2, making it brilliant in every sense of the description, be it reading, browsing, gaming, or entertainment. For instance, the Retina Display ensures that everything viewed on the screen appears superbly crisp (Apple). The A5X processor delivers maximum speed performance and exceptional graphics coupled with low-power system (Apple). The 5MP iSight rear camera improves HD video recording, ...

Problems at the Ottershaw branch of Zinn’s Burgers and Pizza

The social reengineering of Zinn’s Burgers and Pizza is a capital investment and probably the most important and one that drives the whole business and its outlets all over UK. The problems associated with a change to make the business good using metaphors are extensive and disturbing. It will be negligent to ignore cultural themes while approaching a change initiative. (Blythe, 2005)

A common culture’s metaphor is the Morgan’s metaphors, which compares culture with brain and organisms. The metaphor becomes appealing by the fact that it summons up images of culture as one system having interconnected ...

As per Dr. Carr arguments, I will have to agree. Companies approach the use of IT has been based on gaining competitive advantage. The use of this approach was beneficial to companies when the technology was not readily available to other competitors. This is evident in the 1950s and 1980s, when introduction of computers changed the way companies handled businesses. Dr. Carr clearly illustrates this by giving an example of the American Hospital Supply that introduced electronic ordering of medical supplies by hospitals. The use of this system provided AHS with a competitive advantage but later became a liability ...

When designing a new information system it is important to consider the practical elements before you begin create the structure. The first element to consider is the system requirements such as the number of users who will be accessing the system, the number of locations, the data itself that will be entered and the uses of the data output.

Once the basic requirements are established, the design process can begin. The hardware that will be used must be evaluated; considerations in this regard are what preexisting hardware will be used, and what new hardware will be purchased. Additional concerns ...

Leaping lizard Integrated marketing communication plan

Leaping Lizard Company is a new company that produces a natural energy drink called Leaping Lizard. The drink is purely non-alcoholic and it provides a high amount of energy to the users. The company has just launched the drink and it is yet for introduction in the market. It is obvious that the company has to work hard for a successful capture the market for the product. There is already a stiff competition in the market of natural drinks, the leading competitor being Red bull. The company wishes to reach as many customers as possible. Therefore, the main challenge ...

The business environment is constantly reinventing itself with businesses combining new methods to improve efficiency. According to Schoenbachler & Gordon (2002), it is now necessary for businesses to change or risk being driven out of business by competitors. Top of the factors that have been a driving force in the business scene is technology. Through the years, technology has constantly changed due to individual’s demand for efficiency. This continued development has enabled people to connect and communicate more easily. The incorporation of technology into business has contributed to the efficiency of service delivery to ...

There are many religious beliefs across the globe and all of them were spearheaded by a belief that was propagated by a given individual. The individual’s who invented these religions often had some characteristics that drove them to come up with the beliefs. This essay looks at some of the characters that were responsible for bringing these religions in the Eastern world.

Eastern Religious

Whenever an individual comes up with a new invention, there are always some who agree with them and others who are against them. However, it is more agreeable that religious leaders are often taken with a ...

Cutting Edge technologies used by Corporations

An example of innovative technology being used by corporations includes Cisco systems. This technology has low power consumption, recycling efforts, switching tools and green power supplies. Cisco’s networking equipment is the backbone of the Internet and most private networks (Shelly and Vermaat, 2010). Additionally, corporations are employing the use of geographical information systems as another innovative technology. With geographical information system (GIS), corporations can be able to perform certain activities such as disaster management, simulation and modeling, environmental management, watershed management, homeland security, GIS based support systems, global positioning systems and remote sensing. Organizations are also employing innovative ...

Information systems are used to collect and analyze data, store information and distribute the same to the relevant departments in an organization (Marakas & O’Brien, 2012). Information system of any organization follows the organization’s structure. It is very important therefore to ensure that an organization has efficient structure for proper dissemination of information. Information systems are categorized into various groups.

This paper looks at the role of computer based information systems and competitive and strategic information system in the human resource and sales and marketing departments. A computer based information system utilizes computer technology to do most of ...

Introduction

Plainfield is a city in the New Jersey with a population of 46,318 and a population density of 7690 people per square kilometer. It has over 15180 households and about ten thousand families living in the city. The city is racially diverse with African Americans being the dominant race, accounting for 50 percent of the population (Onboard, 2011).

The white population in Plainfield is 23 percent, Native Americans account for 0.91 percent, 0.05 percent of the population are Pacific islanders and 0.95 percent are other races. Children account for 35 percent of the population while married population account ...

Part A:

Yes, I agree that ERP does not live up to its acronym. ERP systems does not actually do the planning. Planning part is still done by the management. However, ERP systems aids the management in planning by providing readily available data. It is a resource for much needed data that can be delivered to whoever needs it in an instant. Yes, ERP systems must not forget the enterprise part since the major task of an ERP system is to integrate the applications and processes within the whole enterprise for it to have a standardize form. ERP systems are build ...

The New England Colonies comprise the modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The New England region did not enjoy the same diversity, as did the Middle Colonies to their south. In Massachusetts, Plymouth Colony was one of the earliest colonies, settled by the British Pilgrims in 1620. The tensions created by the role of theocracy, status, wealth, land led Rodger Williams to establish Providence, and began the settlement Rhode Island. Other settlements in Connecticut, including Wethersfield and New Haven were established in a like manner, and for much the same reasons.

The Middle ...

After the Second Industrial Revolution

The effect of fast communication technologies on International Relations after the Second Industrial Revolution (SRI) has been discussed from the point of view of learning about other people. SRI began the process of communication globalization as it exists today. The foundation for the development of new materials and technologies was laid during from approximately 1870 to 1914. The ability to communicate using reliable, efficient and fast technology has blurred nations’ borders around the world. The SIR brought a new way of packaging different materials and technologies into one important invention, the telegraph. The International Relations between nations was offered ...

In 1929 my grandfather took the train that runs along the Mediterranean coast from Haifa in the historic Palestine, to the city of Beirut in Lebanon. He did so to catch a ship taking off to Brazil, the New World. There was a strong wave of migration to the new world, even though the only way of traveling at that time was by ship, and this took over three months to reach the port of Rio de Janeiro.

Once at the new land, officials referred to my grandfather as the Turku, even though he was, in fact, Arabic. They ...

The Anglo-Saxon approach in the management of companies and organizations takes a different approach as compared to the model of French speaking people. Herremans and Isaac (2005) argue that while the French companies experience a highly context paced environment; the Anglo-Saxon counterparts adopt a highly formalized system that is full of factual management and decision making from a structured system of government. The case study of Lemma seeks to understand the cultural performance and the repercussions that were overseen as a result of adopting the Anglo-Saxon approach in its governance. This paper takes into consideration various factors and scenarios ...

Businesses of all kinds need to devise a plan with which to follow as they grow and expand. Growth of a business could involve moving to a new premise, production of new and better products in larger quantities than before and so on. Kelly as an entrepreneur who has specialized in the food industry only makes lunch currently. However with a chance to expand and grow the business, she needs to plan for the growth and expansion. As her plan for growth involves shifting base and improving the business form in general, her plan for business growth should be ...

I would like to give you a brief of barriers that may exist in group communication, techniques to overcome those barriers and enhance group communication and the role of conflict in effective group communication drawn from my personal and workplace experience of learning Team members.The first barrier to effective group communication is filtering information. Filtering occurs when a sender deliberately manipulates information so that the receiver ...

Towards a Newer Laocoon

Every single art can have a dominant role. If a particular artwork seems to be more dominating than most of the other artworks, that particular artwork could be a prototype that other artists could use in developing their art. This is what typically happens no matter how much an artist may deny it. They usually adopt ideas from other artist, use them as prototype and make their own ideas and then apply such to their own artworks. Although some characteristics could be imitated, it could still be called unique. The cycle goes on and on until a new generation ...

The course has been an experience to me. I have learnt a lot and experienced a lot of great new ideas during the course. However, there are some improvements that I would like to suggest that would greatly improve the learning experience of the whole course. It will also increase the enrolment to the course. One of the factors that need to be integrated to the course is emerging trends. Most of the content that has been taught in the course for a long time is that of how to use computers and apply the knowledge in normal business ...

The equilibrium price is determined by forces of demand and supply of a commodity. At the equilibrium point the quantity of coffee supplied in the market is equal to quantity demanded. This means that suppliers will sell all the quantity they supply and customers will be able to get the quantity they need from the market. The equilibrium price will therefore be shown by the intersection of supply and demand curve.

However, when I go to purchase a tin of 500 grams of coffee I do not always pay the same price. This means that the equilibrium price keeps ...

Part 1: Interpersonal Communication; Business Communication and the Workplace

One of the first things I must realize if I want to work harmoniously with everyone is that there is rarely one “right answer.” Perhaps one of my ideas will turn out to be the best one for the team, but it is just as likely that someone can come up with a better one. Maybe my idea, when combined with someone else’s will be the best one.

Therefore, in order to adapt to the style of my coworkers who like to brainstorm solutions aloud and share observations with ...

What is improved in the 6th edition APA format?

The American Psychological Association (APA) format is now in its 6th edition whose focus is mainly on publication. The video on you tube is a concise step by step as to how to format a paper in the APA style of formatting. In this video the video graphics and voice quality are in clear unaccented English which is appropriate for all peoples who can understand the language. The voice speed is also good for the ear making it possible for an individual to understand the step by step guide to APA as well as the length of the video. ...

1) Athens and Sparta were the main city-states of Ancient Greece. Between the VI and V centuries B.C., they contended about the political and military domination over the entire Greek territory. The only feature they had in common was the fact that they were both “polis”, Greek city-states. However, Athens and Sparta were completely different in terms of their political, social and cultural systems. According to Laveck (2010), Sparta, also known as “Lacedemonia”, was founded in the XIII century B.C. The city-state Sparta was born through the merge of four Doric tribes. During the VII century B.C., Sparta started ...

The purpose of this study is to present, implement, and evaluate a combination of instructional methodologies/strategies beyond current practices for teaching Arabic language to military personnel attending the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center at the Presidio of Monterey, California. The intent of such instruction is that students (military personnel) will improve their pass rates on the various examinations that test their listening, speaking, reading and writing proficiency in Arabic. Furthermore, this must be done in a way that also provides a subjectively improved classroom experience, both in terms of education and enjoyment.

This study will be qualitative in ...

Over the course of this process of creating, revising and specifying my research topic, I have discovered a great many things about myself and the process of research design. When I embarked on this mission to study the effects of new interventions in the defense language courses being conducted for military personnel, I first thought I would combine quantitative with qualitative methods of data collection and analysis to create a mixed methods approach. However, as I continued in my research, I realized I was far more concerned with the effect of the interventions in the DLIC on the students ...

Food webs contain a delicate balance of species that when allowed to run naturally will result in fluctuations in population sizes such that the number of surviving predators depends on the number of prey available. As environmental conditions such as weather patterns change so does the potential for changes in population sizes. Humans have assumed a stewardship role with respect to the environment and tend to want to keep populations of various animals constant so the environment is easier to manage. This is one reason why humans now hunt various species such as deer, duck, wolf, and bear.

For ...

In very simple terms communication can be defined as information transmission or an exchange of ideas between parties (assuming that the message is received and fully understood). However, a more detailed definition of communication can be given with consideration to the purpose and the framework of the communication process. Although current technology level has expanded the notion of communication far beyond a face-to-face conversation, the empirical evidence has demonstrated that personal contact significantly enhances dialogue between the parties, while all the technology-driven communication means, such e-mails and phones, remain inferior compared to discussing in person.

This factor had a ...