Essays on Bradford

No school operates without a curriculum. Fundamentally, aA curriculum is an essential part of the education system (Bradford, Kenneth, & Helen, 2017). A well-set curriculum contributes enormously to a good education. Additionally, it eases the learning process for the teachers and the learners. However, various schools have various curriculums set by various people in diverse ways. Nevertheless, quality education remains the core purpose of all the curriculums in education institutions (Armstrong, 2006). This paper is oriented towards comparing curriculums of different states, districts, and schools to the research of the best practice. Most successful schools are those that comply with ...

The first article chosen is by Hamilton & Shergill (1992) and describes a longitudinal study of corporations with a non-financial business set up that are listed on the New Zealand stock exchange. The premise of the article is that there exists a fit in regards to business strategy and also in organizational structure that is vital and determines performance. The article examines corporations in New Zealand, where major companies are less diversified and smaller in size. It further offers an empirical test of the generality of the ideology of strategy structure fit and corresponding performance. I chose the article because ...

Nursing Theory Analysis Paper

Many researchers globally have researched on the discipline of nursing and developed some theories aimed at explaining some health care phenomenon. Theories of nursing play a critical role in influencing the outcome of different areas of practice including research, education, administration, and nursing informatics. Nursing theories fall under the mid-range theory or grand theory classifications. The analysis below discusses the theory of Transcultural Nursing by Madeleine Leininger that falls under the mid-range category of nursing theories.

Analysis of the Transcultural Nursing Theory

Background Leininger is well-recognized psychiatric and mental health professionals of the 1950s. Earned her first diploma in nursing in 1948, advanced to a ...

If we were to ask 100 people randomly to describe a criminal, most like they will describe the most recent experience they had of a crime or criminal. Most recent experiences could be what they read on the news on the way to work, in another word what they read or watched on the most recent media exposure they had, or it could also be a personal criminal experience they had. Some people live in neighborhoods that are dangerous so they have more experience with gangs, while others might have been robbed recently, either pickpockets or online fraud, etc. ...

Abstract

Marketing is an essential functionality in the business set up. For the procedure to be effective, marketing has to have clear objectives that are set in the organization. The objectives can be cascaded down to the individuals who have taken up certain roles in the marketing department for instance. Aggressive promotion while at the same time making identification of the expected target for the particular service or product is of importance. The marketing content is also crucial, and this can be promoted by the presence of activities like marketing strategies and strategic marketing which can be solely managed in ...

World War II was the central event of the 20th century. It involved all the major continents of the world. World War II is considered as the most difficult war in the history of humankind as it killed thousands of people. America played a significant role in World War II. To highlight America’s role in the war, the paper discusses the involvement of America in the war, the challenges faced by the government and people during the war, and the issues it faced after the war. World War II cannot only be regarded as the supreme armed forces ...

Thanksgiving is a holiday that has been long celebrated over the years but is has had its roots in a cultural and religious perspective. There are many myths that surround the origin of thanksgiving but the most known one is that it was a feast to celebrate the successful fall harvest. The pilgrims celebrated it as they made through the winter and with the great assistance of the Wampanoag tribe, they got a bounty harvest to sustain them to the next winter season (Smith 79-85). The feast took place for three days, usually between September and November, though there ...

Federalism in the United States may be defined as relationship between state 

governments and the federal government of the US with a progress shifting of power from the states towards the national government (Beck, 2011). Federalism was a political answer and solution for the situation with the Articles of Confederation (the first US constitution replaced by the current US Constitution in 1788) that gave the federal government very little practical authority. The Articles contained the direction on the ways to direct the American Revolutionary War, conduct diplomatic relations with Europe and deal with different territorial issues and Native American relations. Although, this document also became the weakness of the government, which ...

In the 2005 film adaption “King Kong,” directed by Peter Jackson, was inspired by the 1930s classic film by the same name, focusing on the arriving of an American film crew on Skull Island. The Americans are captured by the native tribes on the island and the star of the film is set to be sacrificed in some kind of ceremony. This is when we see King Kong for the first time. King Kong is a fictitious character that is recognizable worldwide. He is a 25 foot tall primate, most closely resembling a gorilla, whose massive size, strength and ...

A lot has been said and written about global warming. Almost every day new hypothesizes urge, refuting the old ones. People are constantly afraid of what awaits them in the future. There is a good saying that may applied here: “We are so long and terribly afraid that it is no longer scary”. Many statements and articles are openly conflicting and thus misleading. For many, global warming became a global confusion and many decided to let go the theme of the climate change. Therefore, it is important to systematize the existing knowledge, creating some kind of a global warming ...

Introduction

Over the course of the last few decades, global pollution has overwhelmingly been on the rise. As years go by - the humans' way of thinking evolves. Hence, the technological aspect of life keeps on advancing rapidly at the expense of contaminating our planet. Similar to other elements associated with human life, the natural environment is also undergoing a continuous change. There is the unchallengeable need of developing knowledge of the issues that characterize this change. The modern world is experiencing an increase in the natural calamities and varying weather patterns. These changes are primarily associated with the environmental ...

Global warming is the rise in average global temperatures. The rise in global temperatures is occasioned by the emission of greenhouses gases such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and nitrogen oxides. The gases are released from industrial process that combust fossil fuels such as diesel, coal, and petrol. Such processes include generation of electrical energy in thermal power stations, burning of coal in industrial boilers, and combustion of fossil fuels in internal combustion engines. When these greenhouse gases are emitted, they rise to upper levels of the atmosphere and form a layer that blankets the earth. This layer ...

INTRODUCTION

Whenever you discuss theatre, film and television, many do not know the complexity that goes into producing a successful work. It is the combined efforts of hundreds of skilled and talented artist who come together to create any great performance. Many are behind-the-scenes editors, set painters, production assistants and prop masters, but most people focus on the top four contributors, producers, directors, writers and, of course, the actors. While all facets are important and necessary, it is the actors responsibility to be the faces and the voices for amazing characters that people will remember. There are many people out ...

Abstract

This paper begins with an introduction that provides a general overview as well as the setting of the play A Doll’s House. It also sets out to provide an analysis of how Ibsen portrays the rights of women through the female characters in his most famous plays, A Doll’s House and Ghosts. The paper begins by evaluating the rights of woman as portrayed through the experiences of the female characters in the Doll’s House. In particular, the primary focus of this part is Nora, who is a central character in the play. Accordingly, the play proceeds ...

Introduction

Governments and nonprofit organizations just like the commercial entities must prepare financial statements, but unlike the commercial entities whose accounting is for measuring profitability, the governments’ and nonprofit organizations’ accounting is for accountability (City of Cambridge Participatory Budgeting, 2016). The nonprofit and government agencies apply an accounting system known as fund accounting, where a fund is made up of several accounts each set apart for a particular purpose in agreement with law and regulations. Unlike the commercial entities which only have a single account called the general ledger for determination of profits, nonprofit and government agencies can have several ...

Problem Identification

The World Wide Fund for Nature is a recent report indicated that deforestation is one of the major impacts of anthropogenic activities ("Environmental Problems in Australia"). It is characterized by cutting down trees and other aspects of vegetation without taking initiatives to plant more trees as replacements. Certain stakeholders have argued that it is quite hard to imagine a scenario or a period when about 90 percent of the earth’s surface was covered by vegetation. This imagination has raised tremendous debates with stakeholders making attempts to inquire the reasons for rapid deforestation rates. However, it is apparent that ...

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Background of the Scandal:

Organized crime has been the most worrying thing that has been haunting the experts of governance and public management as it can be very hard to trace and even harder to avoid. Rather than doing their jobs, the law enforcement agencies like police and related other institutes can be made a part in the organized crime in order to ensure that the criminals get protected when caught or worse yet, do not face hurdles in their operations. Drug addiction has been one of the biggest problems that the policy makers and governance specialists have ever claimed to ...

In the research made by de Crespigny on The Battle of Bowang which is historically known as the Battle of the Bowang Slope, he shared that it was a collision between the forces of two the warlords- Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the 202 reported late in the Eastern Han Dynasty (56). Initially, one of the warlords, Liu Bei, sought protection under one of the Northern land’s warlords ,Yuan Shao, after being initially defeated by Cao Cao’s army in 200 in a battle located in Xu Province. However, Liu Bei later on abandoned Shao after he ...

MANAGEMENT OF E-COMMERCE

Management of E-Commerce Introduction The improvement in technology all over the world has led to the adoption of E-Commerce in the businesses. According to Andam (2014), E-Commerce is the use of electronic systems and the internet to facilitate selling and buying of goods and services. Grandon (2004) is of the opinion that the Electronic Commerce started forty years ago but currently through the day to day innovations, many firms and individuals are entering the market through the internet. In the work of Demirel (2011) businesses incorporate the use of Electronic Commerce to offer its goods and services in a ...

Introduction

Medical marijuana legalization has taken shape of a movement in the United States of America as people continue to debate the pros and cons of legalization in the news media. Since the year 1973, 12 American states have made changes to their laws to reduce penalties for possession of marijuana (Austin, 2016). This is because there are certain pros associated with the legalization of marijuana, but the cons should not be completely avoided that come along with it. Legalization of marijuana would certainly be a success for the on-going Decriminalization Movement and will provide several economic and health pros ...