Essays on Broad

Introduction

Perhaps no decision in world war two from the Allies was as significant as that of Dwight Eisenhower’s decision to follow a broad front strategy in a bid to enter the war in Europe. This paper argues that the broad front strategy followed by Ike was the right choice as opposed to Montgomery’s single thrust strategy. The reasoning given in this thesis statement is that the objective at that time was to end the war in Europe quickly and win against the Axis powers and in such a situation, an all out offensive was the best form of defense. While ...

- Factors in phenotypic variations Factors in phenotypic variation consist of: Variation in phenotype (Vp); Variation in phenotypes caused by genetic variation (Vg); Variation of phenotype caused by environment (Ve); Variation in phenotype caused by interaction of genotype and environment (Vgxe). In addition to the above factors, phenotypic variation is also influenced by effects of genotype on phenotypes.

- Additive genetic variation formula shows that Va is influenced by phenotypes (p), additive (a) and dominance (d). As population evolves, the values of p, a, and d change. Consequently, Va value also changes. Based on the narrow sense heritability formula, change in Va ...

A Thesis

Graduate Faculty of the Requirements for the Degree 2013 All Rights Reserved Introduction This project will focus on the botanical Family Apiaceae in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes, Louisiana. These parishes are spatially adjacent but are distinguished by different ecological habitats, making them botanically diverse. Lafayette Parish contains a prairie complex, St. Martin Parish has large areas of swamps, rivers, and lakes. The only recent publications on the identification and distribution of the Apiaceae in Louisiana occur in) and the USDA Plants database (plants.usda.gov 2011, and Thomas and Allen 1996). Since little is known about ...

Question No. 1: In what specific ways was John Snow’s approach to accounting the disease a departure from accepted explanation to the outbreak of cholera?

Prior to John Snow’s approach to accounting for the outbreak of cholera, it was believed by many, including physicians, that the disease was a blood disorder. This was because some of the symptoms of the disease include the bursting of small vessels that make the skin turn blue as the blood become thicker and tar-like because of dehydration. It was also generally believed that the disease was air-borne (Ball 3). The failure then ...

The North Sea Petroleum Province is made up of Northern and Central North Sea. This is the greatest oil producing region in the world. It has been, for the last 30 years, playing a major role as Britain’s resource base and a contributor to the country’s wealth. This region also touches Norway and the Shetland Islands which are part of the Northern arms of the Late Jurassic system. This report gives an account of much of what is already known about Petroleum geology, Palaeogeography and tectonostratigraphic development of the Upper Jurassic, Middle Jurassic and the Lower Cretaceous rocks in ...

Shortly after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001, Congress passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. As a result of real concerns over the security of the nation as well as more than a little mass hysteria over America’s vulnerability in the new age of global terror, the 342-page long USA PATRIOT Act, as it is popularly known, sailed through Congress a mere 45 days after the attacks with little debate or analysis but with broad bipartisan support. Indeed, in the Senate, the ...

- Introduction

1.1 Background developments

Traditionally, accounting standards have been developed by different countries on the basis of local legal, economical and cultural institutions frameworks (Elliott and Elliott, 2009, p. 158). As a result, the standard setting was very country specific. With the globalization process at work for the last 3-4 decades and increasing mobility of capital internationally accepted accounting standards have become necessary to facilitate cross border transactions and make financial reporting comparable between countries and companies thereby leading to a greater transparency for investors (Nobes, 2004). IASB has been set up as a private international standard setter with a mandate to create high quality accounting standards ...

Startup small business

Executive Summary

Datax Tutoring Service is a company that provides tutoring services for a broad spectrum of clients with an extensive range of services. The company will be based on sole proprietorship with future adjustment to the business plan within the organizational form in a period of two or one years. Datax Tutoring Services is led by Matt Thomas who comes with wealthy academic experience in addition to his proven tutoring record. Matt's initial experience with tutoring began during his tenure at a large and well established language school from which he gained the experience that provided him with the insight ...

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A Proposal Review 1. Research Question The proposal question – How has the credit crisis had an effect on the capital structure of Dutch SMEs? – is essentially quantitative in construct but the elements appear to indicate a confused tendency towards quantitative investigation. There are other things to improve on. First, for quantitative studies, which this study is, the words “what” or “why” are most appropriate to begin the research question (RQ) if the research design intends to find a cause-and-effect relationship (“what”) or the reason for such relationship (“why”) (Creswell 130). Moreover, directional ...

French comedy, like comedy of any specific region, has a wide range of subjects and styles from which to draw – some comedies rely more on the physical and slapstick, while others relate more to character-based humor and the everyday absurdity of human interaction. Two French comedies from the 90s and early 2000s encapsulate this divide quite well – 1993’s Les Visiteurs and 2000’s Le Gout des Autres (The Taste of Others). Visiteurs is a goofy, fantastical fish-out-of-water story about a knight and his squire (played by Jean Reno and co-writer Christian Clavier), who find themselves transported from 1123 to 1993 France ...

Management

Manulife financial corporation: life insurance Introduction Manulife Financial is a Canadian based financial services company that has its principle operations in Canada, Asia and the United States. Since its inception in 1887, Manulife has built a solid global presence that provides its clients with trustworthy, reliable, strong and forward thinking solutions for some of their most significant financial decisions. It has an international network of employees who are more than 84,000 including agents who offer clients a broad range of wealth management services and products as well as financial protection. Manulife offers commercial, personal, corporate and investment banking products ...

Asepsis

Microorganisms are the tiny microscopic structures that cannot be seen with naked eyes. They are present on all the living things and also in the environment. Some of these microorganisms are non pathogenic that is they do not cause any disease. However, many of the microorganisms are pathogenic in nature. The pathogenic microorganisms can cause disease or infections. Absence of these pathogenic microorganisms is known as asepsis.

Importance of asepsis

Asepsis is usually carried out in the laboratory mostly while dealing with microorganisms. The techniques used to carry out asepsis are known as aseptic techniques. If aseptic conditions are not maintained in ...

Abstract

Tests intended to measure human intelligence have evolved to give a better picture of human intellectual behavior. These are nothing but Intelligence tests. These measure the functions of mental ability like judgment, reasoning and comprehension. Although, it has benefits, certain pitfalls appear to dilute its validation. This is unnecessarily leading to age and minority discrimination. With this trend, people developed views that intelligence testing could discriminate against old people and minority groups; while others are opposed to such views. On the other hand, intelligence testing is not fully validated for minorities such as African –American. They do perform well ...

The oppression of women in the society dates back to the seventeenth century in England. During that time, men perceived women as deficient in most ways especially in their intellectual ability. Mary Astell arose as one of the core defenders of the position as well as the rights of women in the society. She also challenged some of the theories developed by other philosophers. Mary Astell was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 12 November 1666 (Broad 99). She was the first born to Mary Errington and Peter Astell. Her father was a member of the Hostmen Company. When she was ...

Introduction

The Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) began during the World War I. It specialized in engines manufacture. The company broadened into its current two principal product ranges: automobiles and motor cycles. BMW is one of Germany’s prominent and most successful companies today. BMW cars are not the most reliable, the most powerful, or the most luxurious on the market. They however, score well against all these criteria. BMW’s products are not exceptionally innovative although it rightly stresses the advanced nature and quality of its technology. The design of its cars is convectional and models styling is decidedly traditional.

Generic Strategy

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The major strategic challenge facing the Apple computer Inc. is its strategic competitiveness with respect to the company brand image. As the company expanded its product line to include media, software, and hardware, its brand image declined tremendously. It diversified broadly and as result loses its strategic brand image in the industry. The broad differentiation strategy employed which sought to differentiate the company’s product offering from rivals’ in ways that appealed to a broad spectrum of buyers. Besides, it tries access broad and varied consumers as opposed to its already established market. The company thus finds it extremely impossible ...

The literature review of this study is a comprehensive review of Psychodynamic therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The literature will involve empirical support, description of the available treatment, theoretical aspects as well as historical perspectives of these therapies. The research concurs with the conclusion that CBT is an adequate treatment modality for minimizing symptoms and boosting functional results among the patients with psychodynamic therapy. Thus, makes it a vital framework for clinicians working with clients with psychodynamic symptomology. The cognitive behavioral theory was developed by Aaron Beck in 1960. Currently, this theory is one of the most frequently used ...

Introduction

Over the years, the United States has gained global military, economic, cultural, scientific, and political dominance, which has allowed the country to have a significant influence on other nations. For instance, American influence and power have extended across different countries such as Iraq, spreading democracy and liberty through military invasion and the War on Terror. In addition, the United States’ political influence has been strengthened by its financial support to foreign countries through the U.S. foreign aid. For instance, Buchan argues that the U.S. has played a significant role in enhancing the relationships of the free nations of southern and Pacific ...

Do you find executive compensation mentioned to be excessive? Why or why not?

The compensation for the executive is comparatively high to that of the workers .This is because the executives pay system does not concur with the employee’s compensation level and, therefore, lowering level of motivation in the workers. In addition, the trend in executive compensation over the years according to many observers has not been effectively linked with long term performance of the organization, therefore, encouraging pay for performance on the executives. These ideal as prompted to retaining and motivating the top management without considering employees efforts and contribution to the organization. The gap between these two parties is ...

Goals & Philosophy

Growing up noted for a sharp eye for color, design and patterns, report author has developed an early interest in fashion as an area of personal passion and professional aspiration. Growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia report author's professional vision and artistic philosophy has been informed early on by Jakarta's rich fashion industry but also by city's colorful appeal and scenic views, a formative given inaccessible to many who might plan to pursue a career fed by colors, designs and, not least, idiosyncratic preferences. Currently, report author is pursuing an Associate of Arts (Fashion Design) at Academy of Art University, San Francisco. ...

The word health is a very broad term that is not easy to describe (Georgetown University, n.d.). When most people think of health, they are referring to a state when they do not have any ailments. In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (World Health Organization, 1948). This definition remains until the present day.

A Comprehensive Health Definition

This a comprehensive definition that encompasses all of the facets of health and goes beyond simply describing health as not being sick. In essence, the WHO’ ...

Introduction

Environmental laws entail different treaties and laws which aim at protecting the environment. The laws include complex interlocking bodies which operate in an attempt to regulate how the human interrelate with the environment. The laws aim at reducing natural and human effects on the environment. The laws on environment are, however, seen to create controversies when they tend to limit certain businesses, or regulate companies on what they are used to do. The limitations and stoppage limit or stops production of what was initially produced hence limiting consumption. Environmental laws become painful to deal with leading to a backlash ...

Externally, U.S. intelligence community faces unprecedented challenges amid sweeping national and international political, economic and social changes. Striking failures to meet counterterrorism and intelligence objectives in both national and international arenas indicate current tools and policies are short of closing growing gaps between intelligence work as is performed by existing intelligence agencies and hostile states, groups or individuals, locally and abroad. Counterterrorism and intelligence are still viewed in older, established Soviet-era framework (McConnell, 2007; Turner, 1991; Godson, 2010). Flaws in counterterrorism and intelligence work is, further, attributed to a set of a factors including, but are not limited to, lack of ...

Structure, Change and Stress

Management, like any science, is based on the basic definitions and before revealing the content of this work it is necessary, first of all, to establish the content of such terms as "organizational structure" and "organizational culture". The organizational structure is regarded as a logical relationship between management levels and functional areas, providing the most efficient ways of achieving the organization's objectives. According to Dauber, Fink, & Yolles (2012), “Structures are the manifestation of strategic orientations and regulate information flows, decision making, and patterns of behavior.” The general scheme of the company’s organizational structure is essential for determining ...

Abstract

The relative capacity of the modern world business to unravel the concept of Expatriate failure extensively is worth understanding. Thus, the exploration of the defining the Expatriate failure from a business perspective and the discoveries generated to provide an insight at which a business literature is designed. From a business perspective, the expatriate failure concept or definition has produced a point of argument or critique raising concerns in the world of business. Therefore, analysis presented in this document is helpful in understanding the concept or definition of expatriate failure and its comprehensive or sophisticated understanding (Tran, 2013). On a broad front, Expatriate failure associated ...

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Introduction 4 Shipbrokers Chartering 5 The Ship-broking Market 6 Diverse Industry 6 Dry – Cargo Markets 7 Ship-Owners’ Preference for Shipbrokers 8 Identify carriers for cargoes and cargoes for carriers 8 Information Source 8 Dispute Resolver 9 Conclusion 10 Abstract Shipbrokers have a significant influence on day to day business transactions when it comes to charters and sales and purchase activities in the markets. The ship-owners value the brokers’ capabilities for negotiation, knowledge, and information and their perception in the market. In additional businesses, the luxury-oriented services create goodwill and ...

Management Information Systems

Part I - Why did Levi's consider selling their jeans at Wal-Mart? Levis decided to sell their jeans at Wal-Mart to reach the new target customers – kids and their families. Most of the shopping for kids is done by mothers who frequently shop at Wal-mart store. Levis introduced less expensive Signature jeans line that was designed for the new target customers. These jeans for men, women and kids are priced at $23, have fewer detailed finishes than the other product lines, and they do not bear the trademark on the pocket . The company believes that the new ...

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II:

Issues Related to Result Interpretation and Test Validity Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II: Issues Related to Result Interpretation and Test Validity The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (Vineland-II; Sparrow, Cicchetti & Balla, 2004) is a psychometric test used to measure adaptive behavior. Adaptive behavior is defined as the ability to achieve a level of personal independence and social responsibility consistent with expected levels from individuals cultural and age group (Perry & Factor, 1989). The Vineland-II test is comprised of four domains of adaptive behavior: (1) Communication, (2) Daily Living, (3) Socialization, and (4) Motor Skills. The Maladaptive Behavior Index measures maladaptive behaviors, ...

Marketing

Introduction Studies on marketing employ primary and secondary data. Ad hoc surveys are conducted to collect primary data and secondary data is collected from prior data in the form of official statistics, works of scholars and the like (Tasic & Feruh 2012). According to Booth, Colomb & Williams (2008), ‘Primary sources provide the raw data that you use first to test the working hypothesis and then as evidence to support your claim’. Primary data is advantageous because it is relevant and original and hence the level of accuracy is high. Primary data may be garnered by a number of manners ...

Introduction

The film industry considers the horror genre in cinema, especially in Hollywood, as a staple because it draws a sizeable audience that consequently makes horror movies highly profitable (Hantke, 2010, p. viii). At least, this was the case during the 19th and 20th centuries since the state of the horror genre has changed over time. At present time, filmmakers would confess that horror films today are not as profitable as they were in the past. According to Hantke (2010, p. viii), we can attribute the so-called slump in the horror genre, especially in Hollywood, to its decline as a result of the ...

IMAGES OF ORGANIZATION

Overview: Gareth Morgan’s Images of an Organization was published in January 1997. At that time, it truly revolutionized the way people thought about business structures and corporate cultures. It is published by Sage Publications and categorized as a book on Management, Organizational Behavior and Business Ethics. The new Second Edition includes volume updates while retaining its original framework. Part I begins with and overview and introduces the concept that a business organization can be viewed as a machine, organism, brain, culture, political system, psychic prison, flux and transformation, and instrument of domination. . It then goes on to provide information on ...

Business Research Report

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Executive Summary 3

Introduction 4

The need for environment investigation 4 Analysis of existing venture 6 New marketing mix 6 Recommendations 7 Conclusion 8

References 9

Executive summary The following report is prepared with regard to company’s strong commitment to growth in terms of expanding to the new market. Expansion to the new market is one of most widely used growth strategies, along with other market-related strategies and such product-related strategies, as product expansion, diversification and acquisition. It is evident that making decision on expansion to the new market in a new geographical area requires significant efforts and ...

Graduate education provides an opportunity to expand academic horizons, to learn practical skills for real world applications, and affords the opportunity to do advanced research and influence future generations of students in a given field. University of Washington’s MPAcc Program will afford me the opportunity to conduct research, advance my knowledge of the field and study with some of the finest faculty in the profession. I will be able to advance my knowledge in a vibrant profession that has implications for a broad range of industries and services that are used daily by millions of people throughout the world. My ...

Science from a philosopher’s perspective

Science has undergone a lot of transformations and many theories have been formed to form the basis of truth and knowledge. The nature of science is that it introduces the use of experiments as a means of reaching to an idea. It is therefore important to note that science is based on objectivity that basically means that one has to look into the two sides of the divide then come up with an informed choice that satisfies the need for knowledge search. Scholars, for the sake of coming up with theories have adopted the use of paradigm. The replacement of one ...

Classes

Analytic summary notes Summary notes Mills contends in the book, that the most important task for social scientists and sociologists is to create a link between different social environments of individuals and social and historical forces where the experiences are entangled. The view challenges that of structural functionalist because it creates a new opportunity for a social scientist to inhibit in relation to the broad social structure. The broad social structure is produced through a combination of individual function. In essence, the author was trying to make an attempt of reconciling two varying concepts of social reality, the society and the ...

As cliché as the saying is, kids really are the future. It is our responsibility as the older generation to make it better so that the next generation does not have to suffer from lack of access, resources, or funds to prosper within this economy. Education is the concrete foundation of the economic growth within the United States if not the world. Teachers are placed in their roles to foster the development of students so they will have a greater chance to succeed in the future. When students graduate they need to be equipped to take on the realities of ...

Abstract

Personal problems often affect the capacity and motivation of employees to work (Janssen, Lam, and Huang, 2009, p. 787; Rich, Lepine & Crawford, 2010, p. 617). Common problems include alcoholism, substance abuse, family and marriage problems, relationship problems, financial problems, and mental and physical conditions or disorders. Organisations implement Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs) to address these problems. The process of implementation, however, relies on the definition of EAPs. Internal programmes are within the control of managers, while external programmes are beyond the management’s jurisdiction. Existing studies prove that the involvement of organisations in EAP implementation is significant in drawing ...

Business risk in South Africa

Introduction The South African economy is the largest in the continent, PPP accounts for approximately 24% of its GDP. The World Bank has ranked South Africa an upper-middle income economy alongside four other countries in Africa namely; Mauritius, Botswana, and Gabon. Official reports from statistics South Africa (2011), a government body which is responsible for analyzing population statistics in South Africa, there are at least a quarter of the population without proper jobs whereas the unofficial reports indicate that at least 40% of the population is not employed. 25% of South Africans spend less than 1.25 USD a day. The country ...

Abstract

The current research aimed at examining the relationship between psychological indicators of well-being that occur in the general population with the six facets that are comprised to the Neuroticism domain. The results indicated that the facets that are more emotional such as depression, Anxiety, and vulnerability were stronger Well Being predictors than those facets that are not highly emotional. The study aimed at investigating the relationship between psychological indicators of well-being that occur in the general population with the six facets that are comprised to the Neuroticism domain. The predictors of PWB can be arranged from the strongest predictor ...

Introduction

The global market has been characterized with intensified competition, and various organizations have been evaluating and adopting various strategies to ensure their competitiveness. Marketing plays an imperative role in the success of an organization selling its product in the global market. Firms that have been able to draft the best marketing plans have achieved significant success globally while those with poor marketing plans trail in performance. Apple a multinational organization engaged in production, marketing and distribution of telecommunication devices such as phones and Ipads among other products has introduced various innovative products (Krippendorff 2012). For example, the Ipad introduction in ...

Following a survey that was conducted by the marketing department, it has come to the attention of management that there is a need to formulate a new integrated marketing communication plan. This plan is supposed to enhance the marketability of all Apple Inc. products through innovative promotion mechanisms. The development of a new integrated marketing communication plan will be headed by the marketing department and the entire project will be coordinated by the director of marketing of Apple Inc. All the members of staff are encouraged to present their suggestions and recommendations on factors that need to be considered in the development of ...

Introduction

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, generally referred to as the Charter, is a bill of rights found in the first section Constitution of Canada enacted in 1982. This Charter assures the freedom and rights, that is, civil and political rights, to all Canadian citizens and persons within the territory of Canada. This Charter replaced the Bill of rights that was enacted to the constitution in 1960 but was found wanting due to the fact that it was a federal statute instead of a constitutional document. A federal statute is subject to amendments by the Parliament and does not apply to ...

The Pros and Cons to a Pharmaceutical Company to Investing in Vaccines, Devices, and Biologics

A weak initial public offering market, uncertain credit situation, and multiple groups of investors took their toll on the biotechnology sector. Forty-five percent of every civic listed biotechnology organization is engaged in their operations with not more than one year of monetary reserves. Forecasts for biotechnology initial public offerings showed the decreasing trend in 2009 through taking into notice the scenario of vulnerable 2008, which developed only a single initial public offering that improved $ 5.8 million according to a report of Bio world . This is in relativeness to forty one initial public offerings that enhanced 1.899 billion dollars in ...

Is the United States a Democracy?

Democracy is an in-progress process. Historical practices do not show patented forms of democracy applicable to all polities. The popular conception of and discourse on democracy as rule of people – a conception descending from Ancient Greek – is becoming less of an applicable principle and more of an ideal. This principle, moreover, gains more credibility in less diverse countries in which vested interests are less complicated and overlapping than in more diverse – particularly immigrant – ones. More pragmatic benchmark principles could, instead, be adopted in order to judge whether a polity is a democracy or not. The United States emerge as exemplary of a diverse ...

Nokia

Nokia, headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, Finland, is a global growing communications organization that concentrated on procuring services and products in the IT, wireless, and wired telecommunications industries. The span of its employees’ recruitment exceeded one-hundred and twenty thousand across the globe and its yearly income as of 2008 was fifty billion euro. The current production of Nokia entailed a broad array of smartphones and mobile phones which is supplementary to a handful of fixtures. Moreover, Nokia launched digital map information, internet, and navigation services that are certainly the value addition in the global marketplace.

Fredrik Idestam established his initial timber pulp company ...

Is Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform from 1978-992 responsible for the progress of China today?

Deng Xiaoping was the China’s leader from 1978-1992 who had a Marxism political ideology but adapted and encouraged market economy and capitalist-like enterprises. His 1990’s reforms were credited for uplifting the lives of 170 million peasants in China and removing them from the poverty level (CNN 1999, par.2-3). This paper will analyze if Deng Xiaoping was responsible for China’s economic progress today. Today (2015), China is now dubbed as one of the fastest growing economies and the second largest economy in ...

The study examines the efficacy of a professional development program for early childhood educators that facilitate emergent literary skills in preschoolers. The program led by a speech-language pathologist, focuses on teaching print concepts, de contextualized oral language, teaching alphabet knowledge within natural occurring classroom interactions. A child with special needs will flourish and benefit from an early childhood environment to empower learning. Center learning empowers a child to engage in the self-directed learning based on ability, interest, and strength actively. Centre learning will enhance interactive language, collaboration, independence, reading, and writing. All of the empowering areas of development relate strongly with the ...

Graduate education provides an opportunity to expand academic horizons, to learn practical skills for real world applications, and affords the opportunity to do advanced research and influence future generations of students in a given field. University of Southern California’s graduate program in Finance will afford me the opportunity to conduct research, advance my knowledge of the field and study with some of the finest faculty in the profession. I will be able to advance my knowledge in a vibrant profession that has implications for a broad range of industries and services that are used daily by millions of people throughout the ...

Morality can be defined in different ways. Some of the definitions are dependent on several factors. Philosophy is a broad subject that involves the study of different aspects of life, and non-life factors too. Philosophy even becomes more interesting and intriguing when involves the lives of human being directly. This is because it includes the perceptions of different things that people would take normally under normal situations. However, philosophy brings everything into light, though in a rare manner.

As opposed to descriptive efforts of ethics, it is also meant to describe what ethical behavior entails alongside providing reasons to be ethical. ...

An M.S. in Management and Systems from New York University would allow me to explore diverse career options. The training in management, business, and computer systems would provide me with the tools necessary to serve many roles, and is applicable in commerce, industry, and government employment. The flexibility of the degree enables the holder to branch out and discover areas beyond their immediate expertise, and in turn expand the scope of enterprise and discover novel solutions to old problems.

My initial goals are modest, insofar as my first step will be to seek a position as an analyst in asset ...

Mass media communication, in general, has played an important part in our society since time immemorial. Communication in life, being critical and important part in our daily lives, has enabled mass media to be appreciated by many in the contemporary world. Mass media as a term is composed of many attributes that are used to reach a wider base of audience that include but not limited to sound recordings, television, internet, print, movies, and radio among others. Media in general therefore has responsibility to educate, inform, and entertain its public on various issues happening in our daily lives. To do this, ...

Graduate education provides an opportunity to expand academic horizons, to learn practical skills for real world applications, and affords the opportunity to do advanced research and influence future generations of students in a given field. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s graduate program in Finance will afford me the opportunity to conduct research, advance my knowledge of the field and study with some of the finest faculty in the profession. I will be able to advance my knowledge in a vibrant profession that has implications for a broad range of industries and services that are used daily by millions of people throughout the ...

Strategic Compensation

Question 1

Payment structures in an organization are crucial as a component of effective compensation that assists in ensuring the level of pay for certain jobs remains competitive. This competition can occur both internally and externally with the presence of equity. Pay structures with proper designing allow for rewarding by management in regards to skill and performance development while the overall base pay remains under control (Martocchio, 2010). This control is provided through caps on the range of payments on certain jobs or locations. In the several pay structures that exist, varying limitations and benefits exist such as enabling creation of a streamline ...

Question 1: What is a business-level strategy?

A business level strategy is a laid action plan that a business organization puts in place with an intention of gaining a business advantage over other businesses, mainly gaining competitive advantage over its competitors, customer service, and relations. It involves early discovery of the possibility of gaining competitive advantage over others usually using the comparative advantage or strength that the business has. Comparative advantage is of great importance in marketing especially when entering or penetrating into new markets as it involves reducing operational costs (Hanson, 2013).

A strategy in its integrated way is coordination of actions and commitments aimed at discovering a step ...

The political party chosen for the case has been named “social democratic workers party of America.” this name has been chosen because it associates with the key strong points of our manifesto and objectives as is the key requirements in many political parties (Shefter, 1993). These include social justice, economic growth, equality, opposition to racism, campaigning for workers rights, and concern for the elderly most notably the “baby boomers.”

Create a symbol for your political party and explain why you have chosen that symbol.

The symbol for the party above will be a Green rose. A green rose has been chosen because this flowers color represents harmony, opulence, and fertility. The green rose also ...

Ethical issues in epidemiology and public health in general are very important. Recently there has been an influx in the number of people and scholars interested in carrying out studies in the broad field of epidemiology. This has called for clear understanding of the ethical issues involved in the study and the consequences of not properly following them. Ethical issues in epidemiology studies are related and can be easily identified and focused by effectively analyzing and consulting the relevant parties involved (Holland, 2007). These would lead to the proper addressing of the issues early and as a result dare consequences ...

- Levels of Measurement

Three levels of measurement will be used in this study. The nominal scale will be used to not only classify the sampled children into various demographic sets such as black and white; Latino and White; boys and girls; teenagers and kids; mothers and fathers; breadwinners and non-breadwinners among other categories (Mitchell & Jolley, 2012). This level of measurement requires that broad and homogenous categories van be established, which are then subsequently used to describe multiple variables in the study. While the nominal scale can only offer simple classifications, it is especially suitable for children since ...

Abstract

Shadow banks are broadly as nonbank financial institutions that engage maturity transformation (McCulley, 2007). The broad areas of shadow banking intermediation include: maturity transformation, credit risk transfer, liquidity and leverage. The shadow banking in China is composed of the following three distinct qualities. First is liquidity transformation, high leverage and credit transformation. The second outstanding feature is the limited regulation which does not spell out capital requirements, provisions for loan losses and the ratio of loan to customer deposits. The final characteristic is the existence of their interconnections with other institutions which makes them a source of systemic risks. (Yan ...

Introduction

The US Constitution guarantees many of the rights of the individual citizens. One of the rights guaranteed is the right to peaceably assemble. The Bill of Rights states in part that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or the free exercise thereof [] or the right of the people to peaceably assemble” (First Amendment [emphasis added]). The 14th Amendment, on the other hand, ensures that states enforce this guarantee and all other civil rights guaranteed under the Constitution. The core issue in the present study is the right of the fans of Big Bad Bruce to ...

Section 1- Primacy Source Reading

Part 1- Hammurabi’s Code Hammurabi’s Code is a set of 282 laws. It was written in approximately 1790 B.C. and is one of the earliest sets of law known to man. The code was enacted by Hammurabi, a Babylonian King. The physical code itself was discovered by archeologist Gustave Jequier in 1901 in modern day Iran. The code is carved into large rock slabs, called steles, standing roughly seven feet tall. The laws of Hammurabi’s Code were clearly inspired from the idea of “an eye for an eye”. For example, law 195 states that if a son ...