Essays on Capability

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Employer’s Contact Person NameEmployer’s Contact Person TitleEmployer’s Company NameEmployer’s Company Address Dear Mr./Ms. Employer’s Contact Person Name, I have an interest in the position of a Police Officer at Name of the Police Department. I have found the information about the vacancy on website on February __, 2017. I have completed police training at Name of Police School recently where I gained a lot of useful skills and knowledge that I wish to apply in practice now. I am confident that I will contribute to the achievements of your department with high level of ...

Introduction

A family is a residential unit in the society. Gender roles are a significant contributor to family dynamics. They establish stability in the family. Since the past, it has been known that the man is the breadwinner of the household and the women are the caregivers. In the recent past, this aspect has drastically changed. Today women have become empowered to attain a status almost equal to that of men. They have dared to live an independent lifestyle and support the men in some cases. Some men on the other do not consider the importance of family in the ...

Essay

Needs Assessment and Rationale Falls are a serious public health issue in the United States because it is the main cause of trauma-related incidents and injury-related emergency cases, and the leading cause of unexpected deaths among the elderly. People aged 65 and above comprise the majority of casualties from falls (Al-Faisal, 2006). The prevalence of falls rises continuously with age irrespective of gender and racial/ethnic affiliation. As reported by Stevens and colleagues (2010), “each year, about one-third of all older adults fall. In 2007, an estimated 1.9 million fall injuries among persons aged 65 years and older were treated ...

The systems that can adapt in reaction to unanticipated external disturbances and events during their operation are called autonomous systems . These systems have capability of self-adaptation, self-configuration, self-monitoring, tuning, and other kinds of adjustment without requiring external control input . Autonomous systems are also referred to as self-managed systems due to their independence from external controls. These systems are built such that their components satisfy the design intent in the presence of small perturbations, external disturbances, noise, or other environmental changes. In realm of control systems theory, autonomous systems carry the similar concept mentioned above. Talking in terms of state ...

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Dittenhoefer Fine Company of China is competing on several dimensions. To begin with, the company will compete on customer service. Irrespective of how good the product is, the product may start to get bad reviews with bad customer service. If there is no improvement in the customer service, then the number of orders made may experience a sharp decline. The second quality dimension that the company can compete on is reliability. Prior to the introduction of the polymer coating machine, the company boasted of a good reliability record. However, a lot of reliability issues have been experienced over the ...

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1.1 In her taxonomy, Joh (2005) describes private policing as law enforcement activities offered through agencies owned and controlled by private individuals. That said, unlike their public counterparts, private police officers concentrate on property loss, preventive techniques, private justice, and safeguarding personal interests. As such, these entities mainly operate as parallel entities, each focusing on their individual duties in law enforcement. This taxonomy is both useful and an excellent beginning in the categorization of various forms of private policing as explained below. On the one hand, some of the existing classifications include publicly contracted, protective, intelligence, and corporate security ...

Abstract

Some theories focus on explaining developmental changes that happen to humans. The Social Cognitive Theory represents one of the many theories of psychology that explain human behavior. The theory was introduced by Miller and Dollard in 1941 and later advanced by Bandura and Walters in 1963. The main concepts of the theory are personal, behavioral, and environmental factors. Other concepts including self-control and efficacy, observational learning, and many others help in understanding the interaction between the environment, person, and behavior. On the other hand, the theory operates on five assumptions that relate the theory to learning, language self-control, and ...

As an introductive point, “The Four Books of Confucianism,” is a collection of philosophical works which greatly influenced Chinese civilization, both in the educational and spiritual realms, into the contemporary era. My most prominent observation after reading the book is that the most important aspect any individual ought to pursue is that of self-awareness, where the person seeks to know who they are. The whole idea of the book is to provide moral insights and guidelines into human nature, and this is primarily through the presentation of the apt manners and dispositions of life that a person is required ...

In one afternoon when I was sipping coffee in a certain restaurant looking out of the window, a boy seated on the ground on the other side of the road drew my attention. The boy seemed hungry and exhausted, just seated waiting for help. I stood up, got out of the restaurant and approached the boy. The temperatures were not very accommodative and the boy was shivering as the wind blew. The boy was in a tattered t-shirt, very hungry and in an awkward situation. I took him to the restaurant and bought him food and gave him my ...

The high percentage of death in intensive care unit is always attributed to the withdrawal of life support machine. In Australia, research shows that a significant proportion of deaths that occurred in the intensive care unit preceded a decision supporting the withdrawal of the life support and this is a case in many countries across the globe including Australia. Withdrawal of life support refers to the process of discontinuing critical care treatment for a patient who is terminally ill, and the decision can be made by the family, government or doctor (Way, Anthony, & Curtis, 2002). The family can make ...

Business Level and Corporate Level Strategies

Introduction The industry that the following research will be based on is the telecommunications industry with the company of interest being Apple Inc. The industry has culminated in massive developments of technology such as in mobile devices and enhancement of communication on the global platform. Apple Inc. has been a leading innovator of various electronic gadgets, software, and even operating systems. It commenced its operations in 1976 and has its headquarters in California. It is in this regard, therefore, that the following article will conduct research about Apple Inc. It will analyze both its business and corporate level strategies, ...

Charlotte Supplements is a small-scale organization operating in Charlotte North Carolina (NC) selling over 6,000 products. The portfolio of the company includes supplements for vitamins, minerals, herbs, and sports edibles. Due to its scale, the company does not interact with the audience digitally regarding product information such as prices. Moreover, the company operates for a limited span each week (CS, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to propose a business model and a competitive strategy for overcoming this small-scale but a potential competition. The paper will explain the core concept of strategy briefly prior to the proposition. ...

Introduction

At present, the global positioning system (GPS) has helped in pinpointing locations and routes, saving time, providing fuel efficiency for aircrafts, and improving pilot performance. However, pilots and traffic controllers have commented on the lack of more accurate data and functionalities. Experts have also noted that GPS has a long way to go to make air traffic controllers more efficient in ensuring safe air traffic. With new technology being introduced in everyday activities, software developers and aircraft manufacturers will be able to introduce a more effective GPS in the near future (Wickens et al., 1998).

Purpose of the research

This research aims to ...

Analysis of Incident Investigation Data for Causal Factors

Abstract Accidents may be caused by various conditions: the worker’s physical and psychological condition, safety rules control, overload at work, lack of manual to prevent accidents from happening. If the worker in poor physical condition, tired and incapable of thinking clearly, he should not be allowed to work any further for safety reasons, and those conditions of workers should be defined by the company’s safety control officers before letting him start the job. Giving overtime to workers also needs careful test of workers’ physical condition. Sometimes exploited may not be equipped with safety terms. Working with dangerous ...

Introduction

Employee interviews are popular as part of the selection process because of its more personal nature and its ability to measure characteristics not accessible with other methods (US OPM 3). However, in a contemporary environment governed by anti-discrimination laws, drawing out an applicant’s behavior can be tricky and prone to misinterpretation for discriminatory hiring practices as in the case of Specialist Kayla Reyes.

An Overview of Facts

Army veteran Specialist Kayla Reyes, age 21 and had four years of overseas combat deployment, interviewed for a job in sales at Macy’s (Fashion Fair Mall in Fresno, CA) in February 2014 and was ...

Gilgamesh and Odysseus are well-known heroes from old epics of Mesopotamian and Greek cultures, correspondingly. The two characters have similar traits, such as courage and physical strength. However, there are also differences between the two of them. Each hero’s traits divulge fascinating information about their cultural ideals. Additionally, cross-referencing fictional individuals with real-life cultural ideals is worthwhile when examining any culture, at any point in history. Contemporary American culture, for example, appears to value physical attributes and attractiveness, more than anything. Examining Gilgamesh and Odysseus can be helpful not only in revealing details about the different cultural ideals ...

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Immunotherapy in Treating Human Cancer

The immune system of our body is a complex network of tissues, cells, and organs that act mutually to protect our body from unknown foreign trespassers. It recognizes the harmful particles entering the body and facilitates the destruction of those particles in order to shield the body system from any ailment. Due to any complexity or disturbance often the immune system targets the wrong particle considering it as a dangerous particle and this anomaly of the immune system may result in various autoimmune diseases like arthritis, allergies, malignancies, and AIDS (Understanding the ...

Diversification is a strategy for growing a company through the development of new markets and products. Diversification can either create value to an organization or destroy its value. Apple is a company widely known for the manufacture of iPhones. However, their smartphones are quite expensive hence not affordable to most people. Apple needs to diversify its smartphone products by introducing new models that are affordable. This will enable the company to acquire the low priced market share that has slowly been taken over by other companies such as Samsung. Introducing a new affordable model in the market will contribute ...

Introduction

The economic and social wellbeing of the society depends substantially on an effective and efficient performance of organisations. Management and leadership activity in the United Kingdom organisations becomes necessary, and the weakness and opportunities that exist should get addressed to realize a further advantage based on enhanced performance (Goetsch & Davis, 2014). Thus, excellent and adequate management and leadership skills are essential tools to achieve the best in organisations. The current ideas of the nature of leadership and management have evolved significantly over several decades to encompass new ideas including emotional intelligence, especially in organisation and planning (Giacalone & Rosenfield 2013). ...

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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

Railways for cars are a new and modern way of transporting cars from one place to the other using trains. This is one of the brightest in innovation in the history of humankind since it has helped to solve many problems that are normally associated with moving cars. Because of the availability of the above service, it is now very easy for people especially those who own personal cars to move their vehicles from one region to the other. The idea works on the principle that the cars are loaded into the train using very simple loading techniques. This ...

Introduction

This report outlines the performance of Tesco PLC as a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer as compared to other rival players in the industry. Close attention is paid to the selected ratios to show the financial stability of the company about rivals. The ratios show profitability, gearing, and liquidity of the company. The company takes the largest market share in the UK. Initially, it was dealing with grocery but later diversified into other sectors such as banking, clothing, and among others. Therefore, the annual financial report of the company provides vital information for investors.

Company history

Tesco PLC was founded ...

Introduction

Endpoint protection platform remains a security technology, which ensures that security of an endpoint device is superb in its functionality as a unit. The unit is composed of antivirus, personal firewall, anti-spyware, control application and intruded preventions styles, hosted in it. A number of Enterprise endpoint protection platforms (EPP) with higher advancement are combining patch, vulnerability and capabilities that manage configuration; this eventually enhances the protection. The current products of the EPP have included features of protection like data loss prevention, file and disk encryption and also device control, besides fighting malware. Higher number of EPP market focuses on ...

How does the “value chain” relate to health care organizations? What is the role of the value chain in the strategic planning process? In healthcare, a distinct type of the value chain method has proven valuable for identifying the way numerous activities involved in the delivery of healthcare care are combined. The healthcare industry utilizes value chain for figuring out ways of enhancing quality through the delivery, or the connection with patients to, suitable services in order to benefit from the whole set of processes needed for suitable care (Pananond, 2012). The value chain of healthcare is comparable to ...

BUSINESS LEVEL AND CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGIES

BUSINESS LEVEL AND CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGIES

Introduction

Amazon.com is the world leading e-commerce websites that took advantage of the internet boom in the 90’s. Through the cautious development of the company’s global strategy, it has turned into a force to reckon regarding leveraging assortment of services and products and creating customer value through affordable products. Both the corporate and business strategies employed by Amazon from its inception match the internal and external environments without which its global footprint would be thwarted. Currently, Amazon is the largest online retailer with net sales amounting to $107B and gross profits of $ ...

Introduction

Samsung is a multinational Electronics company that has existed in the market for the last 70 years. It is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with regional conglomerates across the world. This company is involved in diverse business operations spanning from the manufacture and supply of semiconductors, digital media, mobile products, consumer electronics, wireless wearable, home appliances and industrial appliances. In 2009, Samsung Electronics Inc. was touted as the world’s largest corporation based on revenues and a market leader in the electronics industry. On top of being the world’s largest semiconductor chip producer, it is also, the world’ ...

Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Raven” in 1945. The poem shows how lost love can lead to depression. Depression, and mental illness in general, is a topic common to many of Poe’s works, and he often uses an unreliable narrator as one of the primary means of showing such depression. Following the death of the woman he loved, a male speaker narrates “The Raven,” and through this first person account, the reader is allowed a glimpse of his descent into madness. Through the poem, Poe demonstrates to how the experience of losing a loved one can propel someone ...

Introduction

The success of any business venture is characterized by its ability to manage its assets, with respect to features such as the members of staff, the expenses incurred during the production process of its products as well as its distribution stratagems. The reason why most business entities and conglomerates fail to thrive in the long term is due to poor mismanagement of various core sectors hence leading to the redundancy for income generated and in an increase in the cost of productivity. The overall result is the decline in the trajectory of the business entity. Such was the characteristic ...

Introduction

Evidence-based nursing effectively defines the professional field today. Nursing practice will be vastly crippled and of high risk in the absence of research data as nursing knowledge is dependent upon empirical evidence derived from painstaking accumulation of nursing literature in various facets of nursing practice (Houser, 2015). Inevitably, the first step in the evolving capacity of nursing students in the conduct of nursing research and the utilization of findings of those already available, involves a proficiency in the search for rich clinical research databases (CRDs) and the building of a dependable list of these databases for future research endeavors. ...

Completion Date

SABIC Corporate Film: A Critical Response I. INTRODUCTION SABIC, started over 30 years ago, has grown into a global company of combined vision (SABIC, 2016a; "Corporate Profile," n.d.). While innovation remains critical to sustain SABIC's business well into future, environment stewardship is at heart of company's business activities (SABIC, 2016a). Interpreted into core values, SABIC can be said to inspire, engage, create and deliver (SABIC, 2013). From a technological intervention perspective, SABIC has five innovation hubs ("Facts and Figures," n.d.). From an innovation perspective, SABIC is engaged with numerous partners in urban planning to deliver innovative solutions (SABIC, 2016b; ...

Abstract

The study examined the effects of stereotyping gender and age on the perception of their driving speed. There were two approaches used for selecting participants. A Qualtrics survey was used to study fifty-nine participants who were recruited from Social Psychology Laboratory course at Nevada State College and others (N = 25) recruited from the online social network Facebook. The procedure involved presenting participants with a written description of the driver in a two (age of the target: middle-age vs. old) by two (gender of the target: woman vs. man) between-subjects experiment. Afterwards, the participants watched a ten-second video clip and ...

IT Technology Implementation

IT Technology Implementation Verizon is a leading provider of telecommunication services including wireless services and equipment and wire line services tapping the mass market, global enterprise, and global wholesales (Verizon, 2016). The company’s wireless services include retail connections and retail postpaid connections. Such include Verizon LTE, 4G LTE, fiber broadband services, FiOS, internet, and cable, and video telematics. Verizon also offers technology such as cloud and security products and interactive products such as video, music, and commerce (Verizon, 2016). The company exhibited a growing revenue and net income in the last five years in all of its business ...

DISCUSSION PAPER

1. The 2013 Army Strategic Planning Guidance (ASPG) describes an Army that is “globally responsive and regionally engaged — one building toward a regionally aligned, mission tailored force that can Prevent, Shape and Win now and in the future.” To guide this approach, the Army lists four imperatives that form the basis of the Army Campaign Plan:

develop leaders to meet the challenges of the 21st century; adapt the Army to more effectively provide land power; and enhance the all-volunteer Army. Which imperative is the most important and why? Give an example of something that the Army could do to ...

The steering wheel has been one of the advancements that have been made in the motor vehicle industry. However, the steering wheel as we know it today has had various developments over the years. This essay will clearly table the rich history of the modern day steering wheel and further compare it to its predecessors. In order to be able to understand the developments in the modern day steering wheel and particularly the electronic control steering, it is important to understand the history of the hydraulic control.

The Evolution of Electronic Control for Steering

Once man developed the wheel and was able to make the machines, ...

A personal budget can be described as an estimate of the anticipated costs, resources and revenues of an individual over a specified period. When used properly, it can be used to estimate the future financial needs and sufficiently cater for the current financial obligations of an individual. A personal budget is a critical contributor to a reasonable financial stability of an individual. When personal budgeting is taken into consideration, it helps an individual to escape any personal financial crisis by ensuring that they spend their income on essential expenses. When prepared objectively, an own budget shows the truth about ...

The right to use fundamental well-being facilities has been a key objective of much fitness law-making and strategy formulation processes to adhere to the health care requirement of the people. Up-gradation in the right to use the basic well-being facilities pave the manner for advancement in the value of people’s life. Though attempts to idealize and functionalize procedures of the right to use have varied. In this paper, access is fragmented into five elements as ease of use, acceptability, convenience, having enough money, and sufficiency. An incentive for this idea is the existence of comparatively restricted research studies ...

Abstract

Heart failure (2.6% prevalent worldwide) is a complex clinical syndrome, resulting from a structural or functional cardiac disorder and impairing ventricular filling or ejection capability. The current case of a 59-year-old male patient admitted on August 18, 2016 due to worsening shortness of breath and bilateral left extremity edema (one week) involved an existing diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). Physical and clinical profiles indicate a comorbidity between heart failure (HF) and DM2. Laboratory and imaging findings were not indicated, while diagnosis was based on the NYHA Classification guidelines. A review of literature revealed three crucial weaknesses in the diagnosis. ...

Introduction

Lumenpulse first ventured into business in the year 2006 with its headquarters in Canada. Their main business agenda was to design and manufacture lighting fixtures and related accessories, electronics and technologies for household and industrial interiors and exteriors decors (Lumenpulse, n.d). Over the years, the company has achieved significant growth and quite impressive recognition. To sustain its market share and maximize on its competitive edge, Lumenpulse has resorted into developing and implementing the latest and modest technologies and innovations to enable offer clients long-lasting and above standard lighting fixtures. All this is achievable formulating and executing a sound training ...

The purpose of this document is to develop the summary and coherent outline of the Motivation and Employee Involvement Strategy to be implemented in the organization. While the document will look at the full scope of the challenges, which have to be addressed, the detailed analysis and recommendations will be given for the critical topic of Joint Decision Making in Operations and Representative Participation. Companies apply a variety of programs and projects to address the challenges in this area. This strategic document will expand on the three recommendations, as central to addressing the three subtopics, work life balance, hirge ...

HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ASSEMBLY: SOURCING REPORT

1.0 Executive Summary The appropriate selection of the best vendor for any product requires a critical evaluation of several dealers in order to make a viable decision. The buying company must determine the level of urgency with it requires the product to allow any intermediary to conduct the best sourcing. Because procurement is a procedural undertaking, valuation of the players to be involved is essential to give the best recommendation to the buying company. The buyer always has a predetermined budget that states the expected cost of products and timeline of delivery of anything it has decided to procure. ...

Introduction

In today’s world, physical appearance is at the center of considerations by everyone and so are the grooming products. Everyone is on the outlook for best grooming products that will conveniently and consistently keep them well-groomed and good-looking. Companies that either manufactures or delivers shaving and personal grooming products like Dollar Shave Club thus come in handy (Glazer, 2012). Even though multiple companies exist in line with shaving as well as other personal grooming products, Dollar Shave Club stands out of them all. This paper serves to elaborate my passion and favoritism for Dollars Shave Club. Firstly, the ...

Mark’s case is one among the many that healthcare providers face on numerous occasions. In this case, Mark presents at the clinic or within the ER having sustained serious injuries following a car accident. He is assessed to have significant internal bleeding and therefore in need of immediate blood transfusion to arrest the progression of the situation to a severity point. The doctor determined that three units of blood would be necessary for Mark’s situation and therefore placed the order for an immediate transfusion. At the time the transfusion was to occur, Mark was still conscious and ...

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Executive Summary SunEdison is a renewable energy company. Its revenue comes from semiconductor wafer manufacturing, solar energy business and TerraForm Power (wind power and global business). The company has recently filed for bankruptcy due to poor operational performance and its inability to serve its $11 billion debt. Luckily for the company, first and second lien holders have provided the required capital to continue operation. Overall, the renewable energy market is growing at a very high rate. However, due ...

Position: Academic and Technical Lead

In line with the need to improve the quality of our services we provide to clients, the purpose of this memorandum is to propose an improvement in XYZ’s plagiarism detection capability. Henceforth are the justification/background, procedure, and other technical details.

Background

Company XYZ provides editing and proofreading services for clients who aim to publish their works to reputable scientific journals. At present, our plagiarism detection capability can only access online and published sources data repositories. There have been a significant number of complaints from our clients about plagiarism issues that may have been caused by our current capability’s ...

Need of Code of Ethics in Engineering

Engineering profession needs Code of Ethics in order to indicate the conducts and standards that all the members of an organization such as Engineers Island adopt and abide by in their professional lives. The Code of Ethics is meant for enabling engineer to maintain cordial relations with employers, peers, clients, and society (Humphreys 1999). The Code of Ethics is also for creating awareness in Engineers regarding social as well as environmental obligations. It is for developing and maintaining professional standards and conduct. Further, it is also for ensuring proper adoption and implementation of disciplinary action, and also for enforcing ...

Defense acquisition process

The acquisition process is among the primary processes that constitute the defense acquisition system. It is mandated by principles and policies put in place by the Department of Defense (DOD) which offers directives to that effect. The process is event based since any program has to undergo a number of processes from the time of conception to the time of actualization. In essence, an acquisition program is defined by the Department of Defense as an effort initiated and funded with the primary aim of providing improved weapon and/or information systems that respond to the needs of the U.S Armed ...

Introduction

Osteoarthritis of the knee also known as the degenerative arthritis is a major and growing problem for the elder population all over the globe. Approximately, 27 million individuals have been reported to suffer from osteoarthritis by the Arthritis Foundation in United States (US). Women have been more commonly reported to suffer from osteoarthritis as compared to men. The prevalence of developing arthritis has been found to increase after the age of 45 . Although, mostly elderly population are most affected yet there are few evidences of young people suffering from it. Osteoarthritis is also commonly defined as wear- and- tear ...

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Introduction Consultation and collaboration are indirect services provided by school counselors which can foster the stakeholders in the educational system to render improved services for children. Multilayered school counseling approach developed for the school counselors today involves the provision of direct and indirect assistance in order to enhance the academic productivity of students. Modern school counseling framework includes multiple components, such as support of educators, guidance curriculum, and direct assistance for students and families. This strategy focuses on various services invented to support teachers, students, and parents. Consultation is considered to be a responsive service, which school counselors implement ...

The training at Qatar Development Bank provided an orientation to the industry’s daily activities and challenges. The first 40 hours of training were not enough for one to grasp the assigned department’s routines since there was a lot to learn and understand. On the reporting day at QDB, I met Mr. Ramez, who gave me a brief introduction of the bank and what the training entails (Ramez Mohamed Salah Eldin Thabet par 1). His orientation focused on the bank’s goals, visions, and mission and the general requirement expected from the trainees. The next step was to ...

This paper will outline my plan to undergo a one-month training program at Qatar Development Bank (QDB). During this training, I will work in Capability Development which is a department under the Consulting or Advisory services. This department is tasked with developing the capability of entrepreneurs in Qatar, particularly in the industrial field. It fulfills this role by offering training courses in business leadership and participating in events like the Global Entrepreneurs Week . I will train under the supervision of Mr. Suaod Al Mannal, the Head of Learning. My training program will run for four weeks, from July 31 ...

An Analysis of Merger & Acquisition Strategy

Introduction There has been a major fall in the oil prices in past two years from 2014-2016. The decline in oil prices has led to a major impact on the energy sector making it difficult for energy producer companies to survive. However, despite the falling oil prices and damp prospects, there has been a major announcement of merger and acquisition that touched the $300 billion dollar mark in 2016, while the deal announcements in 2015 were in the tune of $3.2 trillion across the globe. Most of the surge in the energy sector is attributed to some of the ...

Introduction

Contemporary leadership theory is focused on the transformation of the organizational and individual view on the role of leaders in building the sustainable corporate culture and addressing change management and uncertainty in the modern corporations. While a number of frameworks are developed to evaluate and concept and find a set of factor and personal qualities, which define a great leader, the reality shows that leadership unique and the success of one or another individual as a leader depends on upon a number of intrinsic and external factors (Bennis and Thomas, 2002). With that in mind, self-awareness, understanding of the ...

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Two Criteria that are used for the Selection of Companies to be bought or retained in GE’s Portfolio of Companies based on the Case The GE Company is regarded broadly as among the sphere’s most successful companies of the 21st century. When Welch started his job as the General Electric CEO in 1981, he commenced on a comprehensive change of GE’s approach; introducing a current era of internal efficiency and performance management. Jack Welch’s profit direction, which was aimed at developing wages of 1.5 intervals to dual of the GDP development rate and the management ...

Essay

Immanuel Kant: Reason and Freedom Immanuel Kant argues that being purely objective or purely rational and being independently free are two peas in a pod. As Kant argued in his widely known book Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, all human beings possess what he refers to as 'the idea of freedom' (Pasternack, 2002, 12). He builds his concept of categorical imperatives-- in the absence of which responsibility and morality would cease to exist-- upon the speculated idea that freedom is an omnipresent concept. Kant claims that it is clearly not possible for people to envision themselves as 'un-free' ( ...

Internal Analysis of Encana

Internal Analysis of Encana

Introduction

The oil and gas industry in North America is currently experiencing challenges and transition stage. The increasing need for the environment-friendly and sustainable forms of energy is affecting the industry negatively as more governments and companies are encouraged to use energy with no or low carbon emission. More companies are now developing solar and wind energy and create vehicles that can rely on electricity rather than oil. Such growing trend in the energy sector resulted to lower demand of oil and gas particularly in the North America. Many oil and gas producing countries and companies ...

Background

Globalization and internationalization of the businesses have had the tremendous effect on the activities of the modern corporations (Sadler, 2003). According to The Guardian (2015). 2015 Gates Annual Letter predicts that the next 15 years will be driven by innovation in technology or innovation focused on giving access to the technology to a larger population and obtaining higher data collection and transformation speed along with the development of technologies and innovative solutions, aimed at vertical and horizontal business integration. That said, Accenture Technology Vision 2016 report outlines the major business technology trends for the near future: intelligent automation, liquid ...

A proposal in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Introduction Wheat (Triticum sp.), an extensively adapted crop, is one of the primitive and primary staple food crops in the world. Wheat is cultivated from temperate; dry to irrigated or rain-fed areas, to warm, humid or cold conditions. Such a high adaptability is attributed to its intricate genome (Acevedo et al., 2002). Wheat cultivation covers more land area compared to other commercial crops and endures to be an essential food grain for humans (Curtis, 2002). Estimations reveal that by 2050, the population of the world will reach 9.1 billion (34 percent greater than today); correspondingly, the food requirement and ...

Introduction

The company known as Microsoft Corporation was developed in 1975 and it develops and sells computer software along with applicable electronics. The most well-known product is Microsoft Windows along with Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. The creators of the company were Bill Gates and Paull Allen. They had a desire to create a company in which people could have personal computers with matching operating systems. Throughout the years, the company flourished and it is considered one of the most successful publicly traded corporations today (Kelly, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to analyze Microsoft as factors such as ...

Chapter 2: Literature review

Introduction This chapter presents the literature review appraisal that exists and is linked to work contentment and inspiration subjects and how these issues are closely related to industrial performance. The chapter discusses the concept of motivation, job satisfaction, and project management and employee satisfaction. Organizational performance as well as its continuity largely depends on critical assets, employees and the managers' capabilities to create and sustain motivating environments of the employees and other human assets. The primary challenge that managers are faced with today is keeping their human capital such as the employees satisfied and motivated. Therefore, all managers must ...

CONTENTS 1. Part I - Occupational Health and Safety Law 3 1.1. The UK Approach to Regulating Occupational Health and Safety 4 1.1.1. The Role of Legislation (Civil, Criminal and Administrative), other sources of law and recommendations 4 1.1.2. The Role of Law Enforcement and Specialized Agency 6 1.1.3. The Role of Courts 7 1.2. Comparison between the UK and the Brazilian approaches to OSH regulation 8 2. Part II – Management and its Impact on OSH 8 2.1. Administrative approach to management 9 2.2. Scientific management 9 2.3. Behavioral approach to management 10 2.4. Co-operative social systems approach 11 ...