Essays on Challenge

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Abstract

Nowadays, the role of English can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keeps widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language requires taking great responsibility and, therefore, it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications that may arise during the learning process so as to define key tendencies and principles in ...

The world is gradually becoming virtually smaller this is because of the rapid globalization being experienced everywhere. As we experience rapid globalization so is our level of knowledge meaning we can perform so many activities with ease and far much better than we used to before. We have less mortality rate as people are living longer than before. An improved health care service has also promoted people living longer than before. Canada has seen a decrease in fertility rate especially in the twentieth century and when we combine this with a low mortality rate; it means that Canadian population ...

The following is the outline we had to follow for our paper, the part in yellow is what I need you to complete for me please. The rest I have already done and the content I wrote can be found below.

1. Background (description of the problem or initial assumptions) a. List up the different aspects of the company’s background. b. Precisely identify the problem or challenge to be solved. c. Describe the initial assumptions for the elaboration of the plan. d. Presents a well-founded starting hypothesis, clearly written. 2. Company / Organization internal analysis. a. Develop a ...

Medicare

What are the purposes of Medicare regulations other than the one mentioned above? Medicare was signed into law in 1965 with the intention of providing better healthcare to the citizen through medical insurance. It provides protection to its recipients, and it is a government program intended to provide insurance to the aged and people living with certain disabilities (Moon, 2006). It is mandated by the law to provide hospital insurance, medical insurance and cover drug prescription for its recipients. How will the federal government enforce compliance in the Medicare Advantage program? Which two other Medicare regulations do you think ...

1- What are the primary reasons many managers avoid or resist performance management? What do you believe is the greatest challenge for managers in managing performance? Performance management is a critical process for organizations involving a continuous identification, measuring, and development of performance by linking the performance of individuals to the overall mission of an organization (Aguinis 2). However, the process can be fraught with difficulties, particularly for managers with respect to the challenge of performance feedback and observational problems. Performance feedback can either be positive or negative and the difficulty for managers is that providing the corrective/negative feedback ...

Response to #POST 1

The management for nurses’ compliance initiative is a sure and effective way of ensuring protection of patient information. Similar to your experience, nurses at my facility are also mandated to uphold security and privacy of patient information. In order to ensure this, audits are used frequently. As Schneeweiss, (2014) notes, it is essential to be knowledgeable of the existing rules governing patient information. Implementation of policies and regulations at the facility level can only be effectual once such knowledge is acquired. The mobile Iron app used by your organization to protect access to patient information is however a novel ...

The ethical dilemmas associated with the advocacy campaign are both micro and macro in term of the scope of coverage. The micro level of the ethical issues involves the individual level, while the macro represents the societal level. Therefore, the essay will entail an analysis of the ethical dilemmas in the first section, paying adequate attention to the same based on the wide information base. Firstly, the ethical dilemma arises in determining when to embark in the execution of the advocacy campaign. In particular, it is necessary that the campaign takes place at a time when all the necessary ...

Medicare and Managed Care

The U.S. government started initiatives to make medical assistance to as many citizens as possible. This program is one such initiative by the government. Medicare is a health program under the federal government that covers individuals who are 65 years and above. It also includes younger people with various disabilities. Also, people with renal diseases that require dialysis and any other medication are covered by this program. Medicare was created in 1965, ("What is the History of Medicare? | National Academy of Social Insurance", 2017). At this time, many people above 65 had difficulties accessing health care. In essence, this ...

The objective of this paper is to answer to specific questions related to marketing management.

Question 1: Market Segmentation is vital to targeting the correct consumer market for today’s numerous types of businesses. In what ways can a company divide their consumer markets into segments? Market segmentation is an integral part of effective marketing. Market segmentation, in some terms, is slicing out a group of people from a large market based on common characteristics, needs and behaviour (Rizzi, 2015). So, a market segment is a set of customers that are expected to respond in a similar manner when exposed to a marketing activity. There are four main ways that a company can use ...

A state has been perceived as a vital component of social and economic development. Most people regard effective administration as a main agent in the implementation, as well as the formulation of development programs. In the 1950s, several developing countries embraced various mechanisms for delivering political and economic benefits to people. This led to the expansion of public administration (Shafritz, Russell, & Borick, 2015). Additionally, the States took a leading role in accelerating development. The theories of public administration also developed during this time. However, tracing the point at which theory and practice of public administration began is not possible. ...

Policy Analysis Report

Youth with mental illness disorders should not be kept in the same rehabilitation centers with juvenile delinquent youth.

Recommendation Separate rehabilitation centers should be constructed to take care of youth with mental illness disorders and separate them from juvenile delinquent youth currently in rehabilitation centers.

Introduction

The number of youth who are suffering from mental illness disorder and reside in juvenile correctional centers is rising and this has become an issue of concern. Youth who become disruptive because of mental instability that is brought about by either anxiety or change in moods end up being treated as juvenile delinquents rather than patients. In the rehabilitation centers where they are kept in order to remove any ...

Running a branch office in the small town with two college-educated colleagues with middle-class backgrounds and three local residents from lower backgrounds will likely be characterized by disruptive challenges that may adversely affect the operation of the office as a team and thus there is a need for effective management. In running a productive and efficient team at work, there is a need to create an effective workplace and enhance positive social relations among the employees. However, the reality is that there are class differences linked to the ambiguous class position of the employees which may be a source ...

Identifying and Hiring Candidates for Open Jobs

Canada is a developed economy with some of the most skilled human resources managers in the world. However, the administrators in the field experience diverse challenges as they maneuver the dynamics in the terrain. One of the greatest challenges that the managers experience is the difficulty in identifying and retaining a skilled workforce for the various sectors in their organizations. The issue is profound in the technical areas. It is quite challenging to determine and locate talent beyond the placing of job advertisements. The sourcing of the top talent has been a source of pressure on the human resources ...

Question 1

As of 2015, Loganville window treatments were conducting a batch-process type of manufacturing in its line of production. Batch processing involves producing one or several forms of a product or batch. The batches are of a given quantity, and further production of new batches relies on how fast the stock is depleted. The Loganville window treatments would produce 500 -1000 batches of the interior shutters and hold the end products in their stores awaiting an order. The new orders would receive supply form the stored batches and only after depletion of the batches would the company start production of ...

Microsoft Project is a tailor-made computer application that aids project management right from the planning stage to the implementation phase. In my view, Microsoft Project is an easy tool to use even for the first-timers. The application has carefully built fields which a user can read and interpret what is required. It is designed in tabular form where a user can enter data about the project and create interdependencies. In these fields, the user can easily create tasks, sub-tasks, and milestones. The application also has a column for predecessors where a user can indicate which activities are dependent on ...

Lots of the contemporary U.S. companies face the real dilemma regarding the leaders and their role in the companies’ development. In fact, a number of huge businesses of nowadays lack the leadership resources to establish proper relationships within the company. Among them, Yahoo is worth of our attention in this paper. The main issue arose within the company are associated with its top executives, who, according to the latest, reports failed to comply with the difficult situation inside the company. These problems are dismal financial performance, poor management execution, egregious compensation and hiring practice, and the absence of proper ...

I. Company Overview The apparel industry is a highly competitive and almost exclusively based on image. As fashion becomes "fast", i.e. designing and selling apparel becomes more for masses as opposed to a conventional haute couture model, established and emerging players alike are competing over an increasingly powerful market segment, namely Millennials, who continue to shape business across different industries. Forever 21 is one notable example of apparel companies competing, primarily, over Millennial customers. Forever 21, operating in seven countries in addition to Europe, is a notable example of an established apparel player adapting to continuous changes in apparel ...

One of the challenges depicted by the video is the shortages of staff and heavy workload. As such, the preceptors have many patients on their hand. This limit the time preceptors can have with the students to teach and guide the learners on different clinical procedures or how to offer adequate care to patients. Additionally, as shown in the video, the nursing faculty has not designed a proper work schedule whereby a nurse instructor has a definite time to report for the shift and offer guidance to the students. In this video, the preceptor has just been called in ...

Logistics

Chapter 5 Social Media and-Communication-Tools 1. Social media is a fairly new communication tool in the history of business. For people who grew up with Facebook, Twitter and other forms of talking to people electronically understanding how to use social media as a communication tool for a project is easier than for older people on a team. Social media seems like the opposite of face-to-face until a project member remembers that another person is on the other side of the message sent. Communication management boils down to make sure the right information reached the right person when they need ...

Health History

Introduction Health history assessment is a vital part of the nursing process. This process establishes the foundation through which nurses can diagnose and create a care plan for their patients. That said, incorrect health assessments may result in misdiagnosis, hence wrongful care plan development. For this task, I interviewed Anna, L. (not her real name). The following discussion encompasses a review and reflection of this interview.

Demographic Data

Anna is a 26-year-old single female of Japanese descent. She recently moved to the US to pursue her degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her hobbies include traveling, photography, blogging, dancing, ...

Proposal for Independent Study: The Effect of Social Media on the Behavior of College Students in their Twenties

Abstract A lot of teenagers and youth in their twenties are not only social media users but confirmed addicts. Although lauded as great steps towards achieving global integration, social media platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, YouTube and Instagram do have both positive as well as detrimental effects on the users. This intended research study will thus seek to establish such positive as well as detrimental effects of social media on college students in their twenties. The sample size for the intended research study will include 50 students who will be randomly picked within the university. The research study will ...

Thesis Statement: due to the current globalization and the current status of English as a global language, learning English is an undoubtedly required competency for people from any part of the world that need to start being acquired since the youngest age possible. Alternate Thesis 1: A number of benefits which appears due to a good English command are multiple and incorporate different domains, therefore teaching English should be encouraged among foreigners from their very young age. Alternate Thesis 2: Teaching the young learners is a complex issue which must be aligned with the specifics of their development and ...

My Plan

My plan for reviewing the NCLEX will take into account various considerations. Firstly, I will focus on my learning style in order to learn and understand effectively. This approach is considered by the Nurse Journal (2016) which indicates that for one to pass the NCLEX, “one should develop excellent study habits which mirror your personal learning style.” In consideration of my visual learning style as suggested by the Nurse Journal (2016), I plan to develop flash cards as a memory enhancement technique and also highlight various aspects of my reading material. At the same time, I plan to assess ...

How can companies develop compensation systems that are both internally consistent and market competitive?

A company’s compensation system is one of the factors that attract employees and especially those that have been in the industry for a long time. Small companies may not be able to pay the highly qualified personnel. However, a good compensation package can attract them. Designing a favorable compensation program is quite tricky for any company whether a startup company or a long existing company. If unrealistic compensation methods are applied the probability of a company collapsing are very high (Dechow, Myers, & Shakespeare 13). Some of the sustainable methods include:

Working with the available resources

While designing the compensation system, it would be ...

Lens Crafters Company came into existence in1983 and since then it has successfully been a unique company in the vision care industry. The company has a vision of giving full sight to the world through making every of its customers see one after the other. Over the years, the company has advanced from manual systems of operation to an automated system and hence meeting their major objective of prioritizing customer satisfaction.

Lens crafters’ Operations Strategy and How the Organization Seeks to Gain a Competitive Advantage regarding Sustainability

The mission statement of Lens Crafters focuses on being the leading company in the industry through the creation of customers who are always customers to the company even ...

Sports betting has become commonplace around the world with many countries not criminalizing, but instead, regulating it. In the United States, betting schemes are illegal except in the states of Montana, Nevada, Delaware and Oregon. Over the recent years, various states have begun agitating for the legalization of sports betting. States like New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and New York have introduced legislations that attempt to legalize sports betting in contravention to the federal government's, Professional and Amateur Sports Prevention Act (PASPA) which prohibits which has provisions which prohibit wagering in single game sports in all states in ...

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies for Coca-Cola Company

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies for the Coca-Cola Company Introduction The Coca-Cola Company deals with beverage products and has more than 500 brands in over 200 countries. Even though the company's primary line of business is in sparkling beverages, the company has diversified in the recent past to produce still drinks such as water, juices, teas, coffees and energy drinks. Coca-Cola is known for its four non-alcoholic sparkling beverage brands, which are Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, and Fanta. The company was founded in the U.S. in 1886 and has since grown to be the largest beverage company in the world. ...

End-of-life care refers to the provision of care to patients with incurable terminal illnesses and patients who are in a permanent vegetative state, and that type of care is one of the most commonly debated ethical issues in contemporary health care for two reasons. First, because of the development and advancement of medical techniques and technologies, physicians and nurses are now able to prolong the patients’ lives, but those interventions do not always improve the patients’ quality of life or maintain their human dignity (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). Second, the human population is aging, so the prevalence of terminal illnesses ...

There is a 100 word minimum for Part 1. For Part 2, Read the abstract below. Answer the CHALLENGE questions in detail. Your final written answers for part 2 will have a minimum of 400 words (all answers combined).

Part 1

Identify a business or sports leader who you think is highly effective, and explain why you think they are effective. Answer Apple Inc. is a good example of an effective company. Apple’s achievement emanates from its customer oriented policies which seeks to provide the customer with unique products. This explains the reason why the company enjoys an unmatched level ...

The everyday struggles in my life can become stressful at times. When the academic work piles up along with the pressures from family members and friends there is a need to get away. Since I obviously can not physically run away I have found an alternative means for escape. I found that the combination of working out with weights along with running to have fulfilled that need to escape. Both of these take up relatively long periods of time during which it becomes easy to forget about the problems and the events of my day to day life. These ...

As an international student currently pursuing my MBA with no previous work experience, I am in the process of learning the importance of leadership in business management besides sharpening my leadership acumen. However, self-confidence has always been my basic strength. The fact that I have come all the way to this country to do my higher studies in Business Administration along with various other international students reaffirms my self-confidence. I am also more flexible that helps me a lot in getting along with individuals belonging to diverse cultural and social backgrounds. More importantly, I believe my overseas education and ...

Challenges facing the future of nursing profession

The nursing profession faces a lot of challenges that affect the delivery of care to the people in the present and during the future. The future of the nursing profession lies on the ability of nurses to practice self-care and get ready for many changes taking place in the world today. Caring for the profession poses a great threat for nurses across the globe. According to Black & Chittty (2014), the main challenges facing the future of the nursing profession are caring for the profession, developing and implementing effective health, lack of a balanced system that emphasizes on community-based and ...

Introduction

When working as a master’s prepared nurse, it is important to understand some of the key aspects that would define one’s capability or capacity to work as a nurse, as masters programs offer high-level training to nurses. The high-level training programs offered through masters programs allow them to prepare for any eventualities or challenges arising within the nursing practice. In addition, masters programs also provide nurses with information that they would require in their bid to engaging in progressive change. The key element of focus for this report is to address a key health care delivery situation ...

The Leadership Challenge – Leadership Credibility

According to Kouzes & Posner (2012), a good leader should be willing to follow, and honest person, forward-looking, inspiring and competent. These four traits are the key pillars of leadership as described by Kouzes and Posner. These two authors came up with this model after many decades of research in an attempt to investigate the qualities of good leadership, the changes in technology, the environment, and the society. According to their model, a leader is supposed to be a way maker. He or she should come up with sensible ways to overcome social problems experienced by his subject. The paper ...

Introduction

In a landmark case, the judges concluded that for the success of a modern liberal nation, there must be a constitutional protection that ensures that the constitution promotes free expression “by establishing a marketable right to the use of one's expression, copyright supplies and the economic incentive to create and disseminate ideas”. Thus, by implication, copyright is supposed to be “an engine of free expression”. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the accuracy of the claim that copyright is an engine of free expression. The paper will critically assess the original position taken on copyright by the ...

Information and Communication Teachnology

ABSTRACT As telemedicine is used throughout the rural parts of Africa, there are many professionals and patients who find the entire process very beneficial because there is an allowance for a decrease in transmission of highly contagious diseases such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). If there are clinics that are found in locations surrounding rural Africa, there are strong concerns that patients will be able to transmit their diseases to other people who are otherwise healthy. With the use of telemedicine, the patients and the health care providers can see each other through a confined space and there is ...

Diocletian comprehended that the primary challenge of ruling a region such as the Roman Empire was the massive size. The territory was too big to be controlled by one leader. Hence, he divided the region into four parts and remained the overall ruler. This paper examines the changes that Diocletian pioneered and their effectiveness. The tetrarchy ensured the borders of the Roman Empire were secure and purged of all threats. Diocletian also instituted several changes to solve challenges that emerged in the previous empires. First, he remedied the age-old challenge of succession by ensuring that the tetrarchy provided suitable ...

Introduction

Vermont, Minnesota and Colorado have introduced transformative healthcare payment and delivery system reforms. The three regions have introduced deliberate measures to coordinate the healthcare insurance providers and health facilities to improve disease prevention and management. The reforms in the regions have the aims to lower the basic costs and enhance the desired healthcare results. The healthcare models in Colorado and Minnesota have introduced transformative, accountability and transparent approaches for the patients under the Medicaid program. On the other hand, Vermont has introduced the multi-payer programs with the objective of a consolidated healthcare financial system. This article focuses on the ...

Part A

Effects of different substances that can lead to addiction. Part B Addiction is an international challenge that costs countless masses of lives every year and leads to indescribable misery. It can comprise consumption of legal and illegal drugs like liquor, nicotine, opioids, stimulating substances, steroids, medicament anesthetics, tranquillizers or cannabis. The discipline of addiction has progressed to a level at which it is appropriate to inspect the widespread assortment of primary tools that have been recognized and consider what they indicate for the progress of a complete approach for fighting the challenge. There are two basic models that conceptualize ...

Response to Interview Question

1. Tell me about yourself? Thank you for the opportunity, I have close to over six years experience in professional customer service, I am fluent in three languages English, Russian and Farsi. I believe I am very dependable in meeting deadlines and I always keep time 2. Why a teller? I am interested in the position because I believe I can apply my customer service experience in the role. 3. Why work at RBC? RBC will offer me an opportunity for excellent career development as well as support from the leaders through coaching and managing opportunities. 4. What do ...

One of the key goals of obtaining a college education is the acquisition of communication skills. In the workforce, the better an employee listens to feedback and instructions, and the better an employee can provide critical facts and opinions, the more likely an employee is likely to succeed in the workplace. Recent graduates who have a basic knowledge of business law are even more prepared to succeed in the modern workforce, and employers want them for several reasons. According to Maggitti, business law focuses on critical thinking. Business law is a core discipline where critical thinking is especially critical. ...

Introduction

A strategic plan is contextually defined as a piece of documentation that describes an organization’s process of foreseeing an anticipated future, the details of which are then delineated into goals and a vision for the organization. A strategic plan also includes an explication of how to achieve the stipulated goals, in a specific and concise manner. Steiner (2008) calls strategic planning an “indispensable act” in endeavor for high quality management of any institution. A subset of strategic planning is strategic management, which essentially offers guidance as well as direction as far as strategic planning at organization level is ...

Lady Macbeth is an interesting character, no matter how she is staged, or how she is read. The changes in the way she reacts – going from a seemingly confident woman who herself urges her husband to shore up his courage in the face of what he has to do, to someone who wavers more and more, until finally she kills herself – are a challenge to stage in a realistic manner. The weird sisters are said to be the three fates which appear in Greek and Roman mythology, though how much they are so is up for debate. There is ...

Data Analysis

Data Analysis The investigation for the ways in which the children can develop creative thinking skills are supported by various data coming from the education practitioners themselves. Additionally, the collected data aims to support and answer the question, “What is the role of play in developing creative thinking skills in kindergarten students?” This analysis will encompass various factors, such as the observation conducted to three different teachers in relation to the practical applications and programs that are successful in using play as a development tool of kindergarten students, how teachers can create creative thinking skills within their classroom environment, ...

American Public University

Public relation is a service for creating a communication between an organization and its clients and manages it. For an efficient public relation service, responsible public relation team needs to understand their clients and the changing conditions in their environment. Economic conditions are important for clients. Economic conditions influence clients’ social behaviors, economic behaviors, and psychology. While forming a proper communication with clients, public relation professionals should consider how their clients’ social, economic and psychological state is determined. Economic conditions have a priority among other factors influencing individuals’ lives. For developing a relatively better understanding of how economic conditions ...

I. Introduction The ubiquitous presence of mobility devices, including most notably smartphones, highlights how mobility has come to be integral to everyday life at workplace, college and home. The major focus on mobility is, given current coverage, is on applications and cloud platforms. Less reported still but is, probably, of much more significance, as shown later, is wireless licenses and applications which enable much of current mobility operational efficiency, if not operability at all. As is always common in ICT innovations, user interface applications and platforms more often than not draw ICT community's attention, a community focused more new ...

Abstract

Career exploration is necessary for any individual pursuing a professional course as it equips them with a better understanding for them to be able to plan their career development. Career exploration enables one to identify the challenges in any profession and the salary scale. As a matter of fact career exploration is considered important by those who want to map a path for their careers. As such it is not a luxury but a critical element in career growth. It enables an individual to pursue a relevant course that will better place them to make significant career progress within ...

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Introduction

Technology advancement is a requirement for all public systems where users come in large numbers. One such critical functioning system is the Air Traffic Control system of the America. America’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) system had been running for the past 40 years and catering to the burgeoning traffic at the airports. At any given time in the United States, approximately 7000 aircraft are flying in the country’s airspace. The country’s air traffic system had been catering to the ever increasing demand. However, it ...

Using Word processing for the everyday tasks like making notes and printing out flyers could be a tricky task when we aren’t very much aware of which ropes to pull, but it really isn’t that hard of an application to use and navigate around. This does not, however, mean that users do not feel overwhelmed while using applications of word processing for they most definitely do. When using word Processing, specifically Microsoft Word for the very first time, users may find difficulty in interpreting the meanings and the functions of the various icons displayed on the ribbon. ...

Blue Mountain Service Quality program

Dave Sinclair (Vice President of Blue Mountain Resort) was concerned with bringing the service quality in the ski season for building a good reputation in the market and facilitating visitors to attract them. There was a need for high service quality program in the existing operations to improve the services quality of the resort and satisfy the customers at large. It was a crucial time to improve the service quality as a large number of visitors were expected to welcome at that time (Klassen & Menor, 2006). The management of the company tried to provide their best services to their ...

Microsoft Windows are one of the most used operating systems in the whole world. It is estimated that 80% of the computers in the world are run using Windows mainly because the GUI is very user-friendly and relatively easy to use. The software that runs using Windows is very easy to find, and the use of graphical user interface to manage files in the system is one of its core functions. The file management system is an administrator located in the operating system and is responsible for creating illusions on the existence folders in the memory of a computer. ...

Once the entrepreneur has developed a business idea and is ready to plunge into the process of organizational growth, comes the riskiest stage of them all that will determine whether the company will survive or not: the startup phase. In the startup stage, the enterprise is born and becomes a legal entity. In most cases, the company has already started to serve its first set of customers. The single and greatest challenge in the phase is obtaining and managing the appropriate amount of funds needed to establish the firm and the market. This paper examines why the startup phase ...

Defining the Coastal Environments in Tourism Industry

Tourism is one of rapidly developing industries in the global scales. Additional emphasis in this case should be put on the marine and coastal tourism - as two of the most popular options for spending the time and relaxation (Hewawasam, 2002, p. 2). At the same time, even while, taking into account general awareness among the scholars., pertaining to importance of tourism both in environmental and economic contexts, insignificant attention is paid by them to these two contexts of tourism (Sunlu, 2003, p. 263-270) The core need for additional attention to this sector is caused by insignificant understanding of ...

Ensuring that a particular patient has been adequately diagnosed plays a central role in seeing to it that the ailments which such individuals may be suffering from are satisfactorily addressed. It is only through a thorough and careful diagnostic process that a healthcare practitioner can be able to establish the illness that a patient may be grappling with at a particular time (Berenson, Upadhyay & Kaye, 2014). As such, a proper and well thought out diagnostic process is essential as it will help in creating a form of care which specifically meets the needs of a particular patient. There are ...

as Environment Policy

Effectiveness of Carbon Tax as Environment Policy

Climate change has emerged as a global challenge because unrestrained rising of global temperature would cause melting of glaciers and rise of sea level that would submerge land masses, change weather patterns with frequent incidence of hurricanes and floods and droughts. As an effective response to the challenge, global leaders have agreed to cut back emission of Green House Gases (GTG) to contain the global rise in temperature below 2 degree Celsius (Symon, 2013). Carbon dioxide, a major constituent of GTG, is released to the atmosphere on combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and ...

Business Intelligence and Analytics in Higher Education Institutions

Business Intelligence and Analytics

Business Intelligence and Analytics refers to the process of collecting and analyzing data from internal and external systems to produce actionable information to help in making decisions. The process of business intelligence and analytics is driven by information technology and in modern business; there are countless software for this purpose. The users of the simplified actionable information could be management or the people in operations. The current economy is information-driven; producing what has come to be known as the knowledge economy. Modern business is generally driven by having the right information at the right time ...

Abstract

Carbon capture is an essential approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Different plants utilize various technologies in reducing carbon dioxide emission. Some of the conventional techniques employed include oxy-fuel, pre, and post-combustion carbon capture. These approaches have a high potential for capturing carbon dioxide. However, their massive initial and implementation costs have been a challenge to plants globally. Additionally, most of them are yet to experience large scale applications. Therefore, it is essential for research and development activities to be conducted. This can ensure a reduction in the cost of production. The carbon capture technologies differ in costs. This ...

Assess

The mission of the Joint Task Force North (JTFN) is to streamline and implement an effective Command and Control structure and policy for military support to counter-drug efforts and fight transnational organized crime (TCO). The vision of JTFN shall be to meet the objectives set by the Northern Command Commander and add value to Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (DLEAs) in addressing the illegal activities of TCOs. The mission and vision of JTFN cannot be achieved without the support of appropriate key internal and external stakeholders. The internal stakeholders include JTFN’s staff in El Paso and its headquarters, law ...

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Introduction

Change is a process that impacts all organizations. As observed by management expert, Kurt Lewin, “group life is never without change, merely differences in the amount and type of change exist” (Burnes, 2004, p. 981). Most change initiatives, however, fails because of the tendency of people to resist change. People, according to management experts, fear change and so they tend to revert back to old ideas and practices even if the change is for the better. This tendency of the individuals to resist change affects the organization as a whole. Also, the longer the ...

Prior to taking my first nursing course in college, I set a goal to one day become a nurse anesthetist. This has been an educational and professional goal ever since I shadowed a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) prior to applying to nursing school. My desire to become a CRNA has increased exponentially since gaining experience in the critical care nursing field. I strive to take on the challenge, knowledge, and responsibility of advancing my professional career to the highest level of nursing. CRNAs have the responsibility of providing safe anesthesia in the operating room and communicating effectively with ...