Essays on Chua

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The purpose of this assignment is to build a basic understanding of family businesses. Family businesses are those which are owned and operated by family members which are related to each other by blood or marriage. In family businesses, most of the employees come from within the family and the decision making power lies at the hand of the elders and influential of the family. Family owned businesses still follow traditional approaches to profit making however; non family businesses are more open to new and innovative business ideas. SWOT analysis has been presented on general family businesses. The SWOT ...

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The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between social networking and face-to-face communication with respect to their influence on the social interaction skills. The first aim of the research has to determine whether there is a causal relationship between use of social networking tools and face-to-face communication behaviors. The research aims to investigate the hypothesis. There will be a statistically significant difference in change/gain scores for communication behaviors between the experimental group and the control group; Face-to-face communication is associated with the students’ social media networking habits (i.e. time spent on social media networking). There will ...

Saudi Arabia, being the largest Arab nation both in physical size and the size of the economy, was ranked as the 15th largest exporter and the 20th largest importer in the world in 2014. The country is ranked high in the foreign trade market because of its great participation in the global market. Shoult (2006) argues that, being the largest economy in the region, Saudi Arabia plays a crucial role in the Arab world economy, accounting to more than 25% of Middle East’s G.D.P (Gross Domestic Product). The nation’s strong economy and a rapid economic growth rate ...

Question 1

5S is the business model that supports the improvement of working environments, concept of business and leads to increase in quality and value (i.e. the final goals of a company). 5S is the acronym of five Japanese words, such as Seiri (sort), Seiton (order), Seiso (cleanliness), Seiketsu (standardization), and Shitsuke (sustainability) (Gürel, 2013). It can be used effectively in the hotel setting. For instance, in the context of kitchen of a hotel Seiri refers to the organization of working stations and equipment. The purpose is the reduction of wastages and losses i.e. apprentice throw away the wastages in ...

Seawater Pretreatment Process

Desalination or treatment of seawater is a process in which fresh water that is suitable for consumption is extracted from the saline water (Pearce, 2007). Many methods are used in the desalination process, but the most applied and efficient one are reverse osmosis. The sea water that is fed to the reverse osmosis plants, many times has large particles which end up spoiling the membranes of the plants due to the high level of large particles in the seawater (Van Hoof, Hashim, & Kordes,1999). Therefore, to reduce operation cost and treatment time, there is a need for a pretreatment ...

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Chinese entrepreneurship is known to be influenced by historically traditional and cultural characteristics. The concept of Chinese businesses that the family patriarch critically manages them continues to hold true, although in the modern world as opposed to two decades ago, it has slowly changed. However, much of the management is held by a male member of the family, whether they operate a business upon their property or if they lease or rent the property. The tradition of a Chinese family-run business retains its discernible mark in worldwide business.

As motivated as they may be maintaining past practices for the sake of ...

The elderly population, beyond the age of 65 has tremendously increased, and current projections indicate that this population will continually increase in the coming years. The healthcare settings have not gone free of these changing demographics, and there has been a need to develop policies that cut across all healthcare settings to facilitate quality care for the aging population (Bennett & Flaherty-Robb, 2003). Different literatures have addressed the issue of care for the elderly population in various ways. While many recommendations exist at technical level, the primary idea is that the healthcare sector needs to adopt policies that facilitate quality ...

Parenting is a difficult yet fulfilling task because parents have the opportunity to mold their children. It is difficult because it is demanding, physically, emotionally, mentally and even financially. Parents create the foundation for the child’s future; this concept is enough to stress how vital parenting is in the life of individuals. Parenting also requires many sacrifices on the part of the parents due to the criticality of their situation. But there is no concrete formula for parenting. Parenting styles vary depending on many factors including culture, socioeconomic status and physical capabilities of parents. In Developmental psychology, psychologists attempt ...

Introduction

The eighteenth century is significant for its aesthetics and art criticism and the general recognition of art and aesthetic. Competition among neighboring states can bring about cultural innovation. The European instrumental music has its breakthrough during the Baroque era. It is clearly significant the top most performers were from the two compete countries; Germany and Italy. It is evident that political fragmentation in the two nations facilitated artistic changes and development in terms of performance and content. Political changes between Germany and Italy during the Baroque era were the most significant moves that shaped the artistic discipline of during ...

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Music disparity is the literal difference in music based on various grounds such as social and geographical background of the music, its producer and listeners, the genre of the music, age factor and the social class associated with the music industry. Music serves many purposes in the society today, and it is because of these disparities that people tend to classify music according to the suit to its fans and lovers. Equally, different genres of music have risen today in the music industry that tends to identify and create its own group of followers. Everyone likes music but one ...

McDonald's book is one that helps one get back on the track of life organization of life especially after the chaos experienced during the holidays. Chapters twelve and thirteen are especially important in tackling the issues and challenges of everyday life. Other than the bible, this is one of the most direct books that provide guidance on how to handle issues of everyday life. One of the most important advices evident in the book is especially important for people who have a tendency to procrastinate and overload their calendars. Apparently, this is how people lose sight of the structure of ...

Malaysia Health Promotion for Stroke

- Introduction Stroke is caused by a blood clot forming on one of the arteries to the brain (Anon, 2014). The resulting blockage interferes with brain function and the body loses optimum function. There are degrees of severity, ranging from impaired speech to major disability or death. Early detection improves recovery. Malaysia is experiencing increases in incidences of stroke related to lifestyle. Approximately 11.6% of all deaths each year are attributed to stroke (WorldLifeExpectancy, 2004). It is the second leading cause of death and in the top five causes of disability in the country. Malaysia is a low-to-middle income ...

Brief Introduction

The history of Singapore Airlines could be traced back under the old days of Malayan Airways. Its first flight was from Kallang Airport, Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 1, 1947. Both Singapore and Malaysia merged in the control of the Malayan Airways, changing its name to Malaysia-Singapore Airlines in 1967. A French fashion designer made the traditional Malay clothing as the uniform for the stewardesses, effective a year later. The company was profitable. However, due to differences especially in the direction, priorities, and outlook of the operations, the two governments decided to have separate companies. Malaysia confirmed the ...

Type of Journal Format: Structured Journaling

BIO-317V (BIO-317V-0101) Abstract The research investigates the current state of healthcare services for the elderly and proposes the ways of improving it. The study investigates the challenges that the nurse-assistants face when giving care services to the elderly. The researcher collects data from 25 respondents in 2 Long –term Care Organizations (LTCOs) in New York. The researcher uses structured interview for collecting data from the respondents. A majority of the respondents are females. The researcher categorizes his interview questions into four topics: Job description, Challenges for providing care to the elderly, time-related challenges, and challenges during recruit-integration ...

Experience is the best teacher – an old and oft-contradicted cliché for some, but always a major difference maker in one’s life. People instill a diverse culture and lifestyle when they react upon things. Thus, people train themselves and each other on how they will adapt to their surroundings. Adapting to surroundings lets a person set own goals, induce morals with a desirable purpose, and rise to the challenges through fervent efforts. Personal motivation directly applies to making changes in life (Taylor Ph. D., 2012). Adapting to surroundings creates an experience, to which a person can reflect on his personal thoughts and actions. Since ...

Analysis of the parenting ideas of Amy

Chua and Hanna Rosin – Comparison and contrast of their ideas in terms of their potential similarities and differences – Conclusion on their main difference and reflections drawn upon the reading of their articles in which they analyze their main parenting ideas [The author’s name]

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This paper will present you with the main parenting ideas of two different writers. The parenting ideas that the paper will present you with are the parenting ideas of Amy Chua and the parenting ideas of Hanna Rosin. The paper will derive the parenting ideas of both writers from their articles published in The ...

Is There an Inherent Right to Healthcare in the U.S.?

David Orentlicher Is There an Inherent Right to Healthcare in the U.S.? David Orentlicher This review is based on the analysis of the paper by David Orentlicher, outlining the inconsistency and instability in the U.S. Healthcare system in the current scenario. The explosion of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease are on the brink of overturning the current structure of the national healthcare insurance system in the U.S. At the very outset, this paper disagrees with the suppositionthat there exists an inherent right to ...

The global expenditure on the health system is very high, where governments strive to better the health of their citizens. However, the accessibility to health care is very different from one county to another; in some countries such as the Scandinavian countries universal health care is a right if every human being, and is provided free if charge to all. On the other side of the other side, countries which follow a more capitalistic model, like the USA, believe that healthcare is a service and not a right; thus it is every man for him. The government does not guarantee free health care ...

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Change in culture brings in the element of choice about the way people live and matters that affect the family in ways they did not expect. It means that change comes into the family relationship, which is blended with the culture that was not there before. Like in the story, A Pair Of Tickets, when Jing-mei came to China with her father to see her relatives, the emotional and the essence of belonging in the family is seen when she first arrived and when she saw her relatives (Pew Research Center, 57). However, despite Jing-mei and her ...

The synergy or lack thereof of the proposed corporate exercise

A merger between MAS and AirAsia could lead to very many solutions to the problem that has existed between the two airlines. For a very long time now, the two airlines have been big rivals in this industry. Having it in mind that MAS is more affiliated to the government, it means that it enjoys much from the government Luthans, Doh & Hodgetts, 2012. There have always been moments of serious competition between the two airlines that had made them become business enemies. The proposal for a merger would create a better environment for the two organizations because of the heated competition between ...

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Rapid prototyping describes techniques that designers employ in order to fabricate models of a physical product using computer aided design in three dimensions. . Rapid prototyping allows the designer to bind one layer of material to another layer using computer aided design on three dimensional frame. This report describes rapid prototyping techniques as applied in a case study. The report will pay attention to the prototyping technology used, the materials used in producing a prototype and the accuracy of the models that are produced using the rapid prototyping technology in question. One of the most prominent of these techniques is stereolithography. Since the ...

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Singapore is one of the upcoming business hubs in the Asian market and continues to grow and expand in equal measures. The country is located on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula in Asia. The country has instituted various laws that seek to expand the business and protect its industry from other external markets and economies (CCH Asia Limited, 1971). The restraint of trade in Singapore has affected its local and international business organizations. Some trade laws restraint employees from joining competitors where they affect employment contracts signed by the employee for the duration of time he/she works ...

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Higher education is critical in the development and progress of a country. Most industries get their workforce from college graduates. Through higher education, individuals are prepared on how to handle different management and organizational issues. The higher education provides a platform for learning and understanding of core principles that are a prerequisite in the business and technical world. Different skills can be gained from higher education. The graduates to further their professional development can apply this. Learning needs to be a continuous process if individuals are to stay relevant in the fast changing world of job requirements (Pang, Chua, and Chu, 2008).

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U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM COMPARED TO AUSTRALIAN The United States and the Australia follow very contrasting healthcare system. To highlight their best, and to learn from their shortcoming, it useful to compare and contrast the system. It will be useful to compare them according to their: accessibility; cost structure; quality; types and availability of the health care settings and services; healthcare quality and outcomes; and health care personnel. Like the rest of the world, United States has both private and public insurers in their health care system. What makes is unique is the dominant role played by ...

Dear Amy Chua

I am a Chinese student who is born and raised in the parenting style and cultural background that you describe in your article "Why Chinese Mothers are Superior". As a Chinese parent, a mother, you demonstrate that the parenting styles of the Chinese mothers as the best in ensuring that children attain educational achievements, and only consider that some “Korean, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, and Ghanaian parent to exhibit similar or close characteristics. However, you worry that Western parents value their children’s self-esteem, and are too permissive that they allow these children go extents that Chinese parents would not think of doing. ...

The short stories, Two Kinds by Amy Tan and Powder by Tobias Wolff, seem to be autobiographical accounts of their childhood memories—Tan of her strict mother and Wolff of his estranged father. While the stories may contain some true elements from their youth, these stories are still fiction and seem to contain a lot of wishful thinking on the part of the authors, a wish that somehow things could have been better. As an adult, one can view his or her childhood past in better—and perhaps more grateful—perspective. On cannot be who he or she is without his ...

In the present day American society, children are raised in different families with each family having different views about the education and academics of their children, how to help these children become successful later in life, and the role of parents in raising these children. While reviewing two articles: “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” and “Two Kinds” by Amy Chua and Amy Tan respectively, this will provide the explanatory analysis that seeks to find the similarities and differences in these articles. This paper focuses on the narrations of the authors of the articles to determine importance of parenting and ...

Summary Reaction Journal

Patrick tells a story of high academic performance being passed down generationally in a family. He seems to believe that since one is from a family where most members have succeeded academically they must also perform outstandingly. This is a distorted view as there are so many other factors that determine ones academic abilities rather than family or background as people are born different, go into different schools and also undergo various difficulties at personal level. Amy Chua makes a vague generalization by saying that Chinese mothers can get away with things that the western mothers cant. This is overrating the Chinese mothers ...

A stereotype may refer to a thought that is adopted about a type of persons or a manner of working out things. This belief however, in most cases, may not reflect accurately what the reality in practice is. What is considered a stereotype in one area may not necessarily be considered a stereotype in another area. It is therefore important to note that different people have different stereotypes about different things at different moments. They may arise due to different reasons, such as a history of some repetitive events and occurrences. Normally, stereotypes reflect the expectations and beliefs about the behaviors and the characteristics of ...

Every race, culture, country or religion is subject to stereotypes. In the field of parenting, some children are too attached to their cultures while others are not. In some cultures, children are treated with coercion while others are spoiling them. Every child differs from each other as well as parents. Regardless of race, culture or religion, every parent should teach their children love and respect for their cultural heritage as well as awareness on others. I always have the notion that strict parents raise successful children. This perception is attributed to the many successful people who admitted that ...

SIX SIGMA PROCESS

Six Sigma is a methodology or strategy that is used for process improvement. It was developed by Motorola (Nigam, 2005). Six sigma is used to improve the quality of the process outputs. The philosophy of six sigma is helpful in improving customer satisfaction level and in reducing the wastages (Nigam, 2005). It is done by finding and removing the causes of defects or deviations and reducing inconsistency in production and business process by introducing corrective measures (Kanji, 1990). Empirically, employing six sigma processes are adapted to reduce errors to 3.4 errors per million chances (Nigam, 2005). Six sigma is mainly ...

Parenting is a process that contributes to the physical, intellectual, social and emotional development of a child and determines how a child is going to evolve as an adult. Parenting style varies from one parent to another. Based on the style of rearing up children, parenting is divided into four styles; authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved (Christopher Spera). Amy Chua, popularly known as the tiger mother, has created furor among western mothers with her famous but controversial book titled "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" in which she has vehemently shown the difference between the Chinese and Western style of parenting. Her ...

Dalal Almomin

Nursing 2367 Bridget Wells, RN, MA Ohio State University Health Care Reform in the United States The U.S. health care system has been under examination and subject of much debate over the recent years. Some contend that the US has the best health care system in the world because of the numerous associated modern technologies that are available. On the contrary, others disagree stating that the current U.S. health care system is contaminated with cronyism and corruption; even though the nation spends heavily towards the development of its health facilities, it still suffers from administrative waste, ...

Business Strategy Report for Go-Ahead plc

Executive Summary The report gives brief information about the Go-Ahead company, its current market position and the market segments it operates in as well as describing the operations of the company. The analysis given in the report uses PESTEL analysis, Five Forces, SWOT and other micro economic concepts in brief terms. The report has different sections describing different concepts of the research on Go-Ahead Company. The organization’s strategic position will be analyzed and critically evaluated using findings from research conducted. The Go-Ahead’s strategic direction will be analyzed using two of the Ansoff, BCG, and McKinsey ...

The article entitled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” written by Amy Chua and published online in The Wall Street Journal proffered pertinent issues relative to the alleged superiority of Chinese mothers in raising their children. Chua contended that Chinese parents apply a significantly anti-thetical parenting style, as compared to Western parents, that focuses on three perspectives: (1) not being overly anxious on the children’s self-esteem; (2) believing that children owe parents everything; and (3) parents know what is best for their children and therefore decide for them, especially to the extent that children’s preferences and desires are overridden. ...

Reading about the Philippine president’s State of the Nation Address or SONA will make people realize especially the international community that the Philippines and its leader is serious about cutting down the abuse of authority of its government officials. One thing that I am very much interested with in relation to my area of interest is Politics and prevailing common policies. The state of the nation address is like a general status report of the president to its people regarding the things that the government has accomplished within the year of office as well as future initiatives. In the ...

Research question

What are Factors of E-learning influencing Students Knowledge?

Aims and objectives

The major aim of this study will be to determine E-Learning factors that influence the knowledge of students as far as management information systems and information technology is concerned. In order to realize this aim, the study will be aimed at achieving the following specific objectives:

Dependence is one aspect of life which we cannot run away from. Human beings are dependent on others, just as nations depend on other nations. However, if the dependence is not handled or treated with the sensitivity it deserves, then cruelty, violence, inequality and other unjust social practices emerge. The inequality in life produces two classes of individuals, the masters and the servants, the employers and the employees, or the providers and the dependants. Candide’s philosophy, which advises us to “cultivate our gardens,” can be a breakthrough from the social injustices that result from careless handling of dependence. Biblically, a ...