Essays on Clarity

One of the most appealing and different feature of this book is that it not based on the realms of choking statistical research as one would expect to find in any other research and theory related books. It is also something that makes the book “The Advantage” a lot more different from the other theory books; one would have possibly read before. In this book, Patrick has used his extensive consulting experiences and various other theories to reaffirm 4 main steps which are essential for sustainable success in the long-term. The 4 disciplines on which the writer has mainly Continue reading...

Culture of UTA’s Maintenance Department

Written by: Jesse Mease, Kevin A Petersen, Dewayne Logan Peterson, & Paul Jaeger
Audience: Mr. Jerry Benson, VP of Operations w/copy to Marette Monson.
Purpose: This report will analyze the culture of UTA’s maintenance department through a live case study conducted through Westminster College’s MBA program. Following live presentations from various levels of the UTA organization we will analyze the embedded culture of the maintenance department, define a critical area for improvement and provide methods to obtain the desired results.
One of the main issues that will be discussed is the issue of decreased engagement of employees, over Continue reading...

Communication

Business is all about communication. The smooth and concise communication through the right channel can foster the progress of a business out of its lucidity . The aspect of communication, influences every dimension of trade and business. A manager can enhance the productivity by precise instruction, making the tasks easier and compatible for the resource. The same is the influence of communication with vendors and customers. The ambiguity of information created out of miscommunication have the potential to damage goodwill. On the contrary, the right mode and manner of communication can inflict diversely.
Ideally a work environment practices, communication formally Continue reading...

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Developmental Perspective

Coherence and Conceptual Clarity
The developmental perspective to social work has two facets – community development and strengths-based development. Community development seeks to fulfill “needs, gaps, problems and deficits,” while strengths-based development involves “democratic, participatory [and] people-centered approaches” built on a strong human rights foundation (Gray, 2002). Such allows social justice to thrive, which is seen to benefit clients in social work to have equal opportunities, equal resource access and self-determination. Thus, strengths-based development under the developmental perspective empowers clients in social work as it urges social workers to reevaluate their developmental approaches based Continue reading...

Abstract

Gone are the days when a Smartphone was considered a thing for the elite. Today, the ownership of a Smartphone is almost becoming a norm, with everybody bracing the craze for the Smartphone. Apparently, the Apple Inc. products are sparking a serious showdown with what Samsung is innovating. The two giants in the industry are battling it out in an endeavor to come up with groundbreaking technology in the world of telecommunications. When Samsung Galaxy SIII hit the market, the potential consumers watched with awe as the organization launched what they considered indisputable quality. It would take long before Continue reading...

Analysis of Consumer Research

This paper is devoted to the critical review of the three articles related the theory of consumer compliance. The studies offered three different approaches to the issues raised. Empirical data was obtained with the help of in-depth interviews and secondary data analysis. Such a combination of the research methods helps saving time and cost while obtaining the information required for the analysis. Samples used in each research vary significantly as well as the goals of each research. However, they allow making conclusions regarding the goals set.
The following articles were proposed for analysis: “Gaining Continue reading...

The following paper is based on the topic of collection development policy for university libraries. The focus is on St Mary’s University’s library called Louis J. Blume Library, but various comparisons will be made with other university libraries such as Curtis University Library-Sydney. An analysis of the university’s collection development policy is done to assess issues such as its coverage, depth of treatment, appropriateness for nature of the library and clientele, clarity and lack of ambiguity, scope of interpretation and the currency of the policy. The efficacy of the selected collection development policy and the purpose Continue reading...

Stage 1: Facts related to the problem situation.

Four people come together on a new venture; they happen to be family members.

They are engage in selling olive oil as a family business for years and now wish to expand.

Initial enthusiasm and zest for “Tapenade” gives away to frustrations and strained relations.

Each member starts off with a given specific role: Barb investigates on other farms engaged in a similar activity, Barry researches on new machinery requirements, Christine a business plan, and Carl on a marketing plan for the new venture.
Conflict between Carl and Christine on ownership of the business and lack of clarity of their future roles. Both are beset with doubts leading to insecurity and this Continue reading...

Pragmatism is a renowned concept of great relevance and application in the modern society. Sentiments presents by other American philosophers incline towards a reformist approach in addressing sociopolitical issues. Pragmatists are constantly motivated by a desire to find solutions through practical application. The idea of pragmatism can successfully be utilized in explaining and understanding socio-political issues and in building knowledge of about effective governance. Understanding the idea of pragmatism especially in America is essential in building knowledge of the current and history issues of social inequality. The paper focuses on establishing whether classic pragmatic have geared adequate effort to Continue reading...

Abstract

The workplace performance problem identified in this case is a group of administrative assistants who have a bad attitude towards their jobs. They do not do the tasks given, mainly because they lack training in their job descriptions. The attitude displayed by them results in poor performance for the organization as a whole because their duties directly affect those of other departments. They are supposed to assist in the administration of the organization, which requires them to oversee a number of functions and report of the head administrator. Lack of training makes them incompetent in handling of tasks that Continue reading...

10 C’s of Communication
Effective communication is essential for the success of any organization. In order to add good communication skills, one must understand the basic facts of the communication. Ten C’s of communication are the well-known factors practiced at corporate and unofficial communication. Ten C’s of communication are important to be considered being on whatever the medium or channel. However, the priority or the importance of 10 C’s vary as according to the medium used.
Communication can make or ruin relationships; whether, it is corporate or an unofficial relationship. Of the ten C’s Continue reading...

Dear Dr. Xu:

Henceforth is my reflection on how the course affected my knowledge in writing; hence, proving that the goals and objectives – the course outcomes - of English 131 are fulfilled in me. Taking the course has, indeed, improved my writing style by making me more conscious and aware of my mistakes in writing. In order to showcase this improvement, I would be using my four previous writings: Arabic Spring, Liminals: Rhetorical Analysis, the annotated bibliographies submitted on 10 May 2014, and Analyzing Star Trek.
One of the most important lessons that I have learned from taking English 131 is to Continue reading...

Media Industries

Introduction
During this semester we were asked to split up into groups of three to produce one episode of the Media Industries TV talk series on Bronxnet. For this practical field assignment, we were instructed to select two media professionals from any sector of the industries and invite them as a guest on our episode. Throughout this process we were exposed to various theoretical topics about the media industry and was later asked to choose two other group’s segments to critique for a writing assignment. My two choices are group one (Ana Acevedo, Johnsel Montes, Stephanie Feedor) and Continue reading...

The main goals that Carrie’s group needed to focus on in order to make their presentation a success ought to have included elements like clarity, which involves the ability to employ the virtue of being clear on purpose, style and thought. Clarity on purpose entails the group’s desired outcome which in this case was to do the best presentation that could earn them a good grade as per what Carrie and Stu says. This could easily be achieved by creating a charter statement and a thesis which will ensure that the members do not overlap.
Clarity of Continue reading...

Effective Workplace Communication

Workplace communication is the social collectiveness in which workers develop ritualized patterns of sharing information through interaction in an attempt to coordinate the activities of the organization, or achieve personal and group goals. During the course of interaction, effective communication demands that the information that is conveyed must be understood by the parties involved. Good communication is often defined with clarity of understanding instead a simple agreement. The communication may lead to agreement or disagreement, and as such, a conflict within employees that has been going on for a long a long time does not necessarily imply lack of Continue reading...

CEM166 June 2012, Essay

Environmental sustainability and occupant comfort in

The selection of multi-glazed windows

1 Factual Summary
Windows play a crucial part in making the work environment of an office comfortable. They contribute to the psychological and environmental well being in the workplace, influencing the productivity, motivation and mood of those occupying the building . The design of a window can not only boost employee job satisfaction, but it also has several other benefits such as reduced expenditure on heating or cooling achieved through optimally glazed windows. Window frames that are made for bio-degradable or sustainable materials such as wood are also considered to be Continue reading...

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True communication involves the understanding of thoughts and feelings, whether this is between two people directly, or one person talking to another (or many others) through the written word. This idea is expressed in different ways through six short stories: Benjamin Franklin’s "Learning to Write", George Orwell’s "Politics And The English Language", Garrison Keillor’s "How To Write A Letter", Stephen King’s "On Writing", Frederick Douglass’ "Learning To Read", and Edgar Burroughs’ "Tarzan Of The Apes" (Chapter 7). Each of the short stories differs in their approach to achieving this goal of understanding, but Continue reading...

E-commerce is the term used to refer to business transactions done via electronic networks. The world has seen the shift from physical transacting of business to a more online approach over the last few years. This has led to an increase in the volume of business transactions worldwide and convenience in doing so. E-commerce has helped to reduce the paperwork employees have to deal with, improved efficiency and also streamlined the overall business operations. However, this has also led to an increase in the level of fraud that happens to unsuspecting customers especially those who transact their business online. Continue reading...

Netflix’s marketing strategy change

Introduction
Change is an integral part of everyday life both for organizations and individuals. It is often considered negative, since it involves a certain level of stress for the system and a disruption of the conventional organizational practices. However, along with the negative side, change also entails benefits, if it is conducted in the right way. This paper aims to present an example of the recent change in Netflix strategy and to explain the possible reasons for its failure. This example applies change management theories and concepts to the Netflix case, in order to identify what went wrong and, Continue reading...

Curriculum Guide for Reading

Principles:

Grasping the concepts of Phonics Instructions hence discover letter-sound connection while engaging in word-recognition activities (Browder, 2001)

Enhancing sight-word instructions so as to identify key high frequency words without decoding (Browder, 2001)

Usage of technology in reading hence advancement of skills (Singh, 2006).

Objectives:

To grasp letter sound correspondence so that they would grasp letters at a faster rate while having fun

To allow for phoneme blending which is very effective for Continue reading...

Introduction

An organizational culture of a particular society, institution or business usually determines the profitability and the efficiency of that institution in achieving success. This culture normally entails the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization. In this regard, it is very fundamental and elemental for any institution or organization like Brook University to conduct a cultural organizational analysis. There are three various approach that researchers can employ in Continue reading...

As debates continues concerning gun laws and the amount of violence in the United States, many citizens have voiced increasing concerns about personal safety and the amount of force that is considered to be justifiable when faced with threats of violence or death. As a result, Stand Your Ground laws have been enacted in many states to establish the legal boundaries the rights afforded to individuals to protect themselves from imminent threats. The legalities provided by the Stand Your Ground laws gives pause to reflect on are laws of this nature necessary in this ever-changing world or do these Continue reading...

International Marketing

Marketing in international businesses is different and quite sophisticated compared to those that operate in a given country alone. It is common knowledge that no business can exist in a vacuum. There are factors that affect its operations which range from political, environmental to social ones. This paper will explore the global and international markets and the environmental factors that affect their success. The success of a business is determined mainly by how quickly the factors that affect its operations are perceived and the timely approach to manage them or to develop working strategies that will help to solve Continue reading...

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This essay defines effective communication and puts forth its importance in everyday life with the help of a few examples. It also explains miscommunication that occurs when a message is not communicated clearly. An example from Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is used to show how miscommunication can happen. This paper refers to works of Angeliki Tzanne and Julia T. Wood to get a better insight into effective communication. Learning theories and principles of effective communication can help to make communication in everyday life more effective. Therefore, theories of communication as Continue reading...

1. Introduction
The Burgundy motel website is guiding the client about the facilities and the type of service provided in the motel. The Burgundy website explores the overall features in the motel like the dining area, features of the each room with the price list, and the outside environment of the motel. The Burgundy website give extra features about the service provided in the motel, type of resting place, conference hall, wedding reception venue, and photos on the every feature are displayed in the website. The most important access provided in this website is booking rooms in advance, conference Continue reading...

Hatha Yoga, a Sanskrit word to describe basic yoga that makes a person attain mastery over the body’s breathing and composure of the brain. It traces its origins to the 11th century by founder Gorakhnath. It basically pays a lot of attention to the importance of diet, purification of body, soul and spiritual perfection.
Hatha which means sun/moon is the combination of positive/negative, good bad and traces its origins to the Patanjali is the master of yoga dating back to the 5th century who compiled all the information into a coherent set of statements to achieve higher consciousness. Continue reading...

Review of Tamsyn Barton’s book ‘Ancient Astrology’

Ancient Astrology written by Tamyson Barton is a fresh and an objective perspective upon a persuasive yet often overlooked subject of social science. The book has two important theses, one is the premise that astrology, physiognomies, and few other "pseudo-sciences," as are under practice within the various societies where they are largely accepted, have similar claim to the authenticity of these fields as in the case with the other subjects that contemporary Western societies consider to be "scientific." Secondly, it is suggested by the author that the study should be based more on the history of the "sciences"; and Continue reading...

Introduction

There has been a tremendous improvement in the way we communicate and share information within the last quarter of the 20th century to date. The development of the internet has not only made communication easier, but also enabled people to carry out various activities from banking, education, booking of tickets, payments of bills, and buying of products from the comfort of their homes. However, such liberation has come at a cost as identity and security issue has necessitated that a vast of amount of information about individuals are stored in servers and databases of the relevant institutions. The whole Continue reading...

- THE OCENTRIC PERIOD:
- 500BCE – 0
- Middle Age – Byzantium
- ARISTOCRATIC PERIOD:
- Renaissance (1450-1550)
- The Age of Enlightenment (1550-1789)

IDEAS AND THOUGHT

RESEARCH JOURNAL
I. OCENTRIC PERIOD:
1. 500BCE – 0:

Ancient and modern have the following characteristics:
- Art was not the beauty residence: it is not the definition of beauty with art.
- Reasoning about art theory and beauty developed independently of each other.

Socrates

Socrates was born in Athens in 470 BC. His father, Sofroniks, was a stonemason and his mother a midwife. From his father, Socrates learned the craft of sculptor. Socrates used to say that he Continue reading...

Vision and Mission Statement Comparison: Hilton and Marriott Hotels

Introduction
The objective of this document is to compare and contrast the vision and mission statement of two industry leaders in the hospitality sector: Hilton Worldwide and Marriott Hotel Group. Well-formulated and effectively supported by the communication and marketing elements, generic strategy is the key for sustainable development and Brand reputation. Both companies are exemplary businesses, proving with their experience and history strong alignment of corporate values and strategy with the external environment. Hilton business model differs significantly from Marriott Hotels, which helps to understand the underpinning principles of their communication strategy with stakeholders (Peng, 2014). First of all Continue reading...

There are seven phases in the structure of the Performance Uncertainty Management Process (PUMP) framework. They are: (a) defining the project;(b) focusing on the uncertainty management process; (c) identify all the relevant sources of uncertainty, such as, responses options and conditions; (d) structure of the uncertainty; (e) clarifying ownership; (f) quantify some uncertainty; and (g) evaluating all the relevant implication.
Defining of the project helps in providing the effective common understanding of the project. In simple term, it helps to bring the whole team at the same page. The new members joining the team are able to come Continue reading...

Engineering technology as a major is totally aligned with the interest, values and support of the enterprising occupations. The enterprising occupations demand high level of professionalism and determination in order to develop and maintain expertise in the field and so is the case with the student’s personality. The personality reflected in the feedback is clearly of professional in nature which depicts that the enterprise occupations are the best choice in order to pursue career in engineering technology. Considering the answers given in the feedback, most of these are in a well structured manner describing a personality with clear Continue reading...

Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa

Da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’ better known as Mona Lisa has captivated the hearts and minds of millions for several hundreds of years since its conception. It is truly a great work of art in that it is basically simple yet its true life approach makes it one of the most desirable paintings ever to grace a collection of great masters.
The comparison painting is the one of Ginevra da Benci which was painted by Leonardo in 1479/80, almost twenty five years before the Mona Lisa. Although it is a relatively early work by Leonardo, some of the stylistic Continue reading...

The Marius readings for this assignment discuss paragraphs and sentences (see pp. 89-111). Apply two of Marius' ideas, one from each chapter (one on paragraphs and one on sentences), to the essay provided below. In a paragraph that provides coherence for the following questions, answer them for part 1: 1.Find one paragraph error in the essay. Quote the sentence(s) from the essay in which the error occurs. 2. Quote the statement from Marius which applies to the error that you chose in the essay (be sure to give the page number in parentheses). 3.Explain what is wrong with Continue reading...

Background

This conflict relates to a publishing company which needs my expertise to solve it in their sales team as an ex sales manager has left organization, now workers in sales departments are unwilling to perform to sustain levels. Organization is facing challenges due to advances in technology and exponentially growth in internet users as now users can find more e-books than ever before. In such critical times this organization is unable to bear any conflict among staff members, managers and workforce, while sales department is already facing threat from less market capitalization, this makes it more critical for company.
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Communication

COMMUNICATION
The Modern Rhetorical Triangle
Video 1 (Ananthaswamy, 2011)
Speaker
The speaker delves into the topic of astrophysics with an interesting incident that inspired his career. He manages to hold the interest of the audience, and shares useful information. The main purpose of the speaker is to educate the audience about the extreme conditions under which astrophysics is studied. The speaker provides pictures that illustrate his point. He explains clearly the reasoning behind the points that he has raised. In addition, he substantiates facts with examples, which helps the audience to elucidate the meaning of each statement.
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Why is it important for external auditors to be independent? Relate your answer to the primary role of external auditors. Give examples of specific ways the lack of auditor independence may impact adversely on an audit.

Introduction:

Generally Accepted Auditing Standards /GAAS (Business Accent, 2009) define Audit as;
“Auditing is a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of correspondence between those assertions and established criteria and communicating the results to interested users”.
Basically there are two types of auditing, external audit and internal audit. The focus of Continue reading...

Purpose of Missions and Goals

Stanley Fish acknowledges that mission and goals are supposed to direct an organization (Fish, 2007). By this he implied that a university can develop mission statements which communicate the intentions of the organization. Thus, according to him universities mission’s statements and goals must give a direction on pursuit and dissemination of knowledge. He further noted that it is the role of every individual to comply with the university’s mission. On the other hand, Birnbaum’s has noted that the purpose of mission statement for any organization is to bring clarity and accountability on the organizations next course. Continue reading...

1. Introduction
QIBT hotel has performed quite well since the opening; however there are some issues related to training, soft skills and performance evaluation with the front desk team due to which various situations leading to customer dissatisfaction have appeared. This report will highlight the issues and will use your raise from the service industry to provide recommendations on improving and eradicating the issues in order to reinstate the level of customer satisfaction as desired for the growth of the service organization.
2. Key Problems and Issues
Customer satisfaction is an important factor for success in the service industry, Continue reading...

Federalism is defined as a type of government in which the tasks of governing are constitutionally divided between a central/national government and sub-national units. In the case of United States of America, these units are the fifty states in the country. Under Federalism, the powers to govern are shared between the national and the state government. The whole system of governance and the country involved is often referred to as a federation.

In the United States of America, Federalism has evolved constantly over the period through various amendments in the constitution. The current system of governance cannot be described Continue reading...