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 focused ...

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, ...

The main aim of writing papers is to argue out an opinion or report about a certain matter. Scientific papers, especially research papers are different because they provide new findings in a hitherto unknown subject. It is because of this nature that they require special structural and linguistic formulas which will enable them to present the new information in a clear and concise manner. An analysis of the article "Academic work, the Internet and U.S. college students" by Jones et al published in Internet and Higher Education shows how structural and linguistic structures contribute to the clear presentation of new information ...

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 and ...

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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 ...

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 Apple killed that with the ...

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 Compliance and Losing Weight: the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication in Relationships Abstract Interpersonal communication is believed to be present since the beginning of human life on earth. However, it has always been marked with certain issues such as ineffective communication, wrongfully used communicational tools, and its detrimental impact on relations. Communication and relation are strongly interdependent. This paper sets out to find out the solutions to these communicational problems with respect to their influence on relations. Both examples from existing literature as well as personal experience will be utilized to reach the most appropriate conclusion.

Introduction

Techniques utilized for interpersonal communication usually shape or direct ...

ABSTRACT

The process of instructing/teaching debating the affirmative proves a technical and philosophically based endevor as presented in this scholastic document. The instruction of debating the affirmative incorporates specific concepts related to vocabulary terms connected to this field. As a function of a representative democratic society debate on policies, affecting the quality of life of humans as equal entities makes the affirmative position for policy change an important technique for change in society. Therefore, the instructional intent of teaching debating the affirmative provides in the following document aspects about what an affirmative position needs apply in structuring an argument creating a policy change case. ...

Following The American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Abstract Most buildings once completed take at least one year to settle and require repairs and maintenance. However, many older multiple dwelling buildings have suffered unforeseen issues. The most common problem is water ingress through the building envelope. The reason why residential buildings are critical and require closer and immediate attention is because these buildings belong to people who have invested their life savings into them for comfort and spend most of their time in those places. Commercial and industrial buildings do not require as much attention and their environmental separation requirements vary because they are only occupied ...

Introduction

Paraphrasing is one of the most important aspects of scholarly writing. Without paraphrasing, most of the articles will be mere duplication of other people ideas and the readers will have no interest in most of the writings. Through paraphrasing, it is possible to transform one’s ideas into yours while acknowledging the original writer. Notably, many potential scholars fail to practice the mannerism in academic writing leading to plagiarism. The aim of this paper is to paraphrase Patricia O’Conner’ paragraph and use the tools of Walden Writing Center to provide a discussion. In addition, the paper also provides a reflection ...

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 address the challenge ...

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 influence the performance of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 group ...

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 roles is based ...

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 effective communication (Ludden & Ludden, ...

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 environmentally ...

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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 ...

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. So ...

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, thus ...

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 students with IQ between 31-50 to blend certain sounds while reading

To allow phoneme segmentation that will allow students identify phonemes of spoken words

To allow students grasp ...

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 carrying out an organizational cultural analysis; an integration approach, a differentiation approach and a fragmentation approach. All these approaches or theories differ in basic codes, standards and believes which actually ...

Writing an essay is not as easy as other people think; a writer needs to consider stages for a quality outcome. A true writer does not hurry in writing an essay and produces a poor final writing outcome, aside from the prewriting process; it includes revising, editing, and proofreading. At this point, it is necessary to identify the difference between revising and editing. The length to revise and to edit a paper depends on the length of an essay written, the time provided to finish it, and . Proper conditioning and pacing help the writer produce a successful draft or essay easily after the revision ...

Communication is dynamic, especially if seen through the eyes of different cultures. It is important for the communicator to be sensitive to his or her audience in order to get the right message across. This was discussed in Halasek’s work, Pedagogy Of Possibilities. When talking about communication, we see that there are different styles. You can address an audience, have a conversation with someone or communicate in form of a letter or written words. Human communication is strange, not because of the different ways there are to communicate, but how the messages are translated. All three papers on communication have ...

The tutorial provides a general explanation of SQL beginning with the definition of the term to the activities that are carried out in a database with the use of SQL. Most websites and other journals and articles have a definition for structured Query Language, according to the tutorial SQL is used as a communication tool or an interface between the user and the database.

The tutorial provides an explanation of the different operations that can be done in a database and the commands and operators that can be used in the manipulation of the data in the database. The statements are mainly used to ...

The case involves a communication process carrying a descriptive explanation of characteristics that would improve the messages including the descriptions of the purpose, environment, sender, receiver, technology, technology, feedback and noise. The author has written a B2B message to ABC Company asking to establish a relationship with Company XYZ.

Three Business to Business Messages that we will take for analysis are:

1. ABC Company asks to create a working relationship with XYZ Company 2. XYZ Company reverts back denies the working relationship. Reason: Credit & Prices (Financial Reasons) 3. ABC responds to the doubts / objections reassuring XYZ that they will be taken care of& how.

Let’s begin with the Communication process for the first message:

Since the “Purpose” is clear & defined, ...

The article represents a critique of the work Media and the American Mind by Daniel J. Czitrom published in 1982 which is considered revolutionary insight in journalism of nineteenth century because it “was linked to a tidy history of thought and research about the media” (Park, 2007, p.466).

The Czitrom’s book is notable for several significant ideas but the factor which set this work apart from other studies is the author’s choice of media theorists to analyze. The author’s goal was to give a critical estimation of Media and the American Mind and analyze the contribution of the ...

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Moral Mandates for Hypothetical Non-for-Profit Organization (HNO) (Organization to Help Military Officials and Veterans-OHMOV)

When it comes to the ethical management of ethical organizations (non-for-profit organizations), there are various ethical mandates that the managers in such organizations must consider, so as to ensure that the operations of the organization are based on ethics and morals. The most important moral mandates for OHMOV include the integrity embedded in the core values of the organization, clarity and openness, and the accountability as military services are crucial in maintaining the peace of a country.

Integrity

Integrity is such a moral mandate that applies not only on the individuals, but it must be represented as a core value ...

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 laws ...

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 the problems. This ...

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Abstract

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 explained by ...

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, ...

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. Throughout history it ...

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 that every ...

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 notion of privacy ...

- 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 ...

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 ...

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 to ...

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 vision. Such synchronized ...

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 features which ...

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 the ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. For profit ...

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 ...

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 as any singe ...

Although Calvin reveals important points regarding the quality of information for organizational decision-making, the response seems to confuse the target users of the information. At first, the clarity of information visualization is analyzed from the perspective of the effectiveness in addressing final customers. The final part of the response, however, assesses the value of information quality for the decision-making within the organization. Although both these issues are clearly important for every company, focusing on only one of the two points could have added clarity to the response. Moreover, as the article is more concerned with the use of information ...

The study aforementioned concentrates on gauging the ability of a human to refresh his/her memory by using narration strategies. The researchers are also finding out if there is a chance that an entire memory of a person can be altered in a major way through deception. The researchers are also trying to do such thing aforementioned in a legitimate way.

The authors conducted an extensive research about the bad case of false memories from previous related literature. The hypothesis of the study was to determine that distorted information affects and alters the memory. The researchers are also interested in determining how much detail they ...

Inductive theory of research – involves a researcher starting from very specific data and then proceeding towards more general information about the research. For example, studying the culture of a person to understand the culture of the clan from which the person comes. Deductive theory of research – works in reverse to the inductive theory. I.e. the research begins from a broad perspective and narrows down to individuals as it proceeds. Epistemological considerations of research try to define the origin nature and scope of knowledge. It uses both positivist approach (scientific study of knowledge) and interpretive approach which deals with how a person ...

On two recent occasions, I recall giving unspecific feedback that left the learner with more confusion than clarity. On both occasions, I provided feedback face-to-face to the learners. On one occasion, I criticized an approach that informed the patient about his medical condition. From my perspective, the learner was not sensitive to the patient’s circumstances and failed to deliver the information in an understandable manner. I stated that the approach was too formal, and that talking with patients required more elaboration on conditions with fewer medical terms. On the other occasion, I provided positive feedback after hearing the ...

Introduction

Sensation is the process of collecting all information from the outside world and sending it to the brain using the nervous system. It is described as a passive process since one does not need to consciously take time to sense. On the other hand, “perception is the process of actively selecting, arranging and interpreting the information rendered to the brain through the sensory system” (Gibson, 1986). Thus the process of perception occurs in two main stages or processes. The first process that occurs is sensation. The sensory system is composed of the sensory organs nose, eye, tongue and the ...

Background

The process of analyzing music pieces and works have for decades been a subject of interest to musicians and music professionals. Understanding a specific piece of music requires an individual to fully understand the piece’s formal structure, gestures, textures and performance cues such as rhythmic cues, (Palmer 1996, p. 446). There however exists a variation in the investigational techniques, methodologies and the sources used with music listening and documentaries being two critical sources consulted when preparing a given piece of work for either general presentation or performance. The sources serve to help in the preparation and the improvement of a given presentation, strengthening ...

Abstract: Feminism is the collection of movements aimed at defining, defending and establishing equal social, political and economic rights and opportunities for women. Feminism is focused mainly on issues of women even though some men are also victims of feminism such as gender and sexism roles. Feminist theory also emerged from feminist movements which include general theories about origins of inequality and about social constructions of gender and sex. Campaigns are going on for women’s rights by the feminist activists. The activists have opposed sexual harassment, sexual assault and domestic violence (McDonald, P. 2008). Joseph suggests ...

- Palmer, Anna. (2009) .”I’m not a “math’s-person”!’ reconstituting mathematical subjectivities in aesthetic teaching practices. Gender and Education.21 (4):387-404

#The author of the paper is a faculty member at the Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden. The author had credibility by virtue of her chair and position at the department, is a qualified teacher –educator and researcher. #$The purpose of the study was to understand the rationale behind the maths –anxieties. #The study was conducted to find out the loopholes in the traditional method of math education that creates anxiety and fear towards math #The ...

Founded in 1999, Blue Nile Inc. is an online specialty retailer of fine jewelery. A seller of certified diamonds, the company was furnished into Blue Nile Inc. as we know it by Marc C. Vadon. Ever since, the company has raised and exceeded more bars than one can count. It showed a thirty per cent increase in sales from 2003 to 2004. In 2006, a mere seven years after its foundation, Blue Nile Inc. was larger than the next three largest online jewelers combined.

The factors that have propelled Blue Nile Inc. to the top of the game would be ...