Essays on Community

Racial discrimination remains an ongoing experience for a minority group in the America, despite the enactment of the civil right act that declared the racial discrimination illegal. Not only is the perception of racial bias damaging socially, but also new evidence indicates that the experience of racism may be detrimental to health care in the America. Currently, the racial groups are constructed to demonstrate the diversity in status, power, and resources. Racial classification is mainly experienced within the US context, African-American have been on the bottom while whites remain on top. Racism is reflected via the idea that inferiority Continue reading...

Islamic Environmental Ethics

Introduction
The new technological developments increase mobility as well as comfort, but might have major harmful effects to the environment besides risking human health. The harmful effects of technological developments to the environment have resulted in what many have termed as environmental crises. The environmental crises are a threat to human beings as well as other living organisms. The existing evidence shows that the technical solutions have essentially not been resulting in outcomes that are satisfactory. Thus, it is critical for us to know how we should behave towards the environment. It is worth mentioning that, among the theoretical Continue reading...

In the hospitality industry, communication and participation of management and employees to consult with relevant stakeholders are crucial to sustaining the organization’s effective performance as instrumental to financial success. As explicitly defined, employee participation is disclosed as the “process of employee involvement designed to provide employees with the opportunity to influence and where appropriate, take part in decision making on matters that affect them” . Likewise, communication is the process by which management and employees send important messages regarding the products and services offered by organizations.
The methods of communication are noted to entail downward and upward flows. Downward Continue reading...

Leader-Member Exchange Theory (LMX)

Introduction
The Leader-Member Exchange Theory (LMX) is premised on the belief that, by understanding the relationship between a leader and followers, one can appreciate how leaders influence employees. Different leaders forge varying types of relationships with their employees. In LMX, these relationships are categorized as high-quality or low-quality (Winkler, 2010).

High Quality LMX

In a high-quality LMX relationship, there is mutual trust, warmth, helpfulness and respect between the leader and followers. Moreover, both parties transcend their job-descriptions, in helping one another to achieve personal goals. This relationship is a combination of professionalism and mutuality. Such workers are more productive than others because Continue reading...

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Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

- Joseph Kvedar1,
- Molly Joel Coye2 and
- Wendy Everett3,*
+ Author Affiliations
- 1Joseph Kvedar is director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2Molly Joel Coye is chief innovation officer at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health, UCLA Medical Center, in Los Angeles.
- 3Wendy Everett () is president of NEHI ( Continue reading...

The Factors That Contribute To Length Of Stay In The Emergency Department Funding of the project considers the given issue at hand, and how critical it is to the sustenance of health institutions. These include the costs incurred in line with the provision of services to the affected people, especially those who are in critical conditions. The table below clearly illustrates the costs that would affect the success of the project at hand. However, there are other miscellaneous costs that have to be considered, on a greater scale. They base on the fact that there are issues that always Continue reading...

German authority and hesitations have since decided the determination of strategy choices in the EU. There is the inexorably intergovernmental modus methodology of the EU system. Foreign accomplices, for example, the U.S. progressively recognize Berlin as the strategic place in the Euro zone. Concerns about Germany's future remote and security role persevere. The change of political initiative in Berlin was caused by the September 2013. Federal decisions have expanded the interest for investigation of German European, external, and security strategies. Basing on the above notions, it is true that the making of Europe was Germany’s answer to its Continue reading...

Introduction

The Kaiser Foundation in its recent study has found out that 97% of American children aged between 8 and 18 years spend a considerable amount of time, an average of 8 hours per week, playing video games (Ahuja, 2013). Studies show that the most popular games, played by children and young adults in USA, are all violent in content. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first person shooter video game that collected a whopping $550 million within the first few days of its release in 2009 (Rozi and Muhyiddin, 2013).
The 10 most popular video games, among Continue reading...

OBAMA CARE

Introduction
The term Obama care is more or less a derogatory term coined by the critics of the affordable care act put in place by president Barack Obama. The literal meaning of the term Obama care is quite disturbing to say the least. This is because it refers to the type of care that is more inclined towards president Barack Obama as opposed to the entire nation. The question thus arises as to the true nature of this Obama care and whether or not it favors the greater good of the nation or it is a desperate plan by Continue reading...

The federal and state governments and some nongovernmental organizations have been offering an array of assistance to elderly persons in the society. Of most importance is the support offered by both federal government and state government where they help aged people from the age of 60 years and above to access health care, housing and retirement issues. They fund various centers that offer these services for senior citizens of the nation. (Butler, 3)
In my response to the requirement of this course assignment, I selected Silver Manor Home of The Aged, which is located in Meriden, Connecticut. This independent Continue reading...

Genocides start because of the conflict between people of same race or religion attempting to displace the different race or religion. Conflicting interests between individuals from different race or religion can result to genocides. In the 20th century, over 250 million people have lost their lives due to genocides. Millions of people are left at risk of the exposure due to increased incidences of mass violence. Data and knowledge that indicates the long-term mental health effects that come with the exposure to the genocide remains scattered. Genocides have led to mass violence and displacement of people since it stirs Continue reading...

Chapter 3 Atoms and the Periodic Table

For centuries, many have tried to learn about the smallest particle. As far as 2500 years ago, Democritus and Leucippus created an idea for the atom and called it ‘atmos’ meaning indivisible. Various philosophers and scientists have proposed models for what and how the atom should be. The initial theory proposed by Dalton in 1803 states that atoms are indivisible and that all atoms of a particular material are identical. He also stated that atoms of different materials join to form compounds. J.J. Thompson proposed the initial model of the atom. It is called the plum pudding model. He Continue reading...

The variables

Stress can occur to any human being. Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life particularly to traumatic incidences. The process of induced abortion or natural is a stressful time for many women (Adler, N. E., David, H. P., Major, B. N., Roth, S. H., Russo, N. F., & Wyatt, G. E. 1990, p. 41). The stress can occur before and after abortion. In this study we are focusing only on post abortion stress. Women who undergo abortion natural or induced are likely to experience acute stress i.e. Acute stress originates from the demands and Continue reading...

World War II

The aftermath of the global economic crisis was rapidly building contradictions between the imperialist countries that were unevenly developed. There was also a crisis in international relations, especially when Versailles-Washington system collapsed. Now Germany, Italy and Japan wanted to achieve dominance over their competitors, which were Britain, France and the United States of America. Therefore, aggressive foreign policy of fascist states created a military threat to the world. The second group of countries (Allies) sought to maintain their positions, directing their actions against the fascist states, and the Soviet Union, as they were counting on mutual exhaustion of both Continue reading...

As human beings, it is only possible that every individual coexists in groups in order to make life easier. The group that individuals coexist under is defined as a society. There are no cases that individuals have lived alone and thus; relationships are created in the event of making friendship and communicating effectively. For every relationship that is established, there is bound to be the outcome and spectacular taste that can emerge from a relationship that has been established. In most circumstances, relationships fail due to conflicts that come up during a co -existence. The main reason that results Continue reading...

Use of Common Property to address the Commons Problem

Introduction
The use of common property to address the problem of common people refers to the tragedy of the commons. Most of the work on environment cuts across the pro-regulatory traditional protectionist laws and policies.
According to Acheson, the tragedy of commons does not hold correctly to the future of all the available resources. Private owners instead of the general deserving public use the resources. Acheson reviews several classic examples of managing environmental resources in his essay. There are some institutional regimes, which have been in operation for a long period without degrading the available resources. In addition, Acheson Continue reading...

The Clean Air Act was amended in 1990 and was established to boost local air quality by focusing on polluting sources. In the regions with poor air quality, polluting industries are required to make extra investments in pollution reduction. The research on the industry level indicated that these requirements affect the output and location of polluting industries. Therefore, the Clean Air Act was enacted to regulate pollutants, which are known as criteria pollutants.
The policy should abide with the permitted levels for each criteria pollutant. In the case a locality fails to meet the set standards over a three-year Continue reading...

There have been ethnic conflicts that arise from the difference in the groups. The conflicts may be racial while others may be due to the difference in the origin. The ethnic conflicts if not will resolve may grow to become wars conflicts (Krueger, DiDonato, 2008). There have been prolonged ethnic conflicts between the Latin American and the Native Americans. The Latin Americans include the Mexicans the Hispanics and other Spanish speaking Americans. The Native Americans discriminate against these American, as they are not English native language speakers. The Mexicans are the largest Latino population in America and have experienced Continue reading...

Mohammad was the son of Abdullah, who was a descendant of Ishmael. The latter was the son of Abraham and Hagar. Muhammad was born in Mecca City in August 570 AD. He later became the founder of a major religion - Islam. The main aspects of Muhammad’s life include his troubled childhood, adult life as a trader, marriage to Khadija, meditation and revelations in Hira Cave, founding of Islam, persecution of Muslims and his death.
Muhammad was born at a time when Arabs were polytheists –worshippers of multiple gods and goddesses. The worship of many deities was as Continue reading...

Group influence refers to the instance that is characterized by people behaving in a certain way because, a certain clique of people behaves in the same was as he does. In essence, group influence is a phenomenon that dictates the manner in which people relate in our daily lives. In as far as this instance, is concerned, all circles in the society are part and parcel of instances that revolve on religion, politics, academic or educational matters and other social interactions. As a matter of fact and cogency, it follows that the existence of a person in a certain Continue reading...

Introduction

The objective of this study is to evaluate the different leadership behaviors at organizations around the world. In addition, the study focuses on revealing the importance of effective leadership to help an organization to achieve the desired success. Leadership has become an integral part of an organization due to which examples of two leadership styles at different organizations have been taken into consideration. It is important to acknowledge here that the subordinates tend to follow what is done by the leader. For this reason, it is important for the leaders to pursue healthy and productive behavior. The behavioral approach Continue reading...

Executive Summary

There are four different modules which have been covered already in this particular assignment and it is required to cover all of these four modules to complete this particular assignment. From this entire analysis, it is found that high competition and not having an effective employee’s based approach are two major problems associated with the company which would be overcome accordingly with the help of taking effective economic decisions mentioned in the recommendation section.

Introduction

Kraft Foods Group Inc is an American based Grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate with its headquartering located in Chicago, IL, the United States (US). Continue reading...

Question Three

Judicial opinion is the element of law that deals with instances that pertain giving opinions about the legal field. In this case, judicial opinion originates from the mind of a person who feels like giving direction about a legal issue. In most cases, the opinions are given by people who are well vast in the legal field. As a matter of fact, judicial opinions originate from the rationality of someone. On the same note, poems are ideas that originate from persons who are well vested in the world of poetry. A person cannot just wake up today and claim Continue reading...

There are varied definitions of common property that exist in various contexts. Its application and use is, therefore, determined by the specific context. Our definition of common property is in relation to real tangible property. Common property in this context of real properties can be defined as a property that is collectively owned by public or a community to which every member of the community has equal right to use and access. Sometimes, the government can own common property. Where government owns common properties, all citizens have a right to use it in various activities. The ownership and product Continue reading...

Sula was Toni Morrison’s second novel, and was started in 1970, when second-wave feminists insisted on female solidarity; when labor market demanded women both in the workplace and at home, and when the position of women had not been as polarized by domestic ideology since the Victorian Era. It was a time when feminism ceased to be a middle-class privilege and women from all ethnic backgrounds took up their pens to voice their dissatisfaction. This novel may be considered a product of Morrison’s own curiosity towards female relationships, as she wonders in the Foreword to Sula: “What Continue reading...

The case study on Salt Lake City, the Olympics, and Bribery manifested a complex scenario, which demands a critical valuation. The case involved the perceived default by professional heads of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee (SLCOC) and members from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who have the full understanding of the ethical and legal stipulations of their work. The analysis of the case requires exclusive consideration of all facets ranging from the activities, circumstances that led to the occurrences, the individuals involved and the required rules as well as the regulations governing the corporates. Therefore, the analysis would Continue reading...

1 of 3: MINI-EXERCISE–Leadership and Flight “666”

Answer 1

Leadership is a person who knows what he aims to achieve and works together with his team so as to achieve it.

Answer 2

The difference between leadership and manipulation lies in authenticity, generosity and transparency. Leaders have these traits but manipulators do not.

Answer 3

Answer 4
Leadership skills are the most important. The skills that leaders hold shape their behaviors, as well as styles of leadership.

Answer 5

There is the inheritance of leadership skills. Inheritance is explained by the fact that families produce kings and leaders for a long time and they are groomed Continue reading...

Criminal Law

Communication Improvement Plan
The new Sherriff must be able to properly delegate responsibilities to the deputy Sheriffs, who in turn delegates some of his functions to other employees. In order to do this, they must establish open and reciprocal communication plan in order to deliver the department’s mission statement in line with the department’s core values. The communication process between Sheriff and deputy sheriffs to the line staff of the police department must be open and approachable in order to foster effective communication. This will ensure that there is transparency and integrity during their time of service Continue reading...

The world portrays certain patterns in the way contemporary issues arise. These patterns are only reasonable since issues arise and spread within a certain region before extending to the rest of the world. Furthermore, many families, nations and communities share common beliefs, laws, economic and political predicaments among others. Such matters as ecological concerns also affect certain groups of people who live in a similar resource endowed region. Therefore, matters such as climate change or environmental conservation are concerns for the entire community. Issues such as international terrorism and proliferation of nuclear war are also matters of concern to Continue reading...

Brief history

Zurich Financial Services Company was started in 1872. As the name suggests, the company‘s intention was to offer extremely reliable financial services to the citizens of Switzerland. The company had been created to offer marine reinsurance services. It was originally known as the “Versicherungs-Verein” which meant the Insurance Association. After several acquisitions, in 2ooo the company changed its name to Zurich Financial Services in order to incorporate the many companies that it had acquired according to their functions. Zurich Financial Services Company is the biggest insurer in Switzerland. The company has also become extremely competitive in the global Continue reading...

Human Security Spring 2014

(Name of country) – Country report 4 – Freedom from fear

Abstract

Sudan existed in ancient times and was known under the name Kush. The present name Sudan comes from the Aramaic language “Bilaad-el-sud” and means “Country of the blacks”. Christianity was accepted and spread through the northern part of the country. Later, about 700 AD, many Arabs invaded Sudan and spread Islam as a religion. The second Islamic wave in 1820 initiated inhumanity and cruelty in the country. The Sudanese people were turned into slaves by the Arabs who called them “Black gold”. Finally troops were sent by Egypt and Great Continue reading...

Technology: Does Internet Really Threaten Human’s Intelligence?

How lucky it is to live in the era of electronic media and witness all these fast changes. Electronic media has changed people's lives enormously. However, these changes cannot all be described as either good or bad. Although electronic media has improved the quality of human's lives, it has also created some problems and anxieties. For instance, knowledge and education today benefit and suffer simultaneously from these technologies. Moreover, some people have expressed reservations that technological media has some negative effects on the human brain. Although electronic media can produce a culture of distraction, which hinders the process of Continue reading...

a.) Globalization Pressures & Competitive Strategy

Being in Buffalo over a very long time for the Bills does not seem to be the bright idea. Building a new stadium in different proposed destination would be the best idea to ensure that the club maintains its fan base as well as vibrancy. Moving the Buffalo Bills to Toronto, Canada and building a new stadium there would ensure that the club gets more time to play in front of their lively fans. The Canadian Football League is equally competitive. Moving to Toronto as an American Football League club, would allow the club Continue reading...

Business Ethics

INTRODUCTION:
Ethics is defined as the set of characteristics, patterns of doings and right or wrong conducts possessed by a human being. Ethics can easily be influenced by human behaviours and attitudes and can have an impact on the surroundings, and the places where the person belongs. It can be a workplace, home, school, institutes or any other place (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011).
Ethics is an essential concept that shapes the human personality, culture, values, mind-sets and one’s perceptions. These traits directly influence the corporate culture in the long term and affect the well-being of an organization. When Continue reading...

Jules Verne is arguably one of the most prescient science-fiction authors in history – his works are remembered for their vast imagination and endlessly prescient views into the future of science and the exciting nature of their adventures. One of his most well known works, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, is on its surface a fantastical tale of a group of men who stumble upon the secret submarine Nautilus, commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. However, closer examination of the novel itself reveals Verne’s penchant for social commentary and intricate political subtext, as 20,000 Leagues Under the Continue reading...

- Interview questions

The applicants applying for job positions in the interior design occupation normally face Behavioral, Skill- based, and Situational interview questions.

- Behavioral interview question
In the behavioral profession interviews, the employers decide the skills that they need in applicants they are about to hire and ask questions to establish whether the applicants possess those skills. Therefore, the behavioral interview questions are more focused than the traditional interview questions and the candidate need to reply with specific examples of the way he/she handled certain situations in the place of work.

Behavioral interview question to ask an Interior Designer candidate

- What do you think is most crucial when dealing with our clients?
- Situational interview question
In the situational profession interviews, the employers ask applicants particular Continue reading...

Introduction

Elaine Kamarck seeks to explain the bureaucratic approaches in keeping with the information age economy. This argument, although it seems illogical, stems from the assertions that have risen from political leaders that suggest that the government in modern days has shifted from being the necessary solution to becoming a problem. Such statements will not be taken lightly by citizens who look up to the government to provide solutions to the many problems they face. One man who is against such an opinion is Kamarck. Largely, Kamarck supports the endeavors that the government takes in order to make the citizens Continue reading...

INVESTMENT MARKETING

For the success of any given business, the plan that the company makes is a vital tool to see it through success. The plan should always include marketing strategy. A marketing strategy shows the investors the way in which the investment is to take on the market. For the formulation of a good strategy, therefore, a business planner must have knowledge of the market the investment is to venture in and how ready the market is to receive the products the company will be producing. In addition to the nature of the market, the planner should also have planned Continue reading...

Biography on Steve Israel, a U.S. Representative for New York
Steve Israel is a member of the U.S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of New York since 2001. Steve is a true leader. He values education. He respects the middle class and the low-income group. Even in the worst situations, Steve always raised his voice and stood up for his people. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and voted in favor of several reforms that benefit the public to a great extent. He has been in power since 2001 and never misled his people. He Continue reading...

UAE presents Cleveland Clinic with a good business opportunity for its services. The evidence that people move from Abu Dhabi to New York for treatment clearly shows that there is a great need for quality health services in the region. Ideally, these present Cleveland Clinic with a good opportunity to extend its services to this region. There is ready market for health services in UAE and calls for Cleveland Clinic to take the initiative and exploit the underlying opportunity early in advance. My opinion is that, Cleveland should expand its services to UAE (Kotler 364).
UAE has a good Continue reading...