Essays on Conversant

Executive Summary

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is a large bank serving many clients. To improve their ability to win more customers, it needs to train its supervisors in the sales and marketing division. Training motivates employees to become more committed to the company. Training also minimises instances of high turnover. Furthermore, training increases employees’ performance, which ultimately contributes to the organizational performance. Before taking employees for the training program, CBA ought to conduct a needs analysis. This will assist in the development of the content of the training program. In this case, the content of the training program for supervisors ...

This research is about radiation exposure to pregnant females. Pregnant females are often exposed to radiation from medical equipment such as X-Ray machines, security scanners, hazards from nuclear facilities, and other equipment in the workplace. There has been raising concerns as to whether radiation has any impact on pregnant females. While some argue radiation is harmful, some people believe radiation has no impact. This paper will review evidence gathered from previous investigations. The paper will discuss radiation and its impacts on the pregnant females. The paper will conclude with a summary of the findings. Radiation can be classified as ...

Implementation of the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System

Implementation of the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System Hospital Emergency Incidence Command System (HEICS) was established to assist medical facilities during times of crisis. Although the original version was developed in 1991, there have revisions, but the content has remained almost the same. Initially, HEICS was developed to assist individual medical facilities to handle issues of crisis. However, evidence has shown that a certain degree of external intervention might be required to integrate HEICS into the culture of a medical facility (AHA, 2016). For example, in order to work, one has to make a tour to a facility using ...

Introduction

The contemporary education environment has changed in response to the needs of the market. The skill requirements at present are different from those of earlier periods. The integration of technology in the classroom is in response to the significance of technology in the contemporary environment as well as the need to increase the effectiveness of the instruction process. Educational technology has many applications in the classroom. In addition to differentiating the instruction process, teachers can also use technology. This paper focuses on the use of education technology in the instruction and assessment of the students.

Section One: Mission and Vision Statements

Mission Statement It is ...

The Samurai Ethics: A Paradigm for Corporate Behavior by Shinya Fujimura

In this article, Fujimura advocates for the adoption of the samurai moral and ethical values into the corporate world. The author suggests that the integration of these values by corporate and businesses in wealthy countries such as the US and the UK would aid them in dealing with economic vicissitudes. Apparently, the ancient Japanese samurai culture exemplifies the importance of a society that is driven by loyalty, benevolence, and duty. Fujimura studied for his master degree in public administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where he focused on social change (Fujimura 212). Fujimura also ...

1. The world economy has been undergoing profound changes for the past few decades due to certain economy-driving forces like ‘high market capitalizations’ and high edge technologies. Obviously, the changing economy requires changes in the way we operate businesses. Although volumes have been written on business and operations management, much of them become irrelevant to the changing context. In other words, ‘new economy companies’ require candidates with potential managerial skills who are also well conversant with the current technological landscape and new economic scenario. In this context, it is important to analyze the applicability of the management principles traditionally ...

Abstract

Public and private schools, colleges and universities are increasingly spending much resources implementing technology for use in the teaching and learning processes in their institutions. Indeed, the proliferation of technology in the daily lives of people is spurring increased adoption of education technologies in these institutions. However, despite its wide acceptance in the private lives of many people, and evidence of easing daily tasks, adoption of technology in the teaching and learning experiences in schools remains challenging, with the full extent of its achievement still debatable. The advocates of integration of technology in the classroom acclaim that once technology ...

Introduction

In higher learning institutions all over the world, the registrar’s office is accorded the responsibility of a custodian of all the records containing students’ information. In this capacity, the office has varying obligations to several groups including the public, the students, faculties, the members of staff and the respective institution. The registrar’s office must always ensure that it dispenses its duties through compliance with the existing regulations and policies within the institutions they are serving. The office must also conform to the statutory and national regulations and other set standards of the higher education (Specht, 2015).

The Mission, Vision, and Goals of the Registrar's Office

The ...

Response One

The improvement of relationships has always been a challenge, particularly for businesses. This problem makes work life to be hampered in such a way that they are unable to achieve the objectives they set when starting the business. However, many find their businesses succeeding because they can improve their business relationships. Leadership and objectives are the two important things to improving relationships not only in businesses but also in other forms of relationship. Improved relationships because of leadership are as a result of the leadership qualities. Leadership qualities are very valuable to leaders. These include humility, honesty, courage, commitment, ...

The primary objectives and aims of this paper include the examination of various articles on the present state of B2B business. The articles examined provide information regarding the ins and outs of the enterprise. The advice and practices discussed in the articles and consequently this paper are paramount to this course considering that people with the requisite experience write them. Experience is known and famously praised as the best teacher, however, learning from other peoples’ experiences prevents an individual from having to fail in order to learn. As such, the articles also have some of the best practices in ...

Communication principles and misconceptions

As a newly married couple, it is important for each of you to understand the basic principles of interpersonal communication. Peter and Rose, communication is irreversible. Once one of you says something to his or her partner, it is not possible to take it back. The impact of what is initially said remains in the mind of the partner in an inventible way. This is why it is important for a married couple to think before saying hurting words out of anger. Abuses and arrogance should get no place in marriage context since the partner may forgive you, but the initial ...

Memorandums are used for internal communication between employees in a given department, across departments, or to management in a single organization. The main purpose of a memo is making staff aware of and solving problems facing an organization. The tactics used in writing memorandums resemble those of other forms of written business communication. The tactics for writing memorandum differ depending on the targeted audience. This paper discusses ways in which an accounting memo, which is an informal memo, sent to me and my peers should be reviewed before sending it to the executive vice president.

First, the memo needs to as short ...

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 ahead on how ...

Leadership can be perceived as the process through which an individual influences the fashion in which a group of persons is carrying out a specific task. The individual who is central to this process is known as a leader. There is a broad range of traits which a leader should bear for him or her to be effective in leadership. For the purposes of this paper, this discussion shall majorly concentrate on the trait of charisma as a leadership strategy (Elearn, 2007). All leaders ought to be charismatic, as it is a great feature in progressive leaders. This is because it is one of the most ...

Employment is a source of income to many people all over the world. The majority of the people prefer looking for employment to investing. As of 2013, twelve point two million Americans were unemployed. Jobs are scarce in the corporate world and only go to those who are best prepared for the challenges that the job market has to offer. Employment opportunities are accorded to the most qualified not forgetting those who put effort to look for the job. A job strategy begins with knowing what job you are looking for and the skills required in the field. You should ...

Metalinguistic awareness refers to the ability of language recognition as an object. The objectification of language makes it easy for study with respect to transfer of knowledge between languages. Therefore, Metalinguistic awareness is the recognition by an individual of their knowledge of a certain language. For the complete knowledge of a certain language, an individual must possess a grasp of certain facets of the language for their reference as individuals who are wholly conversant with the language. These facets are phonology, semantic, morpho-syntactic, pragmatic and literate. Phonology is the study of sound arrangement within a language. This being so; the acquisition ...

Nursing is a noble profession that deals with provision of healthcare services to the people. The profession is quite demanding though it provides experiences that enable one to achieve self-fulfillment. The profession demands leadership and advocacy skills. The leadership skills demanded in the nursing practice are very essential in all activities aimed at providing care to patients since healthcare services involve various activities undertaken by various individuals. Hence, all the components of care services must be organized in order to achieve an effective and efficient working environment. In other words, all the resources needed for provision of healthcare services should ...

Chapter 4: Results

Introduction This chapter presents the results analysis of the study. As mentioned in the previous chapters, the research employs the use of questionnaire where the questions were set from different criterion. Then, after well completion and compilation of the questionnaire, it was presented to the fifty respondents identified to participate in the study. The results were coded into excel spreadsheets to create figures and tables for the purpose of easy analysis and interpretation.

Descriptive analysis

The purpose of the research is to establish whether the students/respondents enrolled in SSW 503/504 class are well competent with their cultural endurances. The compilation ...

Executive Summary.3

Discussion of Topic one4 Discussion of topic two7 Conclusion9 Executive Summary of Chapter 12 In his book titled Management in Technology: Managing effectively in Technology-Intensive Organizations, Hans Thamhain (2005), chapter twelve has been dedicated to the management of risks in high technology. In this chapter, Thamhain (2005) opines that effective risk management of high-technology managements brings into play numerous variables that are associated with the organizational environment, people, tools and tasks. Navigating through such risks calls for a thorough understanding of the project work, as well as organizational processes, techniques and tools. Thamhain (2005) highlights ...

Safety is paramount to all organizations. Many organizations have lost many man hours and good people as a result of accidents and due to the fact that safety procedures were not practiced continuously. The US Navy is one organization that has experienced the loss of its best officers because of accidents. Hazardous material, commonly denoted as Hazmat, are materials that can cause harm to health or ship conditions if used incorrectly/improperly, accidentally spilled or deliberately mixed (Martin, Lipitt, Webb, 2000). The chemical characteristics, quantity, concentration and the physical traits of the materials determine their hazardous category. Every user of Hazmat ...

Is Buddhism consistent with the American Values?

Buddhism is a religion that dates back between the 6th and the century where it was mostly a belief among the people of the subcontinent of India. The teaching of the Buddhism religion was widely based on their teacher who was referred to as Buddha. Buddha means the awakened one who provided members of the community with teachings that were meant to enlighten them and end the ignorance while giving them knowledge on how to live their lives in a positive way. There existed sub-branches in the Buddhism religion that were composed of the school of elders (Theravada) and the great vehicle ( ...

A mixed methods approach incorporates quantitative and qualitative elements in ways that the information gathered complements each other (Creswell, 2007). Using a qualitative approach, the researchers collect in-depth descriptions and information about the research topic. In most qualitative studies, researchers ask questions beginning with how, where, when, which that elicit descriptions and narrations of situations, places, people, events among other issues (Maxwell, 2012). Qualitative information may leave out bits of information about numbers. The quantitative approach complements the research by asking questions such as how much/how many? What is the frequency? These questions elicit numerical answers which when incorporated into ...

Part 1

The Readiness Process and its Importance to ERP Implementation The readiness process is critical to the implementation process of Enterprise Resource Planning System in a business. This is because; this stage assesses all the activities and tasks. It also indicates the areas that need the attention of the system developers before the “Go-Live” date. The readiness process ensures that the Go-live will progress smoothly without hindrances or threats that the organization will retreat to its old legacy system. This process is critical in ERP implementation as it assesses the date when the new system will Go-Live. The process also ...

Diverse Faiths

In this paperwork, I am going to perform an intensive research on three diverse faiths, namely the Sikh, the Buddhism, and the Jehovah’s Witness. The paperwork requires me to compare the philosophy of providing health care from the perspective of each of these three faiths with that of the Christian perspective and giving my own personal perspective. Comparing and contrasting the different belief systems will also be included in the paper. It is of significant essence for the health care providers to let go of their faith and integrate the beliefs of the patients in medical care. ...

Incident Response Policy

Incident Response Policy Incident response team is the team responsible for dealing with the IT incidents and also managing its impact to the company. The company should assemble a proper team then identify roles and responsibilities of the team members. Incident response team should include, Incident response Team leader who is responsible for directing and organizing the incident response team. The foremost duty is to manage incident response processes, policies and procedure updates that will deal with the future incidents. This person should be well conversant with risk management and IT security. Then Incident Lead who is responsible ...

Introduction

Healthcare nowadays relies on the ongoing work seeking to unravel the genetical basis of various diseases and responses to treatments. The advancements in genomics and genetics cut across the entire healthcare spectrum and involves all healthcare professionals including nursing professionals. The majority of diseases, health conditions and illnesses, as well as the associated therapies, have a genetic or genomic underpinning that is influenced by either lifestyle and environmental or other factors, and as such, impacting the entire nursing profession (Calzone, Cashion & Wung, 2010). In line with this, nurses are expected to develop an intimate relationship with patients’ community and ...

PART 1

A). Physical therapy documentation8 B). Management in Physical Therapy Practices8 4. Report organization..8 5. Health service management..8

A.) Job description8

B.) Skills8 C.) Salary8 D.) Career stability. ..8 6. Physical therapy.9

A.) Job descripts9

B.) Skills needed9 C.) Salary9 D.) Career stability.9 - Introduction Physical therapy is considered a health profession of disabilities, impairments and promotion of mobility. It is commonly performed by physical therapists. The job requires a lot of commitment as the practitioners is required to always be available in case of the frequent emergency’s that results from accidents (Booyens, 2008). Health service ...

IT System Analyst Career

IT system analyst is responsible for examination of an organization’s IT systems and processes, designing of new IT solutions for the purposes of improving efficiency and implementing the systems to achieve the desired objectives. System analyst is as well responsible for providing training to the system users. According to Shelly and Harry (2012), a system analyst is tasked with the function of planning, development and the maintenance of information systems in an organization. The system analyst liaises with the system client to determine the system requirements from the prevailing business processes and data flows. Recommendations are made to the ...

Introduction

Communication is the exchange of information between two or more living creatures. Information can be exchanged or conveyed through the exchange of thoughts, information by speeches, written messages, visual, signals or behavior. Business communication is the contact between people or a group of people in an organization carrying out business activities. Business communication aims at promoting organization’s products or services, or passing information within, or from the company as an official statement. Business communication comprises topics like; customer relations, advertisement, employee-employer engagement, marketing, brand management, consumer behavior, and corporate communication, professional and technical communication. Employers look for top quality ...

The organizational model depicts staff members of Kahuna Cleaning Supplies and their rank in terms of management. An interview of some selected staff members should be conducted to help in the system analysis. The members to be interviewed are Director of Sales, Director of Operations, Accounting Clerk, and the Customer Service Representative. Below is a list of specific questions that specific individuals need to answer.

Director Sales

1. Do you think there is a need to re-brand the company? 2. What content do think if added to the company’s site will increase the client’s information about the services offered? ...

Business Communication Final Exam

Question 1 A) Goodwill messages serve the purpose of enhancing inter-personal relationships at the workplace as they show that people care about, appreciate and recognize the efforts of each other. Good inter-personal relationships are important because they create a good working environment which leads to the success of a business.

Selflessness The focus of the message should be on the receiver of the message, if sending a recognition message only talk about the efforts of the receiver without including others as this will water down the message and not fulfill its purpose which is building interpersonal relationships.

Specificity

The specific actions ...

Is skill in implementing coordinated information technology really a competitive advantage for a firm? Why?

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is whereby an organization’s departments are integrated into one system and also automating services hence improving overall performance. There are different ERP implementation strategies which different organizations’ can use to get an effective working system. We have the Big Bang implementation which happens in a single phase and user move to the new system on a specific date at once. Modules for a certain application are installed all at once. This implementation strategy requires a lot of planning before the planned kick off though there should always be a space for system fail over as implementation may fail ...

John does not feature in the narrative until in Chapter Seven of the novel. He is an uncivilized character in the narrative. He first appears in the narrative when he seeks to participate in an Indian religious ritual which Bernard and Lenina are spectators. Though he is dressed like the Indians, his pale blue eyes, straw-colored hair as well as his light skin pigment betrays him as a foreigner. His isolation is seen in the phrase, “the mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one” (43). As such, he is an outcast and is ...

Introduction

The preferred occupation title of most consumers is the personal counselor. The consumer would prefer personal counseling as this involves socializing with people. When the person socializes with the people, he or she enjoys life better than other occupations.. The personal counselor will get know other people’s problems. In knowing other people’s problems in life he or she will enjoy his or her life. This is because such a person lives with people most of the time. In such times, the personal counselor will get to know how to help people solve personal problems. The problems, which ...

Introduction

Life outside high school is very different from what most of us have been used live. We often find different situations that at times might be hard to handle. It is important high school graduates to be mentored and oriented before joining colleges or universities. In this report, we sort to seek analysis of what criteria should be used to train high school graduates on how to make informed decisions about after high life.

The main aim of this 21days training seminar is to sensitize this years high school graduates to be psychologically and socially prepared to handle campus ...

Question one

Critically evaluate how international companies can apply and make practical use of the strategic theory and model of ‘Ansoff’s Matrix’ in terms of market penetration, and market development, for ONE of the following products; hand soap or paper towels. It is usually challenging for international companies to adopt necessary tools that will work with excellent marketing strategy. One of the most common forms of marketing tools is Ansoff’s Matrix. The main aim of the tool is aid the business in determining its products, as well as the market growth strategy. Ansoff’s growth matrix bears suggestions ...

Forensic science has grown significantly in the contemporary criminal and civil litigation sector over the last two decades. The primary purpose of forensic science is to assist legal representatives or attorneys to make compressive legal decisions. This thesis ideally seeks to conduct an assessment of the ethical issues surrounding forensic evaluations. Ethics is itself a branch of philosophy concerned with the rules of behavior that are acceptable within a given society. However, in this case, the forensic science professionals work within an outlined code of conduct in the medical ethics. The sector of forensic science requires high consideration of ethical standards ...

Identify problem of a company

The main reason that will make customers to visit a convenience store is because of its efficiency and speed. Most of the customers are usually busy and therefore do not want to spend much time queuing while doing shopping. It is for this reason that there is dire need to upgrade the cash register. To increase efficiency among the staff and enhance good communication between the staff, the vendors and the store owners, there is need to update the point of sale system (Stephen, 2008). The system is supposed to provide the staff with an easy time while doing their ...

Response to selection criteria

Response to selection criteria Position: Child safety support officer

I wish to apply for the advertised post as a child safety officer job code AO2 with your highly esteemed corporation, Radcliffe Child safety centre. I believe to be fully qualified for this post due to my accumulated knowledge in operations of the post I am applying for.

Background information and experience

I am an experience business expert who has been in the field for the past five years. In these years, I have worked in a similar institution under a similar capacity thus understands the main roles of the post. In Queensland government, department ...

Operation management refers to administration of the employee’s duty roster, overseeing daily operations, and making good use of resources owned by a firm to ensure efficiency and workflow. This essay takes a look on one of the best offshore manufacturing firms of UAE known as Hassani Group of Companies. It is a family-run establishment with roots in Asia and Africa; apart from production they are famous for Logistics fine tracking.

The procedural professionals in this business are looked upon by others to fast track appropriate supply of products, they should perform all tasks at a given time scale and also meet up ...

Introduction

The implementation phase of any project plays a very important role in deploying the new system in the target environment. The supporting actions of this stage helps in preparing the system in readiness to be turned over to the maintenance personnel. Once this phase is accomplished, the system then enters the operations and maintenance phase which are the last phases of a system’s development life cycle. The implementation phase of any project is the real display of the defining moments that determine whether a system implementation is either successful or a failure. This stage is also defined as the system modifications stage. ...

More than often, language has been considered as the most obvious form of human communication. This is because, the use of either oral, written or non-verbal - language in each and every society remain as the most refined and fundamental form of communication among individuals. In most cases, the use of language is wide as it fulfills a wide range of functions that are of high critical importance to both individual and social life (Tollefson 3). As a result, in all human ventures there exists a correlation between language as a tool used to negotiate, to articulate and create meaning of individual perception ...

Training and development is critical in the management of business today. Training can be defined as the action of impacting employees with knowledge on certain areas in order to help them keep up to date with the changing environment. It reduces redundancy of employees and ensures the workforce is skilled and motivated. Development on the other hand is about the growth of an individual from one level to another higher level. It ensures an individual can be able to cope in the marketplace equipped with the right expertise to have confidence in tackling the tasks ahead (Raymond 26).

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Abstract Shelter is one of the basic human necessities. Provision of decent-quality and affordable housing is one challenge that various authorities have been faced with, and Sheffield is not left behind. Though she has surpassed her average annual housing needs, Sheffield is still struggling to mitigate housing problems. This research project reviews the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Sheffield’s housing and how education level affects the adoption of GIS in affordable housing initiatives. In order to achieve this objective, the current state of Sheffield’s housing is exhaustively considered. Using the boundary data from EDINA ...

Introduction

Lab is a simple word used to shorten the word laboratory. It is a place in which experiments are carried out. These experiments include medical, physical and biological experiments (Martin 2004). Research is also done in laboratories. Laboratory equipment is an apparatus used in conducting experiments. Lab equipments vary from one laboratory to the other. Lab equipment integrity means using the equipments in the laboratory in the best way in order to produce accurate data that is used in research and experiments (Melissa 2000).

Objectives

The main objective of making a report on lab equipment integrity is to develop a complete program that provides ...

Introduction

Development is crucial for any aspect of growth in life. Organizations of different kinds in different parts of the world strive for development because this is what determines the period within which they accomplish their long term and short term note. Development is therefore viewed as a positive aspect of life and this is the reason why even at the individual level, personal development is considered to be very important. There are different ways in which development at the individual level might occur. This is in relation to the interest of the individual in life or the activities or interests ...

Evidence-Based Management in Decision Making Process

The title chosen for my final paper is application of evidence-based management in decision-making process. The topic falls under Part 3 and covers chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 of the course textbook Modern Management: Concepts and Skills by Certo, S. (2009

Planning is one of the key management functions that managers undertake while managing business organizations. Planning entails identifying the organizational goals and objectives, and deciding the appropriate means of achieving the desired goals and objectives. According to Hums (2011), “planning is a process of establishing organizational mission statement, goals, objectives, tactics, roles, and evaluation.” This implies that the process ...

Introduction

The catering industry has from research been found to be one of the industries most sensitive to changes, may they be external or internal. When making any form of changes in the industry therefore, it is important to look at the resulting effects they will have to the business. As the catering manager to our hotel that is changing form using traditional cooking methods to more advanced (the use of microwaves) I have the duty of informing all the concerned people about the change. To begin with, it is important to inform all members of staff concerning the ...

This genre analysis paper is based on ten letters to the editor from the New York Times from May 11th to May 18th, 2011. Choosing letters from the same newspaper creates an ideal chance to compare the trends in the structure, content, mechanics and styles used in the construction of these editorial genres. In addition, the New York Times is one of the widely known newspapers and therefore avoids wrong information that might be evident in other minor newspapers. All these letters focus on the key issues affecting American lifestyles. The issues range from politics and economics to social ...

Abstract

A business is a well-structured approach that provides end users with goods and services they want. The word business also means an organization that provides these goods and services. In this paper, the latter case is of main concern. The government charter that accords them the privilege to borrow and lend money, sue and be sued, and buy and sell properties creates businesses. There are various forms of businesses like the sole proprietorship, partnership and limited liability companies.

The sole reason as to why firms engage in business activity is to make profit; however, we cannot avoid stating that there ...

1.0 Research statement

Blockbuster Inc. vision is to be a market leader in the film and video industry. A host of factors affect the competitive nature of the company in the short and long run. Blockbuster Inc. exists in a highly competitive and volatile environment. Technological dynamism over the past decade has far reaching effects on the performance of Blockbuster Inc. in the industry. For the company to remain in the market and retain its position proper strategies have to be put in place.

1.1 Research purpose

The primary aim of this research study is to analyse the effect of competition on the film industry and how ...