Essays on Direction

Introduction

Two University of Rochester professors collaborated on a paper called “Self Determination Theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development and wellbeing” that was published in the Journal of American Psychologist . This article focuses our thoughts on the wellbeing as contingent upon the successful proportion of three ingredients: Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness. These three nutrients feed and develop our sense of self. The more accomplished individuals are increasing the ingredients that cause their lives to be successful in the eyes of others that are not as accomplished. Contrast these two writers to David McClellan in 1961 who wrote ...

Tabarrok (2016) asserts that the modern trade theories in global businesses today focus on the roles of businesses in increasing their scale returns, as well as, network effects in their markets. The use of such theories and concepts have the propensity of building large business bases thereby allowing their domination in the markets of the world. (Kreckova, Odehnalova & Reardon, 2012, p. 67). Therefore, the following article will discuss the foundations of the modern trade theories in relation to the concept of comparative advantage and its analysis in two countries and competitive advantage together with the policies that can be ...

Introduction

Some organizations are successful while others are not successful. There has been arguments as to what causes some organizations to succeed and what causes others to fail. Some literature support the view that organizations succeed if they recruit skilled and experienced employees. Other sources argue that success of organizations largely depend on the kind of leadership they have. Still, some argue that it is a combination of leadership and employees with certain qualities because leaders are required to direct employees to achieve the vision of their organizations. But what differentiate good leaders from bad leaders? Allio (2007) argued that ...

Introduction

In the book, “The Behavior of Law” Donald Black tries to explain how the conduct of law is a social phenomenon. Black describes a general, quantitative and predictive theory that describes the various conditions within which law is applied or can be applied. Black argues that since law is a social phenomenon, it does not take into account the human nature concept. As such, law can be explained without incorporating a person’s motivations or any other psychological motivations. This means that the theory does not take into account the rationality of human beings and also the goals and ...

Kansas City Metro Areas

General overview The majority of facilities supporting the homeless are shelters, thus they may have the waiting list. Moreover, there is an eligibility criterion and the list of requirements, i.e., a candidate shall prove employment search, or have dependents.

HOMELESS POPULATION

(816) 483-9927 http://sheffieldplace.org/, Executive Director Email: ST Eligibility Criterion: single mothers and homeless families. Homeless mother with up to five dependent children, or in the third trimester of pregnancy. Services provided include housing and transitional programs for mothers, children and families. The organization is linking the homeless with employers and housing. Services are suitable for urban immigrants and ethnic minority ...

Abstract

It is evident that for businesses, organizational performance is of vital importance in order to be able to achieve organizational objectives and goals as outlined in a firm’s mission statement. As such assessing the ability to gauge the level of organizational performance, is a key component of ‘Strategic Management’. So the bigger organizational picture, is composed of the ‘broader’ aspects, related to the overall sense of the organizations direction and purpose, in being able to achieve its aspirations and desired goals and objectives. While a vision, describes what an organization aspires to be an organizations mission, is grounded ...

Assignment 2-495

Assignment 2-495

Executive Summary

There are several business tools that can help companies asses and identify effective strategies for the companies given the external and internal factors. Among the useful tools are BGC Matrix, Grand Strategy Matrix, and Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix. The use of these matrices enabled Domino’s Pizza identify the best strategies which include product development, market development, and market penetration, among others.

Introduction

Every company needs sound strategies to thrive and lead in the market. Analyzing and applying appropriate strategies enable the company accomplish its business goals and direction. Domino’s Pizza was able to lead in the ...

Part 1

Chronic diseases are the leading cause of deaths occurring in the country as far as the current statistics are concerned. The most common chronic diseases include; stroke, heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes and arthritis (CDC, 2016). Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that about 117 million people of the total adult population have at least one chronic disease (CDC, 2016). This statistic translates to one in every four adults having, at least, one chronic condition (CDC, 2016). In 2010, seven out of 10 disease-related death cases were as a result of chronic diseases (CDC, ...

Introduction

This paper aims to discuss how the different innovations in the modern society made us look like we have reached the pillar of modernity with all the fabulous results, while the overall consequence is destruction. In the book Short History of Progress, the historian and author Ronald Wright, implied that the modern society is trapped into problems that came about as people, through their ingenuity, worked towards the betterment of the lives and the society as a whole. The author suggested that the common people, as well as those in the position to impose societal policies are always eager ...

Discovery of DNA Structure

Introduction Discovery of DNA was a landmark period in science history that generated further tremendous discoveries. Thanking to this groundbreaking discovery, it was possible to explore the impact of genetic information on the diseases, behavior, and personality. While there are a lot of disputes around the link between DNA and personality features or the ability to create lively beings with the help of DNA mapping, the discovery of the double helix structure opened the doors to the unimaginable dimensions of scientific abilities. It is believed that DNA has been discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in the 1953, ...

Data analysis project

Research is an investigative process that is meant to discover new knowledge or arrives at a better understanding of a particular subject (Kulakowski & Chronister, 2008). The scientific research process starts with the identification of a topic: the broad subject matter area to be investigated. This is followed by identification of a research problem within the research topic. After identifying the research problem, the researcher identifies the research purpose (objective of the study), the research question (a sentence that asks a question about the relationship between two or more variables), and finally the research hypotheses (a guess about the relationship ...

Questionnaire

<Institutional Affiliation> The main reason why theories are created is that they tend to explain a fact or a phenomena using suggested ideas that are based on principles. Landing to the moon is an activity that was practiced and witnessed by human beings. Therefore, no theory is needed whatsoever to explain the event. The speed to be measured is that of wind. The materials needed are: four cups whose shapes are hemispherical, and a spindle. The cups are attached to the spindle and the spindle vertically mounted on the ground, in such a way that the cups are ...

Communities of Canada

Challenges in the Creation of healthy & sustainable education systems for the First-Nation Communities of Canada Education of the First-Nations of Canada has been one of the challenging issues historically. Various agreements and treaties have been signed among the stakeholders, including the federal and local administration for formulating an education policy that ensures the constitutional rights of the First-Nation communities. A conceptual mechanism needs to be structured to let the First-Nations self-manage their education-related matters to meet the challenges that help in reducing the tensions, differences, and confrontations, occurring between the overlapping First Nations and non-First Nations communities, vying for ...

A Reciprocating Engine is also called as Piston Engine. In this engine pressure is converted into rotating motion with the help of one or more reciprocating pistons. There are various types of Reciprocating Engines, the most common type is the Internal combustion engine which is used in motor vehicles, the steam engine which is used in the industries and the Stirling engine. The compression ignition engine and the Spark-ignition engine are the two types of internal combustion engine. In the compression ignition engine, fuel is injected into the cylinder and the air inside the cylinder is compressed so that ...

The Transformational Leadership Program has been one of the most incredible experiences of my life and I have learnt lifelong lessons that will make me a better professional and person. I can look back at this time in my life as one that challenged me to think outside of my own world view and to become aware of what is really required to fulfill a vision of a better future. I have always been aware of some discrimination against African Americans but I have never really known how to overcome these inequalities and have always looked at these inequalities ...

Intelligence design and Darwinian Theory of evolution

Intelligent designs

Intelligence design is a scientific research program that constitutes professionals ranging from scientists, philosophers and the community of believers that are trying to seek the evidence-based design work. This design says that matters of existence and world origins are best explained by an intellectual undertaking and not a story that has no direction like the Darwinian Theory of natural selection (DeWolf et al., 2007).When one studies the components of a given measure, one can outline the issues of law, chances in life and conditions found in intelligence design. It is only through intelligence that scientists can ...

Air Canada is Canada's largest carrier, which is one of the founders of the international alliance Sky Team. Today, it is capable of carrying out flights in 98 settlements in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia (Aircanada.com). Together with our partners, this company carries passengers to 160 destinations.

Part 1: Enterprise Strategy and Air Canada

1. The airline industry has always been a very high-tech and, therefore, up to date with the developing global trends and requirements. The complexity of the business of air transportation is magnified by high responsibility to air travelers. With increasing passenger flows slightest failure in the processing and transmission ...

Article Review

Abstract This paper attempts to provide a discussion on the choice of the field of study at the undergraduate level based on a research article that investigates the choice of subject and the factors affecting the choice . We discuss how student background and the motivations influence the subject choice. In doing so we have also discussed how the motivation is affected by the student’s social, economic and ethnic background. The implications of the result for policy purposes have also been discussed. We find that two issues like student’s ability and interests and the social contribution of a ...

Introduction

The objective of this paper is to answer the four questions raised in the case study on strategic positioning. Question 1 (a): Using Porter’s generic strategies, explain how Sainsbury is positioned relative to its competitors. Answer: In 1985, Michael Porter suggested three main strategic alternatives for firms (Hawks, 2016). These three strategies are cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategies. In the cost leadership and differentiation strategies, the target market is broader and industry level. The cost leadership strategies, as the name suggests, focuses on offering products and services at a lower cost than competitors. Differentiation strategy involves ...

Introduction

Leadership today is viewed as a social process wherein leaders and followers interact effectively and participate actively in the leadership actuations (Goertzen, 2013). With the growing proliferation of leadership and leadership development theories, which focused on the educational, experiential, and cultural factors involved in effective leadership, the conceptual environment of leadership is naturally set at showing off the self-made nature of leadership today. However, close observation on the natural behaviors of children will inspire questions on the validity of the claim that leaders are made, not born. A child in the play, for instance, who takes initiative in organizing ...

Introduction

The measurement of performance in any business is very important. However, most businesses fail to measure performance. This may be because such businesses have not considered putting up elaborate performance metrics that promote performance in the first place leave alone measure it. A performance metric in an organization is simply a specific measurement or quantitative guideline that can be referred to when assessing whether an organization is improving or diminishing. Measurement metrics include satisfaction of its customers, achievement of its organizational goals and whether its employees are excellently discharging their duties (Fairholm & Farber, 2009).

Part 1

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Chapter 1: Introduction

The athletes’ performance requires the adequate level of competitiveness and support from team coach so that the reinforcement of the desired level of efforts can be implied. The coaches provide the guidance, motivation and goal determination to the athletes due to which the athletes utilize their skills in an effective manner to achieve the predetermined objectives (Gillet et al., 2012). The coach is also responsible to monitor the performance of athletes and provide adequate feedback in order to intrinsically motivate the athletes and hence, the extent of adequate feedback is considered as a crucial behavior that the ...

There are many different types of ethnic and racial groups in our country. The number of different races are more prominent than what there was a century ago. The way we react to other people has changed as well. People often react towards other people’s racial backgrounds because of reason that may have occurred personally, or due to worldwide situations. Reactions have a huge impact on prior experiences, situations, and events that can change how we perceived people of different races. These experiences can be negative or positive, but can change the way we react to others due ...

Monthly Assignment

I have leant about the anatomy of fear that it comprises of physical factors, emotional factors, an closely held ideas. Fear is in fact reaction or response to an idea. I have learnt that we fear from some things, but they do not come or pass in the same way as we imagined. Further, I have learnt about services marketing, in which 4 P’s are worth considering, but I came to know about 3 more P’s, which play an effective role in services marketing. The 4 P’s are Product, Place, Price, and Promotion, and three more ...

Introduction

The object of this investigation is Rodamas Group. The Rodamas (which means “golden wheel”) has been found in 1951 in Jakarta (Dieleman & Kamal, 2009, 2). While Indonesia differed by little industrial activity and had no expertise to produce even basic products domestically, the company Rodamas played he roe of the importer. The Rodamas had close relationships with different multinational companies, especially from Japanese, which were interested in selling products on the Indonesian market. In the late 1960s and 1970s Rodamas naturally extended its trading partnerships with different foreign companies into manufacturing joint ventures. Thus, the mission of the company ...

Crosswalks are vital places that help to make the process of crossing the street safe. Moreover, they help the drivers to see the pedestrians and reduce the risk of getting into a car accident. Nevertheless, people should not underestimate the danger of crossing the street even if there is a crosswalk. The poor quality facilities have always been the main reason why the pedestrian injuries occur. So in order to change the situation for the better, three issues need to be addressed: responsible behaviour of the pedestrians, better visibility and slower traffic at the crosswalks or in the places ...

How Can a Company Become Prosper as an Analytics Competitor?

In order to become prosper as an analytics competitor the company should, first of all, use killer application, a computer program that is extremely desirable and essential product, which proves and shows the most important values of certain technologies. The killer application can be in absolutely different form. For example, Mariott International used the revenue management (revenue opportunity model). In general, the author defines three crucial attributes, which make analytics competitors prosperous, namely extensive application of modeling and optimization, an organization approach and senior executive supporters. Speaking about extensive application of modeling and optimization, Mr. Davenport explains that analytics ...

Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summaries For any business professional to succeed and become a competent and successful professional, he must possess good communication skills. Communication skills such as written communication, oral communication, and interpersonal communication are necessary to survive in today’s competitive era. The same fact also stands true for accounting professionals. According to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), communication skills are and will remain in future as important a skill as any other professional skill. AICPA lists “effective business writing” as a necessary skill for competence in public accounting. Unfortunately, some of the entry level accountants do ...

Elements of poetry discussed

Setting Persona Themes Analysis The poem is an expression of the dilemma. The speaker is a person whose world is conflicted, who is reexamining the world and trying to decide on what to do; whether to buy a ‘goddamn big car’ or to pay attention to the needs of the moment(Creely, 1991). The theme of the poem is the turmoil put on the world by the capitalistic nature of things, which puts the speaker in ‘darkness’. The poem uses minimal words to put across its ideas but from the little spoken we learn a lot about the desperation ...

Synopsis:

I witnessed the body of a victim lying supine on an outside deck on arrival to the location of the reported shooting. From observation, it is evident that the victim is an elderly man since he has grey hair. The victim is dressed in a blue jacket (that is zipped up past the halfway point), blue shirt, and blue pants. The victim is wearing wire-rimmed silver glasses with blood spatter on the left lens. Closer examination of his face reveals that there are numerous evident blood spatter patters below his nose on his upper lip, chin, and upper left ...

The success of any firm relies on the performance of the leaders and the employees. However, due to the failure of teamwork in most institutions, the leaders have ended up satisfying their personal interests instead of focusing on the long-term goals of the organization. Most organizations have tried finding solutions to these leadership problems without the success they crave (Gustavson & Liff, 2014). Maybe training the leaders is not a final answer. They should take a fresh approach on how the work is conducted. This could be creating a team of leaders where everyone has a leadership role, and there ...

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Political: 5

Economic: 6 Social: 6 Technological: 6 Environmental: 7 Legal: 7 - SWOT Analysis. 7

Strength. 8

Weakness. 8 Opportunities. 9 Threats. 9 4) Competitive Strategy Analysis: Five Forces, Value Chain Strategy Clock. 9

A) Five Forces: 9

Threat of new entrants: 10 Threat of substitute products and services: 10 Bargaining power suppliers: 10 Bargaining power of buyers: 11 Rivalry among existing competitors: 11 Recommendations: 11 B) Value Chain: 12 C) Strategic Clock: 12 5) The Further Suggestions. 13

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Samsung: Strategic Management: Business Report. 1) Samsung: Introduction and Background of the Topic. Samsung Group (in future SG) is the Korean global company - well known ...

Time is powerless to ease mankind's memory about indomitable courage and resistance of women who have been involved in military conflicts. The history of women in the military extends to four thousand years into the past. This phenomenon is present in numerous cultures and peoples. Women have played a lot of roles in military history, from the ancient warriors of the Amazons to the commanders of modern warships. However, women have shown the ability to adapt quickly to the conditions of military service, they do not give up in difficult life and professional situations, and can show resolute and ...

Project management undergoes various phases that span across initiating, planning, implementing, controlling and winding up the work of a team to attain specific goals and meet precise success criteria. Project management is a developing field used progressively by enterprises of all sizes. As company executives and entrepreneurs’ are faced with the daily responsibilities of handling an organization’s operations, it is vital to use dedicated project managers to superintend projects from conception to completion. Effective project management techniques assists organizations perform large-scale projects within the stipulated time frame, with minimal interference, and on the agreed budget. Project management based ...

The main problem discussed in the article is the widespread employee disengagement resulting from poor leadership. The great challenge for the leaders is bridging the gap between talent and energy of the workforce. The article gives a case of American executives to illustrate on this kind of problem. The case presented indicates that the workforce may be good, working up and down the ranks, but the absence of effective management ends up wasting this opportunity. In such cases, the managers do not understand the benefit they will get if the bring out and nurture the best from each employee. ...

Executive summary

The aim of the report was to determine the consumption pattern as well as the magnitude and direction of the correlations of various inputs in the production process of aluminum grade. Effective control of inputs cost is a result of efficient analysis. Therefore, the report analyzed the electrical as well as chemical and plumbing to compare their respective amount and standard deviation. The study showed that the process produces more plumbing and chemical grade as compared to electrical aluminum grade. Again, the report probed on the appropriate purchase amount for the alumina against a set value. Statistical analysis confirmed ...

Introduction

The autonomous learning concepts are considered as the effective means of enhancing the academic performance of the students, however, these concepts are required to be practiced and analyzed in accordance with their effectiveness in the learning outcomes. The study conducted by Kristmanson et al. (2013) focuses on the conceptualization of the most effective methods for installing the autonomous learning methods in the classroom settings in order to promote learning environment. In this manner, the author has proposed the notion in which the students are allowed experiment with different methods of learning in order to determine the effective learning practices ...

Development Level and Development Style

The situational leadership theory incorporates the group of theories in which the effectiveness of the leaders accounts for traits and behaviors of the leader in accordance with the situation. The situational leadership accounts for the leader’s ability to integrate his leadership and management style in accordance with his subordinates’ extent of maturity. In this manner, the right leadership style is based on the group of individuals who are led by the leader and hence, the right leadership style is selected on the basis of the subordinates’ maturity, which is comprised of four levels (Thompson & Vecchio, 2009). The first ...

Introduction

Social learning theory is a comprehensive theory that encompasses interrelated concepts about human behavior. The first to develop this theory is the American psychologist, Albert Bandura, in the 1960s. Bandura theorized that people learn behavior through observation, which he proved through his ‘Bobo doll’ experiment. Social learning theorists believe that human behavior is not just a product of the ‘cause and effect’ phenomenon as what behaviorism suggests, but rather, human beings processes information from the environment and learns their behavior over time. According to Bandura, man is a thinking creature; that he is not helpless to the psychological and ...

Strategic Project Management

Introduction Different people and business across the world have benefitted from the use of Volvo Truck Corporation (VTC) and rely on its durability to achieve different goals. The VTC utilizes the concept of project management and its SAP model to achieve efficiency in meeting its consumer needs more effectively. Through the concept, the company has realized a greater market scope and control hence generating more revenue at a reduced cost which is beneficial to the business (Brathwaite, 2015). Furthermore, through the concept of project management, Volvo will experience increased innovation an aspect that will make the company meet the ...

Mysticism in religion has a long tradition that dates back to the early shamanism and continues existing and developing for centuries in different cultures. All of the mystical paths have something in common, but still it is difficult to choose one, because there is no easy path to achieve the aim of mystical experience – reaching the gap between the conscious and the divine and finding the heaven on Earth. Every religious path has similar features with the other paths, and I find some elements and ideas in each of them appealing and interesting. Still, the one I found the ...

Terrorism is the greatest menace against humanity and threat to modern civilization. Globalization has brought in overall prosperity and development to the world. This has facilitated ease in transportation across international borders, communication between remote locations through access to internet and wireless phones, and international fund transfer electronically. Terrorists have used these facilities to strike at faraway places. Terrorism has not remained confined to a region and has spread globally. After 9/11 terrorist attack, United States along with its allies have declared war against terrorism. Answers have been prepared based on these perspectives. 1. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...

Abstract

The extent of cesarean and forceps delivery has been increased over the last decade due to which the health related risks to the infant and mother has been increased. The procedure of cesarean delivery can incorporate the nerve damage whereas, the process of forceps delivery tends to cause the cerebral trauma on the infant, which eventually hinders the quality of life of the infant and also enhances the mortality rate. In this paper, the effect of the forceps delivery on the occurrence of cerebral palsy among the infants has been determined with respect to the cesarean delivery. The PICOT ...

The stock market is a complex system where shares trade hand on a daily basis. It is a market where different experts and investors pit their expertise against one another. There is no particular person whose sentiments can guarantee a shift in the market direction unless the sentiments are combined with other factors such as supply and demand, social and political factors plus all the relevant information that has been disseminated is what creates a strong sentiment. With numerous factors coming into play then it would be incorrect to say that one can predict the future of the stock ...

Ever since the opening of its first store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas , Walmart today has grown into the biggest retail chain, largest private employer and the biggest company in terms of revenue in the world. Currently, Walmart employs around 2.2 million people across its 11,500 stores located in over 28 countries, out of which about 1.4 million are in the U.S . The company was officially incorporated in 1969 as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and went public in 1970 . The company, which is into running supermarkets and hypermarkets in retail, wholesale and other formats operates under three major segments- ...

Introduction

The marketing strategy for instituting changes in a product line from low end to a higher version is a process that might need to include the mobile and internet marketing strategies to be successful in this environment. Considering the competition are two very well-known competitors Macy and Nordstrom. These two competitors have been in the vertical for many years and have established customer base. In shifting the market products from one segment, the lower priced products, to another, the higher priced products, involved many organizational and strategic changes. It is not only the price tag that gets changed but ...

Motivation Concept Table and Analysis

Certain factors influence the performance of every individual. Therefore, it is the responsibility of each person to find out what motivates them to do certain things. An individual’s personal drive should always be examined to have positive results when it comes to working or enforcing the daily responsibilities.

Motivation

Motivation involves internal or external factors that make people committed to a role, job or particular responsibility. Motivation results when the conscious and the unconscious factors intersect. The factors that influence motivation include the intensity of desire or need, direction, persistence, reward value of the goal and the expectations of ...

The Federal Funds Rate Hike

The New York Times, in an article by Binyamin Appelbaum entitled "Fed raises key interest rate for first time in almost a decade" discussed the pronouncement of the Federal Open Market Committee ﴾FOMC﴿ to increase the Federal Funds rate. The decision came exactly seven years after the financial crisis in 2008 when the FOMC reduced its rates to near‐ zero level to prevent the economy from collapsing. The article described the move as signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed 's stimulus program and highlighted the Fed statement that the Fed intends to increase the rates gradually ...

Berwick Hospital System Memo

The purpose of this memorandum is to conduct a risk assessment and recommend a continuity plan for any disaster the hospital might face. The memorandum will make an effort to look into the ways through which the hospital system can be more prepared to deal with catastrophes.

Risks associated with continuity of operations during an environmental catastrophe

Hospitals face a host of challenges when a natural disaster occurs. The challenges include the threat to the staff and patients, but also an increase in the number of patients from the surrounding area. There is, therefore, the need to design and upgrade business continuity plans for hospitals. The first step that ...

Family firms are the most universal type of business on the planet. In the United States, 33% of the organizations in the S&P 500 are owned and controlled by the establishing family, and family firms represent 80-90% of the organizations in the private sector. There can be most likely families that assume a critical part in the landscape of advanced business. On the other hand, since numerous individuals have suppositions about how families work, they frequently have presumptions about how family organizations fill in also (Adams, Taschian, & Shore, 1996).One focal presumption rotates around the idea of development - ...

Abstract:

An organization serves the community needs, in addition to providing income and self-worth. It contributes to the progress of the society through innovations and inventions. The success of an organization in the long term will depend on its ability to envision business opportunities; ability to innovate and come up with new idea, products and services; its ability to motivate itself, its ability to remain organized and its willingness to take risks. The major challenge of many business enterprise is not only to profit from existing opportunities, but also to remain viable in the long run. While sufficient self-exploitation aids ...

Zhao, Yushan, Zhu, Hongjing, Studies in Literature and Language

Abstract Most studies of inter-subjectivity are about the translators' subjectivity, which pay less attention to the subjectivity of writers and readers. Some papers center on binary dialogue among translation subjects, and place one subject in the center. Based on Davidson's triangulation model, the paper provides a clearer ternary dialogue for intersubjectivity. Davidson adopts "triangulation" to express the person-person-world interaction in the language communication. Translation, as the cross-cultural communication involving many subjects, is the result of the triangulation among the subjects. Triangulation in translation should be: a writer, a source text and a translator; a translator, a target text and ...

Business Model and Strategic Plan Part II: SWOT Analysis Paper

Strengths Strategic direction: Amkor Technology has a robust strategic direction as indicated in their mission statement. The company aims to be the most trustable global supplier of test manufacturing services and reliable assembly as well as innovative solutions to micro-electric and semiconductor industries. The company’s strategy is long term spanning up to the year 2045 with milestones to be achieved before 2045(Amkor, 2016). Organizational structure: The Company has a sound organizational structure. The company is managed by a board comprising the CEO, Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, and Seven Directors. Immediately reporting to ...

Descriptive Paper:

Tokyo, Japan Stepping into the main streets of the city there is a feeling of connectivity that is felt not only by the crisscrossing power lines, fiber optics, and other black, silver, and white cords that adorn the spaces between buildings in several districts, but from the people as well. There is no one set style in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. There are wonders to be seen on every corner, an abundance of lights, goods, and user-friendly conveniences that stand in stark contrast to the more traditional aspects of the fabled avenues. Tokyo is an old, much ...

Organizational Culture

Introduction Over the years, culture has shaped human existence as well as all the other aspects of human life. Culture can be defined as the set of moral values, beliefs and understanding that is mutually understood by the members of an organization. As such, organization culture relates to what members of an organization share in common. An organization culture can be revealed easily by observing what members of an organization wear to work, the time they report and leave work, behavior at work, what they talk about and even how the office space is divided among many other aspects ( ...

Enterprise Architecture

This is a concept in management that entails analyzing and documenting a business enterprise from both the present and future state using technology and business principles and integrated strategies (Bernard,. 2012). The element of enterprise architecture is that it allows the management team of an organization to visualize the entire organizations from an integrated and holistic perspective (Bernard, 2012). It also enables the management team to visualize the business practices, the flow of information within the organizations, the strategic direction of the organization, and the technological resources within the organizations. All this is geared towards helping optimize the performance ...

I interviewed Hannah, a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), to help attain the objectives of this assignment. Hannah (not her real name) is an APN with both BSN and MSN qualifications. As a CNO, Hannah’s position involves the cooperate linkage of her hospital’s CEO to a range of issues including servicing, policy making, administration, and budgeting. Her ten years of experience also sees her offer the leadership and strategic direction needed for all nursing care at the facility. The following is a further summary of our interview. First, Hannah reported that the primary difference between a nursing leader ...

As the rate of economy expansion ages, growth slows, and investment (among other economic activities) shrinks; arguably recession becomes inevitable. Recession refers to a period of sustained downturn in (declining) economic activities spread across a country’s economy (Slavin, 2002). Some of the major economic indicators of a recession include, but not limited to, the level of industrial production/manufacturing activity, stock markets, housing markets, and real personal income. 1.1. Stock markets Although some economists argue that the stock markets do not serve as the most important economic indicator, it serves as the leading indicator that most people turn to ...

Introduction

Statistics reveal the United States classifies over 99 percent of enterprises as small businesses. Accordingly, “These businesses are responsible for at least half of: private sector employees, highly skilled and trained employees, new jobs created, and the private gross domestic product (nonfarm)” (Fox 77). Effective processes of strategic business and human resource management planning collaborate providing small businesses a competitive edge attaining a market share of their particular industry. Fundamental to this is understanding the role theories play in strategic planning. At the same time, according to Hargis and Bradley, “In contrast to the deliberate, and proactive, structuring of ...

Business Model and Strategic Plan Part I

Business Model and Strategic Plan for New Product at Amkor Technology Inc. Overview of Amkor Technology Inc Amkor Technology is one of the world leaders in semiconductor technology. The mission of the company is to be the world’s top trusted provider of reliable test manufacturing and assembly services as well as innovative solutions to microelectronics and semiconductor companies utilizing advanced technology which is a product of close collaboration with clients and partners engaged in supply chain. Its major area of interest is offering testing services for manufacturing as well as contract services for semiconductor assembly. The company was ...