Essays on Eighty

The three countries chosen for this paper are Jordan, Japan, and Germany. These three countries were chosen because they are among the most developed in their own specific regions. Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions helped establish a positive framework for cross-cultural communications; in fact, part of his theories are implemented in every major international business course in the world. Hofstede’s model is based on six dimensions: the power-distance index, individualism vs collectivism, the uncertainty avoidance index, masculinity vs femininity, long-term orientation vs short-term orientation, and indulgence vs restraint. Each country and each culture has very different levels of ...

Every organization has its specific way of recruiting new employees. One organization might select its employees through the internet while another might conduct face to face interviews. The article measuring adverse impact in employee selection decisions. In Practitioner's Guide to Legal Issues in Organizations by Dunleavy, Morris, & Howard (2015) broadly discusses the relationship between the terms employee recruitment, adverse impact, and disparate treatment. The article argues that adverse impact and disparate treatment are among the biggest problems faced by possible employers when looking for qualified employees. The article also discusses the specific guidelines that are used to recruit workers.

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The Safe Havens of Global Cities In his article, “The West’s Major Cities are a Bulwark Against the Tide of Right-Wing Nationalism,” Ishaan Tharoor writes about the celebration in London of the Battle of Cable Street, which was a protest that had various groups coming together to prevent a group of fascists from marching over eighty years ago (Tharoor). It was a time when there was a dangerous level of hatred and anger directed at the Jewish communities in Europe (Tharoor). Indeed, the events taking place at the time of those original Cable Street protests, occurred in ...

In any type of company, one of the significant challenges for leadership is connecting industry knowledge and business analytics. Bartlett (2013) observes that these two components serve as the primary sources of information for decision makers. Managers generally hold much insight and wisdom in their accumulated experience, but unfortunately, any gaps in the facts are commonly filled with opinions (Bartlett, 2013). Instead of relying on subjective sources, leaders can utilize business analytics to validate new ideas and test industry beliefs (Bartlett, 2013). A starting point for effective business analytics is to recognize that data and information are not ends ...

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A document that outlines all that a business undertakes as a marketing strategy define a marketing plan for the organization. A marketing strategy will only focus on what the management wishes to achieve for the organization. Therefore, its outline on how to achieve it can clearly define the marketing plan of an organization. The marketing plan will include a detailed description of the target market, competitors and that of all the products and services that a company deals with. The primary goal of this Emirates marketing plan is to grow the business to the next level. A marketing plan ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin, the first multirole fighter of the US Air Force, is the most useful fighter jet in the world with more than two thousand units in service with the United States Air Force and two thousand operative aircraft in more than twenty-five countries. Entering service in 1978 became the first fighter purposely built to withstand twists 9-gravity force. The last of the 2,231 F-16s, the Air Force of the United States, was delivered in the first quarter of 2005, while the first dual-seat version, called F-16D, was approved by the United States of ...

Paul Marx and Warren Hartenstine present two contrasting arguments on whether college athletes should be paid or not. Marx highlights various disparities in earning between college players and their coaches and point at the need to pay college players. He argues that most of the players are blacks who come from poor socio-economic backgrounds and have not been involved actively in academic work (Marx 1). On his account, Hartenstine argues that college athletes should not be paid because eighty-five percent of student athletes graduate with various academic qualifications (Hartenstine 1). About sixty-seven percent of these graduates are professional and ...

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This study focuses on the issue of diabetes among the people of Asian origin. It begins by describing diabetes as a recent pandemic that has imposed a significant burden on diabetic patients and healthcare providers. Diabetes is primarily a metabolic disorder that elevates the level of blood sugar and, hence, causes various complications, including death. The disease is common in Asian communities due to genetic factors, diet, and lifestyle trends. Thus, there is a need for skilled medical professionals, such as nurses, to increase diabetes awareness, encourage the adoption of preventive measures, and promote diabetes care among Asians. As ...

Special education is any program within the education system that caters to students with physical, emotional or mental disabilities. Every public school is required to provide for students with disabilities by law at no extra costs to their families. The special education is meant to ensure that the students are academically equipped to compete with their non-disabled counterparts as wells to compete with them in the professional field. For students to qualify for the special education program, they must have an impairment or disability that impedes their educational performance this is in regard to the Individuals with Disabilities Education ...

The work of George Orwell “Nineteen Eighty-Four” represents a totalitarian universe Oceania with its own world, rules, and even language. The author believed in close interconnection between the regime in the country and the official language used by ordinary people. Thus, the writer thought that with the corruption of thought, language suffers, too. To explain his ideas, the novelist created a special language “Newspeak” for his novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” a language designed by the totalitarian state Oceania used to deprive people of the freedom of thought and crush in the bud the concepts of freedom, individuality, self-expression, peace, etc. ...

Informative Speech

Specific Purpose: Informing the audience on why college education will go a long way in helping every individual in his or her social and work life. Thesis: The education attained at the college level extends beyond the walls of the classroom, as aside from monetary benefits, the attitudes and ideologies gained in campus are significant in life.

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Attention getter: Frederick Douglass, a self-emancipated slave from the antebellum period, published a Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass a mere seven years after running away from his master. In the text, Douglass depicted what the lives of persons of African ...