Essays on Emerging

Response Essay "Jane Eyre" – The Emerging Feminist Self

Primary to understanding first, the novel "Jane Eyre" and, second, following the eloquently expressed reading on the subject of the novel's protagonist is the dire need for having a fundamental understanding of the times the author lived. Understanding the limitations of every woman of that era who maintained a superficial no matter her social status, education, and sense of self, she remained almost invisible in the world run by men. This academic response to "A Dialogue of Self and Soul: Plain Jane's Progress" reading focuses on how the characterization of Jane forms the underpinnings of the fundamental angst experienced by women ...

Abstract

As a senior manager of a computer company that competes with Apple, Inc., this paper will conduct a SWOT analysis of Apple Inc. that could help me with my own strategies. The Analysis will identify roughly five factors of Apple’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, and will explain why each factor is relevant. It will go into explaining why each example its strength, weakness, opportunity, or a threat. After the analysis, a strategy there will be proposal as well as a product introduced to take advantage of Apple’s vulnerabilities that will help increase my firm’s market share (AIU, 2014).

Introduction

According ...

Personal Reflection on Chinese Cultural Message About Conflict

Introduction The Chinese culture is regarded as among the oldest in the world. Its 4,000 years old civilization has established a nation that has the most distinctive features. From the ancient formation of Chinese culture until today, conflicts have largely contributed to the shaping of a country that is regarded today as an emerging global economic superpower. The capability of any Chinese citizen to cope up with emerging conflicts is a skill that was forged by the culture of oppression from Mongolian invasion during the ancient times and the Chinese reformation during the time of Mao Zedong in 1949. Individualism ...

Emerging markets refers to markets that are in a transition from developing to developed markets. They are as a result of rapid growth in the economy which results from heavy industrialization. This rapid growth leads to their economies growing at double digits thus their increase in revenue and resources. A good example is China which has surpassed the growth rate of the United States of America. Cavusgil’s (2013) study found the following: embracing of new technology by emerging markets has led to rapid growth of production (p.332). Technology strategy will work effectively in emerging markets by making businesses to ...

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY

International Business Strategy - The recent research in the coffee industry indicates growing trends in the consumption of the premium coffee in the developed and developing countries. This aspect is highly valuable for Espressamente’s (an Illy brand) strategic decision of increasing its international presence, because Illy is recognized as the best coffee in Italy, destined for the premium consumers (Alon and Lohwasser, 2012). Another reason that sustains Espressamente’s intention of pursuing an international expansion resides in the fact that despite the high competition existent in the coffee industry, the developed and developing countries possess a high potential ...

Introduction

The term public virtual world is used to describe computer-based simulated environments created to enable the user communicate with the interactive virtual environment via use of an avatar which is a representation of his form in the virtual world environment. Using the avatar the user can be able to manipulate objects in the virtual world as they are capable of perceptual stimuli, he can also be able to interact with the objects and also manipulate them to his desire. Virtual public networks also serve as global networks for communication because they posses the ability to allow multiple users regardless of ...

Annotated Bibliography

Introduction Ethics is important in any professional body. This paper focuses on some of the ethical studies done on urban development in regional and town planning. Through the paper, one will examine some of the sources that will be used while dealing with the mentioned topic. Most of the sources that have been used in this annotated bibliography are American. This is because one believes America has a more ethical background in ethical issues dealing with urban development. In addition, the chosen articles are more relevant and deeply researched making them more appropriate for the study. By using American ...

The following paper is prepared by choosing various articles from credible and academic sources and have been written on. The first article by Peter Buckey summarizes the article international business vs. international marketing. An opinion of the article is then provide at the end. Two other articles follow namely, The millennium and International Marketing by Vern Terpstra and International e-marketing: opportunities and issues by Jagdish N. Sheth, Arun Sharma. All these articles are relevant to marketing concepts and theories and an opinion given at the end of each article synthesizes the article on the light of theory vs practice.

ABSTRACT

The prevalence of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) facilitated the shift of operations in travel agencies from traditional to online platforms in the same way that the Internet changed how customers can access goods and services. The Internet enables customers to gain access to online travel agencies and choose to purchase travel-related products and services online. Nevertheless, previous studies prove that online travel agencies are finding it difficult to compete with one another and the adoption of ICT as a major part of operations present other problems that set barriers for the growth of online travel agencies. The widespread use ...

Global Talent Management (GTM) makes the subject of the article “The Role of the Corporate HR Function in Global Talent Management”, written by Elaine Farndale, Hugh Scullion and Paul Sparrow and published in 2010 in Journal of World Business. The discussion covers the challenges of GTM in the current global economy, reflecting more upon the corporate Human Resources (CHR) tasks into managing GTM. The authors of this article use a HR specialized language for presenting the current situation of multinational companies (MNCs) that are playing in a global economy, having increased concern for developing their competitive power by approaching GTM as ...

- Staples Case

Many organizations with many units have increasingly moved from the traditional way of doing business and adopted rather non-traditional ways. This is due to the emerging issues which continue to change with the global trends in business. For instance, ‘Longs Drugs Company’ in the field of pharmaceuticals used to allow its managers to make products in accordance with the market served. However, this company has proved to be among the global pacesetters in business by having a more centralized decision making rather than decentralized. This allows it to adapt to changing trends. The drivers of this ...

International Business

The two companies chosen for this essay belong to two categories; a government agency and a multinational company located in America. The two companies selected from the aforementioned categories are; Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Apple Inc. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) aims to support the American legislation along with solving critical developmental challenges faced by its citizens. On the other hand, Apple Inc. is a multinational with the aim of making a profit by providing high-end technological products.

OPIC provides investors with financing opportunities along with guarantees, political risk insurance, and supports private equity investment funds of its clients. However, ...

Executive Summary

Macau is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region, just across the border for Hong Kong. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. However, unfortunately this is not the case, primarily because of the intense pressure on manpower, which is contributing to labour turnover in Macau, so much that, almost 30% of the SMEs are facing closure ...

Abstract

The main objective of this dissertation is to explore the impact of technology on places where people eat. In order to encounter, the impact of technology Yoko sizzler has been chosen. The interview-based questionnaires were distributed among 100 customers who were available at Yoko Sizzlers. Therefore, the gathered data is based on 100 responses, which includes both males and females. Technology has an immense impact on restaurants and hospitality industry; it has been encountered through several researches, and this research is another effort to contribute in prior work. It has been encountered that technology advancement plays an ...

True cloud competencies

In the midst of fresh companies coming up to provide cloud based services each day, the first step is to decide a provider whose main capabilities are concentrated on the cloud. On premise vendors of systems have extremely dissimilar sets of skills, software design, business models, approaches, as well as infrastructure as compared to those central part competencies of a cloud service provider. Much of cloud computing companies’ businesses achievement is dependent on an optimistic performance experience of the system. It is for this reason that real multi-tenant companies for cloud computing places an important resource ...

Forewords

Water sustainability is a crucial issue in Nigeria as well as in other developing countries. The significant issues of water sustainability in Nigeria include many factors as desertification; the depletion of critical wetlands, forests and vegetation covers at a fast rate. In addition, it includes the pollution of water sources from point sources such as industrial effluent and urban domestic wastes; unregulated utilization of groundwater for domestic purposes. There is also an issue of unavailability of portable water for citizens in most parts of the country particularly those in the rural areas and so forth (Ajai). These water sustainability issues are ...

Introduction

After September 15 of the year 2008, the financial crisis which originated from the United States of America spread all over the globe which economically harmed many nations, particularly, the developing and under developed countries. Because many financial and non-financial institutions having origination in United States were operating at a global level, their fall negatively affected all those countries in which their subsidiaries were running the business operations.

In view of this, the research paper is written to demonstrate for policymakers and economists about how a financial crisis in one country could spread over and affect other countries as well. ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of this dissertation is mainly to analyzethe risk in the New York Stock Exchange using Statistical aspects and the computation of Value at Risk. The technique of Value at Risk or Value at Risk (VaR) is a methodology to standardize the calculation of the various risks that occur in a business e.g. banks, stock exchanges and corporations. The risk is defined as the probability of obtaining a result different than expected, the factors that will depend on the position of the entity, the risk factor under consideration and the time of calculation. Thus, the VaR seeks to establish quantitatively the ...

Slide 1. Title

Slide 2. Purpose

In the recent decades the global power center has shifted from West to East and China has witnessed a tremendous rise, accelerating integration in East Asia region. Currently there are at least two significant integration processes there, among which regionalism remains the most visible and powerful (Szczudlik-Tatar, 2013).

Asian regionalism focuses mainly on economic cooperation between ASEAN members, which differ politically and economically. However, deep regional integration in East Asia may result in the establishment of a single market.

This writing analyzes the nature of Asia’s emerging regionalism, the relationship between Asian Regionalism and ...

- Introduction

1.1 Background developments

Traditionally, accounting standards have been developed by different countries on the basis of local legal, economical and cultural institutions frameworks (Elliott and Elliott, 2009, p. 158). As a result, the standard setting was very country specific. With the globalization process at work for the last 3-4 decades and increasing mobility of capital internationally accepted accounting standards have become necessary to facilitate cross border transactions and make financial reporting comparable between countries and companies thereby leading to a greater transparency for investors (Nobes, 2004). IASB has been set up as a private international standard setter with a mandate to create high quality accounting standards ...

Supply chain management is a term that is used in order to describe the activities associated with logistics, control and planning of the materials and it is also used to describe the flow of the information internally as well as externally between the organizations (Hang and Chau, 2007). It is also used in order to explain the strategic and the organizational issues that are internal to an organization (Sabri, 2015).

It also indicates interconnection of the organizations that are associated with each other via downstream as well as upstream associations between the procedures and processes that help in the ...

Foreign investment is defined as “the flow of capital from one country to another in exchange for significant ownership stakes in domestic companies or other domestic assets” (Investopedia 2015). Simply put foreign investment is putting up capital for a business opportunity in a country other than the home country. In the wake of the recent economic crisis that originated in the collapse of the US housing bubble in 2007, investing in international market is a smart business move to ultimately reduce the risk entailed in business ventures.

The most attractive aspect of foreign investment is that it ...

The chapter six case study, Doing the Right Thing by Making a “Hurd” Decision, dwells on the ethics issues surrounding the dismissal of former HP’s CEO Mark Hurd. The case study further provides background information on the ethical stature and history of the company since its establishment in 1939 by its founder members, David Packard and William Hewlett. The two incorporated ethics into HP as a business strategy. This was made possible by both inculcating ethics and actually acting and operating in an ethical manner (Ireland, Hoskisson & Hitt, 2008). In the other case study found in chapter five, Crushing the ...

Abstract

Technological inventions in the healthcare sector are ever-growing. Healthcare providers are always looking for advanced technologies that will help in the efficient and effective delivery of healthcare. There are numerous technology-based healthcare solutions, and most are striving to reduce the common face-to-face practitioner-patient interactions. There are numerous benefits of this such technologies, as well as a host of limitations. Technology has modernized healthcare delivery because modern technologies help empower patients to be in charge of their health, and this in turn minimizes doctor consultations (Katz, Nissan and Moyer 2004). Technologies such as telemedicine, internet, robotics and telecoms have revolutionized the ...

Abstract

Work safety in organizations has been the most debated issues recently. Strict laws ensure that employers devise plans to minimize errors and reduce chances of any fatalities or injuries. There is another aspect of the workers safety issue; it is the alarming increase in the number of voluntary or involuntary cases of Unsafe Acts being committed by the employees. Firms have employed many Error management tools like Tripod- Delta and Reviews to handle the issue. Airlines and Railways where Unsafe acts can lead to massive losses both human and monetary; these methods try to investigate the root cause of ...

- Chapter 1: Introduction This project is focused on a creating mobile application based on android mobile OS. There are several frameworks out there that can be used for the application development, and it is necessary to opt the best framework for creating a robust application. The main aim for creating this application is to connect more people with the company and make something that will be useful once the project has been completed. The application is developed for a company called AL-MASA that based in Saudi Arabia, and their work involves different types of media including web design, live radio ...

India is among the fast emerging economies that has attracted interest of Multi National Co-operations (MNCs) for investment. The main driver of this is basically the growing population in India, which makes India the second most populated country, this coupled with its growing economy makes India a lucrative venture for Multi National Enterprises (MNEs) .

The population of India presents an opportunity for MNCs to put the McCarthy’s four marketing mix model as well as Potter’s 5 competitive forces to the test as this promise profitability. Rathore (2008, p. ii) observes that the opportunities that India presents ...

Investigation of the United Nations (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention

Over the Temple of Preah Vihear ABSTRACT

The research in this scholastic investigation intended verifying if the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention practices indeed contributed to the conflict already occurring between Thailand and Cambodia over contested border and who has sovereignty over the ancient Temple of Preah Vihear and found the existing literature more than ample proving this. With public, legal, and academic reports, the actions of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee proves it irresponsibly and with direct circumvention of its own protocols inappropriately named Cambodia with inscription on its Heritage ...

E-business helps to link firms with customers, suppliers and other partners in trade. The business concept has evolved since the introduction and has even rapidly developed with the advancement in IT field. E-business refers to the transformation of business processes into ones that are more efficient. It also encompasses the acquisition of innovative concepts like dynamic pricing via auctions and directly selling to customers online. Businesses have in the recent past been striving to integrate e-business as one of their strategies.

SCM (Supply Chain Management) entails a set of activities used to integrate manufacturers, suppliers, stores and warehouses adequately. ...

2014 Frieze Art Fair: Yoshimoto Nara from Japan to the Great Britain Japan is a country that has undergone an extraordinary (for more than a century) and a strong modernization following the Western model: it has, now, reached a unique style which seem to be quite eclectic. Japanese culture surprisingly developed more and more its visual culture in a strong and characteristic way. Passing through different artistic styles, contemporary Japanese artists want to be recognized for their true nature and not for old stereotypes. No surprises, therefore, that the recent animations works of Hayao Miyazaki are exported all over the world with great success, leaving ...

Executive Summary

China is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in the establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. This paper explores the role of SMEs in an emerging economies, the role of manpower in SMEs, as well as understanding the key success factors of the SMEs in China.

Introduction

SMEs are the growth engines for any economy in the ...

Question 1: Bhopal Disaster

Uncertainty is part of any corporate organization and it may range from typical crises to existential crises. The crises can be national and affect all types of organizations or they can be industry specific. Whatever the type or case, how a corporate leader manages a crisis will have a long-term effect on the company or organization. Hearit (2006) defines a crisis as any activity or occurrence that is not planned for and has a negative effect on an organization if not managed effectively. Crises in companies are a test to managers. As a corporate leader, managing a crisis that is industry specific or that the company is ...

Heileman Brewing Company was struggling under a load of debt, and it was looking for a segment of the market for beer that could help it stay afloat. As well as the internal financial problems, the brewing company was stuck in an industry full of problems. A few years back, the beer market was supposed to reduce by 2.1 percent in the previous year. This reduction was due to the rising awareness of many social and health issues associated with alcohol. Heavy drinking affects the functioning of the liver and as a result, cirrhosis. Alcoholic beverages were required to carry warnings ...

Question one

Valuers undergo many challenges related to physical, economic and practical factors while determining market rents for commercial properties. Market rent refers to the estimated cost of leasing a real property on the valuation date between a willing lessor and willing lessee following the laid down lease terms (RICS, 2014). Property valuers are among the major emerging global professionals requiring extensive knowledge and skills on real estate management. Moreover, property valuation heart of real estate management. Most nations follow international valuation standards in order to avoid conflicts that arise between the valuer and the client, or the real estate ...

- Strain as the actual or anticipated removal of positively valued stimuli and

- Strain as the actual or anticipated presentation of negatively valued stimuli

In all the scenarios, strain is responsible for creating a negative scenario, while at the same time removing all the hopes for positive goals amongst the youths. In other words, there is nothing good about strain and it can negatively impact on the behaviour of the victims in the long run if they do not get proper counselling.

In most of the cases, the victims of Cyberbullying often fear for their safety ...

Organizations device divergent strategies to spot critical factors that would motivate its employees in delivering the best results in delegated activities. However, numerous cases exist of factors that jeopardize optimal production of employees in the form of motivational aspects (issues that show lack of motivation). Logically, a good and responsive employee is intrinsically motivated and does not wait for external pressures to push him/her to the limits of professional clearances. One particular issue is sub-standard performance in responsibilities. For instance, a recruiter mandated with the responsibility of acquiring fresh employees for a particular process in the American Red Cross ...

Monsanto Corporation has established itself as a biotechnology, agricultural and Chemical Corporation. It was a pioneer in the biological genetic modification of plant cells and has over the years consistently led in production of genetically engineered seeds (Harrison 29). Monsanto has been instrumental in creating public awareness on the delicate subject of genetically engineered foods. Considering that a few years ago many people around the world were skeptical about this innovation, it is beyond doubt that the Monsanto Corporation has had its fair share of success. Although Monsanto has the most widespread market share of genetically engineered crops in the world, ...

Business Presentation for Online Store Suggestion

The modern technology has influenced the evolution of online shopping. The change in customer needs has increased the need for online platforms that ease the shopping process. Companies seek to minimize operational costs associated with opening physical stores. Online platforms save the sales taxes paid for goods purchased in stores with a physical presence. Star Inc requires modern strategies used in the global market to maintain its relevance and competitive advantage. These measures can be achieved by establishing an online store, comprising of both website and application stores. The approval by the manager on this request will enable the organization ...

In the emerging markets today, state capitalism has become prevalent. As a result, managers are facing challenges when devising means to live with this phenomenon, solve and understand the issues it brings, and finding opportunities that would foster business relationship environments. In trying to understand the issue of state capitalism and state-owned enterprise reform in emerging markets, this paper will conduct a detailed analysis featuring opportunities and constraints of the investment models mentioned (Klimina, 2013). Recently, states have resumed control and influence of the economy and the activities herein. This can be attributed to the just concluded 2008-2009 global financial crisis ...

Introduction

The United States homeland security strategy is aimed at protecting and mitigating both domestic and international acts of terrorism that may take place in the nation. One of the key elements of this strategy is sufficient information sharing and flow between the federal, the state and the local law enforcement agencies. The importance of this element was accentuated by the 9/11 attacks that showed the country’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks. It emerged that for the country to protect itself from such future acts of terrorism, the government needed to facilitate the establishment of a “trusted partnerships” between ...

Article

Schwartz, S.J., Cote, J.E. & Arnett, J.J. (2005) Identity and Agency in Emerging Adulthood: Two Developmental Routes in the Individualization. Youth & Society, 2005; 37(2): 201-229.

What is the research topic under study?

The topic under study is the process of identity formation in emerging adulthood Three aspects of psychology in the process of identity formation are examined and they include style, status, and process. These aspects are examined in relation to personal agency and their association with the process of individualization.

What were the hypotheses?

There is consistency of identity and agency across ethnic groups (Hispanics, non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites). The process of individualization can be separated ...

1. Some hyper-globalizers claim we live in a borderless world where states don’t matter. Critique this claim by providing specific examples of the role of state in the context of globalization.

While globalization is incredibly powerful because the borderless world allows for the transfer of jobs, resources to be extracted and mobile individuals to access markets overseas, the role of the state is more important than ever. Amartya Sen's essay "Globalization, Inequality and Global Protest" makes the argument that a globalized world seeks a workforce that is educated, in good health and relatively “free” in order to maximize opportunities for ...

Over the last several decades, members of the investment community at large have shifted attentions to the emerging markets of the east. As centers of growth blossomed in Asia, major businesses with traditional centers in London and New York began to gravitate eastward, establishing monetary as well as physical presences in the Asia. This development has led to the emergence of Singapore as a business center from which Asian and Western operators have begun to center their business interests.

The status of Singapore as a hub of Asian and international business is not surprising. Singapore was long a British Crown Colony ...

Part A

According to Kerzner (2004), strategic planning for project management is the development of a standardized method for project management which can be used severally and produce a high likelihood of achieving a project’s goal. Strategic planning increases and improves the chances for the success of any given project. Strategic planning, according to Kerzner, considers all aspects of a firm from the working relationships of the employers and employees to the various roles played by the project sponsors in ensuring the success of a project. Strategic planning involves the steps of choosing and formulation of the most effective method, implementation, monitoring and control and ...

Barriers and strategies to effective communication in health care

Vivian was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian cancer at the age of 48 years by a prominent physician. According to film the ‘Wit’, Vivian’s care was faced by barriers of effective communication. First, there was a lack of consent. A prominent physician, Harvey Kelekian, subjected her to agree to aggressive, debilitating chemotherapy to serve his research agenda. Vivian was to bear the therapy and the degrading study. As her condition got worse and fear increased, she questioned the assumptions about life. Secondly, lack of integrity among the professionals. This is evident in Dr. Kelekian his first words to Vivian ...

Medication errors can have potentially serious consequences for patients and healthcare workers. For patients, they can lead to serious injuries, disability, and even death (Hashemi, 2007). For healthcare workers, they can lead to withdrawal of practicing licenses and other disciplinary actions. The indictment of three registered nurses for negligent homicide following the death of a newborn occasioned by a medication error in 1997 ushered in a chilling novel level of disciplinary action: criminal prosecution. This paper will discuss emerging issues related to an instance of medication error that resulted in criminal charges against the nurses who were involved. The incident involved three ...

Institutional racism is a part of one of the patterns followed by social institutions. There is a group of people who are given a negative or different treatment based on their race. Government organizations, banks, schools and other organizations often display such inequality and give unequal treatment to people based on race or skin color. Often, institutional racism (Mendez)is not intentional and is just pattern that is followed. Whether qualified blacks and Latinos get the right job opportunities or are victims of Institutional racism, is a debatable issue. With the arrival of an African American family in the White House, and as ...

Executive Summary

In this report, the discussion explains the controls required to prevent physical and chemical contamination of food. It compared the characteristics of food borne infections and food poisoning. It further discussed how to control food borne illnesses. It categorized the food spoilage agents and discussed methods of food preservation. It highlighted the importance of effective prevention systems in control of food contamination with two case studies. It also constructed a food hazard assessment, a food safety control system and a food safety guide.

The given is the report that was sent by the Compliance Officer of the hotel when the incident of a ...

Introduction

Comparing stock exchanges from two countries at different stages of economic development is an interesting case, because it can show what aspects of capital market theory have universal application and what the limitations are. In addition, recommendations could be made for a developing country, based on the example of the developed one. With this perspective, the report reviews the business and regulatory developments of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as well as assesses present challenges facing them. All stock exchanges function within the economic, regulatory and general institutional frameworks of their countries, therefore a brief ...

First Nations and Indian Peoples

First Nations refers to Canada’s indigenous or the aboriginal peoples, the original inhabitants also known as the Indian peoples. The term “Indian” is used in the context of the Indian Act to refer to any of the Aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere (excluding the Inuit and the Métis). First Nations refer only to Indian peoples. The term attempts to elevate Aboriginal peoples to a status of first among equals in their quest for self-determination and self-government alongside the English and French founding nations in Canada (Gadacz, 2014). The term is not used by Aboriginal peoples outside ...

International Business – Outsourcing or Reshoring?

Introduction

Companies outsource their key processes to third parties for many years, but, perhaps, at the turn of the 21st century, the term “outsourcing” began to gain momentum. Around this time, the companies began to engage third parties to perform the work in other countries – a process known as offshoring – in large emerging markets. The process of offshoring has attracted political and public attention because of concerns that it is destructive to the internal labor market. In this regard, a process of reshoring (the return of production from abroad), but such factors as cost and efficiency of business ...

1. Introduction: organization profile

Couture Fashion Week (CFW) is a set of fashion events most usually organized in New York. Started in 2003 by Andres Aquino, a luxury show producer, author, fashion designer born on Dominica, CFW organizes fashion weeks with participation of designers from all over the world. Started as a photographer and having covered thousands of shows in that role, Mr. Aquino launched Fashion Cyndicate Press – a fashion photography agency with big number of clients worldwide. Having made himself a name, he decided to use his charisma and experience in fashion to give his career a new development and to start organizing the fashion events. In ...

I. Long-term Objective Statement

A. Statement

1. The sales revenue for Wendy’s will increase by 25% over the next four years.

B. Justification

1. Wendy’s sales have been projected to rise by 25% with the initial opening of more of its outlets and franchises in the Asian market. The Indian and Chinese markets offer a great potential to Wendy’s as a global fast food chain (The Wendy's Company, 2014). The revenue will further be boosted with more introduction of healthy foods in Wendy’s menu in all it franchises (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2007). Healthy eating has emerged as a key determinant ...

Summary

According to the article, God rid me of god; there is a common understanding in the society that for an individual to be a Christian he/she must become a Christian. Modernity has changed the current religious community, hence an emerging church. The current Christianity involves the concept of ‘being’ and ‘destination’. For an individual to remain saved, he only needs to become a Christian and be a member of the church. Christianity is founded on the belief that God’s communication with humankind is through revelation.

Thinkers reasoned out the issue of revelation and concealment arguing that beliefs rely on clear and ...

Introduction

In the recent past, organizational behavior has created and disseminated knowledge which advances the evaluation and understanding of the procedures with the aim of increasing organizational and personal effectiveness can be upgraded. Despite the fact that specific research focuses span a larger range of study subjects, organizational behaviour share a challenge driven has contributed significantly on practice of behavior change (Dansereau & Yammarino,2003). However, several advanced issues have emerged in relation to behavior and these issues need immediate attention.For example,organizational behavior in research has changed greatly in terms of weaknesses and strengths considering quantitave and qualitative approaches .

Statement of purpose

The main purpose ...

Annotated Bibliography

Brewer, N.T., Chapman, G.B., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., McCaul, K.D., and Weinstein, N.D. "Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination." Health Psychology, 26(2) (2007): 136-145.

The study examines the relationship between perceived risk of flu and health behavior shown by the people. The study informs how higher perceived risk can increase the immunization rate and result into positive health behavior of the people. The source is very useful in understanding health behavior shown by different groups of the people, and also in understanding how rate of flu immunization can ...

Abstract

Inflation more often than not is regarded as a bad economic occurrence where prices of commodities and the general cost of living rise. However, inflation also brings positive economic growth and development. Analysts argue that inflation that is regulated presents several benefits for economic growth and development on one hand while on the other factions have refuted claims to the fact that inflation can be utilized to provide any benefits for the economy. Based on an article by Kenneth Rogoff the paper argues for and against the viewpoints of various authors in regard to the benefits visa-vis the disadvantages of ...

Political risk refers to those risks that host countries make pertaining political decisions that will affect the profits and goals of a multinational corporation. This kind of risk can be managed and understood with sensible forethought. Government relationships are whereby the government creates relations with other countries through doing business and also investment that improves the country’s economy. It will be talking about how multinational corporations face challenges in different countries specifically in Russia, China and Japan and how they manage those risks. The United States would face risks like terrorism that is a very threatening scenario. Terrorism is the ...

Annotated Bibliography

Baym, Geoffrey. "The Daily Show: Discursive Integration and the Reinvention of Political Journalism." Political Communication, 22(3) (2005): 259-276.

The article informed about disappearing boundaries between politics, pop culture and entertainment. During earlier time programs containing political information & news were completely different from the programs designed for entertainment. Programs containing mix of politics and comedy are gaining popularity, and liked by the people. The article informed about how fake news is utilized in comedy shows, and make audience sometime confused. The emerging media or entertainment can be described by the multiplying technological forces, discursive integration and ...

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fahim, K. (2014). Egyptian Tourism’s Message to World: Come Anyway. The New York Times, Middle East. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/world/middleeast/egypts-tourism-industry-grows-desperate-amid-sustained-turmoil.html

The resort business in Egypt is under threat. The article Egyptian Tourism’s Message to World: Come Anyway, written by Kareem Fahim for The New York Times, tells about a new advertising campaign that Egypt’s ministry of tourism launched recently to draw more tourists to the country. Kareem

Fahim writes that “political turmoil” (Fahim 2014) that lasts for 4 years estranged many tourists from Egypt. It provoked a lot of economic problems for those people, whose income depends on ...