Essays on Facilitators

Introduction

Management accounting (MA) involves collection and dissemination of accounting information for purposes of decision making. Over the recent past, management accounting has experienced significant changes, an aspect that is explained by different scholars (Sven, 2007, p. 336). The topic has attracted different concerns from various stakeholders, linking recent changes to globalization and changes experienced in the organizational settings. The concept of MA is understood to have significant impacts on organizational management as it is used in making strategic decisions (Arroyo, 2015, p. 287). This paper evaluates various theories explaining factors influencing change in management accounting. To achieve study objective, ...

NR451 RN Capstone Course

Term and Year Skin-to-Skin Contact for Neonates The separation of mother and neonate for non-urgent medical reasons is a growing trend in nursing practice. However, research has indicated that the practice can have a deleterious long term effect on the healthy infant and mother with regard to breast feeding, cardio-respiratory stability, and blood glucose levels (Moore, Anderson, Bergman, & Dowswell, (2014). The solution to the problem is to initiate skin-to-skin contact at birth (Moore, et al., 2014). The nursing focused plan is to introduce the practice of skin-to-skin contact following birth, which entails placing the naked infant prone on the ...

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Introduction Traditional policing is reactive and action is initiated when crimes or problems are reported. In contrast, community policing is characterized by shifting of focus from crime and law enforcement to finding solutions to community problems like “perceptions of disorder, fear of crime, quality of life and neighborhood conditions” (Kappeler and Gaines 1). The ideal form of community policing empowers the community and, decisions on courses of action are taken in consultation with the community members. The police have to take up additional roles as advisors, facilitators and lead-initiators. They become service providers by escalating ...

Introduction

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions are approaches that use soft instruments to correct or enhance behavioral characteristics of individuals, either to comply with society expectations or to unlearn a particular behavior. A person with a drugs problem may be trained to handle the urges of taking drugs and avoidance of risky situations, with an aim of solving the problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy, commonly referred to as CBT, teaches the subjects a new set of skills designed to increase awareness of thoughts and emotions of an individual. The idea is to re-empower the individual to understand how certain exposures to situations, people ...

Introduction

The manual is meant to help trainees become competent facilitators of distance learning. It takes into account that none of the facilitators have experience in distance learning and therefore, will focus on all the aspects of distance learning.

Part 1: Vital Information in the Facilitator Training

Audience The program targets individuals already serving in the mentioned capacity of learning instructors. The instructors must also be successful traditional classroom instruction methods. Therefore, the trainees are expected to be knowledgeable in instruction methods, student assessment, course and curriculum design, adult learning among other learning and teaching aspects. Moreover, the trainees must have taught at a diploma or higher level. ...

Carrillo defines cultural competence as the abilities possessed by medical practitioners in adapting to different cultures (23). These medical practitioners have the knowledge and skills, which help them, understand how different cultures work, and are able to balance the diverse cultural orientation. In medicine, like any other profession, cultural competence is important due to the cultural exposure doctors are subjected to; for instance from one country to another. Cultural competence course has imparted three lessons that are practical to my doctorate profession. Firstly, the course enhanced understanding of the challenges doctors undergo in adopting cultural competence. Doctors need to ...

Abstract

Successful andragogy-based outcomes can be realized by the creation of comfortable professional development opportunities that focus on training applicability to address the concerns, interests, needs and issues pertaining to middle adult workers. Participation in practical activities and role playing enable middle adult learners to relate to novel teaching instructions and, by extension, keep them interested and engaged in their work place activities. The reason to keep middle adult staff engaged is to ensure that they have a positive attitude towards their job and that they are able to sustain their productivity for a considerable period. As such, there is ...

Facilitated Communication

Facilitated communication is one of the popular, controversial treatments for people with autism. Facilitated communication entails the use of an additional medium to convey the message from one person to another. It could entail the use of a translator who understands the gestures made by a person with physical impairment and then relays the message to other people. It could also entail the use communication boards that display pictures, words, and symbols that the intended messages (Stock, 2011). Alternatively, facilitated communication could be done using pressure switches that when pressed, trigger phrases and words that are pre-recorded. When used ...

Abstract

When the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s after the Cold War, the international arena has shifted drastically from the nature of the status quo to the conflicts that continues to trouble several regions today. In terms of the status quo, many nations adhered to democratization that resolved many conflicts that were influenced by the Cold War. On the other hand, the nature of conflicts after the Cold War have drastically changed as some wars are now fought by different actors and the intensity of each conflict varies. At the present time, conflicts persist throughout the globe and even ...

Question 1

They are more expensive to form than hiring outside consultants. They allow for management to allocate resources at will to various projects as the needs of the company change. They are expected to coordinate work without ongoing direction from a supervisor or manager. They operate across time, space, and organizational boundaries using means other than face-to-face meetings. Question 2 When Kathy gains self-awareness by understanding how others view her and how she is shaped by others' opinions of her, she is best reflecting the concept of ____. self-serving bias social mirror projection factor social dilemma

Question 3

Which one of the ...

Health Promotion Problem

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an overall term used in the description of a condition that attacks the heart and blood vessel. CVDs happen as a result of either thrombosis or atherosclerosis. There are four primary forms of CVD, namely coronary heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, stroke, and aortic disease. There are numerous risk factors associated with CVD. Some of them include family background, ethnicity, and age. Others include exposure to tobacco and alcohol, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. Of particular interest in the U.S is that many individuals from low-income neighborhoods grapple with CVD prevalence. Placed ...

Abstract

The methods used by nurses to learn technical or complex responsibilities affect their effectiveness and subsequently, the quality of care and services received by patients and families. This underscores the importance of conducting nursing management orientation in a manner that promises effective management. It is evident that the modern-day nursing has evolved into a complex field that is tied to a myriad of factors such as technology. On the other hand, nursing standards and principles are ever-evolving, creating the need for exposure to these changes for new nurse managers. Equally the scope of practice for nurse managers is evolving and ...

Sample selection

The participants will be aged between 12 and 15 years. In line with the statistics which indicate the prevalence of child hood obesity is more pronounced among Hispanic and African American children, the study population will be made up of: 38% Hispanics, 29% African Americans, 15% Caucasians, 14% biracial children and 4% multiracial children. This will help in addressing the issues relating to inequalities. All children within the ages of 12 and 15 in the participating schools will be eligible for participation upon the parents and the children giving consent to participate. 12 schools will be picked randomly to ...

In any learning activity, it is important to conduct formative assessments that provide feedback on student learning. In this manner, facilitators can gauge if outcomes set at the beginning of the course are likely to be met. The assessment also serves to guide enhancements in the course and motivate learners to do better in the event that learning is found to be sub-optimal (Leung, Mok & Wong, 2008). A positive outcome is the optimization of time and resources spent in learning. The choice of method becomes more complex when adult students are not homogeneous in terms of language fluency, ...

Patients receiving acute care typically go through different levels of care encountering numerous health care providers in the process. For example, a stroke patient who undergoes cranial surgery will be admitted into the PACU. Once stable, he is admitted into the medical-surgical unit and then discharged into long-term rehabilitation. Prior to being sent home, he is advised to see his primary care physician for follow-ups. Throughout the many transitions in each health care experience, handoffs occur between health care professionals working in each unit during changes in shift. Handoffs also take place between providers of one unit or level of ...

Working in the medical field today can be exhilarating, but it can also be a challenge. The technology and medical procedures involved are often evolving and changing, forcing medical staff to evolve with it. In some cases, the staff grows comfortable with the technology available to them; they even begin to prefer it. Being a nurse is difficult enough at times without constantly having to relearn procedures and systems. One of the greatest thorns in a nurse’s side is the implementation of an electronic health records system, or EHR. Though the change can be difficult, thanks to Everett Rogers’ work on ...

“Prisoners of Silence” is a documentary by Frontline which shows how autistics people (lacking ability to express themselves” can use technology to express their thoughts and communicate to other people (Frontline, 1993). “Facilitated Communication” (FC), a method of dealing with autistic children was first implemented and rapidly adopted in Australia before any institutions in the US started to use the invention. The method involves an adult holding out the arm of an autistic child over a keyboard attached to a printer. The child types letters (words) which express the autistic person’s ideas. The technology aided in improving the perception of autistic people ...

Introduction

MasterCard became a public entity in 2008 when it embarked on a process of selling shares to the populace. The momentous occasion intimated that a different strategy had to be established to deal with the challenges of being a public corporation. The employees who are spread on a planetary scale had to be taught in the new ways of handling the company based on its current status. As a consequence, the executive members wanted to ensure that all the employees of the company are trained to ensure they understood the essence of such a change to the organization. The Road Map to The Future was the ...

1. Introduction Cross-border trade and travel have been increasing at enhanced rate over the last few decades because business units have identified the necessity of international co-operation in strengthening their financial growth and industry recognition. In this context, multinational companies are striving to improve their competitiveness in the global marketplace by focusing specifically on international expansion. Realising the further growth opportunities in the international market environment, MasterCard went public in May 2008. As a result of this change, the company’s 4,600 employees worldwide became exposed to a new way of doing things. In this circumstance, the firm’s ...

Strategic Management

Introduction Strategic Management deals with the formation of strategies inside a given organization. The organization needs to scan the entire environment look into various variables and accordingly frame the strategies. The top-level management decides upon certain objectives on the basis of which the strategies are framed in the organization (Brow, Bessant, & Lamming, 2013). These strategies are then broken down into set of tasks and responsibilities, which every employee on the basis of his level and skills is allotted with this set of tasks and responsibilities. They need to be completed within the given timeframe so as to ensure achieving ...

Abstract

The book Flat World and Education, written by Linda Hammond-Darlington, describes five essential practices that enhance success in schools. These measures have been effective in reforming the underperforming schools, especially in urban areas. The five practices include establishing small size classes or learning communities within the school fraternity, creating structures that enhance personal and strong relationships in the school, formulating intellectually, and comprehensive instructions for the learners, formulating a strategy for assessing performance based on assessment, and recruiting highly competent staff, especially teachers, who play a part in planning and problem solving processes. A successful organization should have strategies and policies that ...

General background information:a) General group topic and RationaleThe group topic for week one is an introduction week. During this time we will go over group expectations, confidentiality, group guidelines, challenges, what group members need to make this group a safe environment, and introduction activities. These activities will help the group members build trust with each other and the facilitators. It is also important to set up an outline and expectation for group members from the beginning so they are prepared for the purpose of the group. This preparation stage is critical because of the diverse social, economic and political backgrounds ...

Introduction

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) is a design or technique that has been applied in clinical practice integrating technology in the ordering of medication, laboratory test and billing of clinical data. The CPOE technique has in recent years gained prominence in healthcare settings to optimize care, minimize duplication and errors and subsequently optimize patient outcomes. The focus is on the technical aspects of the implementation process for a healthcare setting that wishes to adopt the CPOE technique (Doolan & Bates, 2002).

Method of obtaining the necessary approval(s) and securing support from your organization's leadership and fellow staff

For any new project, the success of its implementations and full utilization lies with the approval and support that the project ...

Brief Background

New Hope for Women is an organization that aims to end domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in order to create a safer and healthier tomorrow. Other than helping the individuals -- mostly the youth – who suffer from these abuses, it also extends help to LGBT members, elders, and animals. It provides educational resources, trainings, and awareness forums to assist our communities in creating a safer and healthier future. Its operations currently reach the Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and Waldo counties (New Hope for Women, 2012). The core belief of the organization is that power must not be used to demean ...

Obesity is a common and increasing nutritional disorder in influent countries. However, it can also result from hormonal imbalances, but majorly caused by eating disorders where the excess food gets stored as fats in the body. In many locations, there exists a number of challenges that interplay the environmental, cultural, social and behavioral factors. The factors affect health implications of both public policy and medical practices in obesity programs. Obesity prevalence varies by ethnicity, social class, race and residence. There are barriers preventing obesity reduction in urban communities, but there are groups helping overcome these issues (Black & Macinko, 2008). The challenge ...

20144 MGMT 4500 Sec 20SS

Business,Govt. and Society Business Model at Devry University - Introduction With the large number of user now using the internet for e-learning, e-learning has become a very good source of information and continuing learning. That is why many universities including Harvard, Wharton are also offering online courses to be able to reach students from different parts of the world. There are two types of business models being adopted by universities worldwide. One is offering the courses in various subjects free of cost. This is done as a part of social responsibility. ...

Evaluation is the process of systematically collecting data pertaining to different aspects of a project for the purpose of judging effectiveness and making decisions about the project’s future (CDC, 2012). Especially for projects that utilize funding, evaluations take the form of formal research typically by external evaluators to establish both effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and other attributes. On a smaller scale, an evaluation can be formative or summative. A formative evaluation focuses on the process of planning and implementing the project while a summative evaluation looks at the outcomes. In the study by McNabney et al. (2009), the researchers employed a summative method ...

Memorandum

TRAINING OBJECTIVES The objective is to facilitate an offsite 2 day training session. The aim is to equip all the trainers with the necessary knowledge and skills that will be useful in training new employees who will be engaged by the company. Since this is a rigorous exercise, additional personnel from other parts of the country will be flown in to facilitate the training session. The training is scheduled to take place between the 20th and 21st of June this year. The training session will be organized into 3- 5 hour training session beginning the first day. Therefore, ...

The school has assumed an important role of socializing children to make them responsible members of the society. Despite the well-defined goals in the school, the achievement can become elusive if the appropriate resources such teachers and teaching activities are lacking. Rules and regulations in school bring about a deviant behavior among the learners. This depends on how the child is reared and socialized. Students who adhere to rules and regulations are comfortable with the school situation, and they eventually succeed out of perseverance. Such people get the best from the society and other institutions in the society. Students presenting ...

Training delivery and strategies

The Binz customer service department is faced with the inadequate number of employees to handle the customers’ calls. Most of the customer service employees are not well trained on the product and services of the company. The training should be designed in such a way that it will not disrupt the organization’s activities by meeting the customer services at a flexible time rate. However, this requires strong cooperation between Binz customer service department and the consultants. The cooperation will ensure the training run smoothly to meet its intended purpose.

Goals and Learning objectives

The training plan is meant to assist the small number of customer ...

Introduction

Hospital-home transition is a very challenging task that if not well managed leads to a number of challenges. It is commonly known that most patients face a number challenges in the first few weeks after discharge. Such readmissions lead to extra hospital cost making it expensive in the end. Therefore, there has been unceasing research on the various ways through which readmissions to the hospital can be reduced. Follow ups after discharge has been perceived to be one of the effective ways of reducing readmission cases. Specifically, follow up phone call after discharge is believed, though not confirmed, to be a way of ...

Introduction

Physical inactivity is a leading cause of disease and disability the world over (Gregg & Rowell, 2002). In order to reduce the risk of many diseases and chronic conditions, people need to increase physical activity levels. Diseases infest a body that is relatively dormant and inactive when it comes to physical activity (Wetzler & Cruess, 1985). This report summarizes the findings of an intervention to boost the levels of physical activity of a person. The initiative aims at increasing an individual's physical activity, the upper arms muscles and the chest. This initiative is justifiable for someone whose body is flabby, non-muscular, out ...

Multicultural day initiative is relevant to many communities such as academic institutions such as schools, colleges and universities, public libraries, religious centers as churches and mosques. I was once a volunteer in one of the Universities of Australia and I found out that this initiative was appropriate in a University community (Bell, 1993).

Explain how the project fits a "community development definition".

Community development is a process of promoting conditions that enable the whole community to progress economically and socially by encouraging the community members to participate actively. The process relies much on the community’s initiative (Banks et al., 1993). Multiculturalism is a doctrine that encourages different cultures in ...

Teams that have access to facilitators or consultants tend to be more successful than those without. This paper describes the aspects that the facilitator or consultants bring into the team that leads to its success. First, the facilitator ensures that the composition is appropriate. The facilitators guide the team in the analysis of its stakeholders and hence determine its composition. This creates awareness among the team members increasing its cohesion. The facilitators help in defining the goals and objectives the team seeks to achieve. Each meeting should always have specific goals that shall be met. This increases the ...

The mention of toys brings the idea of children to mind, boys playing with race cars and girls playing with dolls gives a concrete idea of toys and their several uses. All people grew up with toys regardless of culture, and sometimes they play with similar toys. Toys are products designed for use in playing, learning, challenging the imaginations and creating fun. Toys vary in their concept of use and their playing value. For the children below fourteen years virtually every object has a playing value but that does not make everything fall under the definition of toys. For an object ...

"Mentoring and Orienting High School Students before they Join Colleges and Universities"

EVALUATION The aim of this report is essentially to evaluate the training on the topic, "Mentoring and Orienting High School Students before they Join Colleges and Universities." The report also evaluates the abilities of the trainees through the evaluation methods, and the suggested improvements for the training. The text below examines evaluation tools utilized as well as the form of model.

Evaluation instruments

The training evaluation model used for this training is Kirkpatrick’s Four- Level Training Evaluation model. However, the only evaluation instruments used for this training are level one (reaction) and level three (behavior) tools. We modified these ...

Adequate physical activity has been shown to benefit older adults by reducing the risks for age-related physical degeneration including osteoporosis, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and a higher likelihood of falling (Tiedemann et al., 2011; Ewald et al., 2009). Exercise also helps alleviate depression (Lee et al., 2013). However, a sedentary lifestyle has increasingly become the norm among older adults. Inadequate physical activity is defined as engaging in moderate-intensity exercise for a duration that is less than the recommended 2.5 hours per week or failing to do moderate exercise for 30 minutes on most days of the week (Jancey et al., 2008; ...

Design Report Training: Communication Skills Training

Project Design Instruction Units The training will be in the form of seminars, which will have a fixed set of instructions. The study modules will be availed to all persons who enroll to the program from the different lifestyles. I intend to train people in different groups depending on the level of communication they use. The modules will thus have a customized set of instructions that the trainees will follow throughout the training sessions. However, while I will take care of individual needs in the communication skills, I will also be sensitive on the sections that require special attention. ...

The mining group gold process contains the following basic processes. The first basic process is determination of the purpose of the proceedings, session or meeting. This entails the process of outlining the objectives and laying down the aims of the meeting prior to allocation of duties and responsibilities to be observed during the meeting. This step lays the foundation for the next step which is concerned with the desired outcomes of the proceeding, meeting or session. This second step is majorly concerned with the foreseeable results and expectations of all the stake holders of the meeting. The desired outcomes, ...

Adult education involves all efforts by mature persons to undertake the systematic and sustainable learning activities to improve their skills and knowledge. Adult education can be defined in various ways: as a process, as a set of organized activities carried on by a wide variety of institutions for the accomplishment of various educational objectives, and as an idea of a field of social practice involving individuals and institutions. People aim to work towards achieving common targets of improving the methods and materials of adult learning, extending the opportunities for adults to learn, and advancing the general level of their culture. The adult education ...

Addressing the Racism in the Society

Introduction Scholars present different definitions of racism by analysing the practise from diverse perspectives. Essentially, racism is the situation whereby a person or people discriminate against others based on their race. Many people in the society today experience severe problems because of their racial background, with a number of reported cases of people facing the rough impacts of racism across the world. However, universal agreement suggests that racism should be discouraged because it results to detrimental consequences. Many scholars have conducted studies that suggest the society is entirely motivated to eradicate racism. Statistical evaluations suggest that over 75 % of the ...

Home Schooling

Many people believe that their children must go to the classroom and learn together with the other students for them to perform well in their education. The myth that the classroom gives the students an ultimate preparation that fosters success stands as the main point of defence for the people in support of the move. However, this is not necessarily the case because classroom environment is often not conducive for study. Studies have indicated that children learn from home and manage to outshine those learning in classrooms (Patrik 155). The social factor at school does not guarantee success as ...

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction This chapter provides the background to the study. It details the problem statement, research objectives and research questions. 1.1: Background of the Study As businesses grow out of the start-up period and expand their capital and operation, size and product or service offerings, their accounting based informational needs some changes (Bodnar, 2010). Most small business start-ups begin with an off-the-rack accounting based package for instance Peachtree or QuickBooks and run the basic accounting reports from them. However, there comes a time when the environment, government, accounting rules and standard and other technological based factors force ...

Teaching a class that has students of different dialects is challenging. Accent is capable of affecting communication. For example, facilitator’s diction may determine his or her success in communicating ideas. This means that educators should employ various techniques when handling multilingual classes. Multilingual classes often present diverse challenges to the facilitators, which require them to adjust accordingly. The challenge on the learners comes because of various factors that include social and cultural backgrounds. Accent and learning tools prove the most challenging tools in the multilingual classes. The article tackles the difficulties in teaching multilingual classes and solutions to the ...

Interpretative phenomenological analysis: mental Illness

Abstract There are various anomalous experiences reported as enhancing instead of showing poor mental health. The experiences are out of body where the person’s body and self are said to be phenomenologically separated. The objective of the study was to look into these experiences and their after effects. A phenomenological, idiographic, qualitative approach was used. Participants were three individuals who took part in face to face interviews that were semi structured. Interpretative phenomenological analysis found out that off body experiences occurred during personal significance times. They were linked to the lives of participants beyond the occurrence point ...

Education sector plays a pivotal role in national, regional, and global economic development. Nations across the globe have invested heavily in the education sector in pursuit of providing quality, sustainable and self-reliant education to the people. This move will reduce the unemployment rate and improve living standards. With the current stiff competition in the pedagogy setting, institutions of higher learning have embraced technology in the learning process as a competitive advantage to compete effectively (Michelle 78). In order to achieve this goal, most institutions have introduced e -learning that offers online-based courses. Online learning has attracted attention of many students and ...

Introduction Crime continues to be a rampant problem in many societies, as conflict proves to be a natural engagement between humans. With that, regulating criminal acts have reached varying extents targeting both the punishment of offenders and the elimination of the causes leading to those kinds of acts. Emerging as among the most potent forms of responding to crimes is restorative justice – a concept that requires constructive cooperation and communication between parties to a criminal case (Umbreit 1). This study serves as a descriptive account explaining the nature of restorative justice, with emphasis on one ...

Section:

Adult learning theory holds assumptions on how adults learn and also puts emphasis on the value of the learning process. Notably, the theory applies approaches that are collaborative and problem –based as opposed to didactic. It also emphasizes on equality between the learner and the teacher. The first article focuses on understanding and promoting learning theories. The adult learning theory, andragogy is perceived as self-directed and emphasizes the teachers’ roles as being facilitators. Rogers contributed to the adult and higher education movement on learner self-evaluation in development of andragogy. This focuses on the significance of personal involvement in ...

- Steps involved One: Performing a strategic assessment; the logistics of the department and company as a whole are assessed. Information concerning the goals of the supply chain is considered. The needs of customers in relation to the supply chain are also considered. Two: Decision to create a relationship; the need to enter into a 3PL relationship is assessed. The supply chain is assessed to check if there are compelling facilitators and drivers for outsourcing. Three: Evaluating alternatives; the drivers and facilitators are weighed. Input from other managers will be helpful. The company’s needs will be evaluated to establish ...

The purpose of the Critical Incident Stress (CIS) Debriefing Management Tool was originally to help first responders after they responded to gruesome calls with great loss. It is presently used to help the primary people, the victims, and the secondary people, the responders, cope with various level of exposure to traumatic situations. CIS Management is ‘‘a comprehensive, systematic, integrated, and multi-tactic form of crisis intervention that is applied to manage critical incident stress after traumatic events’’ (Pender & Prichard, 2009). The goals of the CIS Management model is to determine the severity of the impact of the crises event, assist in ...

Mental Health in Late Adulthood

Introduction

Good mental health is fundamental to an individual, their family and society. In Australia, mental health issues and mental illnesses among adults aged 55 years and above have been one of the greatest causes of diminished productivity, deteriorated quality of lives and disability. People with mental health issues are associated with higher rates of mortality and morbidity. Death of these people arises from a wide range of causes, including suicide. Inadequate mental health for the people in their late adulthood causes a burden on the family of the victim, friends and other stakeholders of the society (Scheurer, 2006). In modern ...

Since the introduction of computers in the K-12 class years back, most learning institutions have incorporated technology in their teaching and learning methods. The main aim was to enhance efficient learning in schools and prepare students well for the job environment.

However, their introduction has not met this main objective and students use this facility for other destructive purposes. With the increased dynamism of technology, many teachers have embraced NTeQ (Integrated Technology for Inquiry) model in creating their lesson plans, among other Instructional Design Models (Branch, Orey, and Jones, 2010). However, for NTeQ model to work effectively, teachers and ...

Abstract

Recently there have been unprecedented levels of structural policy changes in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Australia. The economic crises, demographic change, the impact of globalisation are examples of current and future challenges that continue to bedevil the VET sector in Australia[ CITATION Lou04 \l 2057 ]. Socioeconomic as well as political forces have contributed to major changes in the VET system. The economic discourses have dominated these changes pointing to the need for educational systems to contribute to economic development by equipping the future workforce with needed knowledge and skills. Diversification and immense needs of the economy have ...

Introduction

Real estate economics entails the use of economic analysis techniques to determine the trends in real estate markets. The underlying objective of real estate economics is to offer a description, explanation and a prediction of the trends of demand and supply in real estate markers. This denotes the significance of analyzing the impacts of structural and business factors on the trends of real estate market. The most significant factors that influence demand in real estate markets are demographic factors. However, there are other factors such as levels of income, credit availability, and preferences of the consumers, price of housing substitutes, and ...