Essays on Focuses

Research questions on Sarah’s project

Do client experiences with the program suggest they are satisfied with the assistance provided? How diverse are the community needs across the state? Research questions that stakeholders want to be answered What policies in the public assistance programs need to be revised in order to improve the agency’s performance? In terms of purpose and ability to research, this question is appropriate since it requires Sarah first to familiarize with the agency’s framework so that she can have some basis of carrying out her project. Likewise, this question is appropriate in terms of scope because it considers the ...

Types of postmodern therapy 4

Benefits of postmodern therapy 5 3. Family therapy 5

Techniques 7

4. Conclusion 7 5. Reference 9

Introduction

Therapy is very important because it helps people cope with some of the psychological and emotional problems that prevents them from living life fully. These problems come from a wide range of issues that occur in everyday life. There are many issues that therapy concentrates on during the sessions. This is because it addresses people’s problems through making them understand their issues. Hence, the therapist helps the patient to formulate alternative solutions for their problems. Most of the problems addressed in therapy are ...

Theater is thought to have started in the 6th century BC in Athens, as a form of classical entertainment (Goldhill 54). At this time, it was predominantly for entertainment, and also to create a catalogue of historical events, or depiction of mythology. This evolved into plays that were categorized as tragedy, comedy and drama, each in forms that we would readily recognize today, were all born out of that early tradition. However, over time, different countries adapted the western art form, to create formulas that more directly address their social concerns, or meet the social need for expression. In ...

A Summation Of The Safe Medical Devices Act

The SMDA Act is an act that sanctions the progressive reporting as well as tracking the regulations for the use of the medical devices. The medical devices defined under the Act involve the devices classified within the consent of the Medical Device Regulation Act. The Act is responsible for the mandate of reporting the requirements made by the manufacturers of medical devices. The requirements hold with regards to the safety events as well as the product efficiency of the said devices. Based on the Act, the devices are classified with a substantial equivalence to the class II medical devices ( ...

1 A I agree with Joh (2004)’s idea that there is a new silver platter doctrine in the making. Here, private cops now have the ability to present the “silver platter to local, state, and federal public policing agencies. Now, this doctrine focuses on the fact that private officials can turn over evidence to their federal counterparts without much regard to suppression even if the former obtained this information through illegal search processes. In essence, the doctrine does not allow public police agencies to conduct unreasonable search and seizure activities. Thus, all pieces of evidence obtained using this ...

Cost-containing strategies used by the U.S.A The rising cost of healthcare continues to claim a large portion of the United States of America's budget leading to the introduction of cost-containing strategies. One of the costs-containing strategies used by the U.S. health sector is the price option strategy. The price option aims at controlling the amount of money paid to the provider. For example, the introduction of Medicaid and Medicare programs that control the cost of delivering care by reducing the number of allowances paid to providers. Second, the U.S. health sector utilizes the quantity option strategy to contain high ...

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN versus the BSN

The nursing curriculum has been evolving over time to meet the needs and demands of the population which have been changing over time. In a bid to ensure that care delivery meets the optimal goals of recovery, restoration and sustaining a high quality of life, the basic foundation for the nursing profession has been on ensuring that the curriculum adequately prepares the nurses for the tasks ahead (Auerbach, Buerhaus, & Staiger, 2015). A particular response that the profession can refer is the Future of Nursing Report by the Institute of Medicine which required that nurses be allowed to the highest ...

Gothic literature encompasses horror stories as well as darker supernatural forces. Such literature focuses on the destructive desires and irrational aspects of human nature. The term Gothic literature is derived from the unrestrained, majestic, grotesque or savage medieval architectural styles. Gothic literature is, therefore, associated with barbarism or savagery. “The Feather Pillow” by Horacio Quiroga is an example of gothic literature.

Vampirism

The blood -sucking spider-like creature in The Feather Pillow depicts elements of vampirism. The awful spider-like blood sucking creature, which is swollen with victim’s blood, depicts clear aspects of vampirism. Specifically, the creature inhabiting the feather pillow ...

Since the dawn of our human civilization, people have been trying to find the most effective way of building their behavior. Historically, the patterns of people’s activity have been directly connected to the society itself. Therefore, the social and political utility of the human operations is one of the determining factors. As a result, the behavior of the community, formed by the patterns of personalities, has become an extremely complex system of reasons and consequence. Hannah Arendt addresses the topic of the human being’s behavior in the context of the political history. The Human Condition is her ...

Introduction

David Rockefeller is among the richest people in the world, but his wealth is connected to the family empire that was established by his parents. He is the last born in the family, and his success started when he was working as the chair of the Manhattan Chase Bank. His family’s investment in the fossil industry has immensely contributed to the growth of the Rockefeller Empire. Although he has managed to amass significant amounts of money, his organization has been criticized for engaging in unethical practices by influencing the country’s policy making process. A good example is ...

Introduction

The film, “If these Walls Could Talk,” is a compilation of three generational segments of stories that exonerate the plight of women in the society against the general view of the dominant sex. This film was released in 1996, and it exclusively discusses the controversial issue of abortion, which seeps in three distinct generations. The three segments of the film entail different generations and decades, but the setup for the entire story transpires in the same house. The first story is a widow, whose husband was killed on the battlefield (Stuart, 2008). Demi Moore is the woman in the ...

René Magritte's oil on canvas painting The Son of Man (1964) has become a very popular visual text in a short period of time. The symbolism and unusual and enigmatic create a holistic picture of the semantic code that every viewer tries to interpret. Although the canvas contains a fairly small number of different details, as contrasted with Bosch or Rubens' paintings, yet there is a deep consisting of several layers meaning in it. The painting contains a number of visual symbols, which have already become some kind of the archetypes of modern society. The Son of Man (see ...

Reason Why the Israelites Desired for a King

Samuel grew older and thus, appointed his son to lead the Israelites. However, the sons did not adhere to his leadership skills since they were dishonest as well as accepted bribe in the long run. The depiction of the sons in line with perverted justice scared the Israelites and thus, demanded for an alternative leader. Furthermore, the Israelites pose and demanded for an epitome leader so as to be like the neighboring nations which has kings as well. The people feared that since Samuel was growing older, they risk being attacked by the surrounding nations and thereby, demanded for ...

Introduction

Thesis statement: The study focuses on the protection and regulation of refugees and asylum seekers. It also examines the rights and freedom of the refugees and asylum seekers in the United States of America. The expectations of both the refugees and asylum seekers and what the new country expects from them.

Definition of terms

Asylum seekers and refugees can all acquire complete and legal residence in a country by fulfilling and attaining various immigration law requirements. Asylum is a protection awarded to an individual living in another country and left his original domicile as a political refugee. Asylum seekers are thus the ...

Introduction

Management is a task that brings together the various aspects of the roles of managers. In particular, the tasks performed by managers in organizations are quite huge because it is essential that a person is courageous enough to deal with the various views and characteristics of people that make up the workforce of the organization (Rice, 2013). Therefore, the analysis of the effects of the management theories on the management roles of managers is a timely analysis that requires adequate time and resources for the investigation of the various aspects of the subject.

Part 1

The analysis will incorporate a case ...

Current Health Policy Debate regarding the Affordable Care Act

Introduction The health policy debate regarding ObamaCare focuses on the interest of average U.S citizens. The Affordable Care Act offers protection and benefits to all United States’ citizens regardless of their economic status and social lifestyle. The ACA seeks to reduce the insurance premiums to ensure the majority of average American families are covered. The law seeks to ensure 30 million of 44 million Americans without insurance get access to health coverage (ObamaCare, 2015). The government through the health insurance marketplaces, employers and Medicaid would ensure more Americans obtains health insurance coverage. The health law focuses on low-income Americans ...

Capstone Project [Phase]

Computer and Information Science Sharjah Higher Colleges of Technology Literature Review Introduction The project aims to create a website for a restaurant that is yet to incorporate online applications into its functional operations. It is imperative for the restaurant to have a website for allowing customers to see all the foods and drinks on offer without necessarily going to the stores and also for allowing them to pay for their orders on online platforms using their credit cards. Additional advantages the ability to view pricing of varied items alongside the delivery times and pictures of the varied food items ...

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Management Accounting Introduction Setting the annual budget has been one of the mandatory activities in organizations at both tactical and operational levels. The annual budget outlines the projected revenues and costs for the firm in the coming year or the finite time period. Such budget is set to clarify the organizational direction to pursue by identifying the target revenues and variable costs associated with the business operations. It served as a successful budgeting process for several years, but today’s highly dynamic and continuously changing business landscape has made this system obsolete. In the 21st century, the annual budgeting ...

According to David Logan tribal leadership video, it focuses on five kinds of tribes that people naturally form which in turn influences their behaviors. In every community, the day to day language that is used by people at their work place and their relationship with other members of the tribe is an indication at which stage is the tribe functioning (Logan & Fischer, 2008). They explicitly dismiss all beliefs, attitudes or other factor which cannot be observed directly. By focusing on language and behavior there are more in the behaviouristics tradition, than grounding their tribes in cognitive framework.

This stages which David Logan talk about are elaborated below

Stage 1: ...

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies for Coca-Cola Company

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies for the Coca-Cola Company Introduction The Coca-Cola Company deals with beverage products and has more than 500 brands in over 200 countries. Even though the company's primary line of business is in sparkling beverages, the company has diversified in the recent past to produce still drinks such as water, juices, teas, coffees and energy drinks. Coca-Cola is known for its four non-alcoholic sparkling beverage brands, which are Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, and Fanta. The company was founded in the U.S. in 1886 and has since grown to be the largest beverage company in the world. ...

Business Case Analysis of the Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company, comprising almost 20 different beverage brands, is the world’s largest beverage manufacturing brand, with a market capitalization estimated at one hundred and eighty six billion dollars. It is also considered to be the third most valuable brand across the world, according to Interbrand, estimated at $ 78.4 billion . Its portfolio includes more than 3800 products that are distributed worldwide thanks to more than 250 bottling partners and 900 plants throughout the world. Coke brands are available in more than 24 million retail shops around the world, thereby making the brand even more accessible for the people. ...

Introduction

It is the role of every employee and the management of a firm to ensure that the firm succeeds. To make sure that a firm succeeds, there are ways through which the firm can track its performance. These ways are performance management system and the balance scorecard process. CliftonLarsonAllen is an example of a firm in the United States that uses these two methods to track its performance.

Performance Management

Performance management is the process through which all employees and their staff join hands and work together to strategize, monitor and track the performance of every employee in the firm, the ...

Learning allows our brains to record and preserve beneficial behaviors and know how to avoid harmful ones. The consequences of the experiences we have or observe are stored in our memory as knowledge to influence our future behavior. The paper explores behavior change through a focus on the learning theories; classical and operant conditioning.

Operant Conditioning

It is a form of learning in which the response to a voluntary behavior influences whether or not the behavior will recur; this occurs through the use of reinforcements and punishment. Following the experiments of B. F. Skinner, we can conclude that a person or ...

An eco map, also referred to as an eco graph, is a diagrammatic representation of an individual’s personal and social relationships with his/her environment (Bennett, 2011). The eco map was developed by Dr. Ann Hartman in 1975, and it documents the interaction of people, their families, and the external environment. An eco map enables one to not only see the connection, but to also visualize the quality of the interaction between people and their environments. Words such as “positive and nurturing” and “negative and wrought with stress” are used to describe the relationships between families and their external ...

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INTRODUCTION

The following discussion is a literature review on five sources each for sustainability monitoring systems and effective indicators.

Sources for Characteristics of Good Monitoring Systems

“Monitoring Systems for Sustainability. What are they measuring?” This is a doctoral thesis from an Australian university that examines the sustainability reporting and monitoring systems by governments, private corporations and global non-governmental organizations. Australian frameworks are compared to those of international models. Sustainability indicators in the Australian context are discussed extensively. Two case studies from the private sector are presented. (Davidson, 2008) Using the case study of the Australian Gas Light Company, shortcomings in current sustainability reporting practices ...

Abstract

Organizational designs refer to the way the management achieve the best combination of integration and differentiation on operations. Police are one of the law enforcement agencies that operate under various organizational designs. The Boston Police Department is divided into 11 neighborhoods districts and three zones. The organizational design model in the chapter is the line and staff structure. Boston Massachusetts Police Department uses the line and structure model. Line and staff structure enable line staff to gain knowledge and skills from the staff managers. The Boston Police Department has adopted a working design. The BPD should clearly indicate the ...

There are several laws that aimed at protecting human health and environment. The government and private parties are allowed to enforce the federal environmental laws. The government has the resources and tools required to enforce environmental laws and compels compliance with the environmental regulations and laws. Criminal and civil environmental enforcement are streamlined towards protection of environment and health. The criminal environmental enforcement seeks to punish the actions that the society view as harmful to the environment and health of people. The civil, environmental enforcement is streamlined towards individual parties who should be compensated for the harm caused by ...

ABSTRACT

The businesses today have identified the need to focus more on customer and the key to retain customer is through development of customer relations. CRM or customer relationship management is based on the idea that loyal customers are profitable for the company. The loyalty has been identified by several researchers to be linked to the level of satisfaction of customers. Organizations require attracting the customers, developing relations so that satisfaction is ensured and retain customers by maintaining the relations. Due to intense rivalry and competition, businesses require focusing on building stronger customer base by promoting goodwill and providing them ...

Introduction

Customer experience management (CEM) is an important strategy that focuses on consumer perspective as it seeks to meet consumers’ wants more efficiently (Arineli & Meirelles, 2015). The primary objective of CEM is to enhance customer loyalty and restore constant interaction between clients and the firm products. The Fashion industry is diverse and has been characterized by increased competition over the recent past. This study appreciates strategies used by service firms in the fashion industry to develop customer experience management. The paper focuses on Alibaba, which is an e-commerce business with different platforms used by companies to support online shopping.

Main Body

Customer ...

Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transport, transfer and receipt of persons through the use of force or coercion, deception and abuse of power in order to control them and use them in providing services for the benefit of the traffickers at the detriment of the victim. Human trafficking is a deliberate act of deceiving or forcing another person against his or her will to move to from one geographical area to another geographical area to be used for labor or crime in ways that benefits the trafficker. Human trafficking is an international phenomenon. This is because it ...

during Times of Uncertainty during Times of Uncertainty

Introduction:

Times of uncertainty lead the public to seek both leadership and answers. They need answers, and ways to organize around issues of social significance which have created doubt, and indecision. In essence, they need help understanding the issue at hand and being offered an acceptable frame of reference when they, themselves, do not have the experience to come up with constructive solutions. Often this leadership comes out of the academic community. As such, the purpose of the current essay is to determine in what ways academics can contribute on issues of ...

Introduction

‘Development of managers’ emotional competencies: mind-body training implication’ is an article written based on research conducted on the effectiveness of mind-body training on the development of managers’ emotional competencies. It uses a quasi-experimental design in testing a sample of managers to represent an entire population. The article is useful in providing information that is crucial in instructional design, talent management, and human resource development.

Summary

This is a research conducted on managers to determine the relationship between mind-body training and emotional competencies. It assesses emotional competencies in relation to human relationships and offers a solution to positive and healthy relationships. ...

The issue of conservation has been dominating the agenda of environmentalists in the recent decades, and the two articles under consideration provide insights into adverse and side effects of forest conservation and establishment of biosphere reserves. Generally, Paul Greenough discusses advantages and flaws of biosphere reserves and protected area networks that have been a crucial purpose of conservationists. The author argues that enclosing new territories of forests into protected areas and reserves allows not only for survival of animal and plant species but also for blossoming criminal activity. Providing examples of Mexican biosphere reserves and India’s Project Tiger ...

Company Description

Theranos is an e-commerce startup specializing in clothes and fashion wear mostly for the young generation. The popular culture influences most young people they witness on the internet, TV and other programs hence they are aware of the latest trends in fashion. The speed of the internet has also increased the expectations of the young generation consumers, and thus they are demanding products that represent their culture. The company will focus on offering the young customers with youth-oriented fashion wear, which are popular around the world no matter which city of the United States they are in. The significant ...

Typography refers to the appearance and style present in printed matter. It also relates to the skill of arranging to ensure that published sources appeal to the readers. Neil Postman uses his book, ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death,' to analyze different ideologies like how the television acts as ‘the way of knowing’ and how it uncompromisingly acts hostile to the typography techniques. The media objects’ ‘Knowing’ process entails how they obtain information, the means they use, and how they present it to the public and therefore, the television’s mentioned procedure is more identifiable with the public compared to ...

Worldviews The ultimate impact of the different worldviews on nursing practice is that they create some form of diversity in the ability for nurses to deliver on their expected health care services. Leininger (2002) argues that health care service delivery has experienced a major challenge due to some form of disconnect between the options presented by nurses when compared to the expectations of views presented by individual patients. In most cases, nurses encounter a situation where the quality of services that they offer does not match the set of views presented by their patients, thus, creating the need for ...

Problem Statement

The objective of this paper is to present a report on the marketing questions raised by the founder of Celtic Chocolate Company Limited. Mr. Ronald Begg founded Celtic Chocolate Company Limited under which he engineered a new product called Milk Mate. The new product is basically a milk modifier. Milk Mate was introduced into a market largely controlled by large companies, such as Nestle with a market share of 50%, Hersey with a market share of 20%, Cadbury at 10%, and the remaining 20% shared by other smaller players in the region.

Generation of Alternatives

The introduction of the new product into ...

ABSTRACT

One of the interesting unique aspects of the American legal system is that it really is two systems, namely one at the federal level and one at the state level. Generally, the two systems have little interaction. That is to say, the federal legal system focuses on issues involving the federal government, foreign affairs, and relations between the states. Conversely, the state legal system focuses on matters state specific matters such as education and healthcare. Two areas, however, where the state and federal legal system often interact and occasional collide is immigration and crime. The 2012 Supreme Court case, ...

The first question is to compare and contrast pintings. The first painting is referred to as the Manner of Their Attire and Painting Themselves was created by John White, who was known as an artist, a map maker, and the first British artist in the Americas, and to paint Native Americans. This painting depicted what looked like an elderly Native American male wearing nothing but a cloth around his waist and paint all over his skin. Not only was White the local artist, but he was also the Governor of the Roanoke Colony, which raises question if his depiction ...

As much as there has been the creation of employment opportunities massively generated by the oil industry in the Middle East and North African nations, there are still significant disparities on the level of women participation in the labor force as noted by Massoud and Moghadam (53). These disparities have been attributed to various factors, but the most outstanding reasons have remained to be two-fold; first, the traditional gender paradigm characterized by patriarchy play a significant role accompanied by occupational segregation which is mainly defined by disparities in the income level. This thesis paper explores the validity of the ...

In the article, “Principles of Information display for Visualization Practitioners” the author outlines the work on information display by Edward Tufte. It begins by defining the concept of visualizations excellence. According to Dr. Tufte, as the author quotes, visualizations excellence entails the complex ideas, which are communicated with precision, clarity, and efficiency. The author also quotes Dr. Tufte on the things that visualizations should do. Among them include showing the data and making large data sets coherent. The article also highlights some of the classic information designs along with general principles that Dr. Tufte has researched. Specifically, the article ...

Abstract

This paper aims at studying the role of engineers in the society and the industry. It also focuses on appraising the role that engineers play to change human lives and the world. A general definition of the engineering profession helps in understanding them better. The research aims at assessing the ethical and social responsibility that engineers are bound with. This is achieved by studying the education and training criteria set by the governing and accreditation bodies pertaining to the engineering disciplines. With the help of case studies, the paper seeks to explore the sort of ethical and social responsibilities. ...

Management

Q1 The learning organization is an organizational structure or the culture which gives the importance to the learning, innovation and taking risks relating to the prospects of the business. The main advantage of the learning organization is that it provides the chance to generate profits as the first movers in the market. The changes and improvements in the technology are forcing the organizations to focus on the studies of the employees to maximize the competitive advantage. (Silberman, 2013) Q2 The Mintzberg’s Modes of Strategic Decision Making describes the strategic approaches of the business. In the Entrepreneurial mode, the ...

Virginia Henderson- Need Theory

Virginia Henderson developed the Nursing Need Theory based on her personal experience gained through practice and education (Zamanzadeh, et al. 2015). Henderson’s core objective was not to form or develop a theory but focus on the core principles associated with nursing practice. She focused on the various factors that contribute to be a successful nursing professional. Henderson through her theory proposed the concept of patient’s independence and improved health outcomes. She states that letting patients independently perform key tasks would fasten the recovery process and decrease the overall hospitalization stay. She states that nursing practice is closely ...

Introduction

A report following a global study of 44,000 people in the tourism sector by TripBarometer Connected Traveller report states that China is among the few top ten nations with connected travellers and categorises 49% of the Asians as connected travellers as most of them use a PC or mobile for booking trips . TravelBurma App targets the Chinese travellers, local business travellers, and other foreign travellers in the age group of 21-50 years. As Myanmar is a business district unit, people often prefer travelling there than any other part of China. During the year 2015, more than 4.68 million ...

The Ritz Carlton Hotels & Resorts partners with Sea Turtles 911

for the Conservation of Sea Turtles

Introduction

After conducting an analysis and assessment of corresponding scientific literature and recent updates in the news, it is possible to make a statement that the concern of sustainability and environmental protection is a rather urgent one on the international scales. At the same time, insignificant attention has been paid to the effect, made by the planned events on both built and natural environment. For instance, such events usually involve creation of the new infrastructure in the locations, which may be referred as environmentally-sensitive ones. In such cases, there is a need of transporting ...

Sustainability Report: FIA Formula E Hong Kong

Introduction In the modern business world, the issue of sustainability has been a major concern owing to the increased need to ensure environmental conservation. This has been amidst the need to lower costs for the purpose of improving profit and meetings the varying needs of different stakeholders in the business. Moreover, individuals, business organizations, and governments have continually prioritized the economic, social and environmental sustainability of business over any other business goals (Sebastian, 2015). Notably, sustainability has gained importance in the wake of various economic and ecological challenges. Traditionally, corporations around the world have merely been legal entities and ...

Introduction

Development is a word that describes the process of growth, adaptation, and changes that people undergo during their lifetime characterized by personality, physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and language developments. The work of developmental psychologists helps the society to understand different developmental theories and how they influence life in various stages of life through various development theories. Development theories describe various factors that influence the development pattern of an individual that include hereditary and environmental factors. On the other hand, other psychological experts argue that development is controlled by nature and nurture that combine to influence biological factors. However, psychological developments ...

Introduction

The vision 2030 for Saudi was designed to improve the local and the international position of the country along economic, social, political, and the peoples` dimensions. The plan was designed along three critical aspects that encompass the social, economic, people, and the political position. The three pillars that founded the plan were the vibrant society, ambitious nation, and the thriving economy. Along the vibrant society, the model focused on tapping the nation`s strong roots through the blending and optimizing on the natural resources and the community`s cultural heritages. The plan focused on developing and promoting fulfilling lives ...

Describe the transactional and transformational leadership characteristics that Don Green and Michael Budman possess.

According to the available literature, some assumptions are held regarding the transactional leadership. Transactional leadership style believes that leaders are motivated by the reward and punishment the satisfaction of such leaders is on seeing the company excelling (Kurland, Peretz and Hertz-Lazarowitz 8). They also believe that social network works best with a clear and defined chains of command from the top. Again, they believe that the primary purpose of the subordinates in the organization is doing what they are instructed to do. Transactional leadership involves a situation where leader works by creating a clear structure of what should be ...

Healthcare has been experiencing tremendous transformations in the recent past, and this can be attributed to the changing health needs of the people. To adapt to these changes, the models of care delivery, care services, and even the personnel, have changed as well. Also, there is an increasing need to provide patient-centered and culturally sensitive care, as cultural diversity continues to pose a challenge to the delivery of holistic care. One approach of delivering care services is by focusing on a family, identifying the specific health needs of such families, and developing plans of treatment that are focused on ...

Introduction

Desirable Daughters is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee that seeks to illustrate the intricate relations that exist between the Indian caste system and the Western experiences of the immigrants in an effort towards reconciling the world views regarding the feminist gap between the two cultures. In a bid to reveal the intricacies of the caste system in India, Mukherjee delves deeper into the nature of three sisters in the novel and the circumstances they find themselves as they try to fit in different societies. From the outset, it is worth noting that the three sisters from Calcutta belong to ...

Liu, T., Moeller, S. K., Ode, S., & Robinson, M. D. (2013). Neuroticism as Distancing: Perceptual Sources of Evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104(5), 907-920.

Which perspective of personality did the authors take?

In both study 3 and 4, the researchers focus on how neuroticism (one of the five traits according to Eysenck) influences individuals’ perceptions of stimuli with positive or negative valence. A biological perspective is also evident in the fact that high neuroticism is dependent on an individual having an overactive sympathetic nervous system, thus a higher tendency for anxiety. The biological factor influences how each participant responds to the stimuli presented in ...

Executive Summary

Nutella’s has been very successful in the UK market with the brand becoming a leader in sweet spread market with a share of 36 percent. The success of the brand in this market could be attributed to the company’s long experience in the UK. However, the brand’s future in this market is threatened by the perception that Nutella has saturated fats and sugar. Hence, it is important for Ferrero to investigate this problem and come up with a communication strategy that will change the image of the brand in the eyes of the current and potential ...

INTRODUCTION

Tourism and hospitality have formed one of the world's fast growing industry and expanding at a rapid pace. It is an appealing industry that positively contributed to economic growth of developing and developed countries. The hospitality industry remains the intensive key resource of tourism, hotel such as Waldorf Astoria Beijing takes up the corporate responsibility to balance the social, economic and sustainability needs of their business as well as the communities. This hotel has been awarded Traveler's Choice Awards: - Trip Advisor in 2013 (Waldorf Astoria 2016). If these hospitality industries do not support tourism then a negative impact ...

Introduction

The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974) are useful resources that demonstrate the utopian models and breaking of limits by individuals. The paper aims at identifying the concepts of individuality in the settings of radically different individuals in the society. It demonstrates the differences in culture and interactions that exist between racially different individuals as well as their similarities. Both texts are utopian in that they give a critical review of the powerful ideologies that exist between human, environments, politics among others. The essay focuses on two characters that help in pushing the plot forward as ...

Strategic Management Process is not only a set of rule that is required to be followed in sequence but also about embracing a philosophical approach towards undertaking business actions. An organizational management strategically envisions the business objectives and defines goals. A strategic management process is considered to be effective if it is perfectly aligned with the core business strategy (Clayton, 2015). Three key components of Strategic Management Process (SMP) are Analysis, Strategic Actions, and Performance that are also collectively called ASP model of SMP. Analysis: At this stage, all the information gathered is getting refined, assembled, and shaped for ...

Introduction

Milton Friedman was a renowned economist and a reputable advisor of the United President Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher who was a Conservative British Prime Minister. Friedman developed an influential and controversial manifesto on the role of the government in a free society on his work titled Capitalism and Freedom. His fundamental objective was to promote the laissez-faire economic policy by often disapproving the interventionist policies held by the government and their cost in economic efficiency and personal freedom within and outside the United States. It is with this light that Friedman provide his view on the significance of ...

Introduction

Who wins and who loses? The one who wins has reflected his or her ability to influence the behavior of others. This is power. As defined by Robert Dahl, a leading political theorist, power is the ability of one to get another to do something he or she would not otherwise do as a result of the will imposed by the other, where adherence is driven by obligation rather than force. Power is dynamic, relative, situational and multidimensional. According to Steve Lukes, there are three dimensions of power. The first dimension of power is intentional and active, and involves ...

The article, named as “The continued need for independent research on prescription drugs” by John F Hoadley talks about the cost pressure being faced by public and purchasers of the private sector in relation to prescription medications. It also discusses the debates over the policies framed by Medicaid and Medicare in regards to the drug benefits covered by them. The cost of Pharmaceutical goods is summing up to huge amounts, and is growing at a rapid pace; it is one of the most worrisome areas for the federal health policy makers. In the last few years, the United States ...