Essays on Fretwell

When James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States of America, said that Public Lands are public resources that ought to be disposed of to the best advantage for the people several years ago, America was still a young nation hovering around the Atlantic Coast (Scott). None could have foretold that disputes over public land rights will plague the nation for a greater part of the 20th century. To the West, North, and South stretched broad swaths of unexplored wilderness, territories begging for exploration and conquest (Scott). Like great civilizations before it, America spent the first years of ...

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The article focussed on the breeding behaviours of emperor penguins that are recently discovered with the help of satellites. Mostly it is believed that penguins lay their eggs on sea ice that is fast and stable and that remains intact under the chick fledge. Fretwell and co-workers conducted this study on forty-six colonies emperor penguins. The recent observation revealed that few colonies of emperor penguins breed on ice-shelves instead of sea ice. Due to rapid climate changes and the incidence of ice melting the penguin population has declined and very close to extinction. It is a big concern that ...

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Onboarding is an essential HR process that extends for several months after hiring a new employee. Onboarding provides positive outcome in terms of better employee retention, improved process consistency, faster new employee ramp-up, and better acculturation. Ya Ya Kitchen has experienced initial success in its business, but the company is facing a huge problem in quality product and service delivery due to poor employee retention policy. Since Ya Ya Kitchen has no defined HR practices, trying to implement a full scale HR system will not be fruitful. Therefore, the company should first implement a robust onboarding program, which will ...