Essays on Gain

Problem Solving Therapy

Problem Solving Therapy

Introduction

Problem solving therapy is a form of psychological cure that teaches one to successfully manage bad effects of specific stressful occurrences that happened in one’s life . The stressors may vary and can be large such as the death experience of loved ones, divorce, job loss or chronic illnesses. Other stressors may be minor such as financial difficulties, ongoing family problems or difficulties in adhering to medications. Such negative stressors creates psychological problems such as outbursts and difficulty in adhering medication regimen. Problem solving therapy helps in dealing with them through sole intervention or through combining ...

Tabarrok (2016) asserts that the modern trade theories in global businesses today focus on the roles of businesses in increasing their scale returns, as well as, network effects in their markets. The use of such theories and concepts have the propensity of building large business bases thereby allowing their domination in the markets of the world. (Kreckova, Odehnalova & Reardon, 2012, p. 67). Therefore, the following article will discuss the foundations of the modern trade theories in relation to the concept of comparative advantage and its analysis in two countries and competitive advantage together with the policies that can be ...

The EU Should Admit the Western Balkan Countries Soon Even if They Do Not Meet all Criteria

The Name of the Class Introduction Nowadays there are 28 member countries in the European Union. From its humble beginning as a peace holder after the horrible outcomes of the end of the first and second world wars, European Union grew to the powerful and strong economic and political union. EU countries share common economic zone, political values, such as strict rules towards corruption, and so on. Historically, the reason why “ECSC or the European Coal and Steel Community” (Cia.gov, 2016) was so successful that it enabled to create EU afterwards, was because after couple of years of its ...

Introduction

The following is the evaluation of the access control models for use in the company. The access control models under review are Discretionary access control (DAC), Mandatory Access Control (MAC), and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). The report will address the positive and negative aspects of each access control method and recommend an access control model to be adopted for the company.

Discretionary Access Control (DAC)

Discretionary access control method enforces the principle that the creator of the object is the owner of the object. The owner has full control of the object, so the owner has the discretion to grant permissions (rights) on ...

Essay 1- Gunpowder

Essay 1- Gunpowder

Introduction

The development of gunpowder has been one of the turning points in the history of warfare and civilizations. Gunpowder literally became the great leveler, causing a revolution in military affairs and changing the world order in favor of industrialized nations. The thesis of this paper is that gunpowder enabled technologically advanced nations to gain control over the world.

History

Gunpowder was invented mistakenly during the quest for immortality. Experimenting with life-lengthening elixirs around AD 850, Chinese alchemists, while experimenting with saltpeter, considered mixing it with sulphur and charcoal. The resultant mixture was explosive, and signaled the birth ...

Introduction

KIA Motors is a company that is run on a stringent Confucian culture and it is under a president. Byung Mo Ahn is the president of the company which has its headquarters at Korea. The company is known to have a culture a culture that is suffocating for the Americans. This is because it is defined as a culture where there is a King, who is the controller of everything and even worse he knows everything. The subjects just have to follow the militaristic system which according to numbers has worked for the company and its sister Hyundai.

The ...

The main focus of this paper is positioned on discussing the two most significant educational issues for teachers in Australian schools today. The paper goes further to give justifications on why the stated issues are significant to these teachers and their impact on the teachers’ practice in general. The discussion revolves around four frameworks of education; cross-cultural teaching, pedagogy, curriculum and policy. The two major issues are limited experience by teachers in the teaching area of Indigenous Australian Studies and difficulties in adjusting to new technology in delivery of content to learners. A quantitative and qualitative research was carried ...

____________ University In recent times, Americans have experienced an increase in health care cost which has made it difficult for many citizens to gain access to medical care. Furthermore, the recession has raised the number of Americans who do not have access to health care because they are uninsured due to the reduction in their benefits or the loss of their jobs. Experts predicted that the number of uninsured citizens will continue to increase if there is not a solution in place that would help struggling Americans. As a result, America would face an economic crisis if there was ...

Jane Doe

There is no better example of the unethical, irrational, and questionable discussion than watching the circus of politicians’ debate during this election year in the United States. In the most recent farce by the GOP candidates in New Hampshire was quite a spectacle. One must ask where the rational, believable, and trustworthy politicians have gone, if there ever were any to begin with. However, the role that political leaders take on should involve respectable rational dialogue that can be trusted by the people who elect the officials rather than putting on a spectacle that is nearly as entertaining as ...

The purpose of this case study is to obtain an in-depth insight into the alternative strategies associated with the current market, alongside focusing on the issues that are presented in the form of question 1, 2, 4, and 5. For some case studies, the development of models in Excel is of great significance for the evaluation of options encountered by an individual. In this regard, the answer of 3a will be entailed with adequate emphasis on the aspect above. 1. Natureview has gained notable success in the area of natural foods station as it carries out the utilization of ...

A body the worn camera is a very resourceful invention that records the actions and conduct of law enforcing agencies with the public and also to collect and record evidence at crime scenes. The most important use of body cameras and videos is to increase and improve public as well as police accountability in the court of law. The police are encouraged and told to make more use of body cameras and videos because of the upcoming complaints and objections raised by the public over police brutality and discrimination. More and more attention is being paid to the issue ...

Microenvironment Analysis

Political environment: The government of the country is making significant efforts in building strong political and economic ties with other countries. The country is supporting the international community for the attainment of well-being and safety of people and has good relation with all countries almost. The political environment in the country for business is good, as the government has taken initiatives to diversify the economy at a higher level. In 2010, the government announced $130 billion monetary packages to spend until 2015 with the aim of boosting the private sector participation and foreign direct investment. The purpose of encouraging ...

Terrorism

Terrorism is a relatively old phenomenon, although it is rampant in the present day. There are various definitions of terrorism, and it cannot be clearly defined as one term. However, terrorism is associated as a generic term for all acts of violence that spread terror amongst the masses. Terrorism can be strategic as well tactical; it can be something considered a religious duty or it can be a crime, it may also be something justifiable in the court of law, or it can be an abdominal cause of oppression. However, what remains known is that terrorism spreads anarchy and ...

REPORT DETERMINING WHETHER VIRAL MARKETING CAN REPLACE OTHER ADVERTISEMENTS

Glacier Products Ltd. Figures Figure 1: Viral Marketing Capacity 10 Figure 2: Effectiveness of Viral Marketing 12 Figure 3: Security Issues Associated with Viral Marketing 13 Figure 4: Ethical Issues in Digital Advertisement 14 Figure 5: Social Media Use by Marketers 19

GLACIER PRODUCTS LTD.

This report is a fulfillment of the research approval you made on 5th January. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. Primary and secondary sources of data were interrogated towards achieving the goals of the research. The report discusses the viability of viral marketing as a rising form of product marketing. Security and ethical concerns that ...

The Importance of Chemistry Labs in Florida National University

Florida National University is one of the leading universities in the region. While it is replete with many facilities, it glaringly lacks a chemistry lab. Online laboratory exercises are no substitute to the actual experiential learning in a chemistry lab. Reid and Shah argue that the absence of the laboratory experience may leave students with perceptions of chemistry that would be very ‘abstract and theoretical’. While students might perceive that the theoretical understanding is gained at a relatively slow pace through lab work, it is undoubtedly true that the knowledge gained would stand in good stead in future professional ...

Human Resource Management

Gap Incorporated.

Executive Summary3

1.Company Overview and Introduction6 1.1 Company mission..6 1.2 Company vision.6 1.3 Sources of revenue.7 1.4 Industry information and Market share.7 1.5 Number of employees and their demographics..8 2.Problem Definition and Research Objectives..10 2.1 Problem.11 2.2 Decision statement12 2.3 Research objectives12 3.Business Case for Business Research14 4. Research Plan and Methodology.16 4.1 Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data17 4.2 Secondary Data Collection.19 4.3 Primary Data Collection Tools20 4.4.Sampling Approacp0 5.Survey22 5.1 Survey Design Rationale.22 5.2 Focus Group Questions Rationale24 6. Implementation and Communication Plan26 6.1 Implementation Plan26 6.2 Timeline..28 6.3Budget..29 6.4 Communication plan30 8. References.32 7. Appendices

A: Survey Questions.34

B: Focused Group ...

General Questions

My understanding of politics and government are closely related. Indeed, while “politics” can occur in situations that are absent of government; government necessarily must include politics. This idea is based on my belief that politics refers to the interactions between humans to gain and maintain power, authority can control. Accordingly, politics in and of itself can occur wherever two or more people are competing for authority whether it is in a family, business or government. On the other hand, government refers to the people, institutions, and programs that are established for the effective administration of a country, state, or ...

There are different approaches to define small economies. Besides usual quantitative ways to measure country’s smallness by its population, territory, GDP and other criteria, there some qualitative factors that are used to define the economy’s scale. Some economists state that small economies are those that adopt “price taking” policies as they cannot dictate their rules in the market, neither significantly influence trade rules. This peculiarity of small economies mainly lies in the fact that such countries have limited resources. Hereby, small countries are more dependent on imports and are forced to accept trade agreements offered by large ...

Dear Mr.

I am studying BSC in Nutrition and Food sciences. My desire is to do a dietitian internship program in your organization. I have a true passion for Nutrition and Dietetics and wish to pursue a career in the field of pediatrics practice. I have participated in many activities as a volunteer and have good experience. I am enthusiastic about learning and I want to gain more knowledge and experience to be fully equipped in my career. I have understood the requirements of this study from the different exposures I got from doing voluntary services and also from other jobs. ...

An Explorative Analysis of the Use of Mobile Device App for Communication between Physician and Patient in the Context of a Private Sector Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Introduction:

Mobile technology has produced many opportunities to increase the quality of health care services. The opportunity to mobile communication could create bountiful improvements in patient care but there are many questions left unanswered. Before a mobile communication app can be implemented the risks and limitations of the software need to be carefully analyzed. A hasty implementation could cause a great opportunity for patient care to fail. The proposed research program will ...

Importance of Strategic Management and Competitiveness

Importance of Strategic Management and Competitiveness

Introduction

The starting point of Apple Inc. is none other than the legendary Steve Jobs. Jobs and Steve Wozniak, were actually two friends living in the Silicon Valley, who were secondary school dropouts. The extent of imagination of these two young minds was simply exemplary. The pair decided to work together and start a company and this marked the birth of the world’s leading technology giant Apple. The company’s operations started the cellar of Job’s house in Silicon Valley. It was on the 1st of April, 1976 that the duo created ...

I. While person gets to know something regarding crime or related issues, the offender, the victim are the two parties that necessarily come to mind. The victim, generally, refers to the party that was harmed as a result of the offender’s violation of a criminal law. The key underlying element in this definition is that a person, the offender, is motivated for financial or personal gain to violate a law, rule, regulation or custom. This violation then leads to the injury of another person, the victim. In this sense, the victim is often seen as an unfortunate consequence ...

In modern world the number of issues the company should deal with is dramatically increasing. Some main threats of the previous years are replaced by more significant ones. To remain competitive the organization should pay attention to all the decisions made on different levels. The company is also exposed to new types of risks. It means that the organization should use new approaches to manage both external and internal operations. The main requirement to the behavior of the firm is to be as flexible as possible. New strategies need to be defined in accordance with environmental issues and up-to-date ...

U.S has one of the largest and costliest health care system in the world. Healthcare is the second largest industry in the country. In spite of this achievement, the health status of the people in U.S, does not match the cost and infrastructure put into it (HealthCare.gov, 2016). Both communicable and non-communicable diseases still continue to harm a large sector of the population, when compared to other developed countries. Unlike other developed countries, people in U.S were expected to obtain individual health coverages and pay individually for health services. The right to health was not treated as a basic ...

Abstract

With the increased competition in the airline industry, especially in the low fare segment, Ryanair, the initiator if this segment in Europe, is faced with various pressures, coming from its competitors, external environment or industry trends. While the company has the resources to manage the challenges of the 21st century, which tops with the necessity to become a global brand, it also requires a sound strategy. This report starts with analysing the internal and external environment of Ryanair, in order to identify the strategic directions that it can pursue in its globalization approach and it further proposes a global ...

Introduction:

When designing a course, it important to understand the target audience of the course content. This is critical since it will help ensure that the content developed meets the learning needs of the target audience. Many teachers assume that learners understand a subject the same way they do. This is however very different. Learners grasp content and concepts differently, implying that two different learners may understand the same subject differently. Numerous factors influence the different understanding of different people and it is important to consider these factors when designing a course. This enables delivery of the course content in ...

Reflection

Psychology is an integral component of human life. It is an academic or applied discipline, which entails the scientific analysis, study of various mental processes, as well as human behaviors. It also involves the direct or indirect application of such experience or learned knowledge to other spheres of life and human activities. For instance, relating to people, diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders, management, and control of other societal delinquencies. It explains various mental processes and individual behaviors. It gives clear view of thoughts, self-mind, and other subconscious neurological foundation of human behavior (This paper is a reflection on ...

According to the theory of cumulative advantage/disadvantage, the state of an individual or community, in terms of income, lifestyle, psychology, health, etc., is not due to any one factor but is an accumulation of the outcomes of many different factors. In the case of old age and retirement, many factors such as life-long income, health and mental well-being all play a role in shaping how a person’s retirement will be. Childhood and young adulthood play a vital role in many ways. It seems highly unlikely that a person’s economic status at this stage in life would be ...

Introduction

The article, which is titled “Brave, New Social World”, is the focus of this rhetorical analysis, is written by Dennis MCCafferty. Its main focus is on the growing role of social media in the modern world and its impact on important historical occasions, businesses, and other social causes. The author of the article, Dennis McCafferty, emphasized on the notion that the social media is playing a potentially pivotal role in the modern society and experiencing increasing use as a weapon of choice by creative individuals, as they strived to contribute to the society via their opinions, experiences, news, and ...

The PID (Proportional, Integral and Derivative) controller is feedback controller which aims to make system output follow desired response (Hägglund & Åström, 1995). The controller is defined by following equation: ut=K(et+1Tioteτdτ+Tdde(t)dt) where u is input control signal to the plant model and e is the control error which is difference between desired and actual system output used to generate the control action. As shown by equation the controller consists of proportional, integral, and derivative terms. Gain K, integral time Ti and derivative time Td are all parameters of PID controller. We can ...

Gender Inequality (Unending Nightmare of Sexual Assault)

According to Roberts, Hite, and Chorev (2015), inequality is present with gender, social status, race, ethnicity, and even skin colors. In this case, inequality focuses on gender discrimination. In this world, this vital social disease has been making millions of women suffer for centuries. The most common ideology resulting to women discrimination is that men are superior over women in every aspect of life. Women in America have struggled for years because of gender inequality resulting to lack and denial of rights. In the early years, women were deprived of so many things like education, right to vote, and ...

Saint Mary’s University

The case study is dedicated to the company Victorinox. It has recently acquired their competitor, Wenger. Victorinox owns Swiss army knives, household cutlery, watches, luggage and men and women clothing. With the acquisition of Wenger they get also the brand of fragrances (Fullerton & Weigand 2015, p. 146). This is a new area for Victorinox and the issue, or the problem, appears: how to operate in this new for Victorinox fragrance business and what strategy should the company use in order to make the fragrance product line profitable. Many companies face such problems when they acquire other businesses. This is ...

1. What would you have done differently? The main thing that I would have done differently to transform the nature of the business of Starbucks coffee company would have been to revise the business models and the management structure. This would have assisted to improve on the general efficiency and service delivery of the company. In which case, the revision would have comprised the application of an integrated management system where each department acts independently on their goals and objectives for the good of the society. 2. Who would you have engaged in the process? Firstly, I would have ...

Introduction

Different offenses are usually characterized by different characteristics. These are traits that have been found in most of the investigations of the crimes. In this essay the crimes discussed include sexual assault, murder, terrorism, acquisitive crime and organized crime. It also explains the ethical considerations for psychological interviewers and criminal investigators, the collateral information needed in investigations and offers recommendations to the criminal investigation process. Sexual assault is a type of crime that involves forced sex or non-consensual sex. Sex assault differs from sexual harassment since sexual harassment doesn’t necessary involve having of sex that is, it involves ...

Air Canada is Canada's largest carrier, which is one of the founders of the international alliance Sky Team. Today, it is capable of carrying out flights in 98 settlements in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia (Aircanada.com). Together with our partners, this company carries passengers to 160 destinations.

Part 1: Enterprise Strategy and Air Canada

1. The airline industry has always been a very high-tech and, therefore, up to date with the developing global trends and requirements. The complexity of the business of air transportation is magnified by high responsibility to air travelers. With increasing passenger flows slightest failure in the processing and transmission ...

Tax Research – Disposition of Property

The repossession is treated as a sale or exchange from (Foreclosures) and reported the original sale (Publication 225). The gain or loss is the difference between adjusted basis in the transferred property and the amount realized. (Publication 537), The investment land, is sold again this year will be counted as a short-term gain.

For now the gain is:

644,000-562,250=81,750$ As for the Mrs. Nittany rent property, it has been owned for more than 2 years (Gains, Reporting). It is a business property.

The gain is as follows:

Realty 338,200-41,920=296,280 $ 385,000-28,750-4,293-296,280=55,677 $

Furnishing

21,400-15,000=6,400 $ 15,000-6,400=8,600 $ ...

Identifying Competitive Environment for Fundraising in Canada

Identifying Competitive Environment for Fundraising in Canada It is a known fact that assistance and contributions from profitable business organizations and affluent individuals are the lifeblood of any not-for-profit organization. However, reaching appropriate donors and contributors have become more challenging and difficult (Gierczak et.al, 2016). On one hand, there is a fierce rivalry and on the other hand, there are many issues pertaining to gain donor’s attention towards the issue on hand. Therefore, in order to grow in this competitive environment, not-for-profit organizations require to be more engaging with donors (Global Philanthropy, 2016). Although this has been the ...

Introduction

Strategic management plays a vital role in the development of every organization as it provides the opportunity to the business to expand in the future. The strategic management process is also referred as the science of experimenting and formulating the long term and short term plans for the business including the initiatives with the purpose to optimize the objectives of the organization. The process is important as it is linked with the mission and vision statement of the organization/company. There is a need to supervise and amend/edit the strategies of a corporation with the analysis and demand of external ...

Introduction

The objective of this paper is to answer the four questions raised in the case study on strategic positioning. Question 1 (a): Using Porter’s generic strategies, explain how Sainsbury is positioned relative to its competitors. Answer: In 1985, Michael Porter suggested three main strategic alternatives for firms (Hawks, 2016). These three strategies are cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategies. In the cost leadership and differentiation strategies, the target market is broader and industry level. The cost leadership strategies, as the name suggests, focuses on offering products and services at a lower cost than competitors. Differentiation strategy involves ...

In this essay, I will analyze two articles presenting arguments concerning gun rights. The first article will rely almost exclusively on pathos in order to persuade the intended audience. The other article will rely principally on logic. Both articles present effective arguments, and both articles are well-written. The article that relies are pathos is more persuasive while the article focusing on logos has more credibility. When someone mentions the American Sniper, a picture is brought to memory of a man well-trained in the military with firearms. Likely a thought will also arise concerning his tragic death, which also involved ...

1. Olympus introduced new product “Compact Cameras” that was manufactured by the use of advanced technologies. The uses f the product were larger than existing product especially SLR cameras. The new product was quite compact with multiple uses, and it was expected to derive potential profits to the organization. However, the company got into trouble because of declining sales of SLR cameras. The company through sales of SLR cameras generated the substantial revenue. The automatic exposures of features and autofocus zoom advantage of compact cameras dropped the sales of SLR cameras. Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. suffered big loss due ...

2016 Presidential Candidates

Introduction

The 2016 elections campaign has seen many hopefuls from the republican and the democratic parties as well as a few independent candidates campaigning for nominations by their various parties. The various campaigns have been conducted country wide in the specific states and also over media channels through various interviews. This time round the polls seem to be going against the general public’s expectations and it is therefore not easy to make a clear prediction as to which side will emerge as victors.

The list of candidates for the republican seat is led by business mogul ...

1. Introduction Undeniably, the heart of the corporate business world is accounting; however, auditing plays an indispensable role in accounting. It serves as the watchdog for all the stakeholders against any malpractices. In a nutshell, auditing serves to protect the interest of the stakeholders. However, the practice is not without some regulations and standards for quality and performance measurement and control. Auditing standards generally form the basis against which audits’ quality are not only performed but also judged. Almost all institution have adopted some forms of auditing standards and principles. A notable feature, however, is that such standards vary ...

Vista Aerospace case

In most general terms, risk assessment can be defined as an examination of factors that can harm people in course of one’s activities. Most important issues to be considered in terms of choosing supplier include the suppliers’ capacity and their experience in producing electronic equipment in general and aviation equipment in particular. These factors can particularly influence supplier’s capacity to produce quality equipment and, in turn, passengers’ security and safety. In case of Essilor (Brazilian supplier), an important risk deals with the fact that an extent to which the company is experienced in producing electronic equipment. Furthermore, ...

Proposal

Introduction Firms are facing increased competition and have to be innovative to beat competition and gain market share (Hana, P.82). Tushman and Nadler as cited by Hana observes that the only way organizations can gain a durable competitive advantage is by managing for today while simultaneously innovating for tomorrow (P.82). This means that managers must be well acquainted with not just the ability to solve today’s problems, but also the ability to identify future opportunities and develop appropriate strategies to profitably exploit those opportunities.

A key problem facing today’s managers is the sustained management of innovation. Most ...

Introduction

However, one will actually note that every phenomenon has some its special conditions. Here, it is meant that the problem of a job search is particular in every country - from African to the West European one. At all, there hardly exists a generally agreed definition of the “job search” word-combination. Still, in general, this describes a process when people try to act so that they will be employed in the near future. This action starts if either an individual is dissatisfied with the current workplace or when he is unemployed. From now on, let us get to the ...

Life is unpredictable and you cannot decide upon your fate, but your own attitude. I can understand that you are going through a troublesome phase of your life as you have split from your husband but blaming him or his family for this sad incident will not take you anywhere. My dear friend! I want you to know that our sociological imagination or sociological perspectives can pay integral role in shaping the course of our life. Sociological imagination is a term coined by C. Wright Mills in 1959, to help us understand the role that society plays in an ...

Introduction

Business organizations today are committed to form a business strategy that will eventually bring them success through competitive advantage and appropriate marketing strategy. The question arises as to how many business organizations have topped the game by adopting such a strategy? The answer is obvious as not many businesses tend to succeed in topping the industry with the help of business strategy based on competitive advantage, supply chain system, and other product related systems. This implies that the business are making mistake in formulating their business strategy somewhere, which does not let them reap the benefits of a potentially ...

Information Technology Effects

Abstract The objective of the paper is to analyze the effects of information technology on interpersonal communication. Technology advancement and continued economic development have both positive and negative effects on interpersonal communication. The topic is one of organizational development studies that investigate effects of technology on communications. The paper reviews both positive and negative effects of information technology, its effect on interpersonal communication. With the preamble of a new communication and information age, techniques of social communications continue to change. The project analyzes the effects of information technology in the love or relationship cases, workplace, and for recreational purposes. ...

This is a student scholarship essay for a Surgical Technology/Surgical Assistant Practitioner program. In this essay, I outline my goals, background, abilities and competencies as well as how the scholarship will add up to all these things to make me a useful person in my generation. This essay demonstrates how the scholarship award will assist me to reach my educational and career objectives. My ultimate goal of being a Surgical Technology/Surgical Assistant is to help to provide the highest quality of surgical services to those who need it. I hope to provide this service through a high standard of ...

Introduction

The taxation system is the largest contributor when it comes to government revenue. There are five basic principles when it comes to the idea of taxation. These principles are: 1) to raise revenue, 2) reprice certain goods and services (tobacco, alcohol, etc.) to meet social objective, 3) income and wealth redistribution, 4) raise representation within the democratic process, and 5) to reorganize the economy (Murphy, 2009, p. 211). It is a firm argument that all of these principles must be in place in order for the concept of taxation to work.

The meaning and importance of equity (fairness) in UK taxation

In 1776, Adam Smith introduced the principles of ...

One of the biggest issues with mortgage loan services is within the function of the service itself. One of the biggest issues faced by homeowners and mortgagee themselves is the charges of unreasonable fees like late fees, foreclosure costs, inspection fees, and more. Some mortgage servicer is not able to provide justification about these kinds of fees therefore some homeowners tend to be doubtful about the fees they need to accomplish. The mortgage servicer is the middle man between the homeowner and the lender, it is the lender’s right to charge late fees to the homeowners due to ...

Managing Organization Change

An organization’s existence and operation are always influenced and shaped by different environmental drivers that surround it. These drivers may have their genesis within and outside that particular organization. The sensitivity or insensitivity to these environmental dynamics may contribute to the survival or the fall of an organization respectively (Dixon & Day 2010, p. 275). The institutional environment is always changing with time and knowledge advancement. What may have worked and led to success in a given organization at one point may become outdated and obsolete. Failure of an organization to evolve in relation to these changes may result ...

Sociological Analysis:

Most of the written works on gender roles and sexuality during the Greco-Roman period largely categorizes gender in two-- female or male. Likewise, society was segregated into two major sections-- the private domain and the public domain. Men usually dominate the public domain, whereas women largely dominate the private domain. During the ancient period, in the Greco-Roman world, women were banned from important public positions and activities. Even though women progressively acquired social entitlement and a greater degree of autonomy under private law, their position in public law is still seriously limited (Holmes 2012). However, in some ways, women ...

Question 1

Organizational learning is a process involving the creation, retention, and transfer of knowledge within the organization. It involves the expansion of experience in the line of business that the organization focuses on to improve the level of accuracy and efficiency. When referring to organizational learning, the individuals within the organization are the ones who receive the learning since they directly run the business. Individuals within a particular department participate in the learning process to improve their job performance. Teamwork, however, is the most effective learning strategy to use in organizational learning since the entire organization does not rely on ...

Research treatment and policy regarding substance abuse exist on a continuum. New questions come from changes and developments in the policy environment. New research findings give insight on how to better shape and tailor policies. This paper discusses the relationship between epidemiology, etiology and evidence based practice with respect to drug use and their role in the broader context of the research-treatment-policy continuum. The evidence based practice philosophy is a praxis-oriented movement that calls for greater reliance on scientific evidence is being extended to treatment approaches that are supported by evidence gathered in psychological and sociological studies and that ...

What is Public Sector Corruption

A phenomenon that has really stood the test of time in the world is corruption. Whether it was ancient Greece, Rome, India or China; corruption has been prevalent across the ages and is today, one of the most insidious global traits that is undermining the healthy development of social and economic structures in developed and developing countries. Public sector corruption is corruption that is prevalent in government or a government body, which uses public funds to provide public services (Slater, 2011). Public sector corruption is also defined as the discharge of public duties in favor of bribery and corrupt ...

Supply Chain

What type of strategic fit do you think they have (have or do they have any?) The company should adopt the 4PLS strategy since it is appropriate in distributing its products. The organization projects to boosts its supply of coffee and choosing the method will enable it to increase its consumer’s base and supply over a great locality. Additionally, the company expects to ship its coffee products to the overseas markets, and the 4PL provides knowledge that accumulates resources, capabilities, and technology to operate a supply chain solution (Lavoie, 2013). For that reason, Mr. Coffee suppliers will be ...

Relation to neo-Marxism

Introduction The Cuban missile crisis marked one of the most turbulent times in our history. It was sparked by the deployment of nuclear missiles by the Soviet Union, in Cuba, in 1962. The world was on the brink of nuclear disaster. This paper seeks to analyze the underlying reasons, the influence of neo-Marxism and its role in the development and exacerbation of the Cuban missile crisis.

What is neo-Marxism

Before we embark on the underlying causes of the Cuban missile crisis, it is important to understand the basic differences between tenets of old school Marxism and neo-Marxism – its evolution, historical impact and ...

Executive Summary

An interview with Debbie Curtis, Officer Manager for Central Pump Company in Center, Colorado revealed several flaws into the HR issues of the company which has about 20 employees. Though she handles almost all the issues such as training and development, succession of employees, the retention of quality employees, managing employee performance, resolving conflictions, correcting performances and disciplining performances, there are no formalities and policy documents to support the same. The strategic contribution of the current HR deliverables is basic and it cannot support the attainment of sustainable growth and development. At a personal level Debbie is contributing towards ...