Essays on Independent

Abstract

The emerging economies are usually faced with more uncertainties than developed economies. This provides a harsh environment for operations, which creates a situation where the decisions of the organization are well analyzed before being enforced. This calls for inclusion of an independent body in the decision making body of an organization. This paper will expound on the role of independent directors in an organization in regard to emerging economies.
1. Introduction
1.1. Background
Corporate governance refers to the balance that exists in the management of resources of an organization in the most efficient means in order to achieve the Continue reading...

Independent Parties

The paper intends to analyze and discuss an independent party; in relation, the paper presents the history of the independent party and analyzes that independents republicans or democrats once who are in office and what is the future for Independents. An independent party in a political system is not associated to any main political party. It has an independent agenda, which focuses on the power and the control of people. They play an insignificant role in the political system, as they are unable to get many votes. Some of the independent parties do not have any effect on the Continue reading...

Independent Learning

Introduction
Independent Learning is a form of acquiring knowledge through the personal effort of an individual, where he or she sets specific strategies to acquire learning goals. The students have full freedom of the way the he or she defines its path of learning (Cassidy 989). The process involves sheer sense of critical evaluation and inquiry by taking responsibility of the subject being learnt. The teacher involved in this process plays the role of a facilitator.
The concept of Independent Learning is normally evident in university setting, where the students have the liberty to choose courses and set independent Continue reading...

Arguably, both Mainstream and Independent cinema in the United States have had a profound effect on the nation’s entire cinema and film industry since the beginning of the 20th century. It is coherent to note that since the 1920s, the film industry in America has had remarkable progress and has grossed more money annually than any other country. There are numerous changes in film production since its initiation in the early 1920s to date. Notably, independent and mainstream films have had similar changes in stylistic traits and have over the years gone a step further to broaden their Continue reading...

AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF SENATE BILL 863

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ABSTRACT
California’s (CA) legislature has passed a series of Workers Compensation (WC) reforms during the past 15 years; the most recent, Senate Bill (SB) 863 passed on August 21, 2012. SB 863 was introduced and presented to the California public as a reform bill that would ensure better coverage and easier medical access for workers injured on the job. SB 899 passed during the early 2000s was shown to be better for California’s workers, than SB863. The most vulnerable workers, Continue reading...

Electoral College

The Electoral College is a constitutional electoral institution judged with the responsibility of electing the President and Vice-president. The Electoral College was established in the United State’s Constitution in 1798, when the country was facing political challenges of this time. The Electoral College was established principally because of the possibility of elections in the country degenerating into violence and chaos. The electoral institution was meant to thwart the politically charged environment of the late 18th century. The Electoral College also served to balance between the interests of the government and citizens during an electoral process (Honaker, Continue reading...

John Cassavetes is the father of independent film industry and has, doubtlessly, influenced many independent and Hollywood filmmakers and actors. Many film critics and authors, actors, cinema producers and directors in both the independent film industry and Hollywood have referred to John Cassavetes as the father of the independent cinema. His style of film making, considered by many of his lovers and critics alike as simplistic yet influential, was exceptional in its own right. There is no doubt that John Cassavetes had a passion for acting and film production, and not even lack of professional actors or money would Continue reading...

Abstract

Aging parents usually fall into the responsibility of their children, who become their caregivers. While in the process of carrying for their elderly parents, the adult children may deal with various changes, ranging from the feebleness of their parents to their changing behaviors, modes, forgetting estate and so on. Moreover, they might even be experiencing the fact that their parents are permanently unsatisfied and continuously requesting for more attention and more choruses to be done for them. While dealing with this, the children also have to handle and to organize their own lives and many of them are still Continue reading...

INTRODUCTION

for India for a 31 year period starting from 1980-1981 up to 2010-2011 on six independent
variables: Gross Domestic Capital Formation, Net Domestic Savings, Exports, Employment,

Gross Enrolment Ratio and Imports.

MOTIVE
Macroeconomic theory suggests that aggregate demand depends on economy’s investment,
savings, exports and imports. We have gone off the beaten track and included two
unconventional variables- the employment in the public and organized private sector and the
gross enrolment ratio. Our objective behind this has been to show how the spread of
education sector and increased employment opportunities affect the annual growth rate of

GDP and to find out if it has had a significant impact on the economic growth of India in the

past few years.

The reason that we have taken the data of our variables from the 1980s rather

than the 1991, post Continue reading...

Literature Review

There is a conceptual framework as well, which has been taken into consideration for the same analysis.
Conceptual Framework
Financial performance:
The financial performance refers to the performance altitude of the company during the specific frame of time. The financial performance of the company is measured in terms of profit or loss during a certain period. The assessment of financial performance enables the investors as well as decision making authorities to evaluate a company’s policies and activities to achieve monetary objectives. There are numerous studies in which there is a sign of a strong relationship between CSR and Continue reading...

Objective of the study

The focus of this study will include five variables, one dependent and four independent variables. The study will also review statistics from 1823, is a yearly event that takes place in March/April each year to coincide with the Easter festive and holiday period. The primary independent variable is reason and the other three independent variables are gender, party, and believe. In this study, these variables will be explored, and various descriptive statistics will be explored between the dependent variables and the independent variables. In this study, these variables will be explored and the correlation between the dependent variable, age, Continue reading...

Determination of hypothesis

Apparently, the most important hypothesis among the three generated assumptions is the one concerned with security. The exact hypothesis is: The U.S. immigration reform policy circa 2001 to present has not improved the security situation. Apparently, the most prominent concern of the U.S government, when designing such legislation as that relating to immigration, is security. The illegal immigrants are generally associated with such evils as drug trafficking, human trafficking as well as terrorism (West & Brookings Institution, 2010). As such, the effectiveness of the U.S. immigration reform policy circa 2001 to present can only be evaluated by the much the Continue reading...

An Australian company opening an independent clothing company in Indonesia

Introduction: I was asked by the management of the company to represent the report on the proposal of opening the new clothing company in Indonesia. This report covers some main and vital issues to be considered before making any decision.

Report:

Financial Risks in Indonesia: Investments in Indonesia will bring a higher rate of financial risks as compared to any other developed country such as China or Japan. The reasons behind this financial risk are the inflation rate, level of corruption and the shortage of required labor. Opening of an independent clothing company in Indonesia will be required to have Continue reading...

Generalizability

Husserl distinguishes procedure of generalization and specialization of procedures of formalization and deformalization. Generalization is the transition from the spirit to higher on the tree of generic entities and formalization - a "meaningful generalization in a purely formal logic." For example, the transition from "red" to "sensory quality" is a generalization, and the transition from "red" to "adjective" or "chalk" to "beings" or "existing" is a formalization. Similarly, deformalization is filling the empty logical form something meaningful and specialization - descent of the tree of generic.
Examples of both we find in mathematics. Example of formalization: the transition from Continue reading...

Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is an analysis technique that is applied to two variables in order to determine the strength of relationship between the two variables. This determines how the variables change together. This data analysis technique employs a general linear model. This means that is combines the analysis of variance as well as regression analysis to one data set. One of the variables to be tested has to be an independent variable while the other variable needs to be a dependent variable. The analysis determines the variance of the means of the dependent variable Continue reading...

Abstract

Annual wages of the employees are studied for their relation with several dependent variables to identify the most factors most impacting the variation in the annual wages. This paper attempts to analyze and establish the relationship of annual wages with the number of years of experience. Annual wages are considered to be a function of number of years of experience and there’s assumed to be a positive correlation. This paper tests the relationship using linear regression analysis method between the two variables. Annual wages is considered as the dependent variable and number of years of employment is taken Continue reading...

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Impact of Culture on Consumer Behavior
Holiday market is one of the most dynamic and, at the same time, restricted by its maturity in any given country. The impact of the cultural element on consumer behavior is specifically intense as the preferences of individuals in terms of geographical location, length of the vacation and a type of planning are determined by a set of norms, values and beliefs. These dimensions differ not only on national level, but on sub-social and individual layers, which makes the marketing analysis of consumer behavior especially complex. Given the complexity of the issues that Continue reading...

The power to think is the freedom to come up with unique ideas and to view things in an unguided manner. The power to think has various advantages on the development of a child’s creativity and independence. The power to think can be developed at a tender age. When developed the power to think opens up new opportunities for a child to be unique. Giving children the power to think at their tender age provides a chance for them to develop leadership skills. The power to think and implement personal thoughts presents the first stage in providing an Continue reading...

Citation: Busso, C., & Narayanan, S. (2007). Interrelation between speech and facial gestures in emotional utterances: a single subject study. Audio, Speech, and Language , X(XX), 1–16. Retrieved from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4317558
Single subject research has always posed some significant challenges to researcher s and scientists working in the field of experimental psychology. The fact remains that unlike popular opinion, single subject research can have statistical validity and can provide the necessary tools to provide usable data during many experiments(Kratochwill, 1978). Horner et al., (2005) provided some useful insights on how to assess the quality of a single subject research Continue reading...

Article Review: The Causes of Cerebral Desaturation in

Article Review: The Causes of Cerebral Desaturation in
The study by Brinkman, Amadeo, Funk, and Grocott (2013) investigated cerebral desaturation, which frequently occurs in one-lung ventilation procedures for thoracic surgery and is possibly caused by lower cardiac output. The aim of the study was to explore the correlation between decreases in cerebral oxygen saturation that occurs in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation and decreased cardiac output. Although cerebral oxygen saturation was lowered in all of the participants, the researchers did not have statistically significant data that could be used to establish a correlation between cerebral desaturation and cardiac output, so Continue reading...

HONEST AND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The first decade of the 21st century was marred with financial scandals. These scandals led to a worldwide financial crisis and the collapse of some economies. The events brought into focus the importance of the external auditors and their independence. After all, it is upon auditors’ recommendations that financial decisions are made. As can be seen in recent economic events, the recommendations of the external auditors would have profound impact not only on investors or stockholders but also on entire economies. The importance of auditor independence cannot be underestimated. Unfortunately, it is being brought to light precisely because of Continue reading...

Why is it important for external auditors to be independent? Relate your answer to the primary role of external auditors. Give examples of specific ways the lack of auditor independence may impact adversely on an audit.

Introduction:

Generally Accepted Auditing Standards /GAAS (Business Accent, 2009) define Audit as;
“Auditing is a systematic process of objectively obtaining and evaluating evidence regarding assertions about economic actions and events to ascertain the degree of correspondence between those assertions and established criteria and communicating the results to interested users”.
Basically there are two types of auditing, external audit and internal audit. The focus of Continue reading...

Causal Design

The research on offenders and empathy will employ the research design of causal design. This is because the research is an explanatory research with a focus on the why question. For instance, it is quite often to link lack of empathy with crime or in that case with offenders. Thus, say to examine the trends of crimes in relation to empathy among the offenders as well among the non-offenders. It is then quite usual to develop an explanation why crime rate increase among inhuman or empathy-less individuals, why crime is less among empathetic individuals. Additionally, why are some crimes Continue reading...

The usefulness of a study or research is usually dependent on the accuracy and level of confidence of the findings. This will be subject to the procedures and steps as well as the variables used when carrying out the research. The level of accuracy and confidence of a research is determined by its validity; which is the level with which correct inferences are made from the research study results. A researcher always considers the confidence that all observations are from the given variables and the research was not manipulated. Such a kind of confidence shows the internal validity. Continue reading...

Problem

What is the problem the study was conducted to research?
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global health issue. There is an increase in type 2 diabetes in African-Americans. Lack of knowledge in lifestyle and treatment interventions has led to the increase of T2DM in African-Americans. Type 2 Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, renal diseases and lower limb amputations. African-Americans having T2DM also suffer from high blood pressure and low glycemic levels in blood.

Why is the problem an important one for nursing to research?

Diabetes has become a serious health issue among the public. Registered nurses should have latest knowledge about different interventions for diabetes. The Continue reading...

Make-a-Bed is a furniture manufacturer and distributor with plants in three U.S. states. To save on money, the company President decided to hire an independent contractor to streamline its manufacturing processes. John Engineer was thus hired to study the company’s systems and processes and was told that he should come up with recommendations on how to do the consolidation within one year. As part of the expectations, he was supposed to report to the president his progress on a monthly basis, should handle all meeting schedules and travel arrangements, was expected to turn in work equivalent to 20 Continue reading...

One of the most commonly used tools used by businesspeople today is the regression model. With this statistical technique, a marketer can easily evaluate if a company’s promotional efforts effectively translate into high sales. Aside from that, the regression model can allow a firm to make predictions about the direction of its operation given certain independent and dependent variables (e.g. advertising to sales, volume discounts to profits, press releases to company image).
Although the regression model proves to be very helpful when it comes to deciding the next strategic move that a business unit should take on, this Continue reading...

Introduction

An independent agency is formed to cater for functions that are not handled by the federal executive departments. In this regard, an independent agency is outside the direct influence of the president. The passing of law by the congress facilitates the creation of independent federal agency and lays down the structure under which the agency it proposes to create will operate. The agency has the ability to draft rules concerning the specific task it covers, which have the support of the constitution.
Collegiate bodies such as a board or commission handle the running of independent agencies. The president with Continue reading...

Statistical Management

Question 1
Quantitative analysis is a tool that is used to understand, explain and predict behavior of different phenomena using measurement, research, statistical and mathematical modeling. Quantitative analysis provides a scientific approach to managerial decision making because it involves manipulating and processing raw data into meaningful information using a structured procedure. Quantitative analysis involves seven steps; problem definition, developing the model, acquisition of input data, developing a solution, testing the developed solution, analyzing results from the solution and lastly implementing the results.
Problem definition is the most difficult yet most important step in quantitative analysis. The problem needs to Continue reading...

There is a time when advertisers need more than descriptive research to understand consumers current behaviors and attitudes. They sometimes require an understanding of cause and effect, which is obtained through experimental research in which an advertiser alters something in the consumer’s environment, or product in order to see what would happen. The goal of an experiment is usually to determine the effect of changes in one area on one or more other areas. An experiment is used to vary the amount of advertising placed in particular markets to determine how advertising weight affects target audience, advertising awareness Continue reading...

Research Methods

Hypothesis
Gays, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) workers who disclose their sexual orientation get positive and negative reactions and responses from co-workers, which may or may not affect their attitude towards work.

Participants

The participants in this research are the gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) workers who are residing in the US and are working in different sectors.  The age of these participants will be between 20 to 28 years old and are working with different job occupations. Most of the sectors that the researcher will focus on are those who have strict rules in their worksplaces, primarily in the fields Continue reading...

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The Name of the School (University)
The City and State
Development of Platform Independent Testing
Introduction
Model Driven Developments (MDD) is commonly used in airports (Amman & Outt, 2008; Cavarra, Crichton & Davies, 2004). Its main function is to specify the type of software used in safety-critical systems. Model Driven developments are commonly used in the verification of software. MDD does not have the ability to deal with model coverage analysis (Nebut et al., 2006; Memon & Xie, 2005). The platform model driven developments uses in validation involve several platforms that require movement of systems. Movement of systems takes time because in Continue reading...

Introduction

Today, large businesses are expanding with the help of the robotic technology in order to have full production in a short time. Businesses have to use different strategies to continuously grow such as introducing new products and services, modifying the existing products and so on. Also different strategies are used by businesses to get governmental contracts.
This paper is going to identify the best life cycle costing approach and the government approach of design changing. This report evaluates cost estimation methods; cost estimation relationship and engineered cost estimation. The purpose of this evaluation is to identify the most suitable Continue reading...

Ken Boyer

EC499
Effect of Gross Domestic Product on Road Safety in South Korea
Abstract
Road carnage has increasingly become a major source of death all over the globe. Many countries lose a significant number of pedestrians, passengers, drivers, cyclists and motorcyclists on the roads, highways and superhighways. This trend is particularly alarming in South Korea where loss of lives due to road accidents has become very worrying. The country is indiscriminately losing many people to this menace. The most unfortunate thing about this scenario is the fact that some of the country’s productive population is also consumed in the Continue reading...

Introduction.

External auditing involves a close examination of a company’s financial and operational records in confirmation of accuracy of statements. External auditors establish company’s credibility, and ensure tax laws compliance. They assist in double-checking of internal audits carried out in a company, train accounting principles to internal auditors, and explain any difference that may occur between internal audit and their audit (PORTER, HATHERLY and SIMON, 2008).
The limitation of depending with internal audits is that they cannot effectively critique the internal processes of a company since they are part of it. External auditors, therefore, provide independent results since Continue reading...

Accounting Ethics

Accounting Ethics

In philosophy, ethics is defined as the human ability to judge of what is wrong or right based on society standards by which a person a person can be judged. Ethics is also a popular term that is being observed in several disciplines and theory of moral principles. Accounting for example is where ethics is crucial because it does not only concerns the integrity of the accountant, but the amount of trust and responsibility by which the company they work for bestowed to them is also on the line. It is apparent that accounting deals with an Continue reading...

Los Angeles Independent Media Centre

The Los Angeles Independent Media Centre is part of a global network of participating journalists and news reporters that report on the current political and social issues affecting the daily lives of the residents. It is a collective organisation of independent media houses and groups of journalists who offer grassroots coverage of the social issues that affect the citizens (Cromwell, 2002). It is a democratic journalism and media outlet that enables the creation of radical and passionate claims of the rights of the people (Cromwell, 2002). The media network seeks to encourage people to publish their take on Continue reading...

Abstract

Anxiety in modern day has become an issue that seems apparently common among individuals. It has also been noted that there is an increasing tendency of some individuals and groups being / or feeling more prone to anxiety than others. While the topic has raised heated debate among psychiatrists and psychologists alike, there seems to be an inclination from various professionals towards specific areas of anxiety. Dealing with anxiety Continue reading...

Introduction:

Disney has shown the portrayal of women over many years in the movies by the use of animation characters. The role of women is portrayed to have changed over time in times of nature and the scope. There was a very big change since the early 1900’s to modern day in the personalities of the women, their attitudes and ideologies towards men and the way they were portrayed in the movies, as the passive damsels in distress to being their own superhero. The evolution of women in Disney movies shall be analyzed through the use of feminist essays Continue reading...

Every nation has independence to choose, which exchange rate system it will follow. The choice for selecting a suitable exchange rate ranges from a flexible exchange rate or fixed exchange rate system. Under floating exchange rate system, the value of the currency is decided by market forces, while, under fixed exchange rate systems, the currency of the country is pegged against some standard of value. The choice of exchange rate is a tough task and depends significantly on the freedom of capital to flow in and out of the country. However, one negative effect of allowing the free capital Continue reading...