Essays on Informing

In his article, “Don’t Blame the Eater”, David Zinczenko (2002) talks about the practices of fast food companies that are harmful for the consumers. The thesis of the article is that fast food companies should be responsible with their customers, informing them about the caloric content of the products that served, but also about other substances that might be harmful for their health. An important point that the author makes is that consumers, especially teenagers, should not be blamed for eating at fast food restaurants, because they do not have many alternatives for replacing fast food. The evidence ...

Health professionals have recognized and embraced the importance of tailored health messages and health campaigns that are based on social support groups that target populations and help to reduce the gaps in delivering health information to different groups. In the attempt to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in developing countries such as Uganda, study findings indicate that issues such as perception of risk, individual knowledge, attitudes and emotions, and policy issues have been critical in the HIV-related campaigns that seek to promote behavioral change (Kaufman, Cornish, Zimmerman, & Johnson, 2014). In addition, the HIV/AIDS infection rate in the country remains ...

Pursuant to a proposal elevated by Ms. Bridget Stone, Supervisor for Customer Service Department, that a Customer Service Representative, Ms. Annette Green, be dismissed from her job due to violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), I am hereby documenting essential facts of the incident for your review and recommendation for appropriate action. Ms. Green filed for vacation leave but to be used to take care of a very sick mother. The leave should have been filed under FLMA . Likewise, Ms. Green exceeded the leave period by one (1) week without notice nor approval of her supervisor. ...

Quality assessment and improvement

Many activities within the nursing profession require that care is a priority in order to provide a quality and correct medication. In such scenarios, the health professionals need to adhere to set out procedures as they are in the provision of the medication to patients. Process maps are essential in guiding the health professionals to treat patients accordingly without necessarily seeking any other outside assistance of an outside expert. Process maps are well-designed charts or rather directions that assist in outlining the right procedure in executing any given plan. Therefore, this ability of the process maps to direct the ...

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a sensitive topic in the society. This is because although it is one of the most common situations, it is also one of the least discussed or reported to authorities (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2007). This phenomenon is based on the negative perceptions of those who undergo IPV under the judgmental eye of society, associating this unfortunate situation to their physical or moral standing (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2007). Even though IPV rates have drastically reduced in the present society, these demeaning perceptions have still maintained their presence among those affected by IPV, for both genders. Nurses are ...

The USA today is one of the oldest news sources in America. The paper operates as a flagship operation of its parent company Gannett Company. It was in late 1982 and is currently being printed at thirty-seven different site across the United States. The paper has five additional printing stations internationally where it prints its international papers. The paper has managed to stand out through the use of a dynamic design that stands out from other newspapers. USA Today uses concise reporting coupled with colourized images and graphics to pass its information to its readers. The newspaper combines America’ ...

I. Components of the Family Medical Leave Act The Family and Medical Leave Act that was signed in 1993 aims give employees some time-off from their work. This is to give them more time to spend with their families, care for a sick family member or even to recuperate from their own health concerns without having to give up their employment. The key components of the FMLA are that employed men and women are given up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave from work. The following could be the reasons to file for a medical leave under the FMLA, ...

Incorporating Professional Standards in Counseling

Incorporating Professional Standards in Counseling

Introduction

As an aspiring professional counselor, I am fully aware that my success in the practice totally depends on my ability to implement the profession’s standards for ethical behavior. The successful implementation of the standards depends on the incorporation of models for ethical behavior into counseling and psychotherapy, for example, Kitchener’s principle ethics model (Urofsky, Engels, & Engebretson, 2008, p. 67). The model was developed by Childress and Beauchamp, and it acts as the cornerstone for the development of the professional ethical codes for practicing counselors. The Psychotherapy and Counseling Federation of Australia (PACFA) ...

Situation

- Kim needs to arrange medical help for the female staff worker who had fallen from the chair and enquire if she could work. If she is not in working condition anymore, it is important that she is replaced by someone temporarily from Public area. - Talking to the afternoon shift supervisor and informing about the added activities and need to allocate staff for housekeeping for achieving their targets timely. - Ensuring the Level 5 rooms are ready for the group of Japanese Tourists before they arrive back from their bus tour. - Checking the performance of staff working ...

The court ruling in the landmark case of Eisel v Board of Education of Montgomery County, 324 Md. 376 (1991) has a significant impact to the counseling profession. The main issue of the case is whether or not the duty of counselors to intervene to prevent the commission of a suicide extends to school counselors as a duty owed to prevent the suicide of Nicole Eisel, who is a 13-year old student of Montgomery County. The antecedent facts of the case involve the manifestation of Nicole’s tendency of committing suicide after she openly told her friends about her ...

Introduction

Technological advance has turned out to be an extremely affluent factor in lifestyle changes worldwide. Many technological inventions, innovations and devices are now an integral part of people’s lives, as their functionality contributes to greater convenience and comfort. Models and means of communication have been affected greatly by technologies, too: email, internet, social networking, and cellphones produce influence the way people communicate to the considerable extent. Cellphones have become a norm for modern social life with their convenience, accessibility and an immense array of opportunities available. Moreover, the cellphone culture affects not only adults but also children and ...

Introduction

The Meaning of the World Being Flat Additionally, this concept was first created during Friedman’s journey in Bangalore, India. He realized that the aspect of globalization has changed many essential economic terms which businesses were already accustomed to over the past 15 years. Friedman also believed that the flattening of the world happened to be a product of the convergence of computers which has a fiber optic micro cable since this created a new era of efficient work flow process and its software. This creation was perceived as Globalization 3.0. It is important to understand that the flattening ...

The Post War society was going through a transition period. The milestone document of the United Nations in the history of mankind is The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). With this document, the United Nations have protected human rights regardless of gender, race, religion ethnicity etc. The United Nations agreed that every person is free by born and he/she should be respected. He/she must be considered as human being and thus her rights of freedom must be protected. The two incidents were very important in the world history; first is the Civil Rights Movement and the feminist movement. ...

The remarkable popularity of social media websites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and alike, create new challenges specific to the digital communication sphere. As these websites engage physical and juridical users who share various information for the purpose of informing their followers or keeping in touch with peers, the activity of sharing implies the threat of confidentiality breach. Confidentiality is a major ethical issue that organizations are vulnerable to nowadays, in the advent of social media explosion (Lachman, 2013). I chose to focus on the violation of confidentiality due to social media activity, because many organizations are not ...

Abstract

There are various ethical issues that a counselor can encounter when conducting a group counseling session. Some of the issues are similar to those in the individual counseling, but there are others which are unique. There is an ethical issue of confidentiality where the therapist should not disclose any information about the group members. However, there are definite limits to confidentiality where the counselor can disclose the information. The counselor should uphold his/her professionalism in the session. They must have sufficient knowledge and information on the issues that the members are presenting. All the group members should have enough ...

Police officers, individuals, who are generally meant to better and protect our lives. But, at what cost. At what cost do police officers face in remaining genuine and in good heart in serving their country as a law enforcement officer? An interesting question posed within the law enforcement community, reigns, solely within the circumstantial perspective of the obligations in which police officers must stand by while in the line of duty. While in the line of duty, maintaining a sense of morals (at least in my opinion) are crucial and vital to the success of a law enforcement career. ...

Introduction

The SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre is located in the City of Marion, South Australia, and provides 1,000 square meters of leisure water. It was built after an increase in demand for more comprehensive sporting facilities in the area. With the support of the local government, the centre was built to host international and national aquatic sporting events. The motivation for this was to bring back elite sport into the state of South Australia. Not only does the centre host elite sporting events, but it also has facilities for the general public to enjoy all year around. In addition ...

The case regarding making a choice between accepting expensive gifts and allowing for the gift money to be donated to feed starving children is a practical example of moral conundrums solved through the application of moral theories. The utilitarian moral theory, just like other moral theories has the potential of helping to decide on which route of action to take (Vaughn 68). The utilitarian point of view notes that what defines a moral act is the level of happiness it brings. In making this choice, therefore, it will be essential to weigh the happiness the chosen action brings. Ideally, ...

Chamberlain College of Nursing

Introduction The brochure by the joint commission is titled "speak up". The brochure has no date to show when it was published because the brochure is printed to remain relevant as time goes by. To suffice this effect, the brochure is written in the first person and talks to the reader directly. The brochure answers important questions that a patient might have. The booklet is brief and straight to the point. The information benefits the patient, family and close friends to the patient and the general public. The information in the brochure is intended to appear as common knowledge ...

As a doctor and a professional, Dr. Bauer cannot proceed as suggested in the scenario. The medical ethics and professional responsibilities that she is obligated to comply with would, necessitate that she, at least, inform the defense attorney of the extent of her thoughts and considerations in regards to her analysis of the case and her hiring of as a consultant for jury selection. Most importantly, however, is that her professional responsibilities should stop her from secretly acting in opposition to the defense attorney’s strategy and theory of the case without first informing him of her concerns. If ...

NameCourse

Organizations around the world come together to create products with enhanced nutritional value, to minimize losses, and help millions of people in need of food. The world has enough food to feed everyone, however, the United Nations estimated that today about 800 million people worldwide (approximately one person out of nine) suffer from malnutrition. Most of them live in developing countries, where more than 14% of the population do not get food in the quantities needed to meet the energy needs of the organism (Butler, 2016). For 25 years develops a cooperation of Food Bank Task Force with the ...

Reciprocity of Marketing & Culture

INTRODUCTION The growing interdependence of global markets has made a more compelling case for culture as an increasingly significant variable in marketing efforts. For one, products and services produced at a global scale find more diverse platforms, particularly across virtual media. The pace, scale and content of products and/or services are, moreover, making an increasing case for more standardized offerings across different marketing contexts. Typically, consumer behavior metrics – including, most notably, conventional market research and more innovative approaches as data analytics platforms and applications – are adopted in order to identify consumer behaviors and needs. This approach to consumer behavior ...

Body fitness is essential to the welfare of one’s health. In fact, lack thereof compromises one’s medical status, and this could lead to the development of complications such as high blood pressure and obesity. As such, many individuals have resolved to take measures aimed at enhancing their body fitness through natural bodybuilding strategies. However, the utilization of steroids is a universal preference among sportsmen and people who want to improve their fitness. Due to the marketing strategies employed by the steroid manufacturing companies, most people are unaware of the adverse side effects these drugs cause on their ...

Media innovation

Introduction Innovation in the simplest definition can be viewed as a new idea, product or a method of performing a specific task. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines innovation as the “act or process of introducing new ideas, devices or methods (Merriam-webster.com, 2016). Innovation is the use of improved resolutions for countering new challenges, untended needs or fulfilling the already established markets better. One of the most important market that human race has delved in is the acquiring of information. Despite decades of improvement in the communication sector, the need for doing more to satisfy the informational needs of the population ...

In presenting the news in an ethical manner, empirical evidence becomes a vital element. The profession of photojournalism is an integral part of the field of journalism, which responds to this demand for empirical evidence through its very nature. It is not only responsible for bringing important moral issues to light but, in a time where secrecy and covert deeds have taken precedence over openness, it provides a level of perspective regarding the events that occur throughout the world. In assessing the perspectives of professionals in the field as well as various other thinkers and experts it becomes evident ...

Theater Studies: Stage Production of August Wilson

Introduction The play fences, written by August Wilson, received recognition in the 1950s but became produced in 1983. It entails the sixth piece comprised in August Wilson’s ten part “Pittsburgh Cycle” which revolves around the exploration of the evolution of African-American experiences as well as the examination of racial relations. The play employs a setting based on activities carried out in 1957 where a small dirt front yard of the Maxson household depicts an ancient two-story brick house set back off a small alley. The picture portrayed in the setting entails the impoverished inner-city Hill District in Pittsburgh. ...

Executive summary

HPV is a grave concern in the medical circles since researchers note that the virus infects more than 50% of sexually active persons. Research also indicates that the prevalence of the infection is highest in young people, especially in the years following their sexual debut. The program, “HPV Fight for KC” is designed to inform the public about the HPV, with emphasis given to informing young people between the ages of 16 and 26 years how they can prevent themselves from infection. The program will target the youth from low-income areas in Kansas City, Missouri. Despite the fact that ...

Management

Review of Retailer’s Communication Plan Brand Communication In order to add value to the products and services offered by organizations and ensure that marketing efforts yield a high rate of success, it is really important the brand communication is carried out in an effective manner. For creating a brand communication strategy, exceptional insight, high focus, creativity and an in-depth analysis of internal and external environment are required (Stafford 10). It is believed that every brand is unique in its own way and requires different methods of communication so as to attract, retain and satisfy the stakeholders. Lynch, Joanne, ...

Discussion Questions

Making decisions and implementing them in an ethical manner is one of the key determinants of successful managerial performance. Thus, the practice demonstrates that positive financial performance is not sufficient for business successfulness under the today’s business realities. In other words, a company may be considered successful not only when it yields profits, but also when its operations impacts the interests of its stakeholders in a wholesome way. These stakeholders are different, ranging from regular customers to community based organizations and employees. Furthermore, the practice shows that a single action, which infringed upon the communal interests, may have ...

It is evident that Walker will definitely have a difficult time trying to create a turnaround situation geared towards seeing Sofna College restore its reputation. The first approach is for Walker to assess the functionalities of every department of the organization including facilities and materials required to enhance learning and participation in extra-curricular activities, the role played by teachers and the financial limitations that could be making the Sofna survive on debt financing. Walker needs to look for ways through which a consultative meeting could be set involving teachers, parents, principles and the ministry. This implies that the first ...

Currently, in all American states, sexually active teens can access contraceptives even if they do not talk about sex and pregnancy with their parents and even without the consent of the parents. Contraceptives are the devices or drugs that are used to prevent a person from getting a pregnancy that is not planned for. Some contraceptives like condoms even avoid the transmission of STDs and HIV. However, some federal and state lawmakers wish to take away the ability by teenagers to protect themselves and other involved parties like their parents, partners and babies (Eichner & Maxine 87). They would like ...

ENVIRO-WEAR has followed the differentiation competitive strategy to stay ahead of its competition. Differentiation involves the production of high quality products that attract the customers (QMBA, 2016). These products are developed in such a way that they are different from those of other companies in the same industry. Product differentiation adds some attractive qualities to the products so as to attract a large customer base. Product differentiation can be carried out on several aspects of the products. These aspects include functionality; support; durability; brand image; and features (Arline, 2015). The company can adjust these aspects so that they suit ...

Use of Firewalls to prevent Intruders at Bibliofind

There are two types of firewalls that Bibliofind could have used. The two are hardware and software firewalls (Stewart 72). Software firewalls could have been used to protect individual computers that intruders’ means of attacking such as viruses and spyware. One such software firewall that Bibliofind could have used is the Cisco ProtectLink Endpoint, that is specifically for Microsoft Windows computer operating system. With such a firewall, a system administrator at Bibliofind could have monitored the traffic flow that was coming in and going out of the individual computer system so as to identify any suspicious behavior.This means that ...

Nationalism and the Press

Nationalism is a feeling of loyalty and devotion a person has towards his country. It is a sense of national consciousness where an individual praises his country and places primary emphasis on the country's culture and interests as opposed to other nations. Nationalism can lead to uniformity of thoughts, actions and assumption among various individuals in a country. Nationalism is a major cultural defining factor in any state. It mainly depends on a country's ideology and way of life. The press, on the other hand, is an independent body that sensitizes the citizens on various aspects of life including ...

Ethical Analysis

Introduction The task of a project manager is often not easy considering that they encounter a number of dilemmas when it comes to making decisions that are vital for the successful completion of the project. Therefore, project managers are required to know many things, and carry out a large number of tasks on a regular basis with substantial responsibility. The question on what should project managers do when they come across tough dilemmas depends on a number of issues including the theory that the results are of more value than the actions. This paper will analyse the scenario where ...

Abstract

This report highlights the procedure and intent of conducting Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) for airline companies. This audit is carried out to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of safety management systems in airlines. In the light of its findings, airline management could clearly see the scope of improvement in complying with required safety standards and regulations. Flight crews could also judge their performance and improvise their skills to strengthen safety envelope. This report will briefly present the procedure and characteristics of LOSA. The report covers all essential elements of LOSA. Firstly, introduction to LOSA is provided containing it's ...

DISSERTATION CONCLUSION

Introduction We live in a social set up that has revolutionized the way people and citizens of any country are governed by a set of written laws, perceived norms and acceptable culture. A breach of the laws, perceptions and norms of any cultural set up causes outcry for justice for the victims and punishment for the offenders. In medieval times, most such offenses would have invited an execution: there were no police and children witnesses execution to impart the consequences of crime. However, given the development of societal views on negative punishment that only propagates more violence, the systems ...

Abstract

Budgeting has always and continues to play a crucial role in business planning. That is given its application is estimation of the future performance parameters. With that, the discussion explains the relation between the profit planning and the budgeting process. For that, budgeting has been identified as the basis of the estimates used not only in profit planning but also in business planning. Also, several benefits have been identified regarding the business planning and budgeting including that they form the key reference for the performance evaluation. Further, the discussion explains the role of a controllers regarding the reporting to ...

Marketing Services

The commodities and services are commonly referred to as products in the market. Although similar strategies are often employed in marketing products, marketing of services tend to differ from the promotion of goods due to a host of factors. Tangibility is a principal difference between goods and services, which makes the marketing of the two products to vary(Greechie, 2016). Whereas goods refer to objects that are created, stored, and marketed, services are the output of an individual’s work or a group of people. Companies such as Adidas are famous for manufacturing goods while Freight Forwarding companies are ...

Klein, D. V. (1990). Foiling the cracker: A survey of, and improvements to, password security. In Proceedings of the 2nd USENIX Security Workshop (pp. 5-14).

The article ‘‘Foiling the Cracker’’: A Survey of, and Improvements to, Password

Security by Daniel V. Klein was published in 1990. Klein looks into system security and discusses how people can hack passwords. He claims that the issue of security has always been a challenge to most individual accounts as there are people who know how to manipulate such accounts such that they hack them and get vital information about another party. He discusses the various ways in which technology has motivated the interference of system ...

Letter Informing a Job Candidate that the Position has been Filled by Someone Else

English Wesley Collins 1010 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

Dear Collins, RE: LETTER OF REGRET FOR THE JOB POSITION We would like to thank you for the effort spent in the application for the sales manager position at ABC solutions company. We regret informing you that we have decided to select another candidate for the position as she is best qualified. The jobs competition at our company is usually strong and difficult decisions have to be made between a large number of candidates with higher-caliber. We received over ten thousand number of applications from highly qualified applicants for the sales manager position. ...

1. In the unfortunate case of a natural disaster occurring, there are various measures which should be taken into account, vital in securing the general population’s safety. These are inclusive of amongst others: - disaster response, evacuation measures, food and water delivery, medical service provision, fire-control and the fixing of electric cable lines amongst others. Regarding Case 43 as aforementioned, there should be guiding principles which are appropriate for the existing measures of disaster coordination. In the field of disaster and emergency management, there are guiding principles, which provide both an ...

The main theme of the reading is to outline the chronology of the events that have impacted on the United States Foreign policy from time in memorial. Foreign policy was a master plan for the realization of a strong United States. However their foreign policies have been faced with a series of challenges both internal and external.

Their definition of foreign policy was tied to specific terms which include territorial expansion, wealth and worldwide influence, but the model on how to achieve this has been out rightly been omitted.

The omission of a specific model on how the United states would have ...

A. Major Issue and Focus

- Interesting issue of web content management about Using Social Media Tools to Connect to Customers to Support the Libraries

Notes

BULLET 1: I find the way libraries use social media an interesting topic for this presentation. I will cover most of the major issues surrounding the use of social media by libraries to connect to their customers to support libraries I have defined briefly in this presentation my audience, which will be the library management.

B. Context and Audience Descriptions

- Evaluate Australian state libraries’ use of social media technology ...

Cohen, Eli B. Growing Information, Part I. Santa Rosa, Calif: Informing Science Institute, 2009. Print.

Cohen in this peer reviewed article has given an insight on a well researched paper. Cohen gives the essential components of a well researched and articulated work through giving the best research problem statement. The article provides practical example for new comers into the world of research (Cohen, 2009). The elements of scholarly research are also a basic component of the article. This article is essential for a starter due to the fact that, it provides insights on how to create a research statement in order to obtain a ...

The last few decades have seen an unprecedented increase in student loan debt levels and in fact, student loan debt has become a financialfully-fledged crisis for many graduates.. Students have been incurring enormous debts and later defaulting or going into forbearance in these payments and because of this, education policy makers and experts have had endless debates regarding how to tackle this problem. The, but the debate has been laden with inconsistencies and lack of consensus and most of the solutions advanced have not made area real impact on the loan deficit.been effective. One of the key problems contributing to ...

Most people never expect that in applying for a job they are required to talk in public or do an impromptu presentation. It is a great advantage when a person has the confidence, courage, and the ability to communicate well. It implies that a good speaker has the advantage to land a good job than others who are not. Particularly, in a critical phase of the interview, an applicant has to compete in terms of his or her oral communication skill. In a workplace, informing and persuading are the employees’ challenges and a constant practice is the key to improving the skills in informing and persuading. Through a ...

Substance abuse is one of the key factors having a negative impact on pregnancy outcomes. The illicit drug use in women of reproductive age increases year by year in many countries, and the use of drugs, along with misuse of prescriptive drugs such as antidepressants and pain killers during pregnancy is common. Nicotine and alcohol which are the major risk factors for the fetal development itself are often used in combination with other drugs. Many women under special treatment report “polydrug usage” (Whittaker, 2003), a substance abuse can be accompanied by poverty, psychological distress and victimization. According to study by ...

Marketing communications is concerned with the creation and delivery of messages via selected media in order to communicate with the markets. It includes the processes, methods, perceptions, meanings, and actions through which organizations engage with their target audiences. It integrates all the approaches, resources, and marketing tools within an organization which are aimed at maximizing the impact on consumer mind resulting into maximization of profit at minimum costs.

According to Fill (2006), marketing communications is defined as a management process through which organizations engage with their various audiences. In order to accomplish this, the organizations develop, present, and evaluate series ...

Arguably, human sexuality is very important in development and growth of human beings. As a matter of fact, human sexuality evolves from one stage to another as people grow. Each stage has various characteristics, challenges and effect that mould individual sexual behaviors. In the analysis, there are various approaches used by psychologists in advising different stages of development of sexuality issues. As a therapists, there are various ways to use in counseling individuals on sexuality issues that are related to decision-making, psychological changes, as well as physical changes. In order to get through these problems individuals need to understand their problems, ...

DO WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF MEDIA INFOTAINMENT AND MELODRAMATIC REPORTAGE?

Introduction For the past 4 decades, the role of the media has been in the process of transforming. Traditionally, the role of the media has been purely on performing an informative role concerning various events taking place across the globe. This phenomena is commonly known as the provision of hard news where the reporter presents the facts to the viewers they way they occurred. However, this is no longer the case, as the media is increasingly indulging in the provision of information as well as entertaining the society. The media houses have been shifting from the traditional methods ...

Introduction

A communication channel refers to the medium used in the exchange of information among different parties. For instance, print media is used to relay information from one person to another through writing. The term ‘channels’ is used to specifically refer to the physical means like wires, mails and sound used to convey information between different parties. However, there have been recent advancements in the field of communication. These developments have led to shifts in the communication sector. Currently, mediums of transmitting information do not necessarily have to be tangible. There are electronic media that allow people to share ...

Health research methods and ethics

Introduction Question A Chin and Lee (2008) explains that the ethical principle of respect for human participants in research studies involving human beings as the study subjects requires that the research participants be informed about the results of the study upon completion of the research. By doing so, the human subjects would feel respected and valued and not merely used or abused for the sake of achieving a particular medical objective. In application of the principle of respect, the ability of the individual to make own choices and decisions should be considered as Gallin and Ognibene (2012) corroborates. ...

Integrated Marketing Communication: Easy Jet

Executive Summary UK airline industry is one of the most advanced in the global market with a number of the globally leading operators. The industry is highly competitive and marked by local and international airlines which accounts for the creation of more than 220,000 jobs. (BATA, 2014) However, the market is subject to several factors including technological advance, economic factors variation, social preferences and lifestyles changes, political factors, environmental regulations as well as legal requirements. Those factors set industry trends and determine the industry dynamics including increasing competition, operation’s efficiency and wider market reach as well as ...

- Working definition of lens Mass media communication is the use of various media technologies with an objective to communicate to a large population. The media technologies include Television, radio, film and recorded music amongst others. The communication phenomena that we understand is the role, impact and the significance of mass media and the best ways to utilize the sense of cultural phenomena in our lives. Mass media heightens our awareness by informing us the things that happen in the society. It ensures that it validates particular social and cultural norms practiced in the society. - ...

Socrates sentencing had been delayed for a month presenting to Crito a good opportunity to advise Socrates to escape when the ship, that was at Delos arrived. Crito made several attempts to convince Socrates to escape into exile since it was a common practice in Athens. The Athenians would not mind since they wanted Socrates to leave the city. In this paper, Crito’s arguments made to Socrates are analyzed first, followed by Socrates responses and ultimate decision. Crito held that he would have lost such a dear friend should Socrates be killed. He proceeded to explain that he would accuse him ...

The chapter marketing communications deals with the promotion in relation to the marketing mix, task and purposes of promotion, element of promotion mix, the communication process, and factors that influence promotional mix. Promotional strategies are advertising, personal selling, public relations and sales promotion. These are also called a promotional mix and entail the promotional plans. The marketing mix has elements such as promotion, product, price, and distribution. The elements target the market. Communication is the exchange of meanings by use of common symbols. Marketing communication includes mass communication and interpersonal communication. The process of communication must involve the ...

There are the natural ways that the people expect other people to behave. However, for the same people to act in the same exact intentions expected, then they will be fulfilling the wishes of the people who silently hold these intentions. The visit by the Japanese Prime Minister on the war shrine sparked different takes on different parts of the globe. The most affected countries were China and Korea. This was because of the bad war memories the shrine has. This attracted attention on different parts of the worlds under different perspectives. For instance, the Japanese felt that he ...

We are currently living in a revolution age in terms of communicative abundance. This age is characterized by a variety of media innovations that range from satellite broadcasting, the internet, television, radio, newspapers, and magazines and so on. These new media forms have elicited a lot of fascination as well as excitant from the public. The role of the media has become more and more important in recent days. One of the areas where the influence of the media has been conspicuous is in the agitation of global democracy. Democracy is a common term in the field of global politics. By definition, democracy ...

Business Plan: Student Services Area of Miami Dade College (MDC) – Hialeah Campus

Overview of Organization

The Miami Dade College (MDC) is the largest higher education institution in the United States (US), with an estimated total population of 175,000 across all its eight campuses located within the metropolitan area of the city of Miami, Florida. A state-sponsored college, the MDC also has two educational centers and various centers for outreach activities alongside its eight campuses. Each MDC campus has its academic specializations, although the MDC system allows all of its students to take general education courses in all of its campuses for their convenience (Miami Dade College, n.d.). Standing by ...