Essays on Lever

Change management is always a difficult issue, and the makeup of people in an organization—and that organization’s general culture—plays a very significant role in the way that change is handled as a whole. Most researchers suggest that there is a top-down approach that is necessary for appropriate integration of new ideas into institutional culture; change can occur and be accepted only if leadership begins the change process. In this particular discussion, we will discuss the use of the Change Management Simulation and the successes and failures during the duration of the simulation. In addition, assessments will ...

Introduction

The case study dwells upon the implementation of the Sustainable initiative and "Green Thinking" in the Spectrum Sunglass Company, working with direct consumers as well as retail sector distributors. My role was to develop, get the buy-in from the critical mass of stakeholders and implement the initiative to develop a special "green" product for our largest retail chain Bigmart, responsible for 30% of the annual revenue of the company. As the Director of Product Innovation within Research and Development (R&D), I am a strong believer that "green thinking and product" is the future of the forward-thinking companies and is ...

Introduction

Self-care is taking a strategic measure to ensure that one is safe and stays in focus. They are personal decisions that one takes for to improve their future. In this case, my self-care is to ensure that I remain in line with the nursing career requirements and set strategies to implement the key options that I have chosen. They include, time management, more attention to nursing school, and developing a nursing career path. The field of nursing is diverse (Lever, 2010, p. 105). It requires focus to be able to cope with the daily challenges. However, caution should be ...

International market entry plan

Introduction International market entry strategies are planned activities for entrance in the new global market. It describes that the company makes strategic planning enter in the new-targeted foreign market, to making new contracts and deliver its goods and services in other countries globally. It allows many companies to penetrate into a new market, follow its existing consumers globally, attack different available competitors, and exports their products and services in different countries. It may increase the company operations and its revenue. The purpose of the report is to investigate the international market entry plan of Unilever Company. It will focus ...

A brake is a device that produces artificial resistance to the moving part of a machine to stop or slow down its motion. Any machine or its part that is in motion possesses kinetic energy. As per physical laws, energy cannot be destroyed; its form can only be transformed. The brake system converts the kinetic energy of the moving machine or part into thermal, potential or chemical energy. Brake systems are of various types utilized in different applications in industries, home appliances, vehicles, railway trains, and other sectors. This paper has focused on the brake systems used in vehicles, ...

Analysis of Negligence Liability Issues

Contemporary tort law is one of the most dynamically developing areas of legal science and practice nowadays, and the area of professional liability becomes one of the most intricate and the sophisticated legal issues therein (McBride, Bagshaw, 2008). The global economy becomes more and more complicated and specialized. As a result, the business people's reliance on professional advice services is growing heavier (Elliot & Quinn, 2007). Statistically, they global follow of consulting business grows on 13% rate annually, showing that more and more professional advisors enter the market, and therefore more business people become dependent on their professional services. In ...

This report is going to going to provide a detailed analysis of the Unilever group of companies. We have come up with choosing Unilever not only because of its fame but also due to a large number of commodities it produces that are widely accepted by the worldwide community. Unilever was developed currently owns about four hundred brands in the world, and its products range from balanced foods, ice creams several soaps, shampoos, and other common household care products. These products include washing detergents such as Omo, which is a powdering laundry detergent. Other commodities include Dove, Knorr, Axe ...

Question #1

Peaceful acquisition is a process in which one company takes over the management of another company without physical or moral violence . Through the use of tactics that are “peaceful” nor not forcible, Unilever like to take pride in the fact that shareholders are well compensated in any acquisition and two members of the acquired company must sit on the board of Unilever. All employees and facilities are assumed, or by offering pensions and buy outs, in the acquisitions so the loss of jobs and vitality to the are of production is usually not lost.

Question #2

Unilever was formed by the ...

Voting Machines

An election is the primary means by which the voters give their mandate towards the formation of a government as a whole. In this sense elections are the means of communication between the government and the people who are governed. An election allows the citizens of a nation to be represented inside the political institutions. In democratic societies the citizens have their constitutional right to vote. In democratic systems the voting is a fundamental right of the citizens, and the right to vote symbolizes the expression of sovereignty of the people in the management of the public affairs. An ...

This article on premised on gaining an understanding on nicotine addiction on cigarette smokers. The author posits that nicotine in the cigarettes when injected in rats increases the need for an immediate reward instead of a delayed reward. It is from this observation that the author concludes that cigarette smokers exhibit impulsivity when they prefer immediate rewards instead of larger delayed rewards given at delayed intervals when compared to non-smokers.

- Goal/Question Tested

The objectives of the study determine whether acute and sub-chronic nicotine increased impulsivity when the subjective reward values were manipulated through changes in probability as ...

The origin of simple machines is indefinite. Ancient people might have used the idea of a pulley when they lifted heavy objects by throwing crude ropes or vines over tree branches, or the first levers were probably logs used to move heavy objects. Notwithstanding their antiquities, simple machines are significant sources of ease and comfort for all people living until today’s generation.

Millions of people ride a bike or motorcycle everyday and almost everyone uses a switch to turn on the lights or need a simple handle to open a door. Generally, people use levers, pulleys, inclined planes, ...

Ever since the beginning of the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), there has been a subtle (or not so subtle) power struggle between the profiteers and ethical regulators. According to an article published in The Economist (2009), the conflict between the ethical and commercial considerations of a company has always existed. However, before we further our understanding of the importance of CSR for the stakeholders and its impact on company's profitability, it is very important to understand what exactly CSR is.

Unlike the common misconception that CSR is all about shelving out doles for philanthropic purposes, CSR is not ...

INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE

A machine is an apparatus that is designed and build by application of physics and material science to have an apparatus that utilizes mechanical power, it comprises several parts that have a definite function and perform a particular task. Machines are known in conservation of energy by making work easy. Machines work under principles of moving parts which are usually powered by chemical, thermal, mechanical or electrically means. Machines are often motorized there are few machines that start on their own.

However there are large numbers of more complex machines do exist. Example of easy machine includes simple machine, pulley, wedge, ...

Learning is key to human development and behavior. Behavioral psychology is one of the methods for understanding how learning develops and the understanding of individuals. Learning is a modification of behaviors due to consistent practice and requires the interaction of behavior and environment to yield changes. Assessment of learning is performed by means of tests that quantitatively measure achievements; whether they are newly acquired mental or physical skills. Learning and performance are related but separate subjects, and learning itself may be state dependent, meaning, that the conditions under which material was learned must be replicated in order for that learning ...

Introduction

In "Inside Dyson: a distinctive company?" , Shepherd et al. (2011) detail the secret of Dyson's success, the company specializing in innovative, design-heavy vacuum cleaners and other household appliances. The successes and failures of Dyson's design efforts (from their successful vacuums to the 3 in 1 vacuums that did not test well with customers) are detailed, as well as their unique perspective on business, which puts quality and innovation over all else.

1 Using frameworks from the chapter, analyse the strategic capabilities of Dyson.

The strategic capabilities of Dyson revolve primarily around the a resource-based view of strategy, with a heavy focus on engineering design; they spend a tremendous amount of time developing ...

The case, whose decision is it, describes the ethical decision making scenario for case of Benito Agrela, a 15 year old boy who voluntarily decided for a painless death and was judicially granted the same (Munson 108). This case analysis is further focused on looking at various ethical health care imperatives from the discussed scenario. Also, there will be critical analysis of the rendered judgement and ethical derivatives from them. Finally, we will take a conclusive stand, either for or against the posed ethical dilemma in the case and justify the rationale behind our stand.

The given case describes a scenario in Florida, ...

Best Utility Lever for Blackberry

When Research In Motion (RIM) released Blackberry smart-phones in 2001 they created great value for their phones by allowing for synchronization with personal computers in order to allow users to access emails and other services efficiently. However, with time, other companies such as Samsung and Apple have released smart-phones that have suited market needs even better and snatched the market that Blackberry previously commanded. Blackberry currently commands only 1% of the smartphone market. Blackberry can salvage its survival in the mobile telephony industry by pursuing other blue ocean strategies. The best utility lever for Blackberry would be variety. ...

List of Figures

Figure 1 Torrey canyon supertanker and surrounded with oil spills 6 Figure 2 A-Geographical location of the disaster. B-Route at the time of accident 9 Figure 3Torrey Canyon and Air strike: World’s first ever environmental disaster 11 Figure 4 :The Renown Torrey quarry 11 Figure 5: Dead bird in Torrey Canyon query 12 Figure 6Plumes emitting from burning Torrey Canyon 13

Abstract

On 18th March 1967, the ship Torrey Canyon, carrying a load of 120000 tons of crude oil dashed against Pollard's Rock of the reef of Seven Stones near Cornwall, England. The resultant oil ...

Conditioning in Psychology refers to the processes by which repeated stimulus produce predictable and frequent response. There are two types of conditioning namely classical and operant conditioning. Classical conditioning was discovered by Ivan Pavlov during his digestive system research (Kalat, 2011). Pavlov noticed that the dogs salivated whenever they sighted attendants dressed in lab coats. He attributed this behavior to the repeated exposure of both food and lab coats to the dogs. Pavlov investigated the behavior by ringing a bell whenever he was presenting food to dog. After repeated occurrences, he observed that the dogs could salivate when the bell ...

In Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior (2012), Coon and Mitterer write, “The principles of operant conditioning [] are among the most powerful tools in psychology” (pg. 226). The definition of operant conditioning is a form of learning in which reinforcement increases the probability of a response. A response that is followed by a reinforcing stimulus is more likely to reoccur. Operant conditioning is explains much day-to-day behavior. Every individual lives his or her life according to the reinforcement they receive after performing an action. This kind of learning is operant conditioning—“learning based on the consequences of responding” (Coon & Mitterer, ...

Engaging Learners with Computers

1.0 Introduction With the changing as well as growing needs of the education sector, the use of computers and technology has become the best alternative solution to imparting knowledge and skills to the learners. According to Mayer and Moreno (2002), before the integration of computers into learning system, the education system faced various challenges that hindered it from achieving the anticipated high learning outcomes. More precisely, inadequate methods of instructions as well as instructional materials attributed to this. Gregor (2008) revealed that, the prior used pedagogical approach to teaching and learning failed to address the changing needs of ...

PROFESSORINSTITUTION

Operant Conditioning 2 Introduction Operant conditioning is a type of learning where a subject’s behavior is modified through antecedents and consequences. The concept was first discovered by Ivan Pavlov who was studying the digestive system of dogs. The theory of behaviorism was introduced by John B. Watson. Later, B.F. Skinner helped define the mechanics of behaviorism through his work. Over the years behaviorism has grown in popularity and scope. Research has shaped the practice of behaviorism as it has been adapted by many disciplines (education, psychology). The most popular use of Behavioral Therapy today is found in treating ...

Abstract

Peoples’ behaviors are many and complex; people are known to cheat, lie, and sometimes kill. Long before even human started to gain interest in studying human behaviors field such as theology, philosophy, and psychology focus was to explain human behavior. However, in the resent past, the development of scientific methods and tools scientists have put in place systematic procedures to be used in the study of human behavior. In this light, scholars and researcher have developed theories that tend to explain human behavior. This theories can be broadly be classified into, behavioral theories, cognitive theories, humanist theories, personality theories, ...

Historical background

Before the 20th century, diabetic conditions were rare in the human population. In early 1900, the problem was known as “honey urine” identified among the rich gluttons. In the late years, many physicians distinguished and identified insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent. The adoption and classification of the disease as type one and type 2 diabetes took place in 1970. Until 1950, diet change was considered the only remedy for the problem. Type 2 diabetes was first identified and seen common among the wealthy people. Improvement in living standards influenced development of this condition among the people lower social class

Description and explanation of the disease

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Many companies have been interested in the development in countries with a large number of middle-class people. These groups of people can be able to afford basic services and products. I think BOP market development does raise ethical issues. I am of the belief and opinion that it is not ethical for companies to deny services and products to persons of BOP. This is because the BOP people have slimmer profit margins as compared to middle class or top of the pyramid. That being said it was my belief that ethical issues can rise the BOP market depending on the ...

Lab Partner’s Name(s)

TA’s Name Abstract The permeability of free space is an important physical constant when dealing with electromagnetic theory in physics. By carrying out this lab experiment knowledge about procedure to find this physical constant was gained. During this experiment several safety issues as well as various careful measures were taken as group members were dealing with current and sensitive balancing device.

Objectives

Purpose of this experiment was to calculate an experimental value for μ0, the permeability of free space after balancing repulsive magnetic force between two wires with antiparallel currents by utilizing a known gravitational ...

Book Review of

“The Hot Zone” written by Richard Preston is a non-fiction English book published by Anchor in 1995. It contains 420 pages and based on Richard Preston article “Crisis in the Hot Zone.” It is a thriller that deals with the source and occurrences relating to viral hemorrhagic fever especially Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. The filo viruses, Ebola Virus called EBOV, Sudan Virus called SUDV, Marburg Virus called MARV and Ravn Virus called RAVV are the agents of level four of Biosafety. They are enormously hazardous to humans due to being very contagious and with an extraordinary casualty rate. There is ...

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Statistics.3 Offshore oil drilling4 Effects on the environment.7 Recommended solutions10 Conclusion.13

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Abstract Today, the United States has over 5600 offshore gas and oil platforms; there are also over 27,000 miles of pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico area alone. This shows the extent to which offshore oil drilling occurs in the United States. In other developed parts of the world, the situation is the same. Oil is a product on high demand; this facilitates efforts in extracting it form its deposits deep in the sea floor. The retrieval requires the use of sophisticated equipment ...

Introduction

Wal-Mart is one of the biggest chains of retail stores in the world today. Wal-Mart was selected for the purpose of this project and to complete the assignment the Milwaukee Wal-Mart Store #3496 situated in the Hope Avenue area was surveyed. The store manager on duty at that time was requested to give us a tour of the facility. Wal-Mart was chosen as the subject for this assignment because they have one of the most comprehensive and well laid out stores in the world. The operations of Wal-Mart are spread across every country and they have set up stores ...

The theory of operant conditioning created by behaviorist B.F. Skinner explains that a behavior can be understood by looking at the external apparent causes of an action and the related consequences resulting from that action. Skinner's theory was inspired by the Law of Effect theory of Edward Thorndike, but he added one additional component to Thorndike's law of effect and that is Reinforcement (McLeod, 2007). Reinforcement is of four types - positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment and extinction. According to Skinner, behavior can be reinforced through rewards and punishment. Both positive and negative reinforcement strengthen a behavior and encourage it to ...

It is a testament to the power of propaganda that the events of March 5, 1770 were widely accepted as a massacre which remained the very symbol of British tyranny for 200 years. The skillful manipulation of facts is a hallmark of propaganda, and the men who exploited the circumstances surrounding the killing of five Americans created an atrocity that has resonated throughout American history down to the present day. As the hotbed of revolutionary fervor in the colonies, Boston was perhaps the only place where such propaganda could have taken hold; the only city from which it could have spread so ...

Introduction

The time machine is a story of the time traveler who undertakes expeditious actions of establishing a time machine which ultimately projects into the future. The traveler’s time machine goes way in to 802701 AD, where he finds himself in a different world. According to the narrator, the traveler’s bumps into small creatures, which are referred to as Eloi. Unfortunately, the traveler’s time machine disappears and explores all means to find the time machine. During his exploration actions in search for the time machine, he discovers other creatures which to Eloi refer to as the Morlocks. Accordingly Morlocks live ...

The ancient Greeks were the first people to initiate the study of the human mind and behaviour. This was the inception of the subject of psychology (Malone, 2009). It was until the 1870’s that this study became independent and was denoted as psychology. In the quest of understanding the human mind and behaviours, various theories were developed. This paper will analyse some of the theories of psychology.

Behaviourism

This is one of the earliest theories of psychology developed by John Watson and Skinner among others. It studies the observable behaviours of humans and animals. Initially, psychology could not make ...

In a recent case, the US federal authority caught seven individuals and two companies for online piracy. The Department of Justice charged them with; copyright infringement, racketeering and money laundering. Several incidences of online piracy are on the increase; legitimate copyright holders lose millions of dollars (Keizer, 1). Online piracy targets the distribution of television programs, movies, e-books, music, business, and entertainment software. The Federal Bureau of Investigation acted fast in arresting the Mega-upload culprits and seizing over $50 million in assets. According to Lever (1), a new program, ‘six strikes’, seeks to eliminate online piracy. It involves delivery of ...

Extended Methamphetamine Self-Administration in Rats Results in a Selective Reduction of Dopamine Transporter Levels in the Prefrontal Cortex and Dorsal Striatum Not Accompanied by Marked Monoaminergic Depletion [Article Summary]

Abstract

The study sought to unravel whether prolonged self administration of methamphetamine interferes with the level of dopamine and serotonin in rats. The rats were place in a lit chamber in which they were allowed to self administer meth. The researchers regulated the duration of the self administration session to achiever long and short access which the main variables in the experiment. The researchers discovered that long and short access to meth result ...

Psychological explanations tend to consider the factors that lead different people to their preferred answers and why different people are sensitive different contexts of the question. They answer why people answer the questions the way they do. According to John Mikhail, the answers given in the Trolley Problem were not dependent on factors such as age, gender, educational background or cultural background. He argued that people were guided by a certain “moral grammar” which was unconscious, and this gave the answers consistency in spite of other factors. Moral explanations focus on the rightness or wrongness of the issue at hand. ...

The dream of flying was born more than two thousand years before anyone ever made attempts realizing that dream. The kite was the first invention by human beings to know the skies. The first ever record of kite flying was in China where a Chinese general flew a distance of around two hundred meters in order to survey their enemy's territory. The ideas in flight went on advancing and from the kite the hang gliders arose. It is crucial for one to note that the Wright brothers were responsible for the first ever air borne structure that could carry the weight ...

Human behavior, specifically the internal behavior, is probably one of the most complex phenomenons to explain. Various theories have been developed in an attempt to understand and explain human behavior, and Skinner’s behavioral theory is one of them. Burrhus Frederic Skinner, a behavioral psychologist born and raised in Pennsylvania, is considered the father of radical behaviorism. In his quest to explain human behavior, he invented the famous, or rather infamous, Skinner box which he used for the experiments. With animals (such as rats or pigeons) as the specimen, Skinner directly transferred his findings to human beings, without the slightest ...

For quite a long time, psychologists sought to understand the mechanism behind the various ways through which people acquire their behaviors. There are various studies done to investigate this phenomenon. The essay below describes two of the theories that have been derived.

Classical and Operant Conditioning

Classical Conditioning

This is a theory that was discovered by a Russian Scientist Pavlov. He was experimenting on the digestive patterns in dogs, and therefore gave them meat powder with tubes attached to their bodies so that the response of the various organs can be ascertained. However, he started noting that the dogs would start salivating the moment they saw ...

I wanted to explore the play in the context of the Revenge Tragedy tradition and to identify critics whose views about the play might accord with my own. I also watched three film versions of the play in order to see how the meanings of the play were conveyed visually in each case. When I read the play I found myself sympathizing all the time with Hamlet and I could not understand the criticism which insists he has a fatal flaw, so I wanted to explore areas of the play and reactions to it which would allow me to question ...

1.0 Synopsis The Fair Work Act was a 2009 initiative by the common wealth countries, Australia included, mainly to streamline the economic arena The Act took effect in January 2010, effectively replacing the Work Choices Act of 2005 (which had initially replaced the Workplace Relations Act of 1996), as the sole government industrial legislation. The implementation of the Fair Work Act in Australia has been heavily reliant on the set of provisions referred to as the National Employment Standard (NES). Through the National Employment Standards, considerable gains have been made in terms of workers bargaining for better treatment ...

Vocabulary Strategies

Assessments

ELL/Special Needs Changes

Definition Copying

Definition copying involves forcing students to list vocabulary and definitions of words as they are presented (Phillips et al, 2003).

Checking the answers of students to determine if they have the correct definition.

Words would likely be simpler for special needs students.

Context Clues

Context clues prompt students to learn words as a result of their specific usage (Phillips et al, 2003).

Interventions could be given to see if students pick up on context clues.

Understanding context would be more difficult for special needs; extra effort would be required to give them context.

Word Selection

Teachers rank words according to ...

Questions

1. What is the difference between the CPU and the chipset? Are both components essential in the operation of a computer? Explain. The CPU stands for Central Processing Unit. It is commonly known as a processor and is responsible for all the processing operations of a computer. Without it there is no any operation of a computer that can be possible. The processors are very vigorous during operations and usually dissipate a lot of heat when being used for operation. The CPUs are categorized using their clock speeds and front side buss speeds. As technology advances, higher speed CPUs are manufactured day by ...

GLENCORE IPO

Objectives of the IPO

Increasing its market dominance in the mining sector was the main reason behind the IPO of the company. The price of 545 pence was strategically set to ensure that enough funds would be secured in order to achieve this fete. Therefore, the company managers believed that the IPO would adequately position the company for Growth. Another objective in this case also included the fact that the company’s partners would have the ability of selling their equity without any need of selling its assets to deplete the working capital. The Company also wanted to increase ...

Theory of operant conditioning

Theory of operant conditioning (instrumental conditioning) is the application of a character’s precursor and or its effects to pressurize the occurrence and type of character. Operant conditioning can be differentiated from classical conditioning (respondent conditioning) in that operant conditioning focuses on the adjustment of voluntary behavior or operant character. Operant character functions on the environment and is sustained through its outcomes, while classical conditioning focuses on restraining of reflexive (reflex) traits that are drawn by the precursor circumstances. This implies that it is way of studying, which happens through incentives and penalties for the character. This theory was first ...