Essays on Model

Industrial Organization

Overview
The media industry is collectively represented by mass media in general, which is comprised of television, newspaper, radio, magazines, and currently the Internet is already regarded as a form of mass media. This industry commands billions of dollars in revenue from advertising and marketing placements. On the other hand, the media industry itself provides growth opportunity for other industries through paid exposures. As a very dynamic industry, media experiences stiff competition, which can be observed on television, as TV networks create interesting shows to capture higher viewer ratings. The same competition also exists in other media platforms such

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Organization Culture & McKinsey 7S Framework

Organizational culture, which refers to the behaviour and values that contribute to the unique psychological and social environment of an organization, is an important to concept to enhance organizational efficiency. This organizational efficiency and effectiveness is also augmented by the novel concept of McKinsey’s 7s Model that improves organization’s internal aspects. Shell, British Petroleum and Exxon are important player in the oil and gas industry but all have a unique organizational culture and all have different organizational culture.

Culture & Ways of Managing the Compensation System
Exxon as an American company has much stricter on racial or sexual

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W.H. Auden's poem "Say the City Has Ten Million Souls,"

ABSTRACT
Analysis of the Auden's (1939) poem, "Say This city Has Ten Million Souls" provides the opportunity for connecting the social precepts of place and displacement offered by Aschcroft et al (1989) for explaining the plight of the refugee as marginalized by the host society. In doing so, the poem becomes a lens for understanding the use of Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis Model for assessing the three dimension of literature. The outcome of the following academic discussion provides a tapestry of the psychological, emotional, and social, challenges of the

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- A 95% confidence interval for the mean income of shop assistants in a certain city is found to be (£12,000, £15,000). Explain briefly what this means. Would a 99% confidence interval be better than a 95% one? Justify your answer.
ANS – It means that there is 95% probability that the value of the parameter i.e. individual incomes of different shop assistants shall lie within the range of £12,000 to £15,000. Yes, 99% confidence level is better than a 95% one as it increases the probability of the incomes of different shop assistants to lie within

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Information Security Portfolio Project

Review of Organization’s Infrastructure
Identification of Vulnerabilities
Since last era, organizational infrastructures did not need to build or invest much on security issues. But now, larger infrastructures and networks are being deployed which has also increased the needs of security. As compare to the closed networks, LANs and WANs face far more security threats. It is due to the reason that closed networks do not allow the public networks to access their personal network but is only open to known sites and parties. However, LANs and WANs are more open and so more intermediary networks and individuals have

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Organizational strategy and behavioral patterns, components and models associated with it have been in the focus of the studies for significant period of time. Every company is playing on specific market, whether local, national or international, and, thus a subject to change and adaptation process. The purpose of this document is to analyze the change models applicable to the situation in which XYZ company found itself, once the international strategy was formulated.
At this stage it is important to mention that Shanghai office will become in its way a pilot project that will further build on the strategy of

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Epicureanism is a philosophical system of teachings that were advanced by an atomic materialist known as Epicurus. The teachings of Epicurus suggested that pleasure is the greatest good and it is important that one achieves this pleasure by living a modest life and trying to achieve knowledge and education about different mechanisms of this earth and limiting one’s longings. Epicurus taught that if happiness is present in our lives then we have in our possession all we require but if we lack happiness then we do all we can in order to achieve it. He argued that for

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Logic Model for Program Planning

Logic model has been employed in planning programs for various problems. The model describes how various aspects of a program such as activities, resources, audiences, outputs, and outcomes are logically linked. It further describes how the above aspects are linked to the problem the program seeks to address. Initially, it was used in program evaluation for identifying performance measures. In this case, a program would be described in terms of logic model first before performance measures are identified. The model has since been adapted for use in program planning. In general, logic model either graphically or in narrative form

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Introduction

According to Kreiser, Marino, Dickson, & Weaver (2010, p.959), international businesses have existed for centuries and the world is entering into an era of unprecedented global economic activity. Economists predict growing prosperity of economically developing countries. The current business era is about worldwide production and distribution, as well as multinational mergers, acquisitions, and global strategic alliances. Globalization in the business environment is contributed by technological and economic factors, and has led to increase in the number of cross cultural interactions in the workplace (Kalliny, Cruthirds, & Minor 2006, p.123). Culture creates relational patterns. Relational patterns affect international cross cultural management through

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Introduction

Crime is a very diverse word that requires comprehensive analysis to define the threshold of d defining wrong as crime. However, the rule of law helps unraveling the puzzle of understanding the crime. Crime is defined as an act of causing harm to an individual or a group of people in the society. Moreover, committing certain crime may draw the attention of the government or state. Some of the crimes that contravene the morally accepted code include rape, murder, theft and many others. These crimes have different levels of punishment as defined the laws of a country.
For an

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Global Responsibility and global Justice are linked with moral, ethical and humanitarian considerations. The concept is to ensure equal right and fundamental liberty for all in the world. The theory stresses the need for equitable distribution of wealth and resources to all people of the world. John Rawls (1971, p.3) states in ‘A Theory of Justice’ that, “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.”
The existent apparent gap or chasm, in the world; between ‘have’s and have not’s’ with regard to socio-economic status

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History

Part 1
The Coming Insurrection is a product of the failure of the earlier models. As depicted from the article, the earlier models offered a way of resolving the social conflict, experienced in the society, between the working class and the owners of the means of production. Like explained by Marx in his theory of Capitalism; the owners of production, who consist of the upper class in the social strata, use their economic power to oppress the working class. Consequently, the working class comes together and organizes strikes and other forms of resistance to the exploitation. Eventually, the strike

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Developing a Leadership Competency Model

This article by Husain al Ansari and Othman al Khadher highlight the leadership qualities required by librarians and people heading information centers in Kuwait. The study does not only rely on theoretical information but it identifies characteristics which are deemed necessary by actual leaders for attaining success in their tasks. The study has classified leadership competencies into six broad categories; managerial effectiveness, cognitive skills, social skills, motivational, personal, and occupational. These categories are widely applicable to other professions as well but since they have been analyzed in the context of librarians they may not be as important as they

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The most appropriate e-commerce business model for Fall Foods is a business to consumer model(B2C). The model will allow the store to enrage its coverage area and the number of potential customers. Expanding their sales to the internet in itself is a form of advertising and will markets the goods and products to potential customers all over the region. Fall Food will combine the online presence in the form of the e- commerce store and the offline store which is physical.This type of model referred to as ‘bricks and clicks’will serve all types of customers ,those who

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The rationale of this report is to present results of the Emissions Inventory conducted for Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) criteria pollutant emissions. The report shall be in terms of both the emissions trends for the university and the resulting impacts these emissions have on the surrounding environment and human health. Emissions data collected by Northern Arizona University Industrial Hygienist, Jim Biddle, was used to create a comprehensive report of nine years of emissions data for NAU over a thirteen year time span (1999-2012). No data was available for the years 2000, 2002, 2004, or 2006.
The four criteria

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Leadership is one of the widely discussed topic, while it is such a concept which is still confusing and not as much of understood in many of the cultures and society. It’s been a long when many researchers have emphasized over this trendy misapprehension, indicating several defective suppositions, or myths exist about leadership which is frequently hindered with the individual's concept of what actually the term leadership is. However there are number of leadership theories which are proposed by many authors and some of them are mentioned below:

Trait theory of leadership:

Trait theory is primarily based on a person's human qualities.

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Software Development Life Cycles

The software life cycle s a diagrammatic presentation of what processes are include in its making. It consists of all the activities that are required to be done on order to get the final product. Software development life cycle maps basically the same phases in different orders according to the model being followed. The different relationships that are mapped are together milestones, deliverables, mechanisms, feedbacks, etc. There are many software development life cycles that are being followed. Each model has its advantages and disadvantages over the other.

Some of the most commonly used models are explained below:

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The investigation on The Burj Dubai tower and the Taipei 101 building

The Burj Dubai tower
The Burj Dubai tower is one of the world tallest buildings to have ever been constructed by engineers. This type of a building wind forces and the resulting motions in the upper chamber of the building become some of the factors that call for a major concern in the construction of the building. Engineers had to make an extensive research programs in wind tunnels in the Rowan, Williams, Davies and Erwin (RWDI) 2.4 ×1.9 meter, and 4.9 × 2.4 meter boundary layer wind tunnels in Guelph, Ontario. In the wind tunnel program, it includes pedestrian wind

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Introduction
Profit is the difference between revenues (revenues from sales of goods and services) and the cost of production or acquisition and distribution of these goods and services. Profit = Revenue - Expenses (in monetary terms).
This is one of the most important indicators of the financial results of the economic activity of business entities (organizations and businesses), for which the ground and carries on business.
Profit as the main form of cash savings depends primarily on reducing the cost of production and circulation of goods , as well as from increased sales .

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What do accountants mean by a Business Model, and how does this definition differ, if at all, from that of Teece (2010)? 2
Choose a listed company and describe from the Annual Report what the Business Model of the entity is? 3

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What do accountants mean by a Business Model, and how does this definition differ, if at all, from that of Teece (2010)?
Katherine Schipper, talks about business model from an accountant´s point of view, saying that the business model is the use of several transactions of goods and financial resources looking after a profit

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Abstract

Ethical and racial identity is a very important part of a total framework of collective and individual identity. Looking at the minority group in countries like the United States, ethical and racial identities are demonstrated in extremely cognizant ways. This demonstration is mostly generated with two contradictory cultural and social influences. To begin with, deep conscious immersion into cultural values and traditions through educational, neighborhood, familial, and religious communities instills a positive logic of confidence and ethnic identity. Secondly, individuals repeatedly must sieve ethnic identity via media messages and negative handling from others for their ethnicity and race. The

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Introduction

This report discusses about the detail of conducting an analysis and calculationof 10 companies’ cost of Equity and the CAPM.The aim of this assignment is to analyze and evaluate the investment effectiveness and measure the return and risk of the investment of the 10 companies. The 10 company’s financial calculation and data sources utilized in this report are in Excel Sheet. Capital asset pricing model (CAPM), cost of capital (K), stock valuation, risk and expected return will be discussed in this report as methods to analyses and evaluate the investment projects. The organizations selected are from S&P 500

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Thinking about class now evokes some of the best memories of all times. As the term comes to a close, a variety of emotions and feelings crisscross my mind as I wade through my thoughts for some of the best and memorable moments of class. Of all my days in school, this term has been a fun filled moment of high and low times, which determine the progression and the need to have another one just like this one.
We all have heard something about the Syrian war, but I believe that no one has had the experience of

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Business

Introduction
As per international business theory there exist several functional frameworks for the analyzing the external atmosphere of particular nations. These models could be employed by the corporations, which intend to internationalise and define the appropriate location(s) overseas (Mellahi et. al., 2002). Correspondingly, these frameworks also offer good information for enlightening the location choices that companies have made already. One of these frameworks is the Porter’s Diamond Model formulated by Michael Porter during the year 1990. Moreover, this particular paper attempts to explore its benefits and drawbacks as a technique for the assessment of company’s home

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Theory and the rationale for selecting the theoryEnvironmental theory is one of the nursing theories by Nightingale. This theory incorporated the restoration of the standard health status of both nurses and clients into the delivery of healthcare. The theory has its bases on the fact that nursing is an act of environmental utilization of the patient so as to assist him in his recovery. That means that the nurse has to be initiative so as to configure the environmental settings that are appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient’s health as well as the external factors that

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SDLC acronym stands for Software Development Life Cycle. A SDLC model provides a standard for planning, organizing and executing a software development process (Maheshwari, 2012). It involves phases like project initiation, requirements gathering and analysis, design, system specification, programming and testing, installation and maintenance, and phase-out. Two main approaches to SDLC depend on whether the projects can (predictive approach) or cannot (adaptive approach) be planned out in advance.
- Waterfall Model: Each phase is completed in sequence and then the results of a completed phase flow into the next phase. There is no going back once the phase is

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Introduction

Initial theoretical developments of the theoretical and procedures in service quality evaluation have long lagged behind in product quality evaluation with measurement of service quality experiencing varied problems (Van Raaij. et al. 580). There are also several difficulties in the evaluation of service quality as a presentation of the framework of evaluation that uses the overall systems theoretical approach. This is in addition to suggestions of perceiving the views of quality degrees within companies and organizations alike with service managers being required to put considerations into the service input perceptions as well as service processes and associated outcomes.

Services

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Reflective Report

Managing service operations entails designing firms’ service quality, in order to achieve business success. To manage service operations accurately, one needs to fully understand the firm’s internal mechanisms, customers and competitors. Service quality is established by creating value for clients, employees and owners.
For service operations managers to achieve their goals, they need to study business trends carefully. The current business scenario is characterized by a customer behavior where customer satisfaction decreases with increase in service costs. Therefore, for a company to increase its service customer base, service initiation costs need to be reduced. In addition, service quality

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Organization

When it comes to the world of personal computers, it becomes absolutely impossible to ignore the flourishing personal computer (PC) giants namely IBM, Dell, Apple, Sony, and Hp ( Iserlis). It becomes increasingly difficult for an individual to choose from the wide range of options available in the market. A number of companies have introduced their distinguished series of personal computers. They are primarily inclusive of a base model and several other advanced models derived from the basic model. This paper aims to provide a comparison between three different models of personal computers and recommend the best model of the

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Executive summary

The complex nature of a business process is defined by examining the role promotional activities. The impact of defining significant market segment is to establish an ideal customer base and among other factors, the advertising market is composed of information sharing metrics. In order to examine the potentiality of the clients, the impact achieved by promotional capacities is provided within a shared target including in segmentation and proportioning the distribution mechanism. Sales promotion includes examining ideal marketing perspectives including offering discounts and improving the relationship between the clients and the market factors. Thus, in the proportional capacities, the participatory

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Academic qualifications provide a mechanism through which a person’s abilities can be assessed to determine his capabilities in undertaking given tasks. Productivity of an individual can be well measured by emotional intelligence rather than academic qualifications .a combination of the two, provides the best results. Emotional intelligence is the ability of a person to identify, evaluate and control oneself emotions, of others or of groups.
The results of the EQ tests lied in a range of people that find difficulties in establishing good working relationships with their co-workers. There is a concern that people within this range (48%)

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Introduction

The UAE's tourism segment grew radically in the last decade. This is due partially to the rush in regional voyage in the Middle East and the growth of international tourism. The UAE comprises for nearly 33% of Middle Eastern voyage and tourism demand, based on 2009 estimates. The implication of the UAE's tourism segment in the region is reflected in the number of arrivals visiting Dubai, Abu Dhabi which receives the largest number of visitors of any Arab destination apart from Egypt. The Emirati government created a federal tourism organization and regulatory body, the National Council of Tourism and

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Negotiated Risk Analysis

There are various risks involved in the logistic industry as there are various parties involved. This results in the management of International Logistics to implement the proper risk distribution and negotiation so as to reduce the risks the company would have faced and distribute it to its various stakeholders.

Global Supply Chain Forum

In order for International logistics to distribute its risks effectively and reduce its risks, it resulted to the implementation of the Global Supply Chain Forum (GSCF) model. The firm wants to implement the model on a trial basis but there are pressures to make it a long-term project. Following the

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ISBN 10: 0-8054-2590-X

ISBN 13: 978-0-8054-2590-1
DSMN 505 – Religion
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Introduction

Edited by Owen Brand and R. Stanton Norman, Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views, is arguably the most detailed books on church governance and administration. While many people cite different reasons why they consider the book a great success, I think the contribution for varied sources makes the book a noteworthy piece of literature on leadership in the church context. The book elaborately explains the five models of leadership as given by five contributors. According to the book, the leadership model adopted by the churches today depends greatly upon the traditional

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INTRODUCTION

Cloud computing has presented new challenges and opportunities to industry IT. Cloud computing can be defined as a set of resources and services offered through the internet. The cloud services are provided from data centers located all over the world. Cloud service providers facilitate its consumers by providing virtual resources via the internet. An example of such a service is Google Apps provided by Google and Microsoft SharePoint.
Cloud computing has been termed as a game-changer in scientific and industrial communities. It is increasingly infiltrating into industrial systems, businesses, government organizations, private entities and learning

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Introduction

In the current world Technology has become one of the most inevitable and paramount tool in the running of day-to-day operations of business. Technology has evolved immensely to accommodate all aspects of life. Most governments in the developed countries have sensitized its citizens to adopt modern methods of technology to enhance efficiency in their places of work and reduce costs, which results from asymmetric information. For instance in our organization the management invested in internet connection which has facilitated simultaneous sharing of information across all levels of job specialization. Further, a special task force was formulated to spearhead the

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Theories in Nursing
Abstract
Health Belief Model has played a key role in predicting and understanding health behaviour. This paper studies the history and evaluation of the model, its description, applicability and a review of three articles on the appropriateness of the model. The paper cites one case of Osteoporosis healthpromotionprogramswhere the model was put into use in developing and implementing the program. Finally, the recommendation and conclusion of the model’s applicability and its relevance in nursing is provided.
Key words: Health Belief Model, nursing, intervention, behaviour change
Introduction According to Painter et al, (2008), theleadingcause of illnessanddeath

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Introduction

DEA is the Data Envelopment Analysis. It is a non-parametric approach used in investigates for the assessment of production frontiers. It is used to assess the relative efficiency of various units, called DMUs in the language of DEA. DEA uses multiple inputs and outputs to estimate the efficiency and for benchmarking the best performing units.
The structure of the market economy is a concept with many aspects. In particular, the structure of the market economy can be characterized in terms of the competitive relationship, the degree of their development. There are several approaches to the study of the structure.

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Introduction

DEA is the Data Envelopment Analysis. It is a non-parametric approach used in investigates for the assessment of production frontiers. It is used to assess the relative efficiency of various units, called DMUs in the language of DEA. DEA uses multiple inputs and outputs to estimate the efficiency and for benchmarking the best performing units.
The structure of the market economy is a concept with many aspects. In particular, the structure of the market economy can be characterized in terms of the competitive relationship, the degree of their development. There are several approaches to the study of the structure.

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Business Model of Instagram

Introduction
In the modern business world, the success of a business is greatly influenced by the Business Model adopted. A business model can be simply described as a program that details on the ways and means through which a business intends to generate profits from innovations (Slideshare 1). Instagram is an example of a business which has a well defined program through which it is supposed to make business gain (Griffin and Media para 2). Instagram as a brand is a universal online website and mobile application which allows users to communicate and store information by uploading and sharing

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