Essays on National Association

In the past few decades, homebuilding industry has been highly fragmented, with various builders delivering diverse new homes every year. Recently, the industry has undergone rapid transformation and consolidation to address the new demands in the market. Pulte Homes is one of the top companies in the homebuilders industry in America specializing particularly in building homes as well as residential community development. According to National Association of Homebuilders (2010), Pulte Homes is a top 500 company in the list of the key American public corporations based on their contributions to the American economy. It is the focus of this ...

When it comes to management of a company’s finances, it is essential to know that the information can cause a manager to be vulnerable to misinterpretation, manipulation and deliberate deception. The purpose of the fiscal documents is to assist the top managers to make a decision, but the decision has to undergo many ethical considerations to ensure that the decision benefits the company regarding sales and does not negatively affect its financial status in the market (Coombs, Hobbs & Jenkins, 2005). Matters of ethics when it comes to management of finances have not been the primary attention of many ...

In perhaps the most bizarre outcome of the Second World War, the removal of the German-led Axis Powers as a common enemy paved the way for the emergence of the capitalist and the communist ideologies that created the Western and Eastern bloc respectively. The unity witnessed between the Soviet Union and the United States as part of the Allied Powers ended with World War II as the former claimed a lead in advocating communism while the latter supported capitalism in the name of democracy (Foner, 2014, p.709). The different stands plunged the two nations and their allies into the ...

The need for understanding cultural competency has been developing over the recent past. This instance comes after the realization that cultural sensitivity increase healthcare outcomes and interactions in a multidisciplinary setting. The current healthcare setting has encouraged involvement from a diverse workforce with different racial and ethnic basis. In the same way, a precedent rise of a diverse population in the American society means that those in need of healthcare services also require healthcare practitioners to attend to their needs (Treas and Wilkinson, 2014). Given that culture is a complex and extremely demanding concept, the need for a conscious ...

Community health is regarded as a critical economic driver in developed nations. In the US, the Healthy People Vision 2020 has been developed to identify the community, family, and personal illnesses that cause significant nation burden of disease. Significant emphasis has been laid on healthy communities, as changes have been occurring in the areas of medical financing, focus, and policy (Don, 2016). In view of this, the current paper will assess the community health needs and risks of the King`s County community in Washington. The paper will analyze their needs towards work related injuries in relation to the ...

U.S. Senator, Missouri

2011-Present

Personal Background Martial Status: Married to Abigail Blunt Education: B.A. History, Southwest Baptist University (1970) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt M.A. History, Missouri State University (1972) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Previous Experience: Clerk of Greene County, Missouri (1972-1984) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Missouri Secretary of State (1985-1992) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt President, Southwest Baptist University (1993-1996) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt U.S. House of Representatives (1996-2010) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Committee Assignments:

Appropriations Committee 2011- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Commerce. Science, and Transportation Committee 2011-2016 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Rules and Administration Committee 2011- present (became chairman 2015) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on the Library 2015- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on Printing 2015-present (vice chairman) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Committee on Armed Services 2013-2014 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Sponsored Legislation

2016 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400034#bill_type[] ...

The case Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP addresses the scope of the retaliation provision under Title VII that enables protection for the employees against the illegal actions of the employers. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits retaliation cases in order to decrease the exposure to the discriminatory activity in actions of the employees. Meanwhile, this article states that the retaliation should be understood as the situation when the employee of the firm was fired or reassigned as well as he was deprived of the certain range of the benefits if the employer considered them ...

Successful marketing is one of the most important segments of home health care industry (home health agencies, hospices, private duty home care companies) which includes advertising, public relations, promotions, and sales. According to National Association for Home Care and Hospice, home health service is the dynamic business with more than 12 million patients in America. There are no state laws that prohibit home health care organizations from advertising in newspapers, magazines, television, radio or internet. However, home health care products and services can be legally marketed under a variety of special complex marketing laws, rules, regulations and government agencies ...

Analysis and Comparison of Montessori and Project Approaches to Education

Literature Review . Conclusion References .. Analysis and Comparison of Montessori and Project Approaches to Education The purpose of this paper is to look at two distinct approaches to early childhood education, Montessori and Project Approach’s view. While the Montessori approach is primarily used to promote child development in a natural environment, the Project Approach is focused on individuals in their early stages of development by an in-depth introduction to reality. As the public becomes more aware of the importance of early childhood development, it is important to recognize the similarities and differences in the two methods so parents ...

The demand for the financial specialists is at its peak than ever with the Bureau of Business Statistics projecting an 8% growth from 2014 to 2024. Reflecting on this statistics, more than 632400 new jobs in finance field shall be open within the same period. The high demand follows the increased regulatory frameworks in the business world accommodating companies to demand more financial specialists. In matching the world corporate demand for financial professionals, the finance graduates are faced with numerous financial careers that offer job opportunities to exercise their financial skills. This paper seeks to explore the careers in ...

A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is an investment vehicle in which resources are pulled from small and large-scale investors and consequently invested in the real estate sector. The REIT is then traded on an open market exchange. The attractiveness of REITs to investors is because of the special tax incentives and high dividends that they usually receive. The basic structure of a REIT is that it must at least have 75% of its assets in the real estate sector and must not have less than one hundred investors at any period. REITs are legally mandated to remit at ...

The implication that someone’s dress code and appearance has on a work opportunity is one that has always been a point of concern for most people. There has been a need to prove if the appearance can affect someone’s chances of getting a job. People should not be allowed to “judge a book by its cover,” however, when it comes to employment opportunities, the grooming of the potential candidate has to be considered because of the representation of the company’s image. A report presentation by the National Association of College and Educators (2016), reveals that grooming ...

Reflection Paper about ACCA and CMA

The ACCA, which stands for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, is one of the international bodies for the professional accountants based in the United Kingdom. It was established in the year 1904 by eight individuals. During its initial years, ACCA was known as the London Association of Accountants. Its name changed to ACCA in 1984. The core values of this accounting body have been accountability, integrity, innovation, diversity, and opportunity. Regarding membership, ACCA supports 455,000 students and 178,000 members in 181 countries (ACCA, 2015). Consequently, this demonstrates that ACCA is popular, especially in the Commonwealth nations. ...

Lachman, M. E. (2004). Development in midlife. Annu. Rev. Psychol., 55, 305-331. In this article, based on the analysis of contemporary foreign and domestic philosophical, sociological and psychological literature have been considered theoretical interpretation and empirically recorded phenomenology "midlife crisis / mid-life." Author used the method of biographical interviews and have shown the common strategy for coping with the crisis, the dependence of its manifestations on the type of self-identity and gender of the respondent. The author rightly suggested that the crisis could be caused by the coincidence in time of several adverse events related to deviant factors: divorce, ...

Human Behavior – Development in Midlife Lachman’s (Lachman’s, 2004)

The purpose of the author is to summarize the findings relating to salient issues and themes of midlife such as physical and psychological changes brought by aging, and the balance between work ad family responsibilities. This objective arises from addressing the need to explore midlife developments considering the large demographic shifts in the population. In order to accomplish this, the author reviewed previous studies and summarized the findings from the reviewed research. Furthermore, the concept was highlighted in the article using conceptual frameworks encompassing the study of multiple patterns of changes in midlife. Conclusively, the author was able to ...

Organization Analysis Part 2

Organization Analysis Part 2 The American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) is a national nonprofit organization that has multiple programs to assist families from different backgrounds to improve in their lives. The organization is concerned with issues such as child adoption, child care, child support, child welfare, disabilities, food stamps and temporary assistances for poor families. The organization functions with many affiliates that include American Association of Welfare Attorney, American Association of Food Stamp Directors, among others. The study will carry out organization analysis to find out how the APHSA organization functions (APHSA, 2016). To fully incorporate the functioning ...

The issue of ethics and the way in which ethical principles govern our lives is always one of concern in the professional field. Over the centuries, mankind has questioned the principles of ethics and ethical considerations as it affects a person’s moral development and has made numerous attempts to define the term, but the truth is that each person is governed by specific ethical standards based on personal moral convictions. Personally, I believe that ethical behaviors stem from one’s personal moral standard and this moral standards stem from one’s ability to recognize and appreciate the values ...