Essays on Profession

Introduction

The concept of gender specific jobs and roles continue to stall and receive controversial opinions. Historical etymology and practices place men within certain positions different from those of women. The rise and development of intellectual modernity, civilization and constitutional provisions that identify both genders to be equal and capable of performing at similar capacity and platforms have seen a substantial paradigm shift regarding occupational perspectives on gender aspects. Gender issues, differentiated reception on women and treatment within the ambit of social structures where men encompass a majority section in the military sphere and the minority portion in professions like ...

There are various instances where an officer in the criminal justice system finds themselves in situations where their integrity is put to test. One such instance is the scenario where a deli owner offers to pay for a sandwich that a uniformed police officer goes to buy. The professional and ethical standards that should be in place from the police department to assist the officer in his decision making is that a uniformed police should not accept gifts from civilians under any circumstances. This is because an officer who receives gifts from civilians might have a hard time maintaining ...

Whether there in any previous employers to which I would consider returning

No, there is no any previous company to which I would consider returning. I made this decision due to several reasons. The former employers failed to offer me opportunities of growth limiting my chances of achieving professional goals. Although I was exposed to learning opportunities, my duties were very limited. Also, the employers did not offer me the opportunity to work on my personal projects. Second, workload discourages me from returning to previous employers. In the previous two companies, I was unable to cope with the work pressure. The management usually set unrealistic targets, which resulted in stress. Additionally, ...

The main goal of the article by the authors was to appraise the perception of nurses on the ethical climate in their workplaces. The article was influenced by the fact that due to major and rapid advancement sin pharmacological interventions and therapeutic technologies, the nurse’s environment faces countless moral and ethical dilemmas. The article thus seeks to establish how nurses view such ethical issues including whether such ethical issues have received attention as essential factors n making decisions in the nursing workplace. The article also appraises the nurse’s experience with medical errors and how this affected their ...

The introduction of new media has created various challenges to the old media in the recent decades. From the onset, it is important to note that the development of internet from the 1980s to date has been swifter than other communication media. For many centuries the old media, which comprises of the mainstream platforms such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, has been used as a platform for advertising and communication. Although the old media has been an effective way of marketing for many years, the advent of new media led by the internet and the subsequent professional and ...

Work at home is an excellent way to make a living without leaving the house. Such type of employment is called freelance when the expert performs work far from the actual office where other employees work. Most often such work is chosen by people interested to depend on an intolerable early operating schedule, mothers who just had babies and decided not to come back from a maternity leave. Also, this refers to those individuals who look for an additional source of earnings. Most often work at home has a price-work payment of work as on a straight line it ...

Sales and Purchasing Management

The idea of the first impression is all about generating the sales. Therefore, it is very important for the individual to present himself as the fine or a reasonable product as compared to the usual product. For example, it is very important for the candidates for the job to alter or modify their ‘resumes’ according to the advertised job. The relevance between the customer and the product is important to develop a good first impression. (Dalton, 2009) The concept of staying between the lines is a valid argument when it comes to selling yourself or any product. Instead of ...

Bedside reporting has currently replaced the nursing shifts that used to be time-consuming and sources of medical errors. It has helped in improving health by saving time and allowing patients to participate in their treatment. The reporting has also led to the development of strong relationships among the staffs as well as between the nurses and patients. Additionally, it creates a sense of ownership and accountability among the employees. However, successful implementation of the change requires good leadership and theory application. Therefore, the paper discusses the leadership style that can be used and theories that can be applied in ...

Sports activities promote strengthening of health, inspire us though all kinds of media, advertising of the fitness centers and even via doctors. However amateur sport and professional – two absolutely different categories. Any who seriously is engaged in this or that type of athletics, fight, soccer, will tell you as far as it is difficult and, the main thing, injury-causing. “Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex injury with a broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities” (TBI, 2017). Sports working capacity depends on severity of the remaining consequences and specifics of the corresponding sport. It is necessary to exclude or ...

Abstract

The real estate industry is widely known to be stressful for its professionals, and especially for those working in New York City. This paper will examine causes for stress in the real estate field and how this stress could be exacerbated by working specifically in NYC real estate. In particular, this study will focus on the concept of burnout in the work place, relevant to real estate professionals. It will also address some of the physical and psychological symptoms that work stress can bring about in an individual.

Introduction

Stress is generally understood to be mental or emotional strain, brought ...

No school operates without a curriculum. Fundamentally, aA curriculum is an essential part of the education system (Bradford, Kenneth, & Helen, 2017). A well-set curriculum contributes enormously to a good education. Additionally, it eases the learning process for the teachers and the learners. However, various schools have various curriculums set by various people in diverse ways. Nevertheless, quality education remains the core purpose of all the curriculums in education institutions (Armstrong, 2006). This paper is oriented towards comparing curriculums of different states, districts, and schools to the research of the best practice. Most successful schools are those that comply with ...

Ang Lee is a Taiwanese-born film director who has made America his base. He grew up in Taiwan and studied in the tertiary level at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he finished a degree in theater in 1980. Thereafter he studied at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University where he received a master’s degree in film production. In 1982, he finished the film Shades of the Lake, which won Best Short Film the same year in Taiwan. Another film made in 1984, Fine Line, bagged the NYU Wasserman’s award for Outstanding ...

InstitutionDate

I began my higher education studying business management at Lebanese American University. Upon entering and choosing to study business with a concentration in management, I was unsure if it would be for me, but the two subjects had always fascinated me and I wanted to learn more about them. Fortunately, I knew immediately I had made the right decision, becoming so enthralled with both the business-mechanics, and management side of each subject I was sure about my future. I knew I would go on to pursue a Master’s in Management in order to take my professional career an ...

Basketball is one of the most popular sport games. To date, this game has more than 200 million registered players around the world as well as hundreds of millions of fans. Basketball has been around for more than a century, and during that time, the game has acquired the status that allows it to be an important part of the world sport. In addition, there are various levels of this sport game: i.e. amateur, professional, and educational. The rules of this game are extremely simple, allowing everyone to understand them in a short time. But at the same time, ...

Public image of nurses: past, present, and future

Introduction Undoubtedly, the nursing profession has vital ingredients of accountability and autonomy. Also, it is true to assert that nursing profession demands more responsibilities than before when the main role of a nurse was just to provide comfort and care. In the modern world, a nurse is expected to be an advocate for clients, a manager, and an educator (Drayton & Weston, 2015). However, little attention is drawn towards the assessment of the actual public image and perception of nurses. Nurses seem to dwell in a dual structure of nursing and social worlds. The two worlds tend to influence and ...

Twitter before anything else a tool of communication, which large companies, such as airlines for example, use to improve the relationships with their clients providing them with a follow-up or additional customer care service. However, there are numerous ill-made decisions and misuse of the Twitter potential in terms of branding and upholding the image of the company.

Discussion

The companies that drew attention to their proficient skill in using the Twitter platform are American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines. It is obvious that the general principles of use are similar. However, each company has a specific ...

ISP Instructions

Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-490, the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your mentor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish. Application-based learning assignments are listed in the course syllabus with a Practice Portfolio Statement requirement element noted within the assignment itself. ...

1- What are the primary reasons many managers avoid or resist performance management? What do you believe is the greatest challenge for managers in managing performance? Performance management is a critical process for organizations involving a continuous identification, measuring, and development of performance by linking the performance of individuals to the overall mission of an organization (Aguinis 2). However, the process can be fraught with difficulties, particularly for managers with respect to the challenge of performance feedback and observational problems. Performance feedback can either be positive or negative and the difficulty for managers is that providing the corrective/negative feedback ...

Diversity Management Trends and Challenges in the Multinational Organizations (MNCs)

Paper Due Date Introduction The global business environment is subject to several influences, resulting from globalization, internationalization of organizational supply chains and ever increasing international mobility of individuals that constitute employment and customer base of modern businesses. Business landscape in the United States has been evolving for several decades, when large companies expanded abroad and found cost-effective solutions in outsourcing, postponement strategies, building on virtual e-commerce environments and took other steps to increase their reach, responsiveness, and resilience on the global business arena. The fact is that growth brings diversity (Syed and Ozbilgin, 34-65). This gender, cultural and professional ...

The articulation of vectoring and liberal methods of teaching in my past tutor experience

Current essay underlines the teaching experience that is a crucial condition for the pedagogy. Furthermore, the main objective centralizes the complex process, which requires a multitude of psychological methods to be implemented in order to achieve the successful results and ease the explanations for the audience. Thus, the teacher should be a vector that focuses the students are to train their cognition and improve their knowledge perception. Therefore, the applied technique might be considered as the efficient tool to organize human brain potential. It is necessary to highlight that teaching people is a matter of a controversial character because ...

Abstract

Stress is one of the most prevalent psychological conditions in the contemporary world, yet also one of the most misunderstood. Millions of people suffer from some form of stress in their lives, but few understand that not only is it an abnormality but it can also be successfully managed to lead quality lives. The most common catalyst for stress is work, where people are subjected to high-pressure situations that, if poorly handled can trigger the onset of short-term or long-term susceptibility to stress. For emergency response personnel, stress is a part of routine operations, and research has shown that ...

HRM challenges

The United States of America is proud to have the greatest work force in the world. Not from the quantitative point of view – counties like China or India have much greater labor pools, but definitely in terms of quality. With over 56 million of college graduates available on the market, America has a large pool of professionals, and problems in human resource management for private and official entities may seem artificial. Nevertheless, there are plenty of issues that HR specialists of this country need to address, and the number of problems they face does not tend to decrease.

Main HRM challenges in the USA

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Introduction

It is no doubt that information and communication technology has taken over the world with almost all functions becoming dependent on technology. The use of computers, Smartphone, tablets, and iPods have increased over the last few years with more Americans demanding internet services on a daily basis. Technology in the form of the internet finds a lot of application in communication with the rising demands for social media channels and other online forms of communication. The use of the internet in communication and information sharing creates major ethical and legal concerns. Internet users must be aware of risks associated ...

Business Project Plan

Business Project Plan In the contemporary age, carefully managing the mental and social health concerns of the veterans is a crux role of every government, and this demands every responsible government to formulate an action plan that can be applied in the management of these health concerns. This is especially so as medical scholars continue to acquire new insights regarding the mental, vocational or physical health of veterans as applies to mental health, as well as the difficult and traumatic experience of the veterans in their transitioning to normal life after completion of service (American Public Health Association, 2014). ...

Abstract

In a multicultural context, leadership is of great significance. When a diverse workforce is working together on a task, sound leadership is required because there is no room for conflicts. Leadership provides direction and motivation to the workforce and keeps them focused on their goals. Steve Jobs has been the CEO of Apple and is regarded as an excellent leader even after his death. It was under his leadership that Apple gained success and even the employees became strategic thinkers and decision makers. A leader is powerful and possesses a charismatic persona. A true leader has a clear vision ...

Background

Today, the financial industry is more regulated than any other time in the history of economic globalization. However, the lack of fundamental professional behavior, ethics, and compliance raises the important question whether the current financial sector in Australia is destined for an endemic future. The persistent fraud cases in the Australian financial industry paints an impression that behaviors are yet to change even after experiencing the global financial predicament that emanated from the US. The recent ANZ suspected interbank interest rate rigging, CBA’s CommInsure denial of compensation to legitimate claims from terminally ill patients, and the Macquarie Group ...

Chapter 7

My general observation is that the society considers nurses as people who enhance the healthcare experience, while the real credit of serving healthcare, are taken by the physicians and the administrative staffs. Probably, a person admitted as an inpatient or admitted to the ICU would have realized the true value of nurses, but in general, the services of the nurse are often unappreciated and unrecognized. Though nurses engage in important healthcare activities, they are treated as subordinates and not as leaders of healthcare. Nurses rarely participate in decision making and in making a health plan. Lack of clear guidelines ...

Operating Environment:

Hardware: Laptop or Desktop Computers Software: Windows 8.1 Professional Description: This section deals with updating anti-virus definition files, configuring real-time scanning, full system scanning, fast or quick scanning for high vulnerability areas of the system, removable media scanning, and reviewing scan results in a Windows 8.1 system. Notes, Warnings, & Restrictions: Windows Defender is a sensitive utility used to perform system security tasks. Please exercise caution when using it.

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https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/definitions/adl.aspx http://www.thewindowsclub.com/update-windows-defender-manually-windows-8 Procedures: Update Anti-Virus Definition Files This procedure guides the user on how to update anti-virus definition files on a system running Windows 8.1. Search for Windows Defender from Start ...

According to the Loc sin’s theory, individuals are seen to be greater than the sum of their parts. All the times, human beings are considered to be whole regardless of whether technology is utilized on them or even when they are sick (Locsin & Purnell, 2015). This theory expects nurses not just to try and fix the broken patients, but to care for the patients holistically. It encourages the mutual process between the nurse and the ones being nursed. I am greatly connected to this theory given the fact that I strongly believe that caring and technology can coexist ( ...

My name is Hoyi Tsui and I was born in 1991 in Hong Kong, China. While I was born in Hong Kong, I immigrated with my family to the United States when I was seven years old and have since lived in Salisbury, Maryland, which I consider my home. I always had a passion for biology and medicine and was thrilled to learn that a career in pharmacy was within my grasp after searching through a local community college catalog in 20011. Not long after this discovery, I found great success as a student in the college’s “Pharmacy ...

A chemist may be draw to the science because it contains physics and mathematics, with results clearly defined. On the other hand, biology can be messy, with fluids and disrupted bodies and patient suffering. For the nursing professional, there may be the temptation to define a physical process present in a patient as either biological or chemical. Technically, the definition for biology is simply the “scientific study of living organisms” (TheFreeDictionary.com), while chemistry is “a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the transformations that they undergo” (Merriam-webster.com). However, the lines blur when ...

Introduction

For understanding how the corn industry and the industry of water, I have interviewed with the marketing professionals from these two industries. Considering that marketing departments monitor the demand conditions, they can give us adequate information about their market.

Interviewer: What type of industry are you operating in? Marketing Professional 1: Producing corn requires using large lands, machinery, and knowledge of cultivating corn. Therefore, a company needs to have a high amount of financial resources to enter this market. Also, producing corn requires having the scientific knowledge for agricultural production. Changing climate and worse environmental conditions force us to ...

Introduction

Compensation and benefit system is a division of the human resource management that is aimed at making policies concerning workers’ benefits. Compensation benefits can be referred as all the benefits that employees receive and are part of the salary, and which is given to employees as a reward for their labor. Compensation benefits can be divided into three major classes. These benefits can either be direct, indirect or non-financial (Lissy, 11). In direct compensation, the company pays its employee in form of salaries, remunerations, commissions and bonuses. In indirect compensation, firms and other enterprises reward their employees in other ...

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN versus the BSN

The nursing curriculum has been evolving over time to meet the needs and demands of the population which have been changing over time. In a bid to ensure that care delivery meets the optimal goals of recovery, restoration and sustaining a high quality of life, the basic foundation for the nursing profession has been on ensuring that the curriculum adequately prepares the nurses for the tasks ahead (Auerbach, Buerhaus, & Staiger, 2015). A particular response that the profession can refer is the Future of Nursing Report by the Institute of Medicine which required that nurses be allowed to the highest ...

Level of Education in Nursing

Level of Education in Nursing The nursing profession plays a huge role in delivering evidenced-based, safe, and high quality health care to patients. To be able to this, nurses must have the knowledge and skills that must be updated with the latest development in the medical field (Boz Yuksekdag, 2015). In the year 2010, the Institute of Medicine released a report that contains recommendations for the future of the nursing profession. It technically recommends the nurses’ continuance of knowledge through educational programs (Gooch, 2015). As a nurse, it is important to follow IOM’s recommendations to be aware of ...

1) Theories are to concepts as hypotheses are to variables. Hypotheses depend on tests that suggest multiple variables. On the other hand, theories are made up of concepts ("Theory and Practice of Social Research" 4). 2) Does a hypothesis propose a relationship between dimensions or variables? Yes. A hypothesis depends on the link that exists between two or several variables. Whereby, a slight change in variable ‘A,' leads to a change in variable ‘B.' In this case, it can be almost predictable that if the first event occurs on the first variable, then we expect variable ‘B' to ...

Project Management

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Background

Digital Opportunity Trust is an international organization with headquarters in Canada. The main area of expertise of the organization is providing youth-oriented educational services worldwide, especially in developing countries of Asia and Africa. In order to provide its services, the Trust has organized a system of DOT Interns recruited among young residents of the developing counties for the purpose of effective and time-savvy distance education. The Trust has established valued and long-lasting relations with governmental institutions, educational facilities and volunteering organizations, and education of the Ethiopian society is one of the declared priorities of DOT (Hargreaves, p.37). ...

Charting Nursing’s Future is a series of policy briefs on topics of interest to nurses whose publication is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The purpose of the policy briefs is to enlighten key stakeholders in health care set up such hospital managers, nurse leaders and the state and national policymakers on different matters related to nursing profession (Nurse 61). The briefs also seek to bring to light the important role of nurses in promoting a culture of health. Moreover, the series of the briefs covers a broad array of topics related to nursing which can ...

Careers in Accounting

The first career option for the professional with the accounting education is the audit and assurance job. The main reason for the auditing job is that it is related to the accounting standards such as IAS, IFRS and US GAAP. The main responsibility of the auditor is to inspect and review the annual financial statements of the company. Therefore, due to the professionalism, integrity and the competence level of the accountants, the professionals with the accountancy knowledge can pursue as the professional accountant. (Mally, 2015) Another career option for the professionals with the accounting education is the asset manager ...

Summary

Essential III asserts on the importance for professional nurses to acquire a scholarship aimed at impacting knowledge and skills of engaging in Evidence Based Practice. Apparently, professional nursing requires that nurses have the skills and knowledge requisite to translate available evidence into practice. Therefore, taking a baccalaureate nurse program sets one on the path that evidence based practice education is imparted. The Baccalaureate program is designed in a manner that it ensures the graduate have the ability to point out the interrelationships existing between nursing theory, practice as well as research. Furthermore, the graduates have the skills necessary to ...

The social media has become one of the basic tools for interaction and where individual learn new things each day. Organizations today have embarked into using the social media as the medium for reaching their target customers and analyzing their competitor’s strengths and weaknesses. The information presented on the blog “Lessons Learned in 2016 from the #SMSports” plays a critical role in promoting the person’s professional and social growth in the sports career. Comments found in the social media and sports community's Twitter accounts teach existing and upcoming entrepreneurs new and advanced ways of growing profession. Achieving ...

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Head Department of Pediatric Dentistry

Dear Mr. /Miss _________________ I am writing this letter with the intention of expressing my interest in being enrolled at the Universiteit Gent for the attainment of Masters Science in Advanced Dentistry (Pediatric Dentistry and Special Care). I am willing to continue my academic journey in your revered organization as it is widely acknowledged as one of the leading programs in the world and enjoys an elevated reputation in my country, Saudi Arabia. After a thorough research and comprehensive analysis, I have realized that completing my desired program in your esteemed ...

Promote a healing environment to my patients and their family members that always reflect my most cherished personal values of kindness, unconditional caring and giving without an urge to get anything in return. Recognize that all my patients have a pure limitless soul in temporary physical bodies with several limitations that require a thorough understanding of the holistic healing process that involves treating a person’s body, mind and soul for sustainable well-being. Provide high quality service to all my clients by effectively integrating my knowledge, skills and personal virtues that speeds up the spiritual and physical healing process. ...

1. Carper’s pattern of knowing can be used in the process of nursing interaction. It can guide nurses on what they have to communicate while talking to the patient, family and fellow colleagues. Though classroom education imparts a lot of knowledge, they are not fully applied in practical situations. Nursing knowledge gives the profession its identity. The pattern of knowing can be used by the nurse to communicate to the society of the contributions of nurses to healthcare. It can be used to create an effective nursing practice. Knowledge is a form of understanding and perception we develop ...

Executive Summary: Improvement of Patient Care Quality Project

The types of data collection and display tools that will be used and deciding which one is best for the project Questionnaires concerning satisfaction are feasible and useful means of providing opportunities for patients and involving them into the health case provision process and manner (Pope, 2002). They are also a good tool for continuous quality assessment and prioritization of actions that are necessary to improve quality. Analysis of the data collected by means of questionnaires will be analyzed by means of special programs. The results of such analysis will help identify the weaknesses of the patient care quality ...

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

Introduction

The term ‘entrepreneurship’ became very popular in the 21st century when people recognized the importance of introducing major changes in the world. Today, many people abandon their career as an employee and start entrepreneurial ventures with intent to earn unlimited income and to meet their self-actualization needs. Considering the scope of entrepreneurship in supporting a country’s economic growth, governments worldwide are willing to finance potential entrepreneurial start-ups today. This paper will critically explore the scope of entrepreneurship, giving particular emphasis to the operations of small business houses.

Obviously, time and money are two important factors ...

Since the dawn of our human civilization, people have been trying to find the most effective way of building their behavior. Historically, the patterns of people’s activity have been directly connected to the society itself. Therefore, the social and political utility of the human operations is one of the determining factors. As a result, the behavior of the community, formed by the patterns of personalities, has become an extremely complex system of reasons and consequence. Hannah Arendt addresses the topic of the human being’s behavior in the context of the political history. The Human Condition is her ...

Spurgeon, S.L. (2012) Counselor Identity – A National Imperative. Journal of Professional Counseling, vol 39 (1) The article at stake was written by Dr. Shawn L. Spurgeon and published in the Journal of Professional Counseling in 2012. The article is named “Counselor Identity – A National Imperative”. The latter explores the basics of the profession and its necessity in the contemporary world. Moreover, the author clearly defines the qualifications a counselor has to possess, whereas otherwise the professional identity is merely absent. Proceeding with this issue, Dr. Spurgeon emphasizes on the necessary components of the professional identity of a counselor. As ...

Reference:

Young, A., Dollarhide, C. T., & Baughman, A. (2015). The voices of school counselors: essential characteristics of school counselor leaders. Professional School Counseling, 19(1), 36-45. The article under the study puts light on the qualitative research, which lacks in majority of schools. Most of the schools focus more on the quantitative analysis instead of qualitative analysis. The article argues on different practices of the leadership in elementary schools, which are seen to play an important part in the lives of the young students. Many elementary schools fail to realize the importance of certain characteristics which needs to be developed ...

Introduction

Occupational therapy focuses on increasing participation in a client’s daily activities. It involves the identification of environmental barriers that limit the customer’s ability to perform his or her daily activities and eliminating them. This is done by modifying the tasks, educating and teaching the skills to the client to enhance his or her daily activities. More emphasis is placed on the needs and goals of the client. Young@Heart is a film about a chorus composed of senior citizens. They sing contemporary songs as well as pop and classic rock songs. Eighty is the average age of ...

Statement of Customer’s Need

The modern business environment is influenced by globalization and international mobility of individuals. As a result, companies demand more focus on diversity and leadership capabilities to manage professionally and personally diverse groups, communication and the conflict of interest, which may arise from the polarization of opinions. While companies provide internal training in face-to-face as well as virtual environments, there is an opportunity to improve the outcomes of diversity training by implementing an integrated training seminar, involving the practical and theoretical exercises and workshops with individuals from different companies and sectors. This cross-functional and cross-sectorial groups can significantly benefit in ...

Chapter Review

The idealism of race and property has existed since the early 20th century. The individual's race determined the economic, political, and social security. The author’s grandmother struggles with survival with two children living as a single mother. Eventually, she hides her identity as a Black woman at workplaces dominated by whites in order to secure her job. Her story illustrates the valorization of whiteness as treasured property in a society built on a racial castle (Harris, 1993). White supremacy over the Black people and Native American people transformed whiteness from color, to race, to status, and eventually to ...

Flashing is one of the most important step in roofing job. It can be defined as a rubber or metal barrier, the task of which is to protect the seams aroud roof elements or between adjoining roof surfaces. Its mission is to chanell water off the roof seams. Thus, it is possible to say that flashing is one of the most critical elements of roofs that helps to keep their structure watertight (Marshall 74) There are two types of flashing – concealed and exposed. They differ in their methods of application and the type of material is used. Thus, with ...

Identifying and Hiring Candidates for Open Jobs

Canada is a developed economy with some of the most skilled human resources managers in the world. However, the administrators in the field experience diverse challenges as they maneuver the dynamics in the terrain. One of the greatest challenges that the managers experience is the difficulty in identifying and retaining a skilled workforce for the various sectors in their organizations. The issue is profound in the technical areas. It is quite challenging to determine and locate talent beyond the placing of job advertisements. The sourcing of the top talent has been a source of pressure on the human resources ...

Communication and Conflict Resolution

As of today, the majority of organizations regardless their field of activity require efficient professional teamwork and collaboration in a vulnarable environment as expert interprofessional groups have profound professional knowledge and relevant competences and are likely to "have fewer personal problems and conflicts between the members" (Juhász, 2010, p. 63). Taking into consideration that the team is expected to work together collaboratively for the next 6 months, it is of fundamental importance to establish ground rules and set expectations that all team members will adhere to. One of the best methods is developing the internal code of conduct, ...

Paper

It's not easy to maintain a balance between one's personal and professional lives. In reading the Case of the Holiday at the German advertising firm located in the United States, this becomes more evident than ever since their customers' deadlines are the most important parameter by which employees are evaluated. Of course, we all have to earn a living and sometimes, at the beginning of our careers, working 50 hours a week isn't uncommon. What does seem rather strange is the employee turnover that is rather high and which, in turn, suggests burnout. This is clearly not good for ...

Art Business

Art inspired minds of people throughout the entire history of humankind. From the paintings on the walls of caves to beautiful art galleries, people tried to explain and share their thoughts using creativity and talent. My intense interest in Art dates back to my high school years when I took an Art course of higher level in the IB programme, but Art has always been a passion of mine. I was fascinated about the genius of the people who contributed to the history of art leaving their heritage for the next generations. My family always appreciated the value of ...

Health is an important aspect of human life. As such, it should be treated with utmost seriousness. Some cultural beliefs and customs, however, may affect healthcare delivery. Though legal, some of these beliefs may have negative medical effects on the society and a medico-legal professional will have to know how to cope with such cases (Hartley, 2012). This paper will analyze how to deal with such beliefs that medico-legal professional might encounter. Such beliefs and customs are usually based on the religion affiliations of those concerned. Examples include the negativity towards autopsy in some religions and appraisal of the ...

Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper

Article Summary

In this article, Maura Sellars examines the role of the teacher as a change agent through reflective practice. The author argues that it is the teachers and not education authorities, curriculum developers, or policy makers who are the most effective, durable, and powerful agents of educational change. She also contends that the reliability and proficiency of change in education practice depend largely on the capacity of teachers to develop self-knowledge and reflective practice. According to the Sellars (2012), historically, these aspects of teacher development have not been emphasized in the process of preparing and promoting effective teachers. ...

Bullying is a continued concern in schools around the world, including the United States, and determining the most effective approaches for prevention is an ongoing concern. Given the varying ways in which bullying adversely impacts children and youth, it is more important than ever to find effective methods of bullying prevention - additional research is required to determine ideal methods to prevent school-age bullying in significant ways. Using a mixture of perspectives, from public health to psychology and educational professional development, it is possible to find a comprehensive method of lowering incidents of school-age bullying while arming victims of ...