Essays on Prosperity

With the fossil fuel energies and oil fast depleting, the industrial civilization is at a crossroad. After all, the entire infrastructure behind industrial technologies is aging and needs a new perspective. Governments and businesses are in a tight spot with riding debts and unemployment. Ever since the 2008 economic recession, the governments, business communities and civil societies are at loggerheads as to how to revitalize the global economy and help the world grow and self-sustain (Rifkin 1). Clearly, the era of great energy is over. A bold new economic narrative is repaired to transform the society. 1.1 A New ...

Introduction

The KASP is a Saudi Government-funded scholarship program initiated in 2005 under King Abdullah ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"; "Patent Program"). KASP has been launched in response to Saudi Arabia's increasing need for more qualified human capital, particularly in light of Kingdom's dependency on foreign labor (al-Shayea). The first KASP cycle was launched after late King Abdullah's and former U.S. President George W. Bush's agreement to increase numbers of Saudi students in U.S. ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). The Saudi Government invested SR7 billion and awarded 9,252 male and female students U.S. scholarships in first phase ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). ...

The Philippines is famous for its emerald rice fields, smoldering volcanoes, wildlife, and mega cities. Located on a land distant from the mainland Southeast Asia, it holds great historical features and rich in cultural and spiritual. Catholicism is the main religion of the area, and resulted from the Spanish rulership. The Spanish culture remains in the country as evident in the festivals, architecture, and churches. The country’s economy is steadily growing as well as the tourism and agriculture. It gains a lot of revenue from tourism due to its beaches and islands, which act as the main tourist ...

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Problem Definition 3 Economic Theories 3 Analysis 6 Conclusion and Recommendations 12

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Are the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer Still Today Introduction Nowadays there is a lot of discussion whether the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in the modern world. The answer to this question lies in the very understanding of poverty. Various economic schools employ different approaches when describing the causes of poverty. Therefore, they give different answers to the question mentioned above. Some of them think that the statement about the enrichment of the rich and the impoverishment of ...

Introduction

Scenario Overview ABU is one of premier university in the state of British Colombia, Canada. ABU has launched a B.COM course for entrepreneurs few years back and the course ran successfully for few years. However, in recent years because of increased competition the overall students enrolling in the course both online and on-campus has reduced drastically. It seems that ABU is unable to differentiate its course from that of its competitors. After initial research it was observed that ABUs B.COM entrepreneurial course is still one of the best in the market. However, it seems that marketing and positioning of ...

Air Canada is Canada's largest carrier, which is one of the founders of the international alliance Sky Team. Today, it is capable of carrying out flights in 98 settlements in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia (Aircanada.com). Together with our partners, this company carries passengers to 160 destinations.

Part 1: Enterprise Strategy and Air Canada

1. The airline industry has always been a very high-tech and, therefore, up to date with the developing global trends and requirements. The complexity of the business of air transportation is magnified by high responsibility to air travelers. With increasing passenger flows slightest failure in the processing and transmission ...

According to the recent State of the World’s Cities Report 2012, a holistic and integrated approach is essential for the well-being of all. It is critical to get aware of the new risks and support the cities to make the world progress economically, socially and environmentally. Although different crises of varying intensity have hit the cities, it is felt that cities can provide a solution for the regional and global crises via flexible and creative platforms. Part One: Prosperity and Urban Trends The future cities will be the center of prosperity. The human beings find their basic needs ...

The European Union is one of the most successful regional integration bodies in the world. The European Union, formed in 1993, draws its roles from past organizations formed after the Second World War to ensure peace existed in Europe. Since itss formation, the EU has experienced increased membership, as there are now twenty six countries involved in the organization. The establishment of the EU has allowed the creation of a free market around Europe; therefore allowing economic development among member states. Other than economic integration, the EU has also promoted peace among its member states. By discussing the events ...

Intuitional Affiliation

Managing Competing Agendas in Technological Sector The world is experiencing a shift of paradigm regarding different issues. It is becoming difficult for the governments of numerous nations to overcome challenges which are directly related to the economic conditions and social welfare (Liu & Guan, 2016). The USA also has all the resources which are required to ensure their policies related to the technological issues and its implementation. Moreover, the objectives are being achieved in the short term and long term period. One of the departments which is directly related to the technology is the office of science and technology, and ...

Wirth, an eminent sociologist, put forth three major definitions for a city. The three definitions or dimensions are: the numbers of the population, the density of settlement, and the heterogeneity of the population and life of groups. The size of the population actually affects diversity in the city. Diversity comes in the form of the personalities, culture, occupations, and the ideas of the members of the population. This diversity in turn, influences the segregation of the population, and some form of zoning takes place in the city. The variations in personalities, skill levels and culture also give rise to ...

How Can a Company Become Prosper as an Analytics Competitor?

In order to become prosper as an analytics competitor the company should, first of all, use killer application, a computer program that is extremely desirable and essential product, which proves and shows the most important values of certain technologies. The killer application can be in absolutely different form. For example, Mariott International used the revenue management (revenue opportunity model). In general, the author defines three crucial attributes, which make analytics competitors prosperous, namely extensive application of modeling and optimization, an organization approach and senior executive supporters. Speaking about extensive application of modeling and optimization, Mr. Davenport explains that analytics ...

The Logic of Biblical Principles and the Round Table Principles in Business Ethics

Introduction The business environment is characterized by cut-throat competition between competitors, individual targets to meet and rapid expansion programs and globalization. For this reason, many businesses will often go into all lengths to achieve their targets, beat the completion and realize growth within the industry. This call for the implementation of a level playing field, failure to which unfair business practice will thrive. White’s Biblical Principles and the Caux Round Table Principles attempt to put forward principles of business ethics from a humanistic point of view, and based on religious ethos.

Review of Caux Round Table Principles

The Caux Round Table Principles (CRT), are ...

Life needs nourishment and development to be fulfilling as we observe from our texts. The two female human beings that were born in darkness were so much longing to see the light and finally discover the meaningful purpose of their lives. We can also observe that with light comes life, without which life doesn’t have much purpose and meaning. The patience exhibited by these females in the text for waiting for the light also implies that for humanity to achieve happiness and realize the aim of life they have to be patient. Seeking happiness, long life and success ...

Management Performance Analysis: Dillard’s Inc. – Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Situation Analysis - Dillard’s Inc. Each and every company that exists must have a situation; the prevailing terms and conditions under which a company operates in. Dillard’s Inc. is not an exception; it operates, which any given context (Harrison& John, 2010). Although the term situation is not properly understood by several investors, it is worth acknowledging it since it houses a firm and its operations; at times its favorable to the business or not. Ideally, a situational analysis is primarily based on the general position or rather the context under which a given firm is ...

Introduction

The Sandy Hooks debacle sent shock waves throughout the American education system and by extension, compelled other forward thinking nations to review their respective educational systems. In unison, the community around the Sandy Hooks Elementary School, the nation and the international community at large rallied behind the victims of the tragic events. However, one academician in particular shocked the world, the nation and more so, the victims of the fatal shootings (Jaschik, 2015). An associate professor, James Tracy tenured with the Florida Atlantic University’s School of Communication and Media Studies related the events to some conspiracy theory. Parents ...

In 19th century, the world population reached 1,000 million people; in the middle eve, there were around 450 million people and in antiquity, records show that around 5 million people inhabited the Earth (Haub, 2011). Nowadays, there are over 7 billion inhabitants who share the same natural resources that our ancestors did hundreds or thousands years before us (Worldometer “Current World Population”). Imagine that the same renewable raw materials that we are using today in common with other 7 billion people, were used for accommodating the needs of 1000 million people just 200 years ago. Mathematically speaking, from ...

The source emphasizes certain details about the birth of Hatshepsut since she is chosen by Amun and a promise is made to all gods that she will be the successor. As the king, she is given the role of consecrating temples and making rich offerings. This shows that she will be a very important personality in Egypt. She became queen when she married her half-brother. Justification on her creation is made on the basis that she is wise and wiser than all women in the region. In the reading, when she is being declared the queen, Khnum is seen ...

Since the Great Depression, economists have been arguing about Keynesian and Monetarist Theories. They argue which theory was best suited based on its infrastructure for the situation. It causes them to argue today on which theory would be best for the nation’s economy. While the two theories overlap slightly, they are vastly different, with one focusing on the economic stimulation the central bank can provide, and the other focusing on the central bank’s monetary supply. While both have faced criticism, and both have been used to manipulate the country’s economy, it seems Keynesian Theory is best ...

Jane Doe

Introduction Women’s rights throughout the world have continued to be the subject of human rights concerns for members of the various nations and regulatory groups throughout the world. Not all entities have the same concerns for the fair and equal rights of women in their nations, but with the world watching, pressure is put on these nations lacking proper adherence to human rights policies for women in these countries. Africa, often known for its volatile circumstances and harsh treatment of women is the focal point of this research paper in helping to create a best practices policy suggestion ...

Country: Namibia

With the rapid rise of the interstate conflicts, spurred by centennial political disagreements on national borders, states’ national security is threatened to erode in territorial disputes, conflict spillover, national movements or insurgent interference with state boundaries. The Republic of Namibia is an independent state that seeks to prosper through friendly political and economic relationships, for which reason, diplomatic relationships with its neighboring countries are highly desired. Notwithstanding, the problem of the future of state’s boundaries limit the development of political and economic partnerships and alliances in the area due to unsettled negotiations over states’ borders, which impede the ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Though small and impoverished, Cameroon is an interesting country with a historically fascinating culture. The people are motivated for change, and are diverse. They have over 200 African dialects between them. However, the country’s government is corrupt, and sometimes keeps the country from moving forward toward prosperity. Though they achieved independence, many decades ago, Cameroon still must fight to make the progress it deserves, and continue building itself as a country and a culture. The country of Cameroon, located in Central Africa, is technically known as the Republic of Africa, according to, “The Indigenous and the Alien Cameroon ...

While researching “Brave New World”- a novel written by Aldous Huxley, I found out that Huxley is interested in the real “outrage” of history’ our notions of what a person needs to be happy and is there a “bright future of mankind”. Huxley was always aware of “little” people and discussed topics which are still popular in modern culture. In his novel he created “a world where people consider that they are constantly happy and never want what they can’t have. He made a world where life is created in test tubes and children are tend to ...

One of the most common environmental pollution observed in many parts of the world is the formation of haze. This phenomenon is predominantly visible in those geographies where the air pollution is on the higher side, which may be multiple times more than what has been believed to be safe. Essentially, haze which appears as a blanket of smoke over a wide area occurs when the tiny invisible pollutants suspended in the air absorbs and scatters sunlight thereby reducing the clarity of our vision to a great extent . Air pollution, the primary factor behind haze can be either natural ...

The Book of Amos

Introduction The Book of Amos is part of the group of twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament. The twelve Minor Prophets were not less significant than the Major Prophets. Their expressions of prophecies were just shorter than the longer and more detailed prophecies of the Major Prophecies (Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel) (Keathley, III, 2016, n.p). One could call Amos a pastoral prophet, since he was not in the courts of the kings and of priestly lineage (such as Jeremiah). He was a herdsman, and spent time caring for the sycamore trees as well (Amos 7:14). It is important ...

How Milan and Rome Differed

Christopher Duggan details the emergence of a new mercantile elite in his book, A Concise History of Italy, as well as its impact on the growth and changes of the local politics and social structures. The uprising of a new class upset the standing social structure, which then upset the political status quo. From the existence of this class, we see number political and social changes in Italy, but they are not necessarily uniform across the country as one might expect. As Italy neared the year 1100AD, we see autonomy beginning to bloom in the civic incorporations that litter ...

Introduction

Today's banking approach is more complex and faces many uncertain conditions that call for effective strategies to cope with the dynamic market changes.Therefore, strategic management is critical in ensuring that organisations operate successfully in the process of meeting their core objectives within the competitive market environment (Madura,2012). Moreover, to effectively address these challenges and complications in market dynamics, performance measurement is gaining popularity within the discipline of strategic management as the only panacea to achieve operational effectiveness and efficiency in the banking sector. This study will cover the origin of British Business Bank (BBB), the strategies employed as ...

Introduction

The growth and rise of urban cities in the modern dispensation cannot be overemphasized. A number of cities around the globe have continued to experience growth in every dimension of the society. Economic growth and social development are some of the indicators of growth in different societies. A statistician and romantic economies intimate that urban growth is set to inline in the coming years. As the population of different cities continues to upsurge, it is predicted that the growth and development will be inevitable on a large scale. Planning is an important component of enhancing effective growth and development. ...

Introduction

Human developmental process is a logical and semantic journey that all of us have to embark on in order to reach the full potential, and the lifetime is a journey that oftentimes ends up causing one’s death. The infancy and early childhood is a phase of one’s life that records pure dependency on others who work in order to ensure survival of the child. The stage of infancy is of utmost innocence, and the world does not get to children in these days. The roles and social responsibilities of a person change as he or she grows ...

Torture today is subject to diverse universal moral legal condemnation. Along with other vices like genocide and slavery, torture has been established to violate the primary customs of human rights. In both war and peace, most states have affirmed that torture is fundamentally illegal and wrong as it violates general principles of human dignity. However, this has not been the scenario in different countries based on security measures put in place. The story surrounding torture is one that involves the change of norms, practices and law of different countries and in this case the United States of America (Ackerman, ...

The Concept of Happiness in Developing Nations

Happiness is a very complex emotion that has various interpretations and causes. In an individual perspective, it is invoked by an extraordinary event or while experiencing feelings such as triumph and pleasure. Some experience it because of an intangible or tangible item given by someone important. Happiness also works with other emotions such as love and faith. However, determining a country’s happiness is a different story considering their differences in political, economic and social aspects. Some argue that developed countries are happier than others but others contradict this sentiment, stressing that developing nations are actually happier than their ...

The city of Jerusalem’s history traces back to 5,000 years back, which its relevant across the religions; Christianity, Judaism and Muslim. For the Christians, Jerusalem is where death and resurrection of Jesus took place, for the Jews it symbolizes the temple whereas the Muslims is a symbol, for the Prophet’s journey to heaven. Evidently, Jerusalem serves as a holy symbol to almost three quarter of the world today (Masumder & Sanjoy 386). For Christians, apart from the significance of Jesus’s death and resurrection, there are more meanings and symbols to Jerusalem. Therefore, this paper will seek ...

The idea that slavery poisons socioeconomic development and, therefore, prosperity of enslaved nations has been cited and repeated in academic quarters so often that it has become a platitude, assuming the aura of conventional wisdom. Indeed, whereas slavery augmented the riches of the slave-trading states and supported the labor force of the states on the receiving end of this phenomenon, it had debilitating and far-reaching consequences for the enslaved states. Projecting these simple empirically-grounded assumptions onto the case of Ghana and other West African states, it appears that slavery deprived these societies of their most productive members, leaving a trail of ...

Reflection

Jobs and businesses are some of the most important things from the standpoint of an individual as it is all about to analyze the importance of a single aspect. Inevitably there are certain skills are required to do the job in particular, and things should be completed and molded in a special way from which different provisions could have been taken into consideration. There are certain jobs that require special consideration of people in particular as so different skills, as well. The job of an accountant is not an easy job as it is required to focus on the accounts of ...

William Penn articulates that the church and the state should have a cordial, divine and collaborative relationship in order to help men pursue and live a Godly life. Using the Divine Law (jus natural), William postulates that the church is a facet of the society that is established by man as a God’s agent to help man control his passions and adhere to the divine laws, which are formulated and enacted by the state. In essence, the church and the state should support each and obey God’s provisions as envisioned in the divine laws. In other words, the State and the ...

Executive Summary

Macau is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region, just across the border for Hong Kong. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. However, unfortunately this is not the case, primarily because of the intense pressure on manpower, which is contributing to labour turnover in Macau, so much that, almost 30% of the SMEs are facing closure ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of the current research was to examine the impact of the wider view of CSR on operations management of any the organization. The aim was divided into four objectives i.e. This research was based on secondary analysis. The researcher collected secondary data from internet and peer-reviewed journals to achieve the research objectives. The researcher made the following conclusion from this research. Decision-making is the core responsibility of managers. Operations managers need ensure that business decisions do not affect the society negatively. The business should not make profits at the cost of the environment. The manager should ...

Octavian was the father of 200 years of peace and prosperity and the founder of the Roman Empire. He was heir to Caesar. History has been written as evidence to his great and powerful reign. His time as leader began the journey through the crossroads of a transitioning political policy. It was the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire spawned from the civil wars occurring during the republic. Ceasar was assassinated and the republic gave way to its new undisputed leader, Octavian. Octavian was given the name Augustus, ‘revered one’, by ...

Analyzing in a specific way which can put at hazard the classified justice and educated assent privileges of the considerable number of gatherings in a discussion or mediation criteria. This can move towards the high profile analysts to make avoidable moral difficulties in the processes including isolated families or uncommon family establishments; it can influence people’s capacity to contemplate their conceivably clashing loyal terms to class, understudy, guardian, and others; and it can make it hard to follow their moral and expert benchmarks in dealing with difficult terms and methodologies. To put it plainly, the thought of a particular customer has ...

Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician and trumpet player. He was born in 1901in New Orleans and was nicknamed “The Battlefield”. Armstrong came from a humble background hence he endured a challenging childhood. His father, who was a factory worker, abandoned his family immediately after Armstrong was born. Due to his father’s abandonment, his mother turned into prostitution as the means of earning a livelihood. Armstrong was raised up by his grandmother since his parents were not there for him. Due to these family problems, Armstrong left school in the fifth grade and embarked on working. He was employed by a Jewish company where ...

Editors Note

The decade of 1950s was characterized by a lot of prosperity and development in the United States. Though there were social, psychological, economic and political changes, there still existed individuals who were surely unwilling to share their wealth and prosperity with others. Many individuals in the lower classes still remained poor and were paid little salaries undermining their status in the economic domain. This paper therefore, makes an insight of the socio-economic and political achievements in the United States and the setbacks that might have been experienced within the decade.

The decade of ‘50s is often considered a period of ...

- Explain Singer’s goal in this article, and then present his argument in relation to this issue. The article, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” written by Peter Singer is all centered on one main goal. This major aim of the article is to encourage the affluent people to have the moral obligation and donate some of their vast resources, so that they can be used for humanitarian causes. He argues that affluent people who live in the developed world have a moral obligation to donate some of their enormous resources to numerous poor people living in the developing world. ...

This course has referred to various different civilizations as “empires”. The term is admittedly ambiguous: it tends to refer to large polities, but not always ones that achieved similar forms of political, social, economic or culture unity. There is also a notion that some form of “greatness” accompanies those units described as empires. What makes an empire “great” in your view? Give three examples, with sufficient evidence, of what you deem to be polities that fit this descriptive term.

History of the world has documented many political structures and kingdoms all over the globe stretching across timeline. Although ...

The world has changed significantly since the 1990s. While changes in technology may be the most obvious, America’s place in the world has shifted several times from the 1990s to today. From the nearly fifty years between the immediate post World War II years to the fall of the Soviet Union 1991, the political world could put into three categories, the first world, second world, and third world. The category reflected a nation’s alignment in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was the single most important political situation of its ...

In your estimation, what are some of the advantages of affluence today? Which advantages are okay and which aren’t? Do you believe that a person’s wealth and income are equal to a person’s ‘worth’ in society today? Why or why not?

In the present day, who would even argue about the importance of money and wealth; of course it is everything. This is especially true of the American society where affluence is the key to many facilities, benefits and privileges that ...

Being an adapt of a theory of the life-long education, I have always looked for new ways of exploration and perfection. I believe, that getting a degree is not an end of education, but merely a beginning, and thus, I have always pushed myself a step farther on my journey of education, having no intention to stop, whatsoever. Now I find myself ready for the next leap, prepared to take my studies further and to commit to becoming a professional.

Although our purpose as human beings is yet to be defined, we all seek to find our place in the world and to ...

Context of Gender in Corporate World

For a long time, gender equality has always engrossed and troubled the corporate world. Gender equality efforts aims at eradicating the barriers of stereotypes and prejudices to enable both sexes equally contribute and benefit from social, economic, political, and cultural developments in the society. In the past, the society had a misconception on the ability of women to balance work and domestic roles (Benshoff and Sean 32). However, this has changed in the wake 21 century many women have dedicated themselves to the growth and success of various corporations. The corporate has felt the presence of women and their contribution as ...

The state of the union address takes place every year in the United States. On this occasion, the president states in the nation the strides the country has made with respect to the development agenda. The president also outlines the legislative agenda to be pursued in the near future. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech was delivered January 28, 2014 in a joint sitting by the congress (Obama, 1).

In the state of the union speech, president Obama started by acknowledging different groups which included; the teachers, farmers and the technicians. This only showed that the president ...

Abstract

Chinese entrepreneurship is known to be influenced by historically traditional and cultural characteristics. The concept of Chinese businesses that the family patriarch critically manages them continues to hold true, although in the modern world as opposed to two decades ago, it has slowly changed. However, much of the management is held by a male member of the family, whether they operate a business upon their property or if they lease or rent the property. The tradition of a Chinese family-run business retains its discernible mark in worldwide business.

As motivated as they may be maintaining past practices for the sake of ...

Innovation Designing For a Sustainable Future

Introduction Innovation refers to the deployments and applications of newer processes, ideas, and devices that are better, and designed to cater to, and meet, new requirements, inherent needs, and needs of the society. This is achieved through more effective processes, products, technologies, services, and ideas that are prevalent and can be made use of by governments, society, and market. We often confuse innovation with invention that is associated with the creation of ideas or methods while innovation is involved with better and effective use of those methods and ideas for the betterment of humanity. Innovation also differs from ...

Influence in The Picture of Dorian Gray And The Book of Job

The Picture of Dorian gray is a novel written by Oscar Wilde. Dorian Gray is the main character in this book and it revolves around his life and how the characters in the novel influence the protagonist’s life. Dorian Gray is depicted as a wealthy, beautiful, and unspoiled male who changes his life completely by sinning and pleasure after meeting Lord Henry who totally influenced his life. Wilde writes a story whereby the main character Dorian Gray is influenced to embark on a hedonistic life; a life he had feared for a very long time. Dorian was an innocent man who was forced to ...

Operations management is concerned with designing, overseeing and controlling the production processes. It deals with designing and management of processes, products, services and chains of supply (Cornett, Saunders, 9). The acquisition, utilization and development of resources to be delivered by firms to their clients are considered here. Its purvey ranges from tactical to strategic and operational levels. Therefore, the responsibility of ensuring optimal efficiency of operations in a manner that utilizes minimum resources while effectively meeting customers' requirements lies here. Operations management thus directs and manages physical or technical organization functions. These functions relate to ...

International business

Introduction

International business involves global businesses setting out to find new markets in other countries other than their own as a way to have competitive advantage over other businesses and gain more revenue and prosperity. Most companies have set out for this mission in an overall goal of globalization but some business gain more advantage than others (Boyd 2005, p.123). There are some reasons that lead companies to break boarders and establish their businesses in other countries. Some of these reasons include the need for expansion, reduce costs of production where in some countries business environments are conducive such ...

The automobile industry has grown over the last decade with every consumer needing to own a vehicle to save on time and increase income. This trend has resulted in many manufacturers coming up with various models designed to satisfy diverse tastes. The brand that is selected in this presentation is Mercedes and it will be analysed next to its competitors which are Audi, BMW, and Volvo. The analysis will be about the attributes about consumers who decide on which model they will purchase and not the other. The fishbein model of attitude determination will be incorporated in this presentation ...

Immigration is the movement of people into a nation in which they are not native in order to settle down there mainly as permanent dwellers or future citizens. There are various reasons that cause immigrants to move to foreign countries. They include the need of economic prosperity, factors tied to politics, running away from conflict or natural calamities, or desire to change one’s nationality. There have been many discussions regarding the various aspects of immigration observed, such as the experiences of the children of the immigrants. Immigrant women in Saudi Arabia face a number of issues.

Female immigrants, mainly from ...

I am quite familiar with the verse of 1Timothy 6:10 warning against the dangers of idolizing money. This verse has been used in the past by some Christian sects to convince adherents to take a vow of poverty. The passage has been misinterpreted by both proponents of extreme views that being wealthy is a sin and poverty is a curse. I often encounter this verse during debates about the “prosperity gospel” that is popular among some prominent celebrity pastors. There irony is that the apologists of the prosperity gospel get the initial interpretation right that being rich is not a sin, but ...

Is Globalization a Peace Producer?

Globalization is defined as upspring of a global society in which political, cultural, economic, and environmental circumstances in one part of the globe have particular significance for people in other parts of the world. (Globalization; Salzman, 2008). The globalization refers to rapidly growing connections between nations, economies, and societies (Barbieri and Schneider, 1999:387). Several literatures or studies have evaluated globalization in the context of international politics and social security to ascertain whether it is a peace producer or not (Blanton and Apodaca, 2007).Of course, most of the literatures have different views on the subject matter. This paper examines globalization in ...

Introducing the Scenario

Economic expansion and prosperity are some of the important aspects and strategies associated with an organization and with a country ((Asefeso, 2008). However, there are certain strategies that deem essential for an economy as far as maintaining effectiveness is concerned. Doing business in a new country is always a challenge for an organization because of changing of strategies in different aspects, and among there is a name of Human Resources Management (HRM) strategies are some of them. It is required to analyze the fact that how well human resources strategies, policies and practices of New Zealand are impacting on the nature of business ...

Introduction

Youths living in North America and other areas of the world that are considered relatively liberated grow up with considerably more gender equality now more than in the past. This is seen through many aspects in the society like opportunities for education, status of the women in the society and the socialization of gender roles. These youths take up courses in institutions of higher learning that were predominantly thought to be a preserve of the men. This is because the society has evolved to perceive women as an equal gender, and one deservedly worthy of equal opportunities as the male ...

Career Background

I hold 10 years of experience in the areas of change and release management based tiers in addition to full support and problem management at the service level including available reporting of workloads as batch scheduling. Career was started as a human resource assistant manager from where I gained several opportunities that propelled me to new opportunities that provided me with a sense of purpose and a solid desire of achievement. This has allowed me to have leverage of my experience in highly disciplined environments that have added on my knowledge and methodologies in distributed workflow systems. I have gained the skills ...

Introduction

Individuals have diverse approaches to life, for instance, the independent and independent aspects. Use of independent self allows a person to make decisions freely and learn through external means, such as, participating in discussions. The interdependent self relies on the source of information to provide knowledge. It is essential to determine the self an individual uses on a daily basis; from the studies, I have noticed that I apply the two approaches to learning. The independent self allows me to determine and contribute towards the learning process. The interdependent nature allows me to gain relevant knowledge from others, which is essential ...