Essays on Publishing House

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Marie Curie: Being a physicist and a chemist, I discovered the elements polonium and radium. It brought me two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry; thus, on my own example, I proved that women can be great scientists. I was born in Warsaw, Poland and was the youngest of three older sisters and a brother. Both of my parents were educators and insisted that my sisters and I, as well as my brothers, get a school education. I managed to graduate from high school first in my group at the age of 15. Even though, I intended to attend ...

The Washington County Mental Health Services is an agency that champions for the rights of people who are diagnosed with developmental disabilities, more so mental health. The agency champions for these people to be included in the communities. The agency also champions for these people to be given the liberty and right for self-determination as well as the opportunities to enable their recovery. The Washington County Mental Health Services has been in operation for over five decades, a period in which the agency has weathered many challenges included budgetary cuts and layoffs. The agency developed its strategic plan for ...

Introduction

Quality management (TQM) refers to an integrated approach developed to improve the quality at every level of the organization. It is a systematic quality improvement tool to achieve the purpose of performance improvement in terms of quality, productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability. It focuses on the continuous process improvement in the organizations to offer high customer value and meet needs of the customer. Four main factors are linked to the TQM strategy, such as customer satisfaction, employee involvement, managerial leadership and process improvement and control. The organizations that give preference to quality are needed to identify customers, their needs ...

IT Management

Objective Technology is one of the cornerstones for the success of any business organization in the contemporary market. However, technology is dynamic in nature, and changes rapidly from time to time. To keep up with these changes, an organization should keep updating its technology; otherwise, its technology becomes obsolete. This is particularly relevant in the case of publishing companies. In this case, the objective is to assess the implications of hiring a new leader to oversee the transformation of the information technology department in the Penguin Group Publishing Company. The company also intends to implement a reorganization and downsizing strategy ...

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CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

The term “culture” is very broad based as it represents a whole gamut of thought process that influences the behaviour of a person, whether acting individually or as a part of the group. Kroeber & Kluckhohn (1952) state that “Culture” consists of patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behaviour acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiment in artefacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional (i.e. historically derived and selected) ideas and especially their attached values; culture systems may, on the one hand, be considered as products of action, on the ...

Becoming a CEO of any company is not an easy task. It requires capability and confidence and if I have been chosen then it must be because of my skills. So there is obviously a good reason to celebrate. Choosing to become such an important part of any organisation should be properly decided. Critically analysing and understanding various aspects and how they affect your presence in that organisation is really important. I got an offer from two companies and both companies require me to function as the CEO. The pay-scale and various incentives offered are also similar. But there ...

A cow has always been viewed as a sacred animal in the Hindu culture. While other animals are confined and used for other commercial purposes, cows are left to roam freely in India without the threat of being harmed. Every day, they are worshiped and even fed with human food. Unlike elephants, monkeys and the likes that feature as idols in Hindu worship, the image of a cow has never been curved or used in temples as an idol (Brown, 1957, p. 87). However, the physical cow has always been considered as a god that is respected by all Hindus. As a reflection ...

International Human Resource Management

Question one International Human Resource Management is the interplay among three dimensions: HR Activities, Types of employees and Types of Countries (Morgan, 1986). Introduction The world around us has been transferred and transformed by the era of liberalization and globalization as facilitated by advancements on information technology. Basically, the main aim of human resource management (HRM) is enabling the appropriate development of the human resources to ensure that quality culture is maintained and customer’s satisfaction is achieved both on the national level and the global level. (Peters & Waterman, 1992).

Analysis

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Personal History

Education to me has been a journey of learning that I started as a child, its direction has changed severally down the road, but the destination has always remained the same; to become an academic scholar. In order to achieve this, I need to have motivation, need to have knowledge and fill in a lacuna with information and at the same time have a degree. I remember, this one time when I was ten, my dad took me to a visit his younger brother, my uncle, who was in college. It was a scene to be longed for; the tall buildings, the lecture halls, the ...

John Agard’s, ‘Checking out Me History’ is an intricately written poem pointing out on the observation of the English Curriculum as biased to only white people. In the poem, Agard notes that all the English literature, is written by white people for white people. He reveals that the Curriculum intentionally leaves out, distorts and hides important information about black women and men who similarly deserve to be recognized (Seeto 2009). His analysis portrays the fact that controlling what people learn about their past, controls their thoughts, self- identity, and the present (Seeto 2008). There are wide varieties ...

2008 WRITER’S MARKET

Small Press Publishing

Self published and seasoned writers often had their work published in the market through agents and publishing companies. However, aspiring writers who have the talent, but lacks the basic information on how their work can be published may refer to the 2008 Writer’s Market book for essentials tips and bits of getting written work gets published including a list of small and large press publishing. An example for listing for 2008 Writer’s Market is the Tricycle Press, which is a Berkeley-based publishing house that features children’s books. Tricycle Press is a former subsidiary of ...

Dr. Seuss is a part of every American child’s life. The Grinch is part of the Christmas watching tradition and a beloved character in his own right along with Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman. The Cat in the Hat is one of his best know stories and characters and the cat’s hat immediately congers images of the tale of the Cat and his little cats too. However, that is not his only character he invented, or even the most unusual, Dr. Seuss was ahead of his time creating irreverent off bet characters and societies that just did not fit ...

INTRODUCTION

Breast cancer is a global health threat due to its frequent nature with a frequency of 30% amongst other types of cancer. In women, breast cancer comes second in causing cancer related deaths. Despite these known facts, there are several incidences with the current research showing that it has been increasing for the past two decades. (Suhail, 2012) Breast cancer diagnosis and its treatment cause numerous psychological and physical effects on women. These include inability to perform roles in the family, social dysfunction, chemotherapy (sometimes with acute consequences), depressive symptoms and negative emotions amongst other effects. When one is diagnosed ...

Introduction

Productivity in an organization or a country at large depends on how much investment is placed on human capital. Globalization and liberalization of markets has led to increased competition in the world. Therefore, there is a significant need to equip human capital with adequate skills and knowledge. Teachers who offer training and required skills have thus been forced to look for ways and means that can employed to ensure proper transmission of knowledge takes place. This is because teachers need to be competent enough since they play a huge role in developing human capital that will enhance economic prosperity. People learn ...

A Case Analysis

Harlequin Enterprises is a Toronto based publishing company that specializes in series romance and women’s fiction novels. It began operations in 1949 and through its revolutionary approach of a packaged, consumer goods strategy to publishing, and the acquisition of UK based Mills & Boon, the company by 1970’s had become the largest publisher of women’s fiction in the world. The company dominates the marketplace in series romance and offered various lines for the readers. The company now wishes to invest in the single-title books marketplace. The project has been tentatively named MIRA. The initial research conducted has indicated that ...

Introduction

Jesus was the chosen messiah who died for the forgiveness of all sins by mankind. His mission to revitalize the people of God brought him into conflict with the Jewish and Roman leaders, eventually leading to His death. Jesus died as he had lived: staying committed to the word of God and rejecting the quest for status and power.

Motives of Jewish leaders to kill Jesus

The death of Jesus was perpetuated by the Sanhedrin, the Pharisee’s, the Roman, and the Jewish leaders. Each of them was motivated to kill Jesus for separate reasons (Niswonger, 1988). The Sanhedrin opposed the disruptions of the order in ...

ANSWERS ON ESSAY QUESTIONS REGARDING HISTORY

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Religious Diversity in the Indian Society

C.N. Venugopal, Religion and Indian Society (New Delhi, India: Gyan Publishing House, 1998), p. 30.

G.S. Ramesh, Philosophy of Indian Society (New Delhi, India: Global Vision Publishing House, 2005), p. 14.

India is considered to be of many religious belief systems around the world. Besides, most of the major religions throughout human history originated from Indian culture. Nevertheless, as with the case of other religious beliefs, these diverse religions are based on either the political, cultural, or social perspectives of their founder(s).

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Introduction

It can be said that editors function as “gatekeepers”. By deciding which submitted works are rejected and which are passed through for publication, they could be seen as being in a position to shape cultural, political and social thinking, merely by “filtering” the total spectrum of published material from which peoples’ views and opinions are formed. Given that situation exists, how does an editor deal with it? Are the editor’s responsibilities to the readers, or to his/her employer, to a combination of the two, or to himself/herself? Surely an editor has a responsibility to all of these; the difficulty is ...

Introduction

There are a number of formatting styles that are used in writing. These include MLA, APA, Chicago, to list but a few. Each formatting style has got its own guidelines and rules. Again, each formatting style has got its own advantages and benefits of use.

Discussion

The main reason why specific formatting styles are used is to avoid or reduce the chances of plagiarism[ CITATION The09 \p 79 \l 1033 ]. When one paraphrases or quotes the works of another person, it is only ethical for one to cite the text, author, and the particular page, year of publication, the publishing house, and ...