Essays on Range

Companies, businesses, or organizations around the globe face stiff competition. Market segments change. The preferences and tastes are equally dynamic. The effect of globalization is real. There is an economic shift from the developed and stable economies to developing. Therefore, it is ideal that companies should tirelessly focus on what makes them relevant in meeting customer requirements. This paper is a mirror reflection of how the Google Company has thrived and lived to its vision as well as mission. It seeks to address the significance of human interactions and correlations in the workplace. The work also gives clear views ...

In 1904 a British scholar Halford Mackinder delivered a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society called “The Geographical Pivot to History.” Among other important points he made in the lecture one is very relevant to the topic of this essay. Namely, Mr. Mackinder stated that at the beginning of the 20th century the world became the fully interconnected system. There were no more blanks and white spots on the map of the world. Everything was already known to man. Pushing forward, the scholar said that compared to the previous period in history of mankind when developments happening in a ...

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Gender equality in today’s era is the most important objective for development. Smart economics is represented by the gender equality. Greater the gender equality, greater are the chances of improved productivity, development outcomes for the coming generation are improved and institutions look more representative. This study aims to understand the Declining Sex Ratio in India, What are the reasons for declining child sex ratio, the gender gap and the need for policy reforms that should be taken to improve this Sex Ratio in India. Sex ratio is defined as the number of females against 1000 males. The result ...

The organization that has been considered is the Regions Financial Corporation. The details of the organization as obtained in the Bank Holdings Company Performance Report are as follows:

RSSD Number: 3242838

Federal Reserve District: 6 Consolidated Assets ($000): 124,891,540 Peer Group Number: 1 Company Introduction and Activities: With an aim to strengthening the financial activities in the United States, Regions Financial Corporation was established in the year 2014. It has its headquarters situated in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Company address of Regions Financial Corporation is mentioned as

1900 5th Avenue North

25th Floor

Birmingham, AL 35203 The official website of the company is http://www.regions.com. The industry in which the Company belongs to ...

Neither Kid A, nor the band that made it need any special introduction. Everyone knows about Radiohead, one of (if not THE) biggest rock bands of the 21st century. All music enthusiasts, but laymen listeners as well, should also be aware of the importance of Kid A and the impact it had on music: the way we look at pop and rock norms, the way music is marketed and distributed, and the way in which it is made and produced. Writing a review for one of the most influential, game-changing albums in the history of rock music is no ...

The Award. Eligibility

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award was established in the 1987 by the U.S. Congress in order to recognize the companies that managed to implement well-functioning quality management systems. An underlying aim of the Award is to raise awareness about quality management programs and promote their introduction by the U.S. companies. Importantly, the Award is part to the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program that is implemented by the National Institute of Standards and Technology that represents a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Baldrige Program is public private-partnership that promotes companies’ performance excellence (NIST, 2016). The activities, run ...

Part one: Click and Mortar vis-à-vis Dotcom retailers The advent of information technology significantly revolutionised the retail business and the supply chain networks. Technology put pressure on business to develop platforms that would allow customers to purchase various goods and services online. This revolution resulted into traditional physical warehouses developing parallel online consumer platforms to increase profits (Bozarth & Handfield, 2015). This model of business is called click and mortar model and involves brick and mortar business to open an online store. However, this reverse of this model (click and brick) involves online stores developing physical presence. This paper ...

The development of solar energy is based on a use of solar radiation for generation energy. Solar energy is the kinetic energy of the radiation (mainly light) formed by reactions in the solar interior. As its stocks are almost inexhaustible (astronomers counted that the Sun will “burn” some more millions of years), solar energy belongs to a renewable source of energy. In natural ecosystems, only a small part of the solar energy is absorbed by chlorophyll that contains in the leaves of plants and is used for photosynthesis, namely for the formation of organic matter from carbon dioxide and ...

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Efficient teamwork is an important prerequisite of a company’s productivity (Maddux, 1994, p.8). This statement can be substantiated by the fact that synergistic effects arise, when several individuals and entities start to work together. However, as it was emphasized by P.Lencioni (2010), the team-building and subsequent effective functioning of the team requires meeting two criteria (pp.9-10). Firstly, the group of people shall constitute a team by sharing goals, as well as rewards and responsibilities, stemming from the achievement of these goals (Lencioni, 2006, p.9). Secondly, the members to a team shall be ready to invest significant time and ...

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PRN narcotics combined with massage therapy represent a typical clinical practice used to manage acute pain. Nonetheless, PRN narcotics have come under increasing scrutiny because of their association with safety and dependence problems. The present study presents a review of current literature on the use of massage as a pain management technique. Researchers have identified the effectiveness of foot massage, touch massage, vibration therapy combined with adjunctive massage, and rhythmical massage in the control of stress and postoperative pain. In a recent study, patients with back pain have reported experiencing chronic pain for about one to eight years following ...

Introduction

Cyber Software, Inc. is a medium-size company that specializes in producing cyber protection software products. After a recent hacker attack the owner and CEO of the corporation Joseph Jackson felt a pressing need of changing the way the company is operating in order to help customers secure information with the help of innovative technological solutions. The envisaged changes are going to be discussed in the following mini management plan. The plan starts with a brief analysis of the company’s management history followed by the development of new vision and mission statements, based on the new targets Cyber Software, ...

Abstract: A Bright Star Declined

Over the past 2 decades, IBM reach heights of unprecedented success, down to failure, and up to success again. In 1980, they were lagging in the personal computer business but by 1985, they had taken over 40 percent of the market share (Kanter 46). By 2005, IBM made its exit from the PC business and switched to consulting (Kanter 47-8). This is a drastic shift indeed for a company which provided virtually no consulting services in 1990 to becoming one of the largest services companies some 20 years later. IBM today is now an exemplar of how a company ...

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Abstract Despite the fact that nanotechnology is a relatively novel technology, its applications are already widespread including: secure, clean and affordable energy; medical drugs and inventions for early detection and treatment of various diseases; lighter, stronger and more durable construction materials; energy efficient lighting, adequate sensors capable of detecting hazardous biological or chemical agents, clean and safe drinking water through application of effective filters Executive summary The application of nanotechnology is widespread given the numerous advantages and benefits ...

Recent scandals involving the corruption of some of the biggest companies in the world has forced the public to call for the teaching of business ethics at universities. Some of the biggest scandals have included Saytam, Lehman brothers, Bernie Madoff, American Insurance Scandal, Freddie Mac, HealthSouth, Tyco, Worldcom, Enron and the Waste Management; the start of an endless list. It is hoped that ethical training will train students make better decisions however it does not address the realities of most organizations. Business ethics is useless in the face of problems with the governance and structures of an organization. It ...

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Oculus Rift is an application device from the field of Virtual Reality (VR) that potentially manipulates people's mind with a 3D experience. With virtual reality, it is now feasible to provide users with an experience that earlier would not have been possible. Virtual reality is a computerized simulated environment that through the help of some device gives the user an experience of that environment. The user through his mind experiences the virtual environment created and projected through the device enabling VR. The environment generated and perceived by ...

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The energy consumption in the high performance computing and cloud services is enormous. This requires energy efficiency techniques to reduce power consumption in operation and cooling of the data servers and high performance computers. To search for more energy efficient techniques to save power, companies across the world share data and conduct survey. This article gives an overview of requirement of energy efficiency, different energy efficiency algorithms for supercomputers, cooling and energy efficiency techniques used across the globe.

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There are multiple sources for energy consumption in high performance computing such as power consumption in running High Performance Computing (HPC), ...

”Kings of the Road”

Toyota is a member of 10m club and increasing its span like Volkswagen and GM that will help the company to enjoy the continuous growth of the world’s biggest car market i.e. China. Whereas, costly brands such as BMW and Jaguar Land Rover are capable of selling high-cost cars in small volume and earn handsome amount of profit. Size matters a lot when it comes to sufficient product range, flexible product lines, and high bargaining power with the supplier to meet tougher environmental regulation. However, the largest group of carmakers can bear the heavy cost to meet the ...

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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 costing system is defined as the watchdog that is aimed at monitoring the costs that are incurred in a business. Commonly, the system mainly consists of a set of methods, processes, controls and compiled pieces of information that are intended to aggregate and also to report to the management about the revenues costs and the profitability of at a given company. There is a diversity of costing systems that companies may select to use in their operations. Among them include, absorption costing, job costing, process costing, direct costing and activity based costing. This study will discuss the most ...

The Cloud for Digital Photography

CONVENTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY: STORAGE & MANAGEMENT ISSUES The advent of photography in late 1830s (Roosa, n.d.) has mandated later introduction and development of memory storage methods. The capacity for cameras to preserve in photographs personal and collective memories has made permanency a more urgent issue as photographs became household collectibles. Moreover, as development methods improved, older photographs (developed using outdated methods) required more maintenance during storage, particularly photographs produced by acetate negatives, chromogenic color film, polyester film and instant color print processes (Roosa). The deterioration of photographs by poor environmental storage conditions, poor storage enclosures, inadequate handling and shelving conditions, and ...

The Branding and Logos

Introduction The Restaurant is based next to Heathrow Airport in Central London. Many people in the big city of London embrace the advent of this new restaurant in the central town. Most of the Logo design is adopted for ease of clients to have a clear view of what is expected by the prospective customers. The plan is aimed at controlling the influx of clients who are either from arrivals at the Heathrow airport or the general staff working in the domain (Adamson et al. 28). The branding by the Jim & Jay is clearly showcased in the Logo model ...

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Starbucks Strategic Analysis Introduction Starbucks ranks 45th on the Forbes list of hundred most innovative companies and 52nd on the list of worlds most valuable brands (Forbes, 2015 a & b). This is no small achievement considering the size of the corporation and its level of expansion. At last count in 2015, the corporation boasts of 22519 stores in 66 countries around the globe in which they offer a variety of products ranging from coffee to beverages to ready to drink delicacies. For an organization of this size, sustainability of product quality and service quality is an ongoing challenge. In ...

Disruptive Business Models

Disruptive innovation model, which explains why the world’s largest companies fail with the advent of new technologies, was named one of the most important for modern business. The author of this concept, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who wrote the book “The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (originally published in 1997), led Thinkers50 rating of the most notable business thinkers in 2011 and 2013 (Thinkers50, 2013). According to Christensen’s model, at the time the new technology occurs in the market, it is still very flawed, and by most of the ...

Education is the key component of human life that is associated with the implementation process of sharing and gaining new knowledge. The value of education in human life is growing, and so it cannot be limited only to the period of studying in the education institutions. This process is accompanied by searching for new forms and methods that promote the correct formation of the world view and build proficient and competitive society. Nowadays education is a complicated and diverse social phenomenon, the scope of sharing and assimilating knowledge and social experience. Education integrates various types of activities into a ...

Education occupies a big part of everyone’s live. People are learning new information almost every day. It is very important to make sure that this educational process is effective and useful. Discovering what “the best education” means is still an issue despite the fact that education systems were created long time ago. Moreover, they are constantly developing as well as people who are interacting with them. Education is a complete set of activities and actors involved such as educational institutions, family and surrounding. They are teaching person and provide with certain characteristics which are accomplishing picture of good ...

The food justice movement can be understood as a network of people who are concerned about corporate control and the deterioration in quality of our food supply which has resulted in a range of public health crises. For the most part, the leaders of this movement are white and upper middle class academics, journalists and other activists who speak with each other. A problem is that the main victims of the global food supply chain are actually a majority low income populations in urban and rural areas. An overwhelming proportion of this demographic, especially in urban areas, are racial ...

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Project Purpose Every firm operates in a unique internal as well as external environment and as such, its requirements with regard to an effective, efficient and sustainable technology plan (Coeurderoy & Murray, 2014). Given that CSIC has an operational corporate website in place, the technology plan recommended herein will aim at

Cost effectiveness in the short and long term,

Enhancing efficiency by limiting false start incidences, Guaranteeing compatibility with existing IT framework and Precisely addressing CSIC’s unique needs and situations (Hsieh, Tsai & Chen, 2015). Scope The successful incorporation of CSIS’s new range of products that includes: Insurance coverage services for ecommerce, Employment associated liability, Medical professional ...

Review the article, "Does Marriage and Relationship Education Work? A Meta-Analytic Study," and provide a brief summary of the issues related to disadvantaged and ethnically diverse populations. The overall results of the study are promising, however, the issues mentioned in the article require further research with the involvement of a wide range of participants. The results of the study revealed that the Marriage and relationship education (MRE) has a positive impact on the overall relationship within white middle class people. (Baldwin, Blanchard, Fawcett &Hawkins, 2008) The research has been conducted using psychoeducational intervention only, in order to receive a ...

Massive flood in Arkansas

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (2015) flooding of Arkansas river has been the worst since 1990. Starting on Christmas evening, the flooding followed heavy rainfall that reached 10 inches in western and northern parts of Arkansas. More than 40 counties were affected by flood that caused wide-spread damage. As the river remained high for several days, the flooding actively spread to neighboring states, such as Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama (Hardy, 2015). Major causes of deaths and injuries tended to deal with drowning and falling trees. The injuries took place at different moments throughout the day. On December 26th ...

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Overview Fast forward. There is a woman named Susan Collins. She wrote a book. Actually a whole series of books. People read them and liked them. Probably some executive in Lionsgate read it and liked. So they decided to make a movie out of it. Actually a series of films. The first movie “Hunger Games” was a success but the director – Gary Ross said to have a very tense schedule so Francis Lawrence was invited to film the sequel. For those who have seen both movies – the difference is obvious. It is also obvious that Francis Lawrence like his ...

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This paper focuses on a potential client for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). The client to be discussed is Brett Mitchell, a twenty-five-year-old African American male who is unemployed, and the child of recovering drug-dependent parents. Studies show that Adult Children of Addicts (ACoAs) present with a range of symptoms that run the gamut of psychiatric and stress-related disorders, from substance-abuse disorders and other addictions to depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and maladaptive coping mechanisms. In the case of the client to be discussed in this paper, he is seeking counseling for identity confusion, depression and arrested psychosocial development. ...

Role of Physical Activity in Preventing Child Obesity

Prospectus: Role of Physical Activity in Preventing Child Obesity Problem Statement It is well known that in order to be vigorous people should go in for sport and physical activities. Currently obesity among the population of the United States has reached enormous statistics and is one of the most hazardous diseases which threaten our nation. American Academy of Pediatrics states “According to the 1999 –2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of overweight or obesity in children and youth in the United States is over 15%, a value that has tripled since the 1960s” (AAP, 2016). Doctors ...

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 ...

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The objective of this paper is to answer the four questions raised in the case study on strategic positioning. Question 1 (a): Using Porter’s generic strategies, explain how Sainsbury is positioned relative to its competitors. Answer: In 1985, Michael Porter suggested three main strategic alternatives for firms (Hawks, 2016). These three strategies are cost leadership, differentiation and focus strategies. In the cost leadership and differentiation strategies, the target market is broader and industry level. The cost leadership strategies, as the name suggests, focuses on offering products and services at a lower cost than competitors. Differentiation strategy involves ...

In the United States today, health care spending currently comprises over $2.7 trillion dollars and this accounts for nearly 17 percent of GDP .(Gruber 2011) To contextualize this statistic, in the manufacturing sector, GDP was close to $1.8 trillion and in real estate, $1.9 trillion in 2011.(Gruber 2011) The health care sector is one of the biggest sectors of the United States Economy. As the baby boom generation continues to retire, these numbers are expected to accelerate. Health care spending today also comprises a huge fraction of federal and state spending, and these numbers are anticipated to grow ...

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The business of wine was initially focused on wine making and not the branding and customer satisfaction. Competition has caused players in the industry to result to various generic strategies. These strategies include differentiation, best cost, focused differentiation, and focused best cost strategy while others remain “stuck in the middle.” This paper will discuss the different approaches by various wine makers by comparing three companies: Naked Wines, Brown-Forman (owner of the Sonoma Cutrer brand) and E & J Gallo Winery.

E & J Gallo Winery is owned by two brothers namely Julio and Earnest. They started from scratch growing grapes, making ...

According to Davies, there are several health issues around the world that should get appropriate attention concerning the infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Therefore, the international relations (IR) should approach the health issues while considering the security of individuals (globalists) and the states (statist). Davies argues that the problem does not show too many differences of the above perspectives (globalist and statist). However, the international relations can only afford to contribute and practice health issues through security languages. In addition, health issues should be taken seriously by the international relations and not for the sake of security, but to ...

Vista Aerospace case

In most general terms, risk assessment can be defined as an examination of factors that can harm people in course of one’s activities. Most important issues to be considered in terms of choosing supplier include the suppliers’ capacity and their experience in producing electronic equipment in general and aviation equipment in particular. These factors can particularly influence supplier’s capacity to produce quality equipment and, in turn, passengers’ security and safety. In case of Essilor (Brazilian supplier), an important risk deals with the fact that an extent to which the company is experienced in producing electronic equipment. Furthermore, ...

Introduction

When it comes to story-telling, many people emphasize the story part, instead of the telling one. Nevertheless, the manner in which a story is told can be very influential in its reception. In fact, many people would say that the story itself changes depending on the discourse that presents it. This came to the limelight in the end of the nineteenth century with the Modernist current. Authors such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf deliberately modified the way that stories were told. They utilized many techniques that allowed them greater range of expression, many of which were not even ...

Samsung Electronics is a Korean company established in 1969. Since then it has significantly grown to become one of the leading firms in global information technology. Currently, the company owns and manages over 200 subsidiaries across the world. The company deals with a range of products, including home appliances, washing machines, and mobile telecommunication products such as tablets, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, and smart-phones. Moreover, Samsung has continued to become one of the trusted providers of essential electronic components such as DRAM, as well as non-memory semiconductors.

Major Plans, Goals, and Strategies

Product Samsung’s vision is to become leaders in innovations and ...

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 2015 KIA Optima Hybrid

The 2015 Kia Optima is a hybrid mid-sized sedan that has some stylish appearances, a vast array of features and an excellent trim on the cabin. The main advantages of the sedan are its wide range of features and easy to use controls. The crash test scores are also top, and the warranty is lengthy boosting consumer confidence. The car is equipped with four-wheel antilock disc brakes, traction and stability control, side and curtain airbags. The rear side has a camera, parking sensors, cross-traffic alerts and blind spot monitoring system for safety. Roadside assistance and automatic collision notification system ...

Section 1: Benefits and Problems of Group Decision-Making in Organisations

Introduction In a globalised market, organisations with the capability to recognise and understand as well as rapidly respond to emerging issues and opportunities are likely to have the greatest chance of retaining their competitiveness and profitability in the long term (Chakraborty et al., 2013). Group decision-making is a process of arriving at a response to issues and opportunities based on the participation of several individuals working as a collective (Huczynski and Buchanan, 2013). Reaching a group decision is not easy. Due to the important role of group-decision making to the success and longevity of the organisation, the discussion provides ...

Introduction

The effective compensation and benefit system contributes to optimize the organizational effectiveness. The organizational effectiveness enhances with the effective performance of the employees as it directly impacts on the business performance. The system of compensation is very important to contribute to attract and retain the strongest performers from the market (Abdullah, 2009). The compensation and benefits system serves the needs of the organization to attract and retain the best employees and the motivation of these employees are very important for the growth in the productivity of the business. No one wills to work for such company lacking compensations and ...

Ahnee-Benham, M.K.P., Napier, L.A. (2002). An alternative perspective of educational leadership for change. Reflections on native/indigenous ways of knowing. In K.A.Leithwood& P.Hallinger (eds.) Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration (pp. 133-165) The article by Ahnee-Benham& Napier (2002) is dedicated to considering traditional and new ways of applying indigenous knowledge in order to improve the understanding of educational leadership. In this regard, the article has three major aims. Firstly, it attempts to locate, systematize and discuss leadership theory and practice, as understood and practiced in various indigenous communities. Secondly, an important task of the research is contrast contemporary ...

Overview of Quantitative and Qualitative Article

Overview of a Quantitative Article

Sarna et al. (2014) article titled “Impact of a Smoking Cessation Educational Program on Nurses’ Interventions” aims to evaluate the effects of a short education program on smoking cessation on nursing interventions used with a smoker. The study also explored the effect of the behavior of smoking nurses on the outcomes of the education program. Sarna et al. (2014) research question explored the effects of nurses who smoke on the outcomes of educational programs that teach on issues of treatment of tobacco dependency. The research question was identified by noting a gap in the ...

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The American Psychological Association defined clinical psychology as a field in psychology that specializes in the theory and clinical knowledge that is set on the better understanding of mental and behavioral health. A key point in its practice is the objective of gaining better knowledge about distress symptoms that are psychologically related, and to administer a clinical program that address such dysfunction. There are a diverse range of professional services that are offered by clinical psychologists such as the administration and interpretation of mental and behavioral assessment and the subsequent provision of treatment. This paper aims to discuss the ...

Heat shock proteins in pacific white shrimp

The aquaculture is admired from Europe to Argentina and now it experiences the continuous growth and intensification. One of the commercially important crustacean species, which is a worldwide cultured, is the pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vanname. Their cultivation is complex and often ruined by external factor like temperature and diseases. Now a lot of researcher are trying to get full understanding of the ongoing processes to prevent the unwanted murrain. (Zeng et al., 1; Flores et al., 547) As shrimps are too sensitive it is necessary to avoid any shocks and understand mechanisms. Thus, heat shock protein is ...

One of the most widely used job analysis methods is the interview method. The analysis includes both structured and unstructured parts to increase the accuracy and validity. According to the data collected the ultimate goal of social worker is helping different categories of people to increase their well-being and quality of life. Social worker mostly deals with oppressed, marginalized groups and individuals that include people with mental and emotional problems, the elderly, refugees, drug and alcohol abusers, the homeless, children and those who suffer from trauma or poor family conditions. Social workers play a variety of roles within different ...

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Overcrowding, pollution, congestion and traffic are some of the reasons why most governments need to focus on the planning of cities and the adjacent neighborhood. For example, in United States, Chicago is one of the cities that exhibit most of these factors thus necessitating planning. Traditional planning methods focused on bringing down old buildings and building new low-income buildings. However, this did not stop the formation of slum-like dwellings. Modern city planning was thus necessary. It focuses on improving city economic as well as social aspects of city living. Contemporary urban planning is one of the planning processes that ...

Chapter 2 Marketing Strategy Planning

Marketing strategic planning is an administrative process of creating and maintaining a strategic fit between the efforts of the company, its potential and chances in the field of marketing. Strategic planning provides the basis for all management decisions, functions of the organization, motivation and control focused on the development of strategic plans. Strategic planning has three distinctive features: • External orientation. Strategic planning examines trends in the broader external environment, while seeking new opportunities and potential risks. • Internal orientation. Marketing strategic planning is based on the resources available to the company (finance, raw materials, human resources), finding in them the ...

Research Paper: Immense Learning Experience

Annotated Works Cited Charness, N. “The impact of chess research on cognitive science.” Psychological Research 54 (1992): 4-9. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01359217 I cite Charness for the proposition that “Scientists have embarked on a cognitive research of the effects of chess on mental performance with respect to memory, visual imagination ability, thinking ability, brain activation and perception.” Charness is accurately portrayed in this paper for the research that has been and is being done on the enormous benefits of playing chess as it relates to cognitive function. Charness specifically states that “Chess playing provides a model task environment for the ...

Research treatment and policy regarding substance abuse exist on a continuum. New questions come from changes and developments in the policy environment. New research findings give insight on how to better shape and tailor policies. This paper discusses the relationship between epidemiology, etiology and evidence based practice with respect to drug use and their role in the broader context of the research-treatment-policy continuum. The evidence based practice philosophy is a praxis-oriented movement that calls for greater reliance on scientific evidence is being extended to treatment approaches that are supported by evidence gathered in psychological and sociological studies and that ...

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1. Introduction The tourism and hospitality industry has been growing at a tremendous pace over the past few decades and this service sector has become one of the major contributors to the global GDP. In an attempt to take advantages of this magnificent growth of the tourism and hospitality industry, nations are taking vehement efforts to make their territories hot tourist destinations. Obviously, resorts and restaurants constitute a key segment of the hospitality industry. This report will analyze resorts and restaurants operating in Las Vegas, United States, giving particular focus to their unique product/service offerings and ...

Women and gender studies are closely connected with such an important topic as teenage pregnancy. Despite the fact that the number of teenage pregnancies each year significantly reduces, still there are a lot of cases of adolescence pregnancy. This topic is worth considering, because teenage pregnancy has a significant impact on the future women`s life. Therefore, this research study is about teen pregnancy and how it was analyzed in Chen et al. (2007) research study and articles from peer reviewed journals. The method of the current research is mixed, as it allows applying the advantages of a wide ...

Possible Changes at the Societal and Professional Levels

Abstract Global warming is no doubt the the greatest and most far reaching societal and professional long term threat to every end of human livelihood. Agriculture is quickly growing into one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gases. And therefore, global warming. The recent development of industrial farming has exasperated the amount of methane and nitrous oxide gases being released into the atmosphere. This has been done under the pressure of many different stimuli, including government lobbyists and stimuli, and companies like Monsanto. Indifference and lack of public education has ensured that this remains a problem for the immediate ...

Strategic Project Management

Introduction Different people and business across the world have benefitted from the use of Volvo Truck Corporation (VTC) and rely on its durability to achieve different goals. The VTC utilizes the concept of project management and its SAP model to achieve efficiency in meeting its consumer needs more effectively. Through the concept, the company has realized a greater market scope and control hence generating more revenue at a reduced cost which is beneficial to the business (Brathwaite, 2015). Furthermore, through the concept of project management, Volvo will experience increased innovation an aspect that will make the company meet the ...

It is worth noting that the Basin and Range Province that is located in the southwest of the US tends to be stretching. It is estimated that the gradual mantle upwelling as well as plate movements are prone to result in the faulting of much greater magnitude, thereby eventually contributing to rifting of the North American Plate. When it comes to the causes of Basin and Range topography, crustal extensions should be emphasized. Crustal movements tend to pull apart the Earth's crust and lithosphere, thus rifts make rocks drop down on one side and then rise on the other. ...

[Diversity management] Why is diversity management an important consideration for people managers today? Discuss the ways in which diversity management can impact an organization Diversity management is an all-encompassing aspect that allows an organization to focus on strengthening individuality within its operation. For most of the companies to succeed, it must be able to achieve a diversified range of its work force; with the diversified workforce, the organization is better placed in making diversified products that fit in many different cultures, philosophies and even diversified ideas (MOR-BARAK, 2011, pg. 89). The importance of the diversity management to people’s ...

One thing that Eric Hoover notes about Monsters U. websites is its design. The design is so clean and consistent. This aspect catches the higher-education convection very well. Ms. Hennigan in an email says that he is sure that the some other universities will develop website envy. The modern design, simple navigation as well as the modern design are the first things that one will often look at on a college website. Monsters U. websites is a success when it comes to such counts. As a means of communicating with the people, Monsters U. websites are not blogging but ...