Essays on Reduce

The Role of Wind Energy in Environmental Conservation

Concerns over environmental pollution have been on the increase worldwide since the first signs of global warming became apparent in the 1980s. In particular, concerns over the type of energy source used in the world today have been the most obvious, with different parties taking differing sides over these issues. Of interest is the use of wind energy as a solution to the greenhouse effect. Wind energy has been in use for thousands of years, with some evidences available that early Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and even Romans used wind energy to perform some simple tasks such as winnowing, blowing fire ...

Introduction

The market is very competitive today, and it is important for all organizations to ensure that their employees are motivated and determined to work together for success as they are the backbone of any company. It is not only the management of an organization that needs to be productive and well organized for a successful and smooth running, but the employees at the grass-root level also play a very important role as they are the pillars that support the production and produce the output. Therefore it is a necessity to create such an environment within the organization where the workers are safe, ...

Abstract

Globally poverty has stricken many developing and under developed nations. People are unable to afford their human needs. In many developing countries for example children are unable to enroll and complete basic education, diseases like measles are still causing death and children are still suffering from malnutrition.

The issues which have put poverty on rise world wide are: drug and crime rate, political instability, international debts, investment and trade, climatic changes and globalization, diseases, clean water and sanitation among others. Due to the nature of interrelation of man kind the affected nations and the developed nations have tried to ...

Every commercial aircraft is fundamentally designed for safety, passenger acceptance, fuel efficiency and airport compatibility among other important features. Numerous challenges face all current passenger aircrafts, for instance the conventional wing consists of a number of moving parts which increase the weight of the plane and are difficult to adjust and maintain. The current control surfaces also increase turbulence and drag since the smooth flow of air is disrupted, and the aircraft cannot adapt to different flight stages and conditions. Design architectures such as the vertical and horizontal stabilizer surfaces increase the overall drag of the plane, for example, the ...

Introduction

Security management is a wide subject of management associated to assets control, human resources, as well as physical securities safety operations. It comprises the marking of a company’s data assets and the documentation, growth, and execution of regulations, steps, standards, and outlines. In network control, it refers to the set of operations, which protects systems and telecommunications links from illegal access by individuals, organizations, acts, or effects and they entail a number of sub functions like developing, controlling, and deleting security services and approaches. This also involves allocating security-significant data, presenting essential incidents, managing the allocation of main items and authorizing ...

List of foods

Top ten foods eaten

The debate over the need for a more strict enforcement of gun laws in China is mainly based on the argument that such enforcement could help in reducing violent crime. The year 1966 brought about changes for the Republic of China concerning gun laws and its effects on violent crime. According to Moxley (2010), Moa and the Communist Party implemented one of the strictest gun laws in the history of the world. Areddy (2008) included in his research the laws that were enforced “forbidding the private manufacture, sale, transport, possession, import or export of bullets and guns, including replicas” (p. ...

The estate plan is intended to reduce the amount of both federal and state tax payable on the gross estate of the clients. The estate plan seeks to develop efficient gifting plans by the clients to specific beneficiaries and effectively reduce the amount of tax that is payable from the gifting plans to the minimum. The estate plan should enable Rich distribute his estate to all his beneficiaries without any conflict of interest arising from the remarriage of his wife after his death. The estate plan seeks to revise the client’s will to be more effective and ...

Contactless payments such as the use of near field communication (NFL) have been developing over the last few years and have evolved into reliable and secure methods of payment which are gaining acceptance from both buyers and vendors. The contactless mode of payment uses a short range frequency identification chip (RFID) to transfer data embedded electronically in microchips attached to a mobile device such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant or a credit or a debit card. The major difference with the contact based mode of payment is that in the case of contactless payment, the user of the technology does not ...

Course of action on the issue of employee lay-off

It is my proposition that the company should reduce the number of employees to be laid off from 10% to a lower figure so as not to affect the company’s future ability to attract talent, to prevent a decrease in employee morale and to prevent giving a bad customer image. The lay off number can be reduced by making an across the board pay cut and offering unpaid vacations as a cost cutting measure and refocusing on the core business of the firm in the long run. Immediate lay off should be carried ...

Introduction:

Nursing is a profession that deals with the taking care of people who are sick or injured. With the vital cases that nurses do seal with at times, like ordering for drugs, subscribing for a patient and administering of the same, they do undergo training to be able to handle such tasks. During their training, they familiarize themselves or get skills that might enable them handle the different cases that might arise when they are practicing their profession in the field. In the process of their medical practice, they do undergo many challenges that affect both their profession and the people ...

Executive summary

Sustainable development has been defined by the World Commission on Environment as development that meets the needs of a generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (OECD, 1987)

In this age and era, the world is faced with many challenges including economic crises, global warming, poor health and loss of diversity. Sustainable development is thus employed to reconcile human developments and the earth’s ecological systems. Public policy all over the world and especially in Canada has been centered on sustainable development and environmentally centered decision making. Sustainable development is thus centered on ensuring ...

The issue of marijuana legalization is one that has weighed on the minds of legislators and marijuana supporters ever since its prohibition. There are many heated arguments on one side of the other, and the issue is extremely controversial. Some say that it is an immoral drug that leads people to a life of crime; others say that marijuana can be medically beneficial to you, and that its prohibition brings about greater crime. In this essay, the legalization of marijuana will be supported, as marijuana does not conclusively cause any harmful effects, and it can severely diminish law enforcement expenses.

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Abstract

Management has the power to select either hard or soft dimension in HRM. The management choice is based on that management purely depends on whether the management emphasis is placed on the employees or the firms resources. Soft dimension seeks to let workers grow over time through coaching them it is based on McGregor theory Y. On the other hand hard dimension is based on McGregor X. In reality management borrows from both dimension so as to make labor policies human and applicable. Flexibility in the work place is geared at making workers more productive. Several models of ...

Drugs such as marijuana and cocaine and amphetamines and heroin together with drug-addiction are correlated to crime in a number of ways. Being a criminal offence to use, to be in possession, to produce, or to dispense these drugs, they are categorized as prohibited. The upshots of usage of drugs, including aggression, including robbery to obtain funds to acquire drugs, including aggression against competitor traffickers, affect the society every day and are criminal effects. A number of treatment alternatives are on hand to tackle inmates' requirements and conditions in the correctional system. Drug treatment programs in correctional centres most often than ...

Arguably, no country is ready to stand the effects of inflation, recession and rising rate of unemployment. Monetary policy is a method used by monetary authority of a country to regulate the supply of money in the economy. In most cases they use rate of interest in order to promote stability, growth, stabilization of prices and regulating the level of unemployment. Fiscal policy on the hand entails use of taxation and government spending to control the economy.

According to my colleagues, they recommend the president to lower rate of interest. In this case the president doesn’t have any power to ...

Introduction

Bronchiolitis is an infection in the lower tract of the respiratory system common amongst children. “The major cause of the infection is RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) accounting for over 90% of infections in Australian children and infants” (Lenney 2009, p. 36). Globally, it is a leading cause of infant hospitalization being associated with increasing morbidity rates and costs in recent decades. For instance, it was reported that 21% of infants in North America developed the disease in the first year of their life, with an annual cost of $390 million annually (Checchia 2008). In the UK, the infant death rate ...

Some current Proposed policies

When trying to solve this aspect of the environment, there are two issues that are being tackled, there is the environment and the policy that can be implemented to safeguard it. The environment is understood as the ecosystem. Most of the policies that have been enacted are to address issues that are affecting the ecosystem negatively. Some of the environmental policies that have been proposed include: The incorporation of environmental principles into decision making processes by bearing in mind the environmental consequences of their proposed actions and the possible alternatives that might replace those actions that have been ...

INTRODUCTION

A Self-driven car is a vehicle with an autopilot system fitted to allow it move from one point to another without human operator. This car is automatically driven by computers using a distinct technology designed for driverless cars. The technology is however different from those used in vehicles with remote operators like the Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit Systems (Kingsley, 2009). The big questions are; how does car works? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the car? And how will this invention affect the future technology? This paper highlights some of these issues and tries to give answer to these questions ( ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A list of issues was listed down and they included: time taken off by employees due to strain injuries, use of internet by employees for personal use, the new employee who is on a wheelchair, how to retain employees, on site day care, alcohol during parties and the business culture of Kenya.

A comprehensive research was carried out and some solutions were arrived at. It was discovered that at work massages would help with strain; monitoring employees internet use; getting a new office down stairs for the employee on the wheelchair; motivating the employees would retain them; an onsite daycare was ...

Air pollution is becoming a major environmental disaster in the state of Virginia. Air pollution problem has been compounded by the fact that west Virginia is the largest producer of natural gas east of the Mississippi river, as well as a major storage and transfer are of the interstate natural gas transmission systems. West Virginia is also a major producer of coalbed methane. There are also many industries in Virginia such as aluminum, steel, glass which in one way or another depends on coal as the main source of energy. These plants release gases like carbon dioxide, methane sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide. ...

Introduction

With the increased cases of behavioral, developmental and learning disabilities, it is very important for the parents, childcare providers and medical professional to understand clearly the causes and treatment of these disabilities in order to reduce their effects to those persons affected. This study analyses how developmental disabilities can be dealt with to reduce their effects.

Developmental Disability Diagnosis

These types of disabilities are physical or mental condition or the combination of the two conditions that affect daily functioning of the person. These disabilities originate from the brain and usually occur when the person is 22 years or less though it may ...

The Role of Diet in Human Health

The human immune system is highly developed and complex to ensure that it fights with a wide range of microorganisms, viruses, bacteria, particles and other foreign objects that may affect the body in any way. The system is made up of various components within the body, and all are in some relation with each other to ensure that there is an effective immunity against any foreign body capable of causing some pathological conditions in the body. The major components of the human immune system include a group of immune cells such as the T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes, natural killer cells, memory cells, and ...

Introduction According to Erik Erikson’s theory, youth is a time of self discovery (Alice and Landale 2011). A young person attempts to seek individual identity which is separate from family. During this period, the youth tend to think in terms of establishing a life philosophy which is free from conflict. This is in contrast to the reality, which is laden with conflict. In this process of self discovery, the youth tend to be rash and ignorant and in a sense consider themselves ‘immortal gods’. This can be illustrated by the carefree attitude they adopt (Hunt et al., 2009). Many ...

Abstract:

Weather related aircraft accidents have become a major safety concern in the world lately. Visual rules flight to the Instrument Meteorology Conditions has attracted world attention because of high rates of the fatalities which is associated with them. Safety research aviation professionals are trying to explain mechanisms and genesis of such accidents. According to macro statistics conducted by FAA, it is approximated that seventy percent of delays in the National Airspace System is caused by adverse weather conditions. According to iapa.com, weather plays a significant role in aviation accidents and incidents. The report conducted by National Transparency Safety Board (NTSB) shows ...

1.0 Background of Immune Tolerance

The immune system is the natural defense that combats disease causing agents in the body[ CITATION Gre02 \l 1033 ] through an intricate and coordinated interactions of many classes of proteins and cells[ CITATION Len00 \l 1033 ].The immune system has a potential to destroy the body cells but in all vertebrates the system is capable of distinguishing “self” from “non-self” molecules. That way the immune system eliminates pathogens and molecules that are a threat to the integrity of the organism without “self-destructing”[ CITATION Len00 \l 1033 ]. The human body has several mechanisms of either suppressing or eliminating autoreactive immune cells. Some ...

Differentiation Strategy

Differentiation strategy by Nike is used to gain market share advantage in the broad foot ware market. Aside from foot wear, the company boasts of products such as clothing, equipment, and even accessories. The strategy is achieved by producing consumer goods and services that customers perceive to be of high quality or have added unique features. This has been achieved by the company innovating state of the art athletic shoes that are publicized through dramatic “guerrilla” marketing (Marca, 2001). Marketing of the different products is designed to coerce customers that Nike’s shoes are not only superior but also a ...

Tom Jackson works at bank that is frequently experiencing delays in processing of loans due to regular errors and mistakes caused by employees. After witnessing an astounding level of operational quality and customer satisfaction at a hospital, Tom Jackson wants to know if similar levels of operational excellence can be achieved at his bank. This case study analysis the possible causes of errors leading to poor performance and offers solutions for the same.

Banks generally require a lot of paper work to be handed in on the part of applicants for loans to be processed. All of this data is then ...

Tetra Pak is a leading industry in the packaging and food processing industry. The company has utilized innovative strategies such as aseptic technology and integrated food processing machines into being a leader in innovation, providing excitement to its customers, and producing a wide range in offerings. The paper recommends some ways the company can use to segment its products, and at the same time market them. Factors to be considered during marketing would also be analysed. The importance of the environmental approach in Tetra Pak will be considered with an analysis of the importance of having a positive corporate image. In conclusion, the ...

Drug abuse has become a worldwide issue, where each and every nation is struggling to control and prevent the ever increasing rate of drugs and substance abuse. As of today, the issue has become part of debate in almost all communities and nations in the world, and the question on who should take charge and how these issues should be solved without major effects on the society at large, has also raised more concern.

Drug and substance abuse refers to a maladaptive pattern of frequent use of a certain drug substance, which is not considered dependent (Abadinsky, 2010). While this definition may ...

Drinking And Driving Essay Introduction

Drunk driving is the effect of driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Drunk driving is one of the leading causes of accidents and deaths across the world. In the United States, Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of deaths among young people below the age of 24 years. Data from the US Department’s National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (2011) show that more than forty percent of the deaths are as a result of alcohol related accidents. Accidents occurring as a result of consumption of alcohol are so prevalent in the US that at some point in ...

Question 1

The terminology business cycle is used to denote the fluctuations in the economy in production or any other economic activities over a given period of time. These fluctuations occur around a long-term expansion trend and often involve changes over time between periods of high and vigorous growth and periods of relative stagnation (Tvede, 2006, p 7). The components of a business cycle include boom, recession and recovery. Boom refers to the economic period where businesses are experiencing large sales which results in high profit margins. During this period, the levels of employment are relatively high (Freiber, J. & Freiberg, K., 2007, p 41). Business ...

Introduction

Correctional program is a planned undertaking which addresses factors connected/related to offender’s criminal behavior. It helps in assisting in the rehabilitation of offenders and their reintegration into the community as responsible citizens who are law are abiding. This can be achieved by making them provide programs in the prison and in the community. (Bonta 2007) Some of the correctional programs are community based. They are supervised to deal with convicted people and does not base its operation in cases of confinement of the prisoners. Some of the commonly used methods of community correction include Parole and probation. There ...

I. Introduction

Obesity and diseases related to it has maximized at a very high rate over the past years. In the same breadth, the number of food stores dealing with fast foods has equally increased, while the number of other food stores continues to grow at a slower rate. In the public domain, it has normally been assumed that obesity has increased due to increase of fast foods.

II. Thesis

For this reason, experts dealing with policies have taken a step of minimizing the amount of contents in fast foods by demanding a display of contents of the foods. However, there is no substantial evidence that links ...

The human population today is faced with various challenges, which reduce chances of existence and the period of time each person lives. The major challenge in the modern world is a combination of health problems. The human health is quite challenged with various diseases, and it is time people knew what the causes and effects are and how to counter them. Of major concern is obesity, a health condition which, though it seems less lethal than HIV, cancer and diabetes, is more lethal than both. This is because it leads to cancer and diabetes in one way or the other. It ...

The article contains information about the differences in livelihoods between the heterosexual homeless families and the transgendered homeless families. The target was the mental and physical challenges that these two face when they come out in the open and the comparisons in terms of the magnitude on each group. The findings illustrated that the transgendered, lesbians, gays and the bisexual communities were prone to social vices and other physical assaults.

The findings illustrated that the minority groups were at an increased risk than the heterosexual homeless. This was especially once people got to know the correct status of these ...

Introduction

Labor union can be described as an organization or an association of employees. These employees come together with the aim of advancing their direct and indirect benefits. The direct benefits include wages or salaries, sick off and paid leaves. While the indirect benefits involve security of tenure, better working hours, security in the work place and involvement in decision making. (David .G etal 2004)

Labor unions brought the concept of collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is an agreement between workers representatives and employer representatives. They set terms and conditions of work which are usually in written form. (Gorman, 1976). They ...

Abstract

Healthcare reform has of recent become an issue that has attracted public attention globally and is being discussed not only in statehouses but also in public. The major issue with health care reform is the associated cost. The reason for this is that a large percentage of Americans are delaying medical attention and therefore influence medical costs. The postponement of medical treatment means long-term health consequences. Simple conditions gone untreated have turned into chronic to more severe conditions, therefore costing the insurance companies more money to cover these medical treatments. The higher cost in turn are passed on to employers ...

According to Bruce N. Waller, a professor of philosophy in his book has managed to give us the general readings on ethics that affect our challenges in society. This book gives the reader an idea of what is right morally and what is wrong hence giving one the chance of seeking the values needed in handling debates over things like abortion. According to him, abortion is an immoral act that should be discouraged especially among the young children who are still developing. Various ethics and morals have been discussed in depth to give the readers a clear and conscience information on ...

The construction industry in the United States has undergone major changes in the recent past. There have been major improvements in the construction of modern buildings which has provided international architectural designs and strong construction materials that could assist buildings withstand fire hazards. The responsibility of ensuring safety in buildings and especially sky scrappers that have become the symbols of modern urban landscape lies squarely on engineers and architects.

In drawing the architectural designs, the safety of the building and its occupants must always be borne in mind. This results from the fact that we have construction codes and other ...

The first strategic option that Ford is pursuing to increase its profitability is to close down older plants in order realign production and sales. This would help to reduce the number of vehicles that are produced per year since the company is currently producing more than the demand for the vehicles is available, leading to reduced prices. The older plants are not as efficient as the new plants, and ...

Music has always played a very significant role in people’s culture and development. Since ancient times it was the way of sending hidden messages and reaching the desirable audience, sometimes even to make people do something. For instance, one can easily observe that his/her mood changes greatly when listening to certain song or track. Moreover, it is not a secret anymore that certain type of music is used in commercials in order to make listeners buy certain products or services. Basically, music is one more way of mass media that manipulates people greatly without them even realizing it.

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Introduction

Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV) is a virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). HIV/AIDS reduces the immunity of the body towards infections and exposes the body mainly to opportunistic diseases. As a matter of fact, HIV/AIDS has no cure but antiretroviral (ARV) treatment measures and other prophylactic measures actually lengthen the lifespan of a person infected with the virus. Walker (2003, P. 4) argues that the HIV epidemic is more severe in developing countries especially in the sub-Saharan Africa where they attributed poverty to being the greatest factor. Additionally, due to the high rates of new infections experienced globally, there is a limitation ...

Car rental is the act of hiring a vehicle for use after a defined period of time and then returning it at the expiry of that period for an identified sum of money. The Car rental business in general has been lucrative of late with increased demands from clients who majorly consist of travelers and locals with either no car or have cars with problems. As an industry, the car rental business is a buzz of activities which could easily be said to have been characterized by the following factors which also do characterize other industries according to the Porter’s five ...

December 12, 2010

Inflation in Macroeconomics

The most effective indicator of country’s economic health is its financial state. Financial system not only provides interconnections in economics, but also conducts macroeconomic regulation, and serves as a tool for governments to regulate economic development. For this reason, the activity of executive power in every country is directed towards stability of financial and credit system and overall financial state. In order to ensure the stability, inflation processes must be controlled. It is necessary because inflation results in harmful socio-economic outcomes: inflation leads to deformation of macroeconomic regulation instruments. Inflation is a process of price level ...

Environmental psychology focuses on the interaction between human beings and their surroundings. The study aims at finding out what makes individuals comfortable and how settings can be adjusted to enhance quality of life and reduce stress. We all react to our environmental surroundings knowingly or unwillingly (Gifford, 2007). Traffic congestion is an ecological stressor which hampers ones movement between two or more points. Studies have shown that constant exposure to traffic congestion has effects on the mood, task performance and physiology of automobile commuters. Reports of annoyance have been recorded in individuals who commute for long hours to ...

When somebody is charged for criminal action, the only aim he or she has is to reduce the potential penalty. In order to minimize the risks at the trial the defendants usually choose to come to an agreement with the prosecutor. According to the definition a plea bargain is a process of negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other. In this case the defendant agrees to plead guilty or no contest to the crime. In exchange he or she may receive a reduction of the severity of the charge, dismissal of other charges ...

Performance appraisal

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The three points of concern in the current evaluation form is how personal characteristics and relation with other co-workers was manipulated so as to be seen as a weakness on the side of the engineer. Another point of concern is the tentative decision where friendliness was considered in the evaluation to show the engineer is unfriendly and that he cannot associate and socialize well with other workers in the company (Werther & Keith, 2000). The attitude of was another point of concern in the evaluation form. It was rated to suggest that the engineer is not attentive when the ...

There has been an ineffective penal system for punishing criminals. The government should aim at getting tough on criminal activities to ensure that the society becomes safe and comfortable in a criminal free environment. However, there has been conflicting influences in the penal system that has proved to be inefficient in protecting people from crime. Law makers have tried to raise issues to solve the problems within the penal system but with less success because the criminals have always been given less punishments. For a penal system to be effective, it should focus on reasonable principles and should serve the purpose ...

Non profit campaign

Campaigns are usually the foundation of any successful event so it must be well plan and organized to achieve the targeted objectives. In this case, our objective is to build a good relationship with the community so that they accept the services and products of the new institution/college. Since this is a large architectural and engineering firm with a good public opinion, we collaborated with SurfAid International because this nonprofit organization has the power and the need to help promote local community developments. The initial program was a bit tricky because we had to coordinate the program between the two organizations and ...

Welshwheels might consider focusing their build-up efforts on direct mail and internet sales. Getting into business is relatively easier in an e-commerce environment. Unfortunately, staying in business may be more difficult. Easy access means increased competition causing business to operate with very thin profit margins. Thus, for Welshwheels to be profitable, it must maintain high sales volumes, which in turn means developing and maintaining a big and loyal customer base. Attracting customers and transforming them into repeat buyers is the key profitability. Electronic commerce involves purchasing and selling of commodities via the internet or computer networks. It embraces the ...

An arrhythmia is a complication with the rhythm or rate of the heartbeat (NHLBI 2). An arrhythmia can cause the heart to beat too slowly, too fast or to beat irregularly. Arrythmias generally disturb the electric rhythm of the heart and are often called palpitations. While there are many types of arrhythmias, they are generally classified into tachycardias, bradycardias and atrial fibrillations. Bradycardia occurs when the heart beats too slowly while tarchycardia is the result of a heart beat that is too fast. An atrial fibrillation (AF) is the result of an irregular heartbeat (MCC 45).

The subject of arrhythmias is ...

Abstract

In the experiment, the main objective was to compare the efficiency of two treatments in terms of Ajax and Hand sanitizer. The class was divided in two groups and Group A performed hand washing with Ajax while Group B used the hand sanitizer as hand washing agent. Cultures of the dominant hand by imprint method using Petri dish agar were done on each subject before and after the application of hand washing agents. The inoculated agar Petri dishes were incubated for a week at 37°C. Colony counts of the organisms identified were made. The mean change in the number ...

Introduction

Throughout their lifetime, about sixty percent of men and fifty percent of women in the United States experience some form of traumatic events. This predisposes them to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that results when the body remains alert to any other possible cause of trauma that may reoccur (Marion, 2010). This has resulted to a situation where about eight million people suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly known as PSTD. The disorder results when the body is too shaken to withstand the shock form the traumatic events, and instead of a person getting over the event, the body keeps all ...

What it will take for Webvan to make returns

Webvan is a Foster City based grocery firm, which intends to start using an online business model to carry out its activities of supplying groceries to its customers more profitably. To make returns by using the new online business model, the company will have to take practical approaches to solve some of its problems that it had experienced by using the earlier business model. To make a return, the company will have to make sales higher than its break even point.

For the company to make a return, it will have to make annual sales in excess of $150.380 million (Ashiya ...

1. Introduction

Computer hard disk drives are storage devices for digital data. The digital data is stored on high-speed rotating magnetic surfaces. They are non-volatile and use the random access technique to access data stored on them. It consists of fast rotating discs which have magnetic surfaces onto which data is stored. They are permanently mounted on the computers and cannot be easily detached like floppy disks. It is known as hard disk drive as both the disk and the drive are contained inside the same unit. The costs of hard disk drives have fallen in the last few years and ...

Training involves vocational instructions for the already employed persons. The idea and concept of training was first used in the Second World War (Lathan, 2001, p 31). Training that is work related is significant as emerging techniques, methods, synthetic materials, tools, power sources, and the increased dependence on automation result in extensive changes in the work place. Training at the work place may take on two forms: onsite and off –the-job training. Onsite training sessions include those that are carried out within the actual establishments; most of these sessions are conducted by senior employees. On the other hand off-the-job training ...

Disaster Plan

Being a manager of Emergency Department, I have set up various disaster management plans for this hospital. To begin with, staff training has been taken as a strategy to deal with any kind of disaster. The training has been established for both internal and external calamities. Through such training, all the staff is made aware of incidences that may be brought abut by either natural or man-made disasters. Natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes bring in more injuries and casualties and the staff is more informed on matters relating to such incidences. The reason that makes natural disasters to predict more ...

Report on proposed solutions to Dossia Foundation’s web portal development

The Dossia foundation project has been experiencing setbacks since its inception and major changes need to be made in its implementation to ensure its success. This proposal seeks to make propositions that can be adopted to enhance the success of the project.

Executive Summary

This proposal has the following recommendations to counter the issues affecting Dossia foundation:

When the economic recession of 2009 hit global consumer markets, FMCG companies were forced to relook their supply chain management strategies in order keep their prices below those of competitors. With prices of raw material and power soaring, the company had to review its supply chain management and make several adjustments to remain competitive. Kraft Foods, the second largest food company in the world, has kept a keen eye on future growth requirements, even before the economic recession had set in.

As far back as 2007, the company earmarked an increase of cash flow by $1 billion. Philippe Lambotte, Senior ...