Essays on Short Term

Introduction

Marijuana is a drug that is extracted from the cannabis plant. Marijuana is mainly used by individuals for the purposes of psychoactive behaviors. The genesis of the name of the drug is Spanish, from the word marihuana. According to various numerous research findings and also the United Nations report on drug use, cannabis is the most widely used drug in the world today. Marijuana can be classified as a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogen since it exhibits the properties of other drugs classified in their respective classifications. The effects of consuming marijuana can either be classified as psychoactive or physiological. One ...

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 ...

Contribution of entity theory to accounting practice

Entity theory was developed as a result of the inadequateness of the proprietary theory before it in explaining the treatment of a businesses assets and liabilities in relation to ownership. The proprietary theory had been developed at a time when the size of businesses was relatively small and the ownership was mainly sole proprietorship or partnerships with small number of partners. In this situation, the ownership of the business and its relationship with its creditors could not be adequately explained in accounting terms since the fact that a company is an entity separate from its owners could not be effectively disclosed under the ...

Introduction

American citizens, especially adults, spend a large proportion of their overall lifetime in their respective workplaces. The fact that disability will feature in our lives is not debatable. Further, this compulsory element of our lives will eventually feature in our workplaces. Various disability cases are common features in the workplaces. Since disability is not inability, the importance of the disabled individuals in relation to the imputations they enable in the workplace cannot be overlooked. Mental disorder is an inclusive health element of general disability. This research is focused on the element of mental disorders and consequently the way it ...

Abstract The trade off theory advocates that the management consider the trade off between the benefits resulting from tax shields verses costs, such as bankruptcy costs, interest costs and agency costs among others. The ability of management to obtain external financing is determined by size of company, profitability, opportunities for growth among other factors. The trade off theory indicates that the management gears at obtaining all the benefits associated with external financing. The M and M theory (1963) has the argument that changing the capital structure may not make the share holder any better off. The contradiction of ...

What would happen if there was a primary focus on the person/job match in hiring faculty and staff versus a focus on the person/organization match? Give specific examples.

In person/job match, focus is concentrated more on the characteristics that would align the “to be” employee in accordance to the expectations of the Human Resource department. The HR department considers characteristics of the employee in terms of interpersonal skills, relation with the job, motivation to the approach of the job among others. On the other hand, person/organization match includes the organization not only focusing on the qualification but also on how the ...

Human Memory

There are three stores which make up the human memory: the sensory register, short term memory and long term memory. Information is divided up between these three in terms of how much information they can store, how long they can store it for and what ‘format’ they store it in. The first store is the sensory register which can hold information for up to one second and usually handles visual information sent from the eye. This sort of information tends to be un-processed in the sense that the visual information stays as a visual etc. It has a big storage ...

Abstract

All over the world economic challenges have deeply affected the lives of millions of immigrant families and the hardest hit are the children. Skyrocketing economic disadvantages have led to job layoffs and lack of the basic necessities in life and the immigrant children have consequently suffered from immense mental health problems and constant abuse. Low levels of income are inextricably linked with rising levels of homelessness and lack of other basic needs and the immigrant children are particularly affected by these adverse conditions. Thousands of immigrant children have been reported to have a wide variety of mental problems which are ...

Introduction

Organizational structure is one of the most important aspects in ensuring the organization meets both its long term and short term goals. The structure of the organization is what determines the strategic approaches of the organization in management. For the purpose of maximizing on productivity organizations will tend to come up with various retention programs for the welfare of the organization. Likewise, organizations will also focus on different customer relations management tactics to ensure that customer satisfaction is attained.

There are different retention programs employed by different organizations in the field of management. One of the retention programs employed ...

Section 1: Personal assessment.

Learning style: I am comfortable learning as an individual or in a group. My learning style is quite flexible, often ranging from personal learning, group discussions, study groups, to research peer groups. I believe that with research, human beings can tackle almost any problem in their day-to-day activities. I therefore emphasize more on research work, be it in the field, library research or internet based research.

Personal skills assessment: the diploma course I took at Southampton University has given me significant skills both in academics and in the field. The English language diploma that I took was necessary to enhance ...

Acconting And Financial Plan For Magical Health Goodies

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

At the initial stages of the business, only one employee will be hired. This employee will act as a personal assistant to the sole-proprietor of the business. The employee will assist in taking orders, delivering them and managing the business.

The decision to hire one employee is advantageous to the business as it ensures that at the early stages of the business the amount allocated ...

Introduction

Goals are crucial aspects in the life of human beings as they generate a sense of direction towards realization of set objectives. However these set goals are never perfect and need constant reviewing and evaluation for purposes of adjustment depending on emerging circumstances or situations, hence set goals ought to be flexible enough to accommodate change.

Human beings posses the unique attribute, that enable them to conjure in their minds events that aren’t happening and didn’t happen in the past. This attribute is what is referred to as the practice of visualization. This practice majorly focuses on events ...