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In a perfect democracy, the people and the states are one and the same element. In this accord, it is extremely unethical and unprofessional to segregate the public’s involvement in state affairs. In this regard, prudent and essential that the public is allowed to be the key players in the community development projects. Not only will the act of fostering public involvement in planning, sparkle the public’s cooperation, but also, tremendous advantages will be accrued from the government-public corporation. The planning of community development projects tends to foster betterment of the standards of living within a particular ...

Career investigation is an important exercise as it helps a lot in assisting an individual identify personal skills and match them to possibly related occupations. Also, it helps a person to learn more about a career of interest and what to do to pursue the profession (Harrington, Niles & Garraway, 2006). Therefore, this paper is going to give a report of a career investigation in the marketing profession. It is essential to note that the career investigation exercise was carried out through “GIOADA problem solving process” (Goal setting, Information collection, Options identification, Analysis of the alternatives, Decision making and Action ...

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The paper presents a framework for the configuration of windows network infrastructure for Shiv LLC. The organization deals with the manufacture and distribution of solar panel for the consumer market. It is imperative to understand the physical structure and location of the company. Shiv LLC is branched out into three. It has offices and branches in three different locations within the country; Los Angeles, Houston and Dallas. Dallas and Houston offices host the main staff of the organization. One fact that should be taken into consideration in the proposal is the fact that the organization is growing and its ...

WACC Calculation: Arrow Electronics Limited

Calculation of WACC WACC: Weight of short-term debt* Cost of ST debt(1-tax rate)+ Weight of long-term debt* Cost of LT debt(1-tax rate)+ Weight of equity* Cost of equity = 0.0019* 0.0274+ 0.2987* 0.0378+ 0.6994* 0.0707 = 6.085%

Calculative Notes:

i) Cost of debt: -Cost of Long-term debt

The cost of long-term bonds issued by the company has been calculated on the weighted average basis:

-Cost of Short term debt The information relating to the short-term debt of the company was available in Note-6 of the financial statement where we found that during the year the amount of short-term debt owed by the company amounts to $13.454 million. The company has also disclosed that short-term borrowings were used exclusively ...

The use of technology in the classroom is slowly becoming an integral part of the way teachers impart knowledge in the classroom. Of course, technology has a number of benefits and it lends itself to the belief that each teacher is taking the necessary strides to improve the educational values of the classroom to the young impressionable minds that they encounter. But, new technologies have brought with it a number of changes that have impacted the teaching and learning process in many ways. Technology in the classroom started decades ago and is not limited to the used of Internet ...

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French language is an intricate language that involves many rules that are quite different from the English language. For English speakers, learning French is not always an easy task. In many of the French words, some letters are spelled out but only remain silent for reasons that most French speakers don’t even understand. Moreover, special characters that are not part of the English alphabet are present in French language, like Ç, Ǽ, and Œ. Some letters or characters, on the other hand, take on multiple sounds. However, no matter how complex it is to learn the French language, the ...

Higher education in the United States faces a number of challenges because of the opportunity gaps that exist in the society. The opportunity gaps stem from the increase in immigration of minority groups in the society and the lack of affordability for higher education in these minority groups. Despite the current arguments in the United States that there is the attainable American Dream, there are still those persons who cannot access or afford higher education. The truth is that children of lower socio-economic groups will have a more difficult time accessing higher education and this leads to the limitations ...

Introduction

Six Sigma, ISO 9000, and Baldrige are all quality measurement systems used by different organizations trying to achieve excellence to increase customer satisfaction through improved performance. These three are some of the most popular approaches used today and offer different emphasis but there are some similarities that can be observed between them. This makes them compatible with each other and some organizations use all, part or some of the approaches together (SRI Quality System Registrar).

Six Sigma

Six Sigma uses a set of strategies developed by Motorola in 1985 to achieve work process improvement in organizations. The approach does this by ...

Abstract

It is evident that for businesses, organizational performance is of vital importance in order to be able to achieve organizational objectives and goals as outlined in a firm’s mission statement. As such assessing the ability to gauge the level of organizational performance, is a key component of ‘Strategic Management’. So the bigger organizational picture, is composed of the ‘broader’ aspects, related to the overall sense of the organizations direction and purpose, in being able to achieve its aspirations and desired goals and objectives. While a vision, describes what an organization aspires to be an organizations mission, is grounded ...

Introduction

Mental events as asserted in behaviorism are considered to be unscientific and embrace the use of practical experiment in the collection of data other than the use of mental processes. Behaviorism, as argued by the different scholars of psychology, is an approach that is employed in the study of both animal and human behavior and holds that the conduct can be measured. However, it is paramount to appreciate the fact that the behaviorist denies the use of human mind and hold that behavior is an essential tool that can be utilized in the psychological studies. However, it is important ...

REPORT DETERMINING WHETHER VIRAL MARKETING CAN REPLACE OTHER ADVERTISEMENTS

Glacier Products Ltd. Figures Figure 1: Viral Marketing Capacity 10 Figure 2: Effectiveness of Viral Marketing 12 Figure 3: Security Issues Associated with Viral Marketing 13 Figure 4: Ethical Issues in Digital Advertisement 14 Figure 5: Social Media Use by Marketers 19

GLACIER PRODUCTS LTD.

This report is a fulfillment of the research approval you made on 5th January. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. Primary and secondary sources of data were interrogated towards achieving the goals of the research. The report discusses the viability of viral marketing as a rising form of product marketing. Security and ethical concerns that ...

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Bethesda Lutheran Community is a Christian organization that caters for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities in the United States through services that seek to spread the gospel truth of Jesus Christ. The organization was started in 1904 as a single unit location in Watertown Wisconsin, creating an inclusion community that catered for people with mental disabilities. By 1960s, the pioneer campus in Watertown had a capacity of about 660 individuals (Hodge, Lieberman & Murata, 2012). At this time, the societal attitudes about people living with disabilities was perceived with skepticism, and hence there was little from either the government ...

Human Resource Management

Gap Incorporated.

Executive Summary3

1.Company Overview and Introduction6 1.1 Company mission..6 1.2 Company vision.6 1.3 Sources of revenue.7 1.4 Industry information and Market share.7 1.5 Number of employees and their demographics..8 2.Problem Definition and Research Objectives..10 2.1 Problem.11 2.2 Decision statement12 2.3 Research objectives12 3.Business Case for Business Research14 4. Research Plan and Methodology.16 4.1 Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data17 4.2 Secondary Data Collection.19 4.3 Primary Data Collection Tools20 4.4.Sampling Approacp0 5.Survey22 5.1 Survey Design Rationale.22 5.2 Focus Group Questions Rationale24 6. Implementation and Communication Plan26 6.1 Implementation Plan26 6.2 Timeline..28 6.3Budget..29 6.4 Communication plan30 8. References.32 7. Appendices

A: Survey Questions.34

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Literature Review

Forensic accounting is currently being applied to tackle issues of fraud in the entire world. Various empirical studies have been performed on the use of forensic accounting methods in fraud investigation. For instance, Dube, Njanke and Mashayanye (2009) in their study regarding the effectiveness of forensic auditing in preventing, detecting and investigating bank frauds, wanted to establish the extent to which the forensic auditors can fulfill their mandate using the forensic accounting techniques. Their study used personal interviews, questionnaires and document review as the data collection instruments. Applying a sample of twenty forensic auditors from ten commercial banks, three ...

There are different approaches to define small economies. Besides usual quantitative ways to measure country’s smallness by its population, territory, GDP and other criteria, there some qualitative factors that are used to define the economy’s scale. Some economists state that small economies are those that adopt “price taking” policies as they cannot dictate their rules in the market, neither significantly influence trade rules. This peculiarity of small economies mainly lies in the fact that such countries have limited resources. Hereby, small countries are more dependent on imports and are forced to accept trade agreements offered by large ...

Photography may seem like just clicking pictures of anything and everything. And that is exactly what the lay man perceives it to be. However what photography really is; is quite deep when one ponders the notion. Photography if were to be termed in one word, that word would be vision. We can label it as vision, or seeing or simply imagination, they all point towards the same thing, which is making a perception and mental image in your mind’s eye, then using your tool at hand (camera) to give that image a shape in a picture. Some people ...

Abstract

The importance of social media websites is constantly increasing. Now they play a significant role in the daily life of every individual. Businesses are also involved in the social media, as these websites represent many opportunities for them, such as advertising, promotion, customer relations, receiving feedback, and etc. Due to the significant importance and time consuming of social networks, there appeared many issues related to them, e.g. the use of social media websites in the workplace, work productivity, and changes in the employer and employee relations. Nowadays employers face many issues with the use of such websites by their ...

Introduction

Zoho Projects is a web-based application that sets a platform of a comprehensive collection of features to support organizational information flow within and outside the business. Zoho allows users start up their projects by use of a smart project-management tool, form interactive documents by use of the Sheet, Writer, and Presentation tools, and cooperate with the website visitors by use of the forms features. The site is an online project management tool. It offers a means for small business managers to plan, cope and track projects from scratch to the end.

Advantages of Zoho Projects

Zoho Projects works well for small enterprises. Its ...

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The wireless communication system through which workstations and computers exchange data with each other is called wireless network. In this network radio waves are used as the transmission medium. Wireless network gives freedom to move from one place to another with mobiles, laptops etc. without the loss of network connectivity and without any need of wires. Wireless network can be used many areas like universities, hospitals, banks, shops, organizations, airports, coffee shops etc, therefore the need arises to protect the wireless network from any unauthorized access. Various security protocols have been defined like WEP, 802.1x standard, WPA and WPA2. ...

Introduction

Pain is one of the common problems that affect many old people worldwide (Tse, Leung & Ho, 2012). Despite the high number of old people who are affected by it, this condition is normally undertreated. According to the Maslow Hierarchy Model of Needs, the high pain prevalence is likely to affect negatively the fulfillment of the psychological needs (Tse, Leung & Ho, 2012). This challenge comes in the wake of an increase in the life expectancy of senior citizens aged 65 years and above in the past few decades. Since 1999, the life expectancy of these group has improved by 11 ...

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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 ...

Introduction

This paper will critically analyze and review the biography of the American entrepreneur, Steve Jobs a founder of Apple and its CEO until his death in 2011. Steve Jobs is known for having two separate spells with Apple – first as its founder in 1976 and secondly, as a visionary leader who turned the company around in 1997 when it was under serious crisis. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a review and assessment of how the company was founded and ran and how it became successful under Steve Jobs. This will include the examination of the situation ...

Implementing Change Report

Report on change implementation at Kudler Introduction The paper presents the implementation of change process at sale and accounting department. The paper has been divided into six segments. The first segment presents the monitoring and evaluation tools to be used. The second section presents the identification of opportunities for the change process. The third segment discloses the part in the change process to which resistance will take place. The fourth section elaborates the ways of driving change through organizational culture. Fifth presents the impact of changes on culture. However, the last section discusses that how the evaluation of change ...

Introduction

Regional policy and innovation in the Asia/Pacific region has been of great interest to me since the class began studying the region. I have spent a considerable amount of my life living in this region, so the perspectives about the region that were introduced in chapters three and four gave me a new and different understanding of and perspective on the ways that innovation and policy are developed in the East Asian countries of the world. Interestingly, a more global perspective on development has really added to my interest in the region and the market forces that are moving ...

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Frequent Flyers Club Members, American Airlines Dear Valued Members: Greetings from American Airlines. In the current scenario, social media plays an important role to connect people by sharing information. American Airlines, making use of social media, endeavors to serve its customer better by being active on twitter. Twitter also helps the airlines to spread awareness and information among its flyers. The objective of our feeds is to keep customers updated, besides the routine affairs, about the changes likely to occur due to unexpected developments. For further information and help, our tweets have links ...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases or STDs stand for those diseases that are spread through sexual contact from one person to another. There are approximately twenty- five such diseases which fall into this category. According to the estimations of the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), approximately nineteen million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases are registered every year. Nearly fifty percent of these cases are seen to be occurring among the people belonging to the age group of fifteen to twenty- four. On an average, the United States spend 15.9 billion dollars annually on the treatment and diagnosis of those ...

Technical communication in workers’ health and safety training

Introduction Technical communications encompasses an array of means used to convey scientific or technical information, that is, the information that has both the qualitative and quantitative aspects as shown by Mehler, Romary and Gibbon, D. (2012). As such, the mobile team division involved in this type of communication is quite diverse with such variations as age, profession, education level, gender as well as experience among other diversities. For instance, the mobile division team will include labor union officers, nurses, safety specialists, health officers and communication and information technology technicians. Therefore, the pre training will have to address the diversity ...

Introduction: Quality Tools Discussed In the Article

The main quality tools discussed in this article are SIPOC, fish bone, pareto, brainstorming and benchmarking. SIPOC is an acronym that refers to Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs and Customers. It is a process improvement tool that helps team members agree on a common course of action in quality management. Fish bone is used to identify a different cause to an existing problem. Benchmarking involves comparing an organization’s quality policies to industry standards. Pareto analysis is used to indicate problems that need more attention than others do. Brainstorming is a process of generating multiple ideas about quality problems (Schindler, ...

INTRODUCTION

When you look around many public places, like shopping malls, school yards and restaurants you will notice that people are not engaging with the world around them; not even with the people they are with. People, of all ages, staring into their laps fully enthralled with what is happening in cyberspace via their cell phones. Everyone, millions of people, from adults to elementary school age children have a cell phone. With the development of smart phones the popularity and commonality has sky-rocketed. When one looks many have began to ask the question, “could cell phones be addictive?” The consensus ...

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The importance of social media effects on families and communities has been determined by the research findings based on the investigation of existing literature. The principal objective of the study is to examine the influence of social media on our everyday life. Besides, another investigative goal is to identify possible consequences that social media may bring. Therefore, this study implies the utilization of both secondary research and primary research approaches. The expected findings of the literature have suggested that there are not only positive effects of social media on families and communities but also negative ones. ...

Healthcare professionals are responsible for not only facilitating recovery of a patient from health issues, but also preventing injuries to the patient during and after care. Despite the immense efforts by stakeholders in health to ensure safety of the patients under care, zero cases have not yet been achieved, as sentinel events are still a major challenge to patients and the healthcare industry. Park-Lee and Caffrey (2009) estimates that 9.2% of all people admitted in hospital acquire one or more nosocomial infections. The Joint Commission (2015) defines a sentinel event as an unexpected situation that leads to the physical ...

Intensive growth and new scientific and technological developments give builders practically unlimited possibilities. This leads to the emergence of the problem of choice – how to rationally determine the most appropriate technology? Experience of previous decades shows that constructions made of prefabricated concrete show good operation characteristics and are rather lasting (bibm.eu, 2016). As a result, prefabricated concrete is widely used in the process of construction of building of civil and industrial use. With the help of the prefabricated concrete construction time of the building is decreased, and much labor and financial resources are saved. Further in the paper, prefabricated ...

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This paper will analyze six curriculums of English high school in different schools using the Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation. In particular, Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation has four components, namely the following: reactions, learning, behavior and results (Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation, n.d.). Level 1 of Kirkpatrick’s model of evaluation is reactions which measures how the participants of the training reacted (Four Levels of Evaluation, n.d.). Level 2 which is learning that measures what the participants have learned from the training (Four Levels of Evaluation, n.d.). Level 3 is behavior that gauges the ...

Introduction:

This paper seek to address the concept of outsourcing information and technological products and services, as a structural business change that will enhance the delivery of quality and tailored insurance products and services to our clientele. This report substantiates the economic benefits of outsourcing information and technological products from India, against the risks involved and the best recommendations that will effectively guide the process.

IT needs in the insurance industry:

Across the insurance industry, there are a number of important IT needs, which include systems maintenance and repair, system development, training, research and development, data engineering and consultancy services, data mining, network management and others ( ...

Sarah Whitten’s article, ‘Can 140 characters affect the 2016 presidential election?’ examines the use of social media by the candidates in the 2016 general election. Social media has become a tool for achieving many ends election campaigns being one of them. Social media enables news to travel fast and also provides instant feedback from critiques and fans. The article targets the common US voter while also addressing election commentators, and the people involved in the campaign, giving them a critical assessment of what social media can or cannot do for their campaign. Whitten effectively uses rhetorical techniques of ...

What assessment tool would be used to determine the patient's risk for falls? Provide evidence to support your answer.

The St. Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool in falling elderly inpatients (STRATIFY) would suitably be used in the assessment of this patient. It is based on the assessment of a total of five fall risk factors namely transfer and mobility risk, agitation, visual impairment, frequent toileting as well as fall presentation as a complaint which are rated on a scale of 1 to 5. These are essentially the major risks that are common in elderly patients who are risk of falls.

Nursing diagnoses:

Actual: NANDA-I diagnosis: Acute confusion which is related to declining cognitive capabilities and as evidenced by the patient ...

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, ...

Civic literacy can be described as possessing the knowledge that is essential for active participation in community change. It entails the ability to think rationally and identify challenges and solutions in a given community setting. The foundations of any given democratic society are dependent on the degree of civic literacy among the citizenry. According to Morehouse, “Civic literacy helps individuals in the community to understand their roles and responsibilities” (89). That indicates that without civic literacy, individuals in the community cannot understand their communal obligations. The focus of this paper is to delve into the analysis of the college ...

Change management can be described as changing the organization’s current practices to new ways of doing things. This can be achieved by a series of activities that include education, communication, leadership, and teamwork. All the stakeholders must change their values such as teamwork, tolerance, as well as responsibility to ensure that there is flexibility in the organization (Cameron & Green, 2004). This paper discusses the different organization management models that can be used by businesses to respond to various environmental changes such as consumer behavior.

The Three-Step Planned Change Model

The model was initially conceptualized in 1947 by Kurt Lewin. To date, it is ...

This paper substantiates the insights espoused by Enrico Moretti that the level of economic success depends on a number of factors, such as: education, productivity, and salary. These factors related greatly to geography, that is, where you live and work (Moretti 3). According to Moretti, a worker’s educational level and skills will determine his salary and on the economic progress of other individuals around him/her. Depending on the geographic location, the economic success between two individuals shows significant variances. Workers in developed cities, where innovation proves to be the driver in labor productivity, earn up to three times ...

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 ...

Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder associated with breathing pauses. Multiple shallow breaths during breathing characterize it. Visible indication of a person with sleep apnea is the loud choking sound produced. Two types of the disorder that are common are obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when there is a relaxation of the throat muscles. Central apnea, however, is associated with failure of the brain to send desired signals to the muscles hence hindering breathing system (Sleep Apnea 7). Continuous positive airway pressure therapy is a kind of therapy where a machine is used ...

Apple Inc. VS. Samsung Co., Ltd. APPLE INC. VS. SAMSUNG CO., LTD Apple Inc. and Samsung Co. are some of the leading organizations in the entire world. Whereas Apple Inc. is an American international technology firm with its headquarters in California, Samsung Company is a South Korean international technology company with its headquarters in Suwon. Even though these two leading organizations are from the same industry, they have similarities and differences regarding how they are managed. Therefore, this paper aims to compare and contrast the management of these two organizations under the following sections.

Analysis of the Organizations’ Macro-environment

The macro-environment of an organization ...

List of Tables

List of Figures Figure 1: Product Breakdown Structure for SST BI Phase I 9 Figure 2: Deliverables Typically Produced for Each PMBOK Knowledge Areas 12 Figure 3: Summary Gantt Chart for SST BI Phase 1 18

SCOPE MANAGEMENT

This section gives a high level description of the scope covered by this project. The items that are in scope have been allocated to either BPC or to SST.

STRATEGY

For the SST BI Phase I project, SST will outsource certain aspects of the development to Business Process consulting. These are mentioned in the scope definitions section of this document. BPC will work independently ...

The success of any firm relies on the performance of the leaders and the employees. However, due to the failure of teamwork in most institutions, the leaders have ended up satisfying their personal interests instead of focusing on the long-term goals of the organization. Most organizations have tried finding solutions to these leadership problems without the success they crave (Gustavson & Liff, 2014). Maybe training the leaders is not a final answer. They should take a fresh approach on how the work is conducted. This could be creating a team of leaders where everyone has a leadership role, and there ...

Process Map

The analysis of the difficulties HMO’s pharmacy experiences is based on the step by step analysis of the processes that take place in the company. The analysis enables identification of the sources of errors that lead to the inaccurate prescriptions. The process flow diagram is presented in Figure 1. Figure 1. HMO’s pharmacy process flow diagram (by Hopper, 2012).

HMO’s Pharmacy Key Problems

The analysis is performed by stages. 1. Receive a prescription. The source of inaccuracy here is the wrong prescription. Here, two cases are possible. The customer provides with the wrong prescription or the technician takes the wrong prescription ( ...

Executive Summary

Today, hospitality management requires skills and training because of the changing needs and demands of customers. Phulay Bay is taking effective measures in order to facilitate customers in the best possible manner, and I come to know this after my internship in Phulay Bay for a period of 6 months. The Hotel is ensuring provision of top services, and a relaxing environment where guests can feel comfort, and visit the hotel again in order to take benefits from the services offered. In this paper, hospitality management in Phulay Bay is described in detail by explaining how the hotel is ...

The present research will explore language acquisition through reading and music. While previously a significant amount of studies examined the potential connections that exist between language acquisition and intensive reading, there are a limited amount of studies that explore the link between music and language acquisition. Subsequently, this study will set out to not only draw conclusions regarding whether or not a connection exists between an individual’s reading and vocabulary acquisition, but if a connection exists between listening to music and such comprehension.

As noted, the prevailing research question is the impact of reading and music on language ...

The human resource management takes a leading role in enhancing the global competitiveness of an organization. One of its vital functions is to implement effective and organized procedures in the selection process of hiring employees. Selection involves the process of using instruments in choosing from a pool of candidates applying for a job (Tiwari, 2015). There are different selection methods involved when choosing the right candidate for a job position. These methods include the use of application form, psychometric tests, resume or curriculum vitae review, formal (structured) interview, informal (unstructured) interview, teaching observation, presentation of the candidates to a ...

Abstract

Radiotherapy is a treatment method that involves the use of a high energy radiation, and mostly used in the treatment of cancer. The method can also be used in the treatment of non-cancerous begin, tumour, thyroid diseases, as well as other blood disorders. In the process of the treatment of breast cancer, there are several automated tools or equipment required for the success of treatment. For instance, computers are used in performing automated medical tasks such as radiology systems, bibliography retrieval, and patient-monitoring in the process of treatment.

Introduction

Radiotherapy is a treatment method that involves the use of a ...

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 ...

Rehabilitation of people from previous addictions or groups can be a huge task since it mainly lies in the concerned party. It is hard for one to make decisions for others if they feel at heart that they do not want to change. Despite these challenges, the government, and non-governmental agencies create programs that focus on looking for ways of rehabilitating most of these people. The ABC program aims to rehabilitate former convicts who were gang members though it proves quite a challenge. More than 70 percent of them tend to move back to their old ways. Some of ...

The fashion industry changes very fast and depends on the seller’s ability to create a brand image in the minds of the customers. Due to the fast changing nature of the brand, there needs to be the fast distribution of the information about the presence of the fashion product, their price, and their availability (Thornley, 2014). Some of the common techniques that are specifically used by the fashion marketers include strategic pricing, creating brand image, unique product development as well as accurate product forecasting. The social media and more specifically blogging can greatly enhance these specific marketing strategies ...

Introduction

Almost all of the commercial airplane accidents that have been reported in the past are caused by human error which accounts for approximately 70% of the accidents (Griffin et al., 2015). Hence, it is important to appreciate the fact that human error is recently becoming a principal concern not only to flight operations but in the maintenance practices as well as air traffic control. The above concern has made the major airlines to employ human factor professionals who work closely with the engineers and pilots to embrace innovation on human performance as well as the airplanes to help enhance ...

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The Wounded Warrior Gym is an affiliate of the CrossFit Inc., a consortium of over 13, 000 affiliated gyms which nearly half of them are located across the United States (Kelly, 2014). Greg Glassman and Lauren Jenai established the consortium in 2000. The first original gym was CrossFit in North Seattle, Washington. The company is decentralized but it runs a large number of privately affiliated gyms, law enforcement units, fire safety departments, and military organizations. Corresponding to the intrinsic mantra of the CrossFit, Wounded Warrior espouses a philosophy of physical exercise and provides a diverse series of physic fitness ...

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Social Auditing 3 Environmental Auditing 3 II. The necessity of social and environmental auditing for all businesses 4

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Key Features of Social and Environmental Auditing Social Auditing As we know, it needs to determine the form of cooperation between all partners of this relationship: the employee, the employer, the state for effective functioning and development of social and labor relations. In this case, the social auditing is considered as a tool to implement the main principles of social partnership. Integrated social audit aims to solve such tasks as determination the characteristics of social relations in the enterprise, identification the ...

Introduction

The GSA is an independent body of the United States government; it came into existence in 1949 with the objective of facilitating proper functioning of the federal agencies as explained by Miller (2010). For instance, the agency provides products and services encompassing transportation and communication as well as devising policies pertinent to cost minimizations among other management strategies. As such, the essay entails the description of the General Service Administration Schedule solicitation of the United States concerning a service-disabled veteran. Additionally, there is the analysis of subsequent security measures alongside advantages of using electronic submission process in comparison to ...

Introduction

In 1993, Geerd Hofstede wrote about the universal management and was of the belief that management is not universal and each country has its own management principles. Fast forwarding 23 years and the world has certainly changed. With companies involved in global business and the use of the internet in global commerce the world has gotten smaller and more and more business people are recognizing that individual differences remain important. However the level of differences are lessened as people have learned to work together to achieve common goals. This paper will study the changes that the global ecommerce organizations ...

Executive Summary

The marketing plan is based on an event management company called “The Elegant event management Company”. The firm is a start-up organization based on partnership. The business is intended to offer multiple event management services to diverse sort of event customers from wedding events to the corporate and cultural event. The experience of the organization in different event management areas, good relations with complementary service providers, and knowledgeable and qualified workforce are the things that differentiate the organization from rivals. The firm is a complete pack of event management services and expert in providing quality services at affordable price. ...

Privatization is a process where the ownership of a company owned by government of a country is transferred to private owners. Over the years there have been continuous debates as to whether privatization really has positive impacts on the economic growth especially in developing countries (Crowder, 2012). Privatization is an essential tool for supporting economic growth since it creates necessary structural changes in all sectors and it institutes property rights. With these changes in a free market economy, private owners are able to make investment decisions based on their interest there allowing cheaper transactions that supports specialization leading to ...