Essays on Two Weeks

A 1 + page discussion is describing disruptive business models. You should use examples of companies that have introduced disruptive business models to help with this description; like Dell Computer, Walmart, Southwest Airlines or perhaps Apple. Disruptive business model refers to any business innovation, which creates a new market and value network for a company or a product and in so doing, disrupts the existing value network and market (Shaughnessy, 2016). This consequently displaces established markets, products, and leading firms. The term was coined by Clayton M Christensen in 1995 and has since been used to describe disruptive phenomena on ...

What are the interventions to promote oral intake in preterm infants?"

Overview An estimated fifteen million infants are prematurely born every year. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in every ten children born in America is affected by preterm birth. The term preterm is used to refer to babies who are born before the normal thirty-seven weeks gestation period. Preterm births are classified based on the gestation age. Babies born less that twenty-seven weeks or the gestation period are categorized as extremely preterm. Very Preterm babies are those born between twenty seven weeks and thirty-two weeks while moderate to late preterms are born between thirty-two ...

A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and project network are often confused despite being two distinct items. AWBS is a description of the various tasks being undertaken in a project, the people response, and the command structure. On the other hand, a project network is a flowchart showing the relationships between various project's terminal elements (Maylor, H, 2010). Both tools are important to a project and are related to each other because they in different ways help the carrying out of the project; they guide project performance. Though creating a project network is easier and it displays all the elements ...

Background3

External Environment....4

Political Factors.4

Economic Factors..5 Social Factors....6

Technological Factors6

Internal Environment6 Critical Evaluation.7 Dutch Model Problem Solving 8 Goal-Setting Theory in the Retraining Program..11

Implementing the Retraining Program.12

Consultancy Role.13 Conclusion13 Reference List..15 Hai Di Lao Hot Pot Strategy Background Hai Di Lao Hot Pot is a chain of restaurants established in Cihina in 1994 and is now spread across China, South Korea, Singapore and the USA (Haidilao 2016). As the name suggests, its specialty is the Chinese Sichuan hot pot, a dish in which the ingredients are assembled together and are cooked in a hot pot at the table of the diner. The humble beginnings, ...

Tuberculosis is a serious bacterial infection that is usually spread from one individual to the other by inhalation of very small droplets originating from the sneezes or coughs of an infected person. The bacteria that causes TB is known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Kelly, Wilker, & Ambrose, 2011, p. 14). The main organ affected by the disease is the lungs (also called pulmonary tuberculosis) but it can also affect bones, the nervous system, and the glands. Each droplet of sneeze may contain between 1 to 400 bacilli each. Because the disease is airborne, the bacterium can also be transmitted to a ...

Innovative Ways of Using Emerging Information Technologies

There are several ways by which users can evaluate and gage the performance of cloud providers. Usually, they are assessed based on costs of the utility model, though there are several variations to further gauged each provider’s desirability such as the location, reliability and security factors. There are organizations that offer certification to providers that comply with specific standards; for instance, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) developed the Trusted Cloud Initiative Program that help cloud providers comply with standards and practices (Cloud, 2011). In addition to relying on certifications, users must take considerable steps in evaluating the performance ...

Patient initials: MK Age: 60 Sex: M

Care Plan Subjective MK, the patient presents with a chief complaint of decreased urinary flow but has also had troublesome nocturia for the last two weeks as well as significant terminal dysuria. History of present illness: Patients states that in the past day he has had significant difficulties especially in starting his urine flow and this has affected his ability to enrage in normal daily activities. Patient denies radiating pain. Patient history: Patient has had a history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, costochondritis, as well as suspected angina characterized by chest wall syndrome which was however treated.

Significant family history: There is also a probable positive family history for cardiovascular or heart diseases

Objective: Patient is a ...

Abstract

Depression is a kind of mental disorder that can affect people’s feelings and everyday activities. It needs medical and psychological care, otherwise, it can cause such a fatal result as a suicide. Depression has its own symptoms and types that depend on different circumstances. Contemporary medical science has different methods of cure for depression that help people to overcome and even prevent it. Depression has been known from the ancient times and was considered as the demonic possession. Priests were the people responsible for it and they used exorcism as the method of the treatment. With the development ...

Care Plan

Subjective The patient presents at the clinic complaining of nocturia, decreased urinary flow, decreased flow as well as terminal dysuria. TG states that the symptoms have been persistent for the last two years but the last two weeks have seen a significant increase in intensity of the symptoms. TG denies any case or instance of radiated pain within the period of two weeks,

Objective:

60 year old, Hispanic male

Vital signs: BP at 140/92;

Pulse rate: 80; Temperature: 99.0 Weight = 200 pounds; height = 71”, BMI = 27.9

Patient Hx for hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, costochondritis, suspected angina, possible family history of heart disease in the family

Patient denies any use of alcohol, tobacco, or drug abuse Current medication list: Cardizem 240mg QD and Zocor 20mg ...

(Professor Name) (Correct Date) August 11, 2014

Going to a 9/80 Work Schedule

The interests of the employer and the hired worker contradicted in the days when workers had to be in place for 70-90 hours a week. In only 30 years, unions have achieved the established 40-hour limit on the working week. The growth of megacities, congestion of road transportation, a growing number of working mothers and the chronic fatigue syndrome has resulted in declined productivity of tired employees. Output was the development of alternative working time. Today, about 70% of the companies in the USA operate on a flexible schedule (Kokemuller, 2016). In ...

Patient history

JM is a 28-year old Hispanic 38 weeks pregnant, admitted into the maternity unit. This is her first pregnancy and seems calm and relaxed, except for the normal anxiety of this stage of pregnancy. Her obstetric history; G1, T1, P1, A0, L0

1st stage

Subjective: The patient verbalizes that she is afraid of the delivery process because it is her first time into the maternity ward. Patient verbalizes extreme abdominal pains. Objective: Patient exhibits, facial tension, poor eye contact and grimacing observed. Patient appears anxious, pre-occupied as well as decreased perceptual field. Vital signs (T-370 C, BP- 138/74 mmHg, RR-14 cpm, ...

Short – Term Investing

Introduction A treasury bill or a T-Bill is a short-term maturing promissory note, usually lasting for three months to one year. Nyawata (2012) asserts that the federal or national governments are the ones that issue T-Bills as their primary instruments of regulating the supply of money within the national economy, as well as raising funds for various government projects through open market operations. The central banks of the respective countries are the ones responsible for issuing and paying on T-Bills. According to Thau (2000) T-bills do not have any form of explicit interest, but they sell at a discount ...

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Application of Drone Technology to Facilitate Effective HIV Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children in Rural Malawi

INGO UNICEF 1Broadway, New NY 10022 USA Dear Sir, Drones without Borders (DWB) is an organization which has been created to serve HIV vulnerable children in rural Malawi through a partnership with ZipLine Drones. Our organization seeks to develop and implement an four-months program aimed at ensuring fast and continuous delivery of HIV test kits, results, and antiretroviral drugs to provide immediate medical attention to HIV positive children in rural, cut off, hard to access, often combat zone areas in Malawi. The mortality rate of the infected children has been on the rise due to lack of access ...

Application of Drone Technology to Facilitate an Effective HIV Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children in Rural Malawi

Director, Grant Organization Technology to Save Children from HIV is an organization that has been created to serve HIV vulnerable children in rural Malawi through a partnership with ZipLine Drones and UNICEF. Our organization seeks to develop a program aimed at ensuring fast and continuous delivery of HIV test kits, results, and antiretroviral drugs to provide immediate medical attention to HIV positive children. We propose the application of drone technology to facilitate easy and convenient transport of HIV testing supplies, test samples, and medication that has been hampered by the poor state of transport infrastructure in rural Malawi. We ...

Aviation terrorism is the act of unleashing violence on airliners with the aim to harm or intimidate the victims. The occurrence of terrorism has increased with the rise of aviation as a mode of transport. The first known incident of air terrorism was carried out in 1930 by Peruvian insurgents who hijacked an airplane to scatter propaganda leaflets. This practice subsided in the subsequent two decades due to the effect of global factors such as world war two. Modern terrorism started in 1968 when three Palestinian gunmen hijacked a passenger airline of the Israeli Airline El Al on a ...

Director,

Grant Organization Technology to Save Children from HIV is an organization that has been created to serve HIV vulnerable children in rural Malawi through a partnership with ZipLine Drones and UNICEF. Our organization seeks to develop a program aimed at ensuring fast and continuous delivery of HIV test kits, results, and antiretroviral drugs to provide immediate medical attention to HIV positive children. We propose the application of drone technology to facilitate easy and convenient transport of HIV testing supplies, test samples, and medication that has been hampered by the poor state of transport infrastructure in rural Malawi. We seek $ ...

Introduction to the business (cover letter in this section)

What an entrepreneurial organization is Why the business is entrepreneurial My entrepreneurial skills, attributes, and behaviors The benefits of entrepreneurial employees Summary and recommendations Introduction to the business Zara is one of the largest multinational fashion brand based in the UK. It is a retail store chain having more than 1,751 stores around the world. I am writing about my skills to work in Zara for the job in Public Relations department. Having keen interest, knowledge and experience in this field, I believe that I can serve the team of the organization delivering high value to work. Being ...

Medical Case

Reflection and Analysis The consultations was performed according to the Calgary-Cambridge guide where the main components of a consultation procedure include initiating the session with the patient and communicating and gathering information from him (Silverman, Draper and Kurtz 288-299), diagnosing the problem, decision making and establishing a solution to the problem, designing a management plan and convincing the patient to follow that management plan (Elwyn et al. 5-22). The present consultation happened in front of me between the GP and the patient where GP tried to build a comfortable atmosphere for the patient in the presence of mine. In ...

WGU

A. Table of Contents Professional Resume – presents my clinical knowledge, skills, experience, and philosophy to potential employers Executive Summary – provides an overview of the contents of the portfolio Professional Reference Questionnaire – presents the objective and subjective evaluation of my key behaviors and clinical performance by one of my professional references Importance of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – discusses the need to develop knowledge and skills in quality leadership in order to improve the quality and safety of patient care and promote holistic, patient-centered care

Copy of IHI certificate of completion – serves to validate my completion of the IHI Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership course

Evidence-based Practice – summarizes an evidence-based research project on hand hygiene Applied Leadership – summarizes my ...

Part 1

It was on a Monday 3rd April 2016 when I was asked by my immediate manager at Unilever Company, to come up with a marketing plan. The plan would aim at increasing the production rate through online sales on the firm product lines. The development of the plan was to be done in collaboration with the company’s internet marketing department. I was given a period of two for the setting of the plan. Shortly, after conversing with the web marketing team on the same, I realized the deadline would elapse before the work was accomplished and the deadline ...

In this essay, we will provide some general information of the importance of taking into consideration the difference between different cultures in everyday life. We will dwell a little on the case of Singapore and how it can be compared with our experience at work or at the university. Also, our own example of the usage of this case will be provided and analyzed due to one of the given Core Cultural Dimensions.

Introduction

All nationalities differ. But still, they can live and interact together without any problems if only both nations will treat each other respectively. And it is ...

Criminal Justice

Crime Analysis and Strategies for the City of Amber Executive Summary The City of Amber is experiencing an alarming rate of burglary incidents for the past two weeks. In this regard, the Amber Police Department will be taking steps in addressing the alarming rate of burglary incidents in the city through a systematic approach in terms of allocating manpower, heightened surveillance, and vigilant patrol of the surrounding communities with the help of the civilian personnel. In order to establish peace and order back to the community through a preventive and pro-active solution, it is important to consider the crime ...

Introduction

Before submitting a research study to the Institutional Review Board, it is important, to consider the level at which the review is appropriate as this determines the type of application that the organization will have to submit. The Institutional Review Board levels are generally based on the risk levels of the studies. When an application is submitted, the IRB is responsible for making the final decision to verify the level of review that the entity or organization has applied for. Depending on the subjects, demographics and the risks to be involved proposal fall either under the expedited review, full ...

13 YEAR OLD DIABETIC FEMALE

This is a follow-up assessment of a 13 old year female Hispanic diabetic patient. The purpose of this follow-up is to determine the challenges the patient and patient’s family are facing as they try to manage patient’s condition. The data from this assessment will aid in formulating nursing interventions which will help the patient together with the family to have better control of the illness. Additionally, the data gathered will form the basis of making decisions concerning nursing practice which can be used to improve the well-being of the patient. The 13-year-old ...

How the Congress Declares War

Introduction The constitution of the United States of America vests the power of declaring war over another country in the congress. This means that not even the president is supposed to declare war over another country if the same has not been approved by senate. Well, this is theoretical. There are several occasions where sitting American presidents have violated this protocol and declared war on other countries. From the Bush administration to the Obama administration, presidents have often acted in complete disregard of this requirement. Over the history of the US, congressional influence and activism on foreign policy has ...

Inventory Management in Supply Chain

Inventory Management in Supply Chain

Inventory management

Inventory management is about specifying the percentage and shape of the stock goods. Inventory management is necessary on several places to keep the orders, store them and use it for production use. Inventory is the asset of the company and it remains an asset until it is sold and cleared (Salvo et al, 2002).

Inventory system

It is a system in which a company check over its stock. The activity done by the employees to check the company’s stock is known as inventory system. Inventory control majorly refers to logistics, operations management and supply chain ...

Business Plan

Executive Summary 3 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Operations plan 5 2.1 Location and facilities 5 2.2 Business processes 6 2.3 Distribution and outsourcing 9 3.0 Organizational plan 10 3.1 Management 11 3.2 Mission 12 3.3 Purpose 13 3.4 Vision 13 3.5 Legal structure 13 3.6 Organizational chart 14 4.0 Marketing plan 16 4.1 Price 16 4.2 Product 17 4.3 Place 19 4.4 Promotion 20 5.0 Financial plan 21 6.0 Growth plan 22 7.0 Contingency and harvest strategy 23 8.0 Timeline to launch the plan 25 9.0 References 28 10.0 Appendices 29

Executive summary

Don’t we all enjoy the experience of ...

At 4:00am, my alarm clock begins to go off. Still exhausted from the night before, I begin to rise out of bed. In the middle of winter, it’s dark outside. The house is freezing. I take a deep breath and get out of bed to begin my day. As a single mother raising three children, I work two jobs just to make ends meet. I am due to report to my first job, at the local hotel, at 6:00am sharp. It’s minimum wage and physically grueling work, but it’s a job that puts food on the ...

Abstract

A marketing research for the Hamilton’s Health Inc. elliptical needs to be carried out within two weeks to determine the forecast figures to be used by the production department. This paper seeks to determine the information that can be developed from the research, the type of marketing research to be employed and an evaluation of the accuracy of the information obtained.

Information that can be developed

Information about the market size for the elliptical can be developed within the two week time frame. From published items about the usage of the elliptical in the target market and by the use of information obtained ...

An e-reader is an electronic device which allows the owner to read books, newspapers and magazines on screen. The key selling feature of any e-reader is the question of space: if you are a keen traveler you can take an entire library of digital books with you and read the books wherever you like on a device that is smaller and lighter than the average paperback book. If your space at home is limited and you need access to lots of books, then an e-reader might be the answer. The latest models allow text to be translated, so that books can ...

Kudler Fine Food is a firm and a premier gourmet grocery store that was establish in 1998 by Kathy Kudler, and has a vision of serving savvy shoppers that are seeking for the finest meat, produce, wine and cheese (Anderson, 2009). The social responsibility of Kudler Fine Food is also an important instrument connecting farmers and the firm. Whenever possible, the firm buys local produce from organic farmers. Moreover, the local homeless shelters benefit from the firm by getting free items that are still in good for healthy (Mayo-Smith, 1899). The diversity of the firm is one of the best ways in ...

The experiences I have had in my life have taught me important virtues that have not only given me more strength and vigor to pursue my dreams but also to cherish and respect the family unit and those who live around us irrespective of their socio-economic status. On a personal and professional note I’m a passionate individual with strong organizational skills and a positive attitude towards academic research, project management and community based programs and take great pleasure in volunteer programs with the aim of improving situations as they are. Involving and interacting with pertinent issues that affect the well being of ...

A well-known saying “There is no such thing as a free lunch” belongs to Milton Friedman, Nobel Peace Prize winner in Economic Sciences (Tucker, 2008, p. 27). This phrase poses a key question whether or not something can be free. “Free lunch” appeared during a period in history when bars and saloons in America started attracting their customers by offering them free lunch (Riley, 2006). Obviously, they sacrificed money for lunch knowing about the trade-off on drinks their customers would order.

It refers to such economic concepts like opportunity cost and scarcity of resources. In addition, it is important to understand that ...