Essays on Understanding

Bilingual education

Definition ◊Bilingual education is the teaching of academic content by the use of two languages.

Development

◊Historically, the use of this concept began in USA. According to records, it was first used by the Poles community. Later, it was sanctioned in the United States of America(USA) by the Bilingual Education Act(1968) and further reinforced by the Supreme Court in 1974 (Baker, C., 2008). ◊Today, it is used to help students who have a limited proficiency in English. They can be taught using their native vernaculars. ◊The use of bilingual education in US has been majorly as a ...

Reflection

Understanding the history and the current status of feminist movements has been of great importance as it helps one understand the struggles women have passed through in fighting inequality. My favorite readings of the quarter were the article by Shaw and Lee, which explained the system of privileges and inequality in women's lives and the book by Reeds. In the article by Shaw and Lee, an expeditious explanation has been made in explaining the relationships and hierarchies in the society. Reeds, on the hand, provide a detailed explanation of the experiences of civil and women's rights movements from different societies ...

Dates:

Textbook: Cloud Computing: Principles and Paradigms by Buyya, R., Broberg, J., & Go’sci’nski, A. (2011). Goals: The student will understand the meaning of cloud computing, relate it with their life, understand its benefits, and understand the types of cloud computing

Performance objectives: To explain the concept of cloud computing and its application

Strategies to address diversity: communication –The learners should engage in interpersonal conversations about cloud computing. The participation of all the parties require the guidance. Connections- the learners should connect with the other content areas that was covered during the course. They can report or participate in the harmonization of the current topic and the earlier learned concepts.

Materials: PowerPoint presentation, illustrative diagrams, phones, computers, and illustration diagrams.

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Learning goals

As I join this class my learning goals are quite many, but the most notable one is to gain deeper knowledge of the causes and solutions of social problems. In so doing, I will seek to comprehend the role of individuals in solving or reducing the possibility of social problems. Secondly, I aim at understanding the connection between the social problems faced by a society and the economic strength of such a society. Thirdly, I aim at expanding my knowledge on the different interpretations of social problems, such as the conflict theory, and the structural theory, and so on.

My understanding of social problems

In my ...

Data is important to Web 2.0 because it is used to get the insights of available in data. The data is important because they help bring the knowledge that is being sought. Web 2.0 is all about data; it makes use of the data to get the knowledge and the patters that are required for the organization. There are many organizations which have shifted from Web 1.0 to now Web 2.0. This shift is because of the data that comes with this new technology. Data is used to get the knowledge and patterns that are required for the business. ...

Understanding by design is a method of teaching that provides a common language for teachers who are interested in enhancing student comprehension rather than recall learning or formulaic knowledge. The method of understanding by design offers a tool-kit and framework of research-based preeminent practices that have been confirmed effective in assisting educators to promote understanding-based outcomes for learning, enlarge the range of valuation tools and processes they use to monitor learner achievement, and augment their design of instructional undertakings to promote high levels of learner accomplishment. This method has advantages and disadvantages.

One of the key advantages of understanding by design ...

Summary

The text primarily talks about the concept of public culture service. The main theme is the issue of motivation of the personnel in the public service. The scholars and the author attempt to suggest that the concept of motivation could be productive in the long run for the public service. A comparison is run on the concept of motivation in the public service and in the private sector. Consensus exists that for the private sector, motivation could be easy probably because the sector is profit oriented. However, in the public service the lack of profit hinders motivation. The text ...

Introduction

Child's developmental process and presentation serve as a theoretical guide towards understanding the changes to expect or that would when a child is growing or in a certain age group. There have been several theories as regards to those developmental stages humans go through. Erik Erikson describes the various forms of developmental stages humans tend to go through in life. He was a German psychoanalyst. He performed several studies on the psychosocial development of humans and published several of his findings regarding the conducted studies. In his analysis, he considered external factors, parents and society has an influencing factors. He classified the stages ...

Main themes, concepts and arguments

The main theme involves the practical application of the pragmatic method in addressing controversies. How to apply pragmatism in understanding practical consequences and truth as it relates to pragmatism are discussed. William James argues that truth can be established by attending to practical consequences of ideas. He adds that just agreeing with ideas does not necessarily constitute the truth. The author argues that application of pragmatism helps to clarify meaning of concepts and does not intend to advance any specific theory.

How the author structures his/her argument and the author's method

However, from the pragmatic point of view these words on their own apply as tools to or instruments ...

In today’s fast-paced, technological world, texting has changed the way we communicate in a very fundamental way. To that end, many are worried about what the effect will be on those who choose to communicate primarily through texting – some worry that we are losing the nuance and complexity of real communication as a result of the need to truncate our words and phrasing into short bursts of instant information. Others, however, believe that texting has actually been a boon to teenagers and adolescents, who are typing and writing more than they ever have ...

Cisco has announced Business Transformation Certifications and training programs that have been specifically designed to help sales force and channel partners to satisfy the desires of customers to engage in higher value and structured conversations that are relevant to businesses . The three business transformation certifications shall enable the identification of individuals who are capable of supporting customer long term strategic goals and align business objectives with technology strategies effectively .

The certifications include topics such as identifying and engaging with stakeholders, understanding customer business needs and priorities, strategic questioning to understand customer problems, develop business case studies to analyze costs ...

Victim and villain is a concept that is largely dependent on a societal view and understanding that is sourced from a common social practice. The image created by the society members is what is taken to represent the true villain and victim of a situation or occurrence, in this case a crime. The ideas and knowledge built up and shaped by the society’s tales, beliefs, and perception is what is used in the judging of a person and understanding their criminal deeds. There are many issues and aspects that fall into play while victim/villain concepts are being explained and decided by upon ...

The main topic of the paper is about the disintegration of the family as a unit in the UAE. It tackles the reasons why the divorce rate is increasing, the causes of divorce, and any outside influences that affect the rising number of divorce cases. According to the results of the research, high divorce rate could be attributed to financial issues within the family and the culture in the country. In addition, the study revealed that weakening moral values also contribute to divorce cases considering that there are other nationalities also living in ...

Introduction

The most important variable that enables mankind achieve beyond their imagination is communication. Communication is however only enabled through understanding different cultures and only then will we be able diversify and achieve greatness. This helps individuals resolve the numerous crises facing the planet since we understand different ways of thinking through culture. The book Beyond Culture by Edward T. Hall explains the different ways to improve interaction in different cultures. The book also discusses the problems that could be experienced when interacting with different cultures and the guided pathways in achieving the goal of breaking cultural barriers. ...

Studying international relations is an important aspect as the same not only requires an understanding of state of affairs in between nations at present, but in the future the very same understanding capabilities may translate into formulation of foreign policies. Studying about international relations is a challenging task as the same requires knowledge of political science, law and economics, yet the subject area is different from these individual aspects. The reason being international relations is a combination of political science, economics and law as the underlying factors in each of the above domains result in the formulation of ...

As a result of globalization, the multi-culture and cultural relation has resulted to increasing demand of learning various cultures. In addition, there are many global issues, such as pollution and climate change that requires coordination and collaboration of the different culture to mitigate. Therefore, the modern societies must learn to coordinate so that they can prevent the problem of mutual self-destruction. For instance, the United States is facing the problem of cultural distortion as a result of immigration into the country. The appropriate way to mitigate such problems is through the intercultural understanding. People should acquire intercultural communication as a tool to ...

Every child’s life starts with a first teacher. The result of education and upbringing of kindergarten students depends on three factors: who is teaching, who is being taught and how is this process organized. A huge role in education certainly belongs to the teacher himself, his personality and skills. I do understand that this is one of the difficult and responsible professions, especially when it comes to kindergarten. There are a lot of books and articles written about the greatness and of pedagogical work and its’ difficulties. A good teacher must form his strategy of ...

Computer mediated communication, known as CMC is used to describe all types of communication using cyberspase. This kind of communication is processed by different tools provided by internet such as blogs, chats, emails, services for instant messaging, social networks and others.

CMC opened a new path for creating and maintaining relationships between individuals. Through internet people are able to talk and share their intimacy. It is obvious that cyberspace significantly changed our understanding of communication. Along with the progress of technology certain social concepts evolved including communication. Today it is possible to communicate instantly with individuals who are thousands ...

The photomorpogenesis research project at Clemson University is very interesting. Photomorphogenesis means light-mediated growth, and photomorphogenesis research looks at how the manipulation of light sources effects plants. This regulation of plant growth is independent of photosynthesis and it is controlled by the pigment phytochrome. Phytochrome exists in two forms, Pr and Pfr and has peak absorptions at 660nm and 730nm red-range light. It’s the conversion of the pigment between the two forms that ultimately influences the plant growth, the morphology, flowering, and germination.

The photomorphogenesis research program at Clemson University was founded in 1985. The initial research ...

Communication is an important aspect in the society. It is an essential element in the lives of individuals because it conveys messages to individuals across the society. Communication forms an important aspect of human understanding in the communities. It is important to adopt appropriate measures and techniques of communication in order to enhance understanding and knowledge in the society. Positivity is an important aspect of communication and forms one of the appropriate measures of communication among individuals. Positivity presents the advantageous side of communication by employing a variety of flavors to facilitate proper understanding of information.

Love ...

Kaplan, S. (2009). Business Strategy, People Strategy and Total Rewards. Benefits and Compensation Digest Vol. 44: 7, (12-19). Retrieved from http://www.diamond-consultinggroup.com/pdf/Stacey_Kaplan_Total_Rewards_And_Business_Strategy.pdf

The article outlines ways on how the human resource manager needs to integrate the people and business related strategies before implementing a reward program that benefits both the employees and the business. The author criticizes the method that most HR personnel use to provide benefits to the employees whereby some human resource managers just implement a reward program because it is being used in another organization. The author laments that it is important first to determine the compatibility of a ...

Customer centric marketing is a marketing approach that focuses on the needs of individual customers rather than the needs of the firm or a market segment. Traditionally, product based companies, have primarily focused on logistics and manufacturing. Basically, this entails improving efficiency. Similarly, for service based companies, the primary focus has been on the delivery of quality services. Customer service marketing in both product based and service based companies seeks to put the needs of the customers at the center of every core business processes. The sales and marketing departments of organizations interact with customers more frequently compared to ...

Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Checking Your Understanding page 5

- There are a variety of different ways that art can be around the world. Art can be in a book that is being read, the furniture that is being sit on, and in the video games that people play on a regular basis. Basically, art can be anything that a person sees, has seen, or might imagine like advertisements on TV, Internet, toys, fashion, cars, paintings, and movies. - Perceive means to become aware through the senses of the special nature of objects. When a person uses their sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to perceive an object, a person will better understand ...

I decided to take this class because I have always loved music and I was interested in getting a better understanding of the subject. I have been to a lot of concerts and I own a ton of music, but I have never taken the time to learn this much about the something that is a part of my daily life. Because I like music so much, I was familiar with some of the types of music discussed and know a little bit about music history.

I expected that this class wouldn’t have that much work because I didn’t realize how much ...

Knowing one’s identity is one of the biggest achievements one can be a have in their life. This is important because the beliefs that one has about who they are, forms the basis of which one interacts with others, shape ones view of the world and will determine the development of a person into maturity. As much as knowing our identity is important, it is a hard to achieve. This mainly because our identities are usually influenced, consciously or unconsciously, by multiple factors such as race, religion, class, ethnicity and gender. For one to identify their true self, it is ...

An opinion is described as a particular understanding that one has towards another person, a situation or simply a particular matter (Darner, 2008). Most often than not, an opinion is specifically formulated by a person based on his knowledge and the experiences that develop his personal perception about an issue that he might be involved in. Relatively, such elements mandate a profound consideration on how thoughts have specifically been considered to create a distinct representation on how and why one believes on something. On the other hand, a majority of opinions is understood as the collection of opinions; a centralized distinction on how one particular group specifically ...

History plays a very important role in the development and progress of humanity. Social, cultural and political religious factors play a crucial role in shaping a society. All these factors evolve in a particular way throughout the history to give the society or world a particular shape. The world of today has also experienced such historical evolution. The economy is becoming increasingly global, in which an idea of uniformity and global culture is embedded. But on the other hand, despite the increasing move or evolution towards uniformity, the extremism in the world is also increasing. The reason for that is hidden in the past ...

Question 1: We have been talking about the importance of understanding our own attitudes and prejudices in order to appreciate cultural differences. In light of this topic, why is it important? How have you dealt with situations in which you did or said things that you later learned or realized might have been offensive, or at least misunderstood?

Response

It is important to understand our own prejudices and attitudes as they have a phenomenal impact on our daily lives. They affect the way we relate with other people both in a professional, business, or personal environments. Our attitudes and prejudices are deeply ...

The paper tends to discuss the oddity of Aphra Behn, who is a female writer of 1688 and known as a very famous female novel writer. Her writing style depicts her personality, and her chosen topics are indicative of her station and feminism. The writing style of Behn affects the understanding of the readers. Therefore, the paper is based in the oddity of Aphra Behn novels, writings and her personality.

It is evident that the Behn’s chosen topics are clearly indicative of her feminism. After reading her written work, it can be said that there are many topics in which ...

Summary

According to the article, God rid me of god; there is a common understanding in the society that for an individual to be a Christian he/she must become a Christian. Modernity has changed the current religious community, hence an emerging church. The current Christianity involves the concept of ‘being’ and ‘destination’. For an individual to remain saved, he only needs to become a Christian and be a member of the church. Christianity is founded on the belief that God’s communication with humankind is through revelation.

Thinkers reasoned out the issue of revelation and concealment arguing that beliefs rely on clear and ...

Answer 1

Spot and forward market

Foreign exchange rate is the means of expressing the worth and the value of the economy by the value of its currency by the value of another one. The normal market usage is to in quoting the exchange rate to spot value. It, therefore, means that for spot date, the delivery for two business days from the trade date, the payment is always done two days after delivery except for Canada versus US where it is two days. The two business days are usually essential in order to allow the trade information between the counterparties involved being agreed upon ...

In “On Women, Holiness, and Middle Age,” Cristina Mazzoni talks about the aging process for women, particularly as it relates to the stigma of getting older (past the age of thirty-nine). Citing a number of famous figures who died young, as well as some who accomplished great things only after they hit middle age, Mazzoni notes that all of these women have close, fascinating relationships with God no matter their age.

The central idea behind the article is that all of the figures that she names came to prominence (and to God) at the age of 39 or ...

Dinkins, J. M., & Lino, M. (2002). Food Trade-Offs: Choosing How to Balance the Diet. Family Economics and Nutrition Review, 14(2), 83-85.

The article informs how people adopt food trade-offs approach to make their diet healthy. The authors mentioned about how people can include different nutrients by exchanging one food item from the other in order to make their diet healthy. The authors say that the healthy diet prevents people from unwanted health issues. The source is very helpful in understanding different food items that need to be included in the diet of individuals.

Leonard, B., Armstrong, L., Breen, J., Denton, C., & Georgiou, A. (2013, August 28). How Does Diet Impact Health? Retrieved from University of Minnesota: http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/health/diet-nutrition/how-does-diet-impact-health

The article describes benefits of a healthy diet and negative impacts of highly processed food items. According to the authors, standard American diet consists of a large amount of ...

The personality trait that tends to irritate me is that of perception, and it is under the Meyer-Briggs personality type indicator. I find it uncomfortable working with someone who can easily be influenced to change their minds when the going gets tough (Bayne,82). Introversion is a personality trait that is found to be irritating to a majority of people. The basis behind it being uncomfortable is the fact that an individual is never willing to share their troubles and blocking everyone around them from the internal beliefs and ideas. As a way of improving one's personality, simple measures like understanding ...

A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people,” said Mahatma Gandhi. It is the culture of a people that gives them a sense of belonging, identity and pride of who they are. Culture is an integral part of a people and cannot be separated from them. Being passed from one generation to another, culture is indelible in the hearts and souls of its perpetrators. The centrality of culture has a number of effects in shaping the opinion, style and character of a people. It is to this effect that various groups of people have their own way of ...

The development of people in society is explained in a number of ways. Several theories have been put forth with regard to this and some of them include the traditional development theory and the relational-cultural theory. These theories seek to show how development in society occurs and how society plays a crucial role in determining social relationships. These theories may differ in approach but the bottom line is that the form a baseline for a better understanding of all kinds of human development and experiences.

There are major differences between these two theories. Relational cultural theory on one hand proposes a new way of ...

Annotated Bibliography for Terrorism

Broomhall, B. (2004). State actors in an international definition of terrorism from a human rights perspective. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 36(2-3), 421-441.

Some of the examples of terrorism provided by Broomhall (2004) include hostage-taking and the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, as well as acts of genocide and war crimes.

The international terrorism aspect of this article will allow a more in depth view into the various activities that differentiate domestic from international terrorism, including the legal ramifications that are attached to both forms. Highlighting the International Criminal Court’s definition of terrorism will help to shape the ...

Introduction

Throughout my education, I have noticed that writing has become my passion. Books developed my desire for analysis, discussion and collision of arguments. However, the difficulty to shape my thoughts and reflections lead me to enroll in a rhetoric course. This course offers learning of the skills to analyze and find the gist of the read material. Apart for that, the rhetoric course increases the level of vocabulary, structured writing, and usage of proper citation.

One of the most difficult things is defining and structuring the paper. There are so many ideas, and I find it difficult to separate them ...

Introduction

My personal epistemology or theory of knowledge is dependent on my realistic understanding of the world. I have come to know reality because of my inherent ability to perceive and interpret my environment. Through my senses and rationality, I know what it is like to know what I do know, despite the fact that I have my limitations. Given my knowledge to distinguish my internal and external worlds, I have realized that there is more than just knowledge, which is above itself. I will refer to here are second-order or meta-knowledge.

Commonly Asked Epistemic Questions

Before delving farther into the critical parts of ...

- The reading was very informative due to a few reasons. First, the reading tried to expose the connection between the human brain and the spoken language. It showed that content words in a language are stored in different compartments where they are processed. Different neural mechanisms are also involved in the processing. Second, the reading showed numerous research findings stating that the language is entailed in the left part of the brain. Third, the reading also emphasized that it is through human brain that people acquire knowledge and wisdom, so people should devote more time in understanding it so that ...

There are many communication concepts that are important to our everyday interactions. Each concept is arguably just as important as its counterparts. However, there are certain ones appearing more important than others. Whether one is speaking formally or informally barriers to communication, communication policies and strategy requirements, and organizational communication are all important to understanding one another, as well as conveying our own method. Each concept contributes its own facets and allows for a deeper understanding of communication and one another. Each idea serves its own purpose within the contexts of communication. Individuals of all walks of life can benefit ...

Part 1:

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Coming to your questions

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In Euthyphro of Plato, we are introduced first to a conversation that goes on between Socrates and Euthyphro with an explanation by Euthyphro on his intention to prosecute his father on the murder that he strongly believes that he has committed in his presence. It is clear that Socrates from the start of Euthyphro has one objective in mind; questioning the ones around him and provoking them in questioning their own lives aspects. A good example is the question that he directs to Euthyphro that at first glance looks confusing. The argument clearly states that the morality idea is solely ...

The case study involves a scenario where an individual was tasked with the responsibility of selling his ideas before a panel so as to secure funding for a given project. It involved a medical researcher (Jack) in a hospital whose work may be instrumental in cancer treatment. To proceed to the next level, he needed funding. Consequently, the hospital in which he was based organized for him to present his idea to the managers of a scientific company. The main aim of the presentation was to convince the managers that the idea was viable. Put differently, Jack had to persuade the managers of the company ...

One of the contemporary theories in the developmental psychology is the relational- development theory. This theory was brought about by Gorlitz. The theory primarily focuses on the description and explanation of change. The forms of changes that the theory covers are transformational and variation change, expressive and instrumental change, universal and individual change, to name but a few (Gorilitz, 1998). In other word, the theory defines development as a result of the changes in the form and function of expressive features of behavior. However, as we focus on these changes, the theory suggests that the information offered is as a result of ...

Background information

William Labov is a renowned American linguistic whose contributions in language development are highly regarded across the globe. He is attributed to the evolution of sociolinguistics. Labov was born in December in the year 1927 in Rutherford, New Jersey. He has contribute his knowledge towards improving language in several universities with the latest being Pennsylvania university as a professor in research in sociolinguistics and dialectology. He has received many awards in honor of his contribution towards language.

Main contributions in language

Labov has contributed immensely in linguistics, both as a tutor and an author. Through his unique ways, he shifted his study to a more scientific oriented ...

“The Dynamics of Social Change and Mexico’s EZLN”

The purpose of this essay, as stated by the author, is to provide a better understanding of Latin American social movements and to elucidate the apparent confusion and theoretical deadlock surrounding the study of Latin American social movements in the Mexican context. The author analyzes and identifies various forms of struggle and social movements, as they relate to the quest for social justice and political power sought by the peasant and indigenous communities of Chiapas and elsewhere in Mexico. The author attempts to explain the developments that led to and followed the January 1994 uprising of the Ejercito Zapatista de ...

Intensive Reading Program

Reading is an essential component that enables students to develop comprehensive skills in the learning process. A reading program is therefore necessary in achieving this objective. A reading program that I would develop is the intensive reading program (Alderson, 2000). The things I would include in this program are diverse and it would be a guide to the success of the program. This program would include the key ideas and the details of the text, inference, identification of the outline of information and the relationship with the message, phrases or text that connect ideas and lastly would be identification of ...

Part I

Research essay refers to as the type of writing that requires a writer to read instructions carefully and before starting to write one must explore the subject to which the instructions denote in order to find the topic. Once the topic is understood, a writer must then find resources relating to the topic and locate information regarding the subject. Then read the information carefully in order to find applicable information which would then help a person to organize his/her thoughts. This process may require more time as different skills are employed to ensure a certain level of accuracy hence one must have some ...

Introduction

The scientific study of behaviors and mental functions is something that I am interested in so much. My personal goal as an upcoming psychologist is essentially to have a good understanding of individuals and groups through both researching specific cases and establishing general principles. For that reason, the first topic that is, Introduction to Psychology is a very motivating topic to me.

I like the definition of psychology because it is straight forward and easily understandable. What is studied in this field that is, mental process and behavior is what I am interested most as I have stated above. Since a human ...

Medical students find it essential to learn human anatomy, which deals with anatomical structures of the human body, including organs, cells, tissues, and organ systems. Anatomy relates to physiology, the branch of science dealing with the functioning of living organisms (Snell, 2011). Therefore, it is not enough to identify body structures, but also to understand them. For example, knowledge about human anatomy can help understand anatomical behaviors such as the human sexual response cycle. The most significant reason for understanding human anatomy is when a person plans to become a doctor, physician, or nurse. People planning to treat human diseases ...

This is an article whose aim was to identify with the number of individuals who are addicts of adverse alcoholism. The article evaluates the mental disorders that are brought along with exclusive abuse of alcohol as well as poor alcoholic livelihood. It also deals with the co-occurrence of alcohol abuse and dependence with other psychiatric disorders as indicated in the National Comorbidity Survey. This article was aimed at understanding the number of individuals in a household who have fallen victims of excessive abuse of alcohol in the society.

Like any article that would wish to represent truth in terms of ...

Response to Provided Answers

Question 1

You have a good argument. However, a few sentences are not authoritative enough. For example, in your answer you have “I think all American ,” this sentence could be revised as follows “It is imperative that American” In this case, you avoid overuse of the first pronoun “I”, while maintaining active voice writing. In addition to the cited reference, you could consider the contributions of the Federal Constitutional drafters such as Madison and Hamilton. Consider how their essays on the constitution promoted democracy and the subsequent adoption of the draft that form the foundation of the American ...

Question A, 1.

When voting for constituency representatives to the Congress, citizens should prefer trustees over delegates. When representing the people, trustees apply their knowledge and wisdom to determine what is the best way to help develop or improve the lives of his constituents. The constituents forward their interests and concerns to the representatives and the representative prioritizes the concerns and acts upon them according to the approach he finds best suitable to approach the issue. Delegates on the other hand represent their constituents in the exact manner that the constituents want their concerns to be addressed. They relay the concerns of ...

As it is renowned, consultancy is an extremely critical section of any business. Consultancy may be defined at the simplest manner as the method of enquiring or researching on certain significant element in a business. For critical understanding, outstanding defense may be given on the definition to represent the process of seeking information from a specialist on a certain field. This is to keep the person enquiring on his feet of excellent understanding of the most critical issues that surrounds his or her business.

Consultancy has been defined as a major problem in the success of businesses as it extends massive challenges to ...

Communication is an important aspect of any organization. From the marketing team to the finance team, to production team to the personnel department, all these groups receive information that tells about the mission, vision, and goals of the company. What links all these teams together is communication. Thus, the importance of communication in any work setup cannot be downplayed because everything that management does, involves communication. Team members are also required to communicate among each other and with various project stakeholders as well. Therefore, communication is crucial to enhance team efficiency, increase customer satisfaction, improve product quality, and develop ...

Motivation is a goal oriented factor either internal or external that stimulates energy and desire to continue being interested and committed to service. It is an impulse that causes a person to act or move towards achieving a goal. Motivation results from an interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors like individual or peer expectations, intensity to need or desire, or rewards and incentives attached towards goal achievement (Daft and Lane, 2008). Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic; the former is an act for an activity alone while the latter is an act intended for external rewards. Most forms of motivations are ...

The marketing department is an extremely significant department in any organization. Its significance is based on various elements that any organization has to consider and extend massive respect unto these elements. One of the main factors that may make the marketing department outstanding is the availability of the relevant information. This means that the various parties involved will manage to operate with all factors available for a common goal of excellence of the organization.

Therefore, it is highly advisable for any manager to get the right marketing information in the organization that will assist him or her to build a strategic ...

Annotated Bibliography: Wal-Mart Case Study

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is both a multinational business enterprise operating as discount stores, supermarkets, and supercenters to provide a variety of merchandise that include apparel, housewares, electronic appliances, small appliances, and other parts of hardware. Numerous reports and studies have been conducted on the store. The following are some of the reports and research studies conducted on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Bloom, P. N., & Perry, V. G. (2001). Retailer power and supplier welfare: the case of Wal-Mart. Journal of Retailing, 77(3), 379-396.

Bloom and Perry (2001) provide an understanding of the retailing business in respect to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...

Introduction.

Salute Ladies and Gentlemen: The success of any team is derived from leadership skills applied in meeting its objectives. Leadership is among the key tools that boost the procedures in meting an organization’s or group’s objectives. Everyone is born a leader, but while leadership acquisition can be natural, effective leadership skills are made. A team’s success is defined by directives, set goals, and co-operation. This can only be acquired if such a team is led by an effective leader. This speech covers the characteristics and importance of effective leadership in understanding the needs of team members, nurturing growth, ...