Essays on Uniformity

IAS37: CURRENT ISSUES IN FINANCIAL REPORTING

IAS37: Current Issues in Financial Reporting Introduction Since the publication of IAS 37, it provides explicit directions for companies to recognize provision, contingent liability and contingent assets. IAS 37 undermines the traditional accounting concepts of prudence hence leading to considerable volatility in companies earning reports. The IAS 37 helps in disclosing the transaction incurred in an organization that is associated with liabilities. In the IAS 37 standard, the word “probable” has been adversely used and hence providing options of creative accounting essential for companies to recognize its provision on balance sheet. Before the amendment of current IAS 37, the ...

The compensation of collegiate coaches entails the payment for the services they offer during the games they manage. It is evident that regardless of the services offered by the coaches, it is prudent to pay them without discrimination of any sort (Kahn, 2015). The services the coaches offer are almost the same because the management of a game is not an easy task. Though there exist various factors that determine the financial status of a college, it also tends to affect the amount allocated to sports. Therefore, the amount paid tends to vary, though not by the game, but ...

Introduction

Information technology involves a technique for the manipulation, assessment as well as the processing of data. Information technology involves the application of computer and telecommunication systems. Information in the current context means electronic data. There was an evolution in the information technology industry for quite a long period, with innovations taking place time after time. The information technology encompassed transistors and integrated circuits. The application of computer systems or servers in business in the contemporary era is rampant (Jones D, 2017). The servers interact with the client users as well as other servers that exist across business networks. The ...

Introduction

Employee appraisal is necessary for any business setting since it gives proper information to the management which is essential in the formulation of future decisions and facilitates the mitigation of challenges that employees face. External and internal factors could impact the value of a business necessitating an appraisal to ascertain whether the needs of the employees are met within the company to ensure that their satisfaction is guaranteed (Tricker, 2015). Management teams often use different indicators in determining whether the output of an employee is increasing stagnant or decreasing. The principle objective of this paper is to explain the ...

Introduction

According to the New World Encyclopedia (2016), a gender role is an arrangement of behavioral standards related especially with guys or females in a given social gathering or framework, regularly including the division of work amongst men and ladies and the orderly complex of kid raising and socialization forms driving youth toward developing to propagate a similar example. Sex based parts incidental with sex-based parts have been the standard in numerous customary social orders, with the particular segments and workings of the sexual orientation/sex arrangement of part division fluctuating extraordinarily from society to society. Sexual orientation part is a ...

Abstract

The United States Bill of Right is scattered in several Amendments of the Constitution due to the progressive developmental history of the U.S law and Constitution. Each amendment either introduced a new right or enhanced on the existing one. Of essence to my discussion, however, is the Due Process Clause was introduced in the American Bill of Rights by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S Constitution. As per the Amendment, no state should deprive any person his or her life, liberty, or property without following the due process of the law. In the Fifth Amendment, a similar stand was ...

Introduction

Multinational corporations across the world usually consolidate and present their operational results in financial and non-financial terms at the end of every term, usually a year. The financial aspect of reporting is supposed to comply with a clearly prescribed set of regulatory standards. The adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards and GAAPs was meant to ensure that all compliant firms across the world produce financial statements that conform to the industry specific reporting frameworks and thus achieve a degree of uniformity in reporting. Different firms in operating in multiple locations operate under the strict guidelines of the specific ...

The mechanistic structure comprises a bureaucratic or hierarchical arrangement with formalised practices or procedures along with centralised authority and focuses on control and specialisation. Mechanistic structures are rigid and excessively authoritative with emphasis on power and chain of command. Conversely, organic structures are more flexible, open, and informal as compared to mechanistic structures and encourage employee involvement and input. Organic structures are more practical as compared to mechanistic structures in a rapidly changing business environment of the modern world mainly because of the flexibility. The mechanistic structures offset the creativity, flexibility, and autonomy required in the contemporary world to ...

The most important element of Kroc’s strategy was a concept of uniformity. Thanks to his experience in sales, Kroc recognized the significance of uniform standards. His strategy guaranteed that customers of McDonald’s all over the country could anticipate receiving the meal of same size and quality in different restaurants and these expectations would be met by McDonald’s franchisees, no matter where they were located. In order to achieve this ideal of uniformity, Kroc developed standards of operation, trained franchisees and monitored all McDonald’s outlets to ensure that they met these standards. In addition, Kroc’s ...

While analyzing the ‘state of the art’ of quality improvement in healthcare, it is identified that healthcare is yet to achieve a lot in terms of quality improvement. In spite of revolutionary technological advancements in the field of healthcare, care quality and patient safety is yet to be improved in various regards. For instance, medical errors still remain to be a major issue affecting patient safety despite explosive technological advancements occurred in the field of healthcare over the last decades. While going through ‘Hospital Compare’, an official government website maintained to compare the service quality of different hospitals in ...

My new role in this expansion for growth of The Dunkin Donuts by opening five new locations is huge task that I plan to undertake in the most professional way possible. Based on my past experiences in job staffing, leading, training, couching, and managing employees, which have contributed to my success in the previous position at Dunkin Donuts, I believe I can extent the same expertise to this new role. In my new role, I Intent to adopt a more advanced job design, organizational design, recruitment and selection process, and training and performance appraisal measures to ensure successful opening ...

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Introduction The given case study of Cracker Barrel Restaurant demonstrates an instance of prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation that has become a common occurrence within the workplaces all around the globe. Discriminatory practices such as prejudiced hiring/firing, promotions, and unfair work practices have often been observed in organizations. People are being discriminated every day on the basis of their religion, ethnicities, sexual orientation, races, and gender; however, it is rarely found explicitly written into an organizational policy. Nonetheless, Cracker Barrel Restaurant became the first American employer that clearly prohibited the employment of the ...

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Introduction Death, as a form of punishment, is being practiced even in the earliest days of human civilization. The people of ancient Mesopotamia, during the time of Hammurabi, have been observed to perform death sentences on certain transgressions and immoral acts, as determined by their codes . Similarly, the Hebrews has also been using death as a capital punishment for several transgressions under their law. The traditional Law of Moses, which can also be read in the Christian bible, is, in fact, a relic of the age old tradition of exacting death penalty that has been practiced for ...

Priori and Posteori knowledge

Knowledge is priori if it is the type of knowledge that is independent of experience. It is strictly based on reason and applies only on stern uniformity and not on experiences which have been felt. On the other hand, posteori knowledge is the knowledge that comes about as a result of experience, and as such is severely uncertain and confined when it comes to applications in particular cases.

Analytical and Synthetic judgments

Analytical judgments are those judgments whose implied concepts of the motion are included in the concepts of the main subject. Such judgments can be drawn from the rule of non-contradiction since ...

RESEARCH REPORT

INTRODUCTION The French accounting had a long way of establishment and development. More so as France was a country with many colonies throughout the whole world. Despite the fact that the metropolis did not really want to develop thee colonies, as only their resources interested the French government, the French accounting system still had an immense influence on the development of the accounting systems in these countries.

French accounting found its origins under the reign of Louis XIV. The first mention and example of an accounting attempt was undertaken when the French wrote an official document named “Ordonnance”. The ...

Philosophy Final Exam

4. (a) How does Locke describe the state of nature? Locke describes the state of nature as a logical abstraction developed by man himself. He does not entirely accept it as the outcome of historical developments. He describes nature from two perspectives. The first view sees nature as a free environment where everyone has the liberty to do what pleases them as long as their actions do not have an adverse impact on others. Nature makes every man equal. No man has power over another and everyone is free. Every man has some power which lets him act with ...

The City and State

Executive Summary The present report analyses the data provided as part of the ongoing efforts to arrive at data driven decision making for the coffee roaster and supplier firm –‘Sublime Delights.’ The report takes into account the BADIRTM methodology in order to develop an analysis strategy and derive meaningful and actionable intelligence for the management of the company to take effective decisions. The report starts with a brief introduction of the company, proceeds further with the problem statement and the methodology used. The report then goes on to process and analyze the data as collected from various sources towards ...

Abstract

The design of a flyer is normally dependent on the basic rules for flyer design. This includes employing the C.R.A.P principles. These principles include contrast of color, fonts, and elements in the flyer so as to achieve appeal. This principle operates on the notion that our brains are fast to pick out patterns and contrasts. The second principle is Repetition it involves repeating elements in the design this creates uniformity in the work. Alignment of text and images in the flyer design brings uniformity. Proximity of the elements draws the reader to the details in the flyer by appealing ...

Introduction

Literature has a way of connecting the reader’s imagination with a distant or even future place. It is the avenue where future inventions and even fears can be highlighted and it is important in directing the thinking and even the current actions of the humans today. The following are the works of art that tend to highlight some examples of dystopia that relate to human behavior and state of mind. James, P. D. The Children of Men. London: Faber and Faber, 1992. Print. The book highlights the story of a future world which is marred by political anarchy ...

Central Part of Mexican National Identity

Mexican identity was shaped during the 19th century not by the elite in the society but the ordinary people who were limited in both social and economic resources. Even after independence in 1821, there were persistent issues of political instability, military uprising and foreign invasions that led to social problems among the citizens. As Gillingham puts it, the village benefitted from Cuauhtémoc bones through economic progression that led to major development programs and achievement of political prominence. Cuauhtémoc was a symbol for the elites before it decided to embrace the lives of the ordinary people, thereby, leading ...

Assignment 2 Research Essay

Draft 2 The Fast Food Industry SUNGD1403 2016/3/10 Abstract The rapid development of world economies has been characterized by skyrocketing trend in consumption of fast foods. The causative variable for the surge in consumption of the said food is largely the need for instant gratification by most contemporary diners coupled with convenience, speed and ease of access associated with fast food industry which complements the need for most workers to save on time. Additionally, the paper looks into cross-sectional studies with regard to the existence of a causative correlation between the increase in the trend in consumption of fast ...

1. Introduction to new training program Starbucks Coffee Company is well known for its training and development program. The training programs are conducted by both its partner resources management as well as by its line managers. The leading roles of trainer are played by the store managers and current partners. It is important to analyze the needs before the training program to implement a better plan that can achieve the company’s goals and targets. These goals are measurable and formal. For example, the objective of Barista 100 Training is to develop a Starbucks culture in the Barista stores. ...

Discussion and Summary

The analysis of Process Capability of tablet compression process through the use of statistical control charts examines different parameters. Some of the parameters examined by the selected critical process step and quality control steps include; premix blending time, the drying time and method, oscillator screen size, comminutor screen size, loss of drying or granulation, final mix blending time and, final blend (Agalloco and Frederick 80). The analysis reported a consistent value of the premixing test. This indicated the level of efficiency of the process’s ability to maintain the components of premixing blending time within its performance limit. The ...

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Introduction

In the last few centuries, our understanding of universe has grown by leaps and bounds. Before seventeenth century, people generally believed that the Earth is at centre of the universe and all heavenly bodies move around the Earth. Galileo challenged the idea and published his papers in support of Copernican heliocentric theory that the Earth and other planets move around the Sun. Our understanding of universe grew further. We realized that the Sun is not unique and there are hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy, which are brighter ...

Investigating Culture

Time can be defined as the indefinite progressive development of existence and events in the present, future, and past observed as a whole. However, there are several ways in which an anthropological approach has boosted our entire understanding of time. For example, Carol Delaney in her book Investigating Culture, refers to time as money, in which time becomes a valuable commodity rather than a standard medium that life is lived. Also, Delaney argues that time has to be spent on work but not on pleasure; thus, less money is gained when time is not used for work because each ...

This here is a paper that aims to address, in a philosophical manner, the question on whether an individual’s ideologies oblige him to enjoy or sulk in happiness. Drawing on the conclusions made in the assigned readings and other significant philosophical texts, the author of this paper tries to answer the main question in a close ended but evidence-based manner. In order to do this, a working definition of the term ideology must be provided first. There are numerous ways how one can define ideology. Within a philosophical framework, ideology can be defined as a collection of beliefs, ...

Japanese Western-Style Painting

Introduction The history of art in Japan begins with ceramics production in the tenth-millennium B.C.E by the early inhabitants of the region. Development of religious and secular traditions contributed to the growth of art in Japan featuring Confucian and Buddhist themes such as the Zen philosophy. Over years, Japanese art gained considerable influence from foreign cultures particularly China and Korea (Akiyama, 2000, p.64). The western culture had vast influence on various parts of the world and gained identification as part of modernization. On the verge of economic development, Japan made a crucial decision to embrace modernity since it promised ...

Question 1

Marks and Spencer’s business model at the zenith of the business performance befitted a thriving strategy of that time. The model was enshrined in six conspicuous principles. First, the focus was on the customer, for which quality, design, and affordability were the front-runners. Secondly, the bar was on the suppliers who were to guarantee quality supplies made using the most modern techniques possible. Thirdly, the suppliers had to assure that they observed the highest levels of quality control possible. Fourthly, the expectations of the employees of the company and especially the sale executives was to ensure that the ...

Introduction

The dawn of the 21st century has ushered in a new era that brings with it the promise of a better, bigger and brighter future. But hidden under the veils of this ultra-modern society are glimpses of the past; evils of a forgotten era that still lurk in the corners. From racism to terrorism, there are several social evils that need to be put to rest. One such successful attempt was made by Dr. Sylvia Ann Flack, an African American, who carved out a unique identity for herself owing to her contribution to the health care industry. Realizing the ...

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Introduction

Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic that focuses on the acceptance of imperfection and impermanence in the w0rld. Wabi and Sabi are two key concepts of Japanese aesthetic that look at beauty as imperfect and incomplete. The idea behind wabi-sabi is to accept things as they are and recognize the aesthetics in their imperfection (Martin 2007, p. 15). The fundamental nature of Wabi-sabi is passing of time. It is the process and not the final product and focuses on things that are often overlooked. Modernist reductionism strips down art to its basic essential ...

Wet Sieve Analysis

Wet sieving analysis of soils is used to analyze particles that contain large amounts of silt and clay. The soil particles are washed to ensure that the fine-grained particles are separated from the coarse-grained ones. The extremely fine particles normally clump together and have difficulty in passing the # 200 sieve. In this experiment, the classification of soils is done in order to determine the percentage of soil particle that passes the # 200 sieve. The Wet analysis is used to determine the fine particles in the soil sample (“45Th Anniversary of The Journal, 16)

Materials

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In summary, the basis of the Elizabethan injunctions is drawn from several injunctions which were published in the year 1547 under the leadership of Edward VI. The religious settlement of Elizabeth that was arrived at under Elizabeth 1 acted as a response to the divisions that were manifested among religions in England. The response, referred to as The 1559 Revolution was divided into the 1559 Act of Uniformity and 1558 Act of supremacy (Deazley 14). One of the vital issues to be addressed was the form of state religion to be adopted by the people of England. In 1559, ...

Aim

Introduction Dry sieve analysis also referred to as texture analysis is the process of determining the distribution of particle sizes in a soil sample. The data obtained through this analysis will help in classifying the soil type according to the ANSI, USCS, AASHTO, USDA and other standard systems of classification. The importance of soil classification provides useful information to engineers during construction of buildings and structures. It helps them to determine a particular soil that suits the requirements of the proposed project. In implementing projects such as land cover fills, water filter, roads, foundations, bridges and other projects, one ...

Pareto optimality is a condition of distribution of assets in which it is difficult to improve any one individual off without making any individual worse off. The term is named after Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), an Italian architect and financial expert who utilized the idea as a part of his investigations of monetary productivity and pay dispersion. Given a starting allotment of products among an arrangement of people, a change to an alternate distribution that improves no less than one individual off without aggravating whatever other individual off is known as a Pareto change. An assignment is characterized as " ...

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

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Abstract This project set out to examine the efficacy of a communication system known as the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), which is mainly used by individuals with autism. It is estimated that 30 to 40% of children with autism may not develop functional speech (Gerenser, 2009). With that being noted, this project broke down the PECS system in order to understand how each stage worked and why this method seemed to be the most ...

Where the national law of a European Union (EU) member state conflicts with the norms of EU law; the national law must give way. Put another way, EU law is primary to or supreme over the domestic laws it members. Although the Treaty of Rome, which created the EU, does not specifically state the primacy of EU law; the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) early interpretation of a number of the treaty’s provision focusing on the conflict between EU and domestic law has led to the common belief and continuing precedent of the supremacy of EU law. ...

Question 1: Think of significant events in your family life: has your religion influenced how you marked the occasion? How might someone from different family/religious background have marked the occasion? Answer 1: Some of the significant event in my family life have been the festive occasions and family functions which have strengthened and vitalized the bond amongst the family members. My religion its effect on my life has always sufficed to form the plinth of faith over my family. This family faith has not only exceeded in marching ahead of trivial issues that came up but also eradicated them. ...

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1.1 Background developments

Traditionally, accounting standards have been developed by different countries on the basis of local legal, economical and cultural institutions frameworks (Elliott and Elliott, 2009, p. 158). As a result, the standard setting was very country specific. With the globalization process at work for the last 3-4 decades and increasing mobility of capital internationally accepted accounting standards have become necessary to facilitate cross border transactions and make financial reporting comparable between countries and companies thereby leading to a greater transparency for investors (Nobes, 2004). IASB has been set up as a private international standard setter with a mandate to create high quality accounting standards ...

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 ...

Executive Summary

The case study is about a well renowned cosmetic brand INGLOT, a family owned business that was started in way back in 1980 and today is spread across 44 countries with its wide range of cosmetics. The report is going to focus on the company micro level and macro level road map. It will highlight the priorities, achievements and challenges faced to establish and expand both domestically as well as internationally. It will thereby conduct a strategic evaluation of the company by using VRIO strategic tool to find out the sustainability and competitive advantage of the company.

Since the company is vast ...

Drug courts are courts that oversee the reformation and rehabilitation of non-violent drug offenders (Cole & Gertz, 2012). Under these courts all stakeholders of the criminal justice system work in tandem to ensure that those going through the program are reformed and rehabilitated. The drug courts supervise the treatment program especially through regular review of the offender to ascertain the progress made. The court normally rewards the offender where there is positive progress, and imposes sanctions where the offender has regressed or violated any of the conditions that had been imposed. There are drug courts for adults, juveniles, and ...

The U.S tax system can be classified as progressive where tax rates increase with increases with taxable base or the gross income (Amico 2003, pp 14). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under the Federal Government defines gross income as any income from whatever source except for the items excluded by the state. Sources of income in this case include compensations such as service, income from insurance (except death benefits), interests, pensions, and annuities, gross profits from businesses, income from corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates, amongst others (Lymer 2004, pp 144). The state excludes death benefits accruing from life insurances, ...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a broad term describing all heart and circulation diseases, including heart failure, stroke, arterial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and coronary heart disease. CVD accounts for upwards of 28% of all deaths occurred in the UK (160,000) in 2012, and an estimated 7 million people were thought have been living with the condition. The disease costs the country an estimated £19 billion annually in lost productivity, premature death, and medication costs (£6.8 billion). Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is by far the most common and deadly of CVDs, accounting for 16% of male deaths and 10% of female deaths ...

MNCs are more likely to pursue global uniformity or differentiation

Introduction The Multinational Corporations (MNCs) are an essential part of the world in terms of an economy that is directly associated with the employment and trading. The performance of the multinational corporations is based on its employment structure and the human resource capability. The employees are the primary factor to achieve competitive advantage based on their knowledge and skills. The realization of the importance of the human resource management is directly resulting in the best practice of the human resource policies. As the multinational corporations are operating in a number of countries, therefore, such organizations face several kinds ...

An Analysis

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Abstract

The paper is entitled Nursing Informatics Theory Paper: An Analysis and it generally discusses Patricia M. Schwirian’s Nursing Informatics Theory called NI Pyramid and Schwirian Cube. The goal of the paper is to establish its usefulness in the clinical nursing practice and find ways in which the system can further be developed to address the recent trends in information technology to fit the demands of the nursing health care delivery system. After extensive review it was established that the model has perfect use for the clinical nursing practice. However, issues on security, cost and maintenance should ...

Part 1

The inside chemistry of the top management at Levendary Café at the moment seem to be very confrontationist. Mia Foster the newly appointed CEO, Luciene Leclerc the tenured Concept officer and Louis Chen the business builder in China for Levendary have disharmonious roles. Mia Foster- The role of Mia is to provide the company with strategic direction and leadership, define the business, make meaning of the market, craft a future for the company with growth and integrates the US, China and Dubai operations. The current situation puts a challenge to Mia’s role that Chen is partially playing the role ...

Uniformly distributed load (UDL) was analyzed for simply supported beam by developing three scenarios in order to ascertain uniformity in this report. It comprised of three chapters in which UDL was converted into one point, two points and three point loads that were applied on the beam having 5 m length under varying condition. In chapter-1, one point load was applied on the beam having value of 0.5 KN/m. The maximum bending moment of UDL and under one point load was found to be 0.47 and 0.38 KN-m respectively. Secondly in chapter 2, UDL was converted into two point ...

Introduction

Geometrical dimensioning and tolerance (GD&T) Is a system that is used by engineers to communicate the tolerance. GD&T uses a symbolic language that is on the engineering drawings, and other computer generated that are three dimensional solid, and they describe the nominal geometry and the variation that can be allowed. GD&T used by manufacturer of machines to know the degree of accuracy and precision that is required on very controlled component of the part.

Importance of GD&T

Understanding of GD&T helps to read the drawings for the engineers and helps one to know what has to be machined carefully. That is the GD&T helps ...

Communication:

Communication In any company or enterprise, communication is an essential tool. Business organizations rely on both the internal communication and the external communications in order to get the relevant information on the field to improve on in order to drive the business forward. The organization can only reach its customers and the public through having an efficient strategy of dispersing information effectively. In order to improve the productivity of the workers in an organization, the managers have to efficiently communicate with their subjects. Similarly, in order to acquire new customers to the company, communication plays a crucial role. Despite ...

Confucius' Political Philosophy

Kong Qiu also known as Confucius by English scholars was born in the Shandong Peninsula in 551BCE. He was a great thinker, educator, political figure, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought according to Chinese tradition. His teachings were kept in the form of Lunyu or Analects and have been preserved for over 2000 years now. These teachings form the footing of much of successive Chinese theory on the education and conduct of the ideal gentleman, how one must live and interrelate with his neighbors, and the systems of society and government that he should engage. According to ...

Standardization connotes ‘uniformity of procedures’ in administering and scoring tests. Standardized tests are for the purpose of comparing scores received by different persons. If the scores are to be comparable, the test and testing conditions must be same for all who take the test. Tests that are administered in an unvarying mode to all test takers are a standardized test. The principle of standardization is that the only independent variables present in the test should be the individuals taking the test and all other aspects must be constant. In order to achieve uniformity of the testing conditions, the test ...

Most of the theories of Durkheim argue that harmony fosters efficiency in work by minimizing conflicts. The occupational practices of Durkheim include the procedures adopted in the hope of realizing division of labor while creating harmony in the workplace. Durkheim was optimistic that these practices are attainable; however, he challenged people to show commitment in attaining their full level. In his preface to the second edition, Durkheim highlighted that legal division of labor was desirable due to the unique existence of the groups that came from it (Durkheim 2). Durkheim developed the hopeful theory, which assumes that division of ...

Social Problem Addressed by the Policy

One of the biggest social problems in the U.S. that requires immediate attention is health care. The enactment of the policy called the Affordable Health Care Act has addressed the social problem on health care. One of the problems that have to be resolved by the policy is to provide long-term care for the citizenry since there is scarcity of government funding. At the same time, the current recession and global crises has caused a significant impact in the U.S. which prevented the grant of health care insurance to the people. Although the government aims to resolve the problem on ...

Integration vs. National Responsiveness

Integration vs. National Responsiveness

Introduction

This paper entails a critical analysis of the economic integration and national responsiveness activities of a multi-national company which operates in many countries across the globe. The company in question is the Coca Cola Corporation, whose mission statement summarizes its objective of operating in every corner of the globe. In this paper, a comprehensive analysis of the strategies that have been applied by the Coca Cola Corporation on the international scale will be discussed from the perspective of whether they entail economic integration, or national responsiveness. Accordingly, the paper will also compare the company`s activities in the ...

Issues Facing Intergovernmental Relations

The state and the federal government should complement each other. The federal government exercises powers in a semi-autonomous manner, keeping the state government in check; this prevents the country from having an all-powerful central government. However, there are instances when the state and federal governments clash on some issues. There have also been major debates on which matters should be handled by which government. Sometimes the national government has been seen to arm-twist the federal governments into doing things in a certain manner, for example, adopting some legislation. The first major issue is the policies and legislations put in place ...

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Anthropology has done much for religion by comparing religious opinions and cultural practices across social organizations, concluding that religion is created by human society that practice it.

Assumption of modern anthropology holds that religion is in continuity with magical thinking (Cassirer 1944:122).

God is an imaginative projection of humans as it has been observed that images of gods worshiped by communities resemble such communities. For instance,

Xenophanes a Greek writer observed that Thracian gods were blue eyed and blond while those of

the Ethiopians are flat nosed and black (Harvey, Van A. 1997). If gods are like the people worshiping them, then the society is worshiping itself in the disguise of religion- this argument has not been validated by all anthropologists. But this may make much ...

Mandatory minimum sentencing laws are inflexible sentence that courts are forced to hand on a convicted individual. These laws do not factor in culpability and other mitigating elements surrounding the crime committed (Bjerk, 2005). These laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. These laws apply mainly in common law jurisdictions as in civil law each crime is prescribed minimum and maximum sentences (Gilpin, 2011). In scenarios where the mandatory minimum sentencing laws prevail, judges have only the core duty to determine whether an individual is guilty or innocent. The laws were formerly introduced in two countries, the United States, and ...

Social control is very important in developing good morals among the members of the society through conformity to the societal social norms and customs. It refers to the social and political processes used in the society to govern individual and group behaviour with the aim of ensuring compliance to rules provided by the social group, state or society. The meaning has been subject to change overtime as it first meant the ability of the society to regulate itself but today the meaning has changed to individual’s conformity to society norms and customs. Social control is within the socialization ...

Personal Reflection Journal Assignment

In this reflective journal, I have dwelt on discussing several topics that include functions of management, goal setting, delegation of duties, centralization and decentralization, as well as vision and mission statements of firms. These critical areas shape organizations and determine their growth, expansion and eventual success.

Vision, value and mission statements

The vision statement gives a description of how the company would look in the future so that it can remain on a success path (Foreman, 1998, p.22). In developing the vision of my company, I have to keep the aspired future in mind. An effective vision statement has to challenge, inspire the stakeholders, and enable ...

Brand dilution

There is the imminent problem of a high possibility of brand dilution. There are some steps that could lead to brand dilution like when we examine the expansion strategy utilized by the other automobile manufacturers. One would notice that they are manufacturing variants for specific market regions; for example, there would be models for the European, African, Asian and other markets (Meredith, 2000). When this approach is adopted the customers in some regions would feel short changed because there is no uniformity. They are likely not to take pride in these models since they have a feeling that some features are ...