900 Word Essay Examples

Arguably, the world today has become a global village. As a matter of fact, Asia has been influenced by various factors regards of its tendency to be so attached to its culture. For example, some of the things that have brought changes include international business, social networks, technology, as well as social media. Therefore, culture in Asian region face identity crisis, whereby they face two forces. As an international firm, doing business in Asia is tremendously influential to cultural issues and lifestyle of Asian people. Hence, it is obvious that operating an international firm in Asia makes the firm ...

Introduction

It is unethical for hospitals to charge uninsured patients more money than insured patients for similar medical procedures. This is according to medical ethics and professional codes of practise. However in most cases, this is rarely the case given challenges normally arise as a result of resource allocation. This can be best explained by the fact that despite the fact the primary healthcare of health institutions is care provision; these institutions just like any organization need resource allocation for them to be able to fulfil their mandate. As a result, it is common practise for hospitals to ignore principles ...

Every American and most cable news watcher from around the world watched in shock and possible awe as the NATO missiles destroyed the old city of Baghdad. The regime of Saddam Hussein ended thanks to the American invasion in what was the alleged pursuit of Al Qaeda and the terrorist remnants. The missing link to this event was an independent role of the media and the subsequent pivotal role of the fourth estate in ensuring that whole account of war was independent. The much cherished liberal media in the western world lacked the precise corner stone that was supposed ...

Question 1

Fiduciary Relationship

A patient in a comatose state presents to the physician with diabetes and high blood pressure. The patient needs mechanical ventilators, dialysis machines and artificial hydration to prolong life. The doctor is informed by the patient’s wife that the patient had previously indicated that he never wanted mechanical ventilation if he fell ill. The doctor is presented with the conflict of interest on the basis of the principle of respect for patient’s autonomy. On the hand, the doctor can ascertain that it is in the best interest of the patient to put him on the ...

Executive summary

The purpose of this report is to assist Sam De Boni with his investment decision. He recently won a lottery of $10,000 which he wishes to invest in the tourist industry and the skycity entertainment group in terms of financial and statistical data and key accounting ratios. From the financial statements the company has been performing well in the recent past and the trend is expected to persist in the near future.

The research for this report involved a thorough research on NZX Company Research Database website, Statistics New Zealand website, and SkyCity Investor Centre website.
According to ...

A competitive analysis with company level profiles, functional areas and financial report begins with identification of industry competitors. This is followed with conducting an internal analysis of every company to identify existing strengths and weaknesses. It is vital to identify competitors’ growth strategies, marketing strategy, market share as well as their available resources and capital. Critically, identify why certain companies are failing while others are succeeding. Look at the efficiency and effectively of the company’s functional areas. Review core areas like marketing, HR, finance and R&D. However, this should be based on every company’s current issues. Similarly, ...

Abbey St. Claire Quality Care Services and Certifications is a home health care company that provides medical services that include, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing from medical professionals who qualified and competent to handle other services such as bathing and eating.

For the sake of records, the company has compiled an extensive records and information that provides details of funding and state dealings. For many consumers, the cost of home healthcare warrants a proactive planning that weighs on the budget and income level. Abbey St. Claire Quality Care Services and Certifications charge a high of their visits a ...

1. Think of the last time that you had a conflict with another person, either at work or at school. Using the guidelines for performance feedback, how would you provide effective feedback to the person?

The best approach would be to solve the problem/conflict. In solving the problem, the focus of feedback however, is not on the person but on the behavior of the person. Moreover, it would be even more effective if criticism is minimized. If effective performance is observed, then an effective feedback would be through praise.

Performance management, as I understand it, is an approach through ...

The Tribal Law and Order Act Of 2010 was enacted and signed to become a law by President Barack Obama in 29th July, 2010. The main aim behind the enactment of this US law was to seek remedy to the enforcement of lax law on the Indian reservations. The law brings about the execution of all the relevant enhancement and sentencing at the federal level. Despite this, the tribal court has powers to choose an option under which it provides public defenders of specific qualifications. Additionally, the law offers a funding option for preventive programs relating to drug and ...

Instructors:

Section one

Georges (2012) carried out a research to establish relationship between varieties of religious experiences and manifest hate. In his article which was published in journal of religion and society data was collected in different states of USA. The data on level of religiosity was collected and grouped into three categories i.e. high religiosity, moderate religiosity and low religiosity. In determining whether one belongs to any of the group the researcher considered person’s belief on existence of supernatural being. Then manifest of hate index in each state was calculated. A regression analysis which was carried out showed: ...

It is almost conventionally accepted that color is so powerful that everyone sees the world through the lens of color. People see each other and evaluate them by how they look Black, Hispanic, Asian or Caucasian and make a judgment that are absolute on the authenticity of race. However, how many people ever realize that race is just, but a social construct? Scholars such as Ruth Frankenberg have stated in the book “The Social Construction of Whiteness, White Women, Race Matters” on how powerful and critical race plays a role in life. The common practice of passing ethnicities as ...

James River Air Conditioning Company specializes in commercial and home comfort air conditioning systems in addition to building automation systems. The company stands upon the philosophy of an entrepreneurial spirit that seeks to provide world class service. The mission of the Company is to do what it says it will do, when it says it will do it, right the first time, with a positive outcome from everyone concerned. The company uses a practical energy strategy that makes sense to customers in terms of sustainability and reduction of foreign oil dependence.

Customer perspective objectives are based on how a ...

In the US, the minimum drinking age policy was passed in 1984, July 17 that was aimed at passing the minimum age to purchase and possess alcoholic beverages to 21. The minimum drinking age was empowered Federal Aid Highway Act that was aimed to lower the annual federal highway allocation by 10% to any state that had a minimum drinking age below 21 years. The minimum drinking age has become a controversial topic among the policy makers and other stakeholders in the US economy. After considering the both sides of the coin, some policy makers in some states banned ...

The epic poem Beowulf is one of the earliest long-form stories known to man, and it suitably deals with the themes of good versus evil in a very straightforward way. Heroes are virtuous, villains are villainous, and characters are less real people than they are forces of nature. The allure of good is even illustrated through the narrator's treatment of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes: "In the end each clan on the outlying coasts beyond the whale-road had to yield to him and began to pay tribute. That was one good king" (pg. 1). At the same time, ...

Professional athletes in the United States have demonstrated a clear ability to play sports at a very high level. There is no doubt that professional athletes in the United States are among the best in the world at their respective sports—however, being very good at sports does not necessarily make one a good person or a good role model for children. This is not to say that there are not professional athletes that are good role models for children; horeswever, the American public treats professional athletes as though they are much more suited to the role of “role ...

James bought Popcorns in China. Does this imply that these Popcorns came from America? This is not necessary the case. However, a majority of us view America as cultural imperialism. Fundamentally, this implies that emerging nations are acclimatizing to the American way of life. For instance, many nations have acclimatized to the American popular music, American TV Shows like MTV, as well as, American foods like McDonald's. In my opinion, Americans have tried to impose their culture to the whole world, through their items. In other words, Americans have tried to make other nations to adjust to their culture ...

Wechsler defined intelligence as “the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with his environment” . However, unlike traditional concepts of intelligence that focus solely on mental ability and intellect, emotional intelligence is associated with the relationships that one develops with the constituents of one’s environment. The origin of this concept lies in the various attempts to define social intelligence. To date, the most widely accepted definition was provided by Thorndike which states that social intelligence is the “ability to perceive one’ ...

Question 1:

The board and the executive leadership team of Northwestern memorial hospital should respond to the finding of the Illinois court case as discussed hereunder:

Provena Covenant Medical Center “relies on private physicians to fill its medical staff.” This is through utilizing numerous third party providers in order to deliver other services at the hospital. These include but are not limited to lab, laundry, pharmacy, MRI/CT services. Despite this being a non-profit motivated institution, some of the services were provided for a fee/profit under disguise. Therefore the executive leadership and the board of Northwestern memorial hospital should bind itself with ...

Chapter 8 of Karl Marx volume one considers at a great depth what as the title suggests is a concept of capital. This capital is revealed in two ways, which are a changeable capital and an invariable one. In this chapter, factors relating to labor processes and the roles that they play are considered. As it is seen in page 139, the laborer is seen to add value in regard to the subject of his labor through expenditure in the available labor. Karl Marx has outlined how difficult it is for a laborer to perform two processes at once ...

Sometimes, it only takes one great act in history, or one great story for a hero to emerge. Such is the case with the Greek story Iliad, and the historical events in Jerusalem during the time of the crusades. To say that the heroes of these stories do not have anything in common, is a denial of the natural order of things. Both have somehow made a stamp in history, and both are touted as heroes, even up to this day.

Achilles is one of the many heroes in the Greek story ...

Systemic crises are as a result of a collapse in the operations of a system. This often results in losses or problems that may overwhelm the operations of the entire system hence causing a breakdown. The occurrence of such systems affect a number of individuals depending on their magnitude hence the need to identify strategies that can restore the situation back to normal. This paper identifies two specific systemic crises discussed in the course module and analyzes their similarities and differences. The crises discussed in this paper include crisis/hostage negotiation and school-based crises. There is also a discussion on ...

Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Return to Forever “full live”

The concert of “Return to Forever” has impressed with the variety of themes and layers. Avant-garde style performed by the most successful line up of the group in its history: pianist Chick Corea, guitarist Al Di Meola, bassist Stanley Clarke, and drummer Lenny White in this album, called “Romantic Warriors” also brings mature sound of traditional jazz approach in their sound. This jazz/musical classic concert sometimes drive to medieval, I would even say baroque style, as in “The Magician" by Clarke. The “Romantic Warrior” includes compositions from all of the players, making it really collective work. Each of these ...

Ratio analysis

Costco’s net profit margin for the year 2014 was 1.83% implying that it earned a net income of $0.0183 for each dollar of total revenue. The ratio increased from 1.72% in 2012 to 1.94% in 2013 before declining to 1.83% in 2014. Return on total assets also grew from 6.3% in 2013 to 6.73% in 2013 before falling to 6.23% in 2014. The company’s return on equity was 16.73% in the year 2014. In 2012, return on equity was 13.83%. The ratio increased in 2013 to 18.82%. The above ratios indicate the profitability of Costco increased in ...

Recently, there has been a paradigm shift, mostly in western countries, from an emphasis on crime prevention, to punishment. According to Fowler (2008), this trend is expected to accelerate steadily, at least in the United States. For instance, with respect to juvenile crime, there has been a frequent call for heightened outlays on crime detection and law enforcement, and for increased penalties for criminal as well as other anti-social behaviour (Meyers, 2010). This paper seeks to review the psychological research evidence on the effectiveness of punishment, and propose alternatives to the current trends.

Hollin (2008) describes punishment as the ...

Before coming to Ireland I had lots of expectations and I really wanted to learn different ways of writing research reports particularly designing surveys, communication styles, ways of working in a team and time management skills. And indeed my experience has lived to my expectations; moreover, I have learnt CVs, personal statements and interviews, things I didn’t imagine I could learn during the course study in Ireland.

While in Ireland, I really wanted to attain presentations skills and master the effective communication processes so that I be able to relay messages in ways that the recipient finds it ...

Introduction

Cases of children being sexually abused have become a common problem in the U.S. and this affects individuals from all races and all social economic background. Two million children fell victims of a serious sexual abuse annually. Girls are three times at risk than boys to fall victims of sexual offenses. The most popular explanation of sexual abuse is “Any sexual activity that involves a child where there is no consent or consent cannot be given”. Sexual contact between a minor child and an adult or a younger teen with an older teen is considered sexual abuse.

How and why children become victims of sexual abuse

It ...

Summary

Preparation is the key to building the necessary confidence for speechmaking. While most people fear public speaking, if you are prepared, you will feel much better about getting up in front of an audience. Get a sense of what you look like, but not in a mirror – it won’t give you a realistic sense of what you are like as a speaker; instead, film yourself, and go before smaller ...

No matter the product or service or the country in which a company wants to market, there are a number of components in the plan that will specifically address the local market. However, there are also a few basic elements to the marketing plan than are huge to the ultimate success of the plan. Not every product appeals to every person, in fact, it may be a challenge to market funeral and prearrangement services to someone just completing high school. On the other hand, someone enjoying a well-deserved retirement will probably not be considering going into substantial debt to ...

Part I

Currently, one of the most significant controversies in American politics has to do with the discussion of the 2013 budget. The conservative party, the Republicans, wants to cut spending and, where possible, cut taxes, which they say will boost the economy. They also want to modify benefit programs such as Medicare and Social Security, because without changes, they will bankrupt the government within a matter of decades. The liberal party, the Democrats, wants to raise taxes to narrow the government debt while making more limited spending changes, and have not yet addressed the benefit programs. The Republican budget leader ...

1. Identify Wal-Mart’s mission/vision and stakeholders

Wal-Mart is one of the leading businesses in the United States. This company has its dealings mainly in general products, discount businesses and local marketplaces. Wal-Mart’s business operations are grouped as belonging to a larger retail industry (Troy, 2001).

Wal-Mart’s Mission Statement

“To assist people save money so they can live better” (Troy, 2001).

There are groups and people who have a stake in Wal-Mart’s operations. This company’s stakeholders have been categorized into two groups namely; market and non-market (Fairfax, 2006). The market stakeholders are those people and groups which have ...

Personality of individuals is influenced by various factors. Personality can be defined in terms of behavior, emotions and attitude of an individual. The environment of an individual consists of a society. The society plays a great role in influencing the behavior of an individual. The emotions of an individual influence his/her behavior (Maltby, 51). This research paper will evaluate whether social and emotional context affect the personality of an individual.

According to research by psychologists, individuals have different abilities to process emotions. In addition, the way individuals regulate their emotions such as anger and temper differs from one person ...

Health care coverage statistics in Texas clearly present a discrepancy in coverage across income levels of the residents. The reasons for the discrepancy can be viewed from two different sociological standpoints: a functionalist perspective and a conflict perspective. Each of these perspectives can explain the contrast in health care coverage across the income levels that exist in society. Each perspective has its merits and its drawbacks. Careful attention also needs to be used when reading into the statistics. They present a picture that deserves careful attention when looking at and interpreting what they mean.
In 2010, the Central Texas ...

The question rises. Is it an optimal choice to buy the 15 engines we require or is it better to lease them? And if we lease them, what should we have in mind?
When searching for lease contracts the most possible time for a problem to arise is not upon engine transport and provision or while the engine is at operation, but at the moment that the product is given back to the Lessor. Having flawless and pre-agreed lease return settings and arrangements is vital so we can empower the horizontal product transfer and return from Lessee back to ...

I was about ten years old when I first noticed that communication was important to me. My best friend and I spent one whole summer talking to each other with cordless Walkie Talkies. We didn’t see much of each other in person but we did communicate. We had all the ingredients necessary for good communication: a sender, a receiver and a way for our voices to reach each other. I call the communication we had ‘good, effective communication’ because we had fun and we laughed a lot. I’m not sure that we understood the words we were ...

Management-Policy Brief

FAO has defined a policy brief as a succinct outline of a specific issue, the approach choices to manage it, and a few proposals on the best alternative. It is intended for government policymakers and other people who are occupied with defining or prompting policy.
A policy brief is designed to do a number of things. Firstly, it ought to give enough foundation to the reader to comprehend the issue. This will enable the reader to be confident that he or she understands the subject matter at hand. Secondly, the brief policy should convince the involved party that the ...

I started off my research by doing a random search on the internet because I wanted to have a wide view and research on the topic. But it was not at all easy because I did not have a direct lead to the subject because I had to go through books, journals and blogs in order to decipher what was directly related to my subject. This kind of research narrative is open ended and would be better if it was narrowed down to a specific topic or entry.

Sources

Bloomberg, Kristin Mapel. Tracing Arachne’s Web: Myth and Feminist Fiction. ...

Question one

Job costing is also known as specific order costing. It is suitable if it is possible to identify separately cost units of each job. Thus, after identifying a job it becomes possible to cost it individually. The job should be of a reasonable size and only relevant costs are included. It can be applied in contract costing, where, each contract is considered a different job and all costs incurred in respect to the contract are charged. Therefore, profit of the contract will be the difference between the contract price tag and the cost. This is commonly applied in auto ...

Question 1

Localization is driven by the cultural environment, institutional environment, the maturity of the organization size, the mode of operation as well as the subsidiary role. The environmental and institutional environment factor of the firm determines the management of people with a respect to their culture as well as the policy to have them work for the firm in that context. The maturity of the firm size determines the number of employees to be recruited and the needs of the firm they will fulfill. The mode of operation determines the working conditions and the skills required of the human resource. ...

A great leader carries certain distinctive traits that make him stand different from other people. Leaders are good in influencing the mind of other people and give them a direction to move. Leaders are visionary and innovative hence they know what is needed to be achieved and how that can be achieved. They provide solutions in a crisis situation with the help of their vision and innovative ideas. They know how to handle and act in un-common or odd circumstances. Good leaders are always expected to take a right decision when it is required. Good leaders always provide benefit ...

Hurricane and tornado control device

Part 1: Patent ownership
This patent is called hurricane and tornado control device. Andrew Waxmanski applied for this patent after he invented it in 2001 (www.google.com). The application number for this patent is US O9/985, 284. The patent is owned by Andrew Waxmanski.

Part 2: Function of the product and why it deserves a patent

The hurricane and tornado control device was invented against the backdrop of a series of death and destruction of property attributed to hurricanes and tornados. This device proposes a method in which direction of the weather system can be affected. It consists of audio generators. These generators project sound waves in the direction of a weather ...