The achievement in any academic career is well connected with a myriad of skills that originate during schooling. This is better accomplished when developments are in favor of building mental acumen. The student may also need a well-orchestrated environment to cope up with society members in order to succeed in...
Introduction Employee relations and management is an essential aspect of organisations. This cuts across organisations that prevailed in ancient days and the organisations in the modern days (United States, 2011). Different models and perspectives have been adopted by various organisations to manage employees. The employee relations in organisations emerged amidst...
Introduction Several medical practitioners have risen with various unique events surrounding their lives, but none, at least in London, has been as controversial as Dr. Simon Forman. This man was involved in astrology, physiology, herbals and their interconnection with witchcraft also called polypharmacy.In addition, he did botched anatomy and other...
Abstract Human society is a phenomenon that has its own advantages and disadvantages, and one of the major disadvantages of it is the eternal division of people into classes, whether they are social or racial. People have always tried to find those who are lower, as they considered, than them...
Introduction Guantanamo Bay is located in the Cuba and is one of the oldest overseas naval base of the United States. The bay was leased in the year 1903 with 45 square miles of space for a coaling station. However, today Guantanamo bay is known for a much publicized conversion...
Abstract Development and adaptation of simulations in corporate training and learning is a modern tendency that is based on the fact that such tools are effective to make learners develop their skills and apply knowledge to real-life situations. In healthcare administration, many issues and topics can be learned with the...
Executive Summary Tesla Motors considers its future performance to oscillate around the better placement of Model S in the marketplace. Currently, it employs an excess of 2000 people across all its fully owned subsidiaries that are situated in Asia, North America, and Europe. It also opened a new outlet in...
Introduction Living on morally wrong earnings and exercising control over prostitutes are criminal offenses. Interestingly, at the same time as constructing prostitutes as a social class of ethically different and sexually indiscriminate women, the social critics also see them as different from other women by virtue of some type of...
Introduction As an international company that is headquartered in Spain and retailing sports clothing and footwear in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, El Deporte is expected to develop an effective supply chain to address customers all over the globe. Currently, the key task is to guarantee that the Middle...
Introduction Religion is an integral part of most societies. In the history of humanity, religions have influenced major parts of the way of life of most societies. In many societies, passing religious beliefs to the other members of the society is taken as major duty for existence. In accordance with...
Introduction The aim of the given project is to improve the quality of education in Lilliput. Lilliput is governed by Lilliput Metropolitan Borough Council. The program is focused on schools under the jurisdiction of the Lilliput Metropolitan Borough Council. Objectives of key parties of the project The key parties involved...
Introduction Walmart Company and Dunkin’ Donuts have been used in the sustainability reports analysis. The sustainability reports will focus on economic, environment and social issues. Under the social issues, the reports dwell on gender inequality at the workplace. It is evidenced that the main differences that are often witnessed in...
Introduction Human Resource Management [HRM] has undergone extensive changes over the past decades. Salvendy (2001) emphasises that developing economies of scale and leveraging on technology were considered as conventional sources of competitive advantage. However, changes in the contemporary business environment have reduced the competitiveness of conventional sources of competitive advantage....
Introduction The rising trend of refugees has been observed globally from 2002 to 2006 (UNHCR 2007). The migratory trend of refuges crossing international borders is expected to increase in the years to come (Moses, 2006). The number of refugees registered with UNHCR has risen from 9.9 million to 11.7 million...
Topic one: myth and evil According to Segal (2004), “A myth is a story with a meaning attached to it other than which it seems to have at first; and the fact that it has such a meaning is generally marked by some of its circumstances being extraordinary.” These stories...
Introduction This paper is about managing diversity in an organization, this paper will critically examine the challenges that are faced by the HR managers in regard to managing diversity in an organization for example, barriers like ‘glass’ and ‘concrete’ ceilings are constructed and they manifest within the organization. Diversity can...
The piano can be directly linked to two instruments οf centuries past. The first is the clavichord, a box-like structure in which strings are stretched and struck by metal blades to produce notes and pitches. The clavichord could be manipulated to produce different chords, but even at its best, it...
Introduction The ABASCO’s management team should appreciate that the contemporary business environment has become very dynamic due to influences of diverse macro and micro environmental forces. Thus, the firm should adopt effective HRM practices to achieve optimal competitiveness in the retail fashion industry. One of the areas that the organisation...
When contemplating the man-like intelligence of machines, the computer immediately comes to mind, but how does the ‘mind’ of such a machine compare to the mind of man, and precisely what is meant by the term ‘mind’? A human brain assimilates and processes in much the same way as a...
Introduction Today, the development of marketing strategies and ways of business development is impossible without considering technology. The most common marketing technologies are online sales, digital marketing, SaaS, cloud computing, cloud storage, robotic process automation, and robotics to collate data. The fashion industry is a massive segment of the global...
The political economy of Brazil According to popular political scholars of the 19th century such as Karl Marx and Adam Smith, the political events of a country affect its economic performance. Consequently, a country could be wealthy in terms of natural resources but perform poorly due to bad governance. However,...
Introduction Zero-Based Budgeting is an operational planning and budgeting process that requires managers to justify their entire budget request in detail from scratch. Zero-based budgeting is that technique of decision-making that is the inverse of the current traditional working process. In the standard traditional incremental budgeting, to which ZBB is...
Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was an American composer and performer. He was born on April 29, 1899. At this period of time, the Wright Brothers were trying to build the first sustained flight with a powered, controlled aircraft. Aviation history can be found online Aviation history, no date. Black people...
Introduction Art is an indispensable part of human existence as people explore their creativity through different forms of art. Chen-Hafteck (2007) points at the role music play in people’s lives since their early days. Colbert (2006) mentions children’s storytelling as a type of artmaking and simultaneously a peculiarity of developmental...
Executive Summary Wal-Mart Stores is a multinational company that operates retail stores in different set ups across the world. It operates more than 9667 retail units in 28 countries with an employment of 2.1 million associates. Wal-Mart is a leader in employment opportunities, corporate philanthropy as well as sustainability. Indeed,...
Introduction Practice of issues related to women sexuality in public is still considered as immoral, dirty and thus unacceptable by the entire society. Women still face oppression on matters pertaining abortion, birth control, sexual abuse and female circumcision. Various disciplines such as religion, government and society continue to oppress women...
Although already in the sixteenth century there had begun to perceive the need for radical reform of the system the sources of law, the eighteenth-century structure of these modeled, essentially, albeit with differences. Once substantially from country to country, the medieval model, represented by the stratification of very hetero-normative sources...
Background Study Sustainability construction involves an integrated strategy to construction that considers environmental, economical, technical, social as well as institutional concerns at every phase of construction. It helps to guarantee long term results of the house designs as well as ensuring lasting solutions in the supply of related infrastructures such...
Abstract The paper provides the proposal for the talent development program the parts of which can be implemented in the National Institutes of Health. The paper presents the evaluation of the current talent development program that is used in the organization with the focus on the analysis of employees’ needs...
Even though the US and China enjoy a cordial bilateral relationship today, their history is mired with conflict. Indeed, antagonism still exists in both country’s economic sectors, with China standing as the second-largest economy in the world (Skidmore, 2015). It is important to note that initially, Chinese migrants to the...
Introduction Since the medieval times, the French diplomatic system has characterized the conduction of international relations among states. Indeed, the French system is credited with the attributes of modern diplomatic relations. The French system has its roots from Italy and has over the years emerged as a best practice due...
A rights issue involves selling of ordinary shares to the existing shareholders of the company. The law requires that the new ordinary shares must be first issued to the existing shareholders on a pro rata basis. Shareholders through a special resolution can forfeit this pre-emptive right. Obviously, this will dilute...
Introduction Teacher unions were formed basically to give teachers a collective bargaining power and a way to air their views. According to statistics by the NEA and AFT by the year 2004 an estimated 45% of the teachers in public schools are members of one union or another1. Teacher loyalists...
Introduction Ethics in the office is usually taken for granted. When we are busy with our job, focused on increased profitability, we usually forget simple things that are needed in ordinary business dealings, or common conversations with office mates. This is true for me. I have been a leader most...
What is business ethics? Business ethics is the field of study that is concerned with standards and principles that guide the behavior of firms in executing their business (Ferrell, Fraedrich and Ferrell, 2011). In management, business ethics is concerned with issues of what is acceptable or unacceptable behavior within an...
Abstract Recently, many regulatory documents have been adopted in the field of civil aviation safety, both internationally and nationally. Moreover, there is a continuous improvement in the design of aircraft to increase the level of passenger safety. Often, this improvement can even be attributed to the level of disruptive innovations....
Introduction Terrorism is a violent form of criminal behavior, and the terrorism-associated or terrorist-like activities of drug organizations, which have been termed as “narcoterrorism,”1 are similar. Consequently, they pose a significant and apparently growing threat to national and international security. For example, the number of homicides that are associated with...
Henry Hunt Henry Jackson Hunt, the Chief of Artillery during the Civil War helped shape the results of the war. He recorded several success measures and it is shocking that his success is rarely recognized. Dougherty1 explains that the very first moment of fame for Hunt was during the 1861...
Introduction Nursing is the profession that changes many lives, improves the quality of a human life, and promotes the development of personal and professional skills. Nursing is also a discipline that should be organized in accordance with some principles and rules. Therefore, it is important to identify and understand nursing...
Introduction There has been continuous research in almost every part of health practice just like in many other areas of knowledge. The area of hearing research might pass unnoticed for most people as it is something that does not conspicuously cross their way now and then. However, there have always...
Modern leadership demands are demanding change in all aspects of life. Early childhood education institutions being the pool of all job market resources can definitely not be ignored. It is common to say the children are the leaders of tomorrow and therefore there must be deliberate efforts of how they...
Introduction The process of learning has been generally understood as the process through which individuals go in acquiring their knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, beliefs, emotions, and senses. The process requires the existence of certain knowledge and skills to develop them in the course of studies and ensures this development. The...
Introduction For the last couple of years, air rage has been on the rise; however, not much attention has been accorded to it, neither is there accurate statistics that have been developed. Air rage is bad conduct of plane passenger that may result in physical torture, emotional harassment or any...
In 1925 the State of Tennessee passed a law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in schools funded by the State. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was quick to realize that this law was not only an attempt to control public school curriculum it was also a violation of...
Introduction The human body has evolved to harbor a variety of microorganisms. There are specific sites that promote the growth or colonization of the microbes which have led to the gradual development of enriched microbial flora. The important sites are skin, nasal epithelium, gastrointestinal tract, and vagina. Bacteria have dominated...
Introduction It has been suggested that animation is even older than live-action, or motion picture — its more popular and more commercial counterpart in the film industry but it has been accorded of less importance not only in formal discourse but also in theory so that up until recently, it...
Executive Summary The quest is on for the replacement of Mrs. McBaine*, Twinkletoes Early Childhood Centre’s* Director for the past 14 years. She has manifested her intention to migrate to another country, thus, leaving her post vacant. This paper analyzes her Director position and presents a recruitment process adapted from...
Introduction A critical analysis of the case study ‘Photovoltaic Breakthrough’ has been performed in this paper. The case relates to frameworks and concepts of innovative management concepts at a Palo Alto Research Centre. The company was formerly called Xerox PARX and it has a very innovative product related to photovoltaic...
Introduction Supply chain management forms one of the most important components of the management of any one organization. However, just like any other part of organizational management, it is greatly faced with the risk of the changing business environment particularly the PESTEL environment. Specifically, the oscillations of the general economic...
Introduction Background A referendum slated for June 2016 would determine whether the United Kingdom (UK) would stay, or exit, the EU. British economic experts have often debated the need for the country to stay in the European Union (EU), or exit the economic bloc (Charter 2012; House of Lords –...
Abstract This is a study to understand the effect of various hormones on the regulation of blood Glucose in sheep. The researcher has used hormones such as Glucagon, saline, Dexamethasone and Adrenaline in sheep. The result is given in the table and it is talked about in the discussion part...
Introduction Management and leadership play an important role in the delivery of good services and the establishment of fair and trustful relationships between employees, their leaders, and customers. Despite the existing differences between leaders and managers, these two strategic concepts have to go hand in hand because good managers should...
Introduction Drug use and the resulting implications for the social, economic, and political wellbeing of the people is a subject that has raised controversies for decades. Countries like the United States of America have been plagued by drug crises and the fight against drugs is far from over. Researchers and...
Executive Summary It has been an addition to the central position attained by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the cost of the United Nations economic organizations in the scheme of global economic authority and the control of the philosophy of...
Management control system refers to the initiatives launched and implemented to ensure that human resources produce the best outcome for any given organization (Merchant 2012). Operational and Strategic Activities of Macquarie University Macquarie University operation and strategy can be evaluated by examining the motivation of the employees, the culture, training...
Introduction Human beings have lived on earth for many years and have undergone various evolution stages to get to the current normal people. Over the years the environment has always offered man food, clothing and shelter that have sustained and made life bearable. Vegetation is one of the most important...
Modern business houses have been involved in an enormous pact of debates regarding the collaboration of supply chain management. On the other hand, the dialogue about primary considerations for supply chain collaboration usually doesn’t get to the specific way out of how the collaboration in the supply chain works, how...
Abstract General Chun Doo Hwan (hereafter referred to as ‘the general’) was a military dictator who rules South Korea from 1980 to 1988 under martial law and regime. He came to power after a bloody coup and imprisoned the elected representative and installed his own regime of chosen military officers....
Introduction The routine activity theory was developed by Felson and Cohen in the 1970s and created a subfield within the crime opportunity theory. What makes routine activity theory stand out is the fact that the researchers were among the first criminologists to shift the focus from the criminal to the...
Abstract Opiate dependence is a growing problem in young adults and in patients who have developed addictions while receiving pain management regimens. A major objective of treating patients for their opiate addiction is to suppress withdrawal symptoms while facilitating the detoxification process. Buprenorphine is one of the emerging drugs that...
Introduction Race is an aspect of categorizing people into groups based on a set of observable transmissible traits. People can be placed in their race by observing significant physical features like the color of their skin, hair color and texture, body height, and features of the face (Segal, 1991). An...
Introduction Government constructions and renovations of infrastructure by the contractual agreements with Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) have become the most adopted processes in developed and developing countries (Abdullah et al. 2014). Infrastructure refers to the fundamental organization of the physical structures and facilities that are needed by the public. Project background...
Introduction Obesity has become a serious problem in the modern society. Gradually more evidence surfaces regarding the social nature of the issue. Some researchers argue that in modern society, urbanisation plays a major role in the increase of obese people. This view, known as the sick city hypothesis, highlights a...
Abstract This section of the research drive presents a synthesis of the consulted literature on the subjects of the relationship between Type C personality and the cancer risk factor. The presentation comes in the background of a protracted focus on the Type A and Type B person types researches while...
Introduction Globalization is regarded to be a significant process in our everyday life; it is more than just a simple technological process because it touches upon different spheres at the same time. The successful process of globalization is all about changes and improvements in the ways of how business works....
Abstract The paper presents a critique of four articles: “Dwelling on Potential Threat Cues: An Eye Movement Marker for Combat‐Related PTSD”, “Professional Development in Early Childhood Programs: Process Issues and Research Needs”, “Domestic Violence, Children’s Agency, and Mother-Child Relationships: Towards A More Advanced Model”, and “An Exploration of Explicit and...
Executive Summary Consumer purchase decision is influenced by external factors used as stimulus in store design. These factors enhance the consumer capacity to assess the stimulus meaning and initiate a response in them to involve in more purchases. Customer behaviour modification during shopping is based on the perception of customers....
Introduction/Thesis statement Nowadays, it represents a commonplace practice to discuss the significance of music in conjunction with how the aesthetic medium in question affected the course of humanity’s historical progress. Such an analytical approach does appear to make much sense. After all, there can be only a few doubts that...
Sports and physical culture have been developing rapidly in recent decades, turning into a whole industry of sports and spectacular events, which, from a business perspective, is a promising object of investment. In modern society, these are the most important factors in maintaining and strengthening people’s health, improving the technical...
Introduction Psycho dynamic and family system theories are relevant to the understanding of the group, organization or community and to the development of interventional strategies. “The term ‘psychodynamic’ refers to systems that use motives, drives and related covert variables to explain behaviour. Psychodynamic career counselling refers to counselling approaches that...
Despite the civilization conditions, the economic wealth of any country, and some other factors, the vulnerable population will always be present in society. Many people became vulnerable during various dangerous natural or manmade disasters and catastrophes. The following paper is to cover different reasons that make populations vulnerable under the...
Introduction The constitution guarantees that no individual or group of people shall be deprived of the same safeguard of the law as compared to the benefits enjoyed by other individuals or groups in comparable circumstances in their existence, freedom, or pursuit of pleasure. According to constitutional provisions, it is clear...
Introduction The paper takes a financial analysis of Shire plc and AstraZeneca plc; both companies have their main operating base in the United Kingdom. Both companies are listed in the countries stock exchange. They are in the pharmaceutical industry. Brief information about the Companies Shire plc commonly referred to as...
Introduction In contemporary times, researchers and scholars have raised differing opinions and discussions about the development of the New Testament canon. Consequently, different individuals have come up with disparate approaches and sentiments in a bid to solve this controversy. Different individuals raise opposing points on the criterion that was used...
Introduction Valuation is an important concept in finance. Studies on this subject have contributed to the existing knowledge on financial decisions in different firms. Valuation approaches are deeply rooted in literature where many researches and theories have been formulated to address the same topic. The relationship between the capital structure...
Introduction Airline management can be particularly challenging because managers have to find a balance between customer satisfaction, safety, and regulatory compliance. Traveling with pets is growing more and more popular, as people found that they can enjoy new destinations or visit their loved ones without leaving their pets at home...
Abstract Experts and discipline intelligentsias continue to fill this field with views and ideologies some garnered from experience or newly developed or old recycled models. Unfortunately, no matter how well drafted the desired course in company operations is, it is subject to the business environment. The type of market, economic...
The educational system is constantly evolving in order to address the changing challenges societies have to face. The contemporary educational contexts are now characterized by the focus on such aspects as diversity, collaboration, knowledge construction, and the development of skills necessary for the successful integration in the society (Gee, 2008;...
Introduction The Maya community is a classic society who has made use of almost the same land for thousands of years. The society speaks about thirty languages that are interrelated in such a way that scholars argue that they come from the same place. The Mayan culture over the years...
Introduction The protection of the environment is an urgent issue in many countries nowadays. The United States of America is not an exception. The rapid industrialization and devastating human activity have led to the terrible condition of the environment. The government of the U.S. realizes the urgency of the problem...
Abstract Oil prices rise and fall depending on the demand and supply of the commodity in the market. Several factors affect demand and supply and a balance of these two is required in order to keep prices stable (Hansen, 2005). Due to uncertainties in oil supply, strategic oil reserves are...
Introduction The understanding of crime and its occurrence is limited without the development of theories, which represent useful tools for explaining the world around us. In criminology, theories help scholars understand the critical processes associated with the workings of the criminal justice system and relevant actors. To be used for...
Overview A battered woman’s syndrome is a mixture of feelings alongside other temperamental patterns which are as a result of the consequences of trauma, lack of assistance and a round of violence which makes the affected female victim to blindly acknowledge that it is impossible to evade the abusive relationship...
Phonics/Word Recognition Chapter Summary Chapter 5 of the book by Temple, Ogle, Crawford, Freppon, and Temple (2018) describes what children need to know to start reading and explains how they should be taught reading. The chapter mentions that phonics deals with relationships between graphemes and phonemes, while word recognition is...
Summary of the story The recess queen story is about recess and playing with other children. The book is about schoolyard bully who is lightened through gentleness and friendship. The Mean Jean is regarded as the recess queen in the story as depicted in the words, “Mean Jean the Recess...
In this era of globalization and tight competition the role of a good leader is inevitable for the development of any nation. This is a journal project which integrates the ideas of the journal projects of all the weeks. That is the journal project from week 1 to week 7....
Current marketing Strategy of Lipitor Smith (2008) argued that this Pfizer, the pharmaceutical giant to whom Lipitor belongs to and Lipitor turned into blockbuster not only it’s exclusively, but also for the smart marketing, Pfizer knows how to reach to the pyramid of revenue generation with its current marketing strategy....
Introduction The public sector is the main service delivery point for most nations. Citizens obtain basic services from this crucial part of the economy. The control of the public sector is mainly by the government that is in power at any particular time. Traditionally, authorities were charged with the delivery...
Wal-Mart is one of the leading retailers in the world with a net income of over $13 billion and sales of $457.5 billion (Morning Star 2017). This multinational is also one of the fastest-growing companies. This success is partially due to the retailer’s successful expansion in the Asian market. The...
The 18th century was the final historical stage of a lengthy transition from feudalism to a capitalist epoch. The contents of the historical process had included rule affirmation of developed middle-class society and culture’s classical forms. This process elapsed differently in different countries of the European continent. Britain had an...
Introduction The days when formal education was regarded as the process of knowledge transfer from older to younger generations characterized by teachers’ instruction and learners’ passiveness have passed. Moreover, the number of actors involved in this process has been extended considerably. The relationships between the teacher and the student gave...
Introduction The protection of the environment is an urgent issue in many countries nowadays. The United States of America is not an exception. The rapid industrialization and the devastating human activity have led to the terrible condition of the environment. The government of the U.S. realizes the urgency of the...
Introduction The issue of governance has been proved to be of paramount importance for organisations that wish to remain competitive in the ever-changing market. Organisations have to embrace it in an effort of attaining their goals and objectives. Corporate governance is an important part of any organisation. Many definitions have...
Introduction Implementation of information systems is influenced by strategic goals and aims of the company, demands of the internal and external environment. The impact perspective argues that information systems have a major influence on the shape of organizations and the nature of managerial work. From this perspective, information systems will...
Introduction This research paper covers the life and times of the Supreme court Justice Warren Earl Burger. I specifically choose him because of his role in judicial administration and his conservative decisions regarding controversial cases. His conservative demeanor earned him friends and foes in equal measures. However, it is this...
