Challenges Article Reviews Samples For Students

“Carers’ experiences of being exposed to challenging behaviour in services for autism spectrum disorders”: An Article Review

Challenging behavior is a common activity that can be encountered in our daily lifestyle. Its definition takes account of behaviors that are abnormal in reference with cultural or traditional practices; and its potency can put other people to harm. Behavior under this category leads a person to be restricted from communal facilities.
This paper would review the article entitled Carers’ experiences of being exposed to challenging behavior in services for autism spectrum disorders. In order to give final thoughts about the article, this review will include the definition of the article’s problem, purpose and research question. It would also ...

It is usually said that politics is a dirty game, hence the politicians would be willing to do anything to get what they want and what they feel is right. In the article,” The inconvenient truths of 2012,” by E.J Dionne Jnr., revolves around politics and the people’s nature. Politics involve a lot of certainty as members regard themselves of higher status than others thereby being strong than the others. This perception is taken to the elections and their strength is proven by the citizens through the voted they are able to gunner.
In the United States, the democrats were ...

Article Summary

In the study A Study on the Development of Reading Skills of the Students Having Difficulty in Reading: Enrichment Reading Program, done by Hayati Akyol, Ahmet, Cakiroglu and Hayriye Gul Kuruyer, the researchers wanted to determine the difficulties students had in reading skills and what could happen if an enrichment program was introduced to help the students overcome their difficulties. The researchers used three students from the fifth grade who had difficulties in reading.
Before starting the exercise, the participants exhibited different levels of difficulties. Some could not write words properly during the dictation exercises, and also could ...

Synopsis

This article describes a study that was conducted with the aim of investigating the difficulties that nurses face in using playfulness to care for hospitalized children with cancer. The study is a descriptive research conducted using a qualitative approach. It was conducted in a pediatric inpatient sector at a hospital situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eleven subjects made up of professionals drawn from the nursing team took part in the study. The investigators conducted data collection step in April 2012 through semi-structured interview and non-participant observation.
Findings obtained from the study were grouped into three thematic units (Bastos et al., 2014): ...

This research journal mainly explores the relationship between poor semantic short-term memories in the scanning paradigm. The author attempts to conceptualize the terms of impairment to the phonological loop in a working memory. The paper explores an extensive research of a precise characterization of the matter in a simple and a deep context using the Sternberg paradigm in order to achieve the intended results (Donkin, & Nosofsky, 2012).
In the journal, the research psychologist carries out an extensive research on the short –term memory performance to determine the level of short-term memory to a series or parallel paradigms. The specificity of the deficit was ...

Challenges in Integrated Healthcare SystemsOrganizations have to follow a good articulation of steps in order to regulate integration of healthcare systems. The primary aim of any healthcare organization is to provide a good medical facility to its patients and thereby increase its profits. The integration of healthcare organizations is a rapidly growing area. It is a viable option to provide best facilities to the patients. It makes their medical visits hassle free as the system brings all the specialties under than one roof and delivers it to the patients as a single package. Hospitals can also reduce the costs significantly by this approach. So, ...

‘Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S.’
Life is generally considered to be the greatest gift to all of mankind. This is why the birth of a human being into the world is usually received with tremendous joy and happiness. However, the value of the same life is put under scrutiny when incidences of individuals taking their own lives are observed to be on the rise. Over the previous decade, it was observed that cases of suicide particularly among middle-aged persons had been on an upward trend. This has raised serious concern particularly since the modern society is exposed to ...

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) have become one of the key persons in business management. Being an IT professional, they oversee all the works related to technology. In this article by Totty (2011), three CIOs were asked about the challenges and opportunities a CIO faces. They are Norm Fjeldheim, CIO for Qualcomm, Inc.; Filippo Passerini, CIO of Procter & Gamble, Co.; and Frank Wander, CIO at Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America. They were asked about the changes in their job in the past five years, their relationship with other business units, and the challenges they face and the way they handle ...

The recent three decades have witnessed intensive studies and researches on compositional process. Although the studies on compositional process have been a common state of the affair in traditional musicology, the analysis on this process became relevant in the early 1980’s. In an attempt to understand compositional process, Owen Jessie composed a comprehensive writing, “Evidence of Cipriano de Rore's Compositional Process”. The work presents an intensive analysis and description on some issues, concepts, and facts that define effective music composition. Besides the critics from modern scholars and music experts, Owen has proved her competence on music by presenting reliable facts ...

Article Review

The aim of this research is to investigate the implementation of multiple methods research in marketing. It is proposed that using multiple method of study produces a more robust and compelling results than single method study. The study is based on a content analysis of five leading marketing journals published from 1990 to 2008. The study aims at examining the implementation of multiple methods research in marketing.

Nature and Significance

Previous findings show that researchers rarely use multiple research methods in marketing and that it represents less than 4% of empirical studies over the last two decades (Davis, Golicic, & Boerstler, 2011). The significance of ...

The Petroleum Industry faces many challenges regularly and one of the challenges is to hydraulically fracture a reservoir that is naturally fractured. The natural fracture systems are essential as they are considered for ideal stimulation. Oil and gas reservoirs use hydraulic fracturing, but using the hydraulic fracture in unconventional gas reservoirs’ is the main challenge as hydrocarbons cannot be extracted from these reservoirs without the fractures. A few factors that affect the hydraulic and natural fracture interaction are the horizontal differential stress, the angle set for the fracture and the pressure that is applied during the treatment.
An observation ...

Reflection on the Vagina monologues

Vagina Monologues explores the plight of women in the society. The book makes one re-think of concern for the women over challenges and parameters faced in their lives. In the society, women assume feminine roles that make them vulnerable destructive experiences. The monologues portray some of the feminine experiences as destructive, yet some of them appear enjoyable to them. The story made me visualize about the theory or rape. It came as a surprise to me after reading the monologues that some women had little value for their dignity and engaged in prostitution in the name of making the vagina ...

Discussion Board

Nanotechnology refers to the design, study, manipulation, application, and synthesis of functional devices, materials, and systems through the process of control of matter (Salamanca-Buentello et al., 2005). This form of technology can be harnessed to address the most crucial world’s problems related to development. It is, however, unfortunate that the applications of nanotechnology have not been systematically prioritized to address the challenges that most developing counties across the world face every day. Proponents of this form of technology anticipate that it will provide solutions to critical challenges that face developing countries and less developed countries.
However, such ...

Carol Barkalow in her 1991 interview with Newsweek’s Ginny Carroll, titled “Women Have what it Takes,” delves into the age old debate over the involvement of women in the armed forces, more so in the United States military. Barkalow challenges a number of arguments that have been put forth opponents of gender equality within the military, to great effect. The end result is an impressive and convincing letter to the editor, which challenges all the arguments commonly used to discredit women and limit their opportunities within the military. At the same time, Barkalow remains very open minded, and objective, ...

Article Review: Kline, J. B. T. & Sulsky, M. L. (2009). Measurement and Assessment Issues in Performance Appraisal. Canadian Psychology, 50(3), 161-171.

Article Review: Kline, J. B. T. & Sulsky, M. L. (2009). Measurement and Assessment Issues in Performance Appraisal. Canadian Psychology, 50(3), 161-171.
In their thesis, Kline and Sulsky (2009) argued that in organizations, even the most experienced and daring managers approach performance appraisal in fear and apprehension due to measurement issues. In support of this through literature review as the methodology, it was found that: first, performance measurement has broadened due to concerns over previous perspectives; two, the complexity and dynamic nature of work environment have rendered the previous approaches deficient while the adoption of indirect over direct ...

Article review: corporate culture

This article looks at the various ways through which organisational culture can be changed. It also acknowledges the difficulty in changing an organization’s culture and goes on asserting that the culture of an organization constitutes various facets including set goals, peoples’ roles, organizational processes, different values and variant communication processes.
This essay provides a review of this article by focusing on the central theme of corporate culture change. The article focuses on the dynamics involved in changing the culture of an organization. In its introduction, it confirms the fact that it is not easy to change the organizational ...

Agreement for Globalization to Achieve Sustainability

Globalization and Sustainable Development
In his article, Recovering Sustainable Development, Victor discusses the original meaning of sustainable development, the ways in which it has been distorted, and a basic framework to return to the theory’s original principles. The original theory states that boosting the economy, protecting natural resources and ensuring social justice should be complimentary and interwoven ideas to each other. This theory has found its challenges in its application though the vague, high-level statements and lack of actionable specific application for individual countries to follow. Return to the basics includes four courses of action: alleviating poverty, eliminating ...

Ethics in leadership

The article in review is written by Professor Karen J. Thompson, Elizabeth C. Thach, and Melissa Morelli, both from the School of Business and Economics, Senoma State University. The article is an exploratory study designed with the aim of finding out which of the standard recommended standards for ethical leadership are actually being implemented by leaders as well as their organizations. From the interview conducted on one hundred and twenty eight leaders, the results revealed that majority of organizations do not work at implementing the recommended practices for promoting ethical employee behavior. In addition, significant percentage of leaders who ...

1. Which company is the focus of this article?
a. Specific US company: the article focuses on the Abt Electronics Company, founded by Jewel Abt and her husband, David
b. In which particular country/region of the world is this company’s business the topic of the article? The United States of America, with its headquarters based in Chicago, Illinois
c. Provide some basic BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the company and its focus based on your research. (2 paragraph summary):
Abt Electronics started a small business in the local area of Logan Square, in Chicago. The company began in the ...

Transport geography refers to the investigation of the movement of people, goods, and information, and the connection between these factors Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack (2013). As a special branch or specialty in geography, transport geography deals with specification of space on the surface of the earth, particularly the location, substance, form, and effects that transportation ha on processes, land cover, and land use. The aim of transport geography is to detect and describe the transportation of people, goods, and information across the earth (Rodrigue, Comtois & Slack, 2013). Transport geography also seeks to identify and explain the effects of transportation on ...

Economic transformation has led to tremendous change in the role, scale and meaning of major urban airports worldwide. The major gateway airports are attracting spatial concentrations of commercial activities, leading to transport induced growth (aerotropolis). In Australia, airports are becoming major business centers and are being leased off to private companies by the government. The airports are no longer public goods but profit oriented ventures. As a result of development of these airports by these private companies, complications arise which relate to land use, environmental impacts and implications, infrastructural transport and stakeholder relationship. The impacts of airports are a challenge to ...

Dementia is a package of signs and symptoms which include personality change, impaired intellectual functions, and memory loss which come as a result of trauma to the brain or disease (Godbolt et al. S247). Unfortunately, these changes severely affect independence, relationships, and daily living. However, they do not count as part and parcel of normal aging. There are numerous forms of dementia which include vascular and mixed dementia but Alzheimer’s disease happens to be the most common type (Mitchell 443). A person affected by dementia portrays a noticeable decline in remembering, learning, communication and problem-solving. Often, these changes ...

The recent shift in the healthcare system, which implied the reduction of the specialized facilities in dealing with mentally disabled patients, has increased the incidents numbers that police forces to handle. This situation has led to the need for understanding the preparedness of the police officers to answer the deviant behavior of mentally disordered individuals involved in public offenses or criminal action. Four articles will be reviewed for developing an integrative literature review on this topic, which will be critically synthesized for reaching solutions for dealing with the current situation. Hollander, Lee, Tahtalian Young and Kulkarni’s article “Challenges ...

Method of obtaining necessary approval

The plan needs support and high levels of corporation from everyone in the organization. Therefore, there are numerous ways i can use to obtain the necessary support from the managers and fellow staff Members. Some of the methods that can be used to gain their support and total commitment to the project include writing a rough draft on the proposed project and then presenting it to the management in an effort to get their support. This will help in gaining and bringing it to their attention the need to undertake the projects. The other methods that can be used is doing ...

Section One

Wyandotte County is situated in the US and is bordered by Johnson on the shores of river Missouri. The county has an average of 156 miles and is one of the smallest counties in the city, and this reason has forced residents to work or reside in the neighboring areas. As indicated by the county's population statistics, it is evident that the county had a steady growth but later declined during the ‘80's and ‘90's. However, it is worth noting that the decline in population growth negatively affected the economy of the county, but its revival in early 2000 ...

Collaboration and Care Coordination in Healthcare: An Analysis Overview

The structure of a bureaucratic healthcare organization can garner improvements in partnerships leading to increased care quality as a result of key collaboration efforts, and coordination. The data indicates that a 30 percent ratio of traditional Medicare payments will gradually tie to value, or quality models, like accountable care organizations. Bundled payments are anticipated as optional choices in this scenario by the end of 2016, as well. Secondly, 50 percent of payments will tie to these models by 2018 especially considering that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a goal of attaching 90 percent of all traditional Medicare payments to ...

Jane Doe

The following two peer-reviewed articles present studies that have been done by scholars, which reinforces the challenges of diagnosing mood disorders. Often times, mood is so intricately connected to the various mental illnesses that determining whether one is struggling as a result of mental disorder or mood disorder becomes a point of contention for the medical professions specializing in this area of treatment. Mood is an aspect of daily life that can often make diagnosis of mood disorders incredibly tricky.
The first article titled, “Mood self-assessment in bipolar disorder: a comparison between patients in mania, depression, and euthymia” examines ...

Cerebral palsy (CP)

Issues a case manager should be aware of while providing assistance
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a movement disorder which affects children at the initial stages of life. The symptoms of this disorder encompass weak muscles, tremors, and lack of coordination. Babies who experience this condition cannot sit or walk. In some cases, these babies cannot crawl and have difficulties in hearing and vision. This paper explores two research articles. In the first article, Arnould et al. (2015) focused on the effect of brain lesions on the functioning of the hand among children with cerebral palsy. The authors observed that ...

Memorandum

This memorandum will examine a scholarly article that discusses organizational change and managerial sense-making. The article critique will be presented in this memo by focusing on the thesis, methods, evidence of thesis support, contribution to literature, recommendation and implication.

Thesis

The strategic planners design change management programs, while the middle managers implement these initiatives by managing resistance and emotions of subordinates to ensure organizational transformation. The article, Organizational Change and Managerial Sense-making focuses on the critical aspect that managers must focus on ‘sense-giving’ to reduce skepticism and uncertainty among subordinates regarding the intent and dedication of their bosses about change management ...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of Fiona Wilson’s article “Dilemmas of Appraisal”. The paper also gives an analysis of the article while examining the main aim of the author in writing this article and the major aim of the research. Additionally, I will also analyze the research methods used in this research and the findings of these methods and procedures. Finally, I will provide a conclusion alongside some recommendations based on my findings and inferences concerning the research.
The main aim of the article Dilemmas of appraisal is to examine the underlining assumptions of ...

Novel drug sourced from snake venom

Abstract
The cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have continued to be some of the leading death causes across the globe. In the recent times, the field of medicine has received substantial advancements, particularly in the areas of pharmacological treatment and the prevention of the disorders such as the plasminogen activators, platelets GPIIb/IIIa antagonists and the direct thrombin inhibitors. The development of the novel drug, the tirofiban sourced from the Echis carinatus venom been highly reported to be of great importance. Tirofiban, an anticoagulant factors isolated from Echis carinatus has a variety of immune responses that includes both acute inflammatory responses ...

Sanchez, D., Steece-Doran, D., & Jablon, J. (2013). Planning for positive guidance. Teaching Young Children, 6(2), 8-10. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/article/planning-for-positive-guidance
The article entitled Planning for Positive Guidance speaks of the effort of teachers to become role models as they reach out to their students. The main purpose of the study is to implement positive guidance in the classroom with the use of the three powerful steps of interaction which are: to be present, to connect and to extend learning. The interaction method was implemented in a classroom of preschool children in Pahoa, Hawaii.
In trying to implement the three ...

Wesemann, Ed. (2012). Creating a Vision for your Firm. Of Counsel, 31(11), 15-16.

The current article “Creating a Vision for your Firm” by Wesemann, 2012 offers a critical analysis and insights on a wider array of issues that organizational personnel, especially leaders and managers should consider in order to enhance the success of their organizations. In fact, the article focusses on strategic planning as a means by which organizations can leverage their success across various contexts. Wesemann, 2012 asserts that “Strategic planning doesn’t have to be the arduous process that many firms (and consultants) make it out to be.” ...

Introduction

There are fundamental gender differences in organizational management styles, values, leadership strategies and policy preferences, which constitute barriers to women’s ascendancy to the highest levels of leadership. These differences not only condition women’s leadership/managerial styles, but also shape the effectiveness of any such styles, which in turn reflect on their participation in public administration. This paper distils the existent conceptual, theoretical and empirical models on public administration, gender disparities, and underlying factors that prevent women’s upward mobility as well as the subsequent effect on organizational outcomes. Ultimately, however, management and leadership styles in any context continue ...

Art therapy

How do human beings evolve? Necessity leads to innovation, but this is not to say that innovation primarily arises from the necessity. Innovation may arise from diversified thinking and exposure to different learning materials and institution. Art therapy is a categorical achievement in the medical field that serves to solve numerous challenging health problems.
Art therapy is an invention in the medical field that makes use of art media, images, and the creative process which are scientifically analyzed, and interpreted in a health concept. It shows a person’s response to developed products such as reflections of a person’s development, capabilities, ...

The story is about the Mexican immigrant family travel “the circuit” of crop harvesting jobs around California. The story reflects the extreme poverty and poor living conditions which the immigrant’s family was experiencing. The oldest son narrates the story explaining the disappointments they pass throughout to the hard work, constant movement, and seasonality of the job as well as the children having to skip school to work.
The theme of the story is the survival of the immigrant family in a foreign land. Use of imagery paints the theme. The speaker describes the structures and life in a dramatic ...

Introduction

Bio-fuel is a form of energy which is obtained from renewable animal and plant materials. It includes; ethanol, biodiesel, green diesel, and biogas. Its development can be drawn into three generations; first, second and third, depending on the source of production. Bio-fuel crops such as sunflower, corn, sugarcane, rapeseed etc. are the source of first generation bio-fuels. A good example is ethanol. In the United States, ethanol is manufactured from corn whereas in Brazil sugarcane is used in the production of ethanol. In the case of second generation, bio-fuels are manufactured from agricultural waste materials, forestry, poplar, willow, perennial grasses ...

Sue'Ann Easterling PE 551 Race in sports or athletics June 19, 2013 1 of 6

Shakib, S., Veliz, P., Dunbar, M. D., & Sabo, D. (2011). Athletics as a source for Social Status among the youth: Examining Variation by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status. Sociology of Sports Journal, 28(3), 303-328
The journal article highlights problems experienced in sports and athletics with a closer focus on the universities. The author has provided a broader sampling and research synthesis from different parts of the world thereby representing a wider and a better scope on the world of sports especially in addressing the race factor in different parts of the world. The author is an established researcher and a writer from the ...

Abstract

Spirituality involves actions and attitudes based on the belief there is a supreme being and hope even when faced with challenges. The incorporation of spirituality in the provision of nursing care facilitates the improvement the patients’ emotional, social and psychological health. This helps them in coping with the challenges associated with their ailments. Though this is a concept supported by most nurses and patients, it has not been effectively incorporated in nurse training. Its effectiveness relies on the nurses’ ability to understand ad apply this concept. The paper explores a research study carried out to determine nurses’ understanding and view on spiritual ...

Introduction

This paper provides an overview of descriptive theories that have advanced in over the last decade concerning the working of the human memory and how it affects the adult behavior and experiences. The purpose of this literature review is anchoring an understanding of different attempts to come up with one comprehensive understanding of psychology and the developing of the human brain. While exploring the different facets of the concept of human behavior, the paper embarks on different scholastic analysis using divergent resources. Contemporary literature on this subject assesses the role of diversity and its impact on human competency and ...

Abstract

It is commonly accepted that education is important in modern day life. There are so many technologies that have come up, all of which call for individuals to be well informed. For instance, there are computer programs which are very essential while working as well as other machines which make work easier. To effectively work with these machines, it is mandatory that one has an educational background. People with learning disabilities may be disadvantaged when it comes to this. However, there are legislations that can be enacted so as to secure the interests of such people. This essay explores ...

Article questions

A business cannot succeed if there is no commitment, dedication and the right attitude. On top of that, every individual who aspires to start a business should critically examine the market if it is fit for the product or the service he/she plans to sell

There are various situational factors that Paola had to consider before starting her Five Sense Spa and Salon. First, she had to critically examine the demand for quality services by the customers, accessibility, and the environment of her spa and salon, and the availability of capital and partners who are interested in her venture.

Paola’s expectations

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Disasters

The article by Sabrina McCormick (2015) focuses on the role and responsibility of emergency managers in using social media for formal response in case of a disaster. The article also gives detailed insights about crowdsourcing for emergency managers in disaster preparedness as well as response and recovery in the US. Different emergency managers from across the country are usually scheduled for qualitative interviews on the Eastern seaboard. This is a new way of ensuring that the emergency managers are up-to-date with the current emergency management tools. Emergency management tools are in a state of transition in this current era; ...

Introduction to Research Article

Before embarking on the search process, it was important to evaluate the area of interest for research, which would help towards development of keywords that would be utilized in the research process. The area of interest for this article review was biomedical informatics, which is an area of health care technology highlighted within this research article. The database used in this particular search was EBSCOHOST to find an article that would suit the topical area for the research process. The search strategy utilized in this process involved having to consider the validity of the research information published as a ...

The financial managers are facing different challenges on a daily basis. Their duties consist of the preparation of reports, providing an oversight role in the function of accounting, managing cash of the company, and engaging in planning and investment strategies. Therefore, they are required to uphold the highest ethical standards. Ethics are the set of principles that are grounded on performing the right task by maintaining the moral values where the individual or business operates.

Article 1: The Challenges of Business Ethics – Management and the Question of Ethics

According to this article, ethics management may be considered as the component of the corporate social responsibility (Jamnik, 2011). Over the past five decades, ...

Introduction

There are multiple definitions of racism as well as different perspectives. According to the oxford dictionary, racism is an advanced set of attitude that involves resentment based on the superiority of a particular group or an individual towards other supposed inferior groups or persons. Racism is solely premised on either the skin color or racial affiliation. In that sense, racism is relatively high in numerous educational institutional and is a real issue that consistently hits numerous social networks. Racist attitudes are critical issues as they can appear in any ethnic group and negatively implicate the current potential custom of ...

Morality is essential to the stability of a nation or an organization. In fact, lack thereof leads to the development of uncertainty among individuals and this situation compromises peace. With this in mind, it is worth acknowledging the fact that David Foster raises his ethical concerns about the consumption of lobsters. Precisely, he does not present his argument in a way that castigates this action. Rather, he poses a question that challenges one’s emotional and logical appeal. He mentions, “Is it all right to boil a sentient creature alive just for our gustatory pleasure?” This statement forms the ...

Employees are one of the most valuable resources that any organization has and focuses on enhancing their development. Managing the workers of an entity is also another issue whose dimensions keep changing along with other industry developments in the markets of participation. However, the environment has changed, and people have acquired more skills that require sound management practices. Managing talent in an organization is a consideration that each entity should make, but there have been many challenges in achieving that objective. One author from the Harvard Business Review indicates that talent management is a series of failures and success ...

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The present paper reviews three different articles that are focused on teaching and learning concepts. The first article is based on fixed versus growth mindset which is written by Popova (2014). In this article, the author discussed the fundamental belief that is most common among people. Most of the people believe that the character, intelligence and creativity are the hereditary blessed traits that cannot be changed. These people are classified as fixed mindset individuals who believe that striving for success is worthless and it better to avoid ...

ARTICLE REVIEWS

The world of business is characterized by several issues that together create the business environment suitable for the players. It is essential to understand that certain factors have a huge bearing on the business frameworks that govern the global markets. Below is a review of sample international business articles;

The article attempts to unravel the misconstrued notion that new technologies like the internet have normalized the marketplace and made it a level ground for all the players. It is critical to understand the underlying disparities that have been assuming by the proponents of new technology and those who continue ...

The Effects of Deployment on Families

What are the effects of deployment on military families? Deployment is the action of moving or relocating military personnel and materials to a different location. For service individuals and military families this act can be devastating and require adjustments that frequently have detrimental effects on all family members psychological, physical, and cognitive wellbeing. For this paper two articles will be analyzed to determine key concepts that are commonly discussed in both articles; strengths and weaknesses in both article’s scholarship; the significance of both articles to clinical practice with military affiliated families; analyze if and how articles classify into ...

Business Case Analysis of 1 Up Toys

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Business Case Analysis of 1 Up Toys

Ronald Mannak, the founder of 1uptoys, created a company out of a desire to develop cutting-edge toys and gadgets. His friend, Patrick Grasso, decided to enter into business with Mannak. Both Grasso and Mannak invested a total of 24,000 Euros with Mannak having a “55% share” in the company (Smits & Bodewes, 2011, p. 5). In order to get more capital to start the company, Mannak made the decision to sell the idea before developing the products. In June 2006, SilverLit decided to sign a licensing agreement with ...

Youth unemployment remains a significant economic challenge, not only in developing nations but even for developed nations. India, one of the world's developing economies, suffers both unemployment and underemployment despite the government's evident efforts to eliminate the economic challenges. In a peer-reviewed article entitled Impact of Unemployment on the Mental Health of Youth in the Kashmir Valley,  two researchers carried out a study whose primary aim was to investigate and establish the mental effects of unemployment and underemployment on the youths in Kashmir. The rationale for the study was that while unemployment and underemployment are economic challenges, their existence ...

In this scholarly journal, Deal and Grassley (2012) examined the importance of spiritual care delivery by nurses, based on the experience of nurses involved in the care of patients suffering from kidney disease.

It was argued that the spiritual well-being of a patient has a great influence on the other areas of the patient's health and general disposition towards almost all issues concerning the patient’s life. Patients often undergo "spiritual distress" when afflicted with very serious life-threatening ailments such as renal failure as observed in this article. This spiritual distress thus does not augur well for the wellness ...

Question one

One of the major methodological challenges and issues in psychological research revolves around evidence generated from both quantitative and qualitative methods. Sometime the evidence is conflicting, lack scientific objectivity and can be interpreted in different ways. The challenge arises in interpreting evidence related to behaviors, causes, meaningful actions and intentional act. In other cases, there is a conflict between evidence collected using qualitative and quantitative research methods and the already known theory. Due to these challenges, it becomes difficult for clinical psychologists to come up with agreed approaches for treating psychological disorders. These challenges have agitated the need to look ...

The Open Skies Agreement is an accord between USA and the European Union. It allows airlines from the involved states to fly in areas within USA and the European Union. Over the years, the agreement expanded both international cargo and passenger flights between the two regions. The agreement touches on a variety of issues affecting the international aviation community. It facilitates increased productivity, travel and trade, economic growth, and high-quality employment opportunities. It occurs through the elimination of government interference in the commercial decisions made by air carriers about pricing, routes, and capacity. It states that airlines within the agreement ...

Immigration policies are put to try and control the amount of people being granted access or making illegal entry into other foreign countries. Different countries have implemented immigration policies in order to ensure there is a limitation to the growing trend of frequents and illegal immigration. Despite the regulations that have been put in place in order to regulate the immigration in the United States, there have been numerous setbacks that have led to the questioning of the effectiveness of the immigration policies. The implementation of the immigration policies has been affected by the labor market which views the immigration ...

Introduction

Social, economic and business environment are becoming increasingly complex in their structure and interrelationships. The rivalry market environment and external pressures in place the companies in the hospitality and tourism industry consider cost reduction and look at alternative ways of building on their competitive edge. This competitive pressure drives he prices down and makes travelling and international mobility more accessible to middle and lower middle classes. Supported by various ways of financing, tourism has become an integral part of many people´s lives. With the above in mind, cultural, social and other elements of diversity become extremely important for ...

Section 1: Summary

The article Cellular Census: Explorations in Urban Data Collection was published by the IEEE Computer Society during the July-September 2007 period. It was written by Jonathan Reades, Francesco Calabrese, Andres Sevtsuk, and Carlo Ratti. The article looks into a possible modern way of using mobile phone devices to collect spatiotemporal data. This new way of collecting data particularly from the urban areas is a break from the past methods of data collection such as surveys by person or phone. Urban analysis can be conducted using mobile device data gathered using this new method. However, there has been little steps undertaken in ...

The use of internet by youths has increased drastically in the past 10 years. There are several challenges for the victim service providers and law enforcement agencies that come as a result of the new computer technology. It has come to a level that professionals must protect those who are offending the internet, and help child victims and their families (Halder, & Jaishankar, K.2012).
In the modern society, computer has prevailed in schools, business, libraries, homes and even airports. The use of internet provides instant access to news, shopping, stock trading, reference information, travel information, banking and many others. Today, chatting ...