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` Literature Review
Will the implementation of strict count process and other means lower the retention of surgical items (foreign bodies) in patients and during surgery and how does it help to increase patient safety?
Ali, A., Omar, B., Okacha, N., Abderrahmane, A., & Mohamed, B. (2012). Paraspinal Textiloma. After Posterior Lumbar Surgery: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. World Neurosurgery, 77(2)375-380. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2011.07.017
Paraspinal Textiloma is a complication that is common after posterior lumbar surgery. This study aims to inform spinal surgeons and radiologists on the experience of Paraspinal Textiloma so as to minimize unnecessary death that is ...

Problem

What is the problem the study was conducted to research?
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global health issue. There is an increase in type 2 diabetes in African-Americans. Lack of knowledge in lifestyle and treatment interventions has led to the increase of T2DM in African-Americans. Type 2 Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, renal diseases and lower limb amputations. African-Americans having T2DM also suffer from high blood pressure and low glycemic levels in blood.

Why is the problem an important one for nursing to research?

Diabetes has become a serious health issue among the public. Registered nurses should have latest knowledge about different interventions for diabetes. The article is ...

The following is the critique of the research article titled: “Measuring the nursing workload per shift in the ICU”.

Research problem/purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the differences in nursing workload between consecutive shifts, using a nursing workload measurement tool. The aim of the study is to measure the workload of nurses between two consecutive shift using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). This study is designed to solve a common problem related to handling of nursing manpower in the ICU. The research is in line with existing knowledge about man power placement and workload. This research addresses an important issue pertinent to managing the global problem of nurses man power shortage and finding ways to ...

Business

It is ethically wrong for the LPS Company to employ improper fee structure which results to double-billing the mortgage investors for legal services which is related to the processing of the foreclosures and the bankruptcies. Timaraos (2013). this is actually ethically wrong.
The company’s ethical duty could have been to provide the right information to the clients rather than exploiting them on the basis of providing them with the improper fee structure which resulted to double-billing their mortgage for legal services which is related to the processing of the foreclosures and the bankruptcies. I therefore propose that ...

Critical Review: “Like” and “Check-in”: How Hotels Utilize Facebook as an Effective Marketing Tool

Critical Review: “Like” and “Check-in”: How Hotels Utilize Facebook as an Effective Marketing Tool
1 Introduction
This paper is a critique of the research traditions utilized in the ‘”Like” and “Check”: How hotels utilize Facebook as an effective marketing tool’, written by Kelly V Phelan, Hsiang-Ting Chen, and Matthew Haney, and published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2013. The critique will explore the philosophical background of the article and the logical approach followed by the authors in the process of conducting the research. It will also evaluate the research ...

Summary

The article ‘Career Development Strivings’ by Dik, Sargent and Steger discusses what motivates individuals during the decision-making process in their career path. Career development strivings are influenced by five dimensions which include outcome expectations, self-efficacy, spiritual significance, sense of calling and materialism . Personal goals play a vital role in the functioning of individuals. The model is advantageous as it enables individuals to identify the different motives which drive them. The model is also advantageous since it is flexible, and therefore highly efficient . These strivings influence the path individuals are likely to use to achieve career development. The model does ...

International Police Training Journal. March 2013. Pp3-7
I selected this article because the development of simulation technology as an instructional tool has advanced significantly in police training across the world.

Article summary

This International police training journal examines whether pistol shooting skills can be acquired effectively in a simulated environment as in live-fire. Theories were tested on new cadets, and it was concluded to be very valuable for future firearms training. Armstrong and Clarke explored the relationship between litigation and training. As litigation increasingly becomes a reality for many police agencies, these agencies examine how training can help in reducing civil litigation ...

Article Summary

The article explores the efficacy of the Active Generations program designed to combat the rising rates of obesity in USA. The Active Generations program is an intergenerational program that brings together the older generation as active participants in the prevention and control of obesity as a health issue that affects the community. The article begins by describing the current status of health. As per current statistics, the article describes that, since the 1980s, the prevalence of obesity and overweight among the populations has dramatically increased. The article indicates that the total populations of Americans, 65% are overweight, and a further 30% ...

Response Paper on a Cultural Studies Approach to Technological Culture

The readings covered this week dealt on the perceptions and judgments associated with technology and culture. My interest in technology is unquestionable and this week reading has given me a chance to explore the relationship the relationships pertaining to this phenomenon. According to technology and culture is of interest because it combines the human perspectives of what technology enables people to execute in everyday lives including the perceptions and judgments of how such undertakings affect them. The book provides a thorough analysis of causality, agency, articulation and assemblage, space, identity, politics, and globalization. All these features illustrate a relationship between technology and ...

Fostering patient safety with multiple patients

The Ironside et al article is an article about safety in the nursing occupation. The safety of patients is important in any health facility. This research focused on how using experiences of multiple patient simulations affected the competence levels of nursing students. Apart from simulation, the simulation model also assessed how the students’ tolerance for ambiguity, age and grade point average related to simulation outcomes. The results are evidence to nursing educators on how multiple patient simulations impact on nursing students’ competence. The results also show the need to document student competencies inpatient safety before releasing them to enter ...

Article review

Article review

Introduction

Government interference play huge role in the economic processes: by conducting monetary or fiscal policy, policymakers are able to stimulate the economy during the periods of downturn and moderate too fast growth during the periods of economic boom: both these cases have devastating consequences for the general growth and development. Particularly, central banks, that make decisions regarding the monetary policy, are most important players. By using different tools, such as interest rates, open market operations, required reserves etc., central banks might influence on aggregate supply and aggregate demand, thus shifting equilibrium to the desired level (in other ...

Dealing with elderly patients in various nursing scenarios can be challenging in a number of ways. One of the biggest risks to these patients is falls, as these can lead to a number of different health issues, including fractures and psychological distress (Campbell, 2016). As such, much research has been conducted with the aim of understanding what can be done to prevent these falls. Hourly rounding by nurses working with elderly patients is one area of interest, as it has been shown to significantly reduce the incidence of falls in nursing units (Campbell, 2016). The purpose of this paper ...

Abstract

This report highlights the procedure and intent of conducting Line Operation Safety Audit (LOSA) for airline companies. This audit is carried out to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of safety management systems in airlines. In the light of its findings, airline management could clearly see the scope of improvement in complying with required safety standards and regulations. Flight crews could also judge their performance and improvise their skills to strengthen safety envelope. This report will briefly present the procedure and characteristics of LOSA.
The report covers all essential elements of LOSA. Firstly, introduction to LOSA is provided containing it's ...

Management

The problem the article is attempting to solve
The article attempts to look at the emerging trend among the colleges that offer MBA to introduce the Hippocratic Oath for the students as the case of the medical schools. The article attempts to explore the impact of the Hippocratic Oath on the managers and whether it makes sense in the current business environment. The central problems addressed in the article include whether the oath is a requirement for the practice in the management and whether it can lead to improved management. The author attempts to explore the impact of the ...

Introduction

Facebook is widely known social network tool that is used by different users for different purposes across the globe. Facebook attracts 845 million users globally. These statistics shows that; there are more Facebook users in the entire globe, and these users use the social network tool for different functions. Facebook attracts individuals as well as corporates to reach out to the outside world. These functions include; marketing, relay of important information, and enlightening the public about some life based issues.

Marketing through Ads

Facebook group allows users to use the site freely. It has free entry, free exit policy that does not ...

Innovation management

The term innovation has attained the status of a “mantra” in many developed nations. The aspects of innovation and creativity are commonly interlinked, yet confused with each other. Creativity is the ability to rethink an issue in a completely new way, backed by the profusion of relevant and diverse knowledge. Creativity calls for the ability to analyze the situation at hand with rationale. Innovation, on the contrary, can be termed as transformation of knowledge into material benefit. Innovation, therefore, creates new growth strategies, new products range, services or business models that can make the difference, thereby generating significant worth for all ...

Is this patient competent to stand trial? How to evaluate mentally ill criminal court defendants

– Article review
In 8-15 % of felony cases involving patients with a history of depression, defense counsels raise the question of whether their clients are competent to stand trial. This arises from issues such as previous history mental illness or difficulties in cooperating with the client. When such situations arise, the judge may request for an independent evaluation of the client.
Assessing competency to stand trial may involve the use of a number of assessment tools. For example, the MacArthur Competency Assessment Tool is one of the instruments used to determine the ability to understand issues around the trial. In ...

Covert action refers to actions that a government or agency undertakes with the aim of influencing economic, political and military conditions abroad. Covert action is used as a tool of strategic decision-making because it ensures that the role of the government does not become apparent or publicly acknowledged. Covert action does not involve traditional counter-intelligence, military, diplomatic or law enforcement activities. Therefore, it plays a major role as a tool for strategic decision-making since its activities are not apparent or publicly acknowledged.
Conflicts do exist when an intelligence agency is the same that uses secret information to carry out executive decisions to ...

The major contributions of the article

The article provides information that is essential in enhancing the understanding of the subject i.e. spam business. The authors have the knowledge of what has been done in this particular field as far as research is concerned which is essential in linking their work with that of other researchers. For instance, they have noted the elements of the chain that have been studied. It outlines the important aspects that should be taken into account in addressing spam as an important tool for advertisement: secure Botnet services, registered domains, name servers provisioned, as well as acquiring proxy or hosting services. ...

Marketing has often been considered as a practice which consists of manipulating, and also deceiving the targeted audience. Apart from this, it is also accused of focusing too much on the consumer products only; giving a competitive edge to large companies; such as Coca-cola, Nike, and the likes (Quelch, 2009). The extent to which such allegations are true is certainly worth pondering. The success of marketing has seen its most successful stance primarily in the United States compared to the rest of the world. Primarily attributable to the intense level of marketing activities; American companies have enjoyed tremendous benefits from their ...

Background

A Literature Review is an important part of every paper. It is basically used to provide a brief but complete summary of the evidences or the related literatures that the researchers were able to dig out. Conducting a literature review enables the researchers as well as the readers to be assured that the paper they are reading is valid, reliable and does not contain any major type of error. This paper will focus on reviewing two journal articles that are both related to management and organizational change. The sources will be reviewed based on the strengths and weaknesses of the contents, ...

“Pre-Negotiation Strategy Check List (Part 1)” by Steven Roberts

Introduction

This paper recaps the main components to be contemplated while preparing for an elaborate and successful negotiation, taking into consideration both positive and negative influences. In the article, a varied number of elements are listed that can help an individual construct a negotiation strategy necessary for any unrealized conflict and in the achievement of common agreement.

Article Summary

The article provides a list of essential factors that can assist an individual to strategize on having a perfect negotiation. In addition to this, there are explanation of each factor, and how they can be put into practice. The checklist includes; assessment of situation, the kind ...

The article is impressive in the manner it discusses issues regarding the challenges that people face in their bid to achieve social justice. It is particularly remarkable given that it exposes a contemporary society that is geared towards prosperity by all means possible while disregarding equally important conservative principles. The aspect of fighting for social justice is apparent when the author observes how the Buddhists embarked on a mission to address a local problem of deforestation and destruction of the ecosystem after realizing how harmful the trend was to the community. From the article, the use of religion by ...

Introduction

‘Development of managers’ emotional competencies: mind-body training implication’ is an article written based on research conducted on the effectiveness of mind-body training on the development of managers’ emotional competencies. It uses a quasi-experimental design in testing a sample of managers to represent an entire population. The article is useful in providing information that is crucial in instructional design, talent management, and human resource development.

Summary

This is a research conducted on managers to determine the relationship between mind-body training and emotional competencies. It assesses emotional competencies in relation to human relationships and offers a solution to positive and healthy relationships. ...

Article one: Social Media Marketing in a Small Business: A Case Study

This article recognizes that marketing is an important activity that is crucial for the success of business. Small businesses rely more today on exploiting marketing opportunities that are oriented more through the word of the mouth. In particular, when small business enterprises want to acquire new customers, they rely on establishing relationships with customers through recommendations. This was an effective way for small businesses in a business environment where technology had not taken root. However, with today’s changing business environment, small businesses need to leverage technology capabilities that have been enabled by social media so as to create ...

Instruction:

David Colander presents a journal known as eastern economic journal in 2016. A set of rules are important to organize the teaching of introductory economics. These rules offer an advantageous instructions and suggestions, which provide a platform for further discussions to unify. If a teacher follows all these efficient rules, then they make grading easier and students can remember all material related to the course. Many Economists argue that our way of teaching is not well and we are teaching the wrong directions as well. Every teacher should keep in mind that every principle is a tool not a ...

Article Analysis: World Poverty

Introduction
In 2015, the United Nations is working with the World Bank’s ambitious plan to end extreme global poverty by the year 2030. This means that for the first time, every person in the world would afford common items and food to make their life easier. Many experts would debate on the main cause of poverty as it could be the changing trends in a certain country’s economy. Other factors would also include the lack of education, overpopulation, the presence of epidemic diseases like AIDS and malaria and even environmental problems like drought. Extreme weather can cause ...

1How does monetary policy affects the economy?

There is no doubt that national monetary policies pose a great impact on the economy of any country, that is, employment, income and investment. Theories trying to explain this mainly draw their arguments from the general nominal rigidity as applied in prices and wages. It therefore means that monetary policy has an impact on the economy due to the fact that workers and firms respond to the increase in liquidity through improved production rather than increasing the prices and or wages. Notably, there is a significant disparity in decision making as far as wage setting is concerned. Most theories ...

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Introduction
The article, ‘The Mountain of Motor Development: A Metaphor,’ by Clark and Metcalfe, is about understanding the human motor development all throughout his lifespan. According to the authors, just like many scientific phenomena, a man’s motor development may be difficult to conceptualize (Clark & Metcalfe 2). For the same reason, several ways have been devised in order to facilitate its understanding. Two methods have been described as the most common methods employed by those who wish to teach or instruct a certain phenomenon and that is through the creation of a model or a metaphor. A ...

Lydon and Garcia in “The Next American City and the Rise of Tactical Urbanism” provide captivating information about the phenomenon of Tactical Urbanism and its features in America (63-86). It has to be noticed that, though the trends described within the book by the authors are rather familiar for me, the term “tactical urbanism” has been rather new for me. The authors smartly define four primary trends influencing on city life: returning of people to the city, Internet’s rise, the Great Recession, and increase of disconnection between citizens and government; all these tendencies indeed take place in modern ...

Introduction

As of today, many information technology companies are being built due to the fact that it is an important tool for any firm to have one so as to apply its advancements to their business. Hence, many have already been thinking of the way they can do best in their businesses. It is also necessary to filter out collected data which can be useful in making sound decisions in regards to business. Inevitable, competition can’t be eradicated especially for resources and customers. Company executives are now experiencing stress and a lot of pressure in handling the business due ...

The prevalence of Internet use has often been the focus of various studies and articles. The benefits and probable harms of such advanced technology have been discussed in various platforms by various experts on various fields of study and the public. Among the large volume of works written in an aim to assess and weigh the effects of Internet is Nicholas Carr’s article titled Is Google Making Us Stupid which was published in the July-August 2008 issue of The Atlantic. Carr has written in length the probable negative effects of the Internet in people’s way of reading ...

Therefore, he suggests that there is a need for the society to embrace risk communication to enlighten the society. However, this can only be achieved if this is done in a descent and rational manner. This, to the author, is the only way through which such disasters can be ultimately eradicated. It is true that that the prevailing environmental conditions have made life more difficult for people. Surprisingly, it is those who make no contributions to environmental degradation who suffer most. I concur with the author for making such a claim. The dangers associated with pollution result into diseases such as cancer ...

Study Program

Review of Keenan, J. & Evans, A. 2014. ‘‘I am a starbucks worker my life no longer belongs to me’: the performance of enstrangement as a learning tool,’ Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 101-112.
This paper examines the use of autoethnography as a means of approaching the experience of estrangement, thereby making the researcher’s personal experience a topic of investigation. Autoethnographic practices that emphasize the location of the researcher as an important response to post-structuralist epistemologies in which older forms of certainty in the validity traditional scientific inquiry have been edged out by greater knowledge that experience ...

In recent years, the simulation studies were given much importance; huge number budgets have been devoted for the simulation studies. There are three types of simulation studies; continuous, discrete event, and monte carlo. This article analysis about the different indicators used for selecting the best discrete event simulation software. There is huge number of simulation software available, the user has to choose the best suitable simulation software among the huge number of packages. Hlupil and Paul has presented several criteria for the evolution and comparison of the simulation package with the levels of importance for the particular purpose. Tewoldeberban ...

Introduction

Essentialism or the idea of an essentialist in gender is founded on the belief of the late 1960’s that women should be minors and their jobs primarily relating to housewives, they included saying nursing say teaching. This is called an idea or the belief of an essentialist because people assumed that women, being women had limited skill sets that were present by their gender. Carole Vance looks at this idea of a social constructionist theory, and then looks at it again against the essentialist theory in the setting or the background of feminism. Essentialism as a tool of identification is. ...

Analytical methods to evaluate seed dormancy in legumes

Abstract
Legumes are known to have multiple health benefits. The seed coat in particular contains a number of bioactive compounds which possess antioxidant activity. Of great interest is the relationship between the chemical composition of the seed coat and its role in seed dormancy. Modern technological approaches are currently used to further identify these compounds and determine their role in seed development; these include NRIS FTIR, mass spectroscopy, electron microscopy and chromatography. The following review describes the constituents of the legume seed coat and their respective roles in dormancy and other stages of seed development. The review also highlights ...

Is It Time to Rethink You Pricing Strategy?

Abstract
The article under revision is taken from an academic journal MIT Sloan Management Review dated as of 2012 written by well known economists and businessmen Andreas Hinterhuber and Stephan Liozu who are also the authors of “Innovation in pricing” book. It is headed as “Is It Time to Rethink You Pricing Strategy?” and dwells on the issues of pricing and its role in the company's profitability. Economists know that pricing plays a substantial role and a strong impact on company's profitability indicators. Many companies nowadays use old pricing methods based on cost and competition. Businessmen mainly pay due attention to ...

The article, “Three Faces of Consumer Promotions”, was written by Raghubir, Inman and Grande. It critically analyzes the economic, informational and affective aspects of consumer promotions as applied to the target population. From this article, I concluded that managers must understand how the consumer understands, interprets and reacts to these marketing strategies. The authors are unequivocal that managers must look beyond the economic aspects of promotions and analyze the interplay between information, emotions and consumer purchasing decisions, if promotions are to boost a firm’s sales and profits.
The article is crafted around verifiable evidence and constant reference to ...

Analysis for logistics and distribution

Management
Introduction:
Automatic handling systems are designed in order to facilitate the works and human beings. They are designed using smart technologies which consists are several microprocessors that can respond as per the human instructions and can produce required outcomes. They are designed so as to facilitate the process of development and also to ensure that the construction is carried out smoothly at a low cost ensuring accuracy of the results and faster productivity. However, it has been seen that the automatic systems have failed to meet the desired potential.

The prime reasons for the failure of automatic ...

Facebook has become a popular networking tool over the years. Initially, it was widely used by teenagers and young people but even older people have joined its use because of the numerous advantages associated with Facebook. Facebook has become a powerful tool for strengthening relationships amongst families, as opposed to the belief that it causes family dysfunctions. For instance, Ms. Van der Spank was able to hold healthy conversations with her children after she joined Facebook and became friends with her children. She was able to understand what was happening in her children’s lives as opposed to the initial response ...

Business Modeling

Abstract
The objective of business modeling is to collaborate specific goals for businesses and organizations and forming them as part of a whole of a business strategy. Businesses and organizations, particularly large ones with multitudes of divisions and departments, follow integrated practices, although separately, but work toward achieving the same results. The dynamics of business modeling is set to create a renowned value for an organization’s structure, infrastructure and policies. In theory and practice core values are what form an organization’s rationale such as social, economic, or cultural. Seemingly internal stakeholders are often oblivious to applications as long as ...

Willoughby, W. (1918). The movement for Budgetary Reform in the States. New York: D. Appleton and Company for the Institute for Government Research.
Thesis: The article discuss about the budget laws which are adopted by several states. The author expresses that budget is the essential tool of public administration. With the provision of comparative study the author also provided some criticisms of the main aspects of budgetary laws of the states. It is being emphasized in the article that an executive budget could not work successfully until the government of state becomes too much reorganized that it’s ...

William F. Willoughby, The Movement for Budgetary Reform in the States, 1918

Thesis: In this article Willoughby discuses about the reforms and the spectrum to which such reforms can be applied in the political scenario from the budgetary perspective. The budgetary has been defined in this article as the tool for implementing democracy and correlating Legislature and the Executive of the United States of America.
“A new spirit in American politics is manifesting itself in the powerful movement for the reform of government organization and procedures” (Page 40)
“It is a canon of administrative science, however, that when discretionary powers and authority are increased a corresponding increase should be made in ...

Psychology

Literature Review
Family is the basic unit of the society, as most people know, this is where social values are developed, which contributes in shaping the younger generation to become better citizens and individuals. However, the prevalence of gang groups involving youth encompasses a notion that family values insinuated by parents into their children is slowly diminishing. Given that parents have done their best to raise their children appropriately, occurrences of youth being exposed and associated themselves to gang groups still emerge. The question of whether the parents are still in control over their children, it is an issue ...

A. Pricing for International Markets 5

B. International Marketing Channels 6
C. Products and Services for Customers 8
D. Cultural Dynamics in Assessing Global Markets 10
4.0 Summary and Opinions of Influential Cultural Factors 11
5.0 Conclusion 13 Work Sited 15

Highlighted Points

The purposes of practicing and aiming for international marketing are to understand how and why:
- cultural diversity has been known to influence international marketing in pricing and contractual agreements
- analyzing the roots of culture to integrate it into a global marketing plan enhances coherent business strategies for successful worldwide marketing
- the references listed at the ...

ARTICLE 1

In “Parental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in treatment-seeking overweight children” M L Vanhala, J Laitinen, K Kaikkonen, S Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, and R Korpelainen explored the role of family dietary behaviors in the design intervention of the effective treatment of childhood obesity. The study involved fifty-four treatment seeking overweight and 65 normal-weight 8-year old kids and their parents. The study accessed the children’s and parents consumption of FBV using a food frequency questionnaire. The study used voluntary recruitment mechanism where willing participants were recruited by school nurses to participate in family-based treatment for overweight kids. The cities target includes ...

Introduction

The use of condoms has been steadily growing over the last few decades as a result of increased public awareness about the potential danger of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS. Many industrial players have tried to capitalize on this and the condom manufacturing industry has witnessed massive product innovations.
Durex is the number condom manufacturer in the world. The condom brand has a 29% share of the five billion condoms that are sold each year in the globe. The brand is actually the market leader in very many countries.
Since the use of typically begins from a young age, Durex ...

The article seeks to explain how art therapy is a useful tool in helping with psychological stress related to adolescence period. It explains how it is put in use by expressing their emotional turmoil through art work which is more physical and a less verbal way of communication. In addition, it helps to build on elements of self-expression in a non-judgmental approach. This is an important tool especially when dealing with sexually abused children as it ‘shows’ rather than explains the areas where the juvenile is most affected.
It is difficult for a mother or a parent to start a conversation about such a sensitive ...

Introduction

Quantitative research is a systematic empirical study of a phenomenon using mathematical, statistical or computational techniques. Quantitative research seeks to investigate the relationship between a dependent variable and an independent variable or variables. This paper seeks to critique a quantitative study that employs an experimental approach. For this purpose, this paper chooses an article by Min Wang, Charles Perfetti and Ying Liu titled “Chinese-English Biliteracy Acquisition: Cross-Language and Writing System Transfer”

Summary of the Study

The study sought to investigate the relationship between cross-language and writing system in Biliteracy acquisition by students who were learning to read in two diverse writing systems- English and Chinese. To this ...

Subtitle Number 1 : Overview : Explaining the Basic Principles Involved

The article “Critical Success Factors for Configuration Management Implementation” written by Usman Ali and Callum Kidd speaks, as the title illustrates, about the identification of the critical success factors in the configuration management processes, factors that contribute to the improvement and to a better implementation of the process, as practitioners apply them in their work.
After presenting the CSFs in detail (as they have been found in the developed research), the study further develops by introducing a new concept – the CM activity model, defined as a tool used for comparing the existent practices in order to generate solutions for improvement. The ...

Individual Educational Plan

The purpose of this article was to explain the balancing act of producing IEPs (Individualized Education Program) that comply with the law, while reducing time and paperwork to meet the demands of this complex process. And since computer-assisted technology has come to the forefront as a sophisticated, useful tool for IEP teams, this article serves as an informative guide when making purchasing decisions.
They also share the many challenges of complying with FAPE (free, appropriate public education) regulations. The long list, which seems a bit intimidating to a novice includes: establishing an IEP team consisting of special and general educators, psychologists, ...

An Article Review

Summary and Conclusion
“Why Business Models Matter” is a very good management article on why business models exist and what significant roles do they play in successful business management and performance. According to the author, Joan Magretta, every practical, business organization is founded on a business model, whether or not its founders or managers are cognizant that what they do fit into the components of a business model.
According to the author, the term business model has been cannibalized at the height of the dot.com businesses during the Internet boom, where business models were defined to differentiate the Internet companies ...

Why Lee's sub-questions are or are not good sub-questions? Select ONE sub-question that you think you could improve and rewrite it.
The article titled as ‘The impact of belonging to a high school gay/straight alliance’ by Camille Lee (2002) examines the impact of being a part of such an alliance on the academic performance of the student. To determine this relationship, Lee (2002) formulates several sub research questions which would guide him to carry her research. Since this is a qualitative study, the sub-questions of this research aid the data collection procedure conducted by the researcher. For this reason, these questions ...

Introduction

The decision making mantle in an organization is placed under the management. The top administration has the responsibility of making general decisions that have significant effect in an organization. However, this mantle is not solely under the management. The process of decision making should be constructed from the departmental heads. Decisions that may affect department are generated from decision generated from the departmental level. Generally, the decision making process should include all the parties and stakeholders in the organization under the command of the top administration. This enables for a well inclusive decision generated to fit the solutions needed for ...

Part I: Using the questions in the Munro article, go through the two pieces of criticism by Greenberg and Rosenberg and write answers for each question posed by Munro.

In Greenberg’s “Towards a Newer Laocoon,” the work being criticized seemed to be art in general, and the struggle between all different types of art to become the dominant art form relative to its period. For the most part, Greenberg discusses avant-garde painting, and how it had and continue to has a purity that elevates itself above most art forms. He claims that there are no greater justifications for depicting nature ...