Vernon College Essays Samples For Students

International trade

Technology is a critical factor in production and international trade. The competitiveness of a country correlates with the level of technological development. Posner’s technology gap model explains the trade that exists between an innovative country that comes up with a new technology and the country that imports products from the innovative country. According to Posner, a country that has a technology lead will benefit from international trade so long as it keeps the lead. Due to the economic differences between countries, technological advancement and product innovation do not take place simultaneously in countries (Krugman & Obstfeld, 2012).
Innovative countries enjoy quasi-monopoly benefits in ...

Mental Model/ Mindsets and their Impact on Employees

Mental models influence the decision-making abilities and performance at workplaces. The common type of mental mindset is the preconceived perception a worker develops through experiences. The effect that the mental models have on employees and human resource managers is preventing the achievement of their full potential. The perceptions filter out most presented observations as threats (Kohl, 2006). If a worker recognizes such a limited mindset, they can work toward viewing issues from logical and unbiased viewpoints. Some mindsets work against strategic changes in companies and proposed projects. As such, it is important that the managers of the company breakdown such mindsets for ...

Introduction

`A mental mindset model is how one thinks and interprets working things in the context of the real world. It is something which is being realized in human head and it affects how someone thinks. The mental mindset of people is different and it can be corrected when one has negative minds. As we all know that change is inevitable and not everyone in the society is flexible for change. In our context of AAA Company, Vernon and Bud are resistance to change in the transportation industry. They might be influenced by several forces such as mental ability, how ...

Vernon is an industrial city located five miles away from Los Angeles. Local environmental activist organizations have already been protesting against the Exide facility located in Vernon releasing harmful lead pollutants into the city’s air thereby endangering the city residents and employees to lead poisoning. The Environmental Protection Agency of the US (US EPA) has found that the Exide Technologies located in Vernon, California engaged in battery recycling is emitting harmful lead in the environment. Investigations by the US EPA following complaints from the community have found that the lead smelting facility has violated the provisions of Clean ...

Overview: Successful launch of a mystery novella by a local inspirational author cum tutor.

The event: The debut was on 1st February 2016. The book was launched in a mystery party that featured RT, an anchor of Fox News and other renowned artists.

Gina Conroy is a renowned creative writing teacher in the US
Inspirational writer
Former president of the American Christian Fiction Writers, local chapter
Christian
Single mother of four children
Home schools her children
The brainchild and, founder of writer uninterrupted, an online community site for mothers that seek to balance family life and their writing careers.

The Novella: The Novella is titled Buried Deception, a part of the author’s Cherry Blossom Capers’ collection.

Genre: Inspirational, Mystery, Romance
Available at: http://www.goodreads.com/GinaConroy

The Setting: The story is set in the District of Columbia USA at the historic Vernon Estates.

The Inspiration: According to the author, the ...

Precedents of George Washington

Washington created the first Presidential Cabinet. Who was on the Cabinet, and what Departments did they represent? Who is on the Cabinet today, and what Departments do they represent?
According to “Cabinet Members”. According to “Cabinet”.

Thomas Jefferson-Secretary of State Joseph Biden-Vice President

Alexander Hamilton-Secretary of the Treasury John Kerry-Department of State
Henry Knox-Secretary of War Jack Lew-Department of the Treasury
Edmund Randolph-Attorney General Ashton Carter-Department of Defense
Loretta Lynch-Department of Justice
Sally Jewell-Department of the Interior
Thomas Vilsack-Department of Agriculture
Penny Pritzker-Department of Commerce
Thomas Perez-Department of Labor
Sylvia Burwell-Department of Health and Human Services
...

The FAR Part 15 is perceived as a tool that provides the policies, guidelines and the procedures that are used for negotiating the government contracts, either by the government organizations or by the non-governmental (private) organizations. The procedures and guidelines aim at protecting and safeguarding these organizations which submits their proposals for contemplation and consideration regardless of whether it is a competitive or non-competitive proposal.

This is aided by filling of the bid protests with the GAO (Government Accountability Office) which is responsible for hearing protests with inclusion of the contracting agencies and the Court of Federal Claims. GAO is responsible ...

Trace the development of political parties in the U.S. from

There were major developments of political parties in the U.S.A during the period that the first three presidents were sworn into office after the ratification of the United States Constitution. George Washington was the first president of the United States who was unanimously elected in the first two national elections, serving from 1789 to 1797. George Washington was a non-partisan. He lacked affiliation with any political party.
In his first inaugural address, George warned people and the congress against the formation of local and party partisanship. He said that ...

Proposal Overview

This is a proposal of a continuous volunteer project involving the collection of data for the Friendship House of Skagit County in Mount Vernon, Washington. The main theories relevant to this project include ethics of care, feminist political, economic understanding, and politics of interconnection. The main goal of this project is to reduce the incidence of substance abuse by analyzing data from individual accounts. The style of engagement will be that of research. The process of validating the economic, political, as well as cultural realities of the homeless in Skagit County will enable the organization to suitably group individuals. ...

Introduction

Museums are places where we can see different artifacts, collection items and art forms. Museums through its collections present a story about a person, a thing, any living or extinct being or some abstract concept. This basic concept of museum being a “pedia” of knowledge for all of us will continue to remain same in the future but the representation of that will change a lot in coming days because of the advancement in technology. Information exchange has seen a paradigm shift in the last few decades. Advent of computer followed by internet has changed the way we gather information. The Internet boom in the ...

Strategic planning refers to the process of defining an organization’s direction on how to run the business towards achieving a set goal. These include, but are not limited to, objectifying allocation of resources towards achieving this strategy, set priorities, strengthening daily operations, establishing common goals to be attained by the employees and other stakeholders among other crucial aspects an organization is willing to accomplish. It is usually systematic and sequential, additionally, shapes and guides the vision of the organization (Data, 2010). This essay aims to elucidate a case of strategic planning by the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Jo-Ann stores, ...

A & F Ltd.: Integrating Learning into Mashup Implementations

I. Introduction
Organizations are learning differently. Compared to a conventional model by which individuals, work groups and whole organizations used to learn new business processes, current business practice has opened up new potentials for company-wide learning enabled by ICT platforms and applications. The growing collaboration, communication and sharing learning (and fun) experiences in current business practice is, indeed, both evolutionary and revolutionary. The learning behavior of operating businesses is evolutionary by phasing out older modes of learning (e.g. formal professional development, meetings and water cooler chats) and implementing similar platforms and applications (e.g. interactive, collaborative, user-friendly wikis). Thus, by ...

Impact of globalization on human resource management practices

INTRODUCTION
Globalization is the process of integration of several economies with the goal of increasing economic interdependence and mobility of factors of production across the world economies (Lechner, 2009). Globalization has caused an increase in the number of multinational corporations across the globe. Globalisation has had implications on the operations of multinational corporations including especially in human resource management. Some corporations have been forced to review their human resource practices to adapt to the challenges associated with globalisation. Companies have several motives to go global.

Companies globalise for different economic, social and cultural reasons. These motives vary from one ...

I am against the idea of parenting license as it intervenes in individual freedom, violates the human right to ‘procreate’, and promotes practices such as forced abortion and sterilization.
It is a rather an idealized perception that children can be raised by the adoption and practice of ‘impartially correct and approved’ ways. Cases of neglect and abuse of children could be evidently identified that indicate a clear threat to the child’s wellbeing. There are many cases whereby children are malnourished and fed poorly, mistreated, and physically and emotionally injured. Intervention in such cases is truly reasonable and acceptable. ...

Business

External and Internal Environments:
The Case of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.
I. Company Profile and Operations Overview
Opening its doors on the 13th of July 1937, the history of the company began with its founder Vernon Rudolph during the time of the Great Depression. Working in his uncle Ishmael Anderson, they bought the rights to a yeast-raised doughnut recipe together with a bakery from French Chef Joe LeBeau who carried the recipe with him from New Orleans. Rudolph took the recipe when he left the family business and started his own bakery business in the historic Old Salem, North ...

The world has witnessed a phenomenal change since the nineties, following liberalization of economic policies by many countries which facilitated the entry of MNCs into international markets. Many companies manufacturing Electronic and FMCG items have benefitted from it immensely. Service providing business organizations like Banking, Tourism and hospitality have also exploited this opportunity to internationalize their operations. Globalization of business activities is the new doctrine for profitability and all Multinational companies are considering expansion strategies to gain entry into countries with promising growth opportunities.
But experts are also of the view that markets for electronic items, food and drinks ...

1.0 Introduction
It cannot be disputed that Zi was highly interested in the cost of war. In this light, he makes various recommendations that would act as useful guidelines in the event of war. Now, it is evident that war has become very costly in the contemporary society (Vernon 56). Based on that current situation, this paper seeks to discuss the theory of the cost of war as stipulated by Sun Zi.
2.0 The Theory of the Cost of War by Sun Zi
Basically, military decision makers must analyze both the benefits as well as the drawbacks of an ...

(a) Identify the top 2 most significant computer security threats that are impacting the world at the present time. (b) What steps are being taken to minimize or thwart these threats? (c) Will the efforts proposed to protect individuals, companies and the governments from these threats still protect the rights of citizens? (d) Do you think that the steps taken or to be taken are ethical and will not cause a backlash in society? Please elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer)
The top 2 most significant computer threats that are impacting the world at present are: Hacking and ...

Dicey was an incredibly important figure in the development of the Rule of Law in contemporary Britain. The Rule of Law, in a modern context, has been developed through many different societies; however, the liberal understanding of the role of government and law in British society today is very much the result of Dicey’s philosophical input. Dicey suggested that individuals cannot be punished in any way unless they have committed some sort of transgression against a law that has been established by the rightful government and Courts in the realm. Dicey also suggested that an important characteristic of the Rule ...

The Reduction of Forces in the US Army

Killo Gibson
Excelsior College
- Introduction
The case study of organization behavior that attracted me to investigate on is the “Reduction of Forces in the US Army”. The problem statement I want to specify is that the financial cost of US army has upsurged. The managerial issues are primarily being identified as the cause of this situation. While we want to cut off the military budget, we cannot ignore that the army is a cornerstone of one country that cannot be bargained. Therefore, it comes to strategically analyze the organizational problems in its leadership style, culture, communication ...

How does the level of social awareness distinguish the historic preservation movement in the United States?

In the 1960s, people had a unique view of social awareness. The view of people to the community meant that everything around them had to have been in place for as long as they can remember. The definition of social awareness during this time was the consciousness of an individual to their neighbors and the history they shared. It was a matter of who lived here and whether that person was born in a place or was he or she a “newcomer.” Another key aspect of social awareness during this time was in the economic status of individuals with each social class having ...

One of the cornerstones of the UK Constitution is parliamentary sovereignty. Parliamentary sovereignty makes the UK parliament the supreme legal authority in the country that is charged with the role of creating or ending laws. The parliament sovereignty doctrine has stood for a considerable period in the UK constitution. Although it has managed to stand solidly, some constitutional developments have, however affected this sovereignty. The parliament has itself passed some laws that have limited the application of this principle. These laws have been a reflection of the political developments both within and outside the United Kingdom. The aim of this paper ...

Media portrayals of the elderly

Old age is one of the realities of life that most people dread to accept. Generally family, friends and society give upon elder citizens counting them as frail and unproductive population. This adversely affects the physical and mental wellbeing of even the positive and upbeat older lot. A lot of older people face indifference of all sorts and suffer in silence. Attitudes towards old age are as important as getting old. According to Hatch (2005) “people absorb impressions, ideas, images, dominant values and sounds that reflect society’s attitudes toward aging from media. In addition, media reflect dominant values ...

John A. MacDonald was the first prime minister of Canada. His policies were focused in growing the country politically, economically and physically. His wish for a bigger nation that was independent economically was not easy considering the other bigger and stronger nations that surrounded Canada. Furthermore, Canada was under the leadership of Britain which made it quite challenging for any leader to make and implement any laws. However, this did not hinder MacDonald from achieving his dream of better Canada. In his national policies, he still considered Britain to be its great supporter and in fact engaged the nation to ...

Wellbeing

Over the recent years, there has been an increased resurgence in the study of positive psychological research. This has led to broadened scientific research aimed at investigating varied such as personal satisfaction, mental health, happiness, and wellbeing among other topics. With the expansive range of goals, these topics are examined at the societal, subjective, and individual levels. My interests in this examination are the personal beliefs and approaches to wellbeing, including the examination of how such personal beliefs and approaches constitute ‘living the good life’. These factors have spurred many varied debates and interpretations over what constitutes individual wellbeing ...