Context Course Works Samples For Students

Abstract

A large amount of the existing research work that has been carried in mobile networking are mainly based on the assumption that there is an existence of a path between the sender and the receiver. Decentralized mobile systems are however exemplified by network partitions and this has been one of the main driving factors towards the study and implementation of the fully context-aware protocols. This protocol is mainly based on the fact that nodes can be exploited as carrier of messages in the network partitions in order to attain delivery of network components. The nodes in context aware protocol can ...

Introduction

The most important variable that enables mankind achieve beyond their imagination is communication. Communication is however only enabled through understanding different cultures and only then will we be able diversify and achieve greatness. This helps individuals resolve the numerous crises facing the planet since we understand different ways of thinking through culture. The book Beyond Culture by Edward T. Hall explains the different ways to improve interaction in different cultures. The book also discusses the problems that could be experienced when interacting with different cultures and the guided pathways in achieving the goal of breaking cultural barriers. ...

Johnson & Johnson has gained relevant experience in the field of public relations, given that the group of companies was founded over thirty years ago; it definitely had a role in the evolution of public relations. Indeed, J&J has been held aloft in the PR world for nearly 30 years as the torch-bearer of the “right way’ to handle a crisis (Yaxley, 2010). Its public relations personnel, strategies, implementation process and assessment have matured over the years. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company which majorly deals in pharmaceutical products which are under constant scrutiny due to issues of quality ...

Communication principles and misconceptions

As a newly married couple, it is important for each of you to understand the basic principles of interpersonal communication. Peter and Rose, communication is irreversible. Once one of you says something to his or her partner, it is not possible to take it back. The impact of what is initially said remains in the mind of the partner in an inventible way. This is why it is important for a married couple to think before saying hurting words out of anger. Abuses and arrogance should get no place in marriage context since the partner may forgive you, but the initial ...

Pfizer Inc is a research-based, global biopharmaceutical company. The Company effectively does the management of its activities from first to last in five segments. These includes the Primary Care; Specialty Care and Oncology; Established Products and Emerging Markets; Animal Health and Consumer Healthcare, and Nutrition (Michael 2012). The company has diversified the general global healthcare through the context of human and animals biologic in the essence that brings the healthcare products available to all.

The key personnel running the company as per the year 2009 the running Chairman and CEO is Jeffrey Kindler. The key marketing officers of the company ...

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson &Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

Personal context analyses influence on others in their beliefs in a wide range of reasons.

I admit that one’s self esteem towards certain objective depends on ones point of interests in support pertaining proposed agenda of the topic discussed. Mostly in politics people have different opinions concerning ones interests to the proposed candidate in interests personal context here is portrayed in a grief manner where by many will be proud to unite with the opposed candidate. while others propose different candidate thus causing effect through using ambiguous language to insult others simply because the hope of employment opportunities is expressed or rather development through infrastructure facilities within the given geographical area . Aimed individually to ...

1. Identify the following as a proposition or a propositional function by writing p or pf next to the expression”

(a) x is sick = pf
(b) the first man on the moon = p
(c) oh to be free = p
(d) ‘x is human for all values of x = pf
(e) Somebody stole my camera = pf
(e) Eat dirt = p

2. (i) State a difficulty that arises about the interpretation of some sentence containing an expression such as: “everything,” “something,” or “nothing.” A difficulty interpreting using an absolute expression such as: “everything,” “something,” or “nothing.” to denote an element in a description is that ...

Social Responsibility: The case of Bank of America’s Expansion

Introduction

With the emergence of the global world, businesses the world over have been compelled to offer competitive services. In the same strain, the protectionist systems adopted by countries have since been replaced by open market concepts that necessarily encourage capital flight and cross border investments. In addition, it has become easier for businesses to engage in capital borrowing at the international level. It is on this premise that this paper seeks to recommend for the Bank of America’s expansion into the international financial arena and more specifically to the BRICS nations which have been confirmed as having colossal ...

Vocabulary Strategies

Assessments

ELL/Special Needs Changes

Definition Copying

Definition copying involves forcing students to list vocabulary and definitions of words as they are presented (Phillips et al, 2003).

Checking the answers of students to determine if they have the correct definition.

Words would likely be simpler for special needs students.

Context Clues

Context clues prompt students to learn words as a result of their specific usage (Phillips et al, 2003).

Interventions could be given to see if students pick up on context clues.

Understanding context would be more difficult for special needs; extra effort would be required to give them context.

Word Selection

Teachers rank words according to ...

Art is a collection of different human events and the results of those events. This project emphasizes on the paintings done by different artists in America and what the artists had in mind during the time when they did these paintings. The paintings are found in the statutory hall. There are varied emotions depicted by the artists that define the history of America before independence. These paintings are of much importance even to the current generation and help one to understand better the history of America by just having a look at the images. These places the images in their immediate ...

Introduction

Cross-cultural decision making skills have been recognized to be increasingly vital to military and defense operations (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). The day-to-day operations of international military forces, in their interaction with different cultures as they work overseas, require intercultural competence to make decisions that are both appropriate and culturally sensitive (Johnson & Friedland, 2009). Cross cultural competency (3C) is accomplished through three unique steps: Cultural self-awareness, suspension of judgments and biases, and the development of skills that fit within domains of a new culture (Selmeski, 2009). Already, educational measures are being implemented by military colleges to promote 3C in military ...

A particular feature of the literature is that it can send the author’s message in various ways and reach a target reader out of the crowd of ignorant ones. This can be often achieved through the hidden meaning inside a literary work or through irony, satire and caricature of the reality described. The aim of the present work is to compare and contrast Anton Chekhov’s play “The Proposal” and Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace”. In this context, the comparison will be conducted in the framework of the depicting of the same theme of gender ...

Question 1

Enterprise architecture can be described as an approach involving the analysis, planning, and formulation of a strategy coupled with a criterion of execution aimed at improving the performance of a business entity. Advancements and the transformation of businesses enhanced by the availability of gadgets and computers have revolutionized Enterprise Architecture to be not only a tool of performance, but also aid to competitive advantage (Jonkers). The clearance of this business cue extends with respect to the potential of enterprise architects. The need to plan and implement a strategy remains a paramount objective for every business. The significance of planning coupled with execution of new ideas ...

A multinational oil company is faced with the dilemma of either investing in a new oil rig which is currently open for bidding, or refurbishing its existing oil rigs. For the company to make the right decision, it must first start by computing the Expected Value of each of the available options. According to Hardman (2013, pg. 56), the Expected Value of a given variable is defined as the weighted-probability average of its possible outcomes. This definition implies that the Expected Value of a variable is the total product of the variable and the given probability of a specified outcome taking place at a ...

Abstract

Fashion imposes trends and it establishes what is in fashion and what is out of fashion. The term comprises a historical evolution that has shaped the fashion industry as we know it today, through cultural interaction and scientific and technological development. Luxury fashion is not a basic need of the society, but a requirement for defining the social classes, the refinement and sophistication, or a statement of uniqueness, of avant – garde, of defying the mainstream fashion.
Key Words: fashion, luxury fashion, social classes, refinement, avant – garde, mainstream fashion.
Luxury Fashion Industry Report

1. Introduction
1.1 Fashion Industry (about ...

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Heath offers insights for use in the dissertation study for investigating any difficulties in the area of Americans learning Arabic. This study specifically addresses the learner and his/her creativity in Arabic communicative competence as it applies toward competently completing both the DLI course and the OPI (Heath, 1987).

Alptekin (2002) discusses the notion of communicative competence that suggests that native-speaker competence is the metric by which communicative competence is decided. Alptekin argues that this particular norm creates an unrealistic and utopian model for language learning that makes it impossible for SLA to be considered complete or sufficient. Native speakership ...

The employment at will doctrine dictates that, employers are at volition to decide when and under what parameters to dismiss a worker. In this context, employers are at no obligation by the state to bring on board the reasons that actuated their actions into place. However, it should be noted that, the actions by the employers should not be illegal. In the United States of America, the doctrine was adopted so as to override on the circumstances that were in place in as far as the position of employers was concerned (Miller, 2009). In this regard, employers merged up and ...

The leadership all over the globe is the influence of the person to accomplish their objectives. This memorandum is written to discuss the factors of the effectiveness of leadership. Further, this memo discusses how different country’s cultures effects the leadership principles.

Concept Of Leadership

Leadership requires a number of abilities and willpower in a person to accomplish its desired goals. A good leader is required to have a habit of conducting a continuous process of self-study, training, and gaining experiences. It is the ability of a person through which it could gather workers in to theta. A person is not a leader since birth ...

Abstract

The study deals with fundamentals of decision-making process in the context of business. Further, it also highlights the salient features and parameters that impact a decision in the context of a company named Facelift Limited which deals with furniture.

Introduction

Decision making is an imperative part of the administration. Let it be any institution, educational or business, making a decision and putting it into practice is a fundamental feature for its proper functioning. Decision-making is a process that results in the selection of the best choice among several alternative possibilities. It is self-explanatory in the decision-making process, the final choice depends on the management. The ...

Introduction

Chapter eight of this book, "White Racism the Basic" is intended at examining two concepts. These concepts are the race concept and the development of racism in England with reference to the history. This is clearly implicated in the chapter’s title, ‘Race’, racism and representation. The chapter incorporates items that are related to the aspects of study of culture as well as racism. The first discussion is related to the issue of race and racism (Tatum, 2008 pg. 230). In the discussion of race, it states that there is basically one race in the context humanism. ...

Summary:

Causes of conflict

Conflict management system can manage conflict and channel it into constructive areas.
Many natural resources have strong emotive ties for people relating to their identity, homeland and property, but they are also extremely valuable, tradable and easily lost.
Much of the worlds mineral wealth is exploited in places where poverty is widespread and where conflict has been a feature of society. Experience suggests that mining impacts can become politicized and can lead to conflicts. The Kennedy School of government at Harvard University (2008) describe conflict as both inevitable and avoidable, and considers that a level of suspicion and questioning generally ...

This study provides a critical analysis on the changing notion of comfort standards in building systems through a critique of Cole, Robinson, Brown and O’Shea’s (2008) “Re-Contextualizing the Notion of Comfort”. Diverse climate conditions across several locations around the world highly characterize standards of comfort met through the construction of residential and commercial buildings, thus the understanding that people derive comfort based on the normal weather conditions in their respective locales. Various standards for buildings –where people use spaces for habitation or work, ensure comfortable living in accordance to distinct climate conditions. Climate change, in this case, ...

In his meditations, Descartes managed to refer to the most important issues of philosophy and human perception of the surrounding world – the origin of errors, existence of God, difference between imagination and intellection/understanding. These three issues are covered in Descartes Meditations Four, Five and Six.

In the Forth Meditation, Descartes outlined his perception of why people, irrespective of being created by God, still make mistakes and are prone to errors. In his opinion, the reason for error is not imperfection of the human being, but wisdom with which an individual may use the gifts God had given to ...

William James is considered as being one of the American pioneers in the field of philosophy and psychology. His works covered a wide range of areas including educational psychology, mysticism and psychology of religion. Two of his writings which gave him a great recognition are the Principles of Psychology and Psychology: The Briefer Course. He was part of the proponents of pragmatism philosophy and functionalism in psychology. This paper aims at analyzing the contribution of William James in epistemology. Many prominent views in the modern epistemology and pragmatist approaches to epistemology are reflected in most of the writings of James, (William, ...

Introduction

Costco, the third largest retailer chain in the U.S. and the seventh largest retailer in the world, has significantly grown in the last ten years, a critical period disrupted by the great recession, e-commerce revolution, and global competition. Although a big number of retailing enterprises failed to survive the difficult challenges of the decade, Costco demonstrated an outstanding revenue growth performance over its key competitors – Wal-mart (includes Sam’s Club), BJ’s, Target, Sears, and JC Penney. However, based on an analysis of the 10-year financials of Costco and its key competitors, the profit performance of Costco has not ...

Introduction

Human Resource Management is a critical department in the construction industry. Most of the construction companies do not understand the importance of human resource management in developing and utilizing the employees in the pursuit of optimum organizational performance, and consider making an investment in HR practices as a ‘luxury’, and ‘pen pushers’ (Wilkinson, Johnstone, and Townsend, 2012). In this industry, extensive labor outsourcing takes place, creating an opaque and transient employer-employee relationship. This cyclical nature of demand for the labor force makes the process of HR more difficult.

This sector works with subcontractors, joint ventures and alliances, and creates ...

Part 1

EMBARKATION OF THE PILGRIMS by Robert W. Weir
The painting shows the pilgrims who were on the deck of the speedwell ship in the July 22, 1620 where they went to search for their religious freedom. The artist is trying to show how the group was grieved and thinking about what they were about to do. The painting depicts the feeling of graveness because the group was not certain about what they were going to do, but they were hopeful God could protect them. This was depicted by the message “God with Us” on the upper left ...

Background

Malaysia is widely regarded for its fascinating cultural diversity. The country’s multi-ethnic society is predominantly Muslim and its official language is Malaysian ((The BBC, 2013). English is commonly used in instructional settings such as public schools as well as in the corporate and the wider business environment. There are multiple other ethnic languages used by respective ethnic groups in the country. Consequently, the language barrier between this country and the UK is quite significant. According to the BBC (2013), the country’s popularity in global tourism has enlightened and continues to influence its cultures. Accordingly, language and other ...

INTRODUCTION

Industrial Organizational psychology is a branch of psychology that is concerned with workplace. It basically deals with the state of the workers and the organization in which they are employed in. In the current society, there is very high competition and growth of the economy and this has changed the workers attitudes, mental and physical development at the workplace. Organizational psychology is therefore inevitable if one wants to understand of organizational behavior, organizational breadth, and justice. Basically, organizational justice is focused on fairness within the organization by recognizing and considering differences in workers attitudes with special focus on turnover intentions, ...

Question 1

The origins of the definition of cognitive artifacts, comes from the roles they play in human learning, decision making and understanding: artifacts augment, influence or communicate these aspects. The term “artifact” refers to an object that is manmade. As such, cognitive artifacts are physical artificial devices designed by man to serve a specific purpose, by facilitating thinking, evaluation, as well as stimulate consequent actions or responses. The term itself (“Cognitive Artifacts”) was actually coined by Donald Norman, in reference to artificial devices designed to affect human behavior, through displaying, maintaining and operating upon information while serving a representational function. These artifacts ...

Question 1: Discuss the relative use of nonverbal behaviours, such as salient periods, interruptions, facial gazing, and touching, by people from various cultural backgrounds. How does this behaviour affect the negotiation process in a cross-cultural context?

Nonverbal communication is an integral part of our communication. However, it is often ignored in the formal framework of business interactions especially by people from Western cultures. In a cross-cultural context this approach may be highly misleading, because people from different cultures give different weights to verbal vs. nonverbal communication. Thus, if Italians tend to express their emotions through gestures, Germans or Dutch emphasize more ...

Leadership is a role that is of high importance in any given organization. The leadership of an organization is charged with numerous activities and responsibilities related to goal achievement. The roles and obligations of any leadership position will vary in accordance to the provisions of respective organizations. Effective leadership has many definitions and understandings. However, the common factor regarding effective leadership involves the fact that goal realization is important in the organization in question. However, leadership is not the same as management. Rather, leadership and management are complementary but distinctive factors that influence organizational success.

Motivation as an attribute in ...

Forewords

Water sustainability is a crucial issue in Nigeria as well as in other developing countries. The significant issues of water sustainability in Nigeria include many factors as desertification; the depletion of critical wetlands, forests and vegetation covers at a fast rate. In addition, it includes the pollution of water sources from point sources such as industrial effluent and urban domestic wastes; unregulated utilization of groundwater for domestic purposes. There is also an issue of unavailability of portable water for citizens in most parts of the country particularly those in the rural areas and so forth (Ajai). These water sustainability issues are ...

Community policing also known as community-oriented policing can be loosely defined as the strategy of policing aimed at building ties and working closely with members of the communities and the police. With the high rate of crimes in the society, the duty of maintaining law and order is no longer solely in the ambit of the police. The police are more effective when they can depend on residents for help. It is in this breath, therefore, that members of the community are called upon to join hands with the police in enhancing and maintaining the safety and quality of ...

Introduction

With respect to law of torts, any action carried out intentionally and that results in causing either physical or emotional injury to another person qualifies as an intentional tort. On the other hand, negligence tort entails causing harm or injury to a third party as a result of personal carelessness. According to Arthur and Barner (2007), civil law requires that every individual conduct his or her activities in a manner that induces no harm to surrounding persons. In this context, the need to conduct one’s affairs in a safe manner constitutes the element of duty. Failure to act safely and within expected ...

Introduction

The United States homeland security strategy is aimed at protecting and mitigating both domestic and international acts of terrorism that may take place in the nation. One of the key elements of this strategy is sufficient information sharing and flow between the federal, the state and the local law enforcement agencies. The importance of this element was accentuated by the 9/11 attacks that showed the country’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks. It emerged that for the country to protect itself from such future acts of terrorism, the government needed to facilitate the establishment of a “trusted partnerships” between ...

Question One: Significance of Proclamation Line of 1763

The Proclamation Line of 1763 was significant in that it asserted the Indians’ right to land. The proclamation sought to delineate the land that belonged to the Indians from the land that would be accessible and utilized by the colonists. In that vein, the line established the racial divide. In the interim, the proclamation gave the Indians a share of the land. The same should be understood in the context of the fact that the Indians would now be under the protection of the King. In addition, the colonists who had settled in the land reserved for the Indians were ...

The racial segregation and oppression shared by women from their own experiences to change the political and social system were the awareness of women in the nation . Women voiced their sense of pride in accordance with their perspective and disappointments about the slow and inadequate changes. The hopes of women, guided by their active participation in the issues helped them survived the challenges. The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared segregation unconstitutional was the momentum for the civil rights . The momentum from the civil Rights Act of 1964, women rights were under the Act itself. Despite ...

Patients receiving acute care typically go through different levels of care encountering numerous health care providers in the process. For example, a stroke patient who undergoes cranial surgery will be admitted into the PACU. Once stable, he is admitted into the medical-surgical unit and then discharged into long-term rehabilitation. Prior to being sent home, he is advised to see his primary care physician for follow-ups. Throughout the many transitions in each health care experience, handoffs occur between health care professionals working in each unit during changes in shift. Handoffs also take place between providers of one unit or level of ...

Career Background

I hold 10 years of experience in the areas of change and release management based tiers in addition to full support and problem management at the service level including available reporting of workloads as batch scheduling. Career was started as a human resource assistant manager from where I gained several opportunities that propelled me to new opportunities that provided me with a sense of purpose and a solid desire of achievement. This has allowed me to have leverage of my experience in highly disciplined environments that have added on my knowledge and methodologies in distributed workflow systems. I have gained the skills ...

Introduction

Datax Tutoring Service exists in its legal form as a legal proprietorship in the form of the business's ownership with mingling of rights of the owner as well as liability and responsibility in combination with business rights. In this case Matt Thomas exists as the owner of the business as well as in legal representation with the responsibility of transaction and management of the activities of the business. There is no legal distinction between the Matt Thomas as the owner and his tutoring business. In addition he is the recipient of allow profits that are subjected to certain taxation ...

The sociological environment is an essential element in determining a person’s physical and mental health. Proper healthcare is a goal among many people; it is vital to address the determinants that affect health to promote a healthy living. The social environment entails both physical and sociological factors. The physical determinants include the neighborhood and built environment, natural environment, and social and economic context. The sociological factors include access to education, economic stabilityand job opportunities, public safety, and social norms. Balancing both the physical and social environment helps an individual to attain a health life.

Education

Education is a vital element in determining an individual’ ...

The brain is divided into two hemispheres that work in a coordinated manner. In that context, the two hemispheres have been named the right and the left parts of the brain. While both sides have specific functions, research confirms that the parts work complementarily and that each plays a supportive role to the other. The brain works best in a coordinated manner with each side displaying dominance for particular functions. It is noteworthy that not any side can work independently and that coordination remains essential for effective learning and operations. On that premise, it is arguable that either side will control the ...

The concept of cross listing entails the purchase and dealings in stocks listed in foreign markets. With the onset of globalization, countries were compelled into eliminating legal hurdles so as to open their markets for purposes of cross listing. However, the idea is still nascent in most of parts of the world. The leading international stock markets for cross listing are New York, Tokyo and London markets. This paper would tackle two central issues. The first limb seeks to examine advantages and disadvantages of listing companies in different foreign stock markets while the second limb examines issues involved in ...

The relationship between problem definitions and policy measures in the policy document

Context

Tourism is connected to various national and international economic aspects, as well as environmental, governmental and social factors (PKF 34). Discussing about Iceland’s tourism all these factors and others are to be considered when evaluating the development plan described in the “Promote Iceland” document. While the country’s internal macro economy (comprising politic, economic, social, technologic, environmental or legal aspects) is significant in explaining the trends in the tourism industry, Iceland’s strategies for developing its tourism hold into account also the macroeconomic aspects of other countries, which constitute potential tourism source for Iceland, and “ ...

- For readers to better understand the movement of the plot and the core context of the story, it is important to analyze the symbolism embedded in the plot. The word circular in the title conveys the metaphor of time and space, the parallel universe simulating the never-ending cycle of dream, reality and perception.

- The purpose is to seek for worthy souls to participate in the universe.

- The protagonist in the story is the dreamer himself who moves the story forward by dreaming of a man’s life. Even though the protagonist does not function in a traditional manner ...

Moon and Bates (1993) developed an approach of measuring the competitor performance. They came up with four main stages of analysis commonly referred to as the CORE analysis. CORE is an acronym name which refers to context, overview, ratios and evaluation. The strategic management accounting plays a very significant role in providing financial information about the main sources of gaining competitive advantage of a company. It involves two main aspects. The computation of the key internal financial ratios of the company is the first main issue. The second issue involves assessment of the external information that may pose a threat to the ...

The ever increasing levels of population creates concerns arise in relation to matters of territory, personal space and privacy. With an increasing population, the world is becoming densely populated resulting in overall effect on personal space and privacy. It is instructive to appreciate the fact that as population increases, the overall habitable area on the earth remains constant in most cases thereby occasioning a relative strain on resources. The paper shall examine matters of territoriality, privacy and persona space. From the onset, it is essential to acknowledge the fact that with increased population, people have to compound with less privacy ...

Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts and judges give meaning to enacted legislation and consequently apply it to a particular case. In the English as well as the Wales legal system, the doctrine of separation of powers prevails whereby Parliament is the supreme law maker. The Executive is charged with the responsibility of implementing the legislation as passed by Parliament while the Judiciary is the final arbiter which interprets legislation as enacted by Parliament. Thus, in tandem with the doctrine of separation of powers, the courts must keep within their ambit and ensure they do not arrogate to ...

Discourse as defined by Gee refers to the distinctive ways of speaking, acting, and writing. It is often coupled with the manner of interacting, dressing, mental thought, among other day to day activities. Discourses, in other words, refers to the cultural influences that contribute into the identity of an individual granted from the social setup in which he or she is exposed to. Therefore, Discourses are unique for particular groups of people depending on their cultural practises. It is essential to note that discourse is not static and easily changes from one way to another as people are exposed ...

Introduction

Sony one of the leading electronic company around the globe, is one of the leaders in the technological industry. The company also have an innovative culture that successfully increased in the market and effectively spread from one epic of the globe to another. On the other overview Apple Company is also one of the key leaders who have flooded the technological industry and effectively became the major role players in the industry.

In the market set up Apple Company remains one of the impressive companies around the globe in the context of the services provision. This is also illustrated ...

Abstract

Physician-assisted suicide is one of the most controversial topics in healthcare today. Some people consider it morally incorrect because it degrades the value of human life while others consider it better than suffering a painful death. However, the requests for assisted suicide are some of the most difficult moments for healthcare professionals. In many cases, ethical dilemmas about the power over life and death will prevent the physician from participating, but compassion and respect for the patients’ self-determination sometimes encourage physicians to discuss alternative, legal options with the patients. Some ethical frameworks and laws are against physician assisted suicide, but ...

Cuts for Medicaid are a feature of the current administration’s efforts to reduce the budget deficit based on the rationale that spending for health entitlement programs will stretch the federal budget beyond its limits. This is because increased longevity is raising the number of the aged population while a rise in the poor is increasing the number of those eligible (Abramsky, 2011). Budget cuts mean that some services would need to go. As a manager of a county clinic servicing Medicaid clients, it is my job to make the decisions as to which services would be eliminated. Optimal decisions must be based ...

1. This particular passage about how God called Moses into God’s redemptive work upon Israel is from Exodus 3: 1-23 of the Old Testament. First, this passage is directly associated with Judaism. Looking at its historical context, Exodus, the second book of the Torah, shows the account of how Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt into the Mount Sinai. In fact, this is where the Hebrews received the law of God (1280 B.C.E). Judaism absolutely believes that everything that happened to the nation of Israel is only by the power of the Almighty God, and this passage clearly ...

The Anglo-Saxon approach in the management of companies and organizations takes a different approach as compared to the model of French speaking people. Herremans and Isaac (2005) argue that while the French companies experience a highly context paced environment; the Anglo-Saxon counterparts adopt a highly formalized system that is full of factual management and decision making from a structured system of government. The case study of Lemma seeks to understand the cultural performance and the repercussions that were overseen as a result of adopting the Anglo-Saxon approach in its governance. This paper takes into consideration various factors and scenarios that are reminiscent in the ...

The reason I find this particular type of research (second language acquisition, particularly of Arabic) appealing is my fascination with intercultural studies and the difficulty of defense language learning. Because Arabic is such a uniquely difficult language for an English speaker, due to their dramatic structural differences, finding new and better ways to learn it is vitally important.

I know many people in the military; as a result, I have several preconceptions toward military and American attitudes toward Arabic as a language. Often, cultural attitudes toward Arabs and the like are relatively negative; the aggression and violence bred by military service, combined ...

Part B. Essay Type Questions

1.1 Choose a research design to use. Briefly describe the research design.

In order to analyze the problem of employees’ job dissatisfaction, it will be reasonable to choose the mixed methodological research design, as in this way it will be possible to thoroughly understand the issue and find an effective solution to it. So, it will be optimal to apply the survey method from quantitative design and semi-structured interview from qualitative.

At first the survey should be conducted, as quantitative research is the best way to view and analyze specific tendencies. In this type of research design, measurement process occupies ...

Threats to validity of a research design can lead the results of said research to be thrown into doubt. Both external and internal validity, in addition to construct validity, are factors that need to be considered when forming a research design. In this paper, the various threats to validity are compared and contrasted, and applied to my current research design involving second language interventions for teaching Arabic to military officers.

External validity involves the ability to link the current research in the sample to outside settings and situations. Threats to external validity include inferences that are wrongly inferred from sample data ...

Understanding communication at the work place

Communication is a very essential tool in any organization. It is very crucial for a quality life as well as an essential facet of life. According the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1994, communication is considered as being a human right. Effective communication plays a significant role in: relationship building, decision making, expression of opinions, personality and thoughts, as well as it helps individuals to articulate and achieve their basic needs. However, communication is one of the most complex abilities that individuals study. It becomes even more challenging for people with communication needs to address their own needs as well as ...