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A DC –9, twin-engine plane belonging to ValuJet, a fast rising Airline Company crashes into a swamp and kills everybody on board. This includes the pilots, 105 passengers, and the flight attendants. It is a terrible scene to witness such a scenario especially considering that flights are the safest mode of transport. The term safety is, however, relative when it comes to an accident where almost everybody in the plane is killed thus making it tragic (Langewiesche, 1998). Despite the tragedies that come with plane crashes, the amount of seriousness given to it at the time of occurrence is ...

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 ...

Public health organizations are actively seeking social media and related technologies to disseminate health related information (Isaacs, 2014). Social media can be highly influential and can affect people’s behavior (Isaacs, 2014). Some of the benefits of using social media for health communication are: (i)it enhances the person’s access to health information, (ii) can be used to create awareness or (iii) to conduct mass campaigns on public health issues. (Cooke-Jackson, 2013) The risk of disseminating health information through social media are as follows: (i) People using social media are exposed to a number of health information on ...

NR451 RN Capstone Course

Term and Year Skin-to-Skin Contact for Neonates The separation of mother and neonate for non-urgent medical reasons is a growing trend in nursing practice. However, research has indicated that the practice can have a deleterious long term effect on the healthy infant and mother with regard to breast feeding, cardio-respiratory stability, and blood glucose levels (Moore, Anderson, Bergman, & Dowswell, (2014). The solution to the problem is to initiate skin-to-skin contact at birth (Moore, et al., 2014). The nursing focused plan is to introduce the practice of skin-to-skin contact following birth, which entails placing the naked infant prone on the ...

Rights to Freedom of Speech, Religion, Petition and Press

The right to freedom of speech provides me with the opportunity to express myself without any form of constraint from the government. In order for the government to interfere with my right to freedom of speech since then, the Supreme Court dictates that substantial justification is provided. Justification might include causing violence or breach of peace through speech. The freedom of religion provides me with the opportunity to assemble and interact with people we share the same beliefs. The government is not allowed to pass any legislation that establishes an official religion or in favor of a particular religion. ...

Management

Starbucks is “the global coffee and food retailer operates more than 21,000 locations in 66 countries” (Fortune 500). The history of the company began in 1971 when the first Starbucks café was opened in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. Since that time, the company has grown into one of the world leaders in coffee retail represented in 66 countries all over the world. Moreover, Starbucks became the symbol of ongoing process of the Americanization that embraced countries in Asia. Starbucks included in Fortune 500 on 146 place in 2016. Figure 1 illustrates Starbucks’s Fortune 500 rank ...

1.0 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background and Rationale of the Research The industry of construction is not only a key player in the national economic growth; but also a crucial sector affecting the economic and social welfare of citizenry, particularly in its primary function in providing reliable and decent shelter. It is viewed as one of the most essential sector to highly contribute to the growth of an entire economy at the provincial, national and international levels (Artto & Kujala, 2008). In the recent years, cost modelling and estimation for construction projects have attracted major attention of several research scholars. ...

Community members risk a great risk of getting themselves hurt at the hands of people prone to violence. The relevance of the study is that it highlights what is instrumental in determining the extent to which mentally ill and violent individuals are likely to pose risk to members of communities, be they prison, hospital or standard civilian groups of people. The literature review will include a board concept of community. Samuel (2015) defined the concept of community as applicable to a human group sharing a geographical area. Following this logic, the notion is possible to apply to patients and ...

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The theory of predestination proposed and developed by Jean Calvin had an immense impact on the religious beliefs and secular life of Early Modern Times. It states that there are people who were born for salvation and those who were born for destruction and this predestination cannot be changed by the individual’s actions. Calvin in his famous book “Institutes of the Christian Religion” proves that the theory is fair because “we shall never feel persuaded as we ought that our salvation flows from the free mercy of God as its fountain, until we are made acquainted with his ...

The main goal of speech modification is the control of non-linguistic information of various speech signals, as, for instance, voice quality and/or voice individuality. The term speech modification is usually used to refer to the different modifications, which may be applied to the sound produced by people. (McAulay and Quatieri, 1986) Speech modification is used in a big range of areas, such as speech synthesis, film and music industry, voice editing, dubbing, toys, chat rooms, games, communications (interpreting telephony, helium speech), voice pathology (voice restoration), high-end hearing aids, other applications (for example, confuse speaker identification systems). The process of ...

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Differences between the way work was organized at TCS and at Scotchem

Total Customer Services (TCS) and Scotchem are two disparate organizations with different forms of work organization. TCS is an outsourcing firm dealing with outsourced housing operations while Scotchem is a networked organization which relies on its alliances with suppliers and customers in its chemical manufacturing business. The housing claim processing contract for TCS was seven years and this defined its work organization. The contact between the council and TCS comprised of council workers working on monitoring claims that would have been processed by TCS workers. It was the council which set up weekly targets that TCS had ...

Introduction

In this paper, I will argue that the fact that a certain individual is recognized as an employee, automatically “grants” employer status to the person or entity that hires this individual; the legal status of employer is inherently connected to the status of employee. Both parties acquire certain rights and obligations as soon as their relationship falls under the definition of employment. However, as much as there are no strict criterion that help to determine whether a person is an employee, similarly, whether an entity or an individual is an employer will largely depend on the form of relationship ...

“Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand.” These are the words of the legendary musician, Stevie Wonder. It goes to show the extent of the impact of music not only regarding entertainment but also regarding its psychological effects. Music has the power to stir the deepest of emotions and thoughts. In the recent past, the study of music psychology has increasingly become the focus of psychologists and other researchers who opine that there is a positive co-relation between the functioning of the psychological processes and singing, composing or merely listening to music (Zbikowski, 77). ...

Introduction

Separating right from wrong remains one of the most critical factors that have generated intense debate across various contexts. Precisely, the society is clouded by an array of moral issues that have created a divide pitting those opposed and those supporting certain dynamics in the society. The rights of animals occur as one of the topics that remain controversial and raise varying opinions from the societal populations. The highly democratic nature of the society has offered a platform where animal rights advocacy thrives. While much has been hypothesized about animal rights advocacy, there is a need to note that ...

Abstract

This report describes the necessity of working in the form of groups and teams for effective organizational output. The basic essence of teamwork is provided along with its definition in the initial part. Then, the importance of teamwork is discussed from various aspects. Literature is consulted for effects of teamwork on organizational performance. We also discuss various traits and attributes of working together in teams and groups. We will see how teamwork leads to employee satisfaction, reduced turnover, decentralized responsibility, skills’ enhancement, feelings of empowerment, satisfaction of stakeholders, and much more.

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As the technology is advancing at a rapid ...

On October 9, 2012 two Taliban gunmen boarded the school bus that Malala Yousafzai was on. After asking which of the students was Malala, they proceeded to fire three shots at her. One of the bullets hit the side of her forehead and traveled along the length of her face before going through her shoulder (Schifrin, 2013). Since the attack Malala Yousafzai has become a prominent international advocate for educational equality for men and women. This paper will look at her life and her impact on the world. The reason for the Taliban attack on Malala was a blog ...

Introduction

The nationwide pipeline system in the USA has been constructed to transport the natural gas, oil, and refined petroleum products. This constitutes about 71% of the refined products and oils are being transported with about 100% natural gas of the consumption in the USA. The three sectors that are involved in the transportation of these energy products are; operators of the gas transmission pipelines, operators of hazardous liquids in the pipeline and the distributors of gas utilities. An approximate of 299,000 miles and 171,000 miles are offshore gas transmission and liquid onshore pipelines respectively. This operates in ...

Once the trainees have joined, orientation is normally done. This process is mainly concentrated on making sure that the trainee gets an exposure to the Delta Hotels Culture: whatever is expected of them and the backing they receive. They then spend some time on initial training: mostly, half of this period is consumed in the operational department while the other half is spent in classroom. This process is supervised closely by the skill trainer or the manager (Kaufman et al., 2000). There after, a period of rotating assignments follows. Throughout this period, the technical and behavioral skills have to ...

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This paper gives an insightful preview of the Panama's economy. It analyzes key data from the current major economic indicators to comprehend the state or nature of Panam. The analyzes espouse data and statistics drawn from the Panamanian Bureau of Statistics and Economic portfolios. It analyzes both the endogenous, exogenous economic factors, as well as their impact on the Panamanian economy. One of the most conspicuous endogenous factors is the Panama’s unsustainable development growth models. Its economic growth mostly focuses on the economic indicators while ignoring critical and pressing aspects such as social as well as environmental problems. ...

Introduction

HRM is defined as the process of planning, establishing, directing and supervising human actions in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the organization (Dessler, 5). Ethics on the other hand, refers to values that have been imbibed within individuals in an organization that enable them to act accordingly and differentiate between right and wrong. There are many sources of ethics such as organizational culture, legal obligations and religion among others. Ethics in HRM indicates that employees should be treated with distributive justice and ordinary decency (Dessler, 28). Fair treatment of the employees contributes greatly to the attainment ...

16 May 2011

As a renowned neurobiologist, Antonio Damasio wrote Looking for Spinoza with the sole wish to explore the human brain and its handling of emotions and feelings. The book, part factual evidence and part reflective journal, explores the main ideas of the Dutch philosopher, Benedict de Spinoza. Spinoza is known for his discussion of God as a solely philosophical idea which caused a large amount of controversy which led to Spinoza being removed from the Jewish faith (Jacobs). Spinoza’s discussion of emotions centres on the idea of ‘affects’ in conjunction with the human body: “the affections of the body ...