Essays on Costa

Executive Summary: Eliminating Discharge Delays

Executive Summary: Eliminating Discharge Delays Bed capacity has emerged as a critical issue in hospital quality management with evidence indicating that inefficient discharges contribute to slow care and patient flow while further increasing costs. Changes made to the prospective payment system by Medicare in recent years have increased pressure on hospitals to cut costs through, among other ways, reducing patient length of stay (LOS) (El-Eid et al., 2015).

‘Eliminating discharge delays’ is a quality management project that focuses on reducing patient length of stay and as such improving hospital throughput. The project entails implementation of several strategies that collectively ...

Investment Appraisal

Investment Appraisal This report presents the critical investment appraisal of the new coffee shop venture to be initiated by Tesco Ltd. The report includes a thorough analysis of the café market and industry and also attempts to evaluate the target market and market segmentation. Towards the end, the report also includes the appraisal of the investment and financial analysis of the five-year forecast of the venture.

The British coffee market has grown considerably in the past few years that is evident from the fact that approximately $8 billion was spent by Britons in coffee shops last year. In 2015, ...

Background

The Chinese market is characterized by a population, which is vibrant and large enough to facilitate and ensure the growth of businesses in China. The coffee consumption market is one, which has been on an increasing trajectory in terms of increase in the number of consumers for the product. The culture of the consumption of the product was increased by the presence of Starbucks a western franchise that delivers coffee in various parts of the world, and which has been the highest force of competition for Maan Coffee franchise. However, the greatest problem affecting the business entity associated with ...

Abstract

This paper explores two major psychological theories, which attempt to explain why people use drugs as a solution to their various problems. The main goal of this research is to explain how these theories explain the drug usage and describe whether these theories support a strong relation between drugs and crime. The method of research includes finding two articles about crimes, committed under the influence of drugs and reasoning the connection between the usage of drugs and crimes. This paper examines a possible connection between the two selected theories and two crimes, described in the articles. According to the ...

Abstract

Rose hip (Rosa Canina), often cultivated for its fruits, are orange-red oval berries, which seeds (including shells) are used in supporting the treatment of bladder infection, diarrhea, diabetes, and related conditions often in the form of a 3-g powdered seeds capsule. Its seed oil contains ascorbic acid, carotenoids, polyphenols, and GOPO, which reduces inflammation and pain, and lowers inflammatory markers. Extraction methods used include solvent extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, and subcritical fluid extraction. Licensed rose hip supplement products include Hyben Vital and LitoZin/i-flex. Hyben Vital dosage is twice daily for 3 to 4 months to reduce osteoarthritic pain and ...

Environmental Sociology

Introduction The risk associated with significant projects like the construction if the Belo Monte Dam tends to be quite big. Risks tend to affect people in various aspects, for instance, there is a risk that affects people in the individual context and those that affect them in the general aspects (Mythen 2004, p. 11). However, the manner in which people deal with the possibility of an adverse outcome, especially in an investment like the big dam tends to differ depending on the magnitude of the risk. Though the risks related to the project can cause dangerous and catastrophic problems, ...

Educational affiliation

Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics The paper analyses the role of the ethics and corporate state responsibility in the terms of the automotive industry. The study is to evaluate the role of the local ethics and the Corporate Social Responsibility in the process of the international development of the automotive industry. The key objectives are to evaluate the roles of these two concepts, find out the role of the customers’ awareness of the unethical behavior, and describe the patterns of change. The study validates why the car industry should focus on the ethical considerations and the CSR. This ...

Analysis of Costa’s Activity

Business Activity Costa Coffee is the UK’s favorite coffee shop and one of the world’s leading coffee brands, serving premium coffee in .. countries around the globe (Costa official website, n.d.). The company uses Arabica and Robusta beans, originating from 70 countries situated at the Bean Belt region, in the equator, going through a rigid process of cropping and roasting, to assure the top quality coffee served in Costa’s shops (Costa official website, n.d.). Therefore, the scope of Costa’s activities refers to selling premium coffee through dedicated stores. It also includes selling coffee through vending ...

Clearly, different types of employees and employers face different risks during the course of an average workday. Miners and oil field workers, for instance, have the potential to face significant risks to their lives and well being as a result of their jobs. The study of law ins necessary to the study of security for individuals in these fields, as it is impossible to provide anyone a legally safe environment without a thorough understanding of the law. There are even a wide number of professions dedicated to building secure working spaces. Most leaders on a work site like a ...

The five main external factors that influence the length of stay include regulatory organizations, the economy, competition, patients, and technology. In this case the regulatory environment affects the extent to which the facilities increase of reduce their lengths of stay. Some of the regulatory bodies targeting main script and transcriptions include the Joint Commission, and AHA. They have the face value of either adding of reducing the direct count of LOS within the hospital (Forgione & Younis, 2009). Second, the economy would also have a significant effect in LOS depending on various forms of cycle period. Freitas et al. (2012) ...

Step1: Patient situation:

The first step in clinical reasoning is to describe the patient in the context of the clinical situation. Ms. Melody King, a 36-year-old female was presented for an emergency laparoscopic surgery for a ruptured appendix. She has a medical history of asthma and depression. Her medication list includes Ventolin, Seretide, Sertraline. Postoperatively, Melody developed peritonitis and was treated with antibiotics and analgesic. The biopsy results of Melody’s sample revealed the presence of adenocarcinoma. Melody will need to undergo a few most test, and till then continue her stay at the hospital. The diagnostic tests: CT scan of chest, ...

Creative teaching strategies are considered important aspectsof the learning process especially the audience. It calls for an effective communication and proper feedback during the process of learning. While introducing the topic of study, the audience is expected to pay a close attention and grab the crucial concepts obtained in class. The strategies are also useful in enabling the critical thinking among students and general populations that are needed in the everyday activities. Critical thinking is useful in the real world applications and even career developments which are mostly obtained through the creative teaching (Parncutt & McPherson, 2002) A number of ...

A Logical Experiment?

A Logical Experiment?

Thesis

In their article, Costa and Kahn explore the possible incentives that American men had to join the army during the civil war when pay was low and death or injury was certain. They determined that the Union army promoted social capital and group loyalty that not only attracted men to join in the Civil War but also encouraged them to reenlist once their term was over.

Evidence

The paper spends a great deal of time noting that while every organization faces issues that can be mitigated, soldiers who fought in the Civil War faced a number of ...

Transcriptional regulation of gene expression

Gene expression in eukaryotic cells is regulated at transcriptional, post transcriptional and translational levels (Tomizawa,  Lekstrom-Himes, and Xanthopoulos 17). Transcriptional control is the primary means of regulating gene expression. Eukaryotic transcriptional control functions at three levels: modulation of the activities of activators and repressors; variations in chromatin structure; and effect of activators and repressors on assembly of initiation complexes (Lodish et al. 368). Regulation of transcription initiation is the most widespread form of gene control in eukaryotes. However, in some cases, transcription may be attenuated and regulated at subsequent steps, such as during or after the transcription process (Cooper ...

Today, technology showcases its exertive existence than ever. Televisions, laptops, desktops, tablets and laptops are the products of this technological era with their use being notable to many across the globe. However, its embracement has raised arguable disputes among different scholars with both negatives and positives getting attached to their use. Children are perceived to be vulnerable and on the benefiting side of the use of media such as the computers. Is the television usage on the collision course or constructive to the lives of the users? This paper explores the use of the television and its implications to ...

When it comes to the issue of healthcare in the community, there are always gaps that must always be addressed in order to be able to combat the issues and barriers that affect the community. This annotated bibliography will look at the various sources that have been able to address the issue of needs and assets assessment. Citation: Arellano, N., Davis, S., Tyer-Viola, L., Sullivan, M. M.,Mihovan, M. E., Costa, K.&Palazuelos, D. (2015). Towards la clinica de mis sue? os: Findings from a needs and assets assessment among rural nurses in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Nursing Education and ...

The natural selection theory is also referred to as the Darwinian Theory and is found in his book the Origin of Species which was published for the first time in 1859 . The Darwinian Theory has always been considered controversial due to the lack of background material to offer inheritance. Darwin makes the theory based on his personal observations of the fauna and the flora. Darwin’s ideas tend to focus on the end product and not on the process that leads to the existence of the end product. The theory was first introduced by Darwin in the 1850’s ...

Starbucks coffee is the most well-known coffee brand in the world. The company’s mission statement is: “to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time (Corporation)”. The company has grown rapidly since it was bought in 1987 by Howard Schultz, and currently operates all over the world. In 1995, the company expanded to selling bottled frappuccinos due to a partnership with the Pepsi Corporation. At the end of 1996, Starbucks employed over 20,000 employees and operated over 1,000 stores in thirty-two markets in North America (Kachra). By 2002, ...

Introduction

The strategy is the purpose and direction an organization takes to get to its future and achieve long-term goals. It involves motivating trustees in the organization to engage meaningfully with the external environment. The organization, thus, matches its diverse capabilities with the needs of the stakeholders. An organization and in this case the MacDonald has a strategy that determines how the business relates to the outside world. It also determines how the organization will take every opportunity to innovate, improvise as well as make improvements. MacDonald should have a strategy that concentrates on priorities, making sure that the organization’ ...

Introduction

Costa Coffee is a multinational coffee company, founded in 1971 and headquartered in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Founded by Costa family, the company started as a wholesale operation, working with specialist Italian Coffee shops. In 1995, the organization was acquired by Whitbread, who adopted very aggressive growth strategy, expanding the physical operation of Costa Coffee to over 2,800 shops across 30 countries. With over 1700 stores in the United Kingdom account for a major part of the total revenue of the company. Costa Coffee employs over 45,000 people and serves 25 million customers annually. Costa Coffee operations are complex, ...

In the business operation, outsourcing refers to the act of contracting out some business processes to a third party. The factors that drive business to decide on outsourcing their business processes are diverse. They include factors such as technological development, skilled laborers, costs such as labor cost and raw materials amongst other factors. Outsourcing can either be done within the same country or outside often referred to as offshoring and nearshoring respectively. Some of the major drivers that force businesses to outsource some of the business process include costs, strict government regulations, taxes and incentives (Carmel & Nicholson, 2007). In ...

Introduction

Heart valve surgery is used for the repairing or replacement of valves of the heart that are diseased. The patients receive general anesthesia in this type of surgery whereby the surgeon makes a large surgical incision in the breastbone. The incision is meant to enable the surgeon to reach the aorta and the heart (Kato Paragraph 2). The relevance of stroke to the procedure of open-chest valve surgery is that it is one of the risks associated with cardiac surgery. Other risks include death, failure of the kidneys, cardiac arrest, irregular beats of the heart, and post-pericardiotomy syndrome (Kato ...

Introduction

The U.S. airline industry continues to be fiercely competitive, due to a combination of rising costs, increased government regulation, fluctuating macroeconomic conditions, and increasingly price sensitive consumers (Southwest Airlines, 2016a). Environmental pressures have led to several mergers and acquisitions within the industry, including major carriers as well as regional and domestic carriers (Southwest Airlines, 2016a). Low-cost domestic airline carriers that offer non-stop service to popular domestic and tourist destinations within North America have emerged as formidable competitors to large, international carriers such as United Airlines. Southwest Airlines and Allegiant Air are two carriers that focus on variations of the ...

First Article

The article Studying the Links between Organizational Culture, Innovation, and Performance in Spanish Companies discusses innovation as being the fundamental element influencing company’s success in the competitive markets. The Journal explains the need for studying the factors affecting innovation such as factors related to people as well as behavior. Organizational culture is depicted as being in a position to stimulate or restrain innovation in a firm (Naranjo-Valencia, Jiménez-Jiménez, & Sanz-Valle, 2016). Corporate culture can thus affect the performance of a company in either the way. Since innovation is presented as a primary factor that affects performance and ...

Literature Review

Abstract Innovations and modifications that produce cost reductions and enhance performance have driven the evolution of the classic solid rocket and the liquid bipropellant rocket into hybrid models that integrate the predominant solid and liquid model features into more sensical, more economical fabrications of design. The commercial spacecraft demands for aerospace propulsion have also evolved to include a market for environmentally sustainable hybrid rocket engines that has yet to fully mature to the Technology Readiness Level (TRL). Numerical modeling has been used as a tool to test the feasibility of new solid fuel types. ABS has been considered as ...

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Personality is considered as a combination of all the attributes characterizing a specific individual. These attributes may include temperamental, behavioural, mental, and emotional characteristics. A lot of psychological experts started showing increased interest in the study of personality during the past several decades, and presented many theories on personality. Researches on personality and constant evaluation as well as review of emerging theories and models have helped in further understanding of personality. Dispositional and evolutionary or biological personality theories are among some of the most important theories. These theories are different from many other personality theories in ...

The Titanic may have been swallowed by the vast seas that fateful night, but the story forever lives on for the survivors and the spectators. We take lessons from that forever tale and still look to the events of the day for guidance and support. One of the areas worth admiring, despite the disaster and the havoc aboard the giant, was the ratio of women and children who managed to walk away from the wreckage. Research shows that 20% of the men while 75 percent of the women were the survivors of the incident. Of the total 109 children ...

Reflective Essay on Leadership

Reflective Essay on Leadership

PART A

Introduction

One of the most widely researched aspects of personality and leadership in the big five factors of personality, which includes neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness involve the ability to predict leaders. In fact, greater empirical support has been found for the five-factor model in predicting leaders than for the type indicators. However, research has additionally identified that for looking at appealing leaders, a proactive personality scale such as measuring the ability to change the organization's environment, to show initiatives and to persevere is a better predictor of leadership factor has relations ...

Background of the Problems

Theories Related to Successful Aging Bowling (2005) defined successful aging from a sociological perspective highlighting that "the substantial increases in life expectancy at birth achieved over the previous century, combined with medical advances, escalating health and social care costs, and higher expectations for older age, have led to international interest in how to promote a healthier old age and how to age successfully" (p.1). To this end, some research studies have outlined theories which can be applied to successful aging. DeLiema & Bengston (2015) examined both the activity theory and disengagement theory. Specifically, these theories have been stated to be ...

Introduction

A refrigerator is an electrical device used in temperature maintenance below ambient temperatures. To achieve this function, the refrigerator should be able to create a heat sink at cold room temperatures a temperature that should be lower than the ambient temperature while at the same time also rejecting heats having higher temperatures than the ambient temperatures. To achieve this refrigerant is forced to undergo evaporation at temperatures lower than the ambient temperature(Griffiths, 1937). When the refrigerant is compressed at high pressure and condensing temperatures above the ambient temperature results in the loss of heat and condensation back to ...

Costa Coffee-Business Strategy Analyses

The strategic tools used Analyse the company’s history, development, and growth The strategy tool used to analyze this question is the Critical success factors. As discussed below, there are various factors that have contributed to the development and growth of the company. The tool is chosen because it is possible to identify the factors in the case study. Costa coffee began its operations in the United Kingdom in 1971. Costa coffee was brought into existence by two brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa. They served the first coffee to some caterers in London. In 1978, the company opened its ...

Individual’s productivity in any working environment is measured by tracking that person’s performance. People work differently depending on the environment they are based in. Individuals who work on a commission based salary tend to work harder and efficiently than an individual who is working for no salary or someone who works for the government. The best industry that monitors one’s productivity is baseball. It uses a wide range of statistical tools to analyze one’s performance in the game. Statistics plays a very important role in baseball than any sport because it has structured flow; and ...

Introduction

The university community has different people in its setting. Community here comprises of students, faculty and other staff. In extension, the university also comprises the management boards who are not necessarily fulltime university employees and the students’ parents. All these play an important role in the functioning of the community. The community influences the neighbors and the city at large in terms of business and other areas. The university is a large community and with today’s technology, the use of social media is highly utilized. Starting with the university as an institution to the individual members within. The ...

IT/IS outsourcing in business information technology

Introduction Information technology and systems (IT/IS) are rapidly becoming the backbone of various businesses and enterprises. In reality, the two are synonymous and work hand in hand with each other. Information technology is the use of computers, storage devices, networking equipment and infrastructure to generate, develop, store, protect and interchange all forms of electronic data. Information technology is classified under the information systems umbrella. Its primary focus is to manage technology and improve utilization to advance the general business goals. Information systems is an overall term that describes methods, people, and processes that are designed to construct, store, influence, ...

The response of states to the emergence in the second half of the 20th century as a result of civil unrest and armed conflicts of large numbers of refugees in Africa and Latin America became the adoption of a number of regional agreements. For example, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) 1969 on Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and the 1984 Cartagena Declaration on Refugees included in the number of refugees also people fleeing from war or civil armed conflicts, seriously disturbing public order in the country. Time has proved the necessity and effectiveness of these instruments ...

For over 47 years, the outbreak of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union alliances has led to several political, economic, and military tensions on various countries around the globe. Immediately after the occurrence of World War II, a huge difference on the political ideologies of both parties triggered another outburst of foreign policies that have conflicting views between the two. Seemingly, the main reason for the outburst of Cold War from 1944 to 1991 is to extend both the opposing parties’ power and dominance around the world. The United States evidently wanted to gain ...

In Case Study 14, three countries - Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras – are analyzed. These countries were Spanish colonies in the past and share similar geographic features (Todaro & Smith 767). However, they are very different in terms of the economic and human development. Costa Rica is the most developed of three countries, because it has been able to stay away from the military conflicts for 65 years (Todaro & Smith 770). On the contrary, Guatemala and Honduras are very unstable countries. Nevertheless, all three countries have good prospects nowadays. The foreign aid is very important for the developing economies that ...

My Personal Theory of How Personality Is Developed

It is a common fact that personality is considered to be possessed by all people in this or that way. How people tend to think, behave and feel and what causes individuals to have these tendencies are the questions addressed by personality study and research. If developmental psychology and social psychology have merged as a subject matter in psychology, personality has never really found that unity. There has never been a fundamentally acceptable and precise definition as to what personality truly is. These aspects have not prevented personality from being one of the most argued subjects of psychological research and ...

Arenas Del Mar is an extraordinary beachfront resort located at the beaches of Manuel Antonio. The hotel itself has total 38 rooms, 16 apartments, 2 garden view suites, and 4 ocean view suites (Sheldon, 2007). The 16 apartments can be used as either superior and suite rooms or apartment. All the rooms have flat screen TVs, have king beds, AC, ceiling fans, great ocean views, and huge bathrooms (Kleynhans, 2006). The suites also have a luxurious balcony with a Jacuzzi and a sitting room with sofa sleeper. There is also a pool at the restaurant/reception area and several others by Playitas. The hotel ...