Essays on Delaney

The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission refers to the United States’ agency that is tasked to enforce the securities laws, policies and guidelines, including the country’s stock and options exchange activities. It is the objective of this agency to “ protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation” (U.S, 2017). One of the main roles of the SEC is to ensure that investors who turn into the securities exchange market are protected and activities that are geared towards capital and investment formation are sustained for economic growth.

The Creation of the PCAOB

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) was ...

Nurse educators place emphasis on the importance of continuing education in advancing the nursing profession. They have a sole responsibility of informing their peers, patients, student nurses, and communities concerning limitless health issues. In essence, they play a vital function in enhancing nursing practices through role modeling and leadership as part of the EBP process. In response to this week’s discussion, I will discuss some of the ways through which I have demonstrated my function as an educator at My Home Clinic. I will also reveal how I anticipate integrating this feature into my future career. I currently ...

Willy and Shelly as Tragic Heroes

The plays “The Death of a Salesman” and “Glengarry Glen Ross” focus on the dramatic events in the lives of aging salesmen, whose careers are rapidly ended when they start underperforming in their jobs, and even though they try their best to succeed, they are eventually destroyed by their unrealistic ambitions. The figures of Shelly Levene and Willy Loman have been characterized as tragic throughout the years, even though many critics continue to disagree with this denomination. Even though they may not entirely comprise the classical attributes of tragic heroes, they essentially represent the same kinds of heroes that ...

In a broader definition, the human resource (HR) is entitled to manage the employees of an organization. It has several roles including recruitment, facilitating proper training, employee welfare and safety, and legislation awareness. In this article, we take up several themes of HR management and then link them with the changed nature of the current workforce. It particularly focuses on the employee welfare and health issue in order to illustrate the changed nature of the work environment. Moreover, it traces the importance of “soft skills” for the employees, in general, and for the HR managers, in particular. Lastly, it ...

The Greek philosopher Aristotle first led the discussions on the concept of genre in order to create a distinction between multiple works of text based upon their common characteristics. The word itself is a Latin derivative of genus. It implies a sense of definition that can be stated in common English as ‘the like of’. The word genre has went on to include a vast number of different types of text, music and visual medium since the ancient Greek empire. Specific words such as drama, essay, commentary, news etc. are now used to identify the specific nature of a ...

Re: Portfolio’s Risk and Return Tradeoff

Profitable Portfolio construction is a difficult task and a task that demands huge knowledge and analysis. More than the monetary investment, it needs investment in the form of research about the past performance, current performance, and the future prospect as well as the research about the industry. Apart from that, balancing the risk and the return stands as the determining factor in the construction of the portfolio. An investor must also simultaneously look for the tradeoff of the risk and return of the entire portfolio rather than of the single stock. As an investment advisor of the company, I ...

People Management

Part A Graduates constitute a large pool of supply for employers in the market that has the ability of supporting business development and eventually prosperity considering that they pose as a source of highly qualified and expertise workforce for businesses to attain short-term and long-term needs. The process of attracting and employing graduates may be a daunting task in terms of its resource intensive nature; hence, businesses may need to employ a number of ways get to the graduates and secure them for the various job positions. Due to the high competition that exists between firms for the best ...

Introduction

Technology is constantly changing with a rapid pace that has greatly influenced the healthcare setting. The practices within the healthcare settings have adopted different innovative and information technology system and devices that have change the nursing practice (Westra & Delaney, 2009). In this document, the problems related to the adoption of technology’s impacting nursing practices are discussed. It critically analyzes the role of the nursing leadership as counteracting to the resolve the issues and concerned related to the technology use in nursing practices. It focuses on the application of leadership strategies to overcome the problem. Moreover, it concludes with ...

A paralegal has an ethical obligation to conduct competent electronic research in order to obtain the rights answers to issues involved in the research study. Using electronic research means searching for answers to questions by using computer data bases of information (Delaney, 2009). There are several potential consequences of inept electronic research practices such as lack of information in doing research may lead to inaccurate results and looking at unfamiliar areas of research may become time-consuming. It is important for the researchers to understand the types of information that can be found in traditional and electronic references and to ...

In his novel, Tortilla Curtain, Boyle has employed the use of symbolism in different forms. The coyote is the predominant symbol that the author has used to represent immigrants and also bring across his main theme of racism and the immigrants relation with the white Americans (Becker 1). The two groups differ in their ways of life, character and even in their perceptions regarding one another (Roden 2). The coyote appears in different scenes of the book and evokes a reaction that portrays animosity between the two communities. The term coyote has always been used to refer to immigrants. ...

Introduction

Executive performance depends on management styles. As such, leadership and management figures in an organization could either be driven by aspiration or inspiration. However, for a business to be successful there is a need for inspiring leadership skills. Inspiration results in leaders that are charismatic and dynamic, where there is a natural connection with the people. Such leaders ensure that their workers are innovative and creative. On the other hand, aspirational leaders may also be charismatic but depend more on market share, size, geographic spread, and influence more than creativity and innovation.

Explain the skills and attributes needed for leadership in your chosen organization.

There are several skills needed by a ...

Nursing Informatics is a special field of science which deals with the integration of nursing science, computer science, and information science to help in the identification, management, communication, and dissemination of data, information, and knowledge in the field of nursing. Additionally, nursing informatics aid in the critical thinking and decision making of nurses, consumers, patients, interprofessional healthcare team, and even other stakeholders (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2015). The current changes that are happening in the delivery, organization, and financing of health care gave new opportunities for nurses in the field of advanced nursing practice. Advanced practice nurses ...

A brake is a device that produces artificial resistance to the moving part of a machine to stop or slow down its motion. Any machine or its part that is in motion possesses kinetic energy. As per physical laws, energy cannot be destroyed; its form can only be transformed. The brake system converts the kinetic energy of the moving machine or part into thermal, potential or chemical energy. Brake systems are of various types utilized in different applications in industries, home appliances, vehicles, railway trains, and other sectors. This paper has focused on the brake systems used in vehicles, ...

The twenty-first century continues to be underlined by war and terrorism. The history of humanity seems to stick to the war narrative. Numerous conflicts and wars have been witnessed from different places around the world. One of the most dominant conflicts within the mainstream media is that of Syria. The country has been at war for the last five years following the violence that was used to quell democracy protests in 2012. The war was as a result of protests all over the country in rebellion against the leadership of President Assad. The conflict has resulted in the death ...

Objective one

Data integrity to the ability of the data collected to be complete, accurate and consistent. In other words, the data remains unaltered and intact. The health records need to depict such characteristics for they serve a lot of purpose concerning detecting trends which in turn are used to implement policies and guidelines for improving health care practices (Perkins & Schmidt, 2012). The health records are electronic, and so there is need to update the information regularly to ensure accuracy. Therefore, the first policy is to provide the accurate identity of the patients either via their identity cards or driving licenses. ...

Problems with Welfare: Research Proposal Welfare

Introduction Welfare system proves to be a sophisticated approach while seeking to incorporate various programs and users. According to the critics of the welfare system in the contemporary society, the system fails to offer sufficient state flexibility. Besides, welfare system does not encourage work among the target audience while contributing to the breakdown of the families. Similarly, the system has not been able to realize or demonstrate enormous implications, as well as influences towards the reduction of the issue of poverty among the society members. From this perspective, it is valuable to consider development and execution of this research ...

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 ...

Illinois is a Midwestern state with its headquarters in Springfield. The largest city in the state is Chicago. The population of the state according to 2014 figures is approximately 12.5 million residents, which make it the fifth largest state in terms of population. Chicago, the largest city in the state also boasts the third highest city population in the United States behind New York and Los Angeles. As mentioned, Springfield is the seat of government with the Illinois state capitol located in downtown Springfield. The state is largely balanced politically with both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party almost ...

Abstract

Nowadays the problem of defining and studying popular culture is being discussed and talked over and over again. We express ourselves watching this or that TV show, we feel safe because we know that there are thousands of people who share same interests. This understanding helps as we all are trying to live happily. Sometimes a feeling that you are a part of something big makes a difference for a person. Sure, it is not very sophisticated, but it can give comfort and provide you with positive emotions. Not being able to express personality often leads to depression. However, it is common for ...

The construction industry is facing numerous challenges in the current modern society. Some of these challenges have consistently been there for centuries in the industry while others are new ones that emerge due to the ever-changing factors such as technology and nature of work. Many of these challenges are mainly due to direct construction activities while other challenges come about, as a result, indirect activities. However, in the recent past there has been a surprising increase in the number of challenges that are not related to construction operations. Therefore, construction managers must not only be conversant with challenges that are related ...

There are a variety of birth defects that are influenced by the actions of the parent while the child is in utero. From the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol, to the physiological changes that occur within the mother’s body as a response to stress and dietary deficiencies, the influence of such prenatal events can prove to be lifelong for the child. One such disorder associated with the prenatal environment is known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), which falls under the category of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The spectrum of disorders under the FASD umbrella also includes Partial FAS, Alcohol-Related ...

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- Executive summary Jinnikins Jeans is a UK company established in early 2000 that sell designer clothes. The company’s directors have drawn much attention especially from the media due to their personal exploits, youthful entrepreneurism, and innovative use of internet for marketing. The company has in the past few years faced various challenges such as increased wage bill, low performance and reduced morale among various employees. This article examines the company’s approach to reward and the extent to which their approach is consistent with its business objectives. It also focuses on various theories of motivation including, instrumentality ( ...

Initial discussion (completed):

After reading Barnes and Smith, what are your thoughts on whether Corporations have a responsibility to society beyond maximizing profit? Do you agree with Peter Drucker that if corporations are to continue to enjoy success managers must step beyond self-interested behavior and assume responsibility for the public good? Or, do you agree with Milton Friedman, that spending shareholder's property against their wishes is immoral? Support your conclusions with outside references and resources.

I agree that any organizations and corporation’s responsibility is not limited to increasing its product line and merchandises and maximizing profit only, but also to the society ...

Abstract

With advancement of technology a lot of issues have been invented. Different social media has been developed such as Face-book, twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube. With this advancement, reaching out to different people in different part of the world has been made easy. In evident those huge groups of young youths spend most of their time in social media, accounting for about seven and half hours a day. Based on this, in this paper my proposal is to create a site “Inspiration Initiative.” Through the social Medias and the sites fan page different youths can inspire each other on social, political and economic issues ...

Introduction

Handling drugs and alcohol addicts require specialized care. The therapeutic approach requires that the members of the patients’ social circle confront the person with regards to the damages experienced as a result of the drinking behavior. Families normally procure services of interventionists to assist them, and advice on the actions that the members should take if the patients are to under a given treatment. Mainly, it is the family members and close friends who confront the addict. During the conversation, the patient is informed about the negative impacts of the drinking habit to the family and what the behavior is likely ...

The relationship between the sample size for controls testing and each of the following factors:

- The likely effectiveness of a control Controls are categorized differently when it comes to control-testing, but they all operate in a methodical manner that enables the sample size for control testing to take place. They as well enable the auditors to carry out a comparison of the upper deviation rates something that results to the acceptable rates in the sampling size for control testing. As a result, they might be termed as advisory tools that might be valuable and expedient for the management personnel. - The acceptable rate of deviation Rate of deviation denotes the miscalculations and inaccuracies that ...

Introduction

The role of human resource management in an organization cannot be undervalued. The decisions that come from human resource management cannot be undervalued and is hard to measure although it has a great impact in an organization. This paper will focus on the argument that it is hard to measure the impact that human resource management on the performance of an organization. This research is undertaken with the hope that there will be clear relationship and clear understanding of whether it will be possible to measure the impact of human resource management on the performance of a given organization. There are ...

Introduction

This paper aims to examine the ways and strategies that can be helpful and supportive for Gucci Company to increase its competitive advantage in the market and to enhance its product life cycle. The most important thing about Gucci Fashion brand is that if offers throughout the EU and the important capitals and cities around the world its franchise system. The Gucci franchise system offers a comprehensive service covering all aspects of product marketing and franchise management so that a small business can devote all their energies exclusively to maximize sales. Gucci provides deposit franchises in the genre. Thus, the franchisee ...

Introduction

In the process of presenting a suggestion or idea to the person who has the power to implement it, the procedure of presentation influences the decision maker’s acceptance or rejection of the idea. When proper channels and protocol are followed, which comprehensively cover all the desired areas or people, it will be very easy to push through the idea. An idea can be rejected, not because it does not provide a solution to the problem, but because it was presented to the decision makers in a wrong way. The issue of concern in this case study regards mothers who had a ...

The term ‘pop culture’ has different definitions that depend on the context and the person defining the term. According to Tim Delaney, pop culture is generally recognized as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society at a point in time (P. 1). Other definitions have also described pop culture as the entirety of ideas, attitudes, perspectives, memes, and images as well as other phenomena that an informal consensus prefers within the mainstream of a specific culture. While the term popular culture has been used interchangeably with pop culture and they have often borne overlapping meanings, the term pop ...

Every human being we have encountered or will ever encounter is a complex end result of multiple influences. Every entity that he is exposed to leaves an impression on his thought process and often times if we sit and analyze one particular person in detail, we surely find remnants of those who have impressed him in his actions and words. It is therefore possible to critique or appraise him with reference to his inspirations. This paper aims to dwell on the work of the distinguished fiction writer T.C Boyle and in doing so will highlight the influence of another prominent ...

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Throughout modern history, death penalty, both in general sense and as a set of specific practices, has always been a subject of public debates and political speculations. Intentional deprovation of life, which by itself is widely considered to be the prerogative of God rather than other individuals, especially in time of peace, is indeed an important topic in life of every society. My intention within this paper is to analyze possible pros and cons of death penalty from various points of view and develop an argumented and logically justified position. The phenomenon ...

The world is being faced with one major crisis of insecurity and rapid growth of criminal gangs. Authorities have identified gangs as any group of criminals made who engage in various criminal activities in a given a region. These gangs have been involved in terrorizing people with some of them having a global network. Security agents have admitted that almost 60% of the crimes that are committed in the United States are being coordinated by criminal gangs. Gangs are involved in both minor and complicated crimes ranging from robbery, murder, rape and drug trafficking. The trend in which the gangs emerge is ...

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Strategic Management - Organizational and Business Overview Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is best known as a manufacturer of mobile handsets, having led the industry for decades before facing a massive decline in the late 2000s. Nokia was the top brand in the consumer electronics segment, however, between 2012 and 2013, its brand value fell by a massive 65% bringing it down to the 57th rank . Nokia’s three main business lines are: a) Mobile handsets, b) Nokia Networks, and c) Nokia Ventures . Over 1.2 billion people across the globe use Nokia products. Figure 1 illustrates the organizational structure at Nokia : ...

PTSD War Veterans and Their Families

PTSD War Veterans and Their Families

Introduction

On January 2nd, 2013, an elderly war veteran in Las Vegas was charged with two murders after he allegedly killed two women with more than 20 blows to their heads with a hammer. His ex-wife reported that he had alcohol and drug abuse issues, and during their marriage, he would often beat her or attempt suicide. According to his medical diagnosis, he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. This type of scenario is common among war veterans with PTSD because they will more likely engage in domestic violence than war veterans ...

Betty L. Chang is a scholar who has been instrumental in the area of informatics especially in the Nursing Education and research. She started back in the early 1980’s when she designed a computerized educational program for undergraduate programs and to the nursing students to enhance nursing diagnosis clinical support system for the research and education of graduate students especially in the practical nursing and nursing practice as a whole. This research module invented by this scholar was made available to the rural nurses in the United States through the American Nurses’ Association publication mechanisms. In addition to this elaborate discovery, ...

The symbol of the coyote in Tortilla Curtain appears many times throughout the novel and offers the reader’s multiple interpretations. The initial first time the coyote is presented in T.C. Boyle’s book, The Tortilla Curtain occurs right when Delaney Mossbacher has his car taken into the dealership for renovation soon after there was a little bit of a collision in hitting the Candido Rincon which was the Mexican. The salesman that worked at the dealership, attempts to make chat with Delaney and then requests if he hit a coyote or a deer. Delaney chooses to take the second choice and decides ...

In the past, matters affecting the employees were only discussed by the corporate employers or at times individual employers made their decisions about the jobs offered to employees without consulting one another. This resulted in a range of working conditions on the same job giving employees different attitudes. As a result dislike for some jobs developed and eventually fall-out of employees from jobs was very high. (dol.govt.nz) As a result, the employees decided to form a forum to fight for their rights and campaign against oppressive employment. After formation of such employee organizations (e.g. civil servants associations), the voice of the employees ...

Technology in nursing has been touted as a means for promoting the free exchange of information as it protects the privacy of patients and improves efficiency and quality of care (Agrawal, 2009). However, the potential benefits of technology have not yet been realized fully largely because of lack of adoption of standardized technology for creating the needed infrastructure for attaining these goals (Blumenthal & Tavenner, 2010). Some nurses have only seen the various technological changes in the nursing profession as just normal changes but have not utilized these changes for the benefit they come with (Carayon et al. 2010). The compelling ...

INTRODUCTION

Many small businesses do not survive to celebrate its fifth birthday according to many researchers. It has been found out that 80% of the small enterprises fail within its first five years of operation while 50% of the businesses actually fail within the first year of operation (Karami,2003). In this paper I will examine an example of the failed business, reasons for the failure of business and what could have been done to avoid the failure.

KHALIFA AIRWAYS

Khalifa airline was founded in the year 1999 by a super entrepreneur Abdelmoumene Rafik Khalifa and started operation two months later (Storey, 2002). ...

Background information

In the past, matters affecting the employees were only discussed by the corporate employers or at times individual employers made their decisions about the jobs offered to employees without consulting one another. This resulted in a range of working conditions on the same job giving employees different attitudes. As a result dislike for some jobs developed and eventually fall-out of employees from jobs was very high. (dol.govt.nz) This resulted in many incidents whereby the employees were exploited by the employers since conditions for the job were very strict. For example, an employer would decide whether or not to suck an ...

Technology in nursing has been touted as a means for promoting the free exchange of information as it protects the privacy of patients and improves efficiency and quality of care (Agrawal, 2009). However, the potential benefits of technology have not yet been realized fully largely because of lack of adoption of standardized technology for creating the needed infrastructure for attaining these goals (Blumenthal & Tavenner, 2010). Some nurses have only seen the various technological changes in the nursing profession as just normal changes but have not utilized these changes for the benefit they come with (Carayon et al. 2010). The compelling ...

Internal and External challenges a Manager Faces

Internal challenges a manager faces can be at a personal level and an organization level. Internal organizational challenges may include reducing the number of staff, having to work with a reduced budget, dealing with a reduction in sales, having to handle the consequences of newly implemented technology that has failed, hiring the right and qualified individuals, firing underperforming employees, how to deal with outstanding employees. Personal challenges may include behavior challenges. For instance, how does one respond to crisis? This could be inform of temper or understanding or may be showing empathy in cases where there is loss of life. External factors ...

Heroism occurs when a person tries to save another individual’s life, for instance by participate in a war in the process putting his or her life in a risk. Heroism seems to be a positive phenomenon, a value that is essential for human beings. However, it is an absolutist idea because it raises several doubts. This means that in some instance, it can be described as a positive phenomenon, while in others it is indifferent or negative. Many think that with time heroism will disappear or become outdated, and that it will have no place in the well-organized society. A society that demands that ...

In both of Ernest Hemingway’s short stories “The Killers” and ‘The Old Man at the Bridge,” a character faces the probability of death. In “The Killers,’ a former prizefighter learns that two assassins have been hired to kill him, while in “The Old Man at the Bridge,” an elderly man stays at the likely site of an impending wartime conflict. Each of them faces the prospect of death in a similar way, seemingly calmly accepting that their death is imminent. However, the reaction of the other characters in the two stories differs. The scout in “The Old Man at the Bridge” ...

Unemployment in America

Introduction

The unemployment rate in the USA has remained high although it has seen a drop in the recent years. The rate of unemployment is the number of persons that are actively searching for employment as a percentage of the total labor force in a country. The rate of unemployment in the United States fell to 7.8% in September 2012. According to historical data, the average unemployment rate in the United States has been 5.8% to a record high of 10.8% in November 1982 (Trading Economics, 2012). The unemployment rate was at its lowest in May 1953 when it hit 2.5%. In the ...

American novelist, T. C. Boyle in his novel, The Tortilla Curtain has elaborated the American dream by portraying the life of two couples, their ambitions, and dreams. Author elaborates the American dream in a remarkable way in this novel and lets the readers know that it is nothing but the materialism which is illusionary. Covering several aspects of human life, He further discusses a number of issues related to the illegal immigration by Mexicans into American territory. Further he discusses tragic aspects of the issue and also talks about a number of problems that Mexicans face in the US. This paper intends ...

Levers that set the wheels of social change in motion often seem banal and insignificant from a modern perspective. In the 17th century, sugar was little more than a dietary novelty, a foreign curiosity that improved the taste of brackish teas and sedimentary coffee for the wealthiest members of English society. A century later, the uncanny growth of the cane-based product had made it an irreplaceable commodity that would saturate the British market and lead to a sea change in Western Europe’s economic framework. The means by which sugar was produced and financed helped to revolutionize the very principles upon which English ...

One definition of conservatism states that a situation tends to remain static unless acted upon by a strong external force. In the world of major college football, tradition and fiscal conservatism have combined for years to preserve a system by which a tight circle of resource-rich powerhouse programs hold sway from year to year. The major bowl games, the nearly exclusive preserve of the nation’s football elite, serve as NCAA football’s branding identity but do little to determine a quantifiable national champion. A powerful cabal of athletic directors, commissioners, university presidents and other officials maintain the sanctity of the lucrative bowl system. In ...

Introduction

The family is the basic social unit of any group of people or community. It is held in high regards thus it is somewhat sacred. A family consists of people related by blood to be precise. There are two types of families which are nuclear and extended. The nuclear family is made up of father, mother and the children. On the other hand, an extended family comprises of people from the nuclear family as well as cousins, uncles, aunts and grandparents. In A Taste of Honey, a play by Shelagh Delaney it portrays the family in a different aspect together with ...