Essays on Field Work

Abstract

The construction industry plays a critical role in the establishment of sustainable national economic growth and development. Recent years have seen the emergence of cost modeling and cost estimation in nearly all construction projects. Cost management identifies the efficient strategies that put checks, cost overruns and avoid project delays. When a contractor adopts sound and effective controls over project expenses, maximum profits are realized, and the desired quality of work is achieved. By analyzing Cost Value Reconciliation as one of the cost control techniques, this study is hypothesized that CVR efficiently helps construction firms to improve the financial performance ...

Introduction

The main mission of the ethnographer outlined in this paper was to carry out an investigation of the traditional Han society and culture (Jarvenpa, 1998). The ethnographer investigated how the Han lived in the early days, including if they still hunted for food or fished, how the Indians and members of the white community interacted, the communities’ hopes and fears, and how they saw their future. In this regard, the ethnographer investigated the traditional Han society and culture through cultural immersion and participants’ observation of the members of the community.

Methods

Methods: The ethnographer used two methods of collecting information. ...

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. ...

The Purpose of the Study

The study was an isometric fieldwork study. The aim of the study was to test impulsivity. Impulsivity is a construct in an individual that entails the tendency of a person to follow whims (Baumeister & Vohs, 2013). An impulsive person displays behavior that shows little regard for the consequences of the actions. The behavior of an impulsive person also shows little evidence of reflection and forethought (Baumeister & Vohs, 2013). The focus on impulsivity as a concept is based on the long-term effects of impulsive behavior. The fact that impulsive actions are not conceived with the benefit of objectivity means that ...

Parks and Recreation Department

Vacations Vacations of all employees will be scheduled for the department for the whole year. If there are requests for changes, these requests must be made two weeks prior to the needed date. Approval for vacations and changes in vacation schedules will be done by the employees’ Immediate Supervisor.

Holidays

Those who are supposed to work on holidays must seek permission from their Immediate Supervisor. They ought to fill up a request for overtime form stating the number of hours and the reasons why the need to work overtime on these holiday dates. Requests for payment for overtime will not ...

The marketing information system (MIS) has three main methods to develop marketing information. Critically assess the ability of each way to help Marketing managers understand the consumer behaviour Stimuli in both B2C and B2B contexts.

Introduction

There are many forces that are found in marketing activity, these are external, internal, controllable and uncontrollable. The marketer tries to find out the impact of these forces i.e. which force is affecting more. So for this the marketer tries to gather information from various sources and thus this collecting of information is called Marketing Information System (MIS). .(Rahul Pandita, July 2012; E. Fariborzi ...

- Strategies used in Multiple Triangulations The participant’s observations have been considered important as a number of factors like document analysis, merger of interview surveys, direct observations and the participation of the observer are involved. On the same grounds, experiment, survey, film, pictures and biographical methods have been defined in the category of approaches in order to get the data from sources. Most of the interpretive sociologists prefer to utilize triangulated method to make their schemes as unrestricted for the people. This reflects that such sociologists are committed to rigor their data. In this context, they will have ...

Introduction

The Amazon region is globally known for its rainforest, river and the flesh-eating piranhas. The forest is mainly occupied by deeply isolated inhabitants who have remained an enigma (Downey p. 229). The main occupational activity of men in this region is hunting and gathering using poisoned bows and arrows made from the materials from the forest. As men carry out hunting and gathering, women prepare food and make baskets and pottery, and these materials are decorated with leopard sports and other images from the nature (Downey p. 231). This paper aims to create a fascinating quest towards the cultural structure ...

Lab Report:

Abstract The tidal cycle of natural water bodies present challenges for sampling and interpreting physical, chemical and biological data. The Rainbow Channel at Morton Bay was the location for a field work project on sampling characteristics about the biota and about water quality parameters. Rainbow Channel experiences ocean flushing dependent on daily, monthly, seasonal, and annual at regular natural time intervals. Both daytime and night time sampling took place to better understand 24 hourly and daily cycles of nutrient concentrations, salinity, temperature, fluorescence and currents. Primary productivity takes place at different three different depths. The rate of productivity depends ...

- . The Institute of Internal Auditors""? (IIA""?s) Code of Ethics and International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (Standards) [Chapter 2] One of the fundamental roles of internal auditing is to ensure that ethical behavior is promoted among the internal auditors. The ethics outline the principles and expectations that an internal auditor should possess while conducting internal auditing to improve the effectiveness of risk management. Ethics explain the principles that an internal auditor should follow while carrying out auditing. It also outlines the qualities that an internal auditor should possess. The standards put in ...

Introduction

In my research paper activity, I decide to pick the Ulysse Nardin Company. This is a watch making company with its origin in Switzerland. The company was founded in 1846 to make the earliest chronometers which were useful for the marine operations. This was the initial agenda for the company before it later became a manufacturing company. Currently, it manufactures the latest watches and iPhones fit for mechanical operations (Aaker, 2010). The founder of this company is Ulysse Nardin. The company bears the name of its founder to date. In 1983 two businessman namely Rolf and Ludwig had an agreement ...

Scope of Work: A company wants to seek customer opinion on a new product, they have launched in the market. They want to carry out a survey to get the information from customers. Objective: the objective of the project is to understand customer feed back on their new product. This will help in understanding the problems if any and areas of improvement to make the product more consumers friendly and also to improve upon the negative aspects to be highlighted at the end of project [ CITATION pro11 \l 1033 ]. Target Market: Customers who are using the product, company’s ...