Essays on Fischer

Advancements in aircraft reciprocating engines

Introduction There is a misconception that because modern aircraft engines built by Lycoming, Continental and other companies have similar look to engines used in general aviation aircrafts of the 1970s, there have been no technological advancements in this field. Even though new engines haven’t changed much by outward appearances, aircraft reciprocating engine technologies have advanced dramatically in past two decades. The overall build quality of engine has greatly improved. Advancements in machining technologies and automatic manufacturing processes made it possible for aircraft engine makers to enhance machine’s durability. Many components of piston engines have been significantly improved, ...

According to David Logan tribal leadership video, it focuses on five kinds of tribes that people naturally form which in turn influences their behaviors. In every community, the day to day language that is used by people at their work place and their relationship with other members of the tribe is an indication at which stage is the tribe functioning (Logan & Fischer, 2008). They explicitly dismiss all beliefs, attitudes or other factor which cannot be observed directly. By focusing on language and behavior there are more in the behaviouristics tradition, than grounding their tribes in cognitive framework.

This stages which David Logan talk about are elaborated below

Stage 1: ...

Introduction

The globalization of business, as well as the rise in the movement of the workforce across the geographical borders and nations, have significantly increased the diversity in the workplaces. The contemporary organizations come in all shapes and sizes. Most of them now have employees from diverse cultural backgrounds. With the increased workforce diversity, especially within the multicultural organizations, the concept of organizational justice has increasingly become vital. Notably, many researchers continue having an interest in this concept (Colquitt et al., 2001). The HR is required to ensure that organizational justice prevails so as to prevent conflicts in the workplace. ...

Diversification is a strategy for growing a company through the development of new markets and products. Diversification can either create value to an organization or destroy its value. Apple is a company widely known for the manufacture of iPhones. However, their smartphones are quite expensive hence not affordable to most people. Apple needs to diversify its smartphone products by introducing new models that are affordable. This will enable the company to acquire the low priced market share that has slowly been taken over by other companies such as Samsung. Introducing a new affordable model in the market will contribute ...

The main purpose of the current paper is to provide a brief response to the article written and further published by Erika Fischer-Lichte under the title “Theatre and the Civilizing Process: An Approach to the History of Acting”. Prior to discussing the details of the article, it is worth defining that the overall narration and language of the article appears to be more journalistic rather than scientific, which seems to be rather strange taken into consideration the fact that the author of the discussed article aimed to prove that there is an undeniable and undoubtful connection between the history ...

Introduction

Certain factors such as the need to conserve environmental purity as well as the increasing pressure on fossil fuels have prompted the increased use of alternative sources of fuel, renewable energy to be precise. Renewable energy has been cited as not only cheap to exploit but also the most environmentally friendly sources of energy due to the reduced instances of environmental pollution associated with such energy (Pasqualetti 204). Solar energy, for instance, has been largely exploited globally due to its free availability, especially along the tropics where it is abundant throughout the year. Despite the increased preference of solar ...

Abstract

In the last century, the knowledge of molecular biology has increased, opening new opportunities for addressing different diseases that have been affecting all populations. Before, genome and proteomic studies were seen as complicated field due to inability to get significance understanding of disease components at the molecular level. However, with the expansion of molecular biology, different techniques and tools have been developed to aid diagnosis and treatment of diseases. In this study, these tools have been investigated to understand how the knowledge on molecular diagnosis helps in detection and treatment of diseases. This study focused on the application of ...

REFLECTIVE REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF A REWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Reflective Report: Development of a Reward Management System Overview of the situation The purpose of this report is to reflect on the organisational structure and management system at Sur University College in Oman. Sur University College offers a number of very important services to students and the community alike, but there are certainly struggles that the organisation experiences as well. The college is a diverse learning environment, and the organisation as a whole employs a number of staff, which often has a compounding influence on the overall fluidity and efficiency of internal organisational culture. Underperformance is sometimes a problem ...

REFLECTIVE REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF A REWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Reflective Report: Development of a Reward Management System Overview of the situation I reflect my experience at TSB Bank, Benford branch in 2016. The bank was underperforming since the employees were unable to meet the monthly set targets. This situation impacted the bank’s revenue as well as the provision of services to customers. Even after several meetings between the head of operations and employees, the situation worsened each month. A team of specialist was set up to investigate the issue. I was given the mandate to lead this team, and our core task was to identify the problem ...

Critical Thinking

What is your definition of critical thinking (other than what is offered by authoritative sources)? Explain how this process should world and how it differs from your average, daily thought process. Critical thinking can be interpreted as a mode of thinking in which the individual conceptualizes any subject or problem and improves the quality of their thinking by skillfully applying the fundamental structures of intellectual thinking and rationality. Critical thinking entails the examination of elements of thought that are implicit in all reasoning and assumes responsiveness in interwoven modes of thinking involving science, mathematics, history, economics, ethics and ...

Answer # 1

The main purpose of Saturn Corporation is to become profitable in the market, however, it is essential for the underlying company to manage its cost effectively in order to become profitable. It is central for any organization to reform its functions in general in order to cater the provisions of the business effectively. In this context, Saturn Corporation is expected to employ measures that could make it unique from its competitors. Particularly addressing the case scenario, there are several factors and issues that the vehicle transportation team of the underlying company must consider in the process of selection. Some ...

The qualities of leadership that make one individual a great leader and another individual an ineffective one are not absolutely fixed. Depending on the time in question, the situation and the person who is leading, the qualities that an individual will need to have as a leader in order to be effective can vary significantly. At the same time, it can be useful to examine those qualities in historical leaders of the past so as to glean whatever lessons are possible from their approach and their accomplishments. The following will consider the leadership qualities of Moses, Martin Luther, Pres. ...

Question 1: Race as a Socially Significant Category

Many of the social and political issues present in society today are rooted in the ideology of racism and ethnic misconceptions. The tragedy is that no one has yet to realize how racial biases and confusion affects the way people view and handle injustices. Biologically, every individual in the globe is genetically similar to another person, the probable reason that we are referred to as the human race. However, races have been developed by the society as social constructs that provide people with an identity or a label to their names. The society eliminates the utopian ideal introduced by ...

Based on the patient’s subjective and objective assessment, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and tonsillitis feature predominantly as the most probable causes of the symptoms. While a differential diagnosis points to the possibility of these two diseases, it is evident that tonsillitis can be ruled out from the case since there no signs of swollen tonsils or difficulties in swallowing (Weinberger & Fischer, 2014). Swelling of tonsils and pain are classical symptoms of tonsillitis but based on the subjective assessment findings, these symptoms are absent. As such, this GERD the primary cause of the symptoms and the most probable diagnosis ...

The articles, “When Old Technologies Were New”, “Technology and Ideology” and “America Calling: Social History of Telephone to 1940” offers the discussions about the evolution and the development of early forms of communication. These forms include but not limited to Telegraph, the electric communication, and other older communication forms. According to Carey (204), a debate to discuss whether or not communication was a deterrent to character and health development of the common men was held by in 1926 by the Knights of Columbus Adult Education Committee. In this way, the church itself also supported this train of thought, since ...

Introduction

Family is one of the interesting sociological phenomenon. Studied by many sociologists and psychologists, this concept persists to be one of the most dynamically evolving issues on the contemporary societal landscapes. In particular, traditional conceptions regarding this form of social organizations are being gradually replaced by the modern approaches to understanding a family, delineating the scopes of roles and responsibilities of the family members, as well as determining the family membership criteria (Shepard & Greene 82). As far as a dogmatic conception of a family is concerned, under this term the one should understand a group of people, which is ...

Short – Term Investing

Introduction A treasury bill or a T-Bill is a short-term maturing promissory note, usually lasting for three months to one year. Nyawata (2012) asserts that the federal or national governments are the ones that issue T-Bills as their primary instruments of regulating the supply of money within the national economy, as well as raising funds for various government projects through open market operations. The central banks of the respective countries are the ones responsible for issuing and paying on T-Bills. According to Thau (2000) T-bills do not have any form of explicit interest, but they sell at a discount ...

The purpose of the paper is to answer the questions of the case study after having the analysis of the case study “Midwestern: Contemporary Art”. The case consists of two parts Part (A) and Part (B). Part (A) contains five questions and part B contains three questions. The paper answers all eight questions in sequential manners.

Part A

Conflicts are the part of the workplace and common in multiple organizations. There are two major types of conflicts include cognitive/task-related conflicts and affective/person-oriented conflicts. Cognitive/task-related conflicts deal with the differences in thoughts, ideas, and opinions. However, affective/person-oriented conflicts include the sense of ...

Introduction

There has been an influx of cheap imports in the United States as well as in the West. In the article by Fischer, "Why Buying Cheap Imported Products Is More Expensive For Individuals And Not Just Society", the author strongly advocates for local products putting forward the disadvantages that come about from importing cheap products into the country. Fisher begins by talking about the high rate of unemployment caused by the influx of cheap imports. Ferrier in her article, "This Is What Happens When You Order Ridiculously Cheap Clothing From Singapore - Suburban Turmoil" demonstrates the loss she encounters ...

Sandra K. Fischer’s seminal work, “Hearing Ophelia: Gender and Tragic Discourse in Hamlet” goes on to portray the fact that the play by William Shakespeare goes on to use the female characters as simple buffers to the entire narrative only to the extent that they work to bring out the omnipotence and significance of the male characters in the play. Now, if one delves deep into the narrative of this Shakespearean play, it would become clear that Fischer has correctly pointed out to the innate nature of the narrative to reiterate the patriarchal parameters of the then society ...

Literature Review

In the article, ‘Online Stars and the New Audience: How YouTube Creators Curate and Maintain Communities’, author and researcher Hector Postigo highlights the participatory culture of YouTube and how it manages to capitalize on bringing in valuable funding that is needed to help it not only be more visible but the choice for many successful entrepreneurs and businesses alike . Smith has defined the participatory culture of YouTube by explaining that content creators connect directly with their followers and thus the videos that are shared on the platform are a more personalized communication than mass information broadcast. Not only that, ...

Stress and Quality of Life

Stress is the body's response to any action that disturbs the equilibrium or a stable state of health. This impact can be both emotional and physical. Nowadays people do not need to hunt for wild animals to feed themselves and do not need to run away from predators. The main idea is that stress is a widespread experience that negatively impacts the quality of life. Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer et al. (2010) wrote an article named "Chronic stress experience in young physicians: impact of person- and workplace-related factors." The authors had the objective to consider the impact of workplace factors on ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as the Obama Care was enacted on march 23, 2010 under the auspice of President Barack Obama (Smith,2014).The legislation was established so as to enhance the access to quality and affordable health care in the United States. The PPACA is anchored on the philosophy of the public private participation in the provision of the health care. The US government has put in place a number of initiatives like the expansion of the Medicaid mandate and the provision of medication to uninsured citizens (Smith, 2014).The strategy has seen ...

The case of Fisher v. University of Texas is a 2008 case involving a Caucasian by the name of Abigail Fischer and the University of Texas from the description in Chicago-Kent college of Law. She believed that her admission to the institution was compromised because of her race since preference was given to minority students who were underqualified. The case was based on the claim of reverse discrimination. According to Fischer’s argument, necessity emerges as a vital component in the examination of the constitutionality of affirmative action plans (Nelson 530). Ideally, an important aspect that comes up in ...

Executive Summary

Marketing is an important business function that ensures a company remains competitive. Kingsford is an American brand that produces premium charcoal grilling products and one that enjoyed a steady growth of revenues in the 1980s. The company has relied on an experienced team of sales executives, consistency in marketing and sales actions, superior quality, and brand positioning for success. However, Kingsford’s main problem lies in the aspect of competition. The company has faced serious challenges in regard to the strategic decisions that were necessary to avert competition in relation to aspects such as pricing, advertising, promotion as well ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction The chapter consists of all the relevant information that can be collected from past studies and are combined to present a clear view. It is the initial for determining the factors that can be used to synthesize the overall study through findings and discussion. The positivist approach is used to collect and summarize the information from the previous studies and determine the model that can be used to conduct a viable study. The positivist approach emphasizes all the relevant information regarding the topic that is to compare Islamic and Traditional banks using data envelopment analysis. The theoretical framework ...

Introduction

Offshoring is a common trend to a majority of international companies that have their root of operation outside the U.S market. Apple Inc. is one such company that has been caught up in a flurry of controversy regarding its stake in remitting taxes to the U.S government. Besides, the offshore account maintained by Apple Company has led to serious criticisms and flurry of accusations. This essay focuses on the main reason why companies like Apple would wish to maintain offshore operations rather than refocus their operations in its domestic country.

Reasons for Offshoring

The main motto that is behind Apple’s decision ...

The novella by Von Kleist, titled “Michael Kohlhaas” was first published in 1810. In the book, the man Kohlhaas who was a horse merchant at the time is subjected towards a number of injustices by the government. His horses are taken away from him, and his wife is beaten and succumbs to her injuries. Attempts by Kohlhaas to use the legal system to get him justice are futile since he is dealing with politicians who are powerful in the state. He later resolves to violence in which he terrorizes the Junker together with an army he had managed to ...

Economics is an important discipline that concerns an individual’s daily activities. However, as much as the importance of economics to the people and the daily lives of individuals, it can be considered to have been influenced by other disciplines. Economics is a vast discipline that covers a lot of aspects that are important. As a result, the wide scope of knowledge covered by economics comes from multiple disciplines that are studies. Political science can be considered as one the discipline that influences economics largely (Malthus, Donald Winch, and Patricia James 194). Economics covers a wide scope of knowledge ...

Introduction

A collaborative working in social and healthcare setting is very important for the defenseless individuals or patients needing due attention. There are numerous benefits associated to working collaboratively, however some of the important are the seamless evaluations for the information to a couple of experts, reformed the flow of information amid the experts, enhanced efficacy of care setup comprehensively, integrated care provision, and advanced blueprinting and commissioning care for ensuring complement attitudes to be represented by the social and healthcare establishments instead unsettling each other. However, there are as well issues linked with working collaboratively but the benefits overcome ...

Introduction

Collaboration is an important factor in increasing the organizational productivity. For innovating products, coming up with new ideas, and improving decision-making, it is essential for companies to have the culture of communication and information and knowledge sharing. Social networking has become an important factor in enhancing the collaboration between employees. The aim of this paper is to discuss the concept of social networking and its roles in organizations and employees. The paper also discusses the way in which companies for motivating their employees use social networks. The sort of information that organizations can get from social networks has been ...

It is estimated that one out of every five deaths in America is thought to be associated with the use of tobacco and smoking is believed to be the leading cause of premature death in this country (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2014). Aside from the emotional trauma, the monetary cost for the years between 2009 and 2012 are believed to be between $289 billion and $332.5 billion which include figures for lost productivity of workers in addition to expenses for medical care. Smoking, drinking alcohol, and the inappropriate use of legal and illegal drugs impacts society ...

Introduction

The conversion of gas into liquid fuels is an innovative technology that is well-known to many people. This technique is so promising and enhancing new options for environmentally friendly manufacturing of fuels and chemicals as well as other natural gases. Looking into the large natural gas and coal reserves and deteriorating petroleum reserves all over the world, it is anticipated to play an important role in the future. Cobalt-based chemical agents are the ideal catalysts for hydrogen synthesis since they have a high FTS functionality, discernment for long-chain paraffin as well as a low process for the water-gas change ...

International Financial Management Assessment

International Financial Management Assessment

International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial organization that works closely with member countries to foster global monetary cooperation, facilitate international trade, secure financial stability, reduce poverty and promote high employment and stable economic growths. Together with the World Bank, IMF was formed in 1944 during the Bretton Woods Conference, though it formally came into existence in 1945. The organization is headquartered in Washington DC. Member countries contribute funds to the IMF’s financial pool, and any country that experiences difficulties in its balance of payment can borrow the money (Conway 2006). Macroeconomic stabilization ...

Morality vs. Ethics

Introduction Several morality and ethics scholars seem to score at the same goal, yet have differences in meaning. For instance, they have correspondences at some respects and defer in others (Bennett-Wimbush, Amstutz and Willoughby 2015, 134). Consequently, this investigation pursues various premises to determine the similarities and differences that exist in their functions to structure the society. In this datum, the advancement of this paper examines these areas using structural, functional and normative tenets of the two in the society and general human interactions. In recollection, it will fundamentally appear apparent from the analysis that the two work to ...

Introduction

America and the world at large have experienced many changes over the 20th century. Major events such as the world wars, the cold war, politics, culture of abundance, and the resulting rebellions have shaped the world history. The experiences from these occurrences have both positive and negative impacts. The events have caused changes such as gains in women rights, increased economic activities, advancements in military technology, increased labor movement, formation of the military alliances, political parties, individual spying, and many other activities have dominated the 20th century calendar.

Discussion

The world war had the greatest impact on America and the ...

Organization Analysis Part 2

Organization Analysis Part 2 The American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) is a national nonprofit organization that has multiple programs to assist families from different backgrounds to improve in their lives. The organization is concerned with issues such as child adoption, child care, child support, child welfare, disabilities, food stamps and temporary assistances for poor families. The organization functions with many affiliates that include American Association of Welfare Attorney, American Association of Food Stamp Directors, among others. The study will carry out organization analysis to find out how the APHSA organization functions (APHSA, 2016). To fully incorporate the functioning ...

Even though the building of cities has a long and a correspondingly complex history, the concept of city planning as an organized profession has only been around for less than a century (Garvin). Practiced under several names (town, community, urban land use, or physical environment planning), most cities in the current modernistic concept of planning display considerable degrees of forethought and conscious design not only in their physical layout but also in their functioning. Today, the building of cities is done for several reasons that bear in mind the diversity potential of urban forms and the complex functions that ...

Government enterprise funds

Revenue bonds outstanding The government of Louisville City has revenue bonds outstanding related to business-type activities. It reported revenue bonds outstanding for Louisville Arena Project. There were also Water System Revenue Bonds, Parking Authority of River City, Inc. Revenue Bonds and Sewer and Drainage System Revenue Bonds. The above activities were operated as business-type activities (Fischer, Taylor & Cheng, 2008).

Statement of cash flows for proprietary funds

The financial statements of Louisville City include a statement of cash flows for proprietary funds. The statement of cash flows categorizes cash flows into four different groups. These include cash flows from operating activities, cash flows from noncapital financing activities, ...

List of Figures

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Introduction

Seasons are caused by tilting of the earth around its navigational plane known as the orbit around the sun. Climate change involves the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. When the earth is in the Southern and Northern hemisphere means that the season is at summer. Changes in the tilt of the earth lead to changes in the severity of the seasons, for example when there is more tilt leads to more severe seasons including warmer summers and colder winter and when the tilt ...

Introduction

One of the characteristic features of construction industry is late adoption of information and communication technologies. Nowadays, software for preparing 2D drawings and bookkeeping software are perhaps the only widely used in the industry. Other advanced but extremely useful tools like 3D, 4D modeling, web-based project management, automation of resources management, planning etc, are used very rarely, and if used then incidentally. In this report there will be covered problems and perspectives of using ICT in construction industry, discovered the techniques of using ICT in different spheres of construction, and shown the ways of implementation of ICT techniques in ...

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” These famous words uttered by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi while leading India to independence serve as a peephole into the magnanimity that his life and work were. Raised in a Jain family, where non-violence and vegetarianism form the root of their philosophy, Gandhi was inspired since a young age in the ways of truth and benevolence.

His faith was put to an early test when he first came face to face with the situation of Apartheid in South Africa where Indians living in the British colonies were denied basic rights and were subjected ...