Essays on Fixing

Compensation is the payment offered by an employer to an employee in exchange of the services received from him. Mostly compensation is monetary but it may include certain non monetary facilities such as housing, conveyance, insurance etc. Compensation is further divided into two general types: Direct and Indirect compensation. Direct compensation includes base wage, incentives, bonus, leave encashment etc. while indirect compensation is designed to provide additional benefits such as social security, health insurance etc and does not vary with performance. Designing a compensation plan that is satisfactory to all is a major challenge for the Human Resource Management ...

Management in Sporting Industry

Management in Sporting Industry Sports industry has been prominent in recent years, making it possible for people who are naturally attracted to sports to pursue sports-related courses in various fields that suit them. To make it even more interesting, women have also been involved in internationals sports particularly football, drawing more attention towards international football. The fact that women are also engaging in international football is a positive aspect to all people across the world especially women, to see that they can actually do what they love and what they are most passionate about. On the same note, even ...

Interview Questions

The interview was conducted at 10.30 am on 5th of August 2016 The person selected for the interview was called John Austin. He is the Network Administrator for Safaricom Telecommunications Company located in Texas.

Describe your present position and career progression for an individual to hold this type of position.

My present position at this firm entails network administration. That is to say, that I am a Network Administrator. It is my responsibility to ensure that the computer network of the organization is up to date and running smoothly. The position is very important in coordinating the several systems for most organizations that uses several software or computer platforms. As a Network Administrator, I am ...

Negotiation is the most basic method of conflict resolution. It is backward and forward communication between the parties of the argument with the objective of trying to find a solution. It is a process of combining diverging viewpoints in order to arrive at an agreement. Negotiations can prevent or end a conflict while guaranteeing that both parties get at least fraction of what they desire. When both parties obtain major advantages, the negotiation is considered most successful. Nonetheless, any negotiation involves the risk of making a bad deal, and sometimes, a failed negotiation can worsen the existing conflict (Zartman ...

Introduction

The United States of America has operated with democratic, republican representative government for more than a century and it has been one of the reasons for the success and growth as a country. The representative form of government has made America the global leader, but in recent years, several threats have raised that challenge the future existence of the much celebrated representative form of government. These threats come in the form of external and internal threats that are capable of breaking the duopoly of the representative form of government. The main threats that are affecting representative form of government ...

What is a cartel? (5 marks)

The companies in a market might collude to set the prices by making explicit or implicit agreements between them on the market price, sharing the market geographically, or controlling the quantity supplied in the market. The agreement between the companies in a specific market might create an oligopoly behaving like a monopoly. The companies might set the price, and all the agreement partners might obey the agreement. If the companies can create a large market power, they might behave like one monopolist. Cartel is the situation of existence of an explicit or implicit agreement between the companies in a ...

The issues faced by the Indian River Lagoon is quite similar to that of many rivers, lakes, and even oceans from various locations of the world. The steady decline in the marine population of the lagoon escalated to alarming rates by the end of the last decade. A few legislations that were passed in the early nineties to limit trawling in the estuarine region and as well as the direct dumping of untreated sewage wastes, had proved effective in the past. But later into the decade, the rescue efforts to salvage the lagoon and the ecosystem associated with it, ...

Introduction

The Tesla autopilot system is a system that uses a front-facing camera, a forward-looking radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and GPS to maintain the car on the road. It is not a fully autonomous it does not drive the driver to their particular destination or sense the traffic lights. It simply helps the driver navigate the road more easily and warns them of any oncoming traffic (Zolfagharifard 1). The driver does not drive the car but instead he or she acts as a system operator. The Tesla systems adapt and learn from the mistakes and obstacles from the systems of ...

For ageless times, it was found out how the physical environment influences the aspect of healing in people. In fact, about 2,000 years ago, Galen, who was an ancient Roman physician, noticed the healing power of the environment and thus, turned out to be the one with the highest survival rate of those who treated the gladiators of that time (Rubert, Long, & Hutchinson, 2007, p.27). In the same way, Florence Nightingale was also one of those who focused more on what the environment can contribute to health, and thus became a leader in the improvement of sanitation and ...

The short story “The Red Convertible” was written by Louise Erdrich and it is about two brothers and their relationship. The two brothers have a great relationship and they do everything together which includes buying the car, a red convertible which is the symbol of youth, freedom, fun and normal life. The story is told from the perspective of the younger brother, Lyman, and it is about the older brother, Henry, who comes back from Vietnam after having been in war for three years. He develops PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder which makes him take his life in the end ...

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Executive Summary All companies today have to maintain active social media presence in order to target their consumers, retain the loyal clients, and attract new buyers. Home Depot and Lowe’s were selected for the analysis of their social media presence by dissecting their pages on Facebook and Twitter. It was decided to analyze their last several posts and focus on some of them more specifically. As the analysis showed, both companies make posts quite often preferring to use visual support by inserting pictures, videos, and coubs. Lowe’s tend to be more versatile and creative in their posts ...

Introduction

For a long time, consumers in the United Arab Emirates suffered from unfair competitive practices that they experienced as a result of companies looking to gain the best profits. The companies thus took advantage of the fact that there were no existent rules and regulations that could control the unhealthy competition in the region. Unhealthy competition is act as a barrier to new firms joining that would automatically provide services that are price friendly to the users. Additionally, consumers are supposed to receive quality goods and services from the companies. However, in the presence of weak regulations with regards ...

Gene Typing Tay-Sachs

Tay-Sachs disease is an inherited metabolic disease of lysosomal lipid metabolism, and it is caused by the mutation of genes encoding the HEXB gene. It is a very severe genetic disorder which occurs in children in most cases and results in progressive destruction of the nervous system of the affected individual (Walker, 2007). The factors that cause the occurrence of the diseases is the absence of the hexosaminidase-A (HEX-A) enzyme that is very critical to have in the human genetic system. The lack of the HEX-A enzyme causes the accumulation of a fatty substance known as GM2 ganglioside in ...

Price competition is the core element of a free-market economy. Firms and organizations have been engaging each other in pricing behaviors like price fixing, price collusion, predatory pricing, deceptive price advertising, price confusion, resale price maintenance, and price discrimination amongst others (Grewal, and Compeau 3). These practices concerning pricing have a great impact on the public welfare. As a result, the government has taken the position of implementing legislation and judicial policies that aim at regulating the price behaviors in organizations. Other agencies that monitor pricing include the federal and local government. According to Grewal, and Compeau (3), the ...

Development and Challenges of Football after 1990 World Cup

1.0 Introduction Football has over the years faced challenges despite its growth in popularity. Szymanski (2002) argues that football has significantly improved the economic standards of the countries who host the world cup and also those with the major leagues. Lee & Taylor (2005) argue that tourism has been on the rise due to football, and this has come to be with the 2202 World Cup hosted by South Korea and Japan. However, the report has dwelt much on the recent history of football that took center stage after the 1990 world cup finals. Some of the main topics that ...

QUESTION 1

The district is getting negative publicity because of the way they handled a special needs kid’s case involving one of their bus drivers. The best move would be to own up, offer an apology, and commit to fixing the problem. It is also vital that the district board corrects the mistake by fixing cameras and hiring extra monitors. There are three possible professional standards addressed in this case. First, teachers and school boards should treat students like persons. Second, teachers, bus drivers, and district boards work in tandem to participant in the lives of all kinds of students ...

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Introduction

The history of football may be traced back to China in second century B.C. The sport was introduced in England in 1170 and was banned a couple of times between the 1400s and 1600s because it was associated with peasants and was thought to promote violence and immorality (FIFA, 2000). However, the sport later re-emerged and transcended social divide to become England’s favourite sport. The English have been considered to be very influential in popularizing football across the world. In 1867, the first football match outside Europe was recorded; the idea was initiated by several ...

Intel Case Study

Internal recruitment would suggest finding trainers inside the company, establishing compensation system for overtime for trainers or employee layoff for the period of trainings. Significant benefit of this option is that supposed trainers already knows operations standards of the company and can provide more in-depth analysis and trainings of higher quality comparing to invited mentors. Also, reallocating current employees helps to save money associated with hiring new members of the factory.

Cost-benefit analysis for internal recruitment:

Cost of cross training: an employee 20 hours (1 week at 4 hours of training per day) x $12(avg hourly wage of warehouse employee) + bonuses for overtime ( ...

General Electric

A price fixing scheme is an arrangement in which competing businesses set up a mechanism to fix prices of certain commodities in an effort to steer clear of price competitions. Price fixing is a criminal offence since it promotes unfair competition and the public is denied access to those commodities at reasonable prices. General Electric and other suppliers of heavy electrical equipment engaged in price fixing schemes until 1960. When General Electric withdrew from the price fixing schemes meeting, prices fell gradually upto a bottom low of between 45 to 50 percent from the book price. Therefore, the equilibrium price during the ...

Fill in the blank Questions (4 pts. each, 20 pts. Total)

1) Field inputs are governed by input masks. 2) A computer program is an algorithm that has been customized to solve a specific task. 3) Intensity of color ranges from cosmic rays to electric waves. 4) Figuring out why a process or system doesn’t work is called debugging. 5) An algorithm must be simple and precise.

Short Answer Questions (5 pts. each, 60 pts. Total)

1) What is the Turing Test?

It is an examination of whether a machine has the ability to demonstrate capacities of intelligence.

2) Explain what a workaround is. This is the bypass of an identified particular problem in a given system. A workaround is basically a short time fix that consequently calls for a permanent solution to a problem, and ...

The wage fund concept is a doctrine or expression which was developed by Stuart John Mill and other contributors of economic theory and political economist in the 1800s. This theory seek to show that any amount that an individual earns as a salary/ wage and which is paid to him/her from a certain amount of funds that is fixed and available to him every year is usually determined by the association of capital and wages to any population change(Spiegel 300). Therefore, the wage fund model developed by mill is as follows;

Wage= Capital/ population

This model states that workers wage is determined by the ...