Essays on Joshi

Sex Trafficking Survivors

Muraya, D.N & Fry, D. (2016). Aftercare services for child victims of sex trafficking: A systematic review of policy and practice. Sage, 17(2); 204-220. The study employed the use of current practice, a systematic review of unpublished and published research and organizational policies to explore the various aftercare services that are afforded to the victims of child sex trafficking. The study explored the various services that children survivors involved in sex trafficking are provided with and the policies in place to ensure they are taken care of. There was need for the development of best practices related to the ...

Childhood obesity is a growing health concern with the National Conference of State Legislatures (2014) estimating that 31.7% of children and adolescents are either obese or overweight. Consequently, such a health concern has an impact on nursing. This is especially the case considering that obesity is associated with the patient being at a high risk of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and liver complications (Joshi, 2015). It is therefore important that policy imperatives be developed to tackle the problem. Some of primary areas of concern for a policy touching on childhood obesity include school nutrition, insurance coverage for affected ...

Introduction

Placing eco-labels on the consumer products is thought to have immense positive effects on the consumer behavior. In particular, some studies strongly suggest that when the consumers become aware about the product origins and the method used in merchandising, their consumer choices become more ecologically and environmentally friendly. The purpose of the future is to investigate whether these assumptions are validated, or they are merely the results of unfounded marketing speculations.

Background

There is a strong opinion among the marketing professionals that the importance of eco-labelling is gradually, but steadily growing. Thus, several studies confirmed the assumption that traditional methods ...

Q15. Size, emotional state, gender, age, ethnic, national, educational background and other characteristics of an audience usually shape communicator’s message structure, framing and language choice. Using of certain pronouns, imperatives, passive constructions, repetitions, rhetorical questions and other linguistic means of expression depends on the profile of a listener. According to Christiansen and Just (2000), the agency of the audience is always implicitly present in one’s speech (Christiansen & Just 2000). A speaker usually uses different strategies to signal politeness, solidarity and cooperation. It is worth exemplifying audience influence on one’s message taking two specific audience and topic ...

SWOT Analysis

The SWOT analysis is a tool used in the evaluation of the internal environment, where the organization conducts an analysis of its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The Sony retail company in London has low product diversification, making it vulnerable in the face of the businesses that have a broad range of goods. The threat posed by the competitors is real. Many players in the DVD/CD and video games market have emerged, and the management is concerned that it is becoming extremely hard to retain dominance of the market (Williams and Chinn, 2010, P.426). Several Substitute products are available ...

IT Support for Virtual Teams

Issues faced by the IT department when it supports virtual teams The IT department has faced several issues when it provides support to the virtual teams. Some of the most important issues are as follows:

Communication issue

The IT department has faced a communication issue however the productivity and technology issues are also common. Research indicates that in the IT department, communication is the main problem when the IT department supports the virtual team. The IT department also faced a problem in the task management and the IT department fails in updating and assigning the tasks to the individuals.

The working ...

Executive Summary

Third party providers of proposition player services are a nascent, but a highly promising segment of the United States gambling business industry. There is much strong evidence suggesting that the number of casinos and other gambling establishments in the country is dynamically increasing. Thus, the importance of providers of third party proposition player services will be increasing simultaneously. At the same time, the practice shows that there are serious human resources problems in this area. In particular, the employee turnover rate in this industry is unusually high, sometimes reaching 35%. This research proposal provides a comprehensive introduction into the ...

Doing a market analysis. PESTLE and TOWS analytical frameworks

Launching a successful business in any industry requires doing a market analysis. The latter refers to the process of studying the dynamics, attractiveness and trends of a particular industry of economy. Market analysis is an integral component of an industry analysis. In practice, the majority of all market analyses facilitate in strategic planning and tactical execution of the strategy, supply chain management, designing and implementing marketing strategies and identifying the most appropriate targeting and positioning schemes. This entry analyzes the most essential components of a market analysis and provides basic insights into how to carry out them in tourism ...

Improving cost-effectiveness of product designs by cross-functional collaboration

Abstract Procurement management is a widely recognized strategic management tool used to keep the cost of production of a company under control. Design-to-cost process is a process that is capable of improving cost effectiveness of the process of product development. The DTC process essentially involves cross-functional collaboration within the organization. The objective of this dissertation is to provide a cross-functional collaboration driven DTC framework for the case company which is an information technology firm. The proposed dissertation is single qualitative case study in which adductive approach will be adapted to the analysis of the results. The theoretical perspective of ...

Executive summary

The ever increasing use of computer based information system and internet in the personal, professional and commercial segments is accompanied by relevant collateral issues relating to privacy, security, and ethics as regards use of the system. The privacy and security issues mainly stem from two elements; advancement in information technology that makes privacy and security of information vulnerable to breaches, and inability of the service providers to adequately protect information and data. During 1970s Walter Maner introduced the term ‘computer ethics’ in order to define ethical problems aggravated, transformed, and created by information technology (Joshi, 2015). This paper is ...

Distinguish between traditional vs. team work environments

Different companies embrace different tactics to achieve efficiency, an aspect that is significantly influenced by the work environment. While some companies embrace the traditional work setting, others appreciate the use of the team works an environment citing various benefits from each. The management of Sandwich Blitz is concerned that to take their business to the next level, there is a need to embrace the team approach (Fruhen & Keith, 2014). The above paper, therefore, seeks to explain the difference amid the traditional and teamwork approach, explain how self-managed teams are employed and their significance to the business. For the case ...

360 Degree System

Chapter 1

Introduction: Performance appraisal is the critical tool in the human resources management for the achievement of the organizational goals and the objectives. This performance appraisal helps to improve the employee’s strength and weakness. Based on the performance appraisal, the performance of the employees can be measured and evaluated. 360 degree review is the appraisal approach and it is defined as collecting feedback from multiple sources of the input of employees, colleagues, seniors to evaluate the performance appraisal. The research mainly focuses on the validation and reliability of the appraisal system which makes convenient for the ...

a. The concept of employee turnover among the providers of third party proposition services – literature review 5 b. Calculating employee turnover rate and its impact on business 6 c. Research questions 7 III. Evaluation of Canterbury Travels Survey Questionnaire 9 IV. Survey Plan for Evaluating the Causes of High Employee turnover rate and strategies development in hospitality 11

References 13

The Use of Qualitative Methods Providing third-party player proposition services is a dynamic, yet poorly researched segment of the hospitality business. In particular, the practice evinces that while there is abundant data about gambling, hotel or destination management in general, the ...

The Dhamani Jewels: Strategic Perspectives. Case Study. CONTENTS I. Introduction 3 II. Background 3 III. Alternatives 4

B. Difficulty in developing future strategy 4 C. Poor system of data-collection 5 D. Non-presence in the e-segment 5 IV. Proposed Solution 5 V. Recommendations 6

References 7

Introduction The analyzed case study revealed that although by the standards of luxury jewelry standards Dhamani is a relatively young company, yet, provided that the company management maintains and improves its grasp on strategic planning and marketing, it has bright future. Thus, both the annual revenues, accrued by Dhamani, its market segmentation, location of its stores, ...

Introduction and Engagement of Stakeholders

The purpose of this formative evaluation is to take an intricate look into the health problems that have affected San Joaquin County in California. They include the following: The asthma problems affecting the young population due to air pollution, the problem of Obesity, which is still prevalent among the young children, and the risk of cervical cancer. All these issues have been cited in the health assessment and it is therefore prudent to look into the planning of how this health promotion program is going to be developed in order to benefit all those at stake in the county ( ...

One of the top most grossing industries or sectors in the contemporary society is the entertainment industry. Increasing standards of living around the world have allowed individuals to accumulate bigger disposable incomes. Lifestyle changes continue to arise within the contemporary society owing to the growing, improving incomes. Consumables that were previously unprofitable have since become among day-to-day products. The growing entertainment industry is one such sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the industry, growth process, and evolution of the cinema industry in India. The growth of the movie sector is one of the indicators of a ...

Introduction

The concept of economic development has received tremendous changes since the pre-colonial era, a feature that seeks government intervention to enhance growth. These changes have an implication on the role of the government in developing effective programs to enhance economic development in a state. Economic growth prospects are achieved through efficient allocation of resources, which are the main factors that steer production by moving a country from low productivity to high productivity. However, the desire to experience rapid economic development goals is often hampered by existence of rigidities, which are either in technological or institutional forms. Therefore, the sector ...

Part 1

The realization that illnesses can be cumbersome to contain especially in the event that the patient is approaching the end of their lives is an issue that cannot be understated. In such situations, therefore, there is the need to have in place strategies that will satisfactorily address the problems associated with such life-limiting sickness (Palliative care NSW, 2012). In this direction, therefore, one of the most appropriate ways through which these illnesses can be solved is by employing the palliative care in addressing the problems that such patients and their families may be going through. As such, there is ...

Introduction

Proper treatment is essential to the recovery of patients. Lack thereof compromises the possibilities of a patient getting better due to the administration of bad medical practices. Palliative care is an efficient procedure commonly utilized at the end of life treatment. It involves the initiatives implemented by a health institution to help improve the patient’s quality of life and the response of their families to an illness that threatens one’s life. This approach is made possible through assessment, prevention, pain treatment, psychological, physical and spiritual discomforts (Bhatnagar & Joshi, 2011). With this in mind, it is worth appreciating ...