Essays on Ong

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Accounting Standard Setting under the Australian Conceptual Framework and Application in Business Practices

Introduction A conceptual framework establishes the concepts and provides the guidelines that underlie financial reporting. As a coherent system of notions that flow from an objective, which in turn serve to identify the purpose of financial reporting, a conceptual framework also provides guidance on the identification of the boundaries of financial reporting. Its concepts further provide guidance on the selection of transactions, related events, and circumstances to be presented, and how such elements should be summarized and ultimately reported (Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB], 2008). One such conceptual ...

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Enter Name of University The OCBC Bank has their own unique approach to talent management and development because their overall success contributes to these vital areas. One of the primary approaches are that the company enables the employee to place their own careers and talents first. The concept of learning is a major component of the business strategy and they created several programs to help with their employee’s professional growth. One program “Bank’s Career Best” goals were for their employees to evaluate their own strengths, orientations of the career and attempts to understand where their workers fit ...

<Institution> Children are our nation’s future. As cliché as it may sound, the meaning of this statement remains true. The way that children are being raised and taken care of today will greatly impact the coming years. This is because their circumstances as children will contribute to the kind of adults that they will become in the future. However, it is a fact that many children of today continue to face harsh realities due to abuse and neglect. Many have become victims of people who do not care about the impact of their actions and the effect ...

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The healthcare system in Australia is termed as one of the most successful in the world when it comes to the delivery of good healthcare. Additionally, the health outcomes, as well as the control of costs by the system, are remarkably effective as stated by Hall (2015). Such achievements have however been achieved through the interaction of the public and private financial backing, public and private provision of services, and the sharing of key duties between the federal as well as the state governments (Hall, 2015). In the US, no single system of health insurance covers the nation. Health ...

The world is rapidly changing and advancing in terms of science and technology. It has become extremely difficult to escape the presence of technology, either at the individual or organizational level. Some of the key technological changes include the internet, smart phones, and the use of computers. Many people and organization are now finding themselves in a situation where they cannot exist without technology, and the health organizations are not left behind, as they are rapidly adopting health care informatics into their systems. The essay, therefore, focuses on a case where a larger medical center is rapidly introducing computer ...

Values Clarification and Ethical Legal Case Analysis

Values Clarification Values dictate the way people function both personally and professionally. In nursing practice, having clear values is essential in achieving moral competence (Jormsri et al., 2005). In completing the value clarification exercise, forty-two items were answered. Of these forty-two items, 15 responses were “mostly agree” and another 15 responses were “mostly disagree.” Six responses were “somewhat disagree”, three responses were “somewhat agree”, and the final three responses were “neutral.”

In a cluster that relates to issues raised by advanced technology, I had some agreements and disagreements. Giving extraordinary medical treatments to patients is essential, particularly when the ...

For several years now, researchers have realised many differences that exist between the oral and written cultures (Ong 12). Some people may prefer orality over literacy and vice versa not knowing that all these goes hand in hand. It all started by oral literature when the information was passed from one generation to another without documenting them but through the elders. The old generation believed in the oral literature since the information were safely and faithfully transmitted to the next generation without any distortion (Ong 15). The written literature, on the other hand, is believed to have emerged during ...

Virtual Reality

Introduction Technological advancements are essential to the development of any nation. In fact, lack thereof compromises the overall potential of a region being self-sustainable. With this in mind, it is worth mentioning that the progressions in science and technology over the years fostered the development of virtual reality. Popularly referred to as VR, this marvel is a computer technology that replicates realistic human environments and simulates the user’s physical presence to fit the setting presented by the system thus allowing interaction. Currently, most of the virtual reality presentations are conveyed on a computer monitor or a head-mounted display, ...

In the world today, cars have become one of the basic commodities that people cannot live without. This means that many people across the globe have increased their desires and likelihood to buy cars for themselves and their families, meaning that the car business has flourished across the world. Not every country manufactures car, but the most commonly countries that do manufacture sell them to other countries. Japan distributes both new and used cars to any willing country, and Tanzania is one of the trusted dealers that import them to sell to Tanzanian people as well as other willing ...

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There are many different conditions, diseases, infections and disorders that can negatively affect human beings, damaging their bodies, compromise overall health, diminish their quality of life and very often lead to the sufferer’s death. Polycystic kidney disease in one of these more serious conditions. Polycystic kidney disease is an incurable condition that encourages the growing of cysts which can overtake the kidneys, cause them to malfunctions and even fail all together. More than 600,000 people in the United States are living with polycystic kidney disease and the condition contributes to more than 5% of all cases of ...

Introduction

For many years, the American racial problem has seen discrimination in various aspects which lead to underdevelopment among the black community. Racial segregation has seen discrimination of the African-Americans within the society which increasingly leads to harassments and mistreatments to the people. The issue needs to considered as important to the society due it magnitude and effects on the people and their lives. Racism has resulted to the rise of activists and nationalists looking to fight for the rights of the black people. Initially, the black community was not considered as a voter population in the United States thus ...

The manifestation of cancer begins when the cells in the body multiply out of control. There are various kinds of cancer with each type starting with the out-of control rapid growth of cells. In most cases, the rapid multiplication of the abnormal cells leads to the growth of tumors. Tumors can either be benign or malignant. Benign tumors are neither cancerous nor life threatening due to the fact that they do not move to other body parts. Malignant tumors cause cancer and are capable of spreading to other body parts close to the tumor. Malignant tumors are capable of ...

Apple Incorporation is a globally-operating company with its headquarters in Cupertino, California, in the United States. The company was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The founders had fashioned the company for development and sale of personal computers. However, over time the company extended its operations to the production of consumer electronics, software, as well as delivery of online services. The hardware products of the company include iPad, iPod, Mac laptops, as well as the new Apple Watch. The consumer software that the company produces includes OS X and iOS operating systems. The online ...

Revolution in military

Revolution in military affairs can be attributed to use of new processes and new tools of waging war like system of systems, command and control, as well as network-centric warfare, all driven by information technology. The term “Revolution in Military Affairs” is used to refer to a major shift in the nature of fighting which is as a result of the application of new technologies which adjusts the nature and accomplishment of military actions, when these technologies are pooled with organizational and operational concepts as well as vivid changes in military doctrine, (Theodor, 1995, pp.3-9). The concept of revolution in ...