Essays on Paramount

Project management process consists of five major groups, which include commencing, planning, implementing, observing and control as well as closing process groups. This report paper summarizes and gives opinions on all the areas of knowledge involved in the entire stages of the planning process groups. In all the process groups, project integration together with project stakeholder management are the areas of knowledge involved. Planning, monitoring and control stages include project scope, time, cost, and risk management as the areas of knowledge. Project HRM and communication management area of knowledge is paramount in planning and execution process. Procurement management as ...

The legalization of Euthanasia is an ethical concern in Canada. Euthanasia refers to the process of medical assistance in dying. It is one of the easiest methods to terminate the life of a person who may be having a terminal illness like cancer and HIV/Aids in their lasts stages. However, some people argue that the individual must be sure that they have to die in the end. Recently, the Canadian legislator changed the rule and advocated for euthanasia among the terminally ill patients. The law is unethical as most people do not identify with the effects of the law ...

Introduction

Arabs, particularly from Middle East and North Africa have unique psychological challenges that are associated with the back rash that has been brought about by terrorism. In addition to the increased misconception of their religion being associated with the vice, they also face cultural challenges that dictate how they are supposed to live. There are numerous studies that have been carried out among the Arab women on the subject of their mental health. This paper will address the epidemiology of their condition, focusing on the special group on the immigrants, while comparing them with their counterparts at home and ...

Marine trophic cascade is an ecological concept that has attracted a lot of attention in the recent days owing to the increase in overexploitation of marine resources. It is paramount that we gain clear understanding of the impacts brought about by the changes in the food web. Other possible causes include the environmental changes brought about by the climatic changes such as the global warming effects. Recent studies have shown an increase in the overexploitation of the marine top predators that has the potential to initiate a marine trophic cascade. Various scholars have studied the subject and accumulated reports ...

Introduction

Companies in different industries are adopting marketing strategies that aid them achieve uniqueness and difference from their competitors. At an age where companies experience stiff intra-industry competition, it is imperative that their marketing managers be regularly involved in the development of distinct strategies that help them acquire a comparative advantage over their competitors. The whole process of adopting unique marketing strategies to attract a certain target market is called strategic marketing. According to Wilson & Galligan (2012), strategic marketing refers to all activities undertaken by a company to differentiate itself from other players in the same industry in the marketplace. ...

When the staff in an organization have objectives, they tend to be encouraged to work hard. When they get feedback regarding their progress, they become more motivated. Any ventures achievement is influenced by the presentation of the personnel. To estimate the performance of each member of staff and offer an opinion, it may be essential to develop a job assessment structure (André, 2008). A sporadic appraisal allows the employee recognize that which he/ she is doing well, and the areas that require improvement, and positively contribute to the accomplishment of strategic goals. Despite the fact that performance appraisals are ...

Challenges faced by MCOs regarding price variations and ways of overcoming these challenges

Challenges Utilization management acts as one of the most complex financial balancing act that managed care organizations (MCOs) try to utilize in an effort to manage health care costs and create value for future health care services (Bailit & Sennett, 1992). However, managing cost through utilization management concept creates price variations that pose major challenges to MCOs. One of the major challenges faced by MCOs regarding price variation is its diverse nature. The use of utilization management in MCOs has gained a lot of demand making it difficult to make a general conclusion on certain variations. Price variations linked to ...

Test Scores

Administrative skills: 22 Interpersonal skill: 27 Conceptual skill: 29 (Northouse & Peter, 142)

Reflection of the scores

According to the test results I have a high range of administrative skills. Administrative skills play an imperative role in matters relating to effective leadership. These skills can be termed as competencies required by organizational leaders for running businesses as well as accomplishing the business goals and purposes (Northouse & Peter, 124). As a business leader I apply my administrative skills in managing people, resources, and illustrating technical competence. In managing employees, effective business leaders are able to fully connect with other individuals, have a greater understanding of ...

Introduction

The management of the health, risks, and the occupational hazards form a crucial component of the organizational operations depending on the nature of the business. Every organization has systems to minimize the rates of adverse events and disasters within the company premises. It is the obligation of the human resources management to ensure that the systems are in place to observe precautions and hence prevent disastrous events which could cause injuries or lead to the loss of human lives. The activities and the functions of any organizations determine the precautionary measures employed to eradicate or minimize the probability of ...

Fashion and food

1. Executive summary The clothing and the foot ware market in Saudi Arabia performs quite well due to the thriving economy and the high levels of the disposable incomes in the country. The unemployment rates are quite low, a fact which has contributed to the growth of the fashion and food markets. Available information at the end of 2015 indicates that the leading fashion brands in the country increased the number of the fashion brands in their portfolio as the customers raised to demand quality and more luxurious brands. As a result, the retailers have expanded the outlets across ...

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Introduction

Public policy is a crucial aspect of social and political structure and it paramount in making decisions and choice by those in power because public policies has a significant impact towards the public’s daily life. On the other hand, policies encompass loopholes created by conditions that are either overlooked by the policy-makers or caused by the changing trends in social and political environment. This is when the importance of analysis and evaluation of public policies becomes important in ensuring that the implemented policies will effectively serve its intended purpose. Normally, elected political leaders have ...

Chapter 2

Literature review Russia has a very large number of hospitals, physicians, and health care workers as compared to any other country in the world. In spite of this, the medical care fraternity has failed to offer standard and acceptable health care services to its people. Russia has faced a health care system crisis for an extended period since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Significant transformation in the social, economic, and political environment has adversely affected the health care system (Britnell, 2015). The poor health care system in Russia has been precipitated by the lack of medical and technical ...

Problem Statement

There are a number of reasons, defined by the ethical as well as the economic and the political scenes, for the non-diminishing interest in addressing the gap between the rich and the poor. "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" is an aphorism, which outlines the major views on economic inequality and the criticism, seen in academic and business literature, towards the philosophy of free market and capitalism in general. One of the principal works, laying the foundation for the discussion, is the work by Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2014), who places the idea ...

British Petroleum is a multinational corporation that was founded in 1908. It initially had its single wells in the remote parts of Persia. The company slowly grew and within eight years it became one of the largest businesses in the world. It has been broadly divided into three main subsections that include oil exploration and production; gas, power, renewables and oil refining; and marketing section. All these departments work together to ensure that the company achieves its objectives. Since 1995, the company has been in the capable hands of John Browne, who has been its CEO until his untimely ...

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 ...

Introduction

Information management systems primarily serve the purpose of processing, organizing, storing and allow retrieval of data that businesses, organizations, institutions, and corporations use to their strategic advantage. Varied types of information systems exist ranging from transactional, decisional support, expert, knowledge management, and office management systems among others. The information systems are a paramount strategic niche in the context of the goals and objectives that have to be achieved. Therefore, organizations engage information systems and system analysts or designers to develop, manage and service the system (Chaffey & White, 2010). The organizational system that I chose to illuminate for the purpose ...

Reconstructing a crime scene incorporates three specific environments: crime scene, Investigation, and court (Lee & Howard, 2011). There are inherent limitations in a reconstruction and imitations are tied to each of these three environments. It is important for a reconstructionist to not go beyond what he knows, but at the same time be cognizant of the fact that the very thing that can neither be defined nor acknowledged may be more powerful than what can be defined (Lee & Howard, 2011).It is also paramount that an appropriate methodology is employed that suitably corroborates the process (Lee & Howard, 2011). The process ...

The quality of nursing care in the Dominican Republic has been subject to extensive research on numerous occasions. In the recent years, the government has been focused on enhancing the quality of maternity care across all the hospitals with the aim of reducing the rate of mortality rate through childbirth. It has attracted the attention of many scholars, especially because the nation is known for its highly trained attendants and universal institutionalized deliveries. The quality of medical care provided varies across the various medical institutions (Schumacher, 2010). In the recent years, the rate of Dominican Republican immigrants into the ...

Genetic and Environmental Research

Genetic research involves a critical analysis of medical and scientific causes, amelioration, enhancement, transmission, and elimination of inherited traits and disorders (McGuire et al., 2014). The role of genetic research is paramount particularly in a dynamic fields of diagnosis and treatment of genetic related disorders. The core areas of genetic research include genetic testing, reproductive genomics, gene therapy, genetic databanks, and pharmacogenomics. In social sciences, genetic research entails the study of the manner in which the genetic traits contributes to human behavior. Research on genetics has significant impacts not only on the health care sector but also to the ...

 Fire Alarm Monitoring- contact Datawatch and have them change status to “testing” during any inspection or anything that could trigger the fire alarm. Fire Alarm Out of Service: Datawatch is the facilitator for fire alarm services in the building. The code of building is 966, and the contact number of Datawatch service center is 240-683-6520. He will take few minutes to come and resolve all the issues related to fire alarm without charging any additional amount as it is a free service.  Roof Leaks- Call Firestone. We use Tecta America as the company that provides the service. Our warranty ...

Cybergreen; Web Hosting of the Future

Competing in the marketplace is like war. You have injuries and casualties, and the best strategy wins. The main aim of any business is to make a profit and to maintain its competitive nature over a set period. A competitive market can sustain all the hardships and be present for generations. The competitiveness of an industry is, therefore, paramount and useful, particularly when profits are the center of operations for the given company. For a company to gain competitive advantage, some ground shakeup is mandatory. One of the first and most paramount competitive advantage is cost leadership. Cost leadership ...

Factors that Influence Purchasing Relationship in Automobile Industry of China

Introduction The USA, Western Europe, and Japan markets for the automobiles are almost stagnating causing an increased attention and concern to the world automotive industry. They have turned their interest in China market for cars. This is associated with the fast growing economy in China unlike that of European nations and the USA. The Chinese market for cars is indeed the turning point for all auto companies. The environment is conducive to start production in China to supply the potential markets and then export from there to other world markets. This literature will focus on the purchasing relationship in ...

Essay

Immanuel Kant: Reason and Freedom Immanuel Kant argues that being purely objective or purely rational and being independently free are two peas in a pod. As Kant argued in his widely known book Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, all human beings possess what he refers to as 'the idea of freedom' (Pasternack, 2002, 12). He builds his concept of categorical imperatives-- in the absence of which responsibility and morality would cease to exist-- upon the speculated idea that freedom is an omnipresent concept. Kant claims that it is clearly not possible for people to envision themselves as 'un-free' ( ...

Background Study

Encryption is critical in ensuring that virtual security for users and administrators is ensured. In a retail store of the case study model, client information integrity is paramount. With a client base of 5,000 subscribers and downloads of confidential monthly payments, the need for a secure and high-level security level cryptography is paramount. In this paper, a report of the necessity encryption methods adoption by the electronic store is presented. Also, the paper offers the solution of the public key encryption supported by illustrative diagrams for the negotiation stage. As the chief of information technology at the electronics ...

Introduction

Recently, there have been predation and poaching of employees in Advancement Corporation by a competitor. The company now feels that it is paramount that a solid strategy is constituted to ensure that staff and scientists are recruited, trained and retained within the pharmaceutical firm. The prevalent incumbent poaching presents a high risk exacerbated survival crisis that could injure and subsequently drive Advancement Corporation into inefficiency or losses. At worst, the company may be pushed into severe economic crisis as a result of being forced to recruit consistently and train new scientists who again take time before they can place ...

Chapter 2: Literature review

Introduction This chapter presents the literature review appraisal that exists and is linked to work contentment and inspiration subjects and how these issues are closely related to industrial performance. The chapter discusses the concept of motivation, job satisfaction, and project management and employee satisfaction. Organizational performance as well as its continuity largely depends on critical assets, employees and the managers' capabilities to create and sustain motivating environments of the employees and other human assets. The primary challenge that managers are faced with today is keeping their human capital such as the employees satisfied and motivated. Therefore, all managers must ...

In the movie “The Sixth Sense,” the director employed varied techniques to bring about a valuable motion picture. Out of the many techniques evident in the movie, gothic symbols and motifs are paramount as these techniques bring about other aspects of the film such as thematic expressions. This paper explores different motifs and gothic symbols in the movie “The Sixth Sense.” Ultimately, the paper highlights the meaning or importance of the identified technique. Shyamalan (the director of the movie) consistently employs visual motifs through reflective objects such as glasses, windows, mirrors and many others. The visual motifs in “The ...

INTRODUCTION

There are very few children who grew up in the 1990s who does not remember watching Disney’s “Aladdin.” They remember the image of endless sand dunes, hidden caverns, flying carpets, a beautiful princess, a handsome hero and, of course, a big blue genie. Disney’s Aladdin garnered a great deal of praise and theatrical success. “Aladdin,” unlike previous Disney animated features, where the characters and stories were in some fictitious worlds and kingdoms, “Aladdin” was going to bring to life elements of a real world location. “Aladdin” takes place in the Arabian Desert. Brining this story to life, ...

Marketing is part and parcel of any business, for it gives it a platform to showcase their product to the potential customers. Companies and business invest a fortune in advertising campaigns to make their products known to customers (Kerin et. al, 2016). Marketing should be done strategically such that it catches the eye of the customer or rather make it “attractive”. Information is crucial, and it is an asset to many businesses. Passing information to the customers on the existence of a product is critical, and it should be done in sites which are accessible to many customers at ...

Essentials of evidence collection and preservation knowledge

Healthcare professionals ought to understand that knowledge on evidence collection and preservation is paramount. The knowledge can eventually be of significant use in tracking down and prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes (Simmons, 2014). Forensic healthcare workers or even general caregivers can help the police in investigating crimes by making sure that they collect and store evidence attentively. Moreover, crime evidence can be essential to the victims as they can use it to seek legal justice.

Steps to Take in Collecting Evidence on Mugged Client

Health institutions usually have an elaborate protocol for collecting and handling evidence. The protocols are typically developed by forensic healthcare professionals in conjunction with ...

Introduction of staffing and Performance Appraisal in retail sector context

Staffing in Retail Sector Retail sectors constitute the part of the economic market made up of businesses that sell well to the final consumer. The ultimate or the final consumer is the client who buys goods for personal use and not for business use. The retail sector encompasses various kinds of shops such as small and medium-sized stores and kiosk, large department stores, supermarket chains, mail-order business as well as online businesses. Staffing is an integral and a core process within the retail industry. Staffing includes a range of activities followed in the acquiring and maintaining a human personnel. ...

Modern governments have grown large excessively. Aspects of developments such as individual freedom and economic expansions that have been enhanced since a long time go keep showing their glimpses in the modern society. Such an understanding has brought the world into the belief that the economic beliefs, human trajectories on concepts, prudential strive for the future were once pressed from all the corners of the world in a similar pattern. The world, however, began to diverge from its pieces with Europe considered as the most significant divergence in historical accounts. Little has however been exposed as to why some ...

Abstract

Marketing is an essential functionality in the business set up. For the procedure to be effective, marketing has to have clear objectives that are set in the organization. The objectives can be cascaded down to the individuals who have taken up certain roles in the marketing department for instance. Aggressive promotion while at the same time making identification of the expected target for the particular service or product is of importance. The marketing content is also crucial, and this can be promoted by the presence of activities like marketing strategies and strategic marketing which can be solely managed in ...

Summary and Reflection

The speaker’s topics are focusing on occupational health and safety in general terms with various themes to focus on in the broad topic. Understanding the cause of a problem is the first step that will help prevent the occurrence of an injury or problem in the future. Pollution arising from smoke is hazardous to our bodies. Although the government has mandated and given authority to a body to ensure the citizens are safe, it is the responsibility and the duty of every individual at personal and home level to ensure their safety. Smooth co-existence in the society and ...

Business law is all about creating a system that is governed by a specific set of rules and regulations and in view of the research and studies done during the semester, the significance of state constitutions, statutes, and regulations impacting personal and professional lives are well documented. For a nation or a society to prevail, it is of paramount importance that the ‘Criminal Law’, is implemented in a manner that helps in serving numerous functions of the society and benefitting the society in many ways, starting with maintaining the order to avoid chaos in the society, resolving disputes amongst ...

Executive Summary

This section looks into the inception of Disney Store in South Korea, which is the country of interest. Disney Store is a retail outlet that specializes in sales of merchandise that are unique to Disney. Disney Store traces its roots back in 1987, in Glendale, California. A country analysis of South Korea was done with detailed information being noted as far as population, GDP, per capita income, aesthetics, political system, legal system and the living conditions in the country just to name a few of the areas tackled. This was followed by an economic analysis of South Korea where ...

Social policy

The skills provided by community colleges are paramount if we are to meet the threshold required for jobs in the future. These jobs will need an associate degree or more, rather than the current jobs that can be done even without the attainment of a college degree. These associate degrees have a credential of two years thus are less expensive and favor the young people from poor backgrounds (Brand & Xie, 2010). The aim of the free community college is to boost an individual’s income through a solid background in education. Given the declining rates of enrollments in colleges, ...

Abstract

Hemophilia is a genetic condition that is traceable in generations. The disease is usually linked to the excessive bleeding of the patient at a point where the blood vessel is damaged. A lot of research on the disease has been carried out trying to define the origin of the disease and offer extensive support to the solution of the condition. Over time, the disease has attracted extensive attention as the cases of the disease increase. It has not been easy to control the disease since the condition has been overwhelmingly disturbing to the patients as well as the family ...

The statistics of homelessness and poverty in the world are shocking and they point to the need for urgent action to prevent disasters to humanity. The United Nations habitat department states that by 2015 there were 1.6 billion people who are either homeless or live in inadequate shelters (habitat.org). Out of these 100 million people are completely homeless while 1 billion live in informal settlements (habitat.org). This means that one in every four people across the world lives in conditions that harm their safety, health opportunities and prosperity. However, homelessness is a manifestation of even larger and more complicated ...

(Financial and SWOT analysis and Recommendation to Identified Problems)

Background

The Walt Disney Company is an American diversified firm which focuses its business in mass media where it offers licensing services for the populace to consume their products among other services. Walt Disney headquarter is at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. The firm was founded on October 16th, 1923 by Walt Disney and Roy O Walt Disney in Los Angeles, California. In its most recent full year financial statements, 2015 financial statement, the firm posted a net income of US$8.38 billion, operating income of US$14.68 billion and ...

The complex healthcare system has faced a range of challenges over the past. In this regard, the most affected group of healthcare providers in the industry are nurses. According to the Institute of Medicine (2010), nurses represent the biggest segment of providers in the healthcare industry, totaling to more than 3 million practicing nurses. In this regard, the complexities and barriers existing in the system hinder the effective performance of nurses in healthcare delivery to the population. In an effort to improve the quality of healthcare, the government, through the 2010 Affordable Care Act, aimed to introduce drastic changes, ...

BUSINESS PLAN FOR UNIVERSITY GROUPWORK COHESION (UGC)

Business Plan for University Groupwork Cohesion (UGC) Executive Summary The aim of this project is to design, develop, and market a mobile application for assisting students in their productivity especially when placed in groupings of several modules. Group works are considered one of the most hectic assignments that students are required to perform. However, as most of the students point out it is not the actual assignments that are hard but the interactions, planning and delivery of the work across several students. This project, therefore, aims to provide a simple and efficient means of handling such issues among students ...

Introduction

A consumer brand is a product that best suits customer needs and wants as per their expectation. The relationship that is in existence between people, and the brand of product they like most is not different that exists when they relate to other individuals in the society. Understanding the relationship between customers and the product throughout the value chain is critical to marketers. It helps managers to strategize on how to deal with the clients in the best way possible. Marketers who know their customers and their needs are the in a position that they can retain and even ...

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Business Strategy Introduction A business strategy is a means to which a firm uses to achieve its set goals and objectives. It involves the long-term planning of an organization. The plan is referred to as long term because it covers a period more than three years to accomplish results. The resources that a company holds are the primary concern for the form of strategic planning for the enterprise. The resources are mainly finances. For instance, the management plans on which project to invest in. For a production plan, business strategy occurs when the company encounters a business scenario like ...

Introduction

Transparency is critical in conducting clinical research. Transparency is a fundamental value regardless of the department or organization. The issue concerns the need to ensure transparency is maintained when conducting clinical research. The policy that was recently initiated calls for the restoration of transparency that will benefit health care providers, parents and health systems. The lack of transparency in clinical findings puts the patients’ lives at risk (Health Affairs 21). This will mean that inventories will not be accredited better standards due to lack of accountability. It is paramount that such a policy in health care be implemented to ...

There is a lot of pressure in today’s organizations. Identification of a few of these pressures includes globalization, technology changes, competition, alliances, changes in organizational structure, methodologies of work assignments, employee priorities, capabilities, abilities and demographic factors. These factors call for the Human Resource function to help navigate the company during the transition in the organizations and the same function, finding ways of propelling the organization forward even further. The real plus the perceived value of the HR function will have to be upgraded. The HR function has been shifting from the personnel aspect to that of Human ...

Introduction

The concept of sustainable development was first introduced in 1987 by the United Nations as part of the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, in which it was stated that sustainable development implies “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (United Nations General Assembly, 1987). The World Conservation Strategy published in 1980 served as prelude to the conception of this notion, as the UN recognized the importance of minimizing the impact of human activity over the earth’s ecosystems and adopting models inclined towards sustainability ...

Human Resource Management

Introduction Human resource management (HRM) is the process through which an organization interacts and guides its personnel so that they work together and achieve company objectives. The primary goal of this process is to set a target for the firm, build a plan for the organization, analyze data about staff members, train the company employees, and mentor them to fit in the enterprise. HRM can be traced back to the year 1950 when great scholars Drucker and McGregor saw that there is a need to have a vision and goal-directed activities in organizations. They also stressed that the management ...

Question 1

According to Tregeagle and Orr (2003), they argued that there are many Australian children that at one point or another, during their influential years, are not be cared for adequately. For many, this is a brief period that passes however for some; this maltreatment lasts beyond theirtender years and impacts their life. The abuse of children can be defined as any non-accidental behaviour by any adult in the child’s life that causes physical or psychological harm. The behaviour can be intentional, such as abuse, or unintentional, such as neglect (Bromfield, 2005; (Christoffel et al., 1992). It was meant ...

Answer 1

The need to have an open and distributed computing system has evoked data security managers to deal with enormous modification of data centers. Technical expertise is required in the administration of data security through the establishment of environment specific standards. Technical developments and modifications in the priorities of development and enhancement of systems models enable execution of security controls (Buckingham, 2008). Modern computing involves increasing points of access such as online reporting and shared and interactive employment of data. Evolution of multiplatform environments enables data security managers to reassess the security objectives. Also, a fully integrated systems environment has ...

In order to ensure safety and protect well-being of everyone after the shooting and campus community taken as a whole, it is of paramount importance to take effective and rational measures without any delay. According to the American College Health Association (2011), "in order to create a coordinated and successful response, emergency responders within federal, state, county, and municipal agencies use concepts and operational systems within the National Response Framework (NRF)" (p. 438). The steps to be taken should comprise introducing stricter safety regulations for all students and other individuals being on campus as well as ensuring and maintaining ...

High Turnover in Hospitality Industry in USA and Strategic Way to Solve the Turnover Problem

Introduction Currently, the hospitality industry taking a new route to lead in most economies. The industry is growing at a rapid rate, which is something for celebration. The biggest challenge is the employee turnover. Kim and Jogaratnam, (2010, p. 320) report that a big portion of up to thirty-three percent of the hotel money goes to labor. The current turnover in the hospitality industry settled at thirty-one percent (Batt, Lee, and Lakhani, 2014, p.17). This percentage is very high when broadly looked at concerning the disadvantage of employee turnover to businesses. The culture of the company is always affected ...

Introduction

Microsoft is the world’s largest corporation in software and technology industry. William Gates and Paul Allen founded it back in the year 1975 and for about ten years, it became a multi-million company. The core objective of the company at early stages was to ensure, “there is a computer on every desk and every home.” The culture of the business is critical to all corporations. Culture influences almost all the operations of an organization throughout the life cycle of the firm. Culture would dictate to management when it comes to decision-making like for example, how are decisions made ...

Introduction

Self-care is taking a strategic measure to ensure that one is safe and stays in focus. They are personal decisions that one takes for to improve their future. In this case, my self-care is to ensure that I remain in line with the nursing career requirements and set strategies to implement the key options that I have chosen. They include, time management, more attention to nursing school, and developing a nursing career path. The field of nursing is diverse (Lever, 2010, p. 105). It requires focus to be able to cope with the daily challenges. However, caution should be ...

Budget Development Project

The great depression in 1929 led to the emergence of organization some of which are meant to make profits while other run as non-profits (Penner, 2013). Indeed, these organizations are required to budget for their expenses in light of their operations. A budget refers to the overall estimation of how an organization, institution, individual or government aims to spend the resources for a specific period. These resources may include money, inventory, labour among other factors of production . Normally, top-level managers including CEOs do the formulation of a budget. However, there can be involvement of subordinate staff in decision-making. In ...

Introduction

Group D has been tasked to deliver a concept ideation report explaining the reasoning behind the chosen concept that will be constructed to achieve the goal set out in the Warman Design & Build Challenge 2016. This concept ideation report has been completed in order to reduce the likelihood of error in specifications and function, manage costs, mitigate risks, and evaluate the expected success of the final concept. [1] This report explains the approach and principles utilised by group D to create a comprehensive design. The principles utilized will include: The Development of Product Specifications, Development of Functional Analysis and ...

Modernity refers to the approaches, behavior, and ideas of the post-traditional period. Originally, modernity can be defined as a critique of tradition, and a movement toward a new point of view rooted in new paradigms and insights. Recently, modernity has embodied present-day thoughts and present-day lifestyle. One important aspect that arises from this definition of social change and its impact on human experience is the formation of a newly constructed self-image and identity. In essence, the concept of modernity differentiates the modern person from the traditional individual. Such newly founded freedom in connection to modernity involved an experience and ...

Introduction

The quest to protect the privacy of people in the digital era has been subject to debate for several years since the revelation by Edward Snowden about the secret surveillance by the NSA and the intelligence agencies. The use of social networks as a way to interact with peers as well as a source of information cannot have become prevalent in the modern society due to its ease of access. It is undisputable that security has also become a challenge in this era where human rights are equally matters to grapple with. It is important that certain elements of ...

Immigration to Europe started after World War 2 and the rate continued to increase over the years into the 20th century up to date (" Debating Europe"). Western Europe experienced quite a significant percentage of immigration, especially after the World War 2. Currently, there are a sizable number of immigrants consisting of both Europeans and non-Europeans, who are defined as both illegal and legal immigrants. In 2004, the percentage even grew further after the European Union granted a permit for citizens to move freely within the EU nations ("Debating Europe"). The aspect of immigrations has received different reactions; some people ...

The majority of historians argue that a new era began in the early 1990's resulting from the end of the Cold War era as well as the Gulf crises. In actual fact, "it was this new era of globalization, of a world being tied together by flows of investment, of trade, of ideas, of culture, of people travelling all the time" (Yergin, "Commanding Heights: The New Rules of the Game"). There is no exaggeration to say that "we are living through a revolution. The 1990's saw the creation of a new king of global economy - a single market, ...