Essays on Partridge

Many students regardless if they are studying an MBA or an undergraduate degree in business are quite surprised to see a geography course indicated as required on their transcript. There are many theories as to why this has transpired in the corporate landscape; however, it has become increasingly common for those who are enrolled in a business school to take geography classes in order to apply that knowledge to foreign prospective markets or even domestic markets in many respects. That being said, the perpetual force that is driving this globalization train in academia is surely the fact that globalization ...

Breast cancer is identified as the most common cancer among women in the world (Chlebowski, Chen, Anderson, Rohan, Aragaki, Paskett, and Prentice, 2013). The prevalence rates have increased in the recent past, a trend associated with lifestyle attributes such as improper diets and lack of exercise. In as much as genetics play a contributory role in the development of breast cancer, a significant part is associated with these changes. An interesting aspect is that the ailment affects women differently in relation to differences in racial and ethnic considerations. In this regard, Asian women are the least affected group in ...

Clinical problem

The common concept surrounding palliative care is that it is afforded to patients within inpatient care units and hospice care by specialty palliative care nurses. This has meant that palliative care is only confined to those patients within these settings and thus limiting the accessibility of these services for outpatients populations with chronic or caner illnesses. Patients in need of palliative care usually have physical and psychological problems that require early and constant monitoring and intervention which can only be afforded through palliative care (Zimmermann et al., 2014). While these patients do not seek to cure their illnesses, their ...

Essay

Introduction Organizational change is a fundamental idea to explore and understand in the growingly intricate corporate world. Thus this essay analyzes a horizontal merger between two medium-sized beverage companies. Horizontal merger occurs when two businesses providing the same, or related, products and/or services to a given market merge under the same ownership (Cawsey et al., 2015). The two companies decided to merge because of similar needs to expand their market share and attain organizational growth. All the stages of the intervention, from the due diligence process to the evaluation of the intervention's outcomes, are thoroughly examined. The consistency of ...

IMPACT OF MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES ON SOCIETY

Abstract Media technologies have undergone significant evolution in the past few years involving many new considerations such as Web 3.0., social media, and satellite coverage. Both negative and positive implications of media technologies can be observed on social level. (Artz&Kamalipour, 2007). Therefore, the proposed research will set out to study how these technologies can be used towards the benefit of society by eliminating or avoiding the negatively influential areas. It will extend in several critical dimensions. For example, the purpose of the research is to investigate into different areas wherein different types of technologies are benefitting society. On the ...

Clinical problem

The common concept surrounding palliative care is that it is afforded to patients within inpatient care units and hospice care by specialty palliative care nurses. This has meant that palliative care is only confined to those patients within these settings and thus limiting the accessibility of these services for outpatients populations with chronic or caner illnesses. Patients in need of palliative care usually have physical and psychological problems that require early and constant monitoring and intervention which can only be afforded through palliative care (Zimmermann et al., 2014). While these patients do not seek to cure their illnesses, their ...

The Effectiveness of SWOT, PEST and Five Forces Analysis to Improve Business Strategy

The Effectiveness of SWOT, PEST and Five Forces Analysis to Improve Business Strategy Businesses use a variety of measures to consider their effectiveness in and relationship to the market. These provide an avenue for determining what is working, what needs improved on, and what threatens a business’s longevity from both inside and outside forces (Hass et al., 2008). Three of the most commonly used approaches are the SWOT analysis, the PESTLE analysis, and consideration of Porter’s Five Forces. Each if these models focuses on a different element, or set of elements which are considered crucial to the ...

Introduction

The current debate over the teaching on Universal Salvation did not come from a new Christian teaching but from an argument on issues seen in the old one. Outside the ancient Christian Church, however, the first attention to this teaching perhaps came from Hosea Ballou, an American pastor who co-founded the first Universalist church in the United States and later on attributed as the father of the American Universalism. He wrote in 1892 a book, which chronicled the history of universalism up to A.D. 553. The debate heated up when an evangelical philosopher, Thomas Talbott, who wrote in 1995 ...

Craig Arnold’s “The Singers” is a contemporary poem which addresses a very poignant topic, namely the destruction of the environment caused by human activities. The poet chooses to focus on a specific aspect of this broad topic, namely the rapid extinction of bird species which is accentuated by the destruction of their environment. The speaker laments the fact that many species of birds are on the verge of extinction, and expresses concern over the disappearance of creativity together with the death of the natural world. The speaker dramatizes this environmental problem by illustrating the loss that humans face ...

Introduction

The United States of America is among the superpowers of the world, and anything that changes in this country has impacted all the countries around the world. Their decision, foreign policies, trade, commerce, military affairs, politics, economic policies, and others have a huge influence on the politics, economy, defenses, and foreign policies of developed and developing countries. The United States is a democratic country, and the President of the state is the head of the country's government.

Moreover, they have a direct form of elections in which people voted after every four years to elect the President of the country. Two ...

Leadership involves determination, persistence, and time. As a leader, one should be able to define and understand his or her own purpose. Purpose can be perceived as an objective or goal which guides act in reaching an aim in a specific perspective (Craig, & Snook, 2014). One has to be driven or motivated by passion and strength to work skilfully to be able to accomplish specific or personal intentions. For instance, if I would turn out to be a corporate leader, several investors would be relying for me to perform effectively and display great stewardship. There are also other important areas of a certain ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health Asthma Control Program

The Pennsylvania Department of Health Asthma Control Program was developed to help people with and without asthma live a healthy and active life. The primary goal of this program was to reduce the impact of Asthma in these people’s lives which will have an end-result of an increase in the quality of life for the individuals who will be exposed to the asthma awareness program that will be introduced later in this paper. The PDHACP served as the primary health program model in the development of the new asthma health program that will be discussed later. The goal of ...

1. The variability hypothesis had stated that males are more superior in terms of ability as compared to females, specifically in terms of intelligence. To be precise, he stated that most geniuses are mostly male. Hollingworth and Wooley had refuted the idea of variability hypothesis and had criticized the logic of the hypothesis. They stated that there was no empirical evidence which could prove that men were superior to woman n terms of ability. To examine the relevance of variability hypothesis, Hollingworth and Wooley gathered a data on the birth of 1000 male and 1000 female infants. There research proved ...

Introduction

Change management is a make or break situation managers face in their strategic decisions. An organization has a number of stakeholders with varied interests. These interests must be taken care of in any proposed changes. Failure to cater for the interests of stakeholders may lead to resistance and undesirable behaviors thus hindering the success of the firm. CEC International Holdings Limited (CEC) is expanding the business by opening the retail business section, ‘759 STORE.’ The plan is a fundamental change in the company since the company initially dealt with electronics manufacturing. This paper attempts to design a change framework that the management of ...

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Assignment – Part A DO NOT FORGET TO USE INTEXT CITATIONS IN EVERY QUESTION Question 1: What is the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0? (~250 Words) The main differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 platforms are in the technologies involved as well as the application of those technologies. In the case of Web 1.0, the platform is much more plain and simple, and is used primarily for displaying information on the internet (Harris 2008). This means that application is restricted to the ownership ...

The beginnings of West Point Military Academy can be traced back to the earliest days of the independent nation of The United States of America and Commander George Washington. Used as a strategically placed fort during the Revolutionary War, West Point, located along the Hudson River, demonstrated its importance during the war. Also during the pivotal and important events of the Revolutionary War, Washington was aware that the fledgling nation that had depended on foreign engineers and native ones that were of “dubious quality” for critical engineering information during the seven years of war. Washington believed that the new nation ...

Part A

Description of the Situation Faslane started performing poorly due to leadership and structural loopholes that allowed the management and outsiders to interact in unprofessional ways and develop rifts. The employees could not share ideas due to fear of leakages and disputes from the political class. This threatened market position for Faslane; thus, the need for change and new management arose within Faslane. Howie and Craig undertook massive changes within the institution. They aimed at extending the management levels of the institution to involve other people within the system and developing quality market relations. This paper analyzes the concepts ...

Introduction

The 18th century society was one characterized by social stratification which took the form of class divisions, political upheavals and the consideration of acceptable gender roles in the society. It was a known fact that men and women were different and therefore held different positions in society. Generally, men were considered superior to women and therefore took up the role of a leader, whether in the public domain as the leader or commander of the army, or in the private sphere, as the leader of the household. Women on the other hand were expected to fulfill their role in the family ...

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- Executive summary Jinnikins Jeans is a UK company established in early 2000 that sell designer clothes. The company’s directors have drawn much attention especially from the media due to their personal exploits, youthful entrepreneurism, and innovative use of internet for marketing. The company has in the past few years faced various challenges such as increased wage bill, low performance and reduced morale among various employees. This article examines the company’s approach to reward and the extent to which their approach is consistent with its business objectives. It also focuses on various theories of motivation including, instrumentality ( ...

The movie Bubblegum Babylon reveals the fact that the feel-good, appealing bubblegum pop is a cold business where the stars finally break up due their failure. It goes inside the music industry to explore how the billion-dollar business, which is built on catchy-looks, becomes the best marketing and merchandizing business to buy. The movie explains the profiling of producers, songwriters, impresarios behind the screen of the music, which sells the same band repetitively. It narrates how people with greed make use of the talent of the innocent ones to make money. The movie is a wakeup call for those who live ...

Introduction

The fact that literary works are aimed at mirroring the reality of the human society whether local or global means that there will be a point of convergence among them. The mirroring of the reality of the human society is informed by the need to facilitate and sustain debates that will lead to the finding of solutions to better human society and life. The converse is also true that literary artistes have their works colored by personal, ideological and sociocultural settings and because of this, literary works will diverge on structure, ideas and themes. The case is exemplified by the ...

Constraints on Sunsweet Grower’s Supply Chain

The constraints of the supply chain of the Sunsweet Grower exist in control of the supplies. For long, Sunsweet Grower did not control its supplies especially during high peak seasons when the demand is more than the supply of the cooperative. Other constraints included line utilization and scheduling processes.

Effects of the Constraints

The constraints of Sunsweet Grower’s supply chain affected the cooperative in various ways. The cooperative encountered different problems because of these constraints. Firstly, the cooperative could not control its supply because of the factors determining the supply. These factors include the growing season and the weather, while the market ...

Re: Lola’s Boutique

______________________________________________________________________________ The following are the findings and answers to the questions you requested tackled in your memo. These findings were made after a scrutiny of the emails, between Lola Styne and Liam Mills: 1. At what point does Lola make an offer to Liam and what importance, if any, is the advertisement placed in the newspaper? Lola officially made an offer to Liam Mills in her email dated 17 September 2014. Lola’s email meets the definition and requisite elements of an offer. An offer is a definite promise that bounds the offeror to the offeree once the ...

Integration of Arts in Cultures

Introduction Art health/fitness is very essential in a person’s life not only in the classroom. Art and fitness help in reducing health risks related to lifestyle. In the contemporary society, most children suffer from lifestyle diseases that could easily be prevent by various health and fitness resources. This thesis attempts to analysis the various activities and resources that are useful in art, health/fitness in the classroom setting for grades k- 8 students. Activities such as fitness and exercises help the mind to be alert and active for the students (Virgilio, 1997). It is worth noting that that benefits ...

1. Introduction 1.1 Abstract Contained in this paper is a report on a research conducted on the development of an assistive arm robot for patients with Cerebral Palsy. Presented in the report is a brief description of the disease, a historical perspective of the use of assistive robots and the general description of the research together with the challenges faced during execution of the research and a conclusion which carries recommendations for further research in the same topic. 1.2 Background Cerebral Palsy is a devastating disease that causes unremitting muscle destruction/impairment. The disease begins at childhood but it impacts on a victim ...

Introduction

Bone is an important component of our body architecture. It serves several functions ranging from the support, protection, production etc. Bone must always be in the right state for the body to be stable simply because of those functions. Ageing is one major component that usually affects bone in terms of the strength however, there are several other disorders that tend to affects bones without the input of aging. Those disorders come into play by affecting either the structural component or chemical makeup of the bone. The resultant effects are the affectation of the function of the bone. ...

- Using examples of relevant case law, distinguished between the following types of contract. - Bilateral a and Unilateral contracts Contracts can either be bilateral or unilateral in nature. The bilateral contracts are the most common contracts and refer to agreements whereby each of the contractual parties make a promise to the other party. For instance, in a contract for the sale of a car, the buyer promises to pay the seller £200,000 in exchange for the seller’s promise to deliver the title to the property. A unilateral contract on the other hand only involves one party to the ...

- How does user generated content (ie ratings, reviews, tagging) impact upon or change the way in which users interact with or experience the library and its collection? What are the pros and cons of user generated content in designing and maintaining library catalogues and databases? It is important to recognize that because of the change of print book as we know it, to the triumph of technology, in this case, the e-books, libraries have hard to work extra hard to keep up with the transformation from typical library books to e-books. Because of the cutthroat competition to ...

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Introduction 4 Causes 5 Psychological and Sociological Aspects 6 Preventive Methods 10 Intervention Methods 11 Conclusion 14

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Abstract Before young children are glimpsed as, a continuation of their parents and without their own rights (Haapasalo, 2001). There was couple of regulations to defend young children and double-check their safety. Children who have pledged misdeeds are administered with in mature individual enclosures and penalized in the identical way. Formation of the juvenile court for offenders and re-offenders and there enact regulations to defend young children from misuse, long hours, progeny neglect and the establishment of ...

PART 1 – E portfolio for Future Librarian

I am a dynamic and highly motivated professional librarian with a keen interest to serve as a university librarian. I have pertinent skills such as interpersonal organisation, proficiency in database management and spreadsheets, and technical skills that can make me serve my duties as a librarian with full potential.

2- A personal professional development program for the next 2-5 years.

I would like to work in University library in a school community where I can uphold the principles of life long learning through the implementation of current and future trends in library sciences. I have a desire to work as a librarian while at the same time pursuing a doctorate degree in Library Sciences from a recognised institution. I ...

Introduction

The health sector of the UAE initially used to be an eyesore. The people relied on traditional medicine. And for the rich, they went abroad for better treatment. This used to be before the discovery of oil in the region. The quest for oil brought the world powers to the doorsteps of the emirates. With them came good health facilities and physicians which helped changed the scenery (Partridge et al., 2009). The UAE since then has had a drastic turn over. With an increasing rate of hospitals opening and hospital personnel arriving every day, it now has a staggering number ...

Hinduism and Christianity

The understanding of different religions can sometimes be made easier by comparing and contrasting key systems of belief to determine how these religions are both alike and different. Exploring ways they are alike promoted commonality, while discussing their differences opens the mind to different ways of thinking. Many religions hold very similar values, just different in different contexts.

Area and Culture of Origin

The Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world. Also called Hindu Dharma, it is also considered the oldest religion in the world. This goes by many names, but its practices began in the most ancient of our civilizations and ...

Part A Question 1 Principle or issue of law The principle of Law underlying this case is that advertisement are taken to be invitations to treat and thus the person advertising is not compelled to sell to every customer. Rules of Law An agreement is legally enforceable if the parties intend to be legally bound at the time the agreement is made. Taking this into consideration, the objective assessment of the circumstances in which both parties made an agreement needs to be undertaken. Basing the argument on the law of contract, Spicy Chickens advertisement can be considered to be ...

Introduction

The radio wireless spectrum has been the main medium of communication for many years. The military has extensively made use of this medium of communication. With the proliferation of wireless gadgets, there has been increased use of wireless networks. The radio spectrum has been criticized for its wastage of space and spectrum. There are sections which have been allocated to various functions. The most unfortunate thing is that there are some sections which have not been fully utilized. This probes for questions as to how these unused sections can be made use of productively. Another issue with radio spectrum ...

Introduction

Wireless networking has been a technology that has been adopted by many organizations and individuals as a media of communication. This has been due to the fact that many devices have been developed that can use the wireless spectrum. Though wireless spectrum has been there and has been used for as early as 1990s, the use has not been regulated and there has been wasted spectrum. Of importance is radio spectrum. The radio spectrum has been there for a long time. The spectrum has been wasted due to the fact that radios have been programmed into the hardware and not the software. ...

Telecommunications and Networking, Autumn 2011

Realizing the Future of Wireless Data Communications The Need for Software Radios and programmable radio chipsets

First, there is the need to find the right combination of hardware that can be programmed to provide support to high-performance signals for radios. It is projected that in the next 10 years from now, software radios would be the standard technologies in many commercial and military communication devices (Partridge 2011: 63). The software radios can be programmed to limit their usability to specific functions changeable from the real software that controls the radios. Programmable radio chipsets can also be incorporated with ...

Singapore Airlines Limited is located in Singapore. It was founded in 1947 as Malayan Airways and was later relaunched in 1972 as Singapore Airlines. The airline has got its hubs in Singapore Changi Airport. Singapore Airlines Limited, just like any other company, has adopted Information Technology to enhance its rapid growth. The process of adopting technology started by automating the processes and creating systems out of them. The systems help introduce change into the running of business activities, developing an economic comprehension of how much information systems can impact several aspects and key aspects of an organization.

Supply chain Management

The ...