Essays on Phoenix

Introduction

A strategic plan is contextually defined as a piece of documentation that describes an organization’s process of foreseeing an anticipated future, the details of which are then delineated into goals and a vision for the organization. A strategic plan also includes an explication of how to achieve the stipulated goals, in a specific and concise manner. Steiner (2008) calls strategic planning an “indispensable act” in endeavor for high quality management of any institution. A subset of strategic planning is strategic management, which essentially offers guidance as well as direction as far as strategic planning at organization level is ...

TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (TTEC)

TeleTech Holdings is a technology services company whose main business is the provision of telephony services to businesses. The company operates call centers and BPO centers through which it connects customers to their companies. Through the provision of the telephony services, it creates a lasting customer experience, which in turn results in growing revenues and profitability of the companies that it represents. The various industries that it serves include the automotive industry, financial services, healthcare, government agencies, e-commerce entities, and the hospitality industry among others (TeleTech Holdings, 2017). In light of the above brief on TeleTech Holdings, the objective ...

International Human Rights Law and Prisons in Africa

Term Paper 4500 words

Introduction

The International Centre for Prison Studies’ World Prison Brief, in its report suggested that over 10 million individuals are formally incarcerated in prison and correctional facilities around the world. According to the same Brief, even more are held in either military facilities where they are detained or in security or police facilities without any specific legal process underway. There are three categories that the United States’ (U.S). Government has for humanitarian and human rights concerns as they relate to these individuals who are housed in a detention facility that is; 1. unsafe in terms of ...

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Executive Summary SunEdison is a renewable energy company. Its revenue comes from semiconductor wafer manufacturing, solar energy business and TerraForm Power (wind power and global business). The company has recently filed for bankruptcy due to poor operational performance and its inability to serve its $11 billion debt. Luckily for the company, first and second lien holders have provided the required capital to continue operation. Overall, the renewable energy market is growing at a very high rate. However, due ...

Pattern of Problems with the U.S. Department of Veterans Administration Health Care System

Abstract The United States Department of Veteran Affairs has established 151 hospitals, 820 community-based outpatient clinics, and 56 regional offices. In addition, it established about 300 well-established veteran care centers in the United States in 2013. It was started to cater to the medical needs of veterans and their families that is wives and children after the World War 1. The federal government established the first residential medical center in 1811 but started no national efforts that were aimed at helping the veterans. The committee is ...

According to the horizontal analysis of income statement, net income has been increased $837,000 in 2015. Amazon.com margins increased at a faster rate than expenses. The cost of revenue increased 14% in 2015 as against gross profit increasing 35%. Amazon.com did not incur any environmental expenses in 2013. The company also focused on reducing debt. As a result interest expense is 0. Vertical analysis of income statement shows that the company focused on increasing expenses along with increasing revenues. Additionally, Amazon.com also reduced debt and interest expenses in turn. The previous caused gross profit and net income to ...

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The United States Department of Veteran Affairs is grouped among the largest executive departments in the country. The committee is charged with the responsibilities of providing medical care to veterans and their families and offering financial support. Veteran’s health issues include; substance use disorder, mental health disorders, stress, and brain injury among others. Veteran health problem is much higher compared to the private health concerns. However, as the steady affair department advances, different issues have evolved, which have caused adverse effects on the veterans. The primary problems affecting veteran affairs include; increased wait times for patients, ...

The United States has the diverse culture where people from different ethnic, social and racial backgrounds have developed the interactive pattern on their daily routines. Since I have moved to the United States to persuade my studies and career, I have been an interacting number of group members every day. However, everyone makes use of English as his or her main course language to interact on a daily basis. I look back my childhood memories where I was taught English in the classrooms, and I read some books and stories that told about the American culture (Sedaris). Moreover, I ...

Abstract

Jade has been an important part of Chinese culture since Ancient times, when it was used to make various weapons and tools. The reason for this is because it is believed to have positive powers. Some of the attributes attributed to jade are purity, gentlemanliness, the ability to send one’s soul on a positive journey and to prevent misfortune from befalling a person. This is why jade was used in burial rituals, sacrifices and other religious ceremonies. Nevertheless, despite the importance of jade to the Chinese culture for many centuries only the very wealthy were permitted to own ...

Introduction

The city of Belfast has its fair share of world history that spans thousands of years (Phoenix 2001). Additionally, the bursting apprentice on ship building and heritage pride have placed it at the top of favorite tourists’ destination around the globe. Belfast is a true definition of old and new with a deep history and vast thirst to replicate an ultra-modern way of life for its residents and endless streams of visitors. As such, his paper will analyze its past events, facts, and figures surrounding Belfast. Additionally, it will outline strategies that will be adopted to turn around the ...

Introduction

The U.S. airline industry continues to be fiercely competitive, due to a combination of rising costs, increased government regulation, fluctuating macroeconomic conditions, and increasingly price sensitive consumers (Southwest Airlines, 2016a). Environmental pressures have led to several mergers and acquisitions within the industry, including major carriers as well as regional and domestic carriers (Southwest Airlines, 2016a). Low-cost domestic airline carriers that offer non-stop service to popular domestic and tourist destinations within North America have emerged as formidable competitors to large, international carriers such as United Airlines. Southwest Airlines and Allegiant Air are two carriers that focus on variations of the ...

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Introduction

In last 20 years, the complexity of the organized crime has achieved its rapid expansion. That is why, set of the challenges for the U.S. federal law enforcement has been set. It means that the operations have been transformed by the criminals of Phoenix, Arizona, in the ways, which have broadened their area of influence and created the set of complications for the law enforcement agencies in terms of to combating them.

Background

The local criminals have already applied the set of innovative technological options - such as the networked structural models, which have ...

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In response to your job ad concerning the Traffic Management Specialist position in (name of website/newspaper), I humbly request you to regard my application for the same. Recently, I have successfully completed my Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from University of Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ). The outlook of rendering services as a Traffic Management Specialist in a reputable and futuristic corporation such as yours gives me extreme pleasure. I realize that hard work and ...

a)SimpliMet 1000

Introduction

The SimpliMet 1000 machine is an automatic Mounting Press is a very new and versatile mounting press machine. This machine features electrohydraulic and also dual temperature controls which occur over a wide range of the mounting pressures. These machines are designed to allow for easy and quick preparation of the samples. The SimpliMet 1000 machine also increases the consistency of the specimen over the process of manual pressing.

Aim

The major aim of using the SimpliMet 1000 machine is to easily and quickly prepare consistent samples. Description of apparatus The SimpliMet 1000 machine is a very simple ...

Section

A commercial flight or a common carrier one is expected to exercise the highest degree of care in its undertaking, in contrast to contract carrier operators who are only expected to perform their duties with the care expected from an average person. Thus, to prove that it is not liable, it has to show that indeed it exercised extraordinary diligence. Is the assumption of risk defense available to an airline to defend against lawsuits brought by injured passengers or the survivors of passengers killed in an airline crash? Why? No. the reason behind this is anchored on statistical evidence. ...

Executive Summary

A strategic analysis of Amazon is employed in this document in order to highlight the major problems that must be considered by the management. The company is considered a leader in electronic retailing globally, however facing a stiff competition from its counterparts as bricks and mortar companies as they are emerging in the contemporary corporate setting and establishing their online presence. Amazon is engaged in finding ways to adequately address the contemporary challenges in the global marketplace in order to maintain its competitive position and subsequently attain a greater share of profits from the international market.

Introduction

Amazon is deemed ...

SimpliMet 1000

A SimpliMet 1000 is an automatic mounting press that is designed to improve productivity and easy use. It’s affordable (cheap) and durable, its safe hydraulic pressure requires no air. SimpliMet 1000 are manufactured by BUEHLER ATW Company located in are Japan, China, Canada, France, Germany, and Britain. A SimpliMet 1000 press is a basic press that is used in a variety of ways. It is used to mount specimens with thermosetting resins such as Phenolics, EpoMet, ProbeMet, KonductoMet, and Diallyl Phthalate. Its mold cylinders are designed to mount specimen as either single or in a duplex. Its mechanically ...

Integrated health systems

Introduction Integrated Health Systems refer to a network of different organizations that through formal agreements or ownership, horizontally and vertically aligns health care services, programs or facilities to provide coordinated continuums of healthcare to a specified population. The network is willing to be held fiscally and clinically accountable for the health status and outcomes of the population served. There is a rising interest in establishing firms that are accountable. They can deliver health care at high quality while still keeping costs low. Currently, most decisions relating to quality and spending are made separately. This creates a very antagonistic relationship. ...

Proposal for Solving the Problem of Decreasing Employee Morale and Productivity at Phoenix Advertising Company’s Roanoke Branch

The employees are the most vital assets for Phoenix Advertising Company. For this reason, it is imperative for the company’s management to always keep them happy and satisfied. As the vice president of the human resources management, I investigated the problems facing the company’s Roanoke branch. One of the major problems that I discovered is the decreasing employee morale and productivity. Specifically, working for long hours devoid of being adequately compensated is making the employees at this branch dissatisfied, thus, reducing their morale and productivity. For this reason, this proposal aims at revitalizing these employees as well ...

For hundreds of years, silk industry flourished in China and the process of silk cultivation and weaving became an integral part of the Chinese society. Even today, many fashion designers from all over the world still covet silk fabrics because of its smooth and soft texture; the fibers are either plain white or tinted with various colors depending on the customer’s preferences. The traditional Chinese silk consists of many patterns mostly based on abstract designs such as Chinese knots, flowers, dragons, and other imagery based from the Chinese mythology and nature. Silk is a type of fiber originating ...

Psychology Summaries

Solomon, Caren G., Murray B. Stein, and Jitender Sareen. "Generalized Anxiety Disorder." The New England journal of medicine 373.21 (2015): 2059-68. ProQuest. 7 Apr. 2016 .Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com.contentproxy.phoenix.edu/docview/1735349848?pq-origsite=summon Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a condition that creates excessive worry and concern in a debilitating manner for those afflicted with the condition. “According to representative epidemiologic surveys, the estimated prevalence of generalized anxiety disorder in the general population of the United States is 3.1% in the previous year and 5.7% over a patient’s lifetime; the prevalence is approximately twice as high among women as among men” (Solomon, Stein, and ...

Smoke Signals is a film directed by Chris Eyre, released in 1998 and the story is set in an Indian reservation in Idaho. The protagonists are Thomas and Victor who are completely different. Victor loves to play basketball and has much energy and rage within himself, while Thomas is a person who likes to invent stories. The person who connects these two young men is Arnold, the father of Victor who rescues Thomas whose parents get killed in a fire in their home. Thomas looks up to Arnold and thinks of him as a heroic person. Arnold is a ...

Sun cities such as Phoenix and Bullhead experience the problem of air pollution like many other cities in both the developing and developed countries. Reports from World Health Organization indicate that most cities have a high concentration of pollutants such as Sulphur (IV) and Nitrogen (IV) oxide. Ideally, pollutant concentration in A-Z cities has jeopardized the quality of air thus affecting the life of the town dwellers (Moussiopoulos 10). In essence, the congestions witnessed in urban areas have contributed to multitude challenges that include air pollution. Consequently, the impacts of air pollution have been felt in A-Z cities. Studies ...

The Battle is also referred to as the Battle of Brooklyn Heights or simply the Battle of Brooklyn. The battle was the earliest and the largest battle in the American Revolutionary War after the declaration of independence of the United States. The United States army was under the command of General George Washington, and they were defeated in the battle. The size of the army that Washington had in one way or the other had some impact on the defeat over the Long Island battle. This thesis talks about how the size of General Washington’s army leads to ...

The journey is something that has been discussed in literature for many years, as it carries a universal resonance for all people who wish to reach a destination or accomplish a goal. Eudora Welty and Robert Frost are two authors who examine the nature of the journey, and attempt to symbolize that nature in their short stories and poems, “A Worn Path” and “The Road Not Taken,” respectively. Both “A Worn Path” and “The Road Not Taken” are about how the journey we take through life defines us and gives us purpose. Phoenix’ journey is to help others and herself; the protagonist ...

The naming of the main character ‘Phoenix’ in Welty’s short story “A Worn Path” provides many different implications and meanings for the character, providing subtext that would otherwise be missing from such a self-contained tale. The Phoenix is a mythical bird that lives for hundreds of years before burning itself into ashes, a new phoenix rising from those ashes, reborn. In myth and legend, the Phoenix is a symbol of strength, integrity, rebirth and dedication. It is also known to be quite benevolent, giving of others and adoring of the sunlight. It has a very strong connection to the colors red and crimson, which ...

The state budget of Arizona combines both the one-year budget and the two-year budget. A fiscal year (FY) runs from 1st July to 30th June of the following year. In this work, I am going to consider the fiscal year 2008-2009 and the factors that influenced its budget. The factors can be said to be political, economical, social, and cultural. However, they can broadly be grouped as the economic and demographic factors, the fiscal structure, and the political decision making. In every fiscal year, both the two budgets (one-year budget and the two-year budget.) are adopted. However, in ...