Essays on The Status Quo

When a society started to form around any kind of institution, just like what the South did in slavery, they will create arguments to support their claims. That was what the supporters of slavery did. They created their arguments as to why the Peculiar Institution must be defended (Nash 1). The Peculiar Institution is basically slavery. It started in the United States during the early settlements of the Europeans and ended with the Civil War. During that time, slavery existed both in the North and South. There was a time when slavery was equal in both regions. However, when ...

One of the key goals of obtaining a college education is the acquisition of communication skills. In the workforce, the better an employee listens to feedback and instructions, and the better an employee can provide critical facts and opinions, the more likely an employee is likely to succeed in the workplace. Recent graduates who have a basic knowledge of business law are even more prepared to succeed in the modern workforce, and employers want them for several reasons. According to Maggitti, business law focuses on critical thinking. Business law is a core discipline where critical thinking is especially critical. ...

Introduction

On June 23, 2016, UK held a referendum in which 52% of the voters chose to leave the European Union (EU) against 48% who chose to stay (Taub, 2016). The Brexit presents a massive change. Without a doubt, the Brexit will strongly influence how project managers will run their projects. Hillary and Allen (2016) observe that all sectors and organization will have to review the risks and opportunities that will emanate from Brexit. Unfortunately, project managers, like everyone else, have limited information that would help them to assess the risks and opportunities associated with the Brexit. Notwithstanding the lack ...

Articles review

The article Putin's elite and legacies of Soviet quasi-modernization in contemporary Russia highlight Putin and his clique’s attempt to extend oligarchy in Russia. The Partocracy is the general rule rather than the exception. The scenario depicts a situation whereby the president and the ruling elites control the party and the entire government systems so that the party loyalty and sycophancy are emphasized at the expense of merit. The Putin's Siloviki as the elite cartel is popularly referred is characterized by coercive structures where a combination of force and persuasions are the cornerstones of the administration. As such, the ...

Introduction and Background

The demand for creativity and innovation at the workplace is common for managers and business executives. Innovation and creativity are common tenets of the business strategies adopted by many corporations. Organizations also used innovation and creativity as the element through which they acquire a competitive advantage. Scholars such as Mann and Chan (2011, p.1) find that the concepts of innovation and creativity have gained enjoyed a lot of interest in the recent past. The interest in the concepts has resulted from a shift in how they are perceived. Mann and Chan (2011, p.1) report that the concept of creativity ...

The Middle East history has a high number of full-scale, inter-state wars, such as the wars due to Arab-Israeli conflicts, Yemen war, and Iran-Iraq war. The Arab-Israel conflict has two elements to it, which are the Israeli-Palestinian element and the Israeli-Arab element. At the end of the 1800s, the Promised Land was set up so that the Jewish people can overcome the anti-Semitism and persecution and the migration of Jews to the Promised Land created issues. During WWI, the British convinced the Arab Leaders to revolt against Ottoman Empire as they support Germany, in return for which the British ...

The end of the Second World War ushered Japan into a completely different era. A new constitution was instituted that made Japan a parliamentary democracy. The constitution recognizes the emperor as a ceremonial leader. Actual activities of the legislative and executive arm of government is to be split between a bicameral parliamentary system (the National Diet) and the Prime Minister who heads a cabinet elected by the National Diet and approved by the Emperor. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led Japan for many decades before they were defeated by a landslide victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ...

Introduction

Naturalization is the process by which a non-citizen becomes an American citizen. The Naturalization Act of 1790 was one of the first naturalization act of the United States. The act was concerned with the legalizing of citizens in the United States. This was owed to the fact that during the time, the country had different classes of people as well as people from different races. The naturalization act of 1790 paved way for discriminative and racist behavior in the American system, a concept that has continued to influence the mindset of the American people.

Summary of the Naturalization Act of 1790

The Naturalization Act of 1790 ...

Explain how you would prioritize care of these clients in order of importance, and why

I will triage these patients with regard to their needs. The one with the immediate and most pressing needs is Mr. Richard. He takes first priority since he is in severe pain and nursing care dictates that the nurse should ensure that the patient is comfortable and one way to achieve is this is through pain relief. I would administer moderate analgesia such as morphine or pethidine. The fact that Mr. Richards was experiencing difficulty in breathing affirms me making him my first priority. Dyspnea translates to the fact that there is inadequate tissue perfusion. This in itself is ...

Introduction

Change is inevitable within the organizations. In essence, the organizations in the contemporary competitive environment are required to undergo changes so as to remain competitive. In other words, change is imperative for the organizations because it would be possible for them to lose their competitive advantages devoid of it. Alkaya and Hepaktan (2003) describe change as a response to some considerable opportunity or threat that arise out of the organization. It is imperative to note that change takes place when the organizations make a transition from their present state to some anticipated future state. The task of managing change ...

Article Summary

First, Perry explores what is noted as "the visual image of black women in hip-hop [over the last 20 years and] how this has rapidly deteriorated" (p.296). It seems as though at the turn of the 20th century, hip-hop started down a path that it has not been able to proverbially recover from. This is due in part to the fact that misogynist perspectives have been on the rise for a number of years, and the genre has only served to highlight the disturbing dynamics associated with this conception. Perry notes that "this use of black women in the ...

Managing Change

Introduction Organizational change has become a significant feature in today’s business environment. According to Burke (2008), the need for change and the demand for organizations to adapt and modify their operations have intensified. In fact, the most prevalent challenge in many organizations has been the need to cope with the rapid change. In a recent study conducted by leadershipIQ.com, a failure to manage the organizational change is one of the top reasons for termination of jobs for many managers (Murphy 2015, para 1). This failure is attributed to the managers’ inability to motivate employees, especially by not articulating ...

The Gender Discrimination in Criminal Justice System

Introduction Traditionally, women have not been viewed as criminals because of their less aggressive nature, making the act of crime to be mainly associated with the male gender. There are several theories brought forth to explain why the female gender would, or would not engage in crime. The theories, however, do not provide satisfactory explanations to the phenomenon leading to counterarguments. Also, the criminal justice of the United States of America has been viewed as discriminatory because it fails to address the gender needs of female offenders whose number has increased over time. This essay discusses the historical perspectives, ...

The U.S army has for a long time used the Standard Army Retail Supply System (SARR) in its logistical planning. Stakeholders have, however chosen to make changes, with the army now employing the Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) for its logistical and supply needs. This is a considerable change to the organization and possesses a challenge as to how the change can be managed effectively. This paper looks into the best possible approaches for the U.S army when adopting this change in logistics and supply. The U.S Army reports to the department of defense. The army is organized into ...

Organizational Structure

Any organization that intends to succeed in achieving its goals and objectives must ensure that there is a proper organizational structure. An organizational culture is critical as it helps define acceptable behavior within an organization while establishing efficient working mechanisms. Unique Supplies (Wales) Limited has done a commendable job of making an effort to establish an organizational structure. However, it does not appear to be in congruence with its goals and objectives as evidenced by the drop in productivity and an unfriendly working environment. An organizational structure is not only an instrument meant for the internal working of the ...

The History of Whistleblowing

Whistleblowing is a significant accountability tool in today’s corporate world. The practice is traceable to as early as the eighth century. However, in essence, it truly came into light when the Lincoln administration adopted the first ever whistleblowing law in 1863. Dubbed the Federal False Claims Act, the law outlawed the use of false statements in the name of blowing the whistle against an organization. In 1989, the Bush administration adopted the Whistleblowers Protection Act (1989). This law acted as a form of protection to federal whistleblowers who expose the government’s wasteful and fraudulent practices (Barnett, 1992). ...

The process of change is more often than not bound to receive a backlash from those that it targets. This is especially the case for an organization given the integral role that people play in running them. It is inherent in human beings to resist any form of change while being in favor of the status quo often due to the fear of unknown. As a result, most organizations fail not only due to resistance from employees but also the failure to put in place adequate preparations as well as the lack of proper communication. At the same time, ...

Abstract

When the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s after the Cold War, the international arena has shifted drastically from the nature of the status quo to the conflicts that continues to trouble several regions today. In terms of the status quo, many nations adhered to democratization that resolved many conflicts that were influenced by the Cold War. On the other hand, the nature of conflicts after the Cold War have drastically changed as some wars are now fought by different actors and the intensity of each conflict varies. At the present time, conflicts persist throughout the globe and even ...

Causes of the Revolution

The American Revolution occurred between 1765 and 1783 after the colonists within the thirteen American colonies declined the British aristocracy and monarchical rule. Beginning 1765, the American colonists refused to acknowledge the power of the British parliament to tax the American colonists while the latter did not have colonial representatives in the governments. The following years were marred by protests as American patriots sought to ventilate their disapproval of the authority of the British monarchy and aristocracy over the thirteen American colonies. Religion played an important role in ushering the revolution as the Christian revivalists in the Great Awakening ...

1) The form and genre of a film inherently affects the messages and narratives that they display – this is absolutely true of Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s Skirt Day and Michael Haneke’s Cache, both of which take the thriller genre and use it to explore and investigate their respective narratives of emotional pain, guilt, discrimination and injustice. Skirt Day, for instance, couches itself in the trappings of both the revenge film and the hostage-thriller film, given the film’s plot of a beleaguered female teacher Sonia avenging the many injustices she has seen and experienced at the school by holding ...

Relationship maintenance is the behavior partners use when trying to stay as a unit. Relationship maintenance can be achieved by ensuring that an understanding or relation is kept existence throughout the collaboration duration. Being in a relationship such as working as a unit is not enough, there is the need for all the involved parties to respect the status quo to keep the best level of intimacy. When I got a job with Cryptek Company that deals with computing services, I had to sign a contract that prohibited me from sharing any of their information to the external world, ...

There exist an increasing number of patients with nosocomial infections at the PICU in my facility. According to Peleg and Hooper (2010), nosocomial infections are hospital acquired conditions caused by various clinical factors. Patients that suffer from nosocomial infections are those under admission of other reasons. Such individuals should not have displayed signs of active infections before admission. Thus, nosocomial conditions happen up to 48 hours after admission and 72 hours upon discharge (Peleg & Hooper, 2010). This essay concentrates on nosocomial infections contracted by patients in acute care hospitals. It focuses on the prevention of various kinds of diseases ...

In the Economist debate over the presence and legitimacy of the ‘global elite,’ Jamie Whyte and Daniel Ben-Ami argued both for and against, respectively, the right of the global elite to have the majority of wealth in the world. They also discussed whether or not they subjectively ‘deserved’ to be there, and whether their status on the top was beneficial for the whole of humanity – whether they ‘served the masses’. Jamie Whyte argued for the legitimacy of the elite, as they are providing services and purposes that are proportional in importance to their income ...

Introduction

There is a high likelihood for the developed countries such as the United States, Australia and Canada among others to attract immigrants who are looking for a place where they can have a better life. However, the trouble is that, many of these immigrants do not follow the right procedure to get in to these countries. Taking the case of the United States, this country is facing a problem of illegal immigration because people, for instance, move in to the country illegally across the U.S-Mexico border, or they enter the country and stay for a longer time than required. Currently, “the United States ...

Sociological Perspectives

Structural functionalism is a perspective of sociology where the society is interpreted as a structure that has interrelated parts. It addresses the society holistically as related to the functions of elements that constitute it. According to this perspective society is made up of customs, norms, institutions, and traditions (Lawler, 2008, p 66). These elements are believed to be the ones working together to form what is viewed as a society. The functionalism perspective considers every part of the society as serving a purpose. If the interdependence of the elements of society is positive, peace and harmony is achieved but if it doesn’t chaos ...

A tribe as used by Godin refers to an ensemble of people who are connected to each other, a leader or even an idea. Godin argues that behind every successful venture there has to be well directed and guided tribes. He asserts that tribes are very imperative in realising and bringing about lasting effects in organizations (Godin, 2008). He outlines that one way through which one can generate life changing ideas is by gathering like-minded individuals, and leading them towards their desired destination. He further postulates that currently, through the internet, the geographical barriers can be overcome and connecting with ...