Essays on Vernon

Strategic planning refers to the process of defining an organization’s direction on how to run the business towards achieving a set goal. These include, but are not limited to, objectifying allocation of resources towards achieving this strategy, set priorities, strengthening daily operations, establishing common goals to be attained by the employees and other stakeholders among other crucial aspects an organization is willing to accomplish. It is usually systematic and sequential, additionally, shapes and guides the vision of the organization (Data, 2010). This essay aims to elucidate a case of strategic planning by the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Jo-Ann stores, ...

A & F Ltd.: Integrating Learning into Mashup Implementations

I. Introduction Organizations are learning differently. Compared to a conventional model by which individuals, work groups and whole organizations used to learn new business processes, current business practice has opened up new potentials for company-wide learning enabled by ICT platforms and applications. The growing collaboration, communication and sharing learning (and fun) experiences in current business practice is, indeed, both evolutionary and revolutionary. The learning behavior of operating businesses is evolutionary by phasing out older modes of learning (e.g. formal professional development, meetings and water cooler chats) and implementing similar platforms and applications (e.g. interactive, collaborative, user-friendly wikis). Thus, by ...

Impact of globalization on human resource management practices

INTRODUCTION Globalization is the process of integration of several economies with the goal of increasing economic interdependence and mobility of factors of production across the world economies (Lechner, 2009). Globalization has caused an increase in the number of multinational corporations across the globe. Globalisation has had implications on the operations of multinational corporations including especially in human resource management. Some corporations have been forced to review their human resource practices to adapt to the challenges associated with globalisation. Companies have several motives to go global.

Companies globalise for different economic, social and cultural reasons. These motives vary from one ...

I am against the idea of parenting license as it intervenes in individual freedom, violates the human right to ‘procreate’, and promotes practices such as forced abortion and sterilization. It is a rather an idealized perception that children can be raised by the adoption and practice of ‘impartially correct and approved’ ways. Cases of neglect and abuse of children could be evidently identified that indicate a clear threat to the child’s wellbeing. There are many cases whereby children are malnourished and fed poorly, mistreated, and physically and emotionally injured. Intervention in such cases is truly reasonable and acceptable. ...

VOLKSWAGEN CASE STUDY

Executive summary: Volkswagen is the leading manufacturer of car products. This company holds Volkswagen group and produced a variety of models. Recently, Volkswagen has been involved in the emission scandals of their equipped vehicles. The company vehicles are equipped with software that was cheating on emission tests. Hence, Volkswagen is the top selling brand of Volkswagen group. Since 1975 the company has been treated as world largest automaker in the world. Volkswagen has the most cars of the automobile manufacturer which has multiple revisions of model names. In this, the crisis management of the Volkswagen emission scandal has been ...

The Whiskey Rebellion began in January of 1791 when Secretary of Treasury Hamilton proposed a tax upon whiskey in an attempt to produce a stable economy nearly twenty years after the Revolutionary War (PBS 2000). While Hamilton’s intention appeared to be for the sake of the country, however, it instead instilled a revolt which would threaten to destroy the nation that they had spent thousands of lives to create. This rebellion was instigated by those who lived in the western part of Pennsylvania who deemed the tax “an abuse of federal authority wrongly targeting a demographic that relied ...

Introduction

In all lifestyles, and in every species, the congregation of a select type is a common phenomenon. Despite the sophistication and technology, humankind is no different. There are unwritten criteria for all job applications, school admissions, and even military recruitment. The theory of strength in numbers runs deep among human beings since the advent divisions based on class and color. Racial profiling is the act of singling out a particular community of people to discriminate against. In the United States, racial profiling has two sides to the story. There are legitimate actions termed as racial profiling by people who ...

Trace the development of political parties in the U.S. from

There were major developments of political parties in the U.S.A during the period that the first three presidents were sworn into office after the ratification of the United States Constitution. George Washington was the first president of the United States who was unanimously elected in the first two national elections, serving from 1789 to 1797. George Washington was a non-partisan. He lacked affiliation with any political party. In his first inaugural address, George warned people and the congress against the formation of local and party partisanship. He said that ...

Proposal Overview

This is a proposal of a continuous volunteer project involving the collection of data for the Friendship House of Skagit County in Mount Vernon, Washington. The main theories relevant to this project include ethics of care, feminist political, economic understanding, and politics of interconnection. The main goal of this project is to reduce the incidence of substance abuse by analyzing data from individual accounts. The style of engagement will be that of research. The process of validating the economic, political, as well as cultural realities of the homeless in Skagit County will enable the organization to suitably group individuals. ...

Multinational Enterprise and Foreign Production Multinational firms exist because of certain economic advantages that enable it to be profitable by producing a good or service in a foreign country. It is important to understand the difference between Vertical expansion and Horizontal expansion of a multinational firm in order to understand the underlying principles of their economic activities. Vertical expansion happens when a firm finds assets in a foreign country it wishes to pursue. These assets can be either in the form of natural resources or other raw materials that it can use for inputs in its own production or ...

Discuss the intake interview process. In your discussion be sure to include examples of questions that should be asked during the intake interview. Intake interviews are important to the counseling session between the client and the counselor as the process is the first interactive experience that occurs between the client and the clinician. Clinical psychologists often use the process to initiate the discussions at the first meeting between the client and the clinician. The intake interview is important as the clinician gets the opportunity to highlight the expectations of the interview and the amount of time that the interview ...

Krispy Kreme is a well-known company that was founded in 1933 in Paducah, Kentucky. Krispy Kreme became a regional chain in the 1940s and in 1973 there were already 94 company owned stores and 25 franchises. However after the death of Vernon Rudolf, who was one of the Krispy Kreme’s founders, the company went through several troublesome periods some of which resulted in the failures that could not be easily resolved and required demonstration of the strong leadership from the top managers. When analyzing the case study it seems that Krispy Kreme’s top managers failed to build ...

Business

External and Internal Environments: The Case of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. I. Company Profile and Operations Overview Opening its doors on the 13th of July 1937, the history of the company began with its founder Vernon Rudolph during the time of the Great Depression. Working in his uncle Ishmael Anderson, they bought the rights to a yeast-raised doughnut recipe together with a bakery from French Chef Joe LeBeau who carried the recipe with him from New Orleans. Rudolph took the recipe when he left the family business and started his own bakery business in the historic Old Salem, North ...

The world has witnessed a phenomenal change since the nineties, following liberalization of economic policies by many countries which facilitated the entry of MNCs into international markets. Many companies manufacturing Electronic and FMCG items have benefitted from it immensely. Service providing business organizations like Banking, Tourism and hospitality have also exploited this opportunity to internationalize their operations. Globalization of business activities is the new doctrine for profitability and all Multinational companies are considering expansion strategies to gain entry into countries with promising growth opportunities. But experts are also of the view that markets for electronic items, food and drinks ...

Literature Review: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone"

Literature Review: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" J.K.Rowling’s first book in the serious of the record breaking book series Harry Potter began with “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The book starts the reader on a journey into Harry’s earlier part of life when he was just a baby. In a horrible fight with the evil Lord Voldemort, Harry’s parents are killed, but somehow he manages to survive Voldemort. This becomes a very big sign for those in the Wizarding world who celebrate Voldemort’s defeat against Harry. Unfortunately Harry is left with ...

1.0 Introduction It cannot be disputed that Zi was highly interested in the cost of war. In this light, he makes various recommendations that would act as useful guidelines in the event of war. Now, it is evident that war has become very costly in the contemporary society (Vernon 56). Based on that current situation, this paper seeks to discuss the theory of the cost of war as stipulated by Sun Zi. 2.0 The Theory of the Cost of War by Sun Zi Basically, military decision makers must analyze both the benefits as well as the drawbacks of an ...

(a) Identify the top 2 most significant computer security threats that are impacting the world at the present time. (b) What steps are being taken to minimize or thwart these threats? (c) Will the efforts proposed to protect individuals, companies and the governments from these threats still protect the rights of citizens? (d) Do you think that the steps taken or to be taken are ethical and will not cause a backlash in society? Please elaborate (beyond a yes or no answer) The top 2 most significant computer threats that are impacting the world at present are: Hacking and ...

Overview: Successful launch of a mystery novella by a local inspirational author cum tutor.

The event: The debut was on 1st February 2016. The book was launched in a mystery party that featured RT, an anchor of Fox News and other renowned artists.

Gina Conroy is a renowned creative writing teacher in the US Inspirational writer Former president of the American Christian Fiction Writers, local chapter Christian Single mother of four children Home schools her children The brainchild and, founder of writer uninterrupted, an online community site for mothers that seek to balance family life and their writing careers.

The Novella: The Novella is titled Buried Deception, a part of the author’s Cherry Blossom Capers’ collection.

Genre: Inspirational, Mystery, Romance Available at: http://www.goodreads.com/GinaConroy

The Setting: The story is set in the District of Columbia USA at the historic Vernon Estates.

The Inspiration: According to the author, the ...

Below is a link to a news article regarding Lesbians Gay Bisexuals and Transgender.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/transgender-woman-chases-dream-crowned-beauty-queen-article-1.1377776

Summary of Contents

The article features the story of one Dani St. James, formerly Daniel, who now aspires to become Miss Diamond Queen 2013. The article offers testament of how far she has come since her sex reassignment three years ago. The article also features pictures of a as a boy and a young man and those after a sex reassignment.

Analysis

More often than not, people do not understand the dynamics that surround transgender people. Some people do not identify themselves with the sex they were assigned at birth based on their genitalia. While some adopt mannerisms consistent with the assumed gender, others go as ...

International business refers to cross-border trade between different political jurisdictions. International business can either be carried out by private businesses or the private companies. Since the dawn of the western civilization, nations have been trading with each other to supplement the commodities that were missing in their jurisdictions. The works of neoliberal economist influenced the nature of economic trade between nations. Globalization added to liberalization of the economy. Private business enterprises were allowed to enter the market. International business posed many risks to businesses that were quick to enter the global market without taking the risks into considerations. Cross ...

Human performance describes the summative value of the results generated by people working within a system and as such, Human Performance Technology encompasses those applications and principles that are geared at meliorating impact of human performance and all other factors that improve its results (Pershing, 2006). In this case, it is applied in the collection of data from all the customers of Turmeric & Spice (that is the 100 international importers in their business) and overcome the current limitation of non-responsive survey recipients. An analysis of the current situation places the survey response at less than thirty per cent and ...

‘Subject’

History 2010 - George Washington Few leaders in history have managed to be as successful in the roles of both a military leader and political leader like Washington. George Washington’s leadership both in military and in politics was basically rooted in the same principles – patriotism, energy, courage, temperament and highest moral character. A man of many facets, George Washington was not just a war hero but a person who was able to successfully make the transition from a military leader to a politician and ably lead the newly born nation he brought into being. George Washington was born on Feb. 22, ...

Introduction

“Soldier’s Home” is an excellent story by renowned American author Earnest Hemingway. The story was written and published in the year 1925 as a part of Story collection, “In Our Time”. The story is a century old but is still read and liked by readers in same spirit. The author, Earnest Hemingway is one of the brightest stars of American literary world. He was born in the year 1899 in Oak Park community, Chicago. Hemingway was born in an educated, respectable and reputed family of Oak Park. Hemingway’s father was a physician and mother was a musician. Hemingway was very active ...

Dicey was an incredibly important figure in the development of the Rule of Law in contemporary Britain. The Rule of Law, in a modern context, has been developed through many different societies; however, the liberal understanding of the role of government and law in British society today is very much the result of Dicey’s philosophical input. Dicey suggested that individuals cannot be punished in any way unless they have committed some sort of transgression against a law that has been established by the rightful government and Courts in the realm. Dicey also suggested that an important characteristic of the Rule ...

Precedents of George Washington

Washington created the first Presidential Cabinet. Who was on the Cabinet, and what Departments did they represent? Who is on the Cabinet today, and what Departments do they represent? According to “Cabinet Members”. According to “Cabinet”.

Thomas Jefferson-Secretary of State Joseph Biden-Vice President

Alexander Hamilton-Secretary of the Treasury John Kerry-Department of State Henry Knox-Secretary of War Jack Lew-Department of the Treasury Edmund Randolph-Attorney General Ashton Carter-Department of Defense Loretta Lynch-Department of Justice Sally Jewell-Department of the Interior Thomas Vilsack-Department of Agriculture Penny Pritzker-Department of Commerce Thomas Perez-Department of Labor Sylvia Burwell-Department of Health and Human Services ...

Mental Model/ Mindsets and their Impact on Employees

Mental models influence the decision-making abilities and performance at workplaces. The common type of mental mindset is the preconceived perception a worker develops through experiences. The effect that the mental models have on employees and human resource managers is preventing the achievement of their full potential. The perceptions filter out most presented observations as threats (Kohl, 2006). If a worker recognizes such a limited mindset, they can work toward viewing issues from logical and unbiased viewpoints. Some mindsets work against strategic changes in companies and proposed projects. As such, it is important that the managers of the company breakdown such mindsets for ...

Summary of the highlights of the subject covered by the book

The book George Washington in the American Revolution by James Thomas Flexner is a book that covers the period of the revolutionary war in the United States of America. The book captures the key moments of George Washington; from the time of his selection as the commander of Continental Army to the moment he resigned and handed over his sword to the American Congress in the year 1783. The author covers that period and places much focus on the personal experience of George Washington in the army, while at the same time dwelling a little on the revolution in other colonies. ...

The Reduction of Forces in the US Army

Killo Gibson Excelsior College - Introduction The case study of organization behavior that attracted me to investigate on is the “Reduction of Forces in the US Army”. The problem statement I want to specify is that the financial cost of US army has upsurged. The managerial issues are primarily being identified as the cause of this situation. While we want to cut off the military budget, we cannot ignore that the army is a cornerstone of one country that cannot be bargained. Therefore, it comes to strategically analyze the organizational problems in its leadership style, culture, communication ...

How does the level of social awareness distinguish the historic preservation movement in the United States?

In the 1960s, people had a unique view of social awareness. The view of people to the community meant that everything around them had to have been in place for as long as they can remember. The definition of social awareness during this time was the consciousness of an individual to their neighbors and the history they shared. It was a matter of who lived here and whether that person was born in a place or was he or she a “newcomer.” Another key aspect of social awareness during this time was in the economic status of individuals with each social class having ...

One of the cornerstones of the UK Constitution is parliamentary sovereignty. Parliamentary sovereignty makes the UK parliament the supreme legal authority in the country that is charged with the role of creating or ending laws. The parliament sovereignty doctrine has stood for a considerable period in the UK constitution. Although it has managed to stand solidly, some constitutional developments have, however affected this sovereignty. The parliament has itself passed some laws that have limited the application of this principle. These laws have been a reflection of the political developments both within and outside the United Kingdom. The aim of this paper ...

International trade

Technology is a critical factor in production and international trade. The competitiveness of a country correlates with the level of technological development. Posner’s technology gap model explains the trade that exists between an innovative country that comes up with a new technology and the country that imports products from the innovative country. According to Posner, a country that has a technology lead will benefit from international trade so long as it keeps the lead. Due to the economic differences between countries, technological advancement and product innovation do not take place simultaneously in countries (Krugman & Obstfeld, 2012). Innovative countries enjoy quasi-monopoly benefits in ...

Media portrayals of the elderly

Old age is one of the realities of life that most people dread to accept. Generally family, friends and society give upon elder citizens counting them as frail and unproductive population. This adversely affects the physical and mental wellbeing of even the positive and upbeat older lot. A lot of older people face indifference of all sorts and suffer in silence. Attitudes towards old age are as important as getting old. According to Hatch (2005) “people absorb impressions, ideas, images, dominant values and sounds that reflect society’s attitudes toward aging from media. In addition, media reflect dominant values ...

The Accident took place in May 2013. A Mack Granite truck was being operated by Alban Waste headed to the northwest on a private road in Rosedale. The truck was ferrying waste to a recycling center. A freight train owned by CSX consisting of two locomotives with 30 empty cars and 13 loaded cars was headed southwest. The two meet at a private grade crossing; the train horn sounded the required times, but the Mack Granite truck failed to stop and collided with the train. The derailed cars released their products; three carried inside them hazardous materials, one contained sodium chlorate crystals, ...

Rowling’s classics “The Harry Potter Series,” looks at the ways in which power corrupts the minds of individuals in the society. Similarly, the series looks at the ways in which individuals use power for good and shows that power does not corrupt everyone but also has a positive impact on the way individuals behave in different spheres. Lord Voldemort is the antagonist in the story and he shows that the desire for powers destroys good intentions. The need for power in “The Half-Blood Prince” and “The Deathly Hallows” leads to a number of deaths of innocent individuals. Harry Potter, the ...

Article One: Nisha, J., Xavier, L., & Wilma, C. (2013). Is Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Stage and Independent Risk Factor for Altering the Periodontal Status of HIV-Positive Patients? A South African Study. BMC Oral Health, 13(69).

Credibility of the Article

The current article is a peer-reviewed article that based on an empirical study that was carried out with the intent of establishing the correlations that exist between HIV and periodontal disease. This article as co-founded by Nisha, John, and Xavier, Stephen. Wilma, Charlene also contributed to the contents contained in the current article. Apart from being a peer reviewed article, the credibility of the current ...

This paper explores the relationship between employment density in urban centers and the rates of invention of economically related externalities. This is done through a review of the article “Urban density and the Rate of Invention” by Carlino et al (2007). The review will begin with a brief discussion of the main issues that this article addresses. This methodology and the data utilized in the study will then be discussed. This section will then be followed by a summary of the main findings and conclusions made by the authors of the study. The review will then look at some of the other ...

Vernon is an industrial city located five miles away from Los Angeles. Local environmental activist organizations have already been protesting against the Exide facility located in Vernon releasing harmful lead pollutants into the city’s air thereby endangering the city residents and employees to lead poisoning. The Environmental Protection Agency of the US (US EPA) has found that the Exide Technologies located in Vernon, California engaged in battery recycling is emitting harmful lead in the environment. Investigations by the US EPA following complaints from the community have found that the lead smelting facility has violated the provisions of Clean ...

Question one

It is commendable for the highway administrator to come up with a highway improvement program. It is a representation of strategic processes of carrying out activities in any organization. He has come up with a practical goal setting program that may be extremely useful if various elements were considered as well as others improved in the implementation process. In this case, elements such as job performance and satisfaction for the employer need to be evaluated. The first problem that may be identified in this goal setting program is the assumption that it was possible to test crews’ performance based on the ...

R.M. Kanter and F. Tonnies: A Comparison

Rosabeth Moss Kanter is a Sociologist who specializes in business management. (Bernhut, 2006) She currently holds a position as a professor of Business at Harvard Business School. She has written a number of pieces on the subject of Change Management, a subfield which is considered to be her specialty. (Bernhut, 2006) Kanter was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1943. She went to college at Bryn Mawr College, majoring in English and Sociology. (Bernhut, 2006) She shortly thereafter obtained a PhD in Sociology from the University of Michigan. (Bernhut, 2006) Though she has written many books, mostly ...

Introduction

`A mental mindset model is how one thinks and interprets working things in the context of the real world. It is something which is being realized in human head and it affects how someone thinks. The mental mindset of people is different and it can be corrected when one has negative minds. As we all know that change is inevitable and not everyone in the society is flexible for change. In our context of AAA Company, Vernon and Bud are resistance to change in the transportation industry. They might be influenced by several forces such as mental ability, how ...

Introduction

Museums are places where we can see different artifacts, collection items and art forms. Museums through its collections present a story about a person, a thing, any living or extinct being or some abstract concept. This basic concept of museum being a “pedia” of knowledge for all of us will continue to remain same in the future but the representation of that will change a lot in coming days because of the advancement in technology. Information exchange has seen a paradigm shift in the last few decades. Advent of computer followed by internet has changed the way we gather information. The Internet boom in the ...

John A. MacDonald was the first prime minister of Canada. His policies were focused in growing the country politically, economically and physically. His wish for a bigger nation that was independent economically was not easy considering the other bigger and stronger nations that surrounded Canada. Furthermore, Canada was under the leadership of Britain which made it quite challenging for any leader to make and implement any laws. However, this did not hinder MacDonald from achieving his dream of better Canada. In his national policies, he still considered Britain to be its great supporter and in fact engaged the nation to ...

The FAR Part 15 is perceived as a tool that provides the policies, guidelines and the procedures that are used for negotiating the government contracts, either by the government organizations or by the non-governmental (private) organizations. The procedures and guidelines aim at protecting and safeguarding these organizations which submits their proposals for contemplation and consideration regardless of whether it is a competitive or non-competitive proposal.

This is aided by filling of the bid protests with the GAO (Government Accountability Office) which is responsible for hearing protests with inclusion of the contracting agencies and the Court of Federal Claims. GAO is responsible ...

Wellbeing

Over the recent years, there has been an increased resurgence in the study of positive psychological research. This has led to broadened scientific research aimed at investigating varied such as personal satisfaction, mental health, happiness, and wellbeing among other topics. With the expansive range of goals, these topics are examined at the societal, subjective, and individual levels. My interests in this examination are the personal beliefs and approaches to wellbeing, including the examination of how such personal beliefs and approaches constitute ‘living the good life’. These factors have spurred many varied debates and interpretations over what constitutes individual wellbeing ...

The survey intends to assess this relationship and how it impacts on business performances. There have been numerous studies on relationships between financial and social performances, but none of the studies provides findings on the importance of disclosures. According to the study, annual reports and accounts disclosures are sufficient elements that should be considered in social performance measurements. The significance of the survey is further explained by the fact that social reports and disclosures are only made by large firms with no audit records. This implies biasness in such reports; hence they are not sufficient tools to assess business ...

Yanelisa Reyes

The University of Phoenix Global Corporate Strategy for Microsoft Corporation Executive Summary After careful analysis of diversification events in the industry over the past ten years as well as an internal analysis of the company’s relevant strengths and advantages it is recommended that Microsoft take a number of strategic actions. The first is to increase presence in the Software-as-a-Service market globally with head-to-head competition with CA, Inc, a strong niche competitor in IT Management software market in the United States. The firm should also consider re-branding and migrating perception, address security concerns, and invest in growth through innovation, ...

Psychobiography of Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was one of the most popular American singers, song producer, and actor who rocked the world in the 20th century and was also called the king of Rock and Roll music. He was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January, 1935, and his parents were Vernon and Gladys Presley. His twin brother, Jessie Garon was born in a stillbirth condition thus leaving Elvis as the only child in the family. Presley mother had a hard time keeping her job and Elvis decided to work on part basis after school and on weekends to sustain his family. The situation worsened for ...

Introduction

Immigration law deals with the state administration policies which direct the occurrence of immigration to their nation. Illegal immigration is the movement into a country in contravention of the immigration laws of that authority. Illegal immigration brings about many economical, political, and social matters and has developed into a basis of chief controversy in the developed nations and the more flourishing developed countries (Proper, pg 203). This paper proposes to examine the U.S. Laws governing illegal immigrants and the need to be reformed.

The purpose of this proposal is to show an overview of my investigation of U.S. laws governing illegal ...

INTRODUCTION

The issue of humour has been studied by many individuals in the past; Martin et al. (2003) define humour as having four distinct dimensions: affiliative humour (engaging in humourous banter and jokes in order to create relationships with others), self-enhancing humour (maintaining a sense of humour about life regardless of negative events), aggressive humour (snark and sarcasm in order to ridicule others for one’s own narcissism), and self-defeating humour (self-disparagement in order to soften the blow of real potential ridicule). These theories are thought to provide a more comprehensive summary of the four most commonly found subtypes of humour, that ...

Leadership is a role that is of high importance in any given organization. The leadership of an organization is charged with numerous activities and responsibilities related to goal achievement. The roles and obligations of any leadership position will vary in accordance to the provisions of respective organizations. Effective leadership has many definitions and understandings. However, the common factor regarding effective leadership involves the fact that goal realization is important in the organization in question. However, leadership is not the same as management. Rather, leadership and management are complementary but distinctive factors that influence organizational success.

Motivation as an attribute in ...

In his book, The Philosopher’s Stone, Rowling J.K. shows the world that good things will always triumph versus evil. This book begins with a perfect description of the Dursley’s family who live on Privet Drive. Vernon Dursley, Harry’s uncle is an overweight man, shabby in appearance with a bushy moustache. Petunia, his wife is a thin blonde-haired woman talented in spying on everything. Their obese and totally spoil son Dudley crowns the family. The Dursley’s do not like anything peculiar in life. Petunia has completely ignored her sister Lily Potter who has magical powers. They feel that the ...