...Mr Charles Winston is a forty two year old Afro-Caribbean male with end stage pancreatic cancer. He is married with two children and had previously worked as a solicitor- he has been admitted to the local hospice. For the purpose of this assignment the focus will be on pain, the importance of being pain free and what this would mean for Charles will be discussed through-out this case study. The World Health Organization (2008) say that freedom from cancer pain must be regarded as a human rights issue. Charles's pain was poorly controlled on admission so it took several hours for the nurse to assess and come to an agreement with Charles about how to manage his pain. The End of Life Care Strategy, written by the Department of Health have published the following guideline; " Ensure that pain amongst people approaching the end of life are kept to an absolute minimum with access to skilful symptom management for optimum quality of life." (Department of Health, 2008, p33). Historically, pain was seen as an emotion rather than a sensation that was experienced by the heart and not the brain (Meldrum, 2003). Pain in today’s society is seen as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage (International Association of the Study of Pain, 2011). Therefore, pain is not only experienced on a physical level such as intensity, location and quality but also with emotional feelings such as anxiety, frustration and depression. Pain is a multidimensional...
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...MINIMUM LOON IS NIE DIE ANTWOORD NIE Een van die belangrikste doelwitte van enige owerheid is die gelyke verspreiding van inkomste tussen al die mense van ‘n land en die bekamping van werkloosheid. 'n Minimum loon is die laagste uurlikse, daaglikse of maandelikse vergoeding wat werkgewers wettiglik aan werkers moet betaal en ook die laagste loon waarteen werkers hul arbeid kan verkoop. ‘n Minimum loon wat ingestel word, kan ‘n positiewe of negatiewe uitwerking hê. Kontemporêre trekarbeid-uitdagings, geleentheidswerk, hoë vlakke van ongelykheid en 'n vervalling in openbare dienslewering op plaaslike vlak is van die huidige uitdagings wat Suid-Afrikaners in die gesig staar. Bykomend tot hierdie is daar swak lewensomstandighede van die meerderheid van die mense in ons land, gereelde stakings rondom basiese dienste, bv. water en elektrisiteit, en is industriële optrede in die myne en fabrieke alledaags. Die onderliggende oorsaak van baie van hierdie is geïdentifiseer as die gevolg van 'n toenemende koste van lewe, dalende reële lone en die verhoging van verbruiksbesteding. Dit is dit duidelik dat in die nadraai van die mees onlangse krisisse dit die werkers is wat hulself op die slegte kant van die spektrum bevind. Die meeste van die mense in formele indiensneming ervaar feitlik geen verbetering in reële lone tussen 1997 en 2011 nie. Die werklike median-loon van 'n formele sektor...
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...Community, Richard Nixon’s opening to China, Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik, and Henry Kissinger’s conception of détente with the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, critics of this argument have not been stilled. Some observers maintain that, rather than fostering cooperation, increased interdependence generates political discord. Even more widespread is the argument that economic exchange has no strong bearing on the high politics of national security. This debate is hardly new. For centuries, the nature and strength of the links between interdependence and con›ict have been the subject of heated disagreement. Until lately, however, these links remained the subject of remarkably little systematic scrutiny. In recent years, a growing number of studies have attempted to ‹ll this gap in the literature, but they have yet to resolve various crucial questions. Most important, how and to what extent does interdependence in›uence political antagonism? What are the causal mechanisms driving this relationship? And what is the most appropriate way to test this relationship? The purpose of this book is to shed new light on these key issues. In this introduction, we survey the recent literature on the effects of economic interdependence on political con›ict, placing primary emphasis on these questions and on the theoretical and empirical developments needed to...
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...Delinquency 1 The “Broken Home” or Broken Society A Sociological Study of Family Structure and Juvenile Delinquency By Hillary R. Sheehan Advised by Professor Chris Bickel SocS 461, 462 Senior Project Social Science Department College of Liberal Arts CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY Winter, 2010 © 2010 Hillary Sheehan Delinquency 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page Research Proposal…………………………………………………………………………3 Annotated Bibliography…………………………………………………………………...5 Outline……………………………………………………………………………………10 Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………..14 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………15 The “Broken Home”: Truth or Trend……………………………………………15 Statistics on Single-Parent Families and Juvenile Delinquency…………………21 Case Study……………………………………………………………………….23 Theories…………………………………………………………………………..27 Criticisms………………………………………………………………………...32 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………….34 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………..36 Delinquency 3 Research Proposal The goal of this research paper is to explore the topic of juvenile delinquency and to analyze the cause of such behavior. The topic of most interest is how the family structure plays a role in delinquent behavior and what can be said about the so called broken home. There is a lot of research in criminal justice that tries to explore the reasons behind people’s behavior and this paper is intending to address youth who have been involved in the system. By exploring this topic I hope to get a better...
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...fifth to a quarter of the variation in adult life, satisfaction can be accounted for by satisfaction with work (Campbell, Converse, & Rodgers, 1976). The workplace diversity is increasing more than ever before. Almost all employees face some problem at their workplace. There are various kinds of problems that a person could come across in his or her workplace. The workplace event or incident that we are going to discuss here is based on discrimination at the workplace. Discrimination at the workplace means subjecting an employee, on the basis of reasons such as race, religion, gender, or nationality, to behavior or treatment that puts him or her at disadvantage as compared to other employees, or causes physical or mental discomfort (Katz & Moore, 2004). Discrimination by race, of course, is still common, though it varies for different races. Discrimination at workplace is unethical, besides being illegal in many countries. In addition, workplace discrimination is also likely to impact the employee morale, motivation and the good will of a company adversely. The awareness on discriminatory behaviors in the workplace has been increasing, yet some organization still facing this unique problem. This statement can be considered true since our organization is also facing the same problem. We have done some analysis on racial discrimination at our workplace to find out what caused it, what the consequences were and what is the solution for this issue. The company I’m working...
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...| | | | | | | | The culture becomes an identity of an organization depicted by rituals, procedure which are prescribed , language, emblem and artifacts. (Clegg, Kornberger & Pitsis 2011) When a leader associates oneself with an organization, he has to amalgamate the transactional and transformational approach in a way that it is beneficial for the progression and it proves to be productive. Changing organization's culture is an intricate task and certainly very arduous as rightly put by Schein(1992) it is the organization's composition and basal utility. If the culture is very conducive and its pertaining to a large organization which has succeeded in one's endeavors; a leader may adapt to the new culture considering the changes would not bring adequate and prominent changes since at times it becomes difficult to transmute in such organizations. A leader determined to change the culture has to be confident in his abilities and new management style and needs to make sure if its pertinent and easily adaptable. As per the survey cited in Carr et al. (1996) around 10% of the organizations were successful to confine the new management approach in the institution and the percentage up till now is somewhat around 15 to 19%. When a leader joins an organization and truly believes if there is a scope for change and can attain break through, leader should certainly opt for it considering various factors such as increase in revenue and monetary gains, customer...
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...Syllabus ARH 4470/5482 Contemporary Art Spring 2013 Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:15pm Chemistry and Physics, Room 197 Instructor: Dr. Alpesh Kantilal Patel Assistant Professor, Department of Art + Art History Director, Master of Fine Arts Program in Visual Arts Contact information for instructor: Department of Art + Art History MM Campus, VH 235 Preferred mode of contact: alpesh.patel@fiu.edu Office hours: By appointment on Tuesdays and Thursdays (preferably after class). Course description: This course examines major artists, artworks, and movements after World War II; as well as broader visual culture—everything from music videos and print advertisements to propaganda and photojournalism—especially as the difference between ‘art’ and non-art increasingly becomes blurred and the objectivity of aesthetics is called into question. Movements studied include Abstract Expressionism, Pop, and Minimalism in the 1950s and 1960s; Post-Minimalism/Process Art, and Land art in the late 1960s and 1970s; Pastiche/Appropriation and rise of interest in “identity” in the 1980s; and the emergence of Post-Identity, Relational Art and Internet/New Media art in the 1990s/post-2000 period. We will focus primarily on artistic production in the US, but we will also be looking at art from Europe, South and East Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Emphasis will be placed on examining artworks and broader visual culture through the lens of a variety of different contextual frameworks:...
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... CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………….….p. 3 1.1 ……………………………………………………………………………….PP.4-5 1.2 ……………………………………………………………………………….P.6 1.3 ……………………………………………………………………………….PP.7-8 2.1 ………………………………………………………………………………pp.9-10 2.2 ……………………………………………………………………………….pp.11-12 2.3 ………………………………………………………………………………PP. 13-14 REFERENCE LIST………………………………………………………………p.15 INTRODUCTION Organizational behaviour is an interdisciplinary field or study, which explores individuals, group and organizational behaviour and the impact of individuals, groups, organizational and society, in creating, shaping and controlling behaviours. www.business –school.exetere.ac.uk./modules. 1.1 Thompson J [ 2013] said that structure "is the internal differentiation and patterning of relationships." He referred to structure as the means by which the organization sets limits and boundaries for efficient performance by its members, by delimiting responsibilities, control over resources, and other matters. Katz and Kahn [1978] say that "structure is to be found in an interrelated set of events which return to complete and renew a cycle of activities." The different organizational structures are Functional, Divisional, Product based, Geographical, Matric , Project/team based , Virtual organization and Bureaucratic structures etc Functional Organization is where company is divided into separate units based on roles. Such as accounting marketing research and development or...
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...understand better how complexity relates to the concept of engineering systems. I have either quoted directly or done my best to properly paraphrase these ideas, apologizing for when I have done so incorrectly or in a misleading fashion. I hope that this paper will be useful as we begin to think through the field of engineering systems. The paper concludes with some “short takes” -- pungent observations on complexity by various scholars -- and some overarching questions for subsequent discussion. AUTHOR A THEORY OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS Edward O. Wilson Herbert Simon SOURCE Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge “The Architecture of Complexity”, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 106, No. 6, December 1962 as cited in Daniel Katz and Robert Louis Kahn, The Social Psychology of Organizations Kenneth Boulding DEFINITIONS OF COMPLEXITY Joel Moses Eberhardt Rechtin and Mark Maier Peter Senge “Complexity and Flexibility” (working paper) The Art of System Architecting The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization Dealing with Complexity: An Introduction to...
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...What Is Organizational Communication?[edit] L ike defining many aspects of communication study, many of the definitions of organizational communication share common elements. Stanley Deetz (2001) argues that one way to enlighten our understanding of organization communication is to compare different approaches. However, for the purpose of this text, we want to define organizational communication so you have a frame of reference for understand this chapter. Our definition is not definitive, but creates a starting point for understanding this specialization of communication study. We define organizational communication as the sending and receiving of messages among interrelated individuals within a particular environment or setting to achieve individual and common goals. Organizational communication is highly contextual and culturally dependent, and is not an isolated phenomenon. Individuals in organizations transmit messages through face-to face, written, and mediated channels. Organizational communication largely focuses on building relationships, or repeated interpersonal interactions, with internal organizational members and interested external publics. Goldhaber (1990) identified a number of common characteristics in the variety of definitions of organizational communication -- Organizational communication 1) occurs within a complex open system which is influenced by, and influences its internal and external environments, 2) involves messages and their flow, purpose...
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...The Unpaved Road to Success Strayer University Leadership in the 21st Century JMMI 510 Dr. Mario Barrett November 14, 2015 Abstract We will be reviewing the business operations of the Chattanooga Ice Cream Company specifically relating to the management styles of its President and General Manager Mr. Charles Moore and how Mr. Moore engages with his management team. As well, we will be exploring leadership styles and team dysfunctions as it relates to the entire management team and how Mr. Moore’s style has a direct impact on those dysfunctions. In addition, we will be exploring the foundations of building trust, facilitating buy in and changes that are needed to the existing culture. Finally we will be analyzing the development of a mission statement, values and the development of a turnaround plan. Introduction The Chattanooga Ice Cream Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chattanooga Food Corporation (CFC), a family-controlled enterprise founded by Charlie Moore in 1936. Charlie Moore, grandson of the founder was promoted to the office of President and General Manager of the Chattanooga Ice Cream Company in 1993. Chattanooga Ice Cream Company is one of three divisions of CFC with revenues of $150 million per year. CFC has, as a whole performed well in recent years but the Ice Cream division has experienced flat sales and declining profitability over the past four years. Per capita consumption of ice cream has slowed while premium and...
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...Summary Nokia’s reign as the world’s biggest seller of mobile telephones is under serious threat from its competitors such Apple and the introduction of new Android based mobile phones. The company fell short in the smartphone era and its position as the number-one phone seller in the global market is under threat. The case study provides a brief analysis of what transpired at Nokia and how the strategy implemented by the management team from the period of the 1990s up to the 2010 led to the company losing its market shares at both ends of the mobile phone industry. During the period of 1991 and 1992 the company lost FM482million ($120 million) on its major business activities. In 1992 a new group chief executive, Jorma Ollila was appointed. Jorma Ollila’s mission was to formulate a strategy that was going to rescue the company from its losses, into a profitable organisation. The report focus on Nokia’s reason to select one area of development out of four, the significance of the introduction of new Android software for Nokia’s chosen strategy and the importance of management teams to strategic choice. In dealing with the first section on the study case , the author analysed the three elements of the strategy context used by the management team and then discussed strategic risks associated with focusing on the single development area out of four. Lynch (2012:421) defines strategy context as being concerned with the circumstances surrounding and influencing the way that...
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...EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND STUDENTS’ SELF-PERCEIVED COMPETENCE FOR CAREERS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the faculty of the Graduate School University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Missouri ________________________________________________________________________ In partial Fulfillment Of the requirement for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy ________________________________________________________________________ by GODWIN-CHARLES OGBEIDE Dr. Robert Terry, Jr., Dissertation Supervisor DECEMBER 2006 The undersigned, appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School, have examined the dissertation entitled EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AND STUDENTS’ SELF-PERCEIVED COMPETENCE FOR CAREERS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Presented by Godwin-Charles A. Ogbeide A candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy And hereby certify that in their opinion it is worthy of acceptance. _____________________________________________ Robert Terry, Jr., Ph.D., Agricultural Education _____________________________________________ Bryan L. Garton, Ph.D., Agricultural Education _____________________________________________ Robert M. Torres, Ph.D., Agricultural Education _____________________________________________ James Groves, Ph.D., Hotel & Restaurant Management _____________________________________________ Seonghee Cho, Ph.D., Hotel & Restaurant Management ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...
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...f e a t u r e a r t I C Le 647 Interaction Effects of Globalization and Institutional Forces on International HRM Practice: Illuminating the ConvergenceDivergence Debate By Yongsun Paik Irene Hau-Siu Chow Charles M. Vance In the face of globalization, scholars continue to debate about whether a convergence in human resources practices will prevail, or a trend of divergence perspective will persist. Building on institution theory, this article helps to explicate this debate by examining how globalization may interact with different dimensions of local institutional forces to lead to convergence, divergence, or crossvergence Correspondence to: Yongsun Paik, PhD, Professor of International Business & Management, Department of Management, Hilton Center for Business, Loyola Marymount university, One LMu Dr., Los angeles, Ca 90045-2659, 310.338.7402 (phone), 310.338.3000 (fax), yspaik@lmu.edu. Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. • DOI: 10.1002/tie.20440 648 f e a t u r e a r tI C l e in international HRM practices for enhanced performance. We also present useful propositions for guiding future empirical research and theory development on the interaction between globalization and different forms of local institutional forces, which in turn influence the formation of successful international HRM practices. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int r o d u c t i o n N otwithstanding the current worldwide...
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...is the ancient era, the medieval era, the modern era and presently the contemporary era. In the beginning all systematic search for knowledge was philosophy. This is clearly seen in the modern university where the highest degree granted in all of the science and humanities is the Ph. D. the doctor of philosophy. But the children began to leave home. The first to leave was physics and astronomy. As they begun to develop experimental techniques of their own. This exodus, led by Galileo and Isaac Newton and Johannes Kepler created the first of many great family crises. Eventually psychology left home. The divisions that came through the exodus are what are structured as the thematic within the study of philosophy. In this work, I intend to escalate on some of these divisions in the study of philosophy. Philosophy of History Abstract In this discipline of philosophy it uses the philosophical...
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