...Furthermore, the authors link their motives to prior research by stating that there has been a lack of interview-based work in prior research (Ball et al, 2000; Deegan et al, 2006; O’Dwyer and Owen, 2005). I do see this link as a strong point in contrast to the objective of this article. The objective of this article is not clearly formulated. The authors mention: “We address the fundamental question on (...)” (p.21). However, immediately afterwards they state: “In addition, we shed light on several important questions such as (...)” (p.21). These additions are not related to previously identified questions by the authors but to the themes that derived from the interviews in this study. Therefore, in my opinion this cannot be seen as an explicit objective of the article and the authors could have stated this sentence in a different context regarding the themes derived which relates to the fundamental question being addressed. Comments: The student provides several arguments explaining why he/she believes the authors clearly described their objectives/aims and linked them to prior...
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...UNIT 16: Managing Communications, Knowledge and Information LO 1: Understanding The Concept And Process Of Marketing Student/s Name: Student/s ID #: ASSIGNMENT ONE: Prepare A Business Report : INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: October 1 Email To: faculty@colbournecollege.com TASK: The quality of a company's communication, information and knowledge helps it to make effective decision and gain advantage over its competitors. These business decisions must reflect the organisation's aims (its purpose) to maximise returns for its shareholders while meeting its primary stakeholders’ needs (workers, customers and suppliers). The business should also set and achieve its objectives (goals) to be the market leader in its field. To this end, a company must continuously strengthen its communication, information and knowledge base regardless of it size and use this approach to select successful business strategies and decisions to achieve its aims and objectives. You are a Business Development Consultant. Your Firm is hired by a small business enterprise that is facing myriads of marketing and organizational challenges. The business is open from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Competition from nearby businesses is preventing it from growing. So what actions can the business can take increase sales? Your job as a Business Development Consultant is to analyze the problems in the business, research solutions and/or benchmark good practices and make suitable recommendations...
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...English Essay Every good boy The introduction of the story ´´every good boy´´ is starting out with the word ‘piano’, which makes the intro very interesting from the start and from that point on we know that the theme of the story has something to do with music, but in the way of finding something you are good at. The central ideas with this story is that you can always find something you are good at, even if you say that you are bad at everything. Like, when the boy finds out he cannot play the piano, he finds something else to play, like the violin at the end. Is there always something you are good at? And how is your personal quest to finding out what it is. The main theme of the short story is Michael´s quest to finding something he is good at, but there are more themes than that one theme. A theme like music does also play a role in this short story. Michael´s quest to finding out what he is good at has a really abrupt ending. The narrator is called Michael and he is the protagonist of the short story. He is telling the story as an adult, but he talk about his young years when he was a nine year old boy. And at that time he was a real talent loose boy. His sister was a really good majorette and his older brother was good at dismantling things. Michael was known for having no ability to do anything at all. Michael was a sweet boy with nothing but good intensions and he is very curious as well. For example when he gets the piano, he want to learn how to play it, but never...
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...Anthem has many themes. There are a few that stood out to me. One is, it’s okay to be different. My second theme is, the truth does not always set you free. My last theme I will be talking about is, follow what you believe in. These themes all have something in common that you should do what you think is write. Something/ someone might not set you free, that can make you different, but you believe in what your heart tells you. Right from the start of the book Equality 7-2521 says “We are twenty-one years old. We are six feet tall, and this is a burden, for there are not many men who are six feet all.” Teachers and leaders have been telling him since he was young that there was evil in his bones. That being different was a bad thing. Teachers and Leaders would tell him “For your body has grown beyond the bodies of your brothers.” But in the end of the book Equality 7-2521 has embraced his looks. Equality says “We sat still and we held our breath. For our face and our body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt no pity when looking upon it.” Everything that anyone has ever said to him was gone when he saw his reflection in the stream. Being different is a beautiful thing....
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...UNIT 16: Managing Communications, Knowledge and Information LO 1: Understanding The Concept And Process Of Marketing Student/s Name: Student/s ID #: ASSIGNMENT ONE: Prepare A Business Report : INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: October 1 Email To: faculty@colbournecollege.com TASK: The quality of a company's communication, information and knowledge helps it to make effective decision and gain advantage over its competitors. These business decisions must reflect the organisation's aims (its purpose) to maximise returns for its shareholders while meeting its primary stakeholders’ needs (workers, customers and suppliers). The business should also set and achieve its objectives (goals) to be the market leader in its field. To this end, a company must continuously strengthen its communication, information and knowledge base regardless of it size and use this approach to select successful business strategies and decisions to achieve its aims and objectives. You are a Business Development Consultant. Your Firm is hired by a small business enterprise that is facing myriads of marketing and organizational challenges. The business is open from 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. Competition from nearby businesses is preventing it from growing. So what actions can the business can take increase sales? Your job as a Business Development Consultant is to analyze the problems in the business, research solutions and/or benchmark good practices and make suitable recommendations...
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...Critical appraisal of research article Medicinal services proficient ought to have capacity to assess and execute research to make it as a guide in practice which requires sound hypothetical establishment. As per Ingham-Broomfield, (2015) a desire of medical caretakers graduating is that they will get to be basic consumers of research. The reason for this paper is to fundamentally appraised a qualitative research article by Burhans and Alligod, (2010), which incorporates assessing each structures of exploration procedure beginning from title, author/s, abstract, introduction, methodology, findings, discussions and lastly conclusion. Basically evaluating articles permits one to sift through the low quality studies and recognize deceiving data (Gerrish & Lacey, 2006). Title: The title of this article is Quality of nursing care in the words of nurses. Here the title represents that the research is about the study of meaning of quality nursing care in the expressions of medical caretakers. Author/s: The writers of article ought to have the essential aptitudes to do the concentrate so their capabilities are leaned to guarantee their capacity for the study. In this article both the authors are from the university and have achieved their PHD. Linda Mass Burhans had done Phd RN CPHQ and she is a research expert. Martha Raile Alligood has done Phd RN ANEF and she is a content expert. Their qualification and professions relevant to the research study which will help to improve...
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...Achieved? | | 1. Identify the functions of government, government sponsored bodies and international agencies in travel and tourism and discuss their roles and interrelationships of their functioning in the sector. See the content below. | | | 2. Conduct adequate Research using secondary sources. | | | 3. Use five or more (combination of) theories, techniques, skills, and modern tools of the practice. | | | 4. Cite four (4) or more reliable sources used in your work whether paraphrased, directly quoted or summarized using Harvard Referencing Style. | | | 5. Link the study to the Tourism Sector. | | | 6. AC 2.1. Is 600 Words in length including the Findings, Discussion and Recommendations. | | | 7. Include Recommendations in your Report that are based on your findings. | | | 8. Include Reference Page at correct referencing standard and...
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...1982 and 1994) have the capacity to dominate the economy. It is important for companies to recognise generation Y’s behaviours, attitudes, characteristics and influences in order to “create and develop new business opportunities to remain competitive and generate profits.” Sullivan, D. P. (2004). However, this is proving difficult for businesses as the incentives behind generation Y consumption practices and preferences remain obscure. The following proposal intends on focusing on this division by examining the consumption behaviour of generation Y individuals. The findings concluded that generation Y consumerism was driven by issues in conjunction with but not limited to social trends, personal preferences and digital media and technology. Key Concepts: Throughout the investigation various research articles presented themes that influenced Generation Y consumer decision-making styles including: • Freedom • Finding yourself • Blend in/stand out • Brand personality/my personality • Fashion knowledge • Value-seeking • Comfort of brands The following questions will be applied to these concepts and employed as a framework for researching the issues mentioned above. -What determines people as part of generation Y? -What are considered the dominant behaviours, characteristics, attitudes and influences of generation Y? -Are their...
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...group will choose a theme from the list given below and study this theme in at least TWO companies belonging to any of the sectors given below. Each group is to meet a minimum of TWO executives in the company (across different levels and functional domains) and get the relevant information by interviewing them. Based on the responses and the literature available on the company website as well as other publications, you are required to prepare and submit a comparative case study/report. The report should convey a clear understanding of the theme as well as the industry practice on that theme. The report should include an introductory section on the theme and the companies. The process followed has to be briefly touched upon followed by the details of the findings and comparative study. The Report may reflect on the effectiveness or uniqueness of the findings and the relevance to the business strategy of the organization under study. The maximum word limit is 5000 words (excluding the annexure). Times New Roman Font Size 12 with single spacing is to be used. References to be mentioned at the end. Themes • Strategic HR Practices during Mergers and Acquisitions • Employer Branding: Achieving Competitive advantage • Talent Management : Challenges and Trends • Role of Assessment Centers in Human Resource Development • International/Global HR Practices (Only two groups will be permitted to choose the same theme) Industry ...
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...12-ICIT 9-11/4/07 in RoC Going for Gold ~ Best Practices in Ed. & Public Paper # : 07-08 Page- 1 /7 Challenges of Intercultural Management: Change implementation in the context of national culture Prof. Taina Savolainen School of Business, Management and Leadership, University of Joensuu, Finland taina.savolainen@joensuu.fi ABSTRACT This keynote address considers change implementation in the globalizing business environment in the context of culture. Organizations seek ways to cope with new situations in order to survive and be competitive. The primary strategic challenge in multicultural change processes is managing and implementing change successfully. The paper discusses the means of creating readiness for change and challenges they present to intercultural management. Keywords: Change, coping, culture, intercultural, implementation, middle management, readiness 1.0 Introduction Sustaining competitiveness force business organizations to adapt major changes and seek strategies that may be realized in varying, different cultural environments. This presents challenges to multicultural management, in general, and change implementation processes, specifically. Change implementation does no more concern organizational culture only. It is also dependent on understanding different national cultures and having behavioural skills accordingly. Organizations face, thus, constant challenge of change in management (Ascari, Rock & Dutta, 1995). Economic and social forces...
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...5 years.” But all the nurses agreed that their main reason for pursuing BSN was their love of knowledge. The second theme, Tentative Beginning, addressed the feeling of the nurses as they started the RN-BSN program. Some started by taking one course initially and others were not comfortable sitting in the same classroom with much younger traditional students. They maintained that classroom environment was significant and made it less challenging to learn when classmates were of similar age. The third theme, Cornerstone Courses, dealt with courses the nurses were taking in the program which included research, theory, leadership and community health. The nurses saw research as a catalyst for change in the nursing profession. The theory and leadership courses made the nurses see themselves as professionals and to acquire the leadership skills that was applicable to different situations at work. While through the community health course broadened their perception about care in the...
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...EDUCATION LEVEL : MASTER OF EDUCATION STUDENT’S NAME : LILY PREMALA MICHAEL MATRIC NO. : E60101140098 PROGRAMME : MASTER OF EDUCATION ACADEMIC FACILATATOR : PUAN NORYATI ALIAS LEARNING CENTRE : ONLINE Article Critique Volume 4, Number 1 Fall 2013 Riveros, A., Newton, P., & Costa, J. (2013). From Teachers to Teacher-Leaders: A Case Study Introduction This review critically reviews the article ‘From Teachers to Teacher-Leaders’ by Augusto Riveros, Paul Newton and Jose da Costa which appeared in International Journal of Teacher Leadership. The review will critique the article, evaluating its focus on the study, the research questions or hypotheses, the method and instrument used, the procedure, the findings and the conclusion at the end of the article. Overall, the article was well written, clear and relevant. I. Statement of the Problem a. Research Topic The topic of the study is to focus attention on the teachers’ experiences of leadership. The authors state, “teacher leadership has been positioned as a central component in discourses on educational change and improvement.” This sets the context for more specific research problem. b. Research Problem As the title of the article suggests, teacher leadership is from teachers to experienced teacher-leaders. In this study, the authors offer an analysis of a province-wide teacher leadership initiative that was administered by 2Learn.ca Society. The purpose is to introduce the...
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...Experience of Healthy Behaviors in People with Debilitating Illness The purpose of this paper is to summarize the study “The lived experience of health behaviors in people with debilitating illness” (Haynes & Watt, 2008). Within this summary it will critique and describe the qualitative methodology used in the study, the appropriateness and relevance of the design for the study purpose, the study purpose, the target population, the study participants, and the setting the study participants are in. This paper will critique and describe ethical issues mentioned in the study and ethical issues not mentioned in the study, but are of importance to the study population. It will also critique and describe the data quality methods used, the research findings, the limitations as they relate to the study purpose, the implications for nursing practice, and conclude with a brief summary. The selection of this research article was because of the interest in understanding how individuals with incapacitating illnesses can continue with living a health centred lifestyle. Thoroughly analyzing the selected research via a critical lens, as well as reflecting on professional practice, assists the healthcare professional in applying holistic, client-centered care. Method The study, “The lived experience of health behaviors in people with debilitating illness” (Haynes & Watt, 2008), uses phenomenology as its qualitative research tradition. Phenomenology “is a qualitative research tradition, with...
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...They found that integration of PC into the health car system is affected by the knowledge and the attitudes of the staff (Abudari et al., 2014). Patients’ Needs and Related Health Issues Characteristics of patients and their needs, services provided during hospitalization when referred to PC. Providing comprehensive patient/family centered care is significant in the country based on the findings. Patients are usually referred to PC at late stages of their cancer treatment. An example of this will be the following: “… the patient came with colon cancer and he was in the early stage. So, when the doctor sat with him and told him about the operation to take this tumor off and you are going to be under radiation and chemotherapy. And after one year, you will be fine. He thought having an operation and this harsh treatment …freaking him out. … After 6 months, he just jumped from stage one to stage 4 and tumor is spreading in all his body. And he was really palliative because there wasn’t any cure for him at that time.” ( Participant...
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...Human Nature in "Lord of the Flies" and "Blindness" Aim of the Study: The aim of the study is to highlight the roots of evil in human nature, and how crisis can change a lot of things in a human being when it strikes by analysing two novels: "Lord of the Flies" and "Blindness". Abstract: "Lord of the Flies" tackles the theme of human nature. Throughout the novel, William Golding illustrates how sick and twisted human nature can get when faced by crisis. On the other hand, "Blindness" which is a novel by the Protégées author Jose Saramago, questions the good and conscious part in the heart and brings it to test. Both novels dig deep in human nature and go under the surface to reveal the source of evil in human nature. This study is designed to employ scenes and events in both novels to prove how fragile the sense of civilisation is in human beings, and how easy it can be to fall in the ambush of savagery as a last resort for survival. The research will analyze both novels separately from a psychoanalytical point of view then compare the findings of the two works. Introduction: The research is about two novels that tackle the same crucial theme of the evil nature in human beings. The two novels were written in different eras and as a result of different circumstances which in one way or another affected the philosophy of both of the writers. Lord of the Flies is an English novel written by William Golding in 1954. The book was written after the World War II, however...
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