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Introduction The topic of choice picked is types of love. There are different types of love according to Eddy (28). Sociology acknowledges these types. The essay will use two films, Love Actually and Mrs. Doubtfire to prove that indeed there are different types of love. Love Actually , as the name suggests, is a romantic film. It highlights several love relationships and in so doing, it also highlights the different types of love. On the other hand, Mrs. Doubtfire is a comedy that revolves around relationships that formed among family members. The movie also highlights the relationships that are formed between family members and outsiders. The two films were chosen because they bring in different aspects of love, which is the main topic of the essay. The essay will also apply the films in the analysis of those types of love that will be mentioned later on. Outline of the topic As mentioned, there are different types of love. Sternberg and Weis (7) explain that the most common types of love are the platonic love, romantic love, agape love, and storge. Platonic love is defined as a love that has no romantic feelings attached to it. The love between two very good friends is considered platonic love. Platonic love has more often been interchanged with a less known philia type of love. However, as Eddy (29) explains, the two are very different. Whereas platonic love involves loving a person with no type of romantic feelings associated with that love, philia love involves loving a person one has shared experiences with. For example, when two people meet on a tourism adventure and realize they have the same things in common, the probability of them becoming friends is very high. Similarly, when one watches television, he or she is likely to pick the characters they love from the movies shown. They have never met any of these characters, but they love them because they feel like they have shared experiences with them. Romantic love has been described as the type of love that is strongly associated with sexual contact and physical attraction. Sternberg and Weis (8) reveal that there have been several debates on the importance of sex in a romantic relationship. However, one thing that is very clear is the importance of physical and emotional attraction between the romantic people in the relationship. Halwani (20) also reveals that romantic love can turn into other small types of love, for example pragma. Pragma is love that has developed over a long period of time. Romantic love changes to pragma if the couple involved gets married. They have time to learn more about each other through their marriage; if their love endures, then what they experience is pragma. Eddy (29) asserts that agape love is the love for God. This is common among religious individuals. The scholar explains that religious individuals create a personal relationship with God that has similar characteristics to romantic love, but without the sexual contact. The scholar explains that agape love can at times appear to be fearful due to the amount of respect that is attributed to God. On the other hand, storge is the love of
Introduction Product advertisement is a critical part in the marketing strategy. Reflectively, the choice of the advertisement media, advertisement strategy, and presentation tactics are the main ingredients of a successful advertisement. Thus, this analytical treatise attempts to explicitly review the most appropriate form of media to advertise the Michael Kors Watch. Besides, the treatise explores the checklist to be followed to deploy the advertisement. In addition, the paper explores the risks, selling tactics, and significance of internet advertising. Product identification and appropriate social media Michael Kors Watch brand has been in the market for more than two decades. The brand is associated with quality, affordability, and trendiness. The brand has become a household name in the United States of America and other parts of the world. Michael Kors Watches come in different colors, shapes, and designs. The brand has watches for the male and female customers. Since the Michael Kors Watch has become a global brand, it is importance to design the most appropriate form of social media to advertise. Social media, especially Google has gained popularity among companies and individuals who uses this site as interaction modules to share business management culture and exchange ideas. In eMarketing industry, Google has penetrated the communication environment and currently commands a large following among the users. Reflectively, Google is an ideal tool for advertisement and community following building for the Michael Kors Watch. Through Google advertisement, the customer base for the Michael Kors Watch will expand substantially over a short period of time. Google focuses on e-marketing which involves building friendly partnership and working relationship with a market segment without necessarily having physical contact with it. In fact, the main source of exchanging information and advertising products is through written words and the highlighted pictures of the watches. Thus, through use of Google, Michael Kors Watch’s advertisement will increase the visibility of the Michael Kors Watch products across the globe. Checklist guide In order to successfully advertise the Michael Kors Watch brand through the Google, it is important to substantiate the target audience. This will facilitate proper definition of the advertisement messages and appropriateness of the messages within the scope of the target market. Besides, it is imperative to constitute a tracking strategy to constantly and periodically evaluate the performance of the advertisement. The tracking tool will be the blueprint for systematic evaluation of the primary advertisement message and the customer response rate (Wormeli, 2007). Moreover, it is significant to draw a comprehensive communication plan since it acts as the guide to the actual process of the advertisement presentation. In addition, the advertisement team should create a forum with the customers to monitor their response withi
Introduction The public service role of higher education, as a third mission alongside teaching and research, is usually the least developed and elaborated in university policies and strategic plans. This is especially the case for an institution’s community engagement. According to (Bergan and Damian, 2010), the teaching of student competencies for democracy and diversity should be accompanied by programs of civic engagement and social responsibility in the framework for its public service mission. This means that mechanisms should be put in place to encourage, support, and reward practices of public service by academics, students, and staff. Public service expectations and requirements within any institution of higher learning should be as clearly defined as those of teaching and research. Although many institutions of higher learning in the United States were founded with the intention of preparing students to actively participate in a diverse democratic society, their focus has slowly been lost over the years (Checkoway, 2001). This is mainly due to the fact that there is a lack of commitment from key individuals in academic and other public institutions to oversee the implementation. This paper seeks to establish whether higher education adequately prepares students for life. The Treatment of Civic Education in University Study According to Checkoway (2001), civic education is a vital requirement in the education system of any society that has a desire to train students the values of diversity and democracy. For institutions of higher learning to produce active and responsible citizens, it is important to reinforce civic education. Institutions should come up with mechanisms to help equip learners with critical competencies for future life. However, this must be driven by a team that is fully aware of the honorable tasks that institutions of higher learning have to prepare students with requite skills for life that goes beyond the classroom. Besides designing appropriate academic programs, implementers must be fully convinced that they have to work hard to succeed. Unfortunately, this has not been the case for most institutions due to laxity and lack of focus (Checkoway, 2001). In addition, there are serious concerns that institutions of higher learning in the United States have lost t
Introduction The book the Agricola and Germania is about the history of Tacitus who was a senator and a famous Roman historian. He was the son of Cornelius Tacitus a famous man under Nero. Nero is an emperor who ruled the Roman Empire using dictatorship and tyrannical techniques. Furthermore, during the reign of Nero, the Roman Empire was fighting many social challenges like crime and perverted public taste. In addition, degenerated Grecian tutors poisoned the education systems and inculcated false education on the Roman students. Concisely, destruction and dissolution of the state were the empire’s experience.Moreover, during the period the Roman society neglected their values, and principles.Therefore, the essay examines military, political, marriage of Agricola, and further presents the religion and welfare of the Germania people. Military Role of Agricola According to Tacitus, Agricola started his military career in Britain. Furthermore, Julius Agricola may have participated in quelling the Boudicca uprising of 61 A.D. He also served under Gaius Suetonius Pulinus who was the governor of the Roman Empire. Additionally, Agricola served in Asia province in a number of positions. During the era of four emperors, Agricola helped Vespasian to become the emperor, hence appointed to lead the military of Britain when Vespasian became the emperor of the Roman Empire. Agricola conquered the regions, which are presently northern England, Scotland, and Whales. Tacitus also states that Agricola consolidated the Roman forces and led them built a chain of forts from western to eastern parts of the country (23). In 81-83AD, he confronted the Caledonian tribes at the battle of Mons Graupius under Calgacus. Agricola later became the governor of Britannia and afterwards retired from both public service and military. Politics and Marriage of Agricola Agricola started his political career in Rome where he worked as a tribune. During this time he served under Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. He later returned to Britain and became the governor. As the governor, Agricola reemployed order in the military and helped in the consolidation of the rule of law. In addition, Agricola reinforced the Roman law in areas of north Caledonia, which are Scotland and Whales in present day. After returning from Britain, Agricola married Domitian Decidiana who was a dignified woman at the age of 62. Their first son died shortly after his second child was born. The second child was Julia Agricola who later became the wife of the famous historian Tacitus and thus, Agricola became the father in law of the historian who later wrote his biography. Religion of the Germania According to Tacitus, Germanic paganism dates back to the Iron Age. He describes Germania religion as an institution of interlocking associations, which consists of believers with different values and practices. In addition, Germania paganism took many forms. However, it showed some similarities that closely associated with other forms of Indo-European beliefs. Germania worshipped a god known as Wodan or Wotan, which is commonly known as Odin among Anglo-Saxons. They worshiped in different part and buil
The Case Summary A computer soft corporation is considering a site that includes a homeless shelter as a site for a new plant. The representatives of the local newspaper are concerned about the future of the homeless people because there are no other available locations in the city for a new shelter. For this reason, they decide to create a photo report about the peculiarities of homeless people’s lives in the shelter featuring a few photos with a strong appeal to the public. However, the homeless people are not willing to pose for the photographer, and he ends up having no relevant material to offer to the editor before the deadline. An important detail in this situation is the fact the photographer sees the pain of these afflicted ones, and he is motivated to do his best to depict this pain in his works, but he finds no way to do so honestly because of the negative reaction of the homeless people. Being under pressure to complete the task, the photographer finds no other way to solve the problem but to invite his friends and ask them to dress like homeless people and pose for him so that he could take the forcible pictures of struggles that homeless people have in their efforts to survive. The editor is so impressed with the photographer’s work that he places one of his photos on the cover page of the newspaper. The rest of the images are placed inside the newspaper as a two-page photo essay revealing the problems of homeless people’s living. When the newspaper is sold, the editor’s office and the corporation are bombarded by petitions from the readers to locate the new plant elsewhere. Later that day, the corporate executives announce their decision to place their new plant in a different city. Core Ethical Issues Addressed in the Case The core ethical issues in this case are:  1. Was the strategy that the photographer implemented while taking the photos approved by the peculiarities of the situation including the negative reaction from the homeless people themselves?  2. Are the means used by the photographer in this case justified by the positive outcomes?  3. Is it appropriate for a news photographer to voice one’s vision of the subject matter under consideration in one’s images?  4. Should the photographer inform the newspaper management that he has faced problems preventing fulfilling the assignment ethically?  5. Should the photographer take the images of the hom
Introduction Human Resource is one of the most important departments within an organization. According to Muller (28), employees are the most important assets to any firm. They shape the direction of the firm and determine its success. A work force that has the right qualification is determined to achieve and receive the right motivation, which would most definitely steer the firm towards achieving its strategic goals. To have this kind of a workforce, there must be an appropriate leadership in the human resource department. This leadership should be impartial in hiring and managing the human resource. It is therefore very important to have the right person with required qualifications holding this office in an organization (Shawn and Mazin 23). Job Analysis of a Hospital Administrator Hospitals are some of the busiest organizational units in any society. Unlike other organizations, hospitals deal with health of people. This makes it very sensitive. The employees, who are doctors, nurses and other subordinate staff, have the lives of their patients in their hands. They have the responsibility to ensure that patients brought to them get the right medication and get back to the right health. This is not an easy task because it involves working for longer hours than expected. At times, employees may be recalled after they have left work, especially at times of emergency. This task is very stressing. It is therefore important to note that an administrator of these employees should be in a position to understand them in order to work with them appropriately. T
Cultural beliefs, values, norms, and practices play an important role in the communication processes in every society. Some of these practices span entire continents, but most of them are context specific. Aspects of culture come about as a means of attaining social cohesion. Their role is to create a predictable social environment, which is fundamental to a stable society. This paper explores how cultural beliefs, values, norms, and practices influence communication in various countries. In particular, the paper will examine the cultural beliefs of the British, the cultural values of Mexicans, the cultural norms of the Swahili in Kenya, and the cultural practices of the Japanese. This study will look at the influence of these elements in their communication processes. English Cultural Beliefs A cultural belief is a commonly held principle observed by a majority of the members of a given community. Cultural beliefs may come from a long tradition usually evolving very slowly over decades and centuries. Some of the beliefs come from objective observations, while others are a complex product of interaction between various elements of that society such as religion, technology, social development, and academic development. The common feature of all cultural beliefs is that the society holds them as true in their own right, without the need for further justification. No one questions them in any serious way and changes in beliefs take time. They tend to evolve over time. England is one of the oldest countries in existence. It has been through a long list of political transitions moving from a sovereign monarch to a ceremonial one through various transitional phases. One of the
Introduction Performance appraisal is the process of getting relevant information about an employee’s relative worth, analyzing the given information and then recording it. The main aim of performance appraisal is to measure and enhance the performance of a worker and the future ability of the employee (Smither, 2009, p. 4-8). Its main objective is to take note of what the employee undertakes. Performance appraisal can also be described as an impartial, periodic and systematic rating of a worker’s excellence in issues relating to his current job and his ability for a greater task. This entails a systematic manner of assessing and reviewing of a worker’s real performance over a certain time period and planning for his or her future performance (Bacal, 1999, p. 3) Performance appraisal is a very powerful tool that helps in evaluating the actual performance of a given worker and determining his or her individual contribution to the performance of the entire organization. In real sense, it calibrates rewards and then pays back the real performance of any given worker within an organization (Cokins, 2009, p. 39-52). The present paper provides a thorough analysis of the performance appraisal suggested by Employee Performance Solutions. It is important to point out that the performance appraisal under consideration contains the major parameters which can help HR specialist to assess employee’s performance. However, there are certain parameters missing. The present paper reveals the missing points and includes an improved variant of the performance appraisal. Particular recommendations on how to improve the given performance appraisal are also provided in the paper. Therefore, the major goal of the present paper is to evaluate the given form and provide the most comprehensive performance appraisal form. Evaluation of the performance appraisal in question Review of an employee’s general performance over a certain time period One of the most important goals of performance appraisals is to review the actual performance of an employee over a given time period. There should be a well developed score card that has specific parameters for given positions in an organization. The appraisal period should be clearly stated in the appraisal form so as to know which period the appraisal is being done for (Nkomo, Fottler and McAfee, 2008, p. 183-185). The appraisal period can be weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly depending on the organization and the nature of work. Looking at the appraisal form in question, one of the weaknesses of the form is that it doesn’t have a place for the appraisal period. In case of any future record demand, it may be very hard to track the record of the employee due to lack the time factor on the appraisal form. The time element on an appraisal form is v
How do Interior Designers Stay Current in the Industry? It takes a lot of efforts to become an interior designer; however, it is even more difficult to stay current in the industry. The progress that society makes is overwhelming. Every segment should adjust to it, and the sphere of design is not the exception. As a matter of fact, the tastes and preferences of the customers change with an impressive speed as well as modern trends. To stay current, the interior designer should be able to be flexible and adjust to the environment (Piotrowski, 2009). Moreover, it is essential to be creative and full of ideas as the unordinary decision in the interior are always welcomed (Stiefel & Wells, 2014). Communication is one of the key factors as socializing with architects, designers, business, and homeowners contributes to the development and success in the design world. The ability to sell the product of the client receives the priority. Has the Profession Progressed in Terms of Understanding and Measuring Value? With the technological progress and increasing income of the families, the profession of the interior designer gains significance. Nowadays more and more people what to hire an interior designer not only for their business, however, also for the home to make it comfortable and get a help of the professional (Piotrowski, 2013). The profession has already progressed in terms of understanding as people realize the significance of it and in terms of value as interior designers make a valuable contribute to the daily life of every person who was engaged in the work with them. People have money and desire to make their home the best place that will suit them and fulfill all their dreams about the perfect home. What does it Mean to be Socially and Ethically Responsible? It is worth noting that interior designers have social and ethic responsibility. Interior designers are responsible for providing high-quality work and tell the client regarding the wide range of the products that can be used, stressing the drawbacks and advantages of each. Interior designers are socially responsible as comfort, and secure life of people who hire the designer depends on the quality of his work. Some manufacturers focus on production of durable goods rather than only luxurious (Designers and social responsibility: New book on Ulm School of Design, 2012). It should be stressed that from the ability of the designer to choose high-quality good depends on the possible spending of the client for repair or replacement of a bad product. Furthermore, the issue of ethical responsibility is well represented in the interior design (Piotrowski, 2013). Designers have a responsibility to the society, client, and colleagues. However, tense competition on the market may be the reason for some people to cross boundaries. The designers should be guided by the code of ethics; they are responsible for being honest, equitable, and accountable. The designers are responsible for health and safety of the client, meeting the requests of clients, and respect other colleagues. Conclusion In conclusion, it