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Rapid developments in technology have been realized in the 21 st century. This has been of great importance in the sense that it has significantly transformed the manner in which people conduct various activities. Nearly all sectors of the human society including transport, health, business, industry, communication and education among others have been influenced. Of great importance is the impact of technology in communication as well as the business sector. As observed in recent days, technological developments in communication through the discovery of internet and social media have been of great importance to the business world. This is so because these platforms of communication have facilitated business activities and more specifically the issue of marketing. The integration of Social media with the 4Ps of marketing mix as well as STP has been identified as an important aspect. As observed in the study by Solomon, efficient incorporation of 4Ps with social media helps in success of marketing process. Many nations are presently endowed with modern technology which thus being in a position to efficiently under take communication. Social media like face book, twitter, my face and you tube have been of great importance in the sense that they offer an efficient platform for business marketing. Nevertheless, social media has also been identified as a threat to successful business operations if not carefully monitored. For business to adequately adopt social media in their marketing there is every need to be tactical and establish efficient strategies. This includes the Use of Segmentation, Target, and positioning (STP) as well as the market mix (4P). As study by Solomon et al (2009, p. 76), demonstrated that the adoption of STP is inevitable for the success of every business. In this case Solomon et al (2009, p 76) indicates that no business can perfectly compete in recent markets without adequate understanding on the issues of market Segmentation, Target market, and positioning. In the case of segmentation, the business is bound to effectively identify the segments of the service or product it is dealing with. This will help the business in finding attractive markets for its products. On the other hand, target market refers to the actual goal or focus of the business (Malhotra, 2011, p. 45). By understanding the target market, a business will be able to attain success and competitiveness in capturing the targeted group. Positioning entails the perceived image of the product, business, or s
Introduction Chinese restaurants and groceries are very common around the world and the increase is notable in America. These small businesses are now becoming the most popular and in fact research reveal that they are very famous of all the ethnic businesses in the world today. The food somehow consists of homogenous collection much like numerous channels for fast food outlets. There industry is spreading very fast and attracting even foreigners like tourists and so on. The big question about this therefore becomes that; ‘why is it that many Chinese invest in restaurants and small groceries?’ the paper discusses the factors that have enabled this investments. Interview with Kapur Ashish (Chinese Restaurant Owner) Kapur has been able to run a Chinese restaurant in the US and its becoming very favourite joint for most people in the area. It’s very interesting how Chinese foods are being accepted around the world by almost every nation (Toren 1). How did you come up with niche idea of pricing the food? Ashish: there was a great opportunity in the US and still is to establish a healthy eating food brand. The top cuisines in America usually require that the western perception be sustained. These foods have not been able to create a national healthy eating brand in the industry (Toren 1). Choosing Chinese food was a very great idea since it’s not like the US food, it’s healthier and organic. Furthermore, since the target was youths and young adults, there was a need for serving quality food in stylish atmosphere with exciting menus (Toren 1). The existing restaurants were very expensive or were local kiosks that sold unhygienic foodstuffs. The business grew at tremendous speed, was it as planned or projections? Ashish: the business was lucky to be at the correct location at the appropriate time as more retail places were opening up in New Jersey over the past decade. My business was able to create a healthy food brand that could be identified with younger consumers and sloe enjoyed (Toren 1). The driving force was meal experience and not just outlet. Since you business provides value for money experiences, how has economic crisis influenced this? Ashish: basically, our brand was able to do better even with the economic problems since our clients are value conscious. With great value at reasonable prices, food variety, exceptional; service and relaxing ambience and friendly workforce, the business was able to retain loyal customers. Another contributing factor was that in the fast moving economy, eating out at our restaurants is very convenient and saves time. The brand equity build was strong enough to survive economic downturn (Toren 1). So where will the business be in two years? Ashish: the business will grow a grea
Introduction The Balkans’ organized crime is affecting many countries not only in Europe but also in North America. The United States is one of their biggest markets for those who are dealing with drug trafficking and other contraband goods while Europe is the major market for human traffickers (Arsovska, 2015). The victims of these organized crimes are innocent citizens. It is important to come up with strategies that can help in combating this problem. Dealing with organized crime is not easy. These groups are deeply entrenched in the security systems of many countries that it becomes almost impossible to crack them down. They have financial and military power. They use the ‘carrot and stick’ strategy to ensure that they are always a step ahead of the authorities trying to track them down. They bribe top security officials or those specifically assigned the task to track them down. These cartels always have the right information through these corrupt officials who not only help them to cover their tracks but also enable them to inform them when the government is trying to lay a trap for them. For the officers who refuse to participate, these criminals have a hit squad that is used to kill them before they can become a major problem to these criminal groups. Some of them have links to the highest offices in some governments because they finance campaigns that put those top government officials into office. As such, the government of the United States, while fighting Balkans’ organized crime, must understand that it is dealing with a very complex problem that needs dedication, time, commitment, and above all a sophisticated intelligence-gathering system that can be used to collect information about the operations of these groups. In this paper, the researcher will look at how drug trafficking, human trafficking, and trade in contraband goods can be combated through effective intelligence assessment system. Drug Trafficking According to Abadinsky (2016), drug trafficking is one of the biggest problems that the United States’ government is faced with currently. Walton (2010) once described drug trafficking as a near-immortal animal that grows a new head whenever its head is chopped off. It just does not disappear despite the effort that the government has put in to eliminate it. In the 1990s, the United States government successfully arrested and jailed top drug lords from Columbia and other nations around the world. Some of them were killed during the operations because it was almost impossible to arrest them. They had their own armies fully equipped and the only way of reaching their boss was to engage in a fierce exchange of fire. Arsovska (2015) says that most of the drug trafficking gangs have a military wing that is responsible for eliminating
Policy Violation The concept of academic integrity is based on the idea that students and all other actors in an educational environment perform according to the principles of honesty, responsibility, respect, fairness, and trust. As a result, the conduct of students is expected to address the university policy, and academic dishonesty should be avoided as it is prohibited in educational contexts. Much attention should be paid to focusing on academic integrity principles to ensure that students’ conduct is correlated with norms accepted in the academic community. Each higher education institution has the clearly stated academic policy to follow by the faculty and students. However, if students have not reviewed important university and academic policies in detail, there are high risks of violating these rules unintentionally (“University and academic policies,” 2020). The reason is that some types of policy violations are less obvious and cannot be easily recognized in comparison to others. Cheating, fabricating information, and submitting another person’s work as one’s own can be clearly defined and recognized in practice (“Examples of policy violations,” n.d.). Thus, these practices can be easily avoided by students in their activities. The problem is that some issues can arise when students unintentionally plagiarize other people’s work because of poor skills in citing and referencing sources, for instance. Another problematic situation can be observed when a student provides his peer with login details to access a textbook because of some technical issues. In this case, the violation of copyright laws is observed. Other examples can include unsanctioned collaboration when working on individual assignments because students have not understood this rule properly.
Introduction High quality postgraduate education is integral to the creation of an even more highly skilled workforce that will enable the country to maintain its competitive edge in an increasingly competitive world. Research is the cornerstone of most postgraduate studies and the supervisory relationship between the doctoral student and supervisor is crucial to the success of the research project. Chapman and Sork (2001) observe that the supervisory relationship is “at the heart of the institutional and interpersonal structures that make up graduate education” (p.94). Through effective supervision, the postgraduate student is able to come up with good research that adds to the knowledge base in the discipline and also offers practical solutions. A major issue raised concerning the quality and standards in postgraduate education is with regard to supervision of postgraduate research students. The paper engages with ethical issues relating to the research environment in which postgraduate students operate. It then proceeds to offer solutions to resolve these issues or limit their impact. Ethical Issues There are a number of inherent ethical issues in the supervision of postgraduate research student. Many candidates have one individual supervisor with whom they predominantly interact during the course of their research. The intense intellectual connection and partnership between the two as they work through the research becomes an intensely personal one. Manathunga and Justine (2007) observe that supervisors take an active mentoring role and they provide technical as well as emotional support for the student. Brew and Tai (2004) contend that such a close relationship might compromise the professional nature of the ideal student-supervisor relationship. The situation is complicated by the fact that a good personal relationship between the research student and the supervisor is desirable since it leads to an increased productivity of the project. The issue, therefore, is how to maintain a good relationship for the sake of productivity without compromising the professional integrity of the supervisor-student connection. A deep friendship might constitute a conflict of interest since the supervisor will not be able to maintain the professional distance that is necessary to ensure that the student carries out the research on his or her own with the guidance of the supervisor. The student might become too reliant on the supervisor that they do not exhibit their own creativity or thought through the research work. In such a case, the student will emerge from the research process with little self-efficacy (Manathunga & Justine 2007). While most institutes have measures put in place to ensure that the student maintains autonomy, the contribution of the supervisor to the student cannot be assessed. This is because what takes place between the student and the supervisor is a private, almost hidden communication and calling for accountability might be considered intrusive by the supervisor and student concerned. While the increase in the use of teams for doctoral supervisio
Similarities between Allegory by The Cave and The Six mediations on the First Philosophy . Plato and Descartes are by far the two most renowned philosophers amongst others of their age and era. These two individuals, despite being born in two different time scales, had the same perception of reality as it is. Plato was born earlier, compared to Descartes, in the third century BC; while Descartes was born much later in the late sixteenth century. However, the two share one thing, that is—they both were philosophers who sought to find out the ideal being within them. Plato was an old philosopher and is credited for publishing books and other philosophical articles. Allegory by the Cave is one of the widely read and used books of Plato. On the other hand, Descartes had much to do with his surroundings and thus mediated on philosophies that had been stated by earlier philosophers, such as Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. By so doing, he came up with the popular book Meditations on the First Philosophy . Despite the difference in time, reading through the two sets of writing shows that there are similarities in them. To begin with, the two principles believe in a benevolent God. Descartes’ view of religion acknowledges that there is a supernatural being present when one is born. As the child grows, those in their surroundings pass the information and religious beliefs down to them. This process recurred from one generation to the next. As a result, the matured child is in a position to believe in the same notion as the elder generation believed. A similar view is also seen in Plato’s perception of religion. Plato carries on the knowledge that he attained from his teachers, such as Socrates, to his students. Descartes and Plato also share a view on the idea of a Utopian society. Descartes’ view is that the best means of acquiring knowledge is by perceiving clarity. He also goes further and describes his idea of a Utopian society as that which allows imaginations, senses, and thinking to improve despite the physical state of the mind. He also states that there should be consistent encouragement of mental faculties to improve one’s thinking, imagination, and senses. Plato’s view on a Utopian society is slightly different in the sense that it is aligned more towards religion compared to Descartes’ view, which is a rationalized sort of thinking. Plato states that in an ideal society, there are laws but no lawyers for offenders. This may seem to be practically impossible in real life. To bring his point to conformity with real life, he argues that the human soul is bound by God to do only that which is good. Thus, society is only composed of people whose will is to take good actions. Attaining the deepest state of spirituality and peek of good is a factor that both Descartes and Plato concur. In the same view and reasoning as Plato, Descartes understands that there is a need to go through perception and reason out one’s understanding before reaching out for the right conclusion. Simply put, one should not come to a conclusion before thinking critically about the repercussion
Work breakdown is an essential component of a project’s success. It is the basic building block to initiating, planning, implementing, supervising, and controlling processes used to manage projects. It holds extreme importance as it allows the team to structure the project into manageable deliverables, thereby enabling them to avoid missing tasks. Additionally, by clarifying the roles and responsibilities of every team member, the project planning accuracy is improved, and a baseline for project performance evaluation and control is set (Burghatte, 2019). As a result, the tasks related to creating the annual report in the canines’ research center will be distributed among the five team members based on their skills. For instance, the project manager, me, will be in charge of preparing for the board presentation and making final revisions. This is because it is only the project manager that directly reports to the board of directors; therefore, I will have a clear comprehension of the objectives that the board wants to achieve. This includes any activities that entail coming into contact with the board, and this is limited to the two before-mentioned tasks. On the other hand, Jessica will be in charge of compiling all information comprising photos and graphics from clinics, veterinarians, human shelters, or care facilities required in the report. She was selected as she is the only member of the team skilled in photography. Isiah, as the marketing manager, will be assigned the role of marketing or solicitation. He has the skills and necessary expertise to identify ways through which the information in the report can be tuned to capture the attention of potential donors, therefore bringing funding. As a staff assistant, Dominique will be responsible for submitting RFPs for design, printing, and distribution. This is because this role is more inclined to administrative support, and as the staff assistant, her functions revolve around supporting other staff members. Stacy will prepare the draft review or board update as she possesses both excellent writing and editing skills. As a writer and editor, she can present the information in a manner that is easy to read and understood by the average current and potential donors. Lastly, since none of the staff members possess any skills geared towards designing, printing, and distributing, this task will be outsourced to a qualified contractor recruited from the RFPs. Reference Burghatte, N. (2019). Work breakdown structure: Simplifying project management. International Journal of Commerce and Management Studies, 3 (2), 1-5. Web.
Introduction On June 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia and its biggest allies, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, announced the end of their diplomatic relations with neighboring Qatar. The states explained this decision by stating that Qatar is in too close relationships with Iran and such radical Islamist groups as the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS (Aleem). The primary impetus for the diplomatic crisis development was one of the recent news reports presented by the Qatari national information agency. The report contained the comments of the state’s current ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, criticizing the increase in anti-Iran sentiments (Aleem). The problem is that the Islamic Republic of Iran, led by Shiites, is one of the biggest rivals of Saudi Arabia, governed by Sunnis. Moreover, the two large oil exporters support opposing sides in several regional conflicts, including the one that currently unfolds in Syria. Thus, when explaining its decision to sever diplomatic ties with Qatar, Saudi Arabia refers to the fact that Qatar backs the terrorist organizations, which aim to destabilize the situation in the region (Greene). The background of the conflict dates back to 2014 when Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Qatar because the latter supported the governmen
Relationships are a very important part of human life. Regardless of the success of any human being, relationships are an essential key to a better life and their ignorance could have the most serious repercussions. Family members should strive as much as they can to relate well with each other. This is particularly crucial for children as regards their relationship with their parent since this relationship determines how a child undergoes psychosocial development. This paper looks into parent-children relationships to identify some of the challenges that this relationship faces and also suggests remedies to problems encountered by parents and children as they relate to each other. A good society basically defines an environment that upholds the good morals that is universally acceptable. It is for this fundamental virtue and reason that good parent-child relationship can be realized within such society. Let’s therefore find out the meaning of good morals that fosters good relationships between parents and children in the society. Through out the human history, communities have been concerned with what their children would become when they grow up, assessed by parameters of appropriate moral growth. This could only become as a dream because of the ever common and confusing results later seen in their behaviors. Good morals are therefore hard to achieve and they must be worked for in order to be realized. It is hence, very apparent that the parent-child relationship embraces behaviours, feelings and expectations that are unparalleled to a particular parent and child. All these unique characters contribute to the full extent of a child’s development and growth. There are a number of factors that affect the relationship between children and their parents. For instance, the relationship between a parent and his/her child may be affected adversely by marriage instability or the experience that the parent has in