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Goals This website will be used to market various local and international musicvideos from different musicians all over the world. The main aim is to generate web traffic so as to attract more than one thousand visitors per day. By doing so, the business will be able to grow as the visitors will watch previews of released music videos online. They can purchase them online and thus the company will be able to grow in profits and revenue. The main audience being targeted is the youth who are between their early teenage and late teen years. This is because they are the ones who are usually interested in the latest trends in the music industry. From the site, they will be able to access the latest single hits fashion trends in the industry. The site also provides them with the physical address of the business where they can purchase the videos. More so, they can still order them online and have them delivered at their premises. Such convenience is what makes them visit the site again. Requirements The website should be able to support various advertising contents for upcoming musicians as well as established musicians who are basically selling their design labels. Being a music video website, it should support live streaming of videos and downloads. The browser type is also relevant as the customers’ bandwidth capability should be taken into account to enable browse. The bandwidth will also determine determines their frequency of visiting the website. Another requirement is to ensure the website can support various browsers, adjust to different screen sizes especially mobile phones since most use their phones when browsing. Site Plan The website’s goal is to ensure there is a minimum of two hundred visits per day and downloads of more than one gigabyte of data. The site plan ensures that the audience is provided with a chat zone with the management of the music store as well as the web master. They can also be allowed to comment and chat among themselves. The content required in the site is images of the musician albums, mp3 music to accompany the videos, download video files and messages from the musicians. The technical requirement involves the use of HTML, PHP, RSS, CGI and JavaScript so as to make sure the website is secure, static and dynamic. Being an entertainment website, it will need a lot of visuals graphics in terms of colored fonts for the texts, manageable bandwidth, plug-ins that support both marquees and flash players needed to make the site attractive to the visitor. The hosting of the site can be done in any domain but most preferably is the “.com” domain as it matches an entertainment website. The site requires a lot of bandwidth for the storage of the video clips and online streaming of the videos. The preferred budget in designing the site will be manageable, although, the website will be able to generate more income through downloads and affiliate advertisements. The site can be managed by two members of staff who will be
Introduction The Yellow Wallpaper is the famous short story written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, depicting the terrible mental stance of the main character. It is one of the outstanding literature works with socially progressive background in its plot. The story is based on the real life case through which the author went, while being in a deep depression for some period of her life. The value of the composition lies in the progressive moral it brought to the world of literature as well as social views, redirecting the social mind from the old patriarchal foundations to the recognition of the new social reality. The Yellow Wallpaper gave impulse to the rethink of the position of woman in the society. Along with many other literature and art compositions of the beginning of the XX century, the short story of Charlotte Perkins Gilman became one of the powerful drivers of the women emancipation. The Place of Woman in the American Society of the Turn of the Century In The Yellow Wallpaper, the narration is led by young woman, the wife of the doctor, who became seriously diseased with mental illness. She tells the readers her story of being isolated from the surrounding world in her room which was considered by her husband as the place of her depression treatment and which essentially became the place of her mental pressure. The story gives us an idea of what position woman took in the American society of the turn of the century. The mental disorder of the main character resulted from the pressure of the American reality of that period. At the time, when the technological progress and rapid industry development led to the accelerating speed of life, the development of new communication systems and the increase in the business activity, men were more and more engaged in the business sphere of life spending the majority of their time at work. However, the situation was different for women. It should be emphasized that the end of XIX century – the beginning of the XX century became a period of the social and gender inequality sharpening. The Defeat o
Scott Kiesling focuses on the address term dude in the article Dude (2004), whereby the term’s pattern of use, meanings, and functions are highlighted. The author is an American sociolinguist prompted to research dude’s functions and implications in the American culture by his undying interests in gender and language. Dude portrays a specific pattern of use influenced by its societal functions and meanings, thus explaining its high usage and enhanced popularity. Dude is mostly used by the younger generation of European American men when addressing one another and partly by women. Kiesling (2004) reports that “… dude is used primarily by men speaking to other men, but not exclusively so… young women also used the term a significant amount…” (p. 287, p. 284). Moreover, contextual and grammatical relevance determines the pattern of the usage of dude , including its intonation. Therefore, factors such as gender and location influence the degree of the use of dude . Dude has five interactional functions that overlap and illustrate how the term engulfs masculine homo-sociality. These functions are gesturing agreements, marking attachment and connection, marking the discourse structure, mitigating stances of confrontations, and exclamation (Kiesling, 2004). Dude can either be applied to more than a single function or be ambiguous; hence the functions are not entirely exclusive. The word is an interactive resource that creates several stances, as illustrated by the uses listed above. The term dude rose to popularity in the 1980s because the youths used it as an exclamation to illustrate affection and delight. Therefore, dude was used as an in-group term to indicate solidarity since its inception as described by history (Kiesling, 2004). The in-group and solidarity meanings stick with the term to present and are the stances highlighted upon the word’s usage. The rapid rise and popularity of dude is arguably an attribute of the reinstatement of new puritanism that emphasizes family values and hard work supported by solidarity. Dude’s use pattern is determined by its functions and discourse relevance and influenced its encroachment in Anglo-American society. Male youths of European American descent use the term more than their female counterparts. Additionally, the term satisfies five overlapping functions and meanings in interaction. Dude encodes a principal masculinity stance that enhanced the term’s rise and popularity. The dude is a shadow of the 1980s and 1990s constantly gathered over generations. Reference Kiesling, S. F. (2004). Dude. American Speech , 79 (3), 281-305. Web.
Abstract Virtual organizations are extremely popular today, but their establishment requires much knowledge and skills. This paper aims to assist start-ups and already existing virtual firms that are willing to improve their performance. It points out three main elements they should consider, based on the success and failure of other organizations, such as hiring and personnel selection, employee communication, and structural changes. Finally, it provides information on how to implement the lessons learned in real life. Introduction Long ago, organizations started to operate in various locations to improve their performance and extend their targeted market. Today, employees often work on one project across geographic boundaries, due to virtual work arrangements. These teams are “a vital option for organizations that need to work in multiple locales at once and draw on vast global expertise” (Earnhardt, 2009, p. 1). Virtual teams allow companies to save time regarding face-to-face communication, send important information, refer to online learning, and improve document management. These virtual teams reduce a firm’s expenditures (office needs) and allow the selection of employees from the global workforce (Zofi, 2012). Still, the organization should be efficiently implemented and organized to achieve such benefits. Gleaning from the experience of other companies is likely to help in this process. Hiring and Personnel Selection When The Executive Roundtable turned into a virtual organization, its owner implemented a range of successful changes that allowed the company to remain efficient. However, this company had issues with human resource management. The most critical downside Roberts-McCabe faced involved in hiring junior personnel. With their lack of experience, new employees were not able to cope with their duties. Unlike senior employees, they required much practice and time for adaptation, because their training was almost ineffective, and they were hardly productive. Still, Roberts-McCabe coped with this issue. First of all, she extended the time for training, which allowed time to deal with the main problems. Then, she emphasized the necessity of maintaining mutual support among all staff members, which improved their relations and had a positive effect on employee performance (Roberts-McCabe, 2014). In order to improve the company’s performance, Sun Microsyst
Concrete Experience Since birth, I have not experienced any form of chronic illness that could threaten my life, and thus I did not know how it feels to have a chronic disease. Together with my friends, we used to attend many social events where I acquired some trendy behaviors. My friends showed me how to smoke a cigar, and I eventually started to smoke it. The experience of smoking a cigar and interacting with friends at social events was very enjoyable. I never missed a single social event that my friends attended because we shared many things with them. The experience that I underwent when I interacted with friends was so enjoyable that I could not afford to stay without my friends. The most memorable experiences in my life are the ones I shared with friends at various social events. I did all the activities that my friends performed and I enjoyed every bit of them. During my youth, all the activities that I performed involved my friends and they were very enjoyable. Given that social events dominated my childhood, I did not manage to attend school during my childhood. While other children were busy attending school, I was busy socializing with other children who did not bother to go to school. In this view, I received my general education development (GED) during my adulthood. GED motivated me to pursue my education just like my peers because education is essential for one to get a decent job and live a good life. After receiving my GED, I was privileged to get a job in a survey company. The job was very exciting as I interacted with people physically or through the phone when asking questions or administering questionnaires. The job equipped me with communication and research skills, as I was able to acquire essential skills. Owing to the nature of work that I performed, the company promoted me to be a team leader, where I led a team of researchers to perform various tasks. The position of the team leader enhanced my leadership skills since I was able to make remarkable accomplishments. When I was working in the survey company, I started to become sick. The signs and symptoms of the sicknesses were shortness of breath, frequent coughing, production of sputum, and chest pains. When the sign
Executive Summary Democracy refers to a type of leadership in which members of society represented in the drafting of the policies that affect their lives. Democracy permits qualified citizens to take part in the making of decisions equally. This participation could be direct or indirect, through voted legislative body whose main role is to recommend, develop, and generate laws. Democracy entails the facilitation of social, financial, and intellectual environment that allows free and equal practice of political autonomy. Whereas no agreement subsists on how to describe democracy, equal opportunity and self-determination have both been acknowledged as significant attributes of a democratic system since prehistoric times. These main beliefs are reflected in all qualified citizens being identical before the law and have equivalent access to lawmaking processes. In a representative democratic system for instance, each ballot has equivalent influence. No limitations can be applied on someone in search of a representative post. The free will of qualified citizens is protected by legitimized rights and freedom, which are normally confined in a constitution. One assumption of democracy is that t
Drug testing coupled with reference checks among medical practices are some of the pre-employment tactics subjected to employees. Though some may consider them as a waste of time and resources, they are a priority to various job markets. Employers have sought to use these tests in getting quality workers and improving the productivity of their businesses. They carry them out to all people seeking for jobs. They have put in place powerful gadgets that detect any signs of drug use by employees. Employers should know and monitor drug use amongst employees for the performance of any company depends on productivity of employees and inappropriate drug use may affect this. Drug use carries with it consequences, some of which are positive and others negative. The healing brought about by use of drugs can be viewed
Introduction When man introduced barter trade, the essence of the innovation was to enable every individual to attain his or her individual interests with reference to the acquisition of different goods and services. As revealed by Adam Smith, humans are naturally inclined to relate to each other in the quest of achieving personal interests, and this forms the basis of the relationships between different people in the business. In a capitalist world, individuals only care about their personal gains, but their efforts in reaching their personal objectives come in handy in the attainment of other people’s goals. Smith looks into the development of sufficient products in the country, and the human factors that are integrated to meet the demands of every individual in the nation. This paper focuses on Adam Smith’s description of economic relations between people, businesses and nations as they interact in a capitalist environment. To engage in economic relations, people, businesses, and nations have to develop a need to satisfy their different private economic interests. As Smith states, ‘One man, we shall suppose, has more of a certain commodity than he himself has occasion for, while another has less’ (Smith 2005, p. 25). Smith’s description Smith is a critic and a philosopher in every sense of the words because he provides a comprehensive description of the relationship between people and the factors that influence their interaction in a capitalist environment. He begins by highlighting the complex understanding of how human beings in a nation develop the products that are supposed to suffice the entire society. From his description, it is apparent that human beings in a given society have to integrate their efforts to develop marketable products that enable every individual in the nation to become economically independent. The national capital is generated from the articulation of the competencies held by the people, the available resources, and the political-economic policies governing the production and sales processes. In the civilised nations, the governments develop policies that enable every individual to enjoy a good life regardless of their occupations (Smith 2005). The development of economic relationships between people, businesses, and nations depends on the goods and service produced by individuals. According to Smith, labour is the most important part of the production process in a capitalist environment. He explains that the production level in a given nation is dependent on the competence levels of the individual labourers. The production quotient also relies on the number of people involved in the provision of labour in the nation building projects. In this light, he claims that nations with lower unemployment rates have a lower rate of poverty. His sentiments are backed by the fact that the production level of a community depends on the people involved in the process. For instance, Smith states ‘a proportionable increase of the productive powers of labour’ (Smith 2005, p. 12). Smith emphasises on the importance of
Statement of the Problem Recently the world has witnessed the courage of numerous remonstrates in a row of the Muslim World countries who by unthinkable losses and pains succeeded to overthrow the oppressive regimes in their countries. Now, these people faced a new reality of coping with the daily difficulties of living in transitioning regimes. In particular, these challenges are connected with serious political, economic, social, and cultural issues implicating the country’s sovereignty, unity, security, peace and development (Organization of Islamic Cooperation 2011). There exist no universal decisions and panacea prescriptions for each country with a transition regime. However, the most important issues of promoting order in such countries are connected with reducing inequalities among the people of the country, providing all of them with decent jobs, opening political space for the participation of all the citizens, providing a basis for acquiring better healthcare and education. In addition, the importance is great to offer a mechanism for fostering unity, peace, reconciliation and justice in those countries. All the people must be endowed with a chance to exercise their human rights and freedoms, having equal opportunities for all no matter to what social group they belong. People must be provided with means to shape their own lives, make their own decisions, ways to stand for honesty and protest against corruption, repression and any other kind of injustice (United Nations Development Program 2011). These transition regimes should respond to new economic standards and have different political models which will by no means concentrate power and riches in the hands of a few individuals and their families (Council On Foreign Relations 2011). It is very important to organize those regimes in order to provide equal opportunities and conditions for the citizens in urban and rural territories, male and female inhabitants, representatives of different religions and religious denominations. The law system and the enforcement of laws must have a new democratic principle minimizing oppressing actions by oligarchies and any other dictators. In transition regimes “stronger systems of checks and balances will be needed to establish transparent decision-making and fair allocation of public resources” (United Nations Development Program 2011). And finally, it is important to have an open conversation among people within all the layers of society to create a new form of government that will strive to promote the interest of the most varied representatives of the society. History of the Problem The problem of promoting order in transitional regimes has many times occurred in the history of humanity. Its significance was established in a new light after World
Contract Creation of a trade contract A trading contract refers to a legal agreement between two or more parties (Contractor and sub-contractor) that agree to engage or not engage in some activities. A trading contract engages a sub-contractor who specializes in electrical, plumbing, and construction. This process involves discussions, information exchange, and understanding. It must be formed with the knowledge of both parties that are involved. This paper aims at discussing a trade contract in which the sub-contractor specializes in piling systems for the contractor development, risks involved, assessment, risks involved, and how to mitigate them. I would be a sub-contractor I would be supplying piles to various institutions, which would be under construction. A contract has some essential elements. There must be an offer and acceptance. This implies that one party should be willing to give the contract and the other party should be ready to take the contract. An intention to come up with a legal relationship is another characteristic. Law consideration is the third element in which one should be willing to reciprocate the other party. The last element is capable of parties. The parties should demonstrate the ability to do as required and must be competent. Risks Risks are categorized into three: First, some risks are involved before a contract is made. They comprise strategic alignment, business case risks, procurement risks, and contract creation risks. Second, risks during a contract include transition-in of the vendor, monitoring and evaluating performance risks, and transition-out of vendors. Finally, there are risks after a contract has been made such as closing our risks and ending obligations risks. Risk identification There are a variety of risks that are involved in this trade agreement. Most of them can be mitigated. Others could be prioritized for the sub-contractor to increase the contract’s performance outcomes. These risks include: hiring and employing the right people to work in piling is a challenge. The reason is that some of them are not skilled and may lose their lives during piling. There are risks on policy regarding how workers in this sector should be paid. This indicates that workers would ask for higher salaries and if they would not be given, they would boycott from work, delaying delivery of resources to the institutions that would be waiting. Another risk would be a high competition of the product in the market because there are many suppliers, who are offering similar services. The mode of procurement is another issue that would be a risk. There are no specific procedures that would be followed during the procurement of documents in this contract, making it difficult to know what the outworking has spent and the benefits he or she has acquired from his or her sales. It is not certain whether all institutions would use piles. This implies that the supplier could incur losses, which could result in the closure of his or her company. Risk assessment and prioritization Risk assessment and prioritization w