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Nowadays, it became a commonplace practice among leftist journalists and politicians to popularize the idea that restricting gun control laws even further will necessarily lead to decline of violent crime rates. Again and again, we get to hear that the reason why guns should be banned nationwide is that ‘guns kill’. Apparently, the perceptional simple mindedness, on the part of advocates of gun control, prevents them from realizing the conceptual fallaciousness of such their suggestion. After all, according to criminal statistics, particularly heavy frying pans, hammers, axes and kitchen knives kill even more people then privately owned guns (murders committed in the state of affect) – and yet, no sober-minded person would ever suggest that citizens should be banned from owning these items. In this paper, we will aim to expose the advocates of strict gun control as utterly irrational individuals, who should not even be placed in position of lending their ‘valuable’ views on the subject matter. We will also aim to show that, contrary to what the majority of naïve people believe, the introduction of more and more gun control laws results in the drastic increase of violent crime rates, which is why politicians should think twice, before outlawing guns. Let us imagine a scene – there is a dead salesperson laying on covered with blood store’s floor. Being unable to defend himself (he believed that guns are ‘evil’), he was shot in the head, during the course of an armed robbery. The police officers finally arrive, take photos of a crime-scene, place the corpse into a body-bag and take him to the morgue. While conducting these procedures, police officers never ceased carrying guns in their holsters – and yet, they never needed to use their guns, but pens, cameras, radios, etc. The salesperson, however, could have saved his property and his
The human resource department is one of the main departments that any organization should never lack. This is because the department plays the central role of managing not only organizations’ problems, but also employees and trade unions’ problems. Some tasks mandated to this department are hard to solve, due to reasons that may be external or internal to an organization. Some of these reasons are; revolts from both employees and employers, many uncertainties in business operation, and in some cases shortcomings that may result due to poor information systems in the department. All this are manageable; however, if managements do not involve all parties in the decision making process, many problems are bound to arise, hence interfering with the smooth running of organizations. Main Challenges Facing the Human Resources Although most human resource programs may seem efficient and working in an organization, in some cases the programs never work efficiently due to varying challenges. Some of these challenges include managing workers performance, mechanisms of developing high performing teams, planning for take over (succession), how to develop high potential workers, talent management, and adoption of correct mechanisms. Combinations of all these factors play a central role of ensuring an organization runs smoothly and remains in focus on goal achievement. It is necessary for all human resources to ensure, an organization adopts a mechanism, which will ensure all organizational and workers needs receive priority. This includes a good working environment, pay, promotional and skill (career) development schemes. Different organizations, depending on the industrial sector give the above factors varying priorities, but the most important thing is for human resources is for them to find combinations, which will promote both employee and organization’s needs (Hinds, Browne, Henry, and Jayawardena, 2004, pp. 415-418). In an organizational setting, it is very hard for a human resource manager to understand fully factors that determine workers’ changes in psychological contract. The whole process involves many factors that determine its formation and its violation. In addition, it is very challenging to many human resource departments to accurately determine what such impacts can have on an organization, owing to the fact that the process in some cases is not manageable. Another main challenge is classification of what workers consider as flexible and good working environment
John’s Gospel is exceptional in the “synoptic Gospels” (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) despite these books giving details about the life of Jesus Christ. Religious scholars consider navigating through all the four gospel books to have a comprehensive understanding of Jesus. However, the enlightened people acknowledge the differences and similarities between these books. Thus, this short discourse provides both the similarities and the differences of the gospel books. Similarities Besides all the four gospel books giving details about Jesus Christ’s life, religious scholars claim that they all provide essential facts that led to His birth. The four books acknowledge the significance of John the Baptist in preparing Jesus Christ for his Messianic tasks. Notably, all the four gospel books record Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. Thus, all four books include some repetitions about the life of Christ. Differences While the first four books of the New Testament inform religious scholars about the different life of Jesus Christ, the Gospels have contradictions that question their reliability in promoting Christianity. For example, some books omitted Jesus’ life events recorded in others. Mark and John’s books do not give details about the birth of Jesus Christ despite Matthew and Luke giving precise facts about the same. Only the book of John highlights the information about the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. The synoptic gospels record Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount and Sermon on the Plain. Nevertheless, the book of John mentioned neither of the sermons. Remarkably, whereas the synoptic gospels focus on highlighting Jesus’ events, parables, and miracles, John emphasizes Jesus’ true identity. John’s argument acknowledges Jesus’ divinity making it unique from the remaining three gospels. Thus, even though all the four gospels give informative facts about the life of Jesus, each book focuses on specific information regarding the Messiah’s life. How and by Whom Was Christ Conceived? All the four gospel books acknowledge the fact that Christ was conceived through Holy Spirit. Similarly, Apostle Creed indicates that Jesus was born of Virgin Mary, revealing that Mary had no sexual intercourse with her husband, Joseph. Moreover, although the Bible gives details about Jesus being born of Virgin Mary, neither of the Gospel books gives concrete facts whether she was a virgin or even sexually engaged with Joseph before Jesus’ conception. Who Does Jesus Claim to Be? Even though Jesus never claimed to be God, John emphasizes illustrating Christ’s true identity. John used nine meta
Organizational health accounts for a holistic approach to determining a firm’s ability to achieve business success. It focuses on the organization’s strategy, operations, culture, and leadership. In a healthy organization, good culture and practices provide a conducive environment that promotes organizational progress and employees’ health and safety (Reece et al., 2021). Healthy organizations start from a perspective targeting prominence by using the primary preventive approach. It majors on a positive attitude that provides solutions to challenges at all levels. There are four considerable factors in a healthy organization, including individuals, groups, the organization, and inter-organizational interactions. Business success relies on maintaining a healthy organization that promotes the psychological well-being of the employees through strategies such as role crafting. At the individual level, a healthy organization offers an opportunity to improve the employees’ psychological health. This intervention enriches the workers’ jobs and motivates them by providing feedback and giving them participation opportunities. At the group level, a group is termed healthy if it respects its members. The group pays attention to the views of its participants and accepts their way of resolving issues. At all times, a healthy group ought to provide a win-win solution for its members. Strategies for improving the team should be worked on through group training, creative thinking, and providing relational civility at the workplace. Through group building, members create stron
The Holocene History of Port Phillip Bay Summary Making a revolutionary statement in geology in general and the origin of the Port Phillip Bay in particular, Holdgate claimed that the area, which the port originated, used to be a dry land at some point. According to Holdgate, it was the “catastrophic ocean flooding” (Cauchi 2011, par. 3), which contributed to the creation of the region. While the previous existence of the lake in the place where the bay is located currently has not been proven yet, the ostensible idea of the area is dry before seems to have enough supporting evidence to be deemed as quite realistic. Findings Being quite credible and based on a plethora of calculations, the study will still need some tangible evidence to prove Holdgate’s point. Therefore, it is required that large-scale studies of the area should be conducted. The specimens of Port Phillip Bay’s core should be analyzed so that the corresponding data should be revealed and that the study could be supported. Specifically, the fossils of specific creatures, such as the shells of tertiary foraminifera (Wilson and Miner 2015), as well as the meanders of the river channels, which were located in the area, are bound to bolster the hypothesis suggested by Holdgate and enable the latter to prove that the amount of water in the bay reached the highest level of shrinkage ca. 1000 years ago. Port Phillip Bay Since Holdgate’s hypothesis presupposes that the area, in which the bay is located nowadays, used to be represented by a lake that later on dried out, there are significant changes in finding the “alluvium, lacustrine and swamp deposits” (Wilson and Miner 2015, p. 77) in the area. The specified findings, however, can be expected at the level, which the Holocene era is represented; as far as the Pleistocene pieces of evidence are concerned, the specimens of calcareous and siliceous dunes, as well as volcanic basalt (Wilson and Miner 2015, p. 77) are likely to be located in the area in question. Therefore, a range of sandy deposits is most likely to be identified at the given level of Port Phillip Bay’s evolution, as the area was represented mostly by dry land at the time (Chen, Eisma & Hotta 2013). As far as the fossils are concerned, one must bring up the aforementioned sh
Nanophase Business strategy Nanophase is a company dealing in some of the latest technologies available today. Nanotechnology is being seen as the greatest inventions of the modern day. This being the case, Nanophase is a pioneer commercial enterprise dealing in the new technology. The most notable character of the company’s business organization is that it is market oriented. The company is focused on developing technologies which are commercially viable based on nanotechnology. The most important sector offering the largest customer base for the company is the manufacturing sector. It is clear that all business entities are aimed at optimizing the resources available to them. This being the case, Nanophase was established to offer the new technology which has the potential to revolutionize the way manufacturing processes are conducted. Due to the above described characteristics, the company operates a customer orientation model of business. The most important principle of this business model is that the customer is king. The company has to constantly develop customized technologies to suite the unique requirements of the entire spectrum of customer base. Due to the expansiveness of application of the technology, product development becomes a major component of the company’s business model. New products are continually being developed as a way of expanding the customer base for the company as the new technology is yet to be fully entrenched in the market. However despite the wide application of nanotechnology, the company mainly focuses on products and market opportunities in material science which can be developed within a time frame of 12 to 18 months (Brady, & Cronin, 2001, p245). Due to the need to develop confidence among the constantly expanding customer base, the company has several unique strategies for introducing the new technology. The most important of these strategies is the provision for experimentation of the technology among customers. This way, customers are able to gauge the effectiveness of the technology in fulfilling their expectations way before fully applying the technology (692). Nanophase has partnered with institutions like Rodel Inc, a global leader in polishing technologies for silicon wafers and semi-conductors. The aim here is to develop global markets while at the same time engaging in a strategic alliance which offers immense value addition to the company’s commercial technology (694). The main advantage of the customer oriented model is that it ensures customer satisfaction and builds customers royalty. It also ensures that the company better understands their customers. However, the fact that each customer has different specifications means that the company incurs higher costs than in a case where duplication of products is possible. Marketing Strategies Nanophase employs a host o marketing strategies in promoting its technologies. The 4Ps (Price, Product, Promotion and Pla
Rage is a hot topic of discussion in the current world and traffic rage is becoming a common known and accepted these days. With more and more people hitting the roads, traffic snarls cause people to lose their tempers which results in anger and rage among commuters. However, there is one more area which is ever increasing in rage, call center rage, especially so, in Indian call centers. Call center employees have to face the wrath of their clients from the West and face the risk of verbal abuse, which is many a time, racist. According to a study, “nine out of 10 people’s experience of call centers had left them angry and confused” (Tweedie, 2008). There is an ever increasing demand for call center employees in India with outsourcing becoming a flourishing industry and more centers opening. The BPO or call center industry does not have a very good reputation, with employees having to face innumerable problems daily. A common problem faced by Indian employees from their overseas customers is the step motherly treatment which they receive from the other end of the ph
Introduction With the rising in the demand for exemplary products and services, increased market competition, incessant production challenges, firms have noticed the influence of information technology in improving and transforming business practices. Information technology has been very imperative in supporting business operations and communication processes in business organizations. Information sharing through modern technologies has made business operations and activities more effective than it was in traditional systems. Effective utilization on modern technologies has enabled firms to thrive in competitive markets, provide standardized goods and services, and meet the growing consumer demands that currently follow modern trends. Bryant Homes is a business corporation that has been using technology to enhance its service provision through numerous technological methods including internet, intranet, and interactive multimedia to enhance its performance. Using system thinking approaches that involve the two techniques of soft and hard system methods of information sharing and communication, this essay aims at examining the case of using information technology in Bryant Homes. Critique of the relevance of Soft System Methodology Soft System Methodology (SSM) is a system thinking approach that business analysts use to analyze firm problems through viewing issues from the sense of the real world. The SSM approach involves five major stages that include identifying the problem, expressing the problem, finding root definitions of the relevant systems, developing the model and finally providing suitable solutions to the problem (Kenny & Shannon 2009). The soft system methodology is relevant in its systematic approach to the issues facing Bryant Homes. In the phase of finding the problem, SSM investigative procedure would significantly assist in analyzing the situation. The first stage of SSM can importantly assist in highlighting the main situational problem, which is the use of technology in organizational communication. SSM technique in the case of Bryant Homes can be relevant in analyzing the issues concerning Bryant Homes by presenting the situational context in the rich picture. The real picture presents a systematic manner of viewing the use of technology in communication within the company. The rich picture would be significant highlighting the existing relationship between variables of using technology in communication, to enlighten about the contextual situation involving the highlighted factors. According to Kotiadis (2007), SSM provides a way of assessing the existing connections between work efficiency and the technologically based communications, where factors of internet, intranet, monitoring systems, and web-based systems interrelate. The SSM has the CATWOE system of ana
Introduction In an article titled Why Suez Still Matters, Cook (2013) regards the Suez Canal as a feature with significant historical importance. To this end, Cook cites the canal’s existence over the last 150 years. In the current paper, the author analyses Cook’s sentiments by examining the canal with regards to its history and influence in the region and the world as a whole. Also, the author of this paper discusses the social, geographical, and cultural implications of the Suez Canal. At the end of this essay, the author highlights the benefits of the Suez Canal. The current paper is structured around one major hypothesis. To this end, the author of this paper believes that the Suez Canal is still relevant to Egypt and the rest of the world. A Summary of Cook’s Sentiments in the Article Why Suez Still Matters The increase in maritime transport in the 1800s necessitated the construction of the Suez Canal. The passage was constructed between 1859 and 1869 (Shakur, Mehanna & Hopkins, 2005). The canal was constructed to serve several purposes. The major purpose was to enhance the maritime movement between Europe and Asia. Before its construction, maritime vessels used to go around the African continent to reach their destination. The detour was time-consuming and affected international trade negatively. One of the major benefits of this passage is associated with a reduced distance between Europe and Asia. Maritime vessels no longer have to navigate their way around Africa. As a result, the author of this paper argues that the canal has historical importance in maritime transport. Cook (2013) highlights this importance by talking about the 150 years of continued maritime service with regards to this passage. The author of this paper argues that the significance of the canal is not limited to the economic sphere. The Suez Canal has various social and political implications on Egypt and the world at large. The implications are evident in the concerns raised by analysts with regards to the current political instability in the region. For example, Cook (2013) illustrates the recent turmoil in Egypt and how the changes in political power have strained relations between this Arab nation and other western nations. The strained relationships and the power struggles; notwithstanding, the canal continues with its operations. Both parties (Egypt on the one hand and the western nations, on the other hand) understand the significance of this canal to leave it out of their diplomatic differences. The canal
Launched on May 28 1993, Made in America is a fascinating must-watch piece directed by Richard Benjamin featuring Sarah, (Whoopi Goldberg) and Hal (Ted Danson) as its lead characters. The celluloid provides a simple storyline based on the discovery by Zora (Nia Long) that she was conceived through artificial insemination. The rest of the story unfolds in a comic tone with an even more unsettling discovery for Sarah that the sperm donor was a white male, who was not so partial to intelligence, an outright contradiction to the qualities she requested for in a donor. Several sociological concepts are evident in this production, among them ethnicity, stratification, and gender as the paper tables. For instance, the situation unveiled in the movie concerning Sarah’s outrageous outburst when she realizes that the father of her child is white is a manifestation of ethnicity. At first, the viewer is led to the assumption that she is being racist, which is true to a limited extent, but in the ensuing scenes, the comical sentiments that are passed back and forth are more ‘racial’ inclined than purely ‘racist’, which would have been discriminatory. Sarah is an intelligent African-American antiques seller who has managed single-handedly to raise a 20-year-old daughter. She is a tough woman. On the other hand, Hal is a sleazy car sales-man, who disregards intellect and uses his charm to get by. These two characters display stratification in society. Sarah is an independent single woman doing her best to get by and raise a daughter right. This pressurizes her to succeed as well as live by a certain moral code. On the other hand, Hal is a car-salesman who does not seem to b having any major responsibilities in life. He has a wife who is never in the picture and his life seems to be present-oriented. The film further addresses the prevailing subject of sexuality. The film seems heavy-laden with bawdy jokes and sexual tension between Sarah and Hal. Moreover, the foundational concept of artificial insemination for conception is a contemporary sexual-related theme. It is more of a controversy to the society’s accepted norms. The viewer is led to analyze this method of beginning a family, and the ensuing complications give an insight to this method’s probable side effects. However, when combined with the beauty of the existence of Zora, the method’s result, a holistic picture is drawn for viewers to weigh its pros and cons. The jokes and lightheartedness throughout the film may make viewers more receptive of this method of conception. Nevertheless, a confounding element of this concept is the ‘reunion’ or ‘attraction’ between Sarah and Hal. This leaves the viewer questioning the necessity of artificial insemination, whereas natural conception could still have occurred had the two characters met two decades ago. This new projection further sheds light onto the undertones of the film, especially the quest