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According to the ‘reasonableness’ test of Section 11 enlarging on the extent of restrictions imposed on this notice, there are some misconceptions concerning the level of responsibility for the contract terms. Hence, according to sub-section 4, “a person seeks to restrict liability to a specified sum of money, and the question arises…whether the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness”. This section and the Unfair Contract Terms Act of 1977 are of great importance both for consumers and for sellers. In particular, this sub-section is more oriented on several protection issues. At the same time, it also imposes the limits of criminal liability on the buyers. Considering section 11 from the customers’ view, the Act contains some considerable disadvantages predetermined by monetary restrictions. For instance, there are no strict definitions of reasonableness and methods of how it should coincide with the term’s content. Then, it is hard to identify the circumstances under which both parties can reach a consensus. It means that contract terms are sometimes limited for one party and beneficial for another one. Nonetheless, the reasonableness directly relates to the resources and insurance coverage. Still, subsection 4 of the Act greatly contributes to the process of contracting concluded by the parties in terms of legitimacy and restrictions. What is more important is that the reasonableness of the term allows the possibility of breaching provided it is contemplated by the parties. Analyzing the question of reasonableness, the term must not be considered unreasonable in case the circumstances do not conform to the terms stated in the contract. In other words, section 11(4) states that “in applying the reasonableness test to a restriction of liability to a specified sum of money,” it is necessary to take into consideration the conditions available to the party who strives for the limits to meet the liability. On a whole, the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1997 is more beneficial for the consumer being the party against whom the contract term adheres. Considering the conditions presented in section 11(4) as regards schedule 2 analyzing the effectiveness of reasonableness test and unfair terms, there appear some disputable questions. Because unfair terms distort the balance in the rights and obliga
Authenticity has been a popular trend for the past twenty years, and it continues to grow even larger encompassing new areas every year. Nowadays, almost any sphere in the economy has a niche which is devoted strictly to authentic products, which often imply being organic, chemical-free, and manufactured in accordance with ethical principles. This trend was initially started by so-called hipsters who often sold items which they believed to be unique in some way, such as customized jeans or retro sunglasses (Greif, 2010). Over time, this tendency was identified by market analysts and started being utilized by corporations, for example, Henkel, a German conglomerate, recently launched a brand called Authentic Beauty Concept (Sandler, 2020). The fact that such large companies seek to exploit this idea shows that the authenticity concept is extremely powerful in society. Yet, at its core, authenticity is about people’s desire to discover and consume unique experiences which form their true “selves.” The examples of the popularity of luxury clothing brands such as Gucci and platforms such as Airbnb demonstrate that authenticity plays a major role in the modern economy by adding value to products and services. Before exploring the impact of the concept of authenticity on the economy, it is worth establishing the origin of this trend and the reasons why it emerged in the first place. As it was mentioned before, it was originally promoted by hipster culture, which valued the notions of community, artisanship, and creativity as a response to the corporate world and excessive commercialism (Peter York’s Hipster Handbook, 2016). Hipsters, as a group, rejected what the established culture in society offered them and invented their own philosophy, which was based on the idea of authenticity and originality. An argument can be made that the hipster movement was largely influenced by the narcissism of its members, who were overly focused on expressing their unique selves in an attempt to garner attention. Researchers Twenge and Campbell (2009) described this increasing tendency of the younger generations to pursue self-admiration and called it a narcissism epidemic. In their view, seeking authenticity is part of people’s narcissistic inclinations, which ultimately lead to complete disregard for the interests of others and excessive self-promotion. Nevertheless, this position is hardly consistent with reality, where the authenticity trend has brought attention to the issue of ethics in consumption. Nowadays, more people become concerned about the whole process of manufacturing their favorite products and seek to buy only those ones which were made by companies who recognize their social responsibilities. For instance, Toms launched a campaign of donating one pair of shoes for one bought by their clients (Peters, 2019). Such examples show that consumers today when buying products, do not simply pursue narcissistic ideas but also take into consideration the problems of others and especially those in need. The shift in the behavior of consumers towards giving priority
Listening and Speaking: HI-2 This standard requires learners to perform a summary of the text listened and, most importantly, include some details in it ELL Stage III: Grade 3-5 , n.d.). It is considered important to address this standard during the lesson to help the learners to improve their listening skills and apply the acquired knowledge to the formulation of their ideas. The selected lesson plan does not address the listening aspect mainly focusing on learners’ reading and writing skills. In the meantime, the importance of the listening skill should not be underestimated. As such, it might be proposed to offer a short record the content of which is aligned to the general lesson topic. The learners might be asked to listen to the record two times: first, in order to understand the main idea; second, in order to hear the required details. Listening for detai
Introduction The human resource department is mainly concern with planning, management and implementation of successful resolutions to manage personnel and related resources. The plan assists in management of accurate decisions, in favour of firm’s objectives or goals. Most companies are today keen on the importance of having an ideal human resource management system, which determines and handles personnel qualifications in all the other departments. Due to the effect of financial and technological revolution, most organizations as well as companies integrate quality human management systems in their plans and policies, in the aim maintaining the competitive advantage over potential rivals within the global markets. The main aim of implementing good hospitality and organization management systems is to improve the style of conducting business in the aim of proper satisfaction of clients’ needs. Human resource is today faced with challenges involving advancement of technology. Every organization or firm has to acknowledge benefits of technological changes, and thus implement-required personnel and polices in addition to preparing for future potential outcomes. The Information Technology (IT) department is thus vital for incorporation of these changes and required resources such as computer assets. Hospitality and organization management systems have thus become vital instruments for managing human capital especially the financial constrains connected to recruitment and induction procedures. The human resource department of any company or an outsourced HR company has responsibility to come up with a viable but financially affable recruitment criterion during selection and hiring of new personnel. This report paper forms an analysis of a hotel in Danang, Vietnam, particularly the human resource recruitment procedure for a head of IT department. The report provides a recruitment procedure for the job that begins with advertisement for the post. This conscription process involves selecting, vetting, and recruiting a qualified person for the post. The selection procedure is based on a job posting done through media, vetting is through interviewing and grilling for accurate qualifications. Lastly, the induction process has to follow an orientation programme, where the qualified employee goes through process that enables her/him to adopt and undertake duties as per job requirement. Position Summary Most companies have today realized that to boost profits, there is need for a well-developed computerized technology for instance the web-based systems for analysis of economically viable factors such as advancement of resources. In line with Yao, technology advancement advocates for new and radical strategic practices especially for the administrative tasks (388, 2009). The Information Technology (IT) manager must be a strategic business partner involved in determining future business endeavours to ensure
Corporation that operates internationally – MacDonald’s McDonalds has spread widely all over the world through the many chains of restaurants it has. It owns the biggest fast food restaurant chain globally. Millions of customers go to McDonald’s hence increasing its sales revenue. In the US, it tops compared to other restaurants followed by Burger King and Wendy’s (Hitt, Ireland & Hoskisson, 2013). In 2003, McDonald incurred losses that analysts associated with consumer behaviour. It failed to realize the changing needs of its customers and therefore it became less competitive. However, in 2009, it experienced a turn around and there was a boost in its sales. Strategy that led to merger or acquisition The reason behind the turnaround was its strategic leaders who decided to adjust its corporate-level strategy but improve its business-level strategy. McDonalds took a step of changing the value of its products and modifying their features rather than increasing the number of restaurants globally (Hitt, Ireland & Hoskisson, 2013). It minimized its diversification by selling some of its chains. McDonald’s began to be attentive to its clients who wanted better and healthier products. In addition, it started training programs for its workers, added their opening hours, and upgraded their stores to attract the younger generation. It also introduced McCafe coffee bars in the United States in 2009. The coffee drinks add value to customers by offering quality drinks at prices less than what their competitors offer. The corporation is modifying its stores and looking forward to a global economic recovery by acquiring prime real estate in Europe. Company that does not operate internationally- Transfer Technology International Corporation Transfer Technology International Corporation is a U. S. based company dealing with giving maintenance services in regions that receive moderately high temperatures. An acquisition strategy will enable the company raise its revenue through acquiring of profitable firms in the maintenance industry. In addition, it will be in a position to develop a range of highly profitable businesses that render services throughout the year. Company to acquire – Royalty Lawn Royalty Lawn is a good target because its line of business is similar to Transfer Technology International Corporation. Royalty Lawn provides its services to more than four hundred customers. It has attained a notable growth rate since its foundation. A team of skilled and experienced leaders, who ensure that their customer service reputation is not tainted, leads Royalty Company (Lovelock, 2007). The objective of this company is to ensure that their clients get services that they desire. They have done research on their clients and so they understand what their clients need and how their products can fit in within their home and business goals. This company is profitable because it has good market share and robust growth prospects. Why the company would be profitable The newly acquired corporation will help the existing corporation acquire resources that are impossib
Erikson proposed the theory of the person’s psychosocial development that is divided into phases associated with a certain age (Altman & Wohlwill, 2012). For the purpose of the analysis of stages, a 79-year-old man was contacted and interviewed. This paper aims to analyze the results of the interview with the focus on the interviewee’s life in the context of the psychosocial developmental phases, discuss the issue of diversity with references to the person’s experiences, and present the ideas on the person’s relationships with the environment. Phases of Development According to Erikson, there are eight phases of the person’s psychosocial development. These phases are based on the resolution of the certain conflict, and they are trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. role confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, and integrity vs. despair (Henry & Stephens, 2013; Hutchison, 2010). The stages of the interviewee’s life are analyzed in this paper within the framework of the identified phases. Trust vs. Mistrust During this phase, the relationship with the interviewee’s mother played the key role. The man was the fourth child in the family has seven children, but the mother paid much attention to bringing up her children. The interviewee (personal communication, November 5, 2015) said that in spite of the fact that the elder brother was brought up by the grandfather, the mother “was always there” for him, as well as for his sister and brother. As a result, the crisis of trust vs. mistrust was resolved successfully because of the mother’s care, and the man was able to develop the feeling of trust and hope, as well as close positive interactions with the mother. Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt Speaking about the period when he was a toddler, the interviewee also did not mention any negative memories, pointing one more time in a close relationship with his mother, who was a very kind person. It is possible to conclude that growing in the loving family, the interviewee was able to cope with the crisis of autonomy vs. shame while developing his confidence related to the autonomous activities. Initiative vs. Guilt In 1942, when the interviewee was six years old, his family moved to East Spencer, North Carolina, to find jobs. This event influenced the resolution of the following crisis associated with finding the balance between initiative and guilt. The social factor of moving to another city and the necessity of adapting to the
The connection between sports and such political and social phenomena as imperialism and nationalism has been the focus of various academic studies. Imperialism is the desire of a country to gain control over and influence other countries. Nationalism is the belief that one nation is better than other ones. Analysis has shown that both imperialism and nationalism can be connected to sports and the sports paradigm. There are three major points of describing this connection: sports as a worldview, sports as a venue, and sports as a political tool. First, sports carry the worldview of competition, which is essentially linked to inequality and hierarchical separation (Coakley 73). Although social interactions are always based on systems with inequality of elements, sports take it further to the point where there are superiority and inferiority. Athletes should always strive to be the fastest, the strongest, and the most enduring. If you do not win, you lose. Suppose a nation adopts sports principles as the principles of the state, i.e., principles of policy-making, regulations, and social structure. In that case, it is an indication of certain developments within the nation’s country that promote the ideas of inequality and superiority, such as the ideas of imperialism and nationalism. For example, certain citizens may be deprived of certain rights due to their ethnicity; in the sports worldview, they become “losers” in the game. Second, sports provide a venue for imperialism and nationalism. In international sports competitions, the stadium becomes a sort of a battlefield, and the game becomes a symbolic war. An important aspect of this process is that the playing teams are defined in terms of their nationalities (Gleaves and Llewellyn 1). Sports fans constitute an environment where the themes of nationalism and national superiority are popular (Bogdanov 20). These themes can promote violent actions such as attacks on the fans of other national teams. Finally, there is the perspective that regards sports as a political and diplomatic tool. For example, it has been argued that promoting sports can be used as an instrument of raising and strengthening national sentiments of a country’s population and building soft authoritarian systems (Koch 42). In today’s world, sports remain an environment where political battles unfold. Construction and representation of national and cultural identities through sports conflict with the modern process of globalization (Maguire 978). Therefore, marginal political forces, such as nationalists, employ sports as a channel of communication and a source of recruiting supporters. The role of sports in the development of imperialism and nationalism was examined by Markovits and Hellerman, who found that soccer and baseball shaped the American “hegemonic sports culture” (5), which, in turn, contributed to American exceptionalism. Exceptionalism can be regarded as a variation of nationalism and
Writing skill is a very essential aspect that any well-educated man is assumed to possess. My writing skills were not that good one year back and there is no denying this but I have really worked hard on my writing skills. Reading a lot of books has undoubtedly improved my writing skills, the more you read, the better you get at writing. I read several novels each month and the same has taught me how to construct sentences differently. I also write articles for several websites on the internet, one such website is associated content. I firmly believe that writing for internet websites has also improved my writing skills, I have also written many pages for Wikipedia. Wikipedia is another great source making the use of which any person can improve their writing skills. Reading and writing influence each other heavily and I have realized this, a person who is weak at reading or does not have interest in reading can never become a good writer. On the contrary, if a person has fetish for reading different books, he is ought to be good at writing as well. This paper will throw light upon what I think about my writing skills, a comprehensive analysis of how I have improved my writing skills will also be provided in this paper. Sidney Sheldon is my favorite novelist and I have certainly learned a lot from his novels, I have improved upon my vocabulary by reading novels and other good books. Vocabulary is one aspect of writing that determines how good the writer is, a good writer always uses appropriate words for appropriate situations and I feel I am on the right track to becoming a good writer. I have worked on my vocabulary, I use the internet to improve my vocabulary, there are several websites like dictionary.com that are completely free to use and offer a great scope of improvement. There are several other websites like idioms.com for learning the latest idioms and phrases. Improving reading and writing is a continuous process and no person can become a better reader or a writer overnight. This process involves a lot of dedication and sincerity. Even the likes of Sidney Sheldon, JK Rowling and others must have worked upon their writing extensively and this is exactly why they have become world-famous today. The flair for reading comes naturally to some and those people are blessed because they effortlessly develop their reading and writing skills, my case is very different from their case. I have worked upon this aspect of my personality; this has not come to me naturally. Television is another great way to develop reading and writing skills, I listen to the commentary of various sports events like Soccer matches, NFL, Baseball etc and I feel this has done a lot of good to me. I am a better reader and a writer than ever before and I give all the credit to the media, newspapers, magazines, internet, television etc have made me a better writer and I know how to develop my writing skills further. I plan to write several short stories and poems and publish them in local magazines to develop my writing skills; this is how I will get better at writing.
Introduction First published in 1930, A Rose for Emily is a captivating must-read chef-d’oeuvre by Faulkner that artistically presents an account of a society that is immensely resistant to the inevitable change. Although the story is narrated in a manner that reflects a mix up of various chronological accounts, it is clear that the story can be analyzed from the perspectives of hidden messages underlying the themes of the story. Dilworth (1999) is also inclined to this line of view when he asserts that Faulkner attempts to convey themes of change and death (p.253). Indeed, in the paper, I agree with this argument in the sense that, by using various references to A Rose for Emily, Dilworth evidences that death looms right from the first section to the fifth section of the story. The themes of change are reflected by Miss Emily’s denial of the fate of death and refusal to comply with the obligation for paying taxes. In this perspective, Dilworth argues that the killing of Homer Barron “is eclipsed in the imagination of readers by evidence of some sort of necrophilia” (1999, p. 251). The focus of this paper is to analyze the article, A Romance to Kill For: Homicidal Complicity in Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” published in the journal of Studies in Short Fiction in terms of logicalness of the presented arguments coupled with giving the writer’s response to the article. Article Summary Dilworth sees the existing relationship between the narrator and Emily as largely symbiotic. This means that Emily and the society represented by the narrator can only exist mutually with each other. To reinforce this argument, Dilworth argues that the traits and behaviors of Emily ar