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Why do students often feel frustration after their final tests? Why are they dissatisfied by their achievements and results? The problem can depend not only on the level of the students’ knowledge but also on the degree of the tension and anxiety which are associated with the preparation and review of the material during the last days before the final examination. In spite of the fact students can orient in the material well, the stressful situation can influence their test results. If there are no weekly or monthly tests during the whole course, students do not have the opportunity to improve their study skills, and the final examination can become the real challenge for them. In his essay “More Testing, More Learning”, Patrick O’Malley discusses all these controversial questions and provides the solution to the problem which is based on implementing more frequent tests during the course in order to control the students’ progress in studying, stimulate their motivation, and improve their study skills. The additional examinations, frequents tests, and quizzes during the course can be discussed as the effective organizational means to improve the students’ performance and the level of knowledge with accentuating the regular work and reducing the possible procrastination and anxiety connected with the final tests. The examinations which influence the final mark of the students for their performance during the definite courses are the main reasons of the students’ worrying at the end of the academic terms. Moreover, the stressful situation of the examination and the inadequate tension during the preparation period often influence the students’ achievements negatively. In addition to that, many students prefer to procrastinate and not to study regularly and efficiently during the course. O’Malley states that “if professors gave additional brief exams at frequent intervals, students would learn more, study more regularly, worry less, and perform better on midterms, finals, and other papers and projects” (O’Malley 488). In spite of the fact I am not inclined to procrastinate, it is rather difficult for me to recollect all the necessary information during the last days before the examination because of the stressful situation, and the courses with many additional tests are more useful for me. Thus, brief examinations, additional tests, and quizzes provided by professors weekly or monthly can be considered as the good stimulating factors for the students’ effective performance and activity. These short examinations can be used for developing students’ study habits and skills and for organizing the students’ academic activity. The necessity of the regular tests during the course depends on the basic principles of studying as the regular and continuous process. Thus, to achieve the best results in study, it is necess
Introduction Organizations are usually complex units. They are associated with many issues that have to be carried out in a given manner in order to achieve individual and overall organizational success. Some of the major aspects in organizations include the fixed and current assets and the human resources. Human resource plays a great role in organizations. They facilitate other aspects in an organization through manipulation to achieve the desired results. Employees performance is affected by various things some of them being physical while others are psychological. For this reason, they ought to be treated in an appropriate manner to enhance performance. This piece of work looks at absenteeism as a psychology related problem in an organization. The organization of study will be Eastman Kodak. Background Information Eastman Kodak is a well known multinational corporation / company in the film and imaging industry. It is an info imaging organization that is based in the United States of America. It has, however, spread its operations far and wide to eight major countries, that is, Germany, Canada, Mexico, France, U.S., Australia, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Its products and services are also marketed by subsidiary companies to people in more than 150 countries. Due to its large size, Eastman Kodak has a large workforce and requires a lot of coordination in order to achieve success. Over the recent past, the company has exp
Introduction According to FSA (Food Standard Australia New Zealand), Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical. It is basically used as a starting material for the formulation of plastic (polycarbonate) and synthetic resins. BPA is ideally a component in containers and items which often come in contact with human touch. Baby bottles, plastic containers, tins, foods placed in tins, internal coating on tinned items and drinking vessels are a few examples of its usage. Certain studies on laboratory animals indicate that overindulgence on BPA products, may lead to adverse reproductive functionalities. There have also been cases wherein chemicals have migrated from the food packages to the food products. A study recommends more health threats from an ordinary component in household and children’ products. (Lite, 2008)” (see fig. 1).” A LURKING DANGER? Baby Bottles are among the Plastic Products that Contain Bisphenol A (Fig. 1.). In view of EC (Environment California), the purpose of this topic is to ascertain whether low levels of BPA in food products are harmful for human consumption or not? We also need to understand that items which make use of BPA are considerably essential for our daily lives. So, a complete ban of BPA from Ontario schools needs to be backed by relevant scientific information. (Environment California, 2004) EC (Environment California) reveals that, “Originally used as a synthetic hormone in 1936, BPA is now a manufactured at the rate of 6 billion pounds a year. It is basically used as a building block of bicarbonate plastics and its molecules are bound together by ester bonds. The polymer thus produced, is the building block of polycarbonates. Henceforth, it is not available in the form of traces but in its complete entirety.” (Environment California, 2004) Health Hazards Backed by Scientific Data According to EC (Environment California), after 130 studies on the health effects of BPA on a human body, the following conclusion can be drawn. The first was on the basis of the behavioral changes in a human being. Laboratory studies state that low dose exposure of BPA causes the following behavioral changes. Hyperactivity at 30 ppb, increased aggression from 2 to 40 ppb, impaired pain provoking stimuli at 40 ppb, lowered learning skills at 100 ppb, sexual dysfunction at 30 ppb, decrease in nursing capabilities at 10ppb and increased inclination towards drug addition at 40 to 300ppb. (Environment California, 2004) EC (Environment California), while talking about diabetic and obese patients, it has been noted in mice that their insulin resistance was increased when they were exposed to chronic BPA doses. Insulin resistance of such level often leads to Type II diabetes in humans. A single dose of BPA can alter the level of blood glucose and insulin. Dose
With the changes in the economic and global business environment, business structures have also been changed. Previously, only the external environment of the firm was kept under consideration, while formulating the business strategies and strategic decision making. However, with the said changes, the overall focus on the management within the firms has been diversified to internal factors and environment. In this regard, a lot of studies have evidently surfaced that the core competitiveness of the firm is sourced to its resources having numerous and diversified features. These features mainly include the economic rent, economic values, and generic high values among the others. The resources of the firms and their competencies are the keys to success of the organization which also facilitate it in order to manipulate the company’s external environment as well as the entries of new entrants and players in the market, and the competition in the market. These, therefore, become a sustainable competitive advantage. These types of strategies by the firm mainly focus on the company’s internal environment and are sourced to the physical assets owned by an organization. Subject study is aimed to analyze the Resource-Based View of the firm’s Strategies in order to attain and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. In order to reach the said set of objectives, the company selected is the “Toyota Motors”. The Toyota Motors is one among the most popular and largest multinational firms, mainly dealing in motor vehicles around the globe. The company is famous for its product design, innovative machines, reliability and other features. “Hybrid Cars and Vehicles” are among its latest innovations. Finally, the report is based on qualitative research design while using the secondary sources of data mainly. The resource based on the view of firm’s strategy refers to the framework depicting that all the three levels of the company’s strategies should take its resources and capabilities into account along with the consideration of its external environment. Competitive advantage of the firm is mainly based on the valuable and rare resources. This competitive advantage can be sustained by the firms over a long period, while employing internal capabilities and competencies in order to protect them from imitation, substitution and transfer. Generally, in this regard, the model and framework evidently worked the best using the Resource-Based View. In this regard, numerous studies have identified and surfaced many key resources in order to develop and deploy the value of the firm. These resources include both the internal and external resources. The resources based view of firm’s strategic decision making depicted that the network connections and the partnership among the different entities and organizations identified the ways facilitating the aggregation, exchange and sharin
Executive Summary Scottish and Southern Energy serves the energy needs of household clients in the United Kingdom. The SWOT Analysis shows the many strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the company. Likewise, the PESTEL analysis delves in the political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal aspects of the energy-providing company. The Porter’s five forces analysis explains the inputs from the current competitors, consumer, substitute, supplier, and new entrants on Southern and Scottish Energy’s marketing strategies. The financial statements indicate that Scottish and Southern Energy profitably resolved each significant hurdle or opportunity along its path to achieve organisational goals and objectives. The company’s profitable stature points to strong recommendations to continue its currently successful innovative company policies. The balance scorecard shows that the company overcomes each obstacle with flying colours. Indeed, SSE maximises the factors within the SWOT, PESTEL, Porter’s 5 forces, and other frameworks to profitably surpass benchmarks in the United Kingdom energy market segment. Introduction The company, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), maximises the SWOT, PESTEL, Porter’s 5 forces, and other significant variables to profitably succeed in the United Kingdom energy market segment. SSE is an organization engaged in the energy market segment. The company’s head office is strategically located in Pert, Scotland. It is the second largest supplier of energy needs in the United Kingdom. The research focuses on the company’s financial statement analysis, SWOT analysis, and balanced scorecard with the United Kingdom. This paper evaluates the company’s success in terms of its competitive environment by implementing effective corporate strategies. Discussion and Analysis The Competitive Scottish and Southern Energy – Industry Analysis P E S T L E Analysis Political Environment Scottish and Southern Energy complies with all political requirements of the nation. Government legislation encourages organisational, including Scottish and Southern Energy, to provide a variety of jobs to reduce the increasing unemployment rate (Balchin,1994). Scottish and Southern Energy hires employees from communities where each power plant is strategically located; consequently, the company aids to government in reducing unemployment rate (Taylor, 2007). Economic situation In terms of company’s significant macroeconomic situation, the current financial crisis durin
Name of business service The proposed small dog boarding business will be called Nicos Canine Hotel to provide dog boarding services to customers. The dog boarding business will be located besides the Career Centre in the 1390 Keasey Boulevard within the city, since the target market surrounds this location. Audience for the proposal The proposal is directed to an investor interested in owning 50% of the business through financing the startup cost which is $10,000. Proposed dog boarding service Idea The business idea will be starting a dog boarding services to pet owners who have no dog handlers. The dog boarding business will offer services such as grooming, feeding, exercise, overnight accommodation, and veterinary services to dogs across the neighborhood. It will convince dog owners who are too busy or on trips and cannot take care of their dogs. The entire idea is package around the positioning statement that; We have what everyone wants, and at considerable prices. The dog boarding services are unique and of high quality. They are supremely stylish, trendy and certainly the latest in the market. Those that subscribe to these services will have series of discounts and offers besides life membership. Competition The main competitors are the local dog boarding businesses which are spread across the targeted region. These competitors have been in the market for more than two years and heavily rely on repeat customers. The majority of the competitors rely on local consumers (Cantello par. 7). Therefore, they do not run promotional campaigns or advertise their products. Therefore, the Nicos Canine Hotel business will have an advantage since it will create consumer awareness through its promotions and advertisements. Besides, the competitors charge high prices unlike this business that will form the pinnacle of affordable services. To overcome this competition, the business will use strategies such as consumer education on how to get the best from the services by using it appropriately (Clayton par. 5). Marketing In the overcrowded dog boarding services industry, product positioning is directly linked to the success in the short and long term especially for a new product (Klein par. 4). In order to achieve this aim, demographic differentiation will be based on income supported by strategic packaging and series of relevant marketing campaigns as the best approach towards commanding a price premium (Harvard Business School par. 8). As a result, the fair pricing mechanism among other factors will skew competitive advantage positively. This will be incorporated in the budges through use of a $50 symbol to represent the cost of each dog boarding services. Adopting a ‘First-Mover Strategy’, Nicos Canine Hotel will position
Microbiology, as a broad scientific field, entails an array of concepts and issues that are of pivotal relevance to health care as a whole and the science of pathophysiology, in particular. One of the concepts that I found most appealing is the antimicrobial treatment, its principles, and the emerging problems in medicine related to antimicrobial resistance. In my opinion, the importance of antimicrobial treatment is essential for contemporary health care on a global scale since it allows for preventing outbreaks of infectious diseases and improves longevity (Cowan, 2018). The correct administering and choice of antimicrobial drugs involved the expertise of scientists who are in search of continuous advancement of treatment effectiveness. The concepts I learned from the microbiology course will be a foundation for my work in clinical sciences. Microbiology advances allow for multiple applications of the knowledge about cells, the pathological processes in them, and the interaction with drugs to cure people. As stated by Deurenberg et al. (2017), such methodologies as next-generation sequencing provide an opportunity to generate genomes of pathogens to identify microorganisms that cause infections for more efficient treatment development. On a more general scale, the understanding of microbiology concepts will help me approach pathophysiological problems from the perspective of microorganisms as the primary causes. The knowledge in microbiology is essential for a career in health care regardless of the specialization or work setting. The basic understanding of the principles according to which human bodies interact with microorganisms, as well as the microbiological characteristics of diseases and their spread, allow for informed treatment administration and preventative measures development. Moreover, the advancement of this field due to the recent technological improvements allow for more opportunities to facilitate the quality of health care in general since microbiology is a core of the medical domain.
The chosen painting is called ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’. It is one of the most famous paintings of Johannes Vermeer, a Dutch painter. Vermeer painted this painting in the year 1665. He used oil as the medium and canvas as the base for the painting. The size of the painting is 44.5 cm x 39 cm (17.5 in x 15 in). At times, this painting is also referred to as ‘The Mona Lisa of the North’ or even the ‘Dutch Mona Lisa’. Presently, the painting can be viewed at Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, The Netherlands. Following is a depiction of the painting: This painting was chosen because the innocence on the face of the girl can be related to one’s self and moreover, the choice of colours that Vermeer has made is awesome. Another interesting and appealing feature of this painting is the depiction of light that is illuminating the girl’s innocent face. The light is also highlighting the pearl earring and brings the pearl to prominence. This was done probably because of the title of the painting. Vermeer made the lighting effect possible by using oil paints. The pose of the girl shows that she is looking over her shoulder at the onlookers. She also appears to be lost in her own world and thoughts. The head gear worn by the girl depicts the dressing culture of that era. It seems that wearing a turban (head gear) was a trendy fashion during that period. By using blue and gold combination of the turban Vermeer has further added grandeur to the painting. The light falling on the turban reveals the folds of the turban. It shows the desire of Vermeer to highlight even the smallest details in his paintings. Vermeer has shown the girl wearing a jacket which makes us understand that the painting was set in the winter season. It is ironical to note that in his other paintings Vermeer has always painted the background very lively and colourful. But in ‘Girl with a pearl earring’ he has painted the background dark. In order to highlight the colours of the main object (the girl), Vermeer has used green yellowish-brown colour for the background. The probable reason for this could be that Vermeer wanted his audience to give more attention to the girl and the pearl earring that she is wearing. It may be said that Vermeer undoubtedly succeeded in his attempt. Also, the contrast between the background and the girl’s skin colour gives a shimmering effect to the skin. It has been argued by critics that the kind of earring that the girl is shown wearing wa
The history of the American church is closely connected with the history of the country. The first colonialists at the American lands intended to liberate themselves in the religious visions as well as in relation to their political situation and economic state. Thus, the situation changed, and the mainline denominations could not satisfy the people’s needs anymore. In their book The Churching of America, 1776-2005: Winners and Losers in Our Religious Economy, Roger Finke and Rodney Stark examine the system of the US churches and their attractiveness for the public with references to the definite economic model, stating that the US churches develop according the principles of the free market economy. Thus, to compete within the market, it is necessary to attract more people to join this or that church. From this point, the mainline denominations lose their first positions because they cannot compete effectively within the religious market when the upstart sects succeed because their propositions are more attractive for the public, and as a result, the mainline denominations are the losers and the upstart sects are the winners in this situation. Church was extremely significant during the colonial period, but the impact of the European churches decreased along with developing the American sects as the popular churches satisfying the needs of the public with being closer to the people and with interpreting the doctrines according to the public’s expectations. Finke and Stark’s vision of the system of churches in the USA as the specific market is rather controversial. However, the authors provide a lot of arguments to support their ideas. The main statement presented by Finke and Stark in the book is that “since at least 1776 the upstart sects have grown as the mainline American denominations have declined. And this trend continues unabated, as new upstarts continue to push to the fore” (Finke & Stark, 2005, p. 237). Thus, it is possible to state that the upstart sects are the real winners in the process when the mainline American denominations lose their influence. The conclusions about these processes are based on the data in relation to the numbers of people who belong to different churches. From this perspective, the decline of the mainline denominations should not be associated with the decline of the role of religion in the country because the number of persons who identify themselves as belonging to the church also grows. The problem is in the fact that the majority of these persons belong to the sects, but not to the mainline chur