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Introduction The mental attitude, which enables people expect the best in life, is known as positive thinking. It is through this process that our thoughts are transformed into reality (Quilliam 2008). It is through positive thinking that people are able to anticipate the best in everything they strive to do. People are able to achieve success through positive thinking. People who have positive thoughts are believed to be successful in both their professional and personal lives. It is important that people take charge of their thoughts as this will help them avoid sadness. Positive thinking helps bring out the best in people and enables them to avoid some of the problems they face in life. Benefits of positive thinking The following are some of the benefits associated with thinking positively. Helps avoid stress Research has shown that people who think positively are able to cope with stress more effectively than those people who think negatively. Positive thinkers will always quickly try to find solutions to their problems. They act fast and consult widely before making decisions. Improves immunity Your mind is a very powerful tool that can affect your body negatively or positively. Recent research has shown that people who think positively have a strong immune system. They are therefore able to avoid some of the common diseases affecting people. Improving your health Positive thinking comes with certain advantages. They include increased lifespan, reduced risk of suffering from heart attacks and the ability to fight depression. Researchers believe that avoiding stress helps people live healthy lives (Quilliam 2008). Resilience This can be defined as how well an individual is able to solve problems that he or she might be facing. Whenever positive thinkers are faced with complex situations, they always come up with solutions to their problems and will never give up. They will keep on fighting to the point where they are able to solve their problems. Applying positive thinking Sometimes, it is not easy to change everything that we have learned in our lives. However, it is important to make sure that we attract positive thoughts that will help us overcome challenges in life. The following are some of the measures we should take to ensure that we always attract positive thoughts. When talking It is important to avoid using negative words. These negative words should be replaced with positive words, which help us overcome some challenges we face in life. Thinking of failure as an opportunity We should see failure as an opportunity to make ourselves better than what we have been previously. Failure gives us a chance to review what we might have done wrong and gives us a chance to redeem ourselves. Imagination It is important that we take some time to think about our future. This will help us achieve what we have always desired. This will make us work hard and achieve our goals. Redirecting thoughts Sometimes, it is hard to keep negative thoughts from our minds. In this case, we should try to think of some of the things that we might have don
Introduction The decisions made by leaders determine the success of an organization; they have the role of mentoring and creating a learning environment to enhance the performance of their teams. The main difference between a leader and a manager is that leaders lead people while managers manage tasks; with this role, leaders must develop appropriate mechanisms of enhancing learning and staff participation in an organization Muller, J., (Maclean and Biggs, 2009). This paper discusses the most critical areas for leadership within the organization to concentrate on in developing effective learning processes. Creating a positive Organizational culture To have an environment favorable for learning, leaders must create a positive organizational culture that rewards success and efforts of an employee. When employees have invented or innovated something, the management should recognize them; this will motivate them learn more and innovate others. Within teams, it is area that employees learn a lot amongst and from each other, leaders have the role of developing an orchestrate team that embraces team spirit. This will enhance knowledge and experience sharing that leads to learning of new traits and tactics by employees. The leader should be delegating duties and power effectively to create an urge in his team members to learn and improve their skills. Toyota Motor Corporation has a culture that facilitates learning, the company even has a training institute where its employees can enroll for sponsored course, and this facilitates learning in the organization. Enhancing appropriate human resources practice Organizations with a well-structured human resources management enhance a learning experience, employees in such organizations are highly motivated and they have the will to develop themselves through learning process. Human resources has the role of creating numerous training programs as demanded by the organization; team leaders has the role of advising the human resources on the trainings they will facilitate, this will enhance the growth of learning spirit in the organization. Zappos shoe company has been successful in the business because of its effectively managed human resources; the internal customers enjoy some benefits which include are free medical care and lunches, free vending-machines, fully equipped-free library and a nap room; the policies aims at developing team spirit that facilitates learning of new tricks and tactics (Zappos Official W
Introduction Any organisation or company that wants to grow and improve its performance must have a vision. The latter, usually, enhances or ruins the way, in which the employees view their leader because they are the always the inventors of the visions (Criswell &Talula, 2011). Creating good and unique visions makes the employees consider their managers as good leaders while bad visions make them consider their leaders as people deficient of leadership qualities (Campbell, 2012). In the case of the East African Community Counter-Terrorism Unit, the leader will have to develop a vision that can help them perfect the use of intelligence in fighting terrorism (Detter de Lupis Frankopan, 1969). Therefore, a credible vision should be one that effectively helps the East African Community end terrorism for good. Essential Element 1 The fact that counter-terrorism activities are essential for the prevention of violent outbursts of those opposed to the ideas of the current political regime is incontrovertible. However, when it comes to raising awareness regarding a case in point and increasing the rates of initiative among the concerned denizens of the population, the initiative may turn out to be quite jejune. Herein the first essential element of creating a counter-terrorism vision lies; to develop the specific vision that will help prevent the instances of terrorism, one must raise awareness regarding the issue and convince people that the problem is far more palpable than they want to acknowledge it. Awareness is an essential element of a counter-terrorism program that may raise a few eyebrows in terms of its comparative passiveness. Indeed, the process of information sharing is not traditionally viewed as active; with the modern means of information transfer, which do not presuppose communication in person, the very concept of knowledge management and raising awareness becomes even more passive than it already seemed. However, the specified element must still be viewed as an activity, as it presupposes that exchange in opinions should occur among the participants of the conversation and, therefore, the creation of new ideas and concepts becomes possible. Moreover, spreading awareness is a major incentive towards starting to act; once people recognise the problem, the decision-making process wil
Abstract This research paper is dedicated to the studies on Internet advertising and behavior targeting. It aims at shredding light at these notions and analyzing them by means of utilizing correspondent sources, i.e. books and articles which discuss the topics connected with these notions. Introduction In the modern world of innovative technologies the number of Internet users is ever-increasing. Internet advertising can be beneficial for users since they can have access to Web sites irrespective of the country they live in; they do not have to communicate directly with the suppliers being able to do it through e-mail. Some of Internet users consider Internet advertising necessary and entertaining whereas others have negative attitude toward it. It is necessary to discuss the notion of Internet advertising and its constituents in order to ensure proper behavior targeting which would help make Internet more beneficial for the consumers. Discussion Internet Advertising Internet advertising is necessary for online firms which promote their products and, since Internet is used worldwide, such kind of advertising allows selling more products. “Advertising directly confers brand and product information to consumers, and it serves to increase consumers’ awareness and knowledge of a particular brand” (Clarke & Flaherty, 2005). To do this, such procedures as scheduling and personalization can be applied. The main goal of the former is to maximize the total click-through rate for all advertisements by appropriately managing of exposition time and advertising space on the web page, whereas the latter aims to assign a suitable advertisement to the user (de Bra & Nejdl, 2004). When the scheduling is applied successfully, more people become attracted by the Internet advertisements. Among the factors which influence users’ clicking on the advertisements is the alluring offer they propose or just a fetching design of the advertisement. Challenges which IA may face However, Internet advertising is not all about advantages alone. Not all people like Internet advertising which sometimes can be annoying. Most of people use Internet for specific purposes, for instance, checking e-mail or looking for particular information. Internet advertising can be sometimes distracting and obtrusive which makes the users irritated. Another great challenge Internet advertising can face is generating interests of the users. In today’s world of constantly developing technologies and with Internet’s introducing innovations daily, certain measures should be taken in order to attract consumer’s att
Introduction A 52-year-old woman with significant family history of type 2 diabetes came to the office for follow up after discharge from the hospital. She was admitted for 5 days with complications of hyperglycemia. She has no complains except for an ingrown toes nail that bothers her and slight tingling sensation on both feet that is not new and is per the patient is “better with Neurontin”. On examination, she is alert and communicating clearly, funduscopi exam is normal and abdomen is obese. Toenails unkempt and overgrown, skin is warm dry and intact. Vascular assessment: no carotid bruits; femoral, popliteal, and dorsalis pedis pulses 2+ bilaterally. Temperature-96.4, Blood Pressure-130/92, Resp- 20, Heartrate-84, weight- 225lbs. height: 5′2″ and BMI- 41.1. Pertinent Lab values indicate a recent fasting blood glucose values of 200 mg/dl, Hemoglobin A1c (A1C) of 8.1%, and slight protein in urine. Patient is on Lipitor 10 mg daily, for hypercholesterolemia (elevated LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, and elevated triglycerides) and Amlodipine 10mg daily for blood pressure. According to the patient, she has been attempting to lose weight by exercising but has actually gained 5 lbs within the past one month. She loves to eat bread and pasta and finds pastries irresistible. She has been smoking for the past 30 years and currently smokes 1 pack of cigarettes a day. The differential diagnoses and the patient findings that leads to the diagnosis Diabetes type two is the primary differential diagnosis because the patient presented with: A family history of diabetes, complications of hyperglycemia, blood pressure of 130/92, ingrown toenails, tingling sensation on the feet, fasting blood glucose of 200mg/dl, basal metabolic index of 41.1, pulse rate of 84 and proteinuria. Secondly, Nephrotic syndrome is the second differential diagnosis because the patient presented with hypercholesterolemia, slight protein in urine, high blood pressure of 130/92, hemoglobin levels of 8.1%, obese abdomen and weight gain. Finally, rheumatoid arthritis is the third differential diagnosis because the patient presented with ingrown toenails, tingling sensation on the feet, and warm intact skin. Pathophysiologic and physical findings that support the differential diagnoses Diabetes type two is a disease that a person inherits genetically, the diabetic person has low or lacks insulin and as a result, the person has to depend on external sources of insulin (Barry & Eastman, 2010).
We ate Decorp have always considered current and past employees to be part of our work family. As such, we have taken great pains to insure that past employees who worked with the company for at least 20 years will continue to enjoy good health benefits courtesy of the company, a small thank you on our part for all the loyal and excellent years of service to the company. However, seven years ago, we switched 100% of our regular employees from open – ended insurance to health maintenance organizations (HMO’s) but kept the open-ended insurance for our retirees. The high cost of such programs have forced us to shift the remaining 30 % of retirees from open-ended insurance to HMO services. Under the current open-ended insurance, there is a 20 % retiree and 80% employer share expense being shouldered by specified parties for limited insurance coverage. Under the HMO plan, our retirees will benefit from expanded medical coverage such as discounted doctor’s fees and 100% covered medical testing and hospitalization expenses. Paperwork is eliminated as the only thing retirees need to present in order to avail of the services at accredited medical facilities is the medical health card issued by the HMO. Retiree’s will only have to shoulder a small co-payment fee on the spot rather than having to file for reimbursement at a later date. Under this simplified health plan, all your medical needs will be taken care of with little or no bother at all to you, and finding a physician to handle or specializing in your health concerns will no longer be a problem. The HMO has a listing of their accredited doctors who are all considered to be specialists and the one of the best in their fields of expertise. However, under the HMO plan, retirees who have personal physicians will have to transfer to HMO accredited doctors in order to continue to avail of the Decorp sponsored medical services. We hope that the retirees will all avail of the new HMO plan that Decorp is offering in order to expedite their company sponsored and HMO enhanced medical needs whenever necessary. HMO doctors are paid a flat fee and always know that any medical services and facilities used by the retiree shall be paid in full every time. Therefore, retirees need not worry that the HMO doctor will be short changing them in terms of medical diagnosis and treatments. We shall be conducting an HMO informational meeting next month for the currently listed company retirees and and of their concerned family members or friends in order to explain how the system will work for them and explain the various options available. We shall be holding the informational meeting daily , at 9:00 AM at the audio visual room on the 3rd floor of the Decorp Building. Please call 123-4567 from Monday to Friday to reserve your spot at the meeting on your chosen day. After the meet
Introduction The book “ Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? ” by Michael Sandel is a masterpiece trying to explore the major ethical and moral issues affecting humanity. According to the author, human beings should be allowed to lead unpressurized lifestyles (Sandel 62). The purpose of this essay is to describe the ideas and concepts presented in this book. The essay goes further to present the best views that can help more people lead meaningful lives. The main argument in this paper is that morality should always be treated as a private matter. This is the case because human beings have universal and natural rights that dictate their lives. Background Information Morality is an area that has attracted numerous philosophical ideas and concepts within the past two centuries. Many societies have been using different thoughts and theories to dictate human relationships. However, the author of this book goes further to attack specific ideas such as utilitarianism. The book also supports libertarianism as a powerful principle capable of upholding people’s liberties. Issues that undermine people’s liberties are also attacked by the author. The important obligation of every society is to treat its people with care and dignity. With reason, human beings will make adequate decisions that promote their freedoms and liberties (Sandel 39). Using powerful arguments, the author shows the reader that most of the existing philosophical notions tend to make justice something dependent on people’s interests. True justice, according to the author, should therefore be able to imply neutrality (Sandel 96). Summary In the first chapter, the book reexamines the question of justice and why people should take it seriously. The author goes further to present the utility concept. This concept supports human pleasure, dignity, and happiness. Libertarianism is supported as powerful principle explaining why people should be free to make specific decisions. A good example is the ability or freedom to impose self-harm. The fourth chapter focuses on controversial topics such as wars and bearing children (Sandel 43). These are issues that must never be dictated by labor or market laws. The book goes further to explain why human actions matter the most. According to Immanuel Kant, human beings deserve respect and dignity. The issue of equality is also described in the book. John Rawls believes in a hypothetical contract capable of providing equal liberties to all freedoms including
Introduction Communication is extremely vital in information dissemination and thus many companies rely heavily on it for clientele outreach (Fielding, 2006). The quest for efficiency, therefore, becomes a major concern for many businesses when choosing the right forms of communication in order to maximize effectiveness and wider market reach. This dictates the need for market understanding and clientele destinations so that the chosen communication media can easily reach the targeted clientele at the right time (Nielsen, 2008). This implies that there has to be a lot of care in media selection for maximum output. In return, this will ensure that the set objectives are achieved within a given time frame. Needless to say, an effective communication platform is an integral requirement for business growth and profitability. While market expansion entails maintaining long term relationship with current clients and acquiring new ones, there is need to select the most effective communication models and the right communication channels for message deliveries and propagating the ideals of a business (Capelin, 2004). In most cases, one way communication is preferred but with the advent of new technology amidst a supportive business environment, it has become unavoidable necessity for feedback information regarding on-way statics and thus there is possibility that organizations can get information regarding the number of recipients of their one-way sent communication. Therefore, this improves a company’s influential judgment on choosing the right medium of communication. With diversity in information systems, different forms of communication that present suitability in several forms are readily available in the contemporary business world (Capelin, 2004). This therefore forces any communication type to put into consideration the form that has to be relayed to respective stakeholders. The contact media also plays vital role in determining communication type to be employed in message relaying. For instance, in order to relay information through a visual communication system, it is required that the information form be either pictorial or in video form. Likewise, Fielding (2006) argues that using audio communication systems would require the use of audio messages and in the same way, published media will automatically require written messages or pictorial compositions. Electronic media can sometimes combine all of these information forms and relay them using one medium. However, suitability and reliability of the medium chosen will depend on area of coverage and the number of loyal subscribers to that medium of communication. The higher the number of subscription in a communication medium and the larger the area of coverage, the favorable the medium itself for use as an agent of message dispatch. Since Optus is a multinational company that is based in Australia but still under expansive plans, there is urgent need to employ
Sherman Cochran’s article, Marketing Medicine and Advertising: Dreams in China, 1900-1950, elucidates how Chinese business people had used varied marketing strategies in order to appeal to the locals. Chinese entrepreneurs as well as Westerners attempted to infiltrate into this giant Asian market by including cultural beliefs and western alternatives in their advertisements. For example, Huang Chujiu capitalized on Chinese yearn for western solutions to their longstanding challenges to sell Ailuo Brain Tonic drug, which had both Chinese and Western naming styles in order to present itself as a possible solution to the natives (Cochran 71). The article reveals how Huang used his charismatic and slippery character to gain national recognition. In another aspect, Huang took advantage of anti-Japanese boycotts in his country to bump into the national scene in selling Human Elixir. In these activities, Huang amalgamated his commercial ideas and societal tastes and preferences to realize continuous growth. In carrying out mass advertising, Huang contracted artistic services from Zheng Mantuo and Hang Zhiying, who borrowed various fashion designs from the West. The two artists had to inculcate Chinese practices in designing their products in order to control the market. When Chinese elites altered the Western culture, it became difficult for Chinese citizens to understand fully the provisions and practices of the West. This is evident from the numerous rebellions and boycotts that western nations witnessed during this period. Even though the article presents Chinese as people who chose freely, it is not absolute since Huang and other entrepreneurs had to inculcate more of Chinese civilization in order to be certain of their continuous existence (Cochran 88). For instance, when Huang introduced the new medicine, he had to mingle traditional naming and Western style to remain relevant. Besides, the technique that Huang used in advertising Human Elixir medicine by taking advantage of boycotts to paint the product as national reveals a society that is not actually free to decide on what to consume. Although China was in need of Western solutions to solve their problems, most of their slogans encouraged the locals to consume locally made products. The scheme that businesses had to conform to the Chinese traditions displays a society that is not open to accept external products. Therefore, they only consume such products since there are no alternative from the local scene. In advertising Human Elixir, Huang covered large market by using simple symbols that both illiterate and literate Chinese consumers could read, comprehend, and remember easily (Cochran 85). However, the use of boycotts and sanctions on foreign entrepreneurs as ways of making local entrepreneurs sell their products are ill motive acts. This shows lack of appreciation for the support that Western countries had given China as well as their direct imitation of foreign models, ideologies, advertisement commands, and financial management tips. The move violates international trade agreements among