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Marketing is normally directed to consumers who are willing to buy and who are also willing to consume the products being marketed. However, some products and/or services need to be pushed during marketing in order to achieve positive results. Examples of such products include products and services associated with funerals, diabetic equipment etc (Ibsen, 2008, p. 1). This paper discusses the issues that companies selling such products face and suggests some solutions to the issues. Marketing products like coffins and diabetic equipment, and services like funeral services may prove to be a very challenging task. While the companies that provide such services need to keep their sales high, it is, kind of, unethical to go their way marketing their products and therefore such marketing campaigns may bear no fruits. It is thus of essence that such companies adopt strategic marketing approaches suited for their industry (Johnson, 2009, p. 1). One approach that can be used to increase casket sales is the displaying of ready-made caskets so that people can know where to find them when need arises. Companies can also design various tastes for such kinds of products to ensure that a needy customer will get the kind of good he/she wants. This is because a large number of people leave descriptions of the kind of coffins they should be buried in. Another approach that can be used is the introduction of a marketing strategy based on genuine care by the company about the misfortunes of the customers (Nam, 2004, p. 1). For instance, an advertisement for diabetes equipment may be designed to give the patient instructions on how to keep their blood sugar levels down. This kind of concern may make customers to be interested in the products that the companies have to offer. On the other hand, coffins may be manufactured in such a way that they put in to consideration the prevailing social parameters. An example of such parameters is fashion which may extend even to the casket industry. Another social factor is culture. Some communities bury their beloved ones in caskets that display a certain message about the lives that the diseased lived (Nam, 2004, p. 1). These coffins are thus symbolic and therefore a consideration of the cultural factor in making coffins for such communities will definitely make the marketing of coffins less challenging. An inclusion of certain specialized messages may also help to attract customers to certai
Individual difference is unique in the life of every person and the behavior of every person is different. It is from one’s childhood one has to study good manners and for that, the adults should take necessary actions. The childhood one is more mischievous. Through behavioral management, one can make a child the possessor of good behavior. “The ultimate goal of discipline/behavior management is to teach children self-discipline and an understanding of the consequences of their behavior.” ( Behaviour management policy 2001, p.1). When one learns good qualities like obedience and self-dependent, he can understand himself and others too. One of the most painful incidents in a child’s life is when he/she is bullied by someone. Bullying is considered as part5 of a mental disorder or behavioral problem. Bullying is a usual thing which one can see among the school children. The typical behaviors which I saw in the child who got bullied are:  1. The victim of this bullying is physically weak and a soft-natured one.  2. As he is physically weak he lacks the confidence that he is not able to do the things which the others do.  3. The reason why he is bullied is that the other one is so stronger than him and he failed to prevent the other one.  4. Recently this child is facing a mentally disturbed problem as his mother and father had got divorced. So he believes that he is alone. The behaviors which I found in the other child who is dealing with a new baby in the family are:  1. He always seems to be gloomy in class.  2. He thinks that his mother does not love him and he is alone in this world.  3. He lacks concentration in the class and he shows disinterest in his lessons.  4. He always shows angry towards his parents and others. He dislikes everyone around him.  5. He is not obeying anyone in the family or anyone in the school. The management plans that can solve this problem:  1. Giving support and counseling to the one who seems to be physically weak and by giving necessary counseling to the bully too.  2. By Warning the child early can solve the problem.  3. Assure the child that if they were facing any problem they can ask help from the parents or teachers and make sure that everyone around them was caring loving them.  4. Through a good family background these attitudes of children can make a better one.  5. The family and teachers should make sure that they love everyone equally.  6. The parents should educate their children that how to behave with others and how to handle adverse situations. “Help the child to realize the consequences of his or her actions.” ( Behaviour management policy 2001, p.2). If the child does a mischievous act, instead of punishing him/her, ask about the situation which made him/her do so.  7. The children should be educated on what is good and what is bad and
Abstract This paper primarily deals with examining the Alvis Corporation case study in order to evaluate the methods utilized by the manager in order to achieve a certain level of employee consensus involving vacation time and the quality of the products that were being made by the company. Summary The article primarily dealt with the inherent issues when it comes to the concept of change in an organization within the context of participative management. There were two issues that were brought up within the case that the manager wanted to be resolved. The first was the quality issues that were plaguing the company wherein despite the addition of new machines to make the jobs of workers easier, the end result was actually a decline in the quality of what was produced. The second issue was related to the vacation schedules of the workers and the desire of the manager to create a greater level of inclusion wherein workers would be able to decide the summer vacation schedules for themselves. While the case of the Alvis Corporation showed the desire for the manager to shift towards the participative management model in order to incite positive change within the company, the end result was that workers were unable to manifest the desired changes that the manager was after (i.e. resolving the issues involving production standards as well as vacation schedules). The end result revealed the quality issue was primarily connected to the low base pay rate of the workers and the vacation issue remained unresolved due to group dissent. Key Learning Points The first learning point from the article is the fact that participative management does not simply entail having workers be part of the decision making process within the company, rather, it also involves a considerable degree of active participation on the part of managers in order to properly guide employees when it comes to decision making. As it was seen in the latter half of the article, the decision of the manager to simply leave the employees alone resulted in nothing really being accomplished when it came to the vacation schedule. Based on the work of Wei-Ping & Yuan-Due (2001), it was noted that participative management involves setting proper guidelines, rules for decision, creating expected outcomes and outlining why particular practices need to be implemented. Merely leaving workers to come up with their own decisions without setting the proper instructions and context behind these decisions is a recipe for disaster as evidenced by the end result of the article. The second learning point is the fact that managers should not expect employees to come to a decision which would result in more work for them. This manifested itself in the article in the form of quality issues as well as the fact that t
The government can have overwhelming authority over its citizenry. However, the United States constitution has put checks and balances in place in order to ensure that in maintaining law and order, the police officers respect the rights of the populace. In other words, the constitution has set ethical boundaries that government officers are to respect when handling citizens. Two prominent inclusions in the constitution include the first and fourth amendments. Despite their inclusions, ethical issues regarding the two keep coming up as law and the society’s sense of ethics keeps colliding. Ethical issues arising from the fourth amendment Ethics relate to what a person should or should not do, regardless of whether such an act permissible under the law (Kraut, 2010). The fourth amendment on the other hand requires police officers suspecting a person of wrongdoing to obtain a warrant before searching and seizing the suspected person’s property (Slobogin, n.d.). Specifically, the reasonableness clause in the amendment states that “the right of the people to be secure in their houses, persons, papers and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated” (Dale and Lewis, 2009, p. 46). As has been interpreted by Slobogin (n.d.), the drafters of the fourth amendment assumed that magistrates would not approve of unjustified intrusions into people’s homes or property. As such, the amendment requires a police officer seeking a search or seizure warrant from a magistrate to give proof that there is a ‘probable cause’. More so, the police officer seeking the warrant must indicate to the magistrate that he or she has sufficient facts to believe that the targeted person committed a crime (in case of an arrest warrant) or that the place to be searched could have evidence on contraband or crime (Hall, 2005). In the internet age, government’s snooping of web traffic ostensibly to trace criminal activity has continuously raised much hue and cry among ethics crusaders. In its defense, Dale and Lewis (2009) notes that the government argues that without using intrusive technology, police officers and other law keeping organs in the government would stand little or no chance in detecting and convicting terrorists and other criminals using the web as their medium of communication. The outrage that met government proposal however took a passive nature after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack in the U.S. thus giving way to the passage of the “USA patriotic Act and Homeland Security Act” (Dale and Lewis, 2009, p. 46). While the outrage may have toned down after the destruction brought about the terrorist acts, ethical issues still persist to this day. For example, the use of the web-snooping computer tools by the FBI police could very well be used to violate people’s privacy. More so, it can be used to violate the freedom of speech treasured by American citizens, and even worse, the government can use it
The last few centuries have seen the coffee industry grow to become one of the most lucrative economic sectors in the world. Supported by rising demand for the product in many global markets, coffee is emerging as one of the most popular drinks in the world that are enjoyed by millions of people spanning across different cultures. At a microanalytical level, each country has its unique social political, and economic dynamics that affect the industry. Such is the case in the UAE because coffee is increasingly being perceived as a popular brand, mostly in highly metropolitan areas, such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai (Al Hilal Group, 2016). This paper explores the demand and supply of coffee in the UAE market by investigating unique forces affecting the local industry, including (but not limited to) a rising demand for the product, the pricing trend, and the role of culture and technology in the market. Thus, key sections of this research paper will explain the pricing trends of coffee in the market, how UAE residents are coping with an increased demand for the product, and the effects that external market forces will have on the industry. However, before delving into the details of this analysis, it is essential to understand the current demand and supply trend of coffee in the UAE. What is the Current Demand, Supply Trend, and Situation of Coffee in the UAE? According to the Al Hilal Group (2016), the UAE coffee market is set to grow by approximately 30% in the next five years buoyed by the increased dominance of the UAE as a key supply point in the Middle East coffee market and a growing appreciation for the café culture in the country. Similarly, according to the findings of the Al Hilal Group (2016), the UAE is emerging not only as a consumer market but also as a re-export hub in the Gulf region (its re-export business is defined by the export of coffee beans and refined coffee products). Reports show that the demand for coffee in the country is set to increase amid the growing popularity of the product among many UAE residents. Relative to this assertion, the Al Hilal Group (2016) reports that 82% of the UAE population drink coffee every day. Loosely translated, this figure amounts to about 3.5 billion coffee cups consumed every day (Bhasin, 2018). Similarly, more than 4,000 tea and coffee houses operate in the UAE as a response to this growing “coffee culture.” According to Zaki (2018), the UAE coffee market is highly organized, and companies that subscribe to this structure of organization (including the leading coffee brands – Caffe Nero, Cafe Bateel, Caribou Coffee, Costa Coffee, Dunkin Donuts, Gloria Jean’s Coffee, Krispy Kreme, and Blends and Brews, Starbucks, and Tim Hortons) control about 82% of the market (Research and Markets, 2018). Over the years, there has been a shift from a traditional coffee market to a modern one, where customers have shown an increased preference for cafés that have good ambiance and customized services. The demand for coffee in the UAE today has also been characterized by an increased preference for certain brands of coffee such as single-origin and Arabica coffee
The last couple of decades has brought dramatic changes to all the industries and career fields due to the rapid development of the computer technologies. The field of nursing has not become an exception; it has seen dramatic changes enforced by the integration of informatics in the workplace. Today, nursing practitioners are expected to learn constantly to be able to embrace the latest innovations and provide medical care in a highly technological setting (Daniel & Oyetunde, 2013). In many cases, the process of integration of the information technologies can be complicated by multiple factors such as the lack of funding, lack of time required for the adjustments of the workplace, costs for the staff training, and the individual attitudes of the employees to the innovations. Speaking about my personal impression of the nursing information, I am going to be honest and admit that I consider myself a person who is not computer savvy. That is why, I have always found it challenging to learn how to operate digital devices, adopt new technological wonders, and grasp the new software. Since I am a nursing supervisor, my professional responsibilities involve a multitude of staff management practices along with numerous reports and policies. In other words, I could subdivide the scope of my duties as human resource management (communication with the staff, feedback provision, consultations, workload allocation, response to various professional situations) and organizational tasks (reports to my superiors, budget and expenditures monitoring, patient confidentiality matters). Most of these duties involve using a computer for the documentation or communication. In the past, I have noticed that using nursing informatics speeded up my work process and minimized the errors; also it ensured a better organization of documentation and an easier and faster communication opportunities. Attending this class and learning more about the nursing informatics has made its importance even more obvious. Even though I still struggle to master all the innovations, their use and impact have become much clearer to me. In addition to my reading, I challenged myself to do a research and find information about evidence-based practices involving the use of informatics in nursing. As I work with the nursing staff daily and need to organize their schedules and workloads, I found that many of the practices relying on the use of informatics are able to ensure a higher efficiency of operations. For instance, in the study by Cicolini et al. (2013), the researchers find that regular communication between nurses and the patients with hypertension within an email-based program helps the former to affect the patients’ lifestyles and diets and thus minimizing the risk of the hypertensive crisis. Moreover, LeBlanc (2012) describes the informatics-based education practice ensuring better medication safety for in-home administration in geriatrics. Finally, Ramundo (2012) offers using informatics for the operation optimization (namely, with the management of patient flow and bed occupation). All of these evidence-based practices demonstrate that a nursing ma
Introduction: Bertrand Russell as a Devoted Rationalist Bertrand Russell was a famous British philosopher, historian, writer, social critic, and activist, who fought for the idea of agnosticism and became a father of analytic philosophy. The philosopher was a member of a noble family, which professed liberal views. Russell’s godfather was an influential British political economist John Mill and his grandfather, John Russell, used to serve as a Prime Minister of Britain. Thus, Bertrand Russell often claims that his qualities of individualism were inherited from his kin, which was not afraid of open disputes. This work refers to one of the strongest rationalism contradictions, which was initiated by Bertrand Russell. Specifically, the paper dwells on the origins Russell’s agnosticism as well as the major arguments that were provided by the philosopher in support of his theory. Through the study, one can trace the relations between science and theology that were formed in the first half of the 20th century. The Conflict between Science and Religion Russell’s Theory of God Existence In his political writings, Bertrand Russell often refers to religious beliefs as to mere superstitions. Moreover, the philosopher claims that church dogmas were the main stimulators of all wars and oppositions. Due to Russell, religion was the issue, which shaded the common sense of multiple nations. Therefore, one may conclude that his opposition stemmed from his political ideals and rationalist opinions. As a philosopher, Bertrand Russell was an initiator of separating philosophy from religion. Despite many philosophical and moralistic works were based on theological views, Russell considered it unacceptable to compare the science, which aimed at finding the logical explanations of world processes with dubious prejudices of church (Carlisle, 2013). A firm belief in scientific knowledge was another reason for Russell’s antagonistic approach to religion. In this respect, the philosopher is often compared to Nietzsche, who proclaimed a death of God as a starting point of scholarly progress. Thus, Bertrand Russell considered that every event or activity could be explained by the means of scientific theories. A consistent explanation of the dispute may be found in Russell’s book on religion and science. In this work, the philosopher states that science represents the aspect of social life, which possesses an eternal history and a number of supporting implications. In contrast to it, theology, due to Russell, evolved from separate beliefs of Greeks and Arabs, which did not provide any facts or evidence that could have proven the real existence of a godly entity (Russell, 1997). Despite the philosopher aimed at disrupting the connection between religion and the objective reality of knowledge and facts, Russell never denied the idea of theology as a social issue. On the opposite, he provided a complex description of constituent parts of the notion, which are a creed, Church, and a code of morality. The author believed that the existence of personal ethics that stemmed from religion could survive in a global society unless it interfered with sc
The analysis of the modern automobile industry using Porters Five forces model helps to reveal central factors impacting its evolution. Concerning the threat of new entrants, the three most important aspects are political forces within countries affecting the markets development and introducing new regulations, taxation policies, and congestion safety (Potter 2017). These aspects shape the further evolution of the industry and its perspectives. Regarding Porters model, the high intensity of the given force can be admitted. In such a way, it is critical to consider these elements for central actors to act in accordance with existing regulations. As for the threat of substitutes, there are three aspects that underpin this force. These are pollution and sustainable policies, the appearance of so-called intelligent vehicles, and the development of public transportation systems (Potter 2017). The given three factors shape investors decision-making and result in the appearance of particular tendencies shaping the development of the automobile industry (Potter 2017). The level of this forces intensity can be characterized as high because it directly affects the functioning of corporations and triggers the appearance of their responses. It also means that vehicles should meet new requirements not to become substituted. Bargaining power of customers is mainly impacted by three other forces. These are a significant growth of global vehicle demand (from 77.7 million in 2010 to 107 million in 2020), important fluctuations in demand levels in different countries, and the emergence of marketing strategies aimed at the lifetime customer relationships (Potter 2017). Moreover, in accordance with forecasts, the further increase in customers buying capacity can be expected (Potter 2017). For this reason, the intensity of this force is high. It should be considered when creating a particular product and offering it to customers globally to ensure high and stable revenues. The fourth force is the bargaining power of suppliers. First, it is impacted by the prevalent nature of relations between manufacturers, suppliers, and governments (Potter 2017). Second, the debatable character of the cost of labour also shapes the given force (Potter 2017). Finally, the increase of the global industry employment also impacts the bargaining power of suppliers as it provides new opportunities for manufacturing specific components (Potter 2017). The given force has a medium level of intensity. It means that the current situation in the sphere is beneficial for furt