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Confucius was a respected Chinese philosopher and an influential politician who lived from around 100 BC (Jeffrey, 2006). The Chinese government as well as the neighboring countries fully accepted his ideas in that period (Jeffrey, 2006). His teachings and philosophies gave rise to the name Confucianism and they taught morality and good governance (Jeffrey, 2006). The LI concept in Confucianism encompasses the aspect of human interactions, nature, and material objects (Jeffrey, 2006). According to his philosophy, a person is complete when they acquire proper training on social behavior and norms taught by the elderly in society. The LI philosophy advocates for filial submission, righteousness, good faith, and loyalty (Waxman, 2012). The Chinese people uphold this philosophy up to this day. The Chinese people have over the years grown in loyalty to their leaders and respect for the elders in the society. The main principle of the LI philosophy is that the body learns through choreographed physical movements (Jeffrey, 2006). Nonetheless, he respected other options like scholarly training where the mind learns through literature. Confucius insisted on a protocol where people know and respect each other according to their social positions. This means one should know his or her superiors and juniors (Jeffrey, 2006). The Chinese Rites according to Confucius are important to set up effective governance (Jeffrey, 2006). The Ren principle on the other hand is about perfection. Confucius described it as seeing nothing improper, hearing nothing improper, saying nothing improper, and doing nothing improper (Waxman, 2012). He had a belief that humanity was good contrary to the believers and followers of other philosophies (Waxman, 2012). He argues that Ren is close to humanity and that anyone who seeks after it finds it (Waxman, 2012). This philosophy suggests that human interactions and love for humanity are the essences of humanness (Jeffrey, 2006). Confucius described humanness as simply loving people and wisdom he described it as knowing people (Waxman, 2012). Li is an action that society regards as proper behavior while YI is the true and undoubtedly proper behavior. The Ren philosophy is mostly concerned with how two people relate to each other (Jeffrey, 2006). This means that it is more of an out and not an in expression. The Xiao principle in Confucianism is an act of showing respect and being obedient. Obedience, loyalty, and care towards parents show high levels of moral conduct (Jeffrey, 2006). This philosophy suggests that a person should put the interest of his or her parents and older family members first (Jeffrey, 2006). This principle known as filial piety is a virtue of showing respect for one’s parents (Jeffrey, 2006). Taking good care of one’s parents goes far beyond being obedient to them and performing one’s duty to make them happy. It goes beyond the family to the outsiders. A person must show love and respect for other people in order to give the fa
Interesting Facts Learned About the Coca-Cola Company The analysis of the Coca-Cola Company identified a number of interesting factors about this firm. One of the appealing things learned about this organization is the culture that it has embraced as a way of promoting creativity and innovativeness. The company has been keen on enabling its workers to explore new ways of addressing their tasks based on emerging trends in the market. It was also fascinating to learn how this company is dealing with competition in the market. Through its innovative strategies, it has managed to remain the dominant player in the beverage industry. Its brand is currently the strongest in the market, ahead of its archrival PepsiCo Inc (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2017). It is an indication that the firm is using the right strategies to achieve the desired level of success. It is able to monitor market trends and act accordingly in response to changing tastes and preferences of its customers. The Most Difficult Component of the Project The project was interesting, but it is important to note that a few challenges were encountered. One of the difficult components of this project was the inability to understand the current strategies of the Coca-Cola Company in the market. As Sindi and Roe (2017) observe, in most cases, firms hide their current marketing tactics to achieve a competitive advantage over their rivals. They do not want their competitors to understand approaches that enable them to be successful. That explains why it was challenging to access such information. To address this difficulty, the researcher had to monitor patterns and trends taken by this firm at various times to achieve different goals. Morden (2017) explains that it is possible to determine the current strategies of a company by analyzing its past trends and monitoring its current actions. However, it is a time-consuming process. It is necessary to explain why the identified factors were considered problematic when implementing the sustainable initiative. Hill, Jones, and Schilling (2017) explain that it may require a highly skilled analyst to investigate and understand the current strategies of a company. This is so because it will force the firm to map each of the past tactics and the problems they were solving. The pattern will explain how the firm approaches different problems that it faces in the market. The information will then be utilized to identify current challenges and specific actions of the company to determine the new strategies that it is using in the market. How the Challenge Was Addressed It was important to find a way of addressing this problem to ensure that the right information needed about this firm was collected, analyzed, and interpreted as would be necessary. The first step that the researcher took to address this problem was to analyze the past trends that this firm has taken to address similar challenges. Understanding how it uses creativity, innovation, and emerging technologies makes it easy to predict the current approaches used
In the contemporary society, ontology and epistemology is a popular topic that exhibits a polarized debate in the philosophy of science that offers no compromising solution. Several authors who seek to unravel its mysteries have undertaken various discussions on the topic. Different writers assume various assumptions and adopt a unique discussion on the issue. Also, the ideas may fail the test of incorporation of material facts on the issue or give a narrow picture. The arguments advanced by these writers in their articles call for review and critique to ascertain their weight in the issue. Critique is a way of vividly analyzing the contents of a written material and posting your views that are not necessarily going to be considered by the writer on the same (Trevino, 2008). This writing aims to analyze an article on this issue and advance various recommendations and feelings towards the writing. Critique of the title and analysis of the abstract The title of the article (Anonymous, 2009) is relevant to the writing. The writer has properly chosen the phrases used to depict the vivid insights of the research. Holistic, a term used by the writer, is appropriate as the nature of the writing tends to elaborate the idea of describing the concepts of knowledge as a whole and the differentiation of parts that are relatively addressed in the article. However, the usage of the term holistic together with epistemology opens room for a wide array of interpretations. Relatively, epistemology is dealing with a given area or scope which can be interpreted to mean a small group coverage. On the other hand, the term holistic is meant to address issues in a wider manner while looking vividly into other aspects that are part of the whole thing individually. The writer, to some extent, has captured the true picture of the article in his abstract. The summary fails to elucidate what exactly the article is all about; it fails to capture the systematic discussions and relevant conclusions of the article (Meier, 1992). The writer largely failed to provide the reader with a clear glimpse of the writing. Also, the writer failed to be brief and to the point in explaining the exact summary of the writing. The writer’s abstract failed in the representative nature of a serious journal. The skeleton provided needs some flesh about the holistic nature of the study and how various issues have been addressed single-handedly in the paper. Critique of the introduction The writer’s introduction has captured the main objective of the article. According to the writer, the article is unique from the past various scientific researches. The writer managed to post a challenging question in his introduction. This is good in bringing his views home while addressing the issues of holistic ontology. The question is related to the nat
Introduction The assessment of effectiveness of students’ academic performance is significant for further improvements and measures that may be taken to change the situation at school or any other educational institution. In this respect, it is necessary to evaluate the current situation and conduct research to evaluate the situation after implementing changes. The evaluation should concern the methods of teaching as claimed by students (measure if students are satisfied with teaching methods and practical implementation of curriculum using a rubric); instances of technology use in classes, student and faculty attitudes, or changes in teaching practices should be measured as well. Analysis of changes in the situation can show how effective the changes can be and what areas of academic activity should receive more attention even after implementation of changes into academic curriculum. Purpose Statement The purpose of the research consists in the evaluation of situation at an educational institution after the introduction of changes. The research is sure to demonstrate the most vulnerable areas of academic curriculum and technological advancement. The results of the research will become the evidence for implementation of further practices into academic curriculum and professional development sessions. The purpose of the current research consists in assessment of effectiveness of changes and cons
Executive summary The use of modern technology is increasing in all sectors of the economy. The technologies are in business organizations, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and the learning institutions to perform different operations. In a learning institution, the technologies can be used for communication purposes, storage of information in form of databases, retrieval of information from some online source, o performing other operations like accounting. There is thus a necessity that the institutions of higher learning adopt the modern technology not only in their operations but also in their curriculum. They need to produce students that are conversant with the applications of these modern technologies that are essential in other fields like engineering, business, medicine, statistics, and other social sciences. The institutions need to be updated on the latest technological applications that meet the demands in the society. They should then upgrade the system to match these new standards. The institution needs to have a technology plan that defines how the technology will be used to realize the objectives of the organization. Introduction W.T White High School is a public school located in Dallas City that is open to students from all races. The institution attracts a large population of students from the locality. The large population becomes a burden to the teachers who have to handle the students owing to the poor technology that is in place at the institution. The institution still uses the manual system for registering students. This then requires that the teachers mark the registers daily to check the students’ attendance. This process is prone to mistakes by the teachers due to the large numbers. There are also naughty students who will record absent students as being present. As such, the teachers are not able to monitor the exact performance of the students and the causes of failures that may be recorded. The school boasts of excelling in sporting activities with a number of former students being reported to earn a living through sports. It has various outstanding records in sports within the Dallas Independent School District that has numerous other schools. Other than producing sport-oriented products, the school intends to adopt modern technology in its operations and in classrooms in order to produce students that are more knowledgeable. The effects that the modern technology has on how we work and communicate on daily basis have called for a need to learn and adopt these technologies (Garrison & Anderson, 2003, p.1). The adoption of the new technology in learning and in the operations of the school will have positive impacts on the performance of the school. The teachers will be able to manage the records of the large number of students that they manage. The teachers will then be able to assess every stud
Leisure is an essential component of a healthy person’s life. Comprising of two critical components, which are the recreational and social aspects, leisure suggests replenishing one’s emotional and psychological well-being through rest and communication respectively (Hash, Jurkowski, & Krout, 2015). Due to a more narrow range of resources, providing leisure of both types to rural adults may seem limited, yet, on closer inspection, the task can be accomplished by offering a larger range of physical activities such as cycling and establishing social connections in the process. The use of activities such as cycling to increase the quality of older adults’ leisure will entail rapid and quite noticeable changes. The introduction of the specified change in their daily routine will provide older adults with an easy yet effective exercise, encouraging them to participate in regular physical activities. Furthermore, the proposed exercise should be combined with enhanced communication, which can occur between the participants of the cycling activity, as well as within the community, in general (Cleland et al. 3). The described change is believed to lead to a greater level of engagement in socio-cultural life of the community among older adults, as well as a rise in their physical fitness levels (Rasmussen et al., 2016). Thus, tighter control over physical and mental health issues in the specified demographic will be established. By inviting rural older adult patients to participate in physical activities such as cycling and form social connections based on their newly developed hobbies, one can improve the quality of both recreational and social leisure that the target demographic enjoys. The importance of leisure as an integral part of older adults’ life is not to be underestimated, which is why the types of leisure activities have to be diverse and involve active communication. The proposed solutions, in turn, will encourage both different types of physical activity and active communication between participants.
Introduction Environmental management, as one would infer from the title only, is not the mere management of the environment that surrounds us. There is more to this term than just this. It is the management of the interaction that human beings do with the environment and the impact that they put upon the environment through their actions. Mostly, the impact that an individual may grace upon an environment is negligible and cannot be accounted for in a large chunk. Therefore, businesses, which have a social responsibility towards the environment, are held accountable for taking care of the environment and practicing environmental management. Businesses primary motive is to earn profits and to maximize their returns and therefore they are working towards this interest only. Amidst achieving this aim, it is essential for businesses to practice environmental management so that there is a check and balance as to how they achieve their aims. (VanRoom, 2004) If it had not been for environmental management, businesses would have been earning great profits on the cost of harming the environment we live in. The article that has been chosen has been written by Mario G. Cora in the year 2007 and it emphasizes on the fact that businesses should not be overwhelmed by the term environmental management and vision it as a burden because it has been seen that it is one of the best tools to create value for the business itself. Value creation for the business helps in developing the brand equity and establishing a reputable name for the company and its product. Thus, environmental management, done through various ways and seen through many perspectives can surely help the business go a long way. Summary of the Article The article starts with differentiating between the regular thinking of environmental management as an expense as opposed to the author’s notion of it being an investment. Author calls it an expense in the short term but value creation in the long term. Environmental management has been called no less than financial management because it involves deciding upon whether investment risk should be taken for specific capital given a certain time horizon. The author quotes many other sources and conveys various ways in which environmental management can be practiced in beneficial ways for the organization. Partnering with community organizations, using ERP system for a complete and integrated picture on environmental issues and investing in redevelopment projects are some of them. Environmental costs have been considered as necessary that is “one that is helpful and appropriate”. These costs have been called investments because first, they can be capitalized over time and increase the “assets” column of balance sheet and second, they tend to improve the quantity as well as quality of goods and services that a compa
St Augustine has been viewed as one of the most notable political philosophers of his time. He was from a troubled background and his works on confessions closely and candidly brings out the thoughts of a troubled individual. It is therefore not surprising that his philosophical thought is complex, paradoxical, contradictory and very incisive. Augustine strongly believed in the theory of individualism because he argues that human beings are descendants of Adam and Eve, although it does not place a burden on people. Individuals are determinants of their own destinies. Augustine further argues that all men are created in God’s image, the image of goodness (Condon 79). It naturally follows that God controls human behavior so that human beings only perform that which is good. In this sense, God’s presence in an individual’s life is compared to light. A man is inspired by God’s command to act in an orderly manner and avoid evil. Augustine views women as impure and easily corrupted by the earthly. He views women as being members of the city of damned and being responsible for taking man away from God. Man must always strive to keep away from sin by doing God’s purpose. He therefore looks at Eve and women in general as being descendants of the damned city since they sin not based on necessity but on their own selfish happiness. He views any individual who engages in sin (sex) purely for pleasure as belonging to the city of the damned. Those who pursue earthly happiness characterize this city. Under this category, we have the circumcellions, the donatists and the heretics. Such individuals have no God’s light. On the other hand, there are those who may have sinned purely as an obligation. Such individuals are descendants of Adam. Adam had to obey Eve if he had to fulfill God’s purpose of regeneration (MacCulloch 37). The sinning by Eve was not all negative for it is through sinning that Eve came to know much beyond goodness (light). Eve and man were able to know between evil and goodness, suffering and joy, and toiling and happiness. Augustine argues that the early stoics or the early Christians could be divided into two. Some were much concerned about earthly possessions while others pursued Godly. The state should only protect individuals who pursue good (light), those who worship according to the prescribed form. This category of individuals is righteous because they have God’s light. Such are people who pay taxes, respect authorities, tolerate the views of others and lead a virtuous life. God’s presence in an individual enables him/her to achieve goals that are consistent with the provisions of the church. Such individuals know the truth meaning that they can differentiate between evil and good. They always tell the truth and live according to societal principles. God’s light or presence inspires an individual to know the truth while the truth in turn enables an individual to act or behave according to God’s will. Augustine’s conceptualization of justice rests on the Roman maxim. He believes that those who worship other gods must be punished by the state. This punishment must rest on reciprocal justice that is, a knife for a knife and a tooth fo
The Keynesian Revolution is one of the most controversial phenomena in the economic theory and practice as well as in the social and political theory because many researchers, economists, and politicians cannot agree on the development of the revolution and on its role for the progress of the economic theory in the twentieth century. Many researchers are inclined to agree that John Maynard Keynes’s work The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money published in 1936 provoked the real revolution in understanding the economic theory and had the obvious significant effects on the development of the world economies when the other researchers state that the role of the Keynesian Revolution is exaggerated and, in many cases, fabricated (Colander 1991; Tily 2007). That is why, it is necessary to analyse the aspects and effects of the Keynesian Revolution critically in order to determine its role for the progress of the modern economic theory and practice. In his work, Keynes proposed the alternative for understanding the ideas of the classical and neo-classical economic theories and emphasised the role of the demand factor instead of the supply factor for the progress of the unemployment trends (Keynes 2006). In spite of the fact that there is the extensive critique of Keynes’s theory and approach in the works which followed the publication of Keynes’s book and in the modern economists’ investigations, the Keynesian Revolution played an important role in the progress of the economic thought because Keynes’s ideas provoked re-thinking the neo-classical economic theory and practice, led to the academic debates, and influenced the practical changes in the governments’ approaches to regulating economic questions. To understand the role of the Keynesian Revolution for the progress of the economic and political thought and practice, it is necessary to concentrate on the provocative ideas proposed by Keynes, which influenced significant changes in the visions of the economic principles and standards. In his work The General Theory, Keynes provided two alternative ideas which affected the whole vision of the economic theory. Keynes claims that classical or neo-classical approaches are not effective enough to state the economic equilibrium in relation to the factors of supply and demand. As a result, the lack of de