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Abstract Among other educational alternatives that are drawing thorough consideration, there is an option of meeting the reach to the requirements of students with disabilities in the average schoolroom. This proposal is written to the school principal or superintendent who is contacting the people who work in the daily classroom surroundings with students who have disabilities. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) demands that a continuity of installation options have to be accessible in order to reach to the requirements of students with disabilities. The law also requires that “to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled, and that special classes, separate schooling, or another removal of children with disabilities from the regular environment occurs when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be attained satisfactorily only” (Lee, Yeung, Tracey, & Barker, 2015, p. 82). The authorities of the educational institutes, school principals and other superiors of an academic organization devote the inestimable amount of time establishing the groundwork of comprehensive programs and effective practices for students with disabilities. Cautious attention develops into arranging co-taught seminars, organizing equitable classroom schedules, educating co-teaching colleagues, advancing collaborative relations, and administering applicable and reasnable assistance for students with disabilities (Kagan, 1994). While the inclusion of students with disabilities in everyday school rooms has received expanding support, the position of the educators differs. While preceding examinations examining teacher attitudes towards support inclusion and effective practices for students with disabilities have aimed its attention to basic and subsidiary, there is a deficiency of information about early educational institutions for children. Therefore, my proposal suggests educating teachers of the preschool and providing the children with disabilities with the opportunities of support for inclusion from the educators with guidance in appropriate education and without any regard to their professional roles. There are several techniques that will help to implement support inclusion and effective practices for students with disabilities, including “collaborating with special education teachers, related service providers, an
Introduction To stay competitive countries today are establishing different strategies to increase employee productivity and encourage results (Chandler 2001). Best Buy is no different from other American companies, to deal with the issue of overworking staff; it established results- only work environment that allows employees to control their own schedules (Cullen 2003). Discuss culture at Best buy Best buy after the new program was introduced; the employees control their own work, schedules. Nobody is forced at the company to join the team sign up for the ROWE program everyone joins willingly. The company eliminated the time clocks and the two-hour meeting and now has the employees come to work at their timing. The workers communicate via pagers and email. The company staffs operate on trust where the company believes that the workers will deliver. The culture of the company involves giving the employees freedom to work anywhere as long as the work is delivered. Discuss approach to organization change that the ROWE program illustrate The ROWE program starts with training sessions for the employees at Best Buy, where the employees undergo training. The first step is to ensure that the attitudes of all employees are dug out. Overworking in the organization was common and employees would even make fun of the idea. The program seeks to erase the cultural barriers amongst the staff members and encourage the employees to adopt the changes fast. The sessions also see the employees through the principles of the ROWE program, which include less supervision, fewer meetings and no time clocks. The employees have got to establish their work systems in line with the organizational structure. ROWE illustrates a total change in the way Best Buy employees approach work related issues. Discuss the resistance both organizational and individual that the ROWE program had to overcome? When a company introduces new policies and programs into the country, there is always the likelihood to face resistance (Alvesson 2002). Resistance comes from many sides, internally and externally, from managers and workers. People at first feel like the change interrupts the normal day activity and it could be hard to adopt the new policies (Alvesson 2002). When the ROWE program was introduced in Best Buy, resistance was evident amongst individuals and the managers. Managers pulled a form of resistance because they did not want to take responsibility for the employee’s level of stress. The employees would show the stress they had and they would place it on management level. Employees at Best Buy were being overworked and were under immense pressure to perform. The program was introduced to help employee deal with some of those issues. Best buy legal department also showed signs of resistance towards the ROWE program. The legal department was against this policy because t
Background Milaha is currently employing an application named HRWorks in its Human Resources department. An external company called DLI develops the program, and the license does not include future updates to the installation. A year has passed since the last update, and the company has determined that an upgrade to a new patch is required. The action is expected to fix bugs, improve performance, and eliminate any issues in the system. The existing database will not be affected and will be compatible with the new version. The upgrade should cost approximately $5000, but there are additional prerequisites that are necessary for the installation. A new server will be required to host the HRWorks suite, along with the associated costs. The old server is currently using Microsoft Windows 2008, which is an outdated system that is nearing the end of its support cycle. The newest HRWorks version does not support the operating system, necessitating an update. The installation also requires Visual Studio 2015 or higher, and the application comes with associated costs, as well. This proposal outlines the benefits of the upgrade, the requirements for the server, and the related expenses. Key Challenges within the Existing System The server is also an old system, as it was first installed when Windows Server 2008 was the best operating system for enterprise solutions. New software tends to require significant processing power, and HRWorks lists a recommended processor, memory, and disk space in its requirements. The current version of the application is not working smoothly on the company’s server because the hardware lacks processing power. Lastly, the employees at Milaha have made some mistakes during the formation of the database. Their competence is not sufficient to enable them to resolve the issues that arise.The current system has several disadvantages associated with the young age of the HRWorks application. The Human Resources department has occasionally complained about encountering bugs that would interfere with their work. It is also possible that the system has security issues that endanger the personal information of the employees by enabling a data breach. Privacy is an essential concern for departments and programs that work with sensitive data, and worries that it is insufficient should be addressed promptly. Key Requirements for the New System The upgrade should help the Human Resources department improve its productivity through the use of a more efficient suite than before. The improvements and the elimination of the errors should make their work easier and faster. Furthermore, the upgrades that are necessary for the installation of the new version will have advantages, as well. The new system will be more convenient for use and have better security than the old one. The latest Visual Studio suite will also enhance the productivity of the employees.The new version of the Human Resources database management software will be an updated version of the old one. As such, it will generally have the same functionality but perform better in many aspects. DLI claims that it has fixed some of the
The time value of money (TVM) is closely related to the issue of the value of flexibility (VoF) of the decentralized engineering systems design (Cardin & Hu, 2016). The choice of the best approach to capacity deployment depends greatly on the TVM and the economies of scale (EoS) (Cardin & Hu, 2016). Also, the investigation of the VoF becomes easier by means of scrutinizing the tradeoff between the TVM and the EoS (Cardin & Hu, 2016). Therefore, flexibility is determined by the compromise between the EoS and the TVM. The TVM is also employed to reach the integration of infrastructure investment valuation and risk management (Espinoza, 2014). To do so, it is necessary to differentiate between the TVM and project risk. The TVM is delineated through the risk-free rates, and it reimburses the investors for contributing their money in a safe investment that generates a certain amount within some time period. The project risk is portrayed through risk premium that is employed to assess the reparation above the risk-free rate of interest which might be required by a rational investor for accepting an extra risk instead of contributing money in government “treasury bonds” (Espinoza, 2014, p. 1056). Still, lumping the TVM with risk poses two threats: it separates project risks from their direct source and inherently presupposes that risk and time are easily exchangeable (Espinoza, 2014). Another crucial issue to take into consideration when discussing the TVM is that, together with inflation, it affects the inventory system (Jaggi, Khanna, & Nidhi, 2016). Therefore, it is necessary to recognize and analyze the influence of the TVM and inflation when establishing the most favorable inventory policy. Taking into consideration the discussed issues, it may be concluded that the TVM plays an important role in the financial system.
Introduction The earnings management is a question of great significance for accounting since it has important implications for setting standards and regulations. However, there are certain aspects to be considered, when studying the academic evidence of earnings management in the sphere of accounting and finance. In order to address these issues, one needs to define the earnings management in accounting and standards setting, to analyze the earning management incentives, and to differentiate the ways to test distribution of reported earnings and accruals. Defining Earnings Management There are a number of approaches to defining the specific criteria of the earnings management. The occurrence of earnings management is associated with the different means of judgment. Judgment is used in presenting financial reports or structuring the lists of the transactions of a certain company with the purpose of creating a misleading impression (Schipper 92). It is commonly applied either for giving the wrong impression about the company’s situation to the stakeholders or for attempting to affect the contractual or other outcomes of the company. The latter may often depend on the impression created by the numbers and figures in the financial reports. However, it is problematic to outline the precise definition of the several aspects of the description of the earnings management. First of all, judgment can occasionally be required for completing the financial report. When reporting the anticipated future economic events and estimated figures that cannot yet be precisely calculated, the specialist that completes the report is supposed to use their judgment. Therefore, it is hard to define, whether the estimated numbers were presented objectively or in the favor of the company that might want to affect the impression from the report. Thus, only the judgment concerning the objective earnings that are to be reported is included in the definition of the earnings management. Also, the judgment in financial reporting is used for restructuring the information in order to make it more clear and comprehensible for the users. And it is hard to recognize whether that restructuring can intermediately affect the impression about the financial prospects and performance of the company. Therefore, the most objective and precise criterion is the intentional misleading, in which some information is undisclosed or presented in the manner that would make it incomprehensible or harder for the users to draw their own conclusions. Otherwise, when the earnings management is used on a small scale with the only purpose of making the reports more informative and presentations more productive, there is no necessity of altering the standards of financial reporting. Earnings Management Incentives It is challenging, for the researchers, to determine the criteria of how to recognize whether the earnings management took place since it requires the analysis of the earnings before the financial report was drawn. The incentives t
Introduction Global food insecurity is a reflection of the daunting challenges that people continue to face due to the abandonment of their culture. The global food initiative through different food programs, research fronts, and tool kits on best food practices is at the forefront of promoting sustainable food values that deal with different challenges. The initiative’s main role is to promote slow food values while eliminating the dominant fast-food values. Fast-food Values Uniformity is a fast-food value that causes people to lose their individuality because of the pressure to conform. This value expects everything to be the same everywhere, resulting in a lack of uniqueness (Waters & McNamara). Speed is another fast-food value that causes people to be easily distracted. People with this value lose patience and forget that things take time. Availability is a fast-food value that spoils people because they easily abandon their culture and local ideas. Those who believe in this value think that seasons do not matter. Deception is a value characterized by things happening away from the public sphere. The value does not allow access to determine what happens. Cheapness hinders people from understanding the real cost. It embraces subsidies, credits, and discounts. More is better is a value that does not allow room for discernment. It believes that many choices are always the best. Slow-food Values Respect is a slow-fast food value that embraces customs. The value is powerful in the world of food. Integrity is critical in food sustainability. It is a slow food value that promotes meaningful lives (Waters & McNamara). Friendship is another value that is connected to attaining richer lives. The value is true-life affirming. Awareness is a fundamental value in the current fast-food world. It emphasizes alertness towards connectedness to nature. Beauty is a powerful slow food value. It results in more fulfillment and enjoyment. Interconnectedness focuses on promoting expression and interactions. It is intrinsic, natural, and alien to human beings. Conclusion The slow-food values promote cultural practices and global food sustainability, unlike the fast-food values, which have a dark side. The latter values are dominating the world, embracing a fast-food culture where deception, and aggression, among other unsustainable values, are widely adopted. However, there is hope given the Global Food Initiative’s effort to ensure that slow food values replace fast food values through the use of data and food research fronts. Work Cited “EE 101: Teaching Slow Food Values in a Fast Food World – Alice Waters and Craig McNamara” YouTube , uploaded by Edible schoolyard Project, 2015, Web.
The video is a TED conference speech by Charles L. Robbins about social justice and its relevance in this century. The author seems to pose a rhetorical question to the audience about whether society needs to talk about social justice. To put the issue in perspective, he references the civil rights movement of the 1960s and juxtaposes it against the fact that the US had a black president. From that point on, he talks about social justice issues affecting minorities today. The speaker highlights the various minority groups such as people of color, immigrants, women, children, and the LGBT+. For African Americans, he addresses racism, poverty, and the consequences of a flawed criminal justice system. He also talks about gender discrimination, the wage gap, female genital mutilation, abortion, gender-based violence, and sexual assault affecting women. In addition, issues affecting LGBT+ people are raised, such as assault, discrimination, bullying, and homelessness. The speaker also addresses poverty and guns as pertinent social justice matters. Finally, to illustrate the sheer irony, the speaker talks about the wealth of the US and the implied unwillingness to address the issues. Social justice is a pertinent issue in the modern-day age. While it is true that much progress has occurred since the era of the civil rights movement, humanity cannot get complacent about the challenges affecting many today. The rise of right-wing extremists in the Trump era has demonstrated that even the most liberal countries are never too far away from fascism. Noteworthy, Black people have been through a horrific time in the US, from slavery to Jim Crow. While these issues may have passed, the consequences of the injustice linger to this day, evidenced by the wealth gap, disparities in education, healthcare, and an unjust justice system. African Americans are just one minority group, but the issues cut across all other marginalized groups.
Within the framework of relationships at the workplace, misunderstandings often arise between colleagues, and they must be resolved in order not to harm the work process. With regard to a multicultural environment, when people working in the same company have a different cultural background, the issue of possible disagreements becomes more acute. This actualizes the necessity for understanding in detail what challenges can arise in the workplace with people from different cultures. Firstly, difficulties in a workplace with people of diverse cultures might arise in case of misunderstandings within personal interaction. Various confusions might happen “when a focal person’s perception of how another person thinks of his or her relationship to the focal person differs fr
The current state of the economy is one where the inflation rate is increasing, the Gross Domestic Product is increasing and there is steady job growth – all factors pointing towards economic expansion. Overall inflation figures showed a rise due to the significant hike in food and energy prices. While the Federal Open Market Committee did not alter the federal funds rate with this monetary policy, leaving it at 5.25%, the core issue it faced was the increasing inflation rate. While inflation was expected to come down to a moderately acceptable level, there was a risk that this might not occur and this was the predominant policy concern. Due to the uncertainty about future inflation and growth, later policy adjustments would be determined by information received regarding these two factors. The increase in real GDP in the first half of 2007 was the same as that in the second half of 2006: at an annual rate of 2.25%. Though consumer spending and business fixed investment rose steadily, economic activity could not increase by the same amount due to the contraction in residential construction. Real GDP would also have increased by more had it not been for the lackluster inventory investment, a decrease in defense spending as well as a plummeting of net exports in the first quarter of 2007. However, the economy recovered from these effects in the second quarter as these figures reversed back to normal and the GDP growth rebounded. The labor market upheld its position from last year, as hiring continued steadily, while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.5%. The sectors which experienced significant job growth were the service-producing industries, specifically health, education, dining, and those providing professional and technical services. Even as real hourly compensation increased, the boost in consumer prices reduced the extent to which this increase was felt. Factors which led to consumer price inflation boosts were the rebounding energy prices (which had dipped in 20060 as well as increase in retail food prices. Core inflation did not record a change, yet the purchasing power of households was restrained and their gains in wealth limited due to rise in energy prices. As financial market conditions remain satisfactory, investors seem to be confident about the future. Equity markets recorded significant profits, interest rates (intermediat
Introduction Academic research is of high research interest because it is primarily aimed at improving the quality of education. Including when research involves early childhood students, it is critical to maximize the reliability of the results, as this is a susceptible area. The effectiveness of the final results depends on the reliability of the research methodology being conducted, and therefore, in the early school context, it is crucial to provide as unobstructed but constructive an environment as possible (Epstein, 2018). The principles above hold for English language learning for students with alternative socio-cultural backgrounds — or otherwise known as ELLs — but academic foreign language learning for young children involves issues such as cultural differentiation, pedagogical personalization, and adapting the curriculum to the needs of the classroom, among others. With the profound digitalization of society, there has been an increase in the number of technological ways that students can learn a language. Professional teachers in the classroom use such online platforms to increase optimization and student engagement (Cakrawati, 2017). However, reliable, evidence-based information about the experiences of specific applications is scarce, and therefore the systematic use of such systems may pose a threat to the quality of students’ ELL education. One such system that has gained well-deserved popularity is NetEase Youdao, which has a cumulative stream of 22 million participants (GETChina Insights, 2019). Youdao from the Chinese conglomerate NetEase presents teachers with a wide range of professional options with translation based on big data and machine learning models (Yu, 2020). Over time the system has expanded and evolved considerably, and Youdao’s online dictionary is now used in schools — including early learning — to assist English language learners with translation. The research paper is based on a profound recognition of the importance of examining the effectiveness of early childhood education methods and critically testing the reliability of the available results. The underlying purpose of this study is to examine in detail the NetEase Youdao online dictionary as a teacher’s aid to early grade ELL learners. The paper is a valuable synthesis of available academic information and is therefore relevant to the student community and qualified teachers in the relevant field. Literary Review The Need to Learn English In today’s world, there is an enduring trend toward the internationalization. In the context of different socio-cultural backgrounds, this means that communities strive for close unity and integrity. For example, one of the most apparent manifestations of this cultural integration is the desire of communities to learn English as an international language, which allows individuals even from different linguo-ethnic families to freely communicate and share relevant information (Matsuda, 2017). Because English has been recognized as an international language since the late Middle Ages, the benefits of learning it early have already become apparent to all cultures, accordi