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Doctors in some instances overlook the element of the client’s socio-cultural factors in assessing, evaluating, interpreting, and diagnosing the client’s symptoms. Many psychologists opt to use biomedical models when giving a final diagnosis of symptoms. This is because biomedical perspectives in understanding health issues have received great publicity in the recent past probably due to the practical aspect of it. However, integrating socio-cultural factors in diagnosing a client’s symptoms is very important. Socio-cultural models of psychology involve establishing socio-cultural influences that may have contributed to a given condition. According to Uskul and Sherman (2009), to develop a significant discernment of health and illnesses, we need to view the issue from both theoretical and applied perspectives. The theoretical point of view incorporates intense research to understand medicine in a better way. On the other hand, from the applied standpoint, understanding health incorporates the element of socio-cultural factors that contribute to health. Health transcends physiology and incorporates other factors like environment and culture. Furthermore, some diseases are prevalent in some cultural settings and they seem to be non-existent in others. For instance, anorexia is rife in developed western settings while it does not seem to be a problem in African settings (Uskul and Sherman, 2009). Therefore, understanding the underlying socio-cultural factors in relation to these disorders makes health provision more efficient. Including these socio-cultural factors in the empirical work fosters cognition in health issues and determining cultural deviations in health-tied experiences. The big question remains; how does understanding and incorporating socio-cultural and stress models in diagnosis relevant? How relevant is this integration in the concerted efforts to give a better diagnosis? Well, there is solid proof through research work to substantiate the argument that socio-cultural factors contribute largely to the wellbeing of an individual as discussed next. In research commissioned and funded by the Russell Sage Foundation of New York, researchers established that culture influences one’s health and wellbeing greatly (Schlesinger, 1968, p. 247). Culture functions as an insidious but systematic determinant regarding how people comprehend the world environing them. According to Gochman (1988), socio-cultural factors shape beliefs concerning the cause of sickness and the suitable forms of treatment (p. 249). Therefore, it is important to consider the client’s socio-cultural context in assessing, evaluating, and diagnosing symptoms. Cultural factors determine largely whether a patient is sensitive to the methods used to evaluate symptoms and this contributes largely to whe
Introduction The views of life and character traits one should possess to be a role model are not identical in different cultures. Eastern and Western cultures vary in terms of understanding heroism, and Rama and Odysseus illustrate some of these differences. Although the characters have some traits in common, Odysseus is an intelligent hero and “a man of masterful cunning,” whereas Rama is “an ideal man” and embodies virtuous heroism (Homer 21; Rajagopalachari 23). Main body The things that make Rama a hero and a famous character include his origin and unusual physical characteristics. As one of Dasaratha’s four sons, he is considered “half-Vishnu” since his mother has been given the largest share of sacred food after the Putrakameshti ritual (Rajagopalachari 4). Rama presents one of the key deities of Hinduism and is commonly known as the seventh material appearance of Vishnu on earth, which leaves traces on his appearance and physical abilities. As proof of his divine origin, he is blue-skinned, extremely tall, and has “strong shoulders” and unlimited physical power (Rajagopalachari 10). For instance, when competing with other men, including famous princes, Ramachandra proves that he is the only person to “lift, bend, and string the bow of Siva” and be able to marry Sita (Rajagopalachari 14). Rama’s enormous power makes him extremely dangerous for any living creature, but he always applies it to achieve good purposes. Contrary to Odysseus, Rama can be regarded as the embodiment of virtue, saintliness, and righteousness. It is because his decisions are driven by compassion, love, and the purity of the soul, which is not the case of Odysseus. Even though his power enables him to defeat enemies and reach his goals effortlessly, Rama, as a moral leader, has no sordid and malign desires, as well as flaws in terms of dharma or the proper way of living. Rama’s righteousness finds reflection in his willingness to create harmony and care for animals and people to protect them from evil powers. In the wayang cult, Rama is usually depicted as a “polite, gentle, fair, wise, and protective figure of the universe” (Widijanto et al. 556). Apart from his great deeds, specific positive features that make Rama an ideal man include being “strong, virtuous, brave and lovable and with all other princely qualities” (Rajagopalachari 4). Therefore, Rama’s character is basically a set of positive traits, and it enables him to stay sane and good in any situation. As the well-known characters in their cultures, both Rama and Odysseus possess the qualities of talented warriors and respect family values. Similarly to Rama, Odysseus belongs to the descendants of Zeus, the king of all gods, and uses a special bow as his favorite weapon (Homer 6). Concerning other similarities, both heroes demonstrate brilliant talents during wars to defeat the scariest enemies and care for their wives. To some extent, the willingness to reunite with their partners or families encourages both of them to do something remarkable and overcome difficulties. F
Executive Summary The following paper is a presentation of procurement strategies as well as procurement tools within a selected organisation in the logistics industry. The paper begins with a detailed profile of the procurement process and function in the organisation as informed by a number of documents on the company obtained through relevant databases over the Internet. The paper also includes an analysis of the research materials in an attempt to establish solutions to some of the challenges in the company’s procurement configuration. The findings of research into the company’s procurement process establish that even though the company has invested in a number of techniques to facilitate the same, several challenges still exist. These challenges include the absence of a clear outline of the procurement strategy in the organisation and a detachment of the several units and departments involved in procurement, thus causing delays and inefficiencies. In addition to the above problems, there is an apparent disconnection between customers and the production process, thus causing delays in the final product reaching the intended consumers. This paper covers several sections that allow easy interpretation of the procurement process in the selected organisation. It begins with a background of the organisation with the inclusion of the several changes in its procurement functions. The presentation of a detailed strategy and operations in the firm follows before concluding with the recommendations section. The selected company is United Parcel Services (UPS). Background of UPS UPS was founded in the 1907 and it has grown from its original coverage of the US to cover more than half of the globe courtesy of having services in over 200 countries around the world. With its headquarters in Atlanta, the company has been the leader in package delivery with millions of parcels and documents being delivered daily. The company has also grown in revenue over the period it has been in existence and it is listed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company has presence in all the continents with coverage of almost all the regions of the world. There is also diversification in the company, which allows easy courier and distribution functions in the industry. The major divisions formed since its inception includes the UPS Mail Innovations, UPS TeleService, UPS Aviation, UPS Air Cargo, UPS Capital Corporation, and UPS Professional Services among others. These have constantly changed over the years with the functions remaining within the organisation and addition of others. The company uses its characteristic brown fleet of vehicles and aircrafts to deliver parcels and packages. According to the UPS Supply Chain Solutions (2012, p.9), ‘the company spent billions of dollars in a state-of-the-art tracking system and in the investmen
Introduction Chinese Foundations for Moral Education and Character Development is one of the most successful works by Vincent Shen. He and his colleague Tan Van Doan wrote this book, and Van Doan Tran, George F. McLean, and Ching-Sung Shen edited it in 1991. The place of the first publication was Washington, DC, and the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy was its first publisher. This book is considered to be one of the series that highlight Chinese cultural heritage and Chinese life in general. Nowadays, education plays a very important role in the life of every citizen, this is why it turns out to be crucially important to use any single opportunity to enlarge own level of knowledge about one more country, its traditions, and customs. In Chinese Foundations for Moral Education and Character Development , Vincent Shen and his team make a wonderful attempt to describe how rich and captivating Chinese cultural heritage may be, how considerable knowledge for this country is, and how modern life and its conditions influence the development of Chinese culture and its significance for people. Descriptive Part About the author of the book, Professor Shen Vincent Shen started his writing career several decades ago, and his writing potential provided him with the opportunity to create useful and educative pieces of work, amaze, and educate the reader about Chinese culture, its uniqueness, and the necessity to study it on a high level. To present properly arranged ideas, Vincent Shen got his B.A., then M.A. in Philosophy and Social Sciences, and finally, his Ph.D. at the University Supérieur de Philosophie. The peculiar feature of this author’s style of writing is unbelievable attention to each detail, each point that has a close connection to the theme under discussion. For example, in order to explain the concept of moral education, he decides to clear up how exactly the Chinese metaphysical foundation influences the comprehension of moral education, and what this foundation means. The language this author uses in his works is not simple, but still, while reading his works, the reader does not face any challenges or difficulties in understanding the essence of the book and its lessons. Vincent Shen also demonstrates his careful attitude to each reader be means of presenting different kinds of examples, taken from our everyday life in order to help in comprehending the material from modern perspective, and those, taken from the history in order to make the reader being involved into their own history and the development of the events, which have an impact on current perception of the ma
Should Canada be concerned that, “ASEAN and China have already finalized the framework for a free trade pact, which is slated to be fully operational in 2010”? Canadian economy is known to be one of the well developed economies amongst the major nations of the world. With mature services and supporting manufacturing sectors, besides a vast pool of natural resources Canadian economy witnessed phenomenal growth during the last decade. Canada is having friendly relations with developed economies like US, UK, Germany etc. as well as with the developing nations in general and the emerging economies like India and China in particular. The recent development is therefore to be analyzed in this context. While, growing trade pacts between ASEAN and China augurs well for the growth of the market potential in these economies, it also mean scope for planned cooperation between Canada and this region. It also needs to be emphasized here that the recessionary trends emanating from US also provided a flip to strengthening the regional markets. It is worth stating here that framework agreements mainly signify broader understanding on issues. But a lot of work is still required for it to become a reality. The two billion market nations in the Asian subcontinent India and China differ on a range of issues, like border disputes, nuclear armament, issues concerning military assistance to Pakistan, and of course the Tibet issue. Therefore, it will be too early to see a cohesive grand alliance in immediate near future. The existing geo-political equations are bound to play key role for many more years. Therefore Canada must not be unduly concerned with the free trade fact being finalized in the ASEAN region. In any case, emergence of another strong market will help the movement of goods and services from the world as a whole, thanks to the globalization regime. Therefore it will help in providing stability and strength to the overall global economy. As this Asian Trading bloc takes form, what initiatives, if any, should our political and business leaders undertake? With the formation of the Asian Trading bloc, Canadian political and business leaders must initiate sincere efforts to become a reliable partner of the bloc nations. As of now Canada has friendly relations with almost all of the countries part of this trade group, which is bound to make things easier for the country. The key initiatives which can be taken by Canadian leaders are:   * Analyze the balance of trade with different p
Stigmatization is one of the negative experiences that affect military veterans’ degree of seeking mental healthcare services. Military veterans are exposed to stressors that are contributing to the catastrophic symptoms. However, they seem to be underutilizing the mental healthcare services and disdain its availability. The prevalence of military workforce that live with stigma is very high, which is a significant factor that restricts them from looking for relevant healthcare services. In addition, many military veterans experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after they return out of deadly missions or in their life in general. Veteran health care ensures that American veterans get reliable admission to advanced mental health management to minimize the cases of self-annihilation amongst the veterans to ensure the quality of life after services. However, most counties in the US do not have practicing mental health practitioners, which limits the dimensions to delivering operative veteran-centric mental health facilities. This paper will review articles that show the quality and satisfaction of US military veterans with the department of veteran affairs mental health care system, focusing on the community-based care and rural area impacts. A study was conducted to determine the satisfaction of veterans’ administration healthcare systems in the state of Michigan. The research employed personal interviews on the veterans through convenience sampling to identify and gather information on concerns and limitations that the veterans view as barriers to health care. Data were analyzed using Qualtrics to generate the summary of descriptive statistics of individual variables that were collected (Arnold, 2017). Arnold also used Pearson’s r product-moment correlation analysis to determine the variables strongly correlated to highlight if different distance groups had varied self-reported variables related to the perception regarding access to healthcare. The study’s findings indicate that only five administration Medical Centers served over 600,000 veterans in Michigan. Besides, the medical centers are not evenly distributed in the entire state, with most of them being located in the southernmost part of Michigan. Many veterans pointed out that it was unnecessary to travel long distances to access these medical centers and receive the care they have been entitled to (Arnold, 2017). The research serves as a baseline to determine the perceptions of insufficiencies in healthcare provisions for the veterans in Michigan and their satisfaction with the healthcare they are supposed to get. Additionally, another study is carried out to research the transgender Veterans’ gratification with medication and un
Discovering exotic countries is always a thrilling experience, as the first associations we get with the word ‘exotic’ is something wild, far-away, and mysterious. However, exotic countries are not always godforsaken jungle where lianas entwine with boa constrictors and dangerous animals wait for you under every shrub. Some of the exotic destinations possess a unique culture dating back to thousands of years ago, and therefore it is not only their tropical nature but also their ancient treasures worth exploring. One of such captivating countries is India, the land which hosted one of the earliest civilizations and served as a crossroad for commercial and cultural routes. Apart from experiencing the specific Indian culture in real life in the ancient streets of its settlements, it is also worth to take a deeper look in Indian history, society, and tradition by attending one of the country’s multiple museum. Standardly, the most widespread idea occurring to anyone who thinks of Indian cultural heritage is going to the Taj Mahal, the world-famous mausoleum constructed in memory of a beloved wife. Nevertheless, there are certain points at which the Taj Mahal loses in comparison with the National Museum of India, and based on this comparison I would rather advise visiting the latter. One of the main issues that motivate us to go travelling and to explore various museum collections is the search for diversity. The variety of experiences we go through allows us to obtain a wider range of impressions and is therefore more captivating. What the Taj Mahal can offer its visitors is a rich illustration of architectural forms and designer principles of its time. Although people standardly think of the Taj Mahal as a big white marble dome, the Taj Mahal is in fact a much larger complex comprising the tomb itself, a large garden with a pool and multiple flowerbeds, and several outlying buildings. The latter serve as mausoleums for other wives and servants, as well as a mosque and a guest house. Although the secondary constructions represent curious artifacts in themselves, the major attention of the visitors is drawn to the main tomb. Surrounded by four minarets, the marble dome is splendidly decorated both outside and inside, with fanciful carvings and inscriptions in calligraphy running all around its high walls. Architecture and design are the two arts that celebrate their triumph in this masterpiece. As compared to the sights of the Taj Mahal, the National Museum of India represents a much more varied scene to its visitors. Set up by the Indian government in the forties of the previous century, this museum is located in
Introduction Management is an important part of business for both commercial and non commercial organizations. Management can be described as an act that brings together all resources belonging to an organization including people with the aim of achieving and utilizing them optimally to achieve overall corporate goals (Watson 2006, 34-40). Organizations are governed by missions, vision and values which stakeholders are part of and it thus becomes the duties of organizational managers to plan, organize lead and control various activities and individuals who possess certain talents within the organization in order to ensure that the organization succeeds in its objectives (Camillus 1986, 54-56). Effective management theories can be the basis of a success in a business. Management in any kind of organization can learn from the tried and applied management ways. Top leaders are often enthusiastic to adopt the most recent theories in their organization. For instance if the latest change management concept is espoused with a big fanfare, the staff are trained properly, only for the benefits to be accrued insignificant after some time. And when the programs stutter to a stop the management turns its interest to another management craze. Today’s volatile business environment has even made the role of managers within organizations become more imperative and complex hence making the technical and rational depiction of managing differ largely with realities of being a manager. Thus, the level of ambiguity in the commercial environment may require managers to defy logical and textbook descriptions of management descriptions in order to maximize their performance. Organizations are often divided into different functional areas which are similar to sub systems that exist within the entire organization. It is thus the duty of managers to plan, organize, lead and control the various functional areas with the aim of ensuring that the entire organization moves towards the same organization (Roberts 1984, 287-302). Main Body Managers are individuals who must possess certain set of skills that will enable them carry out their intended responsibilities, this is why in some cases managers must be individuals who have the necessary technical skills, communication skills, logical reasoning skills and analytical skills that will often assist them to plan, organize, lead and control the organization in the right direction. But it is in times of crises that reality strikes and it demands quick decisions be made managers thus they may not follow conventional theories of management but may rely on their own wits or internal mechanisms to make decisions. It’s therefore important to have technical and rational knowledge of being a manager but when it comes to
Introduction The United States is widely recognized for ending World War II by dropping atomic bombs on two cities in Japan; however, they also caused incalculable human anguish difficult to justify. This action introduced new concerns and conceptions regarding how wars would be fought in the future, called into question whether the human race would survive much into the future and began a worldwide debate regarding whether the action was truly warranted. Main text Questions regarding the bombings are multifaceted. While it is often suggested that the atomic bomb was the only means available to secure Japanese surrender, Japan at the time was requesting only one concession from the West – that it be allowed to retain its emperor as head of state. Had this been done, could the wanton destruction of a predominantly civilian population be avoided? Considering this, it is necessary to question the true motivations of President Truman in his authorization of the bombs’ use. Was it actually to bring about a swift end to the protracted deadly conflict and ultimately intended to save lives, American and Japanese, that would be lost in an overland confrontatio