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The importance of a clear leadership direction to steer organizations into future sustainable growth and success cannot be underestimated. This is because leadership is an important factor in establishing key relationships and metrics in the organization (Sweetman, 2001, p. 8). Through the establishment of an effective leadership direction, most organizational resources can be utilized effectively towards the attainment of one goal. In this context, Blanchard (cited in Eisenhardt, 2001) observes that leadership is important because: “Organizational management practices provide the ‘how’ in organizations—enabling departments and employees to understand the manner in which they specifically contribute to organizational success. These are the procedures and policies that clarify how each unit will achieve the overall strategy” (p. 106). For managers to build highly effective organizations and remain successful, in light of the changing business environment, it is paramount that an inside-out preposition be observed and directed through competent leadership skills (Sweetman, 2001, p. 8). This involves ensuring that a supportive culture and high quality management practice is observed to align operational activities with the strategic goals of the organizations; otherwise the employees would lose their drive and passion in upholding organizational vitality. The provision of a good leadership framework is therefore the most critical element to ensuring good organizational health, but there is still a deficit of good leaders who recognize this fact and yet even fewer leaders who recognize the fact that leadership involves the forecast of organizational challenges coming in the future (Sweetman, 2001, p. 8). Instead, there are too many managers and very few leaders in organizations, but the most unfortunate thing is that leadership often takes a back seat because of day to day operational pressures. It is a well known fact that tuning leadership skills to reflect external future forces is an almost sure guarantee that managers and the organizations will develop into better organizations, better communities and in general a better world (Sweetman, 2001, p. 8). Interestingly, not many leaders are prepared for future leadership challenges. According to a research study done by the Centre for Creative Leadership (cited in Martin de Holan, 2004, p. 45) on 2,200 leaders from 15 global organizations, it was established that there is an apparent leadership gap in orga
Introduction As the feeling of being lightheaded or unbalanced, dizziness is a tremendously common complaint among numerous people regardless of their age or gender. Even though it is usually not associated with life-threatening diseases, this symptom should be taken into consideration. In case the episodes of dizziness last on a regular basis, it is recommended to make an appointment with a highly qualified doctor. In turn, appropriate diagnostic tools will be used in order to determine the primary cause of this condition. As a result, depending on the identified cause of dizziness, healthcare providers may either prescribe medications or surgery that can improve the overall well-being. At the same time, occasional dizziness is not considered to be something to worry about. Thus, dizziness can be described as an impairment of spatial orientation, which considerably lowers the quality of life, which is why it is essential to take this condition into account. Brief Description of the Common Complaint Most frequently, dizziness is characterized as feeling faint, woozy, weak, or unsteady. If people suffering from these symptoms ask for medical help, the healthcare specialist takes appropriate measures to determine the cause of this condition. At present time, dizziness is perceived as the result of inner ear disturbance, motion sickness, or overuse of medications (Murdin et al., 2016). Therefore, gathering information about the medical history of the patient is one of the first things that a doctor will do during a healthcare appointment. Simultaneously, it is crucial to note that dizziness can
Often, knowing a little bit about an author’s background can provide valuable information to the reader about their intentions and major themes as they are illustrated through the pages of their books. This understanding can be even more important when one is using these books as a teaching tool, as many children’s writers are. Although their books are often short and full of illustrations, this does not indicate children’s books lack important themes and messages. One popular children’s writer who retains a consistent theme through much of her work is Jan Brett. With at least 15 original titles of her own creation covering topics ranging from outer space to cloud forests to barnyard animals, Jan Brett illustrates her books with exquisite detail both in storyline and images which communicate her themes of environmentalism and world knowledge. It can be said that Brett’s career truly started when she was a child and decided she wanted to grow up to become an illustrator and spent much of her time studying art of all kinds. “By the time she was six years old, she knew she wanted to be a children’s book illustrator. She was shy as a child and liked to use her drawings as a way to express herself” (Elmore & Ramsey, 2000). To begin her career, Brett went to Colby Junior College in Massachusetts from 1968 to 1969 and then moved on to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School in 1970. By 1981, she had produced her first book created completely by herself, which was entitled “Fritz and the Beautiful Horses” in which she was both author and illustrator. In an interview with PBS, Brett said reading was important and encouraged in her home as a child, that she was mostly just carrying on the family tradition. “My grandfather and father were great storytellers, and every night my mother would read a story to my sister and me. Not every child has that experience, and it makes such a difference. I have lots of happy memories from being read to, and lots more happy memories from reading together with my daughter … Reading to a child gives you a great springboard to share your values without preaching” (“Author Focus”, 2007). She described how the process of reading itself, including some indication of emotion or judgment, could communicate a great deal of morality to a child and illustrates how important it is to her to include such ideas in her writing. Now she lives not far from where she grew up, residing in the seaside village of Norwell, Massachusetts, which is described as “an historic area on the South Shore” (Elmore & Ramsey, 2000). In the summertime, Brett reportedly spends a good deal of time in the mountains with her family, which is where she does most of the work on her books. In addition, she does a lot of traveling with her husband, who performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has been to many exotic places around the world. It is from these travels that she gleans many of her ideas for her books and illustrations as well as her source for the many folktales she retells through her illustrations. “She uses some of her experiences in her writing. She also uses libraries
Even though the word birth control has been in use for a few centuries, birth limitation has been practiced throughout human beings’ history (Engelman, 2011). From the time human race embraced civilization, women have been expected to give birth until they reach menopause. Giving birth to many children ensured that some of them would survive the infancy diseases that were fatal. Nevertheless, it should be noted that in every era and society women have always sought for ways to postpone childbearing or reduce the occurrences of pregnancy. They did so regardless of cultural or religious prohibition. Linda Gordon asserts, “People have tried to control reproduction in virtually all known societies, and not simply as private matters” (Gordon, 2002). In the United States, birth control was embraced until the late 19 th century when it was outlawed (Amory, 2011). In the subsequent years, a number of activists and medics found advocating for the practice were jailed and judged. It was not allowed up to the year 1938, that the court lifted the prohibition of birth control. Ever since then, numerous researches have been conducted to enhance the methods of birth control. Similarly, the courts have allowed all citizens regardless of their marital status to have access to birth control. Currently, there are several birth control methods available for women. However, it should be noted that challenges to the right to use reliable birth control methods still exist in our society. These challenges arise from societal values, spouses, and religious beliefs (Granzow, 2007). I believe that these challenges should be abolished. Notably, those opposed to these methods want to limit women’s right to access reasonably priced birth control and their right to decide when to become pregnant. In my opinion, all women should be allowed to have access to birth control methods. In this regard, choosing the method should be based on individual preferences. Every woman should be educated on the available birth control methods. During these education programs, they should be informed about the risks and benefits associated with each method. Thereafter, they should be allowed to come up with their own choices. Every woman should n
Introduction The United States have witnessed tremendous changes and developments in its racial and ethnic composition in the last three centuries owing to factors such as colonization, immigration and more recently the economic globalization. Although the world has experienced massive integration over the years, the United States remains the only country where the bulk of the integration has occurred. More importantly, the racial diversity has become a common determinant in the business environment with major implications on economic fortunes of locally and foreign based companies. The success of integration of immigrants is believed to influence the market dynamic and consumer expectations. In addition, integration of races has elicited much debate among racial sociologists with some supporting heterogeneity while others are keen on the homogenization of all races to form an American culture. This research paper will offer the differing perspectives of the melting pot and the salad bowl images in interracial relations. The paper will provide a brief description of the two metaphors and relate them to appropriate theories of relations before discussing their strengths and limitations. To start with, it is imperative to define the two metaphors in order to have a clear picture of what they represent in the American society. The salad bowl is a concept widely used to denote the successful incorporation of divergent and differing cultural values and norms in a different setting such as the United States. Although some form of integration occurs in the society, the specific cultures do not overly merge to form a homogenous culture, but retain their distinct values. On the other hand, the melting point has been regularly been used to bring out the tendency of a society losing its heterogeneity of cultures thereby embracing a common and homogenous cultural concept. The assimilation of the cultural diversity occasioned by massive influx of immigrants to the United States in the later stages of 18 th century is a good example of the melting pot concept (Yitzhaki & Schechtman, 2009, p. 140). American culture from 18 th to early 20 th century can be explained through the melting pot concept owing to the fact that major developments and realignments on socio-economic and political dynamic occurred during this period. The concept has been widely been regarded as among the pillars that helps the American people enjoy much success in social and economic circles. Taking into consideration that America has its origin in immigration, the massive influx of foreigners from Europe pitched camp in the United States thereby setting a foundation of the American culture. The arrival of the Africans and Latinos as slaves followed by the Hispanics brought a rich cultural mix (Henderson, 2009, p. 11). Although interracial relations were limited owing to stereotyping and legal challenges, considerable merger of the culture occurred in the early years of immigration buoyed by the close relationships that formed between the employers, farmers, slaves and the tradesmen.
ABC Business practices and Technology According to the analysis of the technology used by the host business, ABC Company, the results have shown that the business information systems need reengineering to keep pace with its developments. Today, information security has remained the core focus for most if not all companies. The company deals with financial transactions, which will require that ABC employ a quality and up to date information system capable of rendering services while securing company operations. In addition, the ever-increasing data due to the steady growth of ABC’s customer base continues to make a robust, secure, efficient, and effective systems design a mandatory component for an assured company performance. The growing need to provide extra services has called on the company to set up a plausible MIS that will support its plans to expand the product offerings by introducing more financial and related products. Currently, the business information systems used in the operations have indicated their inability to handle the magnitude and the complexity of the business functionality needed by the company. In addition, further evaluation reveals the costly nature of the existing system yet lacking functionalities needed to support the business. Using the new proposed systems, the company will benefit from the IT platform for several years to come (Stair and Reynolds 285). The manual system thus impedes on the extent to which the organization can integrate and share data in a cloud across various departments, subsidiaries and network branches. CA 3Tera AppLogic promises to deliver the organization with best-of-breed services that stretch beyond the future (Laudon and Laudon, 46). Summary of the project milestones The project shall involve achieving three milestones all aimed at ensuring a systematic completion of the implementation of the project. Strategic expansions envisioned by most firms end up posing multiple problems that potentially stall this desired trend. ABC as an organization experiencing rapid growth does not fail to operate under these growth-related challenges. Owing to the challenges associated with data-storage system, ABC continues to count endless costs and losses. One of the major implications facing ABC is the lack of adequate customer information capable of ensuring that it complies with generally accepted standards of “Know-Your-Customer” (KYC). Numerous benefits will accrue after the acquisition and implementation of the new database management information system (DBMIS). This system will ensure faster processing and offering of services enabled by an automated querying system (Miller 49). Additionally, accuracy in processes and procedures will reduce the losses associated with human errors that have been the case in poor loan portfolio management. The high-end solutions shall include the utilization of the cloud computing technology approach in providing data solutions to the organization. Using the concept of cloud computing, the organization
Introduction to Cape Cod Nature and science have provided us with some of the best and most beautiful sceneries on the face of the earth. People are always fascinated by the complex features that are to be found on the surface of the earth since ancient times. Cape Cod is one such feature that nature has given mankind. The feature is to be found on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. The cape stretches for approximately 60 miles into the Atlantic Ocean. The feature takes up an area of about 44, 600 acres of land made up of different ecosystems which are home to different species of organisms. The ecosystem around Cape Cod is characterized by among others robust marine life, an estuarine, inlets where freshwater from the hinterland comes into contact with saltwater from the ocean and terrestrial land among other features. The ecosystem is unique in the world as it forms the habitat for different organisms that attract tourists from all over the world as well as scientific studies. Cape Cod is characterized by ever-changing geomorphic actions giving it distinct scenery which is unique and which favors the life of different aquatic and non-aquatic organisms. The change can be attributed to various phenomena such as the rise and fall of tidal waves which shape the surrounding environment forming a very distinct ecosystem. Cape Cod’s freshwater ecosystem consists of kettle ponds, swamps and such other features. The terrestrial ecosystem is unique and plays host to different species that draw attention from different parts of the world. Invasive Species in Cape Cod As already indicated earlier in this paper, Cape Cod is inhabited by different organisms representing different species. Some of these species are invasive while others are not. In this section, the author will dwell on the invasive species of Cape Cod. Asian Shore Crab and European Green Crab Overview There are several invasive species that are to be found in the Cape Cod ecosystem. Some of them have caused a lot of havoc in the area. The species include the Asian Shore Crab and the European Green Crab. They are scientifically referred to as Hemigraspus sanguineus and Carcinus maenas respectively. They are considered to be amon
First and foremost delinquency connotes a person’s behavior that goes against the required standard social norms whether criminal or non-criminal (Coon 87). Hence any behavior exhibited by a juvenile that is in total contrast with the value demands of the larger society can be termed as Juvenile Delinquency. In simple terms juvenile delinquency refers to commission of criminal acts by persons who have not attained the majority age (juveniles) (Coon 76). That being the case, there has been an age old debate revolving around the concepts of nature and nurture in resolving causes of Juvenile Delinquency. On the one hand, it is believed that Juvenile Delinquency is a result of the way a juvenile is nurtured (Coon 109). Thus a juvenile’s personality depends on the experience he has acquired. This school of thought views juvenile delinquency to be dependent purely on an individual’s upbringing. The opinion of holders of this thinking is that, juvenile’s delinquency, merely reflects a delinquent’s family system or the macro societal environment such as poverty, racial as well as ethnic segregation, level of social ills, unemployment, divorce and child neglect among others. Thus, as far as they are concerned, a person’s associates models his/her behavior (Coon 70). On the other hand, a quite number of psychologists view juvenile delinquency to be associated with natural factors. They consider a person’s amount of IQ as well as personality (his/her) to be genetically influenced. Thus with time, a person increases his/her intelligence due to gene pool passed down by his/her parents. Various researches on brain development indicate that prefrontal cortex, being the brains main crucial part to be the last part to develop (Coon 45). Consequently, since this part plays the role of assisting a person to make sound decisions, lay priorities, suppress emotions as well as weigh the repercussions, leads teenagers to act irresponsibly as well as make wrong decisions (Coon 63). This school of thought further associate teenagers high dependency on the amygdale (emotional center of the brain responsible for primal feelings) to be responsible for impulsive reactions exhibited by teenagers. Adrenal sex hormones are also said to play a key role in a teenager’s behavior (Coon 79). To modern psychologist both concepts play interacting roles in development, hence nature and nurture argument is naïve and an indicator of old-fashioned state of know-how. However modern psychologist’s position is that whereas the concept of nature is crucial in exploring a person’s path in life, in evolutionar
Introduction This paper presents energy and momentum as applied in the daily life. It is important first to define energy and momentum separately so as to grasp the technical terms used during the discussion of the topic. Relationship between energy and momentum will be drawn with reference to potential and kinetic energy. The analysis will also note application of both energy and momentum to our daily life. Features of energy and momentum as applied in daily life As defined by many scientists, energy is termed as the ability to do work. Work done is when a force is incurred by a system over a distance. There are several forms of energy in existence. Examples of them are: kinetic energy, electrical energy, potential and heat energy (Llewellyn, 40). Potential energy is the stored energy in a system. Water in a dam has potential energy while a body which is inclined on a plane and not moving also has potential energy. Kinetic energy is the energy oriented to move. When water in a dam runs down a tunnel it will gain kinetic energy. The body had been inclined on a plane gains kinetic energy when it starts to move down the plane. According to the law of conservation of energy it states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another (Tipler, 23). An example is water in a dam which is used to turn the turbine in the hydro electric power station. Initially, still water possesses potential energy but on flowing down the tunnel to the turbine, the potential energy changes to kinetic energy and finally turns the turbine and which rotates the current carrying conductor inside a strong magnetic field to generates the electrical energy. Momentum is the quantity of motion possessed by a moving object. To calculate the momentum of a moving body, we multiply the mass of that body by the speed at that instance. Spontaneity is considered in the calculation. Stationary bodies has zero momentum because they don’t have any motion hence their velocity is zero (Serway, 21). Taking the picture of a body inclined in a plane, it gains speed on moving down the plane consequently increasing momentum such that the final momentum is higher than the initial momentum. Average momentum is therefore calculated as the initial momentum added to the final momentum and the result is divided by two (Smil, 13). Where two bodies in motion collide, momentum before and after is conserved. As a Vector quantity, momentum has both path as well as scale. Relationship between energy and momentum Considering the case of water in a dam, both potential energy and kinetic energy can be speculated for its effectiveness by the use of system of equations. From the equations, relationship between energy and momentum can be deduced. Total energy (Et) of the system represents the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy, Et = Ke + Pe…eq (i). From the definition of Energy as ability to do work, we obtain Energy = Force (F) × distance (X) …eq (ii). Considering a small change in the distance given by Δx, Ener