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Introduction Vietnam has a long history of political instability. However, this came into global attention during the fight against communism that tore the country into pieces. The war not only involved the Vietnamese but also a number of other states. The other states that were involved in this war were the United States of America, The Peoples Republic of China, France, and the Soviet Union. One could wonder why all these states were involved in a fight that paralyzed the economy of Vietnam. Well, it was a war between communists and anticommunists with Vietnam as the battlefield. The World super powers used Vietnam as a stepping-stone to fight the spread of communism, which they believed, was worm dangerous to their economic stability. The War or rather conflict caused much pain not only to the people in Vietnam but also to the economic superpowers, the United States being one of them. The freedom of Vietnam from French colonialism stirred a number of events. The impact of the war was a consequence of these events. The big question remains: was the fight against communism a success? Different historians have different opinions concerning this issue. This paper explores the events of the Vietnam conflict with respect to the support that an individual received that made Vietnam stick in war for twenty-one years. Propagation of the war After hundred years under French colonialism, it was time for freedom to the Vietnamese. In 1954, the world’s super powers held a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the matter. In this meeting, the delegates decided to divide Vietnam into two parts at the seventeenth parallel. They also named the people who would lead the two parts. Ho Chi Minh was to lead the Northern part while Bao Dai was to lead the Southern part. They signed an agreement that there would be elections in 1956 for the Vietnamese to choose their leader in a democratic way. The agreement however remained a dream in this country since it took so many years before any peaceful election could took place in Vietnam. It is important to mention that the two parts of Vietnam resulted from the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China pressure on the Vietnam delegates that attended the meeting. It is due to this reason that the delegates agreed to partition their country temporarily. It was during this meeting when France and Vietnam signed the Geneva Peace Accord. The Northern part comprised of the communist society while the Southern region was made of anti-communists. Martin Luther Jr. said that, “Communism is the positive abolition of private property, of human self alienation and thus the real appropriation of human nature through and for man. It is the resolution of the antagonism between man and nature and between man and man. Communism is the true solution of the conflict between existence and essence” (Dorros 346). The single aspect led to enmity between the Northern and the Southern regions of Vietnam. At the
Currently, those companies that want to become successful need to pay much attention to customer satisfaction. This element makes it possible to improve business even if particular issues are observed, because it ensures customer loyalty, strengthens differentiation, minimalizes negative feedback, and streamlines development. This paper will discuss different types of utility, causes, and recommendations for reduced customer satisfaction, ways to overcome non-purchases, forms of competition, and directives of the SWAT analysis need for successful business. Five main types of utilities satisfy various consumer needs in the market. The utility of place refers to the right positioning of products in areas where target clients can access them easily and conveniently. The form is a utility, which refers to modifications aimed at increasing the level of utility held by a product (wood modification into a paper). Time is a utility, which relates to the right planning so that the supply of particular products occurs at a period when the demand is high. Possession utility can be considered when a product that was owned by a firm becomes acquired by a customer and turns into his/her possession. Psycholo
Introduction Voltaire’s novel Candide is a satirical narrative, which makes fun of how people thought and reasoned out in the medieval times. Its major character; Candide, strategically and successfully illustrates the events as they unfolded in the then society as well as the situation in the contemporary civilization. The author uses him to highlight the misfortunes that people in the society undergo (Webster IV). Voltaire manages to bring out the societal norms in a humorous way. The story is set in Westphalia and the author uses Candide to develop the plot of his entire story explaining how people generally encounter different hurdles in life. On the other hand, Moliere’s book Tartuffe is one of the best and well-remembered comic books written in 1964. The book suffered a partial banning for five years but it resurfaced in the literary world in 1969. The ban resulted from the strong message that the author brought out concerning religious hypocrisy in the French society. Moliere released this chef-d’oeuvre at a time when there was a rift between the parliament as well as the Catholic society, which viewed all human instincts as evil. Therefore, the book passes for a well-organized composition with themes aiming to bring sanity in the society through exposure of human flaws and some deviations from the norms of the society by some members. Therefore, the goal of the authors of these two books is to highlight the social and political issues that the society goes through day-by-day. Social issues, like sufferings and hypocrisy among other social thorns stand out clearly in Voltaire’s work. Social issues in Voltaire’s Candide Candide is a story set from a social perspectives as pointed out by the themes and the plot of the story, which remain hinged on the day-to-day interactions and relationships of people. The author brings out the conventional social life amongst people; how life sometimes may be difficult. For instance, Candide and his colleague Cunegonde are kicked out of the castle where they are studying experimental science after being caught kissing; what a way of punishment for a socially accepted and necessary act. Candide suffers from hunger and cold due to lack of shelter; he further faces seemingly insurmountable hurdles to enter in the Bulgarian army. After his admission, the s
Mini-Discussion Texas Independence The core issue of the Declaration of Texas Independence is the proclamation of independence itself and the definition of responsibilities and functions of the new Government (“Texas Declaration of Independence”). One of the peculiarities is that the Declaration is similar to that of the United States but was signed more than half a century earlier. Mini-Discussion Texas Secession For Texas of that period, secession from the Union was probably a sound economic decision. Since the Republican party which came to power did not support slavery which was crucial for the state, secession became a valid concern (“Confederate States of America”). Research Where You Live (Collin County, Dallas TX) Dallas, the city I live in, is the main city in Texas. It is a charter or home rule city. The city has a council-manager government. At present, Michael S. Rawlings is the 61st Mayor of Dallas ( City of Dallas ). The city manager is T.C. Broadnax, and Dallas Council consists of fourteen members each representing a district ( City of Dallas ). One of the districts near the center of Dallas is the “historic neighborhood” Vickery place ( Vickery Place par.1). it is a residential district with locations for entertainment including shopping districts and restaurants. Since it is a residential district, there is no big industry or business centers. Thus, its sources of revenue include real estate and entertainment. Discussion Local Control The article under discussion is dedicated to the debate over the issue of the controversial “bathroom bill” (Walters). The author provides the ideas of House Speaker Joe Straus on the law. The idea of the bill is to “regulate bathroom use in public schools and government buildings on the basis of “biological sex,” prohibiting most transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity” (Walters par. 5). The legislation is also expected to ban anti-discrimination laws at the local level which did not let transgender individuals to visit public bathrooms in accordance with their identity. The bill caused controversy among different parties including advocates, lawmakers, and business owners. It also attracted much public attention. The community was in debate and in the expectation of the solution. In this case, the local governments which support anti-discrimination regulations are in opposition to the state government which is supposed to prevent discrimination on any basis and protect different rights of citizens. Thus, local governments insist on their right to regulate such issues while the state government tries to prevent d
Introduction Education is integral to the advancement of human civilization and for this reason, policy makers are keen to ensure that students receive the best education. High quality education is characterized by increasing the self-confidence and self-concept of students, and producing optimal academic ability. Current debates surround the schooling experience of students surrounds the perceived benefits of co-ed and single-sex education. Proponents of co-educational schooling argue that the students accrue more benefits from learning in a mixed environment. On the other hand, advocates of single-sex schooling declare that this model has significant merits and it helps students to overcome some of the challenges inherent in the co-ed environment. Single-sex education is beginning to gain prominence in many States all over the US. The single-sex model appeals to educators and policy makers for a variety of perceived merits derived from this system. This paper will highlight the educational benefits of single-sex schooling in order to show that this model is superior to co-ed schooling. Support for Single-Sex Schooling Single-sex schooling increases the educational outcomes and participation rates of students. Girls are especially likely to benefit from single-sex schooling since it enhances their educational experience and increases their academic ability. Due to the increase in the number of single-sex schools in Australia, the number of girls entering into higher education is higher (Tsolidis & Dobson, 2006). On overall, students from single-sex schools exhibit superior academic performance compared to those in co-ed schools. Malacova (2007) reveals that in the UK, single-sex schools perform better than co-ed schools, suggesting that the single sex model improves the academic ability of the students. Quantitative studies have suggested that boys might avoid academic achievements since it will compromise their “masculine” image in front of the girls (Younger & Warrington, 2006). The single-
Introduction The purpose of this paper will be that of determining the stages Hershey has to implement in revamping its performance administration framework to appeal to its more and more varied workers. The paper will also establish how a worker will interpret Hershey’s culture and value based on his or her function. This paper will utilize established trends in Human Resources Management and explain which one may influence Hershey the most. Finally, the paper will explain the impacts that mentoring could have on adopting virtues into the Hershey way of doing business. Redesigning Hershey’s performance administration method Hershey’s firm focuses chiefly on confectionary goods. Hershey’s goods comprise chiefly of candies and the chocolates. The company has remained in the marketplace since 1900’s. It markets its goods globally. My suggestion to the revamp of the company’s performance administration would be in keeping its existing performance administration model. The company has a redesign model that provides for diverse age groups and more precise to two. Such age groups may comprise the younger and the baby boomer age group (Noe et al., 2011, p. 55). Based on these models, they encompass an event where the baby boomers coach or mentor the fresh hires to the organization. The principal purpose of training or mentoring is to establish an everlasting heritage with advancement of the entire universe. This specific model has been understood to be specifically passionate to mentor the younger workmates with a view of coping with Hershey’s guidelines (Noe et al., 2011). The company gains from the baby boomer as the reference model, trainer and in addition to its promoter in the corporate and business world. As far as younger recruits are concerned, the organization has developed their management systems with a view of attracting the younger recruits. This is presumed to provide the newly recruited employees with loads of enthusiasm for challenge, self-independent, and attain results in the business world. The Hershey’s revamp assumes the bottom-up concept. Individuals throughout the organization were permitted to identify a goal and monitor the likely growth on programs. The implementation of the management method is assumed to be successful to measure business outcomes. This system is in addition applied in checking whether the outcomes are attained in accordance to the company’s major values (Noe et al., 2011, p. 56). Interpreting values Hershey strives to offer an active and challenging work station that gives an individual the chance of developing his or her knowledge and talents. The company’s sustained performance depend
Introduction Entrepreneurship is all about setting up and successfully running a business venture for growth and prosperity. This noble undertaking involves a host of decisions that the entrepreneur has to make. After conceiving a business idea, necessary steps are taken to ensure that the business idea is fully implemented. Business planning plays a major role in developing the business. During business planning the entrepreneur will take a great deal of time to make projections about the financial needs of the business as well as the possible sources of finances to be pursued in realizing the business dreams. Angel investing is increasingly becoming one of the viable options for funding business ventures and as such many businesses have benefited from the huge amounts of venture capital those angel investors are able to contribute in running businesses. This paper will discuss the critical role that angel investors play in the establishment and development of business ventures. It will also analyze the pros and cons of using angel investments as an alternative source of business finance. Discussion Implementation of a viable business idea will normally require a great deal of capital and the ability of the entrepreneur to raise the necessary capital, the higher the chances of business success. Start ups are businesses at the initial stages and hence there are very limited sources of funds available to such businesses due to uncertainties surrounding their success. Start ups will therefore depend largely on the owner’s capital and contribution from friends. Credit facilities from financial institutions and other lenders will normally require collaterals and this limits the chances of new business owners to secure such findings. In recent times however, the entrepreneurs across the world have been able to get a lot of reprieve from venture capitalist that are willing to support a business idea to its implementation stages. A venture capital is a specialized form of funding that targets high risk high return investments with potential growth in the future. The capital is commonly provided to business start ups that cannot acquire funding from the conventional credit and capital markets. Venture capitalists are unique in the sense that they provide both financial and managerial expertise to the business that improves the chances of success. Venture capital comes from various sources that may include wealthy individuals with investment appetite in the targeted area of business and institutions such as investment banks and corporate orgaisations.The venture capitalist therefore assumes a significant level of control in the business through the share of capital and as well as decision making processes. Although venture capital assumes different forms as mentioned above, wealthy individuals have come handy in the recent past to support new businesses and has formed a greater part of angel investors. This form of investment has played a major role in
The quantitative article that is analyzed in this paper is by Stone and Rydberg (2019) titled “Parenthood, maturation, and distance: Examining parenthood transition effects on maturation domains and subsequent reoffending.” The background of this study is an assumption that when individuals become parents, their lifestyle changes, which has an effect on their overall wellbeing and perception of themselves. Hence, the researcher’s focus was on examining the changes that occur in one’s life after they become a parent to help these individuals better prepare for parenthood and cope with its difficulties. This study is significant because it helps future parents get ready to have a child and align their expectations with reality. This paper will analyze the quantitative study by Stone and Rydberg (2019) and discuss the implications of this study on nursing practice. The research question of this study is linked to the effect of parenthood on individual’s lives. Thus, Stone and Rydberg (2019) aimed to examine whether the transition towards being a parent affects people’s maturation. The hypothesis is that parenthood impacts the maturation and offending of individuals who have a previous criminal record. The authors have written a literature review integrating the previous research into criminology, healthcare, and psychology and selected the “role transition” theory as their theoretical basis. The internal and external validity has been tested using Cronbach’s alpha and pre and post-tests. The sample was selected using the data from the Pathways to Desistance study and a random sampling approach. In total, Stone and Rydberg (2019) analyzed responses from 1221 participants, 1062 of which were men. The data was collected through a survey design and analyzed using statistical analysis software. In general, the methods for checking the validity of the results are sufficient and adequate for proving the author’s conclusions. The legal and ethical issues were addressed by concealing the personal information of the participants and by providing them with the agreement forms where the purpose and the type of information that will be collected were outlined. The reliability and validity were tested using SPSS software with frequency-based measures. The conclusions show mixed results, suggesting that parenthood does have an effect on individuals’ wellbeing; however, it is not a strong one. Hence the implication is that parenthood affects people differently, and more research is needed into the topic. Other authors have examined this topic as well; for example, Martins (2020) wrote a paper titled “Transition to parenthood: Consequences on health and wellbeing. A qualitative study.” In this study, the author suggests that parenthood adversely impacts the psychological wellbeing of individuals (Martins, 2020). Similar results are shown by Badr and Zauszniewski (2017), who argue that postpartum fatigue may have a detrimental effect on the mother’s health, both physical and psychological. Thus, the implication of the stud
Introduction Despite the fact that all of us want to live well, peacefully and never fight with people surrounding us, we still often face conflict situations that do not have any smooth solution. Even those people who are used to living calmly and do not like to be engaged into the direct conflict often come across life decisions that cannot be made without strong, violent interactions with others. It often happens that you may be not the instigator of the conflict but still you become an active participant thereof, and you have to look for constructive strategies that will help you sustain good relations with those taking part in the conflict together with you, and to preserve the peaceful state of mind and inner harmony that should not be disturbed by conflict situations. Main body Surely, all scientists and researchers admit that it is impossible to sort out a short and helpful set of strategies to handle conflict because they depend on each particular situation and on the person who applies them, as well as on many other factors. Those who try to use them or develop their own strategies still cannot give a direct, indisputable answer to the question how to deal with the conflict. But still it is important to analyze the decisions offered to people who face conflict very often and who need to learn to cope with it. Williams (2009) offers a set of conflict management strategies assuming that when we face a conflict we first of all have to think not about what we want to do, but about what we should do. Keeping yourself composed and not giving way to emotions is the first precondition of successful implementation of the conflict management strategy. So, among those possible to be used to handle the conflict one should choose from forcing (using authority to settle the conflict), accommodating (satisfying the needs of another party in the conflict forgetting about your own ones), avoiding (being passively accepting the conflict without any direct action), compromising (finding the solution that would partly satisfy all of the parties) and collaborating (the win-win situation that involves active work on the solution to the conflict that will be beneficial for all parties) (Williams, 2009). The strategy of collaborating heavily relies on one rule that is easy to grasp but hard to fulfill – attentive listening to your counterpart. Dean Rusk, the former US Secretary of State, argued that listening is one of the best ways to persuade another person, and this can be