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Introduction Instructors who understand their teaching strategies coherently have an advantage of implementing high quality solutions in their teaching problems. According to Tillotson (2000), action research involves instructors in inquiries that seek to understand the problems and issues in their instructions. This practice motivates individuals into performing incredible work that fruits at the end. It is right to state that the flourishing of an instructor’s work is determined by students’ performances. It, therefore, implies that instructors have a role to work tirelessly and improve the performances of their students. In a bid to do this, they must be ready to initiate and establish strategies of assessing their instructions. I will develop a practical example to outline the systematic approach of action research when investigating learning improvement in a class. Setting This step will define the prevailing situations of the students that will be presented in an action research study. I will, therefore, describe the place of study by point out the significant areas that will be incorporated in the research. The study is set for 8 th grade students of McSwain Middle School in McSwain School District located within Merced. A teacher is evaluating a class performance related to experimental learning in the school. He is motivated to improve the perception of students when learning science and raising the school performance in the region. The teacher has made a systematic experimentation plan that will involve students in experimental experiences. He wants to teach a topic without experiment and then perform an experiment after testing their knowledge. Also, students will be tested again after the experiment. This strategy will continue until they complete 10 experiments. The teacher will, then, compare the outcomes and make a conclusion on his teaching strategies. Problem Formulation Problem formulation describes the strategy of identifying an issue that can be researched in an action research (Tillotson, 2000). To identify a problem, an instructor assesses what is known and what needs investigation. In this case, the teacher is aware that students are cooperative in class. They do their homework well and participate actively during class time. However, perception of ideas and their retention is an issue that has challenged the students when he judges according to performance. The teaching sessions provide less time for practical experiences. Also, the administration does not provide sufficient facilities for efficient laboratory operations. Apart from the ignorance that students have when performing experiments, the school does not have experimental assessments and cooperative technicians. However, there is a possible allowance for maximization of the available resources if the system is organized. He needs to test whether the resources could be utilized maximally to improve the perception and understanding of students in
Introduction Banks are some of the most important institutions in the various economies in the world. Essentially, banks are categorized in terms of big and small banks according to their market share. Commonly, the big and small banks operate in different manners due the operational mandates accorded by their sizes. Understandably, the big banks operate and serve a huge number of customers as well as broad jurisdiction. On the other hand, the small banks may have fewer customers and cover a smaller jurisdictional area. In most case, however, the small banks are more effective than the big ones because the operational system is easy-to-use. This situation has necessitated the question of whether the big banks should be broken up. This paper will seek to answer this question by supporting and disapprove the idea of breakups. Disapproving Breakups In essence, economists, managers, and government officials have been trying to help banks whose size it too big to progress. As such, they have determined that the most basic solution is splitting them into small portions. However, it is essentially out of order to embrace this option without conceptualizing the effects that can arise. First, the division of big banks does not essentially decrease the risk exposed to them. The venture manages to distribute the risk to a number of entities that operate singly without reducing the possible loss. As such, it implies that the breakup does not help the bank to defend itself from a risky situation of financial loss. In perspective, it does not save the customers from the possibilities of insolvency that can arise from the bank’s downfall. In fact, it is noted that the profound and wide-reaching geographical coverage make the banks safe (Acharya 217). In this regard, the big banks operate internationally in various countries around the world. The globalization implies that the possibility of an unfavorable event to happen varies robustly. As such, the risk is diversified because each country has a varying likelihood of incurring loss-laden events. In fact, the instances of the bedeviled Spanish saving banks indicated that the small institutions lead to huge trouble if they destabilize. In fact, it was established that their risks are intense because each of the banks has a different organizational structure. Indeed, the idea of discussing big banks does not address and focus the issue of size only. Instead, big banks can be viewed in terms of their scope and investment approaches. In the Spanish cases, most of the big banks were conceived by merging small institutions. These integrations were conducted to integrate both the retail and investment-oriented companies (Bryfonski 167). The undertaking emerged amidst a crisis that had bedeviled the individual companies. Consequently, many banking rivals merged to form bigger banks that served customers from a big jurisdictional area. This undertaking was aimed to make stable ban
Executive Summary In this report we analyzed business strategy of the world’s largest coffee and coffeehouse Chain Company; however the report concentrates of the company’s operations in Saudi Arabia. Although the company was originally incorporated in the United States, it has diversified its operations in Saudi Arabia and forms one of the most competitive coffee houses in the country. This marketing plan focuses on Starbuck- Saudi Arabian branch marketing objectives, goals, and tactical programs that the company can adopt to enhance competitiveness. Introduction and organization history Starbucks is a leading coffee and coffeehouse company trading in both ASDAQ Stock Market and. It has outlets in more than 55 countries. Jerry Baldwin , Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker on March 30, 1971 opened the first Starbucks outlet in the United States of America; the idea to have a coffee chain was inspired by Alfred Peet who was them selling coffee and equipments; for the next five years after incorporation, the company remained at Western Avenue where they purchased coffee beans form peet. The first strategy change in the company occurred in 1982 with the admission of entrepreneur Howard Schultz who suggested that the company should start selling coffee and espresso drinks; Howard Schultz was admitted as Director of Retail Operations and Marketing. With the idea of the Director of Retail Operations and Marketing the company saw its first expansion and opened its first locations outside Seattle at Waterfront Station in Vancouver; later in the year the management had accumulated enough funds to establish other outlets at Illinois, Chicago, and British Columbia. The first outlet outside North America has to wait until 1996 when an outlet was opened in Tokyo, Japan; in 1998 the company entered the U.K. market in 1998 after an $83 Million acquisition of UK Based Seattle Coffee company 60 outlets that it later rebranded to Starbucks. The company entered Saudi Arabian market in 2000, where it is located in different strategic places like Makah and Mecca. The company has an elaborative sales and marketing team that is backed by wide research and development done by the company’s development team. However to remain competitive in the changing business environment, the company ensures it makes products that are consumer focused and those that improve the satisfaction of customers. In line with customer relation improvement, the company in early 2008 developed an official website termed as community website that targeted getting responses and feedbacks from customers on their performance and how they can probably improve the same (Starbucks Corporation Offic
Problem Statement The high turnover rate among retail sales employees is a considerable bother of modern human resource (HR) management. According to the United States Department of Labor Statistics (2015), the retail turnover rate increased from 26.8% in 2011 to 33.5% in 2014. Avanzi, Fraccaroli, Sarchielli, Ullrich, and van Dick (2014) mention that employee turnover is associated with considerable financial losses, job satisfaction issues, and performance problems. Therefore, one of the primary tasks of HR managers is to employ efficient techniques for preventing high employee turnover. However, HR managers may be unaware of a useful method to address and prevent high turnover rates. Literature Review The problem of high turnover rates of retail employees is a widely discussed topic in scholar and professional literature due to its considerable implications for a company’s performance. Avanzi et al. (2014) identify turnover as a permanent exit from the organization, which is often preceded by other withdrawal behaviours, such as lateness or absenteeism. According to Lee (2018), a considerable body of research supports the idea that there is a negative linear correlation between turnover rates and a company’s performance. Low retention is associated with both pecuniary, which is recruiting and training costs for new employees, and nonpecuniary costs, such as low employee morale (Lee, 2018). In other words, companies lose money when they need to substitute a more experienced employee, which possesses valuable knowledge for the company. The money is lost due to training costs and differences in performances between the two employees. The recruiting costs also include the time when a job position remains vacant. In short, the implication
Background of Greece Greece joined the European Union (EU) in 1981. During its early days in the EU, the Gross Domestic Product per capita (GDP) was 7.2555 dollars. Due to its low GDP, it joined the Cohesion Fund where a review on its economic progress was done in 2003 (Magoulios & George 2013). It was later disqualified from the Cohesion Fund. Instead, it joined a policy. Between 1960 and 1973, an imbalance in the labor market was blamed for their failing economies (Magoulios & George 2013). Greece’s geographical location is blamed for its low development rates. In essence, it is situated far from the European countries whose economies are performing well. The implementation of new technology in the Greek industry has also been at a slow pace, leading to a dawdling industrial growth. Background of Ireland Ireland joined the EU in 1973. When joining the EU, its GDP was 6.199 dollars. Before being a member of the European Union (EU), Ireland depended greatly on agriculture. Consequently, the EU introduced low corporate taxes and established an Industrial Development Agency (IDA Ireland). This body placed Ireland back on the global index of flourishing economies. Ireland has a small economy that is influenced by world markets and international trade. Greece and Ireland had similar economic status. However, the growth in Ireland was more than that in Greece. The European Commission (EC) tracked the economic growth to the increased investment and fiscal consolidation. Fiscal consolidation refers to the steps taken by a government to reduce the amount of debt and deficits. According to Magoulios and George (2013), the Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland (FDI) led to an increase in companies, financial services, and employment opportunities. Comparing the Macroeconomic Figures between the Two Nations Governance between the two countries has differed considerably in recent times. For Greece, it was engaged in fighting a runaway debt since the 1990s (Taylor 2015). After 210, the government began borrowing sporadically again due to the availability of international funds. This situation saw the country fall deeper into debt. For Ireland, the government was tasked with proving to international investors and EU partners that it was not spending money irresponsibly. As a reason, the Irish government engaged in reduced spending to attract potential investors (FDI). Magoulios and George (2011) have made a side-by-side comparison of the macroeconomic features of the two cohesion nations. Ireland demonstrates performance that is superior to that of Greece’s based on most indicators: GDP growth (except 2003), GDP per capita, deficit, and public debt(See Table 1). Regarding inflation, Greece experienced a lower index in 2000, but a higher one in 1998 and 2006 (Magoulios & George 2011). Taylor (2015) observes that Ireland has a lower debt compared to Greece. When the crisis hit in 2008, Greece’s debt was already at 100% of the country’s GDP, predisposing the country to further debt that reached danger levels (Taylor 2015). Despite the already existing debt, Greece continued borrowing
Yugoslavia’s break up in 1991 is a complex politics-driven phenomenon that requires an understanding of the historical events of Yugoslavia which dates back to the early 19 th century. Though the territory had inhabitants from different regions with different religious and ethnic backgrounds as early as the 15 th century, Yugoslavia did not exist until 1918 when it was formed as a Kingdom and later became a socialist federal republic under Tito’s rule after Second World War. According to the constitution created at that time, Yugoslavia became a federation with six republics: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Serbia. Serbia had two provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina. Bosnia-Hercegovina was the most ethnically diverse and the poorest of all the republics. But the big question remains, why was the break-up of Yugoslavia, a once communist state followed by a series of ethnic conflicts? That the breakup of Yugoslavia made the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Hercegovina inevitable is also another fact that also needs clear illustrations to justify. This essay, therefore, seeks to address these questions by first looking at the possible causes of Yugoslavia’s breakup. It also goes further to establish the relationship between Yugoslavia’s disintegration and the Bosnian war. The events that finally led to the break up of Yugoslavia followed by the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina became more pronounced after Josip Broz Tito’s death in 1980. By 1990, Yugoslavia was faced with many problems including foreign debts, unemployment, and inflation. Of great importance are the political problems associated with nationalistic strong feelings that created the crisis in Yugoslavia. Zvonimir Baletic (1994) argues that Serbia played a major part in the break-up. “From the time it was adopted, the 1974 Yugoslav Constitution was fiercely disputed by Serbian nationalist politicians on basis of its federal element, especially the autonomy granted to Vojvodina and Kosovo.” It was these politicians who composed a memorandum in 1986 designing a framework for the formation of “Greater Serbia” clearly describing a political union plan for all the Serbs within and without Serbia borders. This was a strategy for Yugoslavia’s destruction. The enactment of this policy was followed by the formation of populist and nationalistic movements, which comprised members from the Serbian League of Communists. The main aim of these politicians was to convert Serbia into a Unitarian state whose central authority applies to the entire region
Introduction In business terms finance investments refers to the process of dedicating funds to a given asset(s). The assets could be in the form of real assets, foreign financial assets, and the main business assets being marketable securities and financial assets. The main objectives of financial investment can be categorized into primary and secondary objectives. Primary objectives include: principal safety, income, and increasing capital. On the other hand, secondary investment encompasses: liquidity and tax maximization. The primary and secondary investment objectives must be in line with a business’s overall objectives and constraints. These primary and secondary investment objectives are inter-related; for instance, the significance of safety is directly related to risk, timely understanding of market demand, emotion, rate of inflation, and returns. In the same manner, to realize growth it is important to factor in the aspects of taxation, basic investment returns, risks, returns, and rate of inflation. The importance of studying these investment objectives in relation to operation of businesses is to make important investment decisions; such as, underlying investment decisions, returns, and risks. In order to understand how the investment analysis and management work in real business set up, we are going to take a case study with the RBC Royal Bank of Canada and note how the institution carry out its investment obligations in line with the overall objectives of this essay. The history of the bank dates back to 1864 when it was founded as a private commercial institution by the Haligonian merchants and it was located in wharves of Halifax. It targeted the finances resulting from fishing and timber trade in addition to the flow of retail trade from Europe into the colony. The name of Merchant’s Royal Bank of Halifax was changed in the year 1901 to The Royal Bank of Canada. This institution was popular among the public due to its ability to remain active and alive in relation to services providence. The institution has always been in the forefront in setting new heights in the banking sector even if it involved taking high risks. As a result, the regional bank grew to a national bank and this success is not only attributed to the strategies of the institution itself but also the role played by the people of Canada and the rest of their clients spread in the whole world. The historical success of the Royal Bank of Canada goes hand in hand with the evolution of Canada’s growth to maturity. Today the environment avails new market challenges for the institution; from the emergence of market along the growing national railway to the opportunities created via e-commerce. Royal bank has always risen to the occasion to meet these new needs of the market. It is due to this institution’s success in investment analysis and management that this essay undertakes a case study with the Royal Bank in a bid to give an in depth discussion on the topic of this research. Economic Analysis of the Royal Bank of Canada Economic analysis is procedural actions that are undertaken to determine how
Patrick is a detective who punctually arrives home to his wife. She always offers him a cold drink and allows him to take it peacefully. However, on this fateful day, the unusual happened and Patrick presumably told Mary, his wife, they were going to part ways. The series of events following this announcement led to Patrick’s death and an investigation into his death. This paper looks into Mary Maloney’s nature and her controlling characteristic as narrated by Dahl. Dahl begins the story by introducing a wife, Mary Maloney, who is in a warm room waiting for her husband (Dahl). From the onset, Mary is depicted as a dedicated and dutiful wife with much love for her spouse. Despite signs pointing to anxiety, her occasional glances at the watch, she is calm. Mary also comes across as keen to detail, she knows exactly when her husband comes home every day. Mary is composed, loving, and meticulous. However, in all her character traits, her attention to detail appears to contribute a significant share to her overall character. The opening paragraphs clearly inform the reader that Mrs. Maloney is observant. She knows precisely what time her husband arrives since she begins to listen for signs of Patrick’s arrival. “When the clock said ten minutes to five … a few moments later, punctually as always…” (Dahl). She is rewarded by the sound of car tires outside the house. She can also tell that the second drink Patrick made for himself is stronger by just looking at it. Her meticulous nature is called upon when she realizes that she has killed Patrick. Mary knows that if found at the crime scene without an alibi, she would end up as the prime suspect. A possibility of being charged for murder does not frighten her. Mary’s only fear is for the unborn child she is carrying (Dahl). To protect her soon to be born baby: “She carried the meat into the kitchen, put it into a pan, turned on the oven… she washed her hands, ran upstairs, sat down in front of the mirror, fixed her makeup, and tried to smile … That was better. Both the smile and the voice sounded better now. She practiced them several times more” (Dahl). Heading to the grocery, she bought what she needed. Her keen eye for detail plays out above and further highlighted by her knowledge of Patrick’s favorite dessert. After the police arrived and began a thorough investigation, they realized that Mr. Maloney died from a blow to his back. As Mary cries in the house, Dahl gives the reader a hint to her diabolical plan. By cooking the “murder weapon”, she has partially destroyed any evidence linking her to Patrick’s death. However, it is not destroyed completely yet. First, she offers the detectives a drink, poss