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The professional field means a career that accommodates changes in the employment. The improvement of skills helps create foundation for success. People have goals as well as skills that differ in relation to the skills acquired through education. In addition, there are skills that help achieve the set objectives and do not depend on the career (Sangster, 2000). To attain some aim, there is a need to perfect the areas that are not competent. Analysis is important to define the weak points to be improved. The weakness of a person can be determined through listening to the criticism of his or her boss, consulting fellow colleagues in areas where the weak point is observed and then working to improve the skills. The individual can also use online questions to gauge his/her skills and the type of career that is desirable. Networking, therefore, can help in the development of required experience and knowledge through interaction (Powell, 2004). To occupy a high position in the workplace, the relevant information and ideas how to perform one’s task more effectively are very important. This will, therefore, require further education to attain the desired skills. To get the required knowledge, a detailed research is important in relation to the job by either attending conferences, learning from the competitive companies or through consultations. Consulting those holding the senior posts can help acquire the necessary skills though in most cases, it is difficult to get the information using such a method. This is because it is not easy to share the experience during board meetings, but through socialization, one can gather a lot of information (Honey, 2007). When improving the skills, there should be consistency in performing the particular task. Presentation skills are necessary, and every employee should work on since they are applied in all the sections of the working environment. Presentation can be in form of the mode of dressing as well as the presentation of assignments. These skills can, therefore, be improved throughout the entire life of an individual (Sangster, 2000). Another fact that one has to consider after joining the job as a professional is to be always aware of what the organization is about as well as its practices. It is important to know the competitors of the company and those that work together with the organization. Performing your work, try as much as possible to share ideas with other people of the same profession to get the necessary information for your career growth. This helps one to know whether to move to another job or employer of a similar business. Sharing of information can be, therefore, done through discussions after meetings or via the internet (Valerie, 2009). To be a manager on your own requires knowledge of the finance related issues in that particular profession. This is a dream for many people who desire to manage their own businesses. People can access such kind of information through interaction with those in the finance departments. The knowledge gained may help be aware of how much is required to run such kind of business. The
The fourth of July is wounding to the African American. While it marks the freedom, of the nation, from colonialists and champions the resolution of equality, the oppressions against African Americans pertinent during the period of 1852 make any kind of commemoration ironical. The day claims to symbolize the freedom that every American citizen enjoys. However, as Frederick Douglass shows, in his 1852 speech, the African American has no freedom to claim. He goes on, to show how the delivery of justice is biased. Furthermore, he shows how Christianity, which claims to uphold the rule of equality, goes behind its own back, and supports the oppressors of the African American citizen. Besides all the gloom, Douglass envisions a day when the slave misery ceases. Main Points The day of independence celebrations reminds every one of the struggles that the fore fathers of America went through to deliver freedom to every citizen. Douglass cries at his present situation, which bears no resemblance to the freedom imagined by the freedom fighters of the nation. He declares the nation free from the rule of the Englishmen, but within itself, slaves still live, at the mercy of their masters. The author narrates the ordeals of slaves. He mentions the forceful labor without a justifiable pay. He mentions the humiliation, which men and women go through as they are traded like swine. He also mentions how the very meaning of freedom is trampled on when its reference is made to the African American. There is no justice in the legal system. In fact, the system works for the oppressors who benefit most by having the able African Americans sent to do compulsory labor. The author decries the attitude, which some citizens take concerning the internal slave trade in America. He mentions how newspapers deliver editorials on how the trade of able men and women is lucrative. He calls this a peculiarity. According to him, the institutions of America have double standards. He calls for the abolition of partisan acceptance of what is true and just. For those who think there is no slave trade in America, Douglass points them to the movement of slaves at night. He points to the existence of drudge markets as proof of slavery and calls for the abolishment of the trade. The author tells his audience that there are people who agree to his calls for freedom and justice. Nevertheless, at the time of the speech, the recognition was too little to have an impact. He blames the corruption within the justice system and inhuman laws for the proliferation of slave trade. The accusation also falls on the church because it let the interests of slave owners and traders alter its public voice. On Christianity, Do
Technology and Budget Issues The article “Clinical Benefits of Electronic Health Record Use” attempts to investigate physician perceptions about the impacts or outcomes that can be associated with the implementation and use of electronic health registers (EHRs). The study’s justification is nested on the importance of understanding physician views of EHR usefulness because such knowledge could be instrumental in influencing the decision made by healthcare professionals on whether to adopt and use the health registers (King, Patel, Jamoom, & Furukawa, 2014). This justification rightly points to the fact that the adoption and use of technology in healthcare contexts depend on the perceptions held by those expected to apply the technology in practice environments. The present paper attempts to relate the findings of the article to several issues associated with budgetary management in nursing. The findings of the study are clear that most healthcare professionals have positive perceptions of the use of EHRs in healthcare settings. Specifically, the results demonstrate that most physicians hold a positive perception that EHR use not only enhances patient care but also assists in the administration and management of care. Through the use of EHRs, physicians are able to access patients’ charts remotely, receive alerts to potential medication errors, identify critical laboratory values, provide recommended care, order appropriate tests, and facilitate patient communication (King et al., 2014). Since nursing managers are accountable for budgetary issues at all levels, including allocating funds for equipment and suppliers, it is important that they develop the capacity to assess how the adoption of technological processes influences care delivery (Townsend, Wilkinson, & Keller, 2015). In the reviewed article, it is evident that technology use is associated with positive perceptions that can act to improve the quality of care provided in healthcare organizations, minimize medication error, and encourage patient communication. These are immense benefits that justify the adoption and use of EHRs in clinical settings. Available nursing scholarship demonstrates that the budgeting process not only avails an enabling environment for planning and control, but also provides an opportunity for nurse leaders to identify overall goals and to specify the unit’s direction (Bergh, Friberg, Perrson, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, 2015). Since the reviewed article demonstrates a correlation between the adoption of technology (EHRs) and positive physician perceptions in terms of enhancing patient care and reducing medication errors (King et al., 2014), it is important for nurse leaders to use their knowledge in the budget process to ensure that their respective units are guided toward the adoption and use of health registers and other technology solutions. For example, nurse managers can use the information contained in the article to identify the objectives for including nurse training on the use of EHRs in the budgetary process, hence ensuring that nurses will have the capacity to
Introduction Real effective exchange rate (REER) is a measure of value of a country’s currency in relation to other major world currencies in the index aimed at countering effects of inflation. Such currencies include euro, US dollar and others. The measure is obtained by looking at the trade balance which is the difference between a country’s imports and exports in comparison with currencies of other countries in the same index. In the world markets, there usually exist a relationship between the real effective exchange rates and various microeconomic variables such as consumer price index (CPI), unemployment rate, money supply and interest rate. In this paper UK and USA have been considered as the study areas between the years 2000 and 2010. Real effective exchange rate, CPI, Interest Rates, Money supply, Unemployment in US Just like in other countries, US have been experiencing changes in the economic variables such as the real effective exchange rates, consumer price index, interest rates, money supply and the unemployment rates. Generally, these factors have been affected by changes in global economic trends that have also facilitated the government to effect monetary and fiscal policies to mitigate adverse effects. The monetary policy has been regulated by changes in interest rates, devaluation of currencies and regulation in money supply. CPI and Unemployment rates The US economy has had an increasing inflation rates and unemployment rates, 4.0 and 3.4 per cent respectively in year 2000 (Econedlink). This was because the economy was recovering from a serious inflation that had affected the economy towards the end of 1999. The inflation decreased slightly in 2001 to 2.8 as the prices of commodities stabilized (Econedlink). However, the unemployment rate remained high at 4.3 per cent due to lack of enough employment opportunities. The CPI continued to decrease till 2004, as the unemployment rates increased to 5.8 per cent in the same year. Thereafter, the inflation rates increased slightly to 3.4 per cent and unemployment rates decreased slightly to 5.8 per cent (Econedlink). The two variables remained slightly stable, until in 2009 when the world experienced financial crisis. The CPI was at its lowest point at -0.4 per cent while the unemployment rate recorded the highest figure of 9.3 per cent (Econedlink). This scenario coincides with Cencini who illustrates that an inverse correlation exists between inflation and unemployment (41). He further adds that an increase in inflation as depicted by increase in CPI causes reduction in the economic performances that forces employees to be sent home. Sauert asserts that CPI is often included in the interest rates changes and therefore only the unexpected change affect prices (7). During the 2008-2010 financial crises, many em
The case on SG Cowen describes the event of the annual campus recruitment procedure for fresh MBA graduates from the core schools in the company list. The recruitment strategy that was employed by Cowen was to hire on-campus from second-grade schools. The situation that is presented in the case is as follows. The setting is post-interviews of the final interview procedure of campus recruitment. The problem that has been presented in the case is related to four candidates who came for the Super Saturday interview sessions. They were strong candidates in their own area; however, there were some aspects about them, which disallowed them to be an outright yes for the recruiters. However, they still had to choose two candidates to fill their criteria. The question that the bankers were discussing, post-interviews was which two candidates to choose and why? In the following paragraphs, we will point out the strong points and the weak points about the four candidates mentioned in the case and present recommendations regarding the bankers’ dilemma. The first candidate who was a “maybe” on Rae’s list was Natalya Godleskwa. The strengths of Natalya as seen by the recruiters are now discussed. Good She had an MBA degree from Cornell and a very impressive finance GPA from her undergraduate class. Her knowledge about accounting and finance was strong as she even taught as an assistant at Cornell. She could speak four languages apart from English. She was ambitious, enterprising, and hard working. However, she had a few weaknesses, which troubled the recruiters more. Some felt that she might not be comfortable with others due to her not-so-efficient English. She did not interact with the other candidates indicating that she probably did not fit in with the other associates or bankers. Recommendation: Natalya should not be considered for the position. The second candidate was Martin Street. The points, which were at his advantage, are as follows. Martin Street has exceptional leadership quality and experience. He had experience in operations due to his tenure with the military for four years. He had a dynamic personality. He was confident and articulate. The disadvantages that can be observed in Martin Street were even more concerning. He had served four years in the army. This indicated that he was more used to a life commanded by disciplines. While SG Cowen’s environment demanded people who were capable of taking their own demands. Further, whether he was interested to get absorbed in the firm was a doubtful question. Therefore, if he is offered, he may wait to weigh it with the other offers he received
This study is by Amanda J. Wielder in 2010. It deals with the issues of childhood obesity, which have become common among children especially in the United States. The research was qualitative in nature. This is because most of the findings are in words as opposed to quantitative research, which mostly makes use of charts and graphs. The research has also provided detailed description of the topic under study, as opposed to a quantitative research that concentrates mostly on classifying the data collected, and drawing conclusions from them. The researcher used questionnaires as the major tool of collecting her data. She also used secondary materials like documents and books dealing with childhood obesity to supplement her information. The research question aimed at finding the role played by teachers, parents and students in helping fight obesity especially in schools. It states, “ What do parents, students, and teachers understand about what schools can do to support and improve students’ physical health and nutrition.” The area of focus for the research was an elementary school in the Mid-Atlantic region where the researcher works. The school acted as a representative of the other elementary schools in the country and the findings and recommendations are therefore applicable to other elementary schools. Five participants were involved in the study. They included one parent, one teacher and three students. The teacher was 25yaers old and taught at the school. The parent was 30 years old and had two children who schooled in that school. The three students included two boys and one girl whereby, the girl and one boy were in the fourth grade and the other boy in fifth grade. From the research, the researcher found that there are several causes of obesity among children and especially school going children. The most frequent cause is the type of food that the students eat. The children ate only one variety of food. They also did not eat enough fruits and vegetables, which are particularly important in maintaining a healthy body. Thus, in order to reduce the cases of obesity among children, they should eat a range of foods with a lot of fruits and vegetables and less processed foods.
Introduction A successful organisation requires talented achievers to run its daily operations. It is for this reason that the organisation needs to utilise the talent pipeline in order to recruit the best and further learn how to retain them. A highly talented employee possesses contrasting values and motivation from most of the other ordinary employees. It, therefore, becomes important for an organisation to learn how to spot talent, encourage it to grow in the right course and to further retain and make use of it. This does not only keep the organisation on the competitive edge but also help to encourage the talented employee to achieve the goals of the company. The concept of talent management is wholly and steadfastly embedded in most successful companies. It ensures that the company has the capability to attract, develop and retain highly skilled and talented employees. Personally, I have learnt the importance of nurturing an employee’s talent and turning it into a success. Being a talented individual, this essay is, therefore, aimed at highlighting the importance of managing this talent in any organisational setting by utilising the talent pipeline. Further, this paper will also set out the key issues relating to my talent being managed and the influence it has on me when making a particular decision about an organisation. Attracting, Selecting And Recruiting The High Potentials One mistake that most companies make is attracting low performers, hence, losing out on the talented staff. In the current global market, most companies are competing for the most talented individuals to join the competitive market. Who then are the high potentials? These are not the ordinary employees that follow the set guidelines and policies of the company to perform their duties. The high potentials have the capability of rising above those set policies and guidelines and to inject their talent to benefit the company. The high potentials are rare to find. They are not only committed to what they do but, at the same time, motivated to succeed in everything they do. The burden of attracting and identifying the high potentials, therefore, falls on the company seeking to recruit the talented individual. Personally, I feel this is one area that the company ignores when recruiting new members. In most instances, companies tend to lack the formal and effective tools required to identify and pick out talented individuals. This explains the reason why most organisations are experiencing a talent shortage. This should be alarming as with the current and growing diverse workforce, the organisation is bound to collapse due to lack of creativity emitting from their talented individuals. This is one aspect that companies should have in mind when recruiting candidates to fill those vacancies. When seeking to recruit the high potentials in the company, it is important to focus on both the strategy and operational mode of recruiting. As talented as I am, the strategy adopted by the company to seek out the talented individual is bound to greatly influence my decision o
The process of post-Cold War change in the Balkans has been approached and studied from a multiplicity of conceptual frameworks and assumptions by scholars and political analysts. The most dominant and consistent, according to Pula (2004), is the so-called ‘transition view’, which interprets a post-communist change in Eastern Europe as a struggle with the tradition of totalitarian political dispositions and a planned economy towards the model of representative democracy and market liberalism. By relying on the transition view, this paper will aim to critically analyze the origins, developments, and outcomes of events in Kosovo from the end of the Cold War until today. Many political analysts are of the opinion that the social, political and institutional contours of the Kosovo conflict, and which led to the independence of the previously autonomous province of Serbia. A constituent unit of the Yugoslavia federation was directly shaped by the institutional structures, ethnic disharmony, and cultural identities existing in the Yugoslav system (Pula, 2004). Although Kosovar Albanians had for long decried the authoritarian rule subjected upon them by Belgrade, it was the 1989 decision by Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic to remove the autonomy of Kosovo and bring it under the direct control of Belgrade that set the stage for the events that would later follow in the 1990s (NATO, 1999). After the revocation of Kosovo’s autonomy, the Belgrade administration under Milosevic closed educational institutions that used Albanian language, massively discharged Kosovar Albanians from state-owned entities, suspended Kosovo’s legal legislature and administration, and introduced the Serbo-Croat language to be used as the official language in all public and secondary schools and universities (Albanian.com, 2003; Ker-Lindsay, 2009). The Kosovar Albanians strenuously opposed this systematic oppression by Serbia and initiated passive resistance by establishing a ‘shadow state’ consisting of “a loose conglomeration of educational and cultural institutions, health services, social assistance networks, political parties, local financial councils, and a government-in-exile, all nominally coordinated by a political center led by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and its leader, Ibrahim Rugova” (Pula, 2004 p. 297). Milosevic’s policy of solidifying Serbian nationalism also gave impetus to the Albanians in Kosovo to initiate nonviolent resistance to Belgrade with a view to preserve the basic framework of the region, defy the Serbian state’s authority, and elicit international support for the objective of succession (Ker-Lindsay, 2009). It can also be argued that the ethnification
Since I am taking online marketing classes I will advise my friend to focus on online marketing apart from using physical marketing since by using online marketing my friend will be able to market the products over the internet this will acquire more customers hence increasing the sales. Through internet marketing, my friend will be able to attract more customers at a lower cost since the distribution of information on the products is free and this tends to cover a wide scope of customers who can easily acquire the information on the product over the internet and purchasing it without necessary visiting the clothing store itself (Sandhu, 2000). Since there is increased competition from the Walmart store will advise my friend to spend more time focusing on how her clients will benefit from the product and listen to the customers comment about her products and the services received during the whole purchasing period. After analyzing this I will advise my friend to market her products in a way that is customer friendly as well as the services she will be offering (Kerin, 2003). I will also inquire her to market her products to the people who seem to be parents and focus on generating her daily customers as well as advertising through the media and networking. Should also inform t