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Hitler’s passionate hostility towards Christianity as depicted in his table talk does not quite reflect his position as often asserted by many historical analysts. While it is true that in more than one occasion Hitler criticized certain Christian dogmas, the church and priests, it would be inadequate to overlook the fact that even God-fearing Christians do criticize each other. However, it stands out that most of what he said cannot be disputed. This talk should be viewed within the perspective of understanding Hitler’s authority, psychology and leadership philosophy. The understanding of Hitler’s table talk After the Third Reich, the religious views which Hitler held previously underwent tremendous changes. Hitler’s support for Christianity was witnessed as he effortlessly worked towards making sure that unity was attained between the state and protestant church. This pursuit went on until he failed in his third attempt when he began giving his famous anti-Christian remarks. My understanding from one of the remarks he made in October 1937 is that he felt liberated from living a life full of childish imaginations and intense inner struggles with religion. In addition, judging from the tone of his speech, it is easy to conclude that he was talking about his long-held Catholic faith. From that time, it is possible to argue that although Hitler was deeply religious, whatever he was claiming depicted him as entirely anti-Christian. One of the instances that supported this argument can be seen when he mentioned that Christianity was a rebellion against nature and natural law, and also a show of human failure as wel
As research shows, the world’s leading corporations are actively deploying coaching as a means of developing leaders and increasing corporate productivity (Verlander, 2011). Although coaching is an effective means of employee motivation and problem-solving on the way to bring up corporate leaders and refine the talented executives, there is the issue of quality of coaching sessions. In his article “Coaching With Poise,” E. G. Verlander discusses the various models of coaching and outlines a mode that he deems the most optimal for improving coaching quality. There is a multitude of coaching styles and models that vary from one coach to another. In his article, Verlander provides a detailed review of existing coaching models, sparing a special place for the coaching matrix. In his other works,
Introduction To begin with, it is necessary to emphasize that the education system of any country is based on the national experience, culture, and the current realities of the world and domestic situation. If the country is multi-national, like the USA, the situation is worsened with the differences of experience and diverse treatment to children. Jonathan Kozol, in his book “Savage Inequalities,” argues that the US educational system is based on treating and educating white children, while the Hispanic and African American students are taught using the principles of teaching white students. In spite of the fact that people are equal and racial segregation is not allowed in education, the worldview of these children differs, and, sometimes, essentially. Thinking in Education John Dewey’s “Thinking in education” is aimed to overcome this “equal inequality” and provide the principles that would be used in educating African American children. He argues that “ Speaking generally, the fundamental fallacy in methods of instruction lies in supposing that experience on the part of pupils may be assumed. Experience is here taken as previously defined: trying to do something and having the thing perceptibly do something to one in return. The fallacy consists in supposing that we can begin with the ready-made subject matter of arithmetic, or geography, or whatever, irrespective of some direct personal experience of a situation”. (Dewey, 2003, p.68) This statement was grounded on the fact that the education system is very prejudiced, and African American children are not taught to admire their national heroes except the most obvious, like Martin Luther King. The fact is that there were numerous other outstanding activists of the black movements: picketers, lawyers, poets, etc. Thus, John Dewey argues that the children should be taught in order they could admire their national heroes, and we’re proud of them (Perry, 1998). Another idea that is offered in “Thinking in Education” stands for the implementation of the principle of setting up friendship among children. The fact is that it is impossible to educate children equally if the children themselves do not aim to be equal. Originally, education should be based on the principle of equality; as it was emphasized earlier, nevertheless this equality should be not only in treating children equally but also on providing equally reliable information on the activity of white and African American scientists, novelists, poets, etc. If friendship, o at least unprejudiced relations, are set up among children, the perception of the information, which touches upon the cultural differences, will be equal and unprejudiced. Otherwise, the education system will not be equal for students of different cultural origins. Conclusion The main principle of “Savage Inequalities” and “Thinking in Education” is to give the ideas for the further setting up of equal relations among the children, and, consequently, the equal treatment of teachers to the children. The process of teaching should take into account all the cultural differences of the children in the class, especially if the class is multi-cultural.
In his article, Stiglitz (n.d.) argues that in the framework of the current state, there is no fair trade that is claimed to result from global economic liberalization. He claims that the assumption that the mentioned process is able to benefit everyone cannot be considered rational. The developing countries rather face numerous debt burdens than obtain genuine opportunities for economic growth and development. However, the scholarly dimension allows disagreeing with such a position, given an impressive extent of supporting evidence. Below, the rebuttal to the key arguments contained in the article “No fair trade” by Joseph Stiglitz will be provided. The key suggestion provided by Stiglitz (2008) is as follows, “Modern economic theory has shown that in the imperfect world in which we live, trade liberalization can actually make everyone worse off (p. 223). This statement does not seem to reflect reality to the necessary extent. It should be stated that trade liberalization is a form of foreign economic policy, which is a complex of measures aimed at promoting foreign economic activity, the gradual abolition of existing restrictions in foreign trade, reduction of import and export duty rates, providing tariff privileges during foreign economic operations (Hufbauer, 2008). This is the process of expanding the will of economic actions of business entities, withdrawing restrictions on financial and economic activity, and the emancipation of entrepreneurship. Integration into the global economy was a powerful means of promoting economic growth, development, and reduction of poverty for the majority of countries. Over the past 20 years, the growth of world trade averaged 6 percent per year, which is twice as fast as the world volume of production (Gnangnon, 2017). But trade was an increased in the engine and before that. Since 1947, when a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was created, the world trading system won eight rounds of multil
Introduction Over the course of the years, computers have become an integral part of the business environment. This has been as a result of their efficiency, accuracy, and speed which has revolutionalized the manner in which business is conducted. An important concept that has risen with the continued usage of computers is that of Data Warehousing and various architectures of the same have been implemented. This paper shall summarize and analyze an article by Ariyachandra and Watson “Which Data Warehouse Architecture is Most Successful?” which attempts to provide an empirical research on the strengths of the major warehousing architectures in use today. Article Summary Ariyachandra and Watson begin their article by highlighting the fact that there exists huge controversies over which is the best data warehouse architecture. They articulate that the major architectures in existence are the “hub and spoke architecture” and the “dart mart bus architecture”. The authors lament that despite the importance that an architecture choice can have, there has been little research on the topic. As such, this article is intended to shed light as to the different architecture choices. In their study, the authors primarily investigate 5 data warehousing architectures namely: “independent data marts, data mart bus architecture with linked dimensional data marks, hub and spoke, centralized data warehouse and federated.” The authors noted that while this was not a conclusive list of all the architectures in existence, this sample consisted of the core ones since other architectural types were a variation of the five. The study is achieved through a Web-based survey which is targeted at individuals who undertake physical data warehouse implementations at various organizations. The surveyed companies were small to large companies. From the study, it was discovered that the mostly popular architecture was the hub and spoke followed by the bus architecture. Since this data warehouses had to be used in conjunction with a platform, it was observed that the most common platform was Oracle followed by Microsoft. Since there had to be a measure by which the relative success of a particular architecture was measured, the authors chose to use the following attributes: “information quality, system quality, individual impacts and organizational impacts.” By contrasting the score that each architecture acquired on this varied matrixes, the authors were able to compare the success of the different architectures. The findings indicated that Independent data marts were the least popular as they received the lowest score on all counts. The authors conceded that this was in line with the commonly held perception that an architecture that favored the independent storage of data was undesirable by most organization. The studies furthermore revealed that the 3 centralized architectures only had marginal differen
Introduction It is indeed true that the media can play both constructive and destructive roles in patriarchy. It is possible for media channels to reproduce patriarchy in various ways. For instance, skewed reporting of gender issues affecting women can negatively contribute towards a patriarchal mentality among men and women. A case in point is the issue of abortion. While men are directly responsible for all pregnancies, the media often fail to highlight the contribution of men when abortion takes place. The high rate of abortion today is blamed on women owing to the propagated messages by the media. Gender-related stories reported by the media should not favor men at all because when societal morals deteriorate, the male gender should be equally held responsible. The Main Theme The modern media coverage is presumably dominated by a patriarchal mindset especially when male offenders who abuse females are portrayed as successful individuals who cannot be deterred by circumstances surrounding them. Second, the media can reproduce patriarchy when it employs more men than women in the industry. While women can perform even better than men when employed as news anchors, editors, field reporters and producers, the media might find itself embracing men in these roles and ignoring females during the hiring process. On the other hand, the media still has the opportunity to challenge a patriarchal mentality through unbiased reporting of gender-related matters and employing more females as members of staff. In addition, developing gender-sensitive programs that favor or agitate for basic rights of the female gender can definitely challenge patriarchy
Introduction The administration of high-risk medications among elderly enrollees in the Medicare Advantage Plans has been a matter of great concern since 2005 when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instructed all Medicare Advantage Plans to start reporting their prescription rates of high-risk medications (HRM). The purpose of the study was to determine the predictors of the administration of HRMs’ quality indicators in a national sample of MA enrollees, as defined by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. The null hypothesis of the study was, “Increased burden of chronic diseases and age-related changes in drug metabolism predispose the elderly to adverse drug events precipitated by the use of high-risk medications (HRM)” (Qato & Trivedi, 2012, p. 546). Problem Statement The objective of the nursing practice is to ensure that patients receive quality health care, and thus nurses should avoid the administration of medications with adverse effects on patients. The researchers sought to find an alternative solution to High Risk Medications (HRM) for the elderly people. These medications are termed as high risk because they are associated with an increase in morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, in-patient length of stay, and healthcare spending by the elderly people. Hence, the problem of the study is beneficial to nurses as it explores solutions to an issue that has bedeviled their profession for a long time. In addition, the researchers found a strong correlation between HRM and other factors such as geography, social income, race, and gender. The findings unearthed unethical behaviors in the practice, which implies that the HRM alternatives are made available to some patients based on the aforementioned factors. In addition, the researchers found that HRMs are unsuitable for patients aged 65 and above because they have many associated adverse effects that outweigh their benefits. Hence, there is a great need to adopt the alternative medications and do away with HRMs in order to reclaim the reputation of the nursing profession since nurses are supposed to take care of patients un-discriminatively. Study Purpose Researchers had various reasons for their study, which included advocating the adoption of alternatives to HRM, disclosing discrimination in the med
Abstract This paper will focus on core strategies of USED BOOKS, GAMES and MUSIC Company. Core strategies of a company are the fundamental principles that facilitate achievement of the set goals. It is essential to have clear goals in order to compete profitably. This paper will analyze the core strategies of this Company and how they relate to product positioning and value for customers. USED BOOKS, GAMES AND MUSIC COMPANY This Company aims at facilitating access to scholarly academic literature, games and music at the lowest cost possible. Used books are not costly hence reducing the company’s operation cost. Low operation costs will enable the business to have a competitive edge within the market environment. The vision of this Company is to increase efficacy to access of academic and entertainment facilities (Jelassi & Enders, 2008). Core Strategies Our core strategies revolve around improvement of the customer service and customer satisfaction. They include the following:   * Developing and implementing corporate reformation processes to enhance the effective provision of services to the customers. The Company aims at meeting their customer demands through the provision of less costly products and services.   * Establishment and evaluation of service priorities on regular basis. The Company aims at providing its customers with an opportunity to air their views regarding the services offered and improvements that need to be made (Jelassi & Enders, 2008).   * Provide a linkage between the academic literature and entertainment products at the lowest costs possible.   * Develop economic prospects that provide a stable economic
Communication can be defined as a one-way or two-way process of transferring information in which specific actors act as recipients and sources. Lasswell’s theory is not only a model that reflects the structure of the communication process but also a framework for studying this process, its elements, and structure. According to Tomsett et al., this model includes five basic elements utilized as analytical tools and allows expressing the form of presentation, the speaker’s idea and interlocutor, the channel, and the effect put into the message (100049). This interaction methodology is suitable for both mass and interpersonal or group communication and helps disseminate messages among various actors. The use of such a framework in a real situation is a common phenomenon that contributes to delivering specific ideas clearly and conveniently to both a wide range of people and individual interlocutors. When applied to everyday life, Lasswell’s communication pattern can be observed in any educational session. In this case, the form of interaction is more often one-way, when a lecturer conveys specific ideas to the target audience by focusing on the mode of transmission, for instance, digital format or real-time communication. By analyzing such a communication mechanism, one can single out all the aforementioned elements that make it possible to get answers about the participants and the context of the interaction, thereby supporting it. In the media environment, Lasswell’s model also appears as a handy tool. Vivian cites TV shows in which actors’ performances and scripts play the central role (170). The author mentions Two and a Half Men as a sitcom that has earned colossal ratings by capturing the target audience due to an understandable algorithm for presenting information (Vivian 170). Thus, by utilizing Lasswell’s framework, one can break a particular message into structural components to understand its context and support communication.
What necessitated the development of the corporation? It is a fact that corporations influence most activities of people in the society. Corporations determine matters that are so personal to individuals. These include what people eat or wear. People are usually oblivious of the effects that corporations have on their lives. Bakan’s book, ‘The Corporation,’ attempts to provide a pathological explanation of how corporations came to wield so much power over the society. The 16th century marked the beginning of the rise of corporations. According to Bakan, corporations grew due to continous accumulation of capital. This necessitated the development of a structure that would facilitate accumulation and continuous expansion of capital. This led to the development of corporations, which could combine capital and economic power of unlimited numbers of people. In addition, the rise of the corporation was due to the increasing concentration of the means of production and labor. The rise of corporations turned private property into capital. Ownership of the corporations was in the form of shares. Share ownership meant that no shares or group of shares had the right to manage the corporations. This paved the way for the development of the corporation as a separate legal entity. What necessitated the change in the form of ownership of corporations? For corporations to run effectively, they had to pull the resources of a large number of people. This would provide them with resources for continuous expansion. However, during the early stages of development of the corporation, investors were reluctant to invest in corporations. This is because investors were liable to lose private property due to liabilities of the corporations. This necessitated a change in legislation to enable corporations to access more funds. Legislation made corporations ‘limited liability’ entities. This enabled corporations to access a huge pool of capital. This is because this legislation reduced the risks that investors faced due to the liabilities of the corporations. Access to a large pool of capital facilitated the continuous expansion of corporations. Formation of the limited liability entity paved the way for active participation of investors in the stock market. Access to a large pool of capital increased the power of corporations. Therefore, it was vital to have a clear legal definition of corporations. Change in legislation led to the current definition of the corporation as an entity in its own right. Therefore, corporations could conduct business like a real person, own assets and even go to court to defend their rights or activities. Change in the two legislations led to the development of the modern corporation. What factors led to the development of the immense power that modern corporations wield? Previously, governments controlled corporations. However, according to Bakan, corporations now control governments. Expansion of corporate power internationally in the 1980s and 1990s led to the development of powerful global institutions. The power of these institutions superseded the power of the state. The World Trade
Executive Summary Conflict is a common and sometimes important par of an organization. However, if not well handled conflict can result in explosive situations which can lead to an organization incurring significant losses. Owing to this possibility it is better that an organization prepare in advance for such occurrences with a view to minimizing the resultant losses. The following report will provide the reader some information on the causes, factors and strategies that could be used in conflict resolution. Background The topic of conflict resolution within the workplace is a very crucial one given that the inclusion of new technology in the workplace has provided additional ground for the emergence of potentially explosive situations (Brinkman & Kirschner, 2002). This is especially important in the workplace where communication between parties must appear to reflect a common interest. This is due to the fact that most people do not communicate with individuals who appear to be against them (Brinkman & Kirschner, 2002). This position is easily accomplished in face to face encounters but is often a source of mistrust and eventual conflict when communication is performed using new technology. In an analysis of conversation and the way that people get meaning from communication, it was reported that 55% of the meaning people get is based on what they see, 38% of meaning is based on how it was said or the tone and 7% is based on the words actually spoken (Brinkman & Kirschner, 2002). Based on this it is possible to understand that it is very easy for conflict to arise in the workplace. This is because when communication is done using technology there are instances in which the user does not have a visual or even audio connection with the speaker. In this case a proper knowledge of the protocols to follow is essential to reduce the amount of conflict and increase the performance of the worker. Based on the above percentages or numbers of meaning as they are sometimes referred to we can see that in written communication the 55% attributed to visual cues and the 38% attributed to audible cues are lost (Brinkman & Kirschner, 2002). This means that in such cases all that remains is the words. This loss is in many ways a major advantage of written communication when compared with other forms of communication. This comes from the fact that it allows the speaker to address the point directly without need to consider the presentation. Literature Review The increased tendency towards globalization has seen the emergence of distributed virtual teams to handle the increased work related needs. Some of the potential benefits that can be attributed to this include the ability to provide round the clock customer support and a speedy response to global market demands (Kankanhalli, Tan & Wei, 2007). Despite these improvements in business the