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A survey is a valuable tool to identify how respondents react to a particular situation. To understand how students feel in Keiser University, it is possible to conduct the survey regarding their educational experience in the establishment. The questionnaires typically reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the university. The responses are beneficial because they provide a scope on internal troubles which have a significant impact on students’ lives (Díaz, Ribes-Giner, & Perello-Marin, 2016). To resolve the existing problems and to create even a more comfortable environment for the students, the university should use the survey. The students can be honest as it is less formal compared to other means of filing a complaint in regards to a specific issue. The survey also should consider analyzing current services as well as opinions regarding implementation of the future services. Each survey has to pursue a specific goal with the assistance of methodology. The most suitable option for the university is to use an online list of questions which are aimed at understanding how students feel about the establishment (Saif, 2014). It is a convenient way to increase an audience of participants who will complete the survey (Pendon, 2016). There also has to be a specific deadline, a week, for example. By providing a certain degree of freedom, students are able to answer the questions when and where they want. A traditional written form of questions and tests will only decrease participation. Therefore, it is necessary to create a flexible and modern type of survey which correlates with a lifestyle of an ordinary student. First of all, the survey has to help students to identify themselves. The questions can vary; however, it will be convenient to ask for a name, age, and gender, as this information can be used to structure the results and differentiate them (Saif, 2014). Furthermore, the survey seems more credible if an individual who fills it in provides a name. However, it should be mentioned that it is not a necessary action but preferable, compared to anonymous surveys. There is no need for students to write down their full names, just the first one will be enough. Secondly, it is essential to ask about the experience of studying at the university. For instance, the students might experience certain pressure or difficulties while studying, especially, when they are during their first year. There also might be some problems with their colleagues or teachers (Pendon, 2016). An encouraging environment is vital for the educational establishment, and it is hard to deny that it influences students’ interest. Therefore, any inconveniences or distractions might have a significant negative impact on the academic success of an individual (Saif, 2014). It is also beneficial to learn more about the students’ opinion on the team of teachers and academic life in the university. The survey should include questions about the online services of the university and the access to them. For instance, the university has an online database of lectures, necessary reading materials, and the personal cabinet of a student. Taking into account that all o
Norms and Test Reliability Psychological test norms have proved to be of invaluable use to human society since the inception of scholarly civilization, giving tools for measuring aptitudes, skills, knowledge, capacities, intelligence, and abilities in a variety of social settings, Outmoded and outdated norms involve thematic apperception test, clinical and IQ tests. Raw scores are primarily the first-hand statistical outcomes from a surveyed sample. For instance, in determining the IQ of a student, a summative or formative test must be administered. Once the raw data has been obtained, it should be standardized to respective psychological measures using the relevant statistical tool. Thus, measures of central tendency: mean, mode, and median and measures of dispersion; range, quartiles, percentiles, variance, and standard deviation should be considered in standardizing and analysis of the sample. Not to mention the inestimable need for graphical representation and analysis of the data. Thus, a set of raw data can be expressed in score form, which is then standardized into such standard scores as Z-score, T-score, scaled scores, and IQ scores, the central objective being to give an effective and meaningful description of the samples in the distribution. These standardized scores are fixed interval scales of measurement, which give a clear view of how the data is spread. Due to the complexity of data collection, various measurement errors compromise the
Studying humanity journey Introduction Anthropology is the study of human beings in time and space. The central theme of anthropology is to trace the development that has occurred to the human race from the past to the present in different geographical locations. In fact, it uses both scientific and humanistic means for its data analysis that is gotten from various studies and researches that are conducted on the human race and its close relatives. Anthropology explores various issues that pertain to the existence of life for humans and the physical, biological as well as geographical differences exhibited by the human race. From time in memorial, humans have evolved to display the differences that they have among themselves and other animals which share the same ancestral origin. For ease of study, anthropology as a discipline is divided into various study categories such as physical or biological anthropology, cultural anthropology and forensic anthropology among other sub-sections. Each of these sectors studies a certain aspect of human life aimed at bringing a clear and concise understanding of the human race. This paper aims at explaining the various subsections of anthropology and the role they play in enhancing the understanding of the value of anthropology. The value of studying human evolutionary sequence Of interest to anthropology is the idea of evolution which is pivotal to the explanation of emergence of different forms of life. Evolution theory can be traced back to the work of Charles Darwin who introduced it to modern biological and evolutionary thought. Physical anthropology as a branch deals with evolution of biological characteristics observed in human beings. Evolution can be described as the process by which living organisms have developed mostly through adaptation, natural selection and
Introduction This week, I experienced a few events with software packages I have been using for quite some time. It has caused me to reflect on how critical it is for a Customer Experience to be practical, not only to reinforce the Product’s effectiveness but also to make clients reconsider their choices and decisions when one, or even more dramatically both, falter (Nobar & Rostamzadeh, 2018). In essence, this essay reflects the negative and positive Customer Experience experiences and how they can significantly impact customer retention and fidelity. Negative Experience For the past two years, I have been utilizing Adobe products. I have seen how their product experiences have evolved and developed over time and how their product portfolio has morphed and refined itself. I have also taught Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver, and the now-defunct Director classes on using and building digital solutions. As a daily user of the Creative Cloud, I have developed a long-standing relationship with the product offering, even though every product solution is flawed and has its fair share of flaws and faults. However, something happened to me last week that has happened several times (Zhang & Chang, 2021). While working on a digital illustration, Photoshop and Illustrator may suddenly and unexpectedly display the message “You have been signed out of Your Account” and quit, sometimes even refusing to save the file I am working on. As I previously stated, this has happened several times, with productivity crashing due to all the products closing and me having to log in to my Creative Cloud account again to get them to resume. To better understand this problem, I have triaged it, making sure there is nothing wrong with my billing statement, my hardware, or my internet connection and go over all the possible causes for such severe behavior. There are none, except that it tends to correspond with times when Adobe releases a batch of upgrades to their tools. This time, though, I decided to seek assistance with the issues at hand. This was a horrible event in and of itself. Their Help experience is littered with Dark UX themes (including Sneaking, Obstruction, Forced Action, Social Proof, Scarcity, Urgency, and the one applicable to this case, Misdirection). Wanting to get some advice on this, I went to their FAQ section, where I could not discover anything relevant to my problem. After a good 5 minutes of browsing around, I eventually started a “dialogue” with a chatbot, who couldn’t understand the issue I was presenting and sent me to a human HelpDesk assistant after a series of queries yielded no solution. This individual took a long time to react to my questions, and after waiting 10 minutes for a response to my last query, she stated that my problem was more technical than account-related and that I would nee
Quality of products and services is a vital element that any business should consider because a failure to ensure it prevents companies from reaching success. Some time ago, Samsung faced an issue associated with it as it started selling phones that exploded (Griffiths & Kamouni, 2017). This problem is associated with quality, and it can be discussed from Kant’s point of view as his moral theory presupposes that all people should be treated with respect and cannot be used to reach some goal (Castro, 2014). Focusing on the distribution of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, it can be stated that the company wanted to sell its product and to obtain profit, failing to ensure that its phone had already been ready for utilization and safe for its users. The solution to this situation included gathering all items back and providing reimbursement to all clients. Kant’s theory does not consider this way out, but it turns out to be rather successful. Focusing on their responsibility to customers and aligning their actions with Kant’s theory, the organization’s leaders would have spent more time and effort to ensure that the product was of high quality. Still, they were more concerned about their own business. To find a balance between the responsibilities of the involved parties, it would be better for them to delay distribution for several days. Moreover, governmental guidelines would not affect this solution regardless of the involved country, proving that this approach is appropriate. Considering the ethics of a global business environment, it will still be the best option because customer-centered services require excellent quality and service that ensure competitiveness.
How do some of the churches built in the central and high middle ages reflect the ideals of the monastic reform movement? During both the central and the high Middle Ages, the church increasingly played an important role in people’s lives. Churches were impressively built everywhere and were widely seen as monuments of pride. The middle ages period also witnessed the growth of the monastic reform movement. The monasteries and monks developed arts and architecture, which significantly reflected the ideals of their reform movement. One of the prominent monastic ideals was the notion of running away from the material world, abandoning one’s worldly possessions, and practicing devotion to worshiping in a secluded place. Consequently, many of the churches built during these periods as well as the manuscripts and artwork all manifested their spiritual dedication to worship. The medieval monastic architecture was designed to be places of worship, prayer as well as to offer residence to monks who attempted to cut themselves off from the distractions of the world. As a result, the churches built during this period were usually designed in a way that provided some form of seclusion. Most medieval churches were also designed like courtyards, and they contained chapter houses for meetings of the worship community, storage facilities, and dormitories. Additionally, some churches also contained schools where children wanted by their parents to become monks were taught. In short, the ideals of the monastic reform movement during the medieval periods such as total devotion to worship and seclusion from the material world were generally manifested in the architecture of the churches in terms of their designs and heavy artistic adornment. For the Middle Ages, book illustration changed in both size and content. What do these changes suggest about the changes in literacy and spiritual devotion? During the Middle Ages, devotional literacy substantially increased, and consequently, as more people were able to read and write books significantly reduced in their size as the content of books changed from the previous pictorial illustrations to the use of texts. Additionally, the advent of printing technology in the fifteenth century made books more affordable and increased the availability of books with textual content rather than books with illustrations. Before this period, books were more pictorial because most people, particularly the commoners and the peasants could not read and write. The early books were made from pages of animal hides sewn together and containing pictorial illustrations with scribed texts below them. Most biblical teachings were therefore presented in pictorial illustrations so that the illiterates could understand. With the rapid rise of the middle class, literacy significantly grew, and more people began to own books. Th
Executive Summary The sphere of marketing is unique because it is always possible to implement some changes within a short period and achieve great success. However, a certain attention has to be paid to every detail of a process and the analysis of the steps should be done on a good level. The entry process is not an easy task even if it does not take much time. The point is that a team of professional managers and analytics have to investigate the chosen sphere, compare the possible participants with their opportunities and challenges, and offer the best recommendations regarding the situation under which the case is developed. As soon as the market for entering is identified, it is necessary to conduct a market analysis and understand the peculiarities of market growth, customers’ needs, forecasted demand, possible barriers, and even the role of the competitors that predetermine the quality of a process. The current paper introduces a management consulting report about the intentions of one of the largest UK supermarkets, Sainsbury’s, to enter the Chinese market and offer its groceries to the Chinese people. Sainsbury’s has to be ready to do much work within a short period to achieve the desirable results and make use of the information gathered. The necessity to meet short deadlines can be easily explained: as soon as the company investigates the market, it is necessary to make some solutions based on the data found. With time, some economic, technological or informative issues can be changed dramatically, and the worth of the data found can be minimal or even equal to zero (Wang, Chen, & Huang, 2011). There is a huge amount of work that has to be done by Sainsbury’s to understand the differences between the UK and Chinese markets and countries, in general (Goetz, 2015). There are the chances to achieve great results and opportunities; still, it is necessary to consider the threats and their impacts on Sainsbury’s in China and even in the United Kingdom. As one of the largest supermarkets in the United Kingdom, Sainsbury is facing a unique position of expanding into new markets. The market will be different in scope and the geographic location. Th
Aims, objectives, Research Questions Electric bikes use an electric motor to move it around. They are always fitted with some rechargeable batteries thus they are able to move for longer distances without experiencing any mechanical problems.The company which introduced the bikes currently records higher sales turn out implying that it is liked by many people across the world (Lippman B2012, p. 147). Besides, the traditional bikes and motorcycles are almost fading away since a number of people have considered it to be more convenient cheap and environmental friendly.For instance, it leads to the reduction of carbon dioxide in the air.Electronic bikes have gained popularity over the years (Cohn 2008, p. 144). Consequently, it is being used in most of the developed countries around the world. In a number of countries around the world, electric bicycles are not regarded as motor vehicles since they are operated with minimum traffic rules (Weiss 2002). Due to rapid population and economic growth, approximately, 80million people have e-bikes. Additionally, the sales of the bikes have been steadily increasing over the past years. A number of people in Saudi Arabia are currently using the electronic bicycles because of its convenience (Sperling, Gordon & Schwarzenegger 2009, p. 287). A number of people majorly use the bikes for transport purposes hence Saudi Arabia has been able to improve its economy. Besides, it is preferred by many people because it is environmental friendly (Gilbert & Perl 2007, p. 388). Various researches will be carried out to establish the impact of the e-bikes on the local people and the Saudi Arabian government. Additionally, the research will be done to establish the efficiency of the electronic bikes (Vacca, 2009). It will also determine how the bikes are environmental friendly (Westby 2004). The other major aim of the research is to investigate the trend of its sale in the local Saudi Arabian market (Kurtz 2013, p. 289). Moreover, the research will try to answer questions like how the use of e-bikes is more advantageous than the traditional bikes. It will also determine the approximate number of people who are able to purchase the bikes and their opinions (Association of College and Research Libraries 1964, 168). The above research will try to explain why electric bicycles have minimum traffic rules compared to other means of transport like vehicles and trains. In addition, the research to be carried out will not only explain the few limitations of using the bicycle but also how it has affected the living standards of Saudi Arabian people (Boxwel & Boxwell 2011, p. 169). Methodology There are a number of methods that will be applied when trying to answer the research questions. A lot of survey will be done to validate the efficiency of using the electric bikes (Stowell & Welch 2012). People’s opinion will be obtained through the provision of some questionnaires that will contain some elaborate information wanted. Research will also be carried out both in rural and ur
Why certain PMCs outperform others Some private military companies perform better than others and this difference is mainly due to differences in training, experience and long-term personnel and lack of accountability. The private military companies are a very disparate collection of companies or units that can be contracted for very different missions (Voillat 1). They integrate in very different ways within the multinational military and with existing military forces. Some of these private forces are long-established companies with demonstrated operational experience and transparent business structures. Others are more loosely knit and made up of individuals hailing from varied military or security backgrounds (Voillat 1). This difference in terms of professionalism and reliability is one of the factors leading to differences in performance levels between the companies. Again, some private military companies are poorly trained while others have a great deal of experience (Voillat 1). Private military companies are not as accountable as military personnel. Checks and balances that apply to national armed forces can seldom be applied with equivalent strength to PMC employees. As they operate outside the bounds of military command and justice, the employees of private military companies are under no obligation to put themselves at risk, and face no real risk of punishment if they defect from their contractual obligations because they are typically based elsewhere (Singer 24). This gives them a great deal of personal freedom. Due to the differences in personality traits and motivational aspects of its employees, private military companies differ widely in their performance levels. Moreover, private military companies typically have very few permanent staff, with most employees hired on short contracts as needed. One of their market advantages – very rapid deployment capacity – and the pressure for profitability makes them compromise on performance standards. As an oil company executive setting up operations in a political unstable and dangerous country, would you consider hiring security personnel from Blackwater? Explain why or why not? No, I will not hire security personnel from Blackwater. They have a bad reputation, bad managerial practices and exploit lack of accountability. Blackwater Security Consulting LLC has performed armed guard services in Iraq and became engaged in battle when the offices of the provisional administration were attacked in 2004. It has been widely condemned for the killing of 11 innocent Iraqis at Fallujah in Iraq. In retaliation, the crowd attacked and killed four of the Blackwater guards, hanged and burnt them in public (Addicott 323). Joseph Neff’s report in the Raleigh News & Observer details the events surrounding the Fallujah massacre in 2004 and emphasizes that to a large extent these deaths of resulted in part from Blackwater practices. According