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Campus newspaper story “The part of Saudi Arabia in Madrid” is the title of the article describing the recent event in the SLU in Madrid. Globalization is an important aspect of the modern world. It is inevitable in all types of communities. Although Saint Louis University in Madrid is not extremely large, there are students from different nationalities. The students from Saudi Arabia established the initiative by preparing the presentation of their culture. The event took place on the university campus. The students did their best to engage as many other guests as possible. The first part of the event was the cooking of traditional cuisine. Together with others, Saudi Arabian students showed how to cook spicy lamb — the traditional meal. Then, the food was served on the large tray according to traditions. All participants were eating together in a circle, and it symbolized the significance of family relations in Saudi Arabia. Students from Saudi Arabia were dressed in their traditional clothes — a white Thobe. After the meal, students taught their guests how to greet each other and thank them for something in their native language. More than two hundred million people speak Arabian around the world. It was interesting for SLU students to study something from this language. It was a fun and exciting experience for everyone. Speaking Arabian turned out to be a challenging task for others. The familiarization with the Arabian music followed the language lessons. It should be noted, that students presented more of the modern Arabic repertoire rather than the old one. It has a historical ground. Saudi Arabians’ ancestors, Bedouins, had the nomadic way of life that did not allow them to carry excessive luggage such as musical instruments. At the end of the event, all other students demonstrated only positive emotions. Besides, they thanked each other according to the rules of Arabian etiquette. These rules presuppose that shaking hands and kissing in cheek is acceptable only between representatives of the same gender. Finally, representatives from other minorities expressed the desire to establish the tradition of presenting various cultures. The analysis of the story The intended audience of my story is all students of Saint Louis University in Madrid who are interested in foreign traditions. The target audience prefers participation in such activities and learning something new. The representatives of the intended audience may ask the qu
Being one of the leading loyalty marketing companies, LoyaltyOne needs to alter its current recruitment strategies so as to comply with the most recent requirements. Currently, the most effective approach to establishing the best recruitment channels is forecasting (Belcourt, Singh, Snell, Morris, & Bohlander, 2017). With the help of this approach, the organization will be able to recruit the most skilled specialists and, at the same time, avoid spending extra time and resources on hiring individuals that are not suited for its processes. In the case of LoyaltyOne, the most crucial of the three forecasting components is the demand for labor. The firm’s managers should resort to this practice in order to predict how many employees they should hire. What is more, forecasting allows assessing what knowledge and skills the newly-recruited people should possess. Since LoyaltyOne conducts diverse businesses, forecasting is the most viable proactive practice to employ. Human resource (HR) managers can approach forecasting from two points of view: qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative techniques of forecasting are subjective due to being grounded in surveys and opinions (Vasigh, Fleming, & Tacker, 2016). Meanwhile, quantitative forecasting presupposes the use of statistical data for predicting changes in employee demand. Both of the approaches are divided into methods and have some advantages and disadvantages. Qualitative forecasting incorporates focus groups, historical analogy, market survey and experiment, Delphi method, and barometric forecasting (Vasigh et al., 2016). In general, the benefits of these approaches include flexibility and the possibility to notice changes in data at an early stage of forecasting. The limitations of qualitative forecasting are concerned with the complexity and the low level of accuracy. Quantitative forecasting is largely divided into cross-sectional and time-series statistics. The examples of this approach include trend analysis, descriptive statistics, random effect, and others (Vasigh et al., 2016). The advantages of quantitative forecasting are reliability and accuracy, whereas its disadvantages comprise the dependence on economy changes and primitive estimation of actuality. When it comes to the leading-edge sourcing approaches, LoyaltyOne should pay close attention to such means as the trend analysis of labor markets and the use of technology. Trend analysis is a quantitative technique that helps managers to predict the company’s need for new workers based on an organi
Introduction Massive persecution of the Jews in the 19 th century marked the genesis of the Middle East conflicts. Since the persecution became a world issue, world leaders agreed to establish a Jewish state in the Middle East. Tabarani argues that, since the British Empire had a mandate over Palestine from 1920 to 1947, it was convenient to impose the Jewish people on the Palestinians who had peace and tranquility for several years (42). Hence, the central argument of the proposal is that the migration of the Jews contributed to the instability in the Middle East between. As a preview of the main points, the proposal will examine the problem, significance of the study, research plan, limitations, benefits, and eventually provide a conclusion. The Body Problem Statement Western countries, particularly the Britain and Germany, created the instabilities in the Middle East just after colonialism. According to Tabarani, while Germany through Ottoman Empire supported the creation of new states such as Palestine, the British foreign minister, Lord Balfour, supported the creation of the Jewish state through the Balfour Declaration (43). On this basis, colonial legacies, increased poverty, conflicts over resources, and the imposition of Jews on the Arabs are the major causes of conflicts in the Middle East. Many historians and scholars of international relations confirm that the conflicts in the region are associated with resource allocation and division of the Arab land. In this view, the major objective of the paper is to prove through research that problems, which humans experience in the Middle East, require leaders to resolve because they are the cause. Rationale and Significance The paper presents some of the causes of conflicts in the Middle East that have continuously affected the performance of states in the region. The study is very important as it sheds some light on one of the global problems that is associated with terrorism. Although many people believe that terrorism is part of the Islamic ideals, the reality is that “the frustrations compel Palestinians to engage in acts of extremism and suicide bombing” in the Middle East (Penslar 21). Therefore, the study presents a new perspective of understanding conflict system in the Middle East. Research Plan In the research plan, the study will employ the reasoning of Toulmin, which respects the views of all people. Based on the reasoning, the study will explain the underlying assumptions that define general
Introduction In 2000, Shay Joseph and Wheelis Joan co-edited the book “Odysseys of Psychotherapy.” This book offers a set of 18 essays by leading psychotherapists representing diverse disciplines and programs in London and the United States. The book consists of personal descriptions of the psychotherapists’ evolution, about preliminary family upbringing, and the pursuit of the psychotherapy profession, as well as their initial training and mentors. The book also depicts the moments in their career paths and the encounter, which inspired them to change or modify the beliefs in which they were first nurtured. Main Body Shay and Wheelis argue that the fundamental metaphor of the book is the fact that the change processes in the field are reproduced in the changed process themselves in exceptional and thoughtful psychological counselors (2000, p. 7). Nevertheless, they proceed to say that senior psychotherapists do not reproduce all the perspectives. Shay and Wheelis hope that their selection is wide and sufficient to elucidate a leading force of the volume that, a broad set of therapists has common critical conclusions yet they differ broadly from each other. Certain contributors expose rather outspoken anecdotes of their respective personal family history, rearing, and encounters that drove them to consider the discipline of psychotherapy and psychiatry as their career paths. Also, the majority of the participants commenced their professional career paths guided by, and maintained, a fundamental psychoanalytic view on the conventional imposing paradigms of psychopathology. Nevertheless, virtually all the contributors discovered that, in their clinical encounters, this conventional model was not often effective in addressing many of the cases they encountered in practice. Consequently, most of the psychotherapists experienced a drift from theory and technique towards a more dynamic, interactional, and interpersonal two-people psychological perspective method of therapy. In this light, they demonstrated how unique life events and circumstances influenced their judgment and approach to psychotic patients in their intervention practice. Further, the authors underscore the influence of the contributors’ mentors on their philosophical and practical work. The majority of them attribute their change in understanding, to certain personalities or groups, including the realization that ensued during the interaction process between the mentor and their retrospective client. Apart from the main text of the body, the authors write two chapters of their own, at the start and end of the book. They summarize the vital substance of the book and the psychotherapist involved. They underscore how the theory and approaches of psychotherapy were developing. The past psychotherapy models and events are currently the baseline from which pros
In her book, Exposing the Home Point of View , Katie Cannon offers a vivid description of women struggles in African-American societal settings. Deep rooted in social ethics, she analyzes perspectives of sex, race, and class in the African-American context. She provides details of various historical developments that forge the consciousness of different black feminists. Cannon deploys the terms ‘home point of view’ to refer to such developments that are founded on cultural traditions and oral-aural contexts. These issues shaped women’s understanding of the right and wrong or their ethical traditions. In the sense that Katie Cannon uses the phrase ‘home point of view’ in her essay, my ‘home point of view’ is that all people need to have equal participation in the national agenda and access to public goods and utilities, irrespective of their diversity differences. Therefore, they are expected to participate in enhancing the wellbeing of all other people, especially the vulnerable groups such as the homeless, poor, and disabled. My ‘home point of view’ is helpful when deliberating on issues of poverty and homelessness. In a system where people are equal, especially the vulnerable groups, the problem of homelessness can be eliminated or resolved whenever it occurs. By addressing poverty, homelessness is also addressed since the problem relates to people’s socio-economic status (Hafetz 1223). Therefore, from my ‘home point of view’, the church has the role of identifying, developing policies, and distributing aid to the poor or engaging in erecting homes for the homeless people. My ‘home point of view’ is problematic in capitalistic systems where people aim at becoming richer at the expense of vulnerable groups. People experience challenges of homelessness in case they do not possess peaceful dwelling or living places that have dignity and good security. People who are considered homelessness include those who sleep in vehicles, those who live with their friends on temporary shelters, refugees, and persons who live in houses that do not have security of tenure. The debate on homelessness can be established based on empirical data that documents the number of refugees, people living in squats, those sleeping in vehicles, or any other place that fits the definition of homelessness. Gustafson’s essay, Relationship of Empirical Science to Moral Thought has an implication on data that is used in the discussion of the problem of homelessness and the contribution of the church in dealing with it. Gustafson asserts that moralists have the power to deploy experimental studies to gain insights into the personality of people and society (164). To this extent, one can question the empirical data that is used in deliberating the problem of homelessness with reference to the moral nature of human beings. Should a region or a country have homeless people? If yes, then how many? If no, what should various stakeholders do to ensure that no one lives homeless? It is ethically right for all people to ensure that every other person enjoys descent living places (houses). Hence, emp
Company history and products offering The Five Guys Company was established in 1986 as a family-operated business in Arlington, Virginia. The initial focus of the company was to serve the best burgers around Washington, D.C. As the popularity of the company increased and business flourished, it expanded to other major cities in the United State and Canada. At the same time, Five Guys expanded their products portfolio and included other fast food meals. This was intended to cater for the differing needs of the growing number of customers as well as enhancing the competitive advantage. Due to extensive franchising that had begun in 2002, the company presently operates over 900 franchise outlets in the United States and Canada. Across all the Five Guys locations, there are five common product lines that appear on the menus namely: burgers, dogs, sandwiches, fries and drinks. Each of these product lines may carry a range of three to eight product varieties. The burger product line is the oldest line and the major focus of the company as it reflects the quality trademark that is sold across the American market. Products offered under the burger product line include hamburger, cheeseburger, bacon burger, bacon cheeseburger, little hamburger, littler cheeseburger, little bacon burger and little bacon cheeseburger (Five Guys, 2010). Within this product line, the cheeseburger is the most popular product and comprises of about 90% of the total burger sales. Reasons for buying from Five Guys For a very long time, Five Guys brand has been commended on their aptitude to avoid being recognized as a fast food restaurant and promising that the customers are getting quality products all the time, at any restaurant. The quality control that they preach is evident in their preparation procedures. Indeed, the aptitude of the company is available in all parts of the United States, no matter where the customers are, with any product they would like. Customers cannot get the double patty usually known as the New Yorker with all toppings offered for free at McDonalds. Yet, they can have it their own way at any of the Five Guys locations stacked with mushrooms, fried onions and steak source if they like. In addition, there are over 250,000 ways in which a customer can order a burger at the company. Customers can trust the company that quality will be maintained and the orders delivered contain foods that are never frozen but cooled. The cheeseburger which is the core product of the company has specific features and benefits that echo in the minds of many customers around United States. Indeed, the launching of the cheeseburger in Houston caused a major local buzz as eager consumers tried the burger, with the First Lady stating publicly that the brand was her preferred burger treat (GRM TX, Inc., 2009). The cheeseburger contains 100% fresh beef with no fillers or preservatives, providing the greatest health a
Stwertka, Eve, and Stwertka, Albert. Industrial Pollution: Poisoning Our Planet. New York. F. Watts, 1981. The pollution of world’s environment with industrial wastes is highly intensified and according to the authors’ opinion the scientific approach is the most significant and useful tool for the purpose of quick resolving of this global problem. Scientific researches represent the role of filtering and recharging of wastes with their further accumulation and saving. Here the most important role play the technologies of the twenty-first century which take into account the experience and pros and cons regarding to previous attempts of making environment clean and clear. Shen. Thomas T. Industrial pollution Prevention. Berlin. Springer, 1999. This excerpt from the book shows the characteristic feature and interrelations of industrial pollution with health hazards in the work place. The most provoking factors concern the structural depiction of real pollution and a lack of objective information about it as well as for preventive methods. The example of China and its southern provinces are taken into account with prospects of toxic chemicals like phenol, toxic dust, carbon tetrachloride etc. Newton, Irving, S. Industrial pollution. New York. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1974. The dangers of the pollution of definite large parts of the environment are discussed in the book. The aquatic area is reckoned and the way of further hard waste leakage is underlined with regards to increase of temperature and decrease of flora and fauna. Wang, Lawrence K. Waste Treatment in the Process of Industries. London. CRC Press, 2005 This reference is dedicated towards the suffering points on biodiversity of kinds in the nature and the negative effects concerned with environmental pollutants. Statistical data outline a perpetually progressing increase of pollution and proportional lessening of plants and animals throughout the world. Species of various kinds under the impact of different pollutants, such as plants, chemical factories, nuclear plants, exhaust or burnt gases may get mutational sub characteristics. Chereminisinoff, Nicholas P. Handbook of Pollution Prevention Practices. London. Cambridge University Press, 2000. The reference underlines very harmful effects of chemicals extracted on the environment and a man, in particular. Such chemicals as Nitrogen Oxides are described as for their spread after being out within the area close to a center of pollution. The author provides a reader with several technologies for reduction of harmful effects of fuel and nitrogen dioxide, particularly. Among them are: reburning, staged combustion, flue gas recirculation etc. United Nations. “State of the World Report.” New York. United Nations, 2005. The report comprises the data from all over the world considering the security measures and vital necessity of control as of pollution. The standpoints estimate the health and nature effects and further measures for decrease and liquidation of existing major pollutants. Collins, Jeremy. Air pollution. 2 nd ed. London. Clay’s Library of Health and Environment, 2002. The survey of the author is dedicated concretely to the
Key Partners The key partners of the company include retailers (supermarkets), suppliers of farm inputs, and consultants. The reasons for collaborating with retailers include the following. First, it will enable the company to achieve economies of scale in distribution. Established retailers such as supermarkets have branches in all parts of the country, which will enable the company to reach a large number of customers at a low cost. Second, the partnership will enable the company to acquire the customers of its partners. 1 For instance, customers who purchase consumer goods in supermarkets are also likely to buy organic foodstuffs during their routine shopping activities. This will facilitate quick market penetration. Finally, the partnership will reduce the risk of overtrading. 2 Since the company has limited funds, it will lack adequate working capital if it invests in establishing its own retail outlets in the first two years. This risk will be prevented by collaborating with independent distributors (retailers). Collaborating with consultants who have expertise and experience in organic agriculture will help in eliminating uncertainties when making production decisions. The consultants will assist the farm manager to select the best farming methods in order to achieve the desired production level and product quality. Developing long-term partnerships with suppliers will enable the company to benefit from reliable access to farm inputs. This will help in preventing interruption of the production calendar, which may occur due to limited availability of key inputs such as seeds. Key Suppliers The main suppliers of the business will include landowners, manufacturers of farm inputs, and the Municipality of Abu Dhabi. The business will have to establish long-term relationships with landowners in order to access adequate land for its farming activities. The Municipality of Abu Dhabi will be the main supplier of water for irrigation. The municipality is a key supplier because access to water will determine the farm’s output level. The municipality has a high bargaining power since there are no substitute sources of water for farming in Abu Dhabi. In this regard, the company will focus on water conservation in order to avoid shortages. It will also endeavor to pay its water bills in time in order to avoid disconnections. The products of suppliers of farm inputs will determine the quality of the organic foodstuffs that will be produced by the company. Therefore, farm inputs will be purchased from suppliers who differentiate their products by using organic raw materials to manufacture key supplies such as pesticides and fertilizers. This strategy will enable the company to use the right farm inputs in order to obtain the best results. 3 Key Resources from Partners The most important resources that will be obtained from partners include production/ farming technology, land, farm inputs, and distribution services. Effective farming technology is a major determinant