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The team building activity under discussion was tailored to integrate a synergetic model in enhancing communication between the patient and health care professional in the provision of healthcare services to the patient. The team building activity involved identifying the rationale to establish the team and the consequent benefits of effective teamwork. The team building activity was completed by creating a compensation plan that integrated the aspect of teamwork as a critical component, a strategy supported in the arguments of (Grazier, 1998) and (Prebble & Frederick, 2007). The main objective of the team building activity was to enhance and improve communication between healthcare service providers and the patients to better understand patient needs to improve service delivery as a team synergetic benefit. The aim was to improve the effectiveness of team participants, strategically aiming at achieving the spelt down objective, ensuring that strengths of team members were effectively used to overcome members’ weaknesses, and ensure that all team members contributed to the laid down team building plan (Prebble & Frederick, 2007). The participants, who were healthcare professionals, were formed into groups of four members in each of the three groups forming the team. The team members consisted of health care professional from different categories. These categories included physicians, nurses, administrators, and doctors, among other members in the profession. The team building activity included identifying the purpose of the team, the needs of the team, composition of team members, the time the team was likely to last, and the benefits to the designate individuals to be affected by the team members, specifically the patient. In the hypothetical groups, each of the members was given a piece of paper to write a personal evaluation of self and the problems encountered in communicating with patients. Then each of the papers describing self was mixed together from the number of groups that were formed. Each of the team members could then be rotated and other team members could evaluate the other group on their effectiveness in communicating with the patients. The process went on until all the groups were fully involved in evaluating the other group members. At the completion stage, all team members could identify critical communicating element and each member’s weaknesses and suggest the possible solutions to the communication problem faced (Prebble & Frederick, 2007). Why it would be Ef
Introduction Love relationships between women referred to as Lesbianism have been in existence for many years but in the earlier times, it was regarded as a strong form of friendship. Society had not reached the point of because women relating in this way could be having sexual affairs. One of the reasons however as to why a woman could be attracted to another woman was if she was a hermaphrodite. This is whereby an individual has internal and external organs for both males and females. In such a case, an individual is most likely to develop hormones from both sexes explaining why they could be attracted to both (Allison 35). The subject in Aphra Behn’s poem To the Fair Clarinda does not indicate whether this woman she fell in love with was a lesbian or a hermaphrodite. This is what has drawn the attention of many poetry scholars in the quest to come up with proofs of the true identity of Clarinda. The most outstanding arguments in this context include that of Elizabeth Wahl and Jennifer Frangos. Wahl is of the idea that Hermaphroditism is a metaphor that enables Behn to describe the Lesbian desire while Frangos believes that there is a possibility of Clarinda being a hermaphrodite. The most outstanding argument is, however, that of Frangos who argues that Clarinda is a hermaphrodite though she does not address the sexual identity of the speaker whose chances are that she may be a Lesbian. Poetry analysis Scholars such as Jennifer Frangos suggested that the person in question is a woman “because of her name” (24) but she has emotional male characteristics that bring about the possibility of her being a hermaphrodite. Frangos defends his claims by asserting that “the title of the poem presents Clarinda as a woman who has some traits that make her something more than a woman” (21). Wahl on the other hand does not interpret Clarinda as a hermaphrodite individual. She instead thinks of this character as homoerotic (Wahl 53), and this refers to a person who is sexually attracted to individuals of the same sex commonly referred to as lesbianism where women are involved. Both of them have their reasons for thinking the way they do but according to the poem and in my opinion, Frangos seems to have stronger evidence to support his arguments. Frangos believes that a normal woman can’t develop sexual feelings for another woman. That is why she believes that Clarinda is a Hermaphrodite owing to his/her ability to function as a woman and a man at the same time. The “more than a woman” characters are brought out by the speaker when she refers to her as “a fair lovely maid” (Behn 1), but then makes a correction to this later on by referring to her as “lovely charming youth” (Behn 2). This description is free from any kind of gender reference as the term youth is neutral implying that it could be referring to a male or a female. To further support his arguments, Frangos states the definition of youth as “a
Introduction The advantages and disadvantages of Socialism are an ardently debated topic. In my opinion, Socialism is inefficient because of its failure to accept human nature. The examples of Socialist countries – the USSR, Cuba, and China – prove this statement right. Social Democracy, on the contrary, offers an effective model with the elements of both Socialism and Capitalism. The welfare of Nordic nations is evidence that supports this claim. What is Socialism Prior to studying the problem, it is necessary to give relevant to the term “Socialism.” In a general sense, Socialism can be determined as a way of social organization, in which main institutions, such as industrial facilities, educational institutions, and financial entities, are owned by the government and fully controlled by it rather than by individuals or private companies. Socialists consider that such measures are more beneficial for the wide popular masses than the capitalistic way of organization. The political theory and the movement that advocates such a type of organization are also called Socialism. There are, however, multiple branches and directions of Socialism as a movement; all of them are identified as leftist movements. Socialism, despite popular belief, is not a product of the 20th century. Some thinkers claim that its origins can be traced back to the Bible. It is certain that Utopian Socialism emerged in the early 19th century, which is connected with the names of Henri de Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, and Robert Owen. In the second half of the 19th century, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels developed Socialism as a comprehensive political and economic theory. They presented Socialism as an alternative to Capitalism and proclaimed that a universal revolutionary wave would trigger the establishment of Socialism worldwide. Nowadays, Socialism is mainly associated with Marx and Engels, and their writings are often used to prove the benefits of Socialism. The primary objective of Socialism is to give the means of production to the hands of the whole society instead of private hands. Socialism allows different types of ownership, except for the private one: state ownership, cooperative unions, and citizen ownership of equity, as well as various combinations of these types. Socialism as an Economy Model Socialism, in a sense, as proposed above, is connected with a quite deficient economy model due to the fact that it is based on wrong principles. Basically, the model offered by Socialism contradicts the principles of human nature. Socialism, because of its ban on private property, is an obstacle to incentives; blocking incentives, it loses an important stimulus to economic development. Therefore, with all its faults, Capitalism seems more beneficial for many people (Perry 1995, par. 1-10). Aside from that, Socialism in its various senses has been tried by several countries located in different parts of the world, which were in different conditions when the Socialist model was adopted. To understand the efficien
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey remain powerful even today because they relate to the current issues. The main topics that have currently dominated the world are conflicts and politics. In the Iliad , for instance, the story focuses on the conflict between different groups with distinct interests. However, in regards to the Odyssey , it is mainly about politics and leadership. Therefore, in relating the two poems with the current situation, people are constantly fighting over leadership positions. In their quest for control of power, they pretend to have their followers’ interest, yet their wars are individual-based. Therefore, some stories remain for long because they revolve around the daily human experiences which vanish fast. If a story is based on a rare event, it will not appeal to the audience because they will easily lose interest. The Iliad and the Odyssey tell me that conflict is not evitable in a society with people of different interests. However, we should seek other sources of conflict resolution rather than war. The gods in Homer are important because they direct what people are supposed to do. They act in violent ways when they are not appeased with the actions of humans. They play a role in ensuring that humans have no control over their surrounding and should be guided by a supreme being. The stories cannot exist if the gods are not in the picture. Although humans mainly conduct actions, their activities are directed by the gods. In short, the conflicts mainly revolve around what the gods want. The Iliad and the Odyssey are anti-war poems, even though the actions in the stories are mainly conflict-oriented. They are anti-conflict because the aftermath of the fights is tragic, and every individual always engaged in losses. Both the antagonist’s and the protagonist’s lives end tragically. This, therefore, means that war is not the solution to every problem; at times, people should embrace other peaceful mechanisms in ensuring that an issue is resolved. The Iliad and the Odyssey ’s results are a tragedy that imply that the story was against war by highlighting the consequences of it. Reference Vinci, F. (2017). The Nordic origins of the Iliad and Odyssey: An up-to-date survey of the theory. Athens Journal of Mediterranean Studies , 3 (2), 163-186.
The article investigated childhood obesity and its causes, such as unhealthy eating habits. When the article was written, almost a third of the children in the United States were overweight and only one in ten met fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations [1]. At the same time, family farming was facing difficulties due to the unpopularity of the trade, particularly among younger generations. The author proposed a farm-to-school food program, wherein the former would supply products to the latter directly, obtaining a market while providing children with healthy food. The children would benefit from additional educational opportunities afforded by regular contact with food producers and potentially further engagement. Besides, the nutrition lessons would be reinforced by the prevalence of healthy options in cafeterias, a scenario that contrasted the typical menu selections at the time [1]. The farmers, on the other hand, would sell more products while obtaining higher profit margins than they would by selling to retailers in bulk. There were also potential environmental and economic benefits from savings in fuel, packaging, and refrigeration costs as well as the associated emissions and waste generation. However, organizational difficulties would be a significant detriment to the introduction of such enterprises. Most farm-to-school programs had to be proposed and supervised by a third party such as a nonprofit organization or a parent or community group [1]. While the existing programs had displayed a broad variety of traits, the examples gathered by the author led her to suggest a set of general guidelines. These included consulting the food service director, collaborating, starting slowly and expanding, assisting with the search for farmers, organizing the volume and supply, incorporating the program in education, and taking advantage of seasonality [1]. The author concludes that discovering that natural foods taste good would help children to adopt healthy eating habits naturally and pass them on. Reference  1. Kalb M. Getting fresh with farm-to-school programs. Green Teach. 2006; 80: 22-27.
The memo demonstrates that that the sales budget for Kansas. The goal for the sales team in Kansas is to acquire 2,000 customers for this area and achieve a $10,000,000 sales budget. The aim of the budget is to identify the potential of the market to actually attain the sales target of $10,000,000. In order to achieve this, the sales budget uses BPI (buying power index). BPI index is used to attain the buying potential of the consumers categorized by demographic or regions. BPI helps to identify the market factors, helps to correlate them to the potential of the area under study, and then creates a potential. The BPI for Kansas City, MO-KS is 0.7728 and it is ranked 32 in 2009 survey. Depending on the percentage of the disposable income in Kansas that is indicated by the BPI, the advertising expenses budget will be determined. The main aim of the project was to attain the greatest available resources to attain new customer base of 2000. The company can target at 100000 retails and if 15% of the retailers become prospects and out of these 15%, only 30% become the real consumers. The memo therefore states that the sales forecast for the 12 months period are expected to fall short of the target in Kansas City, MO-KS. The reason being no matter how much sales promotions and advertising are adopted in the city it cannot be overlooked that the BPI in the area is low indicating a low disposable income and therefore buying power. This would curtail any sales pitch made by the company in the region. Therefore, a proposal to lower the sales target is forwarded to gain more strategic insight into the sales forecast and budgeting.
Introduction This essay aims at understanding the stand taken by the Pope during the turbulent years in Nicaragua (Monteon, 2010). During this period, Catholic priests in the country sided with the people. This was because the sitting government only benefited the upper class in society. In return, the people revolted and got support from the priests. The government responded with systematic assassinations of radicals. The Pope’s Visit to Nicaragua The Pope’s visit, in March 1983, at Nicaragua, was meant to side with the families that had lost their loved ones. The Catholics, in support of change, wished the Pope would empathize with mother’s whose sons and daughters had been murdered by government forces. Instead, the Pope warned the congregation that they should not rise against their governments, although, he understood their deplorable conditions of living (Betances, 2007). In addition, Sandinista leaders, heading the people power, had high expectations that the Pope would at least show a hint of support for the revolution; however, this was never the case. This revolution was in support of Catholics for change. Most of them had lost their families in the frequent assassinations by government operatives. Pope’s Position The Pope maintained he appreciated the squalid lifestyle of Nicaraguan low-class citizens but cautioned against rebelling against their government. This was a clear point to the Nicaraguan priests the Pope did not support any people revolt. In addition, the Pope made it clear to the priests not to side with the radicals (Murphy and Caro, 2006). This was apparent when he did not display compassion with families who had lost their loved ones murdered by government agents. The Nicaraguan priests also yearned for Pope to show solidarity with the country by calling for calm. The Pope did not give a hint making it obvious to the priests about the stand of the Vatican head. Finally, the Pope refused to call upon the church to support the peasants. Disappointment of Nicaragua Catholics Nicaraguan Catholics felt displeasure with the Pope’s political stand because of many reasons. First, the government was continually assassinating activists agitating for rights of the poor. This was leading to unwarranted killings of the populace. Second, the Pope’s refusal to call for peace between the people and government showed them the Vatican head sided with the government. Third, by warning citizens against staging an uprising against their government, it proved the Pope did not support the cries of the people. The cries were for better living conditions and equitable distribution of wealth to all citizens. Finally, by not making a comment of empathy to mothers of the activists who had died in government’s hands, he showed the congregation he did not appreciate the radicals (Betances, 2007). Fears of
Introduction The cross-border effect historically had a strong influence on trade. By cross-border effect, the economists normally mean the impact that certain local legislations have on the retail business in the neighboring regions: for example, Nicholson et al. argue that the cases of large tax differences between the neighboring states created a positive environment for the border crossing to avoid cigarette tax avoidance (1). Similarly, in the case of the psychoactive drug trade, taxation could have a cross-border effect by either promoting drug smuggling or decreasing the smuggler’s incentive from it (Courtwright 162). This paper aims to discuss the influence of cross-border effects on psychoactive goods taxation. Historically, there were two different directions for this influence. First, the cross-border effect created a stronger connection between taxation and regional trade activity by promoting trade in the regions where taxation is lower and decreasing sales in high-tax regions. Moreover, it also affected the setting of taxes in the region, as it created a need for the government to investigate cross-border taxation schemes before setting their taxes to decrease the possible negative influence of taxation on the trade in the area. Main body The effect of cross-border taxation on trade is widely studied by economists. For example, Courtwright describes the history of drug taxation, noting how certain laws affected the smuggling practices and their scale (162-163). He notes that the low tax on goods was not the only criterion that promoted trafficking and that the costs and taxation on other supplies were nonetheless important: when cheap supplies are unavailable in the nearby territories, smugglers would reach out to other regions, although it was a lot costlier, riskier, and less tempting due to the long distance (Courtwright 163). One of the examples of cross-border effects in taxation can be seen in the evolution of taxes on salt. Given that salt was an addictive product that was always in use in most local households, both Asian and European governments used to set high taxes on salt to increase their revenues from its trade: peasants could spend a large part of their yearly income on salt, with most of the price representing the government’s tax (Courtwright 163). Nevertheless, illegal smuggling of salt arose in response to high taxes; smugglers used to bring salt from low-tax regions to high-tax areas to sell it to people at a more favorable price (Courtwright 163). Another example of how taxation facilitated cross-border trade is the case of tobacco sales in the 1960s-1970s. Courtwright explains that cigarette taxation was highly uneven, which caused an increase in tobacco trade in the states with lower taxes, such as North Carolina (163). The states where taxation was increasingly high, such as New York, on the other hand, suffered severe losses of revenues from tobacco taxes: by the mid-1970s, net losses of revenue could reach over 300 million dollars a year (Courtwright 163), much of which went to criminals and smugglers. As a result of revenue losses due to smuggling,
Introduction Soho Art Gallery is an organization that provides customers with art production of high quality and embraces the best artists who orient themselves to creating competitive products. The expanding of the company’s business activities pose new challenges to its development and makes urgent the task of elaborating comprehensive strategy for its development. Business plan and strategy for Soho Art Gallery The development of comprehensive management strategy for Soho Art Gallery is conditioned on designing effective business plan for future projects and models of development. The strategic planning of current business activities should take into consideration existing problems and priorities connected with transition to artist-to-consumer model of business activities. Soho Art Gallery has come across with some problems tied with expansion of its activities. Its accounting practices were initially designed to regulate the low-scale business activities but growing sales made current accounting practices in Soho Art Gallery ineffective. Thus, this company should take into account the need for creating comprehensive and effective accounting system in the enterprise. The entrance of Soho Art Gallery into the market of art production creates necessity for making use of the existing technologies as for instance Internet for improving business capabilities and promoting Soho Art Gallery interests not only in the territory of its operations but to the most faraway regions of the world. The design of cost-effective and beneficent Internet-site thus is regarded as an important priority for Soho Art Gallery development and needs concerted efforts from all stakeholders such as artists and administrators. This component of the strategy goes in line with enterprise objective to become competitive vis-à-vis other organizations in getting local and state grants which are given for small businesses in the region:  1. As was noted above the primary precondition for accountability is effective organization of the business process. This includes developing accurate, timely and reliable reports which are necessary for organizing business process. Utilizing DSS reports and introducing new tec