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Overview of an Article The following is an analysis of the research carried out in Nigeria about the impacts of the exterior atmosphere on the performance of an institute in the food and beverage industry (Olarewaju, 2012). During the research, there was reviewing of literature regarding both the types of exterior factors influencing a business and the aspects determining the performance of an organization. Furthermore, there were random sampling and selection of three firms out of Nigerias all companies in the sector of food and beverages to participate in the research occurred. There was stratification of the sampled organizations into external factors such as political, social, cultural, economic, and cultural variables. To collect data, the distribution of the questionnaires related to the external factors to the workers of the selected firms happened and eighty-four percent of the respondents filled in and returned their questionnaires. Besides, the data recorded was analyzed through a multiple regression analysis whereby the organizations performance was the dependent variable and the external factors were the independent variables. From the analysis of the results, there was conclusion that the external factors influenced the performance of any organization in the food and beverage industry. Hence, the researchers recommended the organizations in the food and beverage sector to be attentive to their exterior environment as a way of maintaining their efficiency, competence, boost sales, and accomplish the corporate goals (Olarewaju, 2012). Analysis of the Research from Ethical Standpoint From an ethical standpoint, there are various questions raised about the above research process (Joungtrakul & Bobbie, 2012). That is, where do the responsibilities begin and end for the researcher? What are the research standards that guide the researchers work? What is the researcher’s relationship with the sample subjects? What environment is the researcher interacting with during the research? What are the ethics governing the researcher outside the professional rules and regulations of researching? These questions analyze how the research incorporates the effects the research has on society, ecology, environment, culture, and the overall globe (Lisa, 2008). From the questions, the participants in the research process voluntarily consent to involve themselves in the research. Besides, the question clarifies the process of researching and the benefits the research contributes to the society-the research must have sound theory and have no negative impacts on the community. Lastly, the question outlines that the researcher needs to protect the environment during the research (Center of Bioethics University of Minnesota, 2003). Assessment of the Ethical Research The researchers aim of beginning to research on the topic rests on the researchers personal involvement in the topic and this could impact the expected results and the participation of the researcher. However, in this research, personal involvement does not influence the results, as there is greater cooperation and coordina
Introduction The United States of America has remained one of the leading countries in attracting immigrants. This can be attributed to its strong economy that creates more opportunities as compared to other countries around the world. According to Joannes (2005), the number of people migrating from other nations to the United States has been on the rise within the last one decade for many as the land of opportunities consider it. This scholar says that this country population is a true composition of the people in the world. However, it is worrying that there has been a rise in the number of illegal immigrant into the United States. Many people around the world are finding their way into the United States through the porous borders. Most of these people are semi-illiterate and they come to the country in search of blue-collar jobs. They come as loaders, gardeners, drivers, cleaners or any other physical jobs that can be found in this country. A few are professionals such as engineers, doctors, or lawyers, but are forced to come to the United States for any job because of lack of employment opportunities in their home country. The immigration reforms have raised a lot of controversy. While a section of the society believes that these reforms are economically viable, the other section strongly believes that these reforms will cost this country a lot and that they should be ignored. This research paper seeks to investigate the benefits of immigration reforms the government is trying to pass. Discussion Immigration reform that the government is trying to pass is long overdue. According to Gimpel and Edwards (2004), majority of those who immigrate to the United States are doing it illegally. This is because of the current laws
Introduction Marketing is a broad area that passes out both as an art and science of communicating the value of goods and the efficacy of services to customers for the exclusive purpose of selling such products and rendering the services (Durkovic 2009, p. 59). Seen from an organisational level, Durkovic (2009, p. 61) opines that marketing offers a set of processes that are instrumental in creating opportunities for delivering and communicating product and services. The aim however, is to create value to prospective customers while augmenting customer relationship management that benefit an organisation in turn. The topics under the study explore collaborative learning with group interactive marketing environment. The paper makes it clear that marketing is not just the acquisition of new customer base, and that it is a process takes into consideration the responsibility of underscoring the efficacy of specific change aspects that are typical of business growth. Intensive marketing validates a rich way of using the available resources to meet the needs of businesses, and these are in the form of concepts and processes of marketing, marketing segmentation, targeting, and positioning. Moreover, the paper deals with the efficacies of learning outcomes such as elements of extended marketing mix as well as the social dimensions achieved through the learning process. Precisely, in essence this article aims at inspiring human resource capacity to utilise the resource available like knowledge to convert further abilities and services into tangible marketing skills. The basis of this article aims at designing the systems that shape human learning such as arranging the facilities, coming up with procedures that align the marketing processes with an inventory acquisition framework, and scheduling the learning outcomes and tasks, while providing a safe passage that ensures changes occur within a business organisation in a smooth effective, and rapid way. Findings and discussions The concept and process of marketing Business is an arena of adjustments, the value of which is to keep with the market trends within which organisations operate. The world over, marketing professionals constantly adjust their business strategy and tact to wage their competitive advantage and reach out to the ever changing customer demands (Lamarre, Galarneau and Boeck 2012, p. 36). Therefore, Tip-Top Accessories marketing professionals must adjust their business strategy and tact to reach out to the ever-changing customer demands. With the contemporary competitive markets Lamarre et al. (2012, p. 45) opines that mobility in the concept of marketing is rapidly becoming an option in business. At their behest, contemporary markets continue to evolve as apparatus for allocating resources and a hub investing in communities. Well-organised competitive markets have the capacity to
Introduction In the current era of the internet and the automation of processes, it has become difficult for organizations to protect their information properties. Businesses are forced to identify their assets, formulate policy documents for their protection, and implement them. They also set procedures and standards to ensure that everyone who needs information receives it on time without any alteration or risk of exposing it to hackers. A company should structure the management, information, owners, for instance, clients and suppliers, and users of the information correctly, to enhance the handling of both hard and soft copies. Information is the most essential asset in any organization, but its relevance varies with the quantity and sensitivity of the data (Ministry of Transport and Communication, 2018). My motivation to undertake this course was triggered by an incident that occurred in the company, which was sued by the client for illegal usage of their personal information. Since organizations today seek to personalize the services for their customers, more details about the clients are held by the company. Pursuing this course is an achievement for me because I desire to become a proficient IT project manager. Application of Operation Security in E-commerce Today, business transactions are conducted online in a seamless environment, where physical contact is eliminated. In this kind of organization, the crucial assets are data, information systems, and clients. Customers order goods online through a shared platform such as websites and mobile applications, in which they need to provide the details on where they live to facilitate the delivery. After ordering, they pay for the goods through online transfer, during which the information about their bank accounts, credit cards, identification numbers, and security codes or pins and passwords are displayed. It exposes both the client and the organization to a higher risk of leaking the information to hackers. Since sensitive information is transferred online, e-commerce businesses should safeguard it. Operations security plays a critical role in e-commerce through the following major ways. First, it is applied in the identification of critical information for customers, suppliers, and organizations. In e-commerce, transactions are based on trust and, therefore, slight mistakes in information security could ruin the relationship. After the identification of relevant information, organizations can formulate the policies, standards, and procedures for protecting it (Alhassan & Adjei-Quaye, 2017). Some of the critical d
Introduction Wystan Hugh Auden was an English-born American poet of the 20 th century whose themes reflected the English and American social, political and psychological issues. He was also an accomplished playwright. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his book ‘The Age of Anxiety in 1948. In his poem ‘As I walked out one evening’, the poet addresses the psychological aspects of love and relationships in Bristol, England, reflecting how people express love and affection. The poem shows the poet’s appreciation of life in Bristol by praising love and relationships but criticizing how people express love and the tendency to ignore the transient nature of life and love. Arguably, the poet presents his understanding that love is transient and a subject of the changes in time, yet humans must express love even by making statements that refer to impossible actions. This paper seeks to analyze the poem to support the above thesis. First, the paper presents the poem in simplified words by paraphrasing the original work. It then develops an analysis of the themes involved. Paraphrasing the poem The speaker is Bristol, walking down the busy street, probably for leisure. As he walks, he sees crowds of people along the street pavements. They spread out like fields of wheat (Auden 6). As he strolls down the street, he carefully listens to the people’s conversations. He is particularly interested in what they are saying. He hears a man singing for his lover. The speaker says that love does not have an end and that he would love her until “…The continents meet” or the “…River jumps across the mountain…” (Auden 6). He further says that he will love her until the salmon starts singing in the city streets. Moreover, he says that he will express his love for her until the ocean is folded and becomes dry (Auden 8). In the next stanza, the man continues to say that the years are fast running, but their love will remain relevant because he loves the most beautiful person in the world, whose price and value cannot change with time (Auden 11). At this point, the poet hears the sound of the clocks in the river. They make a short speech that seems to address the two lovers along the river. The clocks tell the man that he is not wise to say that he can conquer time (Auden 18). They further tell him that deep within the truth, time keeps running and changes everyt
Introduction American culture played a crucial role in American Revolution and its causes. This culture took its roots in traditions and values of colonizers, their unique beliefs and religious principles shaped by hardship and deficiencies faced in America. Many Americans opposed intrusion of the government in human rights issues and freedoms. Such notion as “American provincialism” means that American nation felt self-identification and distinctive features in contrast to European culture. The Stamp Act (1865) was a starting point in self-identification of the nation. American provincialism was closely connected with equality seen as the counterpart of liberty, but here the radicals found themselves on more difficult ground, especially when they tried to relate theoretical concepts to the practical problems of reform politics. Radical interpretations of the Revolution were refracted through a unique understanding of American society and its location in the imperial community. If their general principles logically directed Commonwealth men to an interest in the colonial dispute, the warmth of their understanding gave it a distinctive coloring (Ellis 2000). Main body Franklin perceived American Revolution as a product of unique cultural values and traditions created by colonists. These values involved ideas of liberty and freedom, equal rights and independent from Britain. In one form it was expressed in the ethical basis of political morality and behavior, and much of the radicals’ response to issues raised by the Revolution was grounded ultimately on what can be conveniently described as political theology. In another respect it was manifested through the differential political status accorded to various religious denominations, and particularly through the alliance between the state and an established church. Refusal to conform to the established church was deemed to be evidence of seditious intent. The state acted on the premise that a gift of entrenched privileges to the dominant sect would conduce to greater social and political stability and made such a grant to the Anglican church while denying it to the dissenting sects. In return the state received substantial moral and political support from all levels of the Anglican church. This association invaded most areas of public life and was deeply insulting to m
Parametric vs. Non-Parametric Tests Traditionally, two types of tests used for proving the null hypothesis either right or wrong are distinguished. The use of parametric tests requires the availability of the information about the target population. For instance, the ANOVA tool, as well as the z-test, falls under the category of parametric tests since they require that the data such as the number or percentage of the target population should be provided to run the calculations. Specifically, the following requirements are typically listed for parametric tests:   * Population variance must be calculated;   * The measurement must be carried out on at least an interval level;   * The data must come from random samples. Non-parametric tests, in their turn, are typically defined as the statistical tools for testing that can be carried out in the scenarios when there is no information about the variables available (Gravetter & Wallnau, 2013). Examples Parametric tests such as ANOVA can be viewed as perfect tools in addressing the needs of a very specific population with a unique problem. For instance, when determining the efficacy of a particular management strategy in two teams consisting of twenty people each the use of the parametric test should be viewed as the means of conducting the research. A rank-sum test, in its turn, is often viewed as a clear-cut example of a non-parametric test. Measures of Central Tendency The study that I am currently working on requires the adoption of a parametric test since there is a specific number of patients with a unique problem that needs to be addressed. In other words, the population-related information i
Management Appraisal and Review of Employee Performance In every organisation, there is a need to review employee performance to encourage future growth of the organisation. Performance is defined as the degree of success in achievement of duties that are assigned to an individual. It states how well the employees are meeting their job requirements. Performance appraisal may act as an effective management intervention to improve employee performance in various ways. One of such ways is that performance appraisal is crucial in conducting reviews of employees’ presentation to know their capabilities and contribution in relation to the objectives of the organisation. With full recognition of one’s abilities, it becomes possible for an employee to capitalise on areas that he or she is well talented. However, it is important to note that performance appraisal does not include the evaluation of an employee’s personal characters, which may influence his or her productivity in terms of realisation of his or her duties and obligations. Performance appraisals act as crucial tools for managers to provide effective management. One of the effective approaches of management involves keeping workers in an organisation motivated in the effort to improve their performance. Indeed, effective management is a practice used by managers to help them deal with the problems and difficulties in their organisations. It can also be interpreted as an art of managing things in the correct and satisfactory way by involving employees when it comes to deciding how this goal can be achieved. Employees in most organisations patiently wait for appraisal times with much worry and terror. They feel that results from appraisals will determine if they will retain or lose their job. Although appraisals should be used to make decisions whether to fire or to keep the employee, the main aim of an appraisal should be directed towards helping the employee improve their performance since this endeavour will automatically translate to excellent organisational performance. Performance Appraisal and Employee Performance Performance appraisal is a critical analysis and a detailed discussion of the performance of an employee that is measured based on the outcome of the employees’ assigned duties and tasks. Performance appraisal is one of the effective strategies, which can be used by supervisors to help in improving workers’ performance. It is a methodology for providing assistance to others to realise their full capabilities besides helping them to succeed in achieving their goals. Performance appraisal boosts communication between employees and managers, which on the other hand promotes the input of the former in terms of participation and concentration. Effective communication in a performance appraisal process is vital in ensuring that areas where employees are deemed ineffective are successfully addressed. A supervisor’s main function is to assist employees in terms of offering support, direction, and giving results to help in correcting their performance weaknesses besides
Summary There is no doubt, whatsoever, that London is home to some of the most fascinating structures around the world. However, Norman Foster’s 30 St Mary Axe, generally referred to as the Gherkin or Swiss Re Building, inspired by the design of aircraft and their interaction with the wind, is a mesmerizing piece of work. Located in London’s central business district, the building opened its doors on April 28, 2004 (Arch Daily par. 1). It was greeted with outpouring comments regarding its appearance. The architecture of this mega structure is not only aesthetic but also critical to energy efficiency in this era of major environmental and energy concerns. The diagrid structure, the double-shell ventilation system and the rotation of floors to incorporate vertical light wells make the building a unique study case. Material Considerations Critical considerations were made by the constructors on the nature of the materials used to realize the Icon. For instance, one of the major considerations made was the use of a diagonal steel structure (diagrid) to achieve the curved, tapering structure. The design of the structure made the use of intertwining materials in order to improve its stability and strength. Strong pieces of steel metal provide it with strength from the ground. It is amazing that the iconic structure is made of about fifty-five kilometers of strong metallic components, which weigh about ten thousand tonnes. Where possible, the tower utilized both recycled and recyclable materials in the construction for both environmental conservation purposes and to lower costs