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Critically analyzing any text requires some level of understanding about the purpose, structure, design, and meaning. Indeed, according to Hawkins and Silva (2018), textual analysis is helpful because “it is focused on ideas” (p. 27). The article titled “It’s O.K. not to be O.K.,” written by Naomi Osaka and published in Time magazine, will be evaluated in this paper. Naomi Osaka is a 24-years-old famous Japanese tennis player of dual Japanese-American citizenship ranked third by the World Tennis Association (Weilandt, 2021). Despite her young age, she already received extensive media attention and misrepresentation about her race and origin, especially after the 2018 match at the US Open, where she won an African-American tennis player Serena Williams (Razack & Joseph, 2021). However, Naomi’s article talks not about misogynoir but discusses mental health issues among professional athletes and the importance of being empathetic towards them during psychological crises. Although her text seems to be straightforward, there are essential features that indicate its broader implication. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the context, meaning, and effect on the audience of the article by Naomi Osaka. The Text Structure, Design, and Context This article is organized in a visually compelling way to attract the readers’ attention. It is arranged in short paragraphs, which simplifies representation, reading, and navigation. The text’s font, PT Serif, is probably chosen to represent the esthetics of the sport and to display the intricacy of the issue. Furthermore, most sentences and paragraphs are short, like famous Japanese three-lines poetry. Indeed, the article commences with four simple words with broad philosophical meaning: “Life is a journey” (Osaka, 2021). Afterward, every segment of the text presents events and experiences. Specifically, the two paragraphs discuss the athlete’s two lessons after being criticized for withdrawing from French Open and skipping the “press conference at Rolland Garros to exercise self-care and preservation of … mental health” (Osaka, 2021). However, before explaining the context for this article, Naomi highlights that she always wanted to maintain polite relationships with the press. However, she states that athletes are human beings that need to rest and take care of their mental health, considering the immense pressure in this profession. The article ends with thanking people who supported Osaka during these stressful times of media scrutiny. The Photos and Video The cover photo and the article image represent Osaka in her uniform for the games in white and black, giving the audience the sign that the issues beyond the press conference and tournament are involved. Indeed, according to Chandler (2007), reading such signs “helps us to take apart what is taken for granted, making our interpretive systems more explicit” (p. 8). Therefore, Time magazine invites its readers to look beyond Naomi’s request not to attend that press conference and French Open. Instead, these photos ask the audience to consider the hidden reasons for such criticism from tennis writers, like her race and ethnici
Introduction Strategic management is arguably one of the basic components of a successful business across the screen. What is it? How does it enhance good performance? This essay discusses the concept of strategic management by describing what it is, with regard to business management. Additionally, the analysis will give a brief explanation of diversification and why it is necessary in business. Besides these introductory segments, the synthesis will explain the strategies of VIVA Company in the Kingdom of Bahrain and their success foundation. Importantly, strategies for entering new business will be covered, with a special reference to Sony and General Electric companies. Strategic management A strategy is conventionally described as a long-term business plan or action formulated solely for the realization of business goals and objectives. On the other hand, strategic management refers to a compilation of managerial decisions and actions, aimed at determining the long-term performance of an organization (Thompson, Strickland & Gamble, 2009). It encompasses a wide range of concepts including but not limited to environmental scanning, formulation of strategies, implantation, evaluation and control. Similarly, the study of strategic management focuses on evaluation and assessment of an organization’s opportunities and threats in relation to its strengths and weaknesses. Notably, strategic management has continuously evolved to become a core value, which plays a significant role in helping organizations to thrive in a multifaceted and dynamic business environment. As a result, companies are forced to become more flexible and less bureaucratic to attain competitive advantage in the market place. This has moved from traditional ways of defining a strategy where companies were mainly concerned with defending their competitive positions. Because of changing technology and the ease of products being replaced by others, most organizations are putting a lot of emphasis on competitive advantage. It is therefore essential for organizations to have the ability to exercise strategic flexibility in to move from a dominant strategy to another (Thompson, Strickland & Gamble, 2009). Diversification Risks exist in any business idea. As a result, there is need for organizations to establish corporate strategies to reduce these risks as much as possible. It therefore denotes an approach that allows an organization to concentrate on several investments within a single business portfolio (Thompson, Strickland & Gamble, 2009). This is based on the fact that a portfolio, which mixes numerous investments, is likely to be more profitable than that which concentrates on a single investment. Besides higher returns, it is also believed that business diversification exposes an organization to lower financial risks as compared to businesses with single investment entities. In its practical application, diversification eliminates sources of risks in a given portfolio to allow quick neutralization of negative performance by positive ones within the portfolio (Sadler & Craig, 2003). Nevertheless, this can only be realized if there is no perfect correlati
On July 25, the members of the building union at Lend Lease projects in various parts of Australia went on strike. This industrial action was geared towards pushing for a new-fashioned nationwide Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. The Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) argued out that the principal reason as to why the employee had gone on strike was a disagreement that had arisen with respect to a dispute in wages, job security and site allowances (Balvane et al 2007, p.2). However, it was reported that negotiations are still under way for a better agreement with Lend Lease. Nevertheless, CFMEU was to take that the industrial action would be carrying on even for a longer period of time, and the fight with Lend Lease would be hard (Balvane et al 2007, p.4). Members of the CFMEU opted for this industrial action because they were optimistic as they through that they would be able to secure a decent national Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA). It is thus undeniable that the conflict between the employer and the employees was quite heated (Balvane et al 2007, p.5). Employment relationship existing between the employer and employees is founded on harmony of interests as well as cooperation between these two parties. Both the employer and the employees work towards realizing shared objectives and goals. However, the achievement of these common goals can be difficult if a conflict exists, as in the case with the CFMEU. According to the unitarist approach, the CFMEU was collectively opposing the management, which was a sign of irrationality (Dundon & Rollison 2007, p.23). The unitarist approach deems the management to be the sole source of authority, with managerial entitlement to be rational, acceptable and legitimate. On the basis of this approach, it is arguable that the abovementioned industrial conflict, maturing to an industrial action, was a function of the management dwindling to avail considerable stout leadership. In addition, this conflict might have been caused by the inability of management to communicate its goals in an effective manner (Balvane et al 2007, p.10). The members of the CFMEU, in the perspective of the unitarist approach, are not loyal to the organisation and have not accepted the management’s authority in appreciation of the shared interests and goals. These members are seemingly competing with the management, distressing the symphonic operations of the organisation at the same time (Balvane et al 2007, p.11). On the other hand, the pluralist approach explains the CFMEU industrial action in a different perspective. According
Research Process Precise statement: the lack of studies about the influence of macro-level factors on youth political engagement. “ Civic and political engagement in youth” by Xenia Chryssochoou and Martyn Barrett. This article analyses several reports from studies on the participation of the young population in political activities across the world. The paper stays partially Western-centred because the democratization process in other parts of the world is still lagging behind Western civilization. Chryssochoou and Barrett (2017) argue that “the claim that youth are not sufficiently engaged either civically or politically” is based on either outdated or insufficient information (p. 291). The author review correlations between various macro-level factors, such as cultural features, political situations in countries, available technological means of communication, and economic factors with political knowledge of the young generation and their political activity. The authors discuss the main ways that the young population uses to convey their political activities, and how these means can be used to connect politicians with the young audience. Chryssochoou and Barrett (2017) demonstrate that youth social and political maturity is “significantly associated with their country’s score on the United Nations Human Development Index” (p. 296). There is a communication gap between those in power and young people, which is currently neglected and creates an illusion of the apathetic behavior of youth toward political issues (Chryssochoou & Barrett, 2017). This paper signifies the need to find common ground for interaction between young people and politicians in order to promote democracy. “ Youth political participation in the EU: Evidence from a cross-national analysis” by Magdelina Kitanova. This research paper is based on comparative data obtained from 28 European Union countries and analyses the link between the political context in these countries and youth engagement in political activities. Kitanova (2019) argues that while “youth are perceived as increasingly disengaged and disconnected from traditional political processes in Europe,” their interest in politics is similar to other age groups. Findings suggest that instead of formal participation in politics, young people use alternative forms of engagement, such as demonstrations, protests, petitions, and online debates (Kitanova, 2019). This article depicts how the democratic maturity of each country varies due to macro-level factors, and there is a direct correlation between it and the percentage of young voters. Kitanova (2019) provides a novel contribution to the issue that “while social and educational factors (at individual-level) matter, age of democracy influences patterns of polit
Introduction According to definition provided in the biology sciences, living things follow a rigid development lifecycle of birth, growth, maturity and death. This cycle forms the basis for the concept of product lifecycle and, by extension, a framework for describing the path a certain product will follow in a particular period of time. In product management, this concept comprises of introduction, growth, maturity and decline stage. In the introduction stage, it takes some time for a product to be accepted by the public, but by the time it reaches the growth stage it is able to attract many customers. In maturity stage, its market even out as competitors develop competitive products, and its popularity declines. Old products are finally withdrawn from the market marking decline (Marketing Teacher, 2000, Para 1). Since PLC depicts the product path from the launching period, it is a perfect tool for managing a product. Organizations can establish customer demands and alter the products features to meet these requirements. In addition, it helps the organization to determine when cost recovery will commence, as well as define the volume of transactions. This information is important to the organization for two reasons. First of all, it is possible to tell when a product can be introduced or withdrawn from a market. Secondly, it gives information about a product success or failure, as well as its position relative to competitors’ products. However, PLC has its limitation, especially it lacks for the universality in application (Tellis, nd, 6). This paper discusses the concept of PLC and how it is applied to cost recovery. It further examines how the concept has been successfully applied in development of technological products by Apple Inc. Stages of Product Life Cycle In addition to the four stages in figure 1 presented, I will also discuss the development phase in this section. Figure 1. The Product Life Cycle Source: Christiansen et al, 2010 p 801 Development Phase This phase involves the conception of a product idea and various changes made on the basis of the original mode before it is being developed into a final product. The model product is passed through the test market before being delivered to the target customers. In the development stage, company does not generate any revenue, although it incurs expenditures. This stage is followed by launching of the model product that survives test market. Introduction Stage At this stage, the product adopted after development phase is launched. The company’s goal in this stage is to ensure that the product will have maximum impact by the time it goes in the market. This is why it is necessary to take into account the customer’s demands that a product should meet (Haslam, 1989, p. 20-21). Because of promotion at this stage, the costs are high, advertisements and need for equipment for distribution are needed, and thus, this phase involves spending with little returns (NetMBA, 2002, Para 2). Some companies prefer to outsource some functions such as distribution in order to reduce the cost. The main goal o
There have been so many examples of sacrifice throughout the history of mankind so as to give us the evidence what the virtue of sacrifice means. “Anything, material or immaterial, offered to God or a deity as an act of propitiation or homage, the destruction or surrender of something valued or desired for the sake of something having, or regarded as having, a higher or a more pressing claim, the loss entailed by devotion to an interest, also, the thing so devoted or surrendered. To sacrifice means to surrender or give up something for the attainment of some higher advantage or dearer object.” Thus goes a definition of the term sacrifice. (sacrifice). However, the examples of sacrifice par excellence are not many in the history to count them. If you want to have one such rare example, let us find it in the sacrifice of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergy man sacrificed his great moral, virtue, ethics and religious beliefs in an attempt to kill Hitler. Let us find what makes the sacrifice that Bonhoeffer made an extra-ordinary one. Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace , the winner of Best Film at Monte Carlo Television Festival, “brings to a wide audience the heroic rebellion of Bonhoeffer , a highly regarded Lutheran minister who could have kept his peace and saved his life on several occasions but instead paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.” (Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace. 2004). The movie clearly gives the evidence to what the real love is and what the true sacrifice means. In the light of the movie and the works on him, let us analyze the life of Bonhoeffer the true sacrificial martyr. “What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer” and he used all his strengths to fight against the Nazi rule and Hitler. (Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace – DVD. 2007). An attempt to teach the world about the great man Bonhoeffer, the movie gives an account of what his life meant in relation to the concept of sacrifice. The protestant theologian, at the time of the World War II, got involved in the resistance against the Nazi rule. He was arrested on April 5, 1943 and was kept in jail without trial as the authorities failed to determine the deepness of his involvement. Through his inspirational letters that he wrote in the jail, Bonhoeffer attains the maximum attention of the audience. Death, to Bonhoeffer, was nothing more than the attainment of his life’s success and so he was able to face death courageously. The life and death of Bonhoeffer gives a great massage to the entire world without the constraints of the time. This is a message of high conviction and a life of moral example. A total submission to the divine grace that was the essence of his faith which assured him that his death was meaningful to God. “Without being blasphemous or overdramatic here, there are obvious parallels to the life of Christ in Bonhoeffer’s march toward death and they add to our sense of him as the quintessential modern martyr.” (Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace, 2000. A true invest
Introduction To boost strength, endurance, and muscle stamina, some training programs utilize weight training as a means of accomplishing this goal. It must be noted though that weight training is often called “controlled muscle destruction” in that the act of utilizing weights destroys muscle tissue resulting in stronger and bigger muscle fibers after the recovery period (Stiefel, 174). For this research topic, what will be investigated is whether greater amounts ingested protein through protein drinks results in decreased recovery time or becomes nothing more than excess calories in the system. This is because the body has a set limit of viable ingestible protein (35 grams per sitting) before the excess consumption is turned into fat (Murphy and Miller, 583 – 582). Despite this, various protein powder companies have been increasing the amount of protein per serving in their products (45 grams or more). As such, this study will investigate whether there is any merit to this increase in the amount of protein per serving in terms of decreased recovery time or if there is no change whatsoever. Problem Statement Does the consumption of protein supplements of (45 grams or greater) result in faster recovery times due to higher protein levels or is the consumption nothing more than wasted calories? The four categories in investigating this research topic are effect of weight training, recovery times, protein consumption, and established methods of increasing recovery times. Project Definition The final project should be able to give a concise explanation on the effects of protein consumption on recovery time, what benefits (if any) excess protein consumption does on reducing recovery time and whether or not taking more protein than what is needed will benefit an athlete (Saunders, 103). This research project should produce both an annotated bibliography examining studies that have examined protein consumption and athlete recovery times and should also produce evidence both graphical and statistical in either proving or refuting claims. Project Plan   * Initial research using online and library resource – 4 days   * Sorting through accumulated data and creating the initial paper outline – 1 day   * Writing the introduction and finalizing the paper outline – 1 day   * Writing the review of related literature – 3 days   * Arranging the statistical and graphical data examining recovery times and protein consumption – 1 day   * Writing the discussion and conclusion section of the paper – 1 day   * Arranging the completed annotated bibliography as well as ensuring that all data is properly cited – 1 day   * Reviewing and editing the final draft of the paper – 1 day   * Estimated Total Time for Completion – 13 days Closing Overall, I believe that this proposed plan of action should be able to help be complete a well detailed and insightful final project that will give readers a glimpse into effective methods and procedures in athlete recovery and its connection to protein consumption. If you
The OSHA system was set up to address the safety conditions for the rising number of injuries and death at places of work in the construction industry. In order to create a friendly working atmosphere, OSHA decided to set this mission after having gained experience working in the field both as an employer and an employee. As a result, it was difficult for him to realize whether safety received special attention at the workplace. However, in 1970, the OSHA Act was enacted. Thereafter, case study was conducted and discovered that over 14,000 workers from America had lost their lives due to poor working conditions, 2.5 million workers became disabled and 300,000 new cases of injuries the work place were reported every year (Randall, 2003). Hence, this mission was mainly meant to reduce hazards at workplace by initiating a uniform law. The safety man feels that since he started working as a manager in the safety industry, his initiative has been ignored at work places because some foremen do not perform their duties accordingly. In 2001, some consultations were made and after visiting 27,000 small scale employers, they offered training in safety and health to over 260,000 workers and employers. For instance, workers should be trained how to concentrate
Introduction Healthcare is one of the most expensive industries in the US. Healthcare expenditures have exceeded 3.3 trillion dollars for the past year. With the country’s growing population and the last of the Baby Boomers entering retirement, there are chances that healthcare expenses are going to grow. Expensive healthcare is associated with poor quality and increased morbidity and mortality rates among vulnerable populations. Preventive care has proven to be an effective tool in reducing the number of readmissions for the elderly populations and improving the quality of healthcare outcomes. In so doing, it also helped reduce the costs associated with hospitalization and ambulatory treatments. Massachusetts has been providing home and community-based treatments to a limited number of patients, with increased cost-efficiency in comparison to nursing facilities. The purpose of this brief is to highlight the evidence in favor of expanding access to home and community-based treatments for the disabled and elderly patients as opposed to 1915(c) waivers and nursing treatments. Michigan’s Elderly Population and Existing Long-Term Care System According to Granholm and Olszewski (6), Michigan is facing a serious crisis in its long-term system. The projections for the year 2016 were that over 1,544,000 elderly American citizens would require the services of the long-term care system (Granholm and Olszewski 4). Some of the greatest challenges of the system that were identified in the report were housing problems and the long-term care workforce. Retirement houses can support only a limited percentage of the population, which means that the majority of the population will not be eligible for occupancy. At the same time, hospitals and nursing homes throughout the USA are suffering from extremely high turnover rates, ranging from 15% to 25%. These turnovers are not only increasing the prices for healthcare but also res