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Thailand today is considered as a country with an emerging export-dependent economy with an export accounting about two thirds of gross domestic product. Although the country is a newly industrialized, the problem of poverty is one of the most sharp and controversial. The tsunami tragedy that happened in 2004 led to a number of problems and increase of poverty. Millions of people were affected by the flood and drought. Between 2000 and 2007 the level of poverty has diminished from 21% to 8,5%, today about five million live below the poverty line (Human Security, Today and Tomorrow 2009). Most of the tourist centers are developed and modern cities. However, even the capital of the country demonstrates the strong level of poverty. Therefore, the government has enacted the various measures that have to improve the level of life and the image of the country. The rapid economic growth of the country between 1985 and 1995 helped Thailand become a major exporter. Besides, the country is well-known by its touristic centers such as Bangkok, Pattaya, etc. The level of expatriates from developed countries has grown rapidly. However, nowadays, poverty is one of the major problems of Thailand. The urban population as well as the rural is affected by the process that occurs in the country. A high level of country’s development in 1990s caused a decline of the level of poverty from 32,6% in 1988 to 11,4% in 1996, and the number of poor people decreased from 17,9 to 6,8 million (Poverty Profile 2001). However, in spite of the evident increase of the economy, Thailand has the most severe gap than most of the Southeast Asian countries. The regional and sector segregation leads to the inequality of the opportunities in the sector of employment, secondary education and vocational training. Especially this problem is evident in the North, Northeast, South and Central regions of the country. The poverty incidence is highest in the Northeast and South regions. The distinct types of Thailand’s community are the obvious example of the difference in the poverty level. The rural areas are more subject to the influence of poverty than municipal and sanitary areas. The Asian economic crisis as a cause increased the poverty incidence of Thailand to 21,3% in 2000 (Thailand’s Official Poverty Lines 2009). The country’s national poverty line has a number of peculiarities such as the population groups, different regions and the indexes of the rural and urban population. Engbersen describes the further debate on how to poverty should be measured (1999). It is a complicated issue that includes the numerous components and details. The article “What Is Poverty and Why Measure It?” says that “the broadest approach to well-being (and poverty) focuses on the capability of the individual to function in society (2008). Often, poor people do not have an access to a number of facilities. Thus, an inadequate income, insufficient education and lack of the political freedom are the results of the social segregation and poverty. According to the World Bank statistic, the poverty headcount ration at national poverty line in Thailand in 2004 was 11,2% of population, in 2006 – 9,6%,
Introduction In spite of the fact that the concept of “Happy Arabia” is usually associated with the ancient development of Yemen, the researchers’ focus should be not on the country, but on the factors which allow for speaking about the Southern regions of the Arabian Peninsula as “happy.” In his documentary Routes of Incense to Those of Black Gold (Des Routes de L’encens à Celles de L’or Noir) (2007), Alain Dayan concentrated on the history of Oman in the context of the country’s progress from being one of the leading traders of frankincense to growing as a state where gas and oil are produced. According to Dayan, currently, Oman is the place where “extravagant cities” grow and develop, but the roots of the country’s progress are deeper, and they are in the history of producing frankincense. This aspect needs to be researched and discussed in detail to understand how the director used media to represent his idea (Sikov 169). Oman is characterized by a long history of developing trade connections with other nations, and according to Dayan, the core of the concept of “Happy Arabia” in relation to this country is the production and sale of incense which has a sacred meaning for not only Muslims but also for the other people in the world since ancient times. Analysis The idea of a journey and a symbol of a route is applied by Dayan in his film in order to represent Oman’s path from ancient trade relations with Africa and India to a modern delivery of oil through pipelines to people in differ
Before the company was bought, it had instituted very little safety procedures for the workers. It was only concerned with the safety precautions which it regarded as mandatory in order to avoid OSHA fines. The author worked for the company in the 1970s. When he joined the same company 20 years later, the management of the company had done very little to upgrade and improve their safety standards. After joining the company in the 1990s, he realized that the company had not still instituted a formal safety plan. In addition, new employees did not get any safety training which is considered very necessary in mitigating injuries in such undertakings. Most of the jobs in the company were not accompanied by any fall protections. The company did not use any PPE in most instances, unless the contractor it was working for insisted on it. To make matters worse, the company did not have an employee who was a CPR or first –aid certified. Therefore, the company was not well prepared to give first-aid assistance to those employees who suffered from falls or injuries. The company suffered from a high number of injuries which were very expensive as insurance expenses (Mundy, 2003). To have employees who are first-aid certified is very necessary for roofing professionals as first-aid services are very essential in managing injuries. They greatly help to stop bleeding in case of injuries which is one of the major causes of deaths in many accident victims attributed to hemorrhage. In addition, first-aid skills are very essential as they guide the people who assist in rescue on how to handle the injured and especially victims of falls in order to avoid worsening of the internal injuries or spinal chord injuries. The sale of the company to a new owner was regarded as a new era because of many safety changes that were put in place to make the company compliant with OSHA Standards. The new management emphasized the importance of employees to their own benefits as well as those of the company. The new owner realized the positive results that accompany the implementation of appropriate safety programs. An effective safety program was expected to reduce employees’ injuries as well as the insurance costs in order for the company to establish a competitive edge over its competitors. Because the company lacked a safety plan, the new owner recommended to hire a safety manager who would thoroughly understand the challenges that roofers experience in order to help the company establish a successful safety program. The owner anticipated to get a full-time manager who would be an experienced roofer and could identify with the other workers in order to influence them to embrace the changes. The move was meant to transform the manner in which business was conducted in the company. After being selected as a new safety manager, I initially formalized the OSHA standards in order to be conversant with all the safety procedures that were needed to be implemented in order for the company to be fully compliant with the safety requirements specified by OSHA. I then explained to the workers on how they would benefit from the new changes as well as how these
Introduction Firms of today have found it difficult to provide effective services to their customers. Still, all firms understand that success depends on creating and maintaining long-term and mutual relations with customers and other stakeholders. In order to achieve such success, a firm must understand the needs of its customers and other stakeholders. Moreover, firms must also adapt to changes in customers’ lifestyles over time. This is a plan to introduce an ecosystem at Ubuntu in order to create value for customers, the organisation, and other partners. It highlights how Ubuntu can use an ecosystem to create value to both internal and external customers. Apart from benefits to various stakeholders, the plan also has indicators of a successful plan. The ecosystem Members of an ecosystem must interact with one another in their setting (Moore, 2006). An ecosystem has several, mutually dependent elements that work as a whole in a complex environment (Levin, 1998). Innovators in many firms have envisioned such scenarios for a long time with aim of creating a system in which stakeholders, data, innovations, and business processes work in harmony in order to offer best services, enhance customers’ satisfaction and performance of the firm. The only available option for Ubuntu to achieve its aim of growing business and customer satisfaction is creating the capacity to understand the importance of profitable customer relationships in a discerning manner i.e., gaining customer insight. Effective managing of the dynamic needs of customers in an ecosystem can be appropriate for controlling attention of Ubuntu Canonical. Ubuntu has many products. However, the company has not developed an efficient ecosystem for its customers and stakeholders. It is also important for Ubuntu to develop a working relationship with other product providers who work with Canonical. Ubuntu also works with many different software developers. Canonical must look for ways of understanding their clients and provide the right product or software through the right ways, time, and prices (if any). On this regard, Canonical should rely on user information and emerging technologies in order to enhance demand, attract, and retain many customers, who shall drive future growths of the company. Today, customers have gained access to information from various products, along with several product choices, which has transferred control to such consumers. As a result, customers have high expectations from firms. In order to create an edge in the future, Canonical must understand its customers intimately. It must understand needs of customers, preferences, wants, and values. Such information shall help Canonical to redesign its business processes in order to meet the demands of its global customers. Canonical must shift to the new paradigm in order to achieve such results because the retail industry is changing. Canonical needs to use information from customers to create effective information management system and use such information to enhance performance of
Festing, Marion, and Lynn Schafer. “Generational challenges to talent management: A framework for talent retention based on the psychological-contract perspective.” Journal of World Business 49.2 (2014): 262-271. Grounded in the psychological contract theory authors’ analysis explores how the hiring of talented professionals depends on the generational differences and values, considering the growing interest in the employment of the Generations X and Y (Festing and Schafer 262). The article in comparison with the other works which cover the same topic regards the personal variables and analyses them as one of the forces that can have the significant impact on the psychological contract and the process of selecting talented professionals. Thus, the study provides the detailed examination of the application of psychological contract theory in the talent management (TM) and the authors’ contribution to the theoretical knowledge of the issue opens further possibilities for the research in interdisciplinary fashion combining exploration of TM and social-exchange theory concerning the age group differences. The validity of authors’ assumptions is strengthened by their authority in the field. Prof. Dr. Marion Festing is an expert in human resources management and international relations who have written numerous articles about the topics. Moreover, she holds memberships in business and administration related academies and functions as an editor of the “German Journal of Research in Human Resources Management” (“European Identity Global Perspective” par. 1, 2, and 3). Dr. Lynn Shafer is a Head of the Talent Management Institute at European Identity Global Perspective. Her research interests include TM and organizational behavior (“Talent Management Institute” par. 1). The authors provide the explicit literature review on psychological-contract theory, TM and its development, and the research of the age group differences (Festing and Schafer 263). However, the researchers are interested in practical application of their findings they describe the functional limitations of their work and the framework in which the study is set. The primary concern of the analysis is to supply the further research and practical implementations with profound information about the relationships between hiring talented professionals and the values of different age groups. TM practices are an integral part of the corporate strategy (Joyce and Slocum 190) and include the psychological contract that can be described as the realization of the employee’s potentials, high-level work performance, satisfaction, and commitment (Sonnenberg, Koene, and Paauwe 665). This is the foundation point of author’s framework. Festing and Lynn consider TM as a prolonged investment strategy which wi
The picture “Mother Earth” can be acclaimed as a thought-provoking piece of art, encouraging the audience to think about deep philosophic ideas concerning the sense of life and the nature of things in the Universe. It seems that in this picture, the author encourages the public to consider how gorgeous the Planet is, and to do their best to help it continue being so wonderfully beautiful for eternity. The picture is not only remarkable for its deep ideas, but it also features great quality of accomplishment and excellent color combinability. In the following paper, the reaction to this interesting piece of art will be described. First of all, speaking about the painting’s appealing characteristics, it should be stated that it uses a wide range of bright, saturated, and complementary colors. This makes it pleasing and attractive to the audience. The wide use of blue color is especially remarkable because it is a great method by the author of the painting to attract the viewers’ attention to the theme of the painting – the Planet Earth as the mother of a variety of living beings. The Planet is blue because of the abundance of a precious liquid, which is water, and the painting has a lot of water depicted in it as well. In this image, the painter also uses a variety of g
Technologies have backed the concept of medical practices, such as nursing informatics that incorporates treatment science with other industries comprising information and computer science. Pioneers in nursing informatics have contributed to the improvement and growth of nursing informatics in various ways. The Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) presents computer competency resources to enhance nursing practitioners’ appreciation of healthcare informatics (Ozbolt & Saba, 2008). Therefore, by concentrating on Dr. Jude Murphy and Patricia Abbott as the chosen pioneers of nursing informatics, this essay demonstrates the impact of these experts and their contribution to nursing informatics and practice and teachings drawn from their experiences. These two pioneers of nursing informatics have significantly contributed to the nursing practice in numerous ways. For instance, Dr. Patricia disclosed the application of current systems to evaluate data and aspects that will boost patient results. The expert has further investigated patient safety concerns through ensuring informatics is utilized in various funded initiatives comprising Agency Healthcare Research and Quality (Ozbolt & Saba, 2008). On the contrary, Judy has impacted the nursing practice by supervising the creation of innovations, such as electronic health record (HER), which is currently being utilized in healthcare and nursing. Furthermore, the scholar published numerous articles concentrating on automated medical documentation, employing technology to enhance evidence-based practice, and adopting innovations (Ozbolt & Saba, 2008). For me as for a practicing nurse, the introduction of informatics has helped boost my strengths in communication, record keeping, and patient care which are essential in realizing patient safety and job satisfaction. However, since the introduction of informatics, my attitude has changed positively and I further recommend that nurses should be thoroughly trained on the change and the stakeholders should assess the nursing informatics to understand how to implement them as the current medical practitioners still face challenges in adapting to the transformations. Therefore, to familiarize nurses with technological transformations, healthcare institutions should employ online learning resources, such as Canvas, Scilearning, and edWeb to improve the practitioners’ skills in the medical informatics. Since its introduction and integration into healthcare, healthcare informatics has presented various benefits and challenges to the medical industry that have changed the nursing practice through improving patient safety and job satisfaction. For instance, it has contributed significantly to minimizing cost in medical commerce since health informatics red
The Gold Rush was a massive event, triggered by the discovery of gold in Coloma, California. James W. Marshall found the gold, while he was inspecting the river’s channel. This discovery led to the development of California as a state. The city of San Francisco had grown from a mere settlement to a mighty city. It served as a base for the miners. The Gold Rush ended in tragedy for many families. Many of the miners died due to disease, violent encounters with the natives and criminals. The native Indians suffered too – the miners drove them away from their lands. In 20 years, since 1848, their population had declined by over a hundred thousand people. We will examine three stories of the Golden Rush, in order to show the event through the eyes of those who had participated in it. James Marshall’s Primary Concerns after He Discovered Gold When James Marshall had first discovered gold and showed it to some of his men, his concern was that his workers would abandon the construction of the mill, in favor of gold hunting. In retrospect, it was a bad idea to show his findings to the workers, as it was unlikely for them to keep their mouths shut. There were many Mormon soldiers wandering around the nearby fort. When the news had reached the fort, the entire country was set on fire in a matter of months. California was a land recently acquired in the war with Mexico, and all of the income from the discovery went to the Americans and not the Mexicans. Ironically, the discoverer of gold in California met his end in a wooden cabin, in poverty (Roark et al. 334). Sarah Royce and the Abandoned Caravan In her memoirs, Sarah described the hardships that she and her family had to go through during their trip to California. They had suffered from many things – from disease, hunger and thirst to violent threats posed by the native Indians. She described several scenes, which she bore witness to on the way through the desert. Sarah and her family had encountered what she first thought to be a company. However, as they approached, it became obvious that the camp was abandoned. Rotting carcasses were lying about, and there were no people inside the wagons. There was no indication of what had transpired, although some of the personal possessions were scattered as if the occupants had left in haste (Roark et al. 335). Disillusionment of Daniel B. Woods Daniel Woods was a school teacher and one of the forty-niners caught by the Gold Rush. He traveled to California in hopes of becoming rich. However, he quickly realized that his chances were very slim. The conditi
Abstract The paper aims to understand the ethical issues involved in the making o a fan employment contract of a company. The research is based on the study of the employment contract of various well-known companies. Then choosing one for the paper (in this case Convergys) and then identifying the ethically questionable clauses. The paper summarizes the general ethical concern which is found in employment contracts with other companies and their outcomes. The employment contract Employment contracts, once reserved for higher-level executives, have become a tool to be used in the case of all employees. The primary reason for such a shift is due to the emergence of a fast-moving service sector where intangible property and information are at the hands of the employees. Thus, in such an era of knowledge workers, it has become imperative for organizations to safeguard their intangible property against possible malpractice. Ethical issues to be covered in employment contracts with employees have become a common practice that organizations today employ. Such practices have to be endorsed by both parties. But still, there are certain clauses in the employment agreement that raises certain ethical issues of concern, for instance, non-disclosure clause, termination clause, and intellectual property right et al. This paper tries to evaluate the employment agreement of Convergys Inc. and find possible ethical issues in the contract. Before evaluating the employment contract it is important to understand the business of the company. Convergys is a multi-national corporation that provides relationship management solutions, outsourced customer and HR management solutions, consulting and professional services, billing services, and multichannel self-care technology solutions to its clients. The employment contract (see Appendix A) covers almost all the areas and they can be summarized as follows:   * The name of the employee and the capacity in which he has been hired. The duties and responsibilities of his office have been given.   * The agreement has a date of termination i.e. five years from the date of the agreement.   * The working hours, compensation, and benefits have been clearly defined in the contract.   * It deals with confidentiality and invention-related issues wherein the policies have been clearly explained.   * The contract deals with employment termination of the employee voluntarily by the employee or by the employer with/without cause or on ‘good cause’. The areas which have not been dealt with in the contract are as follows:   * § It is silent on the issue of a “Change of Control”   * § It does not state anything regarding what the employee can do with his/her own time, with his equipment.   * § Silent about monitoring of the employee’