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Growth, Innovation, Scaling, and the Pace of Life in Cities Growth and innovation are related as presumed by Bettencourt et al. (2007), who argue that the predominant status of cities cannot be related to biological perpetuation. This argument introduces a clear fact that the growth of living things is limited to area and nutrients. It implies that organisms cannot perpetuate and increase in population without limitations. However, the growth of the population in cities can improve continuously since innovation is a strategy that regulates this enormous advancement. In this perspective, innovation is marked by the developments observed through urban infrastructures and economic status. Primarily, this is practical for most cities since they are the centers of economic improvement. In my opinion, the idea presented by these authors is outstanding and therefore innovation should be counted as one of the factors facilitating this growth. Knowledge must be a component of development, which should be implemented through proper channels of seeking innovators or innovative ideas from within a nation and outside the nation. The argument has been supported by the empirical analysis of the prevailing urban systems in various countries. In this light, the pervasive assumption that urban growth is as limited as biological organisms is not upraised. Instead, urban growth is not limited to an area like living things. The growth may continue for a long time and in a consistent manner. Leadership, Innovation Climate, and Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practice During a Statewide Implementation Pillar of Innovation Innovation should create things that matter to the people (Aarons & Sommerfeld, 2012). Usually, innovating something arises from filling an observed gap within the surroundings leading to the establishment of a solution. Strategy To create something substantial, an innovator has a point to start. In essence, this is the point where he rests the foundation. Getting ideas out of any situation An innovator should be inspired by the surrounding people like the business partners, advisors, advertisers, and team members. Work as a Team by Sharing As an innovator, a person should share the preceding in the process of innovation with his team members. Sharing encourages suggestions and the exchange of skills that may result in newer creations. Hence, it is recommended to work
Introduction American citizens demand ethical medical care besides the ordinary affordable medical care. Ethical principles are prerequisite to ensure patients’ protection, guarantee integrity, to sustain least standards of quality, and to curb extravagant and deceitful expenditure of medical care resources. Therefore, without the protection of ethics, the medical care organization will be an analogy of a financial jungle, within which the fast and the superior will enjoy enormous financial gain over the sick and the susceptible. Obviously, such a setting would not appeal to the public when they are sick, vulnerable or weak (Miller, 1998). Americans are increasingly finding out that the managed care system mostly does not meet the expectations of the consumers. The managed care system focuses primarily on reducing cost to increase profits, while its consideration on the ethics and quality of care comes second. In spite of the widespread reports by the media and medical care practitioners on unethical managed care practices, the managed care sector is not responding positively to the allegations (Miller, 1998). Medical dishonesty The ethics literature dealing with deceit of patients dedicates a lot of its resources to uncover the definition of deceit. In this context I will explore beyond the direct passing on false information. This paper will also include the deliberate decision to hold back from the terminally ill patient information which, the physician contemplates to have a crucial impact on the patient. Based on this definition, deceiving a cancer patient who wishes to know his or her diagnosis, will entail falsehood surpassing the act of merely telling the patient that he is cancer free. It will as well encompass half-truths intended to deceive, for instance the respond that s/he has a metaplasia or elusion with an equal objective, such as uttering deceitfully that there is not yet sufficient information to discern. In day to day terms, distinction between deceit, half-truths and elusions, although such distinctions do not play a major part in ethical debate concerning these issues and they are generalized as deceit (Ryan, Moore, & Patfield, 1995). The ethical concern emerging from a physician’s prospect to deceive a patient have transformed within the past two centuries. This period has corresponded with enhanced knowledge of the concerns for the general medical ethics, which has been facilitated through an improved public training, an improved public appreciation of individual privileges, and the mushrooming of medical consumer associations and patient representative (Mitchell & Terence, 19
The United States should strengthen its immigration policy to afford all immigrants security, equal employment opportunities, and social services. The policy should allow for documenting all legal and illegal immigrants in the United States. During documentation and subsequent action, special considerations should be given to illegal women and girls, as they are more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. The vices spoil our immigration heritage. The United States lead other nations in development, research, and technology because of superior human resources and infrastructure. In this regard, the Obama administration should increase the number of work-based immigration visas to immigrants. These visas should be given to specialists and highly skilled individuals wishing to stay in America. They should be given permanent visas so that they can effectively contribute to the development of the United States. Specialists and skilled workers contribute to innovation of crucial technologies that save the country huge costs by increasing efficiency and reducing the need for manual labor. The benefits outweigh the costs hence the policy should strengthen this work visas. Temporary work visas should be given to unskilled immigrant workers, wishing to work in the country. Unskilled workers contribute to the development of the country as Americans shun certain jobs. The policy should make available more temporary-work-visas to immigrants. This should neutralize the market forces that fuel illegal migration to fill unskilled job demands. Legal and illegal immigrants contribute millions of dollars to the nation’s economy through reduced production costs, and increased production. The immigration work policy should strengthen the country’s efforts in reducing the number of illegal immigrants entering the country rather than deport the immigrants already in the country. Immigration to the United States remains attractive to many foreigners because great difference exists between America and other countries. Tough immigration laws restrict the free movement of immigrants to the United States but these laws do little to stop the trend. Immediate countries bordering the United States have the greatest number of legal and illegal immigrants coming into the United States yearly. The policy should address the great differences existing with its neighbors. Allowing more legal migration can also stem the flow of illegal migrants, as the jobs they come to seek may be unavailable. Organized crime gangs facilitate illegal migration by offering them transport and safe houses. The government should crack on these gangs to stop illegal immigration across the porous borders. The policy should address the porou
Introduction Wellness refers to an optimal state of wellbeing in the physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and social dimensions (Floyd, Mimms & Yelding, 2007). These dimensions interact in varied ways to determine the quality of an individual’s life. They affect different aspects of life. Therefore, it is important to focus on improving each one of them. An optimal state of wellbeing requires a healthy balance in the development of the mind, body, and spirit (Hoeger & Hoeger, 2015). If anyone of them is ignored, the others are affected adversely. A healthy mind results in a healthy body and soul, while a healthy body results in a healthy mind and soul. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), wellness refers to complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing (Edlin & Golanty, 2014). It matters because of its role in influencing the quality of life, emotions, actions, and interactions with other people (Floyd et al., 2007). Wellness is a dynamic process of change and growth that helps individuals to become self-aware with regard to their choices and decisions, which enhance health, happiness, and fulfillment. Physical wellness Physical wellness involves the attainment of good health through proper diet, engagement in physical exercise, and eradication of diseases (Das, 2010). This dimension allows people to execute their daily tasks without being overly fatigued and stressed. One of the most important aspects of obtaining physical wellness is the realization that behaviors, choices, and decisions affect the quality of life in various ways. Therefore, adopting healthy habits and refraining from destructive habits is important. Activities that lead to optimal physical wellness include regular physical exercise, habitual medical checkups, avoidance of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, immunization against diseases, eating a proper diet, consuming the recommended amount of water intake daily, and getting enough sleep (Das, 2010). Qualities of physical wellness include physical strength, high confidence and self-esteem, high levels of energy, cheerfulness, determination, focus, and self-control. Destructive habits, indolence, and poor diets are the main hindrances to this dimension of wellness (Floyd et al., 2007). Optimal wellness enhances people’s lives by increasing their productivity, performance, and output at work and in family matters. In addition, it improves their attitudes towards life and other people (Edlin & Golanty, 2014). Decisions and actions are determined by the level of wellness attained. For instance, optimal wellness results in positive beliefs, feelings, and opinions, while lacking physical wellness results in negative feelings, beliefs, and opinions. Pursuing wellness could prompt some people to ignore other important aspects of their lives, such as family and career (Floyd et al., 2007). Research suggests that people should enga
Whitehead offers diverse cultural dimensions and views culture as a collective phenomenon partly because it is shared by individuals who might have lived or still share a similar social environment (83). A national culture refers to a set of customs, beliefs, and behaviors which are practiced by a certain segment of a population within a given jurisdiction. Of greatest importance to note in this paper is the national culture of the Mi’kmaq. It is a dominant Canadian Maritimes tribe. The level at which some of its practices are similar to those of native Arabs has also been discussed in this essay. Various studies on cultural diversity and practices of different nations point out that at the national level, the daily life, oral tradition, and spirituality of diverse societies are to some extent more culturally homogeneous (Girard 84). One such study by Hornborg shows that even though national cultures differ on the level of values which a majority of a nation’s population holds albeit unconsciously, how they relate with each other and their daily lifestyle practices are similar (213). The Mi’kmaq and ancient Arab national cultures show similarity in the way they carry out and value their practices such as respect for elders and warriors. It is vital to mention that and elders in society were given the utmost importance and dignity owing to the roles they played (Boosahda 107). This respect was also given to rocks, sun, rivers, and animals. They were believed to possess a spirit and therefore regarded as human beings. Walls uses the cultural value theory to demonstrate how national values influence the style in which different members in a given society conduct their traditional practices at individual and group levels (214). Among the ancient Arabs and the Mi’kmaq societies, the explicitly or implicitly shared cultural values are represented by abstract ideas the societies had on what was considered desirable, right, and good (Boosahda 120). Some of the values such as respect for elders, better relationships, security, and freedom us
Chinese history has excited society for 5000 years as one of the longest and mysterious state chronicles that reflects the brilliance of Chinese culture and ethics. There is a number of works, the authors of which praise the beauty and uniqueness of the Chinese cultural traditions. However, there are the controversies and disputes about the events of those times remain unsolved (Galtung and Stenslie 86). Chinese history is a heterogeneous phenomenon that requires profound research. “China in Ten Words” by Yu Hua, is a book representing China in all its diversity. The author of this book tells about his country with love and sympathy. The book is built on the controversies. It also contributes to the demonstration of the contradictions connected with the development of China (36). Monumental China with colossal history and then leap forward to a bright future, petty China with blood foremen profiting from the donation of the peasants, wayward China with squads of brave revolutionaries and totalitarians that deprived the peasants of their land – all these aspects of Chinese history are reflected in the book. China is not uniform, and its population is not uniform also (Kinkley 96). Pleasant memories of childhood with pure dreams are changing with the scenes of public execution. How does this country combine the beliefs in the ideas of revolution and the notorious forgery of well-known brands (Hauss 270)? How law-abiding Chinese coexist with corruption and bribery (Chu 112)? The author of this book touches upon all these fundamental issues in a humorous, light manner. “The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future” by the investigator of Chinese nationalism, Prasenjit Duara, is one more ontology of Chinese life. This reading presents an overview of the many-sided Chinese history. The narration of the author is more formal and theoretically grounded than that one used by Yu Hua. Duara claims that the modern world is in need of urgent changes. These changes should appeal to environmental, political, and cultural issues. He uses the notion of transcendence as the conception of principles related to politics and religion. He determines the salvation of global resources as a primary goal of modern humanity. Duara supposes that Asian traditions are of vital importance for the solution of global problems of humanity (48). These two readings provide the vision of the hidden dangers which were chasing people at all times at all historical stages of global development. One more connection between these books is in the perception of the Asian (Chinese) culture as an invaluable heritage for the modern generation. Works Cited Chu, Ben. Chinese Whispers: Why Everything You Have Heard about China is Wrong, London, UK: Hachette UK, 2013. Print. Duara, Prasenjit. The Crisis of Global Modernity , Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Print. Gal
Conflicts are a constant reality in our society and the effective resolution of the same may spell the difference between a successful and failed society. It is therefore imperative that the people involved in the conflict resolve the contentious issues constructively. Key to the constructive resolution of conflicts is the use of negotiation tactics and strategies. This is because a deeper understanding of negotiation results in people being properly equipped to diffuse conflicts for the good of all parties involved. Knowledge of the negotiation process is therefore vital for effective conflict resolution. In this paper, I shall set out to give a detailed description of the steps involved in the negotiation process Negotiation is defined as “communication for the purpose of persuasion (Shamir, 2003; Goldberg, Sander & Rogers, 1992). The negotiation process is therefore a process by which parties to a dispute discuss possible outcomes to their conflict with each other. The parties make proposals, demands and argue out until an acceptable solution is arrived at or a deadlock declared. For the negotiation process, the parties involved might choose to adopt one of the two major negotiating approaches: competition or collaboration. Competition is based on opposing interests and ends up in a win-lose scenario while collaborative is based on common interests therefore yielding to a win-win outcome. The first step in the negotiation process is to describe what it is that you want to negotiate. This is based on the concept that negotiation involves a conflict about particular resources. The participants will therefore identify if there is a situation that needs to be negotiated. Lack of an identifiable area of conflict invariably renders negotiations unnecessary. Having acknowledged the conflict, the negotiations can be deemed as being ready to begin. The process ideally begins by both parties presenting their issues which are mostly in the form of demands and goals to be met. The particular demands and goals for the parties involved may be well defined or vague and confusing. A goal is defined as a known or presumed commercial or personal interest of all or some of the parties to the negotiation and it is these goals that set the grounds for the negotiation process. From this an outline of expectations from the parties involved can be made and the agenda for the negotiation process outlined. Having established the basis for the negotiation, one can now delve deeper into the task. While the preliminary stage acted as ground for negotiation, the information on the issues at hand was only sparingly addressed. The second step involves a deeper probing to enable both parties to understand each other better. As such, this step is characterized by the informational exchange between the parties involved in a bid to establish the rea
Organisation studies are of great importance to virtually all aspects of contemporary businesses. They help businesses to operate in dynamic corporate environments and also ensure smooth running of the day-to-day operations of businesses. This paper looks into the facts that make organization studies an integral part of business success and gives the benefits that organization studies have in contemporary businesses With the constant growth of the scales of operations of contemporary businesses, it becomes increasingly necessary to employ a systematic approach in management, planning, development of control procedures and ensuring a socially healthy working environment. Another reason why organization studies have become increasingly critical to the success of business organizations is the fact that businesses have been undergoing substantial changes in the way they operate (Donaldson, 1992, p. 23). For instance, the last decade or so has seen businesses embrace the use of Information Technology, specifically Management Information Systems in their operations. These changes make it necessary for stakeholders to undergo proper training in organizational structure and gain an understanding of how to safely accommodate changes. In the stated case, for example, before a business adopts the use of Management Information Systems, it should ensure that management is aware of the various risks that come with adoption of the same (Clegg, 2006, p. 357). Thus it will be necessary for employees to have undergone organizational studies in order for them to correctly analyze the risks posed by adoption of the system, the costs and benefits of the system and the like. Essentially, organization studies are necessitated by the critical need to give management correct and reliable information for decision making. From the discussion above, it is clear that organization studies help employees in a given business to gain sufficient expertise that helps them perform in their duties. It has been shown that contemporary businesses have benefited greatly from organization studies because it has enabled them to remain at par with dynamic business logistics (Dandridge, 2003, p. 25). Additionally, organization studies enable employees to appreciate the value of things that could otherwise be neglected. An example of such is maintaining friendly relationships with co-workers and appreciating teamwork. It also enables workers to gain an understanding of the procedures they can use in achieving specific objectives. It is no doubt that during an organization studies course, participants have to be given hints on how they can become effective organizational leaders, how they can ensure that they formulate good policies for organizations they represent or even how to maintain professional competency in their work (Crumley, 2007, p. 31). In a nutshell, organization studies can be viewed as a prerequisite for the achievement of success in contemporary businesses. Although some contemporary business organizations have been trading organization studies for highly skilled technical personnel, organization studies are irreplaceable and