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Rationale for Optimism as to the Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the clashes in the Middle East that has continued to exist despite several attempts to resolve it. The conflict owes its origin to the relocation of the Jews to Palestine after the Holocaust. Initially, the Palestinian population mainly comprised Muslim Arabs. However, in 1947, the United Nations allocated 55 percent of Palestinian land to the Jews (BBC, 2014). Most Arabs who had occupied Palestine as well as those who lived in neighboring countries considered this decision unfair. Therefore, the Arabs refused to acknowledge Israel as a state. This marked the beginning of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has re-occurred over the years. The conflict has greatly made life unbearable to most Palestinians living in Gaza. For instance, inadequate food supplies, lack of employment opportunities and power disruption have been a norm in Gaza (BBC, 2014). Unfortunately, the possibility of attaining long-lasting peace between Israel and Palestine seems to be a mirage; hence, there is no reason to be hopeful. The conflict is likely to re-occur in the future because the two states do not recognize the sovereignty of each other. Additionally, both Palestine and Israel have conflicting interests over certain areas such as Jerusalem and the West Bank (ProCon Organization, 2012). Thus, the conflict of interests over the West Bank region and Jerusalem may lead to future conflicts between the two states. Furthermore, Israel has continued to consider the Hamas government as a terrorist authority. Therefore, the Israeli government is determined to continue fighting any terrorist activities advanced by the Hamas. According to Roskin and Berry, the attainment of peace in the Middle East in most instances has proved to be impossible. This implies that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may not be resolved in th
Teams form part of the larger organization, this implies that both the team and the organization can have a significant influence on one another. Effective team management entails having an in depth understanding of the interaction between teams and their respective organizations. Teams interact with their organizations in various capacities including external and internal levels. External activities usually entail how the different teams in an organization interact with external entities. In its broadest sense, external activities can be divided into ambassador, task coordinator, scout and guard. Teams within an organization can partake one activity or integrate two or more activities as in the case of comprehensive teams. A significant characteristic of a successful team is their engagement in ambassadorial activities. Teams that have high levels of task-coordinator activities have also been reported to be successful. This implies that successful team leaders should primarily engage themselves in ambassadorial and task-coordinator activities. Scouting activities do not significantly affect the success of a group. It is evident that the success of an organization is significantly determined by the way a team interacts with an organization as a whole. It is also imperative to view the organization as a single team consisting of smaller teams within it; this is why the teams’ interaction with the larger organization is important in determining the success of an organization and the success of the team. Supportive culture is an important aspect for a team that operates within the limits of the larger organization. The most important element of supportive culture incorporates the belief that the individuals in an organization are an important asset to the organization. Another significant characteristic of supportive culture is that the staff should be categorized in an appropriate grouping that is according to their individual requirements and their behaviors. It is also important that the organization should highly discourage isolation, and most importantly, roles assigned to individuals should match their skills. The effectiveness of an organization is also determined by the levels of hostility in the working environment. Organizational cultures should be viewed from three perspectives: culture as types, culture as symbols, culture as shared beliefs, cultures as networks and culture as systems. The principles for the success of an organization are usually based on a bias for action; this implies that individuals in an organization lay more emphasis on ensuring that appropriate actions are undertaken in an appropriate manner. In such as setting, task-coordinator activities are common coupled with the increasing need for experimentation
Financial statement audits are the inspections of a company’s financial statements that allow the investors and other parties involved to receive truthful information about an organization’s operations. They might include the elements that analyze the appropriateness of financial statement assertions. The internal controls practices of authorization and verification of expenses are the audit objectives that might help meet management assertions. The first audit objective would be the setting of the practice of the internal control of authorization. This approach might help to guarantee that the company follows such management assertions as existence, completeness, accuracy or valuation, rights, obligations, presentation, and disclosure (Kewo, 2017). Mainly, it might demonstrate that the assets and liabilities exist, the statements provide complete and accurate information, a company has legal rights on these assets, and the presented data are fair. The second internal controls practice that should become part of the plan for the audit is the verification of expenses. It might also help to guarantee the accuracy of management assertions. Mainly, it might prove that the costs are associated with the existing assets of an organization. In addition, it might demonstrate that the information about the expenses is complete and correct. Moreover, it would display the ownership rights of a company and the truthfulness of the presented data. Thus, the internal controls might provide authorization and verification of expenses to demonstrate that an organization follows its financial statement assertions. Authorization might help to guarantee that all the employees provide complete and correct information according to their responsibilities. Verification of expenses might prove that the organization’s assets exist and the data about them is truthful, thorough, and presented according to the regulations. Reference Kewo, C. L. (2017). Does the quality of financial statements affected by the internal control system and internal audit? International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues , 7 (2), 568-573.
“My mother said to me, “If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.” Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso .” – Pablo Ruiz Picasso When the discussion comes up about the subject of the monochromatic color schemes, I usually think of Picasso and his famous “Blue Period”, especially about “The Old Guitarist” painting. “The Old Guitarist” painting was created in 1903, after the of Picasso’s friend Carlos Casagemas committed suicide, along with “blue” pieces such as world known “The Tragedy”. The Blue Period lasted from 1901 to 1904. We may easily define it by its melancholy mood and hues. In the “blue period” Picasso showed the life of the poor. Such painting as “The Old Guitarist” is considered as one of the most popular works of the century in the art world. The painting reveals to us a blind beggar that is dressed in tattered and torn clothes. He is sitting in a somewhat curved manner around his old guitar. The distortion of beggar’s features and his elongated limbs may seem as the reminiscent of the El Greco’s work. The prototype of the old guitarist was a blind artist whom Picasso met in Madrid. The blind guitarist is actually not unlike Picasso known as a modern artist. Like Picasso, his subject is not accepted by those who were around him, and yet they are totally dependent upon them. While playing the guitar a blind man is searching the inspiration for his soul. The same way the modern artist does; he makes an attempts to break the certain shackles of his own classic schooling, but he has nothing to guide him at the same time. It may seem that the theme of alienation is prevalent in the most pieces of the Blue Period. But we can also deny that Picasso is also criticizing society by his somber representing of the poor. Picasso’s art Blue Period was dominated by such features as: sadness, melancholy, and the predominant color blue. The main characters of his paintings are poor street people, some times – prostitutes and, of course, beggars. It was a hard time in Picasso’s young life, but he gave very powerful emotion to his paintings. If we are talking about the art history as the whole, then we need to mention that Picasso made a great impact in transition process between the classic art those one of his schooling and the new art form he was going to create known as cubism or abstract art. “The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous paintings of his Blue period. I would like to describe it. It is an oil painting on 122.9 x 82.6 cm panel. The oil of this painting is relevant to what Picasso was creating during this time period. The artist used blues, blacks and grays colors in this work. If we are talking about the technique used in this painting, then we need to say that color lineup causes a dark and in a certain way melodramatic look on this painting. It is known fact that oil itself mixes everything together, so it makes colors stand out really much pronounced than common regular mediums. While painting “The Old Guitarist”, Picasso used a monochrome palette. Th
Introduction Some of the visitors in one of the five star hotels in Saudi Arabia experienced some lapse in service delivery due to cultural differences. They were unable to find food that was stable in their home country. My visitors being from east African country are accustomed to using a particular type of food for their daily needs. Some foods may be available in their own markets in their homeland but are not available in the Saudi Arabia market. East Africans rarely visit Saudi Arabia five star hotels thus their foods are not incorporated in the menus. Sometimes, these foods have already become part of their lives that they find it hard to adjust to others that are made available in the Saudi Arabia five star hotels. However, several western culture foods were available in the five star hotels that responded immediately to the demands of my visitors. The western culture foods are common to them and they substituted their stable foods at times. The visitors had come to the holy city of Mecca for an annual visit by Muslim faith the holy area. Operations Management in Five star hotels Operations is an area of business that involves planning and organizing of operations for better management and profit realization in a hotel. In the event of quality management, the main elements put into consideration are the quality scheduling, quality control, quality assertion and quality enhancement. This is usually not only concerned with food standards but also looks at the ways towards the achievements. In the event of utilizing these different components of quality management, the five star hotels will be in a position to achieve availability and menu quality for all cultures during the visits to Mecca by Muslim faiths. Since the case looks at the lack of stable foods for cultures in a five star hotel, the five star hotels finds it one of its issues for it prepare and serve some foods to visitors from east Africa cultures. They have a
Introduction Democracy is the system of government which is favored and held in high esteem by most countries in the 21st century. This system is characterized by fair and equal treatment for all members of the society and the right of every person to take part in decision making. Despite these lofty standards which are synonymous with democracy, it does not always result in everyone’s voice being heard. Instead, democracy is concerned more with achieving the “common good” at the expense of promoting the private good of each citizen (Young, 1997). While this approach may work in a homogenous society, it is detrimental in societies which have minority groups. This is because in direct democracy there are no political representatives who are used to make decision for their people. This paper will argue that deliberative democracy, which entails the involvement of the community in public affairs, is the most appropriate model and it results in community development. The paper will reinforce this assertion by critically reflecting two arguments presented in the article “Communication and the other: beyond Deliberative Democracy” by Young and “Local Cross-cultural planning and decision-making with indigenous people in Broome, Western Australia” by Kliger and Cosgrove. The Aboriginal Issue Kliger and Cosgrove (1999) highlight the situation of the Indigenous population of Australia. This people make up 2.4% of the Australian population, according to the 2006 Census, and face incredible social disadvantage with about two-thirds living in areas that are classified as “rural”. Debates are ongoing concerning land issues which white settlers from Britain annexed and subsequently assumed dominance over while ignoring the Aboriginal laws. The Aboriginal people were therefore sidelined in the decision making of their country but also lost their land due to the legal laws that were formulated by the government. Cultural difference especially towards the Aboriginal resulted in this people being termed as difficult people which resulted in discrimination (Kliger & Cosgrove, 1999). Direct Democracy and the Aboriginal To most people, the ideals of democracy are symbolized by parliament where elected members go and hold debates that supposedly represent the views of the common citizen. Young (1997, p.63) asserts that “parliamentary debates or arguments in court are not simply free and open public forums in which all people actually have the right to express claims and give reasons according to their own understanding”. In direct democracy, once the government makes decisions it rarely considers the different racial, cultural and other factors of the citizens. Kliger and Cosgrove (1999) reveals that while the state had developed welfare and service provision programmes for the Aboriginal and Torres, these indigenous people seldom part
Globalization has become a current trend, making the world a global village (Farrell p. 23). This study will focus on the important elements of the United Arab Emirates and Papua New Guinea. Furthermore, it will analyze the similarities and the differences between the two countries in terms of demographics, social norms/values, the legal system, economics, government, military, the press, and the colonial history. Demography refers to the aspect of the population of a specific society or country. It deals with statistics that involve a specific group of people. The UAE has a population of about nine million people (Berleur p. 67). There are several ethnic groups in the UAE, which include the Emirati, the South Asian people, the Iranian people, other Arabs, East Asians and other Westerners (UNESCO p. 98). The applicable languages in the UAE are Arabic, Persian, English, Hindi, and Urdu, although the official language is Arabic and the population is comprised of about 20% UAE citizens (UNESCO p. 76). A higher percentage of the population lives in the two major cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Dubai has the highest population growth rate, between the years 2000 and 2005 the population growth rate was about 9% (Okazaki p. 65). The majority of the inhabitants are male, as in 2007 the population was comprised of about 3 million males and 1.6 million females (Berleur p.54). The infant mortality rate is also considerably higher for males this is because the population is male dominant. The life expectancy for the males is about 73 years and about 78 years for the females (Farrell p. 95). The average life expectancy is about 76 years and the fertility rate is slightly above two children per woman (Reizer p. 79). Papua New Guinea has a population of about 6.3 million people, the majority of the population lives in rural areas (Smith & Nigel p. 89). About 15% of the population resides in urban areas. The majority of the population is comprised of the youth, about 40% being individuals under the age of 15 years (Jones p. 43). The ethnic groups in Papua New Guinea are Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian and the Polynesian people (VanDuzer, Penelope & Graham p. 110). There are three official languages which are Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu. The life expectancy rate is about 62 years, the mortality rate for children under five years of age is about 7% and the maternal mortality rate is about 0.25% (Farrell p. 95). The HIV prevalence rate is about 0.9 %, around 87% of t
Overview Backwell IXL Company is a manufacturing company dealing in the manufacture of computer chips. The company’s plant and headquarter is based in Geelong. The company has been in operation for the last seven years having been established back in 2005 by its owner Garry Backwell. Backwell IXL is known for producing quality computer chips with its main product being hte processor. In 2010 Blackwell IXL was awarded the best processor manufacturers by the Union of Processor manufacturers. Blackwell IXL’s years of operation have been characterised by increased profits over the years as well as increased market reach. The company’s market reach widened from just Geelong to the whole world now. It is important to note that Blackwell IXL is Organisational Structure The organisational structure is composed of the CEO at the top who answers to the board of governors. Under the CEO is a group of managers consisting of ICT manager, the Human Resource Manager and the Operations Manager. The ICT manager is responsible for new formats of manufacturing and ensuring the standards is adhered to. The ICT manager works closely with hte operations manager who is responsible of ensuring the clients demands are put into consideration in manufacturing of the chips. Hte Human resource department majorly deals with employment of staff and promotion of the same. They also deal with the remuneration of staff. Under the managers are the technicians comprising of majorly engineers and programmers. They are employed by the Human Resource department and deployed to either the operations department or the ICT department depending on the demand of any of the departments. Company Strategy The major goal of the company is to widen its market reach even further and to dominate the very dynamic industry of computer manufacture chips. Long term developments include being able to assemble a computer of their own. The company has put forward strategies to see to it that this happens. The company is partnering with IBM to assemble their first computer. This is going to put the company in a better position as they would have known what it takes to assemble a complete computer. This is a plan that it to implemented in a period of two years. By 2015 the company is looking to develop its own computer. Product Development The development of the chips is set to produce the highest quality of chips in the world. The production of the chips is divided into three main stages: Blue print- Here the products estimate ability is identified and its design is agreed upon depending on the existing standards and technological development Production- This is the stage where the actual manufacturing takes place. The chips are manufactured according to the design that was agreed upon in the blue print stage. The production is done to the finest of details to ensure standards are adhered to. Testing- This is perhaps the most important stage of the product development process. It ensures that the final product is as was agreed to be at
Introduction The history of Mexico is regarded to be one of the most interesting moments of world history. The fact is that colonizers managed to eliminate the domestic civilization and create the developing country in the fertile plains of Central-America. Originally, this analysis will be based on the historical research by Octavio Paz, named “The Labyrinth of Solitude”. As for the matters of ethnic identity, colonialism, or symbolism of revolution, which are discussed as the main features of Mexican history, it should be emphasized that these are the historical concepts, which shape the image of the Mexican nation on the political map and in the historical course of the world. The main theme of the essays of this book is closely associated with the matters of Mexican Identity and it is aimed at demonstrating how deep the feeling of solitude for Mexicans in this world is. The issues of bi-culturalism and multiculturalism are the matters which define the Mexican identity, as their culture was based on the perception of the world in accordance with the attitude of the other countries towards Mexico, and on the cultural traditions of Indians and Europeans. The matter of fact is that, the issues of multiculturalism have shaped the traditional representation of the world by Mexicans, and such sub-culture as Pachucos, which will be described in the research, symbolizes the Mexico itself during the first century of its independence: independent, lonesome and apathetic. Originally, in the light of this notion Paz emphasizes that the national identity of Mexicans is closely associated with the perspectives of death, fiesta and identity in general. Mesoamerica was made up of a complex of autonomous peoples, nations, and cultures, each with its own differing traditions and cultural heritages mixed and at last became one. Mexico by Paz The main issues of the book are closely related with the matters of traditional views on the surrounding world, and the integral parts of human life as death, leisure and the nature. As for the matters of fiestas, it should be emphasized that they differ from the fiestas in Spain and express the sense of communality. If Spanish fiesta is aimed at relaxing before continuing the working day, Mexicans need to know that they are not alone in the desert, or some lonesome town in the desert. They emphasize the idea of not being alone and in helps Mexicans to realize their self-being. This representation of fiesta clearly defines the process of cultural inheritance of Spanish culture and the creation of indigenous legacy by denying an essential part of their own identity and becoming stuck in a world of solitude. (Paz, 129) Continuing the issues of national development, it should be stated that unfavorable natural conditions during the early periods of Mexican history, which caused unknown deceases, and then the serious conflicts among gangsters gangs made the issues of death rather close for the Mexican population. Death is regarded as the event that should be celebrated, as a man leaves this cruel world, however, this event is also repelled, as people are not certain in what is behind death