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Yield management is the term used to denote a set of policies that facilitate capacity reserved service businesses including hotels to apprehend ideal profits from daily operations (Wickramasinghe & Geisler, 2009). The fundamental conception of yield management is to offer the correct service to the right client at the appropriate time for the suitable amount (Bardi, 2010). Yield management, or profits management, is the process by which transactions of a restricted number of products, for instance hotel accommodations, carrier orchestras, room hire, rental cars, are fared to exploit revenues (Smith, 2011). Effective yield management emphasizes on selling the product in a way viewed timely, price viable, and geared towards the suitable subsection of consumers (Ismail, 2007). The rudimentary notion of yield management hangs in the economic norm of supply and demand: when deliveries seem diminutive, prices shoot up; when supply elevates, prices shoot down (Pizam, 2010). Yield management is a premeditated, methodical way by which executives reasonably place clients in the supply demand continuum, and thus achieve the utmost return for their products and services (Kumar, 2010). For instance, a client who has very petite elasticity in his or her travel schedules is the client who is most probable to charge a higher price for hotel accommodations and airline tickets (Sfodera, 2006). Effective yield management originates from numerous features: a comprehension of what the hotel anticipates to attain; a precise indulgence of what hotel the manager operates in, which will lead to an indulgence of what a client staying in the hotel requires in his or her hotel familiarity, and why clients select their hotel over another hotel; a capacity to quantify group transactions against the complete objectives of the hotel for instance, a hotel whose foremost objective is tenancy will be blissful to host a huge group at a depressed proportion, but a hotel whose central objective is profit maximization may turn down a greater group in indulgence of a lesser group who can pay a higher amount; and an awareness of what prompts market fluctuation such as holidays, systematic area and local proceedings (Laws & Moscardo, 2006). The perfect result of a yield management plan is to meet customers’ period and service features to their readiness to pay to guarantee that the client receives the preferred service at the anticipated time at a suitable value, while the business achieves the maximum profits possible given the client and business features (Lewry & Abbott, 2008). The tactical heights of yield management assist in toning service timing and valuing to customers’ preparedness to pay for service in connection to its scheduling (Ng, 2007). Based on clients’ demand intensities and individualities, management can move the demand of those clients comparatively price subtle but time impervious to off-peak period (Lockyer, 2007). In a nut shell, cre
Introduction Medical professionals should engage in lifelong learning to develop superior competencies for delivering high-quality health services to citizens with diverse backgrounds. The studied course materials and viewed video offer evidence-based tactics for improving care delivery. This paper describes the initiatives I will implement to promote multicultural health competence in my work environment. New Changes: Multicultural Health Competence Before studying different class materials, I used to define multicultural health competence as the ability and power of medical practitioners to join forces and provide sustainable services that address patients’ cultural, emotional, and social needs. I also understood that organizations could design and implement powerful systems to maximize health outcomes. However, I did not appreciate the notion that individual practitioners could be part of the process and implement appropriate strategies to maximize citizens’ medical experiences. Such kind of a model reduces sentinel events and dissatisfaction and improves morale (Witkowski, 2013). I have experienced these changes since the materials offer evidence-based insights for promoting culturally competent care delivery in my unit. Different Approaches These new achievements explain why I will do a number of things differently in my work environment. Firstly, I will begin to view my patients and colleagues from a cultural perspective. This means that I will always consider their norms, beliefs, and behaviors related to health and healing. Secondly, I will engage different teammates with diverse backgrounds to develop a competent group that can deliver exemplary services. Thirdly, I will embrace the idea of multidisciplinary practice since it can improve the quality of care available to patients (Ritter & Graham, 2017). I will also engage in continuous learning to acquire new concepts and learn additional languages to continue providing exemplary services. I am planning to include these changes in my unit to maximize patient satisfaction and reduce disparities. Evaluation The success of multicultural health competence depends on the experiences of the identified patients. Two methods will be implemented to evaluate my work environment to ensure that this aim becomes a reality. The first one is encouraging individuals to present their insights and views regarding the unit’s ability to offer culturally competent medical services. The second strategy is the use of journal entries targeting the initiatives different teams undertake and how they meet people’s psychological, mental, cultural, and spiritual demands (Ritter & Graham, 2017). The information gained will then inform a superior model for supporting the introduced change and improving the entire process. Eliminating Health Disparities Medical practitioners can identify and implement different strategies to minimize health disparities. The selected one for this discussion is that of effective communication. Healthcare experts and clinicians can improve the way they share information with one another (Ritter & Graham, 2017). They can go further to l
Having made an early entry into business to business (B2B) portal market in China (1995), Alibaba.com concentrated on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) given their favourable numerical strength. The portal market company capitalised on the fact that SMBs found it difficult to link up with the rest of the global firms given their limited capacity and language barrier. Alibaba.com assisted the SMBs by organising their information, and then linking them with international firms (buyers). This saved the local SMBs time and money they would spend in attending trade fairs and exhibitions in search of global business partners. As such, the main lock-in effect that Alibaba.com used to woo SMBs their way was language. To date, it organises, translates and acts as a link-up between Chinese suppliers and global buyers.
Biodiversity has a range of definitions that all revolve around a variety of living organisms in a given area. According to the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment, it is the variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. There is no exact number of the current species on the earth but an estimate of the worldly species. The introduction of the five million species to the earth gives a variety of wastes. Excretory waste is an example of this waste. Every living organism removes wastes that are not needed in the body and cause pollution to the environment. Competition for the available natural resources may cause the extinction of some of the species. This is a waste to the available natural resources and the species. The death of some of the species causes both air and water pollution. Decaying matter produces gas fumes mainly sulfide dioxide gas among others, which combines with water to form acid rain which is harmful to both the ‘dry land’ species and aquatic species. Waste is not all useless. For example; animal waste is of great importance to vegetation. It contains plant nutrients and minerals such as calcium and potassium that enhance the healthy growth of vegetation. Rotting and decaying of organic waste from these species produces manure for vegetation growth. Through the respiration of these species, plants use carbon dioxide in photosynthesis. This ensures a complete cycle of purified air to the environment for use by different species. Mercury is a heavy metal of which some of its forms are highly toxic. It occurs naturally in the environment in different chemical forms. It is a liquid at room temperature and slowly forms vapor in the air. Natural processes such as volcanic activity and weathering and human activities such as mining and fuel use can release mercury into the environment. Methylmercury and elemental mercury are poisonous to the nervous system. Methylmercury can affect the unborn baby during pregnancy. Human beings are exposed to methylmercury through diet, particularly fish, and to elemental mercury vapors from tooth fillings and at certain workplaces. Governmental and Non-Governmental bodies have set up the daily mercury intake levels considered to be safe but some people may consume more than these levels. Moderate consumption of fish is not of great concern. Mercury is also harmful to the environment due to its accumulation in organisms. Its levels increase along the food chains and with age. However, mercury is important. It can be recycled to reduce its effect on the environment. It is used in the extraction of gold and silver from ores, in thermometers and manometers, in lights and switches, and dental amalgam fillings. There are control measures used to reduce mercury releases to the environment. These include; reducing the use of mercury-containing products and raw materials, replacing products and processes that use or contain mercury with those that do not, effe
Ringwood Mines landfill site is a 500-acre territory (once an iron mining site) in the Borough of Ringwood, New Jersey, that was subjected to severe contamination owing to the disposal of waste by the Ford Motor Plant in 1960s-70s. The Ramapough Mountaing Indian Tribe and other inhabitants of the area sued Ford Motor Company for causing extensive soil pollution, and the plant was closed in 1980 (Dyrud 11). In 1984, the area was placed on the Superfund priority list by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to clean up the contamination; however, several attempts of land recovery made by Ford failed as pockets of paint sludge were later found in 1995, 1998, and 2004, which resulted in placing the site back on the list. In 2011, 47,000 tons of earth contaminated with hazardous wastes had to be removed (Verbos and Humphries 27). The paper at hand is aimed to investigate why the company decided to dump wastes on this very site as the choice of the place does not seem to be random. The case is going to be investigated from the racism perspective given by the history of the place. Historical Account The Ramapough Mountain Indians or Ramapough Lunaape Munsee Delaware Nation consists of app. 5000 people who live in the Ramapo Mountains in New Jersey and whose villages were recorded as far back as in the seventeenth century. Although the tribe was recognized by the state, all the attempts to win federal recognition failed (Alexander and Alexander 17). The Ramapough people descend from Lenape, whose bands included the Tappan, Munsee, Hackensack, Rumanchenanck, and Ramapo having Tuscarora, African, and Dutch ancestry (which accounted for the fact that early colonist Europeans thought that these were different peoples) (Van Valen 28). The racist slurs that the tribe currently has to tolerate are deeply rooted in history: until 1970s, its members were often called “Jackson Whites”. The phrase is a shortened version of “Jacks and Whites” – a derogatory term that was invented to emphasize the multiracial ancestry of people composing the tribe. Because of different backgrounds these people had, the outer community concluded that they were mostly “Jacks” (which in slang meant “runaway slaves”) and poor whites (including the Dutch, Hessian soldiers, and German mercenaries – all quite unwelcome by the dominant population) (Adams et al. 84). There was no document supporting the idea that tribe members belonged to these categories; nevertheless, the pejorative legend remained widely accepted, and the term “Jackson Whites” was even used in one of the publications of The Bergen Democrat in 1880. Earlier, in 1972, Appleton’s Journal called the Ramapough “fugitive slaves” and claimed that they hid in the mountains to bring up children that were going to grow even more savage that their fathers. In 1938, New Yorker continued the tradition of mockery and called the tribe “an enclave of albinos” with Nellie Mann (a circus performer) as a “queen” (Alexander and Alexander 31). Nowadays, the historians confirm that these legends have nothing to do with actual history; however the prejudice against the tribe continues to impact the atti
The connection between the numerous acts of protest through history can be assigned to different factors. The mutual goals of these protests were always to create changes and attempting to transform one state of life conditions to another, to a better state as intended. Whether it peasant protest, a rebellion, or systemic protest they differ in the methods and mostly coincide in circumstances, they demonstrate what the differences in social conditions may lead to, proving that most of the mentioned protests are led against the hegemony of wealth and power resulted in the extreme difference between the highest and lowest layers of society. In the book entitled “ Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism ” by Richard Robbins, the different historical backgrounds of human protests are followed and the author gave an objective overview of the most significant events of this category. Taking examples to compare and to find connections between two of the examples given it is seen that peasant protest in Malaysia and the Rebellion in Kenya are different in the methods, the outcome, and the historical background. The protest against which started against the land rent raises and obviously human greed was the result of the green revolution which provided the building of two dams in Malaysia. The sudden change of the land’s value after the peasants started to harvest the fields twice the year, awake the desire to earn more in Malaysian landlords. The raised value of land started the wave of unfair contention from people outside of the village who were willing to pay more and to substitute the human efforts with harvesting machines leaving the peasants without work. Another example is the rebellion in Kenya, which although ended as a political revolution, started similarly as land deprivation by Britain’s settlers. The state of overall poverty of Kenyan people along with the prolonged drought, smallpox, and cattle disease, started the rebellion in Kenya which resulted in more than eleven thousand victims in what considered being the first African liberation movement. Analyzing these two historical events, while omitting the political background of the British colonization, the reasons, and motives of both cases are the same. Poverty and taking away what is considered to be yours result in almost every act of protest in history, these motives with the desire for equity which modern capitalism rejects pushes the desires of people to reject and repair the injustice. In examining the other forms of protest which comparing to the previously mentioned which were more of a result of globalization, the protest, and strikes against the system can identify as the result of capitalism which in bringing new aspects of innovation and development also brought waves of disapproval around the globe. The examples given compare the two revolutions in 1848 and 1968 from the same perspectives, the motives, background, and the results. The first revolution which started in 1848 in France as a workers protest and rapidly spread throughout Europe, although did not achieve their goals it started two different movements which se
Mission Statement Spinneys’ vision is “to be the supermarket of choice for those who enjoy good food and are community opinion formers” (Spinneys, 2013). This vision has three main parts. First, the enterprise wants to be the supermarket of choice. This means that it wants to have a competitive position among customers, and to be the first one that customers think about when they plan to go shopping. The second part of the vision identifies Spinneys’ preferred market. The preferred market for the enterprise consists of people who enjoy good food. This distinction is calculated to make people feel that the place to find good food is Spinneys. The enterprise wants everyone who shops in any of its stores to feel certain that the company gives them only the best. The third part of the vision clarifies the organization’s target customers. This section points out that Spinneys is interested in getting opinion shapes to be its main customers. The Competitive Position of Spinneys The competitive position of Spinneys comes from three aspects. First, the company derives its competitive position from its geographical spread. The business has stores in several countries in various parts of the Middle East. In particular, the company has twenty-nine stores in the UAE (Spinneys, 2013). Twenty-one of the Spinneys stores are in Dubai, five in Sharjar and one in Ajman (Spinneys, 2013). In addition to these stores, the company has one store in Egypt, seven in Lebanon, and one in Jordan (Spinneys, 2013). The main advantage that comes from having several stores in different locations is that the company can present itself as an international brand. This comes with an international supply chain that reduces supply disruptions and creates a regional sense of loyalty in their customers. It also makes the company attractive to the increasing number of immigrants into the Middle East. The second element of Spinneys competitive position is its strong focus on customer service in the Middle East. The supermarket chain has a long history of serving this market since 1924 (Spinneys, 2013). The result is that the company has developed a deep understanding of the customer needs in the region. This understanding translates into a strong competitive advantage because of the institutional memory of the organization. The longevity of the life of the chain of stores in the Middle East is almost unrivalled. The third element of the organization’s competitive position is its strong brand name. The Spinneys brand is one of the best-known brands in the UAE, and in the Middle East. The company has dedicated a lot of time to the branding of its stores across the region. A strong brand name is part of the assets of a modern corporation (Meredeth & Mantel, 2011). The Spinneys brand is well recognized by customers in the entire Middle Eastern region. Spinneys has been growing its market shar
Introduction It might seem like a completely impossible task to try to classify Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction as belonging to one specific genre and it will not be attempted in this paper. However, when discussing genre in films, Pulp Fiction is perhaps the most interesting one for the topic. Filmed in 1994, Tarantino’s masterpiece, according to many critics marks the beginning of a new era of cinema, an era in which good films simply transcend the genre barriers. In Pulp Fiction, Tarantino introduces postmodernism into cinema, a form of art in which it will probably get its best manifestation, and one of the main characteristics of postmodern fiction, in general, is the lack of genre boundaries. Main body One might begin by relating postmodernism as a general phenomenon in philosophy and art to the problem of genre. Specifically, in film and literature, modernism, against which postmodernism is a reaction, brought about an explosion of works that could be called genre fiction because they were produced for the needs of the market. Those works had strictly defined genres because they were targeted at the audience with preformed tastes for a specific genre. In addition, there existed a division between this genre of fiction, also called “low fiction” and “high fiction” which did not have strictly defined genres and was intended for a highly educated, intellectual audience. Postmodernism, in accordance with its philosophical foundations, breaks away from this distinction between high and low fiction and at the same time deletes the boundaries of genre. The title Pulp Fiction itself suggests that the movie is a postmodernist attempt to make an artistically valuable movie on the basis of the lowest form of genre fiction by deleting the genre boundaries. First off, even though there is no dominant genre in the film, probably the first association as to the genre of Pulp Fiction is the gangster genre. This genre was very popular in the second part of the twentieth century and its popularity culminated with The Godfather. The elements of this genre in Pulp Fiction are obvious. The plot of the movie revolves around a gang led by a dangerous criminal Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) the members of the gang are also Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson). The film explores the lives of the people within a gang their relationships and moral dilemmas which are all characteristics of a gangster film. Secondly, very often people label Pulp Fiction as a comedy, and in particular dark comedy and humor have a lot of space in the film. Humoristic elements are mainly introduced in the character of Samuel L. Jackson who added immensely to the impact of the film with his black vernacular dialect pervaded by witty remarks and even some memorable monologues. In addition, absurd situations are often used to this aim like in a situation when Vincent Vega accidentally shoots the character named Marvin in the face in the middle of a conversation and the absurdity of the situation is just staggering to the pointed laughter. The third genre label that critics often ascribe to the film is neo-noir. Neo-noir films w