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Financial Operations within Multinational Companies in the XXI Century With the introduction of globalization principles into the present-day business environment and the creation of the global market, several operations within a typical company have changed, the financial ones being the first to undergo a series of alterations (Das, 2010). Defining the key specifics of financial transactions in the new environment will help outline the key obstacles that most modern SMEs face in the process and, thus, provide viable solutions (Zulkifli-Muhammad, 2009). Foreign Currency Transaction and the Consolidated Financial Statements of a Multinational Company As a rule, foreign currency transactions affect the exchange rate greatly (Wittington & Delaney, 2011). As a result, a company may incur several losses unless the alterations in the exchange rate can be predicted and, thus, the proper precaution measures are undertaken by the company in question (Bondar, n. d.). Allowing for reporting on the financial condition of the company, a consolidated financial statement of a multinational company helps the leader coordinate the monetary transactions carried out within different departments and, more importantly, different affiliates of a large enterprise (Sivakumar, n. d.). Eliminating and Consolidating Intercompany Transactions: Methods and Strategies The very procedure of transactions consolidation already presupposes that the latter is going to be eliminated eventually ( Report on support to SMEs in developing countries through financial intermediaries , 2011). According to the existing research, the equity method is used most often for the given purpose ( AIN-APB 18: The equity method of accounting for investments in common stock: Accounting interpretations of APB Opinion No. 18 , n. d.). Non-Conditional Investments Use in the Course of the Financial Statement Process It should be noted that a non-conditional investment pledge is, as a rule, not quite welcome among the possible partner companies. Therefore, it is crucial to make efficient use of the ones that a company already has in its possession. Seeing how the non-conditional sector does not need formalities ( Foreign agricultural investment country profile , 2012), it is reasonable to use it to carry out the transactions that are essential for the company’s success and that must be completed urgently (S
Sherman Alexie’s Facebook sonnet illustrates the various ways in which the use of social media reduces face-to-face interaction and causes controversy. Although Alexie is a modern poet, and the poem is about a contemporary issue, he uses an old, rigid structure of Shakespearean sonnet because he wants to add fluidity to the poem. Supposing Sherman Alexie had written the poem in free verse, it would be a lack of flow, and its rhyme scheme would be disrupted, which would render it less fascinating to read. The old-fashioned form adds meaning to this poem in that it coerces the reader to read between the lines to find the meaning. Most fixed-form sonnets like this one put the most crucial line at the end of the poem. In this sonnet, the last line, “Here at the altar of loneliness” gives a summary of the poet’s attitude toward Facebook (Alexie, line 11). Thus, this old-fashioned style adds meaning to the poet’s antithesis message. The poem’s outstanding imagery and metaphor is “the altar of loneliness” (Alexie, line11). In this line, from an outside viewpoint, Facebook users constantly log in and check daily trends and how their friends are faring. Indeed, social media use causes loneliness because it limits face-to-face interactions. Additionally, social media users compare themselves with others, which results in feelings
Introduction Socially people know how to behave while in public areas. Norms are set without any form of rules anywhere posted. Simple theories are held into why people know how to behave in public places. “Although they often pass unnoticed, such repressions offer reassurance of the integrity of public order remains intact and that others can be trusted to act as they should” (Dixon, Levine, and McAuley 2006:188). Integrity is such a keyword as it defines and expresses that behavior has so much to do with your surroundings. If everyone around you is screaming and being loud, then it gives on the idea that maybe it is acceptable to behave in that manner. This theory will help in my observational study to show if people in the bar behave similar to those surrounding them. This essay provides an insight into the various non-verbal behaviors that people exhibit in public areas such as bars and clubs. Non-Verbal Communication in Bars and Clubs In the public places study Dixon discusses how in America “public space” (Dixon et al. 2006:190) is a key factor in accepting of behavior norms. Dixon provides an example of homeless in the streets, it is not the fact that he is hanging around and doing whatever he wants the problem. The problem is that he is doing that out of the context of his privacy affecting those in public area. The code of conduct is set, if you don’t behave like how those around you in Am
Introduction Nowadays it is necessary to introduce relevant training to stay healthy. In this case, it is necessary to take physical condition such a heart rate and weight before starting active participation in the fitness programs. The primary goal of this assignment is to design a cardiovascular program, which will suit my personality. Moreover, I would like to emphasize the choosing the exercises in agreement with the personal traits define the motivation strategy, which is necessary to stay on track until the end. Furthermore, the goals will be set using the SMART approach. Consequently, I would like to underline that setting the right goals is the key motivator for the successful completion of the training. Finally, the program will be proposed based on my individuality, personal traits, goals, and motivation. The design will include six seek schedule, durations, intensities, and locations of the training. In the end, the conclusions are drawn. Cardiovascular Activity and My Personality It is evident that cardiovascular activity has to be determined based on personal traits. I can define myself as being a rather calm person, but I prefer to stay in shape. Moreover, I have to mention that I am determined and prefer to achieve the desired goals. Nonetheless, sometimes I lose interest in the subject and terminate the activity entirely. Lastly, I have to mention that I like to spend time with my friends and devote my free time to hobbies. In this case, non-monotonous physical activity, which involves a challenge, and does not occupy a significant amount of time, is the most suitable one. As swimming and cycling are considered cardiovascular activities, it will be beneficial to have them once or twice a week, as they are rather relaxing compared to regular cardiovascular exercises. Moreover, the recently conducted research revealed that people stay happier if they train with friends (Rettner, 2013). In this case, my friends will motivate me and help me achieve higher results. Lastly, I have to mention that due to my determination, regular cardiovascular exercises in the form of interval training have to be included as a part of my six-week training. Nonetheless, they are rather simple and do not occupy a lot of time. In this case, a combination of squats and push-up might be the most suitable exercise since it is rather simple and entertaining (Alleva, 2011). Additionally, this particular exercise will help me stay healthy and improve my physical condition. In the end, it could be said that paying attention to my personal traits and lifestyle will help develop a coherent training program, which will help me to stay motivated for six weeks. Motivation Strategies The next step is to develop a coherent motivation strategy, which will help me stay motivated until the end of the training period. One of the motivation techniques, which is actively used by the coaches to motivate sportsmen to reach higher scores, is public posting (Martin & Sharpe, 2009). In this case, this technique is applicable to me, as I will be able to see my individual progress. Another motivational strategy is sufficient plannin
Introduction Instructional documents are a valuable way of passing information to a desired audience. The effectiveness of these documents can be increased or hampered by the choices made in their creation. Recently, I undertook the task of making an instructional document about plagiarism and the internet with my intended audience being Saudi students. The major aim of the document was to persuade the students to avoid this counterproductive habit in their school work. In this paper, I will analyze the choices in style and content that I made while creating my instructional document on plagiarism. This analysis will include an in depth look at the effectiveness of the format choice, color choice and the tone used in conveying the message. I will also address the less successful choices that I made in the presentation. This detailed analysis of the instructional document will enable me to review the successful choices that were made and gauge their effectiveness. Things that could have been done to improve the document will also be addressed. Successful Choices The instructional document was about plagiarism and the aim of the text was to persuade Saudi Students to desist from engaging in this practice. As a tool of persuasion, the document appealed to the desire by students to succeed. It did this by stressing on the seriousness of plagiarism and highlighting the negative outcomes of plagiarism such as; expulsion from school and a bad reputation for the student for the rest of their education and careers. In Saudi Arabia, success is greatly valued and a student who succeeds is seen as having brought pride and glory to his family. The student who fails on the other hand brings shame to his family. The document goes on to remind the student that ignorance of plagiarism is not an excuse for engaging in this activity. As such, the student who plagiarizes by mistake will still face the harsh consequences. Throughout the paper, orange and red have been used as the background color. This is significant since in Saudi Arabia, the colors orange and red are used to represent danger. By using these colors in the instructional document, the audience is reminded of the gravity of the matter and the danger that can arise from engaging in plagiarism. Naturally, Saudi students are socialized to avoid unnecessary dangers at all time. The use of orange and red all through the document reminds the students that the subject matter is grave and therefore due attention should be given. It can therefore be expected that the students took the instructional document seriously. The theme colors used is consistent all through the presentation. This is a successful choice since it gives the paper a uniform feel. The audience is therefore not distracted as would be the case if each slide had a different color theme. Without these distractions, it can be assumed that the audience is able to pay closer atte
Barnett, Timothy. “Reading “Whiteness” in English Studies.” College English, vol. 63, no. 1, 2000, pp. 9-37. Web. Summary: Barnett discussed the concept of “whiteness” in English studies, which was particularly topical in the 1960s and 1970s. Such discourse traditions dominating the academic environment led to profound issues related to cultural misrepresentation. The detrimental power of whiteness lies in its apparent invisibility, meaning that it implicitly affects the perception of students. In this case, the voices of authors of color do not receive due attention and recognition. The whiteness of English studies entails dangerous societal implications, virtually depriving non-white people of their identity within its framework. This situation requires considerable attention from the involved community in order to establish an inclusive environment in which cultural and racial differences are treated with respect. Notes “Whiteness only seems invisible, objective, and neutral; it helps maintain this appearance through a reliance on coded discourses of race” (10). Racialized discourse is embedded in society’s cultural code, and, as long as whiteness corresponds to it, it is not properly perceived. “Whiteness maintains power ultimately by reserving for itself the privilege of recognizing, defining, and denying difference on its own terms and to its own
A bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is a therapy for youngsters with malignancy or different illnesses (Olbrisch et al., 2010). The objective is to supplant a child’s unhealthy bone marrow with sound bone marrow. Stem cells are sifted and afterward set back into the same person, or they are placed into a diseased individual. These filtered cells will develop and turn out to be new and solid bone marrow. The donor is someone else who has something similar or comparative hereditary sort as a sick child, who is regularly a sibling or sister. Tracking down coordination with a benefactor can be a protracted interaction. Undeveloped cells are taken from the giver either by apheresis or bone marrow collection. The first bone marrow relocation between a connected donor and recipient was acted in 1956. The patient, who had leukemia, was given therapy and afterward treated with solid bone marrow from an indistinguishable twin (Olbrisch et al., 2010). Even though transplantation started with a gift between indistinguishable twins, up to this point, most transfers were from perished donors. Patterns started to change in the number of patients on the list for relocation, and stand-by times turned out to be longer. The National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) is a not-for-profit association that works the Be The Match Registry of volunteer hematopoietic cell donors and umbilical rope blood units in the United States (National Marrow Donor Program ). The program facilitates an overall organization of subsidiary associations. These associations have set up associations with the NMDP and work together to organize the assortment and move of given bone marrow. Living donors have become an inexorably significant wellspring of organs for transplantation. Worry for the privileges of givers has brought about a re-examination of the utilization of minors as living organ benefactors. Transplantation is a venture that depends on the liberality of people in general. That liberality depends on the belief that the framework is reasonable. The acknowledged avocation for allowing minor kin to give bone marrow or fringe blood foundational microorganisms is that the donor will profit due to the more noteworthy probability of endurance and less enduring of the kin. The clinical calling has created rules to give down-to-earth counsel in such circumstances. The rules suggest acquiring the consent of the benefactor. They permit that a little youngster’s hesitance or
Being an essential factor in identifying the behavioural patterns of patients, defining the issues that can be described as aberrations in social interaction and locating the methods of intervention, social validity, in fact, is rather hard to define, as “something of social importance would have to be judged by someone as having value to society” (Wolf, 1978, p. 203). At this point, the element of subjectivity factors in, which is inadmissible for behavioural research. Nevertheless, being the key criterion for determining instances of deviation from the acceptable behavioral standards, social validity is still essential for selecting target behavior and designing an intervention strategy, as it helps the patient locate the boundaries for the behaviour types, which can be considered the boundaries of a socially accepted behaviour. Herein the paradox of social validity lies; though it is hardly definable in the broad sense of the phenomenon, it, nevertheless, allows a therapist to compare the behaviour of the patient with the appropriate one and, based on the differences thereof, provide the treatment that the patient needs (Cooper, Heron, & Heward, 2007). However, a closer look at the principle of social validity will reveal that it, in fact, helps add the so-called “social relevance” (Wolf, 1978, p. 207) to the actions of the patients, i.e., make their actions more predictable from the perspective of the society. In other words, the incorporation of the social validity predisposes the incorporation of certain predictability to the actions of the patients, thus, facilitating their integration into the society. Wolf (1978), however, views the issue from a different perspective, stating that the strategy, which involves the concept of social validity, claiming that these are the patients, who gain a deeper insight onto how the society works and, therefore, define the behavioural patterns that are generally considered acceptable: “They set up simulated counselling situations that contained various nonverbal components” (Wolf, 1978, p. 207). Indeed, the specified phenomenon allows for developing the skills for not only memorizing the behavioural patterns that are socially acceptable, but also identifying the ones that are expected in a specific social scenario and following them accordingly. Working on a subconscious level and making the patient process the information that comes from both verbal and, most importantly, nonverbal elements of a conversation, the phenomenon in question can be considered essential to developing basic communication skills in the patient. Social validity, thus, can and must be used as a crucial component of an intervention. First and most obvious, social validity assists in determining the key treatment goals (Kavale, Spaulding, & Beam, 2009). Hence, with the adoption of the social validity principle, a therapist will be capable of defining the key treatment stages and produce an adequate evaluation of the progress made in the course of the intervention. In addition, social validity enhances the appropriateness soft eh treatment procedures, contextual
Introduction Indigenous population refers to the category of individuals who have lived at a particular place for a long time. Indigenous people exhibit loyalty to their cultures by holding to its teachings (Kirk, 2008). Despite the pressure experienced by such people from external powers, they remain faithful to what their cultures dictates. On the contrary, non-indigenous people are flexible in their undertakings. Therefore, this paper aims at examining the indigenous spiritual health and medication. In the effort to explain the above, the paper will include the differences in medical care between indigenous and non-indigenous categories. The effect of spiritual belief and medical care People residing at diverse locations around the globe have varied beliefs concerning their health. However, these beliefs pose great challenges to medical practitioners while treating them. In explaining this statement, the examination of Latinos, which is an indigenous group found in United States will be essential (Kirk, 2008). Despite the diversity of the different groups that constitute the Latinos, studies show that they possess common cultural practices. Amongst the practices exercised by this cultural group, which intensifies the treatment process includes; their beliefs in folk illnesses, supernatural beings, magic, as well as witchcraft (Kirk, 2008). As opposed to the non-indigenous groups, Latinos depict a strong belief in existence of illnesses, which they argue that no hospitals remedy can help in curing them. In most cases, this group of people majorly seeks refuge from traditional healers. The socio-economic conditions on medical care In trying to define the indigenous health, it is fundamental to comprehend that the physical, social, as well as the psychological health is key in the overall individual’s well-being. However, despite the similarities witnessed in the health of varied indigenous groups, studies designate a wide gap amid this category and the non-indigenous groups (Kirk, 2008). The decline in the socio-economic conditions of most indigenous groups has adversely affected their health. During the colonial times, most indigenous groups experienced some key transformations. The colonial powers possessed great interest in acquiring most of their resources. They, therefore, culminated into settling at the fertile lands leaving the inhabitants poor. They also suffered significantly from the political autonomy. It is apparent that these invaders brought with them numerous dreadful diseases, which left a large proportion of their inhabitants dead (Lueckenotte, 2006). Consequently, their poverty further contributed to their powerlessness to access the most basic care. Concurrently, the non-indigenous groups could access all the necessary health services. Thus, it is clear that the economic position of such groups adversely in
Vision: To be a director of a domestic violence organization. Introduction Domestic violence is a problem that plagues developed as well as underdeveloped countries throughout the world. Despite the fact that on average the literacy rate and the rate of civilization in the world have been increasing in the past few decades, the statistics for domestic violence have been increasing on an exponential level. “The precise incidence of domestic violence in America is difficult to determine for several reasons: it often goes unreported, even on surveys; there is no nationwide organization that gathers information from local police departments about the number of substantiated reports and calls; and there is disagreement about what should be included in the definition of domestic violence. “One study estimated that more than 3% (approximately 1.8 million) of women were severely assaulted by male partners or cohabitants over the course of a year, while other studies indicate the percentage of women experiencing dating violence, including sexual assault, physical violence, or verbal and emotional abuse, ranges as high as 65%.”” (Newton, 2001) Main text Awareness of the crime has resulted in numerous cases being brought to light and the victims being salvages. In this context the domestic violence organizations play a major role in the society. Shelters provide temporary places of residence to domestic violence and abuse victims, while providing them assistance in transitioning to a better life. For children they specifically provide education as well as play-based psychological therapies, while for the men, the domestic violence agencies provide programs based on workshop and groups therapy sessions, whereby the abusers are made aware of their actions, while educating them on being more responsible and caring for their families. The future vision that has been highlighted is to be the director of a domestic violence organization. This organization would be one which works towards the betterment of the underprivileged and abused women and children in the society who are targeted with domestic violence at the hands of their family members. The responsibility of the director of a domestic violence organization entails to connecting to the people in the species, creating awareness of the issue amongst the people and making the abused realize that they have the right to stand up for themselves and seek shelter when and wherever possible. The organization would be providing assistance and aid to the domestic violence victims in terms of providing them with legislative support to build their case against the abusers while simultan