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Introduction At a time when trends pertaining to the pace of globalization have increasingly become the central aspect in determining consumerism patterns among various societies across the world, the ability to effectively manage healthcare services is critical. The provision of high-quality healthcare services ensures optimal productivity in the provision of ancillary services. Various studies have cited that the latter is vital due to the crucial role that health care plays in providing custodial, therapeutic, diagnostic and ancillary services It is imperative to mention that the much-needed activities and support for patient’s daily life are largely dependent on the services offered through ancillary operations. Shortell and Kaluzny (2006) are of the view that the ancillary services must assimilate systems that guarantee the highest possible customer value. The latter is contrary to the manner in which some managers in organizations outline their procedures. It is possible for healthcare organizations to operate with lower overtones without gross negative effects especially if the best service options are adopted. The arguments posed by the above authors seem to underscore and emphasize the need for streamlining the Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Such organizations are formed with the aim of establishing an effective harmony between internal and external operations of healthcare organizations that offer ancillary services. It is from this consideration that this essay evaluates Accountable Care Organizations’ roles in determining how improved efficiency and quality hospice services delivery can be guaranteed. Ancillary services-Hospice Hospice services coordinated by the ACO have become very critical in providing palliative care. Such services are aimed at alleviating the symptoms and pains of seriously or terminally-ill patients. There are quite a number of studies that indicate that the provision of hospice services creates a better environment for offering therapeutic, custodial and diagnostic care to extremely-ill patients. Besides, hospice care for seriously ill patients is important in saving the overall cost of healthcare. There are myriads of instances when a patient’s family has to pay for the final health care in a hospital setting. This care provides an environment where a patient can be taken care of by the loved ones, close family members as well as the hospice interdisciplinary team (IDT). The purpose of hospice services is centered on ensuring that the spiritual, emotional, social and physical wellbeing of a critically il
Introduction A corporate acquisition is a transaction involving the purchase of one company, known as the target company, by another company, known as the acquiring company (Gitman & Zutter, 2012). Acquisitions may be of two types; friendly and hostile acquisitions. A friendly acquisition is performed with the cooperation of the management while a hostile acquisition is performed against the will of the management. Acquisitions may also be classified by motive, where we have strategic and financial acquisitions. Analysis There are various reasons for acquisitions. The most common reason is seeking growth. The acquiring company may be seeking to expand its business or to acquire a dealership in a different line of products or services. Purchasing a going concern with a reasonable value and growth prospects would be better than starting a business from scratch. Acquisitions are also done in order to take advantage of economies of scale, a state is known as synergy. A company may also buy another company with higher liquidity in order to raise funds. The presence of special employee skills and technology in a company could make it a potential target for acquisition. The presence of tax losses in a company may also attract a potential acquiring company that intends to gain a tax advantage (Gitman & Zutter, 2012). The negotiation stage follows the identification of a target company and involves the determination of terms of the transaction such as purchase price and take-over process. The stage requires both parties to fully understand their objectives and aim to increase shareholder wealth. This is, unfortunately, not always the case. The acquiring company may lack a realistic valuation of the target company, simply relying on what they can afford to pay. The presence of a counter-offer from another company could also increase the purchase price of the target company (Pearson Education, 2012). Mistakes such as over-reliance on the financial statements for due-diligence and purchasing companies simply because they are undervalued also cause acquiring companies to pay more for an acquisition than it is worth to them (Gome, 2007). Despite both the real and perceived advantages of acquisitions, the majority of them end up decreasing shareholder value, with the greatest losers being shareholders of the acquiring company (Harshberger, 2009). In a study conducted on mergers and acquisitions in the US, Moeller, Schlingemann & Stulz (2005) observed that the acquiring firms lost twelve cents per dollar in aggregate value on their acquisitions. They attributed this loss to ‘negative synergy’ between both companies. In order to avoid the losses to shareholders arising from acquisitions, both parties must plan for and communicate on the deal and consider integration factors such as the difference between the two companies’ cultures (Harshberger, 2009) after the acquisition process is complete.
The world is increasingly becoming competitive. Cities are faced with difficult situation of having to deal with the dynamics of the corporate world. Dubai is one of the cities that have come out strongly as a center of business. It has embraced a number of technologies as a way of improving the way of life of its people. The emerging technologies and environmental concerns are some of the factors that corporate bodies have to deal with in order to ensure smooth operations. According to Choudhury (1988), management units in must be able to handle two most important factors in the current dynamic world. The first factor is the emerging technologies. The emerging technologies have the capacity to make or break a firm, especially in the service sector. Not all emerging technologies are important to an organization. Some are very important while others are completely irrelevant. This is one fact that the management of Jumeirah Palm has come to appreciate. Understanding the emerging technologies would help a firm gain a competitive edge over other firms. This has seen most firms come up with various projects that are geared towards achieving specific goals in this field. The second factor is environmental conservation (Roberts, 2011). As technology continues to improve the way of life of people, the environment is increasingly under threat of destruction. Emerging technologies continue to pose more threats to the environment. Various agencies have come out strongly to oppose the emerging technologies. Some of them have openly attacked a number of leading firms in the world. Attack from such agencies can be very dangerous because it would generate negative publicity for the firm. For this reason, project management teams have tried to be at peace with these agencies in order to be seen as champions of a clean world. Jumeirah Palm has always operated in such an environment since it was established. There is increased pressure from various quarters for the firm meaning that this project has to meet their demands. It requires the management of this project to develop strategies that would help it operate with the highest possible efficiency. The project management team must turn to some of the current project management strategies in order to be competitive in the market. Project Rationale This project is aimed at increasing the land area of Dubai City. The choice of increasing the land area at the expense of emerging technologies was arrived at when the project management team realized that there was need to ensure that the city expands in size. In the current world, land area is one of the most important factors for any city. This city is one of the leading business cities in the world today. However, the population is growing very fast and the city is becoming uncontrollable, especially in terms of waste management. There is no enough space in the city to help in the management of waste. The leadership of this city is concerned about the environmental watchdogs, which would attack it for polluting the environment. The firm is interested in becoming an environmental champion. Through this pro
Introduction Since the end of the Second World War, the United States has been considered as the world’s superpower nation. The economy of the United States even during the Cold War was enormous while the technological advancement and military power more sophisticated than even that of the Soviet Union. The United States also ushered many multinational global institutions a clear indicator of its role as the world’s most dominant player not only in economics but also in politics. A new change of guard that will change the world is being experienced at its infancy stages. A historic change is now being evidenced as the Western countries are being overhauled economically by the developing countries. 1 The rise in the economic might for the developing world has significantly resulted in a global misbalance of economic power. Until recently, there has been enough evidence of the economic realignment of the world dominant player. This has seen China in the roadmap of the world’s promising superpower due to its stellar economic performance. This paper seeks to explain why China despite being on its course to the top of the world still struggles with racial prejudice. Hans Chinese China was once a large land that was filled with multiple races, but now it is viewed as a homogenous state. Overwhelmingly, China has one race; about 91 percent of the populace is Hans Chinese. However, the Chinese constitution defines the state as unitary, rather than a multi-ethnic country. Other races form 9 percent of the total population. A visit to various cities in China will reveal striking differences of the inhabitants, though they collectively define themselves as Hans Chinese. People who live in Beijing have the same height as Caucasians; those in Guangzhou are a little bit shorter. Modern China represents multiple races. Due to civilization, most races in China have been absorbed or assimilated due to intermarriages. Racism in China Therefore, Hans Chinese represent an association of many races, it is a multi-cultural entity rather than a single culture. Chinese view racism as an influence of Western culture. All races all over the world are subject to prejudice, race influenced thoughts and racial practices to counter other races. Each race is distinct but may also share some characteristics with other races. Just like there is cultural diversity, racism is also diverse. In the modern world, white racism is viewed to have had a more profound or imminent impact. The race has always been linked as being cruel. The adverse effect has been evident by the effects of colonialism. This is a lighter tone is not to imply that races do not prejudice others. Conclusion Racism and other racial discourse in China leave one amazed as to why there are such instances. The answer to this question is perfectly linked to the view of the family as the central domain, something that has been idolized in the Chinese tradition for over a long period. Just like other Confuc
National and corporate cultures The term corporate culture refers to the norms, beliefs, practices and values observed in specific organization. It is an established guideline in an organization that dictates on how activities are carried out within that organization. Generally, organizations may break down their corporate culture to cater for specific departments. This is with respect to how these departments are managed, organized and controlled. There are different aspects of a corporate culture that are easily recognized such as the management hierarchy, dressing code and working environment while others are hard to identify (Thorsen, 2009, para. 2-6). These are cultures such as organization’s values and norms. On the other hand, national culture refers to the norms, beliefs and practices exercised in a specific country. It refers to values and customs shared by a specific society. General Electricals’ (GEL) and Tungsram’s cultures differed significantly. GEL believes that the success of any organization is based on internal forces. The company believes that by every staff striving to succeed, it is possible to overcome external forces which try to hamper the success of any organization. On the other hand, Tungsram’s culture believes that external forces play a vital role in determining the success of any business. In addition, GEL emphasis on need for layoffs and sell-offs as a method of improving employee performance while Tungsram believes in the culture of paternalism. In bid to introduce its culture and practices in Hungary and other countries, GEL has embarked on training its staffs in these countries on language and business skills. It also practices employee rotation where staffs are moved from one country or region to another thus disseminating their knowledge and skills to other staffs they come across. Pros and cons of changing GEL’s European operations to regional or global By changing its European operations to regional or global, GEL would be in a position to freely transfer experience from one company to another. This is because the move would bring about standardization of operations in all its subsidiaries. Further more; the company would manage to come up with a single brand thus being able to effectively introduce new products in the market. This would help it increase its profit as its products would be easily identified in the market. Despite the move having numerous advantages for the company, there were also some drawbacks accompanying it. By coming up with a single image for all its subsidiaries, it means individual subsidiary would loose its initial brand (Schuh, 2000, pp. 43-54). This would lead to customers who strongly valued its brand losing trust in the organization. For customers who have become accustomed to organization’s culture,
Introduction Transportation and logistics system acts as one of the major reflectors of a country’s economic capability and resource availability. Such elaborate system, determines various trends within market environment based on critical aspects. Consequently, nature of transportation and logistics systems within a region determines costs and ultimately nature of pricing on consumer goods. For example, significant costs of transportation and logistics on agricultural materials differ depending on whether a country is developed or underdeveloped. Developing countries within South America imposes higher freight rates making charges on their exports higher i.e. between 10 to 20% compared to other goods from developed nations such as United States. Such cases are also attributed to presence of inadequate transport capacity within underdeveloped regions (Lieb and Randall, 1996). Argentina Transportation System Argentina is currently identified as one of the emerging economic power within South America. Consequently, privatization movement within Argentina’s transport sector has attained great advancement within the last few years. There has been tremendous influx of investment from domestic and foreign bodies acting as major force behind gains in movement and storage of goods and services. However, such positive changes within Argentine logistics environment are expected to remain high within the next couple of years (Cottrill, 1999). One notable change experienced involves development of river transport systems within the country as well as neighboring Mercosur nations. The water highway system referred to as ‘hidrovia’ project, contributes towards extensive improvement on the access of large vessel ships within inland ports. This has adequately enabled enhancement of economies of scale gained by shippers from various goods within export markets. Additionally, the railway network within Argentina received necessary boost form investors in mid 1990s. The nation’s five rail lines received uplift through privatization which has ultimately contributed towards concentration of much transportation within railway system. Such privatization has seen diversion of most traffic away from road transport, since large volumes of goods are moved efficiently over longer distances through rail. Extensive use of rail by Argentine Shippers has contributed towards enjoyment of economics of scale by the nation due to convergence in volumes and operational costs (Cottrill, 1997). Despite achievement experienced within the rail system, there has been lack of sufficient storage facilities within Argentina’s grain industry. This has forced most farmers to seek for trade opportunities for their grains despite prevailing market conditions within domestic market. Argentina’s logistic system encounters difficulties based on the limited capacity at various elevators and river terminals.
An array of definitions has been given to describe what learning is and a lot of metaphors have been created. Dorothy MacKeracher, in her book “Making Sense of Adult Learning” compares learning to breathing (MacKeracher, 2004, p. 6). Breathing is a natural process but it may be impaired by unacceptable environment or high level of carbon dioxide, similarly, learning process may also be hindered by placing the learner in an inappropriate environment. Adults learn differently from children who may be compared to sponges quickly absorbing the information presented to them. Children’s minds are Tabula Rasa willing to be taught and accept the knowledge conveyed to them. For adults, however, the learning process is different firstly because their minds already possess several layers of prior knowledge and perceiving new information may be challenging. Although adults normally make an informed choice regarding what is to be learned unlike children who sometimes have to learn what is imposed on them in a school syllabus or by their parents, learning is still harder for the adults and they face far more challenges than children. Firstly adult learners have to juggle between various responsibilities and commitments such as family issues, jobs, aging parents etc. that may hinder the learning process. With so many distractions, it is harder for adults not to lose focus and pursue the learning goals. Secondly, when adults start learning, they already possess superficial knowledge in many areas and many of them may choose to retreat to prior knowledge or skills thus stalling on learning (MacKeracher, 2004, p. 12). This way, many adults make do with the rudimentary knowledge they have and do not continue to enhance their expertise Thirdly, the change of focus may present challenges for adults. With the abundance of information, sources and materials, adults tend to quickly change the learning focus and engage in other areas changing learning subjects several times thus simply wasting time and obtaining only superficial to no knowledge in many areas, rather than pursing one and obtaining a deep insight in it. Most importantly, adult learning may be compromised by biological changes and memory decrease with age (Cercone, 2008, p. 130). With this in mind, adults may require more time to learn and master the new information. Adults also need to keep up with time trends and follow the latest learning techniques. Adults who used to study in a completely different environment may be biased to present-day learning techniques and it may be hard for them to embrace a concept of online learning which is becoming increasingly popular. All of the above mentioned challenges need to be considered in order to initiate an effective learning process for adults. As adults are normally independen
Hamlet, the prince of Denmark is a play by William Shakespeare set in the Kingdom of Denmark. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are friends to the protagonist in the play. Hamlet is a son to the former King and a nephew to the current King Claudius (Hamlet.2.2.84) These two characters seem indispensable throughout and serve as informants of Claudius. King Claudius wanted to understand the changed behavior of his nephew was in grief after learning how his father, King Hamlet died. In the play, they fit in as first hand spies of the King because of their childhood friendship with Hamlet. In fact, he refers to them as his two schoolfellows. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern display sycophancy, as they appear to struggle to gain Claudius’ confidence by posing as Hamlets childhood friends hence are better placed to get information from him. They accept to work with Claudius on this matter in spite of them knowing his intentions. He introduces them as excellent good friends. This is complemented by their show of ignorance when they accompany Hamlet to England after he killed Polonius. On this trip, they carry a letter whose content they are not aware. This is what leads to their death. More about Hamlet What excerpt from act 3 of Hamlet supports the conclusion that Hamlet is critical of women? 4.3 532 Which statement best explains why Hamlet alludes to Pyrrhus throughout act 2, scene 2 of Hamlet? 5 3384 Which statement best describes why Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a complex character? 5 1167 Which word best describes Laertes in Act IV of Hamlet? 5 1079 Why Did Hamlet Choose Not to Kill Claudius When He Was Praying? 5 1296 When Polonius says, “brevity is the soul of wit,” why is it ironic? 5 4036 Their sycophancy backfires as Hamlet rejects their friendship when he tells them that they are spies (Hamlet.3.2.176) Furthermore, he manages to get the letter from them and rewrites it reversing the original content. Pirates kill them after being abandoned by Hamlet (Hamlet 5.2.353) Hamlet even remarks that their death is because of their conspiracy. They are also used in the plot to perpetuate corruption in the courts by accepting to be paid as agents to work with Claudia.