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Introduction The Panama Canal is one of the largest transportation projects of the 20th century that continues to play a critical role in global shipping routes in the modern-day. A recent expansion of the canal has accentuated the complexity of its exploitation in terms of ecological development. The political challenges around the canal as an international project with local consequences has compromised its efficacy as an ecologically viable project. The construction of the Panama Canal has profound local environmental impacts which are based on socio-political management of the project that has demonstrated the infrastructural and ecological interdependence of its service as a global transportation hub. Environmental The transit of a cargo ship through the Panama Canal leads to 52 million gallons of freshwater draining into the ocean. The water comes from the local river which feeds from Gatun Lake and Alajuela Lake. The canal’s infrastructure is increasingly detrimental to the local environment by draining its watersheds, resulting in massive deforestation and biodiversity loss over the decades of its operation. The paradox lies at the ecological dependence of the canal’s function to the existence of rainforests which are rapidly destroyed. As a massive infrastructure project, the canal made a tremendous impact on the local ecology which led to the creation of a new hybrid natural environment for any involved ecosystems 1 . The environmental cost of the construction of the canal had a long-lasting impact as it shifted the local ecosystem. The result was not only evident in practices such as deforestation and freshwater loss but complex phenomenon as fragmentation impacted the migration of both marine and tropical species. Socio-Political Political factors formed the water management system of the canal, and then the project began to play its role as a political force itself. During the canal construction, thousands of people were displaced and cut off from traditional water sources. Furthermore, the hydrological reliability of the canal became dependent on the flow of traffic rather than controlled by Panama itself which significantly decreased available water volume. The canal serves an infrastructural organism that is based in the socio-politics of the region. There are specific laws, agendas, and treaties which govern the canal’s operation that is necessary for its function. Carse points out that the canal has come into conflict with the rural development of infrastructures of the Panamanian state. Each of these infrastructures has given rise to political ecologies with winners and losers. 2 Infrastructure projects and standards stand as the center of political contention. However, the traditional political forces are also challenged as the destabilization allows the rise of advocates and activists which may mobilize pro-environmental support. It allows collective action to establish standards and infrastructure which benefit local economic development and social priorities rather than the global commercial interests. 3 Infrastructure The impact of the canal has shown
Introduction The world has witnessed radical changes in information and communication technology. As of now, through teleconferencing, individuals from different countries are able to hold a conference from the comfort of their homes or offices without having to travel. Changes in the transport industry has also made is possible for individuals access every part of the globe very fast. Fast jets have made it possible that one can manage to visit all continents of the world within one day. All this changes translate into a different approach to management. Unlike in the traditional setting where geographical constraints limited management scope, the modern manager requires skills to be able to respond to global concerns. In this report, I intend to examine competencies and skills of an effective manager in the global context. Through the analysis in this report, I will evaluate my management skills, in order to determine whether I am an effective manager or not. Moreover, based on the analysis of my management skills, I formulate an action plan that I am to implement towards becoming a more competent and effective manager in the global context Time Management Most of the managers, who have excelled in their duties, are efficient time managers (Dalziel & Schoonover, 1988). Organizations operating across the globe can only succeed if managers pay close attention to time management. This requires taking into account time zone differences and being able to plan so that there are no inconveniences in operation. Efficient time management means that one is able to allocate time properly both in their professional life and in their personal life. I used to be a victim of poor time management. I was generally a last minute person, which could make my work strenuous and poorly executed. However, over time and through lessons from this module, I have been able to realize the power of excellent time allocation. Currently, am able to work stress free due to planning. Consequently, I am able to execute tasks well in my work place. Time management is an important component in personal organization. Personal organization dictates the manner one assigns oneself to tasks (Dalziel & Schoonover, 1988). Proper personal organization is not possible without scheduling or time budgeting. However, personal organization goes beyond time management; it encompasses even dressing and how one plans own work desk or home. Proper personal organization skills help one to accomplish tasks in a systematic manner, and in a t
Spreadsheet: Monthly Cash Budget from January to June Charts Purchases, total costs (expenditure) and total revenue (receipts) Closing cash January to June Why and how WASS Film and Media should look for new ways to use information systems for competitive advantage WASS Film and Media should look for new ways to use information system to gain competitive advantage over other similar businesses. The new ways to use information system will allow the WASS Film and Media to use innovation technologies. According to Olson (1982), use of new technology will ensure that things in the shop are done in a better, faster, and more efficient way (p.81). Change to the new ways of using information will be necessary to both the shop and employees. The change will relive employees from constraints and pressures. On how to implement the new ways in WASS Film and Media firm, the management should be ready to follow all business processes involved with the new technology innovation. Great changes to both the employees and the processes used may occur. New technologies may require that new resources and the business to be ready to either increase resources or reduce them (Parsons 1984, p. 47). It is important for the business to asses the risks involved in new technologies and new ways of using information system for such will prepare managers and the owners of WASS Film and Media to face and deal with any risk in the best way possible. Assessing the risk will also allow them to predict the outcomes of new technology. For better handling of the new systems and technologies, the firm should make use a group of people in the special units. The group will be able to scan the environment and sense any dangers associated with the new technologies. It will also be able to asses the business and advice WASS Film and Media firm on the best technologies to use for development within the firm. The special unit team lists the technologies down and the best technology that matches and fits with the challenges of the business wins. Implementation of the best technology then takes place and by that time, the team is able to asses the new technology in the way it works. The risks involved It is risky for the shop to look for new ways, which involves the emerging technologies because of the disadvantages that are associated with new modern technologies. Most of the new technologies are unstable compared to the traditional technologies. Moreover, it is expensive for the company to upgrade new technologies, and it could have a negative financial effect on the company. The advantages associated with use of innovative information could be short-lived for the company because technologies can change at any time. This includes competitive advantage over other companies. Therefore, it is not advisable for all companies and businesses to use innovative systems because the advantages may only last for a short time. WASS Film and Media can make use of the new technology in their business if they find themselves in a
Executive Summary The UAE had never valued education until recently when its government began several initiatives and educational reform programs to promote educational growth in several areas of its boundaries. Since 2006, demand for education across the UAE seems to increase each successive year, as the labor market continues to search for more powerful and competent talent to meet the increasing industrial and corporate challenges that seem to demand more professional competency among the fresh graduates. The UAE economy is suffering from the lack of professionally trained experts to meet the labor market demands that seem to require career-focused trained experts. The Learner’s Hope University School will help learners develop through providing career-focused and student-centered education among the Emirati learners and to provide the most professional form of education. The inspiration behind the development of the university idea for the establishment of the Learner’s Hope University came following the increasing market for engineers, scientists, and technologists in the UAE labor market given the demand for such experts in several private and government corporations. Most of the UAE universities have tried to bring up students with career abilities but have continually failed due to a lack of adequate training skills necessary for the development of career-focused learners. The Learner’s Hope University seeks to ignite a new wave of learning through its strategic objectives and aims that will always drive the achievement of the overall goals of the institution. In its goals, the Learners Hope University strives to promote talent development, support the development of a highly skilled and highly talented workforce. Additionally, the Learner’s Hope University seeks to improve research and development through technology and offer carrier-focused, student-centered and quality-driven education. In its mission, the University seeks “ to contributive innovatively towards nurturing the homegrown UAE talents, through providing the most appropriate university education that inspires effective learning, effective professional development, and effective socio-economic development of the Dubai inhabitants .” In its marketing plan, the institution seeks to differentiate itself using advanced teaching and learning techniques in the engineering, science, and technology areas. From an external assessment, the institution may face some challenges coming from the retrogressive government policies on private education, growing competition from the state-sponsored institutions, the free-of-charge government education, and curriculum conflict. Internally, insufficient funding, the lack of enough human resources and knowledge of the UAE investment procedures may impede the investment. The Learner’s Hope University School will target learners who are fresh from their secondary graduation, learners on transfer, and learners from th
Profanity and swearing is the use of offensive language and gestures in public places. The most commonly used words of this nature include fuck, damn, hell, Jesus Christ, bitch, shit, oh my God and sucks. The intensity of profanity is highly dependent on the person who has been offended. At Hinds community college the offenders are punished by suspension and paying a fine of not less than $25 for the initial offense. If the same offense is committed for the second time by the same person the fine is raised to $50 and again if the same offense recurs for the third time the student is suspended from college. Hinds community college has managed to control public speech which is very crucial because it fosters students-instructor relationship. Before this policy was implemented, lecturers and instructors were experiencing a lot of humility from students. Lewis, W.Scott has been conducting seminars that sensitize educators on how to interact with their students in a decent way. Lewis blames the current increase in profanity to the increase in the society moral decay and also the decline in economy which has left many people depressed. With this in mind the lecturers feel these students problems can only be solved by medical experts such as psychiatrists (Jaschik, 1). Controlling public profanity is not that easy according to Almon, because for the case of a college, the instructors and lecturers don’t have the capacity and time to monitor their students’ language inside and outside college premises (3). Some professors promote profanity without their knowledge by creating a communication barrier between them and their students. To break these barrier lecturers are encouraged to make sure they are well oriented with their students such as knowing each others names. Lewis also cautions lecturers to watch the way they dress because people are addressed by what they wear. There are times when freedom of speech can cross the line. This occurs when the speech is not limited to its intended target audience hence becomes noise to other people who are in close vicinity. Profanity, as research shows, is rising among children (Jaschik, 1). This so because learning begins at home and since many adults swear right in the presence of kids, the kids assume its ok to swear and us
‘The Secret Agent’ by Joseph Conrad is political novel which was set in London and published in the early twentieth century. Although the novel has got other themes, terrorism is among the most outstanding issues that have been discussed through out the whole story. The main character in the novel is Mr. Verloc who is a secret agent. He is a shop owner and trades in pornographic materials. Other characters that are important include the wife of Mr. Verloc, his mother in law as well as his brother in law who suffers from a mental condition. The novel majors in explaining the work life of Verloc as well as his family life. It has a tragic ending since the brother in law dies and Verloc is stabbed by his wife to death who goes missing after trying to run away. The story has been presented in various ways to capture the attention of the audience and to make it interesting. Situational irony has been greatly and this essay shall discuss the use of the same. Conrad has used irony to such a great extent as it has been noted by most people who have read the story. Situational irony which has been used occurs when there is a difference between the events that take place and the expected events. For instance, in the German / Australian Embassy in the introductory part, things turn out opposite of what was initially expected. The councilor states that “We are not very satisfied with the attitude of the police here” (Conrad pp. 12). Councilor Wurmt starts by doubting the vigilance of the policemen from England but latter came to the realization tha
With the increasing visible effects of environmental degradation, the need to use recyclables has become an integral part of every day’s campaigns aimed at preserving the environment from further degradation. These like efforts have risen because of the realization by human beings that the world is at the verge of destruction as more and more wastes and gases have continued to accumulate in the environment. Prior to the realization of the significance of using recyclables, most individuals viewed using of recyclables only as mechanism of utilizing well natural resources. With the increasing depletion of this natural resources and the need to find better ways of preserving the environment, most people nowadays appreciate the need to convert trash into recyclable materials for use. Recycling is primarily the process of converting used materials into some raw material form after which the raw materials are reprocessed into some usable form. Recyclables play an integral role of saving a country’s environment, energy, natural resources, and foreign spending, which in most cases is in from of imports (Arms 1-7). Therefore, the process of converting trash into recyclables is of great significance to the well being of a nation not only in terms of environmental safety, but also politically and economically. Environmental degradation is one of the worst threats to the survival of not only future generations, but also present ones, because of the numerous calamities that have faced most global communities over the recent past. Such calamities have resulted from the increasing pollution levels in the environment, which have triggered environmental hazards such as floods and diseases. When these like calamities strike, the government is usually forced to spend millions of dollars to cater for needs of the affected; funds which can be used in other important development projects. One thing that most individuals do not recognize is that, although most waste materials, which are either burnt or disposed off to the environment are not biodegradable, such materials can be recycled and be converted into other useful forms. For example, although most plastic materials are recyclable, most individuals have a tendency of burning them instead of reprocessing them. When burnt, this plastics release harmful gases into the environment, which can cause serious respiratory infections when inhaled. However, through encouraging recycling the government saves millions of dol
Henri Fayol and his management principles have all rights to be considered the greatest breakthrough in the history of management. However, in the XXI century, it could be suggested that the ideas suggested by Fayol are supposed to be washed by the sands of time and new, more adequate and relevant to the given time period ideas should have emerged. However, even with the recent discoveries in the sphere of management and organizational behavior, as well as countless theories concerning the manner in which business must be run, it seems that Fayol’s ideas still manage to hold up, which I more than impressive. However, certain changes have occurred even to Fayol’s concepts, which means that the latter have undergone certain changes in the course of the management history. Analyzing the attitudes towards Fayol’s ideas on management over decades and the way these ideas are perceived now, one can possibly see if Fayol’s theory is still viable and how it has changed over the course of time. To start with, the basic ideas of the famous fourteen principles offered by Fayol must be considered, which Rodrigues (2001) has performed quite successfully. It is quite essential that the author not only lists every single principle offered by Fayol, but also provides a detailed commentary on each of the fourteen ideas. Explaining in detail every single postulate, Rodrigues makes it obvious that at the beginning of the XXI century, Fayol’s ideas are still topical and worth reconsidering once again. However, the author emphasizes that in the modern “postindustrial society” (p. 61), the perception of these ideas has changed considerably, as it should have been expected: “The post-industrial society demands that organizational decision making be more frequent and faster and it requires ‘consideration of more variables and more complex relationships among these variables’” (Rodriguez 2001, p. 880). Thus, it can be observed that in 2001, Fayol’s ideas are still viable and can be applied towards the modern enterprises. It is quite peculiar that, among the numerous advantages which Rodriguez specifics in Fayol’s concept, Rodriguez pays a special attention to the one of equity, thus, marking that maintaining equity is the most essential element of efficient management. However, there are also other opinions concerning the importance of Fayol’s theory, which means that different viewpoints concerning the importance of Fayol’s contribution and the significance of specific elements of his theory are possible. Among the most notable ideas on the impact which Fayol and his theories have had on the subject of management and the further theories of management development, the opinion expressed by Wren, Bedeian, & Breeze (2002) must be mentioned. It is important that the researchers do not specify each of the principles which were introduced by Fayol, yet offer a cohesive analysis of Fayol’s theory and, comparing it to the modern principles of managing an enterprise, offer important information concerning the origin of Fayol’s ideas. Moreover, which is even more important, the researchers points at the nuances whi
The world community is faced with the urgent problem of global fishing crisis. The analysis of specifics of the crisis and the possible solutions proposed by the scientists can help to find efficient ways of dealing with the crisis. Causes of the Crisis Though different causes of global fishery crisis can be determined, overpopulation is considered the most influential one. As the population of the Earth has grown significantly during the last two centuries, the urgent need to feed all people pushes fishery industry to grow the production. Human well-being highly depends on fish and aquaculture, as they present a source of essential nutrients able to provide people with better health. Therefore, as the number of people living on the Earth grows, the need for food able to deal with problems related to starvation and malnutrition is growing. Another factor that stimulates the expansion of fishery business is the need for employment. Fishery industry provides jobs for a big number of people, whose well-being and ability to survive directly depends on the success of the business. Fishery sector is especially important for developing countries, as it often plays the vital role in providing them with enough trading to help the country stimulate the economic development and provide normal functioning (“The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture” 3). Both of the factors mentioned above have led to the enormous expansion of fishery business, which has become the cause of the global fishery crisis. Striving for well-being, people often forget about ecological issues and exploit the natural sources to the extent that leads to inevitable changes in the ecosystems. These changes directly affect the potential for feeding the population with fishery and are considered the causes of the possibility of lack of food in certain regions. While the growth of commercialized fisheries is often regarded as the primary cause of the crisis, the role of recreational fishing is usually underestimated. However, Cooke and Cowx have used the data collected in Canada and estimated that potential contribution of recreational fishing to fishery crisis can be nearly twelve percent (857). As recreational fishing has access to freshwater systems and near shore regions of the ocean, it should be regarded as another potential risk factor that leads to fishery stack declines and ecosystem alterations. The combination of overexploitation and lack of attention paid to ecological factors of fishery business has led to the current situation in this sector faced by the world community. Current Situation The factors mentioned above have led to the complex situation in the world fisheries, which can be described as a severe crisis. Various studies prove the huge contributions of the anthropogenic factor to the current problems faced by world fishery sector. Global fishery production in marine waters was 82.6 mill