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Background of the product The consumers in Australia have become extremely health conscious. According to the Australian Beverage Council there has been an increase of 13 percent in beverage sales between 2000 and 2006 which is the result of consumers becoming conscious of health concerns (Merett, 2007). Obesity is a major concern in the country. Due to the health concerns the soft drinks market has come under pressure from energy drinks especially successful drinks like Powerade and Gatorade (Halliday, 2006). Keeping these factors in mind, it has been decided to launch Java Fit Extreme – a gourmet coffee which gives an energy boost prior to an exercise session. Additionally, it contains ingredients such as green tea extracts which assist in the burning of body fat. The marketing strategy for this product has been devised taking into account the business environment in Australia. Description of the market Australia is world’s smallest continent but sixth-largest country; with a population of 20,434,176. The median age of an Australian is male: 36.3 years female: 38 years (2007 est.). The demographic characteristics further suggest that its ethnic population comprises of 92% white people and the official language of the country is English. Australia’s literacy rate is 99%. The target audience include both men and women from ages 18 till 55. The goal is to reach everyone who is looking forward to adapt a healthy lifestyle and make exercise part of their daily regimen. I believe we can reach a large part of the population because the median age in Australia is 36.9 years. The Life expectancy at birth for male is 78.5 years whereas for the female it is 83.5 years. The energy drink is consumed in Australia by different categories of people which include athletes, drivers, office workers, shift workers, partygoers, young parents and university students (Ozbevnet, 2007). As far as the psychographic characteristics are concerned, lifestyle changes have posed a challenge to retailers to address the ever changing trends. Today the society is driven by growing health awareness and anxiety about physical appearance. The trend is to have better control over nutrient intake. A report by WHO suggests that more than 1.3B people are overweight or obese around the world (Buisson, 2006). The ACNielsen study worldwide shows that the fastest growing food products are those that support healthy diet, weight loss and on-the-go lifestyles. The 18-24 year olds purchase the energy drinks from immediate consumption outlets (Ozbevnet, 2007). Lifestyles have become faster and people have become time-poor while they tend to work harder and play harder (The Age, 2001). Concern about the body looks is the biggest worry for the nation’s 11 to 24 year olds, male and female (Lunn, 2007). Thirty-two percent of the respondents put body image as the third most pressing issue, ahead of family conflict and copin
Introduction The interior designs services industry deals with planning and designing projects in interior spaces. Firms in the interior design industry focus on meeting the customers’ aesthetic and physical needs. The interior designing companies target different customer groups such as the hospitality and real estate. Moreover, the companies also target the individual customers ( IBIS World 2015). The global interior designing industry is projected to undergo remarkable growth in the future. However, the rate of growth varies across countries. The rate of growth in some countries is substantially high while other countries experience a slow growth. Nevertheless, the attractiveness of the industry has increased the rate of new entrants ( Barnes Report 2014). Canada and the UAE are some of the countries that are experiencing remarkable growth in the interior designing sector. Examples of companies that operate in the two countries include Creative Closets (KSA) and Custom Cabinets (Canada). Creative Closets was established in 1998 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it has succeeded in setting new standards regarding customer care, innovation, and artisanship. The company has attained leadership position in offering clients storage solutions across the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Middle East and North Africa regions. On the other hand, Custom Cabinets operates in Canada, and it has managed to gain remarkable market penetration. This paper entails a comparative analysis between Creative Closets in KSA and Custom Cabinets in Canada. Background/history The success of an organization is influenced by the strategic management approach adopted by the respective management teams. However, most organizations adopt a narrow approach in their strategic development. Coveney, Ganster, and Hartlen (2005) emphasize that firms managers are only concerned with where they intend to be in the future regarding competition and ignore the how approach towards attaining the desired outcome. Therefore, managers should improve their efficiency in undertaking corporate performance management. Coveney, Ganster, and Hartlen (2005) are of the opinion that managers should be concerned with how to undertake their daily operations efficiently regarding production, marketing, and servicing amongst other day-to-day operations. Coveney, Ganster, and Hartlen (2005, p. 35) posit that if ‘things go astray, the lower level managers assert that the senior managers do not understand the operational challenges and how to overcome the problem’. Despite the significance of operational activities, it is imperative for managers to ensure that the operations are aligned with the strategic objectives. This approach is es
The Chinese period of Zhou was characterized by a great philosophical awakening. During the Zhou period, the ruling dynasty sought to find philosophical ways of handling power and ruling its subjects efficiently. Consequently, the Zhou period led to an age of intellectual pursuit that was characterized by opposing schools of thought, regional philosophical divisions, and public debates. Nevertheless, by the end of the Zhou period only three schools of thought emerged on top. These three philosophies were Daoism, Legalism, and Confucianism. All of the three philosophies have parallel teachings that have both similarities and differences. However, Confucianism remains the most influential school of thought among the three philosophies. Therefore, both Daoism and Legalism can be viewed as having a dialogue with Confucianism. This paper discusses how both Daoism and Legalism differ from Confucianism on the issues of family, human nature, education, role of ruler, role of government, and role of individual. The founder of Confucianism, Confucius, was a teacher and politician from Lu and he taught between 5 th and 6 th centuries BC. Confucius held tradition in high regard and his teachings always encouraged the study of history, poetry, music, and ritual. The core message in Confucius’ message was an ideal society where people from all walks of life devoted themselves to being responsible towards others. Confucianism concerns itself with ultimate virtue or the ability to achieve “humanity, perfect goodness, benevolence, human-heartedness, and nobility” (Ebrey and Walthall 27). Laozi is the personality behind Daoism. The Daoism School of philosophy harbors a disapproval of anything that is artificial and unnatural. According to Daoism, whereas plants and animals are able to align themselves with the natural way of life, human beings insist on planning, plotting, organizing, and analyzing. On the other hand, Legalism focused on harnessing state powers. Legalism was prompted by the existence of disorder in the Chinese society. Henceforth, the rulers sought to impose tough measures to curb the increasing disorder. Both Daoism and Legalism differ with Confucianism on their outlook of family. Legalism does not concern itself with familial matters. In addition, Legalism only focused on family members in their capacity as citizens. On the other hand, Confucianism consisted of roles that were to be assumed by family members in an ideal society. For example, according to Confucianism, the children were obligated to take care of their aging parents. Confucianism dealt with family matters with the view of bringing order and peace to the society while Legalism did not see the need to include the family unit in its system of governance. Daoism handled family matters with the view of harnessin
Background and Significance of the Problem The mental illness that is reviewed within the framework of the current paper is schizophrenia. It can be defined as a loss of the ability to care for one’s self that was caused by a series of critical disturbances that affected the individual’s emotions and reasoning (Liberman, 2012). The existing approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia commonly focus on the basic biological models that were narrowed by research so as to comply with the variables that are inherent in such mental illness as schizophrenia. Nonetheless, modern research on the subject showed that this model is mostly irrelevant, and patients with schizophrenia should be treated differently (Zou et al., 2012). Therefore, the significance of the problem that is reviewed in this paper consists in the fact that the approaches to the treatment of schizophrenia can be optimized. This claim is also supported by the fact that despite its conventionality, the majority of psychopharmacological treatment strategies are becoming to fade away (Siantz & Aranda, 2014). The key reason for that is their impact on the cognitive functioning of patients with schizophrenia and other negative sources of influence that trigger certain limitations interfering with the treatment process. Therefore, it is safe to say that long-term usage of schizophrenia medications bears a negative connotation due to immunity that develops in patients during the continuing intake of those medications. Moreover, the significance of the study can be explained by the insufficient justification of the positive effects of the medications mentioned above and their ability to reduce the risk of readmission (Zou et al., 2012). Currently, one of the most prevalent recommendations is to fight the illness illiteracy inherent in the patients and their families so as to increase the efficiency of the existing patient-focused and psychosocial interventions. It is safe to say that self-management programs are expected to improve the health outcomes in patients with schizophrenia and make it easier to provide care for these patients (Liberman, 2012). One of the requirements is the continual collaboration between all the parties that participate in the treatment process. By doing this, the health care providers will ensure that the patients are treated in an optimism-based environment, and only tools justified by research are used in practice. Statement of the Problem and Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study is indicated by the changes that are now gradually transforming the schizophrenia treatment process (Goldberg et al., 2013). Currently, more and more research projects support the claim that self-treatment of schizophrenia is possible by means of special programs. These programs are based on the information regarding psychosocial treatment and other pivotal data concerning schizophrenia and other re
The pedagogical base of today’s educational system is full of the methodology and methods on how to make children grow in their development, taking into account different age levels. From ancient times until the various eras of the historical development of mankind, the enlighted theories of Johannes Amos Comenius and Jean Jack Russo made great emphasis on the present-day theory of education. European countries still use the etalon model by Comenius. His main approach to the pedagogical implementation in paces of direct education was that “children should be taught and educated adequately to their age, above all through a system of purposefully designed and systematically used games so that they obtain a body of knowledge based on immediate experience.” (ECE 2007) Life is a perpetual movement. Herodotus once said that all is in a state of flux. Nothing is constant. With regards to the popular theories on plays, one can point out a great division and subdivisions of them made by an authoritative person in the world of Western pedagogy M.J. Ellis. In his book Why People Play (1973), he divides numerous kinds of theories on play into three categorical groups: classical, recent, and modern. (Browne 94) One of the scholars dealing with the didactical approach, Lev Vygotsky, was known to be a “play theorist.” (Lytle, 68, 2003) He made several emphases on the role of play as a crucial factor in the further development of a child. Working with children of 7 years and a bit more, he states: “To define play as an activity that gives pleasure is inaccurate for two reasons” (Vygotsky, 1978, p. 92).” (Cited in Lytle, 68, 2003) The thing is that there are many other activities to gain pleasure and, as Vygotsky thought, this very pleasure can be achieved by schoolchildren when a play results in something interesting. (Lytle, 69, 2003) Thus, one can stress the point of Vygotsky’s idea about cognition significance in the development of children. Jean Piaget, on the other hand, looked at play along with imitation as a source of pleasure that helps children explore the world on a conscientious level. He also pointed out that being born, a child possesses an ultimate amount of knowledge about the world but cannot find answers to explain them. (Bornstein & Lamb, 1999) Looking at the play as a means for studying and efficient getting new information, I would like to work out an individual theory based on the poorly explored nature and opportunities of the brain. The fact that not more than approximately 5 % of it is involved in everyday life of a man, notwithstanding the sort of work he is dedicated to and the natural potential of privileges which he has at disposal, is rather exciting in order to develop and maintain the theory, which is aimed to encompass all above-mentioned theories. The theory stands on the hypothesis that a child has much knowledge about the world, which is not e
Assessment Task 1: Structured Interview, Stimulus-Response Items, Summative Assessment Year level : age 4 level D (towards foundation level) Learning area : English Curriculum outcomes : Reading and viewing – phonics and word knowledge   * VCELA112: students will recognize and make sounds associated with the initial letter of words or images (“Content description VCELA112,” n.d.). The teacher says the names of objects on the images, and learners should be able to identify what picture rhymes with the word named by the teacher. This outcome is related to lower-order thinking from Bloom’s taxonomy: students will retrieve information from short- and long-term memory (“Bloom’s taxonomy of learning – Revised,” n.d.).   * VCELY139: students will listen and reply to others’ communication in various classroom situations and routines; namely, they will ask and answer questions to look for information (“Content description VCELY139,” n.d.). Learners should be able to understand the instruction for the assessment. If they do not understand some aspects of it, they may ask the teacher for clarification.   * Explore the connection between words, objects, and images in stories and informative texts – learning that words and images can be used to tell a story about an event. Students should be able to predict the end of the story – higher-order thinking in Bloom’s taxonomy (“Bloom’s taxonomy of learning – Revised,” n.d.). Assessment instructions for the teacher   * Important notes: The teacher has to speak slowly, loudly, and clearly in all these assessments. If students do not understand the instructions, the teacher will explain them twice with examples to make sure it is not because of the hearing problem. If students have any health issues or emotional issues on that day, the teacher may decide to do it the next day. Every student will have an equal opportunity (same time, same place, same materials) to demonstrate their abilities. Part A: Lower-order thinking in Bloom’s taxonomy (cognitive domain) The teacher will do this assessment one-on-one inside the classroom. She/he will show three different testing sheets to each student. In each testing sheet, there are four pictures. The teacher will ask whether the student understands each part of the instruction. If not, the teacher will give the student an example. If the student will still not be sure about the instruction, the teacher will give one more example to the student, but they will circle the “student has partly understood the instruction” option. Even if the student partly understands or does not understand the instruction, the teacher will ask the student to give it a try. Then, the teacher will point to the pictures and say the names of the objects on the picture. Finally, the teacher will ask the student to identify the rhyme. Script:   * Teacher: Do you know what a rhyme is? I will point to each picture and tell you the objects on the picture and see if you can make a rhyme, okay?   * Question 1: sun, fork, bird, lamp   * Okay, which one in the picture rhymes with ‘fun’?   * Question 2: car, train, match, can   * Which one rhymes with ‘fan’?   * Question 3: plant, king, h
Problem Taking part in a multi-dimensional dialog, which working in the global economy presupposes, invites the need to reconsider the ethical principles, which the corporate decision-making processes are based on (Belak & Milferner 2011). As a company enters the environment of the global economy, it becomes open to new opportunities and challenges, as well as new communication patterns, which requires that the key ethical principles lying at the basis of the organization should be reconsidered. Particularly, the ethics principles, which are traditionally viewed as the prime set of concepts that a company should be guided by in decision-making, may be changed or even abandoned by the companies that enter the global economy realm. Background Virtue ethics is typically viewed as one of the concepts that may cease to exist in the realm of the global economy due to the increasingly high competition rates. Forced to alter their ethical principles to adjust to high competition rates, global companies may bend their ethical standards so that the outcomes of the decision-making process could result in the company benefitting in the target market and taking as few costs as possible. As a result, the very concept of virtue is the basis for ethical standards within a global company is becoming nearly laughable in the environment of the global economy. The problem, therefore, concerns not the fact that virtue ethics principles have been abandoned by global companies, but the fact that many leaders believe that there is no room for virtue ethics in the global economy. Virtue Ethics Even though competing in the realm of the global economy means refraining from viewing the world in black and white, ethics still remains an integral part of any organization, be it international or local. A range of companies have developed their own concept of ethics, which is based on the specifics of their operations, the services that they provide, the target denizens of the population, whose needs they cater to, etc. As a result, ethics continues to be one of the building blocks of modern organizations. However, when it come to identifying the type of ethics that companies prefer to choose as the framework for their communication and operations, a number of companies have abandoned virtue ethics as a concept. Instead, companies rely on the tenets of utilitarianism (Asgary, Walle, & Saraswat 2014). The phenomenon in question can be explained by the increased rates in global competition. To retain their positions in the environment of the global economy, companies have to compromise, and ethical dilemmas often turn out to be the issue that needs to be addressed. Seeing that virtue ethics presupposes compliance with moral principles and that morality is often opposed to financial benefit in business, companies need to abandon the concept of virtue ethics in order to stay afloat in the realm of the global economy. However, it would be wrong to claim that the concept of virtue ethics no l
Introduction: Background of the nurse, education and length of practice Naomi Campbell is a registered nurse with Florida Nursing board. She has worked with Cleveland Clinic for more than 10 years. She started her nursing practice in the year 2000. Naomi has a baccalaureate degree in Nursing from California State University. She graduated in the year 1999. She is currently expecting to register for ELM (Entry-level master’s program in Nursing). She considers her career success even though she has faced numerous challenges in the past. At 32, Naomi considers herself lucky to have landed in nursing given that most of her family members opted for other courses. However, she is happy to provide care for patients. She has also instituted several programs aimed at creating awareness of hazardous cases that could lead to acute illnesses. Moreover, she is outspoken with 5 years of experience as an educationist and an advocate for healthy living (O’Grady, 2008, p. 1). Roles of a nurse as an advocate: Example of the case when they acted as an advocate Naomi says that nurses have a role as patient advocates. In fact, she has played this role in the past 10 years. She defends the needs of patients and considers them central to her plans. Moreover, she has engaged other stakeholders in advocating for patients’ right to care and service from all the relevant stakeholders. Educator: Example of the case when she worked as an educator As stated earlier, Naomi has spent most of her time educating patients on ways of living a healthy life as well as on issues related to hazards. She has been also engaged in the community with the aim of reducing cases of driving being drunk in California. On a global stage, she has engaged other nurses in issues related to patient care. Responsibility: What does a typical day look like in the life of the registered nurse? How do they manage their daily activities? Naomi’s life at work is usually rigorous because of the number of patients delivered in emergency cases. Most of the cases attended to are accidental injuries and fevers. Some of these cases require X-ray services, which are provided in the hospital lab. She, therefore, arrives at the hospital at 6.00 am in order to prepare early for daily activities. She then leaves late when the night shift of nurses takes over. During the day, she is usually busy attending to patients and preparing patient records. She says that over the years, she has used to her daily chores and does not feel its hectic demands. Describe how they use Evidence-based practices to affect patient care and then find the article of that research done and provide the link or hyperlink on the paper Evidence-based practice has been utilized in conditions like heart failure, among others. Such emergencies require nurses to use information from research in conjunction with evidence-based practice in order to achieve desired results. This is important in guaranteeing the safety of patients. Naomi says that it is very challenging to implement evidence-based practice since acute care centers are more complicated than the rest. It, therefore, involves the incorporation of safety practice