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A Situation Analysis The Atlantic Waterfowl Celebration (AWC) started as an organization that was intended to offer basic services to the public at relatively low costs. AWC was not intended to be a profit-making organization; in addition, it was also not allowed to operate as a legitimate charity due to the fact that it was intended to exclusively offer cheap services to tourists. The governance structure of the organization consisted of a board of directors, which was constituted by individuals from different backgrounds, who represented the interests of the members of the community. The board of AWC established some of the most effective ways of raising funds that were used to run the organization’s operations. These ways included fundraising, government’s grants and funding, donations from the private sector, corporate contributions, and its own revenues accruing from the sales of memorabilia and souvenirs. For instance, money collected from the organization’s activities during that time amounted to close to $100, 000 and government grants were about $44,000. The management of AWS was good at maximizing the organization’s projects by using a lesser amount of money. AWC organized a lot of events from which it collected revenue; it is through these events that the organization found the chance to extend its services to the community. In addition to the celebration, the other events included: the Duck Decoy auction, the waterfowl carving exhibition and competition, the sale and silent auction, and the art exhibition. The organizers of these events used them to give the members of the community a chance to be part of AWC. For instance, the members were allowed to display and sell their products in the trade shows and exhibitions that were organized by AWC. Marketing is one of the major tools that AWC’s management applied in the operations to ensure success of the organization. The management gave a lot of importance to marketing and employed large amounts of money to ensure that its products and services were thoroughly marketed to the organization’s potential customers. The management used a local advertising agency to help them develop the organization’s products in a way that would attract more customers and make it remain at the top of its competitors. The advertising agency was also part of the marketing team of the organization. For instance, it assisted the team in designing the posters that were required for the 1991 event. Lastly, the management committee of AWC relied on effective communication to market its products and to improve its general performance. The most common mode of communication in AWC was use of posters. Besides using the posters as marketing tools, they were also used to bring out the visual imagery of the organization. For that reason, the posters were built with a strong visual outlook that depicted either some of the pillars or the events that were held at that particular time. AWC also used brochures to pass some of its crucial information
Introduction The main aim of the research project was to establish what sports statistics that best predict player’s salaries; to get the measurable parameters for the research, Major League Baseball was chosen as the sampling sport. However, the number of players involved could not allow data to be collected from each one of them; thus a sample population was chosen. This paper describes the research process undertaken to collect, analyze, interpolate and generalize the data. Research goal and objective The research aimed at creating a model that can assist in predicting players in major basketball leagues salaries; with the model, policymakers, players, teams, and other stakeholders can easily predict how much a player is likely to earn from an engagement. Data collection Data were collected from a total of 380 players in the income and parameters that were used to settle their dues in 2008; the information was gotten through official basketball website and questionnaires of coaches, players, and club chairmen. The statistics that were collected/considered There were several variables that the research had; they are:   * Batters Faced (BFP) Shut Outs (SHO)   * Saves (SV) IPouts   * League Intentional Walks (IBB)   * Wild Pitches (WP) Hit By Pitched (HBP)   * Balks (BK) Games Finished (GF)   * Runs (R) Hits (H)   * Earned Runs (ER) Homeruns (HR)   * Complete Games (CG) Walks (BB)   * Strikeouts (SO) ERA   * Salary Throws   * Wins (W) Losses (L)   * Games (G) Team The above variables were used to collect relevant data for the research and had different weights according to the role they played in determination of a player’s salary. Method and research To complete the research, there were seven main steps that were undertaken; they are:  1. Choosing the research topic: out of the given number of issues, problems, or queries, the researchers settled on a single item that aimed at determining the main parameters that determine players’ salaries.  2. General overview: after choosing the topic, the research team decided to review the available information to ensure that the base of the problem was wide and comprehensive; at this stage, the researchers were concerned with known parameters that determine players’ salaries like the club a player is playing for.  3. Narrowing down: with the general information collected, the researchers had to come with specific topics and questions that should be answered by the research; although individual variable was addressing something different, in total they were to offer a concrete answer to the research question.  4. Determination of type and amount of information: with the specific research questions at hand, the next step was to choose the kind of information to collect as well as the source of the information.  5. Choosing the access tools: there are different methods of accessing data; the m
Introduction: Defining and Explaining Bibliotherapy Emotional pressure and fears among children often occurs when children strive to cope with difficulties. In this situation, literature can become a powerful therapeutic tool for promoting healing and emotional intelligence. Sharing stories helps children gain insight into their problems is often regarded as bibliotherapy. Heath et al. (2005) believe, “”stories are helpful in offering potential insight into personal problems…and in creating a safe distance, bringing a childe or adolescent indirectly to the edge of sensitive issues” (p. 564). Sullivan and Strang (2002) agree that bibliotherapy is a psychological approach allowing individuals to cope with complex problems. This is an emerging strategies used for resolving clinical problems as well, including emotional development of children. Engaging a child with reading a story about a protagonists overcoming difficult situations and solving complication problems is effective for those who experience similar challenges. More importantly, this therapeutic approach enables children cope with such emotional and psychological stresses as parents’ divorce, death of relatives, and bullying of senior students. All these problems will be disclosed to define the specific principles and literature necessary for surpassing emotional frictions and facilitating emotional healing. Dealing with Children Fear By Means Of Bibliotherapy Bullying Bibliotherapy is an approach that can become useful for children facing emotional difficulties. However, before applying this technique, individuals should be identified in accordance with the character of problems they encounter. At this point, bullying is a frequent problem that children can deal with in a learning environment. In order to solve the problem, the bibliographical material should reflect these socio-emotional constraints. According to Sullivan and Strang (2002), “it is important to take into account the recipient age, reading level, gender, background, and interests” (p. 76). All these strategies and aspects are applicable to the problem of bullying. Heath et al. (2011) assure that properly selected stories and books should promote healthy relationships between a teacher and a student, as well as between students. In addition, such a strategy can also shape social behavioral patterns enclosed in such features as empathy, inclusiveness, and kindness. As a result, coping with bullying through interactive reading can contribute to developing social skills and enhancing support and assistance. Problems of bullying and harassment are also addressed in the studies by Heath et al (2005). In particular, the researchers focus on an individualized approach to considering these social and psychological problems. What is more important, th
Workplace accidents are a major concern to food stores’ managers and their workers. More often, accidents result from wet flows, spills, and sharp cutleries. In all grocers, managers and safety managers supervise safety responsibilities. They are supposed to ensure that the safety requirements of the employees and the clients are fulfilled. As such, managers and safety managers ensure that appropriate systems are put in place to enable employees verify safety hazards. Similarly, these officials ensure that all safety measures are upheld. Based on the above responsibilities, this article seeks to highlight how Paul’s Grocer management team should organize its routine checkups and inspections, meet its inspection standards, and handle its spills. In their inspection and spill programs, the grocer’s management team should identify regulations and recommendations that are applicable in their jurisdiction. These requirements should aid the management team in coming up with the appropriate safety policies. Similarly, the organization’s safety manager should coordinate outside and internal inspections. When the government or regulatory agencies are conducting outside inspections, organization’s safety manager should accompany the inspectors to note down the violations and recommendations. Similarly, during the inspections the safety manager should be ready to give explanations about any cases of dubious practices or equipments within the grocer’s premises. Thereafter, the safety manager should forward the necessary recommendations to the grocer’s management team. Equally, in the recommendations the safety manager should note down features pointed out by the inspectors that may require policy change. Apart from the external inspections, Paul’s Grocer should put in place an efficient internal inspection team. The internal inspection team can comprise of the grocer’s staff members or members of a corporate entity. Since the grocer’s safety manager cannot provide the safety of the whole business premises alone, he or she should disseminate responsibilities to the subordinates. Through this, he or she should harmonize all the employees’ efforts. To achieve this, the safety manager should set up a safety committee to oversee the implementation of these in initiatives. Similarly, the safety committee should hold meetings with the safety manager once in a week. During the meetings, they should review the previous weeks’ inspection reports, new safety requirements, safety suggestions, accidents, and any other violations. Si
The President of the USA is one of the most influential persons in the world. and all his actions and words are given great attention. That is why he tries to think all his speeches through and avoid clumsy moments. However, this statement could hardly be applied to George Bush, one of the most contradictory presidents of the USA who gave birth to Bushisms, semantic errors in a speech which change its meaning completely. Among a great number of various Bushisms, I could outline my two favorite ones. The first one is “I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job” (“Bush on God in 50 Quotes”). The usage of this sort of appeal in the given context alters the meaning of the phrase completely and makes people believe that he really hears voices in his head. Another Bushism is related to the previous one, as George Bush likes to appeal to God and refer to him as to the companion. “God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear” (“Bush on God in 50 Quotes”). Both these phrases sound strange especially when they are pronounced by the President of the USA (“How To Talk Like Bush”). The choice of words and metaphors is not appropriate as public speeches presuppose the usage of specific stylistic devices and appeals (De Saussure 123). When saying that God speaks trough him, Bush coul
Introduction To document sources in a research paper the American Psychological Association came up with a referencing style known as the APA style. The referencing style is meant to help scholars cite the sources used in a research paper. It is needed to mention that the APA style covers certain rules and regulations that have to be followed when citing (Gelfand, 2002). One may also notice that the considered style is mainly used to cite sources related to social sciences. Main body Below, there is a list of some helpful websites where one can get information about the APA style in general, the rules one should stick to while formatting a paper, and a list of references to it:   * APA Citation Style. Cornell University Library (2013).   * APA Referencing Guide. The University of Waikato. (2012).   * APA Style. (2013).   * OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab: APA Style. (2013). After careful review of the websites named above, I found the last website is the most helpful for me. The website is well designed making it user-friendly. In addition, it also uses simple language that can easily be understood. The website creators have broken the main topic into relevant subtopics, thus making it clearer to comprehend the concept behind the APA style. It could also be noted that the OWL website applies suitable examples to elaborate further at the end of each subtopic. Moreover, sample papers formatted using the APA referencing style are provided for the reader’s convenience. In addition to that, it gives information on how to reference sources on the references page including the format and punctuation rules. I consider this information useful and efficient compared to other websites that use complex language that I could not easily grasp. Some of them did not have sample papers formatted using the APA style. Thus, I would recommend an
Introduction Art has always been representative of social trends and the need to address societal problems in a unique and profound manner. With the development of the phenomenon of intermedia, new possibilities for encompassing different art tools to create a multi-dimensional perspective on social problems have emerged (Deak, p. 68). By integrating two or more types of media into an art piece, one can emphasize particular ideas that an art piece is supposed to evoke, appealing to audiences on both an emotional level and as a piece of rational thought. Main body However, as a cross between an art form and the tool for expressing an artist’s outlook on problematic aspects of contemporary society, intermedia can be seen as quite questionable. The content of intermedia as a middle ground between expressivity and a social commentary may be deemed as far too delicate to be addressed with the help of intermedia tools and, therefore, be seen as the attempt at capitalizing on modern social concerns (Leeson). Therefore, the issues such as poverty, discrimination, and other negative social changes that have been taking place in modern society can be seen as questionable subjects for intermedia. However, as a method of reflecting reality and exploring how different artistic tools can create an absolutely unexpected yet stunning effect and help to produce a unique art form, intermedia deserves to be discussed thoroughly. The introduction of intermedia principles into art allows creating intersectional art pieces that cross the line between different genres and allow viewers to see a particular idea or problem in an entirely new light. For example, the artworks by Eleanor Antin prove the significance of using intermedia as the method of highlighting the presence of gender stereotypes in society and pointing out their absurdity. The artist managed to make the statement that was extraordinarily advanced for society at the time, prompting the development of the discussion of gender roles to subvert several stereotypes. According to Viegener, “The very idea that gender was a role, which one might accept or reject, propelled a generation of artists toward work that does neither or work that plays with social roles” (Viegener). However, without the use of intermedia as the method of expressing this idea, the concept of gender would not have been scrutinized cr
Introduction The HR department is mainly concerned with the supervision of a company employees, be it a manufacturing firm, a hospital or even an insurance company. Their work is to ensure that the policies, guidelines and the objectives of the firm are being worked on. They also decide on which systems to be employed, how much they are willing to spend on such systems, which department the system is going be settled in, and things like that. With that kind of responsibility, the HR department is known to encounter a lot of challenges which they are supposed to solve as the top management. Therefore, the paper seeks to outline those challenges and offer the ideal recommendations so as to keep those businesses running as usual. The human resource management is faced with a lot of dilemma even after their determination of exploiting Information Technology to manage their department (Broderick & Boudreau 1992 p, 56). Whenever a new system is employed, the HR department is required to employ an extra work force, for example IT experts who will do the maintenance and offer advice regarding the new system to its employees. Getting the experts can be a little bit challenging if at all the company is trying to cut down on costs after buying the new system. With that in mind, the HR department should consider outsourcing that kind of service from the various firms that have expertise in that domain. With that, the company will only be charged whenever they seek the service from the outsourcing company. More still, they could focus on dealing with the low charging outsourcing firms since their rates vary from one firm to the next one. Alternatively, the HR can consider training its workers so that they can do the maintenance on their own, which could be another cost cutting measure (Yeung & Brockbank, 1994 p, 45). Here, the trained worker will be equipped with all the necessary skills that can help him/her overcome situations whenever the system in question becomes faulty when being used. The training also ensures that the personnel are acquainted with the system for example, a manufacturing company experienced positive results after introducing an advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) complemented by training of its workforce (Snell & Dean 1992 p, 489). This move will see the company hiring a training expert from outside to conduct the training sessions. A training expert can prove to be expensive to a firm that is trying to cut down on costs. The charges normally vary depending with the training duration meaning that, the longer the duration, the higher the charges will be and vice versa. Therefore, companies that want to avoid this kind of expenses should consider hiring a new work force coupled with the right skills of using the new technology in the company as opposed to training the current workers. However, the move is not highly recommended since it results to the current employees being sent home for lacking the required skill
Problem Statement The proposal to create a new unit focused on promoting Solution BluePrint (SBP) at Zensar can help the company improve its competitive position in the global market. Nevertheless, this promising innovation is still in the developmental stages, making it difficult for various stakeholders to believe in its alleged virtues. In contrast, Dilip Ittyera, Zensar’s current CTO, is certain about the project’s favorable outcome and is insisting on heading the new unit. However, some top managers consider that he lacks the necessary skills to manage the initiative well. To resolve the controversy, Ganesh Natarajan, Zensar’s CEO, must analyze environmental factors and identify the pros and cons of the proposed solution. Overall, implementing the eight-step change model can facilitate the transition to change. In the face of existing obstacles to change, communicating the vision and cross-sectional collaboration are key to establishing the fourth unit and its effective function. Analysis Change Characteristics The proposed initiative can be considered a transitional change. The creation of the fourth business unit implies the implementation of a “new state” (Anderson & Anderson, n.d., para. 2). It refers to the firm’s reorganization and requires staff members to adopt new skills and knowledge to work with SBP and sell it to customers who may be skeptical about this still-unstable technology. However, the company’s operations in the rest of the departments will not necessarily be affected by the change substantially although some alterations in organizational values and vision may be needed along with new approaches to employee communication at the whole-organization level. Main Resisters The main resisters in the Zensar case are sales executives, Level 3 project managers, programmers, and customers. Sales executives are responsible for promoting new products and boosting their sales. Among the five reasons for fear of change, uncertainty is the most concerning because people see SBP as an “unproven technology” (Tushman & Kiron, 2014, p. 10), a factor that could hamper the sales effort. In addition, the sales executives may have a fear of adapting to something different because of the difficulty inherent in promoting an unstable product to customers who are already satisfied with the company’s existing, credible products. Uncertainty as a reason for resistance also applies to the group of Level 3 project managers whose main roles are to lead project teams, manage resources, and cooperate with the sales team. If they are not sure about the commercial viability of the new product, they are less likely to engage in improving and promoting an unproven product. In addition to experiencing uncertainty, the programmers may resist change because it presents a challenge to competence. In this case, the programm