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Introduction Despite the fact that many features of the traditional gender order continue to exist, some considerable changes in gender arrangements cannot be neglected. Keeping in mind certain periods of time, one can probably trace back numerous transformations in gender arrangements capitalism brought about. For instance, when discussing the period after the Second World War, one can speak about the so-called male breadwinner model. The term involves not only male dominance in family relations, but also a variety of social and cultural behaviours the discussed conception is based on. The Australian male breadwinner model and its peculiarities It should be noted, however, that the Australian male breadwinner model is of particular concern, as in the early fifties (the post-war period) the model was totally revaluated (Nolan 2003; McQueen 2003). Thus, the assumption that males should be regarded as the principal family providers was criticised. According to the traditional Australian position on the model, women had to be dependent upon their partners, and men had to earn money and endow their wives and children. Most of the married women did not work. The male breadwinner model was promoted by Australian authorities and propagandised in other spheres, including the country’s political and social life. Exclusion of females from the labour market was explained by the assumption that females were not providing for children and their partners. For this reason, women’s wages were much lower as compared with men’s incomes. In other words, one can conclude that women’s exclusion was regarded as the kind of protection in order to prevent women’s seeking a job (Murphy 2003). In spite of the fact that the Australian male breadwinner model was rather conservative, the country’s postwar period was characterised by a wide range of dynamic transformations on gender arrangements. The Australian women’s movement and gender segregation Taking into account the conservative attitude towards gender order and state economic intervention in postwar times, it becomes evident that global transformations in the Australian male breadwinner model were unavoidable. Of course, the expansion
Some of the people usually make immediate judgment whenever they land their eyes on something or somebody for the very first time. All of us often make prejudgments merely based on outlook and not on true understanding of the matter at hand. As Descartes puts it, ”appearance is not reality”, by substituting appearance with reality; I have always convinced myself to confide entirely in what I think instead of what I actually know and understand. Oftentimes, people say “never judge a book by its cover”. This is undisputed truth. It is wrong to prejudge someone merely based on the way they look, the way they dress and the type of car they own, as it is not the responsibility of people to judge others. It is only through their struggle that they have been able to afford basic needs like clothing, food and shelter. It is also within their endeavors that they have been able to afford some luxuries such as cars. For decades, this statement has been on the air waves, but I failed to make use of it when I was young, particularly in the fourth grade. Truth be said, I have always been a person who could not hold onto a word and also shy about closing my mouth. With this, I have always thought, especially in my childhood, that every person is a parrot. However, this behavior has been my stronghold when it comes to getting along with other people. I get along well with people and everybody I have come in contact with knows me as a sociable person, but that time, in the fourth grade, I had not sharpened my skills to evaluate people. Not once, I became accustomed to a little shy Chinese girl in an oversize red hoodie passing-by empty front sits to the lonely back of the class. She never used to bite a word with any person. Not even smiled at anyone at least for the better part of the time we shared classes. I recall, in most cases whenever asked questions by the teachers, Shoe would merely respond with gestures-either shaking her head or frowning. Her shyness appealed to me. I remember one day she registered to class late, and since her back seat had been occupied by someone else, she sighed off in the empty seat next to me. Someone would have thought I preserved the seat for her. Of course, just like with a stranger in the house, at first, I felt very uneasy towards her, as she always seemed unsettled in the class. I did not want to continue sitting next to her, I thought. She appeared reserved. Little did I know, I
Introduction An overlook of the short story “ The story of an hour ” by Kate Chopin indicates that Mrs. Mallard was lacking the fullness of her life. Chopin uses literary devices to help the leader come to terms with the situation having been narrated. Analysis The story starts by showing the health condition of Mrs. Mallard having a heart complication, and how the sister Josephine and the husband’s friend Richard found it difficult to break the news of the demise of her husband. Mrs. Mallard immediately started to weep over her husband after her sister Josephine took the responsibility of informing her about the husband’s death. The story shows that Mrs. Mallard’s character had a poor passion for her dead husband. In addition to it, she possessed the urge of being self-governing that could be seen trough the statement “she did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept it’s significant” (Chopin 547). Symbolism is used by Kate Chopin in the majority of paragraphs to represent an implicit meaning and inner understanding. The implication of sorrow and death wishes are well elaborated in the story through the author’s statement that “There were patches of the blue sky……in the west facing her window” (Chopin 547-548). In paragraph 8, the narrator indicates Mrs. Mallard as a “young with a fair…….” and has a “two white slender hands” (Chopin 547-548). It is a symbolic feature to specify that the main heroine is a gentle, tranquil, and composed lady. The author also states that “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully” (Chopin 547-548). The use of the word “something” illustrates a symbol of rebellion from permitting the death of the husband to succeed in her calm-faced identity and control since she felt relieved from the husband’s rules and regulations. In paragraph 7, metaphors are also applied, which can be found in the phrase “except when a sob………sleep continue to sobs in dreams” (Chopin 547). Herewith, the author compares a child who cries while sleeping to Mrs. Mallard locking herself in a room alone to sob in order to separate herself from the others. The phrase also shows the behavior of a kid after being cautioned. Paragraph 8 explicitly expresses the personification of Mrs. Mallard: “She was young with a fair….. strength” (Chopin 548) as well as illustrates her uncertain change from a repressed individual to a person in grief over her husband, who kept her restrained from beyond. Chopin incorporates similes in her work stating, “There was ….unwittingly like a goddess of victory” (Chopin 548) providing a very powerful, bold, and vicious representation of a woman who had overcome all the sorrow and grief over the loved husband. The story title “ The st
Immigration is a crisis that has affected the world, especially the developed countries. The countries have recorded a rapid increase in the people who are migrating to have permanent residence. For instance, Europe has cited to record the highest number of immigrants who take permanent refuge in the countries (Navarro, pp. 7-15). However, the life of immigrants is not always comfortable. This is due to a number of factors that need ample time to be resolved. Similarly, there is the aspect of adaptation and resilience. These are vital factors that are an area of focus to enable the immigrants to have a comfortable stay. Otherwise, if they are not keenly evaluated, they will end up giving the immigrants a hard time. Armando Navarro, a political scientist and ethnic study professor has had an arguable long experience in relation to immigration crisis. In his book, the author (Navarro) insinuates that immigration is a factor that cannot be fully deluded in the world. He takes a look at the 400 years of immigration that has taken place in the United States and other territories citing the channels that the immigrants have used (Navarro, pp. 13-15). He further gives the laws that are involved, the personalities, organizations and events that have led to the increasing immigration in the country. In addition, he states that the four centuries of immigration have attributed to social crisis in the world that affects citizens, non-citizens religion and political influence. However, control measures are to be used in reducing the atrocities it develops. This would include restriction orders, reduced legalization of immigrants and inclusion of temporary residence in the countries that are affected. This will reduce the indulgence of the various arms of the government in resolving issues related to immigration. Firstly, there is the nativism factor that is brought about in relation to immigration. The author retorts that there are some factors that are highly in favor of the original inhabitants as compared to the immigrants. This means that the immigrants have a disadvantage in establishment in their new environment (Navarro, p. 112). Navarro expresses the conflict that erupts from the political and legal scene that reduces the adaptation of the immigrants. Similarly, the immigrants are viewed as aliens with different culture. This reduces the fusion of different cultures in the region, limiting the immigrants. Apparently, the immigrants face eminent opposition from the original inhabitants making their life difficult in relation to adaption and resilience. Secondly, there is the aspect of armed vigilantism. Navarro states that the countries that are experiencing rapid growth in the immigration practice have been forced to use arms to reducing the upsurge of immigrants. The surveillance of armed and experienced combats in these countries has rapidly seen a reduction in the immigrants that are paving their way into the other countries (Navarro, pp. 213-215). For instance, the increased protection on the borders has been a success in controlling immigrants from fleeing into the country. Simi
Introduction It is impossible to imagine the modern world without economical relations. The whole world is involved into global economy system and Australia is not an exception. Still, there are a lot of different models and practices in the economical relations. Various countries apply the economic and management systems which may be focused on contradictory issues. Thus, it is obvious that human resources play crucial role in running business. But, there are companies which pay less attention to human resources thinking that economy results are more important. On the contrary, there are companies where human resources are valued greatly and the company is eager to lose some money but will keep a valuable employee. Getting down to discussing Australia and the management in that country, it is crucial to point to the fact that there is an idea that Australian managers have a tendency to focus on economic results at the expense of more important things, such as downsizing, workplace diversity, restructuring, globalisation and quality. This paper is going to focus on this problem with the purpose either to support this idea or contradict it. According to the findings presented by Australian Management Practices and Productivity global benchmarking project, Australia is the country where operation management is developed more than people management (Australian Government 21). Therefore, the economic results are really important for the Australian managers rather than other issues, which are also core for business and economy in the whole. Organisational Culture and Its Effectiveness Australia is the country where business is subordinate to the government. Australian managers value the policies implemented by the government greatly. This also relates to the organisational culture. The research shows that “Organisational vision and mission statements from the public providers demonstrated the close alignment between government policies and the stated goals for each of the registered training organisations” (Clayton, Fisher, Harris, Bateman, and Brown 16). The same research shows that when the government considered some specific financial loss, the organisational changes were applied by means of the agenda created by the Council of Australian Governments (Clayton, Fisher, Harris, Bateman, and Brown 16). Thus, it may be concluded it is Australian significance to regulate the business organisational culture by means of the government policies. To check whether this organizational culture is effective or not, it is important to follow the changes in the employment for the recent several years. It is natural that when the Australian budget experienced deficit, the measures were directed at the employment sector. To balance the situation, the government have decided to reduce the working time and keep all employees at work. These actions led to the situation that “Falls in full-time employment have been more than offset by higher part-time employment (“Economic policy” 13)”. As a result, the working efficiency had reduced and the workers did not want to work better. The change
Nowadays, the health care system has advanced immensely in terms of technologies it may apply to render top-notch services. The successful implementation of some of them is sure to cause a rise in the prospect of recovery for many patients who could have experienced difficulties while staying at the hospital. Admittedly, the positive attitude to technologically equipped cure is based on the doctors’ and patients’ expectations of the upcoming era of partially autonomous daycare. Indeed, there are many examples of technologies that have recently gained undeniable popularity with medical staff. Among them are: “the electronic physician’s orders (CPOE), clinical decision support (CDS), E-prescribing, electronic sign-out and hand-off tools, bar code medication administration (BCMA), smart pumps, automated medication dispensing cabinets (ADC), electronic medication administration record (eMAR), patient data management systems (PDMS), retained surgical items detectors, patient electronic portals, telemedicine, electronic incident reporting, and electronic medical record (EMR)” (Alotaibi & Federico, 2017). Electronic charts and bed alarms are generally assumed to be indispensable concerning the assessing of a patient’s vital signs and keeping them safe during the treatment. For instance, there can be cases of emergency when a patient badly needs to get an initial assessment as soon as possible. An electronic chart or EMR can be of great help to speed up the process (Subramaniam, et al., 2017). The same is with bed alarms that are expected to prevent a patient’s fall. By making these technologies become a significant part of the hospital daily routine, the health care system is sure to benefit. In conclusion, there is the sense in applying new technologies in the health care system to make treatment more effective. Such treatment with the use of electronic charts and bed alarms is sure to be a success because the assistance of small engines will probably lead to its acceleration and better quality. Still, they are in the process of gaining popularity and recognition in the medical sphere.
Marketing The issues associated with the time of the production process needs to be listed among the primary concerns of Boeing Company at present. According to recent reports, the organization has been suffering losses because of the inability to meet the set deadlines (Montgomery, 2012). Therefore, it is crucial to handle the associated problems. Among the marketing goals that Boeing will have to meet, one will have to mention the following objectives;   * Gaining an impressive competitive advantage;   * Using the company’s strengths to attract more customers;   * Designing an elaborate marketing approach that will help gain new customers;   * Introducing a new brand image and branding strategy that will help boost the firm’s popularity levels in the environment go the global economy. Particularly, a more sensible time management framework must be introduced into the company’s environment. The first and most obvious, detailed guidelines and time standards must be set and provided to every single staff member. A rigid control over the production processes must be established so that the associated processes (e.g., transportation, information management, etc.) should be carried out in a timely and efficient manner. Otherwise, the quality of the end product and the services will suffer significantly, and customer satisfaction levels will drop steeply. To measure the success of the changes to be made to the company’s marketing framework, one will have to consider the changes in the number of customers and orders. Thus, the general tendency can be identified. For this purpose, the use of histograms should be viewed as a legitimate measurement approach (Montgomery, 2012). Operational Product quality is another reason for concern at Boeing. Needless to say, the identified characteristic of the services defines the success of the company in the environment of the global economy (Montgomery, 2012). With a drop in quality levels, Boeing will inevitably suffer impressive damages by losing a huge number of its customers to the competitors. Among the current operational objectives of the organization, the following goals will need to be listed:   * Increasing the output by 10%;   * Reducing the number of defects made in the production process by 25%. To improve the quality rates, Boeing leaders will have to reconsider the current corporate standards. Furthermore, the related values, such as Corporate Social Responsibility, must be promoted to the staff members so that they could be enthusiastic about meeting the existing quality demands. Finally, a rigid framework for consistent quality improvement, such as DMAIC, must be incorporated into the company’s design (Pyzdek & Keller, 2014). As soon as the framework is set in motion, the employees will engage in an unceasing cycle of quality improvement. Consequently, the product quality will
Customers The website will be essential in providing the customers with relevant information about products and services offered by the business. Information from the website will help customers make informed decisions regarding purchasing products and services. In addition, customers are virtually connected with the business and can easily communicate with the website’s support staff. A website supports customers by saving time and cost associated with making a purchase. For example, a customer does not need to visit a store physically to make a purchase. From a website, a customer can read other reviews from other clients and make a decision. Any inquiries made through a business website by a customer are immediately reviewed and replied to. A website operates throughout the day, therefore, improve the customer experience, Competitors The e-business department can utilize modern technologies including websites to maintain the organization’s competitiveness. Using the internet to monitor competitors is an effective way of improving competitiveness. In this context, using Google alerts to monitor competitors’ progress is essential for e-business. The business can initiate the use of social media to supplement marketing strategies. Social media ensure that a business and product or service is widely known in the target market. The number of mentions through Facebook and Twitter is effective in comparing how a competitor is doing in the same business. Websites and social media are essential in conducting marketing research, especially on the industrial competition. Information obtained from monitoring competitors and market research can be used to improve the existing marketing strategies. Intermediaries E-business intermediaries are an essential element of the organization’s value chain. In any case, the intermediaries’ roles are to connect the organization to other business entities and the customers. In this case, the intermediaries are to set prices, process transactions, and coordinate inventory. Although the operations of the intermediaries are virtual-based, the need to guarantee quality in product and service delivery is inevitable. The intermediaries are deemed
Jodi Picoult is a truly remarkable writer, who has been known for her novels, giving important insights into the inner world of her characters, exploring the crucial topics of today, and bringing up important issues. Her novel “My Sister’s Keeper” is being called her “best book to date” (Website) by the readers. Though it is definitely not the fast-paced one, it makes one take his or her time and reflect on the topics, being brought up within it. The author, as a mother has put a lot of her own reflection and her soul into the novel, still giving her readers the opportunity to form their own opinion about the things in the book. The most important is that she managed to put the realities so close and common for mankind within the book, that it simply can not leave the reader indifferent. As within the novel, there are the appeals for both the human in general and American in particular identity presented, revealed in the issue of the hard choice faced by confused people, civil rights defense, people’s relationships, and their ability to go through a hard time in their life. Firstly, the characters reveal the ethical uniqueness of the nation, benefit to the reflections on the general values, family values. There are ten characters, who operate within the novel. Each of the characters is deeply thought over by the author, to be the one to be thought of, argued about. Take Anna Fitzgerald, she represents the real American spirit, being a thirteen-year-old girl, who sues her parents to defend her civil rights and maintain her kidney. This girl is a real old head on young shoulders. Her sister Kate is the one, who presents compassion to her dear sister and is ready to sacrifice her life for her sister (the reader finally finds out that it is Kate, who tells Anna to sue their parents as she can not live in the hospital anymore). Kate reveals an ethical act towards her sister, ready to abandon her hope for life for her sister’s sake. Parents of the girls are those, who are faced with hard decisions in their life. The reader is most likely to condemn their acts from the very beginning of the book, remembering a plan for “giving birth” to Anna, for their cruel