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Introduction Human beings are unique beings. This is because for one to be able to live peaceably with others, one needs to embrace each other in love and support (Sichel, 2004). In order to be able to thrive, there is a need to develop empathy. Empathy can be described as a person’s capacity to act, which is based on understanding. In this case, one is sensitive to the feelings and experiences of another person at a particular point in time. Empathy ensures that a person is able to stand with a person without exposing a person in an explicit manner. The keywords, in the definition, are capacity and action. You must have room for empathy in your mind and heart before you can feel, respond to, and act upon it. And the aim of empathy is an action more than words. Empathy is something you demonstrate in how you treat people more than something explained. In essence, adults who suffered a lack of empathy in their childhoods typically have a hard time believing that empathy is possible in their lives today. Fortunately, the capacity for empathy can be developed: empathy can be learned as a tool. Learning to integrate a habit of empathy, of thinking of others first, and of putting ourselves mentally in the shoes of others inevitably means the quality of our relationships will improve (Sichel, 2004). Conflict Resolution Conflicts are part of human life. They normally emanate from the differences which are created between and or among people who have different opinions. It is worth mentioning the fact that conflicts have got certain implications in human life. Some of these differences are brought about by cultural differences that people hold. Furthermore, these differences are usually based on different values that people hold that are informed by our cultural orientations. Conflicts are everywhere in our lives. They form part and parcel of our very being. This is because as human beings we are ever facing new issues and circumstances which demand different opinions and approaches with regard to life issues. Given the many varied conflicting situations which we face, one may conclude that we are good at dealing with conflicts. However, this has not always been the case. The reality is that many people do not understand the right approaches which are associated with handling conflict. It is important to note that managing conflict consists of two steps. These steps include assessing the conflict and then taking the necessary steps to address the conflict. In resolving conflicts at all levels, the first approach should be to diagnose the conflict and then find out some of the approaches that can be used in dealing with the conflict. In this case, empathy is a crucial aspect. This is because it ensures that the persons who are in conflict are able to understand each other (Furlong, 2010). This is based on the fact that common understanding is usually formed and sustained by the value we attach to what we are going t
Introduction This paper discusses the effectiveness of alcohol marketing regulation, and how it can protect the consumer from fake products. This topic draws inspiration from recent events. A twenty one year old student, almost went blind due to the consumption of fake vodka. The vodka consumed was sold to him at a club. This essay seeks to establish how such cases, can be prevented through regulations. To accomplish this, product quality control regulations and marketing regulations must be discussed. The cause of the event is market failure, caused by poor dissemination of information. The popular way of disseminating information to the market is through marketing (Collins et al 2004). Discussion The other instance during which the government may engage regulation, is when the goods produced to cater for the lower income earning market segment, are of questionable quality. The quality of health care, for example, should not differ depending on one’s financial capability. The foodstuffs and any consumable products, must be of satisfactory quality to prevent the outbreak of diseases and epidemics among the citizens. In this case, the government has the duty to ensure that its citizens get quality products by setting benchmarks on the quality of products sold in the market place. These regulations affect the market forces by placing restrictions on the price (Estevao 2005). Generally, the quality of goods and services is directly related to the price. An increase in the quality of a product or service, increases the cost of production. The producer then passes the incremental costs to the consumer, in order to make a profit. Consequently, the quality of a product increases commensurate to the price set on the product. There are specific authorities in each country, in charge of setting the quality standards for the products at the market place, as well as ensuring that the restrictions set by the government are obeyed. The institution has the mandate to inspect places of work, and production factories, carry out surveys of goods in the market, test and approve the products in the market, and to persecute those found to be in breach of the set regulations (U.S Preventive Services Task Force 2005; Gunther 1980). On a macro-economic level, restrictions affect production of goods and services by existing producing companies. The regulations go deeper to affect the rate of growth in productivity, by affecting the motivation for innovation, consequently interfering with the rate at which new goods and
Introduction ASOS has developed greatly since its inception in year 2000. In its early years of operation, the online fashion store was dealing with products that had been inspired by celebrities such as ephemera and other design products (Alexander, 2010). Adoption of growth strategy and launching of Marketplace in its website has significantly increased its potential. Moreover, its sales volume has also expanded overseas (Završnik, 2007). Over the years, ASOS online fashion business has grown tremendously. This has been attributed to its knowledge on consumer behaviour. As an online company, it has been keen in identifying how groups or individual customers make decisions regarding their quantity of purchases and where to buy them from (Ashworth et al., 2006; Grant & Graeme, 2005; Walker, 2010). Its current designing skills and competences have made the company to be a leading online fashion retailer in UK (Osarenkhoe, 2009; Walker, 2011). Besides, the online retailer employs efficient customer support and engagement, better presentation of its products and design choice. These are some of the strategies the company is applying in order to be ahead of its rivals like Harvey Nichole. In addition, it has endeavoured to offer effective and efficient services to its customers. In its online site, it launches approximately 5000 new product lines each month, offers an equal number of own label styles and designer wear from collaboration with other fashion industries and independent designers (Evans, 2011; Osarenkhoe, 2009; Walker, 2010). The company is continually seeking to maintain the quality its products to match the present fashion needs of customers. In order to achieve this strategy, the retailer is ensuring that its products are up-to-date and have vibrant life cycle (Nelson & Paek, 2006). The latter method puts into account the various stages which products go through. Depending on the choice, taste, preference and trends, products may exhibit ether short or long life cycles (Grant & Graeme, 2005). The Nature Of Management Issue The management at ASOS has put into consideration the need to understand the needs, behavioural variables and consumer characteristics to evaluate purchase decisions of its customers. The company has put in place serious consumer engagement through the use of blogs on a regular basis. Moreover, ASOS Life forum has been instrumental in reaching out for both prospective and active customers. One of the merits of this form is that it allows consumer interaction especially on matters pertaining to the products of the company. In order to make it a long term strategic plan that can be achieved easily, the company has instituted plans that will rejuvenate its marketing skills. For instance, increasing the attractiveness of its bran is one of the top priorities of the company. Various outreach channels such as forums, Frequently Asked Questions and blogs have been used to improve consumer interaction with the industry (Alexander, 2010; Lu, Karpova & Fiore, 2011). These needs can be m
Introduction The tremendous changes happening in the contemporary times trigger the question of what the future holds for humanity. Major world events including weather changes, natural catastrophes, and wars have been on the increase in the recent past. The changes incline towards negativity, which makes people be pessimistic about the future. In addition, the efforts of kind-hearted individuals to bring positive change, through the various aspects of human life, face many challenges and consequently fail to yield any positive results. The inequalities in the world are high, whereby majority of the people are poor while a few have plenty of resources. Overpopulation coupled with resource inequality means that fewer individuals have access to the world’s resources while the majority remains poor. Moreover, the environme
The Bauhaus is concerned with the improvement of the living conditions to a modern level which is concurrent with the modern person. This is mainly concerned with the housing conditions improvement. In this realm, they are trying to objects from their normal forms. The objects range from the houses people live into the house furnishings which need to be concordant with style. Of other importance will be the mode of dressing from the traditional rags to a bit better kind of dressing. Due to the unusual style that comes up with the design, close contact with the upcoming techniques will play a big part in ensuring the right attitude to people which will involve; belief in the existence of automotives, reality in the design of objects, and economy in the design which deserves to be simple in terms of space, money, time and also material and lastly the availability of the material ready for use. Human beings need common basic needs and the design of products for use by people is logical in nature. Automation of many jobs has managed to reduce manual labor and has also been able to decrease costs. This has been a result of the use of diesel power and electricity in the modern-day. There is a high probability of a big choice of automated objects will make a man have the ability to choose the best. The Bauhaus has workshops with products that can be further developed to ease the work of man on improvement. This is where they are willing to train people on new technology which they can easily adapt to and those who are willing to collaborate. These will be people who have the right know-how in the skills in terms of practice and also education, law, and the right mechanics for the best possible outcomes. To set the standards which will be used as prototypes, they need to get the right labor force with adequate knowledge. According to Bauhaus, the difference between traditional craft and modern labor is work and labor division. If the craft was to be more united, the difference would get slimmer as it gets closer to industrialization. This would also be enhanced by putting the correct workforce in the production of the objects and materials. In this part, the Bauhaus will have focused on people who have a bigger experience in the production of the right material. As the Bauhaus workshops get more yields in their experiments, other outside people will be busy producing their prototypes. This will have played a part in making their work not seem competitive but rather a stepping stone towards development. In this manner, they get to bring together those people who can work towar
Analysis of Hunger Hunger is one issue that falls under food insecurity. In fact, it is the biggest problem facing any people in modern society. Failure to get enough amount of energy in a day as recommended by world organizations such as Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is defined as hunger. An individual could be hungry for a day, a whole year, or several years. The persistent growth of hunger results to a state where there is no surety of accessing adequate amount of food. This impairs the normal health and development of people. Hunger makes a nation weak because people become tired, weak, malnourished, and in most cases, they lose concentration. The continued lack of food is dangerous, as the health specialists hold that under such circumstances, the body feeds on itself. This means that food stored in the body is converted to nutrients for use. This is where fats are converted metabolically to give energy. These conditions lead to death in extreme circumstances. Statistics from FAO show that in 2010, nineteen million people from developed countries were hungry. Latin America and the Caribbean had fifty three million people without food, and East Africa and North Africa accounted for thirty seven million people (Dole 17). Sub-Saharan Africa had the largest share of two hundred and thirty nine million out of the nine hundred million people who went without food in the world. Children are the most affected group. They are malnourished, which affects their health as UNICEF estimates that children in such conditions spent almost half of the year being sick. Deaths in children associated with malnutrition account for almost five million of the eleven million child deaths yearly. The impact of this is immense in Asia and Africa. Causes of hunger The causes of hunger are many and are common in all areas that are affected. Poverty is one of the leading causes of hunger in the world. The resources all over the world are inadequate while those that are available are poorly distributed. The UN report indicates that more than two million people in the world lived below one dollar a day in the year 2005. The same report highlighted that slightly more than a billion people were undernourished. Poverty remains the main cause of hunger despite the efforts made to alleviate the condition. The reasons for persistent hunger in the world are the harmful economic systems. The current political and economic systems control all the resources yet the principal foundations of those systems are based on power, military, and economic supremacy (Diamond 23). These systems ensure that the resources are controlled by few and as such, the majority is left to suffer. In other parts of the world such as Asia and Africa, hunger is caused by armed conflicts. Civil strives are frequen
Resource-Based Competitive Advantage Introduction The telecom industry is evolving at a significant pace and the companies have to keep up to remain in the market. It is necessary to note that the internal resources of organisations are vital for gaining and maintaining a competitive advantage. It is possible to compare two telecom companies to understand the importance of the internal resources. EE is one of the leading mobile networks in the UK with over 31 million connections within its networks ( EE results for the year ended 31 December 2015 2016). O 2 is another UK telecom company, and it has a network of 23 million customers across the country ( Company history 2016). It is possible to consider peculiarities of the companies in terms of strategic capabilities, value chain analysis and SWOT analysis. Capability matrix Internal organisational resources enable companies to create the value for the customer. These capabilities are manifested in such spheres as product development, marketing, human resources, IT and so on. Düker et al. (2010) note that a dynamic capabilities framework should be applied in all the processes within the organisation. The dynamic capability refers to the innovative set of resources applied to achieve a competitive advantage. It is necessary to pay closer attention to this type of capability as the telecom market is highly innovative. The absence of the hierarchal organisational structure (Düker et al., 2010). Strong communication patterns are also crucial for the effective operations. The use of cross-functional teams (especially in the process of new products development) is also an important factor that has a positive impact on the company’s development. It is clear that the companies in question managed to develop their competitive advantage through the focus on innovation. EE pays specific attention to the innovation and offers innovative products and services including 3G and4G ( EE results for the year ended 31 December 2015 2016). O 2 uses a similar approach and offers similar services ( Company history 2016). At that, each of the companies also provides services the other does not offer (see Table 1). This also contributes to the development of their competitive advantage. Table 1: Capability matrix.                                   EE  O 2 2G networks management            ×   ×   3G networks management            ×   ×   4G networks management            ×   ×   Wifi                                  ×   Emergency Services Network        ×       Effective internal communication  ×   ×   Non-hierarchal structure                  Innovative marketing methods      ×   ×   Product/service development       ×   ×   Risk management                           Customer communication            ×   ×    One of the weakest points of both companies is their structure. O 2 has a hierarchal structure, which adds bureaucracy and deviant communication patterns ( Telefonica transforms its organisational structure 2011). EE has a similar approach to the structure that is quite hierarchal ( BT announces
Annotated Bibliography Ballard, S. (2017). New ecological sympathies: Thinking about contemporary art in the age of extinction . Environmental Humanities , 9 (2), 255-279. Web. Ballard utilizes the study of human-animals-machines relationships in H. Bergson’s and S. Butler’s essays to present the contemporary artistic method of species extinction imagery. He introduces video and installation art as a tool to arouse sympathy in the viewer. The article supports my research paper by presenting eco-artists P. Huyghe, A. Lislegaard, and H. Fowler and their artwork. It provides a unique vision of an art gallery as the space to explore the boundaries of sympathy. Ecological issues such as species extinction occurred as one of the most disturbing problems presented in eco-art. Carroll, B. (2017). A role for art in ecological thought. Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies 43 (1), 145-164. Web. It is a thoughtful analysis of the problem of natural or artificial in ecological art. The works of three philosophers, T. Morton, L. Bryant, and S. Žižek, constructed the base to explain the messages of contemporary Chinese artists that provide their unique vision on environmental issues. The article introduces Chinese artists Ren Jie, Leo Xu, Cai Guo Qiang, and Vietnamese-born artist Binh Danh. The ecological issues are represented in the biomimicry of design and integration with nature. Cucuzzella, C. (2021). Making the invisible visible: Eco-art and design against the Anthropocene. Sustainability, 13 (7), 3747. Web. Cucuzzella examines the Anthropocene imagery in art and design installations and their educational value. She concludes that artworks could be eyes openers, raise awareness and change people’s conduct. However, the works rarely propose solutions to make systematic changes. The article is relevant to my work as it presents a range of exhibitions and the analysis of their eco-messages. The artists represented there are G. Beaulieu, A. Polli, C. Varga, A. Pozzi, etc. Cucuzzella, C., Chupin, J. P., & Hammond, C. (2020). Eco-didacticism in art and architecture: Design as means for raising awareness. Cities , 102, 102728. Web. The authors of the article investigate the cross-disciplined issue of eco-art installation and its deductive power. Starting from a brief history of eco-art, the authors move to the explanation of such eco-lesson peculiarities. They focus on urban landscapes’ eco-messages and study their forms and methods of delivering information about ecological issues to the audience. The authors trace back ecological awareness to the 60s with Land Art and name important artists, such as R. Smithson, M. Heizer, W. de Maria, M. Miss, M. Creates, the Particle Works collective, J. Gural, E. Nuyts, and A. Ikan, etc. with their most striking works. In addition, the article contains a summary of eco-messages from the artists with explanations. Gilmurray, J. (2017). Ecological sound art: Steps towards a new field. Organised Sound , 22 (1), 32. Web. The article establishes the
Introduction The different cultural background has a strong influence on people’s opinions concerning appropriate and inappropriate practices that human society is applying. More importantly, this outstanding difference becomes even more obvious when it is necessary to compare works written by Western and Eastern people reflecting upon the nature of the same phenomenon. Analysis Speaking about famous thinkers whose ideas are still appreciated by a large number of people, it is important to remember Gandhi who is the author of the work titled “Indian Home Rule or Hind Swaraj”. Speaking about the given book, it is necessary to say that the author wanted to discuss a wide range of problems that he believed to be important for his compatriots and for himself in particular. Among other things, the given work contains reflections related to the topic of colonialism and further problems that it entails. Discussing the work, it is important to pay increased attention to the fact that the book was written in quite a difficult period of history and this is why the points covered are devoted to the urgent problems of Indian society. It is common knowledge that the author was one of the first thinkers in India who started not only discussing the problem related to unequal relationships of India and other countries trying to expand their influence and gain more resources but also developing the solutions. Thus, the author introduced the term “swaraj” denoting the set of laws and rules that could help to make India more independent from Great Britain (16). In general, it can be stated that the problem of colonialism and inappropriate political practices utilized by Western people is touched upon in many chapters of the given book. Nevertheless, speaking about the factors that support the development of colonialism, the author mentions that the willingness of developed countries to expand their influence, even more, cannot be regarded as the only reason why such phenomenon as colonial expansion exists (31). Instead, he supposed that people born in India were also related to the proliferation of such a system because they accepted it. In fact, according to Gandhi, colonialism has become one of the urgent problems due to the fact that its very idea was in conflict with the basic principles of justice. Despite quite a significant power that British people had in India, Gandhi denied that “India was lost” (31). As it is clear from his opinion, colonialism was inappropriate because it was nothing but unfair exploitation, a kind of collaboration involving no equal benefits. Reflecting upon the present condition of India, the author supposed that it was under the heel of “modern civilization” due to its inability to withstand British influence (33). Speaking about the solution that he saw, it is necessary to say that it involved a lot of steps such as the implementation of new laws and changing the way the country is governed. Nevertheless, these steps needed to be taken after the first one that seemed to be the most important – to overcome colonialism on a mental level, and, there