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Introduction The job under analysis is a wedding planning project that lasted for 10 months. The concerned couple chose not to hire a wedding planner, so they shared all the planning responsibilities with the bridal team. The following people were involved in the project: the bride, groom, groomsmen (the best man led his group), bridesmaids (the maid of honour led her group), four close friends, the bride’s parents and groom’s parents. Project scope, roles and responsibilities and scheduling The project scope is summarised in the work breakdown structure (refer to the appendix). It covered five major aspects: Initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closing. The initiation phase entailed coming up with a budget, setting the date, choosing the wedding venue and estimating the number of guests in the event. The planning phase covered securing the wedding venue, working on the theme and overall look of the location, selection of the caterers, decor, clothing, presiding minister, and entertainment. The third phase involved the monitoring phase where the team would look at the ongoing project activities and compare it with the projected costs and scope. Some corrective actions were identified and other factors altered in order to meet the control aspects of the team. The fourth phase was execution which involved collecting the dress, transporting the team, catering, and overall implementation of the ceremony. The closing phase involved the honeymoon where the flight to the set destination was determined and payment of cheques. The roles and responsibilities are specified in the responsibility matrix (refer to the appendix). The bride and groom were in charge of venue selection, cake design, the guest list, invitation design, entertainment, hair and make up, wedding speech, vows, ring choice, honeymoon selection, decor, composition and order of the wedding party, marriage licence, and seating chart. The bridesmaids and groomsmen handled photography, bachelor and bachelorette party, travel plans and accommodation for the guests, floral arrangements, and their dresses. The four friends in the team looked into table and lighting arrangements, gift registry as well as ushering services in the wedding. The mother and father of the groom and bride handled the financing of the wedding. They also contributed to the creation of the guest list, and the rehearsal dinner. The project schedule is summarised in the Gantt chart as found in the appendix section. In the first week, the team came up with the date of the venue. It also identified the venue of the church ceremony as well as the reception within that same month (in the fourth week). The team established their budget in the second week of planning. Estimating the number of guests was done concurrently with the budget in the second week. In the subsequent month, the bride and groom reserved the wedding venue. They worked on the guest list and stuck to their pre-established head count, which was 150. In the ninth month to the wedding, the team booked the minister who
Good Country People is a short allegorical story, written by Flannery O’Connor, about the dual nature of religious workers, loneliness, and egocentrism. Indeed, even the characters’ names possess a hidden meaning about their appearance, personality, or life. The story commences with the description of two old ladies and their children who belong to two different social classes. Mrs. Freeman is a maid in Mrs. Hopewell’s house, and the former was described as a woman with two primary unpleasant facial expressions for the public. Since the story was told from Mrs. Hopewell’s viewpoint, she was presented as a calm, polite, and tolerant person, noticing but forgiving other people’s flaws, including her daughter Joy, who chose the formal name Hulga. Their bitter coexistence was interrupted by a 19-year-old handsome man, Manley Pointer, who sold Bibles door-to-door and claimed to have the same heart disease as Joy but appeared to be a criminal. Through symbolism, O’Connor was able to convey the characters’ unique features with their names, connection to parents with Hulga’s wooden leg, Joy’s mindset with her glasses, and Pointer’s non-religiousness with the hollow Bible. The first symbol is the characters’ names that partly represent their fates and personalities. For example, the reader is not provided with the first names of Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Hopewell. They acquired their last names from marriages, indirectly pointing to the only function that women could have in the South at that time, indicating the forced fate that is opposite of their actual situation. For instance, Mrs. Freeman is not a slave, but she is not free because she is a maid, while Mrs. Hopewell is hopeless. The women’s personalities were revealed in their dialogues and their children. Both are polite and consider themselves good individuals who sometimes have to endure other people’s rudeness or ignorance. Mrs. Freeman’s daughters, Glynese and Carramae, red and blond girls, whom Joy associated with Glycerin and Caramel, indicating a lack of respect for their chosen life path (O’Connor 2). Moreover, Joy was never joyful in reality; thus, she changed her name to Hulga to complete the image of an ugly person to avoid the traditional path of all South women. Specifically, she seemed to want to avoid marriage and childbirth. The second allegoric element in this story was Hulga’s wooden leg. This symbol represents her inability to become independent of her mother. Indeed, she still lives with her parent, is unemployed, and does not have relationships with other people. It appears that she was born with a congenital heart defect that, in the best-case scenario, would allow her to live until her forties (O’Connor 5). Still, Mrs. Hopewell wanted her daughter to get married at the right age. However, an accidental gunshot wound at the age of ten became a pivotal point in Joy’s life when she was implanted with the wooden leg and escaped the usual fate of her female counterparts. Despite a PhD degree, the girl did not work and lived with her mother, waiting for her own death. The appearance of Pointer gave her a tiny hope for a new life. However, the girl’s dreams did not become
The idea of flying cars is not new. It can be traced back to the early twentieth century, when the Wright Brother first discovered the aircraft and people realised that they could fly, ever since they have been chasing the dream of a flying cars. Flying cars, also known as road able aircrafts, is an airplane which would not necessarily be drivable on the roads but also in the airspace. Several different efforts have been made to sum the merits of a vertical takeoff and landing craft with that of a high-speed and responsive craft. Even in the eightieth century there was an effort to build a gliding horse cart, which, however did not succeed. In United States Patent and Trademark Office, there are almost eighty patents that have been filed for the several forms of flying cars. Some of these have in reality taken off, but many did or have not. Early experiments of the flying car can be traced back in the 1910s, a decade after the Wright Brothers’ first flight. The first functioning (although still argued) road able aircraft, called the Curtiss Auto plane, was developed in 1917 by Glenn Curtis, who is considered the father of the flying car. It was a small plane with three wings, which spanned about twenty seven feet and could carry a load of 710 pounds and used the vehicle’s motor to drive a four-bladed propeller attached at the back of the vehicle. At that time, the thought of a car with wings was an exciting advancement, and Curtiss had a dream of making it the best personal mode transport of everyone who could pay a price for it. However, the Aerobile never actually took off though it made
Executive Summary Madison consultancy group is a limited company that offers financial and management consultancy services to not for profit organizations. We provide recommendations, business, and financial plans to our clients as well as carrying out feasibility studies to their proposed ventures. Our aim is to provide the best services in terms of quality and precision. Our motto stands for the satisfaction of our clients. Introduction The Madison consultancy group is dedicated to a guiding principle of reasonable transactions and veracity in the conduct of its business. This pledge, which is sanctioned by the Madison consultancy Group Board of Directors, is based on the tenets that dealings should be conducted in an honest, just, and legal manner. The group expects its entire staff to commit and conform to its moral, ethical, and legal obligations. To facilitate this, an ethics and conduct program has been developed to provide the necessary guidelines for the implementation of the same. Application This ethics and conduct program applies:   * Equally to all management staff and employees, including temporary workers, representatives, and contractual employees who work in or for the Madison consultancy group.   * In all transactions and relations that transpires between all participants involved in the Madison Group business.   * When the managers and workers are representing or transacting business on its behalf to organizations, groups, and various committees.   * When interacting with clients for the group’s services, suppliers to the Group, the public, and the government. Conformity With the Set Rules, Laws, and Regulations All members of staff must are expected to abide by all laws and regulations which pertain to the endeavors they partake for and on behalf of the Group. The infringement of the law or unscrupulous business dealing by members of the staff will not go unpunished. Failure to comply may lead to termination of employment and or the initiation of civil or criminal proceedings in a court of law. Code of Ethics These are the code of ethics that must be adhered to by all members of the Madison consultancy group.   * Employees must, at all times, avoid any transaction that may be viewed to bring conflict between their personal interests and the interests of the group.   * Any external transactions pertaining to the group must conform to the set standards, and a report must, in the end, be submitted to the managers for review.   * Under no circumstances should the employees of the group gain any personal benefits from transactions initiated by close relatives, friends, or family with the group.   * Confidential information regarding the group, its clients, or employees should never be shared with outsiders under any circumstances. Employees are expected to maintain the discretion of private and privileged information.   * Madison consultancy group does not promote the acceptance of gifts and gratuities from clients because they may affect the employee’s objectivity in the dealings.   * All employe
Broadcast company decided to launch a new project aimed at enhancing the media coverage and improving the quality of transmitting information. According to the managerial stuff, particularly CEO Harrison Gatsby, the company should create a group composed of members from different departments to provide their plans for this program. They believed that the cooperative work of several departments would provide creative ideas and consistency in presenting the project. However, the project leader, Tom Brown, the marketing managers faced challenges while making decision and coming to an agreement with other members of the project team. The major conflict burst out between Tom Brown and Gregory Fleming, research and development managers. Both managers did not want to compromise. Hence, Mr. Brown was stand firm on the ground that it is necessary to make a focus on customers’ demand and market segmentation whereas Mr. Fleming was more concerned with innovation and creativity because this always determines supply and demand. Three approaches to resolving the conflict situation To begin with, this intergroup conflict can be resolved through smoothing techniques. In other words, it is necessary to achieve the balance and harmony between the conflicting parties. This can be carried out through reasonable allocation of functions. Mr. Gatsby, therefore, should re-evaluate the established goals and consider other solutions to the existing problems. On the one hand, such an approach can foster the process of decision making and enhance the success of the project. On the other hand, if the conflict is not serious, there is no necessity for smoothing it because it can contribute to a healthy development of creative and innovative ideas. A second viable resolution of the conflict can be compromising. It means that either sales manager or research and development manager should yield to some of the principles. For instance, Tom Gatsby should pay attention to innovative ideas proposed by Fleming and take some of them into account if they do not contradict the main scope of the project. Besides, the sales manager should keep in mind that technological advancement is a key condition for successful media coverage. One the one hand, compromising can trigger other members of the team to express their concerns about the project and, at the same time, they will have an opportunity to consider other members’ goal. On the other hand, compromising can weaken the authority of project leader who should be the first to analyze the proposals. Finally, the third resolution to the conflict under consideration is creating an opposing force. In our case, Mr. Gatsby should be more concerned with the project outcomes rather than with personal preferences and ambitions. In particular, the project leader should bear in mind that if the project is not successful, this failure can negatively influence the company’s revenues. When focusing on the idea of competition, the group work can be enhanced that will also contribute to the effectiveness of the company’s performance. However, such an incentive can negative influence the cooperation and decision-makin
It becomes very easy for an individual to understand the meaning of post-colonialism only after understanding colonialism because the two are related. Colonialism is the political ideology that legalizes the invasion, occupation, and exploitation of a given land by stronger states which use their military powers thus displacing the powers of the original inhabitants of the land (Arjun, 67). When we use the prefix “post” before the word colonialism, it becomes post-colonialism which has a different meaning even though they are connected. Post-colonialism refers to a land that is no longer under its former colonial powers (McClintock, 254). Therefore it simply refers to a land that has regained its political independence. Concerning post-colonialism, countries and their former colonizers share some common features especially in political structures, social issues, and economic fields (Cooper, 19). Another very important aspect that was initiated by colonialism is diaspora. Diaspora means the movement of a group of people who have common national and ethnic backgrounds. Colonialism made many people move and settle in different parts of the world because of different reasons. Colonization laws were not very friendly to the original inhabitants of the colonies. This made most people resist colonial rules and laws but it was obvious that the colonial masters could neither bend their rules nor laws to allow the existence of such resistant elements in their colonies (Said, 197). The original inhabitants formed some rebel groups to resist the rules by colonizers who were the minority groups. The rebel groups were led by specific ring leaders who organized the moves and attacks on the colonial military. The colonizers decided to eliminate all the ring leaders of these rebel groups to gain effective control of their colonies which they frequ
Professional nurses are tasked with the responsibility of creating and sustaining a culture of safety within their areas of work. This is achieved by concentrating on placing several governing boards that talk of safety measures within areas where care is offered. Secondly, the idea of evidence-based management as well as effective nursing leadership is essential in fostering a culture of safety. To sustain the culture, professional nurses identify adequate staffing as a proper recipe towards perfect sustenance of a safety culture. Nurses also focus on the provision of unending erudition and clinical decision making support for the nursing personnel. Methods that advance interdisciplinary cooperation have also been considered to be very efficient too. Work design routines that guard against exhaustion and precarious work as well as a very fair system of error reporting analysis, feedback process and good rewards for overall patient safety are regarded highly in professional nursing towards improving culture of patient safety (Hughes, 2008). The type of environment that a nurse operates in could determine the quality of care that is accorded to a patient. To promote a safe environment and avoid blames arising from errors, nurses have to ensure that their working conditions are up to standard and that they lack nothing. For instance, they should insist on adequate resource allocation as well as the institution of proper policies and standards so that there is shared responsibility and not a case where they have to take responsibility for every shortcoming coming their way (Hughes, 2008). The path took by nurses towards fostering patient safety is very significant. It is likely to bring great changes in the nature of responsibility that nurses have to take on. In addition, the overall patient care improves in the long run as proper measures and tactics operate towards bettering service provision of health care by the nurses. Reference Hughes, R. J. (Ed.). (2008). Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. RockVille (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Abstract Cruise lines in Australia rely on a set of demographic and psychographic profiles of their target consumers to make marketing campaigns. They also depend on their market and product segmentation strategies for market growth. The paper highlights unique characteristics of the cruise ship market in Australia, with the main analysis concern being the review of the use of psychographic characteristics of a case couple profile. The paper then makes recommendations for cruise ship lines to use in being relevant to the Western Australian market, according to the feature identified by the case couple, as the target clients. Overall its highlight the market structure and strategies and discusses their relevance to particular situations by taking a broad outlook of the industry and narrowing it down to the case couple profile characteristics. Introduction A cruise relates to travel on a ship. Travellers visit different places on holiday alternatives. Growth in the Industry in the past few years is due to the changing trends of consumers. Older consumers still opt to cruise for their travels. However, there is an increase in the number of younger travellers taking up sailing as their first choice of exploring the world (CRIA, 2013). Nevertheless, cruise ship companies seem to maintain their focus their target customers, which includes affluent people in society. When planning a cruise, couples take roles together. However, women take more initiative than men do in handling the details of the cruise do. Women derive more pleasure from the planning experience, while men tend to focus on the product. Since women take the most active roles, their habits affect the overall couple’s decision-making process for taking up a cruise trip. Marketers are aware of the different roles that men and women will play in making decisions. Therefore, they include variations in their messages to appeal to the female decision-maker differently than they would on the male decision-maker. At the same, other messages will target families and couples as a unit. This essay seeks to establish the market structure and differentiation strategies used by cruise ships in Western Australia and then evaluate the possible plan that would allow a cruise ship to entice a young couple to take up a trip. Therefore, the paper provides a case psychographic profile of the young couple to inform its strategic recommendations. The Australian Crui
The history of the Asian countries presents special interests for study. The principles and traditions according to which European political life developed in the past were inapplicable for Asia, as there the authority and the supreme absolute power of the head of the state were undoubted. Accordingly, the politics was much dependent upon the personal preferences of the statesmen rather than on rational considerations (Stearns, Gosch, & Grieshaber, 2005). Evidently, there were considerable differences and similarities in the development of the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire in India, and this paper will focus on their consideration and explanation. To begin with, it is necessary to state that the Ottoman Empire takes its roots from c. 1281 when Sultan Osman founded “the Ottoman Dynasty” (Brummett et al., 2006, p. 350). Descending from the Middle Eastern Arab tribes, the Ottomans soon spread their influence over the whole Middle East and directed their attention at Europe. In 1453 they captured the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, and established themselves as one of the most serious powers in world politics (Stearns, Gosch, & Grieshaber, 2005). To prove their status, the Ottomans used military force and propaganda: “[Osman’s] dynasty, like the tree, did endure and expand to control many and prosperous territories. As the dynasty grew more powerful, the Ottomans also falsified the genealogy linking them to the prophet Muhammad” (Brummett et al., 2006, p.350). With its development, the Ottoman Empire acquired new possessions and authority internationally. The military development was accompanied by the cultural rebirth of the Arabic art: “Ottoman success resulted in a vigorous cultural renaissance, most evident in the monumental architecture and decorative tile work” (Brummett et al., 2006, p.356). As contrasted, the Mughal Empire in India displays certain differences and similarities with the Ottoman Empire. Starting with the differences, the major one among them was the status of the Empire in the international arena. While the Ottoman Empire was a dominant player in world politics, the Mughal state influenced only India, Persia and a part of the modern territory of Afghanistan (Stearns, Gosch, & Grieshaber, 2005). Moreover, the timeframe of the Mughal Empire is smaller than that of the Ottoman Empire (1281 – 1923), as the Mughal state existed from the middle of the 16 th century, when Babur captured Delhi and founded the kingdom, till 1857 when the failure of the Indian Rebellion against the British rule resulted in the exile of the last Emperor of Mughal, Bahadur Shah II (Stearns, Gosch, & Grieshaber, 2005). However, the Mughal Empire is similar to the Ottoman Empire in its being the highly developed Muslim state of great riches, especially under Shah Akbar (1556 – 1605): “Akbar’s capital at Agra, for example, housed 200, 000 people – twice the population of contemporary London” (Brummett et al., 2006, p.364). Culture was also on the rise in the Mughal Empire that developed literature, sculpture, and architecture: “In 1632 the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, commissioned the building of the