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Introduction Hype Center is a marketing firm that undertakes marketing of domestic items such as perfumes, lotions, and medicated soap. Since the center is a small marketing firm that started its operations on July 2013, then it still requires more employees. Recently, the firm embarked on a search for qualified employees. The firm then put the candidate under a three-month probation period. During the probation, the intern would work with three other employees of the center as a team. The firm hired the intern because the marketing project aimed at increasing sales. Therefore, the center examined qualities of the intern. The psychometric indicators employed include expertise, professional qualifications, abilities, and attitudes. As a human resource officer, the firm tasked me to review staff performance and compile a report. Therefore, the report examines the skills and competencies of the intern in the field of marketing. Literature Review Human resource managers usually examine a number of qualities and attributes that potential employees have before recruiting them. Among other attributes, human resource managers expect an employee to have the ability of working with others in a productive and harmonious manner. Furthermore, the human resource department expects individuals to demonstrate good self-monitoring abilities. The abilities enable employees to regulate their behaviors and effectively accommodate different social challenges that individuals comes across in the workplace (Bikhchandani, 2002). Thus, the individual can adapt and work harmoniously and productively with other team members who have different personalities. Talents are essential in the marketing aspect of the company. According to Terracino (2005), employees should also have the social intelligence as it enables them to respect the opinions of other employees. In addition, Marchioni (2009) states that a candidate must be goal oriented, very thoughtful of others, have good self-control on impulses, be organized, and mindful on the marketing details as demonstrated in conscientiousness personality trait. The conscientiousness personality trait is one of the big five personality traits also known as the big five locators. This makes it easy for individuals to influence other team members, as well as target consumers assertively. Competent marketing skills enable marketers to convince customers on the validity of the products, and increase sales. Additionally, the human resource department expects an employee to have intrinsic style of interaction, which is one of the four styles of interactions styles. Berens (2008) notes that the in
The debate on infanticide has been ongoing for a long time. People from different background in terms of religion, economy, wealth and beliefs tend to argue a lot on the issue. Killing of an infant for whatever the case is utterly absurd (Shafer-Landau, 2012). Infanticide is a situation characterized by killing of an infant at a tender age. For whatever the reason one decides to take the life of an innocent child, the act is unjustifiable and should not be legalized. Those who propose the motion argue that there are those children that are born in poverty and their parents cannot be able to raise them. Others argue that for some reason, the gender of the child that was delivered is not the one the parents wanted so they get rid of the baby. These reasons do not justify this inhumane act. Infanticide is universally morally wrong as it is associated with murder and therefore, both are crimes. Once a child has been brought into this world, they are human and no one should have the right or the ability to take away their right to live. However, just as the society creates different styles of clothing and food; it’s in the same way they create moral values and codes. Morality depends mainly on the cultural contrast but the case of infanticide has become one thing that almost the whole society at large agrees to. Out rightly, even the thought of it sends cold shiver down the spine of many with the thought of killing an innocent infant (Spinelli, 2003). While most societies disapprove this immoral act, some societies approve of this shameless deed. Some societies say that this is done to punish those who have been immoral in the society. Some say that by infanticide, individuals or kin may be rewarded with access to resources belonging to the infant. There are some societies who compete with the family that would have more male children as they are considered to be the source of wealth. In such a setting, male infants get killed so that one can gain reproductive advantage over their competitors. They compete on who is the better man by looking at the number of male children that one has and this is something that seems rather primitive and outdated in the society we live in today (Bhavnagar & Dube, 2005). When one follows his/her duties, then one can be said to have Deontological morals, but if one fails to do so, then they do not have it. A person with morals asks the reason behind what they want to do and if it is justifiably correct. By simply following what is morally upright is not enough and one has to weigh if the action they take is right. There are rules that one may break though the rules are moral, but the person might not be seen as im
Statistical measurements are very important in a wide range of studies. Qualitative and quantitative data is collected, estimated, systematized, and analyzed. This is the basis for prediction, projecting, and forecasting. Time series analysis is vital as it can make a significant impact and help to save lives or paint a clear picture of future trends. It is employed within environmental studies to calculate the rates of the development of global warming, it is used to predict earthquakes in seismology, or measure sunspots in astrophysics. Basically, every study that works with quantitative and qualitative data required time series analysis. This paper is designed to discuss the use of time series analysis in my specialization, criminal justice, in order to measure the rates of recidivism or re-offending. My specialization is criminal justice. It is a complex system developed to maintain order within the society. It protects the average individuals from those who violate the law and harm other people in various ways or damaged properties. Criminal justice has a system of penalties for the law violators. These penalties include monetary fines, rehabilitation labor, and imprisonment or isolation of the dangerous individuals from the rest of the society for a certain period of time. In criminal justice, the offenders have rights and freedoms, they may be protected, and the penalties assigned to them have limitations. In criminal justice, it often happens that the law violators who had been sentenced and undergone various penalties choose to follow the same path after the punishment is over. This tendency is called recidivism or re-offending. In criminal justice, reoffending is one of the basic concepts. The measurements recidivism include such variables as repeated conviction and re-arrest, and the return of an offender to the prison soon after the previous conviction (Recidivism, 2014). Based on all of these variables, it is possible to create and estimate patterns of re-offending for certain types of individuals within particular periods of times and in different locations. Since recidivism patterns are the therapeutic outcome under analysis the estimation should be directed at the patterns of its re-appearance after the intervention. This way, the best time se
Abortion Abortion simply means the removal of the unborn baby at any stage of life where it might have developed into a fetus or embryo. There are many views concerning abortion by different scholars, religions, governments on whether abortion should be allowed to take place freely or not. Abortion in human beings occurs due to the three main reasons: to save the life of the pregnant mother, miscarriages, and to protect one’s status, such as when one gets pregnant out of marriage. In all cases, there is an end of life be it a good reason or not (Kaczor 7). Abortion is said to have some presumed advantages, while at the same time, there are several disadvantages involved inclusive of the risks. The advantages are said to lay more individual gains such as career and protecting one’s status (Gargaro). Having defined abortion as simply the pregnancy termination by whichever reason, the big question lies on what could happen if all mothers decide to terminate their pregnancies. What also could happen to the population because it means there would be no future generations to live, while, at the same time, no one could be alive if all mothers terminated pregnancies for valid or invalid arguments? Life of all human beings begins at conception as without it no one could be alive and therefore terminating pregnancy at any stage, be it after one hour of conception is simply referred to as murder (Röskamp 9). Abortion, for whichever reason, should, however, never be accepted. Illogicality of abortion To start with, it is considered to be illogical when one life is said to be saved through abortion, whereas another life is taken away in the process. Everybody has the right to life, and therefore inability to make decisions of the fetus should not at all cost deny it its rights (Gordon). There are technological developments that have made it possible to detect any complications that the unborn might have. Upon detection of serious health problems that the fetus is likely to suffer for a lifetime, then abortion at this point is considered. It is, however, unfair to abort the unborn if it is presumed to be physically challenged. The disabled too have the right to live while at the same time they carry important responsibilities in society today. Disability should never be considered as an inability as many qualified professionals are disabled. Psychological problems on abortion Pregnancy termination is said to be accompanied by several risks. Psychological problems have been reported to women who get depression as a result of guilt. Out of the guilt many have ended up taking away their lives at the end, whereas many have complained about going through hallucinations as they hear voices of the child they might have terminated the life (Robotham). Proceeded miscarriages have been reported after the practice of the first abortion and the worst of it all is when the woman loses her life in the process. Compassionate counseling is also not provided as they are consider
After the World War II, there was massive struggle for independence with most of the countries becoming independent nations because of decolonisation. The use of violence was inevitable in the quest for freedom. ‘The Battle of Algiers’ is one of the most influential political films in History that was directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. It portrays the Algerians’ struggle for their French Colonisers (Pontecorvo, 1966). Several thinkers use the film to understand the meaning of violence. In the view of Violence, Frantz Fanon considers the use of violence to be inevitable and an essential part of revolutions and uprisings. Frantz argues that violence is indispensable in decolonisation of both societies and minds. Therefore, violence qualifies as a way to unite people, bring cleansing and increase productivity. On the other hand, Aredent considers the use of unnecessary violence by the modern governments to be unlawful. He argues that power and violence are not similar, as the political theories tend to link them. The use of violence by the states results from lack of power because true power derives consent, will, and common purpose. The less powerful states use violence because of lack of power. Thus, violence is the only option available to them. The purpose of this essay it to compare and contrast Fanon’s and Arendt’s different views on violence – the violence used by governments and the violence used by people seeking social change, freedom, and justice. The film ‘The Battle of Algiers’ gives a story of terrorist group (FLN) in Algeria, which tries to get independence from its French colonisers. The film looks into the issues of violence and the kind of violence used by people to gain their independence. The issues of good versus bad story in the film leave the bad fading away from the viewers as they continue to watch the film. The film is quite relevant in the modern society, as it helps to give understanding of beating terrorism. Many armies such as the American army use the film to understand how to beat violence. Different thinkers explain the issues of violence as related to independent violence and violence used to gain independence. There is in comparison with Frantz Fanon and Hannah Aredent’s theories on violence. The Fanon’s theory on decolonisation describes decolonisation as being violent phenomenon at all times. He describes decolonisation as a process that replaces certain ‘species of men with others. The process of decolonisation is complex and needs a total change in not only the political set up but also the minds of the citizens for absolute decolonisation. His statement “Decolonization never takes place unnoticed, for it influences individuals and modifies them fundamentally. It transforms spectators crushed with their inessentiality into privileged actors, with the grandiose glare of history’s floodlights upon them”. The use of armed struggle or rather violence in thus inevitable. Fanon is wrong in his view of decolonisation as a process that replaces certain species of humankind with another because the decolonised elites colonise the other citizens. Therefore, the effects of colonisati
Due to the increased vulnerability to external factors, aging adults need constant support and regular health services from nurses and health experts. Therefore, it is essential for a nurse tending to the needs of the specified patients to build a gerontological competency that will guide them through the tasks of addressing aging patients’ concerns (Hash, Jurkowski, & Krout, 2015). Oral health is typically glanced over in aging patients as an issue of ostensibly lesser importance (“Aging in rural places – Part 9, oral health and rural elders,” n.d.). However, the problem needs to be studied and managed on a larger level due to the impact that its development produces on the quality of aging patients’ lives. To encompass the multifaceted nature of aging people’s health concerns, healthcare experts working in rural settings build competencies such as leadership and a clear understanding of the rural environment. By introducing active collaboration between aging patients and local healthcare practitioners, one will be able to reduce the range of health issues linked to age-specific problems such as oral hygiene and other health problems that aging people tend to have. The isolated nature of rural communities demands the introduction of a program that could introduce the target demographic to crucial guidelines for health management and educate them about self-care (“Community health workers toolkit,” n.d.). As a gerontologist, one will have to provide constant support and useful guidance to the target demographic to assist them in learning basic self-care management strategies, including oral hygiene (“Rural oral health toolkit,” n.d.). The development of the required competency will include acquiring leadership qualities that will help to motivate aging patients to gain new knowledge about preventing health crises (“Rural healthcare workforce,” n.d.). Furthermore, as a gerontologist, one will have to consider building communication strategies for addressing workplace conflicts, patient education, and patients’ personal data transfer. The suggested competencies will help a gerontologist to create the basis for tending to the culture-specific needs of aging patients in the future.
Violence has always reined within the history of humankind with daily media feeds of senseless aggression constantly depicted through wars, terrorism, robberies and domestic infighting. Most of these aggressive acts have been linked to youthful gang groups and drugs as progressively more youths follow the delinquent path as family units continue to disintegrate. Solitude, peer pressure, need to belong, esteem, and the excitement of the odds of arrest entice adolescents to join these youth gangs (Robertson, 2008). Gang violence is however more evident amongst deprived communities as membership is manifestly linked to race and social economic backgrounds. Gang Membership and Inner City Linkage Consequently Latinos, black youths, Russian mafia, Italian, and Irish gangs amid others emerge from the inner city low income communities. Nonetheless, gang membership amongst youth is directly linked to incidences of domestic violence which tend to alienate adolescent kids thus their inclination to enjoin the street families to escape the aggression at home. A 2006 study by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice on school violence depicted the extent and prevalence of aggressive acts in schools although the National Youth Violence Prevention Center (NYVPC) has conversely reported declines (CRF, 2011). Within schools, 5.9 percent schoolchildren are likely to arm themselves with knives or firearms as 12.4 percent reported being attacked physically while 5.5 admitted absconding from school to escape attacks (Dinkes et al. 2007). Gang and Crime Preventative Programs Access to weapons by children has been linked to youth violence as has cyber abuse, violent video games, media violence, with race and ethnicity plus economic background also cited as factors in fostering aggressive attitudes amongst youths. The underlying factors that motivate adolescents to deviate into juvenile delinquency have however been taken up by many organizations to educate an
Introduction Accounting information is vital to internal and external users of financial accounts; accountants are expected to present accounting facts in logical and genuine manner to facilitate their relevance in decision making. Such information is required by managers, shareholders, government, potential investors, investors, capital lenders among others. Hospitals are no exemption to the need of quality accounting data and information; the accounting department in medical facilities is a support department thus when it offers quality information it facilitates provision of quality and affordable medical services (Cleverly & Cameron, 2007). This paper discusses financial reporting practices and ethical standards in health care finance. Financial reporting practices The accounting field is regulated by international and national accounting and auditing bodies that require organisation to make their books in a particular manner that can allow comparison and flow of information. The finance department of a medical facility needs to be equipped with qualified accountants to keep books of records and produce financial statements as required by regulators. The main required accounting statements are Consolidated Balance sheet, consolidated Cash flow statement, and Consolidated Income statements, Consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and changes in assets ownership. For decision-making, accounting information required in a hospital set up is revenue and costs information, incurred when providing services; there should be effective internal control to ensure that there is transparency in use of finances. The main source of revenue for a hospital is fees charged to patients when they receive various services from the hospital; the information of revenue is with the accountants thus they should offer the information for decision-making. There are other sources of revenue which include grants and government funding, they should be considered when making decisions. Disclosures made to external and internal accounting information users should be vetted to ensure there is transparency and the right, adequate and acceptable information flows to the right people. Accountants should thus be guided by acceptable code of conduct as far as reporting is concerned (Duska & Duska, 2003). Ethical requirements in financial reporting International accounting standards have ethical expectations that they have for accountants; accountants should uphold integrity in all their processes; medical facilities finance department has the role of complying with the set accounting ethics. They should ensure that they perform
The core abilities and indicators at Lakeshore Technical College, as provided at the official website www.gotoltc.com, are a demonstration of critical thinking, responsible work ethics, effective communication, effective use of mathematics, cooperative work, applied learning, respect for diversity, and technology integration. Every student has to aim at developing the above core abilities and skills. Demonstration of critical thinking refers to the determination of issues that merit action, usage of problem-solving processes, consideration of alternatives and consequences while making decisions, and refining action plans based on evaluation of feedback. Critical thinking skills are vital for learners in the college setting as well as can be applied in everyday life and the workplace. For example, the knowledge of problem-solving processes will assist students in solving problems related to the education process. The action plans based on the evaluation of feedback assist leaders with refining their decisions. The determination of issues that merit action contributes to effective decision-making in all types of situations. The responsible work ethics shapes the behavior of the learner and contributes to personal growth and emotional maturity. In particular, the learner is responsible for displaying behavior consistent with ethical standards within a discipline or profession. Moreover, learners must follow policies and procedures and attend classes as mandated by the instructor. Among the other ethical responsibilities are the duties to complete an assignment on time and exhibit academic honesty. Finally, according to the work ethics, the learner accepts responsibility for their actions. The responsible work ethic is not obligatory because every student has a choice – there are students who cheat and are dishonest, as well as there are students who follow all procedures, policies, and ethical standards. However, despite the choice, all students must accept responsibility for their actions. Effective communication ability refers to the learner’s comprehension of written material as well as clear, concise, and accurate writing. The learner has to speak in an understandable way and demonstrate active listening skills. While critical thinking and work ethics depended upon the learner’s choice, effective communication is a matter of education. It means that not all students are active listeners, and not all students are able to write clearly and concisely. In addition, not all students can express their ideas understandably and logically. However, the core ability of effective communication sets the principles that should be followed – the student should strive to develop effective communication skills. The learners must use mathematics effectively, solve real-world problems using mathematics, measure accurately, and analyze graphical information. The effective use of mathematics is not achievable by all learners because there are students who experience hardships with applying m