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Human comprehension of the surrounding world if to speak about nature is varied and depends on personal upbringing and views and believes one has. It should be stated that speaking of the nature as one of the main component of human life it is to be referred to as an essential part of nature. From the very birth p to death people are connected to nature. There are different visions on human death. Some people believe that a person never dies, he/she just changes its form and becomes a part of nature. These people are sure that human beings are immortal and they again become the part of nature, the issue they have come from. William Wordsworth tried to present a different vision, he wanted to have a look at human being from the point of view of its belonging to nature from birth up to the end of his life without touching the issue of death. From the first sight it seems that William Wordsworth tries to show the dependence between human mood and nature, making a parallel between human mood (grief) and natural phenomena. However, a close reading of the ode helps conclude that the author wants to show that from the very infancy and through childhood people are connected to nature, they are able to see its beauty, but becoming older this connection is lost, adults are unable to see nature as it is, they fail to recognize the value of nature and only some of people are able to remember that connection and return to childhood having conserved that feeling of virginity and immortality. The central idea the author want to deliver to the reader is the connection between people and nature and his struggle to understand humanity’s failure to recognize the value of the nature. What is the beauty of nature? Why this connection is important? What exactly William Wordsworth does in order to make him different from others? The first lines of the poem show author’s dreamlike vision of nature, he says that nature for him “apparelled in celestial light” (Wordsworth 3). Moreover, remembering how nature was observed by the author when he was a child, he says that “the things I have seen I can see no more” (Wordsworth 3). The author understands that being a child, he saw more in nature. Even though he agrees that he still is able to see most of the nature, it is different, The Rainbow come and goes, And lovely is the Rose, The Moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare, Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where’er I go (Wordsworth 3). These lines show that growing older people are unable to see the magic of the surrounding nature, they perceive it as something obvious and simple. A person still sees these objects, but they are not considered as something special. Being children, people can get the meaning of nature, can understand that unique beauty of a rainbow, the moon and the sun, the sunsets and sunrises. However, sleepi
Introduction Employee development according to Burbach and Royle (145) falls under one of three broad categories. For that matter, the first category defines employee development to be the combination of standards and procedures of human resource management that include recruitment, selection and their development career wise. On the other hand, the second category according to the definition postulated by the same Burbach and Royle (175) view employee development to be the creation of a huge talent pool which ensures that there is both quantitative and qualitative flow of employees in the organization. Moreover, the third category for the meaning of employee development relates to an unqualified resource that needs to be administered basically to performance levels. Nonetheless, it is acknowledged by Burbach and Royle (226) that talent management needs to be based on identification, selection and thereafter nurturing these key performers, sourcing, development and allocation of replacements of the key personnel. In addition, allocation of required resources to key talents based on their potential value to the organization also forms part of employee development. Therefore, the paper covers component of employee development program at Four Seasons by covering recruitment, selection, orientation, training and ways of lowering voluntary turnover rate in the organization. Components of employee development program at Four Seasons Recruitment In respect to recruitment exercise in any organization, the initial step should start with attracting human resource to the organization. There are several approaches that an organization can apply to attract people to its workforce. These approaches relate to internal factors to the organization that affect attraction of talents to its human resource base (May 28). Moreover, the organization’s size and its standing in the business environment is one of the ways that an organisation can use to attract talents. Any organization is always rated in the society in relation to its job security, upward mobility for its workforce, its culture and employees’ work life. These serve as major determinants in attracting talent in the organization. Therefore, an organization that is characterized with upward mobility of its workforce will always attract talents while that one that is characterized with poor mobility will find it hard to attract talents to its workforce. In addition, management style used in the organization also serves as another fac
Introduction The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is a shallow estuary that allows the salty water from the Atlantic to mix with freshwater from other sources, including canals, tributaries, and nearby lands. The estuary extends for more than 156 miles along the east coast of Florida, within the province’s mainland and other barrier islands. Bradshaw (2016) asserts that the existence of IRL has fundamental impacts on the economy of the Treasure Coast. Similarly, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC) and Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) (2016) report that the impact of IRL goes beyond recreational uses, including boating, fishing, and windsurfing. It also acts as a living resource, tourist attraction site, apart from serving marine industries and management, defense, and aerospace. According to Bradshaw (2016), Florida has seen the largest economic impact on aerospace and defense, earning $5.1 billion. The IRL influences industries that provide close to 72,000 jobs. The employment opportunities earn more than $1.2 billion in wages, as well as $2.6 billion for the IRL-related firms (ECFRPC & TCRPC, 2016). Therefore, understanding how the pollution of IRL hurts the local economy is monumental in planning for sustainable economies. Main body As mentioned, the IRL suffices five key economic engines, including marine industries, recreational activities, tourism, defense, aerospace, a
The United States society has recently taken a significant step toward equality for its non-heterosexual citizens in a landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized the same-sex marriage. Nevertheless, while there have been some improvements as far as the civil rights of homosexual individuals are concerned, the LGBTQ population at large remains on the country’s political and social periphery. The present paper examines two prominent works on the topic that look at it from the social science perspective. The first work is Shane Phelan’s book Sexual Strangers in which the author examines whether the United States is, in fact, a heterosexual regime that excludes gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender individuals from citizenship (Phelan 1). The central claim of her book is that the abovementioned groups are perceived as strangers in the U.S. society – ‘strangers’ being a point on the friends-enemies spectrum: seemingly similar yet strikingly different (Phelan 29). Phelan deconstructs the notion of citizenship to include not only civil rights and privileges but also political participation and inclusion (13). Thus, even though there are virtually no laws institutionalizing discrimination based on sexual orientation, such individuals are nevertheless stigmatized, marginalized, and barred from being active members of the society (Phelan 19). In my opinion, Phelan makes one of the most compelling arguments in support of the advancement of civil rights of the sexual minority groups. While she is certainly preoccupied with the problem, she employs a calm and matter-of-fact tone and further strengthens her point by looking at it from a social science perspective. By shifting the paradigm from discrimination to the issue of citizenship, she translates the problem into actionable terms and places it into an appropriate context at the policy-making and social levels. Moreover, she engages and considers the point of view of her opponents: thus, for instance, when Phelan discusses the issue of marriage, she not only cites the argument of marriage being a private affair but also looks at it as a public institution (22). The second work, Cities, Queer Space, and the Cosmopolitan Tourist by Dereka Rushbrook, examines the interception of urbanism, tourism, cosmopolitanism, and queerness by exploring how the latter affects the first three concepts. According to the author, queer spaces, because of their otherness, have been widely popularized and commercialized as exotic urban niches (Rushbrook 185). The appearance of “cool places” such as gay bars and clubs gives a city a certain “sophisticated allure,” and the presence of gay villages in such cities as Portland and Austin is believed to represent their diversity and progress (Rushbrook 184). Queerness has been turned into cultural capital, and “queers became commodities, when straight spectators began to attend pride ev
Introduction Innovation is a critical aspect of an organization since it plays a fundamental role in determining success (Gao & Li 2008). In essence, an organisation must keep on developing new strategies and ideas in order to maintain its customers (Malerba & Brusoni 2007). Consequesntly, the knowledge becomes a significant requirement that helps to maintain the attributes of innovativeness (Makani 2012). In addition, the two factors become inseparable in the sense that discovery depends on knowledge in a great way (Lewis & Andriopoulos 2009). This discussion will focus on the process of creating knowledge, how individual learning supports innovations, how theories and concepts of innovation are used to develop a knowledge-based economy, and applying some of those theories to a real-life problem using empirical evidence. Process of Creating and Transferring Knowledge in an Organisation In essence, organisations conduct their undertakings through well-defined courses of actions (Alryalat & Hawari 2008). Creation and transfer of knowledge are conducted in an organized manner (Punaram, Singh & Zollo 2005). From a basic perspective, knowledge creation involves developing knowledge using the present organisational conditions and experiences (Andreeva & Kianto 2012). The knowledge obtained is then combined with the original one to build updated knowledge (Anthony 2008). This takes place in various steps that include capturing the existing skills, initiating preliminary performance, realising the outcomes, obtaining experience, capturing the new skills, and using them in the subsequent tasks (Barachini 2009). Capturing Initial Knowledge In essence, people have diverse skills that vary according to their areas of specialisation and roles (Raisch, Birkinshaw, Probst & Tushman 2009). This implies that despite the aspirations of creating knowledge the people in that organisation has initial knowledge that is used as the basis of developing additional skills (Brem 2012). Respectively, an organisation must capture that knowledge in order to use it as the platform for developing new insights (Mcgee & Kanter 2011). Essentially, IBM has implemented this step in a notable and effective way. In one of their business reports, it was noted that during transformation of IBM to a social business, the stakeholders took a self-reflection of the company (Baker 2011). This enabled the management to identify how social networks were used by various people to initiate teamwork (Baker 2012). They also conducted a thorough evaluation to determine the effectiveness of using social media to increase the value of the company’s brand. This implies that the organisation became aware of the knowledge it possessed in order to use it as a platform for developing more skills than the initial ones (Mingers 2008). Team Job Performance After identifying the skills possessed by various customers of the organisation, the company chose immediate activities that can facilitate the utilisation of the initial knowledge (Tagg 2009). IBM realised that its customers were versed with use of techn
Every school has a plan to ensure that their students will meet their academic needs. Crosby High School also follows a detailed plan on achieving this goal, but it appears that the attention paid to students’ college enrollment is insufficient. Although the school offers certain courses aimed at preparing students for a college academically, the latter are rather unprepared psychologically. This report briefly describes the program, Fly High, that can help Crosby High School students to pursue an academic path. Needs Assessment Crosby High School has a diverse student population consisting of 48% white and 52% minority students, and almost 40% of the students are economically disadvantaged (“Crosby High School,” 2018). Therefore, it is possible to note that a considerable part of the school cohort is likely to face certain socio-economic challenges associated with gaining higher education. Notably, the academic performance of students is very close to the district and state average, but the college readiness index is quite low (12.5) (“Crosby High School,” 2018). These students do not receive all the necessary information and support from educators, parents, and the community. Project Description The suggested project implies the focus on such major aspects as dual credit courses, discussions with students and their parents, lectures at local colleges, and apprenticeships or excursions at local companies. Fly High is based on such Epstein’s principles as parenting, communicating, and collaborating with the community. Discussions with parents and students will be associated with the domains of parenting and communicating. Students and their close ones will receive data as to available programs, scholarships, and projects, as well as enrollment information, that can help young people to make the right decision. Yull, Blitz, Thompson, and Murray (2014) emphasize that minority students are often reluctant to apply to colleges or even dual credit courses as they (and their families, in the first place) think they cannot afford higher education. Communication will take a form of discussions, mailing lists, and the communication via social media networks. Participation in dual credit programs has proved to lead to high student performance and high college enrollment rates (Jones, 2014; Lukes, 2014). The principle of collaborating with communities will be manifested in students’ trips to local companies (and their participation in apprenticeships) and colleges (in order to attend lectures). Students will benefit from High Fly academically as they will try to gain the necessary skills and knowledge to enter a college. They will also receive more opportunities to become college students. Planning Process A school representative will be responsible for the implementation of the project, its planning and involvement of other stakeholders. This person will receive access to all the relevant data and resources. The head will address school te
Perry (2007) writes the article Natural disaster management planning: A study of logistics manager responding to the tsunami with the aim of analysing the tsunami disaster that occurred in 2004, as well as providing comprehensive overview of the things that ought to have occurred. As such, the article carries out a hindsight-analysis case regarding the placement of a natural disaster response activity with respect to disaster planning and management. The frequency of earthquakes, mudslides, floods, hurricanes and tsunamis is collectively increasing. According to recent trends, more than 2 billion people have suffered injuries while others died from natural disasters. Numerous cases of loss of life due to natural disasters are attributable to social marginalization, rapid urbanization, as well as environmental degradation. On the other hand, communities that are poor suffer more from natural disasters. This is based on the fact that such groups of people live in vulnerable areas because of their economic, cultural, political and social factors. As evident in the case of the 2004 tsunami, the worst hit group was the poor. Following the occurrence of the tsunami in 2004, most infrastructures were destroyed making it difficult for the concerned organizations and governments to carry out relief activity. In addition, such activity experienced logistical and organizational challenges specifically during the post-tsunami days. There are a number of disaster response requirements that are necessary for efficient disaster planning and management, which include preparedness activity in areas that are vulnerable, involving people from the local area, ensuring that there is effective coordination in the assessment of needs with the emphasis on the inclusiveness of the locals and cultural sensitivity. In addition, the participating parties ought to be collaborative in terms of sharing information, as well as engaging logisticians early. A review of the traditional idea of disaster preparedness indicates that there is still a lot that needs to be done to make such preparedness for natural disaster effective. Empirical evidence indicated that there were several shortfalls in the 2004 tsunami response. For this reason, an efficient disaster planning model should take into consideration a rigorous, well-informed, as well as a forward-thinking approach that is socially responsible. Disaster management planning is complex in nature and focuses entirely on the welfare of the community in the long run. The implication is that disaster management planning is not a sole responsibility of the outsiders. Based on the discussion above, it is evident that there is a need for a broader approach to the aspect of disaster preparedness and management. As such, in preparation for any possible tsunami in the future, it is important to have a preparedness activity that focuses on addressing issues broadly as opposed to the provision of immediate response whenever a disaster occurs. Th
Introduction In developing countries, the alarming levels of urban poverty call for prompt action. Continuous development of urban areas and growth of urban population in these countries has led to a myriad of problems that has made urban poverty a cyclic phenomenon. Today, urban population is facing poverty-related problems like lack of sanitation and clean water, poor drainage, inadequate management of waste, etc (Stephen, 2008, p. 1). Living in this kind of an environment which is also characterized with high unemployment rates and overpopulation, the poor are forced to engage in activities that sink them deeper in poverty and guarantee the poverty of their children. This problem is magnified by the fact that government agencies have been unable to develop a sustainable solution through planning. This paper is a report addressing the problem of urban poverty and suggesting possible solutions to the problem for presentation to an aid agency (“Analyzing urban poverty”, 2006, pp. 1 – 12). Drawbacks to urban poverty alleviation The main reason for escalation of the problem of poverty is urban areas is because the intricate problems of urban poverty are considered too small to attract big policies. However, their cumulative effect on urban life is tremendous. First of all, poverty in urban areas implies poor quality of urban neighbourhoods. This is due to the fact that most of these areas have council housing that fails to meet minimal decency standards (Stephen, 2008, p. 1). Other urban areas are characterized with a high number of squatter settlements that have equally poor living conditions. These settlements are also characterized with dense population, land scarcity and topological limitations that make it difficult for them to gain access to urban services like electricity, water and sometimes transport infrastructure. They, therefore act as a catalyst for aggressive and disruptive behaviour. Residents of these areas, therefore, engage in graffiti, rubbish dumping, vandalism and minor crime. These are made hard to detect by the environment these people live in. On the contrary, well-kept environments are self regulatory with reference to unacceptable societal behaviour. Thus, these environments draw people to leisure spaces that create common purpose and security. As stated earlier, poverty in urban areas prompt for actions by the poor that make the poverty cyclical. For instance, in most urban areas, the poor are forced to use alternative energy like charcoal that lead to environmental degradation. This leads to weather and climate problems that affect economies and thus plunges the poor into more poverty. They are also forced to indulge their children in child labour and therefore, the children miss education. This makes their children lead the poor lives their parents led (Perlman, Hopkins & Jonsson, 1998, pp. 1 – 13). Solutions for urban poverty Good development programs The efforts of government agencies in combating urban poverty have