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Introduction The Gospel of Luke represents the synoptical Gospel which has a lot in common with the Gospels of Mark and Matthew. It tells us about the life of Jesus Christ, his teachings and precepts. The Acts of Luke describes the Apostle Luke’s own and the other apostles’ selfless life after the resurrection of Christ. The Christian Teachings “In traditional Judaism and Christianity, the Bible has been more than a historical document to be preserved or a classic of literature to be cherished and admired; it is recognized as the unique record of God’s dealings with people over the ages” (Coogan 16). The scholars define two major approaches to the studying of the religious texts: the Fundamentalism and the Wesleyan tradition (Truesdale 10). Formally, the Gospel and Acts of Luke are considered to be anonymous. The modern scholars consider that the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts have the same author. The language, theology, and the way of thinking expressed in the Gospel and the Acts are very similar. These facts indicate to the common author of both books. The value of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts boils down to the fact that the Gospel should not be understood in the context of itself. The Acts, in essence, represent the sequel of the Gospel. Acts of Luke The theology of Luke can be summarized into the following main aspects: he gives a broader historic overview of the Jesus Christ life; he emphasizes the importance of the prayer; he stresses the necessity to forgive; and, he pays special attention to the attitude to the money and material benefits saying that the self-satisfied rich valuing the wealth above the Christ will not enter the Kingdom of God as well as that not all the poor are godly. The modern society and the way of life should motivate people to seek advice in the religious texts (De La Torre 10). The moral underlying the Acts of Luke is relevant in modern society. From my experience, I should say that the consumer society in which we live hardly contributes to the realization of the highest moral and ethical values which Christianity teach. Rather, it motivates people to value the material benefits the most making them to consume more and more. I think people forget about the spiritual side of life. Besides, the necessity to forgive is something which everyone should learn nowadays. Taking into account the stressful environment in which we live and work, it becomes clear that the moral and ethics play a crucial role in the prevention and solving of conflicts. In this respect, forgiving means understanding that everyone can make a fault and no one is perfect. That is why forgiving helps us to communicate with others effectively and, ultimately, to be happy. In my opinion, people star
Introduction Establishing a medical care facility can double up as a business venture or an entity for the general well being of the society. Demand for quality medical care is on the rise as population takes an increasing trend; to be a successful business man in this sector, one requires being a professional in the sector. In this paper we will consider how a budget of $100million can be utilized by a group of 20 medical practitioners as they establish a health care facility in a locality with a population of 500,000 people; it will be located 30miles down town, it will consider financial, legal, and alternative health care models reinforced by your knowledge of strategic planning and capital budgeting. Project Management/ Starting Up a New Business Before one decides to take a profit making venture in a certain area, he/she should interpolate probability of success in the business. This comes before looking for funds for the project and continues further. After one has realized that it is possible that the said business can be a success, the next step is to project manage the start up. Business venture The first thing before one sets out to start a business is the survey of the location that one wants to make an establishment. This is because; the success of the business is dependent on how well he is going to capture customers to buy from him. Different places require different set ups for their success. In our case, it is a medical facility that is located 30miles from the main town; when it comes with the case of a hospital; the most important thing is the quality that patients are likely to get. The distance is crucial yes, but patients are willing to travel for longer distances if they will get quality medical attendance; with this the venture is not threatened by distance (Shane, 2003). Project Management Before undertaking a project, but after realizing that the business venture is likely to be a success, the next step is project management. This is
Introduction Strategic business planning is very necessary for the development and growth within any business industry. It plays a very important role in the management and executions of duties that enable participants achieve their goals. Each business industry including book industry has plans of attaining stable financial growth. This can only be realized on the fact that efficient business strategies are implemented for the benefit of all participants within the industry. The strategies strive to give leadership in terms of governance and management of resources. A clear vision and mission statement need to be developed in order to show the industry’s integrity in achieving major economic growth status within a particular period of time (Trachtenberg 1-6). The authors’ issue and conclusion in the attached article The author’s concern is on the differences in demand between e-books and hard covered books. The author is also concerned about digital revolution that has adversely affected the economic model of the book industry. Citing examples of authors who have lost subsequent amount of money on their publications, because of the tendency of selling e-books at much lower prices compared to hard-covered books. This practice has led to lower percentage returns on the side of writers. The author argues that there was need by publishers and digital operators to consider authors irrespective of their status. Writers should be considered based on their effectiveness and the level of services they offer within various sectors of economy. The author finds issue on the need to restructure various issues within the book industry including the manner by which publishers handle upcoming writers. This ensures increase in the level of viable services required for the expansion of the book industry. The author takes issue with the frustrations involved in being full time author; his advice is that taking part time job is very necessary for the purposes of supplementing on individual writer’s income (Trachtenberg 1-6). The author concludes that there are general low sales on the hard-cover books. He also asserts that currently, there are low numbers of readers not enough to fully support the upcoming writers; this is attributable to the rising of various entertainment choices. The economic downturn is also a contributor to the slide on the sales of hard cover books and this call for discipline and doing the right thing within the market environment. Trachtenberg, who is the author, discovers that the book industry has suffered a lot due to unfairness in dealing with consumer pricing. Expansion and progress within the book industry shoul
Why Network Design is a key decision in business and technology Network design is a process that entails the planning and deployment of a computer network. Network design is an important decision, both in business and technology. It is imperative for those that participate in network design to properly understand the people they work with. First, it is critical to take note of individuals that are capable and responsible enough to make decisions. Second, it is vital to know those informed and powerful enough to respond to questions. Moreover, it’s important to know the individuals that participate in the design phase (Jackman et al, 2011). In the course of the project, network designers will have to interact with several people, such as information officers, maintenance technicians and network engineers. Addressing these questions will enable one to sort out the specific roles and responsibilities of a certain organization which can help streamline the entire process and avoid costly mistakes (Jackman et al, 2011). Network design is also an important technological decision. Through it, managers can link and coordinate with individuals from numerous organizations to perform different duties from diverse locations. Electronic means help to facilitate contacts and professional relationships within a network. Through computerized technologies, managers get to coordinate with distributors, suppliers, manufacturers and designers, in an almost instant and timely manner. Therefore, managers will work from a close proximity with both their suppliers and customers, just like they do with their own staff members (Anon, 2009, p. 448). The Network Design of Pearse Street Consulting Inc The Pearse Street Consulting Company has become an appealing place for most organizations that are in need of the social media. They develop unique social networking software that can be easily combined with the custom design, and other features to come up with social networking sites that meet the needs of users. The company is probably the only one in the U.S., specializing in social network development, and does not outsource projects assigned to it. This ensures that any organization that approaches it gets user friendly attention and reliable services. It has a great team
Introduction Policies and procedures are imperative because they govern the functioning of an organization or a facility. Therefore, all staff should access them. Additionally, the health care professionals should receive training about their responsibilities and duties concerning the policies and procedures implementation. Below are sample policies and procedures for the chemical dependency clinic. Patients Admission Every new patient must be registered in the admission register. Patients on follow-up must be registered in the follow-up register. Every patient who has been referred must have his or her information documented in the referral register. The medical records The patients, as well as the staff, must be aware of the confidentiality of clinical records and the information in them. The staff must not share the information with any other person who is not involved in the management of the patient. The information about the patient must be private as well as confidential. Every patient must have his or her own record. The information in the record must include the name, registration number, age, sex, height, history, vital signs as well as diagnosis. The records must be filed according to the legal requirements of records keeping of a specific country. Additionally, the records must be stored for seven years after the last year of active use of the records. The person keeping the records must periodically review them for quality control. The healthcare worker who has ever provided care to the patient must be given permission to access the patient’s record for defense in any allegations against him. The description of the services This policy necessitates that the health care professionals must develop a preliminary service plan that describes the kind of services that the patients will receive.   * The focus of the chemical dependency clinic   * The health of the clients The dependency clinic must provide comprehensive and holistic services that concentrate on the physical, psychological, social and emotional health of the patient.   * The safety of the clients The service plan must focus on the health as well as the safety of the client. It must include the client’s initial treatment, the subsequent treatment and a discharge plan. Therefore, the development of the service plan provides assurance that clients will receive standard treatment services (Bianco & Amanda, 1996). The comprehensive assessment of the patients The assessment must entail analysis and evaluation of disorders resulting from substance use (Minnesota Health Care Administration, 1995).  1. History taking  2. the type of substance that the client abuse  3. the quantity of a substance that the client abuse  4. the reasons behind the drug abuse  5. The patient history should also include medical, social, surgical operations as well as the family history of mental disorders. Observation This must include the inspection of the general outlook of the patient, the facial expression, the walking gait, the body structure and the dressing. Physical examination The health care professiona
Introduction In 2017, Amazon declared that it joins Whole Foods, the company owning a network of supermarkets of healthy food products. The total value of the deal was estimated at $13.7 billion, and Amazon was to pay off its debts. 1 Currently, there are antitrust debates in the US between those who express their concerns regarding monopolization initiated by Amazon and those who emphasize the value of the mentioned agreement in terms of diversification and customer satisfaction. The author of the article “Market Concentration Can Benefit Consumers, but Needs Scrutiny” argues that such decision of Amazon may damage the interests of customers, while it seems that they will only benefit due to the increased convenience and larger assortment of high-quality products. Main Body One of the benefits presented by the acquisition of Whole Foods is the implementation of innovations to meet customers’ needs and anticipate their expectations. Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive officer of Amazon, would most likely, target optimization of Whole Foods by introducing modern technologies and reducing transportation costs through Amazon Freight. It should be stressed that Whole Foods is the largest supermarket chain in the United States, specializing in the provision of organic foods. Its sales in 2016 reached $16 billion, while the company manages more than 460 stores in Canada, the US, and the UK. 2 Millions of people prefer Whole Foods since it offers the best natural products of organic origin. Thus, Jeff Bezos considerably improves his position in the market of sales and delivery of food and groceries as he understands the potential of more than $800 billion of the market, the share of online trade which is about two percent. 3 The mentioned Internet retailer has been experimenting for several years in this segment. In 2007, the company launched an online supermarket of AmazonFresh grocery products. It is to be expected that Amazon would strive to offer the best price conditions to consumers, both on the Internet and offline that would be rather beneficial for customers. The latter often complained about the high prices of this network. Due to its huge purchasing power and a well-developed delivery system, Amazon would be able to use its supply chain and delivery, which would reduce costs, and, therefore, prices, thus regulating demand and supply. At the same time, Amazon would try to preserve the reputation of Whole Foods as a network of fresh organic products, improving production and cost. It is also expect
Human rights represent certain set norms that are set to safeguard all human beings across the globe against incidents of any type of abuse be it political related, infringement of the law, and those of social ascent. Following the recognition of the ultimate importance of human right, the General Assembly of the United Nations came up with a document that seek to officially denote the recognition of human rights as a universal affair. The UDHR resolution meant that it was to be used even in national courts to ensure issues that were human rights related were keenly followed. Following the declaration, criticism has continually rocked the applicability of the resolutions universally across all the nations. Opposers to the declaration cite several issues that they believe hinder its applicability as a universal law as this paper will discuss below. There has been a lot of argument based on philosophical knowledge that it is almost next to impossible to find a universally acceptable stand. Kennedy states in his article that their argument is based on the understanding that human rights and the values upheld by a people are as a result of cultural inclinations and hence with the numerous different cultures that exist in the world today, finding a commonly acceptable ground is unattainable. Individuals for this view assert that there exist no particular universally agreed upon culture which only sounds right to therefore declare that consequently there can’t be any human rights that can be accepted across the globe. Examples in disparities in the cultures are best presented by the fact that the African cultures have a system where the group takes the first priority as opposed to the individual’s rights being prioritized. Some rights outlined in the 1948 Declaration are said to be irrelevant in some societies like the third world nations. Examples of these are women’s rights, right to paid leaves among others. In some societies for instance, women have very limited rights and this has always been the tradition (105). Another point of criticism to the declaration of human rights as universal is an argument on the diversity of the religions. The world today consists of a variety of religions spread across the globe and each of which brings with it clearly spelt out guidelines concerning the judgment on the followers based on the spelt out doctrines of the specific religion. For this reason, several religious allied groups have declared their denial fro the universal human rights. The Islamic nations for example have taken issues with the declaration saying it is not representative of the Muslims. For example, Iranians through their UN representative denounced the universal human rights issue branding it Judeo-Christian driven and therefore practicing it in full would mean violating the Islamic law at some point. They instead advocate for a system where the right are regulated in reference to the Islamic Shari’ah. A third point of criticism for the universal human rights is expressed by those who are of the view that the supporters of the same have hidden motive of vested interest. The claims are that there are
In starting an E-commerce business the most appropriate marketing strategy would be the segmentation marketing strategy that involves choosing a specific target market. This would be suitable since a person can channel most of his resources in an identified group. A segmentation market strategy is also advantageous as the marker can bank on the competitive advantage he processes against a competitor. Through segmentation, a business can realize maximum profit from its services and identification of particular segments a segmentation marketing strategy also gives the marketer a chance to adapt and incorporate different customers’ needs and requirements into the services they offer. This will enable production of quality services at an attractive price since the marketer shall have identified the highest source of income / value to fetch in a particular segment. The issue of cost obviously comes into play when dealing with both marketing and social networking strategies. The cost of the type of marketing strategy chosen is directly proportional to the cost of networking used. The capital available directly dictates the success rate of the strategies chosen. (Restrepo 1) The following need is essential in launching the E-commerce business. They include establishment of a website that will describe all the essential features of your business, what kind of services the business offers, its major objectives and the target group. Prior research and knowledge of you competitors business is also very important. The product must be well illustrated using diagrams for better consumer understanding. Coming up with a detailed and efficient business plan regarding the operations of the business is also very important. Software that will prevent hacking and seeking information through illegal means should be acquired to prevent piracy and web theft. Understanding the language used in e-commerce is very important. These languages and words are referred to as e-commerce glossary (Pablo 3) In establishing a first step mover advantage in a foreign country of a person’s choice, the following steps need to be followed. The first step is segment identification. Knowledge of the segment variable is very important in segment identification. The segment variables comprises of three important features which are personal characteristics, benefits sought and behavioral measures, personal characteristics involves knowledge of the customers distribution in terms of Geography, their personal lifestyle, their population and personal attributes. This will enable a marketer to know the consumers need enabling him to adapt to various marketing styles. Benefits sought by the customer or consumer will be very important in determination of quality and style. This will also enable a newcomer in a business to have added advantage in a foreign country. The third segment variable is behavior measures. All matters relating to attitudes of a consumer, buying patterns, loya
Scenario planning is one of the most effective system tools of strategic management in general and strategic analysis in particular. As it is implied from designation, scenario planning constructs alternative options of the future development of the external environment of the organization, which allows the managers and the heads of the organization to conduct an analysis and make strategic decisions in the conditions of uncertainty. In that regard, the article “Applying Organization Development Tools in Scenario Planning” by Gary N. McLean and Toby Marshall Egan is devoted to the methods of facilitating scenario planning as organizational development’s interventions. This paper critically reviews the aforementioned article in terms of its arguments and contributions for the theoretical framework of organizational development and strategic management. The basic idea of the article is concerned with analyzing the basic concepts of scenario planning as an intersection with organizational development (OD) interventions. The intersection is based on the latest definition of OD and scenario planning, specifically the intuitive approach, and the particular conditions in which scenario planning can be the most beneficial. Accordingly, the intersection can be assessed from the perspective that OD’s definition mainly concerns a process or an activity to achieve particular goals such as enhanced knowledge, expertise, income, productivity and etc, while scenario planning can be seen as one of the processes, which according to OD definition are abstract terms. Additionally, the article follows with specific steps which are implied in the process of scenario planning, although, as stated earlier, they are in the context of OD interventions. In that regard, the authors selected OD tools that are the most relevant to the case of scenario planning. The steps are also processes through which the organization must come up with certain outcomes, which in this case are the scenarios and their responses. Thus, the authors follow with guidelines on how to establish the priorities among the received feedbacks. Assessing the article it should be noted that the authors attempted to put the perspective on how this should be done at the beginning of the article, quoting Schein, who stated that “the biggest impact on the evolution of OD as a field… was the result of the actual experiences that individuals had as consultants to managers in real organizations.” (McLean and Egan, 2008) Thus, the presented aspects should be view as merely guidelines, which they are, because of their abstractness. That is to say, scenario planning is not only intersecting with OD, but also with other aspects of organizational management. For example, system thinking, which is one of the five disciplines presented by Senge in his theory of the learning organization, whi