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My research subject is “Impact of implementation of quality management systems on innovations initiatives at Dubai Customs”. Looking for TED talk videos related to this subject I typed in “quality management impact innovations”. After a thorough search, I have located one video that discusses how the improvement of quality stimulates innovative approach. The video covers the need for quality improvement at Aravind Eye Hospital. The speaker, doctor Venkataswamy, explains how he and his personnel addressed the problem of the low quality of eye services in the community. As a leader, Venkataswamy promotes a patient-centred approach. Working on the quality improvement of their services, the hospital managers focused primarily on the identification of the needs of their patients; the needs that had to be addressed included the lack of access to the services and needless blindness that occurred due to that. Venkataswamy’s innovative approach was inspired by the service delivery technique employed by McDonalds where many people are involved in the process at the same time, and this work orgaisation allows them to handle a large number of clients within a short period of time (AllAboutQualityUK, 2011). The staff also re-formed their operations and reached out to the community arranging a meeting with everyone in need of help so that the underserved population could receive medical care. This video is related to my research subject as it is a demonstration of how the need for quality improvement in an organisation has resulted in innovation in the sphere of work organisation and operations management. Besides, the interactive technology with the organisation’s reach-out program helped the hospital to address multiple problems at the same time – provide care to the underserved communities, reduce the chances of needless blindness, educate the population about their health, attract new patients, improve the image of the organisation, and ensure trust between the hospital and the community. The video shows that a simple reorganisation of operations and service delivery based on the innovative approach is able to increase the efficiency of an organization significantly. Besides, during my search, I have located one more video related to my research project topic on YouTube and several articles about the quality management impact on innovation. Two of these articles focus on the dimensions of the quality management and how it affects the quality of the process as well as the quality of products (Kim, Kumar, & Kumar, 2012; Kafetzopoulos, Gotzamani, & Gkana, 2015). The third article is a literature review that inves
Poverty, destitution, or indigence can be used synonymously to imply they want necessities or material comforts, (Merriam-Webster,2008). This is just a simple definition of poverty. The world bank site, povertyNet gives a more comprehensive outlook of poverty as the lack of basic needs i.e. food, shelter, healthcare, education, the uncertainty of the future, lack of political representation, and lack of freedom. The other dimensions of poverty are economic, governance issues, and social problems. The poor have no access to resources, earnings, and opportunities. Due to geographical and social segregation, the poor are not able to reach markets if they may have things to sell, those who may have skills cannot reach the job markets for employment. Poor educational opportunities contribute to the inability to be employed and also the inability to access and utilize information to better their lives. Another major contributor to poverty is poor health brought about by insufficient nutrition, poor hygiene, and health amenities. (World Bank, povertyNet) These reduce the chances of getting work and also disables the poor from achieving their intellectual capabilities. All these problems are made worse by lack of security and social structures and institutions which can incorporate the poor in policymaking to improve their status. The extent of poverty differs from region to region. The main indicators of poverty according to the World Bank are income and consumption levels, social indicators, signs of vulnerability to risk, and signs of sociopolitical access. When assessing poverty at the consumption level of society, there are some parameters that have to be taken into account since poverty differs from place to place and time to time. Such include the level of development of the society, the values and norms upheld by the society..(World Bank, povertyNet) These usually affect the level of income and the spending habits. The poverty line is the minimum level of income necessary to meet the primary wants. The poverty line used by the World Bank is about $1.25 to $2 daily (purchasing power parity terms, 2005). There are a number of measures that are being taken by various organizations and governments of some countries to alleviate the level of poverty. In a country, it would be the responsibility of the government to implement policies, which will maintain low levels of inflation, stable rates of exchange for the currency, and manageable fiscal deficits in the government budget, policies that will trigger private sector economic activities and also e
Introduction Nowadays, medical professionals recognize that EBP or evidence-based practice is a crucial component for offering top-quality care to make sure that the patient receives the best outcome. Findings collected from various studies that included the EBP approach have presented evidence of improved results in health, costs, and safety, as well as a decline in morbidity rates. This means that when clinicians possess information on how to find and evaluate useful evidence in their clinical practice, they are much more effective in providing high-quality care for their patients. Thus, an evaluation of studies conducted with evidence-based practice in mind is necessary for getting information on how the quality of health care can be improved, concerning particular health conditions. Research Problem Relevance The research reviewed was the 2013 nurse- versus physician-led care for the management of asthma, conducted by Kuethe, Vaessen-Verberne, Elbers, and Van Aalderen. The background for the study lay in the fact that asthma is one of the most widespread chronic illnesses people experience, both in childhood and adulthood, thus greatly impacting available healthcare resources. Therefore, adequate health care is required to properly deal with asthma and reduce cases of morbidity, as well as improve the quality of healthcare services provided by medical facilities. The study is relevant, as it aims to identify and review the effectiveness of asthma care provided to patients by their physicians, and to compare this care with care provided by nurses, nursing practitioners, and other nursing professionals who usually work autonomously from a physician (Kuethe, Vaessen-Verberne, Elbers, & Van Aalderen, 2013, p. 1). The relevance of the nursing research problem addressed in the study is linked to the importance of intelligently using human resources in health care. For instance, since the outpatient management provided by a nurse could be implemented in a lower-cost care facility, efficient review and research were needed to provide evidence for the assumption that the health care provided by a nurse is not inferior in any way. Thus, the study is innovative, as there has not been any effective literature review conducted on the issue of nurse- versus physician-led care in patients who suffer from asthma. Furthermore, the study can become a basis for nurse research- versus physician-led healthcare, about other chronic and non-chronic diseases that pose a great challenge to the capabilities of modern health care, and influence mortality rates worldwide.
Actions, which may be taken to improve the effectiveness of communications during the negotiation The ability to improve communication effectiveness is one of the main factors, which adds to the whole outcome of the negotiation in general. The negotiations in most cases are based on the competition as two parties want to reach the desired aims and to get the much profit from the negotiation as possible. The effectiveness of the negotiations is the guarantee of the successful outcome of the negotiations and there are several ways how to reach the desired aim. The strategic actions, which may be provided to create effective negotiations, are the following: learning the strategic skillset, turning vision into action, and leveraging staff and technology to reinforce the vision. To be specific, the strategic actions are going to be discussed closer. Learning the strategic skillset is the very ability to communicate. The person should be literate and be aware of not only the theme, which is discussed. Leadership abilities do play not the last role in effective communication achievement. Turning vision into action is the strategy, which is reached by the person’s ability to apply on the negotiator the needs which are necessary, to make the person understands that what you want is exactly what is necessary for the negotiator, and this necessity should be done. Leveraging staff and technology is the other strategy, which is rather effective to provide successful communication. The scope of work, which should be completed before and during negotiations, is big ad to cope with it the wise manager will leverage the staff to the negotiation process and implement the technological possibility to make the negotiation communication successful (Bowery, 2005, p.151). Two sources of power that would be appropriate to move the negotiation to resolution There are some sources of power that are able to move the negotiation to resolution. The two sources of power, which were chosen for discussion, are personal power and information power. The personal source of power is the power that “drives from a variety of personal attributes that magnify other sources of power, including self-assurance, the ability to articulate one’s thoughts and understand one’s situation, one’s determination and endurance” (Macfarlane, 2003, p.470). The negotiations are impossible without the possibility of any party of the negotiations to possess this personal power. Being the core factor for the aim achievement, the personal power in the negotiations depends on the personal inner qualities and abilities. Being strong and powerful personality, the negotiations will conclude with the desired outcome for those, who have more personal power. The ability to convince, to give supportive arguments, and just to provide the relevant information from the desired side is the ability of the powerful people. The information power is the other source of power, which helps to provide the argumentative facts about the affair, which is discussed. The absurdity of modern society is that living in the worl
Rearing of cattle is an old practice that has been very beneficial to mankind. Before the discovery of wind and steam power, animal power was relied on as a major source of energy. Harnessing the power in animal muscles, communities ploughed their lands and carried produce to the market; increasing their economic productivity. It must sound very surprising, strange and even absurd, to you my friends, to even imagine I can advocate for abolishment of beef farming in this country. Given we are all sons and daughters of farmers; you have every reason to consider anybody with my proposal insane. However, please do not dismiss me before hand. Allow me to explain to you my reasons and let see if they have some sense. I am convinced that our world would benefit immensely from a ban on beef farming. Beef faming in this country and in the world as whole is very lucrative. Ladies and gentlemen, it is imperative for me to note how beneficial beef farming has been and continues to be to you. Meat and milk form a great bulk of people’s diets around the world. Consumption of quick foods like hamburgers in the streets of developed countries like the US continues to sky rocket. Despite the negative effects of quick foods, people rely on them for convenience purposes. Most of the quick foods are beef products. It is projected that consumption of beef products is bound to increase fourfold by the year 2020 (Schossler 199). Therefore, for those established in the beef industry, huge margins or profits still beckon. Cereal farmers are also making a kill in this by providing the animal feed that is on high demand due the increased animal farming activities. It is needless to say how beef consumption is beneficial to our body health. Consumption of lean meat, mark the word LEAN, is good for our health. It is third behind cereals and grains as a source of iron. Beef is also an excellent source of protein, zinc and phosphorus which are important for our body nutrition. Proteins are very essential for our bodies. They are the building blocks for our bodies. I can already see living examples of users of these proteins here. They are well built and good looking. Dear friends, you have all heard of Global warming, haven’t you? In the last couple of years, everyone was talking about climate change and global warming. We are all very afraid of the effects of global warming; aren’t we? From desertification in Africa to submerging of Islands to Increased Tsunamis, all these are basically effects of climate change. I
Introduction Social relations are often premised on the interaction that usually has adverse outcomes, or even leading to different types of conflicts. Social conflicts and problems are regularly exposed in the literature to undermine the importance of favoring a positive social environment and encouraging effective decision-making. The essay shall analyze the power of social prejudices on the basis of the analysis of “ Little things Are Big ” by Jesus Colon and “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes. Common Themes in the Two Stories The two short stories represent social challenges that the heroes should overcome to understand the problem and define how it can be solved. In this respect, both works represent three types of confrontation – individual, relational, and societal. In the narrations under the analysis, there is an explicit confrontation of the heroes with their selves. Hence, the first story by Hughes narrates the story where the boy Rogers fights with his desire to steal the purse because he wants to buy the blue suede shoes. At the same time, he realizes that stealing is not the only way to get what he wants. As the plot develops, while fighting between the two edges, the character realizes that his behavior is disruptive and will not help him achieve his goals. A similar fight occurs in the hero of Colon’s story. According to “Little Things Are Big” summary, he is a Puerto Rican and tries to fit the existing stereotypes of the ethnic group. At the same time, he is also obsessed with the existence of racial differences with people, which limits his outlook on social interaction with people. Being focused on his ethnic affiliation, the hero expresses his extreme hesitations, whether he should help a woman in her early twenties or not. By convincing himself about the prejudicial attitudes of the woman, he fails to assist the woman. Both stories by the two writers also represent interpersonal conflicts revealing the meaning of relationship and interaction between people with different social and cultural backgrounds. Hence, the boy has no one to look after him, which results in inappropriate social behavior. Lack of communication and proper upbringing that lead the main character to outlaw actions against society. The woman tries to teach him how to behave in society and, as a result, she distributes roles by considering a boy her son and herself his mother: “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong” (Hughes 71). In such a way, she tries to meet the existing social norms. Moreover, from the “Little Things Are Big” analysis it is clear that roles distribution is also presented in the Colon’s stories when the main hero starts defining the social status by the color of skin: “How could I, a black and a Puerto Rican, approach this lady?” (Colon 116). Looking from these perspectives, both heroes were fully aware of the social constraints but lacked sufficient understanding of social norms. Lack of social awareness and cr
The phenomena of propaganda and disinformation have existed for a very long time and have their roots in the ancient world. Nevertheless, the concept of fake news has become particularly relevant due to recent political circumstances. McNair states that Donald Trump’s appearance on the political stage has made the term omnipresent and raised certain challenges related to the implementation of democratic governance (20). Social media have been known to have a great deal of fake news, but it was the Trump election campaign and presidency that raised the question of its real impact on public processes. From a technical point of view, the Internet makes it possible to produce fake news in the form of “viral posts based on fictitious accounts made to look like news reports” (Tandoc et al. 138). Their credibility is a critical factor in their influence on public opinion. This paper seeks to define and classify fake news, analyzes its features in the context of social media, and describes its relationship to the political career of Donald Trump. Definition and Content of Fake News First and foremost, it is necessary to determine the difference between the classical concept of news and the actual definition of fake news. Researchers note that the term news is defined by various authors in several different ways (Tandoc et al. 140). Ordinary news primarily implies objectivity and reliability of the information provided. These criteria are the gold standard of journalists’ work, based on which their professionalism is assessed. According to Tandoc et al., standards of objectivity and accuracy are fundamental elements of the definition of journalistic activity (140). McNair discusses an ironic term “truthiness” that gained popularity in the mid-2000s and described how the mainstream news media have attempted to create the impression of objectivity inherent in the journalistic profession (21). The irony is based on the fact that it is almost impossible to report the news objectively, and a particular journalist, in any case, presents information from his or her subjective perspective. Nevertheless, objectivity and credibility remain the main requirements for traditional news reports. Fake news does not deliberately correspond to these criteria since it is not created to provide real data, but for some other purpose. Allcott and Gentzkow “define ‘fake news’ to be news articles that are intentionally and verifiably false, and could mislead readers” (213). This definition refers to its main factual characteristic but does not address the purpose of the creation. According to the opinion of the previous authors, “unintentional reporting mistakes,” “satire,” “false statements by politicians,” and “reports that are slanted or misleading but not outright false” are the “cousins of fake news” (Allcott and Gentzkow 214). However, it bears mentioning that they have rather separate objectives. Unintentional reporting mistakes and satire are not aimed at misleading readers, while the last two ty
What is identity? Gender identity is a complex concept. It includes the self-perception of a person as male, female or other gender (non-binary person). It is believed that going beyond the gender assigned at birth helps to break down the stereotypes of one or the other gender. Currently, two groups are distinguished: cisgender persons (sex at birth corresponds to identity) and transgender persons (does not correspond). The concept of transgender comprises a combination of different variations in feminine and masculine characteristics in a persona (Menkin et al., 2021). The cisgender group is usually narrower. How do you define identity? The concept of gender identity was first proposed by Robert Stoller (Gamble, T. & Gamble, M., 2020). Gender identity is a consequence of a binary gender system: male and female. The concept of non-binary – the self-perception of a person as someone abstract who cannot be classified as either male or female – is now emerging in many countries. There is no right way to behave when it comes to defining gender identity. There are different patterns that people rely on to understand themselves. For example, tactics for behaving and dealing with this question might be this. The impact of stereotypes on societyedits Stereotypes have always influenced people’s lives. Boys traditionally play with cars, girls with dolls. For some people the pressure is too much (especially in countries where patriarchy still works). Unfortunately, this has led to things like dysphoria, psychological barriers, self-loathing, withdrawal and even depression. Stereotypes have developed based on the roles assigned to men and women in ancient times. The last 50 years have seen changes in gender roles due to developments in psychology and psychiatry, as well as in human neurophysiology. The human being strives to learn and to break down the established bigender frameworks. How do you change stereotypes? So how do you understand what society prescribes in traditional behaviour and what the person herself or himself really likes? Finding the right position is always difficult and time-consuming, but it is necessary in this matter. There are many possibilities open to the individual to realise himself. Restricting oneself to the bigender system constrains and does not allow one to develop fully (Martinez et al., 2019). Self-education and self-knowledge are the keys to socialising and breaking down gender boundaries. Gender constraints create harmful conditions in which the growth of a unified society is impossible. Moving away from gender frameworks is within everyone’s power, so everyone should struggle against them.
Introduction Demarcation of science and non-science is exceedingly complex because both are integral in generation of scientific knowledge. General definition of science is the study of the physical world using systemic observation and experimentation skills. Thus, key to science is observation and experimentation of infinite manifestations of the physical world to generate scientific knowledge. In contrast, non-science is a field of knowledge that deals with abstract manifestations of the world that science can neither observe nor experiment. However, these two fields of knowledge seem to be downright separable yet empirically impossible since, one field must exist for the other to exist. In essence, there can be no science if non-science does not exist, and vice versa. According to Callender (2005), science and non-science are inseparable components of knowledge as they depict empirical and rational aspects of knowledge respectively (1). Science derives its observations and experiments on the non-science world by making hypotheses that are non-science, and eventually, through the process of testing and experimentation, hypotheses become theories that explain scientific facts. Ironically, scientific facts tested using non-science hypotheses seek to differentiate science and non-science, yet they are interdependent. Hence, it is impossible to demarcate science from non-science on a case-by-case basis. Impossible Demarcation As aforementioned, it is impossible to demarcate science from non-science because they are integrated fields of knowledge in that; one cannot exist without the other. For instance, untested knowledge is non-science while tested knowledge is science. This means that, for science to exist there must be some untested knowledge that needs testing through observation and experimentation. Scientific knowledge originated from the non-scientific world that is full of facts awaiting experimentation to qualify as scientific facts. Shermer (2001) argues that, scientific study entails the interplay of inductive and deductive reasoning (22). Inductive reasoning involves the use of observations, experiments, hypotheses, and theories in m