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Introduction The whole history of human development and education as a separate field of knowledge indicates that the learning process has to be permanent and flexible. Since the personnel of all enterprises or the audience in the colleges consists of adult individuals, their age, socio-psychological, national, and other features must be taken into consideration in their educational settings. According to the principles of andragogy, an adult person takes a leading part in his or her learning process (Chinnasamy, 2013, p. 2835). Being an evolved individual, he or she formulates the clear-cut goals in education and strives to reach independence, self-realization, and self-direction. In this way, the idea of learning for the personal development and not merely for the improvement of academic performance is laid in the foundation of andragogy approach. It is meant to increase the effectiveness of education and may help to build knowledge and competence in many aspects of life, both personal and professional. Example of an Ineffective Learning Experience The majority of the systems and teaching methods implemented in the educational institutions around the globe are developed regardless of the learners’ life experiences, age, social roles; “the whole system is built on the pedagogical principles and methods in any training process” (Akin, 2014, p. 279). It is possible to say that the main pedagogical method for the adult students in universities and colleges is lecturing. Usually, in this kind of pedagogical settings, students need to listen to professors for at least an hour and a half, take notes, and try to be highly attentive to everything they hear. It is possible to assume that most of the students find it difficult to be motivated and focused on learning throughout the lecture period. According to the recent studies findings, the lectures can be regarded as an ineffective educational process that rather leads to the students’ failure to absorb knowledge and pass their exams (Bajak, 2014, par. 3). However, it may have negative impacts not merely on the student’s academic performance but at their personal development and level of professionalism. When students have to be the passive listeners, they can easily lose motivation for studying. Based on the personal experience, one can say that it is very difficult to be attentive and interested in the subject without any kind of active participation in the learning process. Although some lecturers try to diversify the lessons by showing colorful slides, telling jokes once in a while, and find other creative oratorical techniques to keep the students interested, the very nature of lectures is in the unilateral direction of information’s movement – from professor to the audience. Therefore, lectures can be considered as inappropriate learning setting for the adult students because it doesn’t allow them to reveal their potential, assess their knowledge, interact with peers and specialists, develop the skills, and be involved in work. Principles of Andragogy On the contrast to the traditional pedagogic methods, the fundamental idea of andragogy lies in th
Disney difference refers to a high class innovative strategy that aims at optimizing the value of contents in markets and other business platforms. It is backed by the relevant strategies that will see the Disney Company reap high profits from selling its literature. The whole business strategy employs great ideas that are profit oriented. Disney Company uses the Disney difference to ensure that its products are unique and of a high quality. The videos and books produced and introduced to the market by Disney Company are highly valued by the buyers due to the employment of the Disney difference. This way the corporate image is enhanced in the market and almost the whole market remains glued to the Disney products. Thus, Disney Company ends up having the largest market share. The company can charge higher prices on their products and their customers will not complain but they will even be willing to purchase more of those items as they are the best in the market. The growth of Disney as a corporate body will be at a high rate due to the huge profits generated from the large market share associated with the company. The uniqueness of the arts brought about by the Disney difference puts them at the top of a very competitive market. Most of their competitors tend to produce normal entertainment items that have nothing new and unique while Disney does all that it can to produce unique items. This ensures that Disney Company does not suffer from the strong competitive forces in the market. Disney remains highly regarded in the market. The Disney difference strategy is one of the best strategies that if guarded well by the management will see the company rise to greater heights of success. The language barrier is one of the major problems that Disney Company is likely to face as a result of introducing the business in China and Russia. As a matter of fact, most of the inhabitants of China and Russia do not speak English while Disney Company produces and sells most of the entertainment items in English language. It will be difficult to convince non English speakers to buy English literature. To counter this challenge, Disney can engage its personnel and some few inhabitants of the two places in translating the videos and books to the native languages of the two places
Diplomacy Diplomacy is a fancy word describing the process of managing international relations (Bozo, 2012). Experts in this field are called diplomats. Skillful diplomacy is as important as an effective military strategy (Senese & Vasquez, 2008). Notable landmarks in history offer spectacular examples of the adroit use of diplomacy. However, there was a period when it felt as if diplomacy was the best solution to the world’s problems. At the height of the Cold War, when the world was at its lowest point due to the threat of a nuclear holocaust and the numerous proxy wars held in different areas of the globe, diplomacy was like a beacon of hope for many people. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger provided a master class on how to use it when they announced plans to visit China in a press conference that was held in 1971 (Ladley, 2002). In the said press conference, Nixon made known his intention to visit China the following year. The former commander-in-chief gave his Chinese counterparts ample time to prepare for a historic visit. Thus, one can argue that the announcement was a good example of a skillful use of diplomacy. Advance preparations were necessary steps considering the ideological differences between China and the United States. Negotiations Effective diplomats are characterized as having impressive people skills (Goh, 2005). However, the ability to make friends is a useless skill-set if they do not know how to negotiate. In diffusing conflicts and crafting mutually beneficial trade agreements, diplomats are expected to use the language of negotiation (Goh, 2005). Political issues in the home front and the moral responsibility to escalate another major land war in Asia brought Nixon to the negotiating table. Nixon suffered from a sagging popularity due to the president’s failed promise of ending the Vietnam War. Furthermore, the Vietcong’s victory in its military struggle with U.S. soldiers was not an assurance that North Vietnamese leaders had reached the satiety level to end their appetite for expansion. Vietnam is a short distance away from countries like Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Thus, the need to negotiate a favorable peace treaty with the Vietcong was at the top of the agenda (Ladley, 2002). Once again, Nixon demonstrated his diplomatic skills by hitting two birds with one stone so-to-speak. Nixon’s successful diplomatic campaign strengthened Sino-American relationship and provided a face-saving strategy to end the Vietnam War. Coercive Diplo
The proposed business idea targets the audience of the existing coffee shops but does not provide a set of products identical to those visible on the market. Nevertheless, the intended product shares many similarities with that proposed by the existing competitors (coffee, a component of the product, is identical to Starbucks’ offering). Therefore, it would be reasonable to use product category competition analysis, which deals with products that provide the same basic function but have notable differences (Kahn, 2015). The most evident direction that can be recommended for such research is the study of the pet owners’ desire to share recreational activities with their pets. The scope of the study can be narrowed down to the food and drinks segment, in which case the availability of the information would be highly unlikely. In such a case, the assistance of a research agency would likely be necessary for gathering the information. However, such focus is likely optional, and the services of a dedicated agency may exceed the initial budget of the idea’s author (Harrison, Cupman, Truman, & Hague, 2016). At the same time, it should be acknowledged that the behavior of the target audience will probably be driven by the desire to spend time with a pet and single-minded individuals rather than the intention to receive superior snacks. Therefore, the two directions seem viable. The first is the information on the popularity of coffee shops in general, and the second is the studies on the consumer behavior of pet owners. Both would probably be easily obtainable from secondary sources such as annual reports, published market analyses, and scholarly studies on customer behavior. The information extrapolated from these two areas would allow estimating the viability of the described business idea.
Secondary schools that have adopted inclusion programs have enhanced performances and interactions of student with disabilities and those without disabilities. These schools adjust themselves according to Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) program in order to enhance learning, socialization, and friendship among all students irrespective of disabilities. Thus, the study shows how peer buddy programs serve purposes of enhancing inclusion (Hess and Chester, 2007). Authors like Carolyn Hughes and Erik Carter are outstanding in the field of peer buddy programs. They note that implementation of peer buddy programs step-by-step always gives successful results. Consequently, they identify several reasons and purposes why peer buddy program is important in promoting educational achievements among learners with disabilities and those without disabilities (Hughes and Carter, 2008). Well implemented peer buddy programs increase learners’ interests in learning and at the same time establish the role of each participating individuals in inclusion programs. The success of peer buddy program depends on educators, parents, counselors and students. Similarly, program implementations must also create inclusion by identifying unique students’ needs, strengths, weaknesses and common interests. This research paper seeks to establish the purpose, importance, and rationale of the study of peer buddy program on students with disabilities in high school, in both social and academic grounds. The paper will explore how provisions of suitable inclusion programs enhance academic, support, and promote socialization in the school environment. This is only possible through assessing and expanding peer buddy program, and including feedback of all participants. The proven strategies of peer buddy program should change high schools into supporting and compassionate environment where all learners support one another. However, some studies show that some sections of educators are reluctant to make changes to their current teaching approaches in response to IDEA and NCLB programs. Their methods still tend to exclude students with severe cases of learning disabilities (Cowne, 1998). At the same time, some teachers show relaxed approaches to inclusion programs because they do not have experience in such programs. This necessitates the purpose for this research paper. Importance of study This study seeks to find out the importance of peer buddy program in enhancing social and academic ac
Aims and objectives This research seeks to explore the quality standard and also review several quality assurance systems applied by the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. It will conclusively identify and recommend ways in which the research findings can be disseminated. Introduction Quality is the level to which integral characteristics measure up to required and mandatory standards. Quality assurance systems are benchmarks put in place to continuously evaluate the organization’s performance. They also are considered to gauge a given organization performance relative to other organizations in the same field. Quality Assurance Systems The quality assurance systems have guidelines tackling issues in work and operating environments. Quality assurance relies on the approval of entities outside the organization. This approval is given after an assessment of the system to check conformity. Incident Recording Systems (IRS)   * Are event recording systems used to electronically collect and confirm data?   * The collected data is used by fire officers, making them able to make quick and valid decisions.   * The data collected is uploaded to a web-based form for analysis to improve response to similar incidents.   * After analysis, the data is then published, which is simply to send the information to the Community for Local Government(CLG) (Hoyle 57).   * The IRS is also advantageous in its function of printing standard reports and ease of retrieval of the reports for use in other systems. Integrated Risk Management Plan   * The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue plans to have a protected society by minimizing the losses from fire and other incidents. To attain this, it uses a command system to predict responses and plan for appropriate resources and training.   * The Fire Service Emergency Cover (FSEC) is adopted to analyze threats posed to communities.   * The FSEC also has lifestyle data to evaluate and pinpoint the persons who are at risk   * The plan is frequently reviewed to ensure that the plan is updated on risk information contained.   * The plan works under these phases:       + Identification of existing risks.       + Evaluation of countermeasures.       + Identification of improvements prospects.       + Allocation of resources and setting policies and guidelines to be followed. Prince 2   * The Project IN Controlled Environments(PRINCE) is a progression based quality assurance standard.   * It ensures that organizations achieve more efficiency in management and risk assessments (Bentley198).   * The efficiency is achieved because it focuses on the why, when, and for whom of entities of projects.   * The system defines the whole standardization process and checks the progress against the plan   * Its merits are ease of usability, the minimized errors, and superior resource control. Health and safety standards   * Investment in the health and safety guideline ensures efficiency in risk management.   * Policies are set to ensure reduced financial losses by conservation of the human resource.   * There are key stages to meet the health and safety standards:       + Policy       + organization       + planning,       + quanti
Summary Leadership refers to the deliberate actions of individuals to offer proper guidelines that ensure health care facilities perform their roles according to the rules set by relevant authorities. This means that leadership is about coordinating the skills and experiences of workers to ensure they perform their duties according to their qualifications. It is necessary to explain that most leaders are good managers because they know the importance of following the procedures established to ensure there is order, productivity and efficiency in the provision of health care services. The effectiveness of a health care facility depends on how physicians, nurses and other stakeholders exhibit leadership skills when performing their duties. Exceptional leadership skills are indispensable in the health care profession because human life cannot be compromised. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Leadership He proposed that there is a need to ensure the concept of leadership is changed (United Arab Emirates 2011). This will give opportunities to those that are willing to transform their societies and themselves through unrelenting ambition and will to make life better. This statement means that the stereotypes about leadership are the major impediments that make institutions perform poorly. His Highness explains that ambition is an indispensable aspect that determines the leadership skills of an individual (United Arab Emirates 2011). The statement means that a good leader must have the ambition to transform his society and himself. This means that a person that does not have ambition cannot be a good leader because he will not have a goal to accomplish. His Highness explains that leadership means identifying a gap or weakness in a system and working hard to correct it (United Arab Emirates 2011). This means that leadership ambitions are exhibited through the intentions of individuals to correct issues they think are not helpful in society. Most leaders get their positions on promises that they will change their societies and improve the standards of living of their members (Weiss 2013). However, this issue is not given the desired attention by most individuals and organizations. Therefore, people become leaders yet they do not have ambitions that will play important roles in transforming their societies. This means that they will have no impacts on their institutions and themselves and this will translate to normal routines that have poor results. Secondly, His Highness identifies the will to transform individuals and society as an important leadership trait. He focused his argument on an individual’s personality and realized
Neuroanatomy and neural processes are directly linked to the learning and memory functions of the brain. According to brain science, learning capabilities cannot be separated from memory capabilities. The learning process works in tandem with the memory process. Moreover, the learning process is updated from time to time during the lifetime. The neural process that is involved in learning is quite a complex process and various neurologists have been studying it for a long time. It is for this reason that the available knowledge on neural processes keeps changing as research progresses. This paper offers a description of neuroanatomy and the neural process that are related to learning and memory. Both neuroanatomy and neural processes depend on the “chemical and electrical changes in the neuron synapse for learning and memory to transpire” (Wickens, 2010). The part of the neural system that is responsible for storing memory is the cortex. On the other hand, the hippocampus is the part of the neuroanatomy that differentiates between short and long term memories. The other aspect of the neuroanatomy that is pertinent to the learning process is the cerebellum. The cerebellum helps in the acquisition of procedural memories and motor skills. The amygdale aids in the learning processes that involve transformation of short-term memories into long-term memories. In addition, the amygdale is responsible for the process that transforms emotions into memories. Another section of the neuroanatomy is the basal ganglia. This section aids subjects to acquire stimulus responses and problem-solving capabilities (Pinel, 2009). The neural processes that help in the acquisition of new information are closely connected to the process that enables consolidation of information. In a study that was conducted to inv
We live in a troubled world. Several problems confront humankind, and war or the absence of peace is one of them. In recognition of this reality, we are told of the war on terror right in the introduction of Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. The book states thus, “…ineffective way, we as a nation conducted the war on terror (Mortenson 5).” There are so many actions that have been taken in an attempt to make the world a peaceful place. But the peace seems to be a distant mirage. The debate that continues to attract attention is whether personalities or effective institutions will eventually act as the panacea to lasting peace in the world. In this essay, I argue that effective institutions and not personalities will play a major role in peacebuilding. This is the thesis that I will support using relevant examples from Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea . Mortenson is a humanitarian individual who has done extensive charity work in Asia, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The book entitled Three Cups of Tea is a detailed account of his experiences in this region while trying to reach out to poor people. To start with, effective institutions will create the required environment for people to lead their lives without any problem. There are numerous reasons why people fight. The competition for resources is one of them. But what if the institutions in a country are effective to the extent that the available resources are distributed fairly among the people? Then the outcome will be that there will be no reason to go to war. The capacity of institutions is far much higher compared to the potential of personalities. In three cups of tea, Greg Mortenson had to experience security problems while trying to reach out to the poor people of Afghanistan. This is due to the fact that the institutions of the country are not effective and therefore cannot avail a secure environment for their people as well as people who want to help, such as Mortenson. Thus from this standpoint, the ultimate solution to the problem of lack of peace is the creation of strong and effective institutions. Leaving the above aside, effective institutions are the only entities with the resources in terms of finances and infrastructure to adequately deal with the problem of lack of peace. Why is this so? Greg Mortenson did his best to uplift the lives of poor people in Afghanistan and Pakistan by helping in the construction of schools. The following statement shows the mental deliberations Mortenson had as he went about building the schools, “He swept aside the doubts about his ability to build the school that had nagged him for the last year, as Abdul had briskly cleared the tea tray. The next day it was time to begin (Mortenson 59).”This shows Greg’s dedication despite doubts about his ability. But this is all that he would do. Peacebuilding requires big investments in the form of personnel and structures. The personnel will come in handy in dealing with the crisis, while the structures will help handle collective decision