...This paper will provide an explanation on how the explosion of information technology and the advances in global communications pose significant risks to American global organizations such as Amazon, Borders, and Books-A-Million as they expand in the international environment. This paper will also analyze the potential risk for American entities to invest in overseas global operations, in light of the swift accrual of the most advanced global communications technology and the rapid adoption by overseas employee cohorts of technical expertise in global communications. Finally, this paper will discuss the possible outcomes of entering into strategic alliances with potential overseas competitors, and evaluate the risk in exercising this option. Company Background Amazon.com, Inc. is a customer-centric company for three primary customer sets: consumers, sellers, and enterprises (Amazon, 2011). The company generates revenue through other marketing and promotional services, such as online advertising, and co-branded credit card agreements. The company operates in North America and some international companies. The company serves consumers through its retail websites, and focus on selection, price, and convenience (Amazon, 2011). Amazon (2011) websites enable products to be sold by it and by third parties across several categories. The company offer membership and also provides easy to use functionality, fulfillment, and customer service (Amazon, 2011). Borders Group, Inc. is...
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...Payal Mehta ACC416 October 1, 2013 Auditing Research Paper The profession of auditing plays a very important role in our economy especially after Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act its role in the economy was greatly solidified. Auditing is the accumulation and evaluation of evidence about information to determine and report on the degree of correspondence between the information and established criteria. Auditing should be done by a competent, independent person. “The auditing profession offers a wide range of employment opportunities for new accountants. Most accounting firms offer client services in three areas: auditing, tax, and consulting. A new accountant might be hired to work in any of these areas. In the audit area, the accountant may work for a variety of clients including private or public companies, clients in banking, insurance, manufacturing, technology, retail, health care, or government. Individuals working in the audit area may also spend most of their time providing internal audit services to clients rather than working as an external auditor. Working in any of the areas in an accounting firm may be one of the most demanding jobs, but it is also one of the most interesting, exciting experiences and a great way to prepare to work in the corporate business world.” “What is Auditing?” Web. 29 September 2013 Accounting is the recording, classifying, and summarizing of economic events in a logical manner...
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...Tamponade After Removal of Temporary Pacer Wires The topic of my research paper is Cardiac Tamponade After Removal of Temporary Pacer Wires. Mahon, Bena, Morrison, and Albert (2012) stated “The study was approved by the hospital’s institutional review board” (p. 434). There were no informed consents obtained, information was collected from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database and from health care provider’s documentation of reoperation due to bleeding (p. 434). Nieswiadomy (2012) stated “Although there is no signed consent The American Nurses Association Research and Study Commission published a set of guidelines for nursing research such as subjects must be protected from harm, their privacy should be ensured and their dignity preserved” (p. 22). In the research no one could identify the subjects and the information was divided into groups and given codes (p. 434). Confidentiality was maintained, patient’s names were not mentioned, and codes were used instead of names. According to Nieswiadomy (2012) “To assure anonymity or confidentiality, subjects and the site where the study was conducted should be described in general terms in the description of the sample and the setting. If either the subjects or the study location can be identified by this general description, confidentiality has been violated” (p. 26). The subjects were not exposed to any health risks. This research shows that there is a possibility patients can develop cardiac tamponade...
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...Punishment Research Paper Desmarie Guyton SOC/120 December 8, 2013 Dr. March Punishment Research Paper Commandments or laws has been put in place since early BC addressing human behavior, even those that resulted in crime. Commands like thou shall not kill or thou shall steal were put in place to keep order among the people, to prevent any unethical behavior as well as to protect the person who does the crime and make sure that they were offered a fair trial. Within those trials, punishment was the result of those actions which would sometimes resulted in lashes, (a practice by the Romans) exiled to another place or prison, and even death, which still rang true today. According to Macionis (2011) criminal law was the result of criminal behavior is a matter that has been addressed and grounded in the first 10 commandments of the U.S. Constitution adopted into congress in 1791. These laws also offered protection to people who were charge with a crime, which is also referred to as due process. This help to make sure that the people individual rights were protected at the time a trial and the governments’ power was not bias as a result of what the person was accused of. However, if the accusers end result of the trial was guilty, then a punishment was given which reflected the crime. There are four types of punishments that is utilized in our court system today; retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation and societal protection, which some go hand and hand, and...
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...Historical Development of Nursing Timeline Coral R Williams NUR/513 September 30, 2013 Willie Goodwin Historical Development of Nursing Timeline The purpose of this document is to explain the historic development of nursing science by 1) citing specific years, theories, theorists, and events in the history of nursing, 2) explaining the relationship between science and the profession, and 3) reviewing the influences on nursing science of other disciplines such as philosophy, religion, education, anthropology, social services, and psychology. History of Nursing In the 18th and 19th century modern nursing began to take shape. The Catholic’s recruited congregation females committed to the care of the sick within religious group. The Lutherans followed and trained women to facilitate care to the unhealthy, and in 1863 the Red Cross Society, founded in Geneva, Switzerland, devoted a program goal of educating nurses to care for the wounded during the war (s). This program was a success and therefore was the beginning of the formal education process for professional nursing. These first program trained nurses were known as civil nurses there responsibility was to provide care to soldiers (Potter, 2009). Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) began her career in nursing after completing an educational program in Kaiserwerth, Germany at the age of 31. During this time war and disease was devastating the British Army. She was called upon by the government and volunteered her services...
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...Assignment 1: Exploration of a Journal Article in Sociology Intro to Sociology Dr. Sandra D. Smith When I was looking for a journal to read about I came across the paper A Novel Approach: The Sociology of Literature, Children’s Books, and Social Inequality (singer 2011). Doctor Singer wanted to take a look at the impact on society and underlining themes in children’s books. This was the beginning of her work that she would use later in that she would be off of Windy Griswold work and she would try and prove combination of humanistic and social scientific methods in order to study American children’s novels and their production contexts. She was trying to find social conflicts that were coming up in the context of children’s books one of the key example she gives is when Griswold was doing this research before here she notice that British publishing company tended to label people into certain social dynamic such as many times they place the people of Nigeria into roles that place them in urban environments or villages which made people think that there country was most built this way. This was done because British publishing companies could sail the books better if this was done this way because that is what people expected to see. In America we do the same thing we put African American in unban city and from low income families because it is easier to relate to and except. Doctor Singer this moved on to look for stores that broke away from this norm and put...
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...Subject: u09d2 Reframing for Action Research Introduction The purpose of this paper is to discuss aspects of courseroom project approach using action research required in the presentation of dissertation. The paper targets populations, sampling plan, data-collection methods, and use of secondary data sources and design applications, and any implications on data analysis, distributions or application of specific analysis on framing and any other research problems. Reframing The use of frames in research projects encompass the process of identifying boundaries such as; power, knowledge, funding structures at the research council, and inter-council level (Oughton & Bracken, 2009). Reframing is the ability to restructure research or find other ways through difficulties roots leading to new exciting avenues of knowledge. Subsequently, putting better frames or engulfing the initial frames is reframing. The success of reframing is the positive outcome after re-evaluation and selection of better alternatives. Action Research Approach Examining collected data from empirical research before presentation of the dissertation is a requirement for research participatory action. Researchers ask specified questions like check and balance to discover any weaknesses in the study of the target populations, sampling plan, data collection methodology and other secondary data sources, and research designs plus any threats in the data analysis and internal validity. A list of questions...
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...American Intercontinental University Unit 3 - Cultural Syncretism Alisha Kinchen February 26th, 2012 Abstract This paper contains information regarding Cultural Syncretism. It is my contribution to the Unit Three Group Project. The information is provided for the group in order to explain the impact Syncretism has on individuals along with its aftermath. Cultural Syncretism When asked the question of what cultural factors caused the differences in outcomes regarding the legacies of cultural syncretism in Africa and the Americas with the resistance to cultural change Westerners encountered in China and India there had to be research conducted explaining what the factors were with definitions suffice to examining each component along with correlating with the countries of topic found throughout the paper, so without further delay the source of this information is from the following: The University of Calgary (2000)Old World Contacts. Cultural Conversion Theory Page. Cultural Factors are listed as follows: * Conversion by Voluntary Association - Co-operation & Co-existence * Conversion by Pressure - Conflict, Conquest & Coercion * Conversion by Pressure - Migratory Pressures * Conversion by Assimilation - Adoption & Adaptation * Combinations of Modes of Conversion * Syncretism & * Cultural Resistance Having reviewed the list above let us look further into how each component caused differences in out comes to occur. According...
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...ought to act toward one another” as members of a particular societal group (Kitchener, 2000). These judgments are influenced by the culture and customs of a group. They are passed down from one generation to another and can change over time due to new experiences and growth of the group. The ethical codes and standards documents of professional associations serve as a group’s best reflection and demonstrates the appropriate behaviors its for members are to exhibit. Nonmaleficence is the ethical principle addressing the counselor’s responsibility to “do no harm” including the removal of present harm and the prevention of future harm (Gladding, 2004). Counseling professionals must avoid harming their clients, students, trainees, and research participants and to minimize or to remedy unavoidable or unanticipated harm. Harm can be defined in many ways. It is the duty of the professional to avoid situations that would reduce the well being of the client. In the counseling professional’s world, there are...
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...Motivation and Empowerment Paper Team A CJA/474 June 2, 2015 Katherine Gustafson Motivation and Empowerment Paper “The essence of empowerment is to release, rather than ignore or underutilize, employees’ experience, initiative, knowledge, and wisdom. Employee performance is a major factor that leads to the success or failure of a business (K. Fracaro, 2006)” The components of empowerment are defined as the four ingredients “powering” empowerment are: participation; delegation; capitalization; and trust. The foundational values of trust are depending on participation; delegation, and capitalization to form this fractional structure (P. Whisenand J. McCain, 2014). We are the architects building a structure of empowerment, trust is a moral duty that gives this foundation the strength to hold up the other components to the structure. Empowerment is built on an employer’s trusted relationship that allows the development of ideas invoking the enhancement their employees’ skills, motivating them to be responsible and accountable for their actions giving way to molding a positive competence and satisfaction for the work completed. Management exercise the art of sharing information and rewards, sparking the willingness to have the initiative and make decisions and solving problems along with improving the services and performance of the employee. Empowerment is a theory collectively formed by conjoining components resembling community development, economics, and studies of social...
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...Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Carter, C., Bishop, J., & Kravits, S. (2007). Keys to college studying: Becoming an active thinker (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Week One: Academic Success Details Due Points Objectives 1.1 Identify techniques for setting goals. 1.2 Identify techniques for managing time. 1.3 Identify techniques for managing stress. 1.4 Develop educational goals. Reading Read Ch. 1 of Keys to College Studying. Reading Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. Discussion Questions Participation Respond to weekly discussion questions per Instructors Policy Document. Aug 1 4 Individual Educational Goals Mapping Resources: Assess Your Readiness for Academic Success Worksheet and Map Out an Important...
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...The Importance of Market Research For marketers and firms like Arbitron, Inc., marketing research is essential to connecting with consumers and gaining a better understanding of their behavior. It is also needed to receive the consumers input. Marketing research is highly important so that marketers can determine and decide the most appropriate ways to communicate and deliver value to the consumers. It is the marketer’s goal to maintain and develop a long-lasting relationship between brands and consumers (Burns & Bush, 2006). Marketing research is important because it helps marketers resolve marketing dilemmas. It also supports with marketers learning more about important matters in greater detail, and it is a critical component when making sound decisions. For example, if a company’s revenues are down, marketing research can help with determining why customers are not buying as they were in the past. Good marketing research also determines a variety of options for new products entering the marketplace (KnowThis LLC, 2013). Define Market Research Marketing research is a process in which marketers understand, find, assemble, examine, and report pertinent information that helps marketers with making informed decisions and solving marketing related matters (Burns & Bush, 2006). According to the AMA, marketing research plays the role of linking the consumer, customer, and public to the marketer by various ways of information communication. This information is used...
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...Prison and Jails Anthony Youmans CJA/204 Lexie Williams May 22, 2013 Prisons and Jails The American Judicial System has multiple types of facilities to house those convicted. Those facilities are known as federal prisons, state prisons, privately run prisons, and county jails. The main argument that plagues society today is private prisons. In this paper, one will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of private prisons and will also explain the conflict between safeguarding a prisoner’s constitutionally projected rights and the state’s authority to abridge those rights to protect its own interests and citizens interests. The most controversial argument in our society today concerning prisons is that of private versus state. “A private prison is defined as a correctional institute operated by a private firm on behalf of a local or state government” (Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2009). One advantage for privatization of prisons is private companies offer correctional facility designs are efficient to operate and are based on cost-benefit considerations. Also private prisons can mobilize quickly and specialize in facility missions. Private prisons helps the government reduce its liability exposure by contracting with private correctional companies. A disadvantage of privatization of prisons is that some private operators may be inexperienced and this could cause a problem within the management of the prison. Also the procurement process of having a private prison is slow, inefficient...
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...PSCI 2750 INTERNATIONAL RELATION DR. TUNKU MOHAR BIN TUNKU MOHD MOKHTAR SECTION 2 SEMESTER 1 2015/2016 “A RESEARCH ON INDONESIA’S INTEREST TOWARDS JOINING TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP” Prepared By: Muhamad Fadel Wijaya (1221665) Muhamad Fatih Azka (1311515) Ahmad Azzam Al-Qoyyimuddin (1313511) KIRKHS INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA TABLE OF CONTENTS 1st Chapter: Introduction A. Background...............................................................................................................3 B. Importance of the Topic...........................................................................................3 C. Research Question....................................................................................................4 D. Argument and Hypothesis........................................................................................4 2nd Chapter: Theoretical Framework A. Definition of Key Terms............................................................................................5 B. Literature Review......................................................................................................6 C. Collection of Data…………………………………………………………………………………….…..7 3rd Chapter: Case Study………………………………………………………………………………………….8 4th Chapter: Conclusion……………..…………………………………………………………………………11 References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND President Joko...
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...[pic] |Course Design Guide College of Humanities SOC/105 Version 5 Introduction to Popular American Culture | |Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This is an introductory course on modern American culture. The course focuses on the interactions between social forces such as advertising, media, and lifestyle and cultural trends in modern American society. Students are asked to cast a critical eye on current trends and changes in our culture. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Petracca, M., & Sorapure, M. (2007). Common culture: Reading and writing about American popular culture (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Overview of Culture ...
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