...examples from at least two industries. With the development of globalisation, numerous international business and investors come across decision-making every day, and sometimes need to discover solutions for high capital investment in different environments. Some people suggest that most of those decisions are generated out of top managers’ intuition to make vague directions in uncertain environments. This essay argues Managerial decision making consists of intuitive thinking and systematic thinking: both are important but more systematic thinking should be used particularly in decision making of huge capital outlays. This essay will demonstrate the argument by defining relationship among decision, information and environment; strengths and issues of gut decision (intuitive thinking), systematic thinking; in addition, intuitive and systematic thinking are supported by theories through historical and current approaches and industrial applications respectively. First of all, the availability of information influences outcome of decision making. “Decision” (Schermerhorn Jr, Davidson, Poole, Simon, Woods, and Chau 2011p.70), is to choose the most suitable way of sequence of activities. In management theory, Schermerhorn et al. (2011) suggests that decision is made upon information available, and the quality of information alters different environment for decision making. Regarding the decision comes to certain environment, risk environment and uncertain environment, the probability...
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...businesses are using technology to enforce ethics in the workplace. It will discuss how the progression of technology is forcing businesses and organizations to approach their operations from an ethical perspective. It will explain the importance of business ethics, and will provide research concerning what has been accomplished to utilize technology in enforcing business ethics. Ethics The concept of ethics involves deciding what kind of work life businesses and companies should seek for their employees (Audi, 2009). Morality, honesty, and integrity, are ethical concerns that are seemingly deficient in modern society. However, the concept of ethics reaches further into the fiber of corporations and businesses in that it also involves issues such as privacy, intellectual property, pirated software, counterfeit software, and copyright infringement (Baltzan, Phillips, Haag, & Haag, 2009). In its’ most straightforward definition, ethics is the nature, custom, or standard of honest behavior that is accepted significantly (Jalil, Azam, & Rahman, 2010). Advances in technology have spawned a...
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...1. Chaney, Cassandra and Ray Robertson. "Racism and Police Brutality in America." Journal of African American Studies, vol. 17, no. 4, Dec. 2013, pp. 480-505. EBSCOhost. I found this article interesting because, it used real life examples and not just peoples thought on what they thought was happening. I also liked this article because it used real life situations and it never made like you have to take a side to police racism. 2. DONALD, HEATHER MAC. "Let the Police Police." National Review, vol. 69, no. 9, 15 May2017, pp. 28-29. EBSCOhost. The article reports on the opposition of some city officials and police chiefs to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' plan to review police consent decrees that limit the authority of local police departments in the U.S. Topics discussed include the ways in which accusations of racism among police officers influenced the formulation of the consent decrees, the reasons why some local officials oppose Sessions' planned review and the impact of the consent decrees on crime control in U.S. cities. 3....
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...Debate on the Ethics of AIDS Vaccines Administration without Knowledge of Long-Term Side Effects? Debate on the Ethics of AIDS Vaccines Administration without Knowledge of Long-Term Side Effects? I. Introduction (Jessica and Chrystal) A. Why this topic is important? i. AIDS is a pandemic ii. B. Implications i. AIDS vaccine could potentially save billions of lives ii. . C. Objectives of the assignment. i. Identify a health care ethical issue ii. Present facts in an outline format. iii. Describe the pros and cons of the issue including an analysis. iv. Follow APA 6th formatting. II. Literature Review A. Review of the key articles on this topic (5 per team member). i. HIV/AIDS- Ethical/Legal Issues (Arora & Arora, 2009). This article … ii. AIDS Vaccines and Reproductive Immunology (Bourinbaiar, Jirathitikal, Silin, Nian-Qing & Abulafia-Lapid, 2007). This article… iii. Correlates of negative intent to receive an AIDS vaccine: an exploratory study (Crosby, Holtgrave, Bryant, & Frew, 2004). iv. AIDS Care (AIDS CARE), Dhalla S; Nelson KE; Singer J; Poole G. (2009). This article describe how developing an HIV vaccines may contribute to participants better follow-ups and may improve the patient’s knowledge and education regarding HIV/AIDS. v. Development of an AIDS...
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...Catholics and Baptist Get Togther A Paper Submitted to Dr. Martin Klauber In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for CHHI 525-D02 Liberty Theological Seminary By William Maitre L23686814 Lynchburg, Virginia Sunday, August 18, 2013 Table of Contents THESIS 3 INTRODUCTION 3 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 3 THE BAPTIST CHURCH 6 THEY DECIDED TO MEET 8 RELIGIOUS PLURALISM 11 CONCLUSION 12 BIBLIOGRAPHY 13 THESIS How did the meeting between the Southern Baptist and Catholics come to pass? What was the driving force that facilitated a meeting of the minds after centuries apart? INTRODUCTION The Catholic Church and Protestants have not had the greatest of relationships. In fact since the reformation, Protestants were not even considered brothers within the realm of the Catholic Church. Within the pages of Vatican II one can find a decree to not refer to them as brothers. However something new has occurred and this is what this paper will aim to delve into. While not attempting to be an exhaustive work regarding the meeting of the minds. It would seem that Baptist and Catholics have started talks across denominational lines. This paper will focus on why this meeting took place and what can other denominations gleam from these talks. CATHOLIC CHURCH “Over the past three decades...
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...The human resource activities of Zappos Introduction Zappos, which is an online shoe retailer, was founded in 1999 by Nick Swinmurn. Now it becomes a famous brand in US which have 10 sub-companies in 2011. This company cannot create such a great success without its excellent customer service and human resource management. This essay will state that the influences of environment on the strategy, HR planning and implementation of Zappos firstly. Then it will argue the relevance between HR practices at Zappos and the human resource management. At last, it will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of Zappos practices and how to promote these practices. Strategy, HR planning and implementation Environment is an important element to help companies making their strategies. Strategy is a function and framework of companies’ actions in the future. The appropriate strategies setting can decide the success of the companies’ operation. So the companies usually base on their strengths, weaknesses and the different situations of external environment to make suitable strategies to achieve their goals in the operation periods. With the information technology developing, the online shopping becomes an important area for the retail market. According to Demangeot and Broderick (2010, 117), the online retailer already occupies almost 50% market of the sale industry. Nick Swinmurn foresaw this situation so he founded the Zappos as an online shoe retailer. Sometimes, the external environment...
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...The Public Needs to Know William J. Pruitte ENG 115 Professor Laura Weber 5/17/2013 Introduction The Public Needs to Know Life is the possible price a cancer patient may pay while a new cancer drugs are being produced. Why do cancer drugs cost so much for the patients that need the drug to cure or prolong their life? We have all this technology, but why does all the Corporations that handle the product have to put a high price on what saves a life? Who has the last word on if the drug meets the standard to cure the cancer and why does it take so long to find out if it works or not? “A number of innovative cancer treatments have recently entered clinical practice. Some treatments cost as much as $100,000 per year but it has become apparent that many of these expensive new drugs offer uncertain benefits. Some drugs add only a few weeks of survival at a cost of tens of thousands of dollars. If the cost of cancer care continues to rise, the oncologists are likely to be pressured by payers to consider the economic factor. The high impact of cancer care continues to rise and so does the price tag on many of the agents that have become available during the past few years. Because of the tremendous difference in treatment cost, it is crucial to consider the actual benefits associated with treatments that are more expensive.” (Nelson, 2008) Developing new drugs for treating cancer is a...
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...The distance between people is smaller during the past two decades because of globalization and the development of information technology. Asian people can purchase the products from America, European countries and India or vice versa. There is not just distribution of goods but also doing business with people around the world. Enterprises enter foreign markets in order to expand the market or look for resources or reduce cost etc. However, Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) not only need to know the political, legal and regulatory environment in host country but also the culture difference which is very important to lessen the cultural problems and know how to solve it wisely. Companies may be abandoned by customers or spend a lot of money to recover their reputation if MNEs’ managers do not understand the cultures of the countries they deal with. The influence of international trade liberalization has presented not only substantial opportunities but also some challenges for domestic and international companies (Watchravesringkan 2011). The aim of this essay is to discuss the importance of culture difference to MNEs. In this essay, culture and society will be discussed in the first part. The following part is about the importance of cultural difference to international managers. Finally, it will discuss the methods to understand cultural difference. Dowling & Liesch (2009) state that culture is a system of values and norms those is shared among a group of human beings and form...
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...articles published in ACM periodicals and conference proceedings. Criminology This database includes the full-text of 24 journals published by SAGE and participating societies. It covers such subjects as Criminal Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Justice, Corrections, Penology, Policing, Forensic Psychology, and Family and Domestic Violence. EbscoHost (all) Ebsco databases provide access to numerous publications. Select this link to search all databases simultaneously. To search each database separately, use the specific links to the named databases. EbscoHost Academic Search Elite Search academic journals for topics in all areas of academic study; many peer-reviewed titles are included. EbscoHost Business Source Premier Search periodicals covering a wide variety of business topics. EbscoHost CINAHL Plus with Full Text Search nursing and allied health journals. EbscoHost MasterFile Premier Search periodicals covering a wide variety of topics including general reference, business, education, health, and science. EbscoHost Regional Business News Search regional business publications from major metropolitan areas. EbscoHost SocIndex with Full Text Search for articles related to sociology, criminal justice, criminology, and ethnic and gender studies. Full Text Electronic Journals Use this portal to locate full-text magazines, journals, and newspapers in the various periodical databases. Gale Computer Database Search this database to find computer-related product...
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...Week Three Research Assignment Carolyn D. Jenkins Devry University Week Three Research Assignment Bank competition and consumer search over credit card interest rates, this article mainly talks about the bank competition facing the consumers with higher balances having lower interest rates. The reason I chose this article was it was interesting that the higher your credit card balance is the lower your interest rate. I thought that it would be the other way around, the annual percentages are focused on the consumers balance and their default history, it will prove that these two issues will affect the APR of the cardholder. Credit report accuracy and access to credit, this article speaks on the reports on the role of information that credit reporting agencies maintain on the consumers. Credit related issues in the United States effects of data limitations on the consumer access. This article gives us a lot of important information about ourselves and you credit history. It allows you to keep track of what is going on and what is being reported of your credit report. There is so much fraudulent information being done to the person and they are not aware until they go and try to get some credit. But, we should be taking a look at our credit report at least every sic months. Money Management, this article is about talks about a plan of the Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC). On how to conduct a financial planning exercise, he also talks about the...
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...LAT1 Task 5 Final 8-2-11 Paul D Burns Western Governors University Unemployment is a Serious Social Issue Unemployment is the condition and extent of individuals out of work within an economy, measured by the “official” unemployment rate (U-5). This measure is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian labor force. As of June the “official” unemployment rate stands at 9.2%. What is rarely reported, and even more ominous, is the underemployment rate. This rate includes two groups that are not considered in the official unemployment rate: discouraged and part-time workers (U.S. Congress, 1986, p. 12). As of June 2011 the U-6 rate stands at 16.2%. There is evidence that underemployment is pervasive in the United States. Some types can be measured more easily than others but it is apparent that many Americans are underemployed (Meyer, 1985, p.20) and because that figure is rarely ever spoken about, the costs, hardships and extent of unemployment are not fully reported or understood (U.S. Congress, 1986, p. 12). Recent studies suggest that unemployment has become a serious social issue in the United States due to the under-reported unemployment rate, the increase in financial hardship to American families, and the policies of government. Body When we do not include individuals who are discouraged, or those working part-time in the “official” unemployment rate, we are underreporting the true extent of unemployment, and creating various socioeconomic problems...
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...An Abortion Argument Barbara Santorelli PHI 103 Instructor Cornell Horn September 30, 2013 An Abortion Argument Abortion is a hot issue in the United States today. Abortion is currently legal in all 50 states however; some states have a 20-week ban law. This law bans all abortions after 20 weeks of a woman’s last menstrual period and only allows for exceptions in cases where a woman’s life is threatened. Folks on both sides of the isle on the abortion issue are extremely passionate about their views and opinions in regards to the right to abortions in our country. Although there are many individuals and groups that disagree on this issue, abortions should not be legal since the act of abortion is the killing of innocent human life and having an abortion is also a great risk to the health and life of the woman that is having the abortion. There has long been a big debate among abortion supporters and those who oppose abortions, as to just when it is considered that human life begins. It has been a question for centuries whether the unborn is truly a “person”. If we consider the unborn to be a “person” then the unborn should also have an inalienable right to life just as everyone else does. Human life has many stages; a human embryo and the human fetus are early stages of human life. According to Lugosi (2005) historically common law determined that when a pregnant woman feels “quickening” which is the movement of the baby, this is evidence of life (Para. 5)...
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...Use of Probiotics in Infants with Diarrhea Associated with Antibiotics Chris Student Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 449: Evidence-Based Practice November, 2014 Use of Probiotics in Infants with Diarrhea Associated with Antibiotics Clinical Question The problem this paper addresses is whether probiotics can be an effective preventative measure for diarrhea when a child is prescribed an antibiotic. The significance of this problem is that diarrhea can lead to serious complications in the very young and the elderly. Based on a six-month prospective cohort study by Vernacchio et al. (2006), diarrhea in infants and young children was reported to be 2.2 episodes per person-year with a median duration of 2 days. More of these were caused by viruses than bacteria. Although recent data are unavailable, a 1991 study by Glass, Lew, Gangarose, and LeBaron indicated that 325-425 children in the US die of diarrheal disease every year and 2.1 to 3.7 million children are seen by a physician for diarrheal diseases. C difficile infections are among the most serious causes of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and their incidence in hospitalized infants has been increasing (American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases, 2013). The major pathophysiology of the diarrhea associated with antibiotics is disturbance of the normal flora in the GI tract. The specific clinical question guiding the search for a quantitative research article is: In hospitalized pediatric patients...
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...have a credit card. The article that I found is about money management and is called “5 East Cost Cutting Tips”. It includes things like to stop paying credit card interest rates, get a better price no Internet service, slash cell phone costs, reconsider landlines, and reducing bank fees. This article gives you all the ways you can cut and how to do each. This article is relevant to the topic of credit card use because it shows you that you can do other things to save money and the other options you have then to just put it on a credit card because you think that’s the best option. Goode, Robin White (June 2010). Credit where it’s due. Black Enterprise, Vol. 40 Issue 11, p 37-38. Retrieved 14 Sep 2010, from EBSCOhost database. Fried, Carla (Sep 2009). Win at the credit scoring game. Money, Vol. 38 Issue 9, p 67-70....
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...Human Resource Sustainability & Organizational Behaviours at NOKIA Case Study Assignment 3 Human Resource Sustainability & Organizational Behaviours at NOKIA Case Study Assignment 3 Contents History & Introduction to Nokia 2 Work- Life Balance (WLB) 3 Action Plan/Steps 4 Sustainability 5 Recruitment & Training 5 Action Plan/Steps 5 Sustainability 6 Retaining top talent by incentivising 6 Action Plan/Steps 7 Sustainability 7 Conclusion 8 REFRENCES 9 Extra Readings 11 “ It’s in the Hands of Humanity to make development sustainable, that is to say, seek to meet the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own” United Nations 1st Rio Earth Summit History & Introduction to Nokia Nokia’s origins stem from the paper manufacturing business by Fredrik Idestam, established in 1865 in the south-west Finland. He later erected a second mill in the nearby town of Nokia which equipped him with the generation of hydropower production. In 1971 the Idestam family along with a business partner Leo Mechlin transformed the firm into a share company and as we know it today to be Nokia. Nokia have a diverse range of interests but we know Nokia for its Mobile Phones * 1912 Generated electricity for the population of Finland * 1962 Created the first pulse generator for use in nuclear power plants * 1963 developed radio/telephone which was...
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