...An obstacle is defined as something that obstructs or hinders progress. In 2011, when I was in the sixth grade I lost all my top eyelashes. You’re probably asking how does that happen? My whole life I have suffered from anxiety. Now, I usually don’t like to bring this up in a regular conversation, but I thought it would be the perfect time to open about one of my biggest obstacles while applying to college. In this period of my life, I had no insecurities. I had the best of friends, the perfect family and everything in my life seemed to be falling into place. At this time I had always stressed about the smallest things, and became addicted to pulling my eyelashes out to help relieve the stress. At the beginning of this strange addiction,...
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...At the current time, I feel that I am facing a variety of obstacles. First, I am getting a double degree and I am taking 20 credits this semester, as well as working in two labs, so time management and a lack of free time in general is an obstacle for me. Additionally, stress (due to my course load) is another obstacle I am facing. Additionally, finances are another large obstacle for me. Over the summers, I work as a swim instructor because I cannot afford to obtain an unpaid internship, and paid internships are both harder to find and more selective. My current course load is an obstacle because it vastly limits my free time. Although a heavy course load is beneficial, as it allows me to explore a wide variety of interests, it takes up most of my time. When I am not in class, I am usually studying or working on homework for classes. This is detrimental because it reduces the amount of time that I can spend researching graduate school and future careers. Also the lack of time also is a detriment to my lab work, as...
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...Life does not differentiate among the young, the old, the rich, or the poor. Obstacles constantly occur throughout life, affecting everyone without discrimination. When everything appears to be falling apart, it does not matter how devastating the events are, but how an individual copes and overcomes it. For me, my most significant challenge was my grandparents, or rather, the circumstances surrounding them. When my grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012, my mother and I immediately flew to Korea. At first, I was unsettled with the sight of a skeletal frame, dark eye bags, and the hopelessness in her eyes that she was attempting to conceal with a glowing smile. While caring for her, I watched her mental and physical health crumble....
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...Kamryn Frazier Mrs. Foster 10th Honors Lit/Comp Summer Reading A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by: Ishmael Beah Chapters 1-4 Quote Selection and Theme Analysis Theme: The Horrors of War “The sound of the guns was so terrifying it confused everyone. No one was able to think clearly. In a matter of seconds, people started screaming and running in different directions, pushing and trampling on whoever had fallen on the ground. No one had the time to take anything with them. Everyone just ran to save his or her life. Mothers lost their children, whose confused, sad cries coincided with the gunshots. Families were separated and left behind everything they had worked for their whole lives”(p. 23). This quotation...
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...Discussion on Strategies in Overcoming National or Industrial Marketing Barriers Table of Contents Introduction 3 1.1 Research context 3 1.2 Research aim & objectives 4 1.3 Research questions 4 1.4 Significance of the research 4 1.5 Structure of the dissertation 5 Literature review 6 2.1 Concept of marketing barrier 6 2.2 Concept and nature of green barriers 7 2.3 Influences of trade green barriers to international marketing 8 2.4 Reasons of encountering green marketing barriers 9 2.5 Strategies of overcoming national and industrial marketing & green barriers 10 Methodology 12 3.1 Justification of research method 12 3.2 Documentary analysis method 12 3.3 Case study analysis method 13 3.4 Ethical consideration in research methods 13 Conclusion 14 Introduction 1.1 Research context The sustainable development of social economy has become the world focus. With intensification of economic globalization and trade liberalization, the national and industrial barriers as the protection methods have been reduced. The major trade partners such as Europe, the US, Japan, Singapore have made stricter requirements and standards for market entry and imports. This has given rise to the product of marketing barriers or green barriers. In the meantime, the dependence on foreign trade and on the international market has strengthened the competition of different industries. Thus, the companies should construct the marketing strategies catering...
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...Unit 10 Assignment 1: Putting the Finishing Touches on Your ePortfolio 15 Laboratory Assignments 17 Unit 1 Lab 1: Personal Persistence Narrative 17 Unit 1 Lab 2: Grit Test 21 Unit 2 Lab 1: Optimism 24 Unit 2 Lab 2: Self-Control 25 Unit 3 Lab 1: Curiosity in Modern Times 27 Unit 3 Lab 2: Integrity Matters 28 Unit 4 Lab 1: Create a Research Summary Memorandum 29 Unit 5 Lab 1: Resolving Systemic Conflict: Scenario Analysis 31 Unit 6 Lab 1: Time Value of Money 32 Unit 6 Lab 2: Budget Exercise 33 Unit 7 Lab 1: Calculating House Cost 35 Unit 7 Lab 2: Delayed Gratification 37 Unit 8 Lab 1: Initiative Reflection 39 Unit 8 Lab 2: Time Management Reflection 40 Unit 9 Lab 1: Creating a Professional Profile 41 Unit 10 Lab 1: Creating a Personal and Professional Development Plan 43 Graded Assignments Unit 1 Assignment 1: It Takes Courage Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes Apply tools for overcoming obstacles and tools of connection to various business and personal scenarios. Evaluate choices for overcoming obstacles given several sample case studies. Assignment Requirements Answer the...
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...Abstract My research topic is on U.S Air Ways organizational changes, leadership development, and change management. Who needs to be included in planning, implementing, and sustaining the change? Why? What obstacles/resistance will inhibit the change and what will drive the change? What additional activities will be required to deal with the resistance? By changing these issues with my team I would improve the customer services, company moral and gained profit. Our team consists of Tigest Alemu, Amanda Chinaglia, Antony Harding, Laurie Kiernan and Enrique Somoza. The professor randomly picked the team members so no one knew each other prior to the class. At first I did not know what team I was suppose to be in. The team had already met the first week and introduced themselves and assigned the questions to each other. We all had time to meet in class and everyone agreed on picking US Airways and everyone agreed on doing research and answering the questions for our next group meeting. The team discussed the recent changes, of US Airways and Laurie said she was going to ask her brother about US Airways because he works for them. In between team meetings, all communication was done via e-mail and phone conversations. By the third week, all the team members had come to the unanimous pick of the questions they wanted to answer. Enrique volunteered to do the power point and everyone was to work on his or her part of the presentation and e-mail to Enrique. The presentation...
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...Work-Related Project Analysis Sheri Miller BSA/376 March 7, 2016 John Neels Work-Related Project Analysis A work-related project analysis helps any business to predict the challenges they may face when implementing a new system to better their business. It is also a step done to help plan for the project, making the implementation phase go as smoothly as possible. A system analysis is taking a system the business is going to use to better their organization and breaking it down to see how it can better the business and what problems need to be fixed before implementing the system. It also predicts the cost of the system and the money it will save the business that is using it. The system I am going to be using is the implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) into small rural health care facilities. This particular one is for D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital is a 49 bed community hospital who are located in Brewton, Alabama. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital decided they wanted to take a shot at implementing HER to make their organization more modern and up to date on technology that is being used nationwide. Not only will it benefit their patients, but also the workers, and the organization as a whole. D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital realized they needed and EHR system when they started using the bar code medication administration system. Up until the point they realized they need an automated system, they always used the traditional...
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... | | | | Dear Dr. Smith: We are submitting herewith our report entitled GUTD Growth Plan as an introduction to our mission and to request your consideration to use us as one of your career placement resources for your patients. The main purpose of this report is to give you a better understanding of who we are as a organization and an attempt to see if you could utilize any of our services. We hope that this report will merit your approval. Respectfully yours, Betty Fulmore Table of Contents 4. Executive Summary 5. Introduction 6. Problem Statement 7. Method 8. Findings 9. Analysis 10. Conclusion 11. References Executive Summary: Give Us This Day Inc. (GUTD) is a 501 © 3 organization located in Durham, NC dedicated to finding individuals facing adverse circumstances permanent employment and social assistance. Job security is one of the key components to an individual and family’s well-being. We believe that we can change one individual, family and community at a time by giving individuals the gift of job security. GUTD partners with local business owners, churches and mentors to provide assistance and encouragement in the search for permanent employment. We recognize...
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...GPS Business Opportunity Memo MKT/431 December 24, 2012 GPS Business Opportunity Memo A competitive analysis is an important step in new business opportunity for any business larger, medium, or small in size. This type of analysis is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. It provides information to help a new company with an edge to identify opportunities and treats in their perspective marketplace. Team D will describe the result of a competitive analysis for our GPS system, the NAVSTAR. We will explain the characteristics of the market niche to which the product will be targeted. Provide recommendation of our brands characteristics to support the GPS’s value. Specify the overall value proposition and recommend unique product characteristics that will appeal to our targeted market niche. Competitive Analysis With technology increasing everyday many people are using some type of GPS tracking system whether they know it or not. Global Positioning System was created originally for the military to use during maneuvers. NAVSTAR Global Positioning System is the preferred usage with the military because of the reliability of the PNT (positioning, navigation, and timing). Military use Precise Positioning Service signal for more accuracy of the Standard Positioning Service (Dana J. Johnson, 2006 p. 3) since 1950’s until present. Civilians currently have access to GPS navigation systems such as OnStar through their automobiles...
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...Obstacles Facing Short-Fused Teams Organizations are consistently relying on the formation and implementation of short- fused teams to accomplish specific goals in an effective and efficient manner. However, these teams are often created in an abrupt fashion and face lofty expectations in spite of a drastically low amount of previous interaction and uniquely defined goals from within the group dynamic. These obstacles are exacerbated by the overarching time constraints that are placed on these teams, especially when the issue is complex and its optimal resolution uncertain. More specifically managers are tasked with “creating a climate that supports these teams” that allows them to coexist and accomplish the purpose of their formation (Doolen, 285). However, social and professional conflict may hinder production and can prove difficult to effectively manage. Furthermore, outside circumstances such as time and resources, may exacerbate the issue. These obstacles, albeit not comprehensive, consist of role ambiguity, conflicting interests, resistance to change, and lack of cohesion and its effect on the difficulty of information sharing (Chan, 2008). Role Ambiguity In forming teams, organizations often form new positions and responsibilities previously non-existent within the current design. This creates a level of uncertainty surrounding these unknown responsibilities and expectations and, as a result, can increase the level of stress the individual members of the...
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...3434 11/23/15 V for Vendetta Analysis WR 111 C Analysis In the film, V for Vendetta, the director James McTeigue implies that ideas are bulletproof because the idea lives on through the people you've touched. The movie starts off with V saving a fearful women named Evey. She is scared of everything because her parents were killed and she watched her mother get beaten by government officials. V then goes on to explain his beliefs and ideas, and he even shows her his first act of rebellion by destroying the Old Bailey. They then run into each other a couple more times before the main events of V imprisoning Evey to help her lose her fears. She ends up wanting to die rather than give up any information for V's arrest. V does this to help her lose her fears and see what he had to go through partially. His main thing was for her to lose her fears so she would help him execute his main act of rebellion to free the society of their fear and for his ideas to live on. Once he gets all of London to follow his idea, he knows his idea will be bulletproof and it will live on through everyone he touched. V was a victim of a government ran epidemic. The government was experimenting on London natives trying to find a substance to make a super soldier who held a cure and use a illness to be a devastating chemical warfare weapon. V actually held the cure and he was the super soldier the government was trying to make. The whole laboratory went up in flames and burned down unfortunately...
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...A stunningly beautiful girl, Psyche, is born after two older sisters. People throughout the land worship her beauty so deeply that they forget about the goddess Venus. Venus becomes angry that her temples are falling to ruin, so she plots to ruin Psyche. She instructs her son, Cupid, to pierce the girl with an arrow and make her fall in love with the most vile, hideous man alive. But when Cupid sees Psyche in her radiant glory, he shoots himself with the arrow instead. Meanwhile, Psyche and her family become worried that she will never find a husband, for although men admire her beauty, they always seem content to marry someone else. Psyche's father prays to Apollo for help, and Apollo instructs her to go to the top of a hill, where she will marry not a man but a serpent. Psyche bravely follows the instructions and falls asleep on the hill. When she wakes up, she discovers a stunning mansion. Going inside, she relaxes and enjoys fine food and luxurious treatment. At night, in the dark, she meets and falls in love with her husband. She lives happily with him, never seeing him, until one day he tells her that her sisters have been crying for her. She begs to see them, but her husband replies that it would not be wise to do so. Psyche insists that they visit, and when they do, they become extremely jealous of Psyche's beautiful mansion and lush quarters. They deduce that Psyche has never seen her husband, and they convince her that she must sneak a look. Confused and conflicted...
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...SWOT Analysis According to the definition SWOT analysis is a tool used for auditing an organization and its environment. It’s a situation analysis were internal strengths and weaknesses of an organization, and external opportunities and threats faced by it are closely examined to a chart a strategy. The acronym SWOT stands for: S stands for strength, W stands for weaknesses, O stands for opportunities and T stands for threats. According to pg 58, “The goal of SWOT analysis is to match the company strengths to attractive opportunities in the environment, while eliminating or overcoming the weaknesses and minimizing the threats. Strengths help the company achieve objectives by including internal capabilities resources and positive situational factors. These capabilities can be used on the basis of building a competitive advantage. Weaknesses are also internal but, it includes the limitations and negative situational factors a company faces. Weaknesses can be viewed as the flip side of strength, but the company need to learn their weaknesses in order to turn that weakness into strength. Opportunities are trends or factors that are favorable in the external environment that a company may be able to take advantage of. Opportunities can help a company profits and also make it grow by continuing to look for new opportunities. Threats are the unfavorable external obstacles that a company may face. Companies should try and follow up on their weaknesses so it doesn’t become...
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...boutique in which children can create their own unique backpack design. The site allows each child (or adult) to create a unique backpack with their choice of colors, prints, and even a name personalization tool. With a wide array of colors, patterns, and prints to choose from, the chances of any individual mimicking the same exact creation is virtually impossible. While this idea is innovative in the sense that each bag will be unique, there are several factors that must be considered when launching a business. The key to being a success in an industry that is already oversaturated with products is to do a good job of not only gathering intelligence information but also successfully disseminate and use that information to overcome these obstacles (e.g. Le Bon, 2014). Competitive/Economic Forces The concept of creating a backpack itself is not innovate. We wouldn’t be reinventing the wheel whereas the structure or functionality of the bag is concerned. We’re merely focusing on the design aspect of the backpack and making...
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