...PTSD can be characterized by the presence of instable mental thoughts following severe traumatic incidents. In consecutive studies since the 1970s, there is significant evidence to prove that approximately 85% of emergence response personnel worldwide have been exposed to traumatic events that could trigger PTSD and depression symptoms (Addis & Stephens, 2008, pg.361). These statistics are not limited to North America, as it even states New Zealand officers tend to have a heightened level of police PTSD and suicide (Addis & Stephens, 2008, pg.362). While PTSD and depression are often paired with one another, the two are very distinct conditions that come with their own separate consequences. One of the few similarities shared between the two is the high rate of officers that are impacted by both conditions. Depression is largely targeted towards a person’s emotions and often lowers their thoughts to a negative manner, in which their happiness can be limited. Depression has been linked to a large number of suicides in the police force (Carlan & Nored,...
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...percentage of company’s revenue is acquired from China market in 2008 (Chen, S. 2010). After Rio was declined an offer of $US20 billion from the state owned Chinalco, the arrest and sentence of Stern Hu and his colleagues in 2009 was occured for allegations of bribery about $US14 million and stealing business secrets from state-run steel company. Consequently the China Iron and Steel Association reflected by the action of stop buying iron ore for the next two months from Brazil’s Vale, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto (Mascitelli&Chung, 2011). As a result the trade relationship between Australian and China is collapsed in some way that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said transparency and openness could have facilitated Australia and the international business community in understanding and dealing with the matter (Sainsbury,M.2010). The case has raised the cold war tension between the essential economic relationship between Australia and China that the trial over the court’s decision was operated in a closed courtroom session. Regarding to the imprisonment of the...
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...Diversity and creativity in leading team performance towards organizational success Assignment -2- Work Groups and Teams - By Diaeddine Elturk Executive Summary: This paper cites the work of numerous notable authorities in the business world and their work on the importance, power and effectiveness of teams in leading the organizations and people towards the targeted success. The growing understanding of the business world of the interdependencies between functions that create performance in organizations and the indispensability of collaborative efforts continue to gain recognition and lead the precipitation of this understanding in the heart of organizational cultures. Advocates of team work argue that the organization needs to be built as a team to succeed. Drucker, Katzenbach, Buchanan, Andrews, Payne and Visart are only few of the notable writers on the validity of team work that are referenced to in this paper. Hot group, Task Force, or self-managing team, regardless of the naming or formation, any group who establishes common vision and orchestrate the respective roles and actions of its members stands a better chance to achieve the targeted outcomes. The paper touches upon the five main characteristics of a team, and the three major categories they may fall under. The paper also highlights the strengths and benefits of team while warning on some weaknesses that should be observed and avoided. Diversity of cultures, knowledge, personalities within a proper team dynamics...
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...Tension as a Result of Patchworking In her reading “Patchworking Households in the Economy” Nazli Kibria argues that age and gender tension in the Vietnamese immigrant/Vietnamese American family could be explained by the interaction of the patriarchal structure of the family and the new strategies employed by family to improve their socioeconomic position in the US. I personally agree with Kibria to a certain extent. Through my interviews of people I did find some tension because of patchworking. On the other hand I also found patchworking to be something that brought families and communities closer together. I also found that patchworking could also form family like bonds between people that are not related. When the Vietnamese first arrived in the United States they were amazed at the amount of economic freedom that was in the United States compared to Vietnam. They were especially amazed in the ability to engage in business activities freely something that they could not do in Communist Vietnam. Among the amazement was a sense of worry. In Vietnam a person could earn enough for everyone. “Here, people need more; everyone needs to get a TV, a car, a house. Here I work very hard and very long, and still I’m not sure, do I have enough money? Because there’s always something more I have to buy” (Kibria 74). In a sense when they were in Vietnam they had to worry about the communist, after escaping they now have to worry about money. Vietnamese Americans view on economic life...
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...Click here to download the solutions manual / test bank INSTANTLY!! http://testbanksolutionsmanual.blogspot.com/2011/02/accounting-information-systems-romney.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Accounting Information Systems Romney 11th Edition Solutions Manual Accounting Information Systems Romney 11th Edition Solutions Manual Accounting Information Systems Romney 11th Edition Solutions Manual Accounting Information Systems Romney Steinbart 11th Edition Solutions Manual Accounting Information Systems Romney Steinbart 11th Edition Solutions Manual ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL BOOK. YOU ARE BUYING the Solution Manual in e-version of the following book*** Name: Accounting Information Systems Author: Romney Steinbart Edition: 11th ISBN-10: 0136015182 Type: Solutions Manual - The file contains solutions and questions to all chapters and all questions. All the files are carefully checked and accuracy is ensured. - The file is either in .doc, .pdf, excel, or zipped in the package and can easily be read on PCs and Macs. - Delivery is INSTANT. You can download the files IMMEDIATELY once payment is done. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Our response is the fastest. All questions will always be answered in 6...
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...Case Studies Solutions Case Studies Solutions,Article Writing,Assignments,Research Work,Home Work MenuSkip to content Home How We Work ? Refund Policy How to Order ? Disclaimer Contact Us Finance Cases List POSTED ON MARCH 8, 2013 Hello, If u want us to solve any case study from below list, do contact us anytime, We are here to provide the experience, expertise, and professionalism that you are looking for , Our tutors are available 24/7 to assist you what you need, Click Here to submit your Order. ======================================================================================= Acquisition of Consolidated Rail Corp. by Benjamin C. Esty Airbus A3XX: Developing the World’s Largest Commercial Jet by Benjamin C. Esty American Chemical Corp.by William E. Fruhan, John P. Goldsberry American Home Products Corp.by David W. Mullins AQR’s Momentum Funds by Daniel B. Bergstresser, Lauren H. Cohen, Randolph B. Cohen, Christopher Malloy Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project by Timothy A. Luehrman AXA MONY by Andre F. Perold, Lucy White Beta Management Co. by Michael E. Edleson Butler Lumber Co. by Thomas R. Piper Cartwright Lumber Co.by Thomas R. Piper Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital by Edward J. Riedl, Suraj Srinivasan Clarkson Lumber Co. by Thomas R. Piper Cooper Industries, Inc. by Thomas R. Piper Cost of Capital at Ameritrade by Erik Stafford, Mark L. Mitchell Debt Policy at UST, Inc. by Mark L. Mitchell Dell’s Working Capital...
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...ASSESSMENT 3: Evaluation of business case Introduction and Summary of case study This passage tells about Holden which is a foreign-owned car manufacturer wants to exit the car manufacturing in Australia in 2013, but Toyota thinks it will give them pressure on local supplier network and their ability to make cars. Toyota was founded in 1958, and among 20 years, it expanded to export. In the next 5 years, it merged as the market leader. Although Toyota has a long history of production and broadly business scope with a good business system, to some extent, it is influenced by the external environment which include the customers demand, market structure, adverse currency development and other development. It uses three strategies so as to follow the balanced model. The model is good, but for the constraint from domestic demand, the company uses the export strategy from New Zealand to Thailand. Moreover, customers’ preference to the type of cars changes which is unfortunately counters to Toyota’s; the small scale of production results in high level of cost; the high tariff rates make it difficult export cars, also high exchange rate of exporting are the key adverse environment. These factors make Toyota feel competitive. In order to operate successfully, Toyota began to counter those developments. It practise improvement in productivity and reduction in cost by adopting both internal and external cost-reduction strategies, such as reduce the production and labour cost, but...
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...Advanced Technology or the Changing Work Environment William Smith Abstract The use of technological advancements in the workplace to stay connected was inevitable. Its pervasive usage has changed the face of successful organizations. There is evidence that supports technology’s impact on businesses has created equal change in its chosen user’s daily lives. To better understand the impact, Stoner, Stephens, & McGowan’s “Connectivity and work dominance: Panacea or pariah” (2009) addresses weather work-connecting technologies (WCT) and the changing business environment has caused an imbalance between young managers and professionals’ use of technology and work-life balance. An analysis of the article describes the current generation of professionals engrossed with technology and tries to determine the impact. The articles denouement concluded both positive and negative perceptions in professional groups who went beyond the boundaries and expanded their connectivity. The advanced technology and the changing environment Technology has become part of today’s accepted culture and allowed both employee and employer to increase workloads whether voluntary or not. Utilizing WCTs should temperate communications allowing a win – win for both the worker and the organization. Work-connecting technology’s usage allows for the most sought after commodity in the young workforce, flexibility. WCT commonly includes BlackBerry’s, cell phones, PDAs, faxes...
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...Denial of automatic parental responsibilities and rights (PRRs) for non-marital fathers has become increasingly difficult to justify in recent years, as a result of changes in social and cultural attitudes. Studies reveal that 51.4% of children are now born outside wedlock. Consequently, statute has intervened throughout the years in an attempt to abolish the notion of the ‘illegitimate’ child and to ameliorate the rights of the unmarried father. In this essay, the writer will describe how a non-marital father can obtain PRRs with reference to recent legislation, discussing any obstacles they may face and consider the extent to which they are still discriminated against in Scots Law. The Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 came into force on 4 May 2006. This piece of legislation significantly improved the position of the non-marital father by amending the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 which details the legal mediums through which a parent can acquire PRRs. This legislative innovation provided that unmarried fathers can acquire full PRRs providing they register as the father under any of the UK’s Acts enabling registration of births, deaths and marriages as well as registering their paternity after the amendment came into force. However, the mother is not required to register but instead obtains PRRs automatically, which is arguably discriminatory in nature against a man who is the biological father of a child born to the woman, since the mother has no mirroring obligation and acquires...
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...ever. Six players had been suspended and 82 major penalties like fighting were given in 42 games, compared to the season before this which was an increase in 44%. Increase of violence in sports during times of war is no coincidence, it is a representation of what is happening in society. Some questions to consider will be is there an explanation to this increase? What are some extreme cases that have led to investigation? And who has spoken out about this correlation? A theory called the cultural spillover theory...
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...appeals process | | Ashlee Flemimg | 2/12/2012 | Abstract An appeal in the criminal law system is a defendant’s way of challenging the court’s decision. In this paper I will discuss what an appeal is, how it factors into the overall procedures and process of the criminal system. How the appeals process may be improved. Steps in the appeals process and an example case of an appeal. And why the example case appeal did or did not succeed. Introduction A defendant can challenge is conviction by filling an appeal to have the conviction overturned. The first appeal filed in most cases in the Federal System and most State Court systems is an appeal of the Statutory Right. If they lose the appeals under the statutory right they may then appeal to the State Supreme Court or the U.S. Supreme Court. But in most cases a defendant does not have the right to file such an appeal. The Supreme Court must agree to hear the defendant’s case. But defendant needs to remember that an Appeals Court is not automatically required to review a case. What is an appeal? An appeal is a petition to a higher court for review of a case that has already been decided by a lower court of law. The petition is made for the purpose of having the lower court’s decision overturned. How do appeals factor into the overall criminal procedures and processes? Merely filing an appeal does not automatically mean that a defendant will find it easy to have the court decision reversed. It is imperative that the...
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...Consulting Patti Smith looked up at the bright blue Carolina sky before she entered the offices of Horizon Consulting. Today was Friday, which meant she needed to prepare for the weekly status report meeting. Horizon Consulting is a custom software development company that offers fully integrated mobile application services for iPhone ™ , Android ™ , Windows Mobile ® and BlackBerry ® platforms. Horizon was founded by James Thrasher, a former Marketing executive, who quickly saw the potential for digital marketing via smartphones. Horizon enjoyed initial success in sports marketing, but quickly expanded to other industries. A key to their success was the decline in cost for developing smartphone applications which expanded the client base. The decline in cost was primarily due to learning curve and ability to build customized solutions on established platforms. Patti Smith was a late bloomer who went back to college after working in the restaurant business for nine years. She and her former husband had tried unsuc-cessfully to operate a vegetarian restaurant in Golden, Colorado. After her di-vorce, she returned to University of Colorado where she majored in Management Information Systems with a minor in Marketing. While she enjoyed her marketing classes much more than her MIS classes, she felt the IT know- how acquired would give her an advantage in the job market. This turned out to be true as Horizon hired her to be an Account Manager soon after graduation. Patti Smith was hired to...
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...to the economic crisis. Several of the ethical lapses that occurred during the ethical crisis were caused by risk also known as gharar and gambling. Both gharar and gambling are banned by Islamic law (Smith, 2012). The author argues that religious beliefs not limited to Islam can influence more responsibility within a business’s leadership. Omneya Abdelsalam, the director of the El Shaarani Research Centre for Islamic Business believes the belief of god and his power brings an acute level of accountability and responsibility (Smith, 2012). The suggestion of Dr Abdelsalam is that the belief of religion has a direct power of the way individuals conduct business. Islamic businesses primary ethical perspectives are to fulfill social responsibility of the business to the best of its capabilities, have fair treatment for employees, care for the environment and customers, and fulfilling the obligation toward shareholders and other stakeholders (Smith, 2012). Challenges faced by Islamic businesses are the views of tangible assets and some principles. Cedomir Nestorovic, a professor of Islamic business and management states that Islamism’s should not be teaching business techniques alone. They must include religious and ethical issues to explain the rational of industries (Smith, 2012). To increase Islam’s span of international business Islamic businesses need to embrace the spirit of Sharia instead of finding ways around it. Sharia law is the moral code and religious law of...
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...from 10-17 year olds influenced by parenting or ethnicity? My research question analyses the relationship between two variables, parenting and ethnicity, and aims to evaluate the influence they have on gang membership throughout teenage years. Literature suggests that poor parenting and ethnic minorities are more subjected to joining a gang. Furthermore Smith and Bradshaw (2005:3) suggest that gang members are younger with 20% of young people belonging to a gang at the age of 13, and just 5% by the age of 17. In this analysis I will investigate how prominent ethnic minorities and poor parenting are in gang culture and the effect these variables have on gang membership. Firstly I selected one of my independent variables to be ethnicity because of the controversy over racism in 2006: the data I will use for analysis was taken from the OCJS 2006. Ethnic issues in society were heightened at this time because of the cold case review that was to begin the next year into the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (Cathcart: 2012). Revisiting such a tragic event meant the issues were at the front of the public mind. It was therefore intriguing to study ethnicity as a contributor to gang culture in youth today to see the relative impact it had. Research on ethnicity has been dominated by the labelling of ethnic minorities as offenders and arguably it is merely a scapegoat for the heart of society’s problems. In this report I will analyse whether improper labelling and thus ethnic disproportionality has...
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...Abstract Many lay people and psychologists alike believe that women are more emotional than men: Women are believed to experience and express most emotions more intensely and more frequently than men. (Barrett, Robin, Pietromonaco, & Eyssell, 1998). However an assumption could be formed about how men express emotional behaviors just like women. This research was done using the one topic that segregates men from women that is their choices. When it comes to choosing novels it is assumed in most cases that women prefer thrillers and romantic genre while men prefer more mystery genre but through my research I have come to conclusions with the fact that the novel choices of men are less emotional when compared to women but there are a few cases of exceptions. The purpose of this research paper was to find out whether females still read more emotional centered novels than males using survey techniques. Key Terms: Emotions, Gender, Novels This research was conducted for the purpose of understanding human behaviors and gender stereotypes within those behaviors. Emotions are an important aspect for humans to make judgments and choices (Huebner, Dwyer, & Hauser, 2009) hence my research will be based on the choices we make and whether gender plays a role in it or not. Objectives Primary Objective: * To find out whether there are male students who choose emotional novels as compared to females in Manipal University, Dubai. Also, whether females do not choose to read...
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