...other. The idea of friends with benefits is that two friends want a sexual partner, but do not want to have a romantic relationship. Can two friends have a sexual relationship without romantic feelings occurring? Can friends with benefits maintain their friendship? Questions involving friends with benefits arise from a myriad of readings involving cross-sex friends. It can be deduced from modern culture that the practice of having sex with someone other than one’s significant other is a commonality. I personally feel that many men and women, when young, are more willing to explore their sexuality. Young adults often don’t want to settle down as soon as possible; they may like to enjoy the pleasures out of life. There are many factors, such as feelings of love and the prospect of marriage, which can change the relationship between friends with benefits. The outcome of the relationship will depend on the individuals involved. There are multiple readings that discuss or portray the outcomes of friends in sexual relationships. For instance in Sula, a reading that involves different relationships between friends, the author used literary analysis to portray the effect of a sexual friendship between a man and a woman. Sula is a Native American woman who is sexually promiscuous. Even though she has slept with many men, she has never created any type of relationship with them. One day Ajax, a Native American man who lives in the same town as Sula, showed up at Sula’s door because he...
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...Course instructor: Course name: Date: Remington’s Research Project Introduction Remington’s restaurant is one of the casual restaurants located in Tampa, Florida. The restaurant is seen have various issues that surrounds its operations and the profitability as well. This research is deemed at looking at the various tenets of success that surrounds this restaurant. Again the failure that affects this restaurant is worth noting down. To this end, the performance of this restaurant is t put under scrutiny with keen concern on the various variables that affects it operations and profitability at each and every stance. In the recent past a survey was conducted in order to get to know the performance of Remington’s restaurant in the light of various variables(Zhao, and Olsen, 94). These variables would include the customer perception, the quality of services offered by the restaurant, the perception of the restaurant as compared t the competitors in the market, the speed with which the customers are attended to. It is also quiet imperative to look at the perceived price of the various products. In order to discover the authenticity of this survey, a keener scrutiny on the methodology used in this research is quite important. Again looking at the real pertinent issues that affect the research study, it is important to give an incisive look at the various variables under which the data collection was carried out. In this research for data analysis, various statistical techniques...
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...Executive Summary The purpose of this report was to examine the results of the effective implementation of customer relationship management (CRM) systems. What is the most effective way to realize all of the benefits from CRM system implementation? Research for this report included a review of current literature on effective implementation of CRM systems and the market data on popular CRM systems on the market available on Gartner, the leading information technology research website. Major findings indicate that just simply buying into a CRM system would not bring the promised benefits associated with the system. That is only possible if the implementations of the system is backed by appropriate strategies, supplemented by the aid of high tech IT solutions and it is the most important to know how to use the integrated information system to the best advantage. For the new CRM system being implemented in the company to be a success, the company has to evolve and implement a strategy that will iron out the kinks from the existing system to the new. The success of this endeavor depends greatly on the top management, who has to showcase their commitment and, most importantly, lead the way, guiding the rest of the employees to a new direction, which, when supplemented by the new IT infrastructure, can help give the company the competitive edge it so desires. At the end of the day CRM is only a tool, which can bring tremendous success to the company only if it is implemented and utilized...
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...on why it is important for charities and universities to work together, especially as U.K. universities are increasing their partnerships with charities, whether it’s for student benefit or for research. Further, she expresses that, ‘Institutions are also becoming aware of the need to secure positive outcomes for both community and researchers at the end of a project’ and then argues ‘community and voluntary groups can take advantage of this by making sure that any research that is carried out fulfils a recognised need’. This leads to the third charity examined in this essay – Niven’s example of the University of Brighton’s Community University Partnership Programme (CUPP) and its work with the organization...
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...Executive Summary The telecommunications device industry is rapidly evolving and HTC needs to find a way to sustain a competitive advantage. First we defined what we perceived to be HTC’s problem statement. We then went into an industry analysis using Porter’s Five forces. Then we conduced a firm level analysis. First we identified HTC’s resources and capabilities. We then discussed the value chain with primary activities being: research and development, product design, sourcing, manufacturing, and market research. Secondary activities defined were brand management, product engineering, and human resource. After we assessed the value chain we then identified what we believed to be HTC’s core competencies, which create superior value to the company. These include R&D, partnerships with Microsoft, and innovative product design skills. Next, we examined HTC’s competitive advantage. We took HTC’s core competencies and analyzed what they do that allows them to competitively compete against other firms in the industry. HTC’s competitive advantages are their R&D, customization abilities, and partnerships with software, operators. We when used these competitive advantages to describe why HTC has sustained good market positioning. Next we touched on the vertical coordination efforts of HTC. As a phone manufacturer HTC has taken steps to take more control over parts of their value chain by entering into partnerships and alliances with other leading companies including: Microsoft...
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...Outline one model of relationship breakdown. Evaluate this and one other approach/theory Stephanie Rollie and Steve Duck developed a model of the breakdown of relationships. Unlike the previous four phase model by Duck, this model focuses on the processes of relationship breakdown rather than the phases people pass through. The six processes of this model are, breakdown, intra-psychic, dyadic, social, grave dressing and resurrection. The breakdown is when one partner becomes increasingly dissatisfied. The intra-psychic processes involve social withdrawal and a focus on a partner’s faults and a sense of being under benefitted. It is suggested by research that when people are depressed they have a tendency to withdraw from social interaction with others (Segrin). The result of this may cause them to re-evaluate the relationship and consider possible alternatives. The dyadic process occurs when partners begin talking about the problems that at least one of them in unhappy with. These dyadic processes may bring up reasons for staying in the relationship (e.g. for the good of the children) but also reasons to leave (e.g. a belief of things cannot change). During the social processes the breakup is ‘aired’ and made public, for example to friends and family. Advice and support is sought from outside the relationship and alliances are created. These processes often include denigration of the partner (‘I never liked him’ ‘You could do better’) and scapegoating (‘It’s all her fault)...
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...Problem Solution: Best Snacks Inc. Best Snacks Inc. has held the number one or the number two position in the snack arena giving outstanding and protected earnings for their investors. In the past two years, sales have dropped radically, the market shares have decreased and stock prices were spiraling down. The Vice President of Organizational Development, Sabrina McKay is a valuable asset with extraordinary expertise that includes several organizational development initiatives. However, due to the severity of Best Snack’s situation, the company has been forced to assess the likes and dislikes of their components in order to compete with success. Best Snacks will need to engage their stakeholders throughout the process and will have to make innovation and creativity a part of everyday life at the company. Describe the Situation Issue and Opportunity Identification In order for Best Snacks to regain its firm stand in the snack food industry they will have to tackle the issues there are currently facing. Such as, the decline in sales, market share decreases resulting in their stock prices dropping significantly, the possibility of losing their long-term popular place in the snack food industry due to the lack of their innovation and creativity. Best Snacks has the chance to integrate in a cultural change program aimed to increase employees’ creative thinking skills resulting in their increase in innovation and creativity at work. By doing this, Best Snacks would open up new...
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...(6:00pm-9:10pm) Tanya Gonzalez September 30, 2014 Research has shown effects on divorce for children have many pros and cons. Some cons are psychological problems, anxiety, lower self-esteem, and depression. Academic performance is also an aspect that affects a child as well as having a healthy relationship. Children from divorced parents also develop conduct problems as well as conflict in sexual activity. Pros would be controlling hostile conflict, improving child and parent relationship as well as improving the quality of parenting. Many experts may agree to disagree on the effects of divorce for children. Studies have shown children with divorce parents have higher anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. This effect’s more females with divorced parents compared to females with intact families. As for male’s it affects them in different ways they become hopeless and discouraged. The depression carries on to adulthood effecting children with low self-esteem, this effect’s personal relationships with friendship as well as the opposite sex. (Portnoy, 2008) Academic performance also affects children with divorced parents; lower test scores will also exhibit lower educational aspirations. Children are likely to drop out of school and achieve lower levels of education. Which eventually effects lower adult occupational status in the long run can lead to school dropouts. Children of divorced parents suffer in their relationship with their parents. Children feel closer to their...
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... Edi ti on Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™ Newly revised edition, which includes evidenced-based operational standards Sponsored by Introduction As a strategy for helping young people succeed in school, work and life, mentoring works. It helps give young people the confidence, resources and support they need to achieve their potential. But, the fact is this: these positive outcomes are only possible when young people are engaged in high-quality mentoring relationships. The Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring holds the key to success in producing high-quality relationships. The new edition of the Elements provides six evidence-based standards for practice that incorporate the latest research and best-available practice wisdom. It also reprises advice that appeared in earlier editions on program design and planning; program management; program operations; and program evaluation. We believe adherence to the Elements will ensure that mentoring relationships thrive and endure. They include measures that any mentoring program in any setting can implement, as well as measures that any agency can incorporate within the mentoring element of broad-based, positive youth development programming. This means that community-based, corporate-based, school-based, faith-based and Internet-based mentoring programs can use the Elements to meet the specific needs of the young people they serve and the milieu in which they operate. And, it means that afterschool...
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...A Definition of Leadership A traditional definition of leadership: Leadership is an interpersonal influence directed toward the achievement of a goal or goals. Three important parts of this definition are the terms interpersonal, influence, and goal. · Interpersonal means between persons. Thus, a leader has more than one person (group) to lead. · Influence is the power to affect others. · Goal is the end one strives to attain. Basically, this traditional definition of leadership says that a leader influences more than one person toward a goal. The definition of leadership used in this course follows. LEADERSHIP is a dynamic relationship based on mutual influence and common purpose between leaders and collaborators in which both are moved to higher levels of motivation and moral development as they affect real, intended change. (Kevin Freiberg and Jackie Freiberg, NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, Bard Press, 1996, p. 298) Three important parts of this definition are the terms relationship, mutual, and collaborators. Relationship is the connection between people. Mutual means shared in common. Collaborators cooperate or work together. This definition of leadership says that the leader is influenced by the collaborators while they work together to achieve an important goal. Leadership versus Management A leader can be a manager, but a manager is not necessarily a leader. The leader of the work group may emerge informally as the...
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...Week 1 Chapter 1: The selection of a research design Three types of design: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. Although it is difficult to separate the first two, often a research study tends to be more quantitative than qualitative or vice versa. Mixed methods is somewhere in the middle, a combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods. In detail: Qualitative research is about exploring and understanding the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem. Quantitative research is a means for testing objective theories, deriving hypotheses from these theories, and examining the relationship among variables. Mixed methods research associates both research design. Often, in qualitative research, the researcher needs to interpret the data (evidence) collected during the research process. The final report may have a flexible structure. With quantitative research, the final report is more or less structured; introduction, literature survey and theory, data description, methods, results and discussion (for future research). These models pretty much cover the available areas to researchers in selecting the type of research design. In each research design, it helps to identify, list and associate the three components of the research design. The first component is the way the research views the problem of interest. This is called under different names, research paradigm, epistemologies (the origin) and ontologies (how you know what you know), etc...
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...before marriage. This research will show some ideas of the teenagers who has already committed to premarital sex. OBJECTIVES •To know the emotions they feel after having premarital sex. •To know if they consider relationship before engaging premarital sex •To be aware on how teenagers thinks about premarital sex. Sex is a basic human need. Every person has the desire to enjoy a physical relationship with someone they care about. And in the context of marriage, those moments of intimacy can bring pure joy and pleasure to your life. But when it's used in the wrong way, sex can cause guilt, anxiety, depression, disease and low self-esteem. How do you make the right decision about when — and with whom — you should have sex? If you've made a wise decision about what's best for your life, you won't be as likely to give in to your desires. (cc) image by nuonsolarteam on Flickr •Make a commitment. Make a promise to yourself that you won't engage in sexual activity until you're married. The best way to make sure you stick to your word is to share your promise with a pastor or parent. Keep your brain in control. . Even though your body may send other messages, remember having sex even one time can negatively affect your life forever. The only 100% “safe sex” is no sex at all. Though some forms of birth control may protect you from sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection and pregnancy, they're not without failure. The best way to enjoy a sexual relationship...
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...selflessness in her intriguing short story, “Robert E. Lee Is Dead”. Throughout the story, Evans highlights the positive and negative effects of dependent relationships amongst best friends in a southern, lower-class setting. Her story demonstrates multiple instances of reliance, peer pressure, and loyalty, while also having an interesting and superior plot. Evans’ main characters, Geena and Crystal, grow together throughout the story, despite their opposite personalities. Geena, a troublesome teenager, becomes best friends with a smart, shy girl named Crystal. Their friendship faces multiple obstacles, yet each girl relies on the companionship...
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...A Busy Mother and Spouse My problem is in regards to my relationship with my spouse. We hardly spend time with one another because we are so caught up in our busy lives. As I mentioned in Part 1, I am afraid that we will end up like most couples who do not find alone time with one another, separated and divorced. This is something that I do no hope for and I plan on finding a solution to this. The first thing that must be done is to understand why it is that we do not have any time for each other. The answer is fairly obvious because I am a full time mother, student, and housewife. He is a full time accountant and father. A lot of our spare time is spent on resting or spending time with our families. After researching why it is that we do not spend enough time with each other, I must conduct more research on working relationships. I must do some research on the percentage of married couples who do stay together if they do not have any quality time together versus those who do not. I also plan on researching some fun and easy things to do with your spouse that is not so time consuming. We both love being parents so it’s essential that we do not take too much time away from our daughter while she is so young. The sources that I plan on using are several marriage forums online and articles based on successful marriages. I am positive that there will be wise advise on these websites. Another source that I will be seeking are my parents and friends who have been married for over...
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...Creative Life (TCL) has been trying to capture the market overseas through merger and acquisitions. This research report is based on the study of how TCL can improvise demographic variables and use the data to extract results on the level of income and their buying power. Considering the scenario that the company is trying to launch a hi-end tablet in India or United States the data is collected. In order to examine the two markets the research problem has been identified: What are the attributes that will lead to higher purchasing power of the consumers for hi-end tablets? Research questions and hypothesis are constructed to find the relationship between age, gender income, type of employment, and level of education. The study involve the used exploratory research design to examine the objectivity, nature and the dependability. Income is used to assess the buying power of the individuals. How can income affect a greater buying power, how the type of employment caters to greater income level and how education can lead to high income is all discussed in details in the report. Questionnaire is completed in the form of an online survey. Quantitative information is collected on the basis of the demographic data for e.g. age, gender, income and education. The appendices provides detailed tests that were run on the variables. Results reveal that the certain relationships between the variables are significant however, some of the tests were statistically insignificant. The literature...
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