Samples

McDonald’s mainly deals with the sales of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chickens, French fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes and desserts (McDonald’s par. 2). The company also introduced salads, fish, wraps, smoothies and fruits to satisfy the increasing needs of the customers. The company will be introducing butchery services (selling of raw meat products) to its line of business. This service will be introduced with an aim of attracting new clients and to generate more revenue for the company. This paper examines the internal stakeholders of the firm with the objective of establishing their relevance to the organization. The main objective of this paper is therefore be to find out the significance that internal stakeholders have to the firm as well as the responsibility of the organization to these stakeholders. (more…)

Elle Woods

Introduction

This paper reviews the psychology of Elle Woods. Elle Woods is a character in the fictional movie Legally Blonde based on a 2002 novel by Amanda Brown. This review will encompass the theories found in Bernardo J. Carducci’s book, the psychology of personality.

The Plot of the Movie

Woods is the protagonist in the fictional movie. At the beginning of the movie, she is head over heels in love with her boyfriend Warner Huntington. Woods hopes that Huntington will marry her but he breaks up with her claiming that she is not serious enough for him to marry her. (more…)

Adolf Hitler was a political leader in German who ruled under the direction of the Nazis control. Adolf Hitler managed to stay in power due to the allegiance of the State police (SS) and the German secret state police (Gestapo) who swore to protect the Nazis from whoever came against their rules and control.

The state police and the Gestapo were a military power who used force and violence to punish whoever tried to go against the leader of the Nazis German or against the infamous leader Hitler. The secret states police were criminal investigative police officers who used to persecute offences and crimes which were committed against the state itself. (more…)

Ludovico Caracci’s “The Lamentation” and Francesco Trevisani’s
“Dead Christ Supported by the Angels”

Since time in memorial, memories and relevant events have always been told and documented by artists through drawings, paintings and other mediums. Apart from entertainment, the other key role of art is to highlight and addresses relevant issues in society. Artists have always created artistic works that are connected and related to the culture and society they live in. Separated by decades or centuries, artists have addressed the same issues in their work, from religion to society to love and justice. This paper will compare and analyze two paintings with religious themes, created one hundred fifty years apart: “Dead Christ Supported by Angels” by Francesco Trevisani and “The Lamentation” by Ludovico Carracci. “Dead Christ Supported by Angels” depicts the body of Jesus Christ held by divine angels and was paonted in 1701. The medium used for the drawing is oil on canvas; its dimensions are 51 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. (130.8 x 97.2 cm). “The Lamentation” was painted in 1852, using oil on canvas; its dimensions are 37 1/2 x 68 in. (95.3 x 172.7 cm). The comparison reveals how two artists use the elements of painting differently to address the same subject matter. (more…)

I work at pizzeria. This pizzeria is a local restaurant and it has been quite successful. Its success is evident in the few restaurants that have been born the mother pizzeria opened in the several towns in the United States. To be precise, in Kansas, the pizzeria has 5 restaurants with 8 staff. The pizzeria was an idea by two brothers and it was opened  in Kansas in the US. They borrowed money from their mother and rented a building that was on a busy road somewhere in Wichita. The pizza concept was new in America and the same year, the pizzeria franchises were launched. It was able to develop both in the USA and overseas. Today, half of Pizza Hut is owned by franchises and joint ventures are the owners. (more…)

Purpose

For effective operations of any business, worker’s safety should be considered. Workers are the engines of the business and under good health working conditions; their efficiency is bound to be high. Job hazard analysis enables the management of a company identify the dangers, which the workers get exposed to and learn of how to make the necessary adjustments.

Applicability

Job hazard analysis applies in every occupation, as there is no job without health risks. The welding job has many dangers associated with it as it involves the use of gas flames. Hazard analysis is made to avert certain tragedies associated with the hazards. The hazards affect the welders alongside other people for example in case of an explosion. (more…)

Sustainable Knowledge Management within Organizations:
A Case Study of Apple

Abstract

This research paper outlines that the success that Apple Inc. enjoys is based on the approach based on strengths that Steve Jobs cultivated in the organization as a company strategy during his tenure as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. This approach to knowledge management is basically built on the creation of deviant performance with a positive outlook, which ultimately results in the achievement of runaway success in the company that exceeds the expectations of both stakeholders and the projections of competitors. The company approach to knowledge management for sustainable development is based on key pillars of focusing on exploiting the major capabilities of employee at the workplace, taking advantage of available opportunities to utilize employee strengths through innovation, and cultivating an organizational culture that ensures the perpetuation of these practices over time. Ultimately, Apple Inc. has been able to create a result-oriented workforce with continuously learning at its core. (more…)

Discrimination within Employment Sector in Nigeria and UK

Discrimination is the act of denying someone an equal opportunity because of the differences between the offender and the victim. The differences can be gender, race, and religion among many others. Nigeria and UK have laws that attempt to ensure equal opportunity for every person in relation to the mentioned differences. The Nigeria’s constitution under Section 42, Chapter IV pledges the right to equal opportunity in employment. In contrast, UK has a specific law on sex discrimination in the workplace. The SDA (Sex Discrimination Act) 1975 advocates for equal opportunities in employment, education, and transport for both sexes (Edwards and Zhang, 2008). The law covers various aspects of employment including recruitment, promotion and transfer opportunities, training, dismissal, redundancy, terms and conditions, and dismissal. The Equality Act 2010 also guarantees the right to freedom from workplace discrimination on the grounds of sex. (more…)

Introduction

Since historical times, flags have been used by nations across the globe to represent the views of the populations about various concerns. Flags have symbolic meanings that convey the beliefs and values of individuals that they represent. To enhance harmonic co-existence and ensure sustainability of these important national symbols, it is vitally important for the developers and framers of the flags to have a unified understanding of the meaning of the respective flags. Besides being used by the national army, the states adopted confederate flags and used them for various purposes. Just like other states, South Carolina was among the nations that employed this flag to signify various reasons. However, contradicting positions regarding the significance of the confederate flag led to resistance amongst the populations. While the White factions felt that the flag was an important symbol of heritage, Blacks believed that the flag symbolized racism and social oppression. (more…)

Management covers a very wide area of expertise. In each and every business, institution organization there has to be some sort of management to ensure that the set goals are achieved. The personnel that are assigned managerial positions are usually faced with tough decisions which they have to make within a given period of time. For instance, during the economic recession that was experienced in the United States and Europe, many companies were faced with problems which made it a necessity to lay off some of the workers. Such kind of decisions had to be made by the people in managerial positions to ensure that those companies survived the economic recession. This paper will discuss the topic of property management (Ellison, 2009).

Property management involves the control, operation and oversight of real estate properties. Presently, real estate business has boomed in many countries in the world. This has been brought about by the increased population which has been brought about by reduced mortality rate. As the population increases there is an ever growing demand for housing (Crane, 2007). Companies are springing up everywhere and building very good housing units. In order for these companies to stay competitive in the real estate business, they have to ensure that they have good managers who will keep their estates in good order. The need for management and accountability has led to these companies ensuring that they hire people with impeccable managerial skills (Deakin, 2004). (more…)