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Planning Questions Balady Halal Food Market has formulated a strategic plan that incorporates 7 strategic core principle points to be implemented in all stores: 1) Maintain the Halal position; 2) Maintain bi-weekly/monthly sales; 3) Include and maintain variety in all departments; 4) Price popular brand name items below market value; 5) Maintain a higher profit margin for the Balady brand; 6) Maintain clean and sanitary locations; 7) Ensure customer satisfaction. The target market includes Muslims living in America who, according to their faith, must adhere to a Halal diet, specifically the Muslim population in Brooklyn, New York. The products addressed will be primarily Halal foods, which must follow a strict production process to be considered "Halal," under our Balady brand name that offers higher quality Halal foods than many stores that cater to Muslims primarily for profit. The target customer group is Muslim Americans, both native born and

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Abstract This essay presents a critique of an empirical study titled "Resourcefulness and Health Practices of Diabetic Women" published in 2001 by Zauszniewski and Chung in Research in Nursing & Health. What is significant about this empirical study is that the authors are focused on identifying the impact of depressive symptoms in combination with a diagnosis of diabetes on both the health practices of women and their resourcefulness. They found that the effects of depressive symptoms among members of this population can be partially mediated by resourcefulness. The shortcomings and the strengths of the research study are reviewed as well as the central elements of the study and its format. Title/Abstract/Introduction The purpose of this essay is to provide a comprehensive analysis of an empirical research study on the resourcefulness and health practices of diabetic women that was conducted by Zauszniewski and Chung (2001). The title of the article does i

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According to John Leslie Livingstone in his book, "The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting," in the short term, the availability of cash to pay bills is essential to a company's survival. Inefficient cash management can result in bankruptcy. There are many ways for a company to meet its short term cash needs. One is to manage cash inflows by accelerating payments from debtors. Another is to delay cash outflows in the form of payments owed to creditors. A third way involves borrowing money when these cash inflows and outflows cannot be properly balanced (Livingston, 1997). Lawrence Sports is in a unique position. The company is caught in the middle of a three-way tug-of-war involving its working capital needs. Its bank has capped its borrowing capacity at $1.2 million. Its largest customer is responsible for more than 80 percent of the company's sales revenue. Therefore, Lawrence has very little negotiating power with this customer. According to Carl Warren, Jame

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1. Large businesses spend millions of dollars annually on insurance. Why? Should they insure against all risks or does insurance make more sense for some risks than others? Businesses spend substantial money on insurance to protect their assets. The loss of assets costs them money, and the insurance is a hedge against those costs. If they suffer property damage, it will cost money to replace that property, and if the property is necessary to the business's operation, it will cost them in down time, as well. Businesses need to protect against losses to preserve both their assets and their cash flow. An emergency that requires a huge influx of cash to correct can derail a company that might otherwis

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Introduction Foreclosures of home mortgages are at an all-time high in the United States, and numerous companies are facing severe financial consequences if the credit crunch continues unabated. The issue has gained much attention because it affects so many people and because it affects the very places where people live. The article, "Fed to Crack Down on Shady Lending," examines some of the issues surrounding the current situation. Analysis The "shady lending" practices of the title of the article refers to various practices that lenders have implemented in recent years. These practices include not requiring proof of income from borrowers as well as not requiring that at-risk borrowers put aside funds for payment of taxes and insurance. In addition, ther

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A combat or military medic serving in an armored division is a "trained soldier responsible for providing first aid and frontline trauma care on the battlefield" (Combat, 2008, p. 1). Military medics also provide ongoing medical care for soldiers in the absence of a physician, from treating non-battle injuries to fighting disease. Military medics go through a rigorous 16-week training program that is designed to put them on the same level of skill as a second-year medical resident (Cooper, 2006). Military medics serving in armor divisions purposefully put their lives at risk to care for other soldiers. As Marine General Robert Magnus asserts, "Whenever there is a soldier or Marine storming an enemy position, there is a corpsman or a medic that is right within sight" (Long, 2007, p. 4). This paper will discuss the role of the military medic serving in an armored division, including his or her training and purpose on the field of combat. Combat or military medics h

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I feel that FERPA serves as a protection for students. It allows them to review their academic record and request corrections for any perceived errors, which can potentially prevent career-damaging erroneous information from being disseminated to future schools and employers ("Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)"). FERPA has not affected my collegiate life so far in any substantive mann

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One This argument's major strength is the fact that it validly points to a number of examples and outcomes of the Constitutional Convention that clearly prove a significant degree of pluralism was at work in shaping the U.S. Constitution. From the different plans offered by different groups to the four basic principles of the Constitution, the argument makes a sound case for pluralism characterizing the workings of the Constitutional Convention. Despite this strength; however, the argument has one overriding weakness. It fails to consider the group of individuals responsible for the compromises and debates it labels pluralistic. All of the men responsible for the shaping of the U.S. Constitution were white, wealthy and powerful individuals who were primarily interested in protecting their own interests and those of their class, fellow elites. Two The major strength of this article is that it provides in

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As "the world's largest retailer and the world's largest company with more than $312 billion (USD) in sales annually," Wal-Mart is a force to be reckoned with in the retail world (Vargas, 2008). Not surprisingly, a company that large and profitable can attribute at least some of its success to strategic control mechanisms such as price, communication, power, and trust (Nevin, 2007, p. 3). Control mechanisms are "strategic variables for managing ongoing channel relationships" and "serve as 'key building blocks' for organizing exchanges between channel members" (Nevin, 2007, p. 4). As such, they are a vital component of Wal-Mart's internal relationships with its employees and its external relationships with its customers, as well as an indicator of the health of its supply chain and organizational culture. Therefore, the effectiveness of these control mechanisms is important, and the positive and negative reactions to the use of these controls are highly relevant. At a funda

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The vast majority of key business performance measures of for profit organizations do not apply to nonprofit organizations. As Miller & Jentz (719) explain, the key difference between the nonprofit organization and the traditional for profit organization is that the "over-arching goal" of the latter is to generate "profits" - a goal the former does not share given its emphasis on "service." This distinction makes it necessary for nonprofit organizations to develop specialized measures to help the entire organization achieve goals and, simultaneously, to assist staff members and directors or managers in improving efficiency and performance. One area where nonprofit and for profit organizations are highly similar is in their need to use organizational leadership and resources to empower followers in ways that result in a highly motivated workforce that performs at high levels of efficiency in achieving organizational goals. Kouzes and Posner (13) identify five practi

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The business that I plan to start up, Ace Home Repairs, is a recession-proof business that will provide profits quickly and continue to grow. In my local area, there are never enough home repair contractors, and customers often have to wait a week or more for service. I plan to start my business up as a sole proprietorship because that structure carries some helpful benefits with it. I can start the business with less capital, since I will not need a lawyer to establish a sole proprietorship, and handling money will be much easier as well, because I will not need to set up a payroll system (Zahorsky, 2008). All I will need is a separate bank account so that I can keep my business and personal funds separate (Zahorsky, 2008). After the business gets under way and becomes successful, I will likely choose to incorporate it to overcome the disadvantages associated with a sole proprietorship, however, such as personal liability for debts and the company's actions and the less st

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The novelty and surging popularity of Edwin Land's development of instant cameras and film under the aegis of the Polaroid Corporation in the 1950s sent shudders down the spines of Eastman Kodak and Fuji film- two of the world's largest producers of "standard"-type cameras and film, and through these sales, built photo-finisher businesses world wide. Suddenly, the public was able to shoot, wait and see the results nearly instantly. "By 1959, Polaroid marketed a variety that could take indoor sports pictures without a flash and deliver a print in fifteen seconds. Color went on the market in 1963, followed in 1972 by an entirely new system, called SX-70, in which the positive and negative were not peeled apart. Resembling a large playing card, SX-70 pictures allowed the customer to see the images 'emerge' before their eyes" ("Land" para. 5). Protected by hundreds of patents, instant photography flourished for over thirty years. So, what went wrong? Why the news that Polaroi

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The following presents a discussion of organization change. Topics discussed include overcoming resistance to change and transforming organizations and reasons for failure. This is followed by a summary and conclusions. Organizational change is a process that is typically met with disgruntled employees facing the changes. People resist change and behave accordingly. Change includes new adaptations to environmental circumstances and this leads to fear and frustration. Blame is another component of the change process. Kurt Lewin (1952) presented a change theory that helps explain what goes on in the organization seeking to change. Human beings seek to create an environment that is safe and secure and change is a threat to this safe place. People need to be taught the new in a manner that deals with the stages that they are going to face as they change. People need to be motivated to change in order to unfreeze their current status. Once they accept the new they must again

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Introduction Both Dashiell Hammett's hardboiled detective novel The Maltese Falcon and Alberto Moravia's psychological novel about the disintegration of a marital relationship, Contempt (a.k.a. A Ghost at Noon), were adapted into feature films. Hammett's novel and its protagonist shamus Sam Spade were adapted by director John Huston in the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon, while Jean-Luc Godard adapted Moravia's novel for the screen in the 1963 film Contempt. In adapting one of the most popular novels of all time, Gone With The Wind, for film; legendary producer David O. Selznick maintained the audience would forgive any omissions as long as long as nothing not in the original work was invented for the film. In "The Maltese Falcon" and "Contempt" both Huston and Godard primarily follow this rule-of-thumb and remain faithful to the original texts on which the films are based. While Huston's film illustrates the elements of the genre known as film noir, Godard'

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Introduction The topic of motivating parent involvement in reading was chosen since children continue to demonstrate a lack of reading ability in early grades. In addition, the involvement of parents in their child's reading has been empirically shown to improve educational outcomes (Wright & Willis, 2004). Despite parental consensus about the importance of their involvement, there are differences in types and levels of involvement (Lee & Bowen, 2006). Trotman (2001) reported on factors that affect parental involvement such as family structure, parent socioeconomic status, and parent educational level. Wright and Willis as well as my own personal experience as a teacher supports the conclusion that parent involvement must continue to be researched and addressed in the educational system since it is an important component in the educational process of children. Theory The ecological systems theory is used as a theoretical framework for this research paper. This theory w

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An examination of two web sites on sleep disorder shows substantial differences in format, authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage. The Health Encyclopedia-Diseases and Conditions web site and the ToSleep.com web site offer a good basis for comparison and contrast on these aspects of online medical/psychology research, and each offers a different profile in term of its reliability. I visited Health Encyclopedia-Diseases and Conditions on May 11, 2008 at URL http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/237/main.html. This site was created and is maintained by the Healthscout Network. The format of the site is excellent for researching the topic, as it provides links to related topics arranged alphabetically; the visitor can click once to get to the right letter of the alphabet, and then look for the term being researched. Below these links are links to information on definition, description, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep disorders, making this basic inform

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The Blue Eye/Brown Eye was an experiment performed by Jane Elliot in 1968 on the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. Its goal was to demonstrate what prejudice was to her third grade class. The basic idea was to separate the class into two halves, students with blue eyes and those with brown. Elliot told her students that children with blue eyes were inherently inferior to the children with brown eyes. As a result, they were denied access to play equipment. Children with blue eyes were told they were stupid, and they were not allowed to socialize with members of the 'superior group'. The next day the roles were reversed, with the blue-eyed children were told that they were actually the superior in every way to students with brown eyes. The idea behind the experiment was to show the children first hand what prejudice was like. The experiment was a success. On days when students were part of the so-called inferior group, they had lower test scores, showed l

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The Caterpillar, Inc. case provides an excellent example of how a company can compete effectively even in an adverse situation such as a market collapse. When the collapse hit, Caterpillar met the Japanese competition and succeeded where other U.S. firms failed by instituting a 22% cost reduction program, reducing and discounting prices, eliminating plant capacity, and switching to a just-in-time inventory system (Eckley 4-5). Caterpillar conserved cash by using "global sourcing to achieve lowest costs" and identifying "core" products that each plant could make instead of purchasing them outside (Eckley 5). Strategy changes included reversing the company's policy of "avoiding the purchase of finished machines for resale" and expanding its lighter product lines (Eckley 5). Caterpillar did something that the big three U.S. automakers have not done; it used "conservative accounting practices" that resulted in positive cash flow all through the crisis except in 1982 (Eckley 6). A SWOT analysis of

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The following presents a discussion of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and related issues. The debate presents views for and against HPV. A notation about personal views of whether a child should be vaccinated follows this. Next, a summary of findings with conclusions is presented. Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts (National Conference of State Legislatures [NCSL], 2007), making cervical cancer a possibly behavior driven disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HPV affects 20 million people in the U.S. and 6.2 million new cases are found per year (NCSL, 2007). Cervical cancer in the U.S. affects up to 10,000 women each year and 3,700 women die from

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A question whose answer has been much disputed in various circles is whether Aristotle's doctrine of God is essentially Platonic. There are, certainly, distinctions between the views of the two philosophers, and their views were not static, thus making the task of answering this question similar to trying to hit a moving target. This paper will take the position that at its foundation, Aristotle's doctrine of God is fundamentally Platonic. One of the reasons that Aristotle's doctrine of God can be considered Platonist is that Aristotle started out being a student of Plato (Kreis). Like many admiring students, Aristotle was at first an ardent admirer of Plato's thinking, particularly since Plato was several decades older at the time. However, as time went on, Aristotle's thinking diverged from Plato's in some respects. For example, "Plato believed that "there is an essence or Form or Absolute behind every object in the phenomenal world," insisting that "man was born

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Introduction There are many theories of motivation including biological theories, behavioral theories, emotional theories, and behavioral theories (Petri & McGovern, 2003: 23-365). This paper provides a brief but comprehensive theory of motivation. The paper then goes on to describe two of the most well-known of the current theories of motivation. What is Motivation? Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn (2000: 101-121) define motivation as a drive or force within an individual that accounts for or gives rise to the level, direction, and persistence of the effort put forth to accomplish something. In other words, a person's motivation is their degree of determination to achieve a certain behavior or behavioral task combined with the steadfastness of the effort they put forth to reach it. Two theories of motivation are:(1)Self-Determination Theory of Motivation, and (2) Goal Setting Theory of Motivation. Each of these theories is briefly described below: Self-Determination Theory According to Deci and Ryan (2008: 14-23) the self-determination theory of motivation holds that human beings are innately driven toward p

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Introduction The purpose of this paper is to utilize the points made in the writings of Greek Philosopher Plato (see: Magee, 2001: 3-10) concerning rhetoric and persuasion in a series of written communications on the topic of falling in love online. The points utilized are those discussed by Plato in the Phaedrus (see: Nehamus & Woodruff, 1997: 507-556) which consists of a dialog between Socrates and Phaedrus who has just been exposed to a good deal of 'speech-making.' The points about rhetoric discussed in the Phaedrus center around Plato's idea that what is truly shameful is not poor or bad oration or prose but rather engaging in poor rhetoric which is defined as the art of persuasion and not truth telling. Good or effective rhetoric is said to include: using similarities that the audience can relate to, defining terms and making distinctions in an organized and coherent manner but doing so in a way that convinces the audience at the emotional level as well as the cognitive

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1. In an agreement between a supplier and a customer, the supplier must ensure that all parts are within tolerance before shipment to the customer. What is the effect on the cost of quality to the customer? The cost of quality to the customer skyrockets. In order to ensure that every part is within tolerance, the supplier needs to add extra staff to check each part before shipment. He may also need to buy new equipment to achieve that level of quality. In addition, he may need to buy more expensive raw materials, as not all materials can be machined to precise tolerance. Parts that do not meet tolerance must be discarded or melted down and retooled, adding another cost. His people might need to be trained for the higher level of quality, and he might need to make them work more hours to stay on schedule, to compensate for the extra effort required and the need to remanufacture the parts that do not meet tolerance. If no machinery currently exists to manufacture the part to

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The lawsuit entered by Karen Tumeh against McDonald's revolves around the refusal of a Lincoln, Nebraska McDonald's franchise to permit her to place a food order at the drive-thru window. Tumeh is hearing-impaired and despite her use of hearing aids, cannot hear to order at the drive-thru (Hearing-impaired woman..., 2008). The lawsuit is based on Tumeh's reading of the Americans with Disabilities Act which mandates that many accommodations be made in public facilities, including privately owned businesses, to facilitate access by individuals with a wide variety of disabilities. As noted by Meiners, Ringleb, and Edwards (1994), the Act has resulted in many modifications to a variety of different facilities. Additionally, the Act impacts up

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Rosa used assertive communication in this situation while Mabel used aggressive (Hansten & Jackson, 2004). Rosa has presented the assignment clearly and without emotion, and has provided a rational basis for making her request. She notes that she wants the team to work together as a unit, and to take advantage of everyone's strengths and weaknesses. She also made the

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