What does it mean to YOU to live a meaningful life, a life well-lived, a “good life.” In life, one is considered to enjoy a good life if he or she portraits ethical and moral standards. Moral standards are virtues a person exercises such as kindness, generous, honest, selfless, patience, etc. When a person posses most of these virtues, he or she is considered to be the right person. Ethical standards are principles that a person follows keenly, which promote values such as kindness, honesty, etc. In general, these standards help a person to keep good relations with the people around them, and he or she is seen as a role model for many in society. People may attain these standards from their parents, close friends, or their way of life. In the present century for a person to be seen to have lived a good life, he or she must attain the following; good education, at least be in the middle-class in the society, a perfect family, a variety of businesses, etc. Breaking through in life is not that…

How to select the services of a construction company for remodeling your backyard? Have you been browsing through different layouts for remodeling your backyard? How about designing a nice and tidy deck for your yard? Not only it adds an elegant touch to the décor, but it also enhances the space of the same. But to get proper layouts and designs, you need to select the best builder’s appropriate services across your location. Here are some of the ways to choose a suitable builder for your home: The status of the builder One of the first things you need to consider hiring a deck builder would be the reputation of the company in the market. You can come across many types of builders who would be offering you lucrative packages and deals for your house. But are they all with a credible license? Are they offering you genuine services? Are they registered legally? These are some of the questions that you might want to know or check yourself before hiring the services for future endeavors. Also, make sure to go…

Developing and Using a Balanced Scorecard The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is considered to be one of the top strategic management frameworks all over the globe (Balanced Scorecard Institute, 2020). The scorecard combines four perspectives to help firms understand as well as achieve the set organisational objectives. These perspectives are customer, people, financial, and internal processes (Balanced Scorecard Institute, 2020). Typically, the Balanced Scorecard doesn’t create strategy but organizes the strategy in a visually-friendly manner. Apple Incorporation, a fierce player within the technology market is recognized for its broad use of the Balanced Scorecard in their operation (Tudorache, 2020). Apple uses five indicators in its scorecard. These are the core competencies, shareholder value, customer satisfaction, market share, and employee commitment and alignment. Tudorache asserts that Apple mainly focused on their products and technology before adopting the scorecard (Tudorache, 2020). With the five indicators, it becomes easy to manage the long-term performance of the firm rather than using the controlling approach which is highly based on the short and medium-term performance. These indicators help in advancing the performance and activities of every…

Reflective Essays Document 1 (A Potentially useful technique of Segmenting and Targeting older Consumers) Introduction The work by Ahmad 2003, “a potentially useful technique of segmenting and targeting older consumers,” assesses the traditional approaches of consumer segmentation which prioritise on the employment of personal characteristics. The author also proceeds to offer discussions on the “theory of benefit market segmentation and examine its utility.” (Ahmad, 2003). He illustrates how to benefit segmentation may be practically deployed in segmenting aged clients when it comes to grocery shopping. Ahmad’s work aims to recommend the employment of the benefit segmentation approach in targeting and segmenting aged consumers in the United Kingdom (Ahmad, 2003). The reflection analysis will particularly prioritise on the segmentation technique. My views and thoughts regarding segmentation have slightly changed after going through Ahmad’s work. Before coming across the study, much interest was drawn towards class, status, education and income. Little priority went to age segmentation which is highly paramount when it comes to marketing. Segmentation The number of aged individuals in the UK is gradually increasing. For individuals aged 50 years…

Code-switching. Code-switching can be done in different contexts either in language or even musical scenarios. It is defined as the process of shifting from one language code to another due to a change in conversational settings or social contexts. It thus alters elements in language dialects to contextualize an interaction or musical audience (Nilep,2006). The art of code-switching has been studied over the years to get a clearer picture of how the members of the minority ethnic groups use it to maintain their sense of identity in a larger community and at the same time poets, musicians use it to also rhyme their instruments with applauds and chats from their audiences. It was identified in the United States among African Americans who would be able to shift between the standard English (which is written and spoken in the education system and also recognised as the normal language in the United States) to their ethnic African American English (AAE) which is a common dialect spoken by Americans who have African descent. This is evident among us as students even in schools…

Title: How To Submit An Assignment On Blackboard H1: How to resubmit an assignment on Blackboard There are many ways to submit your assignments, whether you are making a soft copy or printing it out. Submitting your work is the final step to completing your assignment. It is important to give yourself enough time to do this in case you come across any obstacles. With sufficient time, you can check your work for errors, pass it through an online plagiarism checker, and make sure it looks very neat. Do all this before the deadline passes because late tasks are often penalized, and you will get lower grades. When submitting the assignment, check the platform that was listed in your instructions and make sure your details are correct. H2: Using Blackboard to submit individual and group assignments Blackboard is an online platform used by instructors and students to give assignment questions and return the completed work. On Blackboard, students can view the details of the paper and use that to guide how they will approach the project. Using the same platform…

SEAN TISSUE’S VIEWS ON THE SETBACKS OF WINTER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT   For realtors and rental property owners, winter season may seem like the perfect time to invest because of the reduced competition and the opportunity to take advantage of the increased capacities. Most real estate investors invest their resources in properties that require renovation, including masonry, gutter work, landscaping, and other exterior work because of the vast amount of returns. Nonetheless, it is challenging to complete these projects during winter because of the messy conditions brought about by melted ice and heavy rains.   The number of returns made by a real estate investor will majorly depend on various factors, which include knowledge of the market and the property and the exterior appearance of the property. Making informed decisions about properties during winter can be a bit challenging because winter conditions can create false views about properties. For instance, property aspects like drainage systems are very vital for real estate investors, and it can be significantly missed during winter.   About Sean Tissue and Centureon Investments Centureon Investments is…

To: The Secretary of the State From: Date: 18th June 2020 Subject: New Immigration Policy for Avoiding the Workforce Crisis in Future Decades Immigration policies in the United States are embedded by both social, economic, and political issues. Immigration entails components that have implications on social security, healthcare, and the future workforce of the United States.[1] The United States has a confusing dichotomy regarding the country’s attitude towards immigration and economic growth. The push and pull between the two reforms have made the United States Federal government review her immigration policies. In 2019, the Department of Homeland Security finalized the “public charge” rule. [2] The final charge rule provided bottleneck immigration policies that saw to it that it would be harder for immigrants to enter into the United States. Besides, the “public charge” will make a life for immigrants harder as access to essential services like Medicaid will be narrowed. The result of this immigration policy reforms will lead to a reduced influx of immigrants into the United States. However, being the 21st century, the United States Federal Government should…

Operations Management Overview Introduction Mater Dei is one of the leading hospitals when it comes to the provision of social services to the community; the members of the community who benefit from this services are those whose medical conditions do not allow them to be productive and provide for their families and those whose families cannot provide for their medical treatment costs. Its social service department helps the society a lot by providing for the needs of the community members and that of their families and network. Mater Dei strives to provide the best healthcare there is to its patients to help them overcome the challenges brought upon them by their medical conditions and also to help them overcome the psychosocial problems as a result of those conditions. This presentation aims at incorporating the McKinsey 7-S model to help analyze the problems faced by the acute medical ward through a fishbone analysis. Through the analysis, the organization would then be able to measure their performance indicators through a management framework to help improve the quality of healthcare service delivery in…

Strength Paper and Report Effective leadership requires the identification and application of individual strength in bringing positive transformation in society. The leader observes personal abilities strength and applies it in guiding activities of the members of to facilitate the realization of positive change. Identifying own strength and weaknesses enable leaders to address weakness areas and use abilities strengths to create positive interaction tendencies to create an enabling environment for members of society to participate in socio-economic and political activities that bring positive change. Strengths/Advantages Leaders use their strengths to set an example and show members of the entity that they serve the direction towards growth and development. I use effective communication as a leader to offer guidance to junior members of the organization. Again, I use resilience and hard work to set examples for junior employees, thus encouraging participation in productive activities. Finally, I develop and use trust in daily interactions with junior employees to ensure that we create an enabling environment for sharing ideas and information about work. Practical leadership focuses on the use of individual strength to set…