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NUR 3183 Diet Analysis Project Assignment part 1 (40 points)

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NUR 3183 Diet Analysis Project Assignment part 1 (40 points)

Directions: You must first read and follow the operational instructions to create your nutrition analysis before answering these questions (see the additional posted directions on Canvas). You will use the website https://www.choosemyplate.gov and the information from cronometer program print outs/screen shots and the open cronometer nutrition report to answer the following questions. Late assignments will lose 5 points. Points will be deducted if the Cronometer Nutrition Report has not been analyzed based on COMPLETED days – see directions and the grading rubric. You will submit online (1). The answers to these questions. (2). Your 3 days of food logs. (3). Screen shots of 3 food diaries (from cronometer. (4). Screen shots of the cronometer nutrient report showing all requested nutrients (directed in the profile). Make sure the top of the report is visible – Showing the words Nutrition Report and dates and completed days. See also the assignment’s grading rubric on Canvas.

1a. About how many servings/cups of vegetables did you eat each day? Look at your food logs and see

https://www.choosemyplate.gov/vegetables for a description of what constitutes a serving.

Day 1 _______________ Day 2 ____________________Day 3___________________________

b. How many cups of vegetables should you be eating each day? (see MyPlate daily vegetable table)?

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c. Did you meet these recommendations? Yes or no? _____

d. Did you eat a variety (different colors, types, ….) of vegetables? Yes or no? _____

2a. About how many servings/cups of fruit did you eat each day? Day 1_______________

Day 2___________________Day 3_________________________________

Look at your food logs and see https://www.choosemyplate.gov/fruits for a description of what

constitutes a serving.

b. How many servings/cups of fruits should you be eating each day? (see MyPlate daily fruit table)?

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c. Did you meet these recommendations? Yes or no? _____

3. A serving of dairy products is about 1 cup of milk or yogurt or about 1 to 1½ oz of cheese. Did you consume

at least 3 servings of dairy products each day? See your food logs and https://www.choosemyplate.gov/dairy

Yes or No? ___________

4a. Look under the General Column and how many calories (kcal) you consumed. Energy _______kcal

b. Look at the cronometer “nutrition report” under the Carbohydrates column – how many grams of carbs were

consumed? _____ g. It is the first number listed at the top of the column.

c. Multiply the grams (listed from above) by 4 to get calories from carbs. How many calories were from carbohydrates? _________ Show your math

Example math 250 g carbohydrates consumed x 4 = 1000 kcal from carbohydrates

d. Lastly, divide the calories from carbohydrates (listed directly above in c) by total calories listed in 4a and then

multiply by 100 to get the percentage. Show your math

Example math 1000 kcal from carbohydrates / 2000 kcal consumed x 100 = 50%

What percent of your calories came from carbohydrates? _______%

5a. Next, you will do the same thing for the lipids but instead multiply by 9 (not 4). Look at the cronometer nutrition report under the Lipids column – how many grams of fat were consumed? _____ g

It is the first number listed at the top of that column head.

b. Multiply the grams (listed from above) by 9 to get calories from fat. How many calories were from fat? _________ Show your math. Example math 20 g fats consumed x 9 = 180 kcal from fats

c. Lastly, divide the calories from fat (listed directly above 5b) by total calories listed in 4a and then multiply by

100 to get the percentage. What percent of your calories came from lipids? _______% Show your math.

6a. Finally, you will do the same thing for protein but multiply by 4. Look at the cronometer nutrition report

under the Protein column – how many grams of protein were consumed? _____ g

It is the first number listed at the top of that column head.

b. Multiply the grams (listed from above) by 4 to get calories from protein. How many calories were from protein? _________ Show your math.

c. Lastly, divide the calories from protein (listed directly above in 6b) by total calories listed in 4a and then

multiply by 100 to get the percentage. What percent of your calories came from protein? _______%

Show your math.

7a. Look under the Lipids Column on the cronometer nutrition report and write down the amount of saturated fat

consumed. Saturated fat ______ g

b. Calculate the percentage of energy from saturated fat as follows – multiply g of saturated fat x 9, and then

divide by kcal from 4a, then multiply by 100. Show your math

Here is an example [(18.7 g saturated fat x 9 )/ 1890 kcal] x 100 = [168.3 / 1890] x 100 = 8.9% of energy

[( g Saturated Fat x 9) / kcal] x 100 =

8. List the percentages you calculated from questions 4d, 5c, 6c and 7a and compare these calculated percentages

with recommendations listed below and indicate which have been met, which are over and which are under.

Fat (20% – 35%): Protein (10-35%):

Saturated Fat (< 10%): Carbohydrates (45% – 65%):

9. Using the open cronometer nutrition report on your computer, hover over the highlighted content within the

saturated fat section on the computer screen, what 3 foods provided you with the most saturated fat?

10. If you consumed > 10% of energy from saturated fat (see your answer to question #7), this is unhealthy.

Name 2 specific dietary modifications that could you make to your diet to reduce your intake of saturated

fat. In other words what specific foods can you reduce your intake of to lessen the amount of saturated fat in

your diet? Do not use vague terms such as “processed food”, “junk food”, “sweets”,“fast foods” etc.

11a. Using the report under the Lipids section, how many grams of omega-3 fatty acids did you consume? ___g

Omega-3 fatty acids are healthy. Most people do not consume enough.

b. Using the open report under Lipids on your computer, hover over the omega-3 section. Name 2 foods that

you ate that provided you with the most omega-3 fatty acids?

12. Name 2 more specific foods that you could realistically eat to substantially increase your intake of

polyunsaturated fats? (you may want to review your lecture notes)

13. Name 2 specific foods that you could realistically eat to substantially increase your intake of

monounsaturated fats? (you may want to review your lecture notes)

14a. Under the Protein section on the analysis, list how many grams of protein you consumed? ______ g

b. What is your RDA for protein? ____________ g

To calculate your RDA for protein, divide your body weight in pounds by 2.2, and multiply by 0.8.

(Sample – RDA = 160 lbs/2.2 kg per lb = 72.72 kg x 0.8 g protein/kg = 58.2 g protein)

c. Did you meet your Recommended Dietary Allowance for protein? Look at the number you calculated in 14 b

versus the number reported in 14a. Yes or No? ____________

If you consumed over the recommendation (i.e. 14a is > 14 b) – the answer is yes and this is good!

15a. Under the Carbohydrates section on the printout, list how many grams of fiber you consumed?______g b. Did you meet the recommendation? Yes or No? ____________________

(i.e. was it above 100% – is so then Yes you met the recommendation or if it is < 100% then NO you did not)

16. Using the open report under Carbohydrates on your computer, hover over the highlighted content within the

fiber section on the computer screen, what 3 foods provided you with the most fiber?

17. If you did not meet the recommended fiber intake, name 3 specific fiber-rich foods that you could realistically

add to your diet to improve your fiber intake?

18a. Click on the Cronometer website under Profile, and then on Body Details. What is your Body Mass Index (BMI)? ____________

b. Go to https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/defining.html. According to the BMI information provided on

this site, are you underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese? _______________

19. Based on this diet analysis, specify 2 specific dietary changes (not previously mentioned) that you could make

that would improve your diet. Do not address water or any of the vitamins or minerals. Do not use vague terms

such as “bad carbs, junk foods, processed foods, fast foods, sweets, highly preserved foods, fatty foods, …”.

Nikes Swot Analysis

Nikes Swot Analysis

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Introduction

           Nike which began just as an importer of Japanese shoes has grown to the largest marketer of athletic shoes in the world where has a market share of about 37%. The company’s products are sold in more than 160 countries around the world with the shoes being manufactured by contractors who are independent while the company is involved in marketing, design, and development. While the company specializes in athletic footwear it also sells other footwear under All-Star, Converse and Jack Purcell brands, they also specialize in athletic equipment among them snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding footwear and apparel (“NIKE, Inc. – Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on NIKE, Inc.”, 2015). The discussion below will shed light on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats the company faces and utilizes them while converting the weaknesses to strengths and threats to opportunities.

Strengths

           According to Gurel 2017, the company have various strengths among them, Nike is a brand that is recognized globally for its footwear, because of its high-quality products the company have a very strong reputation and is a very competitive one. Additionally, Nike uses independent contractors hence it’s a lean organization, the employers under the company are more than 30,000 and it belongs among the Fortune 500 companies. Nike is also known for its innovative marketing where it uses top athletes example, Cristiano Ronaldo and Eliud Kipchoge, and it have a very strong team in development and research which is evident in the innovative and evolving range of products. Additionally, while the company does not compromise on quality the products are affordable and it has been to change the production places in the event the cost of production leads to increased prices.

Weaknesses

           While the company’s success is widely known it also has various defects. The company is prone to vulnerability in the event its market share is affected this is because while the company specializes in a range of sports products most of the income relied on the business is dependent on the share from the footwear market. The company has about 20,000 retail outlets in the United States, these retail stores are usually sensitive to prices and in most cases offer consumers cheaper alternative products, this, in turn, passes the pressure of lower prices to the company. Unfortunately, the company reputation took a toil when it was reported of using child labor in soccer balls production in Cambodia and Pakistan, there were many criticisms by anti-globalization groups. Also, overseas, the company have been said to exploit cheap labor and have the poor working condition regarding 1996 in Vietnam when it was charged with violating both the minimum wage and overtime (Gurel 2017).

           They are various ways the company has changed the weaknesses to strengths, the company while experiencing competition in the retail sector the quality of its products is still superior and in the exploitation charges, the company pledged to remove the underage workers and improve the working conditions which restored their reputation. Lastly, to ensure there is no waiver in the market share of its footwear it has developed innovative and evolving designs of high quality that have been recognized by the sports boards.

Opportunities

           The company despite its stand in athletics footwear there are various avenues that it is yet to exploit. According to Gurel 2017, while the brand itself is not a fashion one some of its consumers are not engaged in sports and are among the youth culture who recognize it as a brand and just like in every market trend they tend to replace some footwear that has not worn out with the upcoming trend. The company also have the opportunities t not only specialize in sports products but diversify to jewelry and sunglasses which are usually associated with high returns, the company also places effort in the corporate marketing through sponsorship agreements and promoting of corporate brands. Additionally, while the product is recognized globally it can also build on its recognition internationally by immersing in markets whose consumers have a high disposable income example, India and China.

Threats

           Unfortunately, with global recognition and the company’s success, it has also associated with various threats. Since the brand is globally recognized the different exchange rates across different states expose the margins of the company to instability which could result in losses. The sensitivity of the prices in the retail outlets leaves the consumers with preferring to purchase cheaper products and the market of sports garments is very competitive with other brands joining the market. Recently, there has been an uproar with a need for shifting to eco-friendly products, this poses a challenge for the textile industry that produces the sports garments (Gurel 2017).

           However, the company has been able to shift these threats to opportunities, while it is not inevitable to the different exchange rates it has ensured that the market base in those countries continues to increase hence, increasing the returns. In regards to eco-friendly products, the recent products are being made of recycled waste and produced with renewable energy while its high-quality products give it a fighting chance in the price competition. Lastly, Nike has used all the above factors to ensure that it remains competitive with the upcoming brands, this is by using the weaknesses and converting them to strengths while exploring other areas for better opportunities.

Conclusion

           Nike continued success in a world with more upcoming brands can be attributed to its innovative and better designs for its products which while are affordable there has been no quality compromise. Every company’s success including Nikes must be reliant on ensuring that both the internal and external factors are analyzed and reformed to maximize the returns.

References

GÜREL, E. (2017). SWOT ANALYSIS: A THEORETICAL REVIEW. Journal Of International Social Research, 10(51), 994-1006. https://doi.org/10.17719/jisr.2017.1832NIKE, Inc. – Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on NIKE, Inc.. Referenceforbusiness.com. (2015). Retrieved 1 April 2020, from https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/99/NIKE-Inc.html.

RHETORIC EASSY ON ADVERTISEMENTS

RHETORIC EASSY ON ADVERTISEMENTS

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RHETORIC EASSY ON ADVERTISEMENTS

Advertisements is a way of communication from companies to customers on goods and services in the market. The adverts are either texts or images that tell about the product on sale, location and sometimes price and discount depending on the product. Lately advertisements have become one of the most powerful and effective tools companies are using to launch and brand products. Advertisements are mostly the cause of purchase of product as they have much effect on the person who sees them. Advertisements are found in various Medias and forms and vary from company to company and product to product. The images used in advertisements can be analyzed to get their meaning and the authors’ intention behind the image using visual rhetoric analysis.

Option 3 is an image of two burgers which are referred to as ‘Burger king’ with a message of “Seems more like a medium”. The burgers are in two different sizes, a big size and a small size burger, with the big one on the left and small on the right. They are also strategically position at the center of the advert to create more attention. The big burger also appears to have more content in its layers as compared to the small one. It is also clear that the camera is zoomed on the big burger more than the small one. This is a way to attract the attention of the buyers to consider the big burger more than the small one despite of the fact that is a bit costly than the small one. The colors used on the image show the contents of the burgers and the layers each burger has. This is to give the customer the liberty to choose depending on taste and preference.

The image is meant to attract buyers not only to buy the burgers from any store but specifically from Burger King as there is a log of the store on the left bottom part of the advert to show where the product can be found. The text beside the small burger ‘BIG MAC? SEEMS MORE LIKE A MEDIUM’ tries to convince the buyers that as much as the burger is considered as the small burger, in their store it’s not actually small but almost a medium size as compared to other small ones. The bold, uppercase letters with white color ensures that people are able to read the message clearly and be convinced as the white color show sincerity.

The colors used on the advert have a good shade to show the different parts of the product and the text which explains the product. The dark shade used as background makes the product more visible and appealing to the buyers and controls their focus on the product and not what is in the background. The vocabulary used to send the message is simple and direct to be understood by all buyers. The language used is a commons language spoken by most people hence the advert is able to convey the message to most people. The advert tends to target both the old and young people as it’s a consumable product that anyone can consume.

The author illustrates clearly that it’s only in Burger King were such burgers can be found with the looks, sizes and quality using the image. The text on about the small burger saying that it’s more of medium sways the buyers’ emotions to going for the burgers at the store which offers larger sizes than the others. As much as the advert has all that is required to convince the buyers, the size of the advert may not be effective as not all buyer see the small advert. Also most buyer prefer advert with prices for the product for budgeting purpose.

The Business and the Environment

The Business and the Environment

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The Business and the Environment

The environment is defined as both biological and physical factors together with their chemical interactions which interfere with an organism whereby pollution is important. A business is required legally and ethically to take good care of the environment. An example of a legal responsibility is that all businesses are prohibited from emitting harmful wastes into the environment. This act is meant to protect the environment against the exposure to such harmful wastes that would interfere with the normal biological cycle. Another legal responsibility is that businesses that venture into agricultural practices are prohibited from using excessive chemicals into the soil that will kill the living organisms found in the soil. In terms of ethical issues, businesses are morally obliged to increase awareness of the importance of taking care of the environment and ways through which this can be done. In addition, ethically speaking that is, business organize tree planting campaigns to increase the area of land covered by trees. Trees are very important aspects of the environment as they prevent soil erosion, get rid of carbon (iv) oxide from the atmosphere and attract rain just to mention a few.

Environmental legislation is important in the governance of a state. Both industry groups and governments have an important role to play in imposing laws that sensitize the public on the impacts of the activities of the industry. In Australia, there has been enactment of energy efficiency opportunity programs. (Australia, 2013) this program requires that those indusstries that use large amounts of energy should make it a busines policy to identify, evaluate and then publicly report about the various options that exist that can be used to save energy. The program has benn made mandatory to those businesses that use at least 0.5 petajoules of energy per annum. Small business are nonetheless required to participate too

Firms should invest money in sustainability efforts. Sustainability is vital as it ensure that we presently have and will in the future still have a good environment, human health, water, and other resources that are important in enhancing survival of the human race. The environmental, social and economic consequences due to rapid growth of the population and uncontrolled consumption of the publicly owned natural resources has brought about the issue of sustainability. Firms should therefore take it upon themselves to make an initiative to progress sustainability efforts. The stakeholders involved are the staff members of a firm, the shareholders also known as the owners of the firm, the customers and the general public both directly or indirectly affected by the activitioes of the firm.

References:

Baron, D. P. (2003). Business and its Environment (p. 2). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Kaplan, R. S., & Norton, D. P. (2001). The strategy-focused organization: How balanced scorecard companies thrive in the new business environment (pp. 32-37). Harvard Business school press.

Fries, S., Lysenko, T., & Polanec, S. (2003). The 2002 business environment and enterprise performance survey: results from a survey of 6,100 firms (No. 84).

Two-Variable Inequality

Two-Variable Inequality

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Two-Variable Inequality

Two-variable inequalities are relations between two expressions which are not equivalent and they also have two terms that vary. Ax + By > C is one of the forms that these inequalities take. The two-variable inequalities use signs such as ‘≠’ meaning not equal to, ‘?’ meaning that the unknown can take any value from the number that follows the sign, ‘<’ for less than and ‘>’ for greater than. Ozark Furniture makes various types or rockers. Two-variable inequalities are important when this company wants to determine the number of a particular type of rocker that they are to make in order to maximize profits and meet the market demands.

The assignment requires that I write an inequality limiting the number of strip hammocks. First of all, the variable needs to be defined for purpose of clarity. The number of full-size hammocks will be represented with “f” and the number of chair-size hammocks will be represented with “c”. Each full size hammock requires 10 yards of canvas so the expression that will represent the hammock shall be 10f and 5c for the expression representing the chair hammock as it requires 5 yards of canvas. The canvas that can be used does not exceed 2000 yards because that is all the company has available. “Less than or equal to” will be used in the inequality as it is appropriate in explaining that all the canvas can be used. The inequality will thus be:

10f + 5c ≤ 2000

Making c the dependent variable (on the vertical axis) and f is the independent variable (on the horizontal axis) then using the intercepts the inequality can be graphed as an equation. The process involves the following steps:

C-intercept can be found when the value of f is zero.

2000> 5c

400> c the intercept, c-intercept, is thus (0, 400).

F-intercept can be found when the value of c is zero.

2000>10f

200>f the intercept, f-intercept, is thus (200, 0).

The curve on the graph will be solid as the inequality is that takes the form of “less than or equal to”. As it moves from left to right it will slope downwards. This problem can only find relevance in the first quadrant of the graph, so the shaded section is from the line towards the origin and stops at the two axes. Graph represents real-world application as it cannot extend into the other quadrants since it is impossible to create negative hammocks. So as to check whether the order can be filled, test points can be used to see if they fall within the relevant section of the graph. Let’s consider points (105, 175) on the graph. The points are inside the shaded region which means the company could fill an order of 105 full size hammocks and 175 chair hammocks. If this was the total number made they would need:

105(10) + 175(5) = 1925 yards of striped canvas and have 75 yards of canvas left over thus this is an order that can be filled by the company.

Considering on the graph point (150, 125) which is outside the shaded region meaning the company will not be able to fill out such an order.

150(10) + 125(5) = 2125 yards of canvas required. They cannot fill the order.

The point (75, 250) is right on the line meaning if the company fills out this order it would be able to deliver if they provided no room for mistake as all the canvas would be needed. The proof for this is: 75(10) + 250(5) = 2000.

If a customer submits an order for 120 full size hammocks and 180 chair hammocks, then on the graph the point (120, 180) is outside of the shaded area therefore the company cannot meet such an order. 120(10) + 180(5) = 1200 + 900 = 2100 showing that the company need an addition of 100 yards of canvas so that they are able to fill this order.

In conclusion, the application of the two-variable inequalities has helped the company in planning and organizing itself when they receive an order. For instance an order for 120 full size hammocks and 180 chair hammocks can be plotted on the graph as (120, 180) and then this plot is used to determine whether or not the company has enough canvas to supply the customer. Inequalities are important in planning within a company as it helps reduce waste and improve customer satisfaction. The procurement department of a company may use the knowledge to organize the supply of raw materials to match the demand of the customers.

References

Dugopolski, M. (2012). Elementary and intermediate algebra (4th Ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Publishing.

Krause, E. F. (2012). Taxicab geometry: An adventure in non-Euclidean geometry. Courier Dover Publications.

SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZED CRIME

SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZED CRIME

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Introduction

The term social institution means a wide set of organized beliefs and rules that establish how society meets its basic functions. These set of beliefs and rules are very important to human life as they provide a structure for human life to base its coexistence upon. More academic research and scholarly expansion on the topic has come up with better definitions of the term. Recently, social institution was taken to mean an organized system that consists of roles, norms and values, in which members of a community coordinate, operate and relate with one another. So it is evident that social institutions satisfy the society’ basic needs and at the same time defining social behavior as well as patterns of behavior.

All societies consist of social institutions, but some vary more than others. For example, the social institution of the family enables us to bring up our kids while providing for them and protecting their development. However, in the current Western set up, the caregiver – whoever the individual is – is the head. In ancient Rome, the father was the head of the household whatever the circumstances. This shows a stark contrast in how the two periods ran families as units of society.

Studying social institution assists us in better understanding the individual roles of family members as part of the society’s core unit in relation to their interactions with other members of the society. There are many types of social institution, for example, family, government, mass media, economic and healthcare. In this paper, we shall dwell more on the effects of social institution on organized crime and less on a deeper explanation of the different types of this crucial element of social development.

Social institution and organized crime

The relationship between members of normal a social institution and organized crime is very obvious. Both are headed by a single figure that has a premeditated objective. Both act a leader and boss in different circumstances. In case a member of their organization goes astray, this leader acts as the boss and exacts a form of punishment that is deemed commensurate with the mistakes. In case of group activities that require input from several members of the groups or all of them, he/she acts like the leader and guides his group in accomplishing its goal. Sometimes the leader is not able to partake in any of these activities, instead choosing to delegate the same to a select group of members who have his trust and have proven themselves as capable of the task.

As mentioned earlier, a normal social institution’s members and those of cartel or any other group involved in organized crime are objective (Liddick, 1999). They have a common goal. The normal institution’s members are governed by its role in society. A family supports each other while raising its children, a mass media social institution support each other in the collection and dissemination of information in a timely, unbiased and easy-to-comprehend manner. On the other hand, organized crime members are involved in various illegal and/or criminal activities that include drug trafficking, prostitution, human trafficking, arms trade and smuggling and others. This shows a good relationship between social institution and organized crime as both are object-oriented.

Another relationship between social institutions and organized crime if their area of focus. Members of some social institutions focus on one area, as exemplified by the Girl Guide and Boy Scout movement. These are existent all over the world but each group focuses its activities in its home area providing assistance to outside regions only in times of need. Organized crime groups operate in a similar manner. Rabin (1979), supports the understanding that “these groups are very territorial and invasion into other’s territory often leads to gang wars and murders or torture” (pg, 236-251). Both groups focus their energies in their own regions and strengthen the group to avoid its falling apart.

Empirical and Speculative theories applicable to organized crime

Theories are explanations that consist of clearly defined, interrelated, and measurable propositions that try to explain an occurrence or problem. In trying to understand organized crime, the following theories have been forwarded.

Alien Conspiracy Theory

This is the most widely held theory among scholars and specialists that try to understand the emergence and prevalence of organized crime among many parts of the world. In the US, the images of smartly dressed men of foreign descent, wielding machine guns and riding in sleek cars, is blamed for the rise in organized crime rates during the period characterized by Mafia activity and after.

Although ethnicity is the key to this theory, many empirical scholars argue that its heavy reliance on the same overstates the role of ethnicity in organized crime. Desroches (2005) found that criminals of one ethnicity often engaged in crime as a unit but not exclusively. Albanese (2010) summed up on this observation using his study of Lansky and Capone’s organized crime activity by saying, “organized criminals who wished to survive and prosper relied more on business sense and logic than on kinship and ethnicity” (p. 25)

Rational Choice Theory

In trying to understand how man conducts himself the way he does in the current circumstance, theories have come up to explain organized crime that seem to justify its existence as a mere result to rational thinking. Sometimes, individuals find themselves in positions that demand a more critical look into bettering their circumstances. A bank teller who is experiencing financial difficulties might see sense in defrauding the very bank he works in. A distraught husband might decide to kill a man if he discovers that he has been sleeping with his wife. Such actions seem justified from their perpetrators’ perspectives, but the law cannot be subject to rationale. Potter & Jenkins point out the viability of this theory as the driving factor in many of the current organized crime groups as the existence. Loopholes in the constitution and corruption make these individuals come together to exploit gray opportunities since they know they have a way out.

Deterrence Theory

Some scholars believe that the existence of deterrence measures drive some criminals into organizing themselves into large groups in order to increase their powers of resistance against authorities and the law. Larger groups mean more resources which in turn mean the ability to intimidate authorities and bribe the morally sensitive ones. In addition, the best lawyers are sought since finances are no longer an issue in addition to ties with powerful political figures. Gandhirajan (2004) states,” criminals are more willing to commit crimes since courts have recently embraced a policy of correction rather than punishment, and with their vast resources they can better fight these” (p. 513).

Reference

Albanese, J. S. (2010). Organized Crime in Our Times. Burlington: Elsevier Science.

Desroches, F. J. (2005). The crime that pays: Drug trafficking and organized crime in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Gandhirajan, C. K. (2004). Organized crime. New Delhi: A.P.H. Pub. Corp.

Liddick, D. (1999). An empirical, theoretical, and historical overview of organized crime. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

Showing Multiple Interpretations of a Visual Text

Showing Multiple Interpretations of a Visual Text

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Context

For most people, watching movies is a pastime they enjoy for the entertainment value, but for the movie creators it is sometimes an opportunity to express their ideas about an issue or a number of different issues in a society. When most people watch a movie, they tend to focus on the surface meaning behind the ideas and scenes, but more often than not there is a deeper meaning that can be found in any movie if we look deeply enough. In some movies, this hidden meaning may be intentional; in others, it is identified as a result of finding patterns that even the movie creator was not aware existed. This is because people interpret events and ideas through different lenses, or perspectives, and what they see (or not see) is sometimes determined by their own life experiences and ideas about the world.

DescriptionFor this assignment, you will write a paper that informs readers about a common way of understanding a film as well as a different, more surprising way of understanding that text. In other words, you will explain two ways of making sense of a visual text, and analyze it to show evidence of the surprising interpretation.

This paper highlights the factor of tension—the existence of two quite different ways of making sense of a text. You will need to summarize those different ways of interpreting the text and then explain in detail how the second way extends or complicates the first. Recognizing more than one interpretation is a crucial skill for different kinds of academic assignments you will be asked to write in other courses.

Learning Objectives

Through this writing project, you will:

Produce an effective summary.

Complete a critical reading and analysis of the chosen text.

Demonstrate effective integration and appropriate documentation of ideas from secondary source

Communicate original analysis of a text and generate new insight

Audience

Think of your audience as people who are well versed in film and television, but mainly they are consumers, not interpreters, of pop culture. Your goal is to help these readers re-see the film, a show, or a commercial.

Leader Consulting Group

Leader Consulting Group

Roth Staffing is a staffing company which provides staffing services to other companies. The company offers a wide range of services from direct hiring of staff, temporary hiring and temporary to hire services. The company works alongside technology, legal, finance, accounting and engineering firms. Roth Staffing has high credibility. The CEO Adam Roth has 91% approval with a 70% positive business outlook. 69% of people who use their services recommend them to their friends.

The purpose of Roth Staffing is to make life better for their clients. They aim at making a difference and doing good to others.

The mission of the company is to be ambassadors, leaders and co-workers who bring creativity to the staffing industry. They aim at fulfilling the various needs of their customers. The vision of the company is to bring ultimate satisfaction to their customers, co-workers and ambassadors and nothing less!

The company has the following core values

Respect- act accordingly and provide dignity to every individual

Ethics, integrity and honesty to guide behaviours and decisions

Commitment to quality. To provide uncompromised services to customers

Company slogan: ‘If it is ethical and enhances customer satisfaction, do it’.

Our company is called Leader Consulting Group which is a global management consulting firm that provides consulting services to leading businesses, non-governmental organisations, not for profit organisations and the government.

The mission of our company is to help our clients to realize their most important goals and to make a lasting improvement to their performance.

Our values include professionalism, confidentiality and commitment.

According to the latest poll review from Statista in partnership with Forbes, Leader Consulting Group was rated the highest in twenty one of thirty two categories. 72% of our clients always recommend us to their friends and business partners.

Leader Consulting Group has been appointed to analyse the following economic problem: Unemployment in the US is the lowest it has been in over 70 years, but job growth is also at historic lows. Companies are facing challenges with attracting, hiring, and retaining top talent in a market that is driven by candidate needs. An overview of the above problem gives us an overview of the record economic cycles have been setting. The US is experiencing almost ten years of economic growth. The employment rate in US is at a thirty year low and it is expected to go even lower in the years to come (Brown, 2004).

The low unemployment rate also sheds light on the dark side of this situation. One of the major issues is that there are a lot of jobs but there are not enough skills in the market. A lot of jobs are being created in fact there are more jobs than the number of people. Employers are opening up new employment positions in view of economic growth. Majority of the jobs are in service, sales engineering, design and software. It is interesting to note that majority of these jobs require soft skills and not technical skills. According to a LinkedIn study, jobs such as cyber security, cloud computing, analytics and machine learning are in great demand.

It is sad to note that as much as there is an increase in job creation, there are not enough technical and soft skills. A study by Work day shows that the current college graduates do not have enough technical and soft skills to meet the job market requirement. This elongates the issue to a situation where companies are facing challenges with attracting, hiring, and retaining top talent in a market that is driven by candidate needs. Some companies are trying to bridge the gap by providing training programs to try and fill the gap on little to no soft skills.

Information on current state of job market

Lead Consulting Group has several strategies that we will implement to effectively tackle the above issue. First we will seek to provide information to Roth Staffing about the current state of the market. The most common reason why people seek the services of a consulting firm is to acquire information. Our firm is a lead specialist in carrying out feasibility studies, surveys, cost studies and market studies to analyse the competitive structure of an organisation. It is necessary to conduct a background check of the underlying problem. The key is to do a research on the issue and provide the client with data which they will use to make better solutions.

We will also conduct an effective diagnosis. The value of consultancy lies in the expertise of conducting diagnosis of the problem at hand. `Competent diagnosis will require a careful and in depth examination of the external environment. Examining technology and economics of the business environment will also provide a solution to the problem. Effective diagnosis also calls for diagnosing strategic problems in connection to the organisational problem. The idea is to develop a sense of skills of key people in the organisation. When we develop strategic and organisational recommendations they will be effective because they have been tested.

Providing recommendations involves coming up with a report or an oral presentation ( Hall, 2005). The report will include the statement problem, an overview of the problem, and a summary of the consultation. We will also give a conclusive solution and the recommendations that we suggest the organisation should implement for a permanent outcome. As a consulting firm, we devote a great deal of effort in designing reports so that we present clear information and analysis.

In order to provide amicable solutions to the underlying problem, we need to have a clear understanding of what is going on. As earlier mentioned, United States has been experiencing economic growth for the last 10 years. High economic growth has translated to low unemployment. It is absurd to note that as much as there is low unemployment job growth has been a great problem. Slow job growth translates to companies finding it difficult to attract, hire, and retain top talent in a market that is driven by candidate needs.

A recap of what we had mentioned earlier is that there are lot of jobs but not enough skills in the market. People have acquired creative ways of creating more jobs. In fact, there is a possibility that there are more jobs than the number of people. Employers are opening up new positions as a means of taking advantage of the notable economic growth. Job positions have been created in the software, sales, engineering, service and design industries. There are other numerous digitally enable roles that have been created in the recent economic times. (Hiltrop, 1999). Jobs such as health care and elder care jobs are in demand more than ever before. The top marketable jobs in LinkedIn include machine learning, analytics, cyber security and cloud computing.

It is astonishing to note that even in the face of such a booming job market, job growth is historically at its lowest. A close analysis of the underlying problem gives an interesting revelation. It is interesting that most of the jobs which are in demand require one to have more of soft skills than technical skills. The sad truth is that most of the graduates who are released in the job market do not have the required threshold of soft skills and technical skills. Many employers feel that about 35% of the graduates are really prepared for the job market. So where do we leave 65% of the other graduates? In order to fill the gap created in the job market, about 4 in every 10 firms are trying to come up with a remedial program that seeks to train graduates and equip them with the necessary soft skills and technical skills that the job market so desires.

There are a lot of jobs being created but also a wide gap between the jobs created skills and experiences the work forces requires to fill them. This situation creates a stressful environment for CEOs, hiring managers and the human resource department at large. A study conducted by 2018 Conference Board CEO reveals that the number issue that most CEOs are battling with is how to attract top talent and at the same time retain top talent already acquired. This underlying issue is even more puzzling than the one created by technology and competition. This is the very reason why L&D market is experiencing notable growth in terms of tools and solutions but all these are being taken by other employers.

A close analysis of the statement problem from a different perspective reveals that automation is creating jobs and a stressful environment at the same time. Contrary to articles written years ago, the truth of the matter is that robotics and AI have indeed been helpful with job creation (Philips, 2004). There is demand in the job market for people with skills and the know-how for building robotics and AI. We need to create them, sell them, repair them and train them. The demand for measuring, refining and operating data driven systems is on the rise.

The 2018 Deloitte Human Capital Trends reveals that there is an overwhelming increase in the rise of automation. This creates a stressful situation where it is difficult to select technology and implement the technology. It also raises questions of whether the tools you are purchasing are competent enough to compete in the job market. The complexity of the current economy gives room for zero error when it comes to purchasing tools. There is no room for delaying implementation, purchasing the wrong tools and selecting the incorrect vendor.

With that in mind, one of the biggest challenges that hiring managers face in this kind of economy is to attract the right calibre of people. Many recruiters are coming up with different strategies of finding talented people. This has created a 40% increase in the time frame that companies take to hire staff. The increased time frame is caused by the fact that people are becoming choosy in terms of job selection. There is also a growing trend of job ghosting where job candidates walk away from their jobs without resigning or informing the management (Schweyer, 2010). An interview with one Telecommunication Company reveals that they experience job ghosting frequently.

To curb the above negative trends, we suggest a number of things. Our advice to Roth Staffing is to implement the following strategies to deal with the above underlying issues.

Focus on employee well-being and productivity. Our job market is full of people who are under massive pressure and stress. The goal of every HR manager or business leader is to find ways to ease the situation or make it better. The management should work towards reducing clutter and helping people set clear goals. When it comes to goal setting, employees should ensure that they set SMART goals. This is an acronym which stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound goals. Any goal which fits in all the above categories will eliminate the possibility of employees feeling stressful. It will also reduce the frequency of job ghosting which is caused mostly by employees feeling that they are not good enough. The management also needs to simplify the organisation structure. They will also require to come up with a set of programs that are aimed at promoting the well-being of the employees. There is a 100% guarantee on Return on Investment by investing in this strategy.

Organizing Companies Recruitment Strategy

The second solution is to organise your recruitment house. A research conducted by Deloitte Talent Acquisition Research shows that 74% of the interviewed companies are doing what we call ‘transactional recruiting’. Transactional recruiting involves taking a job requisition, posting it on the internet and then start to recruit. This method is absurd in today’s job market. The hiring department needs to hone its employment brand and seek out passive candidates who fit into the company’s culture. There is also the need to actively engage with senior leadership to improve talent, leverage talent pools and seriously look at gig work.

Engaging employee’s problems

The third solution is to take employee engagement problem seriously. Every company wants to grow by gaining marketing share. This is quite impossible if there is mistreatment of employee, unfair pay and lack of diversity. Every company procedure needs to be conducted in a meaningful way. In the process of not engaging employees, we end up ultimately losing the best people. In future, when the company is experiencing recession, employees will find it difficult to make sacrifices that are needed to keep the company growing.

There is an urgent need to simplify technology. Focus on buying less of the AI tools. There are many wonderful AI tools in the market but most are immature. The focus should not be on the AI tools but on improving the core HR systems such as Oracle, SAP, ADP, Ultimate and Workday. These are easy to use when they are well implemented. There is need for the management to come up with a platform where employees can share information. This will be a learning session which will help employees learn from each other. The management should also desist from buying many communication tools which only make the lives of the employees hard. There are many different ways which employees can use to collaborate. An average company needs to use only four of these tools and not all of them.

Gather together the management team and talk about these issues. The team should consist of the IT, HR and business leadership. One important discovery was made during the 2018 Deloitte Human Capital Trends. It was discovered that the c-suite of many companies is not working together. Each department is on its own trying to figure out what to do without interacting or consulting other departments. About 73% of CXOs rarely work on cross sectional issues. The majority of the issues which fall under this category are low job growth, rise in need for productivity and a super speed competitive job market. Working closely together as a team is one of the surest ways to concur this problem.

References

Brown, P., Hesketh, A., & Williams, S. (2004). The mismanagement of talent: Employability and jobs in the knowledge economy. Oxford University Press on Demand.

Dychtwald, K., Erickson, T. J., & Morison, R. (2006). Workforce crisis: How to beat the coming shortage of skills and talent. Harvard Business Press.

Hall, R. (2005). Job Loss, Job Finding, and Unemployment in the U.S. Economy Over the Past Fifty Years. doi: 10.3386/w11678

Hiltrop, J. M. (1999). The quest for the best: human resource practices to attract and retain talent. European Management Journal, 17(4), 422-430.

Phillips, J. J., & Connell, A. O. (2004). Managing employee retention. Routledge.

Schweyer, A. (2010). Talent management systems: Best practices in technology solutions for recruitment, retention and workforce planning. John Wiley & Sons.

The Top 10 Ways To Attract And Retain Great Talent. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentgleeson/2016/10/13/the-top-10-ways-to-attract-and-retain-great-talent/.

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Victim Compensation

 Crime is an action that has been endless and has been practically committed ever since the beginning of time. Around the 1970’s, lawmaking offering compensation to sufferers of violent crimes was implemented in numerous nations comprising of Australia, England, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, and Northern Ireland. Compensation of victims can be referred to payments done by the administration to crime victims. It is different from restitution that comprises payments in both services and money done by the criminal to the crime victim. Modern victim reimbursement plans are largely tracked to Margaret fry of London together with her actions throughout the late 1960’s. Throughout the country, compensation amenities offer essential monetary assistance to the victims. In my own opinion, I absolutely agree with this limitation, reasons beings violent crime victims of may encounter financial hardships in addition to physical injuries and emotional distress.

 The difference between violent crime and property crime is that in violent crime, a target is injured or exposed to violence. This crime may include sexual assault and rape, robbery, and even murder. On the other hand, Property crime is a type of crime in that money is obtained, assets, or even other benefits. Examples include burglary offenses, motor vehicles, and even arson. It’s factual that violent crime victims most times do suffer from criminals’ excessive force that may lead to devastating their health physically through injuries and other health factors. I think recuperating from abuse or violence is challenging without worrying about the way to settle the medical care costs or even how to substitute lost earnings because of death or disability. The positive news is that there is a compensation program for crime victims that may offer substantial financial aid to victims of crime and even their families. I agree that no volume of finance may remove the suffering and sorrow victims go through, but this aid may be critical in the crime aftermath. However, I still maintain my opinion that compensation should be limited to the victim of violent crimes as opposed to property crime because the physical impact caused by the property is not as severe on health.

In the view of violent crime, you might encounter victims that have undergone severe incidents such as rape. Looking at the act of rape comes with psychological effects or emotional distress that will require the affected victim to undergo some counseling programs. This means that the victim will have to stop going to work hence the absence of an income; furthermore, in order to undergo counseling, the victim also needs some funds. Hence, I strongly believe that the compensation of crime victims should be mostly limited to the violent crime victims because they are much more in need of it in comparison to the victims of property crime. 

I think government compensation is the first method of restoring the crime victims to their novel financial situations. In the case of robbery and murder, which does mostly occur in violent crime than in property crime, the victims are at most times left with a huge financial burden of trying to recover. The compensation offers important monetary funding for the victims’ families in case of death. Despite money not being able to heal the sorrows and distress that victims undergo, this assistance is still vital in the wake of crime. Thus this service does support the victims’ in direct methods by providing funds for starting over or even burial expenses in case of death. Nonetheless, in my opinion, property crime victims aren’t qualified for this package because most of them have taken up insurance covers for their property and will get reimbursement from the provider of their insurance.

In conclusion, victim compensation should only be limited to victims of violent crimes. This is because they undergo a huge ordeal with the offenders as compared to property crimes victims because of the number of abuses they go through. The aftermath of most victims of violent crime is usually enormous, and its effects devastating. Most of the victims struggle with recovering financially, and some are left with health complications such as injuries, and other grapple with mental distress. It is challenging for someone to recover from such unless with some assistance such as compensations to them. Since most property crime victims are covered by insurance, my opinion is that compensation should be limited to violent crime victims.

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Sports tourism

Sports tourism is defined as travel outside one’s usual environment for active or passive participation in sports activities. This is fast-growing form of tourism that is unique in that its primary motivation is sports activity. Examples include; travel to the World Cup, World Rally Championships, or to participate in the Iron Man Challenge. There are three types of sports tourism, namely; sports event tourism, active sports tourism, and nostalgic sports tourism.

Sports event tourism entails traveling to a foreign place for the sake of hallmark sports events such as the World Cup and Olympics. Ross (2001) explains “such global sports events attract millions of people to the host country boosting revenues earned from tourism for the period coinciding with their occurrence” (pg. 3). During the events, the tourist normally takes on a passive role in the facilities provided for spectators and cheers on his team or compatriots. An example of sports tourism is the 1994 World Cup in the US. During the period just before the event started, and more than 50 million visitors travelled to the United States, and spent close to 100 million US dollars.

Active sports tourism is different from sports event tourism in that the tourist actively participates in the featured sports events or games. These kinds of events are further subdivided into hobbyists and active participants, based upon the level of commitment the tourist has dedicated into the event sport. Active sports tourism is exemplified by golf. The US Open attracts hundreds of active participants each year.

Nostalgia sports tourism involves travelling to famous sports-related attractions. These sites are associated with famous sports personalities or events and attract millions of the subject sport or game fans. Nostalgic sports tourism is exemplified by the annual pilgrimage to NASCAR museum in Charlotte, North Carolina by speed-car fans.

Social impacts of hosting sports events

Normally, the host country of any major sports event has to endure some effects due to the major influx of tourists and revenue. The main social impact affecting the hosting party or city is the disruption of resident lifestyles. Ntloko & Swart (2008) report how “sport events and sport tourists interrupt the normal patterns of life in the host country as all attention is drawn towards the main event and other relative to it” (pg 80). Entertainment spots increase and a new form of social interaction tactics are introduced into the hosting city leading to problems associated with tourism, such as; increased crime and moral decadence.

The choice to hold large sporting events in a particular city or locale changes the civic characteristics of the same. Local pride levels sore and social disturbance, as well as instances of mass hysteria, arises. The decision to hold the 2010 World in South Africa led to a noticeable increase in national pride among South Africans as well as the rest of the continent. This social impact has both positive and negative ramifications as it fosters unity among the resident, as well as exposing negative sentiment regarding sports politics.

The residents of the hosting city or locality suffer the most when a major sporting event comes to their town due to a disruption of their normal business. While some may argue that the influx of tourists into the region provides more business opportunities, the opposite is true since small-scale local businesses and those associated with a large sporting event are different. The tourists are not interested in the local goods and services of the locals, and this affects the earning potential of low-income residents. The bulk of profits is amassed by the large-scale, high-income investors and medium-level businessmen. Little trickles down to the low-income resident.

The Strategic Sports Communication Model

The strategic sports communication model is an approach to sports communication that seeks to streamline the process using three perspectives. These are; personal and organizational communication, advertising and promotion, as well as mass media. By organizing sports communication into segments, the problems formerly posing challenges to the effective communication of sports are eliminated.

Pedersen et al, (2007) state, “ strategic sports communication tool is an organizational tool for understanding the sports field that breaks down the process into its main components, processes, and strategies necessary to make sports communication efficient” (pg. 85). In addition, it analyzes and explains in a systematic and rational manner the relationship between the components of the sports communication process.

The dynamics of communication are the forces within the communication process that make it effective and efficient. Their importance to the sport is best explained from a sports definition perspective where a clear understanding of the communication needs in sports facilitates the process. Sports are gaming activating that requires teamwork. Teamwork relies heavily in communication and its components, meaning the dynamics of communication are critical for success or efficacy in sporting activities.

Not only are the dynamic of communication crucial for sportsmen and women, but the fans as well. A clear system of communication ensures these important supporters follow their favorite teams and contribute to the good performance via feedback. This mainly takes the form of either cheering or booing depending on the team’s performance. A concise understanding of the roles and responsibilities of all the parties involved in sports communication also avoids conflict. This is a normal phenomenon in any competitive environment, and effective communication dynamics quickly counter its disastrous effects.

The marketing mix and its application in sports marketing

Richter (2012) defines the marketing mix as “a combination of the elements of marketing and their roles in promoting consumer products and making sure they arrive at him/her” (pg 12). This is the mixture of promotional effort alongside necessary resources needed to ensure that goods and services reach their consumers at the right time.

The four elements of the marketing mix are price, product, place and promotion. The element of a product is relatively straightforward, entailing the product offered to potential and actual customers. In addition, one has to consider how their product is different from that of their competitor as well as pleasing the client. Price concerns the process of remaining competitive by pricing your product to retain customers, and make profits. This is more of a balancing act as one has to optimize between profit-making and maintain operations. Place, also called distribution, refers to the geographical location of your product and ways of transporting them to the customer. Promotion refers to the tactics and techniques used to communicate the benefits this product would accord to the consumer.

To sports marketers, the elements of marketing offer them similar benefits to those they offer any other businessmen trying to promote their goods or services. The sports marketer has to think in terms of the four elements since he/she is also looking to market a service to potential customers. The viewership and related merchandise constitute the product a sports marketer wants to sell to customers. He/she wants to sell this product at the optimized price that will ensure they make profits without chasing the same customer away. In addition, the sports marketer would prefer to ease the business process by bringing the commodity closer to the customer thus ensuring the element of place is implemented. Finally, the marketer would find useful the element of promotion in informing customer of the benefits of his/her commodity.

References

Ntloko, N. J., & Swart, K. (2008). Sports tourism event impacts on the host community: A case study of Red Bull Big Wave Africa. South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 30(2), 80.

Pedersen, P. M., Miloch, K. S., & Laucella, P. C. (2007). JHBi. In Strategic sport communication (p. 85). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Richter, T. (2012). International management of the marketing process. In International marketing mix management: Theoretical framework, contingency factors and empirical findings from world-markets (p. 12). Berlin: Logos-Verl.

Ross, S. D. (2001). Develping sports tourism. NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR TOURISM AND e-COMMERCE, 3.