Introduction Energy is a critical factor in the development of every country. It is a major driving force of all economic activities in today’s industrialized world. This means that efforts should always be made to ensure that energy is produced, distributed, and managed in an efficient and effective manner. Governments are faced with the arduous […]
Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), sometimes also referred to as the Affordable Care Act, was enacted on March 23, 2010. The objective of this act was to address some of the challenges facing the US healthcare system. Three core challenges may be singled out. The first one is the fragmentation of […]
Introduction Background to the research topic Every organization wants to optimize resources during the process of project management. Problems tend to arise as far as the process of optimization efforts are concerned because it is common for an organization to implement more than one project at the same time. To address this problem, researchers have […]
Introduction The United Arab Emirates has attained tremendous growth in the construction industry. This growth has come with a unique set of challenges for the country in general and the construction industry in particular. One of these challenges is delays in projects. These delays are being caused by consultants, contractors, clients, as well as project […]
Introduction Best Buy is the largest retail electronics store in the US. It operates in the large-format consumer electronics segment. The company, which was established in 1966, operates through two segments: domestic and international segments. The domestic segment account’s for a bulk of the company’s revenue. The company places its operations into six categories; namely, […]
Introduction Ethical practitioners ordinarily work in an environment of ethical dilemma. They counter situations in which they are compelled by circumstances to engage in practices that may be regarded as unethical. This ethical dilemma is reflected in the film “Thank You For Smokingâ€, in which Nick Naylor, a PR practitioner, informs his son that his […]
Introduction In management theory, numerous attempts have been made to understand the behavior of the organization. In these efforts, the primary objective has been to solve the practical problems being encountered in organizational contexts on a day-to-day basis. For example, during the early twentieth century, Frederick Winslow Taylor developed that is today referred to as […]
Introduction In the current world globalization has transformed the way people do business. The level of interdependence among economies continues to increase. Companies that in the past focused on national markets are increasingly being confronted by the issues of standardization and customization as they attempt to venture into the international market. At the same time, […]
Introduction Relations between the United States and the Asia Pacific date back to the late 18th century. Today, these relations have growth to the point where the fastest growing export markets for the US are located in Asia. Moreover, 60 percent of the goods that the US exports abroad end up in this region. This […]
Introduction Social presence is a crucial concept in computer-mediated communication, particularly in higher education context. This concept is commonly used to in discussions on online learning contexts. Such contexts are normally made possible by the technological advancements that have led to improvements in computer-mediated communication. In higher education contexts, the other crucial concepts other than […]