Rise in technology and competition in the modern world Introduction With the rise in technology and competition in the modern world, there has been a constant need for different organizations and entities to achieve organizational excellence. Organizational excellence would be the positive milestones achieved by various organizations towards the achievement of their set goals. Organization design is how the entity is made up to carry out different duties effectively. With other organizations having different approaches to plan, the ultimate goal is to achieve excellence. This paper, therefore, looks at some of the various organization design in the Pepperdine University and how it is structured to attain positive goals. Question 1 Just like other different organizational culture, the University’s culture is enhanced to ensure an individual’s job is enriched and appreciated. The school’s administration in the recent past has tried to gift and reward various exceptional performers like the program administrator with a much better job that is also enriched. Through this initiative, it is evident that the organization values every employee and their wellbeing as well as career development chances…

Should the world worry about China’s economic expansion? China is among the leading world economies being second to the United States of America. China has favorable economic environments that are favorable for business flourishing. Cheap labor, adequate human expertise, availability of raw materials, and low cost of production in China has enabled rapid economic growth. The Silicon Valley in China is home to most of the world-class businesses including the renowned US Company Apple. Organizations across the globe are relocating to China to cut on production cost to increase their productivity. The flourishing economic growth in China is of concern to other world economies. The Chinese thirteen trillion dollar economy is a matter of interest to the world. The economy has grown steadily over a short period which is attributed to the conducive atmosphere to conduct business in China. The Chinese production market is free entry with little government regulations. The tax tariffs in China offer incentives for businesses to achieve their expected profit margins. Chinese exports have dominated the world market. The low cost of production in China has…

Feminist standpoint theorists claim that knowledge is socially situated, and marginalized groups are socially situated to make it possible to access detailed information. Marginalized groups similarly respond more to situations by asking questions than it is the case for non-marginalized groups. Thirdly, the theory explains that research that focuses on power relations should, therefore, start by empowering or improving marginalized groups’ livelihoods. The standpoint makes contributions to epistemology and methodological aspects in social and natural sciences. The method has been influential in determining the impact of different forms of theories. Standpoint epistemology sets the relationship, even knowledge, and politics. It explains the effects of different kinds of politics on the production of knowledge. The God Trick concept shows that the ground for knowledge is fully influenced by history and social lives rather than abstracts for standpoint theories. Standpoint knowledge projects do not claim to originate in the universal human problem. Feminist theories feature care shaped b communities that produce them. Ethnocentrism is featured thought to be a belief in one’s ethnic group and culture’s inherent superiority. The feminist standpoint shows that…

The Food Necessities for a Friend’s Movie Night Nothing is more fun than a movie night with friends. The word beautiful should more aptly be used to describe this occasion. Forget the hustle that comes with putting on those uncomfortably high heels or that awkwardly tight dress and hitting the club like nobody cares. Forget dancing around to those head blasting rhythms or taking several tequila shots only to wake up the next day with a head-splitting hangover and a tone of undone chores waiting for you. Movie nights have become a more chilled and cost friendly way to spend a night with friends. Some nights you just want to sit in with your good old besties watching a series of animated movies or that Girls Night Out movie while munching away on those tasty food bites, sipping on that expensive wine, curling up on the sofas, laughing your heart out. These are the days we remember after years have passed; the days we reminisce on a hot Tuesday afternoon in the office with a pile of papers on your…

  Communication Paper for Clinical Counseling Introduction Communication is a crucial aspect of life and is significant both at a personal and professional level. The world is diverse and comprises people with varying ideologies, ethnicities, races, religions, and cultural beliefs. Therefore, for everybody to coexist in this diverse society, there ought to be a unifying aspect, which I believe is communication. Effective communication aids in bridging the gaps that exist within the world communities. The ability to communicate effectively has been the platform for all the relationships I have fostered throughout my lifetime. Healthcare professional success and, in particular, clinical counseling largely depends on effective communication between the patient and the counselor. Failure to communicate effectively would result in a loss of the objective. Communication is referred to as the process via which message or information is transmitted from one individual (sender) to another (receiver) through a medium. Effective communication entails the incorporation of both verbal and non-verbal skills. These skills include listening, body language, flexibility, assertiveness, and expressing oneself effectively. Therefore, to enhance one’s communication skills, both verbal and…

Cloud Computing Cloud Computing originated from large scale distributed computing technologies. Mell, P., Grance, T. (2018), NIST describes Cloud computing as a computing model for enabling convenient on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be provisioned rapidly and released with minimal management effort. Cloud computing allows organizations to store some of their sensitive files on servers in the cloud (Selvanayagam, Singh, Michael, and Jeswani, 2020). Cloud computing enables firms to outsource their entire information technology process (Khan and Al-Yasiri, 2016). Most people utilize cloud services daily. Cloud computing allowed many organizations to store data off-site. It brought forth a cyber-data security risk because many customers shared the same cloud. Threats or risks are anything that can cause severe harm or damage to a computer system (Imran, Aziz, and Irfan, 2018). Risks are of different types like Trojans, viruses, and hijacking. Various security threats exist in the realm of cloud computing. Some common types of risks related to public cloud computing and private cloud computing are service hijacking, data scavenging, data leakage, denial of service,…

 Communication Systems Introduction With the increased competition in different sectors in various industries today, adequate measures are to be kept to ensure the organization’s success and the set organizational goals are achieved. Some of these goals would be integrity, effective communication, and hard work, among others. Communication is the process of passing information from one individual to another. Therefore, this paper looks at some of the importance of having correctly integrated communication systems in healthcare organizations. Communication is essential to the growth and success of any organization. It generally entails how information is passed to ensure no misunderstandings are experienced. Therefore, a well-integrated communication system would be very beneficial to help in the different healthcare stakeholders’ success. The integration of various communication systems in the healthcare industry would ensure that the patients and clients receive the same correct information in all sources. Through the different integrated communication systems in the healthcare sectors, effective communication between doctor or nurse and the patient helps get the right prescriptions to enhance recoveries. Communication systems in the healthcare sector would also reduce operational efficiency,…

  Communications and Media Sources Yesterday, we walked briskly down to the pond like lovers on vacation in Cabo. It was quite hot outside; anyone could cook fry eggs in the sun. Like two dolphins, human dolphins, we went swimming in the water. Inez did a spectacular cannonball off the dock and splashed water around the place. Having swum for hours, we got hungry and ate cold vegetable sandwiches under a huge tree that looked like an extraterrestrial canopy. Thereafter we took a walk in the woods under the incredible canopies. At the end of the day, bugs started biting us, tiny buzzing bugs they reminded me of Gulu, Uganda. We headed home just in time to see the sun setting, the goddess of fire and light, bowing for the night.   a) What are the elements of a good speech delivery? The elements of a good speech delivery are; honesty and directness; this involves being clear and straight to the point. Secondly, spontaneity, be yourself, and be unpredictable. The third is the use of vocal and facial expressions, and…

Community colleges Community colleges have for a long time, been considered as junior-level colleges in the United States. However, the term junior has fallen out of use but the colleges still play a vital role in preparing the students for the workforce. Many people don’t know the main difference between a community college and a four-year level university. Community colleges are institutions that students attend for two years, whereafter they are awarded an Associate’s degree. However, as the term suggests, these colleges were built for students in a particular community but with time, they have grown to the point of admitting international students. Some students opt to do two years of their higher education in community colleges. They will go to the university to complete the other two required for one to attain a degree. There are no significant differences between community colleges and universities. However, these small differences in structure and learning have a vital influence on a student’s life. After completing high school, the main question students ask is whether they should join a community college or go…

Culture includes all the ways that include all people’s entire way of life. In most cases, when we are making a comparison between different cultures there is always some obvious differences. At the same time, cultures do share common elements. There are cultural patterns that are common on a global basis. I will give an example of family units. Every individual in the universe and different societies do recognize the structures of a family. At the same time, the functioning of each family varies from one to another. When you look at the American culture, people are supposed to move out of their parents’ home sometime before they marry and bring up their kids. When you look at Asians, people live in their parents’ home until they are married and moves out. Others can live in their parent’s homestead even after they are married. Other cultural differences that exist among different societies and cultures are enacted differently. There are basic human survivals that cultures revolve around. They include basic needs like food shelter and clothing. It could also revolve around…