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EmpowermentEmpowerment in a workplace entails enabling and helping employees to acquire self-confidence. Thus, overcoming a state of powerlessness having been energized to take action. An example of being energized to take action is giving employees a certain degree of responsibility in decision making regarding workplace-specific tasks. The specific tasks are, for example, giving the employees ownership of the involved processes in production...

GlobalizationCruise tourism is the rapid growing division of the holiday tourism industry and can contribute immensely to a journey's end economy. Tourism in general has its own issues and some are beyond the industry leader’s control. Tourism business is extremely taxed especially on the part of the travelers in terms of a rental car, an airline ticket and a hotel room which is significant to a local economy. The tourism industry is high...

Objective of the reportThis report highlights that, how the aging population is most benefited to the profitable and non-profitable organizations, with their experiences stable working styles and are self-possessed by the problem solving skills. This entire population not only helps organisation for improving productivity but also serve the new generation as their mentors to perform better. This report focuses on the numerous opportunities ...

The processes driving Antarctic Circumpolar Current todayThere are various currents flowing in Oceans that determine the direction of the flow of water. There are various forces that act in determining the direction and speed of the ocean currents one of which is wind. Other factors that produce similar results are breaking waves, temperature of water and cabbeling among others. The only current that flows around the globe is the Antarctic Cir...

The Importance of Coastal ManagementRecent studies show that the Coastline attracts interests from various sectors due to its nature for enjoyment and residential purposes as well as the wild life. Sherval, M & Hardiman, (2014) denote that people love setting homes along the coastline due to the cool weather associated with the region, travelers throng coastal and beach hotels to enjoy their holidays. This scramble for what the coast offer...

Factors Affecting Indoor Air QualityThe indoor air conditions of a building in terms of pollutant concentration and prevalence is a function of different factors (Hodas et al, 2016). These include the indoor air condition, outdoor air conditions and also how the indoor and the interaction between the indoor and the outdoor air conditions (Liu et al, 2016). Poor indoor air quality may have negative health implications to humans and therefore kn...

Scenario and ContextThe aim of this report is designing an appropriate disaster management plan for Rio De Janeiro. The city has a very huge population of over 6 million people. There are also many visitors and athletes in the city since its hosting the summer Olympics. The report describes in detail the events of the disaster and also identifies key stakeholders in the disaster management plan. Factors such as wildlife welfare and special gro...

Scope and Objective of the Case StudyThe construction site chosen is that of an industrial construction site.  The site is basically that of an industrial set up. This is basically the ongoing construction work of an industry in Malaysia. As soon as I was assigned this project I felt that this would be a good place for finding the pollution that is caused by the different activities that are taking place in the construction site. Each and...

Growth Pattern of Solomon IslandsUrbanisation is the worldwide phenomenon that is linking with the movement of people from urban to rural areas. The urban areas are growing faster than the rural areas. In 2011, it is been evolved that the 50% of the world population are existing in urban areas. The fraction of population of Melanesian countries was much lesser then the recorded figures and in Solomon Islands it was just 20%. The rapid growth o...

Education Standards in VancouverCanada has been a preference since the past for many people. Since the ancient times, such as close to 50,000 and 17,000 years ago, migration to Canada was taking place. Different factors were able to agitate the movement of these ancient people into Canada (Citizenship and Immigration, Canada, 2013). Likewise, migration to Canada takes place up to today although different factors may agitate these migrations. Bei...

Stakeholder Engagement in engineering industryIn the current situation it has been identified that the industry named Aviation has become one of the popular business industry (Backlund, Chronéer and Sundqvist 2014). With the increasing economic growth the industry has brought various employment opportunities for the country. It cannot be denied that with the increasing economic growth opportunities the organizations have faced various c...

Plastic Collective: A Sustainable Environmental OrganizationSustainable management practices remain one of the most important aspects of the current business. Sustainable business practice helps in the development of a healthy business environment that currently forms a major aspect of the business environment. Plastic is the main threat to sustainable business practices affecting many different businesses. Plastic Collective is an organizatio...

Geography ResearchGeography as a discipline is one of the oldest of the sciences simply because it strives to give answers to peoples most primitive questions. Geography was identified as a teachable subject and can be linked back to the Greek Scholar Eratosthenes, also referred to as the founding father of geography. For instance, the founding father was able to approximate the earth’s circumference by using a math formula, distance b...

The Significance of Context in Photographs The first primary source is ‘Colonialism and Ant colonialism’ a manual for the liberation in the 21st century. The source discusses the following units of importance concerning the resistance in North America. These issues include; Decline of Roman/USSR/USA, Mexico and southwest, the insurgency in Iraq and also crisis, conflict and resistance. In this source, the anti-colonial resistance wa...

Stakeholder engagement within engineering and asset management sectorsIn general, aviation is recognised as one of the fastest growing industries globally. This industry can be segregated broadly into two sections namely airlines and airports. The discourse of the study has considered the airport as an infrastructural asset particularly as per its operations. The main essence of the airports act as essential infrastructure which is required fo...

Functional UnitAccording to Hellweg and i Canals (2014), by the two different standards of the Life Cycle Assessment as proposed by the Organization for Standardization (ISO), which are the ISO 14044 and the ISO 14040, the LCA can be defined as the inputs and outputs compilation and their evaluation and the subsequent impact of the product on the environment during its life cycle (Jolliet et.al. 2015). There are many uses of the LCA. During th...

The Idea of Gravitational Pull or Acceleration Due to GravityGravity is able to pull all objects towards the center of the earth. This means that any object at height will move downwards. The rate at which the object is able to move from zero velocity is known as the gravitational pull. The gravitational pull, described by g is the maximum rate of accelerate, which an object can attain without addition any external forces. In the experiment to...

Understanding Organizational Culture, a book by Mats AlvenssonThesis Statement: Organizational culture comprises of the values and behaviors that contribute to the unique psychological and social behavior within a firm. Particularly, it represents the collective norms, systems and beliefs and principles that guide the members of a particular organization. Thus, this annotated bibliography will provide a list of sources that talk about the co...

State Capacity and Inclusive DevelopmentThe states shapes development is a growing area of research in the development literature that takes place in different areas of investigation and within different political and ideological orientations in which the state institutions and their decisions have major implications for better wellbeing and rights distribution. The researchers are highly concerned with the identification of the types of state...

Background of the ProjectThe essence of India lies in the spiritual culture that prevails in the land. The country has been home to almost all the religions of the world coexisting peacefully, including Hinduism which is the oldest religion practised to date. The primary worship place of the Hindus is known as a temple. India is dotted with temples, big and small all over its geography. Many of the Indian temples are thousands of years old. Howe...

Questions:Apple was founded on April 1, 1976. Apple was started as a computer company. This report traces the changes of strategy and strategic decisions of Apple in the last ten years. For this, the report provides background and leadership of Apple. In the background of company, different leadership styles, leaders, resources, capabilities and macro environmental analysis have been explained. SWOT analysis, PESTAL analysis and Porter model h...

Water Treatment Processes at Cleveland Wastewater Treatment PlantDuring my visit to the Cleveland Wastewater Treatment Plant I realized that the plant a comprehensive process of wastewater treatment and is known to be one of the finest wastewater treatment plants in the country. The comprehensive process of water treatment that I noted during the visit ensures that customers have access to quality water to support their daily lives. From the ...

The Importance of Photography in Geography StudiesAs Hall (2009), describes the importance of photographs in evaluating human geography by stating that it is a true record and is universally accepted and that a photographic survey is a means to represent information in the truest form. While interpreting elements of human geography Photographic evidence provides credible information that gives the researcher and the audience an insight into th...

Background of the EarthquakeA severe earthquake had hit Nepal in 2015 and with the loss of life and property, the tourism industry was affected extremely. In this context, the purpose of this report is to identify the government initiatives and the gaps that must be filled up. In this regard, the report also encompasses the policy planning and the stakeholders’ engagement so that the country can take proper initiatives in dire situation....

Threats to the Great Barrier ReefThe Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s biggest coral reef, and it is composed of more than 2900 reefs and approximately 900 islands that stretch for more than 2000 kilometers over an area of approximately 350,000 square kilometers. The reef is on the coast of Queensland Australia. The reef is composed of billions of minute organisms commonly known as coral polyps. A large part of this area is cove...