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ANSWERS TO THE THREE QUESTIONS AND TWO DISCUSSIONS4

ANSWERS TO THE THREE QUESTIONS AND TWO DISCUSSIONS

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First World War

The main causes of the world war one were assassination, alliances, military, nationalism, and imperialism. The assassination of the archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophi spark up the war. Austria-Hungary took it as a direct attack on the country and they were furious with Serbia as they believed that Serbia aided the terrorist to do the assassination. Serbia rejected the terms se3t by Austria-Hungary for the investigation and with the help of Germany Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. They invaded France through Belgium .and this lead to Britain declaring war on Germany as France was its ally. The alliances were formed even before the war started. There were two alliances the triple alliance which included Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary, and the triple entente which had Britain, France, and Russia (Watt, 1971). the alliance system aimed to help each ally whenever war was declared on it .this became effective after the assassination when Germany declared war on Serbia and invaded France Britain came in to defend France.

Militarism led to building up of tension between the European nation as countries were increasing their military power which threatened others because with each new battleship the enemies became more powerful and more hostile .militarism led to an arms race where countries competed in the acquisition of military power and naval rivalry between Germany and Britain .nationalism was a cause to the world war as it led nations to build up their armies and to increase their military power which caused a lot of tension between the nations. Also the assassination of the archduke of Austria by a “black hand” a Serbia nationalist group led to the declaration of war on other states .imperialism is when a country intends to expands its power into larger empires. Germany and Russia wanted to create their empires .this caused a lot of competition and tension all over the world which led to a world war (Bolívar, 2003).

The leaders of South America independence were Simon Bolivar, José de san Martin, Miguel hidalgo and Agustin de Iturbide. Simon bolivar was a statesman and a soldier who played an important role in the South American independence movement. He served as a dictator of Peru from 1823 to 1826 and as a president of gran Colombia from 1819 to 1830.he got involved in a resistance movement after France invaded Spain and he played a key role in the Spain American fight for independence. Bolivar favored a strong system with a central leader, unlike the US federal system he wanted all the Free State in South America to be under a common rule. With his charm and great military skills, he became a great leader of South American independence. Simon bolivar managed to free thousands of people from Spanish rule hence he is a hero throughout South America.

Jose de san martin is a statesman national hero and an Argentinian soldier who helped in leading revolutions against Spain’s rule in Argentina, Chile, and Peru in his fight for independence he believed that the best way to give Peru independence was to get its people to accept independence voluntarily. San Martin decided to join the independence movement in South America with the leadership of Bolivia they fought to end Spanish rule and in July 1819 a formal declaration was signed. Miguel Hidalgo, led the parishioners’ revolution against Spanish rule though he did not achieve much Miguel was a precursor to the heroes of Mexican independence. Agustin de Iturbide was a politician and general of Mexico. He built a political and a military coalition that took control of Mexico City and hence its independence. He also defeated padre Morelos and he made peace with the last rebel group .he also fought for the same rights Spaniards and Crillos.

Imperialism is when a country intends to extend its power into larger empires. The old imperialism was about economic achievement s which was mainly characterized by god glory and gold.it also included human labor and ivory from Africa while under the new imperialism the was driven by larger economic purposes.it included cheap raw materials cheap labor and cheap markets in the African continent in the old imperialism nations ruled over larger geological areas while in new imperialism nations had smaller colonies (Ferguson, 2006). In the new imperialism, nations had better technologies for communication transportation military, and even medicine compared to old imperialism. There were railroads and steamboats for easier and faster transportation, telegram for communication, machine guns for military use, and vaccines in the medical field.in the old imperialism, there was stiff resistance from the colonies while in the new imperialism the nations were not able to control the resistance from the colonies because they had more sophisticated weapons and there were several technological advancements and with other factors gave the colonies an upper hand.

In the old imperialism, there were great commercial revolutions. There were trading activities. The nations sort markets for their manufactured goods and they also needed some of Africa’s precious metals and other goods. While in the new imperialism there were great industrial revolutions. With the growth of industries in European countries, they needed a labor market and raw materials for the industries .this led to the new imperialism in Africa (Sutcliffe, (2006). The reasons for the end of the old imperialism were high costs of maintaining the colonies’ nationalism napoleon war and the rise of industries while the end of the new imperialism was the world war which made the industries come to a standstill for a while and the native uprising.

References

Watt, D. C. (1971). The British reactions to the assassination at Sarajevo. European Studies Review, 1(3), 233-247.

Ferguson, N. (2006). Political risk and the international bond market between the 1848 revolution and the outbreak of the First World War 1. The Economic History Review, 59(1), 70-112.

Bolívar, S. (2003). El Libertador: Writings of Simón Bolívar. Library of Latin America.Bolívar, S. (2003). El Libertador: Writings of Simón Bolívar. Library of Latin America.Sutcliffe, B. (2006). Imperialism old and new: A comment on David Harvey’s the new imperialism and Ellen Meiksins Wood’s empire of capital. Historical Materialism, 14(4), 59-78.

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A Caring Initiative

Bonds are common and are created during specific events. Some are influenced by blood, while others are created through friendship ties. The bond is not indifferent to the bond created during birth between a newborn and a mother. During birth, the mother and infant might be separated due to circumstances, which is the most difficult moment for a new mother. The connection can, however, be fostered using various emotional outlets.

From the start of a mother’s pregnancy to deliver, the bong of the mother grows consistently. Women cannot wait to hold their newborn infants in their arms. After delivery, the bond grows, and at this point, there is an existing physical connection since the mother can carry, touch and hold the newborns. Research, however, reveals that the disconnect between mother and child during birth due to illness can complicate the existing bond, and nurses can use journaling to assist mothers during that period just as it does in life-changing moments.

Journalism is an emotional support backup that allows for the expression of feelings and thoughts of oneself at a given time. Journaling can help mothers go through the roller coaster of emotions positively by enhancing understanding of the separation process and considering the newborn negative emotions simultaneously (Feinblum et al, 2016).

A study conducted at a 9-bed neonatal intensive care unit in Northern New Jersey community hospital revealed conducted via questionnaires to women who met the criteria and was approved by the organization Nursing Research Council and the Institutional Research board revealed that the journal was an important channel to put down their thoughts especially during the separation period. Some mothers expressed the connection that they bearded with their newborn, and some revealed that despite their separation, they had their trust in the nurses and caregivers at the hospital. The mothers described journaling as self-therapy and supportive and the bond with their infants as divine.

Journaling was a process that enabled mothers to gain a deeper understanding of their emotions and connect with them, whether positive or negative, to facilitate healing. They took time to bond with their nurses, too creating a rapport and strengthening their relations. Women who failed to channel their thoughts and feelings via journals did so using questionnaires (Feinblum et al, 2016). The study also emphasized the use of verbal cues in the future and stressed the coping process, especially after reflection and coping. Journaling is, therefore, a process that can enable the nurses to support new mothers cope with separation, especially in the case of the illness of a newborn.

Impact of teacher-student writing conferences on frequency and accuracy of using cohesive devices in EFL students’ writing

A researcher researched to examine the underexplored written corrective feedback, oral feedback in a teacher-student writing conference. People paid little input on the interaction between teacher and students, especially in social and cultural dimensions. Most teachers opt for written feedback instead of dialogic response that enhances the development of learners. Feedback should bear conversational, interactive, and contingent characteristics (Alfalagg, 2020)..Feedback, however, has been reduced by teachers to the non-conformity nature of social and contextual characters, especially in their response to errors. In the process, students become disoriented and fail to achieve much based on the little existing interaction between them and their teachers. Some of the challenges resulting from teacher-student interactions are displayed by student writers in ESL and EFL contexts during their various assignments. Some refer to ambiguous referents, while others encounter challenges in using conductions due to teaching methods used in their course of study.

The conference improved the teachers’ interactions and assist learners both in ESL and EFL overcome linguistics errors, which was acknowledged in the students’ improved results. The research conducted for a conclusion basis was informed of discussion, social interaction, and meaning negotiation. The Arabic language was the most dominant due to their limited speech proficiency in English (Alfalagg, 2020).

The researcher and the student had different roles, with students being tasked with the duty of self-correction on their texts while the researcher determined their ability scale. The students were warmly welcomed and permitted to ask questions freely, read texts aloud, and take notes while carrying on with self-correction and later submitted their drafted first round and second drafts after feedback (Alfalagg, 2020)..

Mistakes drawn from the data collected were referencing inconsistency, unnecessary cohesive additives, and the wrong substitution of words, to mention a few. However, due to continued feedback impacted by the teacher-student individual writing conferences, there was a notable improvement in conductions, referential markers, and overall performance.

References

Feinblum, D., Gonzalez, R., & Clyne, M. (2016). Journaling: A caring initiative. International Journal of Human Caring, 20(1), 15-18.

Alfalagg, A. R. (2020). Impact of teacher-student writing conferences on frequency and accuracy of using cohesive devices in EFL students’ writing. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 5(1), 1-19.

Ensuring success in BMW Group

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In perfect competition, businesses and organization work through a system of strategies. These strategies are made effective through a clear investigation among the organization within a given market and industry as a way of establishing information about other competitors. Competitors strive to find out the strengths and weaknesses of other organization with an industry or market. This paper is about the BMW Group and the way the company managed to identify and then eliminate its weaknesses. The BMW Group has been having significant developments and growth since its establishment, which can be traced from its ability to discover and eliminate weaknesses before its competitors find about such weaknesses.

Ensuring success in BMW Group was a project that was to be done in a systematic manner in seven major stages/ steps. BMW Group had to start from the identification of the weaknesses problem. The management went into the preparation step, then to the appraisal step in which a comprehensive evaluation was done, and to the presentation stage where detailed plan had to be approved for financing. After the financing of the project of eliminating weaknesses and promoting growth, implementation was done but with the necessary approval and financial plan (Taylor and McDonough). Monitoring was then initiated to assess the project. Evaluation of the project was then done after the project completion. Evaluation is meant to establish the project’s performance and efficiency, which was actually positive according to 2011 fiscal year.

In 2011 fiscal year, the company increased its sale volume and ended up emerging the market leader in terms of premium car market-segment. The BMW Group is said to have achieved such position despite its operation under poor market and industrial conditions. The year 2011 was the company’s best year in its history in corporation efforts. The BMW Group has been operating under poor and tough conditions that expose the company to significant weaknesses in its business operations and success. One of the key success factors in eliminating its weakness is the ability of the group’s Supervisory Board to monitor business performances with immense interest. This kind of interest made the Supervisory Board to supervise company’s Board of Management in a continuous way as well as diligently while assisting in its advisory capacity. The assistant provided to the Board of Management by the Supervisory board was done to aid in planning all the company’s major undertakings. Another important aspect of the BMW Group’s advancement in the premium car industry and market is trust among management and Supervisory Board (Gallagher). Trust is build from the company’s tradition that all ideas need to be conceptualized after a significant analysis. The company had a system of continuous monitoring of activities within the organization and any outside forces that can increase the company’s weaknesses. The core aim of this kind of investigation is to ensure that any weaknesses are discovered by the company and resolved before the competitors take advantage of the weaknesses (Gallagher).

A system of investigation through structured auditing was regularly being done. Any performance was being predicted based on the prevailing performance as well as the company’s financial position at a particular time. After establishing the performance of the company and its financial position at a stipulated time, the management came up with various corporate strategies and business plans that can aid the BMW Group in moving to greater heights by first eliminating the most subjective weaknesses and enhancing its strengths such as improving business relationship with customers (BMW Group). Elimination of the most pronounced weaknesses kept on maintain a steady growth and performance of the BMW group against its competitors. The kind of strategy chosen went hand in hand with the established business plan and would bar competitor from taking advantage of the organization’s weakness or discovering its strengths and opportunities such that competitors may over take BMW Group from such perspectives (BMW Group).

Another factor that initiates BMW Group’s growth and elimination of its major weaknesses was the effort of the company’s Board of Management and the Supervisory Board to discover possible risks and establish risk provision programs. This provision of risk control programs has been in practice through the company’s risk management department. In this case, possible risks in the markets and in production could be established (Bodell). The company could then apply various strategies of dealing with risks at different times depending on knowledge or assumption on predicted outcomes in the market of its products. The company would apply risk-averse related strategies when the market conditions are projected as unwelcoming. Risk taking strategies would be applied when market compensations are high according to the management projection, but the company would want to be risk neutral when adequate information about market condition can hardly provide basis for some marketing strategies. These risk management strategies mainly applies to the company’s stock exchange market.

The BMW Group has been keeping in its sale promotion efforts to build and develop the company’s brand name. Sales performance is highly monitored to ensure that the company keeps on improving in terms of its competitive position. While in a perfectly competitive market information is open to all consumers and competitors, some of the company’s operations are maintained as secrete to its high performance. The company has also been placing significant efforts to improve its workforce development programs, which were also a source of the BMW Group’s weakness (Bodell). Workforce development has helped the company to maintain and improve some aspects of its technology through innovative programs and intensive research on new car models, which would place stiffer competition to the competitors’ products. All problems concerning the company’s workforce are resolved as soon as possible as a way of generating worker motivation. Employee motivation is critical in improving the performance of workers in terms of quality and quantity. The BMW Group has thus developed by establishing a systematic process of identifying and eliminating its weaknesses (Bodell). It has developed to be a market leader in premium car industry.

Works Cited

BMW Group. The ultimate career path from the builder of The Ultimate Driving Machine. 2013. 10 May 2013 <www.bmwstep.com/docs/Full Size STEP Brochure.pdf>.

Bodell, Lisa. Kill the Company’: Identify Your Weaknesses Before Your Competitors Do. 17 December 2012. 10 May 2013 <http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=3132>.

Gallagher, Patrick. BMW: A Strategy built on Premium Brands. 23 Oct 2012. 10 May 2013 <http://www.slideshare.net/patricksgallagher/bmw-a-strategy-built-on-premium-brands>.

Taylor, Jr. Joe and Michele McDonough. Seven Phases of the Project Cycle. 5 Mar 2011. 10 May 2013 <http://www.brighthubpm.com/project-planning/2433-seven-phases-of-the-project-cycle/>.

Answers to questions (Hamlet)

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Justice is not achieved in the play hamlet by Shakespeare. The play allows us to see the world through a different lens and this is a type of understanding whereby revenge is seen as a form of justice. Revenge works for several people like Fortinbras who travels for a long time to make sure justice through revenge is gained. It is upon these other characters whereby the story of hamlet is portrayed, compared, and contrasted bringing out the great extent to which he never achieved justice by his refusal to kill Claudius early in time and hamlet lets the death of his father not be avenged due to his waiting which is seen as unhealthy. Therefore justice in this case is not achieved because it is delayed.

The manner in which justice is not achieved can be seen as through how hamlet fails to act at the right time. The main discussion is between Hamlet and Claudius. the other characters only act towards the addition of the ideas advanced by these two. Claudius is the person who killed Hamlet’s father and therefore Hamlet keeps on trying to kill him however he is prevented by several issues and cannot effectively carry out his will and desire to kill him. The first thing is that Claudius is in love with Hamlet’s mother and killing him might mean hurting his mother which he never wanted to do. On the other hand, Claudius is most of the time appealing and praying to God therefore killing him while he is praying makes it very difficult because Hamlet does not want to send the same person who killed his father into heaven. This is because if he killed him while praying he could go to heaven directly.

The person who is guilty in this case is Claudius and he is not punished appropriately thus the delay and the lack of justice. reasons suggested by other authors for not killing Claudius in time which have been suggested by different authors include the fact that Hamlet fears for his life and fears what might happen if he kills Claudius. His unconscious mind also leads him towards the delay in the execution of Claudius and finally, he does not fully believe that his father’s ghost was real and he keeps on trying to remind himself that it happened and he had to bring justice for his father.

Clouded by the judgment and love of her mother helmet in most of the times is unable to act. This is because his Mother re-married so fast and hamlet finds it very difficult to understand her and the reason why she is this way. The confusion in trying to understand his mother as well as trying not to hurt her because he loved her makes him delay his execution of Claudius.

The fact that Claudius is most of the time praying when hamlets try to kill him is brought out clearly and therefore this means him going to heaven. This is the most emphasized point and a reason as to why Hamlet does not act accordingly and therefore keeps on procrastinating his plan. The book, therefore, is religious and apart from justice, it tries to tell us how religion can be a deterring factor towards the achievement of something like it was for hamlet not to be possible to kill his father’s murderer because killing him and therefore providing him with eternal life and happiness were the least of the desires of hamlet. This is evident in act three scene three.

Other people have suggested that the ghost of Hamlet’s father haunts him and therefore it is a very difficult decision to make whether to kill Claudius. The confusion about this as well as her mother’s desire to get remarried to Claudius clouds his judgment and therefore seeing is impaired. This is because it is generally believed that ghosts would have brought problems to the person they appeared to.

Due to the failure of hamlet to execute his father’s murder, several other individuals within the play get to die, and therefore this is what makes it a delayed justice as its delay leads to negative influences. The characters that die include Laertes, Rosencrantz, Polonius, Gertrude, Guildenstern, and Ophelia. In the desire to keep him feeling bad hamlet presents Claudius with the scene of his father’s death and therefore this makes him feel bad. This is evident in the 3rd act scene 2.