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Discuss at least 5 types of an ecosystem and give one example of each
Discuss at least 5 types of an ecosystem and give one example of each
Terrestrial Ecosystem: this is on other cases known as land ecosystem. This means that the organisms are able to interact with land. An example of terrestrial ecosystems is the land we live in.
Aquatic Ecosystem: This is sometimes called the water ecosystem; sea, ocean and lakes are example of this ecosystem.
Natural Ecosystem: This is also called God Made ecosystem. It existed before man and man has not played part in its existence. Examples of Natural ecosystem is natural Forrest, lakes amid others.
Artificial Ecosystem: Also known as manmade ecosystem. This means that made has played part in coming up with this type of ecosystem. Example of this type ecosystem is manmade forest and manmade lakes.
Explain the 4 categories of consumers in an ecosystem and the role that each plays.
An ecosystem possesses has both biotic (living) and abiotic non-living segments. The abiotic segments incorporate soil, water, light, inorganic supplements and climate. The biotic parts of the biological system can be sorted as either producers or consumers. Makers are autotrophic life forms with the capacity of doing photosynthesis and making nourishment themselves, and by implication for alternate living beings too. In physical biological systems the makers are prevalently green plants, while in freshwater and marine environments the prevailing makers are different types of green growth. Consumers are heterotrophic creatures that utilized nourishment that has as of now been performed by different life forms. It is conceivable to recognize four sorts of shoppers, contingent upon their sustenance source. Omnivorous, herbivorous, carnivorous and Saprobes.
Discuss one particular environmental issue in UAE and be able to explain how the government and its people solved the issue.
One of the environmental issues that affects the UAE is the issue of waste management. There has been high increase of waste all over the country (Zaman & Lehmann, 2011). The culture of the people has not been on the eve of protecting the environment when it comes to waste management. People through waste all over the country causing high risks of disease amid other issues. The risk has caused government to come up with national programs and commissions that could reduce ways to solve this environmental problem. For example, the government has encouraged recycling of waste products and it funding both private and public organization as well as individuals to come up with such an outstanding project. The people have also come on board in order to solve the problem by having proper management of waste such as having house to house collection of waste.
Give your own recommendations as to how it should have been addressed without harming any person or any organisms.
One of the best way to ensure that waste is managed in the UAE is by first developing a culture of waste management. The other recommendation is to ensure that the recycling plants are brought close to the people so that disposal of waste to them cannot be a problem. Last is conducting an advocacy program that informs the people that waste management is an important factor and the impacts of poor waste management is harsh (Moore, 2010).
Individual reflection
The group had only 5 members on board. The group was able to host more than 10 meeting with i attended all of the as I was the leader of the group. I was the one mandated to analyse the information and write the report. The most interesting part of the team work was during the development of information, however, I did not like planning aspect of the group. I noted how to manage waste thanks to the group work.
References
Willis, H. H., MacDonald Gibson, J., Shih, R. A., Geschwind, S., Olmstead, S., Hu, J., … & Moore, M. (2010). Prioritizing environmental health risks in the UAE. Risk analysis, 30(12), 1842-1856.
Zaman, A. U., & Lehmann, S. (2011). Urban growth and waste management optimization towards ‘zero waste city’. City, Culture and Society, 2(4), 177-187.
Amazon in Emerging Markets
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Amazon in Emerging Markets
Amazon used an approach for its entry into the Indian market that involved directly investing in the market by building its own subsidiary. Being a service company, the company went into full-scale delivery and marketing of its eCommerce service by building, Amazon.In. from scratch. As opposed to the method the company used in China, the green venture the company applied in India meant creating the entire operation. Because the technique involved taking care of all the marketing activities in this foreign market, Amazon had to invest a lot (Michigan School of Business). Also, instead of focusing on the competition, Amazon chose to concentrate on offering top-notch services to the Indian market.
The advantages of the green venture strategy were that Amazon was able to maintain complete control over its operations in this new market. The company did not have to worry about spending money on a subsidiary or sharing profits with another entity. The element of risk was possibly the most dominant con after investing so highly on all the expenses required to set up the business and operate it. In new markets as volatile as India, there is always the fear that a company would not be able to recoup its money.
In China, however, Amazon chose the most uncomplicated strategy for entry that involved buying an established company in Joyo.com. This strategy, unlike green venture applied in India, gave Amazon a claim to Joyo.com’s market share. The company also maintained Joyo.com’s domain name, continuing to use its customer base and brand image. The ability to claim this market share and take advantage of an already established base and brand image was among the various pros of using this strategy (Zhu & Qihong). The other advantages included the chance to bypass regulations on this industry for new investors with ease. These regulations would later offer a cushion against competition from outside using a different entry strategy.
The downside of the entry strategy used in China was that Amazon could not initially connect its operations to its brand. The acquisition was also quite expensive, especially because Joyo.com was thriving. It was also had to conduct due diligence on a foreign company.
Works Cited
Michigan School of Business. Amazon in Emerging Markets. WDI Publishing, 2014. file:///C:/Users/Ken/Downloads/amazon%20article.pdf. Accessed 4 Feb. 2020.
Zhu, Feng, and Qihong Liu. “Competing with complementors: An empirical look at Amazon. com.” Strategic Management Journal 39.10 (2018): 2618-2642.
Discuss and compare the role of the speaker or persona in a selection (3 or 4) of our readings.
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Discuss and compare the role of the speaker or persona in a selection (3 or 4) of our readings.
The purpose of this essay is to compare and discuss the role of the persona through textual analysis of fours works: The open boat, a short story by Stephen Crane, the road not taken, a poem by Robert Frost, as I lay dying, a novel by William Faulkner and invisible man a novel by Ralph Ellison.
The Open Boat by Stephen Crane
The persona in the Open Boat is an anonymous correspondent who explains the events as a condescending observer detached from the rest of the group. The persona in this story gives the perspective of the characters and the circumstances from a vantage point of observation. The role of the persona in this story is therefore to develop the plot of the story. Through the persona, the audience can identify the major themes, styles, and characters in the story. The persona poses as an erudite, pretentious, and mocking observer of men who have survived a shipwreck and battle to get ashore by use of a boat “None of them knew the color of the sky… However, all of the men knew the color of the sea (Crane p. 65). The captain is forlorn, indifferent, and dejected after he loses his ship through a shipwreck in the sea. The cook is a plump man with a comic personality. The oiler is physically strong and hardworking, but the only one who dies after the struggle. Furthermore, the audience is able to draw inferences about the motive and personality of the speaker from the hints in the story. The persona believes that nature is not hostile but indifferent to the fate of the human beings. The persona’s laidback and observatory attitude brings a mood of helplessness in which the experience overwhelms the characters and although they both want to reach safely, nobody knows the best way to do it. The persona’s narrations also reveal the story as impressionistic because an audience can visualize the struggle of the men, their fears, doubts, uncertainties and hope. The theme of conflict between man and nature, and man and inner-self, is therefore present much to the muse of the persona “…”Not only is the color of the sky unknown, and the horizon always shifting, but the men interpret and misinterpret things constantly. Now the ‘rescue station’ must be here, then there; now the life-saving station is further north or it is not; now the station is manned or it is not. The lights they see at night come from this town or that town… They know nothing” (Crane, 18).
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
The persona in the road not taken narrates to the audience the happenings from a first person perspective, unlike in the Open Boat in which the persona takes a third party observatory role. Whereas the persona in the Open Boat provides abrupt options by which the characters debate on which to use, the persona in the Road Not Taken has only two choices that involve the road that the persona should take “…Two roads diverged in a yellow wood (line 1) And sorry I could not travel both (line 2) And be one traveler,” (line 3). Nevertheless, through the personas in the Open Boat and the Road Not Taken, the audience realizes that individualism is the ultimate consideration in making of choices. The persona in the Road Not Taken takes the road “that is less traveled”. This indicates a situation in which there is less influence from the outsiders. Similarly, in the Open Boat, the man struggle for their lives but through the persona, it is seen that at most instances they get absorbed in their own thoughts. The oiler seeks an individual decision to swim alone towards the show although he is found dead by the others.
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The speakers in this novel give a recount of death of Addie Bundren and the family’s long journey to bury her corpse. The role of the speakers in As I Lay Down Dying and in the Open Boat reveal disastrous and dark comic in which sad experiences such as death occur despite struggles to stay alive. Of the fifteen speakers, there includes also Addie, the dead woman, whose purpose of narration is to provide the audience with a feel of unknown circumstances such as death. The speakers’ narrations in as I lay down dying and in the open boat are both impressionistic and have realism. However, in the as I lay down dying the personas are subjective by being participants in the situation, just like in the road not taken. On the other hand, the persona in the open boat participates from an objective point of view in which the persona gives his reaction without being an active participant in the situation.
Uncertainty, confusion, and indecision are seen in both as I lay dying, the open boat and the road not taken as revealed through the personas. For instance, in the open boat, the men are not sure of the distance to the shore, and whether a manned lighthouse is within reach. The men are also uncertain of what the man at the beach is trying to say when he waves at them. Confusion is seen when each of the man tries to give his own view of the circumstances. In the road not taken, the persona is undecided of which of the two paths that the persona should take. In as I lay there dying, the various speakers are undecided on whether to fulfill Addie’s wish of burying her in her family graveyard. All the experiences are marked with individualism as the personas’ roles reveal. As I lay there dying shows that the speakers have different motives as they escort Addie’s corpse for burial.
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The persona is an African American man who considers himself socially invisible and narrates the happenings in the novel from a first person view “I live rent-free in a building rented strictly to whites, in a section of the basement that was shut off and forgotten during the nineteenth century.” The role of the writer in this novel is to bring the past happenings to the present. The persona’s role is therefore to reveal to the audience what the persona already knows. This style is similar with that of as I lay dying because the speakers narrate their experiences. On the other hand, in the road not taken and the open boat show that the speakers are unaware of what lies ahead and they uncover the events as they happen.
The speakers in the four literature works show similarities on aspects of decision-making. The human nature faces the need to make decisions from both an individual and group point of view. Differences occur in ways in which the personas have been used to reveal the major themes. The personas in the road not taken and the open boat are faced with anticipations and uncertainties while those in the as I lay dying and the invisible man reveal experiences that have already occurred.
Works Cited
Crane, Stephen. The Open Boat
Ellison, Ralph, Invisible Man
Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying.
Frost, Robert. The Road Not Taken