Author: chris

I want you to do research about the Amazon company. I want amazing research and dig deep. Also when researching I want you to look at it from an architecture point of view.
First I want you to write a biography about the Amazon company and direction, provide analysis of management hierarchy or lack thereof, provide analysis of the spaces required including but not limited to:
– Conference rooms size, type and function
– Offices open versus individual standing versus seated working or flex working, touchdown stations versus assigned spaces
– Common spaces such as break rooms, collaboration spaces and break out spaces, restrooms, monumental stairs.

Also, list all the departments they have and write a description about each department.

Those are some of the departments I found:
– Administrative
– Finance and accounting
– Customer relation/services
– IT/ programme designers
– Marketing and advertising
– Human resources
– Managers
– Services
– Legal department
– Lawyers

The main purpose of this task is to help students identify and understand their strengths and weaknesses by applying four tests which are Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Big Five Personality Test, the McDonald and Gandz Values and Commitment Survey and the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). Each of these tests above will be discussed in details with an analysis of my results. These results will help me to keep up my strengths and try to improve points of weakness in order sharpen my personality and behavior when dealing with others either in an organizational or personal scale.

Biography

My name is Muteb and I was born in 1985 in Riyadh which is the capital of Saudi Arabia. I spent most of my life in Riyadh with my family that consist of seven siblings. I was an ordinary student during my studying. I always like math and any related subjects where I achieve good grades in it; however, I do not prefer theoretical subjects. After completing my bachelor degree, I joined Saudi Arabian monetary agency (SAMA) which is Saudi Arabia Central Bank. Since I am good in my field which is finance, I was offered a scholarship by SAMA to complete my master degree in financial analysis. Now, I have lived in Australia for approximately two years one of which was at Latrobe English school and I am in my way to achieve my goal which is finishing my master degree.

Analysis:
Personality can be defined as “a dynamic concept describing the growth and development of a person’s whole psychological system”, and also it can be defined as “The sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others” (Robbins, S.P and Judge, T. A. 2012, p. 154).
In order to analyze my personality, three test will be conducted which are Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Big Five Personality Test and Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test. Also there will be an analysis of Individual and Organizational values and organizational commitment by taking The McDonald and Gandz Values and Commitment Survey.

1- The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI):
Myers’s theory is a development of the Jung’s theory of personality. It is suggested by Mayer that there are sixteen kind of people personalities which are classified by strengths and potential strengths. Preference is considered as the main aspect of this test which is defined as how a person feel natural and comfortable with things. Also, an assumption in this theory that each person behave to others whit their own preference and this preference is classified under four categories.
Extraversion (E) and Introversion (I)
Sensing (S) and Intuition (N)
Thinking (T) and Feeling (F)
Judging (J) and Perceiving (P)

After MBTI test is conducted the result will be shown as form of combination letters from the above table that represent a person type of personality (Bayne, R. 1995)

MBTI Results: See Appendix 1

E N T J
11% 12% 12% 11%

After I made the test, I got a result of ENTJ which stand for Extraversion, Intuition, Thinking and Judging.“For ENTJs the driving force in their lives is their need to analyze and bring into logical order the outer world of events, people, and things. ENTJs are natural leaders who build conceptual models that serve as plans for strategic action. Intuition orients their thinking to the future and gives their thinking an abstract quality. ENTJs will actively pursue and direct others in the pursuit of the goals they have set, and they prefer a world that is structured and organized” (Baker, R. L. 2004, p. 159)
By comparing my personality characteristics with the above results, I can see that it mostly matches who I am. In both personal and organizational life, I am always clear, serious and take responsibility without hesitation to make me and people who are around me in a better situation. Furthermore, in my workplace, there were some issues that I noticed which have a potential to improve. For instance, the department I work in use a long process to evaluate how banking sector implement some regulations of SAMA. Therefore, I was a member and the representative of a committee formed by the director of banking inspection department consist of our department, SAMA’s IT and directors of IT in commercial banks to discuss how to reduce the time required in sending and receiving, process and implementing SAMA’s decision. As a result, a new process were adapted that minimized the old process to half.

2- The Big Five Personality Test (Five Factor Model (FFM)):
The five factor personality model can be defined as hierarchy traits in personality in terms of five basic dimensions. These dimensions are Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (Mccrae, R. R. & John, O. P. 1992).
The big five personality test was created and validated by different psychologist researchers such as Norman 1963, McCrae & Costa 1990, Brand & Egan 1989, Goldman 1990 and Sinclair 1992 (Mccrae, R. R. & John, O. P. 1992).
The five basic dimensions:
1) Openness to experience:
A person interests are measured with this scale where high score represents openness to experience, curiosity, complexity, and creativity. Whereas, low score represents a person with limited interest, less creative and traditional (Robbins, S.P and Judge, T. A. 2012).

2) Conscientiousness:
It measures how a person is reliable. To illustrate, a person with high score is organized, dependable, responsible and persistent. On the other hand, low score person is disorganized, undependable, negligent and unreliable (Robbins, S.P and Judge, T. A. 2012).
3) Extraversion
Extraversion measures how comfort is a person with his or her relationships. Extraverted people tend to be social, gregarious, and assertive. On the other hand, introverted person tend to be quiet, reserved and timed (Robbins, S.P and Judge, T. A. 2012).
4) Agreeableness:
The level of agreeableness could be explained as how a person behave with others. When the scores are high, it means that a person is trusting, warm and cooperative. In contrast, low scores means that a person tend to be antagonistic, disagreeable, and cold (Robbins, S.P and Judge, T. A. 2012).
5) Neuroticism:
It examines how a person can handle stress. A person with high score is more likely to be nervous, worrying, insecure and depressed. In contrast, a person with low score tend to be relaxed, calm, secure and self-confident (Robbins, S.P and Judge, T. A. 2012).

The Big Five Personality Test Results: See Appendix 2
In this section my results of the big five personality test on each dimensions are shown below.
• Openness to experience
My score fall in the 24 percentile which shows that I prefer to keep things as it is and do not like things to change with a result of making me a conventional person. I think that the result dose not accurately reflect my personality as I am a creative and curious person. I think I fall above the 60th percentile. For example, I always like to keep updated with new technologies and discover what the latest trends are and how to apply it in my life. Design has been always my favorite hoppy and I was able to apply it with renovate our family house. I helped them to change their conventional style with a modern style which they liked.
• Conscientiousness
In this criteria, my score fall in the 74th percentile which means that I am a well-organized and reliable person. This dimension reflects who I really am, in fact I was raised in a well-organized environment where I am used to do all my duties on time with a good quality. This habit has a big effect on my life in a positive way and helped me to cope with all challenges. For example, I always plan my schedules one month ahead, where I put my duties in order in terms of its priority and how it is urgent.
• Extraversion
My score is in the 42th percentile which means that I am neither particularly social nor reserved. I partly agree with this result where it does not clearly represent my relation with others in real life. In reality, I may know a lot of people but it does not mean that I do involve with them in their activities. I try to make my friends circle to be diversified with different cultures and traditions.
• Agreeableness
I fall in the 79th percentile in agreeableness which represents that getting along with others is important to me and I blend in with people around me and also, I believe that people are generally honest and trustworthy. This indicator has shown an accurate result on what I believe and behave; however, sympathy is a component of agreeableness and it is good to note that I am not a sympathetic person when making decisions and dealing with others.
• Neuroticism
Neuroticism is an indicator of nervousness and anxiety. My results is in the 71th percentile range and tells me that I am a nervous and anxious person. I found that these results are true because I always worry about the implications of what I did and what I will do in the future. For instance, my first year at Latrobe University was a challenging, where I took four financial subjects in the second semester that are important in the field of finance and I had to master it. I was always worried about how I could fully understand these subjects and achieve high grades. Therefore, I tried to control my nervousness and anxiety in a positive way so it would not affect my performance and that led to finish all subjects with high grades.

3- The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT)
This test is conducted to measure the participant emotional intelligence ability. It consists of two parts, the first one is emotions which can be defined as a person reaction and feeling toward imagined or real relationship. The second part is intelligence that can be defined as how a person can be able to reason validly about something (Mayer, J. D. & Salovey, P. 2007).
MSCEIT Results: See Appendix 3
Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) score 114

The score I got fall in between 65 and 130, which means that I have an average Emotional intelligence score. I am not satisfied with this test results because I find it easy to manage others and always find an acceptance from the people I managed. Therefore, I think that this test dos not show or reflect an accurate results.

4- The McDonald and Gandz Values and Commitment Survey (Individual and
Organizational values and organizational commitment)
Individual values can be defined as a set of conducts that are reflected on how a person make judgments and it varies from person over others. Values can be represented as good or bad depending on the personal or social preferences. The values considered important due to making us understanding what motivate people and also to understand their attitude (Robbins, S.P and Judge, T. A. 2014).
Individual and organizational values contain three factors which are humanity, vison and conservatism values. Humanity and vision values are mostly related on developing team skills, innovationand self-directive behavior. The conservatism values contains ways to avoid conflicts and also meeting social expectation in both personal and organizational life (Lawrence, A. & Lawrence, P. 2009).

MARKETING FACT SHEET

Purpose of Assignment: The marketing fact sheet that you create in this assignment using research-based data will be an important tool for you to use to market the NP role. You can provide copies to prospective employers, bankers approached for small business loans, news reporters, your mother, patients, policy wonks – you get the idea. Make the facts sing for you – be creative! You will learn how to work these research facts into your everyday conversations, much to the dismay of your close friends.

Assignment: Develop a 3-4 page summary (minimum) of key RESEARCH findings regarding the process and outcomes of nurse practitioner practice.Provide bulleted points of key findings with additional research information (e.g., sample size, sample health status, healthcare setting, specific outcomes, etc.). You must provide enough specific information about the study so the research findings are not vague and they can be understood in context. (See example below) Provide appropriate citations for each finding. Use complete sentences.

Requirement:
 Minimum of 10 separate research articles regarding NP practice must be cited (using APA format)

 Articles must be submitted used in the paper and will be returned to you if requested. (You may burn a CD with the articles as an option to turn in or provide DOI with link in uploaded copy.)

 Majority of key points must focus on patient outcomes related to NP practice (e.g., patient satisfaction, reduced incidence of hospitalization, improved health status, etc.)

 Also include focus on quality of care and cost-effectiveness of NP care (You must have articles that address these outcomes also.)

 You will lose points for bullet points that are too vague or too limited to be able to “understand” the study

 You will lose points if you write a narrative paper.

 Consider drawing the conclusion for the reader (see example below).
An example of brief overview of an article that addresses outcomes:

 A large randomized study of 3000 patients in public clinics was conducted in NYC. Patients were managed by NPs and physicians for 6 months measuring physiologic variables for HTN, diabetes, and asthma outcomes. Findings revealed essentially no difference between the two provider groups indicating competency of the NPs to manage these chronic illnesses as well as physicians (Mundinger, et al, 2000).

Factors Contributing to the Dynamic of a Family with a Child with Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder associated with difficulties in social communication and behaviours (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009). Predominant symptoms that are indicative of autism include problems with “verbal communication, uneven cognitive functioning, and impaired social interaction” (Bitsika, Sharpley, & Bell, 2013, p. 534). Other possible behaviours that have been linked to autism include irritability and self-destructive behaviours (Bitsika et al., 2013). Autism affects as many as “60 cases per 10,000 children 18 years old or younger” (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009, p. 83), with diagnosis rates rising each year (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Families with children with autism may have difficulty familiarizing themselves with their children’s diagnosis and requirements of care due to the different ranges of symptoms and severities (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009; Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Autism requires families to reorganize their habits and routines to accommodate for the new demands in care (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). For this reason, the family plays a valuable role in determining the developmental success of children with autism (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009). The presence of common factors affecting the dynamic of a family with a child with autism will be the focus of this paper.
Literature Review
Having a child with autism can add stress to family dynamics, due to the challenging behaviours, listed above, that the child exhibits. However, additional stress is not the only factor influencing the family dynamic. Protective factors that affect resilience, mental heath and dyadic relationships exist, which can either positivity or negatively influence family dynamics.

Resilience Factors
According to Walsh (as cited in Bayat, 2007) “resilience has been described as the ability to withstand hardship and rebound from adversity, becoming more strengthened and resourceful” (p.702). Families of children with autism can show resilience in the face of adversity when they are able to adjust to changes in their family dynamic (Bayat, 2007). Also, families that have higher socioeconomic status are also more likely to overcome adversity because this status is correlated with increased adaptive functioning, and thus being able to find more support in the community (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). However, this means that families with lower socioeconomic statuses are less able to adapt and seek these supports. Access to social support helps families cope with the disorder and strengthen their resources (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009).
Adjustment in family dynamic. According to the study conducted by Bayat (2007), families made positive meaning out of the hardships that they are confronted with as caregivers for children with disability, also known as adversity, by consciously changing to a positive outlook. As a result, many of the families reported increased feelings of compassion and care towards others, as well as decreased egocentrism (Bayat, 2007). In addition, Estes, Olson, Sullivan, Greenson, Winter, Dawson, and Munson (2013) emphasized the impact that parents have on children with autism by reporting how family members make personal adjustments such as, adopting realistic expectations of development and functioning, and refraining from allowing the diagnosis to permeate into every aspect of their lives. However, the severity of problematic behaviours exhibited by children with autism posed a significant adversity for these adjustments (Estes et al., 2013). Therefore, in order to help parents make personal adjustments, additional research on parent-focused interventions is needed to aid in behaviour management and to decrease behaviour problems (Estes et al., 2013).
Socioeconomic status. As previously mentioned, middle and high socioeconomic statuses have been correlated with better adapting than low socioeconomic status families, thus improving their ability to seek support and resources (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Therefore, another potential adversity to be overcome would be low socioeconomic status. Research speculates that differences found in adaptation between lower and middle to high socioeconomic statuses is due to the advantage of the latter group to financially afford better treatment for their child (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Perhaps further studies incorporating participants from lower income families could elaborate on Greeff and van der Walt’s findings and call attention to the added hardships experienced by families with financial difficulties and children with autism.
Social support. Social support from family and friends provides parents and siblings with new methods to help cope with the problematic behaviours exhibited by children with autism, such as aggressive and self-injury behaviours (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009). Social support is beneficial for families whether from extended families, friends, or the surrounding community, as these resources provide comfort during a crisis (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009; Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). “Early intervention approaches that focus on parenting strengths may be able to build upon and reinforce the positive coping strategies parents use and increase parent resilience” (Estes et al., 2013, p. 137). Reinforcing positive parenting strategies in these studies were exceptionally important for mothers of children with autism, as mothers had a tendency to take on the roles of primary caregivers and reported more anxiety and associated somatic symptoms than the fathers (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009; Hastings, 2003). These findings did not diminish the fathers’ need for social support. In fact, the fathers who participated in the research conducted by Altiere and Von Kluge (2009) reported a lack of social support from friends who either “did not comprehend the struggles associated with raising a child with autism…[or] because they were not able to spend significant time with them” (p. 89). Fathers, who attended social groups for support, reported a decrease in depression and were suspected to refrain from future withdrawal (Altiere & Von Kluge, 2009).
Social support was an important resource for alleviating the difficulties associated with children with autism, and was associated with positive family and child outcomes (Greeff & Van Der Walt, 2010). With the exception of the study by Greeff and van der Walt, the participants in these studies were fortunate to benefit from above average incomes that allowed them the opportunity to utilize social supports when needed. The participants also came from two parent households, leading to questions about the significance of social support in absence of a second parent. Greeff and van der Walt accounted for too many variables and resulted in small sample sizes that required further investigation.
Mental Health Factors
Parents’ mental health was greatly affected by the children with autism. Having children with autism increased parents’ anxiety, depression and stress compared to families with typically developing children, or other development delays (Weiss, Cappadocia, MacMullin, Viecili, & Lunsky, 2012). Studies have shown that the increased strain in mental health was from the typical symptoms that were related with autism including, “verbal communication, uneven cognitive functioning, impaired social interaction, and behavioural problems” (Bitsika, Sharpley, & Bell, 2013, p. 534). Possible influences that affected the parents’ mental health were: injuries children with autism self-inflicted during moments of frustration and aggression, and the general public’s lack of understanding of the children’s problem behaviour—parents felt that their parenting-skills were being judged (Bitsika, et al., 2013). No matter the reason for the leveled depression, anxiety, and stress, all research identified rearing children with autism as being additional stressors for both the mother and the father. Psychological expectations due to birth order also may influence parenting distress.
Depression, anxiety and stress. According to research studies, there were many conflicting results regarding how mental health affects mothers and fathers parenting a child with autism. Hastings (2003) found that depression was indifferent between mothers and fathers. In contrast, Bitsika, et al., (2013) suggested that there was a difference—mothers were affected by depression while the fathers were not (Bitsika, et al., 2013). Mothers had increased anxiety steaming from: their children’s behavioural problems, and, as a result of their spouses experiencing stress. However, fathers did not show any indication that they were more stressed based on their children’s behaviours or their wives’ stress levels (Hastings, 2003). It was hypothesized that mothers experienced increased levels of mental health symptoms that were attributed to more time with children with autism—routinely conducting more of the care giving activities (Bitsika, et al., 2013). Thus, it makes sense that the age of the child also influenced the mother’s stress and depression level. The younger the child was the more care they required and the more likely the mother would be stressed (Estes, et al., 2012).
Psychological expectations. The birth order of children with autism had affects on mothers’ psychological distress. Typically developed firstborns allowed parents to gain experience and skills that eased them into the parenthood of a second child with autism. On the other hand, having a first born without developmental delays may create expectations that become increasingly worrisome for parenting when their second born is not able to meet the same expectations (Estes, et al., 2012). Further research is required to accurately prove Bitsika et al’s results in a potential longitudinal study. Unfortunately, the voluntary survey may contain biases as parents self-edit or inflate their answers (Bitsika, et al., 2013). The research by Weiss et al (2012) was conducted online, limiting responses to those who have internet access. Also, the research failed to represent the whole population as the participants derived from one socioeconomic status and culture. Future research could focus on the fathers’ perspectives, as majority of the research available was centred on the mothers’ views.
Relational Factors
The diagnosis of autism requires all family members to alter their methods of interaction, thus affecting the dynamics of the family as a whole (Bayat, 2007; Greeff & van der Walt, 2010; Hastings & Petalas, 2014). In addition to the family unit, dyadic relationships between parents, between parents and children, and between siblings were also affected by the new demands of children with autism (Bayat, 2007; Greeff & van der Walt, 2010; Hastings & Petalas, 2014).
Parent-parent. Greeff and van der Walt (2010) used a combination of qualitative and quantitative measurements to determine the impact of the parents’ relationship on the family dynamic. The relationship between parents was cited as an important factor in the families’ adaptation (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Parents emphasized the significance of open communication with one another to ensure that their style of parenting was consistent and the children with autism were treated appropriately, respectably, and realistically in accordance to their level of functioning (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Participating parents also stressed the need to have moments away from the children to invest in their romantic relationship and utilize the social support provided from their partners (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Similarly, Hastings (2003) reported that “the mothers’ stress was associated with…the fathers’ mental health symptoms” (p. 235) which could be attributed to the responsibilities of the primary caregiver and/or the reduction of provided support during the fathers’ depression (Hastings, 2003). In contrast, Rivers and Stoneman (as cited in Greeff & van der Walt, 2010) found that “parental conflict and marital stress lead to behaviour problems, poorer adjustment, lower self-esteem and higher rates of depression in the siblings of children with autism” (p. 347). Further research is required to account for the mothers’ high anxiety levels, since more fathers are adopting the role of primary caregiver.
Parent-child. In addition to the potential problems caused by marital strife, siblings experienced changes in their interactions with parents. Parents required siblings to take on more responsibilities and also altered the habitual environment that siblings were accustomed to in order to accommodate the children with autism, which resulted in “feelings of guilt and shame” in the parents (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010, p. 347). However, Hastings and Petalas (2014) reported that siblings did not determine their mothers’ depression as influential on their ability to adapt to new family dynamics. Furthermore, the interactions between the parents’ and the children with autism required permanent changes in their routine as the children with autism relied on predictability to function in their daily lives (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010).
Child-child. Siblings of children with autism were robbed of typical sibling relationships when they were forced to take on caretaking responsibilities (Greeff & van der Walt, 2010). Older siblings reported being embarrassed in front of their peers by the children with autism; their peers either lacked understanding or held negative opinions about the children with autism (Hastings & Petalas, 2014). However, there was evidence of a correlation between the initial diagnosis and a decrease in sibling conflicts. It was hypothesized that siblings received appropriate social support and developed increased empathy and understanding for their siblings with autism (Hastings & Petalas, 2014). In contrast, Howlin & Rutter (as cited in Greeff & van der Walt, 2010), found siblings gained self-esteem and pride from their involvement in treatment programmes and day-to-day care of the children with autism. The conflicting results may be attributed to the influence of other dyad relationships within the family unit.

Scenario

Compassion and Ethics: Annie, a 27-year old woman with two children, began experiencing severe pain in her abdomen and scheduled an appointment with Dr. Robert, a gastroenterologist, who ordered a series of tests. While conducting a barium scan, a radiologist at Community Hospital noted a small bowel obstruction. Dr. Roberts recommended surgery and Annie agree.
After surgery, the operating surgeon, paged Mark over the hospital intercom and Mark returned his call. “Well surgery is over and your wife is recovering nicely in the recovery room,” Dr. Roberts said. Mark was relieved until the Dr. Brown continued, “I am sorry to say that she has carcinoma of the colon and the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes and surrounding organs.” Before hanging up Mark told Dr. Brown, “Please do not tell Annie she has cancer I always want her to have hope.” Dr. Brown agreed, “Don’t worry, I won’t tell her. You can tell her that she had a narrowing of the colon.” Later in the hospital room, Annie asked Mark, “What did the doctor find?” Mark replied, “He found a narrowing colon.” “Am I going to be OK?” she said. Mark answered, “Yes, but it will take a while.”
Annie had one more surgery two months later in a futile attempt to extend her life. When Annie was admitted to the hospital for the last time, she was unaware that she was dying. One evening as Mark walked into her hospital room Annie said, “Could you please reschedule my appointment at the university? I will have to reschedule my appointment. I don’t think I will be well enough to go tomorrow.” Mark replied, “Okay, try to get some rest.” Annie closed her eyes, never to open them again?
Ethics Issue:
1.Do you agree with Mark’s decision not to tell Annie about the seriousness of her illness?
2.Should the physician have spoken to Annie as to the seriousness of her illness?
3.Describe the ethical dilemmas in this case?
4.Support your opinion with facts/sources.

Jill Lawrence (2014). Living comfortably with diversity: International Student transition practices. Queens review.
Education is vital to the development of the world therefore students travel abroad searching for it ‘comprehensive study of large number of students’ (Schneider, 2000: 2-3) Australia for example experiences many foreign students. (J Lawrence, 2014) stated that transition practices need to be put into consideration. In Australia, the University of Southern Queensland has a population of 26,000. 7000 are international students (Australian Government report, 2009). The government report gave more attention on under graduates and stated that there is need for them to incorporate their culture and to that of the foreign country. Language barrier is also a problem. It can only be eliminated through creating a situation where the students have the freedom to disagree. On the question of why is Easter celebrated? This means there exist a big gap towards the knowledge of different cultures (Queensland review 2014).
Urquhart, B. A. (2007). Transition experience of Australian community: psychologist. Queens review.
Positive Aspects of international Students has to be taken into consideration ‘a qualitative inquiry’ (Lisa Moore 2000: 134). How can we evaluate different approaches to learning? There is a need to introduce other learning measures then evaluate the performance based on the changes made. Colleges have to promote social support through facilitating factor growth. Enjoyable out of school activities need to be brought into action, for example foreign universities can enhance exchange programs. Students face a lot of difficulties for example on language barriers. They can be eliminated through proper counseling. Counseling has to be taken into consideration for the good of the welfare of the student (Mori, 2000). Counseling has to support of the student. During counseling the counselor need to focus more on the positives than the negative so as not to affect once attitude toward the country. Emphasis on learning has to be taken into consideration. Through proper learning the challenges they faces will be eliminated (Leong 1992).
Jane Spiro, Juliet Henderson & Jane Clifford (2012). Independent learning crossing cultures: learning and shifting cultures.
Transitional period is a limitation “Transitional adjustment’ Jill (2014: 6). Student should find ways in which they can comfortably live in a foreign land free from any stress (Jill Lawrence, 2014). Australian culture is very different from other kind of culture. For this case a student need to cope very quickly to the new changes that he or she may experience in a foreign land. Students need to identify their cultural believes particularly those who are not aware of them or those who know just a little. By knowing your culture then it becomes very easy for one to know other peoples culture. With this one will be able to live well with others, with no differences therefore, peace will prevail. This can be achieved by the universities having cultural interaction days. Nowadays some universities have cultural week festivals. By this kind of interaction then it will be very easy for other student to learn others culture.
Executive University report (2009). Australian Government report: First year experience. Government press.
Adjustment to the new environment poses a big challenge ‘Importance of social support’ (Julie, 2007: 4). The biggest task for the students is to undertake the making of transition from high school to university. The adjustment has to be in terms of academics, social and personal adjustments. Social support from all the areas has to be incorporated. All the potential members have to take bold steps towards assisting student have a good life in the colleges. That is the peers, family members and all the support people for examples counselor have to come in hand (Weir, 1989). Past researches have shown that students who get more support from their peers and friends actually perform better than those who don’t you can also have a control group for easy monitoring. This has shown it effectiveness in the past (Kenny 2002).
In conclusion when dealing with English speaking universities language may be a barrier to students not much able to use it (Robert, 2000) ‘limited knowledge of local language’ (11). Several countries have of late developed plans in which to increase registration from the overseas students. These strategies include centralized plans, cooperative efforts between government education, funding for outreach programs and marketing and access to visa. By having easy access of education visa then overseas countries will greatly increase. Domestic students and the international student face the same problems. Hence as we try to assist the international students the domestic students has to be put also into consideration. Professors have attributed to failure of international students to lack of class participation. Study indicated that the biggest problem is the language barrier (Ruby, 1999). Ruby postulated that the education system too has to be checked. Team work should be encouraged (Williamson, 1998).

The point of this exercise is to see how much of the legislation debated and passed in the House of Commons is discussed in the Globe and Mail.
Canadians will not be informed and capable of participating in democratic debates if the media does not tell them about what is taking place.
Go to the Parliament of Canada website. Find the list of Bills introduced by the Government in the Second Session of the 41st Parliament, (the current session and current parliament). (Hint: as of January 6, 2015 there were 50 Government Bills introduced during the session.) Make a list of the numbers of the bills (ie. C2, C3) and the short titles of the bills (i.e., Senate Reform Act) and the status of the Bill (the last or most recent stage completed in the path to Royal Assent). Keep track of this in a Word table. Once the list is compiled, access the Globe and Mail set the date for search to coincide with the dates for the Second Session of the 41st Parliament and search for any mention of the legislation using the bills number and or the short title of the bill. Report the number of pieces of legislation that had any mention on the Globe and Mail over this period. There may be good reasons why some Bills are not mentioned, perhaps they are routine matters. Is there one or more piece of legislation that you think should have been discussed in the paper but was not?
Describe your research process, where the information came from and how you selected it.
What do your findings tell us about how one newspaper reports on the workings of our democracy? If the paper wasn’t reporting on the business of Parliament how would you characterize the balance of their political reporting? How far can you generalize your findings? If you had unlimited time and money what would you do to broaden the study of this question and why?
• Explain why the question you are researching is important.
• Properly reference where the data came from in a manner that would allow a reader to find the exact same places should they choose to verify your figures. Do not use Wikipedia data or references or other secondary sources that do not seem authoritative or primary.
• Tell the reader what the data is telling you and why?
You can use the table below as a template.(example)
[Bill number][Short Title][Status][Date/dates of mention in Globe] [Comments]
C7 Senate Reform Act Introduction and First Reading

1. Who owns the patient’s health record?
2. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides financial incentives to promote the use and electronic sharing of personal health information through the implementation of EHRs and health information exchanges (HIEs). What is a HIE and what is the government doing to address the issues of access, use, and disclosure of protected health information among HIEs and related organizations?3. How is sensitive information related to behavioral health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, STDs and other communicable diseases and genetics protected from unauthorized access and disclosure? Provide a short paragraph for each of the following:

a. Behavioral Health

b. Substance Abuse

c. HIV/AIDS, STDS and other communicable disease

d. Genetics

e. Adoption

Analyze and Evaluate Supply Chain: Sugar
Outline of Requirements for Paper
1. Identify potential uncertainties that may be relevant for this supply chain. Explain how this supply chain may address these uncertainties.
o For example: quality, lead-time, delays, forecast error, demand variation, pricing, technology, market risk, economic or political issues, sourcing, cash flow, and many other decisions.
o Based upon what you have learned, propose how this supply chain might address or buffer from these uncertainties (be specific). This may include applying concepts from inventory management, forecasting, customer and supplier relations management, logistics strategies, quality certifications, personnel skills, costs, information technology, etc.
2. Find financial and/or operating data on a company that is part of this supply chain and prepare a forecast (using any method) of a key parameter. Describe how this forecast may be used to better manage this supply chain. Examine the significance of customer demand and supply planning
3. Identify Aggregate planning information and explain potential use in supply chain. Analyze methods to plan and manage inventory.
4. Evaluate one of the geographic locations that this supply chain operates in (i.e. How does this location fit this supply chain decision? Identify the pros and cons for that phase of the supply chain as to how that location supports (or inhibits) this network decision. Assess transportation network and sourcing decisions.
5. Identify performance metrics used in this supply chain from company and industry research conducted on this supply chain (i.e. How does this support (or not) the customer needs.
o This may include lead-time involved with each phase, distance between phases, quantities and/or lot sizes provided, quality or delivery targets, price, costs, profit, flexibility, or other metrics identified in your research pertinent to defining the performance of this supply chain.
6. Evaluate the supply chain for opportunities to improve performance. Be specific identifying how various aspects or decisions made in supply chain management can be used to support these improvement opportunities. Think about what you might recommend to leaders or managers in your selected supply chain. Evaluate pricing, revenue management, and information technology in the supply chain.
o For example, strategy, planning, location, inventory, transportation, warehousing, sourcing, e-business, personnel, flexibility, promotion, replenishment, orders, costs, availability, customer/supplier relations, network design, demand management, pricing, forecasting, information technology, etc.
7. Estimate how these improvement opportunities you identified (Step 6) may affect the performance of this supply chain (Step 5).
8. Must include minimum of six peer reviewed sources. Cited in APA format.

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