Abstract This paper explores disaster management in response to varied homeland emergencies such as: chemical and biological scenarios, first responders, homeland security strategy, weapon delivery, and the national response plan. ... However, the today's disaster management plans and strategies attempt to be holistic in all phases of preparedness, response, and recovery. ... Chemical-related injuries and deaths occurrences have led to the demand from the public towards governing authorities to strengthen controls at the national and international levels. ... The Environmental Manageme...

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Though managers are also in charge of taking big risks, the level of risk involved is not as high as it is for entrepreneurs. ... However, the instinctive decision making heuristics still remain a common cognitive strategy used to make judgments and perceive situations involving risks. Slovic concludes that both of these strategies continue be essential to human survival and evolution, as both are extremely useful depending on the circumstances provided by the environment....

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Part of doing this practice it aims to increase level of trust between police and community and specially targets those communities where trust of police in history is very low. ... Nevertheless, the strategy has not escaped criticism from governments, agencies and academics. ... This strategies is mainly involves street level interaction and tries to save aboriginals from doing unlawful act. ... Where it is easy to say that environmental strategies are by far better and easier option to police organisation to implement in aborigines community. ... The more preventative strategies were familia...

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In the case study, Kaarst-Brown and Evaristo (2002, pg. 257) identifies five levels of influence that should be considered when determining how culture shapes global electronic commerce: International/Cross-national Level Issues, National Level Issues, Regional/Industry Level Issues, Firm Level Issues, and Individual Level Issues. ... Monopolistic, government operated, or industries with much government protection may have more or less freedom to pursue Internet strategies. The commodity nature of an industry may encourage or discourage both generic electronic commerce strategies and B2C inte...

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The purpose of integrated marketing communications strategy is to work toward the common goal of customer focused marketing. ... It is an aggressive marketing plan that captures and uses an extensive amount of customer information in setting and tracking marketing strategy. As the IMC strategies should be based on situation analysis and SWOT analysis, a periodical implementation would be significant. ... Objectives and strategies must be elastic enough to mould accordingly. In order to reach a better result, the marketers needs to develop marketing integration as occurring different levels and...

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In this integrative essay we will describe Kraft's change in strategy and the corresponding changes in organizational structure associated the strategy shift. ... Shifting into OFG strategy required structural changes. ... For most other regions, though, decision making was decentralized by lowering to the BU level. BU managers became responsible and accountable to achieve strategic objectives which align with corporate strategy. ... Its competitive advantage has gained agility that is necessary to implement Organization for Growth strategy. ...

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Hall, who is also an experienced teacher and curriculum developers have suggested some strategies for differentiated instruction for instance "tiered assignments". Tiered assignments is a tasks with the same lesson objectives but different level of difficulties and open-endedness. ... In my opinion, to ensure all the students in a classroom to learn effectively regardless their different abilities, differentiated instruction strategies are good approaches. These strategies involves providing different students with different ways to obtaining content; constructing and processing the ...

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Management integrate strategic hr management with the organization's strategy formulation. ... This is an excellent example of HR Management's role being at every level of the strategic planning process. ... In a strategic context, TQM is probably most accurately categorized as a tactic for carrying out strategies requiring high levels of product or service quality. ... This salary related trends allow employees who are responsible for enhanced levels of performance and profitability to share in the benefits. ... Such employees will likely take a long-term view of the org...

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Overall, school-based programs, community-level and environmental strategies seem to be the most effective preventive strategies, while the same strategies have a low rate of success once the adolescent is already engaged in risky drinking and drug habits. ...

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It is about thinking and elaborating business strategies that will impact the entire business organization. ... The role each element takes place in a marketing communication program relies in part on whether a company employs a push strategy or a pull strategy.       A pull strategy relies more on consumer demand than personal selling for the product to travel from the manufacturer to the end user. ... A push strategy, on the other hand, emphasizes personal selling to push the product through these channels.       ... Having a degree or diploma in communication studies along with a go...

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Who are responsible for sales to the concessionaires, are mid-level managers. ... On the most complicated issues as future design for the bikes and the problems that require advanced level of knowledge, High level managers determine how to finance future operations, and how to advertise the company's products. High level managers should consider the information provided by middle managers before making important decisions. ... For Zycles company get a more easy success in his new attempt to reach a target audience different from the usual, conceptual skills are important because from it ...

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I believe that persuasion is one of the most crucial strategies in approaching specified audiences/readers successfully. ... Hence, rhetorical strategies enhanced the level my of persuasion in rhetorical analysis through concentrating on a couple of problems to dodge. ... One of the main reasons why people get so mixed up is because both strategies are considered generally important. ... This properly defines the strategy of "Testimony and Authority." ... It has been referred as a strategy for realizing various controls of text that define organizational discourse. ...

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From past experience, it seems that many classrooms - whether elementary, secondary or university level, are directed mainly to the linguistic and logical-mathematical learning style students, which leaves students who process information with the other intelligences to struggle with new concepts. ... Ruggieri found that including a wide range of genres, activities, and assessment strategies that incorporated the principles of the MI theory, her students were able to thoroughly understand the material covered in class, as well as see its relevance in the real world. 3. ... McClaskey's p...

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Overview Managers find that the skills demonstrated by the newly hired entry-level workers do not reflect the skills required for their organization's advancement. ... This change requires business schools to prepare entry-level workers who come into the organization ready to lead (Stewart, 2009, 643). ... Because of quickly changing business strategies, academic curricula are not meeting business demands for those students entering the workforce (Livesey, 2009, 454). Some managers are finding that entry-level workers lack specific business skills needed for their organizations. ... A gl...

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For several transnational companies for example Chevron, this has interpreted to a major prerequisite to shift commercial and industrial application from pure financial approaches to strategies which integrate the additional constrictions of social and environmental pressures across current and future generations (Hall and Vredenburg, 2003).- Sustainable development, in its terms, can be defined as 'meeting the growing demands and needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs' (Brundtland Report 1987 in Williams et al 2000, p.3). ......

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Another major act of the 1900s was the Hepburn Act of 1906 which increased the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission over railroads and other specific types of carriers, the law strengthened the Elkins Act of 1903, that dealt with personal discrimination, This all lead to reforms at the local level such as banning child labor, minimum wage and maximum amount of hours of labor for women and city employees, Workmen's compensation for widows, building codes and state inspections, regulations of insurance and income tax. ... Such as the NAWSA, National American Woman Suffrage Assoc...

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Essentially it would provide a measure of pedestrian level of service within a roadway environment. ... Furthermore, the measure can be used to evaluate traffic calming strategies and streetscape designs for their effectiveness in improving the pedestrian environment. ...

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Counseling is an interactive process characterized by a unique relationship between counselor and client that leads to change in one or more areas (Trickett, Sept. 9, 2003). Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Lo...

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Counseling is an interactive process characterized by a unique relationship between counselor and client that leads to change in one or more areas (Trickett, Sept. 9, 2003). Multicultural counseling requires the recognition of: (1) the importance of racial/ethnic group membership on the socialization of the client; (2) the importance of and the uniqueness of the individual; (3) the presence of and place of values in the counseling process; and (4) the uniqueness of learning styles, vocational goals, and life purposes of clients, within the context of principles of democratic social justice (Lo...

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According to the CSR pyramid established by Carroll (2000), the corporation is confronted with four different levels including economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic. In the ethical level, the business activities of the corporation are expected to comply with what is right and avoid potential damages. In the next level, the corporation is able to contribute to the community and improve life quality as a great corporate citizen in society. ... The ethical leader must increase the awareness on managing the interests of stakeholders when formulating and implementing strategies for the corpora...

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However, independently of what circumstances diversity is referred as, many fail to understand that diversity encompasses everyone at any level not just the minority. ... According to DiversityInc (DiversityInc, 2015), the healthcare company deserves to be at the top of the chart since they make it a priority in their business strategy and aim to implementing a diverse workplace customs. ... For instance, DiversityInc states that (DiversityInc, 2015) the chairman/CEO of the company Bernard Tyson provides a good diverse and inclusive environment at all levels within the organization that guaran...

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This information can then be used to develop strategies and plans for sustainable tourism development. ... The government and the planning authorities have implemented spatial zoning, a management strategy, to concentrate tourism and its impact in one particular area so that the majority of the region or country feels little of the negative impacts of the industry. ... Furthermore, the extraction of non-renewable resources should be minimized and should not exceed agreed to minimum strategic levels. ...

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Hence, special attention is required at an individual level, and educating the caregivers who may include family members on the appropriate plan of care for such individuals. ... For instance, the nurse may address eating habits on a family level, as a family community diagnosis in nursing that leads to a sedentary lifestyle. ...

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Previously PE focused on the acquisition of motor skills learning and performance levels (Barrett, 1985); however since the turn of the 21st century greater emphasis has been shown towards socialization, cognitive responses and life skills. ... Games activity can provide the division of able and less able pupils to be in the appropriate environment with peers suited to their ability level. ... Games activity can be easily modified based on the ability level witnessed; hence all pupils can gain a sense of achievement whilst developing motor co-ordination skills and knowledge. ... G&T learners a...

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The challenges these hotel organizations are currently facing are making it difficult for companies to achieve competiveness and more and more companies are starting to implement competitive strategies in order to improve their performance and overall competitiveness. ... These hotel organizations recognize that advanced technology in the form of information systems, for example, help improve the efficiency of the entire processes in the organization by improving cost control, by helping the management devise more effective and efficient marketing strategies as well as bringing about new oppor...

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