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In my everyday life I interact with many people from different social groups and culturalbackgrounds. I have for long believed that as long as we shared a language we could easilycommunicate with each other. However, from my Intercultural Class, I have learnt that languageis not the only requirement for effective communication between people from different […]

Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) is a store if genetic information of an organism. Thisinformation is responsible for the characteristics of the organism. Since its discovery over six decades agoby British scientists James Watson and Francis Crick, DNA has been applied in many fields ranging frommedicine to agriculture, archaeology, and criminal justice system. This paper looks […]

Hurricane Harvey was one of the most devastating natural disasters to occur in the US. Ithit many Central American and Caribbean countries before eventually hitting southern parts ofthe United States. The hurricane reached the states of Texas and New Orleans in August of 2017(Sebastian et al., 2017). The category four hurricane made a devastating landfall […]

Prevalence of family violence against womenIntimate partner violence against women comes in different forms. They include physicalsuch as hurting or threatening to hurt the victim, sexual abuse such as marital rape, andemotional abuse such as controlling one’s movements (Benokraitis 396). The problem of familyviolence against women is a fairly common one. 36% of women in […]

Prior to 1993, the US did not have a policy guaranteeing that employees would have theirjobs back after taking family or medical leave. This changed in 1993 when Congress passed theFamily and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (Benokraitis 391). The FMLA requires employers toprovide employees with 12 weeks of leave after birth or adoption of a […]

Prior to 1993, the US did not have a policy guaranteeing that employees would have theirjobs back after taking family or medical leave. This changed in 1993 when Congress passed theFamily and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (Benokraitis 391). The FMLA requires employers toprovide employees with 12 weeks of leave after birth or adoption of a […]

Definition of external competitivenessExternal competitiveness refers to how well an organization compensates its employeesin comparison with other organizations that hire the same type of employees (Milkovich,Newman & Gerhat 22). It looks at two things. First is the level of pay or total compensation ofemployees of competing organizations. Second is the mix of forms of pay […]

There are many methods that organizations use to reward their employees. These rewardscan either be financial or no-financial. Financial rewards include cash payments such as base,cost-of-living adjustments, and incentives (Milkovich, Newman & Gerhart 13). They alsoinclude indirect rewards such as generous medical insurance and pensions. Non-financialrewards, also called relational returns, are rewards that are psychological […]

Internal pay structure refers to an array of pay rates for different skills and work ofemployees in an organization (Milkovich, Newman & Gerhat 72). It can also be defined as thenumber of pay levels in an organization, the differentials in pay between one level and anotherone, and the criteria that the organization uses to establish […]

Google is a multinational technology company that is based in California, USA. Itprovides a wide range of internet-related products and services. These products and servicesinclude search engine, online advertising technologies, software and hardware, and cloudcomputing. Since its founding in 1998 the company has enjoyed tremendous growth. It iscurrently one of the biggest and most recognizable […]

Implications of Transition from Defined Benefits to Defined Contribution PlansDefined benefits (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans are the two most commonpension plans that are used by employers. Defined pension plans are plans where the employerprovides specific level of retirement to a employee (Milkovich, Newman, & Gerhart, 2016). Theretirement pension provided by the employer is […]

Flagler Hospital is based in St. Augustine, northeast of Florida. It is a 335-bed hospitalnamed after its founder, the Henry Flagler, a 19 th century American industrialist. Since itsfounding more than 130 years ago, the hospital has been at the forefront of providing physical,economic, and social health services to members of not just north eastern […]