Managing Tools for Effectiveness The BSC or Balanced Scorecard strategy tool allows managers to monitor and evaluate their staff and how their actions produce effects. A BSC includes a focused approach to organization's clearly defined goal-oriented Continue Reading...
American Higher Education Higher Education is Wading in Deep Water in 2014 Is there anything to celebrate about higher education in the 21st century? What are the most troubling issues facing America's campuses that have emerged in particular over Continue Reading...
Visual Culture Exam Mobilizing Shame For a very long time now, people have perceived shame as a feeling of embarrassment, inadequacy, or the feeling that prevails after someone has done something, which a given society believes is wrong. However, s Continue Reading...
In fact the aims of theosophy when it was founded was to "form the nucleus of a Universal Brotherhood of Humanity without distinction of race, creed, or color," and also "to promote the study of Aryan and other Eastern literature, religions, and sci Continue Reading...
Persian Gulf War Effects of war in the Persian Gulf on the U.S. Economy Okruhlik notes that "state strategies chosen to manage crises- like price booms and busts, worldwide recession, and war- have very real, though unintended, social and political Continue Reading...
Significance of the study This study carries significant value for Albany State policymakers since this study will thoroughly cover the concept of creating and maintain an effective flood protection system and disaster recovery plan. 1) The find Continue Reading...
samhsa.gov). Another collaborator with SFPC is the Switchboard of Miami Mission. Switchboard helps connect families and people in need with existing community resources; Switchboard also offers services where there were none in existence. For exampl Continue Reading...
Specifically, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is one of the premier law enforcement organizations in the world. However, it was conceived, designed, and structured more for the purpose of investigating past crimes and apprehending and pro Continue Reading...
A representative from each agency will also be requested to present a module as part of the educational program. The programs will then be presented to the management bodies of the school and business chosen. With particularly large businesses and Continue Reading...
S. DHS "Strategic Plan," 2008, http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/strategicplan/) Realistically acts of terrorism, domestic or foreign are exceedingly rare, though slightly more common than they have been in the past and at least marginally more violent in na Continue Reading...
In homes and buildings, the thermal mass of concrete plays a big role in energy efficiency. The high thermal mass of concrete offers this benefit: it stores and releases the energy required for heating or cooling and hence, reduces "temperature swin Continue Reading...
The building's safety officials or the specialized units connected with the government or even with the police officials will be able to direct the people regarding their next shelter or place to evacuate. It should be noted that (Mass Evacuation, Continue Reading...
Then Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen said the program was "specifically designed so that the people we train become trainers themselves. This approach will greatly magnify our efforts to produce a core of qualified first responders across the Continue Reading...
Disaster Management EvaluationIntroductionAn Emergency Operations Center (EOC) refers to a specifically selected centralized facility where administrators and officers have meetings face-to-face to facilitate the coordination and direction of a juris Continue Reading...
USACE program funding, compliant with Federal Continuity Directive 1. It will also address processes required for continuing the business continuity plan for the Nation's Survivability and Critical Infrastructure. The United States Army Corps of En Continue Reading...
IAQ and Education: How does Indoor Air Quality Impact Student Health and Performance? Historically, student performance was thought to be the result of the direct factors the student encountered in the classroom environment. As long as the student w Continue Reading...
Public Health Emergencies When it comes to public health, there are two main issues: basic control of general public health concerns, and what takes place during an emergency. The United States and other countries have recently made some changes in Continue Reading...
Terrorism in Seattle Even before the World Trade Center attack in September, 2011, most major cities in the United States were not only aware, but anticipatory regarding the potential for a terrorist attack. Seattle has been fortunate in that it has Continue Reading...
2012 Election Primary Factors Contributing to Obama's Victory in 2012 Presidential Election For some, the outcome of the 2012 U.S. presidential election was a foregone conclusion; incumbent presidents rarely lose their second election, and the chal Continue Reading...
Japan abolishes current nuclear plant Fukushima Crisis. What effects immediately long-term Japan world a case stop operation of nuclear power plants. As a brief description, Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power plant was an operating energy facility in Continue Reading...
Soft and hard targets and defined and discussed as well as the need for population defense and the idea that with a coordinated, comprehensive response plan and team implementation, the disaster related damage can be minimized. This chapter is devot Continue Reading...
However she warning device should always be checked and monitored in a way that it is guaranteed effective in sending signals way ahead of the disaster. A good tsunami warning system would be well-placed instruments with good communications that ar Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Communication Breakdown in Healthcare: Lessons from the Josie King Story: This essay explores the critical role of effective communication in healthcare settings, using the Josie King story as a case stu Continue Reading...
The Real WarFussell notes well that the real war was tragic and ironic beyond the power of any literary or philosophic analysis to suggestmainly because it was not the Good War that the propagandists made it out to be for America. America identified Continue Reading...
Climate Change, Energy, and Natural DisastersClimate change and energy consumption are deeply intertwined within the global system, driving changes in weather patterns and increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters. These environmenta Continue Reading...
The earthquakes in Turkey and Syria and their geo-political circumstancesIntroduction to the eventOn February 6, 2023, twin earthquakes of 7.8 and 7.5 magnitudes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria. These earthquakes have caused widespread dest Continue Reading...
Abstract The Department of Homeland Security was created in 2002 as a response to September 11. The goal of the creation of the new department was to centralize all decision-making authority under the rubric of homeland security, ensuring a common m Continue Reading...
Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatment Clinical Presentation of Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatments On January 13, 2015, Andrew Brannan, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran was executed in Georgia for killing police officer Ky Continue Reading...
M1D1: Concept of Homeland Security Enterprise HSE (Homeland Security Enterprise) was designed to better coordinate the resources of all law enforcement functions that fall under the auspices of the DHS. DHA strives to provide law enforcement agencie Continue Reading...
Social Media and Law Enforcement Social Media Issues in law Enforcement Social media and law enforcement: Boon or bane? Social media is a fact of everyday modern life. For law enforcement personnel, it has created new opportunities to share resour Continue Reading...
Gasoline Prices Why do gasoline prices fluctuate so wildly and frequently? One month the price of gasoline is around $3.50 and the next month prices have jumped to $4.00. Why does this happen? There are several reasons that are given by authorities Continue Reading...
Global Warming Trends and Impact Global warming refers to the warming of the earth's temperature, in particular oceans and the layer of the atmosphere closest to the planet (Thompson, Lonnie & Gioietta 114). Thus far, the total temperature incre Continue Reading...
The benefits of such a combination of power sources outweigh the disadvantages characteristic of the individual power sources (Schleede, 2003). A wind power -- diesel hybrid typically will have significantly lower operating costs than a primary dies Continue Reading...
Expression of Distinct Group Identities Social Identity Theory Laboratory Report Simultaneous Expression of Distinct Group Identities Social identity theory holds that an individual's self-esteem is tied to the groups they belong to and accordingl Continue Reading...
