Essays on Social science Case Study

A health record of students, employees and parents together with their names, social security numbers and credit card numbers are among the sensitive information that subject these institutions to potential threats and makes them a valuable target to the hackers.... The breach utilized the existing vulnerabilities in the system and inappropriately accessed and exposed confidential information and records such as the financial account numbers and social security numbers which were supplied by the student during their admission....

The study "Ethical Implications of Enron Scandal" focuses on the critical analysis of the ethical implications of a scandal that negatively impacted Enron Corporation, a company based in Houston, Texas.... It starts with a brief background of the company followed by an outline of the consequences....

It has social, economic, political, and spiritual sides.... The paper "American Dream 2,0 - from Richard Cory to a Meaningful Life Story" draws a metaphorical analogy.... The American Dream is the pursuit of higher goals in life that go beyond self-interests.... American Dream 2....

These segments are based on the fact that one is either an urban or rural customer.... For rural segment, where there is limited competition and is.... ... ... For price sensitive segment the company will reposition the Elf Brand.... Beyond prices, Total looks to capitalize on the convenience consumers....

This case study "Profitability of CPP" focuses on the most extreme Profitability in CPP which is prevented because of overweight operational expenses and constrained deal limits by the authors.... An essential to characterize gainful growth is to comprehend the interrelationships.... ... ... ... The company ought to help with about 50% of the expenses and offer the eminences with the author....

The paper "Australian Federal Police Human Resource Issues" emphasizes that the police force Human Resource department is also tasked with recruiting law enforcers, ensuring that their work environment is conducive, and providing favorable terms for their line of work.... ... ... ... The Australian Federal Police is a law-enforcing body within the Australian government that ensures that set laws and policies governing the societies are adhered to and observed....

New York: Springer science and Business Media. ... New York: Springer science and Business Media.... The company operates in sixteen countries including United Kingdom (Berendsen, 2013a).... It is having three business lines such as workwear, flat linen (healthcare....

This case study "The Interpretation of Scottish Commercial Law" focuses on the Scottish Contract law that differs as it does not require consideration and a unilateral promise is sufficient thereby making one of the parties under an obligation to the other without any consideration.... .... ... ... In law, a contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties and provides specific legal remedies in the event of a breach of those promises....

The paper 'Ethnicity and Minority Groups' presents the discrimination which is faced by these groups, at the hands of those who consider themselves 'better' in a social context.... Being denied basic right on the context of a 'social deficiency' is not only absurd but is also a direct contradiction of the Human Rights Charter of the United Nations.... he ideas presented in the selected readings clearly present in a nutshell, the discrimination being faced by these groups, at the hands of those who consider themselves ‘better' in a social context....

However, china face some issues in the use of polymer materials in the building and construction industry (IOP science, 2014).... OP science (2014).... he rising global social and environmental concern and the recent decline in petroleum resources have led to the enforcement of search for green composite materials that are environmentally friendly....

ocial Factors: The social-cultural aspect deals with the ways in which Nokia manages to blend with the host societies.... These include social class, culture demographic, psychological and lifestyle-related factors that make up the society's characteristics.... Nokia's operations are based in a diverse number of cultural settings and every level of social class irrespective of differences in religion, race, beliefs, income status or nationality (Steinbock, 2010)....

The author of the present case study "Necessity of Port Privatization" brings out that seaports are a major economic multiplier for the nation's prosperity (Alderton, 1999).... All over the world, they have been continuously facing the threat of privatization for many years.... ... ... ... Underutilization of the port capacities, uncontrollable maintenance costs, corruption, labour issues, and reduced profitability were some of the strong reasons that had made most of the port authorities look towards privatization....

The paper 'The Deming Philosophy - Award Analysis' is a right example of a management case study.... For this assignment, the paper has successfully postulated the fact that Deming Award is a crucial philosophy deployed by the Japanese government to recognize organizations, which have always adopted continuous quality improvement....

The paper "The Strengthening of the Health Information System" describes that the procedure of making the HIMS strategy and planning document should be well structured.... The progress and time being taken by the writing must be supervised very closely to avoid delays in its preparation.... ... ... ...

However, none of these investigations has taken into account the challenges in making judgments about performance determinants in a dynamic business.... ... ...

2004, ‘Manufacturing Time: Global Competition in the Watch Industry, 1795--2000 (Book)', Journal of the History of science in Society, 95(2), p.... The case study "Swatch Company Analysis" has some interesting positions for the company and is useful for understanding the watch industry as it is in present times....

The objective of this report is to assess whether Ryanair airline strategy in the short distance haul sector is sustainable by using the associated case study, and related research.... Furthermore, suggestion about where future development point may come from will be discussed.... ... ... ... The paper 'Strategic Analysis of Ryanair " is a great example of a management case study....

To start with, Big Ben Inc.... needs to assign its contracts with its customers to Jettison.... Big Ben Inc.... becomes the assignor and Jettison becomes the assignee.... This assignment must be absolute in that there should be no other conditions between the assignor and its own customers.... ... ...

mployers and employees have constantly found it hard to associate with relative ease to each other, more so on the social aspects.... The study "Making Critical Decisions at Work" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues in making critical decisions at work.... Every day, employees are faced with critical decisions to make....

This case study "Ethical Marketing" presents unethical behaviors that are detrimental to any company, and if condoned, can lead to unnecessary losses to the involved companies.... Such behaviors should therefore be abhorred and severely dealt with at all sectors of a company (Murphy).... ... ... ...

Journal of the Academy of Marketing science, 15(2), 49-54. ... The paper "Difficulties in Enterprise System Implementation" is a perfect example of a case study on business.... Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has become a reputable software in the business industry.... ... ... ...

This paper under the title "The Development of the Information Management Research Area" focuses on the fact that the current investigation looks into customer relationship management (CRM) as a business solution that is becoming increasingly widespread.... .... ... ... Through using CRM, companies hope to build a more lasting foundation with the customer, based on listening to their needs....

Chevron Corporation (Chevron) is one of the largest oil refiners in the United States.... It is headquartered in San Ramon, California and employs approximately 65,000 people.... The company is engaged in every aspect of the oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production, refining, marketing and transportation, chemicals manufacturing and sales, geothermal and power generation. ...

The comparison between Renren and Facebook Contents Government Limitations 3 Revenue Sources for social Media Networks 4 Introduction to Facebook andRenren 4 ... The government of China has been long trying to keep tight control over traditional as well as new social media platforms so that the political authorities are not challenged in any way (Boyd and Ellison, 2008).... The government uses strict monitoring systems, jailing of bloggers, journalists or social activists and shutting down of websites and publications (Gorman, 2005)....

This woman is married to a very supportive husband who helps her out in several personal tasks and other social support such as showering, moral support, shopping and toileting.... This case study "The Medical Diagnosis Pharmacology and Pathophysiology" examines issues around an 82-year-old female patient who is admitted to the nursing home....

The present study would focus on one shareholder, she is Amy Miller, an internal manager responsible for strategic planning in the retail banking sector.... Amy must ensure that the bank maintains profitability and a strong community reputation.... Her main interest is being entrusted with a regular paycheck....

The timetable for the surgeons in this case be divided into two; the active hours in the surgery is computed to be from Monday to Thursday in which they work for 11.... ... ... It can be considered that the surgeons take 40 effective hours as the effective engagement time.... The 4 hours for lunch can be considered non-effective hours....

"Agile Software Development" paper focuses on ASD that is presently an up-and-coming advancement in software engineering platform for enhancing quality.... ASD was proposed by a group of seventeen professionals in the software engineering domain who practice a collection of frivolous techniques.... ....

When it comes to supply chain linking is very important, it is an unrelated business functions like demand planning, sourcing and logistics can often yield very positive results by reducing costs and improving performance in supply chain operations.... .... ... ... The paper 'Operations Management - Just in Time System' is an entertaining example of the management case study....

An organization's corporate social responsibility and ethical factors are also taken in an effective manner while dealing with the marketing and its strategic issues.... The paper presents that marketing is a subject, dealing with numerous functions by giving stress for the accomplishment of the organizational objectives and providing utmost satisfaction to the customers....

The paper 'VHS vs Betamax in the Video Technology Race and Blu-Ray vs HDVD in the DVD Technology Race' is an engrossing variant of the case study on technology.... 'The only thing that doesn't change is the change itself' is a famous adage.... .... ... ... The paper 'VHS vs Betamax in the Video Technology Race and Blu-Ray vs HDVD in the DVD Technology Race' is an engrossing variant of the case study on technology....

This paper under the headline 'Lockhart River M23 Accident" focuses on the fact that the aircraft SA227-DC Metro 23, registered VH-TFU on 7 May 2005, was refuelled at Bamaga for the return flight to Cairns via the Lockhart River to embark two passengers.... .... ... ... The pilot in command reported to the ground manager just before leaving Bamaga that the weather was 'bad' at Lockhart River and it might not be feasible to land there....

Marketing science, Vol.... Food Marketing and social Media: Findings from Fast Food Facts and Sugary Drink Facts.... Effects of Word-of-Mouth Versus Traditional Marketing: Findings from an Internet social Networking Site, Journal of Marketing, Vol....

It is important to note that both the financial, social and cultural aspects of a firm are passed over when a business is passed from one generation to another.... The paper focuses on family-owned businesses which represent the largest fraction of the world's economy.... For instance, they provide employment to a significantly large group of people across the world....

The crew has to use methods of systematic observation via research in social psychology.... This study "The Aspect of Crew Resource Management of Pavlovian Airlines" discusses the various benefits that accrue from the implementation of CRM programs to different players in the airline industry....

According to Hawken (2007), the power of communities has been enhanced by existence of multiple community-based organizations whose main role is to defend the social values and interests.... The paper 'The Forest Products Industry' presents the forest product industry, the company has identified the need for innovative approaches to meeting customer need while also focusing on meeting its sustainability objectives based on environmentally friendly products....

The object of analysis for the purpose of this paper "Principles and Practice of Marketing of Dixon Retail Plc" is Dixons Retail PLC as one of the most renowned expert electrical retailers from the UK.... The company has a customer base of over 100 million customers in the country.... ... ... ... The new business model re-defined five specific objectives for the company....

reatment”, Clinical Psychology: science and Practice, 8: 23-37 ... Cognitive behavioral approaches, social skills training and relaxation are some of the methods that have been devised for coping with anger.... ??Aggression and violence: social interactionist perspectives”, Washington DC: ... ggressive responding”, Journal of Personality and social Psychology, 81: 17-32 ...

The current case study "Business Ethics and SRI" underlines that awareness for social, environmental and ethical responsibility are gaining a growing significance in economics and business.... International bodies and stakeholders are now giving importance to environmental and social factors.... Socially Responsible Investment, also known as ethical investment, is an investment discipline that in addition to the risk and returns issues in investment, takes into account social or environmental issues....

It is obvious that the product must compete with other products of the same kind but effort should be put in when advertising and promoting it on the web and social media.... With the expanded product offers by the retailers, free shipping and availability of social media has encouraged such businesses as the Top Shop, based in the UK, to do most of its business around the world through online activities.... Top shop values social media as most advertisements are no longer working for people in this era....

Luhmann's" social Systems" Theory: Preliminary Fragments for a Theory of Translation.... This paper ''The Application of a Functionalist Approach to Translation '' tells that this theory has been critical in the process of understanding different texts.... there is a need to approach translations by discussing ways in which the application of a functionalist approach to translation can be essential....

It can be stated that the adjustment that her business inspired in the way society perceived business women helped in inspiring genuine changes in social behaviour in the workplace (Beech and Chadwick 2005). ... This case study "Mary Kay Inc's Nine Leadership Keys to Success" discusses many theories that have genuine explanations about what spurs entrepreneurs to act as they do....

The paper 'CitySnacks Restaurants Market Oriented Approach' is a spectacular version of a case study on marketing.... According to this case study, CitySnacks is a retailing division with the Pleasure Food Restaurant Group.... CitySnacks is a fast-food chain that operates in many cities in the U....

Management science; 52 (11), p1661-1674 ... The paper 'Value Innovation at Johnson and Johnson' evaluates Johnson and Johnson's degree of service, which seems particularly low considering the size and breadth of the company and products.... Merck has stronger customer support and a vast degree of service....

The numbers of jobs are significant social dimensions of the regional effects, which enter the evaluation structure through multi-criteria examination (Cheng and Yung-Hsiang, 56).... China Airline Industry and High-Speed Rail pose enormous social and environmental effects to the nations.... These ranges from noise and air pollutions, environmental degradation to more positive impacts like social amenities and development of facilities (Zhang and Anming, 128)....

Administrative science Quarterly.... y all measures, restructuring is a redefining organizational boundary that encompasses a number of different businesses related social and/or marketing objectives.... The Theory of social and Economic Organization....

International Journal of Social science Studies 3(2), 169-174 ... It sets a school leader on the path to setting the tone for the school, developing an environment of inclusiveness, and inspiring the teachers and students to achieve their goals, and build logical instructional and social-emotional support capable of improving student's achievement....

?? International Journal of u- and e- Service, science and Technology 6.... Thirdly, e-commerce erodes social relationships.... 9 In as much as e-commerce promotes interactions across geographical boundaries, the lack of physical contact among users of this business model leads to lose of social contacts....

The author of the following paper under the title 'Essentials of Dental Assisting' focuses on OSHA Hazard Communication which is a standard that is applicable to all the United States employees whose work exposes them to potentially dangerous substances.... ... ... ... It's pointed out that the aim of this Hazard Communication Standard has been to ensure there is a proper evaluation of all chemicals imported or produced, and that all information regarding the hazardous nature of these chemicals reaches employees and employers through properly defined hazard communication programs....

This line of thinking led to the present body of human knowledge in which the mind and the body are only now beginning to be linked again within medical science.... This paper "Freud's Theory of the Body" suggests that Sigmund Freud is a well-known name in Western thought as it was this man who helped establish many of the patterns and understandings we hold about the workings of the human mind....