scholarly journals Strategic analysis & recommendations for Southwest Garden Supplies's nursery operations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amrit Athwal
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Healthy Relationships ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Family ◽  
Plant Maintenance ◽  
Employee Attrition ◽  
Plant Inventory ◽  
Complex Matter

Southwest Garden Supplies is a garden centre which is undergoing growth in its sales in both of its departments: nursery and bulk garden/landscape materials. With the increasing quantity, and sales of plants, the company requires strategic analysis and recommendations to improve its nursery operations. Some factors which require improvement are: a lack of enough employees, and two, a lack of systematic processes required in the maintenance, and sale of plants. Because only family members work at the nursery, and maintain the rest of the enterprise, there are more tasks which need to be accomplished than there are hands. Southwest Garden Supplies is in the process of hiring new employees, and approximately three new employees shall commence work in the foreseeable future. As of now, tasks like fertilizing, efficient watering, weeding, and pruning are not being executed in a systematic manner. Therefore, a lot of the plants are not optimally maintained. Due to a lack of organization, and time, pricing is a complex matter of hardship. As of now, there are minimal price tags placed on plants. Only the administrator in charge of the nursery knows the prices. Therefore, if she is not around for whatever reason, the remaining staff do not know how to price the plants. During the summer, watering by hand takes a minimum of three hours per day, that too after office hours; meaning the family leaves work close to 9:00pm, only to start again at 7:00am the next morning. This watering process leaves the other tasks of plant maintenance incomplete. As discussed, the nursery division of the garden centre needs to be run optimally. The purpose of this paper is to undertake research on how the nursery can be maintained efficiently, including how plant inventory can be best managed, and how the administration staff can maintain healthy relationships with the new employees. Human resource management will be discussed due to the importance of increased employee loyalty and decreased employee attrition. Results/Recommendations shall be made as to what steps need to be taken in order to streamline the nursery maintenance processes for the staff, and make shopping at Southwest Garden Supplies more fluid, and straightforward.

Preparing the Child for Productive Life

IJOHMN ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Stella Baindu Fortune Fortune
Keyword(s):  
Learner Control ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
School Life ◽  
Productive Life ◽  
Know How ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Genetic Endowment

The nature of children’s development is greatly influenced by the environmental conditions in which they are brought up. The amount of social stimulation which they receive is of particular importance, and even if physical conditions are adequate, an unstimulating environment which provides with little opportunity or need to experiment or solve problems will result in low level of achievement. Perhaps the most important aspect of the child’s social development is beyond the reach of the teacher. For the first very important aspect of the child’s development lies in the home. Genetic endowment and cultural level of the family, coupled with the actual physical conditions of the home will have decisive effect on the child’s development and will continue to influence him throughout his school life. These factors are inaccessible to be influenced by the teacher but it is as well for him to have them in mind in his dealings with pupils. In addition, he will need to know how he may most effectively change his pupils along the lives he considers to be the most appropriate. That is, he will seek out the most efficient ways of getting pupils learn for productive life in future. The topic under review will be approached from various fronts which include; The Sociological and Philosophical models; role of the school; Learners’ responsibility; role of the teacher; discipline and learner control; role of the parent; guidance and counseling services and conclusion.

Asking the Stakeholders: Perspectives of Individuals With Aphasia, Their Family Members, and Physicians Regarding Communication in Medical Interactions

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Burns ◽  
Carolyn Baylor ◽  
Brian J. Dudgeon ◽  
Helene Starks ◽  
Kathryn Yorkston
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Know How ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Patient Interviews ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Family ◽  
Practicing Physicians

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of patients with aphasia, their family members, and physicians related to communication during medical interactions.MethodFace-to-face, semistructured interviews were conducted with 18 participants—6 patients with aphasia, 6 family members involved in patient care, and 6 practicing physicians. A qualitative description approach was used to collect and summarize narratives from participants' perspectives and experiences. Participants were asked about experiences with communication during medical interactions in which the family member accompanied the patient. Interviews were audio- and/or video-recorded, transcribed, and then coded to identify main themes.ResultsPatients and family members generally described their communication experiences as positive, yet all participants discussed challenges and frustrations. Three themes emerged: (a) patients and family members work as a team, (b) patients and family members want physicians to “just try” to communicate with the patient, and (c) physicians want to interact with patients but may not know how.ConclusionsParticipants discussed the need for successful accommodation, or changing how one communicates, to help facilitate the patients' increased understanding and ability to express themselves. Over- and underaccommodation with communication were commonly reported as problems. Speech-language pathologists have a role to play in helping to improve communication during medical interactions. Implications for current speech-language pathologist practice and future directions of research are discussed.

Time and Eternity in Origen’s Thinking as Work Paradigm of Thought for Contemporary Society

DIALOGO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-289
Author(s):  
Ionuț Vlădescu
Keyword(s):  
Time Measurement ◽  
Value Of Time ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Know How ◽  
Main Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complex Matter ◽  
Difficult Subject ◽  
Over Time

"Time has always been one of the top priorities and permanent concerns of humanity. It is a controversial and difficult subject to the frame by the philosophers of Antiquity and by the scientists of our day. The problem of defining time has raised questions about the essence, origin, content, meaning and value of time. Studies of Time represent a complex and ever-actual subject. Over time, different attempts to define time have been made, all referring only to a certain kind of time and not to time itself. In this regard, Solomon Marcus said the following: “As easily as we intuit it, as difficult as we conceptualize it, no one has been able to define it”[1], showing the difficulty of trying to define this strange impenetrable category. Thus, people know how to quantify the time elapsed between two events, but they do not know how to define it or explain time as a “moment.”[2] To live time is natural and easy, but when it is meant to be questioned and discussed, it turns into a misleading, imprecise, even more complex matter. “Even the modern attempts of time measurement, which today seems to us to be a common fact, has a history of the most complicated and contradictory thinking “[3]. The questions: what is time? and does Eternity exist? remain the main work paradigm of thought for Contemporary Society."

scholarly journals A Novel Method for Acquiring Engineering-Oriented Operational Empirical Knowledge

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijun Liu ◽  
Zuhua Jiang ◽  
Bo Song ◽  
Hongyuan Zhu ◽  
Xinyu Li
Keyword(s):  
Rough Set ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Know How ◽  
Time Standards ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Variable Precision Rough Set ◽  
Basic Motion ◽  
And Training ◽  
Predetermined Time

The operational knowledge of skilled technicians gained from years of experience is invaluable for an enterprise. Possession of such knowledge will facilitate an enterprise sharing technician’s know-how and training of new employees effectively. However, until now there is rare efficient quantitative method to obtain this kind of tacit knowledge. In this paper we propose a concept of engineering-oriented operational empirical knowledge (OEK) to describe this kind of knowledge and design a framework to acquire OEK from skilled technician’s operations. The framework integrates motion analysis, motion elicitation, and intent analysis. The modular arrangement of predetermined time standards (MODAPTS) is used to divide the technician’s operational process into basic motion elements; and the variable precision rough set (VPRS) algorithm is used to extract the technician’s OEK content, which combined with the technician’s intent elicited via interview; the completed OEK is obtained. At the end of our study, an engineering case is used to validate the feasibility of the proposed method, which shows that satisfactory results have been reached for the study.

scholarly journals PERANAN PEREMPUAN DALAM PEREKONOMIAN KELUARGA DENGAN MEMANFAATKAN SUMBERDAYA PERTANIAN

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudhy Harini Bertham ◽  
Dwi Wahyuni Ganefianti ◽  
Apri Andani
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Know How ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
Load Factors ◽  
Total Family Income ◽  
The Family ◽  
Organic Farming Systems

This study aims to find out the reasons women decide to work as a farmer, knowing the understanding of women in the utilization of agricultural resources, and know how big the role of women in the intensification of the family economy. The method to determine the respondent used in this research is census method with numbering 100 persons. Analysis of the data used is descriptive analysis and qualitative analysis of revenue contribution. The results showed that the reasons women choose to work as farmers because of their desire to help their husbands in contributing family income which is driven by the load factors of family burden.  Looking for experiences and shared responsibility are other reasons for women to work in agricultural activities. Their knowledge and understanding of agriculture, women are only know how to grow crops and produce. Stages how sustainable farming, care for the environment with organic farming systems is not yet implemented. This is caused by the lack of knowledge of owmen. Income contribution of women to family incomes is high, with a range of contribution 40% - 59% of total family income. This condition can be a reason for  women to participate in decision-making within the household. So the presence of women within the family becomes more important and appreciated.Key words: Women role, farmer, revenue contibution

scholarly journals Vanhuksen oikeus hoivaan ja omaisolettama

Gerontologia ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-242
Author(s):  
Laura Kalliomaa-Puha
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Right ◽  
To Receive

Jokaisella vanhuksella on Suomessa yksilöllinen, viime kädessä perustuslaissa taattu, oikeus riittävään hoivaan ja huolenpitoon. Silti tämä oikeus on usein käytännössä riippuvainen siitä, onko vanhalla ihmisellä omaisia tukenaan. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan sitä, miten oikeus hoivaan ja hoitoon taataan lainsäädännössä. Omaisilla ei lain mukaan ole vastuuta hoivan järjestämisestä, mutta silti lainsäädäntö monessa kohdin ikään kuin olettaa omaisten olevan vanhuksen tukena. Vaikka omaiset usein ovatkin tukena, miten perusoikeus hoivaan ja huolenpitoon toteutuu niillä vanhuksilla, joilla ei ole omaisia? Artikkeli nostaa vakavimpana omaisolettaman riskinä esiin ne vanhukset, joilla on omaisia, mutta joiden omaiset eivät osaa tai halua auttaa. Right to care and presumption of family and friends in the Finnish legislation According to Finnish legislation the public authorities must guarantee adequate social, health and medical services for those old persons who cannot obtain means necessary for a life of dignity. Yet in practice this right to receive indispensable subsistence and care often depends on the fact whether the old person happens to have family or friends to help her or him. As if the legislation supposes there are friends and family to help, even though, according to Finnish law, family members do not have legal responsibility to take care of an elderly person. This article elaborates how the right to care is guaranteed in Finnish legislation and what the law says about the responsibilities of the family. Even though most of the relatives do help their elderlies, how is the right to care fulfilled for those old persons who do not have family? Perhaps the elderlies who have family and friends, which do not help or do not know how to, are in the most vulnerable situation.

scholarly journals A new motivation: the television in the school

Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana-Luisa Fernandes-Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Complex World ◽  
Critical Attitude ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Third ◽  
World Today ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Excessive Consumption

The present article is about the presence of the tv in the society, in general, and its potential as an important agent, such as the family and the school, on the children’s and young people’s development and education. Nowadays we live in a complex world of images with sound, the most of them transmitted by the tv, the cinema and the internet. The infantile universe is full of those images. This way we structured this article in four parts, refering some of the contents related with this subject. The first part describes the presence of the television in the children's daylife and their relationship with the magic box, even the identification that they make with its favourites characters, in order to understand the space that the TV occupies in their lives. The second part presents the different messages transmitted by the television. It is important to analyze the main risks and advantages of television, that is to say, in spite of some programs show bad values, foment the excessive consumption, expose the children to an atmosphere of violence and pornography, also entertains, accompanies, educates, informs, favours the access to the culture and allows to unite the family around a program. At last the third part, this one outlines the necessity to put the tele as a curricular resource in the school, to teaches the students how to analyze, how to criticize and to think about the texts and the news of the world today. The television, considered a powerful tool, is decisive in the communication, such in the formation of values and ideas as in the culture transmission. The function of the school is not to remain far from this factor, but to try to meditate, to understand and to decide its impact, in a better way, on the development of the children and youngs. As conclusion we can add that we’ve tried to aim some strategies that educators and parents will be able to work, united to the children and the youngs, so they could have a new look of the Tv’s world and that they could know how to make their own selection and how to have a critical attitude before the watched product.La presente comunicación se refiere a la presencia de la tele en la sociedad en general y a su potencial como agente importante de formación y educación, junto con la escuela y la familia, en la vida de los niños y de los jóvenes. Actualmente vivimos inmersos en un mundo complejo de imágenes con sonido, que recibimos muy especialmente a través de la tele, del cine y de Internet, los cuales hacen parte del cotidiano del universo infantil. Así, a fin de organizar algunos de los contenidos desde los que es posible enfocar el tema, estructuramos este artículo en cuatro partes. La primera parte describe la presencia de la tele a diario de los niños y su relación con la caja mágica, incluso la identificación que hacen de sus personajes favoritos, a fin de comprender el espacio que ocupa la tele en su cotidianidad. La segunda parte presenta los distintos mensajes transmitidos por la tele. Es importante analizar las principales riesgos y ventajes de la televisión, o sea, a pesar de algunos programas muestran antivalores de la tele: fomentar excesivamente el consumo, exponer a los niños a un ambiente de violencia y pornografía también entretiene, acompaña, educa, informa, favorece el acceso a la cultura y permite unir a la familia en torno a un programa. Cuanto a la tercera parte, plantea la necesidad de incorporar la tele como recurso curricular en la escuela, para que enseñe a los alumnos a analizar crítica y reflexivamente los textos mediáticos. La televisión es considerada como una herramienta poderosa, determinante en la comunicación, tanto en la formación de valores e ideas, como en la transmisión de cultura; la función de la escuela no es permanecer ajena a este factor, pero procurar reflexionar para comprender y decidir mejor su impacto en el desarrollo de los niños y jóvenes. Como conclusión podemos añadir que hemos tratado de apuntar algunas estrategias que educadores y padres podrán trabajar junto con los niños y los jóvenes, para que éstes tengan una nueva mirada del mundo de la tele y para que sepan hacer su propia selección y tener una actitud crítica ante el producto visionado.

Daily Coping Strategies for Patients and Their Families

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 111 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 1654-1661
Author(s):  
Anne Muñoz-Furlong
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Care Physician ◽  
Food Allergies ◽  
Child Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Know How ◽  
Camp Counselors ◽  
The Family ◽  
Practical Information

The diagnosis of food allergy in a child has an impact on every minute of every day for the child and the child’s family. The patient and family must learn how to read labels, adapt recipes, and educate other family members, child care providers, camp counselors, and teachers. They must know how to recognize symptoms of a reaction and what to do during a reaction. Decisions such as which restaurant to go to and where to go on vacation take on new meaning, as family decisions must be centered on avoidance of the child’s food allergen. It is possible to manage food allergies successfully while allowing the child to participate in common childhood activities. Education of the family is key. This discussion provides the pediatrician or primary care physician with practical information for educating patients and their families about managing food allergy.

Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis for Pediatricians

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 1010-1015
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Genetic Counseling ◽  
Prenatal Diagnosis ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Genetic Disorder ◽  
Genetic Diagnosis ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Know How ◽  
Prenatal Genetic Diagnosis ◽  
The Family

Pediatricians may be called upon to counsel a family in which prenatal diagnosis is being considered or in which there is a fetus with a genetic disorder. In some settings, the pediatrician may be the primary resource for counseling the family. More frequently, counseling may already have been provided by a clinical geneticist and/or obstetrician. However, because of a previous relationship with the family, the pediatrician may be called upon to review this information and to assist the family in the decision-making process. The pediatrician should be familiar with the principles of prenatal genetic diagnosis and know how to apply them to specific problems in genetic counseling, diagnosis, and management in clinical practice. At the same time, pediatricians should be familiar with resources available in their region for obtaining information about whether and how a specific disorder can be diagnosed and when and where to refer patients for prenatal genetic diagnosis. The technology of prenatal diagnosis is changing rapidly, and genetic consultants can assist pediatricians in the appropriate utilization and interpretation of the diagnostic tests that are available.

Transmission beyond Legal Inheritance

Born to Write ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Neil Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Familial Transmission ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Law

The familial transmission of assets went beyond the inheritance by law (whether at death or by lifetime transfer) of lands, buildings, furniture, annuities, royal offices, and the like. Much else was transmitted outside the law. Such objects of paralegal transmission and informal patrimonialization can be understood as sociocultural legacies. They included formal education, informal know-how, the family’s reputation, its social honours, and its patronage and clientele networks. Such transmission also included literature and learning, not just in the sense of skills transmitted through education but in that of an expectation that works would be produced. Unlike most kinds of juridical inheritance, some kinds of paralegal, sociocultural legacy were peculiarly well suited to benefiting the family as a whole rather than just the odd member.

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