Essay

The way the global economy works today is by moving away from the large mass production industrial revolution era; economies, industries, individual companies and even consumers themselves are recognizing the importance of environmental impacts that are being made by human activities -- specifically businesses -- into their own respective countries and even the overall impact around the world. Therefore, the United Arab Emirates, being one of the largest economies in the world today, is also being criticized and being highlighted on the various environmental concerns that have been raised over the past years on the various practices of the economy as well as the industry and the location.

For example, the United Arab Emirates, although mostly a dry area, in places still has various wildlife that is only found in that location. Wildlife and extinction of various species is a recent concern from the point of view of environmental management because it is a real issue. In the United Arab Emirates, for example, as early as 1960, the worldwide had identified that the Arabian Oryx was almost extinct because of hunting and other various human activities. As a solution to such a problem, various international and local agencies shaped many government policies in order to prevent future hunting of the creature as well as maintaining protection through the directive of the local emirates wildlife Society. http://www.uaeinteract.com/uaeint_misc/pdf/perspectives/14.pdf

Yet another problem and issue that is facing the United Arab Emirates today especially from the perspective of environmental management is because of the fact that the United Arab Emirates is one of the fastest-growing countries and developing economies today; the highly urbanized country is having a significant impact on the landscape and the environment of the location. Habitat and wildlife issues have already been indicated above, and it is not only Arabian politics which is experiencing the problems. Because of the fast and rapid expansion of the local population into the desert wildlife, these creatures are losing their homes due to urbanization. http://www.ameinfo.com/15739.html

Also, organization directly affects the environment because of the large amount of pollution that such expansion of the population creates. Before, pollution was a minor concern to the various kingdoms in the Arab world because of low individual production functions. However, industrialization has opened doors not only to riches and economic welfare and investment but also the increase in pollution http://www.soe.ae/English/Documents/Waste_forweb.21.04.09.pdf .

As with any highly organized location, pollution and water waste management is a true issue and given the already small amount of water resources in the location, the fact that large cities are significantly contributing to the pollution of those water systems has played a role and has raised various environmental concerns of the locations. Another real concern from the perspective of environmental management is that such urbanized fast growth does not only create waste but also creates other problems in the location. For example, acid rain, an occurrence where various harmful levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide mix with rainwater, thus damaging to the ecosystem of the location is being observed http://www.buzzle.com/articles/acid-rain-causes.html .

 Also, the large amount of people leads to smoke, gas, and aerosol pollution. Carbon dioxide as well as various other chemical compounds are mixing with the air part of the original value spirit of the location is also having a significant damaging effect not only to the present help of the location but also to the health of future populations as well. Summing these up altogether, there is now a basic challenge of maintaining high paced industrial and economic growth in order to stay competitive with today's global environment while at the same time making sure that such issues of pollution are addressed. It is a good thing, therefore, that the emirates has had over here it's a large number of capital savings and could significantly contribution to addressing such environmental problems by foreign government resources and shaping various policy initiatives include the location. Although the environmental management public policies in the country are still very far away from those of, say for example, Europe, the United States, and many other developed economies in Asia such as Hong Kong's single for, researchers have pointed out that it is steadily on its way in order to achieve the same results. At least from the perspective of a problems solution scenario, it is only the future which would dictate whether or not such environmental laws and public policies could be able to keep up with the problems that are generated by a fast-paced organization and economic growth.

Major technolgy part 2

            The Internet may be considered one of the best technological developments in the last 100 years. At present, the Internet has generally made huge impacts to different aspects of people’s lives as well as in various sectors of the society. In the business sector for instance, noted that the Internet has had effect throughout the business sector. This paper aims to discuss the implications of the Internet to my major subject which is Business. First, this paper aims to discuss how professionals in the area use the Internet. Second, this paper aims to discuss how the Internet improved efficiency. Lastly, this paper aims to discuss how businesses could use the Internet in the future.

(Elango, B. (2000). Impact of the Internet on Small Business: A Survey of Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial Executive, 5(1), 85-100)).

            Professionals, including marketers, financial consultants, operations managers, and human resource managers are among the individuals that have greatly benefited from the Internet.  These professionals rely on the technology of the Internet to perform their tasks and responsibilities. For marketers for instance, the Internet offers great possibilities for marketing and promoting products and services.  For instance, the Internet provides a way for marketers to provide detailed product information, establish presence in new markets, enhance the company’s corporate image, encourage customer involvement in developing and improving products, establish interactivity with the customers, and handle customer complaints and queries [1].For financial consultants, aside from communicating and coordinating with their clients, financial consultants also use the Internet to perform researches to support their financial advices or recommendations.For instance, financial consultants use the Internet to access company information, such as financial reports and other vital data to provide investment advices to clients. Meanwhile, operations managers use the Internet to perform transactions with suppliers and other vendors of raw materials and components for production)[2]. Human resource managers also use the Internet to post job advertisements and accept job applications.

 ( Powell, T. (2001). e-Transactions: The Impact of the Internet on the Financial Sector. Information Management Journal, 35(4), 26-29. ) 

            One of the benefits that could be derived from the use of the Internet would be increase in efficiency both on the part of business organizations and even customers. Focusing first on the customers, the Internet led to the introduction of on-line selling, which made shopping and buying more convenient and time- and cost-efficient to customers. The Internet has provided a way for customers to purchase products right through the convenience of their homes without having to personally visit a store. In this case, the customers may be able to save time, as they would no longer need to allocate time to go to the supermarket or the department store to buy what they need.  Furthermore, the customer would also be able to save cost to the extent that they no longer need to spend money for gas or fuel and transportation to reach the stores they want and to purchase what they need or want.    

            For businesses on the other hand, the Internet has also helped increased efficiency in several ways.  First, the Internet has provided a way to reach customers more efficiently.Businesses use the Internet to reach the customers, primarily through creating a website that contains information about the company and its products, as well as recent news and development, which help in purchasing decisions. With the scope of the Internet, the company may be able to reach more customers at lower costs.  Second, the business companies could also use the Internet to process long-distance or cross-border transactions without having to meet in person, thereby promoting efficiency.  The Internet provides a way for integrating business processes, which likely results to cost efficiency and effective business support.  (  Teo, T. & Pian, Y. (2003). A Contingency Perspective on Internet Adoption and Competitive Advantage. European Journal of Information Systems, 12(2), 78-92.)

    

            In the future, businesses may be expected to benefit more from the use of the Internet.  The Internet would allow its users, such as businesses and professionals to capitalize on the different features of the Internet to produce desirable outputs for their respective activities. For example, the interactive nature of the present day internet platform makes it possible for businesses to interact better with its stakeholders more particularly its customers and suppliers, which both play important roles for business success.  In addition, the Internet would allow businesses, especially the small businesses to reach global markets in spite of their size.  Aside from these, there are still a lot to look forward to in the future, but generally, businesses may be expected to influence more on the technology of the Internet to remain competitive in a highly turbulent business landscape.

References

• Elango, B. (2000). Impact of the Internet on Small Business: A Survey of Entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurial Executive, 5(1), 85-100.

• Powell, T. (2001). e-Transactions: The Impact of the Internet on the Financial Sector. Information Management Journal, 35(4), 26-29.

• Teo, T. & Pian, Y. (2003). A Contingency Perspective on Internet Adoption and Competitive Advantage. European Journal of Information Systems, 12(2), 78-92.

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Reflection 2

LSEC is the course which I gain from it a lot of skills , like knowing my mistakes in grammar or correcting my spelling mistakes. After that I learned how to put references in my research. Also I have learned the meaning of citation, bibliography. And It was an easy way to do your projects  and post it in the blogger because it saves time .

I have enjoyed this course this semester .I have spent a good time with my teacher Mr. Hedley and all of my class colleagues ; it will be in my memory until the last day in my life. 

Reflection 1

I have learned so much regarding how to do research and organizing the references (bibliography), starting from summarizing an article from a magazine. Also I learned how to compare between two things (Bugatti &Porsche). We started from the easier part to the hard part which is report submission. It’s a big piece of research which has more information. For me it was easy to do it because the teacher showed us the basis of doing it. I think this is the most effective course which I have learned many important things from.  

Major Technolgy

Introduction:

 The computer is a wonderful invention. It has made the world a small village by accessing to the Internet. I am a business student and my major relies 100% on the internet. It is a superb source of information and it has made the communication easier and faster.

Brief History of the Internet:

 The history of the internet begins in the 19th century with the invention of the telegraph system. The modern history of the Internet starts in the 1950s and 1960s with the development of computers. The father of the internet Tim Berners-Lee was the man leading the development of the World Wide Web (with help of course); the defining of HTML (hypertext markup language) used to create web pages, HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and URLs (Universal Resource Locators). All of those developments took place between 1989 and 1991. (Short history of the internet)The Internet we know today grew from seeds planted by the U.S. government. Before the development of the internet there was ARPA net or Advanced Research Projects Agency Networks. ARPA net was funded by the United States military after the cold war with the aim of having a military command and control center that could withstand nuclear attack. The point was to distribute information between geographically dispersed computers.  The ARPA net opened in 1969 and was quickly usurped by civilian computer nerds who had now found a way to share the few great computers that existed at that time. (Bellis , Mary )

Benefits of Internet:

Furthermore there are a lot of benefits of the internet for the business major as whole. First of all sending emails through the internet made it easier to send documents so it is an amazing method of communication. Moreover, the internet makes it easy, fast and cheap for business students to share knowledge with other students all over the world and exchange experiences and get guidance. The information in the internet is free of cost and it is available 24 hours. Anyway the internet contains billions of websites which have different information for every topic of the world and of course there are specific websites for business purposes. As business students it is essential to get the latest news in the world. So the internet contains websites which are immediately updated with the latest news when any event happens around the world. Moreover the internet provides students with lectures and tutorials on different topics. So it is a very easy way to get education.(Pakhare , Jayashree)

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 Short History of the Internet. (2010, November 17). In ProQuest Editorial Website G. Retrieved (2011,April 4)  from: http://elibrary.bigchalk.com

 History of the internet, Mary Bellis, Retrieved ( 2011,April 5) from:http://inventors.about.com/od/istartinventions/a/internet.htm

  Benfits of internet, Jayashree Pakhare, Retrived (2011,April5) from: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/advantages-disadvantages-internet.html

Bugatti Veyron versus Porsche 911 Turbo

Introduction :

            Bugatti and Porsche are two well respected premium car manufacturers in the world. Both of them are known not only for making seriously good looking cars, but for making extremely fast ones as well. Two seriously fast cars that these respective automakers are proud of are the Bugatti Veyron and the Porsche 911 Turbo. Let's see how they compare in terms of top speed, 0 to 60 mph acceleration, horsepower, weight, and safety.

            The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is known to be the most expensive vehicle available today. This mid-engined grand touring car costs around $2,600,000, plus taxes and other add-ons that the customer would like. The Bugatti Veyron is powered by an 8 litter 16 cylinder engine which is matted to a dual-clutch direct-shift gearbox computer-controlled automatic with seven gear ratios. The driver can choose to drive in fully-automatic or semi-automatic mode. The shifting is so good that the driver will only need approximately 150 milliseconds to shift gears. With ten radiators, the Bugatti Veyron can handle all the strain on the race track.

            The Veyron's top speed is 431.07 km/h or a total of 267.85 mph. That's a total of 1001 horsepower for the Veyron – which makes it the fastest street legal car in the world. It accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds. The only negative thing about the Veyron is that it is a very heavy car. It weighs 4,299 pounds with fuel and oil (Frankel, 2005). Thus, it cannot perform well when driven slowly. It can only deliver when it is fast. However, in terms of safety, the Bugatti Veyron is quite impressively engineered. Thus, Bugatti promises that the passengers and the driver of the car will be safe even at extreme speeds. It uses and aerodynamic balance of down force and lift, a four-point electronic stability, and

the Haldex four-wheel drive system to ensure that the Veyron is safe in high speeds, curves, and other road situations (Bugatti, 2011).

            The 911 Turbo is Porsche's answer to the Bugatti Veyron. This vehicle has a top track speed of 194 mph. It accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds with Sport Plus. It outputs 480 lb. ft. of torque with over boost 2,100 to 4,000 rpm (Porsche, 2011). However, its 3.8 litter flat-six cylinder engine matted to a 6-speed with dual-mass flywheel manual gearbox only delivers 500 horsepower (Paternie, 2001). In terms of safety, Porsche has a very good braking system, passive safety, and lighting system that keeps all aspects of the vehicle safe and secure. It weighs 3175 lbs, which offers a lot of difference from the Bugatti Veyron's weight. Thus, it performs well both at fast and slow speeds. Because of these characteristics, the Porsche 911 turbo has been used in a couple of races all over the world. The 2010 model is sold at USD $143,800.

            These two vehicles have their own strengths and weaknesses. The Bugatti Veyron is definitely leading when it comes to speed. The 501 horsepower difference is really huge on the race track. The Bugatti's top speed is also leading by 237.07 km/h. Thus, there is no doubt that the Veyron is definitely faster. But the Porsche delivers when it comes to weight and over all usability. With its reasonable weight, the Porsche 911 Turbo can be driven at both slow and fast speeds – something that the Bugatti Veyron fails to deliver. In terms of security, both of the cars are really engineered well. Bugatti reaches 0 to 60 mph 0.2 second faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo. The price difference however is considerable. Choose the faster car and pay US $2,456,200 more. So if you want the faster car, there will be a couple of disadvantages. The Porcshe 911 Turbo is more affordable, but it cannot deliver the same speed as the Bugatti Veyron.

References:

• Bugatti (2011). Top Priority: Maximum Safety. Retrieved 12 April 2011 from:

            <http://www.bugatti.com/en/grand-sport/technology/safety.html>.

• Frankel, A. (17 November 2005). European First Drive: 2006 Bugatti Veyron. Edmunds       Inside Line, Retrieved 12 April 2011 from:             <http://www.insideline.com/bugatti/veyron-164/2006/european-first-drive-2006-      bugatti-veyron.html>.
• Paternie, P.C. (2001). Porsche 911. MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company.
• Porsche (2011). 911 Turbo Technical Specs, Retrieved 12 April 2011 from:

            <http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/911/911-turbo/featuresandspecs/?        gtabindex=4>

           

  Betraying (causes and effects)

Cheating means betraying a friend or wife or any relatives. Every problem has  causes and results. Unfortunately a survey shows recently in the UAE both locals and expatriate couples have cheated on their partners.700 people participated in this survey; 60% of the women who participated in the survey have cheated on their partners ; on the other hand 19% of men betrayed their women.

Dr. Saad said that the main cause of it is weak religious belief  in people behaving this way .While Dr.AlArifai said that movies and drama portray emotional cheating as a simple act rather than exposing it as a disgraceful act.

These are some causes which lead to many negative results. One of the biggest results is divorce. Most divorce cases in Arab countries are a result of emotional cheating .However these cases are hard to be proved in the Arab countries because of the Islamic religion which forces you to have 4 witnesses to state they have seen the act of unfaithfulness with their own eyes. And the second fact is that the confidence between the partners will be finished and there will be no truth in the relationship.

Finally, I would like to say that I hope we can solve this problem easily because it will destroy our society and it can enter our houses and even destroy them.

(Aldanhani,Khalid “Empty Rooms “ . 999 Society and Security 480 (2010 ) : 22-25)

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