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A lot of student's can't afford to move away from their families. What are the common roles within the family system? Wife- domestic responsibilities as well as caring for the family Husband- work during the day-go out at night (on the town-drinking) Children-Help around house, work as soon as they are able (usually beginning around age 12), If lucky they are able to attend school What are the gender roles? Both in the home and in general)? Men have a much higher status. They are the leader of the household and make all of the ‘family' decisions Women are granted very little respect. They usually do not work outside the home and their pollens are usually not validated. What are the main religions? Roman Catholicism – occasional practices of tribal religions What holidays are celebrated and how? New Years- dress as famous people; blow up scarecrow filled with fireworks 10th of August; Independence- drinking and partying What is a typical day like?Men get up early and go t o work (generally labor Job) Women get up early to prepare breakfast, get children ready and begin chores Children (if lucky get to go to school) get up and go to work (chores/labor) Long lunch break (1-3) Family eats together and takes a nap or ‘siesta' goes until about 7 late dinner (around 8 dock) with families What types of foods are common? Work/school Several Course meal (wealthier families)- begin with coffee/appetizer Rice, potatoes, meats-?loom Finn (similar to steak)-?often times grown by the family One course meals for poorer families How do people handle conflict?Very expressive; late at night the men are drinking, leads to more violence Taught to be very vocal-discuss heavily What are the education systems like? Not everyone gets to go to school – some have to help family Show more respect towards teachers- don't want to get into trouble, see school as a privilege and don't want to lose it Not as many restrictions on discipline (hitting or ‘striking') -doesn't mean it happens the time Is anyone given more respect than others? Elders and males How is America viewed?The Projects view them very positive because they understand that Americans come to help them Very envious, everything Americans do is great- view Americans as ‘better than they are' -mimic our actions and lifestyles Of America – don't understand that we also have our own problems-not everyone is rich Of Equator (hot)-?rarely gets over 75 degrees -â€Å"third world†- poor families that need financial help What do people enjoy doing in their free time? Men drink Soccer and Volleyball- Play and watch the World Cup and Ecuador professional team Play outside- kids do not have T.V and very rarely a radio Is there anything else that you would like to tell me about the culture? Country- inside the borders you have mountains, Jungle, and beaches all within hours weather is generally nice throughout the entire year People- They are very friendly Quite a few A mericans either living or visiting there Cultural Inferences A collectivist culture, such as Ecuador, can be defined as a culture that places â€Å"emphasis on the group's wants, needs, and desires. People of Ecuadorian culture are defined by their relationships and are connected to others† (Staten).Although the men are given distinct individual privileges and do not always consider the opinions of others, the whole culture of Ecuador embraces more of a collective approach. One specific example is that the children often times do not go to school so that they can help out the family either by working around the house and in the yard, or by getting a Job to provide a little extra income. This may seem as more of an economic issue, but it is the belief system associated with the situation that illustrates a collectivist approach.Children understand that it is an honor to attend school and would love to do so, but they are ultimately concerned with the benefits of the entire fam ily, not just themselves. Therefore, knowing that it will help the family makes it relatively easy to give up the opportunity to further their education. While collectivist values are very apparent in Ecuador, there are also illustrators of a very individualistic view. As mentioned above, the males in Ecuador are a prime example of individualism. As defined, individualistic values place â€Å"emphasis on the individual's wants, needs and desires.A person is defined by their personality and is separate from others† (Staten). Men in Ecuador are given, and grow to expect a much greater deal of respect. They do not have to check in with anyone, and are free to make decisions based on their individual feelings and beliefs (even if the decision affects a number of people besides themselves). When the men come home from work they do not help out with the family or around the home either. It is not unusual to find men out late at night â€Å"unwinding† after a long day, illust rating how they deliberately take care of themselves first. Ales. Not only is this applied to men, but also to elders. They make decisions without consulting others and no one questions their authority. One specific example of vertical power can be found in the fact that women are legally obligated to practice total obedience towards their husbands. If respect is not given to a certain individual, domestic violence is a common response and is not considered a criminal code (Guidance). Also illustrating vertical values, students view the school system and their education as an opportunity not to be taken advantage of.Therefore, they give up-most respect to their teachers and do not misbehave in class (talking out of turn, Ewing late or disrespectful, rough-housing etc). The premium is placed on memorization and lecture with very large class sizes. This means that students are not given one on one attention, and instead have a ‘nodding acquaintance' with their teacher. The prima ry goal of secondary education is the development of economic and social mobility so youth are prepared and able to assume positions of leadership in society (showing importance of rank).Also, in order to qualify for one of the nine institutions students need to score high on the admissions test, thus ranking dents with their peers and promoting a competitive atmosphere (Wilson). Specifically looking at the classroom conduct that children are taught to obey, it is also easy to detect a restrained cultural value. As seen in the classroom and also in the definition of restraint, â€Å"people are expected to learn to control their emotions, which is a sign of maturity' (Staten). Speaking up against the teacher is absolutely unheard of and results in very careful use of language and analysis by the students.The students are not the only ones who practice restraint though. The teachers liver a class session full of facts, theories, and reflections, leaving little to no time for discussi ons or most forms of expression. The classroom is calm and controlled, leaving little room for the unexpected, or unwanted. Restraint does not stop in the school system, but extends to various aspects of life. For example, if a woman chooses an occupation in the business field she must take extra precaution and find an appropriate balance between appearing ‘pushy and professional.During the initial greeting, both men and women will refrain from contact and will reserve kissing (once on each check) for the elderly and the young. Typically, men will greet with a firm handshake and women will greet with a soft hand-touch (once again showing that women must refrain from a ‘powerful' appearance). Also, when having a discussion with someone, it is common knowledge to refrain from talking about politics (specifically the government and possible difficulties with their neighboring countries).These practices show that people are expected to hold off on emotional expression and in stead show self-control to appear ‘professional' (Foster). As discussed above, there is an obvious cultural value in the area of gender differences. An emphasis is placed on unambiguous sex-roles and women/men are viewed different physically, psychologically, and socially. Men work outside the home and are the initial providers for the family, contributing the main income and making the family decisions.Women very rarely work outside of the home and are expected to be capable of working in areas such as weaving, cooking, cleaning, child care and yard work (preparation and harvest). Even children are raised with specific gender-based chores and early occupations. While young, little boys will often complete their duties souse with the cooking, sewing, and cleaning. For extracurricular activities boys are allowed to learn music and play instruments while girls are only allowed to sing and dance along with the provided music.As they grow older, boys will often find a Job around a ge 12 (usually labor based) to help support the family financially, while girls will often enter the sexual union (have children and take care of their husband) by age 12-13 (Brine). The cultural values of Ecuador do display a degree of structure between individuals of varying ‘status,' but values of flexibility are also very prevalent n day to day life. During casual or leisure time the notion of time' is not always viewed as a necessity. Lunch dates and evening get-together are set around flexible times and it is not considered ‘rude' to show up late (15-20 minutes).Lateness in Ecuador however, has become such a problem that the government has been forced to get involved. In a recent interview with President Lucia Guttering he stated â€Å"We have to be on time for the sake of God, the country, our people and our consciences! † (â€Å"Don't Be Late.. â€Å"). This ‘problem' is being dealt with, but remains as a prime example of their flexible lifestyle. Flexibility is a value that is also tied directly to family life. Families and individuals need to remain flexible when determining how to earn their income. Many families are not extensively wealthy and live off of their crops or products sold at the market.However, there is always the chance that the crops will not turn out, or the products will not be sold and so families are often times willing and open to finding additional sources of income. The children understand and are accustomed to these situations, and therefore remain very flexible with any of their future plans. While helping around the house they may not have set chores, but instead help out with whatever is necessary at that moment. As they grow, some might have the opportunity to attend school, while others may have to stay at home.Even if they are granted the chance to go to school, children understand that they need to be flexible in case their family needs them at home, resulting in withdraw from their classes. C learly, the idea of flexibility is taught from an early age and carried out though adulthood. Intercultural Comparison: Matt was a key person to interview. Not only did he grow up in Ecuador and embrace the culture and values, but he has also experienced a considerable amount of his life in America. Through the interview he gave very qualified information about the people, customs and traditions of Ecuador.Then, following the interview we discussed some of the similarities and differences that are apparent between Ecuadorian culture and American culture. It seems through resources and Mat's personal experience that both Ecuadorian and American cultures have a wide variety of situational communication â€Å"dos and don't. † Both cultures have casual and professional styles of communication, both appropriate for different events. The greatest differences between the two cultures and their forms of communication are the use of expressive communication (greetings in particular) a nd the expectations based on status differences.In American culture, people rely a great deal on the use of expression, specifically person (someone they have previously met) without the use of their body or exaggerated facial features, it would most likely be very difficult or nearly impossible. In America we often times greet others with a hug, a large smile, and possibly a ‘handshake' specific to our relationship. The American culture values expression within our communication from beginning to end, an aspect that differs with that of the Ecuadorian culture. In Ecuador, people are fairly restrained with the use of actions and expressions, producing a more subtle greeting.Even people who are very excited and happy to see one another will be more formal and calm, most often extending Just a friendly handshake. In Ecuador it has been clearly stated that there is a strong vertical structure throughout not only the home but through the community. This differs greatly from Americ a, the ‘land of equality. If a woman in Ecuador was to be told she can't do something because of her gender (especially if told from her husband) she would most likely accept this as an understandable explanation.However, if an American woman was told that something was being withheld from her simply because of her gender she would most likely sue the company or individual for discrimination. This difference is also very apparent in the school systems. Children in America give a degree of respect towards their teachers, but as they advance the respect seems to dwindle until student/teacher relationships become so casual that they are implementing their own ‘handshake' upon greeting, and comparing plans for the upcoming weekend. In Ecuador, respect is expected – even more so as you advance.Students give total reverence to their teachers and would not even consider crossing any questionable behavioral or communication boundaries. Clearly, Ecuador and America have so me clear cultural differences, but those differences are what make each country unique. The differences between the two cultures do not have to serve as a boundary, but rather a bridge if researched and dealt with properly. All human beings are alike. As Matt explained, one of the greatest misunderstandings is the quality of life (materially) in both countries.Both countries have people who are rich, and people who are poor. In both countries people relate to their families, work to support themselves and loved ones, and most importantly, people in both countries all need some source of communication to survive. The key is broadening our knowledge base about what communication is– not only in our own culture, but around the world. Coming to understand and appreciate the various values found in other cultures will not disconnect us from one another, but will make world-wide communication stronger and more effective.

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| | |This project contains information about activity of exercise which I will do with a service user at my placement. It will base on | |sociological and psychological knowledge and also current policies and legislations. | | | |I am student in a local authority day centre. My placement supports adults with physical and sensual impairment.The day centre | |provides range of different groups designed for disabled people. I have chosen an exercise group to my project to describe an | |individual service user. | |The organisation is registered service and regulated by the Care Inspectorate which was established by Regulation of Care ( Scotland| |) Act 2001. Trained and qualified staff works with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) requirements. All service users | |within the placement are treated accordingly with the criteria delineated by the National Care Standards – Support Services. |Each service user in the organisation has his key worker, who creates an individua l care plan based on assessments and taking into | |account the needs and expectations of the individual. | |As a student in the placement I comply with all regulations listed above. In the centre I provide appropriate level of care and help| |in taking part in all available activities. Treat all service users with dignity, privacy, give to all service users choice, provide| |safety, allow realising potential and take account of equality and diversity to each individual. |I chose an individual who I named Mr X to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 to mention that personal information have | |to be used in fully anonymous as awareness of confidentiality and one of a main principal of National Care Standards and SSSC – to | |respect a privacy of service user. | | | |Mr X is disabled since 2009 after when he had cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and resulting in his left sided weakness. Despite his | |disability he still lives in his own home and has a support worker.He is keen to remain as independent as possible but is | |frustrated by his poor mobility. He uses wheelchair fulltime and suffers from epilepsy and diabetes. | |Mr X grew up in nuclear family. He had both parents and sibling – brother and four sisters. His siblings and his mother still live | |and they all are in very good relation to each other. | |Mr X grew up in very familiar environment during his primary socialisation and values gained through this time transferred on his | |later life. He also had a lot of friends. Mr X was very attached to his family and treats closest people as the most important.As | |Bowlby’s theory of attachment says that through attachment to mother Mr X’s basic physiological needs had been satisfied in primary | |socialization. | |(Malim. T, Birch. A. ,1998) | | | |According to one of functionalists George Murdock theory that family performs four main functions. One of the functions is | |reproductive function relate to rising child ren and take responsibility for them. | |(I. Marsh, M. Keating, S. Punch, J.Harden; 2009) | |Firstly Mr X was attached to his mother as she was his primary caregiver while in his adulthood he directed his attention to his | |wife. She took care of him after the loss of his mobility. | | | |Eli Zaretsky, one of Marxists says that view of ideal family, detached from economic world is only illusion. He means that families | |are a source of cheap labour. In according to Mr X’s life I can say that he and his wife were also parts of the ‘family economy’.He| |worked with Scottish Water and his wife was a cleaner in local school and also as nursing auxiliary. They had spent mostly time at | |their work places which caused lack of time to spend with children. | |(Zaretsky. E; 1976) | |Now his source of socialisation is only his family, mainly his sons who he sees regularly. | | | |Mr X experienced feeling of loss. Firstly he lost his health through CVA and his wife which passed away two years after he became | |disabled. |Based on Elizabeth Kubler – Ross On Death and Dying research in which she presented five stages model by which I going to describe | |Mr X’s feelings: | |Denial and isolation – Mr X after lost his health and wife felt that what had happened was very unfair and hard to accept by him. | |Anger – Mr X felt that God does not exist because in other way the tragic situation would never have happened. | |Bargaining – Is a form of truce, begging and promising himself and God, trying to make a deal with the God. |Depression – Mr X gave up and became resigned and lack of motivation to continue living. | |Acceptance – Mr X accepts the present life with the supports of hisfamily. Also classes in the Day Centre give a new meaning to his | |life. | |(E. Kubler – Ross; 2003 ) | | | |To analyse a personal needs and development of Mr X I use PIES model of needs and Maslow's Hierarchy of Hum an Motivation. |There are four categories: physical need to improve Mr X’s mobility, intellectual need to through communication and reflects on the | |choice of appropriate equipment to perform an exercises, emotional to rise Mr X’ self esteem and strengthen his self – confidence, | |and also social need as interaction with other service users. | | | |Maslow's hierarchy of human motivation believes that to achieved the higher-order needs must first meet the basic needs. |During Mr X’s healthy life he was happy and fully satisfied. He had love each other family – wife and two sons so he felt | |belongingness and been attached, he was working so was independent and also received respect from colleagues. He had also very | |active social life. Mr X used to enjoy playing golf and football during his healthy life so he was very active person. He has seen | |himself as very sociable individual enjoying a beer with friends. He was leading successful life until became disable.The | |disability made him unable to do things from previous days. His motivation decreased and he became very frustrated. | |(R. Gross; 2005) | | | |I started my preparation to an activity with a consultation with a manager. I chose as activity exercise group and gained permission| |from the manager to perform the activity.Then I discussed my chose with Mr X’s key worker and also gained from the key worker a | |care plan of the service user and other significant information regarding Mr X’s background, family, health condition and general | |risk assessment. | | | |An important factor for me was a conversation with Mr X and eventually gained permission from him. I explained clearly to the | |service user how the activity will be proceeded. Through the conversation and observation of Mr X’s I learnt what he expects from | |the activity.Also I assured him of his right to choose a course of the activity whether to amend decision. I am going to abide by | |the rules such as National Care Standards by giving to Mr X choice and treat him with dignity and communicate with him in | |appropriate and open way. | |Thanks exercises he hopes to regain the mobility in legs. In the exercise group he feels is given him a purpose to get up of bed and| |the opportunity to interact with his peers in a supported environment. | |I spoke with the leader of exercise class about the course and the main objectives of group.Also the leader informed me that the | |exercise group will take place in main hall of the placement and showed me the room in which it is held needed equipment. | | | |In my placement is using personal – centred planning model of care. The idea of the model was created by O’Brien and Lovett. This | |model is targeted for people who want to change something in their life. The model also focuses on make individuals as independence | |as possible.Mr X has significant left sided weakness and he requires a high level of assistance with all tasks and activities. He | |would like to attend a local gym to work more on building strength on his left side. He also discussed with his support worker a | |possibility of using community venues out with the Day Centre that may have activities running that would keep him busy and involve. | | | | | |For my project as I mentioned I chose exercise group.Main purpose of activities is to keep Mr X as fit as possible, encourage him | |to exercise and more motivated to make progress in becoming back to his mobility. It will make him a lot of satisfaction and | |increase their confidence and belief in his own abilities. Classes also will allow him to be among peers to avoid allowing it to | |feeling of isolation. During the activity I will communicate with Mr X in openly and clearly as awareness of SSSC Codes of Practice | |and Human Rights Act 1998. | |To my activity I intend to use the appropriate music played from a CD and exercise equipment stored in a d esignated lockable room. |The first step will bring a stroller with the equipment and the preparation of music Initially, it will be simple exercises in the | |warm-up then we will use selected by Mr X weights, stretching equipment and balls. To carry out a risk assessment I will carefully | |check environment if there are any type of hazards such as spillages on a floor or other obstacles around Mr X and others service | |users, remove these threats. Also all equipment to be checked if there are any damaged equipment and remove them. I have to make | |sure that the individual took appropriate medication due to his epilepsy and diabetes. |I planned my activity on 19 of March 2013. The activity will take about 70 minutes with 10 minute break for tea, coffee or something| |cooling to drink in terms of the diabetes of Mr X which excludes sweetened beverages. | |During my activity I will use personal – centred planning model of care because the model let me focus on the individua l | |expectations and also let me be fully involved into the activity as Mr X as well. As a method I would be most likely to use | |Essential Lifestyle Plan of Method of Intervention.During this method is taken into account a health condition, communication. | |Health and safety of the individual is a priority as maintaining Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. | |In case of Mr X is very suitable to him the Essential Lifestyle Plan to achieve the objectives which is to give satisfaction to Mr | |X, being able to do exercises that will increase their confidence and belief in their own abilities I am going to be patient and | |empathic, also treat with respect Mr X’s choice in the type of exercises to underpinning Equality Act 2010, National Care Standards | |and SSSC. |To maintain Safe Practice during performance of activity I make sure that I provide the safest environment for Mr X and other | |service users, myself and leading worker. During this I comply with Health and Safe ty at Work Act 1974. | | | |As a contingency plan I will go with Mr X to a local museum because the service user is sympathetic to the history of the town. | | | |In the above project I contained my plan for an activity focusing on needs and development of Mr X.Information above includes | |method and model of care to be used, sociological and psychological concepts which helped me better understand and feelings and | |needs of the service user in terms of regulations and polices underpin antidiscrimination practice and principles essential in | |social care. | |REFERENCES | |Alangul. S, Meggitt.C; Further Studies for Social Care; 2002 | |Bingham. E; HNC in Social Care; 2009 | |Gross. R; The Science of Mind and Behaviour; 2005 | |Kubler – Ross. E; On Death and Dying; 2003 | |Maclean. S, Shiner.M; Social Care and the Law in Scotland; 2011 | |Malim. T, Birch. A. , Introductory Psychology ; 1998 | |Marsh. I, Keating> M, Punch. S, Harden. J; Sociology – Making Sense of Society; 2009 | |Miller. J, Gibb. S, Baker. G, Graham. D, Lancaster. E, Hollis. S; Care in practice for Higher Still ; 2005 | |O’Donnell.M; Introduction to Sociology; 1997 | |Zaretsky. E; Capitalism, the Family and Personal Life; 1976 | | | | | |http://www. learning-theories. com/maslows-hierarchy-of-needs. html | |http://www. simplypsychology. org/Erik-Erikson. tml | | | |Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and Employers | |General Risk Assessment of Mr X | |National Care Standards – Support Services | |Personal Care Plan of Individual and additional information gained from manager and individual’s key worker | Word Count |1 868 |

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Develop a methodology or conceptual approach to support research into a chosen new media user experience - Essay Example However within the twinkle of an eye, her train speedily arrives, gushing through the platform; bringing her viewing to an abrupt end. As she stepped onto the train, she could not stop thinking about the advert, wishing she could have seen the end. She manages to get a seat; pulls out her Vogue magazine, she looks up and notices the static adverts above her head. Suddenly, as if she had never been on the tube before, she actually realises that all the adverts are static. Then she asks herself â€Å"how come tube adverts are static?† Why has no one developed digital displays on the tube?† The recognition that there should be digital displays on the tube is an important consideration in the field of new media advertising. In establishing the methodological approach to this consideration one recognizes that there are first a number of overarching concerns that must be addressed. Perhaps the most pressing concern is the simple question of why such new media approaches to advertising have yet to occur. Such infrastructure considerations no doubt exist on a series of lines. From a purely infrastructure standpoint one recognizes that modern railway system emerged from earlier trains and much of the qualitative approach to infrastructure, in this instance print advertising appears to have been carried over from an earlier era and not enough consideration given to the increasing technological mediation of the modern world. In this regards the study design is aimed not only at determining the general effectiveness and best possible course of action of digital advertising disp lays, but also that it would financially benefit the rail system to implement these digital displays. With these considerations in mind the methodology advanced is firmly rooted in a logistical series of methods. This approach is akin to a mixed methods approach in that it involves both quantitative and qualitative assessment mechanisms. In terms of

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How the women in two stories are treated by the men in their lives Essay Examine how the women in two stories are treated by the men in their lives Two short fiction stories which show how women are treated by the men in their lives are The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion and Weekend. The first story is a pre-1914 story called The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion and it is written by Thomas Hardy. The story is set in 1801 and it was published in 1891.The other story is a more modern story as it is set in the late twentieth century and was published in 1981. It is called Weekend and it is written by a feminist writer called Fay Weldon. The main theme of The Melancholy of the German Legion is how a woman is treated with little independence and how the main female character, Phyllis Grove, tries to find her own freedom by forming a strong friendship with a German soldier that escalates into a relationship. Phyllis is a shy, young character who lives in a secluded manor house with her father, Dr Grove, who was a professional and well-respected gentleman. There now appears to be a lack of money in the Grove household. She is very wary of people due to her sheltered life of solitude, which is mainly the result of her fathers own seclusion, her social condition was twilight. She doesnt appear to have a job as she is the unmarried daughter and she has to look after her father. This was very common for women in the nineteenth century as they didnt have the freedom to go to work and make a career for themselves. Women who were of a low social class would have done very menial jobs, such as maid or dairy maid. Martha is the female in focus in the story Weekend. The story appears to be set in the late 1980s to the early 19990s. The social class of the family in focus is working class as they do not appear to be poor or extremely rich. Martha is a middle-aged market researcher who is married to Martin, a freelance designer and together they have three children called Jolyon, Jenny and Jasper. She has a rather hectic lifestyle looking after three children, running a home, holding down a full-time job and being at her demanding husbands beck and call there was the car to unpack and the beds to make up and the electricity to connect, and the supper to make and the cobwebs to remove. The main theme of this story is how hard Martha has to work and how little recognition she receives in return. She has to play the role of the happy little housewife to please her domineering husband and informs us of how hard her life was made by her husband, the man who is meant to love her. Despite the way she is treated by her husband, she is educated to university standard and she is most probably going to overtake her husband in earnings. The main male characters in The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion each treat Phyllis in a different manor. Her father, Dr Grove, seems very over-protective of her and likes his life of seclusion. This may be because he lost his wife and feels that it is his duty to make sure that no harm comes of Phyllis and that he thinks he knows what is best for his daughter. When Humphrey Gould asked Mr Grove for his daughters hand in marriage, Mr Grove accepted without even consulting Phyllis. Mr Grove considered this to be a good move for his daughter as Humphreys family had a respectable social position in the community and he could provide for her. Even though Mr Grove treats his daughter with the respect she deserves, he still refrains her from having her freedom and the right to chose who she wants to marry. Humphrey Gould himself was a thirty-year-old bachelor from an old local family, who was neither good-looking nor positively plain. He seemed extremely happy to have Phyllis as his wife-to-be and gave the impression that he would take good care of her and had great respect for her. He treated her as a lady with great respect, but despite the good image we get of Gould in the beginning of the story, we soon see a different side of him. He goes away to Bath and doesnt keep Phyllis informed of his whereabouts and she is left questioning whether the engagement is still on or not. When he eventually returns he tells her that he has married another young woman, who he describes as being a dear young belle. This action wasnt very thoughtful on his behalf and even though Phyliss didnt really want to marry him and didnt love him, she still fells slightly betrayed. The only male in The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion who doesnt treat women as though they are objects and treats Phyllis with the amount of respect and freedom she truly deserves is Matthaus Tina. He was a German soldier in the York Hussars regiment and was staying close to where Phyllis lived. He had travelled to England with his brother Christoph, due to The War of the Second Coalition, and had left his mother in his native town of Saarbuck. After Phyllis had first met Matthaus she couldnt stop thinking about him and described him as so striking, so handsome, and his eyes were so blue. He was twenty-two and had quite a high position in the German Army as a corporal. He treated Phyllis as though she were equal to him and there was no hint of a divide between them due to her being female. He respected her fully and never let her down, unlike Humphrey Gould who broke off the engagement. He may have treated her with more respect and freedom than the other main men in her life as he was German and in his country they may have been more hospitable towards women. Martin is the male in focus in Weekend and his is a very obnoxious character. He is married to Martha and he is a freelance designer and there are clues in the story which suggest that he is in his forties, for example he watches the BBC2 news, which is typical of a middle-aged person. Martin treats Martha as more of a servant than a wife and he puts all of the responsibilities onto her. He seems to think that he is too good to be doing housework and odd-jobs and Martha is left to do long lists of chores, prepare tea and sandwiches for the family: then she would strip four beds, the chores seem endless. Martin is also very particular about how he like things to be done, which means extra work for Martha. Martin thinks mash is stodgy and ordinary and instant mash is unthinkable, which means Martha has to take a long time to sautà ¯Ã‚ ¿Ã‚ ½ the potatoes and he thinks pork is a dull meat if its not cooked properly, so she has to spend ages cooking it just how he likes it. Martha doesnt say much in the story as she cant get a word in edgeways because in his eyes he is the man of the house, even though Martha runs the household. She doesnt have much of a chance to voice her opinions directly, but she does voice them in her thoughts as the story is mainly written in first person narrative with her as the narrator. She helps us to get inside her head and with her use of lists she helps to inform us of just how many things she has to do. She seems to scared to disagree with Martin and goes along with whatever he says I expect your right, just to keep the peace. Martha and Phyllis are similar in many ways, even though they are in different situations and from different backgrounds. They are both overpowered by the men in their lives who are closest to them and they are both deprived of having their own lives. Neither of the women seem to have a say about what happens in their lives, for example Phyllis was told who to marry by her father and Martha was told what to with her life by her husband. Despite the number of similarities between the two women there are also some differences between them. Martha put up with her way of life and didnt question it much, but Phyllis did decide to change things. She chose to carry on the affair with Matthaus Tina as she saw a break from her regimented lifestyle and went against her fathers wishes. Phyllis became quite rebellious when she was planning to escape to Saarbuck with Matthaus and Christoph. This is something that Martha would never have considered doing. Both of the women are victims in each of the stories, but I think that Marthas suffering was worse than that of Phyllis as hers was constant and she never got a break from it. Phyllis is treated better than Martha in that respect as she had someone in her life who was treating her very well. That person was Tina as he was the only one who saw the true Phyllis and respected the true Phyllis. To me, Marthas victimisation is worse than that of Phyllis as in 1981 Martha should have had more chances and opportunities due to the development of society, than Phyllis did in1801. I felt very sympathetic towards both of the female characters due to the fact that they are seen as victims and I also felt sympathetic towards Matthaus Tina. I felt sympathetic towards him as he did so much for Phyllis and did his best to keep her happy. It was very sad when he was killed at the end of the story and I again felt very sympathetic towards Phyllis as she lost the one person she truly trusted. The rest of her life is touched by the scandal, even though she was blameless for what happened. The type of language used in each of the stories is suited to the time that it was written and they are very different to each other. The language in The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion is formal and uses traditional English, such as unsrupulous and melancholy, as that type of language would have been used in the nineteenth century. It contains more complex sentences than that used in Weekend and they are sometimes harder to comprehend. The narrative in The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion starts in first person, which is Hardys narration to introduce the characters and scene to the reader. It then progresses into third person narrative to involve the reader in the story, before returning to first person narrative to tie of all loose ends in the story, for example Matthaus date of death. The use of third person narrative enables the reader to see more deeply into the story and become more involved in what is happening. The narrative style and language used in Weekend is less formal than that used in Hardys stories. There are many non-sentences, such as Katy versus Janet, which do not contain a verb and are more of a thought .There are many compound sentences that use words such as then, but, and, so, which helps Martha to express how many jobs she has to do. This use of language is well suited to the date in which the story was set. The role and rights of women changed quite a lot in the period of time between when the two books were written. In 1801, nobody had the chance to vote and your right to a say depended on your position in society. Men with homes got the vote in 1867, all men got the vote in 1916 and women didnt get the vote until 1926. This meant that for along time women were seen as being lower than men and were provided for by their husbands. Other turning points for women in this time span were that they were able to get jobs and were protected by The Sex Discrimination Act,1975. This explains why Martha had a job and Phyllis didnt, but there is still no explanation to support why Martha was treated so badly in modern day Britain. My conclusion is that Fay Weldon was trying to get across that some traditions never change.

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Understanding Organisations and the Role of Human Resources Essay Human Resources are the most vital resource for any organization. It is responsible for each and every decision taken, each and every work done and each and every result. Employees should be managed properly and motivated by providing best of their abilities as per the industry standards. There are many activities in HR that the employee’s working in the HR department needs to partake in to support an organisation. Below are three that I have decided to focus on Recruitment and selection: When it comes to recruiting for an organisation, an HR employee has a lot to get involved in. They are the ones that arrange, or provide assistance in posting vacancies, developing and implementing recruitment strategies, identifying and selecting candidates, assuring all pre-employment requirements are met, and confirming job offers. Advertising the job role is something an HR employee has to do. They can advertise job roles in many different ways such as internal emails. Most companies start out emailing internal employees about current job vacancies incase another employee would like to apply for the role or a friend or family member would. This is cost effective as no money is spent on advertising publicly; therefore if they are working within a budget, this is a good way to save money. Advertising publicly can become an expense. If an HR employee does choose to advertise publicly such as in the local paper, then they will have to work on writing the advertisement and sending the advertisement to the local papers. One way of advertising publicly without affecting any budget is by advertising on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin, and posting the advertisement on job websites such as Reed.co.uk, indeed.co.uk, and totaljob.co.uk. This is a good way to advertise a job vacancy as no costs are incurred and it is guaranteed to be viewed by many possible applicants. Other ways in which an HR employee advertises for vacancies is through a Recruitment Agency. This can become quite expensive, but it’s down to the agency to find the suitable candidates and notify the HR employee about the prospective clients. If a large number of applications are received, this will prevent the interviewing of all applicants by the HR employee, even though all applications are reviewed and applicants whose qualifications and experience seem most appropriate to the opening for which they have applied  are generally selected for screening interviews with the HR employee and possibly another member involved in the recruitment process such as a Team Leader, Manager, or Director. If successful, the HR employee will notify all the applicants interviewed for the specific vacancy, and they will also notify them of the outcome of the selection process. Before conducting an interview, an HR employee has to be aware of the following †¢Familiarising with the duties and requirements of the position they are looking to fill. †¢Making sure they can answer general questions about the organisation and the benefits provided. †¢Formulate questions that will focus on job-related issues such as asking the can didates how they would deal with real life, job-related situations. †¢Write down and organize the questions in the order you will be asking them. †¢Review applicant’s CV and application. †¢Put the applicant at ease with introductory and welcoming remarks. †¢Ask open-ended questions which require behavioral descriptions rather than simply â€Å"yes† or â€Å"no† answers (i.e., have them describe a work situation in which they handled stress well rather than just asking if they can â€Å"handle stress well†). †¢Stay away from questions that have more to do with personal lifestyle than job experience. Phrase the question so that the answer will describe on-the-job qualities instead of personal qualities. If the question is not related to performance on the job, it should not be asked. General Administration of the employees Another aspect an HR employee has to deal with is the general admin of their employees. The HR department with have every employee’s personal details such as address details for sending out letters, pay-slips, or any other documentation. Bank details to make sure the employees wages go into the employees account. Passports, any qualification certificates, birth certificates, right to work, sickness forms, medical information, etc. Any of this information is liable to change in which case, it is down to the employee to notify the HR employee and it is the HR employee’s job to correct, amend and store away this information. Part of the admin is making sure the filing system is maintained and up to date, Supporting with training development administration including updating training records, and other ad hoc duties that support the smooth running of the office and  the HR department Payroll and compensation: Another aspect on an HR employee’s job is to ensure that all staff receives their wages accurately and on time, usually on a monthly basis. Most of the time, when dealing with payroll, producing the pay slips is the most important part of pay roll. The HR employee has close communication with managers and other employee’s such as Team Leaders to find out about any new recruits, promotions, benefits, and any other aspects that need to be considered when dealing with an employee’s wage. Compensation is the reward received by the employee’s in return for their contributions to the organisation. It is an organised practice that involves balancing the work-employee relation by providing monetary and non-monetary benefits to employees. Compensation is an integral part of human resource management which helps in motivating the employees and improving organisational effectiveness. Other compensation is determining and providing the compensation packages to the employees that are aligned with the business goals and objectives. In some cases, organisations have to take special measures regarding compensation of the employees so that the organisations retain the valuable employees. The compensation systems have changed from traditional ones to strategic compensation systems. Ways HR professional support Line Managers and their staff Building Relationships with employees The primary reason human resources and line managers should work together is because both parties have a vested interest in ensuring the company achieves success. Through working together, line management becomes more proficient in tactical human resources functions. This frees up time for human resources professionals to devote more time to strategic HR management. Everybody working in an organisation should develop the right culture and behaviours between everybody working for the organisation. HR employees do this by coaching and working with line managers to help them to better understand the range of tools at their disposal to help develop and train the employees of the organisation. This can range from linking specific performance measures such as behavioral, attitude, willingness, and quality  of an employee’s work, and if needed, making exceptions and goals for an employee to work towards. When HR is working with line managers, the HR employee should posses the ability to build effective relationships with other employee’s in their organisation. This will enable the HR employee to communicate the translation of the HR and business objectives in a language that both sides understand. Only then can the relationship be built on a platform of mutual respect and trust where both sides work as a team. HR employees need to make line managers aware of the support that is available to help them to develop their talent management capability. Line Managers recognise that it is up to HR employee to raise their profile in terms of what they can offer and bring to a business making them a more reputable employee for the organisation Conflict Resolution Workplace conflict is inevitable whenever department employees represent different cultures, work styles and personalities. When conflicts arise, line managers typically seek the advice of HR in resolving issues between employees or issues between employees and their managers. If there is already tension between HR and a member of the management team, it can be difficult for HR to determine what underlies the conflict and how to resolve it. A positive working relationship between HR and any employee in a management status will make it easier when handling workplace investigations and solving the differences between staff. When HR and line management work together, it’s easier for HR to investigate workplace issues because the human resource staff may have greater confidence that line managers document their employment actions and decisions appropriately and according to company policy. Department Staffing The human resource department’s main function is to support the workforce needs of the organisation. HR and line managers should communicate regularly and frequently to determine the skills and qualifications that are required to make sure that department functions are running smoothly. Whenever there’s a vacancy in a line manager’s department, an HR recruiter or employment specialist and the line manager review the job description to  determine who might be suitable for the roll internally. During the recruitment and selection process, HR advises line managers on how to identify qualified candidates and existing department staff capabilities. Performance Management Training and development is an HR function that prepares line managers for a number of leadership tasks. One task is conducting employee performance appraisals. Human resources practitioners develop learning objectives based on line managers’ understanding of the organisation’s coaching philosophy. Leadership training topics include how to provide employees with constructive feedback and how to conduct fair and unbiased assessments of employee performance. HR and line managers should therefore work together to ensure the organisation maintains a consistent approach to performance management. Inconsistencies within an organisation’s performance management system negatively impact employee job satisfaction, which is another reason HR and line managers, should work collaboratively.

Competitive Analysis For Dell Corporation

Competitive Analysis For Dell Corporation Michael Dell established Dell Corporation in 1984 in Austin, Texas, with an exceptional idea of selling computers having direct linkage to consumers; Dell is able to meet the computing needs of their customers effectively and efficiently. Now every day Dell connects with more than 5.4 million customers, through several ways like phone, in person, on Dell.com and most importantly through social networking websites, All over the world Dells almost 96,000 workers are dedicated to making technological work effective for communities and customers. It is one of the motive of Dell is make available the technology more easy to get to people and other organizations all over the world. Dells every day shipment is more than 110,000 computer systems to customers in almost 180 countries. Dells Customers to achieve the more Dell is united, to meet the needs of big corporations, public oriented institutions (healthcare centres, educational institution and government ets), SMEs, and the most important Dells customers. Dell have almost 41,000 Services group members in 90 countries,  60 centres of technical support, and seven centres of global command committed to helping their customers to use the up-to-date technology to meets their businesss needs and goals. There is no doubt that Dell is on the top in the satisfaction of customers by providing the extraordinary services like on site response, on site expertise and phone supports, said the Corporate IT users. From  the Classrooms  to  Virtual Labs, primary schools to universities are arranging  Dells specifically educational technological solutions, making Dell the number one source of providing laptops, notebooks and desktops computers to education in quite a lot of countries all over the world. As being a top rated IT Services provider of the world, Dell helps in the medical profession to set free the strength of technology to help for the better improvement regarding patients. Dell is the top rated  supplier of Personal computers to lSE all over the world and the top rated  supplier to public customers in the U.S. Dell deals with 98% of Fortune 500 corporations. As being on the 2nd in the rating of supplying computer to customers of education sector Dell is devoted to help teachers, admin, students connects the streangth of IT to broad learning. Dell is covering the SME as approx. 10 million small units deals with Dell through which It got high rank in U.S. No doubt that Dell is trusted greatly by customers regarding their corporations IT needs. Dell is on the top in providing the SCSI (ISCSI) solution of storage around the world and also number 1 in providing X86 server in U.S. Dells customers are able to deal with more than 60,000 registered partners of Dell and are certified to function as their Agents. Connecting with the Customers through internet Dell started online selling in 1996 on Dell.com and now they have smore than 4million website visitors daily, which results in an order got online in almost every 2 seconds. In this era Dell.com is dealing in 166 countries and in 34 languages all over the world, dell is on the no. 3 of the top five search engines and it is second most reputed brand in social media activities for depth and breadth. Dell social Web community have more than 3.5 million members, the community includes Dell outlets on twitter Dell.com, Face book, Orkut (brazil) SINA and other websites. Dell introduced idea Stormâ„ ¢ in 2007, a place where people can share their thoughts, ideas and can also vote for the one they like Dell got ideas and those ideas also implemented about 400 ideas executed by Dell. Visitors of Dell are allowed to read and participate to more than 100,000 reviews of products. Financial Information For FY 2011, in third quarter finished 29, Oct, 2010 Dells Revenue was approx. $15.4 billion and the operating income  was about $1.02 billion. Dells Net income in 3rd quarter of fiscal year 2010  was $822 million and retribution per share was $0.42. (http://content.dell.com/uk/en/corp/d/corp-comm/our-story-facts-about-dell.aspx). Competition Dell is no doubt is operating in an industry where there is a rapid change in technology and innovations in hardware and software, services and the competition among products and prices and all the related areas of business from our standard competitors. Dell compete with its competitors with its competitive ability of giving profitable and good solutions to their customers that provide the new and required product features with customer services, a standard quality and reliability. All this is only possible due our direct linkage with our customers, which proves the best way of getting the information about the changing needs and wants of customers more efficiently than any other company. No doubt that this strong and healthy connection between Dell and its customers and the understanding of customers needs offers Dell a competitive advantage. By IDC, Dell grew 0.2 points of share by calendar 2008 as Dells 11.1% increase in units outpaced the companys general growth of computer syst em which is 9.7%. in the share was due to a well overall performance in half FY 2009 followed by a decrease in units shipments in dells business in last 6 months of FY 2009. Which was somewhat equalized by the potency in our globalized business. Dells growth of commercial businesss units was slow which shows their decision in an erode demand atmosphere to enable the growth in units while saving the profitability. For the duration of the second half of FY 2009, the intact business faces a difficult IT end-user demand situation as present economic situation impacted on global customer ways of spending. The companies like technology grow by increasing their offerings and piercing new natural features. For achieving this level of growth, companies will bring innovation and will also lesser price. Dells capability to sustain or increase market share is predicated on our capability to be competitive on product functionality, quality and geographic saturation, and pricing. Furthermore, The efforts of Dell to equalize its mixes of services and variety of products to optimize profitability, elasticity, and chances of growth may affect the position of Dells market share in short term. In the last of the FY 2009, Dell by sustaining its position in the market remained the top rated supplier in personal computers in U.S and worldwide was at 2nd position. (http://i.dell.com/sites/content/corporate/secure/en/Documents/FY09_SECForm10K.pdf). Competitors When we talk about the competitors, comparatively Dells growth in Q4 of FY2009 was low which 11.5% is and growth of its competitors like HP grew 19.8% market growth and Acer was at 13.5%. Dells growth compared to its 13.35 in the 4th quarter in 2008 was also short. This is the main feature of the high growth rate in the last 7 years in the personal computer selling market, even though the last quarter of 2008 was not so good because of economic critical situation. Whereas some other competitors like Lenovo and Toshiba is concerned comparatively to Dell they were at low point of growth rate which was like Lenovo 8.7% and Toshiba 5.3%. The growth of mobile PCs like net books and notebooks was low in the personal computers selling market. Dells main strength is that it deals in commercial and communal sector so with the intension of preserving its profit Dell refuse to become a part of price war in the personal computer market. Prelim worldwide PC vendor unit ships for Q4 2009 (thousands of units) Company Q4 09 Mkt Share Q4 08 Mkt Share HP 17,792.2 19.8% 14,239.9 19.3% Acer 12,188.2 13.5% 8,612.7 11.7% Dell 10,397.1 11.5% 9,839.3 13.3% Lenovo 7,836.5 8.7% 5,509.3 7.5% Toshiba 4,811.9 5.3% 3,668.1 5% Others 37,008.5 41.1% 31,855.4 43.2% Total 90,034.5 100% 73,724.7 100% HP became a top rated compute seller in US, defeating Dell. Dell struggle to sustain its in the market. By this the US 5 top rated vendors were HP, Acer, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba. (http://www.techeye.net/hardware/dell-continues-to-bleed-market-share). Conclusion The World largest PC manufacturer HP is using the retail channel strategy through which HP hit dells Sales and its profit, And showed the first-quarter profit of fiscal year 2008. The results estimated on orders for PCs, servers and storage by topped analysts shows that HPs strategy (to depend on the network of retailers) is working very well. They gave a wonderful option to touch the machines before purchasing and this option is helping HP to win customers .To add more HPs PCs and notebook are sold more than 110,000 stores. This is 10 times greater than Dell. Dell has its PCs selling not more than 10,000 stores. Even in terms of notebook and desktop models offered through retailers, HP offers them twice as many as Dell does. To Shoppers, therefore have more choice. Recommendation Dell uses direct sale strategy which is very good but not able to give the competitive edge to HP so I believe that Dell should also follow the same strategy as HP to win the customer back and to get success.

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Recently in a local hearing clinic, a client’s concerns were discussed. â€Å"I’m afraid I won’t like them. My brother in law bought two hearing aids, and he keeps them in a drawer in the kitchen.† While the number of people dissatisfied with their hearing aids hovers around 50%, the hearing aid industry is hard pressed to decrease the number of returns, and increase the average daily use of each aid. In order to accomplish this, hearing aid manufacturers must answer the most often heard complaint: â€Å"It doesn’t work well in noise.† Unfortunately, a hearing aid will never be able to accomplish the sifting and sorting that is carried out in the human brain. While a person with normal hearing sits in a restaurant, he can distinguish a conversational speech signal that is as little as three decibels greater than the ambient noise. On the other hand, a person with a 30-decibel sensorineural loss might need the speech signal to be 15 or more decibels greater than the ambient noise. The hearing aid’s task is to acoustically or electronically compensate for both the neurological shortcomings of the hearing impaired person and the wide band increase inherent in any basic amplifier.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Acoustic compensation can be carried out in a hearing aid microphone. Most hearing aids today utilize omnidirectional microphones, which pick up sound equally from all directions. This may be beneficial and practical in some cases, as in the completely in the canal (CIC) aid. The CIC aid uses the natural funneling of the auricle in order to focus sound directly into the instrument. Behind-the-ear (BTE) and full concha in-the-ear (ITE) aids lose this anatomical feature, and may benefit from a directional microphone. â€Å"The purpose of using a directional microphone is to focus its sensitivity toward the front of the listener, thereby attenuating or reducing unwanted â€Å"noise† or competition emanating from behind the listener.† (Stach 1998) Microphone directionality can be accomplished by using a single microphone with two sound inlets. In this mechanical method, the time lag created by a sound entering each inlet is precisely calibrated to cancel out sounds from the sides and back of the microphone as they strike the diaphragm. The Phonak MicroZoom uses an electronic approach. Each MicroZoom contains two omnidirectional microphones. According to the flyer, â€Å"One picks up sound in front of you while a second picks up sound from the sides and rear.

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Ethics of Encryption Effects of Encryption on the Constitution of the United States of America In the rapidly developing field of computer science, there is no more controversial issue than encryption. Encryption has become a highly contested issue with the broad use of global networks including the Internet. As more and more sensitive documents are being placed on computer networks, and trusted information is being sent from computer to computer throughout the world, the need for encryption has never been greater. However, the effects of encryption on our lifestyle and the government's role in encryption has been (and will continue to be) debated for years to come. The United States (U.S.) Constitution was drafted to prescribe to the American people, government's powers and limitations. In the form of the Bill of Rights, the people's rights were added to the Constitution to make the document complete and to ensure that the U.S. government does not hold the power to oppress the citizens of this country. The right to privacy, though never specifically mentioned in the Constitution, has been interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court from the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments as well as many other passages in the document. These three amendments are the focus of the debate over encryption. Does the government's plan to limit encryption have an adverse effect on the citizens' rights to free speech, protection from unlawful searches and seizures, or self-incrimination? There are many terms which have been introduced by the field of encryption. Each of these terms are need to understand this discussion. Plaintext is the original document to be transmitted or stored on a computer system. Ciphertext is the encrypted document. ... ... Case for 'Clipper'." Technology Review. July 1995: 48-55. Dorman, Lester et al. "Digital Privacy." http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~pweston/privacy.html. December 1995. Froomkin, A. Michael. "The Metaphor is the Key: Cryptography, The Clipper Chip, and the Constitution." http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/6095/articles/froomkin-metaphor/text.html. December 1995. Henick, Ben. "The Constitution of the United States." www.csum.edu/A_S/History/docs/usacon.html." December 1995. Licquia, Jeff. "PGP Frequently Asked Questions." http://www.prairenet.org/~jalicqui/pgpfaq.txt. December 1995. Litterio, Francis. "Statement of Rep. Jack Brooks (D-TX)." http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~Efranl/clipper/brooks-statement.html. December 1995. Morton, Bill. "The Beginner's Guide to Pretty Good Privacy." ftp://ftp.prairenet.org/pub/providers/pgp/pgpbg11.asc. December 1995.

Sustainable Improvements In Forest Conservation Environmental Sciences Essay

As in many parts of the Torrid Zones natural resources in general and peculiarly woods in Kenya are under terrible menaces. Rising demand for agricultural and timber production is seting force per unit area on the state ‘s forest resources. The other chief cardinal ground for this loss is that land users typically receive no compensation for the environmental services they generate for others. The loss of woods has been accompanied by a loss of many valuable services that forests provide such as C segregation, biodiversity preservation, and watershed protection. Currently at Mt Kenya there is a wood based preservation direction going-on through payment for environmental service strategies. Current thoughts of PES are emerging to counterbalance forest land proprietors for their land usage determinations towards sustainable forest preservation. PES ‘s are thought to widen an efficient mechanism for advancing and financing forest preservation by cut downing the force per uni t area of deforestation and debasement. In a comprehendible linguistic communication, the survey trades with sustainable betterments in forest preservation under PES strategy with peculiar mention to Mt Kenya natural forest modesty. More specifically, it tries to place the influence of PES with regard to raising environmental consciousness and development of new signifiers of support. Background of the survey In order to advance the preservation of specific physical natural resources at that place has been a long history of instruments designed to pay land proprietors straight in order to promote peculiar land direction patterns ( Sierra et al, 2006 ) . The old conventional preservation instruments have targeted, at changing grade, either at incorporate preservation ( preservation plus development ) or direct preservation ( preservation merely ) . Of these instruments integrated preservation and development undertakings ( ICDPs ) and sustainable wood direction ( SFM ) were the two major conventional attacks that have emerged to at the same time increase local incomes and conserve the forest ( Salafsky & A ; Wollenberg, 2000 ; Pearce et Al. 2003 ; Wunder, 2005 ) . These attacks aspire to unite societal development with preservation ends ( Hughes & A ; Flintan, 2001 ) . Payment for environmental service emerged partially in response to the perceived limited effectivity of holistic, indirect, non-conditional attacks, including ICDPs and SFM ( Wunder et al, 2009 ) . Compared to these attacks PES promise increased efficiency and increased effectiveness, as good increased equity in the distribution of costs and benefits ( Pagiola et al, 2002 ) . Experience with market based instruments has shown that PES can take to sustainable environmental betterments at significantly lower cost than conventional attacks, while making positive inducements for continual invention and betterments ( Pagiola et al, 2005 ) . Unlike the bid and control ordinance and environmental revenue enhancements conventional preservation instruments PES is based on the beneficiary-pays instead than the polluter-pays rule, and as such is attractive in scenes where ES suppliers are hapless, marginalized landowners or powerful groups of histrions ( Engel et al, 2008 ) . In a planetary context of stagnating or even diminishing public support for biodiversity preservation, PES have the possible both to raise some new financess, and to absorb more expeditiously money antecedently spent otherwise ( Wunder et al, 2009 ) . Recent old ages have seen considerable involvement in utilizing PES to finance preservation throughout the universe ( Landell-Mills & A ; Porras, 2002 ) . It is portion of a new and more direct preservation paradigm, explicitly acknowledging the demand of to bridge the involvements of landholders and foreigners ( Wunder, 2005 ) . PES has gained impulse after the Rio acme in 1992 and the confirmation of the Kyoto protocol in 1997 ( Yonas, 2009 ) . PES is a widely and progressively proposed scheme for developing economic inducements for biodiversity preservation in a scope of societal and ecological scenes around the universe ( Wunder et al, 2008 ; Nelson et Al, 2009 ) . Primarily it is been promoted across the development universe to back up environmental stewardship forest-based landscapes, and to turn to the bing instability between ingestion and resource preservation ( MEA, 2005 ; Kosoy et Al, 2007 ) . In developing universes PES are progressively used for advancing environmental preservation, and their impacts on local development are of considerable involvement ( Locatelli et al, 2008 ) . Many PES experiences in developing states are coming from Latin America. Costa Rica was the first developing state to hold implemented a nation-wide plan of payments for environmental services ( Engel, 2006 ) . With this pioneered PES undertaking wood proprietors are paid for the figure of hectare of forest they conserve irrespective of the quality and sum of environmental services delivered ( Wunder et al, 2009 ) . Africa ‘s engagement in all sort of PES undertakings is the lowest when compared to other parts of the universe, though late involvement in execution of PES is increasing. Harmonizing to Ferraro ( 2007 ) , Africa ‘s portion in the planetary C segregation was merely three per centum in 2003 and 2004. As stated on Jindal et Al ( 2008 ) out of 19 C segregation undertakings in Africa, seven are based in Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania which indicates East Africa is presently the favoured finish for international C investors. Porras et Al ( 2008 ) besides reported that o ut of the entire 42 payments for watershed services operated in developing universe merely 5 are implemented in Africa. It is by and large accepted that many woods provide a scope of environmental services which are thought to be among the most of import benefits that woods provide ( Maryanne et al, 2005 ) . There are four common types of payment for forest environmental services including C segregation, watershed protection, biodiversity, and landscape beauty ( Grieg-Gran et Al, 2005 ) . However, watershed protection, biodiversity preservation, and C segregation are routinely mentioned as justifications for forest preservation, or as cardinal standards and indexs of sustainable forest direction ( Pagiola et al, 2002 ) . The thought behind all of these PES strategies is unvarying. Those who provide ES should be compensated for the cost they incur in supplying services or for presenting land direction system which can profit the community and protect the wood ( Hall, 2008 ) . Statement of the job and justification Many believe that PES can supply powerful inducements and efficient agencies of conserving woods, while at the same clip offering new beginnings of income to back up rural developments ( Pagiola et al, 2002 ) . Assuming that the entire benefits of forest preservation additions well, it is presently likely that local wood proprietors will take to conserve woods ( Pagiola, 2008 ) . However despite turning involvement in utilizing PES many inquiries remain about the best manner to plan such strategies. There is still limited apprehension of how and under what conditions payments for environmental services will take to sustainable betterments in forest preservation and it ‘s utilizations. Potentially PES can take to sustainable betterments in forest preservation if it consequences in sing it raises environmental consciousness and the development of new signifiers of support that cut down force per unit areas. The two major conventional attacks ( ICDP and SFM ) has integrated environmental awareness raising as one of their thematic countries to work on ; PES initiatives besides focus on raising the awareness degree of the community on sustainable forest preservation and direction ( FAO et al. 2003 ) . As such, enhanced local consciousness enables better-informed decision-making and improves chances for partnerships between forestry and local land proprietors to prolong the preservation and usage of woods over the long term. Much of the theoretical PES literature references that the execution of PES strategy may move as an instrument to raise environmental consciousness by apportioning touchable economic values to services which by and large have no monetary value assigned to them ( FAO, 2004 ) . Contrary to this theoretical position, research undertaken on PES undertakings in developing states show that the degree of awareness creative activity is low even if participants get some sum of i ncome from the undertaking ( Alvaro-Brenes and Welsh, 2006 ) . The support of rural occupants in developing states is strongly tied with healthy ecosystem. Many of the ecosystems which generate valuable environmental services are degraded or under the menace of debasement ( MEA, 2005 ) . One of the chief grounds for the debasement of these ecosystems is that local resource proprietors do non hold adequate stimulation to pull off the ecosystem which provide services to others without been compensated. Thus PES, which is a market goaded preservation strategy, is designed to give inducements for land users ( ecosystem service suppliers ) to forestall the on-going ecosystem debasement and to better the community ‘s support signifiers ( Wunder, 2008 ) . Many research findings pointed out the possible advantages of implementing PES. It does take to the development of new signifiers of support that cut down force per unit area on forest resources. Noordwijk et Al ( 2008 ) on their analysis of pro hapless PES undertakings indicated that alteration s in the support signifiers will hold huge influence on the effectivity and efficiency of PES strategies on sustainable betterments of forest preservation. Furthermore, FAO ( 2004 ) highlighted the inter dependance of PES effectivity and community ‘s support background. Despite the above mentioned benefits and advancements made on the PES strategy, in pattern, it has non produced consequences in proposing enhanced local consciousness raising and development of new signifiers of support that reduces force per unit areas. There are really few forest preservation PES undertakings implemented in Africa and their nonsubjective with regard to raising consciousness and part to sustainable signifiers of support is non yet achieved ( Ferraro, 2007 ) . This survey covers the probe of the impact of PES on raising consciousness and development of new signifiers of support at Mt Kenya natural forest preservation PES undertakings. Apparently there is limited apprehension of how to plan PES to ensue in sustainable betterments of forest preservation and its utilizations. The socio-economic status of the communities, the characteristic characteristics of the wood and the engagement of different stakeholders makes analyzing PES strategies in Mt Kenya natural forest w orthwhile to look into the two conditions under which PES will potentially take to sustainable betterments in forest preservation. Aims of the survey General aim of the survey The chief aim of this survey will be to look into under what conditions will payments for environmental services lead to sustainable betterments in the forest preservation and usage of forest resources. Specific research inquiries of the survey Does community-based PES consequence in the development of environmental consciousness raising? Does community-based PES consequence in the development of new signifiers of sustainable support that cut down force per unit area on the forest resources? Working hypotheses of the survey The specific research inquiries of this survey will hold the undermentioned on the job hypothesis: Community based PES does non ensue in the development of environmental awareness creative activity. Community based PES does non ensue in the development of new signifiers of support that reduces force per unit area on the forest resources. Research design and methods Proposed design and conceptual model of the survey Conceptual logic of PES Fig. 1.A The logic of payments for environmental services which is adapted from Pagiola and Platais, 2007 S. Pagiola and G. Platais, Payments for Environmental Services: From Theory to Practice, World Bank, Washington ( 2007 ) .Pagiola and Platais ( 2007 ) . Beginning: Engel et Al, 2008. Harmonizing to Wunder ( 2005 ) the literature so far does non usually define PES, which contributes to some conceptual confusion. He defined PES strategy as ( 1 ) a voluntary dealing where ( 2 ) a chiseled environmental service ( or a land usage likely to procure that service ) ( 3 ) is being ‘bought ‘ by a ( minimal one ) service purchaser ( 4 ) from a ( minimal one ) service supplier ( 5 ) if and merely if the service supplier secures service proviso ( conditionality ) ( Wunder, 2005 ) . Following Wunder ‘s ( 2005 ) definition of PES Pagiola and Platais ( 2007 ) developed stupefying conceptual logic of PES strategy in a graphical representation. The land proprietors have different profitable land usage options than forest preservation on their land such as grazing land and agribusiness. From figure 1 above, local land proprietors frequently receive few benefits from land utilizations, for illustration, forest preservation and these benefits are often less than the benefits they would have from alternate land utilizations, such as transition to cropland or grazing land ( Engel et al, 2008 ) . As stated by Pagiola and Platais ( 2007 ) the transition to cropland or deforestation can enforce costs on downstream populations and on the planetary community. As a consequence the downstream population will no longer have the benefits of wood services and the planetary community will lose advantages from forest preservation. To do forest preservation the more profitable determination option than other alternate land usage land directors must be compensated for the chance cost they would incur when they conserve forest land. The proprietors need to internalise the negative outwardnesss to the local population and planetary community through compensation/incentives. In consequence, PES plans attempt to set into pattern the Coase theorem, which stipulates that the jobs of external effects can, under certain conditions, be overcome through private dialogue between affected parties ( Coase, 1960 R.H. Coase, The job of societal cost, Journal of Law and Economics 3 ( 1960 ) , pp. 1-44. Full Text via CrossRefCoase, 1960 ; Engel et Al, 2008 ) . The inducement should non be less than the chance cost of keeping the current land utilizations and should non be more than the benefit generated out of it. In add-on to doing forest preservation an attractive determination option the pecuniary inducements generated for internalising the outwardnesss of forest preservation have multi dimensional deductions. The extra income earned for conserving the wood has assorted influences on the socio-economic determination doing activity of local land proprietors. It creates consciousness about importance of the forest, by giving value to ES which did non hold any market value. It besides motivates land proprietors to be involved in tree planting and forest preservation. Furthermore, the excess income generated aids to develop new signifiers of support that would cut down the force per unit area on forest resources at local degree. Awareness raising attack as a model Though there is no formal definition of what the impression really means, consciousness raising refers to alarming the general populace that a certain issue exists and should be approached the manner the group desires. FAO ( 2003 ) explained awareness raising construct as ‘a multi-way communicating and interaction procedure which empowers people. This provides the footing for long-run dealingss and partnerships between the wood sector and the populace, and enables better informed determination doing ‘ . This on the job definition makes it clear that the procedure of consciousness elevation is different from any one-way flow of information or communicating procedure.acknowledge the jobplace the contextdefine opportunismgather and exchange informationbetter self-understanding of the state of affairsconstruct trust in decision-makingtravel beyond the obvious and accustomedinvent new solutions and balances of involvementdevelop new relationshipsmobilise willingness to movegat her equal resourcesfoster new partnershipsalteration societal attitude and behaviorproctor advancement in executionevaluate consequencesRaise people ‘s attending and involvementIncrease people ‘s ability to implement the alterationImprove populace cognition and apprehensionImplement the alteration and measure advancementIncrease societal accomplishments and competences for alterationFigure 2. Raising awareness as a agency to enable societal alterations ( Initially developed by the squad and subsequently adapted harmonizing to Giordan ( 1996 ) ) . Beginning: FAO, 2003 The societal facets of PES strategy have non yet been given as much attending as the economic and ecological facets. Too frequently PES strategy is hampered by misconception, woods and their services are undervalued because of deficiency of consciousness. Therefore in order to back up sustainable betterments in forest preservation raising public consciousness is the important first measure for many on the way to understanding the issues and a better grasp of the benefits good managed woods provide ( FAO, 2003 ) . It can besides beef up the willingness of the society to back up sustainable forest preservation. The sustainable supports attack as a model Miranda et Al ( 2003 ) have studied the societal impact of the PES strategy at Costa Rica based on the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach ( SLA ) , looking at the impacts on the different signifiers of support practiced by the communities. The SL model was adapted from a theoretical account developed by the UK ‘s Department for International Development ( DFID ) in the late ninetiess as a wide conceptual model or as a practical tool for planing plans and rating schemes ( DFID, 1999 ; Murray et Al, 2001 ) . The SLA is a manner to better our apprehension of supports, peculiarly the supports of the hapless ( UNDP, 1999 ) and it can be used in be aftering new development ( or preservation ) activities and in measuring the part that bing activities have made to prolonging supports ( IFAD, 2009 ) . Figure 3. The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach ( Initially developed by DFID ) . Beginning: UNDP, 1999 The model positions people as operating in a context of exposure to the environment which influences the support signifiers – ways of combine and utilizing assets – that are unfastened to people in chase of good support results that meet their ain support aims ( DFID, 1999 ) . The different type of intercessions at authorities administrations, private sector, Torahs, civilization, policies and establishments degrees affect the support signifiers adopted and influence support results ( Miranda et al, 2003 ) . Study country Mt Kenya ( 5,199A meters ( 17,057A foot ) ) , Africa ‘s 2nd highest extremum after Kilimanjaro ( 5,895 meters or 19,341A foot ) , straddles the equator about 193 kilometers ( kilometer ) north-east of Nairobi and about 480km from the Kenya seashore. It is regarded as the kingdom of Ngai, God of the local Kikuyu and Meru people. They call it Kirinyaga, or topographic point of visible radiation. They believe that their traditional God Ngai and his married woman Mumbi live on the extremum of the mountain and utilize it for their traditional rites. Mount Kenya is besides the beginning of the name of the Republic of Kenya. The forested inclines in Mt Kenya ecosystem are an of import beginning of H2O for much of Kenya which provides H2O straight for over 2 million people. It is the chief H2O catchment country for two big rivers in Kenya ; theA Tana, the largest river in Kenya, and the Ewaso Ng'iso North. Mount Kenya has several distinguishable natural ecological zones, between the savanna environing the mountain to the nival zone by the glaciers. Each zone has a diverse species of zoology and vegetations due to the differences in height, rainfall, facet and temperature. It ‘s described as one of the most impressive landscapes in Eastern Africa with its rugged glacier-clad acmes, Afro-alpine moorlands and diverse woods that illustrate outstanding ecological procedures ( KWS, 2010 ) .A Many of the species found in Mt Kenya are endemic, either to Mount Kenya or East Africa, and are extremely specialised ( Bussmann, 1994 ) . Approximately three-fourthss of Afro-alpine flora are endemic. The montane forest around Mount Kenya is full of a assortment of species and many species ofA animalsA live in theA montane wood. A An country of 715A square kilometers ( 276A sqA myocardial infarction ) around the Centre of the mountain is designated as aA National Park, most of which is above the 3,000A meters ( 9,800A foot ) contour lineA and the forest modesty has an country of 705A square kilometers ( 272A sqA myocardial infarction ) . In 1978 the national park and the forest modesty, combined, are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site 1,420A square kilometers ( 548A sqA myocardial infarction ) ( IUCN, 1997 ) . Mount Kenya National Park, established in 1949, protects the part environing the mountain. Initially it was a forest modesty earlier been announced as a national park. Presently the national park is within the forest modesty which encircles it. The country is being managed by the authorities ( both by Kenya Wildlife Service andA ForestryA Department ( the now called Kenya Forest Service ) ) . The authorities of Kenya had four grounds for making a national park and denominating forest modesty on and around Mt Kenya natural wood. These were the importance of touristry for the local and national economic systems, to continue an country of great scenic beauty, to conserve the biodiversity within the park, and to continue the H2O catchments for the environing country ( UNEP, 2008 ) . In this country most of the PES enterprises has been organized and facilitated by the Forestry Department ( Kenya Forest Service ) and Kenya Wildlife Service. Map1. The location of Mt Kenya national park and natural wood modesty Data Requirement Both secondary and primary informations will be collected for the survey. Secondary informations on different literatures will be obtained from establishments, studies, surveies, and other published and unpublished stuffs found to be relevant for the survey. The variables on which primary informations are required for this survey will be categorized in to the followers: Socio-economic features of sample local land directors Land directors ‘ consciousness degree on the forest environmental services and its preservation due to PES New sustainable signifiers of support resulted due to PES Data aggregation method From the practical experience of Miranda et Al ( 2003 ) there will be an explorative informal treatment with local PES facilitators and the province Forest Department ( now Kenya Forest Service ) for puting up the survey informations aggregation sites. The PES strategy at Mt Kenya natural wood is being implemented at the buffer zones of the Mt Kenya national Parkss and natural forested countries. Locatelli et Al ( 2008 ) and Miranda et Al ( 2003 ) stratified the families into categories based on land keeping size to measure the impact of PES on local development and socio-economic features. The ground why they have used land keeping size as base of stratification is PES in Costa Rica, where they conducted the survey, is implemented on the private land and has deduction of wealth. However PES strategy at Mt Kenya is implemented on the communal land and the engagement of local land directors is determined by their distance from the wood. Stratification for this survey will be based on the distance that the local land directors are located from the wood. Based on the participants distance from the forest in different zones the samples will be indiscriminately selected at most from three divisions of zones. Sample-size finding is frequently an of import measure in be aftering a statistical study-and it is normally a hard one ( Lenth, 2001 ) . However, given the practicality and logistical concerns of the sample size finding the survey will be of equal size, comparative to the ends of the survey. The interview will be carried out for 5 hebdomads get downing from the first hebdomad of June 2010. Semi-structured interview will be conducted with local land directors. Many research workers have employed semi-structured interview for their survey, for case, Carter ( 2009 ) , Corbera et Al ( 2006 ) , Locatelli et Al ( 2008 ) and Sommerville et Al ( 2009 ) ( with focal point group ) employed this method to look into the socio-economic facets of PES strategy. In qualitative questioning semi-structured format is preferred to structured interview because of its flexibleness ( Bryman, 2004 ) , and it allows the research worker to detect what the survey populations perceive to be of import and gives participants some opportunities to hold control over the interview experience ( Lam, 2002 ; Yonas, 2009 ) . Semi structured interviews with little focal point groups will besides be conducted. The focal point group method is an interview in which interviewees are selected because they are kno wn to hold been involved in peculiar state of affairs ( Bryman, 2004 ) . Consequently the little focal point groups will be from local PES organisers and facilitators at Mt Kenya and the province forestry organisation ( Kenya Forest Service ) . Method of informations analysis Because qualitative informations deducing from interviews or participant observation typically take the signifier of big principal of unstructured textual stuff, they are non directly frontward to analyze ( Bryman, 2004 ) . In our survey the qualitative and descriptive statistical analysis will be used. To prove the significance of the new supports developed and awareness raised by PES activities, the collected information on both variables will be analyzed utilizing appropriate computer-assisted qualitative informations analysis package ( CAQDAS ) and the relevant statistical trial will be employed. SLA attack will be used as a model in order to measure the impact of PES strategy on the signifiers of local community support. We will compare the current new support signifiers with the baseline support signifier that would happen without the PES strategy. The local land directors will be asked how their support signifiers developed since the beginning of the execution of PES strategy at their community. Locatelli et Al ( 2008 ) evaluated the impact of the payment for environmental services PSA on local developments in northern Costa Rica by comparing the current state of affairs with the baseline state of affairs that would hold occurred without the PSA. In order to measure the impact of PES strategy on consciousness creative activity the method used by Yonas ( 2009 ) will be applied. He grouped the consciousness degree into four classs: really high, high, low and really low consciousness degrees, based on the figure of environmental services they are cognizant, that the wood can bring forth, after their engagement in PES strategy. Consequently those who mention more than four forest Einsteinium are ranked under really high consciousness degree, followed by those who mention three and two ES under high and low consciousness degrees severally. Finally, those who mention merely one ES and who do non hold any thought about ES will be ranked under really low consciousness degree. Furthermore, information from both local land directors and the focal point group will be used to set about the rating of the impact of PES on societal apprehension, societal attitude and behavior about PES strategy as both preservation attack and development at tack. Based on FAO ( 2003 ) standard the effectivity and influence of consciousness raising signifiers and agencies will besides be considered in the rating of PES strategy on awareness creative activity. Expected result of the survey We would anticipate this field-based survey to bring forth necessary findings required for the future facilitation of PES strategy in order to accomplish sustainable betterments in forest preservation and its utilizations. More specifically the expected result of the survey would be an reply for the limited apprehension of how to plan PES strategy to ensue in sustainable betterments of forest preservation and its utilizations. 4. Work program and timeline Table 1. An lineation of the work program is as follows: Activity Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Draft research program presentation Final research program Secondary literature study Literature reappraisal composing Field informations aggregation Datas analysis First concluding daft Concluding entry Resources In order to set about the survey at Mt Kenya natural forest the pupil has got a travel award 2010 from Natural Resources International Foundation. The insurance strategy and scholarship award from European Union under Erasmus Mundus plan has besides great parts during the field visit. The necessary information and counsel obtained from Lecturer DR. Julia Jones has been assisting the pupil in set uping the surveies.