Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Bangladesh

Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,

Analysis of Human Resource Management with Reference to Administrative Skills: Case of McDonalds

Every organization tries to maintain high level competition in the market; however, very few of these successfully create their position in the market. Different marketing concepts and strategies are adopted by the companies to remain successful. Among other strategies, uniqueness of product or services contributes to the success of the company. Moreover, constant update and external market scan is also necessary to remain informed about the changing demands and needs of customers. One such organization is McDonalds that has maintained its leadership in the fast food industry. The paper initially presents a brief introduction of the company. The paper discusses that McDonalds often faces conflict of interest where the union workers on behalf of employees give rise to their issues such as low wage rate, inappropriate working conditions and working hours. It is evident that conflict between management and workers arise in most organizations. McDonalds is the global leader in the industry of fast food. However, the paper analyzes the issues and proposes few options i.e., collaboration, accommodation and compromise. However, the option of accommodation is most feasible for McDonalds to settle the dispute between management and workers. Keywords: Human Resources, Organizations, Workers, Interest, Management

The Revolution in London after the Rise of the Arab Spring

On 18th December 2010, Arab Spring began in Tunisia, when citizens of Tunisia organized a revolution for removing dictatorship government. This wave of revolution covered Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, and Syria. Arab countries experienced increased insurgencies against the government. Huge businesses were affected indirectly and directly across the globe, specifically, UK. Consequently, transformational changes took place. Most of the firms found themselves lacking a contingency plan. This research aims to determine the factors that have led to increased investment in the London property market. Furthermore, it also determines the level of investment done in the United Kingdom, undertaken by migrants from Arab countries that were affected by political unrest.Keywords: Arab Spring, Revolution, Economy, Real Estate, Migrant

A Study of Multinational Financial Policies: Case of Adidas Group

The Multinational Company Adidas is a globally known brand name which is considered to be a strong retail producer for sports shoes, clothing and accessories. The designing and manufacturing of the product is at the base operations in Germany. With sports footwear on the portfolio of products, company is also a known producer of sports accessories like bags, shirts, time-wear, eye wear and other sports-wear goods. Adidas is now not only the largest producer and designer of sportswear goods in Germany and Europe, but is also acknowledged as the second most prevalent sportswear manufacturer and designer globally with Nike leading from the front. The paper discusses the financial analysis, profitability Ratio, Liquidity Ratios, and the Debit Ratios of Adidas group. Keywords: Payment, Economies, Company, Financial, Inventory

A Study of Cross Cultural Communication Strategy: Case of Marriott Hotels & Resorts

As time goes by, the importance of internationalization and globalization has increased at a faster rate where very few companies have successfully survived and maintained its position by understanding the cross cultural management. Even if organizations or businesses are working within the country with culturally diverse workforce, it is a challenge for them to identify growth opportunities by working collaboratively. This is because working with diverse cultural workforce increases work exposure as new methods that are used in other cultures to do the same task is introduced. Moreover, by working in a cross-cultural surroundings, it is important for the business organizations to aware themselves of how different culture and people from that culture influences the organization. In addition, the organizations must pursue effective leadership approach to motivate employees. The organizations as leaders must have ability to understand the actual definition of diversified cultural coworkers so that they could practically implement it well. This paper discusses Marriott Hotels & Resorts’ cross cultural management as it is an international organization and deals with people across cultures on a routine basis. The paper initially provides an overview of the Marriott Hotels & Resorts. Then the paper discusses leadership, motivation and management at Marriott Hotels & Resorts. Finally, the paper concludes and proposes few recommendations. Keywords: Company, Motivation, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, leadership, Service qualit

Paradigm shift in the surgical training: The era of innovation, simulation and beyond

This is an era of transformation of surgical education and training. Modern methods of training are being introduced at a rapid pace and are being adopted in surgical practice not only to improve the outcomes and patient satisfaction, but also to provide an opportunity to develop a new well-structured training curriculum by integrating both traditional and modern approaches to teach and learn surgical skills. Various surgical simulators are in use as training aids and are constantly undergoing further refinement and development. To achieve a smooth transition in surgical training to modern methods, a structured programme has to be developed and validated to bridge the gaps in terms of safety, efficiency and ethics during the training process

The role of spirituality and resilience among Yemeni refugee students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The purpose of this article was to explore the role of spirituality and resilience in coping and adaptation among Yemeni refugee students. This qualitative study aimed to explore the themes of spirituality and resilience that emerged among Yemeni refugee students who have experienced from conditions of war after the war that began in Yemen in 2015. This study applied in-depth, semi-structured interviews to explore the themes through qualitative interviews with Yemeni refugee students in Saudi Arabia. Thematic analysis was used to determine the role of spirituality and resilience in coping and adaptation. The study showed that Yemeni refugee students commonly use five main coping and adaptation methods to improve their lives in the host country.

Direct true lumen versus conventional cannulation for acute type-A aortic dissection

Acute type-A aortic dissection is a surgical emergency and has a high rate of short-term mortality. Aortic dissection is highly under-reported in Pakistan. With the technological developments in its management, arterial cannulation technique of direct true lumen cannulation has emerged with improved outcomes. We aimed to compare the mortality and morbidity outcomes between direct true lumen and conventional cannulation techniques for arterial access in patients with acute type- A aortic dissection under a single-centre retrospective review from 2007 to 2017. Mean age of the participants was 43.3±11.6 vs 45±12.4 years with males being dominant in both groups. Frequency of overall morbidity was high in conventional cannulation group (Group-B), though it did not attain statistical significance, (p\u3e0.999). Mortality rate was also high in Group-B (10% vs 30%), (p=0.582). Direct true lumen cannulation is an equally reliable option for establishing cardiopulmonary bypass due to reduced mortality and morbidity and may be given preference when dissection is extending into femoral and innominate arteries

Redo coronary artery surgery; early and intermediate outcomes from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate outcomes of re-operative coronary artery surgery in a tertiary care hospital in a developing country. METHOD: Preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative variables were analyzed in 82 consecutive patients who underwent re-operative coronary surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass. RESULTS: The mean age was 63.3 +/- 7.7 years, 91.2% were male and 9.8% female. Coronary artery disease risk factors were present in more than 50% of the patients. History of preoperative myocardial infarction was positive in 56% patients. There was strong clinical and angiographic indication for surgery with unstable angina in 50% patients and \u3e 80% had multivessel disease. Only 5% patients were in functional class I. The risk stratification showed a mean Euro score of 8. The IABP was used in 20% patients. A mean of 3.1 grafts per patient were applied. The median cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and aortic cross clamp time was 144 minutes respectively. Postoperative mortality was 7.3%. Short-term follow up revealed 74% of the patients in NYHA functional class I. CONCLUSION: Reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting is challenging but with expertise, team effort can be performed with good functional outcome