Write 2 pages with APA style on A reflection on your personal development over the first month of university. Teacher Personal and Professional Development Plan My first month in the was exciting. This was the time where I experienced college life. I met new people and gained friends. It was also challenging because I have to adjust with the academic and social rigor of college.

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Write 2 pages with APA style on A reflection on your personal development over the first month of university. Teacher Personal and Professional Development Plan My first month in the was exciting. This was the time where I experienced college life. I met new people and gained friends. It was also challenging because I have to adjust with the academic and social rigor of college.

My initial stay in the university in the first month also revealed core aspects of my strengths and weakness. I learned that I like the university life despite its challenges and tend to be more interested in the subjects being taught. This interest translates to me working harder because I like my classes and the university environment in general. I also found out that I can easily adapt to different kinds of people and environment. I can easily work in team which is an asset because there are some school works that needs group effort. These strengths pose an opportunity for me to get better grades and because I am genuinely interested in my lessons and that I may have a bigger social network after I graduate college.

My weakness is that I tend to procrastinate school works especially if they are challenging. Getting started is a challenge for me albeit I work harder once I get started. I am aware that this is a common challenges among student but I do not want to make that as an excuse to justify procrastination. I have to correct this because procrastinating threatens my performance in school and ultimately my grade because procrastination makes me cram during exams.

To be able to do better in the university, I have set a SMART Goal for myself. Smart Goal stands for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time bound

SMART Goals

Specific – get a good grade and graduate my course in the university

Measureable – At the minimum, I must pass all of my subjects. I am however aiming to at least get 85% on my subjects.

Attainable – I believe that my 85% grade goal is attainable because it is within the 100% grading. I just need to work hard for it and if I need help, I would ask assistance for tutorial to reach that grade. Moreover, the goal of graduating my course in the university is also attainable as most students who studied and work hard for their lessons graduated.

Realistic – Considering my aptitude, interest for school and ability to work hard, getting an 85% percentile grade is very realistic. I also do not see any reason or impediment why will I not graduate college eventually knowing that I have the capacity just like the others who have graduated.

Time bound – the 85% percentile grade goal is only for this semester. At the end of the semester, I will do another personal reflection on my performance and then set another SMART goals. In principle, I will increase my grade objective in the succeeding semesters once I have achieved my initial objective.

With regard to graduating from the university, I expect that I will finish in on time which is four years.

I am driven to achieve my goal to prepare myself for the future, make my family proud and also to become a learned person. The only factor that I find that could prevent or restrain me in achieving my goal is my own willingness and drive to achieve them.

Write 16 pages with APA style on Law for Accounting assignment.

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Write 16 pages with APA style on Law for Accounting assignment. Formation of Contract is based on firstly, an ‘offer’, which must be followed by an acceptance. Secondly, there must be consideration, intention to create legal relations and sufficient certainty. The main starting point for the conclusion of a contract can be found in Smith v Hughes1, where both a subjective as well as objective test was laid down in order to determine the existence of a contract. The subjective test determines the actual intention of the contracting parties, whereas the objective test ascertains what had been said by the parties, what they did and not and what their actual intention of saying or doing was. As per Professor Atiyah, the issue of offer and acceptance has been determined by courts in two ways, that is ‘reason forwards’ and ‘reason backwards’, the former is where existence of offer and acceptance are determined first and then the conclusion on the dispute is made. the latter is where the courts can reason from the appropriate solution back to the legal concepts of offer and acceptance. An offer has been defined as an expression of willingness by one party known as the offeror, to contract or be bound on stated terms, provided that such terms are accepted by the party to whom the offer is made that is the offeree. The courts have drawn a distinction between an offer and an invitation to treat, as the latter is merely an expression of willingness by one party to enter into negotiations and is not unconditional and there is a lack of intention to create legal relations. The most important and land mark cases which distinguished between an offer and invitation to treat are of Gibson v Manchester City Council2 and Storer v Manchester City Council3. In Gibson, where treasurer had sent a letter to Mr. Gibson, stating that council may be prepared to sell the house, was held to be an invitation to treat, which was further confirmed by the fact that Mr. Gibson was asked to make a formal application to purchase the house. The courts therefore took into account the correspondence between the parties. However, in Storer the courts found that a contract had come into existence as negotiations had moved beyond what had happened in Gibson but an exchange of contracts had not taken place. These cases clearly point out that fact that judges can interpret and differ in the results and so the decision would be said to be based on its own facts. An offer should be differentiated from a mere statement of price that is an enquiry as to the price. (Harvey v. Facey)4 Invitation to treat has been defined as an expression of willingness of a party to enter into negotiations with another with the hope that a contract would be reached at the end of such negotiations. (Fisher v Bell)5. As for advertisements, it has been strictly said to be an invitation to treat (Partridge v Crittenden)6, however, the courts have interpreted advertisements in a manner which allows for certain exceptions to be created and the main reasons for that has been cited to be intention to be bound and certainty (Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co.)7. Further, the advertisement of an auction sale is generally only an invitation to treat (Harris v Nickerson)8. The opinions as to when an offer is made have differed.

Create a 10 pages page paper that discusses critically evaluate the relevance of cultural theories to the study of international hrm.

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Create a 10 pages page paper that discusses critically evaluate the relevance of cultural theories to the study of international hrm. There are several theories that relate to culture including globe theory, Hofstede theory and Trompenaar theory. The Hofstede theory is retrieved from the research of a Dutch researcher Geert Hofstede, who derived his model from studying employee’s behavior at the work place. Some cultures value equality among people, while others value power. However, Geert focuses on five cultural dimensions that include power distance index, individualism, masculinity, uncertain avoidance index, and long-term orientation. In power distance index, the junior staff expectations are for the power to be distributed appropriately and equally, since they do not have authority in the organization or in the society. According to Hillebrand (2008 pp 3), in Low power distance model, people tend to see the members of the society as equal such as the western cultures. They believe that power should be equal and that managers or leaders should not have a lot of power compared to the subordinates. this applies to countries like Israel. However, the high power distance reveals that those in authority should have more power than the subordinates. this is applicable in Malaysia. Nevertheless, societies cannot be equal. there is always an element of un-equality among them (Jais, 2007, pp 34). Individualism dimension interests are divided into two – individual and group interests. In the society, every individual has a duty of looking after himself and his nuclear family. Collectivism come in where the extended family is involved, in which, one has the duty of taking care of them due to the strong ties in the family. This dimension only focuses on family interests. The third dimension is the masculinity verses femininity dimension, which focuses on the femininity concentrating on the distribution of duties between the two genders, male and female. The study shows that women and men values differ. For instance, male are believed to value material wealth and money, they also work hard to pursue their expected goals in life. it could be buying a Mercedes. In fact, most men in different countries are competitive when it comes to the way of living. However, in comparison, women have a strong value for the quality of life, social interactions and they have concern about the welfare of others. for instance, most women contribute to charity concerning children. The fourth dimension is the long-term versus short-term orientation, in which long-term orientation mainly concentrates on relationships, Work, and life and it involves the perseverance value. If a culture is willing to work for the long-term goals, then the culture has long-term orientation (Torun, 2007 pp 10). This orientation involves hard work and dedication. Short-term orientation is mainly concerned with the past and the present, whereas its values involve fulfilling of social obligation and respecting the values of tradition, in addition to protecting one’s image. This orientation is common in the Philippines (Bhagat and Steers, N.d). The fifth and final dimension is the uncertain avoidance index, this index deals with the level of uncertainty and to which level can it be tolerated and its impact on decision making in a society (Hofstede G, 1983 pp 83).

Provide a 5 pages analysis while answering the following question: Ovid, selection from Apollo and Hyacinthus and Pygmalion. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required.

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Provide a 5 pages analysis while answering the following question: Ovid, selection from Apollo and Hyacinthus and Pygmalion. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Pygmalion being a sculpture loved no women in the world except, “miracle of ivory in a statue, so charming that it made him fall in love”. The statue was fair as snow and was much more beautiful than any girl in the whole world. Pygmalion seemed to have fallen in love with his own creation and he described the statue, “Her face was life itself. she was a darling- And yet too modest to permit advances” where he feels that women should not make themselves available for prostitution and should preserve their virginity which he find in his creation and he found the face of his creation to be most charming and lively among all women of the world. Pygmalion was a great artist of Cyprus, “Which showed his art had artful touches in it, the kind of art that swept him off his feet” and he was so fond of his creation that every day he used to touch the statue, converse with her and consider her as his bride assuming that the ivory idol was alive, as was stated in, “He stroked her arms, her face, her sides, and her shoulder. Was she alive or not? He could not tell. He kissed her. did her lips respond to this?” Pygmalion considered her to be a living being and bought so many gifts for her, as was mentioned in the paragraph, “He whispered at her-look, he brought her toys, Small gifts that girls delight to wear, to gaze at, Pet birds and shells and semi-precious stones, White lilies, flowers of a thousand colors, And amber tears wept by Heliades. He dressed her like a queen, rings on her fingers, or diamonds and gold or glancing rubies. A shining collar at her throat, pearls at her ears, And golden chains encircling her small breasts.” Pygmalion called the idol her wife and enjoyed watching her sleep and dream. “Meanwhile the Feast of Venus had arrived and all of Cyprus joined in celebration” that is in the mean time the festival of Venus settled in Cyprus and all the people of Cyprus took part in it. “Golden-horned cattle lay at smoke-wreathed altars, Blood pouring from white throats in sacrifice in honor of a blessed holiday” which means that the inhabitants of Cyprus sacrificed lots of cattle in order to please the Goddess of Love and “Pygmalion after paying his devotions, began a prayer, then shyness overcame him. He whispered, ‘May the very Gods in Heaven Give me a wife’ Thus Pygmalion worshipped Venus and asked for a wife for himself but he had different needs, he asked for the statue created by him to be his wife as we can see in, “he could not say outright, ‘Give me the girl I made.’ He stammered, then went on: ‘But someone like….’ He cleared his throat, and then said, ‘Give me a lady who is as lovely as my work of art.’ “And after returning back to his home Pygmalion touched the ivory statue once again and felt, “as though ivory had turned to wax and wax to life,”. Pygmalion realized that wish had been granted by Venus and “He kissed the girl until she woke beneath him”. She felt shy and Venus herself arrived to bless the couple at the occasion of their union. After a few months that is “Less than a year went by” the couple was blessed with a baby girl called Paphos after and later on a harbor was named after Paphos.