Situation Course Works Samples For Students

Part A: 1: Stay and do nothing

In my opinion I will adopt this attitude in a situation where I either don’t have any personal interest or the responsibility of the situation is upon someone else. This attitude best suits these two situations due to the reasons that we should not try to get involved in some situation for changing anything where we don’t have any interest as we can get into trouble from any negative outcome of the involvement. Similar is the case when someone else is responsible for the outcomes of any approach in a situation.

An example of such situation include a workplace where a ...

The ethical quandary in Robert F. Ladenson’s Friends and Lovers presents a situation in which one member of a group of three friends, Claire, must make a decision about how to deal with information she has received intimately concerning her other two friends, Tony and Beth, who are engaged to be married. Tony has revealed he had a brief affair but asked Claire to keep the fact a secret, and Beth has asked Claire if she thinks something is “going on” with Tony. Claire’s decision on how to deal with the situation will differ depending on what type of ethics she ...

- The decision problem

The problem under study is concerned with deciding, whether it is worth expanding the business of the investigation company that currently functions in one city. As the company already has the developed client base, good image and significant expertise in the field of investigative services, growing the business seems the most logical way of developing the business. However, significant concern is associated with the company’s possibility to attract the attention of clients at the new location and, therefore, profitability of the new venture.

The concern under study is supported by the fact that the ...

1. “A firm would prefer to be a monopoly, rather than be involved in a perfectly competitive market.” Discuss.
Every student attending economics class knows that perfect competition is ideal for any market, while monopoly is the worst possible situation due to a number of reasons. But at the same time, it is a well-known fact that since ancient times firms have strived to gain the status of monopoly. Why is it so? The matter lies in people’s nature – monopoly offers to a firm great power and control over market and requires practically no effort to get considerable income. At the same ...

Introduction

The process of attending to patients in healthcare facilities has already changed over time. It could be realized that the concept of development in technology and how it is used in modern ways of keeping up with the demands in healthcare specifically point out the condition by which patient care is improved and the competence of providing services to the people is further put into a progressive state. In the case that is to be treated and discussed herein, a distinct attention to detail on how modern health operations ought to accommodate patient care demands shall be given focus. Relatively ,such ...

National security is the prime object and the most important purpose of government. Citizens get into a social contract to ensure that their life and property are safeguarded by the government. Public security is one of the most challenging issues that affect the governance of both western Nations and the developing countries. Without a peaceful and conducive environment the economy will not thrive, and the area will scare way investors. A case in point is Syria. When the Middle East country plunged into civil war, multinational corporations pulled out of the country. Syria is an illustration of a government that failed to ...

Introduction

What is the problem?

The dilemma in which nurse Munoz is, instead of nursing units to be organized and split up for better services. This increases effective and efficiency in services and care of the patient since they are independent in their environment of work. This is opposite of what she have been reading in leadership theory which she was expecting to be of inspiration by the new knowledge and find out better ways in problems solving. This bring up a total dramatically different from what it is stated in the theory. According to many articles they call for motivation ...

Stress is a form of reaction that someone experiences that disturbs a person’s psychological condition. Stressful situation causes different reaction such as lack of appetite, feeling upset, trauma and inability to conduct daily activities as usual. In addition, long-term stress can affect the mental health of an individual (Jeanne 9). However, different individuals have different ways of dealing with stress at home, school or even at the workplace. This paper looks at how an individual can manage stress in an MBA course. In addition, I will apply my life experience as an example to vividly show how stress can be ...

Conflict situations are inevitable in our daily social living. Conflict is a phenomenon that is almost always just around the corner. Although the word conflict has an intimidating connotation that makes it highly unwelcome in our lives, it is not always the case. Santos (1999) claimed that conflicts are oftentimes necessary, especially in an organization where interaction among stakeholders is important. Conflicts can also be deemed helpful when ideas are challenged and creativity is given an opportunity to emerge.

The Three Conflict Approaches

Any conflict situation may be approached in three ways: lose-lose orientation, win-lose orientation, and win-win orientation.
The lose-lose orientation is ...

Issue 1- Ethics and Legal Environment

The situation that Arnold the CEO of gun manufacturing company found himself in is very critical. There are two conflicting and touchy issues that Arnold needs to give attention. It is an ethical dilemma situation that needs him to carefully weigh the options. There is a public outcry from the shareholders that Arnold must remove Mac from the Board of director of the company. It is challenging because the shareholders are the backbone of the company and whatever they demand must be attended to. Likewise, Arnold has to consider the profile of Mac, especially how much he has tried to ...

The ethical issue which this paper wants to address is the normative set up in the patient doctor relationship. This is a highly paternalistic model. In this set up, doctors are the experts in medicine. Most patients have only scant and dependable medical knowledge. Hence, the overall trust in one’s medical practitioner is focal to the medical process and doctors carry the main responsibility for the patient’s wellness. The sole duty to decide on every crucial medical evaluations and decisions relies on them.

The patient-doctor patient relations must be a two-way street between the patient and the doctor because ...

Question One

First, customer loyalty is not only an essential aspect in the improvement of profitability levels but also a critical in measuring the quality of the market. It is forcefully crucial for any organization to develop and implement systems to facilitate the management of customer loyalty. At Choice Bank, the Manager of the Sales Division, Susan Caplan, seems to have sidelined this factor by concentrating on new customers. Going for new customers undermines the maintenance of loyalty with existing customers. Equally related is to customer loyalty is the need to quantify customer satisfaction. Customers tend to be more loyal when their ...

Abstract

An organization’s success is largely dependent on the leadership and management style used within it; and nursing organizations are no different. The need for effective leadership and management in nursing organizations is further emphasized by the fact that an assumption or mistake may lead to the loss of lives. Effective leadership and management are built upon various principles, one of which is effective communication. This paper will analyze a case scenario and the most effective communication technique that can be used to ensure proper leadership and management. The communication technique will be further analyzed in terms of strengths and ...

Nowadays the problem of poverty and limited resources becomes more and more urgent. The famous Hardin’s essay, “Lifeboat ethics” covers different aspects of this issue and gives strong but often disputable arguments against helping the poor in the worldwide, international sense. The fact that Earth’s resources are limited is undisputable, and Hardin’s metaphor comparing nations of people to lifeboats floating in the limited space of resources seems very neat. In this situation different ethical and moral problems come into play. The main ethical issue in current situation is helping the poor with the limited helping capacity and ...

Part 1: Select one planning approach described in Chapter 3 of the Issel textbook and describe an ideal situation and least ideal situation for its use.

Advocacy Approach

The selected approach for planning is Advocacy. The best way to use this approach is to complete your planning before you proceed with advocacy approach.

An Ideal Situation

A least Ideal Situation
In the same situation, if you publicly announce the closing of a place in your specified goal, then you may provoke many by not talking to them, who have benefits related to the refinery industry. That include; several people in the community who have ...

Johnson & Johnson has gained relevant experience in the field of public relations, given that the group of companies was founded over thirty years ago; it definitely had a role in the evolution of public relations. Indeed, J&J has been held aloft in the PR world for nearly 30 years as the torch-bearer of the “right way’ to handle a crisis (Yaxley, 2010). Its public relations personnel, strategies, implementation process and assessment have matured over the years. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company which majorly deals in pharmaceutical products which are under constant scrutiny due to issues of quality ...

- Explain the significance of the grand challenge that you consider in this assignment.
System thinking engulfs the criterion of problem solving that concentrates on the larger picture of all the responsible aspects, as opposed to objective approaches which focus on those agents that are directly linked to the problem only. Taking the challenge of global warming and climate change, this problem solving approach can be demonstrated effectively. What makes it so pronounced is the threat it poses to a large portion of the earth and generations to come. New York City, Norfolk, Va., Venice, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, ...

Crisis intervention can be considered as an emergency psychological aspect that is subjected at helping individuals in some definite crisis state so as to reinstate equilibrium their bio-psychological operational and lessen the possible psychological trauma. Every person finally experiences crisis moments that may vary in content however seem to have a particular shared characteristics. Commonly, crisis involves the loss, threat or an unexpected assumption. There have been diverse theoretical methods presumed for assisting those running through crisis. Normally, the most effective method seems to follow some short therapeutic approach that stresses the episode inaccessible from other challenges and pursues an ...

- The extent to which. the Proposed Consent Decree squarely addresses the situation, the policy and procedure, directive, and the appellate court decision

Consent decree is the resolving of a lawsuit where an individual or a corporation reaches a resolution to take specific actions without admission of guilt for the occurrence that resulted to the lawsuit. This settlement is contained in a court order as the court instructs relief against the defendant and comes to a decision to the maintenance of jurisdiction against the case to ensure the settlement is followed (Hensley et al, 2006, pg. 389). This case involves Plaintiffs Jack Jones and ...

- What should Joe do in this situation?

In the case of Joe’s situation involving his decision making with the company, I think that Joe needs to do his own method on how the company would survive and regain the success. In a business, there will always be competitors who would try to let us go down and leave the business world. There will always be an enemy whenever we engaged in the business world. Even though Joe has a pretty good relationship with the other companies, his duty as the sales representative in UWEAR is far more important than ...

PART A: Description of work related experience

SITUATION

At the time of the subsistence of the Make an Impact Week, our course instructor required me from a group alongside my colleagues with a view to meeting the requirement of the coursework in executing a task. We were charged with the responsibility of raising a total of $ 200 to help fund the activities of the Environmental Club in the school. Alongside my colleagues, we formed a group of five persons so that we could execute the task as a group as required of the coursework. We met on a record three times to discuss and pitch our idea of raising the necessary cash where ...

1) At the present time, I would not report this situation to anyone else.

2) I have already spoken to my Area Manager and to the company’s owner to report it, and I do not yet know what the company’s response will be. Even though Mr. Lord was fairly gruff in his response, it may be that a cleanup will follow. Mr. Rivieria’s answer is the most instructive – if I keep my area clean, then I should be able to avoid the hazard of an explosion. Even though wood dust can be explosive, I do not ...

End of life palliative care can be a stressful, even traumatic time for not only dying residents, but also for families and the medical staff working with them. Fortunately, there is much staff can do to alleviate stress. In my own experiences as a Health Care Assistant in a nursing home, I have helped residents, families, and other staff members deal with this difficult segment of life through palliative care, and I have learned much from them as well.

Working and Interacting With Others in Palliative Care

Making sure that dying residents and their family have as stress-free an experience as possible is extremely important as a Health Care Assistant and ...

Karen Moore is the HR director of a multinational company, QuestSource. The company has an office in Shanghai, and her Chinese counterpart is Tsang Yao, a pleasant, even-mannered man. While initially, Moore is pleased with the hiring and performance reports from China—believing that Tsang is doing a good job—she is later infuriated to learn that most of the hired employees are Tsang’s relatives. She takes this matter to her supervisor and the chief operating officer of the company, Daniel Young, who admonishes her for showing a lack of awareness regarding Chinese work culture. This paper analyses Moore’s reaction to ...

Financial risk of an enterprise can be defined as the probability of adverse financial consequences in the form of loss of income and capital under uncertainty conditions for its financial activity. Financial risks have a great variety and for the implementation of effective management are classified by several main features that will be considered below.
Financial risks arises in the process of enterprise relationships with financial institutions (banks, financial, investment, insurance companies, stock exchanges and others). Causes of the financial risk are inflation factors, the growth of bank interest rates, reduction of the value of securities and others.

Financial risks are roughly divided into two types:

1) ...

Managing clients’ complaints is one of the crucial parts of managers’ work. The situation that Mr.Ward and his family experienced, when coming to Colonnade hotel, needs through analysis and elaboration of a crisis action plan. The first point of the plan is careful examination of client’s complaint that finds its reflection in several sources, such as the email the client sent to the management of the hotel and his posts on Twitter and TripAdvisor (Newmann&Kimes, n.d.). Secondly, the management should formulate the consequences of the situation for the hotel image and its popularity among clients. It is important ...

Effective communication is overly important in the operation theatre. It is one of the ideal ways of ensuring that the operation theatre is operating efficiently. However, this has emerged to be a challenging task with the vastly changing healthcare system and the heightened complexities in patient care. Rather than having one individual conduct a surgery, modern healthcare requires that the joint efforts of the healthcare professionals in the operation theatre take play. Given this, communication is primal to coordinate the teamwork efforts. Healthcare professionals find this to be a challenge, and hence, leading to unintended morbidity (Weller et al., 2014). Research shows ...

Introduction

In every aspect of the organization, leadership and management communication plays a significant role towards the success of every member and the company as a whole in terms of achievement and development. The success of the organization lies within the supervision of its leader. The leader supports the organization through his or her genuine commitment to guide his people or subordinates appropriately. His guidance is greatly focusing on the objectives on how to sustain fully for the benefit of every employee and the entire organization. Specifically, the manager itself directs every role assigned and designed to enhance the skills of the ...

1. This case concerns decision making with regard to public budget in order to arrive at a decision that competently addresses the financial needs of the Gaston county of Carolina state. The case involves finding means to balance budget requirements in order to arrive at a suitable budget that precisely addresses financial situation of Gaston County.

2. The political context of this case revolves around seeking the most appropriate procedure to address the needs of the public. For instance, debates are raised regarding whether or not to increase taxes. Elected county commissioners are bestowed with decision-making responsibility in order to harmonize ...

Sexual orientation is an issue that has been topic of discussion over the world with it being accepted in some communities and rejected in others. In recent, years people have been allowed to engage in same sex relationship, a situation whereby a man is viewed normally despite being in an intimate relationship with another man or lady with a lady. Sexual intercourse, which contributes to a high percentage of the spread of the disease, is of an alarming rate among the African American male between the age of 13-24. The observation is contributed by several factors as a community-based research technique involving several parties ...

QUESTION 1:

INTRODUCTION:
Pet.com is an e-business, founded by two graduates and Ms. Solberg, with a total equity capital of $1.5 million. Despite greater losses the company has tolerated, investors are eager to invest in the shares. Seeing the excitement, company decided to go public with the sale of 500,000 shares in initial public offering by the three existing shareholders, along with the sale of additional 750,000 shares by the company so as to provide funds for expansion. Further, the underwriters suggested placing price at $18 a share instead of $24, but financial manager was worried about the fact that ...

The issuance of common stock involves the asset and equity accounts no matter if it was issued below, above or at par. To illustrate how these accounts are used differently in all three situations, we shall make the following journal entries:

Situation A: Issuance of 10,000 stocks at the par value of $10.

Cash 100,000
Common Stock 100,000

The journal entry is straightforward when stocks are issued at par. We just have to debit cash and credit the common stock account for the exact amount of cash received which is also equal to the par value of the stocks.

Situation B: Issuance of 10,000 stocks at $12 (par value of $10)

Cash 120,000
Common Stock 100,000
...

Question 1: The book outlines 3 sources of reward and punishment on the job. Select one, and in your own words describe how both positive and negative comments (within this source) can affect the worker.

Considering significant role of manager functions in work of any foundation, especially one that works in service sector, I would like to pay attention exactly to consequences of rewards and punishments from manager’s side. Important thing here is the skill of manager to place the correct accents (priorities). The affect on worker may be totally different even though the notice will sound similarly. ...

Social Distance Theory

Social distance can be described as a propensity to approach or withdrawal from a group. The division of people based on a social class, ethnicity, race, and gender can be described as a social distance that prevails within or out of the societies. The differentiated behavior of people that leads them to their segregation with another person or persons of the society is a social distance (Prandy, 2003). For instance if a person is not able to mix up due to race, gender, ethnicity or social class then he will be regarded as a person who is socially distant from another member living in a society. Such a ...

Leadership is process through which subordinates are inspired and influenced to perform duties competently, willingly and enthusiastically. There are different types of leaders including transactionary leaders, transformational leaders, visionary leaders and traditional leaders. Leaders use different methods and approaches to rule their subjects. The approach applied by any leader depends on ones traits and the situation prevailing. As such, there are different types of leaders. Leadership has a great impact on the behaviour, human relations and general performance. Leaders are expected to act as role models to their subordinates. The subordinates usually look up to their leaders and emulate their ...

Kaufman’s first two sentences capture the attention of the reader since they give a shallow depth of the significant title the author has used. After reading the title of a book the first statements of the piece should reflect the motive of the author in creating the book. In this case the author achieved this objective and it captured my attention to get to read the whole piece.

In the title of the book by Kaufman, the highlighting of Hector and Achilles was significant in this piece (Rosa & Eschholz, 103). The author of the book and hector were best ...

Ethics, a moral philosophy or branch of philosophy that determines the course of human action pertaining to the concepts of right and wrong (Longstaff, 1995, Web). Ethics is being observed in the society as a universal benchmark of human behavior. More importantly, it is being practiced in all industry particularly in healthcare. The fact that healthcare is dealing with patients and their welfare, it is detrimental that people in healthcare industry religiously follow the ethical standards of their profession. Health professionals deal with circumstances and situation that has a direct impact to another person's life on a daily basis. Therefore, it is ...

Introduction

Nursing is generally concerned with care. As such all characteristics analyzed about this discipline should relate to the concept of care. This task aims at analyzing four major attributes of nursing in relation to a story of personal experience. The attributes to be analyzed in this case include loving kindness; patience; commitment; and openness/attendance to mysterious and unknown happenings of life and death or allowing miracles to take their course. The aim of this paper is particularly to provide insights into what is expected of a nurse in caring for and about persons in need. The story being analyzed involves a nurse’ ...

In every organization, whether private or public, managers would often encounter problems. These problems and challenges act as a barrier to effective management in the public sector. They impede the quality of service delivery and quality of work life in government. The barriers are aligned to issues such as resources, task organization, technology, priorities, and personnel. Such problems do arise in the areas of authority. This implies that solutions to such challenges are more or less within the powers of the managers. In public organizations, the extent of their independence is low compared to the private organizations . Therefore, public organizations ...

Abstract

Groupthink causes a group to make faulty decisions due to a number of group pressures and being insulated from outside opinions. In retail, this can occur when a leader such as a Manager has too much power over the group and does not consider alternatives to traditional methods or suggestions from employees. Open-minded leadership is the key to preventing a damaging groupthink situation in retail.

Groupthink in Retail

Working as a temporary salesperson in retail for a large department store offered me a firsthand view of groupthink in action. The “crisis” that the group was facing was plummeting sales. Each morning before the store opened, Managers and Sales Associates ...

According to Laudon and Laudon (2006), virtual reality is a type of information system that emulates a real world situation and transforms it into a digital context whereas augmented reality incorporates digital data and information into real world context. A virtual reality system creates a total immersion of users’ mental, visual and even aural experiences of the real world into the system. Augmented system on the other hand augments the system experiences and virtuality into the real world.

Why is augmented reality so appealing to marketers?

Augmented reality is one of the new marketing techniques taking toll of the market, Laudon argues that the main reason is because of the fact ...

Abstract

It is not always just to simply follow the guidelines given to you while administering justice, there are situations in which people in justice enforcement have to use their head and their heart over their books to take a better choice. This happens particularly for the police officers who are more directly involved with the criminals than any other branch of justice enforcement. It is often difficult to judge between right and wrong in certain situations because the borderline may be very delicate. This article gives two situations in which police officers has a choice between sticking to the protocol and ...

1) Problem Statement: Sara Jones was appointed the managing director of Bake a Cake, a cake mix manufacturing company in the UK, three months ago. Sara learnt to adapt to the company’s working culture and practices. The methods were not too different from her previous managerial roles so she had little trouble with this. She also took part in sessions on how to train staff as part of her management role. In order to gain a better understanding of Bake a Cake she decided to travel around the company’s manufacturing and distribution factories to briefly observe how work was being completed ...

1. How can leaders encourage collective sensemaking that results in a shared understanding of the situation?

Groups of people are considered to be able to make better decisions than individuals because they can pool the diverse talents of a team of individuals. This way the synergy effect can be achieved. Groups merge ideas from diverse perspectives, which creates the potential for new ideas and options that no individual could create on their own. It is, however, the leader’s function do stimulate and process sensemaking, so that it brings the most fruitful results. In this connection it should be taken into ...

GM is in the form of an oligopoly market structure this is where the companies are controlled by a few firms. This make it difficult for other firms to penetrate the industry because of the market barriers put in place (Dwivedi, 2010). In this market buyers are perfectly aware of prices, but there exist seller’s entry barriers. GM had been selling cars with faulty doors for the last three years. This is a clear indication that, GM market structure is not competitive. The situation is made worse by not having a firm that could have replaced GM faulty models. There is ...

“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, By Katherine Anne Porter

The protagonist of the story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, By Katherine Anne Porter, (1930), the Granny, is on her death bed and is under the effect of medicines and in a critical situation. As she had already realized that this time it is going to be the final call for her, she has lots of thoughts running in her mind. She though being in the present and living her ailment, she is travelling through time and is again and again experiencing her past. The effect of her sedatives and her illness is making her mix the present with the ...

Introduction

If I were to judge my leadership style, I would most definitely agree that it is participative in nature. Why I say so is because I believe that two or more brains is better than one, and so, to overcome any contingencies that may arise during operations, I look at the collective views of the feedbacks from my team members that are discussed before taking any management decision-making. Of course, there are other styles of leadership management that are equally effective, but I am happy giving my team members the privilege to involve in decision-making. By inculcating a ...

An opinion is described as a particular understanding that one has towards another person, a situation or simply a particular matter (Darner, 2008). Most often than not, an opinion is specifically formulated by a person based on his knowledge and the experiences that develop his personal perception about an issue that he might be involved in. Relatively, such elements mandate a profound consideration on how thoughts have specifically been considered to create a distinct representation on how and why one believes on something. On the other hand, a majority of opinions is understood as the collection of opinions; a centralized distinction on how one particular group specifically ...

Business and social interaction build on daily activities of all the individuals. The manner in which we express ourselves and transfer the information to other people has significant influence on our social wellbeing. Professional and business surroundings are extremely demanding in regards to individual ability to manage interpersonal relationships. Communication process, in this situation has very wide meaning and can be summarized as the instrument of using all the available resources to transfer information, persuade, inspire and connect individuals in a given business context (Means and Rankin, 2009). With that in mind, there is a strong relationship between communication and ethics. Communication ...

Emergency situation occurs when hazards threaten the safety and well-being of the community. Ironically, hazards exist around us, and there are always risks that these hazards escalate to a level where emergency situation needs to be declared. Without proper management, emergency situation can escalate to a disaster. The idea of emergency preparedness is to prevent hazard from threatening the community, and responding to an emergency situation so that disaster can be prevented.

New York City is home of more than 8 million people, and this city is not immune to hazards. In fact, the city officials recognize 12 hazards consisting of ...

Q1. The imprisonment of ten percent of Black American parents has huge social implications on the affected families and the Black community in United States of America.

It leads to loss of income and make it difficult for the remaining Black American parent to raise his or her children. The loss of income is responsible for high poverty level among the affected families. For children from single parent, the imprisonment leads to poor parenting because of the changes in caregivers. The affected children can acquire deviant behavior if he or she identifies with the parent. Consequently, the imprisonment of parents elevates the chances that a black child shall develop antisocial behavior. Indeed, some studies have shown that the affected children are more likely to experience negative outcome ...

The census bureau determines poverty levels in the USA through a comparison between pre-tax incomes against the threshold. The threshold is normally set as three times the cost of the minimum food cost of food diet and is updated every year. The consumer index is updated annually depending on the size of the family, and the prevailing inflation (Ritakallio, 2002). The threshold is not dependent on the geographical position.
Poverty threshold is used to track past poverty and compare poverty across geographical regions. The poverty threshold is also used to determine how federal assistance will be distributed and its ...

National health services is an organization where, I work as health protection director. Health protection requires a strong team to conduct research and development. Team building requires decisions making and effective communication to build a team (Pain, & Harwood, 2009). Before making team, it requires three steps to be considered as a leader(Connor, & Yballe,2007). These three steps are as follow: to evaluate the skills of team members, train the team member and define goals. Knowledge and skills of team members are necessary for productive work. Training of team member helps them to learn quickly. Goals are direction for the team to achieve ...

Discussion and Responses

My research indicates the most prized Confucian virtues of Ren, Li, Shu, Xiao, and Wen are social virtues. The notion of sincerity, unlike our Western translation, means to choose naturally what is correct for society. (Molloy, 2010) This being said, Ess states that the Ubuntu project illustrates the emphasis on “community well-being” from the view of this religion, which is much different than our Western individualistic perspective. (Ess, 2009, p. 79)

RESPONSE: There is an evident truth to sincerity. I would like to add that apart from sincerity as a social virtue, I believe there is nothing more ...

Introduction

In writing this book, De Waal was too modest. The title of the book is a gross understatement of the sophistication and richness of the literature in the book. Any scholar would be hard-pressed in finding another t-the-point, fair-minded, graceful yet compact exploration of the tormented, fascinating and the utterly complex region that Asia represents. The literature in the book is diverse in that his arguments do not just confine to the Russian great-power games but also explores the fault lines and many cross-cutting intricacies in the region.

In the start of the book, De Waal explores the ancient glories ...

According to Brains Basic (n.d), neurons (nuerones) form the fundamental “data processing units” or the 'chips' of the brain. Neurons get “electrical inputs” from nearly one thousand different neurons. These impulses arrive at the same time, and when combined, they become 'nerve impulse'. This impulse then creates a reaction in the next “neuron” in the system. Neurons react to conduct and stimuli because a probable membrane is formed across the membrane in the cell. It can be noted that the neurons are emotional cells that are present within the body’s nervous system. It serves to ...

What I have learned as a manager

In order to be successful in any managerial position, one must have a certain set of tools that will aid them to run an efficient team of professionals. Such are the skills that I have learnt and acquired during my time in this course. This essay briefly entails what those specific skills are and how to apply them in everyday life situations at the work place.

Understanding of group behavior is key in understanding any one group in any situation. You need to understand the group of staff that you work with; how each of their personalities influences how the ...

Introduction

Leadership refers to a course of public influence. This happens in situations where a given person may enroll the support and aid of others with the main view being the achievement of a common task. In big organizations and institutions, the leadership may entail more than one person in order to oversee the effective running of the events. Small institutions may however have one leader who oversees everything. The roles of the various leaders are often defined and each assigned a particular part in which they are best suited. However, problems may arise in instances when the roles are not well defined. If ...

Sight is a very prevalent theme in a great variety of fiction; it can often be a symbol for understanding, comprehension, and enlightenment. Hindsight and foresight are often rewarded as virtues, or at least play heavily into the plot of a story. A blind person is often thought to ‘see’, or comprehend, more than the normal person, and sometimes people are not aware of a shocking truth, despite it looking them straight in the face. These scenarios are found in August Wilson's play Fences, as Troy, the patriarch of the family, is completely undone by his pride and lack of awareness of ...

Dear Sir

Before beginning my words, I’d like to say that I didn’t truthfully do anything deliberate, and I didn’t do anything intentionally about being disrespectful toward both you and your course. I can definitely assure you about that. I honestly request you not to think about what I led to in that way. Even if I did something wrong, that would be coming from my pensiveness, not being disrespectful and inconsiderate toward you. Accordingly, I know how much rules are strict, severe and brutal if needed, particularly in the United States, where I consider there ...