Essays on Commitment

Companies, businesses, or organizations around the globe face stiff competition. Market segments change. The preferences and tastes are equally dynamic. The effect of globalization is real. There is an economic shift from the developed and stable economies to developing. Therefore, it is ideal that companies should tirelessly focus on what makes them relevant in meeting customer requirements. This paper is a mirror reflection of how the Google Company has thrived and lived to its vision as well as mission. It seeks to address the significance of human interactions and correlations in the workplace. The work also gives clear views ...

An essay exploring the effect of the macroeconomic environment in Italy and Russia as it relates to Proctor and Gamble’s international economic activity. Procter and Gamble [P&G] is the world’s top producer of household products. P&G manufactures a wide range of products from toilet paper and sanitary products to food and cleaners. It can be said that the company produces everything a consumer could need to stock their homes comfortably. June 2014, P&G reported over eighty-three million dollars in revenues during that fiscal year (MarketLine, 2015). P&G’s headquarters are located in Cincinnati, Ohio but the massive ...

Introduction

Some organizations are successful while others are not successful. There has been arguments as to what causes some organizations to succeed and what causes others to fail. Some literature support the view that organizations succeed if they recruit skilled and experienced employees. Other sources argue that success of organizations largely depend on the kind of leadership they have. Still, some argue that it is a combination of leadership and employees with certain qualities because leaders are required to direct employees to achieve the vision of their organizations. But what differentiate good leaders from bad leaders? Allio (2007) argued that ...

JetBlue Airways is a new airline company in the United States that is noted for its low-fare and efficient service. The company was founded by David Neeleman in 1999 and is now one of the major airlines that operate in the United States (Gittell, & O'Reilly, 2001, p.1). One of the key factors of JetBlue Airway’s success is its aggressiveness towards expansion. The company, for instance, added 10 new planes every year as part of its expansion plan as well as adding new routes and domestic markets. Accordingly, the company wishes to achieve rapid growth “while building a value-based, ...

The purpose of this paper is to explore a scenario that in turn is affecting the human lives and increasing health concerns in a particular area. Moreover, the study also intends to discuss the Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) initiatives carried out by Coca-Cola to resolve the issues that are associated with the scenario. For the evaluation of CSR initiatives, many secondary resources are utilized. Nigeria is the country that constantly encounters issues related to the insufficient water supply in accordance with the needs of the rapidly growing population. As a result of disparity regarding the clean drinking water, more ...

Abstract

Efficient teamwork is an important prerequisite of a company’s productivity (Maddux, 1994, p.8). This statement can be substantiated by the fact that synergistic effects arise, when several individuals and entities start to work together. However, as it was emphasized by P.Lencioni (2010), the team-building and subsequent effective functioning of the team requires meeting two criteria (pp.9-10). Firstly, the group of people shall constitute a team by sharing goals, as well as rewards and responsibilities, stemming from the achievement of these goals (Lencioni, 2006, p.9). Secondly, the members to a team shall be ready to invest significant time and ...

Introduction: Ethical Issue

Auditors hold positions of trust in the society. However, over the years, auditors have been accused and, in some occasion, found guilty of failing to live up to these expectations. Therefore, this inability necessitated the enactment of laws that will support both accounting through strengthening firm’s internal controls and procedures and auditing through attestation of these internal controls. As such, this has strengthened the auditors’ position to uphold the social trust. Nonetheless, isolated cases have been observed where auditors have given the organization a clean bill of health yet such organization end up collapsing due to malpractices that ...

Abstract: A Bright Star Declined

Over the past 2 decades, IBM reach heights of unprecedented success, down to failure, and up to success again. In 1980, they were lagging in the personal computer business but by 1985, they had taken over 40 percent of the market share (Kanter 46). By 2005, IBM made its exit from the PC business and switched to consulting (Kanter 47-8). This is a drastic shift indeed for a company which provided virtually no consulting services in 1990 to becoming one of the largest services companies some 20 years later. IBM today is now an exemplar of how a company ...

Introduction:

Bethesda Lutheran Community is a Christian organization that caters for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities in the United States through services that seek to spread the gospel truth of Jesus Christ. The organization was started in 1904 as a single unit location in Watertown Wisconsin, creating an inclusion community that catered for people with mental disabilities. By 1960s, the pioneer campus in Watertown had a capacity of about 660 individuals (Hodge, Lieberman & Murata, 2012). At this time, the societal attitudes about people living with disabilities was perceived with skepticism, and hence there was little from either the government ...

Human Resource Management

Gap Incorporated.

Executive Summary3

1.Company Overview and Introduction6 1.1 Company mission..6 1.2 Company vision.6 1.3 Sources of revenue.7 1.4 Industry information and Market share.7 1.5 Number of employees and their demographics..8 2.Problem Definition and Research Objectives..10 2.1 Problem.11 2.2 Decision statement12 2.3 Research objectives12 3.Business Case for Business Research14 4. Research Plan and Methodology.16 4.1 Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data17 4.2 Secondary Data Collection.19 4.3 Primary Data Collection Tools20 4.4.Sampling Approacp0 5.Survey22 5.1 Survey Design Rationale.22 5.2 Focus Group Questions Rationale24 6. Implementation and Communication Plan26 6.1 Implementation Plan26 6.2 Timeline..28 6.3Budget..29 6.4 Communication plan30 8. References.32 7. Appendices

A: Survey Questions.34

B: Focused Group ...

Introduction

The KASP is a Saudi Government-funded scholarship program initiated in 2005 under King Abdullah ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"; "Patent Program"). KASP has been launched in response to Saudi Arabia's increasing need for more qualified human capital, particularly in light of Kingdom's dependency on foreign labor (al-Shayea). The first KASP cycle was launched after late King Abdullah's and former U.S. President George W. Bush's agreement to increase numbers of Saudi students in U.S. ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). The Saudi Government invested SR7 billion and awarded 9,252 male and female students U.S. scholarships in first phase ("King Abdullah Scholarship Program"). ...

Proposal: Viability and effectiveness of purchasing cars for the Sales Staffs, who are engaged on active field work.

Introduction to this Initiative Every organization has a mandate to deliver its objective based on its set parameters. Either, these objectives could be effectively met when certain manifestations are achieved, and within a designated timeframe. Key decisions have direct impacts on the overall well-being of an organization, and this determines how well things are achieved at the organizational front. While referring to an initiative to buy cars to the sales staffs, a great deal of feasibility consideration has to be considered. One such parameter is the cost benefit analysis associated with move, which is expected to attract more operational ...

Other Details:

Starbucks Strategic Analysis Introduction Starbucks ranks 45th on the Forbes list of hundred most innovative companies and 52nd on the list of worlds most valuable brands (Forbes, 2015 a & b). This is no small achievement considering the size of the corporation and its level of expansion. At last count in 2015, the corporation boasts of 22519 stores in 66 countries around the globe in which they offer a variety of products ranging from coffee to beverages to ready to drink delicacies. For an organization of this size, sustainability of product quality and service quality is an ongoing challenge. In ...

Introduction

The world has become highly dynamic. Therefore, organization face the constant need to change to adapt to both changes in the external and internal environment. Organizations devote a lot of resources to spearhead change. However, the majority of change initiatives are often unsuccessful. Ken Blanchard, in his book ‘Who Killed Change’ creatively explores the subject of organizational change using symbolism. The main character of the book, Agent Mike McNally, plays the role of a detective investigating a murder of change (Blanchard, 2009). Through the eyes of the detective, the author provides insights of various aspects that inhibit change. All ...

Question 1

The process of determining whether an organization requires a formal project management process is usually accompanied by a set of questions. Some of the questions include: Are the tasks complicated? Are there constrictions right? Are there vibrant environmental contemplations? Are there numerous activities to be assimilated? Are there practical border lines to be crossed?

Question 2

Project management methodologies present a number of benefits to an organization; project management enable the organization to achieve more tasks with less people and in short time, it increases the profitability of an organization, project management grants better control of the changes in the scope, ...

Implementing Change Report

Report on change implementation at Kudler Introduction The paper presents the implementation of change process at sale and accounting department. The paper has been divided into six segments. The first segment presents the monitoring and evaluation tools to be used. The second section presents the identification of opportunities for the change process. The third segment discloses the part in the change process to which resistance will take place. The fourth section elaborates the ways of driving change through organizational culture. Fifth presents the impact of changes on culture. However, the last section discusses that how the evaluation of change ...

Reflection of Personal Student Experience:

Introduction: This report examines the moral and ethical dilemmas encountered by nurses in practice. The healthcare environment is increasingly becoming complex and continuously presents nurses with moral dilemmas. This is especially true when the ability to do the right thing is stalled by inconsistent values and beliefs of other healthcare providers. Across the nursing field, different personalities prevail. The level of success in the nursing practice, and the drive to achieve the projected results, vary with personal attributes, and the inclination to take risks in conflicting situations. The paper will focus on the Dominant (D) personality, as well as, ...

Introduction

Project Purpose Every firm operates in a unique internal as well as external environment and as such, its requirements with regard to an effective, efficient and sustainable technology plan (Coeurderoy & Murray, 2014). Given that CSIC has an operational corporate website in place, the technology plan recommended herein will aim at

Cost effectiveness in the short and long term,

Enhancing efficiency by limiting false start incidences, Guaranteeing compatibility with existing IT framework and Precisely addressing CSIC’s unique needs and situations (Hsieh, Tsai & Chen, 2015). Scope The successful incorporation of CSIS’s new range of products that includes: Insurance coverage services for ecommerce, Employment associated liability, Medical professional ...

Through the ages punishment as a sociocultural phenomenon has changed its aim and methods; however, the main meaning to community hardly transformed. In some cases, this stage is the only one key chance to get free, prove the innocence by acting on someone’s behalf. However, in the modern world people, as their ancestors, sometimes refuse to renounce their commitments.

Historical context

History of the human world offers a great number of cases, when people were protecting themselves in front of judges, juries and victims, but still unwilling to forsake their beliefs. Nicolaus Copernicus, Timothy Cole and, especially Socrates, are the ...

Abstract

The following will examine the environmental policies and activities practiced by Nostrum Oil & Gas (previously known as Zhaikmunai LLP) and how well they conform to the ISO 14000 voluntary environmental management standards created and published by the International Organization for Standards. Nostrum Oil & Gas is located in the UK and is listed on the London Stock exchange, but has most of its facilities in Kazakhstan. It concentrates on oil and gas exploration and production. Like many other corporations around the world, Nostrum Oil & Gas is attempting to ensure that it's corporate activities are socially sustainable and environmentally sound. The ...

Benefits resulting from Due Diligence for Responsible Business Report

CSR generates benefits for a business internally as well as for the external stakeholders. However, it is challenging to monetize the benefits of the CSR since much of the benefits are only visible in long run. In addition, the challenge comes from the fact that they are indirectly led to by the positive changes of the CSR (Sino-German, 2012). On the other hand, whether firms are likely and able to practice the CSR is highly dependent on their managers’ incentives as well as constraints that are in turn determined by their preferences, contracts, ethical beliefs and objectives. The major ...

How might leadership and management practices differ from culture to culture? List at least 8 things managers should do to facilitate better interactions with cross-cultural teams. Leadership is possibly one of the most exhaustively researched and discussed management concepts in the business world today. Effective leadership is something that choses the most appropriate style of leadership based on the situation or challenge at hand as only then, success can be accomplished. However, most effective leaders that are globally renowned, are known to use a primary style of leadership in their management. An important point that needs to be noted ...

<<Author>> <<Date>> In the fast changing competitive world in which companies operate today, the importance of strategic management cannot be overemphasized. A company statement is helpful to define and communicate the company’s goals and strategy to all stakeholders (MaRS, 2013). Company statements are designed to act as a guide and a motivating element; targeting all the stakeholders. The Mission statement defines the ‘reason for existence’ of the organization. Next is the Values or Goals statement, which defines how an organization will work, what it believes in, what will be the organization’s ...

Starbucks Corporation remains as a top leader in the coffee industry in conceptualizing globalization from a wide international context and investment. In the 21st century, Starbucks Corporation has started to explore new core aspects of leadership, innovation, and organizational culture. The key elements of Starbucks’organizational culture that contributes to its success in a global economy are commitment, leadership, and innovation. The organizational culture of Starbucks Corporation is one of the unique aspects of the company. Its organizational culture influences the employees and the performance of every member. Specifically, the culture of the company spread throughout all aspects of ...

Chapter 3

Study Questions Why do we want to look and be consistent in most situations? This is because consistency is considered a good personality trait. It is associated with intellectual and personal strength.

Why do we find even rigid, stubborn consistency desirable in many situations?

This is because it prevents people from having to think or reason on their own, which can be tiring. 3. Which four factors cause a commitment to affect a person's self-image and consequent future action?

These are if the commitment is effortful, public, active, and viewed as internally

motivated.

What makes written commitments so effective?

This because they seem more tangible and permanent. 5. What is the relationship between the compliance tactic of low-balling and the term

"growing its own legs"?

Once a compliance professional is able to get another ...

Understanding of what motivates employees in the public sector has been an issue of concern in the recent past. The increase in competition and unpredictable world economy has forced many managers in the public sector to develop strategies that ensure that the public sector obtains high levels of output from the workforce (Matheson, 2011). According to Word and Carpenter (2013) work motivation is the internal and external force that acts as catalysts for the workers behavior. It is the desire of a person to work hard and remain committed to the organization’s goals. It is imperative for the ...

Travis Hirshci had went to college and received an undergraduate degree in sociology. Once he moved to a more prominent city to attend graduate school he had observed behavior. He reviewed how people’s social interactions affected their personal choices and behaviors. This led him to researching criminal behavior and the connection to social bond and control theory. Hirschi’s theories came about back in the late 1960’s when the world was evolving after war, and independence. People were making decisions that were not normally made or accepted in society. The era that Hirschi was experienced had become ...

Introduction

Social control theories emerged in the early 1900s which questioned why not all humans commit crimes. Unlike the criminology theories that examine why an individual commits criminal activity, the social control theories focus on how certain individuals refrain from it. There were several notable sociologists who expressed their ideas on how the society and its traditions can ensure that an individual will conform to a law-abiding lifestyle. They identified two types of controls in their theories. Informal and formal control. The informal control mechanisms are family, friends, or their individual social circles. The formal control is from the Government ...

Paths to Identity Achievement

• How did Erikson define identity achievement? What combination of exploration and commitment scores are seen? Identify achievement is identity status which an individual has struggled with and may have settled the questions of purpose and identity and has developed a future direction. Identity achievement has high commitment and high exploitation scores.

• What is diffusion? What combination of exploration and commitment scores are seen?

Diffusion has been defined as the identity status to which an individual is apathetic to some level and shows no interested in questions related to identity, and is unwilling to commit to certain beliefs and values. Diffusion has low commitment and low exploitation scores.

• What is foreclosure? What combination of exploration and commitment scores are seen?

Foreclosure is identity status ...

Intuitional Affiliation

Managing Competing Agendas in Technological Sector The world is experiencing a shift of paradigm regarding different issues. It is becoming difficult for the governments of numerous nations to overcome challenges which are directly related to the economic conditions and social welfare (Liu & Guan, 2016). The USA also has all the resources which are required to ensure their policies related to the technological issues and its implementation. Moreover, the objectives are being achieved in the short term and long term period. One of the departments which is directly related to the technology is the office of science and technology, and ...

Conceptual Framework and Purpose of the Paper

Virtue ethics has been chosen as the framework to guide the stand to be taken. Virtue ethics recognizes the critical role of moral character, emotions, and experiences in moral judgment (Robichaux & Parsons, 2009). Virtue ethics goes beyond acting in accordance with a certain set of ethical rules into having consistently habitual pattern in acting that way when providing care, interacting with colleagues, and in life (Robichaux & Parsons, 2009). Under virtual ethics, the concern of the nurse is on what kind of the nurse they should be (Day, 2007). The major concepts in virtual ethics are compassion, fidelity, fortitude, veracity, ...

BUSINESS -

Business - Model Female Leader Award Introduction Leadership qualities that influence across cultures dead or alive have qualities that inspire, direct, challenge, and effectively change the world founded in strong ethical practices. Rhodes et al, (2005) describes how “converging political, industrial, and economic characteristics” aligned to ethical leadership practices prove effective (p. 87). The following is an academic exercise – a learning task demanding critical thought, organizational aptitude, and specific objectives toward achieving a better understanding about the human experience and what distinguishes leadership qualities influencing people across cultures.

Oprah Winfrey

Billionaire Oprah Winfrey is an internationally recognized first African American billionaire. ...

Abstract:

St. Elizabeth of Hungary School is a Catholic run academic institution established on September 12, 1958 in Texas. At its inception, the school had a population of 27 students. The teaching was done by Catholic nuns in portable buildings, with the use of traditional writing materials and implements. To transform an academic facility into a center of moral and educational excellence, this calls for skillful direction and management. Such management can only be realized through definite procedures and regulations that effectively steer conduct and safeguard the professional ethics. Subsequently, the school has a definite code of its practice; with ...

Charlie Chaplin’s performance in The Great Dictator (1940) In the history of soundless cinema, The Great Dictator still stands unbeaten as a marvel among all of the Charlie Chaplin’s greatest works. The unique element of surprise in this movie comes from the fact that the movie exerts a satirical comedy over perhaps the cruelest historical figure, Adolf Hitler at times when he was on peak of his action plan coming into reality. This essay is intended to analyze the various aspects of Charlie Chaplin’s character and role play in this movie to understand what elements made ...

<First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name> <Name of Instructor> <Date dd/month/2016> <Title of the Paper> The age of Enlightenment laid the foundation to the advancement to the different branches of science today. During the fifteen and sixteenth century, scholars like Sir Isaac Newton started to question the different beliefs, traditions and practices like medicine, astronomy, biblical studies, and history (A Value - System That Is INTEGRATED By CRITICAL THINKING Values And Perspective Of The Enlightenment Cultural Matrix). The scholar’s curiosity pushed them to critically analyze the various fields and started to develop a more ...

Introduction

The effective compensation and benefit system contributes to optimize the organizational effectiveness. The organizational effectiveness enhances with the effective performance of the employees as it directly impacts on the business performance. The system of compensation is very important to contribute to attract and retain the strongest performers from the market (Abdullah, 2009). The compensation and benefits system serves the needs of the organization to attract and retain the best employees and the motivation of these employees are very important for the growth in the productivity of the business. No one wills to work for such company lacking compensations and ...

Introduction

The automotive industry has become one of the major pillars of national GDP for many countries including the United States and Japan. Recognizing the crucial role of auto industry in economic development in the coming decades, many national governments have taken proactive steps to fuel the growth of their automobile sectors. A long experience of innovative automobile technology development coupled with strength of high quality products has assisted XYZ Motors to grow fast in the domestic as well as international market. This paper will identify different strategies for fueling the growth momentum of XYZ Motors and increasing its domestic ...

Introduction:

The Wounded Warrior Gym is a fitness center that is set to specialize in about ten physical fitness spheres that enhance its competitive edge across Virginia, namely precision, agility, strength, muscle power, coordination, vigor, flexibility, cardiovascular and respiratory resilience (Murphy, 2012). The facility is an affiliate of the CrossFit Inc., a consortium of over 13, 000 affiliated gyms which nearly half of them are located across the United States. The Wounded Warrior’s competitors’, such as the Fit Slim and Mayfair Fitness, branding strategy is significantly efficient, in clearly and consistently defining the organization and its products. As this ...

“In 1969 Travis Hirschi had come up with the theory of social control and social bond theory” . His theories were implemented into criminology studies over the years. Some theorists have argued his theories, and debated on the positivity and worthiness of them. Even though other theorists have tried to discard the theories Hirschi had brought forth into criminology; he is still a leading individual theorist for over 40 years. Hirschi had grew up in Utah and obtained his undergraduate degree in Sociology. He then decided to take his education to San Francisco California to obtain his graduate degree. The ...

Essay Outline Template

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Background Information

1. General background information that grabs attention (reference) 2. More specific background information to lead into the thesis (reference)

B. Thesis statement

1. Topic 2. Outline your key points II. BODY

A. Support Paragraph 1

1. Thesis statement 2. Supporting Ideas

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1. Thesis statement 2. Supporting Ideas C. Possible Support Paragraph 3 1. Thesis statement 2. Supporting Ideas D. Maybe even another Support Paragraph 4 (or more) 1. Thesis statement 2. Supporting Ideas III. CONCLUSION

A. Summarize/Review key points

B. Concluding thought IV. REFERENCES (use APA or MLA format) I. INTRODUCTION A. Background Information 1. Many large business corporations are of international character. The same applies, indeed, to ...

Executive Summary

Today, hospitality management requires skills and training because of the changing needs and demands of customers. Phulay Bay is taking effective measures in order to facilitate customers in the best possible manner, and I come to know this after my internship in Phulay Bay for a period of 6 months. The Hotel is ensuring provision of top services, and a relaxing environment where guests can feel comfort, and visit the hotel again in order to take benefits from the services offered. In this paper, hospitality management in Phulay Bay is described in detail by explaining how the hotel is ...

Values and Culture Profiles of International Companies

Part 1

Speaking from the perspective of company’s values and culture, TransAlta would be the best fit with my fundamental work place values, which are altruism, security, and prestige, as it scores the highest in these three values. The company can with good reason be described as a socially responsible business. Its website states, “Being a good neighbour means investing in and making a commitment to the communities in which we operate” (qtd. in TransAlta.com). TransAlta website focuses on how much they value their employees and invest in them. Additionally, they have good compensation plans and benefits, such ...

Thesis Statement

Businesses operations in today’s world cannot survive without providing benefits to the society within which they operate. Creating Shared Value (CSV) is an idea that gained prominence in 2011, and it goes beyond the corporate social responsibility of a company which several companies adopt in a vain effort to create a false picture of societal concern. Nestle decided to go against the latter and took the idea in 2006, and this paper elaborates how it has gone about it, the company's vision and mission statement and its current standing via a SWOT analysis.

Theory of the Firm

Nestle is a company committed ...

The article “Corporate Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management” (2011) provides in-depth analysis of the corporate entrepreneurship and its capacity to renew and innovate. The article covers some theoretical issues of entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship, and the role of human resource management. The case of Montalt-Valencia Company is used to analyze how the theoretical notions are applied in practice. The topic of entrepreneurship has been given a lot of attention in the academic literature. Joseph Schumpeter and many other economists focused on the analysis of an entrepreneur in the role of a discoverer or exploiter of opportunities. Lee, Periz-Ortis and ...

Introduction

The Modern Green Movement is distinguished by its actions for combating the cataclysmic consequence of climate changes, by conducting global environmental events, conservation of natural resources, preservation of the environment, and overcoming the green gas issues. The consciousness of the people has become more intense now, yet, most of the environmental issues remain unresolved. And the chemically contaminated water and foods, genetically altered seeds, and other problems are putting the daily lives in dangerous conditions. To make matters worse, most of the natural resources dwindle, while the climate change plays havoc. The Modern Green Movement is convincing people, to ...

Introduction

According to the case study by Thomke, it is evident that the traditional approach made the business stagnate at one place and that although it was making huge profits, the market was changing, and there was a need to comprehend the trend of the market change. However, to understand such tremendous change, the corporate would be forced to do away with the incremental approach and embrace the Lead User strategy. However, Dunlop should be made to understand that although the effort in finding the right Lead User was not only time consuming but difficult, it was the only approach ...

Among several social issues, whistleblowing is one of the major issues which individuals or employees linked to an organization have to face at some point in their lives. We must understand that all businesses do not run on ethical standards no matter how much they pretend to believe in ethics and fair dealing. Landau (2013) mentioned that there are certain practices or wrongdoings going on at different levels which employees ignore or consider less important whereas some employees do take notice of any unethical activity and can see how the consequences can create losses for the organization in the ...

The human beings are considered as the most intelligent creature in this universe. It is hard to measure the capability and brilliance of the human mind (Voronin et al. 1139-1146). The optimistic factor in human intelligence and brilliance is increasing with the passage of time, and this eventually results in different kinds of innovations around the world. Philosophers and scientists around the globe are making different kinds of claims regarding the development of human intelligence and their claims revolve around different kinds of theories. Due to the complexity in the theories, it is always difficult to believe in one ...

Bass Factors

The concept of leadership is crucial to the success of business entities. This is because of the underlying fact that managers of business entities rely on their leadership prowess as a means of propelling the organizations onward (Northouse, 2010). Transformational leadership style occurs as one of the various leadership styles whose effectiveness in enhancing business success has and continues to be hypothesized across different settings. Notable is the fact that transformational leadership is based on four bass factors (Amber, 2012). Inspirational motivation is one of the bass elements of transformational leadership, and it connotes to the ability of a ...

Abstract

Susan Wheelan is one of the most outstanding human resources consultant, author and speaker, who ubiquitously utilizes her skills, expertise and knowledge to offer competent advice on effective team formation and building to companies all over the globe. Her Creating Effective Teams: A guide for Members and Leaders serves as a comprehensive manual, guiding project managers and other organizational leaders in building effective teams, and maintain their efficiency during the project lifecycle (Cokins, 2009). In particular, Wheelan emphasizes that the group people attains the highest degree of efficiency, when it works together as a team. The work of Wheelman ...

Abstract

First, the essay discusses the importance of culture and provides different definitions of culture, revolving around the idea that culture is ‘how things are done around here’. There are a large number of different models and theories that describe organisational culture; however the focuses on the theories of Schneider, Handy and Hofstede. The Schneider’s model has four quadrants, with two dichotomies, first is the organisation’s orientation towards current performance vs. future opportunities, and second is orientation towards people vs. process. Similarly, Handy's theory describes four main types of organisational culture; however, the division is based on the ...

Response to Q1a

Strategy 1: Aggressive. As per strategy 1, the Total funds requirements are to be divided into permanent and seasonal requirements based on the premise that permanent requirements are essential and the seasonal requirements vary and hence the permanent requirements need to be allocated out of the total monthly requirements based on Polly’s assessment of short term and long term average monthly requirements as shown below. Strategy 2: Conservative. For Strategy 2, the conservative funding requires Polly to allocate the whole amount to Permanent requirements with long term funds equal to $1,500,000 and the seasonal requirements to ...

Introduction

The Kudler Fine Food Virtual Organization is comprised of the various department that includes sale, accounting, operation, marketing, finance, and customer service, etc. the paper aims to offer a change proposal for accounting and sale department of Kudler. The objective of this proposal is to convince the top management for the implementation of the change management program in accounting and sale department. Therefore, for the attainment of the objective the paper has been set out into four segments. First identifies the need for change and in result opportunities. The second segment demonstrates the dimensions of change. The third section ...

Introduction

In introducing a new commodity into the market, it is necessary to evaluate critical features that influence the entrance of such goods in the market. One of the key factors considered in the launch of the new commodity in the market is the targeted market (Amin & Bashir, 2014). Determining the intended market is essential in production forecasting and sales. The intended market will dictate the amount of the commodity to manufacture, the packaging design, pricing, advertising and promotional methods (Beaver, 2000). The character of the intended market concerning the geographical arrangement of the intended market will facilitate the modeling ...

Character Letter

X has always been and continues to be an ideal parent. His current struggle for Deven's (his son's) custody is not only an evidence of his dedication as a good father but also of his commitment and moral character as a responsible and dependable person. X has been, admittedly, incarcerated for around seven years. This incarceration is usually used against persons – particularly as in my ex husband's case – as an evidence of irresponsibility, if not outright moral condemnation. The historical and current state of affairs is proof to contrary. If anything, X has been and continues to be a ...

The Health Promotion Model of Nola Pender is a theory that proposes that health promotion activities of healthy lifestyle and health choices help with the prevention of illness and disease. This model assists nurses in understanding of the detrimental impact associated with irresponsible health choices. The article covered the topic of physical activity as it applies to Pender’s Health Promotion Model developing the parallel between sedentary lifestyle and irresponsible physical activities behaviors correlating the negative health outcomes Pender’s theory discussed (Robbins et al., 2001). The study “Health-Promoting Behaviors in Men age 45 and above” researched and explains ...

The term social contract actually pertains to a theory that suggests that certain people or organizations have the tendency to give up a portion of their freedoms to an authority, a ruler, or a magistrate—which in most cases are terms used to refer to the government or any ruling organization, in exchange of the assurance that their remaining rights would be untouched and protected. This theory essentially opens the question on how ruling organizations or governments must define the boundaries between certain stakeholder groups’ natural and legal rights. In this paper, the author focuses on the comparison between ...

In the first week, after taking a leadership quality self-assessment test, I was able to assess my leadership capabilities as being on the road of turning into a great leader with the exception of some areas where I did not attained the maximum score. My strongest points included positivity and being a visionary. Positivity gives me the capability to initiate changes that are needed to surpass work-related challenges such as uplifting staff morale, and when it comes to envisioning the future, I am capable of delivering inspiration to all nurses around me to create an image of a better ...

Introduction

Contemporary healthcare systems the world over are increasingly being presented with challenging and tumultuous times such that, these outcomes are most likely to be embraced by workers in the nursing profession as the new normal. In today’s hectic healthcare industry environment, nursing leaders play a critical role in enabling nursing teams professionally and ethically dispense assigned responsibilities as much as these responsibilities seem to increase exponentially. Nurses and more so, nursing leaders have to exhibit high degrees of professional as well as personal accountability even in situations abound with growing stressors that can potentially diminish their leadership capabilities. ...

In May 1961, America was experiencing growing pains. The issue of racial segregation was increasingly thrown into the spotlight. Each individual had a different perspective on the issue based on different motivations, and a different degree to which they would defend this perspective. These perspectives are illustrated through four key players in the freedom rides, as examined in the PBS documentary Freedom Riders (2010). The freedom rides were the brainchild of Jim Farmer, the national director of the Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) at the time. His radical idea was a kind of public dare, to test constitutional rights, ...