Essays on Kohn

Nobody has contemplated precisely on the complicated phenomenon why English has become so widespread and common all over the world. The ability to communicate in English fluently does not awake the feeling of surprise or pleasure on the foreigner’s faces. However, it is a rational and logical issue that English seems to be an international language or a lingua franca. From the historic point of view, one should mention Latin and its role all over the world. Many centuries ago, Latin was considered to be a lingua franca as well. However, after the Roman Empire lost its power ...

Dear Senator/Representative (Legislator’s Name):

As a leader of a non-profit health care organization, I would like to respectfully express my views and observations about the current health care status in our country. In particular, medication administration procedures. I would also like to call your attention about my goal in promoting a safer health care system for the benefits of all patients across our country. I agree that the reform in our health care system may have been long overdue. It feels great to know that our government is exerting its efforts to improve the overall system through health care reform laws. However, I ...

Humanistic model claims that the knowledge, skills and abilities (competencies) are perceived not only as a learning objective, but also as a means of development and implementation of creative students. Humanistic pedagogy teaches relevant to each individual child as a value. It tends to be a so-called "free education”, so try to adjust to the type of egalitarian relations in the educational community and partner interaction style of senior and junior. The humanistic model of education focuses on the variability of educational programs and the implementation of individual educational trajectories. Humanistic understanding of education and training processes allows to ...

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Will Manuel Perez prevail in invalidating the arbitration clause? Why or why not? Identify the ethical concerns regarding Walexron’s approach to the arbitration process and recommend actions Walexron could take to remedy the ethical concerns.

Manuel Perez has high chances of invalidating the arbitration clause in question for several reasons.

Firstly, the case materials indicate that there is no applicable arbitration clause at all. Thus, in Staschiak v. Certified Logistics, the court made a ruling that if there is a special disclaimer in the employee handbook, it may not be considered as a part of the employment contract. In addition, this ruling stipulated that the employment agreement should contain a specific reference that ...

The harsh laws that prohibit the possession and selling of drugs revolve around the need to not only curb production levels but also to reduce the rates of substance abuse in the ongoing war against the same. Subsequently, the penalties set against distribution, from the societal to international levels, are harsher in comparison to those of possession. After all, unlike the distributor, whoever possesses a drug may have a legal sanction to do so within specific parameters. For instance, in the United States, the use of medical marijuana to alleviate pain is acceptable in certain jurisdictions. Now, possession aside, ...

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Lately, the health care sector in New Zealand has been facing challenges related to the old-fashioned method used in offering services. In many occasions, it has made it difficult for patients to access affordable health services since many health hospitals lack the technological capacity to handle the increasing numbers of patients with different ailments. Due to this, the relevant agencies have been pushing health service sector, particularly the public health sector, to embrace modern technology so as to address the health crisis in the country. This has seen many health organizations to launch programs geared towards adherence to the ...

In view of the case provided, the following observations, suggestions and prospective solutions are put forth which outline the path that the new head of the institution should take towards reforming the current scenario and restoring the college to its former glory.

Tasks at hand (What needs to be done)

Firstly, there has to be an attempt to instil the emotional element that was once associated with the school by rebranding it to the public. Keeping in mind that it began as a boys only school and changed to co-ed, a huge element of emotion associated with the earlier legacy was lost. The first task is to ...

Performance-based pay, which is one of the most common forms of performance-related rewards, varies according to the performance that is measured. Therefore, the performance-based pay is variable or considered “at risk” pay. There are two schools of thought each opposing the other about the effectiveness and fairness of performance-based pay. Those arguments that support the performance-based pay base their arguments on motivation theories such as the agency theory, expectancy theory, and reinforcement theory. However, according to Alfie Kohn, performance-based pay fails because of the following reasons:

Though people depend on salaries, there is no basis for assuming that pay will motivate people to work better.

There is a similarity between rewards and punishment. Managers try to control the ...

Studies consistently demonstrate that morale is key to long term employee satisfaction, and ultimately a major deciding factor in industry and productivity for any company. As such it must be a priority to understand the relationship between morale and productivity in order to ensure that employees are increasingly efficient in their roles. This can only be established by creating a work environment that is designed to motivate employees, by boosting morale, rather than allowing unhealthy work habits to persist and to drag down performance over time. A number of studies published by the American Psychology Association have demonstrated that ...