Essays on Miner

The Contingency Theory of Leadership was developed by the psychologist Fred Fiedler in the 1950s initially as a series of measurements and then formalized as a theory in the late 1960s (Fiedler, 1967). The essential tenet of the Contingency Theory of Leadership is that there is no one single best model of leadership, but the situation will dictate the method and leadership style (Mills & McKimm, 2016). The focus tends to be on the leader being able to correctly read the situation and adapt the style of leadership accordingly. The theory states that the effectiveness of a leader is dependent ...

[Student Id] [Number] The case ‘Managing Dynamic’s New Melbourne Team’ is all about understanding team development, team roles, task interdependence, groups dynamics, team effectiveness, and potential issues among team members that may arise with the passage of time. The case exhibits an example of a London-based global media agency named Dynamic, which is operating across all the major geographical locations including Europe, United States, and Asia Pacific. While perpetually expanding to Asia Pacific regions such as Singapore, India, Japan, and Taiwan; it has now chosen Shanghai as its new corporate destiny. With the aim of Chinese expansion, the ...

Introduction

According to cultural relativism, it is the view that there are no higher or lower cultures in all cultural and moral aspects ("Cultural Relativism", 2016). It is difficult to look at your own culture the way other cultures see it. In the article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” Horace Miner describes American people in a satiric way, so it is not easy for readers to understand it. But it is the main strength or his article and he is not afraid to show his culture the way they always describe others. It is unfair to describe traditions of other ...

Introduction

The Alfa Bank is a medium sized bank, which has branches in Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Nederland, and Kazakhstan. The bank is a universal financial institute and provides all types of financial services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses. Now the bank already has developed hardware and software infrastructure. The operating system for workstations as well as for servers is Windows. It uses Colvir software as ABS, Compass as card system, CRM (customer relationships management) software and different kinds of distance banking solutions for more efficient customer service.

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For years of bank operating a huge data amounts were collected (hundreds ...

The two largest economies in the world, China and the United States, consider themselves both potential adversaries as well as strategic partners. This situation evolves as a result of the history between the two countries which have experienced relative stability with some instances of open conflict as in events such as the Vietnam War and the Korean War. In terms of trade, the two countries have registered tremendous gains with the United States and China taking the first and second places respectively (Bergsten, Hufbauer, and Miner 22). In spite of the U.S being the world’s leader in FDI, ...

Stakeholders Relationships and Company Performance

Employees are valuable assets to the company as they determine the fate of the company success. The management of any business needs to treat their employees in the best way possible so that they remain loyal to the enterprise. In the marketing department, the employees in this department are vital as they sell the image of the company to the public. Personnel in this department have a direct interaction with customers to the organization. Marketing and hospitality tend to be similar as customer loyalty depends on the treatment they receive when they interact with the company employees or agents. ...

In describing the various rituals of the “Nacirema” culture, Horace Miner is attempting to show how the “Nacirema” culture, as Miner satirically spells “American”, can be viewed as primitive through the lens of an anthropologist. Yet, the American culture, in general, regards itself as much more advanced than other civilizations (Miner). Such ethnocentrism gives American – and Western – anthropologists the license to view other civilizations as primitive -- as being consumed by superstition and magic. Thus, in much anthropological research, there is a great deal of cultural relativism at work. Of course, the anthropologist views his culture as superior, yet ...

Gold was the first metals to be mined and is held with great value. It plays a major role in the global economy and has caused wars, myths and mass migrations. This was the case for California when the first traces of gold were discovered in California. Isolation, struggles and alcohol led to the numerous incidences of violence such as homicides and lynching among other violent crimes. The fortune seekers had to endure miserable conditions for shelter and pay exorbitant prices for supplies. California is an example of a ghost of the many gold rush cities in history. The ...

Succession plans are necessary in every organization no matter how convincing the organization’s future appears. A succession plan enables a company plan for uncertainties such as disaster, illness or a vacancy as well as planning for leadership. It gives employees the opportunity to share their views and reinforce the relations existing within departments. Succession planning involves assessing and determining internal employees that are suitable to fill up each significant position within the organization and the decision to groom them for such interesting roles through developing their skills as well as abilities (Charan, Drotter, James, 2001). To come up ...

Why do different workers receive different wages?

In the economy there are many labor markets, including different professions - market of carpenters, market of engineers, market of surgeons and many others. As well as the labor force - a certain number of people willing to sell their labor on these markets. The market of every profession set its own wages - the price at which workers sell their labor to firms. What determines the price of labor? In determining the wages of any market crucially important is the next fact. Markets of all professions are linked with each other, so people can easily move from market ...

The Purpose of Religion in Functionalist, Conflict, and Symbolic Perspectives

In the contemporary society, the role of religion in human life has led to the establishment of various schools of thoughts. Religion is defined as a system of practises or behaviours that are adopted by a people and considered to be sacred. The functionalists believe its existence is to fulfil the everyday needs of people and to give life meaning (Snodgrass, 2016). Those who follow the conflict perspective, view religion as being responsible for stratification of the society and causing inequality in the society. In the symbolic view, the purpose of it is to give meaning to the lives ...

Question 1: Ensuring compliant coding and billing

Adhering to accurate coding and billing processes is one of the most important elements in ensuring RCM coding and billing compliance. A critical process that can be used to ensure RCM practices comply with coding and billing regulatory guidance and industry standards is regular monitoring and auditing of medical claims before submission for payments such as the ICD-10 standards (CureMD, 2016; Kochhar, n.d.). Frequent request follow-up and verification activities improve and strengthen the overall coding and billing processes of a firm by helping ensure that all the necessary right safeguards are in place to avoid errors (MetricStream Inc., 2016). ...