Essays on New Ideas

Valentina Asatourians

First Interview: How old are you? 34 Years Old

Are you a flexible worker? How?

Yes, because I take into consideration other people’s feelings and opinions. How to be a productive worker to gain better results? Clear communication at all times. What motivates you to promote engagement? A positive and happy environment. What do you think about having multigenerational workforce? If everyone can respect each other’s differences. What are the advantage and disadvantage of having multigenerational workplace? The advantage is that people can learn from one another due to the different frame of minds. The disadvantage is that there may be a very ...

Women in the law enforcement and military have some shared experiences that civilian women do not usually have. The police and military work gives these women more experience in term of skills and expertise or knowledge than their civilian counterparts in important ways. Experiential learning by David Kolb may be important in understanding the differences in the experiences of army or law enforcement and civilian women. This type of learning facilitates education involving direct participation in real life events and settings. It also involves the formation of abstract concepts, reflection and observation, and concrete experience besides concrete experience, reflection ...

I am a leader. For example, in high school I have been in the leadership of various clubs and classes. One of the major leadership roles that were entrusted to me was becoming the head prefect in the entire school. It was my duty to monitor the students and ensure the issues that concerned them were addressed maximally. I ensured the students were comfortable in various situations, which could have threatened their wellbeing. I represented the school in various leadership seminars, which shaped my leadership skills and made me better in my responsibility. I was the link between the ...

Information and Communication Teachnology

ABSTRACT As telemedicine is used throughout the rural parts of Africa, there are many professionals and patients who find the entire process very beneficial because there is an allowance for a decrease in transmission of highly contagious diseases such as MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). If there are clinics that are found in locations surrounding rural Africa, there are strong concerns that patients will be able to transmit their diseases to other people who are otherwise healthy. With the use of telemedicine, the patients and the health care providers can see each other through a confined space and there is ...

Abstract

Emory Upton was born in 1839 in New York. He developed the interest in military activities at the age of 14 and was recruited into the cadet academy at the age of 16. His interest was mastered by the extensive exposure that he obtained in the military training and extensive reading on the subject. He assisted the US military in winning a number of wars over the time leading him to leadership roles in the military. He had power over influential military tactics, which he developed with other officials who had equal power and strength. The US military forces ...

1.a) According to me, the skills approach is the most relevant. 1.b) The skills approach was first proposed by Robert Katz and focusses on the abilities and the skills required to be an effective leader. These skills have been broadly categorized as technical skills, human skills and conceptual skills (Northouse, 2013). Technical skills refer to the technical knowledge that one must possess. It is the specialized skillset in a technical area. It also includes the ability to perform specific functions and use specific tools to produce an outcome (Virkus, 2009). Human skills refer to the way to deal with ...

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Post-Bureaucratic Practices in Leadership

Introduction Leadership is always found at the pole position in the success of any organizational or business model and the research that took place during the 20th century was explicitly focused on investigating the role and vitality of leading and managing individuals in organizational structures emerged during bureaucratic and post-bureaucratic eras (Dischner, 2015, p. 501). The turning millennium also brought with it a significant shift and change in nature, environment and settings of the workplace that is now taken as perpetually changing, self-motivating, and dynamic avenues; where management and leadership approaches ...

Abstract

The purpose of this assignment is to build a basic understanding of family businesses. Family businesses are those which are owned and operated by family members which are related to each other by blood or marriage. In family businesses, most of the employees come from within the family and the decision making power lies at the hand of the elders and influential of the family. Family owned businesses still follow traditional approaches to profit making however; non family businesses are more open to new and innovative business ideas. SWOT analysis has been presented on general family businesses. The SWOT ...

Innovation Architecture

Innovation Architecture Innovation is essential for the development of all businesses. It is crucial for the management of the company to provide an environment that encourages development. Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg (2013) argue that leaders should be innovation architects in addition to being innovators. The primary role of a leader is to ensure that the structures, processes, as well as culture, are conducive for the employees to be innovators. This paper is set to discuss the processes, culture, management styles, as well as systems of Netflix, General Electric (GE), and Lego that enable them to create a culture of motivation ...

Introduction

The article provides information about the new move taken by medical specialists to handle depression which remains one of the most complicated mental health disorder. Depression is believed to be a disorder that enlists more sadness to a victim and has severe symptoms. The article provides the readers with new dimensions of understanding the disorder and brings the view of doctors regarding the same. I find the article important to mental health nursing because it provides some insights that can assists biomedical scientists in gathering information about the causes and possible ways handling the disorder. Besides, it impels the ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Introduction

In their attempt to identify appropriate research approaches in politics, feminists have often criticized traditional social science methodologies. In her article on women and democracy and the patriarchal welfare state, Carole Pateman raises the issue of the highly patriarchal political scene. She indicates that the positive and social democratic perspective is that a welfare state provides social meaning and equal worth to the political and juridical rights of all citizens. A second, more pessimistic, view on the welfare state, according to Pateman (1987) is that it provides the government with new approaches to exercising power over and governing the ...

Introduction and Background

The demand for creativity and innovation at the workplace is common for managers and business executives. Innovation and creativity are common tenets of the business strategies adopted by many corporations. Organizations also used innovation and creativity as the element through which they acquire a competitive advantage. Scholars such as Mann and Chan (2011, p.1) find that the concepts of innovation and creativity have gained enjoyed a lot of interest in the recent past. The interest in the concepts has resulted from a shift in how they are perceived. Mann and Chan (2011, p.1) report that the concept of creativity ...

Group leadership in an organization is a critical role which facilitates group discussion and the resolution of conflicts. The members of the two groups are involved in discussions which are aimed at making decisions that are crucial to them. The first group involves members of the politics of sociology department who are trying to decide which courses they should cut and add into their department. The second group involves a group of individuals looking to raise funding for a playground in the neighborhood for their children. A team leader influences the outcomes and the productivity of a discussion. The ...

Introduction

In a perfect world all students of all ages would have someone there to rely on to make sure they have the support needed to get through school. We are not only talking about your standard classroom teacher. We are talking about someone that is experienced and knowledgeable in many different areas, not just in one. These individuals are mentors and can be in the form of teachers, parents, administrators, counselors, etc. The literature seems to indicate that there are numerous mentorship programs happening at the public and private schools for high school students. Some of the programs cater ...

The supply chain management tends to integrate the customers’ logistic requirements, the distributor and the supplier of a particular business entity into a single cohesive system. It is basically a collection of the individual physical entities, for instance, the plants where goods are manufactured, the centers of distribution, retail outlets, the conveyances, personnel and information, all the entities are linked together through the consumption of goods and services. Most of the organizations including the Walmart stores value the supply chain management because it tends to decrease time and also the final costs incurred by the customers in the purchase ...

Question 1: Using examples for precise illustration, explain how BMW has planned innovation and new product development to manage its technology life cycle, i.e., product life cycle. BMW is one of the high-tech companies that successfully use customer-friendly and coupled with an approach to innovation management (Stanleigh, n.d.). This innovative culture is what determines BMW to be an effective firm. Company’s management states that all departments of their business are equally oriented on innovations in their area, however at the same time the company does not loose its main orientation. This innovative approach can be viewed in new ...

Implementing Change in an Organization

Abstract There is much information which different people convey about the best methods and changes which can improve the management of an organization. There are various steps which an organization needs to implement so that they ensure that they quickly achieve the changes. The changes should have an impact which is positive and sustainable. This paper will explain some reasons why management change is important in an organization.it will also highlight the plans which Hewitt Associates should incorporate so as to bring the necessary changes. The paper will also analyze the measure which Hewitt needs to continue with its ...

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF ESSAY ON “Students and Money: In Their Own Words”

The first Rhetorical device I see in the Essay on "Students and Money: In Their Own Words." By Karpeck, Griffin is the device “PATHOS” which is an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. I consider the author is very much successful in this regard. In the first few lines itself he appeals to the emotion by saying that his friends smirk at him by looking at his need to do that menial job and he too has taken up the job reluctantly (i.e. he is forced ...

P&G has been experiencing success by providing its consumers with differentiated value by offering exceptional products at premium prices. Consumer trends were greatly influenced by the 2008 recession forcing consumers to look for lower prices in the market, a trend that has affected business at P&G negatively. P&G has also been experiencing frequent quality control problems over the past with various products experiencing product recalls in 2006. The company is also faced with the challenge of counterfeit goods which are damaging to the image of the brand. The company is known for its multiple billion and half-billion dollar brands ...

Question 1.

(a) Describe what you think is the best way to respond to the store managers behavior. Describe how you would model positive leadership behavior. The store manager's behavior had a negative effect on the managers and lower level staff. One of the fundamental principles to practicing Emotional Intelligence is the ability to not only remain calm but being able to calm down others. I would first analyze and filter my emotions of anger before approaching her about the situation. The next step in responding to the manager would be to meet on common ground. That is, to communicate to ...

Introduction to the business (cover letter in this section)

What an entrepreneurial organization is Why the business is entrepreneurial My entrepreneurial skills, attributes, and behaviors The benefits of entrepreneurial employees Summary and recommendations Introduction to the business Zara is one of the largest multinational fashion brand based in the UK. It is a retail store chain having more than 1,751 stores around the world. I am writing about my skills to work in Zara for the job in Public Relations department. Having keen interest, knowledge and experience in this field, I believe that I can serve the team of the organization delivering high value to work. Being ...

Introduction

The process of learning in animals and humans come through a series of situations that come together to motivate, and ignite the brains and enable them to repeat specific actions in the face of certain circumstances. The basic logic presented by psychologists and biologists is that there is intrinsic motivation based on the brain which controls the nerves and models of an animal or human being. This implies that an external variable triggers an extrinsic motivation that gets the organism to ignite the internal or intrinsic motivation in order to undertake certain actions and internalize it in order to ...

Creative cognition involves the analysis and comprehension of the processes and mental representations within creative thought. Creativity refers to the ability to create original, useful and appropriate work. Creative thinking, however, never follows the same pattern. Psychologists have presented data to the effect that discoveries, inventions, and original ideas originate from insight, others, however, are of the view that discoveries originate from the cumulative application of expertise or prior knowledge (Smith et al., 1997). The two schools of thought have led to a contention among psychologists on whether creativity involves prior knowledge and expertise or simply, insight. The dominant ...

Former CEO of the worldwide renowned company, General Electric delivered a seminar about his company’s success and progress over the years. General Electric is regarded as the leading electronic companies of the world, and its success has been guaranteed by its leader, Jack Welch. At a seminar for the business students at Fairfield University, Jack Welch talked about the empire he built when he joined General Electric in 1960. Coming from a humble background and nurturing a knack for golf, he played in order to get to a top University of his choice but eventually enrolled at the ...

As afore-mentioned, knowledge deficit is a major problem facing the management of pediatric asthma. Asthma management cannot be optimal devoid of a proper understanding of various self-efficacy and asthma monitoring skills. This explains why an asthma education program for this patient population is quite promising in terms of addressing the problem. Imparting this new knowledge (knowledge on asthma management and self-efficacy) can be viewed under the lens of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory by Everett Rogers. This theory is pretty relevant and in line with this EBP project since it essentially seeks to transmit new ideas or new knowledge ( ...

American Public University

Inventing a new thing which has the potential of being widely used by the people might create essential opportunities for the invention owners. The companies or people working on new inventions and innovations have the chance to be the leader in their industries or societies. In simple words, inventing or innovating brings an essential power to its owners. However, there is a high risk of losing these opportunities because the other people or companies might steal the idea of invention or innovation. In this case, inventing or innovating does not provide any power because all the people or the ...

All people worldwide watch TV, but not everyone enjoys watching regular TV with channels that offer programs at specific time on non-portable screens with old fashioned remote controls. Nowadays Internet TV, which is personalized and available at any time of the day, is replacing regular TV experience. The new era of Internet TV looks very perspective, flexible and big around the world. People's tastes are broad and the Internet provides a wide variety of interests today and is even able to meet everybody’s needs based upon individual users' tastes. Today being one of the leading firms of the ...

Internal Analysis of McDonald’s Corp.

Introduction McDonald’s is the biggest chain of hamburger fasts food cafes around the world with over 50 million consumers. The corporation was started in 1940 by two brothers in San Bernardino, California (McDonald’s. com, 2016). Today, McDonald's is the leader in global food service retail with around 35,000 locations in more than 100 nations. However, most of its worldwide restaurants are owned and operated by independent local business people. Additionally, the alignment strength in McDonald’s is its franchisees and suppliers. This system has been the reason for the long-term success of the corporation. In the ...

Introduction

A strategy is a plan, choice, and decision that an organization makes to gain profits, success, and increased market share. Importantly, strategic planning is not strategic thinking (Mintzberg, 1994). This essay discusses the importance of goals and plans to an organization. Also, it examines the elements that are essential in the development of an effective business strategy.

Importance of the three goals to the strategy

Strategic goals Strategic goals are fundamental since they help the organization to determine what it needs to do in long-term and ways to attain the target. Also, strategic goals assist the particular company to utilize its resources including employees and assets to ...

Kuwait, as a nation, has faced a number of successive revolutions, all led by the country’s youth. Despite its immense oil wealth, as the third greatest producing member of OPEC, Kuwait is small country. It has a total population of just 1.2 million people, and as a result is often overlooked on the diplomatic level. Moreover, it has a fragmented and complex political structure that can be challenging for outsiders to understand. So, Kuwait stayed largely out of the media, and international affairs, since it was released from Iraqi occupation in 1991, by Western armed forces. At that ...

Introduction

Leadership styles of executives define organizational culture and thus determine the health and profitability of business operations. Leadership is a process through which an individual guides, controls and influences the thinking pattern, feeling and behavior of fellow employees in an organization (Haiman, 1951). Organizations are positively influenced by leaders who have the ability to plan and act through their own unique styles towards achieving their long-term visions. Analyzing the styles of leaders of business organizations reveals why certain organizations keep on breaking sales records whereas others fail to create a significant impact in the consumer market. Broadly, today’s ...

Abstract

There are many economies that have developed at a significant pace, such as Japan, and many economies that are flagging behind these countries, such as India. Is this development hindered or encouraged by internal and/or external factors? The question remains as to why certain countries are developing faster than others needs to explored, which is what the first half of this essay will do. An analysis will be conducted into how the role of the state, stimuluses for modernisation, social structure and cultural factors play their part in either hindering or encouraging development in these countries. The interference of ...

Introduction

Employees are the most valuable asset for a company or business (Alfes et al., 2010). For a company to thrive and remain profitable, the employees must be good at their jobs. There are rapid changes that are commonly associated with working environments. The workers should be flexible and be able to adapt to the different changing circumstances and remain focused. Different companies have different strategies to promote the development of their employees. Most of the companies include training as part of their development practice to ensure that the employees remain competitive. In this paper, the employee development practices of ...

I will begin by introducing myself so that as you go along with the reading of this document, you can have my background embedded as clearly in your mind. I am a male who is married now. I started working in the year 2003 as an administrative assistance and quit the job in the year 2006. Then later in 2006, I got another job as an HR specialist in a reputed organization and since then I am committed to this job. I would say that my academic background and upbringing has helped me groom my personality in a better ...

Abstract

When one hears about an educated person, what comes to their mind is the level of education, their discoveries, their social class and value to the people. Being an educated person is quite a noble achievement in the society, and allows one to walk tall over the others. It is the reason politicians, professors, engineers, and doctors among other professionals have more respect than the local news vendor, mailman or supermarket attendant. However, the notion created by the society is wrong since education does not depend on the number of certificates one has but how they treat the common ...

Innovation from Google’s Free Food Strategy

Introduction – Google As mentioned on Google’s website (2016), two PhD students Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford university joined hands and founded this wonderful company called Google. It started based on the search engine they built in the year of 1996. The company was founded in 1998 in the month of September. Google was listed with NASDAQ in August 2004. The company’s mission statement is “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” (Google.com, 2016). Further they explain that what makes Google the kind of company it ...

Going to college is important because in the world today people need to have degrees in order to be able to get jobs that pay well. The market is extremely competitive and the demand has to be reached though studying and through practical experience. At the end of the day, the degree itself is irrelevant as a piece of paper, but the experience of going through college is important for people to network, meet relevant people from the industry and to seek for job opportunities and internships. Going to college makes people meet professionals from the field they would ...

The process of change is more often than not bound to receive a backlash from those that it targets. This is especially the case for an organization given the integral role that people play in running them. It is inherent in human beings to resist any form of change while being in favor of the status quo often due to the fear of unknown. As a result, most organizations fail not only due to resistance from employees but also the failure to put in place adequate preparations as well as the lack of proper communication. At the same time, ...

CHAPTER 9

Identification of problem or issue What problem(s) is the author identifying? Who does the problem relate to? Kenagy introduces Adaptive Design as an applicable management method for healthcare organizations undergoing a change process. Adaptive design is a management tool that directs managers to learn by committing to change (95-97). This problem relates to hospital heads and nursing managers. The reason for this choice is that they are the individuals tasked with executing organizational changes (96).

For whom is this topic important and why?

This topic is important for patients, management team, and the nursing staff. First, successful changes create new processes resulting in quality and reliable ...

PART A.

Weight Watchers is facing some tough decisions about its future. The following are the problems facing weight watchers and the analysis by use of appropriate tools. Weight watchers have experienced a drop in their profits scale. From the headlines of news in 2011, there was an applaud that there would be a prediction that the profits would grow from 15 percent to 20 percent. It later developed into a multi-billion weight loss within a span of 4 decades (Eisner, 2011). To counter the challenge weight watchers had to reinvest itself a fresh and introduced a new points plus systems. ...

Organizational behavior is an important aspect of any company. Organizational behavior, according to Clegg, Komberger and Pitsis (2011), is defined as the processes and practices that provide the opportunity for individuals to perform to their utmost ability through interaction (2011). Based on this definition, businesses and companies should seek to understand the different types of personalities that work at their respective organization. In doing so, it not only allows for better operation, because employees and staff are continually motivated to do not only the right thing, but to be productive. One organization that thoroughly understands the concept of organizational ...

Chapter 5

Identification of problem or issue What problem(s) is the author identifying? Who does the problem relate to? The problem that Dr. Kenagy has identified in his book is that of the lack of innovation in leading and established institutions. According to the author, such institutions are destined to fail in the long-run owing to the rapid rate of development in respective industries. As such, the problem relates to institutions that are already established and comfortable in following their business models without the need to innovate.

For whom is this topic important and why?

The topic is important for the healthcare industry as it is one of ...

Leadership and Successful Entrepreneurship

In essence, operating a business requires the capacity to navigate through a wide array of potential risks. For organizations to survive there must be quick response and management of dynamisms of innovations and environments. Primarily, a leader refers to a person that people follow or one who organizes and directs people towards the achievement of common goals. Most leaders consider themselves as entrepreneurs irrespective of their contribution towards the foundation of the company. Leaders in business are those individuals who are particularly successful in decision-making about the direction of the venture, and they have the necessary skills. The world ...

Innovation

Innovation

Kelley holds that organization and individuals seeking innovation on methods and equipment used in the provision of healthcare should continually seek new information and direction to expand their knowledge and to enable them creates new insights. Kelley’s learning persona identify that innovators cannot afford to be complacent about their achievements since the world and technology needs are ever changing. Today’s idea might not be applicable tomorrow hence the need for innovators to keep on learning. Innovators should have a humble background to keep on seeking new information and not boast of their initial achievements (Brown & Wyatt, ...

Introduction

Personal characteristic of an individual can be assessed using several instruments. The instruments that can be used to gauge one’s personalities include the Myers-briggs type indicator (MBTI), Thomas- kilman conflict mode instrument (TKI), firo-b assessment (fundamental interpretation relations orientation-behavior) and strengths finder 2.0. These tools have the capability of effectively identifying ones personality characteristics. The ability to interpret the results accurately into a meaningful, productive and useful manner makes these tools essential. A clear understanding of the results is important for making good career choices, improving and adjusting one’s skills as a manager or seeking for a better realization ...

Section 1: Personal assessment.

Learning style: I am comfortable learning as an individual or in a group. My learning style is quite flexible, often ranging from personal learning, group discussions, study groups, to research peer groups. I believe that with research, human beings can tackle almost any problem in their day-to-day activities. I therefore emphasize more on research work, be it in the field, library research or internet based research.

Personal skills assessment: the diploma course I took at Southampton University has given me significant skills both in academics and in the field. The English language diploma that I took was necessary to enhance ...

A tribe as used by Godin refers to an ensemble of people who are connected to each other, a leader or even an idea. Godin argues that behind every successful venture there has to be well directed and guided tribes. He asserts that tribes are very imperative in realising and bringing about lasting effects in organizations (Godin, 2008). He outlines that one way through which one can generate life changing ideas is by gathering like-minded individuals, and leading them towards their desired destination. He further postulates that currently, through the internet, the geographical barriers can be overcome and connecting with ...

Executive Summary

Respondents have ranked Apple and Google as the two most innovative companies for the fourth straight year. Apple has held the post of top winner according to a survey since 2005 (Müller, 2011). The company has shown strong results since 2000, with an increase in revenue of more than 450% in eight years and net profit increase of more than 1700%. According to Steve Jobs, the company achieves these growth armed with the strongest product line, talented employees, and best customers in the industry. Apple leverages a combination of top-down and bottom-up innovations strategy to create innovations. Apple has built an ...