Essays on Openness

Jack Nietzche

Promotion is one of the most effective tools that helps to motivate the workers, and subsequently, promote the employees' productivity. This case study provides an insight of a scenario where an employee, Jack Nietzche, is putting an extra effort to acquire that promotion, but the director of the project is reluctant of that incentive. As a result, the dilemma arises as to whether to tell Jack about the situation or not while bearing in mind that this might affect Jack's emotions and might adversely affect the project. If Jack inquires whether the new assignments were made, it is essential ...

After the 1960s, many African Americans and other minority communities as well as women were denied equal opportunities in housing, education and other areas. Many Americans faced unequal economic opportunities and jobs were not distributed adequately to the entire populace (Gourevitch, 163). Unemployment rates were high and economic recessions were regular and highly destructive to the people in the lower social classes (Gourevitch, 163). The cold war in Europe led to economic difficulties as there was free flow of trade between communist Western Europe countries and capitalist Eastern Europe countries. The McCracken Report as mentioned by Goldthorpe states that ...

It is not a secret that our set of mind and character traits directly influence the state of our health. Jokela et al. study the connection between the Big Five personality traits that include extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness to experience, and conscientiousness and coronary heart disease and heart stroke mortality (Jokela et al., 2014, p. 882). According to the authors, the higher risk of mortality from coronary heart disease is associated with lower conscientiousness, lower agreeableness, lower extraversion, higher neuroticism, and lower openness to experience; at the same time, the higher risk of stroke mortality is associated with lower ...

The concept of coworking was brought about by Engineer Brad Nuberg in early 2005. It can be defined as a membership-based workspace where a diverse group of freelancers, remote workers, and other professional individuals work together in a shared communal setting. A majority of these spaces consist of different people working remotely for a range of companies and projects. Coworking has become popular due to the fact that most people prefer to work in group settings as they tend to be less bored and more productive. When choosing the type of coworking space one wants to enlist in, one ...

As an international student currently pursuing my MBA with no previous work experience, I am in the process of learning the importance of leadership in business management besides sharpening my leadership acumen. However, self-confidence has always been my basic strength. The fact that I have come all the way to this country to do my higher studies in Business Administration along with various other international students reaffirms my self-confidence. I am also more flexible that helps me a lot in getting along with individuals belonging to diverse cultural and social backgrounds. More importantly, I believe my overseas education and ...

Introduction

Culture is the shared traditions, norms, values, arts, and the history shared by a certain group of people, and which is usually passed from one generation to another. These cultures may influence how these people access services and resources from professionals. Culture changes how people view the world and the role they play in the world. Culture shapes personal and group values and attitudes. This also includes perceptions regarding themselves their beliefs, myths and misconceptions (Murtha & O'Connor, 2011). Understanding culture helps professionals to avoid typecasts and any biases that may arise in their line of duty and may undermine ...

The public sphere is a unique "space" in which a big amount of citizens lives and interacts, and each of them is different from each other. If one considers the emergence and transformation of the public sphere, for example, from the times of Antiquity to the present day, it becomes evident that the public sphere is created and changed mainly due to interpersonal communication. In addition, the public sphere has many different issues that have a significant impact on the state and the society. These problems may be associated with the inequality, which is manifested at different levels of ...

Steve Jobs was a highly controversial but extremely successful leader of one of the largest and most successful companies in the world. Jobs dazzled the business world and the general public with his drive for excellence, but annoyed at even angered many of his executives and employees with his single-minded vision. Jobs was remarkable and visionary, and he helped to revolutionize personal computers and the digital industry as a whole. Thanks for this, Apple enjoyed massive sales any time a new iPhone, iPad or iPod hit the market. All of this convinced the world in general and business circles ...

The trait theory determines the type of personality an individual comprises with, particularly when exhibiting the roles in an organization. The Big Five-Personality Traits (BFT) includes “openness to experience” that signifies the intellectual and imaginative mind in personality exhibition. Second, an “emotional stability” signifies the relaxed and calm personality of an individual. Third, the trait of “conscientiousness” refers to the dependable and achievement driven personality of an individual. “Agreeableness” indicates that an individual is trustworthy and cooperative towards work and “extraversion” states that an individual is extremely interactive and assertive by nature (John & Srivastava, 1999). Based on the scores, ...

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the relationship between social networking and face-to-face communication with respect to their influence on the social interaction skills. The first aim of the research has to determine whether there is a causal relationship between use of social networking tools and face-to-face communication behaviors. The research aims to investigate the hypothesis. There will be a statistically significant difference in change/gain scores for communication behaviors between the experimental group and the control group; Face-to-face communication is associated with the students’ social media networking habits (i.e. time spent on social media networking). There will ...

The economy is the major part of every country that is crucial for interpersonal and international relations. American capital markets are ones of the leading markets on an international scale, and their stability guarantees the further strengthening of American economic position. Under the conditions of the multi-party system and the possibility of the negative influence of politics on the country’s economy, it is important that American standard setting remains in the private sector. This paper aims to discuss the role of the concentration of accounting standard settings in the private sector in the issues related to the neutrality ...

Essay

Voice Mechanisms Voice Mechanisms Open door policy is one of voice mechanisms that I experienced for quite a long period of time at my previous work place. Open door policy is a policy within a company that is lead by top managers or CEO it is a kind of communication with employees when the door of the boss’s office is “open”. It is needed to develop and maintain transparency and openness within one team. This method helps employees to meet with the boss when they need, to ask questions, to discuss suggestions, to address concerns and problems. It ...

The role of political leader is a very large. History knows many examples when bloody wars between the two countries and peoples were unleashed in the interests of individual political leaders or groups, and attempts the realization of the delusional ideas of certain "leaders of the people" has claimed the lives of many millions of people. One of the most valuable characteristics of leader is his charisma. The term charisma often is used in political science and sociology to describe a subset of leaders who “by the force of their personal abilities are capable of having profound and extraordinary ...

Executive Summary

The business plan consists of relevant sections that are useful in introducing new products or services in the market. Traffic Lights offers trips to various European countries, and now it is intended to introduce new trip to Asian countries. The new division is based on the vision and mission of the company that is to provide high-quality products and services to all types of customers. The proposed business model for Traffic Highlights is simple that it requires extending its product line by introducing a new division of the business. The preposition value statement of the company is clear that ...

A negotiation is nothing but a basic form of human interpersonal communication. A negotiation happens between two individuals when one person wants something from another person and vice-versa (Shell, 2006). An effective business negotiation aims at a win-win situation for both the parties sitting across the negotiating table. On the other hand, business negotiation in the context of relationships is more about understanding each other better than closing any deals. Interestingly, the dining table often becomes the negotiating table within relationships. More importantly, negotiating within relationships is very sensitive as it is likely to taint relationship between individuals. Because ...

International Business

International expansion outside United States implies an insightful consideration of the business etiquette of the targeted location. For this report, the focus will be on United Arab Emirates, a Middle East country, China, an Asian society, and Mexico, a Latin America nation. From a business standpoint, there must be understood specific cultural aspects, such as the meet and greet protocol, the dress codes, gender relations, communication patterns, the negotiation style, socializing and business behavior. An important specificity for country analysis is also the economic profile, which will be investigated. Based on these aspects and the specificities for each country, ...

Currently, SWOT-analysis is used widely in various fields of economics and management by determining company’s strong and weak points as well as risks and prospects, which it can face while operating in the market. Versatility allows using it at different levels and for different objects as a tool of management survey (management review). SWOT-analysis shows what scope and functions of the subject are in need of correction, improvement (since the parties are weak), and based on the study of possible changes in future trends in comparison with the past and the present. In addition, the SWOT-analysis allows determining ...

Literature review

The global developments in social, political, economic and technology sphere crucially affect organizational survival in the society. These new changes demand that organizations’ management must oblige to developing new management techniques so that their organizations can cope up with harder competition and more demanding market conditions. To large extents, organizations need to raise the performance of their employees through the power of communication (Erogluer, 2011). From the beginning, written and spoken language is considered the way to share meanings and messages for human societies. Often, the most common means of communication for most organizations is face-to-face communication. Communication is ...

Literature review

The global developments in social, political, economic and technology sphere crucially affect organizational survival in the society. These new changes demand that organizations’ management must oblige to developing new management techniques so that their organizations can cope up with harder competition and more demanding market conditions. To large extents, organizations need to raise the performance of their employees through the power of communication (Erogluer, 2011). From the beginning, written and spoken language is considered the way to share meanings and messages for human societies. Often, the most common means of communication for most organizations is face-to-face communication. Communication is ...

Abstract

Eye movement tracking and analysis has gained popularity as a critical tool for evaluating interfaces and visual display. Existing tools and methods that are used in analyzing scan paths and eye movements are to a greater extent limited in the nature of tasks that they support. In particular, the tools used have been found ineffective in tracking large amounts of data that has high variations. Eye movement analysis has been used in psychology, medical research, advertising, and cognitive science. Today, using CCTV cameras, human eye gaze, and eye movement and blinking is relatively recorded with ease and with high ...

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. Task A – Description of the Evidences 3

A. Evidence 1 – Essay on Sir Kenneth Robinson Educational Views 4

B. Evidence 2 – Internal Memo about applicants for the position of Assistant Marketing Manager 5 C. Evidence 3 – Making a brief presentation about employment law 5 3. Task B - Reflections about the Process of Self-Assessment 6

Introduction

Merely having professional capabilities is not enough for getting employment, securing a promotion or otherwise rising through the ranks in the company. The critical aspect of being properly rewarded for one’s professional skills and capacities is making persuasive and impressive presentations of such skills to the company managers. This ...

Two of the most remarkable stories of growth in the past 3 decades has been the growht of China and India's economies, two countries. Their populations, when added together, make up one-third of the total population of the world. While India and China's development paths have been different, there are many similarities to their approaches. Both countries developed their private sector, deregulated laws, liberalized prices and opened their countries to foreign direct investment (Reddy 3). However, China and India have relied on different economic drivers for growth. China has focused its efforts on manufacturing and exporting goods, while much ...

Personality tests have been in existence since the 1920s. The validity of personality tests is questionable and a single individual may get multiple results from different personality tests. The subject of this paper is the result of a personality test taken using the International Personality Item Pool Representation known as NEO PI-R. This test focused on five generalized personality traits of individuals such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism. These character traits are also known as the big five and successful individuals have high scores on these five traits. This personality test included ‘sub-personalities’ that build ...

Exploring High Self-Esteem and Narcissism as Contributors of Aggressive Tendencies: an Argument against the Low Self-Esteem Hypothesis

Literature Review Introduction There are relevant themes in the current literature that relate to the argument presented in this position paper. Many of these themes have focused on supporting the high self-esteem hypothesis, which holds that highly favorable self-appraisals cause aggression and make people more prone to acts of aggression. The results and findings of several research studies conducted with the purpose of supporting the so called high self-esteem hypothesis have actually been successful in providing evidence in favor of the view that it is actually high levels of self-esteem that increase an individual’s proneness to aggressive tendencies ( ...

Introduction

It seems difficult to analyze democratic transition from the standpoint of international dimension both theoretically and practically because not so much literatures that discuss about what the external environment actually is and how it might contribute to domestic change (Cavatorta 2005). However, it does not mean that international context will be ignored in the analysis process because international factors might have impacts on the transition process through their connections with domestic actors particularly in terms of distribution of power and resources, which in turn have effect on how they will act (Cavatorta 2005). One thing to remember is a ...

1. Citing class discussion and course readings, please critique the following passage: Our analysis suggests that democracies are more likely to be sensitive to the costs of terrorist attacks, to grant concessions to terrorists so as to limit future attacks, to be constrained in the ability to pursue a lengthy attritional campaign against an organization, but also to be under a greater pressure to do something Terrorism as we know it is a tactic, a tactic used by marginalized and disenfranchised groups to attempt to claw back some of the rights that they have lost or to try and ...

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Personality is considered as a combination of all the attributes characterizing a specific individual. These attributes may include temperamental, behavioural, mental, and emotional characteristics. A lot of psychological experts started showing increased interest in the study of personality during the past several decades, and presented many theories on personality. Researches on personality and constant evaluation as well as review of emerging theories and models have helped in further understanding of personality. Dispositional and evolutionary or biological personality theories are among some of the most important theories. These theories are different from many other personality theories in ...

For decades, the tussle between liberals and conservatives continue to exist between people in the political environment. Each side has its values and way of working out certain perspectives of the society, and they would not jump over the fence and join forces with the others. What differentiates the two groups is their moral values and perspectives. The liberal believe solemnly in the government’s action to provide equality and equal opportunities to all its citizens. The government plays a major role in protecting the civil liberties of individuals and groups, their human rights and social ills. Hence, liberals ...

A career in sales and marketing requires a distinctive set of skills and responsibilities. Some of the needed skills are acquired through classroom studies while others are natural. To understand my strengths and weaknesses, a series of tests were carried out. These tests were meant to assess the extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness-to-stability. The other test was intended to assess the emotional intelligence. In this paper, I will evaluate the results and discuss methods that will be used to ensure that my career aspiration is achieved.

Careers Aspiration

I am a junior student, pursuing business marketing and entrepreneurial studies ...

Reflective Essay on Leadership

Reflective Essay on Leadership

PART A

Introduction

One of the most widely researched aspects of personality and leadership in the big five factors of personality, which includes neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness involve the ability to predict leaders. In fact, greater empirical support has been found for the five-factor model in predicting leaders than for the type indicators. However, research has additionally identified that for looking at appealing leaders, a proactive personality scale such as measuring the ability to change the organization's environment, to show initiatives and to persevere is a better predictor of leadership factor has relations ...

Introduction

The phenomenon of leadership is one of the most broadly discussed in management-related scholarship. Various theories and models are designed in order to develop an understanding of the scope of leadership as a concept and the traits, necessary for an individual to exhibit strong leadership and inspire followers. In this regard, a crucial question remains whether leadership can be learnt in case an individual does not have a natural disposition to leading. In the end of the 19th century particularly the ‘Great Man’ theory, emphasizing one’s intrinsic ability to lead followers, was the major approach to leadership, logically ...

Introduction

This paper is to deal with one of main issue of post-WW2 world, namely the phenomenon of civil war. The analysis of this paper is devoted to such questions as the reasons for certain civil wars as well as concrete instances of such internal conflicts. Also, the paper is to discuss the major theoretical contributions and controversies related to the civil war research program: firstly, civil wars are defined conceptually, and then, operationally. Second, major theories relating to the issue of causes of civil wars and their results will be discussed, along with future directions and policy implications. The ...

Introduction

A haiku is a form of poetry that first gained popularity in Japan. The traditional haiku adopted in the English language has borrowed to a great extent the traditional Japanese Haiku. The basic dictionary definition refers to it as a very short poem that involves a three line description of a passing moment in nature. According to scholastic.com, the greatest challenge in coming up with a Haiku is being limited to 17 syllables. Japanese values the poems for their simplicity, depth, openness and lightness. The structural rules for a traditional Haiku is the use of exactly 17 syllables that ...

Introduction

The leader on whom I choose to write is one who is engaged in the social sector. He is currently working with a company headquartered in Bethesda, USA and is heading a social project promoting maternal health across the continents of India and Nigeria.

The big five personality dimensions

The big five personality dimensions model proposes that an effective leader is one who displays the five attributes of being neuroticism, agreeableness, extroversion, conscientiousness and openness. One of the dominant personality dimensions displayed by this leader is that he is an excellent orator. This translates to the fact that he is extrovert and sociable. This ...

1a). Leadership approaches relevant in the field of social work

Social workers often pride themselves in their capacity to efficiently assist those that they serve. Notably, this is their primary competence and as a result are committed to individual dignity, significance of relationships, service delivery, and social justice. Therefore, the first approach of leadership in the field of social work would be to practice an authentic type of leadership. An authentic leader would have in his possession an emotional resolve making the leader gain the required confidence from his peers. Besides, it shows one’s willingness to lead. When one practices an authentic type of leadership, he is bound ...

And cultural profiling of a Country

Abstract This paper discusses the primary determinants of any culture. They can be narrowed down to : Social structure Religion Education Language Economic and political philosophy I will discuss each one of them in context of Japan. For country profiling, I would like to select Japan. Japan has a population of 127 million which is the 10th highest in the world. Japan consists of nearly 6,852 islands (in an archipelago fashion) which are located in a volcanic zone on the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. Japan is surrounded by or located on ocean trenches, volcanic arcs and tectonic plates ...

Literature Review: The Impact of Globalization on Organizational Development and Change.

For the purpose of this literature review, the following Problem Statement will be deliberated upon: What is the Impact of Globalization on organizational development and change? In this regard, two sub-problems and their respective hypotheses have been identified. An examination of related resources has brought to light a number of theoretical perspectives and research findings which have been evaluated, described and synthesized hereunder.

HYPOTHESIS 1: Better relations between countries. The effects of globalization on the world been the subject of innumerable studies, quantitative as well as qualitative and while earlier academic discourse focused on its political ramifications, recent studies ...

One of the more controversial stereotypes that have stuck with most people is the role the order of one’s birth has on his or her personality (and life). Whether a person is a first born, middle child, baby or only child seems to have a lot of assumptions about how that individual behaves and responds to life. The questions remains, what difference does birth order make, and how true is it that birth order can even have an impact? Looking at the various studies regarding birth order, most of which have looked at or used the example of ...

1.0 History and growth Riot Games, Inc. (RGI) is a limited liability company based in Santa Monica, California, which started operations in 2006 (Riot Games, 2016). Marc Merrill (a former corporate marketing manager at Advanstar Communications) and Brandon Beck (a former strategy consultant for Bain & Company) found RGI with the intent of building on the developing multiplayer online battle area (MOBA) genre, which emerged from improvements on Blizzard’s hit games Star Craft and War Craft. They wanted to differentiate League of Legends (LOL) in four dimensions: “gameplay, community, e-sports, and intellectual property” (Gaudiosi, 2013). When RGI released LOL ...

Section I – Theory Information

Chosen theory (Person-Centered Therapy) Person-Centered Therapy aims at offering an individual a chance to create a sense of self, whereby one can realize how his/her emotion, perspective and conduct are negatively impacted (Cepeda & Davenport, 2006). Cooper, Watson, & Hölldampf (2010) insist that despite criticism from various behaviorists, this technique is widely used, and it's an efficient personal therapy. Evidently, most people still rely on this theory for mental and emotional healing. A key idea of this therapy is that in a certain psychological setting, the attainment of individual potential entails being sociable, the desire to be close to people ...

Iran Revolution of 1979

Abstract The Iranian Revolution of 1979 involved the popular uprising in Iran against the regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. This paper examines many of the leading explanations for the uprising, including the rise of militant Islam, structural weaknesses of the Shah regime, the coalition of three important social groups (e.g. woman, youth, and the intelligentsia), the composition of the reform movement, and the effect of the Shah’s policies of accommodation and repression, to name a few. This paper also draws on leading theories in social movement theory, contemporary field work involving discussions with the Mullahs and their ...

Dunning’s Eclectic Paradigm

Introduction Dunning's eclectic paradigm is a model developed by John H. Dunning. The aim of the model is to explain the OLI-framework. The framework by Dunning serves as a guide for empirical examination of determinants of FDI. The framework offers a ground to research on factors affecting the development of multinational companies concerning expansion after engaging in foreign production and other expansion plans in the foreign countries. According to Dunning (2001), the assumption underlying the eclectic paradigm by Dunning is that three factors determine the FDI or specifically the return to FDI. The first factor is represented by ‘O'. ...

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The Five Factor Theory of Personality

The Five Factor Theory of Personality is a framework that most psychologists use to identify and analyze personality attributes. Psychology experts and professionals began to recognize and accept the importance of this theory starting in 1980’s (McCrae and John, 1990). Based on this theory, personality traits have five basic dimensions: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. These five dimensions are popularly known as the Big Five Personality Traits.

For each dimension of the Big Five Personality traits, also known as the Five Factor Model, corresponding characteristics are associated.

Extraversion The first dimension is Extraversion, and this is associated with warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking, and positive emotions (McCrae and John, 1990). Using a ...

Undoubtedly, managers need to have a specific set of abilities and skills to effectively perform their jobs. But what qualities set successful managers apart from mediocre ones? A manager might be an expert in his field or the smartest person in the company, but this is no guarantee of success. Specifically, to increase the productivity of employees, managers make use of their experiences, knowledge base, and perspectives; however, they also should be effective leaders to inspire others to share common goals. As a matter of fact, leadership is one of the four basic functions that constitute the management process. ...

Abstract

This dissertation formulates a research dissertation and strategy for a study into the impact of Islamic banking on the economic development of societies within which such banks operates. To this end, the research examines the major tools and impacts of Islamic banks on society by conducting a literature review. This is followed by the deduction of research questions and a hypothesis that will be used to form the parameters of the entire research. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between the growth of Islamic banking worldwide and economic development of countries wherein this growth is ...

Constructed from 1935 until 1937, Frank Lloyd Wright’s House on a Waterfall-Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, Edgar J. Kaufmann House is at once highly-functional, and aesthetically-pleasing. Its cantilevered stone slabs lend the house a naturalistic “feel”, as it appears to be a part of the slowly-descending waterfall. Upon initial viewing, it appears to defy gravity because of the cantilevered slabs. Not only does the design echo simple, horizontal Japanese lines and forms, but it supplements the rocky terrain, adding an earthy, harmonizing element to the overall aesthetic (moma, 2004, internet). Functionally, it is somewhat unsettling that the cantilevered ...

There are different approaches to define small economies. Besides usual quantitative ways to measure country’s smallness by its population, territory, GDP and other criteria, there some qualitative factors that are used to define the economy’s scale. Some economists state that small economies are those that adopt “price taking” policies as they cannot dictate their rules in the market, neither significantly influence trade rules. This peculiarity of small economies mainly lies in the fact that such countries have limited resources. Hereby, small countries are more dependent on imports and are forced to accept trade agreements offered by large ...

Psychology theories

1 Identify the main ideas of major theories of intelligence.

Intelligence can be one of the most complex subjects of discussion and has been in existence for several years. It is mainly debated within psychology but there is no general definition to be used precisely on what intelligence constitute. Some scholars have proposed that intelligence is a general, single capacity, while other states that intelligence entails a wide range of aptitudes, talents, knowledge, and skills. Historically, the way people think of intelligence has changed over the years, whereby Spearman suggested that intelligence was common (g factor) and emphasized steadiness in people ...

Proposal for Group Therapy for Bullies

4 July 2011

Proposal for Group Therapy for Bullies

Introduction and Rationale

In every school across the world, bullying is a significant problem. In schools in Alabama, bullying may not be as prominent as it is in other states, but it is still a problem: currently, Alabama is ranked at around the eighth best state for bullying (BullyPolice.org, 2003) meaning that it is currently one of the best states in the country in terms of its lack of bullying. However, just because it is not a bulging issue, it is still a problem – we cannot simply just ignore those students who are being bullied, simply because they are a minority. ...

Mental Sets In Everyday Life

Mental sets are the systematic ways that individual follow to respond to situations that are contrary to their expected outcomes. People mostly go about problems in comparable ways from time to time despite the fact that they are not sure if that is a proven response. This is an example of a mental case. Solving problems using a particular trend that succeeded in the past.

How might a mental set (i.e., the tendency to approach or respond to a problem in a particular way) related to major life changes (e.g., marriage, divorce, death of a loved one), career changes, or other situations changed as you have ...

Art and Architecture

Introduction

Media has emerged as one of the greatest aspects of the society and with the rise in technology; it has not only become more sophisticated but is also an important part of the entertainment, business and communication sectors. The area of concentration for this research will be primarily “social media”, however we may use other media types for comparison and analysis purpose. Before we proceed with our motive and statement on social media, it is important that a comprehensive definition of social media is derived and it must fit the current scenario. “Social media can be understood as a ...