Essays on Personal Level

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t

This management book by Jim C. Collins discusses how organizations or firms shift from being good companies to great companies. It also tackles why some companies fail to in such transition. Collins studied companies from 1965 to 1995. He filtered the companies and made sure that only those who outperformed in their industries were included. The companies that were studied were Abbott Laboratories, Fannie Mae, Circuit City, Gillete, Kroger, Kimberly-Clark, Nucor, Pitney Bowes, Philip Morris, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo. The main premise of the book was that all the companies that were studied have Level 5 leaders. Level 5 ...

Business Model Generation

Toyota seeks to reduce its cost of production by outsourcing most of the parts that are used in the assembling of its vehicles. For this purpose, Toyota has various key partners from who it outsources its various parts. Simchi-Levi, Kaminsky & Simchi-Levi (2008) argues that Toyota produces 30% of the automotive parts in-house while the remaining 70% of the parts are outsourced. All the engines of the company are produced in-house because the company possesses the capacity and knowledge, and would also want to exercise all the control with regards to the quality of its engines (Simchi-Levi, Kaminsky & Simchi-Levi, 2008). ...

What is your possible topic? Brainstorm five questions about it.

The proposed essay would be on the topic of gender discrimination. Now, there can be no denial of the fact that gender discrimination is one of the major social ills that has the potential of thwarting the holistic development of the human society. As such, the topic in context would aim to scrutinize the social issue so as to achieve a better understanding of the matter. Truly, no problem can possibly be combatted or eradicated if it is not comprehended with all its intricacy. Hence, the essay would work as a major opportunity to delve deep into the topic ...

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 ...

Introduction

Occupational health and safety are associated with the safety, health, and welfare of employees who are engaged in work. It plays an important role in managing the company’s operations. The report addresses workplace hazards and provides information about the accidents and injuries occurred in the engineering industry. One of the main aims of the report is to indicate ways of mitigating the risk of loss. The purpose of this technical report is to demonstrate that the author has engineering knowledge, professional competence, and technical ability to carry out the essential research in detail about the health and safety ...

The role of the nurse in the contemporary healthcare setting is wide and it transcends beyond the traditional concept of the roles and scope of work for a nurse. Patient needs have diversified in the same way as populations volumes and numbers seeking care have increased. The healthcare system is demanding more from the nurses and it is apparent that nurses have to adapt to these needs if at all they have to assure the patient population of positive outcomes (Fennimore & Wolf, 2011). For nurse managers, the role is even wider. Not only do they have to work closely ...

Dominant approach

Robin Hood’s parade is at first doing a good job at maintaining order or, at least, providing for the needs of the poor and those who have decided to join his course. Robin Hood becomes a vigilante when the sheriff fails to provide safety for the people. His strategy involves hiding in the woods where the sheriff cannot trace him . He provides for those who are oppressed by robbing the rich and giving it to the poor. His goal is to cause unrest in the state so that the Sheriff can be discredited. Eventually, he recruits too many ...

Community bank is an independent, small and locally-owned commercial bank, which operates and obtains its funds solely from the community, where it is based. Community banks focus on providing traditional banking, derive deposits locally and mostly make loans to local businesses. It is widely known that today community banks provide most of the loans to our nation's small businesses and are an important financial resource to small cities. Because of that and because of the fact that they have knowledge of their local community and their customers, they are called “relationship” banks. They base their credit and loan decisions ...

Climate change at global capacity is a fact and scientific studies conducted to determine the causes have all implicated greenhouse gasses, including carbon dioxide, for causing the same. The emergence of industrial-based economies in most parts of the world is central to the problems highlighted thus far. In Collapse Informatics and Practice, Tomlinson et al. provide a summation of the situation by stating that “the world is very likely to reach a tipping point by 2040 [because of] global warming/climate change” unless carbon emissions drop (3). Thus, as commercial enterprises continue to expand, the world is fast approaching its “ ...

Emily Dickinson is one of America’s most beloved poets. She wrote of nature, love, and death. It is said that Dickinson wrote 1800 poems, the majority of which were untitled. Dickinson was known to be somewhat reclusive and introverted throughout her life. These traits, however, did not preclude her from observing and appreciating even the simplest forms of her natural surroundings. One of Dickinson’s poems involving nature is “A Bird Came Down the Walk-.” It is this poem that will be discussed here. Dickinson’s poetry is of a personal quality, not only to the poet, but ...

The project “Customer perceptions of ASDA’s Mobile Phone App and its effects on their CRM success” is overall a very solid investigation. It sought to examine clients’ perception of ASDA’s 2013 mobile phone application in order to find its influence on its customers and the relationship it could have with respect to this company’s CRM success, which the application sought to improve. This led to the elaboration of recommendations that would help both the clients and the company. As a whole, it had five objectives, which it greatly achieved. The first of these was to gather ...

U.S. Middle Class

Introduction

The major shifts U.S. economy has experienced over recent years signify comparable changes in social fabric. The re-orientation of U.S economy from one based on manufacturing one based on services has introduced changes in how class is defined. Notably, a conventional social stratification of upper-middle-lower segments is no longer working in current economic ecosystem. Of particular significance for current purposes is how "middle class" has witnessed differential definitions in response to changing economic status. In a more conventional conception, U.S. middle class is used to refer to "median" earning workers in fixed-hour, manufacturing-based jobs. This conventional ...

Revolution: Movie review

Revolution is a featured documentary movie about the changing world and the changing environment around us. Revolution movie depicts life’s evolution and presents a revolution that is required to save the environment. The director Rob Stewart starts with the jeopardy faced by sharks from fishermen, pollution and changing ocean environment. Rob presents the movie in a very sensitive way, touching all the topics that related to the environment, natural flora and fauna of jungles and oceans. The movie presents some incredible spectacles from wildlife with sharks, lemurs, pygmy seahorse and cuttlefish. Revolution covers from the coral reefs of ...

Final Project

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System Control Center/Federal Electricity and Water Authority

Introduction

2.1. Prophet Muhammad 2.2. Self evaluation 2.3. My attitudes toward different challenges 2.4. FEWA’s desired future leadership competencies 3. Task 2 3.1. Jack Welch/former CEO of GE Company 3.1.1. Jack Welch leadership strategy 3.1.2. Jack Welch leadership style 3.1.3. Jack Welch strengths and areas of development 3.2. “Change plan” 3.2.1. Implementation plan for the change plan 3.2.2. Stakeholders’ involvement in the change. 3.2.3. Strategy for managing resistance to change 4.1. SWOT analysis. 4.2. Individual Development Plan (IDP) 5. Conclusion 6. References 7. Appendix

Introduction

Leadership is one of the significant factors ...

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 ...

Advanced organization behaviour

Organizational behavior involves the study of human behavior in institutional settings. It forms an interface between the behavior of people within the organization and the organization itself (Locke, 2009). There are three levels of organization behavior. The first type is the micro level. This level involves individuals. Furthermore, it focuses on how the individuals interact with each other at the personal level. Various people portray varied kinds of body language toward one another. This trait can be visible from the way people talk to one another or make facial expressions. The second type of behavior occurs at the meso-level. ...

As Madeleine Leininger noted, nursing is built on the element of caring; nurses are caregivers and thus their interaction with the patient is a necessity rather than an option. Any role that falls within nursing and seeks to cut off the link with the patient cannot in any way find its basis in nursing. My philosophy is built on Linenger’s description of the role of nursing as a process that affords a patient in need the chance to meet and interact with a caregiver who cannot only give them access to resources but can help them cope within ...

Environmental conservation and preservation has been one of the major issues under discussion in the last few decades. Major conferences like the G8 summit have been discussing methods of coming up with different proposals on how to conserve the environment with the participation of every nation Man has been the major cause of the environmental problems that are being experienced in the present times. Global warming and climate change all have their roots on the careless and destructive nature of mankind without due consideration of the consequences of his actions on the future generations. A number of ...

Concept Paper

Graduate Faculty of the School of Education Requirements for the Degree of Belinda J. Haye Prescott Valley, Arizona

Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 1 Purpose of the Study 2 Research Questions 3 Hypotheses 4 Definition of Key Terms 5 Brief Review of the Literature 5 Summary 7 Research Method 7 Operational Definition of Variables 9 Measurement 10 Summary 11

References 12

Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography 13 Introduction One of the goals of educational institution is the development of “warm demanding,” an educational environment in which the educational, ...

What is the "Good in life" what is the end goal?

What is the "Good in life" what is the end goal is perhaps one big question that everyone will always try to find an answer from within oneself. When a person is growing the ambition to achieve one or two things at a given time in their life drives them. At the same time, they will consider themselves not to have lived up to their expectations when those goals will not have been achieved by the end of that time. As a matter of philosophy, every human being will always want to live happy in the course of their experience, and that ...

Salary refers to the periodic payments to employees by the employers that are often specified in the contract for jobs. Salaries are often fixed amounts of money paid to employees on a regular basis in return of the services they provide to the organization or the employer. Salaries may also be viewed as the costs incurred in acquiring the human resources by an organization or employer. Salaries are often paid at fixed amounts and intervals especially on a monthly basis. The salaries are often determined by making a comparative analysis of the market rates of the other organizations or firms operating in ...

Introduction

There are many ways in which Dora could use in persuading the managers that she is fit for the position offered by the organization. When she went for the interview, she failed to persuade the managers of her ability to work and become the organization’s asset. From Mortensen’s description, “Persuasion is the process of changing or reforming attitudes, beliefs, opinions, or behaviors toward a predetermined outcome through voluntary compliance (Mortensen, 2004). Here, Dora should have gone ahead to persuade the managers of her capabilities as an individual and personal level instead of focusing on the educational qualifications which ...

Abstract

Cognitive psychology entails the processes of learning and thinking and eventual improvement of one’s existence and understanding in the long-term. Some of the items that are studied under cognitive psychology include perception, memory, language and thinking. As humans we receive a lot of sensory information and hence rely on our brains to process this information and that directly affects how we behave. Through advancement in technology, understanding cognitive psychology has become easy and, therefore, utilizing its benefits. Perceptions and conceptions enable us to understand ourselves. Appreciating one’s strengths leads to the process of improving on one’s weaknesses. ...

Career planning questions

- Please describe your short term (3 year) career goals (Please do not exceed 200 words) Following the completion of my MSc course, my primary goal is to obtain the position of a consultant at an elite management consultancy of the order Boston Consulting Group or McKinsey. In the initial three years I would like to focus my skills and efforts to guide debutante entrepreneurs transform their business ideas into realities. My present environment, i.e. the milieu of my current university is strongly influenced by an entrepreneurial culture, resulting in a large number of new graduates being keen on ...

California Lutheran University

Rayan Azhari Chapter I

Introduction

Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. ...

Tasti Fresh bakery products have been well known for their product quality and have a positive brand reputation about their service excellence, honesty and integrity among their customers. The company sales manager recently faced complaints from a top customer regarding the inferior services provided by a sales executive – Curt Stanford. The sales manager needs to confront Curt and investigate the cause behind his sudden erratic behavior and also suggest possible solutions to address the problem. - In my view, Laurel should confront Curt and should have an informal discussion about the personal circumstances and company work profile in order to initiate a ...

PART 1

Professional socialization Professional socialization refers to the process whereby an individual acquires skills, sense and knowledge of all aspects that characterize the profession. It involves learning everything that entails a particular profession (Claywell, 2009, p.6). This means that the internalization of the values, culture norms and ethical standards is necessary for one to be considered to have gone through full professional socialization. The values of different professions vary. In nursing, students learn through a procedural culture and in the end acquire the occupational identity of the profession. A student nurse does not acquire full professional socialization until after a long spell ...

Introduction

In the discipline of nursing, professional advancement and development models are often used as frameworks for recognizing and acknowledging nurses’ clinical expertise, especially the nurses who provide direct care to patients (Gentile, 2012). Most of the earlier models revolved around the tasks that nurses were expected to become familiar with and master as their careers progressed. However, subsequent models went beyond the element of tasks and incorporated elements of leadership, continues education and reflective practice (Gentile, 2012). One of these models is Benner’s Novice to Expert model. This model applies the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition and describes ...

Part One

In the world we live in there are changes in life that occur to us each and every day. Some of these changes are positive while some are meant to bring obstacles in life and make it seem even harder. Change in itself is inevitable in relation to human life. The book captures how life changes from worst to better or better to worse at some instances. Individuals are more afraid of change for the fear of unknown. People don’t seem to adapt easily to changes that occur in their lives and hence sometimes remain conservative. At a personal ...

Introduction/Thesis

The idea of ‘everyday’ is intriguing because no two people see this as a common phenomenon; they see it differently. It can be a time anytime of the day, be it morning, afternoon, evening, or even night, or it could be routines or habitual activities that are repeated by individuals. Whatever the act, the ‘everyday’ phenomenon is hard to define as everyone perceives this differently. When perceived from an artistic point of view, the concept of ‘everyday’ finds a whole new meaning; it harbors on alienation, interaction, space and place, as well as materiality and dirt. Artists Francis Alys and Thomas Hirschhorn ...

Low cost of Marketing: The cost of marketing through blogging is relatively very cheap. In other cases, blogging is even free. Most blogs get maintained in hosting sites across the web for affordable costs as little as $ 100 yearly or even in some cases free. However, for a company like BMW there is needed to create a personal blog for brand awareness purposes for a more professional outlook (Kidong & Hak-Hee, 2009). Blogging creates an outstanding avenue to build a network. Characteristically, every business requires a network; i.e. an internal network that links the divisions, as well as, an extern al network with its ...

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Introduction to Burnout

Burnout refers to the condition of exhaustion of physical or emotional strength, or loss of motivation to work. Usually, burnout is caused by prolonged stress or frustration affecting the involvement of employees for meaningful impact on work. Burnout has also been described as extreme fatigue, inefficacy, and loss of idealism and passion for the job. Burnout syndrome can be illustrated by the “feelings of emotional exhaustion, negative attitudes and emotions towards those who are beneficiaries of the service (depersonalization), and sentiments related to professional failure and low accomplishment (lack of personal accomplishment)” (Schaufeli, & Maslach, 1993). Any person with ...

Chapter I

Introduction Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. Effective succession planning ...

Cultural analysis in anthropology is used to collect data on cultural phenomena as help in the interpretation of this cultural representation and practices. The aim of cultural analysis is to help in gaining the new knowledge and understanding through the analysis of the collected data and collected processes. Cultural analysis helps in the understanding and mapping trends, influences, affects and effects within cultural. There are four themes for sociological, educational analysis on how culture is used to survive, as an adaptation and change. Expressions and holism, as well as, specify. Cultural anthropology has been apprehended with divergent rationalities ...

Introduction

A Moral Dilemma is a complex situation than involves a mental conflict between choices over a given action. A choice between two almost equal and conflicting alternatives. The course of action taken seemingly leads to the transgression of the other choice (Pollock, 2010). In the Criminal Justice system, professionals face numerous moral dilemmas due to their positions as custodians of justice (Landesman, 2011). Examples of Criminal Justice professionals are police officers, forensic scientists, probation officers, correctional officers, judges and magistrates, prosecutor among others (Pollock, 2010). These CJ professionals may lack adequate evidence to convict an accused person, may be tempted to take ...

Peplau provided arguably the most revolutionary and most effective working formula for nurses all over the world known as Peplau’s nursing formula. This nursing theory completely changed the way nurses view their nursing duties as well as the patients they tend to on a near daily basis. In the period between 1943 and 1945, Peplau served as a nurse in the army corps being assigned to the 312th field station hospital in England. Here, she made acquaintance and worked with some of the key leading figures in American psychiatry as well as British psychiatry. After the war, she did extensive ...

Let me begin by a confession that at the start of this module, I did not anticipate so much. As a matter of fact, I thought it will be straightforward. They say change is inevitable; like growing. You can’t do anything to change the inevitable, can you? On hindsight, I now look at my initial disinterest with a lot of dismay. I was on the brink of missing out on one of the most significant aspects of an organization’s survival. I am now aware that change is actually an optimization process in the quest for an ideal state. On a professional ...

Summary of The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Summary Part III of The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson speaks about various perceptions of love, at least in the words of the renowned poet Emily Dickinson. As the poems speak generally about love, Dickinson has explored its several associated realities through her poems. The legacy of heartbreak is one aspect Dickinson has tackled in discussing love, seeing it as an inevitable circumstance, in which she says, “You left me two sweet legacies – a legacy of loveyou left me boundaries of pain.” Reservations on the amount of love given by partners to one another stands as another concern Dickinson ...

Chan states that it is beyond dispute that Asian states have committed egregious violations of human rights. More so, it is also the case that Asian states have not lived up to the universally held notion of human rights. The whole controversy surrounding this debate on the Asian values and human rights was generated following the Bangkok Declaration of 1993. The Declaration sought to legitimize the adoption of policies and values that were distinctly different from the Western democracies concerning human rights. As stated by Singapore government spokesman, the Declaration presented the Asian point of view on human rights ...

Executive Summary of Internship Project

This report is a detailed analysis of my internship experience form the date of July 7th and August 31st. The internship was carried out at a local five star Hotel. During the eight week internship, I worked on several places at the hotel with varying duties that included Front desk, Concierge, Reception, House Keeping and Butler Department. This report is a detailed analysis of some of the skills I learned in the internship

- My goals for the internship were to build a formidable resume as a competent and reliable worker. Particularly, I was focused on building strong relationship with my fellow workers and learning ...

As a woman, I am always concerned about safety. There are many categories of safety including physical, social, financial, and environmental safety. Due to their physical weakness and maternal roles, women are susceptible to physical attacks, rape, emotional abuse, and economic discrimination. Safety is therefore a major concern for me because I believe that when they adequate security, financial freedom and environmental protection, women will proper and social institutions will be strong. Global warming is the second issue of concern. Human activity has contributed immensely to global warming and the extreme weather patterns being witnessed are a clear indication that global ...

Introduction

It is true that the solutions that are offered in Affluenza are definitely useful. For instance, the solutions at political level that includes change of tax code to dishearten harmful consumption and decrease the need for the low income workers are most crucial in combating Affluenza because they are implemented by the authorities hence they will be followed by all people whether they like it or not. Those that are mentioned under societal level are also worthwhile. For example, simplicity groups are more efficient in helping individuals learn how to solve some of these problems. I totally agree ...

Organizational behavior

Functions of formal and informal groups in organizations Introduction In order for every company or corporation to achieve its set goals and objectives, one of the most essential things that each of these perspective corporations should consider include the organization of the employees, especially, in achieving the corporation’s set goals, mission and objectives. This is achieved through an effective social and corporate relations, that enhance cooperation and working together and as a team, in order to achieve the corporation’s goals. With regard to the same, organizations are, consequently, organized into formal and informal groups (Slocum, 2010). ...

The article “The New Immigrant and The Issue of Assimilation” by Tamar Jacoby in The Aims of Argument 7th ed.; Crusius and Channell (Eds.) 2009; McGraw Hill is a detailed account of the comparative scenario of immigrant prospect in US in terms of its economy, society, nation and an intriguing future of the generations to come. Developed more based on statistics and general empirical observation and trends, Jacoby, however, seems to have over generalized the issue in some respects. Let us take a tour delving deeper into what the article represents. The article seems to have a target audience of socio- ...

Introduction

In any given community, certain individuals possess outstanding traits. Such traits are portrayed through their ways of doing things as well as their careers. Depending on their location, culture as well as the technological development such people are given more attention in the community. The attention that they are awarded by the community prompts them to develop certain traits to enable them to uphold their high status in the community. In some instances, they are given special responsibilities that are geared towards the promotion of certain aspects of the culture e.g. their virtues. Additionally, due to their ability to ...

An issue that I hold very close to my heart is the suffering known as Alzheimer’s. I call it a suffering instead of a disease as I have seen the pain that it inflicts on the patient as well as family members and friends. Disease seems to be an understatement. I have been associated with Alzheimer’s at a personal level and would like to take this opportunity to share my experience and the impact it has had on my life.

I had heard about Alzheimer’s early on in life through various awareness campaigns and other mediums. However, although I ...

Arguably, American society is one of the diverse communities with diverse culture ion the globe. As a matter of fact, United States culture is a western culture, which was originally influence by Latin America, Africa, as well as Native America cultures. There are ideas in American culture that can be used to defend inequality systems that take place in American society. In fact, inequality underlines various societal issues which affect life opportunities of diverse groups. Systems of inequality in United States entail imbalances in distribution of opportunities, power, as well as economic resources. In every society, extreme inequalities are always inimical ...

Arguably, leadership and being a leader are two concepts that are very important in every organization. It does not only entail experience, but also personal attributes that are either induced or natural. The progress of every organization in the world best depend on the type of leadership used, as well as the type of leader. In order to elaborate of how leadership works, there are various theories that have been constituted. In this case, leadership entails the use of various Strategies as well as ethical practices. Moreover, there are models of leadership that are applied in executing leadership, and leaders ...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and two methods of reducing these emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions are a rising concern facing the entire world today. Greenhouse gasses are essentially those chemical compounds found on earth which allow the passage of sunlight into the earth’s atmosphere. When the sun shines down upon the earth it emits light that penetrates into the Earth’s surface, however some of this light is reflected back into the space in the form of heat or infrared radiation. It is this radiation that is absorbed by the green house gasses and retained within the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are necessary to maintain the atmospheric temperature on earth. According to ...

Arguably, working with a team and a group has numerous experiences as well as the expectation. One gets a chance to communicate, share ideas, as well as taking roles. Additionally, the experiences achieved develop individuals mentally, emotionally, socially, and psychologically. Certainly, communication was the key factor in the activities of the team and groups that I participated. Communication within a group and a team enable people to work together and efficiently towards the achievement of the intended goals. The team I participate with was a football team, while the small group a family. In both, I was part of them and experienced the team and groups ...

The human population today is faced with various challenges, which reduce chances of existence and the period of time each person lives. The major challenge in the modern world is a combination of health problems. The human health is quite challenged with various diseases, and it is time people knew what the causes and effects are and how to counter them. Of major concern is obesity, a health condition which, though it seems less lethal than HIV, cancer and diabetes, is more lethal than both. This is because it leads to cancer and diabetes in one way or the other. It ...