Essays on Posner

With the new invention of technology, marketing is taking another way that might be a threat or beneficial in the marketing industry. The imperative of digital engagement and innovation have emerged in the business and mostly the marketing sector. The businesses now realize the need to use the digital platform to engage with their customers, key stakeholders so as to maintain the relevance and the drive for conversations (Kittaneh, 2014). However, few people in the market realize how fast the change should take place, or how fast the transformational the process should be. Therefore, the business needs to embrace ...

The Leadership Challenge – Leadership Credibility

According to Kouzes & Posner (2012), a good leader should be willing to follow, and honest person, forward-looking, inspiring and competent. These four traits are the key pillars of leadership as described by Kouzes and Posner. These two authors came up with this model after many decades of research in an attempt to investigate the qualities of good leadership, the changes in technology, the environment, and the society. According to their model, a leader is supposed to be a way maker. He or she should come up with sensible ways to overcome social problems experienced by his subject. The paper ...

Introduction

The economic and social wellbeing of the society depends substantially on an effective and efficient performance of organisations. Management and leadership activity in the United Kingdom organisations becomes necessary, and the weakness and opportunities that exist should get addressed to realize a further advantage based on enhanced performance (Goetsch & Davis, 2014). Thus, excellent and adequate management and leadership skills are essential tools to achieve the best in organisations. The current ideas of the nature of leadership and management have evolved significantly over several decades to encompass new ideas including emotional intelligence, especially in organisation and planning (Giacalone & Rosenfield 2013). ...

What are the externalities associated with obesity (both positive and negative)? In other words, in what ways do the effects of obesity spillover to those who may not be considered obese? Essesntially, externalities that are associated with obesity revolve around the positive and the negative issues concerning the social costs (Cawley & Meyerhoefer, 2012).On this note, Cawley & Meyerhoefer, (2012), opines that the social costs associated with obesity may outweigh the benefits. In line with this, the negative externalities encompass the health issues of the people residing around the patient that often leads to psychological problems. As demonstrated in ...

International Student Adjustment

Introduction International students experience a variety of adjustment concerns such as academic problems due to new educational systems, personal issues, cross-cultural problems, adjusting to new social norms. This project is specifically designed to integrate the international students. Interaction with host students and spending leisure time with American’s could be highly interrelated with international student’s perception of their relationship to American’s life. The biggest barrier considered during international student relationship was the lack of opportunity to interact socially and there is a surprising fact that many international students do not make friendship with an American friend. This ...

Organizational stress is a relatively recent notion that has appeared with the fast growing of enterprises and increasing demands to its workers. The researches taken in the 1990s showed a rapid growth of people who complain about being unwell at work. It is usually caused by those stressors that emerged due to the structural changes in organization, job redesign, and shifts in social system of the organization (Elkin, Rosch, 1990, pp. 739-754). All these, and many other, factors influence negatively the worker’s usual psychological state, as they have to adapt to the new conditions, demands and reconstruct their ...

Section A

Higher education is considered the epitome of learning and research in the scholarly world. Therefore, leadership in higher education institution ought to be in maximum effectiveness at all times. Leaders at higher education institutions had better employ strategic leadership and management skills to ensure that such institutions attain the goals that define their existence. The current paper will analyze and comment on theories and research paradigms that have been presented in the integration and practice of leadership and management at higher institution centers. This section holds that although several theories, concepts and research paradigms have been presented, still there ...

YOURNAMEHERE

YOURSCHOOLHERE C13 Economics Assignment 08 Part 1 Monopolies develop in several ways (Vandewetering, n.d.). There are “natural” monopolies that emerge from the scales of some businesses. Electric generation utilities, for example, require multi-million dollar investments in the plant and more millions to build the distribution infrastructure. At these levels of entry costs, virtually no competition can develop. Some monopolies develop around ownership of a scarce resource. The DeBeers company, for example, controls a large percentage of the world’s supply of diamonds. The third form of monopoly is the result of government action. For example, patent and copyright protection ...

Q.1 Leadership is one of the crucial components in society. It is worth noting that there are various types of leadership that vary based on characteristics. Servant leadership is one of the types of leadership. A servant leader is a balance and blend between servant and leader. This is because an individual does not lose leadership potentials by becoming a servant leader. Being a servant leader means that one becomes a servant first. Servant leader begins with tremendous natural feelings that an individual wants to serve as a leader. A servant leader has the desire to serve people in ...

The first indication of menopause is a broken thermostat. It’s either that or your weight. In any case, if you don’t do something, you could be dead by August.“ - D.B.Frank Discuss health challenges experienced by women in the menopause transition with reference to current aetiological theories, underlying mechanisms, and how it affects women’s lives.

Introduction

Menopause occurs when a woman reaches the age at which she is no longer in her reproductive prime. However, menopause does not have a sudden onset; rather, it occurs gradually over time as hormone balances shift. This period of time, when ...

Undefeated is an inspiring movie about the football team of Manassas High School in North Memphis, Tennessee and how a special coach was able to turn their poor performance around through his transformational leadership. As a volunteer coach, Bill Courtney gave so much of himself to the team because he believed they could do much better. Not only did he build up their skills and changed their attitude for the better, but more importantly, he built their self-esteem, discipline, commitment, and character. The film takes the viewers to a journey of change in the characters from nonchalant boys who ...

Management

Set the example 1. Personify or live shared values consist in the involvement of the leader in the organization and use the power of the example to transmit a positive message to the other constituents of the organization. The shared values include four principles: ask purposeful questions, spend time wisely, language and feedback. Ask purposeful questions: The leader must not say "I cannot do it", but "how we can do it?" With the purposeful question, there are no limitations and barriers to achieving the objectives of the organization. Spend your time and attention wisely: The leader is the watch ...

The Defendant

The defendant in the case of comedian George Wallace vs. Bellagio Hotel is the latter, which is a world-renowned hotel and casino owned and operated by the MGM Mirage Hotels and Casinos. Bellagio Hotel is located along the famous Las Vegas strip in Paradise, Nevada. Furthermore, the description of the hotel incorporates luxury and its grand ballroom and event center is where shows and performances both public and private gatherings are being held. In the hotel is where the unfortunate event occurred involving the comedian George Wallace, which was according to the accounts of the case the comedian, suffered ...

Introduction

A discussion among the classical economists and the Keynesian economists continues on the government intervention in the free markets. According to the classical economists, the free market mechanism can develop solutions for the crisis in the market if there is no external influence on the markets. The Keynesian economy merely expresses that the free market economy carries the risk of generating crises and undesired deficit or surplus in the economy when the demand cannot clear the supply (Posner 234-252). The discussion on the government intervention is changing direction each time the world economy suffers from a global crisis becomes ...

I have learned and developed my skills extensively through the course work’s writing exercises. The exercise demanded to write various papers and projects that were assigned by the lecturers. As a beginner, I had so many challenges which are discussed below. Keeping time was one of my primary challenges. Since all the writing has the deadline for submission, it was tough for me to meet the period because I saw the time given was too short for the paper or perhaps my speed was too slow. Therefore, I did not satisfy most of the deadlines and ended up ...

Credibility can be thought as having the same advantages of a house's establishment amid a colossal tempest. If the establishment of the house is solid, then the house will hold up against seething waters (Salovey et al. Pg59). At the point when individuals accept and believe a leader, they will take after the leader without inquiry. When a leader needs credibility, the principal establishment of the initiative, the leader will have an additional strain of attempting to draw individuals towards the authority. Generally, on the off chance that one cannot believe the messenger, one will not accept the message ( ...

Abstract

Negotiation is a means of getting something that you want or need from another person. It is a two way communication that seeks to strike a deal or coming to common ground on an issue that both you and the other negotiating party have opposing interests in (Fisher & Ury, 1991). Negotiation is clouded with myths that stretch from how negotiators carry out negotiations to the kind of attitude they bring to the negotiation table. There are misconceptions that good negotiators are born, but the real truth is that negotiation is a skill; and like any other skill, it is ...

Abstract

The study uses the Posner paradigm to determine whether the condition of the cue can affect the reaction time of the subject. Most importantly is that the eye movement was prohibited. Using the data of 143 subjects, the ANOVA method and Bonferroni corrections, we have found out that the condition does influence the reaction time, however the difference between the cues is not significant Nonetheless the reaction time was far off from the target 100 ms due to inexperience and not understanding of the task set before the subjects. The results of the study have shown us two processes ...

Nutritional Intake of my Chosen Senior

My chosen senior is a widowed 63 year old woman, living alone in an urban setting, doesn’t have any diet related diseases or illness and isn’t under any prescribed medication. Her Carbohydrate intake is high, she consumes carbohydrates four out of seven days a week, her carbohydrate sources are brown rice, whole wheat pasta and potatoes. She consumes vitamin daily, she takes a glass or two of fresh fruit juice. Her calcium intake throughout the week is recommendable since she takes milk and dairy foods such as cheese, ghee and calcium fortified cereals. Generally, she has been ...

Mass Shootings: How we can deter potential mass shooters in the US? List some major mass shootings in the US and identify some major similarities and major differences among them. Mass shootings have become an issue in the United States. There are ways mass shootings can be deterred. One way is strict gun regulations. By making it hard for people to possess firearms, it makes mass shootings less likely. Also strict screenings and regulations can be put in place so people with mental health issues are not able to purchase a firearm. Also another more extreme example of a ...

Introduction

Studies on psychology and cognition have shown that a child’s language has a great impact on his/her ability to regulate his emotions and behavior. In order for two people to understand and share meaning with one another, a clear ground should first be laid out to avoid misunderstandings. A study involving 120 children aged 18 months to 4 years old showed that participants who had superior language skills expressed less anger upon reaching 4 years old (Roben, Cole, & Armstrong, 2012). Most children in their early stages learn to use language as a means of self-expression and self-regulation, because ...

Introduction

Rosa Parks was born on 4 February 1913 in Alabama. Parks grew up in Pine Level, Alabama, on her maternal grandfather’s farm. Parks had to experience racial discrimination early in her life, with race divided schools in Alabama. As a child, Rosa suffered from poor health, especially her sore throat. She was also weak for her age and used to be bedridden with her sickness. Rosa grew up in segregated South where she had to live in an environment that rejected African Americans to enter segregated hotels or restaurants (McDonough, 2010, p. 1-12). Her long struggle toughened her ...

Introduction

My current role is that of a marketing manager where I am working in teams, and different responsibilities are assigned to us by the manager. In my current job, I have to communicate with other members on a regular basis, and I have to learn new concepts and methods to process information in an effective and meaningful manner. I do not have a supervisory role at present, but my job does involve the delegation of authority and regular meetings to resolve issues. My aim is to focus on the role of a strategy developer and play an important role ...

Businesses continuously look for new markets. Before committing resources to investment in a new market or launch fresh product or service, careful analysis of the market is necessary. The study focuses on the factors that are beyond the control of the business yet have a major effect on its success or failure (50MINUTES.COM. et al., 2015). In the case of Giant TMC Berhad, the three most important macro environmental factors to consider are political, economic and technological.

Political Factors

Governments provide regulations that must be followed by people in business. These laws vary from one country or region to another. The ...

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. ...