Essays on Skills AND Abilities

Introduction

The report is intended to identify and analyze the skills of project management and planning in the project of implementation of information systems as well as the critical evaluation of the skills of business analysts for the effective use of the system. The most critical issue and challenge for the executives these days is the improved and efficient business information system planning and implementation for the successful outcomes and results for the business performance (Lederer & Sethi, 1988). The business goals and targets can be attained through effective information system (Van Grembergen, De Haes & Van Brempt, 2008). Therefore, the report ...

How does cultural intelligence differ in India and the United States?

Cognitive Skills and abilities: The paper “Social Skills Intervention for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Literature Review from the American Perspective” by Kaili Chen assesses the relationship between social skills and behavioral difficulties for students in special educational programs. The author contends that social skills are a necessary element in the learning environment due to the capabilities that they provide to learners in interacting and communicating in order to help determine their difficulties and to help them function more successfully. Difficulties with these faculties is often discovered to be a primary factor in the inability for an individual to ...

Internal Analysis

The process of internal analysis helps in identifying and evaluating an organization’s capabilities, resources, and core competencies. Internal Assessment The internal assessment has three main components that are resources, value chain, and core competencies. The assessment of these components helps in determining the internal strength of the company.

Resource Based Views

The resource-based view helps an organization to analyze the tangible and intangible resources that are available at the disposal of the firm and can be used. These resources are determined to develop a competitive advantage of an organization. The main aim of the model is to analyze the internal resources ...

Program:

Specialization: Human Resources

Part 1: Professional Goals

Professional Introduction My professional goal incorporates the attainment of a strategic position on the basis of my knowledge, skills and abilities. I intend to become a strategic expert by encompassing the senior human resources leadership rank. I also want to utilize my technical and conceptual skills in order to direct, inspire and lead others by means of my representation as a human resources scholar. I possess adequate academic knowledge about Human Resource Management because I have completed my graduate and post-graduate education with the specialization in Human Resources Management. My bachelors degree account for the technical ...

Leadership among teenagers is the topic of Jeff Zillgitt’s “Sam Presti’s (2016) article “Program Helping Students Be Better Leaders”. Zillgitt describes the nature of the leadership program, as well as the objectives of shaping new leaders for the next generation. The article focuses on Oklahoma City Thunder general manager, Sam Presti, who implements a leadership program among students, in order to transform shy youngsters into future leaders of their generation. In Presti’s vision, leadership abilities need to be ignited and developed, and a special program, “Presti’s Forward Thinking Leadership Development Program” dedicated to forming leadership ...

Internal analysis of Hudson’s Bay Company

Introduction The internal analysis of a firm enables the understanding of the internal factors that has contributed to the position that the firm is currently in. It involves the analysis of the resources of the firm and the attributes such as inbound logistics, operations, marketing, human resources management, development of technology that adds value to the organisation. The core competency analysis enables the understanding of the expertise, skills and abilities it has to maintain a competitive position in the industry. Internal analysis also enables the finding of the key success factors that are contributing to the competitive advantage of ...

Most of the issues affecting the societal values and norms are triggered by the fact that, the influential controversies constantly increase. As such, the ethical dilemmas are observed based on the boundaries that are created concerning the factors and rights of specific approaches. This paper covers a discussion on the narrative of a real experience I have had in the workplace and an analysis of the narrative based on the key concepts selected.

Real Experience

In the workplace, I have had and experienced several acts from my employer that counter relates to the organizational communication. For example, since the theory critically ...

ZARA

Introduction and e- Business background A Spanish group known as Inditex found ZARA in 1975. ZARA is a Spanish clothing manufacturer and the world’s largest and successful clothing retailer. It is a fashion label and a fashion chain store that operates in many countries. The expansion of the company in the international market started in 1988 by opening its store in Portugal. The company has more than 2000 stores in different parts of the world. It is a part of ZARA’s policy that it reinvests a certain percentage of the company’s revenue to open new outlets . ...

Theme

Effective communication, problem solving, and critical thinking are three soft skills essentially vital for a staff nurse supervisor to carry out her HR activities in a current day hospital setting.

Introduction

Nursing care has traditionally been an integral constituent of health care because nurses play an indispensable role in enhancing care quality and patient safety. As a result, today healthcare regulators take strong efforts to enhance the quality of nursing care in health organizations. Such efforts to enhance nursing care efficiency are notably limited by staff shortage and staff turnover issues. The situation further leads to a poor nurse-to-patient ratio. ...

Career Development for Apple employees

Apple is the most valuable company in the world. It frequently deals with products requiring different sets of skills, often skills that are not available anywhere. So, an employee skill set changes faster at Apple than in most other companies. Apple has a lot of training available for its employees, but it expects every employee to take control of his/her training and learning. The Employees are not given a training plan as the expectation is that the employees own their career progression. Apple expects its employees to be self-reliant. As an example, Apple is probably the only company whose ...

Role of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Canadian Economy

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are acknowledged as the engines of the Canadian economy. The success of these businesses leads to prosperity in the Canadian market. In Canada, 98.1% of the entire business activity lie in the category of small businesses and by the addition of the medium-sized businesses, it amounts to 99.8% of all the businesses. SMEs that belong to the Information Technology (It) industry are the major contributor to job creation and economic growth in Canada. SMEs contribute to more than 45% of the total Canadian export value that is more than $130 billion. It is ...

Summary

Apple is a technology multinational corporation headquartered in California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics all over the world. Nokia is a company related to communication and information technology and headquartered in Finland. Both companies are leaders that managed complexity, ambiguity, and change within their organizations but results achieved prove to be beneficial for Apple . Nokia leadership lacks in efficiently applying their relevant strategies that could provide expected outcomes. There are many factors including a collection of information, quick response, analyzing risks, and preparation of alternative strategies that resulted in the success of Apple. Nokia failed to obtain ...

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking & Self Evaluation

This paper explores how gender discrimination affects employee performance in the workplace. The study also highlights all the issues a male employee faces in the workplace; and discusses how an employee overcomes confronted gender-based issues. The interview analysis paper also highlights the perception of interviewee regarding career advancements and gender stereotyping.

Personal Information:

The questionnaire starts with collecting interviewee personal information. The name and other private information cannot be revealed to maintain confidentiality. The interviewee age is around mid-30s. He belongs to India but works in an American Company based in the USA.

Views and Challenges Faced in the Workplace:

Workplace issues are mostly ...