Essays on Waldman

Of late, leadership has become the crucial issue challenging organizations functioning in a more volatile and complex business environment. Business leaders do have both positive and negative leadership traits. Until recently, business leadership literature has ignored the dark side of leaders believing that it does not favor implementing changes in the workplace. Historically, narcissism, a personality trait that continuously pursues gratification from the egotistic admiration of a person’s personal attributes, has been found to dominate the leadership characteristics of many leaders. Problems in sustaining healthy relationships, lack of empathy and taking insults to heart are certain common traits ...

EMERGING TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE

Quality healthcare is one of the most significant factors considered by every individual with regards to his/her quality of life. The society is changing rapidly and this is apparent in the relationship between the care providers and the citizens. Patients are becoming stakeholders in the care of their own lives. They demand transparency in access of information on the quality of care they need. They demand these based on their need and not their provider’s. For instance, patients now often want to book appointments at their convenience. Furthermore, they want the latest drugs and would need to be ...

Approaching the subject or personality involved can help in the development of the idea that will carry through the report, particularly through word to word first account of events (Waldman, 2011). In cases where the issue being investigated is multifaceted, the subject will often present a side of the story that will give leads to where the issue emanates in order to clarify their role or state of the implication in the issue. Approaching the subject also presents an opportunity where the news idea/concept can be developed even in the shadow of hierarchy that characterizes many organizations and one ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became a federal statute in March of 2010 (H. R. 3590, 2010). The PPACA required that group health plans and health insurance issuers cover all applicants for health insurance without regard to pre-existing conditions or sex of the applicant. Dependent insurance is required to cover uninsured children up to the age of 26. The PPACA further required that group health plans and health insurance issuers provide a stipulated minimum standard benefit at the same rates for everyone. Subsidies were available for eligible individuals, small business, and families. Government subsidies were made ...

Leadership style in organizations has transformed as many industrial aspects such as advancement in technology and modernization have surged in. The traditional form of leadership has been replaced by a flexible form of leadership where the leaders can interact and socialize effectively with their employees or followers. Through such interaction, the leaders can identify areas of strength in the firm and sectors that need rectification to enhance the efficiency level in the organizations. Traditionally, leaders were accorded respect by their followers, and they were feared by the people they led. Leaders were assigned a dominant position that depicted a ...

Some actions, despite their initial good intentions, are hampered by its oftentimes poor executions. Although Victor Frankenstein expressed that his initial reason to cheat the cycle of life and death is to create a better world, his past and state of mind is actually mired with selfish intentions. Curiosity is something inherent in every human being, but there is a line that must never be crossed even by the most insatiable thirst for knowledge. There is a fine line that separates science and knowledge from madness and insanity, regardless of the age and reason. Victor’s desire for knowledge ...