Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP ADVERTISEMENT RESEARCH 1
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP ADVERTISEMENT RESEARCH 2
Organizational Leadership Advertisement Research
Rodrick Story
Savannah State
Introduction
Banks provide investment services as well as corporate banking and wealth management services. The banking sector of the United Arab Emirates is fragmented. The economy of the United Arab Emirates is being filled by foreign banks despite the protection provided to the banking sector. The UAE central bank manages the banking sector. Advertisement of the banking business is, therefore crucial to gear the banking business towards global competition (Sayani, 2015). The United Arab Emirates uses the following techniques to market their business.
Content Marketing
Customers always search online for content when they are in need of services search as loans, bank guarantee, credit cards, home banking, and online banking among others. The consumers look for brands that have value and provide answers to their questions. The UAE banks, therefore, generate articles on conversations that are appreciated by the consumers. This ensures that customers are engaged on their site (Randeree et al., 2012). This also plays a role of introducing more people to the United Arab Emirates banking sector.
The use of content encourages people to build a relationship with the bank. For instance, a person reading an article on loans is most likely interested in taking a loan from a bank. The bank invites them to speak to representatives of the bank at the end of the content for more information.Search Engine Optimization (SEO)The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) aims at being there whenever customers are looking. Banks sell mortgages, loans, as well as, saving accounts to mention just a few. In the modern world, customers invest their time learning about goods and services and researching options before making a purchase (Zeineddine, 2017). For example, if a customer has intentions to refinance a mortgage, they would search for home financing rates. The banks in the UAE use the SEO, providing the answers online to gain customer trust as their financial leader. The SEO optimizes pages by using the keywords in the URL and the title page. Banks, therefore, ensure that they are visible on the pages of the search engine for the success of their efforts in marketing.
Empowering Employees
The UAE banks have invested in their employees with the aim of attracting more customers. Providing employees with tools to enable them do their jobs effectively is a factor. Confusion, inefficiency and disorganization results to lack of confidence from customers (Petersen et al., 2015). The banks ensure that their staff is equipped with consistent, accurate, as well as, up-to-date information. Furthermore, they are able to provide the customers with immediate answers to the questions.
Educating customers on financial literacy
The educational initiatives on finan ...
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ASSIGNMENT 3
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Assignment 3
Motivation is key for the success of a company as it facilitates the attainment of the company goals and initiatives. It is the responsibilities of managers to induce motivation with the purpose of giving the company direction. The creation of a mission driven organization is a way of motivating employees. In international organizations, task-driven organizations enable employees to align their goals with the goals stated by the organization. Factors such as fostering career development and the promotion of personal growth are ideal for the growth of the company. The application of award recognition is a recommendable practice that focuses on positive idea alignment. It recognizes the efforts of the employees in the required spectrum by specifying on the basic needs that needs to be attained. However, the plan will face various risks, such as cultural differences, unnecessary competition between employees, and increased conflict. Performing a risk analysis is very suitable for this situation.
The existence of unnecessary competition is an expected risk that can be identified with the motivation program. The application of the award on performance as a way of motivation is an effective tool but has existing setbacks such as increased competition among employees. Ccontinual competition leads to the creation of unhealthy competition that later turns out to be rivalry. The practive can occur between departments and individual employees. This may cause them to adopt unfair practices to negatively affect the organization's better performance (Hidayah & Windijarto, 2018). On the other hand, the unnecessary competition leads to the rise of conflict amongst employees. This would make the organization to focus more on the conflict and competition and shifting its focus away from its goals and performance.
Cultural difference is a key risk associated with the practice based on the different environment that the company experiences. The culture in East Asia is not the same one in Europe and the United States. This issue is a factor that the company is likely to go through on a regular basis. The motivational approach that may apply in the Middle East may not apply in Africa making it a major risk that the company needs to assess (Hopkins, 2016). This factor is mainly related to religion and morality, and it is believed that certain employees from the region may have it. The identification of the factor as a key risk plays an important part in ensuring that cultural variations are given a broader thought as they make all the motivational methods that were identified to be practically ineffective.
Cultural differences create a key impact in the effectiveness of the motivational approaches that I would apply in the dimensional company setting. The integration of the multicultural themes can prove to be difficult based on the different cultural stereotypes that may exist. These factors create difficulties ...
Effect of Management by Objectives MBO on Organizational Productivity of Comm...ijtsrd
This study examined the effect of management by objectives MBO on organizational productivity of commercial banks in Nigeria. This study specifically, determines the effect of employee’s participation in contributing to the settings of the organizational productivity and ascertains the effect of employee compensation on attainment of organizational productivity. This study adopted survey research design. The population of the study consists of seven 7 selected commercial banks in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. The two research hypotheses were tested with ordinary least square with aid of e view 9.0. The study found that employee’s participation has contributed positively in settings organizational productivity but not statistically significant of commercial banks in Nigeria at 5 level of significance. Also, employee’s compensation has positive effect on organizational productivity but not statistically significant of commercial banks in Nigeria at 5 level of significance. Based on this, banks management should keep compensating successes achieved by their employees. This will encourage them to perform better hence lack of motivation may lead to employees less productivity. Okolocha, Chizoba Bonaventure "Effect of Management by Objectives (MBO) on Organizational Productivity of Commercial Banks in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-5 , August 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33192.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/organizational-behaviour/33192/effect-of-management-by-objectives-mbo-on-organizational-productivity-of-commercial-banks-in-nigeria/okolocha-chizoba-bonaventure
Running head APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 1 APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY6.docxhealdkathaleen
Running head: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 1
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 6
Appreciative Inquiry
Kristine Ruche
Leadership and Management for Nurse Executives
Capella University
April, 2020
Appreciative Inquiry
In the highly unpredictable global business environment, it is quite tempting to approach strategic decision making with a specific goal already in mind. In most cases, these strategies are aimed at mitigating the problems as they are problem-focused. Organizations typically focus on areas that are not working as intended while adopting a root cause mindset only to find themselves faced with a set of different, but related questions down the line. An appreciative inquiry model is one of the critical positive enterprise approaches to development and collective learning (Ruhe, Bobiak, Litaker, Carter, Wu, Schroeder, Zyzanski, Weyer, Werner, Fry, & Stange, 2011). An appreciative inquiry is a collaborative and strength-based approach that aims at changing the organizations and other human systems. One of the fundamental proponents behind the appreciative inquiry is that with time it has come to be increasingly adopted by organizations as to approach changes and growth from a problem-solving perspective. Form appreciative inquiry approach organizations should strongly focus on improving efficiency, surviving, and better performance and not just solving what is wrong, which is a deficit-based approach.
Appreciative inquiry in health care
The appreciative inquiry in the health care facility in which I work as a nurse will mainly focus on improving care services, especially to underserved women. The approach will focus on the positive and creativity as the driving forces for an improved future of healthcare services as is described and embraced for execution as an intervention for the achievement of behavioral health change at the individual levels. Guiding proponent for its application with clients is offered with an example of its use demonstrated in improving care services for the women of low economic status in improving their lifestyle.
Leadership skills to promote effective healthcare
Some of the qualities and skills that are useful in ensuring there is effective healthcare delivery include: great communication skills, being able to set the vision for the healthcare organization and emotional intelligence skills (Adair, 2016). The leaders should have people management skills which enables them to focus efforts of the healthcare workforce and resources towards a common goal. To make projects a success the leaders must have adequate knowledge and experience in project management such as budgetary skills and effective decision-making skills. Having effective analytical skills enable a leader to effectively analyze all possible alternatives that can make any project successful.
Strategies for healthcare teams to achieve set goals
Some of the strategies for ensuring that the healthcare teams are able to meet organizational goals include training ...
Global Financial Outlook during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The role of effective ...AI Publications
The current study's main goal is to look into the relationship between leadership styles and Erbil's financial outlook. Government officials, administrators, and leaders of large companies and organisations make critical decisions on a regular basis and expect positive outcomes in achieving their goals. 130 participants were involved in the present study. The results revealed that the highest value among all leadership styles was charismatic leadership. According to the research findings, there are more to uncover on the subject of leadership styles and Financial outlook in Erbil. A bigger sample size and including all the key races in Erbil would provide support for further studies.
2Change ImplementationDeyanira DiazSouthern New Ha.docxstandfordabbot
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Change Implementation
Deyanira Diaz
Southern New Hampshire University
MBA 687
Dr. Rivero
October 2, 2022
Change Implementation
Organizational change is a complex process that requires detailed planning to succeed. A change management plan is, therefore, needed to ensure successful implementation. The plan helps manage the change process and controls schedule, scope, budget, resources, and communication. A change management plan also helps manage employee responses to organizational change. Employees respond differently to change. Some will be eager to use new processes and procedures, while others will resist. Bad communication, fear of the unknown, lack of support from the management, lack of understanding of the reason for the change, and fear of failure are some of the reasons why employees resist organizational change. No matter the reaction, a change management plan should provide a complete roadmap, as well as, tools to successfully implement change and support employees as they transition through change. In this report, I will analyze the pre-implementation and implementation stages of the change management plan in the U.S. branch.
Key Stakeholders and their Significance
Key stakeholders are individuals or groups with an interest in a change initiative and can either affect or be affected by the change. The president, the vice president, and business unit leaders are the key stakeholders in the change process. These individuals want to see successful change implementation to ensure company goals are met. Their main roles include creating a change vision and communicating change throughout the organization.
Each stakeholder’s role plays a significant part in gaining acceptance, buy-in, as well as, support for change across the organization and departments. As indicated above, one major role of the key stakeholders is to create a change vision. A change vision gives employees a picture of what the company will look like in the future after change implementation (Tanner, 2021). Also, a change vision tells employees why they should let go of the past and embrace the future. In other words, having a vision of change helps employees understand the reason for the change and the benefits it can bring. This, in turn, will create buy-in, support, and acceptance for the proposed change. Besides that, key stakeholders communicate the proposed change across departments and throughout the organization. Effective communication can encourage employees to embrace change and make them aware of the objectives and vision for change (Hasanaj, 2022). Additionally, effective communication can help the organization to convince employees that the existing state of affairs is no longer suitable. It can also encourage employees to support and accept the new state. It is necessary to be honest and clear when communicating change to create buy-in. It is also important to communicate how the change will affect employees to keep them engaged.
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ASSIGNMENT 3
ASSIGNMENT 3 2
Assignment 3
Motivation is key for the success of a company as it facilitates the attainment of the company goals and initiatives. It is the responsibilities of managers to induce motivation with the purpose of giving the company direction. The creation of a mission driven organization is a way of motivating employees. In international organizations, task-driven organizations enable employees to align their goals with the goals stated by the organization. Factors such as fostering career development and the promotion of personal growth are ideal for the growth of the company. The application of award recognition is a recommendable practice that focuses on positive idea alignment. It recognizes the efforts of the employees in the required spectrum by specifying on the basic needs that needs to be attained. However, the plan will face various risks, such as cultural differences, unnecessary competition between employees, and increased conflict. Performing a risk analysis is very suitable for this situation.
The existence of unnecessary competition is an expected risk that can be identified with the motivation program. The application of the award on performance as a way of motivation is an effective tool but has existing setbacks such as increased competition among employees. Ccontinual competition leads to the creation of unhealthy competition that later turns out to be rivalry. The practive can occur between departments and individual employees. This may cause them to adopt unfair practices to negatively affect the organization's better performance (Hidayah & Windijarto, 2018). On the other hand, the unnecessary competition leads to the rise of conflict amongst employees. This would make the organization to focus more on the conflict and competition and shifting its focus away from its goals and performance.
Cultural difference is a key risk associated with the practice based on the different environment that the company experiences. The culture in East Asia is not the same one in Europe and the United States. This issue is a factor that the company is likely to go through on a regular basis. The motivational approach that may apply in the Middle East may not apply in Africa making it a major risk that the company needs to assess (Hopkins, 2016). This factor is mainly related to religion and morality, and it is believed that certain employees from the region may have it. The identification of the factor as a key risk plays an important part in ensuring that cultural variations are given a broader thought as they make all the motivational methods that were identified to be practically ineffective.
Cultural differences create a key impact in the effectiveness of the motivational approaches that I would apply in the dimensional company setting. The integration of the multicultural themes can prove to be difficult based on the different cultural stereotypes that may exist. These factors create difficulties ...
Effect of Management by Objectives MBO on Organizational Productivity of Comm...ijtsrd
This study examined the effect of management by objectives MBO on organizational productivity of commercial banks in Nigeria. This study specifically, determines the effect of employee’s participation in contributing to the settings of the organizational productivity and ascertains the effect of employee compensation on attainment of organizational productivity. This study adopted survey research design. The population of the study consists of seven 7 selected commercial banks in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. The two research hypotheses were tested with ordinary least square with aid of e view 9.0. The study found that employee’s participation has contributed positively in settings organizational productivity but not statistically significant of commercial banks in Nigeria at 5 level of significance. Also, employee’s compensation has positive effect on organizational productivity but not statistically significant of commercial banks in Nigeria at 5 level of significance. Based on this, banks management should keep compensating successes achieved by their employees. This will encourage them to perform better hence lack of motivation may lead to employees less productivity. Okolocha, Chizoba Bonaventure "Effect of Management by Objectives (MBO) on Organizational Productivity of Commercial Banks in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-5 , August 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33192.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/organizational-behaviour/33192/effect-of-management-by-objectives-mbo-on-organizational-productivity-of-commercial-banks-in-nigeria/okolocha-chizoba-bonaventure
Running head APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 1 APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY6.docxhealdkathaleen
Running head: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 1
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 6
Appreciative Inquiry
Kristine Ruche
Leadership and Management for Nurse Executives
Capella University
April, 2020
Appreciative Inquiry
In the highly unpredictable global business environment, it is quite tempting to approach strategic decision making with a specific goal already in mind. In most cases, these strategies are aimed at mitigating the problems as they are problem-focused. Organizations typically focus on areas that are not working as intended while adopting a root cause mindset only to find themselves faced with a set of different, but related questions down the line. An appreciative inquiry model is one of the critical positive enterprise approaches to development and collective learning (Ruhe, Bobiak, Litaker, Carter, Wu, Schroeder, Zyzanski, Weyer, Werner, Fry, & Stange, 2011). An appreciative inquiry is a collaborative and strength-based approach that aims at changing the organizations and other human systems. One of the fundamental proponents behind the appreciative inquiry is that with time it has come to be increasingly adopted by organizations as to approach changes and growth from a problem-solving perspective. Form appreciative inquiry approach organizations should strongly focus on improving efficiency, surviving, and better performance and not just solving what is wrong, which is a deficit-based approach.
Appreciative inquiry in health care
The appreciative inquiry in the health care facility in which I work as a nurse will mainly focus on improving care services, especially to underserved women. The approach will focus on the positive and creativity as the driving forces for an improved future of healthcare services as is described and embraced for execution as an intervention for the achievement of behavioral health change at the individual levels. Guiding proponent for its application with clients is offered with an example of its use demonstrated in improving care services for the women of low economic status in improving their lifestyle.
Leadership skills to promote effective healthcare
Some of the qualities and skills that are useful in ensuring there is effective healthcare delivery include: great communication skills, being able to set the vision for the healthcare organization and emotional intelligence skills (Adair, 2016). The leaders should have people management skills which enables them to focus efforts of the healthcare workforce and resources towards a common goal. To make projects a success the leaders must have adequate knowledge and experience in project management such as budgetary skills and effective decision-making skills. Having effective analytical skills enable a leader to effectively analyze all possible alternatives that can make any project successful.
Strategies for healthcare teams to achieve set goals
Some of the strategies for ensuring that the healthcare teams are able to meet organizational goals include training ...
Global Financial Outlook during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The role of effective ...AI Publications
The current study's main goal is to look into the relationship between leadership styles and Erbil's financial outlook. Government officials, administrators, and leaders of large companies and organisations make critical decisions on a regular basis and expect positive outcomes in achieving their goals. 130 participants were involved in the present study. The results revealed that the highest value among all leadership styles was charismatic leadership. According to the research findings, there are more to uncover on the subject of leadership styles and Financial outlook in Erbil. A bigger sample size and including all the key races in Erbil would provide support for further studies.
2Change ImplementationDeyanira DiazSouthern New Ha.docxstandfordabbot
2
Change Implementation
Deyanira Diaz
Southern New Hampshire University
MBA 687
Dr. Rivero
October 2, 2022
Change Implementation
Organizational change is a complex process that requires detailed planning to succeed. A change management plan is, therefore, needed to ensure successful implementation. The plan helps manage the change process and controls schedule, scope, budget, resources, and communication. A change management plan also helps manage employee responses to organizational change. Employees respond differently to change. Some will be eager to use new processes and procedures, while others will resist. Bad communication, fear of the unknown, lack of support from the management, lack of understanding of the reason for the change, and fear of failure are some of the reasons why employees resist organizational change. No matter the reaction, a change management plan should provide a complete roadmap, as well as, tools to successfully implement change and support employees as they transition through change. In this report, I will analyze the pre-implementation and implementation stages of the change management plan in the U.S. branch.
Key Stakeholders and their Significance
Key stakeholders are individuals or groups with an interest in a change initiative and can either affect or be affected by the change. The president, the vice president, and business unit leaders are the key stakeholders in the change process. These individuals want to see successful change implementation to ensure company goals are met. Their main roles include creating a change vision and communicating change throughout the organization.
Each stakeholder’s role plays a significant part in gaining acceptance, buy-in, as well as, support for change across the organization and departments. As indicated above, one major role of the key stakeholders is to create a change vision. A change vision gives employees a picture of what the company will look like in the future after change implementation (Tanner, 2021). Also, a change vision tells employees why they should let go of the past and embrace the future. In other words, having a vision of change helps employees understand the reason for the change and the benefits it can bring. This, in turn, will create buy-in, support, and acceptance for the proposed change. Besides that, key stakeholders communicate the proposed change across departments and throughout the organization. Effective communication can encourage employees to embrace change and make them aware of the objectives and vision for change (Hasanaj, 2022). Additionally, effective communication can help the organization to convince employees that the existing state of affairs is no longer suitable. It can also encourage employees to support and accept the new state. It is necessary to be honest and clear when communicating change to create buy-in. It is also important to communicate how the change will affect employees to keep them engaged.
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Running head IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION RATE IN THE AUTOMOTI.docxjoellemurphey
Running head: IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION RATE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION RATE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Table of Contents
Page Number
Executive summary………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Chapter 1 Problem Definition, Background to the Study…………………………………………4
Chapter 2 Literature Review……………………………………………………………………12
Chapter 3 Research Methodology……………………………………………………………....19
Chapter 4 Data Analysis Future…………………………………………………………………22
Chapter 5 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations Future ……………………………..28
Terminology and Definitions Page
References Pages……………………………………………………………………………..31-35
Appendix A Permission to Conduct Study
Appendix B Consent Form (Anonymous Survey, Informal
Interview or Formal Interview)
Appendix C Survey/Interview Questions
Executive Summary
The purpose of this study and research will be is to show the flaws in the current logistics process and to develop a positive reinforcement for employees in the automotive sector. In doing so, the employees will develop a comfortable attitude in adjusting to the changes in the layout of how the company’s foundation is built and how that foundation’s usefulness is a major contributing factor to the overall success of the business, especially considering the fact that the automotive sector has at least one hundred thousand employees. Creating this survey offered the opportunity to find out what the root cause is of why employees are not reporting to work either on time, or at all. This methodology will be used to elaborate the data compiled in the company’s daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly reports. These same reports describe and display the hourly needs of employees, lost hour cases, vacation, personal time off, rehabilitation and training in the facility.
The company believes that with the proper resources in the production environment, and along with reliability, simplicity, and fundamental training skills there can definitely be a major change in the way employee retention can be improved. The company also agrees that they have a mutual obligation to sustain a foundation by incorporating a trustworthy dedicated program while leading the necessary awareness of training. The major conclusions drawn were that the observations and experiences of the data displayed will provide one the company with the knowledge to seek ways to reduce and eventually eliminate lost hours worked that occur in the workplace. The goal is to change the perception of the employees so they may by getting them to assist using suggestion programs in the hopes of future success.
Currently, the most important recommendationsare is that the automakers continue with the internal process implemented at this time. Further Additional research indicated that based on ...
Executive summary The traditional leadership styles a.docxgitagrimston
Executive summary
The traditional leadership styles are continuously changing with the adoption of globalization. This is because convergence is all over whereby the competitors are the customers, suppliers and the industry in general. This means that new development strategies are required to be able to cope in the dynamic world as well as in future. In this report, it will discuss some of the leadership concerns on the basis of the global trends which require some leadership attention.
The report will also discuss emerging theories that are applicable in the global changing world. This will then be followed by a discussion on the kind of responsibilities that the leaders have towards coping with competition in the workplace, complexity as well as diversity in the organization. The report will further provide a personal plan on development of proper leadership skills. Under this, it will outline some of the personal development goals. This will be followed by a summary of the relevant steps to be taken to accomplish the goals. An evaluation on how to check for progress in each step will be established. The report will end with a summary regarding how the plan will facilitate personal growth as a leader as well as the growth of others.
Introduction
Leadership has been in place and also undergoing changes based on the changes happening in outside world. With increased globalization, there is the need for leaders to acquire some global competencies. The current workplace is demanding for some emergent practices and there are expectations for digital competencies. In order to survive as a leader, it would be necessary to have a sense of learning and continuous improvement.
In order to create a professional knowledge sharing connection, it requires a kind of trust which will be developed over time and facilitated very effective leadership roles (Cameron & Green, 2008). Therefore, to succeed in the industry, it will be necessary for a leader to set reasonable and measurable goals through focusing on trust, knowledge and credibility together with being updated on changes in global trend affecting leadership roles.
Global leadership concerns for the future
To be a high performance organization, it is necessary to tackle challenges of leadership development with a combined broad thinking. There are quite a number of trends that are linked with leadership. Globalization is the first trend as it is the new business world. This thus requires personnel thinking globally. The trend towards having connected markets will be much stronger. This is because the leaders will be required to understand the cultural, legal, economic, cultural as well as political ramifications (Rothstein & Burke, 2010). Therefore, leaders will be required to see themselves as citizens of the world with expanded field of vision. Leaders will be required to have knowledge on how to effectively manage global producti ...
A Study on Governance of Innovation in Organisation Within UAEMargaritoWhitt221
A Study on Governance of Innovation in Organisation Within UAE
Proposed Conceptual Framework:
The impact of product innovation and process innovation in organization performance.
Abstract:The aim of this research is to assess the nature of innovation of organization occurring in the UAE and the extent of Innovation governance in UAE.
Design/Methodology/approach: The research will have a quantitative process by which A questionnaires will be distributed to various organizations in different cities in the UAE region. Companies will be selected using the random sampling technique. The questionnaire will contain relevant questions in relation to governance and innovation and will be focused on assessing the impact of governance of innovation in organizations in the UAE region.
Findings: The study is expected to determine the impact of innovation governance on the organization performance and explore the mechanics and characteristics of innovation governance.
Research limitations/implications: The data used in this study could be limited, and depends on information gathered from different organizations from the public or private sector and in which emirate this organization is located.
Keywords:Innovation, Governance, Organisations, Performance, leadership.
Introduction
Innovation is today considered to be a driving force regarding competitiveness, growth, and creation of value for businesses. Governing innovation is important as it helps organizations to build a system of mechanisms that they will use to align their goals, allocate resources to different projects, and, assign the decision-making authority for innovative purposes. Most companies that exist today are organized in a way that there are clear frameworks on how they can manage the business units that exist within the company, business functions, and also regional operations. However, such businesses do not have frameworks that they can use to stimulate and sustain innovation initiatives and processes (Teece 2007). Thus, organizations need to review their innovation processes and evaluate it.
Innovation governance is a comprehensive framework that helps the top management of an organization to be able to develop values, policies, and initiatives that promotes innovation. Through innovation governance, the top management, and organizations at large can be able to define the roles of their employees and the initiatives that they will undertake to realize the innovation process. They will establish a set of values to realize the innovation process. They will also define the parameters that will be used to measure innovation processes and how much regarding budget will be allocated to the innovation processes (Teece 2007). Every Leader needs to be equipped with a set of skills or competency to promote innovation in their organizations.
Management and governance in innovation is a significant competency for every leader that cannot be looked down upon. Innovation management m ...
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Annotated Bibliography
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Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Al-Khasawneh, A. L. (2014). The Role of Knowledge Resource Diversification Strategy Management in Improving Organizational Learning among Employees at the Commercial Islamic Banks in Jordan. International Business and Management, 8(2),101-111.
The publication by (Al-Khasawneh, 2014) gives invaluable insights on how the process of knowledge and information sharing can be of great importance in making any given organization realize efficiency; this the article highlights with reference to the banking sector. Al-Khasawneh also mentions that the benefits of knowledge resource diversification strategies cut across the entirety of the corporate divide and can be used successfully with any organizational manager that is looking to gain decent returns and maintain customer loyalty. With commercial Islamic banks in Jordan as a sure example, the author mentions that knowledge resource diversification strategy management can only be realized when an organization is willing to spend on Knowledge Management. Even though expensive in the short run, modern knowledge management systems often prove to be beneficial in the long run. Besides, the author recommend that any firm looking to realize knowledge diversification has to come up with a culture within the internal environment that is supportive to knowledge sharing.
Filson, D., & Olfati, S. (2014). The impacts of Gramm–Leach–Bliley bank diversification onvalue and risk. Journal of Banking & Finance, 41, 209-221.
Filson and Olfati, in their publication, give reasons as to why banks diversify their product lines every now and then. The author’s site that most banks diversify their product lines so as to encourage customers to take them up, ie to increase attractiveness and for the sake of helping customers to get customized product packages. Earlier, most banks noted that some customers were hesitant to do business with them solely because they were not sure of the risks involved and were doubtful of whether they would realize the value for their money. Bank diversification approaches such as the Gramm–Leach–Bliley bank come in to accord customers risk transference and better proceeds for their savings and investments.
Lam, T. Y., & Tipping, M. (2016). A case study of the investment yields of high street banks. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 34(5), 521-534.
In their publication, Lam and Tipping interview various bank administrators on what diversification is all about and how the process is beneficial to banks or any other business. It is quite noteworthy that all the respondents interviewed gave responses that resonated; describing diversification as the process of increasing options for customers i.e. the realization of varied product lines. For most banks and businesses at large, diversification is a top priority because bad performance in or an economic slump affecting any one of the products will not be disastrous.
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Perceived Organizational Prestige and Employee Retention in Microfinance Bank...ijtsrd
Retention of employees is one of the success determining factors of organizations, however, this seems to be difficult for microfinance banks to achieve in Anambra State, thereby necessitating this study to examine the role perceived organizational prestige POP plays in their retention dynamics. The work is anchored on the Herzberg Two Factor Theory. The study adopted a survey research design and the population consisted of 398 employees of the selected microfinance banks and the census method was used. The method of data collection was primary, using Likert structured question, A combination of descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis, and the hypotheses were tested at a 5 level of significance. Findings revealed that training and development has a statistically significant influence on employee retention r = 941 p value 0.05 and that compensation has a statistically significant influence on employee retention r = .948 p value 0.05 in microfinance banks in Anambra State. Sequel to this, it was concluded that perception of people plays a crucial role in the choice of employees to either stay or quit an organization. Hence, it was recommended among others that to retain employees, training and development need to be given a pride of place in the organizations. Onyekwelu Njideka Phina | Nwosu Kanayo Chike | Okeke Patrick Anene "Perceived Organizational Prestige and Employee Retention in Microfinance Banks in Anambra State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-5 , August 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50531.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/50531/perceived-organizational-prestige-and-employee-retention-in-microfinance-banks-in-anambra-state/onyekwelu-njideka-phina
Term ProjectMGT 4478 Managing in a Global EnvironmentTroy.docxmehek4
Term Project
MGT 4478: Managing in a Global Environment
Troy University
Section Two; Socio-cultural Analysis:
Your organization has reviewed your country study and has decided to go with your recommendation for their initial international expansion. A complete a socio-cultural analysis needs to be completed to determine the entry strategy, financing, human resource needs, suppliers, marketing, pricing and distribution, and organizational structure.
Assignment Criteria:
Write a report (2 – 4 pages, font 12) outlining the socio-cultural factors and discuss any cross-cultural issues that will need to be considered, addressed and understood into for a successful international expansion. You need to use at least three outside sources to complete this assignment. PLEASE remember to cite all your sources; proper citation of your sources is a requirement for this course.
Please support all recommendations with sound reasoning and research.
Your report needs to include but not limited to:
· Demographic Trends
· Population growth
· Age structure & median age
· Life expectancy
· Literacy
· Cultural Analysis
· Language
· Customs and Norms
· Traditions
· Social Institutions
· Where does the country lie within Hofstede’s dimensions
· Family structure
· Religious structure
· Labor organizations
· Informal Trade Barriers
· Barriers that are created by social and cultural factors
· Communication styles
· Negotiating tactics
· Marketing concerns
· Ethical concerns
· Employment practices
· Human rights
· Business practices
The name of the course is Research Methodology (IT 460)
I have an assignment
I wrote a research paper and I proposed a potential methodology for the research. However, my instructor asked me to execute the proposed methodology. Otherwise he will give me 35/50.I need you to execute the methodology of the research paper.
Make up the data.
You can't pick any company of your choice
PLEASE read the methodology part very well.
The interviews will be organized with top managers, who are responsible for recruiting future leaders, in different government and privet sectors, such as Saudi airlines, NCB Alahli Bank Saudi, Saudi Electricity Company, Procter and Gamble Company and Sab Bank.
to make things clear, let me give the steps you follow to apply this methodology
1) Preparing questionnaire
2) Preparing variables for data Coding
3) Data Base Preparation in IBM SPSS Version 22
4) Data Cleaning
5) Data Analysis(Includes Descriptive, Measure of Correlation and Measure of Association)
6) Measure of Correlation (Using Pearson Product Moment as well Multiple Regression )
7) Measure of Association (Using Factor Analysis )
8) Writing Tables
9) Tabulation
10) Graphs
11) Interpretation and Report Writing
12) Miscellaneous (Formatting, Alignment etc)
Review any published research papers it has questionnaire plus data results that includes tables with explanation and analysis. That’s all what I need. I hope you got it what I need
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Organizations seek to maximize the productivity and profitability of their staff !
Individuals seek satisfaction from their work !
If both can be achieved concurrently , there is a true Win-Win !
The impact of an ‘engaged’ workforce over an ‘unengaged’ one is dramatic
Running head STRATEGIC CHANGE GLOBAL CREATIVE ORGANIZATION 1S.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: STRATEGIC CHANGE: GLOBAL CREATIVE ORGANIZATION 1
STRATEGIC CHANGE: GLOBAL CREATIVE ORGANIZATION 6
Daniel Ortiz
Strategic Change: Global Creative Organization
LDR 531
Farooq Khan
University of Phoenix
March 8, 2017
Strategic Change: Global Creative Organization
The leaders in most global organizations have to deal with growing complexities in the industry and the market, uncertainties, workplace diversity, and highly volatile markets. The changes taking place in the market may affect the performance of their businesses as well as their competitiveness in the global market. As the business conditions continue to change rapidly, the leaders should be in a position to adjust accordingly and match this pace as a way of maintaining the performance of the organizations. As a global and creative organization, a firm should be able to nurture and develop such creative leaders who are capable of navigating the complexity of the market and maintain the firm's competitive advantage. As such, a leader of a creative organization should be in a position to establish the right direction, pace, and a meaningful work environment that supports the growth of individuals and the entire organization (Anderson et al, 2015). The leader should be able to facilitate the engagement of all the stakeholders and ensure that they assume responsibility in as much as they are held accountable for the performance of the firm. Also, one should lead effectively through maintenance of relationships, systems, and processes that facilitate the execution, focus, attainment, and maintenance of the desired results. This essay explores Apple Inc., as a creative organization that has been able to attain considerable success in the global market through effective and creative leadership strategies.
Apple Inc. has grown to become a global leader in the technology industry. Apple has successfully operated in the market through the application of creative and innovative strategies, which has enabled them to counter competitive pressures and attract customers from across the world. As a successful business organization, it is important to understand the value of creative leadership as well as innovation as a way to the attainment of greater competitiveness in the market. Apple Inc. is an appropriate example of the impact of effective leadership that is based on creativity and innovation can transform the future of an organization (Anderson et al, 2015).
Over the years, creativity and enabled the company to develop and improve the quality of their products continuously, thus being able to serve the rapidly evolving needs of their global customers. Through effective creative leadership, by individuals such as Steve Jobs, Apple has been able to move to higher levels of performance and maintain this competitive advantage in the market by innovating and renovating their products to suit the market dynamics. Creative leadership is able to focus on the enhancement of cha ...
The Qualitative Measurement towards Organizational Behaviour by using Kano Me...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
This research aims to study the organizational
behavior of the employees by using SERVQUAL and Kano
model. The usual application of SERVQUAL and Kano model
is to find out the needs of the customer but for this research, it
is used to find out the employees needs and feelings towards
the organizational. SERVQUAL used to do a gap analysis of
an organization's service quality performance against the
service quality needs of its customers. The Kano Model
classifies product attributes based on how they are perceived
by customers and their effect on customer satisfaction. The
Kano model defines various product attributes that are
considered important to customers and as a decision maker.
As result, the attributes that has the biggest factor in the
behaviour of the employees are Managers being in the office to
guide the employees, Managers helping the employees with the
job, All employees able to finish the job on time and
Employees respond towards a strict manager. These factors
will have a big impact towards the CRM.
Post 1 response with references separately.The value proposit.docxstilliegeorgiana
Post 1: response with references separately.
The value proposition in investing in IT Leadership development:
Leadership is one of the important aspects in any organization. A good leader leads the organization from front to the success. The success of the organization depends on the performance of the leaders. But nowadays, many organizations have reduced the budget for leadership development, although leadership development is very important to the organization. For developing, training plays a vital role in an effective way. Along with all those, it is equally essential to articulate the value proposition for this initiative and experts have suggested the following elements for value can be achieved by implementing a leadership development program.
· Value: Every people and every organization perceive the value in different way. Those value can be achieved by successfully implementing the development program (Chase, 2016). Improving future and current leadership qualities are included on those development program along with improving innovation, business strategy, teamwork, decision making etc. After these values are understood, metrics can be developed to determine whether the program is successful or not.
· Delivery of the value: Human Resource and IT both are responsible for the leadership development equally. HR should distinguish the role of IT and Business so that they can move forward to achieve the organizational goals and objectives. The top level manages acts as a coach in both department where they share their knowledge and experience. Senior manager must clarify the roles and responsibilities for successful leadership development.
· Realization of the value: There are both short-term and long-term benefits in leadership development program. If the trainings are effective, then the result can be visible through behavioral change. The initial impacts of a comprehensive leadership initiative should be visible in-house within a year and to business units and vendors within eighteen to twenty-four months (Payne, Frow, & Eggert, 2017). Metrics is used to determine the success of the leadership program so this is very important. These methods can be used to demonstrate value to IT managers, who may be skeptical, and to HR and senior management.
· Delivery of the Value: Firstly, it is important for IT to determine what to accomplish with leadership development which will make easier to design effective program to deliver it.
Qualities of good IT Leadership:
All it takes to be a leader, in name at least, is to hold the dominant position in a group, organization or location. However, this is a very simplified definition for a what a leader should be, let alone what a great leader is. Because the measure of a great leader has much less to do with how we define their role and more about their actual impact on others.
The qualities of a good leader are divided into two categories:
· Personal mastery: This includes collection of behavior t ...
Employees Loyalty has become critical to the management-employees bonding across organisations especially in the banking sectors of global economy. The lack of loyalty on the part of employees has been traced to change in leadership, therefore, this study studies the implications that leadership change have on employees loyalty. The banking sector of Rivers State was covered in this study as 131 sampled employees of the selected banks were studied using a 4point lykert scale closed ended questionnaire. The data gathered were analysed using the Pearson Moment correlations coefficient and the findings from the results derived reveals significant relationships amongst the attributes of the predictor tested on the measures of the criterion variable and conclusion as well as recommendation were drawn from the resultant findings amongst which are: leadership change causes strategic, cultural, policy and attitudinal changes in the organisations and these changes reflects a shift in the loyalty status of the affected employees in the banking sector. Therefore, better management of leadership change is advocated as corporate loyalty is primarily critical for sustenance of successful banking not individual leader loyalty.
The purpose of this research paper is to identify why Human Resources (HR) is a change agent in any organization to drive organizational excellence. HR practitioners, as change agents, are responsible for easing the impact of changes in their organization and to empower employees against the consequences of these inevitable changes. Sometimes, the change helps to produce a significant increase in performance excellence and the company can boost sales and production without major additional cost.
Several vital competencies that are reviewed in this paper include how HR practitioners are path creators amongst the path breakers of organizational culture, by being change drivers and business focused. HR practitioners who are unable to function as change agents will inevitably create a barrier against their becoming a well-integrated strategic partner. Therefore, the role of change agent also mediates the relationship between certain HR competencies and organizational performance. This involves monitoring employee engagement and keeping levels high, developing strategies to retain top performers, and continuing to provide value-added services to employees.
Elementary CurriculaBoth articles highlight the fact that middle.docxtoltonkendal
Elementary Curricula
Both articles highlight the fact that middle-class students seem to benefit more from summer reading programs than their lower-SES peers. While we would hope that summer reading programs would have the same positive impact on all students, this information did not totally surprise me. Differences in funding, materials, and ability to recruit enough high-quality teachers for summer programs could be more difficult in lower-socioeconomic areas. In addition, the articles did not dive into other factors in the students’ lives that may be contributing to their performance such as attendance, how well-rested they are, trauma they have experiences that impacts their ability to focus during instruction, and the impact of being taught by a teacher who the students may not know or have a relationship with. Additionally, there could be a mismatch between the instructional practices and the specific needs of the students. Even though summer reading programs are only for a short time, I would challenge teachers to put energy into getting to know the students and building trust with them. This is a key foundation that is needed for learning to take place.
In challenging teachers during summer program and the regular school year to ”break out of the mold” to create better outcomes for students classified with low SES, in addition to building relationships with students, I would encourage them to build connections with their families. This may involve thinking outside the box and leaving their comfort zone. It could entail holding a parent-teacher conference off campus, closer to their home or in their community. It could also include providing resources and instructional videos to parents so they can help support their children at home. There are many parents who want to support their children academically, but they do not know how and may be uncomfortable asking the teacher for assistance. In addition, I would urge teachers to capitalize on the strengths and interests of their students to engage them in learning activities and provide them with opportunities to shine. We do not have to, and should not, be satisfied with the idea that low SES students will automatically not be able to perform. These students are capable of learning and growth just as much as any other student. I think data from test scores that demonstrate a gap between the performance of students classified as economically disadvantaged and not economically disadvantaged has led some people to hold the belief that students classified as low SES will not perform well. I think the way that school “report card” grades are published also perpetuates this belief, as it shows the test scores, but does not provide an explanation of or include any solutions for the many larger societal factors that contribute to those scores including high teacher turn over, lack of resources, child trauma, lack of sleep, lack of nutrition, crime & safety, and education level of parents.
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Elementary Statistics (MATH220)
Assignment:
Statistical Project & Presentation
Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to supplement lecture material by having the students to do a case study on collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data.
***The best way to understand something is to experience it for yourself.
Guideline for Analyzing Data and Writing a Report
Below is a general outline of the topics that should be included in your report.
1.
Introduction.
State the topic of your study.
2.
Define Population.
Define the population that you intend for your study to represent.
3.
Define Variable.
Define clearly the variable that you obtained during your data collection; this should include information on how the variable is measured and what possible values this variable has.
4.
Data Collection.
Describe your data collection process, including your data source, your sampling strategy, and what steps you took to avoid bias.
5.
Study Design.
Describe the procedures you followed to analyze your data.
6.
Results: Descriptive Statistics.
Give the relevant descriptive statistics for the sample you collected.
7.
Results: Statistical Analysis.
Describe the results of your statistical analysis.
8.
Findings.
Interpret the results of your analysis in the context of your original research question. Was your hypothesis supported by your statistical analyses? Explain.
9.
Discussion.
What conclusions, if any, do you believe you can draw as a result of your study? If the results were not what you expected, what factors might explain your results? What did you learn from the project about the population you studied? What did you learn about the research variable? What did you learn about the specific statistical test you conducted?
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Elements of Religious Traditions PaperWritea 700- to 1,050-word .docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Religious Traditions Paper
Write
a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the following:
Describes these basic components of religious traditions and their relationship to the sacred
:
What a religious tradition says—its teachings, texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and others
What a religious tradition does—worship, prayer, pilgrimage, ritual, and so forth
How a religious tradition organizes—leadership, relationships among members, and so forth
Identifies key critical issues in the study of religion.
Includes specific examples from the various religious traditions described in the Week One readings that honor the sacred—such as rituals of the Igbo to mark life events, the vision quest as a common ritual in many Native American societies, or the influence of the shaman as a leader. You may also include examples from your own religious tradition or another religious tradition with which you are familiar.
Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines
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Elements of MusicPitch- relative highness or lowness that we .docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Music
Pitch- relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound.
Tone- sound that has a definite pitch.
(For example striking a bat against a ball does not produce a D# but striking a D#
on a piano does)
Dynamics- the degree of loudness or softness in music
pp pianissimo /very soft
p piano /soft
mp mezzo-piano /medium-soft
mf mezzo-forte /medium-loud
f forte /loud
ff fortissimo /very loud
When dynamics are altered in a piece of music, they are termed as follows:
decrescendo/ diminuendo gradually softer
crescendo gradually louder
Timbre/Tone Color- the character or quality of a sound.
dark, bright, mellow, cool, metallic, rich, brilliant, thin, etc.
Rhythm- a) the flow (or pattern) of music through time. b) the particular arrangement of
note lengths in a piece of music.
Syncopation- An accent placed on a beat where it is not normally expected.
Beat- the steady pulse in a piece of music.
Downbeat- the first or stressed beat of a measure.
Meter- the pattern in which beats are organized within a piece of music.
Examples:
3/4= three beats per measure
4/4= four beats per measure
6/8= six beats per measure
*In some musics, meter is not present- this is termed non-metric.
(Ex: Chant, some 20th century genres, world musics).
Melody- a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole.
*A melodic line has a shape -it ascends and descends in a series of continuous pitches.
Sequence- a repetition of a pattern at a higher or lower pitch.
Phrase- A short unit of music within a melodic line.
Cadence- The rest at the end of a musical phrase. Think of this as a musical period at the
end of a sentence.
Harmony- A) How chords are constructed and how they follow each other. B) The
relationship of tones when sounded in a group.
Chord- a combination of three or more tones sounded at once.
Consonance- a stable tone combination in a chord
Dissonance- and unstable tone combination in a chord; usually, an expected
and stable resolution will follow.
Tonic- a) the main key of a piece of music. b) the first note of a scale
Key- the central tone or scale in a piece of music.
(example: A major, b minor)
Modulation- a shift from one key to another within the same piece of music.
Texture- layering of musical sounds or instruments within a piece of music.
Monophonic- single, unaccompanied melodic line.
Homophonic- a melody with an accompaniment of chords.
Polyphonic- th.
Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children AssociatedWith the Fl.docxtoltonkendal
Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated
With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial
Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response
Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, Jenny LaChance, MS, Richard Casey Sadler, PhD, and Allison Champney Schnepp, MD
Objectives. We analyzed differences in pediatric elevated blood lead level incidence
before and after Flint, Michigan, introduced a more corrosive water source into an aging
water system without adequate corrosion control.
Methods. We reviewed blood lead levels for children younger than 5 years before
(2013) and after (2015) water source change in Greater Flint, Michigan. We assessed the
percentage of elevated blood lead levels in both time periods, and identified geo-
graphical locations through spatial analysis.
Results. Incidence of elevated blood lead levels increased from 2.4% to 4.9% (P < .05)
after water source change, and neighborhoods with the highest water lead levels ex-
perienced a 6.6% increase. No significant change was seen outside the city. Geospatial
analysis identified disadvantaged neighborhoods as having the greatest elevated blood
lead level increases and informed response prioritization during the now-declared public
health emergency.
Conclusions. The percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels increased
after water source change, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbor-
hoods. Water is a growing source of childhood lead exposure because of aging infra-
structure. (Am J Public Health. 2016;106:283–290. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.303003)
See also Rosner, p. 200.
In April 2014, the postindustrial city ofFlint, Michigan, under state-appointed
emergency management, changed its water
supply from Detroit-supplied Lake Huron
water to the Flint River as a temporary
measure, awaiting a new pipeline to Lake
Huron in 2016. Intended to save money, the
change in source water severed a half-
century relationship with the Detroit Water
and Sewage Department. Shortly after the
switch to Flint River water, residents voiced
concerns regarding water color, taste, and
odor, and various health complaints in-
cluding skin rashes.1 Bacteria, including
Escherichia coli, were detected in the distri-
bution system, resulting in Safe Drinking
Water Act violations.2 Additional disinfec-
tion to control bacteria spurred formation of
disinfection byproducts including total tri-
halomethanes, resulting in Safe Drinking
Water Act violations for trihalomethane
levels.2
Water from the Detroit Water and
Sewage Department had very low corrosivity
for lead as indicated by low chloride, low
chloride-to-sulfate mass ratio, and presence
of an orthophosphate corrosion inhibitor.3,4
By contrast, Flint River water had high
chloride, high chloride-to-sulfate mass ratio,
and no corrosion inhibitor.5 Switching
from Detroit’s Lake Huron to Flint River
water created a perfect storm for lead leach-
ing into drinking water.6 The aging Flint
water distribution system contains a hig.
Running head IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION RATE IN THE AUTOMOTI.docxjoellemurphey
Running head: IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION RATE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
IMPROVING EMPLOYEE RETENTION RATE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Table of Contents
Page Number
Executive summary………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Chapter 1 Problem Definition, Background to the Study…………………………………………4
Chapter 2 Literature Review……………………………………………………………………12
Chapter 3 Research Methodology……………………………………………………………....19
Chapter 4 Data Analysis Future…………………………………………………………………22
Chapter 5 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations Future ……………………………..28
Terminology and Definitions Page
References Pages……………………………………………………………………………..31-35
Appendix A Permission to Conduct Study
Appendix B Consent Form (Anonymous Survey, Informal
Interview or Formal Interview)
Appendix C Survey/Interview Questions
Executive Summary
The purpose of this study and research will be is to show the flaws in the current logistics process and to develop a positive reinforcement for employees in the automotive sector. In doing so, the employees will develop a comfortable attitude in adjusting to the changes in the layout of how the company’s foundation is built and how that foundation’s usefulness is a major contributing factor to the overall success of the business, especially considering the fact that the automotive sector has at least one hundred thousand employees. Creating this survey offered the opportunity to find out what the root cause is of why employees are not reporting to work either on time, or at all. This methodology will be used to elaborate the data compiled in the company’s daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly reports. These same reports describe and display the hourly needs of employees, lost hour cases, vacation, personal time off, rehabilitation and training in the facility.
The company believes that with the proper resources in the production environment, and along with reliability, simplicity, and fundamental training skills there can definitely be a major change in the way employee retention can be improved. The company also agrees that they have a mutual obligation to sustain a foundation by incorporating a trustworthy dedicated program while leading the necessary awareness of training. The major conclusions drawn were that the observations and experiences of the data displayed will provide one the company with the knowledge to seek ways to reduce and eventually eliminate lost hours worked that occur in the workplace. The goal is to change the perception of the employees so they may by getting them to assist using suggestion programs in the hopes of future success.
Currently, the most important recommendationsare is that the automakers continue with the internal process implemented at this time. Further Additional research indicated that based on ...
Executive summary The traditional leadership styles a.docxgitagrimston
Executive summary
The traditional leadership styles are continuously changing with the adoption of globalization. This is because convergence is all over whereby the competitors are the customers, suppliers and the industry in general. This means that new development strategies are required to be able to cope in the dynamic world as well as in future. In this report, it will discuss some of the leadership concerns on the basis of the global trends which require some leadership attention.
The report will also discuss emerging theories that are applicable in the global changing world. This will then be followed by a discussion on the kind of responsibilities that the leaders have towards coping with competition in the workplace, complexity as well as diversity in the organization. The report will further provide a personal plan on development of proper leadership skills. Under this, it will outline some of the personal development goals. This will be followed by a summary of the relevant steps to be taken to accomplish the goals. An evaluation on how to check for progress in each step will be established. The report will end with a summary regarding how the plan will facilitate personal growth as a leader as well as the growth of others.
Introduction
Leadership has been in place and also undergoing changes based on the changes happening in outside world. With increased globalization, there is the need for leaders to acquire some global competencies. The current workplace is demanding for some emergent practices and there are expectations for digital competencies. In order to survive as a leader, it would be necessary to have a sense of learning and continuous improvement.
In order to create a professional knowledge sharing connection, it requires a kind of trust which will be developed over time and facilitated very effective leadership roles (Cameron & Green, 2008). Therefore, to succeed in the industry, it will be necessary for a leader to set reasonable and measurable goals through focusing on trust, knowledge and credibility together with being updated on changes in global trend affecting leadership roles.
Global leadership concerns for the future
To be a high performance organization, it is necessary to tackle challenges of leadership development with a combined broad thinking. There are quite a number of trends that are linked with leadership. Globalization is the first trend as it is the new business world. This thus requires personnel thinking globally. The trend towards having connected markets will be much stronger. This is because the leaders will be required to understand the cultural, legal, economic, cultural as well as political ramifications (Rothstein & Burke, 2010). Therefore, leaders will be required to see themselves as citizens of the world with expanded field of vision. Leaders will be required to have knowledge on how to effectively manage global producti ...
A Study on Governance of Innovation in Organisation Within UAEMargaritoWhitt221
A Study on Governance of Innovation in Organisation Within UAE
Proposed Conceptual Framework:
The impact of product innovation and process innovation in organization performance.
Abstract:The aim of this research is to assess the nature of innovation of organization occurring in the UAE and the extent of Innovation governance in UAE.
Design/Methodology/approach: The research will have a quantitative process by which A questionnaires will be distributed to various organizations in different cities in the UAE region. Companies will be selected using the random sampling technique. The questionnaire will contain relevant questions in relation to governance and innovation and will be focused on assessing the impact of governance of innovation in organizations in the UAE region.
Findings: The study is expected to determine the impact of innovation governance on the organization performance and explore the mechanics and characteristics of innovation governance.
Research limitations/implications: The data used in this study could be limited, and depends on information gathered from different organizations from the public or private sector and in which emirate this organization is located.
Keywords:Innovation, Governance, Organisations, Performance, leadership.
Introduction
Innovation is today considered to be a driving force regarding competitiveness, growth, and creation of value for businesses. Governing innovation is important as it helps organizations to build a system of mechanisms that they will use to align their goals, allocate resources to different projects, and, assign the decision-making authority for innovative purposes. Most companies that exist today are organized in a way that there are clear frameworks on how they can manage the business units that exist within the company, business functions, and also regional operations. However, such businesses do not have frameworks that they can use to stimulate and sustain innovation initiatives and processes (Teece 2007). Thus, organizations need to review their innovation processes and evaluate it.
Innovation governance is a comprehensive framework that helps the top management of an organization to be able to develop values, policies, and initiatives that promotes innovation. Through innovation governance, the top management, and organizations at large can be able to define the roles of their employees and the initiatives that they will undertake to realize the innovation process. They will establish a set of values to realize the innovation process. They will also define the parameters that will be used to measure innovation processes and how much regarding budget will be allocated to the innovation processes (Teece 2007). Every Leader needs to be equipped with a set of skills or competency to promote innovation in their organizations.
Management and governance in innovation is a significant competency for every leader that cannot be looked down upon. Innovation management m ...
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Al-Khasawneh, A. L. (2014). The Role of Knowledge Resource Diversification Strategy Management in Improving Organizational Learning among Employees at the Commercial Islamic Banks in Jordan. International Business and Management, 8(2),101-111.
The publication by (Al-Khasawneh, 2014) gives invaluable insights on how the process of knowledge and information sharing can be of great importance in making any given organization realize efficiency; this the article highlights with reference to the banking sector. Al-Khasawneh also mentions that the benefits of knowledge resource diversification strategies cut across the entirety of the corporate divide and can be used successfully with any organizational manager that is looking to gain decent returns and maintain customer loyalty. With commercial Islamic banks in Jordan as a sure example, the author mentions that knowledge resource diversification strategy management can only be realized when an organization is willing to spend on Knowledge Management. Even though expensive in the short run, modern knowledge management systems often prove to be beneficial in the long run. Besides, the author recommend that any firm looking to realize knowledge diversification has to come up with a culture within the internal environment that is supportive to knowledge sharing.
Filson, D., & Olfati, S. (2014). The impacts of Gramm–Leach–Bliley bank diversification onvalue and risk. Journal of Banking & Finance, 41, 209-221.
Filson and Olfati, in their publication, give reasons as to why banks diversify their product lines every now and then. The author’s site that most banks diversify their product lines so as to encourage customers to take them up, ie to increase attractiveness and for the sake of helping customers to get customized product packages. Earlier, most banks noted that some customers were hesitant to do business with them solely because they were not sure of the risks involved and were doubtful of whether they would realize the value for their money. Bank diversification approaches such as the Gramm–Leach–Bliley bank come in to accord customers risk transference and better proceeds for their savings and investments.
Lam, T. Y., & Tipping, M. (2016). A case study of the investment yields of high street banks. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 34(5), 521-534.
In their publication, Lam and Tipping interview various bank administrators on what diversification is all about and how the process is beneficial to banks or any other business. It is quite noteworthy that all the respondents interviewed gave responses that resonated; describing diversification as the process of increasing options for customers i.e. the realization of varied product lines. For most banks and businesses at large, diversification is a top priority because bad performance in or an economic slump affecting any one of the products will not be disastrous.
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Perceived Organizational Prestige and Employee Retention in Microfinance Bank...ijtsrd
Retention of employees is one of the success determining factors of organizations, however, this seems to be difficult for microfinance banks to achieve in Anambra State, thereby necessitating this study to examine the role perceived organizational prestige POP plays in their retention dynamics. The work is anchored on the Herzberg Two Factor Theory. The study adopted a survey research design and the population consisted of 398 employees of the selected microfinance banks and the census method was used. The method of data collection was primary, using Likert structured question, A combination of descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis, and the hypotheses were tested at a 5 level of significance. Findings revealed that training and development has a statistically significant influence on employee retention r = 941 p value 0.05 and that compensation has a statistically significant influence on employee retention r = .948 p value 0.05 in microfinance banks in Anambra State. Sequel to this, it was concluded that perception of people plays a crucial role in the choice of employees to either stay or quit an organization. Hence, it was recommended among others that to retain employees, training and development need to be given a pride of place in the organizations. Onyekwelu Njideka Phina | Nwosu Kanayo Chike | Okeke Patrick Anene "Perceived Organizational Prestige and Employee Retention in Microfinance Banks in Anambra State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-5 , August 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50531.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/business-economics/50531/perceived-organizational-prestige-and-employee-retention-in-microfinance-banks-in-anambra-state/onyekwelu-njideka-phina
Term ProjectMGT 4478 Managing in a Global EnvironmentTroy.docxmehek4
Term Project
MGT 4478: Managing in a Global Environment
Troy University
Section Two; Socio-cultural Analysis:
Your organization has reviewed your country study and has decided to go with your recommendation for their initial international expansion. A complete a socio-cultural analysis needs to be completed to determine the entry strategy, financing, human resource needs, suppliers, marketing, pricing and distribution, and organizational structure.
Assignment Criteria:
Write a report (2 – 4 pages, font 12) outlining the socio-cultural factors and discuss any cross-cultural issues that will need to be considered, addressed and understood into for a successful international expansion. You need to use at least three outside sources to complete this assignment. PLEASE remember to cite all your sources; proper citation of your sources is a requirement for this course.
Please support all recommendations with sound reasoning and research.
Your report needs to include but not limited to:
· Demographic Trends
· Population growth
· Age structure & median age
· Life expectancy
· Literacy
· Cultural Analysis
· Language
· Customs and Norms
· Traditions
· Social Institutions
· Where does the country lie within Hofstede’s dimensions
· Family structure
· Religious structure
· Labor organizations
· Informal Trade Barriers
· Barriers that are created by social and cultural factors
· Communication styles
· Negotiating tactics
· Marketing concerns
· Ethical concerns
· Employment practices
· Human rights
· Business practices
The name of the course is Research Methodology (IT 460)
I have an assignment
I wrote a research paper and I proposed a potential methodology for the research. However, my instructor asked me to execute the proposed methodology. Otherwise he will give me 35/50.I need you to execute the methodology of the research paper.
Make up the data.
You can't pick any company of your choice
PLEASE read the methodology part very well.
The interviews will be organized with top managers, who are responsible for recruiting future leaders, in different government and privet sectors, such as Saudi airlines, NCB Alahli Bank Saudi, Saudi Electricity Company, Procter and Gamble Company and Sab Bank.
to make things clear, let me give the steps you follow to apply this methodology
1) Preparing questionnaire
2) Preparing variables for data Coding
3) Data Base Preparation in IBM SPSS Version 22
4) Data Cleaning
5) Data Analysis(Includes Descriptive, Measure of Correlation and Measure of Association)
6) Measure of Correlation (Using Pearson Product Moment as well Multiple Regression )
7) Measure of Association (Using Factor Analysis )
8) Writing Tables
9) Tabulation
10) Graphs
11) Interpretation and Report Writing
12) Miscellaneous (Formatting, Alignment etc)
Review any published research papers it has questionnaire plus data results that includes tables with explanation and analysis. That’s all what I need. I hope you got it what I need
I'm ...
Organizations seek to maximize the productivity and profitability of their staff !
Individuals seek satisfaction from their work !
If both can be achieved concurrently , there is a true Win-Win !
The impact of an ‘engaged’ workforce over an ‘unengaged’ one is dramatic
Running head STRATEGIC CHANGE GLOBAL CREATIVE ORGANIZATION 1S.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: STRATEGIC CHANGE: GLOBAL CREATIVE ORGANIZATION 1
STRATEGIC CHANGE: GLOBAL CREATIVE ORGANIZATION 6
Daniel Ortiz
Strategic Change: Global Creative Organization
LDR 531
Farooq Khan
University of Phoenix
March 8, 2017
Strategic Change: Global Creative Organization
The leaders in most global organizations have to deal with growing complexities in the industry and the market, uncertainties, workplace diversity, and highly volatile markets. The changes taking place in the market may affect the performance of their businesses as well as their competitiveness in the global market. As the business conditions continue to change rapidly, the leaders should be in a position to adjust accordingly and match this pace as a way of maintaining the performance of the organizations. As a global and creative organization, a firm should be able to nurture and develop such creative leaders who are capable of navigating the complexity of the market and maintain the firm's competitive advantage. As such, a leader of a creative organization should be in a position to establish the right direction, pace, and a meaningful work environment that supports the growth of individuals and the entire organization (Anderson et al, 2015). The leader should be able to facilitate the engagement of all the stakeholders and ensure that they assume responsibility in as much as they are held accountable for the performance of the firm. Also, one should lead effectively through maintenance of relationships, systems, and processes that facilitate the execution, focus, attainment, and maintenance of the desired results. This essay explores Apple Inc., as a creative organization that has been able to attain considerable success in the global market through effective and creative leadership strategies.
Apple Inc. has grown to become a global leader in the technology industry. Apple has successfully operated in the market through the application of creative and innovative strategies, which has enabled them to counter competitive pressures and attract customers from across the world. As a successful business organization, it is important to understand the value of creative leadership as well as innovation as a way to the attainment of greater competitiveness in the market. Apple Inc. is an appropriate example of the impact of effective leadership that is based on creativity and innovation can transform the future of an organization (Anderson et al, 2015).
Over the years, creativity and enabled the company to develop and improve the quality of their products continuously, thus being able to serve the rapidly evolving needs of their global customers. Through effective creative leadership, by individuals such as Steve Jobs, Apple has been able to move to higher levels of performance and maintain this competitive advantage in the market by innovating and renovating their products to suit the market dynamics. Creative leadership is able to focus on the enhancement of cha ...
The Qualitative Measurement towards Organizational Behaviour by using Kano Me...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
This research aims to study the organizational
behavior of the employees by using SERVQUAL and Kano
model. The usual application of SERVQUAL and Kano model
is to find out the needs of the customer but for this research, it
is used to find out the employees needs and feelings towards
the organizational. SERVQUAL used to do a gap analysis of
an organization's service quality performance against the
service quality needs of its customers. The Kano Model
classifies product attributes based on how they are perceived
by customers and their effect on customer satisfaction. The
Kano model defines various product attributes that are
considered important to customers and as a decision maker.
As result, the attributes that has the biggest factor in the
behaviour of the employees are Managers being in the office to
guide the employees, Managers helping the employees with the
job, All employees able to finish the job on time and
Employees respond towards a strict manager. These factors
will have a big impact towards the CRM.
Post 1 response with references separately.The value proposit.docxstilliegeorgiana
Post 1: response with references separately.
The value proposition in investing in IT Leadership development:
Leadership is one of the important aspects in any organization. A good leader leads the organization from front to the success. The success of the organization depends on the performance of the leaders. But nowadays, many organizations have reduced the budget for leadership development, although leadership development is very important to the organization. For developing, training plays a vital role in an effective way. Along with all those, it is equally essential to articulate the value proposition for this initiative and experts have suggested the following elements for value can be achieved by implementing a leadership development program.
· Value: Every people and every organization perceive the value in different way. Those value can be achieved by successfully implementing the development program (Chase, 2016). Improving future and current leadership qualities are included on those development program along with improving innovation, business strategy, teamwork, decision making etc. After these values are understood, metrics can be developed to determine whether the program is successful or not.
· Delivery of the value: Human Resource and IT both are responsible for the leadership development equally. HR should distinguish the role of IT and Business so that they can move forward to achieve the organizational goals and objectives. The top level manages acts as a coach in both department where they share their knowledge and experience. Senior manager must clarify the roles and responsibilities for successful leadership development.
· Realization of the value: There are both short-term and long-term benefits in leadership development program. If the trainings are effective, then the result can be visible through behavioral change. The initial impacts of a comprehensive leadership initiative should be visible in-house within a year and to business units and vendors within eighteen to twenty-four months (Payne, Frow, & Eggert, 2017). Metrics is used to determine the success of the leadership program so this is very important. These methods can be used to demonstrate value to IT managers, who may be skeptical, and to HR and senior management.
· Delivery of the Value: Firstly, it is important for IT to determine what to accomplish with leadership development which will make easier to design effective program to deliver it.
Qualities of good IT Leadership:
All it takes to be a leader, in name at least, is to hold the dominant position in a group, organization or location. However, this is a very simplified definition for a what a leader should be, let alone what a great leader is. Because the measure of a great leader has much less to do with how we define their role and more about their actual impact on others.
The qualities of a good leader are divided into two categories:
· Personal mastery: This includes collection of behavior t ...
Employees Loyalty has become critical to the management-employees bonding across organisations especially in the banking sectors of global economy. The lack of loyalty on the part of employees has been traced to change in leadership, therefore, this study studies the implications that leadership change have on employees loyalty. The banking sector of Rivers State was covered in this study as 131 sampled employees of the selected banks were studied using a 4point lykert scale closed ended questionnaire. The data gathered were analysed using the Pearson Moment correlations coefficient and the findings from the results derived reveals significant relationships amongst the attributes of the predictor tested on the measures of the criterion variable and conclusion as well as recommendation were drawn from the resultant findings amongst which are: leadership change causes strategic, cultural, policy and attitudinal changes in the organisations and these changes reflects a shift in the loyalty status of the affected employees in the banking sector. Therefore, better management of leadership change is advocated as corporate loyalty is primarily critical for sustenance of successful banking not individual leader loyalty.
The purpose of this research paper is to identify why Human Resources (HR) is a change agent in any organization to drive organizational excellence. HR practitioners, as change agents, are responsible for easing the impact of changes in their organization and to empower employees against the consequences of these inevitable changes. Sometimes, the change helps to produce a significant increase in performance excellence and the company can boost sales and production without major additional cost.
Several vital competencies that are reviewed in this paper include how HR practitioners are path creators amongst the path breakers of organizational culture, by being change drivers and business focused. HR practitioners who are unable to function as change agents will inevitably create a barrier against their becoming a well-integrated strategic partner. Therefore, the role of change agent also mediates the relationship between certain HR competencies and organizational performance. This involves monitoring employee engagement and keeping levels high, developing strategies to retain top performers, and continuing to provide value-added services to employees.
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Elementary CurriculaBoth articles highlight the fact that middle.docxtoltonkendal
Elementary Curricula
Both articles highlight the fact that middle-class students seem to benefit more from summer reading programs than their lower-SES peers. While we would hope that summer reading programs would have the same positive impact on all students, this information did not totally surprise me. Differences in funding, materials, and ability to recruit enough high-quality teachers for summer programs could be more difficult in lower-socioeconomic areas. In addition, the articles did not dive into other factors in the students’ lives that may be contributing to their performance such as attendance, how well-rested they are, trauma they have experiences that impacts their ability to focus during instruction, and the impact of being taught by a teacher who the students may not know or have a relationship with. Additionally, there could be a mismatch between the instructional practices and the specific needs of the students. Even though summer reading programs are only for a short time, I would challenge teachers to put energy into getting to know the students and building trust with them. This is a key foundation that is needed for learning to take place.
In challenging teachers during summer program and the regular school year to ”break out of the mold” to create better outcomes for students classified with low SES, in addition to building relationships with students, I would encourage them to build connections with their families. This may involve thinking outside the box and leaving their comfort zone. It could entail holding a parent-teacher conference off campus, closer to their home or in their community. It could also include providing resources and instructional videos to parents so they can help support their children at home. There are many parents who want to support their children academically, but they do not know how and may be uncomfortable asking the teacher for assistance. In addition, I would urge teachers to capitalize on the strengths and interests of their students to engage them in learning activities and provide them with opportunities to shine. We do not have to, and should not, be satisfied with the idea that low SES students will automatically not be able to perform. These students are capable of learning and growth just as much as any other student. I think data from test scores that demonstrate a gap between the performance of students classified as economically disadvantaged and not economically disadvantaged has led some people to hold the belief that students classified as low SES will not perform well. I think the way that school “report card” grades are published also perpetuates this belief, as it shows the test scores, but does not provide an explanation of or include any solutions for the many larger societal factors that contribute to those scores including high teacher turn over, lack of resources, child trauma, lack of sleep, lack of nutrition, crime & safety, and education level of parents.
It w.
Elementary Statistics (MATH220)
Assignment:
Statistical Project & Presentation
Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to supplement lecture material by having the students to do a case study on collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data.
***The best way to understand something is to experience it for yourself.
Guideline for Analyzing Data and Writing a Report
Below is a general outline of the topics that should be included in your report.
1.
Introduction.
State the topic of your study.
2.
Define Population.
Define the population that you intend for your study to represent.
3.
Define Variable.
Define clearly the variable that you obtained during your data collection; this should include information on how the variable is measured and what possible values this variable has.
4.
Data Collection.
Describe your data collection process, including your data source, your sampling strategy, and what steps you took to avoid bias.
5.
Study Design.
Describe the procedures you followed to analyze your data.
6.
Results: Descriptive Statistics.
Give the relevant descriptive statistics for the sample you collected.
7.
Results: Statistical Analysis.
Describe the results of your statistical analysis.
8.
Findings.
Interpret the results of your analysis in the context of your original research question. Was your hypothesis supported by your statistical analyses? Explain.
9.
Discussion.
What conclusions, if any, do you believe you can draw as a result of your study? If the results were not what you expected, what factors might explain your results? What did you learn from the project about the population you studied? What did you learn about the research variable? What did you learn about the specific statistical test you conducted?
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Elements of Religious Traditions PaperWritea 700- to 1,050-word .docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Religious Traditions Paper
Write
a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the following:
Describes these basic components of religious traditions and their relationship to the sacred
:
What a religious tradition says—its teachings, texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and others
What a religious tradition does—worship, prayer, pilgrimage, ritual, and so forth
How a religious tradition organizes—leadership, relationships among members, and so forth
Identifies key critical issues in the study of religion.
Includes specific examples from the various religious traditions described in the Week One readings that honor the sacred—such as rituals of the Igbo to mark life events, the vision quest as a common ritual in many Native American societies, or the influence of the shaman as a leader. You may also include examples from your own religious tradition or another religious tradition with which you are familiar.
Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines
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Elements of MusicPitch- relative highness or lowness that we .docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Music
Pitch- relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound.
Tone- sound that has a definite pitch.
(For example striking a bat against a ball does not produce a D# but striking a D#
on a piano does)
Dynamics- the degree of loudness or softness in music
pp pianissimo /very soft
p piano /soft
mp mezzo-piano /medium-soft
mf mezzo-forte /medium-loud
f forte /loud
ff fortissimo /very loud
When dynamics are altered in a piece of music, they are termed as follows:
decrescendo/ diminuendo gradually softer
crescendo gradually louder
Timbre/Tone Color- the character or quality of a sound.
dark, bright, mellow, cool, metallic, rich, brilliant, thin, etc.
Rhythm- a) the flow (or pattern) of music through time. b) the particular arrangement of
note lengths in a piece of music.
Syncopation- An accent placed on a beat where it is not normally expected.
Beat- the steady pulse in a piece of music.
Downbeat- the first or stressed beat of a measure.
Meter- the pattern in which beats are organized within a piece of music.
Examples:
3/4= three beats per measure
4/4= four beats per measure
6/8= six beats per measure
*In some musics, meter is not present- this is termed non-metric.
(Ex: Chant, some 20th century genres, world musics).
Melody- a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole.
*A melodic line has a shape -it ascends and descends in a series of continuous pitches.
Sequence- a repetition of a pattern at a higher or lower pitch.
Phrase- A short unit of music within a melodic line.
Cadence- The rest at the end of a musical phrase. Think of this as a musical period at the
end of a sentence.
Harmony- A) How chords are constructed and how they follow each other. B) The
relationship of tones when sounded in a group.
Chord- a combination of three or more tones sounded at once.
Consonance- a stable tone combination in a chord
Dissonance- and unstable tone combination in a chord; usually, an expected
and stable resolution will follow.
Tonic- a) the main key of a piece of music. b) the first note of a scale
Key- the central tone or scale in a piece of music.
(example: A major, b minor)
Modulation- a shift from one key to another within the same piece of music.
Texture- layering of musical sounds or instruments within a piece of music.
Monophonic- single, unaccompanied melodic line.
Homophonic- a melody with an accompaniment of chords.
Polyphonic- th.
Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children AssociatedWith the Fl.docxtoltonkendal
Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated
With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial
Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response
Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, Jenny LaChance, MS, Richard Casey Sadler, PhD, and Allison Champney Schnepp, MD
Objectives. We analyzed differences in pediatric elevated blood lead level incidence
before and after Flint, Michigan, introduced a more corrosive water source into an aging
water system without adequate corrosion control.
Methods. We reviewed blood lead levels for children younger than 5 years before
(2013) and after (2015) water source change in Greater Flint, Michigan. We assessed the
percentage of elevated blood lead levels in both time periods, and identified geo-
graphical locations through spatial analysis.
Results. Incidence of elevated blood lead levels increased from 2.4% to 4.9% (P < .05)
after water source change, and neighborhoods with the highest water lead levels ex-
perienced a 6.6% increase. No significant change was seen outside the city. Geospatial
analysis identified disadvantaged neighborhoods as having the greatest elevated blood
lead level increases and informed response prioritization during the now-declared public
health emergency.
Conclusions. The percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels increased
after water source change, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbor-
hoods. Water is a growing source of childhood lead exposure because of aging infra-
structure. (Am J Public Health. 2016;106:283–290. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.303003)
See also Rosner, p. 200.
In April 2014, the postindustrial city ofFlint, Michigan, under state-appointed
emergency management, changed its water
supply from Detroit-supplied Lake Huron
water to the Flint River as a temporary
measure, awaiting a new pipeline to Lake
Huron in 2016. Intended to save money, the
change in source water severed a half-
century relationship with the Detroit Water
and Sewage Department. Shortly after the
switch to Flint River water, residents voiced
concerns regarding water color, taste, and
odor, and various health complaints in-
cluding skin rashes.1 Bacteria, including
Escherichia coli, were detected in the distri-
bution system, resulting in Safe Drinking
Water Act violations.2 Additional disinfec-
tion to control bacteria spurred formation of
disinfection byproducts including total tri-
halomethanes, resulting in Safe Drinking
Water Act violations for trihalomethane
levels.2
Water from the Detroit Water and
Sewage Department had very low corrosivity
for lead as indicated by low chloride, low
chloride-to-sulfate mass ratio, and presence
of an orthophosphate corrosion inhibitor.3,4
By contrast, Flint River water had high
chloride, high chloride-to-sulfate mass ratio,
and no corrosion inhibitor.5 Switching
from Detroit’s Lake Huron to Flint River
water created a perfect storm for lead leach-
ing into drinking water.6 The aging Flint
water distribution system contains a hig.
Elements of the Communication ProcessIn Chapter One, we learne.docxtoltonkendal
Elements of the Communication Process
In Chapter One, we learned communication is the process of creating or sharing meaning in informal conversation, group interaction, or public speaking. To understand how the process works, we described the essential elements in the process.
For the following interaction, identify the contexts, participants, channels. message, interference (noise), and feedback.
"Maria and Damien are meandering through the park, talking and drinking bottled water. Damien finishes his bottle, replaces the lid, and tosses the bottle into the bushes at the side of the path. Maria, who has been listening to Damien talk, comes to a stop, puts her hand on her hips, stares at Damien, and says angrily, " I can't believe what you just did! Damien blushes, averts his gaze, and mumbles, "Sorry, I'll get it- I just wasn't thinking." As the tension drains from Maria's face. she gives her head a playful toss, smiles, and says, Well, just see that it doesn't happen again.
1. Contexts
a. Physical
b. Social
c. Historical
d. Psychological
2. Participants
3. Channels
4. Message
5. Interference (Noise)
6. Feedback
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Elements of Music #1 Handout1. Rhythm the flow of music in te.docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Music #1 Handout
1. Rhythm
the flow of music in terms of time
2. Beat
the pulse that recurs regularly in music
3. Meter
the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed beats
4. Tempo
the speed of the beats in a piece of music
5. Polyrhythm
two or more rhythm patterns occurring simultaneously
6. Pitch
the perceived highness or lowness of a musical sound
7. Melody
a series of consecutive pitches that form a cohesive musical entity
8. Counterpoint
two or more independent lines with melodic character occurring at the same time
9. Harmony
the simultaneous sounds of several pitches, usually in accompanying a melody
10. Dynamics
the amount of loudness in music
11. Timbre
tone quality or tone color in music
12. Form
the pattern or plan of a musical work
Framework for Improving
Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Version 1.1
National Institute of Standards and Technology
April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018 Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1
This publication is available free of charge from: https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.04162018 ii
No t e t o Rea d er s o n t h e U p d a t e
Version 1.1 of this Cybersecurity Framework refines, clarifies, and enhances Version 1.0, which
was issued in February 2014. It incorporates comments received on the two drafts of Version 1.1.
Version 1.1 is intended to be implemented by first-time and current Framework users. Current
users should be able to implement Version 1.1 with minimal or no disruption; compatibility with
Version 1.0 has been an explicit objective.
The following table summarizes the changes made between Version 1.0 and Version 1.1.
Table NTR-1 - Summary of changes between Framework Version 1.0 and Version 1.1.
Update Description of Update
Clarified that terms like
“compliance” can be
confusing and mean
something very different
to various Framework
stakeholders
Added clarity that the Framework has utility as a structure and
language for organizing and expressing compliance with an
organization’s own cybersecurity requirements. However, the
variety of ways in which the Framework can be used by an
organization means that phrases like “compliance with the
Framework” can be confusing.
A new section on self-
assessment
Added Section 4.0 Self-Assessing Cybersecurity Risk with the
Framework to explain how the Framework can be used by
organizations to understand and assess their cybersecurity risk,
including the use of measurements.
Greatly expanded
explanation of using
Framework for Cyber
Supply Chain Risk
Management purposes
An expanded Section 3.3 Communicating Cybersecurity
Requirements with Stakeholders helps users better understand
Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), while a new
Section 3.4 Buying Decisions highlights use of the Framework
in understanding risk associated with commercial off-the-shelf
products and services. Additional Cyber SCRM criteria we.
Elements of Music Report InstrumentsFor the assignment on the el.docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Music Report Instruments
For the assignment on the elements of music, students will write a report with a minimum of 300 words.
Students must select one element of music that they consider to be the most important element:
Melody
Rhythm
Harmony
Form
When writing the report, be sure you address the following questions:
Why did you select this element from among all the rest?
Do you think that all kinds of music could exist without your selected element? Elaborate on your view.
Describe a piece of music that highlights the use of your selected element.
I encourage students do research on their element of music in order to get ideas for their reports. All reports must be original works!
Do not quote any source or anybody’s thoughts. Quotes are not permitted in this Instruments Report. I am interested in your own personal thoughts, opinions, and the material you have learned from your research.
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Elements of GenreAfter watching three of the five .docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Genre
After watching three of the five movie clips listed in the
Multimedia
section, above, describe how they fit into a specific genre (or subgenre) as explained in the text. What elements of the film are characteristic of that genre? How does it fulfill the expectations of that genre? How does it play against these expectations?
Your initial post should be at least 150 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
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Elements of DesignDuring the process of envisioning and designing .docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Design
During the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements. These design elements punctuate and underscore the movement of figures within the frame, including the following: setting, lighting, costuming, makeup, and hairstyles. Choose a scene from movieclips.com. In a three to five page paper, (excluding the cover and reference pages) analyze the mise-en-scène.
Respond to the following prompts with at least one paragraph per bulleted topic:
Identify the names of the artists involved in the film’s production: the director, the production designer, and the art director. Describe in separate paragraphs each artist’s role in the overall design process. Conduct additional research if necessary, citing your book, film, and other external sources correctly in APA format.
Explain how the artists utilize lighting in the scene. How does the lighting affect our emotional understanding of certain characters? What sort of mood does the lighting evoke? How does lighting impact the overall story the filmmaker is attempting to tell?
Describe the setting, including the time period, location, and culture in which the film takes place.
Explain what costuming can tell us about a character. In what ways can costuming be used to reflect elements of the film's plot?
Explain how hairstyle and makeup can help tell the story. What might hairstyle and makeup reveal about the characters?
Discuss your opinion regarding the mise-en-scène. Do the elements appear to work together in a harmonious way? Does the scene seem discordant? Do you think the design elements are congruent with the filmmaker’s vision for the scene?
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Elements of Critical Thinking [WLOs 2, 3, 4] [CLOs 2, 3, 4]P.docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Critical Thinking [WLOs: 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4]
Prepare:
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, in preparation for discussing the importance of critical thinking skills,
Read the articles
Common Misconceptions of Critical Thinking
Combating Fake News in the Digital Age
6 Critical Thinking Skills You Need to Master Now (Links to an external site.)
Teaching and Learning in a Post-Truth world: It’s Time for Schools to Upgrade and Reinvest in Media Literacy Lessons
Critical Thinking and the Challenges of Internet (Links to an external site.)
Watch the videos
Fake News: Part 1 (Links to an external site.)
Critical Thinking
(Links to an external site.)
Review the resources
Critical Thinking Skills (Links to an external site.)
Valuable Intellectual Traits (Links to an external site.)
Critical Thinking Web (Links to an external site.)
Reflect:
Reflect on the characteristics of a critical thinker. Critical thinking gets you involved in a dialogue with the ideas you read from others in this class. To be a critical thinker, you need to be able to summarize, analyze, hypothesize, and evaluate new information that you encounter.
Write:
For this discussion, you will address the following prompts. Keep in mind that the article or video you’ve chosen should not be about critical thinking, but should be about someone making a statement, claim, or argument related to your Final Paper topic. One source should demonstrate good critical thinking skills and the other source should demonstrate the lack or absence of critical thinking skills. Personal examples should not be used.
Explain at least five elements of critical thinking that you found in the reading material.
Search the Internet, media, or the Ashford University Library, and find an example in which good critical thinking skills are being demonstrated by the author or speaker. Summarize the content and explain why you think it demonstrates good critical thinking skills.
Search the Internet, media, or the Ashford University Library, and find an example in which the author or speaker lacks good critical thinking skills. Summarize the content and explain why you think it demonstrates the absence of good, critical thinking skills.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference entries of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (see
In-Text Citation Helper (Links to an external site.)
) and references (see
Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)
).
Reflecting on General Education and Career [WLOs: 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4]
Prepare:
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read the articles
Teaching Writing S.
Elements of DesignDuring the process of envisioning and design.docxtoltonkendal
Elements of Design
During the process of envisioning and designing a film, the director, production designer, and art director (in collaboration with the cinematographer) are concerned with several major spatial and temporal elements. These design elements punctuate and underscore the movement of figures within the frame, including the following: setting, lighting, costuming, makeup, and hairstyles. Choose a scene from movieclips.com. In a three to five page paper, (excluding the cover and reference pages) analyze the mise-en-scène.
Respond to the following prompts with at least one paragraph per bulleted topic:
Identify the names of the artists involved in the film’s production: the director, the production designer, and the art director. Describe in separate paragraphs each artist’s role in the overall design process. Conduct additional research if necessary, citing your book, film, and other external sources correctly in APA format.
Explain how the artists utilize lighting in the scene. How does the lighting affect our emotional understanding of certain characters? What sort of mood does the lighting evoke? How does lighting impact the overall story the filmmaker is attempting to tell?
Describe the setting, including the time period, location, and culture in which the film takes place.
Explain what costuming can tell us about a character. In what ways can costuming be used to reflect elements of the film's plot?
Explain how hairstyle and makeup can help tell the story. What might hairstyle and makeup reveal about the characters?
Discuss your opinion regarding the mise-en-scène. Do the elements appear to work together in a harmonious way? Does the scene seem discordant? Do you think the design elements are congruent with the filmmaker’s vision for the scene?
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Elements of a contact due 16 OctRead the Case Campbell Soup Co. v..docxtoltonkendal
Elements of a contact due 16 Oct
Read the Case Campbell Soup Co. v. Wentz in the text. Answer the following questions:
1. What were the terms of the contract between Campbell and the Wentzes?
2. Did the Wentzes perform under the contract?
3. Did the court find specific performance to be an adequate legal remedy in this case?
4. Why did the court refuse to help Campbell in enforcing its legal contract?
5. How could Campbell change its contract in the future so as to avoid the unconsionability problem?
Facts:
Per
a
written
contract
between
Campbell
Soup
Company
(a
New
Jersey
company)
and
the
Wentzes
(carrot
farmers
in
Pennsylvania),
the
Wentzes
would
deliver
to
Campbell
all
the
Chantenay
red
cored
carrots
to
be
grown
on
the
Wentz
farm
during
the
1947
season.
The
contract
price
for
the
carrots
was
$30
per
ton.
The
contract
between
Campbell
Soup
and
all
sellers
of
carrots
was
drafted
by
Campbell
and
it
had
a
provision
that
prohibited
farmers/sellers
from
selling
their
carrots
to
anyone
else,
except
those
carrots
that
were
rejected
by
Campbell.
The
contract
also
had
a
liquidated
damages
provision
of
$50
per
ton
if
the
seller
breached,
but
it
had
no
similar
provision
in
the
event
Campbell
breached.
The
contract
not
only
allowed
Campbell
to
reject
nonconforming
carrots,
but
gave
Campbell
the
right
to
determine
who
could
buy
the
carrots
it
had
rejected.
The
Wentzes
harvested
100
tons
of
carrots,
but
because
the
market
price
at
the
time
of
harvesting
was
$90
per
ton
for
these
rare
carrots,
the
Wentzes
refused
to
deliver
them
to
Campbell
and
sold
62
tons
of
their
carrots
to
a
farmer
who
sold
some
of
those
carrots
to
Campbell.
Campbell
sued
the
Wentzes,
asking
for
the
court's
order
to
stop
further
sale
of
the
contracted
carrots
to
others
and
to
compel
specific
performance
of
the
contract.
The
trial
court
ruled
for
the
Wentzes
and
Campbell
appealed.
Issues:
Is
specific
performance
an
appropriate
legal
remedy
in
this
case
or
is
the
contract
unconscionable?
Discussion:
In
January
1948,
it
was
virtually
impossible
to
obtain
Chantenay
carrots
in
the
open
market.
Campbell
used
Chantenay
carrots
(which
are
easier
to
process
for
soup
making
than
other
carrots)
in
large
quantities
and
furnishes
the
seeds
to
farmers
with
whom
it
contracts.
Campbell
contracted
for
carrots
long
ahead,
and
farmers
entered
into
the
contract
willingly.
If
the
facts
of
this
case
were
this
simple,
specific
performance
should
have
been
granted.
However,
the
problem
is
with
the
contract
itself,
which
was
one-sided.
According
to
the
appellate
court,
the
most
direct
example
of
unconscionability
was
the
provision
that,
under
certain
.
Elements for analyzing mise en sceneIdentify the components of.docxtoltonkendal
Elements for analyzing mise en scene
Identify the components of the shot, but explaining the meaning or significance behind those components and connecting the shot to the themes of the film
1. Dominant: Where is the eye attracted first? Why?
2. Lighting key: High key? Low key? High contrast? Some combination of these?
3. Shot and camera proxemics: What type of shot? How far away is the camera from the action?
4. Angle: Is the viewer (through the eye of the camera) looking up or down on the subject? Or is the camera neutral (eye level)?
5. Color values: What is the dominant color? Are there contrasting foils? Is there color symbolism?
6. Lens/filter/stock: How do these distort or comment on the
photographed materials?
7. Subsidiary contrasts: What are the main eye-stops after taking in the dominant?
8. Density: How much visual information is packed into the image? Is the texture stark, moderate, or highly detailed?
9. Composition: How is the two-dimensional space segmented and organized? What is the underlying design?
10. Form: Open or closed? Does the image suggest a window that arbitrarily isolates a fragment of the scene? Or a proscenium arch, in which the visual elements are carefully arranged and held in balance?
11. Framing: Tight or loose? Do characters have little to no room to move, or can they move freely without impediments?
12. Depth: On how many planes is the image composed? Does the background or foreground comment in any way on the midground?
13. Character placement: What part of the framed space do the characters occupy? Center? Top? Bottom? Edges? Why?
14. Staging positions: Which way do the characters look vis-à-vis the camera?
15. Character proxemics: How much space is between the
characters?
What are the 4 distinct formal elements that make up a film's mise en scene?
• staging of the action
• physical setting and decor
• the manner in which these materials are framed
• the manner in which they are photographed
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Elements in the same row have the same number of () levelsWhi.docxtoltonkendal
Elements in the same row have the same number of (*) levels
Which elements in B O U L A N would be in the same family? Which would have the same number of energy levels? Highest mass? Lowest mass?
Which is more reactive? Uranium or Lithium
Will elements B and U lose electrons in a chemical reactor?
Will elements B and U form positive or negative ions?
Thanks so much (:
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ELEG 421 Control Systems Transient and Steady State .docxtoltonkendal
ELEG 421
Control Systems
Transient and Steady State
Response Analyses
Dr. Ashraf A. Zaher
American University of Kuwait
College of Arts and Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Layout
2
Objectives
This chapter introduces the analysis of the time response of different
control systems under different scenarios. Only first and second order
systems will be considered in details using analytical and numerical
methods. Extension to higher order systems will be developed. Both
transient and steady state responses will be evaluated. Stability analysis
will be analyzed for different kinds of feedback, while investigating the
effect of both proportional and derivative control actions on the
performance of the closed-loop system. Finally systems types and
steady state errors will be calculated for unity feedback.
Outcomes
By the end of this chapter, students will be able to:
evaluate both transient/steady state responses for control systems,
analyze the stability of closed-loop LTI systems,
investigate the effect of P and I control actions on performance, and
understand dominant dynamics of higher order systems.
Dr. Ashraf Zaher
Introduction
3
Test signals
Transient response
Steady state response
Analytical techniques, and
Numerical (simulation) techniques.
Stability (definition and analysis methods),
Relative stability, and
Effect of P/I control actions on stability and performance.
Summary of the used systems:
First order systems,
Second order systems, and
Higher order systems.
Dr. Ashraf Zaher
Test Signals
4 Dr. Ashraf Zaher
Impulse function:
Used to simulate shock inputs,
Laplace transform: 1.
Step function:
Used to simulate sudden disturbances,
Laplace transform: 1/s.
Ramp function:
Used to simulate gradually changing inputs,
Laplace transform: 1/s2.
Sinusoidal function(s):
Used to test response to a certain frequency,
Laplace transform: s/(s2+ω2) for cos(ωt) and ω/(s2+ω2) for sin(ωt).
White noise function:
Used to simulate random noise,
It is a stochastic signal that is easier to deal with in the time domain.
Total response:
C(s) = R(s)*TF(s) = Ctr(s) + Css(s) → c(t) = ctr(t) + css(t)
Fundamentals
5 Dr. Ashraf Zaher
Definitions:
Zeros (Z) of the TF
Poles (P) of the TF
Transient Response (Natural)
Steady State Response (Forced)
Total Response
Limits:
Initial values
Final values
Systems (?Zs):
First order (one P)
Second order (two Ps)
Higher order!
More:
Stability and relative stability
Steady state errors (unity feedback)
First Order Systems
6 Dr. Ashraf Zaher
TF:
T: time constant
Unit Step Response:
1
1
)(
)(
+
=
TssR
sC
)/1(
11
1
1
1
11
)(
TssTs
T
sTss
sC
+
−=
+
−=
+
=
Ttetc /1)( −−=
632.01)( 1 =−== −eTtc
T
e
Tdt
tdc Tt
t
11)( /
0
== −
=
01)0( 0 =−== etc
11)( =−=∞= −∞etc
First Order Systems.
Element 010 ASSIGNMENT 3000 WORDS (100)Task Individual assign.docxtoltonkendal
Element 010 ASSIGNMENT: 3000 WORDS (100%)
Task: Individual assignment (3000 words)
Weighting: 100%
Assessment Case Study:
Greenland Garden Centre
[1]
Jon Smith spread his arms widely as he surveyed his garden centre.
‘Of course the whole market for leisure products and services, especially garden-related products, has been expanding over the last few years. Even so, we have been particularly successful. Partly this is because we are conveniently located, but it is also because we have developed a reputation for excellent service. Customers like coming to us for advice. We have also been successful in attracting some of the ‘personality gardeners’ from television to make special appearances. My main ambition now is to fully develop all of our twelve hectares to make the centre a place people will want to visit in its own right. I envisage the centre developing into almost a mini gardening theme park with special gardens, beautiful grounds and special events.’
Greenland is a large village situated in the Cotswolds, a popular tourist area of the UK. It has an interesting range of shops and restaurants, mainly catering for the tourist trade. About half a mile outside the village is the Greenland Garden Centre. The garden centre is served by a good network of main roads but is inaccessible by public transport.
Growth over the last five years has been dramatic and the garden centre now sells many other goods as well as gardening requisites. It also has a restaurant. It is open seven days a week, only closing on Christmas Day. Its opening hours are Monday– Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. all year round.
Outside the centre
The centre has a large car park which can accommodate about 350 cars. Outside the entrance a map indicates the various areas in the garden centre. Most customers walk round the grounds before making their purchases. The length of time people spend in the centre varies but, according to a recent study, averages 53 minutes during the week and 73 minutes at weekends.
The same study shows the extent to which the number of customers arriving at the garden centre varies depending on the time of year, day of the week, and time of day. There are two peaks in customer numbers, one during the late spring/early summer period and another in the build up to Christmas, as Greenland puts on particularly good Christmas displays.
Indoor sales area
The range of goods has increased dramatically over the past few years and now includes items such as:
pets and aquatics
seeds
fertilisers
indoor pots and plants
gardening equipment
garden lighting
conservatory-style furniture
outdoor clothing
picture gallery
books and toys
delicatessen
wine
kitchen equipment
soft furnishing
outdoor eating equipment
gifts, stationery, cards, aromatherapy products
freshly cut flowers
dried flowers.
Outside sales area
In the open air and in large glasshouses there is a complete range of plants, shrubs and trees. Gre.
ELEG 320L – Signals & Systems Laboratory Dr. Jibran Khan Yous.docxtoltonkendal
ELEG 320L – Signals & Systems Laboratory /Dr. Jibran Khan Yousafzai Lab 4
1
LAB 4: CONVOLUTION
Background & Concepts
Convolution is denoted by:
𝑦[𝑛] = 𝑥[𝑛] ∗ ℎ[𝑛]
Your book has described the "flip and shift" method for performing convolution. First, we
set up two signals 𝑥[𝑘] and ℎ[𝑘]:
Flip one of the signals, say ℎ[𝑘], to form ℎ[−𝑘]:
ELEG 320L – Signals & Systems Laboratory /Dr. Jibran Khan Yousafzai Lab 4
2
Shift ℎ[−𝑘] by n to form ℎ[𝑛 − 𝑘]. For each value of 𝑛, form 𝑦[𝑛] by multiplying and
summing all the element of the product of𝑥[𝑘]ℎ[𝑛 − 𝑘], −∞ < 𝑘 < ∞. The figure
below shows an example of the calculation of𝑦[1]. The top panel shows𝑥[𝑘]. The
middle panel showsℎ[1 − 𝑘]. The lower panel shows𝑥[𝑘]𝑦[1 − 𝑘]. Note that this is a
sequence on a 𝑘 axis. The sum of the lower sequence over all k gives 𝑦[1] = 2.
We repeat this shifting, multiplication and summing for all values of 𝑛 to get the
complete sequence 𝑦[𝑛]:
ELEG 320L – Signals & Systems Laboratory /Dr. Jibran Khan Yousafzai Lab 4
3
The conv Command
conv(x,h) performs a 1-D convolution of vectors 𝑥 and ℎ. The resulting vector 𝑦
has length length(𝑦) = length(𝑥) + length(ℎ) − 1. Imagine vector 𝑥 as being
stationary and the flipped version of ℎ is slid from left to right. Note that conv(x,h) =
conv(h,x). An example of the convolution of two signals and plotting the result is
below:
>> x = [0.5 0.5 0.5]; %define input signal x[n]
>> h = [3.0 2.0 1.0]; %unit-pulse response h[n]
>> y = conv(x,h); %compute output y[n] via convolution
>> n = 0:(length(y)-1); %for plotting y[n]
>> stem(n,y) % plot y[n]
>> grid;
>> xlabel('n');
>> ylabel('y[n]');
>> title('Output of System via Convolution');
ELEG 320L – Signals & Systems Laboratory /Dr. Jibran Khan Yousafzai Lab 4
4
Deconvolution
The command [q,r] = deconv(v,u), deconvolves vector u out of vector v, using long
division. The quotient is returned in vector q and the remainder in vector r such that
v = conv(u,q)+r. If u and v are vectors of polynomial coefficients, convolving them is
equivalent to multiplying the two polynomials, and deconvolution is polynomial
division. The result of dividing v by u is quotient q and remainder r. An examples is
below:
If
>> u = [1 2 3 4];
>> v = [10 20 30];
The convolution is:
>> c = conv(u,v)
c =
10 40 100 160 170 120
Use deconvolution to recover v.
>> [q,r] = deconv(c,u)
q =
10 20 30
r =
0 0 0 0 0 0
This gives a quotient equal to v and a zero remainder.
Structures
Structures in Matlab are just like structures in C. They are basically containers that
allow one
Electronic Media PresentationChoose two of the following.docxtoltonkendal
Electronic Media Presentation
Choose
two of the following types of electronic media:
Radio
Sound recording
Motion pictures
Broadcast television
Research
the history of the media types your team selected. Include the following information in your presentation:
Introduction
Notable founders and parent organizations of your electronic media types
Notable historical dates
Dates of mergers with other radio stations, record production companies, motion picture companies, or television networks to form a large media conglomerate
Date the media types launched their websites, became active on the Internet, or became active in social media integration
Identify past, present, and future challenges confronting these types of media. How has the digital era affected them? Which types are best suited to adapt to the future? Explain why
How do these challenges affect advertising in these organizations--outside companies advertising--and advertising for these media--companies promoting themselves to others? What are innovative advertising strategies these media have engaged in?
What are two similarities and two differences between the two media types?
Conclusion
Present your Electronic Media Presentation.
These are 10- to 12-slideMicrosoft
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PowerPoint
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presentations with notes.
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How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
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Running head ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP ADVERTISEMENT RESEARCH 1.docx
1. Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
ADVERTISEMENT RESEARCH 1
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP ADVERTISEMENT
RESEARCH 2
Organizational Leadership Advertisement Research
Rodrick Story
Savannah State
Introduction
2. Banks provide investment services as well as corporate banking
and wealth management services. The banking sector of the
United Arab Emirates is fragmented. The economy of the United
Arab Emirates is being filled by foreign banks despite the
protection provided to the banking sector. The UAE central
bank manages the banking sector. Advertisement of the banking
business is, therefore crucial to gear the banking business
towards global competition (Sayani, 2015). The United Arab
Emirates uses the following techniques to market their business.
Content Marketing
Customers always search online for content when they are in
need of services search as loans, bank guarantee, credit cards,
home banking, and online banking among others. The
consumers look for brands that have value and provide answers
to their questions. The UAE banks, therefore, generate articles
on conversations that are appreciated by the consumers. This
ensures that customers are engaged on their site (Randeree et
al., 2012). This also plays a role of introducing more people to
the United Arab Emirates banking sector.
The use of content encourages people to build a relationship
with the bank. For instance, a person reading an article on loans
is most likely interested in taking a loan from a bank. The bank
invites them to speak to representatives of the bank at the end
of the content for more information.Search Engine Optimization
(SEO)The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) aims at being
there whenever customers are looking. Banks sell mortgages,
loans, as well as, saving accounts to mention just a few. In the
modern world, customers invest their time learning about goods
and services and researching options before making a purchase
(Zeineddine, 2017). For example, if a customer has intentions to
refinance a mortgage, they would search for home financing
rates. The banks in the UAE use the SEO, providing the answers
online to gain customer trust as their financial leader. The SEO
optimizes pages by using the keywords in the URL and the title
page. Banks, therefore, ensure that they are visible on the pages
of the search engine for the success of their efforts in
3. marketing.
Empowering Employees
The UAE banks have invested in their employees with the aim
of attracting more customers. Providing employees with tools to
enable them do their jobs effectively is a factor. Confusion,
inefficiency and disorganization results to lack of confidence
from customers (Petersen et al., 2015). The banks ensure that
their staff is equipped with consistent, accurate, as well as, up-
to-date information. Furthermore, they are able to provide the
customers with immediate answers to the questions.
Educating customers on financial literacy
The educational initiatives on financial literacy are directed not
only to the low income consumers but also the middle class
customers who need it but are embarrassed to ask. Educational
programs on finances generate goodwill at the community and
build a strong relationship between the banks and the consumers
(Petersen et al., 2015). The United Arab Emirates provide
financial literacy to the customers, and in return, they gain their
trust as their financial leaders. The banking sector has grown
tremendously in the United Arab Emirates. Generation of
awareness and goodwill through advertisement is, therefore a
necessity to catch up with the global competition. The UAE
banking sector has embraced both digital and non-digital forms
of advertisement to attract more customers.
This study will utilized critical appraisal methods to collect
information regarding organizational leadership style and
advertisement used among banks in the UAE. The research
focused on using critical review methodology in collecting data
on the issue topic. Through a systematic critical appraisal
approach, six articles with developed inclusion/exclusion
criteria were selected for review. The articles were sufficient in
topic and content to address the issue of leadership and
organizational development within the UAE.
Literature review
During the phase of organizational development, continue
success will rely heavily on business marketing strategies.
4. Therefore, there is need for any organization to ensure that they
incorporate leadership changes to ensure that the mistake is
corrected. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) is an
organization that has responsibilities for ownership, operating
and deployment United Arab Emirates’ nuclear energy plants.
The main aim is to identify the effectiveness of leadership
changes in this entity. The way they were able to adapt to
leadership changes in this organization (Voegtlin, Patzer, &
Scherer, 2012). For any change to be realized in an entity there
is need for leadership transformation since it is an important
building block to get a successful change of efforts within a
Company.
Organizations are undergoing significant changes, and thus
ENEC is no exception. This implies that the entity should have
a continued change of strategy to remain relevant in the market
just as the way people experience various life cycles so is this
organization. Thus, there is need for ENEC to have development
changes, which include leadership changes. In most scenarios
leaders who had various departments in ENEC have been
making efforts to accomplish success, which is part of the
inherent job descriptions but at times they fail despite the fact
that they continue to struggle (Bolman, & Deal 2017:6). This
calls for leadership changes since there are other leaders who
are able to thrive well in their roles while others get shuttled
from job to job, and at some pont they get a job which they are
not effective in it, and it will surely be reflected in the
production. When production start to decline, then it will be a
good reflection of changing leadership. Leadership changes in
any organization is for the improvement of the entity’s
performance.
Leadership change assist in transforming an organization
operations, since it reaches a time whereby the leaders have
reached normalcy stage, and even the junior employees cannot
follow instructions given by the leaders. During this scenario, it
is important to have leadership changes just as we see in
5. political arena and in many entities whereby leadership is
changed over a certain specified period, (Trompenaars, &
Hampden-Turner, 2011:11). The new leaders can pick from
where their predecessors left and once they pick the momentum,
it is evident that they are able to improve the performance of
the organization. Therefore, when ENEC have change of
leadership they are able to improve the cooperation,
coordination of activities carried out it the organization, and
this will lead improved productivity of the organization.
Leadership changes can further lead to refined success, in this
gesture they will strive to improve the production, since they
will be having new energy and they do not want just to be like
the previous leadership, (Al-Dabbagh, & Assaad, 2010: 10). In
addition, they will be working add to initiate changes they saw
that their predecessor failed, and it will be good for the
continued of the Company. They will be concerned about the
management feeling the impact of the changes made, and thus
the success of ENEC.
Leadership changes can influence negatively the organizations’
performance. Since they will be insecure about change of leader
that has been occurring in the organization, there might be fear
of them being demoted, and this could affect their performance.
In addition, the current leadership might have gained
momentum and improvement might be a short while from being
realized and changing leaders could affect the good productivity
that was about to be seen (Randeree, & Ghaffar, 2012:61).
Therefore, from the above points we can conclude that
leadership changes will be very effective in bringing
performance improvement to ENEC, despite the fact the change
might pose an insignificant challenge that should not be taken
into much consideration.
The term Critical Appraisal is defined as the process of
examining research evidence systematically so as one can assess
its validity, results and its relevance before using it to inform a
decision (Hill & Spittle house, 2003). Being the era where
medicine must be evidence based, a physician need to possess
6. important skills to help in analyzing the scientific literature
critically. This is important because the medical knowledge is
kept up to date to ensure an optimal patient care.
The reader is introduced to the principles of reading critically
by the use of a selection of international literature in the
scientific articles of medicine. Wide uses of principles that are
accepted for critical appraising of scientific articles are
outlined. The reader doesn’t need an extensive methodological
knowledge. It is the basic knowledge of study design,
structuring of a given article, the role played by the different
section of presentation statistically, the source of error and the
limitations are presented. The fact that there has been an
increase number of the scientific publications; most physicians
don’t get enough time to read what others have written. It is
therefore important for the selection, reading, and critical
appraisal of the publication to be up to date. The reader is
required to be clear of their intentions before they start a
scientific article. They are also advised to read the most recent
of review be it a simple review article, or a systematic review
and a meta- analysis
Methodology
Criterion for considering studies for this review
Types of studies
This study included surveys and case studies involving
leadership and organizational development for organization in
the UAE regions.
Type of participants
The participants for this study were organizations within the
UAE. The organizations could be privately owned, public or
multinational corporations. The organizations must have
underwent recent organizational development and must be
implementing leadership strategies.
Search method
I conducted a systematic search of survey and case studies.
There was no restrictions regarding number of language, but the
publication year was began from 2010 to 2017.
7. Electronic search strategy
I searched the following databases from their inception for
publication, published materials, ongoing studies conferences
and seminars, EBCOHOST. I used modelling strategies for
searching the database. The modeling strategy utilized
adaptations that are highly sensitive and those that are not
highly sensitive. The keyword search was a keyword string and
keyword phrases that included BOOLEAN operators AND/OR.
The specific keyword phrase for searching included:
“Leadership and organizational development within UAE”,
“Organizational development in UAE”, “Organizational
leadership in UAE”, “Leadership or Organizational develop
among UAE companies”. Keyword for the search strategy was
identified through reading around the topic and developing a list
of keyword phrases that were appropriate to the search.
The search results were filtered for relevance of the tittle of
paper, year or publications before selecting articles for abstract
review. Following abstract review and scanning through the
articles, suitable articles were selected for critical review. From
the search results, six articles were selected and used for
review.
Searching other sources
I scanned the reference lists of the publication that I chose for
review for additional survey of leadership and organizational
development. I search Google Scholar to retrieve the existing
research articles that were within the research article’s selection
inclusion/exclusion criteria.
Data collection and analysis
Data collection and analysis involved selecting of studies
through scanning the abstract of all identified studies in article
selection step. The data collection excluded irrelevant studies.
The stage of the study involved assessing abstracts for
relevance and obtaining full texts for the selected article. I
scanned through the full text articles to determine the inclusion
of all of the sections of the study including abstract,
introduction, methodology, results, discussion and conclusion
8. for their respective leadership and organizational development
issue within the UAE region.
Data extraction
Data extraction from the articles was done using the critical
appraisal method. The critical appraisal method is a systematic
description of the research article mechanism. The research
article mechanism included the author’s objectives, study
design, the participant’s study selection, and the results of the
selected study, discussion and conclusion.
Results analysis
Six articles were selected for this study and their critical review
is presented here as results.
Martin et al., (2013:1372), aimed at determining the impact of
directive and empowering leadership behaviors on the
performance of customer-rated work unit. They also aimed at
coming up with goals and empowerment theories as well as
ensuring that a directive and empowerment leadership enhances
proficiency. They also looked at how membership satisfaction
contributed to the expected requirements.
Ninety-five leaders from the United Arab Emirates were
randomly assigned to either empowering leadership (n=33),
control (n=30) or directive leadership (n=32). The assignment
was done using a random number table. 50% of the leaders were
women and 78% of the leaders had advanced degrees or finished
college. The contact information of the customers and
employees were provided by the leaders. However, Martin et
al., (2013: 1374) surveyed the customers and employees directly
in order to keep their responses confidential. The response scale
(strongly agree and strongly disagree) was used.
The findings of Martin et al., (2013: 1375) indicate the
contribution of leaders in encouraging wise decision making.
Empowering leadership style improves performance and
motivates the employees and customers. Inspiring and
motivating leaders perform better than those who simply
dictate. Martin et al., (2013: 1375), concluded that both
9. directive leadership and empowering leadership were effective
in improving proactive behaviors in working environment and
performance.
According to Barhem et al (2011:229), their main aim of doing
the research was to rank the characteristics of managers that
helped them to perform well in their different organizations. In
the first place, they were interested in knowing the characters of
the managers but later on, they deviated from the original idea
and started determining if their managers are able to work in an
international business environment Barhem et al (2011:230). We
are not informed on the type of sampling technique used, they
should specify since it can tell us, as the readers if they were
objective or subjective. The sample size used is not specific, in
that the study does not clearly explain the exact numbers of
managers were drawn from private or public domain. They
should have clearly indicated so that they can exclude the
likelihood of biasness.
The results given is not in line with what they were looking for,
for instance they wanted to rank the manager in terms of their
communication skills among others. Unfortunately, their
findings are contrary, in that they are giving us some of the
desires of those managers. Therefore, they were not able to
make their discussion objectively (Barhem, et al., 2011:231).
Furthermore, they made a conclusion that is not supporting their
findings.
Randeree & Ninan (2011:28), purposed to examine the
effectiveness of leadership in the use of team in business based
information technology (IT) projects. The study was performed
in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Randeree & Ninan
(2011:29) utilize quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Quantitative method measured the statistical data while
qualitative enables a holistic exploration and comprehensive
information. Feelings, attitudes, and ideas were explored using
a survey method. Data was collected using a questionnaire
whereby each of the teams was expected to explain the aims of
the research and the modes of responses they expect. Three to
10. four people from each of the forty-two teams were supposed to
answer.
Forty-four responses, representing a 36.6% response rate were
received. Ten project teams (23%) were considered because
only 11 of the 44 received reactions were complete. 76% of the
sample population in the project team had an experience of five
years. 80% of the sample population was a representation of the
private sector (Randeree & Ninan, 2011:30). An average score
of 3.82 recorded among the teams indicated that IT project
teams are effective. Randeree & Ninan (2011:31) concluded that
the approach of team projects to work is task-focused. However,
the projects prefer leadership styles that are people-oriented.
Randeree & Ghaffar (2012:61), aimed at examining how
different styles in leadership affect employee organizational
commitment and job satisfaction among the United Arab
Emirates (UAE). A case analysis was performed in the
construction sector. Three companies; consultancy firm,
contracting company and client organization were surveyed. A
qualitative analysis amongst employees working in the
construction industry of United Arab Emirates to determine how
employees look at different leadership styles was done.
Questionnaires were developed within which ten leadership
styles were incorporated. 250, 200 and 150 questionnaires were
distributed to the consultancy firm, contracting company and
client organization respectively (Randeree & Ghaffar, 2012:64).
Averagely, the survey showed moderate noticeability of the
team management and consensus leadership styles. 50% of the
respondents indicated that consensus leadership was prevalent
while about 40% believed it was consultative leadership style.
About 30 % proposed that team management leadership was
present. The responses depicted that; salary, the flexibility, and
nature of work, administration of a company and the manager’s
behavior influence job satisfaction. Randeree and Ghaffar
(2012:65), conclude that consultative and consensus leadership
styles are prevalent. Also, the size of the organization and
industry sector influences job satisfaction and organizational
11. commitment.
The authors of this article aimed at determining the effects of
leadership style on an organization’s performance. They had
hypothesized that the leadership style will have implications on
financial performance of the banking sector (Cherian, & Farouq,
2013:109). They developed a methodology that assisted them to
arrive to their conclusion, nevertheless they had a poor method
of collecting their data. The judgment sampling approach, could
not give them appropriate results since they could end up
selecting banks that were within their vicinity thus affecting the
outcome of their findings (Cherian, & Farouq, 2013:109). The
number of selected banks might not be a true representation of
the all banks in UAE, as we are not given the total banks
registered in the country.
Furthermore, the selected number of banks to be researched is
likely to be few. The time used to administer the questionnaires
is not appropriate, since there are people who can easily answer
questions while others can take more time to answer (Cherian,
& Farouq, 2013:109). Thus, they could just give each person
enough time to give out their views. The results given were well
articulated in terms of how leadership will have an effect the
financial performance of an organization, just as was their aim.
They had a conclusion that revolved around what they were
researching on, without them getting out of context.
Abraham (2012:27) aimed at examining factors influencing the
satisfaction of employees in the company and develop a
programme to engage employees in the organization. The study
was performed at United Arab Emirates. 150 of 2500
employees of the organization were selected for the study using
a systematic sampling technique. Abraham (2012:27) developed
a questionnaire using thirty statements about job satisfaction.
Primary data collected through a survey was analyzed using
regression and correlation analysis.
Cooperation and working as a team, career development,
leadership and planning, role and communication, in addition,
rewarding and recognition, the conditions of working, training
12. program and benefits were considered (Abraham, 2012:27).
Employee satisfaction score was obtained from factors of
employee satisfaction. Recognition, and reward and training
program had a high correlation of (r = 0.813, p < 0.01) and (r =
0.725, p < 0.01) respectively. Working condition (r = 0.688, p <
0.01), and Leadership and planning (r = 0.684, p < 0.01) had a
high correlation. Team work recorded a low correlation of (r =
0.580, p < 0.01). Abraham (2012:27) concluded that role (r =
0.779, p < 0.01) is the most influencing employee satisfaction
factor while communication (r = 0.788, p < 0.01) is the least
influencing.
Discussion
The articles reviewed for this study highlight different aspects
of leadership and organizational development within the UAE.
The critical appraisal method used to review the articles focus
on strengths and weaknesses of the researches. The six articles
reviewed focus on different aspects of organizational
leaderships. They revealed that organizational leadership styles
co-exist with modern organizational development. The
organizations leave their new development to the knowledge
and commitment of leaders. Organizational leaders in this
region are approaching leadership styles through several
approaches, but most articles indicated leaders use
transformational leadership strategy. Within the UAE,
organizational commitment involves commitment from both
employees and leaders. Therefore, organizational development
in this region focuses on the willingness of the internal
stakeholders. The continued inclusion of women in
organizational management shows that UAE is improving
human resource management and diversity (Omair, 2010: 121).
The introduction of leadership and organizational development
(LOD) a course of higher learning in UAE institutions of higher
learning show that there is a general improvement of the modern
organizational leadership strategies within this region.
Conclusion
The United Arab Emirates presents a classic example of a
13. region embracing the systematic context of leadership and
organizational development. The research presented here reveal
that UAE as a case study to provide a greater insight on the
concept of leadership and organizational development. Analysis
of several studies indicate that most of the organizations in the
UAE seem to prefer transformational leadership style. The
second preference is transactional leadership style. Leadership
is critical in satisfying the need for organizational development.
The new approaches in organizational leadership and
development show that there is a changing practices, beliefs and
organizational cultures across the UAE organizations. The
organizations are changing their management strategies as
efforts of gaining competitive advantages.
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1.
Essay 1: Midterm
Parameters:
1. Papers are due in class in hard copy on Tuesday, April 10,
not later. They may be printed front/back.
2. They should be roughly 1200-1450 words in length.
3. They should be double-spaced, black/white, 12 pt. type (e.g.
Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri)
4. They should not be mere regurgitations of class notes. Use
your own brain. “Compare and contrast really means to do just
that….”
5. They should try to describe as best you can the relevant
arguments, including identification of the central issue about
which an argument is being formulated.
6. They should not contain BS, e.g. “Since the dawn of man…”
7. They should contain properly quoted material with exegesis
of the same along with proper in-text citation, e.g. (Dworkin
13).
8. I have included on a separate page in Canvas a “rubric” for
the purposes of explaining in general terms how papers are
graded.
Write an essay on the following:
In On Liberty Mill writes, ““All that makes existence valuable
to anyone depends upon the enforcement of restraints upon the
actions of other people” (7).
In the Euthyphro, Socrates asks, “Is the pious being loved by
the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being
loved by the gods” (Euthyphro lines 10-11)?
These statements and questions apparently represent two
different ways of conceiving of moral value and its origin.
Write an essay in which you carefully explain each of these
views and suggest some ways in which they are similar and
different.
16. Then complete your essay by writing on ONLY ONE of the
following topics:
(a) Discuss what these conception of moral value means for the
relation between morality and religion for Plato and Mill
respectively. (Make sure to find and cite relevant texts.) Try to
make some determination about whether or not they are correct.
OR
(b) Try to make some determination about what is more
valuable in relation to happiness – individual liberty (whether
or not you can do as you like) or virtue (what kind of person
you are and character you have). Justify your response.
What I Look For
1. A stated thesis. This is a vital ingredient of any good paper.
It tells the reader what the central claim is.
2. A stated plan for developing the thesis. In the first paragraph,
briefly say how the central idea will be developed. “I will show
X, then Y and then Z”
3. Textual usage: Make sensible use of texts to demonstrate
meaning, as sources of evidence or interpretation.
4. Development, lucidity, coherence: The points supporting the
thesis should be related to each other, and not be contradictory
to one another. To the extent possible one point should follow
more or less naturally from the next.
5. Clarity: Some sign that you understand the basic issue or
problem, and argument discussed in the text or in class for or
against.
6. No BS: BS is relatively easy to spot. Its only purpose is to
fill space. These papers aren’t that long. Make every word
count. Here are some examples of common BS on philosophical
essays. (BS need not be false to still count as BS.) The test for
BS is probably a lot like Judge Learned Hand’s test for
17. pornography. If it looks like porn it probably is.
a. “Since the dawn of time, man has thought/questioned/etc.
…..”
b. “Descartes was born in….”
7. Imagination and Engagement: This is not easy to quantify and
may be the most difficult thing to do; however, I want you to
try to engage with the problem. Introduce your own view of the
matter – provided that you provide an argument for it.
Thesis: A thesis is the claim that you are proposing to discuss,
whose truth you are proposing to demonstrate. It is the most
difficult part of formulating a philosophical essay.
Sample 1
“In this paper I will show how deontologist and consequentialist
moral theories differ from one another when discussing if
suicide is right or wrong in certain situations. In order to show
this, I must show and discuss theories in which a deontologist
or Kantian type believes. Secondly, we must also see and
discuss the theories that which the consequentialist, or Millian
type believe. We will also discuss how each of these groups
reason with the question of is it ever permissible to commit
suicide? Among the moral theory of suicide, we will also take
the Categorical Imperative and the Greatest Happiness principle
into consideration.”
1. Does this paragraph have a thesis? If so, what is it?
2. Does it have a plan for developing the thesis? What is the
plan?
3. Is it clearly written? Why or why not? (or where is it and
where is it not?)
4. Does it contain much BS or does it more or less get to the
point?
18. Sample 2
“The argument has been made numerous times about whether or
not suicide is ever justified. Kant gave a scenario of a man who
was reduced to despair by a series of misfortunes and was
contemplating taking his own life. The man asked himself it
taking his own life would be contrary to his duty to himself, and
he asks whether the maxim of his action could become a
universal law of nature. Suicide is never permissible because
from most philosophical standpoints, it would not be doing
anyone any good. In the first paragraph, I will explain why it is
not permissible to commit suicide. I will then discuss….”
1. Does this paragraph have a thesis? If so, what is it?
2. Does it have a plan for developing the thesis? What is the
plan?
3. Is it clearly written? Why or why not? (or where is it and
where is it not?)
4. Does it contain much BS or does it more or less get to the
point?
Sample 3
“Due to its widespread effects and its irreversibility I believe
that it is never permissible to commit suicide. Doing so is both
an injustice to the person taking their own life, as well as to
their loved ones. I am going to use Kant’s categorical
imperative to provide the deontological view on why suicide is
immoral. Following that I will introduce utilitarianism….”
1. Does this paragraph have a thesis? If so, what is it?
2. Does it have a plan for developing the thesis? What is the
plan?
19. 3. Is it clearly written? Why or why not? (or where is it and
where is it not?)
4. Does it contain much BS or does it more or less get to the
point?