Top down Leadership versus Bottom up Leadership Top down leadership has in many ways been the cultural gnome in terms of leadership styles for probably the longest time in history Likert termed it Exploitive authoritative. “In this style‚ the leader has a low concern for people and uses such methods as threats and other fear-based methods to achieve conformance. Communication is almost entirely downwards and the psychologically distant concerns of people are ignored.” (Likert‚ 1969) Top down leadership
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The article‚ “You say Potato‚ I say Electricity‚” focuses mainly on water‚ potatoes‚ and the energy crisis. A lot of water is being used for potatoes. Due to improvements in technology‚ Idaho farmers 20 billion pounds of potatoes‚ which is‚ “up from 12 billion pounds 20 years ago.” This causes a partial shift in the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC). There is a surplus of potatoes because the market supply is a lot more than the market demand. When using a lot of the water on potatoes‚ hydroelectric
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Come As You Are Overview/Abstract Punk may be too abrasive‚ too noisy for the mainstream‚ and for that exact reason it appeals more and more to younger crowds. It speaks for people who feel disillusioned‚ angry‚ written off‚ or unheard. In doing research and conducting interviews‚ I found that for a lot of people‚ finding punk is a life-altering experience. It’s a sort of lightbulb moment for a confused‚ messed up kid‚ like they’ve finally found where they belong. Punk becomes a lifestyle -
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Essay: Where I come from Student: Valentin Turri The poem is divided in two stanzas and two extra lines. The poet is an old woman that talks about her present and her old past. In the first stanza the poet starts like introducing us in the text‚ explaining us the meaning of ‘’people are made of places’’‚ this means that all we are made of memories‚ places where we come from‚ we
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Making Dreams Come True As a child‚ did you ever wish upon a star? Did you ever dream of being a prince or princess in a magnificent castle? Or dream of being able to fly high above the tallest buildings? I know I did‚ I had many dreams. Many children dream of magical places they want to go‚ people they want to be‚ and things they want to feel. The Walt Disney Company has strived to make these dreams of children a reality. Whether it is getting to meet a princess‚ or getting a new pair of shoes
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Where I Come From - By Elizabeth Brewster The poem ‘Where I Come From’ by Elizabeth Brewster is about how a person is influenced by the environment he is brought up in‚ and how urban life and rural life differ from each other. The poet has used a very critical tone in this poem to convey how people are influenced by the places they have come from rural or urban. She has used a lot of visual imageries and metaphors to convey the busy lifestyle of the city. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem
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can be deemed as the most destructive flaw in the human race. Proverbs 16:18 says‚ “Pride goes before destruction‚ a haughty spirit before a fall.” This is where the famous saying “Pride comes before the fall” comes from. The Bible states through this verse that a man who is prideful or overconfident will come to be destroyed and those who are arrogant will fall. One reason why people who are overconfident or too proud tend to live lives that lead to destruction is because pride often blinds a man
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Philippine Wholesale Electricity Market Spot (WESM) January 21-22‚ 2004 Wholesale Electricity Market Spot (WESM) is an innovation in market trading of electricity between generators and suppliers‚ as well as wholesale consumers. The whole idea of WESM is that the market is price-driven‚ therefore‚ competition in electricity production and supply is assured. Basically‚ WESM will work as an intermediary to ensure that the demand bids of the wholesale buyers of electricity will be met by the generators
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“Come away‚ come away‚ death” In Act 2 Scene 4 we come across Viola who has just returned from Olivia’s house with yet another rejection for the duke Orsino. Along with Viola the scene includes a melancholic Orsino who is sick with love and wishes to hear a rather sad love song as a way to alleviate his grief. This song is played at the midpoint of the play‚ by this time we have heard multiple conversations between the Duke and Viola in which he expresses grief and longing for the countess Olivia
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symbolism to vividly convey the theme of social downfall from arrogance in TWO of the short stories. Two stories that vividly convey symbolism for social downfall from arrogance would be “There Will Come Soft Rain”‚ by Ray Bradbury and “The Phoenix”‚ by Sylvia Townsend Warner. In the story “There Will Come Soft Rain”‚ Bradbury conveys the theme of how technology that man have build will either be the death of us or outlive us. That would the social downfall because humans thought they were helping each
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