SUMMARY The article was about a study on comparing predictive power of Fishbein’s model and traditional job attitude measures on job withdrawal behavior specifically absenteeism and turnover. At the point of the study‚ Fishbein’s attitude-behavior model has not been tested in on-going work organization and the usefulness of the theory for organizational situational is unknown. Hence‚ the study was designed to test Fishbein’s model in applied settings‚ as well as explore generalizability of the
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Sam H. DeKay‚ a vice president for corporate communications at BNY Mellon Corporation in New York City‚ looks into long existing issues in interpersonal communication in his article “Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace: A Largely Unexplored Region”. This article’s main purpose is to outline the limitations of current knowledge about the subject and to provide solutions which may help to fix this problem. From the beginning author emphasizes the well-known fact that interpersonal communication
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war in her article Women and the American Revolution. In using many examples of personal experiences from competent women from our country’s history‚ the author was able to bring emotion to the reader. Abigail Adams‚ Anne Eliza Bleeker‚ and Deborah Sampson were a few of these amazing women that during the woman’s movement‚ made their mark in history and consequently into Ms. Martin’s article. Much of Abigail Adams’ letters to her husband‚ John Adams‚ were cited in this article as examples
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Massive Change by Bruce Mau and the Institute without Boundaries‚ published for the first time 2004. ’Massive Change’ is a guide to designs that have shaped our world from the past and those that could shape our future‚ whether for worse or better. Bruce Mau has utilised eleven main chapters‚ which focus mainly on various economies‚ different designers who discuss their views and general questions about their specific subject area. The whole ’book guide’ includes example pictures of important occurrences
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The article I read is called‚ “Road to $25 Billion: Where could the NFL’s revenue growth come from?” The aspiration of getting to $25 billion was introduced during an annual owners meeting in Orlando in 2010. This number was figured based on the amount of money the NFL needed to compete as a global entertainment brand. They wanted the NFL to compete not only against other sports leagues but also against well-known companies such as Apple. The league hopes to reach this goal by 2027. As of 2012
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direction‚ guidance‚ and motivation of subordinates. Someone who can influence the actions of their subordinates guiding them to accomplish their full potential in an optimal manner. According to Johnson (2008)‚ there are five leadership models for leading change - Laissez-Faire‚ Autocratic‚ Participative‚ Transactional and Transformational. No single model is correct‚ however the participative or democratic model would be most effective in the public health sector. Leadership means being inspirational
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your evaluation of Welch’s approach to leading change? How important was he to GE’s success? What are the implications for his replacement? Prior to stepping down as the CEO of General Electric (GE) on September 7‚ 2001‚ Jack Welch led many initiates that restructured the company to maintain its title as the world’s largest multi-business company. Welch was eager to implement changes that increased the productivity and quality of the company. He embraced change and encouraged his managers to do the
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Solving High School Problems In the past few years American high school students have a significant amount of struggling. Young people’s struggles come from various sources such as school‚ social class‚ race‚ and gender. The article “Teaching Tolerance in America” by Dudley Erskine Devlin mentions multiple issues about high schools‚ and how students tend to divide up into groups. These divisions among adolescents can either cause social‚ race‚ or gender problem. Likewise‚ Michael Quintanilla
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This article is another informative work on the dangers on distracted driving. This article‚ however‚ includes distractions from hands-free devices that allow one to have a phone conversation without holding a phone to his or her ear. A study showed that someone texting or having a conversation on a wireless headset drove as poorly as someone whose blood alcohol concentration was above the legal limits in Australia and Spain‚ where this was tested (0.5 grams per liter). The study also found that
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I‚ Pencil Summary: This was an article written from the aspect of a wooden pencil. The pencil first starts out talking about how no one knows how to make him/her. It states that it is a mystery even more so than a tree or a sunset. It goes on to talk about even though it might look like a simple object‚ it is much more complex with creation. Referencing each piece used to create the pencil‚ then tracing its genealogy to those who made objects used for transportation‚ manufacturing‚ texturing
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