The Organization as a Person: Utilizing Metaphoric Analysis to Transform Organizations Leadership Advance Online– Issue XV‚ Winter 2008 by Antonio G. Marchesi What is an organization? Is it a place‚ a process or a person? Individuals at all levels of employment often wrestle with what many deem to be the daunting task of succinctly articulating the nature of the organization. Countless texts exist that attempt to provide a model for describing the construct and function of organizations. However
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Thank You for Your Service It’s almost four o’clock in northern Maine on a cool spring morning. Bags are rustling and seat-belts are unbuckling as everyone starts to get out of their seats and into the isle‚ waiting impatiently‚ to stand on American soil once again. While walking into an empty airport terminal‚ one by one‚ with a bag over our shoulders and rifle in hand‚ the muffled sounds of clapping starts to hit our ears. Nearing the opening between terminals the vibrating sounds of clapping
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to an organization where they work. These differences can create energy and excitement in the workplace‚ but they can also cause conflict. So it is important that we have an understanding of how diversity works in organizations. 2. When we look at the workplace we can recognize two levels of diversity. Surface-level diversity represents the characteristics that are easily observed such as race‚ gender‚ age etc. Deep-level diversity represents the aspects that are more difficult to see at first
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What you would do before‚ during and after an earthquake? Earthquake is a natural phenomenon that happens all over the world. It causes a lot of horrible losses and sometimes even human losses. It shivers even when we talk about it‚ it’s like been played with‚ you can think only about one thing that your life is about to end. So what you would do before‚ during and after the earthquake if you knew that it might happen in a week?! At the beginning you must know how to be prepared is a good question
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ORGANISATION OF KNOWLEDGE: THE CATALOGUING PERSPECTIVE BY ABDULGANIY OKANLA AHMED FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY‚ MINNA INTRODUCTION The major activities of any given library revolved on acquisition‚ processing‚ preservation and organization of relevant information resources (book and non-book materials) for effective accessibility to the target users. Nwalo (2003) describes that a library is primarily set up to acquire‚ organize‚ store and make accessible to the users‚ within the quickest
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Learning organizations foster continuous growth and development. However‚ in today’s economy organizational leaders may need to conduct a closer examination of the training and development needs of employees to ensure that training solutions are directly aligned to strategic objectives and job competencies. To this point‚ discuss the process organizations would use to: - Assess training and development needs of the employees‚ - Determine the most appropriate method for obtaining the required skills
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of Learning Organization * A learning organization is an organization‚ which facilitates the learning of all its members and continuously transforms itself. ( Pedler‚ Boydell and Burgoyne‚ 1992) * A learning organization has managers who create an environment where the behaviors and practices involved in continuous development are actively encouraged. (Honey‚ 1996) * An organization in which learning is valued‚ and consciously managed and supported. A learning organization develops and
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International organizations provide a common platform wherein representatives from different parts of the world can discuss and evolve solutions for contemporary issues. In common parlance‚ it is well known as intergovernmental organizations. The World trade Organization‚ European Union and Council of Europe are international Organizations to name a few. Evolution Of International Organizations There was need to have a neutral forum where countries could participate and discuss problems that were
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TMA 1 DB123 You and your money. Part A a) In the 2000 column the cells add up to 100% because the sample of the survey is the total of people participating on the survey. b) For the year of 1998 the total adds up to 99% the reason for this it could be because the enquired population didn’t have the same number used an the following years. c) The total of the percentage of children living in families with at least 2 children are of 74% ‚ including the 58% of children living with married/cohabitating
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Police Organization The function of policing is to provide overall public safety. The goal is to deter and prevent crime by immobilizing police units. There are various types of police agencies at the local‚ state‚ and federal level. The United States has one of the most complex law enforcement systems because of the various levels of their policing agencies. Within the United States‚ each state‚ city‚ county‚ town‚ and incorporated village has its own policing agency. Although there are various
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