CHAPTER 2. SIMPLE IDEAS‚ COMPLEX ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW Chapter 2 Summary ____________________________________________________ In Chapter 2‚ the authors explore how properties of modern organizations and of human nature interact to create problems and pressures in everyday managerial life. The authors see organizations as: 1. Complex—People are hard to understand and predict. Interactions among individuals and groups within organizations multiply human complexities‚ and connections
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Pit and the Pendulum Reader Response Poe’s story is of a person sentenced to death by torture during the Spanish Inquisition. The story is an account of the narrator’s time from sentencing and throughout his journey during incarceration. It’s a tale of hope and despair. A story of one’s mental ability while facing an eminent death. Of this the narrator says‚ ‘It was hope—the hope that triumphs on the rack—that whispers to the death-condemned even in the dungeons of the Inquisition.’ Unusual for
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* Oedipus complex: Sigmund Freud believed that all men want to kill their fathers so that they can marry their mothers. So today‚ whenever we see a guy who is just a bit too close to his mom‚ we might say that he has an Oedipal complex. The term originated from this Greek story: there was this guy named Oedipus who‚ at birth‚ was destined by fate to kill his father (who also happened to be the King of Thebes) and marry his mother. The people in Thebes thought that this was a pretty big deal
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A Story called “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker seemed to have conflict in the family‚ between the mother and her daughters. The writer Alice Walker uses the conflict to show that honoring your family is best. Any problem in a situation can make you reconsider what choices you have made. The mother was a loving person‚ who worked more like a man than a woman. She had two daughters named Dee‚ and Maggie. Dee was a girl that really does not have any emotion. She only cared about was appearance. Dee told
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HUMAN AS A COMPLEX ORGANISM The human body is a complex system of cells‚ most of which are grouped into organ systems that have specialized functions. These systems can best be understood in terms of the essential functions they serve: deriving energy from food‚ protection against injury‚ internal coordination‚ and reproduction. The continual need for energy engages the senses and skeletal muscles in obtaining food‚ the digestive system in breaking food down into usable compounds and in disposing
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The following court case against Compton Unified School District shares that there is trauma/complex trauma that has been affecting students who are from “high poverty neighborhoods”. Students who experience “violence and loss” are likely to have trauma. Students who are exposed multiple events of “violence and loss” experience complex trauma. to the point where they can no longer cope with their disability in order reach their fullest academic potential. Trauma is similar to PTSD because students
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"Creativity is intelligence having fun." HI‚ there I’m Alex Goldman as you may already know. And I invented what is now called the water-walkers. Now you may think I’m crazy right walking on water‚ but what if I told you in fact is possible with the help of technology of course. But wait what exactly are water walkers? Well‚ that is a question that I get from a lot of you and to answer this simply they are pretty much little fans that have the same power as a golf cart connected to these hyper
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Although current leadership theory emphasizes the distinction between transactional and transformational leadership‚ in fact‚ most leaders have a mixed profile of the full range of leadership styles. The best form of leadership is not only transformational or only transactional‚ but rather a combination of the two. However‚ in order to better understand each style ’s pros and cons‚ they have to be discussed in terms of similarities and differences. This cross-analysis will reveal further inquiry
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History of Paper Money in the Philippines The first paper money circulated in the Philippines‚ Pesos Fuertes‚ were issued in 1852 by El Banco Espanol Filipino de Isabel II‚ the first bank established in the country. The banknote‚ "Strong Pesos" in English‚ had denominations of 5‚ 10‚ 25‚ 50 and 100. The American authorities issued silver certificates series dated 1903 to 1918‚ then later replaced these with treasury certificates. The liberation of the Philippines in 1944 gave rise to
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Madam C. J. Walker “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.”----Madam Walker 1912 (“Madam CJ”). Sarah Breedlove born on December 23‚ 1867 in Delta‚ Louisiana‚ who later came to be known as Madam C. J. Walker. Her parents Owen and Minerva Anderson Breedlove
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