Among your Learning Resources this week are three articles by Dr. Claudia Fernandez: "Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace‚" "Employee Engagement‚" and "The Power of Positive Personal Regard." Review these articles again and choose one of these themes to use as a vantage point from which to assess your current workplace (or‚ if more appropriate‚ a previous workplace). Draw on the principles you have learned about in other resources‚ including this week’s video program‚ "Building an Effective Organization
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Man’s Search for Meaning Working in law enforcement for 25 years‚ I have responded to traumatic events numerous times. In the aftermath of trauma‚ victims are emotionally and/or physically devastated. I have often found myself pondering‚ “How do the survivors bounce back from this?” Viktor Frankl’s book‚ Man’s Search for Meaning‚ addresses and answers this very question. Man’s Search for Meaning is considered one of the most significant works of our time. Written by an Austrian psychiatrist
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Profitability Ratios Most firms aim to make a profit. In order to assess the efficiency of a business in achieving this major objective‚ two profitability ratios may be used: the return on capital employed and net profit margin. In both measures‚ a high percentage represents a better performance than a low percentage‚ as a business wants to earn high profits. The gross profit margin This measures the gross profit of the business as a proportion of the sales revenue. It is calculated using
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* Study Question 1: What is organizing as a management function? * Organizing and organization structure * Organizing * The process of arranging people and other resources to work together to accomplish a goal. * Organization structure * The system of tasks‚ workflows‚ reporting relationships‚ and communication channels that link together diverse individuals and groups. * Figure 10.1 Organizing viewed in relationship with the other management functions.
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Servant Leadership Paul Jones Grand Canyon University MGT 420 – Org. Behavior & Management October 17‚ 2011 Introduction Although the notion of servant leadership has been recognized in leadership literature since Burns’ (1978) and Greenleaf’s (1977) publications‚ the movement has gained momentum only recently. Bowman (1997) argues that to date there is only anecdotal evidence to support a commitment to an understanding of servant leadership. For example‚ Spears’ (1995) identification
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Transactional leadership is more of a management style than a form of leadership. Nevertheless‚ it can be very effective for motivating subordinates and eliciting productivity. There are a few assumptions that go hand-in-hand with transactional leadership. Primarily‚ transactional leadership assumes that people are motivated by rewards‚ they will cede authority to their chosen leaders and fulfill goals and objectives set by their leaders. There are many benefits that come with an organization’s choice
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effective leadership than a secure understanding and sense of oneself. Self-understanding also provides a sound basis for understanding other people – how could a leader be conscious of another’s need or have empathy with others without first having awareness of their own self? In other words‚ you must first have a mature understanding of who you are and why you behave in the ways you do‚ and to be secure in self-acceptance‚ before leading other people. Hence‚ If one is to improve one’s leadership skills
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Health inequalities Numerous research studies had illustrated on the connection between socioeconomic factors and health inequalities in the community‚ which is evident worldwide. According to World Health Organization (2012)‚ health inequality is defined as a disparity in the health status or in the allocation of health determinants between different classes of population. I will like to review on the issue of health inequalities and poverty in Singapore‚ while concentrating on related lifestyle
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eople use dialogue and discussion without thinking about it. It comes naturally. It is hard to notice when one switches between them because it is so natural. However‚ discussion comes to us more naturally than dialogue‚ especially in the times we live. We live lives that suggest we do not have time to open up to many ideas‚ come up with a few then decide whats best. Always moving forward‚ progress is key. But to those people who are patient‚ and open up a conversation through dialogue‚ the possibilities
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What problems did Chris Parson identify as obstacles to growing Linear Systems in the mid-nineties; and what kinds of change strategies did he develop at Linear Systems? 1) According to the case‚ I think there are two main problems as obstacles to growing Linear Systems in the mid-nineties. One of the problems is the law enforcement agencies would not like using digital technology to generate data. Because they think it was easy to alter or multiply the data. This risk will threatened a department’s
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