Obedience is when an individual responds to an order from an authority figure. A key study that has looked into research is one carried out by Milgrams in 1963. The aim of the experiment was investigate whether ordinary people will obey a legitimate authority figure even when required to injure an innocent person. Milgrams recruited 40 male participants by advertising for volunteers to take part in his study. Each participant would be paid $4.50. The experiment consisted of one ‘real’ participant
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1- Describe and evaluate what Pfizer is doing with its Pfizer Works. Pfizer is continually looking for ways to help employees be more efficient and effective. Pfizer helps his managers to spend more time on knowledge work when they really needed and less support work by shifting time consuming tasks with a press of a button. They are also happier because they spend time working on what they know and like to do. This strategy saved valuable employee time and for example‚ when he gave the Indian
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1. Describe how workforce diversity has affected supervisors ? Employees don’t set aside their cultural values and lifestyle preferences when they come to work. Supervisors must remake organizations to accommodate these different lifestyles‚ family needs‚ and work styles. They must be flexible enough in their supervisory style to seek the involvement of all employees and be aware of the fact that all employees are differently motivated in terms of what they want and need from work. Diversity of
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with Pro Golf Company. An agent’s authority can be either actual or apparent. Actual authority comes in two forms express and/or implied. On page 918‚ it states that express authority is actual authority the principal has manifested onto the agent in very specific or detailed language and the agent has implied authority to act in a manner in which he believes the principal wants him to act. Apparent authority‚ on the other hand‚ is when an agent lacks actual authority‚ however‚ due to the principal’s
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Literary Analysis Essay Children are drawn to the idea of having a chance to be the grownups rather than a child‚ but there are so many things that could go wrong! Children are not fully developed. Children often lack the wits‚ the life experience‚ and the maturity adults possess. Lord of the Flies‚ a dystopian novel taking place in the 1950s‚ by William Golding‚ expresses the problems a society of only children could possibly face. Stranded on an uninhabited island after a plane crash in which their
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Good morning/ afternoon everyone First of all‚ thank you for inviting me to this exhibition of Poetry in Motion. I was inspired to create my work based on the poem called This Man‚ by the Solomon Islands poet‚ Celo Kulagoe. This poem is a critique of the all-encompassing power of money‚ which can dictate to presidents and prime ministers alike and can ruin those with few resources. This resonates with the current issue of Coal Seam Gas mining and its wealthy supporters‚ while the dangers to the
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Independence In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kessey‚ Randall Patrick McMurphy is a free spirited man who enters a mental ward in southern Oregon during the 1960’s. He changes the life of everyone there and rebels against the authority of the Big Nurse. As McMurphy meets new patients‚ he tries to have a bigger influence on their lives. McMurphy arrives on the ward thinking he is independent and he wants to bring that independence to the other patients. For McMurphy to help the
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Study Guide—Section 2 PS 261 • Chapter 5 o What are some ways that cultures differ in social norms? What are some norms that are similar? Differences • Expressiveness o People may view others as warm and inviting‚ or cold and distant‚ based on where they are from • Punctuality o North Americans are typically early o Concept of “brown time” and “Arab time” • Rule breaking o People are more apt to break rules‚ when they see rules being broken • Personal space o Cultures closer to the
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The harsh reality of life is that there’s always going to be a form of control and manipulation is a big part of it. As human beings‚ we can be very egotistic and put our wants and needs before anything else. Our selfish desires gave us some insight on the tactics we used to compel others into helping us fulfill it. In the form of manipulation‚ it seems as life is a show‚ while some of us play the role of a puppet master. This would include pulling all the strings to put on a show and using people
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punctuates the rigid tenacity of Deputy Governor Danforth in comparison to the maturity of Reverend Hale by incorporating various rhetorical devices to highlight some of man’s many flaws still present in society today. Danforth is portrayed as a pious authority figure speaking “God’s law” as he thoughtlessly censures the convicted heathens in Salem (Miller 1324). He ironically defies his own belief of Christianity through his blatant judging and cruel hanging of the innocent. His actions are the antithesis
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