1 Phoenix Contact 2013 Sustaining Energy in Fluctuating Times: The Role of Leadership and Corporate Culture Development This case study tells the story of Phoenix Contact‚ a medium-sized international manufacturer of industrial electrical and electronic technology based in Germany. The main focus is on developments that took place between 2000 and 2013. The world leader in its market managed to digest high-speed growth phases and overcome a severe economic crisis by intentionally developing
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Excellence in Education The concept of excellence in education is one that‚ on the surface‚ seems to be unquestionable. After all‚ who would not accede that students within our schools should‚ in fact‚ excel? Certainly teachers‚ parents‚ and administrators can agree on excellence as an aim to shoot for. The interpretation of the term “excellence” is‚ however‚ less obvious. How do we regard excellence? Is it the college bound student with a broad liberal arts education? Is it
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money‚ time and support system you have to pursue them. But dreams don’t ever go away and as long you can see that rainbow‚ you can always reset new goals to achieve your dreams. I decided to pursue a degree in Business Management at the University of Phoenix because one day my rainbow appeared and I decided to reset goals to pursue it. My goals were to obtain the support from the Firm I work for by taking advantage of their tuition reimbursement program‚ engage my management on enabling worklife
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Pursuit of Excellence | Abstract: Whether you are an athlete‚ a teacher‚ or a promising high achiever in another walk of life‚ you can achieve excellence. At a time when numbers speak‚ performance is equal to profit and getting through the basic minimum at work is the standard practice‚ does the urge to set benchmarks of quality and excellence become redundant? How many of us go through life simply trying to fulfill the basics and how many set out to achieve true excellence? Steve Jobs
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The definition of nursing excellence can be defined in many ways. What is common amongst all of the definitions of nursing excellence is that providing the patient with high quality compassionate care seems to be the common thread. Florence Nightingale (considered by many to be the first nursing theorist) initiated the elevation of the nursing profession by educating those in charge of caring for patients and teaching them to use the environment to assist in patient recovery. From that point on
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Writing task 2 (an essay) Many people say that universities focus only on preparing the graduates for better jobs‚ others say that university studies can benefit widely the individual and the society in which they live. Discuss these two different views and state your opinion. Writing task 2 (an essay) Working from home benefits only the workers‚ not the employers. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Writing task 2 (an essay) Do you believe scientific research should be carried out by government
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Aristotle was correct when he said that “moral excellence comes about as a result of habit”. Religions and many successful people of the world have made a habit of committing moral acts in order to achieve their moral excellence and sense of virtue. Anyone can achieve moral excellence as long as they develop the habits that can take them to the level that they wish to reach. In the religion of Christianity Aristotle’s beliefs are intact. In the bible Christians are told of commandments that they
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The pursuit of excellence 1) Socrates did not write "Apology". Socrates did not actually write anything‚ It was his friend Plato that wrote and documented Socrates’s speeches and dialogs. The "Apology" supposes to be an accurate account by Plato of Socrates’s trial before the Athenian jury in 399BCE. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against Socrates before the Athenian jury. In this trial Meletus‚ the prosecutor‚ argued that Socrates was guilty of corrupting the youth
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Johanna C. Claro MS ERM University of Southeastern Philippines Obrero‚ Davao City GM 208 Research Methods and Applied Statistics Catalyst for Excellence Society and the economy have changed hastily and erratically over the past decades that has been very reflective to the general socioeconomic trends worldwide. Nowadays‚ I must say if you don’t innovate and keep yourself updated you will lose track. Everybody aims to be on top and to get there? You have to be like a catalyst. A catalyst
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O’Donnell and Wolfgang Wagener Terry Hill Chris Luebkeman ARUP Mark Nicholls BANK OF AMERICA Zhu Yan BEIJING MUNICIPAL OFFICE OF INFORMATIZATION James J. Whalen BOSTON PROPERTIES Volker Hartkopf Vivian Loftness CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY A pivotal feature of today’s most innovative and valuable real estate is connectivity—the ability to facilitate intercommunication and interaction among buildings and digital infrastructures. We stand at the cusp of an exciting transformation
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