...WEEK 1 – INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE Organisational change is an organisation’s response in process to external environmental changes. The pendulum of change: organisations will be at various stages, but desire to be on the OD side Organisational Focus vs. Organisational Transformational Focus OD – planned, long term, internal focus (strengthening the company for the future) (evolutionary) OT – unplanned, short term, reactive, external focus (revolutionary) Planned vs. Unplanned Planned change: an organisation’s ability to anticipate and respond to change (implementing new technologies) Unplanned change: organisations have limited time to respond and anticipate change (emerges as a response to unanticipated threat or event) Evolutionary vs. Revolutionary Evolutionary change: Slow, incremental but stable, change individual parts or departments, improve existing products Revolutionary: Fast, massive and establishes new equilibrium, transform entire organisation, new structure/management, introduce new products (Apple created a new smart phone in response to NOKIA, due to Steve Jobs). 1st order and 2nd order change First Order: incremental/episodic, adjustment in systems, changes maintains & develops Second Order: discontinuous, transformational, radical change that fundamentally alters the organisation (Revolutionary) Type of Organisational Change 1. Tuning: Incremental 1st order) 2. Adaptation: Incremental, reactive 3. Reorientation:...
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...How to Write a Compare/Contrast Essay Compare and contrast essays are the other big essay types in academic writing. These essays will follow a specific question and are fairly easy to complete. There are several ways to write this type of essay. The most important thing to remember is structure. Many wonderful essays fall victim to the woes of bad structure, making any ingenuity to fall by the wayside. Go over the rules on how to write a general essay, and then structure your compare/contrast essay in one of the following two formats: 1. Introduction 2. Your introduction — like the five-paragraph-essay, should open generally (with a quotation, anecdote, generalization), and lead into the thesis statement. 3. Topic 1 4. This next portion of your essay (which may consist of one paragraph or several) should cover only the first topic of the comparison and contrast. Compare/Contrast essays take two topics and illustrate how they are similar and dissimilar. Do not mention topic 2 in this first portion. 5. Topic 2 6. This next portion of your essay (which may also consist of one or more paragraphs) should cover the second of the two topics. Do not discuss Topic 1 in this section. Since you have already gone into great detail about it, you may allude to Topic 1 briefly; however, do not analyze Topic 1 in this section. This portion of the paper is to discuss Topic 2 in great detail. 7. Topics 1 and 2 Together 8. Now that you have analyzed both Topic 1 and Topic 2 independently...
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...Setting the Stage for Strategic Compensation Student’s name Professor’s name Compensation Management BUS 409 University name April 1, 2012 Abstract In this term paper I will answer the following questions, describe the three main goals of compensation departments, describe the contextual influence that I believe will pose the greatest challenge and the contextual influence that will pose the least challenge to companies’ competitiveness and explain why, describe when subjective performance evaluations might be better (or more feasible) than objective ratings, also describe under what conditions profit sharing plans are not likely to motivate employees and based on my knowledge of pay-for-knowledge pay concepts, describe three jobs for which this basis for pay is inappropriate and explain why. Keywords: describe, goals, challenges, performance, employee, pay Setting the Stage for Strategic Compensation 1. Describe the three main goals of compensation departments. Compensation departments responsibilities focus towards three main functions or goals that have to be met in a company or organization, this are to attract, motivate and retain employees. These three key elements are the main parts for continuous functioning of any organization. The employees or workers are a very important part that holds an organization, without them the organization simply falls apart or have no competitive edge over competitors. Any organization faces the task to aligning these goals with...
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...One community factor that stands out to me from the contextual factors chart is that many of the students in the community are growing up in very low socio-economic areas. About 22.1% of families and 29.9% of the population were below the poverty line. Students come from broken homes, families with drug issues and other poverty related issues and many do not have much academic support at home. Due to this community factor, one instructional strategy that I would use in the classroom to support student learning is to provide all materials that needed for their homework and enrichments. Also, I would not assign homework to take home unless all materials are provided. There are many families that can not provide or help students with academics...
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...Contextual Analysis Of “Chase” German car company, Audi, is a perennial competitor with other German cars such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Lexus. Audi remains to their slogans; truth in engineering, truth in innovation, and truth in luxury. Despite Audi’s competitive nature with other top-brand car companies, they strive to gain the prestige of being the “the world’s best-selling luxury car” in the United States. In order to gain such stature, Audi consistently releases a diverse collection of commercials to appeal to its current and potential consumers. Their commercials seek to display their cars in a dominant fashion, as many times Audi commercials features Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Lexus counterparts trailing or underperforming their modeled car. Audi portrays their brand as innovative, sleek, reliable, and progressive. They wish to instill these same beliefs in the consumer through persuasive advertising. With the help of the rhetorical power of English actor Jason Statham and timely representation of their product to the world, Audi uses the ideas “truth in engineering, innovation, and luxury” to gain standing against leading German car companies. Audi, in their 2009 commercial called “Chase” capitalized upon the fact that none of their competitors aired a Super Bowl commercial. Their commercial gave BMW, Mercedes, and Lexus no room to respond, and restricted the amount of viewers the respective brands could reach. The Super Bowl gives companies the opportunity to air their...
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...Contextual Analysis The concept of Utilitarianism by Mill is that an action is right if it tends to promote happiness and wrong if it tends to produce the reverse of happiness- not just the happiness of the performer of the action but also that of everyone affected by it. The Rainbow Fish relates to a core notion of basic utilitarianism, the happiness of the group vs. the happiness of the individual. The basic of utilitarian tenets of "The greatest good for the greatest number" and "Maximizing happiness across the population" are easily apparent when reflecting on Rainbow Fish's decision and the consequences (Mill). In the Rainbow Fish's case, theoretically, he was going to be a little less happy if he lost his scales, but as a result his friends will become much happier. In practice, though, giving everyone a scale actually made him even happier. Mill’s theory of maximizing happiness across the population in Utilitarianism explains why Rainbow Fish becomes happier when he shares his scales with the other fish and his perspective of selfishness explains why Rainbow Fish is unhappy at first. In the book, The Rainbow Fish, there is one of the most beautiful fish in the ocean. Unlike all of the other fish, Rainbow Fish had shimmering, colorful scales. He is asked to share one of his shining scales with a little blue fish, and to which he refuses. All the other fish in the sea leave him alone, and he wondered why. He goes to the wise octopus for advice, and she tells him to give...
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...Up the Duff by Kaz Cooke: A textual Analysis The theories behind media and communication are significant when understanding what influences an individual or audience in interpreting and deriving meaning from a text. The cover of the novel, ‘Up the Duff’ by Kaz Cooke is a text that informs, entices and draws the attention of the targeted audience in a clear and concise manner while also providing meaning to the content within the book, and serving as a marketing tool for the novel which is essentially a product. Upon analysis of the way signs are used to shape this text’s meaning, it becomes apparent that the text serves various functions and may be interpreted differently by each individual according to their culture and knowledge. This essay will examine the functions of the text, the use of various signs and discourses underpinning the text, the effective communication methods employed by the text as well as the cultural connotations and prior knowledge that is being drawn upon. The text is attempting to serve the function of providing an audience or potential audience with a clear and concise collaboration of signs and intertextuality to bring light to the genre and content of the novel. A primary function bring served by this text is that of a marketing tool for the book that it covers which is a product created by the author: Kaz Cooke. Similarly to McKee’s (2003, 22) philosophy towards genre, the text as a whole has been designed to indicate the genre as well as signify...
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...Throughout the many decades of leadership, many people have only looked at the successes of leaders to learn what it takes to be a good leader. But as potential leaders we must also look at the many failures of these leaders. In my readings I have found that there are three fatal areas in which leaders set up their own failures and ultimately their demises. Knowing Others, Contextual Intelligence, and The Self, are easily misunderstood and forgotten and create failure and compromise. Mr. Bennis refers to Knowing Others as the “Caesars Problem”. It comes from the Shakespeare play called Julius Caesar. It is described as leaders exhibiting arrogance after many years of leadership, which leads to a communication disconnect with subordinates and coworkers. A great example of this would be the case of Margaret Thatcher. Margaret was the leader of U.K for just over a decade. She had a multitude of successes and was widely loved by all her citizens. But in her last year she plagued by economic problems and political infighting which led to her demise. Many say it was her...
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...This past week in Honors University Perspective, we discussed the not-so-secret weapon called office hours, how to argue for a grade, and approaches to studying. The topics we discussed are heavily prevalent in students’ lives, especially freshmen. What this class teaches me is valuable information that will stick with me for the rest of my life; it can be applied not only in an educational setting, but a professional setting as well. I had previously been weary of office hours, mostly because professors seemed too sophisticated and busy for me. The points presented arguing why office hours are crucial to a student’s success convinced me that I was the only one in control of my learning, and the only thing stopping me from forming personal...
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...Contextual Analysis After watching South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, there were many paradigms and depictions made in the film that is able to tell us about American society at the time it was made. From making the decision to watching this film based on preference over the contrasting Fight Club, Galaxy Quest, and George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead, it was evident that I grew up in a generation who was entertained by this type of crude, tasteless humor. As I have technically been adult for nearly two years, this show is intended for mature audiences. However, it seems that show is very popular for audiences under 18 for its less than acceptable content to parents. Throughout the film itself, there are many themes and paradigms how youths in American society were entertained in at the time whether if its their language, behavior, or popular culture. According to Linda Holtzman, themes are “subjects that are introduced in the media text and can be minor, significant, or central to the unfolding of the story” (Holtzman, 2000). This film utilizes the four main characters Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick; all of which are third graders. In the beginning of the film, they are all shown attending an R-rated film ‘Asses of Fire’, a film that most, if not all parents would not allow or encourage their children to watch. This is evident from the inappropriate behavior and rude jokes and its themes that the characters begin to take after and...
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...f Angelo Miguel Flores Contextual Analysis of Li Tuan’s On Hearing Her Play The Harp 1. From my point of view, I think Xiao Qiao is seated beside a window on a day in winter. The window is made of wood as is the house made of wood and brick. It was fashioned from the pagoda’s design. She is seated on a wooden stool beside her harp. Judging from the fact that Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu were prominent names in Chinese history, I believe that they resided in the city of Ch’ang-an, the biggest city in China. The city was the busiest city in China at the time. And probably outside Xiao Qiao’s window are shops and streets filled with people especially the tea shop where people go to warm themselves during a cold winter day. 2. Zhou Yu was the general of Qu of the three kingdoms in Ancient China. He was handsome and intelligent. A brilliant military leader and strategist, Zhou Yu was among the most coveted men during his time. Aside from being a brilliant character in the field of battle, Zhou Yu also has great musical capabilities as it was said that he could tell if there were mistakes in music even when he was intoxicated. Zhou Yu fought alongside Sun Ce and won the foundation east of Yangtze River. Upon the death of Yangtze, Zhou Yu assisted Sun Quan with military and political affairs. He died at the age of 36. Although he died young, he was very accomplished because until his last second, he was still doing his job as a militarist. 3. Xiao Qiao literally means...
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...60 hermeneutics.92 Therefore, there is some urgency to restore for the Christian biblical interpreter a theological understanding of Scripture. C. M. Wood rightly points out, “As theological inquiry, theological hermeneutics is critical reflection upon Christian understanding.”93 Thus, in this section we will explore three aspects that nourish our theological understanding of texts: (1) Divine discourse, (2) Intertextuality, and (3) Canonical-linguistic approach: theo-drama. 92Stephen E. Fowl, Engaging Scripture: A Model for Theological Interpretation (Malden: Blackwell, 1998); idem, The Theological Interpretation of Scripture (Cambridge: Blackwell, 1997); John Webster, “Hermeneutics in Modern Theology: Some Doctrinal Reflections,” SJT 51 (1998): 307-41. In his article, Webster claims that one of the reasons for the diminishment of theology for modern hermeneutics is “an idealization of reading the Bible as an instance of general hermeneutical operations.” However, it is not a matter of separating general and special hermeneutics, but rather of combining them for a deeper understanding of text. It is true that historical criticism has failed to do constructive theological work. However, on the contrary to Krister Stendahl’s dichotomy between “what it meant” and “what it means,” Childs is opposed to the separation between the descriptive and constrictive elements of biblical interpretation. See also, Joel B. Green, “Rethinking History (and Theology),” in Between Two Horizons: Spanning...
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...People often neglect the importance of eating nutritious food. Additional stress, constricted time, and a restricted budget are constantly distorting our decision-making process, resulting in the consumption of unhealthy food choices. It is crucial to choose foods that benefit us both physicially and mentally. In order to effectively assess my nutritional habits and choices, I have recorded what I ate in a food journal for five days, which encompasses two weekends and three weekdays. For every meal, I recorded the five contextual factors (social aspect, health, economics, ecological, and pleasure) that influenced my choices to assist me with intepreting my eating routine. When analyzing my food diary, I observed that the social aspects in...
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...A company’s competitiveness faces many challenges. The contextual influence that I believe to pose greatest challenge to companies’ competitiveness is the federal protective legislation. Prior to the 1930s, employees did not possess the right to negotiate with their employers over terms and conditions of employment. But now employment legislation acts protect workers’ right and status. Employers expect workers to be as productive as possible and produce the highest quality of products and services. Employees want their financial security, safety, better benefits, and suitable working condition. Employers have to watch over these factors. They can’t only concentrate on profit maximization but they also have to protect employee rights. Fair Labor Standards Acts of 1938 deal with minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor provision. Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a remedy of employment discrimination. This act based on a simple principle: man and women should receive equal pay for equal work. Title VII of the Civil Right Act is the most pertinent to compensation. Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Americans with Disability Act of 1990, Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Internal Revenue Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pension Protection Act of 2006 are some other legislative acts which protect employee rights. Before these laws were passed employers didn’t care about...
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...The Erroneous Narrator: Contextual Analysis of Sherwood Anderson’s Death in the Woods Because of the standing of most narrators they are considered trustworthy and non bias, though in some situations the narrator of a text is inaccurate and can end up weaving and constructing a story not completely precise. This is the case in the short story, Death in the Woods written by Sherwood Anderson which has a narrator that is not only inaccurate in his narrative but he also at several points makes clear his fallacious events within the story. The narrator starts the story by giving the main character context: her old age, her attire, along with making clear that the protagonist was a nameless woman who spoke to no one. The narrator’s first erroneous statement was the name of the protagonist which he stated directly after claiming the woman was nameless. The next sign of the narrator’s lack of knowledge, leading to a incorrect assumption, is when the narrator explains a scenario in which the protagonist visits the shop of a butcher. Within this description the narrator, at which point was a child living in the same town as the old woman, states the woman was alone with the butcher in the shop, meaning the entire situation is a conjecture with no obvious factual evidence. Both of these points prove that the narrator of the short story is not a reliable source and the story itself is not at all factual though based on what seems to be a true story. Opening the story with the speculation...
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