...every member of the department left. Pete is a perfect example of the workplace axiom that job-seekers join great companies but leave because of bad bosses. Maybe you have a boss who is sexist or racist. Or perhaps a boss who takes all the credit for himself. Maybe your boss thinks you have no life outside work and makes you stay late everyday. Or perhaps a boss who gives out too many tasks with impossible to meet deadlines (or constantly changing deadlines). Maybe your boss is a pathological liar. Or perhaps the boss plays favorites. Bad bosses -- whether ogres, control freaks, jerks, micromanagers, or bumbling fools -- can be found in all organizations. Pop culture loves to make fun of bad bosses, from the pointy-haired boss in the Dilbert comic strip, to the completely insipid boss from "The Office," to the anal-compulsive and mean boss of the movie Office Space... but bad bosses are no laughing matter when you have to face him or her every working day. And, unfortunately, with the rightsizing of the last several years, there are probably more overworked and undertrained bosses than ever. It's also possible, though, that bad bossing is just part of the...
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...Narration Seen 1st Hello everyone , Here we present a skit on corporate office of Kela co-op ltd. This is an organization which sales computers. There is a target meeting going on in the conference hall, where Sushil is heading the meet of his employees. Sushil: hello everyone, Who are we??? Everyone: We are the champions. Sushil: i don’t think we are any more. Did u had a look at sales review of last quarter. Pathetic , kapil what are you doing. Kapil: I tried my best sir. Sushil: I don’t need your best. I need your numbers. Please have a look, there is a continuous decline in your sales Mr Kothari one of the most important client of our company. Kapil: sorry sir. Sushil: you better be. Kalash i was expecting a good number form you that you should have delivered. Kalash: Sir, I won’t let you down this time. Sushil: good job kumar. You are learning well. Kumar: thank you sir. I have been facing lot of problems in recent time. Please help me. Sushil: no worries kumar. You can anytime walk in my cabin . you be with kalash instead of being with kapil stupid. Kapil: BOSSSSS .......!!!! Aakash: ......... Sushil: kapil you better don’t argue with me. We will disperse for today. I Hope i will get better results next time. Seen 2nd As you saw everybody got firing from the boss for there poor performance, those everybody has to pull there socks and perform well. Now there is a vacancy for a post of sales consultant in the organization . the interview has been schedule...
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... G332/MMC3407 Section 03 Visual Communication in the Media - 2013 Summer Quarter Todd Woods August 17, 2013 Week 07 Written Assignment – Morals and Ethics in Cartoons My morals and ethics in Cartoons example is a comic strip I found on www.dilbert.com. This comic strip details the dilemma of the character Dilbert trying to access a website that the security department at his workplace has placed a block on. Dilbert is in need of accessing this site for a business reason. Dilbert visits the Security department at his workplace to have them unblock this website for him, so that he can access for a business reason. The security guy says websites can only be unlocked if the Director of Human Resources sends written approval. The Director of Human Resources states that he can only make recommendations to the CIO (Chief Information Officer). The CIO yells at Dilbert for bothering him for this issue, and tells him to go back to his hole and think about the career mistake that he made. The last section at the meeting with his department, Dilbert asks if they can skip what they accomplished this week. The dilemma that Dilbert is struggling with is very obvious, as he tries to get to a site to help with his work, and spends a lot of time going through channels only to get shot down, talked down to, and basically told he just made the biggest mistake of his career. Dilbert’s dilemma was never resolved; the website he needed unblocked is still blocked...
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...TO GIVE A SPEECH How to Give a Speech Laura Sands Arizona State University Speech 2 How to Give a Speech A rapidly increasing research base has revealed innate problems in age-related speech. Since the late 1940s . . . Sands 1 Laura Sands Professor Matos COM 225 Oct. 17, 2001 How to Give a Speech A rapidly increasing research base has revealed innate problems in age-related speech. Since the late 1940s . . . Journal Article MLA= Modern Language Association Title Page Format Headings & Subheadings: MLA does not use headings or subheadings in their essays. Margins: 1 inch on all sides (more may be needed on top to allow for the header. Works Cited Dilbert, John et al. The History of Sufi Dancing. Springfield, MA: Merriam, 1996. Roth, Gabrielle, Jennifer Beale, and John Wayne. “Metaphysical Dance.” Crystalinks Main...
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...1. Assume that you are a consultant for a marketer who wants to design a package for a new designer perfume targeted to an affluent market. What recommendations would you provide in terms of such package elements as color, symbolism, and graphic design? Give the reasons for your suggestions. ANSWER: Dilbert comic strip once said: “Quality is yesterday’s news. Today we focus on the emotional impact of the product”. Packaging of the product acts as a vehicle for consumer communication and branding. Previously, people perceived packaging just as “the cover” or commonly used for the protection of the product, just to protect it from the damage. Its function has now not only limited as “cover” but now evolved as the marketing tools(Silayoi & Speece , 2007 ) The importance of packaging design and the use of packaging as a vehicle for communication and branding is growing (Rettie and Brewer, 2000). Packaging takes an important role in marketing communication element because consumers don’t think too deeply about brands at all before they go to purchase. According to one of the study conducted, it was estimated that 73 percent of purchase decisions are made at the point of sale (Connolly and Davidson, 1996). Packaging in the perfume business can be used as a sensory marketing. The marketers should pay extra attention to the impact of the sensation the packaging should be able to create a competitive advantage. With the increasing attention to sensory marketing, the marketers...
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...Jordan Miller English 101 9/23/14 Summary “The Case for Working With Your Hands,” or why office work is bad for us and fixing things feels good is a book that reflects on this idea. This is a piece of philosophy is written by Matthew Crawford, who is seen by the public as an unorthodox philosopher. The conclusion that Crawford draws is that we have a generation of people now that is equipped for office work, but we lack in the practical skills needed to blossom in a cubicle setting. Crawford says, this is a tragedy to some degree, because manual labor is often more rewarding than office work. He believed this to be true in his own work life, and his book explores this. It critiques the current working culture in the world and exploring...
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...MIDTERM ESSAY CHARLIE MITCHELL LIBERTY UNIVERSITY “For if they that are of the law are heirs, faith is made of none effect: for the law worketh wrath, but where there is no law; neither is there transgression” (Romans 4:14-15 ASV). Introduction: It is often noted, “There’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end” (Adam Scott, Cartoonist-Dilbert, Quote, 4144). Such is the case in point of World War II. The strategy of two world powers (Germany and Japan) willed their dominance on other countries, will be greatly tested over the course of time in the 1940’s. “Life has its ups and downs, for many people it is an ongoing battle: a conflict of values, a battle of beliefs, a struggle of wills, and a war of nerves. God never promise to go with us through every conflict” (Hindson, Ed (2003), Courageous Faith: Life Lessons From Old Testament Heroes, pg. 77). (A) Japan Man and his greed to possess material things he deems of importance, lead to Japan’s downfall. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor Showa, 1926-1989), principles objective leading up to the despicable assault on the United States were: (1) To develop dominance, and become the leading country of a so-called, “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity sphere (August, 1940). (2) Economic reasons, Japan required East Asia raw material and land for its growing population. (3) Disagreement with United States imposed embargo on supplying oil...
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...below. Thanks to everyone circling back to me with your comments. All hands were on deck for this activity. Let’s take the time to celebrate this important team win! ** 2. If you’re an MBA at Business School right now, stop studying for that Accounting test next week. I’m going to make it much easy for you to succeed in your career. 3. Assuming you get your MBA, you’re going to have a basic requisite degree on your resume when applying for most managerial jobs. So, what’s going to ensure you get the job and then get promoted to middle management? Well, aside from combing your hair, brushing your teeth, and wearing nice looking clothes to the interview, you’ve got to be able to speak well. 4. We all laugh at how the managers in Dilbert or on the The Office constantly spew cliches that don’t seem to mean anything. But those parodies shed light on a basic truth: some tired management...
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...Virginia Williams Brooke Marcum English 1-24-13 “For Your Information” “FYI,” TMI”, and “Talk to The Hand”, were the most popular phrases of the 90’s. They were widely used by teenagers in every aspect of their lives. These three phrases are indicative of my generation because of their meanings, usage, and effects that they had on my generation. These three phrases made my generation what it is today and will for generations to come. The phrase “FYI” became popular through the widely televised show “The Simpson’s.” From there the phrase caught on among teenagers, other TV shows, and even fashion. Another popular TV show that used the phrase was The American situation comedy “Murphy Brown.” Murphy Brown was a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for, ‘’FYI,’’ a fictional CBS television news magazine. This phrase dates back to 1941, and along with many other ones it also showed up in corporate lingo. You would use this phrase when a ‘’know it all’’ person would try to correct you to which you would say,” FYI” to make them feel embarrassed in front of everybody. The phrase “TMI” became popular through many tv shows. The first tv show to use it was Scrubs then Clueless and many more. You would use this phrase when somebody would tell you more than you needed and wanted to know. You would say this to the person who gave you every little detail of an event. I remember my mom asked me what me and my best friend were talking about on the phone so I...
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...**WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF LIVING ETHICALLY? Ethical people are basically people who can recognize the difference between right and wrong. To me, being ethical can translate into being decisive. When you are decisive you do not waste time being in conflict, you have direction and purpose. A decisive person knows what he/she wants and fulfills it. An ethical person has a set of core values as his/her foundation and uses this to navigate life; having this sense means that you do not have to waste time being "wishy-washy" in things. So a major benefit in an ethical life is that you have a stable life and you are not in conflict with yourself. Ethical living is the philosophy of making decisions for daily life which take into account ethics and moral values, particularly with regard to consumerism, sustainability, environmentalism, wildlife and animal welfare. At present it is largely a personal choice, and not an organized social movement. Ethical living is an offshoot of sustainable living, in which the individual initially takes a series of small lifestyle changes in order to limit their effect on the environment. Making the decision to start to live ethically, can be as easy as beginning to recycle, switching off electric lights when leaving a room, buying local organic or fair-trade produce. Though many people often go further by re-using/re-cycling waste water, using renewable resources in their homes (solar panels or atmospheric water generators), giving up...
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...1. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint Exupery 2. Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach 3. Illusions - Richard Bach 4. Bridge Across Forever - Richard Bach 5. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho 6. 100 years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 7. Love in the time of cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 8. Catcher in the rye - J.D. Salinger 9. To kill a mocking bird - Harper Lee 10. The bridges of madison county - Robert James Waller 11. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller 12. The Love Story - Erich Segal 13. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand 14. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand 15. We the people - Ayn Rand 16. Nana - Emile Zola 17. A Farewell to arms - Ernest Hemingway 18. Across the river and into the trees - Ernest Hemingway 19. The old man and the sea - Ernest Hemingway 20. Jeeves and wooster( this is a series consisting of about 50 books approx.) - PG Wodehouse (Russian authors) 21. Anna karenina - Leo Tolstoy 22. War and peace - Leo Tolstoy 23. A collection of Short stories - Maxim Gorky 24. Notes from the underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky 25. Crime and Punishment -Fyodor Dostoevsky 26. The brothers karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky 27. The Double - Fyodor Dostoevsky 28. The Devils - Fyodor Dostoevsky 29. The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoevsky 30. Short Stories - Anton Chekhov 31. Grapes of wrath - John Steinbeck 32. East of Eden -John Steinbeck 33. Nineteen Eighty four - George Orwell 34. Animal Farm - George Orwell 35. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - Robert...
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...Management Managing Change and Innovation Geronimo L. Jamisola II MBE-TEP PLM Learning Objectives At the end of this presentation, you should be able to answer the following questions: • What factors create the need for change? • Is change a continual or occasional process ? • How do organizations manage change and resistance to change? • What are some current issues in managing change? • How to make change successful? • What is innovation and how does it occur in organizations? • How do organizations stimulate innovation? What is Organizational Change? • Organizational Change – Any alterations in the people, structure, or technology of an organization • Characteristics of Change – Is constant yet varies in degree and direction – Produces uncertainty yet is not completely unpredictable – Creates both threats and opportunities • Managing change is an integral part of every manager’s job Forces For Change • External forces – Changing consumer needs and wants – New Governmental laws and regulations – Changing Technology – Labour markets shifts – Economic and social changes • Internal Forces – New organizational strategy – Change in composition of Workforce – New equipment – Changing Employee attitudes – Compensation and benefits Two Views of the Change Process • The Calm Waters Metaphor – Kurt Lewin: Change is a break in the organization’s equilibrium state. 3 Step Change Process (see exhibit 1): • Unfreezing the status quo • Changing to a new state • Refreezing to make...
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...Ethical Public Relations: Not an Oxymoron1 by Steven R. Van Hook, PhD The Public Relations department is frequently the ethical heart of an organization. Internal and external PR communications control of the flow of good and bad news to the staff and community. The PR team copes with company crises. PR pros sit at the elbows of top officers drafting a company's mission statements, its strategies, its vision. PR people are often put on the spot — if not to determine the morality of a course, at least to help envision the fallout. Fortunately there are valuable touchstone tools for finding our way. We might dive deep into pools of ethical thoughts by such as Bentham, Kant, Rawls and Machiavelli. Ethics theories range from Utilitarianism ("The greatest good for the greatest number") to Deontology ("Do what is right, though the world should perish"). Or, more to the point, we can examine codes of standards through public relations guilds such as the IABC. On a global scale, there's the International Public Relations Association Code of Conduct adopted in Venice in 1961. The CSEP project gathered 850 codes of ethics culled from professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. And we can exercise a quick reality check courtesy of PR Watch, a watchdog group combating "manipulative and misleading PR practices." Throughout the many schools of ethics and conduct, there are some common threads. For example: Don't lie. Ever. One thing we've ...
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...The Evolution of Management Theories Management Theories Industrial Revolution (1700’s – 1800’s) - Moved from Agrarian to Manufacturing Society - Adam Smith – The Wealth of Nations - Division of labor (pin factory example) Scientific Management (1890’s – 1930’s) - Frederick Taylor - Time & Motion Studies - “Fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work” Management Theories Bureaucracy – Max Weber (1930’s – 1950’s) - All activities follow the organizational hierarchy - Strong lines of authority & control - Formal selection, rules & regulations - Only qualified persons are employed (no nepotism) Management Theories Humanistic Management (1930’s – 1970’s) Hawthorne Studies - Elton Mayo – Father of Human Relations - Western Electric Plant in Hawthorne, IL - “”Hawthorne Effect”; “Spotlight Effect” Management Theories POSDCORB (1937) - Luther Gulick Management by Objectives (1954) - Peter Drucker - Goals are set for employee to achieve - People end up working for themselves Theory X & Theory Y (1960) - Douglas McGregor Theory X & Theory Y Theory X People do not really want to work. They are self-interested and prefer leisure over work. If managers relax, sloppiness sets in. Theory Y Workers find work enjoyable & satisfying “Work is Play” Workers will exercise self-direction and self-control. Workers can solve problems creatively. Theory X People do not really want to work. They are self-interested and prefer leisure over work. Managers have to structure...
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...FARC, Nuisance or Threat? TAMEIKA ABRON Security 315 March 9, 2012 Dr. Thomas Dilbert FARC. Nuisance or Threat? Early twentieth century Colombia was fraught with political and social injustice. The majority of individuals aligned with either the Conservative Party or the Liberal Party. The country had mainly two notable socio-economic classes. Colombia’s ruling party, at that time, was considered an oligarchy. The small group of wealthy people governing the nation did so with the interest of the wealthy in mind. Members of the wealthy socio-economic class were largely landowners. Peaseants worked the land for poor wages, many for generations. structure; defining the Corporate Public Policy. Our text defines the concept of CSR as, requiring the individual to consider his/her actions in terms of a whole social system, and holds him/her responsible for the effects of those acts anywhere in that system. These are essential concepts that are often absent from a managerial standpoint. Corporate Social Responsibility should exist within every company's infrastructure; however, social integrity is not something that is often at the forefront of modern day business dealings. Ethics, business, and society must work in concert to provide sustainable products and services that have the least negative impact. Ethics are a necessary and critical ingredient in any successful organization. Maintaining an ethical climate requires a moral and conscientious outlook by all personnel...
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