...1. Which external environment factors did hurricane rita affect . Discuss. The Human resource function was affected by Hurricane Rita on the following maters: The external environment has been changed due to an unanticipated event that had direct influence on the Labor market, Competition & Custumer and there for it influence the 5 functional areas of the HRM. Perhaps the longest-lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina was its environmental damage that, in real terms, has mainly to do with public health. Significant amounts of industrial waste and raw sewage spilled directly into New Orleans neighborhoods. And oil spills from offshore rigs, coastal refineries, and even corner gas stations have also made their way into residential areas and business districts throughout the region. 2. How were the human resource functions affected by hurricane Rita? The role of the HR department is to provide the right person at the right place at the right time, after Hurricane Rita the business became worse and there were a shortage in the employment so large and small businesses were frantically trying to find workers so they could start again. That why they had to employ untrained workers who might command a premium salary. 3. Do you believe the HR situations described regarding Hurricane Rita would be typical in a disaster? Explain. Yes. HR situation in this case will be a disaster , that because they even bussed in employee from other cities each morning and returned them at night...
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...HRM Incident 1: 1. The Human resource function was affected by Hurricane Rita on the following maters: The external environment has been changed due to an unanticipated event that had direct influence on the Labor market, Competition & Custumer and there for it influence the 5 functional areas of the HRM 2. I believe it will be typical to a disaster because, like in the case of 9/11, the unanticipated event can change the way things have been until that point and there is a situation of uncertainty about the present & the future that needs the fast adjustment of the HRM in order to help the company to survive the hard time. HRM Incident 2: 1. The elements in the compeny's environment that will affect Scott's suggested plan are: A. Society - very legitimate, it can influence the public opinion about the company and by that influence the customers. B. Unions- legitimate, they can arrange a strike that can lead to sirios damages to the company. C. Shareholders- legitimate, as he been told "he souls place the interest of the shareholders above all else" if the company will lose money the shareholders can decide to close it, in that case all the employes will go home. D. Competition - legitimate, in order to sell the company must keep in line with the competitor, if they will lose the business they will have to fire everyone. E. Customers- legitimate, in the end, if there are no customers ( due to bed publicity or better price at the competitor) so there is...
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...affected by Hurricane Rita? . All of the five functions were affected by Hurricane Rita greatly. HR made sure that they got on the aftermath right away. The first function is staffing, they had people on the job right away to pick up all of the trees that had been knocked on to people's houses, lots, and businesses. Also, repair crews were working on the recovery process, repairing roofs especially. Secondly, HRD, people of businesses had to get new workers for all of their businesses. They had to train new people which took a lot of their time. Some had to give benefits for their compensation. Businesses, like Burger King, gave a $1,500 bonus for entry-level workers. People could also demand a higher pay, from minimum wage to $10 per hour. Some of the repair men weren't always in a safe or healthy environment. There were repair workers who didn't even have a good place to stay, they went to an open lot and set up tents to sleep in. Union should be there to make sure that the repair workers had an adequate place for them to stay at, instead of sleeping in tents. 2) Do you believe that the HR situation described regarding Hurricane Rita would be typical in a disaster? Explain. I do think that they would respond like this every time. As long as they were well prepared, and knew that this was going to happen ahead of time, I think that they would respond in this way. The HR got there, and got to work right away, which is exactly what they need to do. When Hurricane Katrina happened...
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...with different females and see Fred Astaire going solo while Rita Hayworth danced the Seven veil tease dance. As you can see the dancers have their careers, their fashions, and their talents. First of all, the careers of the dancers are different between the males and the females. For instance, Gene Kelly can be seen playing a sailor, a painter, and a movie star in some of his best roles. While Fred Astaire can be seen playing a supposed playboy and a famous dancing performer and a brother to a princess to be. Also sometimes men were more successful than women and made all the money for their cloths and food. On the contrary, the careers are different for females than males. For example, Rita Hayworth can be seen playing a Femme Fatale in Gilda, The romantic version of Salome, and a gypsy. On the other hand, Ann miller could be seen playing an ex-dancing partner of Fred Astaire, Bianca in Kiss me Kate and a female professor in On The Town. Also women were often able to have only minor careers and able afford things because the men especially if they were actors were kings of the hills. Secondly, the styles of male dancers are different from the female dancers. For instance, Gene Kelly could be seen wearing a variety of athletic suits and cloths. While Fred Astaire could be seen wearing tuxedos and top hats and tails. Furthermore, female dancers styles are different then the males styles. For instance, Rita Hayworth often wore gowns made of gold lame and black satin...
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...English 1010 Memoire The accident that almost cost me my life. Like every Saturday after a long week of school and work, my friend and always meet at the café in my neighborhood and set up the plan of the weekend. But that Saturday something , an special event was going on in my city cotonou. It was the 11th of may, the celebration of the death of Robert nesta marley (bob marley) . on that day something happened in my life. It help me change the way I perceive things and grow my faith. I wish It didn’t happen but at the same time it was a good experience. Every Saturday night in cotonou, is amazing. In the whole west Africa, cotonou is known as the city that party the most in the weekend. I am from that city and I used to love partying a lot till an tragic event happened in my life, a traffic accident. Let me explain a little bit how it happened. I was only 19 years old. Early in the morning around 8 am, I called my best friends kader and biggie. I asked them to meet me at the café which was the routine almost every saturday. I was already there, and while I was waiting on them I ordred the breakfast. When they got there we start setting up our plan for the night, and together enjoyed the food. Couple hour later around 10 am , I went to “missebo,” a outside clothes market 30minutes far from my house and bought my outfit of the night. As soon as I left “missebo,” I went back home. My mother was with her husband at a weeding party , so I took her car and drove it to kola’s...
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...HMGT 300 6383 Introduction to the U.S. Health Care Sector (2162) Lakendra Williams Stakeholder Analysis Professor Scott Burleson January 24, 2016 The stakeholder organization that I chose was Alzheimer’s Association. The association started in 1980 and had been in business for over 30 years. The association is a the largest nonprofit, health organization that provides support for people that may be dealing with the disease and their loved ones. The Alzheimer’s Association works on a global, and national level to fund research to find a cure for the disease. The disease can affect people that are 40 and up with 40's being and early onset of the disease. “As the largest nonprofit funder of Alzheimer's research, the Association is committed to accelerating the global progress of new treatments, preventions and ultimately, a cure. (Alz.org 2016)”. The mission of the Alzheimer's Association is: "To eliminate Alzheimer's disease through the advancement of research; to provide and enhance care and support for all affected, and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health (Alz.org 2016) Alzheimer's disease comes in three different stages. After being diagnosed with the disease, it seems that people only live a few years after the diagnosis. Having an association that fights for and advocate for those with Alzheimer’s will eventually help millions of people. “(The Alzheimer’s Association host ...
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...be given an insight into the concept of ‘texts and society’ in relation to Standard English. Under which I shall elaborate on, ‘into the world.’ The manner in which composers use this idea to bring to life their characters through the means of dramatic techniques both language and stage, their individual aspects of growing up and so transitioning into new stages of their lives. “Life consists of experiences, challenges, and achievements; all of which are building blocks that inherently create ones path to success.”Two texts, which revolve around the human experiences of facing and overcoming challenges, as you are already well aware: is the prescribed text: ‘Educating Rita’ by William Russell and the world-renowned accompanying, related novel: ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta. In Educating Rita, Russell has created the sophisticated character of Susan White a woman driven by a sense of incompetence, who struggles for an education that will take her beyond the ongoing restrictions of class and culture; her self-discovery. This notion of an individual’s search for ones own identity and so a regarded lifestyle is reflected throughout the text, Rita’s determination in not allowing herself to be bound by the expectations and limitations of others is evident through Rita’s dialogue, “I’m slightly out of step… See I wanna discover myself first.” It is her disposition to remain stoic in the face of these challenges that keeps her on her path to finding her identity and...
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...Comparison of Resiliency among Older African American Katrina Survivors Name Institution Date A Gender Comparison of Resiliency among Older African American Katrina Survivors The hurricane Katrina is rated the fifth most deadly hurricane in the history of the United States. The period of the hurricane witnessed massive destruction of property besides lost of lives. In addition to thee various forms of loss that became manifested in the period of the menace, a number of cases of psychological torture were reported due to the fear of the unknown. The coast regions reported high number of these cases with the coast line extending from central Florida to Texas experiencing the highest cases of destruction and situations of general turmoil. In connection to the harsh situations experience in this period, the reaction strategy among persons affected was different (Lawson, 2010). The manner in which persons reacted to this calamity depended on a number of factors among the ethical group, gender, geographical region besides other aspects that became highly central in the nature of the reactions. In most instances, copying strategies were adopted in order to help persons effectively adapt to the situations that also involved designing possible measures for curbing the adverse effects of the hurricane. Among the group of persons that were highly affected by the calamity was the African American community. A key attribute to this was the large number of the ethnic group along the coastal...
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...2012 Ruben “Hurricane” Carter American novelist Richard Powers once said, “We will live with racism forever but, senses of self, senses of belonging, senses of us and of others? Those are up for grabs.” What Powers is saying is racism will live among us until the end of time but, being able to have the decency to come together at a time of need is essential to our society. This reminds me of a song I once heard called Hurricane written by Bob Dylan; a 60’s American musician. Controversy in the 1960’s raised a lot of questions that influenced musicians such as Dylan to write songs regarding social and political issues; Hurricane describes the brutal story of Ruben Carter, a famous American boxer who was subjected to racism and wrongly accused of a murder crime he did not commit. Dylan told a detailed story where he used his song lyrics to take a strong stance on the case in favor of Carter’s innocence. Hurricane by Bob Dylan shows that racism in America is still in existence today. Dylan's tone of voice and its change from time to time play an outstanding effort in the conveyance of the situation at hand. The structure as well as the tone of Dylan's song is also clearly repetitive. Apart from the repetition promoting the song with rhythm it also helps with drawing the listener's attention to the parts that Dylan wants them to focus on. For example the tern 'Hurricane' which is also the title of Dylan’s song is repeated though out the entire song. The term Hurricane could be...
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...1 2 Lets Go to the Movies: Crime is big on the silver screen and the tube as well. Here you need to choose two criminal justice –related movies, which you have seen to compare and contrast them both: In this essay I will compare the similarities and contrast the differences between two crime film openings. I will be comparing The Next Three Days' and 'The Hurricane'. I will analyze the two film openings and see how they establish their own crime film genre. Genre is a way of categorizing a film. From genre, producers are able to market their films to a target audience. With some films it is difficult to categorize them as a certain genre as they may contain more than one genre. A hybrid genre is a film, which contains more than one genre. An example of a hybrid genre is 'All about the Benjamin’s' the genres in this film are comedy, romance, crime and also drama. Most films nowadays are hybrid genre as they appeal to a larger audience. These films contain both genre of drama, romance, crime, suspense, and “wrongly accusations”. A glimpse of each movie: (1) The Next Three Days: This movie stars “just to name a few” Russell Crowe as John Brennan, Elizabeth Banks as Lara Brennan, Brian Dennehy as George Brennan, and Lennie James as Lieutenant Nabulsi. This movie is about a women by the name of Lara Brennan (Banks) which is convicted of murdering her boss after an altercation at work and after a trial is sentenced to life...
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...INCIDENT 1: HR after a Disaster 1. Which external environment factor(s) did Hurricane Rita affect? Discuss. Certainly the primary external environment factor was unanticipated events. Hurricane Rita could not have been foreseen although disaster planning could overcome many of the problems. Several external environmental factors resulted from the hurricane. The labor market experienced considerable change. Remember that restaurants were having difficulty in hiring experienced workers and many of the servers had to be trained. Some customers were having difficulty in receiving supplies from producers in the area. Technology was affected as cell phone towers had been destroyed in the area and it was difficult to communicate. To complicate the situation, land lines were also down. The economy took an initial beating from the storm, but the ultimate economic stimulus produced powerful results that continue today. 2. How were the human resource functions affected by Hurricane Rita? Virtually every area of HR was affected when Hurricane Rita struck. Businesses were desperately trying to staff their business. Compensation systems had to be significantly altered. There were many untrained workers so the training function continued. Safety issues were everywhere. 3. Do you believe that the HR situation described regarding Hurricane Rita would be typical in a disaster? Explain. Certainly there can be some degree of planning for a disaster. But it is unlikely that...
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...Part 1 - Chapter 1 1-16: Which environment factors did Hurricane Rita affect? 1-17: How were the HR functions affected by Hurricane Rita? 1-18: Do you believe the HR situations described regarding Hurricane Rita would be typical in a disaster? Part 2 - Chapters 2 & 3 2-14: What would you do now if you were Norman? 2-15: Do you believe the regional HR manager handled the matter in an ethical manner? Part 3 - Chapters 4-6 5-21: Do you believe Bobby has a legitimate complaint? 5-22: Explain the benefits of a promotion from within policy. Would such a policy be appropriate for Crystal? Part 4 - Chapters 7 & 7's Appendix- Chapter 8 8-23: Evaluate the career planning and development program at this company. 8-24: What actions might have prevented Bob’s resignation? Part 5 - Chapters 9-10 9-24: Explain the advantage of a piecework pay system such as that at Ram. 9-25: What might be problems associated with the piecework pay system? Part 6 - Chapter 11 11-23: Why did all the operators shut down their machines? 11-24: If you were Marcus, what would you do now? Part 7 - Chapters 12 & 12's Appendix- Chapter 13 13-19: What do you think is likely to be Manuel’s problem? 13-20: Might a substance-free workplace be appropriate for Bill Brown’s company? If so what would the steps in establishing such a workplace? 13-21: How might use of an employee assistance program help in this situation? Part 8 - Chapter 14 14-16: What...
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...Educating Rita Comparison of the book and the film “Educating Rita” is a play written by Willy Russel in 1979 that takes place in Northern England at the Open University. To give a short introduction of the play, we meet the two main characters, Rita and Frank. Frank teaches literature and poetry on the Open University, where Rita also wants to learn. She finds herself as being boring, and instead of being a hairdresser, she wants to succeed in what she really wants to do – get herself to know as a person by doing literature and by writing essays. A book and a film are hardly ever exactly the same, often because of the setting and locations, scenes and the number of characters we meet during the play. In the book “Educating Rita” by Willy Russel, we meet a number of characters who have some kind of a relationship to either Rita or Frank. For instance we meet Frank’s girl, Julia, Rita’s husband, Denny and Rita’s family. In the film we meet the same characters including several more as for instance the singing people at the pub besides Rita’s mother and father, the students at the Open University, Julia’s lover etc. One of the reasons, why we meet several more characters in the film is because, it is much easier to put characters into the scenes, even though they are not important or do not say anything. The characters make you visualize the following situations more clear, while the book can only give you a picture of what is written, and of course your own imagination....
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...Evaluation of Websites Credibility The Alzheimer's Association Gwendolyn M. Spong Chamberlain College of Nursing NUR 500 The website I decided to investigate and assess on its credibility is the Alzheimer's Association site (http://www.alz.org). The Alz.org is a site which offers valuable information to those affected and their loved ones as well as extensive research in the hopes of eliminating this disease. I have taken care of many patients that suffer from dementia and they as well as their families have a special place in my heart; therefore I decided to take a closer look at the Alzheimer's Association website. I used Google search engine to find a government or organization website related to Alzheimer's and the number two result in my search was Alz.org. The domain of the website for Alz.org is the ending .org which indicates that the website is operated by an organization and more specifically the Alzheimer's Association is a non-profit organization (Roberts, 2010). This paper will evaluate the Alzheimer's Association websites credibility including the sites authority, information, objectivity, ease of navigation, privacy and security policies; in addition, it will cover reasons for professional nurses to assess information on the internet and how the information from the website can be helpful to them. Today anybody has the ability to create a website and have their thoughts and opinions displayed to the public, however, we have to ask ourselves is the information...
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...Biographical Films Jenna Nelson December 12, 2014 JASS 248 Professor Erik Marshall Analysis Essay-The Five Heartbeats; The Film Genre of Biopics The Five Heartbeats (1991), directed by Robert Townsend, is a movie that I know all too well. This film effectively portrays the highs and the lows of the music industry and how it affects the members of a group. In this essay, I will analyze the cinematography, mis-en-scéne and the importance of music in films such as this one. I will also expound upon the genre of biographical films and how they contribute to society. Biographical films, or “biopics” represents the life history of an actual person or group. Unlike documentary film, biopics employ actors to play the roles of these individuals: they are dramatized, fictional films. Biopics are often marketed as being “inspired by” or “based on” the lives of famous people including entertainers, royalty, scientists and even criminals. Dennis Bingham conducted a study on biographical films and discusses and history of the biography. He also looks at the various forms of the biopic, including theatrical releases, made-for-television movies and short films. Bingham argues that biopics of women are structured so differently from male biopics as to constitute their own genre. The conventions of the female biopic have proven much more intractable than the male biopic. This is due to society’s difficulty with the very issue of women in the public sphere. The difficulty kept...
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