...2008, that fear drastically evolved into a trauma; Once I watched the movie called, ‘IT’, by Stephen King. From that day forward I found myself screaming and crying at the top of my lungs every time I seen a clown. Imagining that they were evil killers just like the intimidating clown of the movie. The trauma was so intense that when there was a fund raiser event held at my elementary school , Browning Pearce , the clown Ronald McDonald was there to meet and greet every child , including me, and once it was my turn to actually see him I fainted and collapsed onto the floor . As I came to my senses, my mother, Brenda forced me to watch the movie, ‘IT', including a bunch of other clown cartoons. I had to watch them for a whole week nonstop, even before I did my homework or went to church. Watching almost 168 hours of clowns on television; I finally realized that my horror of clowns had vanished into thin air. The next day I told my mother that the anxiety was gone, so she told me to get in the car and she drove us to a local McDonalds where Ronald McDonald was at. She had me meet him again, but, this time I didn't faint; I actually thought he was a funny cool clown. In conclusion, I became indomitable of clowns and with the help of my mother disciplining me to face my trepidation of them; the word FEAR had ceased to exist anymore within me. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ...
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.... How should McDonald's respond when ads promoting healthy lifestyles featuring Ronald McDonald are equated with Joe camel and cigarette ads? Should McDonalds's eliminate Ronald McDonald in its ads? Eliminating Ronald McDonald, who is the brand mascot, is not the solution. Rather many people connect with Ronald McDonald emotionally. According to a survey, Ronald is among top 25 mascots of all times. (Top survey, 2007) Ronald McDonalds can visit to schools for educating students about the importance of health and a healthy lifestyle. This will have the positive image of the mascot and further, Ronald McDonald could involve in charities where the mascot can be seen in giving charities to the unfortunate children. All the above would help in gaining the image of Ronald McDonalds back. McDonald should react to this issue in a calm and positive way as still many kids and parents are in love with the Ronald and would like to see their favorite whenever they visit to the outlet. By making people know that it is the perception which people will need to change. By imbibing healthier lifestyle is the solution, not protesting the mascot. 2. Discuss the merits of the law proposed by France that would require fast-food companies either to add a health message to commercials or to pay 1.5 % tax on their ad budget. Propose a strategy for McDonald's to pay the tax or add health message and defend your recommendation. The law would make the advertisers to add a health message in their...
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...February 19, 2012 The McDonald Observatory The McDonald Observatory is located on Mount Locke in the Davis Mountains of West Texas. This observatory was constructed in the 1930s. The initial funding for construction came from Texan banker, William Johnson McDonald, who left provisions in his will that $800,000 be donated to the University of Texas at Austin in order to construct an astronomical observatory. This structure which is open to the public sees more than 60,000 visitors each year. Likewise, the observatory has been the center of attraction for many astronomers, and its numerous resources have also contributed to the discovery and continuous research of many astronomic phenomena. The McDonald Observatory is presently the property of the University of Texas at Austin and currently receives most of its funding from them. It operates four research telescopes. One of the most pronounced features attached to the observatory is Otto Struve Telescope. When this telescope was dedicated in 1939 it was then the second biggest telescope in the world. Two other telescope note mentioning are the Harlan J. Smith Telescope (named after once director of the observatory, Harlan J. Smith), and the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (known to be the fifth largest telescope in the world). The Hobby-Eberly is arguably the observatory’s most prized possession. This powerful telescope specializes in spectroscopy which enables astronomers to get a glimpse at stars, planets, and galaxies located...
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...marketing continued to improve sales. McDonalds is one of the top U.S fast-food joints. It has been around since 1937. Patrick McDonald opened “The airdrome” restaurant on route 66 near the airport in California. In 1940 his two sons, Maurice and Richard (“Mac” and “Dick”), Moved the entire building and later renamed it McDonalds. They had sold hamburgers for ten cents and then all you can drink orange juice for five cents. The McDonalds Corporation made many new stops to build. In the early 1960s McDonalds really began to take off. The growth in U.S automobile use that came with suburbanization contributed heavily to their success. Later Kroc bought the McDonalds brothers, aiming to make it the number one fast-food chain in the country. McDonald’s role was to feed the hungry people that came in. They a lot of people in the 60’s because the demand for it became greater. Around 1968 McDonald restaurants reached all 50 states. It was said that a new McDonalds opened every five hours somewhere in the world. The public face of McDonalds was created in 1963 with the introduction of a clown we all know as Ronald McDonald. The “M” symbol we all see at every McDonald is the most enduring logo, lasting longer than the tall arches that had once dominated the rooftops of earlier restaurants. Other symbols that we remember are the Big Mac, the egg McMuffin, Happy Meals, and the Chicken McNuggets. It is normal for us to walk in any McDonalds and say automatically what we want. By emphasizing...
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...2008, that fear drastically evolved into a trauma; Once I watched the movie called, ‘IT’, by Stephen King. From that day forward I found myself screaming and crying at the top of my lungs every time I seen a clown. Imagining that they were evil killers just like the intimidating clown of the movie. The trauma was so intense that when there was a fund raiser event held at my elementary school , Browning Pearce , the clown Ronald McDonald was there to meet and greet every child , including me, and once it was my turn to actually see him I fainted and collapsed onto the floor . As I came to my senses, my mother, Brenda forced me to watch the movie, ‘IT', including a bunch of other clown cartoons. I had to watch them for a whole week nonstop, even before I did my homework or went to church. Watching almost 168 hours of clowns on television; I finally realized that my horror of clowns had vanished into thin air. The next day I told my mother that the anxiety was gone, so she told me to get in the car and she drove us to a local McDonalds where Ronald McDonald was at. She had me meet him again, but, this time I didn't faint; I actually thought he was a funny cool clown. In conclusion, I became indomitable of clowns and with the help of my mother disciplining me to face my trepidation of them; the word FEAR had ceased to exist anymore within me. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ...
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...interactional justice Pachsiry Chompukum Chulalongkorn University Abstract Businesses are facing up to high competitive pressure, especially banking industry. After 1997 crisis, banking industry meet more challenges from new financial landscape. Aiming to improve organizational performance, they have been adopting management tools, namely performance management. To enhance impacts of performance management, it is important to understand employees’ perceived performance management effective since the process requires high involvement and commitment from employees. Data were collected from 476 employees in the four largest banks in Thailand. Results from structural equations analyses support hypothesized model that attitudes towards performance evaluation directly relate to perceived performance management effectiveness and interactional justice mediates the coaching- perceived performance management effectiveness. Discussion, limitation and future research are included. Keywords: Banking industry in Thailand, Banking industry and performance management, Effectiveness and performance management, Interactional justice, Performance Management. . This research was supported by Chulalongkorn University Centenary Academic Development Project. Performance management, Page 1 Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies INTRODUCTION The increasingly competitive environment of the 1980s, which continued throughout the recessionary 1990s still remains a dominant factor today...
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...Problem: In the case of “Thomas Green: power, office politics, and a career in Crisis”, it describes the dilemma of Thomas Green who works in a company called Dynamic Display. Thomas was recruited as an account executive, and then five months later, he was promoted as a Senior Market Specialist directly by the President Shannon McDonald. Thomas’s boss Frank Davis hadn’t expected to choose Green as the new senior market specialist, and he was very dissatisfied with Green’s work style and performance three months after the promotion. After being informed that Frank Davis had emailed McDonald about his concerns about Green’s performance, Green was getting really worried about his situation and not sure how to explain his perspective to McDonald. I’m going to analyze the issue for Green and suggest solutions to solve the problem. Conclusion and Recommendation: Green had strong ambition and willingness to achieve a high selling growth for the company. However, Green was so concentrated on goals without observing the surrounding situation; it caused a failure for him to adapt his work style. Plus lacking a managerial experience, Green wasn’t able to look at issues based on a structural and long term view. Thus he would decide to avoid interactions with Davis after the first criticism, rather than improving his performance and rebuilding the relationship with Davis. In addition, both roles that Green and Davis had were dependent upon collecting information; however, it seemed that...
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...I have learned that judgment is very important when evaluating. Evaluation is another important lesson that I have learned. This has also helped me become better at evaluating essays. Amitai Etzioni’s essay, Working at McDonald’s has helped me understand what evaluation simply is. Etzioni uses examples such as “McDonald’s is bad for your kids.” (par. 1) “We know that’s a strong topic sentence to start with. A few more examples are, “Closer examination, however, finds the McDonald’s kind of job highly uneducational in several ways. Far from providing opportunities for entrepreneurship (the lemonade stand) or self-discipline, self-supervision, and self-scheduling (the paper route), most teen jobs these days are highly structured — what social scientists call “highly routinized.” (par.6) “The hours are often long. Among those 14 to 17, a third of fast-food employees (including some school dropouts) labor more than 30 hours per week, according to the Charper-Fraser study. Only 20 percent work 15 hours or less. The rest: between 15 and 30 hours.” (par. 12) If we look at these few examples, we should have learned that he almost has a [powerful] topic sentence which follows detailed details after. Etzioni is trying to show his point that working at McDonalds is bad for your children. I have also learned from the first writing activity on page 254, that we would start of analyzing his writing. Then we had learned how to use factual details. On the next activity we had learned reasoning/shared...
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...because the Consultation and Education Department is a resource used by many individuals. Currently, the C and E department have programs in the schools, divorce and family workshops, and accept self referrals for drug and alcohol abuse. The current dilemma is that not all of the centers are fully staffed and have active departments. Henry McDonald proposed that the centers, “Implement consultation and education as a percentage of each professional’s work (Lewis, Packard & Lewis). The reality is that funding is a major issue for the center and the C and E department is the focus of a possible program to be cut. According to Henry McDonald, “Consultation and Education are luxuries and they do not bring in the funding the program needs. McDonald’s thought is to do away with the program and invest the money and resources into programs that carry their weight by bringing in extra revenue. The Greenby Community Mental Health Center must decide on whether to discontinue the program and services or create a strategic plan to help the program become a profitable resource. Process Evaluation Measure Process evaluation involves assessing agency activities to determine whether programs are operating in...
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...Employee Evaluation Form |I. Employee Information | |Employee Name |Job Title | |Supervisor/Reviewer |Review Period | | |From: / / To: / / | |II. Core Values and Objectives | |Performance Category |Rating |Comments and Examples | |Quality of Work: |( Exceeds expectations | | |Work is completed accurately (few or no |( Meets expectations | | |errors), efficiently and within deadlines with |( Needs improvement | | |minimal supervision |( Unacceptable | | |Attendance & Punctuality: ...
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...Kristal Charles November 11, 2013 EDU 225 Christy Faux Software to Support Assessment Using assessments can be very a very difficult part of teaching. Evaluating a child’s performance in school can be very hard, but a necessary part of the educational process. For many, assessments mean test. Students and parents view these assessments as a way to out-do their classmates and compete to see who is able to get the highest grade. They don’t view these assessments as a way to know if they understand the things being taught. Assessments are created to serve a purpose. They help diagnose learning disabilities, identify a student in need, and help the district meet their yearly goals Technology to Facilitate Ongoing Efforts to Assess Student Learning Teachers are able to use technology in many different ways. Teachers us observation, making adjustments when needed in a lesson, communication, written assignments, and giving tests to help each student know their strengths, and weaknesses. To make sure no child is left behind a teacher needs to evaluate the child’s daily, monthly, and quarterly progress. This will help the teacher understand what is each child still needs help on. By modifying the curriculum for some of the children this will help each one individually. Students should have the opportunity to use assessments in their class to help understand all the tasks that are being assigned during. The software being used can include many things. Including presentation...
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...Self- Assessment Orlando Polite Juanita Murrell BUS 520 – Leadership and Organizational October 21, 2013 The Johari Window is for improving self-awareness, and mutual understanding between individuals. It can also be used to assess and improve relationships with others. Recognizing what others see in us is something that we may not be aware of and accept. One must believe and trust an individual before sharing personal information ("Johari Window," 2010). This paper will discuss some profiles of my personality characteristics and evaluation results. Also summarize assessment results. Then analyze how the scores play a part with relationships and career choices. The profile of my features displays my personal preference and is consistently decisive. I tend to get work done under stressful conditions. I show a lot of positive feedback as a manager. I am extremely confident with my work and decisions. Managers are not perfect, so we tend to make mistakes and learn from them. Being able to take criticism makes an individual a better person and a good manager. Being able to work long hours and with standing prejudices and biases situation is one of my strong points (Schermerhorn, Osborn, Uhl-Bien & Hunt, 2012). My primary mission as a leader is change. I have a lot of concern on what my employers want in life and always thinking of the long term. In this position, I am not only a leader but a teacher. Employees...
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...WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 Creating Your Dream Job STUDENT: NDOWAR, TECUMSAY PROFESSOR: MCGRATH, CHRISTOPHER BUS310 DATE: DECEMBER 1, 2013 PAGE 1 Create a job description and specifications for your dream job. Research and Development Specialist Job Description: Execute and lead all product research and development activities for approved business initiatives in a cross-functional and collaborative manner in an effort to support in coordinating design, development, validation, and documentation of systems & components. Provide technical support in response to customer needs and typically interacting with engineers at commercial, industrial, and other establishments. Collaborate with other personnel throughout the organization. Assess customer needs and develop solutions utilizing company resources to meet those needs. Communicate project specifics with company’s operational personnel to ensure that the objective of the project is accomplished in accordance with the customers schedule and needs. Provide accurate and current progress reports to management on the status of work activities including critical customer-related activities, and other projects as assigned. Product development, product improvement and product testing. Lab and Field performance testing. Project specific performance improvements. Customer correspondence for all...
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...Central Luzon Division of City Schools DAYOS COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Makati City S.Y. 2014 – 2015 VISION/MISSION The institution aims to empower the students to become successful and productive individuals of the society by building programs that will help them further develop their skills and give them knowledge and values that they can use in the future. The institution is committed to provide activities and offering services that will hone them to become competent individuals in the future. GUIDANCE SERVICES/PROGRAMS | SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES | ACTIVITY/METHODS/STRATEGIES | TIME FRAME | MATERIALS | TARGET PARTICIPANTS | Testing Services * Entrance Examination * Personality Tests * Mental Ability * Aptitude Tests * Achievement tests * Assessment of Values and Habits * Emotional adjustment | * The students will be able to gain further knowledge about their strengths and weaknesses * The guidance counselor and teachers will be able to provide basis for research and information on other needs of the student * The students will be able to know their potentials | * Notification of applicants * Administration and scoring of tests * Interpretation of tests results * Dissemination of test results | * April to May 2014 * All year round | * Test papers * Folders | * Incoming First Year College Students * All Students | Information Services * EnrollmentOrientation * Consultation Information Forum | * To provide...
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...components and ensure that each component has been adequately met. According to Louwers, Ramsay, Sinason, and Strawser (2007) the five components to internal controls include: 1. Control environment – Involves the tone of the organization and includes “the integrity, ethical values, and competence of the company's people” (Louwers, Ramsay, Sinason, & Strawser, 2007). 2. Risk assessment – Involves a thorough assessment which “identify(s) risks, estimate their significance and likelihood, and consider how to manage the risks” (Louwers, Ramsay, Sinason, & Strawser, 2007). 3. Control activities – Involve specific actions which help ensure that management’s objectives and expectations are carried out. 4. Monitoring – Ongoing evaluation of internal controls performed on a timely basis. 5. Information and Communication – Relates to the efficiency and reliability of information and communication refers to how the information is presented to communicated to users. |Defining the Control Environment |Yes/No | |Is there a clear method of assigning authority and responsibility? | | |Is there a clear transparency within the audit trail? | | |Are company policies and practices accessible understood at the employee level? ...
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