...Determining Your Perfect Position Paper As employees of the Fire Department of Puerto Rico have to be alert for when the time to determine the position of leadership in an emergency, when you're meeting or shift manager. It is impressive as this is central government and not an organization as such but can be implemented at any time the leadership and people depend on us in any emergency. We need to identify our strengths and weaknesses, we have the perfect job as one would like to earn a lot of money the important thing is to achieve leadership position at the right time. Leadership, "is the ability to lead a team with a view towards achieving a number of objectives. In the opinion of the five major models of leadership, extraversion is the most important trait of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience "(Robbins & Judge, 2011). They showed moderate strength in the following categories: kindness, emotional stability, openness to experience and awareness, with the openness to experience that has the lowest score. They showed high resistance to extraversion. People with positive emotional, security stand up well under pressure. "People with low scores can become anxious, insecure, nervous, or in the worst scenario when a heavy depressed" (Robbins & Judge, 2011). They has high scores in this area, so stress management is one of its strengths. A weakness that became evident through leadership assessment was openness to experience...
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...LDR 531- Determining Your Perfect Position Paper Marilyn Soto University of Phoenix Professor Nicole Seldon July 16, 2012 All companies have a specific way of planning their organizations success. There are basic six steps of the planning process include 1) situational analysis (in which planners gather and analyze data), 2) alternative goals and plans (alternate goals and objectives that are broad based and designed to be pursued in the future), 3) goal and plan evaluation (assess advantages and disadvantages for proposed goals and plans), 4) goal and plan selection(managers select appropriate goals and plans for support to the organization), 5) implementation (managers and employees must understand plans to fully support and achieve certain goals), and finally 6) monitor and control (ensures plans are implemented properly). In the following I will analysis the organization of Wal-Mart. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. is one of the biggest chains of corporations when it comes down to department discount stores. Wal-mart is considered one of the leading public corporation according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500 (Fortune Global 500, 2007). Wal-mart was founded in 1962, and incorporated in October 31, 1969, by Sam Walton. Wal-mart is known for having stores nationwide as well as international one but with a different name. The steps of planning this organizations success have been followed though and thought-out very well so that the organization can have it’s success, not...
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...In a company that is expanding and restructuring tasks and positions to reclassified happens as companies seek a new approach to improve or expand in the global market. To be working in a company in which I was given the option of which position would do for the well being of it and contribute to success would be as responsible for the human resources department. For me, the human resources department is an essential basis for the correct operation of the company as the department handles attitudes, motivation, strategic planning, training, follow-ups situations or conflicts between employees. The department shall undertake the creation of a work environment in harmony to bring the company success. As someone with experience in the field of human resources is a plus as it could be useful for the benefit and growth of the company. One of my contributions would be necessary to carry out benchmarking in order to know how to run this new change / focus chosen by the company that can go in global market. It would also give trainings and seminars and tell to the employees that they are for the good and not to worry about. Essential in a company is employee’s motivations. I would make several proposals and activities which motivate employees. An important point is to know how to work with situations or conflicts between employees or between them or who are resistant to change we must know how to resolve these situations and make the work environment pleasant...
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...Final Paper 2 Final Paper It was the year 2007, and the potato chip industry in the Northwest was competitively structured and in long-run completive equilibrium. Firms were earning a normal rate of return and were competing in a monopolistically competitive market structure. In 2008, a couple of lawyers quietly purchased all the firms and began operations as a monopoly called “Wonks.” To operate efficiently, Wonk’s hired a management consulting firm, which estimated a different long run competitive equilibrium. The new company is now run as a monopoly, and this paper shall explain how this benefit’s the stakeholders involved, such as the government, businesses, and consumers. Furthermore, given the transition from a monopolistically competitive firm to a monopoly, I will explain the changes with regard to prices and output in both of these market structures. Lastly, an explanation about which market structure is more beneficial for Wonks to operate in, and if this will be the same market structure that will benefit consumers. In any market transaction between a seller and a buyer, the price of the good or service is determined by supply and demand in a market, (Asmundson, 2010). Supply and demand are in turn determined by technology and the conditions under which people operate. Economists have formulated models to explain various types of markets. The most fundamental is perfect competition, in which there are large numbers of identical suppliers and demanders...
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...Realizing the need for being versatile in my writing was the first step in this process. The essay entitled “A Perfectly Imperfect Decision,” an argumentative essay, became the bases for learning to support my opinion with aspects from a novel. This became especially challenging in terms of trying to analytically defend and justify the decision of one of the main characters, despite the surface level analyses that the character was “wrong” for her decision. Developing a personal position that was rooted and supported by evidence from the text also helped to strengthen my ability to discern the appropriate voice needed in an argumentative essay. Argumentative essays should not only include a position on the topic, but it should also use emotional and logical appeals directed toward countering the opposing argument. Since originally submitting the paper I’ve made stylistic revisions including, not posing rhetorical questions that I leave unanswered which suggest a different style of writing such as a magazine or something less formal than an academic...
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...Journal of Management and Social Sciences Vol. 3, No. 1, (Spring 2007) 11-21 Applicability of the Theories of Monopoly and Perfect Competition -Some Implications Ravinder Rena * College of Arts and Social Sciences Eritrea Institute of Technology Gobind M. Herani * Indus Institute of Higher Education (IIHE) ABSTRACT This paper addresses the concern that monopolies arise naturally out of the free market. An attempt is made to compare and contrast two theories of monopoly economic and political monopoly that this is not true. This paper further demonstrates that the two theories of monopoly have their separate roots in two opposite theories of competition: perfect competition and competition as rivalry. Hence the paper discusses only one of these theories of competition accurately describes the nature of competition in an economy. Besides, the paper also delves the two theories of competition and monopolies are derived from collectivist and individualist political philosophy. It illustrates how perfect competition and economic monopoly have undermined economists' understanding of the actual nature of both competition and monopoly. After investigating these theories, an attempt to made to apply them to show how one can come to very different conclusions about when monopoly power does and does not exist. Keywords : Monopoly, Perfect Competition, firm, industry, government, egalitarianism, etc. 1. INTRODUCTION It is often claimed that a free market leads to large firms gaining...
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...1” on the top, bottom, left, and right. In Word Perfect Go to File > Page Set-Up > Click on Margins and Layout Tab> • Make sure all margins read one inch. It should already be done for you. 2. 3. Page numbers on all pages in upper right hand corner a. The page number must be on all pages of the paper, including the title page. Your title page should begin with a running header containing the title of the paper. The following example of a running head is formatted for APA: a. Running head: A SAMPLE PAPER ACCORDING TO THE PUBLICATION MANUAL b. The running head, or abbreviated title, appears only on the title page. It is in upper case and must not exceed 50 characters, including punctuation and spaces. If the title of your paper is lengthy, end the running head at the end of a word; do not split the word. Type the running head flush at the left margin, approximately four lines, or two double-spaces below the page header. The term running head is included, as illustrated on page 306 of the manual, but is not counted as part of the 50 characters and is not upper case. 4. Title should be centered a. The title of the paper is typed in upper and lower case letters, and is centered between the left and right margins and positioned in the upper half of the page. If the title is two or more lines in length, double space between the lines. b. If the title of your paper is only one or two words, the page header, running head and paper title will be identical. 5. The byline and institutional...
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...Perfect Position 1 Running head: PERFECT POSITION March 23, 2009 University of Phoenix Perfect Position 2 Introduction Leadership is the process of influencing other to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how do it, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives (Yukl, 2006). Leadership is an interactive dialogue that draws employees toward being at ease with the language of special accountability and commitment. Leadership is not just for people at the pinnacle but everyone can learn to guide by discovering the authority that lies within each of us to make a difference and being prepared when the call of guide comes. Leadership is applicable to all aspects of life. This is a competency that one can gain knowledge of to expand perspectives, set the circumstance goal, understand the dynamics of human performance, and take the proposal to get the organization to where they want to be. Leadership is the universal idea of setting a innovative course or vision for a group that is followed by the leader. A leader’s effectiveness is the extent to which the leader’s organizational unit performs its task successfully and attains its goals (Yukl, 2006). It is also noted that a leaders efficiency is calculated in terms of the leader’s contribution to the value of the group processes, as perceived by the employee’s or outside observers. Developing a personal leadership style is not an easy quest...
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...are employed in 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink system to assist the coherent demodulation of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. Based on the comparison of several exiting different channel estimation algorithms, we propose a joint time-frequency two-dimensional iterative Wiener filter (IWF) channel estimation algorithm for 3GPP LTE downlink system. In this scheme, we first apply the linear minimum mean square error (LMMSE) algorithm based on singular value decomposition (SVD) for IWF in frequency domain, and then the values after the first filtering in frequency domain are used to achieve the second IWF in time domain. Comparing to the conventional algorithms, the channel estimation algorithm proposed by this paper brings up lower bit error rate (BER) and adds little computational complexity. I. I NTRODUCTION In December 2004, the Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) members started a feasibility study on the enhancement of the Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) in the aim of continuing the long time frame competitiveness of the 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology beyond High Speed Packet Access (HSPA). This project is called Long Term Evolution (LTE) [1]. Using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) on the air interface as multiple access technology for the downlink, 3GPP LTE takes place of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) which is applied to UMTS for a long time. At the same time, 3GPP...
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...Determining Your Perfect Position Catherine B. LDR/531 December 19, 2011 Eddie Aprile Determining Your Perfect Position Understanding leadership styles is an excellent way for one to understand an effective way to lead others in an organization. Leadership styles have long been an interesting subject for those involved in organizational behavior because it allows people to understand the motivation behind decisions made in an organizational hierarchy. According to Yukl, (2010), “Most definitions of leadership reflect the assumption that it involves a process whereby intentional influence is exerted over other people to guide, structure, and facilitate activities and relationships in a group or organization” (p. 3). Leadership styles can vary based on the individual. Some people are task-oriented, which means one focuses more on getting the job done. Others are person-oriented, which means one focuses more on the emotional element of people than getting the task completed. The ideal person, especially in management and as a leader, is one who is both task and people-oriented; this person cares about how others emotions are as well as how the job is completed. In this paper, the strength and weaknesses of this author’s leadership style will be assessed as well as a brief comparison and contrasting of leadership style will be examined. The author’s personal leadership style will be looked at in an organizational setting and what position would be perfect for the author in...
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...Reply Paper to H.J. McCloskey’s Essay: On Being An Atheist H.J McCloskey makes many bold statements in opposition to the most common arguments for theism. To say the least, his bias shows through, even to the point of not seeing the deeper picture. He makes claims against the cosmological and teleological arguments. He then makes a point on how evil speaks against the existence of God. He then concludes with a statement that may or may not be supported by these statements (McCloskey, 1968). The Cosmological Argument McCloskey makes some statements about the necessity of a being that created the universe. He also makes some points about how this being cannot be perfect The Necessarily Existent Being It is amazing how people will require one set of standards for themselves, yet another set of standards for others. This is exemplified in the paper that is presented by H.J McCloskey. He States that proof is required for belief in a god (McCloskey, 1968, p. 51). But he also wants to believe in an origin of the universe in which a bunch of something without origin explodes to create hundreds of thousands of galaxies. Mr. McCloskey wishes to say that one must have proof before they believe. What Mr. McCloskey is not saying is that it would take proof to convince him not to believe in the manner he does. Mr. McCloskey has a belief system which serves his purposes. He has chosen a system that does not have enough solid defeaters to pull it apart. This allows Mr. McCloskey to settle...
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...Professor John Polich JMC 370 31 October 2013 Perfect Raise Agency – one of the Best Choices on the Russian Public Relations Market Nowadays, there are numerous public relations agencies that help companies to differentiate themselves on the Russian market. Because of the large variety of choices, Russian people tend to have difficulties identifying the best options available on this market. With the help of this paper, I will try to convince the reader that despite its comparatively small size and relatively short work experience in the field of PR, Perfect Raise agency is among the best choices the Russian public relations market has to offer. The arguments in support of this statement will be built on the analysis of the company’s origins, its history, status, achievements, competitors, the market share and its relationship to the local government. In the concluding part of this paper I will elaborate on the reasons for which holding a position in this company seems to be attractive from my point of view. Despite of its extensive service record, “Perfect Raise is not considered to be a large agency” (Krasev 2-6). It is a relatively compact company that provides Russian people with an outstanding service in the field of public relations. The company was founded “as a sole proprietorship with the main source of funding coming from the dowry” (Kolesnikov 9-11). Its founder, Igor Maslennikov, positioned the company as a family business with him...
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...that the college level class would be the death of me. As I read over the syllabus for this class it states that we will learn to understand writing assignments as a series of tasks and develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading the assigned papers. I shuddered at the sheer thought of having to write five papers. Narrative, Evaluation, Profile, Position. These words might as well have been written in another language because I had no idea how to differentiate between them. Despite my fears, I believe this semester’s English 101 course has truly helped me develop my writing skills and advance to a more capable writer. Throughout my life English has always been my most difficult subject. Even back in elementary school I would have 100 percent averages in all of my other classes except English. I do not know what it was that challenged me so much but I had a terrible time. With the start of my high school career coincided the beginning of my paper writing experiences. I would work for hours each day trying my best to write a paper that made sense and would flow smoothly between paragraphs. My countless hours of work, however, never seemed to pay off. Every single paper that I had returned to me from my teachers was always covered in bright red Sharpie marker, usually with a large “B” circled somewhere on the front. The words “hard to follow” were...
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...be a tax deduction, buying a house is an investment you can live in, having a fixed mortgage rate in buying a house is a better financial option than having to deal with the inflation of rent every lease renewal, last but not least buying a home will allow you to update and upgrade as you wish, inside and outside. My point of view will also include facts and evidence against the opposing position. An argument cannot be one sided. Including evidence such as an apartment is rent and rent is money that is not an investment, you can add up all the rent you have paid in the past twenty –five years and have nothing concrete to show for it versus paying a mortgage for the past twenty-five years and could own the house in another five in most cases. In an apartment you cannot upgrade as you wish, you may risk rent increasing every year upon the lease being renewed and new management can take over and you lose your apartment. With a house, you get a garage, with an apartment you have to pay for the extras such as a garage or carport. The accomplishments I plan on achieving in writing this paper would be to persuade the reading audience why the argument of buying a house versus renting an apartment is the better option. Having the reading audience actually think twice about renting an apartment and look into the idea of buying a home. Other accomplishments will be...
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...Someone once said “Money makes the world go round.” I believe that is an apt description. In order to earn money, a source of income must be had, but the quality of that job is another story all together. Most children imagine having their dream job when they grow up and having lots of money. That is a great dream, and one worth striving for, but the truth is, the majority of people are not lucky enough to have a perfect job and they do not tend to make the amount of money they are worth. Imagine if it was possible to create your dream position within your current organization. What would it be, Chief Marketing Advisor, Reports Analyst, or Client Liaison, the possibilities are endless. Anyone would agree that they would be happy in the perfect position in their career. But what would it take to achieve such a scenario? Starting a journey to anywhere worth going requires an understanding of why one wants to go there, some planning to get there, and some realization of whether what you really want to do is awaiting you when you arrive. This paper will analyze strengths and weaknesses of Shantel’s leadership style, compare and contrast leadership theories, and identify jobs that will fit her leadership style. Strengths and Weaknesses Leadership, according to Stephen P. Robbins, is the ability to guide a team with a vision toward the fulfillment of a set of goals. In review of the Big Five Model of Leadership, extraversion is the most important trait out of extraversion...
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