...most popular and what system it is played on. Kids enjoy games that have to do with story lines and keep them occupied because if it was boring they would not play it. Most of the kids today enjoy three types of video games, role-playing, shooting, and sports because they are the most fun and competitive. Role-playing video games’ gameplay is like the well know game Dungeons & Dragons and Skyrim. Most of these games get the gamer in the role of one or more "missions" with a certain player who specialize in specific skill sets such as hand to hand combat or casting magic spells. While progressing through the predetermined storyline that the game already has set up all players will end up with same ending result. Many missions involve maneuvering these character or characters through another world, usually populated with crazy giant monsters, that allows access to more important game locations, such as towns, dungeons, and castles or sometimes the future setting. RPG games widely focus on getting that one character extra points by doing these missions to level up and make that person or creature stronger and faster. These type of games are more fun with no competitive nature because everyone is playing by alone with the same goal. Unlike role-playing games, shooting games are...
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...are: My Little Pony Twilight Sparkle, Barbie, LEGO Friends Dolphin Cruiser and the Wooden Kitchen Center. The Hot wheels cars are different in size and have multiple colors, which are usually dark colors such as black, blue, green etc. The cars can teaches boys how to identify cars and grow up to like them as the boys grow up. Minecraft started out as a videogame that became popular where toys created for boys to play with. The package comes with Steve, Pig, Chestnut Horse, Saddle, two Grass Blocks and two Hay Blocks. The toys mimic the game where boys pretend to be Steve, who is the main character of the game and goes out to the virtual world and builds thing like a house and a farm. It helps with creativity and role-play. With LEGO’s, they are fun and are blocks that children use to build things. The LEGO train set is a motorized train set with cargo cars, forklifts and LEGO figures. The LEGO set when built looks like a complete train that works, it teaches them how to create by following directions or use their imagination. I...
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...Organizational Behavior Introduction The American Heritage Dictionary defines fun as “a source of enjoyment, amusement or pleasure”. Imagine working for a company for more than 40 hours a week with a team of introverts. This may sound great to individuals who may have found refuge in isolation, but it comes at a cost for the company. Hodge-Cronin & Associates conducted survey of 737 CEO’s. The survey revealed that 98% of this group “preferred job candidates with a sense of humor to those without” (Rau-Foster, 2000). Can fun really make that much of a difference? Can fun make a company rank #1 for best company to work for? Dr. David Abramis has been researching and studying the topic for years now. “He’s discovered that people who have fun on the job are more creative, more productive, better decision-makers and get along better with co-workers. They also have fewer absentee, late, and sick days than people who aren’t having fun” (Rau-Foster, 2000). Explanation CNN Money has ranked Google as #1 for the “100 Best Companies to Work For” for 2013. Why is this? In 2006, Genentech a company that makes medicine that fights cancer, was ranked #1. Employee’s working for Genentech stated, “What’s better than being a valued member of a cancer-fighting team? Having a great time while you’re at work” (CNN Money, 2006). This company had a 5 percent turnover rate and 20 percent job growth. Now remember the year 2006! Google was on the bottom of this list in 2007. This leaves...
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...Loads of Fun BMGT 365 Organizational Leadership Taira Salmon Brandt is preparing to take over control from Garret Salmon her father, the owner of a medium sized party invitation company Loads of Fun. Taira has recently received a degree from UMUC in Business Management and is anxious to take over the company. Taira and her father Garrett have been planning her takeover for several years, ever since her ex-husband left the business after their divorce-- an event that garnered her unwanted and unsolicited notoriety within the company. Taira has always worked in some capacity within the company but never in a serious leadership role. Taira and Garrett have agreed that she will take over as CEO in the next two months. No one knows of this decision. This report will review in depth the current and future leadership styles, organizational dynamics for the company and provides recommendation on how Taira and Garrett can effectively transition responsibilities. There are many qualities that a 21st century leader must have in order to successfully grow their organization. They must be able to create a vision that encourages employees; they must create a culture that promotes growth, motivation, and innovation; they must be adaptable to change; they must be social planners that build strong relationships with their team; they must create strategies that help grow the team and the organization successfully. This paper provides an analysis of the current situation of Loads...
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...their own talent in doing things. Their behaviour just changed and they played their role. They were determined to complete their given task and did them perfectly. Were anyone’s ideas ignored? Criticized? Were yours? In my group, every team member was given chance to give their idea and opinion. No one’s idea was critized. All the given idea were discussed and decisions were taken based on majority preference. Did you have fun working with your group? If so, what did you enjoy? I really enjoyed working with my group. My group members were very caring and understanding. They never any anger out even though the other members make mistakes during the video shoot. They were also very helpful. They help each other to play their roles and do the written assignment. My group members were creative minded. They came up with a creative story line for our video shoot and gave everyone a chance in front of the camera. Working with my group has actually strenghten our friendship and great fun working together. Whose behavior surprised you and how? I was suprised with the behaviours of the four boys in my group. They were never been in serious in anyting till the video shoot. They used to joke around and always late for their meetings. But during the video shoot, it was suprising that they actually have their own talent in doing things. Their behaviour just changed and they played their role. They were determined to complete their given task and did them perfectly .This made...
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...The Role of Friendships in My Life Friendship plays an important role in my life. In many peoples’ opinions, to live life without friendships is not a life worth living. In so many words, a life without friendships can be lonely and one can become depressed without it. My friends encourage me when I am sad, keep me sane in day to day life, entertain me when I am lonely, and they listen when I have problems. There are a variety of friendships in my life: acquaintances, fun friends and confidants. Though some might only consider those they truly trust friends, it is a little different for me. My acquaintances are the people who I work with, my neighbors, and the people I go to school with. This group of friends is a part of my day to day living, and helps keep me sane. Regardless if I am having a good day or a bad day, they are there to change the route of my mood. There are many things we do together, we have casual conversations about work, our families, shopping or just enjoy a simple lunch together. These basic conversations help me take my mind off the many stressful things that may burden my day. This type of friendship has helped me grow as a person and taught me how to manage my day to day social life. I keep my life very simple with my acquaintances, not too personal, but close enough to maintain an ongoing relationship with them. The fun friends in my life are my going out for the night group of friends. This is the group of friends I make dinner plans...
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...ORGB 364 Assignment 1 Part A 1. Marketing specialists at Napanee Beer Co. developed a new advertising campaign for summer sales. The ads were particularly aimed at sports events where Napanee Beer sold kegs of beer on tap. The marketing group worked for months with a top advertising firm on the campaign. Their effort was successful in terms of significantly higher demand for Napanee Beer's keg beer at sports stadiums. However, the production department had not been notified of the marketing campaign and was not prepared for the increased demand. The company was forced to buy empty kegs at a premium price. It also had to brew some of the lower priced keg beer in vats that would have been used for higher priced specialty beer. The result was that Napanee Beer sold more of the lower priced keg beer and less of the higher priced products that summer. Moreover, the company could not initially fill consumer demand for the keg beer, resulting in customer dissatisfaction. Begin with a comprehensive description of open systems theory as it applies to both external and internal environments. Then apply the open systems theory to explain what occurred at Napanee Beer Co. Answer: (Definition and description of open systems theory)The open systems theory is a perspective which holds that organizations depend on the external environment for resources, affect that environment through their output, and consist of internal subsystems that transform inputs into outputs...
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...metropolitan cities to compete in the consumer air transportation industry. The differentiator and key to the company´s success with this strategy is the unrelenting focus on human capital and employee culture in delivering exceptional customer service. Southwest is unique in that it does not offer a very minimalist and simple air transportation service (1 type of plane, no meals, etc.) to its customers, with no frills, choosing to delight the customer instead by leveraging the results of the culture it cultivates amongst employees. Alignment Roles: Southwest Airlines has a relatively flat organization structure with minimum barriers between the various parts of the organization. Both pilots and flight attendance work in tandem to support the company key competitive edge of minimum down/ground time or 15 minute turnaround. The rest of the Southwest organization is considered to be the customer of the “people department” (HR), whose role is defined as enabling the rest of the organization to deliver maximum performance while preserving the company culture. Rewards: Southwest employs a simple tenure-based rewards structure for most employees. However, for pilots and flight attendants, the company has implemented a pay structure that rewards productivity and fast turnaround, two factors which are key to the company´s success. By paying flight attendants and pilots by the trip, these employees are motivated to fulfill one of the company´s best competitive edges. The company also...
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...Student name: Farah Ahmed Student ID: 3262523 Course name: Organizational Behaviour Course number: ORGB 364 Assignment 1 Part A 1. Marketing specialists at Napanee Beer Co. developed a new advertising campaign for summer sales. The ads were particularly aimed at sports events where Napanee Beer sold kegs of beer on tap. The marketing group worked for months with a top advertising firm on the campaign. Their effort was successful in terms of significantly higher demand for Napanee Beer's keg beer at sports stadiums. However, the production department had not been notified of the marketing campaign and was not prepared for the increased demand. The company was forced to buy empty kegs at a premium price. It also had to brew some of the lower priced keg beer in vats that would have been used for higher priced specialty beer. The result was that Napanee Beer sold more of the lower priced keg beer and less of the higher priced products that summer. Moreover, the company could not initially fill consumer demand for the keg beer, resulting in customer dissatisfaction. Begin with a comprehensive description of open systems theory as it applies to both external and internal environments. Then apply the open systems theory to explain what occurred at Napanee Beer Co. The open systems theory states that organizations are a living part of external environment, which affect and also get affected by external environment. They depend on external environments for resources, such as raw materials...
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...Role of Sports in Popular Culture Paper: Athletes as Role Models Sports for quite some time have become an intriguing part of history as well as people’s heritage. This paper will illustrate how athletes can serve as role models in a tremendous way. Great athletes are viewed all over the place such as magazine articles, television commercials, and shows. There is a greater need for the more positive role models who engage in fair play and sportsmanship. Their influence on our youth is paramount because children do mock or emulate their favorite stars. Children tend to want to have all of the riches, glamorous life, and fame that are associated. Athletes generally provide hope for even some of the younger up and coming future athletes all across the world. History Ever since the beginning of time in the sports world, dating back to 800 B. C., the Olympians were required to uphold the homage of Zeus. At this time in history, games were considered a religious ritual. In early Roman days, there were chariot races and gladiator games including athletes that represented different states. The need for competition between competitors was enthused all over the world. Adults as well as children idealized the monumental courage and determination of great athletes. Although history tells that role models were considered not only heroes in their own right, but also major contributors. People who emulate and adore sports personalities question whether or not if it is worth the debate....
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...The Strawberry Statement is a radical book regarding Columbia University and its involvement in the Vietnam War. It is a memoir taken from the 1960’s, written by James Simon Kunen. Kunen is also the main character and narrator of the Book who quickly found himself with many enemies while attempting to reinforce peace at the university. But who of the enemies exerted the most power and stood as the strongest force for social change? The police force used physical abuse towards the protestors, the college administrators aided the war in all sorts of ways, and the anti-revolutionary Americans or “jocks” bullied their way around Columbia. However, the actions of the college administrators and their sponsorship to the IDA became the greatest blockade...
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...FUN IN THE WORKPLACE: TOWARD AN ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK RELATING OFFICE DESIGN, EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY, AND JOB SATISFACTION By ALEXANDRA M. MILLER A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF INTERIOR DESIGN UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2005 Copyright 2005 by Alexandra M. Miller ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, I would like to thank my committee chair, Dr. Margaret Portillo, for her direction and guidance throughout the entire research process. I would also like to thank Dr. M. Joyce Hasell for her support and valuable expertise. Additional thanks go to Dr. Larry Winner for his indispensable assistance as a statistical consultant. I would also like to thank PUSH for providing an excellent example of a fun workplace. In particular, I would like to thank partners John Ludwig, Chris Robb, and Rich Wahl for allowing me to conduct a case study of their business. Additional thanks go to Ron Boucher, Jourdan Crumpler, and Gordon Weller for taking the time to participate in interviews. I would also like to express my gratitude to Kathryn Voorhees for her help, humor, and friendship as she accompanied me throughout the research process. Finally, I would like to thank all of my friends and family for their support. In particular, I would like to thank to my parents for their constant support and for helping me to achieve my dreams. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ..........
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...high employee turnover when it was expanding its operations, which was mainly due to lack of proper communication between the middle/higher level managers and the lower level employees. 4. The introduction of “variable pay” was a great step in the direction of improving performance but it was not properly supported or backed with a good means to support this change. Infosys did not properly communicate the concept to the employees that a section of the employees were sceptical about the company’s intentions. 5. The broad-banding policy that was a leap towards a role based organization again was a tipping point at which employees’ dissatisfaction and discontent at Infosys reached its peak. RECOMMENDATIONS ARRIVED AT 1. Understanding the very fact that work was becoming monotonous and repeatable, lacking any fun or creativity, the HR team attempted to address this discontent by making the workplace more fun and meaningful. Aware of the fact that most of the employees...
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...| Executive Management MBA 5000 | Assignment for Week 5 | | 3/15/2014 | I will discuss the management theories from the readings in week 5 and how they apply to my organization. | Question #1 Highlight the Management Theories of Each Reading In the reading, “Toxic emotions at Work”, the author examines the feelings of employees during organizational changes. “Organizations by their very nature create a regular supply of emotional pain. New bosses, mergers, layoffs. Stifling or confusing policies, salary decisions, and even the way that changes are communicated can all be sources of emotional pain felt by all organizational members” ((Pierce & Newstrom, 2011) It takes a leader that understands how to handle toxic behavior to lead the organization through change. This leader is considered a toxic handler and skills needed are: * Reading emotional cues of others and themselves * Keeping people connected and in communication * Acting to alleviate the suffering of others * Mobilizing people to deal with their pain and get back to a stable status * Building a team environment that rewards for compassionate action(Pierce & Newstrom, 2011) The author examines how the attribute of compassion will allow leaders to connect to with the emotions of employees and keeps the leader from being isolated. In “The One Minute Manager”, the author reveals the secret of management with a system that will provide quality time and produce a self-...
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...Mercutio Characterization In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Mercutio is a character who possesses the traits of being a comedian, being fearless, and being rude. The merging of these three characteristics brought a character that plays an imperative role in the play. He plays the role of Romeo’s close friend who eventually meets his demise after being in a sword fight with Tybalt. Romeo gets between the fight and the sword pierces Mercutio. Mercutio’s main characteristic in the play is that he adores joking around and making fun of others. In the play, he takes pleasure from making fun of the Nurse, Tybalt, and even Romeo. In Act 2 Scene 2 lines 125-130 sings about the Nurse being “an old hare hoar:” He is basically saying that she is really old and some other inappropriate statements in a witty way. In Act 2 Scene lines 19-35, Mercutio also makes fun of Tybalt. He says “More than Prince of Cats” when he is talking with Benvolio about Tybalt. He says that Tybalt plays too much by the book. Mercutio’s comedic trait is noticeable in the play. Another trait important to Mercutio’s personality in the play is his fearlessness. In Act 3 Scene 1 Line 73, he says “Tybalt, you ratcatcher will you walk?” He is trying to start a swordfight with Tybalt to defend Romeo’s honor since Romeo would not accept Tybalt’s challenge. His fearlessness brings him to his doom during the swordfight when Romeo gets between them which caused an enraged Romeo to kill Tybalt. Another...
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