...MBA 600 Human Capital Management in Organization CASE STUDY 2 SINK OR SWIM 1. What are the key differences regarding the first day of work for these two employees? The most important key differences regarding the first day of work for Jill and Ben is the Induction and orientation. This basically happened with Jill in very professional manner with manager meeting her and making her more comfortable with the work environment (office, colleagues …). She was then provided with her proper schedule for next course of actions followed by series of online orientation courses and making her known about company’s culture mission and consulting methodologies. But In case of Ben his manager didn’t came to meet him even on his very first day, he was not introduced to his colleagues and not even shown new office , the office was lacking supplies and computer . He was given large paperwork on his first day. His manager also gave him four large binders for project works. Ben’s manager also gave a list of 20 online orientation courses and asks to complete them within deadline. 2. Are these differences really important elements for recruitment and retention of employees? Explain. Definitely, these differences are important factors recruitment and retention of the employees, because all employees should have inducted and oriented at the beginning which will make theme comfortable with the work environment, colleagues and the culture and mission of the company. All...
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...Sink or Swim – A Case for Employee Orientation Scenario Jill and Ben have accepted positions as business consultants with two different Fortune 500 organizations. Both have MBAs and at least five years of experience as business consultants. On Jill’s first day, her manager greets her in the company lobby with a warm smile and firm handshake. He escorts her to her new office. Jill is pleased to see that the office is clean, has a working computer, and is stocked with supplies. After putting her things away, her manager gives her a tour of the building and takes her to get her employee badge. When they return, he briefly introduces her to her colleagues, most of whom are already familiar with her because of an introductory e-mail sent out the week before. Next, they go to his office, where he provides her with her schedule for the next three weeks. It includes a number of “getting to know you” meetings with her new colleagues and clients, and outlines a series of online orientation courses and in-person workshops where she’ll learn about the company’s values, mission and consulting methodologies. The team then takes Jill to lunch, where she is introduced to her mentor. She spends the remainder of the day settling into her office and beginning the schedule prepared by her manager. On Ben’s first day, he is greeted by the department’s administrative assistant, who profusely apologizes that Ben’s manager will be unable to meet with him until 11:00 a.m. She is in a meeting...
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...BUS 231 (Section 7) Business Communication Name: Ziniya Tabassum Anwar, ID No: 2010-2-10-031 Journal 1, Date of Submission: 26.11.2012 IS WATERSIDE GROUP SINK OR SWIM IN SEA Waterside group, the consultancy firm which is founded in September 1997 by Ahmed Karim. He is a managing director of Waterside. Mr.Karim was from Noakhali and an Australian citizen. He doing his post graduate, worked over there and then ventured on Kuwait where he set up a branch of an Australian university. After many years he wanted to make a connection with Kuwait to set up a heading hunting business; send people over there to work. But few days later, he understand there was more demand for consulting service who wanted to go abroad for further studies. So, in February 1998 he changed the business to a new area- student counseling and grooming. He started this company in Australia as a sole proprietorship. Dhaka branch was main operating branch and was named ‘Waterside Consulting Group’. The main vision of waterside group was to help students to fill up their form, applying at their desire College or universities to get final visa. Special service offered by them was if they don’t get visa they will returned the money. They also started to expand their business in Noakhali and Barisal through their agents. Mr. Karim offered his co-worker...
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...In Slaughterhouse-Five, Billy Pilgrim’s most traumatic experiences all came from his childhood. Even though Billy endured the devastating traumas of war, his traumatizing experience still came from his childhood, caused by his father. All that was noted about Billy’s father was that he was a barber, he died in an hunting accident while Billy was in the army. The the most predominant experience Billy had with his father was when he decided to teach Billy how to swim. He did this by using the swim or sink method, “His father was going to throw Billy into the deep end, and Billy was going to damn well swim” (Vonnegut 43). This traumatized Billy as it nearly killed him. Billy fell unconscious and almost drowned before he was saved. He describes...
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...dictionary as “the act or art of managing: the conducting or supervising of something (as a business)” (Merriam-Webster, Janu). From the same source is three definitions of leadership “1: the office or position of a leader, 2: capacity to lead, 3: the act or an instance of leading” (Merriam-Webster, Janu). The topics that will be covered are the difference in a leader and manager, leaders and managers ability to create and maintain a healthy organizational culture, and the leadership approach of Power-Influence. The environment of the Marine Corps is a sink or swim kind of organization that forces you to perform. When you first reach the ranks of a Non Commissioned Officer, you are given “floaties” to help you through your transition from being a worker bee to being a manager or leader. However the rule of thumb is within thirty days you are weaned from your “floaties” and expected to excel (swim) or become a wall flower (sink) and leave the Marine Corps in time. Most Non Commissioned Officers do excel, and learn through time and experience how to lead and manage. Many Marines that I have talked to have had Subordinate Marines test them to see if the Non Commissioned Officer will stick to their guns, once the subordinate Marines see that you are a force not to be tested the subordinate Marines will follow you (knowing that you are consistent in your beliefs, actions, and leadership style) to the ends of the Earth. Gary Yukl discussed Power-Influence approach as“…some of...
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...people fail to wash their hands when they are infected. These bacteria spores can last in a room for weeks or even months so if you touch an infected surface you can unknowingly ingest the bacteria (staff, 2012). Normally healthy people don’t get sick from the bacteria because your body contains many types of bacteria that will fight off the infection. However, many people get C. diff following a treatment with antibiotics. “The antibiotics that most often lead to C. difficle infections include fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins, clindamycin and penicillins” (staff, 2012,pg 1). The majority of C diff cases occur in a healthcare setting and are spread from person to person but can also be found on bedside tables, handrails, door knobs, toilets, sinks telephones, remote controls or any other place an infected person may have touched without proper hand washing. “In its spore form, C. diff is...
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...which help them keep going in a specific direction by guiding them and providing thrust. Their bodies are streamlined to help reduce friction as they swim through the water. Their skeleton is important for this, too. The skeleton provides the framework for the outer structures and the muscles provide the power that allows the fins to thrust them through the water. The hindbrain is responsible for sending the signals for movement and keeping the fish balanced. The swim bladder is also important for swimming. It is a gas-filled organ found in the abdomen of fish that allows the addition or removal of gas to let the fish move up or down in the water. If fish did not have this organ, they would have to keep swimming so that they would not sink. This organ allows them to expend less energy as they adjust the depth at which they want to float. Some fish can use their swim bladder to send or receive sounds. Their eyes allow them to see their prey and predators. The midbrain of the fish is responsible for vision, motor responses, and learning. Gills allow for gas exchange so that they can breathe in the water. The oxygenated blood will be circulated by the arteries, veins, and capillaries. Some fish have a modified circulatory system that allows them to maintain a higher body temperature, which provides more energy to allow them to swim faster. The jaws of fish can vary depending upon the type of prey that they consume. If a fish is a bottom feeder, it will have a mouth an inferior...
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... 2012 Traditional Parents vs. Rex and Rose Mary Walls Rex and Rose Mary Walls were not the average parents to four children, but were self centered children themselves; leaving their children to suffer with harsh living conditions. They would constantly be putting their children in situations where their well being was at risk. There was a time when Rex took his daughter, Jeannette, to, “The Hot Pot [which] was a natural sulfur spring in the desert north of town, surrounded by craggy rocks and quicksand.” (Walls 66) “Dad kept telling me that he loved me, that he never would have let me drown, but you can’t cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is ‘If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.” (Walls 66) This quote is saying that people cannot be afraid to take risks in life. Even though they might, figuratively speaking, drown; people have to be able to have the courage and the strength to pick themselves back up and go after their problems head on. Rex is also teaching his daughter to not be dependent on other people but, to stand on her own and accomplish tasks by herself. The Walls’s parents were not traditional parents their lifestyles, beliefs, morals, and values were not the same as average parents today, which caused for the Walls’s children to also be affected. Traditional parents take care of the basic needs of their child by providing them with food on the table, a secure home to sleep in at night...
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...childhood she faces raised by eccentric and egotistical parents. Rex and Mary, her parents, are very non-functional because of their drinking habits. Mom and Dad are very energetic people who push their kids, learing how to nurture themselves by feeding, clothing, and protecting one another. Jeannette Walls applies the lesson of self-discipline from her childhood in order to be self-sufficient in New York City. While not being the parent she wishes to have, Jeanette’s Dad teachers her to be self reliant when he tells her that she would be fine when learning how to swim. Jeanette...
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...Deep Smarts Situations Who is he? Another Situation Complex Situation Others could not diagnose Good Judgment Rapid Decision Is he Smart? Is he an emotional intelligent? Is he brilliant? Who is he? “Deep Smart” Smart” “Go To People” Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap Authors William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration Emerita Harvard Business School Professor of Psychology emeritus and former Chairman of the Psychology Department of Tufts University Author: Dorothy Leonard • • • • William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration Emerita, joined the Harvard faculty in 1983 3 yrs of teaching at the Sloan School of Management, MIT Has taught MBA courses in managerial leadership, corporate capabilities, new product and process design, technology strategy and innovation management Also served as a Director of Research for the Harvard Business School and Director Journals Published of Research and Knowledge Programs for Harvard Business School's non-profit 36 organization, HBS Interactive Education Chapter Written – – – – M. A. Ph.D. M.A. B.A. Harvard University (Honorary), 1992 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1979 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1968 Principia College, Elsah, IL, summa cum laude, 1963 • 20 • • Served as Board of Directors in – – American Mgmt Systems, Fairfax, VA – 1992-2004 Gannett Communications, 1997-99 Been in Advisory Boards of – – – – – Prod Dev & Mgmt Association...
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...The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls shows that having family in your life through tough times are important. In the book, Jeannettes Father, Rex, tells Jeannette "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim."(66) This shows that not only Rex showed her to swim, he taught her an important lesson that if you want to succeed in life, you must learn to take care of yourself first. She may of never learned that later in life if she didn't have her Father by her side throughout her childhood teaching her life lessons. Another example is that Jeannettes mom, Rose Mary, got a job teaching to support her family. "She applied for a job and was hired right away, since she had a degree, and there were never enough teachers in Battle Mountain."(73)...
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...Ezboard: Making customers pay Q1 Deciding who and how to charge?? Ans- Ezboard is a B2C model it must act on following points before deciding on subscription model. Things to ponder upon * They must establish the ‘Competencies, in other words must understand what will drive customers to subscribe and pay for the ezboard services... * Ezboard must describe how it plans to meet its break even and ROI. * Management must address the potential of the market and the overall potential financial opportunities available to the firm in the market space. In other words, management must define the revenue potential in each large, medium and small sized discussion board and determine its VIRO. * Management must analyze the competitive environment, must look as per PESTLE way . And check on the new entrants, and rivalry as biggest threat Revenue model Ezboard must adopt a hybid revenue structure .Board subscription models(few only subscribed)(30 to 50 per board) brought very low revenues in 2001 and 2002 and user subscriptions only brought in $5 or $10 per user. Software problems arose at the end of 2002, users subscriptions actually doubled when management increased the gap between the pleasure experienced by subscribers and the pain encountered unregistered or free customers. Ezboard must continue to offer more features to paid users. Gold Community plan (paid boards) as it accounted for 75% of total subscription. Gold boards represented 65% of page views on the...
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...poverty. Rex and Rose Mary’s neglect for their children’s basic safety needs are mainly present in Jeannette’s childhood. When Jeannette was three, she badly burned herself when she was cooking hotdogs by herself. When the nurse asked why she had been using the stove unsupervised Jeannette said “Mom says I’m mature and lets me cook for myself a lot.”(Jeannette11). The Walls Children had to learn to be independent and thrive off each other at a young age and throughout their childhood. Even though Rex and Rose Mary’s way of parenting is reckless and unusual, they still got their point across on how education and independence is the key to success. When Rex was teaching the kids how to swim and he just threw them in the Hot Pot and said “If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.” (Rex 66), then on another note when he was sober; Rex would teach the kids Physics, Geology and Astronomy. Without an education you would go nowhere in life. In conclusion, although Jeannette’s parents had lots of flaws, neglected their children, and were not always in the right mindset; they did teach their children the importance of independence in daily life as well as how important an education is if you want to be successful. Rex and Rose Mary’s combination of love, carelessness, and neglect is what taught the Walls children how to overcome obstacles and equip them to be able to deal with complications that may arise later in life. Even though Rex and Rose Mary are now homeless...
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...Scoot are sailing the Old Sea Dog, Scoot decides to go below deck to make sandwiches for her and Sully. The camera follows her down the steps as she enters the deck. As Scoot makes the steak sandwiches, Sully turns around to find his doom, a massive forty eight foot rogue wave. The rogue wave capsizes the Old Sea Dog, imprisoning Scoot in the belly of the boat. The camera watches the stunt double for Scoot tumble and rock around in the deck. Sully is then entangled in the sail cloth, but manages to get untangled. Scene Two: After Sully escapes the sail cloth, he circles the perimeter of the boat, while the camera is following every move he makes. He dives underwater to try to open the doors for Scoot, only to find out that it is locked. He swims back up for air as the camera follows him. Sully thinks the best hope for Scoot was that she was already dead. He keeps knocking hoping for a knock back from Scoot to insure that she was alive. He knocks until his hand start bleeding. The camera is zooming on his hand while he knocks with a bloody fist. Scene Three: Camera switches over to Scoot trapped inside the galley; Camera is half way in the water. Everything that was in the deck is now floating around in the water or has sunk to the bottom like a rock. The cans of oil and the acid from the leaking batteries is becoming a part of the water. Scene Four: Scoot wakes up from being knocked unconscious. She realizes that she is in the bottom of the galley. The camera is still halfway...
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