...Working Together to Accomplish the Mission MGT 415 Abbie Beller April 20, 2009 Working Together To Accomplish the Mission In any organization or group of workers there has to be a set of guidelines or goals in place to be a successful organization or company. Goals such as group goals, social interdependence, trust, leadership, team development and team training are examples are what organizations and groups are investing money and time on. The outcome of the organization and group depends on how well these goals are understood by leaders, members and employees. As a member of the U.S. Army each goal as stated is implemented in the way we operate our Army and the understanding and teaching has lead to successful wining Army that has help shape our country and citizens. I will explain to you why each of the goals as stated can help or hurt the way organizations are operated and how it affects the behavior of the employees or members. Every organization has their own way of setting goals and these goals must be determine by the leaders and members of the group. When setting goals, keep these goals key points in mind, they should be realistic and attainable, they should improve the organization (morale, monetary, etc.), all the people should be involved in the goal-setting process, and the program should be developed to ach eve each goal. Effective group work is influenced by whether or not groups periodically reflect on how well they are influencing...
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...Chapter 8 – Approaches to System Development 1 Table of Contents ← Chapter Overview ← Learning Objectives ← Notes on Opening Case and EOC Cases ← Key Terms 2 Chapter Overview There are two closely related yet independent concepts in this chapter. The first important concept is that there are two types of Systems Development Life Cycle approaches—a predictive approach and an adaptive approach. The second important concept is that there are two types of development methodologies—a structured approach and an object-oriented approach. These are two separate concepts. Projects can be any mix of these two approaches, the approach to the life cycle and the approach to the methodology—predictive with structured, predictive with object-oriented, adaptive with structured, or adaptive with object-oriented. The chapter first presents and explains the differences in the life cycle approach—the predictive and the adaptive approaches. These two approaches are really a continuum and any give project may have elements of both approaches. The predictive approach to the SDLC is used for projects that are well understood and low risk. The adaptive approach to the SDLC is used for projects that are not well understood and are higher risk. Adaptive SDLCs are more iterative and allow the project team to adapt the project to changing circumstances. The other important concept that you should learn from this chapter are the difference between the two...
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...The reason for writing this letter is to notify our community of the possible health risks established by the local gas company practices. The decision made to write this letter is to inform my much-loved community of people that may have been affected by this sudden break out of illnesses in the area and to spread the word of awareness to this situation to everyone else that might not be aware of this problem. After an extensive investigation I have come to the conclusion that we are in danger of health problems due to improper practices by the gas company within our community some years ago. Moving into this community a couple years ago was the best thing that happened to my family for it was home and felt like home. We have met some of the greatest neighbors and my children attend some of the best knitted schools in the community. My daily commute to and from work has been painless and I have really been able to save more money than usual; due to rising gas prices. Prior to me moving in, I was extremely anxious to move into such a new community that just so happen to be in a suburban area. With the city fairly close to us and shopping centers not more than two miles away is another factor that I have grown to love. Overall, this newly developed community has impacted my family lives for the better. A few weeks ago the local news was covering the latest breakthrough of illnesses impacting the families that stay in our community. After tuning in to this coverage my instinct kicked...
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...Band together to stop Coal powered plants Band together to stop Coal powered plants Coal is a major industry in America and the mining of coal is one of the major employment opportunities for people living in certain areas of the United States. Although coal plants provide income for many people there are unfortunate set backs to coal plants. Unfortunately, some of these set backs include, black lungs and medical mishaps. Coal has been the main energy source to our communities for as long as we can remember. Coal power plants release toxins in the air that have been claimed to give many people asthma. The toxins are also polluting city’s water supplies as well, which is a leading cause of cancer. According to many statistics coal is the reason that there are many deaths from cancer in certain towns in the United States. Unlike many other states California does not have coal power plants. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power now gets 40 percent of its electricity from coal plants outside of California. Together the small businesses in Los Angeles are gathering together to support a coal free city by the year 2020. As stated above, Los Angeles is trying to go green by 2020. As long as we band together and fight against the use of these filthy coal plants we will be one step closer to helping our own community as well as others in the United States. Even though Los Angeles does not have these power plants we still contribute to the unfortunate conditions the other...
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...Happy Together: “messages sent to no one” The scene in which Chang takes Fai’s tape-‐recorded sadness to the “end of the world” represents a different kind of feeling compared to the theme of the rest of the movie. The “end of the world” is the only one scene which is characterized by magnificence, brightness, and the revealing of happiness upon the release of sadness. In the film, sadness is materialized as the tape recording of one person’s past thoughts, language and emotions. This concept represents a special relationship between time and memory: recording is a method of missing, and the action of leaving tape in the end of the world is to forget completely. In this film, Fai misses his controversial life with Bo-‐wing that is full of love and sadness. So, Fai wants to forget the whole past life, since the deeper he loves Bo-‐wing, the more sadness he will suffer...
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...Together as One Often described as a “melting pot”, the United States of America has a rich history of welcoming immigrants, with their many traditions and customs, with open arms. Before the founding fathers signed their declaration, the “New World” of America was already viewed as a safe haven and land of freedom for those escaping religious and social persecution. As our nation developed, the stream of immigrants increased, fueling industrialization through the mid to late 1800s. On the heels of the Industrial Revolution, immigration numbers spiked, leading to Emergency Quota Acts in the 1920s. Such restrictions continued through the rest of the century, changing the ethnic makeup of the United States. In recent years, heated discussions concerning immigration have emerged on the national political platform. As the nation’s leaders reevaluate the role of immigrants in the United States, from a legal perspective it is important to remember the influence such people have had on the nation’s social, cultural, and economical history. Since the founding of the United States, numerous legislative acts that have been passed by the government, in order to regulate the immigrants entering to America. In 1798, four such laws were passed by the United States Congress. Referred to as the Alien and Sedition Acts, these laws were created due to the fear of war with France, and they were intended to strengthen the Federal Government. Sponsored by the Federalist Party, the Acts...
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...Living Apart Together Living Apart Together (LAT) is a new family lifestyle – voluntarily – for the couples all around the world. LAT is a term, to describe the couples in a relationship, which live in separate houses. Couples who live apart are becoming very common and have become a growing trend. The concept of this way of living is getting popular and can be found in all age groups. Experts agree that LATs is now part of the social landscape. Some say the trend shows, that you have problems in your relationship, which that you are attempting to run away from, instead of dealing with them. While others believe that this is an opportunity to be away from your actual partner and thus gives a better and healthier relationship. Of course there are many other arguments and those above, are only a few of many in the debate of living apart together. In the following assignment, I have focused on the issue “does living apart together have a positive or negative impact?”. Of course there are various points of views and opinions, and that’s what makes this topic so exciting. Therefore I have selected text 2 and 3, representing two different perspectives. Text 2 “Home alone together” is written by Jill Brooke in 2006. The text claims that LAT is becoming very popular and the number of these kinds of relationships is increasing. The co-director of the Nation Marriage Project at Rutgers University, David Popenoe, tells us about how the “younger couples often turn to LAT arrangements...
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...Living apart together. Living apart together or LAT is not a concept I understand, perhaps I’m old fashioned but how can you say that you’re in a serious relationship, when you only see each other every few days? Of course I can see that when you are young like 16-25 years old, it is normal not to live together. But when you decide to start a family, how can you still live apart? Everybody’s different, and if it makes sense to them, then let them be. But in my point of view I could not be in that form of relationship. Many couples are in a LAT relationship. To be in a LAT relationship means that you are involved with another person but you aren’t living together. It is mainly young people and separated people. It is a whole new trend LAT, many experts encourages people to live in a LAT relationship. Jeannette Lofas is one of the persons who encourage couples to live in a LAT arrangement. She says “ many young people are starting a new family after separation, and the blended families are so vulnerable to internecine resentments and power struggles, that it may can cost them there new family.” As the quote says there can be a lot of problems, with blended families. Many people are talking about how it is to be in a LAT relationship. As Ms. Davis says “ I feel I get a lot of togetherness and lot of time to myself. “ the reason she is living in a LAT, is that when she met her true love, she didn’t want to give up her apartment. Professor Popenoe is studying the reasons why...
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...Microsoft “Working Together” What allows these programs to be so adaptable and to have the ability to work together? The algorithms used to write them, the ability to link and share, and the ability of copying and or pasting to another program. This would allow them to be easily used and interconnect able and to work together. Microsoft programs work well together as a unit based on a fundamental work programming. This program or algorithm allows all Microsoft programs to respond and transfer information easier than two different types of programs. This means that’s you could type a document on word then transfer graphs to support your document from excel. Though there algorithms may differ because of the different uses they are similar. All Microsoft office programs have similar ribbons and commands. This means they are easily interconnect able. This access allows for easy use, to the everyday person to the business owner. The ability to link information from one document or program to another is very useful. This would be especially useful when you were working with numeric equations formation or financial information. An your ability to share to a multitude of media or social media networks can come in handy especially if you are you a conference network or call system to relay information. This link that is created is created between the source and the destination of the document. You use the ability to copy things from word or another Microsoft office application...
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...Living Apart Together (LAT) 1) There is this concept called Living Apart Together (LAT), it´s a new trend spreading among couples all over the world. The idea of this trend is making a relationship over a long distance while not seeing each other. There is a lot of benefits with this concept, you don´t have to live with your “other half’s” stupid hobbies etc. You both decide where to live, and some says that it gives you an opportunity of being away from the stressed couple life, where LAT gives you an opportunity to being away from your partner. In this way you don´t get tired or irritated by your partner, you don´t have to deal with these problems some couples living together are dealing with every day. The second text we are introduced to is called “Home Alone Together” (May 4, 2006) an article by The New York Times. Professor David Popenoe, is against the concept “Living Apart Together”, as he says: “Younger couples often turn to L.A.T. arrangements after failed marriages, particularly if there af children involved.” He says it´s because they are not ready to have a baby, or is just not ready to commit to a long life relationship. Ms. Hess 61 years old, believes it could save a lot of breakups and in that case a lot of pain, she believes that people try to fit into a very narrow model for long terms relationship that may never work out. She says: “Many people are trying to fit themselves into a very narrow for long-term relationships that does not work for their...
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...Living Apart Together 1. Living apart together is sort of a new trend in modern relationships. Instead of living as the assumption of being in love must lead to cohabiting, they challenge the fact by living in separate houses, apartments, beds etc. They actually don’t live together. It’s like having an affair for a very long time. But why do people do this? The main reason is that many people who perform the L.A.T. do it because of a bad relationship in the past, and they are afraid of becoming too connected love-wise, knowing that maybe a divorce could happen again, so they just live separately but still have each other to love - mentally and physically. We, in Denmark, must have raised our eye brows if we heard that some of us, who are in love and perhaps even married, don’t live together but in England, Holland, Sweden, Norway, France and Canada nearly half of all married couples don’t live under the same roof. Text 2 is written in pathos because the intention of the article is to appeal to the readers’ emotions. Jill Brooke, the journalist, writes in a condescending tone in her article. She makes living together sound awful by saying things like: “When people remarry after divorce, the new marriages fail at a significantly higher rate - more than 60 percent versus 50 percent or less for first marriages”. In this part of the article she could just say that LAT is the way to keep a relationship going, because living together can’t last, and that’s what’s clever...
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...Microsoft “Working Together” What allows these programs to be so adaptable and to have the ability to work together? The algorithms used to write them, the ability to link and share, and the ability of copying and or pasting to another program. This would allow them to be easily used and interconnect able and to work together. Microsoft programs work well together as a unit based on a fundamental work programming. This program or algorithm allows all Microsoft programs to respond and transfer information easier than two different types of programs. This means that’s you could type a document on word then transfer graphs to support your document from excel. Though there algorithms may differ because of the different uses they are similar. All Microsoft office programs have similar ribbons and commands. This means they are easily interconnect able. This access allows for easy use, to the everyday person to the business owner. The ability to link information from one document or program to another is very useful. This would be especially useful when you were working with numeric equations formation or financial information. An your ability to share to a multitude of media or social media networks can come in handy especially if you are you a conference network or call system to relay information. This link that is created is created between the source and the destination of the document. You use the ability to copy things from word or another Microsoft office application...
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...Putting the Puzzle Together Malaika Isley COM105-A01 – Organizational Communication February 16, 2012 Heading a meeting and being included in meetings are two parts of a manager’s job that is the toughest to do. Meetings can be conducted with two people or in groups. They are conducted in order to ensure that all acts of communication are bought out in order to achieve the goal that lies ahead. Meetings are the place where any one person can find out where they fit in when the meeting is being conducted (Hattersley, 2008). Meaning, what role do they play within this meeting ahead? Many people when hearing the word roles they assume you are referencing a play or production (Bressen, 2011). But, roles in the meeting sense are the many parts that we each play in the meeting within a group or individually. All roles serve a purpose for the individual or the group in the meeting. There is someone who is going to be rough, straight forward, detail oriented, someone who is going to want something completed yesterday. Also, there is someone from the group who is a risk taker, someone who is cautious. You will also have someone who needs to be directed step by step and maybe someone who needs to feel like they can say anything at anytime with no fear (Bressen, 2011). The groups that prosper usually will create the best ways to incorporate the diversity amongst each person that is there by creating a balance for all involved in the group (Bressen, 2011). There...
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...Together We Stand James Leach University of Phoenix HUM111 October 21, 2012 Together We Stand We the people of the west community think something went wrong with the building process of the development of the community. We have noticed a number of outbreaks of residents getting ill. The illness is not spread past the housing community. We are concerned for the residents health and well being. We would like assistance in this matter so we can resolve the problems before they get any worse. Residents all received medical attention from their doctors. The doctors all rules out anything cause by viruses that were happening around the community. The evaluations from all residents were all the same no common illnesses around the community matched the one of our community. The doctor did tell us the cause of the illnesses could be caused by a gas leak from a long term espouser to a gas leak. The residents of the community still wanted to ask is there any other way something else could be causing this? Could it be a faulty part the gas company used? The community then had a different plumber that installed gas products to check each of the houses and see if there was any faulty parts. Then they checked the system for leaks. The findings determined there was leaks throughout the community in several locations. The gas company who installed the gas products during construction seemed to be at fault for this. The gas company could have not been installing the correct material...
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...Bringing It All Together Part I: Nine Themes of digital citizenship Match the following themes of digital citizenship with the statements below. * Digital Access | * Digital Law | * Digital Commerce | * Digital Rights and Responsibility | * Digital Communication | * Digital Health and Wellness | * Digital Literacy | * Digital Security | * Digital Etiquette | | 1. You setup a new event on ical to remind you to change your password every three months. Digital Security 2. Various restaurants and coffee shops are now offering free Wi-Fi (wireless Internet connection). Digital Access 3. You respond to an email with ALL CAPS. Digital Etiquette 4. You purchase a used gaming system and find that the previous owner’s account information has not been deleted. You go into the online store and start making purchases with their account information. Digital Law 5. You watch Lynda videos to learn how to use photoshop. Digital Literacy 6. You ask your boss for a standing desk so that you don’t have to sit down at work. Digital Health and Wellness 7. You post on a discussion board asking friends to vote for you in an online music contest. Digital Communication 8. Adding items to your wish list on Amazon that you share with your friends and family. Digital Commerce 9. You sign a petition to support the revision of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act that would restrict police from...
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