...E. Share Jesus Without Fear (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 1999). Abstract Share Jesus Without Fear is a comprehension guide to boldly sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, with practical guidelines and scriptures to aid the apologist in defending their hope in Christ. Additionally, a practical guide to personal preparation, planning, and professing Christ to the unsaved. First and foremost comprehending the evangelist is the vessel being used and the Holy Spirit will do the work. “God has called each of us to share our faith, in obedience. He has called each of us to evangelize.” As the body of Christ all have been silent and avoided the command to share Jesus with all we meet. Silence is a sin as it is disobedience to God. “We should be excited about sharing our faith. We are living in a time when biblical prophesies are being fulfilled right and left. Yet most of us remain silent.” Throughout this book, Fay presents practical and friendly questions to share in an effort to offer Christ and His redemptive love. The Share Jesus plan is implemented through spiritual discernment, a series of questions, scripture, prayer, and discipleship. As the work of evangelism is completed through the guidance of the Holy Spirit and led by God the kingdom will experience great and sustained growth. Further, in sharing Jesus there will be some oppositions, personally and in those being served but Fay provides scriptural and practical responses in multiple situations...
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...awareness as a Christian has been heightened. There have been several questions raised that deserve not only an answer, but diligence in the research and understanding necessary to answer with confidence, vigor and enthusiasm. The first question that will be answered is simple in thought, but more complex in true understanding. Does the Bible have authority? Next, we will discuss the importance of personal testimonies in sharing the gospel. Finally, we will look at life as a Christian. If a person is a Christian, does it matter how they live their life? Throughout the following pages these questions will be explored and answered fully, truly and completely. II. Section One: Does the Bible have authority? Many people read the Bible with cynicism in their hearts and attempt to be overly critical as a result. This is true for both Christians and non-believers alike. In some ways it seems easier to look for a mistake or try to disprove scripture instead of having true faith. This poses the question. Does the Bible have authority? If so, where does its authority come from and how do we know? There are many arguments that show the Bible’s authority and confirm the scripture is the word of God. The most powerful to me personally is the convicting, convincing and converting power of the message. The power of the Bible made itself clear to me as I was reading an old Bible I found in my Grandfather’s things after he passed. I was going through some of his...
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...Motivation, Performance, & Satisfaction Alisha Joseph LDR/531 October 31, 2011 David Grier Motivation, Performance, & Satisfaction Introduction Performance, motivation, and satisfaction on the job are factors that are determined by employees and their employers. The employees bring in personal beliefs, morals, education, experience, and values. The employers regulate the information supplied to employees and the employees bring values, education, experience, morals, and personal beliefs. Boosting subordinates’ motivation can enhance performance and satisfaction on the job. “Motivation refers to forces within an individual that account for the level, direction, and persistence of effort expended at work (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2007).” Developing Employees Developing employees in a manner that upholds and enhances performance, motivation, and satisfaction on the job is the responsibility of the organization. The selection process is a good way to start this by administering candidates for employment personality test to make sure the company, the team and the candidate are compatible. The company shall be held accountable to give new employees a clear expectation of what is required of she or he to perform her or his duty, supply an opportunity for employees to communicate openly with peers, managers, and leaders and explain the benefits and pay that comes with the job. Managers will confer with its subordinates on a regular basis to redefine...
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...agencies work together to provide integrated health and or social care for the benefit of service users”. The two day IP conference (2011), was a great opportunity to meet different professionals and agencies from different areas of health and social care profession and share their views and understanding on IP working and IP learning. The Centre for Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE) has defined IPE as “Interprofessional Education occurs when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care" (CAIPE, 2002). CAIPE uses the term "Interprofessional education" (IPE) to include all such learning in academic and work based settings before and after qualification, adopting an inclusive view of "professional". Based on the key themes, we discussed how Interprofessional collaboration can provide best possible care to the service users and analyse where the services are lacking. Through group discussions, key note addresses and seminars, I was able to learn about the communication issues between the health and social care professionals, contrasting professional perspectives and values, ethics within teams and stereotyping, power imbalances and team processes ( Fletcher, 2008). Improving the quality of communication is now a key priority for health and social care (DoH, 2008). Staffs at all levels are expected to work in partnership with multi-professionals and agencies. Service users expect, and demand, greater...
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...Talk about enterprise competence marketing way and its influencing factors Abstract: the study found that ability including the ability to transfer of marketing and sales, the ability of communication and promotion, sharing and union of three typical way;And the choice of a variety of ways is the ability to attribute and the marketing characteristics, cultural distance, relationship quality and customer value and enterprise value variables such as the result of the interaction.This recognition in theory and reveals the ways of marketing ability and choice mechanism, the ability to expand and enrich the existing marketing theory, and provides the academic development ability next marketing scale structure shape and support;At the same time the ability to formulate marketing strategy for the enterprise marketing method to provide corresponding guidance and effective selection ability. Key words: ability of marketing;Marketing way;Selection mechanism One, the introduction Existing enterprise competence theory, especially the theory of marketing ability is difficult to explain the marketing communication activities between industry enterprises in the market.Because in industrial marketing, communication between the enterprises more and more focused on the supplier's resources and capabilities, rather than the current sales of the products.For example, in the capital products trade fair, exhibitors tend to introduce to the customer from the r&d department of technical personnel...
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...suggest possible ways to communicate the concept of knowledge management more effectively so that the knowledge management concept could be implemented more successfully. The communication of knowledge management concept is done through knowledge management socialisation process and it is suggested that the socialisation process be carried out by the so called “opinion leader” who is presumably to be a more knowledgeable person and be able to influence others in changing their perception and behaviour. Introduction Today organisations are fundamentally different as compared to organisations existed in one or two decades ago in terms of their functions, structures and style of management. The new organisations put more premium on understanding, adapting and managing changes and competing on the basis of capturing and utilising knowledge to better serve their customers, improve the operations or to speed their products to markets. The emergence of these new organisations calls for a new way of management, which is generally known as “knowledge management”. What is knowledge management? Why is it so important to adopt this new methodology of management? How to successfully implementing knowledge management in the old and new organisations? One of the conceivable ways to initiate knowledge management in organisations...
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...the people involved, who have certain personality traits and motivations, and have agency over how the events unfold.[3] SCT was first proposed by Ernest Bormann in the Quarterly Journal of Speech in 1972.[4] Symbolic convergence is related to attribution theory in that it deals with the human tendency to attribute meaning to signs and objects in order to make sense of them.[5] The process of symbolic convergence resembles empathic communication.[5] SCT has a three-part structure: 1. elucidation of the recurring forms of communication involved in a shared group consciousness 2. illustration of why group consciousness begins, rises, and is maintained 3. explanation of the process of how an individual begins to share (or stops sharing) a common symbolic reality [5] | Anatomy of SCT[edit]...
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...The Effect of French and Raven Power on knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Creation and knowledge Sharing: An Empirical Investigation in Lebanese Organizations Dr. Silva Karkoulian, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon Miss Yasmina Osman, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon ABSTRACT It has been documented that not much is known about the kinds of French and Raven powers that foster the acquisition, creation and sharing of organizational knowledge. This study extends the French and Raven power literature to the Lebanese Organizations and provides an empirical evidence of knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation and knowledge sharing. Results from the regression analysis of this study show that expert power is positively and significantly associated with knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation and knowledge sharing. INTRODUCTION In the second half of the twentieth century, knowledge management proved to be a new managerial reform suited to the rapidly changing environment. Managers were encouraged to consider and treat their employee’s knowledge as a crucial source for the success of their organizations (Huseman and Goodman, 1999; Stewart, 1997; Sveiby, 1997). Many scholars have focused their attention on knowledge management. Grant (1996) argues that a source of organization’s competitive advantage is when organizations apply a great deal of effort to develop new knowledge and technology. This new knowledge and technology...
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...delays, increased costs, and dwindling market shares” (Dubrin 2010). Conflict also bars collaboration between departments or between team members. Before we try to resolve conflict, we must first understand conflict. Then, we must consider the five conflict management styles and determine which one to use in the specific situation. We as leaders can also use different approaches to resolving conflicts. This section of the handbook will discuss understanding conflicts, the different conflict management styles, and approaches to use to resolve conflicts. Understanding Conflict We cannot attempt to resolve a conflict until we fully understand conflict. Conflict is a normal and healthy part of relationships. When handled properly, conflicts can actually strength a relationship instead of destroying it. (Segal & Smith 2013) Many different things cause conflicts. Eight common causes of conflict are (Gatlin, Wysocki, & Kepner 2002): 1) Conflicting Needs – In the workplace, these needs could include resources, recognition, or power. (Gatlin, Wysocki, & Kepner 2002) 2) Conflicting Styles – People approach other people and problems differently because we are all individuals. We all need to understand our own style and how to accept the styles of others around us. (Gatlin, Wysocki, & Kepner 2002) 3) Conflicting Perceptions – People also have different perceptions and may view the same issue in dramatically different...
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...Processes Prof. Benny Cheung Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering 1 Principles of Knowledge Engineering and Management (ISE531) Learning Objectives •To familiarize with knowledge processes such as knowledge creation, knowledge acquisition, knowledge transfer, sharing and retention •Knowledge transfer methods and how to support effective knowledge sharing •To understand how to develop culture for knowledge transfer •Various techniques for knowledge retention such as after action review, etc. •To understand knowledge validation process •Metrics for measuring the outcome of knowledge processes 2 Benny Cheung Principles of Knowledge Engineering and Management (ISE531) The Knowledge Processes •Knowledge consists of patterns of information in form of rules, applicable to explain or predict phenomenon (e.g. apple drops due to gravity). •Knowledge processes are what individual and collective use to produce, transmit, acquire, store and use knowledge. •Knowledge management deals with knowledge processes and a knowledge environment. •There are a number of primary knowledge processes which are: •knowledge production (or creation or generation) •knowledge acquisition •knowledge sharing •knowledge retention •knowledge validation •knowledge transfer (or diffusion). Benny Cheung 3 Principles of Knowledge Engineering and Management (ISE531) Knowledge Production •Knowledge production is a process that creates new knowledge through the reconstruction of older...
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...Jalen Taylor Take Home Exam Fall 2011 Marvin Broome 1) Black culture has an interest and unique background that is very questionable. Curiosity about black culture arose during the Harlem Renaissance in the 20s but the Black community became more concerned during the 1960s. The concerns of the black community were the possession, meaning, reappropriation and reconstruction of their culture. It was during this time that many blacks shifted from the ideal of integration towards the resurgence of Black Nationalism. This movement sparked an interest in the Black culture, as well as the role in life and struggle. From here, a strong commitment to revitalize, reconstruct and actually construct Black culture came about. This newfound inspiration to rediscover the black culture led to the unveiling of a few paradigms that were centered on the theme of bits and pieces of the Black culture being lost or forgotten. The Deficiency Paradigm argues that Blacks have no real culture, that slavery destroyed it, and that what passed as Black culture was simply a pathological reaction to Whites, a duplication of them or an expression of lower-class culture rather than a specific Black culture. The Crusian Paradigm argues that although culture must be seen as central, the three factors of culture, politics and economics must be welded together into a dynamic synthesis and social strategy. Both of these paradigms argue that Whites have tried to destroy black culture by forcing their...
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...First and foremost the game provided an understanding of the bullwhip effect and furthermore also insight to the challenges of distributing material and information within a supply chain. I have applied the cause-effect theory in order to obtain an understanding of the root causes, the reasons, to why the bullwhip effect, the result, occurred in the supply chain in the LEGO game (Slack, Chambers and Johnston, 2010). Hence the structure of this assignment will be based upon a cause-effect analysis which treats the experienced bullwhip effect as the result. Thus this assignment describe the causes of this effect identified through reflecting upon the LEGO supply chain game played September 25, 2015. Bullwhip effect The bullwhip effect is unexpected distortion of information observed in a supply chain and can be caused by demand fluctuations e.g. variability, which is processed and amplified through the companies in a supply chain. The demand fluctuations are amplified as they are processed upstream in the supply chain and hence the swings, the demand order variability, of the “bullwhip” can be expected to increase the farther upstream in the supply chain a company is located (Lee, Padmanabhan and Wheng, 1997). Reflections and learning outcome from the game I will divide this reflection and learning outcome section in two parts; (1) Round 1 where each “function” in the supply chain operated individually and without information sharing; (2) Round 2 where we were allowed to share...
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...organizations. Finally, online communities are built up through on-line interactions within their members. The Midlands Hospital case describes the development of an innovative procedure for the treatment of cataracts. The process began with the creation of a community of different specialists involved in diagnosing and treatment. This type of “managed community”, in the form of project team, leads the change process. Through the time and through working together, trust developed among team members. Trust is a necessary condition for cooperative behaviors; it encourages sharing knowledge and knowledge creation. The social network contributed positively to the innovation process breaking down the knowledge boundaries between different specialists with different professional backgrounds. Inside this community different professionals worked together sharing understanding and attitudes to knowledge formation and knowledge sharing. This enabled an agreed analysis of the diagnosing and treatment problems. Moreover, this community of practice link shared identities to learning amongst community members. Each member brought and shared inside the community his/her experience and knowledge, but also used personal network to expand...
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...Problem Solution: Gene One Introduction Good Sport is a company that values innovation, quality, relationships, and customer satisfaction. With health conscious initiatives and groundbreaking innovation, the company now realizes a successful business in sports fitness. Founded over fifteen years ago by former athlete, Jason Poole, good sport has established itself in promoting healthy living through uniquely compact and safe exercise equipment that is high in consumer demand. The company has been very successful in developing, marketing, and selling new products over the past few years. This success can be primarily attributed to the strong organizational structure—including its organizational culture and corporate values—that is grounded in the company vision and imbedded in the execution of the company’s mission throughout all levels. While the company has had issues of internal conflicts and ineffective leadership; nevertheless, the organizational structure of good sport has not been a stumbling block impeding upon progress. As a result, Good Sport can be considered a stable and thriving company—even in the midst of leadership and/or organizational change. This paper will further describe the organizational structure of Good Sport and examine its cultural environment—to include a description of the subcultures of two of its department. The analysis will include a look at the departmental leadership—examining the effectiveness and influence over these groups. ...
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...Modern Quality Management Explain each of the following statements as they apply to modern quality management. a. Customer service is the rule, not the exception. b. The absence of defects is a given rather than a source of competitive advantage. a) The foundation of modern quality management is that the customer is the main judge of quality. Part of the customer’s experience is also the customer service. Customer service is essential and vital to the success of a company because if people see the customer service as lacking, this can also translate to its products. Poor customer service can be seen as bad quality. This starts a chain reaction of affects – without customer service, customers view the product as lacking (not good quality) and will therefore look to other companies for the product. This means less customers, which means less money and companies cannot succeed without money. So to say that customer service is the rule, not the exception means that there is the recognition of customers and their perception of quality of a companies product an that quality and customer service is expected. It is a given. b) Another given under modern quality management is that the customer expects the absence of defects. It is not enough to be lacking in defects to constitute as a quality product. Quality has evolved to being more than lacking defects to focusing more on customer satisfaction. Customer expectations have to be exceeded so customers continue their patronage...
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