...Who’s Really in Charge This paper will examine the leadership styles and qualities used by the Google Company and the management styles of Christophe Bisciglia as well as analyze situational leadership. This paper will also explore Google’s 20 percent time program and how effective it is. In reviewing this paper it will be determined what type of leadership style Google is using and the impact the style has on their organizational performance. Leadership Styles and Qualities of Google Management and Christophe Bisciglia The leadership style of Google management appears to be more participative leadership. The leadership style empowers and encourages employees to have innovative ideas and to implement those ideas. Google has a way recruiting the best employees and giving them the freedom to exercise their creativity. Baldwin, H. (2012). Bisciglia on the other hand uses more an autocratic style of leadership. Bisciglia had a large amount of students and he would use his entrepreneurial skills to get a team of volunteers together to work with college interns and develop the curriculum. Basciglia asked several colleagues to use their 20% time to help him teach the curriculum to the interns. This idea was so popular students couldn’t wait to sign up. Basciglia, know how to get the right people to help him get the job done, but it appears he maintained most of the authority as the lead teacher incorporating his ideas. More Effective Leadership ...
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...Enron and Arthur Andersen Accounting Scandal The Enron accounting scandal resulted in a loss of reputation to Arthur Andersen which was a result of fraudulent financial statement reporting. Crimes discovered included irregular accounting procedures which could be turned in as fraud which involved Enron and Arthur Andersen as its accounting firm. They were found to have committed wire fraud, security fraud, making false statements to banks, creating several “independent” companies, called “Special-Purpose Entities” (SPEs) and using them as a way to hide many bad and devalued assets to fool investors into believing Enron was financially healthy so Enron executives could pocket millions from sales of inflated stock. They created a company called LJM1 which purchased the provider’s stock at inflated prices and took them off the books at Enron. Later, when the price of the stock fell, Enron did not have the loss on its books. LJM allowed Enron to move money-losing assets off its balance sheet. LJM was also involved in complex hedging that was supposed to reduce the volatility of some of Enron's investments, including stakes in high-tech and telecom businesses. Arthur Andersen, Enron’s accountants, were accused to have allowed LJM1 to be isolated from Enron’s books, and go unnoticed. In the end, LJM1 was stuck with stock from the internet provider, which they purchased from Enron at inflated prices, and now were worth much less. Andy Fastow was the Enron executive who...
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...ease and will certainly be much better at doing these things than you will be on your own or a court appointed attorney (who has no vested interest in the case) will. You must find an attorney which works on your side and you need to feel comfortable with your lawyer. It's important that you are honest with your criminal defense lawyer and share all of the information with them. They will only be able to do their job properly if they are armed with all of the correct information. This cannot be understated - your lawyer needs to know all of the facts to enable themselves to do the best possible job of defending you. The bottom line when it comes to choosing an attorney is that you need to have experience on your side. Choose an attorney who's dealt with similar cases in the past, and has had positive...
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...feels that the depreciation expense should be recognized at the time of the team being sold. So who’s right? I feel that the OPC is right not because they are following industry standard but because over time the player’s performance will decrease and they become more prone to getting injured depreciating the overall team value. Therefore, the PBPA should continue to depreciate the roster as they currently are. 2- Current Roster Salary - The OPC is currently expensing 100% of the players yearly salary including the portion of their salary of which is being spread out over the following 10 years, where the OPC feels that they should only expense the yearly amount of which is being paid out excluding the one that’s being spread out over the next ten years. So who’s right? I feel that the OPC is right since the salary portion that is being spread out in ten years it has actually being earned now and not in the next ten years. It has been deferred for ten years in order to aid in taxes purposes and to secure income in the following years but it has already been earned. 3- Amortization of Signing bonuses – The OPC is currently expensing the player’s signing bonuses in the year that they are paid, where the PBPA feels that the signing bonuses is part of the overall compensation package and therefore should be amortized over the period of the players contract. So who’s right? I feel that the PBPA is right, since indeed, the signing bonus is tied to the overall compensation...
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...As I started getting closer to the age of 18, I became aware of how many more responsibilities come with it. Turning 18 signifies that you are an adult now, and you have to pay more attention to things you haven’t before, such as bills/money, politics, and most importantly, voting. Voting is a privilege that we were given in our Constitution, which is why I firmly believe that every American should partake in it. We have been learning about the amendments, and how the voting age was changed to 18 during the Vietnam War, so that the men being drafted could have a say in who was in charge of sending them overseas. That’s what voting is, our say in government. I recently voted in the election, and as I was on my way to the poll, I took...
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...Albert Stuckey AIU Online Abstract This paper is a definition essay that defines the term juvenile delinquent. Juvenile delinquent is a person who’s under the legal age of 18 and breaks the law. This essay will give the reader in detailed information regarding the term juvenile delinquent. Juvenile Delinquent Juvenile delinquency is a term that basically means a person under the age of 18 years old (or age set by state officials) that commits that act of breaking the law. In many courts the punishment for committing a crime while under the age of 18 doesn’t sound too bad to some people. In some cases the crime in which the juvenile commit can lead to the youth being charged as an adult. Neglect Definition: To pay no attention or too little attention to a child’s basic needs from a parent or guardian. Unpredictability: not knowing what behavior will lead to a physical assault. The child is always walking on thin ice without knowing the rules or guidelines. The angrier the parent, the more severe the abuse, the abuser believes to have control they need to put fear in the child. Delinquency is a child who is beyond a parent(s) control and shows signs of being antisocial is label as a juvenile delinquent, and is subject to legal action. http://www.yourdictionary.com/antisocial Juvenile delinquent is a person who’s under the age 18. This person is found to have committed a crime in states which have declared by law that a minor lacks responsibility and may not be...
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...Who's Got the Monkey? In the article Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey, it is about how managers can take a structured approach to preventing problems from getting delegated upward. This article addresses three types of time: boss imposed time, system imposed time, and self imposed time. To me this article is stating that many managers feel overwhelmed and have too many "monkeys" on their backs. One main lesson that I learned from reading this article is that when managers take problems over from their employees, important issues get delayed and the organization as a whole suffers. In summary, the article is saying that you should arrange your time properly not taking all the monkeys alone and share or transfer to the right person who actually owns the monkey. A monkey in the context of this article can be defined as the next move after two individuals meet. Everyone has "monkeys" or problems. Most of my "monkeys" are going to be found at home. First "monkey" is to take out the trash on the assigned nights prior to the AM pickup. I am in charge of gathering and dividing all trash into the compost, recycle or trash bins. My second "monkey" is to be available to run errands or go to the store for my parents and/or grandparents. I have been in charge of doing this ever since both of my sisters started their own journeys. The final "monkey" is just being around to be available for help. Since both of my sisters have jobs and go to school, it is now my time to assist with...
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...Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey? In Ocken’s and Wass’ short story, “Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?”, a manager seems to be overwhelmed with the amount of problems that ha been brought to him by his subordinates. They approach him with a problem, or “monkey” and expect him to fix it, making it his problem, or his “monkey”. By the end of the day, he has too many monkeys on his back and too little time to “feed” them. His subordinates, ensuring that he has not missed the point will occasionally check up on him. This is what we call supervision (4). Instead of the manager being the one in charge, his subordinates have become his superiors. There are three kinds of management time to be considered. Boss-imposed time- used to accomplish tasks that can only be accomplished by the manager. If disregarded by the manager, there will be swift penalty. System-imposed time- used to suit demands from associates for dynamic backing. Ignoring these solicitations will additionally bring about punishments, however not generally as immediate and quick. Self-imposed time- used to take on tasks initiated by the manager. This type of time has portions that are taken up by the subordinate which is considered subordinate-imposed time. The portion left remaining belongs to the manager and is called discretionary time. No penalties are faced with self –imposed time because it was not known the intention of the manager to take on a task in the first place (Oncken and Wass 4). ...
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...lines, which are subject to ‘common carriage’ laws. These lawsrequire phone companies to treat all calls and customers equally. They cannot offer extra benefits to customers willing to pay higher premiums for faster or clearer calls, a modelknows as tiered service. 2. Who’s in favor of network neutrality? Who’s opposed? Why? Those in favor of network neutrality include organizations like MoveOn.org, theChristian Coalition, the American Library Association, every major consumer group,many bloggers and small businesses, and some large Internet companies like Google andAmazon. Some members of the U.S. Congress also support network neutrality. Vint Cerf,a co-inventor of the Internet Protocol also favors network neutrality saying that variableaccess to content would detract from the Internet’s continued ability to thrive. This groupargues that the risk of censorship increases when network operators can selectively block or slow access to certain content. Others are concerned about the effect of slower transmission rates on their business models if users can’t download or access content in aspeedy fashion.Those who oppose network neutrality include telecommunications and cable companieswho want to be able to charge differentiated prices based on the amount of bandwidthconsumed by content being delivered...
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...During Jessie Pope’s “Who’s for the Game?” the speaker reveals the use of propaganda during World War I to encourage young men to join the war. The propaganda used by governments during the war was manipulative for the governments to enlist more men. The speaker uses sports dialect to enhance the propaganda by comparing war to a sports game to appeal to the lower classes. The speaker also focuses on how this propaganda appealed to their masculinity and to how women would look at them. Thus, by appealing to young men’s desire for women, they could be exploited for the war. Pope's composition of the use of propaganda during World War I exposes the strategic manipulation of young men and their passion for sports, women and grit to encourage them...
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...Persuasive Governors in some states may be enjoying a rise in popularity but an ever-increasing sentiment among voters has been to vote them out from office. Politics in Washington DC are deeply invited along party lines with few compromises being reach on key issues over the past decade or longer. Many view this gridlock as dysfunctional however this is how the two-party system works. The Congress and Senate must be able to provide bipartisan legislation to ensure that the laws proposed and passed represent the largest segment of the population and will not face repeal under administration changes for example Democrat versus Republican. We have all seen the maps on election night news coverage boldly displaying red or blue states. With the vast majority of the United States population living in states that tend to vote one way. Governors in those states have historically had easier paths to passing legislation because of strong partisan backing and a weak opposition. This may seem to function as a well-organized political power but more often than not typifies "machine" politics. Governors in red or blue states rarely face strong opposition in their respective legislatures and most will adopt the agenda that their party has as a platform. This can give the impression that those in power have the backing of the people they represent but often are a result of one-party dominance. Governors in general have reached the pinnacle of their political careers however some have ambitions...
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...A hawk and a dog are viewed as polar opposites. A dog is playful and happy-go-lucky. While a hawk is daunting. In the two poems hawk roosting and golden retrievals, the authors belittling diction, imagery and syntax to illuminate and characterize the speakers with emotion. In Hawk Roosting, Tim Hughes uses belittling diction and imagery to show that the hawk is above everyone. His belittling diction demonstrates the hawks confidence. The phrase “the earth's face upwards for my inspection” implies that he is in charge and decides things. This suggests that no one is above him, he is at the top of the world and if the world doesn’t do as he pleases, he will kill them. Which comes to the authors forceful imagery. The image of the...
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...LADY MACBETH: That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quench'd them hath given me fire. Hark! Peace! It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bellman, Which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it:(5) The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms Do mock their charge with snores: I have drugg'd their possets, That death and nature do contend about them, Whether they live or die.(10) Enter Macbeth |Lady Macbeth (Worry, holding hands) I cannot wait until Macbeth kills the King | | |MACBETH: |Macbeth: | |Who's there? what, ho! |Who's there? | |LADY MACBETH: |Lady Macbeth (Hands are touching the head) | |Alack, I am afraid they have awaked |Did he kill King Duncan before the guards wakes up, I am so | |And ’tis not done. The attempt and not the deed |afraid and worried about Macbeth | |Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready; | | |He could not miss ‘em. Had he not resembled(15) | | |My father as he slept, I had...
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...active judges on the court and works closely with the chief district judge, who is responsible for the court's overall administration in the courtroom, the parties may be present at the counsel tables with their attorneys. The accused in a criminal case has a constitutional right to be present. Parties in civil cases may be present if they wish, but are often absent. The plaintiff's attorney represents the person or company, or the government, which filed the complaint. In criminal cases, a United States attorney represents the administrative branch of the government. United States magistrate judges are court officers who support district judges in preparing cases for trial and administer some of the discovery process. They may also be in charge of over less serious criminal trials, and, when both parties consent, over civil trials. Bankruptcy judges and United States magistrate judges are appointed for specific terms of office and do not enjoy the same protections as judges appointed under Article III of the Constitution. Life tenure. Federal district court judges, court of appeals judges, and United States Supreme Court justices are selected to office by the president of the United...
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...and/or other black market drug situations. This means that when one becomes involved with marijuana, the door is then open to much more dangerous drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, etc. In most cases, teenagers who recreationally use marijuana are lead into these drugs, drinking alcohol, and associating with crowds that can potentially harm them and create incredible problems in their lives. Another reason that this drug should be in no way acceptable in society is the undeniable increase in crime due to the market of marijuana. It is a common misconception that billions of dollars are thrown away each year on incarcerating people who are only guilty of possession of marijuana. While there are many people imprisoned each year who have drug charges, the majority of these offenders...
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