...Mullins by: Silvia Gamero The plaintiffs in this case are not only a few but many police officers from the NYPD “New York Police Department”, these officers were trying to recover overtime compensation, compensation which they are entitled to under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and they did not receive. Right after the lawsuit was filed, the NYPD bureau of Internal Affairs, decided to perform an investigation over the officers that were involved in the lawsuit, after a number of episodes engaging interrogation, deposition and intimidation among many other disciplinary proceedings, the plaintiffs requested a TRO which is a Temporary Restraining Order for them to not participate in any further investigation or disciplinary proceedings regarding the lawsuit, which ended up extending ten days and after converting in a preliminary injunction by the district court. The NYPD appealed the district's court grant of injunctive relief, which ended in the court upholding the injunctive relief. The rule that was created by the decision of the court was the one of converting the Temporary Restraining Order into an Injunctive Relief. Yet, before doing this, the court held two days for a hearing in April 2009, in which the hearsay testimonies were allowed. I do believe that the IAB's involvement did constituted retaliation, why? Starting with the fact that the collection of information is not normally conducted by the IAB but by Integrity Control Officers or Administrative Lieutenants. The...
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...The systems approach Attempts to reconcile the classical approach (emphasised the technical requirements of the organisation and its needs) with the human relations approach (emphasised the psychological and social aspects, and the consideration of humans needs). The attention is focused on the total work organization and the interrelationship of structure and behavior, and the range of the variables within the organisation. The principal idea is that any part of an organisations activities affects all others parts. The business organisation is an open system, there is continual interaction with the broader external environment of which it is part. The systems approach views the organisation within its total environment and emphasies the importance of multiple channels of interaction. The systems approachs views the organisation as a whole and involves the study of the organisations in terms of the relationships between technical and social variables within the system. The contingency approach This approach explain that the most appropriate structure and system pf management is therefore dependent upon the contingencies of the situation for each particular organisation, this approach implies that the organisation theory shouldn’t seek to suggest one best way to structure or manage organisation but should provide insights into the situational and contextual factors which influence management decisions. Other approaches to the study of organisations: -The decision-making...
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...I interviewed Dave Mullins. He is currently an electrical engineer as well as a project manager for Gavial Engineering & Manufacturing Inc in Santa Maria. The firm is a manufacturer of components for multiple industrial sectors such as nuclear, aerospace and power generation. His projects mainly cover manufacturing and assembling components for the nuclear reactor. His understanding of sustainability is that sustainable energy does not exist in reality. He stated that energies such as solar, wind and tidal would not be possible without the Earth and the Sun. Dave believes nuclear energy can last longer for the foreseeable future in terms of efficiency, and it might be the key energy when other resources such as oil and gas are depleted. When...
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...The case of William Mullins-Johnson is a tragedy, because it was totally preventable. It is an example of a person who has had too much pride and arrogance in himself, and in doing so caused the destruction of several lives and families. The wrongful conviction of Mullins-Johnson rests, almost totally, in the hands of Charles Smith, the former pathologist whose shoddy work was really exposed through this case. Mullins-Johnson was treated terribly by the courts, who completely turned on him in his time of need, they placed too much value on the work Smith, without taking into consequence if the evidence was valid. While it is important to maintain a rigorous criminal justice system in any country, it is also imperative that the work of officials...
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...management such as controlling, leading, organizing and planning. (Mullins, 2007) Planning is a process that includes defining goals, establishing strategy, and developing plans to coordinate activities. Organizing is to determining what tasks are to be done, who is to do them, how the tasks are to be grouped, who reports to whom, and where decisions are to be made. Leading is a function that includes motivating employees, directing others, selecting the most effective communication channels, and resolving conflicts. Controlling is monitoring activities to ensure they are being accomplished as planned and correcting any significant deviations. (Sukamal, 2008) While organizational behavior is a systematic study of what people do in an organization (social system) and how that behavior affects the performance of the organization (its effectiveness and efficiency). (Mullins, 2007) Systematic study is looking at relationships, attempting to attribute causes and effects, and drawing conclusions based on scientific evidence. Not based on intuition. Intuition is a feeling not necessarily supported by research. (Mullins, 2007) So OB helps a manager do well in an organization and its effectiveness and efficiency of most organization. (Sukamal, 2008) Moreover, OB is a multidiscipline study. There are 3 main disciplines: psychology, sociology and anthropology and there are areas of overlap between three disciplines. (Mullins, 2007) It can be shown in the following diagram. Source: Sukamal...
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...Relationship: From not an Easy Sell Product According to Mullins and Walker (2010, p.12, para 7), “Market consist of (a) individuals, and organizations, who (b) are interested, and willing, to buy a particular product to obtain benefits, that will specify a specific need or want, and who (c) have the resources [such as] (time, money) to engage in such a transaction.” “People have different needs, wants, and resources, [so] the entire population is seldom a viable market for a single product or service” (Mullins & Walker, 2010, p.13, para 1). Hence, “Market for a given product is fragmented into several distinct market segments, [and] each segment contains people, homogenous in their needs, want, and product benefit they seek” (Mullins & Walker, 2010, p.13, para 2). According to Tillinger (2008, May 8), “Not every product is an easy sell, [and] there are certain items, and products, which require a bit more effort, and creativity, [in] the process of selling [to customer, who does not want to be a customer]” (Tillinger, 2008, May 8). According to Tillinger (2008, May 8), the key is “Creativity, and understanding, the customer’s perspective are important, when trying to sell [such] products.” Companies marketing product that may not be an ‘easy sell’ face certain issues, and “strategic marketing management involves a seller trying to determine [these issues] in an effort to determine the target market” (Mullins & Walker, 2010, p.13, para 3), and these issues are: ...
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...reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way. (Oxford Dictionaries, 2013) The role of money as a motivator at work has been widely argued over a number of years. Some people say that money is the prime factor that gets employees motivated at work; some people say there are other more important factors that influence employees. It is necessary to look at various theories in order to answer the question about the role of money as a motivator in the workplace. “Where there is little pleasure in the work itself…many people may appear to be motivated primarily, if not exclusively, by money” (Mullins, 2007). Victor Vroom’s expectancy theory of motivation (1964) develops an idea that the amount of effort and level of performance directly depends on the value of the reward at the end and the overall probability of achieving it and thus, motivates employees (Mullins, 2007). The motivational force is presented as follows: ------------------------------------------------- MOTIVATIONAL FORCE = (EXPECTANCY ×INSTRUMENTALITY) × VALENCE ------------------------------------------------- Source: Hitt, Miller, Colella (2006) A combination of factors such as the sense of manageable, attractive outcomes/rewards (valence) and the overall probability of getting the reward (expectancy), leads to motivation with the help of hard work and effort. Hitt, Miller and Colella (2006) claim that the given theory has got some implications for managers who try to increase motivation in the...
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...Motivation is a very important and extremely complex part in the hospitality and tourism industry as much as in any business in the world. Motivation can and does affect how much effort people put in their work and how much they can learn, upgrade their skills and contribute more to the company, through it. (Mullins 2007). Bloisi (2003) defines motivation as ‘’a conscious decision - to perform one or more activities with greater effort than other competing activities’’ (W. Bloisi, 2003 Management and Organisational Behaviour, p.172). Which said in plain English will mean that when a manager gives an incentive to his employees to perform a certain activity that will boost up the productivity of the employee and that confirms the theory that people are rational individual who respond to incentives. On the other hand, when the employee doesn’t have any stimulation to perform an activity the overall product of his work won’t be that good and that makes those employees a burden for the industry that they are working in - they no more contribute for the development of the company (Decenzo & Robbins 2005). Often one of the good examples of motivation is the money factor, followed by enjoying the industry and the good social environment. Most of our motives are conclusive of our behaviour. If managers understand the motivations of their employees they can understand in that way their behaviours (Huczynski & Buchanan 2007). Every manager has to know how to motivate and...
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...on either side of the debate to decide who’s civil rights were violated- a devout Christian’s, or a same-sex couple’s. Whose side will they rule out? Well, due to precedent cases, it can be determined that the Supreme Court will rule that the couple’s rights were violated through the Fourteenth Amendment. In July 2012, Charlie Craig and David Mullins went to Petitioner Masterpiece Cakeshop, a Colorado bakery, in search of a wedding cake. However the owner, Jack Phillips, denied their request as he believed creating a same-sex cake would contradict his religious beliefs....
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...organization to be more effective (Mullins, 2008). Huczynski and Buchanan suggested that the study of organizational behavior focuses on the pattern of structure within an organization, functioning system and the performance of an organization by understanding the groups and individuals behaviors, in order to achieve the goals of organizations. There are different dimensions could be identified when understanding the organizational behaviors (Mullins, 2008). Firstly, as for the individual level, each individual is a part of an organization, which could influence the effectiveness of an organization. For example, the needs and demands of each individual will influence their performance and finally influence the effectiveness of the whole process of achieving organizational goals. Secondly, as for groups, the member of in groups will influence each other and informal groups may arise which may develop conflicts (Mullins, 2008). Third, as for the whole organization part, pattern of structure, management style, leadership, organizational culture would be influential factors, which needs to be focused on. Finally, organizations may also be affected by external environment, such as the advance of technology, political affairs and government policies. Due to the different dimensions, organizational behavior could be seen as a multidisciplinary study which could be viewed as three main disciplines—psychology, sociology and anthropology (Mullins, 2008). Psychology is a study of mental...
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...The Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Literature Yassin H. Yassin UNDP, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 2005 Introduction Business organisations strive to survive by the efficient use of the factors of production and other facilities of the society. This process puts organizations in an interdependent relation with the government, the community at large and the environment. Such interdependence gives rise to a series of broader responsibilities to society in general (Mullins, 2005). Mullins further illustrates that the social responsibilities are both internal and external to the organisations. Presently, there is an increasing concern with the social responsibilities of organisations. This is reflected in part by the extent of government action and legislation on such matters as, for instance, employment protection, equal opportunities, company’s acts, consumer law, product liability and safeguarding the environment (Mullins, 2005). Based on this the social responsibilities of organisations have turned into a legal requirement. Business Stakeholders Palmer and Hartley (2002) argue that business organisations should act in a socially responsible manner for two self-evident reasons: one philosophic and the other pragmatic. Philosophically, models of a responsible society require organisations to do their part along with the family and other social institutions (the schools, the religious institutions, etc.). Pragmatically, organisations...
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...The Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Literature Yassin H. Yassin UNDP, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 2005 Introduction Business organisations strive to survive by the efficient use of the factors of production and other facilities of the society. This process puts organizations in an interdependent relation with the government, the community at large and the environment. Such interdependence gives rise to a series of broader responsibilities to society in general (Mullins, 2005). Mullins further illustrates that the social responsibilities are both internal and external to the organisations. Presently, there is an increasing concern with the social responsibilities of organisations. This is reflected in part by the extent of government action and legislation on such matters as, for instance, employment protection, equal opportunities, company’s acts, consumer law, product liability and safeguarding the environment (Mullins, 2005). Based on this the social responsibilities of organisations have turned into a legal requirement. Business Stakeholders Palmer and Hartley (2002) argue that business organisations should act in a socially responsible manner for two self-evident reasons: one philosophic and the other pragmatic. Philosophically, models of a responsible society require organisations to do their part along with the family and other social institutions (the schools, the religious institutions, etc.). Pragmatically, organisations have to take account...
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...tells us the importance of customers to a company. Just as the text book mentions “The only profit center is a customer whose check doesn’t bounce.”(Mullins & Walker, 2005, P 5) Customers are the sources of profits. All companies must make a profit to survive. This is the bottom line of a company. Second, creating and keeping a customer is how Levitt achieves its profits. Achieving a profit involves two processes. One is to create a customer; in this process a company explores its customers and transforms them into ultimate customers. The other is to keep a customer; during this process a company maintains the customers they have already developed and builds the loyalty of said customers. This is how Levitt understands the market and customers and I think this concept can be applied to any company that wants to manage its goals and go for a long run. In order to achieve the goal of creating and keeping customers, companies should better understand the markets and customers. Understanding the markets as well as managing the markets is the premise for a company to create customers. As the text books mentions “A market consists of individuals and organizations who are interested and willing to buy a particular product to obtain benefits that will satisfy need or want, and who have the resources to engage in such a situation,” (Mullins & Walker, 2005, P.12) figuring out who the individuals and organizations are and stimulating them to engage in such a situation is the key point. Focusing...
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...business. Hospitality industry is UK’S fifth largest employer and plays vital role in UK industry, employing more than 2.4 million people. Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company with more than 3,000 hotels in over 74 countries (Hilton Worldwide; 2012). Understanding group behaviour in an organisational environment is a challenge and great managerial tasks. A leading author, Mullins (2007) has pointed out that organisational behaviour is concerned with study of the behaviour of the people within organisation. In his research Singh (2007) argued that organisational behaviour is a way of thinking and it is directly concerned with understanding, prediction, and control of human behaviour and application of knowledge in the organisation. Following, Fox (2006) has stated that organisational behaviour refers to people behaviour in the groups within the working environment and the behaviour at the organisational system level. The organisational behaviour is important for standpoint of practical and theoretical consideration in organisation, according to Mullins (2008). Furthermore, Singh (2010)...
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...comes defendant Robert Williams, United Parcel Service, Inc. and State Farm Insurance Company who request that this Honorable Court order plaintiff to amend his Complaint to clarify the uncertain, vague and ambiguous allegations made therein RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ____________________________________ MICHAEL L. MULLIN # 9819 5163 General DeGaulle Dr., Suite 213 New Orleans, Louisiana 70131 Telephone: (504) 393-1811 Attorney for: Robert Williams, United Parcel Service, Inc. and State Farm Insurance Company CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I do hereby certify that I have on this _______ day of _______________, 20__ served a copy of the foregoing pleading on counsel for all parties to this proceeding, by mailing the same by United States mail, properly addressed, and first class postage prepaid. ____________________________________ MICHAEL L. MULLIN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA * TODD BROWN * Plaintiff, * V. * * No. CIV. 01-123 ROBERT WILLIAMS, UNITED * PARCEL SERVICE, INC. AND * STATE FARM INSURANCE * COMPANY...
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