...Back to School A country thrives when its citizens contribute and make an effort to make the most of what they are offered in life. President Barack Obama is very aware of this and has made it an important subject and goal in his presidential career to inspire youngsters in the right direction, both for their own sake and their country’s. Barack Obamas’ speech “Back to School” at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia was held in September 8, 2009. The age of the present audience varied to children from kindergarten and all the way up to twelfth grade. In addition to that, the speech was also broadcasted to students all over the country. The audience is obviously extremely great, and the speech will therefore have a tremendous impact on several individuals. The first thing Obama seems to focus on in his speech on the first day of the children’s school day are in fact the children themselves. He speaks directly to them, and initiates the whole thing by telling everyone that being nervous is perfectly normal. He has obviously tried it himself when he was their age. Very easily he finds a way to make everyone relate to him by telling stories from his own life. Barack Obama did not grow up under the best circumstances. He was raised by a single mother whom was very passionate about doing what was best for her son. She even sought to homeschool Obama, when he wasn’t at school. She wanted to make sure he would have the best possible future. This particular section of the speech...
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...really means to be free and what the real meaning is. Do we as a society understand how some laws were meant for all and some that were really placed in law for others? There are rules and laws that are set in place just for people of color or minority and some that are set in place for all if the all fit in the category set forth in that particular law. To this day the law is not equal. Crucial Social and Political incidents When my parents moved our family from Newark, NJ to Piscataway, NJ in the early 70’s, my father wanted to find a place better than where we were coming from. He found a home in an area that the builder was told not to sell to blacks. The builder did not care, he cared that my father had the down payment and he was approved, so the builder let my father buy the home. There was a reason why blacks were not allowed in that area. It all started with the bomb threats, sugar in our car gas tank, screen door torn from off the front door and racial slurs written on the garage doors. That is just the tip of the iceberg. My father told us never to cross to the other side of the road. We could never figure out why, until one day we decided to ride our bikes to the school on the other side of the road. We were at the school no more than five minutes before three police cars pulled and with sirens hailing. They told us to drop the bikes and lay on the ground. He asked us where we stole the bikes from. We told them our father bought them for us. One of...
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...Zalvin Prof. Jennifer Crane QU101 9/13/10 Creating An Identity In Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama he talks about his life experiences and how it formed him as a human being. The story also shows his interpretation of what a solid community should consist of, as well as how individuals should interact with each other within the community. Through out his life he was discovering who he was by new meeting people and trying new things. An individual’s identity is formed through life experiences and cannot be sustained because it is ever changing. A community is a group of people that are brought together by friends, family, neighbors, and people with common interests. Communities are important because it gives people a sense of belonging and being wanted. And in Dreams From My Father, those were the needs and values that Barack was searching for. Communities are sustained through shared values, trust, loyalty, and a sense of safety. In a community people have moral responsibilities to other people and the community as a whole. Communities have moral responsibilities to their individual members because they need to keep their community together. Sometimes you get put into situations where you want to look out for yourself rather than the big picture with the community. You have to be able to put others in front of you sometimes so that you can avoid these types of conflicts. My favorite excerpt from the text came when his father was insulted by a man who...
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...In the Name of Identity: Who are you? What makes you, you? How are you recognized as a human being? What makes you different than every other person in the world? These questions contribute to your identity regardless of what you look like or where you come from. Every single person in the world is different whether it is visible to others or not. Although we are all different, we connect and form relationships through common ideas, values, and goals. In the novel Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, by Barack Obama, he recalls many different issues involving his identity as a whole in addition to the communities he lived in and principle values he was raised to believe. Throughout the story Obama creates a theme of struggle involving his own identity. He relates these issues towards his own community and explains how certain occurrences shaped his character values and personality. The word individual can be defined in various ways. It is a word that can apply to many different aspects of life as well as raising questions about who exactly we are as individuals and how we became the who we are today. Some factors that contribute to shaping our identities are social, educational, economic and historical. While Obama was growing up, identity was something he struggled with deeply. He was constantly moving, which forced him to experience different communities and ultimately aided in forming his identity. Looking back on it now, it seems beneficial, but at...
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...is a factor that matters in career choice. How healthy a person is, physically and mentally will determine the career of job he goes for. Furthermore, some occupations (like the regimental ones) require a display of strengths in the recruitment into the police, army and paramilitary occupation. b) Intellectual factors:- Intelligence which refers to the mental ability of an individual is also very important. A person intelligent quotient is considerable in career choice. There are some professional courses like medicine, law and engineering whose cut off point are so high and except one is brilliant, and one cannot make it in the university matriculation examination. It takes only the bright ones to enter into the occupation of their dreams, especially in Nigeria, other considerations like political ethnic and religious factors may override intellectual qualification in admission and vocation selection. c) Aptitude: This refers to the special ability within a person that help him perform well in a given area of study. In a nutshell, the individual has to consider his fitness and readiness to do a job before making career choice. For example, an individual who is a stammerer, should consider his fitness to be a lawyer. d) Interest: An individual’s preference in a particular occupation as against the others is his vocation interest. However, it has been found that men in particular occupations have characteristics set of life and dislike which differentiate them from...
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...n Richard Branson: The spirit to Succeed Fundamentals of an Entrepreneur 04-75-290-01 Submitted to: Dr. Jonathan Lee Submitted By: Ryan Thrasher Submission date: March 3, 2012 The mind and spirit of an entrepreneur are that unlike any others. In today’s economy, it takes more than the basic traits and skills to succeed in founding and running a successful company. One has to seek opportunity where no one else does and be willing to take adverse risks in order to get ahead. The risk involved in creating your own business venture in today’s economy is astronomical compared to times prior. Charles Dawrin’s theory of ‘survival of the fittest’ reigns supreme in the business world. The ability of a company to create, innovate, differentiate, and grow often determines their chance of surviving. Based on a stats derived from Industry Canada (2009) “Business failure statistics show that about 96 percent of small businesses (1–99 employees) that enter the marketplace survive for one full year, 85 percent survive for three years and 70 percent survive for five years (Key Small Business Statistics - January 2009, Industry Canada). This is why it is imperative for a young and aspiring entrepreneur; to not only encompass a vast array of specialized traits but also be willing to take on the adverse risk involved in following through. The focus of this paper will support those desired traits and characteristics that helped define the great Richard Branson as an...
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...LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS WRITTEN BY: ANKITA PATIL BATCH: BABM-1 UNIVERSAL BUSINESS SCHOOL CONTENTS Serial No. | Title | Page No. | 1 | INTRODUCTION | 3 | 2 | LEADERSHIP | 3 | 2.1 | LEADERSHIP APPROACHES | 4 | 2.1.1 | TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP | 5 | 2.1.2 | TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP | 6 | 2.2 | REALATION BETWEEN TRANFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP | 7 | 2.3 | X AND Y THEORY | 8 | 3 | WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE? | 9 | 3.1 | MODLE OF THE CHANGE PROCESS | 9 | 3.1.1 | FORCE-FIELD ANALYSIS | 9 | 3.1.2 | THE THREE STEP MODEL | 10 | 3.2 | TYPES OF PLANNED CHANGE | 11 | 3.3 | IMPACTS OF CHANGE | 12 | 4 | CONCLUSION | 12 | 5 | REFERENCES | 13 | 1. INTRODUCTION: I choose to do the live project in ‘Max Elastic Technocraft’ which is an upcoming elastic manufacturing company. The company’s manufacturing unit is based in Varap gaon, Kalyan-Murbad Road, Murbad. The company is under the SME segment and has annual turnover of Rs. 10,00,00,000. The company manufactures all kinds of elastic bands which include woven elastics, jacquard elastics, mobilon tapes, furniture elastic, shoe elastic etc. There are total 150 employees which includes 2 HR Heads, 10 managers, 20 assistant managers, 5 technical heads, 7 technicians, 10 operation managers, 3 finance officers. The rest are the workers who handle machines according to their shifts. There are 41 machines in the company. The company follows two...
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...Kelly | McGowen | Williams C en ga Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States ge Le ar ni ng BUSN BUSN BUSN 6, 6th Edition Kelly | McGowen | Williams © 2014 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Senior Project Development Manager: Linda deStefano Market Development Manager: Heather Kramer Senior Production/Manufacturing Manager: Donna M. Brown Production Editorial Manager: Kim Fry Sr. Rights Acquisition Account Manager: Todd Osborne en C Printed in the United States of America ga ge Le Compilation © 2013 Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-1-285-88034-1 ISBN-10: 1-285-88034-X Cengage Learning 5191 Natorp Boulevard Mason, Ohio 45040 USA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein LL RIGHT th repro reprodu ted, s may be reproduced, transmitted, stored or used in any form or by any means electro graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, scann di recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, information networks, a or information storage and retrieval systems, except as permitted under o t Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior writ written permission of the publisher. pro For product information and technology assistance, contact us at Cen Cengage Learning Customer & Sales Support, 1-800-354-9706 For permission to use material from this text or product, submit...
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...10 Steps to Earn a High GRE Score The following is a guide to scoring high on the GRE test. If you follow these steps, your GRE score will improve. 1. Relax: Preparing for the GRE can be stressful. Try to focus on the task at hand and not so much on everything else you have to do. If you take GRE test prep step-by-step, day-by-day, and give yourself breaks when your body needs them, you'll be able to concentrate on GRE studies a lot better. 2. GRE Diagnostic Test: Begin GRE test prep with a GRE practice test to find out what you're good at, and more importantly, what you're not good at. Correct your completed practice test and evaluate the questions you missed. What kind of questions did you miss? Are they mostly Quantitative or mostly Verbal? What score would you give yourself on Analytical Writing? Did you miss a lot of analogies but do well on reading comprehension? With this information you'll be able to focus your GRE test prep studies on your weaknesses. 3. GRE Study Plan: With your GRE weaknesses in mind, make a very specific study plan for yourself. You should know what, how, and when you are going to study for the GRE test. Put your study plan somewhere in plain view, and make sure you stick to your plan. Try to keep GRE test prep interesting by planning to study different things in different ways. For example, study GRE vocabulary from flash cards one day, from a list the second day, and by reading and learning words in context the third day. 4. GRE Vocabulary: ...
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...Subject: Successful Princeton Applicant Through all of my accomplishments and disappointments, I have always been especially proud of the dedication and fervor I possess for my personal beliefs and values. Unfortunately, it has often been difficult for me to remain outwardly firm and confident in a town where most people think alike and reject exceptions. Whenever I have expressed my position as a pro-life advocate, peers have badgered, accused, and ridiculed me for simply believing in something that they scorn. Despite all the pressure, I never waive red from my belief, yet I became frustrated and began to lose the courage to publicly express my opinion on this controversial topic. To gain some insight and reassurance for myself, I attended the New Jersey Right to Life Convention in the spring of 1995. This experience uplifted me and offered great inspiration and enlightenment. At the convention I received an overwhelming amount of support and encouragement from wonderful people who advocate the very principles I believe in. This convention was so inspiring that the next day in school I was able to relate my experience to one of my biggest opponents on the subject. Also, the abundant information available at the convention enabled me to defend my position on abortion more effectively. Attending this convention accomplished two things. It proved my commitment to my belief, in that I took the initiative to strengthen and support my opinion, refusing to give up or lose heart. Unlike...
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...9-609-066 REV: MARCH 4, 2010 STEFAN THOMKE BARBARA FEINBERG De esign Th hinking and I Innovation at Apple Th hink different. — Apple Advertising Slogan, 1997 e 7–2002 By the beginnin of March 2010, weeks after the dramatic debut of its iPad, A y ng Apple’s share price remai ined in the US$ 200 range, where it had hovered for more than f six month U d for hs—signaling solid g financ strength and future gr cial a rowth prospec as world e cts economies, an businesses continued t reel nd s, to from the worst rec cession since the Great De epression. Wit a market c th capitalization of nearly US 200 S$ billion and annual sales appro n oaching $50 b billion, Apple was now w e worth more t than the indu ustrial giant General Elec ctric and exce eeded the val of Sony C lue Corporation b a factor of five, even th by hough both f firms had larg revenue b ger bases. All the more amazin ngly, a scant 12 years earlie when Steve Jobs er, e return to Apple, the company share pric had hovere around $5 and the futur was uncert ned , y’s ce ed re tain at best. J Jobs, after all had already been fired fr l, y rom the firm he co-founde almost a d ed decade earlier and r, he wa coming bac when the c as ck company was nearly writte off. Even s through th difficult pe s en so, hat eriod, the co commitme to produc design and development had stayed a ore ent ct t alive. Sin being fou nce unded in 197 Apple has been consid 76, s dered a leading designer and integrat of tor computer hardwa and softw...
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...The Strategy Concept I: Five Ps for Strategy* Human nature insists on a definition for every concept. The field of strategic management cannot afford to rely on a single definition of strategy, indeed the word has long been used implicitly in different ways even if it has traditionally been defined formally in only one. Explicit recognition of multiple definitions can help practitioners and researchers alike to maneuver through this difficult field. Accordingly, this article presents five definitions of strategy-as plan, ploy, pattern, position, and perspective-and considers some of their interrelationships. To almost anyone you care to ask, strategy is a plan-some sort of consciously intended course of action, a guideline (or set of guidelines) to deal with a situation. A kid has a "strategy" to get over a fence, a corporation has one to capture a market. By this definition, strategies have two essential characteristics: they are made in advance of the actions to which they apply, and they are developed consciously and purposefully. (They may, in addition, be stated explicitly, sometimes in formal documents known as "plans," although it need not be taken here as a necessary condition for "strategy as plan.") To Drucker, strategy is "purposeful action"', to Moore "design for action," in essence, "conception preceding actionn2 A host of definitions in a variety of fields reinforce this view. For example: in the military: Strategy is concerned with "draft[ing] the plan of war...
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...STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TEXAS EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM FALL 2011 Professor David B. Jemison CBA 3.232 Telephone 471-8757 David.Jemison@mccombs.utexas.edu Texts: Porter, Michael E. Competitive Strategy. (New York: Free Press, l998). Course Description Perspective and Themes This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term vision for the organization. This means that it is concerned with both the determination of strategic direction and the management of the strategic process. As such, it deals with the analytical, behavioral, and creative aspects of business simultaneously. The course is organized around six themes in strategic management: the role of the general manager, the components of business strategy, corporate strategy development, divisional-level strategy development, managing strategic change, and the development of general managers. Our perspective in this course is that of the leader whose responsibility is the long-term health of the entire firm or a major division. The key tasks involved in general management include the detection of and adaptation to environmental change; the procurement and allocation of resources; the integration of activities across subparts of the organizations; and, at the most senior levels, the determination of purpose and the setting of corporate direction. General managers, from our perspective, are managers who are in the position to make strategic decisions for the firm. Note that such...
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...CONTENTS Page no. 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. OBJECTIVE OF STUDY 4 3. METHODOLOGY AND LIMITATION 5 4. BSNL- 4.1 ABOUT THE THE COMPANY 6 4.2 ITS HISTORY 6 5. THE STRUCTURE AND OVERALL STUDY 5.1 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, 9 5.2 STRUCTURE 12 6. THE FALL OF THE GIANT- REASONS NOT ONE BUT MANY 17 7. STUDY OF THE FINANCIAL DATA AND THE REASONS FOR THE FALL 24 8. PLANS FOR REVIVAL 8.1 MERGER 30 8.2 DIVESTMENT 31 8.2.1. EMPLOYEES STRIKE 32 8.3 OTHER STEPS 35 9. FUTURE PROSPECTS 36 ...
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...“A critical component of any winning business is an HR function that improves business results. I highly recommend this book to HR and business leaders everywhere.” —William S. Allen, Senior VP, Group HR, AP Moller-Maersk AS, Copenhagen, Denmark “Got business? This book does. By asking (and answering) the tough questions about HR relevance for line managers, shareholders, and customers, readers will clearly understand the why, how, and what of HR transformation.” —Rich Baird, Joint U.S. and Global Leader, Advisory People and Change, PwC “Wow, they have done it! Many HR shops need transformation but don’t have the answers. This book is the roadmap, answers the questions, provides the rationale, and describes how HR transformations should unfold. Read it, but better yet—do it!” —Richard W. Beatty, Rutgers University, coauthor of The Differentiated Workforce “A must read for an HR team that wants to add the most value to the business.” —Bob Bloss, HR Executive Vice President, Hallmark “A thoughtful and practical guide that will help leaders navigate some of the most important decisions about building the HR organization of the future.” —John Boudreau, USC Marshall, coauthor of Investing in People and Beyond HR “Two bangs for your hard-earned buck. First, a very strong summary of the key tenets of the most important HR thinking. Second, highly practical examples of what to do and—even more importantly—what NOT to do when embarking upon transformation.” —Reg Bull...
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