...Jack Handy of Saturday Night Live once said, “If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that’s another weakness.” While Handy might have merely said this in a comical sense, I would still agree because some of my weaknesses are my greatest strengths. One of my strengths is my drive. When I commit myself to completing a task, I am in many ways stubborn about seeing it through. My drive can also be a weakness in that I sometimes try to do too many things with perfection at the same time. During my bachelors, I was interning, volunteering and taking on friend and family issues. It was ambitious of me to think I could handle everything on top of a difficult academic schedule in school, but I tried. For me, it is difficult to understand and see the line between excess and enough drive, but this past experience has taught me that it is ok to say no and put less on my plate. Another strength is my ability and willingness to always try new things. That is how I got a chance to increase my intra personal traits by playing a major role in organizing the events of TECHNOCOM, a National level technical festival organized by our institution. This created a perfect platform for exposing myself in both leadership qualities and monitoring skills. Throughout my life I have observed two distinct career paths, my father’s and my uncle’s. My father is a veterinary doctor. He secured a government job in India, which he continues to hold...
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...My Strength and Weakness I believe we all have certain personal strengths and weaknesses. For me, it has been very hard to find out what I am strong or weak on it due to the passive education that I had in Korea. I was educated to study in order to go to better college and then better job. Under these circumstances, it took me for a long time to find out my strength and weakness. Thanks to the MBTI and DISC self-test that I had through this course, “Spiritual Formation”, I could have better idea on my strength and weakness. According to the MBTI result, I am an “ESFJ” typed person. ESFJ typed people are usually warmhearted, conscientious, and corporative. They usually like to work with others to complete tasks accurately and on time. Lastly, they are usually loyal and want to be appreciated for who they are and for what they contribute. I was very surprised to see how accurate it is and of course it gave me a great moment to think about and find out who I am. I generally consider myself to be a well-organized, warmhearted, hard-working, and a very responsible person. My greatest personal strength that I think I have is a good people skill. I believe I am a good team player and I respect people that I work with. I enjoy speaking and giving ideas to them so that they can count on me to work thinks out. I am also good at learning and teaching things. I believe education equips us with the abilities to succeed in our lives. I like to learn things that develop my skills and...
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...Basic Strengths and Weaknesses of Kantian Ethics Main strengths of Kantian ethics: * Clarity - Kantian ethics is clear and easy to follow. Its absolutist, deontologicalnature is arguably the most easy to apply * this is good for environmental, business and sexual ethics. Any theory which is easy to apply is helpful/useful/reliable * Egalitarian - Kant states we should treat people as "an end in themselves" and so Kantian ethics puts everyone on equal ground * this is also good for all three, for obvious reasons * Consistent - the absolutist nature of the ethic means that what it says will never change - nobody is an exception * this is good for business - all customers are treated exactly the same and none are favoured * Honours respect and dignity Main weaknesses of Kantian ethics: * Maxim scope - anyone could universalise a maxim to allow anything, so long as it is universalisable * sexually, the maxim 'women should always be sexually passive' could be put forward, as could several others. Is this fair? * corrupt businesses could employ any maxim they wish to justify doing something which many of us may see as immoral * Inflexible - because of its absolutist nature, Kantian ethics offers no flexibility. Itdoesn't regard the situation of an action, which is arguably not helpful or useful in the modern world * this is a weakness for all three - environmental, sexual and business issues are all specific and...
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...Strengths: 1. The team has the right mix of extroverts and introverts which gives us a right balance of team work and individual contribution. So, when we work in group, extroverts provides energy and enthusiasm to the group and introverts provide quiet adaptability and realism. 2. The group is highly dominated by intuitive people, who thrive on what is possible and what is new. They als0 experience a deep concern for each other. 3. The group has the perfect balance between the people, who think and the people, who feel. Thinkers add practicality, logical approach and analytical ability to the group where as the other half is sympathetic and understands needs, promote values and demonstrate feelings. 4. Our group has more no of perceivers, who adds spontaneity to the group and see all aspects of the issues at hand. Weakness: 1. Since, the group has only one judging personality, therefore, we tend to remain with the task and face difficulty in making quick decision. 2. The group lacks sensing personalities and thus, we as a group have a tendency to not pay attention to facts and details. Problems at workplace: 1. Extroverts have an edge over introverts because even though both of them have done equal amount of work, the extroverts may show and convince people that they have worked more. 2. Intuitive individuals have the ability to foresee future opportunities and threats and act accordingly. However, they seem to be less concerned about the present...
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...10 strenghts 1. Responsible 2. Quick learner (mental and physical-muscle emory) 3. Adaptive 4. Motivating (self and others) 5. Natural leader 6. Team Player 7. Good decision making skills 8. Knows at least three languages 9. Humble 10. Punctuality 10 weakness 1. I always assert that I am always right (know-it-all) 2. Introvert 3. Procrastinator 4. Over-thinker 5. Indifferent 6. Hard time coping with mistakes (sometimes) 7. Having a mentality that I do not want to share my knowledge to others 8. Not sensitive to others 9. People pleaser 10. Pessimistic thinking on a situation. A role model is an individual who is looked up to and revered by someone else. A role model is someone who other individuals aspire to be like, either in the present or in the future. A role model may be someone who you know and interact with on a regular basis, or may be someone who you've never met. For me,my role model is my father. One of the qualities that he has that made him my role model is that his ability to solve problems and come up with answers swiftly. In addition, he is a very logical thinker. As Booker T. Washington once said, “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome.” My dad has atoned to this statement whe re in I saw the challenges he brushed off just to give me this kind of life. He influenced me to become a better person...
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...Strengths: We will build up a brand new image in coffee market which didn’t appear ever in Hong Kong. Generally, most of people think that “drinking coffee” is for refresh your mind, common drinking in executive and business world. Now, we create our brand to sell our coffee with Fresh, Young & Vitality image to attract customers who are teenagers. We believe that there are still many room for develop this age of consumers. Teenagers are our mainly target customers, our shop outlook will setup as what teenagers like. So, we will take Japanese retail shop - Muji as a foundational reference, our coffee shops will be setup in open and simple style. Moreover, we will make comfortable and relax atmosphere around the shop that will attract more people willing to come-in. 30 outlets in different locations – easy for customers to reach and enhance the impression to all people about our brand. As customers are the key factor to success in business, our employees will take an important role as they need to deal with customers directly. So, employees are the most valuable asset of our company. They will influence our sales, quality, image and profit direct or indirectly. Therefore, employee selection is very important. Each employee must with similar working experience and fulfill our basic requirements. Also, employees should with friendly, polite, helpful and proactive characters. Any hired person will have 2 weeks training in order to get used to our coffee...
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...Globalization has brought in many changes in the business scenario with the whole world inching towards a big market place. Communication between buyers and sellers become critical as each can opt to explore a greater number of alternatives than before. E-commerce through the use of internet, e-mails, websites and other facilities enables a businessman to be linked with every corner of the world and thus opens up greater opportunities in the world market. As a signatory of WTO practices Bangladesh has accepted The Code of Good Practices of WTO agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. E-commerce facilitates the very process of International transactions; this involves securing and finalizing a contract, delivery of a product and finally payment for the performance of the product. The movement of goods and services and payment mechanism within a country and outside of a country is governed by regulatory and legal issues. Though Bangladesh Govt. has a strategic vision and policy framework to boost up e-commerce, a lot of factors are also hindering the way of doing E-commerce. Definition of E-Commerce: E-Commerce refers to the process of buying or selling products or service over an electronic network. The most popular medium in which e-commerce is conducted is the internet. It combines a range of process such as: • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). • Electronic mail (E-mail). • World Wide Web (WWW). • Internet Applications. • Network Applications. ...
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...Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the current health care reimbursement system. What components do and do not contribute to the overall effectiveness of the system? Why? * The symbiotic nature of components in the health care system * The fragmentation of the health care system * The school of thought regarding health care as a free-market good * The school of thought regarding health care as a universal right The U.S healthcare reimbursement system is very complex. It involves private and public payers and changes in the reimbursement approach of one payer have implications for the other. One feature lacking in both type of payers is reimbursement linked to quality. Payment is based on delivery of services: “Right or Wrong”. The current system does not promote quality care and most services for preventive care are not reimbursed. Those components don’t contribute to the overall effectiveness of the system. Given a clean slate, would you keep the current system, keep components of the current system or change it altogether? One thing we should keep in mind is, although not effective, the current system works! Billions of service transactions occur each year and providers receive payments that sustain them financially even though some physicians believe reimbursements are not sufficient to support their increasingly complex practices. The problem is that: * The current system leaves approximately 45 million American uninsured and a considerable number...
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...My Strengths and Weaknesses in Learning English In all levels of education, the quality of every learner’s grasp and understanding always varies since each student obtains knowledge from their educators in different ways. Additionally, it also reflects that students will have dissimilar strengths and weaknesses which can actually be seen through their study while they are all together learning in the same class. From what I have remarkably noticed since the start of learning English, I constantly find myself having many strengths and weaknesses listed below. To begin with, grammar is my goodness in learning English. I can analyze and catch up the grammatical structures, tenses, and usages sharply and clearly whenever teachers or lecturers have explained them to me. Also, I rarely make any mistakes in grammar exercises since I am quite careful and thoughtful when building sentences or choosing the right answers. Moreover, good time-management is my another best virtue in studying English. I can separate between my study time and pleasure time distinguishably. Furthermore, I usually sort out a study-calendar, which enables me to submit every homework and assignment to teachers or lecturers on time. To sum up, grammar and good time-planning are my strengths in learning English. Besides, listening is my feebleness in studying English. I am not able to understand the whole conversation well once the native speakers speak very fast. Also, I never get good scores in listening test...
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...A QUESTION: CHOOSE ANY ONE THEORY PERSPECTIVE IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND GIVE ITS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING HUMANITY In a bid to fully understand the subject of anthropology, a number of theories have been coined, In as much these theories which takes in Marxism, Functionalism, Evolution perspective among other have done justice in their attempt to give light on the subject of humanity, they have been found wanting in some respects. This essay will discuss the evolution perspective and show its strength and weaknesses. Anthropology is defined by Wolf E (1994) as the study of humans which takes a broad approach to understand the many different aspects of human experience and to achieve this anthropologists consider the past , through archeology, to see how human groups lived, they also consider what makes mans biological bodies and genetics, they even go to the extent of comparing humans with other animals to ascertain how humans are similar and different from these. In general they draw and builds upon knowledge from social and biological sciences, as well as the humanities and the natural sciences. Evolution theory perspective or evolution anthropology as it is sometimes referred to is defined by Barnard A (2000) as the interdisciplinary study of the evolution of human physiology...
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...University of Phoenix Material Employee Portfolio Complete one matrix for each employee. Employee name: Jessica |Self Assessment |Results Summary |Strengths |Weaknesses | |How Satisfied Am I |Jessica scored 68 which is below |Jessica works well with others and |Jessica feels that she is not | |with My Job? |the average which ranges from 74 to|independently, she is confident in |compensated well for her position, | | |76 |knowing her job |she doesn’t feel like she is | | | | |allowed to do things freely and is | | | | |unhappy with the amount of hours | | | | |she receives. | |Am I Engaged? |Jessica scored 19 with the range |Jessica’s strength is her |Jessica does not give her all we | | |between 9 and 45. It does not |perseverance in all that she does. |disengaged from her job and she is | | |appear that she is fully engaged in| |easily distracted from outside | | |her new position...
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...Swat Analysis QUESTION: Company A's weakness is company B's strength. Company C's threat is company D's opportunity. Explain with relevant example. Answer: First of all I would like to give a short definition of the terms weakness, strength, threat and opportunity. WEAKNESS: Attributes of the organization that is harmful to achieving the objective. STRENGTH: Attributes of the organization that are helpful to achieving the objective. THREAT: External conditions which could do damage to the business's performance. OPPORTUNITY: External conditions that are helpful to achieving the objective. Actually there are a lot of areas used to assess the strength and weakness in the companies one of these areas is the (cash flow )of the company while company A's weakness could be the lack of enough cash so they cannot for example afford to undertake a large-scale promotional campaign and this could be the strength of company B which is in better situation so it can afford to undertake such as this activity. Other example for estimating the areas of strength and weakness in the companies is the (Efficiency in communication skills) for example while company A's weakness due to the bad communicate with the customers and clients this could be the strength of company B which has excellent communication with the clients which is approaching the prospective of the clients and achieve their desires and it just makes the clients want to start a business with this company. Human resource...
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...statement provided, the horizontal analysis is between years six and seven, and years seven and eight; respectively. When analyzing the income statement provided with the task, several strengths and weaknesses are very apparent. They will be broken down individually and analyzed separately. Horizontal analysis is calculated by using the formula below ("Horizontal Analysis," n.d.) Income Statement Revenue: Net sales between years 6 and 7 demonstrate a 33.3% increase or an increase in approximately $1.5 million. This is a strength because there were positive sales during this time frame. Positive sales are always a positive finding in business. However, sales between years 7 and 8 demonstrate a decrease in net sales of -15% or $897,000. This is a weakness due to the overall sales being down. Cost of Goods Sold between years 6 and 7 demonstrates an increase of 31.8% or $1,048,000. The costs associated with manufacturing goods are always going to be a big expense. While the cost associated may appear to be a weakness for the company, it actually demonstrates strength for the company. The reason being is the percent change in sales. It closely represents the increase in sales during the same period. If the sales number did not adequately correlate with the growth, this would be a weakness for the company and would demonstrate a lack of efficiency or an increase in the price for raw goods. Years 7 and 8 also closely correlate with the overall decrease in sales at -14.5%...
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...Facing the Mountains The purpose of this essay is to identify and discuss my personals strengths and weakness, I have discovered in myself and how they revealed themselves on the trip and how I can transfer the use of this personal strength in an outdoor survival setting, into a strength, which will help me in an academic setting. Also, to discuss what I can learn from my weakness in an outdoor survival setting, and identify ways to prevent this weakness from interfering with my academic success the use of this personal strength in an outdoor survival setting, into a strength, which will help me in an academic setting. To add more, to describe my vision of the meaning of success, at the college level. During this trip at Mont-Tremblant on the 18-20th of September , I have developed 1 main strength and weakness about myself and I experienced it even more on this trip. During this SOS challenge the strength that I discovered about myself is my ability to help others and my weakness is that I have a difficult time adapting myself to change. First, the strength that I developed in this course and trip was my ability to help others that are in trouble. This strength revealed itself effectively during the course and trip, my ability to help those in trouble brought a sense to myself to push myself even harder. Also by discovering that I am able to help others creates a positive and friendlier environment for me. The more I was helping my classmates when they were in trouble...
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...businesses and foundations. From many struggles, the art industries have developed low revenue, however; the Utah Opera and Utah Symphony need to integrate this merger for reduction of expenses for both organizations. Anne will need to implement other strategic goals that included, retain the audience platform and contract for musicians and key employees. Additionally, I had to implement a scorecard for both organizations showing weakness and strengths with recommendations of these formalities as to how Anne can mitigate these issues through the merger. A1. Utah Symphony Strengths and Weaknesses Financial Strengths Financial Weaknesses Endowment revenue High expenditure structure Profitability Low revenue from fundraising Leadership Strengths Leadership Weakness Keith Lockhart’s positional power as a music director for a symphony and opera. Unfilled CEO position Keith Lockhart’s experience to expand their performances Domineering in his position/partiality with staff A1a. Steps for Utah Symphony (Recommendation) Financial Strengths of the Utah Symphony are endowment revenue and profitability. The endowment showed an average for Group I symphony showed approximately $76 million, and Group II symphony showed approximately $8.8 million” (DeLong, 2005). The total revenue for FY 2000-2001 was ($12,398,548 million) and FY 2001-2002 projected ($13,763,674 million), which increase by ($1,365,126 million). This was generated from the increase in performance and...
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