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A case Regarding the fundamental Issue of Human Resource Management-To what extent do ethics play a decisive role in it and whether companies should let ethics guide them in matters of crucial nature. Such questions would be examined and answered by the following paper. This case revolves around a fundamental problem that concerns all companies, irrespective of the size or nature of the organization. The issue is that of Human Resource Management. The workforce plays an integral role in the success or failure of any organization, and hence, appropriate management policies need to be created in order to counter any issue arising from the failure or mismanagement on behalf of the management team. Motivational theories have been designed in order to make sure that the various needs and requirements of the workers are fulfilled. These motivational schemes include monetary gains and non-monetary gains. Monetary gains can include compensation schemes, bonuses, and appropriate payment systems, while non-monetary systems include training, the work environment, skills-building activities, management and workers’ communication links, verbal praise etc. Both of these can result in a much improved and efficient workforce system-a requirement for any company in the competitive world of today. The issue that is troubling the management of the organization in the case, African Gold is that of the costs, medical costs and disability programs as a result of the rising workforce succumbing to the HIV/Aids disease. The company head had realized that the repercussions of these could be quite severe. The aftermath included absenteeism, productivity losses, recruitment, and training. These costs were being incurred at a time when the company was alr
Introduction During the period of 1890 to 1920, the U.S. experienced a surge of immigration often referred to as the ‘second great wave’ where more than 25 million people came to America, again mostly from Europe but a majority of this wave consisted of people from the Southern and Eastern regions of the continent such as Italy and Poland. 25 million immigrants added to a population of just 62 million as of 1890 was an enormous percentage gain. It makes the estimated 12-20 illegal immigrants from Mexico in the U.S. today seem less than spectacular. (Pedraza, 1996). This mass influx of immigrants was needed and welcomed but not by all, as today. The Industrial Revolution was in full swing during this time, society was completing its transformation from farm to city life and urban manpower was in short supply. The immigrants had jobs and could build their new life and America benefited because this endless source of labor streaming into Ellis Island made it the most industrialized and economically successful country in the world. This mutually beneficial relationship, however, came at a cost to both the immigrants and their new country. Introduction The Eastern European immigrants flocked to the new industrial jobs in the city which filled an economical need in America. On the other hand, their presence also instigated a cultural divide between the current resident small-town Protestant farmers and the new Catholic immigrants with the thick accents who were not ‘men of the land’ but rather had succumbed to the sinful life of the city. (Crossen, 2006) Prior to 1890, the majority of the voting public was considered within the boundaries of the social middle-class. By 1920, the country had become more socially divided. “The massive influx of immigrants warped America’s historically middle-class character and created vast urban slums and a European-style antagonism between rich, fattened on cheap labor, and poor.” (Locke, 2002). The rapid growth of the immigrant population became a threat to the country’s natural resources when there had been plenty for all. The expansion of people and settlements along with over-hunting led to the creation of federal preservation programs such as the federal parks. The predominantly peasant Eastern Europeans were one of the most poverty-stricken immigrant groups that entered the U.S. Few were able to ever move far from the city in which they first arrived or onward from the low-skilled manual labor jobs they secured upon arrival. “After arriving at Ellis Island or to the port at Baltimore, many Eastern Europeans stayed in cities to work in dangerous industrial jobs or moved to mine communities in Pennsylvania to work in dangerous mining positions.” (Daniels, 1990. p. 149). Though the jobs were hard and the pay very low, the conditions were better than what they were in Eastern Europe. Still, the standard of living for these immigrants was abysmal by any standard. Many were motivated by a desire to make money in the U.S. then return to their homeland and enjoy a higher standard of living there. Unfortunately for most, this dream never materialized. (Golden, 1994). Anti-Immigrant S
Panther is a movie based on a true story accounting on activities of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the organization acting from 1966 to 1982 to struggle for freedom and equality of the African Americans by using armed forces. The film starts with the description of organization’s leaders Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, two representatives of Oakland black community who grew up in poverty, racial discrimination, and government’s negligence that all black people experienced during this period ( Panther ). Nowadays, the U.S. government is more concerned with the issues of racial discrimination that sometimes takes place, as well as the problems experienced by the ghetto regions. However, the renewal of the Black Party Community should not be premised on military actions, but on the development of strong idealistic principles and rules supporting the culture, traditions, and social life. By founding the organization called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, the members were strongly convinced that using armed struggle was the only way to prove the power and dominance of the black community over the white population in the United States. In fact, the movie focuses on the increasing popularity of the Black Panthers among African-American youth across the country and brings attention to other military forces in America fighting against discrimination. In fact, the violence of the organization would meet rigid opposition of the 2012 government because of significant discrepancies between socio-political situations of the two historically different periods. In particular, the current situation in the United States has changed in terms of the new military programs aimed at enhancing security of the population. Second, the racial issues have been suppressed and the President Barack Obama has established a new order in which freedom, equality, and human rights are highly honored and respected regardless of nationality and race. Therefore, the armed confrontation would not be effective at the threshold of the twenty-first century. Additionally, due to the fact that the black population constitutes minority in the United States, the Panther Party was also a minority acting within minority groups. Therefore, their revolutionary struggle contradicted the social and economic realities of 60s and 70s of the past century. In order to change the political and ideological frame of the community, as well as confront the modern political realities, the Black Panther Community could suggest ten new rules and tenets for establishing a revolutionary Nationalist party and rethinking over new doctrines of non-violence:  1. The party should fight for equal access of African-American to education and job employment.  2. The party should work on diminishing the crime levels in ghetto regions and creating new funds for low-income people.  3. Each member of the party should adhere to the Constitutional rights and pledge for the shifts in the right that could support ethnic minorities.  4. Weapon should not be used as the methods for
Introduction English became the language of international communication many years ago, and it is unlikely that it will give up its position given the situation on the world stage. The majority of scientific works are written in English, and this language is used by politicians to take part in international negotiations. Before World War I, the British Empire was the largest and most powerful state – the English colonies were located on the territory of all continents and made England the dominant player in world politics. However, after Britain left its role as the world leader, the influence of English has not weakened, because the United States emerged as the world’s most powerful country. Today, it is not possible to accomplish any venture without using this language to some extent. It is adopted everywhere – from business negotiations to posts on the Internet, from scientific developments to interfaces on smartphones and computers. Speaking English is essential for many professions, such as Software Engineering, Business, and International Trade. Despite the growing number of Chinese and Arabic-speaking people, English will stay the most popular language in the world because of the available foundation in science, business, and politics, and also the dominance of the United States on the world stage. This paper provides an overview of each competing language and discussion on why they will not be able to replace English. Chinese Overview Technically, this language is already the most popular in the world, because it is spoken by more than a billion people. This number is almost three times more than the number of people that are native English speakers (Lane). Moreover, in recent years, China has steadily increased its political and economic power, which means that more foreigners are going to be interested in learning Chinese. However, the primary challenge of people aspiring to study this language is the complexity of both the syntax and orthography. There are thousands of hieroglyphs in the Chinese writing system. Furthermore, pronunciation is not as simple as in other languages, such as Spanish (Lane). It is worth noting that the Chinese authorities recognize this issue and view it as a high-priority problem. They are doing everything to popularize the language – Confucius Institute Headquarters, or Hanban, is the primary manifestation of their efforts. It prepares specialists for teaching Chinese as a foreign language, and develops the most thoughtful and understandable teaching tools, holds educational forums, distributes grants for studying in China, and in every way, contributes to teaching Chinese culture to foreigners (“Abou
Executive Summary The idea of starting a cigar business is driven through our minds because it is a highly profitable business based on the fact that many people are extreme lovers of fun throughout the country most so the region where we have identified as our market stronghold. The target market that we have identified is also majorly composed of the youth who are still very active and whose population is ever increasing day by day. Our target market is also composed of the older people who are philanthropically rich and only are looking for target places to spend the excess cash they have. The cigar business therefore based on the above pillars has a very high prospect of rapidly growing and widening the market coverage. This, in turn, has the effect of increasing sales and in the future, we project that we would control the cigar industry. Most of the advantages that we have are the proximity of our services to the customers first of all. Then our restaurant is also located closer to the industries from where we obtain our goods hence we are saved from the cost of transportation, this ensures that the costs we incur are narrowly reduced hence high chances that profits would be high signifying prospects of future success in our business. The other competitive advantage that our business is likely to have is that it offers a rang
HIMSS is an organization that is dedicated to providing high quality and safe health care to people. It also ensures that the activities it engages in are cost effective. Since the organization is a non-profit organization, it adopts information management systems which enable it to provide people with quality and affordable health care. The organization’s management comprises of a board of directors who are usually elected by the members of the organization. The management therefore ensures that the organization remains committed to achieving its objective of delivering quality health care services by adopting information management systems (Glaser, n.d). The advancements that have been made in Information Technology have made the medical field to implement measures aimed at ensuring that the flow of information is efficient between the patients and physicians. The ever increasing demand for health care services has made medical institutions to adopt health information systems in order to ensure that the services delivered to the patients are of high quality. The quality of health care matters a lot to patients. This is because quality health care makes patients to trust the services that medical practitioners offer to them (Friedrich, 2012). The cost of providing health care is critical to any medical organization. Most medical organizations adopt information management systems in order to ensure that they incur less cost while, at the same time, providing the patients with high quality care. With the advancements in technology, organizations have been able to come up with initiatives whereby they have been able to carry out their operations efficiently at low costs (Ball, Smith, & Bakalar, n.d). Medical organizations are supposed to ensure that patients recover from medical complications and not worsen their medical conditions. There are also medical experts who are not well equipped with the right skills of handling their patients. As a result, it is important for medical organizations to ensure that they adopt information management systems in order to ensure that the patients remain safe while undergoing treatment (HIMSS, 2012). This is important especially when the patients undergo surgeries. With the adoption of information management systems, it has been possible for medical institutions to adopt mechanisms that are very accurate in terms of ensuring that the patients remain safe while undergoing certain types of complicated treatment. Information management systems are effective in ensuring that medical practitioners are efficient in the operations that they undertake towards their patients. HIMSS has been on the frontline in ensuring that it adopts the most advanced technology in the medical field. One of the key focuses of the organization is the information management system (Ball, Smith, & Bakalar, n.d). The organization has remained on the frontline in ensuring that the typ
Company’s background information Agility Logistics originated in Kuwait in 1979. By the year 2004, the company was the largest logistic company in UAE. The company uses merger strategies in acquiring global brands for its competitive advantage through a provision of a seamless global network. Agility has developed efficiency in its supply chains in a tough environment through the provision of personal and customised solutions to its customers. These approaches reflect the company’s mission and vision statements, which strive to meet the global trade challenges and use innovative systems in its supply chain. Agility Logistics thrives on customer management and satisfaction. The company believes that its customer support department can tackle customers’ challenges and uncertainties in today’s market. Agility Logistics has established a reputable personal service as a value proposition for their customers. The company staffs assume personal responsibility for their customers’ jobs. Agility Logistics coordinate all its supply chains through tracking systems. Management of supply chain processes in Agility Logistics has contributed to the company’s success and repeat businesses. The company’s strength lies in its concentration on areas that support a modern supply chain system, such as knowledge of emerging markets, personalised services, social responsibility and environmental sustainability, services in specialised industries, among others. BPM concepts Business Process Management (BPM) refers to comprehending, visibility and taking management and controlling business processes. Business processes have a long discrete chain of activities that cut across individuals, applications, business procedures and organisations. BPM concerns itself with the improvement of the organisations’ processes. Firms that use BPM rely on a framework of prescriptive methods and tools. This framework includes information technologies (BPM Platforms) for controlling, modelling, measuring and improving methodologies such as TQM, Six Sigma and Lean for analysing and understanding applications in the processes and principles of business. Change management and IT Managing change in an organisation is not a simple task. The fundamental change management principle states that “ things are the way they are because they got that way” (Smith 2). This means that it is essential to comprehend how current conditions evolved in order to be effective in changing the existing situation. Changes in the onset of a BPM process create more roles and responsibilities. Therefore, organisations should be able to adapt quickly and exploit the benefits of BPM. However, IT department does not want business leaders to test a new BPM system on their own. Likewise, business department does not want to leave their IT counterparts to run their businesses. Therefore, before an organisation starts the process of implementing BPM, there should be some established guidelines separating the roles and responsibilities of departments involved in the project. As such, is critical that business
The document expresses the level of injustice in the country and the way there has been an imbalance of the rule of law. It can also be noted that the leaders who had been elected by the people used power to oppress not only the citizen of the country but also those of other countries. The main tone of the document was the then King of Great Britain. This was through showing how he had formulated the rules that governed the people and the strategies he had employed to make sure that he always influenced every aspect of the ruling, from the executive to the judiciary. This helped him to deprive the people’s freedom; this could be noted when he refused his governors to pass laws until he approved them. When he saw that they were not favorable to his ruling, he neglected to attend them. It could also be noted that he deprived the people of their democracy (Roark & Johnson, A2). For instance, he dissolved the House of Representatives for opposing his ruling and strategy. In such dissolution, he was able to appoint his allies; this was a group of leaders who did not represent the people and could not disrespect him. The King of Great Britain is portrayed as the tone of the document through the way he obstructed the administration of justice. This could be noted in many ways; for instance, he has refused the laws that outlined the judicial powers (Roark & Johnson, A2). In addition, he made judges be his puppets and only to precede cases according to his jurisdiction as opposed to that of the court. In so doing, he used power to oppress and intimidate his opposers and anyone who crossed his line of rule. According to Roark & Johnson (A2) “this was successful by making the judges depend on him; their tenure in their offices and even their salaries depended on his decision”. The king has also been put as the tone of the document by showing how he laid his strategy to make sure that he was not overthrown by anyone. He constituted laws that allowed foreigners to reside in the country; they paid back by funding his campaign. This helped to protect the troops from trials of the large masses of people they had been commanded to kill (Roark & Johnson, 2). In the imposition, it could be noted that they imposed taxes without the consent of the people, abolished the English laws, and invested powers to legislate
Power refers to a person’s ability to influence, control, and direct other people with the aim of achieving certain outcomes. There are several types of power practiced in organizations. They include legitimate, reward, coercive, expert, and referent power (Bolman & Deal, 2013). Organizational power has different uses and elicits varied reactions from employees. Expert and referent power elicit commitment, legitimate, and reward power leads to compliance, and coercive power results in resistance (Murrell & Meredith, 2000). Using power properly and effectively leads to positive outcomes that drive organizations towards success and attainment of goals. In addition, it results in positive reactions among employees. Power is used for both positive and negative purposes and is influenced by position. The higher the position an employee holds in an organization, the more power he/she has. Factors that affect the use of power and the nature of the response to its use include the style of leadership style applied, position, a leader’s personality, and expertise (Murrell & Meredith, 2000). The style of leadership embraced by a leader determines how they use power and how employees respond (Murrell & Meredith, 2000). For instant, the type of style will determine whether a leader will use the power to punish, reward, or empower employees. Transformational leadership rewards and empowers while autocratic leadership punishes and coerces. The position is also an important factor that determines how power is used. Managers are responsible for reminding employees about their responsibilities and commitments to the organization. Therefore, they are likely to use it positively through delegation of duties and responsibilities or negatively through coercion and negative criticism. The use of power in an organization is also influenced by expertise (Murrell & Meredith, 2000). In many organizations, people with expertise in certain areas possess more power than employees with little expertise. They enjoy more privileges and higher remuneration than their colleagues. In addition, they are usually given influential roles that allow them to be part of their organizations’ decision-making teams. Other important factors include a leader’s personality and strengths and the type of system they work under (Van Wart, 2014). Some organizations give leaders the power to reward and coerce employees while others give leaders the power to lead but delegate the power to execute critical organizational mandates to employee with great expertise in certain fields. As a leader, there are several measures I would take to build an environment that empowers people. These measures include the promotion of teamwork, a delegation of duties and responsibilities, creation of workplace policies that prioritize employee welfare, enhancement of flexib