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Executive Summary The present research project is devoted to the investigation of employee engagement and its implications for organizational performance. The paper starts with the identification of research aims, objectives, and methods and continues with a short review of high-quality articles and reports. The evaluated evidence reveals that in order to increase job and organizational engagement, company leaders must strive to promote job satisfaction among staff members and motivate them through various means. The key findings substantiated the formulation of a few practical recommendations to improve work engagement focusing on employee empowerment, reward systems, career growth opportunities, and enhancement of workplace culture. The expected impacts of those recommendations on employee performance at distinct organizational levels are outlined in the conclusion. Introduction Employee engagement is a strategic approach to organizational improvement endeavors and the stimulation of desired organizational change. The given strategy aims to achieve and maintain the highest level of employee motivation and workers’ devotion to the well-being of their company (Agrawal 2015). It is considered that engaged employees show positive organizational behaviors and directly contribute to favorable organizational outcomes including increased productivity and profitability (Osborne and Hammoud 2017). Leadership and job design are traditionally considered the most important factors defining the motivation of personnel. However, to engage employees in work, the design of the workplace environment and reinforcement practices should be substantiated by an in-depth understanding of underlying psychological mechanisms and drivers of motivation. Project Aim The given research project is intended to provide practical recommendations aimed to increase employee engagement and consequently promote positive organizational behaviors and productivity in personnel. Project Scope By costing millions of dollars to organizations annually, disengaged employees pose a significant managerial problem. The given research project attempts to address this essential matter by providing such deliverables as evidence-based practice recommendations. The research will be based on the information retrieved from 11 scholarly sources. The project will be deemed successful in case both predictors and outcomes of employee engagement are identified. Consequently, the data can be implemented within one or a few particular organizational environments in a single case study or comparative control study. Project Objectives An expected project outcome is the demonstration of how various employee engagement practices can contribute to positive organizational performance and results. To attain this, the following obje
Introduction Workplace inequality is the unfair payment practices against gender, race disability, and nationality. Inequality issues have remained unresolved in many ways in most workplaces. These are brought by the unfair treatment of employees within the same company, same qualification, and same rank whereby one sex is favored over the other. Many people suppose that men get extra special treatment than their female counterparts where employers also tend to pay much attention to them (Klein, 6). They end up benefiting from their employers than their female counterparts. Many employers consider that male employees have more intellectual abilities than female counterparts. Men are seen to be more disciplined and competent than women. But most recent research shows that women are doing better than men. Main body There are some issues that cause inequities in Workplaces. One of the reasons is gender stereotypes. There are some behaviors that are meant for either a man or a woman. Men are believed to be aggressive and the employers feel that this kind of behavior seen in them is needed in the success of the business. Women on the other hand are believed to be passive where less participation in most activities of the business is expected of them. Sometimes employers are not aware of bias issues that go on in the Workplace though they are the ones mostly blamed for the gender gap or inequality. These gender gaps have some impacts on both sexes. They make women feel inferior in Workplaces in that they sometimes refrain from asking questions or taking up some roles. This results being in remunerated in an inequity manner or remaining in the lower ranks in particular jobs or companies. On the other hand, men take risks and questions authorities of management in some issues making them being well remunerated. Employers have a big role to play in order to eliminate bias in workplaces. Employers should engage employers in reading articles that are open to both male’s and females inequalities. Employers should always be keen especially when grouping hiring, promoting, designing remuneration, and motivating employees for a company where both sexes should mix… During induction, employers should ensure that appropriate guidance is given. Gender-free language should be practiced in workplaces (Klein, 9). Always men and women should be treated equally even when it comes to breaking company policies and regulations. It is important for employers to encourage teamwork, especially for women. Employers shoul
Justice Socrates’ arguments and philosophical approaches to the purpose of human existence could best be described by analyzing the rationality behind human existence. The object, circumstance and end goal of an action plays an important role in ensuring that human actions are objectively undertaken. The fact that life is worth living can be analyzed from varied perspectives that have been assessed and revealed by the philosophical arguments of Socrates. Socrates is of the view that justice can be undertaken through order and by adhering to predefined mechanisms of differentiating between what is right and wrong. In the view of Socrates’ philosophical arguments, disregarding orders of the superior is an unjust way of living. Socrates argues that autocratic leadership is an important structure of ensuring that the rule of law is followed and that the common good of all societal members is enhanced. Socrates believes that avoidance of wickedness is difficult compared to the occurrence of death and many other misfortunes in life. To enhance justice, existence of war between what is wrong and right is unavoidable. Socrates’ version of justice is different from people’s ability to simply do what they consider acceptable for them. Socrates assumes that being just is undertaking actions based on one’s feelings, illusions and aspirations. Revenge emerges as an illogical alternative to justice in society. In their conclusive remarks, Socrates, Stoics and Epicureans contend that justice and doing right are synonyms and should never be issues of discussion or be undermined by juries in the society. Justice can easily be achieved when people remain optimistic and realistic to happenings in society. Happiness Socrates, Stoics and Epicureans discuss the key pillars and principles that shape human behavior. Happiness is an aspect of human existence that is achieved through constant and intentional effort. People need to be consistent in undertaking critical steps aimed at improving the environment and the manner in which they lead their lives. Happiness is therefore not an accident. Human effort should strategically be made in order to eliminate challenges that could hinder it from the success and realization of absolute human fulfillment. Human beings need to understand the source, cause and purpose of life. Socrates points out that self confidence is an important pillar in human happiness. People who need happiness in their lives should also strive to understand the truth behind human nature as well as conceptualizing the purpose of death in life. Error is an aspect of human nature that should never hinder people from acquiring true happiness. This argument is complemented by both Epicureans and Stoics’ beliefs that people need to understand that happiness is not only an end in itself but also the purpose and goal of life. Epicureans, Stoics and Socrates conclude that happiness is not a feeling. It is a definite and much desired state of wellbeing.
Introduction Plagiarism or the act of borrowing other’s words is a phenomenon that many had practiced and is still being practiced, though in niche corners of the world. The very presence of unethical and immoral practice in the academic sphere is misconduct, and most educational institutions strictly prohibit it. Plagiarism is branded as unethical and immoral and is often shoved off to the dungeons. To academicians, it is a sin. This paper elucidates the arguments for and against the question of plagiarism. Against Plagiarism Plagiarism leads one to answer questions regarding the originality and the ownership of the text. According to Western philosophy, the beginning of the great monotheistic religion was of celestial origin, and the religious text was a creation of the divine intervention . All the texts created in the classical era by authors like Plato or Aristotle were mimetic . However, with Enlightenment, the imagination shifted towards a modern time wherein the focus from the divine shifted to the humanist subjects. Nevertheless, once we enter the modernist sphere, the concern over the legal sanction of the text became important, and textual borrowing had to be curbed . Therefore, the postmodern and the poststructuralist arguments arose against the rise of textual borrowings, which were based primarily on philosophical grounds. Many believe that plagiarism is a crime against the academic sphere and therein, it deceives not only the readers but also hurts the interests of the original author of the text . Granitz and Loewy suggest that students today mainly provide ample reasoning to support their acts of stealing other’s texts from situational ethics. However, it can be pointed out that plagiarism indicates a lack of integrity among academicians and a barrier to intellectual growth. Gotterbarn, Miller, and Impagliazzo provide an ethical analysis against the act of plagiarism. Plagiarism can be a violation of the commercial, intellectual property, or a copyright violation. They point out that “plagiarism of the most serious kind is a conscious effort” of the author with an explicit intent to misinform . From the utilitarian perspective, as the stakeholders are adversely affected by the act of plagiarism, it is unethical. However, from the point of consequentiality analysis, a distinction between detected and undetected plagiarism must be addressed. If the act of plagiarism goes undetected, the perpetrator is not maligned with the stigma of theft and the other stakeholders, in their ignorance, remain complacent. Therefore, the argument against plagiarism is based on the loss of the perpetrator in terms of the shame of the act and the loss of the original author. Both provide the biggest reasons why acts of plagiarism should be stopped . For Plagiarism On the other hand of the debate is the argument that strict imposition of rules aga
Global economy The term global economy is used to describe an unrestricted movement of goods, services and labor from one country to the other. It is a reflection of an inter-connected world characterized by free movement of labor and capital across the world. The concept is associated with globalization which is the combination of production and consumption within different markets across the world, Pauly& Steven, (2005). Globalization has benefited countries through improvement of various economic developments in the world. A global economy on the other hand is a world economy with no specifications of goods and services as it provides a wider range of opportunity to traders and consumers to make a decision on which kind of trade to engage in thus improving productivity. Though global economy has raised the world productivity and living standards of the humans due to increased income, it has led to greater inequality within countries as evidenced among the less developed economies in Africa and other countries such as China and Brazil. Inequality between countries has further led to a wider economic gap between citizens living in developing countries. As a result, unemployment is rampant in these countries causing even skilled citizens have no opportunities to get absorbed into the job markets. Developed countries therefore find it cheaper to produce goods in the less developed countries due to cheap and abundant labor as well as underutilized resources. This has promoted overreliance of less developed countries on the developed countries to for support to run their ailing economies full of war, hunger and human injustices which have attracted a large number of private organizations working tirelessly to control poverty in the world. However, these private efforts need economic and political goodwill from the various governments for accomplishment. The global poverty resistance impacts positively to the global political and economic developments. Importance of global poverty reduction to world political developments According to global poverty report released in July 2000 at the G8 Okinawa meeting, poverty eradication was described as “both a moral impressive and necessary for a stable world” (World Bank, 2000, pages i). Resistance to global poverty has several benefits to global political achievements. To start with, it promotes peaceful coexistence among countries in the world. As in less developed countries, the continued wars and wrangles caused by inequality among citizens leads to political instability that extends to other countries and even continents. Poor people usually resort to violence either in the form of terrorism or drug smuggling in an attempt to find solutions to their poverty. However, some rich individuals could capitalize on this state to organize international crime or terrorist attacks. This is because majority of the genuinely poor individuals have no means and time to organize crime that poses threat to world security since they channel their income to households at the expense of inves
Introduction Stress encompasses an integral part of everyday life, especially for university students, due to the increased economic advantages of acquiring a university degree in the modern economy (Wheeler 2). It is manifested in different forms that culminate into the altering of the normal functionality of a university student. The five common causes of stress encompass poor time management, new university environment, competitive exam circumstances, parental pressure to excel and the new relationships built in universities. Eradicating stress is impossible, but university students can articulate various strategies to reduce stress and enhance the achievement of good grades (Fraser and Carolyn 463). Solutions to Stress The six major solutions university students can apply in reducing stress include avoiding unnecessary stress, altering the situation, adapting to the stressor, accepting things that can’t be changed, making time for relaxation and fun and adopting a healthy lifestyle (Hill and Grahame 262). To avoid unnecessary stress, the student should know his limit, the student should avoid the people that stress him or her, take control of his or her environment, he or she should avoid topics that upset him as well as he should organize his daily tasks, responsibilities and schedule for effective time management. Under altering the situation, the student should understand that some stressful situations cannot be avoided, but can be altered (Southwick 281). This can be done by expressing their feelings as opposed to bottling them, compromising willingly especially in situations that can culminate into stress, being more assertive by dealing with problems head-on (O’Connell 21). Adapting to the stressor only occurs when a stressor can’t be changed. This accords the student with control through the change of attitude and expectations (Whitman 84). This can be done by reframing problems or viewing the stressors in a more positive manner, looking at the bigger picture by taking in the stressful situation’s perspective, adjusting his or her standards to include reasonable standards that met easily as well as focusing on the positive side of university life especially when being weighed down by stress (Ming-hui and Yanyun 159). Under accepting the things that cant be changed, the student should avoid asserting his or her control on uncontrollable factors as the behavior of the other students, their parents and the schools administration by focusing on those things that can be changed, viewing challenges as personal growth and academic growth opportunities, sharing what the student is going through with a friend or a counselor as well as learning to forgive those who exert stressful pressure on him or her (Brown 92). Under making time for fun and relaxation, the student should set time to connect with others, engage in something they enjoy such as sports, hiking, yoga and transcendental meditation and art, s
Introduction A heat pipe is an appliance that enables the amalgamation of conductivity to heat as well as it is a transitive phase in an efficient way that allows heat transfer to occur between two solids. In 1942, the idea of heat pipes had first been proposed by Gaugler, but it was in 1962, when Grover created it, and thereafter it has been studied and improvements have been done to it (Gaugler 4). In summary, the mechanism of the heat pipe is such that upon the liquid within the pipe coming into direct contact with the solid outer covering, evaporates are a result of heat absorption. This then goes through it to a cold crossing point where it evaporates once again, and the cycle repeats itself. But each heat pipe can be adjusted to fit the thermal working conditions of the system in case. This report expounds in detail on how the heat pipes work, how they are made, their applications and their comparison with other heat conductors. Construction and Operation A heat pipe is sometimes comprised of a sealed pipe, and at other instances, it is a tube made of a material that has high heat conductivity on both the hot and the cold ends like aluminium or copper. After this, a process of air removal and the sealing of the pipe with a coolant is done to create conducive temperatures. Otherwise, the pipe is heated so as to make the fluids (like water, ethanol, acetone, sodium or mercury) within it boil, and then it is sealed while hot. This in turn causes some of the fluids to be in a liquid state while the rest are in gaseous state, which is caused by the partial vacuum. The vacuum enables the elimination of the diffusion of the gas through another gas, thus causing the major vapour to transfer rapidly as molecules to the cold end. What confines the degree of heat transfer is just how fast condensation of the gas happens at the cold end (Faghri 33). Capillary pressure is used inside the walls of the heat pipes, while the fluid is still in liquid state. This is made up of a material that has the capability of employing capillary pressure on the liquid that has undergone condensation so as to direct it back to the hot end of the pipe. The structural specification of a heat pipe requires that a source of speeding up the process occurs if gravity is insufficient, and therefore, the input of a structure is done to achieve this. It is important to note that a heat pipe is not a thermo-siphon as it does not contain a siphon in its structure. On the other hand, they contain no motorized moving parts and thus do not really require maintenance. Unfortunately, over time, non-condensing gases may cause the pipe to become less effective in heat transfer. Comparison of heat transfer and effec
The arguments by John Gordon Cooper (1872-1955), “Prohibition is a success” (1924) and “Prohibition is a Failure” (1926) by William H. Stayton (1861-1942) will form this summary paper. Cooper in his arguments portend that prohibition should be upheld with much important consideration as much as the other parts of the constitution. Thus is because disregarding the Eighteenth Amendment that prohibits the intoxicating liquor remains a basic and fundamental part of the constitution and as such cannot be given less consideration. The effectiveness of prohibition as advanced by the author includes a number of well illustrated points that stand to support his arguments. First, prohibition is effective in that it has increased drinking and intemperance throughout the whole nation. Secondly, prohibition drastically led reductions in the levels of violations in that it was obeyed by bootleggers and moonshiners after the war time. This is demonstrated in its active role in the reduction of bribery and smuggling in the intoxication beverages to the thoughtless and the indifferent. In analyzing the effectiveness of prohibition, Cooper underlines the fact that it saved the nation millions of dollars from unscrupulous businessmen who had the intent to employ their act of bribery and graft to hoodwink the law enforcers into supporting their acts. This entailed enlisting the support of corrupt politicians while making use on continuous propaganda to portray the good face of law and order. Prohibition ensured that these illegal business dealings were reduced or remained under control and surveillance. According to Cooper, the opponents of prohibition formed alliances with corrupt politicians thus subjecting the whole country into unending propaganda aimed at law and order and a sober and decent America; unfortunately this propaganda was able to increase due to the leniency of the courts and petty fines practically licensed the bootleg trade and the law’s delay made conviction impossible in many cases. Detriments of prohibition While prohibition was effective in the reduction on the consumption of illegal and intoxicating liquor, nevertheless, it completely failed in the total elimination of