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Introduction The Dubai Customs has over 11 global operation standards (Dubai Customs 2015). The diversity of the global standards establishes a need for the evaluation of the quality culture in the organisation. The research focuses on the most effective strategies that can be implemented to enhance a quality culture of the agency. A survey was conducted to establish some of the quality attributes present in the organisation. Additionally, the study, which comprised of questionnaires, was found to be essential for the identification of challenges affecting the proper implementation of a quality culture. Methodology The research used personal interviews and a self-administered survey to collect information from the research participants from the organisation. The personal interviews comprised a set of five questions that were administered to three individuals. The interviews contained open-ended questions that were meant to expand the scope of the research findings. One of the advantages of an open-ended interview is the ability to collect projected and non-projected information from the research participants. The questions focused on the managerial responsibilities in enhancing a quality culture for the organisation. The self-administered survey comprised a majority of close-ended questions and a few open-ended questions. However, the open-ended questions were meant to elaborate some of the responses from the close-ended questions. The questions focused on the roles and professional responsibilities of participants. Additionally, they evaluated the levels of relationships between the employees, the management, and the customers. The surveys will assess some of the challenges faced by the employees working for the Dubai Customs. The challenges will be essential in evaluating some of the causes of a poor quality culture in the organisation. Sample selection Two members from the executive management were selected based on their availability within the research timeframe. Emphasis was placed on the cargo, customs development and human resource sections. The human resource and the customs and development directors agreed to participate in the interview. The research selected three non-executive managers to participate. The non-executive directors had direct influence and interactions with employees and customers. In the self-administered survey process, 15 participants were selected randomly from all departments. Additionally, a senior manager from the corporate communication section was contacted, and he agreed to take part in the survey. The research limited the number of participants to 20 because of time constraints and the busy schedules of the target participants. Some of the surveys were conducted over the phone after realising that a face-to-face interaction was impossible or inconveniencing to the participant. The identities of the participants were concealed to prevent a breach into the ethical res
Introduction Turkey’s application for the membership in the EU (1987) has brought the relationship between the two parties to the new stage. In 2005, Turkey was given the status of an official candidate for the EU membership, which made the prospect of accepting the country to the Union rather realistic. Significant differences that relate to the fields of economy, politics and international affairs, culture, civil law and religion have predetermined strong interest to the initial conditions, peculiarities, possible outcomes, potential threats and benefits of the abovementioned union. The rapid progress in the parties’ relationship corroborated the possibility of a quick positive outcome of the decades-long negotiation and seemed to reflect their opinion about the future union. At the same time, the last years were marked by a turn in Turkey-EU cooperation. Turkey’s international policy shift from orientation to the West towards the strengthening sympathy for the Muslim Middle East identified the country’s international ambitions connected with its world recognition in the position of a strong independent state. Correspondingly, the EU society found itself concerned about the capability of two different cultures to co-exist, integrate, and successfully interact. The rhetoric of the European countries leaders (Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel) indicated the shift in the EU society’s attitudes. Today Turkey keeps the status of an official candidate for the EU membership. Both parties do not demonstrate the willingness to revise the prospects of the future cooperation, though not showing strong willingness to force the process. At the same time, it would be quite untimely to assume that both societies’ attitudes towards the potential union are homogeneous and coincide with Turkey’s and the EU’s official position. This predetermines the significance of investigation of discussed topic for the further evolution of the Turkey-EU relationship and gies birth to a range of research questions in the field of social studies that require scholars’ and policy makers’ particular attention. Focus of Research and Research Questions The focus of this research is the attitude of the Turkish society towards the possible Turkey-EU union. The purpose of study is to detect the tendencies in the Turkish public opinion about the countries membership in the EU, which may clarify to what extent this prospect remains realistic and how the integration will progress in case Turkey is accepted. In the course of study, the following research questions are expected to be answered:  1. What attitudes towards Turkey’s membership in the EU exist in the Turkish society?  2. What arguments do the proponents of each attitude provide to support their point of view?  3. What factors influence the Turkish public opinion? What information sources have the strongest authority with the Turkish population?  4. What is the official opinion of the Turkish government? Does it have significant influence on the attitudes of the popul
Executive Summary The movie, The Avengers, is a Marvel comic book series brought to life on the big screen wherein a group of superheroes from different backgrounds are supposed to protect the Earth from the machinations of Loki (the antagonist), a mischievous God from the realm of Asgard (Rainer). A minor plot point in the story is the fact that there is a considerable degree of tension between the different members of the team. This level of conflict is brought about through their different personalities, perception on how best to solve the problem at hand and how they deal with conflict. Towards the end of the film, the individual heroes are able to put aside their differences and work together for the shared common goal of saving the Earth from the army that Loki has transported into it through the use of a portal in space (Rainer). Overall, the movie serves as a good metaphor for conflict management within companies and how proper management and understanding the individual nuances of workers can help immensely in settling workplace conflict and creating shared goals for everyone to work toward. Introduction There are four characteristics that are in demand within a technology oriented enterprise, namely: high market responsiveness, fast developments, low cost, and finally high levels of creativity, innovation and efficiency. What must be understood though is that such characteristics are dependent upon the type of technical teams that are the backbone of a company wherein through the utilization of a variety of management practices, workers with their own unique quirks are brought together to achieve a shared goal (i.e. create profit for the company). It is based on this that this report will focus on the various managerial issues that were represented in the movie and attempt to connect them to the various topics provided in class. It is expected that through this activity, a better understanding of the application of proper managerial practices can be implemented. Managerial issues Examination of Tony Stark (Iron Man) Based on an examination conducted by the group, it was quickly realized that Tony Stark is an extrovert who was not conscientious at all of other people. He was depicted as a self-absorbed playboy who believed that he could do no wrong. Within the context of managerial issues in the workplace, the personality of Tony Stark suffers from: hubris, the inability to see beyond his own ideas, he judges before knowing all the facts and
Introduction The globalization phenomenon is affecting virtually all types of organizations in the world. Firms are leaving their home countries and establishing operations in foreign destinations across the globe. This strategy is mainly pursued to enable the organization to have advantages that are found in these foreign locations. The advantages may not be available in the companies’ home countries. Such advantages may include cheap labor and low market competition, among many other benefits. However, organizations also encounter the challenge of managing their global workforces. This paper seeks to discuss the global issues that managers of such companies encounter, particularly in the area of personnel management. Role of Inclusive Leadership in Strengthening Organizational Culture in Global Workgroups Traits of inclusive leadership skills Inclusive leadership skills should involve an aspect of cultural due diligence. Such an attribute would enable a global leader to adequately assess the probable effects that culture could bear on relationships (Precey, 2011). The assertiveness level, for instance, is higher in Greece at 4.58 than in Iran at 4.04. A leader with cultural due diligence will, thus, realize how more confrontational and aggressive workers from Greece are likely to act in their relationship within the organization compared to those from Iran. Style-switching is a characteristic to use both broad, as well as a flexible range of behavior to achieve the set goals (Precey, 2011). Different countries, such as Germany and Singapore, have varying scores in different cultural areas. In terms of future orientation, Germany scores 4.27, while Singapore scores 5.07. Style-switching would, therefore, enable an inclusive leader to consider Singaporean workers as having higher future orientation compared to German workers and, thus, apply different styles when dealing with the two sets of workers. An inclusive leader must be able to achieve cultural dialogue. In other words, he must possess the ability to clarify the foundation of behavior, as well as that of performance. This will enable him to create cultural synergy by way of conservation, thereby closing
Gone Baby Gone is a thriller directed and written by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris, John Ashton, and Amy Ryan. It is based on the book of the same name written by Dennis Lehane in 1998. The film tells the story of two private detectives joining a police investigation of an abduction of a little girl Amanda. The entire movie is based on various moral choices Patrick Kenzie – one of the detectives makes throughout his investigation. For instance, he decides to pull the trigger on the pedophile Corwin instead of arresting him. However, the most challenging choice Patrick makes is to call the authorities on Doyle, a police chief who turned out to be responsible for kidnapping the girl. Gone Baby Gone does a fantastic job in intriguing its viewers and lets them decide whether Patrick had a moral right to bring the girl back to her mother and possibly take her chances for having happy childhood away. In this paper, I intend to discuss Patrick’s moral position through the lens of deontology and, thus, prove that Patrick was right in getting Amanda back to her mother. Gone Baby Gone is a unique film, which lets its viewers interpret Patrick’s actions based on their perceptions of deontological morality. Deontology is an ethical theory, which involves decision making and those engaged in it have to make choices based on their moral obligations to other people (Neta, 2016). For instance, deontological ethics posits that people have moral duties to nonhuman living beings, thus improving their views on animal rights (Sayce, 2019). This theory is praised by many scholars as they argue that it results in the development of moral behavior and identity (Xu & Ma, 2016). Deontology, however, is also a subject of criticism as some argue that it is morally problematic as it motivates people to make choices according to their own beliefs, ignoring the moral rights of others. Activists who protest against abortions and euthanasia are perfect examples of drawbacks in Deontology (Franz, 2021). Affleck’s character does not get punished or rewarded for returning Amanda to her mother and calling the police on Doyle. He only experiences a small shadow of a doubt at the very end of the movie, when he realizes that Helene does not even know the name of her daughter’s favorite doll. Patrick’s deontological stands can be explicitly seen in the two choices he makes in this movie. The first is the scene where the detective shoots dead a pedophile who molested and murdered a boy instead of arresting him. Patrick believed that he had the moral high ground as returning Earle back to the prison could have resulted in him repeating these actions once he gets released. The second is the final decision Kenzie made in the film. This is the key indicator that Patrick used deontology to make this choice. The detective recognized Helene’s
Buy N Sell is a business that operates by purchasing houses in disrepair at a low price, fixing them, and reselling them at a higher price to make a profit. It relies on investors to provide the sums for the house purchases and finance the repairs, as this structure enables it to operate with improved flexibility. As such, to retain their interest, the business has to consistently produce high profits that remain attractive compared to other options. As such, the firm considers any project that generates less than $20,000 in profit to be a failure. However, as Trim (2018) notes, the so-called “house flipping” is a risky affair, as it relies on correctly identifying attractive homes, purchasing them below market price, and avoiding overcapitalization. The company is interested in determining the factors that can help it predict whether it can reach its target profit figure based on specific house characteristics. The project’s primary objective is to identify the relationship between various aspects of a house and its ability to generate a profit for the business. Its first research question is what factors best predict the overall cost of repairs that will need to be done to make the house suitable for resale. Second, it will investigate what characteristics of a home best determine its purchase and sale prices. Using this information, the company will be able to quickly and efficiently choose the most suitable locations for its operations and conduct high-profit operations. The data for the project were collected using the records of the last three years of Buy N Sell’s operations. They feature general information about 62 houses, such as their purchase and sale prices, repair expenses, and measurements such as size and number of bedrooms. Additionally, the company’s experts have been collecting detailed information about houses that they worked on, such as the number of light fixtures, flooring and landscaping quality, and others. In the future, they will continue doing so and feeding the data into the model to improve its accuracy. The H2O package for R will be used to create the machine learning models that will conduct the analysis. It can be used to develop frameworks using a variety of different algorithms, which makes it suitable for solving a diverse range of problems. Another advantage of H2O is it’s automatic preprocessing of data, which saves time and effort that c
Introduction Everybody knows how the historical background of any country is essential for its modern development. No wonder, historians do their best for society to know everything that is connected with social, political, and religious heritage. One of such wonderful books is called The Protestant Reformation by Hans J. Hillerbrand. It is amazing how the book captures by its compelling narration even those who have no interest in history as a subject at all. Moreover, the author managed to make a book essential even for the modern history courses. It can be used both for amateur reading and for teaching, as well, though it was firstly published more than forty-year ago. There is no doubt it hasn’t lost its significance since then. The Protestant Reformation’s Significance The main topic of the book under consideration is the mindset of those who stood behind the Protestant Reformation. It is truly exciting to read and subsequently comprehend how the revolutionary spirit made people step forward. I have to admit that this book rates as one of the history buffs that automatically makes it respected among scholars. Moreover, I am talking about The Protestant Reformation as a new, revised edition that maintains old integrity and holds newly added information and historical opinions. Since the new era brought many new opinions to the history of the Reformation, the historical publications are now full of radical views and connections while The Protestant Reformation brilliantly combines both the new historical views and the old ones. I loved that the author outlines the basic leitmotif that is read and sensed throughout the book. It can be determined in the following statement: disregarding the social impact made on the religion it still has to be considered as a fundamental issue of the history of the sixteenth century. The Value of the Book The preciousness of this book for many historians is in its source documents that serve as a perfect representation of those times’ political and religious events. Sometimes, students do not fully understand the essence of the Reformation and its importance within the history content. However, this book is likely to clear up all issues. For example, after reading it you can easily tell right from wrong, namely, you won’t label all sixteenth-century movements as the reformation ones. One has a chance to read about Evangelicals (Luther), the Reformed Church (Calvin), and the Anabaptists and know everything about those. The Assessment of Author’s Writing No doubt the book will find its admirers among many different students who haven’t read it yet. It is written in a very cohesive and understandable style. The introductions of every chapter put forward what the text is going to be about so that you can get prepared in advance and look forward to new information. Moreover, the author chose the sources wisely for the book. The sources must be picked so that a reader can dive into the epoch of the sixteenth century. You would never think that a book about history can be so compelling and interesting, sometimes even more than a mere narration or fiction. The autho
Personal Understanding of Emotional Intelligence Watching the video Emotional Intelligence, with Daniel Goleman , it is possible to make a personal opinion about emotional intelligence, however, Daniel Goleman does not firmly state what it is. As for me, I would define emotional intelligence as the ability to react to the situation in a proper way, to find the appropriate way out of a situation, and to make a decision successful for you and surrounding people. Emotional intelligence may be explained as an impulse to do something by the situation. Additionally, emotional intelligence cannot be measured as well as it cannot be fixed at any point. Five Aspects of Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman points out five aspects of emotional intelligence, self-awareness, emotion management, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Self-awareness is explained as the ability “to feel somewhat from the moment, to moment, to moment” (Emotional Intelligence, with Daniel Goleman n.p.). In other words, self-awareness, as the component of emotional intelligence, can be considered as the feeling, an intuition that helps make appropriate decisions. Dwelling upon emotion management, Daniel Goleman says that it is an ability to control impulse, to get angry “with the right person, for the right degree, with the right purpose, and in the right way” (Emotional Intelligence, with Daniel Goleman n.p.). To be emotionally intelligent, people should be able to manage their emotions, to control them, to be able to restrain some feelings, and disclose others. Motivation is the ability to use emotions for motivating oneself. Motivation is related to optimism as only such people can be properly motivated. Empathy is the ability to feel the same emotions as another person and to be able to respond to those. Social skills mean the art of relationships. This part of emotional intelligence is really powerful, as it makes things different. Having great abilities in communication, you can complete many tasks, you can make people respond to you. As I see this, communication and the ability to go along with people is a guarantee of good relationships, while good relationships is a guarantee of success. Personal Evaluation within Five Aspects of Emotional Intelligence I have good skills in self-awareness, as I always follow my intuition. Frankly speaking, I never appear in situations similar to those in the video, when a person predicted that something bad was going to happen, but did not follow emotions. I trust my feelings and that’s why I find myself in an advantageous position. I always succeed, and if I have bad anticipation I do not participate in the affair. I am not good at emotion management, I cannot restrict myself when I feel that I have to. This is the problem that I should overcome. Sometimes, I react inappropriately to things, words, or events, knowing that nothing positive is going to happen. This is what I mean, when people are discussing something and my opinion is