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Job Title: Human Resource Manager A human resource manager is the one in charge of hiring in any given organization. He is the administrative officer in charge of the welfare of the employees and a link between the management and the employees in an organization. Job Description: Human Resource Manager The core functions of a human resource manager in an organization are both administrative as well as managerial. He directly liaises with recruiting firms to hire new staff for their organization, determines the salaries and remunerations for the organization’s employees as well as keeping records of every employee. The human resource manager is also well versed with the responsibility of soliciting for employee promotional appointments and awarding exemplary performance within the organization. He also offers advisory services to both the organizational management and the employees. More so, it is the duty of human resource manager to create a favorable working environment while advocating and fostering healthy mutual relationships between all the employees in the organization (Fine, & Cronshaw, 2010). Preferred Candidate Profile KSAOs ( Heneman, & Judge, 2009).                                                   Essential  Desirable  Selection procedures         Qualifications                                                                                Yes        Cognitive test               Master’s degree in Human Resource Management                                                                                          Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management.                                    Yes                   Cognitive test               Professional qualification: Certified member of professional managers association  Yes                   Cognitive test               Letter of good conduct from police                                                 Yes                   Criminal background checks   Skills and competences                                                                                                                Interpersonal skills                                                               Yes                   Cognitive test               Presentation skills                                                                Yes                   Cognitive test               Flexibility in duty                                                                Yes
The hip-hop culture going mainstream was the event reflecting the societal concerns of the ethnic minorities. This trend emerged as a music genre first and later expanded to other spheres of life of the representatives of this population group (Harrison & Coakley, 2020). Therefore, it is important for black culture for breaking the existing racial barriers and attributed mostly to sports and the arts since they reflect the struggles better. The significance of hip-hop for black citizens is conditional upon its role in their perception by others. It provides a perspective on their lives and challenges to white people and, therefore, serves as a means of transmitting this information (Harrison & Coakley, 2020). This genre not only promotes the views of ethnic minorities but also presents an example of an area connecting different fields, such as music and sports (Harrison & Coakley, 2020). Hence, the racial barriers are being broken through its support by all people regardless of their background. The spread of hip-hop culture mostly affected sports and the arts since they are more efficient in reflecting on people’s lives. As for such fields as the science of religion, they have no link with the movement as a way of expression, whereas the mentioned areas are connected by singers performing during various sports events (Harrison & Coakley, 2020). It means that the lack of interrelation between, for instance, Christianity and hip-hop explains the latter’s non-inclusion in the former’s affairs. In conclusion, the hip-hop culture is essential for increasing the understanding of all people of black citizens’ lives. It presents an example of sports and the arts breaking down racial barriers as their participants efficiently cooperate. This mechanism of action is inapplicable to other fields due to the absence of direct connection between them and, therefore, contributes to promoting the original ideas of the genre. Reference Harrison, C. K., & Coakley, J. J. (2020). Hip-hop and sport—An introduction: Reflections on culture, language, and identity. Sociology of Sport Journal, 37 (3), 166-173. Web.
Most African countries are the third world. Many of them experience hard economic times, which necessitate the seeking of foreign aid. Africa receives an approximation of fifty billion dollars in the form of aid every year. Even with that huge amount of aid, things are not yet good, and thus advocates of foreign aid are pushing for the figure to be doubled (Calderisi, 2006). Cutting the aid can be a big threat to the survival of so many African people. Despite the fact that most of the aid given to African countries is meant to help the people who are not able to access their basic needs, most of the money ends up in the pockets of government officials and other interested parties (Joseph & Gillies 2008). That is why there is a very big gap between the poor and the rich, as the poor continue being poor and the rich continue to be richer. Corruption is the main cause of this; many of the African countries corrupt, making development partners reluctant to give aid to them. In some instances, development partners have withdrawn their aid due to corrupt practices (Calderisi, 2006). In fact, there is a continuing debate on whether or not developed countries should stop giving aid to African countries. Proponents of this idea argue that oftentimes the aid does not reach its intended beneficiaries. Some states that recognize the rights of gay people have threatened to cut their aid on countries that do not. The cutting of foreign aid by developing countries will adversely affect the lives of helpless people, who look upon the aid for survival. The aid given to African countries is free money, which they are not required to pay
American drama The Tree of Life is a 2011 film directed and produced by Terrence Malick. The film takes the audience through a middle-aged man’s childhood memories of 1950s. The film combines the childhood thoughts of origins and meaning of life with imagery of the origins of the earth and the beginning of life. Terrence combined technical and artistic imagery and fragmented narration to produce a masterpiece family drama with a clear inclination to science fiction. This paper seeks to analyze Terrence Malick’s film The Tree of Life. A lot of visual effects work has been applied on The Tree of Life. The director has applied special effects not only to bring out his plot but also to engage the audiences as events unfold throughout the film. Special effects have been applied to create the universe sequence. The color effect filters have been used to enhance mood and dramatic effects. At the beginning of the movie, the producers block out some color wavelengths of light from reaching the film. The result is a dark yellow light that marks the beginning of the universe. After the family receives the news about death of a nineteen years old son, the entire family falls into grief. Color filters have been used to characterize the mood with Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien lost in their thoughts. In the film, Terrence has used lighting to show the emotional response of characters. He has used lens flare to invoke a sense of drama in the movie. This is evident just after Mr. O’Brien is notified by telephone about the death of his son. It has also been applied to give an expression of a real life scene. For instance, Mrs. O’Brien moves through the trees lost in her thoughts looks more of a real life photograph. The director has used sound as background music, sounds of objects in the story and voices of characters, all which are heard both by the audience and the characters in the film. Another important aspect of sound employed by Terrence is the narrator’s commentary and mood music to create the solitude mood and the melancholy atmosphere of the film. Terrence has selected different lenses for different purposes throughout the movie. Variation of focal length has been used to make the audiences share their feelings with characters in the film. When Mr. O’Brien receives a call about the death of his son, the focal length of the lens is varied to show his entire face. This gives the audience a chance to see his facial expression and to share his grief. The same shot is evident when his wife reads a telegram notifying her about the same death. The focal length of the lens has been used to determine the angle of view and the field of view. Terrence has used this to combine real life and unreal world. For instance, a shot where a dinosaur moves in a natural environment with real vegetation and water is a combination of real and unreal world. The dinosaurs look like truly living animals and they are then super-imposed into a world that is completely real. In the film, short focal lengths of the lens have been used to make spatial distances to look more o
Introduction The white Australian policy was widely accepted and embraced by Australians. The policy was set in motion as result of the initiation of Immigration Restriction Bill of 1901. Majority of white Australians were in the view that the bill was long overdue. The Australian was persuaded that their race was superior and that the influx of non- white workers will jeopardize their job standing thus need for Immigration Restriction Bill (London, 1970). The policy was a previous undertaken by Australian government of the time to favor immigrants from certain parts of the world. The initial legislation to be supported by the Australian government was the Immigration Restriction Act, commonly known as The Australian Policy (Head, 2011). The motive of the legislation was to encourage homogenous society comparable to the then present day Britain. Under this policy, only the whites (Europeans) were eligible to migrate to Australia. The White policy was an egalitarian policy reflecting the perception of the Australians (Head, 2011). Hence, the Immigration Restriction Act was a major ingredient shaping the White Australia’s Policy. Immigration Restriction Bill of 1901 Australian government with the aim of restricting or limiting the number of non-white migrant to the country passed the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 (London, 1970). It formed a background to the establishment of the White Australia Policy. It also authorized deportation of illegal immigrants. It offered officers ranging powers of preventing individual’s entry in the country. Such restriction was simplified through issuing of dictation test. However, the act had some exemptions. The members of the Royal Navy and British Army, foreign diplomats and close family members of permitted immigrants were granted exemptions. Prospective immigrants, under the act, were required to apply for Exemption Certificate, which will grant their stay for a given period(London, 1970). Overtime, various amendments were made on the act. Initially the dictation test was administered within the first year of a person entry in Australia, but was extended for five years of residence in 1932(London, 1970). Moreover, the official administering the test were allowed to avail the test several times and in an individual language. In addition, in 1958, the Immigration Act was replaced with the Migration Act, which erased the dictation test. Labor Non- whites were industrious in job assignments in the country. For example, the Chinese were good in all types of manual work. Hence, their industrious nature was of no interests to their whites counterparts in the mining sector. According to Willard the acts of violence experienced in some places such as the Buckland River, victoria and New South Wales is an example of cruelty of Immigration Restriction Act (1967). To tame their influence, the administration of these colonies executed restrictions aimed at curbing their migration. Non- whites in these colonies were denied access to pe
The main purpose of this report is to evaluate current E-business strategies employed by such companies as Watani and analyze their strengths and weaknesses. In addition to that, I would like to make some suggestions, which may possibly contribute to the effective functioning of this hypermarket. In order to assess the efficiency of the methods used by the management of this organization, it is necessary to pay extra attention to such criteria as the degree of customization, the accessibility of products, the convenience of interface and so forth. It seems that Watani is quite able to increase the level of its popularity, yet some amendments should be adopted. Overall, while determining the appropriateness of any e-business strategy, we should first ascertain whether it corresponds to the capacity of the company and promotes its development (Chaffey, 2007, p 55). It is early to make any assumptions but in my opinion the policy, pursued by Watani does not fully live up to the objectives that this enterprise sets. Prior to analyzing E-business techniques of this company, we should point out that Watani is arguably one of the largest supercenters in Saudi Arabia; it offers a wide variety of products such as food, clothing, toys, hardware, domestic appliances, etc. Thus, it would not be an exaggeration for us to say the services of this hypermarket enjoy considerable demand. On the whole, Watani strives to strengthen its position in the market and for that purpose its management has decided to make use of information technologies. At this moment we can observe that this supercenter intends to change its image of a traditional brick and mortar shop to a more modern one. Nevertheless, there are certain drawbacks that should be rectified. Certainly, we may not presume that this transition can be accomplished in a relatively short amount of time, this is a gradual process, requiring time and significant investment. At present, there are certain stumbling blocks or obstacles, but they can be surmounted. First and foremost, we may say that Watani uses its website only for advertisement however; one may suggest this organization can easily enhance its functionality, for example by offering the opportunity to purchase the goods directly on the Website. It should be taken into consideration that Watani has four stores in Jeddah and Makkah; these cities are regarded as the leading resort centers of the country. Consequently, we may infer that the number of buyers should be constantly increasing. It might be prudent to sell some of the products on in electronic shop. The thing is that some of the clients do not have time to do shopping and therefore it might be more convenient for them to make orders online. One cannot deny that such a shift in policy entails considerable effort and the management may even claim that such change is not c
Introduction This report is a marketing plan for the new product ‘Magic pen’ of Office Depot. The company is already well flourished in office equipment products. Office Depot is the world’s largest office equipment company. “Office Depot, Inc. is a global supplier of office products and services.” (Office Depot, Overview, 2007). As a new product line the company has planned to launch its new product Magic Pen. Office Depot intends to market the new product to every group of customers ranging from students to working officials. One of the peculiarities of this product is that it has steady demand for the whole year. When Magic Pen succeeds in the market it will add value to the product line and profitability of the company. This report clearly enumerates the strategies to be adopted by Office Depot in order to market Magic Pen in the best possible way. Main body The most important factors to be considered in every marketing pan are Place, Promotion and Price. The marketing strategies for Magic Pen are detailed below. Place and promotional strategy Place is an important factor while marketing a product. Here, place refers to the market to which Magic Pen will be marketed or supplied. Since the company intends to sell Magic Pen to every segment of customers, it can be marketed to almost all the cities in the country. The product should be available in the shops that are closer to all the major schools, universities and other educational institutions. Office Depot can attain this by agreeing on a strategic alliance with major distributors in the country. Inorder to focus on the working people it should be made available in major cities. It is highly advantageous for Office Depot when the companies and other institutions located in the cities take bulk orders for the company in meeting their stationery needs. Advertising is the primary promotional activity that the company should focus on. The company can launch Magic Pen in different models depending upon its targeted customers. The model that is aimed at the students can be of varied colors. It is also better to introduce freaky designs in that as the students will develop a fascination for the pen. The model that is focused on the working class can be of formal designs. The advertisement campaigning of Magic Pen must cover wide range of media’s. Inorder to target students, the advertisement have to be telecasted in between the programs and shows targeted at the students. Inorder to focus on working class the advertisements have to
Introduction The ultimate goal of marketing is to be able properly target products to the consumers who want to buy them. As such, in order to create sales for certain products or services, what is needed is to examine the current market and customers and determine why a product or service is not selling and revise strategies accordingly in order to target the correct market segment or to encourage buying behavior. Professor John Zang from the Wharton School of Business explains that companies in such situations can approach their relationships with consumers through the use of “a systematic, rigorous process of segmentation, targeting and positioning” which should result in the company being able to determine which consumer segment to approach and how to properly position itself to create sales and maximize profit. Traditionally, in the case of the airline industry, this has taken the form of loyalty programs in order to encourage customer patronage of particular carriers (Huang & Zhang 2011, pp. 1045-1056). Based on the work of BagchI & Li (2011) which examined the implementation of loyalty programs within various markets, it can be stated that a loyalty program is a structured marketing effort meant to encourage loyal buying behavior for a particular service or product (BagchI & Li 2011, pp. 888-901). It is utilized as a means of increasing sales by ensuring that a client/customer will continue to come back to that particular company in order to patronize what they are selling (García-Gómez, et al. 2012: pp. 547-561). Normally, the medium utilized when it comes to loyalty programs comes in the form of loyalty cards, reward cards, advantage cards or other similar cards which ensures consumers can avail of a certain discount when shopping at a particular store or in some cases “points” which can be accumulated and redeemed later on for a prize (García Gómez et al. 2012, pp. 492-500; Murthi, Steffes & Rasheed 2011, pp. 5-13) ). For the airline industry, loyalty programs come in the form of frequent flyer miles wherein a certain number of miles per year (i.e. 25,000, 50,000, 100,000 etc.) that are accumulated with a carrier become redeemable as either a free trip, a hotel stay, or can be exchanged for various goods or services (Gundala, Jack, & Gomes 2012, pp. 35-50). Other iterations of loyalty programs as seen in the case of United Airlines in the U.S. come in the form of seat upgrades from Economy to Economy + to even allowing loyal passengers to have preferential treatment when it comes to seat selection (Gundala, Jack, & Gomes 2012, pp. 35-50). One common theme seen through the loyalty programs of airline carriers is that the benefits accrued through such
Personality of individuals has been described using many theories in the past years. However, today the big five model of personality has been adopted and is widely used by many people. As cited in Hofstee (2003), research in many cultures on personality traits has found the five dimensions of the model present (Nevid, 2009). The big five model dimensions are urgency, agreeableness, adjustment, conscientiousness and openness to experience. This article will evaluate this model as used by one of the world leading managers Donald Trump. Urgency is also referred to as extroversion in the model. It is a character trait exhibited by extroverts. According to Nevid (2010), extroverts are people who are friendly, cheerful, tolerant, sympathetic outgoing and enthusiastic. This personality dimension “captures ones comfort level with relationships” as said by Robbins (2009). As a leader, Donald trump is said to be a very competitive person who creates an environmentally competitive surrounding for his employees in the workplace (Ramanaidu et al., 2010). This dimension is strongly used by Donald Trump especially in his show “The Apprentice” where a strongly extroverted trait is dominant through creating a strongly competitive environment for the contestants. Also as an extrovert, he promotes public events and initiatives like competitions by encouraging participants to strongly contribute. Agreeableness is the second dimension of the model. According to Robbins (2009), it is the tendency of an individual to yield to other people’s opinions. Therefore, this dimension explains how individuals respond to other people’s views. When an individual conforms easily, he is said to be agreeable. According to Nevid (2010), individuals strong in this dimension tend to be sensitive, cooperative with others, sympathetic, confident with others and are concerned with the feelings of other people. As suggested by Ramanaidu et al. (2010), Donald Trump has a low degree of agreeableness that demands detailed statements and proves of concepts before making any confirmations and acknowledgements. He particularly insists on performance measures using goals. Conscientiousness is the third dimension of the model. Robbins (2009) states it “is a measure of reliability” (p 94). People who exhibit this are meditative, organized, pay attention to detail, ethical, ambitious, time conscious and reliable. Using this dimension, as suggested by Ramanaidu et al. (2010), Donald Trump is an optimistic and self confident person who used this dimension to build his Trump International Hotel. As an example, Trump is dependable in his directions and vision and despite obstacles, is centered on goal achievement. As a manager, Donald Trump is said to be strong in this dimension since he says that one should do what it takes to achieve his or her goals lawfully without shortcuts (Ramanaidu et al., 2010). The fourth dimension is adjustment which is also referred to as emotional s