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The main issue which a lot of managers discuss as the controversial for them is the question of motivating employees. The video Motivate Your Employees is created by BNet in order to provide the answers to the question what necessary factors which can motivate employees for achieving their goals work and which aspects are significant to know for every manager. Teresa Amabile, the author of The Progress Principle, and Lindsay Blakely, the Senior Editor of BNet, are invited to the studio to discuss the issue. Thus, the major problem for the discussion presented in the video is the question of how to motivate the employees effectively. With focusing on the information provided in her book, Teresa Amabile determines a range of aspects which can be considered as influential for increasing the employees’ motivation among which the major factors are accentuated. BNet is one of the most popular business sites which works in association with CBS Money Watch and specializes in the questions of business management that is why the material from the site can be considered as credible. Motivate Your Employees is devoted to the current problem connected with the field of the effective management. It is stated in the video that employees provide the best results of their working process when they are happy, successful, and highly motivated. Nevertheless, it is necessary for managers to pay attention to the aspects which can effectively motivate employees and stimulate them for reaching the best results in their work. It was very interesting to know that today 95% of managers really do not realize what aspects can motivate their employees inside organizations. That is why this problem requires its proper discussing. At the beginning of the conversation Teresa Amabile presents the most surprising and unexpected factor which can contribute to increasing the employees’ motivation and which draws the audience’s attention. Thus, Amabile states that the issue of making progress in work depends on ‘little things’ which form our everyday reality and influence our behaviour and actions. Small victories and any other little steps supported by positive emotions at workplaces can contribute to the larger progress. However, it is more interesting that the opposite side of this phenomenon is the fact that little negative things which can happen with an employee during his working day can influence his results more obviously, but negatively. The managers’ task is to create the positive atmosphere at workplaces in order to guarantee the employees’ high level of productivity. Moreover, Teresa Amabile accentuates definite factors which can be used by managers for developing the necessary encouraging atmosphere in the organization. These factors are the recognition for the work’s results, set of clear goals, support of the positive interpersonal relations based on nourishers and interpersonal events, expression of respect and encouragement (“Motivate Your Employees”). Thus, it is stated in Motivate Your Employees created by BNet that today managers are c
Sports media has not only become immense but also integrated in the modern days. The prevailing media applies various devices as described in the following listing.   * Photographs- These are very important parts of the procedures by which magazines and newspapers make their news more salient and appealing to read. In this respect, the readers are able to connect the meaning of the news with their understanding.   * Race- Sports media uses race positively to help erase the negative force of stereotyping. In fact, the black people in the sports’ field are known for their talent while the white athletes are perceived as hardworking.   * Modes of sports writing- In this respect, sports media uses various modes of sport writing to make the news exciting and attractive.   * Sporting events- Sports media brings events to their followers who get entertained. Also, the news read on a daily basis from newspapers make great senses to the readers.   * Nationalism- Sports have been used as a method of building national recognitions across the globe (Nicholson, 2007).   * Descriptors- This makes news more entertaining by describing the player’s performances.   * Tabloid journalism- In this case, events and issues are personalized to such an extent that it makes every new story interesting (Nicholson, 2007). Questionable Behavior Detrimental to the Sport Journalist Professionalism is critical for a journalist in a bid to deliver quality information that exempts the following behaviours.  1. Biasness- Lack of impartiality when reporting about sports is a questionable behaviour that would be detrimental to sport’s journalist from whatever media-house.  2. Using abusive language- Use of any form of abusive language can be very harmful to a sport’s journalist as it displays unprofessionalism. Reference Nicholson, M. (2007). Sport and the media managing the nexus . Amsterdam: Elsevier.
This Changes Everything, Chapters 7 and 8 Chapters 7 and 8 of Naomi Klein’s book are dedicated to two different topics that fit well into the topic’s overall agenda. They address the issue of billionaires funding green projects, and geoengineering introduced as a panacea against any potential complications brought upon the world by condensing gasses, uncontrollable drilling and excavation, and other calamities that could be triggered by careless human activity. First, let us address the evidence that Naomi Klein uses in this chapter and throughout the book and these two chapters specifically. The author often cites newspapers such as The New Yorker, and other publically-available sources of information, including interviews, videos, news recordings from BBC, and the like. This is understandable and makes the evidence more relatable to the reader. However, when talking about atmospheric effects, pollution, emissions, and other related issues, she omits using actual numbers and talks in general terms. The only numbers she uses are years, dates, and sometimes sums of money spent by corporations on supporting climate-friendly innovations. This indicates that while her book is backed up by numerous periodical sources, it lacks factual information from scientific journals. The main idea of chapter 7 that Klein offers to her readers is that multi-billionaires cannot be trusted with their allegations of promoting green technology and helping combat climate change and reducing emissions, as they would always choose profits before ecology, no matter how well-natured their claims are. To support her case, Klein presents several convincing stories, particularly considering Knight, Bill Gates, and Branson – the director of Virginia Airlines. All three have made claims to care about the Earth and nature, and even allocated funds towards developing efficient green technologies, but never stopped from expanding their businesses, be that by adding more airlines, or investing into oil and coal refineries. According to Klein, “when Virginia’s various expansions are tallied up, around 160 hardworking planes have been added to its global fleet since Branson’s epiphany with Al Gore and quite possibly more than that.” The author accuses the billionaires of dishonesty, in using environmental rhetoric to promote good PR of themselves and their companies while doing very little to support environmental projects. While the author acknowledges the rules of capitalism and the “Grow or die” doctrine, I do not think I entirely agree with her rhetoric in regards to corporations expanding, and damaging the environment with emissions while doing so. Business expansion happens according to laws of supply and demand, and competitors will quickly fill the empty places. So, had Virginia Airlines not expanded their routes, their competitors would have likely done so instead. It is an inevitable part of the capitalist world, and should not be viewed as “betrayal.” Virginia Airlines made a promise to help develop a new fuel f
The short story, “Storm” portrays romantic relations and unique feelings between two characters. The title of the story has a hidden meaning and symbolizes trye love and passion between Calixta and her lover. In the short story, the tension is created by settings and natural disaster which reflects inner psychological state of the main characters. This tension between the individual and the nature can be destructive to originality, imagination and love. The title draws readers’ attention to further conflict in personal relations between Calixta and her lover. The title helps to attract readers and draws their attention to some details such as: “the door stood open, and the room with its white, monumental bed, its closed shutters, looked dim and mysterious” (Chopin). The characters are suppressed by the norms and circumstances, their own narrow worldview and personal low spirits which make them dependant upon life situations. The opposition hopes and reality proves the idea of two different frames: destiny and depression (Berkove). From the very beginning, storm foreshadows something dangerous and unexpected. The experiences of interpersonal bonding, tension, and separation are recurrent story-subjects regardless of time and place. Using unique title, Chopin persuades readers to think, to analyze and to come to conclusion themselves; she just plays with the differences adding tension to the novel development. Chopin depicts love through minor themes forcing readers to decide the price for love paid by each hero (Stein). The title reflects evolution from romantic fantasies of fusion to self-definition and self-reliance of the characters. Only for a short period of time both heroes feel love and happiness. Chopin depicts a happy woman even if she cannot be with a man she loves. Works Cited Berkove, L. I. ‘Acting Like Fools’: The Ill-Fated Romances of ‘At the ‘Cadian Ball’ and ‘The Storm’ Critical Essays on Kate Chopin . New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1996. pp. 184-196. Chopin, K. The Storm . N.d. Web. Stein, A. The Kaleidoscope of Truth: A New Look at Chopin’s ‘The Storm.’ American Literary Realism, 1870-1910 36.1 (2003): pp. 51-64.
The contemporary society pays considerable attention to development of safe and favorable environment for people. The Noise Control Act is one of many regulatory documents aimed at controlling environmental hazards. The act reveals standards of noise emissions in workplace, commercial production, residential noise, etc. ( Noise Control Act , 1996). According to the Act, EPA was responsible for development of research on the harm of noise. This research has played a significant role in development of numerous regulations. Thus, it has been found that noise tends to lead to hearing impairment, sleep disturbance, annoyance, cardiovascular disorders (Johnson, 2006). Raichel (2006) also stresses that the Act has affected development of other regulatory acts aimed at diminishing noise pollution. It is also noteworthy that the Act includes detailed regulations applicable in a variety of settings. For instance, the Act regulates noise emissions of manufacturers as well as their products ( Noise Control Act , 1996). Admittedly, these regulations have positively affected employees’ and consumers’ wellbeing. The existence of the Act means that the government has acknowledged the hazards of noise pollution and tries to secure Americans’ rights. It is also important to add that manufacturers comply with the regulations provided in the Act and work on diminishing noise pollution. Technological advances lead to creation of quieter machinery as well as commercial products. More so, people have acknowledged their right to have healthy and safe environment and often refer to the Act to improve the situation in their neighborhoods. A number of legal cases suggest that the Act works and helps people acquire safer environment (Harris et al., 2003). Hence, the Act has had a positive impact on the development of safer environment. Nonetheless, it is also necessary to note that the Act has failed to live up to its major aims. Harris et al. (2003) emphasize that the act has become outdated. The US population is steadily increases. Therefore, noise pollution has also increased considerably. For instance, Harris et al. (2003) note that annual highway traffic growth is 3-4%. Increase in population also leads to growth of transportation noise emissions (aircraft, rail transport, etc.). Admittedly, technology has changed significantly throughout decades and vehicles (aircraft, machinery, etc.) have become quitter. Nevertheless, the act issued in the 1970s can hardly address numerous novelties. At present, people have to move to suburban areas to escape from noise. Though, this measure is rather ineffective as even those areas are far from being noise-free. Therefore, it is essential to reconsider the Act and start a new comprehensive research. The Act should also address major issues associated with noise emissions. It should include stricter regulations. More importantly, it is crucial to create an agency (or assign an existing agency, e.g. EPA) which will check whether regulations are met. The agency will also assist individuals who will try to diminish
The translation is, as Gutknecht (2001: 693) describes, is a task “where elements of a text of one language (the source language, SL) are molded into a text of another language (the target language, TL).” It is a process that involves transferring an idea or a concept from one language into another. Translation needs a tool to perform this process in order to express the same idea and one of its tools is the dictionary. Translators use bilingual dictionaries because they “would help the actual practice of translation.” (Heliel, 2000b: 238). With the development of modern technologies a new addition to the set of tools used by translators is electronic dictionaries, and even electronic machine translators. Translators use bilingual dictionaries which include both the source and the target language. The machine translation helps to make the process more quick and efficient and has a variety of dictionaries at your fingertips, rather than flipping through the countless pages of books. However, bilingual dictionaries are often criticized by translation students for lacking some information, which might help the translator understand certain lexical and semantic elements of the target language. Although electronic dictionaries and machine translators partially solve this program through a variety of elements included in the interface of the software, they are too widely criticized for their inability to employ human logical reasoning when choosing certain variants of translation. This research covers the actual practice of translation in relation to the field of lexicology which is “the study of words and their meanings in one language or a group of languages.” (Al-Kasimi, 1983: 1). The related branches of lexicology covered in this research are lexicography and phraseology. The former deals with dictionary-making, while he later refers to the study of word combination and its idiomatic meaning. These word combinations are called fixed phrases or phraseological units and maybe “idiomatic” (Glaeser, 1998: 125). This point is stressed by Burkhanov (1997: 446) that “multiple-word lexical items form a language-specific way of designating extra-linguistic reality which is usually based on metaphoric or/and metonymic extension of lexical meanings of their constituents elements.” These are the elements that translators often encounter difficulties with as rendering notions
The birdcage clearly illustrates Tatum’s idea of that members of the oppressed group always believe the distorted messages that others hold about their own group. In this comparison, a critical analysis reveals that the oppressed group does not always have a wider perspective view of their situation. Instead, they have a narrow and fixed view of their situations. This makes them unable to see the sense in the whole activity. Remarkably, the lack of macroscopic view of the entire situations results to immobility and reduction among the womenfolk (Rothenberg, 2010). For example, the case of a burdened man hurrying to open doors for able-bodied women who are free of physical burdens. Although the woman can shallowly view the man as caring, but in reality, this scenario portrays the woman as invisible and incompetent, thus needs help. To prove this, when a woman may require substantial assistance, there will be no man ready to offer support. Ironically, the womenfolk adore men who offer useless support. Some of the instances that can be compared to the bars of the cage include scenarios where the people who are oppressed assume that nothing is happening, and participate in their oppression either directly or indirectly. For instance, women who are oppressed have to smile and be cheerful for them to be accepted in the society. According to the oppressors, women should be docile and submissive to their men; therefore, they pretend to be happy even at a time when they feel oppressed (Rothenberg, 2010). In addition, women struggle to protect their livelihoods by avoiding countering oppressive situations for them not be viewed as angry, bitter, and dangerous. Clearly, the women conform to these notions in order to be seen as good people in the society. They view themselves as sub human beings, the invisibles who do not occupy space. As a result, they contribute towards their elimination. Moreover, young women in the U.S. frequently scorn their fellow female friends who are heterosexually active. These women view the sexually active fellows as loose and unprincipled. On the other hand, young females who restrain themselves from sexual activity receive negative comments from their parents, claiming that they may become unpopular. Worst still, these group of females may be charged with lesbianism. In addition, there is a presumption that if a heterosexually active woman is raped, she liked the ordeal due to her active status (Rothenberg, 2010). However, for heterosexually inactive female, rape is presumed to be due to her frustration and repression; therefore, she liked it. It is obviously difficult to defend one’s self in such a society with a rotten and fixed mind. Since the society accepts these conditions and are not rebellious, these scenarios reveal a strong belief among the oppressed members in the distorted messages. A person who is caged ca
Introduction The extent to which modern society perceives and evaluates information has currently become extremely correlated with the approaches media choose to portray relevant news and information. Thus, when tackling topics that are of paramount importance to society, media sources are to understand the scopes of responsibility they should obtain to operate truthful and objective information. Despite the common belief that newspapers as a medium lost their relevance many years ago, modern recipients are likely to address either printed or digital versions of popular newspapers in pursuit of objective data (Radcliffe and Ali, 2017). Moreover, the perception of information from both printed and digital resources does not differ as drastically as it is generally understood by the broad public (Neijens and Voorveld, 2018). As a result, one may assume that analyzing the information represented in the digital replicas of newspapers is important in terms of realizing how social cognition may be controlled and even manipulated by media sources. When comparing the information presented by social media platforms and publicist media such as newspapers, it would be reasonable to justify that the latter is generally considered more objective and trustworthy (Allington et al ., 2020). For this reason, people reading these media sources seldom ponder the scopes of objectivity in the information presented, as they perceive professional journalism as inherently impartial and deprived of personal feelings on the matter outlined. Such a misconception is especially evident considering the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the amount of data published hourly differs greatly across the media sources. Hence, the primary aim of the present report is to analyze how such media sources as The New York Times and The Washington Post convey the data concerning the current state of the healthcare workforce in the context of the pandemic pressure. Media Source Outline One of the major criteria considered when searching for media sources was their credibility, as the paper’s good reputation contributes to people’s intentions to read the articles without critical evaluation and fact-check. Thus, according to the Pew Research Center (2019), The New York Times , along with The Washington Post , were regarded as some of the most influential and credible digital media sources in the state. Considering the relative equality of these sources in terms of reputation, they were chosen to demonstrate how professional journalism could implici
Introduction to the Topic The period of the Great Depression can be considered the most impactful economic downturn in the history of the United States and the world as a whole. Its influence on all parts of human lives was enormous with millions of people losing their jobs and financial stability (Granados and Diez Roux 17290). As a result, the mental health of the individuals who were affected by the stock market crash and the following events suffered as well. The rates of suicide increased, and the levels of mortality coincided with those of unemployment, as people were lost hope of ever getting back to the same level of prosperity (Granados and Diez Roux 17291). Thus, one can see that this period was characterized by significant mental distress. The stories of these people are depicted in the novel Cannery Row by John Steinbeck. Although fictional, the characters in Cannery Row live during the Great Depression, and the audience is introduced to multiple men who take their lives. In fact, the description of death in this novel is not sensationalized – the author portrays a scene where a man shoots himself not as a rare event, but as a part of gruesome reality (Mumford 147). This decision is not accidental – Steinbeck, while focusing on the positive behaviors of people, acknowledged the reality of the country’s economic position. Furthermore, he also revealed the issues that some people did not know how to address. It can be assumed from the links between the statistics of suicide and the US’ financial problems during the Great Depression that many people were under significant stress at that time. Granados and Diez Roux show that suicide was the only major cause of death that increased in the years of economic depression (see fig. 1). Therefore, it is clear that their mental health had suffered greatly. Here, the main idea for this research project lies – to which extent therapy and counseling can help people affected by the Great Depression. In the novel, Steinbeck does not consider the possibility that his characters may ask for support from a psychologist. The lack of interest in mental health, however, is not surprising. According to Chen and Dagher, adults, especially men, are hesitant to reflect on their mental health or ask for clinical support (188). In the 1930s, this problem may have been present in society what did not pay attention to mental health in the same way as currently. Fig. 1. Crude mortality rate (per 100,000 population) for selected major causes of death (Granados and Diez Roux 17292). As an ou