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An effective Teacher From the image of an effective teacher, the analysis will be based on the teacher’s qualification as well as career history, her skills of instruction, her professional characteristics as well as the classroom setting or management (Jones, Jenkin, & Lord, 2006). In general, there are three major factors espoused from the image and include the setting of classroom, skills of teaching and professional characteristics. As depicted from the image, each of these factors provides not just complementary ways, but also unique ways that the teacher can comprehend their contribution. It must be understood that they all work or interact to avail value-based teaching. Pedagogy and practice From the image, effective teaching entails making hard and principled decisions, making cautious decisions, as well as respecting the intricate nature of the mission of educational (Farr, 2010). On top of the technical skills and knowledge the teacher uses in his everyday practice, he or she must be conscious of his profession’s ethical direction. Based on this, the primary mission of the effective teacher depicted in the image is to encourage the advancement of dispositions, skills as well as understanding, whilst recognizing considerately and sensibly an array of learners’ conditions and requirements. According to Stronge (2007) teachers who are effective should have a collection of instructional strategies and methods, and also remain reflective and critical in relation to their practice. In general, his or her professional characteristics or responsibilities should be focused on providing education to students. The way these factors interact In nature, these attributes of an effective teacher different. From the image, it can easily be made out that skills of instruction and professional aspects are key factors relating to what is brought to the job by a teacher. In the image, the professional features are basally the continuing trends of behavior that are blended to drive the activities of the teacher (Farr, 2010). The micro-behaviors are some of the examples of these things and are covered by the skills of instruction. Generally, in as much as skills of instruction can be acquired through learning, managing to carry them forward for the time the teacher is still actively involved in his work depends on the nature of professional aspects. Different from the two factors discussed above is the classroom setting. Generally, it connotes or denotes a measure of results delivered by professional characteristics and skills of instruction. The classroom setting allows the instructor to fully comprehend or know the level of contentment of her students in class. The contentment is in the context of different dimensions of classroom setting created by the teacher and which functions to instigate or initiate student motivation to learn. Example From the image, the professional skills or characteristics help the teacher to hold his student to account. This generally involves setting up clear objectives as well as parameters in order to hold students responsible for their performance in cla
Introduction The purpose of this study is to analyze the soft and hard approaches to problem-solving in the context of an organization and to measure the extent to which the two approaches help in solving institutional challenges. As time goes by, people and technology evolve in one way or the other. Recent technology may not be the same as that of several decades ago. What brings about these changes is a combination of factors such as social, economic, political, cultural, and even religious. The more diverse and complex they become, the more technology needs to metamorphose. Organizations, therefore, need to foresee these evolutionary intricacies and find suitable ways of avoiding or managing them. They could come as a change of preferences among customers, new regulations that are abruptly imposed upon the organizations by industry regulators, and also the need to expand or restructure business processes. One best way to tackle these complexities is to adopt a systematic approach and involve an organized process. This fact helps managers in these organizations to have clear and original views to tackle these problems holistically. The systems approach can be used by management in two dimensions. There is a soft system methodology and a hard system methodology. The soft system approach was developed by Peter Checkland in the early 1970s. It involves taking action on a problem situation at a particular time. It was developed using a model of human behavior that was based on rationalized stances and emphasized learning and participation and how to carry out a particular task that could lead to a solution. The hard method is commonly concerned with how an organization can achieve a known objective or goal since its formulation was based the goal-seeking. It also uses prediction, control, and optimization after which a system is designed to achieve these objectives. The main difference between the hard system and soft system method is that the hard system views goal-seeking as the most satisfying model of human behavior to solve or eliminate problems. SSM on the other hand involves arguing out real-world problems instead of models of hypothesized problems. This fact culminates in systematic learning of how to solve them, which is a gradual process. HSM believes in finding solutions to problems while SSM involves finding accommodation to issues. The human content in HSM is not existent while in SSM, it is high and important. When it comes to finding solutions about a particular problem, HSM asks “how” the issue is going to be tackled while on the other hand, SSM seeks to find out “what” the problem is and goes further to develop strategies on how to solve it. Fur
Strategic option for expanding global operations for Riordon Riordan is a global plastic manufacturing company extending its operations beyond its boundaries. The company has vigorously expanded because of its focus on its mission, vision, and value statements. The mission and vision statements concentrate on four areas, which are the customer management programs, building long-term relationships with stakeholders, having innovative employees, and sustaining future growth. It is achieved by having innovative employees, offering innovative solutions to customers, ensuring quality by reducing defects. The combination will enable the company to realize its vision and mission. There is also the use of the six sigma model to meet customers, shareholders, and employee demands. The value statement concentrates on giving all stakeholders value in the products of the company. This is ensured through the continuous focus on quality improvement and defect prevention by investing in research and development. It has adopted a variety of strategies that ensure the smooth running of the company’s operations. To be a leading plastic manufacturer both today and in the future, the company has focused its energy on customer relationships, employees, the company’s focus, and the future vision. It has been in line with its mission and value statement. Also, Riordan manufacturing is concerned about its material purchasing process between the employees and the vendors. The management is considering implementing a database that will support web-based communication. The strategy will avail the users of a real-time picture of the company’s operations. It is essential to any company intending to venture into global markets Nwadei (2004, p.122). Most important countries in which a global country should participate today The global market has become excessively competitive, with developed industrial companies expanding to diversify their risks. The developed countries are protecting their infant companies by diverting unfair competition. Some of the developed countries are making intensive investments in third world countries. For instance, European companies have made intensive capital investments in the third countries whilst creating both complex and global supply chains. Also, the European exporters have increasingly ventured into emerging economies, which include India, Brazil, China, and Russia, among others. It is according to the global Europe framework (2006, p.3). Therefore, the underdeveloped countries and the developing ones are the best countries to invest in because the competition is low. Also, local customers prefer foreign goods and services to the local ones. It necessitates foreign companies to capture a large base of customers within a short period. Countries like China and Russia are developing at an accelerating rate, and this poses a threat to the countries making investments in those countries. In a decade, it is believed that some countries will have developed fully to support their population with locally generated products. Therefore, the list of the most vital countries to in
The United Kiingdom is one of several European states which make up the European Union. The UK joined the European Union in 1973 for the purpose of strenghtening its economic and political relations with other European states. The UK sought to boost its trade links with other nations in continental Europe, through the liberalized common market. The UK was motivated to join the EU to export more manufactured goods to other European countries with fewer restrictions. All EU member states are required to remove barriers on movement of goods, people and labor between their borders. UK’s association with the EU has helped the country benefit from strong economic ties with other nations in Europe. The country’s Industrial and financial sectors, have greatly benefited from strong relations the country has with other EU member states (Bannin 67). The UK government’s engagement with other EU member states has been mainly influenced by the benefits it gets from the common market. Political leaders in the country have been skeptical of treaties between member states, which allow for free migration of labor and adoption of the Euro as a single currency for all member states. The UK government refused to accept the Schengen agreement, which allows people to move freely across borders of EU member states with fewer restrictions. The UK government has also failed to agree with other states on various issues which are important to the future of the EU. The EU is currently facing a lot of economic challenges which have discouraged Britain from contributing funds to assist troubled member states. Several EU member states are experiencing severe economic problems caused by poor fiscal and financial policies (Gowland 87). EU member states have been forced to intorduce policies to help faltering member states revive their economies. The association between UK and the EU has several implications for both parties. The financial services sector in the country has linkages with other financial systems in Europe. There is an increase in the volume of fin
Julia Serdyuk and Ksenia Tkachenko describe the influence of modern technologies and globalization on business negotiations in their article. Globalization as well as modern technologies has changed the way of communication between people. As a result, business negotiations have acquired a lot of new rules and peculiarities. World business companies have to adapt to new rules of a game. The authors cast light upon the correlation between management style and globalization at the beginning of the article. They point out that globalization has opened boundaries for the world business. Nevertheless, the authors highlight some difficulties on the way to a successful business. Different management styles as well as cultural differences may hamper a success of business negotiations. Management styles are closely connected to cultural values so there is no wonder that there are so many different management styles. Although management styles are divided in several groups, there are more peculiar features that make one leader different from the other. The authors provide the example of the North Americans who orient at “acting” in contrast to the Latin Americans who aim at “being” (Serdyuk & Tkachenko, 2009). As a result, temporal and space orientations are different too as well as the attitude to other people. Experienced leaders use these differences to learn something new, but sometimes this cultural barrier is too difficult to overcome. Globalization helps to get rid of these obstructions. Various countries and companies may share their experience nowadays. For example, Japanese companies take lessons from the American ones to be more flexible while the American companies may learn a lot from the Japanese ones. The authors point out that the process of globalization provides a lot of opportunities as well as challenges to the world economy. The authors describe the influence of globalization on business communication. It seems that with the development of modern technologies and the process of globalization there are no difficulties to keep in touch with other people even if they are far from each other. The authors consider the development of modern technologies to be very profitable for business development as far as there are no problems to organize negotiations or solve current problems at long distances. The companies may even make a contract via the internet. Nevertheless, there are some difficulties for some business companies as far as such internet contracts are not taken as reliable ones by many countries. Such distrust may be explained by some cultural peculiarities. The negotiations have become quicker with the development of modern technologies. Business partners do not need to meet face-to-face to solve their problems or sign a contract. Although some cultural differences still make business negotiations more difficult, the process of globalization has facilitated this problem. The authors emphasize that there are common basic tendencies of negotiations that should be taken into account by different business companies. There are special courses provided by the Nego
Ethics is the study of what should be done. The terms ethics and morality are often used interchangeably . The word ethics comes from a Greek word ethickos – meaning an ethos, habit, pattern of behaviour or prevailing attitude. It has been widely viewed that ethics is not an easy word to define. We believe that ethics has no substantive form, has no single method and is not in the domain of any one discipline or individual. Rather, ethics is best characterized as a space, a region of turbulence, where the space is defined by what is at stake – values, relationships, behaviour and human flourishing. This space contains many of the things that people care about, but about which not everyone can agree. What is governance? It may be loosely defined as the act manner, fact or function of governing. This implies that to govern is to rule with authority, to exercise the function of government . Governing is therefore a whole range of actions, in a spectrum from the rule through influence to self – control. In essence, governance may be seen as a process for reconciling the ambitions of the individual with the need to preserve and develop the ‘common weal’ which binds individuals through shared interests. Why does governance matter? Governance has been largely taken for granted in the past, both because its failure was only apparent in infrequent crises, such as revolutions, or major systemic failures such as that caused by the Black Death. For most of human existence governance has been imposed on the majority by small elite, whose power has been legitimized by a priesthood which had a virtual monopoly of knowledge. This form of governance depends on curtailing the freedom of the ruled in order to maximize the power of the rulers. Thus we can conclusively say that governance is concerned with the intrinsic nature, purpose, integrity and identity of an institution with a primary focus on the entity’s relevance, continuity and fiduciary aspects. Governance involves monitoring and overseeing strategic direction, socioeconomic and cultural context, externalities and constituencies of the institution. Governance is usually delivered through an agreed constitution, through a complex web of customs and practices, underpinned by a shared system of ethics, to a range of stakeholders in that institution. Thus with the above definitions it is quite clear that ethics is an important aspect when it comes to good governance . There are certain factors which influence ethics. These include values, culture and transformation. This leaves us asking, what is the importance of ethics when it comes to governance? In essence, ethics serves to protect the basic human needs. In this case, ethics corresponds to basic human nee
Abstract Satyam Company is a good example of companies that have failed due to fraud and embezzlement of funds by senior officials. Based on the findings from different scholars, the company lacked independent directors, thus giving room for wrongful misappropriation of funds. Its external auditors also colluded with the directors to defraud the investors. The company had a weak internal control system and in its operations, the promoters held executive position, and thus they had great influence on the company’s decisions. This essay is prepared based on the requirement of the course as directed by the tutor. This paper seeks to advise the management team of Satyam Ltd. on the best corporate culture to adopt in its administration. The report is based on the view that the management of Satyam Company has reported at least one incidence involving misappropriation of funds by some irresponsible financial controllers. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyse the company’s corporate governance critically and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of its internal control system before coming up with the necessary recommendations. The recommendations that will be given at the end of the essay will be based on the provisions of the UK code on corporate governance. Introduction In the modern world, the scope of corporate governance has changed due to the high number of companies that have failed due to misappropriation of funds. It has been taken to include the accountability concept especially in the accounting department. The need for sound corporate governance has been perpetuated by the nature of modern businesses, which are run by third parties on the behalf of the shareholders or owners. A number of factors have facilitated the need for improved corporate governance. Firstly, most businesses today are in the form of companies, which are owned by a great number of shareholders who are scattered, and thus cannot control the affairs of the firms (Varottil, 2010). Secondly, the shareholders may require professionals to manage their businesses. This aspect creates a principal-agent relationship between the shareholders and the directors of the company. Therefore, the concept of corporate governance becomes essential since for the shareholders’ interests to be secured there must be a control of the directors’ actions. This essay therefore seeks to identify the shortfalls in the control system of Satyam Company and advise the company accordingly. Literature review Corporate governance denotes the way in which firms are managed effectively (Bhasin, 2013). It outlines the rights and obligations of all the interested parties such as the directors, shareholders, and creditors among others. Corporate governance also outlines the decision-making procedures and explains the role of each stakeholder in the process. It defines the corporate structure of the company clearly by outlining the role that each
Marketing is a complex term which has been defined differently in various segments of the modern society, and whose meaning varies greatly from one country to another. Definition of the term would range from philosophical to business approaches whereby a different observation is perceived in each setting. In business, marketing is based on thinking more about the needs of consumers and satisfaction of those needs. In that case, marketing refers to the management procedure or process by which goods and services are made available to the consumer in diverse settings of life. In other words, this is an integral part of business which refers to the policies and plans that have been adopted in ensuring that the players in the broad business world reach out easily to their potential customers. There are two main settings under which marketing takes place in the contemporary business world; domestic and international. Domestic marketing refers to those marketing strategies that are applied to attract customers within the political boundaries of a particular country while international marketing would refer to business strategies that are taken beyond the home market and to the international scenes. The fundamental concepts of the marketing strategy would just be the same whether at a local setting or at the international level. However, the concept of marketing would tend to vary greatly from one country to another owing to political, cultural, economic, and legal influences among other aspects. This paper is a comparative marketing for China and the U.S. which provides a deeper insight of the concept of marketing as it is perceived in different regions of the world. This paper examines some of the major differences and similarities of marketing strategies applied by the Pe
Reasons why eBay have succeeded as an online auction market place Kotler and Keller assert that the success of eBay was as result of their capability to create new pricing strategies that enabled the bidders or buyers to establish the values of the products they need 411. The ability of the consumers to predetermine the prices created a feeling of control among the consumers. Consumers also had the capability of bargaining the best prices. Moreover, the website enabled the consumers to reach a wide variety of sellers as well as the products to choose (Kotler and Keller 411). On the other hand, the eBay platform enabled sellers to meet a variety of customers at reduced costs. In fact, eBay established a distinctive online business that attracted both the customers and the auctioning firms. The uniqueness of eBay attracted customers from the competitors resulting in most of the competing firms merging or shutting down (Stevens 141). The online firm has been successful on the online business because of the knowledge of the needs of the customers. Moreover, eBay had a proper knowledge of its customers and targeted their needs that the competitors did not give much attention (Kotler and Keller 411). In fact, the firm was fast to identify the requirement of the people, do business in second-hand quality goods, and earn cost-effective proceeds. The company became conscious of the fact that there is need for a platform where auctioneers for second-hand products could meet the buyers (Kotler and Keller 411). The company applied its technological competence to create the required platform that enabled free trade between the auctioneers and the buyers. The firm has been able to build its credibility among the customers. The credibility the firm established during the first years of operation enabled many potential customers build trust on the firm (Stevens 141). Creditability is critical in the cyberspace where sellers meet potential customers virtually and exchange takes place. The company builds this credibility through having high quality website that increases the capability of customers and sellers to interact (Stevens 141). Moreover, the company also embraced a well-established payment system including the WorldPay as well as PayPal that increased the customers’ confidence on the business. In fact, the reputable money transfer firms turned many non-believing customers to the business (Stevens 141). Essentially