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Introduction It is imperative to mention that organizational behavior is often studied by scholars because it may help to get a better understanding of how performance may be increased and other aspects vital to the business. It has been getting increasingly important over the last few years because enterprises are getting much more diverse, and some situations in the workplace may be quite problematic (Phillips and Gully 76). The literature on this topic will be reviewed, and some of the current approaches will be analyzed to determine their strengths and weaknesses. Discussion One of the most important aspects that should be highlighted is that it is beneficial to study relationships in the organization and determine areas that may be problematic. The examination of individual processes is critical, and a manager should alter communication patterns depending on the situation and unique traits of a worker. Some of the personalities may be incompatible in the workplace, and a manager should provide suggestions of how the problem may be addressed (Griffin and Moorhead 66). All of the conflicts should be resolved as soon as possible because it may hurt the company in the long-term and lead to severe consequences. It is necessary to establish a supportive environment to make sure that there is no tension between the personnel and management. Some individuals may try to disrupt the process of work, and a trained professional should understand what techniques may be used to prevent such behavior. Such issues as stress and depression could hurt productivity and the quality of products or services. Therefore, employees should get an opportunity to relax, and vacations also should be offered if it is necessary. Such topics as bullying and sexual abuse are extremely problematic in the workplace. Employees that were caught may deal with severe penalties, and legal responsibility for such actions is also possible. Appropriate measures should be taken in case there is any suspicion. It would be reasonable to establish a particular reporting system in the firm. Such aspects as anonymity should be acknowledged to ensure that individuals are not afraid to voice their opinions. The role of the culture and traditions also needs to be mentioned, and it has an enormous impact on the process of work. Any discrimination or unfair treatment should be avoided, and it may lead to severe penalties or legal responsibility in some cases. A manager should understand that it is necessary to respect the religion and customs to avoid tension. Therefore, some strategies may be modified to ensure that such aspects are taken into consideration. One should be aware of what behavior is acceptable in the workplace, and will not be viewed as problematic by others. Moreover, it is a vital aspect that should not be overlooked by th
Human Capital: Definition and Importance Human capital (HC) is a part of intellectual capital (IC) that can be described as a complex of the properties of the employees that are relevant for the company. For instance, Maaloul and Zéghal (2015) follow the example of Li et al. in naming 22 categories that describe the number of employees, their age, education, knowledge, and skills (work-related and other), productivity, beliefs, commitment, motivation, relationships, and diversity (p. 89). This list is not inclusive; in fact, it can be suggested that all the characteristics of employees that are capable of influencing the company’s performance are included in HC. As a result, the investment in HC (and other ICs) has been acknowledged as one of the main ways of creating value (Maaloul & Zéghal, 2015, p. 66). Financial Statements: Quantifying and Recording HC There are many limitations to the information presented by financial statements (FSs) and their analysis (Atrill & McLaney 2013a). Technically, FS cannot express HC properly since only a few of its categories may be quantified (for example, the number of people, their age, the quantifiable output). Also, omitting the unquantifiable information is expected to create a distorted picture. Finally, most of the mentioned properties are likely to change with time. All of these aspects pose difficulties in recording HC with the help of FS and in general. However, HC components are of vital importance to the health and success of the company, and these aspects are supposed to be assessed with the help of the information from FSs and their analysis (Atrill & McLaney 2013). Consequently, the attempts at quantifying HC are being made, and one of them is the international accounting standard 38 (IAS 38). There is evidence to the standard improving the integration of intangibles in reporting in France, Portugal, and Canada (Ledoux & Cormier 2013, pp. 286-287). Ledoux and Cormier (2013) praise the specific and detailed requirements of IAS 38 (p. 287). However, they also point out that IAS 38 is not without limitations: in particular, it is incapable of reflecting all the information about intangibles (Ledoux & Cormier 2013, p. 286). Similarly, Maaloul and Zéghal (2015) describe non-FS HC disclosure (found in annual reports) and explain that the latter can complement FS and improve the information capacity of the data provided to stakeholders. Also, they noticed that companies chose to present a varied amount of information on their HC and other IC. In my opinion, the latter aspect explains why a standard in the area is necessary: while it is ethical to avoid the distortion of information, it cannot be guaranteed without specific requirements. It appears, therefore, that it is logical to work out means of incorporating the information on HC in FS, even though it is likely to be deficient. In order to improve it, complementary (non-FS) instruments may be used for reporting the value of HC. Still, such an approach is li
Introduction Gabrielle Teare runs Gabrielle Teare London Personal Stylist and Image Consultant. The organization is categorized as the leading celebrity stylist in the UK. Gabrielle Teare is located in Chic Chelsea, UK (Gabrielle Teare 2012). In addition, it is an affiliate member Federation of Image consultant. The company is known for its exclusive emphasis in fashion, design, and style and most of the world renowned public figures are dressed under the Gabrielle Teare. Gabrielle Teare is recommended by The Daily Telegraph as one of the style consultant firms that one can visit while visiting London. This implies that the fashion and design consultancy firm is well known for its styling prowess. The fashion and image consultant has a blog which has been updated with the latest fashion trends and fashion tips. In addition, the organization has also been recommended by Vogue.Co.UK as one of the world’s top Fashion and Beauty sites” (Gabrielle Teare 2012a). This makes it not only famous but also accessible to anybody over the internet. In addition, the organisation’s website is easy to operate. Social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter are used to reach as many willing customers as possible. The multi-award winner of beauty and fashion awards has had and is instilling a positive impact on the fashion and design industry in the UK. The UK fashion and design industry is probably the largest in the world contributing over £21b to the economy (Fox 2011). The industry has been described as a great British success story which has not only transformed the lives of people and improved fashion, but also contributed greatly towards the UK economy. Among the many creative industries in the UK, fashion industry has been ranked as the largest employer employing over 800,000 people (Fox 2011). Gabrielle Teare London Personal Stylist and Image Consultant which is part of the UK fashion industry faces high competition although it has been ranked as the leading personal stylist in London. This can be attributed to the fact that a lot of fashion consultancies have been located in London, UK (Karra 2008). The objective of the report paper is to analyze Gabrielle Teare London Personal Stylist and Image Consultant to determine its strategic positioning in the fashion and style industry. Competitive Positioning Analysis Organizations do not operate in a vacuum but in an environment which is influenced by both internal and external factors (Wernerfelt & Karnani 1987). Occasionally, firms carry strategic management analysis with the aim of determining their competitive positioning in the industry. This is achieved through the use of several ana
Introduction People of different cultures are bound to practice their customs and their own way of life in a manner that is not common to others. Regardless of the cultures, it is difficult to settle the differences that exist especially in the education and the society at large. In this paper, we are going to compare the education practices in China and American cultures. The main cause of the differences of education theories is due to the fact that Chinese education system relies on Confucianism while the American system is based on egalitarianism. Confucianism revolves around critical stages and rituals in a lifetime of an individual while egalitarianism favors treatment of people as equals and that all people have an opportunity to excel. Chinese social education theory Education system in china has a strong foundation on Chinese socialist theory which emphasizes that the aim of education is to provide scientific and technological knowledge to boost development and meet the demands of the society. Since current developments in technology rely on education, all efforts put on education in China are seen as investment and uplift to the economy. The Chinese government has been facing crucial challenges with regard to industrial and agricultural production hence making the demand for training and labor rise. This has led the governments to run two parallel systems of education, for labor force from rural areas and urban centers. To a large extent, the Chinese education socialist theory borrows a lot of practices from the Marxist theory (Fairbank, 102). American education theories Unlike China, American theories of education serve to meet the demands of the economy and politics. There are three theories of education that represent the American system of education. First, is the functionalist theory that states that universal education is meant to meet the needs of the community. The proponents of the theory emphasize that the main goal of education is to give essential skills and knowledge to the coming generation. This theory of education has been considered to bring cohesion between people of different backgrounds especially the immigrants and Native Americans. Another theory that explains the American system of education is the conflict theory. Just like the Chinese social theory of education, this theory explains that the purpose of education is to maintain inequity and keep power among the dominant people in the society. According to the theories, functional and conflict theory, education brings categorization or sorting in the society but disagree on how it occurs. Symbolic Interactions theory also explains the nature of education system in the United States and focuses mainly on what happens within a classroom setting. This theory focuses on the ability of the teacher’s prospects to manipulate the performance and approach of learners. According to Chan, Khan, and Chan Chak (385), “students who are closer to teachers perform better and receive most attention.” Differences and conclusion There are
Abstract The report provides information about my four-month work term at the Alberta Health Services in Calgary, AB, Canada. The report provides an overview of the institution, my roles within the organization, and the major activities I undertook. The report goes further to provide an overview of the assignments I completed during this period. I worked in the department of the active directory as an information technologist. The other workers in the department accorded me great support as we worked together on diverse initiatives. The tasks I performed during this work term were slightly in line with my training areas. However, it identifies important areas of my study that were critical to the work term. The experience was engaging and rewarding. I have not experienced difficulties while preparing this report. Overview of the Alberta Health Services Alberta Health Services (AHS) was opened in 2008 and provided integrated health systems. AHS has experienced and committed health professionals, subordinate staff, unpaid assistants, and doctors who promote wellness and offer healthcare to nearly 3.9 million people in Alberta and other regions. The organization has more than 104,000 workers, including around 96,100 workers directly involved with AHS and about 8,000 workers operating in affiliate institutions such as Carewest, CapitalCare Group, and Calgary Laboratory Services. The organization has more than 17,600 unpaid assistants and 8,400 doctors. It also offers clinical education in its facilities to students from learning institutions. AHS has 100 care hospitals for severe sickness, 5 psychiatric rooms, a large bed capacity for victims with severe illnesses and those undergoing palliative care, and 2,327 beds for patients recovering from addiction. AHS has diverse equity partnerships together with crucial care networks. Its services are availed in over 450 facilities all over the province. These facilities include care centers, mental health and addiction rehabilitation facilities, and local dispensaries. AHS administration structure has the president, who also acts as the chief executive officer and an official administrator. The leadership structure also incorporates other people in charge of affiliate organizations. Their inclusion in the management structure was critical to the organization. The institution’s expansion plans required establishing networks and partnerships to facilitate the delivery of services to a larger client base. The institution’s health information is provided according to the services it offers. It provides health and wellness services, which include injury prevention, safety, disease prevention, population health, travel health, mental hea
Describe the delivery of the research-based instruction you observed During my assessment, I have observed a first grade reading lesson. The instruction was effectively delivered using the various approaches to research-based strategies for the reading lesson. The instructor managed to use the cooperative learning strategy. This strategy is particularly beneficial to students because it promotes language development through peer interaction. The instructor began the delivery of the strategy by letting the students form literature circles; each group consisting of 6 pupils. The teacher then presented a set of four reading materials and allowed the pupils to choose their preferred book from the set. The teams were formed based on the books chosen by each group. In the groups, students were expected to analyze the content using discussion questions, post-its, and notes. After the analysis, each team had a moment to discuss the book amongst themselves before the teacher facilitated a general classroom discussion on each book. Explain elements of the instructional approach you observed The elements of cooperative learning observed include: positive interdependence and promotion of interaction. Positive interdependence allows the pupils to believe that they cannot be successful unless they all work together and make contribution towards the success of the whole group. The teacher was able to create this belief in the pupils by communicating the goals and tasks of the learning activity in a way that made them think they have to work together. Proper structuring of positive interdependence is important to enable each member in a group to put some effort towards the success of the entire group. Each member of a group makes unique contribution because of their unique abilities and resources. The second element is promotion of interaction. This element is demonstrated through sharing of resources, supporting and helping each other, and applauding the effort made by each member of a group. This element was observed during the lesson as pupils were able to interacting in a manner that encouraged the participation of every member within a group. Make a connection between the research-based instructional approach you observed and the research you did on effective instructional approaches Cooperative learning has been identified by Linn, Miller, and Gronlund (2009) to be effective for instruction. They argue that the strategy can be used on all types of pupils because of the fact that it encourages friendship among learners, fosters respect and promotes learning. Borich (2007) also agrees with Linn, Miller, and Gronlund (2009) and Hsiung (2012) on the effectiveness of cooperative learning. She says that cooperative learning is particularly beneficial for pupils who are learning how to read. The strategy helps them develop language skills in addition to learning various concepts. Hsiung
Synopsis The world is full of people of different races, tribes and skin colors. Indeed, this is not a weakness, but a show of diversity. However, some individuals and groups have used their sociological status to oppress others. So far, racism remains the most common form of oppression. The white people have always believed that they are superior as compared to other people of different racial backgrounds. Undeniably, the notion of white supremacy, which is a belief in white dominance, is a reality, at least for those who have experienced it. The notion of white supremacy advocates, and promotes the social and political supremacy of the white people over the rest. White supremacy bases its foundation in ethnocentrism and craving for racial hegemony. Consequently, this has resulted into oppression, social prejudice, anti-black sadism and anti-Semitic hostility. Astonishingly, very many supremacist groups have come up, each with its own conception. For example, in United States of America, the emergence of white supremacist groups such as Ku Klux Klan, skinheads, and church of Creator have caused so much uproar and racial segregation in America. These groups are the common enemies of the state and those who vehemently stand to oppose them, put their lives at risk. For instance, these groups have managed to introduce white supremacist dogmas into the social fabric of American politics and key institutions resulting into unprecedented intolerance. Hitherto, United States has moved into a new-fangled era- an era of white preeminence (Wildman, 1996, pp.86-87). Introduction Many Americans believe that the emergence of White Supremacist groups occurred after the end of the American civil war. At first, these groups run their affairs clandestinely in order to circumvent the attention of the media and government institutions responsible for maintenance of law and order. Traditionally, the white supremacist groups relied principally on the tittle-tattle notoriety to overawe their intended victims. However, as time went by, the groups increased its membership, and widened their territories. Interestingly, 25,000 white Americans seemed to support the ideologies of the white supremacist groups. However, it is important to note that this is indeed a tiny faction as compared to the population of white people in United States of America at that particular time and even the present. The paper will discuss the strategies and ideologies employed by white supremacist groups to carry out their mission. The paper will also ex
The term “Greatest Generation” belongs to people who survived the Great Depression years and WWII. For many people, it was a great challenge to overcome an economic crisis and being involved in one of the greatest wars. Economic, social, and political events had an impact on their values, lifestyles, and thinking but they did not change their will and personal identity. Thesis The quotation is not true because it reflects only one economic side of the problem but does not take into account a great leap in social and political life, equal rights movements, and strong family values shared by the Great Generation. The war and its outcome were regarded as a triumph for the United States, not least because it had expunged the weakness and political disengagement of the post-First World War era. It seemed self-evident that American engagement, political, military, and economic, was the linchpin of a functioning and healthy world system and that the spectacular success of the American economy during the war had made such engagement painlessly possible. The quotation is not true because it describes the only economic side of the problem and did not take into account the everyday needs of people. In the 1960s, with America involved in a damaging war in Vietnam, this prudential view of American leaders seemed less convincing to some young American historians. Revisionists argued that the origins of the Cold War could be found in the beliefs and actions of the American politico-economic governing élite. Shaken by the threat to its position presented by the collapse of first the economic and then the political international order in the 1930s, this élite was convinced that it could only survive and prosper in an international capitalist economic system dominated by the United States and protected by American military might. The Soviet Union was irrelevant to this order economically and a military threat to it. The USSR had, therefore, to be isolated and undermined. Revisionist historians tended to stress the aggressive intentions of the USA towards the USSR, the Soviet Union’s economic, and even military, weakness and American exploitation of and intervention in nonEuropean countries. Yet this pessimism also had another source: an attitude, verging on disdain, towards the nations of Western
Literature Review and Approach The literature review aims to shed light on the most recent research on the topic to develop an approach to investigate the issue further. According to Petermans and Pohlmeyer (2014), subjective well-being is an emerging topic of research in the field of design, although, no consensus has been reached in the scientific area as to what represents the essence of well-being. From an interior architecture perspective, the combination of objective conditions created by a designer and the subjective experiences of individuals within the space. Objective well-being, as applied to the context of design, represents the extent to which external conditions can contribute to the high quality of life (Patermans and Pohlmeyer, 2014). This perspective was also supported by Blyussen (2014), who suggested that a range of objective parameters in design contribute to the overall well-being of an individual. Therefore, the purpose of design in such a context is to create the highest-quality environments to increase the livability of interiors. In modern research, interiors have been viewed from the perspective of cultural and social significance. Within such a view, interiors go far beyond being spatial arrangements or collections of objects, and, thus, can communicate to their users who perceive them objectively (Ionescu, 2018). The transient and adjustable nature of interior design underlines its qualitative difference, which has profound meaning for establishing an objectively positive environment (Brooker and Stone, 2008). For example, a writer’s room is much more than a closed-off space in which someone works but also took for transferring various areas of imagination (Bauer, 2016). The combination of objects that have no function but represent beauty and those that have utility represents a dichotomy that would characterize a social and historical environment in which interiors were made. The fact that spaces change with time justifies their adaptive re-use as an “inherently critical function of interior design” (Ionescu, 2018, p. 2). As buildings are inte