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Introduction The problem of the generation gap has always affected workplace relationships globally due to the differences in the circumstances under which people belonging to different age groups developed their values. However, in the contemporary business setting, the incongruence in worldviews has become particularly problematic. On the one hand, modern companies need to implement diversity policies by showing appreciation for the viewpoints of every age group. On the other hand, the differences between Generations X, Y, and Z create breeding grounds for multiple misunderstandings and conflicts. Generation Gap as a Complex Issue: Definition The phenomenon of GG is traditionally seen as a combination of “differences in values or attitudes” that may potentially cause a conflict in the workplace (Reiser, Van Vreede, & Petty, 2019, p. 2). The proposed definition emphasizes the problem of interpersonal confrontations that GG entails unless managed properly (Reiser et al., 2019). Moreover, recent research indicates that, when left unattended, the problem of GG may cause significant disruptions in the performance of staff members (Wong et al., 2018). The issue affects both employees and managers, causing organizations to lose money (Reiser et al., 2019). Therefore, a detailed analysis of the problem and the solutions to it is required. Personal Perspective: Generation Gap and the Individual Framework of Perception The phenomenon of GG has affected numerous people on both professional and personal levels. A report published lately posits that the focus on diversity will inevitably lead to the creation of multigenerational workplaces where representatives of 3-4 generations (Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, and Millennials) will work together (Yi, Ribbens, Fu, & Cheng, 2015). Differences in values, opinions, habits, and perceptions will entail inevitable conflicts and miscommunication that may halt production processes within companies (Yi et al., 2015). Therefore, the issue in question presents a dilemma for modern companies. Generation Gap and Photography as the Chosen Field of Study In the field of study under consideration, the problem of the GG has not been as evident as in other areas, yet it has also affected photographers’ performance significantly. It would be wrong to accuse any of the generations of refusing to collaborate. Quite the contrary, there is evident willingness to cooperate in the field of photography between Baby Boomers and Generations X, Y, and Z (Yi et al., 2015). The phenomenon of knowledge sharing has been taken to the next level with the usage of the latest technological advancements for data transfer (Wong et al., 2018). However, due to the differences in the values of each generation, HR managers may find it difficult to distribute roles and responsibilities among them. In photog
The history and Overview of Nike Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight were the two men behind the foundation of Nike. Bowerman was a renowned coach in the field and track and was always looking for ways of making his athletes outshine the rest. He tried several training methods and even came up with innovations of track and field shoes but the top manufactures of footwear during this time did not take his innovations seriously. Phil Knight was one of the students and an athlete at the University of Oregon where Bowerman was a coach. When he completed his studies, Phil Knight decided to become a distributor of footwear for Onitsuka Company Japan. He sent several pairs of his first order to Bowerman with an intention of selling them to him. Bowerman instead offered to become his partner in distribution. The two then decided to be partners and came up with Blue Ribbon Sports as the name of their enterprise. They obtained their first order comprising of three hundred pairs of sport shoes. Bowerman then decided to make modifications to the shoes and came up with better and lighter ones. He also recommended the shoes to his athletes to test the suitability of his modifications. The two partners had full-time jobs and as such, they needed a full-time manager for their business. They decided to employ Jeff Johnson as the manager of the enterprise. Jefferson came up with strategies for marketing their products by printing brochures, catalogs, and adverts. He also came up with new designs for various shoes and in 1971 and named the brand Nike (Nike Inc., n.d., par. 7). This was the time they started designing and manufacturing their own products. Carolyne Davidson, one of the students at the university, developed its first original brand. Their first year of distribution was 1972 when they came up with several innovations of footwear that proved to be much lighter. Then they chose Steve Prefontaine, who was a student at the University of Oregon and a very talented runner, to endorse their products. Steve Prefontaine advertised their shoes by wearing and recommending them to various athletes even after he graduated from the university. By the end of 1980, Nike was already operating as a full-fledge public company. Nike slipped in the mid-eighties and later came up with custom-made shoes for Michael Jordan. Several other innovations followed. From then on, Nike went on to expand and reach the global market with continuous innovations and high-class products (Nike Inc., n.d., par. 25). Product lines Nike has various divisions in its product lines. They are Converse Incorporated, Hurley International, Jordan Brand, and Nike Golf. The base of Converse Incorporated is in North Andover, Massachusetts and is involved in a variety of women and men footwear and other apparel. Hurley International has its headquarters in Costa Messa, California and mainly deals in appa
This paper will recommend best training practices that can help McDonalds to stay competitive in the Canadian market. The company usually has eleven crew positions within any McDonalds Canada restaurant. The McDonalds Crew Development program has four steps: Prepare, Present, Try and Follow up. This model therefore guides the process through which the company trains its staff. The current training practices in McDonalds have various strengths. On the job training helps employees to acquire vital skills that enable them perform their responsibilities more effectively. The training program is linked with organisational objectives and trainees get to understand the company’s culture and practices. Cross -training gives employees an opportunity to be skilled in different areas of the firm’s operations. This makes it easy for employees to multi task. They are able to perform different functions effectively and this boosts productivity levels. The 4 step training model used by McDonalds helps it to save valuable time and costs (McDonalds Case Study, 2012). The company’s employees are likely to become demoralised after training because they are highly supervised. These employees may lack confidence in their own abilities because of the extreme supervision they undergo during training. The training approaches that are used by McDonalds do not suit individual traits and talents of each employee. This approach does not offer ways through which individual talents of employees can be harnessed for the greater benefit of the firm. Electronic learning approaches are time consuming and ineffective in helping trainees acquire the necessary knowledge. This proves problematic when a trainer wants to monitor the progress of each trainee (McDonalds Case Study, 2012). The company updates its training materials electronically because of the fast-paced nature of its operations. Trainers and learners have access to updated information which they easily obtain from a central source. Employees are trained with the most current information which improves their knowledge and understanding. The company has implemented various strategies to reduce training costs (McDonalds Case Study, 2012). The use of focus groups has opened up channels of communication and employees are able to share their thoughts freely regarding training procedures. This approach helps the firm to structure its training p
Discussion: Organizational Foundations RWJBarnabas Health is a strong health organization, which mission, vision, and values align well with the actions conducted by health leaders. Its mission is to provide high-quality services through compassionate innovation and nursing. According to the official website of the organization, the empowerment of self and others based on collaboration between team members composes the vision of the organization (“Our vision”, 2017). Among the values accepted by RWJBarnabas Health, there are compassion, responsibility, genuine, innovation, respect, and nursing excellence. In order to articulate how the mentioned mission, vision, and values are supported by the organization, it seems appropriate to consider its professional practice model (PPM). The very fact that PPM in the given organization was designed based on nurse leaders’ feedback proves its care about staff and excellence in performance. As a Medical-Surgical Float Pool Nurse, I observed that nurses are satisfied with their work and strive to provide the best care possible, acting in coordination with each other. At this point, patient-centeredness is assigned a top priority: patients and families are in the center of the PPM, while t
Gaffney Case Study Gaffney is an objective observer. He can identify the problems that are there. He employs the psychological set up that has been set by other scholars. This way, he can use his life experiences to come up with other ways of dealing with the issues at hand. By weighing several modalities such as personal experience, field theory, awareness, and personal interventions, he carefully weighs the options at hand. This compares quite well with the available theories. It helps him to come up with conclusions on his action theories. He is also a caring advocate. He involves himself with an organization that was offering free legal advice to a group of the vulnerable part of society. He offers his leadership insight and carefully weighs his options and uses theory to support his actions. He, however, succeeds in making the organization a center for people with various problems that need to be handled. He even weighs in the organization’s calculation of the financial impact it has on the families it helps
Introduction The global technological advancement has led to many changes in the ways of interaction among people. The advancement in information technology, which led to the development of social networking websites, clearly evidences this fact. There has been a gradual yet significant development of social networking sites. The development of these sites started with ‘Friendster’ established in 2002 followed by ‘LinkedIn’ and ‘Bebo’. ‘Facebook’ and ‘MySpace’ invention took place in 2004 and 2005 respectively. It is important to mention that majority of the people in the world use Facebook. As a result, it is the social networking with the largest number of users in the world. For a social network to function effectively there is a need for a system that controls the flow of information from one member of the internet community to the other. Social networks have led to an increased flow of information globally as well as building of relationships among different entities. Communities and Web 2.0 Web 2.0 allows members of internet community to exchange information as well as ideas interactively. Social networking sites are examples of Web 2.0 (Fraser, & Dutta, 2008, p.27). Other examples of Web 2.0 include video sharing sites, wikis, blogs and mashups among others. All these enhance the formation of internet communities. Of much concern are the social sites that have been instrumental in bringing people from different geographical locations as well as races come together for a common goal. Several factors enhance the success of internet communities. The social interactions of internet communities require great support, which should include a means to enhance grounding and social presence among members. Members should have access to information concerning their joining, trusting, participating and leaving an online community (Kim, 2000, p.12). Owing to the fact that internet communities are greatly involved in solving social dilemma, some strategies help members achieve this goal (Kollock, 1996, p. 41). These strategies include community attraction, rules and regulations, governance on group information as well as infrastructure. In addition, members should be able to find answers to their questions easily. However, internet communities face some challenges. For instance, there have been cases of internet bullying whereby a member is psychologically tortured making such members quit the society (Boyd, 2007, p.12). This usually occurs among teenagers. There have also been cases of tolling or rather inflicting emotional stress among some members of an internet community. These instances lead to lose of members from the community. There has been a conc
Introduction Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) is one of Canada’s largest retail companies. With that Canadian Tire holds a viable contribution to Canada’s economy, political policies, social impact, technological advancement, and environmental effects. The large effect that Canadian Tire holds on those aspects make Canadian Tire stability becomes more impotent as the Canadian economy continues to grow over time. Canadian Tire obtains this power through large investment in real estate since the mid 1930s, as well as the fast and stable growing since then until 2016 with a CAD 12,681 million in fiscal year revenue. Canadian tire retain the power in the market share due to the strategic location that they have chosen. Canadian Tire stores are located within 15 minutes from 90 percent of all Canadian citizens. With 1702 stores in Canada, it has created 12,356 jobs within their organization. Company Background History John. W and Alfred J. Billes started what would later become Canadian Tire Company in 1922 with a total combined capital of $1,800. The foundation of the company was Hamilton tire and garage limited located at Gerrard and Hamilton Street, Toronto. The next year they closed Hamilton Tire and garage limited and moved to Yonge and Gould, Toronto where Canadian Tire Corporation was born. In 1928, Canadian Tires first public catalogue was published, displaying the values of their tires. Canadian Tire established their first physical retail store in 1934. The first gas bar was then established in 1958 and was paired with the innovative Canadian Tire money incentive. In 1963 a distribution centre for goods and other hardware equipment was opened and in 1968 a platform for the financial service sector was set as Midland shoppers credit limited was reformed into Canadian Tire Acceptance Limited. Canadian Tire continued to grow through the early 1980’s with their first operating revenue that exceeded $1 billion (Rodrik 84). At this point the company had expanded to own 334 associate stores and 116 gas bars in just Ontario and Quebec. In the year 1993 a new format for its retail stores was launched with the objective being “to create an even more exciting and consistent customer experience nationwide”. The late 1990’s and early 2000’s
Lesson Activity Name: Specific Teaching Methods – Elementary WGU Competency Number(s): 602.4 Competency 602.4.17: Teaching Methods – Science (Elementary) General Information: Observation and Description   * Activity Title and Subject(s): Solid-State Statics, Mathematics   * Topic or Location in Lesson: Levers and Pulleys   * Grade/Level: Grade 3 (three)/Primary – 7 day lessons   * Instructional Setting: a group of 15 students aged 8–9, seated in a classroom at their tables in pairs, with a clear view of the desk and the objects demonstrated by the teacher. Among the students, there are four ones with ADHD, a student with hearing impairment, a student with Asperger’s syndrome, and three ESL students (a Turkish student, and two students from the UAE). Objectives Your State Core Curriculum/Student Achievement Standard(s) Objective 602.4.17-15: Leading an activity that requires students to manipulate tools to learn the concept of levers in the solid-state statics. The standards of clarity and specificity, advanced science content, connectedness, continuity, and safety are going to be used as the g
Introduction Marxist critiques of capitalism challenge each other in many aspects. However, the three critiques are interrelated. Theory of surplus value This theory states that surplus value is a factor of surplus production. This theory also encompasses labor. Thus, capitalism exploits the common work force. The surplus production is constantly being created. In fact, workers are willing to put extra effort in performing their daily tasks. This benefits the owner and stakeholders of the organization. In this process, a modern slavery regime is continuously created. The comparison of the two brings out the idea of work being done at no cost. This results in extra products that create the surplus value. This is a sign of extra revenue to the owner. This theory contradicts the common ideology of fair exchange between the capitalists and the work force. This ideology encompasses fairness and justice in conducting business. This is against the ideology that people will receive wages according to their level performance. This theory offers the best definition of profit. Theory of value This theory states that price is a dependent variable and value is an independent variable. The theory also considers price as the best aspect that can be used to value a commodity. This theory’s principle is based on the theory of supply and demand. It creates an atmosphere that will clearly mimic a pure capitalistic situation. To demonstrate this theory, it is essential to use figures to quantify the actual change created by the situation. A perfect example of this is the assumption that a working day has six hours. Further, there is an assumption of the value of production that a worker will create by the end of the day. This will encompass all the activities that are done in one day. In this case, $ 1000.00 will be the value of the production. If the working hours are inflated from 6 hours to 12 hours, the value of production doubles to $ 2000.00. In this example, surplus labor produces twice as much as the initial production value. This situation creates a new equation that relates the working hours to the new value of price. N = M * L Therefore, N is the new value of price. M is the new product production of a worker in one hour and L is the labor hours for one worker in one day. Commodity fetishism This theory states that human beings embrace the trends in the market. For instance, they seek to buy or receive wages that prevail in the market. Here, the market creates the relationship between value and price of a good or service. This is the price of labor and basic goods for human advancement. This behavior turns the people into commodities and governs the way human beings relate to one another in the society. An individual’s self-value is what he or she is worth. This can also be the amount of monetary compensati
Political economy originates from the concept of private ownership of the property; however, it does not explain the topic conclusively. It generally expresses the material processes through which the property passes. These abstract formulas are taken as laws. Political economy does not establish the basis of how legislation arises from private ownership of property. Indeed, it also fails to expound on the factors leading to the separation between capital and labour in the same way as capital and land. Consequently, it has become relatively easier to understand the association between private property and other aspects attributed to a man. It has become easy to comprehend the connection between exchange and competition, valuation and devaluing of man, and monopoly and competition. Economists fail to deduce the relationship between the division of labour and exchange. Workers continue to be poorer as they continue producing more wealth. The worker gets relegated to an ever cheaper commodity as he continues producing more. Labor produces itself, and the worker is seen as a commodity other than the actual commodity he is supposed to be producing. The end results of the labour challenge it because it is unfamiliar. Objectification of labour thus comes about hence loss for the realization of workers. The working populace is often deprived of their sweat as they are robbed of the possessions that are most important in their life and occupation. As a result, the worker is separated from the fruits of his labour as and is treated as an alien object. This accentuates the fact that as the farmer’s expenses increase (or the more he works hard), the more powerful the instruments that make him alien to his own possessions become, causing the farmer to become poorer.
In this essay, the case of Johnny, a fifth grade student, who is known due to his misbehavior in the classroom, will be examined. The major point is that Johnny’s misbehavior in the classroom is caused by his prior records; this is why it is not that easy to create a certain learning plan without taking into consideration numerous outside factors and Johnny’s personal preferences in some spheres of life. It is necessary to talk to the school counselor, discuss Johnny’s strong and weak points, taking into consideration his grade level, keep in mind possible rewards and obligatory schedules, and, at the same time, address the needs and duties of the rest of the students, who are in the same classroom with Johnny, in order to present a positive learning plan with the description of proper classroom management to help the boy under consideration increase his productivity and develop his skills within the classroom. One of the first steps of our work should be a thorough examination of the reasons of Johnny’s misbehavior and his explanation of taking this or that step. As the boy is a fifth grade student, his prior records are not that considerable, but still have to be taken into account, as any crime at young age needs attention and evaluation in order to prevent any other kind of crime in future. Due to such records, Johnny’s misbehavior is all about disobedience to teachers’ orders and tasks, rude relation to his classmates, and poor level of knowledge. It is quite hard for Johnny to make progress at the same level as the rest of the students make. He does not want to find enough time to learn the material and realize how the things under discussion happen. He does not want to ask for help and even prevents other students to study the material. This is why it is crucially important to start thinking about proper classroom management and positive learning plan that can provide Johnny with a chance not to be behind the rest of the class. Good classroom management turns out to be significant in order to create positive environment for learning. Time is considered to be one of the first enemies of any teacher; this is why it is better to think about time from the very beginning. Scaplen (1999) admits that not each student requires the same amount of time to accomplish the task; this is why it is better to analyze the abilities of the students as soon as possible and use this awareness during each activity. Even the transitions between the activities have to be properly managed ( NEA Research , 2006). If a student is good at calculating, it is wrong to give the assignments of the same type each time. It is better to order this student help another student do the same progress. As Johnny is a part of a certain group, it is better to spend equal part of time with each student during the classes, and then, ask Johnny to stay after classes in order to explain the discussed material once again and be sure that the subject is clear to the boy. To my mind, one hour will be enough. This very activity should help Johnny learn the material on the proper level and not to single out him from the rest of the group. Of course, it