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Introduction Many business leaders today acknowledge the importance of talent management in business processes because it is imperative for a business to recruit the best human resource talent to be competitive (Taylor 2005, p. 1). As such, many organizations today emphasize a lot on the efficiency of the recruitment process because many are seeking the best talent there is in the market. This means that, recruitment processes practiced today represent a paradigm shift when compared to past recruitment processes. This is true because organizations are today seeking the best employees to drive business results. However, in as much as organizations may recruit the best talent, the biggest hurdle for most organizations lies in managing this talent. For many people, there is no significant difference between talent management and recruitment, but much to the contrary of public expectation, the two aspects are not synonymous to one other. What many people fail to acknowledge is the fact that, there is more to the two concepts than meets the eye. For instance, employees normally have a certain perception about a given organization and this may ultimately affect the talent management or recruitment process. The process of talent management is therefore not an easy task for most managers because it incorporates several processes before the ultimate goal of talent management is achieved. Due to this complex task, some organizations have been known to seek the services of external agents in integrating their talent management processes with recruitment processes (Taylor 2005). Up to this point, we can see that some organizations acknowledge the distinction between recruitment and talent management. This study reiterates this distinction by noting that talent management and recruitment processes are different concepts of human resource management. However, before we undertake this analysis, it is important to first understand the nature, scope and use of talent management in the conventional human resource environment. This will be done in the conceptual analysis segment of this study Conceptual Analysis Talent management is specifically focused on the concept of attracting employee skills, for organizational sustainability. Often, this concept is assumed to be the management of entertainers’ skills. Talent management is also referred to, by some employers as the process of human capital management, but it is an unique human resource function since its scope is not only limited to the human resource department but also other departments of an organization (Taylor 2005, p. 1). This means that the talent management process incorporates the input of not only the human resource manager but also other managers in the organization. Often, talent management has been a widely misunderstood concept because some people perceive it as the general management of talents while others perceive it as one way to manage highly skilled talent in the organization (HR Executive 2011). These perceptions however have some truth in them because their difference only lies in the scope of analysis. Regardless, talent management incorporates the identification and sel
Touching upon today’s problem of god, Gregory Jones criticizes a kind of aristocratic atheism and bourgeois approach to the question of god, which makes it an issue of philosophical debates lacking any life-transforming consequences. Criticizing the assumptions of the New Atheism and Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, Jones points out at their irrelevance and disconnection from people’s everyday lives. Discussing the main convictions offered by Therapeutic Deism, particularly the assumption that god does not need to be involved in an individual’s life except the situations when god is needed to solve a problem, Jones treats these theories as a tiny package of convictions which were reduced for the users’ convenience (Jones). Shedding light upon New Atheism, Jones admits that there is nothing new or interesting in the arguments offered by this movement. According to Jones, New Atheism focuses on criticizing Moralistic Therapeutic Deism and simplifying the historical facts and do not offer anything more than Nietzsche outlined in the nineteenth century. Therefore, the main weakness of both innovative approaches is their avoidance of dealing with the question of why belief in god and what implications this belief would have. Jones admits that a deeper question of whether or not to believe in god was posed by Dostoyevsky in his novel The Brothers Karamazov. Through the voice of one of the main protagonists Ivan Karamazov, the novelist expresses his idea of protest atheism. Ivan admits that if there are a god and heaven, he would like to return his ticket because all the tortures and horrors taking place in the world are a too high cost for the promised forgiveness, salvation, ultimate harmony, and ultimate knowledge. Jones considers Ivan’s protest as the most challenging question of god because if there are so much suffering and many horrors in the world, any redemption would seem too high a cost for them (Jones). Jones discusses the answer offered by Dostoyevsky to Ivan’s rebellion in the form of narration of lives as opposed to the set of convictions offered by Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. Ivan Karamazov is driven crazy by his protest because he cannot live with it. However, Ivan’s brother Alyosha and Father Zosima, the characters of the same novel, become holly by understanding and embracing the world. Jones states that living with a merciful heart and god-like compassion is the answer to the deepest question of god of how to accept all the horrors of life and sustain hope and belief in god. Dr. Jones proposes to address this embodiment of the problem of god by learning god-like compassion from the life and resurrection of Jesus. Jones defines a merciful heart as a heart of an individual who looks at the creatures surrounding him/her, including people, birds, insects, even reptiles, or others with tears overflowing his/her eyes. It is important to see and embrace all the suffering of the world, children tortured by their parents, genocide no matter whether it is ancient or contemporary among them and see all this with a heart full of god-like compassion. People can see this world differently and pursue th
Introduction: France and the European Union The European Union (EU) is an organization that was established in 1958 as the means of cementing the peaceful relationships between 28 states of Europe and promoting further international cooperation (Hartley 3). France, being one of its members, has been facing certain issues while trying to remain a part of the EU. The identified issues can be explained by autonomy and exceptionalism of the French culture (Hancock et al. 204). France and the EU Deficit Target The process of integrating into the EU is fraught with numerous challenges, and meeting the set deficit levels is one of them. According to a recent article published at Euractiv.com, while seemingly being an attempt to meet the high standards of the EU the identified step implies that France is not quite comfortable with the current demands. Indeed, a closer look at the discussion of the problem will reveal that France was practically pressured into making the said decision: “It was seen as a warning to new President Emmanuel Macron, who will produce his first budget in the autumn” (“France Pledges to Meet EU Deficit Target, Despite Strong Headwinds”). Therefore, Macron’s endeavor at complying with the rigid standards that the EU sets can be viewed as not purely voluntary but, instead, dictated by the necessity to align with the policies that the EU sets. The identified decision seems to reflect the skeptical attitude of France to the concept of the new Europe. As the authors of the article stress, there has been a significant concern about France not meeting the standards set by the EU for the deficit levels. France and Germany Developing a New Fighter Jet It is quite remarkable that, while having been a part of the EU for quite a while, France has been maintaining impressive integrity as far as its own development is concerned. The identified phenomenon can be attributed to the propensity among French citizens and, therefore, the members of the French government, to maintain their national integrity and choose their own track in political, economic, and technological development. In fact, the latter can be traced easily in the recent attempt by the French government to take the initiative and join forces with Germany to produce an innovative fighter jet (Hepher and Thomas). The authors of the article point quite clearly to the fact that, with the United Kingdom leaving the EU, France is willing to safeguard its position in the global community and promote stronger partnership: “The move also reflects efforts to give fresh impetus to Franco-German relations in the aftermath of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and was described by defense experts as a snub to Europe’s leading military power” (“France and Germany to Develop New European Fighter Jet”). Therefore, the article points to the fact that, while showing the propensity to develop independence, France also tends to secure its bond with the EU as the foundation for its furthe
Introduction The National Response Framework (NRF) locally oversees the public security and emergency reaction to dynamic crises and catastrophic events. The NRF’s primary objective is to oversee, train, and spotlight responders to convey and apply reaction strategies during an emergency, for example, disaster regulation, response teams, clinical groups, and government agents. The effect of disaster preparedness on the public level is estimated by security, reaction, moderation, and avoidance. Disaster readiness creates strategy frameworks that enhance association within the crisis management teams. The NRF integrates knowledge, surveillance, correspondence, and other strategic reaction units to solve occurrences that negatively influence national security. National disasters, such as earth tremors, fires, drought, and floods, are generally frequent in the United States and cause enormous harm to human beings. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) needs to control all non-legislative, governmental, and private area organizations to forestall rates that may hurt the environment or cause a death toll. Strategies are put in place to decrease disasters and coordinate response plans for crisis management; these strategies include communication systems used during a crisis response between cities within the same jurisdiction. Memorandum of Understanding A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is an agreement contract that binds two or more parties in a mutually beneficial partnership, although it is not legally binding. An MOU allows the state parties to work together towards a common goal. It highlights the parties involved in the partnership and explains each party’s projects, scope, and role. For an MOU to work effectively, parties involved need to have corporate engagements since the understanding is not legally binding. An MOU needs to be stated clearly and straight to enhance the corporation and engagement of both teams; roles and responsibilities, financial concerns, and timeline of the understanding are factors that may lead to minimal corporations between parties. The MOU between Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is an example of an efficient agreement. The document highlights the responsibilities and procedures to be carried out by both parties during a disaster, the agreement’s duration, description of the project, eligibility, and background. The MOU is a disaster-based response cooperative agreement that is beneficial in situations where disasters occur (“CNCS internal procedures,” 2008). The document systematically states the framework of the disaster, which the MOU covers was designed in 1999 and is continuously updated, indicating corporative engagement between the two parties. Another example of an MOU agreement is corporative conversations among the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce (“Partnership for cooperative conservation,” 2010). The agreement highlight
Introduction Poetry and business are both forms of art. The environment of entrepreneurs is in a way similar to the poets. Their exposure to possibilities, risk-taking, and finding innovative solutions to troubles are what makes them similar. Poetry is a primordial form of art that is gradually losing its meaning in different professions with business taking the lead. Today, many significant poets involved in businesses by either obligation or preference have seen no important connection between the two as not any is writing about commerce. This happens because poetry inculcates the splendor and rhythm of language to create emotional content. Its creativity relates to the prowess of hiding meaning in messages. As a result, it suffers from a picture predicament. Its pleasing and seductive rhythm and lyrics appear tricky but teasing and preservative. Business manuscripts, on the other hand, seem to have straightforward, easy meanings and in line with the accounting standards. Poetry in Business is Irrelevant Why teach poetry in business while poetry itself does not recognize business? Modern poetry describes the business world as a world of tedium, loneliness, and impersonality. In addition, poetry uses exclusion to define it by not including it in its world and consequently, by insinuation, the business has developed into all that poetry is not. If the poetry today recognizes it by any means, it has condensed its vastness and diversity into some dated ideas learned from movies. Unlike business, poetry is a world full of imagination, enlightenment, and opinion, the universe from which business is trying to disentangle. Business calls for facts, statistics, and complete clarification. It is rare to find a poem, which directly concerns community organizations that dominate our lives, such as businesses or situations that progressively characterize them. Secondly, poetry is too difficult for other professions. Numerous individuals devote their lives to learning poetry and still face difficulties comprehending its meaning. In addition, professional poets persistently debate on poetry’s nature. This portrays that not even they understand it, but also the students grasp it properly for its application in business activities. Poetry usually has numerous meanings and until the education system defines it clearly, and consequently, how and what a business lecturer should teach in it, it will maintain its description of philosophy aids, exercises for the youth, and somewhat illogical puzzles. Until then, it remains of little or no significance in business classrooms among other professions. Thirdly, business students only require learning of Basic English and not its complicated form like poetry. Some poems will always prove difficult for students and require adult intelligence to grasp their sense. Therefore, teaching it in schools along with other professions results to students developing detest for poetry or even their career. According to many reports, numerous students are struggling with Basic English i
Introduction The issues of racism and male dominance; have lived with us since days in memorial. These issues are central to performance of any venture. It has a unique trait that involves its practitioners being in denial as well as its prevalence being differentiated over time. This affects many sectors; in this paper however we narrow down to its impacts on education. On the other hand, the issue of male dominance as written by Pierre Bourdieu; is also a key aspect that this paper has looked at; together with its significance to education (Dillabough 33). Pierre Bourdieu and masculine domination Pierre Bourdieu in the late seventies influenced the approach in the study of gender in education. At that time there was the code model structure; that had a basis in laying down structures that shape governance of the state/social institutions as well as exerting masculine power through capitalistic relations. This formed the basis for His contributions Masculine domination concept as advocated by Pierre Bourdieu; is one of the central concepts he wrote about. Bourdieu focused on the historical and social conditions that enhance masculine privilege. This privilege deeply entails the relationships between structure in the processes of cultural reproduction as well as the culture itself as its own entity. He advocated that this concept involved particularly the gender and class categories. In this sense, it is with regard to the social division of labor. This is the primary evidence of masculine dominance (Dillabough 41). Further study, exposes the contribution of physical expressions such as talking with others or even the walking traits. It is important to note that gender performance was not tagged to transgression of authority but it can be traced back to historical ideas. The masculine domination is expressed in many ways such as through the communities’ social structures, discourses, the social relationships, and even the representation of the body. The expression of this masculinity comes in different ways over time. Language and discourse carry more weight in transforming this domination. This affects the education sector in many ways such as; use of language to communicate, the quality of education that the different classes get as well as the disrupted psychological abuse that comes with it (Dillabough 38). George Die and Racialization George Die has done a lot with respect to anti-racism and racialization concepts. He advances that anti-racism has both theoretical and analytical bit of it that must we well looked upon. He advances further of the tension that exists today between the deep desires to move beyond race
Overview Witztum and Buchbinder article (117-124) explores strategic culture-sensitive therapy as an effective approach when dealing with cases that exhibit client-therapist differences in all religious and cultural backgrounds. The fundamentals of traditional and modern approaches of treatment are the myth and rationale models. These models explain the treatment process, including health, illness, deviance and normalcy. When therapists and patients belong to different cultural, ethnic or religious groups, conflicts may arise. This necessitates therapists to abandon their disbelief regarding the patients’ perceptions and learn their culture, including their treatment explanatory models and worldviews. Based on three sample cases of therapy with the ultra-orthodox Jews, the two authors create a strategic and integrative cultural-sensitive model of treatment. The Ultra-Orthodox Living in Israel The Ultra-Orthodox people living in Israel are fundamentalists. Therefore, they face the challenge of coping with secularization and modernization. Besides, they comprise of various streams with differing worldviews, religious priorities and social structures, thus lacking homogeneity. These differences may seem insignificant to the wider public but they have the potential of generating tension among the streams. Moreover, the traditional Jewish law fully informs their way of life. As a result, they unify to reject secular life approaches by living in secluded and self-sufficient communities. Mental Health Services Among the Ultra-Orthodox The ultra-orthodox seek psychiatric help as their last option due to religious concerns, such as using drugs during fasting. In most cases, they prefer consulting the rabbis. Unfortunately, most classical rabbis perceive God as the ultimate healer and discourage doctor’s help. Besides, they associate mental health problems with stigma, prejudice and immorality. This makes medical intervention irrelevant. More so, therapists use scientific and rationalistic approaches which some ultra-orthodox perceive as anti-religious, thus frustrating their efforts when seeking treatment. However, the new generation of informed rabbinic leaders is encouraging the American Jews to seek medical help. The rabbinic leaders are neutralizing the tension that exists by perceiving doctors as God’s messengers. Cultural Influences on Idioms of Distress and Narrative Construction Idioms of distress are the culturally unexpected ways through which people express distress and cope with pain. For example, after marriage, some cultures take wives to their husbands’ homesteads where they are isolated. This stresses the newly married women because they cannot communicate with their families. In some cases, culture does not allow them to express their distress openly. As a result, they express their distress in culturally unexpected ways, such as having irregular menstrual periods. Idioms of distress may differ across cultures because different cultures express distress through different ways. Ideally, cultures may express stress through cognitive, emotional, behavioral, interpersonal an
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality assessment instrument that is used to measure the decisions that affect their day to day activities that they are engaged in their lives (UMI, 2001). It is a questionnaire that detects the psychological preference on how people behave and make key decisions. These preferences were borrowed from the theories formulated by Carl Gustav Jung in his book, Psychological Types, published in the year 1921 (Derreck, 2011). Using these theories, the personality inventory was developed by Myers Briggs and her mother, Cook Briggs after the Second World War. They developed this personality assessment tool as an aid to help women find war-jobs which they were comfortable with during and after the Second World War. In 1962, the original questionnaire was made and mainly focused on normal populations and the differences that naturally occur within this group. There has been a lot of debate on the validity of MBTI as a psychometric tool. This is due to the fact that the available statistics do not support the method as one of the most effective personality assessment tools in the world. More than one third of the studies which have been conducted concerning MBTI have either been presented in psychological conferences or published in peer reviewed journals and magazines of psychology. In most cases, the results do not have a practical application in the society. This is because limited number of studies has been conducted to show its applicability to the public. As a result, many scholars have stated that the method should undergo a lot of scrutiny for it to be valid. The method has failed to come up with the expected outcomes which researchers hoped for. For example, the results of most studies have bimodal distribution with peaks being displayed at the sides of the graph; contrary to what scientists were expecting. For the study to be reliable, it should have a central peak with both sides being even. This therefore classifies one side of the pea