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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a supernatural person wearing colorful tights! The contemporary vision of the concept of a hero is very similar to that of ancient mythology and legends (Winterbach 114). To be more precise, the contemporary hero is, in most cases, a superhero – an individual with unusual abilities selflessly dedicating his or her entire life to serial life-saving. Numerous positive qualities that make the superheroes stand out from the rest of the society are present in their character compositions and descriptions. However, one has to wonder whether or not their bravery, resilience, generosity, loyalty, and ever-present readiness to help others are there primarily because these individuals are supernatural and are practically just as unique as their other powers. In other words, the integrity, bravery, and self-sacrifice of superheroes are diminished by their supernatural abilities and can be attributed to their superior nature and special background. Compared to the cartoonish and unrealistic heroism of superheroes, that of regular people seems not as spectacular but much more demanding and difficult. It can be hard to notice realistic heroes in the contemporary world focused majorly on comic book action, massive explosions, and implausible last-minute saves. Discussing the concept of a hero in literature, it is important to stay detached from the stereotypes driven and dictated by superheroes from comic books because they can serve as a distraction from the true essence of a hero that, in fact, is quite simple and minimalistic. The uniqueness of a real hero is in their heroism that can be controversial, flawed in nature and outcomes, and harder to detect in general. Discussing the concept of a hero and heroism, it is important, to begin with, the definition of the two concepts. Due to the vagueness of these notions, it seems to be very difficult to provide a definition that would be satisfying and accept
Fatigue is one of the main problems that affected the aviation industry and its employees. Depression, anxiety, irritation, and anger are common results of work-related stress. These usually lead to job boredom, burnout, and/or withdrawal in the forms of absenteeism and turnover. Fatigue has serious consequences for the organization as well-absenteeism, poor employee-management relations, poor productivity, high accident rates, high turnover, poor organizational climate, antagonism at work, job dissatisfaction, and decreased ability to make decisions self-management has been effective in clinical psychology with such behaviors as weight control, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, and anxiety reduction. A fatigue management system is aimed to reduce the amou8nt of stress and anxiety experienced by students and help them to create effective self-management programs. In aviation, fatigue is a serious problem as it affects pilots and other staff. “Fatigue is a Recognized Problem Pilot fatigue is an insidious threat throughout aviation, but especially in operations” (Caldwell, p.7). These behaviors are often caused by or are a direct result of an individual’s stress or reaction to an inability to manage stress. Research proves that the direct application of self-management techniques is effective if it directly relates to fatigue problems. Clearly, focus
Discussion It should be noted that aviation industry is a quite complex area of business. Multiple cases have occurred when both customers and airline employees have exhibited improper practices. The purpose of this paper is to review a situation that has recently taken place on board of Southwest Airlines. Reaction of Southwest Airlines It can be argued that Southwest Airlines have addressed the situation under analysis correctly and adequately. According to the case, the woman claimed that she had an allergy to animals and asked the flight attendants to remove the pets from the board. However, the individual did not provide evidence to prove her health condition, and the employees needed to deplane her (“Passenger is escorted off Southwest flight,” 2017). Nevertheless, the woman refused to leave the aircraft, and the police officers had to use their physical force to remove her from the plane. The video of this accident reveals a person who is extruded by two strong men, which seems rather radical (CBS North Carolina, 2017). Nonetheless, the decision made by the airline’s workforce was reasonable since they could not jeopardize the health of the woman; therefore, they were forced to deplane her instead of risking her well-being (as well as receiving charges if the woman died of allergy during the flight). In addition, the policy of Southwest Airline clearly states that “a Customer (without a medical certificate) may be denied boarding if they report a life-threatening allergic reaction and cannot travel safely with an animal onboard” (“Passenger is escorted off Southwest flight,” 2017, para. 4). If they did not meet this guideline, the company would break their corporate policy. Moreover, the woman did not agree to leave the plane; thus, the flight attendants had to invite the police. It was the responsibility of the woman to leave the plane as requested by the officers. Since the individual did not meet this requirement, the police representatives had to act in accordance with their regulations (Guffey & Loewy, 2015). Apart from that, the woman’s behavior not only disturbed the peace but also could result in increased expenses for other customers. If the officers had not removed her from the plane, the flight might have been delayed causing inconvenience and financial losses to other passengers. Woman’s Title The statement made by the woman has hurt her case. First, all passengers should be regarded equally. Therefore, the individual’s academic background did not imply that she should be treated with a greater degree of respect. Moreover, the woman’s title poses a great liability on her. She should have shown the way a respectful and tolerant person w
Multiple Cause Diagram Showing Factors Creating a High Performance Culture The main issues that come out as the central drivers of the high performance culture at Siemens are the setting of team and individual targets, promotion of people excellence, talent management, and performance management. High Performance Culture at Siemens                                   Setting of team and individual targets                 Desire to create a sense of ownership in the employee’s the business Company’s preferred basis for creating business goals                Employees need to know their role in the organization                Promoting people excellence                                           Focus on achieving a high performance culture         Supporting employees to become experts in what they do               The company works towards the creation of a large global talent pool Managing talent (people)                                              Focus on the personal growth of all Siemens employees Mentorship                                                           Managing talent (talent)                                              Job enrichment                                        Job enlargement                                                      Rewarding responsibilities                                           Performance management                                                Honest Performance evaluation                         Linking of the organizational strategy to individual plans            The main issues arising from the diagram reveal the centrality of the company’s operational philosophy in regards to their employees. In essence, the issues that lead to a high performance culture at Siemens stem from a central philosophy. This example shows that the philosophical model chosen by an organization plays a major role in the programs developed by the organization. The second set of issues that arise from the diagram is that Siemens promotes measures that increase employee productivity at a personal level. This is the basis for high performance in the organization. The best measures that an organization can put in place to measure its performance must include the measurement of individual performance. The third element that arises from the diagram is that the organization uses many measures to promote high performance. It does not limit itself to a single measure. It runs several programs concurrently that meet the motivational needs and the aspirations of the employees. Closed-Loop Control Model Figure 1: Control System for performance analysis The main components of the control system for performance analysis are system goals, the inputs, the outputs, the feedback path, and the sensor. The system goals in the context of an organization include having highly skilled employees. Other goals may be highly motivated empl
Abstract The film and fashion industries are two industries that compensate each other perfectly well. What we see in the movies, everyone tries to make it fashionable in their own lives. Likewise, what is currently coming out of the fashion industry makes little appeal if it is not available at the box office. Due to this interrelationship of fashion and cinema, it is necessary to investigate issues that underlie the industries. To understand these issues I shall look back at the 50s and 60s with a special analysis of the works of Alfred Hitchcock. In this analysis, I will try to investigate the issue of stereotypes with special reference to the ‘rear window’ and ‘to catch a thief. Sir Alfred Hitchcock is accredited as having been one of the world’s best film produces. He started his career in the United Kingdom although he later moved on to Hollywood, united states. While here, he directed movies mainly for paramount pictures and sometimes universal pictures. Just like in many other industries or professions, the fashion and film industries do not lack their fine share of stereotyping. Stereotypes may be either positive or negative. In addition, some are inaccurate while others are accurate. This is because it depends on people’s imaginations. The fashion, clothing, and cinema industries are viewed by many to be involved with celebrity persons although it is not once or twice that we have seen leaders in those industries claim that they are not celebrities of any kind. It is just their profession, or so they claim. Voyeurism is defined as a form of practice in which certain individuals derive sexual pleasures from observing other people’s activities. The people observed may be engaging in sexual acts, nude, or are scantily dressed. These sexual pleasures derived by the voyeurs have sometimes been represented as a form of illness. The term can also be used to describe or refer to a person who derives satisfaction or enjoyment from watching other people’s misfortunes. Introduction Definition Stereotypes are social generalizations about certain individuals, groups of persons, professional bodies, or races. Unfortunately, stereotypes have widely been used to spread discriminatory utterances, vigilante violence amongst other social vices. Voyeurism has been described as a disorder of sexual arousal. Among the indicating factors of voyeuristic disorder, include having intense sexual behaviors, desires, or fantasies for at least 6 m
Several recent decades could be characterized by the rapid development of science. A number of new and significant discoveries resulted in the increased importance of technologies in all spheres of human activity. Nowadays, there is hardly an affair that does not imply the usage of various technologies. It is widely accepted that the implementation of the latest innovations will result in increased efficiency and improve the final results. In the majority of cases, one could really admit the tendency towards improvement. However, there are still some controversial concerns that arise from the usage of technologies. For instance, the usage of sales force automation (SFA) was excepted to improve performance and guarantee better results. However, research by Ronald Jelinek provides the facts that evidence the inability of SFA to guarantee increased efficiency. Besides, in his article All pain, no gain? Why adopting sales force automation tools is insufficient for performance improvement, the researcher cogitates about the main peculiarities of SFA and the impact it has on companies performance (Jelinek 635). He highlights the fact that the recent decade was characterized by the wide usage of this technology, which was considered the main cure for all problems (Jelinek 635). For this reason, the given technology became extremely popular with various companies and organizations. However, their expectations failed. The author provides credible statistics showing that “85% of organizations that deployed new sales technology tools in the past year did not improve their sales performance” (Jelinek 636). In this regard, the researcher is interested in the investigation of the main reasons for the given technologys failure and tends to explore the remaining 15% of companies that we’re able to improve their functioning using SFA. Revolving around the given issue, the author then states that there is a certain set of factors which conditions the SFAs failure and poor final showings. Jelinek highlights the fact that the implementation of the given technology into the companys functioning should be only the first step to improve performance and achieve better results (638). However, a number of firms were confused when the first provisional results turned out to be poor. It could be easily explained by the absence of the clear implementation strategy and the lack of theoretical knowledge related to the main aspects of the SFAs functioning. Having introduced the new technology, sales managers were still trying to minimize the resources used to achieve the needed level of output. It could not but impact the technology and introduce some significant problems. Moreover, the inability to use SFA properly also resulted in numerous problems and decreased the level of efficiency. Additionally, Jelinek is sure that very often salespeople have wrong expectations about the opportunities this very system provides (641). That is why it is not able to improve the companys functioning greatly. Altogether, the researcher concludes that the usage of SFA should not be considered the guaranty of success
Types of identity Identity refers to how we view ourselves and the perception we hold concerning our self-image. Each and every individual possess different types of identities. Some of these identities include gender which refers to masculine and feminine roles as defined by certain cultures. Social identity is a result of belonging to a certain group of people and Cultural identity refers to the emotional significance we hold as a result of a sense of belonging to a large culture. Relationship between communication and Identity To start with communication with other people verbally or non-verbally is very essential as it defines who we are. For instance, when somebody asks you to tell him or her about what you do, your favorite game, your likes and dislikes, the last time you cheated and the very last time you remember giving a hand among other things concerning yourself, the answer that you will give will enable this person defines who you are. For example, if you cannot recall the last time you gave a hand, the person may take you to be selfish. Moreover, in each identity, we use different communication behaviors. For instance, the language we will use when talking to our teachers will be different from the one, we will use when talking with our parents and our peers. And after interacting with others we can change our identities. I have also learned that whatever perception you hold concerning yourself will be reflected by others. For example; if you feel bad about yourself others will feel the same. In addition, people with high self–esteem are more verbal and communicate well with other people compared to their counterparts with low self-esteem. Lastly, in order to communicate effectively with our friends, our cultural identity should be flexible. During the lesson, we did some scaling and after doing the scale twice the result was the same due to the fact that scaling is a very reliable technique of measurement. For example, when we measure the weight of some individuals so many times at the time their weights were the same. How we currently communicate our gender, social and cultural identities face to face and in an online environment Currently, there are many ways of social networking. For example, we communicate and connect with our friends online through Facebook and my space. In these social networks, we create a profile where we indicate our details like gender, ages, our favorite musicians and likes. In addition, social networks enable people to interact as they share their cultural ideologies. However; we have a chance to choose who will access our information. Photograph representation is also another way in which we can communicate our identities. In all these communications we communicate our identities differently. These social networking means hav
Introduction There are many different methods that have been established to categorize students into different learning styles. Some techniques used may include two opposite learning styles while others involve up eight different approaches to learning (Sims, 1995). For instance institution or company would seek to select a method of evaluating learners’ learning styles of their employees based on the viability of providing evaluation tool and the types of work performed within (Smith, 2006). In most cases, the tools used to assist find learning styles are referred to as self-report instrument (Kaplan, 2009). This requires the learner to complete a designed questionnaire indicating certain likes and dislikes, the findings are then analyzed and calculated to determine the employees’ preferred learning style (Kaplan, 2009). This research paper reviews literature related to different learning styles, such as: deductive and inductive; visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic; Kolb’s learning style inventory. Deductive and inductive learning style Deductive and inductive are classification schemes which divide learners into two categories focusing on how learners prefer to organize the information. In this category, learners approach the learning of new material from deductive or inductive point of view. Inductive learners prefer to move from specifics to the whole (Nielson, 2010. Deductive learners on the hand would first prefer to see the big picture and then learn about the details. The inductive learner (Smith, 2006) A good example in inductive learning is the concept of “Just –In-Time” in inventory control (Nielson, 2010). At the beginning, inductive learners would first focus on what causes excessive stocks, such as; untrained personnel, mislabeled parts, parts placed in wrong bins (Sims, 2010). Once the learner gets to know the inventory characteristic of JIT, the learner would then approach the quality elements and then learner would then establish his or her own idea of the JIT philosophy (Nielson, 2010). The inductive learner then learns the concept from the small pieces of concepts presented during instruction. Inductive leaner applies facts and observation to determine a principal (Sternberg, 1995). Just like inductive learning, the inductive learner would first require to understand the JIT philosophy. Presentation of the details to deductive learners at the beginning can confuse the learners (Smith, 2006). They require knowing what the general JIT elements are available. Once a leaner understands the overall, they would then examine the various elements in terms of the concept (Kaplan, 2009). Therefore, when a deductive understands that JIT is about sustained improvement, the he or she will examine inventory as a part of sustaining continuous improvement strategy. The deductive learner performs from a principle to determine applications and the consequences (Sims, 2006). Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic/Tactile These learning styles examine how learners perceive new information. The t
What is the main idea explored in “One Fine Spring Day”? The main idea explored in the movie is the fragility of affection and the sufferings it causes. The author of the film explores the idea that love affairs are limited in time and often result in sufferings of one of the partners caused by unrequited love. The allusion to the similarity between different stages of love affairs and the seasons reveals that as nature is destined to experience blossoming in spring and decline in fall, the love affairs are bound to come to end. When finishing watching the film, the viewer gets an understanding of the inevitability of the decline of feelings and accompanying suffering following the outburst of happiness people experience at the beginning of the relationships. Does the movie define characters as positive or negative based on their actions related to the love affair? What distinguishes “One Fine Spring Day” from the rest of the movies about love affairs is that it does not give appraisals to the actions of the characters involved in the relationship. Most movies about love portray the person abandoned by a lover as a victim and a positive character and the person who is the initiator of break up as a negative character who does not care about the feelings of other people. However, Hur Jin-ho does not give any evaluations to the choices made by Eun-soo and Sang-woo. The movie portrays life as it is without judging who is good and who is bad. The viewer might sympathize wit