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Why do organizations fail? There are four primary reasons why organizations fail. These are grounded on the analysis of the 1,000 biggest corporations over the last 40 years. Firstly, most corporations fail because they lack vast external vicissitudes and support. These can be considered as invisible occurrences that threaten the survivability of the company. Another reason is that organizations that fail are inflexible. This implies that they become progressively rigid until they develop a fear of making any substantial modifications (Firestone & Catlett, 2009). Organizations also fail because of poor leadership and management, which remains old fashioned and cannot embrace creative thinking towards the development of an organization. Finally, organizations recklessly hold on the management fashions and apply rigid old management approaches that could have lost their efficiency. These approaches to management do not operate effectively in an active business environment characterized by the market commotion. The current global businesses are marred with significant instances of competitiveness, challenges, and risks inherent with business. Failure to embrace this might also interfere with the success of the organization. When do organizations fail? Majorly, organizations fail during the economic recession and unexpected occurrences such as disasters. An economic downturn can be regarded as a period when there is slow growth in business, typically because of a decline in consumer demand. When sales decrease, organizations stop growing (Philip, Kotler & Keller, 2011). Continuance in this trend causes layoffs that lead to more unemployment, and consumer demands decline even more. Eventually, this will fail organizations since they cannot make sufficient money to sustain their business operations. Disasters, either man-made or natural, could have adverse effects on the business, which could fail organizations during their occurrences. Disasters not only influence the organization operations but also affect it financially and its public relations. Accidents such as fire outbreaks could result in disruption of work, delays, destruction of equipment, losses in revenue, and unhappy customer satisfaction. When these events take place, organizations could fail (Hitt et al., 2008). Organizational operations remain controlled mainly by stringent policies that limit the company’s revenue and rate of market expansion. This is usually in favour of the local or domestic companies that seem to enjoy a less constrained business environment. These perhaps elucidate why the corporation cannot make realistic profits and perform as expected within its most global branches. When such provisions fail, it is recommendable for the organization to enhance its leadership and operational mechanis
Community mobilization is a very sensitive exercise that requires participating individuals or groups of people to fully understand the characteristics of the community. In a bid to evaluate the obesity prevention strategies in Okaloosa, it is necessary to involve the community in the process because it helps them to understand their situation better and come up with strategies to address the prevailing gaps. This paper aims at highlighting community elements that could impede successful community mobilization and engagement; thereby, deterring the evaluation exercise. Socioeconomic Factors Language Other communities, for example, the Haitians, experience difficulties when communicating with the medical personnel. Residents of Okaloosa do not speak English as the first language; therefore, language barrier occurs especially when either one of the health care officers does not understand the local language that interferes with proper communication in English. When this is the case, dissemination of health messages also becomes a challenge. Ethnicity The majority of the population was composed of the Whites at 81%, African Americans at 9%, Asians at 2.5% and other races made up the remaining 5%. Often, the marginalized populations: the blacks, and women, are deemed to live in deplorable conditions and are the main group that struggles with social and economic issues affecting optimal utilization of health care services. Therefore, being a black woman aggravates the situation. Education The respondents indicated that the Okaloosa population is well-educated with a majority of the population having advanced degrees. This is a very important factor for community mobilizers because it means that a good rationale for executing the process is required. In addition, the messages to be communicated should be professional. Most of the individuals will be aware of what community mobilization entails; hence, any deviation from the norm might raise concerns. Economic State The economic phenomenon in Okaloosa had significantly improved in comparison to other counties in Florida, according to the 2010 census (Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa, 2013). According to the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa carried out in 2011 but published in 2013, fewer people were living in poverty in Okaloosa than in Florida and the United States. Unfortunately, the situation has sporadically changed because the cost of living index as of March 2012 was 90.6, which is less than the average U.S. average at 100 (County Health Rankings, 2015). The drop in economic performance is associated with poor access to health information and unhealthy diets. In addition, people will not appreciate the interventions is their economic situation is bad. Environmental Inequities The physical environment of Okaloosa County is ranked 61 out of 67 counties in Florida. The particulate matter of ambient Okaloosa is 12.8 in comparison to that of the average Florida particulate matter, 114, and the top performers in the U.S.: 9.5 (County Health Rankings,
Introduction Organized crimes refer to all the illegal activities that are carried out by transnational syndicates that are formed and virtually run by criminals, and which represents exceptionally organized and highly centralized groups of criminals with an objective of generating monetary profits out of widespread participation in unlawful activities. Mostly, these gangs are referred to as mafias including the famous world gangs such as the American mafias, the Cosa Nostra of Italy, the Russian mafias, the triads of China, the Irish mob of Ireland among others across the world (Rudy, 2007). According to the United States organized crime control act of 1970, organized crimes are basically the illegal acts that are carried out by highly organized, centralized, and disciplined gangs whose main objective is to make money out of those unlawful practices (Grennan & Britz, 2006). Consequently, they are characterized by high levels of corruption, violence, high degree of sophistication, connection, highly organized structures, control, either strategic ideology or complete lack of it, a sling of enterprises and networks both locally and internationally, as well as close association with and involvement in legitimate business ventures. Mostly, the illegal business activities of organized criminal syndicates includes drugs trafficking, sex and prostitution, gambling and loan shaking, extortion, organized robberies and threats, smuggling among other illegal business enterprise (Rudy, 2007). However, organized crimes have been at time organized with a political motive especially those executed by terrorist groups like the infamous al Qaeda (Grennan & Britz, 2006). The American Mafias is one if the most dangerous organized crimes syndicate in the United States whose operations have since gone international. This paper there demonstrates how the federal tools and strategies as well as the federal anti-organized crimes legal statutes can be used to investigate the American Mafias with an objective of bringing the syndicate to extinction. Federal tools and strategies to combat organized crimes (the American Mafias) in the US Due to the threat that American mafias poses to the national security and as well as socio-economic well being of the united states, coordinated effort have been necessitated to carry out investigations aimed at unearthing and prosecuting the members and perpetrators of these crimes as affiliates. Ideally, the federal law enforcers including the federal bureau of investigations (FBI) are presented with appropriate approaches to combating organized crimes both in the US and internationally and which can be effectively used to combat the American Mafias. Such tools and strategies cover investigations into the organized crimes and operations, strategies to thwart planned crimes operations and preventions of the effecting, netting of criminals and affiliates of
Methodology The rationale for this research design is to provide insight into the method used for refining a theoretical explanation that makes the theory more general and applicable across a wide spectrum based on Creswell’s (2002) definition. Creswell’s (2002) multipronged theoretical proposition provides a framework for inquiring into theoretical questions, issues, or problems associated with the decline in the number of students studying online. That is given further support based on the conflict theory which explains why students may choose to leave these graduate on-line programs (Bean, 1990). Yin (2003) borrows from Creswell’s (2002) theory and with further investigations finds a positive correlation of Creswell’s (2002) theory through a survey conducted by Neale et al, (2006) by relating several patterns to Creswell’s (2002) theoretical proposition using a pattern matching technique. Neale et al, (2006) takes the study a notch higher by stating that a survey is appropriate “when there is a unique story to be told, offering a more complete picture of what happened in the program and why” (Neale, et al, 2006, 4). Purpose The purpose of this research is an inquiry into the conflicts students encounter when undertaking online undergraduate programs to determine their lack of desire to continue and complete their goal, and gain an understanding of why they subsequently leave these types of programs, regardless of the study duration. This qualitative research will draw on Allen (2003) and Willging’s (2008) views to understand the requirements that work for online students as the subsequent product. According to Berg (2007), a qualitative research is an instrument that locates an individual in an environment by making factors that influence the outcome from online students leave their programs known to the observer, a fact concurred upon by (Yin, 2009). Yin (2009) adds another dimension to qualitative research to be interpretive in crystallizing a meaning. On the other hand, quantitative research assigns numerical values to observations on a given scale. An appropriate method for conducting this study, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics (2010), will use closed ended questions rating systems and “best fit” answers in the survey of questionnaires administered to on-line learners (McLaughlin, 1998). An in depth analysis of the data collected will be organized and established patterns will be validated to further explain reasons deterring a particular population from pursuing their degree programs in an on line setting, a concept borrowed from Bailey’s (2002) studies. This research will explore the phenomena that a group of students who entered a specific graduate program have over a course of time (the classroom experience) dwindled away to a minimal number who are continuing degree completion (Neale, 2006 ). (inclu
The great depression was an economic and financial slump that occurred globally between the fiscal 1920s and 1939. The depression severely affected many countries and crippled world economies. Canada was not spared either. This country had its own share of mystery as a result of its affiliation with global and international trade. The affiliations saw Canada being dragged into the tenets that appeared with the depression and the economy suffered a major setback with various government interventions proving futile in alleviating the problem. The depression took some time to abate despite its far reaching effects on Canadian residents and its economy as well. International trade that Canada depended on was shuttered while foreign financial markets were hit by a slump similar to that which crippled the U.S. economy. All through that period, the Canadian government battled the effects of the depression that threatened to derail the lives of Canadians. The head of the Canadian government was by then King Mackenzie, who did nothing to abate the prevailing economic conditions [1] . As a result, he was forced out of the prime minister seat and gave way to a more practical and result oriented Prime Minister, Richard Bennett. With the new prime minister, Canadian government embarked on several measures and adopted policies to ensure that the effects of the depression did not adversely affect the entire Canadian population. Some of the measures that Bennett put in place included camps to support the old and sick as well as the distribution of aid to the unemployed and disadvantaged in the country. Although, charity organization existed even before the depression, they operated on low scale and were therefore caught unaware by the level of humanitarian aid that the depression effects needed. In fact, they could not cope with the magnitude of the crisis. Besides, during the period of the great depression, the government prioritized charity to families and somehow neglected the unemployed and single individuals throughout the country. The mobility of unemployed people in search of charity made the Canadian towns and city dwelling rules to keep out the unemployed from other cities or towns. The government spent heavily on relief and charity work, lowered tax rates and offered subsidies to help spur economic growth. The causes of the great depression in Canada It is estimated that the depression had been long in coming and several warning signs had been present. Prior to the depression, Canada’s population had become a mass consumer society. Industries were venturing into the production of consumer durables and labor-saving equipment that were guzzled up by anxious consumers. The onset of the advertising industry worsened the situation as it encouraged mass consumption. The upcoming and developing transport networks linked producers to consumers and offered easy access to consumer goods. It also linked industries to the consumers.
Introduction Economics of personnel is an applied field which looks at topics relating to human capital such as hiring and firing, training, compensation methods, job design and worker evaluation. This can be broadly classified into obtaining, organizing and motivating the human resources required by an organization. In any economic set up, the theory of production establishes how much labour is required, how it should be mixed with capital, how its use ought to vary with wages and other issues that relate to human capital (Lazear, 2002, P.2). Organizations and nations entirely depend on physical and human capital stock for their functioning and prosperity. Generally, “human capital is the investment people make in them to enhance their economic productivity”. “The theoretical framework most responsible for the wholesome adoption of education and development policies has come to be known as human capital theory”(Olaniyan and Okemakinde, 2008, p.158). This theory was developed over four decades ago under the sturdy and stirring leadership of Theodore Schultz, Gary Becker and Jacob Mincer. The theory is built on the assumption that formal education is highly influential and contributes to improving the production capacity of a population (Hartog and Maassen, 2007, p. 6). Human theorists argue that a skilled population is productive. Human capital theory emphasizes how education increases the productivity and efficiency of workers by increasing the level of cognitive stock of economically productive human capability which is a product of innate abilities and investment in human beings (Lazear, 2002, P.2). Since its invention, the theory has been greatly advanced by several theorists. This paper discusses the various aspects of Human capital theory with a lot of emphasis on the theory of compensation. Human Capital Theory “Human resources constitute the ultimate basis of wealth of nations. Capital and natural resources are passive factors of production, human beings are the active agencies who accumulate capital, exploit natural resources, build social economic and political organization, and carry forward national development” (Olaniyan and Okemakinde, 2008, p.159). This theory is built on four pillars as discussed below. Theories of compensation are the most expansive and this work will analyze an aspect of the theory of compensation. Theories of compensation Economics of personnel relates most directly to compensation. This aspect focuses mostly on methods of pay and specific formulas to be used in computing the pay. There has bee
Coral reefs (CRs) form an important element of the world’s economy as well as present a habitat for almost one-fourth of marine species (Coral reefs system, n. d.). Destruction of CRs damages people’s income in the countries where CR tourism is popular. Also, it decreases the amount of food because the fish lose their habitat (Coral reefs system, n. d.). Investigation of the causes and effects of the destruction of CRs is a significant and interesting topic. It is important to identify the reasons and outcomes of CRs’ dying and find solutions to these effects. The essay will discuss CRs and focus on two main causes of CR destruction (climate and pollution) and two basic effects (on humans and the environment). One of the major causes of CR destruction is presented by climate change. In general, nearly one-third of the entire coral destruction is caused by storms and other natural disasters. For example, in 2011, Cyclone Yasi hit the Great Barrier Reef (Cyclone Yasi, n. d.). Because of it, a great amount of the reef was destroyed. Another climate problem adding to reef damage is global warming (Shah, 2013). Because of it, a lot of reefs are influenced by underwater heat. Warming leads to corals’ bleaching and dying. Even a seemingly unimportant rise in temperature is very harmful to CRs. Another serious cause of damaging CRs is pollution. Plastic, which is thrown into the oceans by the people, not only kills small fish and turtles but also can ruin the CRs (Hall, 2015). Corals eat very small pieces of plastic, which leads to their death. There are two kinds of pollution that greatly damage the reefs: land-based runoff and marine debris. Runoff pollution occurs due to people’s activity near the coasts (Howard, 2014). The pesticides used in farming ruin the ocean water. Additionally, there are great amounts of sewage which also destroy the oceans. Marine debris means any litter created by humans and thrown into the oceans or coastal areas (Howard, 2014). The effects of CR destruction are connected with the people and the environment. There are two industries greatly depending on CRs: tourism and fishing (Cyclone Yasi, n. d.). If the reefs are damaged or ruined, people working in these industries will lose their jobs and profit. For example, nearly two million tourists come to see the Great Barrier Reef annually (Hall, 2015). If the reefs keep being damaged, the visitors will stop arriving, and the Australian economy will suffer. The effect on the environment is connected with dying of fish species. The fish and other marine species whose habitat is CR will disappear if the reefs die. The essay has discussed the main causes (pollution and climate change) and effects (environmental and human) of CR destruction. I think that we should take care of CRs and find solutions to reduce the damage. A good way of solving the problem is by raising people’s awareness about it. Further, a discussion of the issue on TV would be a good idea. Additionally, future solutions for the problem are educating people about the significance of CRs and creating regulations to reduce the damage caused t
Participating in various activities at the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple has been extremely satisfying for me. I assist people with everyday activities, such as cleaning and serving food. In addition, I provide some of the youths with tutoring or Mini- SAT classes. This is of great personal satisfaction for me because, when helping people, I feel that society needs me and, when tutoring them, I learn a lot myself. I am also planning to organize a medical camp. This can be a rewarding experience because the camp will be of great use for me and society as well. Taking an active part in community life is essential for every person. This allows helping people and becoming a better member of society. Moreover, helping the community is my duty, especially taking into account that I have opportunities for this. I can share my knowledge with other people and, in this way, I can change people’s lives and they, in their turn, can change mine. It is a tremendous feeling when, for instance, I have a problem with my mail delivery and I can speak to someone who I know and who works for the United Postal Service. I also wish to be a person who other people can count on. I think that my commitment to the temple is essential to promoting a pleasant experience for all the temple goers. I will serve as a role model for other people and they, following my example, will also get committed to the temple. This will help me to contribute to society even more.