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When a company wants to attain sustainable positive results, the changes in the organisational culture are required. The changes determine new patterns of employees’ behaviour, communication, and thinking (Tilchin & Essawi 2013). The changes in the organisational culture may be accomplished in case the goals, vision, and mission statement are formulated by managers, and the subordinates are motivated for the achievements of the desired results by newly adopted organisational values (Braica 2013). All given aspects of the effective transition to cultural change within the enterprise are related to knowledge management that nowadays is considered an intrinsic part of effective organisational performance in the dynamically changing environment. The recent research draws significant attention to corporate philosophy and value creation. The concept of organisational value is interrelated with the principle of matching the internal resources with the external social and economic demands (University of Liverpool 2015). The creation and conceptualization of values are the leadership’s strategic choices through which they attempt to determine the fashion of interrelations with organisational stakeholders. According to the ideas of the stakeholder theory, the consideration of the stakeholders’ interests on the broader scale is beneficial for companies’ profitability and sustainability (Vidal, Berman &Van Buren 2015). Therefore, it is possible to say that value creation and customer accountability is the key element of organisational success. By addressing the broader social values such as regional economic development or environmental sustainability and protection, a firm can target both internal and external interests. This management strategy is thus mutually beneficial. For example, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), a representative of the oil and gas industry in the Middle East and African Region, includes the corporate social responsibility policies and regulations into the corporate culture ( Corporate social responsibility 2016). The organisational values of the enterprise address the issues environmental protection and the issues of the social, economic, and academic development in the local community. In this way, ADNOC contributes to the creation of the positive organisational image of a good corporate citizen. Through the adjustment of the organisational strategic goals with the principles of the corporate citizenship, ADNOC attains the opportunity to develop the consumer loyalty and attraction, enhance organisational culture, and increase employee’s motivation which, in their turn, positively affect working productivity and financial outcomes (Stolz & McLean 2009). Value creation is also considered an important element of knowledge management. Accord
According to the Canada Annual survey, the number of Canadians who are seeking the services of food banks has gone down a bit, however, the steady demand indicates that numerous are still suffering from the slowed economic recovery. The annual survey indicates that that individuals who visited food banks was higher than 851,000 as of March 2011. The figure is lower than what was registered last year but higher than prerecession days. These figures indicate the diversity of the recipients: close to 100,000 are new users; a fifth of them have some kind of job; more than a tenth are immigrants or refugees. The use of food-banks is a good indicator on the performance of a society. According to Craig Alexander, who is an economist in Toronto-Dominion Bank, food-bank usage gives a true picture of the problems being faced by the less fortunate. He said that the increase in use reflects changes in the economy. Even though most of the jobs have been recouped, they may not be well paying as prior to the recession. It can also be noted that globalization, outsourcing and technological changes have cut down jobs (1). The global notion that Canada is doing better that other countries in the same category fails to take note of the pressures it takes from the low income groups as noted by Mr. Alexander (1). The results of the survey indicate that 18% of those who seek food-bank services are first time workers who are still poor. This situation applies many people Chris Kozloff, 48, whose salary and that of her husband pays just over the minimum wage (1). Similarly, John Kaliel a resident of Edmonton, has spent many years work for telecom but was involved in accident and thus he has to rely on a disability pay and spends almost all the amount on rent. Many other individuals are in this situation and have to line-up to receive rations from the food-bank. The survey indicates that most of the recipients are women and girls, 10% aboriginal, 25% from families with both parents and children, 7% own homes and lastly 4% are post secondary students. A host of challenges are facing food donations to the banks, according to Ms. Schmidt, the director, many agencies are facing challenges such as limited food access, lack of funds and rising costs of transportation due to high gas prices. As a result many food-banks are struggling to fill the gap left. Food banks were started in 1980s as a temporary measure to cushion factory or forestry workers who were loosing jobs then, but have remained relevant especially in the post recession period. As noted by John Stapleton, Metcalf Foundation, the welfare rates have not been revised to match inflation levels. For instance, in Ontario, the low income earners spent almost all their salary on rent and thus left with very little money for food (1). Mr. Stapleton advocates for the return of welfare statistics that will form a good indicator of the trends and provide basis for proper planning. It’s also noted that the income gap has widened in Canada than most of all other countries in the same category. Besides these report, the survey has a list of recommendations such as: the provision of affordable housin
A wealth of literature points to the fact that the term ‘social psychology’ was first conceptualized in the 1860s, but the fundamental issues surrounding the discipline have progressed over a much longer period of time (Jahoda, 2007). This not withstanding, the discipline has over the years courted both interest and controversy, prompting scholars and researchers to assume a deep interest in attempting to examine its most basic tenets as well as its discourse (Greenwood, 2004). This paper specifically aims to examine the discipline of social psychology, including offering a working definition of the discipline, discussing how it differs from other related disciplines, and, finally, explaining the role of research in social psychology. Social psychology may be defined as the scientific discipline that attempts to understand and explain how individuals think about, feel about, relate to, and influence each other within the social environment, and how a myriad of social factors found within the environment influences our situations, including our behavior (Greenwood, 2004). Specifically, the discipline uses scientific techniques to understand and explain a wide range of social dimensions, including cognition, group behavior, emotion, social perception, leadership characteristics, conformity, social beliefs and prejudice, among others (Potter & Wetherell, 2005). In its most basic nature, social psychology attempts to understand our thinking, influence, and relationships by looking for answers to questions that have over the years’ intrigued mankind (Myers, 2010). Social psychology differs from other related disciplines in diverse yet subtle ways. It is imperative to mention some of the related disciplines, which includes sociology, personality psychology, clinical psychology, general psychology, abnormal psychology, and cognitive psychology, among others. According to Myers (2010), social psychology is at the core of both psychology and sociology disciplines. While sociology interests itself with the study of individuals in groups and societies, social psychology is deeply interested in understanding individuals, not mentioning that it uses more experimentation than sociology. Although sociology is also interested in assessing and understanding social behavior and influences, its focus is broad-based and its scope is not necessarily interested in attempting to understand how individuals relate to, and influences one another (Greenwood, 2004). On the contrary, attempting to assess and understand how individuals think about, feel about, relate to, and influence each other is a core critical area in social psychology. Consequently, it can be argued that while both social psychology and sociology study somewhat congruent topics in individual, group and social life, they inarguably look at these topics using totally different lens and from totally different perspectives In comparing personality psychology with social psychology, Myers (2010) notes that while the former focuses more on individual differ
Introduction As people embrace the fruits of the digital revolution and the ever-present Internet, it has become increasingly more convenient to immerse oneself in the media narratives. It can be argued that when the media are one tap on the screen away, it is easier to be influenced by what they say. At the same time, it has become common knowledge that the media outlets do not only report, but also create the news. Through well-established practices of framing, building and setting the agenda, and cultivation, the media have become adept at manipulating the people’s cognitive heuristics. They often decide what the public sees and how the public sees it. An August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was planned as a protest against the removal of historical artifacts from public places, namely a statue of General Robert E. Lee. It was seen as a way for right-wing political activists to band together against what they perceived to be the constant violation of their constitutional rights by the social-justice-oriented left. What actually happened was a march of tiki-torch wielding white supremacists that resulted in murder by car. The counter-protestors emerged as the primary victims of the debacle, as did the painful American heritage of the Civil Rights Movement. The media outlets that covered the event did not miss a chance to frame the event as an act of terrorism and heap the blame onto an eclectic set of culprits. This case study will examine the publications in popular media that are explicitly about or mention Charlottesville, tying it to other racism-adjacent topics. It will be rooted in the existing literature on framing, agenda-setting, cultivation, and media salience. Charlottesville’s coverage in the popular media is an excellent example of how the media create narratives and themes to influence the readers using these tactics, which is why the study is based on them. The sources will be examined using qualitative content analysis to extract abstract themes and their connections. The justification of the study’s theoretical importance is the implications that the media agenda has for the public and political agenda. This particular case involves whetting some irrational and false beliefs in the public with the increased salience of racist violence, which may result in the creation of misguided and overzealous policy. Literature Review The theoretical base for this study is comprised of academic works on agenda-setting, framing, and cultivation. Hallahan (1999) is an essential resource that provides an extensive overview of different types of framing. It helps analyze Charlottesville coverage as a combination of several types, as it was a complex issue that had many actors of varying valence. The author describes several key so
Abstract High temperatures experienced in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries during summer makes consumption of water straight from the taps impossible. Many homes use multiple water coolers and refrigerators 24 hours a day to cool the water. The amount of power consumed this way leads to a large additional electric load on the grid. Because of the PLC Controlled Water Cooling System design, it is possible to cool all the water used in a home centrally in the main storage tank thereby eliminating multiple cooling systems. Through a control panel that can be installed anywhere in the home, users set the desired water temperature. The panel controls a compressor, which cools water to the desired temperature. The compressor goes offline once the temperature falls to the desired level. Introduction TEMPERATURES in Gulf Countries rise up to 500C during summer. This makes consumption of water from tanks and reservoirs by residents extremely difficult if not impossible at all. The need for palatable water necessitates use of water coolers. Typically, a single home has several of water cooling units in addition to refrigerators used for cooling and storing cold water. With the application of a PLC Controlled Water Cooling design as proposed in this paper, it would be possible to eliminate the use of multiple water coolers and refrigerators used purposely for the cooling and storage of drinking water. Previous Inventions In 1974, Robert C. Webber [1] designed a system for simultaneously cooling a building and warming water in a swimming pool. Webbers’ system employed a refrigerant running through conduits that connected the compressors and condensers. He used thermostatically controlled valves to regulate the action of the compressors and the condensers. When the building temperatures dropped below preset levels, the thermostatic valves made it possible for the refrigerant to bypass the buildings evaporator and to conduct the refrigerant through an auxiliary evaporator. Industries employ several other systems for water chilling. One of methods used is the waterwall water cooling system designed by Kohring, F. C [2]. He demonstrated that this method had an enhanced cooling efficiency among other advantages when compared to conventional cooling systems. Interstand cooling, runout table cooling, work roll cooling and descaling are hot strip mill applications that use this method. In addition, the system was useful in plate mills and bar mills [2]. Scope This project’s design com
Edward Yang was a rather famous and one of the leading Taiwanese filmmakers. One of his most well-known works is the Taipei Story , a 1985 drama. It has incredible camera movements, shot angles, and composition that are used as a visual language for depicting the tensions between the characters, old and new, and each person’s relationship to the city. The movie opens with office-worker Chin and her boyfriend Lung, a former baseball player, examining Chin’s new apartment. Her off-camera footsteps change to a two-shot of the couple. Each of them is standing in front of a separate pane of a sliding glass door and is presented from behind. This loneliness, while being side to side without facing each other, is demonstrated with the incredible camera movements. Chin and Lung are together in the flat, but they are always captured singly as they circulate through the apartment. Yang’s camera frequently shoots the couple through space’s series of thresholds. Moreover, the characters and the camera have a special way to examine and feel the space of the unfurnished room. This film also shows a picture of Taiwan in the mid-1980s that is filled with conflicting Japanese and American cultural influences. The music of Michael Jackson is contrasted with Fuji Film’s huge neon billboard. A karaoke bar attracts one of the characters more than an artificial American pub. However, these things are considered as surroundings, part of the staging area because Yang almost never uses close-ups, but instead relies mainly on medium-width shots. As for the characters’ relationship to the city, not all of them are ready for the changes. Lung is not comfortable with the form Taiwan takes, but Chin greets the new opportunities that come as the city transforms. Yang’s scenes of alienated urban structures are often stunning; throughout the film, he rather easily turns a banal image into an unusual one. In addition, his narrative approach brings frequent surprises in terms of emotional impact. Some scenes end or pause after an unpleasant truth is revealed between the characters or after an awkward question is asked. As a rule, Yang does not hide information but uses this device to increase the viewers’ participation.
Human Errors As established by the National Transportation Safety Board, this paper discusses the probable cause of Beech King Air 200, N501RH as related to human factors. The accident occurred because the crew lost situational awareness while making an attempt to land (Wise, Hopkin, & Garland, 2016). For instance, throughout the approach of the localizer runway, the aircraft was actually five miles ahead of what the first officer and captain believed they were. Despite having an accumulative 12,000 hours of flight experience, the crew miscalculated their position when communicating or getting instructions from the ground control tower (Strauch, 2017). Specifically, the aircraft ought to have been at an altitude of 2,600 feet and not 4,000 feet at the outer locator market (LOM). The variance of almost 1,400 feet is not negligible. This means that the plane approached the landing point when it was at an altitude of about 2,600 feet instead of the recommended 1,340 feet. The miscalculation as contributed by human error resulted in the missed approach point (MAP). Another mistake made by the crew was a wrong climbing turn at the MAP. Actually, the first officer and the captain ought to have made a right climbing turn towards the LOM in order to level off at an altitude of about 2,600 feet, which is safe for approaching a landing attempt. However, even after passing the missed approach point, the aircraft continued to steadily descent from an altitude of 2,600 feet before leveling off at about 1,400 feet. Again, the plane climbed further ahead for about two extra miles after passing the airport by 8 miles. The miscalculation resulted in a collision with the rising terrain. These revelations indicate that the flight crew failed to properly and accurately execute the standardized approach procedure instrumentation despite constant communication with the ground control. The crew did not effectively implement the published missed-approach procedure (Griffin, Young, & Stanton, 2015). The flight crew members were victims of human error by failing to use the existing navigation aids to constantly monitor or confirm the position of the aircraft before and during the landing approach. Moreover, the air accident investigation report indicated that the flight crew migh
Think about the recent statistic on inequality that the top 400 richest Americans have more wealth than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. How do you think this happened, and what is your position on this? The income inequality in the United States can be considered as a result of the ineffective economic policies that were implemented in the country during the period of the 1970s-1980s, as it is stated by Professor Robert Reich (Reich presentation, February 05, 2015). In Inequality for All, a 2013 documentary discussing a challenging economic topic, Prof. Reich states that the extreme income inequality observed today is a result of the economic policies that rejected the idea of putting “people first” in the 1970s (“Inequality for All” 2013). As a result, in the 2000s, the U.S. middle class had to adapt to new economic realities, and workers had to survive because of the significant economic gap between the top and middle classes. From this point, the remarkable economic inequality in the United States is a consequence of the policies, according to which the value of the market economy was placed higher than the value of the ordinary man’s work. Although the situation when 400 richest Americans have more resources than the other 150 million Americans is an illustration for the development of a capitalist or market economy, it is impossible to ignore the fact that the observed gap cannot be a normal result of the effective economic policies (“Inequality for All” 2013). The problem is in false priorities when the needs of the market and tops are satisfied in the first turn and the needs of the middle class are almost ignored. Prof. Reich notes that it is necessary for the government to invest in people in order to promote the growth of their skills and further prosperity (Reich presentation, February 05, 2015). However, the leaders of the United States chose another path, and they focused on investing in the development of the free market that became a barrier for ordinary people to become richer. Today, the middle class is frustrated because of becoming more vulnerable and because of the constantly increasing gap in the income between the tops and other employees. According to Prof. Reich, the economic boom in the 1970s was not supported by the focus on providing more people with the access to the higher education or with the opportunity to join labor unions (“Inequality for All” 2013). The fees associated with higher education became an obstacle for receiving skills and knowledge. Furthermore, the labor market also developed according to the principles of the free market, and fewer people had opp
What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form, in moving, how express and admirable! In action, how like an angel! In apprehension, how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals! (Hamlet; Act II, Scene II) The above lines are an extract from Shakespearean play, which give the readers a moral lesson that by doing wrong with others for nothing not only may jeopardize one’s peace of mind, but also one’s life is surely ruined in the course of time sooner or later. Nature has its own criteria of taking revenge and man has to suffer a lot consequently. It is perhaps in the nature of man that he deliberately commits an offense and this wrongdoing leads him towards the way to disturbance and turmoil. All this wrongdoing takes place both in literature and real life. Same is the case with Claudius and Gertrude in Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. Shakespeare is not only a poet of England, but also he is the artist of all people and all ages. He was neither a preacher, nor a reformer; yet his universality seeks no bounds. Being the literary giant and superman of the playwrights, Shakespeare’s works not only throw light on his individual thinking as well as personal glimpses about life, but also have the thorough analyses of the prevailing cultural traits and the cult observed and followed by him and the people of his times. His plays depict political turmoil and governmental changes taking place in the England of his era. This is the most wonderful and superb quality and distinguishing feature of the asset of the ages and the laureate of the centuries i.e. William Shakespeare. His magnificent tragedy Hamlet reveals many aspects of not only human nature, psychology and dignity, but also unveils inner thoughtfulness and vision of the unparalleled poet. The same is the case with his play Hamlet, which begins and goes on in a state of mystery, where dialogues, soliloquies, actions and conspiracies have been presented in an extremely well-knitted format. The murder of the King Hamlet, Prince Hamlet’s madness, appearance of the King’s ghost, Ophelia’s suspicious death in mysterious circumstances, play within the play (frame narrative) Hamlet’s unexpected return from the voyage and bout between Laureates and Hamlet—al