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Project managers use effective communication and interaction strategies for development and training among teams. Professionals from different cultural and academic backgrounds encounter social challenges, such as language barriers. It is objective for management officials to consider the best approaches to ensure all participants communicate efficiently without intimidation. Positive interaction is key to professionals placed in different teams within a project. Managers should provide a conducive platform for individuals to engage progressively in improving project performance. Essentially, planning for development and training among team members requires objectivity in conflict resolution and time management. As briefly noted before, teams formed to implement project objectives constitute individuals from diverse backgrounds. Consequently, conflicts can arise due to minor disagreements among members. Project managers should consider conflict resolution strategies that enhance the working conditions of project workers. For instance, social policies prohibiting religious discussions in implementation sites would be useful in avoiding conflicts. Systems are instrumental in promoting best practices away from inter-personal fights. Managers should be objective in ensuring resolution strategies aid in improving the quality performance of a project. Most importantly, it contributes to the time management efficiency required during team development and training. Project schedules are critical for managers aiming at the timely delivery of modules and successful implementation. It is through development and training plans that officials identify the best tactics of time management. Recruiting part-time workers is a useful approach to achieving quantitative objectives within short durations. Project officers should consider automated schedule management techniques intended to assign and record essential details of a task and the designated professionals. The approach would ensure the accurate delivery of assignments, and the integration, moreover, enhances the qualitative objectives of a project. In essence, a statistical analysis would determine how time management contributes to improved project performance.
Introduction Tallahassee Community College (TCC) is a wide-ranging community college. Aside from this feature, this school institution is also known for its students with a high transfer program (80% of TCC’s students are enrolled in an associate of an art degree program), a wide array of vocational programs, and a continuously increasing workforce-development program. However, behind this success, there are some issues related to how well TCC students are prepared when they transferred to the state university system. Based on different research resented, the majority of the students who graduated from TCC and went on to attend a state university got a 2.5-grade point average in upper-division courses, a grade which was in the rear of the state average. In addition, this percentage became highly noticeable at the onset of the new millennium and the faculty staff are fearing that this may continuously happen in the succeeding years. The attempt of using CCSSE Because of this TCC attempted using the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) as part of the school’s overall student retention program which consists of faculty workshops, analysis of state accountability data, and conscious incorporation of best practices. With this CCSSE initiative, Tallahassee Community College was provided with an effective method to measure the programs and services that will engage the students and will promote student retention and success. What happened in return is that TCC becomes optimistic that the college will continuously meet the needs of the students and will adequately help the students in their transition to a learning college.
Industry and market analysis What are the potential applications and markets for your technology? Are there particular sub-markets and are some more attractive than others at this stage in the development of technology? What is the size and growth rate of the market? What factors will influence the development of this market? Introduction The concept of 3D printing is an advanced form of the traditional 2D printing done on a surface. 3D printing creates tangible objects and those that can occupy space. This is done by the use of computer aided designs and by applying different types of the design software (Lipson & Kurman 11). The printer builds the object by arranging layers of plastic or special forms of carbomorphs and metallurgies on each other while following a printing signal from the computer. One selects the printing materials depending on the application of the printed object. For instance, if the object serves as an interactive component, there is a need to use a conducting material. The material will make it possible for one to use sensors to monitor the interactive aspects of the users (Leigh et al 2). The three-dimensional printing technology is a source of existing applications, research on product development and a medium of artistic exploration. The technology will make the virtual world real. The desire to achieve the reality of imaginations and the depth, at which the technology is applied, will determine how fast the technology acquires its commercial significance. Industry and market analysis One can understand the industry of 3D technologies in terms of the software technology, the hardware and the nature of the products. Software technology 3D printing is a function of professional and customized software. The software is used to design the object intended for printing. The software also facilitates the interfacing process that instructs the printer to execute the print command. Different versions of computer aided designers are used depending on the complexity of the object (Leigh, et al 1). The software allows one to make adjustments on the virtual objects, an aspect that is impossible in the real world. At the click of a button, it is possible to change colors, textures and joints. The software makes editing and testing of various features easy, thus helping to attain the best of creativity. Some forms of testing may destroy the object and the material in the physical world. However, the software enhances both testing and modification of the previous designs (Lipson & Kurman 13). The hardware This comprises of the computer where the desi
In the Middle East, various health organizations, including University Hospital Sharjah, have been established to improve people’s lives by offering reliable medical care services. The hospital was an initiative that was sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, the Ruler of Sharjah and Member of the Supreme Council. It is one of the best healthcare institutions in the United Arab Emirates as it offers quality medical treatment services to the population as compared to other medical facilities. It is a 325 bedded educational medical facility, connecting academic research, training, and care services. Its vision is to become the leading medical institution in the UAE and the entire region. Its mission is to improve people’s health and well-being by providing distinctive healing experience, patients’ safety, and unrelenting focus on best practices. It has particular strengths and weaknesses that impact on its overall performance. Nonetheless, particular strategies are adopted to attaining its goals and objectives. UHS Strengths and Weaknesses The hospital provides a scope of services depending on the needs of its patients, and this makes it a destination of choice for many people in the region. It offers clinical, surgical, cardiology, medical diagnostics, and supportive services among others to make sure that all patients’ needs are addressed. The specific services include general surgical procedures, neurosurgery, vascular operations, urology, orthopedics, neurology, stress test, ultrasound, and digital x-rays among others. Its capacity to offer various services to its clients has made it attract multiple customers, who bring economic benefits to the facility. From a business perspective, an organization that provides a variety of products or services is more likely to have a wider customer base than those that offer fewer products. In this view, people in the region have developed interests in the hospital’s services as they can get any medical assistance and treatment. Furthermore, the facility has good and reliable leadership to ensure that operations focus on goals and objectives. From a business context, management is associated with an organization’s performance. University Hospital Sharjah has attained greater success in the region due to its exceptional leaders, including its CEO, Michael Stroud. He is widely recognized as an international medical care executive who has shown an incredible track record regarding management (University Hospital Sharjah, 2016). Before becoming its CEO, he held the same position in several facilities in various countries such as Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. It is worth noting that he graduated from the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff as a diagnostic radiography expert. As the UHS CEO, he is credited for his knowledge and skills in operational planning, strategic direction, control, and overall management of the hospital. Additionally, he has been ins
Introduction There is no clear definition of work place fraud. It can be described as activities involving dishonesty and deception, which can drain value from a business directly or indirectly. It does not only involve distortion of financial statements, but it can range from exaggeration of minor expenses, to international fraud. Today work place fraud is a serious concern to all organizations. Organizations are supposed to engage professionals to deal with this issue as a part of their functional responsibilities. According to the recent survey, about half of the companies reported being victims of work place fraud. A recent survey conducted by KPMG shows that 89% of fraudsters are employees of the organization. About 86% of the frauds committed involve senior management and board members of a company. Around 91% of fraudsters do not stop on a single transaction but commit multiple frauds. The average direct cost of work place fraud is around 2 billion dollars (Kelly, 2010). This does not include other costs like the cost of trying to prevent fraud, cost of responding to fraud and the loss of management time. A survey conducted by Ernst and Young indicate that employers in America lose about 20% of every dollar earned to workforce fraud. Women are more likely to report cases of fraud as compared to men. According to the survey, 80% of frauds are committed by staff in one of the following departments: accounting, operations, executive management, sales or customer care departments. Accounting department has the most cases of frauds. The most common fraud in this department is check tampering and billing fraud. There are various factors that cause an employee to commit fraud. Fraud can be committed at all levels of an organization. Every person who commits fraud is motivated by his own motives and opportunities. Pressure is one factor that can force an employee to perpetrate fraud. Pressure may involve targets to meet, need to be promoted or personal factors like gambling habits and final problems. An employee who is subjected to these pressures believes that they can be solved through fraudulent activities. Rationalization is another factor that can motivate an individual to commit fraud in the work place. The fraudster may start from minor unauthorized risks to corrupt business practices and deception increase over time. He will rationalize the continued deception which will lead to a major fraud. This can be stopped in early stages if robust detection procedures are put in place. An opportunity to perpetrate fraud can trigger an employee to commit fraud (Vanderbilt, 2009). Types of frauds There are various types of frauds that can be committed by employees in the work place. Information technology fraud is the fraud committed by employees using mod
The case presents a usual problem of leadership style and employee motivation. The case presents how a more restrained leadership style can de-motivate a good performer like Bob from becoming dissatisfied with work. In this case, we see the problem was that of employee leader relationship. Clearly, the overall problem as presented in the case is that of leadership style, empowerment, and job satisfaction of employees. In order to evaluate these problems as presented in the case we discuss the issue in the light of path-goal theory (House, Path Goal Theory of Leadership: Lessons, Legacy, and Reformulated Theory). In evaluating the case, we use other related concepts from Organization Behavior. The lists of the used concepts are provided below:  1. Citizenship behavior  2. Good performer – Bob engaged in citizenship behavior, performed deftly all duties falling in his job description, did not engage in counterproductive behavior  3. Organizational Commitment – Bob remained committed to the organization – cost based commitment / continuance commitment i.e. commitment for he saw a good future in the travel industry  4. Work Values that give Job satisfaction, dissatisfaction , dissatisfied with supervision i.e. Supervision satisfaction (Supervision want – Supervision have )  5. Job Characteristics Theory  6. Work stress – adapting to stress cycle  7. Motivation – self efficacy – Maslow’s Hierarchy, expectancy theory  8. Big 5 personality Traits describing the personalities of Bob and George  9. Empathy and leadership A positive leader member relationship is a vital affecter of healthy workplace environment (House, Path Goal Theory of Leadership: Lessons, Legacy, and Reformulated Theory). We analyze the case in light of path-goal theory how the leadership styles of the two leaders, George and Beverly, and how they influenced the attitude of Bob. Leadership is an essential element that motivates employees and increases job satisfaction (House and Mitchel). Using this theory, we define the problem as has been presented in the case. Bob as a subordinate was extremely hard-working, responsive, self-motivated, and responsible till the time he was being supervised by Beverly. But when George was made his direct supervisor Bob started having problems. Clearly, there was a problem of leadership style of George which made Bob dissatisfied. Given this situation we will analyze the leadership styles of Beverly and George and then analyze how their style of managing differed which was the source of George’s dissatisfaction. Before an analysis of the case is presented, a clear understanding of the theory is required. Path-goal theory reflects a didactic relationship between leader and member. It is concerned with direct relationship between formal supervisor and subordinate in their daily functions (House). The theory concentrates on explaining how the relationship between formally appointed supervisors affects the motivation and job satisfaction of subordinates. The theory states that: “ Leader behavior is motivational, i.e., increases effort, to the extent that (1) s
All individuals always fight to satisfy hunger. Although in many uncontrolled cases, poor eating habits have led to many personal and health problems. Hunger and appetite are both psychological and biological. On the other hand, the quantity of food consumed does not determine satiety; rather, it is the quantities of nutrient consumed. Problems that result due to poor eating habits include hypertension diabetes and heart ailments. Most of these ailments result from obesity, a complication resulting from excessive eating (Read, 1992, p.2-5). This paper will discuss hunger, satiety and related disorders. Physiological factors for hunger and eating Individuals eating behaviors result from interaction of three factors namely: hunger appetite and satiety. Hunger is a biological drive that prompts an individual to find food. Appetite is the desire to consume food. Through appetite, individuals are able to control their body metabolic needs. Hunger activates the metabolic process and gastrointestinal contractions where as eating causes satiety, through the activation of inhibitors that control satiation. In order to prevent over eating, satiety has to obey all signals received from the body’s chemical and biological senses. In addition, mechanical process in the body, for example, swallowing and gastric enlargements helps to activate satiety signals. Chemorec
Introduction The immigration of Chinese into Canada has been taking place since the 18 th century. Currently, there are about 1.5 million Chinese living in Canada. The first batch of Chinese immigrants worked as laborers and helped build the Canadian railway. The immigration of Chinese from the greater China to Canada has led to the growth of a multi-generational Chinese community in Canada (Guo & Devoretz, 2006). Chinese immigrants in Canada face challenges due to differences in religion, socio-historical and geo-political aspects. This paper seeks to establish how the socio historical aspect shapes a Chinese family that immigrates to Canada. Social Alienation Canada formulated exclusionary policies early in the 20 th century to tame Chinese immigration into Canada. The policies promoted widespread racial discrimination against Chinese Canadians. Today, several segments of the dominant culture still treat Chinese Canadians as foreigners (Zhang, 2010). Most Canadians who belong to the dominant culture grow up with the perceptions that Chinese are culturally distinct and racially foreign (Guo & Devoretz, 2006). Therefore any new Chinese family immigrating to Canada will be made to feel the deep seated cultural stereotype. In the worst scenario, a Chinese family trying to settle in Canada will be subjected to different forms of racial abuse such as name calling. This is however not always the case as there are other good people in Canada who will welcome an immigrant family and make them feel at home. Chances are however high that a new immigrant family will be subjected to acts of racism. As a corrective measure, a new immigrant family will look for other fellow immigrants to get psychological, material support and to reinforce their identity. Older members of an immigrant Chinese family will be surprised to discover that they cannot secure employment with the credentials they acquired in China. Such a family will find it difficult to make a living. It will then become apparent to them that in order to survive in Canada they must first gain the Canadian experience. Indeed, a study carried out in 2004 revealed that Chinese immigrants reported experiencing different types of racial discrimination. About 30% of them reported to have undergone racial discrimination in terms of employment (Dasgupta, 2005). The desolate situation experienced will see educated members of a family going back to the basics to rebuild themselves and learn Canadian habits (Guo & Devoretz, 2006). The family will slowly adapt to the new environment until they find a more stable footing. Normally, the first thing a family needs to do is to enroll for English classes, particularly if its members have no educational background in English (Always the case). For an adult, learning a new language is not that easy, however, as a Chinese immigrant in Canada, he/she will be forced to devote his time and energy to learning English if he/she wishes to survive in the new society. A new family will remain hopeful as they experience the new way of life. Most will be interested in experien
Introduction Globalization and improvement in communication have opened up the international market. Most of the companies venturing into these markets seek to increase their sales volume, diversify their operations, increase the profit margin, avoid excessive competition in the domestic market and also increase their market share. Though the benefits of expanding globally are enormous, there are many risks and impediments that may hamper the expansion process. These risks include price fluctuations, exchange rate volatility, political influences, legal and regulatory rules. The company management must therefore carefully evaluate the target market so as to project the expected profits and understand the challenges in order to develop effective entry strategies. Prior knowledge needed prior to expanding into Mexico Before the company can expand to Mexico, it is necessary for the company to evaluate various factors that are imperative for the overall success of the expansion strategy. First, the target market is very important as it forms the consumer base for the company. Currently, Mexico has about 110 million people. It is the 13 th largest economy in the world and the 11 th most populous country in the world. The country trades with the USA as the most important import and export partner. The nation has an elaborate transport and communication network which is ideal for doing business. Most of the residents are in the upper middle class level. The country is an emerging power and has become one of the industrialized nations. The country supports several trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) according to which it trades with the USA. Profitability The company hopes that the business will be profitable due to the large population in the country. Since the country is expanding to a market where the competition is not very high, it expects to capture a large portion of the market and hence the business will be profitable. In addition to the large target market, the country labor force is enormous as compared to the USA. The labor rates are lower in Mexico and hence the company will reduce its operations costs, and this will increase the profit margins. The company expects that Mexico has lower taxes and lower rental rates which increase the profit margins. Potential risks Despite the increase in profits that are expected, the company has several risks that may affect the running of the business. The crime rate is very high causing a lot of uncertainties and instabilities. In Mexico, the market is controlled by cartels which are hard to break up. These cartels pose significant threat to the company as the cartel can cause physical damage to the new company structure and workers. Competition : The other potential risks come from the competitors. These are the local companies that exis