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21st Century Leadership
What does leadership mean today? The 21st Century environment presents totally different challenges and needs from the previous centuries with regards to leadership. Studies have shown that emotional and social intelligence are two big areas that pertain to 21st century leadership, as they relate to how well leaders can effectively establish positive relationships with followers (Boyatzis, 2008; Den, Deanne, Belschak, 2012; Higgs, 2013; Schyns, Schilling, 2013). There are, nonetheless, many styles and theories of leadership that are discussed by both professionals and researchers today. These styles and… Continue Reading...
shapes the destiny of a nation, is one that remains relevant in the 21st century. Isaiah encapsulates the concept of diaspora, showing how a dispersed people can remain a nation via devotion to God. However, the book of Isaiah also lays the foundation of the Christian notion of faith that can bind a people to God and to one another. The theology of Isaiah is a historical, perennial theology that illuminates the importance of history for outlining the way forward through tumultuous times.
A new edition of Isaiah for the children of the 21st century would be a natural extension of Books 1-3.… Continue Reading...
21st Century Knowledge
There was probably a point in time in the not-so-recent past when it could be asserted that many to most people in the modern world did not need to possess scientific knowledge, skills and understanding. However, as the society and technology of the world, the West in particular, becomes more advanced and demanding, this is becoming less and less true and some would say that entirely too many people in today's society are woefully unprepared when it comes to possessing skills that are needed for a modern… Continue Reading...
Social Discrimination: One of the Major Global Issues of the 21st Century
Over the years, humanity has made a significant stride towards equality for all. This is best understood from a background of the slave trade era where race was the primary determinant of an individual's place and role in the society. After racial discrimination was overcome through activism, primarily in the US, the next global issue, as concerns discrimination, was gender. Women were discriminated in the society as their role was considered to be limited to the home, household chores, and wife responsibilities. However, and through education and technology,… Continue Reading...
Global Warming
Major Issues of the 21st Century: Who is Responsible for Addressing Global Warming?
Global warming is one of the most pressing issues in the 21st century. In the last few decades, the world has experienced higher temperatures, increased melting of ice caps, rising sea levels, more regular and more adverse weather events (such as storms, floods, heat waves, and drought), and changing rainfall patterns. We have also observed increased rain and ocean acidification, desert expansion, as well as greater species endangerment. These occurrences have largely been linked to human activity, particularly air pollution, burning… Continue Reading...
into architecture and urban planning. In the Asia-Pacific region, the art of the 21st century can be large scale and includes ambitious installation projects as well as graphic art, graffiti, and urban art. Although influenced by European trends like abstraction and surrealism, the art of the Asia-Pacific region is dedicated to communicating a localized aesthetic. Contemporary art in the Asia-Pacific region can also be politically powerful, designed to make statements. In some cases, art has become a critical component of social justice and communications. The work of Ai Weiwei reflects the fusion of art with politics at critical junctures. In Japan and Korea,… Continue Reading...
A review of Mission-based management: Leading your nonprofit in the 21st century, by Brinckerhoff.
Introduction
World-famous writer, consultant, and trainer Peter Brinckerhoff’s whole career has been focused on working around, for, and in nonprofit organizations. The University of Pennsylvania (graduation) and Tulane University (post-graduate degree in the Public Health Administration) alumnus swears by the principle that nonprofit firms are mission-based in nature; their business is: to carry out their mission. Ever since 1982, when he established his own consulting company, Corporate Alternatives, Brinckerhoff has aided innumerable firms in increasing their mission-capability (Brinckerhoff, 2009, xv-xiv). His award-winning works include Mission-Based Marketing, Second Edition; Mission-Based… Continue Reading...
from the truth.
Discussion
One of the major hallmarks of the 21st century is the internet, a phenomenon that has gained immense prominence over the last three decades. The internet has tremendously changed how people and organisations communicate and interact with one another. It has eliminated geographical and physical barriers and increased the flow of information. With social media, for instance, it is now possible for people to stay in touch with their friends, relatives, and acquaintances in any part of the globe without the use of traditional channels such as telephone and mail. Further, the internet has enabled organisations to… Continue Reading...
Survival of Racist Customs and Mores Into the 21st Century: Analysis of the American Correction and Sentencing Trends
Increasing awareness of the US's unsuccessful mass imprisonment experimentation has effected federal and state level modifications aimed at decreasing the nation's detention scale. Experts and policymakers have been suggesting "smart on crime" public safety strategies which support alternatives to imprisonment and decrease re-offense chances[footnoteRef:1]. Despite simultaneous fruitful bipartite dialogues on the subject of decreasing jail populations and bringing improvements to crime justice policies, the nation still struggles with disturbing racial frictions. The latest concern concentrates on frequent reports of law… Continue Reading...
and punitive (Berwick, 2015).
3. It has been stated that special education could use a makeover for the 21st century. Do you believe removing the labels from special education students would improve the academic programs for special education? Why or why not?
There is something to be said when it comes to labels. Indeed, there are some words that used to be standard when it came… Continue Reading...
can the public expect to see tangible differences in officer comportment and procedural justice.
The first pillar of change in 21st century policing is building trust and legitimacy (The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, 2015). Community policing models are one way of building trust and legitimacy. Building trust and legitimacy means remaining responsive to community concerns. It also means improving the ethical standards of police behavior, improving accountability, and ensuring that officers are held to a higher standard. A possible means of achieving this all-important goal of building trust and legitimacy would be to professionalize the police force through a set of national standards for officer training. Instead… Continue Reading...
the past few decades. Indeed, the topic has become one of the most crucial organizational issues in the 21st century, with organizations in both the public and private sector increasingly seeking to tap the advantages diversity brings. Two major areas of focus have been the extent to which organizational members support diversity and the impact of diversity on work-related outcomes such as job satisfaction. This paper dwells on these two aspects. First, Soni's (2000) model of receptivity to diversity is discussed, along with a summary of her findings. Then, attention is paid to the relationship between diversity and work-related outcomes as presented by Pitts (2009).
According to Soni… Continue Reading...
21st Century Fox's Takeover Of Sky
21st Century Fox has been planning to acquire or takeover of Sky, which has dominated news reports in the recent past. While the plan for the deal has been ongoing for sometime, it has faced several challenges that have caused delays. The delays in the conclusion of the deal have particularly been centered on sexual and racial harassment allegations surrounding Fox News. The acquisition of Sky by 21st Century Fox has looked more vulnerable in the aftermath of the General Election because of investigations… Continue Reading...
21st century, it is vital to comprehend the nature of the 21st century's globalized world (Scott). In the 20th century, the U.S. emerged as the dominant power in the world. However, as Russia and China grew and Russia became technologically advanced in terms of missile defense systems, the U.S. has found itself in a unique position. Moreover, Russia and China have declared that they will trade without using the U.S. dollar as a currency in the trade. This isolates the U.S. and weakens its dominant role in world trade. If… Continue Reading...
provides an analysis of how the style of management in the organization has evolved from the mid-20th century to the 21st century. The case study particularly identifies two management theories that depict the organization's style of management in the late 1960s as well as the late 1980s and early 1990s. Attention is also paid to the organization's style of management in the 21st century.
Background
Galaxy Toys Inc. is a toy manufacturing company mainly serving the U.S. market. With more than five decades in operation, the organization produces a wide variety of toys for children. The organization's operations are based in various parts of the U.S. This case study, however,… Continue Reading...
1. Introduction
The modern 21st century has posed new challenges for the organizations to survive and grow (Smith et al. 2010). As they are operated and managed by human beings, the challenges are ultimately faced by the individuals who are responsible for making decisions and implementing them (Nieuwenhuizen, Weiss and Rossouw, 2009). As challenges are multifaceted, and human lives are divided into various aspects, it is difficult to excel in every field. The gap between desired and actual state of mind leads to stress and has a high impact on employee performance and productivity.… Continue Reading...
occasions, the media had portrayed Black as sub-human. In the 20th century and early 21st century, African-Americans were portrayed with negative stereotypes in many American films, which reinforced white supremacy over the blacks. However, towards the middle of 21st centuries, the social media and many films had propagated that the negative treatments that minorities receive were unlawful. Through films and social media, increasing number of African-Americans, and other minority groups have become aware of their rights which consequently propel the civil and social right movements in the United States.[footnoteRef:2] [2: Berry, Erica F. A comparative study of African-American representations in films]
Research Objective
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up. Moreover, an examination of the overall context of globalized society in the 21st century will help the company to determine whether this investment would be particularly strategic at this time or not. While the general business environment in China (in the widest sense) is positive, there are a number of obstacles that Western companies face when attempting to enter the Chinese market. Cultural and institutional challenges make up the bulk of these obstacles, but, as other companies have overcome them in the past with the right approach, it is not impossible that this company should achieve the same.
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and equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge needed in this 21st century. To achieve this goal, learning institutions have adopted the STEAM approach, where they nurture students around the subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. This has gained popularity with all the players in the education sector, including educators, students, parents and even the US president. STEAM is viewed as a means to create a long-lasting interest in arts and sciences right from an early age. The subjects categorized under STEAM are somewhat similar, in that they all involve creative processes in the investigation of the subject matter.… Continue Reading...
was the problem Best Buy was running into in the 2000s. After slumping at the start of the 21st century facing the rise of e-commerce and web giant Amazon, Best Buy has rounded the bend and recreated itself to be appealing to consumers in the 21st century. After focusing on pricing strategy in the 1990s, Best Buy found itself losing ground to online competitors and to Walmart as prices began dropping everywhere. Understanding that the brick and mortar retailer could still offer something that Amazon and Walmart could not—expert specialized assistance and service—it revamped its strategy to be service-oriented rather than product-oriented.
Best Buy applied the customer-centric model… Continue Reading...
