Summary
The research article critiqued within this document is Hockaday’s “Trauma leadership strategies to prevent and reduce burnout in urban academic centers”. This piece of literature deconstructs several eminent facets of burnout syndrome within the context of the healthcare industry and its manifestations among various forms of trauma care providers. Specifically, the author examines this phenomenon in relation to nurses, surgeons, residents, and advanced practice providers. The article concludes with a number of interventions directed towards the individual and organizational levels.
Key Points Analysis
The most pivotal point the author makes is that burnout syndrome produces an inordinately noxious affect upon… Continue Reading...
of the policies and ethical guidelines governing human resources training programs. Likewise, administrators and leaders in educational institutions implement leadership strategies and managerial styles that can create the ideal organizational culture and environment conducive for support and anti-bullying. Teachers can learn how to recognize the early warning signs and micro-aggressions, or to detect when students may be vulnerable to being victims and offer support or interventions that can help rather than just ignoring those students.
School counselors will also be on the front lines of anti-bullying intervention strategies. Counselors need to be more active in working with teachers to develop intervention strategies and classroom management techniques. When working with… Continue Reading...
to high virtual team performance including trust and the generation of the self-confidence needed to work independently. Gordon (2017) shows how the same types of leadership strategies used in face-to-face teams do not transfer easily to the virtual environment, noting how roles and tasks both need to be adapted to encourage greater empathy and emotional intelligence. As the literature on emotional intelligence as a key variable on virtual teams becomes more robust, some research like that of Orta-Castanon, Urbina-Coronado, Ahuett-Garza, et al (2018) demonstrate how the technologies used in virtual environments can itself be changed to facilitate emotionally intelligent communications. Likewise, Malcondo da Cruz, Moriya-Huzita & Feltrim (2018) show how technology and user experiences impact… Continue Reading...
The strategy
The company will adopt the focus strategy and the cost leadership strategies to achieve the above competitive advantage.
The focus strategy requires that concentration is given to a particular niche and by understanding the unique needs of the customers. The company has been in this market and the sweets and chocolate products niche for over 30 years. This means that the company has advance knowledge of the market and the niche. Through additional research and development, it would be possible to produce products that appeal to the customers more.
The cost-leadership strategy would then be adopted for cutting down the… Continue Reading...
