Community Colleges in America In 1983 and 1984, a dozen major reports on the United States' schools were published. All stressed the need for "excellence" in education. These reports are the subject of: Excellence in Education: Perspectives on Polic Continue Reading...
Ethical Behavior Theory in Organizations This analytical research report discusses the debatable issue of the much-needed ethical behavior in working milieu. The research paper highlights the fundamental characteristics, a well-drafted research desi Continue Reading...
Literature Review / How Organizational Theories Improve OperationsOrganizational theories provide a framework for understanding how businesses operate. By understanding the different types of organizations and the way they function, managers can make Continue Reading...
Managing Motivation in a Difficult Economy. Question CC-9. a) Which parts of the program appear to fit well with research evidence on goal setting? "The HR team came up with five options for the management system" (Robbins & Judge, 2014, p. 62 Continue Reading...
Autonomy-Supportive Coaching Autonomy-Supporting Coaching Not unlike the world of business, many researchers and pundits have evaluated and looked at the world of sports as a way to analyze whether and how certain coaching styles are beneficial or Continue Reading...
Academic Success for Children What are some best practices that can improve the academic performance of children? This journal entry reviews scholarly literature that presents ideas for best practices regarding how children can achieve academic succ Continue Reading...
CEO General Electric (GE) is one of the world's most renowned companies involved in the production, distribution and the use of electrical products globally. The business was started in 1978. It has developed to be the best performing and highly co Continue Reading...
Philosophy and Theories Children have a need to be loved and feel self-worth (The Glasser Approach, 2010). Relationships between teachers and students are important to build self-management, self-efficacy, motivation, and engagement in students for Continue Reading...
Leadership and Organizations: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs The theories of leadership date way back to when dynasties existed and people were led by kings. The leader took control and made decisions whenever disputes arose. The question of leadership q Continue Reading...
Challenging Resistance to Change The consistently most challenging aspect of any new initiative in a company is managing change at the strategic, process and most important, people level. If there is only a single initiative a company can undertake Continue Reading...
Audit of Organizational Effectiveness Department of Social Services Effectiveness audit: The Department of Health and Human Services Organization to be analyzed The Department of Health and Human Services is the umbrella organization within the U Continue Reading...
" Nevertheless, the research to date indicates that participative management techniques can provide a major return on the investment. According to Angermeier, Dunford and Boss (2009, p. 127), "Employee perceptions of the extent to which their work cl Continue Reading...
Transformation Leadership Addendum James MacGregor Burns, a presidential biographer and a leadership expert established the conception of transformational leadership. MacGregor asserted that transformational leadership happens when followers and lea Continue Reading...
, 2005). In addition, the workload on clinicians is often increased past the point of reasonable because it is too intrusive and time consuming to document patient encounters during clinic time (Grabenbauer, Skinner, and Windle, 2011). The amount of Continue Reading...
Moore (2007) argues that contract workers are a growing trend in business, even for skilled jobs. This presents challenges for team-building, for a number of reasons. This paper will outline some of those reasons and will discuss ways to address this Continue Reading...
Organizational Change The Burke-Litwin Model contains twelve organizational variables. Each of these variables is interconnected, so that changes in one variable will affect the others. Also built into the model is the idea that change can occur as Continue Reading...
Risk Criteria ID NO. Chosen Business: City restaurant Before discussing what the core activities the company undertakes to achieve its operational objectives, it is vital to highlight these operational objectives. The following section gives a br Continue Reading...
Educational Theories Guiding Educational Experience Description of an education event experienced I am a dentist, and I have started a course on teaching dentistry. My experience with education was never a particularly encouraging one as my teacher Continue Reading...
Managerial Challenges The global recession that hit the business world and to some extent the private sector saw unprecedented migration of employees across companies predominantly due to the uncertainty in the job security that from factual sacking Continue Reading...
This plan will help a company to cope with the challenges of having a high rate of employee turnover since the employees with get satisfaction in their work places from the bonus of their hard work. All in all, reward and appraisal are important to Continue Reading...
Using these different techniques reveals different information about the company. So for example we know that Tesco earned £67.6 billion in revenue last year, and that this is an increase of 8.1% over the previous year. This is the top line nu Continue Reading...
Management Control Systems as a Catalyst of Strategic Agility and Organizational Performance The continual evolution of Management Control Systems as a Package (MCSP) today encompasses accounting, finance, human resources, market-based data, managem Continue Reading...
Organizational Theory of Bruce W. Tuckman One of the more influential organizational theorists of the 20th century to remain active today is Dr. Bruce W. Tuckman. Although Dr. Tuckman's primary focus has been concerned with educational research and Continue Reading...
ERP related job? Analysis of responses received for How does your level of job difficulty compare after ERP to before ERP? Analysis of responses received for How many hours of training did you receive on ERP? Analysis of responses received for Continue Reading...
Riordan Manufacturing has faced a number of operational issues that have forced the hand of the company to make drastic changes to the methodology it uses to operate. Attrition rates in the IT department have increased and with a number of major reve Continue Reading...
The transition from pre-conventional to conventional moral development is changing one's view from selfishness to responsibility for others. The transition from conventional to post conventional development is from goodness to truth that "they are p Continue Reading...
Bystander Apathy The term bystander effect is often referred in relation to a situation where a greater number of people are present, observing a person in distress, yet they will be just watching him suffer rather than help the person out of preven Continue Reading...
Interclean New compensation plan for the employment team As a result of the changes which have recently been implemented within InterClean, a new need arises in the necessity to align the compensation plan with the new organizational features. In o Continue Reading...
More specifically, because the potential for miscommunication, misunderstanding, and pejorative or other negative interpretations is so much greater in remote communications especially through email (SHRM, 2010), the implications of failure to estab Continue Reading...
Consumer Behavior in Travel: This review is a focus of the literature regarding consumer behavior as related to all aspects of travel. This review includes details of the buying behavior of the major generational groups (determined by accepted year Continue Reading...
164). "Worry, believe it or not," Ellis continues, "has no magical quality of staving off bad luck. On the contrary, it increases your chances of disease or accident by unnerving you" (Ellis, 1997, p. 164). Thus, worrying about and subsequently avoi Continue Reading...
Obedience to Authority, Conformity, Intellectual Independence, and Ethical Values Today, ethical issues have become tremendously important aspects of modern business and business management. One need look no further than very recent headlines abou Continue Reading...
Thus, we assume that children gifted in the arts are every bit as intellectually endowed as those with academic gifts. The relationships among giftedness, talent development, and creativity are challenging areas of research. Because researchers lac Continue Reading...
Tricia the new store director, and her three new assistants are on a mission to restructure the store. Each assistant was given a task, and a job, which made the retail store run more effectively. There was structure, organization, and a peaceful w Continue Reading...
This view posits the use of power as the primary functioning aspect of leadership. This style of leadership involves aspects such as gaining trust, respect and confidence from employees and the setting of high standards of conduct, as well as motiva Continue Reading...
The mixture of public and private endeavors and effects that many bureaucracies, especially those related directly or indirectly to various governments, has made this effect even more apparent, to the point that many bureaucracies can be seen as alm Continue Reading...
One aspect of the ethics of electronic communications is that people feel an insular autonomy, not necessarily true but implied by the format and that often times people chose to communicate at many times of the day and night, sometimes regretting t Continue Reading...
Leadership In considering leadership, Curtis (1995) suggests a number of optimal characteristics that are desirable in any group setup, whether formal or informal. An effective leader has certain responsibilities and concomitant traits that are im Continue Reading...
