Culture vs. Civilization The comparison between culture and civilization is one laden with intricacies and has been a subject of contention among historians, anthropologists, and sociologists for years. At first glance, these two concepts may seem Continue Reading...
Asian Americans comprise an extremely diverse population, representing dozens of different cultures and linguistic groups as well as every level of the socioeconomic ladder, making it impossible to generalize about sociological issues like gender rol Continue Reading...
XYZ Company is looking for several measures to promote its growth and profitability in a manner that aligns with its respective organizational goals. This process requires development of strategies for the company that helps in determining the direct Continue Reading...
Community Etymology of a "Community"u Community is a group of people that share similar values and interests, work towards similar goals and support each other. There are many different types or groups of people that qualify as a "community." A com Continue Reading...
The Significance of the Relationship Between a Leader and an Organization's Culture http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ndu/strat-ldr-dm/pt4ch16.html Structured in the form of a textbook page, this specific website has an abundance of content yet Continue Reading...
, 2010). The model includes several mediator (e.g., knowledge exchange) and moderator variables (e.g., self-leadership competencies of actors) that explain why and when this approach is effective and looks at leadership in more of a comprehensive way Continue Reading...
Training Needs Analysis Abstract/Introduction: This paper focuses on "Strategic Organizational Culture Management and Its Training Needs" as a tool to preserve a company's competitiveness in a given market. While there seems to be unanimity that "St Continue Reading...
Ford Pinto What happened to the Ford Pinto? Ford Motor Company had intended to compete with other automobiles on the market that were smaller and used less gas. But something went terribly wrong along the way. This paper explores the details that le Continue Reading...
"The most important issues which have to be addressed here are precise monitoring (diagnosis) of current results and their comparison with what has been planned. Effective managerial control must always be followed by feedback for correcting initial Continue Reading...
Culture The first quiz that I took was "Cross-cultural quiz 1." My score was 4/7. The quiz covered a lot of different cultures, so it was interesting to see which ones I had a better feel for. The Saudi question was viewed as wrong, that Tailor shou Continue Reading...
Organizational Behavior Non-monetary incentives such as employee recognition, advancement, and awards, can help relieve workplace stress. Employees and supervisors both benefit from increased motivation. For the employee, incentives mean improved jo Continue Reading...
As noted above, one of the most prominent leadership theories that has been applied to the nursing profession is transformational leadership. Properly applied and managed, transformation leadership can also be used to facilitate creativity in the w Continue Reading...
These two approaches to organizational design for structure are described in Table 1 below. Table 1 Principles of Universalistic and Contingency Approaches to Organizational Design and Resulting Structures Organizational Structure Type Descripti Continue Reading...
MNC - International Phones Inc. According to Pacek and Thorniley (2007), Emerging markets, a term first used by Antonie W. back in the 1980s is today loosely used as an umbrella term to lump together all those countries whose growth (economic) is ex Continue Reading...
Organizational Learning Dichotomy Case Study Tsang (1997) presented in his research article the components of a case study that focused on the research methods on organizational learning. The focus of this paper is to highlight and describe the case Continue Reading...
leadership and change management are very crucial factors in the determination of an organization's success. One of the main causes of organization failure is poor leadership. This coupled with the lack of appropriate change management program can q Continue Reading...
Downsizing The Effects of Downsizing A noted scholar recently assessed downsizing as "probably the most pervasive yet understudied phenomenon in the business world" (Cameron, 1994). While we have become numbed by the near daily accounts of new layo Continue Reading...
Organizational Performance Management Performance Data Scorecard: Scorecard Category Metric Employee engagement (HIV Testing and Diagnosis) % of patients diagnosed on site % of patients diagnosed in other medical facilities % of patients diag Continue Reading...
School Choice Program This study aimed to determine the impact of school choice through a comparative study of two private schools, which serve primarily, or exclusively African-American students, and a public school. Data in student achievement in Continue Reading...
Organizational Structure According to Pugh (1990), the organizational structure is an instrument that appears from the need to fulfill the organizational aims and objectives with the tools and activities that are available. Following the way that th Continue Reading...
Existence value of resistance Organization change involves introducing new conversations and shifting existing conversations and patterns of discourse. However, new conversations have a hard time competing with existing conversation and so the cha Continue Reading...
Change Management Organizational Change Organizational change aims at ensuring that the implementation of changes in an organization is smooth and successful. Moreover, it ensures that the benefits of these changes are achievable (Burke 2010). The Continue Reading...
Knowledge Management Organizational Communication Organizational Communication and Knowledge Management When and How can Organizational Communications Undermine and/or Damage Knowledge Management Different scholars have defined knowledge and its Continue Reading...
d.). Values are the personification of what an organization stands for, and should be the foundation for the behavior of its members. A disconnect between individual and organizational values often leads to dysfunction. "Additionally, an organizatio Continue Reading...
Conflict, Decision-Making, Organizational Design Conflict, Decision Making, Organizational Design Publix Company How to apply negotiation strategies to address potential conflicts in workplace Conflicts in the workplace are a common experience th Continue Reading...
These examples show how clothing and fashion generate and support the social construction of a particular reality in a certain historical period. The uniform of the Chinese people in the Maoist period was a factor in enforcing ideological perception Continue Reading...
Culture of Change by Michael Fullan The book Leading in a Culture of Change by Michael Fullan discusses the essential factors that help develop effective leadership (and management) in a period and society that is dominated by cultural diversity. U Continue Reading...
Gangs as Culture and Subculture Subculture Gangs are a global presence. There are gangs in nearly every culture. While they are variations in intentions and behaviors, there are general patterns and basic characteristics of all gangs. The paper wil Continue Reading...
American culture. One of the most curious aspects of American culture to residents of other industrialized democracies is the American attitude towards freedom, as currently expressed in the healthcare debate. Americans have articulated a great dea Continue Reading...
Diversity and Culture For any organization with the entire globe as its marketplace, the relevance of having a common understanding of culture, beliefs and values cannot be overstated. This is more so the case given that what might work in one count Continue Reading...
The solutions are numerous and more diversified. Knowledge is crucial for business success. There are two types of knowledge: explicit or tacit. The explicit type is easily codified, stored and transmitted to other individuals. As opposed to the fo Continue Reading...
Rejection notions of linguistic universality, French-speaking Canadians wish to have all of the signs in Quebec only in French, rather than in French and English. Within the United States, extending equal education to all individuals becomes diffic Continue Reading...
Consumerism Zombies Culture of Consumerism Much of the Western World has been transformed into a Cult of Consumerism and grounded in Fashionable Consumption. As the Limitations of the Natural World become more clear, something must be done to Chall Continue Reading...
Geertz suggests that "man's nervous system does not merely enable him to acquire culture; it positively demands that he do so if it is going to function at all" (Geertz, 1973:73; McNeil, 2002). Despite this he also notes that deficiencies exist wit Continue Reading...
Hybrid Organizations In order to understand the structural change and implementation of hybrid organizations in public administration it is necessary to gain a comprehension of what defines hybrid organizations as opposed to public and private organ Continue Reading...
In the present environment of rapid technological change, it is essential for knowledge workers to continuously be in a learning mode. Metrics need to be put into place to assist managers in focusing training funds where they can be of most use. Ka Continue Reading...
Quality Circles ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR: ARE QUALITY CIRCLES EFFECTIVE Quality Circles became popular during the mid 1980s, when buzzwords such as Total Quality Management and efficiency teams became popularized in U.S. companies seeking to gain a Continue Reading...
Leadership Can the definition of "leadership" be applied to the concept of "management"? Leadership is defined as a process whereby an individual has influence over others in terms of achieving a predetermined, common goal. This paper takes the posi Continue Reading...
Saudi Arabia is known as the home to the hip hop group, Dark2Men, who competed in MTV Arabia's Hip Hop Na reality show. Break dancing has also become popular as a pastime in the region. Though the exact music distribution and sales numbers are diffi Continue Reading...
Dutch Culture Introduction to Cultural Differences It is obvious that differences in cultures are very important, though these differences are difficult to handle. The failure to understand and appreciate that differences in cultures bring variety Continue Reading...
