...APPRECIATION One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview the director called for the last interview and made a lasting decision. The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score. The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none" The director asked, "Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees. The director asked "Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect. The director asked," Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?" The youth answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me. The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning. The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The youth...
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...How to Create Strong Relationships? By: Serene Halawani People are social beings that have a thirst and strong desire to feel important and liked, but the question is how are we able to accomplish this. The answer to this complex question is simple; creating strong relationships with your day-to-day social contact, to do this you must learn the fundamental techniques to lead a successful and happy life. You must learn how to handle people the right way and to be open to changing yourself and the people around you that is the secret to getting people to like you. Criticizing, condemning, and complaining is one of the worst ways of handling people, it will just arouse hate and scar the others persons pride and feeling of importance. How did Abraham Lincoln come to be one of the most beloved people of his and our time? Why did he make millions of people fall in love with him? The secret to his success was that he was great at handling people, he never criticized or complained; instead he tried to put himself in the others persons position and try to look at things from the others persons perspective. Remember the next time you want to criticize a person that it’s futile. Think of Abraham Lincoln and his wise way of acting and try to understand the other person, because one of the keys to be able to create a strong and thriving relationship is to be able to see things from the others persons perspective as well as your own. One of the strongest desires in human nature is the...
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...“Orb Spider” shows a garden spider and a microcosmically ordered and perfectly structured spider’s web that the spider created. The natural ability of the spider to create such a faultless design in its web is used as a symbol for the innate order existing in the universe. A small detail in nature is chosen, which shows readers an overwhelming truth. It is that despite how small the spider’s world actually is (relating the spider with the galaxy) and it shows that even the smallest of worlds are beautiful too. The poem can be read with a tranquil emotion. There are no harsh-sounding words to ruin the calming atmosphere presented in the poem. The gentleness throughout the descriptions of the poem also help accentuate the tenderness and appreciation spoken from the poem. There is a sense of harmony and beauty within the...
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...Analytical Skills (knowledge) 2. Empowerment (value) 3. Commitment (value) 4. Ethical Practices (knowledge) 5. Organizational Ability (knowledge) 6. Managing Personnel (knowledge) 7. Vision (value) 8. Communication (knowledge) 9. Persistence (value) 10. Leadership (value) Each of the characteristics adds value to the organization by level of productivity. When you are able to communicate with your employees and give them the needed empowerment to work hard for you and the organization, as a manager you have produced a harmonic team. When you appreciate your employees and let them know how much you appreciate them and all their hard work, they will work extra hard for you and the organization because you show them appreciation and tell them they are appreciated. When you share the majority of your vision and goals for the organization in hopes they wish to be a part all that your organization has to offer them, they will strive to be all they can to the organization, as long as they feel appreciated and are compensated for some of their hard work. The manager’s commitment to providing excellent leadership provides an incentive for the employees to be willing to take part in the organizational efforts of making the organization more known or by creating more business possibly by word of mouth. When an employee truly enjoys their job with a certain company or organization, they tell others. When the word is out and many people find out that this particular...
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...situation? Market stakeholders are the ones that engage in economic transactions with companies while providing the society with goods and services. Examples would be employees, stockholders, customers, suppliers etc. Whereas the nonmarket stakeholders are the ones that don’t directly engage in economic exchange with the firm however can still be affected by its actions. Examples would be communities, media, government and the general public. 3. What are the various stakeholders’ interests? Please indicate if each stakeholder is in favor of, or opposed to, SunCal’s proposed development. Their interest includes plenty things such as in exchange for their investment, stockholders expect to receive dividends and, over time and capital appreciation. They also look at social objectives and their choice of investment they made. Customers look for value and quality in exchange for the purchase. Suppliers want fair compensation for products and services provided. Employees in exchange for time and effort want to receive fair compensation and opportunity as well. These are some the interest’s stakeholders have. Disney was the only one opposing SunCal’s plan, arguing that the land should be only used for tourism related development 4. What sources of power do the relevant stakeholders have? They have the ability to use...
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...Be a Champion Public Speaker Being a champion public speaker doesn't necessarily mean that you are the best there is. Rather, it is following the philosophy of appreciating what you have, living your life as a champion, and enjoying the adventure of life by helping others enjoy theirs. Questions you may have include: • What should be appreciated? • How does one live as a champion? • Why help others? This lesson will answer those questions. There is a mini-quiz near the end of the lesson. [pic][pic][pic]Appreciation Appreciate and be thankful of what you have, especially concerning your public speaking or its effect on your career. Don't take your speaking or job for granted. Even the worst job is better than no job at all. If you are presently out of work, appreciate your friends and family. Be thankful that you have skills and abilities. These will all be important in getting your next position. Live as a champion To live your life as a champion means to always seek to stay healthy, knowledgeable, excellent, valuable and honorable. Health You can't speak very effectively if you don't feel well. You should take care of your physical and emotional health, so that do what you want and need to do. If you are healthy, you simply feel good. Knowledge and skill A speaker needs to continually improve his or her knowledge in speaking techniques and subject matters. If you are knowledgeable and skilled, then your self-esteem...
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...Identifying Written Communication Styles There were several issues that I found with the letters and email that were inappropriate. The appreciation letter was very nice and it lets them know that you really appreciated the time for the interview. The last message of the letter “when will I be hired?” was not a wise choice. The appreciation letter is not to gain leverage on the outcome of getting hired (blatantly), but to literally ask that question in the same letter loses its merits. There are so many other alternative choices he/she could have made. They could have possibly gave the hiring manager a call to ask for an update on his status or qualification. Sometimes it’s wiser to just not explain why you failed the exam because you locked your keys in the car and couldn’t study until after midnight. Perhaps saying due to unforeseen circumstances I was not able to study for this exam, or something. The Positive aspects that I have discovered while analyzing the appreciation note was that leaving a professional thank you letter to the person that interviewed you or the hiring manager is an awesome way to gain a boost of points for yourself. Talking about the company is a good choice to talk around because it shows that you are interested. A few positive aspects that I have found while analyzing the project initiation e-mail was how he mentioned to his team members about bringing any material that can be referenced for the project, and to make extra copies for everyone...
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...THOSE WINTER SUNDAY: ANALYSIS The poem “Those Winter Sunday” by Robert Hayden has the general motif of appreciation using the imagery as one of its primary tools of supporting this motif. The poem was a manly a reflection of the speakers youth. during which the speaker talks about his youth and he/she explains his/her lack of understanding and appreciations of the depth his/her father went through in making sure that the speaker as well as the rest of his/hers family was well taken care of. During the speakers youth he/she held a lot of resentment toward the father, thinking that he/she was the cause of the hardship they faced. in the speakers present day and age the speaker never directly speaks of having its own family but was implied in the last stanza of the poem “love austere and lonely offices”[14]. “Sundays too my father got up early”[1] this first line especially the “Sunday” lets the readers know the depth his/her father worked. The father of the speaker even went as far as to work on Sunday a day that everyone presumably knows as a day of rest. Also letting us know how hard his father worked the speaker stated in the fourth line of the poem “from labor in the weekday weather mad” his father not only worked tireless through the weekday but also thru the weekend. With him working throughout the weekday and weekday the speaker father woke up early and “put his clothes on in the blue black cold” and with him doing this he often woke everyone else in the house causing...
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...contrast, people in the past had a strong spirit for independence. As a consequence, they really understood the real meaning of freedom because they fought for their country. In brief, people in the past appreciated the real meaning of freedom and their patriotism is stronger than people today. Next, people today use a different technology to celebrate the Independence Day compared to the past. . Nowadays, technology helps people to realize the real meaning of freedom. On the other hand, people today use technology like radio and internet to raise the spirit of patriotism among them. However, people in 1957 do not have the technology to show their appreciation on the Independence Day. Instead, they gathered in one place to celebrate the Independence Day which was Merdeka Stadium. People all over the Malaya came to show their appreciation. . Thus, people today have the advantage to show their respect to the country by using the technology. As a conclusion, the differences of celebrating the Independence day on 31 August 1957 and today are the...
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...Developingg Effective Human Communication Skills Developing Effective Human Communication Skills Example 1: Mr. Gentry, Thank you for the opportunity to interview with you. I was very impressed with the company mission and the package that is associated with the hired position. I appreciate your time to meet with me and look forward to hearing from you soon. When will I be hired? Sincerely, Bennie Yako Analysis Ending this very professional and to the point letter with when will I be hired seems pushy and may come across as overconfidence. Instead Bennie could have ended the letter with I appreciate your time and I look forward to the opportunity to speak to you further about this position. The positive side of this appreciation letter is that he mentioned details like appreciating the company mission and employee incentives, this shows the employer that he was well engaged in the interview. I believe this writing style could have been written more professionally, should be in a business letter format (address and contact information for both parties at the top, date etc.). Example 2: I failed my exam because I locked my keys in my car and couldn’t get my textbook until well after midnight so I couldn’t study. Analysis If it were true that he locked his keys in his car and couldn’t get his textbook until midnight it has no relevance to him failing his exam. As a student one must take responsibility for his/her schoolwork. Waiting until the night before...
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...the past. The Chinese government has a history of keeping the Yuan low to encourage exports. They may in the medium term allow the Yuan to appreciate further than the 2.1% of July 2005. 3. What has changed since 2006 - present? The Yuan has appreciated since 2006 going from 8 Yuan to a dollar to 6.5 Yuan to a dollar, a rise of 20%. This has caused a rise in export prices and less of an advantage for China. 4. What would be the implications of an appreciation of the Yuan for ABB? The Yuan appreciating might be bad for ABB. They have a long term plan of growth and improvement for their Chinese facilities, which would now be more expensive. However, the appreciation is not all bad. ABB has 6% of its profits in Yuan and with the appreciation of the Yuan; this money would be more valuable against the euro and dollar. Also, since ABB is not located in the main population centers of China, they already benefit from reduced rates on labor and goods. 5. What should ABB do now (2006)? ABB should encourage the Yuan’s appreciation. Of course there is the fact of an increase in the value of their Yuan profits. However, even if that were not the case, China’s currency is undervalued. This...
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...(knowledge) 2. Empowerment (value) 3. Commitment (value) 4. Ethical Practices (knowledge) 5. Organizational Ability (knowledge) 6. Managing Personnel (knowledge) 7. Vision (value) 8. Communication (knowledge) 9. Persistence (value) 10. Leadership (value) Each of the characteristics adds value to the organization by level of productivity. When you are able to communicate with your employees and give them the needed empowerment to work hard for you and the organization, as a manager you have produced a harmonic team. When you appreciate your employees and let them know how much you appreciate them and all their hard work, they will work extra hard for you and the organization because you show them appreciation and tell them they are appreciated. When you share the majority of your vision and goals for the organization in hopes they wish to be a part all that your organization has to offer them, they will strive to be all they can to the organization, as long as they feel appreciated and are compensated for some of their hard work. The manager’s commitment to providing excellent leadership provides an incentive for the employees to be willing to take part in the organizational efforts of making the organization more known or by creating more business possibly by word of mouth. When an employee truly enjoys their job with a certain company or organization, they tell others. When the word is out and many people find out that this particular...
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...interpretation. He is the leader and top boss, but also his setup in the business of group members means the opinion of each employee is heard. Example: When he talks to an employee in the break room to know what the feelings and thinking of employees are. 4. What dimensions of self-managed teams are illustrated at Whole Foods Markets? The Self-Direct teams that meet regularly to discuss issues, solve problems and appreciate each other’s contributions; and this includes the workers in the back room which customers don’t see, and the employees dealing directly with the customers. 5. What ethical concepts/principles appear to guide Mackey and Whole Foods Markets? The “word culture” has been the key to the success here, the appreciation of the hard, honest work which has the customer in mind to deliver value: good quality at a fair price. Customers appreciate their being looked after and being taken care...
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...There have been many re-tells of Holocaust survivor stories. For example, Maus II and “Life is Beautiful” are two excellent versions of Holocaust victims experiences. In these traumatic scenarios both stories shared a unified message of appreciation and never giving up hope. In “Life is Beautiful” Guido convinces his son Joshua that their time in the Concentration Camp was a game, assuring him they would be reunited with Dora (Joshua’s mother) and return back home, presenting hope. In Maus II Vladek was infected with Typhus and struggled to even stand on his two feet, but Vladek had hope throughout his sickness which eventually led to his freedom from the Concentration Camp and the reunion of him and his wife Anja. Another important unified message demonstrated was appreciation, in “Life is Beautiful” Guido lives every moment with his son as if it is his last, appreciating the time he spends with Joshua. In Maus II after Vladek survives the Holocaust he appreciates every piece of food and money. For instance, Vladek refuses to throw away even a crumb of food and did not allow his son to use his wooden matches in order to save them. There are many messages “Life is beautiful” and Maus II demonstrate but in my opinion I believe appreciating what one has and never giving up hope are the most valuable. The unified messages presented in both “Life is beautiful” and Maus II can be applied to not only my life, but everyones. In todays society most people forget how much food is cherished...
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...Wordsworth is overjoyed at nature, a common theme in all of his work, but what's more is that he states: "So was it when my life began; / So it is now I am a man; / So be it when I shall grow old, / Or let me die!" (3-6). As a child, ("when my life began") Wordsworth felt the same way about rainbows and nature as he does now, completely awestruck and in reverence. Moreover, Wordsworth hopes his adoration of nature will continue as he matures, even to his death bed. If not, Wordsworth would rather die prematurely. The last three lines contain one of Wordsworth's most famous phrases: "The Child is father of the Man; / And I could wish my days to be / Bound each to each by natural piety" (7-10). Wordsworth is happy enough to have kept his appreciation of nature and only wishes it will last him forever, in "natural piety." With the line: "The Child is father of the Man", Wordsworth evokes a number of ideas. To start, Wordsworth details how the child is father simply through greatness. The child falls in love with nature as soon as it is born. This admiration is both an inherent trait as well as something to be gained when the child first looks at the world in its majesty. Thus, in one sense, the child is father to the man because it has an understanding of nature's pure energy, while men can lose this awareness all too easily (as they lose their childlike innocence). Men who do not appreciate nature therefore are in such a regressed state that they cannot fully comprehend God or what...
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