...SUSTAINABILITY Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well-being, which has ecological, economic, political and cultural dimensions. Sustainability requires the reconciliation of environmental, social equity and economic demands - also referred to as the "three pillars" of sustainability or (the 3 Es). Healthy ecosystems and environments are necessary to the survival and flourishing of humans and other organisms. There are a number of major ways of reducing negative human impact. The first of these is environmental management. This approach is based largely on information gained from earth science, environmental science and conservation biology. The second approach is management of human consumption of resources, which is based largely on information gained from economics. A third more recent approach adds cultural and political concerns into the sustainability matrix. Sustainability interfaces with economics through the social and environmental consequences of economic activity. Sustainability economics involves ecological economics where social aspects including cultural, health-related and monetary/financial aspects are integrated. Moving towards sustainability is also a social challenge that entails international...
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...Communication channels In my organization, communication channels are not be used at this time. We are a new clinic going into our 11th month of operation. Communication is poor and is really affecting productivity and morale. Workers are applying for new jobs and resigning with less than one year of operation. The lack of communiction and the flow of information has been interrupted, because our Leaders were not trained formally to lead an organization. All of our leader have never been in charge. They have only worked for an organization and had no knowlede of what it takes to keep the internal instructure of an organization together. When we first started in Febuary 2011 a small snow storm hit San Antonio, Tx and our communication channels were tested. The leaders and staff members had no phone numbers to call in Emergencies or disasters. Some of our staff members came to work and others did not, because communication was not established at the start of hiring. Leaders and staff members never set down together and discussed Emergency and Disaster plans. There are many communication channels that need to be established in every workplace. Lack of clarity, and communication must be sent in multi-directional and multichanneled. Meaning emails, phone calls, face-to-face, and rehearsals. Miscommuincation leads to mistakes, money loss, and could lead to harm of workers. The next paragaraph will discuss some things a leader needs to establish to improve communication...
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...TITLE: PERSONAL NETWORK SECURITY INTRODUCTION: Computer security is the process of detecting unauthorised use of your computer or PC . As the old saying goes “prevention is better than cure” , going by this we realise that if we learn about the possible loopholes in the security we can prevent it in the first place. But the big question is 'why should i care about my computer security?' . We use computers for everything from banking and investing to shopping and communicating with others through email or chat programs.Although we may not consider our communiction a 'top secret' ,but you dont want others to eavesdrop on you conversations, read your mails, use your computer to attack others system , send forged mails from your computer to others or check the stuff from your computer hard drive. There are many people who whould want to break into you computer system they are generally known as hackers or crackers . More often they do this because they want to launch an attack on some computer system through your computer and other times it is done by some teenage kid who want to showcase his skills and feel proud of himself and maybe even gain some limelight. If your computer is connected to the internet then you dont need some hacker to personally attack your system . There are thousand of computer programs to do this job on the net. Even if you use your internet just to check your e-mails you could still be a huge target for attackers. Is it easy to break into my...
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...Topic: Designing and managing services Case: Aravind Eye hospital CASE UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYSIS Aim of Aravind Hospitals: To treat the eyesight of the poor people in each and every part of India and in other asian, africa countries and in countries across the globe. Founder of Aravind Hospitals: Initially it had three surgeons :Dr. Venkataswamy, his sister, Dr. G.Natchiar; and her husband, Dr. P. Namperumalswamy .Dr. Venkataswamy is the founder of Aravind Hospitals. Personal tragedies at a very age (like the demise of his father) made him strong and accept the responsibilities of his family. * Strong technical expertise. * A strong sense of passionate service towards mankind included with spirituality and idealism. * Emotional connect with differently abled people as he himself has suffered from arthritis. Added with all personal experiences, a strong technical expertise helped him to build Aravind Hospitals Timeline of Aravind Hospitals: Year | Event | 1976 | Established main hospital with 20 beds | 1977 | 30 beds annex | 1978 | Free hospital with 70 beds started | 1981 | 250 beds with 80,000 sq feet of space in five floors | 1984 | 350-bed free hospital was opened | 1988 | New hospitals at Tirunelvelli and Thani started | 1990 | Free hospital opens to walk in patients | 1991 | Intraocular factory setup | 1992 | 240 staff including 30 Doctors,120 nurses | Operations in Aravind Hospitals: The hospital provides two principal...
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...leaders encourages group members to participate but decides the final decision in the decision making process. This will make group member feel engaged in the process and are more motivated to be more creative. Democratic leaders have a propensity to make the group members become an important part on the team, which can helps to increase commitment of the group. (Cherry, 2017) 7.2.2 Autocratic leadership Autocratic leader provide a clear objective for what needs to be done, when should it be done and how it should be done. Autocratic leadership is strongly focused on command by leader and the followers. The clear division between leader and group members, and making decisions independently with no input from the rest of the group. (Communiction, 2001) Autocratic leadership best applied to the situation when there was little time for group decision or the leader is the most knowledgeable member of the group. This will essential that each of the group member have clearly task, a deadline and rules to follow . (Steven Gans, MD , 2017) 7.2.3 Paternalistic Leadership Paternalistic leadership is an administrative approach that involves a leading authority form, who acts as the matriarch and treats employees or partners as though they are members of a large. In exchange, the leader expects loyalty and trust from employees, as well as conformity. Trust that the leader will always have an employee best interests. The employee is listened to, but the leader is making the final decision...
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...Compare and contrast 3G wireless networks to 4G networks in terms of: Network architecture User perceptions Today 3G wireless networks and 4G networks are used as the standards for mobile communication. Used most commonly in smartphone devices. They are both sufficient but they run differently. Comparing 3G networks to 4G networks is like comparing standard television to high depth television. They both work but one can work better depending on the viewer who is using it. All different carries are complaint with 3G networks including WCDMA, EV-DO and HSPA. The 4G networks are known as LTE, WiMax and UMB (DIFFERENCE btw 3G & 4G). The service and application between the two are very critical for when a consumer wants to purchase a phone. A significant advantage between the 4G over 3G is QoS support. “ “QoS (Quality of Service) , is a technology that is used by land-based data networks. Basically, QoS makes it possible to vary priority levels for different data streams. For example, VoIP is usually given the highest priority to ensure flawless connection quality. Same with watching online HD videos – they usually get higher priority than other data. The implementation of QoS in 4G networks will enable people to use VoIP applications, such as Skype, on their mobile phones without any loss of quality. It will also enable users to watch high quality online videos straight from their mobile devices” (What is, 2012). Another differance between 3G and 4G that is the speed...
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...Megan Coburn Professor Tabitha Kenlon ENGL1111 19 March 2013 Giving gifts to get what we want- Gifts with an Ulterior Motive For thousands of years communication has been construed ambiguously. Regardless of whether it’s what we are feeling or what we need, the fact remains that humans have a hard time conveying everything they want to say during conversation (with verbal speech) and, likewise perceiving it. With regard to these factors, I wish to examine the underlying motives behind the process of gift giving, throughout the centuries, in different contexts and across various cultures. Individuals offer gifts, symbolically, for many reasons and in varying circumstances. Gifts may be distributed ritually, or in such a way that they distinguish hierarchies. They may also be used as a sign of affection when wooing a partner and are frequently utilized in business relations. It is important to note that there exists a difference between gifts given to other people and gifts given to oneself. A gift giving behavior is defined as a “process of gift exchange that takes place between a giver and a recipient.” (Keng, Kau Ah, Wang, Quain, and Mohammed Abdur Razzaque, 214) In the opinion of Schall, “culture is a rule-based phenomenon,” in other words, to be considered actively apart of a culture one is required to observe and conform to all of the implied and tacit rules that society deems apropos. Circumstance or situations are an important aspect of these untold rules that...
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...Intercultural Project Brazil is a county located in South America and has the fifth highest population in the world. According to geert-hosftede.com, one of the biggest differences between the U.S and the Brazilian culture is the individualism. In the United States, individualism is practiced 91% compared to Brazil with 38%. People in the United States think more as “I” compared to Brazil which think and act more as “we”. In Brazil, power distance is practiced a lot because all the individuals in the society are not equal. Also, the power holders have more benefits than the less powerful in the society. In Brazil the power distance is 69 compare to the United States with 40. When it comes to masculinity, the score of Brazil is 49 and the United States 62. Reading with scores the United States is more driven to success, achievement and competition and Brazil has a lower score. For long term orientation, the United States scores lower than Brazil with 26 and Brazil scores is 44. This being said, Brazil takes more pragmatic by encouraging thrift and efforts in modern education as a way to prepare for the future compare with the United States. According to geert-hofstede.com, “At 76 Brazil scores high on UAI – and so do the majority of Latin American countries. These societies show a strong need for rules and elaborate legal systems in order to structure life. The individuals need to obey these laws, however, is weak. If rules however cannot be kept, additional rules are dictated...
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...HOW TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS Everywhere we go, there is always communcation. This communiction explosion has led to one of the most incredible tools, the internet. It allows us to communicate with people all around the world. But despite all our high tech means of communication, effective communication still comes down to people understanding each other, developing skills in order to compete in this worldwide market place. This much needed skills include, building trust, communicating verbally and non-verbally, listening better and dealing with conflict in the work place. One of the keys to succesful communication is trust. Being succesful largely depends on gaining trust from other people. If you dont have trust of other people, they cant count on you. Therefore, it is good to build trust, if you feel you haven’t built trust among people, there are ways you can gain trust. One of them is being supportive when someone is in need of support, it wil gain you trust if support is honest. Also, displaying concern for others is another good way to gain trust, it shows that you care and people will always have that back in their mind whenever they think of you or encouter you unless that is broken. Another way is recognition for initiative, appreciate what people do for you or for others, show that you appreciate them for that. You can also give fedback or honest opinions to people, this shows them that you will not let them go down in times...
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...Manage Personal Work Priorities and Professional Development BSBWOR501A Darya Nadtochiy Assessment activity 1 Part A 1. Two characteristics of a positive role model are: * demonstrate sympathy and forgiveness * be able to develop efficient habits Sympathy: Working at the «Absynthe» restaurant I used to be at the different roles as a worker. Started from waitress that was a simpliest one and did not suppose to have many cirtain skills. When a quiet period started it wasn’t nessesarily to keep a lot of staff so our boss decided to cut the staff off. I was in a bad position as long as I was less experienced then other team members. But I was passionate of this job and learned many things day buy day treated my job not just the way to get money but as a good place to get a qualification and become a professional in hospitality industry. The manager was noticing it and had a conversation with the boss to explain my potential and why they should keep me but others. Forgiveness: We hired new waitress who did not really cares about doing her job properly and deliver excellent customer survice that everyone has to do at the fine dining restaurant. She did everything what I told her to do but did not tried to grow up and not to make me always keep an eye on her to make sure everything done giving me double work. To consider it I suggested to the boss replaced her to make her responsible for the bar so she kept her job and team work bacame more effective...
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...Guidelines for Writing Theses and Term Papers Tua Ericsson-Knif Hanken School of Economics Centre for Languages and Business Communication Vaasa February 2010 1 Contents 1 The Format of Theses and Term Papers 1.1 Title Page 1.2 Layout 2 2 2 2 Documenting Sources 2.1 Plagiarism 2.2 Citation in the Text 5 5 6 3 Preparing the List of References 4 Stylistic Features in Academic Writing References 9 13 16 Appendix 1 Sample Title Page of Thesis Appendix 2 Sample Title Page of Term Paper Appendix 3 Sample Table and Figure 18 19 20 2 1 The Format of Theses and Term Papers Most universities and departments have their own "house styles" with regard to the presentation of theses and term papers. The important factor is to follow a consistent pattern and organization, based on academic conventions. Some general guidelines are presented below. 1.1 Title Page Do not underline your title, put it in quotation marks or type it in all capital letters. For layout and details to be included on the title page of a thesis see Appendix 1 on page 18. For layout and details to be included on the title page of a term paper see Appendix 2 on page 19. 1.2 Layout Margins in a thesis manuscript Leave a 2.5 cm margin at the top and a 2.5 cm margin at the bottom of the text. Leave a 4 cm margin on the left side of the text and a 2 cm margin on the right side of the text. Margins in a term-paper manuscript Leave a 3 cm margin at the top and bottom as well as on the right and left side...
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...Communication in Health and Social Care organizations Introducion The purpose of this essay is introduced and analyses the central importance of communication in heath and social care organisation starting with different theories of communication. Also will explore the used communication skills, ways to overcome barriers to meet individual needs because of their many different elements can influence the communication process, and advantages in communication. In addition the last session is about how to use the standard software to support the work, why important, and benefits of information and communication technology in health and social care settings. Exploring the communications skills in health and social care organisations This essay argues that the communication is one of the most important elements of civilisation, this is how people exchange of words and meanings through common understanding. Communication is the way of sending and receiving messages one person to another. (F. C. Lunenburg, 2010) Theories of communication As a result of this fact the communication is based on different theories. Namely one of the main theories is the Behaviourist theory. Lefrancoise (1988:29) argues that have two principal classes and they make use any of these classes of examples for learning. Both classes of behaviourism stated on very close to each other as for simultaneity of stimulus a response events, also stated on the effects of behaviour as for reinforcement...
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...Postbus 51 Al jaren lang ontwerpt Postbus 51 de Nederlandse overheidscampagnes. De meeste mensen zullen ongetwijfeld een reclame herkennen of kunnen oproepen van Postbus 51. Bovendien hebben burgers de mogelijkheid om informatie over bepaalde campagnes te vinden op het Internet. Recent is Postbus 51 begonnen met het gebruik van Twitter, een social network waarbij de nadruk op microblogging ligt: in 140 karakters een status beschrijven. Maar welk medium Postbus 51 ook gebruikt: het doel van de organisatie is altijd om het gedrag van de doelgroep te veranderen. Om dit doel te bereiken gebruiken zij het onderstaande model. Other influential factors - Policies - Media attention (external) - Incidents Media deployment Campaign concept Communication process Communication effect Target group characteristics Steering tools Other influential factors - Policies - Media attention (external) - Incidents Media deployment Campaign concept Communication process Communication effect Target group characteristics Steering tools Model 1: Model van Postbus 51 Model 1: Model van Postbus 51 Dit model laat zien dat er verschillende factoren zijn die bepalen of het uiteindelijke doel van Postbus 51 wordt gehaald. Naast de factoren over de boodschap, medium en de doelgroep zelf, zijn er ook externe factoren die bepalen of het beoogde effect bereikt zal worden. Uit het verleden is helaas gebleken dat de campagnes van Postbus 51 niet altijd het effect bereiken die zij...
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...It is a challenging and dynamic field and this because of changing economic conditions, competition, and changing recourse positions. If important factors must be addressed and they include: 1. Personnel outcomes – achieving organization and effectiveness, employee effectiveness and needs. 2. Organization environment – i.e. the job, the work group, work supervisor and employee. 3. Personnel activities – techniques, programs and approaches. External environment – Influences and restricts a firm’s activities, objectives, strategies and personnel actions. It is influenced by : i) Government requirements – this is represented by laws and regulations as they affect the management human resources. ii) Union expectations – as manifested by leadership members. Restricts and influences firm operations. iii) Economic conditions – changing always. Hiring and payment of employees is itself a reflection of how economic conditions influence companies’ operations. iv) Labour market conditions always changing availability of skilled manpower and expectations of people. Definition Human Resources Management – Is the set of activities that are intended to influence the effectiveness of human resources and organizations. HRM Activities a) Human Resource Planning b) Employment Planning c) Equal opportunity employment d) Job design and analysis e) Recruitment f) Selection g) Career development h) Performance development (management) i) Compensation j) Health and Safety k)...
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...part one: strategic case Sundown Bakery When Carol Teinchek and Bruce Marshall first started Sundown Bakery, the business was fairly simple. Carol ran the shop up front, while Bruce ran the bakery and ordered supplies. When the business began to grow, Carol hired two part-time clerks to help out in the shop. Marina had moved to the country 2 years ago from El Salvador, and Kim was a newly arrived Korean who was working his way through college. Bruce hired Maurice, a French Canadian, as an assistant. The ovens were soon running 24 hours a day, supervised by Maurice, who was now master baker, and two assistants on each of three shifts. Marina and Kim supervised the shop, since Carol was usually too busy managing general sales distribution to spend much time with customers. Bruce still spent 3 or 4 hours a day in the bakery whenever he could get out of his office, but he spent most of that time coordinating production and solving problems with Maurice. Within the next year, Sundown expanded from its original location, adding two new shops as well as two kiosks in local malls. Carol and Bruce hired a new operations manager, Hans Mikelson, who had formerly been regional manager of a national chain of coffee shops. Mikelson had plenty of new ideas about how to operate an expanding business: He had a Web site created, added an extensive range of drinks and meal items to the menu, and instituted two dress codes—one for all counter help and another for kitchen employees. He also put...
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