...success goals are mainly based on the diversity of the workers or the employee, their goal setting in this case was not about sales, it was mainly about the ways to maximize the advantages of diversity in order to maximize the sales. They are aware of how significant diversity is to achieve good results for the company because it has been incorporated into the corporate vision statement since 1969. Allstate has started training session for all their of employees in all departments for leadership positions and to make sure that all the employees are highly skilled and have a wide range of backgrounds. Recruiting at minority universities is a very effective method of recruitment to ensure a high diversity of employees, it always have shown very good results on the long term for the diversity of employees, with respectable level of education. Allstate’s Employees benefit from a specific training necessary, leaving them ready for the next position up the ladder of advancement, which is the purpose behind their development program. After an extensive evaluation of their current skill level each individual receives a customized program for development of the key skill sets required for advancement within the corporation. This dedication to the education of employees shows the determination behind Allstate’s diversity program. 2. Discuss the competitive advantage Allstate has from the development of the Diversity Index. Diversity index is a measurement tool which is used...
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...As an insurance frontrunner, Allstate prides itself on increasing stock value, servicing the growing desires of its patrons, encouraging company accountability, and supporting numerous benevolent establishments in areas they serve. Allstate Insurance is the country’s chief publicly held personal line underwriter. They are a Six Sigma modeled Fortune 100 company, with over $130 billion dollars in assets. They also offer economic amenities to over 15 million clients throughout the United States, employing a very diverse team of over 70,000 specialists. Allstate also has 13 key lines of coverage, including vehicle, property, life, and commercial. Allstate attributes their success to their unique take on the best way to run a business successfully. ( AllState insurance., 2009) Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. Allstate provides their employees with a clear path for success. They offer the means to grow into the best employee they could hope for. According to the goal setting model goal difficulty, goal clarity, and self-efficacy should be at the forefront of one’s business structure. (Hellrigel & Slocum, 2001) Implementing challenging yet clear and achievable goals, for employees who have faith in their personal ability to complete tasks, in most cases will lead to Allstate’s desired performance. When an individual has the ability, commitment, and feedback on...
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...是有体积分别为0.00286m³、0.01504m³、0.00529m³的三个石块当作棘螈产卵和躲避天敌的极佳场所，这位棘螈的提供良好的生存和繁衍的空间。 关键词：镇海棘螈；生境；保护区；多样性； 中图分类号：X36 The investigation of the rare specie ——Echinotriton chinhaiensis Abstract: Calculate the plant diversity index of Echinotriton chinhaiensis habitat by means of respective measuring density of arbors and total number of herbaceous plants in Echinotriton chinhaiensis residence. After figuring out the number of herbaceous plants and density of arbors, apply Simpson index and Shannon-Weiner index formulas to verify the habitat plant diversity index; obtain such data of different environmental habitats as separate distance between habitat under measurement to path and road, path and road widths, surface temperature and evaluation and analysis of every single habitat; same required data of area, water temperature, water depth, defoliation thickness and rock volume of the breeding pond are to be measured in the Echinotriton chinhaiensis reserve to investigate different influences on Echinotriton chinhaiensis brought by different environmental factors in pond. The average Simpson index and Shannon-Weiner index based on each habitat in the Beilun tree farm are respectively 0.54010 and 1.17561, indicating more preferable plant diversity index for Echinotriton chinhaiensis...
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...Amanda Foerstner Group: F09 Amanda Foerstner Group: F09 Fi. Due Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Course Number: 1020H Student Number: 0533504 Due Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Course Number: 1020H Student Number: 0533504 Herbaceous dicots (or the scientific name for it, Herbaceous dicotyledoneae) are flowering plants with no woody stem. They are found in grassy and herbaceous areas, and are used in gardens for various tasks such as boarders, or having pleasing features to look at. Before this lab, what I already knew about herbaceous dicots are that, herbaceous dicots are normally soft and fleshy and die around fall time annually (vcbio.science.ru.nu, 14.Oct.2012). “They have a grouping of vessels into vascular bundles in primary xylem of stems and leaves in dicotsform of non-randomness, and the significance of vascular bundles (as opposed to steles) as adaptive forms of organization is considered briefly” (Carlquist, cabdirect.org). They have net variation for their leaves can produce colourful flowers and survive in temperate conditions. What our group do not know what herbaceous dicots is if human intrusion would affect their biodiversity, which is why our group did this lab. Our experiment was to collect data from two different types of locations, one area being human interfered and one that was not. This ultimately would help us find out if human intervention affects the richness in biodiversity of herbaceous dicots. By finding out if human interference...
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...RsQ_013From Exercise 1, question 6.2, what does the diversity index when you stopped the simulation indicate about this system? * | * | * The diversity index was relatively low, and so there were a wide variety of species represented. | * | * | * The diversity index was relatively high, and so there were a wide variety of species represented. | * | * | * The diversity index was relatively high, and so there were few species represented. | * | * | * The diversity index was relatively low, and so there were few species represented. | * 2 points QUESTION 2 * RsQ_011From Exercise 1, question 9: What happened to the diversity value when you held the average # of fires/year constant at 0.2, but varied the chance of spread from 0.1 to 0.95? * | * | * The diversity value increased consistently as you went from a chance of spread of 0.1 to a value of 0.95. | * | * | * The diversity value decreased consistently as you went from a chance of spread of 0.1 to a value of 0.95. * | * | * | * The diversity value did not change significantly. | * | * | * The diversity value increased from 0.1 to about 0.5, and then decreased as the chance of spread reached 0.95. * | * | * | * The diversity value decreased from 0.1 to about 0.5, and then...
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...The effect of human interaction on Shannon diversity along the organic horizon Craig Michael Hansen Department of Botany, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Ok 74078 ABSTRACT This study aims to ascertain information on diversity of invertebrates in samples gathered from both near a trail and 1.5m away from the trail on a preserve in Payne County, OK. Samples are examined for invertebrates. Diversity, evenness, and richness are calculated using the number of each taxonomic order found and then compared using a t test. I found that there is not a large difference in mean diversity values between the two samples. I also found that there is not a correlation to human interaction at this study site. Keywords Species Diversity, Richness, Disturbance, Evenness, INTRODUCTION Diversity of invertebrate populations varies with the habitat or niche inhabited by the organism. For example, the differences between grass-dominated fields and cultivated fields affect species diversity because of the different conditions and amount of disturbance in the area. Having an understanding of the importance of soil invertebrates is important to understanding the purpose of the study. Soil invertebrates play a large role in maintaining soil nutrients, and therefore the plant life in the area. This correlates to oxygen in the ecosystem and affects us directly. This also provides a necessity for research of invertebrate species in the organic horizon. Studies conducted to find the...
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...resources will eventually take over. Alternatively, when disturbance is extensive or frequent, then species that are good colonizers or can recover from disturbances rapidly will be at an advantage and will dominate. For example, a forest that has not been disturbed for a long time generally hosts species of trees and other plants that can grow under low light, but will not include many grasses or bushes. If the same area were burned periodically, the trees would rarely have time to become established. Instead, a grassland community comprising species capable of rapid colonization and growth following a fire would dominate. Species diversity is a measure of how many species occur in an area, and how rare or common each species is. The “intermediate disturbance hypothesis” states that intermediate levels of disturbance will lead to the greatest species diversity. The rationale behind the intermediate disturbance hypothesis is that in low-disturbance...
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...success goals are mainly based on the diversity of the workers or the employee, their goal setting in this case was not about sales, it was mainly about the ways to maximize the advantages of diversity in order to maximize the sales. They are aware of how significant diversity is to achieve good results for the company because it has been incorporated into the corporate vision statement since 1969. Allstate has started training session for all their of employees in all departments for leadership positions and to make sure that all the employees are highly skilled and have a wide range of backgrounds. Recruiting at minority universities is a very effective method of recruitment to ensure a high diversity of employees, it always have shown very good results on the long term for the diversity of employees, with respectable level of education. Allstate’s Employees benefit from a specific training necessary, leaving them ready for the next position up the ladder of advancement, which is the purpose behind their development program. After an extensive evaluation of their current skill level each individual receives a customized program for development of the key skill sets required for advancement within the corporation. This dedication to the education of employees shows the determination behind Allstate’s diversity program. Discuss the competitive advantage Allstate has from the development of the Diversity Index. Diversity index is a measurement tool which is used...
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...Joshua Tan Biodiversity in Leaf Litter Introduction: Biodiversity Species diversity is a characteristic that is unique to a community level of biological organization. The biodiversity in different communities has been severely affected by human activities. A community has high species diversity if it has a lot of species present in roughly equally abundant numbers. If it is composed of only a few species or if only a few species are abundant, then the biodiversity is considered to be low. If a community had 100 individuals distributed among 10 species then the maximum possible diversity would occur if there were 10 individuals in each of the 10 species. The minimum possible diversity would occur if there were 91 individuals belonging to 1...
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...by providing them with the tools, resources, and opportunities to succeed and an external focus of making certain the workforce matches the experiences, backgrounds, and sensitivities of the markets it serves , are the challenges Allstate faces which they believe the company can achieve. Allstate’s goals are specific and clear and they use succession planning, development, measurability, and accountability and reward to obtain results from their goals. Allstate links recruitment, development and retention strategies to business performance. Allstate conducts an online employee survey called the Diversity Index, communicates the results of the survey, and solicits feedback from employees to solve problems. Based on these methods, Allstate does have an effective goal-setting program. Discuss the competitive advantage Allstate has from the development of the Diversity Index. Allstate surveys its employees twice a year through a quarterly leadership measurement system (QLMS). This online feedback...
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...Jug Bay Lab Intro The Jug Bay Watershed near the patuxent river wetlands. The area is a wildlife sanctuary for animal and wildlife preservation. The dominant forest type around Jug Bay is of deciduous forest. This province comprises the flat and irregular Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains down to the sea. Well over 50 percent of the area is gently sloping. The climate regime is equable, with a small to moderate annual temperature range. Average annual temperature is 60 to 70F. Rainfall is abundant and well distributed throughout the year; precipitation ranges from 40 to 60 in per year. Mild rainforest is run of the mill in this region. The broad beach front bogs and inside bogs are overwhelmed by gum and cypress. Soils are chiefly Ultisols, and Entisols. Estuaries are home to exceptional plant and creature groups that have adjusted to salty water. Container Bay backings and holds a wide assortment of untamed life and species. Container Bay is one of three locales which makes up the Chesapeake Bay estuary. These tributaries are a critical part of the general wellbeing of the Chesapeake Bay biological system. The essential point of this trek was to examine the natural life found in the Jug Bay region and record information about it. Description of Methods/Procedure: Though out the day we went and investigated two different plots and explored the wetlands. In the two plots we went to, we had to research the wildlife to decide if the plot was a young forest, a mature...
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...determine and analyze the Diversity Indices and identify the Flora and Fauna present in the island. Furthermore, the study also attempts to reveal the Human Threats in the marine environment which leads to thousands species being killed every year. Biodiversity refers to the number, abundance, and composition of the genotypes, populations, species, functional types, communities, and landscape units in a given system. Biodiversity is both a response variable that is affected by changes in climate, resource availability, and disturbance and a factor with the potential to influence the rate, magnitude, and direction of ecosystem processes.(Daily 1997; MA 2003). Biodiversity affects numerous ecosystem services, both indirectly and directly. Some ecosystem processes confer direct benefits on humanity, but many of them confer benefits primarily via indirect interactions. Gaston and Spicer (1998) proposed a three-fold definition of ‘‘biodiversity’’— ecological diversity, genetic diversity, and organismal diversity—while others conjoined the genetic and organismal components, leaving genetic diversity and ecological diversity as the principal components. These latter two elements can be linked to the two major ‘‘practical’’ value systems of direct use/genetics and indirect use/ecological described by Gaston and Spicer (1998). The term biodiversity describes a broad field of research within biology. Biodiversity is a compound word originating from biological diversity and is defined as...
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...Running head: ALLSTATE INSURANCE Allstate Insurance Company February 5, 2011 Strayer University 1. Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. Allstate established ways to improve performance throughout their corporation to achieve goals for their employees. In doing so, the internal diversity focus and the external diversity focus were closely analyzed. Employees were provided with resources and tools that would allow them to ascertain the goals needed to succeed. Experiences and sensitivities were examined to ensure the work force met the needs of the market it serves. The managers at Allstate viewed diversity not as a goal but as a process that is integrated into the daily life of the company, according to Hellriegel and Slocum (2011), authors of Organizational Behavior, (para. 1). The company determined that awareness by way of education and training would be the best way to assist their employees; however this was not their business strategy. A challenge was created to observe the individual’s ability and goal commitment. Feedback was expected from the workforce and the difficulty of the task was significant. Equally important were the goals; the goals were to be clear and the individual’s own ability to perform a specific...
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...biodiversity including indices of species evenness, species richness, and Shannon-Weiner index were determined to assess the effects of phragmites invasion in plant communities located in a wetland in Australia. Microbial activity and community structure were studies and analyzed to determine the potentiality of phragmites invasion at the community level. Three plant communities with various plant species will be used and...
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...| | | Experiential Analysis A Reflective Structured Essay Introduction A successful organisation is built on the communication that develops between its constituents (Dietz & Den Hartog 2006). Encouraging efficient communication within any organisation can prove a difficult task, especially when faced with the complexity of a diverse workforce. The organisation being considered is a small accounting company (‘The Company’) located in Zimbabwe, South Africa. Due to its ‘multiplicity of traditions and skin tones’ (Brand South Africa 2011), South Africa has been portrayed as a ‘Rainbow Nation’ since the end of the Apartheid era. When diversity is not managed and monitored carefully, differences can lead to highly counter-productive communication dilemmas. Two fundamental aspects of diversity will be discussed: Firstly, cultural differences are common throughout The Company and have proven to be an issue of emotional and economic importance. Five of Hofstede’s (1994) dimensions of culture can be used to explain the reluctance of employees from different countries to effortlessly integrate their personalities and ideas within The Company. Power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and long-term orientation will be analysed in terms of their affect on interpersonal communication...
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