...Who are the real criminals in Rang de Basanti? I do not wholly agree with the message screened in Rang De Basanti. The movie, for all its comedy, drama and performances of the actors, suggests a very dangerous breed of patriotism. Simply put, you cannot assassinate the Defense Minister of the world’s largest democratic nation. It’s against one of the most fundamental ideals of the legalism India enjoys, that of due process, under which a convict is legally tried for his crime in the court of law. Similarly, the Defense Minister too should’ve been tried in the correct forum rather than being gunned down by a bunch of college students. Indeed, what the minister said and did in the movie was unbecoming and wrong, and undeniably, the movie gives a very strong base message (that the youth should make an effort to right the wrongs), however what Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra shows in the movie is drastic to say the least. Instead, if he had shown Aamir Khan and co. making an effort to rightfully convict the minister (Perhaps a sting operation? They could’ve sought access to the minister via Siddharth’s father), the movie would’ve made its mark much better. An analysis of the events transpiring before the assassination makes a rather strong case for Aamir Khan and his friends’ antipathy towards the minister. Amongst their best friend (an Indian Air Force officer) lays down his life in an aircraft crash to protect a town in Northern India, but rather than winning praises for his...
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...“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” As the famous American author and keynote speaker, Stephen Covey, has aptly defined the two needed things that would jumpstart an organization in order for it to run as smoothly as a well-oiled machine, effective leadership and effective management is more than simply carrying the name of ‘head honcho’ in the company. People tend to follow leaders that are well-rounded and well-informed, leaders that are charismatic and driven, leaders that know for certain what they are doing. Mr. Lee Kun Hee, as the new leader of Samsung Electronics on 1987, after having replaced his late father in managing the corporation, was described as a person- and a leader- very much in tuned with himself. With his self-proclaimed fixation to race cars, fast-and-bordering-to-dangerous driving, movies, and canine friends, Mr. Lee can be described as a person very comfortable in his own skin. A graduate of top-calibre universities from Japan and the United States, Mr. Lee’s knowledge of business and management can be claimed as having been gotten from the world’s best sources. One would think that his unique personality—described by his preferences—along with his family and educational background would make him a leader so charismatic that immediate compliance from his people is a given. However, this can hardly be the description for Mr. Lee’s journey in making Samsung Electronics the ‘Technological...
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...selling men’s casual and leisure wear. Atomic originally manufactured textiles within the Unites States and Taiwan, but not has shifted to producing their clothing in China through contractors. Throughout the year of 2001, sales figures had drastically increased due to one product line, Tiger Pants. The increase of sales of Tiger Pants can be directly linked to the rise of a new band, Punk Rock Academy, was seen wearing them on MTV. With the increase of product sales there was also an increase in product selling cost through bonus clothes programs. The bonus clothes programs rewarded stores by increasing their sales ($10,000 in 2000 & $75,000 in 2002), and also gave free clothing to celebrities ($9,000 in 2000 & $35,000 in 2001). These drastic differences in the bonus clothes programs gave rise to other executive managers to question the marketing strategies of the company. One of the major problems Atomic Company is now facing is to forecast their sales for the remainder of 2002. In 2000 they brought in $600,000 in sales, $6,690,000 in 2001, and $5,680,000 in the first 3 weeks of 2002. The company needs an accurate sales forecast not only because expenditure orders are more costly but also because with a firm annual sales figure could get a 20% discount on production. As previously stated the success from the past few quarters can be contributed to the success of Punk Rock Academy wearing Tiger Pants they had modified. This is unfortunate to Atomic Company, because not only...
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...used for last-minute postponement of execution. When finally connected at 3:12 PM, Agbayani was already pronounced dead at 3:11 PM. It was a difference of a single minute, but in this case, one life has failed to be saved. In a publication released by the Philippine Statistics Authority entitled “Philippines in Figures”, records showed that the over-all reported crimes ballooned from 217,812 in 2012 to 1,161,188 in 2014. At the first half of 2015 alone, the PNP Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management revealed that the total crimes were reported to increase by 46% from 603,085 cases in 2014 to 885,445 cases last year. Thus, the Philippines 2015 Crime and Safety Report identified the country’s crime rating as ‘high’. Such drastic increase in crime rates in the Philippines, especially the index crimes – such as murder, homicide, rape, robbery, and theft – has rung the bell among Filipinos to revive the debates on restoration of death penalty in our justice system. Some believe that capital punishment is the ultimate solution to the uncontainable rise in criminal cases in the country. Even in the electoral campaigns, reinstatement of death penalty is a hot issue. Presidential...
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...The group, now a militia, was much smaller in comparison to the rebellion forces, which had now amassed to 80 men according to some sources. This did not distract the militia from creating a resistance against the slaves, and so they began their pursuit to track down and confront Cato and his mob. Towards the latter half of the day the militia had reached the location of the slaves and began firing upon them. The two sides engaged in a battle with the casualties being severe for the slave rebels, more than 40 slaves were killed and those who did survive were later apprehended. The militia had lost a fair amount of men as well but were still successful. The plantation owners had now ended the Stono rebellion, but it was far from over at that point, there had to be drastic measures taken in order for such an incident like this to never occur again. South Carolina was shaken by this incident and called for laws and codes to be implemented in which the rights of the privileged slaves were diminished. Not only were their privileges diminished but were now forbidden from forming assemblies, learning how to read and write, grow their own food, all in attempts to ensure that “Cato’s rebellion” would surely die with the first...
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...EFCA Employee Free Choice Act Relissa Watson Business 405 November 29, 2009 “The EFCA is a bill presently being considered in the United States Congress.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employeefreechoiceact The EFCA’S main focus is the amendment to the NLRA (National Labor Relations Act). The amendment will allow employees the choice of forming, joining, assisting labor organizations, and it will provide injunctions for unfair labor practices. The present labor law uses a process called check card. The process starts with employees receiving blank cards from their current union, and getting signatures on the cards from their colleagues. At least 30% of the workers must sign these cards in order for the employer to ask the NLRB to hold a secret ballot election, to decide if the employees want to be in a union. Check Card results are not revealed to the employer until at least 50 to 60% of the employees have signed the cards. If the EFCA comes to pass it will change the present procedure and require the NLRB to certify the unions as bargaining representatives. This process will change the process that is currently in place and it will change the secret ballot process employees of a bargaining unit are currently using. The new process will allow employees to use secret ballot elections when the majority has decided to join the union through the check-card process. The NLRA established in 1935 made it legal to form unions once the majority has signed bargaining cards. Bargaining...
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...others who could intentionally or potentially do harm them. The two works together to try to meet the same end result to protect the innocent and punish the guilty. Society has people who continuously choose to evolve. Society continues to change and as well as their perceptions, this is responsible for the trends that take place in our society and within the criminal justice system. This paper will attempt to assess the previous, current, and imminent trends in the criminal justice system. This paper will attempt to evaluate and identify recent and future trends, and contemporary issues that the criminal justice system is faced with. The criminal justice system is viewed as a system that presents a harsh existence. Some view the system to be too lenient. There are many people who believe that the criminal justice system has been judged to be one sided. Criminal justice has had trends that have taken place for many centuries. A major issue within the criminal justice system which has had many trends and this is capital punishment. Capital punishment has always existed in the criminal justice system. And it was way worse centuries ago when the form of capital punishment was beheading, this was done with an axe or a sword, this was a cheaper way of executing a criminal and axes and swords were easy to come by. Beheading was considered to be less painful and dishonorable type of execution according the Greeks and the Romans. Beheading was used for its citizens by the Roman Empire...
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...those in need. Bon Secours Health System has other facilities in other states and even other countries. Their health system is part of the national health corporation sponsored by the Bon Secours Ministries. They serve in Baltimore alone around 7,700 patients that do not have health care coverage. For the patients, they have partnered with other organizations and have rehabilitation facilities and even affordable housing for those in need. The reason why Monique chose Baltimore is due to the fact that is her hometown and that is where she is familiar with the facility and not in other regions of the country. She grew up being in that hospital every day as a child and even though she is not in the health care profession, she sees the drastic changes that have...
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...and unusual punishment with inflicted “unnecessary pain” from execution by lethal injection. The injection is administered in a three-drug “cocktail”: the sedative, the paralytic, and finally the drug to stop the heart. After the sedative takes effect, the body’s sense of pain is deadened, subsequently leading to an easy, painless death. I don’t know what could possibly constitute a more humane or peaceful death than that of the widely used lethal injection to carry out an execution sentence. There are alternate methods of carrying out an execution sentence than that of the American way of life. The death penalty in Saudi Arabia and Iraq is decapitation, hanging is standard in Egypt, Japan, Jordan, Pakistan, and Singapore, death by firing squad is carried out in Belarus, China, Somalia, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Uzbekistan, and stoning is the death of choice in Afghanistan and Iran. If criminals and...
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...part of the brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes, brain cells begin to die.” It is estimated that five million stroke survivors worldwide live with complex disabilities. Survivors of stroke often have secondary maladies. These are presented as muscle weakness and balance issues. The can complicate activities of daily living and increase the risk for falls (Singh et al., 2013). A stroke is a serious medical emergency. There are two types of stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic. An ischemic stroke happens when there is a blockage in an artery in the brain and thus causes the lack of oxygen to the tissue. A hemorrhagic stroke happens when an artery ruptures. This can be caused by too much pressure built up behind a blockage or a weakness in the wall of the...
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...A Naï Sahib in India ve Weiting Xu A Naï Sahib in India ve Student Name: Weiting Xu Student ID: 212242624 Course Director: Indira Somwaru Course Name: Applied Cross Cultural Management Course Code: INTL 3350 [A] Date: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 Page 0 of 12 Image Credits: http://www.almrsal.com/post/122253/detroit-resources A Naï Sahib in India ve Weiting Xu INTRODUCTION Dear Executive Board of Aspen Automative, In the report enclosed, I have gone through an exhaustive review of the new acquisition between Aspen Automative (Aspen) and Bindi Break Company (Bindi) involving Managing Director, Brian Moseley, and Bindi‟s management team. Mr. Moseley is an intelligent individual with post-secondary degrees from top universities and previous international management experience. The decision made by the executive board to send Mr. Moseley to India to increase efficiency and profitability of Bindi was not a mistake but in fact a cultural misunderstandings concern. Throughout the report, I will utilize the information you have given me to provide an objective analysis on each situation and how to resolve the check-mate both parties are currently at. Furthermore, I will provide recommendations on how to proceed further along with general advice for future dealings internationally. Should you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me. Best Regards, W.Xu Weiting Xu Cultural Consultant, InterContinental Inc. Page 1...
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...The Effects of Stress in the Military: How Soldiers are Being Better Prepared TJ Bethel College Author Note This paper was prepared for Psychology 182 and English 101, taught by Dr. Carlson and Dr. Davis. Also, for the use as an example writing for Tj. Abstract Those who risk their lives every day are bound to be under stress. From performance-based consequences such as marksmanship, firing rate, and positioning to the physiological and psychological aftermath of war-induced stress, members of the militaries around the world have suffered. With ever-changing war strategies, soldiers face foreign stressors that can only be found on the battlefield. It is now a priority to address the natural responses to these stressors by conditioning the soldiers to improve and alleviate stress’s consequences for soldiers worldwide. Stress management and coping mechanisms that are being designed now will improve soldiers’ military careers. The Effects of Stress in the Military and its Consequences: How Soldiers are Being Better Prepared Stress is inevitable. Stress is found in children struggling to make friends, in teens coping with peer pressure, and in adults providing for their families. It can be present in the life of any individual. Military personnel are no exception to this. For military personnel, risking their lives is what they do. Stress affects members of all armed forces in many ways. Immediate, short-term effects as well as lasting, long-term effects have been...
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...New studies of the brain show that leaders can improve group performance by understanding the biology of empathy. by Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis and the Biology of Social Intelligence Leadership IN 1998, ONE OF US, DANIEL GOLEMAN, published in these pages his first article on emotional intelligence and leadership. The response to “What Makes a Leader?” was enthusiastic. People throughout and beyond the business community started talking about the vital role that empathy and self-knowledge play in effective leadership. The concept of emotional intelligence continues to occupy a prominent space in the leadership literature and in everyday coaching practices. But in the past five years, research in the emerging field of social neuroscience – the study of what happens in the brain while people interact – is beginning to reveal subtle new truths about what makes a good leader. Jean-François Podevin | 74 Harvard Business Review September 2008 | hbr.org Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership but their inability to get along socially on the job was profesThe salient discovery is that certain things leaders do – spesionally self-defeating. cifically, exhibit empathy and become attuned to others’ What’s new about our definition of social intelligence is moods – literally affect both their own brain chemistry and its biological underpinning, which we will explore in the folthat of their followers. Indeed, researchers have found that the lowing pages. Drawing on the...
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...RUNNING HEAD: DECISION-MAKING January 11, 2009 Problem Formulation and Identification Every organization uses its own decision-making style. Some organizations prefer to use a rational style, which centers on facts and figures, and logical and scientific approaches to their problems. Other companies use an intuitive style, which focuses on emotional aspects of problems and gut feelings. Recently, a group of business students observed how decisions are typically made at their own places of employment. Kori at Prescription Solutions, Jacob at Combined Arms Training Center, Isela at Housing Authority of the City of El Paso, and Micah at Brown-Forman where each examined the strategy most often employed at their organizations. It was found that while each has its own particular style, there were many similarities. These working students also found that each style uses its own set of strengths and weaknesses, and explored how a problem can be described to stakeholders in a manner that is sensitive to their perspectives with various style approaches. Rational Decision-Making Rational decision-making is “a deliberate and logical approach” (Robbins, 2004, p. 21). When faced with a decision, a rational thinker will “emphasize facts, details, and rational cause-effect logic” (Robbins, 2004, p. 21). When a decision must be made, Prescription Solutions’ upper management executives consider three logical business factors: customer satisfaction...
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...Schukra Workshop Applied Case Analysis SCENARIO 2: Managing Limited Term Contract Employees Table of Contents Case Overview Pages 3 – 4 Question 1: Do we want to hire short term employees? Pages 4 – 7 Question 2: Advantages and Disadvantages! Pages 7 - 9 Case Overview Schukra of North America Ltd., is an international leader of seating components, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leggett and plat S&P 500 Company. As its headquarters is located in the North American market, it has the ability to impact the worldwide automotive components market, so the company itself has to obey the rules and regulations mostly embraced by Northern American countries. The auto parts manufacturing industry has been through a sharp downturn due to the worldwide financial crisis. Due to the impact caused by the crisis, the company has to apply cost cutting measures and cut down the numbers of non-core staff to maintain a profitable situation. Based on the economic forecast -optimum but fragile- the company could operate on a profitable level which indicates the company wants to maintain a level of production which it used to, but is worried about the future in this fragile economy. So the company decided to hire temporary / limited term staff. The headquarters of the North American branch of Schukra Inc. could not be properly operated without the support of the technical and engineering expertise of top management. So they trying to accommodate...
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