...especially as Citizens of the United States of America. Many great presidents have had the tremendous task of doing what’s right for our country through such a powerful tool--decision, but none so tremendous as that of the one made by U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson. Many factors played a role in the 1803 purchase of the fifteen full and partial states; but overall, it is right to say President Jefferson was justified in his purchasing of the Louisiana Territories due to powers Alexander Hamilton expressed to be-- implied. To paint a very simple image, the U.S., after April of 1803, doubled in size. In fact, we acquired about 828,000 square miles of land...
Words: 500 - Pages: 2
...Hamilton Sundstrand Organizational Change Project Leadership and Organizational Behavior Joseph Plumley 12/13/2010 Hamilton Sundstrand is a global corporation that designs, manufactures and supports aerospace and industrial products for worldwide markets. It is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation headquartered in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, US. UTC provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the building systems and aerospace industries. Recently, the corporation has been ranked number one in the Aerospace and Defense industry rankings on Forbes Most admired companies list. Among other business units of UTC are Carrier Corporation, Otis Elevator Company, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky Aircraft, UTC Fire & Security and UTC Power. Hamilton Sundstrand roots all the way back to 1905. From the early days, the company's legacy product includes machine tools for manufacturing, early aircrafts parts and a unique 10-key adding machine before calculator was available. The company provided propellers for United States and the allies in World War II with rapid production to meet the department of defense needs. The company has about 16, 400 employees located at 150 facilities in 20 countries around the world with key focus on expanding their operation in emerging nations. To maintain their comparative and absolute advantage in vast aerospace technological field the company spends nearly $1 billion a year on engineering and development...
Words: 2566 - Pages: 11
...Systems theory is an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to evaluating the relationships and characteristics of different components within a ‘system’ and the effects of these interrelations on the whole organization (Hamilton 1997,32-46). A system can be defined as smaller entities and mechanisms that are interdependent and form an integrated whole. SYSTEMS THEORY: The concept of General systems theory was first introduced by the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel who used notion in relation to organic biology (Hamilton 1997,32-46). The General systems theory proposed that “The whole is not just the sum of parts” (Kast and Rosenzweig 1972, 450) rather the interrelation of the individual parts determines the characteristics and functions of the whole body. This holistic approach suggested that characteristics of the complete system cannot be fully appreciated by individually examining its components (Kast and Rosenzweig 1972, 450). Although, it was initially used for explaining interactions in the biological systems, Systems theory being a wide framework encompasses and overlaps many other disciplines. It provides a common frame-work to analyze problems across various fields due to which it has gained popularity in due course (Hamilton 1997,32-46)....
Words: 2958 - Pages: 12
...Actually, Federalists’ was purely described as the nationalist. Federalist were tools which were used in around 1780’s to seize the latest constitution of the United States of America (Video3 4). The tool was used to strengthen the national government as well. From the video Clips, the following were the Federalists: Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, George Madison, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington. However, the Anti-federalists was the opposing tool to the ratification of the United States of America Constitution. Actually, this fought for the ratification of the thirteen states in the United States of America. It played a successful role in enforcing the first Congress which was under the latest constitution to set up a bill of right which would make sure that the liberties which the Antifederalists had an impact on the constitutional violation. From the video Clips, the following were the antifederalists: John Hancock, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, Mercy Otis Warren and George...
Words: 425 - Pages: 2
...SWOT analysis, identification of the internal and external stakeholders, description of the company’s wants and needs, and discussion of how the company handles stakeholder’s needs are discussed. Headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, United Technologies Corporation is ranked 44th in 500 Fortune list in 2011 (Fortune 500, 2011). United Technologies comprises of seven large companies; Pratt & Whitney, Otis, Carrier, Sikorsky, UTC Fire & Security, Hamilton Sundstrand, and UTC Power. Respectively, their products and services are aircraft/space shuttle engines, elevators and escalators, heating and air conditioning, helicopters, fire and security systems, aerospace systems, and power fuel cells (About UTC, 2011). United Technologies is a billion-dollar company. Last year, it revenue was 54.33 billion dollars, net income was 4.3 billion dollars, and the numbers of the employees are 208,200 in all over the world (UTX company profile, 2011). SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis is an important tool to identify main attributes of a company in these categories. United Technologies’ strengths are diversified and balanced product portfolio and large geographic diversification. With seven companies operated under United Technologies, the product portfolio is largely diversified. By market type, United Technologies is balanced at 58% in OEM and 42% in Aftermarket. Within the market type, the products are evenly distributed; 57% in Commercial & Industrial...
Words: 1997 - Pages: 8
...Running head: CONTROL AND COMPETENCE THE NEED FOR CONTROL AND COMPETENCE BY TONYA LATHAM TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract……………………………………………………………………………..3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………………3 The Need for Control………..………………………………………………………3 Power………………………..………………………………………………………4 Developing Competence ….……………..…………………………………………5 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..9 References…………………………………………………………………………...10 The need to control plays a vital role in human survival. Control may be one of the most fundamental of all human needs. To survive, succeed and go where no person has gone before, humans need to develop competence (Franken, 2007) as well as the ability to influence others to get them to do what they want done. This is called power. This paper will discuss the need for us as humans to control others. I will talk about Rotter’s locus of control and the dimensions of power as they relate to influencing others. I will also talk about the need for competence as a fundamental motivation that serves the evolutionary role of helping people develop and adapt to their environment. Let us look at the need to control. To function normally and successfully within our society it is important to have a sense of control. Without a sense of control, people lose their ability to cope effectively with even...
Words: 2136 - Pages: 9
...After reading an article in the Times-Standard titled, “High Court Not Final Say on U.S. Law”, Ryan Emenaker uses the Supreme Court’s reviewing process of the Affordable Care Act to help argue against judicial finality - “the concept that the Court has the final word when interpreting the Constitution.” Instead, Emenaker claims that judicial finality is rather a misinterpretation of a power the judicial branch granted themselves; this power is judicial review. Judicial review not even mentioned in the Constitution began being used with the Marbury v. Madison case in 1803. Because judicial review is a self-granted power and the judicial branch has no granted power to enforce their decisions, the Court “failed to strike down an act of Congress...
Words: 407 - Pages: 2
...neoliberalized and privatized society, the concept of governance and ethical conduct has been falling from the grips of public dialogue and discussion. Self-regulation has become a “mantra for both governments and private industry in the neoliberal era (Burch et al., 2013, p. 259). Given the onset of recent environmental disasters related to the oil and gas industry, the oligarchic telecommunications industry, and our crippling health care system, the role for government watchdogs becomes ever more so important. Thus for any type of change to occur, effective governance is important as it must also progress with any changes in society (Marin, 2009). For this to occur, this requires an ombudsman - also known as a watchdog, or adjudicator who has the “power to set standards and apply sanctions” (Burch et al., 2013, p. 259). The ombudsman or watchdog acts as a “moral compass and societal conscience,” making it even more relevant in today’s 21st century (Marin, 2009). However, in the event that the ombudsman/watchdog model is unable to help with any type of meaningful reform or provide justice, it starts to experience public criticism. Therefore, the focus of this paper will be to explore the role of government watchdogs in Canada and their decreasing influence on public and private sector institutions. In doing so, it will be understood how we must create a balanced system of government- and self-regulation, and in turn allow a greater path towards having independent bodies, or watchdogs handling...
Words: 2551 - Pages: 11
...specifically, LaFeber argues that Jefferson turned the Constitution into a tool of expansion and showed, when the time was of the essence, the President and Congress could ignore the Constitution. As President of the United States, Jefferson saw the Louisiana territory, in the hands of the French, as a threat and a barrier to expansion. However, if Jefferson was able to purchase the Louisiana territory, he could solve the overpopulation problem and gain access to key trading areas. With no provisions in the Constitution allowing the president to annex the territory, Jefferson sought to draft an amendment to the problem. The treaty that sold the Louisiana, signed by Robert R....
Words: 318 - Pages: 2
......The reason and spirit of a law are to be understood only by an inquiry into the circumstances of its enactment. The underlying purposes of the Constitution, therefore, are to be revealed only by a study of the conditions and events which led to formation and adoption. At the outset it must be remembered that there were two great parties at the time of the adoption of the Constitution -- one laying emphasis on strength and efficiency in government and the other on its popular aspects. Quite naturally the men who led in stirring up the revolt against Great Britain and in keeping the fighting temper of the Revolutionaries at the proper heat were the boldest and most radical thinkers -- men like Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson. They were not, generally speaking, men of large property interests or of much practical business experience. In a time of disorder, they could consistently lay more stress upon personal liberty than upon social control; and they pushed to the extreme limits those doctrines of individual rights which had been evolved in England during the struggles of the small landed proprietors and commercial classes against royal prerogative, and which corresponded to the economic conditions prevailing in America at the close of the eighteenth century. They associated strong government with monarchy, and came to believe that the best political system was one which governed least. A majority of the radicals viewed all government, especially...
Words: 4914 - Pages: 20
...University – North Brunswick, NJ Skills | Hardware | Software | |Power/ Hand Tools |Windows 2000/XP/7/8 | |Signal Generator |Microsoft Office Suite 2010/2013 | |Oscilloscope |Mac OS X 10.7(Lion)/ Mavericks | |Power Supplies (AC/DC) |Microsoft Office Suite 2008/2011(Mac) | |Multimeter |Communication Systems | |Soldering |Client/server operating systems | |PLC |Data Entry | Employment Weissco Power, Califon, NJ Aug 2013 – May 2014 UPS Field Service Technician • Managed startup, preventive and corrective maintenance...
Words: 436 - Pages: 2
...the country’s gross domestic product. In March of 2009, the presidents of thirteen of these “Megabanks” met at the White House with the President, Obama that gave a message, “everybody has to pitch in. We’re all in this together” –President Obama (13 Bankers, page 4) this message giving a clear indicator the thirteen bankers needed the government and in turn, the government needed these 13 bankers to maintain stability of the economy. Thomas Jefferson was strongly suspicious of the financial industry and of banks and feel they are more dangerous than standing armies. Jefferson feared that the economic power held by banks have the possibility to grow out of government control. Jefferson’s vision for the United States was more of a farming and agricultural economy, in such had little political and economic power. The opposition to Jefferson, came from Alexander Hamilton;...
Words: 2265 - Pages: 10
...HR Performance Issue and Motivation McClelland’s Needs Theory BUS 610: Organizational Behavior Heidi Marshall Dr. Diane Hamilton-Instructor Dwight D. Eisenhower once said “Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” In the workplace, motivation is a highly studied concept that managers are always seeking to better understand. Knowing what motivates employees can lead to improved productivity, loyalty, and overall employee job satisfaction. Companies like Google are known for a culture of keeping employees happy by offering countless perks such as free health and dental benefits, first class dining facilities, on-site oil change, car wash, dry cleaning, massage therapy, stylists (Cook, 2012). Google understands that people are not motivated by just extrinsic rewards but intrinsic rewards as well. Having no real hierarchy and tiny work groups allow for more independence (Cook, 2012). Google’s success is a reflection of the employee friendly culture that has been fostered and embraced throughout the company. While companies like Google give their employees several reasons to be motivated, many other employers struggle to keep employees engaged and productive. Not every person is motivated by the same thing and the key to keeping employees motivated is knowing what that motivating factor is. Motivation can be very fluid and what motivates an employee today may be different in six months. There are many theories on...
Words: 1230 - Pages: 5
...C.T.I. Kamazon Network Project Richard Gibson-Project Manager Marvin Pierre-Accounting Raven Hamilton-Marketing Morgan Worthman-Research Victor Calderon-Engineering Company Agenda * Company Biography * Team Members * Roles/Responsibilities * Project Scope * Deliverables * Assumptions * Risk Assessment * Proposed Network Design * Proposed Schedule * Statement of Work * Cost Assessment * Vendor Information * References * Q&A Company Biography The Critical Thinkers Incorporated group was established in 2006, and since that time has tirelessly worked out detailed plans to improve upon innovative ways to set up company network systems. Our goal is always to meet the company needs as required, as well as, designing a system that has back up fail safe options and also as being very secure. We have held standing contracts with major companies, as well as small business. We are located on 104 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, The Woodlands, Texas 77385. CTI members are as follows: Richard Gibson, Marvin Pierre, Raven Hamilton, Morgan Worthman, and Victor Calderon. Biography/Roles Richard Gibson Graduated from ITT Technical Institute & University Of Houston Project Manger/SNA Systems Network Administrator Degree ...
Words: 2724 - Pages: 11
...Strategy Writings[1] Dr. Mary A. Hamilton MBA, Ph.D. University of Rhode Island http://www.cba.uri.edu/faculty/hamilton/ Dr. Mark Lehrer Ph.D. University of Rhode Island Module #1: Introduction by Mark Lehrer 3 Module #2: Industry Analysis by Mark Lehrer 6 Rivalry 8 Entrants 9 Bargaining Power of Suppliers / Buyers 9 Two Cases: Breakfast Cereal and Personal Computers 9 Module #3: Value Chain Analysis by Mark Lehrer 12 Module #4: Industry Value Chains by Mark Lehrer 16 Module #5a: Generic Strategies (by Mary Hamilton) 16 Module #5b: Resource-Based View (by Mary Hamilton 16 Module #6: Industry Life Cycle (by Mark Lehrer) 16 Module #7: Competitive Strategy by Mary A. Hamilton 16 Theory 16 Types of Competitive Strategy 18 Offensive strategies 18 Defensive strategies 19 Collusive Strategies 19 Strategic alliances 20 Application 21 Module #8: Business Models by Mark Lehrer 23 Beyond Strategizing 23 Business Models: A Typology 23 Business Models Beyond the Internet 25 Module #9: Corporate Level Strategy by Mark Lehrer 28 Module #10: International Strategy by Mary A. Hamilton 28 Global Opportunities 28 International Strategic Orientation 29 National Advantages 31 Mode of Entry 32 Competitive Performance 33 Module #1: Introduction by Mark Lehrer How can one introduce such a multifaceted subject as strategy? What is strategy? Why does it matter? The concept of strategy comes from...
Words: 11026 - Pages: 45
