...The aftershock of the explosion surged through the city. Brian Reeds was on his way to school when the tremendous blast erupted just down the street from where he was. He could see the huge cloud of flames burst through the roof of the bank like, a giant orange fist bursting out from the inside. At the scene, the sounds of the ear-splitting blast, the roar of the people, and shattering glass were all together deafening. Brian sprinted down the street. His footsteps, quick and steady, were repetitive with each smack of his foot against the pavement. “Get out of the way! Move it!” Brian heard an officer shouting as he approached the scene. He had trouble thinking over the blaring sirens and the commands of the officers. “Hurry! Get out of here!” The orders continued to be shouted at the crowd. Emerging from the thick smoke of the burning building was no other than, Detonation, a villain known for his explosive destruction of cities. Detonation, known during his childhood as Stephen Nielson, lost his parents and grew up in an orphanage. One day, when he and his parents returned home from the store, Stephen was reaching for the groceries in the trunk as his parents walked inside. As he was struggling to reach...
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...motivation, leadership and organizational design- that relate to different aspects of behavior in organizations. Examining these topics has involved incorporating perspectives and insights from a number of disciplines including psychology, economics, sociology and politics.’ (Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3) Numerous disciplines that explore the complexity and diversity of collective human activity have contributed to the formation and development of OB. Something of this complexity is apparent in the sometimes conflicting purposes and objective embraced by, or attributed to, management and organizations. Given the demanding nature of organizing and managing people, it is not surprising that OB is widely regarded as the foundation of management studies. (Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3)Within the notion of behavior, including thinking and feeling as well as acting. OB aspires to have relevance for understanding the behavior of people working at all hierarchical levels- from the workers employed part-time or on a casual basis on the shop floor or in the office to the most senior executive. Each is involved in processes of organizing and being organized and managing and being managed. OB should be better to understand how and why people are organized; to identify and assess the likely consequences of making changes; and to introduce changes in ways that anticipate and minimize counter-productive effects.’(Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3-4) This report will discuss several aspects of organizational...
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...19 CASE The Case for Open Heart Surgery at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital Situation It was a clear, crisp October morning in Concord, North Carolina. The board of trustees of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital gathered in the windowless, walnut paneled boardroom for its monthly meet- ing (see Exhibit 19/1 for board members). Board chairman George Batte opened the meeting saying, “Because we do not have an open heart surgery program, patients needing open heart surgery or coronary angioplasty have to be transferred to another hospi- tal, causing inconvenience to the patient’s families and risks from delayed treatment. There are several questions we have to answer in addressing this issue. Should we add open heart surgery to the mix of cardiac services we offer? Does the hospital’s existing service area provide adequate patient volumes to support the program? What This case was written by Fred H. Campbell, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Darise D. Caldwell, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Northeast Medical Center. It is intended as a basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Used with permission from Fred Campbell. 804 Exhibit 19/1: CMH Board of Trustees Mr. George A. Batte, Jr., Chairman (Retired Manufacturing Executive) Mr. L. D. Coltrane, III, Vice Chairman (Telephone Company President) Mr. Robert L. Wall (President, Cabarrus...
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...The Social Network screenplay by Aaron Sorkin BASED ON THE BOOK “THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES” BY BEN MEZRICH 1 FROM THE BLACK WE HEAR-- 1 MARK (V.O.) Did you know there are more people with genius IQ’s living in China than there are people of any kind living in the United States? ERICA (V.O.) That can’t possibly be true. MARK (V.O.) It is. ERICA (V.O.) What would account for that? MARK (V.O.) Well, first, an awful lot of people live in China. But here’s my question: FADE IN: INT. CAMPUS BAR - NIGHT MARK ZUCKERBERG is a sweet looking 19 year old whose lack of any physically intimidating attributes masks a very complicated and dangerous anger. He has trouble making eye contact and sometimes it’s hard to tell if he’s talking to you or to himself. ERICA, also 19, is Mark’s date. She has a girl-next-door face that makes her easy to fall for. At this point in the conversation she already knows that she’d rather not be there and her politeness is about to be tested. The scene is stark and simple. MARK How do you distinguish yourself in a population of people who all got 1600 on their SAT’s? ERICA I didn’t know they take SAT’s in China. MARK They don’t. I wasn’t talking about China anymore, I was talking about me. ERICA You got 1600? MARK Yes. I could sing in an a Capella group, but I can’t sing. 2. ERICA Does that mean you actually got nothing wrong? MARK I can row crew or invent a 25 dollar PC. ERICA Or you can get...
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...Diversity and creativity in leading team performance towards organizational success Assignment -2- Work Groups and Teams - By Diaeddine Elturk Executive Summary: This paper cites the work of numerous notable authorities in the business world and their work on the importance, power and effectiveness of teams in leading the organizations and people towards the targeted success. The growing understanding of the business world of the interdependencies between functions that create performance in organizations and the indispensability of collaborative efforts continue to gain recognition and lead the precipitation of this understanding in the heart of organizational cultures. Advocates of team work argue that the organization needs to be built as a team to succeed. Drucker, Katzenbach, Buchanan, Andrews, Payne and Visart are only few of the notable writers on the validity of team work that are referenced to in this paper. Hot group, Task Force, or self-managing team, regardless of the naming or formation, any group who establishes common vision and orchestrate the respective roles and actions of its members stands a better chance to achieve the targeted outcomes. The paper touches upon the five main characteristics of a team, and the three major categories they may fall under. The paper also highlights the strengths and benefits of team while warning on some weaknesses that should be observed and avoided. Diversity of cultures, knowledge, personalities within a proper team dynamics...
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...Christy Matheny Regulation 11/10/2014 Kim v. Son Case Study Reading and learning about the Kim v. Son case was very interesting and brought up different contract principals to examine. In this study we see that Jinsoo Kim invested money into two corporations owned by Stephen Son. The two businesses ended up failing and all of Kim’s investment went down the drain. Down the road, after the downfall of the corporation, Kim and Son met to eat and drink where Son made an intoxicated promise with his own blood to repay Kim for his lost money (Beatty and Samuelson, 2008, p.164). At first glance of this case my thoughts went right to intoxication and how this contract could be voidable since Son was intoxicated when the agreement was made. However, further reading suggested that courts vary rarely allow a contract to be voidable purely because of intoxication. Some may be too intoxicated for certain things, but as long as they were aware of the contract being made, it would not be voidable (Beatty and Samuelson, 2008, p.164). Therefore, the argument that Son was in fact intoxicated would not hold up in a court of law. Looking more deeply into the case, I researched what the initial investment entailed. Kim invested money into the two companies; MJ. Inc. and Netouch International Inc. The investment money, as far as could be seen, was not given to directly benefit Son, but to benefit the companies. During the initial investment there was also never a promise to guarantee the loan...
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...This crime basically proves that there is no doubt in the fact that there is something going wrong when dealing with identity theft. It seems like there is a piece of the puzzle which is missing. The main focus of this paper is to put some light on the issues concerning with identity theft, how it takes place in various manners and what are the current laws in place to act against identity theft. The role of credit card companies to deal with identity theft is also mentioned. Identity theft and identity fraud are words used to refer to all degrees of crime in which someone wrong fully acquires and exploit individual private information in numerous ways that engage scam or trickery, usually for financial gains. According to two studies done in July 2005 by Gartner research and Harris interactive, approximately seven million people became victims of identity theft in the year 2003, which increase to ten million people in 2004. That equals 19,178 per day, 799 per hour, and 13.3 people per minute (Gartner). Identities can consist of many items such as social security...
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...Christy Murphy WHO 1030 11:00 – 11:50 Case Study #1 John Locke John Locke was more than just an ordinary man. He was the son of a country attorney and born on August 29, 1632. He grew up during the civil war and later entered the Church of Christ and remained there as a student and teacher for many years. With a wide variety of political and religious views, John expressed most of his personnel views on education, social, political and philosophies. Many of John’s views both political and religious were found to be famous though-out history in many countries. Locke was one of the first people who thought religion and state should be separated. Locke published anonymously the “Two Treaties of Government” and an essay “Concerning Human Understanding.” These writings were immediately successful and both influenced Rousseau and Voltaire along with many other scholars. John Locke’s Two Treatise of Government is a well-known and respected document. In the paper, John attacked the theory of the divine right of kings and maintained that all men are free and equal in the state of nature to posses certain rights. He did not believe that a king should become king because “God told him to,” but rather he was qualified for the position and the people felt he should be there. Locke argued that sovereignty did not reside in the state, but with the people and that, the state is supreme, but only if civil and “natural” law binds it. The task and duty of the government...
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...developed over time by their individual environment and the people within it. It’s entirely possible to be born with traits that give us the potential to be evil. In William Harms article “Psychopaths are not Neurally Equipped to have Concern for Others” he reports a study done by University of Chicago that took 80 prisoners between ages 18 and 50 and tested for levels of psychopathy using standard measures. The results showed: The participants in the high psychopathy group exhibited significantly less activation in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, lateral orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala and periaqueductal gray parts of the brain, but more activity in the striatum and the insula when compared to control participants. This latter region is important for monitoring ongoing behavior, estimating consequences and incorporating emotional learning into moral decision-making, and plays a fundamental role in empathic concern and valuing the well-being of others(Harms, 2013). The study showed that the parts of the brain needed to give us the ability to have moral-decision making and have compassion for others was significantly more absent in those who had high levels of psychopathy. In other words, the conducted study showed that it’s possible to be born with traits (or the lack of certain traits) that don’t give the necessary understanding to differentiate what actions are evil and unimaginable to...
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...Resolution at General Hospital” Christy D. Harris Dr. Jack Huddleston, Professor BUS520: Leadership and Organizational Behavior August 20, 2011 Discuss the conflict that is occurring at General Hospital. The conflict that is occurring at General Hospital is simply a case of making the right financial decisions and man vs. computer. What I mean by that is, in trying to make cost effective decisions on how to cut back on expenses they chose to replace capable human beings that gave accurate results with a computerized system that is not glitch free and has not been proven to give accurate readings and correct patient information on the right patients nor was it approved by the board. This machine has been set in place to handle serious information that affects the well being of sick people whom are in no position to be misdiagnosed. Also this decision can very well place an even more expensive charge on the hospital if someone should become mistreated and they find grounds to sue. In the case study the main issue is cutting cost for the hospital however the way that they are trying to eliminate expenses or find a cheaper way out was clearly not well thought out and researched in regards to the concern of the patients’ treatments. It seems as though the COO knew about the latest trend among other facilities and immediately made the change with absolutely no hesitation. Reading this study makes me reflect on the situation...
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...Application of Clinical Psychology Paper Becky Smart, Carina Codorean-Forniciov, Christy Velasco, Sara Kaminiski, Sheron Jenkins Psy 480 Augusta 18, 2014 Dr. Stephany Lewis Anorexia Nervosa Intervention Introduction This paper analyzes the serious disorder of anorexia nervosa which is among the highest of any disorders and has about 10 times the death rate for young women without anorexia. Anorexia Nervosa has been categorized as a serious disorder that occurs in approximately 1 in 200 women in developed countries such as North America and Europe. It usually starts in adolescence and as previously stated, mostly affects women. Those suffering from this eating disorder, have very low body weight and a distorted body image. Their dangerously low body weight leads to serious consequences creating other body ailments which in turn create the need for long term treatment. Factors of Anorexia Nervosa There are different factors that contribute in a person having an eating disorder. The factors vary from biological, psychological and social. A psychological factor that is very common is a lack of control which causes the sufferer to feel over analytical of their weight which gives them a sense of control. Another factor is having low self-esteem. Low self-esteem can have many contributors such as a person feeling out of control, lonely, angry and anxiety. Biological factors involved with anorexia nervosa which can and will severely affect the general health and...
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...released its final report. It was recorded that the root causes of the today reconciliation process in Liberia and the civil war that devastated Liberia between 1989 and 2003 were poverty, corruption, and inequality, Schmid E. (2010). Despite this diagnosis, the Commission’s legal analysis of past abuses was center around violations of economic, social, and cultural rights. Likewise, many transitional justice processes around the world sideline considerations of ESCR. This thesis, is based on The role of the students and youth community in the National Reconciliation Process of Liberia, A case study with the Liberian National Student Union. This thesis outlines why reconciliation is paramount at this time in the nation Liberia History and the factors involved. 1.0 Background to the study The Role of the Student and Youth in National Reconciliation and Peace building in Liberia. A case study report from IPI's Civil Society Project recounting the efforts of Youth and students actors especially Linsu and FLY, and student groups to foster peace, reconciliation, and democracy in Liberia show that the holding of democratic elections in July 1997 marked the end of Liberia's brutal seven-year civil war. The end of the war, it was thought, had settled Liberia's leadership question and it was hoped that cessation of hostilities would usher in a new era of democratic order, political stability, and economic development. This post-war peace dividend however proved to be a mirage. Liberia...
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...101-101 3 November 2015 Communication 101: Paper #2 Communicating and Leading: Change in Organizations The case study, Communicating and Leading: Change in Organizations, focuses on Kathy Fuller who is the assistant Vice President at Third Bank in Carson, Texas after transferring from the Chicago location. Fuller was asked to go to the Carson location in order to help the struggling branch improve in its productivity and overall success. On her first day, Kathy has a meeting with the shift supervisors and business lead- Debbie Borders, Christy Flynn, Sean Cooper and Matt. They inform Fuller on the problems the branch has come into due to the previous management, and leave her with the task of figuring out how to improve the company’s efficiency and employee satisfaction (Bates). Throughout the case study, it is clear Third Bank contains multiple characteristics of organizations and leadership, and they follow organizational theories. Characteristics of Third Bank The Third Bank in Carson, Texas is clearly lacking important characteristics of a successful organization. An important characteristic to be present in an organization is informed. Information is the life and blood of an organization. In order for them to function, information must be circulating. If some are not informed at all, the organization will have a hard time functioning (Stoner). In the case study, it is clear that the Carson branch employees are not informed and Fuller learns this quickly when she hears...
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...Ex-convicts do not live an easy lifestyle in prison, however, when they reenter society, they have even bigger struggles to face. In the outside world ex-convicts do not face the intimidation of other convicts, but rather disrespectful and pessimistic attitudes from employers. Ex-convicts are immediately judged and labeled based off of their rap sheet. What these employers seem to forget is that, these ex-convicts are people trying to make a living as well. Jeremy Travis, President of Criminal Justice at John Jay College, and Christy A. Visher, Director of The Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies (CDAS) at the University of Delaware, performed a study on prisoners and their needs to adapt back into society with more ease. In their article, Travis and Diaz 2 Visher touched upon the previously mentioned idea, “Individuals returning home from prison have been shaped by their offending and substance abuse histories, their work skills and job histories, their mental and physical health, their prison experiences, and their attitudes, beliefs, and personality traits.” (Travis, Visher pg 91) Travis and Visher are not specifically referring to employers, but that is where most discrimination on ex-convicts occurs simply from the section on the work application that asks if one has ever had any trouble with the law. Any person who has to check that box must feel discouraged in some way. One may argue that having an ex-convict in their work place will cause uneasy tensions...
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...opened its doors to Concord, NC on July 26, 1937 with forty-six beds, ten bassinets, eight doctors and two patients (Swayne, Duncan & Ginter, 2009). They have come a long way since then. According to Cimino Wilson, they are now known as CMC-North-East, and have handled 12,045 surgical procedures, employed more than 4,700 employees and admitted 22,388 patients in 2011. Since its inception, thanks to the philanthropy of Cannon A. Mills, they have been a contemporary, well-equipped facility. Their mission then and now is “absolute commitment to service and clinical excellence.” Ways the program complies with the hospital’s mission. It was the goal of Cannon A. Mills to provide his employees with the best possible health care (Swayne, Duncan & Ginter, 2009). At the time of this case study, patients are flown to medical centers such as Duke in order to meet their open heart surgery and coronary angioplasty needs. This causes a delay in providing the critical treatment needed by some patients. According to Swayne, Duncan & Ginter, continuity of care to cardiac patients is essential to achieve the best possible outcome. This...
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