...Edition), by M. Neil Brown and Stuart M. Keeley provides the benefits of critical thinking as it relates to the process of asking the right kinds of questions. The authors define a critical thinking method by creating a 10-step strategy process that can be used to evaluate a memo from Mr. Anil Ravaswami, Vice-President of Human Resources of Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa. The memo expressed his opinion about the junior leadership training program to Ms. Cynthia Castle, CEO of Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa. Step 1: What are the issues and the conclusion? Finding the issue is raising questions about what is right and wrong, good or bad (Browne & Keely, 2010). The company want to send employees off-site each year for leadership training. (The request was for his office to evaluate the merit of the request.) The twelve senior executives hadn’t want to attend the seminar and yet the company was successful. They think that it is a waste. Mr. Anil Ravaswami, vice president of Human Resources believes that leadership traits are innate. The issue set forth in Mr. Anil’s memo is whether to invest financially in the junior executives for annual leadership training. The conclusion set forth by Mr. Anil is not to invest in the training program. He said: “Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa should not invest in the proposed initiative to send its junior executives for annual leadership training.” (Cliffside Holding Company of Massapequa, 2014). He believes that it would...
Words: 1848 - Pages: 8
...as possible. I will also provide a thorough evaluation of the issues presented and assess ideas critically, demonstrating clear and consistent treatment of each evaluation. Furthermore, I will verify the information that was in the memo and I will note what is not in the memo. For the last closure of the argument, I will end this paper with a conclusion of what I have critically completed. 1. What are the issues and conclusions? On October 20, 2011, President of APEU Union Local 121, Mr. Hector Fuentes, sent a request to the Human Resource Manager, Ms. Mary Ford regarding notification letter sent by Governor Gloria Gainor. Mr. Fuentes wanted Ms. Ford to evaluate the letter he received from the Governor notifying the union that the state intends to outsource and privatize the information systems management function within the Department of Motor Vehicles. This memo that Mr. Fuentes received from Ms. Ford was in response to the request of Mr. Fuentes to be evaluate simply because of issues and concern for the DMV employees which can affect many if proposed decision takes effect. But first, we need to know what the issues are and what conclusions it has in order to know in order to see if this will go even further. According to Browne & Keeley (2010), “Prescriptive issues are those that raise questions about what we should do or what is right or wrong, good or bad (Browne & Keeley,...
Words: 2209 - Pages: 9
...Who is the next NUGS president? My take… I wrote this piece to give my perspective about the ongoing controversy surrounding who the next NUGS president is. I have read the piece written by one Manasseh Azure Awuni titled “WHO IS THE NEXT NUGS PRESIDENT?” published on 25th August 2009 on www.myjoyonline.com. Mr. Awuni was indeed the chairman of a vetting committee and I find his piece interesting. In actual fact, there were two vetting committees involved in the 43RD Annual Delegates Congress of the National Union of Ghana Students. The first one was constituted by NEC and the second was constituted by Congress which was chaired by the author of the aforementioned article. Article 60 clause (a) of NUGS constitution states that Without prejudice to any provision of this constitution, any student aspiring to any position shall be subjected to a vetting by a 7 member committee formed by NEC with approval of CC before congress (Note 1: National Executive Committee or NEC is composed of National President, National General Secretary, National Treasurer, Press and Information Secretary, Coordinating Secretary and President/Representative of component blocs in NUGS) & (Note 2: Central Committee or CC comprises of National Officers and Bloc Representatives, NUGS Representatives on International Bodies, SRC Presidents, SRC Secretaries, Local NUGS Presidents, Local NUGS Secretaries, Women’s Commissioners). The first vetting committee was duly formed by NEC but without the approval of...
Words: 833 - Pages: 4
...difficulty in securing certain essential raw materials. So Mr. Manson, the company’s president, appointed an experienced purchasing executive, Mr. Post as vice president in charge of purchasing to improve the situation. But there seems to be no improvement Situation: In this case Mr. Post has recently been hired as the VP of the purchasing department. Post decides to centralize a part of the system by announcing through letters to the purchase executives that all the purchases made over $10000 should be cleared with the head office and that he is notified about contracts that are being negotiated at least 1 week in advance. The plant managers express support and co-ordination but the head office doesn’t receive any notice from any plant in this period. Problems: The people in the organization have taken the letter very casually as they feel that it is useless to follow what the letter instructs them to and there could be ‘n’ numbers of reasons for this. 1. The centralization announced just 3 weeks before the peak buying season. 2. Mr. Post not being taken seriously as a result the heads of purchases of the units were not in effect made a part of the decision making process which could have reduced the efficacy of the measure that was decided upon. 3. Mr. Post found wanting in People management; doesn’t visit plant heads, only sends terse letters 4. The reaction of the people might be different provided...
Words: 672 - Pages: 3
...California. The company was founded by Vince Patton, the current President in 1981. Recently Westchester Distributing, Inc. received a concerning letter from a customer’s attorney. The letter was addressed to Westchester’s Vice President of Finance, Elizabeth Jones, and discussed a supposed improperly discounted sale of beer to a customer, Mr. Moon. The letter stated that such “information was absolutely untrue” and that Mr. Moon returned the beer in order to avoid unfair prejudice to Mr. Mario and Mr. Pavlov, the two employees who sold him the beer. At the conclusion of the letter, Mr. Moon requested a refund of his purchase price. Upon investigating the situation, Vince Patton, found that the two employees, Mr. Mario and Mr. Pavlov were involved in bribing Mr. Moon with a kickback for his purchase of $2.00 per case of slow moving Rising Sun beer. Additionally, not only did they bribe Mr. Moon, they also falsified lunch receipts and broken bottle vouchers to cover the $200.00 they gave to Mr. Moon for the one hundred cases he purchased. The story further unfolded when Mr. Moon was unsatisfied and tried to return the beer at which point Mr. Mario promised him three neon signs to keep the merchandise. Mr. Mario informed Mr. Pavlov of the situation, and he in turn panicked and approached Joe Roberts, the company’s Vice President. Mr. Roberts, instead of relating the events to Mr. Patton, tried to smooth things over by bribing Mr. Moon with a neon sign and asking him to forget about the...
Words: 1712 - Pages: 7
...SAMPLE B-1 INVITATION LETTER TO CONSULATE & US PORT OF ENTRY PAYMENT (Issue on White University Letterhead) Date Re: Letter of Invitation for (name) B-1 Visitor for Business to UCSC Dear Sir/Madam: (Name) has been invited to (attend/visit) the (workshop, conference, give lecture, etc.) sponsored by the (department / division) at the University of California, Santa Cruz for the period of (date) to (date). This visitor will (describe activity) while on B-1 business status in the U.S. (Name) will return to (country) upon participation in this (workshop, conference, lecture, etc) to (state why will return home- ie. to continue studies, to resume University position, etc). We expect to (reimburse, pay honorarium to) this B-1 business visitor for some travel expenses. Please assure that the proper VISA and NONIMMIGRANT STATUS are assigned to the visitor: B-1 visa (usually noted as B-1/B-2) and “B-1” notation on Form I-94 upon entry. The B-1 notation on the I-94 will permit the university to process reimbursement or honorarium as appropriate to this visitor. The visitor must present a passport and a copy of both sides of the I-94 shortly after arrival at UCSC. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, (UCSC sponsoring department chair or director) Sample Supporting Letter for a Nonimmigrant B-1 Visa Application [pic] | ...
Words: 637 - Pages: 3
... like the assassination of President Lincoln, but there was not very strong government action taking place in the south. If reconstruction is promised to the black community that didn’t have certain rights and chances before, then everything should be done to grant those promises, and not overlook it. I will be discussing the mindsets of white southerners and about the degrading of blacks that occurs in the testimonies of the Klu Klux Klan, letter from Jourdan Anderson, and the Black Codes of Mississippi. I will also show the absence of the Reconstruction methods, like voting rights and new opportunities for blacks, which were to be put into place after the Civil War. The letter from Jourdan Anderson is such an incredible piece that will be treasured by future generations trying to understand the mindsets of southerners during such a crucial time in history. The words used by Mr. Anderson are perfectly put together to show his former slave master exactly how he feels about him. The old master does not know any better when it comes to consulting his former slave. The master grew up where he was always above blacks, so when he sends his letter to his former slave, he believes in his mind he is being courteous to give his former slave a job. This letter just further explains how difficult it was for reconstruction in the South, because whites could not understand the mindset that blacks had the same rights and opportunities as whites do. The letter offers a sense of exposure...
Words: 1340 - Pages: 6
...COMMUNICATION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AT THE WORKPLACE IN REFERANCE TO PUBLIC SERVICE A PAPER PRESENTED DURING THE INTERNAL AWARENESS SEMINAR : UGANDA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BY HAJJI BOGERE ABBU PRINCIPAL HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER MOICT OBJECTIVES OF THE PRESENTATION: At the end of the presentation participants should be able to: Define key concepts; Be familiar with the ways in which to communicate in the Public Service; Be familiar with the communication protocol in the Public Service, and Appreciate the do’s and don’ts of communication in the public service PRESENTATION OUTLINE Introduction, Hierarchy in the Communication, Do’s and don'ts in Communication; Channels of communication in the Public Service; Communication language in the Public Service and Conclusion. INTRODUCTION Communication is the process of transferring information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood by both sender and receiver. It is a process that allows organisms to exchange information by several methods. Communication is like a double-acting hinge, swinging outward to release your own ideas and swinging inward to receive the worthy thoughts of others. – Stacey Huish A two-way process of creating, transmitting and interpreting ideas, facts and feelings. There must be a sender (source) who facilitates the communication and a receiver to receive that message; ...
Words: 1803 - Pages: 8
...Start Your Cover Letter With a Bang © Written By Jimmy Sweeney President of CareerJimmy and Author of the new, Amazing Cover Letter Creator If you're still reading, then I've caught your attention with the title. You can do the same with your job-search cover letters. Whether you call it a title or a headline, this little 'weapon' will hit the mark, pulling your reader right through your written communication from the first word to the last. Here's how to strike gold each time. Open your cover letter with a 'big bang'––a powerful headline––and yours may be the only one that makes it past the 'scan and trash' syndrome. Hiring managers are inundated with cover letters each day. If you want yours to stand out, grab their attention from the start. Sizzling titles are like a magnet––attracting the reader to the point where he cannot get away from it. He wants to read on because the headline is so compelling. A clever title that 'jumps' off the page scores every time! Titles and headlines do the hard work for you. Imagine the fabulous results YOU could enjoy if your cover letter opens with an exciting, can't-put-it-down headline that is so irresistible and unique, the hiring manager is actually eager to keep reading? The big bang headline is your passport to more quality job interviews in a hurry. You may be thinking it's difficult or that you're not clever enough to come up with a great headline. Not true. It's actually quite simple. I've provided some great examples to get...
Words: 484 - Pages: 2
... . Wiley and Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Presidential Studies Quarterly. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 163.238.9.21 on Sat, 5 Apr 2014 08:14:55 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and ConditionsBetty Ford as First Lady: A Woman for Women LEESA E. TOBIN Archivist Gerald R. Ford Library On April 4, 1954, the women's page of The Washington Post carried a fea ture story on Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, a young congressman's wife with a penchant for "quiet" suits and "slightly more talkative" hats. "Mrs. Ford," the writer confided, "believes that wives of congressmen look better on a speaking platform when they're saying nothing. She leaves politics to her husband."1 Twenty-one years later, on October 25, 1975, Mrs. Ford stepped to the podium at the International Woman's Year Congress in Cleveland. In a major address on the role of women in society, Mrs. Ford spoke in support...
Words: 4067 - Pages: 17
... | |Interoffice Memo | | | |Date: December 4, 2009 | | | |To: Michael Foreman, President | |The Maritime Fish Packing Cooperative | | | |From: Judith Halls, Manager, Human Resources...
Words: 4353 - Pages: 18
...Contracts in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico LAW 421- Contemporary Business Law July 8, 2014 On week three of our course, we were ask to write a word paper on Contracts in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in which we will describe the contracts according with the following cases; * Muñiz v. COPAN, 113 D.P.R. 157 (1982) * Trinidad v. Chade, 153 D.P.R. 280 (2001) * Las Marías v. Municipio, 159 D.P.R. 868 (2003) First, we must define contract in order to understand what role they have in our business law. A business contract is one of the most common legal transactions one can be involved in when running or working on a business. No matter what type of business one may run, having and understanding contract law is the key to creating sound business agreement that will be legally enforceable in the event that a dispute may arises. A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates an obligation to do or not do a particular thing. The term “party” can mean an individual person, company, or corporation. Contracts are usually governed and enforced by the laws in the state where the agreement was made (Melvin, 2011). Depending upon the subject matter of the agreement (i.e. sale of goods, property lease), a contract may be governed by one or two types of state law. * The Common Law; the majority of the contract (employments agreements, leases, general business agreements) are controlled by the state’s common law made, form court...
Words: 1953 - Pages: 8
...national quality award. From there they won six of the seven years that they have entered in the contest, which earned them a Miller Grand Master. Companies that are a Miller Grand Master in the 1980s are able to command a 25-50% premium in selling price over non-Grand Masters Distributor. From 1980-1990, Westchester had grown from 250,000 cases per year to 800,000 cases per year. In the beginning the Company was earning $5 million in revenues and is now earning $15 million in revenues. They started with 20 employees from a small central office to 60 employees operating four warehouses. Two employees of Westchester, Carter Mario and George Pavlov, motivated by incentive quotas and bonuses gave a dollar-per-case kick-back to a customer, Mr. Moon, in order to get him to buy 100 cases of slow-moving beer. This action alone is a violation of the Alcoholic Beverage...
Words: 1466 - Pages: 6
...many social changes that has shaped the world to the way it is today. In his town there were predominately Caucasian people and they did not accept African American or Hispanics. While in high school, Mr. Francis recalls not ever seeing anyone of color because they...
Words: 1214 - Pages: 5
...suicidal case? The document “Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis” states Meriwether Lewis was 32 years old when he came back from the expedition he is most well-known for. Lewis was an extreme outdoorsman. When President Thomas Jefferson appointed him to be the Governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, he was very grateful, but it wasn’t the job meant for him. Close friends stated he was having a drinking problem, due to a hard time adjusting. In addition, the document also explained he had problems with the new Secretary of War. William Eustis...
Words: 1392 - Pages: 6
