...LEADERSHIP Bill Gates once said, “As we looked into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others”. This quite sufficiently describes what is, in my opinion, the new leadership. The way to describe how the old leadership differs from the new leadership can be summed up in one word: sustainable. Compared to the old leadership with a very rigid, tip down approach, the new leadership style is more sustainable and holistic, with power flow in all directions and flexible way of carrying out tasks and activities. The new leadership style weighs a lot on ethical and social responsibility. One of the most significant differences between the old and the new leadership styles is the way the relationships are forged. Relationship in old style leadership is characterized by a hierarchy, top-down relationship with great emphasis on power and control in the hand of the leader, where the leader has the utmost control and authority. Information is usually proprietary for the leader and is usually guarded, with very less flow from the leader to the followers. The leadership focus is to gain control and recognition of position, which usually involves tactics such as manipulation and fear. The new leadership mechanism is the complete opposite of it. The power structure is no longer a hierarchy, but resembles more of networks and communities, with each individual being a node in the network. The leader empowers the individual, both directly and through the network of the individual...
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...that there were too many systems and wanted to see if there was a way to have fewer systems. After meeting with several vendors, the Apollo Company made the decision to look into a way to have customer service, sales, customer support, and finance on one system. The process to find the right system took a little over six months but the Apollo Company finally decided to make a change. The old system would be replaced by Customer Relationship Management (CRM) that would run through Salesforce. The company hired Salesforce to come in and see the old system. Salesforce immediately explained that there was a way to have all the systems into one and that by using Salesforce this would be possible with a new monitoring system. CRM is data driven, constantly changing and will even connect customer feedback or comments through social media with the new system (Rainder, Prince, & Cegielski, 2014). The system used is how the client is built into the system that will be easier and create fewer issues with duplicate clients. The client's information will be able to be seen by al team members. When a client decides to join Apollo Company, the information will link to all over applications and make it easier, so the client does not have to fill out as many applications with secure details. The system stores clients information and...
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...In the first meeting I attended I was introduced by Mayor Anthony Johnson. I was given the opportunity to shake hands with all the members. While doing so Mr. Johnson explained to everyone that I would be attended the next few scheduled meetings, so that I may be able to increase my knowledge on the processes of decision making in groups. Members: Member (1) Brandon/Caucasian Male: Brandon is 46yrs old, very active in the community. His attitude is some what laid back. (Chief Fireman) Member (2) James/African American Male: James is 29yrs old, very positive and outgoing shows feeling and emotions. (Firefighter) Member (3) Haywood/African American Male: Haywood is 52yrs old. The Veteran of the group. He has good leadership skills, a member of the town board of commissioners for 11yrs. Member (4) Ricky/Caucasian Male: Ricky is 51yrs and is the head of the town Treasury. He is a very responsible and focused member of the group. Member (5) Anthony/Caucasian Male: 48yrs old; Anthony has been the mayor of the town for the past 6 years. He is very outgoing, generous and works hard to satisfy the needs of the town. After I had been introduced, the meeting proceeded to the group’s first debate topic. Ricky announced the topic was of an old fire truck. (See Appendix A) The fire truck was nearly 14 years old and needed several new parts in order to be dependable. Mr. Haywood was curious to know just what parts needed to be replaced. James stated that Hydraulic...
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...into place by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The meeting was called to order on Monday November 2nd. The members of the Bradford County Conservation District, other environmental organizations in the conservation building, and members of the...
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...being a member of a society or culture, requires a certain degree of passivity. Parents, teachers, adults who are accepted members of society, raised children to become part of the culture. Children are expected to learn these ideals and replicated it as they grow up. Thoughts, customs, traditions are passed on and embedded within children. As children, they internalize these without much thoughts, it simply becomes an imitation game. In this way, children reproduce these ideologies without thoughts, a very passive action. However, at a certain age, once the children had enough knowledge and tools to think and reason for themselves, they begins to question social norms. From that point onwards, it becomes a constant battle of fitting in and still maintaining a sense of...
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...Responding to this contextualization issues The big question is what should people do with their old cultural ways when they become Christians, and how should the church respond to African traditional beliefs and practices? Mainly the gospel is preached to people who already have a system of beliefs and practices that make sense to them, about the worldview and about ultimate realities. The Adventist Church must discourage this practice and help church members to follow the biblical principles. The Adventist members are wrestling with the conflict between African traditional beliefs and Adventist biblical beliefs. Since the church has not adequately addressed these problems, the danger of syncretism can easily undermine true Christian living....
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...Planning Stage 4-5 6.0 Implementation Stage 6-7 7.0 Evaluation Stage 7 8.0 Lessons Learned 8 9.0 Appendix 9 3.0 Introduction During the six weeks sessions on 2 November, our group members were engaged in organising an event relating to the charitable involve the steps of planning, implementation and evaluation. We took part in the charitable event actively to work as volunteers and visited to Glory Days old folk home at Jalan Vermont Georgetown, Penang. The main purpose of this event we had organized visit to old folk home is investigate and understand some old folks’ daily habits or activities. Otherwise, we organized this charitable event in order to contribute our helping hand as volunteer to involve some activities of charity such as celebrate birthday and hair cutting task for those old folks in need and not merely complete our assignment task without sincerely. The old folk home formerly known as Glory Home which established since 1988 year. Glory Days is a trustable old folk nursing home that provides the services of home care for the aged, ambulatory handicapped, bedridden handicapped, convalescent and others. 4.0 Brainstorming Brainstorming is a group or individual creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed...
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...percent, mortgage bonds issued 11 months earlier. Three of the board members had taken markedly different positions on the questions. The bonds were issued when the interest rates were at their peak but the BODs thought that it would decline and insisted on a call premium of 10 percent if any bonds were called during the first year, with the premium declining by 0.5 percent a year until the 20th year, after which the bond could be called with no premium. Furthermore, Cahill estimated that company could sell a new issue of bond at an interest rate of 12.5 percent. The floatation cost on the refunding issue would be approximately 0.5 to 1 percentage point of issue, and there would be the period of approximately three weeks during which both issue would be outstanding, during which the excess funds could be invested in short-term treasury securities yielding to 10 percent. After the $500 million was sold, Chaill anticipated a decline in interest rates so the bonds made immediately callable. The investment bankers handling the issue wanted Seminole to make the bonds non-callable for 5 year period. The bankers insisted on call premium of 10 % if any bonds were called during the first year, with the premium declining by 0.5 % a year the 20 thyear, after which the bonds could be called with no premium. Seminole could sell a new issue of 25 year bonds at an interest rate of 12.5 %. The call of old and sale of new bonds take place in about five to seven weeks. The flotation cost on...
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...of the board member has taken markedly different positions. The bond has been issued the previous October, when interest rates were at their peak. At that time , Cahill and the board of director thought that interest rates were at a high and would likely decline in the future , but they had no idea that the slump would come so soon and be so sharp. Now, less than a year later, rated utility bonds such as those of Seminole, can be sold to yield only 12.5 percentages. Since Cahill anticipated a decline in interest rates when the $500 million was sold has had insisted that the bonds be made immediately callable. The investment bankers handling the issue wanted Seminole to make the bonds non-callable for a year period, but Cahill resisted this proposal. Cahill estimated that Seminole could sell a new issue of 25 year bonds at an interest rate of 12.5 percentages. The call of old and sales of new bonds would takes place in about five to seven weeks. Cahill has proposed, at the last director’s meeting that the company call the 16 percentage bonds and refunds them with a new 12.5 percentage issue. Although the refunding cost would be substantial, he believe that the saving of 3.5 percentage of a year for 25 year on a $500 million issued would be well worth the worth the funding cost .Cahill did not anticipated adverse reaction from the other board member but three of them voices strong opposition to the refunding proposal First was Claude Dykeman, a long term member of the board...
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...of medicine that was no longer marketable in US and Europe. Also, there were some fixed-price contracts that required company either to make old version of product to meet profit margin or to make new version which would not meet profit return. The company looked for Central and South American market to sell old version of medicine where information about hemophiliac was not known yet. They were in the middle of the ethical issue. However, discarding products could bear a large loss for the company. This also could have negative affect on company’s stock and bonuses. In this case, assuming I am the accountant of the company product team which reviews status of the old version of medicine and a member of Institute of Management Accountants, I will recommend make a new version of the product to the company even if the company does not meet the target return for their investments. Company’s image directly affects company’s sales. Therefore it is very important for companies to behave ethically. Assuming the company keeps producing old version products to complete fixed-price contracts and also exports them to other countries that do not have enough information in hemophiliac treatments yet, more hemophiliacs will be exposed in danger of disease. It may kill many patients. As time goes, people eventually will recognize Bio Hemi produces old products and still sells...
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...fifteen members, nine of whom have been in the company for more than two years. In order to meet a Monday deadline, Dave’s team takes the computers from the finance department over to their department on the weekend, and fails to return them before the finance department realizes the computers were missing. On Monday, when Alex was notified and had investigated what had happened to the computers, he called Dave into his office. When Dave explained to Alex what the motives for his team’s actions were, Alex understood, yet was concerned of the team’s behavior. Therefore, he decided to have a meeting with Dave regarding the events. While in the meeting, Alex confirmed that Dave’s team was having some internal issues that were affecting their performance. Consequently, Alex has to make a decision on how this issues could be solved. Framing the Decision Statement Alex makes use of his critical thinking skills for analyzing Dave and his team’s behavior with the purpose of finding the root cause of the issues they are facing. Seeking more information about how Dave and his team function, Alex takes Dave to dinner where he was able to analyze Dave’s behavior and gather more information about his team. He recognized that it was important for Dave to do well at his job, and that his team had some communication difficulties. Alex instructed Dave to do an activity with his team outside of the work environment where old members would have to team up with young members in new...
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...94th year of operation. Located in the heart of Hershey, PA, HIL was established by a small group of Italian men in 1920. The name Nuova Societa Italiana Indipendente Di Mutuo Soccorso Per Uomini was, and still is, the true name of the lodge. It means, Men’s New Independent Italian Mutual Benefit Society. HIL is a private men’s social club that includes a bar &restaurant serving a traditional style Italian menu, a banquet, and other activities and amenities. As a staple of the Hershey community for many years, the HIL is well known and respected throughout the area. The primary goal of the lodge is to preserve their heritage and build a strong, close community. The mission statement is, “…to provide a comfortable, friendly, affordable, family atmosphere for our members and guests.” The saying “Ieri, Oggi, Domain, Sempre Fratelli” is the motto of the organization and is printed at the bottom of each quarterly newsletter. Translated, this means, “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Always Brothers”. There are currently approximately 3,000 total members; although a large population of the membership has relocated to areas outside of Hershey. The primary membership is the “Active” membership. The requirement to join as an “Active” member is that an individual be a male 21 years or older and of Italian decent. The club also offers a “Ladies Auxiliary” membership,...
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...for change to take place). Erica indentified that CCC lacked effective operational and cost controls. She felt that there is a lack of management expertise to lead the company and propel it to greater heights. Hence, she suggested to hire new expertise to lead CCC. The new managers hired developed a new budgeting system and arranged a meeting with all departmental heads to inform them about it. However, the old managers do not seemed very keen and neither seemed to understand how the new system would affect current working practices. There is even one manager that strongly object the change and criticized it. Though the first step of Kotter's Model was fulfilled, the change was not successful for several reasons. This will be further elaborated in the paragraphs to come . Identifying the problems that hinder CCC's growth is a good start but Erica did not foresee the challenges for implementing change and did not manage it well. It is not surprising to receive such reactions from the old managers as the new system would seem more like an extra chore that they need to perform on top of their current workload. . It is absolutely critical to get employees to buy into the need for change. Erica and the new managers can give all the old employees the...
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...opinion after speaking with someone. He is 38 years old. 3rd juror is 40 years old business owner who is very opinionated and difficult to be convinced. His personal relationship with his son played a major role in prejudice against the defendant. 50 years old 4th Juror is a stock broker. He wears glasses and seems to present himself professionally and his main concerns are facts of the case which led him believe the boy killed his father....
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...Carlie also claims that the gang member's they turn to be “not responsible adults” (carlie, mike).However, Carlie’s claim is false. There are many responsible role models in gangs that instruct the younger members into a well driven path. notwithstanding the fact that the police arrest the leaders of the gangs causing the public to have a point of view similar to Carlie. Witness claims “They locked up these gang chiefs and everything went haywire” (Tobin, Michael fox news). The witness statement shows that the leaders of the gangs had complete control over the gangs and allowed pace and control between gangs and society before they were incarcerated. To support that claim; Cannon, Tracy a member of the vice lord gangs adds. “Ain’t like it used to be. Back then we had a structure. Older guys would make us go to school. Even though we were gang banging, we would still go to school”( Tobin, Michael fox news).Cannon and the witness statement support the claim that the leaders of the gangs represented themselves as responsible authority figure to the younger children who involves themselves in these packs. When Cannon says “Older guys would make us go to school” is an example that they are responsible adults for the children to look up to for guidance...
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