...Zeitgeist Zeitgeist the movie is directed by Peter Joseph. This film focuses on the a number of conspiracy theory based ideas focusing in discrediting religion. The first part of Zeitgeist asserts that every early civilization worhsipped the sun and considered it to be both the creator and savior of mankind. The film also tries to compare Jesus to the Egyptian deity Horus. God of the Sun acording to the film, and God of the Sky according to the scholars. But nevermind their meddling. Joseph goes about his comparison by taking the story of Jesus' life (born on December 25, had 12 followers, was crucified, etc.) and inserting the word "Horus" in place of "Jesus". Indeed there are many coincidences between the Egyptian Sun God and Jesus Christ. Horus was born on December 25th to the virgis Isis, He was adorned by three “kings” who followed an eastern star, He was deemed a prodigy at 12 and was baptized at the Age of 30 , He also traveled with 12 disciples and traveled around performing miracles , His alternate names included “Lamb of God”, “The truth, the light” and He was betrayed, crucified, buried from the dead and rose three days later. I think the point Peter Joseph is making here can somewhat be true due to the facts that he had shown. It is actually against religion and shows how religion is based off astrology and how people used the constellations to make up story of Jesus. The coincidences between the history of the sun and Jesus Christ is also very similar...
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...SPOTLIGHT ON PRODUCTIVITY Spotlight ARTWORK Artist Name, Artwork Name, year Description of materials, size Name of show if available, location 70 Harvard Business Review May 2011 PHOTOGRAPHY: JORDI PLAT; XAVIER VEILHAN/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY, NEW YORK HBR.ORG ARTWORK Xavier Veilhan, The Big Mobile, 2004 Metallic structure, 25 spheres in PVC with diameters from 29.5" to 137.8" Exhibition View, 3rd Biennial of Contemporary Art of Valencia The Power Of Small Wins Want to truly engage your workers? Help them see their own progress. by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer SPOTLIGHT ON PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IS THE BEST WAY to drive innovative work inside organizations? Important clues hide in the stories of world-renowned creators. It turns out that ordinary scientists, marketers, programmers, and other unsung knowledge workers, whose jobs require creative productivity every day, have more in common with famous innovators than most managers realize. The workday events that ignite their emotions, fuel their motivation, and trigger their perceptions are fundamentally the same. The Double Helix, James Watson’s 1968 memoir about discovering the structure of DNA, describes the roller coaster of emotions he and Francis Crick experienced through the progress and setbacks of the work that eventually earned them the Nobel Prize. After the excitement of their first attempt to build a DNA model, Watson and Crick noticed some serious flaws. According to Watson, “Our first...
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...Memorandum To: Hospital Staff, Peer Review Committee, Hospital Trustees From: -Lead Surgeon Date: January 20, 2013 Subject: Heart Transplant Candidate The purpose of this memorandum is to come to a conclusion about which individual should receive the heart transplant taking into account ethics. There are three people who are in need of the organ transplant; Jerry, Lisa, and Ozzy. In order to make an informed decision it is important to look at all three cases. Candidate #1- Jerry is a 55 year old male with three children. In his early 20’s Jerry used steroids which in turn damaged his heart. His life expectancy would increase by about 10-15 years with this transplant. Candidate #2- Lisa is a 12 year old female. Her heart was damaged when she contracted pneumonia a year ago. Lisa has had health problems all her life due to a lupus-like immune deficiency. Even with the transplant, it is unlikely that Lisa will live through her 20’s. Candidate #3- Ozzy is a 38 year old male who has a history of drug abuse. As a result of Ozzy’s drug use, he will not be able to live past the month. With the transplant Ozzy has the life expectancy of 10+ years. The Rights Theory The Rights Theory state that an action is ethical is it respects the rights that all individuals have. Taking this theory into account, I do not think it is ethical to accept the 2 million dollars which are being offered to the hospital in exchange for Lisa to receive the transplant. All three of the candidates...
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...Jeremy Bentham was born in London, England on the February 15, 1748. He was known for being a proponent in the utilitarian movement. Jeremy father was a Lawyer, having decided that Jeremy would follow his footsteps. At the age twelve, Jeremy attended Queens College, Oxford. After Jeremy graduated from Queens College he immediately entered Lincolns Inn to study law and found out his weakness to public speaking and left Lincoln Inn to concentrate on his writings (Jeremy Bentham). As Jeremy focused on his writings he wrote a number of books on philosophy, economics and politics. He began expressing his conservative political views, until he was exposed to Joseph Priestly. Joseph Priestly work impacted the views of Jeremy and later Jeremy changed his views according to his work. Jeremy published work like, Principles of International Law, A fragment of Government, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Catechism of Reformers, Constitutional Code and many more (Spartacus Educational). Fig. 1. A cartoon shows does the end justify the means (UTILITARIANISM). According to the Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, is where Jeremy articulates rational principles that would provide a basis and guide for legal, social and moral reform. Jeremy then developed fundamental moral principles on which laws should be set. Jeremy philosophy of utilitarianism stated, “The greatest happiness principle” or “the principle of utility”. These statements were...
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...The Essential Drucker BOOKS BY PETER F. DRUCKER MANAGEMENT The Essential Drucker Management Challenges for the 21st Century Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management Managing in a Time of Great Change Managing for the Future Managing the Non-Profit Organization The Frontiers of Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship The Changing World of the Executive Managing in Turbulent Times Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices Technology, Management and Society The Effective Executive Managing for Results The Practice of Management Concept of the Corporation ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIETY Post-Capitalist Society Drucker on Asia The Ecological Revolution The New Realities Toward the Next Economics The Pension Fund Revolution Men, Ideas, and Politics The Age of Discontinuity Landmarks of Tomorrow America’s Next Twenty Years The New Society The Future of Industrial Man The End of Economic Man AUTOGRAPHY Adventures of a Bystander FICTION The Temptation to Do Good The Last of all Possible Worlds --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A DF Books NERDs Release THE ESSENTIAL DRUCKER. Copyright © 2001 Peter F. Drucker. All rights reserved under international and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse...
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...Time Management Effective time management means less stress in your day to day routine. Managing your time effectively will get more done each day and when your minimize stress your improving the quality of work. “Effective executives, in my observation, do not start with their tasks, they start with their time. And they do not start out with planning. They start by finding out where their time actually goes,” (Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive” referenced by Negesh Belludi, 2008). We can easily lose sight on how we spend our time and before you know it the day is over. Ask yourself how your spend your time; keep a log of everything you do for a few days. Evaluate this and determine where you spend the most time, how to utilize certain times of the day and what you can shave off the list. If you commute to work, utilize this time to catch up on emails, read reports or write you’re to do list for the day. This time may seem short, but in the end useful. It’s also important to keep healthy to relive stress, not only can you be bombarded with heavy workloads but your personal life can affect your productivity as well. Get plenty of rest and make sure you have something for breakfast and lunch during work, this will keep you energized. Feeling run down exhausted or fatigue will only set you back and create distractions and limitations of productivity. A healthy lifestyle can improve focus; concentration and efficiency this will help finish the tasks out hand. Stock your...
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...Learning Organizations: Fad or Future? By Marty Jacobs Published in the September 2007 Issue of Vermont Business Magazine When Peter Senge’s book, The Fifth Discipline was first published in 1990, the term “learning organization” joined the business lexicon. Senge was able to distill years of research and practice in the field of organization development into a clear and concise theory for creating profound organizational change. So, are learning organizations the wave of the future or will the theory fall by the wayside like so many other business and management fads (management by objectives, reengineering, etc.)? The answer to that question is a resounding, “It depends.” It depends on an organization’s willingness to commit the time and energy to changing its behavior. Before delving into the area of changing organizational behavior, however, let’s first define a learning organization. Learning organizations are those that are able to integrate the following five disciplines: • • Personal mastery: Personal mastery is the ability to continually clarify and deepen personal vision, focus energies, develop patience, and see reality objectively. Mental models: Mental models are deeply ingrained assumptions or generalizations that influence how we understand the world and how we take action. Working with mental models involves surfacing and examining organizational assumptions, in order to understand organizational systems better and to develop more effective solutions. Building...
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...literacy production chosen is Family Guy, which according to Fox (2012) is a 20th Century Fox Television production with Seth MacFarlane as the creator/executive producer and Emmy award winner in 2002. Seth was born in 1972 in Kent, Connecticut. Seth plays the voices for Peter, Stewie, Brian, Quagmire, and many other voices. Because the show debut, according to Fox (2012) the show has reached highest status with the all their fans, and its breakout star, Stewie, has become one of the greatest television villains ever. The show has stacked up numerous awards, including an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series Fox (2012). Seth is also the creator of the hit comedy show, which is now playing on fox television called American Dad. A brief overview of season four on the episode of “don’t make me over”, when Meg asks the cutest boy at school on a date, and he turns her down because she looks like a boy, she turns to her family for support. In an effort to make her feel better and have more confidence, Lois takes Meg to newly built mega-mall, where Meg gets the ultimate makeover. Meanwhile, a local favorite tavern of the guys is forced to shut down because of the mega-mall taking most of the local business so Peter tries save the tavern by starting a band with the guys, but it is Meg's new look that has the record producers wanting the band. So the Griffins formed a band and that takes them all the way to New York to perform on "Saturday Night Live." Meg’s personality started to...
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...nnovation: yes, but how? Every year, the latest surveys by government organiza- tions and leading consultancies show the importance of innovation for companies in both the service and manufacturing sectors. The surveys also show that success- ful innovation management requires ‘orchestration from the top’. 1 But in practice, recognizing the need for effective innovation management and achieving it are two vastly different things. Ten years ago Peter Drucker said that how to manage innovation was a largely unanswered question. 2 But in the past decade the tools and techniques for managing innovation have advanced significantly – enough for The Economist to recently state that innovation management is no longer an art but is ‘becoming a practical science’. 3 So, to get ahead, managers need to quickly develop the range of skills they need to be able to manage innovation effectively. This book was written to meet the needs of both managers and MBA stu- dents. It presents an integrated view of the skills, tools and techniques needed to successfully develop and implement an innovation strategy. The choice of tools and techniques which are presented was based not only on an extensive review of the literature but also on the authors’ own experience in industry, teaching, research and consultancy. The book is relevant to organizations in the service, manufacturing and not-for-profit sectors and it gives many company examples. Managing innovation is...
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...Does my integrated service demonstrate any of the principles of a learning organisation? Chapter 1: Introduction The aim of the study is to discover if the integrated service I work for demonstrates the principles, if any, of a learning organisation. I will begin this with a literature review and identify those key elements, which many key thinkers and contributors have written about, that distinguish a learning organisation. The literature review will also help me understand and develop my knowledge on what a learning organisation is, as at this point I have very little understanding of the concept of what a learning organisation is or consists of. I will seek to find out what the characteristics and principles are of a learning organisation and assess through my own thought process and reflection whether I feel the concept of a learning organisation is viable and can be implemented in my place of work. Furthermore, during this study I will collate my evidence in terms to inform my research by asking colleagues I work with to complete a questionnaire relevant to the principles and characteristics of a learning organisation. I will assess and critically analyse this feedback and provide valid evidence to identify whether individuals feel the work in learning culture based on the principles and characteristics discovered in the literature review. Finally, I will reflect and conclude my findings based on both the literature review and method of research and assess how this...
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...It is often said that information is power in today’s economy, and this is aptly demonstrated by the emergence of many new types of information intermediaries in the last decade. The term infomediary is used for many such intermediaries, since their role is to capture, aggregate, and exploit information about participating parties in order to facilitate the efficient allocation of goods or services. Wise and Morrison (2000) note, in the context of business-to- business markets, that with the spread of digitization “value has shifted from the product itself to informa- tion about the product.” Intermediaries create value via information collection, aggregation, display, and information processing; by managing workflow for a set of transactions between a buyer and seller; by coordinating logistical services to buyers and sellers; or by providing information processing services for end-to-end transaction management. Such infomedi- aries are becoming commonplace in many business and consumer market settings, including in hotel and travel coordination (Dube and Renaghan 2000), retail marketing (Chen et al. 2002), and private online exchanges for B2B commerce (Hoffman et al. 2002). Bailey and Bakos (1997) discuss four services offered by intermediaries: (a) aggregation of buyer demand and seller products, (b) providing trust between participants, (c) market facilitation, and (d) matching buyers and sellers. Kaplan and Sawhney (2000) reinforce the notion that electronic intermedi-...
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...Stefan Palylyk Mr. McDougal English II H 12/3/12 Important Themes in Fellowship of the Ring: Religion’s Impact on Imagination Throughout history, religion has hugely impacted such things as art, science, literature, etc. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Fellowship of the Ring, is a person who represents his Catholic beliefs within his writing at numerous times. Since his religious beliefs had a profound impact on his life, Tolkien alludes to many things in the novel. He symbolizes Catholic figures such as Jesus, the apostles, and themes such as the genealogy mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew. Since the Catholic faith is mostly centered around Jesus Christ, Tolkien finds a way to represent Jesus in certain characters in the story. The most notable character that fits the role of the Lord and Savior is Frodo. One of the first aspects of Frodo as the Christ figure is his journey from his home in the Shire throughout middle-earth. Frodo’s mission is to protect the ring from evil and carry it to Mordor and only when he leaves his home is he able to show who he really is. This is much like Jesus’ mission to leave his home village of Nazareth to proclaim the word of God and express the connection between God and people. Frodo also has supernatural power in the form of the ring like Jesus’ power inherited from God. Frodo’s power from the ring is undoubtedly an extreme capability. The power of the ring is described by Gandalf when he says, "A mortal, Frodo, who keeps one of the Great...
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...Fritz Lang - M Fritz Lang was a Jewish film maker, which wasn't unheard of during the pre holocaust era. The purpose of the making of the movie M was to be a controversial and very emotion engaging film, one in which Lang succeeded in making. A child murderer? There is no choice but for the audience to feel uncomfortable. The film M itself is full of engaging elements. The lighting, extreme contrasts at some points, dark expressions and unthinkable fantasies that adults during this time period were shocked by. These themes mixed with disorienting filming angles at some points and eerie children singing at others gave the movie itself a creepy feel to it. In the movie, Peter Lorre plays the role of the adolescent killer, Hans Beckart. Roaming around the city and stalking his prey. It is true that there had been other films in this era with similar aspects, like Stranger on the Third Floor, but M in particular had a huge impact on it's audience, a child killer? Should he be punished? Or should the audience feel sympathetic and give a youngster a free pass? After all, he is merely a child. It's safe to say M was one of the starts to creepy thriller genres we have today. The lighting and contrast can be seen in many movies after this film was released which is totally understandable, the creative elements in M were too brilliant to not me mimicked. Take for instance Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock made this movie in 1960, nearly 30 years after the premiere of M. When...
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...As a manager in the organization that is being acquired, I would give some Price Waterhouse advice to help with the transitional period of the company by building a guiding team. I feel it's fundamental to creating a successful change in any organization. Furthermore, the cohesion of the employees will be more effective overall. During the last two months of the company prior to the change, I would create a team of creditable employees consisting of managers and workers. The goal of this change management team would be to convey a message that is clear to avoid any confusion among the ranks of the employees. Furthermore, the team would help answer questions and give advice for employee's; that will be leaving the company in the near future, as well as employees that might be changing positions, or employees that could be transferring to another division entirely. I feel by building a team to help manage the new changes the next three months following the acquisition will become a smother transition. During the next three months, I would have the team focus giving attention to the retained employees, by reassurance and guidance of the fact that letting go of the old company culture and thinking of the new culture and adapting to it should be done easily. This would ultimately give the employees more productive and efficient work in the future and long run, and will make the employees feel more comfortable about the transition. William Bridges has good thoughts on change called...
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...Introduction Time is one of the most valuable resources for everyone. It should be managed properly by the managers of any organizations in order to run the organizations smoothly. And, Delegation is a process of assigning task by one person to the other. The purpose of this essay is to discuss how managers cannot function effectively without good Time Management and Delegation skills. It then discusses the benefits of time management and delegation, drawbacks of delegations and measures to improve time management and delegation skills. Time Management Managing time is very vital as time is very essential to everyone. Therefore, it should be used properly as it cannot be restored. It is a skill that anyone can develop if remain focused and committed. The main purpose of time management is simply to manage the time in order to complete the task in certain periods of time. Managing the time helps us to focus more on our tasks and complete it on required time. In order to be effective, managers need to understand the value of time and utilize it properly. They should be able to know what is most important to them and then plan according to the importance of the tasks. Drucker P.F stated, “Everything requires time. It is the one truly universal condition. All work takes place in time and uses up time (Pg. no. 22)”. In addition, time is a limited resource. It is something that passes quickly and therefore, we should make most of it by not wasting it on irrelevant things....
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