...Reading Anna Harrington's article, "Where there's a will, there's a way," was an eye-opener for me. I was always aware that there are certain people in our society that seem to cope with situations better than others. Harrington's article shed some light as to why some people can overcome bumps in the road better than others. When reading this article, it was as if a light bulb turned on for me. I have always been a very resilient person, and have had a hard time understanding those who are not. There have been countless times that I have thought to myself "why can't s/he just "suck it up" and move on/get over it/ perform better?" Harrington's article broke down the many aspects of resilience, including emotional, spiritual, social, family, and physical. She explained that when one of these aspects are missing or damaged, a person's...
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...The article entitled, "Where there's a Will, There's a Way", gave a very well informed explanation concerning Resilience. The author went into grave details concerning the specific definition that Resilience is, "a psychological study of individuals and groups in adverse circumstances"(Harrington,2012). "Resilience research analyzes why some people go on to experience more problems, while others develop into adults who can contribute positively to society (Werner, 2004),(Harrington,2012). This very statement gave room to spark such a revelation of testimony within me. As a child, I was raised in a neglected home riddled with physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Being raised in this environment, caused emotional trauma, deep hurt and rejection to burrow within my soul. This environment fragmented the core of my being, which left me shattered from watching, hearing, and experiencing so many things no one should have seen, let alone a child! I didn't grow up in a solid foundation of Christ but what I did have was Religion, which led us to more Confusion, and eventually chaos. Hosea 4:6 says that, "my people are destroyed...
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...Adversity Essay Carla G. Guzman Penn State University OLEAD 409 Leadership Development Adversity Essay Successful business leaders — or people in general — don’t give up when adversity strikes. They find the ways and means to carry on. Sometimes, it takes a trip to hell and back to really open your eyes. And sometimes, really opening your eyes can change your whole life. (Pirouz, 2015). This essay will focus to explain how past life experiences shape leaders’ character and skills in order to leverage on adversity. Only leaders that take risks and make mistakes have the experience acumen to face hardship, overcome it or learn from it. According to Bennis, “Experiences aren’t truly yours until you think about them, analyze them, examine them, question them, reflect on them, and finally understand them. The point, once again, is to use your experiences rather than being used by them, to be the designer, not the design, so the experiences empower rather than imprison. (Bennis, 2009) His fundamental tenet is that leaders are made, not born. The worst problem they can face, says Bennis, is “early success. There's no opportunity to learn from adversity and problems”. (Bennis, 2008) As humans, we define our strengths and weakness in terms of experiences. We describe ourselves by how able we are handling certain situations or learning from them. Only exploring in depth these situations and dissecting the outcome, we will be able to understand our behavior and attitudes toward...
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...Coral Reefs vs. Climate Change Corals reefs around the world have been fighting climate change for just over two centuries. This problem hasn’t caught much attention to the average human eye, but it’s about time everybody realizes how this is affecting their everyday lives as well. Coral bleaching is one of the main concerns with coral reefs around the world. Coral bleaching can be fatal to coral reefs, which in return could hurt us in the future. Ocean acidification is another problem that coral reefs are facing around the world. Not only is it harmful to the coral reefs but harmful to marine life as well. Although these are all negative actions towards coral reefs there can be a bright side to all of this in the end. Coral reefs have resilience, which allows them to recover over time if they have the time and safety to do so. Human life is affected by the health of coral reefs more than you realize. The world needs to take action against coral bleaching and ocean acidification, once we realize how dependent we are on coral reefs, I believe we will give reefs a chance and allow them to recover to the bright flourishing reef they once were. For those who do not know, coral reefs are complex structures mostly built from calcium carbonate, also known as limestone. This calcium carbonate is made from the organisms that live in the reef. According to (“Science Clarified” 2) “Coral polyps are the most important reef-building organisms. The species that secrete calcium carbonate are...
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...rates of anxiety among teenagers and young adults in America have been steadily increasing (Bass, 2015). This article has information on the rise in teen anxiety, statistics, and the possible causes for the rise in anxiety. Teens Now and Then It appears in nearly every research article read that teens today are experiencing greater anxiety than the teens of 20, 30, 40 years ago. In fact, rates of anxiety and depression among young adults were far lower even during the Great Depression, during WWII, the Cold War, and the 60’s and 70’s than they are for teens today (Bass, 2015). The results are almost startling and alarming. Some statistics find that five to eight times as many high school and college students meet the criteria for anxiety disorders today, than the students of 50 years ago (Bass, 2015). When testing college students today eighty five percent of them fell above the mental illness score than the students of the 1930’s and 1940’s (Bass, 2015). “Many of us are worried that the number of young people today experiencing mental health problems is on the increase. As a society, we need to be...
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...White Paper: Introduction to cloud computing The boom in cloud computing over the past few years has led to a situation that is common to many innovations and new technologies: many have heard of it, but far fewer actually understand what it is and, more importantly, how it can benefit them. This whitepaper will attempt to clarify these issues by offering a comprehensive definition of cloud computing, and the business benefits it can bring. In an attempt to gain a competitive edge, businesses are increasingly looking for new and innovative ways to cut costs while maximising value – especially now, during a global economic downturn. They recognise that they need to grow, but are simultaneously under pressure to save money. This has forced the realisation that new ideas and methods may produce better results than the tried and tested formulas of yesteryear. It is the growing acceptance of innovative technologies that has seen cloud computing become the biggest buzzword in IT. However, before an organisation decides to make the jump to the cloud, it is important to understand what, why, how and from whom. Not all cloud computing providers are the same. The range and quality of services on offer varies tremendously, so we recommend that you investigate the market thoroughly, with a clearly defined set of requirements in mind. Rob Lovell, CEO ThinkGrid What is ‘cloud computing’? Many people are confused as to exactly what cloud computing is, especially as the term can be...
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...Jamison, the younger daughter of Joseph and Margaret Jaimson. Ellen shares a mixed background. She is a third generation Irish-American whose mother’s family came from Nenagh, Tipperary. Kullman attended Tower Hill school in Wilmington, DE then studied mechanical engineering at Tufts University where she received her bachelor’s degree in 1978. In 1983 she received her master’s degree in Management from Kellogg school of management. Here is how she reached the top: as a Sales Rep at Westinghouse where she discovered her passion for business and as a Management Trainee at General Electric. She joined DuPont as a Marketing Manager in 1988 where she quickly moved up the corporate ladder and ultimately became the first female CEO of the 210 year old organization in January 1, 2009. Away from work, she married and had three children. Ms. Kullman travels the world to promote face to face relationships with her enormous corporate team but believes her own family is the most important. She is the 19th executive to lead the company founded in 1802. Prior to becoming CEO, Ms. Kullman was president of the company from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2008. In 2012, she ranked number five in Fortune 500’s list of Most Powerful Women. Though DuPont is known for its dominance in chemicals, since becoming CEO Ms. Kullman has pushed the 210 year old company into unexpected new businesses (World of CEOs Dossiers, 2012). Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership...
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...growth not only in its core business, but it expanded it various businesses from google maps to autonomous cars. This case study analysis shows how Google achieved it success and what strategies and opportunities it needs to take to be successful in the near future. Some analysts say Google is almost at the mature state of its core business but they keep coming up with new products. Introduction In 1996, Google was formed by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, in a friends’ garage in Palo Alto, California. The two intellects dropped out of the Ph. D. program at Stanford to launch a search engine that analyzed and prioritized Web links based on relevance of queries. Within months, Google moved out of the garage into a downtown office where they multiplied their success (Hartley, 2011). In the beginning, Google was founded on an enterprise wanting to make searching for information easier and free to users. This project was well received by users, however had very little revenue to last very long. In 1998, Brin and Page accepted their first investment of $100,000 as Google Inc. This initial funding was short lived and soon Google was back to meeting with investors. Within a year, Google announced another $25 Million dollar investment by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital. Their popularity continued to grow and they were up to 7...
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...frequently large and conservative companies into agile enterprises capable of meeting new competition and opportunity head on with faster, leaner and more resilient operations. Global market dynamics are driving the need for transformation. As emerging markets grow and new markets emerge, demand is dispersing geographically. Demand is also fragmenting as a result of increasingly complex requirements from customers both for new product customization and post-sale support and service. Customers want – and expect – more choice on configuration options, faster cycle times, more frequent upgrades and robust aftersales service. All of this occurs in the face of mounting competition from new entrants, and intensifying cost pressures. Where in the past E&M companies earned healthy profits on selling equipment, growing competition is squeezing those margins. At the same time, customer demand is driving a paradigm shift away...
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...Will political globalization inevitably follow economic globalization? BY Gonçalo Jóia Martins Student number 12859 Abstract: The essay intends to prove that political globalization and a system of global governance is inevitable. First, it starts by showing how economic globalization led countries to be more dependent on each other than ever. This is demonstrated by the growing cross-border interdependence due to economic trade and also by the proliferation of global players that require global cooperation between nations. Those factors inevitably lead to the necessity of global institutions of governance. The thesis is supported by answering to the Rodrick Trilemma using the influence of important globalization actors like multinational companies that help to shape the society towards a global mentality what will also push for political globalization. I end up concluding that although difficult political globalization is feasible and if taken into account all the factors I mention it will inevitably happen. Submitted to Professor Miguel Homem Ferreira of Tutorial Class TAB29 on 19/03/2015 10 years ago in China Yan Xuetong gave a lecture about globalization to a group of college sophomores for about 3 hours. At the end, before he took questions, he asked to the group of students: “What does globalization mean”? Someone answered "free trade". He laughed, saying that was the typical American answer. He then proceeded to explain that what globalization really means...
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...The Manufacturing Innovation Series Innovators in Supply Chain Security: Better Security Drives Business Value July 2006 THE ANUFACTURING INSTITUTE MANUFACTURING MAKES AMERICA STRONG The Manufacturing Innovation Series Innovators in Supply Chain Security: Better Security Drives Business Value July 2006 By Barchi Peleg-Gillai, Gauri Bhat and Lesley Sept Stanford University Table of Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Manufacturers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Overview of Security Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Overview of Collateral Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...More Praise for Chaotics from Around the World “Turbulence is erratic—and it’s unpredictable. Nevertheless, we must handle it. In Chaotics, Kotler and Caslione don’t just remind us to pay attention to early signs; they give business leaders an outstanding map for how to successfully navigate a company through crises.” —Friedrich von Metzler, Member, Partners’ Committee, B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG “Turbulence and unpredictability are the inevitable realities of the next few years. We are in truly uncharted waters, with no good maps. Chaotics will help your organization to navigate without one. This incredibly useful and helpful book provides clear and practical guidance to the many difficult decisions that managers and leaders need to make in turbulent times. It is like having the authors and their wisdom at your side while having to ride the white waters of the rapids ahead.” —Peter Schwartz, Monitor Global Business Network “[A]n operations manual to help management teams guide their companies through this global disaster. Chaotics is a must read for those seeking a lifeline to save their business.” —Ed Kaplan, Chairman Emeritus, Zebra Technologies “A very timely and practical book on how to manage and market the enterprise through prolonged turbulence. The Chaotics Management System provides an excellent blueprint for making each major business function more resilient.” —Jagdish N. Sheth, Ph.D., Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing, Goizueta Business School...
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...commitment, and discuss their influences on employee behaviour. LO7 Describe five strategies to increase organizational (affective) commitment. LO8 Define stress and describe the stress experience. LO9 Explain why a stressor might produce different stress levels in two people. LO10 Identify five ways to manage workplace stress. ou know the fun is about to begin at Suntech Optics when employees spot the pineapple wearing sunglasses. The bespectacled fruit is mascot for the North Vancouver-based eyewear supplier’s Have Fun Team, which is responsible for creating various forms of workplace levity. Employees might discover a puzzle on their desk, with a prize awarded to the person who first solves it. Dozens of stuffed bears are brought to work on Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day. Halloween is a special treat as staff dress up for the occasion and show off their pumpkin carving skills. “We try to infuse having fun into our whole corporate culture,” says Suntech manager Deborah Peck. “It’s one of our core strategies. It’s part of our life.” Fun at work? It sounds like an oxymoron. But in order to attract and keep valuable talent, companies are finding creative ways to generate positive emotions in the workplace....
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...What is your take on the recent trend of 'million sq.ft. malls' where every second developer wants to make one of the biggest malls in India? Do you support this trend? I support this unprecedented wave of million sq ft mall as with multiple demands on limited time, shoppers carefully choreograph their shopping trips. Mn sq ft size and prominence means that, for good or ill, these malls have a significant impact on a place and its character There is growing acceptance that as long as Big malls are well designed ,made, leased , and suitably located, they can accelerate retail growth in our country In broader perspective Million sq ft malls are signs of growing economic development and prosperity and the desire of the investor and builders to invest in these mega projects -- which means more choice for retailers , shoppers and increasing employment opportunities for catchment population. A large Mall is an indicator that a Industry is moving toward the future. Large malls require plenty of investment, more time and labor to construct , lease and operate but they also have long- and short term advantage . How sustainable will this trend be considering the economic condition of the country? Sustaining a successful retail development in India requires a high level of expertise, proactive management, and innovation. In the near term, the robust consumer demand will mask the lack of experience of these new developers. Over the longer term, however, it will be important...
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...to exactly how culpable absent fathers are for many of the social ills we’re seeing in our society today, but there’s no denying it is a problem. This paper will endeavor to show that in spite of often heroic efforts by single mothers to rear their children as productive members of society, there is an overwhelming amount of data indicating fatherlessness as a significant factor of violent crime, educational under-achievement, high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), teenage pregnancy and behavioral disorders and it is vital that children have a father proactively involved in their lives wherever possible. Arguably the most desperate reason for fathers to engage in a positive way in their children’s lives is reflected in the statistics of violent crime. The young men of society today are growing up without fathers to guide them and teach them right from wrong. This has produced a generation of young men who are astonishingly angry. According to a report by Criminal Justice and Behavior, “Eighty percent of rapists motivated by displaced anger come from fatherless homes” (Children of Divorce and Separation – Statistics, 2001). This means that a male growing up in a fatherless home is ten times more likely to commit rape. Obviously there are copious other factors that play into this extreme level of violent behavior, but it is no coincidence that where fathers have taken perpetually diminished roles in their son’s...
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