...Table of contents 1.0 Executive Summary 3 2.0 Introduction 3 3.0 Discussion 3 3.1 Strategic leadership 4 3.2 Transformational leadership 4 3.3 Transactional leadership 5 4.0 Issues 5 4.0.1 Corporate vision and mission 5 4.0.2 Cultural diversity 6 4.0.3 Nurturing and delegation 6 4.0.4 Teamwork 6 5.0 Impacts 7 5.0.1 Unity of working teams 7 5.0.2 Setting organizational tone, strategy and right culture 8 5.0.3 Improved individual employee personal performance 8 6. 0 Conclusion 9 REFERENCES..................................................................................................... 10 1.0 Executive summary The hospitality industry has had great evolution over ages especially so in the aspect of leadership and management. It is one of the most dynamic industries across the globe in the modern day context with so much differentiation of products and embracing varying leadership styles in order to cope with the ever-increasing pressure in competition. It is in this understanding that this paper intends to critically analyze the leadership style upheld by the Hilton global hotel with special attention to the leadership of the serving CEO, Christopher J Nassetta. 2.0 Introduction Leadership is the art of imparting influence to people and making them willingly cooperate towards realizing an organizations purpose. In our analysis, Christopher, the CEO to Hilton Hotels exhibits great aspects of a leader and practices a range of leadership styles....
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...American Academy of Pediatrics, drug testing is in need for more research due to the lack of evidence and success it produces (Christopher). In fact a national survey of high school students concludes that random drug testing does not reduce scholars’ substance use within school (Study Finds Random). High school athletes should not be drug tested because of the negative effects and alternative solutions. Most high school athletic drug testing contracts are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars (Mary). In that case Dr. Sharon Levy of the AAP stated that every student that gets drug tested it is worth $24. Dr. Sharon Levy also estimates that there is about one positive test for every 125 students tested, and it costs approximately $3,000 for each positive (Christopher). With that in mind out of 3,311 drug tests, the University Interscholastic League, in Texas, conducted there were nine positives. In fact the progressive rate of positive drug tests has never risen above one percent (Mary). Also, following a year with the lack of financing, the Florida High School Athlete Association disconnected after the drug testing of “600 students for $100,000.” “Not to mention the championship event of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, when 500 student...
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...Master Guides Summaries Desire of Ages Summary – Christopher Pennerman The book The Desire of Ages was a book about the life and death of Jesus Christ written by Ellen G. White. It contains 87 chapters in total. Chapter 1 “God With Us”, talks about The Father and Son covenanted‖ together to save fallen mankind, and answers the question was their plan conceived before or after the fall of man. It then goes on to talk about the importance that Christ had in becoming human. Next in chapter 2 “The Chosen People”, is based on Genesis 12:1-3, where it talks about Israel failing to be a blessing to the nations. It then goes on to explain about how you can be a blessing to your community. Chapters 10-12 go on to talk about Christ Baptism straight to his Temptations. Two chapters that caught my attention were Chapter 7 “As a child” and Chapter 8 “Passover Visit”. Chapter 7 talks about the growth of Jesus Christ. Jesus did not have the privilege of going to school but his mother was his first teacher, he also studied the law of God. He had powers and he never abused the power to ease his work as a carpenter. He glorified God in all circumstances; Jesus lived a holy life even though he dwelt in Nazareth a place filled with temptation and other vices. He learnt from nature. He acknowledge God as his father, he also knew that they was time was everything “he said, "I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”. He is the perfect...
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...Erikson’s Theory Micah Schenk AIU Online Abstract Inside this essay the Erikson’s Theory on developmental psychology is described in full detail, the stages how everyone is affected throughout the stages with detail inside the examples. Using personal and televised characters to define how each character fits inside the specific stage. Detail on how the person had managed to progress or did not progress inside the stage and how to overcome the negative effects. Erikson’s Theory There are eight stages in Erikson’s theory. The first stage in Erikson’s theory is trust versus mistrust, and it lasts from birth through 18 months of age. During this stage, a child must successfully develop a relationship to a caregiver and become attached in order to establish trust and security. This is accomplished when the child’s basic needs are met by the caregiver. The child is likely to develop feelings of anxiety and insecurity if their needs are not met. For example, Adeline is only two weeks old at this current time. Adeline has a strong sense of trust to her mother proven by the fact that when her mother is not around Adeline gets scared and cries during this time Emily or I would have to pick her up to give her that comfort again of being held and fed and providing for her needs and therefore is resolving this stage. The second stage, autonomy versus self-doubt, begins at approximately 18 months of age and lasts until...
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...Nobody listens to the real climate change experts The minds of world leaders are firmly shut to anything but the fantasies of the scaremongers, says Christopher Booker. By Christopher Booker (Daily Telegraph) 1:20PM GMT 14 Mar 2009 Cold comfort: If the present trend continues, the world will be 1.1C cooler in 2100 Photo: Getty Considering how the fear of global warming is inspiring the world's politicians to put forward the most costly and economically damaging package of measures ever imposed on mankind, it is obviously important that we can trust the basis on which all this is being proposed. Last week two international conferences addressed this issue and the contrast between them could not have been starker. The first in Copenhagen, billed as "an emergency summit on climate change" and attracting acres of worldwide media coverage, was explicitly designed to stoke up the fear of global warming to an unprecedented pitch. As one of the organisers put it, "this is not a regular scientific conference: this is a deliberate attempt to influence policy". What worries them are all the signs that when the world's politicians converge on Copenhagen in December to discuss a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, under the guidance of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there will be so much disagreement that they may not get the much more drastic measures to cut carbon emissions that the alarmists are calling for. Thus the name of the game last week, as...
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...Abagnale Jr. was eventually caught, Carl Hanratty realized that Abagnale’s check-savviness could be a benefit to his department in the FBI. He later went on to have a successful career as an FBI Agent in Check Fraud, instead of facing a timely prison sentence. The movie flows well due to a plethora of acting skills, well-written dialogue, and an entertaining back and forth battle that Abagnale Jr. encounters with Hanratty and also within himself. “Catch Me’s acting shines,” Hollywood.com raves. The movie contains a respectable and veteran class of Hollywood talent with Leonardo Dicaprio, Christopher Walken, and Tom Hanks leading the way. The intriguing mixtures of the actors’ personalities go very well together. Leonardo Dicaprio’s portrayal of Frank Abagnale Jr. is said to be “all at once charismatic, childish, vulnerable, and deadly intelligent” (Hollywood.com). His character’s main influence in all of his escapades is that of his father Frank...
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...Week Three Reflection Summary Team B Christopher Nieto Anais Romero MGT/230 January 14, 2013 Marlo Cross Reflection Summary My name is Anais Romero and during week two the team reviewed planning as a management function. We learned about the various factors that influence strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning. Finally, the team learned about the effects that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have on management planning. As a team we learned about the basic steps involved in the planning function of management. Planning improves innovation, speed, quality, and costs. Those are qualities that make a business successful. We learned that the planning phases are not only used by large organizations but also that planning has become a widespread management function. In order for smaller organizations to be competitive if not aggressive, planning is needed. In week two, we learned about the six basic steps used in the planning process: situational analysis, alternative goals and plans, goal and plan evaluation, goal and plan selection, implementation, and monitor and control. As a team, we found that many of us worked in businesses that have succeeded due in part to the planning phase of business. As these businesses continue to be competitive, changes need to be done using a plan. We understand that planning is applicable to our personal lives as well. Planning daily tasks, events, and agendas...
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...Week Three Reflection Summary Team B Christopher Nieto Anais Romero MGT/230 January 14, 2013 Marlo Cross Reflection Summary My name is Anais Romero and during week two the team reviewed planning as a management function. We learned about the various factors that influence strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning. Finally, the team learned about the effects that legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility have on management planning. As a team we learned about the basic steps involved in the planning function of management. Planning improves innovation, speed, quality, and costs. Those are qualities that make a business successful. We learned that the planning phases are not only used by large organizations but also that planning has become a widespread management function. In order for smaller organizations to be competitive if not aggressive, planning is needed. In week two, we learned about the six basic steps used in the planning process: situational analysis, alternative goals and plans, goal and plan evaluation, goal and plan selection, implementation, and monitor and control. As a team, we found that many of us worked in businesses that have succeeded due in part to the planning phase of business. As these businesses continue to be competitive, changes need to be done using a plan. We understand that planning is applicable to our personal lives as well. Planning daily tasks, events, and agendas...
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...Executive Summary The concept of value chain has attracted considerable attention of managers and researchers. This report briefly presents the value chain in manufacturing industry and then explores the leadership roles of the engineer in the management of the value chain. Furthermore, this report analyzes the benefits of using an engineer in the value chain management and points out that the engineer is best suited to perform the value chain management role. Table of Contents Introduction 2 The Value Chain in manufacturing industry 2 Role of the Engineer in Value Chain 4 Main Management Actions of Value Chain 4 Leadership Role in the Value Chain Management 4 Benefits of Using an Engineer in Value Chain Management 5 Conclusion 6 References 7 Introduction The demands of the new economy caused by globalization have changed the focus of companies from internal efficiency to the creation of value in the extended enterprise, including their suppliers, alliance partners, distributors and customers. The concept of value chain has attracted a great deal of attention from managers and researchers. Porter (1985) described the value chain as a complex series of activities through which a product or service is designed, produced, marketed, delivered and supported and these activities coordinate the nexus between supply and demand. This report explains the leadership roles of the engineer in the value chain management...
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...EFFECTIVESS OF USING GEOTEXTILES IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS: LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS Shih-Hsien Yang Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering Dr. Imad L Al-Qadi, Chair Dr. Gerardo W Flintsch Dr. Antonio A Trani Feb 27, 2006 Blacksburg, Virginia Keywords: Geotextile, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Flexible Pavement, Cost Effectiveness, Agency Costs, User Costs EFFECTIVESS OF USING GEOTEXTILES IN FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS: LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS Shih-Hsien Yang (ABSTRACT) Using geotextiles in secondary roads to stabilize weak subgrades has been a well accepted practice over the past thirty years. However, from an economical point of view, a complete life cycle cost analysis (LCCA), which includes not only costs to agencies but also costs to users, is urgently needed to assess the benefits of using geotextile in secondary road flexible pavement. Two design methods were used to quantify the improvements of using geotextiles in pavements. One was developed at Virginia Tech by Al-Qadi in 1997, and the other was developed at Montana State University by Perkins in 2001. In this study, a comprehensive life cycle cost analysis framework was developed and used to quantify the initial and the future cost of 25 representative low volume road design alternatives. A 50 year analysis cycle was used to compute the cost-effectiveness...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary----------------------------------------- 1. Introduction 2. Situation analysis 2.1 External analysis------PESTEL analysis------------------------------------- 2.2 Internal analysis--------the value chain--------------------------------------- 2.3 SWOT-analysis-------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.Strategic concerns 4.Recommendations 5.Conclusion Reference list Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to assess the current situation of Jollibee to determine whether the brand should enter the UK or not. The report is divided into five sections. The first section is the background to Jollibee and its international operations. The second section is the environmental analysis of Jollibee through the external analysis--- PESTEL and internal analysis---the value chain in terms of market trends, customers, competitors and current position along with the SWOT analysis. The third section is the strategic concerns faced by Jollibee in the UK market. The recommendations based on the previous discussion will be given for the UK market in the fourth section. In the final section, the conclusion will be given out. 1. Introduction: Jollibee Foods Corporation was an ice cream parlor named magnolia, started by...
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...Available via email, text, or phone, (330-336-4646) Credit hours: 3 Class meeting times: Face to face meetings will be September 14, 28, October 12, 26, November 9, 23. The alternating sessions after week September 14th, will be offered online via BlackBoard. Prerequisites: MBA Foundations class or equivalent Course Materials: Organization Development & Change, Thomas G. Cummings and Christopher G. Worley, 10th edition, (note the 9th edition is not the same). Course Description: This course explores the theories and concepts managers can apply, on their own or in collaboration with an OD consultant, to drive effective change management initiatives within their departments or organizations. The course examines how to create and enact positive change in business at the systems level by understanding the elements of organizational design as well as theories and models pertinent to organizational change. The course focuses on large-scale OD interventions as well as strategies and tactics managers can employ to plan, enact and monitor change within their spheres of influence. Topics covered in the course include: understanding the fundamentals of organizational design; systems thinking and its impact on the change process; defining OD and the dynamics of change in relationship to organizational culture; exploring core OD values in the context of globalization; various OD interventions used at the individual, group and organizational levels; and key issues managers...
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...The Summary Paper Legal/Ethics Issues In The Health Care Business BUS670 Rhunda Mitchell Instructor Little 10/24/11 More than any other industry, it is in the healthcare business that ethics are of utmost importance. This is because, people in this industry deal with such situations and circumstances, everyday, which have a direct bearing on another person's life. In this paper one will discuss the ethical/legal issues which are faced by the healthcare industry as a nurse, and ethical issues in healthcare, pertaining to both management and medical research and give suggestion on how to handle each situation in hand. Ethical/ Legal Issues as A Nurse: Nurses are subject to a wide range of legal, ethical and professional duties which can be very challenging. These duties are generally considered to be to respect a patient’s confidentiality and autonomy and to recognize the duty of care that is owed to all patients. As a nurse their duties have to be always professional, because there are legal implications if these duties are breached. They also must consider when it is okay as a nurse to breach these duties and therefore ethical issues arise. Ethics is a set of moral and practical guideline that influences nursing decisions big and small. One of the main priorities of a nurse is to advocate for their patients a nurse expresses and defends the cause of their patient, nurses are expected to protect their patients’ rights. Patients’ rights can vary from...
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...“You can’t stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come to you; you have to go to them sometimes.” – Alan Alexander Milne, writing as Winnie the Pooh. Have you ever sat down and thought about the leader in you? Many people avoid thinking about the inner qualities they poses that makes them a good or bad leader. Most people, in fact, believe that being a good leader is just a natural trait born to those select few who are lucky enough to be chosen. Everyone needs to sit down and look at their own abilities and recognize what is helping them to achieve their leadership goals or what is actually holding them back. In order to understand your own leadership qualities though, you must first understand what leadership is. There is no definitive definition of what leadership actually is. We must look at each quality and characteristic that shapes the image of a leader. There is no better example to follow then the lessons learned from the one and only Winnie the Pooh. “ Created by Alan Alexander Milne and was first published on October 14th, 1926. The characters in the book were based on Milne’s own son’s adventures with his stuffed animals and were featured in 4 books written by Alan Alexander Milne and illustrated by E.H. Shephard. The books were a favorite by millions, but the most influential people they touched were the daughters of the famous illustrator, Walt Disney. Their love for the books inspired Disney to bring the characters to life and in 1977 “The Many...
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...Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the world’s second-biggest economy was not included in the agreement. From its inception, some have speculated that China would not join the bloc because it is a “high standards agreement,” even speculating that this was put in place to lock China out of the agreement. It is also assumed that the TPP have used specific rules and guidelines to prevent China's involvement, presumably due to its negative impact on the WTO and that the TPP has been considered by many as a strategic instrument to isolate or contain China. Given the country’s ambitions, its leaders are understandably concerned about the concerted effort by the U.S. and other Asia-Pacific countries to curtail its economic growth and geopolitical influence. Now, the geopolitical picture is clear. Linking Japan, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam,...
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