...From the first moment I walked into this Positive Psychology class, I knew it would change something about me, for good. As a natural optimist, I was already expecting to have something good come out of this course that would affect my life, broaden my perspective, and somehow change something about my behavior. Little did I know that I would get so much more than just notes, lectures, and homework, I received some important tools for life that can help me in many situations. The five tools I incorporated into my life and do today are benefit finding, the nightly gratitude journal, and importance of flow in life, eudemonia, and the wonder drug. These important five tools that I picked up this semester result in an increase in happiness and so much more. Once of the first things that I remember really stuck out to me was, Professor Susan Thompson’s story of her life as a benefit finder and as a fault-finder. The difference was incredible and from that moment on I dedicated my life to transforming into a benefit-finder for all of life’s situations. I never considered myself as a fault-finder, but it always depended on the situation, now as a benefit-finder my life is open to more opportunities to learn, and move onto the future. For example, recently my little sister and I have been looking for a white Pomeranian breed puppy. Ever she was a little girl she wanted this puppy, and now as a fully employed part-time teen she has made it her job to find one. Together we have been looking...
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...How successful were Stalin's economic policies? Stalin introduced the Five Year Plans and collectivisation as his economic policies to improve Russia's industrial backwardness. Collectivisation consisted of state controlled farms, as 90% of the produce would go to the state. The peasants would join their small individual plots to form communal farms, leading to larger amounts of food. The five year plans were aimed at industrial improvements in agriculture and factories. In purely economic terms, his policies were a success they provided a number of solutions to problems like the state's inability to afford to pay high prices for grain. The Five Year Plans built vast factories in places like Stalingrad, Leningrad and other cities across Russia. These improved the production output a lot with coal production jumping from 35.4 million tonnes in the 1927-1928 years to 128 million tonnes in 1937. Hydro-electric dams, canals, railways and other infrastructural projects took place, aiming to modernise Russia. This also helped Russia catch up with countries like Britain, USA and and Germany. As Stalin had warned in February 1931 "We are 50-100 years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this lag in ten years. If we don't do it, they'll crush us!". Other than act as propaganda for the Communists by suggesting they could be crushed by foreigners it shows that Stalin's polices were a success in industry terms. Russian life had drastically changed from living in wood...
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...5My Five- Year Career Development Plan starts with setting and aligning career goals and objectives for personal and career levels. I believe setting goals and objective will help define and aide in maintaining successful future. I have evaluated different aspects of my career and have determined what aspects I am satisfied with and the aspects I can improve on or expand on. My goals and objectives are consistent with my passion for success and fits within the timeline of where I see myself in the future. Personal goals consist of graduating from Webster University with a second master’s degree in Human Resource and continuous success in my current job. I will continue to learn and grow within my organization and look for promotional opportunities that may be present in the future. My next position I hope to maintain in Project Manager in clinical research. The positions require minimum five year work experience in the clinical device, maintain current clinical research associate certificate, and manage a FDA study. I am on track to successfully complete all the required areas. Smith&Nephew encourages there employees to join professional organizations to aide in fully understanding the roles we are in. They pay the fees associates with SoCRA to maintain accreditation and one course each year to attend no matter the location. In my Career Development Plan, I have created a list of the necessary steps I need to accomplish to position myself better for the promotional positions...
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...How far do you agree that Stalin’s five year plans (1929-1941) improved the Russian economy? I strongly agree with the view that Stalin’s five year plans improved the Russian economy because of the significant growth in the Russian economy between this times in which the economy was growing at 14% a year. Stalin’s 5 year plans did improve the economy due to heavy industry increased the production of steel. Iron and coal, also by the end of the 5 year plans Stalin’s successfully increased production of vital things such as grain and wheat, the plans also geared and prepared Russia for war. However along with the many pros of the 5 year plans also came some cons, for example many people died within the duration of the plans up to 20 million people died because of his harsh policies during the course of these plans. The first five year plan started in 1929 the aim of this plan was to increase heavy industry all throughout Russia because Stalin believed as quoted that “we are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries, either we make this distance in 10 years or we be crushed” so following this his plan was to increase output of raw materials such as steel, iron and grain. To make sure this rapid industrialisation was to happen, Gosplan the supervised committee which controlled the various aspects of the USSR planned economy then employed 500,00 bureaucrats to set targets for every workshop, factory mill and mine, these target set were to unrealistic so because of the unrealistic...
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...How successful were the Five- Year Plans in transforming Russian industry in the years to 1941? Stalin made three five-year plans spanning from 1928 to 1941. He had very different aims for each of the plans and had some very optimistic targets for the achievements of these plans. An overriding theme of each of the plans was industry. Stalin wanted to restore Russia’s hold on industry and make it a great trading power once again. The five year plans were very successful in helping building up the Russian industry. They did this through many ways, each contributing in a different manner. The production of raw materials increased dramatically thought eh five-year plans and industry on a whole became a lot more efficient. This can be seen through statistics that show the production in tonnes. Such materials as; coal, iron and steel, all rose in production quite dramatically. Iron rose from 4.2 million tonnes to 6.2 million tonnes, coal from 29.1 million tonnes to 64.3 million tonnes and steel from 4.0 million tonnes to 5.9 million tonnes. These were huge increases at that time. For an country that was struggling as much as Russia was at that time, it was an achievement. Stalin had many initiatives to achieve a better industry. He put in place a reward scheme for workers if they helped reach the targets that were set. Workers were encouraged to work for these rewards. This strategy worked wonders as it increased the turn around in the factories as the workers were all working...
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...vary from plan to plan, depending on the immediate problems faced by the economy, the process of planning is inspired by certain long term objectives. In case of our Five Year plans, the long-term objectives are: (i) A high rate of growth with a view to improvement in standard of living. (ii) Economic self-reliance; (iii) Social justice and (iv) Modernization of the economy (v) Economic stability (i) High Rate of Growth All the Indian Five Year Plans have given primary importance to higher growth of real national income. During the British rule, Indian economy was stagnant and the people were living in a state of abject poverty. The Britishers exploited the economy both through foreign trade and colonial administration. While the European industries flourished, the Indian economy was caught in a vicious circle of poverty. The pervasive poverty and misery were the most important problem that has to be tackled through Five Year Plan. During the first three decades of planning, the rate of economic growth was not so encouraging in our economy Till 1980, the average annual growth rate of Gross Domestic Product was 3.73 percent against the average annual growth rate of population at 2.5 percent. Hence the per-capita income grew only around 1 percent. But from the 6th plan onwards, there has been considerable change in the Indian economy. In the Sixth, Seventh and Eight plan the growth rate was 5.4 percent, 5.8 percent and 6.8 percent respectively. The Ninth Plan, started in...
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...Power crash in india The investment opportunities in the Indian power sector are immense. The power ministry has set a target for adding 76,000 MW of electricity capacity in the 12th Plan (2012-17) and 93,000 MW in the 13th Five-Year Plan (2017-2022). As per the funding requirement of the 12th five year plan, a capital requirement of Rs. 13, 72, 580 crores is estimated to arise. The main sources of financing are commercial banks, public financial institutions, dedicated infrastructure/power finance institutions, insurance companies, overseas markets, bilateral/multilateral credit, bond markets and equity markets. The power sector was one of the first sectors to be opened up to private investment in the 1990s. Today it is the sixth largest attracter of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with upto 100 per cent FDI being allowed under automatic routes for projects of electricity generation, transmission, distribution and power trading. Along with this there are several government initiated policies to promote and garner investments in the power sector. For eg. The National Electricity Policy which aims at power for all and annual per capita consumption of electricity to rise by end of 2012. However, even today the country is faced with major challenges in the form of a persistent demand supply gap of approximately 9% and culmination of the same has come in the form of two massive power grid failures in the month of July. India suffered from the biggest power outage...
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...a range of health communication strategies based on a mass media. Social marketing uses marketing methods and places like clinics to get their messages across. Social marketing targets a large group of people, by spreading their messages around and not just keeping them local. Social marketing aim at a certain target audience and they do all their research and campaigns around them. However they try to get as many people to look and understand their messages. Although they don’t just use a communication approach. Their main approach is to change peoples behaviour. This approach can last for a long time and some last for years the change for life campaign has got a 3 year plan based on this approach. Change for life is a campaign based in England to stop obesity and help people change their diets to eat healthier. This campaign is using a three year plan that is based on the social marketing approach. (Example Change4Life) Medical Approach The medical approach focuses on activity which aims to reduce morbidity and premature mortality. This is targeted towards whole populations of high risk groups. Their aim is to increase medical interventions which will prevent ill health and premature death. The medical approach is popular because, it can help find prevention and early detection of disease this means problems can be cured and sorted a lot sooner. This will save some people a lot of money because they won’t have to pay for expensive treatment if their disease should...
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...How accurate is it to say that Lend Lease programme was the most important reason Russia’s victory in the Second World War? It can be argued that the main reason for Russia’s victory in the second war was due to the Lend lease programme as it provided Russia with mass amounts of equipment, food and transportation which therefore gave the soldiers energy and motivation to carry on in the gruelling war. However there are other significant factors which were crucial elements in Russia’s victory including the 5 year plan where Stalin tried to industrialise and also prepare Russia for war and Germany’s mistakes that helped Russia, above all doubts, win the war. Undoubtedly, lend lease was a crucial element towards Russia’s victory in the Second World War. A main example of this is the importance ‘SPAM’ had in the survival of the soldiers. By 1943, approximately 17 percent of the calorie intake was supplied by the Americans and by the end of the war it is estimated that 12 million soldiers received about 200 grams of US food every day. Without this essential intake, not only would the soldiers not have enough energy to fight efficiently, but also many would not be able to survive on the small balance that Russia provided. As much as lend lease is overlooked in Russia’s victory, the fact that over 1900 out of the 2000 trains used by the Russians were provided by Americans presents the mass amount that they supplied for Russia. Trains are essential in war, firstly for transport of...
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...Jake Cowley L6 IB History Assess the successes and failures of Stalin’s Economic Policy After Stalin had become the sole leader of the Soviet Union in 1929, he saw the need to introduce two new major economic policies, collectivization, and a series of five year plans. Both of these new economic plans were designed to boost Russia’s agriculture and industrialization within a short period of time, to catch up with the world leading powers, which were essentially Britain and the United States at the time. Stalin strongly believed that it was necessary to go to any lengths, which would soon include killing off thousands of peasants, to reverse the backwards economy of the time, to eventually overtake that of other countries. As the economy of Russia at the time, was in quite a terrible state. He believed he could do this by heavily focusing on agriculture and industry, to prepare Russia for a new age. Stalin’s new economic policies would soon prove to be a mix of successes and failures for both the economy and the people of Russia, each to different extents. Stalin’s first economic policy of the 1930’s was collectivization. This was the joining of private plots which had been previously divided amongst the peasants by the Tsar, in order to increase the amount of output production altogether. Although this might have seemed like a good idea to Stalin at the time, this economic policy proved to have more failures than successes. The collectivization of grain meant that...
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...Introduction Five-year plans are financed through the development, or capital budget, which was separate from the government's revenue, or administrative, budget. After the independence of Bangladesh, it was widely believed that once reconstruction tasks were over, the domestic economy would provide most of the resources needed for development. This view was mistaken because systematic drainage of Bangladesh’s resources during the British and Pakistani colonial regimes, which had left it with a deficit in food grain availability. Low levels of internal savings and a high population living below poverty line were evident: what in other words could be called a state of chronic external dependence. The country has followed the course of planned development since 1973. In a medium term framework, the First Five Year Plan was launched in July 1973. This was followed by a Two Year Plan (1978-80) in the background of world-wide inflation and uncertainties. In 1980, the five year plan framework was reinstated and since then three five year plans were implemented in succession. There was no development plan during 1995-97 after the expiry of the Fourth Plan (1990-95). Every plan targeted at an average annual GDP growth rate of above 5 per cent but achieved about 4 per cent. In spite of large inflow of foreign assistance to augment meager domestic resources, the planned effort for development has not been able to free the economy from the low growth trap. Almost half of the population...
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...mountain ranges in the biosphere. This country is the third largest continent and contains the world's largest population. It is also home to one of the very first recorded civilizations. Thanks to its vast mountains, it is rich in natural resources that have come up from the earth. China produces a large variety of things from steel, to cameras and synthetic materials. Since the beginning of time, China has risen significantly in all aspects of life through agriculture, politics, economics, and population. The rapid development of such country has attracted worldwide attention in recent years. Compared with the population of 1265825048 from the 2000 population census (zero hour of November 1, 2000), the total population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and the servicemen of the mainland of China increased by 73899804 persons, or 5.84 percent over the past 10 years. The average annual growth rate was 0.57 percent. In the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the mainland of China, there were 401517330 family households with a population of 1244608395 persons. The average size of family household was 3.10 persons, or 0.34 people less as compared with the 3.44 persons in the 2000 population census. Of the population enumerated in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen of the mainland of China, 686852572 persons or 51.27 percent were males, while 652872280 persons or 48.73 percent were females. Of the population...
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...Five Year HR Plan 2006-2011 Planning Committee: Five Year Plan Introduction SMC Company is becoming a leader in manufacturing ergonomic office equipment. The company is located in a small mid-western town of 30,000 people with a local labor market population of approximately 40% minority. SMC has been successful in diversifying its labor force; two-years ago the racial demographic makeup of the company was 90% white, now SMC has a bilingual workforce. SMC is faced with the challenge of remaining competitive in the local labor market where unemployment rate is lower than 2.2%. Over the past two years SMC have experiences many changes such as a shrinking local labor market, rising labor cost, bilingual workforce, accident rate increase of 50%, and SMC’s CEO is terminally ill. Furthermore, demand for SMC’s product continued to increase and the company has experienced unsuccessful labor organizing activities. The plan will address all aspects of what SMC needs to do in the next five years, with the emphasis on five major areas: staffing, employee development and training, compensation and benefits, employee relations, and safety and health. Ongoing issues of technological advances and diversity and demographics are also addressed. Staffing In an ongoing effort to address many of the challenges associated with staffing, the leaders at SMC identified a plan to utilize the “Strategic HRM” competency approach. Utilizing this approach allows the organization...
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...2010 Mr. Hennessy How successful were the five-year plans under Stalin? During Stalin’s position as leader of the USSR in the 1930’s, there were a series of economic policies created by him that wanted to achieve industrialization at an advanced acceleration. These economic policies/plans were called five-year plans. Stalin had 3 major five-year plans which lasted in a total of 13 years approximately. These five year plans were to a good extent successful because it brought the advancement of heavy industries, new ways of production, and the expansion of military machinery for WWII as well as the course for the later consolidation of the USSR as a world power. The first five-year plan took place from 1928-1932. The first five-year plan had as a goal to forget the NEP, and to bring industrialization to its highest point with the advancement of heavy industries. The targets and goals that Stalin had set were very high and seemed impossible, nevertheless the first-five year plan brought a boost to the industry in the USSR that it hadn’t been expected. The production of electricity in the country trebled. The output of coal and iron doubled. The USSR seemed to be starting a process of transition, that at first seemed very slow, but it would eventually put industry at its peak. Engineering industry expanded and led to the increasing output of machine-tools, turbines, engines, and machinery. The first-five year plan was the base for the following to come, so during this...
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...Introduction on 5 yr plan: The economy of India is based in part on planning through its five-year plans, which are developed, executed and monitored by the Planning Commission. The tenth plan completed its term in March 2007 and the eleventh plan is currently underway First five year plan (1951- 1956) The first Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru presented the first five-year plan to the Parliament of India on December 8, 1951.This plan was based on the Harrod-Domar model. The plan addressed, mainly, the agrarian sector, including investments in dams and irrigation. The agricultural sector was hit hardest by the partition of India and needed urgent attention.[3] The total planned budget of 2069 crore was allocated to seven broad areas: irrigation and energy (27.2 percent), agriculture and community development (17.4 percent), transport and communications (24 percent), industry (8.4 percent), social services (16.64 percent), land rehabilitation (4.1 percent), and for other sectors and services (2.5 percent).[4] The most important feature of this phase was active role of state in all economic sectors. Such a role was justified at that time because immediately after independence, India was facing basic problems—deficiency of capital and low capacity to save. The target growth rate was 2.1% annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth; the achieved growth rate was 3.6% Second five year plan (1956-1961) The second five-year plan focused on industry, especially heavy industry...
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