...The Good The Bad The Ugly John Doe Supervisory Management BBM 315 22 January 2012 Abstract There are many types of supervisors that reside in organizations throughout the world. There are potentially good supervisors as well as effective supervisors. The research contained within this literature will define different types of supervisors. It will also detail the difference between the two and how it affects employee’s, organizations’ mission, and the development of other leaders. Readers will also receive the opinions of the writer as well as other on several good and effective supervisors. The Good The Bad The Ugly Have you ever been a supervisor? Have you ever been supervised? Either way, if you have had a job, you have had some form of physical or verbal communication with a supervisor. Many say supervisors have various ways of leading employees. Many opinions show that there are good supervisors as well as effective supervisors. While both types of supervisors can successfully accomplish various organizational goals, there are however contrast differences between good supervisors and effective supervisors in the view of managers and employees alike. Readers of this literature will receive information derived from extensive research using current literature on supervisors, interviews of managers, supervisors, and employees within public and private sections of employment. To get an understanding of the two, it is best to first understand what a supervisor...
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...The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Tameka Gunn Dr. Aristotle Mante PAD 500 October 27, 2014 Abstract Education continues to be an issue that has the President of the United States ready to take action. Over time we have been looking at ways to improve our educational system to compare to other school systems around the world. The George W. Bush administration implemented the No Child Left Behind initiative, which is specific to Title I schools and geared to students with learning disabilities. In the pages to follow I will discuss the issue of Education and which of the four public policies supports this issue. Along with policy modifications that would positively and negatively impact the issue of Education. There will also be discussion around the relationship between government and businesses, and the role they play in the Education issue. President Barack Obama is taking a stand on Education for all Americans. While looking at the issues that are covered on the White House website, Education is one that speaks to the Constituent Public Policy type. Constituent Policies (Lowi, 1972, p.300) are intended to benefit the public generally or to serve the government. With regards to the issue of education, President Obama made it clear on the White House Website, that education is the key to obtaining future jobs. This issue will be beneficial to every child in America, because this starts with Early Childhood learning. This also includes...
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...Max Beckham Management Individual Paper 6 December 2015 Power And Influence The Bad-----------The Good-----------The Ugly Perhaps due to negative connotation, many people through out the work place avoid office politics as much as possible. But the truth is, to ensure your own wellbeing and the success of future projects you must navigate your way through the minefield known as, “office politics.” In order to survive, one must keep up with the politics in their workplace and learn how to “play the game.” Office politics are evident when important decisions at work are made, this encourages workers to begin in political behavior to ensure they get their way. Some people have more power over other employees, either through hierarchy in business or determined by length of time with company. Whether you are the pencil pusher at the bottom of the totem poll or the CEO you will have to face the fact that you must try to be politically correct in the workplace. For everyone in the company receiving a promotion this can be of utmost importance. To deal effectively with office politics, first you must accept the reality of it. Once you’ve done this, you must figure out a plan or strategize on how to cope with the political behavior happening in the office. The best way to this is to listen, letting others take the reins at the beginning. Use the information you gather to build a strong sense of identity around coworkers which promotes the personality traits and attributes...
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...Turnover: the good, the bad, and the ugly Turnover trends are telling. Whether your organization has low voluntary turnover, high voluntary turnover, low involuntary turnover, high involuntary turnover, or some combination of the above that varies by department and according to the time of the year, turnover statistics tell a story about your company processes, procedures, leadership, and culture. The purpose of this paper is to explore why turnover matters and what it really means to manage turnover. Hint: It’s way more than a numbers game. This paper will also present tips and solutions to maintaining or creating the happy ending to your “turnover story.” Turnover Myths Let’s first address some common turnover myths that when taken at face value can impede organizational growth while contributing to employee disengagement and dissatisfaction. Myth: Measuring Turnover Isn’t That Important This myth gains traction from the truism that employees come and employees go, but life continues on. Since “no one is irreplaceable,” fretting about turnover is a waste of time. Besides, who needs fancy metrics? When there’s a problem it’ll be obvious, right? Reality What’s perceived as obvious may not be actual. Our perception is often clouded by our biases and preconceptions, as well as what we observe in the world immediately around us. Perception is important, but hard data is important, too. And while no one is irreplaceable, employees are not expendable...
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...SUVs the Good, Bad, Ugly The are many cons and pros to owning a sport utility vehicle (SUV). The two articles in question are "Would You Buy a Car That Looked Like This?" by Andrew Simms (541-544) and "Why Consumers Have Been Choosing SUVs" by John Merline (545-548). A popular trend in society today is an increasing demand for SUV's by consumers, and there are two sides to every issue. Some groups, represented by Andrew Simms, complain that SUVs have a negative impact on society, conversely John Merline is a advocate of the SUVs. Anti-SUV groups complain that SUVs have a negative impact on the rest of society because they are hazardous to smaller vehicles on the roadways. They claim that when SUVs are in accidents with smaller vehicles, the passengers in the cars are more prone to injury, while a SUV protects its own occupants. Some of the anti-SUV groups are proposing to lower the bumpers on SUVs. The bumper of each car would meet, and this change would be safer for the occupants in small cars if they were in an accident together. Anti-SUV groups have evidence that SUV's have a higher risk of rollover than cars. The Pro-SUV groups want a minimum weight limit on smaller cars, by doing so this would increase passenger safety. Pro-SUV groups claim the small incidence of SUVs that rollover is because specific models have a narrow wheel base design. Anti-SUV groups are complaining that SUVs are having a negative impact on the rest of society by consuming more fuel than cars...
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...Demonstrative Communication: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly BCOM275 University of Phoenix The 1960 presidential debate may be the stalwart for comparison when discussing demonstrative communication. It was the first debate that was televised giving prospective voters the opportunity to see their candidates instead of just hearing them or reading their words. Those who watched the debate gave a clear win to John F. Kennedy who looked cool, calm and relaxed as he argued his points before the moderator. Those who listened to the debate on the radio gave the win to Richard Nixon. Where Kennedy won and Nixon lost was in appearance. Nixon looked disheveled with his perpetual 5 o’clock shadow and pale appearance due to his recent stay in the hospital. Kennedy on the other hand was tan and fit from his campaigning trip to California in the preceding days (Allen, 2012). One could easily argue that Kennedy won the debate on demonstrative communication. Demonstrative Communication is a type of communication that observes nonverbal cues (Cheesebro, O'Connor, & Rios, 2010). The following paragraphs will discuss examples of demonstrative communications and their effectiveness and ineffectiveness, whether positive or negative, for both the sender and receiver of a message. Also discussed will be how listening and responding play a role in demonstrative communication. Staying with the example of the 1960 debate, there are many examples of how demonstrative communication...
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...The Good the Bad and the Ugly of Charles Bukowski For the multitude of works yielded and published and his reputation as the underground mystic of contemporary culture, one would expect his works to have attracted greater scholarly attention and an inclusion within the canon a certainty. However, most likely to the delight of the maverick poet, this was not the case. Bukowski’s work was deeply individualistic and sought not to pander to any crowds, conventional or non conformist. Akin to Sigmund Freud’s description of the artist, the writing was the channel for a clamorous and arguably perverse soul. While the form of his writing subverted literary trends, Bukowski, as Harrison puts it, “is the only major post-War American writer who has denied the efficacy of the American Dream”. His disillusionment with such ideals of consumerism and family is largely attributable to a nightmarish upbringing in LA, a feature which implicitly resonates through all his work. Ham on Rye, dampens the extremities Bukowski suffered through his sardonic sense of humour, though is still very much characterized by derision for others, isolation, the wrath of the father, the toils of school and work, a horrifying case of acne vulgaris and the birth of his chronic alcoholism. The one light which bypassed such burdens was his discovery of the LA public library which sculpted his literary voice. He shunned traditional literary lore for darker more cynical texts wrought in emotion rather than pretence...
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...It would not be a surprise that television, internet, and any other kinds of ads of big fast food companies such as McDonalds® or Subway® have successfully advance their ideas of healthy foods in many of Americans. Yet all of these wealthy corporations, along with many other smaller companies, have many ways to sell their products. These methods could be underhanded loaded with jargon. Information of simple knowledge overfilled with confusing and sometimes random information that otherwise will be too insignificant for people to put an effort to learning about. There are also times where information is overly simplified and have no real background to make a worthy judgment. Amidst all of the fallacies in the fast food industry, there exist reliable sources of information. In recent years, there has been an increase of connecting ideas of the transformation of fasts foods. Although some arguments claim the reason is one clause over the other, some will divert and stray off topic. They exert random facts to either make the claim reasonable or by overflowing them with sources that seems reliable from authoritative figures. Rabin article “Proximity to Fast Food a Factor in Student Obesity” goes to say: Ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese than students whose schools are a quarter of a mile or more away, according to a study of millions of schoolchildren by economists at the University of California and Columbia University...
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...Assignment #1 Public Administration- the Good, The Bad, The ugly William T. Thompson Prof. Neely PAD 500 Modern public Administration: Managing Public and nonprofit Organizations To understand how to solve a problem, we must first understand what we are trying to fix. For example, can a carpenter without any medical experience repair a heart valve? Of course not, he or she must first obtain the proper education necessary to perform such a complex operation. The same can be said about the American education system. Throughout America’s history parents, educators, and government officials have been debating what changes must be implemented for American children to receive every opportunity possible to gain an education that will prepare them for the future. the one type of public policy the education system would be suited for is by way of distributive polices because “ of its most common form of government policy where it uses general tax revenues to provide benefits to individuals or groups, often by means of grants or subsidies and other educational assistance”(blanc,denhardt,denhardt,2014,pg.55). The educational system in our country has changed over the years to accommodate all students with special needs and learning disabilities’ will touch on two (2) positive programs and two (2) negative programs. The first would be special...
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...Assignment #1 Public Administration- the Good, The Bad, The ugly William T. Thompson Prof. Neely PAD 500 Modern public Administration: Managing Public and nonprofit Organizations To understand how to solve a problem, we must first understand what we are trying to fix. For example, can a carpenter without any medical experience repair a heart valve? Of course not, he or she must first obtain the proper education necessary to perform such a complex operation. The same can be said about the American education system. Throughout America’s history parents, educators, and government officials have been debating what changes must be implemented for American children to receive every opportunity possible to gain an education that will prepare them for the future. the one type of public policy the education system would be suited for is by way of distributive polices because “ of its most common form of government policy where it uses general tax revenues to provide benefits to individuals or groups, often by means of grants or subsidies and other educational assistance”(blanc,denhardt,denhardt,2014,pg.55). The educational system in our country has changed over the years to accommodate all students with special needs and learning disabilities’ will touch on two (2) positive programs and two (2) negative programs. The first would be special...
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...What are he Impact of IT (good, bad, and ugly) on Individual, Organization, and society. 1. What is SIS? Strategic Information Systems (SIS) is basically a viable strategy that seeks to obtain competitive advantage in an industry. Now more than ever with frequent changes in technologies in a global market; new business models are created or modified. All this idea entangles, changing customer’s demands, online competitors, pressures for better quality products and services, higher supplier cost,, demands for superior customer service, etc. SIS changes the way a company competes in the market, it seeks to be innovative, and it also accompanies some degree of risk when implemented. 2. What happens if SIS is not aligned with Organization Mission and goals? One thing for sure, the core of business has not changed and that is to make a profit and survive. The goal is to link organizational goals with its systems. The question is not what if SIS are not aligned; the statement is, both should be related. Implementation of SIS should be treated as an investment. It should be perceived as the step needed to achieve competitive advantage. In many instances the mission and beliefs of an organization reflect the values of its top management. In all, the objective of a company should always contribute to its mission and it should not compromise it. The consequences can be devastating. For a good example we can refer to the case of Xerox and CEO, Anne Mulcahy. Mulcahy took over Xerox...
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...Good and Bad of Globalization Calvin Borders PHL/320 8/25/2015 University of Phoenix Good and Bad of Globalization Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. (1, Premise) Having an open market is very good for efficient and effective communications with customers, suppliers and partners and also manage their supplies, inventory and distribution networks better. Having the ability to sell in markets across the world with the same effort and ease as selling in your own city. (1, Conclusion) These are reason that globalization is good for business. Globalization is not always good for business, it could also be bad. (2, Premise) The high degree of integration of domestic and local markets, profit swings, the increased level of competition, vast amount of and business and product destruction all bring about new risks and uncertainties. According to "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Side Of Globalization" (2011). (2, Conclusion) Corporations that previously have been enjoying the benefits of globalization, now face unstable and unpredictable demand and business opportunities and their products quickly become commodities, leaving them little or no pricing power and under constant pressure by new competitors that undermine profitability. ("The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Side...
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...Soila English 102 28 February 2015 Movie Poster Comparing Analysis Any reader who comes across the two posters gets an immediate sense that it is an advertisement (purpose) of western movies (genre). These posters are intended to promote to action packed movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars. This is clearly portrayed by the images of the cast whose dress code is western where cowboy hats and natural beards are evident. In addition the use of bold western font and the color selection, particularly of sunset-like orange and brown, makes it so western. More revealing, is the prominence of the guns. Clint Eastwood prominently occupies the central portion of the poster. In the poster on the left (Good, Bad, and Ugly), he is smack in the center. On the poster on the right he dominates at least two thirds of the poster. On the poster on the left, the reader will notice scenes of action casting heated gun battles and on the forefront are three men standing in confrontational postures. These features would quickly capture the interest of an audience that is interested in western movies (genre) that is also interested in real action, energy, or those with a fascination for violence (logos). This action and energy is suggested by the mean faces and guns (one each per poster). The two posters are engaging in that they equally draw the reader who is interested in action to look further into the background and see further portrayal of action. Facial...
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...THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Why do we feel pressured to look good? What difference does it actually make? Marie Claire delves into the subject to find the real reason behind why we crave ‘pretty.’ “Poison them, drown them, bash them on the head. Got any chloroform? I don't care how you kill the little beasts. Just do it, and do it now!” barks the wretched Cruella De Vil, one of the most hated women in the history of imaginary evil characters. How did she garner so much hatred – was it only because she was an evil dog-hater? We feel it was necessary for author Dodie Smith to garnish her personality with a good dose of hate symbols – an angered heart, unkempt hair and a haggard face. How could we possibly justify hating a pretty damsel-in-distress even if she can’t do without coats that come from Dalmatian puppies? Perceptions about good and bad have been played around with since ancient Grecian times. What is interesting about these perceptions is that they are almost always correlated to the way you look. The good girls of the golden, silver and bronze screens have to not only look good, but also have perfect hair and skin. On the contrary, the vamp cannot be a vamp without jarring facial expressions that are further exaggerated by trashy makeup. Inception So what are these projections trying to tell us? Are they saying that beautiful is good and ugly is bad? Dr. Rachna Khanna Singh, Lifestyle expert cum Psychologist, Artemis Hospital thinks that this comes from an age...
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...Transgenic Crops Summary Technology has been a big part of our lives, and as it increases, new innovations are introduced. Agricultural innovation plays a key role in agricultural productivity. One such agricultural innovation, transgenic crops--otherwise known as genetically modified crops--is one of the most important issues in today’s society, raising a concern of whether the innovation is good or bad. Vern Grubinger, author of the article “Concerns about Transgenic Crops,” affirms that transgenic crops are created when genes are artificially inserted into a plant from another species, instead of the plant acquiring them by itself. According to the article “The Good, Bad, and Ugly about GMOs” written by Quinn Wendland, there are many positive and negative aspects regarding the production of transgenic crops. Wendland discusses some of the positive aspects of transgenic crops, which include a decrease in pesticide and herbicide use, a rapid increase in crop productivity to reduce world hunger, improvements in the nutritive value of crops to combat malnutrition, inexpensive production of medicine, and a reduction in the use of fossil fuel. However, production of transgenic crops comes with many possible risks. Genetically engineered genes introduced into wild plants could reduce biodiversity and create super-weeds (Grubinger 1). Transgenic crops can interfere with the natural environment. Contamination of organic farms and food can occur. In the article “Can a Growing World...
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