...MY TOPIC FOR TODAY IS ABOUT “THE ARMY AS A LEARNING ORGANIZATION”. THIS IS A STRATEGY RESEARCH PAPER OF COL STEPHEN J. GERRAS OF THE USAWC. I ONLY ADOPTED THE BASIC FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THIS STRATEGIC PAPER. SCOPE TO START WITH, MY SCOPE OF PRESENTATION IS AS FOLLOWS:…..SLIDE 2 THE ARMY AS A LEARNING ORGANIZATION AS A BACKGROUND THE BASIS OF THIS STRATEYGY RESEARCH PAPER IS BASED ON THE JOINT VISION 2020 OF GENERAL HENRY H SHELTON ….. ASSERTS THAT US MILITARY’S CAPABILITY TO ACHIEVE FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE IN THE YEAR 2020 WILL BE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY ITS CAPACITY FOR PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL INNOVATION. AND THE RESULTS OF ARMY TRAINING AND LEADER DEVELOPMENT (ATDLP) OFFICER STUDY BY WILLIAM M STEELE AND ROBERT P WALTERS. THEY CONCLUDED THAT IN ORDER TO TRAIN LEADERS WHO WILL THRIVE IN A COMPLEX, AMBIGOUS ENVIRONMENT. MEANING THE ARMY “MUST COMMIT TO BEING A LEARNING ORGANIZATION THAT INSTITUTIONALIZES THE ORGANIZATION’S PHILOSOPHY” ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR ARGUED THAT THE ARMY IS NOT A LEARNING ORGANIZATION, THOUGH THE ARMY HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF INSTITUTING PROCESSES TO FACILITATE ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RERSEARCH PAPER IS……SLIDE 3 THE DILEMMA BASED FROM THE STUDIES OF WALTER F ULMER “MILITARY LEADERSHIP INTO THE 21ST CENTURY: ANOTHER BRDIGE TOO FAR?” FOLLOWING ARE COMPETENCIES OF 21ST CENTURY LEADERS THE JV 2020...
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...Education in Britain. In Britain children start going to school when they are five and continue studying until they are sixteen or older. Many children in Britain attend nursery school from the age of about three, but these schools are not compolsory. State schools are free in Great Britain, and attendance is compulsory when children go to a primary school. Primary educatition lasts for six years. At first they attend the infant school from five to seven and then junior school until they are eleven. Morning school begins at nine o'clock and lasts for three hours, until twelve o'clock noon. Afternoon school begins at two o'clock, and lasts for two and a half hours until half-past four. School is open five days a week. On Saturdays and Sundays there are no lessons. There are holidays at Christmas, Easter and in the summer. In a primary school the first lesson of the day is usually Bible study, and the second lesson — arithmetic, both written and mental. Also they get acquainted with the classroom, desks, they mostly playand learn throught playing. They know some numbers and also how to add them. Then pupils go to a secondary school. There children don’t play as so much as it was in infant school. There are other lessons are: mathematics, science, English language reading, writing, English literature, English history, geography, Nature study, drawing, painting, singing, woodwork, and drill (physical training), consisting of Swedish exercises or organized games...
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...solid mural surfaces and the transformation of the Gothic building into a skeletal frame led to the ascendancy of stained glass during the twelfth century” (Bleiberg.) Not only does stained glass serve to tell remarkable stories, but it is also a significant part of the architecture. It is unlikely to find original stained glass windows that are still intact, and so it is not surprising that Chartres Cathedral, 50 miles southwest of Paris, is renowned for its well-preserved stained glass. Chartres began construction in 1194 and continued to assemble until 1250, and so the Rayonnant style remains somewhat cohesive throughout the cathedral. Chartres has three rose windows, created around 1235, which show some of the most stunning examples of high gothic intricacy and tracery. The north rose window depicts the glorification of the Virgin, and through its incredible complexity and striking painted glass, it shows the viewer a fragment of history. The north rose window of Chartres captures the attention of the viewer through its bold colors and elaborate story of the Virgin that explores the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament. There are five large lancet windows below the rose window. When the viewer looks up, these are the windows seen as the eye travels up,...
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...Statistics 3-4).” This seems fairly the same, since this was reported in 2008, as this year, 2010. According to today’s cosmetologists, the salary depends on the workplace, although these wages seem very similar to any normal cosmetologist. From my outlook, I think the hours are very flexible and random. I walk in to get a pedicure and I get in within 15 minutes. When I get my haircut, I usually call my hairstylist and state and time within a few days, or even hours. Kirby Waninger, my personal hairstylist from Jasper, Indiana, mostly agrees, although she says, “We are closed on Mondays, but we usually work long hours because clients want to Watson 2 come in after work, which is usually past five o’clock. That means sometimes I work until eight or nine o’clock at night.” Seger says, “The hours are not bad because they...
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...It was the day after departure. I had just left England, heading for the new America. My family was not the wealthiest of most. I was seated in the peasant class. They couldn’t afford to send the rest of my six siblings. Me, The oldest at fifteen and most sagacious , went. The boat was very eerie and large. It creaked whenever it turned the slightest of degrees. It had one long hallway running down the entire boat. Each class had a door, guarded by an officer of the police. Every door had a small window about shoulder high. Each class had rooms to stay in, a common room, and a shared kitchen/diner. There were special hallways to the kitchen because you were not aloud to cut through other classes. I had just woken up. As I have already mentioned, it was the first day after departure. I really wasn’t sure what to do with myself. It was the first time I had so much freedom. So, I went over to grab some breakfast. I lounged around and I met a boy named Toby. Toby was a nice boy, (and also a very fat one too). He was around my age. We had many things in common and a lot to talk about. But, he was riding in first class. We talked for about an hour, then he said he need to go back to see his parents. So, then I moved to the lounge. When I went in I thought of the luxuries that Toby had. I was sure he had...
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...with the type of behaviors we exercise to others as well. By completing the survey, I have a better understanding on how I can constructively deal with conflicts as an individual. Furthermore, the survey helps us take a look on the positive and negative qualities of our own personalities and different ways we build and improve upon them. According to my LSI results, my primary style was a tie between humanistic-encouraging and self-actualizing which falls under the Constructive Styles. Constructive Style reflects a healthy balance of people and task-related concerns and promotes the fulfillment of higher order needs (Our Measurement Model - The Circumplex, 2010). Humanistic-Encouraging is at the one o’clock position. It reveals the growth and development of people, a high positive regard for them and sensitive to their needs (Our Measurement Model - The Circumplex, 2010). This type of style describes me so well because I am willing to help others, encourage others, and understanding. When I look at my personal and professional life, this is exactly how I view myself. My family and friends have describes me as a leader who is thoughtful and considerate of everyone. I tend to agree with them. In my personal life, I see the good in everyone and support my family and friends in their decision. My mom was actually going to school for a while and I was doing my homework while she was doing hers. When she needed help I was there along her side helping and guiding her through...
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...The Mean Cinderella Cassandra Once upon a time there was a sweet lady who married a fine man. They both had children to marriages before, the sweet lady had two children, Manny and Mary. They were both very well polite, and he had a short, sassy and, hateful daughter. Her name was Cinderella. Cinderella was very mean and lazy so she made her father, stepmother, and step sisters do all the housework, but they didn’t complain because they were all very scared of her. One day, the king’s son invited everyone to a wonderful ball dance where he would find the one women he would marry. Cinderella thought the ball would be very boring, but allowed the rest of the family to go. Though none of them had nice clothes, they all looked beautiful. Not...
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...Cole Evans September 24th, 2014 12 Part Essay College Writing I Prof. Stockwell A New Era ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- “The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.” Dave Weinbaum One Last Wake Up Call The sharp sound of my mother’s voice cut through my shield of sleep, abruptly jerking me awake. “Cole! Wake up!” Any other morning my usual routine would be to just completely ignore her, pull the pillow over my head and roll back to sleep, but this wasn’t just any other morning. This morning was determined as the end of my childhood and the start of my collegiate career and, evidently, the rest of my life. The sound of my mother’s voice filled me with both a sense of melancholy and excitement. I was about to leave everything that I had ever known behind and strike out on my own. The events of this day had been played out over and over again in my mind for months now, but little did I know that things rarely happen how you expect them to. Being the first to arrive at the dorm means getting the pick of the litter in regards to which bed I wanted. I chose the one by the window. That first day of college was nothing more than an exhausting blur. Everything I experienced was completely new; every building, every face, every name. I didn’t know anybody, and by the end of the day I could barely even remember my own name, let alone the names of the people I was supposed to...
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...Laredo community into a flourishing metropolis. Due to the escalation of the community’s popularity, the three story hotel would later undergo essential renovations. The San Antonio architectural firm of Ayres and Ayres engineered the distinctive construction of this Renaissance inspired building. The statuesque Hamilton Hotel stands its ground in South Laredo, Downtown at an appalling twelve stories high. The hotels prominent location, stylistic beauty, and the community’s determination to keep it preserved uphold the building to a high degree of architectural and historical integrity. Taking a walk through downtown, towards the esteemed Hamilton hotel is as if taking a stroll through history. Right across from the hotel is a pharmacy and a neighboring building that are only a few years younger. On the front, right corner, lays the Jarvis plaza and on its left is the U.S. Post Office/ Court House edifice. The Hamilton hotel is situated smack in the middle of all these historical landmarks. The favorable route is through the Jarvis Plaza and the U.S. Post Office/Court House. It is two o’clock in the afternoon and the sun is out with no mercy, but the green-leafed, willowed trees surrounding the court house provide a sufficient amount of shade. There’s very little commotion. No yelling or running, only pedestrians sitting on benches and taking in the pretty view. At the end of the pathway, on its right, is a sign reminding everyone to cross only at the cross walks. On the left...
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...Since I started high school this year, I decided to get a job. Finding a job was harder than I though. Checking through Oncourse, I saw that Marshall was hiring vendors for football games. I applied and got the job and everything was great...up until my first day. I showed up two hours before the game to set up the vending. I was handed a bright pink uniform and an apron. I wear a medium yet, the shirt was a small. My job was to walk up and down the stands selling a trey of cottoncandy. Marshall now sells alcohol during games, you can imagine the ‘compliments’ I had received. Over all running up and down the entire stadium and selling melted cotton candy to people who don’t tip was worth it for a twentyfive dollar...
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...starting to get sold, raped, and forced to work in gruesome conditions. Manuel is five years old but big for his age. When the whistle blows at three o’clock in the morning, he pulls on his clothes and hurries to the shrimp and oyster cannery where he spends the day peeling the shells off iced shrimp. He has been working as a shrimp-picker since he was four (Freedman 1). Jean Jacques Rousseau once said, “‘Let us speak less of the duties of children and more of their rights’” (Sandra Nunez and Trish Marx 17). The meaning of this quote is to persuade people to not look at children as objects to get a job done, but to look at them as human beings. Human beings who deserve to be treated kindly, and with respect because they will become adults in their lifetime....
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...Around the World in 80 Days By Jules Verne Download free eBooks of classic literature, books and novels at Planet eBook. Subscribe to our free eBooks blog and email newsletter. CHAPTER I IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER AS MAN M r. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old. Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen on ‘Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the Around the World in 80 Days ‘City”; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln’s Inn, or Gray’s Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen’s Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies...
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...According to Wikipedia, Punctuality is the characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously designated time. "Punctual" is often used synonymously with "on time." It is a common misconception that punctual can also, when talking about grammar, mean "to be accurate." In western cultures, punctuality means being ahead ten to fifteen minutes earlier in a given time period. As for eastern cultures, punctuality or being punctual is quite a challenge in their daily life. Punctuality is a good quality. Punctuality is quite a kin to regularity. Regularity means working as per rules, regulations and programme of time. That being said, punctuality shows ones discipline about time. Like they always say, time is of the essence or time is gold, we can’t bring back time so it is really not necessary to waste it. It also means working as per the programme of time. Punctuality involves time factor. We are to see that we are working strictly according to the time fixed. This is punctuality. If we be punctual, we can finish up our work at right time. Punctuality checks unnecessary wastage of time. Time is very valuable for us. We can save it only by punctuality. Time and tide wait for none. Seconds, minutes, hours and days pass by in right order. There is a maxim "We should hold the time by the forelock". If we be punctual, a single second of us will never go waste. The English men are very punctual. They put on wrist-watches to exercise...
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...B. Moore HCA 415 Instructor: Quida Davis April 27, 2014 Applying Epidemiology A mother of a young child called the Vermont Department on February 5 to report the possibility of a foodborne disease outbreak after her child aged 5 years and two other children of her neighbor aged 7 and 10 years became ill with a lot of vomiting and diarrhea that took place within an interval of 12 hours. The child’s sickness became severe that the mother took her to a local hospital where she was kept at the emergency department. The mother stated that the child complained of nausea at 10 o’clock the February 2nd, later, the child began vomiting and having multiple episodes of diarrhea, she was not able to eat or drink anything without vomiting. In the evening, the woman took the child to the local hospital where she was admitted at the emergency department, here they noted the child was dehydrated and had a high fever. The stool and blood specimen of the child was collected and the child was given intravenous fluids as a treatment and later she was released; the following day the mother made follow ups on the test results for the child and it turned out the stool culture displayed negative results for usual bacteria (Brehm-Stecher et al, 2009, p. 1774). Two children who were nearby neighbors reported to have nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and fever, these were similar symptoms that the other child had even though these two children were not as ill as the woman’s child. These symptoms began...
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...We got them by a mile.” Walter took the plane down to three thousand feet. Page interrupted, “I got a bead on Subject and Ford. I see them both. It has to be them.” Eugene told Walter to fly due east, so he could shine his mirror up in the air so Page could get a fix on his position and not have Charlie Team see the glare. “Do you see the mirror, Tasker Two?” “Ten-four that. Using due west as your twelve o'clock, Subject is on your ten o'clock. About one half-click out. And I see Charlie Team right behind them. They are staying way back and off of the trail. Looks like Subject hasn't seen them.” “Roger that. I was thinking the same thing. Don't know for sure though.” “Be advised Tasker One and Two: Walter is taking the plane out of the area for a while. Do not want to spook anyone down there.” Heath took out his map and pointed at it, “This is Base Mountain right up here about four miles away. That is where Subject is taking Ford to kill her. That mountain is well over ten thousand feet. Matter of fact, you can see Blanding's Mill from there. Then he's gonna climb the mountain and disappear into the...
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