...The University of Dissension Labor unions can help their members by negotiating collectively for wages and benefits that are often better than individuals could negotiate on their own. A worker would have little chance of success in going to an employer as asking for a pay raise simply because he couldn’t make ends meet. He would likely be fired on the spot, especially in the 19th century, for making such a demand and cutting into the employer’s profits. Unions, however, can make the same requests and have the benefit of representing the entire workforce, with a greater chance of success. There are times when wages need to be raised to be equitable, but the power of the unions is that they can sometimes raise wages and benefits to unrealistically high levels. That is why, unions can guarantee neither the economic needs of wage and hour increases nor job satisfaction. Why even consider the possibility of unionization? When lower-level employees start to feel the weight of the rising economy demands, the lack of wages, hours, and job satisfaction – other options become more desirable. Unionization sounds like a great idea to the minimum wage employees who feel dissatisfied with perhaps taking on the responsibilities of employees who have left the company for better opportunities. However there are many reasons why a company should avoid joining a union. Unions present a great idea, but here are a few examples of why not to unionize: Unions cannot guarantee the economic needs...
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...Case study: Down East Spud Busters 1. Select options from the chapter text, and prepare an organizational chart for the national distribution program that this company is about to embark on.Be sure to incorporate the company’s goals into your overall structure. CEO Divisional Manager Frozen Food Line Divisional Manager Dried Food Line Divisional Manager Traditional Potato Line Supply / Purchase Manager Design and Research Manager Production Manager Sales & Distribution Manager Personnel Manager Supply Group Production Group Design / Research Group Personnel Group Sales & Distribution Group Supply Group Production Group Design / Research Group Personnel Group Sales & Distribution Group Supply Group Production Group Design / Research Group Personnel Group Sales & Distribution Group 2. Given the vast geographic expanse and logistical challenges of this new program, what recommendations do you have for the company regarding HR policies and procedures? Employee selection : Job analysis : Job description : Employee recruitment Goal oriented : Create value added products : Quality improvement department should be strong and versatile : New outlet in Idaho hence region oriented product and product line ...
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...What steps would you take as a school administrator to resolve this issue and avoid unionization of the operator’s staff? Unions are formed by the employees as they are displeased by the conditions they work under and also the direction the company is leading the employee to. Certain steps can be taken in order to avoid the formation of unions with respect to the rules and regulations of the labor laws. Listening to your employees is one of the initial steps that can be taken in order to the detour the workers from forming unions. Steps can be as easy and simple as better conditions for work and also a better communication process. This step can easily be accomplished by easily setting up meetings on regular basis and listening to what the employees have to say. If required, a one on one meeting could also be set up for some dissatisfied workers. Once the problems are recognized, the next step is to find the best way to handle and resolve the problem. In the future meetings a list of all the changes that are possible to make and also that are not possible to make should be discussed with the employees. For the things that are not possible to change should have a legit reason for the employees to understand. Regular meetings with the employees are beneficial for employers too as they start to gain more respect. A feeling of empowerment can be felt within the employees as employee committees are established as they strengthen communication. Eventually the workers will...
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...The University of Dissension: 1 The University of Dissension Zaw K Oo Columbia College The University of Dissension: 2 Obstruct Labor unions can help their members by negotiating collectively for wages and benefits that are often better than individuals could negotiate on their own. A worker would have little chance of success in going to an employer as asking for a pay raise simply because he couldn’t make ends meet. He would likely be fired on the spot, especially in the 19th century, for making such a demand and cutting into the employer’s profits. Unions, however, can make the same requests and have the benefit of representing the entire workforce, with a greater chance of success. There are times when wages need to be raised to be equitable, but the power of the unions is that they can sometimes raise wages and benefits to unrealistically high levels. That is why, unions can guarantee neither the economic needs of wage and hour increases nor job satisfaction. The University of Dissension: 3 Outline Avoid Unionization: What steps would you take as a school administrator to resolve this issue and avoid unionization of the operating staffers? Imminent Unionization: If unionization appears imminent, what position and actions would you take to work through the process in the most collaborative and least disruptive manner? Subcontracting VS Union movement: Consider the labor force/supply...
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...Carlos Albizu University Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks? Margie Lee Romero GEEB-517 Organizational Diagnosis and Change Management Dr. Antonio A. Bosque Nordstrom Nordstrom is a leading fashion specialty retailer which originated over 100 years ago. The company is very well known for their emotional connection to customers treating them like loyalty. Department stores have magnificent and elegant settings. Nordstrom offers high fashion clothing, shoes and accessories for women, men and children at any price. The business is around 36 different states and they count with 117 full-line stores. Their business objective is to increase frequency of visits and control new fashion lines. Their main strategy is to play to the target customers’ that are craving for friends and fashion. Problem The main problems that the company presented was that employees were complaining about two different issues; one focused on employees working ‘off the clock’ and the other on the over demanding treatment by management. Through out time the number of employees complaints kept increasing. Management implemented a performance evaluation strategy to monitor sales per hour. The performance of sales was evaluated on the basis of sales volume and the strategy had proven effectiveness for over 20 years. Nordstrom management uses SPH (sales per hour) for compensation or even promotion but at the same time SPH was also used for identifying non-performance making employees anxious about their...
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...NASA (Management Systems) Garrett Finley John Pischak Nicholas Kruse Bryan Schueddig Jennie Lee Gray (WED 10/23) Martha Stewart (Financial Ethics) Jacob Dazey Michael Rouse Joseph Gautier Victoria Willcut Edward Poston Green (WED 10/30) Boeing (Business/Government Ethics) Erin Clawson Justin Kurash Cydney Denning Paul Leykamp Nathan Krenning Red (WED 11/6) Martin Luther King (Leadership) Aaron Bubb Evan Shippee Stephenie Lynch Austin Truvillion Madelaine Seele Rayvant Kohli Yellow (WED 11/13) Law Offices of Jeter (Management Consulting) Chino Ebube Daniel Martinez Carly Holtgrewe Katie Murphy Hannah Lane Purple (WED 11/20) University of Dissension (Unions) Bradley Baber Mike Miller Hannah Barber Stony Reid Juan Johnson Suggestions for Case Presentations The cases assigned were chosen from a variety of sources to illustrate several different management concepts or issues faced by contemporary managers. Each team will have at least 30 minutes to present their respective cases and their observations and/or recommendations. All of the technology in the classroom is available to each team, and team members may use Powerpoint, the Internet, handouts or any other visual they choose. Teams may meet at any time, and I have scheduled the Friday, October 4 class for group meetings. I believe I can arrange for you to meet in the adjunct faculty office...
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...Hernandez, Kelly Lytle. Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2010. In "Migra! A History of the U.S Border Patrol", By Kelly Lytle Hernandez, she explores the controversial issue today known as the dissension that surrounds our border with Mexico. Hernandez also outlines the policies and ideology of the U.S Border Patrol that were discovered and really brought out in the early 1920s through the 1930s. Not only did the Border Patrol matter in the nineteenth century, it has built up tension throughout our history including this past year, it has never not been an irrelevant subject. Hernandez does a detailed research on the beginning to what becomes the authorized United States Border Patrol. After the U.S-Mexico war it declared not only victory to the United States but it also drew a new line, the border. By the mid 1920s, the Border Patrols focal point...
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...(Reynolds, 2005) (Reynolds, 2005) (Reynolds, 2005) Running Head: ETHICAL FILTER WORKSHEET |MMPBL/500 Ethical Filter Worksheet Rubric | |Week 3 | | | | | | | |Criterion |Unsatisfactory |Satisfactory |Exceptional |Score | | Knowledge of Course Concepts (60%) 6 5.8 | |Describe How Personal, Cultural, and|Demonstrates a level of |Demonstrates a level of |Demonstrates a level of knowledge | | |Organizational Values Impact Ethical|knowledge that is below the |knowledge that meets the |that meets or exceeds the requirement| | |Decision Making |requirement |requirement |and is well supported | | | | | |You did a fine job addressing the | | | | | ...
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...Freud's two half-brothers, Emmanuel and Philip, were almost the same age as his mother. Freud was younger than his nephew John, Emmanuel's son. This odd situation may have triggered Freud's interest on family dynamics, leading to his ulterior formulations on the Oedipus Complex. Freud's father, a Jewish wool merchant of modest means, moved the family to Leipzig, Germany in 1859, and then settled in Vienna, where Freud remained until 1938. When Freud was eight years old, he was reading Shakespeare, and, during his adolescence, the hearing of a lecture about Goethe's essay on nature impressed him very much. Having considered studying law previously, he decided instead on a career in medical research, beginning his studies at Vienna University in 1873. As a student, Freud began research work on the central nervous system, guided by Ernst von Brock, and qualified as doctor of medicine in 1881. He worked at the Theodor Meynert's Psychiatric Clinic for a year, and later studied with Charcot, at the Salpetriure, in Paris. From 1884 to 1887 Freud published several articles on cocaine. He married Martha Bernays in 1886. The couple had six children (Mathilde, 1887; Jean-Martin, 1889; Olivier, 1891; Ernst, 1892; Sophie, 1893; Anna, 1895). He established a private practice, specializing in nervous disorders. His interest in hysteria was stimulated by Breuer's and Charcot's use of hypnotherapy. Freud moved to a flat in Berggasse, which turned into The Freud Museum Vienna eighty years...
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... abandoned his car in the Arizona desert and eventually even burned the cash in his wallet in his growing disdain for materialism” (Nightingale). Christopher retreats further on into the wilderness to discover and surround himself in solidarity. Christopher’s desperation could be inferred by his disadvantage as an inexperienced traveler/hiker undergoing a new way of life excluding real world luxurious amenities known in advanced society today. In conclusion, Into the Wild remains a controversial travel essay which distinctly renders Christopher’s extreme measures which ultimately generated an utter calamity which affected himself as well as each life he touched along the way. In the end, Christopher discerned and faced his innermost dissensions which he carried along with disengagement as an adolescent transitioning to...
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...Perseverance and Integrity in the Face of Trials and Tribulations: Nelson Mandela’s Role in the Realization of Racial Equality and Freedom in South Africa Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………..2 Chaos and Dissension in South Africa…………………………………………...3 Mandela – The Charismatic Leader……………………………………………….5 Iconic Image of Integrity and Perseverance………...…………………….………6 Uniting the African National Congress……………..………………………....….9 Mandela Takes Reconciliatory Action…………….………………………….….11 Mandela’s Unique Advantage ……………………..……………………….……13 Conclusion……………………………….…………..……………………………15 Bibliography……………………………….…………..………………………….16 Introduction The iconic figure of Nelson Mandela stands today as a perpetual symbol of perseverance in the long battle to dismantle apartheid. It was a battle for which he was “prepared to die for,” a struggle against not only white domination but also black domination.[1] However, as the apartheid era drew to a close, Mandela’s crusade for a democratic “rainbow nation”[2] looked despairingly unattainable as South Africa came perilously close to descending into utter chaos. Nevertheless, Mandela, long time anti-apartheid activist and leader in the African National Congress (ANC), continued the struggle for his dream of a multicultural nation. Some have expressed the opinion that though the African National Congress was without a doubt instrumental...
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...Alexander the Great was a conqueror and King of Macedonia prior to the Hellenistic Period. He succeeded to the throne after Phillip II of Macedon’s death brought his reign to an end. However, the continuance of the promised legacy his father left behind did not satisfy this power crazed King for fame and glory. Alexander the Great’s resentment towards his father led him to continue conquering because he wanted to overshadow his father. Under his headship, his unification of Greek city-states led to one of the largest empires known today. Alexander was born in the summer of 356 B.C. to Phillip II King of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus. Born into a royal household with a great military leader as the head of it, Alexander spent most of his early childhood watching a distant father transform Macedonia. Alexander was always left behind for his father’s military conquests and expansion. “Whenever he heard of Philip's having taken some city or won some famous victory, he used to look unhappy at the news, and would say to his friends, "Boys, my father will forestall us in everything; he will leave no great exploits for you and me to achieve." Indeed, he cared nothing for pleasure or wealth, but only for honour and glory; and he imagined that the more territory he inherited from his father, the less would be left for him to conquer.” Alexander realized that his father’s absence meant that he was out conquering ("Plutrach Lives: The Life of Alexander" p. 304). This led to tension between...
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...seventeen, Bonaventure had taken a trip from Italy to France, where he would soon attend the University of Paris to study theology. There, many teachers and students noticed how brillant Bonaventure was, while he did not know all answers, he would always wanted to learn more. During this time the Franciscan Order was growing. A professor at the University, Englishman Alexander of Hales, joined the Franciscan Order. In 1243, Bonaventure joined the Franciscan Order, there he took the name Bonaventure, from the Italian expression, “Bona Ventura”, happy voyage. He continued being a student at the University of Paris and then five years later, he was teaching there (St. Bonaventure - Saint and Angels). This was when he would produce many writings. Bonaventure’s wrote about the role of Christ in God’s overall plan for this world. His writings filled approximately nine volumes, these are still being studied and treasured today. When two teachers had passed away, Bonaventure was asked to teach theology. He used the textbook called “Book Of Sentences,” (Saint Bonaventure). He also wrote more than four thousand pages that explained the book. “Commentary on the Sentences,” is St. Bonaventure’s greatest work. After six years of teaching, in 1254, he was made a Master of Theology and took over the leadership of the Franciscan School in Paris. In 1256, a serious dispute broke out at the University over the role of religious orders including the Franciscans, who wanted strict simplicity as...
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...Osarume West-Idahosa ( 1494075) Professor Martin Black Government 282 March 29, 2013 Critical Analysis In book V of Plato’s Republic Socrates defends the proposal that women should be eligible to serve as guardians in the city and should equally be entitled to receive equal training and education , necessary for the task, along sides men in the city. Socrates strongly believes that women are inherently capable of performing the same tasks as men, but accepts that they may be inferior in performing these tasks (455c). In his proposal, he states that since similar roles in the city require similar training and education whatever is good for the male should equally also good for the female. The distinction between virtues is non-existent as both sexes have the innate ability to function effectively in the society, when speaking in regards to knowledge and the different parts of the soul i.e ( reason, appetite, spirit). Here Socrates holds that individual should be judjed based on the virtue of their souls, and not mere physical appearance . a mans virtue is not brought about by his sex, virtue remains virtue regardless of a mans gender, socrates holds this postion due to this the best state must provide women the opportunity to govern. Socrates holds that role playing in this new just city should be equal in order for there to be unity and peaceful co-existence amongst the citizens. If a woman possesses...
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...Strategic Planning Concepts 1 Running head: STRATEGIC PLANNING CONCEPTS Strategic Planning Concepts STAN R. KEY Bethel University Kathy Vest MOD 440 Strategic Planning 6/23/2011 Strategic Planning Concepts 2 Strategic Planning Concepts Organizations from all over the world have one thing in common: competition. In order for organizations to compete in today’s marketplace they have to have a plan of action or strategy. Strategic planning refers to a process which defines an organization’s plan to effectively allocate its available resources (Strategic Planning Performance, 2011). A strategic plan is not the same as a business plan. A business plan tells how and why the company’s products or services will garner revenues. A strategic plan identifies the objectives, goals, direction, and opportunities within an organization and how to go about executing them. Different Forms of Planning A strategic plan must be realistic, attainable, feasible, and flexible. A company’s strategy is the game plan management is using to stake out a market position, conduct its operations, attract and please customers, compete successfully, and achieve organizational objectives (Bethel College, 2005). Having a competitive advantage in the marketplace is crucial to an organization’s success. Just to create a strategic plan does not mean that all is complete, it is only the beginning. It cannot be treated as a “cure all” for an organization, but needs to be treated as a viable option...
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