...Running head: UNIT VI ARTICLE CRITIQUE Abstract This article examines the different applications of training and how effective or ineffective training can be for organizations by providing the reader with several examples about trainers and trainee settings. Furthermore, the author offers the reader with the appropriate tools to analyze the type and cost relate to training. Training is the answer…but what was the question? Article Critique. “The point of training isn’t to create an “information dump”- it’s to change the way people behave” (Rosner, 1999); this is an accurate description on how people perceive training as an “information dump” in my opinion. Too often training is perceived as a punishment rather than opportunity to grow; I have experience this reaction as a trainee and as an instructor in my organization. In this article the author Bob Rosner outlines training situations and provides examples of the “good” and the “bad” of training outcomes and how important is to have experienced trainers available for training in order to, gather and prepare an effective training section and, to main maintain an appropriate audience’s attention. It is important to mention and the particularly of the article that is outlined in 20 questions with an opening summary that introduce the importance of training to the reader, perhaps with the intention of changing one’s approach to training not the necessity of training. The main point of the...
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...Week 5 Literature Review Hastings, Donald F. (1999). "Lincoln Electric's Harsh Lessons from International Expansion." Harvard Business Review, May-June, 1999, pp. 168-178. Pfeffer, Jeffrey. (1995). “Producing sustainable competitive advantage through the effective management of people.” The Academy of Management Executive; Feb 1995. Rigby, Darrell. (1998). “What's today's special at the consultants' cafe?” Fortune; Sep 7, 1998. Stamps, David. (1997). “The self-organizing system.” Training; Apr 1997. Roxy Hutchinson Dr. Smith – MBAD 7913 August 1, 2014 Article review and critique: “Lincoln Electric's Harsh Lessons from International Expansion” by Donald Hastings (1999). Synopsis: Donald Hastings’ article, “Lincoln Electric’s Harsh Lessons from International Expansion” is a short biographical article about his first two years as CEO of Lincoln Electric in Cleveland, Ohio. Just about a half hour into his role of CEO, Hastings received very grim news about the finances of the company, specifically abroad in Europe. Hastings explains that even though US operations were thriving, the margin from the US operations would not cover the debt in Europe and other international countries like Japan and Latin America. While talking to his advisors over the next few weeks, Hastings finds out that the company may default on its loans, and even worse for the first time in company history, they may not be able to pay the US manufacturer workers their yearly bonus. Even...
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...essay will also aim to show how they might differ or agree on certain concepts within affect theory amongst other prominent affect theorist. Nigel Thrift is a leading academic in the field of human geography and has made significant contributions to the field of affect. His article, Intensities of Feelings: Towards a Spatial Politics of Affect, attempts to show that the politics of affect are central to the life of cities, given that cities are inhuman or trans-human entities and that politics is understood as a process of community without unity (Thrift, 2004, p. 57). For Thrift, affect is an object or subject of manipulation, and it is closely tied to power and how it operates, affective life and emotional life is the setting for operation of power. He states “…it is so crucial to address affect now: in at least one guise the discovery of new means of practising affect is also the discovery of a whole new means of manipulation by the powerful (Thrift, 2004, p.58). This shows that for Thrift, affect and power share a complex relationship, one which can bring about a new way of exploitation, and since affect is at such a visceral state it can potentially go unchecked. Thrift, early in his article, highlights one of the problems in writing about affect theory, he writes that there...
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...Stanley A. Kearney Professor Meister ENG 151-12 4 April 2014 Human Cost of an Illiterate Society: Critique 1. The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society was a well written article that expose several concerns and reasons why literacy is of great importance. Illiterates being unable to read such things taken for granted as warning labels, food labels, street signs, basic instructions, etc; show the importance of literacy The fact that some leaders are willing to sustain by malign neglect, shows that at any cost of illiteracy may be accepted by some people who look to hold themselves superior to others with lack of education Kozol expressed some of the more obvious devastations of an illiterate society that are overlooked daily, I found it easy to relate to article because Kozol listed concerns in a manner that is easy to understand because most of us relate to someone who fits at least one of the scenario. Human Cost of an Illiterate Society was an enjoyable read because it was easy for me to relate to some of the examples that were given. When reading this publication, I am able to easily follow and understand the content and compare it to incidents or observations that I have encountered in my own life experiences. Illiterate citizens seldom vote touches a nerve in me because I know the importance of voting in order to have a voice in society. Health issues that can become life or death situations if a person is unable to read...
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... and as the literature is explored, the reader quickly learns that learning organizations are as varied and diverse as the institutions within which they exist. The literature concerning learning organizations is also varied and diverse; ranging from simple, clear, and concise books and article to very detailed, in-depth, complex, and rigorous academic studies. Although the literature is exhaustive and at times overwhelming, by organizing the literature into common core areas, a reader can efficiently and effectively learn all there is to know about the learning organization, how to create a learning organization, and maintaining a successful learning organization. By thoroughly examining the literature in these three areas, an individual or institution will be able to thoroughly understand the entire scope of learning organizations. The common core areas that the majority of learning organization literature can be categorized into are foundation/founders of the concept, turning the theory into strong foundations, and learning organization application and evaluation. Foundation/Founders of the Concept By beginning with the literature that introduced and defined the concept of what a...
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...Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA Received May 2002 Revised September 2002 Accepted October 2002 Keywords Decision making, Ethics, Violence, Schools, Discipline, Legislation Abstract “Zero tolerance” has become the international “buzz word” of the secondary building administrator. As school violence has increased so have the legislative and regulatory policymaking mandates c a l l i n g for increased disciplinary consequences for inappropriate stud ent behavior. Ethical problem-solving and decision-making have taken a back seat to reactive discipline by school officials. Media publicity has forced proactive principals to become reactive impulsive decision-makers. In this article, Starratt’s three-part model for ethical school administration – encompassing the ethics of critique, justice, and care – is applied to a fictional scenario and the ethical dilemma that evolves. Recommendations for practice are offered in a proposed resolution of the dilemma within the context of a central conclusion: if the school administrator of the twenty- first century is to build and maintain an ethical educational setting where all students can learn, zero tolerance cannot dictate the only outcomes for inappropriate student behavior. Journal of Educational Administration Vol. 41 No. 1, 2003 pp. 24-36 q MCB UP Limited 0957-8234 DOI 10.1108/09578230310457411 Introduction Safety and accountability have become the educational “buzz” words of the new m i l l e...
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...Article Critique Name Institution Introduction The article by Udo Pesch on “administrators and their accountability” the value systems in the public domain is a perfect analysis of the value systems the public servants in the civil service should uphold values in the service with integrity of the highest caliber that is attainable. Pesch, in his well formulated article clearly endeavors to exonerate the theme whether the public administrators are free from any accountability in the decisions that they make and the influences that directly affect the decisions that they make in the day to day running of the affairs of the government in the service to the citizens. However, the paper is somewhat confusing in the first paragraphs of introduction of the topic. We are cognizant of the fact that moral values are intrinsic and vary from one person to another depending on various issues such as the environment of upbringing that is the society that surrounded the individual and what they perceive as the good morals an indivi9dual should uphold in the society. The values differ significantly from one community to another and that brings the difference in the universal moral values that should be followed in the public service for the benefit of all the citizens. The big issue arises when there is a conflict between the moral values and the accountability policies that are stipulated to be followed by all the public administrators in the nation. The accountability policies may call...
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...Leaders and Leadership An Analysis of Kevin Rollins and his Leadership Style MBA 517 –T 03/14/2010 The Organizational Gems Christina Lakich Nick Madara Brenda Mercado Karla Reeves Outcomes Elements of Leadership From the case, we analyzed Kevin Rollins Leadership style and gathered that he has five distinct elements. First, he is a formal leader, as CEO he is given the authority to allocate the company’s resources the way he feels will make the company more productive and profitable. He was given this power when he succeeded Michael Dell as CEO, before then he was second in command and did not have as much influence over the company’s resources. Another element to his leadership is his need for continuous improvement. After the huge decline in revenue Dell decided to sell its products in Wal-Mart stores in order to reach lower income consumers as well as continuing to sell directly from their website, however, Rollins saw that in the long run this could actually cause the company to lose money because Dell only provided their products in certain retail stores. This demonstrates how he jumped right in to tackle the company’s biggest problem: not meeting their projected revenue, and how he can come up with ways to improve their current situation. The third element to Rollins’ leadership style is initiating structure; he is always analyzing...
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...Application: Managers Need to Know Their Facts The article I chose to critique is titled Possible Contributions to Leadership and Management Development From Neuroscience by Richard Boyatzis. In his article, Boyatzis addresses the impact of learning and retention on people’s behaviors by leaders and educators in their field. He also talks about the importance of neuroscience and how integrating it with business can help make individuals more well rounded and mindful. According to the “Five Traditional Criteria” in the Essential Guide to Critical Reading and Writing, this article does a good job in exhibiting accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, and coverage. Boyatzis has his PhD from Harvard University in Social Psychology and has been an active theorist in the field for over 40 years (Richard Boyatzis, Ph.D.). Because of his credentials and popularity in the field, I would consider this article to have strong authority. Coverage is also exhibited since Boyatzis provides references to other credible resources, and is concise about the topic he is covering (Walsh, Pezalla, & Marshall, 2014). Boyatzis’s thesis in the article is that by crossing disciplines, such as neuroscience and business management, we can “expand our theories and find new directions for out scholarly work” (Boyatzis, 2014, p. 303). From his thesis, I would consider the paper to be objective by also being opinionated in an appropriate, professional manner. The resources cited in the paper are all...
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...University of Santo Tomas College of Commerce and Business Administration 1st Semester, A.Y. 2015 – 2016 Leading Underneath is a copy of an article “”Understanding the differences: Leadership Vs. Management” and I will be using this article to talk about my term paper topic. UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES: LEADERSHIP VS. MANAGEMENT Is a good manager automatically a good leader? What is the difference between leadership and management? The main difference between leaders and managers is that leaders have people follow them while managers have people who work for them. A successful business owner needs to be both a strong leader and manager to get their team on board to follow them towards their vision of success. Leadership is about getting people to understand and believe in your vision and to work with you to achieve your goals while managing is more about administering and making sure the day-to-day things are happening as they should. WHILE THERE ARE MANY TRAITS THAT MAKE UP A STRONG LEADER, SOME OF THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS ARE: * Honesty & Integrity: are crucial to get your people to believe you and buy in to the journey you are taking them on * Vision: know where you are, where you want to go and enroll your team in charting a path for the future * Inspiration: inspire your team to be all they can by making sure they understand their role in the bigger picture * Ability to Challenge: do not be afraid to challenge the status quo, do things differently...
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...that most leaders have a genetic commonality. Interestingly, leadership means the most within an organizational context. Leader follower relationships are one of the ways leadership behavior evolves and is defined. The two most common leadership roles are the charismatic role and the instrumental role. The charismatic role empasises vision, inspires a sense of pride, and encourages respect between the leader and follower. The charismatic role is a transformational leadership model. Envolving the expanding the followers interests and facilitating followers to perform for the overall good of everyone. (Schermerhorn, 2012). Instrumental leaders show a propensity to develop strategy and set procuedures in motion. In addition, the instrumental leader uses all means available to the achievement of organizational goals. While science has shown that most successful leaders have both charisma and instrumental tendencies, these traits alone are not enough to become an effective leader. Reasearch literature has been full of information regarding the qualities of different leadership traits and how they influence change within an organization. It is important to note that, it would be irresponsible not to address how leaders develop mastery of the leadership skill set (Sahgal, 2007). Personality Traits and Genetics Some leadership traits are innate. According to the University College London, there are genetic differnces associated with people who are successful leaders. The article...
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...Weak points: Our first point of critique is related to sub header “Innovation through the next generation”. The texts shows clear figures of how many Chinese students went to universities, this amount was growing massively in the period between 1978 and 2012. In 2012 4 million more students enrolled in China than in the United States. This information is really useful but we believe something is missing. There is no explanation of how this could happen and why this growth was so rapidly. So we think that the authors should have explained this part more detailed. In fact, they should have explained what the differences where in the beginning in China compared to the United States and compared that to the differences later. With the help of this information we could have seen why the growth in China was so rapidly and why Chinese people started to enroll at universities. Secondly, we do not agree with the statement: “the best leaders are those with the broadest education in liberal arts”. Liberal arts is education that is not focused on specializing but on the entire package of management. We think that if every manager knows a little bit of everything that the quality of products and services would be relatively low because the managers do not have sufficient knowledge about specialized things, so without that knowledge they are not able to run the company or a specific division. So we think that managers should have specialized knowledge of their division or they should have...
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...in constant communication with our one heavenly Father, whom is all knowing. Before leaving, she read up on Next Step. When Ms. Alexander arrived at Next Step’s HQ, she was showered with all sorts of gifts and treated to lunch by the Corporate Recruiter who told her of the circumstances that makes it possible for advancement and the money she could be earning with those advancements. Within Ms. Alexander’s research of the company, she found a mix of different opinions, regarding Next Step. One article, and interview with the CEO, has the CEO talking about how he wants to create a healthier America, making it seem that he truly loves and cares for the people. But, when Ms. Alexander was present at the companies pep rally at Next Step’s HQ, he seemed to be disrespectful and scornfully abusive to his clientele, calling them ‘fat, lazy, lethargic Americans’ who needs to be saved. Turning the spectacle into a religious one. The CEO also talked about being an industry leader in the ethics code in his interview. Ms. Alexander mention that to the corporate recruiter, and she said that they have to include verbiage such as that because they have “…to attract investors and pacify government regulators.” Explaining that their lawyers made sure to cover all the basis of that area. These two situations are a prime example of Dobson’s (1997) explanation of ethics in business, “The economic benefits to be derived from superficially ethical behavior can be...
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...Abstract 3 Introduction 3 What is the purpose of the article detailed by the author? 3 The conceptual framework of the article 4 How well the authors achieve their purpose? 5 What are the author’s interpretations? 6 Does the author exhibit bias or slant in their treatment of the subject? 7 Does the author agree or disagree with information from the leadership course? 7 Is the information in the article consistent or inconsistent with what you know from your own experience? 8 Conclusion 8 References 10 Abstract Servant leadership is a type of leadership quality that focuses on the philosophy to serve first. It addresses certain concerns like customer experience, employee engagement and ethical values that brings in a culture where the leader and follower both reach a goal without using authoritative power (Baghurts & Carter, 2013). The article discusses a focus group on eleven employees from a servant leadership restaurant and how it uses different methods to examine positive results influence by customer experience, engagements and loyalty to the workplace. Introduction Servant leadership is a management way of life; it tackles the concerns of customer experience, employee engagement and ethics, thus creating an only one of its kind organizational society, where both followers and leaders come together to arrive at organizational...
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...THE EVOLUTION OF MENTORING By: Patrick Delaney Mentor was first documented in Greek mythology. Mentor was with whom Odysseus trusted to run his household and see to his son’s education when Odysseus went off to fight the Trojans. Many things have changed in the three thousand years since. Mentoring has evolved from the traditional one-on-one relationship to eMentoring. This paper will look at the different types of mentoring relating to leadership and how it has changed over the years. Mentoring is a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital, and the psychosocial support perceived by the recipient as relevant to work, career, or professional development. Mentoring entails informal communication, usually face-to-face and during a sustained period of time, between a person who is perceived to have greater relevant knowledge, wisdom, or experience (the mentor) and a person who is perceived to have less. There are two broad types of mentoring relationships: formal and informal. Informal relationships develop on their own between partners. Formal mentoring, on the other hand, refers to a structured process supported by the organization and addressed to target populations. Traditionally, mentoring was a formal one-on-one face-to-face relationship between an older more experienced person and a young person with no experience. At one time, the term 'apprentice' was commonplace in various trades, most commonly in blue collar industries; however, apprenticeships...
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