Member Support by IEEE In the mid 1970’s the NYCPD operated an online computerized police car dispatching system called SPRINT. A dispatcher would receive a distress call and upon entering an address, SPRINT would display the location and notify the nearest patrol car. This would help to reduce the response time for emergency calls, and the SPRINT system could have saved many lives. In 1977 the PROMIS system was proposed by NYC prosecutors, to be used and mounted on the same host computer as SPRINT
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a part of). He calls this common structure “the monomyth” (Hero’s Journey). The “hero’s journey” appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development. It describes the typical adventure of The Hero, who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the family, group, tribe, or civilization. There are twelve steps, or stages, of the typical “Hero’s Journey”. The twelve steps are: The ordinary world, the call to adventure, refusal of the call, meeting with the
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states that doing nothing is just as unacceptable as doing the action the person is against. Thoreau says, “...but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support” (2). This emphasizes that even if a person were to do the minimalist action to stand up for what they believe in or against an act they oppose, it is still an improvement to not doing a single action. For
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According to Kotter and Cohen, in order to achieve successful large-stage change, there are first eight stages that must be followed. These steps are: increasing urgency, building the guiding team, getting the vision right, communicate for buy-in, empower action, create short-term wins, don't let up, and making change stick (Kotter & Cohen, 2002, p. 6). While organizational change does not necessary require each of these steps to occur, or in the exact specified order, they provide a basic pattern for
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this paper will cover the definition of Affirmative Action, explain what the initial intent of Affirmative-Action legislation was. It will also talk about the landmark Bakke versus Regents case concluded, give the positive and negative results of Affirmative Action legislation, and tell if the Affirmative Action legislation is still appropriate in that situation. Discrimination Legislation Introduction Some form of affirmative action had existed in the late 1800s but the extension and enforcement
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Birmingham. From his prison cell, King replied not only to the ministers' letter but also to an educated, white, middle-class audience, by writing his response in the margins of the newspaper and on toilet paper . "I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was well timed in the view of those who have not suffered from the disease of segregation," King, wrote in what was later published as the essay, Letter from Birmingham Jail. The 6500 word letter went on to explain and make clear
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try to provide a possible solution to these problems. In order to understand Sartre’s account of morality we should first examine the basis upon which it is developed. Sartre develops his account of morality from a perspective of what he calls a “consistently atheistic” existentialism. The “consistently atheistic” existentialism maintains that God does not exist. This means that there can be no universal moral values, but it also means, and this is very important for Sartre’s account that
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properly, calls for the development of management concepts; the basic four that will be addressed is planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. I believe that each function is of equal importance; however, planning serves as the basis of management. All other functions are built around the planning process. I think of planning as an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; in which calls for the determination and implementation of a course of action to obtain goals
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change. Late 40’s T-groups – training groups, behavioral skills and individual insight into problem solving Kurt Lewin at MIT – RCGD, Teachers College/Columbia Four Trunk Stems of OD Laboratory Training Survey research and Feedback Action Research Sociotechnical Approaches How does OD Work? Lewin’s 3 Phase OD Model UNFREEZING Resistance to change lessened, need for change created (Equilibrium disturbed) MOVING From old behaviour to the new (Changes) REFREEZING Change
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objectives clearly spelt the next step is the creation of plans in the organization. Plans are commitment to a specific course of action. They address: 1. What activities are required to accomplish the objectives? 2. When should the activities be carried out? 3. Who is responsible for doing what? 4. Where the activities should be carried out? 5. When the action should be completed? At a general level there are three kinds of plans.
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