Apathy Case Studies Samples For Students

Final Case Analysis

PART 1

Lona seems to be suffering from a Dysthymic Disorder. This is because the fact that her state of depression has been persistent for more than two years due to the circumstances and changes in her life. In the initial interview, there was no information that the issues Lona has been experiencing could be hereditary. In reviewing the facts, it is evident that Lona is experiencing an extreme change of routine in her life. This has prompted her illness and sense of lack of control. Lona's history is that she has been married for ten years, five into ...

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY

International Business Strategy
- The recent research in the coffee industry indicates growing trends in the consumption of the premium coffee in the developed and developing countries. This aspect is highly valuable for Espressamente’s (an Illy brand) strategic decision of increasing its international presence, because Illy is recognized as the best coffee in Italy, destined for the premium consumers (Alon and Lohwasser, 2012). Another reason that sustains Espressamente’s intention of pursuing an international expansion resides in the fact that despite the high competition existent in the coffee industry, the developed and developing countries possess a high potential ...

The lack of interest in General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford (Big Three) in performing on the small cars market through innovative and competitive new products led them to losing market share, registering lower sales, losing their leading spots and facing bankruptcy (Bennett, 2013). Because of their lack of competitive edge in the small cars market, the Big Three were overpassed in North America sales by the Japanese competitors (Bennett, 2013). Another causes that produced the general effect of the decreasing sales figures in all three companies on the United States territory mostly was the advancement of the financial crisis ...

Introduction

Legal Brief is a written procedural argument of the case in court of law. It outlines court orders during a case in a manner that is easy to understand. Legal Brief is categorized into Appellate Brief and Student Brief according to state laws (Tomkovicz & White, 2012, p.23). Appellate Brief contains records of court proceedings of the case in an Appellate Court while Student Brief is a short analysis of case proceedings that is used for the purpose of learning. In this case, we are going to consider the Student Brief for the purpose of analysis of the case of Florence v. Board of ...

- Is recruiting nurses from abroad a good idea for U.S hospitals facing worker shortages?
While recruiting from other nations might help fulfil the dearth of nurses faced by U.S hospitals currently, such recruitment can have unintended effects of local unemployment in the country itself unless they are matched by funding and training of domestic nurses to match requirements in the future. This increases domestic discontent, fall in the image of the organisation and have effects on visa regulation as has been seen after 9/11.
However till domestic workforce can meet the demand, the U.S hospitals will have ...

Introduction

The ethical issue presented in this case is that the client is only concerned about the budget and project being delayed and is not concerned about the requirements of the room being explosion proof. Further, to solve this situation, Bull tells Dante that he will have the fire code official Bobby get back to him on the matter. Later, Bobby burns calls Dante and tells him that the room is explosion proof and they can continue with the work even without verifying that he has visited the site. Further, Dante is willing to accept the fire official statements and ...

The name of this case is stated as R.V WILLIAMS. This case is basically a case where it is presented as Victor Daniel Williams V Her Majesty the Queen. The interveners into this case
Included the Attorney General of Canada, Attorney General for Ontario, Aboriginal Legal services of Toronto Inc, the African Canadian Legal Clinic, the Urban Alliance on Race relations as well as the criminal Lawyers’ Association which was based in Ontario. This case report was obtained from File No.24 June the 4th in the year 1998.The people present when the case was presented includes: Lamer C.J, Gonthier, ...

Question One

Workplace alienation is the feeling of indifference or detachment from the job, work or position held by an individual in an organisation. This is depicted by the employee’s lack of concern on what happens at the organisation as well as the feeling that their job and positions held are not significant to other aspects of their lives. This lack of connection to one’s work affects the general output of an individual at the workplace and impacts negatively to others. Some of the causes of alienation at the workplace include the lack of involvement and association especially in ...

Abstract

In Electromation, the Supreme Court ruled that any attempt in the part of an employer to form a committee for the purpose of discussing labor issues may be construed as a violation of the Taft Hartley Act prohibiting the organization of labor groups by the employer.

Electromation v. National Labor Relations Board
Intentional Violation of the Taft Hartley Act
The Supreme Court found Electromation guilty of violation of labor law under Section 2(5) of the Taft Hartley Act. The Act prohibits an employer from forming any group or committee with his employees for the purpose of dealing with ...

Chapter 7 – Listening (19 questions)

1. Percentage that listeners remember after hearing a message
Right after hearing a message only about 50% of people remember the message. Within 8 hours the 50% drops to 35%, after 2 months only 25% remember the original message. (Page 241)
2. Listen more than any other type of communication
3. Questioning and paraphrasing
These are two techniques that show a speaker the listener is attentive. They also help the listener make sure he/she understands what the speaker is trying to say. They need to be learned and practiced to do well.

Questioning on pages 249 and 250

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