Essays on Barsh

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New Jersey College School of Nursing ABSTRACT: Gender-based discrimination against women in the workplace has been generally dictated by the driving factors found in females, defined by them being family-oriented, risking to divert attention from work and fault performance due to pregnancy, appearing to be less physically strong, which may deprive them from a job-related activity requiring good physical strength, or even being threatened to be subjected to a sexual harassment. Nonetheless, the abovementioned reasons do no undermine women’s ability to be valuable employees, fulfill their responsibilities with excellent performance and significantly contribute to their workplace’s success. Women ...

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Leadership and innovation by Joanna Barsh, Marla M. Capozzi, and Jonathan Davidson - A reflection by ‘Name’ Innovation is the most celebrated concept in modern business management, but not many organizations have a system to facilitate the innovation process. In their article, ‘Leadership and innovation’, Joanna Barsh, Marla M. Capozzi, and Jonathan Davidson, lay down a blueprint for promoting an environment in which an organization can nurture sustained innovation. Though most business pundits acknowledge the potential of an innovative idea, very few organizations have an established framework to tap the fresh and significant business ideas of their employees. ...

The glass ceiling refers to an invisible barrier that hinders women from advancing to top levels of organizational leadership (Lewis, 2013). From my own perspective, I believe that the glass ceiling is something that has been there for many years as a result of cultural beliefs and myths that are of the view that women are inferior to men and therefore they should be submissive and not ambitious. The barrier does not only manifest itself in their quest for the top leadership but also throughout their career journey. I have seen this problem in an organization I worked with before ...

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Poverty is a mainstay concern among the First Nations’ women of Canada. In this context, First Nations refers to the indigenous people and will be used synonymously to mean the Aboriginal population of Canada. Past researches on the issue found that the rates of poverty of the Aboriginal women in the country are about double that of non-Aboriginal women (National Collaboration Center for Aboriginal Health, 2010). In the light of this observation, this paper seeks to further explore the issue of impoverished First Nations’ women in Canada by focusing on the present state of affairs and the possible causes. This ...

Poverty is a mainstay concern among the First Nations’ women of Canada. In this context, First Nations refers to the indigenous people and will be used synonymously to mean the Aboriginal population of Canada. Past researches on the issue found that the rates of poverty of the Aboriginal women in the country are about double that of non-Aboriginal women (National Collaboration Center for Aboriginal Health, 2010). In the light of this observation, this paper seeks to explore further the issue of impoverished First Nations’ women in Canada. This objective will be achieved through an in-depth evaluation of Canadian statistics on ...

Leadership and Innovation by Barsh, J., Capozzi, M.M. & Davidson, J.

A reflection by [insert full Name] Barsh et al. (N.d.), in their article called ‘Leadership and Innovation’, insist that innovation is just a term theoretically understood by senior executives, but not pragmatically applied. This is exhibited by a research where 70% of senior executives assert that innovation is critical in the next three years for expanding companies both financially and globally. However, despite the known fact, 65% senior executives are not conversant of how to apply innovation into transforming organizational fortunes to the better. Furthermore, the authors also positively relate leadership with innovation, where the presence of good leadership in ...