Essays on Conflict Management

The team members who will be tasked with the acquisition and implementation of the Electronic Records (EMRs) will comprise Marco Tortello, Todd Ramos, Christina Trevor, Virginia Pavini, and Gene Rosario. In identifying the members, some factors that have been considered include experience in the health care centre especially on medical records, administrative responsibilities, experience using EMRS, and support for the acquisition and implementation of the EMRs. Conflicts are likely to occur when members start to work on the project. To identify whether there are conflicts within the team, the COO will have to be keen on individuals who have ...

Communication and Conflict Resolution

As of today, the majority of organizations regardless their field of activity require efficient professional teamwork and collaboration in a vulnarable environment as expert interprofessional groups have profound professional knowledge and relevant competences and are likely to "have fewer personal problems and conflicts between the members" (Juhász, 2010, p. 63). Taking into consideration that the team is expected to work together collaboratively for the next 6 months, it is of fundamental importance to establish ground rules and set expectations that all team members will adhere to. One of the best methods is developing the internal code of conduct, ...

Question & Answer

Question & Answer

Resolving or managing conflict is the process where an individual controls and channels a disagreement with an organization. The following are five basic strategies for resolving conflict: Accommodating, competing, collaborating, avoiding, and compromising. Competing is an uncooperative and assertive strategy of resolving a conflict. This strategy can be important when unpopular decisions need has to be made or when one has to stand up for his or her rights. However, since it often creates situations of quietness and it makes others feel inferior, competition needs to be cautiously applied. Accommodating is another appropriate strategy; however, accommodating is ...

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REF: CONFLICT BETWEEN EMPLOYEES It is unfortunate that a conflict between the employees can be extended to the office of the manager. The situation has not been the same for two employees who have had issues with coping with each other in the office. They seem to be in constant disagreements following the duties allocated to each of them. It is evident that the conflict is not personal but a definition of an issue at the workplace. They seem not to respect each other’s role in the company at any time. The conflict requires ...

Introduction

The Marriot International and Renaissance Long Beach Hotel has come under fire after the hotel received a lawsuit from two women over alleged sexual harassment claims. Luz Cuevas and Teresa Evangelista allege that different employees working for the hotel sexually harassed them on more than one occasion and that female workers from the Latin region have on several occasions been the targets for physical, emotional, verbal and sexual harassment by senior employees at the Marriot Hotel. The two women filing the lawsuit against the hotel are Luz Cuevas and Teresa Evangelista who work at the hotel as an on-call ...

Article one

The war between Israel and Palestine presents an important moral paradox and tragedy of this age. This is because on one hand, several innocent lives are being lost and, on the other hand, it is a war that must be fought by all means and has proven that it cannot be fought morally. In this regard, therefore, it may be said that the war is collateral for a better future. That stems from the justification and necessity that Israel had in waging war against the Hamas. Israel acted on self-defense since Hamas continued bombing Israel’s territories and its ...

Introduction

It is normal for employees to have conflicts at the workplace. In fact, most companies report having disagreement among workers in the process carrying out their duties (De Dreu, 2008). As a matter of fact, more than 90% of firms that employ many people report having experienced conflicts among at some point in their existence. Therefore, it is important to understand conflict resolution in the workplace, and the techniques involved in mediation or arbitration during conflict resolution.

Purpose of Paper

In essence, conflict among employees is caused by various reasons. However, perhaps the major cause of the conflicts is limited resources at ...

Security and economic development in Africa today are more effectively achieved through regional formations than through the African Union. Discuss.

Introduction

The majority of African countries still lag behind Western states in achievement of similar economic development and power in the international relations. With the beginning of the twentieth century, the African states continued to take actions aimed to improve is economic growth and security protection in comparison to these systems in other countries. In this regard, it should be noted that several African countries stand to the position that these strategic objectives in the advancement of economic group and ...

Introduction

A national organization operating in the United States has offices in all four time zones in the country. The organization wishes to complete an important and confidential project within the next three and a half months. The completion of the project will require the formation of a virtual team comprising of mostly senior managers and directors from all major business departments of the organization. For the project to be a success, a team charter needs to be created to direct the different team members on what is required of them. Also, since the team members will be working from ...

Introduction

We all know how difficult it can be to express you and ensure that we are understood by those, who surround us in our professional environment. Business environment demands respect and high level of tolerance from all of us, outlined by the corporate rules, strategies, culture and the expectations, which are we as peers and our superiors have in this situation. Such expectations make communication process in a way, more structured and easier to adjust to the existing norms and formal rules, set out by organizational hierarchy and cognitive and emotional behavior regulations. Politics and diplomatic tone in our ...

The concept of team effectiveness is an important one in the management of an organization. It is because a collection of persons working together to achieve a common objective has been key pillar of social organization. Team effectiveness therefore refers to the degree of efficiency in which a collection of individuals can achieve set goals and objectives as determined by the team leader or organization. The extent of a team’s effectiveness is a factor of the level of interdependence among the various individuals that make up the team. It is therefore the case that team effectiveness is reliant ...

Organizational problem: Lack of team cohesion

Introduction In an organization, team members share a common objective with the aim of completing a certain standard task for corporate benefit. Human beings need a sense of belonging and identity. Team cohesion refers to the extent in which the members of a team are willing to be involved in the continuity of group task in an organization. According to Robbins et al., (2014, p. 226), teams have been identified to differ in the level of their cohesiveness. Cohesion is the unifying factor of deputies to remain in a team and brings cooperation and efficiency in tackling the task ...

Having worked in a leadership position for fifteen years, I have a strong feeling that I still have a long journey to go. Currently, I am working as a branch manager at Sydney Airport, the position I have been holding for the past six months. The experience I have had working alongside people of different backgrounds has made me appreciate being a leader.

Who Do I Want To Be As A Leader In The Workplace?

A good leader is born and not made. According to Fransen (152), it takes a person passion and dedication to make it in the field of leadership. Most leaders fail to be successful because they fail ...

Violent Video Games

Introduction Video games have become common among children especially when dealing with teenagers most of whom have access to video games. Video games are part of the media environment in which children are exposed to that help in defining their overall connection to their environments. Exposure of children to pro-social video game content may help in promoting overall brain development among children, as it makes it easier for these children to experience that overall connection towards their surrounding environments (AlShaiji 126). For a very long time, it has become important for scientists to study the impacts associated with exposure ...

Introduction

Working in a group requires effective collaboration and teamwork. It is common that every member’s group may have his or her own idea that can help the group in achieving a specific goal. However, not all members may be I favor of an individual idea, from which a conflict between the members themselves may arise. Relatively, the group’s collaboration and effective teamwork can be achieved in various ways. Moreover, different ideas that influence the development of conflict within the group can be addressed though conflict resolution, such as effective problem-solving and decision-making skills. In this study, we ...

A. Frankly speaking, it was not easy to get the gist of the message. As far as I have understood, the author is going to study ethical issues in terms of criminal law and legal profession, particularly, the police and lawyers like attorneys. There is no doubt that policemen often deal with situations requiring their reaction, based on ethics and moral convictions. However, I wouldn’t agree that if the police had better ethical “training”, people would work with them more readily. I suppose, it would only affect the work of the police as it is, and nothing more. ...

Simulation in Nursing Education

The concept of simulation in healthcare education has been since the time of world II. The basic concepts of simulation in associate’s or bachelor’s nursing program comprised of CPR manikins, role playing, static manikins, and conventional techniques based on the utilization of various taught concepts were used as a teaching modality since over 5 decades (Norman J. 2012). The concept of high-fidelity education has been in place for over 2 decades but it is new and unique in the nursing education. The process involves the use of simulation with the help of high-end computer technology including simulation ...

Examination of Performance Review Conflict

Examination of Performance Review Conflict Performance review conflict can create serious problems in the public sector. In reviewing an employee’s performance, the supervisor considers self-reported performance assessment, his/her observations of an employee’s work, and feedback from other supervisors and peers who had the opportunity to oversee or observe the work of the employee. However, ratings for each criterion depends, in part, on the subjective interpretation of the supervisor. Rater bias and favoritism based on gender, race, age, physical appearance or attractiveness, personality, and personal relations or interests may influence supervisor ratings. Evaluation results become the basis of ...

Third party intermediaries are persons, teams, and organizations who are involved in the conflict to resolve it. The people are professional conflict resolvers who are hired specially to help the disputing parties to resolveand manage the conflicts. The mediation, fact finder, and binding arbitrator are most active and powerful types of intermediary in the U.S. Mediation are neutral party that plays an important role in handling the conflict. They facilitate others and arrange meetings, set agendas, and develop productive discussion. They process the discussion and move the parties towards win-win agreements and mutual understanding. For example, if any conflicts ...

Violent Video Games

Introduction Video games have become common among children especially when dealing with teenagers most of whom have access to video games. Video games are part of the media environment in which children are exposed to that help in defining their overall connection to their environments. Exposure of children to pro-social video game content may help in promoting overall brain development among children, as it makes it easier for these children to experience that overall connection towards their surrounding environments. For a very long time, it has become important for scientists to study the impacts associated with exposure of children ...

Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires continuous medical care, ongoing patient self-management education and support to prevent its advancement and the occurrence of acute complications. It also requires evidence-based recommendations and management to reduce the risk of long-term complications. Of importance to note is that diabetes care is a complex endeavor that revolves around many issues that go beyond the glycemic control management. Research has shown that other interventions are required to support the improvement of diabetes outcomes (Burant, 2012). These are caring standards provided by patients, researchers, payers, and clinicians. These standards address how children suffering from ...

Executive Summary

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is a large bank serving many clients. To improve their ability to win more customers, it needs to train its supervisors in the sales and marketing division. Training motivates employees to become more committed to the company. Training also minimises instances of high turnover. Furthermore, training increases employees’ performance, which ultimately contributes to the organizational performance. Before taking employees for the training program, CBA ought to conduct a needs analysis. This will assist in the development of the content of the training program. In this case, the content of the training program for supervisors ...

Abstract

Conflicts are a part and parcel of our existence. It does not even require a second person to be in conflict with. We can have a conflict with our selves over goals, setbacks, aspirations etc. However, in organizations, a conflict can be energy sapping and un- productive, taking away a lot of valuable resolving time. Certain conflicts in a brain storming session can also be productive giving the debating members a lot of insight. Secondly, conflicts could be due to ones feelings or emotions, thoughts or perception and action or behavior. (Dane, 2001). Teams are the basic way in ...

Emotional Intelligence (EQ or EI) is a cognitive ability that imposes interpersonal behavior and entails social skills, social awareness, self-management, and self-awareness, which are essential in enhancing the effectiveness in leadership (Carter, 2011). One example of emotional intelligence is the ability to motivate oneself and maintain successful interpersonal relationships. Another is example entails being able to discern and efficiently deal with emotions of other persons (Carter & Russell, 2008). On a similar note, it requires recognizing and managing one’s emotions in an efficient and effective manner. Emotional quotient is the measure of an individual’s emotional intelligence as quantified ...

Group leadership in an organization is a critical role which facilitates group discussion and the resolution of conflicts. The members of the two groups are involved in discussions which are aimed at making decisions that are crucial to them. The first group involves members of the politics of sociology department who are trying to decide which courses they should cut and add into their department. The second group involves a group of individuals looking to raise funding for a playground in the neighborhood for their children. A team leader influences the outcomes and the productivity of a discussion. The ...

Introduction

Conflict between employees happens from time to time. This especially happens during a collaborated project or task, wherein the cooperation among employees are required. However, there are times when the roles and responsibilities assigned to each member do not suit with the preference of an employee. The reason might come from the deviation of the tasks from their skills, or if one of the employees sensed unfair designation to all of them, or if one member is not willing to cooperate. It is the latter two reasons wherein conflict mostly enters (Verma, 1998). As a team supervisor, it is ...

Introduction

Business organization has a central goal of profit maximization and increase in their productivity at the least possible cost. As a result, employers oftentimes tend to do everything it takes to get what they want. This includes subjecting employees to undue work pressure and probably denying them of certain benefits. Too often than not, this creates an unrest and conflict in the workplace which in turn affects the productivity of the employees. This is where labor unions, also known as trade unions come in the workplace environment. The sole purpose of labor unions is to act as a middleman ...

Conflict is a natural part of the human interaction. However, how any conflict is handled is what is important. Conflicts can be damaging to people, but when they are handled properly, conflicts can result in positive outcomes. Conflict management is based on the understanding of the causes of the conflict and how the conflict can be handled effectively. There are different types of conflict which include relationship conflict, value conflict, and interest conflict. Relationship conflicts arise from personal perspectives which are often based on stereotypes and rumors. Negative behavior from colleagues at the workplace can also result in relationship ...

Management

Management What is your primary conflict management style? Explain. In what types of conflict is your primary style likely to be appropriate? In what types of conflict situations is it likely to be dysfunctional? Collaborating is my primary conflict management style. According to Raines (2013), the collaborating conflict resolution style is both cooperative and assertive in the sense that it involves trying to work with the other party or person in a conflict situation with the aim of finding a solution that satisfies the concerns of the conflicting sides. The style involves the process of scrutinising the conflicting issue ...

Theresa May might be the latest entrant in the pool of high-positioned women, but it does not subside the ongoing debate revolving women style of leadership and negotiation. The conflict management style of May might be the subject of discussion among management honchos in the future. Researchers proffer differing perceptions concerning this issue; while some accede that women have different negotiation styles than men, some authors counter this by saying that gender has a little role to play in conflict handling. Furthermore, savants are not unanimous on the efficacy of women's style of conflict management. This paper has referred ...

Abstract

Lack of effective communication is one of the primary causes of failure in marriage. Communication is thus a key factor in a marriage’s success. Effective communication is especially important to how couples deal with and resolve conflicts. Although arguments and disagreements can be damaging to relationships, they can also be helpful to relationships by alerting couples to sources of unhappiness. The role of successful communication in conflict management and resolution can lead couples to correct negative behaviors and make positive changes that strengthen interpersonal bonds. Communication in a successful marriage is typically direct, or overt, rather than indirect, ...

Marriage is a tradition that is practiced and honored all over the world. It signifies the birth of a relationship that grants couples the privilege to build families and an enduring kinship ties. Studies show that people who are happily married have more desirable benefits and experiences than those who are unmarried, cohabiting, widowed, or separated (Shariff 557). Specifically, married individuals have better parenting styles, stronger support systems, greater economic security, greater financial resources, healthier psychological status, more desirable emotional wellbeing, greater physical health, and longer life. Marriage practices in Western countries are different from those of other societies. ...

-Negotiation and Conflict resolution guide for team managers

Abstract

The teams are comprised of team members all of whom are complicated individuals that depict range of behaviors when asked to operate as a unit. The manager’s job is to manage the best combination so that the team is able to be high achieving and self driven. This may need an identification of stage in which the team is: Forming, storming, norming or performing. Then the teams have to be individually analysed for specific traits. In this paper, we have discussed this process of analysis and come up with a ...

Reading this article, I learned a lot about communication and what advantages an individual or the organization as a whole can enjoy when communication is conducted in a rightful way. Commitment conversation according to Kofman, are structured around promises and offers. The speaker and/or the listener during the commitment conversation must take some commitment to ensure that the promise or the offer is achieved. The information from this article was very relevant for my future leadership career. Kofman talks about the importance of promises. In our everyday conversations, we always make promises. I have made promises on many occasions. ...

Family Conflict: Family conflict can be described as any issue of contention between members of the same family. It could be between siblings, spouses or other extended family members (Malek, 2013, p. 1). Causes of Family Conflict: Conflict in the family does not come from nowhere. There are always indicators and cause factors and the top four causes of conflict in the family including Finance and Jobs, Sibling Rivalry, Child Discipline and In-laws and extended family interference will be examined (Banks, 2015, p. 1). Strategies for Managing Family Conflict: healthier ways of resolving conflicts in the family can be ...

Final Project Package

Executive Summary The project in question is dubbed the Palliative Care Program. The Palliate Care Program will run concurrently with other operation of the hospital. The aim of the program is to alleviate the pain of the patients in palliative care.

Summary overview of project description

The Project will be called The Palliative Care program. This program will ensure quality, nurturing care is given to all patients and that the employees will be trained to do so. This project will ensure that patients do not suffer even when they are sure of dying. The implementation of the program will require in-depth research on palliative ...

Part A

A major engineering firm has introduced virtual teams around the globe to resolve client emergencies. Although some of these emergencies are routine (they occur often enough that the engineers have ready-made action plans), several are novel. Furthermore, information about the client emergencies often comes second hand from employees of the client, so some of the details are missing or ambiguous. Although the company plans to eventually offer a variety of communication media that these virtual teams can use, engineers are currently limited to email, telephone, fax machine, and an instant messaging program that was recently introduced.First, discuss media richness. ...

Personal Case Study

Communication Personal Case Study

Interpersonal Conflict

One in a while we find ourselves in a situation where we need to make a stand to what we believe is right and fair. In the past, I have been in a conflict with a store manager and the attending staff during one of my visits at an electronic gadget store. The cause of the conflict is the miscommunication regarding the validity period in the product return and replacement policy of store, which was not clearly explained and communicated to me as a customer. The product I bought is entitled for a replacement in ...

Academic Critique: Intergenerational Conflict in Arab Families: Salient Issues and Sale

In Rasmi and Daly article “Intergenerational Conflict in Arab Families: Salient Issues and scale development” (2015) the two authors explore various types of conflicts that affect most Arab families. Sarah Rasmi is a professor at the American University in Dubai, UAE. Over the past years, she has been involved in culture conflict research focusing on the neglected Arab world by other researchers. Together with her co-author Timothy Daly, who is a professor at the United Arab Emirates University, they have published various articles about Intergenerational Conflicts, Conflict Management and Perceived Parental Rejection and Adjustment. In my opinion, the clear ...

Nowadays conflicts have been considered as a complex social phenomenon and inevitable attribute of social relationships (Druckman, 2006). While conflict situations the contradictions between people, groups and communities have been arisen and solved. In modern conditions, such a problem has been becoming up-to-date in terms of improving the emotional climate of interpersonal communication that is one of the main things about being succeeded in the process of communication. What is necessary for the conflict to be emerging is the practical conflict actions of all participants (in our case – the students of the 6th and the 7th grades, the teachers ...

Advanced nursing practice is recognized as an advanced level of nursing care that uses in-depth nursing knowledge and nursing expertise to meet health care needs. Unlike traditional nursing practice, advanced nursing practice involves numerous streams of activities like: analysis, knowledge synthesis, critical thinking, decision making, interpreting, evidence based practice and managerial/administrative roles. The evolution of advanced nursing practitioners happened when nurses were expected to take extra responsibility in addition to their traditional role. Due to lack of a sufficient number of doctors to attend to people in remote areas and in families, nurses were given the added responsibility to ...

Describe three contemporary views of leadership. Which view do you think is the most important? Why?

Leadership is perceived as behavioral, contingency and charismatic (Goertzen). The behavioral theory perceives a leader's personality traits to determine performance as well as other results. The behavior of a leader is the central point in this model of leadership. The situational contingency leadership ties leadership to both traits and behavior. A leader’s traits and their relevance to a particular situation determine the effectiveness of the leader. This leadership model is subject to other factors such as the leader-member relationship between the leader and the members, position and task structure. The charismatic leader is also referred to as the ...

Executive Summary

The Georges Hotel is an upscale European-style boutique hotel located along the Oriental Bay in Wellington. Most of the staff is friends and relatives of Jeff and Chad, who are brothers. The hotel has many advantages that a family business has as well as the disadvantages. Some of the supervisors are not aware of the laws against discrimination. They are not aware of what sexual harassment means and what the appropriate and inappropriate behavior towards their subordinates is. This has resulted in situations where a couple of EEO complaints were raised against the hotel. However, as things stand, the ...

Westminster Business School

Module Code: BHRM 401 COURSEWORK ONE CAREER PATHS INTO MANAGEMENT AND THE FOUR REMEDIAL STRATEGIES Seminar Leader name: __________________ Abstract Rees and Porter model and concept of managerial escalator fits in the two mangers career path in becoming the managers. Both the mangers begun their careers as specialist. Overtime, they gain more experienced and received relevant training that prepared them to carry out their current roles. The trainings equipped them with vast managerial skills which satisfied Rees and Porter concept of hybrid managers. Furthermore, the trainings helped reduce managerial gaps as both the mangers showed great love and respect ...

The purpose of mediation is to help parties that are in a disagreement come to a solution that minimizes the potential harm from that disagreement. Without mediation processes, many disagreements can lead to hostility or other outcomes that are undesirable for both parties (Winslade & Monk, 2008). As such, understanding the mediation process is an important part of understanding the psychology of conflict, and is useful in a number of different scenarios. In law, mediation is particularly useful as part of the spectrum of alternative dispute resolution, and is used to negotiate various forms of settlements without harming either party ...

Infrastructure and Leadership

Important Qualities to drive a company Businesses anchor their success on different aspects. Good leadership is the primary aspect that any business must ensure so as to realize its goals and visions. There are many other qualities that can drive a company, but the following three are some of the most important according to Fraser (2016).

Creating a strategy is a leadership quality that can never be ignored in any business setup. Every company has a vision and mission in which it works to achieve. For an organization to grow, a well formulated strategy is important. The strategy will ...

Introduction

The city of Belfast has its fair share of world history that spans thousands of years (Phoenix 2001). Additionally, the bursting apprentice on ship building and heritage pride have placed it at the top of favorite tourists’ destination around the globe. Belfast is a true definition of old and new with a deep history and vast thirst to replicate an ultra-modern way of life for its residents and endless streams of visitors. As such, his paper will analyze its past events, facts, and figures surrounding Belfast. Additionally, it will outline strategies that will be adopted to turn around the ...

The New York Times

Professional and Business Ethics: Managing Ethics Programs in the Workplace. This article explains how organizations should manage their working areas. In every workplace, the organization must ensure that there is an existing ethics management plan. The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Executive Secretary, Brian Schrag explains that a good ethics plan contains corporate values making use of policies and codes to help in decisions and behaviors. They can also involve extreme training and evaluation according to the organization. They offer guidance when ethical dilemmas occur since it is very hard to have two similar programs. The article gives ...

Abstract

The different forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution or ADR are interesting topics that were discussed in this class. There were five chapters that we consider the most interesting parts of the reading as they provide information that not only increase our awareness about dispute or conflict resolution, but they can serve as guidelines on how to come up with better ideas in providing solutions to various issues. The different chapters of the reading, such as chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 provided insights on cases, which these ADRs can be used. One may think that conflict resolution is ...

Abstract

Mini-Trial may not be totally the same as the other Alternative Dispute Resolution or ADR. It holds its own characteristics of providing resolution to the disputed issue. However, some of the processes involve in the mini-trial may resemble the methods in the mediation process. In the discussion of the article about the mini-trial’s process, one can be similar to how the mediation is being done. It was stated in the article that both disputants will have the opportunity to present their own version of the case, to which they are being presented to panel in order to come ...

Introduction

The needs assessment for the training of a company’s employees is critical for shaping them into strong workers for the organization. In order for each employee to conduct their job with the highest effectiveness or utmost quality, the training program must create the needs assessment based on such criteria like, a) the goals or objectives of the companies work environment, b) job tasks which needs to be learned, c) required competencies that are needed to perform the job functions, and d) individuals who need to be trained in general. Additionally, the needs assessment can also be identified as ...

Q1. In this highly competitive world, teamwork plays an important role as the output of the individuals can be expanded through teamwork. Teamwork has become the most important way in which work is organized in organizations. The idea that work can be delegated to workgroups is supported by different theories such as strategic Human Resources Management (HRM) theory, sociotechnical theory, work design theory, self-leadership theory, and theories of participative management. The strategic HRM theory states that a well-designed HR system that includes teamwork, can affect employee’s job satisfaction, commitment and motivation positively and result in an improved organizational ...

1.0 Introduction Conflict is part and parcel of human life. Its occurrence brings forth retarded growth and necessitates change for positive development. While conflict dynamics can be complex, personal conflict is usually at the core of all these other levels. A personal conflict can occur within an individual or between individuals. The key determinants of the magnitude of conflicts are the situation within which the conflict occurs and the coping strategies employed by individuals directly and indirectly affected by the conflict. This places an individual as a key player in the conflict. The coping strategies are measured in terms ...

Integrative Research Project

Abstract This research project aims to establish how the organization can increase its competitive advantage by requiring supply chain vendors to meet ENOC’s standards. A qualitative research methodology was used, and the research design is to carry out semi-structured interviews over the telephone. The semi-structured interview allowed interviewees to expand on their thoughts and experiences while the researcher guides the conversation to say on the topic. Interviews were performed over the telephone with employees at ENOC and employs with ENOC’s supply chain vendors to collect data. The data analysis was carried out by evaluating the results of ...

The performance quality is affected by social behaviors. The paper was carried to come up an answer of how daily social skills, social behaviors during ensemble practice, and the evaluation of music ensemble performance. 64 out of 68 female music majors responded to performance questionnaires created for the study entire. To assess the causal model of the relationship among social skills, social behaviors during ensemble practice, and the evaluation of group performance, it works employed structural equation modeling. The scores for social skills, styles of handling interpersonal conflicts, and leadership, the scores and social behaviors during ensemble practice revealed ...

Part 1

It was on a Monday 3rd April 2016 when I was asked by my immediate manager at Unilever Company, to come up with a marketing plan. The plan would aim at increasing the production rate through online sales on the firm product lines. The development of the plan was to be done in collaboration with the company’s internet marketing department. I was given a period of two for the setting of the plan. Shortly, after conversing with the web marketing team on the same, I realized the deadline would elapse before the work was accomplished and the deadline ...

The Music industry is ever full of juicy dramas. Friends and partners alike are turning foes day after day in what is majorly caused by a strong feeling of betrayal. It is normal to hear of conflicts between two or more rappers in the music industry as each musician is always looking for a top selling point to gain niche popularity. However, it always turns so unprofessional when two collaborating rappers are engrossed in a conflict of a song they were to release together. Gucci mane and Young Jeezey once found themselves in this kind of conflit in 2005 ...

Introduction

This paper is to deal with one of main issue of post-WW2 world, namely the phenomenon of civil war. The analysis of this paper is devoted to such questions as the reasons for certain civil wars as well as concrete instances of such internal conflicts. Also, the paper is to discuss the major theoretical contributions and controversies related to the civil war research program: firstly, civil wars are defined conceptually, and then, operationally. Second, major theories relating to the issue of causes of civil wars and their results will be discussed, along with future directions and policy implications. The ...

Personal Leadership Philosophy

Leadership evolves. Philosophies developed a priori and applied to a given organizational context are apt to fail. By definition, a leadership philosophy, let alone a personal one, emerges in response to variables making up a specific organizational behavior. Accordingly, in order to develop a personal leadership philosophy one should, above anything else, cater for organizational needs both at corporate and individual levels. Personally, I aspire for a leadership philosophy based on strict definition of raison d'être. By identifying core purpose for which an organization exists, I would be able to develop a sustainable leadership philosophy. Indeed, companies, successful ...

Affiliated University

Introduction The Catholic Action is a group of young people who come together to interact, share issues concerning the youth and do their share of service to the church. It is a society with so much potential to produce quality leaders. Through interacting with their peers, youths get to understand what society considers okay and what it sees as not alright. Ethics are an integral part of modern day society. Without them, the harmonious state in which society operates would turn into one of chaos. Whether through religious teachings or simply from one's conscience, the ethical choice is always ...