Essays on Jurgen

Introduction

Research and practice have indicated that both managers and employees dislike performance appraisal. Due to this growing problem, performance appraisal has declined in popularity, especially for organizational managers who have to conduct the evaluations or be evaluated at the same time. One of the reasons why managers hate performance evaluation is the negative impacts it can create in an organization and potentially affect the achievement of the organizational goals. For instance, those on the receiving end of a performance appraisal process can develop a negative attitude towards other employees who were seemingly favored. They could also exhibit declined performance ...

International Market Entry Plan

Company/Product Overview. General Motors are a multinational corporation whose mother country is America. The General Motors’ business is in the automotive industry with its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. The company’s main activities are the designing, building and selling of cars and trucks. It owns eighteen brands including Chevrolet, Cadillac, Opel, and GMC among others as illustrated by Harrison et al (17). There is no particular mission for the company, but on their website, they exist for this, “Making the best vehicles in the world needs world’s greatest employees. We take great pride on duty and care to ...

Introduction

There may be different views about the influence of social media on the people’s lives, but it is absolutely evident that in the contemporary world the types and modes of communication became sophisticated due to the rapid technological process. The launch of the social media such as Facebook, Twitter or Reddit might have been one of the greatest technological breakthroughs in the 2000s. In 2006, Time magazine recognized the importance of the social media and wrote the following phrase on the cover of the “Person of the Year” edition: ‘You. Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome ...

1. In “The Postmodern Condition” Jean Francois Lyotard defines post-modernity as “Incredulity towards metanarratives”. In outlining Lyotard's position as elaborated in this essay, it is evident that his work focuses primarily on the possibility of achieving what he calls a “unity of experience”. In order to understand his conception of this idea it is necessary to first assess his view of society in relation to the modern world. Postmodern culture demonstrates “a radical break, both with a dominant culture and aesthetic, and with a rather different moment of socioeconomic organization” (Lyotard, 1990, p. vii). This demonstrates a fundamental shift ...

Who Should Take the Responsibility? Why?

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COMMUNICATION

Abstract The word communication is derived from ‘communicare’ (Latin), and its meaning is to ‘share’ or ‘impart’. Communication starts right from the beginning of life. Basically, communication satisfies the need for expressing ideas, opinions, views, feelings, commands or directions In fact it is the medium through which speaker or sender conveys message. Communication can take many forms viz. written, spoken, pictures, dance, digital, facial expressions (unspoken) or gestures (unspoken). Communication can take place between individuals and masses. It is a bridge that joins/links sender and receiver. Communication is viewed as a social responsibility. There are many theories ...