Essays on Monahan

Although many determinants are involved in business decision-making, a significant number of strong scholarly arguments confirm the idea that the main underlying aspects in this regard are motivation of the leaders and their cognitive biases (Monahan, 2000). This essay speaks about the key underlying causes of cognitive biases and poor motivation of company leaders, and speaks about potential solutions in this regard. Cognitive bias is a systemic deviation from rational judgment, i.e. a popular cause, which compels people to think and adopt decisions in an illogical way. At the same time, the practice revealed that in some cases cognitive ...

Introduction

The primary goals of DHS are to protect American citizens against terrorist threats and securing the U.S. borders. This paper analyses the many missions of the DHS.

Missions of the DHS

Protection against terrorist attacks The priority of the DHS is to protect American citizens against terrorist threats and attacks such as 9/11. The department utilizes a counterterrorism tactic by identifying suspicious terrorist activities within the U.S. borders. Importantly, DHS collaborates with other federal agencies, private sector and the public to mine information essential for prevention of terrorist attacks and preparedness (Napolitano, 2009). Hence, the success of DHS’s missions attributes to effective ...

Approach to care

In this case, it appears that Mr. P has some psychological and social problem along with his medical problems. Mr. P is having some difficulty breathing, depression, pulmonary crackles and pitting edema, and hopelessness. He has also expressed that when he receives treatment, he is going to have some financial problems. In order to manage Mr. P’s condition, a comprehensive approach is required but he is also going to need psychological, social, and financial support. He will need to be transferred to other hospital where all of his symptoms can be properly taken care of. A detailed education ...

Introduction

This paper discusses the problem of workplace violence. Since workplace violence is one of the managerial issues that have been brought to the upfront in the recent times, it’s necessary to discuss it at a detailed level to prevent future cases of workplace violence that may result in either an instance of death or even monetary losses to the organizations where it happens. Workplace violence entails any form or threat of harassment, intimidation, physical abuse or any other such disorderly conduct that takes place in a work environment. Moreover, it becomes difficult for most of the managers at ...

The film “Lost in Translation” is really about the difficulties in translation, but not so much in the linguistic sense, as in the human, - translation of others’ feelings ("Lost In Translation (2003)"). The film is not so much the words as the information, the mood and emotions are not concluded just in words. This is perhaps one of the few movies, where the characters’ silence can be comfortable and talk about many things. A slow, as it might seem, dragged action is not the lack of pictures – that's the essence of the whole atmosphere of loneliness – the characters ...

Discussion of Positive and Negative Risks

A risk is an uncertainty that is likely to cause a financial loss in future. There are negative and positive risks in an organization. Negative risks are the unwanted conditions, which causes severe problems for the company such as financial loss. Positive risks are opportunities for a firm to increase their efficiency such as finishing a project before the stipulated time. According to Ricciardi, negative risks are mitigated while the positive risks are taken advantage of; for instance, during a construction a company can foresee the lack of construction materials from the contacted company (2014). The firm should mitigate ...