Essays on Personal Interest

The compensation of collegiate coaches entails the payment for the services they offer during the games they manage. It is evident that regardless of the services offered by the coaches, it is prudent to pay them without discrimination of any sort (Kahn, 2015). The services the coaches offer are almost the same because the management of a game is not an easy task. Though there exist various factors that determine the financial status of a college, it also tends to affect the amount allocated to sports. Therefore, the amount paid tends to vary, though not by the game, but ...

Introduction

According to Trevino & Nelson (2011, p. 35), fraud does not happen as a coincidence. To be specific, fraud in organizations is usually premeditated and has to happen in the right conditions and members of the organization in authority often set these conditions. As such, identifying the root causes of fraud, which is called fraud deterrence, should be one of the priorities of corporate governance. Since fraud has been a common menace in the history of organizational management, various strategies, government regulations, and acts have been developed to prevent the occurrence of fraud (Giroux, 2013, p. 32). These procedures cover ...

Ethical Dilemma

The story Sophie’s Choice is about life experiences of a Polish immigrant named Sophie Zawistowski living in New York. The story moves between past and present and reveals a dark secret of Sophie’s life. It is revealed that during the Holocaust, Sophie faced a daunting challenge that forced her to save the life of one of her children at the expense of the other. When the Nazi officer asks Sophie to choose one of her children or lose both of them, she is forced to make a decision and choose one of her children. Sophie had to ...

The key issues arising from this case report all seem to be tied to the CEO Anat’s decisions and relationships in regards to the firm, especially in the context of her duties as a director of the firm. As such, three issues emerge from Anat including the decision to hire her cousins Ellen and David to work for the firm by managing office building without informing or consulting the Board. The second issue is the where the liability of the damage suffered by Liav, who fell due to a cost-cutting decision by Ellen and David, on the company ...

Human Relations Thinking – A break from the past

Introduction Human Relations in an organization is the attitude and interaction that the employees and employers exhibit towards each other. Human Relations thinking and studies have gained significance in the current atmosphere of tough competition and transformation of business methods. There are certain indications that organisational behaviour modifications can affect performances to a large extent. Human relations in workplace is a part of organisational behaviour and invited the attention of scholars as a tool to improve workplace environment and thereby individual and group performances. Before the introduction of Taylor’s scientific management, the humanitarian aspect of labour was neglected ...

Jim McGuigan (2009), in his widely-acclaimed article “Doing a Florida: The Creative Class Thesis and Cultural Policy” talks about Richard Florida, considered as a the guru of management in America. According to McGuigan, Florida’s work The Rise of the Creative Class was a classic case of looking impressive on the surface, but is actually riddled with flaws in the inside. In addition, Florida’s work on cultural policy leans more on the managerialist perspective which resulted to the oversimplication of the scientific reasoning and research (McGuigan 310). To a reader who has no background on the social sciences, ...

Facts of the Case

Luke has been working for the company on a project which involves developing a recently purchased land by the company in order to build an entertainment store on the land. Luke believes that as soon as the announcement for this project will be made, the real estate prices in the area will go down. Luke’s brother Owen lives in the neighborhood of the land. Owen recently told Luke that he got an average offer for his house recently. Owen is not sure about the offer and has asked Luke whether he should sell his house or wait for ...

Executive Summary

Macau is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region, just across the border for Hong Kong. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. However, unfortunately this is not the case, primarily because of the intense pressure on manpower, which is contributing to labour turnover in Macau, so much that, almost 30% of the SMEs are facing closure ...

1. According the case of the reluctant workers, the core skills that were at play include team building, leadership and organizational skills. Team building is an important role of the program manager. It involves a myriad of skills needed to identify, commit, and integrate all the task groups for successful project implementation (Kerzner, 2009, p. 149). Team building helps a project manager to build a team that works together towards achieving a common goal. Being a young project manager, Tim did not receive any respect from his team. From the case study, team building comes into play when Tim says that he cannot motivate ...

The scenario presented in the case highlight that friendship is formed among the various characters that are involved. Through the duration that employees spend in an organization there is a bond that is created. Through this bond, there is a level of comfort that is developed where employees in different departments relate. This is regardless of the professional gap that exists between employees in different levels. Through the level of correlation that is created, various employees can effectively air their views. This promoted by the fact that they are confident in themselves, and convinced that there is confidentiality in the matters ...

Executive Summary

China is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in the establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. This paper explores the role of SMEs in an emerging economies, the role of manpower in SMEs, as well as understanding the key success factors of the SMEs in China.

Introduction

SMEs are the growth engines for any economy in the ...

Abstract

Long-term goals are more easily achieved when we create stepping stones of short-term goals that put us on the correct path. These short-term goals can help us track our progress and give us the tools we need to increase our knowledge and skill set. With these personal developments, we will have the instruments required to reach the next step towards our long-term goals and ultimately help us achieve our life’s dreams. It is important to know what motivates us towards these personal goals. Is it something we want for ourselves or something we feel pressured to achieve? ...

Introduction – Situation

The purpose of this document is to prepare the detailed negotiation plan and risk assessment for the negotiation of the Toyota Rv4 purchase with one of the medium-size dealers in the area and the maximum budget of USD$ 20,000 available immediately. The negotiation process will be done within a given timeframe of two days that will include the first stage of negotiation and will potentially extend to the second negotiation round that will depend on the trade-off and negotiation priorities. The conclusion and signing of the deal are not included in the scope of this document as the purpose ...

Introduction – Situation

The purpose of this document is to prepare the detailed negotiation plan and risk assessment for the negotiation of the Toyota Rv4 purchase with one of the medium-size dealers in the area and the maximum budget of USD$ 20,000 available immediately. The negotiation process will be done within a given timeframe of two days that will include the first stage of negotiation and will potentially extend to the second negotiation round that will depend on the trade-off and negotiation priorities. The conclusion and signing of the deal are not included in the scope of this document as the purpose ...

Introduction

Poverty is a factor that is affecting most of the countries in Africa. Julius Nyerere argument on how to eradicate this problem of poverty is evidence as he tries to explain why some countries for example; Tanzania is facing high level of poverty. He also tries to explain how the rich countries exploits the poor countries by making the poor countries compensate for losses incurred during economic transfer to the oil producers. This is seen as the richer countries are the ones that determine the prices of the exports not having in mind the cost of production incurred by the ...

Executive Summary

China is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in the establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. This paper explores the role of SMEs in an emerging economies, the role of manpower in SMEs, as well as understanding the key success factors of the SMEs in China.

Introduction

SMEs are the growth engines for any economy in the ...

In the history of one’s adolescence, there is probably no more complicated and demanding question than the one about one’s choice of profession and career plans. Parents ask their children from an early age, what they would like to do and whom they would to be when they grow up. Usually, parents are trying to prepare children for what they think would be the best for them. It does not mean that parents do not want their children to follow their dreams; they just try to adjust children’s dreams to the limitations of reality – competitive nature ...

Abstract

The moral principles that govern an individual’s or a group’s code of conducts are referred as ethics. In other words, it is the subdivision of knowledge that deals with the moral actions of human beings. Equally, virtue ethicist is expounded as the characters of an individual’s character as well as the virtues that take a central role in the determination of one’s ethical behavior. It encompasses not one, but three imperative approaches to normative ethics that recurrently gets differentiated to deontology. It is from that background that the paper will be taking a position of a virtue ethicist and ...

Using Contemporary Policy Examples, Explain What the 'Three Faces of Power' Teach Us about Agenda Setting

Introduction Public policies reflect, on the surface, governmental decision making processes. At a closer look, however, contemporary policies are the result of direct and indirect pressures upon the public or upon political decision-making factors. Steven Luke’s “three faces of power” model includes the decision-making power, the agenda setting and the preference shaping power, explaining three strategies of modeling public opinion by exerting specific aspects of power (Sundstram, 2011). Agenda setting, also named the non-decision-making power of the three faces of power model is a sinuous strategy that various groups can use for placing their problems or their issue as ...

Cohen and Socialism I: Justice and Personal Behavior

- Who is G. A. Cohen? Gerald Allan (G.A.) "Jerry" Cohen (1941-2009) was raised in a communist family in Montreal, Canada. He later obtained his political philosophy there and then a doctorate in England. As professor at a university in Oxford, England, Cohen held analytic philosophical, Marxist, and egalitarian views. His notable ideas concern egalitarian ethos and strict difference principle. Some of Cohen’s works include a defense of Marxism, egalitarianism, justice, equality, socialism, as well as, other topics on moral and political philosophy. His political philosophical works, or refutations of others’ works, has been widely read, commented, critiqued and praised. Before ...

What are the Types of Ethical Predicaments Encountered in Public Personnel Administration?

Types of Ethical Predicaments Encountered in Public Personnel Administration 3 Common Ethical Dilemmas 3 The Context of Ethics 4 Administrative Discretion 5 Constitutional Prerequisite 6 Ethical Predicaments in Administrative Discretion 6 Corruption 7 Ethical Predicaments in Corruption 8 Other Types of Ethical Predicaments 9 Nepotism 9 Information Leaks 10 Public Accountability 10 Policy Dilemmas 10 Discussion 11 Conclusion 12

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Types of Ethical Predicaments Encountered in Public Personnel Administration The success and reputation of governance depends upon the functionalities and conduct of the public administrators. ...

Abstract

Much like many other professions the engineering profession id guided by various codes of ethic that seem to act as a solution to the conflicts that exist among the public interest, business interest, professional interest and personal interest. While this case the public interest is the most paramount and forms the core of the professional ethics in the engineering profession. The challenges that exist in the engineering profession are associated with the conflicts among the above mentioned interests. The interests portray the differing priorities held by the various stakeholders, namely the employers, the professional engineers, the public and the clients. ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a definition on a concept which has been flirting with the human nature ever since the dawn of prehistoric times. If each word is to depict a notion widely accepted and shared within the borders of a speaking community, then the word ‘success’ has spread its meaning throughout centuries, changing meaning according to the ideals of each era and civilization. Success has been an ideal that has always been flirting with its being considered equal to happiness. People have always believed that a successful person is usually a happy person. But philosophy, psychology and social ...

Business Ethics

Recent decades have witness intensive debate and researches on the significant of business ethics in modern workplaces. Although researches on business ethics are still at infant stage, researchers have universally agreed on some basic significant of business ethics to both individual’s development and organisation productivity. Business ethics regards to values that focus on moral features in commercial activities. Ethics are also professional and applied virtues that explore ethical problems, morals, and ethical principles that emerge in the business environment. Ethics addresses individual’s conducts in a business while revolving other critical business conducts. Business ethics mainly comprises of both ...

Law

1.) The enactment of the Corporations Act of 2001 is to create a law in relation to the formation of corporations, corporate regulation and the regulation of financial services and products (Cassidy, 2006, p.8). The law is intended to regulate the business entities in Australia such as partnerships, corporations and other investment schemes. It also regulates the operation of these entities in relation to the duties of the officers of the company, mergers and takeovers. 2.) The concept of corporate governance deals with the legal and organizational framework within which the principles and processes of by which the corporations ...

Leadership can be defined as the process of influence via which a person aids and supports others to achieve specific goals and objectives in a certain organization. This research is an in-depth analysis of two leadership theories namely, transformative and servant leadership according to Peter Northouse.

Transformative Theory

This theory was first initiated by Bernard M. Bass (1985) and James McGregor (1978) which became popular. The following concepts characterizes transformative theory of leadership. - Idealized influence, which is the charismatic element where leaders become role models to the followers who in return respond by showing due to their leaders. - Inspirational ...

Introduction

I, Pencil is an interesting and captivating story by Leonard Read. The story is of timeless significance as it outlines the manufacturing processes that people tend to neglect. The story as narrated by the author is intended to explain the invisible hand that harmonizes all the individual’s activities to benefit the society as a whole. The I, Pencil story depicts the whole process of manufacturing the pencil, from the natural resources to the product, pencil. It also demonstrates that no single individual can make an item without the involvement of other people and other resources. This paper focuses on ...

Introduction:

Ethics refers to the system consisting of moral principles and a branch of philosophy which explains what is good for individuals . Ethical behavior is usually explained by an organization’s code of conduct. It illustrates how members of an organization are expected to behave and take decisions. Ethical dilemmas are certain situations where there is a conflict between moral imperatives . Obeying one of them would lead to transgressing the other one. Everyone has responsibilities to behave ethically and fulfill their moral obligations. Almost everyone comes across situations where their moral and ethical obligations are challenged. It is very important to ...

In the contemporary world, there has been a snowballing concern on historical objectivity aimed at historical writing void of biases. McCullagh in his article, Bias in Historical Description, Interpretation, and Explanation speaks of biased accounts of past historians. This paper seeks to review the article written by McCullagh, Bias in Historical Description, Interpretation, and Explanation. McCullagh starts his article with a brief synopsis of the exertion of historians F.R. Ankersmit and Hayden White who have written groundbreaking work involving the subjectivity of narrative in history. According to McCullagh, who appreciate the work of Hayden and Ankersmit, claims that, they ignore ...

When President Bush declared war on terrorism, it sounded, to many people, like a war against the Islamists. The international community took the statement in a bad light. They saw it as a conspiracy, by President George W. Bush, to prove to the global community that America was the number one superpower. The intelligence reports, upon which president bush relied in making a decision to identify Osama bin laden as America’s most wanted international terrorist, were said to be malicious propaganda engineered in America. Some critics even went an extra mile and said that Osama did not exist. They accused president bush ...

A Report

Introduction This report follows the earlier work carried out on the subject of case study as a methodology of research. In the previous report questions regarding what a case study is, how a case study is carried out, what are the different forms of case studies and when best to undertake a case study were discussed. The case study is an important method adopted by many researchers in their research design. The advantages and the shortcomings of such a research design have been well documented and were also discussed in the earlier report. The report aims at recollecting the experience of researching ...

This section presents a description of the research methodology used by the researcher, a description of how the research was set up, the instruments used, and the sample used. The purpose of this research study was to examine the extent in which cultural diversity in women influences their participation in sports. In order to investigate the relationship between women participation in sports and cultural influences, the researcher adopted survey research design. Survey methodology was used because of the unique nature of the study. It required gathering information from primary sources. Survey design also allows the researcher to use a sample which represents a ...

Abstract

In the framework of the modern merge between philosophy and economic theory, two opposite theories of socio-economic development of human civilization are of specific interest. The first concept theory is Mill’s perception of the liberalism and its further contribution to formation of free market system. The second one is classical Marx’s theory of socialism, which should save humanity from social stratification and anarchy of the free market. In order to understand the correlation between those two concepts and realize what might be wrong about liberty, Mill’s work “On Liberty” will be analyzed from the perspective of ...

Various Issues Relating to the Corporations Act and their Effects on Directors and their Duties

The directors are required by the Corporations Act 2001 not to do anything that requires disclosure to investors. If they fail to do so they are held liable by Sec 45 of the Corporations Act that stipulates the governance of a small proprietary company. According to Peter the constitution of Kandy K restricts the directors to facilitating a loan of not more than one million dollars unless the members pass the resolution in a general meeting as was the case in Howard v Patent Ivory Manufacturing Co (1888) where the decision by the directors to borrow over the stipulated limit was nullified. ...