Essays on Surprises

Strategic Messages to Different Stakeholders

Key message to executive: Introducing a new CEO Objectives: Issues: According to Koyne & Koyne (2007), the executive should know that the new CEO and managing partners are likely to reorganize the company through layoffs and dismiss top management. However, the top management can tell the new leaders that they want to help them achieve implement the changes. Porter, Lorsch &Nohria (2004) established that CEOs should focus on managing the organizational structure and not on daily operations. Additionally, the CEO at BrightStar should understand that his position does not give him the right to lead or a guarantee that the ...

Why is EI important in the making of a leader?

Generally, emotional intelligence skills include self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. The first three skills imply to self-management skills. Self-awareness refers to the understanding of your strengths and weaknesses and to the ability to evaluate your abilities and competences. Self-awareness plays a key role in making a leader as provides both self-confidence and self-criticism. Leaders with these skills are usually able to manage their time, to perform right amount of work, and to achieve their goals without any distractions. Self-regulation means the ability to possess yourself, to control your emotions and feelings, and to be able to channel ...

Abstract

This paper deals with explanation and evaluation of positive effect of small size classes. In brief it shows history of researches of Glass and Smith on beneficial effect of small size classes and how further findings led to Tennessee’s Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) experiment. After insight in history of this question one observes current situation with small sized classes and CSR. Moreover, there are examples that show positive effect of small size classes for students as well as for teachers. Using research data this paper illuminates why students of small size classes are more successful in school ...

Released in 1977, Chantal Akerman’s “News from Home” offers a vision of New York as experienced by a newcomer. The filmmaker used raw footage of New York locations in order to realize her documentary film. She narrated the film by herself, using letters that her mother sent her over the course of several years in order to personalize her work. The voice-over narration she employs however has no correspondence to the images, being used simply in order to personalize and enrich her view of the city. The film is not easy to watch, due to the distractions created ...