Write a response paper that addresses Victorian morality in the work of one of these authors: Robert Browning, Porphyria’s Lover Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister, “My Last Duchess Fra Lippo Lippi Dante Gabriel Rossetti, or Christina Rossetti. Jenny Goblin Market N: B choose one the simplest one and please use simple English. should have 2 or 3 examples direct from the work. examples that should be in quotes with line number.
For the last half-century, the workforce in the United States has been undergoing tremendous demographic changes. For example, in 2009 women accounted for almost 48% of American workforce, compared to 37% in 1970 (Barsh & Yee, 2011). Additionally, workers under the age of 44, and those most likely to be in school, college, or professional training, are more ethnically and racially diverse than ever before (Policy Alert, 2005). This is only diversity of gender, race, and ethnicity; consider how managers today must also lead increasingly diverse teams in terms of age, experience, nationality, geographic location, and even diversity of thinking styles. Contemporary businesses draw employees from a more diverse pool of talent than ever before. To be successful, top managers must understand how to develop and lead diverse teams. Managing a group composed of individuals with unique cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and abilities can be a daunting task. As a manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that team and group interactions are successful. As you review the Learning Resources this week to prepare for your Discussion posting, think about how you define diversity and diversity affects teams. Pay particular attention to the media resource, Will Differences Doom the Team, which presents some of the challenges managers face when leading a diverse team, and consider the key competencies managers must possess to effectively manage a diverse team. As you prepare for your post, consider what diversity means for you and how the diversity you have encountered in your professional experience have impacted how the team functions. With these thoughts in mind: Post your response that includes the following: Include in your explanation how a manager can leverage a teams diversity to improve its performance. Explain the challenges posed by managing, and working within, a diverse team. In your explanation, include how managers should motivate individuals within a diverse team environment who are likely to have differing, and at times, clashing priorities. Colquitt, J., Lepine, J., & Wesson, M. (2013). Organizational behavior: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Chapter 11, “Teams: Characteristics and Diversity” (344379) Chapter 11 provides an introduction to teams, including a description of five general team types and their defining characteristics. The chapter also explores the different types of diversity and how each type influences how teams function. Mockaitis, A. I., Rose, E. L., & Zettinig, P. (2012). The power of individual cultural values in global virtual teams. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 12(2), 193210. Culture, while not visually distinguishable in many virtual work teams, still influences the team dynamic. The authors examine the relationship between culture and team dynamics in a virtual environment. Berry, G. R. (2011). Enhancing effectiveness on virtual teams. Journal of Business Communication, 48(2), 186206. In this article, Berry argues that fundamental team dynamics do not change when teams interact virtually. He reviews these fundamentals, examines how managing virtual teams can be a more complex task than managing face-to-face teams, and shares the skill set that managers need to work with virtual teams. DeRosa, D. (2009). Virtual success: The keys to effectiveness in leading from a distance. Leadership in Action, 28(6), 911. In this article, DeRosa succinctly lists the challenges of leading virtual teams and what managers must do to make these teams more effective. Dewar, T. (2006). Virtual teamsVirtually impossible? Performance Improvement, 45(5), 2225. Communications technology has certainly made working across distances easier, but does it make teamwork any easier? In this article, Dewar examines how technology both facilitates and complicates teamwork. She also discusses research-based suggestions to improve teamwork for virtual teams. Emelo, R., & Francis, L. M. (2002). Virtual team interaction. T+D, 56(10), 1719. In this article, Emelo and Francis discuss how virtual teammates can develop and enhance communication behaviors. The authors contend these behaviors will make the virtual team more collaborative and effective.
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For the last half-century, the workforce in the United States has been undergoing tremendous demographic changes. For example, in 2009 women accounted for almost 48% of American workforce, compared to 37% in 1970 (Barsh & Yee, 2011). Additionally, workers under the age of 44, and those most likely to be in school, college, or professional training, are more ethnically and racially diverse than ever before (Policy Alert, 2005). This is only diversity of gender, race, and ethnicity; consider how managers today must also lead increasingly diverse teams in terms of age, experience, nationality, geographic location, and even diversity of thinking styles. Contemporary businesses draw employees from a more diverse pool of talent than ever before. To be successful, top managers must understand how to develop and lead diverse teams. Managing a group composed of individuals with unique cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and abilities can be a daunting task. As a manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that team and group interactions are successful. As you review the Learning Resources this week to prepare for your Discussion posting, think about how you define diversity and diversity affects teams. Pay particular attention to the media resource, Will Differences Doom the Team, which presents some of the challenges managers face when leading a diverse team, and consider the key competencies managers must possess to effectively manage a diverse team. As you prepare for your post, consider what diversity means for you and how the diversity you have encountered in your professional experience have impacted how the team functions. With these thoughts in mind: Post your response that includes the following: Explain the types of diversity you have encountered in your professional experience and the challenges that each type of diversity posed to a teams performance. Include in your explanation how a manager can leverage a teams diversity to improve its performance.In your explanation, include how managers should motivate individuals within a diverse team environment who are likely to have differing, and at times, clashing priorities. Resources Colquitt, J., Lepine, J., & Wesson, M. (2013). Organizational behavior: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Chapter 11, “Teams: Characteristics and Diversity” (344379) Chapter 11 provides an introduction to teams, including a description of five general team types and their defining characteristics. The chapter also explores the different types of diversity and how each type influences how teams function. Mockaitis, A. I., Rose, E. L., & Zettinig, P. (2012). The power of individual cultural values in global virtual teams. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 12(2), 193210. Culture, while not visually distinguishable in many virtual work teams, still influences the team dynamic. The authors examine the relationship between culture and team dynamics in a virtual environment. Berry, G. R. (2011). Enhancing effectiveness on virtual teams. Journal of Business Communication, 48(2), 186206. In this article, Berry argues that fundamental team dynamics do not change when teams interact virtually. He reviews these fundamentals, examines how managing virtual teams can be a more complex task than managing face-to-face teams, and shares the skill set that managers need to work with virtual teams. DeRosa, D. (2009). Virtual success: The keys to effectiveness in leading from a distance. Leadership in Action, 28(6), 911. In this article, DeRosa succinctly lists the challenges of leading virtual teams and what managers must do to make these teams more effective. Dewar, T. (2006). Virtual teamsVirtually impossible? Performance Improvement, 45(5), 2225.Communications technology has certainly made working across distances easier, but does it make teamwork any easier? In this article, Dewar examines how technology both facilitates and complicates teamwork. She also discusses research-based suggestions to improve teamwork for virtual teams. Emelo, R., & Francis, L. M. (2002). Virtual team interaction. T+D, 56(10), 1719. In this article, Emelo and Francis discuss how virtual teammates can develop and enhance communication behaviors. The authors contend these behaviors will make the virtual team more collaborative and effective.
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2.What experience do you have with team building? What methodologies have your used with your teams as they pertain to organizing, controlling, planning, leading, and staffing? What obstacles did you face working with your teams? How did you work through them? 3.How do human resources managers identify and develop a strategy to deal with employee and organizational development? How can you utilize financial ratios in your personal finances? Why is it important for you to be aware of your personal financial ratios? How can ratios help you with your personal goals?
You, as a HR Generalist, have been asked by your HR Director for your recommendations in terms of what tools your organization could use to better manage the talents of your employees. This will help to develop policies and procedures in managing your human capital. Please develop a PowerPoint presentation to your Director addressing the following:Give some examples of firms that have successfully used these applications. Describe how these efforts are useful in terms of strategic human capital management.
Here is the current income statement for Tag-It: Click here to download the income statement. Tag-Its CEO has predicted a 10% increase in total revenue next year. Utilizing the percentage of sales method, prepare a forecast for next year in the section provided on the Excel spreadsheet provided. 1.The total revenue numbers over the past 4 years for Tag-It Corporation were as follows: Values in Millions: 72,618 73,785 69,495 71,879 2.Determine whether you think Tag-It can hit the target of a 10% increase in sales next year. Submit the Excel spreadsheet provided, saved with your name, which must include the answers to the 2 questions: 1. An updated forecast for next year, and 2. the answer to question regarding the target sales. The use of 1 scholarly sources (e.g., textbook, article from the CEC Library) is required.
Write a comparison-and-contrast essay discussing the similarities and differences between the two stories.
2. the complexity of coercive or different strategies 3. consider the place of deterrence in contemporary international politics. Can it be relied upon? Does it prevent war? What implications do our ideas about deterrence hold for the potential spread of nuclear weapons? Do such weapons serve other purposes or support other strategies? 4. to examine the proliferation of the modern military that is, industrial military technology and modern military institutions and strategies throughout the world. 5.to understand the term revolution in military affairs. Considerable debate occurred in the post-Cold War era on the potential for technological advancements, particularly in the areas of communications, computing, and precision-guidance, to lead to a new RMA that would transform the global strategic landscape. to evaluate the influence of technology in the 21st Century does technological advancement lead to strategic success? 6. discuss the ways in which conflicts between developed and underdeveloped, or large and small, or wealthy and poor actors in world politics. This involves us looking at terrorism and the methods used to combat it, and at insurgency, and the methods used to counter that.
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Did his language move your feelings as much / as little as it changed your thoughts?
comparative essay: May need read the Introduction to Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (Burton Watsons translation; New York: Columbia University Press, 1996) Additional notes: Commentary Reading the Taoist philosophers is sometimes perplexing, because their statements are often cryptic and meant to convey a message at several levels. They are, in many cases, trying to change the way people understand. Unlike Socrates, and for that matter, the vast balance of Western philosophy, the Taoist philosophers are not trying to find a direct solution to a moral or explanatory problem. They are trying to get us to see ourselves and the world in a way that is not immediately evident and that cannot be demonstrated or explained in words. Yet words remain the vehicle for stimulating insight. Thus, they will often speak indirectly. Indirect communication is typical of both Taoism and Buddhism. Often, a good way to begin to comprehend what such thinkers are trying to communicate is through what they do not say. Once again, Aristotles technique of using contrasts can help define what it is we are trying to understand. If we can comprehend the opposite of something, we can often gain clarity about what it is. This looking at what something is not is a form of indirect communication. Perhaps now the design of the course begins to make sense. We began our study of the Eastern philosophers with Confucius, because he is accessible and because he is criticized by Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu. Their criticism, then, is a form of looking at what Taoism is not. Since we will be citing Lao Tzu largely for his commentary on Confucius and, to some degree, Socrates, it is important that you have a firm grasp of these two philosophers so we can begin to shape our understanding of Taoism. We will use Lao Tzu (of the Tao T Ching) to comment on or supplement Chuang Tzua seemingly backward approach, because Lao Tzu preceded Chuang Tzu. However, Lao Tzu is extremely difficult to comprehend. The text is far too fragmented and, in many respects, incoherent. Therefore, reading the text as a whole, just to get a sense of what Lao Tzu is talking about, would place a tremendous burden on students. The Chuang Tzu, although not simple, nevertheless provides passages where ideas are developed at greater length. We are thereby able to gain an easier way into understanding Taoism through Chuang Tzu than through Lao Tzu. A course dedicated to the study of Chinese philosophy would be more appropriate for exploring the details of Lao Tzu. As only excerpts from the Tao T Ching are used in this Study Guide, it would be helpful to acquire one of the many translations for yourself, and try to grasp the whole. You may want to pursue an understanding of much that we do not cover in the text a different interpretation of the passages we examine. Do keep in mind, however, that you could spend a lifetime attempting to unravel Chuang Tzus meanings. Ensure, therefore, that you pay close attention to this commentary, because it limits the amount of work you will need to do on the text. Reference to the text will be by section and page number in the Watson translation. References to the Tao T Ching will simply use the numbers of chapters. Lao Tzu is thought to have been a contemporary of Confucius, or at least he belonged to the same era. Through Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, Taoism became a deeply influential system of thought in China (and in Japan through Zen). These thinkers established a school based on a unique view of the Tao. Other schools, including Confucianism, had their own taothe notion that the Tao is the result of following the instructions of Heaven and the teachings of the Sagesbut Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu took the idea further. Theirs is not the tao of something or someone, but the Tao as such. It is not simply a system or moral way, as in other schools, but is something in itself. It is not formed by human beings or moral life; rather, human beings and moral life are formed by the Tao. Hence, the Tao does not result from something else, such as the moral law. It is the foundation of everything. In this way, the Tao is very much like the Good in Socratic thought. We return briefly to the theme of indirect communication. The difficulty of the Tao T Ching is not solely because of problems in compiling a genuine text or an accurate translation; Chuang Tzu did not write to be crystal clear. In fact, he wrote to hide much of the important teachings, primarily because he knew that the ideas he had to present could not be grasped easily or directly. To appreciate what it means to communicate indirectly, imagine trying to appreciate the performance of a beautiful dance move without ever having performed or seen one. How could someone attempt to get you to appreciate the beauty of such a move? Suppose you asked a dance instructor, Would you please teach me how to perform an exquisite pirouette, so that I can know what it might be like to be a prima ballerina? You can anticipate the instructor telling you to do a number of exercises, some of which would be painful and others quite boring. The instructor would then put you through preliminary steps to prepare you for the big event. You might be able to spin on the spot, and ask, Is that a pirouette? The instructors response would probably be, No, it is just a preliminary, but you will soon be doing one, excellent student that you are! As you progress, if at all, the instructor might continue to say that you have not got it yet, but are getting closer, until one day she says you have finally accomplished your goal. You have done a pirouette. Then you might ask, Is that how a prima ballerina feels? Again, the instructor is likely to say, No, you may have learned how to do a pirouette, but as for even approximating a prima ballerinas pirouette, you may be setting your goals too high! Dejected once more, you would have to take comfort in knowing that you were getting closer to understanding how the ballerina feels when performing, while realizing that you will never understand completely. Sometimes learning about philosophy, and Taoism especially, is similar to this illustration. We may have to settle for an indirect and partial understanding, but, along the way, we gain insights as statements begin to make sense and we begin to anticipate a little of what a Lao Tzu or Chuang Tzu would say on a particular topic. We gain partial glimpses into what the philosophy is about by gaining an ability to see how various parts of the text cohere and make sense. Some people will be able to grasp the meaning of Taoism, but this is not the aim of the course. Such a goal would indeed be presumptuous, just as it would be to claim that the study of the Apology and the Phaedo equipped students with a full understanding of Socrates and Plato. The aim is to continue to develop critical and explanatory skills, and to gain sufficient understanding of the philosophers to allow students to continue their study of philosophy. One further point needs to be taken from the prima ballerina illustration. The student recognizes that she will never be able to dance like the ballerina. But in learning to be able to do an excellent pirouette, she has come to understand many things. She now understands what a pirouette is as it fits into a dance routine. She could never have had this experience if she had been satisfied with merely jumping and spinning in the air, claiming, There, you see, I can do a pirouette with no training whatsoever! Certainly, she could never have had the experience just by reading books on pirouettes. The kind of understanding that comes with long hours of training and seeing how pirouettes fit into the context of a dance is not the same at all as simply being able to perform an act that looks similar to a pirouette
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