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- 3591: Fordism And Scientific Managem
- ... problems. Fordism proved particularly suitable to manufacturing in a mass consumption economy, required only occasional innovation of new products and used machines that only made specific goods. Often, these were of low-quality, low-value, high-volume nature, and competition was price based. Low quality could easily become poor quality; workers were poorly motivated with resulting high labor turnover and absenteeism; and coordinating the flow of materials through production processes was difficult (Wood, 1993). Fordism led to massive increases in productivity in certain industries, but the human cost was significant. At one ... be completed and impose strict guidelines upon employees and their job descriptions. This has led to a great deal of dissatisfaction among employees in production lines with alienation and monotony of workers that encouraged a high turnover of employees at organisations that imposed these techniques. Henry Ford developed much of his conceptions upon Taylor s ideas of scientific management. These theories imply that contemporary organisations and their managers should take ...
- 3592: Disabled People
- ... has many students who are disabled. It is very unfortunate that there are so many of them. Disability awareness is a very big problem in today’s society. Most of the students who attend Buchanan high school don’t take into consideration that they have feelings too. Disabled people are real people just like us. They may think and act different that people we are used to being around. However they still ...
- 3593: The First Date
- ... some male companions, I hope to explain many aspects of the date, including what is expected, the ideal place to go, and how to secure a second date. Expectations on the first date are very high. There are certain things that the woman looks for in a man, just as men look for certain qualities in a woman. The expectation of each other is very high because both are looking for that special someone. It also must be decided if he or she is worthy of a date. After asking a few women about their expectations of a first date, I received a variety of responses. The main requirements were that the man plan the date, pay for the meal, and have a respectful attitude. My expectations are extremely high. First, a man must come to the door with flowers when he picks me up for the date. This has never happened but I am still hoping. If this ever happened, I will know ...
- 3594: Financial Article
- ... is the timing of its IPO (Initial Public Offering) going to be affected by the market at this moment. The market at this moment is very volatile. Some people think that the market is too high and that a correction is in our way very soon. What does this means? The answer is that because of the speculation of the people about how high the market is it could mean that we are at the top, in other words, people will think twice to invest in a company like Goldmaan Sachs or any Internet Stock. The reason why is because the Internet stocks will be the first one to plunges if the market goes in a correction trend. They can not hold themselves at such high levels like they are now. On the other hand, people have been saying this about the market since last year, and what has happened? The market keeps breaking more records. It is unbelievable where ...
- 3595: Transition From Adolescence To Young Adulthood
- ... twenties is to attend college and graduate from a major university. A common transition for many when becoming an adult is the completion of one’s education (296). For many students, attending college immediately after high school permits them to grow and develop intellectually and personally. I feel that attending college plays a very important role in gaining experience for the real world, acquiring knowledge beyond my career field, and growing cognitively ...
- 3596: The Media’s Effect on Children
- ... and evade. Reports on minorities usually show one-sidedness about such things as crime with drugs and guns. Minorities are presented usually with generalization about a certain racial group are label as characters such as high school dropouts, drug dealers or villains. “In a study, all children agreed that White people usually play the roles of boss, secretary, police officer and doctor in television programs, while the roles of criminal and maid ...
- 3597: Expatriate Management
- ... to an expatriate position, several KSA are desired. According to Desatnick and Bennet (1977, p.141-148) the areas that need to be considered for an expatriate executive in order of importance are adaptability/flexibility, high tolerance for frustration and patience, empathy/understanding, high intellectual capacity, ability to learn language, problem-solving ability, opportunity mindedness, results orientated, decision making ability, communication skills, integrity, priorities skills, and professionalism. An HR department will have to decide upon which areas are more ... the expatriate in that country. When an individual begins to understand the culture, then they must be able to make decisions and solve problems within a timely matter. The person will need to have a high level of intelligence, perception, and imagination in order to succeed. The expatriate will have to be able to communicate efficiently with all forms of communications bases (writing, speaking, training, motivating, etc) and know when ...
- 3598: Importance of Good Self-Esteem
- ... are the most overused and abused words in our everyday vocabulary. As we've already learned, without a healthy ego, true love does not exist. Without self-pride, true love does not exist. Without a high self-image, true love does not exist. The higher self-esteem we have the more we trust ourselves, and only with self-trust does the ability to love ourselves, and therefore others, exist. Stated more ... parental pride. 3. Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness (9826). Isn’t it interesting that the dictionary gives pride opposite definitions? The first definition perfectly describes low self-esteem, while the second definition describes high self-esteem. The same thing happened with the definition of EGO. No wonder people become confused trying to understand pride and ego. The reality is, pride is ego and ego is pride. Pride is good ... dead in its tracks…to make a change. But people must change not only for themselves but for their children, so that they may immediately eliminate low self-esteem behavior from their lives, thereby passing high self-esteem behavior on to future generations. Leadership is the key the key to opening fabulous life-changing treasures. In conclusion, all of the things covered in this essay identifying your own low self- ...
- 3599: Gambling
- ... Nevertheless, gambling is gambling; you are still spending money to get money. The age of gambling should not be eighteen, but it should not be twenty-one either. I talked to a senior at Marcus High School and she told me “I think eighteen is when you are considered an adult, so eighteen is when you should be able to gamble.” When you are twenty-one, you get the luxury of drinking ...
- 3600: Violence Due To The Media
- ... cannot drive a person insane any more than reading a book can. It is absurd to think that they can. A mental incapacity is the cause of a massacre such as the incident at Columbine High School, not sitting down with a Playstation. Scapegoating video games, music, movies, and television is ridiculous and has gone too far. Blaming music is the oldest and most popular of the four. Marilyn Manson has been ...
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