Problem Identification The organization is vulnerable to series of problems, the intensity and composition of which is strongly based upon the size and production capacity. The leadership rubble has emerged as paramount issue that has been experienced by the multi-national organization, soon after the involvement of the foreigners in the administrative issues of the company. The problem has less to do with the cultural differences, and was much related to the difference of approach and practices in the foreign influenced and local influenced leadership. Previously the employees had the right to make the higher management aware of the dangers, and such practice contributed significantly towards the growth and employment of the industry, however locals are of the opinion that the local employees should themselves put in efforts to combat the problem, and achieve immediate relief (Nancy, 2002). The manufacturing organization is vulnerable to the threats from labor unions, emergence of co

The history of Ireland is one that stretches over a vast amount of time. The first settled inhabitants of Ireland were groups of hunters and fishers who traveled across the water from Scotland into northeastern Ireland during the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) era. They were followed, two and a half thousand years later, by the Neolithic (New Stone Age) settlers. In approximately 700 BC the Gaels began arriving in Ireland, having spread across the rest of Western Europe. In total, the island of Ireland contained around a hundred small kingdoms. The small kingdoms were arranged into five bigger groupings, which form the basis of Ireland's modern provinces: Ulaid (Ulster), Midhe ( Meath), Laigin ( Leisters), Muma (Munster) and Connacht. Ireland was the location for a golden age of Christianity and monasticism. The religion of the Irish was Druidism; this was of Celtic origin, but blended with much earlier paganism. Celtic, too, was the earliest form of writing, the Ogam, based on

1.Predictions included in the International Energy Outlook 2007 The International Energy Outlook 2007 (IEO 2007) forecasts a significant increase in the worldwide energy consumption over the next 20 years. Thus, according to IEO's projections, the energy use will increase by 57% from 2004 to 2030. Yet, despite the overall ascending trend, the report emphasizes the difference existing between OECD and non-OECD countries. Hence, if the former category boasts a more mature economy with a well established infrastructure and a relatively slow population growth, the latter accounts for a considerable slice of the world energy use because of its high economic and demographic growth rate (http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/world.html). Consequently, if the OECD region will have an average annual rate of 0.8% in terms of energy consumption, the non-OECD one is expected to reach an average of 2.6% per year. The main culprits for such gap are said to be China and India which are ranked among

The topic of this paper is how socialized healthcare has disadvantages. Socialized healthcare is in the news today and is proposed by some leaders in both parties of Congress as the answer to insurance and health crises that are becoming apparent in the democratic system in the United States. Unemployment and inflation have made it impossible for many to afford private insurance and it is increasingly becoming the norm for businesses from large corporations to small businesses to not offer their employees health insurance. Today a bill to fund health insurance for underprivileged children is being debated in both houses and the President of the United States has threatened to veto it if it passes. Many people are for some sort of socialized healthcare today, but though the trend appears to be going that direction, there are factors that might be detrimental which must be considered before socialized healthcare becomes the norm. One must conclude that should socialized healthcare become part of the governmental system, there would be a few disadvantages that might outweigh its

Szymanski (1994) does a compelling job of expressing the transition phases that students go through in their early life (especially pre-school through high school). The writer explains that ones work personality develops during the pre school years, work competencies develop during school years, and work goals develop during high school or later years. A plethora of information is provided that depicts these "corner stones" in career development as well as the importance of these markers in ones life. Another important addition to the reading is the information provided regarding students with disabilities. Children with congenital disabilities often have fewer and less diverse career-related experiences and learning opportunities than do their peers without disabilities (Szymanski, 1994) The writer makes a point of explaining how important it is to give children with disabilities an opportu

"The Pearl" by John Steinbeck is a sad story of greed and suffering, that shows how human nature can be altered by the thought of wealth and power. Kino, the main character of the story, finds a large pearl while he is fishing, and knows the pearl can bring his family happiness and security, because it is worth a lot of money. However, others in Kino's village find out about the pearl and want it for themselves, leading Kino's family to tragedy. Steinbeck's story is simple but eloquent, and illustrates the evil side of human nature. Kino wants to p

The State of Hawaii was the 50th state forming the United States, making Hawaii the most recent adopted territory of US. Precisely because Hawaii did not become a state until 1959, its history and culture have developed for a long period of time without any US influence. This particularity makes Hawaii a unique place, where one encounters a strong and lasting Hawaiian tradition and culture. Hawaii is one of the few US states that was previous to its annexation to the US organized independently. But comparing to the other states that had independent statehood, Hawaii became an US state quite recently. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for which the Hawaiian culture continues to last on this territory together with other ethnic groups' cultures and with hardly any American influence. It is hard to assert that Hawaii is primarily a state belonging to a single culture. In fact, the diversity of ethnicity is one of the main characteristics of Hawaii. The first contact that the isla

Brian Friel's play Translations deals with an essential feature of post-colonialism: cultural translation, or the struggle of the Irish people at the crossroads between their traditional identity and the newly acquired English identity. The action of the play is set in 1833 in a rural community from County Donegal. The plot is simple: a detachment of Royal Engineers from the British Army is sent to make an Ordnance Survey map of the local landscape in Donegal. This military mission is disguised as a benign exercise in geographical linguistics, its actual purpose being the transcription of Gaelic place names into English. Thus, the old Irish space is to be re-mapped as the old place names are replaced with new ones. The attempt to create a new cartography obviously threatens the identity of the Irish cultural space. The re-naming of the territories and the re-mapping of the traditional world is part of the imperialist attempt to assimilate the old culture into the new one. The new

The label of terrorist organization that Al Qaeda received form the international community is not denied by its leader. Furthermore, the Al Qaeda Manual incorporates the jihad message to its supporters through the incorporation of the religious factor implying the desire of Allah1 to impose Muslim order. It also contains several directives instigating people to fight against the Western world considering it responsible for the death of their people. In such fight they cannot engage using traditional measures such as diplomacy, but military confrontation. Because Al Qaeda is not a state actor, it does not occupy a clear geographical area (it has many affiliates in different countries, different groups that followed its model, some of them are sponsored by them), it does not imply an open fight, but it strikes using various bombings and suicide bombers, whenever they find the way of doing so taking advantage by the flaws in the security systems, the international community finds itself

It is clear that J.K. Rowling took extraordinary care in crafting the first book in her Harry Potter series. Therefore, it appears that there must be some significance to the fact that Harry believed that his parents died in a car crash before learning that he was a wizard. In order to understand that significance, it is important to examine how Harry learned that his parents did not die in a car crash. Interestingly enough, no one in the wizarding world revealed the true nature of his parents' death, instead his aunt Petunia exploded about their deaths when Harry was approached by Hogwarts: "Then she met that Potter at school and they left and got married and had you, and of course I knew you'd be just the same, just as strange, just as – as – abnormal – and then, if you please, she went and got herself blown up and we got landed with you!" Harry had gone very white. As soon as he found his voice he said, "Blown up? You told me t

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the topic of American governmental history. Specifically, it will discuss the history of the Supreme Court, including some landmark case decisions. The United States Supreme Court is the highest court in the country, the place where judicial decisions are ruled on after exhausting every other court in the country. The Court was created in 1787 at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, when member delegates created the U.S. Constitution, which governs our country, and separated the three areas of government into judicial, executive, and legislative branches so no one branch could gain or control too much power over the others or the people. One historian writes of the court, "Much of American history since 1788 is about how these three branches have exercised their individual supremacy subject to the decisions of the Supreme Court, which assumed early in the Nineteenth century the authority for reviewing all government actions and laws in the context of their constitutionality" (Davis). Today, the Court still follows the basic premise of governing and decision-making according to the Constitution, while protecting American's rights and freedoms.

As far as intelligence organizations, intelligence designates information that is gathered by these governmental agencies and used for purposes of national security and foreign policy. The US Intelligence Community is comprised of sixteen agencies but the total number of security and intelligences agencies is much larger covering an impressive number of possible threats to national security; it included the Central Intelligence Agency – CIA – an independent organization. Thesis: Intelligence responsibilities need to be shared by multiple agencies because different threats require different approaches; this would also prevent prevailing partisan influences. Intelligence agencies are governmental thus political tools for shaping foreign policy and for homeland protection hence they are subject to the process of specialization. Specialization is a concept which is applied to science; it allows close study of problems and theories; its downside is that it focuses the attenti

One of the most challenging issues in running a successful human resources operation within the airline industry, or any industry for that matter, is hiring qualified individuals who are capable of contributing to the industry for an extended period of time. Said differently, the main challenges in human resources is recruitment, production and retention. In terms of recruitment, the human resources manager must be able to both go after and hire only the most qualified and capable individuals. In terms of production, the human resources manager must have a plan that successfully trains the hired individual in becoming a productive member of the employment team. Finally, retention requires the human resources manager to create a work environment that encourages the hired, productive employee to continue to be productive within the industry. The answer to succeeding at these three roles is both specialized pre-employment screening. To understand how pre-employment screening needs t

A variety of treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive (OC) behaviors through the years has resulted in a number of effective ways to treat those individuals affected by OC. Three treatments currently in use are the Danger Ideation Reduction Therapy (DIRT), the Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) methods and the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. There are also a number of different drugs used to treat the OC individual, in conjunction with the above mentioned therapies as well as by itself. In order to fully understand what type of disorder this paper is referring to an Obsessive-Compulsive behavior can be classified as; "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous condition involving unwanted distressing thoughts and compulsive rituals concerning one or more general themes." (Abramowitz 2003 pg 1049). This paper will discuss the use of DIRT, ERP and CBT therapies for treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive behavior. The discussion will be limited to those i

1. An increase in aggregate demand, at a level of supply that remains the same, generally gives way to an increase in price. The reason for this is simple, both from a psychological and economic perspective. Indeed, an increase in aggregate demand means that the volume of goods and services being bought by consumers in a certain economy increases. This means that suppliers of goods and services will be tempted to raise prices, because they are sure that there will be a constant demand for their goods and services, even at the higher prices practiced due to the increase in aggregate demand. Additionally, the new equilibrium price that is thus formed will be at a higher level, because the aggregate demand curve has suffered a translation to the right along the aggregate supply curve, thus to a new level of quantity supplied (as previously pointed out in the volume of

The airline industry is perhaps one of the most volatile industries in the world. It is an industry whose way of doing business is constantly changing due largely in part to outside forces. Not only are they subject to regular bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions, they are subject to such uncontrollable factors as the political and economic situation of society and its customer base. Thus, the human resources manager in an airline industry has the challenge of staffing for this ever-changing need. Because the airline's needs are in a constant state of flux, the first step the human resources manager must take is to establish a system that allows for a regular evaluation of the need and then recruit based on the evaluated need. Within the industry there are numerous different levels of positions, from executives to pilots, from stewardesses to maintenance personnel. The human resources manager will only be able to successfully recruit and thus staff each of these diver

YKK is a zipper manufacturing company that currently dominates the industry. Along with several other ventures, the company also has a successful aluminum product division that accounts for two-thirds of its worldwide sale. The company produces 7 million zippers per day, in 1,500 styles and more than 427 colors. The factory in Macon, G.A. for example produces its own brass to produce the metal components of its zippers. Internal factors include the philosophy of the company's founder, Tadao Yoshida. For him, the success of the company is based upon the ideal of mutual prosperity for the business and its customers. As such, Yoshida focused on continually providing the society of which he was a part with value through a combination of innovation and low prices. Corporate Social Responsibility is central to his philosophy of the "Cycle of Goodness". Externally, the company's headquarters is located

Ethics education has long been a mainstay of most business curriculums on both the undergraduate and graduate level. But arguably, it has only been a pressing concern in the real world of business in recent years, where scandals such as the Enron debacle and various CEO abuses of corporate expense accounts at Tyco have brought ethics to the consciousness of the boardroom and the public, as well as to academics. According to Alfred Gini, a philosophy professor at Loyola University in Chicago and associate editor of Business Ethics Quarterly: "Because of Enron, all MBA programs, all schools of business, are looking at themselves and saying, 'What happened here, and why did it happen,'" and many CEOs and managers are doing the same (Torres 2005:1). Furthermore, consumers are taking greater consideration of the ethical behavior of companies when making their buying decisions. Wal-Mart's reputation has been injured by its association with anti-union activities and the

Introduction: The well-being of US is vital on how prudent foreign, defense and allied national security policies are developed, coordinated, expressed, and carried out. The approach starts at the internal level with various federal agencies responsible for the national security and ends with the President making the final decision. At the core of the policy development and decision-making process is the National Security Council which functions as the President's primary forum for taking into account national security and foreign policy matters with his national security advisors and cabinet officials. The Council renders advice and provides assistance to the President on matters relating to national security and foreign policies besides serving as the President's main wing for managing these policies among the diverse government agencies. (Whittaker; Smith; McKune 2007) 1. Who are the main players in the formulation and implementation of National Security policy? The

OBJECTIVE The objective of this work is to explain how a group can become a high performance team. Examined will be the impact of demographic characteristics and cultural diversity on group behavior and how these characteristics either contribute to or detract from high-performance teams. I. CAPACITIES OF COMMUNICATIVELY COMPETENT MANAGERS The work entitled: "Developing Effective Multicultural Teams: The Impact of Intercultural Communication Competence on Team Performance in Multinational Organizations" relates that in order to work in an effective manner with individuals who are diverse it is necessary that the manager be informed about the culture of each individual in the group but additionally the manager must be informed about each individual's "...personality, behavior patterns in conflict situations, demographics and life experiences." (Mateev, 2002) Mateev writes: "The blend of cultural backgrounds and professional experiences has become a

A central theme in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the developing consumer culture in America and its expression of social class divisions in society. The book is set in the 1920s, an era rules by the generation which in the 1920s had enjoyed all of the benefits of good economic times without developing the character necessary to adapt to the coming changes. Fitzgerald recognized the emptiness of the upper class of the time even as he, like his central character, was drawn to them and their world. In this novel, differences in social class in American society are made central as the outsider Gatsby yearns to become an insider with the wealthy and socially acceptable families of the East coast. Fitzgerald was especially interested in the effect of class distinctions in American life, and he is also concerned about the loss of value in American life. Certain aspects of consumerism reflected such a loss in values, including the commodification of human beings and human li

What is the purpose of a college education at Smart University? Ultimately, it is to give students the necessary intellectual tools to become better learners when they leave the school. It is to enable the students to give back to the wider community in their future professions and lives. It is to teach Smart students to fish for a lifetime, not simply to feed a Smart student for a day-and ideally, for Smart students learn how to 'teach themselves' and others how to fish for knowledge and resources throughout their lives. At Smart, we do not provide a practical education like a trade school that seeks to merely hone an individual's ability at a specific series of tasks. Rather, we strive to provide a holistic atmosphere of enrichment to formulate the character of an undergraduate. The ultimate criteria of admission is to find the students who can take the most from our environment, and give the most back to campus during their four years of residence, and later to the world. We sh

In today's global network it is critical texts remain sensitive to the ethnic, cultural and diverse people that gain knowledge from classroom learning. The decision to remove certain terms and pictures from the textbook series used in classrooms was made in an effort to promote objective learning in the classroom and to enable teachers to dispel students' preconceived notions about gender, race, ethnicity and its impact on one's ability and career prospects. In response to disagreement on terms used in the One World Textbook series, the following terms are altered: 1.Able-bodied person – this term defines an individual that is of good health and requires little or no assistance to perform classroom duties or care for oneself. This term replaces "person who is not disabled" as the term "disab

Strictly defined, hope means the belief that there are positive outcomes related to the things that happen in one's life. Simply defined, hope means belief. When one has hope, one is able to hang on and continue to persevere, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, things will turn out right. Hope can apply to anything, but it is interesting that many people do not understand what hope means. When we hear someone say "I hope I win the lottery", what they are saying is I wish or I want to win the lottery. If they have purchased a ticket for the lottery, hope exists. If they don't have a ticket, then no hope is possible since they have not made the first move toward reaching the stated goal. The person who hopes to win the lottery, yet does not buy a ticket is living under false hope. Hope is a very strong emotion, and can easily be enough to motivate

Many professions today do not get the respect they deserve. One example is the profession of web developers and programmers. Today technology dominates the marketplace. Almost every business has a website and interacts with global clients. To attract and maintain a competitive stance in the global market, you have to present a professional image to the public. One way to do this is through web design. Unfortunately, web developers often do not receive the recognition they deserve. Many web hosts today cater to small business owners or home offices. They cater to people that want to save money on web design. To do this, they provide customers and clients with tools including templates and website builders. While using a template is quite common, and using a website builder is one way to develop a website, it is by far the best way to develop a professional and eye-catching website. If a customer or business is j