NuStar Energy prides itself on being an employee driven company that relies on its employees for the success of the business. With relying on employees so heavily, NuStar must utilize strategies and tools in order to motivate its employees to want to succeed. Theory Y is a theory about human motivation and management that entails management viewing employees as internally motivated and want to do their job in return for a direct reward. Theory Y also entails that the company/management relies heavily on the employees which turns the employee into a much appreciated and compensated asset. The manager/employee relationships are also based on personal connection rather than a teaching basis.…
In the book “The Indifferent Stars Above” by Daniel James Brown we are presented the story of a young bride by the name of Sarah Graves. The events occur in a time where the philosophy of manifest destiny is at a strong point, therefore American settlers seek to expand into new territories in hope of a better future. The book follows the path of Sarah,her family and her traveling companions (father, mother, husband, siblings) into California, bad decisions eventually push them to their maximum limits. As the economy is in decline and the circumstances aren’t favorable in Illinois Franklin Graves,(Sarah’s father) makes the decision of selling his land and start a journey into California. The illness malaria or known as “the Illinois shakes” at the time was a common site in the…
Stars ABA is a clinic based program that provides ABA interventions for children with autism. They have contacted ABC Inc. to request an assessment of need in the area of staff training concerning reinforcement delivery for appropriate behavior during therapy sessions. An assessment will provide information as to whether this is an isolated or widespread issue and if individual training or full staff training is required. It is the goal of Stars ABA, as well as the stakeholders to provide the highest level of services possible while also paying attention to the cost of services. By assessing the potential problem thoroughly, we can find the most cost effective solution which also best serves the company goals of providing high level services,…
Over the past 6 months Star Medical had 5 vendor disputes with the same root cause, incorrect calculations. As a result, Texas WIC is requiring an additional quality control step to prevent further vendor disputes due to miscalculations. Please resubmit your March 2017 dispute with an updated plan to implement a quality control method.…
In the article, A Star is Made, Anders Ericsson, a 58-years old psychotherapy professor at Florida State University, tried to answer the question “When someone is very good at a given thing, what is it that actually makes him good?”. To answer this question, he conducted an experiment, about memory training. This experiment involved a person hearing a series of number and then repeating it. After a few trials, he concludes that memory itself is not genetically determined, but instead though a lot of practices and training "He kept improving, and after about 200 hours of training he had risen to over 80 numbers". With these results, he moved on to another process called deliberate practice.…
Never Judge a Book by Its Cover Throughout the story “Out of All Them Bright Stars,” author Nancy Kress uses a variety of themes to depict her story. The author makes it clear that John, a blue bald alien does, not fit in with everyone else in the story. John is the out cast in the story. The author could have done this intentionally to get her point across on how people shouldn’t judge any one on one’s appearance.…
re HIS 1400 In the memoir Under A Cruel Star, Kovaly begins her narrative briefly talking about her experience during the Holocaust. Kovaly’s narrative becomes more in-depth when she begins to talk about the last days of the war, when she and others escaped from the concentration camps. As the plot thicken in this narrative, Kovaly talks about how she experienced life after her escape and under the Communist system in Czechoslovakia. During this time, Westerns considered the Soviet-style communism to an inhuman experience but some thought otherwise.…
Problem: From my analysis of Foxy Originals, I will be exploring the decision regarding whether Jennifer Ger and Suzie Chemel should continue attending trade shows or focus on expanding their current online market strategy. Both Jennifer Ger and Suzie Chemel’s overall goal is to increase Foxy Originals overall profit by at least $100,000. By applying the Cost – volume – profit analysis, I will examine the changes in profit in response to the changes of selling at low or high sales volume. The analysis will provide us information about Foxy Originals breakeven point which is when all fixed and variable cost are covered; resulting in zero profit.…
The staff that works at Four Star Clinic give the first impressions a patient has of our clinic. As the manager, I have set clear expectations for the employees that work at Four Star Clinic. Hicks suggests (2016) to avoid gossip and needless chatter as much as possible to ensure that my staff is listening to what I say. Active listening is just as important when communicating with the staff. It is vital that the person receiving the information understands what is being said.…
One Star Foundation promotes faith and inclusion to communities for individuals with disabilities in Central Texas, specifically Austin, Texas. According to One Star Foundation’s main page, “from 2012 -2015 the foundation was working with a grant provided by the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities (TCDD) and Meadows Foundation” (One Star Foundation). This foundation meets quarterly in Austin, Texas to discuss this grant in hopes to brainstorm ideas in growing and assisting those who seek assistance. Currently, One Star Foundation is working with Austin Interfaith Inclusion Network (AIIN) to utilize as a resource for people with disabilities to speak to about their problems. One Star Foundation would be a great consideration to reach to a specific crowd of families in the Brystation area.…
On September 1 , 1941 Reinhard Heydrich decided that all Jews (that were 6 years or older) must wear a yellow star of David on their clothing. These stars were used to identify and single out the Jews. These stars were all part of the Nazis plan to eliminate the Jewish population. The yellow stars were sewn onto the outside of their clothing and had the word “Jew” embroidered onto the middle of the star. According to holocaustcenter.org the practice of wearing these badges were strongly used from the 13th century until the Middle ages.…
- Irvin D. Yalom (2008) Staring at the sun: overcoming the terror of death is a book that is written by Irvin D. Yalom (2008), who is an existential psychiatrist and an emeritus faculty of Stanford University. Over the past decades, Yalom has impacted the field of existential psychology remarkably, and his ideas contribute to existential psychotherapy as well. In this book, Yalom fully addresses how to overcome one’s inner terror of death by telling multiple affecting stories of his own and his psychotherapy sessions with his clients.…
Imagine being covered from head to toe each time you left your house; hidden under a long cloak, your eyes blocked out by mesh, your appearance anonymous to preserve your purity. Those who dared to show their bodies would be stoned or thrown in prison. This is the reality of the world that many women lived in under the Mujahideen occupation of Afghanistan. Khaled Hosseini’s portrayal of Afghanistan in 1000 Splendid Suns gives an insight into the mistreatment of women in a heavily misogynistic society. He tells the story of Mariam, who is fifteen when she is married off to a man three times her age named Rasheed.…
How would the $1,000 per day tax its output per day? Tax of $1000 reduces profit to $3000 from $4000 If Q of 20 produces profit of $4000, then $3000 will be produced by; (20x3000)/4000 =15. Therefore, output reduces to 15 f)…
Their revenue is 233.27 billion USD. This is one of the highest in the whole world. These goals and objectives help them forecast how far they have already gotten, and motivate internal stakeholders to do their…