Due to Osborne’s laissez-faire leadership style, communication wasn’t great between several contractors that were responsible for repairing the plant. Due to the CEO having minimal involvement in the plant repairs, the employees did not set deadlines for themselves and had trouble solving their own problems. Taking a look at the theory of leadership, it’s seen that groups of employees working together for the first time were eager to begin work, but they lacked the expertise and confidence which was needed in order to start repairing the…
A Magnificent Catastrophe, written by author Edward J. Larson, is focus on the First Presidential Campaign in the 1800s. Prior to 1800, the United States had not presidential election, but electoral politics is re-oriented United States in it is definite direction and solidified the two party system since 1800, so that is reason why this book is worth of notice. He has written about Founding Fathers of America who are Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr during the critical 1800 election. They have participated in the country’s principal documents, primarily the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution that was influenced by philosophers Hobbes and Locke. Although election could be followed in strict adherence to law and principle and not turn into a…
An organization’s culture can hinder or help the organization in its efforts to achieve the entailed mission. Culture can be facilitated by the organization itself or outside influences such as the culture and behavior of the persons employed there. The latter was the case with regard to Korean Air pilots (captain, first officer, and flight engineer). Multiple factors crippled the airline agency and contributed to the continuance of airplane crashes, however the most significant was that of human error. Dorner (1996), identifies how human interactions with complex systems such as nuclear power plants and for the purposes of this essay, airlines can contribute to failure. Additionally, pilots failure to act analytically and refer to theoretical…
The book A Magnificent Catastrophe by Edward J. Larson is about the election of 1800. This is the United States of America's most extraordinary and influential election that they have ever held due to all that it meant to the country. This election was the first election that had their own presidential campaigns no matter how chaotic and twisted the electoral process may have been. This election was so important that Larson called it “The Second American Revolution”(Larson 22). Larson called the election this because it filled many of the holes that were still in the government that was about to be formed. The election process was filled with turmoil and confrontation between the two parties that were running against each other. Despite all of the betrayal between John Adams and John Jefferson they were still thought of highly in american history. The…
The experiment was underway. Moreover, it was happening in real time. No global or cultural events could be halted to create the ideal outcome, and no precedent could prepare the United States for what would come to be. In the election of 1800, America definitively learned what it meant to live under the Constitution. Furthermore, they learned how the culture of America would be intertwined with international matters, and how the United States government would establish their own culture. It is in these times that the divisions of belief, later to be called “parties,” formed, the art of campaigning was established, the raw emotions of politics unraveled, and the role of the United States relative to other nations came to be. In Edward Larson’s A Magnificent Catastrophe, this reshaping of the United States resulting from the Election of 1800 is analyzed.…
Nasty political mud-slinging. Campaign attacks and person insults. These are some of the words used to describe the outrageous election between two very bitter candidates. Although this sounds rather similar to the present-day elections of 2016, it actually describes an election that took place more than two hundred years ago. This shocking election is told by Edward Larson in his narrative of the election of 1800. Edward Larson was born in 1953 and is an American historian and a legal scholar. Larson’s A Magnificent Catastrophe is a novel about the momentous election that happened in 1800 and would eventually lead to the future of democracy. His account of this election is very useful especially for people who are looking for a general view…
This speech was written by Ronald Reagan in response to the Challenger Disaster which took place on January 28, 1986 in the Oval Office. This was done to mourn the seven who died in the disaster. This was spoken to the citizens of the United States along with the families of those who died in the disaster and NASA. This speech was the right thing to do because Reagan addressed the people of the United States, stated his emotions with the disaster, and insured people this lose wasn't for nothing.…
The Johnstown Flood which was one of the worst disasters ever happened in U.S. history by far which was also the most famous dam failure. Johnstown is situated about 50 miles east-southeast of Pittsburgh, in the Allegheny Mountains, in the southeastern Pennsylvania. There was the “South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club” whose members included Andrew Carnegie, Henry Frick and Andrew Mellon. The club had bought the abandoned earth fill dam and the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh. The purpose of it was a pleasure lake used for sailing and ice boating. Therefore, the maintenance of the dam was done so little due to the operation under the “South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club.” Due to the poor operation of the reservoir, there were…
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In “The Early Catastrophe”, Hart & Risley provided a figure that demonstrates the vocabulary size trajectory of the children in the study, stratified by age group (page 4). It appears that the trajectory of vocabulary size between children of middle/lower SES versus those on welfare remains very similar until about 23 months of age. This made me wonder why it is that the vocabulary size trajectory seems to dramatically increase around this age among children of lower/middle SES families, in comparison to children from families on welfare? Furthermore, I also wondered why the authors chose to combine the middle and lower SES families into one category when reporting the results. Even if there were no differences between these two categories,…
Over the years Bombardier has displayed excellent growth in favorable times, and good resilience through economic downturns. Pierre Beaudoin, CEO and president from 2008 to 2015, and Executive Chairman of the Board of Bombardier Inc. from 2015 to 2017, attributed the company’s resilience in recent years to it’s culture. Beaudoin spearheaded a complete transformation of said culture in the past decade. “The transformation changed Bombardier from a company driven by engineering and manufacturing goals, with deep cultural divisions, to one focused on customers, an engaged workforce, and continuous improvement.” (Simpson, B. 2011). While Bombardier had always been a production oriented company, in this transition period it became…
The personal involvement of the author’s Gioia Dennis in the case of the “pinto vehicle Fire” is very edifying lesson from the author point of view when he was in charge as Ford’s Field Recall Coordinator.…
I have provided concrete examples of how Southwest Airlines display its corporate culture. I had explained the traits and skills that make Gary Kelly an effective leader. I had identified the core competencies of Southwest Airline. With what I have learned about Gary Kelly and Southwest Airlines, the more companies and their leadership that try to immolate…
5). Halliburton’s business strategy is to promote diversity internally and among its suppliers. This mutual benefit to both Halliburton and it customers contributes to its success in a competitive environment. Halliburton’s culture is thrives on using innovation through mergers and acquisitions. According to World Oil 2006, Enventure Global Technology, a subsidiary of Halliburton, acquired Triad Pipe and Steel Company. The acquisition of Enventure gave Halliburton leverage in supplying specialized oil tubing, which translated as added value to their customers. Halliburton has been under fire over the last two decades for substandard ethic practices. KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton came under criticism from the media for questionable ethic violations with their billing. In 2005 Halliburton overhauled their billing process to “clean-up” billing discrepancies. The findings were that “KBR agreed to fix internal systems to ensure that the cost and pricing data it provided to the government were accurate and complete.” (Gold, 2005) Halliburton accepted the criticism of their ethics and took measured steps to cultivate an ethical environment. Diversity at Halliburton case be seen within the organization and customs of the organization. Halliburton is diverse not in only within the workforce but also in business. Halliburton is involved in oil engineering, development and production. Halliburton has a division dedicated solely to engineering electrical and nuclear development as well as a division which feeds thousands of military personnel every day. The vastness of Halliburton’s diversity in business makes it a very competitive and lucrative company. Technology has had a impact on the culture at Halliburton. The external factors of a global…
Most managers are keen on maintaining the status quo in their respective domains. In Alaska Airlines, for example, low standards in terms of service delivery were not seen as a problem in almost all aspects of the business. It was fairly entrenched in the company’s culture that “being late was not a problem in itself”. Meaning, the management had become complacent in not providing excellent services to their…