Active management

Mom, It may not always seem like I care about the things you do or say, but I listen. I take it all in, the good and the bad. At times I feel as if I'm your punching bag, even though I know you don't mean it in that way. I take the punches without retaliating because maybe it's what you needed; to let out all the emotions that are bundled up. I guess listening is what I'm good at, but I struggle with replying at times. You are my guiding light. The lighthouse at the edge of the bay, calling…

Business Issue: The Asset Management Industry There are two general approaches to investment management – either utilizing active investment management or passive investment management. An active investment managers’ goal is to outperform a specific benchmark index by identifying mispriced securities. A passive managers’ goal is to closely track or replicate the return pattern of a specified benchmark index at a low cost. A passive manager does not make any attempt to seek out mispriced…

As the nurse of the conference I have to be empathetic during the conversation of the conference. Having said that. I have to be clear and concise on my response to every member. An example of an active listener is when I can paraphrase what a member said if it is not clear to me by saying: As I have understood, what you said is, it is important to keep the resident in the exercise regime three times a week. Clarification is another way to show…

As the use of technology increases every year, we become at greater risk of technology related accidents annually. Law enforcement has forbidden the use of headphones while driving in many states, however there is still a risk of fatality to those on the streets walking, jogging, bicycling, etcetera while listening to music or talking through their headphones which are often connected to a handheld device such as a cell phone or tablet. All though many pedestrians do not even realize that…

Lives are being lost everyday due to the cost of fires with old fire alarms. According to the National Fire Protection Association, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA 's) fire department survey, showed that in 2009-2013 fires in homes with no smoke alarms caused an average of 940 deaths per year (38% of home fire deaths). An additional 510 people per year were fatally…

on a particular subject a mutual level of trust is maintained. In this paper, I will explore the six principles all leaders must possess if they want to gain the trust of the people they are leading. This brings me to the first principle that management authors, Levine and Crom detail in their exploration of trust for leadership…

“Listening has been characterized as a set of activities that involves an individual‘s capacity to apprehend, recognize, discriminate, or even ignore certain information. It has also been considered to contain complex and active processes that are involved in linguistic knowledge, personal expectation, cognitive processing skills, and world knowledge. Listening involves interaction and negotiation with a speaker and requires prior experience of a listener to best understand…

teams. The characteristics which create and maintain these leaders has been an active field of research for decades (Northouse, 2013). Emergent from the leadership research is the influential full range leadership model (FRLM) which characterises leadership in two dimensions, effective and active (Bass & Avolio, 1990). Spanning the effective and active dimensions are five factors which include laissez-faire, passive management…

than the management. Their primary objective was to “conduct business activities with a view toward enhancing corporate profit and shareholder gain.” A system of good faith was meant to govern them in which the only interests that were to be focused on were the interests of the corporation as a whole and on the shareholders. The system of governance that existed in corporations began with investors and proceeded through to a board of directors who were meant to be in charge of management. Yet,…

well- rounded college student. From this course, I’ve learned many things, and it's made my first college semester almost bearable. One of the things I have learned in the semester that has helped me, in the long run, is time management. Before this class, my time management skills were lacking. I used to slack off and get behind on classwork. I have learned to make a daily to-do list, weekly schedule, and monthly event calendar. With the daily to-do list, I would be sure to complete the little…