lower income people, in which the Barksdale organization sold most of their drugs was a devastating loss of territory that forced the organization to return to selling drugs on the streets, the events are beneficial to the viewers because it allows the development of characters of Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell as they attempt to restructure their organization to accommodate the changes. The power that the Barksdale crew has accumulated through drug sales is often used as a violent force, especially the threat of death, to suppress their the community, but it is also to protect the Barksdale organization from others such as the police force who desire to see it destroyed.…
The Wire Scene Analysis The Wire is a crime drama television series set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, created and written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The Series is centered on the Baltimore Police department and the Barksdale crew, a drug organization. The show has an overriding metaphor at play, something many characters refer to as the game. The scene that signifies this metaphor and has multiple comparisons to is the chess scene in episode 3, The Buys. In this…
In this scene many metaphors show how D’Angelo understands the rigged, underlying and exposed nature of “the game” and is not your typical drug dealer. There is a hierarchal social class aspect that steps out in this scene as well. D’Angelo is well dressed with designer clothing, lives in a nice apartment, not in the pit and is elevated from the other dealers. Bodie and Wallace both live in a grungy apartment with many siblings and both wear old, tattered clothing. As D’Angelo approaches the…
In the first episode of the show ‘the wire’, as detective Kima mentions the drug war, her fellow detective, Carver says, “You can’t even think of calling this a war, because wars end, but this don’t.” The wire mainly focuses on the crime scenes related to drugs in Baltimore. Detective McNulty and Kima are the main figures on the law enforcement side, and D’Angelo, Avon, and Stringer are the main figures on the drug dealing side. D’Angelo Barksdale, the nephew of the head of the drug dealers,…
among employees and the hypotheses. Organizational Learning and Employee Engagement There is a plethora of research showing possible theoretical links between organizational learning and employee engagement (Argote & Miron-Spektor, 2011, Ellis & Sorensen, 2007; Heintzman & Marson, 2005). Organizational learning relates to the level of learning, the time frame and to managerial intervention (Chang & Huang, 2002). Organizational learning attempts to predict how organizations and the…
specifically stated that “the role of a leader is to produce more leaders, not to produce followers.” FoxTrot will abide by this saying and when the organization is hiring, they will look for talent who has potential to lead. Guy also mentioned that companies should look for people who compensate for the weaknesses of the hiring manager and the company. Realizing this, FoxTrot is devoted to hiring people who seems to not only mesh well with the culture, but people who are complimentary fits for…
make decisions of an Australian based mining company. In the report, issues such as culture and training, communication, managerial style, motivation, recruitment and selection, HR planning, reward and retention and theories will be analysed to solve the case. There will be different kind of strategies to solve the problems which is being faced by the Australian company like training, new reward retentions, effective communication, proper decision making and attractive intensives. In all these…
The Baldrige framework was created as a way to improve an organization’s quality and to recognize its achievement. This framework leads organizations to identify the best practices guided by the feedback of experts. With that said, organizations can use this framework to align process, measurement and analysis, and strategic planning. Moreover, this can lead organizations to better decision-making, stronger leadership, and to great organizational success. Several organizations have used the…
brand image” (Mangold and Miles 424). It is in the context of the need to manage information and knowledge exchange from the organization to its employees that information technology (IT) also attains a significant role. Adetayo, Sanni, and Ilori point out, for instance, IT not only “provides the relevant intelligence to enable the right thing to be done at the right time,” it also enables a company to organize, coordinate, and synchronize otherwise fragmented activities that often occur…
The size of the project, structure of the project, and the level of technical expertise of the staff or project team are factors. The larger the project team is, the amount of money allotted or spent, and how many different departments or areas of the organization will be affected by the new system...all increase the risks. Large projects benefit from the appropriate use of formal planning and tools created for managing projects. The commonly used methods are Gantt charts and PERT charts. A…