Organizational studies and human resource management

Lesson Objective To understand the concept of nostalgia and how it is a theme in ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. A warning: This will stray a little into ‘Whose Reality?’ territory, but remember that this is a text response and whenever you mention nostalgia in a text response essay, it must be when directly discussing the text. NO general discussion of the concept is allowed! Definition The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past, often in idealised form. Nostalgia is often…

Henry Mintzberg,one of the foremost theorists in the area of strategic management, tells us that no matter how well the organization plans its strategy, a different strategy may emerge. The differences between strategic and operational control are highlighted by reference to a general definition of management control: "Management control is the set of measurement, analysis, and action decisions required for the timely management of the continuing operation of a process". This section discusses…

supply for hunting and gathering, and food to be hunted for eating. Some animals became scarce to the Neanderthals. In the north cows were very scarce because the cows would die of frost bite or being famished, due to the lack of grass and other resources. The Neanderthals ate mostly nuts, berries, and other things they could scrounge up to eat. However, the Neanderthals that lived in a warm climate like in Africa were very well fed. They became well fed to the supply of cows grazing in to…

The servant leadership style is important for those in leadership roles to consider. Servant leadership can be an influential way to empower employees. It allows nurses to be motivated to achieve higher standards in the field of nursing. The main characteristics of a servant leader include; listening, empathy, healing, awareness, persuasion, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, growth, and building community. Listening is one of the most needed characteristics of a servant leader. As a…

Introduction Organizations come and go like the changing of the seasons. Entrepreneurial individuals develop innovative ideas and then aim to acquire resources to turn those ideas into meaningful change or profits. For some, these ideas prove successful and the organization grows and prospers. However, this success is not without its own difficulties; organizations must dedicate themselves to nurturing and growing their competencies to ensure they continue to be effective and profitable.…

and organizational sustainability” (Oliver, 2014). In the article, Oliver describes the challenge…

1926- Railway Labor Act Term Paper The Railway Labour Act (1926) has been represented under the regulations set for the government unions. There have been efforts which are between the rail road management with the unions in order to reduce the transportation strikes. This leads to the railroad employees in order to organise and bargain the collective representatives. In 1936, the airlines and the employees have been also added to this. The industries cover the act where the experts believe…

Other important motivational theories include Herzberg’s motivation and hygiene theory that divides motivation among two different factors such as hygiene factors – pay and job benefits and motivation factors – achievements and acknowledgment. The presence or absence of these four subcategories in motivation and hygiene theory directly or indirectly result in dissatisfaction among employees. However, in a case of Rainbow Trust Children Charity, it is observed that it would be appropriate for the…

MORAL LEADERSHIP Engineers provide many types of leadership in the development and implementation of technology, as managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, academics and officials of the government. Moral leadership is not merely the dominance by a group. It means adopting reasonable means to motivate the groups to achieve morally desirable goals. This leadership presents the engineers with many challenges to their moral principles. Moral leadership is essentially required for the engineers, for…

Abstract: It is true that some of the inspiring and motivating lessons for humanity lie in the past. This Analytical paper of study is tribute to great leader of great abilities, charisma and achievement i.e. Mahatma Gandhi. History tells the story of their greatness and their success .Mahatma Gandhi fit the meaning of transformational leader in very clear way. Business management and managers must learn and appreciate the lives and achievement of this great man. This paper starts with…