The Best Intentions

came into my life, things started changing for the better. Shortly after we got married, I was able to update my status. Just a year later we were on our way to visit the rest of my family in Poland. This was our honeymoon and honestly, one of the best trips of my life. My husband never traveled to Europe before, and I was excited to show and teach him about my country and culture. Despite the language barrier, my whole Polish family fell in love with my husband, and he quickly came to love them…

generic benchmarking. Resource managers are therefore tasked with the decision of which benchmarking works best for their company because of the difference in resource investment and possible…

business. Although the organisation is fast growing, their objectives remain pretty standard. Their ethos expresses their aims to maintain customer service and increase revenue by offering “the very best in technology” [5]. “Mission: At 4Com, our business ethos is based on offering our customers the very best in technology, coupled with a cost effective way to fund the package and delivered via outstanding personal service. This allows us to have extremely strong partnerships with our clients…

Many of these best practices identified by the Learning Executive Think Tank relate conceptually to the ideals espoused by Garvin in “Building a Learning Organization.” The advisory councils best practice bears similarity to Garvin’s emphasis on the Three M of Management. Management refers to providing practical counsel to subordinates rather than merely engaging in directive aspirations. In their discussion of this best practice, the advisory councils provide the forum where this practical…

pick up on how i haven 't been listening since the second the class started. It was only second period and i felt like i was going insane, i had to wait till the end of the day to talk to my best…

Jin vs. Junior A part of growing up is changing and accepting yourself for who you are. Although transferring to a new school may be inevitable how you handle this experience is what counts in the end. Everyone goes through a series of events that either change your life in a favorable way or unacceptable way when being apart of two cultures. In this case Junior and Jin must both battle with many different problems because they are trying to find an identity while being apart of two different…

Benchmarking Paper Introduction This paper talks about the application of benchmarking in a business or organization. It is a tool that allows businesses to recognize opportunities for improvement. “Benchmarking is the process of determining who is the very best, who sets the standard, and what that standard is.” (Reh 2014). By applying process analysis we will identify the various ways and which type of benchmarking technique to use. Advantages of the different types of Benchmarking If we…

“Who can say where the road goes, where the day flows, only time.” So begins Enya’s most recognized song, and so, in a way, begins the epic story of Mr. Kaufmann, a High School Forestry teacher who was a carpenter before that, and a student before that. When I first met Kaufmann, I was immediately struck by his eccentrism and clear passion for his job. He is unheeding of barriers, very loud, and tells many stories. He doesn’t take much bull, and is firm but fair. He often claims to be “Almost…

With rain ferociously pounding the roof of our vehicle and sharp bolts of lightning illuminating the sky, we bounced along as the primitive roads struggled to maintain their shape. The six-hour drive was not much of a warm welcome to the country—weaving through the severely impoverished urban areas near the airport, then tossing its passengers about in a tropical thunderstorm. While our van climbed to the Haitian central plateau and several of my team member’s stomachs surged with motion…

smile in a heartbeat, he could make you laugh in a matter of seconds. He was just a big ball full of energy. Levi is missed every day by me, family, and friends. I think about him everyday, every second, every minute on the hour. Levi was one of my best friends and always was. When I moved to Frankton we lost touch. We used to text every day just about anything then it went to a once in a blue moon type deal. The only thing I regret about my moving schools is how I lost touch with my old…