The Spoils

The culture of both organizations is best discussed early on because, “What is needed is ‘a far higher level of analytical rigor on issues like culture and organizational health that clearly have the opportunity to spoil and tank the best-laid plans” (Leadership, p. 1). The goal is to determine where the cultures of the two organizations clash and come up with a plan to allow them to mesh. The next important part of the merger is to assess human capital. Talented individuals…

A person’s values shapes and frames every choice that a person makes. In Plutarch’s Lives: Volume 1, Lycurgus and Pericles are discussed and dissected. Every vital decision that prompted the leaders to make the choices that they did is reviewed and debated in an attempt at understanding them. While the emphasis on the importance of community in “Lycurgus” is prominent, power is prioritized and fame is essential in the story of Pericles. In “Lycurgus,” the man himself found it necessary to bring…

Jonny The European warrior culture was very important in the societies of their time. Both very impressive poems of powerful warriors who must go into very difficult and intense battles for themselves. Some battles were for the well being of others, but mostly for their own gain. Cid and Beowulf have different levels of respect in their kingdoms and different ranks, but both are very powerful men with a similar goal to win. Beowulf and Poema del cid are epic poems from the early 16th…

Being the most powerful man in the play, he is charismatic with an aura of respect. This leads him to his fiancee, Hippolyta, who is a spoil of war. Instead of being disgusted, she looks forward to the marriage with Theseus. This type of love relationship is different than Hermia and Lysander’s, probably to show contrast between the real love of the two rulers, and the illusion caused by…

According to Denhardt and Catlaw (2015), Institutions promote societal values that have been defined and applied with a high degree of citizen involvement and with a high degree of responsiveness to the needs and interests of the citizenry. In contrast, organizations are concerned with how individuals can manage change processes to their own or to corporate advantage. The basis of the difference is that democratic institutions focus on freedom, justice, and equality (18). Non-profit…

John Locke Views on Belief and Unbelief Belief and non-belief are two words that can be obtained from different perspectives in the world. Everything that an individual does, he or she must either believe it or decide not to believe it. The word Belief can be described as a feeling of confidence that something is true, it exists or is good. Belief goes hand in hand with faith, for one to believe s/he must have faith. In the ‘Second Treatise of Government’ by John Locke, we can confidently derive…

Most children dream of growing up. They dream of becoming a doctor, astronaut, or even a dancer. On the other hand, many adults would love to go back and relive their childhood days over. No worries, bills, stress, just carefree living. J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, is told through the eyes of Holden Caulfield. A teenager who has had his fair share of trouble growing up, and wants more than anything is for someone to understand him. He wants to be grown, yet he hates everything about the…

wreath with a black silk bow for mother’s grave that’ll last all summer.(ch2)” She listed so many things, and one was sort of necessary since she had bought a dog earlier in the chapter, showing what people bought just to have close to them and to spoil…

against him. Matters concerning the rich and the upcoming exposition overshadowed any reports of disappearances and possible murders . But for the police of Chicago, this was the everyday norm. Most officers with any type of power were the result of the spoils system, and even with years and years of experience still lacked the skill to investigate and prove the guilt of a man like Holmes. “His techniques were too new, his skills too great…” to be captured by men who were “…too naïve…,” like…

The task is still undone, and we begin to feel bad about ourselves. In the February 2001 New Era, President Thomas S. Monson stated, “Procrastination . . . is the thief of our self-respect. It nags at us and spoils our fun. It deprives us of the fullest realization of our ambitions and hopes.” As these ambitions and hopes die due to missed opportunities, it becomes easier to rationalize that we really didn’t want that anyway. But deep inside we know the truth:…