Value stream mapping

Courage is essential in determining one’s true moral character and beliefs. It is what enables a person to face difficulty with bravery and adhere to these values. However, an individual’s virtue and intrepidity can be like a dormant seed that requires certain circumstances to cultivate them. In his screenplay, Schindler’s List, Steven Zaillin explores the idea that when an individual consistently performs acts of courage in the midst of horrific and agonizing situations, despite their…

1. Evaluation of jobs, not persons Job evaluation is a systematic way of valuing a job in relation to the other positions in a company. It systematically compares jobs to establish their value for the purposes of determining the rational pay. Job evaluation should not be confused with job appraisal. Job appraisal is documentation and evaluation an employee’s job performance (Carpenter, Bauer, & Erdogan, 2009). In this case, Ted was justified in insisting that they evaluate the job and not the…

With the emergence of concepts like core competences, the focus of gaining competitive advantages has swung from external environments towards a company’s internal resources (Collis & Montgomery, 2008). It traces the roots of competitive advantage back to present level of resources and capabilities possessed by the company. This leads us to a Resource Based View (RBV) of the company, where firms are considered or viewed as a bundle of heterogeneous resources and capabilities. In this respect,…

more independent and strong. I’ve learned that I can be a strong, independent, educated women without help from anyone else. I have been exposed to the culture my family grew up with, while living in a different American culture that had different values. This caused some confusion and I had to develop my own views that were independent from my family. I would be able to relate this issue to my ethnically diverse friends who understood the battle of juggling two different cultures. Every…

Puerto Rico’s Culture, History, and Food What is Culture? Culture is a series of visual manifestations and interactions with the environment that make a region different from the rest of the world. Culture is the combination of values, beliefs, and practices of a particular group. Puerto Rico is a beautiful country with rich cultural diversity. Although, Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles. Puerto Rico is made up of the Main Island surrounding smaller islands. Being a…

A cultural encounter is the interaction of one or more culture with another culture. Culture encounter is not only a condition related to nationality or ethnicity, but it could also be an interaction between two members of any two groups with different norms, such as men and women. The interactions of people from different cultures require the understanding and respect of people’s beliefs, the way they live life and to discover new things about their world and cultures. However, culture…

In a world where we witness many tragedies and many achievements there are lingering questions on why we make certain actions and not others. There must be a way to find the source of our morals because we seem to make similar actions through time. Many of the attempts to name what the source of our morality are rejected due to dilemmas and challenged premises, but strongest among them all is Moral Relativism. The argument for Moral Relativism is the strongest argument for discovering what…

Jim do some really selfless acts to buy each other gifts they really wanted. In the story The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers, Lemon teaches Greg that treasure isn’t always worth a lot of money, sometimes it just has to have personal value to that person. Finally, in the story The Unexpected Guest by Donna Scales, Joe teaches main character Donna to not judge a person by their looks or by their possessions. The authors O. Henry(The…

changing. Our world is full of differing perspectives. Whether it be political, religious, ethical, economical, or, perhaps, perspectives of others and themselves. In particular, we feel shifting perspectives towards belonging. Belonging is like almost a stream of acceptance and self-worth which can flow freely, or be frozen by the icy cold of alterity. We feel belonging or we feel we are different, or altered, because the actions of those around us reflect these feelings. The changing nature of…

awareness. I am of the view that diversity is knowledge. Diversity teaches different things about why people act a certain way, or do certain things. Being culturally aware in this regards, will provide the opportunity to consider different personal values, backgrounds, beliefs and upbringings that shape society. Learning about other cultures helps us relate to one another, and understand different perspectives. As a part of this program, I will be able to increase my knowledge regarding other…