This week I learnt the concept of management of change in business, which defined as an intended objective to direct the company into a different future position as dictated by market forces such as globalization, competition, relocation of capital and labor. Skills needed for change include anticipation, communication and listening.  The stages of implementation are communicating the purpose, adopting change, and sustaining change. Some of […]

Introduction The health status of a community plays a huge role in that community’s social and economic prosperity. It is, therefore, important that every community strives to persistently improve and maintain its health. The first step in improving the health status of any community is to complete a community health assessment and share the findings with the community. A community health assessment is a methodical […]

Coates, David. A Liberal Tool Kit: Progressive Responses to Conservative Arguments. New York: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. Print.                         David Coates seeks to refute the arguments that have become the mainstay of Conservative arguments on a wide number of issues ranging from religion, to the war in Iraq. For our purposes, however, the principal area of interest is his views regarding the welfare of children. […]

Advertisements sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity, and normalcy” (Servidio 2). In the last  few weeks, I have been studying the use of sexuality in advertising. The specific case I have been examining has been the international fashion house Calvin Klein and their use of sexuality as part of their […]

A leader’s role is best explained through a story in a classroom discussion. He uses a repetitive phrase to emphasize the main point. The leader and their juniors have to have a connection, not an existence, Despite their success and having qualities for leadership, some leaders have difficulties in implementing leadership roles (Reynolds, 2015), which disables them from articulating these qualities or becoming mentors to […]

Question 1. Where will the greatest resistance for excellence in project management come from? Most resistance to excellence in project management comes from middle level management, especially supervisors and heads of department. The reason they resist is because they feel they are in competition with the other departments rather than the market competitors (Kerzner, 2013). Autonomy of departments contributes to the resistance because there is […]

Introduction Transformational leadership can be described as a form of leadership style where the leader works in tandem with the employees. The leader identifies the areas that need to be improved in an organization and requests the employees to give their suggestions about it and together, they implement the change and vision for an organization. This form of leadership is inspiring to the employees because […]

Patterns of Revolution in Money and Credit Monetary revolution was caused by interdependence among Chinese states, and because salt and tea states used them as leverage for trade. Silver, gold, and valuable goods like silk, cowrie shells, and grains as currency, but by the seventh century, copper was the preferred currency because it was scarce, although iron and lead were also used as cheaper substitutes […]

Through SWU 250 concept of stress management that emphasizes on identifying the stress factors, I have successfully managed to handle myself when I undergo stressful situations. When stressed, it is important to understand the primary cause of the stress and ensure that the cause is managed. If the stress factor cannot be handled at the moment, one can indulge in various activities that can help to […]

Q1. Evaluate the level of SOX regulations that applies to for-profit and not-for-profit health care organizations, indicating whether or not mandating SOX requirements for non-profits might reduce fraud and increase corporate governance. Provide support for your rationale. The Sarbanes-Oxley act, signed into law in mid-2002, is meant to restore public trust in the American corporate companies after the scandals of Enron, Tyco and other smaller […]