In the town the doctors had become more and more puzzled by new kinds of sickness appearing among their patients." (Carson, 2) That the correlation between these collected symptoms and the use of pesticides in our predominantly agricultural towns had yet to be recognized at this point in history is important to consider
Ideologies may surge and flow across the face of these realities, but environmental issues cannot be argued or deconstructed away." (Peritore, 30)
This morass of conditions denotes that "while we should not necessarily be sanguine about environmental protection in developing countries, we need not be pessimistic either." (Warshawsky, 114) This is to say that the international community is increasingly drawing to a consensus on the need to curb behaviors which have are causing trauma to the environment, with the leadership change from Bush to Obama in the United States promising significant new level of improvement in regulatory enforcement
The simplest solution to any suspect change is, of course, to stop it, or better yet, to revert to a romanticized past: make those ugly gasoline stations look like Anne Hathaway's cottage or (in the Far West) like ghost-town saloons." (White, 2) This point of focus is a useful one for beginning to understand the orientation of such nations as the U
The increase is a demonstration of how unreliable oil is not just in terms of its lack of sustainability but in terms of its negative economic implications, which associate it to dangers of economic inflation. (Whitehall, 1) This denotes that the ecological effects of America's poor orientation toward environmental ethics have clearly identifiable economic consequences as well
As a matter of fact, the proper mix of employees from diverse backgrounds is critical to organizational success. This is particularly the case given that employees from diverse backgrounds bring into the workplace unique values and strengths that could be of great benefit to the organizational in the future (Daft, 2014)
One key characteristic of charismatic leaders according to DuBrin (2012) is their self-promoting personality. In the words of the author, "Richard Branson…, has relied on self-promotion to build his empire, a collection of about 200 companies with the Virgin trademark " (DuBrin, 2012, p
E.O of Unilever, pointed out that the firm had reviewed its strategy; in which case the company would seek to double its size "by channeling its efforts towards achieving eight ambitious goals by 2020 -- among them, doubling the portion of Unilever's portfolio that meets the highest nutritional standards, and halving the water associated with the consumer use of its products" (Gitsham, 2012)
Leadership Behavior and Actions Today, the best leaders, as Stephenson (2011) observes are not only transparent but also open and careful with regard to their political, environmental, and ethical actions. According to the author, "never before have missteps, rumors and ill-considered words become so instantly accessible to millions of people" (Stephenson, 2011)
Foodservice Inc.'s annual business strategy incorporate five goals including growth on profitable sales, improved gross profit, controlled operating expense, improved working capital, and organizational effectiveness" (Cross, 2007, p
In DFSA, it is widely known that the optimal performance is achieved when the frame size is equal to the number of tags. So, a reader dynamically adjusts the next frame size according to the current number of tags (Eom & Lee, 2010, p
On the principle of harmonizing the great service level of supply chain logistics procedure, high reaction speed and small functional expenses, people ought to assimilate and enhance the supply chain logistics system. "…optimize the operational structure of supply chain from the integrated operation system of the supply chain logistics and complete the low-carbon emissions in the whole logistics process to improve energy transfer efficiency and achieve sustained economic development" (Li, 2011, p
Due to industry-specific influences, most specialized analysts concentrate in one, or only a limited, businesses/trades. "Financial institutions such as brokerage houses, banks, and insurance companies typically employ financial analysts who specialize in areas such as mineral or oil extraction, chemicals, banking, retail, insurance, bond markets, or automobile manufacturing" (Edmonds, 2012, p
Another study discussed competitor orientation: "Competitor orientation, however, did not have a positive impact on manufacturing performance. Further, the paper found that firm resources and competitive intensity moderate the relationship between some of the sub-dimensions of market orientation and firm performance" (Gaur, S
This category of resources is often the easiest to recognize and assess: monetary resources and physical assets are identified and appreciated in the company's financial statements. Intangible resources are principally imperceptible, but over time become more significant to the company than tangible assets as discussed in this study: "Multivariate analyses controlling for hospital characteristics found that measures of environmental factors representing munificence, dynamism, and/or complexity were systematically associated with various hospital HIT management strategy use" (Menachemi, N
Here then, is another aspect of analysis. As described in one study: "External environment factors truly play a moderator between TQM, market orientation and hotel performance, especially when external environment factors greater changes are going to help to build relationship with customer, to enhance hotel performance and further to gain chance of hotel's survival" (Wang, C
More than a third believed the finance profession discriminated against working mothers, with 41 per cent supporting the Government's proposed increase in paid maternity leave to a year." (Berry, 2004) Although such data is subjective, simmering attitudes, if there is no forum within the staff to address such resentments and concerns, that have societal as well as company roots, can prove problematic for the overall workplace environment, and even result in litigation Works Cited Berry, Mike
By having such a sound corporate structure the Target Corporation keeps itself from making mistakes based on quick judgments that might harm the Corporation in the future. There is something to be said for not being the number one retailer and for not always being the leader in the field (Beam & David, 1999)
Businesses can have the best and most important merchandise in the world, but it does not matter if there are no customers. The Target Corporation knows how to bring in these customers by treating them properly, carrying the merchandise that they want, and providing that slightly more upscale image than that of Wal-Mart (Biesada, 2004)
Its revenue for this year is nearing $50 million (Target, 2004c). All of this makes the Target Corporation one of the fastest growing retailers in the country and there are plans to offer paid vacations and health care benefits to employees that work part time (Cameron, 2001)