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Leukemia is a common form of blood cancer characterized by an insufficient number of red blood cells in the blood and irregular white blood cells. There are a wide variety of symptoms that someone with leukemia may experience. Extreme fatigue, a higher than usual body temperature, and unexplained weight loss are some of the earlier signs of leukemia. Increased vulnerability to contusions, rashes, gastrointestinal upset, respiratory difficulties, and joint pain are also commonly associated with leukemia.
Exposure to occupational carcinogens is a frequent reason for leukemia diagnoses in railroad workers. Diesel exhaust and one of its components – benzene – has been linked to a wide range of cancers, including leukemia. Railroad workers are often exposed to diesel exhaust inside the cabs of older locomotives, inside railroad shops where locomotives are being repaired and even outside along railroad tracks. Diesel exhaust is so toxic to the human body that it can infiltrate and harm the cells, resulting in malformations in the cells, which is one of the defining factors of leukemia.
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The very first session trendtalk#1, "Future Forward", was held in the first quarter of 2012: a gathering of delicious visuals, provocative ideas and thoughts on the lifestyle trends that would touch us in 2012. It took place Wednesday 15th February 2012, from 3.30pm-4.30pm at the Plascon Auditorium, 71 Waterkant St, Cape Town. The entry fee was a voluntary donation of R20 – all in aid of the design charity, Rock Girl (www.rockgirlsa.org).
Tracy Lynch, Décor Editor of Visi, giving a visual reportback on January's Maison et Objet fair in Paris.
Lisa Millbacher, head of Bespoke Bathrooms, revealing the latest directions.
Lauren Shantall, presenting on lifestyle techtonics and colour.
India Baird, the founder of Rock Girl, will also say a few words. The presentations will be facilitated by Lacia Gess.


Louie, the sort-of-survivor 1972 2002tii that I bought sight-unseen in Louisville almost exactly two years ago, has spent the last eleven months at the BMW CCA Foundation as part of their "Icon" exhibit. With the exhibit closing the weekend of January 19, I knew that I was going to need to make arrangements to get the car back home.
As it happened, those arrangements fell neatly into place all by themselves—or so I thought. Although I drove Louie down from Boston to the Foundation in Greer, South Carolina, in late February last year, I entertained the possibility of shipping him back and saving myself the travel. But then Foundation executive director Scott Dishman called me, said they were planning a closing celebration for the Icon exhibit, and asked me to speak, along with my Roundel colleague (and author of the Icon book) Jackie Jouret. A day later, my good friend Andrew Wilson said he was driving down to attend the closing, and asked me if I wanted to ride shotgun.
Just like that, I thought, Well, that seals it; I guess I'm driving down with Andrew and driving Louie back.
Of course, weather was a wild card, as it always is. When I bought Louie, he'd been dead for a decade, and I very much wanted to have the adventure of going down to Louisville, getting him running, and road-tripping him home—so I did exactly that. One of the problems I encountered was that the heater box was leaking; at the time, I addressed the problem by bypassing the heater box, which was fine, as long as temperatures didn't plummet. And they didn't; as it happened, I did the thousand-mile drive home during an unseasonably warm spell in the winter of 2017, during which I hit rain, but no snow.
Similarly, when I drove Louie down to the Foundation last year, although I'd taken great pains to rebuild the car's leaking heater box so that I'd have heat, by the time I reached Greer, it was so warm outside that I was in a T-shirt and sweating.
However, for both of those trips, I was able, at least to some extent, to determine my departure date, and did in fact slot them in when temperatures were forecast to be above-average for the drives. In contrast, the Icon's closing celebration was set for a specific weekend, and I didn't really have a Plan B. I knew that I'd be safe and secure driving down with Andrew in his snow-tire-shod 2007 X3, but if the weather turned bad on the return drive, I didn't relish taking Louie and his rust-free floorboards and frame rails and summer Kumhos into the howling maw of a Nor'Easter or its immediate aftermath, considering the amount of road salt that was likely to be dumped.
I floated that concern on Facebook, and because because this is such a wonderful club, I was showered with not one but two separate offers to store the car in or near Greer if need be. In addition, Jake Metz, in whose pole barn in Louisville Louie was resurrected, offered that I could use him as a bail-out: Head to Louisville, drop the car off in the pole barn, and fly home from there.
I was incredibly grateful for such generosity. It's also good to have options.
The plan was for Andrew to pick me up on Thursday, so the day before, I did some packing. It felt a little odd, packing for a trip in a car that wasn't even at my house, but I had a pretty good handle on what I needed. When I drove Louie down to the Foundation last March, I'd packed an aluminum floor jack, aluminum jack stands, and a decent tool kit in the trunk, so I didn't need any of those items. What I wanted was the stuff I'd shipped home last year, which included cooling-system stuff, ignition and injection-system stuff, and electrical troubleshooting stuff, each in its own USPS flat-rate box. In the perpetual chaos that is my garage, I was relieved to find these boxes sitting largely untouched on the shelf.
This photo Michael Mitchell sent me showed that the fluid level was above the hose to the clutch on the left, so low fluid wasn't the problem.
One complicating factor was the fact that Foundation curator Michael Mitchell had told me that Louie's clutch hadn't worked in a couple of months. The symptom was that the transmission appeared to shift fine with the engine off, but with the engine running, the car couldn't be put into any gear. When I sorted out Louie enough to drive him home nearly two years ago, I'd replaced both the clutch slave and master cylinder, so I thought it unlikely that either of those components was the culprit, but whenever I say, "Well, it can't be X," I try to realize that X is a blind spot I should see past.
I asked Michael to check the brake-fluid reservoir that feeds the clutch. He photographed it for me, and it looked fairly full, so the problem didn't appear to be lack of fluid. That left air in the line, a stuck clutch disc, or hydraulic failure as potential culprits. Since I wouldn't know what the problem was until I laid eyes and hands on the car, and since the odds of obtaining a clutch master and slave in Greer on a Sunday morning are probably zero, I looked online, found the two parts for a total of $110, and had them shipped directly to the Foundation. I hope that I'm wrong and don't need to install them on Louie, in which case I can just keep them in inventory in my garage for the next 2002 that needs them.
What, doesn't EVERYONE travel with spare wiper arms?
There were a few other tasks, such as pulling the wiper arms and blades off my other tii, Kugel, so that I could use them to replace Louie's. (Louie has hisoriginal wiper arms that only accept the original 13″ rubber inserts, whereas Kugel's are the newer style on which commercially-available snap-on wiper blade assemblies will fit.) And I needed to remember to take the new set of ignition wires I'd purchased to replace the 47-year-old wires on Louie, one of which suffered a broken plug connector 100 miles from Greer last year. After that, it was just the standard stuff of clothing, computer, cables, chargers, and bags of road food.
Andrew picked me up at around 7:00 a.m. on Thursday morning in his X3, and we headed south under blue skies. It's been an unusually snow-free winter thus far in Massachusetts, with only one snowfall back before Thanksgiving. But as we headed south through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and into West Virginia, we began to see snow on the ground and substantial amounts of salt on the roads from a snowstorm that had occurred last week.
When we crossed into Virginia late in the afternoon, it began snowing. At first it was light flurries, but by the time we arrived at that evening's hotel in Staunton, there was starting to be some actual accumulation. This was quite surprising, as the weather predictions we'd both seen appeared to show no snow on Thursday, and snow moving into New England only when we'd be far south of it.
The evening's snow in Staunton was just the beginning.
As all of this was happening, I began to play two weather-related games. First, as we headed south, I'd check the weather app on my phone and see what the predicted weather was for the return trip. From Boston down nearly to the North Carolina line, it showed snow on Saturday and/or Sunday, followed by plummeting temperatures (like 15 degrees) on Monday.
The second was the "At what point in deteriorating weather would I quit driving Louie and find a hotel room?" game. I decided that, although obviously I'd prefer not to drive over any salted roads whatsoever, I did have to get the car home; sometimes you need to play the hand you're dealt, and as long as the salt was dry, I figured I'd pilot Louie over salted roads, even if I cringed while doing it. And I resolved that I wouldn't have a cow over a few isolated flurries.
But by the time we arrived at the hotel and snow was actually accumulating on the roads, I turned to Andrew and said, "I wouldn't be driving Louie in this; I would've already have bailed out." Once we checked into the hotel, I looked at the weather forecast for New England. They were predicting fairly significant snowfall for the weekend, four to eight inches if not more, followed by frigid temperatures.
Michael Mitchell clued me into the fact that my friend Mario Langsten, owner of VSR1 Racing in Portsmouth New Hampshire, was driving a trailer down with Scott Hughes' Miller and Norburn 2002 race car in it, and thus there might be room in the trailer on the way back. On Thursday evening, I spoke with Mario at some length and learned that, unfortunately for me, he'd already committed to picking up a car and a bunch of engines, so the trailer was full for the return trip.
But while we were on the phone, Mario gave me some advice from the perspective of an expert body man: The advice was, simply, don't. Don't risk exposing a beloved largely rust-free survivor car to a combination of salt and snow. It'll work its way into any surface corrosion and into unsealed seams in places you can't see, and you'll never get it all out by simply power-washing the undercarriage.
Another odd thought occurred to me. My garage is currently occupied with Kugel, the Lama, and the ever-dead Lotus. I was expecting to have to pull the Lama out and put it into the driveway in order to make room for the garage to receive Louie. But I wasn't even thinking about the possibility that when I got home, the driveway would be covered in snow, or that I wouldn't be able to get the garage door open—and the weather forecast seemed to show that this was looking increasingly likely.
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The competition is open to instrumentalists ages 16-22. Finalists chosen from the applicants will perform at Dolan Performance Hall, The College of Saint Elizabeth, on Sunday, March 19, 2017, 12:00-3:00 PM.
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Top 14 Most Popular Biblical Baby Girl Names of 2019!
The Bible is the one thing that seems to really be trending with baby names in 2015. There are so many cute and unique Biblical names that you have probably not considered for your baby girl. These are name that are going to continue to grow in popularity as they are fun choices that parents are seeming to pick more and more.
Ada means "happy" and is a name that is precious for a little girl. I love this name and think that is both sweet and cute. It will allow your little one to grow up feeling like they have a cool name too since it is a name that is a lot of fun.
There is no known meaning for the name Ahlai. What we do know is the name is seen at least once in The Bible. Since it is a lesser known name and one that is mentioned much, it can be a great way to share your faith with others as they ask about your child's name. It can also be a great way for your child to share your family's faith as they get bigger.
Apphia is another lesser known name from The Bible, and maybe even one that you have not heard before. This name is another one that has an unknown meaning. However it is another name that can help you introduce certain topics into conversations casually and can be something that you are going to really cherish and fall in love with as the years go on.
The name Damaris means "sweet heifer." It is a name that I really like how it sounds but the meaning is a little off putting for me. I don't think that I would want my daughter to be named after a heifer as I can imagine that it would be torture if schoolmates learned that this is what your name meant.
Dinah means vindicated and is a name that is strong but still pretty. This is a great name for anyone who wants a child who is going to mean more to the world . It seems like the type of name that would set your child up for a very successful future.
Esther used to be a very popular name a few generations ago. It was not that long ago at all that the name was popular and there were children everywhere who shared the name. Today it seems like it is coming back quickly and stronger than ever. It is one of those names that continues to rise in popularity and is close to the top of most baby name charts.
The name Eve means "life" and is a name that I have seen more in recent years than ever before. It is a name that continues growing and becoming more popular all the time. It is likely a name that is always going to have a place on the baby charts because there is so much meaning and strength behind it, considering that Eve was supposed to be the mother of all human life.
Hagar might not be a name that I would have chosen a few years ago, but it does seem to be a name that I would choose now. The name means "flight" and is a great choice for parents who are looking for something different and cute.
The name Jezebel might not have had the best reputation in The Bible. In fact the name actually means "worshiper of idols," but that is not stopping parents from choosing this name more today than ever before. It is a beautiful name that continues to be popular among those who are trying to make their own statement.
The name Michaiah is one that I had not heard before. I honestly just recently saw it topping out one of the baby name charts that I was looking at. I had to look it up to see where it originated and what it meant. There is no known meaning but it does appear to be a modern spin on the previously popular Michelle.
Naarah is another beautiful Biblical name. It is also another name that there is no known meaning for. This name is one that I can see helping your daughter age gracefully and becoming an adult who has a very large heart.
Salome is another name that I have seen but not seen on a frequent basis. I did notice that it is becoming more popular. I think a big reason for the popularity is that it means "peace" and we could all use a little more peace in our lives.
Zilpah is on of those funky and cool Z names. It has a nice solid sound as you say it, yet it is also feminine and you know that it is a name for a little girl. Overall this is a great name that has an unknown meaning but was seen in The Bible a time or two.


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Piotr Evguénevitch Astafiev (en russe : Пётр Евге́ньевич Аста́фьев), né le  à Evguénevka (oblast de Voronèje, Empire russe) et mort le  à Saint-Pétersbourg (Empire russe), est un psychologue, juriste et philosophe spiritualiste russe. Il défend l'idée d'une corrélation entre foi et savoir, mais refuse les tendances rationalistes apparues dans l'orthodoxie russe après les réformes d'. Sa critique du rationalisme est liée à son rejet d'une vision du monde « privée de subjectivité ».

Biographie

Piotr Astafiev est né à la fin de l'année 1846 à Evguénevka, village de la province de Voronèje dans l'ouest de la Russie. Il est issu d'une famille de nobles. De 1864 à 1868, il étudie à l'université de Moscou, puis, à partir de 1872, il entame sa carrière d'enseignant à Iaroslavl. Là, il enseigne la philosophie du droit pendant quatre ans. À partir de 1885, il est censeur au comité de censure de Moscou et termine sa carrière comme privat-docent à l'université de Moscou. Il meut au printemps 1893 à Saint-Pétersbourg.

Philosophie

Astafiev élabore au cours des années 1880 une philosophie spiritualiste et personnaliste d'après laquelle le principe de toute réalité est le monde subjectif. L'étude de la conscience apparaît alors comme la première et la principale tâche de la philosophie. Il critique en ce sens la vision objectiviste du monde qui se développe d'après lui dans tous les champs du savoir à partir de la science. Il rejette aussi l'idéalisme allemand qu'il juge « abstrait » et trop rationaliste dans sa forme (kantisme) ou dans sa visée (hégélianisme).

La pensée spiritualiste d'Astafiev hérite des idées de Leibniz. À l'instar du philosophe allemand, le « moi » est conçu par lui comme une monade qui coexiste avec « d'innombrables myriades » d'autres monades extérieures à ce « moi ». Toutes les monades sont des actes de la volonté divine créatrice et elles constituent ensemble l'unique essence du monde, qui devient psychologique.

Astafiev perçoit son travail philosophique comme la participation à l'élaboration d'une philosophie russe nationale, appelée à réaliser « l'idéal authentique de la philosophie » par une synthèse de la raison et du sentiment (religieux, moral, esthétique, romantique, etc.). Sa philosophie de l'histoire est le plus souvent jugée réactionnaire par la critique qu'elle fait des idéaux de progrès et d'égalité. Astafiev voit dans le « mélange », le « nivellement » et « l'uniformisation » de la vie humaine des symptômes de la crise traversée par la société contemporaine.

Psychologie

Les recherches d'Astafiev en psychologie concernent principalement la « psychologie des sexes » et du caractère. Il s'intéresse en particulier à l'univers psychique de la femme. Il formule une loi dite du « rythme psychique » selon laquelle les caractères spécifiques de la vie intérieure dépendent de la vitesse à laquelle se succèdent sensations, sentiments et aspirations.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Alexeï Kozlov
 Lev Lopatine
 Panpsychisme

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Psychologue russe
Philosophe russe du XIXe siècle
Naissance en décembre 1846
Décès en avril 1893
Décès à 46 ans

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CUBE is the best rated research unit in Management in Portugal
CATÓLICA-LISBON's CUBE research unit has once again received from the FCT - Portugal's Foundation for Science and Technology – the highest rating, of "Excellent". In the recent evaluation, CUBE received the highest rating of any research units in the domain of "Management", with a score of 14 out of 15 by a panel of international experts.
The evaluation report from the international panel concluded that the work done within the CUBE research unit was exceptional in several regards, including: "the increasing stream of high quality research papers", as well as "the largely interdisciplinary nature of these papers, the steady increase in international collaboration, an ability to fund research projects from a variety of academic and commercial sources, and the dynamic and evolutionary nature of the research output".
CUBE has over fifty members with PhDs, organized into eight research areas, but also collaborating on multidisciplinary work. You can find out more about CUBE's research work and members here and don't forget to explore our research areas.
Whereas most research units in Portugal were evaluated by the FCT in early 2019, research units in the domain of Management were only evaluated in November and December of 2019. The full results and report of the evaluations can be viewed at the FCT website.
With the latest evaluation, CUBE maintains its track record of having always received the highest rating, "Excellent", in every FCT evaluation since it was founded in 1997.
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We all know that downspouts from eavestrough should be re-directed away from our foundations. The volumes of water that come off a roof can be quite substantial during times of rain, when you consider it will be concentrated at the discharge point in two or more corners of the foundation. The main challenge with this is that if there are any defects in the foundation such as cracks, tie holes, honeycomb in the concrete etc., in this vicinity, water may enter through. It is important to have these defects repaired in your foundation. Once these items are repaired, then the next step is to re-direct the downspouts. This will keep as much water as you can away from the repaired areas which is very important, especially given that some defects could be below grade or so small they are almost hidden from view and can easily be missed. The large volume of water that comes from a downspout can seep through the ground forming paths or fissures. The long this goes on, the more the ground erodes causing them to be larger and wider. The problem with this is that the water makes its way down to the footing drains, and brings soil right along with it, speeding up the rate at which the drains will become silted up. If they are already silted up, the excess volume of water will only add to the hydrostatic pressure thus forcing the water between the wall and footing and up onto the floor inside the house.
The little attachments and pieces of eavestrough or ABS often used by homeowners to redirect often look like a eight to ten foot section of pipe or eavestrough running away from the house. One way to eliminate unsightly sections of pipe and re-direct the flow away from the exterior wall is to direct the flow away by grading the soil away from the foundation and making sure it slopes away from the house.


Monarchies, analogous with Trump's regime?
A climate of fear creates a climate for propaganda. And propaganda may be used to create a climate of fear.
The two feed on one another in counterproductive reciprocity.
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Street Talk: First things first
Several high-profile guests, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, drew a sold-out crowd to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park at a luncheon celebration of what would have been former first lady Betty Ford's 100th birthday.
Ford died in 2011, five years after the death of her husband, President Gerald R. Ford.
The annual event, which took place April 11 and was organized by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, is called "America's First Ladies: An Enduring Legacy." This year, the program was emceed by Liesel Litzenburger Meijer, a community leader who is married to Hank Meijer.
As a former first lady, U.S. secretary of state and 2016 presidential candidate, Clinton was the top-billed panelist in a discussion moderated by NBC and MSNBC television news reporter and anchor Andrea Mitchell.
Former first daughter Susan Ford Bales introduced the panelists, referring to them as her "dear friends" who came with "no fanfare or press entourage" to Blair House and sat with her mother and her in the hours after President Ford's death.
Clinton and Mitchell discussed their relationships with Betty Ford, forged through her campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment, which Mitchell covered early in her career, and from which Clinton took inspiration in her own work on gender equality.
"It is such a great personal pleasure for me to be here with all of you in honor of Betty, who as Andrea rightly said, was someone who I looked up to, who I followed, and who, in my opinion, was one of the most transformational Americans in the last half of the 20th century," Clinton said, referring to Betty Ford's work on the ERA, as well as awareness and treatment of breast cancer and drug and alcohol addiction stemming from her personal experience.
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the daughter of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and first lady Lady Bird Johnson, also spoke on the panel. At 74, she is now the oldest living first child.
"Betty Ford was a role model for a lot of people," Johnson Robb said. "She faced life with great courage and went forth and taught us a lot about cancer with a big C, which nobody ever mentioned. It was unspeakable then. And later, (she) taught us about how to handle other health problems. I just greatly admire her."
At the beginning of the program, Litzenburger Meijer called out several distinguished guests in the audience, including Motown singer Martha Reeves, local philanthropist Peter Secchia, Ford Foundation Executive Director Joe Calvaruso, and his wife, Donna Calvaruso, and former first son, the Rev. Michael Gerald Ford.
"I think character is one thing my father and mother embodied," Michael Ford said in an interview with the Business Journal before the program. "Really, just decent, good people who want to have others around them thrive and flourish and reach their potential. That kind of spirit and character was important in their lives and I think can really be reflected in our (Gerald R. Ford Presidential) Foundation work."
Ford Bales said her mother's work continues through the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
"We are always doing a lot of public advocacy, and we're also trying to make a major difference in the epidemic of the drug and alcohol use with Narcom. That's a big issue," she said. "There's also a great movement to maybe bring back the ERA movement, so we'll see."
As new opportunities for real estate investment become scarce, Colliers International West Michigan is looking toward self-storage as an "untapped market."
"We really think it's a hot market right now for this product type," said Jeff Hainer, Colliers International West Michigan senior research analyst. "Much of the other opportunities in our market have been eaten up over this long economic recovery."
Trent Wieringa, associate vice president for Colliers International West Michigan, said prices for premium storage facilities are at an all-time high.
"Some of these things are selling above replacement costs," he said. "They're selling more than what you build them for."
The growth in value is partly driven by regional and national real estate investment trusts taking a new interest in West Michigan.
"When you see REITs come into town, rates go up," Wieringa said. "These facilities are still locally owned, but the REITs come in and increase rates."
Wieringa also said West Michigan's growing population also increases the demand for self-storage on the tenant side.
"They're coming back from college in Chicago and starting a family here," he said. "As a result, there's more stuff here. People need places to put their items."
Similar to other industrial properties, the demand for self-storage keeps the market tight. Colliers recently facilitated the sale of three properties owned by Your Space Self Storage, which Wieringa said had multiple interested buyers.
Of the three properties, only one was listed on the market — and only for a short while.
"Lots of deals are getting done outside of traditional avenues," Hainer said. "This is a good example of our brokers knowing of an opportunity, knowing an eager investor and connecting them."
But the increased demand also creates a crunch for people wishing to store their belongings. Most of the facilities in West Michigan are at 95-100 percent capacity.
Wieringa said he expects growth to continue, though it may level off shortly.
"I don't know if it's 12 months or 24 months from now," he said. "The big thing to watch is interest rates. If they go up, it will affect capitalization rates."
The Grand Haven Area Community Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Holland Zeeland Area received the Pinnacle of Partnership Award from the Greater Ottawa County United Way.
The recipient of the award "exemplifies a commitment to improve the quality of life for Ottawa County residents through leadership in service and education, as well as a year-round partnership with Greater Ottawa County United Way."
The award was presented last month at the United Way's annual celebration at the Spring Lake Country Club.
"Our mission is to improve the lives of every person who lives, works and plays in our community," said Holly Johnson, GHACF president. "Tough issues like workforce housing require partnering with other organizations to really have an impact. We're honored to be recognized for our work alongside our regional partners."
The foundations have worked together with the United Way to form Housing Next, a cross-sector collaborative initiative involving nonprofit, government and business partners that strives to create and promote a strong economic case for additional workforce housing units in the greater Ottawa County region of Michigan.
"The core motivation for our efforts on workforce housing is a desire for all individuals in our community to be financially stable," said Mike Goorhouse, CFHZ president. "GHACF and the United Way share that vision with us, which has greatly strengthened our community's ability to make progress on this very important topic. We are grateful to have such dedicated partners and to highlight our collaboration together."
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What is the Code of Ethics? How can I obtain a copy of the Code of Ethics?
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What is the Home Rule Charter? How can I obtain a copy of the Charter?
What is the Charter Board? How can I make a complaint to the Charter Board?
What is the difference between Commission Government and Home Rule Government?
What records are stored in the City Clerk's Office?
What records are considered "public" by Pennsylvania's Right to Know Act?
How do I file a Right to Know Request?
What is Citizen Initiative and Referendum?
Can the Council Office help me with a complaint about City Services?
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The Home Rule Charter divides the City into six Council districts with a representative elected from each district. Council members are elected by voters and serve four year terms. The Council President is elected City-wide.
Three members of Council are elected every two years. The Council President is elected during the local election alternate from the Mayoral election.
The 2012-2014 Council is composed of the following:
President of Council Jeffrey S. Waltman
City Council District 1 Lucine Sihelnik
City Council District 2 Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz
City Council District 3 Brian Twyman
City Council District 4 Stratton P. Marmarou
City Council District 5 Donna Reed
City Council District 6 Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
All powers not specifically given to others by the Home Rule Charter are exercised by City Council. City Council acts as the legislative branch of City government.
You can contact any member of Council through the Council Office via:
Phone 610 655 6204 or E-mail council@readingpa.gov
Post Office Mail 815 Washington Street, Reading PA 19601
Voicing concern to the Council staff office, located on the second floor in City Hall
You can also speak with City Council by calling in to the In Your District program, airing at 8 p.m. every Thursday on the BCTV MAC Channel 99.
Under the Home Rule Charter, the City of Reading is divided into six districts, with each district electing one Council member. District-elected Council members are to represent the voice of their constituents and are to act as a body to make decisions in the best interest of the entire City. Boundaries mapping out the six districts of the City can be found on the City website. The President of Council is elected at-large. The President of Council is the presiding officer of Council and has the same voting powers as the other six Council members. The President interacts with the Mayor and other governmental entities and represents the voice of Council.
You can determine which Council district you live in by clicking on the Council Districts Map link on the Council page of the City's website or by calling Council staff at 610-655-6204.
Linda A. Kelleher is the City Clerk for the City of Reading and has been serving City Council since she was first appointed in January 1996. The City Clerk acts as the Secretary to the Council, or Secretary to the Board of Directors. The City Clerk is the Director of the Legislative Branch, responsible for managing the operations of City Council by providing leadership and administrative support, implementing Council policies and providing quality services to the people of Reading.The City Clerk maintains accurate legislative records and performs other services to the body of Council such as public relations, drafting and reviewing ordinances, legal research and acting as a liaison with the City Administration and other entities. The City Clerk assists Council in areas such as setting agendas, developing a Council Action Plan and coordinating appointments for the City's Boards, Authorities and Commissions.
Council meetings are held on Monday evenings. The meeting schedule is listed at the bottom of each regular meeting agenda.
First Monday 5 p.m. - Nominations and Appointments Committee - Council Office and Strategic Planning Committee– Penn Room
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Fourth Monday 7 p.m. - Regular Council Meeting - Council Chambers
Additional meetings are added and advertised as needed through newsprint or City website announcement (readingpa.gov).
How do I obtain Council agendas and minutes?
Council agendas are posted on the City's website – www.readingpa.gov – by the Thursday preceding the meeting on the Council page. Meeting minutes are posted on the website several days after the meeting. You can also request them by calling 610-655-6204 or emailing council@readingpa.gov.
Our City laws are located at the Code of Ordinances link on our web site. If you cannot print the law you are interested in, please call the Council Office at 610 655 6204 to request a copy or for assistance. The online Code of Ordinances is updated electronically with the passage of legislation.
Legislation from 2009 - 2016, both ordinances and resolutions, is available on the City's website by clicking "Archived Ordinances and Resolutions". New resolutions are available by clicking the link "New Resolutions".
You can address the body of Council at their Regular Business Meetings held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month and at Public Hearings held to address specific topics. Council does not allow public comment at Committee Meetings, Committee of the Whole Sessions.
Citizens wishing to address the Council at its regular meetings may do so by giving notice verbally or in writing by providing their name, address and the subject matter to be discussed to the City Clerk before 5 PM the day of the meeting. Citizens can register by calling 610-655-6204 or by entering their information in this form. Citizens may also register by printing their information on the form provided on the speaker podium in Council Chambers after 5 pm and before the start of the meeting.
Citizens speaking on agenda issues may speak for up to five minutes at the beginning of the meeting. Those speaking on general matters may speak for up to three minutes after the Council action on the legislative matter is complete. When the City Clerk signals that your time is complete, we ask that you quickly conclude your remarks and be seated.
Citizens who are interested in matters before Council but who cannot attend meetings in person have two other options. Meetings are televised live on the MAC Channel (Comcast channel 99) and through the City's website. Simply scroll to the bottom of the home page and click "Live and Archive Meeting Videos".
For information on the City's Boards, Authorities and Commissions click on the "Authorities or Boards & Commissions" menu item on the website main menu or by contacting the Council Office at 610 655 6204 or via e-mail, council@readingpa.gov.
If you would like to serve on one of the City's Boards, Authorities and Commissions click here, print an application, fill it out and mail it to the Council Office – 815 Washington Street, Reading PA 19601. If you cannot print a copy, call the Council Office at 610 655 6204 to request one and the Council staff will be happy to assist you.
The proper operation of democratic government requires that public officials and employees be independent, impartial and responsible to the people; that government decisions and policy be made in the proper channels of governmental structure; that public office is not to be used for personal gain; and that the public have confidence in the integrity of its government.
In recognition of these goals, there is an established Code of Ethics to be administered by the Board of Ethics. The purpose of this Code is to establish ethical standards of conduct for all officials and employees of the City of Reading, its agencies and authorities, whether elected or appointed, paid or unpaid, by providing guidelines to clarify actions or inactions which are incompatible with the best interests of the City and by directing disclosure of private, financial or other interests in matters affecting the City.
The provisions and purpose of this Code and such rules, regulations, opinions and disciplinary decisions as may be promulgated by the Board Pursuant hereto, and under provisions of Article XII of the Charter, are hereby declared to be in the best interest of the City.
The Code of Ethics is located on the City website. If you would like a bound copy, please contact the Council Office by calling 610 655 6204 or via e-mail, council@readingpa.gov.
Any person may file a complaint about alleged ethics violations of the Reading Code of Ethics or the City Charter. A complaint form may be requested through the Board of Ethics liaison, Michelle Katzenmoyer, by calling 610 655 6205, upon request from the Council staff office, or by clicking here. In addition, the Board may initiate proceedings by its own action.
A person signing a complaint shall:
Reasonably believe in the existence of facts upon which the claim is based.
Reasonably believe that the complaint may be valid under the ethics provisions of the Code of Ethics and the City Charter.No official or employee may be penalized for a good faith filing of a complaint with the Ethics Board, or providing information or testifying in any Board proceeding. An employee may not be discharged, suffer change in his/her official rank, grade or compensation, be denied a promotion or be threatened as a result of any of the above.
All Board proceedings and records relating to an investigation are confidential until a final determination is made by the Board, except as may be required by due process. The final order is a public record. All other file material must remain confidential. The Board, however, may release the identity of a complainant if it has determined that there has been a wrongful use of the Code of Ethics.
The Home Rule Charter acts as the "Constitution" for the City of Reading. It sets the operational rules for our government. The City Administrative Code, found in the Codified Ordinances, is used to further define Charter provisions. Copies of the Home Rule Charter may be acquired through publication provision of the City Council staff office and it is also available online.
The Charter Board, created under the 1st Amendment to the Home Rule Charter, hears and decides all complaints alleging violations of the Charter and Administrative Code. This Board is also responsible for providing orientation for all elected officials.
Charter complaint forms can be obtained on the City's web site, by phone or e-mailing the Council Office at 610 655 6204 or council@readingpa.gov.
Reasonably believe that the complaint may be valid under the City Charter and/or Administrative Code. No official or employee may be penalized for a good faith filing of a complaint with the Charter Board, or providing information or testifying in any Board proceeding. An employee may not be discharged, suffer change in his/her official rank, grade or compensation, be denied a promotion or be threatened as a result of any of the above.
All Board proceedings and records relating to an investigation are confidential until a final determination is made by the Board, except as may be required by due process. The final order is a public record. All other file material must remain confidential. The Board, however, may release the identity of a complainant if it has determined that there has been a violation of the Charter and/or Administrative Code.
The State provides for three forms of government in Pennsylvania:
Commission – established under the Third Class City Code
Optional Third Class Charter Law – established under the Third Class City Code in 1957
Home Rule Charter Optional – established by the State General Assembly in 1972, apart from the Third Class City Code
The Commission Form of government has a Mayor and City Councilors all elected at-large. The Mayor presides over Council meetings but has no additional power. Al these elected officials perform executive duties and direct the city departments. Under the Commission form there is no single or administrative officer to oversee the operations of the City.
Home Rule Charter Optional provided for 2 structures:
Strong Mayor / Part-time Council
Council / Manager
Reading voters approved the Home Rule Charter Optional form of government with a Strong Mayor / Part-time Council in the November 1993 General Election. The executive, administrative and law enforcement powers of the City are vested in the Mayor. The Mayor shall control and be accountable for the executive branch of City government.
City Council is the legislative body having all powers of the City not otherwise provided for in this Charter, exercised in a manner to be determined by Council. Council shall provide for the exercise and performance of any such other powers and duties in a manner consistent with the terms of the Charter. All powers of the City shall be exercised as provided by the Charter, or if the Charter makes no provision, as provided by ordinances or resolutions of the City Council.
The Charter defines the City's Departments and sets out requirements for professional department directors, who report to the City's Managing Director, appointed by the Mayor and approved by Council.
The City Clerk's Office houses a variety of current and old city records.
The City of Reading Code of Ordinances has many features in addition to the current city laws. This book provides references to applicable state and federal legislation. The Code of Ordinances also includes a key that provides the disposition of all city streets, improvements, vacations, etc. The key can also provide the researcher with the history and disposition of city ordinances. The Code of Ordinances have been available on-line since 1999, with updates done annually. The Code of Ordinances can also be found in the Main Branch of the Reading Public Library and the Berks County Law Library.
The office also holds the Journals of Council that include the ordinances and resolutions adopted dating back to 1854. Other old records include departmental reports, solicitor's opinions, Board of Health records, tax assessment records, Water Bureau reports, etc. Unfortunately, record retention and archiving diminished between the 1960's and 1995. In 1996 staff in the City Council/City Clerk's Office restored the practice of records retention and archiving, and the staff is currently working to digitize current and old city records so they are more accessible to the public.
These are public records that must be disclosed under Pennsylvania's Right to Know Act:
Accounts, vouchers or contracts dealing with the receipt or disbursement of funds or the acquisition, use or disposal of services or supplies, materials, equipment or other property (includes canceled checks and cell phone bills paid by the county)
Minutes, orders or decisions by an agency fixing the personal or property rights, privileges, immunities, duties or obligations of any person or group of persons
Reports, communications or other papers pertaining to safety and health in industrial plants
Records of a conviction for a criminal act In addition, Pennsylvania courts have ruled that the following records are subject to inspection and copying under the Right to Know Act:
Code of Ethics and manuals fixing duties and obligations regarding the treatment of state inmates
Penn DOT contract to perform emissions inspection
Department of Welfare: Nursing home settlement and appeal activity reports • Real estate appraisals performed in connection with a city's effort to acquire property (held to fix personal or property rights of the owners of the property affected)
A report prepared by a hospital accreditation commission for welfare department
A township's and municipality's canceled checks
Arrest warrant affidavits, unless court order says otherwise
Examination papers and scores of applicants for civil service jobs
Records of retired state employees
Attendance record cards of professional employees of school districts
The building record portion of property records (containing construction specifications) maintained by county boards for the assessment and revision of taxes
Accident reports and certain studies conducted by the Commonwealth concerning the accidents
Completed reports prepared by the Department of Labor and Industry on safety and health in industrial plants
The review and refund docket of the Board of Finance and Revenue
The list of names and addresses of kindergarten children in a school district
Police payroll records
Lists of people taking CPA exams
Addresses to which a school district forwarded the scholastic records of former pupils
Lists of delinquent taxpayers
Subscriber lists for magazines published by the Commonwealth
Crime, death and accident reports filed with the police department
Names and addresses of public high school graduating classes
Evaluations of state psychiatric institutions compiled by a commission which prescribes standards for hospitals participating in certain federally funded programs
Statistical data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education on the racial and ethnic composition, by school district, of programs for exceptional children
Settlement agreement in police brutality lawsuit
A list of unclaimed checks held by the state Treasury Department
Escheat records of abandoned and unclaimed property held by the Department of Revenue
Hearing transcripts of testimony and evidence from an electric utility base rate case before the PUC
Although individual agencies still may agree to release the following information, Pennsylvania courts have ruled that these records are NOT subject to inspection or copying under the Right to Know Act:
A Pennsylvania Insurance Department investigative file on a licensee
Psychological, staffing and job evaluations made to complete a state prisoner's suit against Department of Corrections officials in regards to parole consideration
Criminal pre-sentence reports and related psychiatric and psychological reports
Notice of compensation records from Bureau of Workers Compensation
Correspondence and memoranda by Department of General Services concerning request for proposals to lease office space to government agency
Information relating to assignment of assistant district attorneys to specific cases
The contents of a contractual settlement between a school board and a teacher
Field investigation notes taken by city planning department staff to report to a city council member
Departmental budget reports required by the budget secretary (held to be a statement of facts and events, not an "account" consisting of debits and credits)
Names, addresses and amounts received by welfare recipients
Contents of a teacher's personnel file maintained by the school district
Financial disclosure statements voluntarily submitted in response to executive orders requesting such statements from members of the governor's cabinet and members of certain agencies
Financial information regarding the operation of state-related universities
Physical fitness reports and promotional evaluation reports of police departments
The name of a person who accused a police officer of receiving stolen property as well as the police department's files on the investigation of the complaint
"Raw data" compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health for a study on the connection between the Three Mile Island accident and birth defects
Information from tax returns filed with a municipality and results of tax audits
Plans for special education programs submitted to, but not acted on, by the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Request for the statements and notes of testimony of alleged co-defendants, as well as requests for all relevant newspaper clippings and articles dealing with a criminal case
Job applications that were not reviewed
Police investigative reports
Audio tape recordings of 911 telephone calls
Urinalysis reports from halfway houses
Legal opinions from solicitors and attorneys that are not essential components of agency decisions • Inmates' medical and mental health records
Right to Know request forms are available at City Hall at the Law Department. The City's Right to Know policy is available on the City's website in the "Open Government" box on the left of the home page. There is also a link to the form on the Law Department page.
The form must be completed and returned to the City's Law Department, 815 Washington St, Reading, PA 19601. Please call 610-655-6208 with additional questions.
Citizen Initiative and Referendum are two ways that citizens not holding political office may present legislation for the City. The two opportunities are as follows:
Initiative: The qualified voters of the City shall have the power to propose ordinances to the Council. If the Council fails to adopt such an ordinance, the initiative process would place the proposed ordinance before the voters as a referendum at an election, providing the City voters with the opportunity to adopt or reject the ordinance at a City election.
Referendum: The qualified voters of the City shall have the power to require reconsideration by the Council of any adopted ordinance. If the Council fails to repeal an ordinance so reconsidered, the Referendum process may be commenced giving the qualified voters of the City the opportunity to approve or reject said ordinance at a City election.
For more detail, please contact the Council Office by calling 610 655 6204 or e-mail to council@readingpa.gov.
The Council Office can take a concern or complaint about City Services, and work with the appropriate City department(s) to efficiently rectify the problem. In addition, Council members note problematic trends in order to improve upon or implement any additional services that benefit the City. If you have a concern that the City Clerk or City Council can assist with, contact the Council staff office at 610 655 6204, via e-mail council@readingpa.gov or by writing to 815 Washington Street Reading, PA 19601.
In 2013, City Council enacted new campaign finance reporting regulations as recommended by the City Board of Ethics. A summary of the requirements are:
Campaign Limits
The Code of Ethics sets limits for campaign contributions for both election years and non-election years as follows:
Election year:
Maximum contribution by individuals - $2,600
Maximum contribution by organizations - $10,400
Maximum contribution by campaign committees - $10,400
Non-Election year:
Mayor – contributions may not exceed $150,000 per year
Auditor – contributions may not exceed $75,000 per year
City Council President may not exceed $50,000 per year
City Council may not exceed $25,000 per year
Please review the Code of Ethics for additional information. The Code can be found on the City's website at www.readingpa.gov.
Penalties and Remedies
Penalties included in the Code of Ethics are admonition, public censure, suspension, termination, referral to other authorities, ineligibility to hold public office, fines of up to $1,000 per violation, administrative fines of up to $1,000 per violation, payment to the City of the sum of any financial gain made as a result of the violation, barring of participants from any City business dealings for up to five years, and payment of restitution.
In addition, the Board may order the subject to cease and desist from engaging in a specific activity, order specific action to come into compliance, institute civil action, and recommend forfeiture of office to City Council.
Please review the Code of Ethics for complete information. The Code can be found on the City's website at www.readingpa.gov.
Candidates must notify the City of Reading Board of Ethics when a political committee is formed and must submit a form to the Board of Ethics. Please get full details from the Code of Ethics.
Candidates must file a Financial Interest Statement and provide a copy to the Board of Ethics and must submit a copy of their State report of receipts and expenditures to the office of the City Clerk along with a written statement signed by the filer swearing that the information is true and correct.
These provisions will be available on the City of Reading website – www.readingpa.gov on the Board of Ethics page – at all times.
Please call the Berks County Election Services offices at 610-478-6490 or visit their website at www.co.berks.pa.us and click on Election Services.


Conflicts happen in all places, and workplace is no exemption. A workplace has a diverse workforce with different backgrounds. Their ambitions and goals differ and easily results in conflicts. Nonetheless, workplace conflict does not necessarily result in negative impact, when well resolved it could indeed result in positive outcomes. As noted by Hellriegel, et al. (2001) by resolving conflict effectively, an organization can solve numerous issues that surfaces, and get to know other issues it was unaware of. One of the best ways of resolving workplace conflict is through negotiation. This short paper examines workplace conflict at Tesco plc, a leading general merchandising and international grocery retail chain based in the United Kingdom.
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Conflicts in the workplace are a common experience that many mangers encounter. Conflicts are categorical of the nature where organizations are able to relate with each other together with personnel interaction. Within an organization or company as Publix Company, conflict resolution measures should be undertaken as part of the restructuring, growth and development procedures. As a result, it is imperative to have negotiation strategies, which are supposed to counter conflicts within an organization. Negotiation strategies can be applied in various ways when it comes to negotiating through finding measures and methods of stopping or reducing conflicts within an organization (Daft, 2010).
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Firstly, fact-based decision-making can be challenging. This is mainly evident when it comes to choosing the facts to be followed and the ones to be dismissed. Note that, data to be used in decision-making should be relevant and logical, and determination of this is quite difficult. Secondly, evidence-based management does not adequately address the value of judgement and intuition. This is mainly in situations of high uncertainty and risk which is a common phenomenon facing the management team while making strategic decisions. However, for the management to avoid these limitations, it should foster a culture of observation, experimentation and inquiry while coming up with ideas (Daft, 2010). Also, the organization should encourage diversity in terms of age, gender, expertise and experience to facilitate diverse ideas and opinions during the decision-making process.
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decision making tools and techniques whereby 6 Thinking Hats has been chosen as one of its tools. This decision making tool is widely used in the business world of today.
The activities I will engage in will support the full scope of situational awareness and lead to decisions about what information is available, what information is needed, what resources are available, which resources are already engaged, and which resources are likely to be needed.
As deployment commences, attention will immediately be focused on situational awareness. Continuous monitoring is an essential attribute of situational awareness as incidents are dynamic, and require efficacious information gathering for the actual presenting incident and any developing incidents ("IS 800.b," 2011). The monitoring profile must be responsive to the type of incident and the attendant reporting thresholds ("IS 800.b," 2011). It is essential for both incident monitoring and coordination of effort that critical information pass through established reporting channels as stipulated by the established security protocols ("IS 800.b," 2011).
Yechiam, E., Barron, G., & Erev, I. (2005, June). The role of personal experience in contributing to different patterns of response to rare terrorist attacks.
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Corporate Confirming on Water isk (Feb 2010) indicates that the Global Confirming Initiative (GI) G3 Guidelines' five water-related indications (total withdrawal volume by source, ponds considerably impacted by distributions, percentage and total amount of water recycled and used again, total water discharge by quality and destination, and identification water physiques and related habitats impacted by discharges) make the perfect beginning point for assessing and confirming water risks. Within this section, we'll briefly discuss the relevance of all these standards (Power, 2010).
oganizational decision making best explains decision making in an ideal-Typical Webeian bueaucacy?
In a classical Webeian bueaucacy, decisions ae made in an impesonal manne. People mean vey little, in tems of the functionality of the oganization. Pocesses athe than people ae impotant. In a classical Webeian model, even when the pesonnel within the bueaucatic stuctue might change, the oganization would still emain equally efficient. Subodinates follow the diections of thei supeios, but technical qualifications, athe than favoitism detemines pomotions. This could be called 'bounded ationality,' o ationally opeating to achieve optimal outcomes within imposed constaints and the limited knowledge available.
references, options, and outcomes, the influence of competing interests can create very different perceptions of what is rational.
Of course, it should be noted that Weber merely stated that bureaucracies pursued the best possible courses of rational actions for themselves, not for the world as a whole. But even that cannot fully explain why some organizations take actions that are profitable in the short-term (such as selling subprime loans) and fail to rationally anticipate likely negative long-term consequences that will harm the organization and cause it to implode because of the likely fall-out. Furthermore, decision-makers may not have optimal knowledge of 'the rules' and imperfectly follow them, causing the organization to behave irrationally in the absence of sufficient constraints (like laws on the banking industry).
"Have you seen the problem in the accounting documents that Employee B. posted?" Employee A asks Manager C. Manager C. then has the power in the form of decision-making. Either that manager will accept responsibility for Employee A's conflict and make the decision to look further into the issue, or that manager will place the responsibility back upon Employee A in a manner that makes he or she handle the issue themselves. esearchers have long noted that triangulation doesn't resolve an issue, but rather it often prolongs and amplifies disagreements and misunderstandings which leave managers and administrators who find themselves engaged in such tactics looking for constructive alternatives (Hiebert and Klatt, 2001, p. 370).
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Whether in business or other settings, Chinese people will often demonstrate a notable lack of contentiousness, preferring to say indirectly what an American would not hesitate to say frankly.
If one's professional or social senior in China errs in some way, the junior will seldom correct or criticize him. This is in part because doing so would cause the senior to lose face, which is undesirable. One does not want to be the reason another loses face. Others take a dim view of someone who caused another to lose face in this way.
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Uustal (1993) proposed a decision-making model concrete steps arrive a morally acceptable solution faced ethical dilemma. What type ethical dilemma encountered clinical setting? How decision-making model identified Uustal applied situation? Be specific describing steps.
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hile allowing an authoritarian voice to hold final sway over what is done may be least desirable, it may be necessary in a very spread-out group with many areas of expertise, or if the leader bears the brunt of the responsibility for the project and has greater knowledge of the different organizational factors involved.
There is no single perfect formula for forming a cohesive group, making decisions, and arguing in a constructive manner. The only rule that does hold fast and firm, regardless of the composition and authority structure of the group, good listening skills are necessary, as well balanced consideration of all sides of a debate. A healthy group, even a group dominated by a single leader, must not fall into groupthink, or create an environment where only a single opinion is considered valid, and dissent is not permitted.
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decision making points a nonprofit organization. Study Boys & Girls Club New ochelle (http://www.bgcnr.org/-great.aspx) info find. Create a case study utilizing information learned Managerial Decision Making.
What is the history of the organization? What is the mission of the organization?
The Boys and Girls of New ochelle was initiated in 1929 aiming at safeguarding the interests of youth as the big sufferers during harsh economic times. Through the efforts of well-wishers, the Club has continually made efforts to meet the needs of the youth and the surrounding community (Bazerman, 1997).
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In 2015, Volkswagen was accused of installing secret software in its engine management computers to cheat strict fuel economy and emissions tests. In order to determine the ethical decision Volkswagen should have made, one can use ethical decision-making models, such as: Utilitarianism; Kantian Ethics; Ethical Rights; and Distributive Justice. Though these four models use different approaches, one or more of them can result in a justified recommendation for the correct ethical decision that Volkswagen should have made.
Components contributing to the library's decision making process include the library per se; its purposes' its structure and organization' its functions and forms/kinds of data; its resources in/for staff/volunteers; its facilities; its equipment.
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quantum and incremental technological change? Why are these types of change important to organizations?
We humans make a whole lot of important decisions daily. While some are very unconscious biological decisions, most are decisions arising from conscious efforts. All human activities center on decision-making. This makes all of us decision-makers. As a matter of fact, every sound decision choice begins with a successive, focused, strategic-thinking process. Self-incurred tutelage still holds a whole lot of people bound. Tutelage simply implies that the person involved is unable to make his or her own decisions. In this tutelage, self-incurred is not based on the inability to reason, but may be due to lack on courage and resolution to make use of it without anything or anyone telling that individual what to do (Arsham, 2015).
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Operating in several geographical locations, quite a number of firms have many product lines, which many marketing scholars believe are ever confronted by myriad dilemmas. o facilitate consistent decision-making processes, it is vital for the firms to come up with overall but common marketing strategies while at the same time, it is very essential for firms to permit their employees the ease to make their specific circumstances suit marketing decisions. However, allowing such flexible measures always leads to challenges in making marketing decisions because everyone, including managers often project dissimilar mental pictures and models of marketing.
The bias as referred to by Saunders et al. (2012)make an impact on reliability by: the general disposition and behavioral attributes of the researcher while in the fieldwork may cause different reactions; care has been taken to assimilate questions in way so as to not be suggestive in its approach. The utmost integrity can only be achieved by means of faith of the interviewee in the researcher that has been followed in this work religiously.
The role played by the respondent is as crucial as that of the interviewer. He must not be, in any way be prejudiced, about the researcher or the work (Saunders et al., 2012). The possibility of respondents not giving unbiased view and opinion to questions and queries cannot be ruled out even if the researcher takes all the measures to win wholehearted support. That is specially so because of the fact that the questionnaire may contain sensitive and personal questions to which one may refrain from giving honest answers, despite the fact that the researcher will make efforts to build trust prior to giving questionnaire, and it is but natural that the subjects will be aware about the delicate nature of certain questions and may decide not to reveal and answer certain questions.
The cause of the conflict provided in the scenario would have been the first element to be considered before any conclusions were jumped at by the conflict resolver. The paramount mode this could have been done was through giving an ear to each of the parties involved in the conflict, in this case, eese and Patel. This element would have ensured that the conflict was entirely solved other than the temporal act just to fulfill the company's and boss' objective (Borisoff, 1997).
The extent of conflict was supposed to be analyzed to help the resolver know the intensity of conflict resolution to be applied.
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Considering first the importance of understanding conflict in the organization, it seems reasonable to argue that Jameson's observations about the humanness of the organization and the implications of humanness for the development of conflict are indeed quite apt. As reported by Jameson, conflict is an inevitable part of a system in which human beings are required to cooperate in order to achieve goals. Further, Jameson's analysis of conflict as having different typologies also appears to be relevant. Analysis of one's personal life provides indications that there are different types of conflicts and that there are different types of resolutions that must be employed in order to resolve conflict. Given that conflict can have such a negative impact on the organization, its operations, employee morale and productivity, organizations need to have some understanding of conflict and the specific steps that can be taken to resolve conflict.
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The issue is that the purchasing manager is uncertain about what to do. There is an intimation that the purchasing manager should purchase from Tabitha's, regardless of whether the bid is competitive, but that has not been made clear.
"There is a growing sense of the world's interdependence and connectedness, and an understanding that progress is an illusion if it destroys the conditions for life to thrive on earth" (Buchholz, 1991). Twenty years ago, business ethicist and university professor Rogene Buccholz made the point that preserving natural resources should be a priority for the business community. Since that time, corporate social responsibility has become an even more important goal. Consequently, we prepared this report to provide the management team of American Beverage Corporation (ABC) with recommendations on launching a corporate environmental and sustainability program.
Not only do green practices give ABC a competitive advantage in the market, but like many companies, we expect to be able to sell waste materials to a manufacturer that repurposes or recycles the waste for a profit. General Mills offers one such example, selling the oat hulls left over after making Cheerios cereal. General Mills is reported to have sold 86% of their solid waste in 2006, making more profit from selling it than they spent on disposal (Jenkins, 2010).
Another savings opportunity associated with going green comes in the form of lower taxes. The government is currently providing businesses with more green tax credits and deductions than ever before. By installing a Geothermal heating system, ABC can qualify for a tax credit of 30%. So in addition to sizable savings on our energy bills, we save 30% off the total cost of the system.