Research Article Review: Enhancing Work Team Effectiveness Summary A project, whether in science, construction, or project management, needs a team. Team management is important to ensure there’s effectiveness and hence, maximum productivity from each member of a team. NAS (2015), in his literature research, highlights the crucial factors in a team process that ensure the effectiveness of a team, plus the interventions and actions that can be used to shape the process quality. Despite the focus on science teams, NAS (2015) explains that the team dynamics in project management teams inform other teams outside their contexts; hence, this research can be extended to other fields. The article begins by highlighting the theoretical framework behind understanding team effectiveness. He suggests two considerations to be the multilevel unfolding of teams overtime and comprehending the team’s structure of workflow. Teams are composed of different individuals that need to coordinate resources. Team processes are ways that these teams coordinate resources. There are cognitive processes that mostly deal with how information is shared among the team members. The team process can be behavioral, including how…
Describe your short- and long-term career goals and how the NYU Stern Executive MBA program will help you accomplish them. The information technology domain has always fascinated me since the day I decided to switch my domain from mechanical to IT back in the year 2000. With technology advancement, more and more Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) focused companies are switching to leverage online services – from incident management, environmental compliance, and sustainability management. Thus, I believe Environmental domain based IT services & products will be an exciting area of growth in the years to come. When I decided to switch my domain from mechanical to information technology, I realized that I lacked Software Engineering experience and therefore decided to pursue my Masters in Computer Science in the US. The first couple of years, I worked as a Software Consultant to understand the diverse Information Technology domain and to acquire hands-on experience in programming. I was quickly promoted to Senior Application Architect/Technical Manager and then to Director in an IT services company, where I spearheaded the growth of the…
Social media and professional career Introduction Notably, the social media has become a great part of many people’s lives and it has become great to remain connected with the global world. Just almost everybody you know is on Twitter, What-up, LinkedIn, and Facebook. When properly utilized, the social media platforms can be far beneficial in unimaginable ways. On the other hand, when used in the wrong way, it can impact an individual negatively. Some of the impacts of the social media are mild, and they might not be noticeable in the short run. However, their impact, in the long run, can be devastating (Roman, 2014). The main objective of this essay is to explore the positive and the negative impact of the social media on professional careers and how one can elevate the positive and supress the negative. There are various positive impacts that the social media can have on an individual professional career. One of the impacts is that it can help a person to network with co-workers and potential employers. Social media platform such as Facebook and LinkedIn…
Navigating Public-Private Partnerships Purpose of study Public education landscape in many urban districts is being transformed as private-sector providers such as educational management organizations partner with or run the district schools. Some private sector providers’ vision for school reform has remained static over time. The increase in the public-private sector partnerships has made the concerned policy maker struggle to improve low-performing schools. Therefore, there is a need to examine different private-sector providers to identify factors which may contribute to success or failure of the public-private partnerships. This article creates a framework that places these private sector providers in a continuum of control. Conceptual framework Purchasing of services from private providers such as school lunch, and busing is common in district schools across the nation. Some argue that this public-private partnership has made service delivery in these schools more effective. Proponents of the private-public partnerships say that these private sector providers will use their outsider status and experience to access personal and professional networks that will spark creativity in the public school system. In contrast, the detractors of the public-private partnership…
Benefits and Challenges of Advanced Practitioners The ANP role is seen as having the professional knowledge, behaviours and also the skills of high level, and the ability to practice health care safely and effectively, (Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence, 2009). Adopting these key qualities accompanied by expert skills as well as knowledge, ANPs are in a position to assist in the reduction of patients waiting whenever they are under critical conditions. As such, this is achieved by first identifying the Urgent and non-urgent cases in the Emergency Department, as suitable and transferring to majors or results, therefore keeping the unit to full capacity. Arguably, the most important benefit of ANPs is its ability in improving the quality of services at the Emergency Department (McDevitt and Melby 2015) by increasing positive patient outcome satisfaction and safety (McDonnell et al 2014). Virtually most emergency departments consider themselves as understaffed, particularly when regarding medical staffing. As such, this is true to some extent considering that it’s a sector whose workload is large and variable from time to time. However, this makes it…
Research Methodologies:Well-Prepared in Their Own Eyes Research Method Used The article about “Well-Prepared in Their Own Eyes” was conducted by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) to evaluate questions revolving on the career preparations of the students in mid-level colleges and universities (Jaschik, 2015). The researchers used surveys to conduct this research. The study focused on the employers and the new graduates who enter the job market and what the employers think about their career preparations in the colleges and universities. The use of the survey was the most appropriate method of research in this work because it comprises raw views and ideas from various stakeholders of higher education (Geiger, 2017). In reality, data for sociological research require fresh information from the participants and the information should not have been subjected to increased scrutiny which may distort it, thus the relevance of the method of the survey in this research. Strengths and Weaknesses of Survey Method Survey method is one of the widely used techniques in research. The survey allows individuals some level of anonymity in which they…
RESEARCH PROPOSAL: TEACHER MOTIVATION Introduction According to Ryan and Deci (2016), teacher motivation plays a vital function with regards to the promotion of both learning and teaching excellence. Normally, teachers who are motivated are highly prone to motivate their learners to learn within the classroom milieu, so as to make certain the full execution of the various educational reforms in addition to the sense of fulfillment and satisfaction. In spite of the teacher motivation being considered as a fundamental aspect of the learning and teaching process, a number of teachers in South Africa are not highly motivated. This perception should be given unmatched attention even as investigations into the various aspects impacting the teacher motivation has been noted as essential to the realization of the various educational objectives and goals in all institutions of learning (Good & Lavigne, A. L. (2017). The objective of this research will, therefore, be to identify the various impacting teachers motivation in various high schools located within Cape Town, South Africa. To attain this objective, the research will be guided through a number of objectives.…
Job analysis Job analysis refers to the step-by-step identification and specification of a given employment post or position’s requirements. Precisely, it further entails the systematic study and research on jobs to identify and determine the activities and requirements that they entail, their relevant essence and importance while comparing with other jobs, the individual necessities and qualities needed for one to perform the jobs and the conditions in which the job is to be carried out. In this case, much focus cast over the job analysis for the expansion of Pepsi Cola Company into Deriver in Colorado. A crucial concept in this paper is based on the analysis of the job in regard to the evaluation conducted on what activities take place in Pepsi Cola Company. Job analysis is a very crucial aspect as it can result into competitive and admirable outcomes when successfully executed. In other words it lays the foundation of every organization that aims at a smart success. In many occurrences or instances, job analysis is majorly documented through a questionnaire prepared on a given job and in…
Research Gap Worksheet Overlap between General Factors of Personality in the Big Five, Giant Three, and trait emotional intelligence. Linden, D. V., Tsaousis, I., & Petrides, K. (2012). The overlap between General Factors of Personality in the Big Five, Giant Three, and trait emotional intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 175-179. The Big Five Personality Dimensions and Job Performance: A Meta-Analysis. Barrick, M. R., & Mount, M. K. (Spring 1991). The Big Five Personality Dimensions and Job Performance: Meta-Analysis. In Personnel Psychology. The Multifactorial Nature of Extraversion-Introversion in the MYERS-BRIGGS Type Indicator and Eysenck Personality Inventory. Sipps, G. J., & Alexander, R. A. (1987). The Multifactorial Nature of Extraversion- Introversion in the MYERS-BRIGGS Type Indicator and Eysenck Personality Inventory. In Educational and Psychological Measurement (pp. Vol 47, Issue 3 pp. 543 -552). A general factor of personality: Evidence for the Big One in the five-factor mode Musek, J. (2007).A general factor of personality: Evidence for the Big One in the five-factor model. Journal of Research in Personality, (Volume 41, Issue 6 pp. 1213-1233). The General Factor of Personality: A meta-analysis of Big…
Sex Differences in Self-Construals in Relationships The following paper seeks to present a critique of the article that seeks social standing; women seek companionship: sex differences in deriving self-worth from relationships. It shall commence by summarizing the major findings of the research and then proceed to the critique of the findings by presenting a personal view on the position of the researchers on the basis of reliability and effectiveness as well as ethical considerations of the research work. The article by Kwang et al. (2013) entitled Men to seek social standing, women, seek companionship: sex differences in deriving self-worth from relationships is an experimental analysis of the impact of gender on the perception of men and women towards self-worth. As indicated in study 1, the article indicates that despite the difference in perception of lay people regarding the subject, the relationship remains a critical component in the determination of self-worth of both men and women. Further, as indicated in the experiment, study 1 categorically indicates that although there are stereotypic views on the subject of relationship and self-worth, both men…