The Role of Non-Executive Directors in the Current Business Environment Non-executive directors (NEDs) are members of a company’s Board of Directors who are not part of the executive team; as such they do not engage in the daily management or operations of the company or organization. They are appointed through a letter of appointment by companies or organizations to challenge or monitor CEOs or senior management. They bring an independent perspective to decision making and typically have the responsibility of monitoring committees such as audit committees, remuneration committees, and nominations committee (Pass, 2002). In general, the role of NEDs is often described as that of a long-serving, consensual based decision-maker and custodian of the governance process in a company or an organization. The role of NEDs is broad, and their demand continues to increase over the years. (Dunne and Morris, 2008,7 ) split these roles into two components, namely: ‘ensuring’ and ‘adding value’ further, (Johnson et al., 1996) sums up these roles into three leading roles, namely: control, service, and resource dependency. From the preceding, it can be noted that…

Environmental sociology Question 1: Norway is a politically stable, modern and highly developed country with a robust economy. The Norwegian economy is characterized by being open and mixed, with a combination of private and public Cultural, political economy (CPE) is an approach to political economy that focuses on how economic systems, and their parts, are products of specific human, technical, and natural relations. Notwithstanding longer historical roots, CPE emerged as part of the “cultural turn” within the social sciences. Emotions are essential in constructing socially organized denial, and sadly, these are not given importance as much as they deserve. Question 2: Story 1 is discovering Who You Are (African), story two is genetic science will end racism, and the last one is The Vanishing Indigene. (b) That is the crucial critique, not that scientific evidence itself is debatable. Scientists themselves arrive at that conclusion, at least in part, when they endlessly dispute whether there was one migration or three, how long ago, and whether ancient peoples have sailed here across the Pacific. One can say with a good deal of…

Urban environments Urban environments are with no doubt different from rural areas in several ways. Some of the characteristics of urban environments include modernization in terms of development which means that there is a high density of human structures such as roads and houses. These, among other factors associated with urban areas, is what makes them unique when compared to small towns and rural settings. The most significant factor associated with modern societies is the growth of great cities. An important thing to note when accessing the level of urbanization of a given place is the fact that the degree of urbanization is not measured by the total population but the by the level of development in the area. Certain attributes are recognized to have played a significant role in making urban environments different from small towns. These differences can be discussed in reference to the sociological definition of a city which is “…is a relatively large, dense, and permanent settlement of heterogeneous individuals” (WIRTH 1). From this definition, it is clear that an urban environment is densely populated, unlike…

negotiations in a business environment In the discipline of business management, negotiation is very paramount in dealing with various business activities. Negotiation is a process that engages two parties or more that contain different goals and needs. The two parties come together to look for a mutually acceptable solution. In the line of business, negotiations are used in daily activities interactions and the official purpose of an organization. Every kind of consultation has an agenda to accomplish with well-elaborated goals to achieve. Negotiations in business entail various aspects to ensure the success of a business. This essay will focus on negotiations in a business environment with a specific agenda to achieve desired objectives. Every good negotiation must have an agenda. There is always a reason why people doing business engage in talks. A particular organization might decide to make offers of certain products. The interested party of such kind of an order will have to negotiate with the manager of the company giving suggestions to make sure they reach a consensus in doing business. This will all depend on the…