The Curious Murder of Rasputin

The mysterious  Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, a peasant who claimed powers of healing and prediction, had the ear of Russian Czarina Alexandra. The aristocracy held negative views about a peasant in such a high position, and peasants disliked the rumors that the czarina was sleeping with such a scoundrel. Rasputin was seen as the dark force who was ruining Mother Russia. To save the monarchy, several members of the aristocracy conspired to murder Rasputin. On the night of Dec. 16, 1916, they tried. The plan was simple. Yet on that fateful night, the conspirators found that killing Rasputin would be very difficult indeed. The Mad Monk Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra, the emperor and empress of Russia, had tried for years to give birth to a male heir. After four girls were born, the royal couple was desperate. They called in many mystics and holy men. Finally, in 1904, Alexandra gave birth to a baby boy, Aleksei Nikolayevich. Unfortunately, the boy who had been the answer to their prayers was afflicted with the royal disease, hemophilia. Every time Aleksei began to bleed, it would not stop. The royal couple became frantic to find a cure for their son. Again, mystics, holy men, and healers were consulted. Nothing helped until 1908, when Rasputin was called upon to aid the young czarevich during one of his bleeding episodes. Rasputin was a peasant born in the Siberian town of Pokrovskoye on Jan. 10, probably in the year 1869. Rasputin underwent a religious transformation around the age of 18 and spent three months in the Verkhoturye Monastery. When he returned to Pokrovskoye he was a changed man. Though he married Proskovia Fyodorovna and had three children with her (two girls and a boy), he began to wander as a strannik (pilgrim or wanderer). During his wanderings, Rasputin traveled to Greece and Jerusalem. Though he often traveled back to Pokrovskoye, he found himself in St. Petersburg in 1903. By then he was proclaiming himself a starets, or holy man who had healing powers and could predict the future. When Rasputin was summoned to the royal palace in 1908, he proved he had a healing power. Unlike his predecessors, Rasputin was able to help the boy. How he did it is still greatly disputed. Some people say that Rasputin used hypnotism; others say Rasputin didnt know how to hypnotize. Part of Rasputins continued mystique is the remaining question as to whether he really had the powers he claimed. Having proven his holy powers to Alexandra, however, Rasputin did not remain just the healer for Aleksei; Rasputin soon became Alexandras confidant and personal adviser. To the aristocrats, having a peasant advising the czarina, who in turn held a great deal of influence over the czar, was unacceptable. In addition, Rasputin loved alcohol and sex, both of which he consumed in excess. Though Rasputin appeared to be a pious and saintly holy man in front of the royal couple, others saw him as a sex-craved peasant who was ruining Russia and the monarchy. It didnt help that Rasputin was having sex with women in high society in exchange for granting political favors, nor that many in Russia believed Rasputin and the czarina were lovers and wanted to make a separate peace with the Germans; Russia and Germany were enemies during World War I. Many people wanted to get rid of Rasputin. Attempting to enlighten the royal couple about the danger they were in, influential people approached both Nicholas and Alexandra with the truth about Rasputin and the rumors that were circulating. To everyones great dismay, they both refused to listen. So who was going to kill Rasputin before the monarchy was completely destroyed? The Murderers Prince Felix Yusupov seemed an unlikely murderer. Not only was he the heir to a vast family fortune, but he also was married to the czars niece Irina, a beautiful young woman. Yusupov  was also considered very good looking, and with his looks and money, he was able to indulge in his fancies. His fancies usually were in the form of sex, much of which was considered perverse at the time, especially transvestism and homosexuality. Historians think that these attributes helped Yusupov  ensnare Rasputin. Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich was Czar Nicholas IIs cousin. Pavlovich was once engaged to the czars eldest daughter, Olga Nikolaevna, but his continued friendship with the homosexually inclined Yusupov made the royal couple break off the engagement. Vladimir Purishkevich was an outspoken member of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. On Nov. 19, 1916, Purishkevich made a rousing speech in the Duma, in which he said, The czars ministers who have been turned into marionettes, marionettes whose threads have been taken firmly in hand by Rasputin and the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna—the evil genius of Russia and the czar...who has remained a German on the Russian throne and alien to the country and its people. Yusupov  attended the speech and afterward  contacted Purishkevich, who quickly agreed to participate in the murder of Rasputin. Others involved were  Lt. Sergei Mikhailovich Sukhotin, a convalescing young officer of the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Dr. Stanislaus de Lazovert was a friend and Purishkevichs physician. Lazovert was added as the fifth member because they needed someone to drive the car. The Plan The plan was relatively simple. Yusupov was to befriend Rasputin and then lure Rasputin to the Yusupov palace to be killed. Since Pavlovich was busy every night until December 16 and Purishkevich was leaving on a hospital train for the front on December 17, it was decided that the murder would be committed on the night of the 16th and in the early morning hours of the 17th. As for what time, the conspirators wanted the cover of night to hide the murder and the disposal of the body. Plus, Yusupov noticed that Rasputins apartment wasnt guarded after midnight. It was decided that Yusupov would pick up Rasputin at his apartment at half past midnight. Knowing  Rasputins  love of sex, the conspirators would use Yusupovs beautiful wife, Irina, as bait. Yusupov would tell Rasputin that he could meet her at the palace with the innuendo of a possible sexual liaison. Yusupov wrote his wife, who was staying at their home in the Crimea, to ask her to join him in this important event. After several letters, she wrote back in the beginning of December in hysteria saying that she couldnt follow through with it. The conspirators then had to find a way to lure Rasputin without actually having Irina there. They decided to keep Irina as a lure  but fake her presence. Yusupov and Rasputin would enter a side entrance of the palace with stairs leading down to the basement so that no one could see them enter or leave the palace. Yusupov was having the basement refurbished as a cozy dining room. Since the Yusupov palace was along the Moika Canal and across from a police station, using guns was not possible for fear of them being heard. Thus, they decided to use poison. The dining room in the basement would be set up as if several guests had just left it in a hurry. Noise would be coming from upstairs as if Yusupovs wife was entertaining unexpected company. Yusupov would tell Rasputin that his wife would come down once her guests had left. While waiting for Irina, Yusupov would offer Rasputin potassium cyanide-laced pastries and wine. They needed to make sure that no one knew that Rasputin was going with Yusupov to his palace. Besides urging Rasputin not to tell anyone of his rendezvous with Irina, the plan was for Yusupov to pick up Rasputin via the back stairs of his apartment. Finally, the conspirators decided that they would call the restaurant/inn Villa Rhode on the night of the murder to ask if Rasputin was there yet, hoping to make it seem that he was expected there but never showed up. After Rasputin was killed, the conspirators were going to wrap up the body in a rug, weigh it down, and throw it into a river. Since winter had already come, most of the rivers near St. Petersburg were frozen. The conspirators spent a morning looking for a suitable hole in the ice to dump the body. They found one on the Malaya Nevka River. The Setup In November, about a month before the murder, Yusupov contacted Maria Golovina, a longtime friend of his who also happened to be close to Rasputin. He complained that  he had been having chest pains that doctors had been unable to cure. She immediately suggested that he should see Rasputin for his healing powers, as Yusupov knew she would. Golovina arranged for them both to meet at her apartment. The contrived friendship began, and Rasputin began calling Yusupov by a nickname, Little One. Rasputin and Yusupov met a number of times during November and December. Since Yusupov had told Rasputin that he didnt want his family to know about their friendship, it was agreed that Yusupov would enter and leave Rasputins apartment via a staircase in the back. Many have speculated that more than just healing went on at these sessions and that the two were sexually involved. At some point, Yusupov mentioned that his wife would be arriving from the Crimea in the middle of December. Rasputin showed interest in meeting her, so they arranged for Rasputin to meet Irina just after midnight on December 17. It was also agreed that Yusupov would pick Rasputin up and drop him off. For several months, Rasputin had been living in fear. He had been drinking even more heavily than usual and constantly dancing to Gypsy music to try to forget his terror. Numerous times, Rasputin mentioned to people that he was going to be killed. Whether this was a true premonition or whether he heard the rumors circulating around St. Petersburg is uncertain. Even on  Rasputins last day  alive, several people visited him to warn him to stay home and not go out. Around midnight on December 16, Rasputin changed clothes into a light blue shirt, embroidered with cornflowers and blue velvet pants. Though he had agreed not to tell anyone where he was going that night, he had actually told several people, including his daughter Maria and Golovina, who had introduced him to Yusupov. The Murder Near midnight, the conspirators all met at the Yusupov palace in the newly created basement dining room. Pastries and wine adorned the table. Lazovert put on rubber gloves and then crushed the potassium cyanide crystals into powder and placed some in the pastries and a small amount in two wine glasses. They left some pastries unpoisoned so that Yusupov could partake. After everything was ready, Yusupov and Lazovert went to pick up the victim. Around 12:30 a.m. a visitor arrived at Rasputins apartment via the back stairs. Rasputin greeted the man at the door. The maid was still awake and was looking through the kitchen curtains; she later said she saw that it was the Little One (Yusupov). The two men left in a car driven by a chauffeur, who was actually Lazovert. When they arrived at the palace, Yusupov took Rasputin to the side entrance and down the stairs to the basement dining room. As Rasputin entered the room he could hear noise and music upstairs, and Yusupov explained that Irina had been detained by unexpected guests but would be down shortly. The other conspirators waited until after Yusupov and Rasputin entered the dining room, then they stood by the stairs leading down to it, waiting for something to happen. Everything up to this point had been going to plan, but that didnt last much longer. While supposedly waiting for Irina, Yusupov offered Rasputin one of the poisoned pastries. Rasputin refused, saying they were too sweet. Rasputin wouldnt eat or drink anything. Yusupov started to panic and went upstairs to talk to the other conspirators. When Yusupov went back downstairs, Rasputin for some reason had changed his mind and agreed to eat the pastries. Then they started drinking the wine. Though potassium cyanide was supposed to have an immediate effect, nothing happened. Yusupov continued to chat with Rasputin, waiting for something to happen. Noticing a guitar in the corner, Rasputin asked Yusupov to play for him. The time wore on, and Rasputin wasnt showing any effects from the poison. It was now about 2:30 a.m. and Yusupov was worried. Again he made an excuse and went upstairs to talk with the other conspirators. The poison obviously wasnt working. Yusupov took a gun from Pavlovich and went back downstairs. Rasputin didnt notice that Yusupov had returned with a gun behind his back. While Rasputin was looking at a beautiful ebony cabinet, Yusupov said, Grigory Efimovich, you would do better to look at the crucifix and pray to It. Then Yusupov raised the pistol and fired. The other conspirators rushed down the stairs to see Rasputin lying on the ground and Yusupov standing over him with the gun. After a few minutes, Rasputin jerked convulsively and then fell still. Since Rasputin was dead, the conspirators went upstairs to celebrate and to wait for later in the night so that they could dump the body with no witnesses. Still Alive About an hour later, Yusupov felt an inexplicable need to go look at the body. He went back downstairs and felt the body. It still seemed warm. He shook the body. There was no reaction. When Yusupov started turning away, he noticed Rasputins left eye start to flutter open. He was still alive. Rasputin sprang to his feet and rushed at Yusupov, grabbing his shoulders and neck. Yusupov struggled to get free and finally did so. He rushed upstairs shouting, Hes still alive! Purishkevich was upstairs and had just put his Sauvage revolver in his pocket when he saw Yusupov come back up shouting. Yusupov was crazed with fear, [his]  face was literally gone, his handsome...eyes had come out of their sockets...[and] in a semi-conscious state...almost without seeing me, he rushed past with a crazed look. Purishkevich rushed down the stairs, only to find that Rasputin was running across the courtyard. As Rasputin was running, Purishkevich  yelled, Felix, Felix, Ill tell everything to the czarina. Purishkevich was chasing after him. While running, he fired his gun but missed. He fired again and missed again. And then he bit his hand to regain control of himself. Again he fired. This time the bullet found its mark, hitting Rasputin in the back. Rasputin stopped, and Purishkevich fired again. This time the bullet hit Rasputin in the head. Rasputin fell. His head was jerking, but he tried to crawl. Purishkevich had caught up now and kicked Rasputin in the head. Enter the Police Police officer  Vlassiyev  was standing on duty on Moika Street and heard what sounded like three or four shots in quick succession. He headed over to investigate. Standing outside the Yusupov palace he saw two men crossing the courtyard, recognizing them as Yusupov and his servant Buzhinsky. He asked them if they had heard any gunshots, and Buzhinsky answered that he had not. Thinking it had probably just been a car backfiring, Vlassiyev went back to his post. Rasputins body was brought in and placed by the stairs that led to the basement dining room. Yusupov grabbed a 2-pound dumbbell and began indiscriminately hitting Rasputin with it. When others finally pulled Yusupov off Rasputin, the would-be assassin was splattered with blood. Yusupovs servant Buzhinsky then told Purishkevich about the conversation with the policeman. They were worried that the officer might tell his superiors what he had seen and heard. They sent for the policeman to come back to the house. Vlassiyev recalled that when he entered the palace, a man asked him, Have you ever heard of Purishkevich? To which the policeman replied, I have. I am Purishkevich. Have you ever heard of Rasputin? Well, Rasputin is dead. And if you love our Mother Russia, youll keep quiet about it. Yes, sir. And then they let the policeman go. Vlassiyev waited about 20 minutes and then told his superiors everything he had heard and seen. It was amazing and shocking, but after being poisoned, shot three times, and beaten with a dumbbell, Rasputin was still alive. They bound his arms and legs with rope and wrapped his body in a heavy cloth. Since it was almost dawn, the conspirators were now hurrying to dispose of the body. Yusupov stayed at home to clean himself up. The rest of them placed the body in the car, sped off to their chosen location, and heaved Rasputin over the side of the bridge, but they forgot to weigh him down with weights. The conspirators split up and went their separate ways, hoping that they had gotten away with murder. The Next Morning In the morning of Dec. 17, Rasputins daughters woke to find that their father had not returned from his late-night rendezvous with the Little One. Rasputins niece, who had also been living him, called Golovina to say that her uncle had not yet returned. Golovina called Yusupov  but was told he was still sleeping. Yusupov later returned the phone call to say that he hadnt seen Rasputin at all the previous night. Everyone in the Rasputin household knew this was a lie. The police officer who had talked to Yusupov and Purishkevich had told his superior, who in turn told his superior, about the events seen and heard at the palace. Yusupov realized that there was a lot of blood outside, so he shot one of his dogs and placed its corpse on top of the blood. He claimed that a member of his party had thought it was a funny joke to shoot the dog. That didnt fool the policemen. There was too much blood for a dog, and more than one shot was heard. Plus, Purishkevich had told Vlassiyev that they had killed Rasputin. The Czarina was informed, and an investigation was opened immediately. It was obvious to the police early on who the murderers were. There just wasnt a body yet. Finding theBody On Dec. 19, police began looking for a body near the Great Petrovsky Bridge on the Malaya Nevka River, near where a bloody boot had been found the day before. There was a hole in the ice, but they couldnt find the body. Looking a little farther downstream, they came upon the corpse floating in another hole in the ice. When they pulled him out, they found Rasputins hands were frozen in a raised position, leading to the belief that he had still been alive under the water and had tried to untie the rope around his hands. Rasputins body was taken by car to the Academy of Military Medicine, where an autopsy was conducted. The autopsy results showed: Alcohol, but no poison was found.Three bullet wounds. (The  first bullet entered the chest on the left, hitting Rasputins stomach and liver; the second bullet entered the back on the right, hitting the kidneys; the third bullet entered the head, hitting the brain.)A small amount of water was found in the lungs. The body was buried at the Feodorov Cathedral in Tsarskoe Selo on Dec. 22, and a small funeral was held. What Happened Next? While the accused murderers were under house arrest, many people visited and wrote them letters congratulating them. The accused murderers were hoping for a trial because that would ensure that they would become heroes. Trying to prevent just that, the czar stopped the inquiry and ordered that there be no trial. Though their good friend and confidant had been murdered, their family members were among the accused.   Yusupov was exiled. Pavlovich was sent to Persia to fight in the war. Both survived the Russian Revolution of 1917 and World War I.   Though Rasputins relationship with the czar and czarina had weakened the monarchy, Rasputins death came too late to reverse the damage. If anything, the murder of a peasant by aristocrats sealed the fate of the Russian monarchy. Within three months, Czar Nicholas abdicated, and about a year later the entire Romanov family was also murdered. Sources Rasputin: The Saint Who Sinned, by Brian Moynahan; 1998  The Rasputin File, translated by Judson Rosengrant; 2000

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Question: Discuss about the Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance. Answer: Introduction The case of Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Adler (2002) 168 FLR 253, 364; 41 ACSR 72, acts as a reminded to all the directors and the companies, that they have the responsibility of making certain that there is a need for an effective corporate governance framework (Hooper, 2011). This framework is needed to protect the companies from any improper actions, which can be taken by the director of such a company. There is a need to have ample amount of checks and balances to guarantee that the system is not breached or bypassed with ease (Paolini, 2014). This was a very complicated, yet unique case, involving the breach of a number of duties covered in the governing act of Corporations Act, 2001 (CA). Some of the duties breached in this case were related to the duty of care and diligence, duty to not use the information in an improper manner, and the duties of the director (Baxt, 2005). In the following parts, this case has been discussed using the IRAC format. Though, before that is carried on, a discussion has been made on the background of this case. In this particular case, an undocumented and unsecured payment to the amount of $10 million loan was made by HIHC (HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd) to PEE (Pacific Eagle Equity Pty Ltd). Adler controlled this company PEE ad this in turn, was the trustee of AEUT (Australian Equities Unit Trust). Alder was both the substantial shareholder of HIH and the non-executive director through the Adler Corporation Limited. PEE became AEUTs trustee after the loan was received by it. Afterwards, the $10 million loan to PEE by HIHC was applied for the subscription of HIHC, for $10 million worth of AEUT units (Justis, 2017). A purchase was made by PEE for the shares of HIH, which were listed on the stock market, to the value of $4 million. And these shares of HIH were then sold by PEE at a loss of $2 million. The shares of HIH were purchased by PEE to give an untrue impression to the entire stock market that the investors of HIH were gaining due to the good work being varied on in the company. A purchase was also made by PEE from Adler Corporation towards their unlisted shares worth $ 4 million, of the technology and communication companies. This entire purchase was a complete loss based investment (Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2017). Under the trust, a value of $ 2 million was given by AEUT to Adler. However, the board had no knowledge about these transactions and an approval of the shareholders was also not done. This was in addition to an absence of disclosure to the board, along with the same to the investment committee of HIH. There was also a lack of the proper documentation and security for the loan given. The rationale for the absence of these was to avoid an attention being drawn by the other directors of HIH (Cassidy, 2006). Whether there has been a breach of directors duties on part of Adler, and other directors and officers, or not? Section 9 of the Corporations Act, 2001 (Cth) defines who can be deemed as a director of the company. As per this definition, an individual who is appointed to work as a director or an alternative director, irrespective of the name given to their position, is a director of the company. Even though an individual may not be appointed as a director, they can still act as the director of the company. This is the case of de factor director, where the individual acts in the directors position; or the shadow director, on whose instructions, the board is accustomed to act. There has to be an existence of the duties of directors to hold the individual responsible and to safeguard the shareholders. The officers of the company are also defined through this section, and involve such executives, who hold the senior position in the company, at the board level. They have the power of affecting the business of the company, either wholly or partly. And hence, have the same duties as the directors of the company (Federal Register of Legislation, 2017). Section 180(1) of CA puts forward the duty on the directors, along with the other officers of the company to use their authority and discharge their obligations in a manner which shows diligence and care, which any prudent individual would undertake in similar situation and with similar position. The executive directors of the company are involved in the daily management of the company. Hence, they have special responsibilities in their position; along with that they have a knowledge pertaining to the companys operations. Alternatively, the non-executive directors indulge in part time work for the company and have regular, but not daily based involvement with the company (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017a). Section 180(2) of this act provides that the directors, along with the other officers of the company, when make a business judgment rule, cannot be held accountable for the judgment undertaken by them as per the equitable, statutory or common law duty of care and diligence, where the elements can be easily established. These elements relate to taking the decision for a proper purpose and in good faith, where there is an absence of material personal interest in the issue of judgment. Moreover, there is a need to be informed about the matter on which the decision is being taken and undertaking the reasonable steps to ensure that the decision is reasonable and that the decision is in the best interest of the company (WIPO, 2015). Through these provisions, the directors are given a protection from the personal liability in the matter where they have taken a business judgment in best interest of the company and in good faith. The rationale behind the same is that certain decisions may turn out to be loss making and other as profit making, even when both are made in a rational and honest manner (Gonski, 2015). Section 181 of this act puts a statutory obligation on the directors, along with the other officers of the company, to act in the best interest, good faith and for proper purpose, while using their authority and discharging their obligations (Armstrong Lawyers, 2007). For establishing what can be deemed as interest, good faith or the proper purpose, the approach of a reasonable individual in same situation is undertaken. For instance, when a conflict of interest occurs and the directors deals with the matter on behalf of the company also, and fails to disclose the material interest, a breach of this section would take place (ICNL, 2017). As per section 182 of CA, the employees and the officers are prohibited from using the position in the company, which is detrimental for the company or which results in an advantage being gained for them or for someone else. Section 183 contains the provisions regarding the proper use of information. as per this section, the officers and directors of the company are forbidden from making a misuse of the information of the company which is detrimental for the company or which results in an advantage being gained for them or for someone else (Plessis, Hargovan and Bagaric, 2010). Section 208 of CA provides that an approval of shareholders is needed when a financial benefit is discharged towards a related party. The only exception is when the same is done at arms length (IMF, 2012). In this particular case, Adler is the director of the company as per the definition given in section 9 of the act, even though he had not been appointed as being an officer or director of the company. The decision making on part of Adler can be seen from his role in the subsidiary, the holding as being the director and as being the investment committees member and his decisions impact the business of the company. He was constantly informed about the fundamental of the business, which made him the director of the company (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017b). William was the HIH and HIHCs managing director and there was a contravention of provisions of 180(1) on his part. This is because he failed to protect HIHC while the loan was being given to PEE. HIHs finance director Fodera breached this section as he did not discuss the proposal for giving the loan to the amount to $ 10 million to PEE, or to the investment committee and board of HIH. So, being the executive directors of the company, there was a breach on part of William and Fodera, as they both fell short in carrying their role in a proper manner (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017b). Regarding section 180(1), there had been a breach on part of Williams, Fodera and Adler as they failed to take the requisite care. Moreover, reliance could not be made by the three of them as per section 180(2) of this act. This is because for Adler, this rule could not be applied on him. The reasons for this being his conflict of interest position, due to the decision for investing $10 million in PEE from HIHC. For Williams, this rule could not defend him as there was a failure on his part, to make certain that the proper safeguards had been applied and there was no business judgment undertaken by him for satisfying section 180(3). Even if the same is considered as a business judgment, the presence of material personal interest renders it useless. He failed to act for a proper purpose or in good faith to satisfy the obligation of section 180(2) (a) (Armstrong Lawyers, 2007). Fodera also cannot use this defense as he failed to refer transaction undertaken between PEE and HIH to the b oard or investment committee of HIH (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017b). In this case, there was also a contravention section 181(1) as Adler did not discharge his obligations or use his authority in good faith of the company, or in the best interest of the same. This is evident from the transactions which took place in PEE, HIH and HIHC, where there was an improper use, for his personal interest (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017b). There was also a contravention of section 182 here on part of Adler. This stemmed from the arrangement made to HIHC to PEE regarding the $10 million loan, which was later on used for making an acquisition of the shares of HIH from the stock market. The sole purpose of undertaking this transaction was to support the increase of price in the shares of HIH and to later sell the same owned by Adler Corporation, before these could be sold off by PEE. This resulted in a total loss of investment on part of PEE regarding the share of HIH (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017b). Adler has made an improper use of his position by being HIHs and PEEs director, and the officer of HIHC for putting Adler Corporation in an advantageous position. There was also a breach on part of Williams for being director in HIHC and HIH as per section 182 for helping Adler in putting Adler Corporation in an advantageous position. The reason was that the loan payment was made in absence of the approval of investment committee of HIH, which was required on his part as per the investment guidelines of HIH (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017b). Adler wrongly used his position as being PEEs director for the acquisition of unlisted capital from Adler Corporation at a cost price where an independent valuation was not taken for these ventures. Due to the success of these transactions, both Adler Corporation and Adler were able to exclude themselves from the business operations which could be deemed as commercially unviable. Adler was aware about the cash flow problems which were being faced by these businesses and that each one of these had a major risk of collapsing ultimately. There was also a failure on part of Adler to disclose his personal interest to the board of Williams and Fodera. There was also a misuse of the information of the company, so section 183 was also breached (Australasian Legal Information Institute, 2017b). The transaction undertaken by Adler did not attain a shareholder approval as per section 208 of this act. Also, the same could not fulfill the exception of being at arms length. Hence, all three, i.e., Fodera, Adler and Williams breached this section of the act too (Segalla, 2017). Conclusion To summarize, the directors and other offices, in this case, failed to fulfill the provisions of the CA. And hence, deserve appropriate penalties, as levied by the court of law. References Armstrong Lawyers. (2007) Directors Duties. [Online] Armstrong Lawyers. Available from: https://www.vcta.asn.au/documents/item/400 [Accessed on: 30/04/17] Australasian Legal Information Institute. (2017a) Corporations Act 2001. 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Astronaut Neil Armstrong Biography On July 20, 1969, one of the most momentous actions of all time took place not on Earth but on another world. Astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped out of the lunar lander Eagle, descended a ladder, and set foot on the surface of the Moon. Then, he spoke the most famous words of the 20th Century: Its one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. His action  was the culmination of years of research and development, success and failure, all sustained by both the U.S. and then-Soviet Union in the race to the Moon. Fast Facts: Neil Alden Armstrong Birth: August 5, 1930Death: August 25, 2012Parents: Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Viola Louise EngleSpouse: Married twice, once to Janet Armstrong, then to Carol Held Knight, 1994Children: Karen Armstrong, Eric Armstrong, Mark ArmstrongEducation: Purdue University, Masters Degree from USC.Main Accomplishments: Navy test pilot, NASA astronaut for Gemini missions and Apollo 11, which he commanded. The first person to set foot on the Moon. Early Life Neil Armstrong was born August 5, 1930, on a farm in Wapakoneta, Ohio. His parents, Stephen K. Armstrong and Viola Engel, raised him in a series of towns in Ohio while his father worked as a state auditor. As a youth, Neil held many jobs, but none more exciting than one at the local airport. After starting flying lessons at the age of 15, he got his pilots license on his 16th birthday, before he had even earned a drivers license. After his high school years at Blume High School in Wapakonetica, Armstrong decided to pursue a degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University before committing to serving in the Navy.   In 1949, Armstrong was called to Pensacola Naval Air Station before he could complete his degree. There he earned his wings at the age of 20, the youngest pilot in his squadron. He flew 78 combat mission in Korea, earning three medals, including the Korean Service Medal. Armstrong was sent home before the conclusion of the war and finished his bachelors degree in 1955. Testing New Boundaries After college, Armstrong decided to try his hand as a test pilot. He applied to  National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) - the agency that preceded NASA - as a test pilot, but was turned down. So, he took a post at Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio. However, it was less than a year before Armstrong transferred to Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in California to work at NACAs High Speed Flight Station. During his tenure at Edwards Armstrong conducted test flights of more than 50 types of experimental aircraft, logging 2,450 hours of flight time. Among his accomplishments in these aircraft, Armstrong was able to achieve speeds of Mach 5.74 (4,000 mph or 6,615 km/h) and an altitude of 63,198 meters (207,500 feet), but in the X-15 aircraft. Armstrong had a technical efficiency in his flying that was the envy of most of his colleagues. However, he was criticized by some of the non-engineering pilots, including Chuck Yeager and Pete Knight, who observed that his technique was too mechanical. They argued that flying was, at least in part, feel, that it was something that didnt come naturally to the engineers. This sometimes got them into trouble. Neil Armstrong was a test pilot before coming to NASA. This shows him at the Dryden Research center in 1960 after he became a NASA research test pilot. He flew missions in the first X-15 rocket plane. NASA   While Armstrong was a comparatively successful test pilot, he was involved in several aerial incidents that didnt work out so well. One of the most famous occurred when he was sent in an F-104 to investigate Delamar Lake as a potential emergency landing site. After an unsuccessful landing damaged the radio and hydraulic system, Armstrong headed toward Nellis Air Force Base. When he tried to land, the tail hook of the plane lowered due to the damaged hydraulic system and caught the arresting wire on the airfield. The plane slid out of control down the runway, dragging the anchor chain along with it. The problems didnt end there. Pilot Milt Thompson was dispatched in an F-104B to retrieve Armstrong. However, Milt had never flown that aircraft and ended up blowing one of the tires during a hard landing. The runway was then closed for the second time that day to clear the landing path of debris. A third aircraft was sent to Nellis, piloted by Bill Dana. But Bill almost landed his T-33 Shooting Star long, prompting Nellis to send the pilots back to Edwards using ground transportation. Crossing Into Space In 1957, Armstrong was selected for the Man In Space Soonest (MISS) program. Then in September 1963, he was selected as the first American civilian to fly in space.   Three years later, Armstrong was the command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission, which launched March 16. Armstrong and his crew performed the first-ever docking with another spacecraft, an unmanned Agena target vehicle. After 6.5 hours in orbit they were able to dock with the craft, but due to complications, they were unable to complete what would have been the third-ever extra-vehicular activity, now referred to as a spacewalk. Armstrong also served as the CAPCOM, who is typically the only person who to communicate directly with the astronauts during missions to space. He did this for the Gemini 11 mission. However, it was not until the Apollo program began that Armstrong again ventured into space. The Apollo Program Armstrong  was  commander of the backup crew of the Apollo 8 mission, though he had been originally scheduled to back-up the Apollo 9 mission. (Had he remained as the  backup commander, he would have been slated to command Apollo 12, not  Apollo 11.) Initially, Buzz Aldrin, the  Lunar Module Pilot, was to be the first to  set foot on the Moon. However, because of the positions of the astronauts in the module, it would require Aldrin to physically crawl over Armstrong to reach the hatch. As such, it was decided that it would be easier for Armstrong to exit the module first upon landing. Apollo 11 touched down on the surface of the Moon on July 20, 1969, at which point Armstrong declared, Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. Apparently, Armstrong had only seconds of fuel left before the thrusters would cut out. If that had happened, the lander would have plummeted to the surface. That didnt happen, much to everyones relief. Armstrong and Aldrin exchanged congratulations before quickly preparing the lander to launch off the surface in case of an emergency. Humanitys Greatest Achievement On July 20, 1969, Armstrong made his way down the ladder from the Lunar Lander and, upon reaching the bottom declared Im going to step off the LEM now. As his left boot made contact with the surface he then spoke the words that defined a generation, Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. This grainy, black-and-white image taken on the Moon shows Neil Armstrong about to step off the Eagle lander and onto the surface of the Moon for the first time. NASA   About 15 minutes after exiting the module, Aldrin joined him on the surface and they began investigating the lunar surface. They planted the American flag, collected rock samples, took images and video, and transmitted their impressions back to Earth. The final task carried out by Armstrong was to leave behind a package of memorial items in remembrance of deceased Soviet cosmonauts  Yuri Gagarin  and Vladimir Komarov, and  Apollo 1  astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and  Roger Chaffee. All told, Armstrong and Aldrin spent 2.5 hours on the lunar surface, paving the way for other Apollo missions. The astronauts then returned to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969. Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor bestowed upon civilians, as well as a host of other medals from NASA and other countries. Life After Space Astronaut Neil Armstrong at the Legends of Aerospace event at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum on March 14, 2010, in NYC. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.  Ã‚   After his Moon trip, Neil Armstrong completed a masters degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California and worked  as an administrator with NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He next turned his attention to education and accepted a teaching position at the University of Cincinnati with the Department of Aerospace Engineering. He held this appointment until 1979. Armstrong also served on two investigation panels. The first was after the  Apollo 13  incident, while the second came after the  Challenger explosion. Armstrong lived much of his life after NASA life outside the public eye, and  worked in private industry and consulted for NASA until his retirement. He made occasional public appearances until shortly before his death on August 25, 2012. His ashes were buried at sea in the Atlantic Ocean the following month.  His words and deeds live on in the annals of space exploration, and he was widely admired by space explorers and space enthusiasts around the world. Sources Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. â€Å"Neil Armstrong.†Encyclopà ¦dia Britannica, Encyclopà ¦dia Britannica, Inc., 1 Aug. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Armstrong.Chaikin, Andrew.A Man on the Moon. Time-Life, 1999.Dunbar, Brian. â€Å"Biography of Neil Armstrong.†NASA, NASA, 10 Mar. 2015, www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html.Wilford, John Noble. â€Å"Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at 82.†The New York Times, The New York Times, 25 Aug. 2012, www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/science/space/neil-armstrong-dies-first-man-on-moon.html. Edited by Carolyn Collins Petersen.

Impact of Interpersonal Skills and Capabilities of Leadership on Knowledge Based Organizations Essay Essays

Impact of Interpersonal Skills and Capabilities of Leadership on Knowledge Based Organizations Essay Essays Impact of Interpersonal Skills and Capabilities of Leadership on Knowledge Based Organizations Essay Essay Impact of Interpersonal Skills and Capabilities of Leadership on Knowledge Based Organizations Essay Essay Abstraction: The function of leading in the success of any organisation is really much of import. Although in Pakistan really small importance is given to this facet of organisations inspite of this its importance can non be denied. In other words. Leadership is the anchor of any cognition centric organisation. This research article shed visible radiation on the importance of effectual leading accomplishments and patterns which can take any organisation to its aureate epoch. The chief focal point of the survey is the altering nature of leading with the development in the significance of cognition based organisations. The survey is descriptive in nature and relies on secondary every bit good as questionnaire based study. Introduction Knowledge based organisations are normally considered to be those whose merchandises or services are knowledge -intensive. Knowledge based organisations ( besides referred as knowledge-enabled or knowledge- intensive organisation ) are normally described in footings of the cognition strength of their merchandise or service. The greater the grade to which cognition forms the nucleus of the merchandise or service. the more knowledge- based the organisation. However. utilizing merchandises or services as a mean for categorising the cognition – based organisation is unequal. Products or services reflect merely the touchable portion of the organisation. The primary resource that enables an organisation to bring forth is hidden within the â€Å"invisible plus – rational capital† . ( Itami. 1987 ) . Knowledge- based organisations ( KBOs ) lives and breathes knowledge. From day–to-day operations to long-run scheme. making and using cognition is ever in the head. Anterior researches have explored which factors are indispensable for pull offing cognition efficaciously. Most surveies of them have examined the relationship of cognition direction capablenesss. procedures and public presentation. Some research workers have focused on the relationship between capablenesss and procedures ( Hansen. 1999 ; Szulanski. 1996 ; Zander A ; Kogut. 1995 ) . Other surveies have focused on the relationship between capablenesss and organisational public presentation ( Becerra- Fernandez A ; Sabherwal. 2001 ; Gold. Malhotra A ; Segars. 2001 ; Simonin. 1997 ) . A key to understanding the success and failure of cognition direction within the organisation is the designation and appraisal of assorted factors that are necessary for the cognition direction public presentation measuring with a balanced position ( Arora. 2002 ; Gooijer. 2000 ) . In this survey. we examine the relationship among the interpersonal accomplishments and capablenesss towards the knowledge-based organisations. To function this intent we figure out the nucleus concepts of interpersonal accomplishments and capablenesss. Knowledge based organisation establish their fight on cognition. Interpersonal accomplishments and capablenesss can be critical for the cognition based organisation. Skills are linked with personal cognition direction in cognition focused organisation. Skills can be either basic or transverse functional. In basic accomplishments we develop capablenesss that assist in the acquisition of cognition on the other manus cross functional accomplishments are the ability to transport out the undertakings the can assist the organisation to hike up. Interpersonal accomplishments involve non merely how we communicate with others. Aside our assurance and capableness to listen and understand. job work outing determination devising and personal emphasis direction all these are related to the interpersonal accomplishments and capablenesss. Interpersonal accomplishments and capablenesss allow covering efficaciously with individuals of different dispositions. backgrounds and educational making in the organisation. Knowledge leading has a capableness to construct good relation with subsidiaries and covering with them. An organisation is successful when it posses good squad capablenesss and interpersonal accomplishments. Peoples create and portion cognition hence. pull offing people who are willing to make and portion cognition is of import. Knowledge and competency can be acquired by engaging new people with desirable accomplishments. In peculiar. T-shape accomplishments embodied in employees are most frequently associated with nucleus capableness. T-shaped accomplishments may enable single specializers to hold interactive conversations with one another ( Madhaven A ; Grover. 1980 ) . Although a company’s value is generated by intangible assets like cognition or trade names. Performance measuring is one of the most of import direction activities. Performance measuring becomes the footing of scheme constitution and accomplishment in the hereafter because it can decidedly convey a company’s vision and strategic mark to all organisation members. 3 Aims of Study ? The aim of our survey is to analyze the relationship among the interpersonal accomplishments. capablenesss and public presentation of knowledge-based organisations. ? To develop the consequences that the primary resources that enables the organisation to execute extraordinary prevarications within â€Å"intangible assets ( rational capital ) † . 4 Significance of Study Now intangible assets such as cognition instead than touchable fiscal assets are a step of a company’s value. Knowledge is the 1 of the of import resource that increases the value of organisations and gives them an border over rivals. Therefore assorted efforts to mensurate organisational public presentation in cognition direction have been conducted consequently. 5 Problem Statement Interpersonal accomplishments and capablenesss of leading have a strong impact on the public presentation of cognition based organisations. 6 Rational of Study With the displacement of industrial economic system to knowledge economic system there is a demand to acknowledge the value of continuing and sharing cognition among the organisational communities. This includes the development of strategic cognition focal point. knowledge leading factors which promote cognition civilization and its impacts on cognition workers and results of the organisation. LITERATURE REVIEW Organizational theoreticians have defined cognition based organisations ( KBO ) in assorted ways. Knowledge based organisations ( Perez- Bustamante. 1999 ) are organisations using a cognition based attack to the organisation. This attack perceives organisations as a agency for the development. integrating. saving. sharing and application of cognition. ( Wu. Ong A ; Hsu. 2008 ) add that cognition based organisations allocate resources to intangible assets in the quickly altering and extremely competitory concern environment in order to derive competitory advantage. Gold. Malhotra. A ; Segars ( 2001 ) examined an through empirical observation effectual cognition direction theoretical account from the position of organisational capablenesss. Sveiby ( 1997 ) developed an intangible plus proctor ( IAM ) to mensurate the public presentation of intangible assets such as human capital. structural capital. and market capital. Based on the analysis of secondary informations ( Nonaka A ; Tak euchi. 1995 ; Choo. 1998 ; Trunecek. 2003 ; Bartak. 2006 ; Calabrese. 2006 ; Bures. 2007 ; Medzihorsky A ; Medzihorska. 2007 ; Sladecek. 2007 ) by mean of the method of comparing. the undermentioned general features of cognition based organisation were identified. |Knowledge Based Organizations | |Creates. integrates. conserves. portions and applies knowledge ; | |Is efficient. advanced. flexible and proactive ; | |Is client focused ;| |Uses ITs ; | |Has a strong and unfastened corporate civilization ; | |Implements knowledge procedures ; | |Exploits knowledge resources ; | |Manage hazards ; | |Implements project direction ; | |Places accent on instruction and organisational acquisition ; | |Disposes of cognition employees ; | |Is process- oriented | |Supports squad work ; | |Encourages engagement in direction | ( Martina. Hana A ; Jiri. 2012 ) 1 Capability ( Competency- Based Approach ) â€Å"Competency† is a normally used term for people asseverating of their working potency in existent activities. The first characterizes competences as a power and a range of authorization associated with a certain individual or organic structure. The 2nd significance of competences refers to the capacity. i. e. abilities to execute a certain activity. to hold certain general and specific features and accomplishments. to be qualified in the given country. Generally it can be said that it is a set of specific cognition. abilities. accomplishments. traits. motivations. attitudes and values indispensable for the personal development and successful engagement of each individual in the organisation. This refers to the public presentation facet of a competence determined by the degree of inputs ( cognition. abilities. accomplishments. traits. motivations. attitudes and values ) and measured by the analysis of end product ( existent behaviour and consequences ) . Harmonizing to its development. it is possible to split competences into three chief development phrases. The first phrase consists of single competences ( White. 1959 ; McClelland. 1973 ; Boyatziz. 1982 ; Schroder. 1989 ; Woodruffe. 1992 ; Spencer A ; Spencer. 1993 ; Carroll A ; McCrackin. 1997 ) . The 2nd stage is based on the possibility of pull offing competences in an organisation by mean of competence theoretical accounts ( Mensfield. 1996 ; mcLagan. 1997 ; Lucia A ; Lepsinger. 1999 ; Rothwell A ; Lindholm. 1999 ) . The 3rd stage is the designation of nucleus competences. a amount of organisation cardinal organisational competences that may be exploited to derive competitory advantage ( Prahalad A ; Hamel. 1990 ; Ulrich A ; Lake. 1991 ; Gallon. Stillman. A ; Coates. 1995 ; Coyne. Hall. A ; Clifford. 1997 ; Rothwell A ; Lindholm. 1999 ; Delamare A ; Wintertone. 2005 ) . 2 Interpersonal Skills Surveies say 90 per centum of executive failures are attributable to interpersonal competences. factors such as taking squads. developing a positive work environment. retaining staff. inspiring trust. and get bying with alteration. If you lack the accomplishments to actuate your frontline employees to accept and optimally utilize new information engineerings. your organisation could be losing gross chances. This class grows out of what old research has referred to as interpersonal accomplishments involve societal insight ( Graham. 1983 ; Mintzberg. 1973 ; Yukl. 1989 ) to let for an consciousness of other’s reactions and apprehension of why they react the manner they do. The interpersonal accomplishment demand besides includes the accomplishments required for coordination of actions of oneself and others ( Gillen A ; Carroll. 1985 ; Mumford. Marks. Connelly. Zaccaro. A ; Reiter-Palmon. 2000 ) and dialogues accomplishments to accommodate differences among employee position and set up reciprocally hearty relationships ( Copeman. 1971 ; Mahoney. Jerdee. A ; Carroll. 1963 ; Mahoney et Al. . 1965 ; Mintzberg. 1973 ) . and persuasion accomplishments to act upon others to more efficaciously accomplish organisational aims ( Katz. 1974 ; mintzberg. 1973 ; Yukl. 1989 ) . Methodology 1 Data Collection and Sample Description Samples were restricted to the companies that adopted cognition direction or held similar procedure invention runs. The sample was designed to include people from different place. sections and industries. Respondents include executive rank directors of assorted organisations. In this survey. we conducted a questionnaire based study. The questionnaire’s informations is arranged in footings of assorted variables and five-point Likert graduated tables are used. Respondents are asked to bespeak the extent to which they disagree or agree with the given statement by choosing a point on the graduated tables for each inquiry. ( Where 1= strongly agree and 5= strongly disagree ) . 2 Survey Instrument This research uses a study questionnaire to prove the hypothesis. The questionnaire consists of 26 points about leading accomplishments. patterns and the public presentation of cognition based organisations. Items about leading accomplishments consist of cognitive accomplishments ( four points ) . interpersonal accomplishments ( three points ) . and strategic accomplishments ( two points ) . Leadership patterns consist of taking by illustration ( two points ) . coaching ( six points ) . squad interaction ( three points ) . Knowledge based organisations public presentation is assessed utilizing three points including: organisations merchandises ( two points ) . employees public presentation ( two points ) . and organisation repute in the market ( two points ) . 3 Theoretical Model The dependant variable is knowledge centric organisations public presentation. which is the variable of primary involvement. We attempt to explicate the discrepancy in this dependant variable by the two independent variables of ( 1 ) Leadership accomplishments and ( 2 ) Leadership patterns. By General Colin Powell’s: â€Å"Leadership is the art of routinely carry throughing more than the scientific discipline of direction says is possible† . Interpersonal accomplishments are â€Å"Considers and responds suitably to the demands. feelings and capablenesss of different people in different state of affairss. is tactful. compassionate and sensitive. and dainties with respect† . D. V I. V 5 Hypothesis Ho= Leadership does non impact cognition based organization’s public presentation. Holmium: P = 0 HA= Leadership affects cognition based organization’s public presentation. Hour angle: P gt ; 1 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION |Variables |Mean |S. D |N |Cronbach’s alpha | |Independent variables | |Cognitive accomplishments |1. 64 |0. 7795 |100 | . 564 | |Interpersonal accomplishments |1. 53 |0. 6276 |100 | . 371 | |Strategic accomplishments |1. 60 |0. 7695 |100 | . 289 | |Leading by illustration |1. 72 |0. 828 |100 | . 682 | |Coaching |1. 62 |0. 7848 |100 | . 781 | |Teaminteraction |1. 80 |0. 904 |100 | . 784 | |Dependent variables | |Organization’s public presentation |1. 85 |0. 8027 |100 | . 562 | |Organization’s offerings |1. 96 |0. 8795 |100 | . 676 | The leading skills requirement agencies range from 1. 53 to 1. 64 and the S. D ranges from. 6276 to. 7795. demoing a good scope and fluctuation. The leading patterns means range from 1. 62 to 1. 80 and the S. D ranges from. 7848 to. 904. while organization’s public presentation mean valued at 1. 85 and S. D. 8027 and organization’s offerings mean calculated 1. 96 and S. D. 8795. The correlativity between CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS This research proposes and tests a theoretical account of leading accomplishments and patterns to better understand the part of leading towards the public presentation of cognition centric organisations. The chief aim of this research is to look into the relationship between the leading accomplishments. patterns and KBO’s public presentation. The findings show how leading improves the public presentation of cognition centric organisations. A cognition organisation focuses on developing interpersonal. structural and web relationships to accomplish its ends and aims efficaciously and to foster bring forth new cognition and capablenesss for organisational fight and success. Several facets of the leading accomplishments were tested. most of which attained empirical support. The major findings are as follow. First. leading accomplishments grouped into three- parts composite: cognitive. interpersonal and strategic accomplishments. Second. leading accomplishments were related to organizationallevels. That is. occupations at higher degree in the organisation have significantly greater overall leading accomplishment demand. These findings have of import deductions for organisational research and pattern. They provide empirical grounds of the utility of sing different classs of leading accomplishments. Practically. this indicates that careful attending should be given to direction development systems because as directors proceed from lower. to mid. to exceed degree occupations. the rate at which they get strategic accomplishments will necessitate to be faster than that for leading accomplishments in general. Our consequences imply that effectual leading accomplishments and patterns positively impacts cardinal facets of KBO’s public presentation. We hope that future research will take advantage of the conceptual and practical findings and farther trial the theoretical account in the other organisations and better direction development. arrangement and engaging system in cognition centric organisations.

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Literature Comparison: The Great Gatsby and The Motorcycle Diaries What it makes us unique, is our way of being; no one is equal to other, all of us are different in every single way, and this is the most important characteristic of the human beings, but sometimes our way of being is not the right one. There exist people that spend their lives thinking in the welfare of the rest but in the other hand there exist people that spend their lives thinking only about themselves. Examples of these two types of people are shown in the books The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The great Gatsby is a book that is developed by the 1920s in the twentieth century and it is set in Long Islands North Shore, the book is narrated by Nick, a man who lived next to a mysterious and rich man called Jay Gatsby, they lived in the west coast of Long Island the less popular one. Jay Gatsby was a young rich man with a turbulent past, he was not have a position in the society that surrounded him and nobody knew how he had obtained his fortune. Some people believed that he had gained his fortune with the illegal sale of alcohol they believed that Gatsby was a bootlegger, Anyway and despite the great parties that he organized for the people of Long Island, he was a lonely man, because he only wanted to revive the past in order to be with the love of his life Daisy, who was also cousin of Nick; nevertheless, Daisy was married with the millionaire Tom Buchanan with who had a three years old daughter, Pam, they lived in the east coast of Long Island the most popular one, they wer e different from Gatsby because they were rich from birth, and they had a place in the society of those years. When Gatsby met Daisy he was a soldier of the militia and he was not rich, when he came back from the military service he discovered that Daisy was married with Tom and he decided to spend his life trying to have money in order to give to daisy what she deserved. When Gatsby was younger he had a mentor Dan Cody who helped him to make his fortune as a result Gatsby became rich but lonely, he lived in a big mansion and he gave parties whit the only reason that he hopped that some day Daisy come to one of his parties, actually one day Gatsby decided to invite to one of his parties to Nick his neighbor, when nick received the invitation he was surprised and he decided to go but he did not know that Gatsby invited him with the only reason that he knew that he was cousin of his love interest; Daisy, in the party Gatsby met Nick and they became friends but this friendship to Gatsb y had a purpose that was to join with Daisy again. Gatsby could achieve his purpose and he could join Daisy through Nick, and they started an affair and Gatsby could have what he wanted that was recover Daisy but when Tom discovered the affair of his wife with Gatsby, he asked them and Daisy recognized the affair but and she escaped with Gatsby in the car but in the road she hit Myrtle, the mistress of his husband, Tom, with the car and she killed her, and Gatsby in certainly way decided to do not tell anyone that Daisy killed Myrtle because he loved her but Daisy finally decided to stay with his husband because she was a woman of society and also she was very interesting in money and stability. Gatsby was not a bad man but he spent his life thinking in how to obtain what he wanted, he also did not think in the daughter of Daisy or what will happen with her if her mother escaped with him, he did not care about her and her husband he only was thinking in that he wanted to be with Dai sy again, in fact, he spent a lot of money in those extravagant parties in which he did not participate he only watched through the windows of the house looking to the people that were in his there with the hope that Daisy arrived to at least one of his outrageous parties, he was thinking all the time in how to obtain what he wanted in order to be happy no matter how. On the other hand the book The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara is a book of notes that Ernesto wrote during his trip with his friend Alberto Granada; Ernesto was a young medical student of medicine tired of school and excited to see the world and Alberto was working in a leprosy hospital in Argentinas Cà ³rdoba Province, and because of this he and his friend decided to do a trek through South America in an old motorcycle called the mighty one (la poderosa). The trip took eight months, the travel started in Cà ³rdoba and they left Argentina to go to Chile, they arrived in this country in Osorno passing through all the country to leave it to go to Perà º they leave this country and then they went to Colombia and finally Venezuela however they could not finish the trip in the motorcycle because they had to leave it in Santiago, Chile because the mighty one did not work any more. This book shows the trip of these two young men by the perspective of Ernesto, he wrote all the adventures and things that they did, and saw during their trek through South America. Guevaras political consciousness began to stir in this trip as he and Alberto moved into the mining country, Chile. They visited Chuquicamata copper mine, the worlds largest open-pit mine and the primary source of Chiles wealth in those years. It was run by U.S. mining monopolies and viewed by many as a symbol of foreign domination, and also to Ernesto was a symbol of human exploitation. During the trip Guevara also could apply his knowledge in medicine because he helped people that needed it for example in Chile he helped an old woman that was dying, he knew that he could not save the life of this woman, but he could stop the pain for a moment. Passages like this, change the mind of Ernesto because during the trip he could see that there existed and exist needed people not only in South America but all over the world. His political and social awakening has very much to do with this face-to-face contact with poverty, exploitation, illness, and suffering, [Internet reference: www.nationalgeographic.com] Guevara was a good man that changes his mind with this trip and after it he decided to star his career as a politician and help people, he decided this because of what the saw during this trip, for them all what they were seeing was in a certain way new because in Argentina they did not see aborigines for example, one thing that capture the attention of Ernesto and Alberto was the situation when they were traveling through Perà º and an Indian with his son who spoke Spanish approached them and asked them all about the land of Perà ³n, for the natives, these two young men came from a wonderful country where people could work and have a good pay for it, a developed country. Ernesto was very impressed by the old Inca civilization, riding trucks with the Natives and animals he felt a fraternity with the native people. Ernesto was a good man always worries for the rest, it is obvious why he was studying medicine, and it was during the trip that he made with his friend Alberto Granadas Jay Gatsby and Ernesto Guevara were two young men very different in what they wanted or their purposes in life, I think that these two men were not bad men specially Ernesto who spent his life in order to defend the rights of people. I believe that there not exist so many people that think like Ernesto but in the other hand there many people that think like the Great Gatsby, because most of people spend their lives thinking in how to obtain what they want, I think this is not bad but there are people that do not think in nothing else that how to get what they want and this people sometimes sin of selfish because they do not care if they make some damage to other people in order to have what they want to be happy. One phrase that represents what Ernesto felt after his trip is one that he wrote in his diary that says: I will be on the side of the people à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦ I will take to the barricades and the trenches, screaming as one possessed, will stain my weapons with blood, and, mad with rage, will cut the throat of any vanquished foe I encounter,[Guevara, 2004 ] Many historians believe that this trip was the most important thing in the life of Ernesto that changes his mind to after be one of the most famous guerilla leaders in history, but nevertheless he was a person that was care about the rest all the time. On the other hand Jay Gatsby was not a bad person but he was always thinking how to obtain what he wanted that it was be with Daisy, in the sixth chapter of the book Nick narrated: He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: I never loved you. After she had obliterated four years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken. One of them was that, after she was free, they were to go back to Louisville and be married from her house just as if it were five years agoà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ ¦ Im going to fix everything just the way it was before, he said, nodding determinedly. Shell see.[Fitzgerald 1925:54] He was so stubborn in be with her that he did not realize that he could damage other persons, for example Myrtle; she died because Daisy and Gatsby were running away from Tom, and even Gatsby died because of this. He died because of his obsession with Daisy because of his obsession in getting what he wanted. Gatsby was killed by Myrtles husband because Tom told him that Gatsby hit Myrtle with the car, also in Gatsbys funeral there were only three people; Nick, Gatsbys father and the person that was guiding the funeral although Gatsby always gave partied to everyone none of these people came to his funeral he was alone also when he died. I think that is not bad fight for what you want but sometimes be too obsessive with something is not good because everything can go wrong. Gatsby was so obsessive with Daisy and all what he wanted that he forgot to live a real life and make real friends. As a conclusion it could be say that not all the people think or have the same personality, all of us have different expectations in life, everybody want different things in order to be happy a clear example was shown here with these two characters Jay Gatsby and Ernesto Guevara; the first one thought that what he needed in order to be happy was be with his old love Daisy, Gatsby was doing what most of the people do that is look for his own happiness and the second character; Guevara, believed that what he really want to do in his life was fight for the rights of the people he was looking for the happiness of the rest, this is the biggest difference of these two young men nonetheless it could be said that none of these two was wrong Gatsby wanted what all want to be happy and Guevara was like few people are that is see and be worry about what the rest need or what are the rights of the rest, however both died Gatsby died because of his obsession with Daisy and Guevara died because he was always fighting for the rights of the people who needed, he was so obsessed with this that he nowadays is seen as one of the most iconic characters of the twentieth century, he was one of the most famous guerrilla leaders of history but despite that he died.

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In recent years businesses in the United States are becoming more diverse places in which to work. Workforce diversity with respect to race, gender, and ethnicity has increased as result of socio-cultural changes, and is to some extent protected by law. While demographic diversity in American businesses has become more apparent, a range of individual differences in the values, attitudes, beliefs, and personalities of their employees is assumed to have existed for some time. However Benjamin Schneider, a psychology professor at the University of Maryland, argues that the range of individual differences in the above mentioned psychological variables becomes less common within businesses over time. Schneider has proposed an attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) framework to explain how organizations behave (440). The main proposition of Schneider’s work is that businesses do not determine behavior. Instead employees determine the company culture. Attraction to a company, selection by it, and attrition from it yield particular kinds of persons within a company. These people determine organizational behavior (Scheneider,1987). From 1997 to 1999 I was employed with a company named TNA North America. This was a company based out of Sydney-Australia, dedicated to selling and servicing packaging equipment to various customers in North America. At this company we all had very similar values, attitudes and beliefs. One of the employees who was very different from the rest of us was the general sales manager. He was different from rest of us in many ways. TNA North America is well known for servicing well to its customers, and all of us at TNA were very used to work ten or twelve hours each day to make sure our customer’s needs were satisfied. In the other hand was the sales manager who only worked six to seven hours each day, and very often did not go to the office for days. Business travel is a big portion of the company budget, therefore we always got the most economical plane tickets. The sales manager was known for flying first class and spending lots of company funds during trade shows, customer visi ts and conferences. This behavior was just not acceptable to the rest of the company. He came to work for us from a company that was our competitor, and he came with good references and showed an extensive knowledge about the industry. During his first 6 months he tried to get along with the rest of the employees, and he also tried to get some projects going with different customers.

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Before science, psychology was untested. People assumed all psychological problems were caused by evil spirits. The roots of psychology go back to the ancient Greeks, the term itself comes from two Greek words, â€Å"psyche† and â€Å"logos† which means the soul and the study of a subject. Philosophy and physiology both contributed to psychology’s emergence as a scientific discipline. The formal beginning of psychology started in the mid 18th century when a German physiologist named Wilhelm Wundt treated psychology as an independent science discipline. His book â€Å"Principles of Physiological Psychology† was published in 1874, it focused on consciousness, including feelings, emotions and ideas. His perspective came to be known as â€Å"structuralism† – psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how they are related. Wundt and others also used a procedure called â€Å"introspection†- a self- examination of one’s conscious thoughts and feelings. However, by 1895 structuralism was replaced by â€Å"functionalism†- it focused on the acts and functions of the mind and behavior rather than its structure. In 1924, John B Watson published â€Å"Psychology as Behavior† launched â€Å"behaviorism† which proposed that psychology should study only observable behavior. Sigmund Freud, an Austrian physician, whose work and theories helped shape the views of childhood, personality, memory, sexuality and therapy which attempted to explain motivation and mental disorders. Another change of psychology happened when â€Å"humanism† rose; its theoretical perspective emphasized conscious experiences. One of the founders of this theory, Carl Rogers strongly believed in the power of free will and human’s potential to grow. Psychology continued to grow, more new ideas and perspectives were introduced. Psychology evolved out from philosophy and physiology to a separate and independent field of study with further development and theories to explain human thought and behavior throughout centuries. Today, psychologists focus on a particular specialty or perspective but their ideas and theories will continue to shape psychology for years to come.

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Antarctica essays National Geographic Antarctica: Life at the Bottom of the World p2 - 36 Scientists has spent all or part of the current summer in the Taylor Valley. The study of algae and glaciers. They are tracing how the creatures that live in this environment adapt to each other and to the Antarctics extreme conditions. Using Dry Valley soils as a model for the more complex soils that exist in the rest of the world. The dearth of species here makes relationships between organisms and their environment easier to discern. In normal soils, the soil organisms are extremely complex, there are as many species in the soil as you have above ground. Soil scientists have found as many as 110 different nematode species living in the grassland soil of Colorado and thats not including earthworms and ants. In Taylor Valley, the soil is home to only bacteria and three species of nematode. This is one of the few places on earth where you can pick up a handful of soil and not find a nematode at all. The researchers work at a Long Term Ecological Research site established by the National Science Foundation at Lake Hoare, which is about two miles long and lies at the edge of the Canada Glacier. The glacier ends in a sharply scarped lobe about halfway up the 18 mile valley. The nematode researchers, measuring what factors affect the abundance and variety of nematodes. Among other things, they have discovered that when it is too cold and dry, nematodes enter a state of suspended animation, called anhydrobiosis, in which they lose up to 99 percent of the water in their bodies, essentially freeze-dried. In this freeze-dried condition, the nematodes are easily dispersed by the wind, another factor the scientists are eager to measure. The scientist believe that nematodes were in meltwater pool atop the glacier. The scientist are also interested in what influence nematodes have on the carbon cycle when they consume bacteria that in...

Getting Started on a Human Resources Essay A Comprehensive Guide

Getting Started on a Human Resources Essay A Comprehensive Guide A well-chosen personnel is one of the most fundamental factors that determine the success of a company or organization. Therefore, the right human resources are critical to the full companys development. Most qualified HR specialists are called strategic partners with good reason. Get familiar with the role of a strategic business partner from the Ensight Business Report presented by a management consultant. Without any doubt, essays are often assigned to investigate the crucial points of this sphere such as human resources. It is essential to know how to reward employees, conduct and plan the workspace, and other staff activities such as hiring, motivating, assessing and promoting. The main task for a writer that deals with a human resources essay is to define a topic among a broad set of variants. Besides, this topic should be aimed at developing, evaluating, summarizing, or analyzing the significant points of the HR field that is high-demand today. In fact, the mentioned crucial factors of HR focus on the successful implementation of particular policies within a firm, working relationships between employees and administration, and applying the achievement of other spheres of professional management for increasing the efficiency inside a company. Also, the goal of the human resources essay is to establish the significance of the role of HR in the business evolution and provide the base for the further discussions or even pieces of research. The Choice of Topics on Human Resources Is Wide for You The human resources management is a broad field of study with a variety of topics and subtopics to discuss. In fact, the topic choice on human resources can be a complicated task having the array of variants at hand. One of the helping factors that serves as the starting point in writing an HR essay is to establish the primary concepts of this area that interest you as a researcher. Moreover, it is crucial to understand that human resources can be subdivided and classified into the set of various sub-topics such as: Principles of Human Resources Management; The Structure Of Human Resources; Responsibilities of HR Specialists; Human Resources Values, Goals, Examples, and other possible issues for a good choice of essay topics. Furthermore, human resources management is often a subject of the case study investigation that provides another option for choosing a topic for its reflection in an essay. The variety of new emerging methods and techniques in HR management allows investigating every method and technique in detail based on a particular application to any given situation. Thus, writing about the negative and beneficial instances of human resources with an example of real existing firms is another way to approach a comprehensive HR paper. In fact, the exemplifying way of essay writing provides the broader base for realizing the potential of a good HR management that results in beneficial result not only for a company but career prospects of people in the human resources management sphere. However, sometimes, the broadness of the human resources management sphere may dazzle a writer and distract from the correct course regarding writing a comprehensive, adequate essay. Moreover, not all the topics in HR are suitable for an essay format. Some of them require to be mentioned in, for instance, specific case studies. Some of them are based on the hypothetical concepts that may bring different results during the research process. Keep in mind the golden rule: no HR research is written without credible background information. Otherwise, it cannot provide the beneficial knowledge for the audience. Here are some solid examples of topics titles: Why is Human Resources Management Significant for Business Today? The Comparison of HR Strategies in the Opposite Business Companies 5 Primary Principles of Successful Human Resources Management The Structure of Human Resources in a Successful Company How to Become an HR Specialist Today? An Analysis of the Most Successful Human Resources Strategies 5 HR Techniques to Use in the Modern Workplace How Do the Human Resources Management Change over Time? The Summary of the Latest Human Resources Studies Links of Human Resources to Other Types of Management The Most Widespread Challenges of HR Management Adjusting the Human Resources Policies within a Firm to Labor Laws Top Challenges of Wage Agreement for an HR Specialist How to Get Prepared for Human Resources Essay Writing: Our Experts Know The first factor of good Human Resources essay writing is the proper establishment of the central research question. This is the one that an essay writer should answer during the writing process. In fact, a human resources essay should have a primary argument that you as a writer will try to convey, prove, and evolve for the possible further discussion. Further, after realizing what the essay question and the primary argument are, you should concentrate on the supportive ideas that will prove the trustworthiness of essay writing. Moreover, the most compelling way of supporting an idea is providing a credible piece of research, study, survey, or other supporting literature helping to convey the main point of the essay. An essay, as every type of academic paper, needs to be aimed at a particular audience. Thus, it is critical to adjust a piece of writing for a possible reader regarding the writing style, vocabulary, and other factors such as involvement in the actual human resources management that will affect the final perception of the paper. Finally, the example of a poorly constructed human resources essay is a vague ultimate goal of the article, overuse of the HR terminology, and not structuralized writing that fails to concentrate the attention of the audience and convey some idea or concept to a reader. The following steps will guide you as a writer in writing a comprehensive human resources essay: Choose a topic that is relevant to your field of study and corresponds to your academic interest; Establish the final goal of paper writing to inform, describe, analyze or persuade; Develop the essay question the answer to which you will put in the logical conclusion; Do enough research on an issue from the reliable sources of information; Come up with an outline for your essay before starting writing it; Do not plagiarize and remember about academic integrity; Cite the sources correctly; Proofread an essay on grammar and spelling mistakes. Remember that all these points can help to enrich the final paper with the advantageous structural elements or to guide through the difficulties of writing a really good essay on Human Resources. The Structure to Follow in a Human Resources Essay You should write in accordance with the typical essay structure that includes an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. To follow the mentioned structural organization is crucial for conveying the compelling arguments and providing a comprehensive review of an issue or concepts. Moreover, outlining the structure of the future human resources essay will make your writing smoother and more natural along with reading and understanding of the information for the audience. Further, it is essential to remember the main principles of academic writing no matter the area of investigation or the topic within it. In fact, you as a writer have a complex task of conveying an idea, providing concepts, and structuralizing the form of the writing at the same time. Thus, you should choose the final type of the future essay and search for its correct representation on the credible sources of academic writing help such as Purdue Online Writing Lab or any other source. Introduction The first paragraph of an essay disregarding the matter of the topic is an introduction. Thus, creating an appealing introductory paragraph is the essential task for you as a good writer because the words in this part are first that a reader sees and those can attract him or her for the further reading or discourage from it. Moreover, the opening sentences of the paper represent its critical information and establish a writing style of an essay and a tone of a writer. In fact, several human resources essay tips can help you to construct a successful introduction. Every paper needs an attention-getter (a phrase, sentence, idea, question, or other writing phenomena) that attracts the attention of a reader by standing out with the uniqueness or controversial, debatable nature. You should provide a background for your essay writing. Remember that there are some cases when an audience may not be familiar with the concepts that are in your paper (not only professors will read your essay). So the establishment of the basics of the issue or primary arguments of the writing is a necessary part of an introductory paragraph. In fact, it is useful to add some information or experience to an essay for making it more trustworthy and directly cooperating with a potential reader. Furthermore, as was mentioned before, the introduction can repel the audience from reading the paper further. In fact, the example of a poorly-constructed introductory paragraph is the vague establishment of the main issue, misuse of the linking words and phrases for the better flow of the thoughts, and ignorance of the significance of a thesis statement, which is a crucial part of the first part of an essay. Thesis Statement A thesis statement is the last sentence of the introductory paragraph that introduces the primary argument or the essay question to a reader. It acts as the core idea of the paper. Moreover, the construction of the comprehensive and narrow thesis statement is an essential part of academic writing, and that can be easily destroyed. The following examples are of the poor thesis statements: Human Resources management is essential for a firm; HR strategy of Apple is better than one of Samsung; The main principles of human resources management are staffing, rewards, and planning a workplace. These examples are vague and not debatable. The thesis statement should not generally be agreed upon but show the one point of view that will be supported in further writing and proven in the end. The next examples are of accurate and debatable thesis statements: What some people refer to as efforts of stakeholders and investors as the primary factors of Apple’s success is nothing more than a comprehensive human resources management. The personal techniques of the Microsoft Human Resources Committee are the defining aspects of its success over Apple. Instead of focusing on the classification of structure Human Resources management, it is critical to investigate how those structural units cooperate and act in a firm’s development. Body Paragraphs There is no specific number of body paragraphs. However, the majority of writers may use the standard structure comprised of three main paragraphs. Also, you should remember that each section should represent a supporting idea and start with a topic sentence that indicates the concept for the following paragraph. Moreover, the structure of three body paragraphs can be demonstrated on the mentioned possible topics, for instance, the one with the classification of human resources where three supporting ideas can describe how three principles of HR affect the development of a company. In contrast, if you link the topic of the paper to the personal background or experience in the introductory paragraph, each following one on the body can demonstrate each supporting idea with the same linkage to the real life. Conclusion The last paragraph of an essay is critical for the successful implementation of the idea of the writing into the minds of the audience. In fact, the conclusion is a summary of the whole essay. Moreover, the outcome should essentially restate the thesis statement, and review each supporting point that would strengthen the argument. Remember not to infiltrate the concluding paragraph with the new ideas or concepts. Finally, with the help of transitions, the flow of the summary and the final overview of the main principles of the essay should go smoothly with the establishment of a final thought in the discussion. 3 Additional Aspects of Good Essay Writing The first factor that you as a writer should understand is that the readability of the paper is the critical element of a reader’s perception. In fact, making an essay easy to follow is to make the length of paragraphs no more than two hundred words. The whole writing should be logical with the transition from one idea to another. The supportive concepts provide assistance by strengthening the understanding of the thesis statement by the audience. Moreover, the number of sentences in paragraphs should be more or less equal to the minimum of three per section that takes the four lines. Finally, you should remember to organize the writing around the thesis statement that is the core of the essay and its driving idea. 1. The Correct Usage of the Information Sources Yes, an essay needs to have the additional sources for supporting the points in the paper. In fact, as was mentioned before, you should remember about the academic integrity and honesty that should not allow you to plagiarize. Thus, using the ideas of other people is normal but if only those are correctly cited and referenced. Further, researching a background of the issue will provide a necessary inside for you and give the advantage in writing an essay. Finally, there is a variety of different Internet bases that can assist with the search of credible studies or pieces of research on human resources management. The following are just a few examples of such web sources: Taylor and Francis Online; Research Gate; Emerald Insight, etc. 2. Referencing in a Proper Way As for referencing of the additional sources in an essay and formatting it accordingly, there is a variety of styles and formats that assist in adjusting the proper look for academic writing. The mentioned examples are MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, and others. However, one of the most widespread styles is MLA that will ideally suit for the needs of a human resources essay. The primary rules of this format are the four lines on the first page (name, instructor, course, date) following by the topic name with center alignment and the ‘’ page. The style for referencing is the following one: Author’s Name. Publication Name. Publication Information (edition, volume, issue, publisher). Year of publication. 3. Proofreading and Editing The last stage of writing an academic paper is proofreading that finalizes the writing and makes it ready to be seen by a potential audience your instructor. You should check the variety of factors before submitting an essay, for instance: The logical flow of ideas, The validity of the thesis statement, The correct order of the supporting concepts, The use of relevant examples, The cooperation with the used sources, Grammar and spelling, etc. Also, feedback is a critical part of the essay editing because it gives the viewpoint that differs from the perception of a writer of this particular essay. In fact, giving your paper to a friend, family member, supervision professor to read is a necessary step in finalizing the writing. Finally, as for the grammar and spelling mistakes, you should proofread the paper several times and use one of the varieties available on the Internet that can assist with the overall quality. Hopefully, this human resources essay guide will significantly help you with writing a good essay on Human Resources. After all, you can ease your mind a little bit on this challenging procedure.