Organization Background O&T Co., is a private global engineering consulting firm with about 680 employees in 35 offices and 7 countries around America, Europe, Middle East, and the Pacific Rim. The company started in 1945 by Mr. Towfeless after World War II, when the construction industry shifted back to civil infrastructure and commercial development. The company provides practical solutions to clients in the transportation, energy, environmental, federal, urban development, and marine terminal markets in all countries. They have expertise in structural, civil, and coastal engineering. O&T Co. remodels marine design and construction; not just piers, wharves, and roads. Structure The organization has a bureaucratic structure. Roles are hierarchically arranged with a single chain of command from top to bottom of the organization (Senior, & Fleming, 2006, p.74). Duties are carried out impersonally in conformity with defined rules. O&T Co. follows the hierarchy principle and separation of members in the different subgroups. Also, centralization and traditionalism are common structures within the company. The number of procedures understood is less than the number of written ones (Senior, & Fleming, 2006, p.73). Culture The organization is based more on a power culture. Managers dominate employees and push policies down to subordinates. Furthermore, decisions are influenced by politics rather than a logical process. Power is held by managers, but the strength is weak. At
In 2011, the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. LTC Ostervold was in charge of all CIED operations and his team worked and trained both the United States and Afghan National Army engineers how to properly find and clear IEDs in the 45th IBCT’s area of operation. LTC Ostervold was instrumental in taking the find/clear rate for improvised Explosive Devices (IED) from 30% at the beginning of mobilization to over 70% at the end.
Implementation of a computer system to replace paper documentation would require the involvement of an interdisciplinary team. This team would be comprised of several members, each with a specific job. The first member selected would be a Clinical Nurse Informaticist. This team member would be charged with giving valuable input on the software needed for nurses to properly care for and chart on their patients. With the knowledge of nursing practice and informatics, this team member would very valuable in bringing the two together in the most efficient way possible. The next team
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that some baseball statistics and player attributes have on producing the largest “offensive wins above replacement.” This statistic, also known as “oWAR,” is becoming increasingly more popular in Major League Baseball and is designed to summarize all of player’s contributions to their team, in one number. We selected to study oWAR because it is one of the best offensive statistics nowadays for predicting team success. In addition, WAR statistics are estimations and do not have a specific formula, therefore we are interested in uncovering more about which factors lead to players contributing more wins to their team. Because baseball and “Seasonal WAR” (total WAR) have three different elements,
Lane Community College has an opportunity to promote voting in Oregon when approximately a quarter of eligible folks in the state are unregistered. By adding a voter registration function to Lane Community College registrations, physical places to pick up voter registration cards, and providing links to official Oregon state voting information LCC will support students. And, not only will more students participate in elections throughout the state, they will also have funds and time reallocated to campus-specific campaigns that were previously spent on student organization voter registration efforts.
In 1929, tears swept the nation and gloom bestowed itself upon a once happy place. The Great Depression had started. People lost everything ,so many became migrant workers. Of Mice and Men, a classic novel written by John Steinbeck, emphasizes many sad themes, but gives us a good insight on what life was like in the 1940’s for many people. Although there are other themes, rootlessness, loneliness, and poverty are extremely prominent throughout the novel in many characters.
The alumni field is a made of artificial turf which can not support any vegetation.
Structure is the basis through which an organization seeks to create control the direction of an organization. This is completed through clear definitions of the allocation of work, differentiation, and the coordination of having those responsibilities working together towards the efforts of the organization, integration (Bolman & Deal, 1993, pp). Through these methods, the organization is able to devise a division of labor that collaborates to bring about the missions and goals of an organization. The structure that comes about from this can be varied in their rigidness and flexibility it allows, and to an extent this is a great contribution to its success.
Waking up in the morning, going to sleep at night, and doing what one loves in between, is what success means. That, to me, encompasses being able to help people and possibly save lives as a career. There is a nobility in succeeding in certain areas one cares deeply about. Having the ability and capability to protect and serve is a strong desire within me. Developing my education, in order to further my success something that I perceive as a crucial aspect of being able to do what I love. Attending Endicott is the first step in this journey of mine.
Metro West Learning Academy has been a positive experience for me. It has benefited me in many ways. Metro has helped me handle stress by alleviating it. At first I didn’t want to come to Metro. I was worried about leaving all of my friends but I made some here. And the teachers here have also made it better because of how individualized the program is.
Late November of 2014, many students at Southern Oregon University are starting to get ready for Thanksgiving, finals, and Winter Break. However, during this time, my life was forever changed. In 2014 I was raped, twice, by someone I thought was my friend, someone I trusted, someone who I had even had consensual sex with once before. Sometime during the night, I can no longer remember certain details, my attacker got on top of me as I was doing homework and started to forcefully take off my clothes, trying to entice me into having sex. He then forced himself inside me and raped me. It took me four months before I had realized that I had been raped and that he had terrified me enough to stay with him for a week after the first attack to rape me one more time. After what had happened I didn’t report the attacks until seven months after the attack, I did not know enough information about him for the police to do anything other than taking a formal written and oral statement.
It is very common for teenagers to wish to gain some freedom by earning a small income. This is often achieved through employment at fast-food chains, markets, restaurants, and shops. As a result of the amount of time consumed by these occupations, much of a teenager's life tends to focus on the people and events that are central to these places of employment. Sammy, the main character in John Updike's story "A&P," is a superb representation of the teen employee. <p>
When one thinks of an Ohio State University student, they might first think of an Ohio resident, or maybe someone from another Midwestern state such as Michigan, Illinois, or Indiana. The student that comes to mind is most likely a white, 18-22 year-old athlete who is a part of Greek life. However, one of their recent recruiting videos appeals to students who do not fit these demographics. This video can be found on Ohio State University’s Youtube page, titled “Ohio State National TV Commercial.” It is unique because it attempts to appeal to students who may not consider OSU, such as international or non-traditional students, or perhaps students of color.
As far back as history can be told mankind has struggled between balancing culture, power and politics. Many wars have been fought and many people have placed their lives on the line in order to stand up for what they believe in. The combinations of culture, power and politics have spilled over into the workplace. In today’s business environment individuals have much more to worry about than just completing their assigned tasks. Organizational culture, power and office politics influence day to day operations as well as govern the atmosphere within the organization. The amount of impact that power and politics have in the workplace, directly reflect the organization’s culture formally as well as informally.
Organizational structure is a system that consists of explicit and implicit institutional rules and policies designed to outline how various work roles and responsibilities are delegated, controlled and coordinated. Organizational structure also determines how information flows from level to level within the company (investopedia.com, 2017). If one level or department does not undertake its function accurately the entire business suffers, because all the departments interrelated to each other. There are generally four types of organizational structure: