Management, Leadership, & Surveillance

Management and Leadership are positions of authority that require conflict resolution, critiquing, conferencing and other communication. Cameras are now as small as a cell phone. Company surveillance is a part of the security systems that secure expensive equipment, as well as monitor employee behavior.

Washington Monthly’s November 2009 issue has an article about how London has about a million surveillance cameras.

‘Two years ago I warned that we were in danger of sleepwalking into a surveillance society,’ said the British information commissioner. ‘Today I fear that we are in fact waking up to a surveillance society that is already all around us’ (Malanowski, 2009).

And employees in large and small companies are waking up to surveillance employment that is already all around us. Data bases that check the computer systems we use, some employment is terminated as a result of improper computer use.

Movies have been made that reflect the use of surveillance equipment to monitor crime, many years ago it did not seem as possible as it is. The police are not the only thing clocking your driving speed, so is a camera on the traffic light. Malls have cameras systems, some security TVs the customers can see. This new use of technology and advances in technology make the profession of surveillance available to individuals, an example is home security systems. Some homes have outside cameras that monitor the door and garage areas.

Other countries are more honest about the use of surveillance equipment. As Managers and Leaders we must stay up-to-date on surveillance abilities and protect individual’s rights. Management and Leadership also requires in some cases, becoming an advocate. Some surveillance use may be questionable.

What changes are occurring to America’a Great Lakes, what is causing the changes and why does it matter?

The title endorsed in part by: 1H2O by Tres Mali Scott Pulitzer Center Citizen Journalist 2nd Place Award Winner

The Great Lakes include the United States of America and Canada. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the five Great Lakes are:

• Superior,
• Michigan,
• Huron,
• Erie, and
• Ontario.

The Union of Concerned Scientists also state that there are 12 cities that lie along the rim of the Great Lakes:

1. Buffalo
2. Chicago
3. Cleveland
4. Detroit
5. Duluth
6. Erie
7. Gary
8. Hamilton
9. Milwaukee
10. Toledo
11. Toronto
12. Windsor

Great Lakes Regional Assessment (GLRA) discusses how the ecosystem and natural resources could change. This includes:

• agriculture,
• climate,
• land ecology,
• water resources,
• water ecology, and
• quality of life.

If the Great Lake water levels lower, it would impact shipping and recreational boating. Global warming lessens the snow fall and could also lower water levels. The changes in the lakes temperatures alter the food we make-up of lake algae, which is a major source of food for fish

Mounting Violence and the Taliban: Are We Getting an Accurate Picture?

Title endorsed in part by: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting by Tres Mali Scott

No, and one reason the Taliban is winning in the public’s eye is because no one wants to tell what it really means to have a “Civilian Shield”. I am a missionary and understand that these groups are very specific in using religion as a part of their name. The Holy Bible tells about concepts that apply to modern day situations:

Those that say they are…but are not…

Whatever it may be. Some of these individuals use Satanism, Witchcraft, and Sorcery’s to attack people in a manner that is difficult to understand.

The word Taliban is a loan word from Arabic and is Pashtu meaning “students”. The Taliban or Taleban is a predominately Pashtun, fundamentalist, religious, pro-Wahhaabi, Sunni, Islamist, political movement, that governed Afghanistan from 1996-2001. The Taliban is fighting a guerrilla war against the Afghanistan government, Pakistan, allied NATO (Operation Enduring Freedom), and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Afghanistan and Pakistan are bordering countries and the Taliban operate out of both.

Human Rights Watch’s (2008) report on “Troops in Contact” Airstrikes and civilian death in Afghanistan, section VII Recommendations: To Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and other opposition armed groups are:

1. Cease using civilians as shields
2. Take all feasible precautions to protect civilians from the effects of attack…
3. Stop feigning civilian status during attacks…
4. Affirm commitments to follow international humanitarian law…

Amnesty International’s (2009)  report on Getting Away With Murder? The Impunity of International Forces in Afghanistan, states that the

International Military Forces in Afghanistan include:

1. Operation Enduring Freedom and
2. The NATO-led UN mandated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

There are other agencies present as well including United Nations Convention Against Torture and Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission…

Para-terrorism a paranormal psychological term that includes the maximum use of technologies including:

• high-jacking satellite signals…

For the full article and references click here.

Book Review: National Geographic’s Book of People of the World A Guide to Cultures

National Geographic has a book, Book of Peoples of the World A Guide to Cultures Edited by Wade Davis and D. David Harrison with Catherine Herbert Howell, it looks at the anthropology of the world. It has 18 pages of listings of the “Ethnic Groups of the World”.

This book has 7 Chapters including:

1. Sub-Saharan Africa
2. North Africa & The Middle East
3. Asia
4. Oceania
5. Europe
6. North America
7. Central & South America

It is also full of  Multicultural Proverbs like:

• “Play together as brothers but conduct business as strangers.” Syrian Proverb
• “From cleverness of hand you get serfdom. From cleverness of mouth, you become boss.” Amhara Proverb
• “It is better to be a slave in your own homeland than to be a ruler in a foreign country.” Kazakh Proverb
• “Those who lose dreaming are lost.” Australian Proverb
• “Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.” Polish Proverb
• “If you want to know what your body will look like tomorrow, look at your thoughts today.” Navajo Proverb
• “The one who loves you will make you weep.” Argentinian Proverb

This book has beautiful multicultural pictures and gives a good foundation for understanding other cultures that lead to world affairs and economics.

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Book Review: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John C. Bogle

The Little Book Big Profits Series has three books:

1. The Little Book That Beats The Market,
2. The Little Book of Value Investing, and
3. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing has quotes through out the book that help you remember the concepts. One concept that is repeated throughout the book is:

For every winner, there must be a loser.

The book teaches index investing and a great concept put into a quote:

If I “could only explain things to enough people, carefully enough, thoroughly enough, thoughtfully enough-why, eventually everyone would see, and then everything would be fixed.”

The book also shows that these money making theories are not new. from Other People’s Money, by Louis D. Brandeis first published in 1914 to the formation of the first balanced index fund in 1990.

Investing can become fashion and fad, when real formulas are needed.

John C. Bogle the author is the Founder and former CEO of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group.

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What is Crisis Reporting?

This topic is endorsed in part by the Writings of African-Americans and the International Library of Paranormal Psychology  by Tres Mali Scott

A crisis, according to the American Heritage Dictionary is a crucial or decisive point or situation, a turning point, an ustable condition, as in political, social, or economic affairs, involving and impending abrupt or decisive change. An emergency is a serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action, this implies that some crisis are forseen.

As an American, many freedoms are taken for granted. Living in a democracy is very different from socialist, communist, and dictators. In a democracy, individual citizens input, hold rallies, protest, and cause social action.

Individual citizens vote on who will represent them and America has the least amount of intra-country terrorism. Terrorism is violence and intimidation for political gain.

Many other countries terrorize for political gain. The topics of crisis reporting are not or under reported situations, issues, and incidents that occur throughout the world.

Crisis reporting is a part of the independent and free press. Most crisis reporters are freelance, individual or corporate philanthropist that become knowledgeable about international issues and report as accurately as possible about the situations occurring.

The United States of America passed laws for freedom of speech and freedom of the press, most of the other countries do not have these freedoms. There are also many international organizations that monitor, provide assistance, and report as accurately as possible international issues.

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Marketing: In Business is a Process

According to Armstrong & Kotler (2009), marketing is:

• Creating and Capturing Customer Value

Armstrong & Kotler (2009) also identify the key elements of  a customer-driven marketing strategy. The marketplace includes:

• Needs which create “market offering”,
• Wants which create “market offering”, and
• Demands.

A simple marketing process includes:

1. Understand!
2. Design!
3. Construct!
4. Build!
5. Capture value!

If you are designing a customer-driven marketing strategy “marketing management” is important. “Marketing Management” is:

• “The art and science of choosing target markets and building profitable relationships with them” (Armstrong & Kotler, 2009).

Remember the potential profitability of a product and its production and the projected  loyalty.

Reference:

Armstrong, Gary & Kotler, Philip (2009). Marketing An Introduction, 9e. upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

If Irsael is a Country, than it is Borders and not Boundaries

This Crisis Reporting topic is endorsed in part by The Writings of African-Americans.

The United Nations has approved a resolution for “immediate durable and fully respected cease-fire”.

For a full article on the subject from a Pulitzer Center Citizen Journalist Second Place Award Winner go to: If Irsael is a Country, than it is Border and notBoundaries

India’s Foreseeable Future and Resolution of These Conflicts

This Title is endoresed in part by: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting by Tres Mali Scott

When reading about and researching India, the traffic, language, social, and economic problems sound like Mexico. The U.S. Department of  State on Travel to India’s report says travel by road in India is dangerous, rast reckless driving without consideration for the rules of the road. Like Mexico, because of tribes and rural living there are huge varations in language, social and enconomic conditions, as noted by the International Herald Tribune about India.

When I worked with “at risk” youth, another employee was from India, he told me that in India he was a Medical Doctor and his education did not have resoprosity with U.S. Medical School, Boards, or Licensure. Mr. Thomas also informed me that in order to obtain higher education in India you had to be able to speak English. India’s National literacy average is 65 percent.

The greatest points of conflict in India are political, military, and terrorist. This version on the topic looks at Religious and Cultural Terrorism. The U.S. Department of State on Travel specifically includes violence against Christians, called Anti-Christian violence, that occurs in Orissa, Gujarat, Kerala, and Karnataka, India, against Indian and American Missionaries and Social Workers. Conversion of Hindus is illegal in some states due to the violent clashes it caused. Fourteen terror attacks have occured in major cities that have killed over 600 people between Oct. 2005 and Nov. 2008.

For the full article go to:  India’s Foreseeable Future…

Update 5/1/2009

Severe heat way in India:

• At least 18 dead

 

This Article was made possible by the Donations of an Anonymous Donor from St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Los Angeles, California to TMSC Consulting Services, LLC’s Research Foundation.

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