My Assessment of Brodsky’s Performance Essay

Evaluating his approach to bringing about change in his organization. Comparing his approach with that of Jack Welch.

“Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students?” That is how Professor Randy Pausch, from Carnegie Mellon, began his last lecture, a speech entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” while in fact he was dying of Pancreatic Cancer. He knew he only had months left to live and put together this last lecture to read to his students. His lecture focuses in on points such as the importance of: making sincere apologies, not whining, being gracious and being humble. To stress his thoughts and views on life and following one’s dreams, Randy Pausch used a great amount of repetition, metaphors, allusion, humor, ethos, and pathos in his last lecture.

As mentioned above the unequal division of responsibility within department due to lack of job design also results in a bad coordination within the organization. Examples of instance referred to in the case of Duplox would be the interdependence between the TSS and FSM teams; the sales department and the TSS’s, where the sales team don’t put much weight on the argument by the TSS’s that improper installation can cause higher repair and service cost. This not only creates discontentment between department but also affects the bonuses the Directors and managers gain based on the TSS’s productivity which is either met or exceed the past year. High- involvement managerial strategy the supervisor no longer would be the primary controller and evaluator instead would be the facilitator. They would help remove barriers to adequate performance and provide resources and assistance to subordinates to perform efficiently and allow decisions to be made at the lowest possible levels in the organization. The overall leadership style is participative or democratic in nature.

You would think a man dying of cancer would not be so happy and willing to spend the last few months of his life giving a lecture. But, Randy Pausch, who has 10 tumors in his liver, does not want people to pity him for having cancer. Rather, he wants to teach people how to follow their childhood dreams. Looking at the seven elements of communication we see how he is so effective in his last lecture.

     David Berkowitz was one of the most feared killers in New York City in the 1970's. His crimes caused the death of six people, and the injuries to seven others. His crimes became legendary because of the bizarre content in the letters that he wrote to the police and the media and his reasons for committing the attacks. David Berkowitz, better known as Son of Sam, is a man with a troubled childhood and upbringing. From his many “Parental Figures” to believing that dogs were telling him to kill. During his reign of killing the police felt the pressure to catch David. "Operation Omega" was formed, which was comprised of over 200 detectives – all working on finding the Son of Sam before he killed again.

When a man is a product of his environment and the environment is filled with violence and hatred, the possibilities are horrifying. Richard kuklinski is a prime example of just that. His childhood was something no human, let alone a child should go through. His anger built up and his life eventually was overcome by it. He then progressed to a cold-blooded killer, starting small, and then ending with the mob until his capture.

What do you think motivated the authors of these images to publish them? Answer in four to five sentences.

I. Purpose for this investigation is to pin-point problems within the Roanoke branch of Phoenix Advertising which have led to the recent resignations of an art director and an account executive, increasing client complaints about quality of work, productivity and demoralization of employees within that branch.

Between the summers of 1976 and 1977, a string of seemingly random shootings took place in New York City. For a year, the mysterious murderer terrorized the city, causing one of the biggest manhunts in New York’s history (Jenkins, 2006). The attacker appeared to be predominantly targeting young women with long, dark hair. As a result, many women cut their hair, dyed their hair blonde, and even wig sales increased (Harris, 2017). This high-profile case had extensive news coverage, which added to the hysteria of the paralyzed New York City communities. Finally, he was captured and that was not the end of David. With his wild claims, Berkowitz kept New York City on its toes for more than 40 years. People still do not know what to expect from

2. Evaluate Gordon Biersch's organizational alternatives to realize its growth ambitions. Recommend a course to follow?

authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised

In addition, Craig fails to use his managerial position to delegate second level tasks to others, who are capable of handling those tasks. By focusing on second level tasks, Craig loses time and effort that could have been used to accomplish important tasks. When individuals at work focus only on what is urgent rather than what is important, organizational problems such as poor delegation which was previously mentioned, poor organization at work, and weak organizational hierarchy tend to occur. In this case, poor delegation of tasks makes it difficult to organize work activities within the company. Poor organization makes people less efficient and less effective. Less efficient and less effective individuals lead to weak organizational hierarchy. A weak organizational hierarchy can lead to a decrease in the overall productivity of the company.

I attended Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on October 14, at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Southwestern Seminary Oratorio Chorus, directed by C. David Keith, performed it. Ludwig Van Beethoven composed the work. He composed it between 1811-1824. Beethoven composed the work in D minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”). His Ninth Symphony was his last symphony to compose. It was preceded by eight other symphonies. I was attracted to this work because it was the first symphony to include a choral. I found it astonishing that Beethoven was completely deaf when he finished this work.

Weaknesses: Lack of coordinated decision making is a weakness for LorPel. Victor, Aleksey and Igor do not seem to agree on the best way forward for the company. Each of these managers presents his own thoughts and none of them is willing to listen to the other in order to have an informed consent.

Additionally, as expressed by Rebecca Ratner, Hsieh’s commitment to merging the workplace with social lives could present risk to the company in the form of unprofessional or inappropriate conduct that is not addressed properly.