The Road to Hell

The World is a diverse place; changing demographics, globalization and generational gaps. Diversity is the mix of people who make your organization. The workforce, including leadership should represent and look like the community in which business is conducted. Work place diversity is the key to survival and growth and is an essential business tool. Diversity promotes inclusion within and across business units and help all employees understand and respect individual differences and the value of everyone’s unique talents. Different types of people bring different talents and competencies to the table. Inclusion allows people to be themselves at work and letting them know they are valued regardless of their age, gender,

American high school curriculums should teach contemporary literature. Every day people are facing challenge, restraint, and free will no matter the age or gender. Young kids need to understand the variety situations of life. If teachers are teaching contemporary literature, the kids will have a better idea of how free will is applicable, but will have consequences. After reading, The Odyssey, "The Cruelest Journey", and "The Journey", it is easier to relate to The Cruelest Journey and The Journey. Also, it is easier to picture to this article and poem because they are more of a concurrent style.

The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea is undeniably a book that is absolutely worth reading. It recounts a nightmarish tale through a desperate landscape and the tales of struggle of 26 real men who risked everything in search of a better life. The Devil's Highway is a real geographic destination; it refers to the Arizona desert on the Mexican border. Some assert that in order to survive this particular region, one would need two gallons of water per day, as the temperatures can be higher than 100 degrees. In fact, some say the Devil's Highway is so hot that dead bodies naturally mummify when left by the side of the road (8m.com). This demonstrates one of the main reasons that the book is so worthwhile to read: it tells the story of human survival against a hostile environment. In many ways this has been the fundamental story of human beings from the beginning. Human beings have continually fought to overcome adverse or difficult environments as an aspect of human survival. Nature and the elements even if nature manifests simply by an inhospitable temperature can be one of the most formidable threats to a human being because human beings cannot control nature; they can only react to it as best as they can. Thus, one can easily argue that people will never tire of reading this story because of its dominance to the human condition.

Hitch-Hiking to Hell In the book Into the Wild, John Krakauer Talks about a man named Chris McCandless who was inspired by a famous author named John London to “live off the land”. Chris immediately set his dreams to live off the land in Alaska by himself and survive in the wilderness. Chris McCandless was a great man who could have been a brave role model and hero for others, but was selfish, unprepared, and careless.

The scope of the programme is to address recruitment, training, policy, awareness and behaviour. Develop a recruitment strategy that promotes workplace diversity. Provide training to all employees about unfair employment practices and laws that prohibit discrimination in the workplace. Develop a written organization policy that addresses discrimination in the workplace. In addition to training all employees on diversity at the workplace, include continuous awareness in the workplace that relates to all types of discrimination in the workplace. Overall the importance for the programme to be a success, the leaders of the organization have to demonstrate behaviours that eliminate discrimination in the workplace.

Those that go into the business world quickly recognize that each work environment they find themselves in can be total different from another. This can especially be said even of environments within the United States, from region to region. There is definitely a disparity of workplace environments from country to country. Not only can culture drive a varied atmosphere, but the diversity of the personnel making up that environment can equally create a challenge that a leader must be prepared to manage. Recognizing that special care needs to be placed on communication and perception skills is crucial in our present professional domain. Managers of today need to employee tools from the psychological and sociological field to be successful. Having a deep understanding in the differences in culture and diversity in the workplace is critical, especially when debating about accepting a position overseas or assigning an employee to an embedded position abroad. With a broad knowledge of cultural differences and diversity, success as a manager and the stability of a positive work environment can be achieved and maintained without unnecessary effort and focus.

“There is a way to be good again” (2) is not only a relapsed statement in Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, The Kite Runner, but also a reoccurring theme in his second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Through the comparison of his two novels, the characters ultimately struggle to find their personal road to redemption. The protagonist of The Kite Runner, Amir returns to Afghanistan to redeem himself of a memory that has been haunting him for the past twenty-six years by saving his half-nephew, Sohrab. In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam's endeavors to be redeemed are achieved through self-sacrifice - and having a reason to die for. Throughout the course of each of the characters’ lives, their ultimate goal is deliverance

Jodi Cartwright replied to this question stating that the congregation had gone through at least two large shifts in membership. As the current members left, either through death or moving to another location, there were no new members coming in to take their place. The congregation was aware of this situation and realized their numbers would continue to dwindle. The congregation also did not want to give up their presence in the neighborhood. This could be a desire to leave a lasting and meaningful legacy or it could be a nostalgic desire to hold onto the past. This was that they had requested help from the judicatory; somewhat it seemed to be an indication that they had a willingness to entertain some change in their structure and operation.

He decides to play the role of “god” by punishing his victims for their sins and giving them an opportunity for a second chance only that they have to undergo a lot of pain. Through a series of life threatening tests, the victims have to either kill others in order to save themselves or inflict pain on their bodies to save their family as well as themselves. Similar to the Buddhist depiction of hell, this film gives the characters an opportunity to atone their sins by doing what is perceived to be right. This paper will compare the modern depiction of hell ass seen in the film with the ancient apocalypse seen in the Buddhist depiction of hell (Buddhist Study and Practice Group,

A critical concept all businesses or companies should strive for is diversity. It’s been lacking for earlier parts of history and still can be an issue in today’s world. Diversity in the workplace focuses on the differences and similarities that people bring to an organization. Differences or similarities including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. For many companies, diversity of the workplace is an enormous strength that can attract job seekers, create a competitive advantage, resolve or prevent many internal conflicts, and helps give a better approach to many obstacles in every-day

One major problem in the organization is the issue of appreciating diversity within the workplace. Most employees and some management personnel see this as a threat and therefore there cannot be efficient teamwork cohesion in doing projects. This may be due to the fact that they have reinforcing homogeneity perspectives or color-blind perspectives (Prasad, 1997). Leaders should try to make changes to this major issue since it affects operations where diversity is required to achieve strategic goals. The organization should plan to change the mentality of those rejecting diversity, to embrace Fairness perspective, access perspective, integration and learning perspectives which will ensure a unison move to prosperity of the organization (Clements & Jones, 2008). The organization’s vision requires diversity in place since diversity offers:

The general line of reasoning is that if we learn to incorporate each other’s diverse traits and characteristics in the workplace, we can then use these differences to foster an innovative environment, which will give the company a competitive advantage over the competitors that do not accept workforce diversity. According to the Allied Academies International Conference, “Diversity is rapidly becoming a common practice among companies due to the increasing number of minorities entering the job market today. As these groups become more prevalent throughout companies, upper-level employees are facing numerous challenges when determining what changes must take place to create a positive working environment for everyone. Management is responsible for the development and implementation of effective policies directly relating to diversity to ensure the acceptance of minorities into the workplace and to aid in minorities’ success through equal opportunities and treatment.” (Marcia L. James, 2001, Academy for Studies in International Business Proceedings)

The company should create and give information on cultural awareness, knowledge and training that allows the expatriates and Barracanians alike to see the entire picture and improves the quality of respect, trust and work outcomes. This cultural diversity dimensions should cover the information on race, education, age, thinking style, economic status, work experience, family status and values. The information may help bring together all the expatriates and the Barracanians to the organization so that they will appreciate each other cultural value. Respecting individual differences in the organizations can contribute cooperation, trust and respect for each

Today's workforce is undoubtedly varied. Creating an environment that is acceptable and optimum for performing is what you want in the business environment. This will reduce the chances that an employee will feel under-valued, which can ultimately affect absenteeism rates and employee turnover. More diverse companies produce better results. Companies that respect and support individual employees ethnicity, age, gender, skills, and abilities provide for an all-inclusive atmosphere that allows employees to feel comfortable. Understanding cultural mannerisms, linking them to there abilities and not taking there age and gender to heart may help the judgement of candidates for their job skills, not their interview skills.

High level of Productivity: Increasing productivity at the workplace has been one of the major challenges for managers and leaders and to the company in general. Due to the fact that every organization has its own unique company structure and objectives, different strategies may be used to challenge or address the company in order to increase productivity. One of those strategies involves adopting workplace diversity and managing it effectively. When management takes the welfare of its workers at heart by means of offering them proper compensation, health care and employee appraisal, it enables workers to feels they belong to the company irrespective of their cultural background by remaining loyal and hardworking which helps to increase the company’s productivity and