Leadership And Leadership Within The Nursing Field

Nursing Leadership Leaders are an integral part of society, as they are the ones that are tasked with motivating, improving, observing, and ensuring that jobs are completed in an accurate and effective manner. The same can be said about leaders within the nursing industry. The following research paper will examine the differences between management and leadership within the nursing field, the importance of effective leadership throughout a healthcare organization, leadership theories that contribute to a positive work environment, a personal reflection on leadership type and specific behaviors that shall be developed in order to become a successful leader, including various resources available to assist in leadership development.†¦show more content†¦Leaders are often called upon to be innovative and flexible, able to be inventive in an unpredictable environment (Nibley, 1987), which makes talented leaders a tremendous asset to the nursing field, where human behavior can alt er from what is typically considered to be the norm. Effective leaders should be able to lead not only others, but themselves too. Additionally, leaders who solicit successful input from others, and develop coalitions through teamwork to achieve results (Kelly Crawford, 2013). Some head nurses are tasked with being both a leader and a manager, which can become troublesome if an established leadership style has not been learned and mastered (Sorensen, Delmar, Pedersen, 2011). Being able to navigate the responsibilities of both a leader and a manager, working with doctors, fellow nurses, and patients, in a cohesive manner can be challenging. While the evaluation of leadership styles and the importance of effective leadership in a healthcare setting in the current paper is being evaluated through the view of a newly graduated nursing student, it is important to keep the roles of a head nurse in mind due to potential career goals. Doing such also helps to understand the stresses that the head nurses are under as they fulfill the roles of nursing and leadership within the department. Effective Leadership in Healthcare The leadership present in a hospital or other health

Leadership Style Of A New Company - 1314 Words

When a new executive or manager takes charge of an existing company it is common for them to inherit a business that is established but encountering lack luster performance because of the lack of leadership or the wrong style of leadership. The leader is the most significant role within an organization that drives the success or failure of the company. Their own particular leadership style may produce positive results or hamper productivity. No two leaders are alike and no two employees are exactly the same. Any new leader, who is inheriting a diverse workforce, must be flexible enough to tailor their leadership style to the task they are trying to achieve or the personnel they are leading. Sometimes it takes a solid blending of†¦show more content†¦There are a many different concepts that address leadership but the three covered in this discussion are the contingency model, path-goal theory and life-cycle theory (Plunkett, Allen Attner, 2013). Each concept, if used c orrectly, can produce desired results within an organization. The first approach, a new leader within an organization, may reference is the contingency model. The contingency model subscribes to the relationship between job or people mixed with the changing situations within the company (Plunkett, Allen Attner, 2013). This theory is most worthwhile when it includes variances to clarify why the results differ across occurrences (Yuki, 2010). The contingency model is rooted around three variances that include: boss-employee associations, whether or not the job is structured and the leader’s authority power (Plunkett, Allen Attner, 2013). Using this model is an easy way for a manager to pick the best method or approach for a particular situation. For example, if the leader has a positive association with the employees, the leader’s rank is recognized, and the task is a standard, repetitive task such as an inventory clerk, the contingency model moves the leader to adopt a task orientation approach (Yuki, 2010). However, a supe rvisor who has a weak relationship with their workers, the task is complex such as software programmer for

Business and Transport Law/Commercial and Transport Law

Question: Describe about the Essay for Business and Transport Law/Commercial and Transport Law. Answer: Introduction A contract can be defined as a promise between two or more parties, to do a particular thing or a set of thing, in exchange of a consideration (Treitel, and Peel, 2015). A contract, when formed, is a lawfully enforceable document. The consideration involved in a contract needs to have certain economic value. Another condition for formation of a contract is that the parties to the contract should be of sound mental capacity. Such parties need to form the contract out of free will and there should be a clear absence of any undue influence. Another condition necessary to create legally binding contract is the intent. (Clarke and Clarke, 2016). A contract can be in two forms, written or oral. In a written contract, all the terms and conditions relating to the transaction are stated down on a document (Bonell, 2009). This document is then signed by the parties to the contract. To create verbal contract, an offer is given in a vocal manner and the acceptance is achieved in vocal manner. It is generally advised to form a written contract instead of a verbal contract (Department of State Development, 2016). Verbal contracts have an ease of formation but in case of disagreements, a written contract can clarify the matter of such disagreements. The elements of a contract can be broadly classified as, offer, acceptance, consideration, intent and certainty (The Law Handbook, 2015). To create a contract an offer has to be made by the party. Then the given offer has to be accepted by the party to whom the offer was made. Such offer has to contain a consideration which has a certain economic value. Further, the contracting parties should have a clear intention of forming a contract. Lastly, a certainty is essential about the terms of the contract (Carter, 2007). Body of opinion Facts The facts are as explained in the assignment task. Issues In the given case, the main issue is whether or not a valid contract was made between Joshua and Ernest in relation to the sale and purchase of the unit. There is another issue in this case which relates to the validity of contract between Joshua and Bridget. Law This case revolves around the elements of a contract. To clarify each point of this matter, the issues have been broken down as per the elements of a contract. Overview -a valid contract A contract is a legally enforceable agreement. If a contract contains the elements of a contract, in a lawful manner, then such a contract is considered as valid (Ayres and Klass, 2012). If any party of the contract does not follow the terms of the contract, they are held liable for a breach of a contract. In such circumstances, various remedies are available for the aggrieved party in the form of monetary damages and equitable damages [specific performance and injunction] (Elliot, 2011). To judge the validity of the contract between Joshua and Ernest, and the other contract between Joshua and Bridget, the facts of the case have been reviewed with the elements of the contract. A study of these elements with the case fact would establish whether these contracts were valid or invalid (Paterson, Robertson and Duke, 2012). Intention to create legal relationship In the case of contract between Joshua and Ernest, there was a clear intention to create a legal relationship. Upon the offer of Joshua, negotiations took place and an acceptance was also attained. Joshua had the clear intention to sell the house. This was evident from the advertisement in the newspaper and TV. There was an intention on part of Ernest as he negotiated the deal. Further, he sent his confirmation through both the mediums specified by Joshua in the advertisement in the newspaper. In the case of contract between Joshua and Bridget, there was a presence of intent on part of Joshua as he offered to pay the advertisement fee in exchange of the TV commercial. But, on part of Bridget, there was no intention to form a legal relationship. This can be clarified from his statements where he clearly refused to accept any payment from Joshua for the TV advertisement. Further, Bridget claimed that the advertisement was done as they were good friends. This confirms the absence of intent on part of Bridget. Offer and acceptance In the case of contract between Joshua and Ernest, an offer was made on September 08, 2016 by Joshua for sale of his Unit in form of an advertisement in the newspaper and TV. In the advertisement, the mode of acceptance was stated as a telephone number and a fax. On this offer, a counter offer was made by Ernest on September 09, 2016. A counter offer is not considered as an acceptance as was held by the Court in the matter of Stevenson, Jacques Co v McLean [1880] 5 QBD 346 (Thomson Reuters, 2004). Upon further negotiation, Joshua told Ernest that he would not sell the unit for any amount which is less than AU $180,000 and that he would not sell the house to anyone before September 12, 2016. In the afternoon of September, 2016, Ernest called Joshua to convey his acceptance to the offer. When Joshua failed to pick up the phone, he left a voice message which identified him and conveyed his acceptance in this matter. Further, to ensure his acceptance is conveyed, Ernest sent Joshua a fax on that very instance. However this fax was thrown away by Joshuas 3 year old son. The voice message was accidently deleted by Joshua. In this case, an acceptance was clearly made by Ernest. The reason behind this is that Ernest followed the methods provided by Joshua to convey his acceptance. The acceptance was not received by Joshua due to errors on his part. Ernest had fulfilled the conditions of a valid acceptance and hence, the offer of Joshua was considered as accepted by Ernest. Further a reference should be made to the case of Lucy v. Zehmer, 196 Va. 493; 84 S.E.2d 516 (1954) as per which Ernest was not required to confirm if the acceptance was heard or read by Joshua (WashULaw, 2013). In the case of contract between Joshua and Bridget, Joshua had requested Bridget to produce a TV commercial. This was an offer on part of Joshua. This offer was accepted by Bridget as he agreed to produce a commercial for the sale of unit by Joshua. So, in this case an offer was made and acceptance was attained. Consideration In the case of contract between Joshua and Ernest, the offer was made for a consideration of AU $200,000. But during negotiations, the consideration for the unit was finalized at AU $180,000. A consideration can be any amount which is fixed by the parties to a contract, as long as such amount has an economical value. In the case of Chappell Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd [1960] AC 87, it was held by the Court that consideration could be anything which is fixed between the parties (Australian Contract Law, 2010). In this case, the consideration of AU $180,000 has economical value and hence, a valid consideration was made in this contract. In the case of contract between Joshua and Bridget, Joshua had asked about the advertisement fee. Bridget had waived off this fee on basis of being good friends. Here, no consideration was involved. And a good friendship does not have any economic value. Later on, Joshua himself offered to pay AS $10,000 to Bridget. This would not be considered as a valid consideration as the terms of a contract have to be fixed at the time of the contract and not afterwards. So, an absence of consideration invalidates this important element of contract. Capacity of parties In the case of contract between Joshua and Ernest, both parties were free from any duress or mental pressures (Frey and Frey, 2005). None of the parties were a minor or intoxicated. In short, the parties to this contract did have the contractual capacity. In the case of contract between Joshua and Bridget, the parties had contract capability based on the same reasons which have given in the case of Joshua and Ernest. Reality of consent The parties to a contract have to mutually agree to the proposed objectives and terms of the contract. When one party secretly has a different agenda and still gives consent to the contract, there is no reality in such consent. There is no binding contract without the presence of real consent of the parties (Andrews, 2015). In the case of contract between Joshua and Ernest, the consent was real in all aspects. None of the parties had any hidden agenda nor had they provided a partial or half hearted consent. In the case of contract between Joshua and Bridget, the consent to produce the TV commercial was real. And hence, in this case also a presence of reality of consent would be found. Legality of object In the case of contract between Joshua and Ernest, the sale of a unit was the main object of the contract. And this is a totally legal object. Moreover, no other condition or term gave rise to any illegality. In the case of contract between Joshua and Bridget, even though no consideration was fixed for producing the TV commercial but that does not mean that there was some illegality in the objects of the contract. Lack of consideration makes a contract invalid, not illegal or unlawful. So, in both these cases, the objects were completely legal. Application From the writers point of view in the case of contract between Joshua and Ernest, a valid contract was formed. There was a presence of all the elements which makes a contract valid and enforceable (McKendrick and Liu, 2015). In this case, an offer was made by Joshua. Ernest took the stated method for accepting and ensured his acceptance was conveyed by following both the stated mediums stated in the advertisement. The presence of consideration, certainty and intent further make this contract a valid contract. Since a valid contract was formed, the sale of Unit by Joshua to another buyer for a price of AU $190,000 holds Joshua in a breach of contract. And so, Ernest can sue Joshua for a breach of contract. The Court in this case would award the necessary relief to Ernest. This relief is awarded upon discretion of the Court and can be in the form monetary damages or equitable damages. In the writers opinion, the contract between Joshua and Bridget was invalid. This contract lacked the essential element of consideration. Also, there was a lack of intent on the part of Bridget as he was doing the TV commercial out of friendship and not as a commercial dealing. This is confirmed as Bridget waived off the production fees of the TV advertisement. Since in this case, there was no valid contract, Bridget cannot sue Joshua for nonpayment of the TV advertisement fees which was decided by them later on. In the absence of a valid contract, no party has a right to seek redressal. References Andrews, N. (2015) Contract Law.2nd ed. UK: Cambridge University Press Ayres, I. and Klass, G. (2012)Studies in Contract Law. 8th ed. New York: Foundation Press. Bonell, M.J. (2009) An International Restatement of Contract Law:The Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts. 3rd ed. New York: Transnational Publishers, Inc. Carter, J W. (2007) Contract law in Australia. 5th ed. Sydney: LexisNexis Butterworths. Clarke, P. and Clarke, J (2016) Contract Law: Commentaries, Cases and Perspectives. 3rd ed, South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Department of State Development (2016) Contract Law. [Online] Government of South Australia. 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Trident Support Company

Table of Contents Introduction Strategic Management Concepts SWOT Analysis PESTEL Analysis Five Forces Analysis Recommendation References Introduction David Chamber (who was a determined entrepreneur), started working with a small company in California in order to cater for his family. This company was involved in landscaping the gardens of rich people located in his home area.Advertising We will write a custom essay sample on Trident Support Company specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More Years later, he was invited by one of the clients in Abu Dhabi where he was to work in the client’s company together with another worker called Sheik. It is in this company that David started the whole idea of building flagpoles after he was asked to make one by Sheik. This made him to start a company called Trident Support Company. Strategic Management Concepts Trident Support Company had some goals which marked their first segment of strat egic management concepts. Their goals were to be the leading producers of poles in order to meet the high demand and to expand their market by selling their products throughout the world. According to Menon, (1999) management strategies have major impact on an industry’s well-being in the market. After having these goals, the company had a developed business strategy, which included actions and plans that would help achieve these goals. The company decided that, in order to sell more poles, it would subsequently increase the length of the poles by one metre. Another plan was to come up with tall cranes, which would assist in raising the flags as the poles increased in height. According to Lamb, (1984) evaluating is an important aspect in that; it considers whether the strategies applied were done as required or not. In its evaluation, the company trained a team on how to raise flags, repair and lower them. The training of the team imparted expertise on how to use the crane. T he company also manufactured steel in Dubai and shipped it to the manufacturing points. SWOT Analysis The strength of Trident Support Company was that, it had capability of building the tallest flagpoles in the world. The company created a flagpole with a height of 165 metres for Dushanbe city which was the capital of Tajikistan. The company was monopolistic, which enabled it to control the market. This was confessed by members of Guinness World Record ltd. One of the company’s weaknesses is that it didn’t have a defined pricing strategy. This is evident in that it had standard price for the poles it made for different clients. The company was small. This meant that it had few workers and infrastructure. This made the company spend more time in completing one pole, despite the high demand in the market.Advertising Looking for essay on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Trident Company had numero us opportunities. Ambitious nations hired the company to build flagpoles for them, which would get them on top of the record. The company’s order book was bulging. Its entries included: a flagpole in South Africa before the world cup with a height of 60 metres, one at Yas Marina circuit with a height of 38 metres and a flag measuring 35 metres by 70 metre for Azerbaijan to coincide with the country’s national day. Threats facing the company included heavy winds in Baku which made the flags to be changed after every three days. The increasing height of the flagpoles called for larger cranes needed to erect them. This caused complications at Dushanbe and Tajikistan making them use helicopters. PESTEL Analysis Trident company faced a changing political environment just like any other company. Since the company was going global, governments competed for holding the record. The government of Azerbaijani ordered one to break a record held by Aqaba that would measure 492 feet . The economic status of different countries affected the company’s pricing as the raw materials became expensive. The poles cost millions of dollars, but countries rich in oil deposits barely had a problem with the cost. A pole in Baku cost $4 million and that was not a problem to the country. Social factors also affected the company in its operations. The company did a research and hired the right people who had a positive attitude towards work. These composed of fifteen employees and subcontractors. The company admired working in the United States in order for workers to move back home to their families. Technological factors such as having taller cranes than the ones they were using affected the height of flagpoles that the company built. The company believed that it could build a pole of up to 220 metres provided the large cranes were in place. Lack of large cranes made the company use helicopters which required experienced people to operate.Advertising We will writ e a custom essay sample on Trident Support Company specifically for you for only $16.05 $11/page Learn More As the flagpoles increased in height the altitude change brought different weather conditions. The company made flags from nylon and polyester and as the altitude increased, the flags were subjected to strong winds which tore them. This called for regular repairs. The heavy winds in Baku destroyed the flag in only three days while in other places it could last for some weeks. Legal factors had impacted on Trident Support Company. These factors included rules that acted as guidelines. The company had employees and Subcontractors. The Company therefore had obligations to meet in terms of honouring contracts and employment terms. Five Forces Analysis Trident company had a less competition. The only competition came from U.S. Flag Flagpole Supply Inc., which had negotiated with a client to build a 500 foot pole. The monopolistic nature of Trident Company made it difficult for other companies to enter the market. Supplier’s power was not a great issue to the company because it manufactured its own raw materials. This included steel and flags, which were shipped to working stations. Buyers’ powers had no control over the company since they were not sensitive to prices and were willing to pay any price provided they have to the record. There were few companies making flagpoles hence the countries had to wait for Trident Company to build the poles for them. Threat from substitutes could not be felt by the company since there were no substitutes that the customers could run for. The buyers were not willing to change the product because their main aim was to be on top of the record. Threat from companies entering the market was low. This is because the operating cost of Trident Support Company was high and the company had already dominated the market.Advertising Looking for essay on business economics? Let's see if we can help you! Get your first paper with 15% OFF Learn More Recommendation From the SWOT analysis, several recommendations would be helpful to the company. Since the company produced the world’s tallest flagpoles, it should advance technologically by adopting tall cranes in order to make tall poles as required by clients. The company should develop a pricing strategy that will define its ways of selling the flagpoles. This would help in monitoring the sales and keeping the competitors off. It should also employ more workers to reduce time spent on each flagpole, making it easier to meet the high demand. Trident company should also reduce the height of subsequent flagpoles. This would help in keeping the business in operation for log time. This is so because reducing the length of subsequent poles prolongs the time taken to reach the height limit. References Lamb, R.B. 1984, Competitive strategic management, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Menon, A. et al. 1999, â€Å"Antecedents and Consequences of Marketing Strategy Making,â₠¬  Journal of Marketing, vol.63, no. 2, pp. 18–40. This essay on Trident Support Company was written and submitted by user Vicente Mayo to help you with your own studies. You are free to use it for research and reference purposes in order to write your own paper; however, you must cite it accordingly. You can donate your paper here.