Brett et al. (2006) discussed the multicultural challenges in the article, which can also applicable to student’s written interaction in an online university. As a student of a the University of the People (UoPeople), I have faced those challenges as well, especially in group activity where we have to reach […]
Like a football team, star players may score more goals, get unbelievably high wages, and fill news headlines regularly. But those who deeply understand the game know that B players are the strong foundation that bring depth and stability to the team. The depth and stability are important factors that […]
Kurt Lewin’s classical leadership theory is perhaps the breakthrough to modern studies of leadership. Since its conception, researchers are still citing it to this day; some were scrutinizing the flaws, while some others were trying to develop the idea. However, it is commonly agreed that the flaws of the classical […]
Introduction: Leaders born or made? Late in the 19th century, the leadership theories that were highly popular was the great man theory, which emphasized that great men were born, not made. The theory argued that leadership qualities were inherited, especially by people from the upper class (Kirkpatrick & Locke, 1991). […]
In 1965, Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, wrote a four-page paper for Electronics Magazine describing how the process of chip manufacturing has enabled more powerful chips to be produced at cheaper prices (Moore, 1965). The paper predicted the pace of this advancement, which was then coined as Moore’s Law. The […]
A pertinent negative is a term usually used in a medical situation, in which medical personnel makes documentation about things that have been checked from a patient but the patient doesn’t have it. In medical documentation, usually, the personnel has to write in detail about the things that have been […]
Introduction Our brain usually creates a shortcut based on our prior understanding and experiences that enable us to make a quick judgment on a situation or a person. Unfortunately, the shortcut is very prone to inaccuracies and distortions. Among the distortions are stereotype, selective perception, and halo effect. This article […]
People’s behavior in an organization setting is a crucial study as it can decide the fortune of the organization. Robbins and Judge (2017) stated that the behavior is based on their perception of what reality is, not on reality itself. This might be the concept behind the saying that “perception […]