In the case study, Jack and the Mountain People, Jack has come to a crossroad in his life. Three years ago, his best milking cow stopped producing milk, which also meant that his family lost their main source of income. Jack’s mother told him to take the cow into town to sell the cow in order to come up with some sort of money to start a new venture. On the way into town, Jack came across an old man that resulted in Jack trading the cow for the old man’s magic beans. Jack’s mother was less than thrilled when Jack came home with these beans and ended up throwing them out the window. Jack then discovered that these beans turned into five enormous beanstalks that were twined together that were so high that they rose into the sky. Jack decided …show more content…
A good plan for goal planning “identifies causes and effects in achievable stages” (Chapman, 2015). A goal without a plan could be considered just a vision. Unless there is a plan, there is no achievable goal (Chapman, 2015). If an appropriate goal is set, then the problem should in fact be solved as a result. One first needs to be able to determine if there is a problem in the first place. As goals change, so will the nature of the problem at hand. As situations change, problems may change, thus creating a need to produce different goals in order to solve the problem. For example, the current problem is that Jack only has one coin left, with the problem then being that he has no stable income. However, if one of the subsidiary problems become a larger issue (the mountain people try to hurt Jack’s family), then the goal would change (keep Jack and his family safe) (Harris, 1998). In order to create goals that will lead to solutions, certain steps should be taken. The first step is to consider ideal goals. For example, an ideal goal for Jack would be instead of just creating a venture that is able to turn his one coin into stable income, an ideal goal would be for that one venture that allows Jack to be wealthy and meet more than just his basic needs. The second step would be to establish practical goals. . For example, Jack is faced with a main problem as well as some subsidiary problems. In order for Jack to be able to come up with solutions, he needs to create logical and practical goals by not creating one goal to solve all of his problems (Harris, 1998). For Jack, one goal would be to create a steady income by using his last coin to buy another cow that produces enough milk to sell. Another goal would be to make right with the people on the mountain by returning the worth of their coins once Jack was able to sell enough milk from his cow to pay the people on the
In the memoir Within Reach: My Everest Story by Mark Pfetzer and Jack Galvin, the author Mark Pfetzer is faced with an extremely amazing yet scary challenge of climbing Mount Everest. Each event is the story has something to do with the nature that is around them at that moment but Pfetzer shows the readers that nature can be a way of life.
The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is located in the upper panhandle of Idaho, approximately 15 miles south of the city of Coeur d’Alene. The Coeur d' Alene Tribe operates under a democracy form of government. The tribal members have the right to elect their tribal government representatives on the first Saturday in May of each year. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes will hold office for three years. The two candidates that get the next highest votes hold office for two years. The next two candidates receiving the next highest votes hold office for one year. Therefore elections will be held every year for two candidates. Any enrolled member of the tribe over the
In both short nonfictional stories, “ The Uprooting of a Japanese- American Family” by Yoshiko Uchida and “The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N.Scott Momaday both authors have comparative and contrasting traits in their purpose of writing their own stories.
Individual growth can come in many forms, many of which involve finding your sense of place. A sense of place can be describes, in a sense, as a place where you feel like you belong, have a purpose, connect spiritually, and are familiar with. Finding where you belong usually takes a journey and a great deal of culture, history, and spiritual discovery. Momaday helps us to understand his journey by telling us a few tails of his people. Also, he tells us about his grandmother, who helped him through his journey, felt connected to, and eventually whose death pushed him to make all of the connections between what he has learned, not only about himself, but also about the tribe. He uses a poetic writing style and three different voices to drive
...n you desire, taking an encompassing goal and breaking it down to smaller specific goals allows you to create a defined map that will promote your progress, one small step at a time, until your dreams have been achieved.
Jack and the Beanstalk, connects with the class of poverty. Without a father, Jack and his mother are forced to provide for themselves. Jack does not prove as the smartest kid and he displays this throughout the story. He connects with the family cow, but is forced to sell the cow by his mother. Jack is taken advantage of by the Baker, and he trades the white cow for five magic beans. The beans end up working in Jack’s favor by growing a giant beanstalk. Jack still wants his white cow back, but he does not convince the baker to give him his cow. He climbs the beanstalk and encounters a giant and all of his possessions. Jack, who is still poor, steals what he wants from the giant and one giant ends up dead. People in poverty sometimes must commit crimes to
Imagine a world where you can live off of the land, have unrestricted access to education, and where you don’t have to worry about wars and conflict. Sounds too perfect to be true, right? Well, a new discovery of a lost tribe has been recently revealed that they lived peaceful and harmonious lives based on the native language of the tribe. Anthropologist have been studying and focusing on the tribe’s language. They discovered that the tribe had a very family oriented lifestyle. Anthropologist also learned about the lost tribe spiritual beliefs, education, the way they lived, how they lived, and the geographical area where they settled.
Goal setting is a process; leaders must first fully understand and buy into the vision for the future of the organization. When leaders believe and trust in the direction the company is heading, their employees will as well, this allows them to create a goal path that people will want to follow. The creation of goals can be complicated at times, as mentioned by Clark it is important to keep a couple simple suggestions in mind, “goals should be realistic and attainable, should improve the organization, as many as possible should be involved in the goal-setting process, and the process...
I almost fell off a cliff on the side of a mountain. I was in Pitkin, Colorado, on a camping trip during the summer of 2009. The trees were green, the air was fresh so were the lakes, rivers, and ponds were stocked with fish and wildlife was everywhere. Usually, on these camping trips, I would be accompanied by a large number of people. However, this time, it was just my parents, my three brothers, and my two sisters. I was almost 12 years old at the time and having three older brothers made me very competitive. Naturally, when my family decided to climb one of the mountain’s which were around us, I wanted to be the first one to reach its peak.
I went to the store. On a brisk Sunday afternoon, I went to the store out of desperation because we did not have any more chili powder for the tacos that I was already in the process of making. Those two sentences say that same thing except the latter paints a completely better picture. Whenever you read something, details are everything. The Mountain People, is an ethnography written by an anthropologist named Colin Turnbull. His book took place in the 1960’s and was published in 1972. His research is over the Ik people who live in the Uganda, Sudan, and Kenya area. His details of his accounts are what makes his research appealing to the everyday person. He does a great job of painting a word picture for his audience. The Ik people were going through a difficult time because of war and other government issues in their country. Traditionally hunters, the Ik are forced to farm and reside in areas that they are not used to and this causes their lifestyles to be completely changed. Turnbull shows us that the Ik people are now a me first society while they rarely ever look after each other.
The managers must set organizational goals aligned with the company mission. This will provide a strategy for achieving those goals. For example, planning can be seen at every level such as creating goals for sales as well as for the customer experience (Higgins, 1994).
The first function of management is planning. Planning is a process that managers use to identify and involve goal setting and decide the best way to achieve the goal.(Bartol 2007) Planning connect the gap between where we do, where we intend to go. It predict the possible things to happen which would not otherwise happen (MSG 2012). There are several steps to the planning process, which are determine the goals of the organisation, evaluate the current position, consider possible future conditions, identify possible alternative actions and choose the best. Planning is the criteria thinking through goals and making decision to achieve the goal of the organisation’s objective, which requires a systematic way. Also objectives focus the managers how to achieve the final result as managers have to predict anything will happen, avoid the problem and fight back to competitors. An example of planning, which is the President Canon Inc Tsuneji Uchida and lead Canon Company become the no.1 in the global business (Canon.Inc 2011). Tsuneji Uchida has to understand what is the company objective and goal. First, make decision to protect the position and the aim of canon, improve the operation more diversity. Second, he creates the new design of camera and new technology, he plan to do these things to maximise profit.
When establishing goals, leaders must impart a notable strategy to succeed and delineate their motive and core values in essence that is notable and attainable. A powerful vision summons and encourages people to situate their vitality in a common ground. By establishing goals, the organization will expand its capability to fulfill goals, construct employee’s reliance and confidence, ameliorate team’s connection and increase all-inclusive fulfillment and gratification. Creating a vision can be a venture or a challenge, however following the six steps Clark (2014) mentioned – “vision, goals, objectives, tasks, timeless and follow up” can be justly straightforward.
Potential aims and plans to accomplish need to remain stable.
One of the most enjoyable things in life are road trips, particularly to the Colorado mountains. Getting to spend time with your family and friends, while being in a beautiful place, is irreplaceable. The fifteen-hour road trip may feel never-ending, but gazing at the mountains from afar makes life’s problems seem a little smaller and causes worries to become a thing of the past. Coming in contact with nature, untouched, is a surreal experience. My family trip to the Colorado mountains last summer was inspiring.