Essays on adaptability

The study "Customer Orientation and Adaptability" focuses on discussing the importance of customer orientation and Adaptability by a third-party logistics service provider to a client customer's needs in the context of the international distribution operation.... According to Sheikh and Rana (2012, p. 546), outsourcing of third-party logistics allows a company to concentrate more on the areas that cannot be outsourced and on the activities that form part of their core activities. The authors suggest...

The paper "Adaptability in Wartime" proves while attacking any military force one must have counter plans in case your opponent changes defense mechanisms. The paper discusses why the British lost their control over the Mediterranean, what important strategy we learn from the North African War, etc.... Adaptability, the ability to change as circumstances change around you and learn from your previous experience, is a key character of a successful army culture that revolves around policies, practices,...

The paper 'Employees' Adaptability and Job Satisfaction' aims to identify that at what extent job satisfaction is creating a competitive advantage for the company; along with identifying those components of job satisfaction that are participating the most in improving the job performance of the employees.... Globalization has generated a tough competitive environment for all the companies that are operating in the international market. Many factors are differentiating the organizations from each...

The paper 'The Statement Regarding International Managers' Adaptability' presents every region or nation in the world that has its own unique culture and none can be termed as being stronger or weaker. In terms of managing human resources raises above technological or economic strengths.... When designing and implementing human resource management policies, local contextual aspects must also be factored in. The implication of this observation is that managers of international human resources must...

The paper "Change and Adaptability Are Core Aspects of Life" states that throughout the different sections, Faulkner portrays the differences between traditional life and the struggle that results from the continuous attempts to remain traditional, despite the changing reality around the character.... Some of the characters that appear to stick with the traditional and the past include Jefferson, who appears like they are having a dilemma on whether to join the changing world or to remain with the...

This paper 'Evolution of Communicative Flexibility Complexity, Creativity, and Adaptability In Human and Animal Communication" focuses on the fact that the use of language in communication is also found in animals. Ants are able to communicate with one another.... Ants communicate with one another by touching each other with their antennae and leaving a scent, so that other ants should follow (Oller, 2008). However, their language system is generic in nature, and they are not learned, like that of...

My identified weakest competencies are however Adaptability, innovativeness, and communication.... In improving my Adaptability competence, I seek the ability to multitask and manage priorities in dynamic environments, and become flexible to people's responses and my perceptions.... y specific objective is to improve my Adaptability competencies.... I will measure my competencies through an independent examiner who will evaluate and rate my Adaptability potentials on an interval scale....

The paper "Sustainable Tourism Management" discusses that generally speaking, the concept of Adaptability is important to sustainable tourism management and sustainable development.... Sustainability can be maintained by an effective approach of Adaptability.... he concept of Adaptability 6 ... The success of tourism industry can be determined by the concept of Adaptability and modern management to ensure competitiveness and satisfy needs of tourists....

People who aim at becoming self-leaders should possess specific competencies such as self-awareness, tolerance, Adaptability, emotional resilience and self-reflection, among other competencies (Reyes, 2007).... Literature indicates that Adaptability and flexibility are essential traits for a leader because a leader with the ability to adapt quickly to changes and unexpected situations has the ability to lead those under him/her.... Accordingly, the chosen trait for future development is Adaptability. ...

nderstanding Culture and Adaptability ... This conclusion serves as an important element, providing a link between Adaptability and learning.... Andersons findings contribute to the development of theory in the fields of learning and cultural Adaptability.... he central point in providing a link between learning and Adaptability is in the ideas of Hannigan (1990), Kim (1991), Anderson (1994), and Taylor (1994).... He connected adaptation with a learning process and concluded that a better performance resulted from the development of cultura1 Adaptability....

"Scale Development and Validation" paper defines the construct of Adaptability and describes the development of the Adaptability scale.... Adaptability can be defined as the capacity to adjust oneself readily to fit changed circumstances.... he main aim of the report is defines the construct of Adaptability and describes the development of the Adaptability scale.... Adaptability can be defined as the capacity to adjust oneself readily to fit changed circumstances....

This research proposal "An Appropriate Supply Chain Model for a Firm" tries to answer the question "Can the agile model improve Adaptability and responsiveness whilst also providing a firm with competitive advantages?... The study has three specific objectives: to explore the concept of the agile model and its potential benefits toward Adaptability and responsiveness, to investigate what constitutes vertical integration and how this model might improve Adaptability and responsiveness and to examine supply-chain related competitive advantage through investigation of two different organizations utilizing the agile model and the vertical integration model....

Adaptability and compatibility is my other main personality traits.... Adaptability is particularly important as it helps me to act in a way that befits a particular situation, whether am accustomed to it or not.... Related to Adaptability is compatibility that enables me to have a successful relationship with others.... As has already been noted, certain traits like Adaptability and compatibility are founded on other traits such as understanding....

Adaptability and compatibility are my other main personality traits.... Adaptability is particularly important as it helps me to act in a way that befits a particular situation, whether am accustomed to it or not.... "My Personality Traits" paper tells that everybody has personality traits that define his emotions, attitudes, thoughts, and patterns of behavior....

Researchers have related skills such as Adaptability, open-mindedness, flexibility, mastery of foreign language and ability to easily befriend foreign business partners with effective international management.... The results showed that out of ten managers, seven were found to have a great sense of Adaptability.... n contrast, a study conducted by Olsen and Martins (2009: 315) about the relationship between Adaptability and management effectiveness found out that the formers contributes just a little to the outcome of the latter....

As such, the agroforestry practice enhances the Adaptability and sustainability of agricultural systems.... This paper explores the Adaptability of different Acacia plant species to environmental stress factors such as soil salinity as one of the critical step in the future re-vegetation efforts in South Australia.... According to Ramoliya and Pandey (2002), previous studies on the Adaptability of the different acacia plant species have demonstrated variations in the abundance and diversity of some species in relation to the soil chemistry and other physical environmental factors....

In this assignment, I purpose to explore my previous findings on gender differences and extend by study to incorporate how these differences in gender can affect their Adaptability to new environments.... In this assignment, I purpose to explore my previous findings on gender differences and extend by study to incorporate how these differences in gender can affect their Adaptability to new environments.... I have also included the issue of mistreatments, which also differ with gender and how it affects Adaptability to the various new environments discussed....

This model, Categorization-Processing-Adaption-Generalization (CPAG), summarizes four phases wherein living through diversity can lead to generalized psychological Adaptability.... As a result, he or she takes a broad view proof of the cognitive Adaptability across a myriad of opinions and behavior.... This view brings in the fourth part of the CPAG model, which is oversimplified Adaptability (Crisp and Turner, 2011).... Oversimplified Adaptability becomes obvious by prevention of stereotype-based material in hypercritical situations that call for irregularity solutions....

The statement “a judge who believes in a textual interpretation of the Constitution is one who believes in its Adaptability to modern.... The statement “a judge who believes in a textual interpretation of the Constitution is one who believes in its Adaptability to modern circumstances” it's true.... Those who believe in the Constitution's Adaptability, argue that judges cannot rely on historical analyses to provide critical answers to the modern situations....

The high-level Adaptability implies by ability to work in different environments and in dynamic environments.... ConclusionAssessment results reveal my competence in desire for performance, Adaptability, emotional intelligence, and conflict management.... My score for conceptual and human skills are both 21 while my technical sills score was 14....

Indra Nooyi has positively mastered various emotional intelligence competencies, including trustworthiness, Adaptability, initiative, and organizational awareness to succeed.... Indra Nooyi has positively mastered various emotional intelligence competencies, including trustworthiness, Adaptability, initiative, empathy, service orientation, and organizational awareness to succeed, which will be the focus of this paper. ... Nooyi has also shown Adaptability as part of her EQ by developing a model of Adaptability, stating that all businesses today are in the business of Adaptability and failure to do so will be fatal....

Also implicit in Google's management style is the Adaptability culture which is characterized by strategically focusing on the “external environment” by the application of a flexible approach as a method for meeting the needs of customers (Daft 2009, 382).... The Adaptability culture thrives on encouraging entrepreneurship, normative values and beliefs that are supportive of the organization's ability to identify, interpret and transfer environmental signs into “new behaviour responses” (Daft 2009, 383)....

The paper "A Case of Mistreatment" describes that I cannot dispute the fact that there are other factors that might be contributing to the difference in Adaptability ability across the gender that should be investigated for a better conclusion to be made.... A Case of Mistreatment In this assignment, I purpose to explore my previous findings on gender differences and extend by study to incorporate how these differences in gender can affect their Adaptability to new environments....

In the course of the experiment parents were completing questionnaires which evaluated nine basic temperament characteristics such as Rhythm, Activity, Mood, Approach, Adaptability, Intensity, Threshold, Attention-Persistence, and Distractibility for six years in the behavioral patterns of their children.... The study demonstrated good results in stability and the most persistent characteristics turned out to be Rhythm, Activity, Approach, Adaptability, and Mood....

nteraction of the artificial human with nature is not perfect and involves the Adaptability of the natural laws, and the ability to cope with provisions of nature.... oping with the state of nature for both the artificial and natural human requires Adaptability in coping with interactional challenges, in addition to moral challenges (Cahill, Hille and Metogo 14).... Interaction with nature, therefore, requires some Adaptability and coping skills for both the natural and artificial man (Cahill, Hille and Metogo 14)....

As a result, while European colonialism was pushing Native American populations westwards, the latter were developing the degree of flexibility, Adaptability and cohesion that had been unknown to native populations before 1607.... As a result, against evident destruction and loss, Native Americans developed unprecedented flexibility and Adaptability to the new circumstances of life (Griffiths & Cervantes 43)....

As a result, such better suited populations adapt faster to the environment, while the members with lower Adaptability are selected against through the process of natural selection.... n this article, the variations in seasonal Adaptability among natural populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura are analyzed.... For instance, the study is able to experimentally show that the Adaptability of adult male flies to the environment was deviant from the normal binomial square rule....

The concepts include Interdependence, Influence of size, Synergy and Adaptability to change.... The concepts include Interdependence, Influence of size, Synergy and Adaptability to change (Benson, Berger & Mease 102).... ) Adaptability to change ... In the absence of the Adaptability to change in the family, the dynamics or rules of the family will need to be adjusted....

Against this background, formation of joint ventures in China calls for Adaptability, and management of change.... Sino American comparative analysis type of study will form the basis for the ensuing research on variables that will include Adaptability to environmental factors, human resource management adjustments in the nature of personnel training, development , strategic thinking , horizons etc ... On managing change and ensuring Adaptability the (economist, 1991) when China was in a modernization phrase, China attracted industrial foreign investment, and by 1995 China was the second largest recipient of foreign investment after USA with 42% shall all foreign investment in Asia....

Cultural Adaptability is critical for achieving effectiveness on the part of the expatriate managers in China (Lund and Barker, n.... The selection of managers for assignments as expatriates imparts the need for management to screen them for the characteristics which enhance their Adaptability to environments that are dramatically new.... The essential expatriate traits include but are not limited to flexibility, Adaptability, self-orientation, cultural toughness, relational skills, job knowledge, family situation, extracultural openness, and motivation....

The ability of the human skin to produce melanin helps in the Adaptability to UV radiation, and thermoregulation.... Primates had intense metabolism and brain activity, and hence the natural skin evolution and Adaptability for effective heat loss (Jablionski 2012).... There is high correlation between human skin pigmentation and UV radiation, and hence the ability of the human skin to produce melanin helps in the Adaptability to UV radiation, and thermoregulation for disease protection (Chaplin and Jabloski 2012)....

Elements like the corporate culture, the business environment, the systems used by the company, and the person leading the company all have to be in a certain way before a claim of flexibility and Adaptability can be made by the company.... n recent times, a lot of academic and business interest has been generated by writers and analysts about the Adaptability and flexibility of small enterprises.... It can be shown with the use of studies and articles that the size of the company is often immaterial when it comes to flexibility and Adaptability....

Adaptability: The new competitive advantage.... rg/PortalDesign/PortalControls/~~~~~~~~~/DocObjects/Download/308/Adaptability-The-New-Competitive-Advantage.... The competition Apple is facing continues to grow and there is need to adopt different operating strategies to maintain the standards the company had set....

With communication and interpersonal competencies, together with leadership and Adaptability potentials, the author shall be able to organize and coordinate activities in the employer's business toward effective and efficient operations.... ritten and oral communication skills, research skills, decision-making potentials, and Adaptability are my core priorities and I plan to develop them through academic learning.... With communication and interpersonal competencies, together with leadership and Adaptability potentials, I shall be able to organize and coordinate activities in the employer's business towards effective and efficient operations....

he Adaptability Culture: Adaptability culture is however more plastic in nature.... McDonalds has a mission culture, while its varying menus for different cultures is the example of its Adaptability culture.... Therefore we may say that Adaptability culture is more effective in achieving the target than the mission culture which is its mere identity with all unique technologies....

he concept of Adaptability and adaptivity can be derived from the two kinds of systems aforementioned.... On the other hand, Adaptability is widely used to describe the likelihood of learners selecting specific learning experience parameters by themselves.... In this way, adaptivity refers to modifications that are controlled by programs, while Adaptability refers to programs that are controlled by the learners themselves.... o this end, the term application is a collective term that refers to both adaptivity and Adaptability (Akbulut & Cardak 2011) The concept of adaptation has been widely researched in specific areas such as in-office application systems and in the learning environment....

As part of this strategy, Roche or any other organisation with limited financial resources should adopt policies that support cultural Adaptability.... Secondly, cultural Adaptability will help the organisation mingle easily with a foreign market, once that organisation goes international.... These programmes are to help foreign students mix with local learners so as to enhance cultural Adaptability within the community.... Cultural Adaptability in turn exposes a community to global leadership....

o survive in this competitive world, being responsive to change and Adaptability is crucial and Roger should focus on these areas to survive in the long run.... To conclude, Roger, by working on his personality, and skills and by introducing team team-oriented organization that fosters open communication, feedback, quick help and Adaptability, can take his small business to the heights of glory and triumph....

The Adaptability factor emphasises that the variations noted in cross-country readings in the malleability of the legal systems are important for explaining the cross-country variations in financial development as observed globally.... One can overemphasize the differences between the political and Adaptability channels, however.... One important aspect is the “Adaptability” factor that holds forth the view that legal traditions vary from one state to another according to their nature of formalism and their ability to evolve with time....

In contemporary times, influential cross-border leadership is imperative, and this is measurable in terms of cultural Adaptability, emotional and cultural intelligence as a factor of self-development in a leader, which impacts success through leadership at an extensive scale in the highly globalized world of modern times.... With regards to assessing the EI and CQ on the developmental scale, many tests have been developed: Cross-cultural Adaptability inventory (Kelley C....

The paper "Qualities to Look For When Selecting Leaders and the Selection Process" states that interviews for managers and leaders focus on numerous critical qualities and behavioral attitudes such as Adaptability, compliance ability, communication and interpersonal skills.... The qualities include Adaptability, conformity with company policies, communication skills, interpersonal skills, decision-making abilities, creativity and innovativeness, integrity, and leadership qualities....

Elements like the corporate culture, the business environment, the systems used by the company, and the person leading the company all have to be in a certain way before a claim of flexibility and Adaptability can be made by the company.... n recent times, a lot of academic and business interest has been generated by writers and analysts about the Adaptability and flexibility of small enterprises.... It can be shown with the use of studies and articles that the size of the company is often immaterial when it comes to flexibility and Adaptability....

The second assessment was based on special population theory, Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory.... elective and Subjective TestCross cultural Adaptability Inventory, according to the article, provides career professionals with a six step means of measuring one's possible occupational field based on special needs, experience and cultural backgrounds.... The article above discusses two assessments tools, Vocational Interest Inventory and Cross Cultural Adaptability Inventory based on Roe's theory and Special population theory respectively....

The Adaptability of microbes increases the transmission of diseases.... This Adaptability can sometimes be called resistance or tolerance and the mechanisms behind the same are plenteous.... Adaptability allows the microbe to withstand gruesome conditions (such as the presence of antibiotics) and replicate nonetheless, while also ensuring future generations of the microbe are imparted with this adaptation/ tolerance (Prescott & Harley, 2005)....

A culturally diverse organization calls for much more flexibility and Adaptability than a mono cultural organization or workplace. ... The last step in this regard according to Anaram (2007) is Adaptability, flexibility and tolerance in the organizational system relating to cultural specific diet, holidays, festivals and events etc.... hese findings definitely call for urgent modifications in organizational management systems to increase Adaptability. ...

In a world where technologies are changing rapidly and flexible IT infrastructures are being constructed for those rapid changes, the cultural climate within an organization is just as vital where flexibility and Adaptability is concerned.... Utilizing knowledge management, however is not fully effective unless the climate of a organizational culture is designed for flexibility and Adaptability.... A climate of Adaptability is essential in order to achieve the goals set through an IT infrastructure that is designed to maximize business goals....

Again, if the construction companies are facing the challenge of low industry Adaptability to change, they might have devised strategies that are unique to this particular sector and illustrative as best practices.... verview of the Changes Witnessed in the Global Construction Industry and Evidences to its Change Adaptability ... To be noted in this regard, such stability and development on a continuous basis would have been somewhat impossible if the industry lacked adequate Adaptability to changes....

Flexibility and Adaptability are considered as key requisites in performing the roles and in obtaining success as a practitioner.... Having worked alone on rapid response vehicles has given me the confidence to deal with Emergency Medicare situations and has initiated the quality of flexibility and Adaptability which I believe is one of the key traits in becoming a successful Emergency Care Practitioner....

While they acknowledge the commonly cited advantages of networked actors – efficient communication and information processing, scalability, Adaptability, resilience, and learning capacity – they rightfully caution that all of these may not apply to every type of network.... Dark networks suffer from information limitations and communication failures, poor decision-making and excessive risk-taking, restrictions on scope and structural Adaptability, collective action problems due to (lack of) coordination, frequent security breaches, and learning disabilities (2008: 19-33)....

The newly employed business analysts will also help in the determination of the corporation's Adaptability, agility and ability to manage change through innovation.... In conclusion, Artha Corporation's performance and goals achievement depends largely on their approach on human resource and employment of new workforce to allow for new ideas and creativity in the organization for profitability and Adaptability to changing markets....