communication

communication is indeed a powerful need. While it is a key to solving all problems, it is often the symptoms not the problem. However since the average individual loves rumours, effective communication is then very important.

In the publication, it is imperative that the organisation should establish effective communication as it is the solution to almost every organisational problem.
Interetingly, there is a poser for every organisation that handles the issue of communications with levity. "can I think of any problem at work or in my life that was not solved on some level by communication?" Think about it. It is again stressed that poor communications is often a symptom of ineffective management and other organisatgional problems, while it is not the problem itself. However, improving communications should definitely be part of the solution.

The fact that communication is also essential to the organisation underlines its importance for it is an extremely powerful force that cannot be stopped. Information would be communicated in the organisation by one means or the other. To put it staraight, if the management creates a void with regards to communication, the employees would fill it. In the end without effective communication and feedback, the organisation would be left with nothing but speculations. Hence this is why it is so difficult to keep confidential information confidential as doing this disregards this natural force.

EQUITY

EQUITY is a balancing act and people expect democracy in an organisation. equity has a point of no return as it evokes powerful emotions. Equity is in the hands of the beholder.

AS a natural force for business success, equity is about fairness, either perceived or real. for employers in an organisation,perception is REALITY when it comes to fairness as people are concerned on how fairly they believe they are being treated. This is a highly sensitive fforce in the sense that it can stir up much emotion and influence employee's behaviours and attitudes toward the organisation.

A tinge of democracy is the expected organisational system; basically, employees at all levels are concerned about getting their fair share of the corporate pie. Since equity issues involve administration of policies and practices, employees are concerend whether they are being treated fairly. Moreso, equity has a point of no return in that when there is perceived unfairness in an organisation, the Natural force of Equity begins to take over. As such it manifests itself in labour conflicts or strikes, employee turnover, government intervention, legal action and lawsuits and even outright sabotage or workplace violence.

CHANGE

This is the second natural force needed for business success. It is a necessity. it is that which can invole a paradigm shift. For without change there would be no progress; adapting to change is essential for survival; Change is no enemy and it must be anticipated in every organisation. change which is often called the only constant thing in life takes us out of our comfort zones and away from the safe and familiar. It is not only that, change creates a new sometimes strange way of doing things and forces us into a process that we may know nothing about or with which we have very little experience.

In other words, change may invove a paradigm shift. A paradigm as a set of rules and regulations (written or unwritten) that does two things
- establishes or defines boundaries
- tells us how to behave within the boundaries in order to be a success.
While success is measured by the problems you solve using the rules and regulations. Hence a paradigm becomes the lens through which we see the world.

Paradigm shifts are distinct form of change in that they have the potential to alter the natural order of things. It should therefore be anticipated that change is one constant, patient and anticipated Natural force that is constantly eroding the status quo in organisations. You can resist it but you will be fighting a losing battle.

NATURAL FORCES FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS I

SURVIVAL
This is the most basic need, which has many faces, is unpredictable, and that has emotional costs. Survival is an innate drive in all human beings, and organisations as a whole are not different.
For employees, survival in any suggests steady employment, while for an organisation, it means maintaining operations. Once a fundamental level of survival is ensured, the next level requires feeling that the situation will continue (at least for the immediate future). Again, in the employees eyes survival simply means being able to depend on the organisation to provide jobs and paychecks for as long as they choose to remain with the organisation.
Whereas, on the part of the organisation, survival means being able not only to sustain profitability but also to improve profitability as employees know when the business is bad; they also recognise the reverse situation as well. They know when business is improving and will want their fair share of the business they helped to achieve. In certain organisations, when faced with a threat to survival, certain organisations suddenly turn into cold and cruel career executioneers sending most of their most loyal and hardworking employees into the street. it is a drive to survive that perpetrates a species just as the first stage of survival is security.

HIGHEST PRICED US STOCKS

I stumbled on this article on http://www.code4gold.com/blog and thought I should also share it here for my readers

With all the talk about Google Inc’s stock pushing upwards of the $600 mark, and no split in sight, there’s been scores of people asking the inevitable question, “Is Google the Highest Priced Stock in the US”? While Google is definitely up there in terms of price (it currently ranks #9 in the US markets) there are several stocks that far exceed Google in price per share. Of course, the eternal sage of investment philosophy, Warren Buffett (pictured at the left) tops the list with Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. but do Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, their CEO Eric Schmidt and CFO George Reyes intend to topple Warren from his post with their technological marvel ? Here’s a roll call of the 10 most costly investments available through the US markets, their exchange, basic details, website address and their current price as of 10/20/2007.
#1 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) $127,100 @ share - Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. and it’s subsidiaries primarily engage in the insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks business.http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
#2 Mechanics Bank (OTC BB:MCHB.OB) $19,300 @ share - The Mechanics Bank and its subsidiaries provide community banking products and services to individuals and businesses in California.http://www.mechbank.com/
#3 BERKSHIRE HATH HLD B (NYSE:BRK-B) $4324 @ share - A holding company formed by Berkshire Hathaway, whereas Warren Buffett is the major holder of BRK-A, The Gates (Bill and Melinda) Foundation is the major shareholder in BRK-B.http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/
#4 Sunwest Bank (OTC BB:SWBC.OB) $2455 @ share - Sunwest Bank provides various commercial banking products and services to small and medium sized businesses and professionals in southern California.http://www.sunwestbank.com/
#5 First National Bank Alaska (OTC BB:FBAK.OB) $2050 @ share - First National Bank Alaska operates as a commercial bank in Alaska. It engages in generating deposits and originating loans.http://www.fnbalaska.com/
#6 Seaboard Corp. (AMEX:SEB) $1743 @ share - Seaboard Corporation operates in the food processing and ocean transportation industries in the United States and internationally.http://www.seaboardcorp.com/
#7 Washington Post Co. (NYSE:WPO) $790 @ share - The Washington Post Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified media and education company in the United States and internationally.http://www.washpostco.com/
#8 First Citizens Bancorp., Inc. (OTC BB:FCBN.OB) $666 @ share - First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc. operates as the holding company for First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc. and The Exchange Bank of South Carolina, Inc., which provides commercial and retail banking services.http://www.fcbsc.com/
#9 Google Inc. (NasdaqGS:GOOG) $644 @ share - Google, Inc. provides targeted advertising and Internet search solutions worldwide. It offers intranet solutions via an enterprise search appliance.http://www.google.com/
#10 CME Group, Inc. (NYSE:CME) $613 @ share - CME Group, Inc. operates as a diverse financial exchange. The company brings together buyers and sellers on the CME Globex electronic trading platform and on its trading floors.http://www.cme.com/

Fifa under 20 final

Ten-man Ghana won the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009 by defeating Brazil in a sudden death penalty shoot-out after the two teams failed to break the deadlock in 120 minutes of football.
The African and South American champions, who had not lost a game during the competition, keep that proud record intact, but at the end of the day, it was the Black Satellites, who followed in the footsteps of Argentina, victors at Canada 2007, in lifting the famous trophy.
Brazil had the better of the early stages and went agonisingly close to taking the lead early on when Giuliano's free-kick was put into the box and Alex Teixeira was inches away from connecting with a header. Giuliano prompted A Seleção once again, playing the ball to Paulo Henrique on the left who crossed for Alan Kardec, but his volley was wide.
Douglas stung the hands of the goalkeeper with a shot from distance, but the major talking point of the first half came in the 37th minute when David Addo was given a straight red card for a foul on Alex Teixeira, after the latter was breaking quickly on the counter attack. While the Belgian believed Addo to be the last man, the Africans protested that both Jonathan Mensah and David Addy had tracked back to cover.
Ghana, who boasted the tournament's most prolific strikeforce in Dominic Adiyiah and Ransford Osei failed to muster a single shot on goal in a stop-start opening 45 minutes, punctuated by no fewer than 17 free-kicks, yet this was not the bruising encounter those statistics may suggest.
Abeiku Quansah had a goalbound shot saved four minutes after the break, but it was a routine stop for Rafael as Brazil did most of the pressing. Alex Teixeira should have done better, but headed wide from Diogo's centre and Alan Kardec had a golden opportunity, but headed straight at Daniel Agyei from Souza's cross.
As the midway point to the second half approached, Ghana had more possession, but still Brazil looked the more dangerous. Rafael Toloi slipped a perfectly-weighted pass for Alan Kardec to latch on to, but he fired wildly into the side netting. The No9 was guilty of missing yet another chance seconds later when he planted a free header from Douglas Costa's cross over the crossbar.
There was no doubt who the 67,814 in the stadium were supporting, as there was a tremendous roar from the home fans whenever their fellow Africans crossed the halfway line and the noise levels increased further when Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu's deflected shot forced Rafael to make a fine, low save to his right.
As the half wore on, the Black Satellites seemed to increasingly get into their rhythm of playing with ten men and their attacking forays became more and more regular, while at the back they defended with tremendous spirit. They earned the right to take the tie into extra time, but there was still drama to come in the latter stages of the 90 when Andre Ayew and Rafael Toloi clashed for the ball, the latter requiring serious treatment.
With Rogerio having made all three of his substitutions, there was a distinct possibility that Brazil would have been forced to play extra time with ten men. Yet despite running with a noticeable limp, the defender continued heroically to maintain the numerical advantage for his team.
The South Americans had a glorious chance to take the lead six minutes into extra time, but Agyei pulled off a world-class save to deny Maicon, who still had his hands cupped to his mouth in disbelief for a full minute afterwards.
Agyei frustrated Wellington Junior in the second period of extra time, with a smart stop at his near post, but with some players having played 11 and a half hours during this competition, the pace of the game decreased - and the game limped into a penalty shoot-out.
That is when the fireworks began. First, Alan Kardec and Ayew and Giuliano and Inkoom traded successful penalties, but Brazil got the first advantage after seeing Douglas Costa score and Jonathan Mensah miss. Souza then had his penalty saved, but Bright Addae failed to reduce the deficit when his strike from 12 yards was comfortably claimed by Rafael.
That left Maicon with the chance of winning it for Brazil, but he blasted the chance high over the bar. Adiyiah kept his cool to take the shoot-out into sudden death. Then Agyei denied Alex Teixeira before Agyemang-Badu made the victory certain with the decisive spot-kick.

US HOUSE PASSES FOI AMENDMENT TO HIDE ABUSE PHOTOS

It is heart breaking that a country like The United States of America which professes to be the longest standing democratic state and also preaches the freedom of the press would pass a vote to sanction the hiding of photographs of abused detainees. This portends a very bad trend aspecially for developing countries like Nigeria. Nigeria would take a cue from US and may not pass the freedo of Information Bill.
It is deeply dissappointing that a government that derives its powers from the people and its entire existence( finances) from the citizenry would then want to hide its subversive flaws from its source of existence.

Money laundering in Nigeria

Michael Kaase AONDOAKAA is soiling his hand in history as the most inefficent, stupid and tracherous justice minister in the history of the nigerian political system. Even with sufficient proves, he seems to be shorthanded in prosecuting highly placed corrupt officials. I wonder what gives him impetus to remain as justice minister. The National assembly has also failed because, I guess he is enough reason to initiate impeachment processes against lame dog Umaru Musa Yaradua. The dog that is living on part time with rabies.

Above you find money stolen by Aandokaa's friend James Ibori. Mr. Aandokaa in order to get the Metropolitan police to drop the case, had to travel to London to remind the british government of a treaty which has hitherto not been functional without recourse to the office of the Foreign minister. I wonder where this treaties lie when Nigerians in malaysia, Indonesia, China are being put on death row. I believe what is best for this foolish man is for him to be stoned to death. Imagine the quantum money stolen by James Ibori, you could even lay the foundation of a house with it as building material.

The attorney General should be cut from limb to limb

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