The Modern Women Essay -- Gender Roles, Blaxploitation

Common misrepresentations of women are said to be that they are weak and inferior to men in which American society continuously place women in these roles within domestic, political, economic, and social settings. The public rarely pays tribute to the feminine heroine because she is unrecognized and unseen in American culture. However, during the 1960s to 1970s, African-American female representation has changed the way we define femininity and the modern woman through the genre known as Blaxploitation. Blaxploitation was a genre created for the black and urban audiences which highlighted black unity and empowerment. With this, the â€Å"ideal† black woman has changed. Through the workings of Edward Guerrero, Eithne Quinn, and Yvonne Sims, I am going to explain the key origins and definitions of Blaxploitation in which Guerrero takes a socioeconomic standpoint and Quinn and Sims value a more social view. With Quinn’s and Sims’s point-of-views, I will argue that B laxploitation have altered the ideas of African-American female representation in which characters like Foxy Brown have assumed masculine traits, thus, making her a stronger female. Lastly, I will discuss what Guerrero is missing in relation to the black female representation compared the real world. According to Edward Guerrero, the origins of Blaxploitation occurred during the Civil Rights Movement as a film strategy for the deteriorating film industry. During 1960, profits from the box office decreased from $60 million to $15 million; however, in 1967, one-third of the black population added to the box office gross and Hollywood used this fact towards making a profit .The large African-American population within the movie industry was due to their desire to spectate black... ...tion and is only limited to his socioeconomic argument. Although authors like Guerrero, Quinn, and Sims have different observations of their origins and definitions of Blaxploitation, they can all agree the notion of how it was popular among African-American audiences. Guerrero argues that Blaxploitation was a mockery of Black Nationalism and was created for the sole-purpose of profit of Hollywood. Also, Quinn believes that Blaxploitation was created after the Civil Rights movement to highlight individualism and needs of the powerful black male in which these traits portrays the male as violent and sexual; and lastly, Sims adheres to the idea that female characters later embodied these traits to illustrate the important of women in film. Unlike Quinn and Sims, Guerrero does not see the important of the gender dynamics of the black heroine within Blaxploitation. The Modern Women Essay -- Gender Roles, Blaxploitation Common misrepresentations of women are said to be that they are weak and inferior to men in which American society continuously place women in these roles within domestic, political, economic, and social settings. The public rarely pays tribute to the feminine heroine because she is unrecognized and unseen in American culture. However, during the 1960s to 1970s, African-American female representation has changed the way we define femininity and the modern woman through the genre known as Blaxploitation. Blaxploitation was a genre created for the black and urban audiences which highlighted black unity and empowerment. With this, the â€Å"ideal† black woman has changed. Through the workings of Edward Guerrero, Eithne Quinn, and Yvonne Sims, I am going to explain the key origins and definitions of Blaxploitation in which Guerrero takes a socioeconomic standpoint and Quinn and Sims value a more social view. With Quinn’s and Sims’s point-of-views, I will argue that B laxploitation have altered the ideas of African-American female representation in which characters like Foxy Brown have assumed masculine traits, thus, making her a stronger female. Lastly, I will discuss what Guerrero is missing in relation to the black female representation compared the real world. According to Edward Guerrero, the origins of Blaxploitation occurred during the Civil Rights Movement as a film strategy for the deteriorating film industry. During 1960, profits from the box office decreased from $60 million to $15 million; however, in 1967, one-third of the black population added to the box office gross and Hollywood used this fact towards making a profit .The large African-American population within the movie industry was due to their desire to spectate black... ...tion and is only limited to his socioeconomic argument. Although authors like Guerrero, Quinn, and Sims have different observations of their origins and definitions of Blaxploitation, they can all agree the notion of how it was popular among African-American audiences. Guerrero argues that Blaxploitation was a mockery of Black Nationalism and was created for the sole-purpose of profit of Hollywood. Also, Quinn believes that Blaxploitation was created after the Civil Rights movement to highlight individualism and needs of the powerful black male in which these traits portrays the male as violent and sexual; and lastly, Sims adheres to the idea that female characters later embodied these traits to illustrate the important of women in film. Unlike Quinn and Sims, Guerrero does not see the important of the gender dynamics of the black heroine within Blaxploitation.

Indian Contract Act Essay

THE INDIAN CONTTRACT ACT, 1872 The Law of contract is that branch of Law, which determines the circumstances in which promises made by parties to contract shall be legally binding on them. Every one of us enters into a number of contracts from morning until night. Examples: 1) Buying Milk early in the morning. 2) Boarding BEST Bus 3) Borrowing Money from Friend 4) To see movie. 5) Purchasing goods from shops. This how we enter into contracts though we are not conscious of it .Therefore, it is most usual method of defining the give and take deal in a business transaction The law relating to the contract is contained in the INDIAN CONTRACT ACT, 1972. The principle of this law helps in settlement of disputes between the parties to the contract. The Indian Contract Act, 1872 deals only with promises which creates legal obligation. DEFINITION OF CONTRACT The word contract is derived from the â€Å"LATIN† term â€Å"CONTRACTUM† Meaning â€Å"DRAWN TOGETHER† This therefore denotes drawing together of two or more minds to form a common intention-giving rise to an agreement. Indian Definition A Contract is â€Å"an agreement† Enforceable by law {u/s 2(h)} By analysis of this definition we find that a contract consists of two elements 1) An Agreement 2) Enforceability by law Consent and free consent Consent: Generally speaking, the word consent means agreeing that something should happen. An agreement is valid only when it is the result of the free consent of all the parties to it. Consent means act of assenting to an offer. {S-13} defines consent as two or more person are said to consent when they agree upon the same thing in the same sense. Explanation: Consent therefore, requires unity of the mind. When parties agreed upon the same thing in the same sense, they have consensus ad idem. Consensus ad idem means agreement to this same thing. Real agreement to a contract by the both parties. If there no consent, there is no contract. Free consent Parties’ consenting upon the same thing in the same sense is not sufficient, consent means also be from {S-14} says Consent is said to be so caused when it would not have been given but for the existence of such coercion, undue, fraud or misrepresentation or mistake. {S-19} says a contract is void able at the option of the party whose consent was caused due to coercion, undue influence, fraud or misrepresentation or mistake. For example: A is forced to sign an agreement at the point of pistol. Here, A knows what he is signing but his consent is not free. In the following cases the consent of a person is NOT FREE. B. COERCION {S-15} When a person is compelled to enter into a contract by the use of force by the other party or under a threat, coercion is said to be employed. {S-15} Coercion is- a) The committing or threatening to commit any act forbidden by the Indian Penal Code, 1860 OR b) The unlawful detaining or threatening to detain any property to the prejudice of any person whatever, c) With the intention of causing any person to enter into an agreement. Explanation: It is immaterial whether the Indian Penal Code is or is not in force in the place where the coercion is employed. For example: A threatens to kills B, if he does not lend money C. B agrees to lend money to C. The agreement is entered into by coercion Case: Ranganayakamma vs. Alwar Setti: A Hindu widow was forced to adopt M under threat that her husband’s dead body will not be allowed to be removed by her husband’s relatives. The adoption was held to be voidable as having induced by coercion. It is important to note that coercion may proceed from anybody, even a person who is not a party to the contract. It may be  directed against anybody not necessarily the other contracting party. It includes physical compulsion, fear and even menace to the goods. [S-19]: When consent to an agreement is caused by coercion, fraud or misrepresentation the agreement is a contract voidable at the option of the party whose consent was so caused [S-72]: A person to whom has been paid or anything delivered under coercion or mistake must repay or return it. Case : T.G.M. Asad vs. Coffee Board Held – Coercion in [S-72] of this Act must be understood in the ‘ordinary sense’. It includes every kind of compulsion even if it does not measure upto definition in this section. UNDUE INFLUENCE [S-16] It is wrong pressure put on someone which prevents that person from acting independently .i.e. A party is compelled to enter into an agreement against his own will as a result of unfair persuasion by the other party. This happens when a special kind of relationship exists between the parties that a party is in a position to dominate the will of the other and because of such unfair influence, the other party is compelled to enter into an agreement against his will. This principle applies to very case where: a) The influence is acquired and abused. (b) Where confidence is respond and betrayed. {S-16(1)}: A contract is said to be induced by undue influence where the relation subsisting between the parties is such that one of the parties is in a position to dominate the will of the other and uses that position to obtain an unfair advantage over the other. A person deemed to be in a position to dominate the will of the other- (a) Where he holds real or apparent authority over the other For example: Master and servant. (b)Where he makes a contract with a person whose mental capacity is temporarily or permanently affected: Because of age, illness or mental or bodily distress S-16(2) For example: Doctor and Patient. Effect of undue influence: When the consent to the agreement is caused by undue influence, it is voidable at the option of the part whose consent so caused {S-19A}: Any such contract may be st aside. If the party has received benefit, then, upon such terms and condition as the court may seem just FRAUD (S-17) Misrepresentation of facts may be intentional or unintentional. ‘Intentional mispresentation is ‘fraud’, unintentional or ‘innocent’ representation is called a â€Å"mispresentation†. A statement of fact which one party makes in the course of negotiations with with a view to inducing the other party to enter into a contract is called a â€Å"representation†. According to (S-17) fraud MEANS and INCLUDES any of the following acts committed by a party to the contract or with his connivance, or by his agent with intent to deceive another or to induce a person to enter into the contract. (Connivance: see and ignore.) For example: { S-55} of Transfer of Property Act – the seller of an immovable property is bound to disclose to the buyer all material defects – failure to do so amounts to a fraud. Consequences of Fraud [S. 19]: A contract induced by a fraud is voidable at the option of the party defrauded. If the party does not avoid the contract, it will continue to be valid. The party defrauded has the following remedies: (a). he can rescind the contract within a reasonable time. However, if any innocent third party acquires an interest in the property for value then – he cannot rescind the contract. (Rescind – to cancel, to annul.) (b). he may ask for damages suffered because of non fulfillment of the contract.(Damages compensation). E. MISREPRESENTATION [S.18]: A representation is a statement or assertion made by 1 party to the other, before or at the time of the contract relating to it. If the assertion is untrue and the person making it believes it to be true, it is known as innocent representation. If it is done intentionally, it will be a fraud. For example: A while selling his mare to B, tells him that mare is perfectly sound. A genuinely believes the mare to be sound although he has no sufficient for the belief. Later on B discovers the mare to be unsound. The representation made by A misrepresentation. Definition of misrepresentation [S.18]: Misrepresentation MEANS & INCLUDES a) [S.18(1)] The positive assertion in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of which is not true, though he believes it to be true. (b)S. 18(2)] Any breach of duty, which, without an intent to deceive, gains an advantage to the person committing, it, or anyone claiming under him, by misleading another to his prejudice or to the prejudice of anyone claiming under him. (c)Causing however innocently a party to an agreement to make a mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject matter of the agreement [S.18(3)]. Mistake of law: [S.21] A contract is not avoidable (valid) because it was caused by a mistake as to any law in force in India; But a mistake is to any law not in force in India has the same effect as a mistake of fact. (a). Mistake of law of the country (India): ] Where there is mistake of law of India, the contract is binding because everybody is supposed to the knowledge of his own law does not affect the contract. For Example: A and B make a contract on the erroneous belief that a particular debt is barred by the India aw of limitation. This is a VALID CONTRACT because mistake as to law of India does not affect the contract. The reason behind this is that a person is expected to know the law of his own country, and if he does not, he must suffer the consequences of such ignorance of law. (b). mistake of foreign law: (S.21} This is regarded as a question of fact and not of law. Because a person is not bound, in civil law, to know the law of a foreign country. Therefore if a person has entered into contract by making a mistake of law of a foreign country, the contract may e avoided. For example: A and B enter into contract in India based on an erroneous belief that a particular debt is barred by American law of limitation. The contract is void because the mistake is of the law of America i.e. a mistake of fact which makes a contract void {u/s-21}. Mistake of fact: Bilateral Mistake: {S.20} Definition: {S-20} When both parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement, the agreement is void For this following condition must be fulfilled: 1) The mistake must be mutual: Both the parties should misunderstand each other. For example: A agreed to purchase B’s motor car which was lying in B’s garage. Unknown to both the parties, the car and garage were completely destroyed by a fire a day earlier. The agreement is void. (2). The mistake must relate to a matter of fact essential to the agreement: As to what facts are essential in an agreement will depend upon the nature of the promise in each case. The mistake, moreover, must relate to an existing fact. |||. Opinion: Explanation {S-20}: An erroneous opinion as to the value of at thing which forms the subject matter of an agreement is not be deemed a mistake as to a matter of fact. For example: A buys an article thinking it is worth rs.500,  actually it is worth rs.200. the agreement cannot be avoided on the ground of mistake. (1), physical impossibility: Case: Griffith vs. Brymer(1903) A contract for the hire of a room for witnessing the coronation procession of Edward VII was held to be void, because – unknown to the parties, the procession had already been cancelled. Unilateral mistake:{S-22} If the mistake is on the part of one person only, the contract is valid. When one of the parties to the contract is under a mistake as to the identity, quality or price of the subject matter of the contract. The mistake is unilateral mistake. {S-22} says a contract is not avoidable merely because it was caused by one of the parties to it being under a mistake as to a matter of fact Case: Smith vs. Hughes (1871): H bought oates from S, a sample of which had been shown to H. Erroneously H thought the oaters were old. The oates were however new. Held- H cannot avoid the contract For example: A buy an article thinking its worth rs 1000/- when it is worth ro 50/- A cannot avoid the contract REMDIES FOR MISTAKES [S-65 & 72] [S-65] says where an agreement is discovered to be void, OR where a  contract become void, any persons who has received any advantage under such an agreement OR contract is BOUND TO RESTORE it OR to make COMPENSATION for it to the person, from whom he has received it. FOR Example : A pays B rs. 1000? In consideration of B’s promising to marries to C. C is that at the time of promise. The agreement is void, but B must pay a rs.1000 Performance of contract: When contract need not to be performed a) substitute to new contract: if the parties to the contract agrees to substitute a new contract for it oar rescind alter it the original contract need not to be performed{S-62} b) Dispense the performance: If the promise dispenses with or remits holy or in part, the performance of promise made to him or Extends the time for such performance or accepts satisfaction for it, the contract need not be performed {S-63} (c) Voidable contract : When the void able contract is rescinded the other party need not perform his promise {S-64} Tender/offer of performance: The offer to perform is called the tender. Sometimes it so happens that a party who is bound to perform his promise under the contract is ready and wlling to perform but the other party to the contract does not accept the performance or is not willing to carry out his part of the promise. The rule is given in {S-38} Where a promisor has made an offer of performance to the promise, and the offer has not been accepted, the promise is not responsible for non performance, nor does he thereby lose his rights under a contract. Effect of refusal to perform: {S-39} When a party to a contract has refused to performed or disabled himself from performing the promise . The promise may put an end to the contract , unless he has shown his willingness to continue the contract by word or conduct.

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Common Wealth Bank of Australia †Free Sample Analysis Report

Questions: 1.Stakeholder Analysis of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CWBA).2. Legislation that impact on the CWBA.3. Resources allocated by the CWBA.4. Who is responsible CWBA design and development.5. Attitude test impact the organizations.6. Positive and negative feedback on team settings.7. Difference between the group of people and team.8. Responsibility and accountability impact on the workers roles.9. Impact of responsibility and accountability.10. Skills that a team member needs to use? Answers: 1. Stakeholder Analysis of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CWBA) Commonwealth bank of Australia is one of the multinational banks that have more than 18 branches across UK, Australia, USA, New Zealand, Fiji and Asia. Bank has established themselves in the year 1991 as public company and has currently more than 44335 employees globally (Commbank.com.au, 2015). The CWBA is known for selling variety of customer products starting from insurance, retail banking, investment banking, Private equity to credits cards , etc. common wealth bank of Australia has been one of the largest listed company in Australia securities exchange (Adair, 2010). Company has various stakeholders internal and external both. Figure 1: Stakeholders of CWBA (Source: Allen, 2009, pp-234) Internal stakeholders Chairman and Board of directors: Currently the Chairman of the commonwealth banks is Mr. David Turner and the CEO of the company is Mr. Ian Narev (Commbank.com.au, 2015). One of the major role played by the chairman, CEO and board of director make important decision making. These people makes all of the important decision and strategies to reach out t the large customer base. For instance, opening of bank in USA and introducing the Global wealth management structure was one of the major decision making that has introduced by the bank as per the decision made by the upper hierarchy within the CWBA (Bel, 2010). Employees: Other major stakeholders are employees without which the decision making cannot be successful are employees. Only making of strategies and planning will not helps the commonwealth bank rather for implementation of planning needs human resources (Augier and Teece, 2009). The plan actually gets successful if the employees are performing as per the planned. These people helps the banks to achieve the planning and strategy into reality. External Customers: CBA has more than 2.5 million customers all around the globe. Company make and customized their financial products to suit the retail customers, private firms and for public companies (Zehir and Erdogan, 2011). Company designed the products as per the customer demand and tries to satisfy the variety of customers needs from banking to credit card to mutual funds etc. Government and Regulators: Regulators make the several norms and policies to perform banking operations. Some of the major regulators that impact of the CWBA are APRA and ASIC. Regulators protected the interest of shareholders (Yan, 2011). Government are keen interested in company financial statements and tax payments of the company. 2. Legislation that impact on the CWBA Some of the major legislation or acts that impact the common wealth bank or any of financial services company are given below: Banking act 1959: The banking act 1959 is been reformed and came into the force on July 2014. This law very much has given the license to only few financial services to operate banking facilities in Australia (Walumbwa et al. 2011). The banking act 1959 has set norms like variety of services offered by the several banking houses of Australia and limited some of them with only retail and mutual fund banking. Some of the major banks of Australia are Westpac bank, Common wealth bank , ANZ banking group and National Australia bank. Banking act 1959 aslo has given licensed to foreign to operate in Australia (Vecchio et al. 2008). Common wealth banks is been one of the major pillar of the Australian banking Industry. Common wealth bank recently has been rank by the Bloomberg as the Riskless return banking with lowest amount of risk by just 17.09%. Australian banking regulations ahs been regulated by the Australian Prudential regulation authority (APRA) whose major motto is supervise the Authorized the depositary that consist of the banks, micro credit companies, financial services companies along with credit card schemes. Some of the other banking industry who are not registered under the APRA are must be licensed under the Corporation act 2001 as per the common wealth legislation law (Steers et al. 2004). This would be totally dependent on the activities done by the financial services companies. Apart from that, there is ASIC (Australian securities and Investment Commissions) who are responsible protecting the market and consumers by checking their financial and give graduation to the shares valuations. The ADI (Authorized deposit taking institution) 13A (2) act presumes that every advance and loans given to the client must be approved from the APRA 1998 act (Niemes, 2002). Banks in Australia are very much performing sustainable under the law of Anti Money laundering and counter Terrorism financing act 2006 that helps the company to prevent to use less risk based method and report the compliance programme too AUSTRAC on the subject of suspicion of the transactions (Mulnix, 2013). 3. Resources allocated by the CWBA In order to improve the financial and human resources , CWBA are using the various types of the strategy and policy within then financial institution to overcome the issues (Kim and Brymer, 2011). As the Commonwealth bank has more than 44,000 customer base who are being managed by the various HRM polices like 360 degree and peer review. Among them more than 2000 workers are very much engage in the development of community and environments. Company spend more than AUD $ 2 million every in CSR activities and in sustainability (Commbank.com.au, 2015). CSR report : Spending of the Commonwealth bank in Australia are given below : 2013 Spending of CWBA Amount % Students scholarship 36% Carbon reduction target 20% Participation in the primary schools 24% Donations and charity 20% Graph1: CWBA spending on CSR (Source: Gardner and Cogliser, 2009,pp-494) Company is monitoring and examining its development towards the sustainability and charity via CSR report. The total spending as per the CSR report of the 2013 was more than 2.2 million. Around 284834 are has receive the scholarship which is shows company is constantly keeping its track of financial investment in the Colleges and schools (Commbank.com.au, 2015). CSR report of the common wealth banks has shows that, company has able to reduce the more than 20% of carbon footprint since 2009 (Ellebracht et al. 2009). CWB has been one its banking operations 7 days and 24 hours. More than 2000 manpower and 2.2 million of investment has been done by the CWB in order to monitor on its investment. According the CSR report, the company spends its funds in various others activities: Other income of CWB Total amount spend % Salaries 5.1% Expenses 4.5% Loan impairment 1.1% Tax paid 3% Retained capital 2% Dividends 5.8% Graph 1: Total amount spend in CWBA% (Source: Eli et al. 2012, pp-290) Apart from that, company has spend more than 200 health charity organizations which creates positive impact via investment in health and well being of youth in Australia. Company has been one of the esteem member of the Red cross society and WHO (De Hoogh et al. 2008). Sustainability report: Besides CSR report , company also check its financial and manpower resources via making sustainability report. Company has one of the major sponsors of Clean up Australia (Sims and Quatro, 2008). Each year banks employees volunteer to be the part by spending more than 25 million hours in removing the garbage and waste materials from the Australia. Company has also been part of the Greater barrier reef foundations. 4. Who is responsible CWBA design and development Sustainability and community initiatives department: The entire environmental design and development are being held by the Commonwealth bank and sustainability and community initiatives department (Rush, 2011). This department is being responsible for the monitoring the actual spending and conduct several programmes in order to increase the sustainability within the organizations. This report shows that, department of sustainability and community initiatives are being part of the sustainability strategic framework that helps the organizations to manage and control its sustainability strategy successfully (Rollison, 2008). In order to create long term value for the customers and people including Shareholder Company spends most of its funding to the betterment of the wider community. The department makes the financial statement and auditing is been conducted in order to assess the total expenditure in the foundation, charity and the reducing the carbon foot print (Davis, 2011). Department of Internal environmental audit: Apart from that, commonwealth banks is also has separate duties department called as Internal environmental audit where the team is very much focus and make is pricing videos like Australian of the year and Centre of social impact (Dale, 2007). The team conducts survey and makes the evidence of spending by taking pictures an video of the spending in order to support the sustainability initiatives. Moreover, company has given more than AUD $ 10000 scholarship is used to help the students to pay their college fees. These team design the spending and divides the team to identify whether the actual spending is been happing in right place or not (Cooper and Robertson, 2009). The team collects the bills of spending, money certification to colleges, grants given to the community certificate and other spending certificate in order to manage the future spending. 5. Attitude test impact the organizations Attitude testing is one of the major way of handling the future conflicts which will be raised within the business environment. Attitude testing Within the Common wealth banking system most of attitude testing is done while Pre employment programme of the company (Conger and Riggio, 2012). Pre employment programme comprise of various programmes which indicates the nature of the employees towards their work and their values. Pre employment Test: One of the major key challenges for the recruiter and selectors within the international companies to identify the true capabilities of the employees apart from their qualifications (Charnan, 2008). Some times company may find the perfect or right candidates for the right job but the attitude of the employees is very alienating and introvert that can make problems in future for the companies sin coming years. CWBA has introduces the pre employment test which is to answer some of the major question to identify whether the qualified guy is team player or the lone wolf (Burkholder, 2009). During the time of selection of the employee are been tested via answering few question on leadership from the honey and Mumford or belibin approach to identify to acknowledge the employees attitude towards their work and their team. CWBA uses various honey Mumford way form of leadership which will helps to avoid the social desirability of the various indirect measures of attitudes that will help the selected employees to avoid the unambiguous nature of their towards their works (Brooks, 2009). There are some of the major techniques which leads to reveal the informations of the employees behaviour towards their organizations which are used by the common wealth banks during the time of the selection are given below : Evaluation: Evaluation is based on the positive and negative attitude of the employees. Evaluation van be based on the clean, transparent, bureaucrats or ugly and or judgmental. The evaluation phase the company uses Honey and Mumford questionnaire set of questionnaire has helped the HRM of CWBA to analyse the nature of the employees during the selection programme (Bogardus, 2009). Potency: Another major criteria is potency of the individuals which is based on the active or passive. Apart from that, other major behvaiour would be based on the cruel, kind and strong or weak. This approach is been used via belbin learning style and with johari window set of questionnaire (Bass, 2010). Activity: lastly companies organizes the team formation and give topic or activities to work on . Similarly, company checks the one group cohesiveness and group performance rather than individual intelligence. 6. Positive and negative feedback on team settings While considering the feedback on team settings some of the major recommended and non recommended for of feedback techniques must be considered. Non required while giving feedback Recommended feedback Creating allegations and ill-mannered atmosphere Open forum and respectful environment Biased towards candidates Non partial feelings towards any of the candidates Being judgmental Being non judgmental Detail on the body language Focusing on the attitudes Basing the feedback on rumor Feedback based on the truth and facts Feedback based on generalizations Specific form of feedback on interview Feedback based on unintended goals Goal oriented feedback CWBA uses connect model of feedback which is also communications process which allows the candidates to show their excitement, conflicts and enthusiasm towards their work or the team (Barrett and Mayson, 2008). The Connect model helps the CWAG has been used for the positive and negative form of feedback. C= C here means to commit to the relationship. The feedback must be based on the relationship of the team members (Barrett and Mayson, 2008). O=Optimize safety is another task which helps the HR manager of the CBA to know the performance of the employee. N=Narrowing the down the decision making of the feedback rather than giving lectures (Allen, 2009). N= Neutralize in the feedback style by making decision which fair, unbiased and the impartial. E=Explaining the perspective of each decision making and giving the feedback on that basis. C=Feedback must also must be on the behavior of the employees on only on the basis of qualifications. T=Tracking the information and looking for real copies to check back the whether the qualifications are real or not (Adair, 2010). While giving the feedback whether it is positive then : Gather the evidence The evidence must be based on the fats and truth. The major objective of the positive feedback is to bring the something that can creates positive attitudes (Bogardus, 2009). Focus on the behavior: One of the major focus is to analyse the behavior of the organizations which may lead to identify the nature of the employees. Lastly understanding the wider picture rather than looking for narrow escape which could creates problems for the company in future or rather goes against the company. Examples of negative and positive feedback for instance: Interviewer: Why do you left your old company? Answer: I felt the company because of the low salary and poor working environment. Besides that, problems with peers and colleagues have changes my decision making. These types of answer lead to understand threat candidate is not a team player. So while giving the feedback : I am very sorry for previous experience with company. It shows that you are very lone would and team player. Please work on your behavior and come next time 7. Difference between the group of people and team Common wealth banks have various teams within each department and also group of people who are performing their duties. Some of the major groups of people are being working in the workplace are given below: Group of professionals: In a contemporary corporate world, companies gives more stress in team building rather than forming a group. Group can be easily formed in compare to the team. Group within organisations can be based on the professionals accountant, genders, expertise and age or other major factors (Brooks, 2009). Forming group based on the various factors is not much difficulty faced by the leaders. In fact, it is one of the easier process but the efficiency of the group can be variables which why it is often predicted as the vague form of people. Group of the people can having various personality and various goals which will make very difficult for the leaders to build consensus (Bogardus, 2009). The perspective of the group of employees can be very much friendly or intolerance. Group of people within the CWBA are formed as per the age, experience or the set of gender of the existing employees. Groups are generally formed as for the unprofessional works. Team works: On the other hand, team building processes is very much difficult and is based on the long term goals of the company. Since CWBA has different departments, for each department, company has form a team as per their skills, expertise and as per their qualification in the specific area (Bass, 2010). In order to build a team every department within the CWBA leaders has to go through various stages which includes, forming, norming, storming and performing stage. Apart from that, every team works as per the goals such as business team includes, accountants, sales team, operation team. Thus each one of the team member has their own set of work and purpose which actually helps the organization to gain the overall success. Team has low amount of conflicts in compare to the group members (Cooper and Robertson, 2009). 8. Responsibility and accountability impact on the workers roles Responsibility creates accountability within the workers. With the help of define roles and responsibilities, company would be able reach its objectives and may achieve its goals (De Hoogh et al. 2008). Responsibilities given to the team or an individual worker gives them enough scope for performance of the works done by them. These chosen employees would be are very much accountable for such response. Set of responsibility given to the team within the CWBA are given below : Team Responsibilities Accountability Accountants Responsible for cash receiving and cash paying to customers. Managing the balance of tad payables and trade payables These people are accountable for any misplace of the cash receipt or cash payments. These members can be asked the question of misbalance of cash. HRM Hiring and training the employees as per the job specification of the company Held for the wrong set of candidate within the banking operations Techies Responsible for technological changes or default in any technology. Very much accountable for failure in computer system, internet or the SAP process Sales team Responsible for selling the mutual fund, equity and creating the customer base. Accountable for the increasing the customer base for the various investment portfolio sold by the bank. 9. Impact of responsibility and accountability: Decrease the burden of leaders: With the help of responsibility and accountability, leaders will help to boost the employees morale which will help to gain the confidence of the employees. Besides that, leaders will have only to follow up on the results (Eli et al. 2012). In this case manager of each department will be held responsibilities for his/her team performance within the banking which will gain decrease or rather reduce the burden of the employees. Increase the confidence of employees: With set of responsibilities and higher roles give the employees to perform much better as because He/She believes that banks is very much relying on his skills. Employees will be answering his/her team manager who will helps them to perform better and increase their position within the team (Ellebracht et al. 2009). For instance , Board of directors ask the each departments manager for the reason of failure of achieving the goal and praising foor their achievement. 9. Behvaiour needed at the work situations Work place aggression is very much comprises of wide range of the behaviors which starts from the coercions or verbal action. Aggression at workplace is related to the counterproductive work behvaiour and is very much suggest ht that physical harassments or emotional harming of the employees (Gardner and Cogliser, 2009). As per the research conducted by the magazines, workplace aggression leads to harm the colleagues or the former workers or existing employees. With various range of the behaviors that has been considered as the aggressiveness within the CWBA such as: Appearance of animosity: Some of the major behavior within the business environment which leads to foul mouth or verbal fighting. It also may be also in the form of symbol (Kellett et al. 2002). Obstructions: Here the manager are being watching the employees for not performing their job and or not able to finish their objectives. Clear violent behavior: At this stage, employees act violently and take violent actions. Distrust within the organization leads to failure of achieving the goals. 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Rob Lee Robert E. = Lee They say you had to see him to believe that a man so fine = could exist.=20 He was handsome. He was clever. He was brave. He was gentle. He = was=20 generous and charming, noble and modest, admired and beloved. He had = never=20 failed at anything in his upright soldier's life. He was born a winner, = this=20 Robert E. Lee. Except for once. In the greatest contest of his life, = in a=20 war between the South and the North, Robert E. Lee lost (Redmond). = Through=20 his life, Robert E. Lee would prove to be always noble, always a = gentleman,=20 and always capable of overcoming the challenge lying before him. = Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807 (Compton's). He = was=20 born into one of Virginia's most respected families. The Lee family = had=20 moved to America during the mid 1600's. Some genealogist can trace the = Lee's=20 roots back to William the Conqueror. Two members of the Lee family = had signed=20 the Declaration of Independence, Richard Lee and Francis Lightfoot. = Charles=20 Lee had served as attorney General under the Washington = administration=20 while Richard Bland Lee, had become one of Virginia's leading=20 Federalists. Needless to say, the Lees were an American Political dynasty = (Nash=20 242). Lee's father was General Henry Light-Horse Harry Lee. He had = been=20 a heroic cavalry leader in the American Revolution. He married = his=20 cousin Matilda. They had four children, but Matilda died in 1790. On = her death=20 bed she added insult to injury upon Henry Lee by leaving her estate = to=20 her children. She feared Henry would squander the family fortune. = He was=20 well known for poor investments and schemes that had depleted his = own=20 family's fortune (Connelly 5). Henry Lee solved his financial problems by marrying Robert's = mother=20 Anne Carter, daughter of one of Virginia's wealthiest men (Nash = 242). Henry=20 Lee eventually spent his family into debt. Their stately mansion,=20 Stratford Hall, was turned over to Robert's half brother. Anne Lee moved = with=20 her children to a simple brick house in Alexandria. Light Horse = Harry=20 was seldom around. Finally, in 1813 he moved to the West Indies. = His=20 self-exile became permanent, and he was never seen again by his family=20 (Thomas). Young Robert had other family problems. His mother became very = ill. At=20 the age of twelve he had to shoulder the load of not only being the = family's provider, but also his mother's nurse. When time came for = Robert to=20 attend college, it was obvious his mother could not support him = financially.=20 She was already supporting his older brother at Harvard and three = other children in school. In 1824 he accepted an appointment to the = United=20 States Military Academy. During his time at West Point Lee = distinguished=20 himself as a soldier and a student. Lee graduated with honors in 1829 = (Nash=20 245). His graduation was dampened by a call to the bedside of his = ailing=20 mother. When he arrived home he found his fifty-four year old mother = close=20 to death. A death caused by struggles and illnesses of her = difficult=20 life. Robert was always close to his mother. He again attended to her = needs=20 until her death. On July 10, 1829, Anne Lee died with Robert, her = closest=20 son, at her side. Forty years later Robert would stand in the same room = and=20 say, It seems but yesterday that his beloved mother died (Connelly = 6). While awaiting his first assignment, Lee frequently visited = Arlington,=20 the estate of George Washington Parke Custis. Custis was the = grandson of=20 Martha Washington and the adopted son of George Washington. After = Martha's=20 death Custis left Mount Vernon and used his inheritance to build = Arlington=20 in 1778. Arlington was set on a hill over looking the Potomac = river=20 and Washington D.C. (NPS Arlington House). Custis had only one = daughter,=20 Mary Anna Randolph. Mary had been pampered and petted throughout her = life.=20 Lee's Courtship with Mary soon turned serious, before long they were = thinking=20 of marriage. However, before Robert could propose he was assigned = to=20 Cockspur Island, Georgia. Robert returned to Arlington in 1830. He and Mary decided to = get=20 married. The two were married on June 30, 1831(Nash 248). Shortly there = after=20 the Lees went to Fort Monroe. Mary was never happy here.