SIX WORD STORY!

"HOOKUP WHEN DRUNK, IGNORED WHEN SOBER"

This idea was from having a conversation with a friend and this was what she was going through.

Media Release

Media Release

For immediate release

 

Christmas Island Order Restored

There have been reports from Christmas Island asylum seekers, indicated that at least 150 asylum seekers have broken out of the detention centre. It is believed up to 20 people may have been taken to the high security management unit, Red Compound and some are handcuffed inside the detention centre.

Yesterday Malcolm Jones from Immigration Department came out and said “It’s unfortunate that the extreme measures were taken place but order had to be stored”.

 “We know that everyone is getting quite frustrated and annoyed and we apologized for that but laws are laws and we need to follow through with the policy put forward in Australia”.

“We are doing our best to process all refugees’ applications. But when these things happen, it make it’s harder and also slows down the process”.

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Tips and guidelines 2

According to Time Management Guide Team, building and teamwork skills are critical. Team building achievement is when your team can accomplish something bigger and work more effectively than a group of the same individuals working on their own.  Here are some additional team building ideas, techniques, and tips you can try in your situation.

1. Make sure that the team goals are totally clear and completely understood and accepted by each team member. 
2. Make sure there is complete clarity in who is responsible to do what. Do your best to avoid overlaps of authority. For example, if there is a risk that two team members will be competing for control in certain area, try to divide that area into two distinct parts and give each more complete control in one of those parts, according to those individual's strengths and personal inclinations. 
3. For issues that rely on the team consensus and commitment, involve more the whole team in the decision making process. For example, use group sessions with collective discussions of possible decision options or solution ideas. What you want to achieve here is that each team member feels his or her ownership in the final decision, solution, or idea. The more he or she feels this way, the more likely he or she is to agree with and commit to the decided line of action.
4. Make sure there are no blocked lines of communications and you and your people stay fully informed.
5. Build trust with your team members by spending one-on- one time in an atmosphere of openness and honesty. Be loyal to your employees, if you expect the same.
6. Allow your office team members build trust and openness between each other in team building activities and events. Give them some opportunities of extra social time with each other in an atmosphere that encourages open communication. For example, in a group lunch on Friday.
7. Be careful with interpersonal issues. Recognize them early and deal with them till full resolution.
8. Never miss opportunities to empower your employees. Say thank you or show appreciation of an individual team player's work.
9. Do not limit yourself to negative feedback. Be fare. Whenever there is an opportunity, give positive feedback as well. 

 Sergey Dudiy. 2005. Top Nine Tips Better Teamwork and Team Building. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.time-management-guide.com/teamwork-tips.html. [Accessed 13 March 11].

The following are links to different other tips and guidelines from the experts. So enjoy!

• http://cilass-students.group.shef.ac.uk/groupwork.php
• http://www.businessballs.com/teambuilding.htm
• http://www.exforsys.com/career-center/group-discussions/successful-group-discussion-techniques.html
• http://humanresources.about.com/od/involvementteams/a/twelve_tip_team_2.htm

 

Tips and guidelines 1

John Adair (b.1934) is one of Britain's foremost authorities on leadership in organisations. Adair approached leadership from a more practical and simple angle; by describing what leaders have to do and the actions they need to take. 

His model was figuratively based on three overlapping circles representing:

Achieving task:

• Defining the task
• Making a plan
• Allocating work & resources
• Controlling quality & tempo of work
• Checking performance against plan
• Adjusting pan

Building the team:

• Setting standards
• Maintaining discipline
• Building team spirit
• Encouraging, motivating, giving sense of purpose
• Appointing roles
• Ensuring communication within the group

Developing individuals:

• Attending to personal problems/issues
• Valuing individuals
• Recognising & using individual abilities
• Training/helping the individual 

This creates a clear distinction between leadership and management.

The three circles in Adair's model overlap because:

1. The task needs a team because one person alone cannot accomplish it.
2. If the team needs are not met the task will suffer and the individuals will not be satisfied.
3. If the individual needs are not met the team will suffer and performance of the task will be impaired.

Leadership Functions

Adair lists eight Leadership Functions required to achieve success. The following needs to be constantly developed and honed to ensure success.

1. Defining the task: Using SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-Constrained) to set a clear objective.
2. Planning: An open minded, positive and creative search for alternatives. Contingencies should be planned for and plans should be tested.
3. Briefing: Team briefings by the leader are a basic function and essential in order to create the right atmosphere, foster teamwork and motivate each individual.
4. Controlling: Leaders need self-control, good control systems in place and effective delegation and monitoring skills in order to get maximum results from minimum resources.
5. Evaluating: Assess consequences, evaluate performance, appraise and train individuals.
6. Motivating: Adair identifies eight basic rules for motivating people* in his book Effective Motivation (Guildford: Talbot Adair Press, 1987). Adair also created the 50:50 rule which states that 50% of motivation comes from within a person and 50% from his or her environment and particularly the leadership they encounter.
7. Organising: Good leaders need to be able to organise themselves, their team and their organisation.
8. Setting an example: The best leaders naturally set a good example. If effort needs to be made it will slip and a bad example is noticed more than a good example.

 

Motivating Your Team

The eight rules for motivating people:

1. Be motivated yourself.
2. Select motivated people.
3. Treat each person as an individual.
4. Set realistic but challenging targets.
5. Understand that progress itself motivates.
6. Create a motivating environment.
7. Provide relevant rewards.
8. Recognise success.

John Adair's work is in line with motivational theorists such as Maslow, McGregor and Herzberg. He emphasises the need for development of the team and team building. 

John Adair Team Theory. 2011. John Adair - Action-centred Leadership. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.teambuilding.co.uk/john-adair-team-theory.html. [Accessed 13 March 2011].

 

 

 

SAVE THE KIMBERLEY!!!

This week’s topic “Was Colin Barnett's government's initiation of compulsory acquisition of James Price Point lawful? In your opinion was it ethical? Be sure to include references to other people/groups point of view.”

In my opinion of this whole situation that Colin Barnett has put toward is not lawful at all. He is going ahead with something that most people don’t want to see happen. He thinks because he is a big guy with a high position he can do anything he wants. Yes at first he was keeping it very professional as he took the time to come out to Kimberley, and spoke to people to see what they thought of the situation and all. He thought by doing that he could negotiate something with them so that it was a win and win situation.  As time passed by Colin Barnett was getting annoyed and frustrated as he wasn’t getting anywhere so he decided to go forwards with the project and not care about what the indigenous people and what they thought. He has no respect at all for anyone especially the people who are currently living there. By continuing with this project, it will bring up lots of issues and problems for example climate change, pollution, environmental disasters may occur etc. As stated in most articles I have looked up Kimberley is what Australia is about, the attractions and scenery is what draws attention to tourist. They are taking away something that is so precious and beautiful. What Colin Barnett is doing is wrong in so many ways; he is hurting a lot of people with what he wants to do because apparently it is something that needs to be done and will be good for the future.

The following are people’s point of view on this topic:

Anonymous said...

To construct an LNG Plant as big as this anywhere along the kimberley coastline especially on the Dampier Peninsula amounts to no less than absolute "Cultural Genocide"Woodside is completely aware of this,as is state and federal governments this is why the state government is doing all of Woodsides dirty work by threatening land aquisition.Woodside has an applalling record of cultural destruction already by destroying rock art at the Burrup Peninsula.James Price Point should be renamed "Barnetts Bluff"

KLC are the true Killers of Law and Culture.They were a grass roots organisation which has almost become another arm of the state government.Their primary role was to help gain Native title through the legal system,their secondary role was to set up the Prescribed Body Corporate.They have kept the PBC down so that they are the ones to do the negotiations.they have taken away rights from the true Traditional Owners.Wayne Bergman stands to gain an incredible amount of personal wealth by positioning himself as the executor of the LNG deals.He woill become the wealthiest Indigenous person in Australia.Housing ,Education and Health is the responsibility of government.You cannot sell off the cultural rights to land and still mantain your identity.KLC stands to become the most powerful organisation in the state of western australia beneath the state government.what gives them a right to hold this position.Aboriginal people of Austrlai are not a homogenous society.No one voted for wayne Bergaman or KLC.I know how Wayne got his position in the KLC.H eused his family to usurp the position. 

These following comments are from a site telling Mr Burke to not approve the Kimberley gas refinery.

Anonymous's:

To WA EPA: As a seas Kayakker I cant believe anyone doesnt see how this will affect tourism to the kimberley.

RachelAngel's:

To WA EPA: When I first travelled Australia 15 years ago, I fell in love with the Kimberley,I read books about it, and dream of the day i could return there. Please please do not bring this pollution to the beautiful ancient and unique landscape of the Kimberley. It is a jewel in Australia's crown, and it would be worse than tragic if it is lost to the industry of mining. Think of tourism, conservation, indigenous rights, and the heart and soul of Australians love of the land
Please do not approve this disastrous project.

Merri Bee's message To WA EPA:

Collin Barnett and his government have been a disaster for WA . They have cut funding to the EPA, and The Conservation Council, introduced Genetically Modified crops in spite of the massive public opposition and the biggest petition ever presented to WA parliment.He has cut funding to libraries and allowed mining in National Parks. Proposes to reopen and build several more coal fired power stations while the public cry out for renewables NOW and action on climate change. We've had enough of the destruction of our country for overseas energy contracts. Do not allow the destruction of the Kimberly coast with this Gas Hub Mr Bourke, please!!!

Boze’s: To WA EPA: Dear Tony

Your role as a Minister of Environment is to protect the environment for the next generations. Do you have children? After all the 3 things we cannot live without is fresh air, clean water and healthy food that can only be grown and healthy land

Pedro11's: To WA EPA: Mr Burke,

The Kimberley coast is the wrong place for a gas facility. It is a fantastic tourism asset. Any large industrial facility is not compatible with the aim of the Kimberley becoming one of the worlds top eco tourism destinations. Please relocate the gas plant to a less iconic and less environmentally sensitive area where there is already industrial development.

Anonymous's:

I am totally against any industrial business being carried out in the Kimberley region. It is such a beautiful and amazing place in Australia, on the same par as the Great Barrier Reef, and should remain the pristine place that it is for all the world and it's creatures to enjoy and remain safe within. Any disturbance to this environment would be devastating and irreversible. Please do not allow this proposal to go any further. Declare the Kimberley region a national park so it will remain the safe haven it always has been, for all to enjoy.

Dazza4's:

Rape and pillage of the Kimberley seems to be gaining momentum, as greedy developers and miners and Governments set their eyes on it for personal and business profits, without regard for the wanton destruction they are causing by their actions.
My will is that this cease immediately, and that this development in particular NOT go ahead in any form. Surely it is not to much to ask that some part of Australia be left unsullied by this naked and nasty greed. I realise that the proponents have no regard for NATURE, but it would be hoped that our political servants would do what the majority of the people want in this instance. LEAVE THE KIMBERLEY ALONE!

Liz38's:

WA: beauty with no brains? This development is placing $$$ over the right of future generations to appreciate such raw beauty.

sorry white woman's:

Please leave what is left of the Kimberley region alone. Hasn't the Argyle Diamond Mine done enough damage?? - blowing up beautiful rock escarpments that had sacred carvings on top of them. I saw them with my own eyes in the 70's....who will ever get to see them again? Nothing is really sacred to white people is it!?!

AND THERE IS A LOT MORE COMMENTS BUT THE ABOVE ARE JUST A FEW.

These websites are more comments of what people think of the situation:

•  https://secure.wilderness.org.au/cyberactivist/cyberactions/10_12_kimberley-gas-refinery-comments.php?page=105
• http://www.kimberleypage.com.au/2010/10/opinion-rachel-siewert-on-james-price-point-2/
• https://secure.wilderness.org.au/cyberactivist/cyberactions/10_12_kimberley-gas-refinery-comments.php?page=75
• http://ccwa.org.au/personalcomments/1146?page=68
• http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/blog/page/3/
• http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/7957317/greens-campaign-against-gas-land-grab/

These are some articles that I recommend you guys to read, they are so interesting with what people have to say about this project.

• http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/2010/09/03/compulsory-acquisition-announced-wa-premier-colin-barnett-accused-of-bullying-aborigines-over-land/
• http://www.perthnow.com.au/business/colin-barnett-moves-to-acquire-land-for-kimberley-gas-project/story-e6frg2qc-1225913243760
• http://ccwa.org.au/content/protect-kimberley-and-prevent-more-carbon-pollution
• http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/james-price-point-threatened-by-fossil-fuel-industry
• http://www.wilderness.org.au/campaigns/kimberley/kimberley-lng-gas-plant-and-james-price-pointfaq-your-questions-answered
• http://www.christianfletcher.com.au/blog/2010/09/please-sign-the-petition-on-james-price-point/
• http://ccwa.org.au/content/gas-hub
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/02/3000296.htm?section=business
• http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/7957317/greens-campaign-against-gas-land-grab/

REFERENCING:

• Hands off Country: Kimberley LNG hub at Quondong or James Price Point? What's the truth?. 2011. Hands off Country: Kimberley LNG hub at Quondong or James Price Point? What's the truth?. [ONLINE] Available at:http://handsoffcountry.blogspot.com/2009/04/kimberly-lng-hub-at-quondong-or-james.html. [Accessed 06 March 2011].
• Minister Burke don't approve a polluting Kimberley coast gas refinery! - The Wilderness Society - The Wilderness Society - Cyberactivist Network - cyberaction - get active online. 2011. Minister Burke don't approve a polluting Kimberley coast gas refinery! - The Wilderness Society - The Wilderness Society - Cyberactivist Network - cyberaction - get active online. [ONLINE] Available at: https://secure.wilderness.org.au/cyberactivist/cyberactions/10_12_kimberley-gas-refinery-comments.php?page=1. [Accessed 06 March 2011].

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