The pursuit of excellence 1) Socrates did not write "Apology". Socrates did not actually write anything‚ It was his friend Plato that wrote and documented Socrates’s speeches and dialogs. The "Apology" supposes to be an accurate account by Plato of Socrates’s trial before the Athenian jury in 399BCE. The trial began with the prosecutors presenting their case against Socrates before the Athenian jury. In this trial Meletus‚ the prosecutor‚ argued that Socrates was guilty of corrupting the youth
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and enjoys a good and sustainable market’. Business excellence is often characterized by principles‚ practices and techniques in managing the organisation and achieving results‚ based on a set of fundamental concepts or values. Many countries have developed their own models and frameworks to evaluate and recognize organizations for their efforts in business excellence through awards programmes. In Singapore‚ for example‚ the Business Excellence (BE) initiative was started by Spring Singapore to assist
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Some parents are at their children’s back daily pushing them to excel academically. Nothing less than As would please them. Parental pressures to pursue academic success have both positive and negative effects on their children. Some children need parental pressure to study. They have not realised the value of academic achievements. This is especially true for children who are late bloomers. Still carefree about life‚ they prefer to indulge in their favourite sports‚ television programmer and other
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Ministry of Education i Ministry of Education ii “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Peter Drucker Ministry of Education iii © Ministry of Education Trinidad and Tobago August 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without the permission of the publisher. Published by: The Ministry of Education
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Having a college level education can make the life changing difference between having a job you love‚ and being forced to do something you don’t particularly enjoy for the remainder of your life. In addition to that‚ a college education opens several doors which have numerous benefits including better job opportunities‚ having a job you love or are pleased with‚ job stability‚ and earning more money. My college education will allow me to experience all of that‚ as well as acquire knowledge in my
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Aristotle was correct when he said that “moral excellence comes about as a result of habit”. Religions and many successful people of the world have made a habit of committing moral acts in order to achieve their moral excellence and sense of virtue. Anyone can achieve moral excellence as long as they develop the habits that can take them to the level that they wish to reach. In the religion of Christianity Aristotle’s beliefs are intact. In the bible Christians are told of commandments that they
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Achieving Individual Excellence Wendy Barker BSHS 461 November 15‚ 2012 Maren Alitagtag Achieving Individual Excellence Individual excellence is pushing yourself to surpass other’s expectations and excel in everything you do. Individual traits‚ ethics‚ values‚ experiences‚ and individual performance help develop and define a person’s individual excellence on a personal and professional level. Individual excellence will lead a person to be a better leader‚ manager‚ supervisor‚ and a better
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on self-assessment and total organizational excellence is still attracting interest from many researchers. Findings from concluded research indicate that Self-assessment methods are being used by many organizations to implement total quality management or Strategic Quality management. The technique of self-assessment is believed to be useful for any organization wishing to effectively monitor and improve its performance (Oakland‚ 2003). Several excellence models through which self-assessment is implemented
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The definition of nursing excellence can be defined in many ways. What is common amongst all of the definitions of nursing excellence is that providing the patient with high quality compassionate care seems to be the common thread. Florence Nightingale (considered by many to be the first nursing theorist) initiated the elevation of the nursing profession by educating those in charge of caring for patients and teaching them to use the environment to assist in patient recovery. From that point on
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Maintaining Individual Excellence Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines excellence as the quality of superiority. The work excellence is synonymous with distinction‚ greatness‚ flawlessness‚ impeccability‚ and perfection (Merriam-Webster‚ 2006). The pursuit of excellence is the search for perfection. The consensus of today’s society is that nothing is perfect and perfection is unobtainable. Although that may be true‚ I believe that by reaching for excellence‚ or perfection‚ a person
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