Lack of desire to aim for the better and to grow is generally seen as abnormality and will affect the future of the person drastically. And this applies more to the workplace. An employee who remains in a role for a long time, for whatever reason is looked down upon. Thus, even if he deliberately chooses to continue in his role, others presume that he is incapable and inefficient. He becomes a subject for gossip, rumors, mockery and even humiliation, in short, a laughing stock.
Co-workers or insecure bosses may try to discourage or mislead him, so that they have somebody in their midst to exploit to make up for their own inadequacies.
Added to this is the mindset and culture of the corporate world. Lack of a consistent growth record raises many doubts about the competence and even background of a candidate and hence will affect his future growth. So, the desire and endeavors for growth in the processional front has become obligatory at the workplace.
The grown of an individual is linked to the growth of the people he is connected with and in turn the growth of the organization.
However, with determination and proper plan of action and execution, any man can grow to a position he desires by beginning at wherever he is. It is only his doubts about his capabilities and lack of knowledge on how to meet his goals that limit his success.
Therefore, one of the first steps in getting out of this quagmire is to improve one’s communication skills.
A good communicator is one who can express him/herself clearly right across the organizational structure.
The key to effective communication is flexibility. One should be able to identify an opportunity to communicate. More importantly, deal with different situations and personalities accordingly.
If one thinks that hard work and talent speak for themselves, one needs to get his/her thoughts updated. Perhaps it is true in the context of the academic work, but the corporate arena requires a certain amount of persuasion to move ahead.
Merely being intelligent, hardworking, and loyal is a thing of the past. Now one has to make a conscious attempt to push him / herself into the limelight. Don’t assume one’s superiors will recognize his/her interests, capabilities and achievement. If one wants something, ask for it! It is important to put his/her feelings into words.
Don’t be modest about your achievements. Live up to that of which you are capable. However, do not overplay your cards. Self promotion should not change your personality or principles. Neither do you have to resort to unethical promotion techniques. Emphasizes your capabilities, communicate well.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Start Own Business
Abu Dhabi — 18 September 2008 - Expat Workers can Start Own Business.
Workers and professionals can now start their own businesses without losing their jobs or changing their visas, said a top official at the Ministry of Labour.
Humaid bin Deemas, acting general manager of the ministry, told Khaleej Times that the decision was taken by Minister of Labour Saqer Saeed Ghobash on Wednesday.
It will allow expatriates who work in the private sector to set up their own business or become partners in a new company. This decision replaces the old rule obligating any expatriate worker who wanted to start his business to cancel his visa and labour card at the ministry and get an investor visa.
Bin Deemas said that the new decision would open more opportunities for workers in the country. Expatriates who start their own business will, however, won’t be allowed to work in the companies they set up with local partners.
‘The minister also endorsed a decision to streamline the rules of sponsorship transfer,’ said Bin Deemas.
According to the new decision, the ministry will transfer sponsorship between firms owned by one sponsor if branches of the firms are based in the same emirate for a charge of Dh500 per application.
The ministry can, therefore, endorse the sponsorship transfer without referring to the current sponsor if the employer has delayed salaries for at least two months.
Another ministerial decision obligates all firms in the country, recruiting more than 100 employees, to hire their public relations officers from among UAE or GCC nationals.
Bin Deemas said the ministry will not accept any application from these firms if the PROs do not meet these new terms and conditions.
GCC nationals who work as PROs are allowed to work in other firms owned by the same person. - Khaleej Times, 18 September, 2008
Workers and professionals can now start their own businesses without losing their jobs or changing their visas, said a top official at the Ministry of Labour.
Humaid bin Deemas, acting general manager of the ministry, told Khaleej Times that the decision was taken by Minister of Labour Saqer Saeed Ghobash on Wednesday.
It will allow expatriates who work in the private sector to set up their own business or become partners in a new company. This decision replaces the old rule obligating any expatriate worker who wanted to start his business to cancel his visa and labour card at the ministry and get an investor visa.
Bin Deemas said that the new decision would open more opportunities for workers in the country. Expatriates who start their own business will, however, won’t be allowed to work in the companies they set up with local partners.
‘The minister also endorsed a decision to streamline the rules of sponsorship transfer,’ said Bin Deemas.
According to the new decision, the ministry will transfer sponsorship between firms owned by one sponsor if branches of the firms are based in the same emirate for a charge of Dh500 per application.
The ministry can, therefore, endorse the sponsorship transfer without referring to the current sponsor if the employer has delayed salaries for at least two months.
Another ministerial decision obligates all firms in the country, recruiting more than 100 employees, to hire their public relations officers from among UAE or GCC nationals.
Bin Deemas said the ministry will not accept any application from these firms if the PROs do not meet these new terms and conditions.
GCC nationals who work as PROs are allowed to work in other firms owned by the same person. - Khaleej Times, 18 September, 2008
Ricki Mathew
Dubai - 17 September 2008 -- A nine-year-old Indian boy was crushed to death underneath a concrete cement mixer outside his home in Al Majaz in Sharjah on Monday, 15 September 2008.
Ricki Mathew Verghese, a Grade IV student of Delhi Private School (DPS), Sharjah, was on his way to attend tuition at around 5pm when the heavy vehicle, outside an under construction site, reversed without noticing the boy, killing him instantly.
Confirming the incident, Major Khaled Suleiman, Head of the Accident section of CID at Buhaira police station, told Khaleej Times that the Indian driver, after reversing, started emptying the concrete mix and the roar of the engine drowned the child’s screams. The driver is now in police custody and would be referred to the Dubai Public Prosecution on charges of negligence.
Close relatives of the family said that Rickey’s sister, Remi Mathew, returned home after helping the boy cross the road. “She usually helps him cross the road when he goes for his classes in a building located adjacent to their house. The family is in a state of shock and the mother has not able to come to terms with the tragedy,” said Jiji Verghese, Rickey’s uncle. The family is in a state of shock and is expected to fly back to India later this week for the cremation. The boy’s body is in the Al Qassimi Hospital mortuary and would be handed over to the family once all formalities are complete. The father, a top official with UAE Exchange, was returning from home when he was intimated about the accident, while the mother, who works with a pharmaceutical company, was at home.
Students and staff of DPS held a condolence meeting for Ricki on the school premises on Tuesday. Vandana Marwah, principal of the school, told KT, “There was nobody around when the accident took place and the driver himself is believed to have called the police. We met the mother. The boy’s death has been a big blow to the family. She has not eaten since the accident.”
Remi Mathew, a Grade XI student at DPS, was in fact recognized and given the Scholar Award by the school the same morning for her academic performance and the family is said to have been in a jubilant mood. Once the family returns from India, Marwah said the school plans to provide Remi the necessary support system and, if possible, counselling to help her get back to her studies.
Major Suleiman, however, said the Indian student was playing near the under-construction area where the accident occurred. He said the truck had entered the site to empty the concrete and did not notice the student playing behind the heavy vehicle. “The driver started emptying the concrete and due to the loud noise of the engine, he could not hear the child screaming. The driver has committed a mistake by not checking if somebody was behind the mixer,” Suleiman said. Khaleej Times, 17 September 2008.
CASE STUDY
Granted, the driver was negligent, as he should have exercised reasonable care while reversing the vehicle.
However, there is more to it than meets the eye. At one point the boy was escorted by his sister to tuition. At another point, the boy was playing near the under-construction site behind the vehicle. There was nobody around when the accident took place at the site.
Since the boy was playing near the under-construction site, the parents of the boy may be held accountable for contributory negligence by leaving the boy unattended at an unsafe locality (the site and its vicinity). The same holds true for the site personnel of the building contractor, their consultants, as well as the management of the ready mix concrete company. To elaborate this point, please consider the following:-
It is mandatory for the building contractor's personnel to be present at the sites under construction at all times. At the time of the accident, the site foreman or his assistant or other members of the site personnel should have been present at the site to receive the concrete. Where were they when the driver of the mixer was emptying the
concrete? Therefore, the building contractor has failed to provide adequate safety precautions at site, and hence stands accountable for contributory negligence.
Not ensuring such safety precautions at the site by the building contractor, the consultants stand equally accountable for contributory negligence.
It is expected of the site supervisor of the ready mix concrete company to be present at the sites where the concrete is supplied. Where was he? And why the management of the company failed to ensure that the site supervisor was present on the site? The site supervisor is accountable for negligent in his duties, and the management of the company shall be made accountable for failing to ensure the presence of the site supervisor at site - an instance of contributory negligence by the management of the ready mix concrete company.
We hope that the rule of law would be strictly applied in this case by the authorities concerned to ensure that no-one goes scot-free here or anywhere in the world in the future by failing to exercise reasonable care in their day to day life.
If the incident occurred outside the site premises, then observations under this case study may have a lesser bearing on the parties herein who are accountable for contributory negligence.
In the meantime, we pray for the departed soul of Ricki Mathew to rest in peace.
Ricki Mathew Verghese, a Grade IV student of Delhi Private School (DPS), Sharjah, was on his way to attend tuition at around 5pm when the heavy vehicle, outside an under construction site, reversed without noticing the boy, killing him instantly.
Confirming the incident, Major Khaled Suleiman, Head of the Accident section of CID at Buhaira police station, told Khaleej Times that the Indian driver, after reversing, started emptying the concrete mix and the roar of the engine drowned the child’s screams. The driver is now in police custody and would be referred to the Dubai Public Prosecution on charges of negligence.
Close relatives of the family said that Rickey’s sister, Remi Mathew, returned home after helping the boy cross the road. “She usually helps him cross the road when he goes for his classes in a building located adjacent to their house. The family is in a state of shock and the mother has not able to come to terms with the tragedy,” said Jiji Verghese, Rickey’s uncle. The family is in a state of shock and is expected to fly back to India later this week for the cremation. The boy’s body is in the Al Qassimi Hospital mortuary and would be handed over to the family once all formalities are complete. The father, a top official with UAE Exchange, was returning from home when he was intimated about the accident, while the mother, who works with a pharmaceutical company, was at home.
Students and staff of DPS held a condolence meeting for Ricki on the school premises on Tuesday. Vandana Marwah, principal of the school, told KT, “There was nobody around when the accident took place and the driver himself is believed to have called the police. We met the mother. The boy’s death has been a big blow to the family. She has not eaten since the accident.”
Remi Mathew, a Grade XI student at DPS, was in fact recognized and given the Scholar Award by the school the same morning for her academic performance and the family is said to have been in a jubilant mood. Once the family returns from India, Marwah said the school plans to provide Remi the necessary support system and, if possible, counselling to help her get back to her studies.
Major Suleiman, however, said the Indian student was playing near the under-construction area where the accident occurred. He said the truck had entered the site to empty the concrete and did not notice the student playing behind the heavy vehicle. “The driver started emptying the concrete and due to the loud noise of the engine, he could not hear the child screaming. The driver has committed a mistake by not checking if somebody was behind the mixer,” Suleiman said. Khaleej Times, 17 September 2008.
CASE STUDY
Granted, the driver was negligent, as he should have exercised reasonable care while reversing the vehicle.
However, there is more to it than meets the eye. At one point the boy was escorted by his sister to tuition. At another point, the boy was playing near the under-construction site behind the vehicle. There was nobody around when the accident took place at the site.
Since the boy was playing near the under-construction site, the parents of the boy may be held accountable for contributory negligence by leaving the boy unattended at an unsafe locality (the site and its vicinity). The same holds true for the site personnel of the building contractor, their consultants, as well as the management of the ready mix concrete company. To elaborate this point, please consider the following:-
It is mandatory for the building contractor's personnel to be present at the sites under construction at all times. At the time of the accident, the site foreman or his assistant or other members of the site personnel should have been present at the site to receive the concrete. Where were they when the driver of the mixer was emptying the
concrete? Therefore, the building contractor has failed to provide adequate safety precautions at site, and hence stands accountable for contributory negligence.
Not ensuring such safety precautions at the site by the building contractor, the consultants stand equally accountable for contributory negligence.
It is expected of the site supervisor of the ready mix concrete company to be present at the sites where the concrete is supplied. Where was he? And why the management of the company failed to ensure that the site supervisor was present on the site? The site supervisor is accountable for negligent in his duties, and the management of the company shall be made accountable for failing to ensure the presence of the site supervisor at site - an instance of contributory negligence by the management of the ready mix concrete company.
We hope that the rule of law would be strictly applied in this case by the authorities concerned to ensure that no-one goes scot-free here or anywhere in the world in the future by failing to exercise reasonable care in their day to day life.
If the incident occurred outside the site premises, then observations under this case study may have a lesser bearing on the parties herein who are accountable for contributory negligence.
In the meantime, we pray for the departed soul of Ricki Mathew to rest in peace.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Barack Obama
We would like to see that Barack Obama becomes the next President of the United States of America.
We have had reservations in the past about Obama's abilities to be the President, which was largely due to our preference for Madam Hillary Clinton. Now that she is out of the race, it is Obama, who is our man Friday. Obviously, Hillary Clinton would have made a better Vice Presidential running mate for Obama.
However, we have no doubts, Joe Biden would prove to be an ideal candidate for the Vice President.
Here's wishing all the best of luck for both Barack Obama and Joe Biden in their bid to be President and Vice President respectively through the November 2008 Presidential elections in the U.S.A.
We would also add here that John McCain and Sarah Palin makes an impressive due of comedians, and it SUCKS, just as the incumbent in the White House does.
We have had reservations in the past about Obama's abilities to be the President, which was largely due to our preference for Madam Hillary Clinton. Now that she is out of the race, it is Obama, who is our man Friday. Obviously, Hillary Clinton would have made a better Vice Presidential running mate for Obama.
However, we have no doubts, Joe Biden would prove to be an ideal candidate for the Vice President.
Here's wishing all the best of luck for both Barack Obama and Joe Biden in their bid to be President and Vice President respectively through the November 2008 Presidential elections in the U.S.A.
We would also add here that John McCain and Sarah Palin makes an impressive due of comedians, and it SUCKS, just as the incumbent in the White House does.
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