The Head of Emergency Services in a Large City Strongly

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Essay

The head of emergency services in a large city strongly believes that diverse teams are more effective than homogeneous teams. The executive wants to put this belief into practice by frequently rotating ambulance and other emergency service teams so that teams would constantly have new people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. This would be supplemented with a hiring process that deliberately selects people with diverse ethnic, cultural and educational backgrounds. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the executive's actions in the emergency services agency.

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Definitions:

NDP

Net Domestic Product, an economic indicator measuring the total value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year, minus depreciation.

National Income

The total monetary value of all goods and services produced by a country's economy over a specific time period, excluding income earned abroad.

GDP

Gross Domestic Product, abbreviated as GDP, embodies the total market and monetary worth of all products and services that are finalized within a country's borders throughout a defined period.

Depreciation

An accounting method of allocating the cost of a tangible or physical asset over its useful life or life expectancy.