Herbs

Herbs are the culinary and medicinal plants. These are the low-growing aromatic plants which are used fresh or dried for seasoning, for their medicinal properties, or in perfumes. There are a wide variety of herbs such as super kelp, garlic, parsley, green tea extract, horse chestnut, milk thistle and oregano oil.


Herbs are very useful in strengthening the body and in treating the diseases. However they contain active substances that can trigger side effects and interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. So, they should be taken on the advice of an herbal practitioner.

Super Kelp

Super kelp (also known as “Sea kelp” and “Sea wrack”) is a sea herb that is one of the best sources of natural iodine and trace elements. It is also used as the principle agent in cures for obesity. In addition, it cleans out the kidneys and stimulates the thyroid and pituitary gland to produce growth hormones.


Garlic

Garlic is a natural anti-biotic and is used to disinfect wounds, treat ear infections, cholera and typhus. This herb is anti-fungal and anti-oxidant agent and can help lower cholesterol. It may also be beneficial for risk factors for heart disease, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and cancer. The excess of garlic can cause upset stomach/flatulence, occupational asthma, postoperative bleeding, bloating, bad breath, body odor, and skin irritation. People with bleeding disorders should not use garlic.


Parsley

Parsley (Petroselinum) is one of the best known, diuretic and most nutritious herbs which contain large quantities of vitamins A, B, C and minerals calcium, iron, phosphorous, potassium and magnesium. It’s very useful for kidney and urinary problems and water retention. Its usefulness can be judged by the saying: “if parsley is thrown into fishponds it will heal the sick fishes therein”.

Green Tea Extract

Green tea extracts are one of the nature’s most powerful anti-oxidants.  It helps prevent both heart disease and cancer by helping prevent vascular blood clotting and reducing cholesterol. It possesses antimicrobial properties that support immune-system health and protects against digestive and respiratory infections. The excess of green tea extracts may cause irritability, insomnia, heart palpitation, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, and loss of appetite.

Horse chestnut

Horse chestnut supports the vessels of our circulatory system and helps strengthen capillary cells and reduce fluid breakage. It is believed to be an excellent antioxidant to prevent wrinkles. It also helps in the treatments of phlebitis, varicosity and hemorrhoids.

Milk Thistle

Milk thistle has some active substances that helps maintain healthy liver function by protecting the liver from damage caused by viruses, toxins and alcohol. It is a herbal remedy for anthrax, asthma, bladder stones, cancer, catarrh, chest ailments, dropsy, fever, bleeding from the lungs or bronchia, hepatitis, rabies, jaundice, vaginal discharge, malaria, melancholy, piles, plague, pleurisy, spasms, and spleen and uterus problems. Taking excess of milk thistle may cause stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, rash or other skin reactions, joint pain, impotence, and anaphylaxis. It should not be taken in pregnancy and while nursing.

Oregano Oil

This herb has healing, antioxidant and anti-microbial properties. It is used to treat a mildly upset stomach, bronchitis, nervous tension, insect bites, rheumatism, earache, toothaches and even athlete’s foot. It is also useful in relieve bloating, gas, urinary tract problems, rheumatoid arthritis, swollen glands, and lack of perspiration. In addition, it is as powerful as ‘morphine’ as a pain killer.

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Visi, Misi dan Tujuan Perusahaan

Pengertian Visi dan Misi

A. Menurut Para Ahli

1. Pengertian Visi

Menurut Wibisono (2006, p. 43), visi merupakan rangkaian kalimat yang menyatakan cita-cita atau impian sebuah organisasi atau perusahaan yang ingin dicapai di masa depan. Atau dapat dikatakan bahwa visi merupakan pernyataan want to be dari organisasi atau perusahaan. Visi juga merupakan hal yang sangat krusial bagi perusahaan untuk menjamin kelestarian dan kesuksesan jangka panjang.

Dalam visi suatu organisasi terdapat juga nilai-nilai, aspirasi serta kebutuhan organisasi di masa depan seperti yang diungkapkan oleh Kotler yang dikutip oleh Nawawi (2000:122), Visi adalah pernyataan tentang tujuan organisasi yang diekspresikan dalam produk dan pelayanan yang ditawarkan, kebutuhan yang dapat ditanggulangi, kelompok masyarakat yang dilayani, nilai-nilai yang diperoleh serta aspirasi dan cita-cita masa depan.

2. Pengertian Misi

Menurut Drucker (2000:87), Pada dasarnya misi merupakan alasan mendasar eksistensi suatu organisasi. Pernyataan misi organisasi, terutama di tingkat unit bisnis menentukan batas dan maksud aktivitas bisnis perusahaan. Jadi perumusan misi merupakan realisasi yang akan menjadikan suatu organisasi mampu menghasilkan produk dan jasa berkualitas yang memenuhi kebutuhan, keinginan dan harapan pelanggannya (Prasetyo dan Benedicta, 2004:8).

Menurut Wheelen sebagaimana dikutip oleh Wibisono (2006, p. 46-47) Misi merupakan rangkaian kalimat yang menyatakan tujuan atau alasan eksistensi organisasi yang memuat apa yang disediakan oleh perusahaan kepada masyarakat, baik berupa produk ataupun jasa.

B. Pengertian secara Mendalam

1. Pengertian Visi

Visi adalah suatu pernyataan tentang gambaran keadaan clan karakteristik yang ingin di capai oleh suatu lembaga pada jauh dimasa yang akan datang. Banyak intepretasi yang dapat keluar dari pernyataan keadaan ideal yang ingin dicapai lembaga tersebut. Visi itu sendiri tidak dapat dituliskan secara lebih jelas menerangkan detail gambaran sistem yang ditujunya, oleh kemungkinan kemajuan clan perubahan ilmu serta situasi yang sulit diprediksi selama masa yang panjang tersebut.PernyataanVisi tersebut harus selalu berlaku pada semua kemungkinan perubahan yang mungkin terjadi sehingga suatu Visi hendaknya mempunyai sifat / fleksibel.

Untuk itu ada beberapa persyaratan yang hendaknya dipenuhi oleh suatu pernyataan Visi:

• Berorientasi pada masa depan;
• Tidak dibuat berdasar kondisi atau tren saat ini;
• Mengekspresikan kreativitas;
• Berdasar pada prinsip nilai yang mengandung penghargaan bagi masyarakat;
• Memperhatikan sejarah, kultur, clan nilai organisasi meskipun ada perubahan terduga; 
• Mempunyai standard yang tinggi, ideal serta harapan bagi anggauta lembaga;
• Memberikan klarifikasi bagi manfaat lembaga serta tujuan-tujuannya;
• Memberikan semangat clan mendorong timbulnya dedikasi pada lembaga;
• Menggambarkan keunikan lembaga dalam kompetisi serta citranya;
• Bersifat ambisius serta menantang segenap anggota lembaga (Lewis & Smith 1994

2. Pengertian Misi

Misi adalah pernyataan tentang apa yang harus dikerjakan oleh lembaga dalam usahanya meng-ujud-kan Visi. Dalam operasionalnya orang berpedoman pada pernyataan misi yang merupakan hasil kompromi intepretasi Visi. Misi merupakan sesuatu yang nyata untuk dituju serta dapat pula memberikan petunjuk garis besar cara pencapaian Visi.

Pernyataan Misi memberikan keterangan yang jelas tentang apa yang ingin dituju serta kadang kalamemberikan pula keterangan tentang bagaimana cara lembaga bekerja. Mengingat demikian pentingnya pernyataan misi maka selama pembentukannya perlu diperhatikan masukan-masukan dari anggota lembaga serta sumber-sumber lain yang dianggap penting.

Untuk secara Iangsung pernyataan Misi belum dapat dipergunakan sebagai petunjuk bekerja. Intepretasi lebih mendetail diperlukan agar pernyataan Misi dapat diterjemahkan ke langkahlangkah kerja atau tahapan pencapaian tujuan sebagaimana tertulis dalam pernyataan Misi.

Pengertian dan Definisi Tujuan menurut para ahli

Berikut ini adalah pengertian dan definisi tujuan:

# H.R. DAENG NAJA

Tujuan merupakan misi sasaran yang ingin dicapai oleh suatu organisasi di masa yang akan datang dan manajer bertugas mengarahkan jalannya organisasi untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut

# IDA NURAIDA

Tujuan merupakan bagian dari fungsi planning atau perencanaan dan merupakan langkah awal fungsi manajemen

# SPILLANE, SJ

Tujuan merupakan bagian dari proses mencapai keserasian dan konsentrasi kekuasaan

# ABUBAKAR A & WIBOWO

Tujuan merupakan norma terakhir untuk organisasi menilai dirinya. Tanpa tujuan, organisasi tidak mempunyai dasar yang jelas

# KEN MCELROY

Tujuan merupakan langkah pertama dalam proses mencapai kesuksesan dan tujuan juga merupakan kunci mencapai kesuksesan

# JEMSLY H & MARTANI H

Tujuan merupakan sesuatu yang mungkin untuk dicapai, bukan sesuatu yang utopis

# YAYASAN TRISAKTI

Tujuan merupakan kunci untuk menentukan atau merumuskan apa yang akan dikerjakan, ketika pekerjaan itu harus dilaksanakan dan disertai pula dengan jaringan politik, prosedur, anggaran serta penentuan program

# TOMMY SUPRAPTO

Tujuan merupakan realisasi dari misi yang spesifik dan dapat dilakukan dalam jangka pendek

Tujuan merupakan pernyataan tentang keadaan yang diinginkan di mana organisasi atau perusahaan bermaksud untuk mewujudkannya dan sebagai pernyataan tentang keadaan di waktu yang akan datang di mana organisasi sebagai kolektivitas mencoba untuk menimbulkannya

Visi, Misi, dan Tujuan PT. Coca-Cola

Visi

Visi Perusahaan adalah “Menjadiperusahaan produsen minuman terbaik di Asia Tenggara”.

Misi

Misi Perusahaan adalah “Memberikankesegaran kepada pelanggan dan konsumen kita dengan rasa bangga dansemangat sepanjang hari, setiap hari.”Agar kita dapat memenuhi visi dan misi kita, cara kerja kita dan cara kita berhubungan dengan semua pihak yangmemiliki kepentingan atas Perusahaan mulai dari konsumen dan pelanggan hingga ke pemasok, terhadappemerintah dan diri kita sendiri harus dibangun atas dasar nilai-nilai yang kuat. Bertumpu pada dasar kejujuran danintegritas, nilai-nilai inti kita adalah:

Tujuan Perusahaan    :

§ SumberDaya Manusia

: Mengembangkan Sumber Daya Manusia, menghargai prestasi serta menikmati apayang kita lakukan.

§ Pelanggan

: Menang untuk pelanggan dan untuk diri sendiri.

§ Semangat

: Semangat untuk bertindak, bertanggung jawab dan sukses.

§ Inovasi

: Selalumencaricarayang lebihbaik.

§ Keunggulan

: Senantiasa melakukan pekerjaan yang terbaik.

§ Warganegara yang baik

: Melakukan hal yang benar dari Perusahaan, masyarakat dan sesama.Kita diharuskan untuk memelihara nilai-nilai perusahaan dengan selalu mempertahankan standar dalamberperilaku.

Etika Bisnis

Etika Bisnis ini dimaksudkan sebagai pedoman tentang cara kita berperilaku pada saat melakukan kegiatan-kegiatan yang berkaitan dengan Perusahaan. Etika Bisnis ini tidak dimaksudkan untuk mencakup setiapkeadaan/kondisi. Perusahaan mempunyai kebijakan-kebijakan tertentu untuk bidang-bidang lainnya, antara lain,lingkungan hidup, perdagangan saham, dan OH&S. Saudara harus mengetahui dan membaca semua kebijakantersebut.

The Ugly Duckling

Once upon a time down on an old farm, lived a duck family, and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs. One day, the eggs hatched and out popped six chirpy ducklings. But one egg was bigger than the others, and it didn't hatch. Mother Duck couldn't remember laying that seventh egg. “How did it get there?” Mother Duck wondered. TOCK! TOCK! The little prisoner was pecking inside his shell.

"Did I count the eggs wrongly?" Mother Duck wondered. But before she had time to think about it, the last egg finally hatched and a strange looking duckling with gray feathers that should have been yellow gazed at a worried mother. The ducklings grew quickly, but Mother Duck had a secret worry.

"I can't understand how this ugly duckling can be one of mine!" she said to herself. She shook her head as she looked at her last born duckling. Well, the gray duckling certainly wasn't pretty. He also ate much more than his brothers and growing faster than them. As the days went by, the poor ugly duckling became more and more unhappy. His brothers didn't want to play with him because he was so clumsy, and all the farmyard folks simply laughed at him. He felt sad and lonely, while Mother Duck did her best to console him. "Poor little ugly duckling!" she would say. "Why are you so different from the others?" And the ugly duckling felt worse than ever. He secretly wept at night. He felt nobody wanted him. "Nobody loves me, they all tease me! Why am I different from my brothers?"

Then one day, at sunrise, the poor ugly duckling ran away from the farmyard. He stopped at a pond and began to question all the other birds. "Do you know of any ducklings with gray feathers like mine?" But everyone shook their heads in scorn. "We don't know anyone as ugly as you." The ugly duckling did not lose heart, however, and kept on making inquiries. He went to another pond, where a pair of large geese gave him the same answer to his question. What's more, they warned him: "Don't stay here! Go away! It's dangerous. There are men with guns around here!" The duckling was sorry he had ever left the farmyard.

Then one day, the poor ugly duckling arrived at an old countrywoman's cottage. Thinking he was a stray goose, she caught him. "I'll put this in a hutch. I hope it's a female and lays plenty of eggs!" said the old woman, whose eyesight was poor. But of course, the ugly duckling did not lay a single egg. The hen kept frightening him. "Just wait! If you don't lay eggs, the old woman will wring your neck and pop you into the pot!" And the cat chipped in: "Hee! Hee! I hope the woman cooks you, then I can gnaw at your bones!" The poor ugly duckling was so scared that he lost his appetite, though the old woman kept stuffing him with food and grumbling: "If you won't lay eggs, at least hurry up and get plump!"

"Oh, dear me!" moaned the now terrified duckling. "I'll die of fright first! And I did so hope someone would love me!"

Then one night, the old woman left the hutch door ajar, and the poor ugly duckling escaped. Once again he was all alone. He fled as far away as he could, and at dawn, he found himself in a thick bed of reeds. "If nobody wants me, I'll hide here forever." There was plenty of food there, and the poor ugly duckling began to feel a little happier, even though he was lonely. One day at sunrise, he saw a group of beautiful birds flying overhead. White, with long slender necks, yellow beaks and large wings, they were migrating south.

"If only I could look like them, just for a day!" said the duckling, admiringly. Winter came and the water in the reed bed froze. The poor duckling left home to seek food in the snow. He dropped exhausted to the ground, but a farmer found him and put him in his big jacket pocket. "I'll take him home to my children. They'll look after him. Poor thing, he's frozen!" The duckling was showered with kindly care at the farmer's house. In this way, the ugly duckling was able to survive the bitterly cold winter.

However, by springtime, he had grown so big that the farmer decided: "I'll set him free by the pond!" That was when the duckling saw himself mirrored in the water. "Goodness! How I've changed! I hardly recognize myself!" The flight of swans winged north again and glided on to the pond. When the duckling saw them, he realized that he was one of their kind and they made friends.

"We're swans like you!" they said, warmly. "Where have you been hiding?"

"It's a long story," replied the young swan, still astounded. Now, he swam majestically with his fellow swans. One day, he heard children on the river bank exclaim: "Look at that young swan! He's the finest of them all!"

And he almost burst with happiness.

The Princess and the Pea

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

Well, we'll soon find that out, thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.

Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.

So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

Maroon 5

                Maroon 5 is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers in 1995 and released one album in 1997. They reformed, with guitarist James Valentine, in 2001 and pursued a new direction as Maroon 5. The following year they released their debut album Songs About Jane, which contained four hit singles: "Harder to Breathe", "This Love", "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning"; it also enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world. 

 

               In support of Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 toured extensively throughout 2003–2005, during which time two live albums were released. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005. Dusick left the band in September 2006, citing injuries sustained by constant touring, and was replaced by Matt Flynn. Maroon 5's second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long was released in 2007, with the singles "Makes Me Wonder", "Won't Go Home Without You" and "Wake Up Call". The band performed live in two tours between June and November 2007, during which time a compilation of previously unreleased songs, The B-Side Collection, was released.

                  Two more live albums and a remix album were issued in 2008. Maroon 5's third studio album Hands All Over was released in the U.S. on September 21, 2010. Since debuting in 2002, the band has sold over 10 million albums in the United States and nearly 15 million worldwide.

Maroon 5 has cited Michael Jackson, The Police, Talking Heads, Shabba Ranks, and Prince as influences. Frontman Adam Levine has also cited Stevie Wonder as one of his heroes. Maroon 5's songs tend to be very guitar-heavy, often accompanied by piano or synthesizer. The theme in all of their songs is love, frequently lost love; songs like "This Love", "Makes Me Wonder", and "Misery" have a very cynical tone, often expressing dissatisfaction with a relationship, while their more heartfelt and emotional songs such as "She Will Be Loved" and "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" express a longing for a romantic relationship. "Makes Me Wonder" has a secondary theme in which Levine expresses his disillusionment and frustration with the state of American politics and the Iraq War.

                   Maroon 5's sound changes from album to album. Songs About Jane consists of songs about Levine's ex-girlfriend Jane. On It Won't Be Soon Before Long, however, the songs are less personal, and are more electric with more use of synthesizers, creating a retro feel. Hands All Over continues the band's lost love theme, along with songs about infatuation, and was re-released with the song "Moves Like Jagger", an electropop song featuring Christina Aguilera which represents a drastic change in the band's sound, with more of a dance feel to it. "It was one of those songs that was definitely a risk," Levine said. "It's a bold statement. We've never really released a song like that. But it's exciting to do something different, do something new. I'm just glad that everyone likes it.”. When announcing their fourth album, Overexposed, Valentine called the album "our most 'pop' record ever and we weren’t shy about really going for it."