...Respect is undoubtedly the most important ingredient in any team effort. Without respect, people don’t listen to each other and, as a result, cannot work as a cohesive unit. Success simply cannot be achieved without respect. I suggest that the only way to garner the respect and dedication of employees is to respect and care about those very same people, first. My experience in the workplace has made clear to me that the most effective leaders gain respect by listening to employees’ ideas both good and bad. Once an employee knows that the boss is listening the incentive to speak up and give voice to new ideas is greatly enhanced. A good leader knows more than anyone the importance of ideas rising through the ranks, as the people at the so-called ‘bottom’ of the totem pole are almost always closest to the details and progress (or lack thereof) on any given project. A good leader knows, therefore, that there are limitations to the top-down structure that often envelopes large corporations, and that having people who are willing to say when something is working. Simply telling employees that they should raise any issues or concerns in the first instance is not enough. People are not inclined to open up to those who they view as close-minded, or uninterested. Rather, the boss must show through their words, actions, demeanor, carriage that ideas, thoughts and concerns are welcome. The best leaders, in my view, do this by inviting conversation both in group meetings...
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...Personality Refection Julia Carter PSY/250 January 4, 2012 Dr. Helen Ordinde Personality Refection When we think of personality, what are we actually thinking about? In 1811 attached twins were born, joined at the waist they were said to have gotten along very well. Although these men were joined at the waist, they could feel one another's feelings. Chang and Eng had a great deal in common, gene and environment. They eventually develop a unique personality, as do other conjoined twin (Smith 1988). Here we will define personalities. How personality features defines one. We will describe how key concept or “construct’ are used to explain personality. We will look into the writers’ personality features, and how it changes according to the situations. Here we would exam result, if any of the writers’ personality test and find out their reactions to such test. Lastly, what would their expectation of a proper test be and what would make a personality test a reliable and valid? How would you define personality? Personality makeup the characteristic patterns of those thoughts, feelings, behaviors that make a person unique. In addition to this, personalities arise from within the individual and remain fairly consistent throughout life (Kendra Cherry). “We know that personality has eight key concepts, which together help us understand the complex nature of the individual. First, the individual is affected by unconscious aspects, forces that are not...
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...Process Reflection By: Paul Scotty Group projects are definitely a challenge at any level. I watch my elementary students struggle at times. I remember as a high school student struggling to complete group projects on time and correctly. Even as an undergraduate and graduate student, I still see the struggle with group projects. Each level is a struggle for different reasons. Elementary students are learning to properly communicate with each other and work together. High school students have a better understanding of collaboration, but often lack motivation. As college students and professionals, time and family play a large role in hindering the process. For this assignment, blue group first struggled with what the assignment should look like and include. After a little clarification, blue group was back on track. The biggest struggle for our group is time to collaborate. We were trying hard to find a time that everyone could be online and help with the assignment. However, two of the members are on vacation and another member is on a farm for the summer. This makes communicating difficult at times and nearly impossible to meet at a specific time. To try and solve this issue, one member took control and created a google doc that all members have access to. This allows us to contribute and see what others have contributed. This document allows us to comment on other’s information and add to it if need be. We don’t all have to be on the internet at the same time. Our group...
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...Learning Team Reflection Week Three Mark Elliott, Quincy Jones, Michael Strickland, Tamara Thomas LDR/531 January 13, 2013 Ronald Baker Team Week 3 Reflection The objectives of week three were to compare the barriers to effective communication and select one that the team agrees upon and provide real life example of the particular barrier. During the past week, we have learned that there are several barriers to communication and the barrier we believe that most of us have experienced first-hand is the barrier of communication apprehension. In this week’s readings it was identified that, communication apprehension affects 5 to 20 percent of the population, thus creating undue tension and anxiety in oral communication (Robbins & Judge, 2013). As a team we each will provide examples that we have experienced in the following paragraphs that relate to communication apprehension. Additionally, we will cover how we can overcome these effects and assist others with improving their oral communication. Mark’s Example Quincy’s Example Michael’s Example The example occurred when and group of four agents were combined with four managers to develop a plan of action for the lack of sales during a specific quarter. The managers would start the communication but wanted the input of these four agents as they developed the plan of action. One of the agents Troy was hesitant in speaking up and was not contributing to the team activity, and also was starting to fig it...
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...READING REFLECTION JESSICA DUNAHOO ENG 125 INTRADUCTION TO LITERATURE INSTRUCTOR: BENJAMIN MIROV 21 JANUARY 2013 In my life I have come across many life changing decisions and sometimes I haven’t always made the right choice or best choice, although I do learn from my choices and mistakes I have made throughout my life. Robert Frost makes this decision that everyone will at some point in their life have to make in his poem, “The Road Not Taken”. In this paper I will explain why this poem caught my interest, using terms and concepts from the text, describing one of the analytical approaches, using details from the text to support my interpretations, and evaluate the meaning of the poem, using the analytical approach I selected. I am not usually drawn to poetry and normally would not choose a poem to analyze or to read for pleasure. In reading this week’s text I was drawn to “The Road Not Taken” because of its imagery which puts the reader right in front of a road which is forked and a decision is needed for further progress on the journey. In this poem so many individuals can relate to having to make decisions and coming to that point in their life where there is “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (as cited in Clugston, 2010 Section 2.2). In this line of his poem he is referring to a decision you have to make and a decision everyone has to make in their life. I have come across many times having to decide on a path in which the decision would affect my life....
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...Refection of My core values Timothy Maurer CJA/474 November 25, 2014 Paul Zepeda Refection of My core values Individual values are our core beliefs, values, and ideas that we look about life, its drive, and our own purpose. For instance we grow up, we take on board the individual values of others around us up to we reach the teen-age years and start to accept or discard such values as being a part of who we are,. Instead of just accepting those values that remained ingrained in us by close relative, instructors, and culture, we want to stop, take a look at ourselves, identify our values, and implement them into our lives.. I have many core values, such as in family. Family means a lot to me because they are there for me. My loved ones care deeply about what is best for me. I would do anything for them. When my wife gave birth to our wonderful son, I as a person has changed. Since I am a new father who needs to show my son the way of life and right from wrong, this experience has changed the way I live and the things I do. Honesty is one of my favorites because you have to have honesty to achieve thing in life. You don’t want to live your life in lies the old saying is you can remember the truth but you can’t remember a lie. Honesty goes a long way . I do not like when I am lied to it really gets at me and it breaks my trust with you .it really hard to gain my trust wonts its gone. honesty is the best thing you can do in any...
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...Personal Reflection Paper Maria Williams HUM/111 February 24, 2013 Stephanie Washington Personal Reflection Paper The subject of critical thinking is one that has broadened my thinking horizon by a lot and I am happy to share. Critical thinking is a “type of reasonable, reflective thinking that is aim at deciding what to believe or what to do”. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, sometimes true, partly true, or false. Critical thinking can be traced to the Western, thought to the Socratic method of Ancient Greece and in the East, to the Buddhist, Kalama-Sutta and Abhidharma. Critical thinking is an important component of most professions. It is part of the formal education process and is increasingly significant as a student’s progress through university to graduate education, although there is debate among educators about its precise meaning and scope, (wikepidia.com). The three most significant things I learned about critical thinking is that first off, it takes you wanting to think deeper for it to work and you cannot expect the answer to just appear in front of you or for others to answer questions for you. You have to do the job yourself in order to get the most out of it. I learned that not everybody appreciates critical thinking because they enjoy the quick answer method of getting things done and some people are too lazy to put some initiative...
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...Professional Studies Assignment Introduction For this essay I will be reflecting on an incident from practice, by drawing on developing knowledge, understanding and the application of professional studies. Reflection offers an opportunity to learn through an experience. This allows us to develop or sustain effective practice (Johns, 2000). I will be using the Gibbs (1988) reflective framework to structure my reflection (see appendix A). I find this framework very easy to follow, and as Clodagn (2003), explains it allows a person to implement alternative actions to an event, if followed. The incident will be described and the influence of key issues relating to ethical theories and decision-making, illness journeys and lay and professional perspectives will be explored. Principles of nursing models will be looked at and their contribution to individual patient care. I will also look at resource management, quality assurance and the role of evidence-based practice. For the purpose of this essay, to maintain confidentiality, the patient will be referred to as Mr Charlie Wood, (NMC code of professional conduct 2002; 5.1). Incident The incident occurred when I was a student on a medical ward. Mr. Wood, age 80 had been admitted to hospital following a stroke. From this he had lost the ability to mobilise and speak effectively. He was a very dependent gentleman and counted on the nurses to undertake all aspects of his care. His wife, whose name has also...
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...Personal Reflection Paper Personal Reflection Paper Invidious comparison is a harmful correlation that demonstration one’s individual view of others as indicated by another as per their class, race, sex, or religion. This is a negative practice to adapt to. I work daily trying to redirect my mind from comparing myself to others; it is human nature to have these thoughts. I have notice when I do compare myself to others I become sad because I have not reach the level of their success and the flip side to this is I never compare myself to anyone less fortunate than me. No one win at comparing themselves to others. The direction I have taken to stop invidious comparing myself to other are concentrating on my own beauty. I have created a habit in tell myself how beautiful I am every time I look in the mirror. I made a short and long term list to help me keep up with my progress. Watching my list advance keeps me center on and therefore, I can see my growth. These habits have helped me to appreciate who I am. I enjoy writing in my journal several days a week it helps to shift the atmosphere from comparing myself to other. A saying I like to quote is “doing unto others as you would have them do unto you”. To me, that quote is telling me to be kind to other people and help them. If this is done I won’t have time to compare myself to anyone. Last, I stay focus on the positive things I do in helping other and this help me to appreciate what is positive in me. The definition of vicarious...
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...School : Bicol University Graduate School Course : Master in Entrepreneurship Name of Student : Aladin M. Armillo Subject : Organizational Development and Change Professor : Fr. Jovic Lobrigo Reflection Paper on Biodiversity The seminar on biodiversity was indeed refreshing and an eye opener to those silent and unaware of what is happening in our environment. It discussed what biodiversity is, why it is important, how to conserve and what people can do to maintain and ensure the constant provision of ecosystem services. The earth is facing a menace on ecological imbalance. Natural disasters occur more frequently. Global warming is indeed a global issue which government of different countries has an undergoing study to mitigate and control this world challenge and problem. Philippines is considered as one of the mega diverse country in the world. With more than 7,100 island, it has numerous living organisms, plants, and animals both land, salt and freshwater. The country is blessed with numbers of natural habitat, forests and mountains, islands and islets, coral reefs, coastal marines, lakes and other freshwater bodies. But Philippines of today can be considered as a biodiversity hotspot. National ecosystem is in the midst of destruction. Biodiversity conservation is a concern of every Filipino for many reasons. Almost all of the needs of mankind are derived from biological resources such as food, shelter, clothing, water, and even medicines. Discoveries of medicines...
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...The 2005 documentary “39 Pounds of Love” follows Ami Ankilewitz of Israel on a journey across the United States. Ankilewitz is determined to attain his persistent desire of finding Dr. Albert Cordova, who incorrectly diagnosed Ankilewitz with muscular dystrophy and gave him only five years to live. Ankilewitz was born in Texas in 1970. After noticing her son was playing and interacting differently than other children his age, Ankilewitz’s mother took him to be evaluated. There she was told her precious child would not live even to his teen years. As the movie shows, 39-pound Ankilewitz (who is now 34 years old and correctly diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy) began using a wheelchair and microphone to assist in his daily living. Ankilewitz only has the use of one finger on one hand, thus he also has the help of a full-time caretaker. He does not allow any of this to get in his way. He is a tattooed 3D animator who enjoys partying. Upon finally meeting him, Ankilewitz tells Dr. Cordova that science is not able to take into account what having a passionate life is able to do for the human body. Thus doctors should not put a time limit on life. Ankilewitz believes that having a, “love for love itself is enough to bring about impossible things.” Ankilewitz focused on the positive aspects of life and believed that a healthy outlook could bring about impossible things. This touching and heartwarming movie leaves viewers, having a disability or not, with a model of...
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...1 ECED 330 Final Refection Generations upon generation of groups and cultures have been formed in many parts of the U.S. for more then over the last two hundred years. Until the last 30 to 40 years has the educational system started to validate anything beyond the English language inside of the classroom. According to Australian Government Department of Education the balance between culture, language and learning are a key for all three to function together. “A professional stance that understands language as a social practice requires students to engage in tasks in which they create and interpret meaning, and in which they communicate their own personal meanings and develop personal connections with the new language” (pg.17 A.G.D.E). Having a strong foundation in the educational system focused on culture and language will produce positive results. The educational system for many years beg to differ that cultural and language do not need to be enforce inside the classroom, well at least that was until the last few decades. (P. Tabors) In 1996 the NAEYC finally made a recommendation that linguistic, followed with culture diversity was of importance in the classrooms across America. Our country does not stand above all others in education but not because we don’t put the effort into our educational system. It’s because we are the melting pot for every race and creed and our boarders never close to immigration. I believe that is what makes are country unique and special. No...
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...Team A - Week 3 Reflection Summary I. Determine strategies to help develop effective groups and teams (Ch.9-10) A. Effective groups (Ch.9) - Two or more individuals sharing information and helping each other within their own areas of responsibility 1. Determine what kind of group a. Formal, informal, command, task, interest or friendship or any combination 2. Determine group properties b. Roles, norms, status, size, cohesiveness 3. Determine if group think, group shift, group polarization is skewing group goals B. Effective teams (Ch.10) - Group where individual efforts result in performance that is greater than the sum of the individual inputs 4. Definition 5. Determine type of team c. Problem-solving, self-managed, cross-functional or virtual 6. Characteristics of effective teams d. Adequate resources, leadership and structure, climate of trust, performance evaluation and reward systems 7. Team composition e. Abilities, personalities, allocation of roles, diversity, size, preferences 8. Team Processes f. Plan and purpose, specific goals, efficacy, mental model, conflict levels, social loafing 9. Team Building g. Selecting, training, rewarding II. Determine strategies to resolve conflict within organizations (Ch.14) C. Conflict Process 10. Potential opposition...
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...Professor HSC 100 11 April, 2016 TOXICOLOGIST * Education and/or Training Required Depending upon your career aspirations, a bachelor’s degree may not be enough for you to achieve your goals. The higher the degree, the more likely your position will provide more opportunities, more responsibility and higher salaries. Usually, toxicologist graduates from Ph.D.’s or master’s degrees. Most importantly, a strong foundation for any future scientist is based on skills in reading, writing, mathematics, computer science and communication, along with courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. Knowledge of a foreign language is important for exchanging information in our global society. These are very important for toxicologist and need to be prepared during high school and college. * Responsibly and Daily Activities Toxicology combines the elements of many scientific disciplines to help us understand the harmful effects of chemicals on living organisms. Basically, toxicology is the study of the toxic or harmful effects of chemicals. Chemicals make up everything around us like pesticides in the food we eat, pollutants in the air we breathe, chemicals in the water we drink, toxic dump sites near our homes. Usually, toxicologists work in contact with an analytical lab because they do a lot of chemical analytical work. Toxicologists are responsible for a lot of things including our lives. There are three types and they are forensic, veterinary, and environmental toxicologist...
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...Learning Team Reflection In this week assignment Team A will discuss how we plan to help Clapton Commercial Construction expand their operation from a single location to multiple. Clapton Commercial Construction will expand to Arizona while currently operating solely in Detroit, MI. Employing 650 employees the Clapton Commercial Construction falls into the medium size business with a plan to add 20 percent workforce in the new state. Our team will work to address employment laws to ensure Human Resources are running compliance. Generally the principles and strategies to operate any size business will be fairly similar. The differences will depend on the type of business. A medium sized company is considered as a company with less than 500 employees. Medium sized companies are fairly successful. It is said that their size can enable them to do things better. For example their relatively larger size compared with small companies provides them with deeper pockets for dealing with difficulties, funding innovation and hiring key talent. And their smaller size compared with larger companies makes them more agile, puts them in closer contact with customers and enables them to retain a bit of that entrepreneurial spirit (Sniderman2012). There are several principles that can be used to apply to our business and others businesses. The first principle used to operate our medium sized business is known as the follow up and follow through principle. This principle is ideal...
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