...Left Brain vs. Right Brain “According to the theory of left-brain or right-brain dominance, each side of the brain controls different types of thinking.” (Cherry 2012) From books to television programs, you've probably heard the phrase mentioned that people are either right brained or left brained thinkers or perhaps you have gone online to take a test to see which one you are. Psychologist have been researching the brain to try and understand learning capability’s that can help with such things as epilepsy, dyslexia and other seizure and learning problems. The right brain-left brain theory came from the work of Roger W. Sperry, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981. While studying the effects of epilepsy, Sperry discovered that cutting the corpus collosum (the structure that connects the two hemispheres of the brain) could reduce or eliminate seizures. However, Sperry also discovered that after the two parts were no longer connected, the patients could no longer name objects that were processed by the right side of the brain, but were able to name objects that were processed by the left-side of the brain. Based on this information, Sperry suggested that the left side of the brain is used to process certain information such as language. When researching the different sides of the brain, it has been noted that each side is capable of leaning the same things just in a different way. The right side of the brain is best at expressive and creative tasks. The right side...
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...Name: Manpreet Kaur Student id: 2145195 Course: Strategic Human Resource Management Submitted to: Nicole Parry Reading: 2 CHAPTER 1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Ans1 The 4 initiatives required for a HR department to be strategic are: 1) Be transformational, not transactional 2) Think about your structure 3) Be credible – have educated, experienced, trained HR practitioners 4) Provide value for services CHAPTER 2 BE TRANSFORMATIONAL, NOT TRANSACTIONAL Ans1 Line department: This department is essential for the survival of the organisation. For example: In the manufacturing company, manufacturing department, finance department and the sales department are the line department and these department are essential for the existence of the organisation because manufacturing company cannot survive without these departments. As these departments manufacture the product and arrange the finance for the company and also sell the products. Staff department: In contrast, Staff departments are the department, which exists to help the line department in its activities. The staff departments are to advise, counsel and assist the line departments. Like in manufacturing company, the department, which is not manufacturing department, finance department and sales department, is a staff department. There is also one more point to contrast these department like if the company has to reduce the people or department then they would like to eliminate staff department rather than...
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...1. Increased diversity in the US The changing demographics of the US, other races increases minority groups grew 11 times as rapidly as the white non-Hispanic population between 1980 and now. 2. Subjective Culture | Objective culture | 心理或集体意识A meaning system shared by a group of people;对个人以及个人的行为产生影响Affects individual behavior and mental activities, like heritageTradition, rules, political standards, etc看不见摸不着, 在你脑子里的mental settingYou cannot directly touch or see subjective culture | 具体实物或行为Materials: buildings, tools, clothing,Activities: Family, government, sex life | 3. The culture cycle Ecology rewards certain cultures->these cultures become powerful->people mimic them and they spread influence->a new ecology forms ->ecology rewards certain cultures 4. Ethnocentrism 民族优越感 Believing that one's own culture is "universal" or "normal" and that deviations are abnormal or immoral. -psychology is WEIRD: 68% psychology participants are American, 96% of participants are from Western, industrialized countries. BUT WEIRD countries only make up about 16 of world’s population. And 70% of participants are psychology undergraduates. WesternEducatedIndustrializedRichDemocratic 5. Evidence for culture in animals vs. humans · humans cultures are much more complex and symbolic · humans are much better teachers and learners · humans are most encephalized 大脑发育完全的 6. Explanation for why humans are social/ cultural · Complex social worlds led to a need...
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...Development Specialist Accenture at SMX Convention Center Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City on September 16, 2011.The lecture- forum discusses two parts. The first part discuss the DIKW hierarchy, what is knowledge, what is knowledge management and why knowledge management. The second part discuss topic “Librarians as Knowledge Managers” including building blocks for KM, KM Assessment, KM Program –Roadmap, KM Program KPIs and Next Steps. On the first part he tackled the DIKW hierarchy, it means data, information, knowledge and wisdom It tells how data processed as to information, knowledge and wisdom. Next, he defined knowledge as the confident understanding of a subject, potentially with the ability to use it for a specific purpose and knowledge, according to most thinkers, must follow three defining criteria. It must be justified, true and believed. Also he defined Knowledge Management can refer to the technology, techniques, or social practices for organizing and collecting "knowledge" so that it applied at an appropriate time...
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...realistic and fact based. In fact, he knows very well the industry he is evoluting in, and its environment, including the competitors, the trends, the threats but also the opportunities. One would describe M. Levy as someone quick, reactive, and opportunist. But that does not mean that he acts in a rush, on the contrary. It seems that even if he is able to catch up new opportunities in a fast growing and fast changing industry, he takes his time to prepare the ground, to create link with people (by being good at networking, which require being sympathic and diplomatic, as he actually is), to understand the key success factors and people involved, to under the psychology of the people he will be dealing with. One could maybe describe him as a “thinker” leader or manager. He is aware that employees are key success factors in a company (not only for Publicis Groupe) and he really cares of his...
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...DESIGN THINKING Summative Assignment DSM5A1 – Graeme Campbell Lorenzo Robuschi S00607430 05/12/2014 Define the Concept of Design Thinking Design Thinking The global corporate world is engaged in the continuous process of searching for ways in which it can improve its performance. As businesses become more and more competitive with each other, employers and business managers have to continually seek ways by means of which they can improve their performance and develop competitive strategies and edges in order to clinch leading positions. Among the myriad of strategies sought for this purpose is that of design thinking. Design thinking can be defined as a process by which businesses empathize with the situation and needs of the consumers so that they are able to produce goods and offer services that meet these needs. Therefore, design thinking is a protocol for solving emergent problems and discovering new ways and opportunities through which a business can improve and better its performance (Martin, 2007 P. 198). My Own Definition of Design Thinking Design thinking is the process of contextualizing business problems within the design framework. In this framework, the business leader envisions the problem at hand in a pictorial form and places all elements of the problem in its place. They then explore means to be used to link the problem with an amicable solution that will favor the needs of the consumers, who are the stakeholders that benefit...
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...A Report on Women Cosmetics Products in Marketing A report submitted to the Department of Marketing, AIUB, in part-fulfillment of the requirements of the final examination in Global Marketing, Spring semester 2012 Prepared & submitted by (Section B) Kundu Linkon Course teacher: Mr. Zaman Department of Marketing Business Administration Discipline American International University-Bangladesh Date of submission 07 May 2012 American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) May 07, 2012 Mr. Zaman Rah man Course Instructor Global Marketing American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) Subject: Submission of a report Dear Sir: With due regards and respect I state that I am very thankful to you as you assigned me this report on ‘‘Women Cosmetics Products in Marketing” It is a great opportunity for me to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge about the entire marketing aspects regarding women cosmetics products. I have tried out best to gather what I believe to be the most complete information available. Your kind acceptance and any type of appreciation would surely inspire me. I would always be available and ready to explain further any of the context of the whenever asked. Yours sincerely, ………………………………………….. Kundu Linkon Id: 09-15010-3 Preface In today’s world marketplace women have greater empower and they have more credibility for making a purchase decision. They are also more financially empowered than any previous...
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...environment - 6 - Part 3. Conclusion - 7 - References - 8 - Part 1. Systems Theory A system is a set of things that are related with each other in some ways. The behavior or action of one member will influence other members' behaviors or actions. In addition, systems could be closed or open. A closed system is a linear system, which has some boundaries and the cause and effect could be predicted. Whereas for an open system, it's very dynamic and complex that inputs come from many different directions (Peterson, 2004). Systems theory is a series of knowledge or concepts, which contains 4 main parts including philosophy, management, analysis and the idea of systematic. The initial aim of general systems theory was to solve a specific problem with a wide perspective and it also provided a unique language and a set of rules for many studies. The key principle of general theory in terms of philosophy could be summarized like that the whole and the parts are interrelated with each other. In another way, the whole cannot be hold if it's separated from the parts and the parts also cannot be explained if they are isolated from the whole. Besides, the relationship between the whole and the parts makes them indissoluble (Hamilton, 1997). General systems theory developed a structure to describe the general relationship of the complex world. A lot of models are developed in many areas of study such as social psychology, biochemistry, economic sociology and astrophysics. The goal...
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...Principles of Learning and Teaching STUDENTS AS LEARNERS – 35% THEORISTS LEV VYGOTSKY http://facultyweb.cortland.edu/andersmd/VYG/ VYG.HTML JEROME BRUNER http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.ht ml JOHN DEWEY http://www.infed.org/thinkers/e t-dewey.htm Importance of CULTURE humans use of tools and symbols to learn – culture dictates what we learn and how • Higher and Lower mental functions – elementary (or lower) functions gradually transform to HMF through culture • Central ROLE OF LANGUAGE: Language is made possible because of our culture (tools and symbols). The learning of language (or signs) is brought about by social processes, and language or signs ultimately make thought possible. Three stages in the development of speech a. Social speech – speech to control the behavior of others b. Egocentric speech – three to seven year olds – talking to themselves to learn c. Inner speech – soundless speech – thinking in our head • ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT: The discrepancy between a child's mental age [indicated by the static test] and the level he reaches in solving problems with assistance is the zone of his proximal development. _________________________________ ABRAHAM MASLOW http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/m aslow.html HEIRARCY OF NEEDS • Physiological needs • Safety needs • Belonging needs • Esteem needs • Self-actualization • Principles: learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge – DISCOVERY...
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...Leading Through Understanding and Adaptation In the working world today we see both success and failure, often times mixed with a little chaos. For any individual who has had to work through these situations, they have experienced these highs and lows. Most people endure their situation and hope that tomorrow will bring a brighter day. Instead of just enduring we need to take a closer look at what causes these successes, failures, and turmoil. By focusing on the personal aspect of these situations, we can alleviate the outside influences of markets and economies. This would allow us to look closely at the intricate inner workings of personalities, and how they are the foundation people and their interactions. How can we take this knowledge of personalities and turn it into a successful and productive working environment? When we look closely at the interaction of people, we see that their personalities are not the same. We also see that certain personalities don’t work well together, while others work together like a fine tuned instrument. By closely examining them we will come to understand why this happens, and what we could possibly do to resolve these personality confrontations. With leadership playing an important role in a working environment, how do we become better leaders? Like personalities, leadership styles also have their characteristics and it’s these characteristics that we need to take a closer look at. In an article titled “Seven Mistakes To Avoid As A Manager”...
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...viewing higher education as more of a private good which benefits only the student, we are again beginning to appreciate higher education as being also a public good which benefits society. Is it not a wiser social policy to invest in the education of the future workforce, rather than to suffer the financial costs and endure the fiscal and social burdens associated with economic weakness, public health problems, crime, and avoidable poverty? Perhaps that realization, along with its obvious advantages for high level strategic decision making, is what lead the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to comment on critical thinking in his commencement address to a graduating class of military officers. Teach people to make good decisions and you equip them to improve © 2013, 2011, 2006, 2004, 1998, 1992, Peter A. Facione, Measured Reasons and The California Academic Press, Millbrae, CA Permission to Reprint for Non-Commercial Uses This essay is published by Insight Assessment. The original appeared in 1992 and has been updated many times over the years. Although the author and the publisher hold all copyrights, in the interests of advancing education and improving critical thinking, permission is hereby granted for paper, electronic, or digital copies to be made...
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...University of the Philippines Mindanao, Philippines Abstract: Post-Modernity, with its stress on freedom and creativity, is a vantage point that can dispose Filipino thinkers to philosophically formulate, construct and develop thought systems. This liberating milieu can be reckoned as a fertile occasion where Filipinos can explore the conditions of possibilities that grant a philosophical status to thoughts, statements or constructions that either come from or pertain to the Filipino mind. Such that when we use the concept Filipino Philosophy, we are well-conscious of these two interrelated points – The Identity and Referential Nature of the concept Filipino, and the connotation/intension of the term Philosophy. Is it Filipino? Is it philosophical? These are the questions that have guided the ruminations in this philosophical treatise. And as an initial insight to such questions, we propose a kind of vantage point that can address the identity and referential nature of the term Filipino in a Filipino Philosophy and the philosophical substance of its claim. This perspective, we shall argue, may be construed by a social-scientist-philosopher. As a social scientist, this thinker is mindful of the descriptions or characteristics that may be regarded as telling of the Filipino milieu. As a philosopher, this thinker makes it his task to regress – to speculate on the logical assumptions or presuppositions that regulate activities that are suggested and verified by the social scientist...
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...of educational psychology is the application of psychology and psychological methods to the study of development, learning, motivation, instruction, assessment, and related issues that influence the interaction of teaching and learning. This definition is broad because the potential applications of educational psychology to the learning process are immense! Today educational psychology is a vital discipline that is contributing to the education of teachers and learners. For example, Jerome Bruner, an enduring figure in educational psychology, recently noted the need to rethink our ideas of development, teaching, and learning and the interactions among them. Specifically, Bruner (1996) urged educators and psychologists to see children as thinkers, and stated: No less than the adult, the child is thought of as holding more or less coherent "theories" not only about the world but about her own mind and how it works. These naive theories are brought into congruence with those of parents and teachers not through imitation, not through didactic instruction, but by discourse, collaboration, and negotiation . . . . This model of education is more concerned with interpretation and understanding than with the achievement of factual knowledge or skilled performance. (1996, p. 57)...
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...REGENT UNIVERSITY The Understanding and Practice of ServantLeadership Servant Leadership Research Roundtable – August 2005 Larry C. Spears President & CEO The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The best test is: do those served grow as persons; do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants? —Robert K. Greenleaf The mightiest of rivers are first fed by many small trickles of water, and an apt way of conveying my belief that the growing number of individuals and organizations practicing servant-leadership has increased from a trickle to a river. Servant-leadership is also an expanding river, and one which carries with it a deep current of meaning and passion. The servant-leader concept continues to grow in its influence and impact. In fact, we have witnessed an unparalleled explosion of interest and practice of servant-leadership in the past fifteen years. In many ways, it can truly be said that the times are only now beginning to catch up with Robert Greenleaf’s visionary call to servant-leadership. The idea of servant-leadership, now in its fourth decade as a concept bearing that name, continues to create a quiet revolution in workplaces around the world. This article is intended to provide a broad overview of the growing influence this inspiring...
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...[pic] | |peter senge and the learning organization | | | |Peter Senge’s vision of a learning organization as a group of people who are | | | | |continually enhancing their capabilities to create what they want to create has been | | | | |deeply influential. We discuss the five disciplines he sees as central to learning | | | | |organizations and some issues and questions concerning the theory and practice of | | | | |learning organizations. | | | | | | | | |contents: introduction | peter senge | the learning organization | systems thinking – the cornerstone of the | | | |learning organization | the core disciplines | leading the learning organization | issues and problems | | | | |conclusion | further reading and references | links | | | |Peter M. Senge (1947- ) was named a ‘Strategist of the Century’ by the Journal of Business...
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