...Kait Kurtz Management 251 Effective Followers There are many types of followers just as there are many types of leaders. A person’s behavior and personality can help to determine which category they most appropriately fall into. What we are going to focus on is followers and in particular is effective followers. How does an effective follower work and what does is it that drives them? There are five main characteristics that we are going to focus on for an effective follower and they are: dedication, independent thinker, active in the organization, self-management, and willing to take risks. Dedication is defined as the quality of being dedicated to a task or purpose, but it can also be interchanged with loyalty. An effective follower is someone who a colleague or manager can count on because they know that they will give it one hundred percent when it comes to completing a task. They tend to really believe in what they are doing and that is where the sense of dedication comes from. For example a dedicated employee would be willing to put in the long hours and extra time that it would take to complete a project. Their boss trusts that the work will not be sloppy or incomplete because their loyalty is outstanding. Dedication is very important to being an effective follower. A second important quality is being an independent thinker. In reference to the project example mentioned above an effective follower would be the person who would think outside the box for a solution...
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...me An audience was what it seamed i needed to give life, live motivity. Dignity and Honesty; I thought I could live without Hang me by the tongue with your nails, and i'd let it all out, A follower I was never good at, as a leader I could never find my way back but I could pretend, follower-Folloher a con to even the A-rabs. I found bravery at the depths of my feet, so low level that it took a piece to knight me, night the trimuph of darkness Cowards natural cloak, like a hard on for the dude sweatin at the park while your children are runnin' a muck, nasty. Filth is all I've left to give after the media sent true artistic ability to the guilotine of commercial disapibilty. Fuck i'm runnin' off track Breathless; I lie face down in a stew of my own brains Suicide, no it's not, that shits just my artistic train of thought nasty, like the lifeless fucks that can't put a foot ahead of themselves in-U-End-Oh Selfless pricks raped of dignity they deviate from star-dumb into bottles named Ass-prin, recovering from an overdose the kid lacked honesty, No I in team but there is a me, a Knight with a piece stood proud at my feet the man in the night battled with the loss of social inability one in the same, twins they were deamed for weakness is death and the followers were...
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...Identity is a way that people truly show their individual uniqueness in this world full of people who with the different point of views in life, values, religion, lifestyle, culture, sexual orientation, and skin color. Also, personal identity could be portrayed as by how a person dresses or presents him or herself outwardly. Identity is defining the question, who am I? When one look around on this world once can see that there are a lot of factors that affects our unique identity formation. Primary Challenge to forming one’s identity today could be different depending on that person’s culture, friends, workplace, family, religion, TV or radio based media, and social media can very much so determine the shape of one true identity. Identity formation starts when children are very little and the formation increases, as their age increases. When children are at the age of two to three they start forming gender identity keeping in mind many identify formation that goes on in between, adolescent years are the most critical time because this is the time where their true identity is curved out. It’s not...
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...The Developmental Psychology of Erik Erikson Erik Erikson was a follower of Sigmund Freud who broke with his teacher over the fundamental point of what motivates or drives human behavior. For Freud it was biology or more specifically the biological instincts of life and aggression. For Erikson, who was not trained in biology and/or the medical sciences (unlike Freud and many of his contemporaries), the most important force driving human behavior and the development of personality was social interaction. Erikson left his native Germany in the 1930's and immigrated to America where he studied Native American traditions of human development and continued his work as a psychoanalyst. His developmental theory of the "Eight Stages of Man" was unique in that it covered the entire lifespan rather than childhood and adolescent development. Erikson's view is that the social environment combined with biological maturation provides each individual with a set of "crises" that must be resolved. The individual is provided with a "sensitive period" in which to successfully resolve each crisis before a new crisis is presented. The results of the resolution, whether successful or not, are carried forward to the next crisis and provide the foundation for its resolution. |Erikson's Theory of Socioemotional Development | |Stage |Age |Expected Resolution ...
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...Voice of the youth Being a youth is a crucial stage of one’s life. It is the journey of finding who you are and what you will be; a bridge between the two stages of life—childhood and adulthood. Somehow, being a youth is confusing because I have no clear perception of what a youth should be. When I visualize children, I immediately dwell on toys, games and fun. Meanwhile, work and responsibilities come to my mind when I picture adults. I never really questioned my identity as a youth until we had a subject Young Adult Literature (YAL) last semester. In this subject, we discussed about the people that belong to the young adult stage, Bildungsroman (literature about coming of age), how an adolescent acts and thinks, and how they are perceived in literature. Through reading wonderful...
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...unveiled a trust I had in Christ, a trust that I was unaware existed. The next several minutes God unleashed a love which invaded my destructive thoughts. I realized there was more to God than a Judge, a Ruler, a King, and Lord. That we must move beyond our limited exposure of who Christ is. According to Migliore, “ we are more than spectators of a cosmic battle between God and the devil that takes place over our heads (Migliore 183). God IS compassionate love, tender nature and A comforter is present THAT IS PRESENT IN our daily life, through our relationships, in that still small voice and His guiding Spirit. Just as Christ asked his followers, “Who do you say that I am?” (Luke 9:20) He reaches out to us in times of difficulty or intrigue and just as those first who followed, we too seek answers to this piercing question. As followers of Christ, we do not have the privilege of writing upon a blank slate as we seek to discover who Christ is. Our journey is filtered in powerful ways by the historical, academic, contextual and experiential happenings of the many before us. Whether classical interpretations, patristic THEOLOGY, or New Testament Christology the common thread is the questions, “Who do you say I am?” For the Christian faith, the church begins with recognizing that Jesus is Lord and he brings redemption TO ALL PEOPLE. Friedrich Schleiermacher introduced a whole new system for exploring the “who Christ is?” and is considered the father of Modern Liberal Theology...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form My Many Identi”T”i es I decided to share my identities with you, creatively, by using song titles. Without further ado, here’s “T”…(Theresa Ann Mirci-Smith): National Identity: “Born in the U.S.A.”—The Boss (Bruce Springstein) I am an American and I know the history of my country. I am grateful for my freedoms. I am not always proud of the leaders of the nation or the actions they take. Regional Identity: “Wish They All Could Be California Girls!”—The Beach Boys While I have some roots in the Midwest and Nevada, I’m a California girl. I love going to the beach and have fond memories of vacationing there growing up. I like the informality of California, yet as my little hometown grows larger and more congested, I yearn for a quieter, slower-paced place to call home. Gender Identity: “I Am Woman”—Helen Reddy I was socialized to be a girl, having received dolls and domestic toys while growing up. I always loved to fish, catch frogs, and climb trees, however (much to my grandmother’ s dismay). I enjoy being a girl, but I’m not a real girly girl. I discovered the joy of pedicures at age 47. Now, I enjoy them every few of months. I am assertive, yet compassionate and nurturing (depending on the requirements of each specific situation), transcending the restrictions of social gender roles as often as possible. Organizational Identity: “Honey, I’m Home”—Shania Twain and "Let It Be"--Paul McCartney I was a college professor of...
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...Self-concept and Relationship between Sexual self-concept perceived by Finnish population: Comparison between gender, sexual orientation, age and civil status. Abstract This study intends to find out if the self-concept and the sexual self-concept are related. It was conducted among Finnish people, and comparisons of the relations between gender, sexual orientation, civil status and age were made. Positive correlation was found between self-concept and sexual self-concept, emphasizing the importance of self-concept. Five of the four aspects of the Self-Concept Questionnaire were correlated with many aspects of the Multidimensional Sexual Self-Concept Questionnaire. The men present higher positive score than women in self-concept questionnaire, and women more tendencies to feel motivation to avoid risky sex. Additionally, no differences between age, sexual orientation and civil status in any aspect of either questionnaire were found. Key words: self-concept, sexual self-concept. Self-concept is an aspect of psychology which has become a subject of considerable research and applications to a wide variety of practical problems (Lynch, Norem-Hebeisen & Gergen, 1981). This area of research gives the contribution to understand the importance of the experiences in each chapter of life. The construction process of self or the self-concept, begins in infancy, is something of extreme importance for the balance and harmony in the future development, that...
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...The Self Paper Trace Riley PSYCH/555 November 26, 2012 Gary McCullough, Ph.D. The Self Paper The concept of self is a multi-dimensional construct that refers to an individual’s self-perspective of how one represents his or her self. Self-concept develops from an individual’s viewpoint in relation to characteristics, such as racial identity or gender roles. For example, if a young boy develops in a family who favors baseball, the likelihood of the son playing baseball is strong because he may acquire the same likeliness for baseball as his peers. There are multiple factors that contribute to self concept and how it develops. Emotions play a significant role in how self-esteem develops and how self and behavior affects individual self-presentation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of self, how self-concept develops, the relationship between self and emotion and how self and behavior affect self-presentation. Samuel Butler believed that a man’s work and his talent’s is simply a portrait of themselves. One may ask “Does self concept develop from individual behavior or the characteristics one may represent?” Self Concept A person develops self concept from a glossary in which he or she has lived. For instance, as mentioned above, the young son of a baseball player may distinguish a personality of a baseball fan or athlete because of his upbringing. Characteristics define an individual’s self-concept for example, his or her self-concept on cultures, races...
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...repercussions on his family, and himself. Willys conviction that a man must not only be like, but he must be well liked (Miller, 1250), along with his uninterrupted focus on prominence, reflects on his two sons, Biff and Happy, as he infuses them with values of social status as well as future success. Willy’s sense of self value depends on the response of others. Such gestures of recognition provide signals that society is a comfortable home for him, one where he hopes to make his sons as happily at ease as he (Jacobson, 249). This is doubtlessly a mirage of security for Willy, as he desperately suppresses his inner motions of regret, and refuses to embrace his conscious identity. Ultimately, Willy Lomans self- delusion of success disabled him to obtain his true identity, and influence a displacement of identity in his sons. Most people in today’s society develop a constant necessity to better their lives, as well the quality of life for their family. For many, this necessity stems from their core beliefs of what a comfortable life should contain in our society, along with secure elements for their loved ones in order to flourish as human beings. Whether it is, health, security, education, or freedom, people pursue different values, which they feel lead towards a successful path of living. Most will agree that it is important to instill such values in their children, and perhaps someday their children will thank them for it. After all, children are the extensions of their parents...
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...English we were always wogs and nigs and Pakis and the rest of it”. Write an essay exploring how Kureishi’s novel maps Englishness as a contested terrain of identities, politics and performance. Your discussion should refer to Stuart Hall’s work on ethnicities and on Judith Butler’s writing on performance as identity. Much of the Kureishi’s early work is grounded primarily in racial and cultural conflict between British mainstream culture and ethnic minority communities; the conflict between the cultural claims that the first-generation immigrants were prone to clinging onto and the sense of belonging, which they their children aspired to develop in mainstream British society. To the children of immigrants, particularly those who had migrated from British Commonwealth or ex-colonized countries, any reflection on Britain, or their parents’ homeland, in terms of “home” may differ significantly from that perceived by their parents. As a writer born and bred in Britain of a Pakistani father and an English mother, Kureishi reflects upon his own identity, affirming in an interview his own sense of identity be seeing himself as British: “Critics have written that I’m caught between two cultures. I’m not. I’m British; I’ve made it in England. It’s my father who’s caught. He can’t make it. Elsewhere he proclaims his British identity in a similar way: I’m British, as wrote in The Rainbow Sign. Just like Karim in the Buddha. But being British is a new thing now. It involves people with...
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...At least one parents should stay home to make sure that they make a secure attatchment with their children. The attachment children make with their primary caregivers at a Young age has a great impact their social, cognitive and physcological development. The attatchement children form with their parent influences their ability to manage stress, success in future relationships, their tenancy to explore and learn, the likelihood of them taking risks, ability to bounce back from difficult situations and their overall sense of self. Those children that develop a secure attatchment with their caregivers feel as though their needs are being contiunually met and feel supported and comfortable with themselves are able to develop more sound relationships with others and have a higher self esteem. Children which develop insecure attatchment tend to be more aggressive, have a higher chance of developing mental illness such as depression and anxiety, can become According to bowldings attatchment theory continuous care during the first two years to a single important attatchment figure is essential for a childs healthy development. Bowlding suggested that if the attatchment between the prime caregiver and child is broken or disturbued during this critical time, the child will suffer. Consiquences include increased tendency to be aggressive, more likely to develop depression later on in life, reduced intelligence and in exstreme cases affectionless psychopathy. This means that children...
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...person as it is to the position. * This kind of power may be created by legislation (as with the police) or by contract (such as an employment contract). Personality Power * This type of power comes from a person’s personality. Included in this type of power are such traits as charisma, skills and abilities, expertise, attractiveness, likability, persuasiveness… * While personality power can be used well and positively, an unhealthy extreme form of personality power is bullying. A person with a reputation as a bully need not always display bullying behaviour, as the individual’s reputation can be enough to lead others to endorse the power and do as the bully wishes. Identity Power * A person’s “location” in various identity hierarchies also provides power resources. We receive identity power by virtue of our gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, social class, age, level of education, etc. * This form of power can be subtle or overt. Because this form of power is often embedded into our societal structure, we may not always recognize when this form of power is asserting itself. Power in numbers * There is power in numbers. Power structures can be upset, challenged or balanced by those without positions of power when these people work together. * A tangible example of this is seen in the union environment. In these cases, the power claimed by management is held in check...
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...INTRODUCTION: An identity of a corporation is a complex thing to understand, and established. There is still a general lack of consistency when these terms are adopted to theoretical models or applied in Practice (Lars Thuger Christensen, Suren Askegaard 1999), in this essay the author has tried to review the literature of scholars of corporate identity to bring the whole concept in a nutshell. This essay consists of two parts (a) and (b), in (a) author has tried to look into the notion of identity based view of corporation by exploring well known literature in order to assess how concept of identity serves organizations, how it helps in defining identity of corporation, the difference between the two, what are Balmer’s “Business identities”?, multiple identities of any corporate entity, inward and outward bound identities of corporation, also author tried to look into Balmer’s corporate identity Quindrivium which is for author of this essay is like a breakthrough in understanding the concept of identity based view of corporation, this part shows that identity of corporation is combination of multiple identities which needs to stay aligned to build positive corporate identity. In (b) the author tries to link the concept of corporate identity with another element of corporate level marketing(Balmer, J.M.T and Edmond Gray 2003), that is “corporate branding”, and tried to look into concepts like what is corporate branding ?, relation between corporate identity and corporate branding...
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...Understanding Consumption in Context Why am I obsessed with the consumption of toiletries and personal grooming products? It was September ‘08 when I first came to the UK. I remember walking down the high street. I had to buy basic care, so someone suggested that I go to the Boots store. It wasn’t that easy because when I entered the store I was surprised to see the huge collection of healthcare and grooming products. I was extremely excited. Just like a kid in a candy store I went around the store more than twice. There was something in all the sections that seemed like as if were made especially for me. Eventually, I ended up purchasing a lot more than I wanted in the first place. This was just a beginning, now that I know, to what has become my obsession to use these grooming and healthcare products. Shopping for healthcare and grooming products in India is a completely different experience to what it is in the United Kingdom. There are not any dedicated stores for healthcare products such as Boots, Super Drug. The differences in such consumption patterns can be better understood through the concept of Sociohistoric Patterning of Consumption, which suggests that the institutional and social structures systematically influence consumption, such as class, community, ethnicity, and gender. I had never seen, until then, a store with such collection of healthcare products. It was a totally new experience for me. Maybe it was also...
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