...is not. In this situation, I would let the individual know that it is acceptable for him to provide the bad as it has happened. I would go on to tell him that it would benefit him and other staff to provide exact facts, good or bad. This would be much more helpful to be able to resolve the problem effectively. In the case of the employee that did not want to voice her opinion, I would encourage her to voice her opinion even if she is hesitant. I would inform her that her opinion is as valuable as the opinion of all team members. I would also reiterate that no member would be chastised for his or her thoughts or opinions. All team members will be respectful of what each member has to say. I would also reiterate the purpose of a team is to work together and having different perspectives is what will bring more ideas to the team. There is no such thing as a dumb question or answer. An example from personal experience centers on being the one team member who would remain quiet. This was the case of working for someone who micromanaged everything. This manager would consistently contradict anything an employee would suggest so it got to the...
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...common system of symbols, signs, or behavior .” Communication is verbal and non-verbal. It is an essential skill which humans and animals do to coexist with one another. For most people communication is necessary for survival. A mother of a newborn child needs to know how to communicate with her baby so that the baby can live. The mother will encode the different cries of her baby to determine the infant's needs. This is one of the most primal needs for human beings. As a child gets older and are now in their teen years, they need to know how to communicate with their parents, teachers, and peers. Parents tend to have one way of communicating with their children and that involves yelling, screaming, and ruling by force. Teenagers tend to communicate better with their own friends because their friends are the most important people in their lives at this point. While a parent will scream and yell at their teen to do something, the teenager is deaf to the sound of their parents. The parent can communicate with the teen by understanding what's important to the teen, and then address what's important the parent themselves. People's need for communication varies. As a Customer Service Representative, I speak on the phone all day to customers. I love the phone, but I do not use it much in my personal life. My communication is limited to making a post on Facebook, or speaking with my husband or my mother. I do not communicate by text message because it...
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...students spread gossip/rumors We should distinguish between rumor and gossip, as each appears to function differently in its pure state. Rumors have been described as public communications that are infused with private hypotheses about how the world works (Rosnow, 1991), or more specifically, ways of making sense to help us cope with our anxieties and uncertainties (Rosnow, 1988, 2001). On the other hand, as Wert and Salovey (2004b) noted, "almost as many functions of gossip have been argued as writers to write about gossip" (p. 77). More than rumor, gossip tends to have an "inner-circleness" about it, in that it is customarily passed between people who have a common history or shared interests. Popular usage defines gossip as "small talk" or "idle talk," but gossip is hardly inconsequential or without purpose (e.g., Gluckman, 1963; Goodman & Ben-Ze'ev, 1994; Rosnow & Georgoudi, 1985; Sabini & Silver, 1982; Spitzberg & Cupach, 1998). For example, it has been theorized that gossip played a fundamental role in the evolution of human intelligence and social life (Dunbar, 2004; Davis & McLeod, 2003) and that it continues to play an active role in cultural learning (Baumeister, Zhang, & Vohs, 2004) and as a source of social comparison information (Suls, 1977; Wert & Salovey, 2004a). To be sure, it is often noted that rumor and gossip can also be undeniably aversive and problematic-currently illustrated, for example, in the way that rumor and gossip have generated...
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...1. Problems * Conflicts among employees that go unchecked can spoil morale and hamper productivity. A Career Builder article by Rachel Zupek notes that conflicts can become a distraction that keeps employees from focusing on their work. Furthermore, Zupek indicates that conflicts have the potential for ruining teamwork if they cause employees to resent their co-workers or their employer. Gossip may also increase as employees involved in conflicts look for support among co-workers by claiming mistreatment. Some co-workers will take sides, which only raises the level of conflict. Benefits * Conflicts in the workplace can be beneficial if they force people to communicate in a constructive way to resolve their problems. Constructive communication causes people to consider a situation from another person's point of view. For example, Zupek notes that people can misinterpret someone's actions or words because they communicate differently. Perhaps a co-worker feels insulted by something another co-worker supposedly said. A discussion among employees may reveal that the interpretation of another person's comments was incorrect or made worse by gossip. * Sponsored Links * Catch Your Cheater Spouse 1) Enter Their Email Address 2) See Hidden Social Profiles & Pics Now! Spokeo.com/Cheating-Spouse-Search Employers * Employers who don't make an effort to prevent a bottleneck in communication may contribute to conflicts in the workplace. Communication...
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...Workplace Violence: “Not Just A Shooting!” Leadership and Organization Behavior BUS 520 20 May 2011 Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..4 Summary, Article 1, Bullying in the 21st Century..….………………………5 Summary, Article 2, Intimate Partner Violence & Its Effects at Work..…….6 Summary, Article 3, Gossip – A Form of Workplace Violence (II)...……….7 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………...8 Recommendation…………………………………………………………..8-9 Reference……………………………………………………………………10 Appendix, All three Articles..……………………………………………….11 ABSTRACT When we think of workplace violence, we generally think of that employee who goes into a business and shoots up the place; however today workplace violence can come in many forms! Bullying, Intimate Partner Violence and Gossip are just a few areas addressed in this paper. They say one out of every six violent crimes occurs in the workplace. No organization, regardless of size or type of business, is immune to workplace violence. Workplace violence is a daily occurrence for many people in today’s society and needs more attention other than when it reaches the news. “Far more frequent than killing rampages at the office are cases of workplace bullying and workplace assault. Employment experts say stopping these dangerous situations early can prevent problems from spiraling out of control or turning deadly (http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-23/living/workplace...
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...expectations of the social community are not met, individuals often receive harsh public criticism. For example, the community judges Ladislaw harshly because of his mixed pedigree. Fred Vincy is almost disowned because he chooses to go against his family’s wishes and not join the clergy. It is only when Vincy goes against the wishes of the community by foregoing his education that he finds true love and happiness. Finally, Rosamond’s need for gentility and the desire to live up to social standards becomes her downfall. In contrast, Dorothea’s decision to act against the rules of society allows her to emerge as the most respectable character in the end. Self-Determination vs. Chance In Middlemarch, self-determination and chance are not opposing forces but, rather, a complicated balancing act....
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...English 101 May 10, 2009 A Media Driven Society Raises Today’s Youth “Beep!” “Beep!” “Beep!”… Its 7 o’clock am, I rise to an alarm set to 94.5 where I hear the latest news and media gossip. I jump into the shower where I continue to catch up on the world’s news reports. My pre-set coffee brewer has coffee already prepared for an on-the-go person such as myself. I grab my laptop, cell phone, ipod, and jet off to work. After work I stop at a local café where I can pick up free wi-fi and sign in to my online classes. I email a few friends in the process of emailing a professor about the assigned paper. I can’t forget to check my facebook to catch up on the latest gossip while listening to lecture notes podcasted from the previous day. Once finished, I stop at the local grocery store to pick up dinner and while standing in line at the cashier I feel compelled to buy a magazine to keep up on the celebrity gossip and check out new poperotsy photos. On my way home a billboard advertising the new corona makes me stop at the local 7-elleven for a six-pack. I speed home to pop my tv dinner in the microwave and sip a beer. While I wait, I turn the television on and watch the news on one screen while watching another show on the split screen monitor. After a long day, I set the coffee pot, my alarm, plug the ipod, computer, and cell phone in to charge and lay my head on my pillow. As I close my eyes, I think of all the information I’ve seen, heard, and communicated...
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...BUSA414 - Understanding Organizations Through People Assignment 3: Personal-Learning Implementation Plan Values, Culture & Work-Life-Balance – Bringing Learnings to Life By Jonathan D Jensen March 22, 2015 This paper explores concepts and understandings of three topics from BUSA514 course material, and an implementation plan detailing initiatives to apply learnings on three topics both personally and organizationally. The three topics addressed in this paper are, Values, Organizational Culture, and Stress/Work-life balance. Each topic including, actions for implementation, will be discussed in turn. Values Values are standards or principles of behavior that an individual or corporation professes to be important and to live by. They set a standard of conduct. Corporate values, as defined by Van Lee, Fabish, & McGaw, (2005), are “a corporations institutional standards of behavior.” (P3.). A clear set of values can act as a moral compass. Society believes that individuals, corporations should adhere to a certain standard of behavior, but how does a corporation’s adherence to its values influence business performance? According to Val Lee et al., “the majority of companies have difficulty connecting values to operational results” (p10). Values can be somewhat intangible, making it difficult to measure a return from them – “Return on Values” (ROV). Despite apparent challenges in measuring ROV, most companies today strongly believe in “The Value of Corporate Values”...
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...Commentary Reading : How Hardwired is Human Behavior? The article, written by Nigel Nicholson, is a very interesting read. The author talked about evolutionary psychology and how it affects the thinking and feeling as well the social living of human beings. It says that evolutionary psychology "offers a theory of how the human mind came to be constructed and that mind is hardwired in ways that govern most human behavior to this day". Human behavior is the way it is today according to evolutionary psychology because the same survival mentality of man's Stone Age ancestors have been genetically passed on throughout the generations. And since there has been no catastrophic incidents in the world that would stimulate further human evolution, evolutionary psychologists contend that human brains are still ingrained with that Stone Age "hunter-gatherers" behavior even in this present day. The author further writes that studying this psychology is useful to managers in today's world as it provides them with an understanding of why people act the way they do in organizational settings. To some extent I can agree with the hypotheses offered by evolutionary psychology which can become useful for managers and how they can relate with the people in their organizations. Most people generally react to situations first with "emotion before reason". Knowing this enables managers to be sensitive specially when delivering bad news to employees. I can also agree to "classification...
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...deeply. However, through analyzing the backstories and motivations of each character, it is discovered that none of them are intentionally trying to cause Janie pain. From their point of view, they believe that they are helping her, even though their actions lead her to feel isolated, unhappy, and miserable. In the second chapter of Zora Hurston’s novel, Janie’s grandmother forces Janie to marry a man she does not love, and in the heat of her protests, Granny slaps Janie as hard as she can to silence her (Hurston 14). Granny justifies this action by telling herself that the only way to get her point across is to slap her. She grew up as a slave, so receiving small slap for being rebellious is more of an act of mercy than punishment. Granny is also convinced that...
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...they tend to be less productive. To maintain success, companies must treat their employees as human beings and not a product. How can organizations accomplish this? Businesses need to look deeper at their employees to discover what they look for and want in their place of employment. While each employee is different and one factor may not be important to employee A as it is to employee B, there tend to be four main characteristics that serve as a basis for employee satisfaction; communication, good leadership, motivation, and employee empowerment. Communication is the basis for relationships that will be formed in the workplace. The lack of proper communication on an employee to employee and employee to manager basis can lead to gossip, resentment and high staff turnover. (ross) With the world continuously changing, business must also adapt to the change in order to stay competitive. Change often makes people nervous and at first, then can tend to fear it. These changes need to be properly addressed with employees so there is no confusion as to why the change is happening and how it affects them. The consequence of not doing this, can be a wide spread panic across the board, causing employees to not feel valued and expendable. Another good form of communication organizations can exercise is to listen to their employees. Regular meetings can be scheduled where employees are asked for their feedback...
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...strive to be like because it boosts their ratings. How many people would watch a television show about someone’s life that was less successful and less attractive? Many would agree that the last 30 years some progress has been made in how the media portray women in film, television, and magazines and there has also been a growth in the presence and influence of women in the media. Nevertheless, female stereotypes continue to thrive in the media we view every day. The media’s portrayal of women plays a significant impact on the effects to body image and self-esteem to implications in sports and politics. One current popular show that many young adults watch on television is a show, Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl follows the lives of Manhattan’s Upper East Side socialites. Each show begins with a blog “Gossip Girl”, which delivers the latest scandalous details about the shows main characters. The characters are college age which makes it an age many young adults can relate to. This blog fuels the drama that ensues amongst the characters on the show. The characters on the show each are fashion forward, possess stunning features, sex appeal, wit, and confidence. The themes...
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...I came to college because I wanted to get away from home. I grew up in a small town and hated every second of it. Going to a college that is two and a half hours from my hometown, and is located in a city with a population of over seventy-thousand guaranteed that I would not have to deal with all of the small town gossip as I did back home. Another reason I came is that I want to graduate. I want to be able to get a college degree and move to a city and get a good job. I know that the key to getting a good job is to have a college degree. I consider graduating college a significant achievement, something that will help me the rest of my life. Never will I have to look back on my decision to come here and question it. “Because stating college...
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...Among the up and coming cities was the now famed Las Vegas created in 1905. Railroad transportation paved the way to the foundation of Boulder city in 1931 leading to over 3,500 jobs. Building materials could be received efficiently in a shorter timeframe. Nevada was one of the few places to offer work during The Great Depression. In 1959, Las Vegas surpasses Reno becoming the “largest growing city” in Nevada drawing in many tourists. Overall, the state of Nevada has grown from discoveries and mechanisms advancing into cities filled with thriving diverse communities. Little did the early pioneers know that the “gaming industry would be the financial backbone of the state”. It has taken the strength and courage of many people to bring Nevada to include the various sights attracting tourists from all over the world to dabble in all the wonders this State has to offer. The “Silver State” houses history that will forever be responsible for the on-going progressions of...
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...In the world of today, media has become as necessary as food and clothing. It has played significant role in strengthening the society. Media is considered as "mirror" of the modern society, infect, it is the media which shapes our lives. The purpose of the media is to inform people about current, new affairs and to tell about the latest gossip and fashion. It tells about the people who are geographically divided. The role of media has become one way of trading and marketing of products and prejudices. The media claimed to be governed by righteousness and equity, but greed and self-aggrandizement has poisoned its virtues. Media is in charge of information, education, entertainment, and advertising. Society is influenced by media in so many ways. It is the media for the masses that helps them to get information about a lot of things and also to form opinions and make judgments regarding various issues! It is the media which keeps the people updated and informed about what is happening around them and the world. Everyone can draw something from it. Media has had a bad effect on a generation, mainly because; youth is strongly influenced by media. Teenagers and children wish to follow the people, who get recognized and do what they do to get noticed. Sometimes, they focus on bad part of the media and strive to be a part of it. However, many are not succumbed to a life of crime! These are the things which get into Young civilian minds! The media affects people's perspective...
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