...Kenneth Burke on Dramatism and Rhetorical Theory I find it regrettable that social scientists automatically ignore Aristotle's Rhetoric. I don't say Aristotle has given us the last word on these matters. But I submit that his actual treatment of topics is fundamentally correct. You could add new topics and develop accordingly. But what you got 2,000 years ago was the kind of approach that can be built on in principle. (Burke 1967:327). While researching many of Kenneth Burke’s books and essays I found that Burke's writings on rhetorical theory demonstrate his passionate concern with artistic communication within social life. His work provides a broad, useful approach for understanding various ways theorists have constructed in the development of their theories of how people use language within social contexts. The theory of Dramatism, constructed by Kenneth Burke, is one of the most radical and complex theories in communication studies. Kenneth Burke struggled for many years to build, reconstruct, and define the aspects of his theory. The use of different articles that either focus on certain aspects of Dramatism and rhetorical theory provide examples of how they can be applied, to simply make more sense of Burke’s concepts and in turn, assert its legitimacy as a very important interpretive theory. Undoubtedly, Dramatism has sparked much debate about rhetorical criticism. It is also undeniable that the heart of Burke’s research and the theory of Dramatism in general is...
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... HCS/483 Healthcare Information Systems - Week 1 Name: Guidelines: Please use this form to submit your assignment and NOT the one on the UOPX website. Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook. After you have defined each term in your own words, describe in at least 50 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research sources to support your claims—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Be sure to cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines. This assignment is due Week One. 1. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Definition This was a federal law placed to protect patient information. How Used in Healthcare HIPAA is used to safeguard and protect patient information and without the use of HIPAA, private patient information could be exposed. HIPAA is critical because it could have an effect on health care workers, patients and the health care facility as well. Violation of HIPAA laws could cause a health care worker to lose their job, it could violate a patient’s rights, and it could damage the facility’s credibility. 2. Electronic medical record Definition An electronic medical record is a computerized medical record used to store patient information. How Used in Healthcare Electronic medical records are used to store patient information. Electronic...
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...Question 1:- According to the Managerial Grid, an individual’s style can best be described as which of the following: | | | | a) the way he or she dresses | | b) his or her concern for production and people | | c) how he or she interacts with management | | d) the way he or she deals with problems | | Question 2:- As the QWL movement evolved, it fostered a new phase of activities known asmanagement are _______________ and _____________. | | | | a) large group interventions | | b) reward system changes | | c) employee involvement | | d) team building | | Question 3:- Which of the following areas do OD practitioners need to be familiar with to carry out strategic change? | | | | a) competitive strategy and team building | | b) finance | | c) marketing | | d) all of the above | | Question 4:- Which of the following is not one of the “stems” of OD? | | | | a) laboratory training | | b) environmental analysis | | c) action research/survey feedback | | d) participative management and quality of work life ...
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...requires the cooperation of a host of individuals beginning with parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, school counselors, and in some cases social workers and medical professionals. In the academic world these group of individuals in a called a SPED team. This team works together to strategize and implement proper intervention techniques to help the EBD student overcome the academic and social issues that can be a result of the underlying disorder. Challenges The first major challenge of educating students with EBD is defining exactly what EBD is. According to IDEA, emotional and behavior disorders: EBD is a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree, which adversely affects educational performance: An inability to learn which cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression. A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems (http://cec.sped.org). Because of the ambiguity and vagueness of the IDEA definition actually and properly identifying student with EBD is yet another challenge that educators face. According to (Yell, Meadows & et al, 2009), students with EBD may also suffer from other disabilities, which also...
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...student. When the teacher is using this approach of identification the he/she should use the rating scales which focuses on behavior characteristics – learning, social leadership, creative-thinking, self-determination, and motivational. Also taking into account the culture within the school setting and identifying the attributes that are inclusive to their culture. Finally, using a student portfolio allows the students individual performance to be evaluated over time. This portfolio will include assessments, student work, and self-evaluations of the student’s...
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...Use a Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) to Understand Your Risks David Hillson, PhD, PMP, FAPM, MIRM, MCMI, Director of Consultancy, Project Management Professional Solutions Limited Introducing the Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) The risk management process aims to identify and assess risks in order to enable the risks to be understood clearly and managed effectively. The key step linking identification/assessment of risks with their management is understanding. This is, however, the area where the project manager or risk practitioner gets least help from current guidelines or practice standards. There are many commonly used techniques for risk identification (see, for example, the risk management chapter of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide, Project Management Institute, 2000). These identification techniques, however, tend to produce an unstructured list of risks that often does not directly assist the project manager in knowing where to focus risk management attention. Qualitative assessment can help to prioritize identified risks by estimating probability and impacts, exposing the most significant risks; but this deals with risks one at a time and does not consider possible patterns of risk exposure, and so also does not provide an overall understanding of the risk faced by the project as a whole. In order to understand which areas of the project might require special attention, and whether there are any recurring risk themes, or concentrations...
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...Introduction to Psychological Testing Andrea K. Clark 06/15/2015 PSY/475 Introduction to Psychological Testing The goal of this paper is the summarization of key suppositions and basic questions related to psychological testing. A definition of the term ‘test’ shall be provided, as well as explanations of the main test types and identification of the chief users and usages of these tests. Additionally, there shall be a discussion of a comparison and contrast of reliability and validity beliefs and how they influence psychological testing. Definition of Test The definition of a test is “a critical examination, observation, or evaluation” that generates information (Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2015). Tests are utilized to identify, characterize or measure an individual’s or group’s knowledge, intellect, skills, capabilities or aptitudes. In the psychological fields, tests are assessment tools that standardize these characterizations, measurements, and identifications. Psychological tests are “a systematic procedure for observing behavior and describing it with the aid of numerical scales or fixed categories” (Hogan, 2007, p. 39). Main Test Types, Chief Usages, and Users According to Hogan (2007), “we classify tests into five major categories: mental ability, achievement, personality, interests, and neuropsychological tests, with several subdivisions within some of the major categories” (p. 41). There are also different test classification methods: standardized, non-standardized...
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...occurs through communication and it varies depending on the society, community and social groups you grow up in. People who socialize individuals are agents of socialization; some examples of agents of socialization would be; parents, teachers, church and peers. There are some criminologists who study the importance of socialization in regards to crime. They really look at how family, school and peers influence criminal behavior. Edwin Sutherland was the first criminologist to focus on the relationship between crimes and the socialization process rather than physiology, race, mental disorder etc. Sutherland developed the differential association theory, the process of social interaction by which individual acquires definitions favorable and unfavorable to law violation. The differential association theory states that through interaction with people, individuals learn their values, attitudes and motives for criminal behavior. This is the idea of cultural transmission. Sutherland presented nine propositions explaining differential association and they are as follows; criminal behavior is learned, it’s learned via communication, it occurs within personal groups, when learned the learning includes ways to commit crimes and their direct motives, direction of motives and where it’s derived, delinquency occurs as a result of an excess of definitions favorable to violation of law over definitions unfavorable to violation of law, it may vary in frequency, duration, priority and intensity...
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...models and environmental impact. Keywords: Product-Service Systems; PSS types; Implementation approach 1 INTRODUCTION Product-Service Systems (IPS2), and service design. Various available case studies on Product-Service Systems and servitization of products were identified and analyzed. The analysis focused on service characteristics and their connection to products, providing insights for the specification of PSS types. The results of the case studies were purely analyzed from outside. Based on data gathered on case studies, an inductive approach was applied to propose the PSS typology. Moreover, a deductive approach based on literature research was applied to define the necessary steps to implement PSS. 3 3.1 STATE OF THE ART Definition of Product-Service System Manufacturing companies have been focusing more and more on providing additional services for their existing products, offering...
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...Introduction The definition of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has changed over the past several years. One of the most significant changes was within the name. The former name of this disability was Mental Retardation (MR). This name was changed to Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities AAIDD, (formerly known as AAMR), changed its name in 2007 to help people with “sub average intellectual abilities”, avoid ridicule and scorn. In 2010 Rosas Law was passed. This new Law mandated that the term, “intellectual disabilities” replace “mental retardation”. (Hallahan, Kuffman, & Pullen, 2015. P.84.) During this time many schools were protesting to “Spread...
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...Small Business Rita Nusheiwat Autumn 2014 University of Technology, Sydney 49006 – Risk Management in Engineering Risk Management Plan for a Small Business Rita Nusheiwat | 11458039 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report presents the risk management strategy focused on the financial risks of running a fictional convenience store located in the suburb of Bella Vista in Sydney. This study is based on the AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 standard framework, shown in Figure 1 below. After starting with an overview of the project, the report establishes the context, which sets the groundwork on what risks to focus on. A communication and consultation plan of the risk management study is then set up. Subsequent sections include risk identification using techniques such as brainstorming and checklists, risk analysis using methods such as Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), and risk evaluation using qualitative and quantitative techniques such as the ALARP chart. The last sections of this report consist of the risk treatment plan, which explores possible options if the identified risks come to realisation followed by the monitoring and review process to maintain the effectiveness of those treatments. The main highlights of this report are that, while there are many options for treating risks, the appropriate method will depend on factors such as number of treatments, cost, implementation time, suitability, and acceptability of residual risk. On the other hand, unless...
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...Table of Content 1. Introduction 2 2. Project Management 3 2.1 Definition of Project Management 3 2.2 Advantages and Disadvantages in Project Management 5 2.3 Success Factors in Projects 6 2.4 Control Project Progress 7 3. Project Risk Management 8 3.1 The Risk Management Process 8 3.2 Definition of Risk 10 3.3 Managing Risk 10 3.4 Identify Risks 11 3.5 Risk Quantification 14 3.6 Plan Risk Response / Methods 14 3.7 Risk Monitoring 18 4. The Organization of an International Conference in Paris, France 19 4.1 Project Identification 19 4.2 Classified the Project 20 4.3 Identification of Risks and measures to minimize the risk 21 5. Conclusion 23 6. List of Illustrations 24 1. Introduction The planned International Conference – “Launching Strategy of a new product”, reported to our management and sales persons is a new Project and has to be well organized and effectively realized. To ensure that the project leads to a suitable performance and to improve project success, a Risk Management Plan needs to be developed very early in the planning stage. For the project success, it is essential that potential risks are identified, categorized and evaluated. This seminar paper focuses on the relationship between the project organization and the application of risk management and the importance of implementing a Risk Management system to achieve the project objectives. This paper is subdivided into three...
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...discuss the ‘Ethics in Practice case’ on page 46 (Are Plants and Flowers Stakeholders? Do they have rights?) Freeman (1984, P. 46) popularized the definition of a stakeholder as ‘. . . ANY group or individual who can affect or is affected by the achievement of the organization’s objectives’. This is a very broad definition meaning that in today’s global business environment any individuals and groups may be business’s stakeholders (Davey, 2015). This sparks the debate about whether or not the natural environment can be identifiable as a stakeholder. In the ethics in practice case ‘Are Plants and Flowers Stakeholders? Do they have rights?’ this topic is highlighted. The following discussion will review the idea of the environment as a primary stakeholder taking into account the stakeholder identification framework of Mitchell et al. (1997), suggesting that stakeholders have a mixture of legitimacy, power and urgency(Davey, 2015). In keeping up with the growing concern for sustainability many argue that the natural environment should be considered among important stakeholders (Davey, 2015). Historically the natural environment has often been neglected because it has never had a spokesperson(Davey, 2015). However as a concern for the environment (particularly global warming) grows so does the number of environmental groups. Groups such as Greenpeace are regarded as indirect stakeholders and as a result many organisations fail to fully incorporate their concerns into their business(Davey...
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...NT2580 Unit 3 Assignment & Lab Unit 3. Assignment 1 - Remote Access Control Policy Definition There are three key parts I will have to take into account while designing a Remote Access Control Policy for Richman Investments. These three parts (Identification, Authentication and Authorization) will not be all for the Remote Access Control Policy, I will need to include the appropriate access controls for systems, applications and data access. I will also need to include my justification for using the selected access controls for systems, applications and data access. The first part I need to implement for this Remote Access Control Policy is Identification, which is defined in this sense as: physical keys or cards, smart cards, and other physical devices that might be used to gain access to something. What needs to be done for the Remote Access Control Policy is a group member policy needs to be setup which uniquely identifies each user. Users should be identified by rank with higher ranking users requiring more authentication. Each individual user should be assigned to a group based on rank with special permissions. Using this system for Identification will make our company more secure in day to day operations. The second part I need to implement for this remote access control policy is Authentication, which is defined as: what you know or passwords, numeric keys, PIN numbers, secret questions and answers. For remote access, there must be...
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...1 Social Capital and Facebook Groups' Members Knowledge Sharing Behavior Manal ElKordy Assistant Professor Business Administration Department Faculty of Commerce Alexandria University Alexandria, Egypt melkordy@hotmail.com Abstract The main challenge of any virtual community is the supply of enough content through the active sharing of knowledge among community members. This paper integrates the factors of social capital theory; namely, social ties, knowledge self-efficacy, fairness, identification, and openness; with individual motivations to share knowledge; namely, reputation, and enjoy helping; to explain why people share their knowledge on Facebook groups. The models' efficacy was tested using online survey of 237 Facebook groups' members. The model explained 34% of the variance in knowledge sharing behavior where knowledge self efficacy, identification with group, and perceived group openness were found to positively influence knowledge sharing behavior. Contrary to expectations, social ties, perceived group fairness, and individual motivators showed no significant influence on knowledge sharing behavior. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed. Keywords: Social capital, individual motivations, knowledge sharing behavior, Facebook Groups, virtual communities, Egypt. 2 1. Introduction The widespread of internet access has fuelled the growth of virtual communities where more people are sharing their knowledge, experiences, and opinions...
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