...1. What stress-related behaviors did you recognize within the scenario? * Malingering * Self-inflicting wounds * Recklessness or indiscipline 2. Which COSR risk factors did you recognize? * Anxious * Depression * Physical function disturbance * Disruptive forms * Memory loss Leader actions to offset COSR may include the following: * Promote unit cohesion: utilizing the “team fight” concept to aid in helping Soldiers feel as though they are important members of a unified organization, not just an individual. * Conduct tough realistic training: utilizing the “train as you fight” principle aids mentally and physically in preparing Soldiers for the realities of what they may encounter in the deployment area. * Prepare the unit to endure battle losses: providing mental preparation and counseling aids in Soldiers emotional well-being when casualties occur among unit members. 3. Based on the scenario, what leader actions would you implement? Why? * Identify which situations or events increase stress or COSR: this will better equip leaders to prevent, lessen or, divert stress away from their Soldiers. * Compensate by reducing other stressors: this will aid in focusing Soldiers on the task at hand. * Take corrective actions and measures: providing visible results, actions, or consequences sends clear messages to other Soldiers in the unit. * Get advice from mental health personnel and/or combat stress personnel: utilizing...
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...present moment (Kabat-Zinn, 2003) with a meditative cultivation of feeling of love for all beings (Lee et al., 2012). Loving Kindness arising from the Buddhist concept is related to cultivating “compassion, joy, equanimity, empathy, altruism and a sense of connectedness with others” (Kristeller & Johnson, 2005, p. 395). A state of loving-kindness or compassion is defined as “unconditional readiness and availability to help living beings” (Lutz, Brefczynski-Lewis, Johnstone, & Davidson, 2008,...
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...change or learn how to change because they are scared to go against the social norm, and this is where we fail as leaders. Schein explains how we must understand that learning is not a unitary concept. He breaks learning down into three separate categories including: knowledge acquisition and insight, habit and skill learning, and emotional conditioning and learned anxiety. Schein associates knowledge acquisition and insight with a concept called Anxiety 1, which is the feeling associated with an inability, or unwillingness to learn something new because it appears too difficult or disruptive. He explains for habit and skill learning to take hold, we need opportunities, to practice and make mistakes. He also mentions the concept of Anxiety 2 as the fear, shame, or guilt, associated with not learning anything new. For us as workers not to conform to these Anxiety’s and norms, and for change to occur, me must destabilize the organization and simultaneously manage three processes in the workplace. These include: disconfirmation, creation or guilt or anxiety, and creation of psychological safety. People are almost always going to feel anxiety become uncomfortable when trying to change. We must reduce the feeling of anxiety and make it a cultural norm so people feel they are in a stress free, comfortable environment. People must have a sense of direction and be surrounded by a comfortable environment that...
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...What causes us to develop personalities? Does it pertain to our environment or is it embedded in the very genetic structure of our DNA? Scientists have narrowed it down to a concept called epigenetics. Epigenetics are “the study of the process by which genetic information is translated into the substance and behavior of an organism: specifically, the study of the way in which the expression of heritable traits is modified by environmental influences or other mechanisms without a change to the DNA sequence” (Dictionary.com). However, epigenetics require more than a definition pulled from the internet to understand. Multiple case studies, research interpretation, and countless hours of observation through species separate from our own all make up the field of epigenetics. Some studies that...
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...CHAPTER – VIII CONCEPTS HARMONY WITH ENVIRONMENT The term can be best described as “Ethico moral reponsiveness of business to all the members of the environment.” Man and nature are deeply interconnected and interdependent. The social responsibility of business must ensure that dealings and transactions with its stakeholders are ethico-moral. Ecology or nature is also an important stakeholder. Hnece there is no such right to exploit nature for purely selfish motives. As some one rightly said, “Man, nature, divine are one, attack one, the other two get the impact. They are part of a grand cycle. Hold a global vision and do not be greedy. Dependence of any business on its social and ecological environment is so complete that the very existence, survival and growth of any enterprise depends upon its acceptance by society and environment (who provide all inputs of resources). If it outlives its utility to the Society and environment it has no place and reason to exist. Today, we insist on the social responsiveness and awareness, the ability to relate the plans, policies and programmes to the social environment in such a way that these are mutually beneficial to the organization, society and ecology. The current trend is an organizations’ involvement in social actions. The mission and vision of any organization must express deep involvement in social actions to improve the quality of life in the society and quality of the environment. SELF CONTROL ...
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...changes would make a significant difference. Organizational behavior can greatly clarify the factors that affect how managers manage. It is the field’s job to describe the complex human context in which managers work and to define the problems associated with that realm. The value of organizational behavior is that it isolates important aspects of the manager’s job and offers specific perspectives on the human side of management: people as organizations, people as resources, and people as people. organizational behavior is not an organizational function or area. Instead, it is best described as a perspective or set of tools that all managers can use to carry out their jobs more effectively. By understanding organizational behavior concepts, managers can better understand and appreciate the behavior of those around them. For example, most managers in an organization are directly responsible for the work-related behaviors of a set of other people—their immediate subordinates. Typical managerial activities in this area include motivating employees to work harder, ensuring that their jobs are properly designed, resolving conflicts, evaluating their performance, and helping them set goals to achieve rewards. The field of organizational behavior abounds with theory and research regarding each of these functions. Managers can also use their knowledge from the field of organizational behavior to better understand their own behaviors and feelings. For example, understanding...
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... By: Justin Tang, ID #0827635 Psychology 1000*01 Benjamin Giguere Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Introduction Despite the fact that the mind, body and spirit are interconnected, there is a tendency to forget about—or even neglect—our psychological well-being. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, for example, one in five of us will experience a mental illness in our lifetime (CMHA, 2014). Though this statistic is in part due to the stigma associated with mental health, there are various methods in which we can protect and promote our psychological wellbeing. More importantly, given that suffering is inevitable and arrives in innumerable guises (e.g. stress, depression, confusion), how can one become less disturbed by the unpleasant experiences in life? By introducing the concept, this paper will argue that mindfulness can be used to as a tool to achieve greater psychological well-being. Known as a deceptively simple but useful attention-regulating practice, mindfulness allows one to be less reactive to what is happening in the moment and accepting of all experiences—be it positive, negative, or neutral (Germer, 2004). Defining Mindfulness What, exactly, is mindfulness? Although there has been a call in the literature to reconstruct aspects of current mindfulness models, including the establishment of a mutually agreed upon definition and application of the term (Germer 2004), mindfulness is best known for its Buddhist roots and translation of the Pali...
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...International Journal of Arts and Sciences 3(15): 238-254 (2010) CD-ROM. ISSN: 1944-6934 © InternationalJournal.org Filipino Philosophy and Post-Modernity Raymundo R. Pavo, 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...
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...factor of lifestyle to their products. The company's image has been damaged many times by press releases as well as a variety of NGOs who have long pointed out the inhumane working conditions in the production facilities of sporting goods manufacturers. This leads to the question whether should Nike orientate the regulations of the suppliers to the labor standards in their respective countries or those in the United States? The labor conditions are so inhumane that Nike at least should try to converse to the US standard to improve the situation. The following analysis of an abstract of Nikes’ Responsibility Concept, including SHAPE and their Code of Conduct, should give an insight into the difficulties of the Sweatshops. 1.1 Nike Responsibility Concept: Explanation and Critical Analysis Since the pressure of the NGOs on the company has been growing, Nike developed a concept that promises to improve the monitoring of social and environmental standards for their contractors. According to Nike’s principle “Nike was founded on...
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...usually involved in the ACL injury cases. Other reasons for girls having a higher risk in ACL injuries are they tend to have larger quadriceps strength without increasing the strength of the hamstrings. This causes an imbalance on movements and increase stress on the ACL. The second reason is girl’s skeletal structure matures earlier during puberty. This makes girls have an upright position and placing stress on the ACL. More information was displayed in the article on the injury, but the conclusion shows girls have a higher risk of an ACL injury in sports due to physical growth and maturation. 2. The research article that we found talked a lot about the same issues as the journal article above. The knee joint is the second most frequently injured body part, falling behind the ankle. The research was done during 2005–2007 school years and 100 US high schools were randomly selected for a sample. Athletic trainers tracked all injuries using an online injury surveillance system. This research followed most injuries and came up with some conclusions and some insights on injuries. It also talks about girls’ soccer and basketball and how they do not involve the same amount of contact as football and wrestling, but the constant stress on the knee joint from accelerating/decelerating, cutting, and landing from a jump in these sports could play as crucial a role in knee injury just like contact with a player or the playing surface. This research concluded that girl...
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...associated with these programs, there is still a need to explore how social support may play a role in how we experience psychological stress. This need is based on the concern that 1) there are still issues surrounding how social support is conceptualized, 2) Inconsistency in conceptualization and approaches to social support, 3) Social support in mental health is focused primarily on patients with mental health disorders more than families caring for these individuals, who may be struggling with mental health...
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...Understanding one’s culture and beliefs is essential for deliverance of caring and compassionate care. Culture influences thoughts, beliefs, customs, communications, actions, religion, and social groups (The Office of Minority Health, 2013). Health care that is center to one’s culture and is sensitive to the beliefs and customs will foster a positive experience. The Heritage Assessment tool can be utilized to lay the foundation for health care professionals in understanding a client’s culture and traditions. The Heritage Assessment is a tool that a nurse can use to investigate a client’s ethnic, cultural and religious traditions. It helps identify how deeply a person identifies themselves to their culture and religion customs. The tool is useful in helping the health care provider establish an understanding of the client’s health practices. People who identify themselves with a heritage may view health differently than the health care provider. The client’s practices may differ and may see health as a holistic approach. Health as a holistic approach has three parts: body (the physical self), mind (attitudes, feelings, and behaviours), and spirit. The methodology of maintaining, restoring and protecting health requires the health care provider to attain knowledge and comprehension of health resources for the client’s heritage or religious background. These methods can be utilized in conjunction with modern medicine. The writer used the assessment tool on three individuals....
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...author, then, goes on to suggest a paradigm shift in the way we perceive memory; instead of remembering every minute details – according to Thomas – of our everyday life, we should consciously try to forget a reasonable proportion of our thoughts, and in this way we can regain that “sudden spontaneous felling of discrete, unparalleled ideas and memories popping out of nowhere into our mind”. In the process of recalling a memory, certain portions of it – influenced by age, personal growth and circumstances of life -- might get unconsciously contaminated but the very struggle of recalling a memory and eventually forming a vague frame of it gives an individual an absolute satisfaction. The author over the course of the essay seemed to stress the point that if we don’t learn not to be open—that is, hold onto some precious memories only for ourselves to nurture-- we might eventually be deprived of the joy of recalling a certain memory. Likewise, author Alan Lightman in his essay, “The Art of Science”, described creative moment of invention as a luscious instant “when an idea, or an...
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...factor of lifestyle to their products. The company's image has been damaged many times by press releases as well as a variety of NGOs who have long pointed out the inhumane working conditions in the production facilities of sporting goods manufacturers. This leads to the question whether should Nike orientate the regulations of the suppliers to the labor standards in their respective countries or those in the United States? The labor conditions are so inhumane that Nike at least should try to converse to the US standard to improve the situation. The following analysis of an abstract of Nikes’ Responsibility Concept, including SHAPE and their Code of Conduct, should give an insight into the difficulties of the Sweatshops. 1.1 Nike Responsibility Concept: Explanation and Critical Analysis Since the pressure of the NGOs on the company has been growing, Nike developed a concept that promises to improve the monitoring of social and environmental standards for their contractors. According to Nike’s...
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...CIPD HR Profession Map and HR Professionalism Looking at the two core professional areas of the map in more detail, the first Insights, strategy and solutions, is about developing and understanding the organisation by using strategies and solutions that can be used now and in the future. The second, Leading HR, is about taking a lead in HR by being a role model in order to maximise the contribution HR can bring by supporting, developing and measuring others across the whole of the organisation. The core professional areas have two things that a HR specialist needs to understand which are “Activity: what you need to do and Knowledge: what you need to know” CIPD (2014c pg 10 and 12). Leading HR 2.13.2 says “Manage the delivery and evaluation...
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