...Running Head: PROFESIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES PAPER Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper University of Phoenix GEN 200 Instructor: December 20, 2010 Career success is something that most individuals set out to accomplish at some point during their life time. Although earning a college degree or a professional certification within a certain field of study is certainly the first step to take towards career success and job fulfillment. It is none-the-less, just as significant to further one’s own skills, knowledge, and abilities by participating and getting involved in widely known organizations or associations that promote the development of professional knowledge and abilities in their specific field of study. Many of these organizations and associations may also assists individuals in the development of additional skills that may help one climb the corporate ladder to bigger and better opportunities and achievements within their field of study. Depending on one’s chosen profession or field of study, one can seek out assistance from a variety of organizations. Two such organization that I found that are going to be very valuable as well as useful to me in my future field of study and career in Health care Administration and Health Management are both none-profit organizations. One is commonly known as “AHIMA” (American Health Information Management Association) and the other one is known as “HIMSS” (The Healthcare Information and...
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...Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Gloridalia Diaz GEN/200 February 14, 2011 Teri Lesniewski Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Throughout my life I have developed a passion for management; this is why I chose the American Management Association (AMA). The American Management Association’s goal is to amplified management skills, and programs in different areas like sales, office administration, manufacturing, finance, and many others. The American Management Association provides training material in different forms such as books, seminars, web events, online training and articles. Some of the courses provided are communication skills, leadership, interpersonal skills, offices and administrative support, customer service and information technology management among others (AMA, n.d.). The American Management Association facilitates the development and growth of new seminars and courses that directly affect knowledge and abilities. These knowledge and abilities have a positive and magnifying effect on lives and careers. Continuing the education and training helps to stay competitive and up-to-date and it also gives the opportunity to develop skills that where not quite well form. Enabling more careers and opening more doors in the path for success. By helping build up my skills and professional knowledge in different areas, increases the possibilities of a better understanding in the professional world. Also brings me the opportunity to open my...
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...Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper The Association Global Logistics and Transportation (NDTA) founded in 1944.As a nonprofit educational association of government, military, and industry professionals dedicated to fostering a strong and efficient global logistics and transportation system in support of national security. Association Global Logistics and Transportation (NDTA) educate members in important issues affecting global Logistics/Transportation issues (Association Global Logistics and Transportation, 2009).NDTA is an Association that can develop professional knowledge and abilities, contribute toward increasing my professional knowledge and abilities and its guiding principle of vision, mission, values, can affect ones career success. According, to the Association Global Logistics and Transportation (2009) website increasing my professional knowledge and abilities by NDTA values: Integrity: Conduct in an open, honest, and ethical manner. Teamwork: Maximize collective talents though teamwork and partnerships based on mutual trust, fairness, respect, cooperation, and communication. Service: Pursue excellence in their endeavors. Take pride in work, anticipate and respond to member and partner needs by providing quality products and services. Action: Association Global Logistics and Transportation (NDTA) considers the ideas of others and then relentlessly press to resolve issues or reach solutions...
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...Professional knowledge and ability SHAWN HINES Gen/200 September 29, 2011 George Rivoli Professional knowledge and ability To have a successful career the individual must be willing to develop how to achieve professional knowledge and abilities. The world is changing constantly right before our eyes. You must stay current, if you want to be successful in your career choice. When you are in trouble, who speaks up for you? Today, every voice wants to be heard. Children have their parents or loved ones. People that break the law, have their lawyers speak on their behalf. Mostly everyone on this earth has someone speak for her. There is one group that seems to go unnoticed at times, it is our senior citizens. When there is an issue their concerns can be over looked. They have a voice and need to be heard. In this paper I will describe the a. Organization that interest me b. How this organization will help to contribute to my professional knowledge and ability c. How this knowledge and ability can affect my career successfully Organization In choosing an organization, Catholic Charities of Louisville came to my mind. My career choice is to become an ombudsman in a long-term care facility. Catholic Charities is the organization that supports the ombudsman and assigns the cases to the workers. Ombudsman is simply citizen’s representatives, who handles complaints, provide information and assistance for the aging (American Heritage Dictionary4). ...
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...Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper . Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper One gains professional knowledge and abilities through career, education, and professional comprehension. Professional organizations offer a vast amount of educational resources, training, and support tools. Businesses motivate employees to become a part of an organization they are usually associated with ones in the field of the business. Professional Organization Organizations all over the globe are dedicated to growing a person’s knowledge and abilities. Women in Cable Television, is a professional organization also known as WICT. WICT encourages women to determine where they want to be in their career, where they want to go, and what they wants to do within their current position. The organization helps with setting realistic goals and to believe. Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) announced today the results of the 2009 WICT PAR Initiative. Involvement to Professional Knowledge and Abilities WICT is an amazing organization because it offers various resources such as immense leadership opportunities, which focus on the growth of woman in the cable industry. Webinars, seminars, virtual courses, social networking, and motivational speakers are some resources that WICT offers. WICT is an influential organization, which facilitates women into leaders in the cable and telecommunications business. Pursues women to move ahead from their current position and influences women...
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...Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Gina Lajoie University of Phoenix Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper The professional organization I selected is the American Management Association. The American Management Association’s goal is to provide global management skills, and programs in a wide range of professions like human resources, finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing, office administration, and many others. The American Management Association provides resource training materials in the form of webcasts, books, seminars, podcasts, online training and articles and white papers. The knowledge and abilities can be taught, improved upon and reinforced by any subject’s areas. Some of the business courses offered are financing and accounting, project management skills, human resources management, communications, marketing, office and administration support, and the list of the courses continue on. The American Management Association provides growth, and development courses and seminars that directly expand knowledge and abilities. The knowledge and abilities acquired through the resources from the American Management Association can have a positive effect onmy career success. Continuing my training and education can help me stay competitive and up- to-date with management skills. It will expand my critical and creative thinking and problem-solving skills as well as build my management skills. By attaining more training in the management and communication...
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...University of Phoenix Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper The professional organization I selected is the American Management Association. The American Management Association’s goal is to provide global management skills, and programs in a wide range of professions like human resources, finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing, office administration, and many others. The American Management Association provides resource training materials in the form of webcasts, books, seminars, podcasts, online training and articles and white papers. The knowledge and abilities can be taught, improved upon and reinforced by any subject’s areas. Some of the business courses offered are financing and accounting, project management skills, human resources management, communications, marketing, office and administration support, and the list of the courses continue on. The American Management Association provides growth, and development courses and seminars that directly expand knowledge and abilities. The knowledge and abilities acquired through the resources from the American Management Association can have a positive effect onmy career success. Continuing my training and education can help me stay competitive and up- to-date with management skills. It will expand my critical and creative thinking and problem-solving skills as well as build my management skills. By attaining more training in the management and communication fields it will broaden my proficiency as a leader...
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...Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Name GEN 200 Date University of Phoenix Abstract Merit Microenterprise Organization is a great organization. This organization is one that loves to assist people with starting a business or the entrepreneurs in furthering their skills and training. It is also about helping people get the training they need to become successful business owners according to Merit. (Merit MicroEnterprise Helping Very Small Businesses Start, Grow and Prosper, 2010) Merit has programs and training curriculum that are available to the low-income, migrants, disabled, women and others who have a difficult time getting assistance for starting a business or knowing where or how to start. The trainings are at no cost to those who are income qualify. (Merit Microenterprise Helping Very Small Businesses Start, Grow and Prosper, 2010) You must be willing to commit to the classes and the work that comes along with the training. Along with that commitment you must be willing to attend all of the classes plus follow up advising. Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Merit can contribute to learning the professional knowledge and abilities. They assist with training or even on-going advising. If one needs help of where to go or who provides loans they have a long list of providers. Do you need to start an Individual Development Account (IDA) for building assets they can help with that as well? The trainings they provide helps from the very beginning...
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...How Professional Knowledge and Abilities Effect Career Success Gen/200 August 23, 2011 It’s very important as a professional in a working environment to develop the necessary skills needed to do their job efficiently and effectively. One must understand that without the required skills and the willingness to learn new skills may hinder their opportunity for future growth within a company as well as their career. With the resources available today, no one could not take his or her knowledge and career to the next level. Resources such as schools, workshops, Internet and even professional organizations and associations are available to help every professional in all walks of professions around the world. The International Association for Human Resources Information Management (IHRIM) is an example of a professional organization that can help further the career of someone in that line of work. The organization was founded in 1980 when HR and IT professionals found themselves needing a mediator. They are currently an international organization providing services such as training and certification programs, job searches and a plethora of networking opportunities for other IT and HR professionals around the globe. They also conduct seminars and forums across the globe for information and retraining purposes, provide publications for references and even a buyer’s guide for human resources programs, software, and products. Because this organization offers many resources...
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...Metropolitan Paralegal Association (HMPA), legal assistants, paralegals, CLE’s, membership, attorney, benefits, law office Houston Metropolitan Paralegal Association According to the State Bar of Texas of Directors, and the Paralegal Division of the State Bar of Texas, adopted a new definition for “Paralegal:” a paralegal is a person, qualified through various combinations of education, training, or work experience, who is employed or engaged by a lawyer, law office, governmental agency, or other entity in a capacity or function which involves the performance, under the ultimate direction and supervision of a licensed attorney, of specifically delegated substantive legal work, which work, for the most part, requires a sufficient knowledge of legal principles and procedures that , absent such person, an attorney would be required to perform the task....
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...Grading Guide for Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper, Due in Week Five |Content |Points Earned |Additional Comments: | |60 Percent |6/6 | | |All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way. | | | | | | | |The paper is 350 to 700 words in length. | | | |The paper discusses professional knowledge and abilities. | | | |The content is comprehensive. | | | |Major points are stated clearly and are supported by specific details, | | | |examples, or analysis. | | ...
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...Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Daniel Campbell GEN 200 4/25/2011 Lisa Tavitas Professional Knowledge and Abilities Paper Upon graduation from college, most people obtain employment in their field of study. Obtaining a college education gives a person the basic skills necessary to find entry-level work in his or her chosen profession. Through membership of a professional organization or association, a person can further his or her professional knowledge and abilities, which will make his or her career a more successful one. In this paper the subject to identify and discuss, is how one professional association contributes to one’s professional knowledge and abilities and how such knowledge and abilities affect success. The Webster’s New Pocket Dictionary defines profession as “an occupation that requires training and specialized study.” A method in which one receives such training and specialized study, is through a membership in a professional organization or association. “Traditionally, professionalism has been related to the ways in which professional communities manage a certain field of knowledge by, for example, controlling access to work and monitoring standards and requirements in educational programs” (Karseth, Nerland, 2007, p. 335). One particular professional association who manages their field of knowledge is the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM is one of the world’s largest professional...
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...pliers and multimeters Cutting the paper competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters Disposal of waste paper clean dirt and debris from internal parts Keeping a check on the toner competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters Informing the procurement if ink or toner required competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters Scanning of documents The ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics Maintaining folders The ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics Maintenance of machine competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters clean dirt and debris from internal parts Skill in troubleshooting failures Resting the machine Ordering paper rim competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters Minimizing waste competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters Electricity check Timely copies of documents Printing documents Binding /Folder separation competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters Ordering/ sorting/arranging the copies Staple the paper competent in using hand tools like screwdrivers, pliers and multimeters Maintain stapler and supply pins Conversion of certain documents into versions The ability to read and interpret technical drawings and schematics Recording the number of copies/prints/scans The ability to read and interpret technical...
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...MANAGEMEN THOUGHT Critical Review Attitude Towards Knowledge Sharing Behavior Lenny Martini ‐ 29006014 MSM ITB ‐ 2006 Attitude Towards Knowledge Sharing Behavior : A Critical Review 1..O Source VERVIEW OF THE PAPER Title of the Paper “ Attitude Towards Knowledge Sharing Behavior” The Journal of Computer Information Systems; Winter 2005/2006; pg.45-51 Writers • • Sai Ho Kwok – California State University, Long Beach, California Sheng Gao – The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Kowloon Abstract Based on the theory of reasoned action, this study is focused on an individual’s behavior of knowledge sharing with respect to information system/ information technology (IS/IT) by investigating their attitude towards knowledge sharing. Three variables, namely extrinsic motivation, absorptive capacity and channel richness, were examined as influential factors affecting people’s attitude towards knowledge sharing. A structural survey was conducted to test the relationships between attitude and the three variables. The results show that extrinsic motivation imposed no impact on an individual’s attitude towards knowledge sharing while the other two factors played a significant part. The results are consistent with the psychological theories and we showed the applicability of the theories in the case of knowledge sharing. Keywords : Knowledge sharing, attitude, extrinsic motivation, absorptive capacity, channel richness, knowledge management. Objectives of the study...
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...Aims 1 Assessment objectives 1 The scheme of assessment 2 Syllabus content Paper 1: Part One: Section A – The Nature of Law 3 Section B – The Effect of Law on the Individual 3 Paper 1: Part Two: Section C – The Sources of Law 3 Section D – Law Enforcement and Administration 4 Paper 2: Section A – The Market: the transfer of goods or the rendering of 4 services for cash or on credit terms. Section B – The Workplace: the legal relationship between 4 employers and employees. Section C – The Family: the family relationship arising from 5 marriage or cohabitation. Section D – The Criminal Offender: the essential nature of criminal 5 liability and the study of particular crimes. Section E – The Individual; civil liberties and rights under private law. 5 General Marking Bands 6 Textbooks 8 Contact details 10 Advanced Level Law 9345 This subject may be taken at the May/June examination only. Introduction This syllabus provides a satisfying course for those who will end their study of Law at this stage, and lays a secure foundation for those who will continue their studies in this or related subjects. It enables candidates to develop a knowledge and understanding of legal rules and institutions and an appreciation of the function of law in society. It also...
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