...Dept. of Work & Organizational Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 10 January 2013 Available online 19 February 2013 Keywords: Adaptability Adaptive attitudes Adaptive behavior Change information Meaning-making Organisational change a b s t r a c t The purpose of this 3-wave study is to examine the micro process of how employees adapt to change over time. We combined Conservation of Resources theory with insights from the organizational change literature to study employees in a Dutch police district undergoing reorganization. A model was tested where employee adaptability, operationalized by the presence of resources, predicts individual adaptive attitudes as well as adaptive behavior over time. Change information was included as a contextual change resource and meaning-making as a personal change resource. The research design allowed for examining longitudinal relationships by capturing data (1) before (Time 1), (2) during (Time 2), and (3) after change implementation (Time 3). We expected adaptability before and during change implementation to predict adaptive attitudes and adaptive behavior...
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...Each and every individual on the planet has their own objectives and dreams. Youthful or old, male or female, dark or white, rich or poor, all have the same drive and craving to live in the most ideal way they see conceivable. Attempting to succeed is an indispensable human conduct that pays no regard to shallow and enthusiastic variables. We are constructed to need something more, to enhance ourselves, and to be a superior individual than who we were yesterday. How does one succeed in life? This is a typical inquiry that one asks endless times. The answer relies on upon how you see yourself. You know yourself more than any other individual. This implies you can have the most exact answer from inside of you; and nobody else can come as near the right reply than you can. On the other hand, there is continually something you can do to guarantee that you do discover the answer. States of mind can be compared to a basic motor that can either back you off, or offer you move some assistance with forwarding. As basic as it may be, it is the main beyond any doubt strategy you have for being effective in life and at last, everything boils down to how well you oversee it. Continuously remember that in the way to achievement, your disposition figures out what and the amount you can do. It is the one in charge of directing your aptitudes, however when contaminated by pride; it can get to be as futile as a relinquished auto left to rust and waste through time. Whether you make it or...
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...| Psycho-Social-Spiritual Assessment | NURS320 – Holistic Nursing | 2/26/2013 | Psycho-Social-Spiritual Assessment Psychosocial development occurs throughout one’s lifetime and may change if there are certain factors such as stress, trauma, illness, or drastic life changes. Being able to recognize maladaptive and adaptive behaviors in someone, especially a client or patient, is important when I am the one responsible for the care they will receive. Educating myself on the different topics and questions that will be used during the interview portion of assessing a patient are critical for the nursing profession. The client, SR, maintains a busy schedule daily, and reflects on traumatic past events which are affecting her wellness and state of mind. SR has had complaints of severe headaches and moderate chest pains several times a week. SR stated during the interview that she does not like to take over the counter medications for pain relief, but rather tries to sleep to relieve the pain she feels. She has previously taken herbal stress supplements to relieve chest pain. SR noted many other symptoms contributing to her state of being: fatigue, difficulty sleeping, dizziness, shortness of breath, frequent urination, abnormal menstruation, and concentration problems. Looking deeper into her family history, there are no reports of neither of her parents or any of her grandparents being treated for severe headaches or migraines, but her one sibling made reports. There...
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...inefficient output. By using Heuristic methods satisfactory results can be obtained. But using Heuristic technique the results are not always optimal and may have some limitations. To overcome all this we can use decomposition method which is very efficient for computation and results are nearly exact. Introduction- Routers are basically classified into two types- Oblivious and Adaptive. In oblivious routing the path is completely determined by the sources and destination. Whereas Deterministic routing is the same path is chosen between a source and destination. The nature of deterministic routing is distributed that is each node makes its routing decisions independent of others which make routing simple and fast and this is widely used in most of the networks. On the other hand in oblivious routing algorithms it is difficult because of certain traffic patterns that are many flows are routed through same link and generate heavy network congestion. In adaptive routing, given sources and destination address the path taken by a particular packet is dynamically adjusted depending on the network congestion. Adaptive routing uses dynamic load balancing...
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...of National Identity has faced the same challenges. With the emergence of commercial buildings and growth of population in the City, the maintenance and conservation of Heritage is more likely needed. Altering existing buildings for a new function is not a new phenomenon. Working with the existing buildings, repairing and restoring them for continued use has become a creative and fascinating challenge within the architectural descipline. The process of wholeheartedly altering a building is often called “ Adaptive Re-use”. It is known that adaptive re-use helps extend the life of Historical buildings and prevents them from becoming foresaken and derilict. The Gotiaoco building which is situated at the M.C Briones Ave. Behind Cebu City hall is one of the significant architectural building that is currently proprosed to be reuse as a Chinese Heritage Museum under the supervision of Sugbu Chinese Heritage Museum Inc.. In contemporary conservation theory and practice, adaptive re-use is considered to be an important strategy towards conservation of cultural heritage. It preserves buildings by changing outdated functions into new uses to meet contemporary demand. However, it is known that the affected community is one of the external factors that affects the sucessful planning and decision making on the implementation of Heritage preservation program. Hence, a study is conducted by the researchers in order to evaluate the implications of adaptively re-using the Gotiaoco buillding...
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...Axia College Material Appendix D Psychotherapy Matrix Directions: Review Module 36 of Psychology and Your Life. Select three approaches to summarize. Include examples of the types of psychological disorders appropriate for each therapy. |{Insert type of therapy approach} |{Insert type of therapy approach} |{Insert type of therapy approach} | |Summary of |aversive conditioning, a form of therapy |Behavioral treatment approaches it builds on the earning |systematic desensitization, | |Approach |that reduces the frequency of undesired behavior by |behavioral treatment approaches make this fundamental |gradual exposure to an anxiety-producing stimulus is | | |pairing an aversive, |assumption helps cope with there learning skilss and how |paired with relaxation to | | |unpleasant stimulus with undesired behavior. |to deal with problems |extinguish the response of anxiety | | |Although aversion therapy works reasonably well in | | | | |inhibiting substanceabuse | ...
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...According to Campus Creche, they have five individual centers for different aged children. They have basic vision/plan that they use in common but also each center has an individual style and age appropriated programs and curriculums. They seem to understand that each stage of child’s development, there are things that are important to learn and develop. For example, children aged from 3 to 18 months need to build trust so it is important to help babies to feel settled and happy in a safe and secure environment. They also do not have exactly same routines. They seem to be very flexible and try to follow individual child’s rhythms, which I believe is ideal way to respect and encourage children to be independent. Lastly, Campus Creche has an assessment process that caters for each child, which helps them plan and enhance child’s learning. There will be observing and planning based on each child so I believe they will gather more information based on individual child, which will be beneficial for both the child and teachers. According to Katz, Dispositions are frequent and voluntary habits of thinking and doing. These habits of mind are not to be confused with mindless habits, such as stopping at a red light (Katz 1993). Also children are environmentally sensitive which means they are acquired, supported, or weakened by interactive experiences in an environment with significant adults and peers. For example, if the teacher has developed value play disposition, she would provide...
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...INTRODUCTION Adaptive optics is a new technology which is being used now a days in ground based telescopes to remove atmospheric tremor and thus provide a clearer and brighter view of stars seen through ground based telescopes. Without using this system, the images obtained through telescopes on earth are seen to be blurred, which is caused by the turbulent mixing of air at different temperatures. Adaptive optics in effect removes this atmospheric tremor. It brings together the latest in computers, material science, electronic detectors, and digital control in a system that warps and bends a mirror in a telescope to counteract, in real time the atmospheric distortion. The advance promises to let ground based telescopes reach their fundamental limits of resolution and sensitivity, out performing space based telescopes and ushering in a new era in optical astronomy. Finally, with this technology, it will be possible to see gas-giant type planets in nearby solar systems in our Milky Way galaxy. Although about 100 such planets have been discovered in recent years, all were detected through indirect means, such as the gravitational effects on their parent stars, and none has actually been detected directly. WHAT IS ADAPTIVE OPTICS ? Adaptive optics refers to optical systems which adapt to compensate for optical effects introduced by the medium between the object and its image. In theory a telescope’s resolving power is directly...
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...THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART ALBERT NERKEN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Adjustable Subband Allocation Algorithm for Critically Sampled Subband Adaptive Filters by Adam Shabti Charles A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering May 6, 2009 Advisor Dr. Fred L. Fontaine THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART ALBERT NERKEN SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING This thesis was prepared under the direction of the Candidate’s Thesis Advisor and has received approval. It was submitted to the Dean of the School of Engineering and the full Faculty, and was approved as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering. Dr. Eleanor Baum Dean, School of Engineering Dr. Fred L. Fontaine Candidate’s Thesis Advisor Acknowledgments I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Fred Fontaine, for his guidance and patience throughout this process. Without his teachings I would not be where I am today. I would also like to thank the rest of the faculty, as well as my friends and peers at The Cooper Union Albert Nerken School of Engineering. A special thanks is due to David Nummey, Deian Stefan, Ashwin Kirpalani, Stefan M¨nzel and Matthew Epstein, all u of whom gave their time to listen patiently to my ideas and help me improve this thesis into what it is today. I would also like to thank Dr. Jack Lowenthal for keeping me motivated with his interest...
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...Jelay is enrolled there. The clients home is consist of eight (8) family members including her father, grandmother, cousins, and aunts.The clients parents were seperated and she is now living with her 45-year-old father, a college graduate now working as a contructor along with other family members mentioned earlier. It was also reported that the client owns a pet fish and loves to play “luto-lutuan” and is especially fond of her ball toy. TV shows that the client loves to watch includes “High 5” and other kiddie shows. The clients activities during the whole week includes going to school from Monday to Friday, 8:00-11:00 am or 9:00-12:00 pm depending on the day of week. When the client gets home the usual daily activity would be to eat, play and take a nap. The client usually wakes up at 5:30 am to take her medication and sleeps at around 9:00 pm every night. On weekends when there is no school to attend to, client still wakes up at 5:30 am again due to medication as mentioned earlier. And would usually play indoors, either by herself or with her older brother and cousins rather than outside as reported by her cousin. The client was diagnosed with Global developmental delay when she was at the age of 2. And in forms of discipline, the clients guardian explains that talking to Jelay and explaining to her what she did wrong usually...
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...Ama Dente MHA 601: PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION Error Avoidance in Post Modern/Complex Adaptive Systems Professor: Tricia Devin December 10, 2012 Post-modernist/complex adaptive systems are modern theories of management that deal with relationships within the organization and how the organization is structured. As in all positions of leadership, managers in these organizations have to possess tools necessary to keep their part of the organization running smoothly. Many of these managers employ the postmodernist complex adaptive systems theory because it allows for less rigid boundaries during the planning and implementation process as well as constantly reminding the manager that the staff is a critical component to the organization as well. Being in a position of leadership means that it is up to that person to handle any problems that may arise during the lifetime of the organization. This paper focuses on ten possible errors that can be found in health care organizations. For each of these errors, I will discuss what makes it an error and what way the error can be avoided. The first error that will be discussed is “failing to account for employees' ability to learn safe machine operation methods by experimenting on their own with ways to speed up production and thereby reduce the effort they are required to use.” The first criterion that proves this to be an error is that the failure to account for an employee's...
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...also release interleukins, which cause fever and prevent the body from using up more energy while white blood cells get to work. Overall, inflammation benefits the body because it confines the infection, destroys the pathogens, and activates the healing process. c. Natural immunity: Natural, or nonspecific/innate immunity, is the body’s automatic response to foreign and harmful invaders, and is present at birth . This type of immunity includes the first and second line of defense, and is on guard consistently to protect the body. It is considered nonspecific because it responds similarly to any pathogen. d. Acquired immunity: Acquired, or specific/adaptive immunity, is the third line of defense. It develops over time after birth and becomes more powerful when a person is exposed again and again to the invasive substance. This adaptive response occurs after the second line of defense is initiated. Although slow, it is able to kill infections that resist inflammation. It also “remembers” the specific microbes that it may have attacked in the past so its type of protection is long-term. B lymphocytes, which release antibodies, and T lymphocytes, which help the B cells, are involved in this type of immunity. When these cells “remember” the invader, they help you become immune to future attacks. 2. a. Red blood cells: Erythrocytes, also known as red blood cells, contain hemoglobin. It is the main vessel that transports oxygen across the bloodstream and oxygenates tissues. These cells...
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...Complexity Analysis Introduction This integrated essay focuses on explaining and discussing how small changes in a given system can result to large and radical transformational changes in an organization within the framework of complexity theory. The paper offers a description of the complexity theory, an analysis, explanation and discussion, the conclusions, extending the discussion, and the references. Description of Theories/ Core Concepts The complexity theory is a framework that focuses on analyzing the nonlinear dynamics of systems. It is a loose assortment of concepts and analytic tools that seek to analyze complex and dynamic systems (Litaker, Tomolo, Libaratore, Stange & Aron, 2006). The complexity theory suggests that simple deterministic actions can cause highly complex and unpredictable behaviors, as well as, exhibit order and patterns. The theory seeks to explain how systems learn and spontaneously organize themselves into structured and sophisticated forms that respond better to their environments. Although the complexity theory was created in the biological and physical sciences, numerous scholars have noted that economic and social systems also exhibit nonlinear relationships and complex interactions. Economists and social scientists have noted the significance of complexity theory by observing the level of interrelationships among components of the social system (Koen, 2005). For instance, in the business setting, economists have noted that business success...
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... The immune system, including the cells and tissues that carry out the immune responses, seek and kill invaders. It defends the body from foreign invaders by using mainly four steps. Recognition, detect infection or harm, effector function, contain and eliminate the infection, regulation, controls activity to avoid damage to the body, and lastly, memory, the system remembers how to defend and eliminate the infection if it shows back up in the body. A person’s immune system cells, normally, recognize and do not attack their own tissues and chemicals. The lack of reaction is called self-tolerance. When the body attacks normal and healthy tissue it is called an autoimmune disease. Crohn’s disease is when a body’s immune system begins to attack healthy cells in the GI tracts, this causes inflammation. It most commonly affects the small intestine and the beginning of the large intestine. The disease can affect anyone at any age, but one is usually diagnosed when they are between the ages of thirteen to twenty years old. It affects both males and females equally. Although some groups, such as whites, blacks, and Jews of European descent, are found to have the disease more frequently than Asians and Hispanics. Moreover, if one has a family member with the disease, they are more likely to have it as well. If you are a smoker, especially heavy, you are at a bigger risk of getting the disease. The most common signs of the Crohn’s include, but are not limited to, diarrhea, weight loss...
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...Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems 8(1), 34-48, 2010 COMPLEXITY IN ORGANIZATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT - ADAPTIVE CHANGES AND ADAPTIVE DECISION-MAKING Robert Fabac* Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb Varaždin, Croatia Regular article Received: 14. May 2010. Accepted: 30. June 2010. ABSTRACT The features of complexity are ever more present in modern organizations and in environments in which they operate, trying to survive and be as competitive as possible.) In the processes of, the socalled emergence, the formal organizational structure, designed purposefully and with a plan, is going through a change due to complexity and the need for adaptation. As a result, there is a variety of new informal groups. At the same time, the intended structural changes and business process changes occur because of the perception that the leadership and senior organizational management have of the strategic situation. Managers in modern organizations often use business intelligence (BI) systems when making important business decisions. These systems offer support to the decision-making by gathering and processing relevant data and information about the company performance, but also about the data on conditions in close and remote environment. A modern company is characterized by the complex adaptive system, but the environment in which it operates together with other business subjects (agents) is also complex. Consequently, the requirements for appropriate...
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