...A "Reflection" Paper composed for Business Management Reflection Paper I am pleased to reflect on my experience this semester in Business Management 3510. I feel that it was a successful class which taught me a lot regarding how to function in a team and as an individual. Personally, I do not enjoy classes that don’t challenge me. I have always been one to persevere through difficult situations and challenge myself by undertaking complex tasks. If I am presented with a class that doesn’t meet my intellectual standards I have a habit of making things harder than they have to be in order to challenge myself. That’s why I was content in Business Management 3510, I found the team activities, fun, challenging, and stimulating. I will admit that the Business Simulation was far more entertaining to me than the Functional Presentation; however, I found each equally challenging. I believe my role in the functional presentation wasn’t as significant as the Simulation. I feel that there was groupthink (George & Jones, 2009, p. 171) occurring quite frequently. This was probably due to the fact that we presented at the end of the semester fresh off the coat-tails of the Simulation project. I made it a point to take on the role of a quasi-leader in the functional team, although everyone pulled their weight in the end. I made it a point to think outside of the proverbial box by taking the team away from the norm (George & Jones, 2009, p.53) of banking that...
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...Risk Assessment in medicine is conscientious evaluation of all the relevant factors, which help the clinician to predict an adverse event or outcome. It involves identifying the patient’s needs and condition on presentation to the clinician so as to draw up a care plan that put them at the most minimal risk. Even though it is immpossible to rule out all risk it is the clinicians duty to protect the patient to the maximum of their capacity and not put the patient in any unneccesary danger. (NHS 2007) Adapted from NHS guidance reference number 0555: Health risk assessment made easy Description It was towards the end of the day when a concerned mother turned up with her twelve month old infant who was asleep at the time and did not look too distressed. The baby’s mother explained how he had for the past couple of days gone off his milk and had had numerous episodes of vomiting. He was however still taking other food such as yoghurt and biscuits but also in much reduced quantities than before. The GP then did a full physical exam on the child and found he had no fever, rashes, altered breathing or significant dehydration. She then went on to reassure the mother that she was not overly concerned as she could not find anything worrying on her examination. She explained to the mother that as long as he had some food intake his appetite would eventually return to normal and she should keep encouraging...
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...In this activity, my teammates firstly discussed to make the task clearer. Then, on one hand, we allocated roles considering both potential capacity and what they are good at. On the other hand, those two who knew tasks better were chosen as leaders and others were researchers. Next, all my group mates participated in analyzing, searching and working according to the prescriptive task and made a final decision. When contradiction occurred in the talking stage, both sides represented their statements and others listened to select a better one or combination of both. Comparing with the previous activity, first of all, everyone in the team knew others better and worked much comfortably, which decreased the probability of conflicts. Secondly, we arranged roles and tasks based on different characteristics, abilities and responsibilities of different persons, not only just potential capacity, but also the role and assignment he or she was appropriate for and preferred to do respectively. Consequently, each person found the best location and did their work much effectively. Moreover, task for each one was more compact and correlative, not distributed by random. So everyone did their work much independently and structurally. I was a leader that I was delighted with and I believe that I’m qualified. I participated in discussing and thinking, held meetings where my team mates could reflect their working rate of process and questions that could be solved immediately. Furthermore, all...
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...Reflection Two: Information Management Jessica Quiñones-Gruetzmacher Walden University NURS 6015: Information and Healthcare Technologies Applied to Nursing Practice Dr. Juanita Rass April 15, 2012 Introduction Nurses have various roles when dealing with clients. Some of those roles are caregiver, communicator, teacher, advocate, leader, manager, and researcher. This course has added other roles to the previous list, such as data gatherer, information user, knowledge user and knowledge builder and those roles can be achieved by the use of informatics or nursing informatics (Hebda and Czar, 2009). The purpose for this paper is to reflect on theories, concepts and strategies presented in NURS 6015: Information and Healthcare Technologies Applied to Nursing Practice. NURS 6015 Impact on Personal Attitude Nursing Informatics When this course started my personal attitude was one of skepticism. My thoughts were really negative and crude such as, “how is this course going to help me with my job?”, “is it totally necessary?” or “what is the importance of this course?” Now my way of thinking is one of acceptance, understanding and curiosity. New ideas pop in my head, questions begin to take shape and learning moments start to make sense. All the time spent in my clinical practice is a time for putting the knowledge learned in NURS 6015 into use. “Nurses need to be adept at using patient-centered information technology (IT) tools to access information to expand their...
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...efficiency, safety, and privacy of healthcare today, along with the skills nurses need related to informatics and technology. Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of healthcare quality. “Satisfaction is an attitudinal response to value judgments that patients make about their clinical encounter.” (Kane RL, Maciejewski M, Finch M, 1997) Nursing Informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. (McGonigle D, Mastrain KG, 2012, p. 95-96) (ANA, 2008, p.1) The goal of nursing informatics is to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information management and communication. (McGonigle D, Mastrain KG, 2012, p. 95-96) (ANA, 2008, p.1) Information technology has dramatically changed the way nurses work. It is clear that advances in technology and the internet have transformed consumer and professional access to information and has influenced changes in public policy and the public’s role in healthcare. (McGonigle D, Mastrain KG, 2012, p.95) The main goal of any application of technology in the hospital setting is to improve outcomes and patient experience, which in turn leads to greater...
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...Course Number (MGT300-5) – The Principles of Management Colorado State University – Global Campus August 26, 2013 Research and Reflection Paper The most fundamentally important ideas in management are leadership, personality, motivation, decision-making and communication. In my experience, a good and effective manager or director is first and foremost a leader. A well-rounded manager or director has a personable personality and can engage and motivate a multitude of different personalities. In my experience, well-rounded managers and directors also have the ability to assess situations and people and make well-supported and smart decisions. Being a leader with a great personality who can motivate and make decisions goes hand in hand with great communication skills. Lastly, a great leader is not only well-rounded in communication, decision making, personality and motivation in the work place, but in every aspect of his or her life. The definition of a leader is “someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority.” (Robbins, Decenzo, Coulter, 2001. P300) First, I feel that a manager must possess the ability to lead. From what I have learned in this class, and experience, the word manager and the word leader are two very different ideas and types of people. A manager is someone who directs people to complete tasks on a day-to-day basis. A leader is someone who not only does that of a manager, but also someone who leads their team to accomplish the...
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...Time Management Preview & Reflection 1 Complete the weekly calendar document attached by filling in your plan for accomplishing the assignments for this course over the next two weeks (Modules/Weeks 3 and 4). Be sure to include your regular responsibilities as well as any appointments. Include not only the assignment titles, but show how you will devote time in your schedule to complete the assignments. Include presentations as well as written assignments. HINT: Each assignment must be completed no later than midnight of the due date! Use red ink to show your course tasks and assignments. It would also be a good idea to include your time spent on other online classes, perhaps in a different color of ink. Once you have completed the calendar as a preview/planner for work that is to come, take a few moments to review how you are doing with time management so far. Look at the previous two weeks (Modules/Weeks 1 and 2) to evaluate your use of time. Below the calendar, write a reflective paragraph (4–6 sentences minimum) that describes (a) how you used time well to complete your course work, (b)what did not go very well, and (c) how you plan to change so that the problems are not repeated. Once you have completed both the calendar and the written review of your time, save the work as a Word document (.docx or .doc) and title it as follows: TMPR_1_Your Name Attach the document as your assignment in Blackboard. This assignment is due by11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week...
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...PA212- MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL PROF. DIMAAMPAO “A COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE” SAFIAH U. MASACAL, CPA C. ACCOUNTANT CDA-COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY-ARMM TITLE: A COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE RATIONALE/BACKGROUND: Managers have to perform many roles in an organization and how they handle various situations will depend on their style of management. A management style is an overall method of leadership used by a manager. As a manager, how you handle different situations in your business will depend on the style of management you use. Being a good manager involves more than just telling people what to do - it also involves choosing the right approach and management style to suit the situation. Managers play a pivotal role in getting things done by motivating, inspiring and leading others at work. Employees who feel valued in the workplace tend to be more committed to their work. This results in higher levels of performance, reduced absenteeism and more competitive businesses. According to the theorist Henri Fayol, the key functions of managers are to: * make forecasts and plans * organize work * command the people under them by giving instructions * co-ordinate the resources (money, people, time) for which they are responsible * control activities and people by measuring and correcting them to enable performance to fit the plans Leadership on other hand is the art or process of influencing people to perform assigned tasks willingly...
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...SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT WITH SAP REFLECTIONS DAY 3 JANUARY 2012 DAY 3 KEY TAKEAWAYS * Basic data is created at the enterprise (client) level. General data is at the client level and is therefore the same for the entire enterprise. Purchasing data is created at the purchasing organization level. MRP’s are created at the plant level. * A company code is the smallest organizational unit for which accounting can be carried out. The balance sheet and income statement are generated at this level. With no cost center, there would be no accounting data. * The Organizational Structure for Financial Accounting (FI) consists of Client (entire enterprise), Company Code, and Credit Control Area. * The Material Management Organizational Structure consists of Client, Company Code, Plant, Valuation Area, Storage Locations, Purchasing Organization, and Purchasing Group. * Reconciliation Accounts are part of the General Ledger. Examples are Accounts Receivable (customers) and Accounts Payable (vendors). Entries to these accounts are system generated. * Account Groups include Balance Sheet Accounts, Reconciliation Accounts, and Income Statement/Profit and Loss Accounts. They are grouped by similar characteristics. * The Vendor Master can be created in accounting or in purchasing. The vendor master can also be created centrally, in which it will be created in both accounting and purchasing. * The Fiscal Year Variant determines the organization’s...
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...These two elements describe the way professionals can make decisions on how to confront the issue at hand. One is Reflection in action. Here a professional can use the experience at hand by forming possible theories in their mind and working around them through various sources of knowledge to find a solution. In the case of this pupil, this is the best notion of technical rationality that was used. This is because once this teaching assistant saw him and was able to empathize, she sought to find information about how to confront the situation. This as he describes it "Learning on your feet." It is technically displayed by this teaching assistant who researches and finds information, which he, in turn, uses it to help the...
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...Candidate Details Assessment – BSB51407 – Procurement Please complete the following activities and hand in to your trainer for review. This forms part of your assessment. Name: _____________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________________ Employer: _____________________________________________________________ Declaration I declare that no part of this assessment has been copied from another person’s work with the exception of where I have listed or referenced documents or work and that no part of this assessment has been written for me by another person. Signed: ____________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________________________________________________ If activities have been completed as part of a small group or in pairs, details of the learners involved should be provided below; This activity workbook has been completed by the following persons and we acknowledge that it was a fair team effort where everyone contributed equally to the work completed. We declare that no part of this assessment has been copied from another person’s work with the exception of where we have listed or referenced documents or work and that no part of this assessment has been written for us by another person. Learner 1: ____________________________________________________________ ...
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...Jackielyn B. De Mesa September 26, 2015 MSSW Dr. Lolita Pablo Journal Review Title of the Book: Human Resource Development Review (Jamie L. Callahan, Editor) Title of the Article: The Role of Self-Reflection, Emotional Management of Feedback and Self- Regulation Processes in Self-Directed Leadership Development Author: Paul L. Nesbit No. of Pages: 18 pages SUMMARY The self- directed leadership development is conceptualized within a framework of emphasizing a self understanding phase and self-change phase that are dependent on the integrated operation of three skills concerning one’s ability to manage emotional reactions to feedback, to carry out effectively the practice of self-reflection, and to enact self regulatory processes for development. It is suggested that the accomplished operation of these skills enable more refined and effective self development efforts allowing leaders to respond to changing work environments in a continuous and productive fashion. However, once learned and incorporated into ones behavioral repertoire, the operation of self development strategies would become self guiding. Given that self-development can be considered as metaskills- skills that allow for the development of other skills. It requires developing self awareness of competency strengths and deficits as a primary focus in leaders self development. This process requires self initiated obtainment of performance feedback and self-reflective analysis...
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...Self-Reflection - Leadership Development Many varied management and leadership philosophies exist and no single style or approach can be considered to be the ‘correct’ one. Regardless of management and leadership philosophies, self-reflection has played, and will continue to play, a significant role in the shaping of a managers leadership philosophy. Depending on the level of consciousness that a manager has in regards to self-reflection, along with how they communication their management and leadership philosophies, will affect their performance as a manager. Like all managers, my management and leadership philosophies have developed through experiences and the meaning assigned with these. The philosophies that I have previously employed have not always allowed me to adequately address a situation; however, by being reflective the experiences have expanded my knowledge base, resulting in refined management and leadership philosophies. Self-reflecting and communicating management and leadership philosophies is essential for managers in realising their personal potential due to the need to actively learn and interpret experiences for future use. Life experiences shape how individuals manage and lead due to the self-perceptions developed through these experiences. The traits, values and competencies associated with different experiences “dictate how people interpret their environment and what motivates them to act” (Brent and Matheny, 2000, p. 3). This important concept...
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...sociology and management. Reflective practice is an important aspect of nursing management and in this essay we discuss implications of discrimination in nursing care and examine the importance of anti-discriminatory perspectives in nursing. In this paper, the case study I will elaborate is of an elderly woman who was of a non-British ethnic origin and spoke little English. A junior nurse visited her home to provide care but her attitude towards the patient has been discriminatory and abrupt, a situation that calls for serious reflection on the issues of racial discrimination at the clinical setting. The patient was apparently treated with leg ulcer. The questions that have to be considered here are: Where in the observation did discrimination occur and how this could have affected the delivery of care given? And how has discrimination influenced the lady’s care? The concept of anti-discriminatory practice as a contemporary issue within adult nursing is discussed here considering observational evidence and similar case studies. Reflection in Nursing: Reflective practice in nursing is guided by models of reflection. Reflective practice model serves as a framework within which nursing or other management professions can work. Reflective practice model is also a structural framework or learning model that serves the purposes of a profession and is particularly applicable to health related professions. Any portfolio of practice includes a model of reflection as reflection helps in...
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...INTRODUCTION This report consists of 5 reflections related to auditing standards and each case was extracted from internet sources. The purpose of this report is to reflect and understand each case. REFLECTIONS First reflection is on China sky case for its non-compliances with SGX. Next is the case on corporate governance where new rules were proposed to improve risk management and risk control. Third will be the extracted information of executives’ compensation in Australian companies. Then, the forth reflection is talking about the famous McKesson & Robbins scandal. Lastly, it was a reflection on China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings,Inc, a trade receivables fraud was detected by Cohen Milstein. 2.1 REFLECTION 1 There are many arguments over China Sky pending cases due to its non-compliances with the bourse’s order and the challenge on SGX. For every listed company and its director, they should appoint an independent auditor to provide assurance about various aspects of the company’s activities such as internal control assessments and reviews. However, the arguments against allowing employees to join audit committee are that own employees is viewed as part of the client by the external auditors. There might be conflict of interest in which increases the chance of hiding certain liability items or limiting the external audit to access fully on the information required to form opinion. Overall, if the company should allow its own...
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