...Problem Solving Worksheet Student Name HUM/115 Date Instructor Name University of Phoenix Material Problem Solving Select one school-appropriate (not too personal or intimate) problem from your own life. For example, here are some appropriate choices for sample problems: • You are unhappy in your current position at work. • Your child is having trouble completing his/her schoolwork. • Your company is not making enough money/profit. • Employees are using too much copy paper at work. • Your computer crashed (while you are an online student). • You have limited time each week. Explain how you can apply the Five-Step Model outlined in Ch. 3 of Critical Thinking (Chaffee, 2015) to solve your problem. |The Five-Step Problem Solving Model | |Summarize and cite information and advice about the Five-Step Model described in Ch. 3 of Critical Thinking (Chaffee, 2015). Provide | |a brief description of each step. (50 words minimum) | |I need to make an organized approach in assessing my problem not being happy with my current positon with work. What I am aiming for is a| |higher rate of pay than what I have been receiving. | |Listing my alternatives to the problem...
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...facilities for tennis, volleyball, and fishing. All information about this facility and its programs were obtained from the facility’s web site and my interview with Ava Solomon-Mazzanti, Ph.D who is a therapist at Palmetto. This facility has a staff which includes five medical professionals and eleven clinical staff members. The program at this facility is based on the Twelve Step model of Alcoholics Anonymous which believes that addiction is a physical/mental malady that requires a spiritual solution. Addictions issues are addressed through therapy sessions, education, and the twelve step process. Along with drug and alcohol, special issues such as gambling and sexual addiction can be addressed as well. Palmetto accepts private insurance, third party carriers, and direct payment for services. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement are not accepted. The program at Palmetto has been providing treatment services for eighteen years and over eight hundred people have gone through the inpatient program. Palmetto can accommodate eighty-five to ninety patients in the inpatient program and ten to fifteen patients in each of the outpatient programs. Progress through the program is done in four phases. Phase one is based on step one a (of the AA/NA...
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...Executive summery This academic report is give an enhance knowledge of developing a comprehensive personal and professional development strategies where summarized as below. Chapter 01 Steps of Developing Professional Development Plan and CV Chapter 02 Evaluation on Professional Development Plan Chapter 03 Highlighted on Interpersonal and transferable skills Chapter 04 Focus on Learning in a professional context Table of contents Executive summary 01 Table of contents 02 Chapter 01 03-09 1.1 Introduction on Personal and Professional Development 1.2 Self Assessment 1.3 Personal SWOT Analysis 1.4 Skill Audit 1.5 Personal Development Plan 1.6 Curriculum vitae Chapter 02 10 2.1 Evaluation on Personal Development Plan Chapter 03 11-13 3.1 Interpersonal and transferable skills 3.2 Time Management 3.3 Problem solving 3.4 Communication Chapter 04 14 4.1 Learning Bibliography 15 Chapter 01 1.1 Introduction on Personal and Professional Development Understanding skills, attitudes and knowledge is helpful to develop personal and professional career. According to the Guskey and Huberman (1995)Professional development is those processes and activities designed to enhance the professional knowledge, skills and attitudes of individuals in a working environment so that they might, in turn enhance the performance of the overall organization. This is an ongoing, systematic...
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...narrowly focused. Typically, expert systems function best with specific activities or problems and a discrete database of digitized facts, rules, cases, and models. Expert systems are used widely in commercial and industrial settings, including medicine, finance, manufacturing, and sales. As a software program, the expert system integrates a searching and sorting program with a knowledge database. The specific searching and sorting program for an expert system is known as the inference engine. The inference engine contains all the systematic processing rules and logic associated with the problem or task at hand. Mathematical probabilities often serve as the basis for many expert systems. The second component—the knowledge database—stores necessary factual, procedural, and experiential information representing expert knowledge. Through a procedure known as knowledge transfer, expertise (or those skills and knowledge that sustain a much better than average performance) passes from human expert to knowledge engineer. The knowledge engineer actually creates and structures the knowledge database by completing certain logical, physical, and psychosocial tasks. For this reason, expert systems are often referred to as knowledge-based information systems. By widely distributing human expertise through expert systems, businesses can realize benefits in consistency, accuracy, and reliability in problem-solving activities. Businesses may or may not differentiate between a...
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...Chapter 3: Leading Situations 110 Lesson 3: Decision Making and Problem Solving Unit 2: Leadership Theory and Application LESSON 3: DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING INTRODUCTION — PUTTING YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN PERSPECTIVE As we have indicated throughout your previous JROTC lessons, leadership is the process of influencing others by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization. Purpose gives subordinates a reason why they should do different things, sometimes under stressful circumstances. Direction shows what must be done. Through motivation, leaders give subordinates the will to do everything they are capable of doing to accomplish a mission. LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK Recall the fundamentals of BE, KNOW, and DO. As you can clearly see, they are deeply embedded throughout the leadership framework illustrated below. The top of this framework shows the four categories of things that leaders must BE, KNOW, and DO. They are values, attributes, skills, and actions. The bottom lists the dimensions of leadership, grouped under these four categories. The dimensions consist of the seven values and 15 subcategories under attributes, skills, and actions. Leadership starts at the top, with the character of the leader, with your character. In order to lead others, you must first ensure your own house is in order. Leadership begins with what the leader must BE, the values and attributes...
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...floor and if she/ he is after you and don’t like to work how will you manage her/him? Call him/ her and tell him that I don’t like the person and being a HR professional counsel him and tell the consequences of being like that can affect the career. 5. How do you handle people, if some people come late and some people come regularly? Make the work timings flexible; handle it like a performance issue—show them benefits of coming early. 6. What is meant by culture of an organisation? It is a system of shared value and beliefs held by organizational members that unite the members of an organization and determine how they act. 7. What is Maslow theory of motivation? Maslow's Hierarchy of needs not only identifies five basic needs--it also shows how higher needs are not considered until...
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...Study Guide for: Module: Generic Module Business Communication Module code: BCO110 Diploma: All Diplomas with Business Communication Faculty: All Faculties 2016 Damelin©2016: In terms of the Copyright Act, no 98 of 1978, no part of this study guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any other information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from Damelin. All rights reserved BCO 110 VERSION 1/2016 Table of Contents Welcome Note ............................................................................................................................. 4 Course Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 5 Learning Outcomes ..................................................................................................................... 5 Prescribed And Recommended Books ........................................................................................ 6 Mandatory Course Requirements ................................................................................................ 6 Module 1: Communication Theory ............................................................................................... 7 Module 2: Small-Group Communication .........................................................................................
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...decision-making A decision is a choice between alternatives. Managers choose courses of action not only fro themselves but for their organization and other people. While people choose a job, it is not only for himself, but also for his family and friends. "Decision making is the process of identifying problems and opportunities and then resolving them." (Richard L. Daft, Chapter 9, Pp 238) The process of making a decision is to establish and achieve organizational goals and objectives. People choose jobs that help them reach the targets in their mind and have the promotional opportunities. 2. Using the seven-step decision making model to deicide to choose the best job The Seven-Step Decision Making Model developed by Rick Roberts of the University of North Florida Career Services includes identifying the decision to be made, self-assessment, identifying any options, gather data and evaluate the options, selecting one and designing a course of action(Rick Roberts, 2006). Step one: Identify the decision to be made According to my personal situation, such as currently employed, single, enjoy traveling. There are some problems and opportunities that should be concerned. The problem is that I have no job at present. Finding an appropriate job with good salary is on demand. What's more, I'm planning to get married in three months, if the job is too busy, there will be no time to take care of my family and prepare the wedding. On the other hand, there are some opportunities in...
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...jobs and changing skill needs ...................................................................... 13 What skills are in demand today (and will be in 2020)? ........................................................................ 15 Defining “skills”................................................................................................................................... 15 How are cognitive, behavioral and technical skills formed? .............................................................. 16 Preparing the workforce for a modern market economy .................................................................. 17 Step 1: Promoting school readiness through early childhood development ..................................... 18 Step 2: Building the cognitive and behavioral foundation in general education ............................... 20 Step 3: Building job-relevant technical skills through a more connected system.............................. 23...
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...methodologies and major features of the conflict management module and in the end has been presented conflict reduction strategies. Key worlds: conflict management, sources of conflict, styles of conflict management, conflict management methodologies Introduction: The term conflict refers to perceived incompatibilities resulting typically from some form of interference or opposition. Conflict management, then, is the employment of strategies to correct these perceived differences in a positive manner. For many decades, managers had been taught to view conflict as a negative force. However, conflict may actually be either functional or dysfunctional. Whereas dysfunctional conflict is destructive and leads to decreased productivity, functional conflict may actually encourage greater work effort and help task performance. Borisoff and Victor point out, "We have come to recognize and to acknowledge the benefits dealing with conflict affords. Because of our differences, we communicate, we are challenged, and we are driven to find creative solutions to problems [1]." The Evolution of Conflict Management: The early approach to conflict management was based on the assumption that all conflict was bad and would always be counterproductive to organizational goals. Conflict management, therefore, was synonymous with conflict avoidance. This left the people...
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...Chapter 1: The World of Human Resources Management • Human Resources Management (HRM) – The process of managing human resources or talent (human capital and intellectual assets) to achieve an organization’s objectives. • “Why Study HRM?” – Staffing the organization, designing jobs and teams, developing skillful employees, identifying approaches for improving their performance, and rewarding employee successes—all typically labeled HRM issues—are as relevant to line managers as they are to managers in the HR department. • An organization's success increasingly depends on the knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees, particularly as they help establish a set of core competencies that distinguish an organization from its competitors. To work with people effectively, we have to o Understand human behaviour o Be knowledgeable about various systems and practices available o Be aware of economic, technological social and legal issues • Core Competencies – Integrated knowledge sets within an organization that distinguishes it from its competitors and delivers value to customers. • Sustained competitive advantage through people is achieved if these human resources: o Have value. o Are rare and unavailable to competitors. o Are difficult to imitate. o Are organized for synergy. • The impact of HR practices o Cost savings – reduce turnover, absenteeism, cost of losing value...
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...Consumer Behavior in Tourism Industry ABSTRACT The theories of consumer decision-making process assume that the consumer’s purchase decision process consists of steps through which the buyer passes in purchasing a product or service. However, this might not be the case. Not every consumer passed through all these stages when making a decision to purchase and in fact, some of the stages can be skipped depending on the type of purchases. The reasons for the study of consumer’s helps firms and organizations improve their marketing strategies by understanding issues such as: * The psychology of how consumers think, feel, reason, and select between different alternatives (e.g., brands, products); * The psychology of how the consumer is influenced by his or her environment (e.g., culture, family, signs, media); * The behavior of consumers while shopping or making other marketing decisions; * Limitations in consumer knowledge or information processing abilities influence decisions and marketing outcome; * How consumers’ motivation and decision strategies differ between products, that differ in their level of importance or interest that they entail for the consumer; and * How marketers can adapt and improve their marketing campaigns and marketing strategies to more effectively reach the consumer. Consumer Behaviour The study of consumer behavior focuses on how individuals make decisions to spend their available resources (time, money...
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...UNIT 13 http://www.colbournecollege.com/files/MAN_100_LESSON_1-7.pdf MAN 100 Personal and Professional Development WEEK 1- 7 LECTURE NOTES Learning Outcome: Understand how self-managed learning can enhance lifelong development Learning Objectives: WEEK ONE Self-managed learning: self-initiation of learning processes; clear goal setting, eg aims and requirements, personal orientation achievement goals, dates for achievement, self-reflection WEEK TWO Learning styles: personal preferences; activist; pragmatist; theorist; reflector, eg reflexive modernisation theory; Kolb‘s learning cycle WEEK THREE Approaches: learning through research; learning from others, eg mentoring/coaching, seminars, conferences, secondments, interviews, use of the internet, social networks, use of bulletin boards, news groups WEEK FOUR Effective learning: skills of personal assessment; planning, organisation and evaluation WEEK FIVE & WEEK SIX Lifelong learning: self-directed learning; continuing professional development; linking higher education with industry, further education, Recognition of Prior Learning, Apprenticeships, Credit Accumulation and Transfer Schemes WEEK SEVEN Assessment of learning: improved ability range with personal learning; evidence of improved levels of skill; feedback from others; learning achievements and disappointments Self-managed learning: Self-initiation of learning processes 2 What is Self Managed Learning? Self Managed Learning (SML) is about individuals...
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...OCR Cambridge TECHNICALS Unit 1 Communication and Employment Skills Copyright Notice All material is Copyright ICT Interactive unless otherw ise stated. Each w orksheet can be photocopied w ithin the purchasing institute as long as they remain at the institute w hich made the initial purchase. No f orm of this resource can be transmitted electronically, digitally, mechanically, paper based, or otherw ise outside the purchasing institute w ithout prior permission of the publisher or author. Microsof t Window s, Window s NT, Vista, XP, Seven/Eight, Off ice 2003, Off ice 2007/2010 and/or other Microsof t's products ref erenced are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsof t. Macromedia/Adobe and/or other such Adobe products ref erenced are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe. Dis claimer This resource has been created f or educational purposes only. The publisher or author has tried their very best to ensure that the resource pack is accurate and up -to-date. How ever, the publisher or author takes no responsibility if any of the inf or mation content is inaccurate or incorrect that may contradict or mislead in anyw ay at the time w hen the resource w as published. The publisher and author specif ically disclaim any responsibility f or any liability, loss, or risk, personal or otherw ise, w hich is incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents of this resource. For purposes...
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...| Employability Skills | | [Date] | [Course title] | | | Employability Skills | | [Date] | [Course title] | | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Task 01: Self-Appraisal Form 3 Key Responsibilities at Work 1.1 3 Performance Objectives at Work 1.2 4 Recommendations for Own Improvement 1.3 5 Effective Motivational Techniques at Work 1.4 5 Communication Skills Needed at Work 2.2 6 Task 02: Continuous Professional Development 8 Solutions to Problem 2.1 8 Evaluating Tools and Methods for Developing Solutions 4.1 9 Strategies for Solving Problems 4.2 10 Time Management Strategies 2.3 10 Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Strategies on the Business 11 10. Evaluating the Impact of Implementing Strategies on the Business 12 Task 03: Collaborative Team Dynamics Journal 13 Team roles and my observations 3.1 13 Team Dynamics 3.2 14 Suggestions 3.3 14 Conclusion 16 Bibliography 17 Introduction Employability limits range unit the favors that each individual needs or should strive for to match the necessities of this economy. As economies amendment with time and advancement, the limits needed in business meanders conjointly change. Some individual who had the best possible employability aptitudes 10 years ago without a doubt doesn't have the employability limits for these days. To place it basically, that individual may not have the endowments that will make him employable. Today's administrators don't give off an impression...
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