...Some people think that heartbreak is the worst feeling in the world. Many relationships have gone wrong, leaving more questions than answers. Why does it sometimes feel like a broken heart hurts worse than a broken bone? Do feelings really have that much of an impact on a person’s day-to-day life? There are a number of reasons why a relationship fails. Jealousy, attachment, detachment, selfishness, time, trust, communication, honesty, and acceptance are just a few reasons. Do opposites really attract? Maybe at first. It’s hard to maintain a relationship when two people have absolutely nothing in common. It could be the simplest of things such as what type of movies you like or what to get for dinner to the most difficult of things such as friends. A successful relationship generally consists of communication, trust, honesty, reliability, compatibility, support, time, and effort. When you are devoted to each other and you have so much love for each other and you are willing to fight to make each moment you have with your partner. Love is an emotion you feel usually towards another person. It describes how you feel about that person, saying that you respect, trust, rely on them, and have no secrets from each other. We can all take a moment and close our eyes and think back on our lives and the relationships we’ve had. Whether it’s the best friend you had in kindergarten or the boy/girl you, not so secretly, had a crush on in high school. How many of us really spend...
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...The 15 Biggest Reasons Why Relationships Fail I could go on for hours with hundreds of reasons why relationships fail regardless of their length and status but I believe there are some critical ones that are directly or indirectly responsible for the failure of relationship. The following are in no special order and there are always degrees relative to these issues. It's never an - all or nothing - when it comes to traits, attitudes, behaviors or mindsets. Keep in mind that many of these issues happen because people lack the maturity, patience, compassion or the skills or courage to be willing to grow together, learn together or just let go of their prejudices or clean out their emotional filters that are always filled with a variety of...
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...A Study of What Makes Marriages Succeed or Fail Priscilla Mullennix Liberty University Abstract Marriage is a very special gift for the human race, God knew that we are a people of loneliness and He did not want us to go through this life alone. Unfortunately society does not see it this way. Many marriages fail at not putting God first. They fail at not looking at their marriages as being a covenant. And they fail at not communicating their feelings to each other. With this they end in separation and divorce. From the start we should put God first in marriages, realizing that marriage is a covenant with God and your spouse. Having your marriage become a success or a failure is all up to the couple, it is their choice on what path they will choose for their marriage. They need to consider what path they take and the outcome of that path at the end. A Study of What Makes Marriages Succeed or Fail Marriages today have become under the direct line of fire from our adversary, the devil. Our day and time seems to have diminished the value that is placed upon marriage and the great treasure and gift that this is from God. As with many things in our day and age, many ask the question of how they can have success to prevent a failure. Nobody likes to fail in the matters of life. It doesn’t matter what it is, owning a business, going back to school as an adult, and even the marriages and relationships we find ourselves in. How does a marriage succeed? And what is the...
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...By: Ernest Halili | Customer Relationship Management in Banking Industry and its Implementation Issues | For: Research Methods: Literature Review | Words: 1016 | Abstract The war between companies for customers is getting tougher every day. Companies need to find other ways and methods in order not only to attract new customers but more importantly to retain the existing ones. In order to do so, companies are always looking for the best alternatives than can be offered to their customers; thus trying to engage customers to long-term relationships through offering them products and services that they need the most. One of the best ways to achieve that is by starting to implement the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategy. Through this strategy companies will be able to acquire long term benefits, bigger customer base and a safe business future and this is exactly what this paper will show us. Here we are going to talk about CRM issues (barriers) and its implementation ways in banking industry. Many banks try to implement it; some of them fail to do it because they fail to execute its process correctly or lack management cooperation. The others that succeed construct a clear plan and train their employees effectively in order to execute it. More details about this research topic, how it works and how it fails, will be discussed. Table of Contents Abstract 2 Table of Contents 3 Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 CRM in Banking Industry 4 ...
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...[pic] The British Council [pic] Behavioural Competency Dictionary External Version: August 2006 Contents [pic] 1. Introduction and explanation of behavioural competencies 3 2. Behavioural Competencies 5 1. Introduction and explanation of behavioural competencies [pic] Introduction The purpose of the British Council is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the UK’s ideas and achievements. The work of every British Council member of staff contributes in some way to the achievement of this purpose through contributing to one or more of the following outcomes: • Improved perception of the UK in other countries • Greater mutual understanding between the UK and other countries • Stronger ties between the UK and other countries It is therefore important that we all have a clear understanding of what our role is and what is expected of us. To do this we use job descriptions which describe the aims and objectives of jobs and the behavioural competencies and generic skills required to do a specific job. These form part of the Organisational Skills Profile together with a third element, job families. At the British Council we use a standard set of 13 behavioural competencies. This dictionary describes them in further detail. For further information on any aspect of the person...
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...1. What IPC theory or idea from our text is connected to this article? The article I read online is called “Only When It’s Worth It: Why My Next Relationship Will Be My Last One” it was written by Paul Hudson. The idea that is connected to this article is relational maintenance which is a variety of behaviors used by partners in an effect to stay together. Relational maintenance is discussed on our textbook located in chapter nine “Dynamics of Interpersonal Relationships”. Initially the author gives a brief explanation of how being in a relationship merely for the sake of not being alone has its disadvantages, then he proceeds to speak about how he has committed enough mistakes to understand what not to do on the next relationship. Therefore, this article relates to relational maintenance because the author explains how one should be there for their partners regardless of the situation, respect, care and keep any promises made. If a couple desires to remain together...
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...How To Increase Listening Skills On Your Team Listening is probably the most important skill that everyone needs to learn and practice. It is both the key to success and the main reason why teams fail to perform. Miscommunication causes hurt feelings, poor performance, and disunity. When people on your team listen to one another you decrease frustration and conflict and increase the overall respect and trust level between team members. Here are three ways to increase your ability to listen: Clarify content -Two powerful phrases that everyone needs to learn, "Did I hear you say...?" and "So you're saying..." There's no harm in being wrong. By simply repeating what you think you heard, you are letting the other person know that you are engaged and making a concerted effort to listen, and not just hear them speak to you. There's a big difference between listening and hearing. Mirror the speaker - You can practice this one while driving. Put talk radio on and as the on-air person is speaking repeat everything he or she says within a second after the word is said. This is hard but valuable work to increase your ability to focus on the one who is speaking. Don't do it when you're with one of your team mates! Otherwise, you're liable to get hit. After a while practicing in your car, however, you will be able to mirror the speaker's words silently in your head. When you can listen closely to every word spoken, you'll understand everything people are telling you. Stop...
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...subjects. There are three main causes of divorce: lack of communication, early marriages with unexpected pregnancies and drastic career changes, which are listed below. First of all, lack of communication is the main cause of divorce. Communication is the revealing of thoughts or ideas and is an important aspect of all relationships. If effective communication is not present in a marriage, then the relationship will suffer and slowly weaken. To have an effective communication with one's spouse, one should try to be as open as possible by revealing all emotions and feelings. A result of a failed marriage could be divorce. Divorce is common because there is a lack of effective communication. On the other hand, one might believe that a lack of communication is not the reason why divorce is common. The lack of communication in a relationship cannot be the single reason why marriages fail. All couples are not the same. It could be possible that they have good communication, but they have different interests. Different interests between couples could make them grow apart. Additionally, divorce depends on the situation the couple is facing. For example, the marriage could fail because of one being unfaithful. With that being said, it would take more than one cause such as of lack of communication to lead to a couple to get a divorce. Secondly, early...
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...because it affects employee morale and also has financial implications (Team, 2013). There are five major categories attributed to team failure. In this paper we will examine and discuss the five categories identified as environmental influences, goals, roles, processes, and relationships. Failure in any or all of these categories leads to failure of the organization as a whole (Team, 2013). The hierarchy of business decision makers categorizes organizations based on how they use business research to make decisions. List and explain the three levels in the hierarchy. Environmental influences can be described as external factors such as team members working in different locations or teams having to straddle different time zones making it difficult to communication quickly and effectively(Team, 2013.) In the world of today’s communication options, this could be remedied by using Skype® or instant messaging, along with Google Docs® for group efforts. Communication is the most important part of successful teams. Another environmental influence is that a team may not be given sufficient resources to do the job. A team that does not have the necessary resources to take on a project will most likely fail – this can be fixed easily but understanding what is needed and providing it without reservation. Team efforts need to be recognized by the organization and its leadership. This is a morale booster and one of employee’s basic needs. Taking a team for granted can put them on...
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...systematic attempts to study leadership * “Great Man” Theories (early 1900s)Focused on identifying innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social, political, & military leaders | * Emphasizes the behavior of the leader * Focuses exclusively on what leaders do and how they actPurpose: explain how leaders combine two kinds of behaviors to influence subordinates in their efforts to reach a goal. * Task Behaviors - help group members to achieve objectives * Relationship Behaviors - help subordinates feel comfortable | * Effective leadership is contingent on matching a leader’s style to the right setting * Assessment based on: * Leadership Styles * Situational Variables * Leadership styles are described as: * Task-motivated (Low LPCs) Leaders are concerned primarily with reaching a goal * Relationship-motivated (High LPCs)Leaders are concerned with developing close interpersonal relationships * Leader Style Measurement Scale (Fiedler)High LPCs = Relationship-motivated Low LPCs = Task-motivated | Strengths | * In the leadership process, the traits approach highlights the leader component * The trait approach is that it has a credibility due to a century of research support * Deeper level understanding of how leader/personality related to leadership process * The trait approach provides benchmarks for what to look for in a leader. Leaders can use personality and assessment procedures to offer invaluable information about...
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...1. According to Maslow’s hierarchy, which basic needs did Shank’s old boss fail to meet? Amanda Shank’s old boss told her ‘You’re just a number. You can be replaced at any time.’ This statement shows that Shank’s old boss failed to meet four of the five of Maslow’s hierarchy needs. Firstly her boss indicates that she could be replaced at any time. This instils in Shank a sense of fear for her continual employment or job security which fails to meet the need for Safety in Maslow’s hierarchy. How can Shank be motivated to work knowing that at any time she could be replaced and out of work? By not meeting the need for safety, Shank’s old work automatically can’t meet the three higher needs of Belongingness, Esteem, and Self-actualisation. However there are also other relevant reasons Shank’s old work would have not met these needs. Shank’s boss tells her she is just a number, in other word’s she doesn’t have any defining features or skills that are appreciated at the work place. This is further enforced with the following words ‘You can be replaced at any time’. This lack of recognition and appreciation fails to meet Esteem needs in Maslow’s hierarchy. Shank’s hard work has gone unnoticed and unappreciated so why would she bother to continue to work hard and push herself for greater things. It also severely affects her confidence in her own ability in the workplace. How can she push for more responsibility or higher status thinking that she is barely capable in her current...
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...Ceddrick Harris Oct. 3, 2014 SPCH 1300/10a.m. (MWF) University of Central Arkansas Adriian Gardner ‘’How Every Good Man Fails’’ How Every Good Man Fails? It all started this summer I was on a quest to find the other half of me, my soul mate some may say. On my quest I did find a person who I thought would be my soul mate but wasn’t. By using Mark Knapp’s stages of getting in and out of a relationship, I’m going to tell you about this summer time heartbreak. But first I must explain that there are ten stages of Mark Knapp’s relationship stages in getting in and out of a relationship. Mark Knapp’s getting into a relationship stages are initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, and bonding (Author Mark, K., pg. 208, Figure7-1). And Mark Knapp’s stages of getting out a relationship are differencing, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and termination (pg. 208, Figure 7-1). First off the girl I fell for was not a girl I would typically fall for because she wasn’t my type. And when we went into the Initiating stage of our relationship as described by Mark Knapp as the stage of starting a relationship (pg. 208, Figure 7-1), I just saw our first encounter as a friendly conversation. I only spoke to her because of the setting of the situation she was in, which was a funny setting dealing with a crazy guy harassing her. The setting took place while I was walking from the park. A friend who was with me and happened to be related to her, he invited her to the...
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...STA2300 Data Analysis S1, 14 Assignment 2 Due Date: Weighting: 5 May, 2014 20% Answering the questions in this assignment should not be your first attempt at these types of questions. It is essential that you work through practice exercises from the tutorial sheets and/or text book first. This assignment is important in providing feedback and helping to establish competency in essential skills. Answer all the questions. The questions are not of equal weight; some questions are worth much more than others. The questions relate to material in Modules 1 to 6. Before starting this assignment read Notes Concerning Assignments under the Introductory Material link in the Course Resources Block on the StudyDesk. When you are asked to comment on a finding, usually a short paragraph is all that is required. Do not copy/paste SPSS output into your assignment unless specifically asked to do so. In many cases the SPSS output contains much more information than is required for a correct and complete answer. In those cases just reproducing the output may not attract any marks. Make sure you report only the information from the SPSS output relevant to your answer. In order to obtain full marks for any question you must show all working. Convert your word document to pdf before submission through EASE. See the Introductory Material (Section 5, Assignments) for information about how to do this properly. When submitting this assignment through EASE, name the file as follows: family...
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...order to have a successful business every company needs to have a marketing plan. A marketing plan is defined as a layout of particular activities that a business intends to carry out to arouse potential customers and persuading them to buy their product/services (Business Planning, 2011). A marketing plan will contain factors, such as, which customers to target and how to reach them, and then how to gain their business and continue keeping them happy, as well as ways to improve the company’s product/services and staying ahead of their competition (Practical advice for business, 2011). In order to have a successful business, a marketing plan plays a very important part. Many businesses understand that you must first have a good relationship with your customers. Each and every business realized that they must be able to work out a way to reach and win new customerss. In reaching their customers, many businesses well research and layout a clear and precise objective of explaining ways at how they would go about doing so. Many businesses invest in a lot of time and money in advertising their products/services in various ways. For example, some may promote their business by having their own personal website, creating flyers and business cards, designing a television or radio ad and etc. They also willing to cope with the changes in the economy and take advantage of opportunities that do arise. And in many cases the job paid off. In being successful, many have also had...
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...look at all the good things in this world and there are people who always seem to be upset. Some people look at the bad things regardless of the things that they are doing. The people who look at good things are being optimistic and the ones that look at the bad are called pessimistic. These types of people approach life in work, school, and relationships in different ways. For example, an optimist is happy to have what they have accomplished in life, and a pessimist is upset or finds excuses about their life. We are around these types of people daily, but it’s up to us to decide whether we see our lives in an optimistic or pessimistic way. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time and fail in something. In the workplace optimist seem to find success even when something fails. We know that nobody is perfect, yet the effort you put into your job is what the outcome will be. For example, if you arrive on time every day to work and do a good job, it’s likely you will receive a raise when the time comes. On the other hand, a pessimist would be really upset if a mistake occurs. They spend their time complaining about how they failed and why they wouldn’t try to fix the problem. They always seem to find an excuse about something. School can be hard for many students, especially if they struggle through it. This makes it hard to develop a positive attitude towards it and makes it difficult to achieve their goals. However, school is crucial and it is needed in order to succeed. An...
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