...Spirituality in workplace or workplace spirituality is a widely discussed topic among the business as well as the religious world. As the discussion of this topic is growing, one can find various debates going on as to what exactly the term “Spirituality” means. It has lead t to different perceptions and attempts to define spirituality on the basis of the very strong personal nature of the word. It is still argumentative that whether one should encourage spirituality in organizations and who will get the true benefit of it. However, it is to be noted that many modern organizations are planning to and still implementing spirituality- based culture within firms. Regarding this fact, it would be better for one to recollect the words of the Nobel Prize winning French Novelist, Essayist and Playwright, Albert Camus when he said: “Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies” (Albert Camus quotes). This underlines the significance of spirituality in workplace. As spirituality is a controversial topic, one needs much care and attention when evaluating the role of spirituality in workplace. Therefore, the purpose of this study id to explore what workplace spirituality means how one can implement it in one’s work environment. Many modern articles have identified the growing interest of the corporate world in spirituality. This probably leads to the question “Why is there such an increased interest in workplace spirituality?” (Krishnakumar & Neck...
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...Effects of spiritual training and development programs on Government banks to enhance the performance Advanced Research Method Final Project Report Submitted By: Rana Sajid Ali ID: 12123010 Submitted To: Ma’am Tasneem Akhtar Due Date: 17-07-2015 Acknowledgement I would like to pay gratitude from the deepest core of my heart to the Allah Almighty, who never cease in loving us and for the continued guidance and protection and aided me with the strength, wisdom, patience to complete this term paper on time. The deepest gratitude and warmest appreciation to our respected and worthy teacher Dr. Tasneem Akhter for her guidance and support in the duration of the study, her timely guidance and motivation as well as her endless encouraging behavior throughout the duration of this research paper have been exemplary. DEDICATION I am dedicating this report to my parents who were always there to support me with guidance, their precious time and holding my hand at each step. It is also dedicated to my teachers whose utmost love, care and struggle against all odds, brought me to this height of knowledge by the benevolence of Almighty (ALLAH). Table of contents Items | 1. Introduction | 1.1 Rational of Study | 1.2 Significance of Study | 1.3 Problem Statement | 1.4 Aim of Study | 1.5 Research Questions | 1.6 Research Objectives | 1.7 Delimitation of Study | 2. Literature Review | 3. Framework | Hypothesis | 4. Research Methodology...
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...Title Marshall R. Chafee INFT 101 9/9/2013 Title The Article I selected focuses on how spirituality influences adult learning. There is often some confusion between "spirituality" and" religion." Generally, spirituality is described as an individuals personal experience with the sacred, that can be experienced anywhere. Religion, on the other hand is often described as an organized community of faith. (Tisdell, 2008). Spirituality has had an important influence on adult education throughout history. There are four primary ways spirituality influences adult learning. The first way states that many adult learning professors have had a career in ministry, at some point (Tisdell, 2008). The second way states that recent writers have discussed the influence of spirituality and soul in how it affects learning on an individual level (Dirkx, 1997, 2001; English and Gillen, 2000; Hunt, 2001). The third influence would be learning in the workplace, here authors focus on how it influences how they think or act in a professional environment or in working for the common good as a leader or educator (Bolman and Deal, 1995; Daloz, Keen, Keen, and Parks, 1994; Conger, 1994; English, Fenwick, and Parsons, 2003; Fox, 1995). Finally we see a strong influence of spirituality present in those educating for social justice in myriad adult education settings (Clover, Follen, and Hall, 1998; Dillard, 2006; English, 2005; Tisdell, 2003; Tolliver and Tisdell, 2006). Much of the learning from these...
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...Spiritual Needs Assessment According to Potter and Perry (2009), one’s awareness of inner self and having a sense of connection to a higher being is the meaning of spirituality. Spirituality is a force that provides a person with intrinsic energy that promotes and enhances their well-being. It also helps a person achieve the balance needed to cultivate a positive life and to cope with everyday life stressors (Potter & Perry, 2009). Florence Nightingale believed that spirituality within a healing hospital environment, and caring for an individual’s spiritual needs is just as important as caring for their physical needs (Potter & Perry, 2009). Spiritual assessment is defined as the process from which health care providers identify a patient’s spiritual needs related to their mental health care (Spiritual Competency Resource Center, n.d.). In 2005, as evidence-based research demonstrated a correlation between supporting a patient’s spirituality with their health and their ability to cope with an illness, The Joint Commission (TJC) announced the requirement for health care organizations to include “a spiritual assessment as part of the overall assessment of a patient to determine how the patient’s spiritual outlook can affect his or her care, treatment, and services.” (p. 1). Patients deserve the best holistic care from health care providers, and it is through a spiritual assessment upon admission that providers will be guided to providing such care. Introduction And Spiritual...
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...Spirituality and Public Administration ShaTara T. Ambler Columbia Southern University Public Administration Ethics 22 January 2016 Abstract When in the workplace there are a few things that people try not to discuss and religion or spirituality is one of those. It is often a touchy subject because of differing beliefs and opinions. Does spirituality help or hinder productivity in the workplace? Will someone that is spiritual be a better leader than someone who is not? I will explore two articles Spirituality and Public Service and In the Study of Leadership, Spirituality Is the Unexpected Elephant in the Room. I will show how the authors relate spirituality to leadership. They tend to sway to the opinion that spirituality is needed in the workplace and is effective in leadership. I will tell my opinion on the subject and how I feel spirituality relates to leadership in public administration. Spirituality and Public Administration When discussing great leadership traits, a lot of people do not use the word spiritual. You will hear words like charismatic, strong, leader and great work ethic. Those are the types of people you would want to lead an organization. Does it matter if they are spiritual or not? People will have differing opinions on that subject mostly depending on their own personal position on spirituality. A person that is spiritual is considered ethical and caring. So whether you are spiritual or not most people would want someone like that as...
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...| Stress and Wellbeing | For: Chantal BeukesBy: Catherine T Nyabvure (21987653) | | Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Purpose: 2 1.2. Wellbeing: 2 1.3. Relevance of the different life dimensions: 2 1.4. Main argument: 2 2. Content related to life events and stress score 2 2.1. Life dimensions: 3 2.2. Life dimensions and their importance: 3 2.3. Major personal issues addressed in each life dimension: 3 2.4. Other theories and perspectives on the life dimensions: 6 2.5. Analysis and evaluation of theories in the context of own experience: 6 2.6. Strategies of improvement: 7 2.7. Explanation of how strategies/ goal were achieved for improvement: 9 3. Conclusion 10 4. References 11 1. Introduction 2.1. Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to discuss Stress and Wellbeing I have experienced this year by tracking my stressors with regard to how they began and how they can be resolve. 2.2. Wellbeing: Wellbeing is the state in which the body, mind and soul are in a healthy condition for us to work towards continuously staying healthy or to improve ourselves (Ereaut & Whiting, 2008). 2.3. Relevance of the different life dimensions: Mental health and EAP and Work-Family Initiatives are the life dimensions that shall link to the stresses that I am experiencing at the moment, they are relevant because they shall assist to helping me find a way in which I can control my stress...
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...Stress Management Proposal I have taken note of the company’s initiative to introduce an onsite wellness program. I also realize this is to relieve stress here in the workplace. I am submitting my proposal to the company to use of the Diaphragmatic or Deep Breathing technique. I will start with some background on the four components to Psychosocial Health that need to be considered in every employee that need to be taken care of in order to ensure a positive and productive individual. There is an old saying that a happy employee is a productive employee. I feel this is a very true and accurate statement and in order for the company to get the most out its employees, the company needs to make sure it is taking all the steps needed to have happy individuals. The first of the four components is mental health. If an individual has strained or poor mental health you cannot expect the top notch productivity from that individual. If an employee is strained mentally then that can impair their judgment, cause them to wander in thought and waste valuable time, not to mention cause a bad mood therefore bringing down others in the office around them. The second component is emotional health. If an individual is emotionally strained this can cause them to behave irrationally and cloud their perceptions of others in the office. If this occurs it can cause a disruption in moral for the remainder of the office and even cause a chain reaction through the rest of the company. Also if...
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...Lizzie J. Smith Module 1: Assignments Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm HLT- 302 Spirituality and Christian Values in Healing Care and Wellness Sunshine Weeks Eric Chapman, founding president and chief executive officer of the Baptist Healing Trust in Nashville, Tennessee, envisioned a healing hospital that would cover not only the physical aspects of healing but the emotional and spiritual components (ericchapman.com, n.d.). My work will describe the healing hospital paradigm and how spirituality influences this paradigm. In addition, barriers to the Healing Hospital paradigm will be discussed along with Biblical scripture that supports compassion in the health care system. The healing hospital paradigm it focuses on the removal of stress and other health risks in the hospital environment for both patients and visitors. . The healing hospital paradigm it involves in healing the whole client (Young & Koopsen, 2006, p. 4) instead of just curing the disease. This emerges from the paradigm’s focuses on healing beyond the body physical: it aims to enhance the overall well being by addressing the patient’s and their families’ cognitive, emotional and spiritual concerns (Milstein, 2005). A healing hospital goes beyond windows, walls, and mortar. Its strong culture of love and caring is what sets it apart from traditional hospitals (Chapman, 2010, p.15)... The concept is to supporting a strong culture of caring for their patients and caregivers. Healing...
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...Here I am on Earth trying to determine if the people here are religious or not?? Here I am on Earth trying to determine if the people here are religious or not. Three things I am looking for are prayer to a higher entity, sacrifice, and public acknowledgment of their god in ways other than prayer. The clues I am now assessing include people attending their houses of worship, people wearing crosses around their necks as jewelry, and people with their heads bowed in prayer. These people with their heads bowed in prayer have so many variations in their actions. Some people are at their dinner table praying, some people kneel on the ground in a line with other people five times per day to pray, and some bow their heads and put their hands together, and use a string of beads to pray with. The earthlings seem to practice sacrifice openly and variably. They are not, perhaps, killing a goat, burning it, and attempting to give it to the deity, but instead, people are sacrificing personal actions. The man who used to steal does not steal anymore, hoping this sacrifice will please his god. So it is with the woman who used foul words heavily in speech. She now, however, is trying to give up (sacrifice) her obscene language because she feels like she cannot reap the benefits of being a servant of her god if her language is not pure. She does not want to grieve her higher being, so she sacrificed her abhorrent language. Sacrifice occurs in Buddhism when practicing Sutra and one...
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...When people ask me about my religious background, I often describe myself as growing up Jewish but that I’m currently “between religions at the moment.” If that response peeks the asker’s interest, I will usually go on to say I’m an Agnostic Theist and explain that while I hold the belief that there maybe some divine supreme dude or dudette (or something else entirely) watching over me, I just don’t know who or what they are just yet. I grew up in what I would describe now as a Humanistic Jewish family. We identified ourselves as Jews in the sense of culture and history but attending temple or practicing Judaism’s religious customs were a rare occasions. I attended Hebrew school not as a matter of learning about faith, but preparing for my Bar Mitzvah. In fact, the last time I spoke Hebrew was at my Bar Mitzvah. Still, not being content with being told by others what to believe, I did explore what it meant to be a Jew to some extent. Even today, I consider a part of myself Jewish in a historical sense, just not in a religious sense. I have a deep respect and curiosity for religious faith and sometimes feel a little envious of those who have found and settled on their spiritual path. From my observations, religion can be valuable tool in shaping someone’s overall wellbeing and sense of connection with those around them. Organized religious faith does help quite few people find meaning in their lives and provides avenues for deep personal growth. This is wonderful thing....
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... Healing Hospitals Spirituality and healing hospitals; what are they and how are they related to one another? Is every hospital considered a healing hospital and if not why? The purpose of this paper is to identify what spirituality means to this writer, to describe the components of a healing hospital and their relationship to one another, and to describe the challenges that hospitals today face in creating this healing environment. Spirituality can be defined as “the ongoing endeavor to grow in our relationship with God” (Pable, 2012). Spirituality is a considered a venture and not a set of ideas or principles. Spiritualty is a way of living that includes choices that are action-oriented. It gives direction to ones thinking and decision-making process and the actions that you take and it is something that is never ending. Spirituality is not the same for every individual. For some, spirituality has to do with ones relationship with God with the ultimate goal in broadening that personal relationship with him. For others, it may mean simply the challenge of reaching beyond ones current potential. Spirituality is something that is personal, but it is also rooted in being connected with others and with the world around them. It's the way you find meaning, hope, comfort, and inner peace in your life. Acts of compassion and selflessness, humanity, and the experience of inner peace are all characteristics of spirituality. Although there is some controversy...
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...1. A person is any human being. 2. The meaning and purpose of life is not the same for every individual. You could say it would be to live happy and prosper as a generalization but specifics I believe vary. 3. Trust, respect, honesty, integrity. A belief in god and family. 4. Suffering comes from sin and from God. It serves to cleanse sin and keep one morally just. 5. True happiness is in the eye of the beholder and can be found in what makes that individual truly happy and can vary. 6. I believe after death your soul goes to heaven. 7. I want to be a mother. I want to finish school and have a successful job. I want to live life as happy as I can be. 8. The world was created by God. 9. I believe it does exist and I can be sure because I have faith in its existence. 10. Religion is faith in the belief that someone or something exists that has created our lives, shapes our lives and after death we will stand in judgment before. It answers our questions about life and the world and it is an institution that brings believers together to worship. 11. Religions get started by people seeking answers to questions about the world and about life. 12. It offers a peace and answers to questions, community and acceptance by that community. 13. Learning about other faith traditions allows us to be more tolerant, understanding and accepting of differences and reduces hate and racism in my opinion. 14. Authentic faith tradition seeks to help people and sees the good...
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...Revivalism in Jamaica WHAT IS WORShIP Everyone knows about religion and accepts some form of religion, even those who claim that tey are not interested in religion, worship something whether it be their car, house, an idol or a God. People worship to satisfy a human need just like eating and drinking Revivalism began in Jamaica between 1860 and 1861 as part for a religious movement called the great revival. This period saw the restoration of suppressed and discriminated against religious practices during slavery Information taken from: http: http://www.anngel.com/ACIJ/history-revivalism.htm Christian churches however were never fond of the Revivalist Manifestations of the Spirit, where a person in the service would be possessed by these spirits. Therefore participators would only be limited to singing hymns and reading scriptures from prayers, this is where most people in the Revivalist community would not have the satisfaction of worshipping. From this, Christian groups have been divided into two groups: • Temporal • Spiritual Christian “Spiritual” groups are those who accept the doctrine and the spiritual Possession of spirits while the of the Temporal” are those who do not accept such activities. Revivalist Bands Revival bands are an essential part to worship in Revivalism. Pocomania and Zion Revivalist Bands consist mainly of Female members. These women (Mothers) may even become Leaders of the Revivalists bands. Many revivalists in Jamaica...
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...see the beautiful and enlightened nature with animations, spirits that interact with human beings. One expression of this movie was that those creatures were physically and emotionally connected with other creatures in order to control them. First of all, I will start talking about the world views portrayed in this movie. From my point of view i would say the movie portrays a pantheistic spirituality and I can see a little bit of naturalistic worldview. The Na'vi people in the movie are spiritually connected to their entire world, including their animals and their plants. Even though they are so primitive, the Na'vi people think that they are above the reality of the nature itself. In their everyday life, they are enlightened and are always in communion with Eywa, called the "All Mother". The "All Mother" Eywa is not regular being, like we view God as, but Eywa is their powerful force behind the existence of their nature. The Na'vi people are so connected to nature that they say prayers of gratitude; sometimes they would even cry when they kill an animal for their food. You can see spirituality in every detail of their lives including what they eat, how they pray, how they worship the planet, and also how they relate to each other. After watching that movie two or three times, I can how pantheistic spiritually literally being preached to the audience through the characters and how they interact with each other. Talking about the characters, let's talk about "Grace Augustine" the...
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...and even became a Boys & Girls Brigade leader. However as I grew older and past the Sunday school age, I started losing my way as I tried to figure out where I fitted best. I started moving from church to church following my friends as I tried to fit in. At this point is where I came to appreciate the importance of family worship. A person who has a meaningful plan for his children has to invite God in to his home in order to lay a firm foundation for his family. It’s at home where children should gain the true education since it’s the very first school all children must begin from. Despite thinking I’m all grown up, my parents sat me down and educated me the importance of sticking to my beliefs despite how boring spirituality might seem sometimes, to try and make it fun since its part of my life and it will always be. At this point I realized I could not expect my self-confidence to come from other people, I had to seek it from God. I made a decision to go back to my church and amazingly, I...
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