...Kenneth Lapinski Diversity initiative Presentation outline Are Diversity Initiatives Ethical * Religious Beliefs * A culturally diverse workforce may include many different religious beliefs. * Some religions have beliefs that heterosexuality is the only acceptable sexual orientation. * So managers need to be prepared to address these issues and clarify that whatever an employee’s personal beliefs are they must respect others in the workplace. * Gender Issues * An atmosphere where women have the same opportunity for promotion as men can generate several ethical challenges. * This is because in some countries women are legally subordinate to men * Men from these countries may find it hard to report to a woman and have women hold top executive positions. * Similarly some countries consider it immoral for women and men who are not related to each other to look each other in the eye and interact socially or professionally. * Managers need to be able to address these issues without violating discrimination laws or reducing the effectiveness of the diversity initiative. * Hiring Decisions * An organization that wishes to have a culturally diverse workforce must hire from a diverse pool of candidates. * This can be done by posting open positions with employee diversity networks or by advertising in nontraditional publications. * The hiring manager has to hire person most qualified for the job regardless...
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...Literature Presentation Anonymous NUR 513 August 19, 2013 Antonella Marchionna Literature Presentation Duke University Hospital is a very large teaching and research facility and it allows me to work with a very diverse population treating patients from all around the world. The health system mandates all new hires take a cultural awareness class during orientation. The article addresses the importance of nurses being culturally competent. Madeleine Leininger’s Transcultural Nursing Theory is applied in many settings; including the critical care units. Critical care nurses work in high stress areas and must be culturally competent. According to the Critical Care Nursing (CCN) Journal, it is important for critical care nurses to establish a strong rapport with patients and their family members. Nurses need to have an understanding of patient’s cultural values, beliefs, and practices in order to follow the nursing process and provide a plan of care to meet the patient’s needs. According to the CCN journal “cultural competence is defined as developing an awareness of one’s own existence, sensations, thoughts, and environment without letting it have an undue influence on those from other backgrounds; demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the client’s culture; accepting and respecting cultural differences; adapting care to be congruent with the client’s culture” (Flowers, 2004, para 6). Metaparadigm “The nursing metaparadigm embodies the knowledge base...
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...Influence groups and individuals Submission details Candidate’s Name | | Candidate’s ID number | | Assessor’s Name | | | | Assessment Date/s | | Time/s | | Instructions to Students 1. You must accurately complete the Student Assessment Pack. 2. Your Assessor may want to discuss written answers with you to get further evidence of your understanding and to check that it is your original work 3. You need to submit Assessment Cover Sheet for each assessment. 4. You are permitted to use dictionaries and to seek support, as required. 5. Where your work has been deemed as unsatisfactory, you will be permitted to resubmit the assessment. Refer to RGIT reassessment policy and procedure. 6. Unless the assessment task specifically allows pair work or group activities such as brainstorming, you must submit their own original work and are not permitted to copy the work of other students. Plagiarism is never acceptable. 7. Assessments must be submitted on their due dates. 8. Extensions are permitted in consultation with the trainer. Performance objective Candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skills required to influence groups and individuals. Assessment description Using the workplace scenario information provided, you will plan the implementation and resourcing of an organisational change strategy, consult with various stakeholders, and implement a key part of the change strategy. At all stages, you will build support for the implementation...
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...Based on the course readings and discussions as well as other sources, present best practices for online teaching. Use a Web 2.0 tool of your choice to address best practices for online teaching. You are welcome to write a 2-3 page paper instead of using a Web 2.0 tool. Your presentation/product should address 2-3 key points. You should focus on methods for engaging students in complex content as well as guiding students to higher order thinking skills. Use Rubrics B-E and J-K of iNACOL National Standards of Quality for Online Teaching as criteria of effective teaching. Use specific examples to illustrate each key point (these may be examples with real technologies and real content). Cite and reference all sources using APA. Standard B - The online teacher understands and is able to use a range of technologies, both existing and emerging, that effectively support student learning and engagement in the online environment. Standard E - The online teacher models, guides, and encourages legal, ethical, and safe behavior related to technology use. Standard J - The online teacher interacts in a professional, effective manner with colleagues, parents, and other members of the community to support students’ success. Standard K- The online teacher arranges media and content to help students and teachers transfer knowledge most effectively in the online environment The use of web 2.0 tools appeals to instructors and teachers on a regular brick-and-mortar...
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...Diversity is an important part of education but in my community diversity rarely exists. The lack of avenues to open the community up to diversity is precisely why students aren't educated in diversity here. We are a small redneck town (which I wouldn't change for the world) that just isn't exposed to other cultures and ethnicities. The only way that students are exposed to diversity, in a cultural sense, is if they have the ability to travel or communicate with other cultures via the internet, Skype, Facebook, etc. Some kids are extremely diverse but their education in diversity is not a result of their schooling, it is a result of their travels, exposure and friendships to people of other countries and regions. In our school district we do have foreign exchange students who offer some insight into the lives of other cultures, genders, etc. We also have “distant learning” classes available at our school for students who want to take them. I feel that our local communities are very close-minded in terms of other cultures and the ways in which diversity can benefit us. Due to my own lack of cultural education I am going to write about the history of and importance of multicultural education in the school systems, citizen education programs and cultural enrichment activities.. Multicultural education has slowly evolved since its origins in the 1950’s civil rights movement to become part of the cultural mainstream. The desire to recognize the diversity of cultures rather...
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...student UNABLE to attend in class May (a) use Skype conferencing (or any other video conferencing tool available to the candidate); (b) video the role-play and submit electronically; or (c ) Write out the ENTIRE DIALOG that would take place during the role-play eg Customer: “I work as a buyer for ...” Mary: “I understand ...” Customer “A few...” . PRESENTATIONS All presentations are to be made in Powerpoint. They should be presented in class. Any student UNABLE to attend in class May complete the Powerpoint slides as would be used and include in the assignment submission the following statement completed for the relevant section about the presentation: “Part .... I performed the presentation on ..........(date) .......and it was assessed by ...................... (name of assessor)......................” (Procedure is a guide only – remember you must meet Specifications) BSBMJG502 Establish and adjust the marketing mix 1 BSB51215 Diploma of Marketing Queensford College REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit. Required skills culturally appropriate communication skills...
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...ASSIGNMENT 3 I. What should you prepare for this assignment? 1. In this assignment, your team will act as a consultancy company which provide solutions to your client’s communicative problems. 2. After picking your scenario, you will study it, together with your client’s objectives, and the communicative problems in each scenario. 3. You will then begin to develop your solution(s) and/or product for your client’s case, prepare and rehearse a presentation to persuade your client to agree with your solution(s). II. Requirements 1. Type: Group work 5-6 students 2. Topic: Solution(s) for client’s communicative problem. 3. Presentation length: 12 minutes (Be concise and precise! One minus point for each minute late) 4. Presenting schedule: Class meeting No. 11 5. Expectation: All students are required to present a part in the presentation. Please be notice that teamwork is very important. III. Scenarios 1. FV Hospital is facing a big problem. Though it considers itself one of the most diversified hospitals in HCMC, it had found that a number of patients are unhappy with their services due to cultural barriers. The hospital has doctors and nurses from many countries, including Germany, France, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and US. It patients, are mostly of Vietnamese. Patients and providers are frustrated for several reasons, such as: * Language and ethnocentric barrier - Many patients speak little or no English. ...
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...spend upto 80% of their time communicating. The importance of communication thus, cannot be over emphasized. Ability to express oneself clearly orally or through writing, to present well, to choose the right medium, to be culturally sensitive, are all crucial factors that lead to professional success. The course will focus on upgrading participants’ communication skills, while giving them certain communication frameworks. The course will also orient the participants to think about business communication strategically. Though communication for managers is vast area, the course will focus around some common communication situations for managers like presenting, negotiating, communicating with culturally diverse teams etc. During the course we would also touch upon importance of dressing, grooming & etiquette, and its impact on one’s professional growth. Learning Outcomes: Upon the completion of this course, the participants will be able to: * Understand the fundamental concepts of Business Communication * Communicate effectively with a sense of context & audience, choose appropriate style &channel for communicating in a particular situation * Enhance their public speaking skills * Prepare well- structured presentations with effective introductions & conclusions ,and well developed key points, and improve their delivery skills * Identify the challenges of intercultural communication along with recognizing cultural variations, and...
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...The theory is highly complex, and has many levels of scope, in relation to human cultures and nursing worldwide. Culture care is applicable to any culture and many diverse settings. The theory is accessible as a guide to research and can lead to empirical precision. The Sunrise Enabler provides a “visual map” that depicts the multi-factoring influences of culture described in the Culture Care Theory. The United States has become a very pluralistic society and continues to grow in international and ethnic diversity daily. In 2006, Louis Kincannon, Census Bureau Director, stated that “about one in three U.S. residents is a minority.” In 2006, of the United States population, 66% were white or European, 15% Hispanic America, 13% African America, 5% Asian American, and 0.4% Native American (United States Census Bureau, 2006). By 2020 they project that only 53% of the U.S. population is going to be white of European descent. In addition, by 2020 the Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans will triple, while the number of African Americans is expected to double (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Considering these statistics, it is imperative that the nursing workforce adapt to the multicultural society in the United States. The time for nurses to learn about culture care of a diverse population is at hand. Providing culturally competent care in this generation is a complex and challenging undertaking for nurses. Many nursing programs do not train their students cultural competence and appropriate...
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...Business Communication March 24, 2011 Dr. Angelia Williams Audience Analysis Paper The ability to communicate is a valuable commodity for anyone at anytime. To communicate effectively is paramount for all positions within an organization. Regardless of the role of service in an organization, the ability to articulate clearly and in a concise manner is rudimentary for all open and closed communications. Understanding your audience is essential to the delivery of any message and having the faculty to comprehend your audience motivations and the appropriate communication channel to reach them is half the work of an audience analysis (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). As a sales person presenting the quarterly sales information to a group of diverse stakeholders, you must consider the characteristics of the audience, the appropriate communication channel, what considerations to keep in mind given the diversity of the group, and methods to ensure the message is well received. Audience Characteristics Since the audience consists of stakeholders, including managers, salespeople, and customers, the presenter must determine the role of each audience participant. This would be identifying who are the gatekeepers, the primary audience, the secondary audience, the auxiliary audience, and the watchdog audience (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). Demographics are essential to the uniqueness of an audience. This would include education, age, gender, group membership, family background, and religious...
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...Name Tutor Course Date Leadership, Human Resource Management Selecting the next Leader Choosing a suitable leader is one of the greatest challenges an organization faces. The individual tasked with selecting a leader faces a challenge that requires an in-depth analysis of the potential candidates. In our case, John Saxon is tasked with selecting the next Asian-Pacific head of operation for a multinational corporation. To successfully finish the task at hand and satisfy the expectations of the committee, it is imperative that Saxon uses a criterion that will consider each candidate's strengths and weaknesses. Some of the aspects that Saxon has to consider before delving deep into the results procured by the respective heads of operations include the decision-making the ability of each candidate, the ability of each applicant to solve problems, their communication ability, motivation capacity and their organizational capabilities. In addition to the listed basic requirements of a leader Saxon will also rate the candidates based on the following, strategic fit, financial performance, cultural fit, experience, and future capability. Also, Saxon is required to report the performance of his region if the goal was achieved, where and why the goal was not met. As such, this explores how John Saxon can and will select the best candidate for the job using the various dynamics at hand. Selecting a new leader is not an easy. Before analyzing the suitability of the candidates, it is vital...
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...Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence in a Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing Facility Susan Mateo NUR/531 Tracey Lane Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence in a Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing Facility Of the many challenges facing the nursing profession, cultural competence is an area of great need across all settings from educators, to students, bedside nurses, nurse managers, and nursing leadership. Cultural competence for a given entity, be it an educational institution or healthcare facility, is best measured by an appraisal of that entity, with respect to the cultural diversity of its staff and customers, along with its policies, procedures and actual practices. The focus of this paper is the evaluation of the cultural competence of a local long term care / skilled nursing facility (LTC/SNF) located in Harker Heights, Texas. The inability to access numerical or percentage totals of the demographics of either the staff or residents directly resulted in observational assessments by this writer as the basis for this evaluation. The observations took place during the clinical experiences of students from the local public school district’s CNA course. Based on the various readings associated with the nursing 531 course, a definition of cultural competence includes several components. One of the most easily understood and incorporated is Campinha-Bacote's model of cultural competence. This model consists of five concepts, namely: cultural desire...
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...------------------------------------------------- Cumulating Project For RDG 543 April 18, 2015 Dan hartman Cuthbertson High School April 18, 2015 Dan hartman Cuthbertson High School Door Door PART ONE: PHYSICAL CLASSROOM SETTING 12 | Student workstations Student workstations 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Objectives and Procedures in English and Spanish Objectives and Procedures in English and Spanish 11 | | Student Discussion And Reading Area Student Discussion And Reading Area | 19 | Student work stations Student work stations 10 | | | Student work stations Student work stations 20 | 9 | | | 21 | 8 | | | 22 | 7 | | | 23 | 6 | | | 24 | 5 | | | 25 | 4 | | | 26 | 3 | | | 27 | 2 | | | 28 | 1 | | Teacher Desk Teacher Desk | 29 | | | 30 | | Teacher Resource area Teacher Resource area DoorSmart Board Smart Board | | Classroom dimensions: approximately 27’ by 42’ Classroom consists of 30 desktop PC’s for individual student use. These PC’s are situated on a shelf that is built into the wall and not able to be moved. The PC’s are hard wired into the network for internet connections. PC’s are all configured with Microsoft Office 2013. In addition to individual student PC’s, there are 15 traditional student desks that are used for discussion areas and for students to use when not on the PC. Some students find it more convenient to use the traditional desks when...
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...Ke Kaulike He Ha’awina Kīwila Lesson #1: Layers of Culture LESSON PURPOSE Understanding culture and the various layers or groupings that can describe this concept may help students discover how each and every one of them, with their individual and diverse home cultures, impact where we live. Especially important is for students to know the strengths, beauty, and gifts of the indigenous people of Hawai‘i, appreciating all that Hawaiian culture has to offer. The traditional historical concept of the ahupua‘a (traditional native Hawaiian land division stretching from the high mountain watershed downward to the shoreline and out to the deep sea beyond the reef) provided not only a philosophical basis for managing and sustaining Hawai‘i in the days of old, but remains relevant in our present and future with regard to preserving and sustaining resources for survival. Students need to understand their relationship and responsibilities congruent with shifting patterns, policies and practices that will influence how local culture continues to develop into the future. Facilitating civic dialogue is crucial to nurturing students’ realization and understanding that they have a voice that can impact change, and that it does matter whether or not they use it. As students explore the myriad of issues impacting both our local and global communities, they have the opportunity to identify areas of personal interest and importance. This personal connection can empower and influence...
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...Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities at Kennedy International School Suzy Student Western Governors University A. Introduction Kennedy International School is a unique middle school, located in suburban Commented [CT1]: An introduction is not on the rubric. However, a brief introduction or abstract introduces your school or organization and provides context for the report. Virginia. The innovative curriculum is academically challenging and integrates citizenship and global perspectives into all classes. The school has 600 students and 63 faculty members. Most students are from middle-income homes with college-educated parents. Recently, however, the student demographics have become more ethnically and economically diverse, leading to a host of challenges and opportunities for the students, faculty, and the surrounding community. A1. Local Demographics Members of the Kennedy School community speak a number of languages in addition to English, including Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, and Russian. This increase in the number of home languages is a result of growth in the immigrant population and an increase in the number of international students. Other than English, the most widely used language is Spanish. Currently, we have Spanish-speaking students from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and several Central American nations. Commented [CT2]: In this section, you must identify and explain three diversity demographics that are currently represented...
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