...Decision-Making Philosophy on Health Education Bryan K. Hooper Jr. Principles of Behavioral Science and Health Education 2/20/2013 In attempts to discern what Health Education Philosophy an individual subscribes to, it is imperative to first address the preliminary question, what is philosophy? There are two parts to the word philosophy as it comes to us from the Greek, “Philo” meaning brother or lover and “Sophia” meaning wisdom or wise. Thus, a philosopher is called a “lover of wisdom. ” The true origin of “Sophia” rests in Mdu Ntr, the language of ancient Egypt, where the word “Seba,” meaning “the wise” appears first in 2052 BC in the tomb of Antef I, long before the existence of Greece or Greek. The word became “Sebo” in Coptic and “Sophia” in Greek. As to the philosopher, the lover of wisdom, precisely what is meant by “Seba,” the Wise (Longo, 2011). For the purposes of this paper, the true origin of Philosophy will be referenced. The Ancient Egyptians, serving as predecessors and pedagogues to the “Greek” school of thought, defined philosophy as the centrifugal force of life, around which all steps are to be patterned. Philosophy is further described as a civilized system of behavior, self-control and kindness. Much emphasis was placed on the value and significance of Enlightenment , or education, and how knowledge and understanding led one out of the darkness of ignorance into one’s own being (Obenga, 2009). Philosophy, as defined in modern terms; is the study...
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...Decision Making In: Business and Management[->0] Decision Making Decision making 1. What are the different types of decisions and how does the decision-making process work? There are 3 different types of decisions, which are Unstructured, Structured, and Semi-Structured. For Unstructured decision making managers must provide judgment, evaluation, and insight to solve problem. The made decision depends on the individual making it. In a Structured decision repetition and routines are applied for each decision that is made. These decisions have a procedure for handling a situation so that it does not have to be approached as a new situation upon accurance. Structured takes away stress from the manangers as they do not have to make difficult decisions. But, managers also lose some of their power with this decision making process. Semi-structured allows the manager to use past situations for current problems, but also has the flexibility to emphasize using own judgement. 2. How do information systems support the activities of managers and management decision making? Information systems can assist in making decisions by providing information and tools for analysis. To manage situations effieciently and effectively, organiztions use Management Information Systems, MIS, to process information. Individuals, technology, and informationManagement information systems involve three primary resources people, technology, and information. Management information systems are distinct...
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...Women’s Education and Participation in Household Decision Making Women’s education and participation in all spheres of household decision making is crucial in order to obtain gender equality. However, my mother grew up in a patriarchal ideology where women always had limited decision making participation. Men had more authority to exercise power over women and had control over all household decisions. Particularly women were not allowed to take independent decision regarding education, spend money and go outside of the house. In spite of the significant socioeconomic development in Bangladesh statistics show that women still have low percentage in decision making participation. Women’s education is one of the most important factors which have significant effect on women’s decision making. The association between women education and decision making participation has very poorly observed in Bangladesh. Therefore, I decided to do my ethnography to assess how my mother’s education influences her household decision making participation. My mother was born in 1959 in a Muslim family in a small city in Bangladesh. In her period of time, women were confined within the four walls of the house. Her parents did not allow her to receive education and participate in any outside work. My grandparents thought it was waste of time and money to educate their daughter. Early marriage, religious misinterpretation and the narrowness of their outlook were mainly responsible for this. Due to...
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...Organizational Learning and Decision-Making: A Southeastern School District and Elementary School Greg Alford, DA University of Phoenix Org 714 Organizational Learning and Decision-Making: A Southeastern School District and Elementary School Although learning should be an easy task for a school and school system, the bureaucracy of a public educational system presents many obstacles to substantive learning on the part of the employees and the smoothness of the decision-making process. This paper examines the opportunities for organizational learning and the decision-making process in southeastern U.S. school district and specifically at an elementary school Pre-K CDC Program. What is Organizational Learning and Decision-Making? Organizational learning is the process through which managers seek to improve organization members’ desire and ability to understand and manage the organization and its environment so they make decisions that continuously raise organizational effectiveness. There are two types of organizational learning strategies that may be pursued by any group: exploration and exploitation. Exploration is a method where organizational members learn of ways to improve existing organizational activities and procedures through experimentation. Exploitation is where those members refine and improve on existing activities and procedures to increase effectiveness (Jones, 2010). Organizational decision-making is the process of responding to a problem by searching...
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... The four styles of creative thinking are instruments that many uses to help make decisions easier. These decisions focus on life experiences, education, environment, beliefs, and other people thoughts. The four styles of creative intelligence are intuition, innovation, imagination, and inspiration. These four styles are instruments of organizations that are use to create a business and make it different from their competitors. An organization is created with a desire to start a business, goals they want to accomplish, wealth, and some organizations focus on making a difference in their community. The four styles of intelligence is the force behind implementing the plan and following through to success. The intuitive style focuses on experiences and events that occurred. Some managers use the intuitive style to avoid the same mistakes and issues within the organization. The intuitive style is a useful tool for quality control. If there are frequent issues within an organization is essential to learn from past and avoid making the same mistakes and occurring issues. When the same mistakes and issues occur often this behavior can have a negative effect on customers and employees. Applying intuition when necessary can have a positive effect on many organizations. Innovation focuses facts and data. Organizations use innovation to help determine decisions, goals, and plans for the future. Innovation can be a challenging style to apply within an established organization...
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...Importance of Education Education is the process of learning and knowing, which is not restricted to our school text-books. It is a holistic process and continues through our life. Even the regular happenings and events around us educate us, in one or the other way. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the existence of human beings is fruitless without education. An educated person has the ability to change the world, as he/she is brimming with confidence and assured of making the right moves. Education makes a worthy contribution to our lives, by making us responsible citizens. We get to know our history and culture through education and imbibe those values. Education opens our mind and expands our horizon. It enables us to understand our duties as a citizen and encourages us to follow them. There is no denying the fact that an educated person is a better citizen. Education is futuristic in character, in so far that it ensures that the one who receives good education gets a secure future. Our productivity is increased by acquiring new skills and talents through education. We find ourselves in the most competitive jobs, courtesy the right training and education. The importance of education is evident by the dizzy heights we achieve in life. The significance of education, for a great part, lies in its ability to open new vistas for us. It expands our outlook and teaches us to be tolerant towards other views. An educated person will find it easier to understand...
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...Research Methods for Manager Contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Literature Review………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Hypothesis…………………………………………………………………………………. 4. Conceptual Framework…………………………………………………………………… 5. Research Design and Methodology …………………………………………………..... 6. Data Collection and Investigation…………………………………………………………. 7. Sampling Method………………………………………………………………………….. 8. Accessibility Issues…………………………………………………………………………. 9. Data Analysis………………………………………………………………………………. 10. Ethical Issues………………………………………………………………………………. 11. Limitation of Research…………………………………………………………………….. 12. Gantt Chart…………………………………………………………………………………...
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...the student-centered education system. Its positive effects could be evidenced in the performance of individual students, teachers, schools and throughout the globe. This learning process is the change needed in the education system all over the world and therefore it is highly recommended for all institutions and the government. Past studies have illustrated the importance of ethics in the educational leadership. For instance, in the article the Union of Teaching, Learning, and Doing, it is stated that things must be done, individuals have got to learn, and those close to them should become teachers…education is not only focused on teaching learners how to learn, however it is teaching them to actively take part in life… Hansen,(2007). The term student centered is the main focus of my proposal and foundation of the ethics in educational leadership. Therefore, I am analyzing the term for better understanding of the whole theme. According to Maryellen Weimer( ), student centered teaching is 1 idea which is based on the following five principles; the balance of power, the contents’ function, the teachers role, the learning responsibility and finally the processes and purpose of evaluation. Student focused learning has a social and academic support scheme as well as healthcare and financial services. The epistemological instructional techniques to promote understanding of human nature and ontological support are also included in the student focused education Geven & Santa (2010)...
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...Nana Offei University of phoenix Mgt/350 Decision in paradise paper two Professor Michael Caserta January 17, 2011 Decision in paradise part two The Island of kava has many obstacles up until to prevail over deep-sea queen need to work with the Kava administration to Identify proper procedures to have occurred in the recovery effort as well as provide first aid. Foodstuff and protection to all citizens I need will become a major investor in the rebuilding effort and work with government official on a reconstruction plan. In this plan, the subject to identify is specific problem areas and provides an outlet for development and proactive warning mechanism against future nature disaster This effort is a major mission and requires extensive problem classification rebuild Kava to complete with safety stranded that influence the quality of life for everyone in the Islands. Therefore, humanitarian Aid Calamity prevention, housing improvement, rebuilding hotel, and human resources are necessary to rebuild and constriction. Kava faces many challenges and decision-making, queen would share a greater presence in kava through a collaborative agreement with government official and the citizens of the beautiful Island. Evaluate the reimbursement against the operating cost to choose the most profitable choice involves monetary calculation of original and ongoing expenses against predictable return. However, creating sensible actions of the cost and benefits of specific measure...
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...He proposed the theory that societies adapt to their surroundings in order to compete and survive difficulties in life. Through education these difficulties lessen, unlike without the latter cause. According to Lardizabal (1988), education is the change for the better. The goal of education is to change man to be better mentally, physically, socially, morally, and spiritually. With the aid of education people are to be treated rationalized individuals. They can do things that an ordinary man can’t do through education. Having these goals of education, the only difficulty with regards to this innovation is making of decision in entering this development. On other hand, decision making is a task wherein the person must select one option from a number of alternatives, there is game amount of information available with respect to the option, the time frame is relatively longer, and the choice is associated with uncertainty, that is, it is not necessary clear which is the best option (Wickens, Lee, Liu, and Godon Becker, 2004). Choosing a course is an example of decision making. The chooser, the student, is subject to select which one will be in line with their expertise. Prior to this, the chooser must consider the features and classes of decision-making. These features are uncertainty, familiarity and expertise, time, and classes of decision-making research (Wickens and Hollands, 2000). In this society of today, surviving in the chosen field of expertise has a direct relationship...
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...they understand the world. Mental models are developed over time through experience, socialization and interaction with others. They are opinions, beliefs, perceptions, assumptions, values and truths. Mental models are often hidden and one is not aware of them or their effect on one’s behavior. When mental models are created they become reinforced in the mind and it becomes hard to change them (Von Stamm, 2008). Vernon and Bud have been in this company for more than twenty years, thus there mental models are deeply rooted and difficult to change. It is hard to convince both of them to change their mental models or adopt new ones. The mental models that these two coworkers have impacted greatly on how they behave in the company and the decisions they make. Vernon is afraid of the expansion and Bud is against competing with other organizations. Changing Mental Model/Mindsets In any organization, change is constant, hence the need to keep changing mental models of employees. It is hard to change mental models since they are not forces that one is aware of consciously, but subconsciously. Vernon and Bud are against the new change that has been introduced by the new owners of the company. However, from time to time people must be willing to change for the good of the business even if they have the fear of the unknown (Rowe, 2004). People can take certain steps to change their mental models so as to improve on the quality of their performance. The first step is about understanding...
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...RELATION OF PERSONALITY FACTORS AND DECISION-MAKING STYLES OF HAKIM SABZEVARI UNIVERSITY MANAGERS FATEMEH BAHRAMI*, MOHAMMAD AMIRI*, ESLAM PARANDVAR* *Hakim Sabzevari University, Assistant Professor at Department of Educational Psychology, Sabzevar, Iran. **Hakim Sabzevari University, Department of Educational Psychology, Sabzevar, Iran. ***Hakim Sabzevari University, Department of Educational Psychology, Sabzevar, Iran. Pinnacle Research Journals http://www.prj.co.in 46 ABSTRACT The present study was conducted in order to examine the relationship between the personality traits and the decision making styles of the managers of Hakim Sabzevari University. The statistical population includes all the managers of Hakim Sabzevari University who are in-charge of different positions. The number of managers is seventy people, 60 subjects based on Morgan Table were selected using simple random sampling method. The instruments used in the present study are Scott and Bruce General Decision Making Styles Questionnaire (1995) and NEO personality traits questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, description and inferential statistics including Pearson, step by step regression, t test, unidirectional ANOVA and Tokay follow-up test were used. The results indicated that: the marital and single status did not affect the decision making styles of the manager and education and experience only affected the avoidance decision making styles. The extroversion and consciousness...
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...DECISION MAKING Decision Making: Developing Your Philosophy of Education Lyndsay Hogsett EDUC 200 Decision Making: Developing Your Philosophy of Education When I first decided I wanted to become a teacher I made that decision for all the obvious reasons. Summers, holidays and weekends off. To “help” children be all that they can be. So on and so forth. But as a get deeper into this course I find more and more reasons for wanting to be a wonderful teacher. Also as I began this lesson I was completely confused on what philosophy had to do with teaching. After reading and completing the philosophical assessment I have a better understanding to what kind of teacher I can become. I scored a 9 on the section of Perennialism. I believe that children can learn better through hands on experiments. Not just in the science world but in every subject that you study in school. Reading and studying about an important historical event and then comparing on how it reflects a situation that the student might encounter today would help students understand the lesson much more. An important part of growing up is learning how to solve problems. A teacher may not always know the students home life. The student may not have people to teach them the important life lessons that everyone needs to succeed in the world. So if you can teach an educational lesson and a life lesson at the same time, that’s absolutely wonderful. While everyone agrees, we all go to school to learn...
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...Decision Making Process Paper Roberta Willis Management Theory and Practice/ MGT 230 August 5, 2013 Yolanda Roach Decision Making Process Paper Sometimes making decisions are not always as easy to make as they should seem. There are stages of decision making that should be followed which are discussed in detail within chapter three of this week’s readings. Typically something’s maybe easier to decide on than others. There are six stages of the decision making processes which are: identify and diagnose the problem, generate alternative solutions, evaluate alternatives, make the choice, implement the decision and evaluate the decision (Pg 89). A decision I had to make recently involved a lot of thought due to being a huge change in my life, that decision was whether or not I should get back in school to better myself. I had been pushed several years by my parents to get back in school, although my excuse was I did not have the time, the money nor the drive to want it myself I wouldn’t do as good by choosing to go back just to satisfy and make others happy. After looking at the resources available for funding I thought to myself that maybe I should try it but then how would it work out with my career. While conducting my research on the tools I needed for continuing my education, I visited Sallie Mae’s website and discovered that you can take out loans to where you do not have to repay until after you have finished your degree. So that means the whole time you are a student...
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...Decision Making Process Paper Roberta Willis Management Theory and Practice/ MGT 230 August 5, 2013 Yolanda Roach Decision Making Process Paper Sometimes making decisions are not always as easy to make as they should seem. There are stages of decision making that should be followed which are discussed in detail within chapter three of this week’s readings. Typically something’s maybe easier to decide on than others. There are six stages of the decision making processes which are: identify and diagnose the problem, generate alternative solutions, evaluate alternatives, make the choice, implement the decision and evaluate the decision (Pg 89). A decision I had to make recently involved a lot of thought due to being a huge change in my life, that decision was whether or not I should get back in school to better myself. I had been pushed several years by my parents to get back in school, although my excuse was I did not have the time, the money nor the drive to want it myself I wouldn’t do as good by choosing to go back just to satisfy and make others happy. After looking at the resources available for funding I thought to myself that maybe I should try it but then how would it work out with my career. While conducting my research on the tools I needed for continuing my education, I visited Sallie Mae’s website and discovered that you can take out loans to where you do not have to repay until after you have finished your degree. So that means the whole time you are a student...
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