...|[pic] |Capstone Course in Psychology | | |College of Social Sciences | | |PSY/490 | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Professor Susan Ellis, Ph.D. susanelliss@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) susanellis@agreatday.net (Personal) Course Description This is the capstone course for undergraduate psychology students. The course provides students with the opportunity to integrate and apply learning from their psychology program of study in a comprehensive manner. Students will also assess the impact of their educational experiences on their ethical perspectives and critical thinking skills. Students will reflect on and evaluate their personal and professional growth, the benefits of lifelong learning, and the impact of these elements on their future. Policies Students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials...
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... | |Subject: |EML110 English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy | | |This subject introduces foundational concepts about language and literacy as sociocultural practices, and theories and models of language acquisition and early literacy | | |development. Students will explore contextual factors that impact language and literacy development such as cultural and linguistic diversity, and the influence of | | |globalisation and new technologies on literacy teaching and learning. Students will critically engage with English Curriculum documents to understand the intent and | | |organisation of English through the strands of language, literacy and literature. Students will develop core practices related to collecting, analysing and interpreting | | |data in order to understand children's early language and literacy experiences in a range of contexts. They will connect these experiences to pedagogical approaches that | | |support literacy learning in Years K-2....
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...Essay: Discuss what the central components of a Maori worldview are ensuring that you fully explain at least four values. The four values that will be explained in this essay are Tapu, Whakapapa, and Tikanga. Worldview is the perspective of the world in which we live in (Ka'ai, 2004). The purpose of this essay is to discuss and provide a strong understanding of the central components and to fully explain four values pertaining to the Maori worldview. Firstly, this essay will define the terminology “Maori worldview”. Secondly, it will discuss the value of tapu and its importance in the Maori worldview. Thirdly, it will illustrate the value whakapapa and how it is one of many primary values in the Maori worldview. Lastly, it will provide an understanding of the value tikanaga and how it encompasses all Maori values. To understand a Maori worldview is by understanding these key indicators tribal identity, land and landscape, spirituality, language, culture, diversity, kinship structure, self-determination, concept of time, cultural knowledge and reciprocity these indicate the importance of Maori values each being a central component in the Maori worldview (Ka'ai, 2004). Therefore, this Maori worldview is considers the holism approach; meaning that all these values impact individually and collectively work together in creating a Maori worldview. Tikanga has been described as Maori customary values and practices. According, to Williams ‘Dictionary of Maori Language’ who...
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...through Diversity Edited with an Introduction by Mary C. Gentile Forward by R. Roosevelt Thomas Differences That Work: Organizational Excellence through Diversity is a collection of 16 articles from the Harvard Business Review. Many of the articles were written over 15 years ago, but their content is still relevant today. The book does not directly tell the reader how to manage diversity in the workplace, but presents situations that compel the reader to question their own reaction if confronted with similar situations. Part I of the book offered an explanation of why diversity is becoming an increasingly important topic in the workplace. William B. Johnston, in “Global Workforce 2000: The New World Labor Market” explains that workplace diversity is not just a challenge in the United States. It is a challenge faced around the globe. Developing nations are producing educated workers faster than their economies are able to employ them. Therefore, these workers are immigrating to countries where they have the greatest opportunity. (p. 5) In order to attract the most talented workers, and stay competitive in the global marketplace, employers will have to learn to value the diverse talents that their changing workforce brings to the table. They will have to use these diverse talents to their competitive advantage instead of trying to fit all workers into the same mold. If the world (not just the United States) does not learn how to deal with the expanding diversity of the...
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...Is sports journalism dominated by white males and, if so, how does this influence the representation of other ethnic groups? Introduction The world of sports journalism has long been seen as the domain of the white, middle-class male (Farrington, Kilvington, Price & Saeed, 2012). For several decades the status quo remained the same: white male journalists reporting on white male athletes to a white male audience. However during the 1990s the emergence of black footballers, both domestic and foreign, within the British game began to change the overall dynamic. In addition to this sport became big business, moving from the back pages to the front (Boyle, 2006), and occasions such as the Olympic Games are now massive worldwide events that receive similarly massive attention from the world’s media. It is clear that sport has changed dramatically over the past 20 years, as has the diversity of the athletes who appear in our newspapers, on our television screens and on our radios. With reference to these points I intend to investigate whether sports journalism is still dominated by white males, and if so, how does this cultural bias influence how other ethnic groups are represented in the sporting media. Due to word constraints the essay shall focus on Northern Europe, specifically Sweden and the United Kingdom. Diversity in the newsroom Diversity in a news organisation can bring many benefits, including a broader spectrum of opinion, varied specialist knowledge and both...
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...Effective Diversity Management Essay Workplace Diversity: A Contribution to Organisational Success Abstract Workplace diversity is vital for any organisation. The benefits diversity can bring are able to drastically change the performance of an organisation. The following essay explains the essence of workplace diversity, describes the difficulties that may arise in diversity management, and presents the key benefits that it can bring to an organisation. With these issues explained, it is evident that organisations can benefit from workplace diversity and how it can make them successful. Workplace Diversity: A Contribution to Organisational Success Workplace diversity incorporates more than it seems at a glance. Diversity presumes mainly cultural, racial, and gender differences, because these are the most visible distinctions between people. There are, however, many other characteristics in which employees differ. Rice (2010) defines diversity as “differing cultures, languages, ethnicities, races, sexual orientations, religious sects, abilities, classes, ages, and national origins of individuals in an institution, workplace, or community.” (p. 96). As far as the workplace is concerned, diversity is crucial for it. Employees of different cultures, races, ages, classes and backgrounds can make their own unique contributions to the development and performance of an organisation. This is why numerous “business and governmental organisations have implemented workforce...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Today’s world is the booming of technological industry. Courses like Hotel and Restaurant Management are being upgrade as people go through information age. If we look at the hotels in the city, Hotel's are using the new form of technology, including the interior design, tools, room and kitchen equipments to provide the accurate service to guests. According to the Oxford English dictionary, Hospitality means the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers with liberality and good will. The Hotel and Restaurant Management Curriculum provides a synthesis of different skills, concepts and principles specializing in hospitality training. It involves the study and application of practical and managerial knowledge and functions such as hotel and restaurant operations, culinary arts, food service, hospitality education and research that are essential in preparing the students to become adept future restaurateurs and hoteliers. In the broadest sense, information refers to both the hardware and software that are used to store, retrieve, and manipulate information. At the lowest level people have the servers with an operating system. Installed on these servers are things like database and web serving software. The servers are connected to each other and to users via network infrastructure. And the users accessing these servers have their own hardware, operating system, and software tools. Many companies now have IT departments for managing the...
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...Null and alternative hypothesis • Managerial implications The Steps for Research process –Step 4-5 * Theoretical Framework A theoretical framework represents your beliefs on how certain phenomena (or variables or concepts) are related to each other (a model)and an explanation on why you believe thatthese variables are associated to each other (a theory). Theoretical Framework A framework is a model of how one theorizes or makes logical sense of therelationships among several factors that have been identified as important to the problem. (Sekaran, 2001) Components of Theoretical Framework o Identify and label the variables correctly. o State the relationships among the variables: known as formulate hypotheses. o Explain how or why you expect these relationships. So, Theoretical Framework is ? • A mechanism that helps to clarify a big idea. • A means through which you can explore the multiple dimensions of a big idea. • An instrument for judgment. • A filter through which you can consider various ideas in order to further clarify a position. So, Theoretical Framework is? • A guides to your research, determining what things you will measure, and what statistical relationships you will look for. • A simply the structure of the idea or concept and how it is put together. • An essay that interrelate the theories involved in the question. Theoretical Framework • So it is the foundation to proceed with the research, and involve nothing more than...
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...Page 1 of 3 Strong Body Paragraphs A strong body paragraph explains, proves, and/or supports your paper’s argumentative claim or thesis statement. If you’re not sure how to craft one, try using this handy guide! 1. INSERT A TOPIC SENTENCE: Encapsulates and organizes an entire paragraph. Although topic sentences may appear anywhere in a paragraph, in academic essays they often appear at the beginning. When creating a topic sentence, ask yourself what‟s going on in your paragraph. Why you chosen to include the information you have? Why is the paragraph important in the context of your argument or thesis statement? What point are your trying to make? It should be noted that relating your topic sentences to your thesis can help strengthen the coherence of your essay. If you include an argumentative claim or thesis statement in your introduction, then think of incorporating a keyword from that statement into the topic sentence. But you need not be overly explicit when you echo the thesis statement. Better to be subtle rather than heavy-handed. Do not forget that your topic sentence should do more than just establish a connection between your paragraph and your thesis. Use a topic sentence to show how your paragraph contributes to the development of your argument by moving it that one extra step forward. If your topic sentence merely restates your thesis, then either your paragraph is redundant or your topic sentence needs to be reformulated. If several of your topic sentences restate...
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...marketers employ both art and science to develop the message strategy or positioning of an ad, what the ad attempts to convey about the brand, its creative strategy and how the ad expresses the brand claims (Kotler, 2012). The designers at ZIBA based in Portland, Oregon are experts at capturing what consumer’s want. This case study will discuss what occurs before Ziba develops or designs an advertising program. It will also discuss how Ziba contributes to brand recognition for product promotion in the marketplace and it’s effectiveness. Finally, this case analysis will explain how Ziba contributes to brand loyalty of a product and summarize concepts mentioned throughout this essay. Ziba is a design and innovation consultancy, a team of designers, strategists, thinkers and makers with a passion for solving problems while understanding people (Ziba, 2012). In order to understand what people want a team of designers at Ziba put a tremendous amount of work into consumer research before any product development begins. This extensive research is formulated into consumer incite by discovering new information and turning it into something unique that will attract consumers. An advantage that Ziba has over several design consultant agencies is their diverse staff of thinkers and strategist. This diversity not only contributes to product design, it also gives a 360-degree view of the target consumer. In developing an advertising program, marketing managers must always start by identifying...
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...------------------------------------------------- Organisations & bEhaviour UNDERSTANDING WAYS OF USING MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES AND THE MECHANISMS FOR DEVELOPING TEAMWORK IN ORGANISATIONS Contents Terms of reference 2 Procedure of method 2 Identify ways of improving motivation 2 Identify ways of developing effective teamwork 4 Identify and discuss factors that may promote or inhibit effective teamwork 6 Links between culture, management style and organisational objectives and the impact of the organisations structure, culture and leadership style have on the performance at Tesco. 9 References 11 Identify ways of improving motivation Tesco recognises that employee motivation is important for the continued growth of the company. Tesco could get employees do a survey every yearly which would give them the chance to express their views and opinions on almost every aspect of their job. The results from the survey could help Tesco make sure it is offering the right things to its staff to keep them motivated. Employees at Tesco want to be recognised when they are doing some well. This will help motivate them and they will also feel appreciated. It could be something as little as employers saying ‘Thank you’. BPP Learning Media, (2010)” Motivation is the process by which the behaviour of an individual is influenced by others, through their power to offer or withhold satisfaction of the individual’s needs and goals.” George n, root I (2012) states “Workplace...
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...A Brief Summary Of The Situation At Vidsoft Management Essay Since going public Vidsoft Technologies has witnessed rapid expansion and revenue growth. Its CEO, Keith Nash, has created and maintains a strong customer-responsive culture. To uphold levels of motivation employees are given a high degree of autonomy over their work. Teamwork is incentivized and promotions come quickly to those who fit the mold. Alaji Babatunde - in his third year of employment and already a senior manager - manages two product lines and eleven staff. Unable to allocate his time effectively, he contemplates introducing a new layer of management to the organization structure. Babatunde identifies one suitable candidate among his staff and settles to look outside the company for the second. With the consensus of James White, Babatunde offers a management position to Jennah Li, a conscientious and admired member of the group. Soon after, Alex Hsu, a young engineer and a direct report of Li, cites irreconcilable differences and requests to be transferred to the group without a manager. Li, concerned that Hsu’s transfer may be seen as a sign of weakness on her part, insists he continue to report to her. How can this situation be best resolved? Babatunde’s first challenge is to understand why the problem manifested itself in the first place. The second is to match his managerial approach to the situation without further negatively impacting the equilibrium of the group. The solution requires a combination...
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...The essay focuses on the social construction of crime, and the possible reasons for these social constructions. In the first section, the essay explains what crime is, and the constructionist perspective theory. In the Second section my essay focuses on the crime as socially constructed and why it is socially constructed. In the third section essay explains, three levels of explanation in the study of deviant and criminal behaviour. In the final section, it focuses on the historical theoretical periods, which plays an important role in revitalising past discoveries. Crime is a term that refers to many types of misconduct that is forbidden by law. There are a number of different reasons as to why crime can be viewed as a social construction. There cannot be 'social problems' that are not the product of social construction - naming, labelling, defining and mapping them into place - through which we can 'make sense' of them' (Clarke, 2001). In this essay I will explain what is social construction, also what crime is, and why we think, that crime is socially constructed. Furthermore, I will explain how media construct crime and the stigma of black crime. In the last paragraph I will explore the importance of Marxist and Durkheim's theories on the emergence of crime....
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...Abstract: The essay intends to prove that political globalization and a system of global governance is inevitable. First, it starts by showing how economic globalization led countries to be more dependent on each other than ever. This is demonstrated by the growing cross-border interdependence due to economic trade and also by the proliferation of global players that require global cooperation between nations. Those factors inevitably lead to the necessity of global institutions of governance. The thesis is supported by answering to the Rodrick Trilemma using the influence of important globalization actors like multinational companies that help to shape the society towards a global mentality what will also push for political globalization. I end up concluding that although difficult political globalization is feasible and if taken into account all the factors I mention it will inevitably happen. Submitted to Professor Miguel Homem Ferreira of Tutorial Class TAB29 on 19/03/2015 10 years ago in China Yan Xuetong gave a lecture about globalization to a group of college sophomores for about 3 hours. At the end, before he took questions, he asked to the group of students: “What does globalization mean”? Someone answered "free trade". He laughed, saying that was the typical American answer. He then proceeded to explain that what globalization really means is “world government”. In this essay I won’t try to discuss economics vs politics, but rather reflect on how to conjugate...
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...Course Syllabus Please print a copy of this syllabus for handy reference. Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is the ruling document. Course Number: MGT/ 230Course Title:Management Theory and Practices Course Schedule:Start Date: September 03, 2013 -- End Date: October 07, 2012 Where To Go To Class: Your Course Forums MAIN Forum: This is the forum for all course-related discussions. All of your participation grade will come from your activities in this room. It has read-and-write access for everyone. CHAT Forum: This is a read-and-write access Forum. This is your student lounge. It is a place to discuss issues not related to the course content, but you can use it for discussion questions. You will post your BIOGRAPHY to this Forum. COURSE MATERIALS: This is a read-only Forum, which means you can read messages here but not send any. I will post the syllabus, lectures/case studies, and other supplementary materials here. LEARNING –TEAMS – A, B, C, D, & E: These learning team forums will be used as workrooms for the learning teams. I will assign you to one of these groups by Sunday (sixth day of the first week). INDIVIDUAL FORUM: You will see one forum with your name on it. This is a private forum, shared only by you and me, the facilitator. Your classmates will not have access to this forum. You can ask questions here. You can also ask questions here concerning your specific circumstance...
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