...Hooking Up: The College Experience The situation is one played out in soap operas, many a movie, and every weekend on college campuses across the nation. Boy meets girl, boy and girl get drunk, and boy and girl wake up together the next morning. It’s the sensation that’s gripping the nation, hooking up. By the time of their graduation the average college student has had around seven of these encounters, twenty-eight percent of graduates have had more than ten while twenty-four percent of graduates never have participated in the culture (James, 2009). Hooking up has been viewed as degrading, liberating, dangerous, and as no different than prostitution. However, the opinion that seems to be most prevalent is that the hook up culture is fun and harmless. In order to fully understand the hook up culture we must examine how this culture is affecting its participant’s sexuality and their future relationships. In order to answer this question we need to first understand what the controversies surrounding the hook up culture are; why the hook up culture has become so prevalent in today’s society; how the hook up culture has possibly desensitized us to sexual assaults; finally and probably most important we need to understand what the impacts upon the future relationships and sexuality of those who engage in the hooking up culture are. The hook up culture that exists in today’s society, specifically in college, is a very hotly debated topic among college students, professors, the...
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...encounters. It is more risky and has more potential to being hurt. We tend to think that the only way to be happy in life is to find a loved one and spend the rest of our lives with that significant other. Love is more varied and equally satisfying. Our view of love is inaccurate. When people are powerfully attracted to one another, they discuss having “chemistry” which only turns out to be a metaphor. When you are in love, there are a lot of chemicals reacting in your brain and body. In Love: The Chemical Reaction, Lauren Slater discusses “that certain powerful chemicals in our bodies, especially dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin, stimulate both the “high” of early romance and the less exciting but more stable feelings of long term relationships” (374). We can predict that certain parts of the brain are much more involved than others in passionate attraction. “Why doesn’t passionate love last?” (Slater 378). We have a tendency to fall in love, sometimes over and over again, subjecting ourselves each time to a very sick...
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...the pressure of a committed relationship. The generation have started to look for hookups rather than getting to know the person which belittles the human intellect and decreases the intimacy of sex in a committed relationship. The hookup culture is hindering our generation due to casual sex, morals, and the latest pop culture. Yet, for all their future fantasies on love and marriage may take a toll. Hook ups is a certain type of sexual activity outside of romantic relationships that imply an absence of commitment, emotional attachment, or volition in the United States and Europe. Casual sex and hanging out defies the flourishing rule of what makes love and marriage work: emotional vulnerability. Schulten states, “Given the way members of Generation Y have been conditioned, their seemingly blithe attitude about marriage, and sex perhaps even about love, may become less of a boon and more of a bust.” (1). Sexual actions should only be committed under a relationship because senseless actions leads love of sexual intimacy....
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...controversy in justifying human characteristics, especially concerning the defense of criminal behavior. Many people believe that our actions and conduct comes from the genes we possess, and that we are born with a higher likelihood to act in certain ways. Others believe that our behavior is a result of our childhood, and how we are brought up. Extensive research has been done on the nature vs nurture debate. Although both nature and nurture ultimately affect one’s behavioral characteristics, it seems nurture has a much greater impact. So, is our behavior affected by our heredity and genes, or by the environment we grow up in? What is nature? “Nature is your genes. The physical and personality traits determined by your genes stay the same irrespective of where you were born and raised” ("Nature vs Nurture." Diffen.com. Diffen LLC, n.d. Web. 3 Dec 2014). Taking in the consideration of I.Q., studies prove that genetics has a great effect. Adopted siblings have no more similar of an I.Q. than strangers, while blood related siblings have an I.Q. correlation of .6. Twins especially, having an I.Q. correlation of .86 (Nancy,L. Same-Age Unrelated Siblings: A Unique Test of Within-Family Environmental Influences on IQ Similarity. Journal of Educational Psychology. 1997 June; 89(2): 381-390.) DeNoto, 1 Nature vs Nurture The nature vs nurture debate has been a raging topic for decades now. It has caused much controversy in justifying human characteristics, especially...
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...commercial success. At the time of writing, the John Lewis Partnership has 1 manufacturing company, 1 farm, 26 department shops, 185 Waitrose food shops, John Lewis .com website, and Green Bee online direct services, with more projects in the pipeline. John Lewis plan to open 12 more department stores in 6 years in the UK and want to be at the forefront of major regeneration projects around the country. Their strategy includes moving into areas such as Northern Ireland, Wales and expanding into Scotland and Northern England. Introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM) Definition of Human Resource Management “Human resource management (HRM) involves all management decisions and practices that directly affect or influence the people, or human resources, who work for the organisation”. Fisher, C.D., Schoenfeldt, L. F. and Shaw, J. B. Human Resource Management, Fifth edition, Houghton Miffin (2003). Main activities of HRM Hook and Foot (1999 p.3) suggest that the following are the main activities of HRM: |Recruitment and selection |Payment and reward of employees | |Training and development |Health and Safety...
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...Consensual Relationship Agreements Consensual Relationship Contracts are often referred to as “Love Contracts.” These contracts are fairly new and have only recently been introduced into the workforce; they date back approximately to six or seven years ago. (Kellog forum) A consensual relationship agreement (CRA) is a written contract in which many companies are now presenting to employees who are romantically involved, within the same company. The contracts are often presented by human resources and the parties involved are asked to voluntarily sign them. Not to only protect the companies interest but the employees as well. The “Love Contracts” are being implemented by companies to assure that company policies and company conduct ethics are not breached by the romantic involvement between two of its employees. Workplace romances and relationships are becoming more commonplace as work hours are becoming longer and the concept of “team building” is become more widespread in the workforce. Most companies at some time used to have policies that prohibited interoffice dating. Now many experts warn against such policies stating that the outcome often concluded with employees rebelling against the policy and dating for the thrill. (Hellriegel, Slocum 65) Corporate culture had to become more flexible due to the change in the dynamics of their employees. In an environment where individuals with common interests are working in close proximity for 40 or more hours per week, an office...
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...The Youth Ministry Minute, is a regular publication this addition, “The Mindful Youth Pastor” discusses how to teach teens to be mindful in life and through this develop a closer relationship with Jesus. “The most stressed-out people in the world are sitting right there in your youth room every Wednesday night.” This is a problem, teens lose focus in the noise of their lives. The idea it to show teens what mindfulness is, a term the author said he did not like until he fully understood it. Teens do not notice the noise in their lives. The electronic hum is never ending. Every aspect of their lives involves some electronic device, some social platform, some other thing to distract. With no time to unplug teens become stressed out. They have school, friends, home life, and other things to deal with all with their own unique set of problems. This lack of silence interferes with teens developing a scene of being comfortable with themselves....
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...THE MEANING OF 'INDEPENDENT WOMAN'' IN MUSIC MiA MOODY Introduction Rapper Roxanne Shanté's 1989 rendition of "Independent Woman," explored relationships and admonished women not to dote on partners who do not reciprocate or to buy into the fairytale dream that a man would always take care of them. The definition of an "Independent Woman" in the Urban Dictionary, a predominantly African American written and defined Web site, is "A woman who pays her own bills, buys her own things, and does not allow a man to affect her stability or self-confidence. She supports herself on her own entirely and is proud to be able to do so." Another depiction of independence is found in Tina Portis' video clip titled the "Deception of the Independent Woman" posted to YouTube in 2010. Portis, an entrepreneur and former single mother, offers her opinion on statistics showing 42% of U.S. black women have never been married and are "independent" because they focus on achievement, often waiting too long to compete for the small number of black men who are equal in status (Johnson, 2010). In the video, she asserts that independent women do not need a pat on the back for doing what grownups are supposed to do: pay their bills, buy houses and cars, etc. She adds that independence discourages relationships as people begin to believe they can do everything alone, so they do not need a mate. Mia Moody, PhD, is a professor of journalism at Baylor University. She is the author of ...
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...As a devoted fan of bell hooks, I was very excited to read this book. I’ve always found her to be an extremely sharp critic of culture, and I’ve appreciated her ability to state her thoughts clearly and compellingly. This volume was no exception. hooks engages with a wide variety of problems and approaches to “education as the practice of freedom.” Her essays exposed the degree to which our traditional system of education reproduces and sustains structural inequalities. Equally important, these essays offered new ways of thinking about pedagogy, and new strategies for creating a liberatory classroom. The only major downfall I saw in this volume is that the essays often repeated themselves. hooks acknowledges as much in her introduction, saying that since she wrote each essay separately, a certain degree of overlap exists in the collection. I would perhaps recommend that readers space out the essays rather than attempting to digest them all at once; this will allow readers to digest her thoughts before moving on, and will help them avoid becoming frustrated by these overlaps. hooks states that she intends these essays to be “celebratory” (10), and indeed I found that the experience of reading them was often a joyful one. The degree to which she loves teaching and connects with her students is incredibly inspiring. Teaching to Transgress has earned a permanent place on my bookshelf; I anticipate that I will turn to it often as I begin to teach students and create...
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...and reproduction. Second, we as humans need protection and safety from harms way. And the third basic human need according to Maslow is social needs. Our sense of identity comes from the way we perceive and interact with other people. Having social relationships is vital to the basic character of a person. Some sociologists would say that having other human relationships is so important to us, that communication is the primary goal of existence. Social influences make up who we are as people and carry with a person throughout their entire life. Social influences on us carry into our day to day lives and the relationships we have created. Society’s views on relationships have changed drastically over the years, some for the better, and others for the worse. Much of the social influences we have to deal with in our lives today relate to society’s views on love, and acceptance of sex out of wedlock. Our relationships are also molded around our careers, and society’s views about what is acceptable for a relationship and a career to succeed. American society has created and established many gender roles for our relationships and family’s, especially when it pertains to careers and money in a relationship. Although, these gender roles have been evolving tremendously over time. American society has drastically changed in terms of the perceptions and definitions of love and relationships. Some may ask if true love still even exists amongst our culture? It is my belief that we as a...
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...Chapter1 Introduction Feminism is not one unitary concept; it is instead diverse and multifaceted grouping of ideas and indeed, action. The basis of all strands of the concept may be stated as that it concerns itself with women’s inferior position in society sand with the discrimination encountered by women because of their sex. “Feminism is a doctrine suggesting that women are systematically disadvantaged in the modern society and advocating equal opportunities for men and women.”(The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology, second Ed). The term includes many loose like liberal feminism, Marxist and socialist feminism, radical feminism. Liberal feminists work for equal rights for women within the framework of the liberal state; they did not question the structure –economic or political-of the state but they demand the rights and privileges given by the state should be equally shared by man and women. Marxist and socialist feminists’ link gender inequality and women’s oppression to the capitalist system. Women suffer a double exploitation as women and as members of the working class. Radical feminists disregard all questions of political and economic dispensation to concentrate on the roots of the problem. The central root of the problem is the system of patriarchy which leads to all kinds of discrimination against and devaluation of women. Politico-economic questions are not the roots but only auxiliaries. The concept of gender is the real villain and has to be demolished. Lately...
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...Interpersonal behavior Name Course Institution Professor Date Abstract Interpersonal behavior refers to how two or more people with a given context interact with one another it is critically important within any given organization to strengthen relationships between individuals (Rahim and Bonoma 2006, p.77). In the Waki oil company issues of interpersonal relationships have proved to be quiet a big challenge for the organization over the past few years. The management has at various occasions experienced difficulties in trying to come up with better and appropriate solutions to conflicts between and among the employees, as well as those that involve interaction between the managers and the employees. Basically conflict refers to a state of whereby individuals do not agree with another or rather do not share the same ideas as the other. Such situations necessitate that there be a place good and appropriate ways through which the conflict between individuals may be solved promoting fairness with the parties involved having full satisfaction and in support of the resolution reached at regarding the conflict (Blake and Mouton 2002, p. 50). Within the Waki oil organization there are different department which in a weekly basis need to come together giving reports and sharing issues regarding how the company is progressing. It is within these weekly meeting that managers from different department come into conflict with one another...
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...------------------------------------------------- MBA SEMESTER 2 ------------------------------------------------- MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL ------------------------------------------------- LECTURER DAVID HALL AND DR. RAJENDRA KUMAR ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ADRIAN ALEJANDRO GALINDO LARA ------------------------------------------------- STUDENT ID L0174MVMV012 ------------------------------------------------- MBA SEMESTER 2 ------------------------------------------------- MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL ------------------------------------------------- LECTURER DAVID HALL AND DR. RAJENDRA KUMAR ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- MHC ASSIGNMENT | HRM-TQM PERSPECTIVES AND RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION METHODOLOGIES | MHC ASSIGNMENT | HRM-TQM PERSPECTIVES AND RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION METHODOLOGIES | PART “A” ESSAY 2327 WORDS (EXCLUDING REFERENCES) HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES Table of Contents Table of contents 3 Abstract 4 Introduction 5-6 Literature Review/Discussion ..7-9 British Perspective 7-8 Latin American Perspective 8-9 Conclusion 9-10 References 11 ABSTRACT Nowadays in the modern organizations Human Resource Management (HRM) is a key issue not only for a competitive advantage in the business and the development...
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...| I.T. for Globalization, Michigan, and the US | | | James Alexander Galarneau; John Allen; Fadi Shatara | 2/6/2013 | | Abstract: Globalization is the process of integrating human societies, economies, politics, and cultures across the globe. The purpose of globalization is to connect people together and spread information and resources in a more efficient way. Globalization allows integrating economies and societies. Globalization provides tools to become more productive members of society. It is a way of understanding how other parts of the world function. We access this information through a variety of sources such as, databases, information technology systems, computers, smartphones, internet, and social media. Many of the products and services we use today are created as a result of globalization efforts. Different countries in different regions of the world specialize in different aspects in the production of everyday items. In the effort to lower costs of products, different parts of products are made around the world for a lower price which benefits us as consumers. The spreading of globalization has resulted in many occupations that are outsourced to foreign countries due to the fact that cheaper labor can be found worldwide. The Role of the Internet The creation of the Internet has greatly contributed to Globalization. The Internet can be show to have played a role in triggering the wave of Globalization that we continue to see today. Internet...
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...Summative Assignment Topic 2 Evaluate how far TOYCO’s approach to REWARD is consistent with its’ business objectives Actions Toys for a Lifetime Actions Toys for a Lifetime Business and Management (BU) U58024 Introduction to People Management (IPM) Submission Date: 7th December 2015 Module Leader: Suze Mathews Word Count: 2000 Student Number: 13113235 Overall comments (FORMATIVE FEEDBACK) The beginnings of a good report, you will need to: 1. Ensure your line spacing is consistent. 2. Provide a little more detail in your introduction about TOYCO’s challenges. Refer to a wider range of PM and Reward theories. 3. Apply fully to the case study. 4. Provide action-based specific recommendations. Jane Chilman 14/20 Executive Summary This report was written in response to the request from the Senior Management Team at Contents Overall comments (FORMATIVE FEEDBACK)…………………………………………………..2 Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………….....3 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………...5 2. People Management………………………………...…………………………………………5 3.1. Employee Relations…………………………………………………………………5 3.2. ‘Hard’ vs. ‘Soft’ HRM………………………………………………………………..6 3.3. 10-C Model…………………………………………………………………………..7 3.4.1. Comprehensiveness………………………………………………………..7 3.4.2. Coherence…………………………………………………………………...7 3.4.3. Control………………………………………………………………………...
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