...agreement that something should be done to solve the social problem. The functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives are the key sociological methods to studying these social problems (Pearson, 1995). The way the main social institutions actually operate is the way the functionalist perspective looks at these schools and society expects the school to generate well educated and skilled adults (Hernandez, 2007). The belief of functionalists is that the responsibility of the schools is to not only maintain social order but also maintain a universal set of principles and ideals that encourage social unity (Webb, Metha, & Jordan, 2010, p.193). Functionalists realize the need for education in society to function logically, disciplined, effectively and proficiently (Webb et al, 2010, p.193). “According to the functionalist perspective, the purpose of the school is to teach the economic, political, and cultural practices and norms of the dominant society” (Webb et al, 2010, p.193). Functionalist wish to find out the ways schools compare with other social institutions trying to understand how efficiently the school can actually teach its students. The plan is to find out the school is representing the neighboring residents in the schools faculty and student body (Hernandez, 2007). The functionalist are also concerned in finding out how much capability the school system has to teach culturally based curriculum and how the cultural values incorporated in the curriculum and...
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...a fuss, or being assertive would make me the black sheep of my family. I did what I was told. I am a Chinese girl. I adhered to my parents’ whishes that I get top grades and perform well in the activities they had chosen for me—I did homework for hours after school to get straight As, practiced piano to perfection, and spend grueling weekends learning Chinese calligraphy and painting with brushes and ink. I once felt like I was a bird being captured in a cage by my parents and decided to be myself, but after years of wasting time to enjoy freedom, I realized that although my Chinese tiger mom could be overwhelming sometimes, but her restrictive parenting method really pushed me to grow from an ignorant kid into a more mature and self-disciplined adult. Unlike most American undergraduates who think to play in college may be more important than schoolwork, Chinese students have already been taught the idea of “no cross, no crown” in rigorous education. I remember the first thing I learned before going to elementary school was that “hardship” is a necessary way toward success, while pleasure has almost nothing to do with it until you succeed. My parents would always say “How could you expect to do better than others if you don’t spend time study while your friends are playing?” In addition, Chinese, who has been under the influence of the philosopher Confucius for thousands of years, believes that the only reason why some people seems smarter than others is because they don’t waste...
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...exhibit personal responsibility if one desires to have a lucrative and successful life. College Success and Personal Responsibility For one to achieve college success a person must have determination, to do what is necessary in one’s college career. A student must strive for excellence and have dedication to achieve a college degree. An undergraduate cannot expect to reach graduation if assignments do not get turned in on time or attend classes. In many cases sacrifice is necessary, meaning that three day camping trip may necessitate postponement. This is, unfortunately, the nature of the beast. In addition, a student must take ownership of his or her actions, achievements, and failures. It is important to remember, the world does not owe anyone anything, everything a person achieves is something he or she earns and that does not always come at cheap price. Plan to Overcome The greatest thing a person can ever do is to have a plan to reach goals and overcome obstacles that will inevitably arise. The primary step in this process is to become, and stay organized. One can keep a calendar handy with important dates, like the date that thousand word essay is due, or have a reminder set on his or her phone. Furthermore, keeping a class syllabus nearby could prove to be quite beneficial. It is also essential for individuals to plan for the unexpected. Things will happen, and problems will occur, especially when least expected. This is not difficult to do. Put money away just in...
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...identity from his house without the company’s consent. Jamal Moore discovers that the mysterious blogger is Aaron Webb. He sends this information over to the Associate Director of Operations an e-mail with this information. The associate director of operations has to decide if it would be ethical to use the information that Jamal Moore provided to discipline Aaron web for violating the non-disclosure agreements (NDA) of the company. Depending upon the lens there are different decision-making steps will be used ethically to address the issue but the first step is to determine who the primary stakeholders are. The associate director of operations used the rights and responsibility lens and the result lens. She has to determine what duties she owes the primary stakeholders. That will assist her in deciding which option best fulfills the requirement of this lens. This would be to “fire Jamal Moore for his unsanctioned illegal activity. Fire Aaron Webb for violating NDA.” When the rights and responsibilities lens was used the associate director of operations was rational and treated the employees equally. With the results lens she had to determine the effects of the stakeholders, values of the stakeholders, and there criteria for happiness. Option five best fulfills this lens: “Use the information from Jamal Moore to discipline Aaron Webb for violating NDA. Caution Jamal Moore about his unsanctioned illegal activity.” When using the results lens the Associate Director of Operations was...
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...essential to managing and monitoring the budget. “An accurate, useful budget can be a valuable decision-making tool to analyze potential business threats and opportunities and help the administration make sound strategic and disciplined choices” (Maller, 2015). The effective and ineffective financial management practices within a health care organization correlate with the long-term financial sustainability of the organization. Implementing the financial tools requires transparency and accurate knowledge of the day-to-day operations of the organization. Effective management utilizes the budget as a tool to set the financial expectations for the practice to compare the performance to financial plan. Buy in, and accountability from the administration and other key stakeholders is required to create effectively and execute the budget. “A budget is a microeconomic concept that shows the tradeoff made when one good is exchanged for another”("Budget analysis," 2015). An efficacious operating budget is aligned with the vision of the organization to attain the desired targets. Successful leaders maintain accurate balance sheets. Balance sheets summarize a company's assets, liabilities and shareholders' equity at a precise point in time; depicting what the company owns, owes, and the shareholders investments. Balance sheets furnish useful information not only to management, suppliers, and stockholders, but also to potential investors and regulatory agencies. The statement of revenue and...
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...Doctor (Ethics and Integrity) Virtue Ethics Essay Tania Alfonso, R.N West Coast University NURS 521 Ethics in Healthcare 201607SUIIOL OL-1 Wrong Operation Doctor (Ethics and Integrity) Integrity is the mother of many virtues and starts when we deal honestly with ourselves. Integrity implicates a dedicated adherence to a strict moral or ethical code and a commitment not to compromise this code (Pozgar, 2016). Integrity is well-defined as a firm loyalty to a code of moral values, and it connotes soundness and incorruptibility. Integrity is the value we established on ourselves and the fulfillment of the duty we owe ourselves. A noble human being will personally commit to living up to certain self-imposed expectations, and need no outside check or control. Rather, this person is honorable in him/her inner core. Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience and the strength of duty within us. Integrity is definitively one of the essential strengths we can possess, not only in our profession but also in our lives. Coming from a cradle of integrity means being honest, truthful and reliable. It means trying to help rather than hurt, build rather than break, connect rather than crumble. Integrity It is a core value in nursing, a choice and something we can nurture. It is proven when an individual goes beyond what the codes and guidelines state and see that acting outside of these rules will better patient outcomes and safety, and in their view is the right thing...
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...Leadership Jazz By Max De Pree A leader’s voice is the expression of one’s beliefs. A Leader’s touch demonstrates competence and resolve. In his 1989 bestseller Leadership is an Art (Doubleday), Max De Pree showed how the leader’s task is less a rigorous scientific discipline and more an art of genuine human expression. Leadership Jazz (Currency Doubleday, 1992) probes this theme further. Artful leaders, says De Pree, must master two profound and difficult concepts which business has never dared acknowledge but which an art like jazz has perfected: voice and touch. De Pree ponders “the mysterious energy lying impounded in the connection between voice and touch. After all, a leader’s voice is the expression of one’s beliefs. A leader’s touch demonstrates competence and resolve.” The connection of voice and touch--reaching out to others--is the key to leadership as it is to inspired jazz. Leadership, like jazz, “is a public performance, dependent on... the need for everybody to perform as individuals and as a group, the absolute dependence of the leader on members of the band...” Max De Pree is chairman of the board of Herman Miller, Inc., an innovator in the furniture business for 60 years and regularly included among the top 25 firms on Fortune’s list of the most admired companies in the United States. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ...
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...Personal Responsibility: the key to academic success Individuals that are being personally responsible take ownership of their actions and hold themselves accountable for their performance and the decisions they make. There are many factors that contribute to scholastic achievement, but each student has the power and capability to choose his or her own path that will lead to success or failure. Those students that look within and admit they have control of their accomplishments have a greater chance of reaching their academic goals than an individual that chooses to blame others when they are unsuccessful. Many students coming out of high school not emotionally or morally mature enough to manage the changes in their lives, especially those that live on campus. In addition to the day-to-day tasks, such as getting enough sleep, eating properly and arriving on time for their classes there are relationship issues and other distractions that cause a student to deter from academic studies. Ceplak (2012) repeated a student’s comments stating that the student liked school because of his classmates, socializing and friendships even though he received poor grades. An Individual that copes with his or her new found freedoms and all the distractions of college life are better equipped to do well and earn their Bachelor’s degree. Holding yourself responsible for your conduct and changing your behavior so school work is the primary concern are positive steps toward the personal responsibility...
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...after death. Consequently philosophers from many perspectives became popular and presented people with answers and a multitude of options that were being derived from all the Hellenistic societies surrounding the Romans. The political systems inherited from the Greeks became the inspiration for the Roman Empire’s republic and has become the cornerstone of democracies around the world today. Greek and Hellenistic art became the largest influence on every single aspect of Roman life, including their weapons, fashion and home decor. Professor Weber clearly gives the impression that the Romans “conspicuous consumption” was not a positive after effect of the Roman conquests because it changed the people of Rome from conservative, loyal and disciplined people to a spoiled rich populace whose main objective was partying, drinking, eating and wasting money. The book...
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...Religious Giving: Do Unregulated 'Temples of God' Really Serve a Higher Purpose?: India Knowledge@Wharton (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4601) Religious Giving: Do Unregulated 'Temples of God' Really Serve a Higher Purpose? Published : May 19, 2011 in India Knowledge@Wharton On April 24, spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba took his last breath. He left behind millions of mourners; the funeral at Puttaparthi, once a nondescript town in Andhra Pradesh, was attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and half-a-million others. There were several millions more who viewed the ceremony online. "The man who was God is dead," said a Time magazine obituary. He also left behind billions of dollars in assets. When he died, his charitable trust -- the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, set up in 1972 -controlled those assets. "The trust oversees projects across 165 countries," reported the Kolkata-based daily The Telegraph. "It runs 25,000 temples, 75 to 100 hospitals and clinics, and nearly This is a single/personal use copy of India 3,150 educational institutions including two universities." The Knowledge@Wharton. For multiple copies, custom reprints, e-prints, posters or plaques, please contact PARS paper estimated the trust's net worth at between US$9 billion and International: reprints@parsintl.com P. (212) 221-9595 x407. US$33 billion. Considering that Sathya Sai Baba was solely in...
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...“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” The Western part of the world has for centuries been the dominant force on the globe. Both economically, culturally and politically. The worlds richest and most influential people have for a long period of time been Western, all the way from the ancient Greek philosophers to Julius Cesar, Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus and the modern greats such as Barack Obama, Bill Gates and the recently departed Steve Jobs. Because of this western dominance, the western world has ruled the globe for ages. But all of this may be about to change in our post-industrial era. In her article, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” from The Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2011, Amy Chua argues that Chinese woman are in fact well on the way of taking over the role as the dominant force, at least when it comes to parenting. But is she right when she proclaims, that Chinese women really are superior? Amy Chua’s main challenge writing this article is achieving the approval of the target group for which it is intended. The article was brought in The Wall Street Journal, which is an American newspaper and almost only read by Americans. The readers of her article are therefore unlikely to agree with her opinions and views on the upbringing of children, as she not only promotes her own cultures way of dealing with children, but she also criticises the Western way of doing so: “Westerners […] seem perfectly content to let their...
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...Study of business will help us to understand that today national economies are no more independent entities rather interdependent and taking an uniform global shape, economic depression in U.S.A. has an impact on the whole world, business and global warming are not different issues, war in Iraq or Afghanistan has some kind of link with business, China becoming a factor in the world economy because of excellent business skill and the system known as “Free Enterprise”. However the road to success will be easier for those who understand how business works. As business is an indispensable part of life there should have some rules and regulations to control and operate it in a disciplined way. In order to do so business laws have been introduced. And in the present world business firms must operate within the boundaries of laws and government regulation. Laws have been...
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...passage from the “pride and Prejudice” novel is written and told by an omniscient narrator (Jane Austin) who used her heroine and hero character (Elizabeth) as a focalizer through her actions and feelings towards herself, others and what is happening around her. The themes in this “Pride and prejudice” passage are pride, prejudice, family, marriage, class and society, love, wealth, women and femininity as well as language and communication. Throughout the passage, pride is seen as a major habit and attitude in every character when they express themselves to or treat others based on judgements and assumptions. A pride can be seen in Mrs Bennet’s words when she said ‘What is Mr Darcy to me, pray, that I should be afraid of him? I am sure we owe...
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...Emma Bullock MU 203-303 2 December 2015 Final Paper The Importance of Music in Education Whether we choose to believe it or not, music is a very present thing in one’s day to day lifestyle. From turning on the radio in the morning, to listening to it while grocery shopping, putting in our headphones while we study, music is always there. Music is also extremely underrated, which is why so many public schools are constantly threatening to take away music programs all the time. But why is music education so vital in the growth of students? According to the National Association for Music Education, twenty reasons are given as to why music is helping to enrich students educational experience, not diminish it. 1. Musical training helps develop language and reasoning: Students who have early musical training will develop the areas of the brain related to language and reasoning. The left side of the brain is better developed with music, and songs can help imprint information on young minds. 2. A mastery of memorization: Even when performing with sheet music, student musicians are constantly using their memory to perform. The skill of memorization can serve students well in education and beyond. 3. Students learn to improve their work: Learning music promotes craftsmanship, and students learn to want to create good work instead of mediocre work. This desire can be applied to all subjects of study. 4. Increased coordination: Students who practice with musical instruments...
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...Comparison of Child Rearing Practices Donna Sarvis ANT 101 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor – David Jenkins September 2, 2013 Comparison of Child Rearing Practices The purpose of this paper is to express the different ways culture affects child-rearing practices. Culture and child rearing are both essential in child development. Culture and ethnicity can have a deciding effect on the child-rearing techniques that families implement throughout the world. Differences such as methods of discipline, expectations regarding acceptance of responsibilities and transmission of religious instruction will vary among different cultures. The paper will include facts and information from three very different cultures about child-rearing practices. Culture is the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group (Greenwood, 2013). Child rearing practices are ways in which children in a society are raised (Greenwood, 2013).. Regardless of their cultural orientation, parents play a significant role in helping their children become honorable and contributing members of society. They accomplish this by nurturing their children, engaging in problem solving with them, and modeling by example of culturally acceptable ways of living and solving problems. A culturally evaluative theory called neo-Freudianism focuses on personal development in that it puts much importance on early childhood experiences being crucial to the development...
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