...and dosed some LSD with a friend so I could contemplate my worries from a more spiritual perspective. Heading home early the next morning, coming down from my trip and listing to Sirius radio I heard a 10 second blurb "End of America.com". I was a Democrat with zero interest or knowledge of finance with Bill Mahr as my main source of political 'information', but was captivated by the provocative website domain. I watched the video as soon as I got home and bought the Stansberry Digest immediately afterwards. I have a degree in Applied Mathematics and have always been good with numbers. I was a young American guy hypnotized by the country's pretentious sense of entitlement to live the American Dream, but I was forever changed by the insurmountable evidence of the irresponsible financial policies, corrupt political practices, and historical warnings hiding in in the daze of the average American's prideful ignorance. Porter, thank you for inspiring me to learn about such important issues and to motivate me to be part of solution. I love the Black Label shows, and definitely think that our society is overly concerned about political correctness. I have also seen many examples of fundamentalist people that are bat-shit crazy and usually very hypocritical as well. In college I dated my good friend’s younger sister who came from a very Southern Baptist family. I hated the big lunches after church where each little clique would gather and talk shit about the current gossip amongst...
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...Who was the sender? | Kevin Strikwerda | Who was the receiver? | John Knowles (co-worker) | What was the message? | Broken Truck – who broke it and how long had it been damaged | What Channel was used to send the message? | Phone conversation | What was the misunderstanding that occurred? | Who broke the work truck | Kevin Strikwerda Week 1 - ASSIGNMENT 1.1: COMMUNICATION PROCESS MODE How could have the misunderstanding been avoided? | I jumped to conclusions without asking questions first. Let emotion get the best of me | 1. What did you learn about the communication process from this activity? I learned that there are many distractions, cause and effects to all levels of communication. For me the emotion side of it is something I need to react better to. Calming down and reacting with a level head is best for both parties. I learned that the receiver is reacting to my hand and face gestures just as much as my spoken word. In the work place I feel the communication needs to be very “PC” (politically correct). Personal emotion and opinion needs to be left out and not used as a distraction in the conversation. 2. What seemed to be the main causes of the misunderstandings? The main cause of the misunderstanding was my lack of information about the initial problem. I jumped to conclusions before asking any questions and was fueled with emotion. I let my emotions get in the way of thinking with a clear head. When I should have taken a moment to calm down...
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...individual or entities based on logical or | | |irrational decisionmaking. | |Institutional discrimination |Institutional discrimination is when an institution or dominant group promotes | | |discrimination. An example of this could be if you local community college made all the | | |girls sit outside. This would be discrimination against the females and the college would be| | |the institution. | |Political correctness |Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to| | |PC) is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to | | |minimize social and...
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...Dear First Semester Student, I have come to learn that by resting and nurturing yourself, getting to class prepared and on time, and creating a master calendar, you can help yourself transition into college much easier. Having followed these tips, my freshmen experience has been smoother and more productive, giving me a great start to what I hope to be an intellectually enriched journey with a positive outcome due to my preparation. Transitioning into college has its challenges. When it comes to registering you are on your own. Mommy and daddy don’t hold your hand while waiting in line to get your schedule. In college you’re expected to keep up with current and upcoming assignments on your own accountability, as for in high school you are walked through and updated on a constant basis. Also, there might be some programs that help with transportation but usually you are pretty much responsible for getting to school. Unless you live nearby the college campus, you cant stand at the your neighborhood street corner chatting it up with your high school buddies waiting on the school bus to get you to school on time to make breakfast. More likely you’re going to have to travel quite a distance to get to school and there will be no warm breakfast to be spoon-fed to you. Since this is a grown up world, it’s going to be up to you to get a good night sleep and a healthy breakfast to begin your day. It would be wise to prepare your school supplies at night, because it is...
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...1 A person likely to participate in political behavior is insensitive to social cues has a desire for power believes he or she has little influence is a social nonconformist Correct 2 A primary goal of politics in the workplace is to promote organizational goals form alliances exclude undesirable peers secure limited resources Correct 3 In convergent periods, the role of executive management is to develop new strategies for the problems at hand shift middle managers to promote new views reemphasize the mission and core values challenge middle managers to reinvent their departments Correct 4 Political behavior in the workplace works only in an upward or lateral influence direction https://newclassroom3.phoenix.edu/Classroom/#/contextid/OSIRIS:47954803/context/co/view/activityDetails/activity/36bbc35d50034c108c6793bfffe303e7/ex… 2/5 3/15/2015 attempts to influence decision making works only in a lateral influence direction is unlikely in a wellrun organization Week 6 Quiz Assessment Activity Week6 LDR/531 eCampus Correct 5 Organizational momentum relates to patterns of behavior, norms, and values growth in sales, profits, and so forth willingness to move beyond incremental change the rate of change to make improvements Correct 6 Organizational change relies on a balance of change and strategy vision continuity planning Correct 7 Central to managing a successful organizational strategy implementation are/is tracking progress formal models of implementation...
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...before, and the one after their time. The people living through that time determines if they will be known for something great. I believe every generation feels a need to leave a positive legacy to pass on. We as people are constantly advancing in social acceptance but where we grow and excel in some areas we start to lack in others. My parents generation and my own have varying differences on political correctness, biracial couples and being entitled. In my generation being politically correct is a must. Small children just entering the education system can tell you what being politically correct means and if what you are saying is correct or not. The media has made such a big deal over what is okay to say and what is not, which leads most people to be worried if they are offending someone. My generation is extremely accepting, women have rights along with African Americans, and gay couples. Most people want everyone to feel like their lives matter and that they are accepted especially minority groups. In order to make everyone feel accepted we have adopted political correctness so we do not offend anyone's choices, beliefs, race, morals, and sexual preferences. Even though being politically correct is important. I believe society is making too big a deal about needing to constantly be correct. By worrying so much if we are offending others I believe we are holding society back. We are verbally limited, therefor sentences start to become unnatural and robotic. At times...
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...Right now we live in the digital age. Almost any business needs a website to be able to produce better profits. With this semester taking e-commerce was a smart choice and has made me set two goals for myself. The first goal is to be able to have good security when dealing with people online. If the system is hacked in any way the clients will want to know that their information is protected. That said e-commerce security is my first goal to accomplish by the end of the semester. The other goal that is set for this course is the understanding of the ethical, social, and political issues on the web today. To offend someone with an idea or product is very easy in this politically correct world. For me to understand how to have a successful business without offending anyone would be spectacular. This course would be beneficial for all people who would like to work with this century’s technology. How to build a website for a business and keep it going is essential for most professions. To know how to build a professional profile across the Internet with security is going to increase business with a better chance of profits. For example, Amazon is the first online-only store that started the whole ordering an item(s) and has them shipped to a person’s front door. Years later this company is a house hold name that is worth billions. That is what this course can teach me, to show how to start brand from scratch and build it. I am excited about being able to learn how to be able...
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...Visual media has changed American culture tremendously over time. I think that television has the most to do with this change. What the normal family unit looked like in the 1960’s was the Cleaver family. If you think about it over time the family look changed. Andy Griffith was a single Dad that had his Aunt there to help with his child. The Brady’s were two divorced parents bringing all the children together trying to create harmony. Then we had the Huxtables that were an upper class black family and the Evans family from Good Times to show how the lower class lived. Now the family that so many Americans compare themselves to is the Kardashians. Quite a difference from the Cleavers. Advertisements on television also play a huge part in shaping societies view of what we should do or have to “fit in.” As with anything there is always positive and negative. I think the social influence of visual media is mostly positive. As far as the news goes distance is no longer a barrier. We also have up to date news and weather reports. This is extremely positive and helps warn the public when severe weather is about to come. Shows such as The Voice or America’s Got Talent helps discover people with talent that before would only be locally recognized. Games help people connect with one another and form a team. I think this helps so many adolescence discover team work. Some of the more negative sides to the social influence of visual media. Some of the negative influences are the...
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...| Overview Issue four addresses the question does culture matter, and to whom, or for what? Experts are saying that culture plays a bigger role than previously realized. Research is proving that culture matters to the success or failure of any organization. Weak organizational culture is often to blame for ethical problems, low performance, and low overall success. Organizational initiatives often fail because the culture remains the same, that is, the values, ways of thinking, managerial styles, paradigms, and approaches to problem solving. The problem with culture it is difficult to quantify, initiatives are often not big enough to encompass culture. Article 4.2 “The Irresolute American” discusses foreigner’s perspective on Americans and their culture in the workplace. According to perspectives of foreigners surveyed, Americans are obsessed with being politically correct at work out of fear of embarrassment, disagreement, and negative consequences. Foreigners believe Americans are afraid to honestly say what’s on their mind. They work in fear of confrontation, retaliation, and litigation. This constant caution can be debilitating. There hierarchy in America’s cooperate ladders which are built from the top down receiving differential treatment is clearly expressed and understood. As a result, Americans are not only cautious about what they say and how they say it, but also whom they say it to. Subordinates are transformed into risk-averse order takers who tame their comments...
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...[Name of Student] [Name of Instructor] [Course Code] [Date of Submission] An Essay on Politics, Politicians and Political Parties When the term politician is mentioned, we immediately think of a person of honor. At times, we think that the person may most likely have a criminal record especially if the politician is from a developing country. Another thought is that the person is from a royal family as a prince, king or emperor. Politicians in most cases are entangled in controversies. We tend to see them begging for votes during or around the election time. The often have many promises to the electorate being put across using slogans, posters, and sweet words. These promises give false hopes to the citizens. Almost every time after these elections, these hopes are shattered, and the people then realize they made a mistake to put the politicians in power. In addition, the issue of elections rigging is often the case diluting the effort of the people who were targeting positive change in the governance of their country. The citizens are usually the ones that are greatly affected by corrupt leadership. We, therefore, tend to ask ourselves whether the problem is with the leadership or use of the electorate. Do we lack the ability to choose good leaders? Is the political seat by itself responsible for turning all people that aspire for it to be corrupt? If there is a lack of our abilities to choose a good leader, then action should be taken to decide wisely during elections...
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...When I'm alone with myself and my train of thought goes towards I think of the current climate of over- the- top political correctness in North America, I don’'t sit there on at my computer and roll my eyes every time someone gets overly butt-hurt because of something mean or “triggering” someone sayssaid on the Iinternet. Sure, I’'ll snort a laugh once in a while reading about sheltered Millennials kids in academia having nervous breakdowns at the mere mention of ideas they dislike.,... BbBut a man named Paul Feig has caome along and made me realize, more than anything, how sad it is that even full grown adults—and not just those pussy Millennial kids—use progressive buzzwords and accuse people of bigotry for no other reason than to shut down legitimate dialogue about something they disagree with....
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...“Problems to solve by lucy kellaway & the Financial Times” Do I have to invite co-workers to my wedding? This is a very interesting question. When you see it if no one asks you to think about it one is likely to think “what a stupid question, that has an obvious answer”, but you would be wrong. A person that works in a company will most likely spend more time there then at home. It shouldn't be to much of a predicament if the person holding the wedding gets is friends with everyone at work, which might happen if you work for a small company, and the work space consists of a small work force. What if you don’t like some one in your work place? or even if one feels that the time they spend with their colleagues is more then enough? It really depends on the person who is about to take the ultimate step in a relationship. One can invite everyone and just have to deal with those who are not to their liking, which will prevent any future resentments. One can invite just the ones they get along with, this with the notion that others will find out about the happening, and might result in future quarrels in the future. A politically correct approach can be taken by not inviting their co-workers to the wedding using the expenses as an excuse. As a person that has never worked in an office environment, and hasn’t even pondered on the idea of getting engaged, it is hard to considered the approach that I would take. Based on school environment birthdays, I believe if I was eccomicly...
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...Azar Nafisi writes about how she believes that through empathy we have deep connections to everyone. In her This I Believe Essay, she explains that empathy cannot be accomplished unless we enter someone else’s world through imagination. During the essay empathy is described as the “shock of recognition.” I guess I see why she called it a shock, we take in a huge amount of emotion when we begin to empathize. She talks about the “mysterious connections that link individuals to each other despite their vast differences.” I think that these mysterious connections are what this This I Believe essay is really about and empathy is how we make these connections. She gives many examples of how we can make these connections through empathy. One example that was given was about a woman in Kabul who was shot to death for wearing clothes deemed inappropriate. She says, we cannot empathize with situations like this by being politically correct, but only through placing ourselves in other people’s shoes. The author really gives a new perspective on empathy. I got to admit, I’ve never really thought about empathy before. I think before I just viewed it as feeling sorry for someone. But Nafisi’s description of it was really pretty interesting. I especially thought it was interesting when she said that, “Without this empathy there can be no genuine dialogue, and we as individuals and nations will remain isolated and alien, segregated and fragmented.” I guess this implies that we all empathize...
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...Vinay vardhan pisini The video is very well explained about the Diversity and she distinguished very well about inclusion, exclusion, illusion and collusion. She has also explained by giving a small example by stating that blind spots in human real life are associated with blind spots of a car. Diversity is the strongest thing in today’s world which would help in fortifying relations with organization and the place we work. People are different in each and every aspect and also we look similar but paradoxically different in various types like DNA, fingerprints and patterns in eyes. When we consider the nature of humans, we just like some people who are around us and like the people who are more alike to us and we stay with them. We always select a way that is always smooth but there is no life without obstacles and we have to conquer them. Here we have two different various groups such as in and out and in is explained as the group where we will feel free and have people similar to us and we like to share our emotions and feelings and for the out-group they are only associated with achievements or losers because the brain deforms the reflection of ourselves from other people. We always have some intentions about what and where we are not included of other humans and the four phases of humans are well said. 1. Professional-In this phase we always try to formal. 2. Tourist phase-We always try to go to other places and we learn their culture. 3. Politically correct phase-In...
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...spans four generation: Traditionalist, Baby Boomer, Generation Xers and Millennial. As mature adults remain employed, we increasingly need to understand the strength and challenges inherent in multigenerational workplace and find ways to leverage age diversity. The reality, according to research, is that generations are different in some ways, but similar in many more. More gap than chasm, generation difference has subtle impact, not the dramatic conflicts portrayed in the popular press. Research by Jennifer Deal, Author of Retiring the Generation gap. Clearly, managing a workforce that spans four generation, represents tremendous challenges to the manager that want to be in tune with social trend, progressive thoughts and political correctness. It involves recognizing the value of difference, combating discrimination and legal action against the organization. Devoe 1999. With perception that older workers are dinosaurs when it comes to innovation and technology but are portrayed as loyal and hardworking. Younger workers are viewed as innovative and technological inclined but disrespectful, lazy and egocentric. Taken this view on the face value, these stereotypes can lead to conflict and turmoil in the workplace. Lancaster, Lynne when generations collide. Studies has shown that older worker are receptive to change, technology and equally as productive as the younger worker. Robbins & Judge. Effective managers are aware that certain skills are necessary for creating...
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