...Adjustment Case Study PSY 100 Tiffany McKenzie Dysheka Barber December 16, 2015 Adjustment Case Study In this paper I will give the summaries of two stories retrieved from NPR’s StoryCorps Website. I will then identify and describe the major adjustment issues present in each story. Next I will examine a few strategies that could be used by the individuals in the stories to help them adjust. Finally, I will recommend the best strategy, in my opinion, that they should use in their respective situations. Article One The first article I chose is called, “Caught Between Their Dying Parents, Daughters Find Comfort in A Lie.” This is the story of a father two, Roger Bessey, who is diagnosed with AIDS in the late 1980’s. Bessey had been married for 38 years to wife Christine who was diagnosed with AIDS soon after he was. Turns out that although Mr. Bessey had lived a heterosexual life in public he was actually a guy man and had been living a double life for 27 years. Once this was revealed his marriage to Christine ended. Bessey’s daughters, Claudia Anton and Diana Keough, discuss what it was like to watch their father die and how they wanted to give him peace before he went. "We actually called Mom, and we asked her if she would just speak to him for a minute. And she refused," Keough says. "So we actually pretended, and we told dad that mom had just called and she said that she had forgiven him (“Caught between their”, 2015)." Their...
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...------------------------------------------------- Assignment 2: Adjustment Case Study KF November 29, 2015 Psychology of adjustment November 29, 2015 Psychology of adjustment My adjustment case study examines two articles from NPR’s Story Corps. In the first article, Teresa Valko describes the painful process and adjustment of watching her mother Evelyn Wilson being slowly consumed by the memory destroying disease, Alzheimer’s. The second article discusses Vietnam veteran Barry Romo and his nephew of the same age Robert Romo. Barry Romo enlisted in the army with the intent to fight in the Vietnam war, and his nephew Robert, who has no intent or desire to go to war ends up being drafted to Barry’s brigade and ultimately killed in battle. Barry feels guilty to this day for not being able to save his nephew. The major adjustment issues in Teresa Valko’s story were that she was losing her mother while her mother is still living. Seeing her mother forget simple things like what she had for dinner, watching her forget her favorite things like flowers and gardening. Eventually her mother Evelyn couldn’t remember the names of her favorite plants and flowers, or the names of the colors to describe them. And there is the issue that there is a high probability according to family history, that she herself will develop the disease. The major adjustment issues in the Romo’s story are that Robert Romo was drafted to war, to his uncle Barry’s brigade, under Barry’s...
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... Bierstaker, Thomas F. Monahan, and Michael F. Peters ABSTRACT: Many students have not spent much time studying or contemplating the importance of non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) earnings to the ‘‘Street.’’ Based on the facts of an actual company and utilizing the financial information drawn from this company’s 10-K and Earnings Release, this case introduces students to the strengths and weaknesses of GAAP and non-GAAP earnings measures, and why the Street might be more interested in cash and recurring earnings in attempting to predict movements in stock price. It also provides the instructor with an opportunity to discuss the dangers of allowing firms to emphasize earnings in their press releases that are not defined by an external authoritative body (such as the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]), and how this can hurt the consistency and reliability of reporting. This is an important discussion, since regulators have recently formally proposed to include non-GAAP measures in their overhaul of the auditor reporting model (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board [PCAOB] 2011). The case also familiarizes students with current auditing guidelines dealing with the going concern decision and the potential role that non-GAAP earnings can play in this decision. Thus, the three primary learning objectives are to teach students: (1) to apply going concern audit standards, (2) about the potential role of non-GAAP earnings in this decision—especially as...
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...Case study By Kevin Whelan Axia College of University of Phoenix PSY 210 Dean Marzofka January 11, 2011 Final Project: Case Study What are the causes of stress in Michael’s or Jennifer’s life? How is stress affecting Michael’s or Jennifer’s health? I chose to analyze the second case study, Michael the airline pilot, as I am in the same line of work, (aviation), I hope to be able to relate to the subjects symptoms, behaviors and anxieties and be able to relate positive and practical analysis and possible recommendations for coping with the anxieties of life in the profession of aviation. The primary stressors in Michael’s life are most likely a combination of the following: Chest pain, divorce and all the legal technicalities like paper work and the emotional implications, the end of a long marriage and loss of a close friend due to the commitment termination, (his wife), the difficult custody battle for his two children, ages 10 and 12, a heavy work schedule that keeps him away from his family two weeks a month, work concerns of possible lay offs in the future, the burden of a new town house in uncertain financial times, and finally, (if that all isn’t enough for one to deal with), unknown physical medical condition as a result of the increasing regularity of the chest pains. How are these stressors affecting Michael’s or Jennifer’s self-concept and self-esteem? In Michael’s case, self esteem has not been directly reflected in the case study, for instance...
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...incidents that are distressing. One should consider the gender of the interviewer, special training in sensitive interviewing and privacy during the interview. The presence of a violent partner in the room where the woman is being interviewed reduces the reporting of the violence (Walby & Myhill, 2001). Dedicated surveys can also be used to research violence against women since they focus on the issue of violence against women and facilitate a further number of methodological adjustments, reduce the time spent on such questions and remove the potentially restrictive crime context. Face-to-face interviews, telephone, self-completion on a computer and using postal questionnaires can be used to conduct surveys (Walby & Myhill, 2001). Interpretive and critical frameworks Violence against women can be studied using the quantitative and qualitative methods. The qualitative method is from an interpretive framework. The qualitative method gathers information that is presented in text form through case studies, lists, narratives, descriptions and verbatim quotes. The qualitative method is more appropriate when an issue is being studied for the first time in a particular setting or when the aim is to gain understanding about a process (Jansen, n.d). The critical framework is the development of approaches that have the potential of...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix D Acre Woods Retirement Community Case Study Acre Woods is a private retirement community with 275 senior residents. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of its residents through physical and emotional care. Sarah Armstrong, Acre Woods’ resident physical therapist, manages the retirement community’s activity program. Recently, Acre Woods added a pool to its rehabilitation center to facilitate resident exercise and aquatic therapy. The residents’ monthly rent was raised to help finance the pool. After the pool was constructed, Sarah immediately contacted the director of Acre Woods, Mark Adams, with concerns that the pool did not meet some important specifications included in the original design, such as nonslip treads on the stairs and improved wheelchair access to the pool area. Mark advised Sarah that the residents would be happy to have a pool, even if it did not incorporate all the requested special features. When Sarah asked why the new ramp and stair treads were not provided even though they were included in the budget, the director remarked that Sarah’s job was to provide physical therapy, not to worry about the budget. Over the next month, four Acre Woods residents had minor falls using the pool stairs. While the accidents were not serious, other residents began to express fears about using the pool. Sarah contacted Mark again to relate resident complaints and to stress the need for pool accessibility and safety improvements...
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...or situation you have encountered in your own experience, or a contemporary organizational issue you find intriguing. Use one field site or example for the entire paper. Also, be explicit about the level issue. For example, if you are using the concept of personality then it is an individual level issue. A list of concepts and their related levels is provided in a separate document. Focus of paper-related requirements: Outline: Submit a formal outline for your paper, complete with references. The purpose of the outline is to help you organize your content, which also results in increased clarity, improved logic, and better structure of the paper. There may be adjustments from this document to your final paper, but at this stage the paper should not require major revisions. Final Paper: Use a case study format for the structure of your paper. Identify and analyze issues using course concepts, and propose recommendations for the organization you are focusing on. Use of course concepts 1. Use a minimum of 8 concepts for the paper. Include a list of the concepts you used at the beginning of the paper. 2. Briefly define each concept you use within the text (a paragraph or two). 3. For each concept, write a diagnosis at one level (e.g., the person level). For example, you might write “The employee misses work frequently due to stress from conflict with her supervisor.” Note, stress and conflict would require definitions.) 4. For each concept, write a...
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...Case Study: Trip Seven Screen Printing Carolina Barvo Vilaro, Professor Terrell Jones Purchasing Management TRA3132 Florida State College at Jacksonville ABSTRACT This paper has the purpose to analyze the case study of Trip Seven Screen Printing. Through this paper I will discusses viable solutions for the problem that arise with the current supplier of Trip Seven Screen Printing. INTRODUCTION Being in constantly communication with suppliers, meet with the payments and be transparent in what both parties need at the time of generating an order, it will allow supplier to deliver a quality product or service, and achieve the expectations of the customer. It is important to build a good relationships with suppliers. It is a characteristic that e companies should take in consideration to succeed in the market. This will allow them to get good results for their business, improve the quality of the inputs and achieve future agreements which are beneficial for the company. Proper coordination with vendors allows companies to produce a better final product or service, which will generate greater customer satisfaction and, therefore, higher sales for the business. The good relationship becomes more crucial in the case of companies that rely on a provider in specific. This can be related to the case study in which Trip Seven Screen Printing has as a unique supplier, American Apparel, even though their relation has been satisfactory for the past years, recently, issues...
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...Case Study Analysis Carla Buckner Dr. Tom Steinhagen BUS 600 January 30 2012 In the case of Case 10-1 Oak Brook Medical Systems, Inc., a successful Hospital Supply Division is experiencing a shift in demographics due to frustration among management and lack of effective communication skills while engaging with employees. Effective communication skills can increase productivity among employees and create a healthy work environment. Ms. Harris is a successful manager of a relatively new division bringing in $40 million business deals. Ms. Harris has been an excellent asset to the company; she is hard working and is looking to move up. Although Ms. Harris has made great achievements in her life, she has poor communication skills with her employees. Her employees have stated that she is curt, sometimes defensive and overwhelming with facts. This makes Ms. Harris unapproachable and hard to work for. Employees feel that they are being talked down to. Ms. Harris is frustrated with senior management’s lack of attention to her successful division. Ms. Harris has many assumptions about management and their reasoning for overlooking her division. Ms. Harris feels she is being discriminated against racially and by gender. Furthermore, Ms. Harris does not know that her employees find her difficult to work with. Most importantly, upper manager is focused on numbers rather than creating a productive and open work environment. Ms. Harris and upper management...
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... |richard@koi.edu.au | 1.2 Core / elective: This is a core subject for B Bus (Accg) and an elective subject for B Bus (Mgt & Fin) 1.3 Subject/unit weighting: Indicated below is the weighting of this subject/unit and the total course points. |Subject Credit Points |Total Course Credit Points | | 4 |BBus(Accg) 96; BBus (Mgt & Finance) 96 | 1.4 Student workload: Indicated below is the expected student workload per week for this subject/unit: |No. timetabled hours/week* |No. personal study hours/week** |Total workload hours/week*** | |4 hours/week |5 hours/week |9 hours/week | |2 hour Lecture + 2 hour Tutorial | | | * Total time spent per week at lectures and tutorials ** Total time students are expected to spend per week in studying, completing assignments, etc. *** That is, * + ** = workload hours. 1.5 Mode of Delivery: This subject is delivered face-to-face. 1.6...
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...Business Research Case Study QNT/565 April 1, 2013 Subas Nandy, Ph.D. Business Research Case Study The following business research case study is decision-making within the workplace of a new supervisor. Because of the closing of the workforce center that Frances Holden was working, she was relocated to the Northeast location where her El Paso area supervisor, Mano, resides. Frances could not relocate to the new yet until the expansion is completed. On February 22, 2013 Frances and her coworker, Jimmie, was relocated to the Northeast workforce center. The plan was for Frances to work at the center for two weeks, have her knee surgery, and by the time she return back to work she will be able to relocate to the new center with her supervisor and coworker. During her two weeks at the Northeast center, Frances noticed the change in operation and the unethical way the previous supervisor, Frank, was giving himself credit for clients he did not see. The work study staff was seeing the clients and providing them job referrals. Frances first day working, a work study gave her a piece of paper of what he did with a client such as job referrals. Frances politely inform the work study that she could not enter services into the computer if she did not see the client. Frances observed that Frank (he was the only one working at the center until more staff came onboard) did not start seeing clients until 9:00 a.m. and not after 4:00 p.m. The staff were taking anywhere between an hour to...
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...on the the challenges and alternatives, I will present to you about the solution and execution of the case study. Within the numbers of alternatives, we believe that using the Kotter’s 8 step model would be the best solution in solving the problem in this case. Using the Kotter’s 8 Step Model, we will focus on creating and developing the urge of change is the organisation. Following the force resignation of the company’s CEO and CFO, there is an obvious need for the company to change. 2. So using the Kotter’s 8 Step Model, we will first create a need for change. Secondly , we will need to form a committee which is capable in leading the change. Then shaping a vision and developing the strategy for the process of change in the organisation. Then, the fourth step of the model is to gather a large enough force which is willing to change in order to act as the forerunner of the change in the organisation. After that, we will need to remove the barriers in achieving the vision of change. Then produce and set various short term targets in order to track and evaluate the progress of the change and reward successful agent of change in order to encourage further change towards the set vision. Which then consolidate the sucess, reassess changes, and performs the necessary adjustments in the new plan. Finally, is to institute the change and embed the change into the organisation’s system and culture. 3. In the execution aspect, we suggest that Arlyn, the HR director can persuade...
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...Case Study Analysis Felix Cruz University of Phoenix COMM 215 October 25, 2012. Dr. Santiago Case Study Analysis My suggestions for Arthur to make this summer of replacements hires more successful than those in the past are pretty simple. But in order to obtain these suggestions we must review this case with details to see where the missing factors are. I pretend to review the case of Arthur Reed a warehouse supervisor of the Blue Grocery Stores. He had been in the business for over 20 years and he is in charge of the shipping dock, both first and second shift. The issue here starts when the company gets close to summer because apparently, most of his senior staff suddenly wants to take theirs vacations. The ones that do not get vacations trends to make call-ins related to sickness without any advice in advance which make this a stressful situation for Mr. Reed. This supervisor has to deal with these absences and personnel shortage situations in a daily and weekly basis. He had tried to implement different options such as replacing workers but unsuccessfully because of the higher cost for both the employee and the employer. In addition, we sum the fact that, it is hard to keep people in this job, especially since replacements were not guaranteed any minimum hours or given any benefits and they will be paid at $6 dollars per hour which is a very low rate compared to the higher cost of uniforms, steel-toed boots, and the payments for the union dues. After making...
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...Case Study Week 2 COMM/215 August 16, 2010 ABC Inc. hires Carl Robins as the new campus recruiter. Within six months, he completed his first hiring process on the job. In preparation for the orientation, he notices numerous mistakes and shortfalls during his final review of the new hires application files. This type of errors is normally seen in a new hire or a first time worker. Extremely concerned and the possibility of losing his job, he needs to fix them to continue working for this company. In every corporation whether small or large, the new hires process is a key element to success. The components of the new hire process for the position of new campus recruiter should include; training, familiarization with the different departments/responsibilities, his duties, and his responsibilities. In this case study, a brief background of Carl Robins will show a clear understanding why the new hire process is importance, and the problems it can have in any corporation. In addition, .this case study will identify alternatives and proposed solutions to these problems Carl Robins can use, and provide a plan so that this type of mistakes does not occur again. Background This case study of Carl Robins will show people the importance of the new hire process and allow them to understand the problems that can occur. Alternatives and solutions will also be explained regarding these issues that will help Carl Robins to make adjustments so he can prove the company made the...
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