...Structure Family structure is defined by the role and the relationship between the individuals of the family (Goldenberg & Goldenberg 2008). It differs from one family to another depending on how the household is set up. Assessing a family and knowing its structure is acknowledged to be the fundamental base of data collection (Goldenberg & Goldenberg 2008). In order to understand a family’s structure and how its members interact with one another, the therapist will need to assist the family using different methods. One way to assist a family is to interview its members, whether separately to avoid anxiety or together as a family (Wager, 2008). Another important method the therapist should use is genogram (Wager, 2008). A genogram is the family window through time and generations. Using genograms allows the therapist to study the history and the background of the family (Bowen, 1966). Genograms also highlight and show the relationship the current family has with their previous generations (Bowen, 1966). Genogram data is collected through different symbols which represent different relationship between the family members; it usually includes three generations (Bowen, 1966). Joachim’s family needed some assistance with their family situation they are currently going through. To be able to assist the family, a genogram has been used to highlight the relationships all family members share between one another (see appendix A). As shown in the...
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...Introduction to Family Counseling CJHS425-1503A-01 Phase 3 Individual Project Tauni Caldwell Instructor: Dr. Goldstein July 28, 2015 Family therapy brings forth the dynamics of each role that members play within the family. Your family structure is very important to maintain and keep healthy and family therapy works to keep the family stable, prepare the family for a major life change such as divorce, remarriage, a move or death. Family therapy is used to resolve a specific issue that someone outside of the family can help with better than then members involved as sometimes it is difficult for members to determine what their role is and how to have proper cohesion with their loved ones as we are all emotional people. There are several models used to address families, depending on the situation and what they are needing to improve. This particular model is called structural family therapy (SFT), this model is a method of psychotherapy developed by Salvador Minuchin which addresses problems in functioning within the family. SFT is slightly different from the usual techniques of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy within family therapy. The usual models suggest the family is a unit that operates within larger systems, such as culture, the community, and organizations. The goal is for this particular system to grow and change overtime, but sometimes a family gets “stuck,” often resulting from behavioral...
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...the stress of college life. Cath Avery, an eighteen-year old girl living in Nebraska, discovers many things about life during her first year of college. The story follows the conflicts she endeavors with a bipolar, work addicted father and a twin sister who is breaking away from her family as well as dealing with her own issues. Cath deals with her first ever boy troubles as well as the conflicts with her family, struggles of college and stress of being a popular fanfiction writer. “In new situations, all the trickiest rules are the ones nobody explains to you” (Rowell 15)....
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...CHANGING ETHICS Personal ethics is an individual's belief about morality or conscience .It defines one’s stand on what is right or wrong.This branch of ethics gradually develops since childhood and tend to emulate the things which are set as an moral value to us by our parents or guardians in the family. It can heavily be influenced from any major incident in our life. Personal ethics refers to the ethics that a person identifies with in respect to people and situations that they deal with in everyday life. Professional ethics defines adherence to rules and regulation. The individual is expected to follow religiously, the code of ethics framed by the organization .It can be heavily influenced by the culture of the organization but it cannot change as frequently as the personal ethics. Professional ethics refers to the ethics that a person must adhere to in respect of their interactions and business dealings in their professional life. PERSONAL ETHICS VERSUS PROFESSIONAL ETHICS A person's ethical code determines their views on right and wrong, and influences how they interact with other people. 1.Influences • Personal ethics depend largely on a person's background and life relationships and concern. They are also influenced by the experiences you had growing up with dilemmas such as lying, cheating or even violence. Personal ethics may change as you learn and experience more, they often retain much of this early influence. Professional ethics...
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...Organizational behavior is a common knowledge in the area of: individuals, groups, and structure with in an organization. This behavior is to contribute to the efficiency, and effectiveness of a job. There are a number of behavioral disciplines that contribute to organizational behavior: psychology, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and political science. Here are two examples of the behavioral disciplines and how they affect organizational behavior. Within Sociology the greatest contribution was their study of group behavior in organizations. Some of the areas of Organizational behavior that have received valuable input from sociologists are group dynamics, design of work teams, organizational culture, formal organization theory and structure, organizational technology, communications, power, and conflict. Another discipline, Social psychologists have shown how to implement change and how to reduce the resistance to accept change. One of the most important and broad-based challenges facing organizations today is adapting to people who are different. Organizations are becoming more heterogeneous in regards to gender, race, and ethnicity. Managers play a large role in this process they have to have the people skills to work with the diverse groups of employees. Due to the globalization of many companies, some managers are force to go to another country and train new employees. Also with in there own country there is a diverse work force. This is a change that...
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...Family System Tools - Reframing Marilyn B. Simmons BSHS/311 September 29, 2011 Dawn Oliwa, M.S. Family System Tools – Reframing Introduction Marriage and family counseling therapy has exploded over the past decade. Families are currently facing a wide variety of challenges and issues. Therapist and counselors are focused on using several different techniques to help establish and in some cases reestablish a healthily family functioning environment with the use of several different techniques. One of the techniques used in working with couples and families to stimulate change and gain greater understanding and information within the family structure is known as Reframing. Reframing is seen as a tool and method to offer the family a different perspective on presenting problems. Specifically, it involves taking something out of its logical class and content and placing it in another category (Sherman & Fredman, 1966). Through reframing, a negative often can be reframed into a positive. Communication patterns and processes are major factors in establishing a healthy family environment. Faulty or bad communication can severely hinder a family’s ability to resolve problems within the family structure, but literally close the door to the willingness to try. A combination of techniques can be used to shift the focus directly on Reframing to help a family or family member. Listening techniques including restatement of content...
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...in fast-changing industries where organizations that can identify and act on new opportunities the fastest have a competitive advantage. Adhocracy may also work best with smaller organizations where managers are still able to comprehend and direct the organization when necessary. On the other hand, adhocracy may become chaotic or inefficient in large organizations where, for example, work may be duplicated by several teams. Poorly defined working roles may prove ineffective where team members are unaware of the scope of their roles, and thus desired or necessary work is not carried out. Read more: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/adhocracy.asp#ixzz2Dxb4zHsW Bureaucracy and Adhocracy The main aim of any organisation is to reach certain predetermined goals. In an attempt to survive and obtain this goals effectively, certain decisions must be made as to what type of structure the organisation will posses which will entail guidance for individuals associated with the group as per their duties and day to day activities. Ultimately determining how efficiently the desired goals will be acquired. Questions this structure will need to confront will include the amount of specialisation in areas of work and responsibility, the levels of management and their consequent size, the grouping of departments together for functionality of expertise, and the kind of integrative mechanism for control over work done. One of the more common types of organisational structures found within...
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...Intra- Organizational Structure. American Sociological Review. Vol. 33 Issue 6, p912-930. Bhargava, Shivganesh; Sinha, Beena. April 1992. Prediction of Organizational Effectiveness as a Function of Type Of Organizational Structure. Journal of Social Psychology. Vol. 132 Issue 2, p223-231. Brossard, Michel; Maurice, Marc. Spring 1976. Is there a Universal Model of Organizational Structure? International Journal of Sociology. Vol. 6, Issue 1 p41-75. Chegini, Mehrdad Goudarzvand. (2010). The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Staff Productivity Public Organizations. Journal of Social Sciences. Vol 6 Issue 1, p127-129. Clegg, Stewart; Kornberger, Martin; Rhodes, Carl. May 2007. Organizational ethics, decision making, undecidabilty. Sociological Review. Vol 55, Issue 2, pg393-409. Causon, J. (2008). The diversity advantage. Engineering and Technology. Vol 3 Issue 18, p78- 81. Dani, S; Burns, N; Backhouse, C; Kochhar, A. June 2006. The Implications of Organizational Culture and Trust in the working of Virtual Teams. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers -- Part B – EngineeringManufacture. Vol. 220 Issue 6, p951-960. Doyle, Robyn; George, Usha. Feb 2008. Achieving and Measuring Diversity: An Organizational Change Approach. Social Work Education. Vol 27 Issue 1, p97-110. Felmlee, Diane H. (1986). A Model of Classical Organizational Structure: A Look at Administrative...
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...people. They must be analyzed to prevent others from doing the same harm those corrupted do. There are many therapies for different people which help determine their conditions, and with these therapies they help exercise their mental disorders to help change the person’s life. Psychodynamic therapy assumes that a patient’s problems have been caused by the psychological tension between unconscious impulses and constraints of his or her life situation (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2010, p. 482). In other words it focuses on the unconscious developments as they are demonstrated in a person’s current actions. Humanistic therapy has at their core the concept of a whole person in the continual process of changing and of becoming (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2010, p. 493). This helps them become free and structure themselves to become what they want to be at their full potential. Psychodynamic therapy and humanistic therapy are completely different therapies. Psychodynamic brings out the actions that the unconsciousness shows, whereas the humanistic therapy the patient is free and then becomes what they want to be from their personal full potential. Humanistic lets the person become who they really are without life’s stresses. It lets the person be who they really want to be without any of the obstacles they normally go through. Psychodynamic doesn’t let the person become free. It actually looks for the cause of the problem. It wants to find the personality within that person that is causing the abnormal...
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...categories of basic level environment, social environment and economic environment. In this report one will describe the categories, along with management structure and issues that one may encounter when dealing with operational as well as financial situations. Being that technology is an always changing implement, one will identify the impact of potential change factors in the role technology plays along with any other factors that may have an impact. There are three aspects that build up an organization, basic legal environment, social environment and economic environment. Country, state and international laws are what govern the basic legal environment of an organization. This is where prohibited items of production and sales can be found. Also included are employee protection laws that protect individuals from being discriminated based on race, sex, religion or age. Financial laws and included laws that deal with taxes and ethics of a business all fall under the basic legal environment. Consumers are also protected, ensuring satisfaction by making sure items are weighing in at the price they are being sold at or making sure that product descriptions are not misleading. Social environment of an organization is where all that impacts a business is covered. Since society is where businesses operate, factors such as family, education, religion etc. impacts the way a business is conducted. Economic environment within a business organization include factors that are...
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...representation of how the family structure was throughout society. Made up of father who worked, a mother who stayed at home to raise the children and family dinners every night. Today in 2012, the family dynamic has changed dramatically. There are several factors that can be attributed to these changes and these changes could continue to change society for future generations. However, perhaps from researching the past and how we got here, we can find ways to strengthen families in the future. Family Changes Since 1960 the family dynamic has changed. Over these mere 52 years families have gone from having both parents in the home, usually with a father who works and a mother who stayed at home to raise the children. Today, many families are broken; children are shuffled between the mother’s home and the father’s home every other weekend. With this broken foundation the family structure itself is becoming weaker, thus creating a difference in society today compared to when our parents and grandparents were being raised. As previously mentioned, the Cleavers made up the traditional family in the 1960’s. This dynamic accounts for less that 15% of families today in the United States (Mintz, N.D). Another drastic change we have seen since 1960 is the divorce rate that has doubled since 1966. Another difference that has grown dramatically since as early as 1970 is the number of homes where couples cohabitate, yet never marry. This type of family dynamic has tripled over...
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...(1.0) Introduction. Managing organisational change one believes is like running a household. There is going to be the members of the family who will resist the change and those who will embrace the change. It is said that managing organisational change involves processes and tools for managing the people within the organisational. It was necessary for Corus to have change management employed as there was the need for becoming more competitive and to reduce or even close the gaps between European competitors and themselves. This deemed to be the main reason behind Corus’s change. However, as you read along one goes in to more debt on organisational change and managing organisational change. (2.1) Why organisations change? When it comes to organizational change there are two main categories by which change transpire. These are internal reasons for change and external reasons for change. (1.1.1) Internal reasons for change. Internal triggers can often be seen as changes in response to influences in the organization’s environment. Table (1) Showing Internal Triggers of Change. Formation or disbandment of a labour union inside the company | Appointment of a new CEO or other top executive | Changing the administrative structures | Job redesign affecting many employees | Factory redesign or office layout | New IT equipment | New marketing strategy | Outsourcing | Layoffs | More resources to research and development department | ...
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...those she cared for was cleanliness, order, encouragement to eat, feeding, clean bed linen, clean bodies, and clean wards (Parker & Smith, 2010, p40). Nightingale’s absolute adherence to these beliefs at times bordered on obstinacy and her efforts where credited with better patient outcomes. Community Health is a difficult field in any situation most notably because being in another persons home takes that measure of environmental control away that is afforded by the hospital setting. The community nurse in this case is confronted with a home environment that is not fit for human living, her quick visual assessment skills pointed out a two year old on the floor playing with a cat, a full liter box in the corner next to the changing table. The changing table had two half-empty formula bottles, an empty box of wipes, and three soiled diapers. The two year old goes from playing with the cat on the floor to holding the three week old baby. Beds are unmade, a hot stuffy living environment, no light, a table in the middle of the room with plates of uneaten food and unfinished cans of soda on it, and also very important but not explicitly stated is that this women is overwhelmed in her current situation. Nightingale’s Way The proper management of the patient’s environment was a central mandate of the...
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...whose mandate is to empower youth in the community with teachings on issues that cut across several factors affecting the society. This organization tackles issues such as physical, mental and physical abuse. Other areas undertaken include sexual contact, money management, nutrition, community involvement, tutoring, conflict resolution, family building and love. These teachings have an aim of helping the youth in dealing with the past and current challenges that they go through. In addition, the organization also endeavours to endow the youth with hints that will help in improving their self-esteem, conflict resolution techniques and stress management. Such empowerment is vital in preparation for their future lives. The management structure of this organization includes subsystems that are interrelated in their operations to produce resourcefully effective outputs and results. In terms of planning, Life Skills Center for Youth embraces the strategic planning model to ensure that it realizes its mission and vision for the youth in the community. Youth empowerment involves understanding the dynamic nature of the society and the ever-changing challenges in relation to complexity. The management of this organization possess adequate skills and experiences that are essential in the consideration and the selections and program modules and activities. The choices at this stage are those that are best placed to sufficiently tackle identified problems that the youth in the particular...
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...Structural Family Therapy Janea Taylor St. Edward’s University July 22, 2014 CNCO 6364.01 Professor Michael S. Bishop, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, PA Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to examine the theory upon which Structural Family Therapy is based. The history and construct of the theory, as well as a description of the techniques used while practicing this particular theory in application are discussed. An evaluation and critique are also provided, in addition to an overall summary of what was learned in the process of researching Structural Family Therapy. Keywords: structural family therapy, structural family theory, family systems Structural Family Therapy Historical Overview Structural Family Therapy (SFT) was created based on a theory developed by Salvador Minuchin which focuses on functioning within a family system (Nichols, 2014). Minuchin was born and raised Jewish in Argentina prior to moving to Israel where he became a physician. During the early 1960’s, he worked with at-risk youth within underprivileged sectors of society and poor families. As a result of his work with minority groups, Structural Family Therapy is one of the only theories with a sense of multi-culturalism. In 1967, Minuchin wrote a book entitled Families of the Slums which described his experiences with these families. While he was trained in psychodynamic techniques, he opted to take a different approach in working with this population by focusing on sociological...
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