...Group Counseling: Effective Under Certain Circumstances Reflecting upon my group experiences as well as the lessons from class, I’ve come to the conclusion that group counseling is most effective under certain circumstances. These circumstances include a feeling of being alone, having a lack of support, and a need for modeling. When these conditions are met, I have found that group therapy can be even more effective than individual counseling. Feeling Alone Feeling alone in one’s experiences can be extremely isolating, which can lead to feelings of embarrassment and shame. Unfortunately, isolating behaviors can escalate and lead to even more psychosocial problems. In my experience working with bereavement groups, I’ve found that even though...
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...Groups and Teams Paper Anita Fields Management 307 Paul Mahajan April 27, 2011 Groups and Teams A team is internally organized with specific goals and usually with specific roles for different members of a team. A group is a collection of people with something in common, such as working in the same place, sharing the same interest, and mutually making decisions deciding what needs be done. The group’s purpose is the same as the organizational mission. All organizations start as a group, but to produce and succeed, a group must form a team. The most important component of joining a team is to have a goal and time to meet the goal. A team compliments each other, encourages open-ended discussion, and active problem-solving meetings. A team also performs directly by assessing collective work products and work together. Behaviors of a team are different from a group. Larger team requires structure and support; smaller teams often have difficulty meeting when members are absent. The formation of a group is often easier than the formation of a team. People are grouped based on age, gender,...
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...Group Dynamics and Processes Paper Walmart Employees No Longer “Get Happy” I recently read and article written by Rocco Pendola about the systematic struggles that the huge super-retailer Walmart is facing concerning its staff and lack of “team” environment. Rocco’s article begins when he initially posted 24 concerning pictures of various issues surrounding a huge variety of Walmart stores. Rocco began to receive a huge over pour of emails, photos and comments from Walmart employees around the country. In his article, Rocco uses the issues that he has researched about Walmart, as well as some of Walmart’s current and past employee letters to illustrate some of the current problems Walmart is facing. This article complies a great deal of information that helps us determine some of the mistakes Walmart has made on a corporate level as well as in it’s stores. Based on Rocco’s article, it is undeniable that Walmart suffers from a lack of Group Dynamics, and processes. Without continued use of Group Dynamics a company cannot continue to be successful, and ultimately a company cannot survive. According to our text, “a group is a number of individuals who join together to achieve a goal.” (Johnson & Johnson, pp. 5) this means that all members in the group are ultimately responsible for the outcome of the performance of the group, and all members have some kind of stake in the group, whether they know or understand their role, they all have one. If the group has several weak...
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...Groups and Teams Groups and Teams A group is composed of two or more people who influence one another through interaction of a social type. (T.M. Ringer, 2002) This group or any group can be based on anyone or more of an infinite list of factors. An Instrumental group is one that has a specific task to perform. An example of this in the workplace may be a group formed as a committee to send a recommendation to management. The reasons to belong to such a group are betterment of the workplace, resume enhancement, favor from supervisors, etc. Another type of group is a Social group. Less common in the workplace, but an example of this might be a fraternity or book club. The members of this type of group enjoy the social interaction, exchange of ideas, and prestige of belonging. A group can be people who share one or more of an infinite number of factors. For instance, in the workplace, a group could be all of those individuals who work on first shift. It could be those who are on a certain level of management. It could be one person from each department. In a non-business setting, a group could be the women who attend a certain church. Or, it could be the women who attend the church and who have agreed to bake pies for a fund raiser. Every group of people has certain characteristics, some sort of interaction between the members, people in the group whether formally or informally making their own rules...
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...The religious group of Buddhism has a lot of differences then other religious groups. Buddhism “is an 800 year old religion and a way of life dedicated to manifesting the endowed purpose of every human being to realize enlightenment”( Shinran Shonin, BASIC BELIEFS, PRACTICES AND EXPERIENCES). One thing that I learnt that stood out about the differences of Buddhism is that they are not concerned about labels. Buddhists don’t worship an idol, but do sometimes pay respect to images of Buddha. All though not in worship nor to ask favors, but more of a gratitude for their teaching. Some basic concepts of Buddhist teaching are the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. Two differences between Buddhism and other religions are god and the concept of hell. Buddhism do not believe Buddha is a God, they say it’s more like a teacher student relationship. Buddhist concept of hell is way different than other religions. They believe in realms and Hell is the worst of the three undesirable realms, not that Hell is a place of eternal damnation. Buddhism is still new in American culture but you still see Buddhist, just not as common as other countries. The biggest thing that they have contributed to American culture is the politeness and caring not for themselves but for other human beings. They have brought to the American culture that wealth is not the way to happiness. Actually, if you look at a lot of Buddhist countries, they are poor looking because they believe that wealth...
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...Group 5: Group Dynamics Observation Paper Field Trip Cornel Brooks Restaurant Observation on February 17, 2012. 1. Diverse customers in the restaurant e.g. couples on their 20s, 30s, 40, and 50s; African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic. 2. Waiter A greeted us immediately when we arrived at the restaurant and accommodated our large group within 5min. Waiter B asked us did we want our own private section because we were such a large crowd; however we choose against it in order to complete the observation project. 3. A young African American couple A in their 20s was on a date. The male had on a yellow shirt with blue jeans and dark shoes; the female had on a pink/purple sweater and jeans. The young lady had her hair in a ponytail with glasses; the male had a low hair cute. Their conversation was about school. The young lady had just taken a Civil Rights course and she was describing the impact that the course had on her. Her male friend seemed to be very interested in the conversation. 4. “That cornbread looks good” a group member quoted 5. The restaurant has a coat rack for your coats. 6. Younger couples seemed to sit at the bar and customers that were there by themselves sat at the bar. 7. The waiter’s attires were black tops and blue jeans. 8. The restaurants sits about 125 guests; two levels, black and white pictures on the wall downstairs, colorful pictures upstairs with painted yellow walls. 9. Daily specials...
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...Cloud Computing – Almost everywhere Introduction: Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. In simple words the computational resources such as applications, database, file service, email etc. are provided to the user not using the user’s computer but using a simple system containing just the operating system & the web browser or in some cases using a simple login where the processes occurring on a network of computers far away. cloud computing frees users from certain hardware and software installation and maintenance tasks through the use of simpler hardware that accesses a vast network of computing resources (processors, hard drives, etc.). The sharing of resources reduces the cost to individuals. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption, and delivery model for IT services based on Internet protocols, and it typically involves provisioning of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources. It is a byproduct and consequence of the ease-of-access to remote computing sites provided by the Internet. This frequently takes the form of web-based tools or applications that users can access and use through a web browser as if they were programs installed locally on their own computers. Typical cloud...
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...manager should gain theoretical knowledge on which to base experience and/or intuition when making decisions or solving problems involving the human dimension in the organization. In this course you are going to learn a series of models: 1) The individual—to help you understand, predict, and modify an individual’s behavior. 2) Perception of people—how such perception differs from other perceptions aspects and its importance 3) Functions of the managerial brain—how it works, makes decisions, solves problems, creates ideas 3) Dimensions of communications—to enable you to understand the basics of transmittal of knowledge 2) Two person interactions—so that you can understand conflict, leadership behavior, negotiations. 3) Small group functions,--so that you can understand when and why they are strong and get results and when they are weak and become failures 4) The large organization—so that you can utilize their strengths in marshalling human resources to get the work out and how they can adapt to changing times. If you have any problems with this course, doing the work or meeting standards, speak to your instructor before you receive failing grades or other unpleasant consequences. When you discuss your problems with your instructor, the instructor joins with you as part of a two-person team to resolve the situation—it becomes an “our” situation. If you keep the problem to yourself, you end up owning the problem all by yourself. Don’t allow that to happen...
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...EXAM 2 – PAPER – FINANCE For Exam 2 paper you will be developing two infographics based on the company you wrote about in your first paper. You will make 2 infographics, write one executive, and include reference page Infographic one: Financial statement analysis Do one vertical and one horizontal analysis. Do all the ratio analysis discussed in class. Infographic two: Analyzing the company stock: You are to analyze the stock. Use the following website to help you: http://www.nasdaq.com/investing/dozen/ Executive summary You are to write a one and a half to two page executive summary regarding what you presented in the two infographics. You are to address it to the CFO of the organization you are analyzing. The executive summary does NOT include references and citations within the executive summary but you will have it on a separate page. Your references should have the book and at least one peer-reviewed journal. You should describe the information presented (do not list the numbers = such as the current ratio is 1.20). You should focus on ratio groups (liquidity vs. current) and then highlight particular ratios within the groups that are problematic or areas they are doing well in. The next part of the executive summary should be about the stock. Use the stock market game to help you compare and contract the company stock to other stock Examples of infographics are: https://www.google.com/search?q=INFOGRAPHIC+EXAMPLES+FINANCE&espv=2&biw=192...
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...Health and Social Care Activities for health and well being Introduction The unit requires me to manage an activity in a health and social care environment which will benefit an individual or a small group of service users, the activity will allow me to work on my communication skills with contrasting age groups. With the activities I have designed I would have to take into account the physical, intellectual, social and emotional side of each child. For this I will be visiting Woodend Preschool where I will be holding an activity to evaluate the children's skills and assessing how well we communicate between each other, by the way our body language comes across. Before making my final decision about the activity, I will have to take into consideration the skills each child has, the facilities, safety implications, equipment and time. Also I have to plan, improve and evaluate my activity; I have also made samples for each of my activities. The preschool and early school years are also full of changes, from three to five the child’s motor skills, language, thinking and social development change dramatically. A01- Suitable Activities and Reasons for Choice I have created a range of activities that would be suitable for Pre-schoolers aged between three to four, at this point in their life the child's development is important, it is a time where the child’s world will be dominated by fantasy and vivid imagination. Hopefully the children will be able move around confidently...
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...The progress on my research paper is a work in progress. As I write my research paper, I find that I am having a difficult time focusing and being able to put my thoughts on paper in a comprehendible way. Today, however, has been the most productive day for me as far as homework and writing, since the arrival of my daughter. Sleep deprivation is definitely taking a toll on my body and mind. Two interesting facts I have found so far on the benefits of mentoring comes from an article I found in Police Chief Magazine, Institutionalizing Mentoring in Police Departments, written by Harvey Sprafka. Sprafka discusses the difference between a Field Training Officer (FTO) and a mentor. Sprafka describes the roles as “distinct yet complementary”....
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...attached with the environment through various activities, trainings and workshops. Apart from group work, they will be directed to do the individual works so that they can take care of anything themselves. Programs: 1. School level presentation and workshops to make them conscious about environment issues around the world. 2. Group project to learn about nature by giving specific homework on various topics. 3. Use of internet to search about nature and its problems. 4. Discussions about different topics on regular basis. 5. Electing green club council members so that they would present their activities during school functions. 6. A separate column (earth column /my earth) on a wall magazine to present their successfully completed assignments. 7. Unused lands will be used for flowering and planting the sapling of tree. 8. Separate plants to each green club members will be given for one year of which, they need to take full care of their plants. 9. Field visit such as zoo, local community forest and nurseries tri-monthly with specific theme. 10. Help all school students to discourage the use of plastic bags & plastic containers. 11. Art, essay and quiz competition related with environment (E-Quiz). 12. Encouraging guardians to become environment friendly. 13. Supply of cloth bags. 14. Assisting in making paper bags & paper related showpieces. 15. Regular competition on specific...
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...ACCTBA3 WRITTEN GROUP BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS (5% of class standing grade) Term 2, Academic Year 2013-2014 “Clean-N-Brite” Adapted from: Raiborn, C.A. and Kinney, M.R. Cost Accounting, 6th edition. Thompson South Western Edition. Clean-N-Brite is a multiproduct company with several manufacturing plants. The Cincinnati plant manufacturers and distributes two household cleaning and polishing compounds, regular and heavy duty, under the HouseSafe label. The forecasted operating results for the six months of 2006, when 100,000 cases of each compound are expected to be manufactured and sold, and presented in the following statement: |HOUSESAFE COMPOUNDS – CINCINNATI PLANT | |Forecasted Results of Operations | |For the Six-month Period Ending June 30, 2006 | | | | | | |(In P 000) | | |Regular | |Heavy-Duty | |Total | |Sales ...
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...expect some (most or all) of us will feel strongly about certain issues, we need to treat each other respect even if we disagree. Be careful with the words you choose and your delivery. We don’t have to agree but we do have to treat each other with respect. Objectives * Students will be familiar with writing for different audiences. Part of the UHWO GLOs (General Learning Outcomes) requires students to effectively communicate information for an intended audience. The UHWO catalogue explains that part of being able to effectively communicate information will necessitate utilizing different type of information literacy. * We will become familiar with using primary and secondary texts in our research papers. This course will ready students for their future term papers as they continue their journey at UHWO. * Students will learn the...
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...Steps to writing a proper white paper… Use a Linear, Logical Approach: a white paper must be educational, not promotional in tone. And should posses the following objectives: It must attract the right audience. White papers are highly audience specific, it is better to write white papers tailored toward different groups of stakeholders. Must engage the reader; engage by showing them that you understand their problem and that you can “relate”. Or by quickly showing mastery of the subject, through good clear writing. It must inform your reader. Written more like an objective magazine article than a sales brochure. they should objectively present a problem, the business case for solving the problem, and alternative ways of solving the problem. Therefore, the reader gains knowledge from having invested the time to read the paper. Ultimately the reader feels informed, not sold. It must convince your reader; to convince reader to give your organisation consideration based information that you have presented. Example, if your product has a high up-front cost but lower maintenance costs, your paper might include an analysis of ongoing “hidden” costs and a ROI model that shows how a high initial investment might actually be more cost-effective over the life of the purchase. Your Title Is Key to Success of Paper: A creative, meaningful title drives readership, whether you promote your paper online, distribute it at a conference, or pitch it to trade magazine editors. The content...
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