...Running Head: LEFTIES FOR A DAY 1 Lefties for a day Emily McFadden Temple University LEFTIES FOR A DAY 2 Cultural diversity in the workplace has been studied for over four decades. Its meaning is more than the hiring of employees of a different race, gender, culture, sexual orientation or those with disabilities. Taylor Cox and Stacy Blake wrote an article about the implication of cultural diversity for organizational competitiveness. In this article they state that “effective management of diversity could benefit organizations in areas of cost, resource acquisition, marketing, creativity, problem solving, and system flexibility.” (Bell, 2007, p.4). Armed with this knowledge, managers and professionals must get to know their employees, more important than this; they must help all the employees understand cultural diversity. Everyone wants a sense of belonging, fitting in whether it is in the community as a whole or more importantly to them at their place of work. When our managers promote cultural diversity, they aid in not only making everyone feel comfortable, but show respect for the differences we all have. There are some workers who feel that their culture is the best, superior to all others. This is the defined as being ethnocentric. "Ethnocentric." Def. 1. Merriam-Webster. N.d. Print. In our threaded discussions many classmates felt that being ethnocentric was “not bad”,...
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...Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! “Diversity. It is a word that means something different to each and every person.” (Campinha-Bacote, J., 2003) There are many other faces of cultural diversity besides knowing the values, beliefs and practices of different ethnic groups. A few include religious affiliation, gender, political orientation and socio-economic status. The ball and sock experiment put into perspective how minorities might feel….different. Just trying to get through daily activities like brushing my teeth and eating cereal wasn’t easy and it made me realize that having a handicap was challenging and that a certain disability, strong accent, or a religious belief can make you a target for discrimination. Diversity can be a benefit and not a divider and understanding how to interact with individuals of a different culture teaches you how to see common values and appreciate different perspectives. “Cultural values give an individual a sense of direction as well as meaning to life.” (Campinha-Bacote, J., 2003) Cultural competence plays an important part in helping managers and professionals in a business setting to meet the needs of culturally diverse groups. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Minority Health defines cultural competency as “a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations.” (OMH, 2005) In order to bridge the gap...
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...dogs, nothing exciting what so ever. Of course Lefty and I kept in contact, sweet good morning texts arrive on my phone every morning and as soon as he is off of work, he calls me and we sit on the phone for hours. The sound of his voice is like music to me, I could listen to him speak for hours and still not get enough. Friday has finally arrived as I am anxious all day knowing Lefty is coming over tonight. The days seem so long when he isn’t around. After my day is over, I rush home to get ready for the party before Lefty shows up. I get myself cleaned up and go to my room to finish getting ready. The theme of the party is red, which I love as my favorite color is red. I put on red, skinny jeans, a red cowl neck top, white a white tank top underneath and knee high black leather six-inch heel boots....
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...the fact that we can learn to appreciate that differences do matter and that becoming aware of those differences will make interactions with others much easier. Spend a morning living in a world that is designed for someone else. Here's how: Hold a ping-pong ball or a similar object in your right hand (left if you are a lefty) and then slip a sock over it and tie or tape it in place. Keep your fingers folded around the ball inside the sock and try to go about your normal activities. The two main things you want to avoid are letting the ball get out of your closed hand and getting the sock wet. Most of us are right-handed, and this should give you some sense of how much of our daily activities revolve around that fact. When you must use your left hand rather than your right, things seem to be a bit awkward, don't they? If you want a real example, try to use a wall-mounted pencil sharpener, open a bottle of wine with a corkscrew, or turn the pages of a book. Are lefties at a disadvantage? Go price a set of left-handed golf clubs. Naturally, left-handed people have adapted to the right-handed world to the extent that most are ambidextrous. Lefties, what did you get from this? Did your life become just a bit easier? Your assignment is to write a brief two- to three-page essay paper, double-spaced, on the importance of understanding cultural, ethnic, and gender differences by managers and...
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...Many know about the discrimination of a group, big or small, such as women, the corpulent or the homosexuals, but many do not know that the left-handed were andare to the day discriminated. Even though it is only a characteristic shared by about 10 per cent of the world, every day the left handed are oppressed by the right world, even most do not know they do. Oppression against the left leads back to the biblical times. In The Bible, there is about 25 unfavorable references to the left hand. In Ecclesiastes 10:2, It states “A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.’’ Saying that the right hand is generally the best exercised and strongest. Languages also show the bias. In almost every language, there is at...
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...awoke the next morning to Lefty gazing at me, “what are you looking at?” I asked in a sleepy voice. “Only the most beautiful girl in the world,” he replied as he placed a soft peck on my lips. I begin to blush, feeling special with the praise he is giving me, I smile and say, “I guess it is time for me to do the walk of shame and go back home.” Lefty raises his hand, moving my hair behind my ear and say, “Let’s get in the truck and get some coffee first.” I gradually sat up and got out of bed. I picked up a tissue, went over to the mirror and started removing the smudged makeup from my face. The whole time I am doing this, Lefty is just gawking at me. He has an expression of admiration on his face, but a ferocious fire in...
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...Smith Theatre 23 April, 2012 Theatre (extra credit paper) – “Waiting for Lefty” My intentions going into the play were that it was not going to interest me at all. Personally, I am not a big fan of watching other kids act out a play. I have gone to many plays in high school where my friends were performing, and I was bored and not impressed by the production. However, this play actually surprised me with how good the acting was. The students were really into their characters and made me believe there emotions were real. In comparison with high school I felt as though kids were holding back and embarrassed to really get into the play. Something I was not that impressed with was the scenery, though. I was expecting there to actually be background objects, not just a wall with screen projections. I do not think it took away from the play at all though, I was just expecting something different. Another good part about the play was the clothes that they wore. I felt like everyone’s costumes were appropriate for the time and all fit them well. I even noticed in one scene the girl’s bra strap fell down which was not supposed to happen, but she just fixed it right away and continued as if nothing happened. Overall, the students’ great acting skills in “Waiting for Lefty”, “Sure Thing”, and “The Philadelphia” really impressed me and got me into the play. I almost felt as though it was real life in “Waiting for Lefty”, but that could also have been because the play dealt with real issues...
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...Bud Caldwell is ten years old. At the age of six, Bud’s mother died. Bud lives in an orphanage, called the Home, since he does not have any family members to take care of him. When Bud heard he was going to live with the Amos, he wasn’t very excited. He heard that Mr. and Mrs. Amos’ son, Todd, was two years older than he is. Bud’s friend, Bugs, was going to live with a family that had three little girls. Bud would rather take Bugs’ new family than live with a twelve year old boy any day. Bud had a suitcase full of important things like a photo of his mother, rocks that his mother gave to him from different states and flyers that could lead Bud to his father (who he thought was Herman E. Calloway). The next morning after Bud arrived at the Amos’ house, he was awakened by a pencil that was shoved up his nose by Todd. Bud knew he wasn’t going to let this happen without a fight, but a bed wetter like him wouldn’t have a chance against someone like Todd. But, when Bud slapped Todd, Todd started punching Bud until he balled up in the corner of the room. Then, Mrs.Amose was watching Todd supposedly have an asthma attack while Bud was hiding under the bed. Since Mrs. Amos was concerned about Todd’s safety, she instructed Mr. Amos to put away Bud’s suitcase, get a pillow and a blanket, and take Bud to the shed. In the morning, the Amos would call the home and tell them to come get Bud. Todd kept telling these so called “true stories” to Bud about what happened to the last kid that...
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...Biography of an Autocratic Lefty Allister Von Crane was born and raised in a small town in Germany. His father and mother were the son and daughter of two different political leaders; he had one sister who died at child birth leaving him an only child. Allister was always brought up to be a tough man and moreover he adopted the character from his parents’ lifestyle who were atheist. Allister was home schooled and his parents were also of a wealthy background. (The Von in Allister’s name was a sign of aristocracy). Allister was born in 1906, when his Grandfather ruled as one of the most powerful dictators in history of Germany. Being that Alister was the only Grandson. His grandfather brought him up in a way so that one day he would take his seat as a dictator and ruler of Germany, when he was no longer able to carry on his task. Just as his Grandfather was a warlord and was feared by all his colleges Allister was feared even more. In 1931 when his grandfather died Allister took over his grandfather position of leader at a tender age of twenty –five. Not only was he the youngest authoritarian leader ever to rule over Germany but he was also the worst in his time. He didn’t value Christianity; he made the economy sore by all means, as was always ready to punish anyone who defies his authority. His army was one of the biggest in the world and Crane had more than enough weapon of destruction to go into bloody battle with any country that questioned his authority. Growing...
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...The mobs was one of the biggest gangster organisations in history they first came to the United States was in the 1920s. “Gangsterism has added a subterranean stream to the course of American history from the nation's earliest days, and more particularly since the rise of urban society in the latter part of the nineteenth century. In the brash saloon culture of the cities, street and youth gangs, like the Five Pointers of New York and the Valley Gang in Chicago, became allied with ward politicians, canvassing for votes in exchange for protection from the police” ( Kelly, J.). This proves that everybody wanted to be apart or just to stay away from the mob families. The mobs became allies with some of the corrupt politicians and they kept the mob on the down low for years. Until the FBI come to town and started to have people undercover so they can get information about their organization. “The fifties were the golden age of organized crime. Mobsters had invested their...
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...LETS BE LEFTIES TINA MORTON CHAMBERLIN COLLEGE OF NURSING NOVEMBER 2, 2014 It’s 8 am Monday morning and I have just clocked in. I walk into my office to start my day, as I sit down at my desk and turn on my computer I notice that I have received an email from the Human Resources Department that states “Lets be Lefties for a Day” the memo followed by saying that there have been many complaints of ethnocentrism amongst employees and management so they have decided to implement a project for the day so that we can try to recognize why the staff was feeling this way. The first challenge was to have us take a sock and put a Ping-Pong ball in our fist and not to use that hand for the afternoon, the second task was to get out on the floor and experience what our staff did on a daily basis and the third task was to have a meeting with the other departments to see what their outcome was. Ok so here it goes I have my ping pong ball and my sock ready to go, I have placed the items on my right hand as I am right hand dominant and this is forcing me to have to use My left hand for all tasks, well let’s just say that my first trip to the bathroom was eventful, As I went about my daily tasks I had a difficult time typing, answering the phone and eating. As I was going along with this challenge I decided not only to challenge my staff but some of the physician’s and ancillary staff that we have in the facility such as caseworkers and housekeeping, To go home and to report back to me...
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...Eight Men Out is a film that explores the alleged throwing off the 1919 World Series. The people involved included eight of the players from the Chicago White Sox organization, including the famous shoeless Joe Jackson. The movie covers this event in detail from the original idea being circulated all the way through the trail against the players. It illustrates the real events and discusses those that were really involved and those that were just dragged along. This film is very close to the truth of the actual events that took place in baseball during the 1919 season. Many baseball fans know that several players were involved in throwing the World Series early in the century, but what many people do not know is the details of this event. Only one player was approached by those who wanted the series thrown for betting purposes. His job was to get as many others on the team involved as was necessary. Each of these men who helped throw the series would receive ten thousand dollars, which at that time was a lot of money. During this time in baseball, players did not receive the enormous salaries they make today so they felt that this was a bonus the needed. The original player involved was the first baseman names Chic. The first person he got involved in the scheme was the shortstop named sweetie. From these two men the plan spread quickly. Soon much of the starting team was involved including the center fielder, right fielder and the third baseman named Bucky. However, most...
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...retain workers from nontraditional pools becomes more important”(p.12). There are research projects that have shown that diversity is relevant for everybody in the workplace. Every culture has specific characteristics that distinguish one for another. Managers need to be aware of the cultural differences that exist between members of each culture. These differences are manifested through language, customs, foods, and clothing. For example, in the Hispanic community, “La cena de nochebuena” (Christmas Eve’s family dinner) is the most important event during Christmas celebration. During this special occasion, family and close friends celebrate together with typical foods and delicious deserts usually eaten at midnight. However, the Christmas day is the most important time for the American family to get together during these festivities. Knowing these traditions will help the managers to achieve fairness during the preparation of the schedules. Race and ethnicity are two different terms that are often interchanged. According to Bell (2007) “Ethnicity refers to a shared national...
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...It remains the same, much like it did the day it opened on April 20, 1912. The park is actually their second home. The Boston Americans became one of the charter members of the fledgling American League in 1901 and played ball at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, now a part of Northeastern University's campus. In 1904, Boston Globe owner General Charles Henry Taylor bought the team for his son John I. Taylor who changed the club's name to Red Sox in 1907. Tired of the leasing arrangement for the Avenue Grounds, Taylor decided to build a park for the team naming it Fenway Park because of its location in the Fenway section of...
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...Perception: Baseball Ever since I was a child, baseball has been a passion and love of mine. I would watch the Mets play every night on TV. with my family ever since I could remember. On the hot summer days, we would bring the TV. outside and watch the games until the stars were shinning over us. Playing baseball was also something I did almost every day too, whether it is in my back yard with my older cousins or parents or on the baseball field during a game. When I was young I loved the game and played more for the love of the game but as I grew older, I began to understand the game and pay close attention t hw my teammates played and my opponents as well. Baseball has now turned into somewhat of a class now for me. I try and correct my mistakes to better myself and I watch others to see what they do in certain situations or to see what they do that allows them to overpower their opponents. My perception of baseball is now focused on pitchers in the major leagues. I try to learn what the great ones do to excel because watching and studying the best will only benefit me down the road. After watching baseball for practically 15 years, I have learned that all pitchers have their own styles, deliveries and philosophies but the mechanics of most pitchers are the same. Many pitchers believe in the same types of mechanics. Some examples would be to keep your shoulders level while in your motion or driving off the rubber with your back leg to generate their maximum power...
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