...Forum 2 Case Study Introduction Relationships in business are extremely important. Most successful businesses are built on this concept. Unfortunately, there are times when what is best for the business is not best for the relationship. Employees are fired, leadership is changed, and jobs are outsourced. Difficult decisions are just part of business. The relationship between the Scuppernongs grape company and Don’s store began slowly at first, and then developed into a steady exchange of business. Don, without mentioning anything to the Scuppernongs grape company owner, had his minor son sign a contract that included a guaranteed price schedule. This is when the relationship was officially damaged. Scuppernongs grape company now has a contract offer to be exclusive with a company in Connecticut. When the Scuppernongs grape company owner contacted Don, he informed him of the contract and that he intended to hold the Scuppernongs grape company to the terms detailed. Due in part to the contract being invalid as it was signed by a minor who also was not an authorized legal representative of the company, the Scuppernongs grape company should accept the contract offer from Connecticut. Minor’s capacity to contract The Scuppernongs grape company owner’s son was working part-time as a delivery driver and was minor at the time Don had him sign a contract as a representative of his father’s company. Don did this without the knowledge of the minor’s father...
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...that I chose is Project KEEP (SAY). The reason why I chose this agency is because I absolutely admire foster families that provide a safe home for children in need and it breaks my heart knowing that some families struggle with behavioral issues from the foster child. Project KEEP helps foster parents and foster children with many issues and allows...
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...On January 9th, 1982, a baby girl was born to two former flight attendants. Little did they know their child would one day become part of the Royal family. From a commoner to Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton has lived an extraordinary life. Today, I will tell you a little bit about her extraordinary life. I have thoroughly researched many important aspects of Kate’s life, from her childhood to her life as royalty. Today, I will tell you about her early childhood, relationship with William, and current life as Duchess of Cambridge. As I just mentioned I would like to tell you a little bit about Kate during her childhood years. Kate’s early childhood was quite different from the life that she lives today. Kate was born into an ordinary middle-class family and was the oldest of three children. Nicholas Kohler, in his article on Kate Middleton that appeared in Maclean’s on November 29th, 2010, tells us that Kate’s parent, Michael and Carole Middleton, met while working as flight attendants. In 1987, Carole Middleton launched a family business called Party Pieces when Kate was five years old. This successful business that sold children’s party gear made the Middleton family millionaires. The success of party pieces enables the Middleton’s to send their children to expensive boarding schools. Andrew Morton, in his book, William and Catherine: Their Story writes that Kate was bullied at Downs House, the all girls school she attended. According to the biography.com website, she...
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...of personal and social development describes a series of psychosocial crises that shape personality (Slaven, 2015). These social crises deal with a person’s personality as well as their relationships with other people (Slaven, 2015). Personal Stage The sixth stage of Erikson’s theory occurs sometime during young adulthood. It is during this stage that an adult either finds happiness in their relationships (both sexual and non-sexual) or becomes distant and standoffish which eventually leads to isolation (Slaven, 2015). Myself, I would fall into this, the Intimacy vs. Isolation Stage, as I am thirty years old. Throughout life it is necessary to form healthy bonds and relationships with other people in order to avoid isolation and loneliness. According to Slaven (2015), a relationship is healthy if all parties involved are enhanced without stifling the growth of each other. As an educator, being able to form meaningful relationships with students, parents, and coworkers. A teacher who is in this stage of development will be able to connect with the students and their families thus create a healthy, trusting relationship. A teacher who lacks the ability to bond with a student, will have a much more difficult time reaching the children on an academic level. Stages in the Classroom Building self-confidence and a sense of industry is the main goal during the fourth stage of development (Slaven, 2015). Children in my third grade class most likely all fall into this stage. They...
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...group to guide and accomplish one or more goals. Although my interpretation of group work are very similar from the textbook, that I was assigned for class, my family, school, church, and social experiences also played a huge part in helping me construct it. In addition, those experiences not only gave me further knowledge, but skills to help me facilitate and accomplish group work tasks. As a facilitator and as a future social worker, my idea of a successful/effective group would be a group with a positive dynamic; where each individual in the group are able to open up, share and embrace their culture, interests, stories, and backgrounds. That way the group is able to trust and support each other and respect each other based on their values and ideas. Moreover, many people benefit from group work; a few are domestic violence, sexual abuse, anger management, etc. Groups like these and countless more are very crucial in our society because it provides structure for our communities to build on, as well as, meeting the individuals own socio-economical needs and/or accomplishing a goal that is set. Not to mention, improving yours and your group’s ideas so that the task becomes more efficient/successful. Lastly, groups help bring people together who feel alone in their struggle, to be able to build a healthy relationship, and help educate each other and our youth to participate in this impenetrable social system. Values Although a lot of treatment/task groups are mandated and...
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...attempting to enact changes by helping at risk or minority youth and students but in different ways. Before they can be successful there has to be a way of making sure there is a set of steps for them to follow in order to reach this goal. Social change theories are what give social changes the structure or it’s backbone allowing it to make some actual progress to achieve their goals. There has to be a sense of communication between those who are helping and those who are going to be helped. Communication is the active engagement with the participants, helpers, providers and the receivers of any or all the products or effects that the organization or agent of...
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...teacher and family of the child with disabilities and the engagement of said family and student within the school and community. Teachers and parents share a common goal: helping the child to succeed in school. Research establishes a strong correlation between parent involvement and a child’s academic success. To help ensure the success of partnerships between schools and parents, teachers and other school personnel should: recognize that all families are different, understand that the emotions exhibited by the parents of children with disabilities regarding their children are complex and varied, and acknowledge that the parents of children with disabilities have additional roles and stressors. All students and parents should feel welcome in the school and should feel respected. Schools should think of parents as equal partners to ensure that students are successful in school. Lastly, because parents’ demands are high, we should value parents’ participation of at any level. Keywords: engagement, student with disabilities, partners, successful Introduction “You take your students and I will take my students.” Too long there has been delineation between general education students and students with a disability. Special education teachers have been the primary communicator with the parents and family. While it is important for special education teachers to communicate with families, they should not be the only teachers in the school that the parents talk to...
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...Organizational Structure and Processes Kim Henderson, Kimberly Butler, Ronda Evans University of Phoenix Building Community in Human Service Organization BSHS 461 Chris Shreve July 18, 2011 Organizational Structure and Processes People working with marginalized, displaced or special populations experiencing obstacles to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness human service workers considered. Human services encompass a wide range of responsibilities. In human services, professionals have a broad range of skills in their collective roles in helping people with various social issues. The human service field can include a variety of job titles such as Director, Counselor, Therapist, Caseworker, Program Coordinator, Social Worker, or Victim Advocate (Martin, 2007). The human service field includes the human service agency as well as the human service workers making up the human service agency. According to “Management of Human Services Program” discusses the human service organization as a group of people large or small working together to improve the live served (Lewis, Packard, Lewis, 2007). Human Service Organizations come in when people facing various social problems have no support systems to help them in overcoming their issues. The settings in which human service professionals practice can vary. Lewis, Packard, and Lewis mention tiny storefront agencies to multifaceted community organizations to statewide public service departmental settings (2007). However...
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...Consumer Protection Laws and Regulations Unhealthy Lunches Over the past few decades, the American population has developed a reputation of being lazy and obese. It’s an ignorant generalization and stereotype, but is it possible that this has some truth? It may come down to an issue of the children diet and exercise routine. School lunches are usually unhealthy because the prices need to be affordable for families. This topic is very popular in the media more frequently and raising awareness could be a key to recovery. Also, the government should step up and play a bigger part in providing healthier options for schools, especially in low income areas. Another major problem is the example that some parents set. As a parent, one brings another life into the world and it’s their responsibility to guide the child to be successful and live a healthy life. If the parent shows poor eating habits and a lack of self discipline, the child will usually take on the same lifestyle. This will leave the children to a higher risk of disease and mental issues such as low self-esteem or a poor body image. The famous fast food restaurant McDonalds have been a lawsuit target for obese citizens for their health issues and weight problems. With this in mind, it’s safe to say that in 2013, anybody can present a good case in most disputes. Georg and Mary could hire a good lawyer to enforce a legal angle. George and Mary could argue that...
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...Marcus, Ph.D 2225 Broadway Suite B Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-714-8809 Unrealistic and Unspoken Expectations Harm Relationships By Jacklyn Marcus, Ph,D Certified Life Skills Coach We all create expectations for ourselves. It is a basic human trait to project our desires and thoughts onto those we are closest to. We tend to expect significant people in our lives to behave in a manner envisioned in our mind. Expectations in relationships can be harmful when unspoken ideals are projected onto the other person. Unspoken assumptions and unrealistic expectations commonly sabotage relationships. How many times have your feelings been hurt because you mistakenly assumed someone else knew what you thought or expected? Do you ever become annoyed or angry with someone who acted differently than you expected? Have you found yourself saying: “If you really loved me, you would…” “Why didn‟t you…” “You should…” It doesn‟t matter what kind of relationship you are in. Each person‟s expectations plays a large part in determining the health of the relationship. Perceptions of a relationship change when there is a contrast between the ideal and the real. The partnership strengthens when one begins to see the relationship for what it really is. Having unrealistic or unfulfilled expectations is a sure way to ruin a relationship. When an individual has a strong desire that their partner meet their impossible expectations they become blinded to who their...
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...working together on issues. Collaborative governance takes as its starting point the idea that working together creates more lasting, effective solutions. Lasting—Solutions developed through collaborative governance won't simply be undone in the next year or legislative session. Effective—The collaborative governance approach ensures that the realities of the situation are considered and discussed; decisions are not made in a vacuum. More buy-in—From the outset, all with a stake are involved in authentic ways; all have a role in the final agreement.” Some of the natural laws that stakeholders identifies in collaborative governance are opacity and accountability, fairness and comprehensiveness, impressiveness, sensitiveness, relationship building and neutrality among members of the organization to get a consensus-based result when making their decision. When analyzing collaborative governance in the decision-making process, it is critical to consider all lead stakeholders, stakeholders should always take part in the process design. Analyzing will help assist and provide other stakeholders a outlook on what the future holds, it also identifies who the primal leaders are and it can weed out and illuminate the blockers. Some of the components involving collaborative governance are accelerating changes within the organization, overlapping with other organizations to see how they are different from my organization, exploding quality and putting policies, regulations...
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...ensuring the balance development of students’ academic and non-academic life. Academic is defined as "pertaining to the development of the mind" or "anything that occurs in a school" ( Simanek, 1992,1996). Non-academic here refers to other aspects than that of academic. In order to attain student as a quality human product, the three components do not function individually, rather they should interact, support and complement each other (which I will use the term collaborate). Epstein mentioned that: The way schools care about children is reflected in the way schools care about the children's families. If educators view children simply as students, they are likely to see the family as separate from the school. That is, the family is expected to do its job and leave the education of children to the schools. If educators view students as children, they are likely to see both the family and the community as partners with the school in children's education and development. Partners recognize their shared interests in and responsibilities for children, and they work together to create better programs and opportunities for students (Epstein, 1995). It is necessary to discuss the issue from the following dimensions; firstly, why is it important for the home, the school and the community to interact, support and complement (collaborate) each other for the purpose of students’ development, secondly, how the three components collaborate in supporting the academic and non-academic...
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...communication, speech is the outcome of sounds made in the voice box and stung together to make intelligible words. Without the appropriate use of tone, pitch, volume and speed of delivery, the impact of what is trying to be said will be greatly affected (Verderber, Verderber, & Sellnow, 2007). A speaker should be engaging, passionate and animated whilst remaining calm and collected. The tome of a speaker should remain conversational, so as to keep listeners attention and avoid the boredom of listeners. Bleile (2004) explained that speech is the foundation of language. Approximately 60% of brain growth occurs during the first few years of life, during this time the brain is shaped by children’s environment. Up to this point in a child’s life, parents have been the primary source of sounds and expressions. Once children are of school age this responsibility becomes shared with an educator who will become the primary source of learning for young children therefore they need to possess the knowledge surrounding speech and sounds to effectively teach children and avoid communicative and cognitive delays that occur through decreased environmental stimulation and appropriate examples of speech...
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...A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Everyone would agree about some social problems, such as murders and DWI traffic deaths. Other social problems may be viewed as such by certain groups of people. Teenagers who play loud music in a public park obviously do not view it as a problem, but some other people may consider it an undesirable social condition. Some nonsmokers view smoking as an undesirable social condition that should be banned or restricted in public buildings. Every newspaper is filled with stories about undesirable social conditions. Examples include crime, violence, drug abuse, and environmental problems. Such social problems can be found at the local, state, national and international levels. There are many social problems that teenagers go threw. Drugs and Teenagers Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in today’s high schools. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years, these years most crucial in the maturation process. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity, clarifying their sexual roles, assenting independence, learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that would give their lives meaning. Drugs are readily, adolescents are curious and venerable, and there is peer pressure to experiment, and there us a temptation to escape from conflicts. The use of drugs by teenagers is the result of...
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...organized in order to support its members. It is not uncommon to hear a community leader, a funder, a political representative, or a service provider say, "We were not able to engage that group over there because they are not organized. They have no leaders. We need to organize them first." This statement is not always accurate; most groups have their own network of relationships and hierarchy of leaders that they tap into for mutual support. These networks or leaders may not be housed in a physical location or building that is obvious to people outside of the group. They may not even have a label or a title. There is an unspoken understanding in some groups about when and whom they should turn to among their members for advice, guidance, and blessing. Once a community builder understands the social organization of the group, it will become easier to identify the most appropriate leaders, help build bridges, and work across multiple groups in a diverse community. What do we mean by "social organization?" Social organization refers to the network of relationships in a group and how they interconnect. This network of relationships helps members of a group stay connected to one another in order to maintain a sense of community within a...
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