...Relationship Characteristics Jenna ZIngarelli PSY220 5/8/13 I have chosen to write about my relationship with my closest and dearest friend, Jessalyn. She has been a solid foundation for me since I met her a little over a year ago. In learning about the key defining characteristics, I can tell you first hand that she defines every one of them for me. Not only is she an immensely forth-coming, but she has lots of knowledge about me and my day-to-day life as well. She has made me feel extremely comfortable sharing with her almost anything, when it comes to my deepest feelings, to what I had for breakfast that morning. We share everything and that connection is something I haven’t experienced in a friendship before. I trust her without a doubt, more than anyone else before her. We confide in each other, and are confident that the things that we share are shared with no one else outside of each other. She has shown so much genuine care and concern for my well-being, that it’s a great pleasure to have a friendship where I feel like someone legitimately cares about my life, and the trials and tribulations that seem to come and go. Jessalyn and I share a interdependence, or a connection of the two of our lives, and we practically do everything together. We are happiest when we go out the two of us, and we have absolutely just as much fun eating ice cream and watching movies. There is definitely a sense of “we-ness” or mutuality in our friendship, there is not one that feels inferior...
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...in their life. Character Trait Research Character traits can easily be observed through actions or responses to a situation or even how a person acts around you or others. It can be defined as strong, Humorous, kind, or else. For this character trait research, I chose strong/strength as a character trait. The definition of strong/strength is that the quality or state of being physically and mentally strong. Person can be strong at the ability to resist being moved or broken by a force or the person can be strong the quality that allows someone to deal with problems in a determined and effective way. Getting the strong as solid character trait requires a lot of mind control. Usually when people sees the person who has a strong characteristic or trait either physically or mentally, they want this person to be strong all the time or at least believe that they are strong no matter what happens. For example who is strong as mentally, if something urgent situation occurs this person can solve the situation and find the way through out. And people sees this and expect this person to be strong at this type of situation. So staying strong all the time requires mind control saying that I am good at this or I am strong on this so this person can stay positive and strong all the time. I believe this is one of the hardship or negative aspect of keeping the solid character trait because humans have feelings and their own thought and it is not easy to control them as you want...
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...Professor H Part 3. Three Leads into a hypothetical paper 1) As a student, my goal is to reach the apex of success. This is quite a common characteristic in most of my peers. We all someday want to obtain a comforting salary, which is complete “normal”. However, this idea of money being the key objective to the majority of scholars can be looked upon negatively. I understand some people may need money for reasons such as: family problems, debts, etc. However, how many people want the “money, cars, and clothes”? (Common saying among modern rappers). I find this to be somewhat disturbing; think about it. When most young individuals such as athletes, come into large sums of money, it is spent poorly. Poorly is actually an understatement, pathetically is more appropriate. What I am trying to say is, are all intentions revolved around money? In this current generation, it sure seems like it. 2) When common interests being shared are completely evident and visible it creates a welcoming environment. Common characteristics create sports teams, scholastic clubs, and many meeting places. There is special bond that is created through sharing similar characteristics with one another. A strong attraction is prevalent in all areas where people know they share a common interest with others. I am fascinated by the fact that this particular “bond” that is create can practically be seen by the naked eye. It truly is amazing. There is nothing more welcoming than walking into class on...
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...Jennifer Smith Characteristics of a Knowledge-and-Value Centered Manager HSM/220 Kimberly Amerault August 30, 2014 10 Characteristics of a Good Manager 1. Knowledgeable (knowledgeable) 2. Respectful (value-centered) 3. Good Listener (value-centered) 4. Organized (value-centered) 5. Flexible (knowledgeable) 6. Confident (value-centered) 7. Optimistic (knowledgeable) 8. Dependable/Reliable (value-centered) 9. Integrity (value-centered) 10. Self-motivation (knowledgeable) An effective manager cannot motivate others if they cannot motivate themselves. Self-motivation is known as the ability to get yourself going and to take charge of what is next for you. This is a vital characteristic for a manager. Integrity is important because people trust a good manager because he or she has personal integrity. Workers need to know that your will fight for them, do what you say, and follow the rules. As a person and manager, you should be dependable and reliable. Those who you supervise need to know that you can be trusted and counted on. An optimistic attitude can inspire others as well as help them to feel good about getting their work done. Confidence comes into play because you need to be able to make decisions with confidence, and show others you are capable of making good decisions. Next is flexibility, and a certain amount of flexibility is needed to be able to adapt to changing situations...
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...Concurrently, the perception, attitudes and values of colleagues in the workplace play a role in determining the individual’s effectiveness. Understanding these characteristics of employees can be very crucial for organizations to operate successfully. At the same time, it is essential that employees understand the values associated with the organization in order to avoid any conflicting feelings toward the work they are employed to do. By recognizing and appreciating each other’s characteristics and constraints, employees and the organizations they are part of, form a highly-beneficial symbiotic relationship. Thus, it becomes imperative for employees to remain motivated and for organizations to keep them motivated. Personal Reflection Having read and understood the importance of personality, attitudes, values, and motivation to succeed, in the workplace, I reflected upon my own characteristic traits to predict my effectiveness in the workplace. Personality Heredity. A very important factor that determines certain aspects of our personality is heredity. Although heredity is responsible for one’s biological, physiological and psychological makeup, and it plays a major role on the personality characteristics of a child, but as you grow into an adult, it is possible, and highly probable that a lot of these characteristics would undergo changes as one experiences the world and its myriad diversities (Langton, Robbins, & Judge, 2011). Similarly, a lot of my genetic makeup played...
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...Sihathor’s farms’ performance based on their statements of operation and statements of corn flows. We will first indicate the phenomena and attributes of interest in this case. Then, we will utilize statistics from financial statements to measure who did better job regarding corn harvest. Last but not least we will make a recommendation to the Chief Scribe. PHENOMENA AND ATTRIBUTES OF INTEREST A phenomena and attribute of interest are both aspects of measurement. The phenomena is the object or event of interest and the attribute is the characteristic or quality of the object or event of interest. In this specific case there could be a few examples of the phenomena as well as attributes of interest. The first phenomena could be the actual farms of each of the nobles, Pemsah and Sihathor. The attributes of interest for both of these would be the measure of the corn flows and the net income for each farm after the first year. This is the main relationship between what we measured, the overall profitability of each farm using the Statement of Operations as well as the Statement of Corn Flows, and the phenomena and attribute of interest. After analyzing the measurements of the Statement of Corn Flows and the Statement of Operations we can determine which farm is more profitable. RECOMMANDATIONS After analysis of Pemsah’s and Sihathor’s Corn inflows and outflows as well as their respective income statements, it is clear that Pemsah ran an overall more efficient and effective operation...
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...William Ward has been in a leadership role for the past six years. Currently, he has a staff of five that ranges in age, gender, experiences, and personalities. Ward believes that one’s personality characteristic contributes to the leadership style one uses in their current role as a leader. A series of self-assessment tools was taken by Ward which has contributed to the development of his personal characteristics profile. This paper will include a discussion of Ward’s personal characteristics, self-assessment results, a summarization of self-assessment results, and an analytical view of how attributes/scores relate to his relationships and career choices. Based on life experiences, the development of personality characteristics tends to come to the forefront of one’s identity. Ward believes that he is flexible, versatile, motivated, personable, diplomatic, tactful, poised, and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences. The “Are You Left or Right Brained” activity indicates that Ward is “Left Brained.” Since Ward is Left Brained, he is logical, reliable, rational, and enjoy schedules and routines. He also likes to know he can count on things, and change is difficult to deal with. Ward is interested in working with numbers and following rules, with little-to-no interest in less structured subjects. As a manager, he works hard to build his skills as it relates to his management foundations. As it relates to leadership, Ward wants to inspire...
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...Some researchers believe that the born characteristics are more important for the development of personality than the experience we may have in our live. In fact, innate traits are inevitable and may affect our life in the long term. However, in my own opinion, experience is the major influence that plays the vital role in forming our qualification. I believe this thing is true for these two main reasons. Firstly, personality can be changed through education. Children are sent to school to learn how to behave well and have a good awareness of the fairness, the love, the rights and the success. We will know what should do and what should not do to suit the life‘s condition and to keep all the relationship much longer. Secondly, the outside factors affect us in many ways, especially our friends. The old saying ‘’ A man is known by the company he keeps’’ always remind you of how much the surrounding people affect you. For instance, you play with a group of people, so you tend to imitate their hobbies, their style and so on. Moreover, you may change your appearance or even your own characteristic to look like the rest of them in order to join the group perfectly. In addition, my own experience supports my statement a lot. I used to be lazy in studying and never dreamed of good marks. My parents complained about my result all the time and forced me to study much more. I had many friends and they were all learn well at school. They set an example for me and I consciously knew...
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...Traits in Coping and Conflict PSY/230 Traits in Coping and Conflict The Big Five personality dimensions provide a very broad view of a person's personality. Everyone's personality has the combination of each of the Big Five personality characteristics. Some of the characteristics may be more than another, but still we all carry certain traits. Rentfrow (2014), "A considerable amount of research suggests that personality is stable throughout life and associated with a range of important life outcomes, from academic and occupational success, to marital stability and physical health" (para. 3). My husband and I have been married for ten years. We get along and enjoy each other's company; however, we are complete opposites. I am an extrovert while he is neurotic. Having such extreme opposite trait characteristics can be positive, as well as negative. Let me explain. Being an extrovert helps me to interact with the outside world while my husband struggles to make eye contact. For example, we went to our friend's BBQ over the summer. While I was enjoying myself and chatting with different people, my husband had a hard time making small talk with anyone, including our own friends. He became very anxious and stressed to the point where we had to leave early. This social outing put him into a depression because he was left feeling insecure and unwanted. His low self-esteem and moodiness only reaffirmed the label of negative affectivity. This trait, my husband strongly carries around...
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...have on the current business model of the company? Customer analysis The customer analysis is the depth analysis of the end-users; this entails all of the characteristics of the customer. These characteristics include the following: * Geographic characteristics * Demographic characteristics * Psychographic characteristics * Behavioral characteristics These characteristics all combined can identify the exact group of end-users that are targeted by companies like Netflix. Geographic characteristics Geographic characteristics, also known as geographic segmentations, include the details the operation area of the company. Netflix is viewed on an international market, which implies that the operating area is the global streaming market, at least in this case. Netflix doesn’t focus on all countries yet, their main focus is, according to the recent data, on the following countries: * * USA * Canada * Ireland * UK * Norway * Sweden * Denmark * Finland * The Netherlands Another detail of the operation area of Netflix is the internet. Netflix is mainly operating and generating cash flows from the World Wide Web. This identifies the customers to only the potential customers that have access to the World Wide Web. Demographic characteristics Demographic characteristics, also known as the Demographic segmentations, include the details of the customer’s categories that are targeted by the companies. These categories are for...
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...If you look at Ford as a company, it has some characteristics in common with the other organizations being discussed today, and some things that are very different. One important difference is that to a first approximation, we have one product and its main attribute has not changed over the years. The automobile is something that provides a way of moving people and goods from place to place. Characteristics that are the same at some level are complexity and scale. Ford is a very large company. It is the second largest company in the United States. The economies of scale are extremely important to this business, probably more important than to any other business in the world. The other characteristic of an automotive company, which it shares with some companies but which makes it different from others, is that the automotive business is more appropriately characterized as a systems integrator than as a full-scale producer and developer of commodities. It is more like the aircraft business than it is like the microelectronics business, for example. And that has been true throughout its history. The company is now 92 years old, and if you look back to the beginning, or almost to the beginning, what Ford has been is an extremely efficient mass manufacturer of personal transportation worldwide. It has the broadest possible customer base. The first Henry Ford had a very deliberate vision of selling vehicles to everyone, not just to the elite. The business has always been...
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...development because of their engagement with human conditions. The academic discipline of human services educate these professionals at the associate, bachelor’s, and graduate levels and studies how public policies and delivery systems influence service users. Working in human service professions can call for special efforts and require professionals with skills and characteristics that make them effective. Flexibility “allows human services professionals to shift their perspectives on the nature of helping, their views of the client and the client’s problems, and their preferred intervention” (Woodside & McClam, 2011, p. 172). Professionals are willing to modify, abandon, or reconsider their approaches to helping when they meet unexpected situations. Flexibility is an important characteristic as human service professionals work with people representing different cultural and ethnic groups. Empathy is “acceptance of another person” (Woodside & McClam, 2011, p. 171). This characteristic allows the human service professional to experience a feeling or see a situation from the perspective of the client. This characteristic would be easier for professionals who have had similar experiences to those of their clients. Empathy is important because it allows you to see things from the client’s...
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...The Key Attributes of the diversity competency It is necessary first of all to understand what is meant by diversity competency and the key attributes of the diversity competency. The diversity competency includes knowledge, skills, and abilities to value unique individual, group, and organizational characteristics, embrace such characteristics as potential sources of strength, and appreciate the uniqueness of each. The key attributes of the diversity competency include the knowledge, skills and abilities of individuals, teams, and the organization to perform effectively. Diversity includes many categories and characteristics. Even a single aspect of diversity contains various characteristics that may affect individuals, t\team, or organizational behaviors. Accenture understood that must implement initiatives benefit employees regardless of age and gender to enable balancing between work and life as this is a key factor for high performance in an organization. Accordingly, Accenture developed Multi work-life programs to meet the employees needs and to give them more time flexibility outside the work place such as : Back-up dependant care program :when regular care arrangements breakdown Lifeworks program : health, legal and financial consultation Future leaves program :eligible employees who met certain attendance requirement can take up to three months to address the personal and family issues during their career life. Other strategies and recommendations ...
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...Case Study: Accenture's Work-Life Balance Programs Case Study Questions 1. Diversity competency involves the knowledge, abilities, and skills to value organizational, group, and individual characteristics while embracing such attributes as prospective sources of productivity and distinctiveness. In the case of Accenture’s work-life balance initiatives, an environment of inclusion is fostered with people who hold characteristics diverse from themselves. This is achieved through the Lifeworks program, a free and private resource offering information on a broad range of topics that include health coaching, access to experts in financial and legal matters as well as ergonomic evaluations. In addition, the Future Leave initiative offers employees flexibility to manage family or personal issues during the course of their employment. Employees can save to fund their own future leaves of about one to three months for an activity they feel enriches their life, such as meeting family commitments or trekking through Alaska. Other key attributes in the case include communication, and individual commitment to work with team members owing to their contributions and talents, irrespective of their personal attributes. This is illustrated in Tserng’s case where she returns at the end of her leave and is welcomed with open arms. The simple gesture of welcoming a worker who was on leave for more than two months signifies the need for teamwork and a commitment to work with others...
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...often be tiring and overwhelming. They will absolutely need to be a self starter and self motivating in order to set a good example for their employees. Attitude often reflects leadership. Don’t be cranky unless you want a cranky team. This is a value centered trait due to the fact that this ability comes from a person’s personal demeanor. 3. Educated: It would not make good sense for a manager to effectively lead their team without knowledge about the organization, career field, and tasks at hand. In some instances, their company may not be taken as seriously as others if they do not hold a degree of some sort. The manager is the leader. The manager has to be able to teach their employees; therefore this is a knowledge centered characteristic. 4. Understanding: An effective manger would need to be understanding in a variety of instances. These could include their employees battling an illness, struggling with a divorce, nursing a sick child, or even not fully understanding their duties within the organization. A person’s personal life will often effect their work environment, no matter how hard they try to leave their baggage at the...
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