...Applicability of the Functionalist Theory Functionalist Theory Marilyn Folmar-White SP2750 The objective of this research work has been to get to know the axiological orientation of Colombians, and gather empirical evidence regarding the suitability of the functionalist theory of values in Colombia, testing its content and structure hypothesis and the psychometric properties of its measurement (Basic Values Questionnaire BVQ). The BVQ evaluates sexuality, success, social support, knowledge, emotion, power, affection, religiosity, health, pleasure, prestige, obedience, personal stability, belonging, beauty, tradition, survival, and maturity. Two hundred and thirty people participated (112 men and 118 women) whose average age was 28.7 years old, from 50 cities and towns of Colombia. They answered the BVQ and demographic questions. The results gave support to the content hypothesis (six collaborative sub-functions: excitement, promotion, existence, super personal, interactive and normative) and to structure (the values represented in two dimensions: orientation type and motivation type). Verifying previous research, it was found that Colombians presented a value orientation which was more social than personal, and more idealistic (humanist) than materialistic. The main values were success, maturity and affection. The least important were power, tradition, beauty and emotion. In conclusion, there is an initial evidence of the suitability about the functionalist...
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...Teamwork Part 1 Here are some ways to build productive teams: * Clarify the common goals and purposes. Make the team’s purposes clear. Take the time to articulate the team’s performance goals and how the team contributes to the company’s success. * Clarify each person’s role in achieving the common purpose. Define each person’s job in terms of its contribution to the group’s and the company’s overall goals. * Pay attention to conflicts when they arise. It’s natural for conflict to arise when people work in groups. Conflict, handled well, can actually produce constructive ideas. Sometimes team members will annoy each other, step on each other’s toes, or hurt each other’s feelings. * Work out ways to resolve conflicts. Make sure each team member involved has a chance to explain the problem as he or she sees it. Establish clear ground rules so that people can have their say without being interrupted, rushed, mocked, or intimidated. * Make sure team members interact at meetings. Do team members mainly address their questions and suggestions to you, or do they interact directly with each other at meetings? Encourage team members to ask each other for help and to offer it to each other, without channeling it all through you. * Allow team members to have input into their jobs. When you can, give your team members flexibility on how they meet their work goals. * Appraise and reward the team as a whole. As with an individual performance review, compare the...
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...Individuals and Group Identities My opinion of the benefits and challenges of working in groups or teams are pretty obvious, but I will state them anyways. The benefit of working in groups the job will get done faster and efficiently. For an instance, it can take 1 guy to set up a brick wall, consisting of one hundred twenty bricks, an hour setting two bricks a minute. But have another guy going the same pace and that wall gets done in thirty minutes. Add a third guy to set up the wall and of course it will get done faster than it was with only two workers. But one major challenges that groups most likely face are unproductive group members slacking off or being just plain lazy. Because a group needs each member doing a task otherwise it’s an unproductive group. “Group dynamics are important within groups because people interact with others on a regular basis. People are sometimes thrown together in groups and at other times there is deliberate care taken in how people are grouped together. Law enforcement may care about groups because there is a difference between a group of people peacefully protesting and a mob. Law enforcement personnel must be trained to know the difference or innocent people may be harassed or warning signals of trouble could be overlooked. Company managers care about groups because groups influence how well and how much work gets done during the average work day. If there is constant conflict among groups then productivity will suffer. If groups and...
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...1. (2-3 sentences for 3-points) - Who do you feel in the video is the best listener and why? Between the couple, Charlie and Chelsea, I would say Chelsea is the best listener as she would always listen to Charlie without interrupting him. She makes good eye contact and she even said, “sorry, go ahead” when Charlie said, “Excuse me if this gonna work, you can't jump on me while I’m talking.” Chelsea’s body language portrays that she is a good listener as she turned toward whoever was speaking and giving eye contact to them. 2. (Name each of the 4 steps of the listening process here to get full credit - 4 points) What does this person specifically do that signals to you that he or she is listening effectively? Receiving/Hearing- Chelsea...
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...SP2750 – Final Exam Review 1.A group is defined as a collection of individuals _______. a. Whose interactions are not structured by rules & norms b. Who are not capable of influencing each other c. Who are trying to satisfy some personal need through joint association d. With different goals or values | 2.To be effective, group members do NOT need to ________. a. Commit to mutual goals b. Ensure accurate communication among members c. Belong to more than one group d. Participate in spirited dialog | 3.Ethnocentrism _______. a. Moderates cultural conditioning b. Regards one’s own ethnic group, nation, religion, culture, or gender as being more correct than others c. Believes that most other people share their stereotypes about ethnicity d. Is a prejudice directed at people because of their race or ethnic membership | 4.Which statement is true about the theory of the field of group dynamics? a. Developed in North American in the 20th century b. Focuses on advancing knowledge about the nature of group life c. Studies the behavior in groups. d. All of the above e. None of the above | 5.Which are characteristics of an effective group? a. Leadership & participation that are distributed to only a few members b. Accurate & complete communication c. A commitment to goals that reflect members’ interdependence d. Fair & complete review of all alternative positions | 6.Which is not an element of trust? a. Openness b. Acceptance...
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...My communication behaviors in problem-solving groups include verbal communication. I believe verbal communication in group’s aids the process must faster and smoother. You’re able to project the message to your peers and also receive a response from them with no distortion. Verbal communication also enables all parties involve to get a precise understanding of what’s taking place. With verbal communication all parties involve with get a clearer and more precise meaning of the message being sent. My strengths in communication are ability to persuade and negotiate. I also can ability to write clearly and concisely. REVIEWER FORM QUESTIONS | OBSERVATION(NOT OBSERVED/MORE EMPHASISRECOMMENED/ACCOMPLISHED | ADDITIONAL COMMENTS | DOES THE STUDENT USE EFFECTIVE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION?(SUCH AS EYE CONTACT AND FACIAL) | YES ALEWAYS LOOK YOU IN THE EYE. | YES BUT NOT TOO MUCH. HE DOESN’T INTIMIDATE YOU. | DOES THE STUDENT COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AND EXPLAIN ISSUES LOGICALLY, BREAKING DOWN COMPLEX ISSUES INTO MANAGEABLE PIECES OF INFORMATION? | YES HE BREAKS THINGS DOWN SO YOU CAN COMPREHEND AND FIGURE OUT THE SITUATION. | YES TO THE SIMPLEST FORM. | DOES THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATE SELF-CONTROL IN CONVERSATION AND EXPRESSES OPINIONS WITHOUT BEING OVERLY EMOTIONAL OR AGGRESSIVE? | NO HE GETS INVOLVED INTO THE DISCUSSION AND DOMINATES THE SITUATION. | NO HE WANTS TO TAKE OVER OR LEAD THE CONVO. | DOES THE STUDENT USE ACTIVE LISTING TECHNIQUES TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION? | YES...
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...1. Students will complete a presentation with a partner and have a variety of options to choose from. For example, they one option may be to produce a mini play or a how-to project. This will give a chance to develop a student’ communication skills. If students are able to interact with other students, then they will understand that there are kids like them present. When students find another person like them, they often build a relationship with and do activities together like playing in the park together. 2. Students will have gym once every week. This will help with the gross motor skills. During gym time, there will be many activities for the student to do. For example, playing jump the river, running a few laps, or playing with hoola hoops. These activities will help with running and jumping skills. 3. At the end of the day on Fridays, students will have play time. This will help with the fine motor skills. For example, kids will learn to build buildings and complete puzzles. 4. Students will have a yearly end of the year writing assignment due. They can write they’re ABC’s, sight words, name, or anything they want to write. Writing is a fundamental motor skill and doing this assignment will assess how they write. 5. There will be a security guard in the school yard in the morning before school starts and in the afternoon after school ends. They will assure that students will be safe on school ground. 6. Each student will be assigned an advisor. If the student has any...
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...Adrian, this month you averaged 12.9% rework. Your new yearly average is 5.5%. Based on the new yearly goal in this area of 7.5%, you continue to exceed the department goal, the apartment average, and the team average. Your whole house in compliance was 100% this month. Your whole house in range was 97.4%. Your two new yearly averages are 93.2% and 96.6% respectively. I would like also remind you that the new goal in this two areas is 95.8%. Based on the current numbers, the area that you have the most room for improvement is in the whole house compliance. However I'm starting to see that you are taking a conscious effort at improving it. Like I said before, this month you averaged 100% in compliance. So this definitely had a positive impact on your overall average for the year. Please let's continue to work in this area so you exceed that goal and the upcoming year. Adrian, your CSAT this month was 100%. Your yearly average is 100%. This is an amazing number, ones again. You have by far exceeded the expectations not only in our team, our department, but for the whole entire area. Once again, I do not want to undermine your efforts and would like to thank you again for maintaining this level of performance. Your on time guarantee was 100% for the month. Your new yearly average is 97.8%. Congratulations Adrian. Adrian, as a matter of fact, I'm using your performance as an example to motivate the rest of the members in the team. As I see your overall customer service being at the...
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...In order to provide a thorough overview of how I plan to develop and implement the two week unit project, I will discuss each day of the eight day project. My discussions will include some of the questions I will ask to stimulate their curiosity and encourage positive choices. I will also describe some possible activities that may help guide them towards the goals that they wish to accomplish. However, as this project is completely student-driven, I will certainly need to adapt my questioning strategies and change the proposed activities in order to support the actual choices that the students make during the project. Therefore, the following overview provides only an estimated framework for the project. Timing is very flexible. If it take two days longer to complete, that will be fine. If the students finish sooner, we can always add to it. In the first lesson, the key objectives are for the students to understand what endangered animals are and for them to be motivated to want to help them. The students will watch a brief, funny video clip of the animated movie, Ice Age. The teacher will ask questions, such as, “What animals did you see?” It is anticipated that the students will reply that they saw dinosaurs. This will lead to further questions that guide the discussion towards the fact that we can no longer see dinosaurs walking around and the teacher asks for the term describing this situation, eliciting “extinct / extinction”. We can then discuss how these creatures disappeared...
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...Please consult your syllabus and study guide for detail step-by-step group project guidelines. Here is a reminder on your group project submission requirements for Part 1: 1. Submit team document in Microsoft Word. Submit your writing as a narrative, a list of tips or a combination. The length of paper will vary depending on number of team members and format chosen by team. 2. Include sources in APA format. All references must be cited in paper. Available Topics: 1. Corporate social responsibility 2. Work-life Balance 3. Leadership 4. Change Management 5. Clean Technology (sustainability efforts) 6. Social Networking tools 7. Healthcare 8. Diversity of employees EXAMPLE OF TOPIC AND SUB-TOPIC SELECTION: Topic: Work-Life-Balance Sub-Topics: Barriers to Creating Work-Life Balance Benefits of Flexible Work Schedule Use of Technology to Promote Work-Life Balance Surviving Holiday Stress Ways Flexible Working Keeps Mothers in the Workplace Each person’s section should cover the following evaluation criteria. 1. Did you provide examples of successful companies that have addressed the selected workplace issue? 2. Did you provide examples of companies struggling with this issue? 3. Did you discuss the cultural and societal implications of this issue? 4. Did you express opinions and ideas in a clear and concise manner with obvious connection to the topic? 5. Did you respond promptly to postings and demonstrate self-initiative? ...
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...Running head: TEAM BUILDING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION FOR DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE Team Building and Conflict Resolution for Diversity in the Workplace Group 2 October 23, 2014 SP 2750: Project Part 2 The Value of Diversity in Teams Regardless of the type of business, business size or job position, in today’s ever changing and expanding business world, diversity is present. The value of diversity in teams is not understood by many. Many may believe that too much diversity within a team or workgroup may cause conflict, but the truth is, with a bit of research; diversity in teams enriches and improves decision making and the other overall performance of a team. I will be discussing the value of diversity in teams and workgroups, identifying the reasons why diversity works and the invaluable benefits and advantages it provides when applied within a team or workgroup. Turning a group into a team is not an easy task for any manager or leader, and with the challenge of diversity in the workplace, many managers cringe at the idea of forming teams. It is a difficult task, but understanding how diversity doesn’t make the job harder- but easier, helps tremendously. “Recent research efforts have focused on explaining how differences among team members impact both team process and outcomes.” (e.g. Milliken & Martins, 1996). Variety, creativity, and enriched...
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...f“The sound of humming filled my ears. First, the noise started softly, but then it grew louder until it was a steady hum, during that, the screen turned on.” Ready to do homework, I sat down on the brown couch that smelled like a dog. Without attempt, I got comfortable. With my best effort, I leaned over the couch, picked up my black, HP computer, and opened it up. With a little effort, I pushed the silver button, consequently, a white light turned on. The sound of humming filled my ears. First, the noise started softly, but then it grew louder until it was a steady hum, meanwhile, the screen turned on. Quickly, I typed in my 14 character password on the black keyboard and hit enter. The picture of a Steve punching wood with a green, grassy background from Minecraft comes up. When it's loaded I brought my mouse to the right side of my screen and clicked on the Chrome icon on my task bar. The white screen of the google page popped up, I went to google classroom, consequently, it came up with ineligible. With utmost irritation, I clicked on my email then, clicked on my school account. A pop-up appeared on my screen with “Do you want to leave this site?” I barely gave it a glance, therefore, clicking leave. The web page came up with two different links, one for ELA Bennett, also one for Contender’s LINC. With my mouse, I left clicked on the green link, therefore, it pulled up the STREAM page. Then I clicked on OPEN on the first link that came up for the STREAM page. After that...
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...After working on this research area I feel that since it is among the recent issues, it will help me prosper in my future professional life. This topic will directly or indirectly benefit me because it will act as bridge for my academic projects and future job assignments. Although I have worked on various assignments and projects earlier but this research analysis has made me go through an entirely different learning experience. I am now confident enough to carry out any future assignments in my remaining academic years more efficiently. I have mastered the art of analytical thinking towards different aspect of research on my topic and it is probably the significant applications of my work. My analytical approach towards research developed by sifting through different financial statistics repeatedly and investigating it in great detail helped me to have a keen reading observation. This practice of developing my analytical thinking will prove to be very helpful for my professional career since now I can identify upcoming potential problems and issues before they actually occur and take counteractive measure rather than looking for solution when the problem has already occurred. For me one of the most important learning experiences during this research work was the completion of the assigned task within the time limit. This experience will also benefit me while carrying out my professional assignments, because I will be able to follow the limitations set by my future senior management...
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...SP2750-E1 Mr. Koole Study Guide – Mod One Ice Breakers (http://www.visualsspeak.com/2011/11/01/why-do-you-need-icebreakers/ & http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_76.htm) 1. When 2. Purpose sh is ar stu ed d vi y re aC s ou ou rc rs e eH w er as o. co m Sic Key Elements of Effective Meeting 1. Clear purpose and agenda 2. Agreed-upon process 3. Information presented in meaningful and organized way 4. Effective recording 5. Effective facilitation 6. Closure and consensus Group Stages (Tuckman’s see p27) 1. Groups go through various stages and can move back and forth between them depending on the dynamics and situations of the group. 2. Forming 3. Storming 4. Norming 5. Performing 6. Adjourning Th Chapter One 1. What is a Group? a. Characteristics i. Goals ii. Interdependence iii. Interpersonal Interactions iv. Perception of Membership v. Structured Relationships vi. Mutual Influence vii. Motivation b. Group Vs. Aggregate c. Primary Groups Vs. Work Groups 2. Importance of Groups(pp12-14) (you should know reasons listed and how they apply to you) 3. Group Structure a. Roles i. “A set of expectations governing the appropriate behavior of an occupant of a position towards occupants of other related positions.” (p15) ii. Often formally appointed at other times they informal iii. Their purpose is to regulate group behavior and help meet group goals iv. Role Conflict: SP2750-E1 Mod01 https://www.coursehero.com/file/12144222/Sp2750-study-mode/ 1 SP2750-E1 Mr. Koole ...
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...Productive And Unproductive Behaviors Alex Solivan ITT Tech Sylmar SP2750 March 27, 2013 Productive and Unproductive Behaviors During our discussions on the Dracula exercise I observed good and bad behaviors. I usually like to be on the back of all discussions and tend to conform to the majority. I know is a bad habit, but is something that hopefully will get better as the class progresses. As for the group, I noticed that there were others that did what I did and just say yes to all of the ideas the on of the members of the group were talking about. Our group had some very effective ways in which we handled the Dracula exercise. From the begging of the exercise, we all knew what our goal was. We were all in the same page. The group understood what the task was and we went and discussed what we thought were our goals. Each member in the group had a chance to make a claim and defend their point of view. No one got angry with anybody and the discussions were civilized. No one got yelled at or made fun of for stating their point. Everybody had an idea on how to kill Dracula and the discussions sometimes ended just being funny. When we couldn’t agree on certain items on the table, we all went around and made a general consensus of what could be the best possible solution. As with any group discussions, not all sides agreed with the order that we decided for the table. As an observer and participant in this group, I did notice that there is always someone that tries or...
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