...Issue Analysis Child rearing and career pursuit are commonplace during early adulthood although men and women experience the two differently for obvious reasons. Women have the biological requirement to carry the growing child during pregnancy and giving birth. Nature also wired women with a maternal instinct to nurture and care for their children. Biology places women in a position that often puts them at odds with their career objectives. The level of success of the feminist movement to place women on an equal platform in the workplace with men is debatable. Further, whether professional women are opting out of the workplace by choice or are forced out by socio-cultural pressures is in question. Some observers suggest that the feminist movement has not gone far enough whereas others suggest that the movement has already served its purpose. In this paper, I examine the pros and cons on either side of the issue. I will also explore optional roles adults may adopt through their primary roles as parent, spouse, or through career pursuits. Often professional women leave their careers giving family priority. However, the rationale that drives that choice is debatable. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Pro Side Linda Hirschman in an article titled “Homeward Bound,” takes the position that while publicly and professionally attitudes toward women’s roles have changed allowing them greater opportunity in the business world. However, Hirschman (2005 p. 341) notes “private lives have...
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...When it comes to college educated women, there are decisions that must be made when their choices include starting a family and concentrating on their career (Bijawat, 2013). Bijawat conversed African American and European American who are college educated women points of view with respect to which part is more significant to them – a career or a family. The results mirrored that career women of both races who had families viewed their husbands in a way in which they would assist with the household and rearing the children equally. Guillaume and Pochic deliberated on the work-life balance and crafting a successful and effective career and offered the question, what would you sacrifice to make it to a top management position? Women contended that paid and unpaid occupations required assessment with respect to the discussion of the boundaries confronted while looking for senior executive/management positions and positions of higher authority (Guillaume & Pochic,...
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...every aspect of development, often using a stage approach, such as, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Eric Erikson and Jean Piaget. Urie Bronfenbrenner (1979 - 2005) founded the Ecological Systems Theory which provides an understanding of how the complex relationship between the infant, the family, and society impact child development. Brofenbrenner’s theory looks at how each of the areas interplay in the development of humans and how all areas impact development instead of studying each area separately. Bronfenbrenner (1975) states that “as a child develops, the interaction within these environments becomes more complex. This complexity can arise as the child’s physical and cognitive structures grow and mature. So, given that nature continues on a given path, how does the world that surrounds the child help or hinder continued development?” Bronfenbrenner labeled five different aspects of the environment that influence children's development. These include the micro system, the mesosystem, the exosystem, the macro system, and the chronosystem. The microsystem is the immediate environment the child lives in. Children's microsystems will include any immediate relationships they interact with, such as family, friends, classmates, teachers, neighbours and other people who have a direct contact with them. How these groups interact with the child will have an effect on how the child grows; the more encouraging and nurturing these relationships...
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...of science in nursing program provided by colleges and universities? One similarity is for sure that nurses from both programs can take the NCLEX-RN exam. Before I started college I was debating whether I should go to school for an Associate Degree in Nursing or a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing, but because I just had a baby and the university is one hour away from our home, I decided to go ahead and enter the registered nursing program in our community college. I know that there is a lot of differences between nurses that are prepared at the associate-degree level versus the baccalaureate degree level in nursing that is why I set a goal that someday I will go back to school for my Bachelor’s degree. This paper will be explaining the difference in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate degree level versus the baccalaureate degree level in nursing by comparing their education, patient care and opportunities. This paper will also give some examples about a patient care situation in which how nursing care approaches to decision making may differ based upon the educational preparation of a BSN versus ADN. Associate Degree Nurses and Baccalaureate Nurses Differences with Education An associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) program is two years shorter than the baccalaureate degree , and focuses on clinical skills and learning technical aspects of nursing appropriate for patient care and family care. It lacks theory and science about nursing as a profession and...
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...growth from a one-celled zygote through to a mature adult human being. Development occurs in the physical, cognitive and psychosocial realms and can be influenced by heredity, environment and maturation (Papalia et al., 2009). During childhood, typical physical development involves the acquisition of the fine and gross motor skills including coordination, control, movement and manipulation. Typical physical development during adolescence involves pubescent changes as the body develops and matures sexually. During young adulthood, physical development involves one’s organs and systems operating at peak efficiency. As an individual moves through to late adulthood, these systems slowly deteriorate along with overall health, stamina and strength. In terms of cognition, thinking and problem solving skills, conceptual understandings, information processing ability and overall intelligence develop throughout an individual’s lifespan. With respect to psychosocial, this includes how a person’s mind, emotions, and maturity levels evolve. In terms of this assignment, the purpose is to present a profile of a typical thirty-two year old male and to analyse his development through theoretical perspectives. My individual is named Andrew; he is single but dates regularly, Caucasian from North America, is university educated and works as an accountant for a bank. Andrew grew up in the suburbs of a medium sized city in a family with three siblings, one older brother and two older sisters...
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...\]Chapter Four: Human Development 1. The nature-nurture debate basically involves a discussion of A. the relative importance of environment and genetics in determining our development. B. the tension between genetically determined predispositions and environmental constraints. C. the role of early nurturing versus later life experiences as determinants of personality. D. how the physical constraints of humans limit their ability to overcome environmental events. ANS: A 2. During conception, organs first start to form during the _____ period. A. fetal B. zygote C. embryonic D. neonatal ANS: C 3. Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)? A. It is caused by heavy drinking on the father’s part prior to conception. B. Most FAS babies have below average intelligence. C. FAS babies are physically the same as non-FAS babies. D. While there are some external symptoms of FAS, internally FAS children are normal. ANS: B 4. Which of the following reactions is not present in newborns? A. stepping reflex B. sucking C. fear of heights D. startle reflex ANS: C 5. One way to gauge an infant’s interest in a stimulus is to see when responsiveness decreases, also called A. habituation. B. regression. C. deactivation. D. response repression. ANS: A 6. Which of the following is an accurate description of brain development during early childhood and infancy? A. The brain’s neurons have fully developed synaptic connections...
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...their jobs. In this paper we will state the purpose behind our proposed research. We will inform you of the interview structure we will use and we will inform you as to some of the questions that we would ask. We will give distinct advantages of a qualitative data-gathering strategy, such as participant observation, over more qualitative approaches. We will inform you when conducting survey research the importance of informed consent and confidentiality. It is a common conception that police officers choose their particular career path simply because they are inheriting a family member’s desire. They choose to be an officer because their father or their mother or a relative was an officer. It is a common conception that officers are not chosen they are inherited and expected to be from family. This area of interest is something that would be well suited for that of research and a study. How many police officers performing duties today have had a family member who was also a police officer? We can achieve our results through a survey that will take place the process of doing research and contacting police officers over the internet, over the telephone and doing so by interviewing them. The first question that we will...
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...Women’s Social Mobility in the United States of America We live in a world full of obstacles where it’s said that the one who is born poor will remain poor. Like many other country in the world the United States of America is also struggling with the difficulties regarding social mobility. The American dream is that the poorest suburban person can be a rich person too and America is the home and land of unlimited possibilities. The main idea is that if you work hard enough you can make it to the top. Is it true for everyone? Can women make it to the top? But before I start my essay on Women’s Social Mobility in the United States of America let me clarity certain definitions. The concept of social mobility has two main meanings: a) in the narrow sense, represents the moving in a stratification system, b) broadly refers to the space movement (territorial mobility) and / or change of employment (or mobility fluctuation labor). Studies (theoretical and empirical) say that social mobility can be placed in three categories: - those using a hierarchy criteria, tracking movements between strictly hierarchical layers. It’s the American tradition, which uses the social status as a hierarchical criteria. - those who use as a classification criteria exclusively the individual’s occupation, this leading to the establishment of a social space consisting some number of socio-professional categories: tradition - those using as a criteria social classes and social strata. Here fall particularly...
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...Erickson’s life span theory postulated about life being comprised of eight stages, where human beings have the task to master each stage. Each stage is presented with a confrontation which produces two possible outcomes (Rice, 2001). The first incremental time frame will cover four stages of the Erickson’s model. Stage One Stage one covers birth to 10 years of age. According to Erickson’s model, humans experience several moments of the crisis where one master and then moves into the next stage of life's. The first ten years of life were full of turmoil, being physically abused by my biological parents and ultimately abandoned. After been traumatized by these events I was removed and placed for adoption. There were residual issues such as nightmares, frequent altercations with peers, and bedwetting. Baker confirmed that high stress is a contributing factor to the increased disruptive behaviors and delays normal developmental milestones (Baker et al., 2003). The prominent stage that was easily identified was the competency versus inferiority. I remember always feeling as if I were not good enough and inadequate, never able to please my mom and dad. Stage Two This stage covers ages 11 to 20. According to the Erickson’s model this frame is considered to be the Identity versus Role Confusion stage (Rice, 2001). During this stage, there was a struggle regarding who I wanted to be which was a good kid who listened to his parents or the partying teen who wanted to hang with his...
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...world as they frequent their favorite social gathering place, St. Elmo’s. The characters also face conflicting challenges ahead of them, like friendship with one another, with parents, and with careers. Conflict is an everyday occurrence we deal with and the first word we seem to dodge. While it can be a storm bringing calamity to our relationships with family members, friends, and co-workers, it can also yield positive or negative consequences. Drawing from the various concepts presented in the readings of this course, the main focus of this paper reflects the struggles experienced by the film’s protagonists, in terms of the various elements of conflict, such as interpersonal versus intrapersonal, functional versus dysfunctional, and how goals play a role and conflict is managed. Focusing on seven tightly-knit characters, right from the film’s opening image of them walking arm-in-arm emphasizes the role of interpersonal conflict. The movie stresses the struggle that originates between two or more interdependent people and occurs whenever one individual thought’s or actions are perceived to limit or interfere with those of another. Each of the characters is given equal time to illustrate this kind of strife, and some characters have multiple interpersonal conflicts. For instance, Alec Newberry, a man in a political career, frequently clashes with his girlfriend, Leslie, as he persuades her to marry him. In addition, Alec responds angrily when he discovers that Kevin and Leslie...
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...Mike Tyson Case Study Nie-shia Randolph Colorado Technical University Online Mike Tyson Case Study Michael Gerard Tyson was born on June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York to parents Jimmy Kirkpatrick and Lorna Tyson. When Mike was two years old his father left his family, leaving his mother to take care of him and his two siblings Rodney and Denise. Struggling to stay afloat Tyson’s mother moved her family to Brownsville, a section in Brooklyn (Mike Tyson biography, 1996-2013) As a child Tyson was small and shy this cause him to be the target of bullying. Tyson decided to learn how to fight to protect him from the bully’s in his neighborhood. This helped him to develop his own style of street fighting. Tyson stated to indulge in more criminal activities. He ran with a gang called the Jolly stompers. Tyson role with the gang was to clean out cash registers while the older people in the gang held victims at gun point. Tyson was only 11 years old at the time. His involvement with the gang has caused Tyson to develop a criminal background. At the age of 13 Tyson had been arrested more than 30 times. His criminal behavior landed in a reform school in upstate New York. At the reform school Tyson met counselor Bob Stewart. Bob was an amateur boxing champion. Tyson began to show interest in boxing he asked Bob to teach him how to use his fists. Bob agree to teach Tyson what he knew if Mike agreed to stay out of trouble and work harder in school. Mike managed to stay out of trouble...
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...opportunity and obstacles that women in senior management position have to face. Therefore some variables need to be interpreted to make the understanding more clear about workplace discrimination faced by women. In our survey we have used discrimination, family and child, company environmental factors, mentors, culture, recognition and career advancement as our variables. Introduction With the modern work environment emphasizing feminine relationship-building skills to the exclusion of masculine competitive instincts, the idea that women make better leaders than men is gaining ground. But many women in conjugal life do not feel comfortable to play dual role in family and children and career. Women have to face critical problem during cooperation with male workers. Developing field of the "psychology of work satisfaction” is a key determinant of effective career planning for organizations, and both for man and woman. Efficiency of women to succeed professionally has been acknowledged all over the world. Nevertheless gender discrimination in the workplace did exist and still continues in one form or the other. With better educational opportunities more and more women are opting for financial independence by working towards a stable career. Today almost every field that was earlier touted as being men only has been pervaded by women. If a woman qualifies on the basis of all the requirements of a profession, then there is no reason why there should be gender discrimination in the workplace...
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...MICHAEL JORDAN VERSUS KOBE BRYANT I am from Greenville Mississippi, we do not have a professional basketball team, so the Memphis Grizzlies are most of my families choice since they are close to us. I usually don’t route for the Grizzlies but I love going to the games to see other teams and players. I have seen several star players play the Grizzlies when I went to see them. The most prolific players were Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. They both had a totally different upbringing, however they were the same player during their career. I first saw Michael Jordan in December 2000 when he played with the Washington Wizards versus the Memphis Grizzlies. He was a shell of himself but still managed to outscore everyone on the floor. I believe he had 30 points, six rebounds and four assists. This was an outstanding score by a player in his upper 30s. Michael Jordan by far is the most amazing individual to ever play the game of basketball. His amazing career scoring average is 29.2 with his decline and second retirement in 1998. I first saw Kobe Bryant in 2005 when he played the Memphis Grizzlies. He played much better than Jordan even though he was still 10 years his junior when I saw him. He had 52 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists. His outstanding play led all scorers that night and he also managed to make it look effortless. Just as Jordan is the most amazing individual during his time, the same can be said about Kobe Bryant during his. His career scoring average...
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... and still feel like we’re making a difference at work. —JESSICA DEGROOT, FOUNDER. THE THIRD PATH INSTITUTE It just got to be too much. Monday through Friday I caught the 6:30 train for the city, and didn’t return until 6 P.M. . I loved my job, the money was good, but there was no flexibility, no possibility for part-time work. And I really missed my kids. My husband was making more than I did and we finally decided we could live on his salary. So I quit. —LISA CELONA. FORMER NASDAQ EQUITY TRADER. CURRENT AT-HOME MOM I spent four years working for an insurance company as director of media services. Because my wife was a performer in New York City and had to work evenings; I was the primary caregiver for our two children. That meant I had to leave work earlier than any of the other managers, and that caused a lot of friction and resentment... The tension it created for me at work was instrumental in my eventually having to leave the company. —MICHAEL KERLEY, PRESIDENT, CREATIVE DIALOGUES Chapter Overview This chapter focuses on how women (and, increasingly, men) attempt to balance the multiple competing demands on their time and energy. The authors discuss the types of conflicts that often occur as employees try to meet the needs of their spouses, children, elderly parents, community, and employers. They discuss both the positive, life- enhancing effects of participating in multiple roles, as well as the inevitable stresses and...
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...the Ladder: How Corporations can Profit from Gender Diversity The need to make a commitment to encouraging diversity is paramount in today's business world. Executive women leadership can help corporations at the board level with success, find creative ways for face challenges, and spot talent within and outside the corporation while making the boardroom more innovative. Unfortunately, business women do not possess equal access to leadership. They face complexities not encountered by business men because of continuing uncertainties about their ability to lead. Requiring a diverse boardroom is a smart and practical way of bringing a different perspective and most assuredly value to the workplace. If every corporate board had at least one female board director, imagine the creativity and respect that would transpire. Women are working longer hours and the days of the "typical" stay at home mom are now becoming the stay at home dad. Business women have their sights on achieving an executive leadership position at the top of any corporation. Businesses must realize that there is something missing with boards being presided, managed and directed by all white males. In today's society, the word is inclusion, not exclusion, and it is robbing companies and society of talent and perspective that would benefit any firm by having the other half of the working population in the room. An integrated and diverse network of employees is a smart and practical way to balance and develop...
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