...Ethical dilemmas that pull us in different and often irreconcilable directions are a part of professional life as therapists. With a true dilemma there is probably no right answer, yet we still need to decide what to do or not do and commit ourselves to the decision bearing in mind our ethical and professional responsibilities. The following vignette shows how I responded to an ethical dilemma in my clinical practice as a trainee person centred psychotherapist. I chose this dilemma as it highlights the issue of boundary lines as a crucial aspect of effective and safe client-counsellor relationships. I run as a regular pastime with my local running club which is held on a mid week evening. My partner and I arrived at the club and bumbped into one of my clients, whom I had been counselling for two months. He had come to counselling as he had difficulty in forming personal relationships and was feeling lonely and depressed. The following day my client sent an email inviting my partner and I for dinner, suggesting we became friends. I considered the overlapping therapy and non-therapy contact to be problematic as it would involve entering a dual relationship with my client. Gabriel (2001) offers a definition which distinguishes between non-therapy and therapy contact by suggesting that a dual relationship occurs when: “a one-to-one contracted therapy relationship between an individual in the role of ‘client’ and one in the role of ‘therapist’ overlaps into a non-therapy...
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...Logical Design, Part I Wayne Murphy Strayer University Introduction to Relational Database Management System CIS111019VA016-1132-001 Jean-Robert Bokino January 11, 2013 Logical Design, Part I In this assignment, I will write a two to three page paper titled “Logical Design, Part 1” whereas I am a recently hired consultant for ACME Global Consulting to procure requirements for a large database. In this scenario, “Logical Design, Part 1”, I will develop a database management systems to convince a set of clients of the benefits of using the Entity–Relationship model (E-R) in developing a database. In addition, my management would like the following points addressed in my design: (1). List the advantages of a relational model specific to ACME Global Consulting. (2). Summarize the purpose of an Entity–Relationship Model (E-R) specific to ACME Global Consulting. (3). List and describe essential components of the model such as entities, attributes, keys, relationships, roles, and dependencies specific to ACME Global Consulting. (4). Describe the need for the enhanced E-R model and how we can create sophisticated models to help us in complex environments. (5). Outline and describe the advantage of using the relational model. (6). Create an E-R diagram using graphical depicting software that could theoretically be used in a restaurant application. Now that you know the purpose of this assignment, I will define three key terms that will be discussed in this assignment. The first term...
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...father. From an early age, he showed a strong aptitude for math and science, and was named science student of the year at the University of Illinois. During the final exams in his second year, Larry Ellison's adoptive mother died, and he dropped out of school. He enrolled at the University of Chicago the following fall, but dropped out again after the first semester. His adoptive father was now convinced that Larry would never make anything of himself, but the seemingly aimless young man had already learned the rudiments of computer programming in Chicago. He took this skill with him to Berkeley, California, arriving with just enough money for fast food and a few tanks of gas. For the next eight years, Ellison bounced from job to job, working as a technician for Fireman's Fund and Wells Fargo bank. As a programmer at Amdahl Corporation, he participated in building the first IBM-compatible mainframe system. For more than three and a half decades, Oracle has been the leader in database software. And as it has further developed technologies and acquired best-in-class companies over the years, that leadership has expanded to the entire technology stack, from servers and storage, to...
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...LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BOOK CRITIQUE HIS NEEDS, HER NEEDS BUILDING AN AFFAIR-PROOF MARRIAGE WILLARD F. HARLEY JR A PAPER SUBMITTED TO TO DR. DONALD HICKS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE PREVENTING MINISTRY FAILURE LEAD 625 BY JAMES RICHARD SOMERS L22996592 LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 01 JULY 2014 BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY Harley, Willard F. Jr. His Needs Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2001. INTRODUCTION It is quite clear that many couples go into marriage really thinking that things will be just like they seem to be on the movie screen. The concept that there will be from the beginning and then forever more be a “happily ever after” marriage tends to remain in people’s minds as long as love exists. This concept does not take into account that like any relationship there must be work put into it. The book His Needs, Her Needs: How to Build an Affair-Proof Marriage attempts to point out some of the areas that need to be addressed so that the needs of each person will be met, and thus getting rid of the fairy-tale failure. SUMMARY Without a doubt the idea for this book came from Willard F. Harley Jr when he realized a few things after teaching a course about marriage at his church, the course lasted for 13 weeks and was taught in 1978. He also used these sessions via audio recordings for tools as he worked with couples and...
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...Now it’s time to explore these themes in greater depth. This week we will be discussing power, next week rights, and in two weeks interests. Positional Power * This type of power is the kind that people have because of the position that they hold (police officer, supervisor, manager, parent…). This person has a certain power over another person by virtue of the authority given to the position he/she holds. * One’s response to this type of power is not so much to the person as it is to the position. * This kind of power may be created by legislation (as with the police) or by contract (such as an employment contract). Personality Power * This type of power comes from a person’s personality. Included in this type of power are such traits as charisma, skills and abilities, expertise, attractiveness, likability, persuasiveness… * While personality power can be used well and positively, an unhealthy extreme form of personality power is bullying. A person with a reputation as a bully need not always display bullying behaviour, as the individual’s reputation can be enough to lead others to endorse the power and do as the bully wishes. Identity Power * A person’s “location” in various identity hierarchies also provides power resources. We receive identity power by virtue of our gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, social class, age, level of education, etc. * This form of power can be subtle or overt. Because this form of power is often embedded into our...
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...SQL Fundamentals The Structured Query Language (SQL) comprises one of the fundamental building blocks of modern database architecture. SQL defines the methods used to create and manipulate relational databases on all major platforms. At first glance, the language may seem intimidating and complex but it's really not all that bad. In a series of articles over the next few weeks we'll explore the inner workings of SQL together. By the time we're through, you'll have the fundamental knowledge you need to go out there and start working with databases! This week, our first article in the SQL series provides an introduction to the basic concepts behind SQL and we'll take a brief look at some of the main commands used to create and modify databases. Throughout this article, please keep our goal in mind: we're trying to get the "big picture" of SQL -- not a mastery of the individual commands. We'll provide a few examples for illustrative purposes and explain the theory behind them, but don't feel frustrated if you can't write your own SQL commands after reading this article. We'll cover each of the major commands in detail in future weekly installments. If you'd like a reminder in your e-mail inbox each week when the next article is posted, please take a moment and subscribe to our newsletter. By the way, the correct pronunciation of SQL is a contentious issue within the database community. In their SQL standard, the American National Standards Institute declared that the official...
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...viability model of company’s 350 stores Evaluated and recommended an in-house delivery system in OppenheimerFunds, CO, which resulted in a $100,000 annual savings by eliminating need for outside carrier Created an optimal staffing model for stores resulting in annual payroll work hours savings of 20% Streamlined the corporate planning process, creating a centralized planning platform that reduced budget preparation time by two weeks despite the budget doubling in size over a two-year period Conducted cost benefit analysis to outsource the store’s in-house packaging facility resulting in a $1.5 million savings Produce annual budgets exceeding $500 million and forecast models on a departmental, business segment and consolidated basis working with functional department heads and senior management Analyze and interpret monthly variances and trends between budgets, actual and prior results in developing projections and forecast Track and review gross and net sales including gross margins in producing forecasts and trend analysis on an on-going basis Provide financial support and analysis to Operations and Marketing areas for strategic business decisions and cost savings initiatives Create NPV, IRR,...
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...SR-ht-003 Documentation Entities and Attributes When writing application programs and designing databases the first step is traditionally to document program logic into what is known as flowcharts, object diagrams, and data models. Before this can be done you must first decide which technique you are going to use. The most popular form of data models is what’s known as entity-relationship model (ERD) which was designed and published for the first time ever by Peter Chan in 1976. The basic components that make up and ERD are entities, attributes, identifiers, and relationships. Entities (real world object, semantic object, physical thing, logical abstraction) are something that the user wants to keep track of and are classified and grouped as an entity class, entity classes are always capitalized. There are also different variations of entities, strong and weak. A weak entity cannot exist in a database unless another entity exists also. Anything that is not a weak entity has to be a strong entity. It is also important to follow entity integrity, an important constraint meaning that no two records are identical or duplicates (no duplicate primary keys and non-null values). Next up is what’s known as the entity instance. First you must be able to distinguish the difference between an entity class and an entity instance. The difference between the two is that an entity class is a collection of entities described by the structure of entities in its class. There are usually...
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...Preparing For A Career Change Schuylar Robinson, Kerry Wilson, Deborah West, Airyn Vath, Sheila Rone RES/351 January 21, 2012 Richard Dickens Preparing For A Career Change Preparing for a career change can be difficult yet rewarding. A career is the course of a person's life in working to produce an income to make ends meet. A career is also associated with the productive side of life, what a person's goals are and sometimes his or her accomplishments (Cochran. 1994). There are many obstacles that some may consider to be problems when changing careers. Individuals may be looking to change careers from result of too much stress or personality conflicts with their current coworkers or management. Career problems occurs when a current course of action signals a qualitative difference between possible career futures (Cochran). If a person believes to feel threatened by what is happening in the work place and feels that something else should be happening to reach goals or get the job done more efficiently can be considered a problem and the need for a career change. The only way to change one's direction in life is to take that first step into a career change. This means furthering one's education to climb the corporate ladder or accepting a new career that offers more pay, more vacation time, and personal satisfaction of making a difference in the workplace. The purpose of a career change is "to move into a position of greater managerial responsibility and organizational...
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...ABSTRACT India with its growing economy is becoming one of the most attractive nations for investments at present. The country’s most significant industry is the retail industry (Jain et al, 2009). It is currently the 5th largest retail industry in the world and the industry contributes around 12% to the country’s Gross Domestic Product, it is also expected to grow at a very healthy rate and contribute around 22% by the end of 2011 (Srivastava, 2008). However the dominant sector in the retail industry is the unorganised sector, with the organised sector consisting of only 4% in the total industry. As India as a nation develops, there will be more foreign and domestic players looking to grab a share of the market. Along with domestic companies such as TATA, Future Group etc, Tesco of the UK and Wal-Mart from the USA have already set up plans to expand their business in the country, these are two of the heavy weights in the global retail industry. The organised sector in an effort to retain customers have introduced a variety of loyalty programmes and schemes, however due to the dominance of the unorganised sector in India the effectiveness and the consumer’s perception about such schemes have not been studied comprehensively. Therefore this dissertation aims to understand the consumer’s perception towards such loyalty schemes, how effective they are in building loyalty amongst the organization and the consumer, and to also understand the future and roles of the two retail sectors...
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...definition of what HRM and e-HRM actually is, as well as the current uses and technologies utilizing the e-HRM concept. This paper will also discuss some of the pros and cons associated with e-HRM from 4 different perspectives: individual, operational, relational, and transformational. Keywords: e-HRM, HRM, technology, management With the rapid development and expansion of the internet the realization and application of e-HRM has intensified. Technological optimist assume, that from a technical perspective, the IT possibilities for e-HRM are endless: in principal all HR processes can be supported by IT. Surveys of HR consultants suggest that both the number of organizations adopting e-HRM and the depth of applications within the organizations are continually increasing. (CedarCrestone, 2005) In addition, there is anecdotal evidence that e-HRM is becoming increasingly common and may lead to remarkable changes. (Anonymous, 2001) This paper aims at giving a clear definition of what HRM and e-HRM is, as well as the current uses and technologies utilizing the e-HRM concept. This paper will also discuss various pros and cons associated with e-HRM from four distinct perspectives: individual, operational, relational, and...
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...online credit card transactions; and GLBA, because we are a financial institution. All of the regulations of these three compliancy laws must be met, while still maintaining the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) triad. All security requirements for SOX, PCI-DSS, and GLBA can be achieved using Linux and open source infrastructure. Some examples of open source software that we might use are: Web Server - Apache Web Filtering - DansGuardian Network Firewall - Turtle Firewall VPN - Endian Firewall Community IDS/IPS - Suricata Database - MySQL File Server - Samba SMTP Server - hMailServer I would recommend that we use a "Defense in Depth" strategy, having multiple layers of access protection. We need to have an IDS/IPS on both sides of our edge firewall. The inside IDS/IPS will be used as additional protection for our network and the outside IDS/IPS will serve as an early warning system from attacks. We will also use the outside IDS/IPS for additional protection and to monitor what types of attacks are occurring. Our web server and mail server should be completely separated from the rest of our network in a...
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...Leadership in Action: Leading Effectively in Humanitarian Operations A CK N O W L E D G E M E N TS First and foremost, we would like to thank the individuals who allowed their leadership to be placed in the spotlight as one of our case-study examples of effective operational humanitarian leadership. Their generosity and openness in doing so and in answering our many questions are greatly appreciated. We also thank the many other interviewees who spoke to us frankly and shared their insights on what they valued in terms of operational humanitarian leadership. David Peppiatt played an important role in identifying and facilitating a number of the case studies. Isobel McConnan carried out interviews and provided helpful comments on earlier drafts. Georgia Armitage helped with the literature review. The Advisory Group provided invaluable input, words of advice and comments on the draft report, they are: Tim Cross, Wendy Fenton, Randolph Kent, Ky Luu, and Claire Messina. Paul Knox Clarke’s inputs undoubtedly raised the quality of the analysis. Deborah Eade provided excellent editorial services and comments. Sara Swords also commented on an earlier draft. Ben Ramalingam played a key role in getting the study off the ground and in its design. Finally, thanks to John Mitchell for his ongoing and valuable support to this work. The project was undertaken as part of the joint initiative on leadership in the humanitarian sector in partnership with People In Aid, Humanitarian...
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...Management Reviews (2007) doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00215.x XXXX utilitarian, ORIGINAL XXX International Publishing Management theories IJMR 2007managerial and relational Reviews of corporate social responsibility © Blackwell Journal of Ltd 2007 1460-8545 Oxford, UK ARTICLES Blackwell Publishing Ltd Utilitarian, managerial and relational theories of corporate social responsibility Davide Secchi Concepts and theories of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been examined and classified by scholars since the mid-1970s. However, owing to the evolving meaning of CSR and the huge number of scholars who have begun to analyze the issue in recent years fresh efforts are needed to understand new developments. Since there is a great heterogeneity of theories and approaches, the task remains a very hard one, mainly because heterogeneity derives from multi-disciplinary diversity. The criterion for selection is to consider the role that theorists confer to the firm. Following this idea, three groups of theories have been discerned: (1) the utilitarian group, in which the corporation is intended as a maximizing ‘black box’ where problems of externalities and social costs emerge; (2) the managerial category, where problems of responsibility are approached from inside the firm (internal perspective); (3) relational theories, or those in which the type of relations between the firm and the environment are at the center of the analysis. The three perspectives allow the reader to...
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...10:30am – 12:00pm OFFICE HOURS Fridays 12:00pm – 1:00pm (after class) and by appointment COURSE STATUS Required, 1 credit, for Master of Science in Global Health REQUIRED TEXTS Komives, S. R., Lucas, N., & McMahon, T. R. (2013). Exploring leadership: For college students who want to make a difference. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. COURSE DESCRIPTION Leadership is the ability to create and communicate a shared vision for a changing future; champion solutions to organizational and community challenges; and energize commitment to goals. The purpose of this course is to support and encourage your development as a global health leader who is focused on the common good and purposeful change. We will explore and study the Relational Leadership Model and how it is different than traditional leadership models and theories. Through leadership activities, reflection, and journaling, you will develop a greater sense of self and style as well as your own leadership potential and your own personal leadership philosophy. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Through active engagement in the course, material and activities, students will:...
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