Leadership Framework Pacific Regional Hospital is currently facing a crisis that has contributed to its near closure for the past 20 years and filing for bankruptcy three times within the same period. Despite the challenges, the hospital is still o Continue Reading...
Professional Social Worker: Ethical DilemmaCase ContextOne difficult situation arises when dealing with a situation which challenges the social workers belief in elevating each and every single client to her fullest potential. In one particular insta Continue Reading...
Human Culture -- What is Human Culture? According to the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota, many social scientists see culture as " ... consisting primarily of the symbolic, ideational, and i Continue Reading...
Supervisee should have a clear view on what to expect during the supervision process. Supervisor: Are there any courses or resources that would develop your standards in relation to services delivery? Supervisee: Learning provides room for improve Continue Reading...
Racism and Various Forms How does an understanding of racism in its various forms inform the counseling professional practice? Racism is regarded as the negative feelings exercised by one ethnic group towards other individuals belonging form a diff Continue Reading...
Teaming and Emerging Business Trends Organizations and business in the 21st century are not like those of even the last part of the 20th century. Several factors influence this evolution: globalism, increased expectations of transparency, stakeholde Continue Reading...
" The university's folklore department explains that folklore is displayed in times "of crisis, celebration, and change"; it is displayed "in hundreds of other forms of expression." And in a similar vein to Wilson's explanation, the Web site reports Continue Reading...
Treating Alcoholism presents therapists with multi-dimensional issues -- multicultural understanding and contextual setting of the client (profession, family, history, work conditions and exposure to extraordinary conditions, in the case of those ser Continue Reading...
They show that mood swings in depressed children alternate with days of a pervasive down mood. These moods involve sadness, loneliness, unhappiness, hypersensitivity, overreactivity, and negative attitudes. All of this is combined with irritability Continue Reading...
Leading Adidas has a solid performance as a sustainability leader -- economic, environmental, and social. This despite accusations of slave-labor in China, which proved to be less than accurate. The company actively engages its stakeholders in key Continue Reading...
They go to the gravestones and adorn them with colorful flowers, art, and letters. They have lavish festivals in honor of those who have gone on before them. Ireland has many traditions and everything there moves at a pace that's much slower than A Continue Reading...
Ethics: The TERA model Ethics is a process which allows us to analyze the principles that underlie a decision and it culminates into a specific action. Ethical analysis involves norms such as possibilities and interdictions which act as a guide to h Continue Reading...
For the many African-Americans who struggle with poverty, concerns about HIV and AIDS often fall to the bottom of their lists of concerns (Messina, 1994). When feeding their families, paying the rent or taking a sick child to the emergency room are Continue Reading...
Popular Entertainment Venues Family obligations are often at the heart of individual drive and guilt. They can drive a person to succeed and they can drive a person to do things that go against their very nature. In the film Alice Adams, the play B Continue Reading...
M7D1: Degree Requirement for Officers The idea that police officers should have some form of higher education is a long-standing one. As early as 1973, the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals "called for the establi Continue Reading...
Diane Blake Art Exhibition King Island, Bass Straits -- Diane Blake. Diane is a native of the Eastern Shore, but has travelled all over the world to capture her images. She has been an artist and photographer for over 30 years, and loves to use her Continue Reading...
Culture Within organization frameworks, postmodernism tends to look at an organization more in light of contemporary views on diversity, job satiscation, teamwork, managers as leaders, and coordination of efforts. Hierarchies exist, but are not the Continue Reading...
The launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 -- an event which marked the beginning of the space race and showed a significant Soviet lead -- renewed the vigor of essentialist practices and theories in the United States especially, but this Continue Reading...
Multicultural Counseling Approaches Used in the Application of the Family Systems Theory The purpose of this discussion is to explain the multicultural counseling approaches used in the application of the family systems theory. First we will define Continue Reading...
Multicultural Law Enforcement Racism in U.S. Law Enforcement There is much controversy with regard to race and the Criminal Justice System, as many are inclined to believe that people belonging to particular racial groups are more likely to suffer Continue Reading...
Multicultural Education Multicultural education is a philosophical concept in the field of education that is founded on the ideals of equality, justice, equity, freedom, and human dignity. The origin of this philosophical concept can be traced back Continue Reading...
Multicultural Theories of Psychology Multicultural Theories of Psychotherapy Diagnosis, treatment and care of patient and their conditions are greatly influenced by cultural considerations. These actors determine beliefs and values related to healt Continue Reading...
Understanding Moral Intelligence Introduction Moral intelligence is a crucial aspect of our cognitive abilities that guides us in making ethical decisions and understanding right from wrong. It is the capacity to understand the ethical principl Continue Reading...
(Buhalis, 2008) at the same time, the Internet is helping to bring many regions closer together. This means that some of the challenges which were mentioned earlier are exposing people in specific areas to different ideas. (Hase, 2007) Over the cour Continue Reading...
A group that is, by its very nature, mentally defective, will also easily be viewed as incapable of supporting itself without help - a strain on the larger society. In terms of modern day American society, this could be seen as declaring that Africa Continue Reading...
Nursing Theories Transcultural Care For the past several decades, nursing theory has evolved with considerable considerations towards transcultural care. The concept of culture was derived from anthropology and the concept of care was derived from Continue Reading...
Krentzman and Townsend (2008) indicates that multicultural competence means "having the beliefs, knowledge, and skills necessary to work effectively with individuals different from one's self; that cultural competence includes all forms of differenc Continue Reading...
Because our programs have such great diversity, we could literally become aware of many new cultures. I think that the parents could also do more volunteer work with or for the school. Classroom aides or lunch aids could help children see other' at Continue Reading...
Human Behavior is critical to organizations -- discuss the benefits of self-evaluation/self-assessment as it relates to leaders today 'Understanding human behavior is critical to organizations:' Discuss the benefits of self-evaluation/self-assessme Continue Reading...
Because these issues have become more pronounced in recent years, it is not surprising that efforts have been made to define these differences in an effort to measure them. In this regard, Hofstede (1980) identified five basic dimensions of culture Continue Reading...
545). By allowing students to speak in the classroom, rather than lecturing students about how intercultural interactions should take place, students from other cultures can bring their own cultural understandings and conceptions to the forefront, ra Continue Reading...
This polarization of different groups is likely to carry over into the classroom: socio-economic disadvantages often translate into economic disadvantages. If one population is more represented in higher-level classes this can foster prejudice. Hig Continue Reading...
culture and subculture (p. 6-8) A culture is a "community or population sufficiently large enough to be self-sustaining," in that it can be self-perpetuating (p. 6). There are four main elements of culture, according to Hofstede: symbols, rituals, Continue Reading...
Licensed professional counselors are individuals who are certified to provide a high level of quality health as well as substance abuse care to hundreds and possibly millions of Americans (American Counseling Association, 2012; 2006). These individua Continue Reading...
" And following that experience the class can discuss what acid rain does to the ecosystem and the teacher can show a video of a forest devastated by acid rain, or just photos of depleted forests and dead fish floating on a stream or lake (waters tha Continue Reading...
Session Christ-Centered Psycho-Educational Process Group Program for Adolescents and Young Adults The purpose of this initiative is to develop a six-session Christ-centered psycho-educational process group program for the population of interest des Continue Reading...
Shannon, Jr. "Outsiders" in a Multicultural Society The United States is generally recognized for the multitude of cultural values present in the country as a result of the wide range of ideas that have been introduced here across the years. While Continue Reading...
