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Introduction My awareness of the barriers experienced by people with complex communication needs has changed. As a person with normal communication needs, I took for granted many aspects of communication that are very important for people with special communication needs. For instance, realized that blind people cannot assess the nature of the information they are receiving from someone else using their body language. Instead, they rely on cues in the tone of the voice of a person to know the mood of that person. The most difficult barrier to surmount for people with special communication needs is dealing with nonverbal communication. Many people with special communication need either lack the capacity to communicate using nonverbal cues or to interpret nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication constitutes a significant portion of total communication hence failure to participate in it leaves someone at a significant disadvantage (Holmes 2005). Now that I am aware that people with complex communication needs have a problem dealing with non-verbal communication, I would go out of my way to ensure that they fully understand the information I am passing on to them. Similarly, I would be hesitant to interpret their nonverbal cues without clarification. Someone might mean one thing but express it in a different way using nonverbal communication. I would like to adjust my learning goals because of this week’s topic. It is very interesting to learn that some people simply cannot communicate normally using nonverbal communication. Based on the emphasis placed on the importance of nonverbal communication, I feel I will be able to serve more people better if I appreciate the uniqueness when using or interpreting nonverbal communication. Communication with People with Low Vision or Blindness People with low vision or blindness rely on the other senses to interpret signals from their immediate surroundings. They mainly rely on sound and touch to feel their way in an environment (Miller & Webb 2011). When it comes to communication, blind people and those with low vision are very attentive to the stimuli in their surroundings. They tend to pick out elements of the environment that someone with sight usually ignores. The relationship between this observation and my goals is that blindness does not separate someone from their environment completely. The most common assistive technology that blind people use is the white cane. This cane helps them to move about in their environment. The cane gives them feedback on the nature of surfaces and obstacles that are on their way. In addition to this, gently tapping the white cane on surfaces leads to the production of a unique sound based on the acoustics of the room, or the e
Description of Resource Video link (First 10 minutes). The chosen resource is the first 10 minutes of the segment of “60 Minutes Australia,” a newsmagazine show. It is dedicated to a highly disturbing issue that has recently occurred in the country – the increased rates of suicide among young men. Addressing the real stories of people that have faced this national emergency, reporters Tom Steinfort, Liz Hayes, Liam Bartlett, Tara Brown, and Sarah Abo make efforts to investigate its underlying reasons and raise public awareness. The video starts with the story of Jake Fitzsimmons on the basis of the interview with his mother and sister. This 25-year-old man from Melbourne, Victoria, was a local footy hero with “a decent job and plenty of great mates” (60 Minutes Australia 2021). However, despite his talent and popularity among peers, Jake was keeping a secret that only his family knew – he was suffering from depression started from his entering into adulthood and enhanced by multiple factors. Although Jake was taken to numerous doctors and counselors, these experts did not help him. As a result, despite his mother’s unconditioned support, Jake took his own life several months ago. His death “set a great way of grief” not only through his family but his football community as well (60 Minutes Australia 2021). Subsequently, the resource addresses Jake Edwards, another Australian footy hero, who also suffered from depression in his early twenties. Like Fitzsimmons, he wanted to take his own life at the age of 26, however, he managed to survive. In the present day, Jake Edwards is “committed to helping those most affected by suicide” (60 Minutes Australia 2021). In particular, he organizes meetings of young people and tells them his story of beating depression and suicide survival in order to inspire them as the help from the side of the country’s health care system cannot be regarded as efficient. Alignment with 3 Learning Objectives LO7.1 According t
Homer, in his epic The Odyssey tells the story of the heroes of Trojan wars and the most enchanting of all the themes of the classic work is the loyalty of Odysseus to his wife Penelope, even when he enjoys the company of nymphs like Circe and Calypso. Odysseus, the Trojan hero and the protagonist of the epic by Homer exhibits vast amount of piety, manly valor and intelligence, and, most remarkably, loyalty to the nation as well as to his own wife. It is the power of this heavenly quality that keeps him devotedly bound to Penelope and their son even while he enjoys the company of Calypso and Circe. The loyalty of this Trojan hero for his wife is evident from his great longing to return to his wife and son when he was trapped on the island of Ogygia with the beautiful nymph Calypso and the same characteristic feature drove him all the way home at the end of a long journey in which he needed to confront all lots of dangers and troubles. “Odysseus is a “perfectly” moral man by Greek standards. In the Calypso episode, Odysseus demonstrates the value of faithfulness, and in the Circe episode, he illustrates Greek values in general.” (Essay on Circe and Calypso. 2006). Therefore, it is most remarkable that, though Odysseus willingly enjoys the company of Circe and Calypso beds down with them, he is, by the Greek standards, truly faithful and loyal to his wife Penelope. The loyalty that Odysseus has for his wife is evident from the reply to Calypso’s offer to “stay where you are, keep house along with me, and let me make you immortal, no matter how anxious you may be to see this wife of yours, of whom you are thinking all the time day after day; yet I flatter myself that at am no whit less tall or well-looking than she is, for it is not to be expected that a mortal woman should compare in beauty with an immortal.” The true hero’s reply to this offer is most commendable, “do not be angry with me about this. I am quite aware that my wife Penelope is nothing like so tall or so beautiful as yourself. More about The Odyssey Who are the suitors in the Odyssey? What is their fate? 5 454 What are the allusions in the Odyssey? 5 784 Which excerpt from The Odyssey best shows that the ancient Greeks greatly valued the idea of home? 5 807 What are some of the apparent values in the Iliad and the Odyssey? 5 1197 Which excerpt from part 2 of the Odyssey best supports the conclusion that Odysseus is clever? 5 977 How long did it take Odysseus to get home? 5 3731 She is only a woman, whereas you are an immortal. Nevertheless, I want to get home, and can think of nothing else. If some god wrecks me when I am on the sea, I will bear it and make the best of it. I have had infinite trouble both by land and sea already, so let this go with the rest.” (Homer 2000). The faithfulness of the Trojan hero towards his wife can be very well seen in his longing to reach ho
A crewmember who sustains injuries while at work is at liberty of being given “maintenance and cure” for the injuries suffered. The terms cure and maintenance are, in most occasions, used together even though they have varied benefits. Maintenance, in this context, may be defined as the allowance paid to any crewmember for lodging and food. Cure, on the other hand, may be defined as the right a crewmember has to hospital, nursing, doctor or other forms of medical attention in the event of injuries or illnesses that may be attributed to working at the ship and especially while ashore (Mortimore, 2012). The recent Carnival Triumph incident is a typical example of a liability case involving a crewmember. The ship crewmember in question sustained injuries while manually raising a machine that would have otherwise been lifted mechanically if the ship was in its rightful condition. In this scenario, it is important to take into close consideration the liabilities and duties of boat or ship repairers. A ship repairer is supposed to be under strict obligations to apply reasonable care while in the process of repairing the ship. If reasonable care is used and the worker sustains injuries, the boat owner become solely liable for the damages or injuries obtained. On the other hand, in the event that a ship crewmember sustains injuries after failing to use reasonable care, he becomes liable for any damages or injuries sustained. Additionally, if faulty components are installed by a boat repairer, he becomes liable for the damages that might be caused as a result of his negligence (International Labor Organization., Committee on Sectoral and Technical Meetings and Related Issues, et al, 2001). In the case of Carnival Triumph, the crewmember was solely responsible for the injuries he sustained. This is because even though the ship was not in its rightful condition for the mechanical lift to function, he intentionally neglected the fact that the load that hurt him was supposed to be mechanically lifted. For this reason, the owner of the ship on which the ship repairer was working has absolutely no liability for the damages caused. However, the ship’s owner may only be liable for the injuries sustained by the ship crewmember if they both had signed a legally binding agreement in prior to make the owner of the ship liable for damages that would result from working on a faulty ship. In this case, there were no previous agreements hence the ship crewmember is liable for his injuries (Basedow, Wurmnest
The handwashing procedure is an essential step in a medical environment due to the risk of infections. According to researchers, a doctor is ready to attend to the patient only after the necessary hygiene measures (Andersen, 2019). There are several monitoring tools that require different procedures in terms of assessments and examinations. An example is monitoring the healthcare professionals through surveillance, which is done by trained monitors. An implementation is a form of direct observation that allows specialists to assess how medical professionals approach hand washing directly. A trained person would constantly monitor hygiene stations and the people who use them. Moreover, the employee will be able to assess who strictly follows the hygiene rules and which physician or nurse does not comply with the measures. This can be done by analyzing the gathered information after collecting statistical data. Each health professional will be monitored in terms of how many times this person has approached the station to wash their hands. At the end of the shift, the person in charge would count the number of times each individual has engaged in hand washing. This would allow for an objective and fair examination of individuals who follow the rules and those who are not as effective. Moreover, after monitoring and collecting data, healthcare workers will be provided with negative or positive commentary in regards to the hygiene procedures observed directly. In case a member of the personnel does not comply with the follow-up feedback, they will be penalized verbally or through comments in the personal files. It is a tool that would prevent future incidents and inform other specialists about the consequences of ignoring frequent handwashing. This method allows for an effective system to be put in place and for improvements in terms of individuals’ who impose risks upon their patients.
Peak Pricing Peak pricing is often applied by governments and other private entities to balance the forces of demand and supply of a product during high season when the demand is skyrocketing and low season when the demand is very low. This strategy is informed by the need to balance the demand and supply curves to avoid creating shortages when the demand is very high and surplus when the demand is low for a product. This pricing strategy is often applied to a price discrimination tool for maintaining sustainable optimal supply and demand capacity for a product that is consumed depending on the season or period of the year (Shiller 45). When applying the peak pricing, at the time when the demand is high, the prices are increased to represent the high peak. The prices are lowered when the demand is low to represent the low peak characterized by few customers demanding a particular commodity at that time. As opined by Wainwright (2012), “by subtracting the marginal costs of operation from the original demands, we find the marginal benefits of capacity, which must then be vertically aggregated and equated to the marginal cost of increasing capacity” (Wainwright 33). In most cases, the high peak pricing may encourage a potential customer to be flexible and reduce demand when the prices are high in order to postpone the purchase of the product when the prices come down during off-peak characterized by the availability of excess capacity to consume. In order to create an optimal capacity for balancing the demand and supply side of a commodity, the peak prices in low season and high season are harmonized by summing the marginal costs (MC) of different operations and generated marginal benefit for each period, that is, low and high peak (Shiller 24). The primary intention of charging high prices during high season is to balance of elasticity of demand, which is often very low during the high demand period unlike during off-peak season when it is very high. This is illustrated in the chart below. Example Peak pricing is often applied in the managing demand and supply of electricity during high peak and low peak seasons. During the low peak, power stations that are operated with the lowest costs are preferred, such as coal-fired and nuclear. However, during high peak, the generation of electricity will have to be supplemented by high-cost power stations such as gas and oil-powered plants. This means that the marginal cost of producing electricity during high peak is higher than the marginal cost of doing the same during low peak. Therefore, the prices during a high peak must be higher than prices during a low peak in electricity production and consumption (Grinbl
Stakeholder Definition Stakeholders are individuals, groups of individuals or organizations that hold a special interest in an event including its operations and success. Stakeholders are a critical pillar in the success of any event. To a certain extent, stakeholders shape the manner in which event managers conduct an event. Stakeholder analysis is a process in which the event managers conduct a calculated effort towards understanding stakeholders and the ways in which to inculcate their demands to ensure the success of an event. Stakeholder analysis in event management is a tricky affair as this is a one-off occasion. Hence, there is no any other chance to make stakeholders happy. For example, major events such as the World Cup or the marriage of high ranking individuals (e.g. the Prince of England) call for meticulous planning to ensure they are successful and meet the expectations of all interested individuals (Allen et al. 2011). Relationship between Event Management and Stakeholders As noted earlier, stakeholders are a crucial part of the success of an event. Certain benefits accrue from the inclusion of certain stakeholders in an event. It is also crucial to note that not all stakeholders contribute positively towards an event. It follows that stakeholders need to be evaluated to remove distracters that hide in the name of stakeholders and interested parties. It is also the cardinal responsibility of an event manager to know the various stakeholders and determine their relevance regarding the success of an event (Stanford, 2012). The following benefits may be realized through inclusion of relevant stakehold
Introduction In a workplace setting, employees and employers are faced with ethical, legal and moral dilemmas, which at times conflict with their personal values. As such, it is always important to ascertain what one would do in situations whereby company policies and protocols conflict with personal values. This paper shall set out to address this issue by applying various ethical theories that provide viable solutions to this dilemma. Literature Review David (2006), states that personal values play a pivotal role in shaping one’s character. However, since these personal values govern how individuals behave in various situations, a conflict between such values and organizational protocols may pose a serious threat to the overall well being of the organization. In order to avoid such conflicts, Chappell (2006) asserts that if faced with this type of conflict, one may leave the workplace (quit), do what is required, or come up with a strategy that addresses the issue within the organization. Unfortunately, making such a decision is not always easy because such choices have the ability to shake one’s core values. As such, ethical theories may be applied to facilitate effective decision making in such cases. The utilitarianism theory focuses on majority versus minority interests. According to Shafer-Landau (2012), this theory states that an action is go
It is almost impossible to envisage a business that conducts its operations without the use of the information technologies. Businesses and major companies rely on IT in their day-to-day operations, and the Internet has altered business strategies by imparting a virtual shape to them. This essay will focus on three articles with insight into how the information technologies have presented businesses with both advantages and challenges. Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson wrote the article “Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference” that appeared in a Harvard Business Review magazine in 2008. The article studies how companies tackle increased competition in the United States. McAfee & Brynjolfsson argue that the companies in the US may be better equipped to handle competition if they choose to invest in IT. The authors also note that the companies favoring modern IT solutions perform better in today’s market. With the spread of information technologies, the money that the company invests in an employee in terms of IT rose from $3500 in 1994 to $8000 in 2005 (McAfee & Brynjolfsson, 2008). As more and more companies become dependent on the IT, the investments in IT equipment increased threefold between the years of 1995 and 2006. The figures speak for themselves. The authors are right in their statements that the spread of the IT over the years is beating all the records. The growing demand for information technologies may be supported by the report released by the UK Government Office for Science (2014) which states that there are over 14 billion objects connected by the IT as of now, it is estimated that the number will reach 100 billion by 2020 (p.14). The article “Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference” although written in 2008 is in line with the UK government report published recently. IT is booming and even the most conservative companies, which are used to the old habits of doing business, are looking for ways to incorporate IT into their daily work practices. The controversial idea voiced in the article related to the distribution of profit margins. The authors made a point that the number of firms decreased, and the market remained the same, implying that fewer companies were in charge of a larger market share. The redistribution of the market when small firms were consumed by large corporate giants is unlikely to be linked to the spread of IT. Another controversial statement in the article suggests that the companies using the IT will perform better than those performing the work according to old, conservative ways. Having made the statement, the authors sort of generalize all of the companies on the market irrespective of what their main areas of business are. Although the authors are right stating that the companies dealing in marketing, sales, IT, design, and software development saw added benefit with the use of the information technologies, some companies have been influenced by the Internet to a much lesser degree. For instance, major construction companies that are involved in large-scale government projects, road construction companies, manufactures of furniture or
Challenges and differences characterize both human and business relationships. When such differences emerge, the chances are high that the affected parties might find it hard to pursue their common objectives or goals (Adabi, Movaghar, Rahmani, & Beigy, 2012). More often than not, negotiators will be required to present their ideas and concepts in order to deliver sustainable solutions. Lewicki, Barry, and Saunders (2015) argue that competent negotiators and parties should be able to avoid three unique weaknesses. These include failing “to negotiate when there should, negotiating when they should not, or negotiating using an inappropriate strategy” (Lewicki et al., 2015, p. 71). The class materials have equipped me with a wide range of concepts and approaches that have informed my negotiation skills. Suitable Negotiation Concepts and Tactics for My Personality and Style The first driving principle that defines my negotiation philosophy is ensuring that the involved parties gain from the process (Adabi et al., 2013). This means that negotiators should be on the frontline to ensure a win-win solution is realized. After analyzing the concepts and tactics studied in class, I have realized that the integrative negotiation is the best approach that is suitable for my personality. This is the case because the approach focuses on the best measures to boost collaboration and solve the targeted problem. Before implementing the use of the integrative or win-win approach, I always embrace the best traits that can ensure the intended goals are realized. Some of my characteristics that define my negotiation philosophy include honesty, integrity, listening skills, maturity, and systems orientation (Allen & Burrell, 2015). These skills make it easier for me to examine the targeted situation from a critical perspective. I also listen attentively, offer appropriate feedback, and empower others in order to record positive results. The concept of trust is appropriate because it has the potential to create the most appropriate environment. As an integrative negotiator, I have developed various strategies or actions that can support my philosophy. As a person who embraces the power of a virtue ethics decision-making model, I always focus on the commonalities existing in the targeted situation. This knowledge makes it possible for me to ignore the differences because they can only worsen the situation. I have understood the importance of focusing on the unique interests and needs of the targeted participants or parties (Allen & Burrell, 2015). This approach will ensure the initiative or collaborative strategy seeks to support the needs of the participants. Another best practice that supports my negotiation approach is the ability to acknowledge and commit myself to address the unique problems facing the involved persons. This understanding guides me to analyze the existing problems, embrace the best