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Abstract Leaders should possess the best competencies to achieve their potentials. Human beings can address their problems using various leadership skills. Every student can acquire useful skills from his or her mentors. Such traits will make every learner successful in life. This essay describes the lessons gained from our leadership class. Lessons Learned from Leadership Class I have acquired numerous skills in our leadership class. To begin with, our professor has been very inspirational. Our professor has encouraged us to fight for ourselves. Our professor has encouraged us to make powerful decisions in life. The teacher encourages every student to learn from his or her mistakes. The teacher uses her experience to guide different students. This practice has made it easier for us to achieve the best goals. I have understood the importance of teamwork. These concepts can make many students competent caregivers. I have also acquired timeless ideas from our teacher. Our professor has always been strict. She always encouraged us to manage our time properly. I have understood how to manage my activities and schedules. These practices can make every person successful in life. The concept of self-awareness can support the needs of many people. I have also gained new concepts that can make me successful. Every caregiver should focus on his or her career goals. This approach will result in self-actualization . I will always work hard to achieve my career goals. I will always use these concepts to mentor my friends. This leadership class has also equipped me with new writing skills. I am now able to write smoothly and correctly. I have also embraced the power of continuous learning . This practice will make it easier for me to achieve most of the learning goals. I am currently reading more books and articles to become a competent Nurse Leader (NL). I have also improved my writing skills. I will use my writing skills to complete different research studies in the future. Our professor encourages every student to see things from different angles. This approach also promotes the concept of critical thinking . A critical thinker is always ready to deal with various challenges. The individual will also be able to make evidence-based decisions. Every employee should be ready to promote diversity . Every individual should also become a change agent in his or her organization. I will use these competencies in my working environment. I have also understood how to use the 33000 feet rule. This rule encourages more individuals to analyze every situation. The other practice is dealing with various situations competently. These skills will make me a successful caregiver. I have also gained new nursing skills. For example, our professor uses powerful anecdotes that can make nursing a meaningful practice. I have also become a good communicator. I have also been using these new skills to interact with different individuals. I can now deal with various organizational problems. These new nursing competencies will make me a team player. I will also use these skills to empower my workmates. These co
Many say that death is only a new beginning. Others are afraid of the end of life. However, everyone understands that death is inevitable, so the best people can do is to make their last days (or last days of their loved) full of love and care. Hospices address this need and assist people to “cross the bridge” with dignity. Karen Modell points out that such hospices as Vitas Hospice “create the space” to comfort people and make them prepared to the ending cornerstone of their lives. Modell states that they are not trying to judge or choose the better way to spend the last days, they rather try to do everything they can to make people happier. Apart from this, Modell also mentioned the major points which social workers should take into account when working with their patients in hospices. She claimed that ability to listen properly is one of the essential tools for social workers since patients who are preparing to their last journey often (if not always) need to reflect on their lives and tell their “saga”. Notably, Sutton Holder and Aldredge-Clanton (2004) also emphasize the importance of proper listening stating that dying persons need “listening ears” (10). These people do not need sharing opinions or listening too advices they want to analyze their own experiences and to make sure they have an attentive listener. Apart from this Modell articulated the importance of following the necessary rituals since spiritual component of people’s lives plays essential role when it deals with death. Modell noted that if rituals “were not followed through” regrets could appear later. Sutton Holder and Aldredge-Clanton (2004) also stress that it is crucial to follow the necessary rituals since during these rituals a dying person can feel relief. Of course, it is essential to know what exactly a patient may need, i.e. to take into account this individual’s cultural background. Notably, Sutton Holder and Aldredge-Clanton (2004) and Karen Modell provide a lot of helpful information for social workers or people who have to care about a person who is dying. It goes without saying that when death is just a topic for philosophical discussion it is quite difficult to create some theories and make assumptions. However, everything changes when the death comes closer. As far as I am concerned, I never thought this period and care could be as difficult but at the same time as important for me. I had an experience of hospice with a loved person. I should say this is a very helpful service. I know that we got everything we might need. I also understand that people who face the necessity to accept terrible truth obtain the necessary assistance in hospices and they get prepared to the “journey”. When listening to Modell and when reading the work of Sutton Holder and Aldredge-Clanton (2004) I recollected those moments I experienced when spending last days with a dearest person. I saw that many people witness the same, and it is possible to comfort dying people. Now I think I have a more complete pictur
Introduction Leadership and organizational politics are regarded to be important factors that contribute to the employees’ performance. The research titled Leadership Style, Organizational Politics, And Employess performed by Eran Vigoda-Gadot is aimed at testing this theory by means of studying the relationship among leadership, politics and performance. The perspective of the study is to investigate the relationship between leadership and employees’ performance arguing that organizational politics comes in between this relationship. Also, the research is targeted at focusing on two basic aspects of employees’ performance, namely, formal and informal. Morrison’s suggestion about the importance of both of those factors is expected to be proved by the research. Main body The article is expected to contribute to the general knowledge on leadership style and organizational politics and to the theory of Organizational Citizenship behavior (OSB), in particular. The research under consideration presents the model that presents the connection between leadership style, organizational politics, and employee performance. This model is based on the idea of House and Aditya and Ammeter et al. and regards organizational politics as a mediator between leadership and employees’ performance. Going by this model the author states the following hypotheses:  1. Transformational and transactional leadership are both related to employee performance and OCB, where the influence of transformational leadership on formal performance and OCB is stronger.  2. Transformational leadership is negatively related to the appreciation of organizational politics.  3. Transactional leadership is positively related to appreciation of organizational politics.  4. Perceptions of organizational politics are negatively related to OCB and employee’s in-role performance.  5. Organizational politics mediates both between transactional and transformational leadership and in-role performance and OCB. The research study took place in a public security division of a law enforcement agency in Israel. The agency has four major regional headquarters and nine branches throughout the nation. The research study was conducted between December 2002 and August 2003. 233 questionnaires were sent by the researchers across the country and were collected by them, 201 questionnaires were used for data processing, and the overall response rate was 86.4 percent.
Introduction Light Sentence (1992) is a famous artwork produced by Mona Hatoum. Like many other artists of the time, Hatoum used art to express her views on socio-political issues pertaining to society. The Aesthetica Magazine (2016) presents her work as a combination of “radical thinking, perseverance and unapologetic responses to personal and universal issues” (para. 1). Light Sentence is an intriguing piece of art that can be interpreted in many different ways. It reflects political uncertainty and challenges the concepts of national and personal identity with the use of light, shadow, and structure (Aesthetica Magazine, 2016). The present paper will seek to compare and contrast Light Sentence to the movements of the 20th century. About Mona Hatoum Mona Hatoum was born in Beirut in 1952 into a Palestinian family. Since childhood, she was exposed to the dark side of politics and war. To escape the stress and horrors of war, Hatoum moved to London, where she began to explore different forms of art and design (Spence, 2016). Moving to a different country allowed Hatoum to express herself more freely, and she soon found a way of communicating her views and feelings through creating art. The works she produced reflect a whole variety of conflicts that were happening in the world at the time (Ayad, 2015). Throughout her upbringing and adult life, Hatoum had acquired many ideas about gender and race. Her background largely accounted for her interest in politics. In particular, Hatoum sought to explore the effect of political and social issues on individuals. During her lifetime, Mona Hatoum created a variety of artworks that were highly appreciated due to the real meaning behind them rather than their visual quality. It is safe to say that most of her work was in one way or another based on political or social issues. Linden (2016) states that “Hatoum’s works mine geopolitics, gender, art history, and her own past to reveal a world that is frightening and complex” (para. 1). Her performances in the 1980s presented installations and sculptures made using a wide range of different materials and objects, including steel cages, sandbag walls, and wires, as well as household objects, scaled up for the purpose of creating meaning. The complexity of Hatoum’s work reflects sociopolitical conflicts that she witnessed throughout her life. Similar to some other works, Light Sentence presents an enigmatic installation using the complex structure and shadow patterns to convey meaning. Light Sentence Light Sentence was produced by Mona Hatoum in 1992 and was one
How the Outcome Could Be Averted? Due to the increasing pressure of workload and quality requirements, employees are prone to significant stress in the workplace. Therefore, managing their needs associated with mental health is essential. In the case study under analysis, the patient, Marcia, displays the need for a significant amount of support. Particularly, with her evident need for approval, the patient shows the lack of self-reliance and self-sufficiency, as well as low self-esteem (Servellen, 2008). While the services that the physician provided too Marcia were typical, the patient’s needs were not fully satisfied since she required an excessive amount of care and support. The specified problem could have been avoided if the physician had paid attention to the patient’s complaints about the issues that she had been facing at work and the fact that she could not cope with the workload. Addressing the needs of employees is a challenge due to the high levels of diversity and unique issues that each staff member has. However, by considering the problems associated with the workload and the way in which employees perceive their responsibilities, as well as communication issues that they may have, one may locate the core of a problem and suggest a viable solution. Thus, in the case under analysis, the negative outcome of the patient-physician intervention could have been averted by identifying the key factors that make the patient lack self-sufficiency and raise her anxiety levels (Servellen, 2008). The proposed course of actions would have allowed the physician to avoid the scenario in which the patients’ concerns remained unresolved. By focusing on the concerns that the patient had voiced about the workplace issues, one would have averted the outcome in which the patient le
Market size in Russia According to many international news agencies and economic institutions, Russia is on the road of becoming a major player in the world economy. Along with Brazil, its markets are booming along with its social economic development (Nicholson, 2007). But, the market situation in Russia has been passing through a very difficult transitory stage since 1991. Since the dismantling of the Soviet Union, in late 1980’s, there are two basic tenants that describe the Russian economy: the need for macroeconomic stability and a deep reformation. These reforms were intended to transform the former communist economy to a market oriented one. Even thought the figures show that Russia has a gross domestic product of more than $2 trillion still it has an unexplored potential. We must not forget it is a country with large reserves of resources which include oil, gas, coil (and other various minerals), gold, timber, etc. there are many authors and specialists around the globe whom believe that still Russia has a wide range of markets that are completely unexplored, or the least explored and need more attention. Let us start from a basic fact concerning market size and development. according to the present figures, the Russian Federation has a population of more than 140 million people. What is important here is the fact that most of them still tend more to save and not spend their money in consumer goods or services, but this situation is changing rapidly. Literally, on a daily basis, in cities like Saint Petersburg or Moscow, the number of people turning into ‘active consumers’, like their counterpart in the United States or western European countries, is growing (Nicholson, 2007). This lays a huge potential for market expansion in the future for Russia. In fact, since the beginning of the 1990’s there has been growing a rising middle class which, gradually, have become consumer oriented. We are talking primarily about major cities and urban areas like Moscow or Saint Petersburg. It is exactly these market areas that our company, Costco, targets in Russia. The current situation shows that only Moscow has a rising middle class of young professionals and entrepreneurs that go around three million in number. Saint Petersburg got half those figures, around one and a half million people. So, our company can start with a count that it has to t
Introduction The welfare and safety of employees should be taken seriously as they are key contributors towards an organization’s achievement of its goals. Occupational health and safety is a discipline concerned with ensuring the health, safety, and wellbeing of employees (International Labour Organization 2011). It not only protects the safety of employees but also that of employers, family members, co-workers, suppliers, customers, and the members of the public likely to be affected by the organization’s work environment (Barnett-Schuster 2008). Background Information Swinburne University of Technology is an educational institution founded in 1908 by Honourable George Swinburne. It is one of the dual sector institutions. The university offers higher education and Training and Further Education qualifications. It is located in Melbourne, Australia and has over 14.000 students enrolled in Training and Further Education and over 16,000 in higher education. The university has five campuses in Australia and one in Malaysia. Interview Questions   * The following questions were posed during the workplace observation in order to determine the institutions compliance with occupational health and safety procedures.   * Does Swinburne University of Technology have any policies and procedures to safeguard the employees’ health and safety?   * Are the policies and procedures readily accessible by all the employees?   * What hazards are the Swinburne University of Technology employees and students exposed to in the daily conduct of their duties?   * What preventive measures has the institution put in place to eliminate or reduce the risks that the employees and students are exposed to?   * Are there occupational health and safety training programs at Swinburne University of Technology?   * Are there occupational health and safety representatives at Swinburne University of Technology? If there are, do they effectively perform their functions?   * What practices do the employees follow in order to ensure their safety while working at the institution?   * What laws should the University’s employers, supervisors and employees adhere to in the daily conduct of their business? Potential Hazards Swinburne University of Technology hires several contractors to do tasks like maintenance and repair on both long term and short term basis. These contractors and students are exposed to various heath hazards while performing their duties. Firstly, the contractors face the risk of back injury while lifting heavy loads. They lift construction and repair materials. Workers can also get injuries from machines used in performing various tasks. These machines can injure a person by cutting off body parts because they move very fast. The students can also get accidents if they walk near construction sites in the institution, for instance, building blocks can fall on them. Employees and students also face the risk of slipping and falling because of wet
Wikipedia encyclopaedia defines Bioethics as the ethics of biological science and medicine. It is concerned with the ethical questions that arise on the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, philosophy and theology. Abuses of human subjects in biomedical experiments, especially during the Second World War, brought world wide attention to the framework that should guide any scientific research. According to Wikipedia encyclopaedia, in the era of Second World War, during the Nuremberg War Crime Trials, the Nuremberg code was drafted as a set of standards for judging physicians and scientists who had conducted biomedical experiments on concentration camp prisoners. This code is credited with jump starting the interdisciplinary field now called bioethics. Bioethical principals are principles that should underlie the conduct of biomedical and behavioural research involving human subjects. In the United States, a National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research, was set up in 1974 under the National Research Act and was charged with the duty of identifying the basic ethical principles and guidelines that should guide the conduct of biomedical and behavioural research involving human subjects. The guidelines were published in 1979. It further received a boost when President Clinton directed the Advisory Committee to uncover the U.S history of human radiation experiments during the period 1944 to 1974 since first human radiation experiment was carried out tin 1944 and bioethical Act was enacted in 1974. Why do we need to have bioethics? One of the criticizers of scientists Merton (1973), said that “scientists are just like normal mortals and do not possess special moral qualities; they are not ‘recruited form the ranks of those who exhibit an unusual degree of moral integrity’” From the onset of scientific researches, it is estimated that human being were used as subject of major medical researches. It can be evidenced by the radiation experiments in the U.S. where it is claimed that radiation was released in the air to see its effects on human being. This amounts to using human subjects prior to informed consent and with little regard to the long term effects. Hence bioethical issued arise due the need to have an institution that governs the methodology of carrying out research on human subjects. Henk Van den Belt says, “One way to overcome the problem of the interpretative flexibility of general norms, at least partially, is to install special bureaucratic agencies that are charged with overseeing the rules and norms that are to be followed. As part of their mandated mission, such agencies will undertake to clarify and more strictly define the pertinent norms” The scope of Bioethics Bioethicists focus on using
Introduction Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inheritable disease that causes progressive nerve degeneration in the brain; its development largely requires an individual to have a genetic predisposition. The disease, which affects the ability to move and patterns of thinking, can lead to various psychiatric diseases. Despite familiarity with the symptoms and progression of this malady, the exact processes behind the predisposition toward and development of Huntington’s disease are unknown. At the present time, the most prominent theory states that HD is influenced by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in specific haplogroups. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the genetic factors affecting the development and progression of HD. Discussion The articles reviewed in the scope of this paper indicate that haplogroups alone are too broad a topic to satisfactorily explain the development and progression of HD. Lee et al. (442) argue that 82% of all HD chromosomes are found in the 7 most widespread haplogroups, which does not correlate with the presence of the disease. This means that while the predisposition toward HD is wide, only relatively few individuals inherit and develop HD, indicating that a different part of the genome is involved. However, the haplotype theory states that specific SNPs are responsible for the modulation of HD in patients. Diego-Balaguer et al. (5) find that COMT Val158Met polymorphism modulates disease progression, either by affecting the patient’s resilience or by decreasing performance in the later stages of the disease. Finally, Warby et al. (351) claim that CAG expansion has a direct correlation on both predisposition and development of HD, with the risks increasing past 36 CAG. Based on this information, it could be hypothesized that haplotypes affect CAG expansions, in turn making individuals more or less likely to develop HD. However, haplotypes do not expand all or even the majority of cases of HD development; in other words, they can modulate the progression but n