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It is always interesting to have more than one answer to compare people’s opinions on some issues. Thus, the interview with a charge nurse gave me additional information and allowed me to see the similarities and differences in my peer’s and the leader’s attitude towards their professional identity. As well as my peer, the charge nurse considers professionalism as the core factor of constituting a successful medical worker. However, the approaches to defining professionalism differ in the two interviews. The charge nurse identifies her role as a team member not within the team but from the outside: she is responsible for everyone’s coordinated work so that patient needs could be satisfied. As a result of the interview, I realized that she has a lot of duties, and sometimes she even does the things that are not her direct work. For instance, she said that when it is necessary, she helps the primary care nurses to do their job. I find such an attitude rather professional. What concerns the charge nurse’s attitude towards professionalism, she defines it as the person’s ability to do his or her job, notwithstanding any obstacles. She says that while she is friends with some of the nurses, she does not let this fact interfere with her job. As for me, this is a very wise decision and a rather professional one. Another indication of professionalism is the charge nurse’s opinion on her role as that of a steward of health care. She says that even though she does not directly give patients care, she does her best to arrange that they receive everything needed. It is difficult not to agree with her viewpoint. Indeed, sometimes, even when a person’s work is not seen, it does not mean that he or she does not do it. I was even more positively impressed by the charge nurse’s answer to the question regarding professional advocacy and authenticity. These issues are rather crucial in the nursing environment (Grace, 2017). The charge nurse says that she balances between demonstrating the power and being an advocate, and such balance produces the best outcomes. Having obtained the answers of two interviewees, I can make some general conclusions and provide a comparison and contrast between them. I would like to emphasize that both my peer and the charge nurse have approached the interview very seriously and gave thoughtful and professional answers. The similarities between the two interviewees’ answers concern the opinions about the diversity of their roles and the need for professionalism, advocacy, and authenticity. However, the two people identified the role of diversity differently. While my peer associated her job with a variety of roles, the charge nurse enumerated a list of duties she has. Both interviewees agree that a leader should find a balance between power and professional advocacy. The major contrast in the two answers is whether a leader should be considered a steward of health care. While the charge nurse thinks that she definitely is one, my peer has quite the opposite opinion – that only those who directly take care of patients can be regarded as st
Introduction In any piece of literature, it is necessary to facilitate the interest and intrinsic involvement of readers. Therefore, the author must be able to bring out the significances of a story. This is important when one bears in mind that it limits ambiguities in the interpretation of results. This paper takes a critical look at the inclusion of chapter 18 in the publication entitled ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley and its significance in enabling a better understanding of the drama in the chapter. Frankenstein’s Chapter 18: Summary & Analysis Different readers have debated the inclusion of the events in chapter 18 as having departed from the main story. This can be since, despite the clear flow assimilated in the story, it lacks comprehensiveness of the details that happened in the previous chapters. Besides, the key problem of interest revolves around Victor and how he dealt with the monster from the glacier since it was the most critical issue. However, the latter has been ignored in the chapter. As such, when the significance of the story is put into consideration, one would agree that this chapter fails to accomplish the ability to bring out the significance of the events that took place. Besides, even though introducing the issue of the chapter and the possible contribution to Victor’s family involvement may be considered to be generating a sense of purpose. Nonetheless, the same consideration may not always be sufficient. It is worth noting that chapter 18 in the story ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley plays an important role that Victor plays in creating the second monster. More about Frankenstein How Many Frankenstein Plays Exist? 5 162 How is the Theme of Nature vs. Nurture in Frankenstein Used? 5 422 What is the Most Famous Frankenstein Musical? 5 63 What Does Frankenstein Do after His Creation Comes to Life? 5 2322 What Is Frankenstein’s Monster’s Name? 5 979 Who Is the Real Monster in Frankenstein? 5 574 The chapter effectively communicates the developments that happen within Victor’s scientific community. In this case, the relationship with his father, the strong desire to travel to London as a masquerade of the true identity of his work, and the pending penalties to his family should he fail to honor his promises to the monster are clearly reflected in his thoughts throughout the chapter. Indeed, Shelley had done an extremely difficult task in reviewing the events that happened when victor had a fateful meeting with his initial monster and Elizabeth alongside the new female creature, as portrayed in the chapter. Every part of this publication is an indication of possible missing links and also provides a flow of events, time, and characters involved. The latter has been attained in spite of the fact that it lacks the careful support of previous chap
Changing Education Paradigms addresses the topic of a fundamental review of the approach to education, and I strongly support the ideas expressed therein. Patel offers reasonable criticism of “a system of education that is modeled on the interests of industrialism and in the image of it” (as cited in The RSA, 2012). The main drawback of this approach to children’s education is the conveyorized and standardized approach to the mechanisms of students’ information perception. Thus, the current major issue in this area is the development of an individualized and flexible education system that takes into account the personal characteristics of learning processes. There is no doubt that every individual should have the right to any kind of education. Based on the initial thinking characteristics of children, parents should be able to select the type of learning for them. Students with an analytical mindset could be successful in classical academic education, and specialized learning might suit better to people with applied thinking. At the same time, society should abandon the division of people into two types: academic and non-academic (The RSA, 2012). Firstly, it stigmatizes people with non-analytical thinking, and secondly, it is merely inadequate since the mindset types are highly diverse, not dyadic. It should be noted that the distribution of responsibilities between the levels of government in the United States in the field of education is not always effective. According to Theodoulou and Kofinis (2012), “the decentralization of education underscores socioeconomic and cultural differences from state to state” (Chapter 9 Summary, para. 12). Nevertheless, the national education standard should be established at the federal level. In that regard, the NCLB Act of 2002 played a positive role in improving the quality of education, as it made “students, t
Introduction America’s military heritage has always been one of the major topics in a lot of discussions and debates. Many historians conducted a tremendous amount of deep research on the war between European colonizers and indigenous peoples. In his book The First Way of War, John Grenier discusses the specific way of leading battles against Indian populations and their property, the violence associated with it, and how it determined American martial inheritance. Using Indian Allies in Conquering North America’s Indigenous People To begin with, colonists often exploited local humans to combat North America’s aboriginal communities. Grenier explains that Europeans were not quite experienced in the chaotic approaches used by Native Americans. Leading unorganized battles became a tremendously challenging task for the British troops. Thus, Benjamin Church engaged Indian scouts for cooperation, when he aimed to conduct the war against regional communities, using their own tactics against them. Initially, Indian allies were formed occasionally and were not permanent. Despite that, there was still a chance for the Europeans to gain knowledge about specific techniques of frontier warfare. Eventually, Church asked the Governor of Massachusetts to help him build a strong constant army of scouts in order to achieve more progress in the land of Casco Bay. His complaint was satisfied, therefore, there were enough volunteers to mentor colonizers. Local individuals knew the territories and were able to navigate quickly. Also, they contributed to the distribution of terror against civilians. Therefore, forming solid connections with them certainly empowered Europeans in their ranging campaigns. Similarities in Differences in the Ways in Which the French and the English Adapted to the First Way of War The French and the English colonizers had a lot in common in their approaches of leading the first way of war in North America, but, at the same time, there were differences. To start, Grenier points out that both the French and the English used American scouts to conquer territories. However, the French came up with this idea earlier, and that was the reason why they confronted British armies on July 9, 1755, for instance. The English did not tend to build stable connections with the locals. Moreover, Americans tended to consider the French commanders to treat them better than the English officers did. Even though the British army was more powerful, it is essential to mention that they often were located far away from the regulatory forces. The last but not l
Executive Summary The report provides the analysis and discussion of the issue associated with the information divide between the urban and rural territories in Australia. The discussion of the issue is based on defining the concept of information or digital divide in the global context and with references to the situation in Australia. The report investigates the information divide as the global issue and as the problem influencing the development of the Australian society and economy because of the factor of geographical location. According to the report findings, the information divide between the urban and rural territories is a result of the drawbacks in the supportive infrastructure to provide the Internet and mobile connections in the rural territories, and it is the effect of the inappropriate policies related to the Internet connection costs in these regions. The current policies used by the Australian government to improve the situation contribute to the increase of possibilities for the metropolitan areas’ progress because there are appropriate basics for the further improvement of information and communication technologies in the urban regions. There are recommendations presented in the report to improve the system of the government’s investments in the industry and to change the policies in relation to the promotion of the access to the information and communication technologies. Introduction In the context of intensive globalisation processes, the issue of information or digital divide acquires a new meaning because the flows of information and the effective communication channels can influence the development of economy and society at the global and national levels significantly. An information divide can be defined as a kind of inequality between different groups of population in relation to their access to definite technologies known today as information and communication technologies. This divide can be classified according to several parameter
Analysis In 1993, the Canadian Panel on violence against Women coined one of the greatest statements on violence and intimidation against women. To this panel, violence against women in the society draws inspiration from inequality structures in the patriarchal nature of many societies. Therefore, developing a sustainable solution to this ill depends on the ability of leading elites to develop adequate equality and equity structures between men and women in the society. Until then, gender violence will remain elusive. In the Eastern Europe’s case, there exists a link to detach to gender violence against women in the post war error from the real drivers of the vice (Hepburn and Simon 57). More emphasis seems to get diversion towards the structural rooting of violence in the society. During and after the war, women suffered in the hands of men as sex pets, and commercial sex workers. Much focused aimed at clearing men of the vices committed rather than seeking justice for the women in question. The root driver of this school of thought draws inspiration from the conservative societies that believe women lack equal position in the society and should play a subordinate role to men. Understanding Structural Roots of Gender Violence In similarity to the universality and pervasiveness of conflicts and wars, gender violence spreads out across geographical, cultural, social, and ethnic borders. Even though the international community and human right watchdogs continue to play a vital role in fighting gender violence, the intensity of its persistence remains high (Andrijasevic 42). Gender violence across these boundaries harbors relatively similarly consequences and trends with women as the major casualties. Such an observation, based on the historical manifestations of violence, draws inspiration from the socio-economic and political contexts within which women exist. Social stratification and male-dominated societies produce these gender discrimination tendencies within class, caste, and patriarchal social relations in which male individuals enjoy super power over female counterparts. Even though direct and physical violence against women lead to physical injury and physiological trauma, use of women as sex pets and commercial sex workers during the disintegration of the Soviet Union created a social and psychological damage to the vulnerable women during and after the wars. In the Bosnia and Serbia conflict, women used as sex slave remained in psychological trauma giving up their desire to fight for dignity and self-esteem. This violence, coupled with the embedment social gender stratification normalized the violence leading to loss of dignity in women (Gallaghe
Wirral Council The Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council made changes in its senior leadership team, and the structure of its whole Council; thereby, altering its organizational structure. This followed the launch of the Wirral Growth Company and the departure of the senior director in December 2017. Drivers for Change The three primary drivers for the change were overall based on the need to meet the new ambition for the area. For instance, the Council wanted better project outcomes and more modern change management practices and strategies. Its operating environment continued to change with an array of internal and external drivers affecting the way it delivers its future services. (Wirral Council, 2018) Second, was to lower incurred costs. There were significant financial challenges that the Council faced, hence, there was a need to ensure that resources were efficiently managed at senior level, and opportunities to reduce senior management costs (Wirral Council, 2018). Third, was to streamline the business processes. The number and types of roles required at the management level constantly evolved to reflect the changing organization and external environment; thus, there was a need to create some stability. Desired Outcomes The objectives for the restructuring of the senior leadership team and the whole council were to create a more focused senior structure, therefore, developing a more cohesive and stronger corporate core of service to enable, support and to hold accountable the rest of the organization for their delivery. In addition, the Council desired to have closely aligned commissioning and delivery functions by the residents providing clear accountability for the delivery of its pledges and strategies. Lastly, Wirral Council wanted to secure the skills needed to attain its ambitions and eliminate ‘silo working.’ Evaluating Desired Outcomes using the Lewin’s Change Management Model First is the unfreezing process, which entails the Council, under the leadership of the Chief Executive identifying the reactive internal and external factors pressuring the organization for change. The key to breaking down the status quo is by presenting the financial statements showing how the organization has been spending and the resource challenges that it has been facing (Hussain et al., 2018). Through this, the Council residents were made aware of the high costs that were associated with redundancy in the senior management. Therefore, this will build strong motivation among the Council to establish a new equilibrium. This is followed by the change process in which the actions that lead to the desired outcomes are enforced. These actions will facilitate visioning by realigning functionality and creating new roles where gaps existed. Therefore, the Council will be prepared for possible future challenges and streamline services, hence, allowing them to exploit the benefits that the Wirral Growth Company will bring. They will be facilitated by the Chief Executive, and they involve (Wirral Council, 20
Introduction BT (British Telecom) Group plc is one of the oldest providers of telecommunications services in the world. Its mother companies were the National Telephone Company (NTC) and the General Post Office (GPO). GPO took over telephone business from NTC in 1912. The company offered monopoly telephone services in the UK. In 1965 the Postmaster General proposed that GPO be converted from a monopoly to a nationalized entity. Lord Wolmer had raised the same request in 1932 in one of his books. Therefore, in 1980 British Telecom was created. This meant that there was competition in the UK’s telecommunications industry. BT was later sold to private investors in 1982 when the government sold part of the company’s shares. The percentage sold was 51 percent. More than 50 percent of the company’s shares were also sold to the public in 1984. This meant that the company lost its monopolistic power and entered into the perfect competition market (Arnold, 2008). The diagram below shows the nature of BT’s business model under monopolistic profit maximization (Arnold, 2008). Monopoly graph. Source: Arnold, R. (2008). Economics: Available Titles Aplia Series (9th ed.). London, UK.: Cengage Learning. When BT became a public company under the perfect competition market model, it needed to get business licenses that affected its business operations. For example, producing and supplying apparatus became a long process involving high costs and many procedures. Additionally, the company’s telecommunication services started facing competition from other players/suppliers in the market—this affected demand as well as profits. The company needed to modify its products in order to create homogeneity. It also became necessary to acquire perfect pricing information in order to reduce cases of overpricing or underpricing. All these factors led to high operating costs and a change in BT’s operations and profits (Gordon, 1997). The basic short-run and long-run behaviors of the model in the business in a “market economy” Perfect competition is a model that is based on the following assumptions:   * There are several small firms that are producing many products, which means there is no control over the market price (Gordon, 1997).   * There are many homogeneous products with many substitutes.   * There are many buyers for produced goods which mean there is no monopsony power.   * Businesses can enter the market easily, and existing businesses can easily leave the market. Therefore, there are no sunk costs of entry or exit.   * Buyers and sellers are assumed to have sufficient information regarding market conditions, product pricing, and competitors. This information is freely accessible. Conclusions for a perfectly competitive firm in the short-run Profit maximization BT Group can achieve profit maximization (equilibrium) in the short-run if it increases output level up to a point where the marginal benefit of an extra unit of output is equivalent to marginal cost. Therefore, the market demand curve and the market supply curve form the equilibrium. P is the market pric
Identification of Team Roles It is not an easy task to create a team and make every member work properly in regard to the roles and duties identified. It is not only necessary to define the roles; it is more important to prove the importance of the identification process and the essence of each role in a team. Levi (2014) states that “roles are one of the basic building blocks of successful team performance” (p. 69). With the help of properly identified roles, team members know what they have to do, what is expected from them, and how they can achieve the best results. Any kind of work should correspond with a set of standards, and the identification of roles depends on these standards and may be organized in different ways. There are several people, who may identify roles: a person him/herself, who knows what he/she can do and how he/she can be helpful, a team that understands what kind of work should be done, or an organization that makes orders and create the conditions under which the required portion of work should be completed. Sometimes, the identification of roles is organized by means of the methods’ combination. For example, a team and an individual may identify a role, and an organization approves/disproves the choice. That is why it is possible to say that the process of role identification should not be pure collective or individual. It should be definite and reasonable. Another important aspect of role identification is the fact that as soon as roles are defined, behaviors and conditions can be defined as well. As can be seen in the charter proposal, team members identify roles and provide a description of roles to explain what is expected from each member. The identification of role helps to comprehend whether task behavior that “focuses on the group’s goals and tasks” or social behavior that “focuses on the social and emotional needs of the group members” are required (Levi, 2014, p. 71). As a rule, a team should consider both types of behavior while the identification of roles to function effectively. In general, the identification of roles in a team should be properly organized. It is necessary to consider personal characteristics and the needs of a team as a whole. A team has one goal, and its members (who are usually different in their skills, knowledge, and styles) should have the roles that they can perform at a high level. Roles’ iden