Advocacy and Mediation in Human Services BSHS/441 Advocacy and Mediation in Human Services As a professional in the human services field it is expected that you have be driven and committed to providing quality services in order to improve and impact the lives of people. One of the most important objectives for a person in the advocacy role is to make sure that they are meeting the needs of the client. This goal is achieved by making sure that you are advocating for the client when they need
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Alternatives to Generic Typologies in SHRM 1 ALTERNATIVES TO GENERIC STRATEGY TYPOLOGIES IN STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Clint Chadwick Peter Cappelli Management Department The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 3620 Locust Walk‚ Suite 2000 SH-DH Philadelphia‚ PA 19104 phone: (215) 898-6598 fax: (215) 898-0401 Forthcoming in Wright‚ Dyer‚ Boudreau‚ and Milkovich (eds.)‚ Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management‚ Greenwich‚ CT: JAI Press. Alternatives to Generic Typologies
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37 The Generic Strategy Trap Danny Miller Management experts claim that for a company to thrive‚ it mus concentrate on a single generic strategy—on one thing it does better th its rivals. But specialization also has its disadvantages. The author sugge that a broader‚ mixed approach may be preferable. S ince the publication of Michael Porter ’s Competitive Strategy‚ many experts on strategy have been extolling the virtues of pure generic strategies. Porter argued that by adeptly
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Vertical Integration Vertical Integration deals with the degree to which a firm owns its upstream suppliers and its downstream buyers. When a firm becomes vertically integrated it means that it has incorporated all the aspects of the supply chain including manufacturing‚ distribution‚ warehousing‚ and even retailing. Specifically there are two types of vertical integration‚ backwards and forward integration. Backward or upstream integration is when a firm takes command of a function that its suppliers
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Porter ’s Generic Strategies If the primary determinant of a firm ’s profitability is the attractiveness of the industry in which it operates‚ an important secondary determinant is its position within that industry. Even though an industry may have below-average profitability‚ a firm that is optimally positioned can generate superior returns. A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argued that a firm ’s strengths ultimately fall into one of two headings: cost
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The use of androcentric generic man‚ together with its compounds(such as chairman‚ manpower)‚ has become a potential problem for effective communication in the language of English and its usage should be avoided. In general‚ when a particular person’s gender is unknown‚ people are willing to use nouns that are gender-neutral to refer to that person‚ among which generic man is often used. What has been raised as a feminist issue is that since man can act both as a epicene and masculine noun‚ the usage
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Chimpanzee versus Humans: Similarities & Differences Since the first days of human thought into their beginnings‚ chimpanzees have played a vital role in showing who we were. The chimpanzee‚ one of the great apes‚ makes it home in the forests of Central and West Africa. Their long arms and legs adapt them for living in such regions as lowland jungles and mountainous regions. Humans are classified in the order Primates‚ and family Hominade. Within this family‚ human beings‚ our nearest living
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Technology in Human Services 375 February 2‚ 2015 Dr. Smith Interoperability in the human service field is the ability of electronically linked agencies to work together‚ to interoperate (Schoech‚ 2010). Interoperability is viewed as the ability of one system to perform work in addition with other systems and avoiding having to ask for hard work and effort on the part of the helper. Interoperability heightens the impact for information technology to make the networks and integrations work
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Animal Rights versus Human Rights Currently‚ the state of California is going through a severe drought. Almost all of California is in this state of drought‚ with 70% suffering from an “extreme” case of drought. Farmers have very little water for their crops‚ and their methods for getting more water are being blocked. A bill proposing that water be diverted from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to provide the much needed water for drought-ridden farms was shot down because it would potentially
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Program Planning and Evaluation in the Human Services The terms ‘Planning’ and ‘Evaluation’ are terms used and frequently heard in Human Service organisations. Whilst the importance of planning and evaluation is understood by employees with program management responsibility (most often as a result of the rigid parameters described in funding and service agreements)‚ the concepts that underpin planning and evaluation are often poorly understood by program staff and managers alike. Planning is
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