This is such an important topic and one that can have an extremely positive or negative impact on our professional career. The first step in improving cultural competency is understanding ethnocentrism. Garthwait defines ethnocentrism as believing one’s own cultural is superior to another’s. Having knowledge of ethnocentrism will help me identify when it is happening and take the necessary steps to lessen its affects. Self-examination may not identify my gaps in cultural competency‚ for this reason
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ROLE OF LEADERSHIP: OPTIMIZING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE By Lisa Smith‚ Troy University Abstract Current post-downturn business environment demands more production and service from the organizations at less cost‚ which in turn requires more production and service from the employees at less cost. However‚ the age-old dominance of extrinsic rewards makes it difficult for the organizations to get more production from the employees at less cost‚ which in turn sets the leadership task to achieve
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hope in the public‚ yet were unsuccessful in that they did not help him achieve his intended goal: the restoration of the economy. His responses were‚ however‚ radical in the way they made use of the power of the federal government. Roosevelt’s New Deal involved the institution of many programs to bring about his three R’s: relief‚ recovery‚ and reform. Document C shows us how at the root of the many programs was Roosevelt’s cabinet. It was known as his "brain trust" because he appointed some of the
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NEW DEAL INFORMATION The New Deal played a pivotal role in shaping modern day America. During the years from 1933-1940‚ watershed legislation was passed that drastically changed the government’s role in the economy and in the future of the American people. Upon inauguration‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt faced the greatest depression in the country’s history. America was in a state of panicked disarray‚ the citizens’ trust lost and their hopes dwindling. It was under these circumstances that the legislation
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Improving the Literacy of America Through Our Classrooms Reading and writing are two of the most important functions performed on a daily basis by individuals. One problem in America is that a significant amount of the population can not perform one or both of these tasks. These two tasks are commonly referred to as literacy. What encompasses a literate individual is a controversial topic. For example‚ if someone can read a sentence and decipher what it means does this mean the person is
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The research question to be answered in this report is the following: How can I use interpersonal communication research principles to improve my communication? The three main ideas I am going to discuss are listening habits and skills‚ nonverbal cues‚ and resolving communication problems. In the conclusion‚ I evaluate my course learning and ways that I plan to improve my interpersonal communication in the future. Introduction Interpersonal communication is the verbal and nonverbal interactions
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ATTITUDE AND GRADES GO HAND-IN-HAND Think your attitude has nothing to do with your grades? Think again. An attitude is a judgment or point of view about a situation‚ event‚ or individual—your state of mind—that represents your emotions‚ behavior‚ and beliefs. In the world of psychology‚ attitude is a threefold response best described using the ABC model: Affect‚ Behavior‚ and Cognition— • • • Affective response (emotion) expresses how you feel—your preference for something. Behavioral
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Book Review of New Deal or Raw Deal? by Burton Folsom Jr. The financial status during the Great Depression was in a horrible state‚ and everybody then was trying many practices to get America out of all of its debt. New Deal or Raw Deal?‚ by Burton Folsom Jr.‚ is a book that discusses the many attempts people made during the Great Depression to get the America out of debt. The book gets into great detail of these attempts and of all the different people who were trying to find new ideas that could
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early 1990’s the World Wide Web was born and it made life and researching easier‚ not thinking that the information could be erroneous ( Badke‚ 2009). Anyone pursuing higher education will have to obtain to the thought of incorporating scholar practice of information literacy. Students lack an understanding of what constitutes good-quality scholarly information. Students have difficulty
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Iran’s Nuclear Deal: Challenges and Opportunities Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal These days‚ almost everyone is curious about an erratic and hence potentially troublesome nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P 5+1 (read America). Soon after the agreement‚ the two sides have begun interpreting it in opposite directions. Americans are claiming that Iran would have to significantly roll back its nuclear programme‚ whereas Iranian interpretation does not endorse this point of view. Soon
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