St. Thomas University School of Law St. Thomas University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-01 THE DEAN’S ROLE IN BUILDING A POSITIVE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT Douglas E. Ray Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2011129 RAY_FINAL.DOC 8/15/2011 2:46 PM THE DEAN’S ROLE IN BUILDING A POSITIVE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT Douglas E. Ray* UCH of a dean’s job involves reaching out to various communities. We reach out to and build relationships with alumni and
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Positive Thinking The difference between can and cannot are only three letters. Three letters that determine your life’s direction. Being positive or negative are habits of thoughts that have a very strong influence on life. Positive and negative are directions. Which direction do you choose? Positive thinking is expecting‚ talking and visualizing with certainty what you want to achieve‚ as an accomplished fact. Riches‚ mediocrity and poverty begin in the mind. Reality is the mirror of your
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image of a person; it refers to the emotional and social sense of self that everyone has and expects everyone to recognize (Yule‚ 1996:60). Face has two aspects‚ positive and negative. An individual’s positive face is reflected in his or her desires to be liked‚ approved of‚ respected of and appreciated by others. While an individual’s negative face is reflected in the desire not be impeded or put upon‚ to have the freedom to act as one chooses (Thomas‚ 1995:169). Therefore‚ people in their relationship
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Reinforcement‚ whether positive or negative‚ is adding something or removing something already present in an effort to inspire or motivate an individual to have a continued or increase in frequency of a specific desired behavior (Prince‚ 2013). Punishment‚ whether positive or negative‚ is implementation of a consequence which follows a particular behavior that will hopefully facilitate a decrease in the frequency of that particular behavior (Prince‚ 2013). Negative and positive punishment can be confusing
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forgiveness are basic attributes of positive psychology. Seligman‚ (2002)‚ defines positive psychology as the psychology that is more focused on emphasizing the positive attributes of humans‚ as opposed to focusing on the study of maladaptive characters that human beings have. The pivotal role of positive psychology is to nurture happiness in human beings. The attributes; love‚ hope‚ forgiveness and gratitude help foster this aim in the society. These attributes of positive psychology also help improve
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Case Study on Wal Mart’s Discount Stores Submitted by: Group – 3 Batch – PGEMP37 Group members: 1. V. M. Pathak 2. Rajeev Jaiswal 3. Shrikant Gokhale 4. Ramesh Umashankar 5. Garima Mishra Analysis of Wal Mart’s Case: Background and brief on Walmart: Wal-Mart is the largest retail store in the United States‚ and is larger than any other retail chain in the world. They are the dominant retail store in Canada‚ Mexico‚ and the United Kingdom. When Sam Walton created
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9 Clever Ways to Deal with Negative People The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil‚ of pain‚ and hunger‚ and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson After years and years of observation and self reflection I came to the realization that the best way to face life’s challenges is to take a good look at yourself‚ assume responsibility for whatever it is that you are thinking‚ feeling and living. If you don’t
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The Power of Positive Thinking Is the glass half empty or half full? In these hard times many people spend much of their lives reflecting on worries due to circumstances that are out of one’s control. There are some real economic‚ personal and health benefits for monitoring personal levels of stress. I believe that embracing the present rather than causing unnecessary worries can help in managing stress. An optimistic outlook on life can truly give a person a better‚ healthier and greater wellbeing
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positive thinking "Easy As Counting to Ten". Why do so many people readily shuck their responsibilities at the first sign of trouble? After all‚ are we not all born winners? Why are so many born winners willing to be counted out just when others desperately need to count on them? We already know the answer. Just when we need it the least‚ that old bugaboo of past negative conditioning has a nasty habit of showing up. Winners‚ learn to overcome their prior negative conditioning by reconditioning
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congratulates him/her. This is an example of a positive reinforcement. There are four main types of reinforcement. These reinforcements are: positive reinforcement‚ negative reinforcement‚
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