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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Brittney Tutton Southwestern Illinois College Abstract This study is based on the effect of positive reinforcement on exercising more regularly. I wanted to try and exercise at least 30min – 1hr everyday within one week’s period of time. In trying to do so I used positive reinforcement to increase to time I used to exercise more each day. I studied myself for this case and I am a 21 year old female who attends Southwestern Illinois College. Over a seven day baseline period I noted that I never
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Positive Influence As a young boy‚ positive role models constantly surrounded me and guided me to become who I am today. As I have grown up‚ I have always tried to be the best role model for my siblings and younger kids around me. I plan to continue this trend for the rest of my life so I can positively inspire others to be the best in whatever they do. A high school senior has lots of eyes watching them at all times‚ whether it is underclassmen or teachers. Throughout my high school career‚ I
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Negative Capability ’The concept of Negative Capability is the ability to contemplate the world without the desire to try and reconcile contradictory aspects or fit it into closed and rational systems.’ Keats was a romantic poet‚ full of intense passion and desire‚ yet shy and reserved. He was a young man with all the determination and melancholy of a teenager on a romantic quest to be among the English poets when he died. He is an inspiration to all of us‚ full of colourful language and imagination
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Positive relationships with children are important as ensures that we are able to provide the best possible care towards the children that we can. It is also important as it helps to support the children in all aspects and gives the children learning opportunities that will help to develop them in all areas. Also it ensures that effective safeguarding is taking place when children are in your care. Positive relationships with he other staff in your workplace are important as it ensures that effective
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understanding of the psychology fields‚ positive psychology is a science of positive subjective experiences and positive traits‚ positive institution that promise to improve the quality of life and prevent pathologies (Csikszentmihalyi and Seligman‚ 2000). There are 3 levels of analysis for positive psychology; subjective level refers to the subjective experiences such as well-being‚ contentment‚ and satisfaction. The second level is individual level which refers to the positive individual traits/ human’s greatest
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the problem and identify the negative behavior with the intent to minimize the problem. The idea is to develop techniques to learn to cope with the negative behavior. Once coping strategies are implemented the therapist can establish a steady baseline to evaluate the fluctuations in behavioral changes when the individual begins to develop substance urges. Developing relaxing techniques is a way to learn to cope with negative cognitive thoughts that result in negative behaviors. In order to develop
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formidable situations. “To build a fire” is a good example. By creating a context of severe weather with white frost dominating throughout the story‚ Jack London was successful in portraying his protagonist Tom Vincent with all positive and negative qualities. The character’s positive qualities were revealed from the beginning of the story. In the first page‚ readers can easily perceive that Tom Vincent was a strong man. The protagonist was described as “a strapping young fellow‚ big-boned and big-muscled
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“Immigration: Positive or Negative for the U.S. Economy” There has been migration to the United States of America‚ ever since founded. Since the majority of American people are not from Native American descendants‚ it is safe to say that the majority of people in America are the product of immigration. The United States is a nation of immigrants‚ as reflected in its motto e pluribus Unum (from many‚ one). Ever since the United States was founded‚ it has had a magnetic force to all sorts of people
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A positive Attitude By jithsir Failures are stepping-stones in life. Never be discouraged if you fail. I live a happy life because I was taught by my father and mother to live life with a positive attitude. That helped me a lot “Never be overconfident when you are successful in life‚ be always humble because success comes with a lot of responsibilities” Once my father told. I thought about that. I passed examinations; I got appreciation from teachers‚ but what responsibility came with that
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