HLT 418V Grand Canyon University January 17‚ 2013 Cultural competency‚ what exactly is it? Does it have importance in society today and who has the capability to influence change if needed? Researching cultural competence you may find several definitions or interpretations’ depending on where the information is being gathered. Cultural competence refers to a combination of awareness‚ attitudes‚ skills and behaviors related to health care providers ’ ability to care for diverse groups of patient
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develop strategies to gain a competitive advantage. One way an organization establishes competitive advantage is through the use and development of core competencies. Core competencies are the value created activities that allows a company to achieve efficiency‚ quality‚ innovation‚ or customer responsiveness (Jones‚ 2010). Two specific core competencies that give an organization a competitive advantage are functional and organizational resources. Functional resources are simply the skills possessed
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A distinctive voice is one in which challenges society’s values and or beliefs within a given context. In the text the life and crimes of harry lavender; Marele day has formed an incredibly distinctive voice in crime fiction. By subverting the elements of the hardboiled detective genre. Day has startled her audience with the distinctive voice of Claudia valentine‚ a 1980’s female private investigator in Sydney. The composer has used a range of techniques including first person narration and idioms
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The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Claudia Valentine Androgynous/masculine – “good looking blonde in there too” Erudite – Reference to Archimedes when in the bath Flippant – “One of the former and 2 of the latter.” Referring to husband and kids when asked about them Judgemental – “Piss-stained pants” "I woke up feeling like death." "I didn’t recall issuing the invitation but I must have." "Terminal Illness." "My legs are my best weapon." "...the smell was there‚ the smell of intrusion
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the core of communication. The various forms and function of language generates new awareness and also develops the new understanding of the perception of the world through the written‚ spoken and visual language in all different kind of texts. Distinctive Voices relate to the use of language affects interpretation and shape meaning within texts‚ depending on the textual medium. This can relate to register‚ tone‚ diction‚ dialogue‚ idiom‚ expression‚ context and the role played by silence. In Marele
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Examples of Competencies A competency is a quality that a company believes is desirable for its employees to have. Competencies can be global or specific. Global competencies are broad in nature‚ and are qualities that all employees within an organization should have. Specific competencies are qualities that are exclusive to a position or field within the organization. Competency Skills Most job-seekers wish they could unlock the secret formula to winning the hearts and minds of employers. What
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Three Core Competencies Jean M Brennan Excelsior College Abstract There are many core competencies needed by a graduating student into the field of nursing. Many are defined‚ but many also remain unnamed. This paper will address only three of those defined core competencies. The difference between a new nursing student and a senior one can be seen in
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In this competency‚ I learned that it is important to do evaluations because it can improve effectiveness and increase accountability. In addition‚ evaluating can help monitor the progress of a social worker. For instance‚ Dr. Mary talked about how supervisors will evaluate their social workers to ensure that they are doing a proficient job. However‚ it is equally as important that social workers evaluate their own work. By evaluating your own practice as a social worker‚ it can help us to assess
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Entrepreneurial Competencies - The EMPRETEC Model Research by McClelland and McBer‚ funded by USAID‚ has identified 14 personal entrepreneurial competencies (PECs) which appear to characterize the behaviour of successful entrepreneurs. The study‚ conducted in India‚ Ecuador and Malawi‚ also found that these PECs transcended culture‚ country and continent. These competencies can be grouped into 3 main clusters and the EMPRETEC model has merged some of these competencies to derive 10 PECs
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Introduction ‘‘Competency-based strategic management is a relatively new way of thinking about how organizations gain high performance for a significant period of time. Established as a theory in the early 1990s‚ competence-based strategic management theory explains how organizations can develop sustainable competitive advantage in a systematic and structural way. The theory of competence-based strategic management is an integrative strategy theory that incorporates economic‚ organizational and
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