CORE FITNESS Summary Core Fitness is a fitness facilities and equipment provider‚ operating in Central Pennsylvania. After finding that refurbishing and resale of fitness equipment to home gyms could be a lucrative business‚ the company decided to seriously look at it as a business. Further to this‚ Core is now discussing a proposal to reclaim and refurbish unused and unwanted exercise equipment as a complimentary service for their health clubs. Sandy Knight feels that this proposal could allow
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Organizations 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
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Cultural Competence: Is it necessary? What is Cultural Competence? Many different definitions of cultural competence are out there‚ but probably the most widely accepted is the following: “Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ and policies that come together in a system‚ organization‚ or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. “Culture” refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the
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Crops” • Robbins‚ “The Hidden World of Soil Under Our Feet” • Jackson‚ “Tackling the Oldest Environmental Problem: Agriculture and Its Impact on Soil” Discussion: California and the environment Due: Quantitative Assignment #2 Core Friday: Symphony of the Soil (2012 documentary film about human reliance on 11/21 the complex and dynamic nature of soil) Week 14 (24 – 28 November) No lecture‚ but discussion sections will meet as scheduled Monday through Wednesday
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Critically analyze definitions of cultural competence and describe in your own words‚ what is the definition of cultural competence? According to (Leininger‚ 1979)‚ Cultural competence is divided in to two categories‚ the first one is the organizational cultural competence which is according to the National Center of Cultural Competence should hold a defined set of values and principles to be utilized to assess‚ work and measure the effectiveness of the serviced communities. The second category
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Assessing one’s position on the cultural competence continuum is a task of ironic proportions. Because it is a fluid process‚ it is difficult to precisely place one’s self on a continuum that is not quite linear. It seems that as soon as one feels that they are becoming competent and embodying the characteristics of one who completely respects and accepts another culture‚ there is yet another dimension of this competence that requires assessment and adaptation. For the time being and that being
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counselling skills. Carl Rogers’ Humanistic approach believed in the innate ability of individuals to find their way through their problems given the correct environment to do so. In order to do this successfully however‚ Rogers professed that three core conditions: empathy‚ congruence and understanding must exist. In the absence of one of these‚ positive personality change will not happen. This essay will explore in greater depth these three fundamentals and I will show how they are necessary‚ and
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The conscious competence model helps us to sort through the stages required to acquire a skill and an awareness of our level of acquisition. When we learn new skills‚ there are different emotions that we experience at different stages of the learning process. As we move through the following levels‚ we are able to build competence in a new skill. By understanding the emotions experienced during the learning process‚ we are able to stay motivated when times get tough and are able to manage expectations
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The core of Confucianism: 仁(ren)、义(yi)、礼(li)、智(zhi)、信(xin)、恕(shu)、忠(zhong)、孝(xiao)、悌(ti) Ren Ren: Love people. Confucius ideological system theory core. It is Confucian social politics‚ ethics of the highest ideal and standards Also reflects his philosophical views are also quite far-reaching impact on future generations. Spring and autumn period to learn in the government‚ Confucius first open private school Disciples regardless of noble birth or poverty‚ are subject to the same education
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What are the core assumptions and key features of the biological and psychoanalytic perspectives in psychology? In what ways are they similar and how do they differ? When comparing the biological and psychoanalytic approach to psychology‚ you are able to see that they are different from one another. For example‚ the biological approach assumes that the mind and behaviour originate from the functioning of the body and that behaviour is driven by biological instincts. Whereas the psychoanalytic approach
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