Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines Cognitive Dissonance as: “psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously” (Merriam-Webster). I feel that this can have a large impact on the quality of people working for a company. Some people will be able to adapt to the conflict they experience by the change of thoughts on a topic or change of one behavior. Also one may add some type of justification to be able to except the situation of conflict. Regardless when cognitive dissonance is present in an organization there will be personal conflict among the individuals dealing with the situation.
Cognitive Dissonance is something that affects me greatly, I have a hard time doing something when I don’t agree with it or think it’s not right. An example that comes to mind for me was when I was a K-9 handler for my last employer. Several years ago I was asked to become an Explosive Detection K-9 hander at the Sheriff’s office where I worked. I took on the duty with excitement and eager to become the best dog hander I could. I have a very …show more content…
Also the amount of training time that was necessary to maintain proficiency. My supervisor told me that he would make sure everything was taken care of. So then began my stressfully and rocky road of being a K-9 hander. My first training day that I was able to attend was over a month and a half after I got back. This is a problem because these dogs need to train consistently to be as precise as possible. Also we did not have acceptable training aids (explosives) this is also very important. The training aids that I had to utilize were out of date and contaminated, meaning they had been stored together changing the make up of the odor or sent. These are all big problems when you are responsible for working a bomb dog and being able to with out any error say a building is safe or
Cognitive Dissonance is something that affects me greatly, I have a hard time doing something when I don’t agree with it or think it’s not right. An example that comes to mind for me was when I was a K-9 handler for my last employer. Several years ago I was asked to become an Explosive Detection K-9 hander at the Sheriff’s office where I worked. I took on the duty with excitement and eager to become the best dog hander I could. I have a very …show more content…
Also the amount of training time that was necessary to maintain proficiency. My supervisor told me that he would make sure everything was taken care of. So then began my stressfully and rocky road of being a K-9 hander. My first training day that I was able to attend was over a month and a half after I got back. This is a problem because these dogs need to train consistently to be as precise as possible. Also we did not have acceptable training aids (explosives) this is also very important. The training aids that I had to utilize were out of date and contaminated, meaning they had been stored together changing the make up of the odor or sent. These are all big problems when you are responsible for working a bomb dog and being able to with out any error say a building is safe or