Different political systems exist all over the world but the most common is either a Democracy or Communism/Socialist. The United States has a form of Democracy political system called a Representative Democracy. Since the Revolutionary War, the United States has become one of the world’s greatest superpowers. That’s why when the Red Scare swept through America, the citizens were thrown into a state of panic that communism would break into the free country. The reason Communism was so feared and is so fiercely fought against today is because, for one, it goes against what the United States is and fought to have.…
Complete the following Leadership Self-Assessment Quizzes in the textbook: • Ch. 5 Quiz 5-1 "Measuring Your Situational Perspective"; p.156. • Ch. 6 Quiz 6-1 "The Leadership Ethics Quiz"; pp. 180-181. Submit the following: • Your composite score • Discuss what can you do to improve in this area • Discuss how you plan to implement these changes • Discuss how you will measure success with the changes • Discuss areas for continuous improvement as it relates to your knowledge, skills, and abilities that relate to this self-assessment result Ch.…
For a start, chapter five was very informative and a pleasure to read. It reconnected all the dots that steered me in the direction/profession of social work. As Rhodes & Rhodes (2015), states “Social class is to rank with others in terms of wealth, power, and prestige. This ranking separates people into different groups that experience different opportunities in life and different ways of looking at the world” (pg. 225). With that being said, this reignites the topic of homelessness that I chose for my term paper.…
I support an integrative approach. However, using Integrates Seven Perspectives is the new way of combining multiple perspectives by zooming out for a total picture (Cacioppo & Freberg, 2013, pp33). Single, perspectives can only give us parts of the answer. Example: A better comprehensive perspective on drug abuse is to understand the whole pattens using multiple perspectives.…
A Korean living in South Korea may view this behavior/value as disrespectful and disobedient. Koreans are very strict with Sunbae (Senior) and Hoobae (Junior) system which plays a big part in the Korean society. You are always taught to respect your seniors. Also, education plays a big part of the Korean culture and is always seen as the path to success. In Korea, you are expected to take care of your family until death.…
Many people view the American education system as mediocre, or not good enough, and Amanda Ripley is no different. While reading The Smartest Kids in the World, I encountered a passage by her that stated that by allowing less distinguished schools to train teachers, Korean teachers became less prestigious and less effective. She then quoted, and agreed with a Korean policymaker who stated that “The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers”. During my sophomore year in highschool, I couldn’t have agreed more with this statement.…
Is College Worth the Trouble, Expense, or Frustration? From free courses online to the self taught material available to anyone with an internet connection, our societies views on college education might be shifting to a new form of eduction. With the boom of the internet and the mass wealth of information available now, the necessity of college might wane in the eyes of some. There are certainly some careers out there that don 't require a diploma anymore. More technical careers like programming, cyber security, web design; to even artistic careers like audio engineering, illustrating, and filmmking can all be self taught now.…
As far as I knew employment and the treatment of employees were no less different than we in America are. I was off in my thinking. Our cultural values are extremely different. America itself is unique in the fact we don’t go with one set of values and most are usually not based off philosophical teachings. America and Korea differentiate culturally with America being an individualistic society and Korea more focused on a collective society.…
Introspective Midterm 1. How does the acceptance of impermanence become challenging in your relationships? Give a detailed personal example of this struggle using the lecture definition. According to lecture impermanence means things are constantly changing, so nothing is forever or permanent.…
There are many sociological perspectives that are used to get a better understanding of society. The three main one that will be discussed is the Functionalist perspective. Criticism of other sociology perspectives will also be implemented. According to Crossman, (2016), the functionalist perspective is one of the major theoretical perspectives in sociology. Emile Durkheim put this approach together.…
Solution Focused Approach The solution focused approach falls under the wide branch of humanism “Its roots are in Systems Theory which posits that individuals who are in frequent contact will unavoidably influence each other.” (Lyons, Ford, & Arthur-Kelly, 2011, p. 25) Unlike many of the other humanist theories the Solution Focused approach does not focus on the individual as a problem but rather as a solution; the belief being that the problem comes from the individual’s interactions. To assess a problem within behaviour the student works with the teacher and their peers to assess the incident that resulted in the misbehaviour.…
When Shawler arrived to Korea to work at his new position in Essilor, he leveraged on his previous experiences and attempted to implement his old approach of hiring employees based on their qualification such as the ability to speak English in order to accomplish the goals that he had envisioned. However, the approach that Shawler had utilized in the past was different for the Korean market because unlike other countries that Shawler had dealt with, the Korean workplace tend to be more collectivistic and have larger power distance. Majority of collectivistic and hierarchical workplaces, such as South Korea, tends to rely on loyalty as well as long-term commitment to the job and employees are more prone to instructions given from higher ranking people in order to accomplish and work effectively (The Hofstede Centre 2015). Since Shawler is from US which is considered as an individualistic and low power distance society, his strategy was to pay more and hire employees based on their merits and thus assumed that they could take initiative to help the business grow (ibid). Nevertheless, this strategy for other team members and S.J. Lee were unfamiliar because several employees were less initiative as well as that there were workers that worked in the company for more than a decade and they were paid relatively less than the workers that Shawler wanted to hire, therefore…
Under the socio-cultural lens the focus is on how the society affects the client. C. Wright Mills (as cited by Rogers, 2016) created the term sociological imagination, which is an important aspect of the socio-cultural lens, “to describe the relationship between the individual and the wider society” (p.106). Additionally, culture has to be taken into consideration because it is intrinsically related to social aspects that affect clients. Rogers (2016) mentions that “There is no universally accepted definition of culture; culture can mean different things to different people. In fact, definitions vary depending on the discipline and theory from which they originate” (p. 130).…
Philosophical Analysis: The Matrix Many people have tried to explain their idea of the nature of reality, many have been successful in bringing new ideas about a new world for readers, viewers, and listeners. The Matrix could be considered a successful case of portraying the nature of reality by creating a visual representation of the concept. Quite a few representations of philosophical ideas may have been portrayed through-out the trilogy, but during the first film the authors focused on reality. Imagine waking up and the world was completely changed overnight.…
Back to School, Really! Returning to school might just be a great place to begin my story. We all know that acquiring an education can be a scary experience, especially if you are approaching 50 years old. Therefore, when I made the decision to return to school, I knew it very well might be the hardest decision that I would ever have to make. I dreamed about this place, about campus life, or if it was too late for me to consider the notion.…