WCPA searching for Executive Functioning By Robin Dobrusin and Christopher Shedyak Literature: Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) Author: By Joan Toglia, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Theory Model: Cognitive Rehabilitation Objective: A performance-based measure of executive function (EF), and cognitive ability. Materials Needed: A weekly calendar broken into hourly increments with sub divisions into 15 min increments, scrap paper, pen or pencils, a score chart (provided in the book WCPA)…
Background and Significance In the past half century, the world populous has dramatically shifted from rural environments into urban centers. In 1950, as little as 30% of the world 's population resided in urban centers. Now, that proportion has risen to 50% and is predicted reach over 70% by 2050 (“World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, Highlights”). This shift in the world 's populous has been termed urbanization, which is the increase in number of cities and amount of people that…
Google, Inc. (GOOGL), one of the most influential technology companies of all time, has recently announced a new corporate structure, and placed itself under a new holding company it created, called Alphabet, Inc. What's In A Name? Google cites a couple of reasons to explain its new name, Alphabet: • Alphabet, to quote Google's official blog, "means a collection of letters that represent language, one of humanity's most important innovations". This new name syncs well with Google's innovative…
Involved Parties As acting CEO, it would be logical to believe that Bill holds all of the power and he can essentially steer Prime Media in the direction that he believes would be the most flourishing. However, this is not the case because a chief executive such as himself would have been chosen by a board of directors. The board is responsible for allocating goals, directions, and priorities of the firm to the CEO (Jugenheimer & Kelley, 2009). The case study does not specify if the board is…
evidence, Erard shows that bilinguals are better cognitive thinkers. His research reveals that going from language to language is easier. (This is the same for multitasking, and focusing on certain tasks, while later transitioning with ease.) Their executive functions were more mature, and the effects of aging were lessened. Since language knowledge improves brain health, the mind lives longer alongside multiple languages or dialects. Bilingualism in children proves this point, since children…
Knowing what makes up executive pay is an important aspect in making the connection between compensation and incentives to the principal-agent problem. Executives might be more interested in pursuing their own well-being such as the executives of Enron. Frydman and Jenter suggest that if the executive’s interests are not aligned with the interests of the firm then that can be extremely devastating to a company (page 7). An executive might make a decision that will better benefit…
The relationship between management monitoring and firm performance Introduction From previous years, corporate governance (CG) reforms provided a significant important function comply with regulations. The reforms does play an important role in improving transparency and accountability that appear in three key areas which are benefits in the provision of quality financial reporting, reduction in management overconsumption and improved management monitoring (Psaros 2009, p25). There are numerous…
Brittany Serkus Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents Georgian Court University Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents The recent development of media technologies has made great changes to the way individuals consume media content. With convenient access to the media, individuals are more likely to overuse these technological services, resulting in increased media saturation. Having access…
Contrary to this finding, a study done in 2008 by Emmory and colleagues identified a bilingual executive processing advantage but no inhibitory control advantage in middle-aged samples. Bialystok conducted another study in which she identified a bilingual advantage in inhibitory control but no bilingual advantage in executive processing in old-aged samples. It turns out that her results were due to a monolingual advantage in certain trials, and there was no…
As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Saratoga Investment Corp., a publicly traded business development company, Chris Oberbeck brings over 25 years of experience in leveraged finance, from distressed debt to private equity, to the position. Mr. Oberbeck’s wealth of experience stems from originating, structuring, negotiating, consummating, managing and monitoring investments in a wide variety of middle-market businesses. In addition to his aforementioned roles, Mr. Oberbeck is the…