Focusing

Current transgender-specific staff training is limited to four out of a 200-slide staff orientation PowerPoint presentation. An AFC staff member who identifies as transgender indicated that staff who identify as transgender feel that a more in-depth, specific training on increasing transgender cultural sensitivity is urgently needed because currently, over 90% of staff are cisgender. In order to decrease the potential for unintended marginalization of transgender staff, it is necessary to…

According to Anderson (2006), the persistence of the media in highlighting an issue can help define it as a problem, forcing the government to act on a condition that has been in existence for years, or even decades. The media does this by using focusing events. For instance, life threatening hazards faced by coal miners were ignored in the US since the 1930s. Despite annual deaths as a result of collapsing mines, averaging at 1000, the government did little to address the problem. In 1968,…

Zara’s company the business level strategy is based on focusing both and differentiation cost leadership. Most important point of this strategy is to maintain balance between low cost and differentiated products. 4.1.1 Differentiation With a differentiation strategy, Zara try to gain a competitive advantage by focusing all the energies of the organizations departments on…

Rosener’s book he writes on peasant life as well but in broader terms as he focuses on the social, political and economic history of all peasants. One distinct difference between two authors is their area of Focus. Bennet is focusing on Peasant life in England whereas Rosener is focusing on Peasant life in Germany. Although the…

In a situation related to the stereotype of one’s group, their fear of being judged stereotypically, or confirming a negative stereotype may hinder their performance by increasing their anxiety or providing a distraction from the task at hand by focusing on their fears instead. Additionally, group members may attempt to protect themselves by devaluing the desired outcomes i.e. African American students deidentifying with academic achievement in school, which can lower motivation and, ultimately,…

In common terms, to be mindful is to be aware of something important. Though it is not often though about, mindfulness is important in everyday life as it allows one to partake in daily activities such as conversations, work, or study. This age old concept began in Buddhism and is essential to meditation practices. In Buddhism, mindfulness can be thought of as alertness of mind, or being completely engrossed in an experience. Mindfulness is a key part of the meditation experience. Furthermore,…

inequalities between ordinary people’s lives in this country and in the countries featured in the film there are many factors that can be taken into consideration. It could be because of the government, what the American people are willing to do, or focusing on what our money is really being spent on, here in the U.S. Compared to some other countries we have far more resources and still we are not willing to grant people the care they need or deserve in their times of need. Maybe we as Americans…

discusses an action research as both qualitative than quantitative in practice. Stringer (2014), states, “Action research, in its most effective forms, is phenomenological (focusing on people’s actual lived experience or reality), interpretive (focusing on their interpretation of acts and activities), and hermeneutic (focusing on how people make meaning of events in their lives).” (p.37). The Capstone Project is designed as a professional product that conducts a qualitative study engaging an…

The rest of this 8th grade year will be fun and educational and I won't let anyone annihilate my year or my grades anymore. I have problems with my attitude and grades but they will be fixed by focusing and having effort in myself. How will I make this year better? In school my mouth runs like water out of the sink like for example I use profanity a lot like when my teachers yell at me that's when the water starts to run. When my teacher talks about my grades i get very angry and start to be…

There are several strategies that I will be discussing. Focusing on you is one of the strategies I will be discussing. There have been times when things have come up in the workplace and we are not able to control what the other person is going to do. We can control the way we handle the situation by the way we react or speak to that person. Working on us means that you will have to do some self-evaluation. Think about the things you could have done to stop the situation from getting out of…