Observational study

Culture is complex and dynamic and it is often easier to ignore culture than to deal with its complexity (Connerly & Pederson, 2005). However acknowledgement of ones own cultural heritage contributes to gaining awareness of culture (Connerly & Pederson, 2005). This is particularly important in counselling as cultural sensitivity facilitates therapy, resulting in better outcomes for clients with diverse backgrounds (Ridley, Mendoza, Kanitz, Andgermeier & Zenk, 1994). In contrast, cultural…

Proposed Research Title: Early Life Pregnancies: Options, Outcomes, and Impacts Background While teen-pregnancy has continued a steady decline in the last two decades, the United States still has among the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in the Western world . Further, geographic variation and race and class disparities are significant, with Hispanic and Black teens in the United States have nearly one-and-a-half-times higher rates than average and about twice as high as White teens .…

Category of Historical Analysis.” In this article, Scott asserts that gender had not been previously used a conceptual framework like race and class and should be used by historians to examine their subjects. Scott’s article is a part of a larger study of gender published in her book, Gender and the Politics of History. This book rallies historians to break away from biologically constructed notions of what it means to be male and female and what their sex-roles…

“Analyzing the Lincoln Electric Company to Determine its Organizational Culture” This essay uses the framework from chapter eight of the textbook to analyze the Lincoln Electric Company in determine its organizational culture. The first feature to be analyzed is the influence of the founders on the company from when it started until now. The second group of features to be analyzed at the Lincoln Electric Company includes its incentive management plan, its performance appraisal system, its…

he third successful volunteer for my research study was Mr. Noah (a pseudonym). Mr. Noah who identified his , name , age and affiliated institution in the optional fields of the informed consent form is a professor holding a PHD and has been teaching for more than 25 years. However, he was selected for the study because he spent significant years teaching in city college of Chicago (CCC). He also has a good experience in dealing with student from multicultural backgrounds in different…

It has been proven that for age’s, individuals have had a tendency to form groups or to communicate with those who share the same views, abilities, and language as them. A discourse community is typically described as a group of people with similar goals, customs, and experiences. A person may belong to multiple communities and may very well overlap. I belong to four main discourse communities: Hampton University Student body, McDonald’s crew member, Social media, and Family. Each one of these…

Volunteers have been an important piece of many non-for-profit organizations over the years. Volunteers provide free labor and time, performing tasks for organizations helping them achieve goals. For example, Habitat for Humanity is a non-for-profit organization that focuses on providing housing for people in poverty. Habitat relies on volunteers to help build and repair homes. To date, Habitat for Humanity has built of repaired of 1 million homes for over 5 million people living in poverty…

Organizational culture is defined as actions and attitudes of individuals and groups toward one another and towards the organization as a whole, and its effect on the organization's functioning and performance. It is the careful selection of tailor-made organizational culture features suitable to the organization and its people that ensure a win-win situation for the organization, its people and valuable customers. Southwest was established in 1967 by Rolling King and Herb Kelleher as an…

Some external factors that may have influenced the way Leo turned out was definitely his participation in extracurricular activities. Despite his slow-to-warm up temperament, Leo was always ready to engage in activities that were associated with what he loved to do or with what deeply interested him. My son was persistent on the idea of joining the boy scouts since he was fascinated with the nature and the outdoors which is why we always took trips to the mountains and played in our backyard.…

Africa is because the culture is vastly different from America, yet super interesting and diverse. Staying in the same place, it is easy to be consumed by thoughts and events within that place. One can completely forget about the surrounding world. Study abroad provides an understanding of the world and the people within it. It is beneficial to students academically because it promotes awareness of global issues and politics. Receiving an outside view of one’s own country is also brings valuable…