Old boy network

expectancy increases, retirement requires a greater deal of planning, and additionally it is no longer has to be the end of an organizational leadership for employees. More and more retirees are seeking various employment opportunities after retirement in their fields, either as a contractor as an employee (Teacher Retirement System of Texas, 2014). Finally, there are active alumni groups where students can gain support from one another and the organization, and the university can leverage the alumni organization for financial or prospectus support. Therefore, the concept of alumni organizations, similar to universities, become appealing to organizations because of the wealth of knowledge the employees have gained. Alumni networks are an effective social network because their shared histories and common values, creating a higher level of interaction and longer standing relationships (Cohen & Malloy, 2010). Organizations should form alumni organizations to mentor current employees and aid in their development and advancement. The alumni likely know the same people as the current employees and can immediately connect with challenges they currently have (Cohen & Malloy, 2010). Additionally, these alumni organizations can be leveraged to aid the organization on a potential contract basis when their specific skillsets are highly sought after. Finally, through the alumni organizations, past employees can maintain relationships, participate in community volunteer work together, and…

Eight young people were observed playing the game, Minecraft. Minecraft was a computer game designed for building and construction, using cubes within an environment with its own set of laws and physics (Overby & Jones, 2015). The students included: one 5 year old girl, two 9 year old girls, a 12 year old boy, a 15 year old boy, two 18 year old boys, and one 18 year old girl (Overby & Jones, 2015). The observers reported that the 5 year old learned to memorize keyboard shortcuts, and used a…

continuance, another way that social media helps with grieving is by offering websites where individuals can be anonymous. By going incognito, some feel safer in sharing their problems with the world. This is because they know there is no chance of personal backlash or embarrassment. A real life example is found on Omegle.com, a website that connects strangers to talk about anything. A bored, seventeen year old girl found herself on this website one day with the intent of having a random,…

research related to the undergraduate experiences of Black alumni who graduate from PWIs, and research related to alumni engagement in order to provide context and background to this study. The rationale and significance of the study is then discussed, highlighting ways in which the results can benefit various student affairs professionals, primarily those in alumni affairs. The problem statement, purpose statement and research questions are presented to focus and ground the study. Finally,…

Although these studies clarify the type of factors that influence alumni financial donations to a university, unfortunately they do not give a clear distinction in terms of physical engagement. It may be possible that similar factors affect engagement. This is an explicit gap in the research. However in reviewing research by Newman and Petrosko (2011), it is noted that graduates are more likely to join alumni associations if they fall into the one of the following categories: (a) were donors,…

Football isn’t for girls. People say the heavy tackling will only crush a girl’s bones. People say girls simply cannot handle the intense weight lifting that boys do. People say the running is too much. Why is it that we are always quick to assume girls cannot play sports such as football? Our biological predispositions? Our expectations? Or simply that it is a man’s game? Men often believe that women are physically not as strong, and there has been little change to deviate from that statement.…

men 's pleasure and lacking in their own agency. There is not a parallel trend in which boys are often sexualized and objectified.” (Stone/Brown/Jewell) Another thing that was mentioned was the difference between sexualization and appearance orientations because when it comes to gender roles females are going to be more known for paying attention to…

In the article “Where Have the Good Men Gone?” Kay S. Hymowitz warns readers that the men have turned into boys and they have changed overtime. This article first appeared in the Wall Street Journal on February 19, 2011. It is adapted from her book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys. This article tells the audience how the good men have gone bad and turned into boys. She asks the audience, “Where have the good men gone?” Well, according to Hymowitz’s article there has…

generation of princesses, astronauts, firefighters, and presidents. It doesn’t matter that they have no royal lineage or that the chances of becoming President are exceedingly rare, especially if they are Canadian. Adults allow them to create these dreams because it gives them a motivation, a forward pull in life. It is through this ritual that children learn the meaning of ambition. They get used to the idea of goals and strive to achieve them. However, ambition can be dangerous under certain…

different spectacles. From the age-old tale “Faxelange” by Marquis de Sade, to the much more recent short story “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro, the body is depicted in a profound and distinctive way. These stories show a trend in how society has viewed genders over the past few hundred years, as well as the evolution in the role that each gender “should” embrace. Thus, males and females have been seen as polar opposites of each other, as well as being seen as extremely comparable. Gender…