in the attitudes of employees. In this case, an employee was very clearly dissatisfied with her position at the bank showed it through her behavior and attitude. Her complaints ranged from the laissez-fair attitude of our then manager to the work itself. It took a while for her to exit and I believe the organizational commitment dimensions give some understanding as to why. Robbins and Judge describe each of the following commitments: affective, continuance, and normative. I…
When you make a commitment, especially one to yourself, you begin to strengthen your mind in ways that opens new possibility. Without cutting corners, no excuses, and no games. Once you look at the overall picture of what you seek to achieve within your life, you gain what is called “tunnel vision” which, nothing seems to be impossible. However, if your focus is on getting through the day, and thinking about what’s for dinner, just passing this semester only in college, or getting any job then…
procedures to follow in case of a situation such as that, the training sometimes is neglected or forgotten since it’s not a frequent event. I knew that I had to first quickly locate the other leaders and quickly develop a plan. Once we all were on the same page, I had to communicate with my staff and get them on the same page. I also had to trust that the other leaders would do the same with their teams. I made my team aware of my expectation and informed them of their role in the situation…
Challenging Personal Characteristics The personal characteristic that is most challenging for myself, especially currently, is a commitment to self-care. Due to the rigors of full-time employment, graduate school, children and parental responsibilities, often times my well-being is the last considered. Corey, Corey, and Corey (2010) made it clear that self-care is not something we have to attempt to engage in, but it is something we are ethically required to do as a counselor. Working with the…
Characteristics of a Successful Online College Student To be successfully at anything you do requires commitment to the overall goal, willing to invest time to the goal and the desire to achieve the goal. Whether attending college the traditional classroom way or attending online college the student vision of the future must be clear. When I decided to return to college, the force that was driving me was to make a better life for my son and I. That is the reason I feel why a lot of students to…
Module 9 Reading Response Introduction and Questions due November 14, Midnight (4 points) From the Lecture: 1. What is the Prison Industrial Complex and how does it generate profit? Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) is private industry that run prisons by using a business model. PIC’s main goal is to generate as much profit as possible. That explains the ongoing expansion of prison. It is not different than any other hotel chain business. PIC generate profit from the prisoners. They receive…
quality service. When the policy was written these problems addressed here and now were unintended consequences often times an unavoidable result. On the other hand the following identified special interest groups lobbied on behalf of the bill: Community Health Systems, Hospital Corp of America, Medical Society of VA, National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Virginia Chapter, VA Assn of Community Service Boards and VA College of emergency physicians (The Virginia Public Access Project,…
Journal Activity 3.2: Mental Health Legislation in the NWT Similar to other jurisdictions across Canada, the Northwest Territories (NWT) has its own mental health legislation which describes how residents with mental health challenges can be supported. Among other things, the legislation determines how to care for individuals who may require voluntary or involuntary admission to a mental health facility. In the NWT, the mental health legislation has undergone recent public review. By October…
C.R.S. § 27-65-103(2). When a professional counselor is treating a minor they can advise parents or legal guardians of treatment services the minor is receiving. Section #8: Involuntary commitment. What are the laws regarding involuntary commitment in your state? Emergency Procedures, statute C.R.S. § 27-65-105 (a) (I). Definitions, statutes C.R.S. § 27-65-102 (1); (4.5) (a). When someone appears to be of danger to themselves or others, or gravely disabled the individual can be placed on…
In this essay I will discuss the legislative framework of the coercive nature of involuntary community treatment orders in legal, ethical and NSW Health Policy contexts to show the rationale of a cto and the powers behind this treatment order. Involuntary Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) are sectioned under the mental health legislation of each jurisdiction in Australia. CTOs are a legal document which gives authority to a mental health team to give coercive treatment to consumers with a mental…