Organizational studies and human resource management

“How Do Our Choices Today Determine the People We Become?” Determination. Perseverance. Strength. Patience. Those are all qualities that help people overcome obstacles. The articles “The Contender” by Derek Burnett, “Paralympic Star Makes History On NBA Stage” by E. Lancaster, and “Life in the Red” by Benedict Carey all show how people overcame obstacles to achieve their dreams. After reading and annotating articles about a determined Kyle Maynard, a motivational speaker Blake Leeper, and the…

Response to the Video Social Worker-Career Conversation In the video “Social Worker-Career Conversation,” we are able hear from Tim Gienger who is an Advanced Clinical Specialist (ACS) in Bismarck North Dakota that works fulltime at West Central Human Services Center and part time at Lutheran Social Services and Minot State University as counselor. Throughout the video Mr. Gienger was asked several questions about his role, the target population he encounters, unique aspects of his setting,…

regarding leadership in today’s workplace, I believe it would be talking about the importance social awareness and relationship management because they are the key factors that will help leaders address many situations. Social awareness will help with empathy, understanding of others emotions and perspectives, and to influence and inspire team members. Relationship management will help control conflicts, resolve disagreements, and build bonds (Patronis Jones Participating in this leadership…

Back in the times of medieval Europe and early Japan the feudal system played a very important role. However, feudalism did not have the same structure in these societies. Life during these times was very different to how life is now. Everyone owed respect to another person. It is almost like the major corporate hierarchies in today’s world, but that was how life was all day every day. In Europe, the feudal system took a more complicated system. People always owed the people below and above…

Leadership Accomplishments There are many different types of leaders. All will experiment different levels of success through trial and error. The word “leader” embodies many different meanings. To me, a leader is a mentor, a role model, a good listener, and a person who is willing to correct other’s mistakes. Whenever I’ve found myself in a leadership position, I wouldn’t only try my best to demonstrate these qualities. I would throw my entire being into the responsibility until I felt my duty…

Effective leaders come from all sizes, colors and religions. There are countless qualities that build an impressive leader. The two that are crucial, in my opnion, are effective communication and respect. Displaying these and other qualities is important and doing so has impacted my life as well as the lives of the people around me. Effective communication is a key component of leadership because many problems arise from substandard communication skills and when appropriate commendation is…

As a listener during the forum, I heard numerous candidates. Some of them were not unique, and had similar ideas from most of the candidates. However, there were great candidates, which I considered, persuasive, smart, and great leaders. Especially, with the mayoral candidates: Michael Bagnens, Troy Henry, LaToya Cantrell, and Desiree Charbonnet. Compare to the city councils, I believe the mayoral candidates presented were more respected, and have more experience when it comes to leadership.…

HSE 320 Nonprofit retention The two areas that I feel are important for a human services nonprofit agency in order to maximize employee retention is offering compensation and providing a comfortable work environment. The reason I fell that compensation is important is because working for a nonprofit organization their pay rate is usually very low, employee are over works and yet they are underpaid. If employees feel that their work does not match up with their pay they will seek…

There are three means of persuasion ethos, pathos, and logos. To begin with, ethos is described in the lecture as ethics or reputation. The communicator of an organization should be trustworthy to be effective in communicating change. Conger (2013) described one step in the process of persuasion as establishing credibility. For example, after working with Tricare for five and a half years, the supervisor chose me to cover for her in her absence due to my reputation as a hard worker who could…

The author of Unlock Behavior Unleash Profits, Dr. Braksick believes the key to implementing change within an organization, is determining which behaviors to change. She believes pinpointing behavior is important because it “gives us the framework to identify, analyze, and improve the behavior of every individual involved, from leader to line worker” (2007, p.18). Dr. Braksick goes on to further explain it is important to focus on one or two critical behaviors. She expresses it is best to focus…