personal interests. There are four references used.
In today's world, it's important to realize that work's not everything and that you need to relax and enjoy life. Everyone has their own way to unwind and leave stresses behind. This paper will look at some of the personal interests of people, how interests can influence people and conflicts that can occur.
How Others Unwind
It doesn't matter how good you are at your job or how much you love it, you need to leave it behind now and then. Adam Kaufman, who is one of Cleveland's top realtors, works 80 hours a work, but still finds time to pursue his interests. Adam feels friends are important and makes it a point to go to dinners and movies with them. Adam also loves traveling. He is making plans to go to Israel, and one day hopes to spend his honeymoon in Australia and New…...
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References
Unknown, (1999, 26 February). Personal interest: Top realtor Adam Kaufman works hard, plays hard. Cleveland Jewish News, pp. T 39.
Unknown, (2001, 07 June). Inktomi's Richard Pierce Leaves to Pursue Personal Interest.
Business Wire.
Anderson, Michael. (1998, 25 February). UVA Presidents' ties to businesses elicits queries.
Personal Interests
Life should never be limited to just a few activities, and I have two interests/activities that I take great enjoyment in. One is in the development of various technologies and information regarding these technologies, including the development (with a few friends) of an mp3 system for people to use to share audiobooks -- the fact that I can put my knowledge and skills to practical ends that enable people to share information is very exciting to me. I also enjoy playing the piano, which is very different from working with computers as there is total freedom in what "works" and what can be explored.
While everyone has some sort of activity they engage in just for fun, there are several such activities that I engage in with this enthusiasm. One of these, which is fairly closely related to my education, is the development of various technologies and gathering knowledge…...
information technology skills I acquired through the military are transferable to civilian situations. The 20 years I gave to the military have placed me in a wide variety of situations quite different from what others might encounter in civilian life.
My experience in the U.S. Navy has allowed me to learn new skills in the information technology field and I have been able to apply them in new situations. The future for me after the military has been decided after a careful analysis of the way the military is currently structured and how a projection into the future bodes for me. I know that a career in the information technology field is the best choice for me because of my experiences in the Navy and on the job. It is important for me to continue to grow in this field and learn more when I transfer into the civilian sector.
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Works Cited
Freedberg, Sydney J. "IT Changes Everything." National Journal. 34.19
2002): 1378.
Loeb, Vernon W. "Afghan War is a Lab for U.S. Innovation; New
Technologies Are Tested in Battle." The Washington Post. 26
ethical reflection in weighing your personal interests against the objective responsibilities of your administrative role. Then, describe the ethical dilemma you selected, and include whether it represents conflict of authority, interest, or roles and explain why.
Administrative responsibility and conflict
Administrators are objectively responsible for the actions of their subordinates, and for the actions of the organization as a whole (Cooper 2012: 73). Public administrators have additional responsibilities to their constituents, the taxpayers and to the law itself. Unfortunately, these diverse responsibilities can conflict. Additionally, perceptions of responsibility of the individual administrator, based upon his or her own personal code of conduct, can be subjective. Given this myriad, diverse responsibilities, it is rare when all cohere and point the administrator down a specific course.
One conflict occurred when an individual in my department was clearly overwhelmed by her family and personal responsibilities to the point where it was impacting her work and…...
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I was under pressure from my own superiors to vigorously enforce standards regarding coming to work on time and to generally improve the quality of service. I solved the conflict by talking to her and explaining to her the need to delegate responsibilities at work when she was overcommitted at home. I also talked to her about family leave policy and part-time options. We were able to reduce her hours and enable her to use her vacation time to enable her to get her life back on track. However, this is an example of how an administrator's responsibilities to the organization can conflict with his or her sense of personal loyalty.
This conflict was primarily one of roles: the conflict between one's role as a personal friend and as an administrator. Compassion must be balanced with practical demands. Another good example of this is seen in Cooper (2012), in which a municipal administrator is forced to choose between extending an improvement loan to a derelict, elderly person's home that likely cannot be rehabilitated, and forcing the elderly woman to leave the residence, at great compromise to her physical and mental health (Cooper 2012: 92). Often, there are no 'good' and answers when two competing ethical systems are at war. The point-of-view of the public administrator tends to be utilitarian in nature and strives to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people. On a personal level, we are far more likely to deploy a subjective analysis, based upon our compassion and personal morality, or at very least a deontological system of principle, such as "it is wrong to fire a good employee of years of service during a time of personal crisis.'
There are no easy ethical formulas that work under all circumstances. On one hand, administrators must ultimately serve institutions that are 'bigger'
Hoffman and Moore (2004) recommend training and communication as part of the implementation plan to improve ethical behavior. As part of the resolution process when facing ethical dilemmas, retraining on ethical standards and practices, legal ramifications, regulatory compliance/guidelines and code of conduct are imperative. Therefore, even if other values are not considered, at least the most important ones will be considered during the problem-solving process.
Applications
I strongly believe in the ethical leadership skills of my immediate supervisor. As we all know, great leadership does not occur in a vacuum. Very often, it is by observing admirable leaders that people learn to become good leaders in their own right. Therefore I have a spent some observing the most inspirational leader in my selected organization: my boss. He knows when to delegate and when to take control; he knows how to motivate employees through a balance of reward and reprimand; and most…...
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References
Baker, T.L., & Hunt, T.G. (2003). An exploratory investigation into the effects of team composition on moral orientation. Journal of Managerial Issues, 15 (4), 106-119.
Ideally, I hope that my formal education will enable me to identify the best use of my natural talents and interests so that my eventual career goals allow me to pursue a direction that is intrinsically fulfilling, but in some field or position where my work also serves a purpose that is worthwhile in terms of accomplishing something more than making a profit. I would consider my life to have been "successful" to the extent I was able to provide for my family's needs and also contribute something meaningful to others as well. Achieving those two goals in a manner that also happens to fulfill a personal interest simultaneously would be the ultimate in personal success in…...
These authors add that with respect to this exemplary leadership quality, "Although a significant difference existed by gender, both men and women rated challenging the process as their least developed leadership skill" (p. 259). This also means that people must be willing to take personal and professional risks, including speaking up for what they believe in the workplace, but the cost-benefit analyses that are routinely used by winners can help establish the framework in which such pursuits are achievable.
Such intuitive decisions may be valuable in the workplace when someone's experience and intellect combine to produce consistently positive outcomes, but it is reasonable to suggest that many successful business leaders take their time in formulating decisions about many of the complex issues they encounter on a day-to-day basis, but in some cases, time is of the essence and what "seems more right" will have to do. People with fine-tuned senses…...
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References
Adams, T.C. & Keim, M.C. (2000). Leadership practices and effectiveness among Greek student leaders. College Student Journal, 34(2), 259.
Goleman, D. (2000). Working with emotional intelligence. New York: Bantam Books.
Intagliata, J., Smallwood, N., & Ulrich, D. (2000). Leveraging leadership competencies to produce leadership brand: Creating distinctiveness by focusing on strategy and results.
PESONAL & OGANIZATIONAL ETHICS
Personal and Organizational Ethics Values for, for-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations
Ethics is a requirement of the society to both individuals and organizations. Ethics are applied to business and personal behaviors, and are used to determine how companies and individuals abide to policies. To indicate the application of ethical principles in organizations, an analysis is carried out of For-Profit and Non-For-Profit organizations, in this case Bank of America and Boys Club of America. This is by analyzing an ethical dilemma they are experiencing, their approach to the problem, and the legal, political, and social outcomes emerging from this cause of action.
Part One
The Boys Clubs of America is a non-for-profit organization founded in 1860s in Harford, Connecticut Formed with the aim of giving boys who roamed the streets a positive alternative. The club has undergone major changes beginning in 191 when several boys' clubs affiliated to form the federated boys…...
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References
Anonymous. (2009, Dec 16). Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Lowe's Announces $1 Million
Bernie Krisher of American Assistance for Cambodia set her up in Phnom Penh twice more, but each time she ran away after a few days, desperate to get back to her meth supply" (Kristof and uDonn, p.39). hile I have not returned to Mexico and the carefree lifestyle I led there, I cannot deny having the desire to do so, on occasion. hile I know that the life I lived there was not the right life for me, I still long to return to it on occasion.
Of course, the differences in countries and cultures are, in many ways, becoming less apparent as the world becomes more global. This globalization has challenged the existing social structures in many countries, including those countries with castes or caste-like socioeconomic divisions. Discussing India, Kapur stated that, "ancient social structures are collapsing under the weight of new money. Bonds of caste and religion and…...
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Works Cited
Barber, Benjamin. "Jihad vs. McWorld." The Atlantic. N.p. 1 Mar. 1992. Web. 6 May 2013.
Kapur, Akash. "How India became America." The New York Times. 1-2. 9 Mar. 2012. Web.
6 May 2013.
Kristof, Nicholas and Sheryl WuDunn. "Microcredit: The Financial Revolution." Half the Sky:
Personal Model of Leadership
The modern business environment has significantly diversified, in order to adapt to the changes determined by globalization. Given the situation, the importance of the role of leaders has also increased. This determined theorists' and practitioners' interest in leadership studies that are able to provide some guidelines regarding the manner in which leaders should behave.
The challenge is represented by the fact that the leadership models presented by the literature in the field and by the business practice lead to the assumption that these leadership models are unable to respond to the changing business environment (Clawson, 2010). In other words, leaders must trust their instincts and knowledge when establishing the leadership model they should follow. Such leaders should also take into consideration successful leadership models, no matter the field the leaders in case addressed. This is because the values encouraged by a leader in politics can be successfully applied…...
2. Dunaway, D. (2007). Eight Leader Behaviors that Increase Motivation, Morale, and Performance, and One that Won't. Retrieved January 22, 2011 from http://cnx.org/content/m15614/latest/ .
4. Cunningham, C. (1966). Dimensions of Leader Behavior. Journal of Cooperative Extension. Retrieved January 22, 2011 from www.joe.org/joe/1966winter/1966-4-a4.pdf.
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Chomsky warns of ideological motivations of some scientific paradigms, just as with the aforementioned racial emphasis of early anthropology. Here, Russell espouses a Platonic episteme by enunciating the expectations of behavior between different classes. While Plato philosophized that persons are born with the characteristics fitting of their caste, Russell envisages a society in which "ordinary" men and women are expected to be collectivized and, therefore, devoid of individual expression.
Jean Jacques Rousseau paid his respects to the philosophy of Plato, although he thought it impractical, citing the decayed state of society. This sort of romanticism has been downplayed by the modern scientific establishment, who denounce the noble savage theory of human nature. Humans are not born purely good, modern science maintains. Instead, evolutionary traits are promoted at the biological level, thereby giving rise to how people are. It is not society that corrupts, but rather an interrelationship between human tendencies…...
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9. Woolhouse, R.S. (1995) Locke: A Biography. Cambridge University.
10. Pinker, Steven. (2007) the Blank Slate, New York: Penguin Books.
Personal Statement
Social work has been and will always remain the most viable career choice for me because of my genuine concern for both social justice and human dignity. Further, I also possess a deep desire to impact positively on the lives of others. Social work provides me with a viable platform to accomplish this. In my case, I regard playing an active role in the restoration of the social functioning capacity of groups or individual persons a personal calling. That is what gives me the greatest feeling of self-fulfillment. It can be noted that some individuals are called to serve their countries as doctors, police officers, teachers etc. In their own special way, they impact positively on the lives of others be it in the enhancement of security, knowledge or even the health and well being of others. I believe my calling is to serve the community and by extension…...
My first interest is to work at a battering intervention and prevention program through a battered women's shelter. This position would allow me to educate the public, by discussing battering in various situations and helping reach target populations where battering is not discussed or is considered normative. However, I understand that working with batterers is not simply about education; the vast majority of them have been abused, themselves, and need assistance resolving issues from their own past in order to move on and create better futures. Furthermore, childhood abuse is positively correlated to later substance and mental health issues, and I would like the skills to recognize, assess, and treat those tangential issues. Another interest that I have is working with pregnant teenagers and young mothers in a family education system. I believe that it is unfortunate that our society fails to provide its members with adequate education concerning…...
Also, my background will allow for a unique viewpoint, as I was raised in Turkey and am fluent in French and English. My academic successes and leadership roles include serving as president of the honor board in my Turkish high school, while also representing the students on the school's disciplinary committee. Thus, my academic interests are founded in the industries if engineering and construction, while also focusing on the importance of economics, commerce, and sociology in these areas.
In addition to my academic interests, my real-life experience and future career goals have prepared me for this program. The most relevant work experience that I have had thus far was my internship at Frank Williams and Partner Architects in New York. After spending eight weeks as an intern for this firm, which is a respected name in the industry, not only had the know-how, but also the tools to continue in…...
In the past, I have volunteered for Tree City USA in Orland Hills in a number of projects and events. I also have a soft spot for communal well-being and development and in that regard; I occasionally coach the little league basketball just as a way of making a small contribution towards the development of others.
I may not be the brightest student in my class at Western Illinois University, the college from which am transferring, but I have made deliberate moves in the recent past to double my efforts so as to enhance my grades. As you will find out, I have had three grades in the past which may be an issue of concern i.e. An F (got a C+ on re-taking the same) and two Ds. I am fully convinced that poor time management contributed largely towards the three dismal grades and my relatively low GPA. With…...
Accounting ethics are incredibly important because accountants are entrusted with handling money for individuals, businesses, and other organizations. Unethical accountants can expose a business to financial risks and liabilities, even if their breaches of ethics do not amount to criminal behavior or involve intentional wrongdoing on the part of the accountant. Huge financial scandals, such as Enron, could not occur without ethical breaches on the part of the accountants because the financial structure of large organizations requires at least passive participation in wrongdoing by people at the accountant level. Accountant ethics are....
The Impact of Study Habits and Environment on Student Productivity
Educational productivity is a crucial aspect that significantly influences academic success. It encompasses the efficient use of time, resources, and effort to achieve optimal learning outcomes. This comprehensive analysis explores the interplay between study habits and the learning environment, highlighting their profound impact on student productivity.
Study Habits:
1. Time Management:
Effective time management is paramount for student productivity. Creating a structured study schedule, prioritizing tasks, and utilizing time-saving techniques can help students allocate their time wisely.
2. Active Learning:
Engaging in active learning strategies, such as taking notes, asking questions, and participating in discussions, enhances....
1. The Crossroads of Passion and Purpose: Determining the Ideal Career Path
Explore the multifaceted relationship between passion, purpose, and career choice. Discuss the challenges of balancing personal interests with societal expectations and practical considerations. Examine the role of deep introspection, self-discovery, and mentorship in guiding individuals towards fulfilling careers.
2. Exploring Unconventional Career Paths: Breaking the Mold in a Changing World
Delve into the rise of unconventional career paths in the modern era. Analyze the motivations, skills, and mindset required to succeed in fields that deviate from traditional norms. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of embracing unorthodox career choices and the importance....
The inclusion of vacations into the academic calendar has been a subject of ongoing debate, with proponents advocating for their necessity and opponents questioning their benefits. However, scientific research and empirical evidence overwhelmingly support the implementation of school vacations as an integral part of the educational system. This essay will expound on the multifaceted advantages of school vacations, demonstrating their indispensable role in promoting student well-being, academic performance, and overall educational outcomes.
1. Enhanced Mental and Physical Health
School vacations provide students with much-needed respite from the rigors of academic life, allowing them to recharge mentally....
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