Leadership and Roles of Graduate Nurse

After taking the overstepership quiz, it was revealed to me that I am a Partici pative leader. This type of leadership mode describes me very well and up holds my beliefs and values in leadership. Understanding the meaning of participative leadership style upholds me actualize to roles that are required for this style of leadership. As a participative leader champion listens to what the team has to enounce and spare them to express their opinions, ideas, and suggestions to make decisions and solve problems.However, as the leader of the team he or she has the final say in making the decisions. A participative leader supports and encourages his or hers team. The effectiveness of this leadership leads to correct decision for tout ensemble that is involved. The leader of participative style uses the teams creativity, knowledge, skills, and education to help reach the decisions. A leader who does this is considered fair and not favoring one side or the other.Leaders with the abov e qualities and characteristics lead to great leadership. The attributes of participative leaders has great respect from their team. From my experience as a staff nurse in the ED, it takes great teamwork to deal with the everyday stress and the call of commerce in the ED this only can come from a department with great leadership. I chip in had leaders who will server right beside you and help when things go crazy and I aim had leaders who will sit in their offices and not come out to help at all.I prefer the lead that will come out and will answer the call light, place a patient on the bedpan, take a patient to the floor, and give you a bathroom or lunch break. My leaders give way allowed me to cry when needed too, and not appear weak, vent when a patient or family is cosmos demanding, listen to my concerns and not view them to being negative or complaining and willing to take my concerns and make changes to help all. A good leader does not allow the authority to overcome the r easons why he or she became a nurse in the first place.I believe that one of my strong attribute to participative leadership is boost others and lifting them up with words of appreciation and gratitude. From my experience a few words of appreciation and a pat on the back builds relationships and teamwork. I have always lived by the motto Lead by utilization and that is what I believe we all should do not just in nursing but also in everyday life. Actions speak louder than words in any type of leadership one has.A would have to say that one of my weakness in leadership that I would need to work on is being too sensitive at times and not taking constructive critism very well. Therefore, this is an area that I am willing to grow and learn from as I continue my education as APN. A quote that I feel that goes along with participative leadership Recognize the talent of others and acknowledge it by Gloria Smith, PhD. , RN, FANN of the W. K. Kellogg radical (Burnham, 07). This quote cov ers all the meanings of participative leader style from listening to praising.

Juvenile Gang

Apply the functionalist plosive speech sound of view to the phenomenon of egg-producing(prenominal) person new-fashioned gangs in Hong Kong and evaluate its explanation. The recent female juvenile gang problem has sparked off public concerns in Hong Kong, because they atomic number 18 more(prenominal) rampant in the newly-developed towns much(prenominal) as Tseung Kwan O, Tin Shui Wai and Tai Po. Comparing with the figures of girls joining gangs by Dr. T. W. Lo in 2001 and by the Federation in 2005, the trend of girlss participation in gangs is increasing. In the following, the phenomenon of female juvenile gangs in Hong Kong provide be discussed in detail by the functionalist point of view.Then, the explanation volition be evaluated. Before discussing the phenomenon of female juvenile gangs in Hong Kong by the functionalist point of view. Let start with the translation of structural functionalism and definition of female juvenile gangs. Society is a system with various soci al institutions playacting important functions to the society and to individuals. The structural functionalism is based on the assumption that society is a lasting, the function of separately part of the community should be able to co-ordination to make a harmonious and efficient society.Female juvenile gangs is be as girls who be below the age of 21 and have been members of gangs. Gangs consist of three features. First, gangs be stable groups with regular gatherings. Second, gangs involve deviant behavior such as fighting. Third, gangs affiliate with triad societies. By the functionalist point of view, the social structure and condition have a great effect on female juvenile gangs forming. Girls who were joined juvenile gangs are unable to play their role in antithetical class of society because of social inequality, so they can not achieve the goal and they are tempted to have deviant behavior.At the family level, family allot many pressure on the girls, they felt out of place with their family out-of-pocket to poor relationships with parents and bad developing experience. Under such circumstances, they tend to escape from the real family and seek for separate big family which can aver them emotional attachment. At their schools and working level, they can not get the sense of accomplishment in schools or from working. They are forced to attend classes or not satisfied in salary. At the peer level, due to the peer pressure and they meet friends with gang backgrounds, they have more chance to connect with gang members.At the person-to-person level, girls start to demand for autonomy and to be independent form 2 is the most vulnerable dot for girls. Due to the puberty, they are easier to have emotional problems. Comparing with the male childs, girls want to get resistance and free enjoyment from gangs rather than showing off. Those factors show that girls who were joined gangs can not take their responsibility in polar level of society. They joined gangs in order to find their role in the other family and recognition from other members.Besides, there are three type of female juvenile gangs, including autonomous group, satellite group and combine group. Autonomous group is a all-female group. Members in this group are very independent and autonomous. They are not controlled by the male gangs. Also, these groups have the same features as male gangs in the way they behave and purpose problems. Members in satellite group and mixed group are more promising to rely on the male members or gang, they can get more protection or other support such as financial support or provide free entertainment, most girls have the role being wifeorlittle sisterof male members.Female members play an auxiliary role in gangs. They just about carry weapon for male members and provide sexual services to male members. The activities in gang of boy and girl are quite different. For instance, boy involves more in criminal and violent acts than girl. But do drugs offences are more common in girls as girls are easier to evade the inspection. Boys are less likely to have free entertainment and are less emotional and gossip than girls in gangs. Sometimes, female members are needed to help male members to beat the girls from the other gang.It is understandable that male members and female members have different function in gang In order to maintain the female juvenile gangs, there are female drawing card and fighting girls in gangs. It shows that female members are taking on more ad hoc roles within the group. For female leader, she should have a wide network of contacts in order to get more protection and free entertainment. On the other hand, she should be able to fight to protect her followers and front to be mature. For fighting girls, those girls are look like a boy and they like fighting.They will limit doing exercise in order to be stronger. It is a way to protect themselves and they can able to block or exist in g angs. All the female members must know how to protect their reputation. Otherwise, the members of the gang will not respect them and they will be rejected or despised. In the female juvenile gangs, severally member has their role in gang, such as leader need to be presentable and eloquent. In different role, they have different function and this is how they maintain the system of gang.By the functionalist point of view, the reason of formation of the female juvenile gangs can be apologiseed. The female juvenile gangs also work as a society. all member has her role and function, they contribute themselves in gang. Female members in autonomous group, satellite group and mixed group have different features and functions. On one hand, male members provide free entertainment and protection to female members. On the other hand, female members help male members to carry the drugs and weapon. There are shared beneficial relationship between male and female members or gangs.However, stru ctural functionalism can not explain how the girls join the gang as there are many other factors. In addition, it can not explain how are the female members formed their identities. By the structural functionalism, we can explain the function of the leader (Big sister) and fighting girls and the relationship between leader and her followers. But, we can not explain how they can be a leader or fighting girls, the process of being the female leader consist of many factors. structural functionalism can not explain the phenomenon of female juvenile completely. References 1.Chu, Yiu Kong (2005) An Analysis of Youth Gangs in Tin Shui Wai in Hong Kong in Hong Kong Journal of social Sciences No. 29 Spring/Summer 2005. 2. Clinard, Marshall B. (1995) Robert Merton Anomie and Social Structure in Earl Eubington and Martin S. Weinberg ed. The find out of Social Problems Seven Perspectives, London Oxford University Press. 3. Haralambos, Michael and Holborn, Martin (2000) Sociology Themes and Perspectives, London Collins. 4. Mok, James and Chan Shui-ching (2008) A Study on Girls in Gangs, Hong Kong Research Centre, Hong Kong Federation of Youth Group.

The Leap

Francisco Mata Mrs. Harschlip Eng 102 The Leap In pack Dickeys poem The Leap, he tells about his memory of a thin/and muscular, wide-mouthed, eager to switch off (21-22) girl, Jane MacNaughton. He talks about how she goes from being, the fastest ball carrier in the seventh grade, (3) to a set out of four. (28) Jane who spurned the earth, as a seventh grade runner, left behind the slow-footed yokels (44) in her cloud of dust. The play grounds champion is finally overcome by reality. She returns to dust as a victim of the eternal mould. During a prep ar dance, Jane with a light/Grave Leap, touches the end of a paper ring.Dickey sees this as a farewell to childhood and a new beginning into adulthood. She is well respected by others and has self-respect, at least enough to leap to touch the paper chain in front of her classmates. She is a young, strong girl and has a world of opportunities at this time in her life. He imbibes her as the, the fastest runner in seventh grade. (3 ) This implies that she is a girl who cap equal of accomplishing any dreams she wishes. Dickey knew and admired Jane, he was nailed to the ground, unable to escape his feelings for her ever since the seventh grade.He feels a connection to her when she touches the paper ring hanging from the ceiling. He says that she touched the end of something I began. (47) He does non make it sound as if he had a personal relationship with her however he says that she should hold on, to that ring I made for you. (51) He wants the Jane of his school age memory to hang on to the paper ring so that he allow for endlessly remember her as a young, muscular, wide-mouthed, eager to prove, (22) girl that is capable of doing anything. He uses the ring as a symbol in his memory, as a way to keep her alive so that he does non crap to cope with her eath. The ring can also be a symbol of marriage or companionship. He uses this showtime leap to represent Jane in all of her brilliance, as he remembers, s o that he will non have to face the fact that she is not who she used to be and to honor her as the outgoing seventh grader who was willing to live life to the fullest. He does not go into detail to describe the second leap. This may be because he knows more about her in her childhood, or it may be because he does not want to know about her death at length. When she commits suicide, he knows she is not the very(prenominal) person that he once knew she is now a, mother of four. (28) She has changed, but it has not been for the better because she may have had a impenetrable life. One day she was unable to handle the pressures of her life any longer and pull suicide. He says, as he holds the newspaper containing the article of her suicide, that I held / without trembling a picture of her fraud cradled / in the papery steel as though lying in the grass. (30-32) It is not that he does not care about her death he just cannot face her death and this is why he does not tremble. She is hardly the same person to him, and so he is able to save the image of her first leap.He will always use this one image as her identity, full and alive, to him. These two leaps are different, but are used to represent the same idea. Jane leapt in order to express her sense of freedom in the first leap. She leapt with strength she showed to everyone around her that she was very alive, free and capable. Yet, the second leap was a cry for help, a clear-cut for freedom. By taking this second leap she was able to become free by death. Her life was hard by, some boy who did not depend/On the speed of foot, caught and betrayed her, (40-41) and the heartache was too much for her to handle, so she took the leap so she can be free.The two instances are so different that he is able to separate them in his mind and supplement his memory for childhood Jane, who he saw gracefully terpsichore with a sense of ambition to touch the paper ring and the Jane of modern reality, who leapt to her death from a hotel windowpane to rest in the, papery still (32) of a taxi cab, still graceful as though lying in the grass. (32) Work Cited Dickey, James. The Leap. Literature and the Writing Process. Ed. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, Robert Funk, and Linda S. Coleman. 9th ed. 2011. pg 630. Print.

Journal of a Foreign Descendant

The thesis in the book suggests the idea that all mass of African descent in distributed in the Americas as well the rest of the world should -in the face of the wrong misrepresentation and portrayal of the continent, and the cynical disengagement be practiced in the west - move to go to Africa and blend the rich experiences that the continent has to offer. The book is of importly directed to two audiences The academicians and the general public.The book deals with two main extremist views of Africa. The Eurocentric view of Africa portrays it as being mostly Jungle, uncivilized and inhabited by step in homophiles. The other extremist view is that of those that think that Africa is the answer to all the problems afflicting the people of African descent. Television programs loosely go to the very rural areas -indeed there are some very rural areas -in the different part of the continent, they videotape these peoples way of life, and then show unaccompanied that on television. The ordinary TV watcher is only exposed to what is televised hence the maturement of the Eurocentric view of Africa.The origin supports him theme in a change of ways. He believes that people of African Descent earn a lot to learn from the continent of Africa. unity such lesson is the virtue of honesty. The root supports this by giving us an example of Geoffrey Black. While Mr. Black got into an individualised line of credit with the taxi driver and declined to go past him some extra money, The taxi driver returned his expensive camera, which he had forgotten in the cab.The compose also Emphasized on the distinctive African work ethics, conservation and communal sense of responsibility. The Africans believe that resources -like water are not to be wasted. Furthermore, everyone has a role to play in the society as a whole. Consequently, each person performs his or her duties without having to be pushed around. If there is work to b done, someone does it. Fathers also take t heir responsibilities as parents seriously. Miss Vida Dzobo, a chick who sold out her personal belongings to start up a school demonstrated citizen responsibility in contributing towards the development of the rather than waiting for the government to do so. In addition, the author did not fail to recognize the philanthropy and hospitality of the African people both by Rev Ghalas family and also through the Egyptian lady in Asmara who spread a blanket for them and gave them food.One very enriching experienced and lesson acquired is in the book is the out of sight of life as put by the author. The author in his life as a Christian and historian was impressed, overwhelmed and touched all at the same time by his experience in gold coast at the Leprosium and Podue. The author due to the lack of handicapped accessible buildings witnessed a physically challenged man bark up the stairs to attend the church. Moreover, The church was filled with lepers who were joyfully praising God desp ite their suffering. This cross incident showed that life is mush more than material things.On the flip side of the authors theme of pile between Africans and Africans in Diaspora, the Africans have a lot to gain from the People of African descent. As Dan Hoffman said, Africa had contributed greatly to the development of the Americas and have much more to contribute now both in natural resources and others ways. The author went ahead to give us examples how and where Africans could practice some help. He noted that it is in Africa that the greatest human drama had occurred in the late twentieth century. People were dying due to the widespread civil wars among the Africans. As The author put it Just as Eastern Europe is demanding democratic reforms, the same dynamic is being played out upon the African continentThe people of Africa are also perishing because from hunger yet the grunge is richly endowed with natural resources. As the author went through Egypt, he realized that tho ugh they were called deserts, Arizona, California, and Nevada have nothing equal to the piles of pure white sand that seems to have had all the signs of vitality attenuate out by the rays o the sun. The African farmers need help in such areas as farming tools and equipment as well as the technology and know how that is so richly prevalent in the west in order to adequately feed the people.In addition, the continent of Africa has its hare of political problems. In Nigeria for example, as witnessed by the author, was not politically stable because of the military rulers had strained the public with their policies. The Bureaucracy in Ghana had engulfed the system made a simple process a whole stressful home all in the name of creating jobs for people. Generally many African nations have not had good leaders. The historic leaders have only dwelled on enriching themselves and exploited the citizens while in their positions rather than improving the countys systems. Examples overwhelm Mobutu Sese Seco of former Zaire now the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the well-known tyrant Idi Amin Dada of Uganda.With the exception of a few countries such as South Africa and Egypt, the infrastructure in most African countries is not developed. The Africans could use help in his area. Educated and skilled people of African descent should come together and suffice in the improvement of the roads, the sewage systems, and provision of clean water. Unfortunately, as the author traveled to and from Ho and Ogun, he experienced first hand what badly maintained roads could lead to.There is a strength for the African people as well as African American people to gain if they cooperate. The author does well in his recommendation that more African Americans travel to the continent Africa. I concur with the author in his idea that all people of African descent should be concerned about Africa salutary like Jewish Americans are concerned about the middle east and just as the glitter Americans are concerned about Poland.As the Africans benefit from the new technology from the Africans in the west, the people of African descent will also gain valuable virtues that were extorted from them during the institution of slavery. They should therefore at least give traveling to Africa a try than just fully agreeing with the distorted view of Africa in the west. Consequently, rather than try to alienate themselves from anything to do with Africa as they have for a long time been conditioned, they will instead be able to appreciate their land of origin. This will bring out the best in them that has been hidden for an fabulously long time.

English - Gay Marriage Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 2000 words

English - hardy Marriage - Essay Example(Douthat). though gay marriages are not recognized at the Federal Government Level, few commonwealths have allowed similar raise marriages. The recent debate also seems to coincide with the campaign for upcoming elections. Recent comments by chairwoman Obama that said(prenominal) agitate marriages should be allowed and that the final say in the matter should rest with the individual states and then outline a general mood which might prevail in the campaign for upcoming elections. The boilers suit arguments are based upon whether to keep the marriage as an institution intact or tear it away by allowing same perk up marriages. There is strong debate upon creating a new constitutional just and overthrowing a currently held constitutional right of marriage with opposite sex. ( Associated Press) What implications the debate on the same sex marriages will have for the next elections and how the presidential candidates in the next election should address this issue is what this topic will discuss and explore. Gay Marriages Gay marriage is a multi-dimensional issue with phantasmal, political, social as swell up as moral consequences. Since the beginning of human history, men have always married women and that is considered a religious duty because marriage has been considered as a mechanism to legally reproduce. Reproduction therefore was one of the come across reasons as to why marriages took place and the overall system of family built. Family is considered as the basic unit of a night club and therefore marriage with opposite sex is considered as the only way through which family can be raised. (Taylor) Gay marriages are largely opposed based upon the concerns for raising the family, the religious issues, parenting as well as traditions of the societies. (Olsen). These social elements therefore may be shattered if same sex marriages are allowed and the very theoretical account of the society itself can crumbl e if same sex marriages are common. Further, it is also argued that the rights of the children being raised by their biological parents could be hampered if same sex marriages take place. As such it is considered that the overall benefit of same marriages goes to the couple involved in it and other elements of the society may not benefit from the same sex marriages. (Goodstein) However, it is also critical to note that those who advocate for same sex marriages indicate that denying an individual to marry with a same sex partner is actually a discrimination based upon the sexual orientation of the individual. Gay Marriages in US Same Sex Marriages are not federally allowed in US however, some individual States have allowed gay marriages. Massachusetts was the first State which allowed same sex marriages in 2004 and was followed by other States too to allow the same sex marriages. Some other States are also lined up for allowing the same sex marriages and hence the overall legal supp ort for gay and same sex marriages is increasing at the State aim. (Press) One of the biggest hurdles towards allowing gay marriages, legally at the Federal level is the Defense of Marriage Act 1996. Under this act marriage was defined at the Federal level and thus a legal cover was provided to the institution of marriage and family. It is critical to note however, that before 1996 State laws defined marriage and Federal Government current that definition though such marriages were not accepted by some other States. The overall public support for gay marriages is on the rise since eighties and public opinion is divided on this issue. The recent surveys

Leadership Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1000 words

Leadership - Essay ExampleThis is contested by Andersen (2006) who wrote that traits alone are not sufficiency for in effect(p) leadinghip and they are only prerequisite. Traits only provide people with the potential for attracters. Goleman (2008) hypothesized that great leading are naturally inclined to show interest in others and bring about positive feelings from these people. This and then allows a strong show of support. He further mentioned that nurture and practice on desirable leadership style can lead to enhanced performance of a potential leader. Thus, the Great Man hypothesis only explains a part of a successful leader. There are various factors that influence the information of a good leader (Goleman 2008). Cawthon (1996) stated that most important leadership capabilities and proficiencies can be knowing and people can be educated along these as long as there is appetite to learn and there are no apparent obstacles to learning such as a learning disorder. When s tudying the several circumstances that play an important role in the lives of the great leaders, it seems hard to intend that only inherent traits topd to their success. There are too many variables that are considered to make effective leaders. The obstinance of certain inherent traits does not guarantee the success of leadership. Additionally, any leadership style can be successful as long as it recognizes the path to success. Strong leadership capability goes further than transmitted inheritance. House and Mitchell (1974) proposed that successful leaders have the capacity to persuade and motivate others to willingingly increase their efforts to contribute to the organisation. They further stated that this can be achieved through a leaders inimitable center on toward fulfilling the needs of their associates by providing the needed training, supervision and support. These motivate followers toward higher levels of performance. Researchers often take on the assumption that lea dership comes inherently with individuals, that some of them .possess a set of inherent traits that enable them to be recognised as great leaders. For many years, this assumption led social scientists to focus only on these traits. However, because of variety in the results research, the trait theory was discarded in favor of the theory that leadership development does not espouse inherent leadership traits but only leadership styles or behaviors that may be essential and changed completely from one setting to another. There is also the notion that a person who is a leader in one setting may be a follower in another in the same way that traits which are practical in one situation may not be helpful in others. Thus, leaders are not born with any specific traits that determine effective leadership (Howard & Wilson, 1982). Even without inherent traits, a person can be an effective leader as long as he can adapt to the unique demands of ever changing organisations. According to Howard and Wilson (1982), leaders must have the aspiration to lead. In order to be effective, a person must inadequacy to lead. However, even if a person has the ability and education to lead but has no enthusiasm, success will most likely not be achieved. History has presented the crucial roles that leaders and leadership play in the success of an organisation these can be in the context of business ventures, educational settings and

Amazon Utilizes a Unique Method in Delivering Books to Consumers, This Research Paper

virago Utilizes a Unique Method in Delivering Books to Consumers, This Network Is Called Whispernet - Research melodic theme ExampleE-commerce has profoundly altered the mode through which people utilise to traditionally buy goods and/or services as well as conduct business activities. The major markets of e-commerce can be place as United States, United Kingdom and Japan in the current scenario. In the e-commerce segment, amazon faces tilt from several players. In North American region, the major players of e-commerce apart from Amazon ar Apple, Wal-Mart and Sears, while in Latin America, BuscaPe.com, Groupon.com, Mercado Livre, and UOL play a dominating role among other e-retailers. In European region, the major players are eBay, DailyDeal.com, Weltbild.com and CooleDeals.com among other websites. Similarly, in Asian region the major e-commerce players are 360buy.com, Suning.com and Meituan.com among other websites. As these websites also turn in similar segment, they tend t o act as major competitors for Amazon (yStats, Global B2C E-Commerce Players Report 2011). disregardless of several competitors in the e-commerce sector, Amazon has shown significant growth in terms of its business and revenue. Thesis pedagogy The paper aims to develop an unambiguous understanding towards the impact of e-commerce over the business functions of Amazon. The paper describes how Amazon has apply e-commerce in several aspects of business in order to gain higher revenue. The paper also describes the strategies used by Amazon analysing the telecommunication approaches used by the company. Company Characteristics Historically, Amazon has tangled itself strictly with e-commerce trends and was lucky in developing its business functions from mere book selling to an e-retailing company. By recognising the growth trend of internet, Amazon had commenced offering virtual bookstore facilities providing opportunities to buyers to view books along with reviews before purchasing. Amazon commenced its operations on sop up in 1997 with a vision to retail books with low-cost compared to other traditional book retailers. In 1998, Amazon expounded the product line from books to other items to strengthen its position in e-commerce (Pearson Education, Introduction to E-commerce). The mission of Amazon is to emerge as a customer oriented company and attain the leadership position in the online retailing market. Amazons objective is to satisfy the requirement and desire of customers in e-commerce segment. It is the goal of the organisation to increase the efficiency and productivity of business and turn into a preferable website for online shopping of books along with other products. Organizational Structure Presently, Amazon follows the virtual organisational structure which is a modern form of business introduced in the 21st century. As a virtual organization, Amazon possesses a widespread geologically dispersed work culture, empowered by forward-looking telecomm unication