23 hours ago
Ashford University: CRJ 308- Week 5 Discussion
Question:
When dealing with vulnerability, dependency and resistance with clients, which of these do you feel would be the most difficult to overcome? In what way does the helping professional fall victim to these issues as well? Is one more likely than another for the helping professional? Reply in 250-300 words. Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates' posts.
Answer:
Human services workers need to deal with three important factors in their area of work- vulnerability, dependency and resistance. Often, they come in contact with clients who are vulnerable due to illness, failure, unemployment and physical violence. Exposure to the events leading to client vulnerability due to violence also leads them to show adverse posttraumatic stress reactions (Brend, Krane & Saunders, 2019). To deal with the situation while dealing with vulnerable clients, special skills and knowledge to deal with such clients and situations is required and I think this is the most difficult of the three areas. The role of human services professionals is very challenging in such situations, where they are required to develop and create a change in the destructive environment, while keeping positive themselves. They need to show empathy, communication skills and understanding of the situation. This may be particularly difficult as client is actually using the worker just to vent out his/her own frustration. Clients also do not want to come to terms with the fact that they need help as the culture in the society is that of independence. They also are resistant to change, which the workers should understand as quite natural. But this could be overcome by efficient communication and confrontation with facts (Levine, 2013). I think workers could be vulnerable when they think that they can be the agents of change. It is actually the clients who change, human services workers are only a way to manage that change.
Question:
When dealing with vulnerability, dependency and resistance with clients, which of these do you feel would be the most difficult to overcome? In what way does the helping professional fall victim to these issues as well? Is one more likely than another for the helping professional? Reply in 250-300 words. Respond to a minimum of two of your classmates' posts.
Answer:
Human services workers need to deal with three important factors in their area of work- vulnerability, dependency and resistance. Often, they come in contact with clients who are vulnerable due to illness, failure, unemployment and physical violence. Exposure to the events leading to client vulnerability due to violence also leads them to show adverse posttraumatic stress reactions (Brend, Krane & Saunders, 2019). To deal with the situation while dealing with vulnerable clients, special skills and knowledge to deal with such clients and situations is required and I think this is the most difficult of the three areas. The role of human services professionals is very challenging in such situations, where they are required to develop and create a change in the destructive environment, while keeping positive themselves. They need to show empathy, communication skills and understanding of the situation. This may be particularly difficult as client is actually using the worker just to vent out his/her own frustration. Clients also do not want to come to terms with the fact that they need help as the culture in the society is that of independence. They also are resistant to change, which the workers should understand as quite natural. But this could be overcome by efficient communication and confrontation with facts (Levine, 2013). I think workers could be vulnerable when they think that they can be the agents of change. It is actually the clients who change, human services workers are only a way to manage that change.
2 days ago
Question:
Choose a construct (sexual jealousy, self-confidence, etc.) and find and describe two measures of that construct in the research literature. Identify the references (using APA style) and describe the measures for each (find at least two peer-reviewed scientific articles). If you were conducting your own study, which one (if either) would you use and why?
Note: please refer to this week's reading to understand what a construct is and what a measure is. You should refer to the types of measures in your post: behavioral, physical, etc...
Some variables are easy to measure like age of a person, scores on a statistics test for students etc, which are quantitative measures. However, some variables like attractiveness, confidence, jealousy or capability are difficult to measure as they are not straightforward and are known as constructs (Saylor Foundation, n.d).
Answer:
OSHA has been able to contribute significantly towards workplace safety and since it was implemented in 1971, it has been able to reduce casualties while working at workplace. OSHA has been able to bring out collaborative education and outreach efforts and kept relentless checks on any possible violations by regular site inspections.
Coolness is something that one associated with swanky cars, electronic appliances etc and is something that really cannot be evaluated easily. What may be cool to me might not be the same for another person. Coolness is now an essential psychological criterion for designers and developers when new products, interfaces and applications are being developed. This article explores the coolness factor by developing a coolness questionnaire (Brunn, Raptis, Kjeldskov & Skov, 2016). Similarly, confidence level is something which is a construct and not easy to measure. A study of confidence was undertaken at the University of Newcastle to explore relationship between confidence, self-efficacy and resource allocation and was important from the perspective of disadvantaged students who face many barriers to get educated (Atherton, 2015). I would take up the first study if I had to as that is something that is more measurable, especially with the coolness questionnaire and other tools shown in the study, while the second study does not provide any major tools to
Choose a construct (sexual jealousy, self-confidence, etc.) and find and describe two measures of that construct in the research literature. Identify the references (using APA style) and describe the measures for each (find at least two peer-reviewed scientific articles). If you were conducting your own study, which one (if either) would you use and why?
Note: please refer to this week's reading to understand what a construct is and what a measure is. You should refer to the types of measures in your post: behavioral, physical, etc...
Some variables are easy to measure like age of a person, scores on a statistics test for students etc, which are quantitative measures. However, some variables like attractiveness, confidence, jealousy or capability are difficult to measure as they are not straightforward and are known as constructs (Saylor Foundation, n.d).
Answer:
OSHA has been able to contribute significantly towards workplace safety and since it was implemented in 1971, it has been able to reduce casualties while working at workplace. OSHA has been able to bring out collaborative education and outreach efforts and kept relentless checks on any possible violations by regular site inspections.
Coolness is something that one associated with swanky cars, electronic appliances etc and is something that really cannot be evaluated easily. What may be cool to me might not be the same for another person. Coolness is now an essential psychological criterion for designers and developers when new products, interfaces and applications are being developed. This article explores the coolness factor by developing a coolness questionnaire (Brunn, Raptis, Kjeldskov & Skov, 2016). Similarly, confidence level is something which is a construct and not easy to measure. A study of confidence was undertaken at the University of Newcastle to explore relationship between confidence, self-efficacy and resource allocation and was important from the perspective of disadvantaged students who face many barriers to get educated (Atherton, 2015). I would take up the first study if I had to as that is something that is more measurable, especially with the coolness questionnaire and other tools shown in the study, while the second study does not provide any major tools to
3 days ago
Ashford University: MGMT 496- Week 1 Discussion 2
Question:
Download the O.S.H.A Pocket Guide – Worker Safety Series: Warehousing (Links to an external site.). Identify two potential safety issues that your current (or former) organization could be facing and explain why in 200-250 words.
Answer:
OSHA has been able to contribute significantly towards workplace safety and since it was implemented in 1971, it has been able to reduce casualties while working at workplace. OSHA has been able to bring out collaborative education and outreach efforts and kept relentless checks on any possible violations by regular site inspections.
Two hazards that I see can be occurring in my organization are manual lifting/ handling and poor ergonomics. We do have automated mechanisms at most places in the plant but some areas are there where we may need to use labor for manually lifting materials. This obviously can cause strain and muscular disorders. The management needs to contemplate having fully automated work designs so that no one is required to do heavy lifting of materials. Apart from that, some very good suggestions in the meantime are recommended in the OSHA guide like explaining the positions one can use while doing the lifting, determining the proper lifting method, no twisting while carrying load, looking at reducing lifts shoulder height by repositioning the shelf. Using coworkers to help in lifting goods so that load is not on a single individual is also helpful. Proper training in the area to avoid having medical issues will also help.
Question:
Download the O.S.H.A Pocket Guide – Worker Safety Series: Warehousing (Links to an external site.). Identify two potential safety issues that your current (or former) organization could be facing and explain why in 200-250 words.
Answer:
OSHA has been able to contribute significantly towards workplace safety and since it was implemented in 1971, it has been able to reduce casualties while working at workplace. OSHA has been able to bring out collaborative education and outreach efforts and kept relentless checks on any possible violations by regular site inspections.
Two hazards that I see can be occurring in my organization are manual lifting/ handling and poor ergonomics. We do have automated mechanisms at most places in the plant but some areas are there where we may need to use labor for manually lifting materials. This obviously can cause strain and muscular disorders. The management needs to contemplate having fully automated work designs so that no one is required to do heavy lifting of materials. Apart from that, some very good suggestions in the meantime are recommended in the OSHA guide like explaining the positions one can use while doing the lifting, determining the proper lifting method, no twisting while carrying load, looking at reducing lifts shoulder height by repositioning the shelf. Using coworkers to help in lifting goods so that load is not on a single individual is also helpful. Proper training in the area to avoid having medical issues will also help.
