Essays on Personal Reflection

Newspaper Article 1: Employee Retention- How to Retain Employees

Introduction The purpose of the paper Employee Retention- How to Retain Employees is to highlight several tactics that a human resource manager can employ to retain the employees in their organization. As such, the organizations that utilize the outline tactics benefit from the associated high turnover costs as well as productivity. The paper aims at ensuring employers create a strong workforce by retaining the employees.

Summary

The paper highlights twelve tactics that any employer aiming to retain their employees can utilize. For instance, the paper talks about offering highly competitive benefits packages that relate to the needs of the employees. ...

Personal Reflection:

Abstract Cultural bias is a condition that can have great effect upon the education of a student. In Canada it has been seen that while immigrants are quite welcome and even encouraged to settle within the provinces, they are still seen as second-class in several ways. Two of those ways involve their place in education and their cultural identities. While Canada is renowned for its acceptance of many various races and peoples, it is not as well known for its quiet assimilation of its immigrants into the Canadian culture. Immigrants are not paid as much, do not always receive ...

A key issue within photographic practice and culture is the establishment of perspective regarding the influence that the self and the underlying aesthetic preferences and expectations that are brought to the art. These preferences demonstrate an essential aspect of valuation in regards to not only the perceptions that are held by those viewing the art and their understanding of beauty but also the level of awareness or unawareness that the photographer has in their composition and viewpoint at the point of the photograph's creation. The idea of the unawareness about the self-knowing as a common phenomenon in our society, ...

Leadership & Body Language in Hospitality

INTRODUCTION Hospitality is a service-oriented industry. By definition, service is hospitality's most fundamental component based on which needs of customers, internal or external, are met. In order to better serve customers, hospitality organizations invest in every possible means to make customers satisfied. This covers changes from as broad as B2B strategic partnerships, international expansions and segmentized promotions) to small-scale as dress code, menus and decorations. In so doing, hospitality companies endeavor to add value in an industry growing more competitive, particularly by recent adoption of ICT platforms and applications enabling immediate peer-to-peer, B2C and B2B feedback. The case for ...

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conduct a self-reflection on the knowledge acquired after undertaking the course. As such, it is set to analyze my orientations and perspectives about the needs of the students, the roles of the teacher, and incorporation of culture. Methods: The paper is based on the analysis of peer-reviewed articles that provide a framework of the self-assessment. In other words, the theoretical stipulations presented by the authors are used as the lenses of the assessment. Findings: The course has imparted crucial understanding in regard to how I view education and roles of different ...

The point that fascinated me the most is, the use of scales is to present information numerically to facilitate the interpretation of data either as analysis, or in presenting the findings of research. The purpose is though apparently very simple but the real part depends on the type of scale chosen to represent it. Nominal, ordinal, interval and the ration, these four types of scales are the real storyteller that how the data will be selected and interpreted. All these kinds of scales are different in strength, weakness, and ...

Over all the chapter number, 14 was very interesting and relatively easy to understand than other chapters. It was because of some easy concepts such as mean and variation that we had learnt many times before this, as well. However, the most interesting concept among all the topics discussed in the chapter was about editing the collected data before analyzing it. This was a short topic but still attracted my attention the most. Perhaps, the reason behind this was I felt this was one ...

Curiositea Gift Company, the project that I developed together with other four girls, had the mission to sell affordable handmade vintage teacups filled with tea scented candles, shower gel or bath bombs, separately or as a gift. For this aim, we targeted as the end use women aged 30-50, with refined tests for home accessories and an interest in relaxation, harmony and aesthetics. The direct buyers, however, are much more varied, ranging from students to adults who desire to purchase gifts for their friends, mothers, and acquaintances. The main marketing strategy consisted in a combination of strong social media ...

Introduction

One of the most important elements in leadership is continuous personal development. This is achieved through engaging in professional development and from feedback and experience (Zuzelo, 2010 p. 3). Through this, this paper will discuss the development of problem-solving skills. Driscoll’s model of reflection will be used in this case. This is because Driscoll’s model allows for asking of the “what” question (what happened in the situation). This is then moved on to the so what (what was the feeling, was it a good or a bad one) and now what (if the situation ever occurs again, what ...

In today’s society, the youth is often observed to be pre-occupied with their gadgets. People are busy with typing, replying, tweeting, and many other social media activities. The shift in lifestyle undoubtedly changed many things in this generation’s interpersonal and intrapersonal relationship. Yes, I believe that modernization made life seemingly fast-paced and spontaneous, without time to sit and think about things in a serious manner. Is there any more time for personal reflection? I think there is because a reflection is a personal act that allows people to connect with reality and understand each experience in life. I know that ...

Introduction

The self is the way in which one perceives oneself. The self is influenced by self-concept, self-esteem, self-efficacy and the social self. Self-concept is the idea of the self and is derived from various factors such as personality traits, how one looks or thinks about their looks, their personal values, life ambitions and their role or place in life (Fournier, 2010). The self begins at an early age where children begin to understand themselves in the context of the social world. This developmental process is affected largely by how they relate to friends/ mentors and parents. As the child ...

Personal Based on my two writing projects I would like to write about my personal reflection on my writing in this paper. Both the writing projects involved a lot of research and observation. As a writer I have been successful in adding relevant and important details in my papers, making them more comprehensible and interesting.

I have seen a remarkable progress in my ability to write now after attending this course. My understanding of writing skills and styles has deepened in this semester. I am able to zoom into the topic and write in detail. Earlier I used to find this part ...

Everyone has listened to music at one point in their life. The effect that music has on people is phenomenal and such that the absence of music unimaginable. My musical experience is interesting as I have different tastes and sounds from different cultures. When I was growing up, I liked children’s jingles that mostly accompanied cartoon programs on television. On answering the question on my musical experience I realized that I had so much to learn about music from different generations and cultures. My first stop was my grandparents. They had an interesting taste and view about ...

Introduction

Ethnic music is something magnificent and different. When listening to it, one can feel support, cheering, sadness and sympathy. Sometimes ethnic music can bring a person to the highest tops, as well as reveal the most hidden secrets of a culture. In my opinion, ethnic music is something that makes the modern world not so cold and indifferent. The point is that modern music is alike: songs have the same rhythm lyrics have the same rhymes. Everything is similar. On the other hand, there is ethnic music. Ethnic music is like a breath fresh air. There are so many different kinds of ...

Introduction

This essay provides a personal reflection of the American Religious experience and it is based on the novel: The American Born Chinese. The Novel “American Born Chinese” provides the American religious experience to a large extent by looking at scenarios of three main protagonists. Scholars describe America as a melting point because of the diverse ethnic and religious groups it has. The novel challenges me to understanding my religious and cultural identity. In fact, after reading the novel I began my search of my identity and I became wary of stereotypes present in my culture and religion. The novel has three plots ...

ABSTRACT

The ECE 111 is one of the courses that students studying ECE at the Oregon State University will first have to encounter. The course is aimed at introducing the students to the available tools in the university; it also introduces and gets us exposed to ECE. This paper presents the final reflection report for the electrical engineering class ECE 111. It gives my personal reflection and summary of all that was learnt and all the activities that occurred during the class. The class activities mentioned in this paper include the lab activities, guest speakers, programming assignments, summaries and ...

Reflective Report of Marketing Module

Introduction The concept of marketing is essential for an organization from different aspects, and the provision of the same is the one that make a marketing department strong and effective. It is the only department of an organization that works like wonders for them, because it covers both the strategic and economic well-being of a corporation (Baum et al., 2013). From this aspect, it can be said that marketing function and orientation are essential and effective for their future aspects and growth of the entity (Baum et al., 2013). In this assignment, it is required to make a personal reflection report in ...

Management

The problem the article is attempting to solve The article attempts to look at the emerging trend among the colleges that offer MBA to introduce the Hippocratic Oath for the students as the case of the medical schools. The article attempts to explore the impact of the Hippocratic Oath on the managers and whether it makes sense in the current business environment. The central problems addressed in the article include whether the oath is a requirement for the practice in the management and whether it can lead to improved management. The author attempts to explore the impact of the ...

Individual and Peer Presentation Critique

Staging a presentation about a certain issue or topic cannot be regarded as an easy job. Firstly, it requires the reporter or the reporters—as in the case of a group report, to be knowledgeable enough about the topic or issue of their report that they can already simplify all the complex things in their discussion for the audience to understand. The saying that suggests that to be able to teach, the lecturer has to have twice the understanding of the topic than the listeners. In presenting topics in any undergraduate course programs where the presentation subjects can be quite technical ...

Personal Reflection: Workplace Teams and Groups Paper

Personal Reflection: Workplace Teams and Groups Paper

Introduction

At any given work place, no one works independent of their colleagues. Organizations are formed by a group or team of individuals with different roles that are all designed to help the organization achieve its common goal. A team or group must focus on their performance by ensuring that every member of the team fulfils their roles appropriately and within the set timelines. Teams or groups require leaders. Leaders or managers provide direction and guidance to the organization. Managers or leaders ensure that the team maintains its pursuit of the pre-set goals without ...

The Myths of Manhood is an article which attempts to demystify some of the things which young men are taught about manhood. Using a casual tone, the author debunks the myth that a man has to be mean in order to stamp his authority. The author also puts across the point that men can as well be gentle without having to put a fake brave face. Although readers of both genders can read the article, it is specifically addressed to men because the writer intends to demystify some things which men have a misconception about. To persuade the reader, the author uses a variety ...

Introduction

In this discussion two articles have been selected for reflection. They are ‘Prisons for our Bodies: Closets for our Minds by Patricia Hill Collins (2004) and Keeping Sex in Bounds by Abby Ferber (2004). First a summary of both articles will be presented. Afterwards an interpretive analysis of gender and intersections will be explained. Thirdly, my personal reflections will be offered and finally an evaluation of how both articles articulate contemporary gender issues will be highlighted.

Summary of Articles

Prisons for our Bodies: Closets for our Minds - Patricia Hill Collins In Prisons for our bodies –Closets for our Minds Patricia Collins ( ...

The article opens with a quotation from George Bernard Shaw’s land mark work Pygmalion in which the premise of the article is surmised. In this case the quotation implies that people behave not in a way which is a product of personal traits and qualities but in a way which reflects the expectations and treatment of the individual by those around them. As such, the author of the article raises key questions in the field of management from the outset despite thus far only getting one paragraph into the article.

Having quoted from Shaw’s Pygmalion Livingston (1988) then goes on to ...

Personal Reflection Paper

Personal reflection paper

When I think of my experiences while perusing my course in psychology, I think about the kind of learning processes that I have gone through. Most of my learning experiences have been systematic, as there is a standard guideline for the procedures followed while carrying out-group counselling sessions. I have learnt that group counselling is a kind of therapy, carried out amongst people who share common experiences. I vividly remember the steps followed while counselling the specified group of individuals. According to Jacobs, 2011, group counselling begins with facilitation, by the therapist (s), of the contribution of the ...