In this week's readings, you learned about the major contributors to the development of total quality management (TQM). Some of the methods that each developed are more suited to one application versus another. Select three contributors from the list shown here whose TQM methods could be readily applied to the daily business and medical operations of a medical center or hospital.
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Explore the impact of narratives on community work, empowerment, and different groups. How can storytelling empower marginalized communities and groups by providing a new communal narrative? Provide examples from the readings.
Reflect on the ethical considerations of using storytelling in advocacy and organizing efforts. What are the potential challenges or risks associated with reshaping narratives to promote a cause?
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Cultural competence and cultural humility are issues that social work has wrestled with historically. As social work practitioners, we seek to meet clients where they are at and also be as supportive as possible. But how do we ensure that our supervisory practice is the most effective in working with supervisees who may have different cultural backgrounds than ourselves? How do we continually refine our theory for practice through the lens of cultural competence? This assignment will build on what we have been discussing from a theoretical perspective for the past two weeks and leverage those learnings here in our exploration of the article by Fisher-Borne, Cain, and Martin (2015) that you read this week.
In 5 pages, explain the authors' perspectives on cultural competence and cultural humility. How does this perspective match with your theoretical practice methods as it relates to social work supervision? If you were conducting group supervision with several members who are people of color, what concepts from Fisher-Borne, Cain, and Martin's article would you consider in your supervision style and strategy?
The three main bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria for this assignment:
Fisher-Borne, M., Cain, J. M., & Martin, S. L. (2015). From mastery to accountability: Cultural humility as an alternative to cultural competence.Links to an external site. Social Work Education, 34(2), 165–181.
The personalized Cultural Intelligence Development Plan is a three-part analysis that will complete the project .
· Part One: CQ and My Organization (100 points)
All organizations and businesses can benefit from cultural intelligence, even if that organization or business is not operating on a global scale. Part One of this development plan involves analyzing the cultural intelligence of your workplace or the place your wish to work. Identify the mission of the workplace, strategies in place to promote cultural diversity and cultural intelligence, and the workplace’s perceived return on investment for having these strategies in place.
· Part Two: CQ Personal Development Plan (100 points)
After completing the organizational analysis, think about personal growth in cultural intelligence to help fulfill the mission of their workplace, develop new strategies for diversity and CQ, and increase the return on investment. Also identify tools and resources to help achieve those goals.
· Part Three: Global Leadership & CQ Action Plan (100 points)
Discuss The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Model created by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Review that model at: https://www.leadershipchallenge.com/Research/Five-Practices.aspx. After writing a personal development plan, students will reflect on how global leadership and cultural intelligence knowledge and goals will create positive changes to their workplace. Students will write a pledge statement for using global leadership and CQ in your workplace while promoting The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership Model.
Define, describe, and critique two leadership theories such as contingency theory, situational theory, or leader-member exchange theory, and explain how they can be applied to social work practice. State your reasons and use properly cited references to support your position. 300 words and 3 references
Compose an academic book review for either:
Kashi, Ed. 2008. Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta. powerHouse
Books: New York.
OR
Grandia, Liza. 2012. Enclosed: Conservation, Cattle, and Commerce Among the Q’eqchi’
Maya Lowlanders. University of Washington Press: Seattle, WA.
(1450 words) double-spaced. The analysis should be written as a reflective response to the prompt below. All opinions stated need to be supported by examples and all claims supported by evidence.
As part of your final project, Leadership Development Training, you will have your employees take at least three leadership style assessments. Your Northouse text provides 15 different leadership assessments. Using the assessments provided in the text, choose three that you might use with your employees as part of your training program.
Write five-pages on the following:
With the potential for climate change looming, what do you think will be our next source of food and why? This exercise is worth 10 points. Replies should be between 75 and 100 words.
W3 Discussion: Intentions Choose either Option 1 or 2 for your Initial Posting. Option 1. Do you identify more with Kant’s deontology or Bentham’s Utilitarianism from Chapter 5? Is intention more important than consequences? Give an example of a difficult decision you made that you feel was the morally right decision. Was your decision based on intention, on consequences, or on a combination of both? Option 2. Refer to Box 6.3 on page 254 in your textbook. Consider the idea that rationality creates good decisions. Identify a decision you made that could have used more reason (logic) to arrive at a good or moral decision or identify a decision that you made rationally that could have used more emotion. Directions: Your initial post should be a minimum of 250 words and should adequately answer the following asked. You should then respond to two classmates by elaborating on something said, giving clarification, or asking a question. Each response post should be between 25-50 words. Your initial post is worth 15 points, and each response post is worth 5 points. See the Syllabus for the grading criteria. second question . You may use your textbook or any other course content without citations. However, if you use info. from outside the course (online or print), please complete an MLA citation for each source used. Your chapter summary should be a minimum of 2 pages (MLA format). In a journal format, answer or elaborate on the following: Overview of Utilitarianism: In your own words, explain what you understand about utilitarianisn. If someone asked you what you studied in this chapter, what could you tell that person? What is still confusing to you? 2. Overview of Kant’s Deontology: In your own words, explain what you understand about Kant’s ethical theories. If someone asked you what you studied in this chapter, what could you tell that person? What is still confusing to you? 3. Philosophers: Compare and contrast Immanuel Kant’s and Jeremy Bentham’s theories. What is the main difference between them? Are there any similarities? 4. Reflection: Which theory do you like more–one that focuses on consequences or one that focuses on intent? Which do you think makes for a more moral society? 5. Clarification: Is there any concept that just does not make sense to you or that needs clarification?
