BB 9

• Read chapter 10: Social Perspection and Cognition
• Watch edutaining TED Talk by Rick Benjamin (author of Whitopia), “My Road Trip Through the Whitest Towns in America” at https://www.ted.com/talks/rich_benjamin_my_road_trip_through_the_whitest_towns_in_america?referrer=playlist-bridging_cultural_differences

TED Description: As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA — and moved in. In this funny, honest, human talk, he shares what he learned as a black man in Whitopia. 

Instructions

~500-word blog: Write your reaction to chapter 10 on the social attribution theory and connect it to the experiences of Rich Benjamin. Structure your blog into strong paragraphs: intro (context of exploration), connection (background information), focus (concepts from the textbook in relation to TED talk), dilemma (define the problem and provide examples), solution (describe solutions), conclusion (evaluate and synthesize your ideas based on various perspectives), and finally future direction (pose one critical question). Your writing should be understandable by someone who has not read the chapter or heard Rich’s funny adventure through Whitopia.

BB 10: Social Interaction Across Cultures

• Read: Textbook Chapter 11
• Watch: The Psychology of Culture | Fernando Lanzer | TEDxAUBG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgdRzyCO5Zo

TED Description: Fernando LanzerBrazilian, having lived in the United States and currently based in the Netherlands; Fernando Lanzer has a reputation for “telling it like it is” using humor. He has two published books: “ Take Off Your Glasses”, in English and “Crossing Cultures Without Getting Run Over”, in Portuguese. Fernando Lanzer makes use of his experience of 28 years as an executive ABN AMRO and 12 years as a consultant in over 40 countries to speak about leadership and managing across cultures. He is a former chair of the Supervisory Group of AIESEC International.

After completing the above assignments for BB12, write a short blog (500 words) by integrating the below questions into your piece. Start early to ensure that your peers have enough time to read and comment on your blog. Post at least two different peer-comments.

Based on your reading of chapter 11, cross-cultural psychologists ask important questions on how to tackle issues of cross-cultural miscommunication and how to bring positive change to such essential human activities.

1. Self-interest: Which of the topics presented in this chapter sparked your interest? Elaborate and tell us how your current academic knowledge base might help you in your future profession. Use specific concepts from the textbook and provide specific examples. Then link your intro paragraph to the TED Talk (next question)

2. Focus: What is the central idea of the TED Talk?  What were some highlights of his talk? How is his talk connected to your intro idea? Define a dilemma in his talk to link it to my next question.

3. Dilemma: Did you ever experience any kind of culture shock as described in the TED Talk? Or did you ever experience intergenerational miscommunication between yourself and let’s say family members (e.g., parents, grandparents, etc.) or friends who grew up in different times and geographies?

4. Solution: What might help to avoid any kind of miscommunication when working with colleagues from various cultural backgrounds? What solutions is the research descried in the chapter offering?

5. Conclusion: What are your concluding thoughts based on what you have learned this week about social interaction across cultures  and in general about the course so far? Be specific.

Finally, ask one critical question and answer at least two different peer-questions after posting your initial-post.

Each week we will be looking at a set period from our past.  Although these are our ancestors, it will seem like we are studying a distant planet, inhabited by people with the strangest of habits.  Fortunately, these subjects of our observation give us abundant clues about who they are.  Their art, their writing, their technology, the way they do business, the way they govern themselves all feed into a picture we will attempt to paint for ourselves each week.  Understanding who they were will help us understand who we are.

Each week you will be given three or four questions pertaining to important topics covered in the materials provided in the question itself, the textbook, the lectures, the other materials provided, and my comments in my Live Session. You choose the one you like and post a response of 125 words or more.  You also need to respond to another post from one of your fellow students.  This second post should be at least 60 or so words long and should not just agree with or repeat what has been said. 

Please use an example that has not already been used in the discussion

• What is Fascism?  Is it the logical pattern of government that resulted from the Industrial Revolution?  What countries fell to Fascist leaders?  Why?  How did these leaders use art to show and increase their power?
• How did the movies become such an important part of American culture during this time?  Who were some of the people who made this happen?  How did the movies become the huge business it became during this time?
• After WWII, Western art entered a period in which a new sort of art developed.  Called “abstract” this form of art is often puzzling to new viewers, yet it says something about both the people who created it and the culture and world that inspired it.  What is “abstract art” and why do you think people chose to express themselves this way in the middle of the 20th century?  Use one artist who created abstract art and tell us why you think they did that sort of art.
• What was the Beat Generation?  Using two examples of American writers who were “Beat” artists, tell us what their work says about America in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
• The”Blues”is a uniquely American art form. Using the examples in the document below and any examples you find from the same period, choose one blues artist whose work has influenced another artist of your choice from the Rhythm & Blues or Rock and Roll artists of the 50’s and 60’s. Use one song from each artist and show the influence of the blues artist in the work of the R&B or R&R artist you choose and discuss the influence of the Blues on modern popular music in general.Robert Johnson to Elvis _1_.doc 

How to Improve Your Score with Discussion Boards

With the first week of Discussion Boards in front of us, it is a good time to pause and reflect before moving forward. If the score is the only thing you look at and moved on, you are doing yourself a disservice. Read the feedback and consider why you lost points, to prevent the same thing happening week after week.

Here are a few common mistakes to avoid:

1. Not writing enough. This is a writing class. You are expected to read and listen to the materials, analyze and write an understandable response that covers the subject and answers the questions. Use complete sentences, as these are not short-answer questions. You might need to do a bit of extra research.
2. Cite your sources at the end of the initial post. Never cut-and-paste materials from sources. We want to see your thoughts and not those of others. If you summarize someone else’s thoughts or you use a direct quote, cite them. With assignments of this length, do not use long quotes. A short phrase is the maximum.
3. If your response to your classmates is “Great post!” “I agree with you!”  are all you write, then you will not get points. Read their posts and find something they say that you can comment on. You can agree or disagree but provide evidence to prove your claims. The length here is important as well. Say something interesting that relates to the subject. Again, if you use outside sources, cite them.
4. Make sure your comments are organized, relate to the subject and make sense.
5. Check grammar, spelling, sentence structure, etc. As a college student, mistakes in these areas should not be present in your writing. When they are present, go back and review and learn why you made the mistake, so that you will not make them next time.
6. When you have completed your post, before you post it, re-read and edit it. You send your best work to be graded. Grading should not be an editing service, but a confirmation of your hard work. You are not done and should not post until you have edited your work for errors.
7. As a southerner, I often tell myself…Self, you cannot write the way you speak. Use your formal voice, with correct grammar and diction. To be honest, I was born a redneck, but I work hard to keep it under wraps in my writing. Writing well will become one of the greatest skills you can develop, but it takes constant work.
8. Try to check and respond to your classmates throughout the week. Read my responses to your classmates as well. You will find that the give and take of the responses will add much to your understanding.

Hopefully, these thoughts will help. Go through this process each week after grades are posted. It is always about continual improvement. I often say that for any of us, there is no finish line in writing. We will work to improve throughout our lives. Dr. Mike

 MUST BE PERFECT WRITING, NO MISTAKES TEACHER STRICT! NO EXTENTIONS HOMEWORK MUST BE CORRECT BE EXTREM,ELY DETAILED IN RESPONSE

In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style, you will develop a process for advocating about an issue as a nurse, from identifying a problem that needs to be solved through articulating a process for doing so.

This assignment consists of answering each of the questions listed below from the “Political Analysis and Strategies” chapter of your course textbook. Write each question as a new topic area; then follow with a paragraph or two to answer the question.

Let us assume that you are a school nurse in a high school. At a recent school athletic event, a spectator suffered a cardiac arrest in the stands. A coach of the home team went into the high school to fetch the automatic emergency defibrillator (AED) only to find out that it was not readily available. In the meantime, an emergency squad arrived and resuscitated the spectator. On Monday morning, you learn of the absence of the AED only to find out that it had been locked in the custodian’s closet. Reflect on the following questions outlined in the “Political Analysis and Strategies” chapter

• What is the issue?
• Is it my issue, and can I solve it?
• Is this the real issue or merely a symptom of a larger one?
• Does it need an immediate solution, or can it wait?
• Is it likely to go away by itself?
• Can I risk ignoring it?
• What are the possible solutions? Are there risks to these solutions?
• What steps would you need to take in order to solve the issue?
• Does anyone else at the school need to be involved in the solution?
• Where is the power leverage in the school to reach the preferred solution?
  • Reaching a solution requires the use of power vested in the nurse. Review Box 9-1 (Sources of Power) and determine which type(s) of power the school nurse has in this situation. State your reasons for your answer.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.

The one-for-one pioneer looks out for its people as well as the world’s poor, with perks like eight weeks’ paid paternity leave.After a yearlong sabbatical, Blake Mycoskie returned to Toms, his philanthropic fashion company, filled with resolve to improve lives. By that, of course, he meant the lives of people in poverty, to whom Toms donates shoes, eye care, clean water, and other goods through its buy-one-give-one model. But he also meant “the people who work here everyday. How are we investing in their well-being?” asks Mycoskie.In the three years since, Toms has introduced several practices and programs to make employees’ lives both more balanced and more fulfilling. There are flexible work schedules and no-meeting Mondays, both suggestions that arrived through a new online platform called Toms Idea Room. A very family-friendly benefits package includes eight weeks of paid paternity leave.The most intriguing practices are those binding Toms’ culture to its mission. For example, once a month, the company holds a “Happy Helping Hour,” in which members of a charitable organization visit Toms to engage with employees in some activity, such as preparing care packages for women in domestic abuse shelters. Toms has greatly increased employee participation in its giving trips, where they assist non-profit partners who are conducting eye exams or distributing shoes in places like Nepal and Honduras. Full-timers are invited on a trip after their first year; after their third year; and then every three years after that.The most recent program is the Tomorrows Project, endowed by Mycoskie with money from the sale of 50 percent of Toms to Bain Capital. Every month, employees are invited to submit ideas for a charitable project that inspires them. The company votes; and the person with the winning idea receives $10,000 and two days off work to make it happen. The Project opened for business in January by sending five children who had lost parents to a grief-support camp. In February, a member of the tech team received 40 used computers to refurbish for at-risk youth.Programs like the Tomorrows Project and Happy Helping Hours work only in a culture where people care more about the social mission than about making a buck or being part of a cool fashion business. Intrinsic motivation, by definition, is not something you can train for. That’s why “we spend a lot of time talking about how to use the interview process to evaluate for fit and values,” says Toms’ chief people officer, Amy Thompson.The company’s interviewing guide is a fascinating document that should appeal to any organization–social enterprise or not–that has bothered to identify values and expects employees to adhere to them. It includes four sets of a dozen or more questions each that track its four values. For example, to see how well a candidate embodies the value “We expect a lot from each other,” a manager might ask how someone would react if their boss requested they do something outside their job description. For “We are committed to a long-term vision,” the manager might ask for an example of an unpopular short-term decision.Embracing a long term vision is especially important as Toms evolves into a larger, more mature organization. “Culture is a very organic thing,” says Thompson. “It is not something you preserve as companies grow. It is something you nurture.”Reference Buchanan, L. (2018). Why this company’s mission includes no-meeting Mondays: The one-for-one pioneer looks out for its people as well as the world’s poor, with perks like eight weeks’ paid paternity leave. Inc.com. https://www.inc.com/magazine/201605/leigh-buchanan/toms-employee-culture-programs.html
Answer the following questions:Strategy at Tom’s

1. What is the organizational culture of Tom’s like?
2. How does the organizational culture affect the way the employees behave?
3. What are some potential sources of intrinsic motivation for Tom’s employees?

To post to the discussion, click on Week 3 Discussionabove, then Create Thread. It is required to submit your initial response post to enter the Discussion Forum. If you enter the Discussion Forum prior to submitting your initial response post, you will not earn credit for your post.Please read each question thoroughly and answer all questions in their entirety in your initial post. It is important to answer all components of the questions in a comprehensive discussion post. If the question asks “Why?” or “Please Explain” it is required to include this information. Please note it is required to support your responses with information from the sources you used. Your peer post responses should include the course concepts. Providing a one or two sentence response is not acceptable. Simply agreeing with your peers or reiterating the information they provided is not acceptable. Your peer posts should include a response that reflects your understanding of the course concepts and provide additional information to add to and further the discussion. You should cite your sources and provide the references for your sources at the end of your posts.Discussion assignments will be graded as follows:Thoroughly answered all of the questions: 40
Quality of responses to two classmates: 20
References to text and/or other sources: 10
Spelling/Grammar at college level: 10
Posted on 3 separate days: 20
TOTAL: 100 points

Discussion Posts (APA Guidelines)It is required you support your initial posts and peer posts with cited information from the sources you use and provide the sources in your reference list to avoid plagiarism.
It is required to use correct APA 7th ed. format when citing your sources (including the textbook) when writing your discussion posts. This applies to both short quotations and paraphrases. Please include all sources used in the reference list at the end of your posts. In-text and narrative citations are required to avoid plagiarism.All sources are required to be published between 2012 and 2021. Sources should include the course textbook, the article in the above Case Study, scholalry, peer-reviewed journal articles, and professional sources. The following sources are NOT accepted: Wikipedia, Wiki websites, Blogs, encyclopedias, bibliography.com, online books or textbooks, other books or textbooks, dictionaries, online essays, other students’ papers found in online websites, dissertations, White Pages, videos, and non-professional online websites.Your peer responses are required to be addressed to the student you are responding to by name.