Job Roles and Working Arrangements At Richer Sounds.
Job Roles and Working Arrangements At Richer Sounds Levels of Hierarchy: are the layers of authority within an organisation. Spans of control: A span of control is the number of workers directly supervised by a more senior employee. Whereas an organisation chart shows how employees fit into the business, a job description gives details about what is expected of the individual employee. Job applicants normally receive a job description when they apply for a position with a business. A job description usually consists of: ) The title of the job (e.g. sales manager). 2) The tasks to be completed as part of the job (e.g. having to write monthly sales reports, in the case of a sales manager). 3) The responsibilities of the job (e.g. a sales manager might be responsible for managing a team of sales representatives). 4) Information on working conditions linked to the job, such as rates of pay, hours to be worked and holidays. 5) A description of how the job fits into the organisational structure. UK businesses have employed increasing number of part-time and temporary employees. They have also used self-employed workers, who hire out their skills to firms but are their own bosses. At the same time, businesses have made use of more flexible contracts of employment, in some cases with annualised hours (hours worked in a year) included instead of hours per week. High
Child development
Child development Word count 156 "Babies being handled all over, talked to, and gazed at are not only being (made aware) of the human world outside themselves, they are (becoming aware) that they themselves exist." H. Schaffer (1992) This assignment explores how children's understanding of the world develops in the first five years of life and also looking at Jean Piaget's theory(18898) and Bowlby's theory(5454). Firstly looking at general evidence of babies development and then into more detail of Piagets Cognitive Development Theory followed by Bowlby's Attachment Theory and summarising briefly what the theories both say. Starting with various signs of babies development. According to Laura Berk who wrote the development through the lifespan, New born babies start with many reflexes such as eye blink when bright light is shone near their eyes and also with a loud noise near their head like a clap. They also withdraw when the sole of their foot is pricked with a pin. They can Suck, if you place a finger in a babies mouth they will suck the finger rhythmically. They also grasp your finger when placed in the palm of their hand. There is also motor development, which is control over actions that helps children get around in the environment, such as crawling, standing and walking. In contrast there is fine motor development which is smaller movements, such as reaching and
Unit 5. Describe the responsibility of the practitioner in professional relationships
Kirtan Kaur 416.000 UNIT 5 E1: Describe the responsibility of the practitioner in professional relationships The responsibilities of the practitioner concerning relationships with children would be to always maintain confidentiality so this means not talking about the children or their families to people who do not need to know. It means keeping important and valuable information about the child and their families locked up safely so that people do not have access to it. Another responsibility a practitioner has regarding the relationships with the children would be to make certain that they always listen to the child’s views and opinions on certain matters. This means if a child comes to you and says that he feels sad or any other emotion, you talk to them asking them what is making them feel that emotion. It is a practitioner’s responsibility to make sure that the child feels cared for, appreciated and listened too. It is important for the practitioner to treat children equally and with respect, however although the children should be treated equally it is also vital to value diversity which means understanding that children don’t all have the same beliefs and educational requirements and you as a practitioner should respect this
Recruitment and selection.
Recruitment and selection Bowmer and Kirkland recruit people (take them on as staff) to keep their business running. They may need to recruit people because someone else is leaving or maybe a new position has become available. The recruitment process costs a lot of time and money, Bowmer and Kirkland will measure their success of the recruitment process by labour turnover, for instance if more people are leaving they have not recruited the right people, so they may decide to find out why this is by asking people in an 'exit interview' why they have made this decision. In the past Bowmer and Kirkland have sent managers on actual cources for interviewing skills, this was to make the recruitment proccess more effective. When a position becomes available Bowmer and Kirkland many different stages are gone through to make sure the recruitment is a success. Recruiting the right person is very important this is why the process seems so enlongated, they believe a business is as good as the people it employs, if they recruit someone who is not right for the position it will cause a lot of problems, mainly wasting time and money. Bowmer and Kirkland do not have a budget for recruiting so it can turn out to cost an awful lot. * Firstly have to decide wheather or not they actually want to recruit someone in that place, for this they will use a vacancy requisition form. This is used for
To what extent does research evidence (theory and/or studies) support the view that short term memory and long term memory are separate stores?
Jessica May Psychology To what extent does research evidence (theory and/or studies) support the view that short term memory and long term memory are separate stores? Research evidence, theory's and studies supports the views that suggest long term memory and short term memory are separate stores. Short term memory is a system for storing information for brief periods of time. Some researchers (e.g. Atkinson and Shiffrin 1968) see short term memory simply as a temporary storage depot for incoming information, whereas others (e.g. Baddeley 1986, 1990) prefer to use the term 'working memory' to indicate its dynamic, flexible aspects. Long term memory, on the other hand, holds a vast quantity of information which can be stored for long periods of time. The information kept in this store is diverse and wide ranging and includes all of our personal memories and general knowledge. Many studies have been conducted to support the views that short and long term memory are different stores. In 1966 Baddeley carried out a study of encoding in short term memory and long term memory. Baddeley aimed to support earlier research that showed short term memory was largely based on acoustic code, and to find out whether either short term memory or long term memory was also acoustically coded. In addition, the study explored whether short term memory and long term memory was semantically
Describe and evaluate at least two theories of forgetting.
Sarah Andrews. Describe and evaluate at least two theories of forgetting . [18 marks] In this essay I have chosen to look at Freud's motivated theory of forgetting and cue - dependent forgetting. I have chosen these because they both report convincing arguments to try to explain why we forget. Freud's motivated theory of forgetting states that the ego represses unpleasant memories into our subconscious in order to avoid anxiety in the event of recall. Freud says that techniques such as dream analysis are the only way to access the repressed memories. Herman and Schaton[1987] carried out a study which supports Freud's theory. They found that when questioned, 28% of females affected by incest showed a memory deficit as a child. This is a sign of repression during childhood, to block out any unpleasant memories. This study is complimented by a later study conducted by Myers and Brewin in 1991. They concluded that those who were repressors took significantly longer to recall negative childhood memories. This shows that negative memories were less accessible than positive ones, suggesting a state of repression had occured. Cue - dependant theory of forgetting concerns itself with the accesssibilty of memories using cues. The theory states that recall is enhanced when cues are used. However, the cues need to be relevant to the information. The term given to this is the
Describe and Evaluate the Multi-store model of Memory.
Chloe-Louise Applewhite Describe and evaluate the multi-store model of memory? Atkinson and Shiffrins multi-store model consists of three hypothetical stores; the sensory Store, the short term memory and the long term memory. They suggested that that, the Multi-store model (MSM) was linear, there for all information must go through all the stores. They also suggested information enters the system from the environment, through the several stores which are our five senses. They constantly receive information; most of this information doesn’t have much attention paid to it. There for if you focus attention on to the sensory stores; it is then transferred to the Short-term memory (STM) acoustically. Then the Information is then rehearsed; this then helps the information to be transferred from STM to the Long-term memory (LTM) The information in the STM is very fragile and will decay very quickly, there for we can then rehearse information we want to remember. This on the multi-store model (MSM) is called the maintenance rehearsal loop. STM only had the capacity of 7+-2, the duration on STM is only 18-30 seconds. Therefore it you do not rehearse the information it will become displaced quickly by other information. The information that is maintained in STM is encoded verbally. Glanzer and Cunitz (1966) did a study trying to prove that memory can be separated in to three
Describe and evaluate psychological research into conformity and obedience in humans, and consider ways in which this research can be applied to real life.
Joleen Moret 25th November 2002 Access to H.E. Psychology Coursework Describe and evaluate psychological research into conformity and obedience in humans, and consider ways in which this research can be applied to real life. Conformity is a change in behaviour or beliefs as a result of real or imagined group pressure; the feeling that others are putting pressure on us to change our beliefs or behaviour. Asch (1956) compiled a study to see how many subjects would conform and give an incorrect answer to a simple unambiguous task. Apart from one naïve participant, all other members of the group were confederates of the experimenter. The group were sat around a table and asked what line (with a choice of three) matches the single line in a box. The lines were easy to distinguish and if tested on their own, observers made few if any errors. The confederates were instructed to give the same wrong unanimous answer to see if the naïve participant would conform. Thirty-two percent conformed to the group's answer, and seventy-four percent conformed once; thus denying the evidence of their own eyes, giving the wrong answer when it was their turn. During post-experimental interviews with his participants, Asch found that conformity occurred at three levels. Few conforming participants experienced distortion of perception, most conforming participants experienced a distortion
Urban planning, design and management - Antonello da Messina and Christ Church, Spitalfields.
Hiu Ki TANG Urban Planning, Design and Management Yr.1 COURSEWORK : Antonello da Messina and Christ Church, Spitalfields If we closely examine an architectural work, we can often see evidence of not only functionality but also artistic achievement. For, while the architect may exhibit a scientist's attention to detail and form, he is, in essence, a creator; his canvas, a city street or countryside. The best architectural works rise above the level of the ordinary to the extraordinary; they reflect a sense of grace and style which make them true artistic works. It is not surprising, then, that we can clearly see similarities between paintings and buildings, for they are often inspired by the same artistic techniques and themes. The architect is an artist with a blueprint, the artist an architect with a paintbrush. With this in mind, we will explore the relationship between what ordinarily might be seen as two disparate works: St. Jerome in His Study by Antonello da Messina and Christ Church, Spitalfields. We can enumerate similarities between the two in terms of style and structure. The two works also seem to share a common underlying theme: the transcendence of the sacred over the ordinary. Finally, the artist's (or architect's) means of representation appears to be similar in both. By examining the commonalities between the two works, we can achieve greater
Organisation change
Introduction Organisations today are going through constant change brought about by competition, economics, business innovation and a realization that remaining stagnant may mean organizational death. As the business environment increases in complexity and changes rapidly, organization and management consequently experiences significant transformation to cope with these changes. On a micro level (company level), these changes would include the transformation of the internal corporate culture as well as enhancements in the management of human resources in response to increasing workplace diversity and the evolving needs of the workforce. Therefore, the ability to change is an important part of the organization's business environment while the ability to help it adapt to change is equally a critical business challenge for the leadership. Change is imperative Organisations can't escape change. So what is change? - It is adjustments, transformations, transitions, and revolutions which is a never-ending cycle of birth, growth and death (Topping, 2002). Change disrupts everyone's life; the only question is for how long. Leader - the change agent When an organisation is at the crossroad of change, it is in the crisis stage. DuBrin (1989) defined crisis as a turning point for better or worse, or a situation that has reached a critical phase. When a company is in a crisis, it
