Identify two significant external factors that might influence your work if you served in a leadership or management role in social work.

As one have explored leadership and management roles, skills, and behaviors, you may have become aware of how these align, or do not align, with your personal skills, strengths, and interests. You may also have begun to consider how external factors might influence you if you were to assume a leadership or management role in social work.

For this Assignment, you assess your strengths and areas for growth in order to determine what aspects of leadership and management are a good “fit” with your personality, leadership style, and relevant skills. You also address how external factors might influence you as you serve in a leadership or management role.

Required Reading

· Northouse, P. G. (2018). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Sage.

o Chapter 1, “Understanding Leadership” (pp. 1–18)

o Chapter 2, “Recognizing Your Traits” (pp. 21–44)

o Chapter 6, “Developing Leadership Skills” (pp. 117-138)

Lauffer, A. (2011). Understanding your social agency (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Sage.

Chapter 3, “Role Playing and Group Membership” (pp. 70–98)

Assignment

 (4–5 paragraphs): Complete the following:

· Assess your strengths and areas for growth with regard to both the leadership and management roles based on what you understand about these roles so far. Be sure to address whether your skills and interests align better with the leadership or management role.

· Identify at least one area of growth in either of these roles you would like to further develop and explain why.

· Identify two significant external factors that might influence your work if you served in a leadership or management role in social work. Explain why these external factors are significant and how they might affect your work as a leader or manager.

In your experience with healthcare, what are the important dimensions of performance?

In your experience with healthcare, what are the important dimensions of performance? How would you know whether an organization is performing well? What indicators do you think are important for a hospital, a physician practice, a home care agency, a long-term care facility or a managed care organization?

What are the implications of blockchain for peer-to-peer electronic payments? Explain.

Sidhu, J. (2017, July). Syscoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system with blockchain-based services for e-business. In 2017 26th international conference on computer communication and networks (ICCCN) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Nakamoto, S., & Bitcoin, A. (2008). A peer-to-peer electronic cash system. Bitcoin.–URL: https://bitcoin. org/bitcoin. pdf.

1. What are the implications of blockchain for peer-to-peer electronic payments? Explain.

Describe a company/organization/ government agency that should incorporate this mindset into their strategy.

Describe a company/organization/ government agency that should incorporate this mindset into their strategy.

The article goes to great length to detail 4# themes:

#1 Identify Emotional triggers

#2 Respond Early to intense Emotions

#3 Enhance Customers’ Control

#4 Hire the Right People and Prepare them for the Role

Analyze the findings of the Perry study, addressing the strengths and shortcomings of the neurodevelopmental approach.

Chapter 5 of the course textbook discusses the brain development of the child in early life as well as the impact of accidents and maltreatment. The required article by Perry (2009) illustrates and defends an approach to child maltreatment based on neurodevelopmental analysis that seeks to understand and treat abuse victims with reference to the areas of the brain affected.

Based on these readings, account for or respond to each of the following in your initial post:

  • Analyze the findings of the Perry study, addressing the strengths and shortcomings of the neurodevelopmental approach. Are there limits to this sort of approach, and if so, what alternative approach might add something to a neurobiological analysis?
  • Offer a real life experience, alternative study, or recent news report that in some way illustrates or casts light upon Perry’s findings.
  • Week 3 Journal

Chapters 7 and 9 of the course textbook discuss theories of learning and information processing as well as various methods of assessing intelligence and testing achievement.

Based on the required textbook readings and references, address or respond to each of the following:

  • Briefly summarize the key components of the IDEA, NCLB, and ESSA legislation regarding learning disabilities, including the types of disabilities meant to be covered under these laws.
  • Reflect on whether and/or how these laws are informed or supported by theories of cognitive development, learning, and intelligence discussed in the course textbook.

What does the scholarly literature say about the current status and or the main facts and perspectives on the topic area?

The Lit review contains relevant theories, laws and regulations, key issues, important variables, and empirical studies and their results. Should provide support for the problem statement. Use to justify and support the proposed research topic and design by summarizing and synthesizing the arguments and ideas of others. The following must be covered in the literature review.

1. What does the scholarly literature say about the current status and or the main facts and perspectives on the topic area?

2. Which specific aspects of the problems/issues is (are) addressed in the project?

3. What are the key issues raised in the topic literature?

4. What research studies have been carried out on this topic area and what have those studies found? What conclusions do draw from these studies?

Neighborhood Segregation in NYC

1. What policies/practices contributed to segregated neighborhoods in the city

2. Was there any formal effort to integrated neighborhoods?

3. In what ways do segregation in housing in connected to segregated schools?

4. What role busing played in integrating schools in the past?