Change is something that needs to be accepted in our day to day lives. Through out time everything surrounding us is changing. It is the people who can accept change that will become more successful. Racism occurs in our day to day life. Often you can hear racial comments even while walking down a school hallway.
Introduction: Change leads to both positive and negative situations, however concludes in transformation. Whether negative or positive, change will alter aspects, and transform lives. The use of literature enables individuals to accept that change results in growth. Change can have three main perspectives: changing self, changing worlds and changing perspectives. These perspectives are all represented in the novel, Catherine, Called Birdy, written by Karen Cushman, and are also presented in the short story Sky High, written by Hannah Roberts.
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” (Socrates) . Everyone encounters change; it is not an if, rather than a when. People believe that they can change their path or what is happening around them. But, most of the time one cannot. So, they end up with a realization of what is truly important; what they should be doing or how they should be acting..
Change is what a free man who thinks, wants in their lives. The ability to choose and decide is the drive of change to man. Some reasons are purely due to the ability for comfort and accessibility, some for reasons for longing anew or to mend certain methods that fail them. However it is not change that only happens within the mind of one man, it occurs between a country and its people. Many documented cases show rebellions, revolutions, and change of government due to a faulty aspect within it.
Compromise plays a role in transformation in many ways. We work together and compromise with others, as well as ourselves with things like accepting mistakes and that we can’t always be perfect or get things done the first time. Struggles are what people learn and gain experience from as well. All of these together create transformation. If change is going to happen, there has to be motivation and push.
The article about the Transtheoretical Model of Change was educational and provided useful information. Information discussing the stages of change I was unaware of which takes place during an individual’s proposed behavior change. Therefore, I found it helpful the article named these different stages and explained the actions an individual demonstrates through each phase. Also, as well as suggesting different techniques in order to help individuals progress through these stages of change. Precontemplation, not yet acknowledging there is a problem behavior that needs to be changed, was one of the stages in the article I see most in many individuals.
The Goal tells about the story of Alex Rogo who is the plant manager of a manufacturing factory which might get closed down. Late shipments, growing backlogs and increasing inventories are the main problems of the plant. Moreover, Alex has only 90 days to revitalize the plant; otherwise, the factory will be closed and hundred of employees will lose their job. At the same time, Alex has problems with his marriage because of his very busy business life. While he was struggling to survive the plant, he luckily encountered with his old physics professor, called Jonah.
An Improvisational Model for Managing Change: The Orlikowski and Hofman's alternative model recognizes three types of change. Anticipated changes occur as intended. Emergent changes arise during the process. And opportunity-based changes are introduced during the process in response to an opportunity, event, or breakdown.
In selecting a consultant for this assignment, I wanted to query one whose “theory of change” mirrored my own, so I could learn how he or she was able to put it into practice. I work within the frame of complexity science, and the implications that biology, specifically complex adaptive systems, have on that of the organizational system. The organization is a complex adaptive system, one whose parts are wholly interdependent, and require the full functioning of every part to be “healthy.” Just like the human body, an organ cannot suffer long before other parts follow suit; and without repair the entire system eventually fails. I believe this kind of systems thinking requires a different kind of approach to working with each other than our mutant,
Over the past several weeks, I have been working towards my goals that I made in the first four-way meeting with my supervisors. I have made progress towards my goals, but there are areas of growth within my remaining objectives. My first goal is “To promote and encourage play as a means of maintaining normalcy and a way of coping.” My first objective of this goal is to complete a binder of 12-16 art activities, by midterm.
Change can happen a lot during one's lifetime and there are tons of changes that can happen. Change can happen in two ways, it can rather be positive or negative. You mainly would want it to be a positive change. This can happen to anyone, anytime, or anyplace because happens often. Some learn from their change, then it helps their future.
Different case studies and research papers name different factors critical for change success.
From stair-climbing wheelchair to prosthetic mind-controlled limbs - the rate of innovative products developed for the less fortunate people in the society is increasing. My long-term goal is to inspire the next generation of researchers to develop computational methods and optimization techniques that would help in creating products to aid differently abled people. I believe that making small changes to the design conceptualization methods will have a great impact on the efficient design of products. I believe that choosing a career as a professor will be a cardinal step towards reaching my long-term goal. Being a professor is the best platform for developing knowledge on computational design by doing what I'm truly excited, namely, learning
“There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success”(Heather Bresch). When it comes to achieving goals there always hard work that needs to be done. Most people believe that they do something big by their size or how they look but that not always true when reaching/getting a goal. This can apply to anywhere in life including High school. Going through High school or freshman year will take all the hard work that a person puts into it.
Characteristics of Social Change Macionis (1996) identified four main characteristics
