For this discussion, we will explore psychological disorders by hearing from those who have experienced one of these disorders in a personal way. Choose ONE of these stories and watch the accompanying Ted Talk. In your post, discuss what you learned from the talk about psychological disorders?

Elanor Longden (schizophrenia); https://youtu.be/syjEN3peCJw

Nikki Weber Allen (anxiety & depression); https://youtu.be/shG0ezBeeJc

Ji Hae Park (depression); https://youtu.be/ZMGZQZRIsJE

Kevin Briggs (depression & suicide); https://youtu.be/7CIq4mtiamY

These individuals share their stories about living with and addressing psychological disorders. Reading about these experiences is different than hearing these stories. In your post, share what you learned from the story. How does this story teach you about psychological disorders? Thank you!

Presentation #1: Stress

In any traumatic situation or disaster the effects linger long after the situation has been rectified. There were and will continue to be significant negative stress associated with deep sea oil drilling for decades to come based upon the Deepwater Horizon/BP disaster.

• Identify the primary stressors (i.e., causal factors) and strains (i.e., outcomes of the stressors) associated with traditional deep sea oil drilling operations.
• What was or will continue to be the “fallout” regarding increased stress levels associated with the Deepwater Horizon/BP disaster in terms of future deep sea oil rig operators, Gulf Coast state residents, managers of associated organizations, organizations and groups involved in operating such rigs, regulating bodies, the oil industry as a whole, the general U.S. population, etc.

Presentation #2: Attitudes

Attitudes are the precursor to behaviors. Changes in attitudes such as job satisfaction, organization commitment, etc. can have a significant impact on the productivity and profitability of employees and their organizations.

• Describe the attitudes held by employees of the various organizations, groups, regulating bodies, etc. involved in the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil drilling operation.
• Given the explosion, death of employees, environmental damage, and political fallout of the Deepwater Horizon/BP disaster, what attitude changes have occurred or may occur in the future on the part of oil rig operating employees, BP executives, politicians, citizens of the Gulf Coast states, the general citizenry of the US, etc?

Presentation #3: Group Dynamics

Again, different organizations, groups of employees, as well as the government, all had to work together to make the Deepwater Horizon/BP deep sea drilling operation successful. Ideally, these groups should have worked together as a high performing work team.

• Describe the group process involved in operating a major deep sea oil rig. What are the group norms, level of cohesiveness, etc. needed to make a deep sea oil rig operation effective (i.e., profitable, efficient, safe, etc.)?
• Given the Deepwater Horizon/BP disaster, what should BP, Transocean, Halliburton, the U.S. government regulatory bodies, etc. do now to create an effective and efficient performing group, or better yet, a team?

Presentation #4: Decision Making

Obviously there were many faulty decisions made, or important and critical decisions not made, which contributed to the Deepwater Horizon/BP disaster.

• Discuss the model(s) of decision making used in the Deepwater Horizon/BP case. Make sure to address whether “groupthink” was present or absent in this case.
• For future improvement, how should BP and similar organizations make decisions given that many different organizations, groups, engineers, etc. must work together to have a successful deep sea oil drilling operation?

Respond to this post in 5 sentences or more.

An organizational leader that has had the most positive influence in your life is Shan Morant. He was the manager and owner of the Kirby Center of Wilmington. I would say he had such a positive influence on me because he was the first person to give me a taste of business. He showed me how a good business can change your whole life, This has shaped every career move I have made and has influenced my degree selection.

I would describe what this person contributed to my life in three words of life changing influence. Because it has shaped my career moves and influenced my degree selection it has ultimately changed my life. I have made conscience decisions to make good career and education choices because he showed me what a good business could do for me.

Entrepreneurship and Small Business

ASSIGNMENT -1

Submission Date by students: Before the end of Week- 7^th

Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre

Weight: 10 Marks

Learning Outcome:

1. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the potential of entrepreneur in today’s competitive business world. (Lo 1.2)

2. Demonstrate ability to think independently and systematically on developing a viable business model (Lo 1.3 & 3.7).

3. Understand the place of small business in history and explore the strengths and weaknesses of small business. (Lo 1.1).

Assignment Workload:

This assignment is an individual assignment.

An entrepreneur Start-up

Business Plan

A business plan is any simple plan, not only limited to the business start-up plan that helps the management to understand the current situation of the enterprises (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) and look forward into the future. A start-up plan is a business plan which consists of the mission, vision, objectives and action plans for the future of the new enterprises while the business plan drawn during the operation of the firm is vital for running the firm effectively, acquire new customers, partners, loans and so on. According to Fiore (2005), a business plan involves two dimensions; an organizing tool to simplify and clarify your business goals and strategy, the second one is a selling document that sells the business idea and shows that a product or a service can make a profit and attract funding and company resources.

Imagine you started a new business as an entrepreneur in Saudi Arabia. Briefly mention the specific steps which you consider necessary to a successful business plan.

Please, think and share information on the following items:

1. Owners, capital structure and company profile (1 Marks)

a. Your Business Name, Address, E‐Mail

b. Form of ownership:What is the legal structure? Sole proprietor, Partnership, Corporation….

C. Investment capital

2. Company Business Description (300 – 400 words)

A. Scope and type of business (3 Marks)

What business will you be in? What will you do? What market segment will you choose?

B. Business Philosophy (3 Marks)

What is important to you in your business?

3. Products and Services (3Marks)

a. Briefly discuss your products or services (Technical specification).

b. Size of business: how many employees? How many offices and retail facilities?

c. What factors will give you competitive advantages or disadvantages? Examples, include level of quality or unique or proprietary features.

introduction to psychology as a profession, and as this unit is the first step into the potential future opportunities of the discipline it is designed to help you plan your future studies specific to the career you want.

• Step 1: Review the list of sub-disciplines within the field of psychology from Bernstein et al. (2013, pp. 4-8).
• Step 2: Watch the video, Careers for psychology majors (2011).
• Step 3: Consider your personal strengths, skills, and interests in relation to the sub-disciplines and careers available and answer the following question, clearly explaining the reason for your choice. Which particular sub-discipline or area within the field of psychology would you best fit in?
• Step 4: Post your response to the question and the reasoning for your choice to the discussion board. and for that i will be share the post one of my class mate has share and write the response(((((I believe my personal skills and strengths along with my interests best relate to the sub – disciplines of Clinical Ppsychology . I feel that I would work better with teenagers and adults rather then young children and I think my positive, caring and honest personality would be well suited. I also think that my acceptance of others would work best in Clinical Psychology as I am open minded and non judgmental therefore I am able to be very understanding.
  Over the years I have listened too a lot of other peoples emotions and hoped to be able too help them, I have always been given positive feedback due to my ability to listen carefully and express good advice in order to fix the situation. I look forward too studying psychology further and learning new and exciting things. ))))))))
• and this the video you can search on you Psychology career opportunities i need about 150 words