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SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 1 Assignment

Essay – Catapult to Success

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Section 1; Integrative Questions for Section 1

Lesson

Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (One source may be your textbook.)

Instructions

Organizational culture has a vital role in guiding how individuals are successful in their roles in healthcare and the helping professions, including the value of self-awareness regarding role expectations and management strategies. Therefore, it is important for employees to be aware of key attributes that may be stepping stones to their success.

For this assignment, define these five key attributes:

Communication (i.e. listening, staying calm, be empathetic, compassion),

Flexibility

Integrity

Ethical behavior

Critical thinking skills

Provide an example of each examining how each attribute brings value to the organizational culture and may propel one's career and contribute to the workplace culture. Support your example(s) with a minimum of 2 scholarly resource.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)

1-inch margins

Double spaced

12-point Times New Roman font

Title page

References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 3 Assignment

Essay – What Would You Do?

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Section 3; Integrative Questions for Section 3

Lesson

Outside resources are optional; however, you could consider using the course textbook to support your explanation.

Instructions

Valuing diversity in the workplace is essential to creating an inclusive culture of caring.

For this assignment, please choose from one of the following scenarios and appropriately apply each of the five key attributes (communication, flexibility, integrity, ethical behavior, critical thinking skills) describing how you as the professional would handle the situation.

Scenario 1: A social worker calls on a Hispanic client who does not speak any English. The social worker is refused entrance to the home because she is Caucasian even though the social worker speaks fluent Spanish.

Scenario 2: A female Muslim patient refuses care from you, a qualified male nurse. She refuses to explain to you why she is requesting a different caregiver.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)

1-inch margins

Double spaced

12-point Times New Roman font

Title page

References page (as needed)

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 5 Assignment

Essay – You Decide

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Section 5; Integrative Questions for Section 5

Lesson

Outside resources are optional; however, you could consider using the course textbook to support your explanation.

Scenario Summary

A Kansas City based supplier of health care information technology (HCIT) solutions has recently hired you as a Human Resource Manager. You are in charge of hiring new medical consultants for the sales division of this organization. Due to the competitive marketplace, sales and revenues are at an all-time low. During your interview, you stated that you could serve as a valuable asset to this company. You noted your long-standing history of selecting the best candidates for a variety of positions and stated that you could bring the sales division back to its place as the leading resource of your organization. You want to perform well at this job because it is a big career move for you. You know that if people trust your judgement about the quality of the people you hire, that they will trust your judgement about other matters as well. Also, the more successful HR managers in this company tend to move to higher positions within the organization. This job also includes spending some leisure time after 5:00 P.M. with prospective clients.

Job Requirements

Your job is to hire a medical consultant to assist with sales in of your latest HCIT solutions to a global marketplace. This job requires that the consultant be articulate, sophisticated, and knowledgeable about medical terminology and technology. Additionally, the job requires someone with an awareness of the impact of the political and economic arenas on healthcare involving availability, costs, and technology as well as maintaining an ethical approach to the job's responsibilities. The job requires frequent travel Monday through Friday in order for the consultant to work with those in the prospective company.

Candidates

Ren Sanspit, Changing Careers

As my resume states, I was a dentist before arthritis made that career too painful. My physician says that my condition would not interfere with this position. I think working with people in sales would be more interesting than taking bite-wings and placing rubber dams. I am an empty nester and want to devote time to my new career in order to be successful.

Angie Gram, Medical Technologist

As my resume states, I was an engineering major and I designed medical devices. I am very good with people, and I am working on improving my English-speaking skills. I graduated first in my class, and I wrote a paper on the use of qr codes to monitor patient medication that was recently published in a peer-reviewed journal. I am a leading expert in the medical technology field.

Medica Seles, Informatics Consultant

As my resume states, I have been a medical sales consultant for five years. I have been awarded the Sales Consultant of the Year at my last company. Currently, I am relocating to Kansas City because I will be getting married next month. My credentials are stellar and I graduated at the top of my class in Healthcare Informatics.

Karen Comfort, BSN

As my resume states, I have a BSN and have been employed in various positions in a variety of medical specialty practices. I have worked for M.D.s, D.O.s, and hospital administrators. Having worked in so many different specialty practices I am extremely well versed in medical terminology. I am single; therefore, I am available to travel and work long hours.

Instructions

After considering the scenario and character descriptions, answer the following:

Which of these four candidates would you hire for this position?

Explain your decision.

Make sure to include a title page. In your summary, be sure to reference course material (readings, lectures, or concepts from the flash cards).

SOCS350 Cultural Diversity in the Professions

Week 7 Assignment

Essay – Interviews

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Section 7; Integrative Questions for Section 7

Lesson

Outside resources are optional; however, you could consider using the course textbook to support your explanation.

Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is to go beyond the usual social network(s) and realm of understanding in order to build a bridge of understanding about another person from his/her perception about his/her own life experiences in the workplace and or helping professions.

Interview two adults: one adult of a different ethnicity/race than yourself and one adult who is at least 10 years older and/or younger than you. You must choose one person from each category, not the same person. Ask him/her the following questions and document the answers for each interview.

Document if the person you interviewed is male or female.

What is your ethnicity/race or age? (Make sure the person is ok with sharing his/her age.)

What is your level of education?

What is your occupation?

Have you ever experienced discrimination in the workplace? How did you feel? How did you react? Please explain what happened.

During your lifetime, what significant current event have you experienced? (e.g., 911)

How has this significant event shaped your experiences with others?

After you have the aforementioned interview questions answered, please provide the following regarding your findings:

Compare and/or contrast the experiences of the person you interviewed to your own. Provide one example. Write an explanation at least two paragraphs in length for each interview. Be sure to address the following questions, along with any additional information your wish to include and/or share:

What conclusions can you draw from the commonalities?

How could some of these situations be mediated or resolved (e.g., by the person experiencing the discrimination, by institutions employing those who are discriminating others or dealing with clients/customers who are discriminating against employees).

Please be sure to inform the people you are interviewing in informed his or her responses will be kept confidential and anonymous and thank him or her for the time spent interviewing with you.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page)

1-inch margins

Double spaced

12-point Times New Roman font

Title page

References page (as needed)