Triple Bottom Line and Systems Theory
Triple Bottom Line Theory
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Theory is a contemporary approach to modern business organizations that greatly expands the scope of their focus beyond the traditional bottom line of financial profits (George & Jones, 2008; obins & Judge, 2009). Whereas the traditional corporate business organization was designed to benefit the interests of shareholders, the TBL approach is designed around the effects of corporate activity on stakeholders, a group that includes shareholders along with people, communities, and entities outside of the corporation. More specifically, the TBL concept applies to the so-called "Three Ps" for People, Planet, and Profit (George & Jones, 2008; obbins & Judge, 2009).
In principle, TBL dictates corporate actions and decisions in light of all of the direct, indirect, short-term, and long-term consequences on all of those who could potentially be affected by the business and interests of the organization (George & Jones,…...
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George, J. And Jones, G. (2008). Understanding and Managing Organizational Behavior.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Robbins, S.P. And Judge, T.A. (2009). Organizational Behavior. Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice Hall.
Two Social Science Theoretical FrameworksThe two social science theoretical frameworks used by nurses when working with families in the communities are Systems Theory and Family Stress Theory. Systems Theory is an approach to understanding family dynamics which takes into account the interconnectedness of family members, the environments in which they operate, and how individual family members interact to produce a greater whole (Erriu et al., 2020). This framework argues that families need to be understood as holistic entities, with each members behavior having an effect on the functioning of the entire family. This theory can be helpful for nurses working with families as it allows them to analyze how interactions among family members influences their health decisions and behaviors (Tanhan & Strack, 2020).Family Stress Theory is another theoretical framework that looks at the role of coping strategies, health behavior, and stress experienced by family members in their daily lives (Wu…...
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Bokhare, S. F., Wan Zainon, W. M. N., & Talib, A. Z. (2019, January). Genogram Visualization Using Social Network Approach for Medical Family Tree. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation (pp. 214-218).
Erriu, M., Cimino, S., & Cerniglia, L. (2020). The role of family relationships in eating disorders in adolescents: a narrative review. Behavioral Sciences, 10(4), 71.
Libbon, R., Triana, J., Heru, A., & Berman, E. (2019). Family skills for the resident toolbox: the 10-min genogram, ecomap, and prescribing homework. Academic Psychiatry, 43, 435-439.
Technological advantages, for example, could result in change within a nation's economy and precipitate changes in some peripheral or semi-peripheral areas, as it has in India. However, allerstein asserts that an analysis of the history of the capitalist world system shows that it has brought about a skewed development in which economic and social disparities between sections of the world economy have increased rather than provided prosperity for all nations of the world, and will continue to do so to a dangerous degree unless some ameliorative efforts are taken. orld-systems theory is fundamentally a pessimistic view of international economic prosperity, and unless some balance is achieved between core and peripheral states, the earth will continue to exist in a state of injustice and imbalance. Also, as there are no uncharted territories left to colonize, difficulties lie ahead even for core nations, once they have exhausted their available resources like the…...
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Organizational Excellence and Change: Antioch Baptish Church
Organizational Excellence and Change
This study focuses on excellence and changes at Antioch Baptist Church. It seeks to establish the grounds with which the church exists and operates as a system and as an organization. This church is based in America with branches in Texas among other states. The most peculiar thing about this church is the large population that it has. There are many other extraordinary characteristics that the church has. Its programs are well elaborated and arranged in such a way that allows the worshipers access sermons at any time that they feel like doing so during the worship days. There are also two services within the weekday.
Content analysis
The church as a system
The systems theory holds the idea that a unit or organization is considered as a system if it has a number of separate parts synchronized and organized to work together in…...
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Alpay, D. (2010). Operator Theory, Systems Theory, and Scattering Theory Multidimensional Generalizations. Basel: Birkha-User Verlag.
Gentile, M. (2011). Differences That Work: Organizational Excellence through Diversity. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Pub.
Open Systems Theory
The model of Organizational Development, commonly known as OD model, represents organization in a form that its overall understanding becomes easier and faster. It is a reflection of observable affairs in the organization. Burke has identified numerous ways showing the utility of organizational models (in Howard and Associates, 1994):
They lead to easy collection of brief and first hand language.
They give fairly clearer idea about the organizational behavior.
They assist in interpretation of organizational data.
They provide a base for the categorization of organization related data.
A properly selected OD model is crucial for the true diagnosis of the issue prevailing in an organization and also streamlines the analysis phase. OD Practitioner may have developed certain model for the organization on the basis of his intuition, yet the correct diagnosis is available only through the explicit model. It helps OD Practitioner collect right type of required information out of immense data available…...
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Baker III, G.A. (1996). National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness: Personal assessment of the college environment. Unpublished Manuscript. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University.
BMW Group Annual Report 2009: Available at BMW group homepage: www.bmwgroup.com
Falletta, S.V. (2005). Organizational Diagnostic Models: A Review & Synthesis. White Paper. Leadersphere, Inc.
French, W.L. & Bell, C.H. (1995). Organization development: Behavioral science interventions for organization improvement. Fifth Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Bowen Systems Theory
It is essential to understand the behavior of a person before engaging in assisting them to overcome their challenges in counseling. However, in the course of understanding this individual, there would be barriers, as the person may not have the free will to disclose their actions. Therefore, this necessitates the help of the family to the nurse conducting the assessments to gather useful information that on application will help the patient in need. Therefore, to establish such information, through the association of the patient to the family or close friends helps in understanding the person and factors that led to the situation they face. Thus, in this aspect, this constitutes the Bowen Systems Theory, which has the sole purpose of assisting the psychiatric examination and assessment of patients (Bowen, awlins, & Martin, 2010). To understand the theory, the discussion further leads to the diagnostics and treatments available through…...
mlaReferences
Bowen, S.A., Rawlins, B., & Martin, T.R. (2010). An overview of the public relations function.
New York: Business Expert Press.
Bregman, O.C., & White, C.M. (2011). Bringing systems thinking to life: Expanding the horizons for bowen family systems theory. New York: Routledge.
Murray, C. (2010). In search of Tom Bowen: And the therapy he inspired. Armadale, Vic: C.
Organizational Studies
Open Systems Theory
What is Open Systems Theory?
To understand open systems theory, it is necessary to first look at what is mean by an open system. An open system is a system that interacts and is influenced by its environment (Scott, 2002). The interactions will involve inputs and outputs, such as energy exchanges, the movement of material between the system and the environment, or other types of feedback (Scott, 2002). Influences from the environmental conditions may include the natural environment with factors such as weather and competition for food exerting an influence, in the commercial environment the influences may include political, social, economic, technological, and competitive forces.
The definition of a system is a group of parts or components that work together as a whole, defined by boundaries, which in open systems will be porous (allowing inflows and outflows). The parts that work together may be mechanical, electronic, biological, or as…...
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Scott, W.R. (2002). Organizations: Rational, natural, and open systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
Conyne, Ellen Cook, and the University of Cincinnati Counseling Program. In a nutshell, ronfenbrenner's theory points to environmental factors as playing a major role in human or child development (Derksen, Warren).
The Impact of the Theory on Career Goals
It teaches that children grow and develop with a series of different relationship systems like circles forming from within and moving outward (NACCE, 2012; Yngist, 2011). It shows how a child is affected by each system and how he affects it. In turn, each system affects, and is affected by, other oncoming systems. These are linked and interlinked among themselves. Moreover, each system contains risks as well as opportunities for a child's development and the stronger and more positive the connections between systems, the better it is for the child (NACCE, Yngist).
According to the Theory, the mesosystem consists of relationships between different microsystems between family and child care and between child care…...
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Derksen, T. (2010). The influence of ecological theory in child and youth care. TDerksen
Journal. Retrieved on May 24, 2013 from http://jourals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijcyfs/article/download/2091/736
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This creates stress, but also makes his sedentary for most of the day. As a truck driver, he spends most of his work day in a seated position, with limited exercise or strenuous movements. Additionally, Mr. J. has no health insurance. As such, he has limited access to care, which often places him in danger of not getting his needed medicines, but also of not taking them in a proper regiment.
3. Nursing Interventions
a. Goal: Reduce Environmental Stressors
Primary Prevention: The patient should reduce his alcohol consumption and begin a healthier diet regiment. This will help reduce some of the main environmental stressors that would further complicate his condition.
Secondary Prevention: Continue with the nitroprusside therapy and prescribed medications to directly treat the symptoms of hypertension and keep systolic blood pressure at an optimal level.
Tertiary Prevention: Moreover, the patient must set weight loss goals in order to reach a healthier weight. Within…...
Application of Systems Theory
Meyer & O’Brien-Pallas (2010) state that healthcare organizations are conceptualized as open systems characterized by various components including differentiation, coordination, negative entropy, energy transformation, integration, and dynamic steady state. Therefore, systems theory play an important role in the healthcare organization setting. Based on the Nursing Services Delivery Theory, some of the characteristics of systems theory as applied to healthcare organizations include input, throughput, and output factors. Given the application of systems theory in healthcare organizations, this theory provides a valuable and beneficial way of examining challenges in healthcare organizations. This process requires examining all system components of the healthcare organization since some of these components may be healthy while others problematic. This paper demonstrates the application of systems theory in the health sector by examining components of an organization that utilizes systems theory terminology.
Healthcare Organization Department/Unit Using Systems Theory Terminology
An example of a healthcare organization that utilizes…...
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Ecological Systems Theory and Person-in-Environment Concept:
The ecological systems theory is perhaps the most important theory within the social work context as it analyzes the development of an individual based on his/her interaction with his/her immediate and external environment. The person-in-environment concept is therefore directly linked to this theory; in the first question here, we highlight six examples of the influences of the four layers of environment (as outlined by the ecological systems theory) on the person-in-environment. All these examples are linked as changes in one layers cause a chain reaction in all other layers as well: Example 1: improper sewage systems negatively impact the health of the people in the community (macro level); Example 2: the low level of local government assistance to improve conditions impacts the trust and reliance of the community on its legislators (macro level); Example 3: the racially biased attitudes of peers will impact self-esteem and…...
Strengths Perspective Theory
Provide some data specific points on the trends associated with the two oppressed/marginalized population (LGBTC Youth and Homeless Youth). B. Indicate the reason behind your interest in the population, and its direct connection to social work practice.
LGBTC youths are overrepresented amongst the homeless population. In spite of the fact that it is challenging to obtain accurate figures, it is approximated that LGBTC youths constitute 20 percent to 40 percent of the entire homeless youth population but make up solely 4 percent to 10 percent of the overall youth population. It is suggested that LGBTC youths are at greater risk of facing homelessness as compared to other youths (Cray et al., 2013). The inference of this is that they are almost 7 times over represented amongst the homeless community. Research indicates that LGBTC youth have a greater likelihood of running away from their homes as compared to other youth…...
Family Systems Theory
The purpose of Family Systems Theory is to utilize the family unit along with systems approach to explain the complex manner in which a family and the various members of that family operate. By placing members of family together, the reality of the family's bond can be appreciated, dispelling feelings of neglect or disconnect. Family Systems Theory enables individuals to speak more directly to one another within the family in order to overcome obstacles and deal with issues that may be affecting them as individuals or as a family unit.
The scope of the theory "encompasses the considerable relationship complexities of families without imposing one-time married family models or expectations on them" (Titelman, 2013, p. 356). The idea here is that instead of focusing on individual pathologies, family systems theory enables individuals to focus on the process of interaction within the family. It diverts attention away from a problem-oriented…...
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Titelman, P. (2013). Clinical Applications of Bowen Family Systems Theory. NY:
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Vermont Center for Family Studies. (2015). The eight concepts of Bowen theory.
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Systems Theory
Discuss relationship systems theory healthcare deliver U.S. - What current concepts healthcare explained helped a system theory approach? - What system theory? - How researchers (Ludwig von Bertalanffy Everett M.
Systems theory and diffusion of innovation theory
Systems theory
Systems theory was not specifically designed to cope with the challenges of the U.S. healthcare system, although it has been frequently applied to some of its issues. Systems theory was originally coined by the scientist Ludwig von Bertalanffy to sum up his idea that the 'whole' of systems -- both biological and otherwise -- were larger than the sum of their parts. According to von Bertalanffy, "in the past, science tried to explain observable phenomena by reducing them to an interplay of elementary units investigable independently of each other, conceptions appear in contemporary science that are concerned with what is somewhat vaguely termed 'wholeness', i.e. problems of organization, phenomena not resolvable into local…...
mlaResources
Diffusion of innovation theory. (2013). University of Twente. Retrieved:
This website contains excerpts from E.M. Rogers' work on diffusion of innovation theory, along with a helpful graphical representation of how the information is disseminated.
Kaminski, J. (Spring 2011).Diffusion of innovation theory. Canadian Journal of Nursing.
However, in the most recent theory of evolution which discusses the living world appears as the result of chance and an output of different randomly selected natural mills. This kind of development came to present as a result of the need of more subjects or topics in areas such as cybernetic, general system theory, information theory, theories of games which is needed in most decision making process in line with real applications. In mathematics techniques however, there are a number of general assumption which are insufficient and most of the time very contradict themselves (Laszlo & Krippner, 1982).
Again, Laszlo (1982) outlined that von Bertalanffy considered the idea of organization to be involved at various stages in the expression of natural system. This could be highlighted from his first statement on the system which he made between the years 1925-1926, during the time when similar thinking of organism was being…...
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Bailey, K.D. (2004). Beyond System Internals: Expanding the Scope of Living Systems Theory. Los Angeles: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Bailey, K.D. (2006). Living systems theory and social entropy theory. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 23, 291-300.
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Research Proposal: Understanding the Influence of Extracurricular Activities on Students' Personal Development and School Engagement
Introduction
Extracurricular activities (ECAs) play a significant role in the lives of students, shaping their personal development and enhancing their school engagement. While research has examined the benefits of ECAs, there is a need for a more comprehensive understanding of their specific influence on students' personal and academic growth. This research proposal aims to investigate the relationship between ECAs and students' personal development and school engagement.
Research Questions
This study will seek to answer the following research questions:
How do ECAs contribute to students' personal development, including their self-esteem,....
1. Piaget and Vygotsky: A Comparative Analysis of Child Development Theories
2. The Impact of Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory on Understanding Children's Behavior
3. Erikson's Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development: How Children Form Their Identity
4. Bandura's Social Learning Theory: Exploring the Role of Observational Learning in Child Development
5. Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory: Understanding Children's Development within their Environmental Context
6. The Contribution of Gesell's Maturation Theory to Understanding Physical Development in Children
7. Attachment Theory: Bowlby's Perspective on Emotional Bonding and its Effect on Child Development
8. Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development: Analyzing Children's Ethical Reasoning and Decision-making
9. Skinner's Operant Conditioning Theory: Examining the Role....
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