Thursday, September 12, 2013

Mckinsey’s 7s Organizational Framework for Develop Girls


Mckinsey’s  7s Organizational Framework for Develop Girls

The 7-S framework of McKinsey is a Value Based Management (VBM) model that describes how one can holistically and effectively organize a organization. Together these factors determine the way in which a organization operates

Shared Values
The interconnecting center of McKinsey's model is: Shared Values. What does the organization stands for and what it believes in. Central beliefs and attitudes.
Strategy
Plans for the allocation of a firms scarce resources, over time, to reach identified goals. Environment, competition, customers.
Structure

The way the organization's units relate to each other: centralized, functional divisions (top-down); decentralized (the trend in larger organizations); matrix, network, holding, etc.

System
The procedures, processes and routines that characterize how important work is to be done: financial systems; hiring, promotion and performance appraisal systems; information systems. & online system
Staff
Numbers and types of personnel within the organization.
Female and Male staff
Style
Cultural style of the organization and how key managers behave in achieving the organization’s goals. Management Styles. Leadership Style
Skill
Distinctive capabilities of personnel or of the organization as a whole.
 Core Competences.

Friday, September 6, 2013

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DISASTERS




THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DISASTERS

  • Wide variety of reactions can be expected in the immediate aftermath
  • Among directly exposed prevalence of PTSD is 30-40 %, in general population 10 to 20 %, and among rescue workers 10-20 % (Galea, Nandi & Vlalov, 2005)
  • Most survivors in disasters fare well
  • Some disasters can produce PTSD in majority of victims
  • Many bereaved suffer extensively over time – type of loss will determine longevity of reactions
  • Personal growth and community mobilization
•         Increased awareness
•         Change in values
•         Better preparedness
•         Connectedness – strengthening social network ties

DISASTERS AND SOCIETY

•         Reinforcing social fabric
•         Cohesion
•         Altruism, helping each other
•         Empathy and understanding
•         Positive meaning making
•         Resilience
•         Responsibility
•         Preventing new disasters
•         Increased preparedness
•         Health improvement
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 •         Fragmentation of human bonds
•         Conflict
•         Individualism
•         Psychic numbing, denial
•         Chronic meaning seeking
•         Vulnerability
•         Pulverization of responsibility
•         Lack of plans
•         Hypervigilance, overreactions
•         Health deterioration










COMMON INDIVIDUAL DISASTER REACTIONS



COMMON INDIVIDUAL DISASTER REACTIONS

  • Posttraumatic reactions
•         Intrusive memories
•         Avoidance reactions
•         Bodily hyperarousal

  • Increased anxiety
  • Sadness and depression
  • Guilt and self-reproach
  • Sleep problems
  • Cognitive problems: attention and memory difficulties

RITUALS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE:



RITUALS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE:


•         They allow for a direct, strong and meaningful way of expressing what we feel in relation to a traumatic loss

•         They bypass words and allow a strong symbolic expression through an act

•         They give form, structure and frames for our thoughts and feelings

•         They confirm our social connection to those we love and allow others to support us


•         They can both start and end, open and close, important aspects of the grief we experience

HOW TO HELP OVER TIME

v     Listen for the hidden meaning in children’s expressions be they verbal or through play
v     Take children’s search for understanding seriously – meet their questions
v     Do not provide rigid answers too fast

v     Help children in placing their loss in a new perspective as they develop and grow older


HOW TO HELP OVER TIME – ADVISE TO ADULTS




HOW TO HELP OVER TIME – ADVISE TO ADULTS


v     Do not talk about the loss too often or repeatedly ask how (s)he is doing
v     Continue to show that you are aware of the loss (s)he has suffered – use passing of important dates to introduce the subject
v     Help them if they continue to seek answers to what happened or they return to these questions
v     Do not give very definite answers to soon – be open to their reflections
v     Help children to place loss in perspective as they develop