PSY435FINAL PAPERWEEK5

PSY435FINAL PAPERWEEK5 PSY435FINAL PAPERWEEK5 Working with Employees Portfolio Kimberley Moore PSY/435 May 5, 2015 Dr. Francis Uzonwanne Working with Employee Portfolio Working with Employees Portfolio City youth agency is an organization that focus on African American adolescent males in poverty-stricken communities. City Youth organization offers job training, employment, resources for GED classes and other wrap around services for their clients. Each client assigned a worker to assists in their need of services. City Youth days of operation is Monday Thru Friday from 9am to 6pm on Saturdays they are open from 10 am to 1pm for clients who may need to attend training on Saturday. Other organization sends referrals to City Youth to work with their clients who are in need of assistances. City Youth employees have caseloads of 10 clients, supervisors are responsible in delegated the assignments to their employees once the managers have assigned the portfolios to the two supervisors. A 30-minute interview with an employee name Carol Williams in reference to her positions and job duties. Ms. Williams is a manager at City Youth organization that helps inner city youths to obtain employment through intense training and real life issues. Ms William’s role is to provide leadership and to deal with any issues or problems that may arrive from her staff and clients on behalf of the organization. Ms. Williams been employed with the organization for 15 years 5 of them years she worked as a front line worker, was promoted to manager, and has held that position for the last 10 years. Ms. Williams is exceptional in her work duties and performances. Ms. Williams has had high outcomes with the youths in her unit in successfully helping them obtain employment and their GED. Ms. Williams is responsible for 20 staff and 200 clients, there are times when she has double the client her employees are push to services the extra clients added to their caseload. Ms. Williams has part time and full time workers, her supervisors are full time. Problems arrive with not having enough full time employees. Summary of Interview Ms. Williams has experience several issues that are harming the productivity of her clients. The part time staff is affecting the caseloads of her full time employees. Ms. Williams meet with her supervisor to discuss the problem with the part time employees. Ms. Williams’s concern with her subordinates, which are the supervisors, why there is not more full time employees to delegate the work to. Her supervisors are responsible in ensuring there are enough full time employees to delegate caseloads to. Part time employees are hired to help in the over flow of caseloads. Ms. Williams deal directly with her supervisor with the lack of services for their clients and the shortage of full time staff supervisors held responsible for the lack of productivity and the flow of work. City Youth organization managers hold supervisors to higher standards then their other employees therefore the supervisor are accountable for any problems and issues and the supervisors hold their subordinates accountable. Recruitment and Employees Selection City Youth organization has been having a difficult time in recruiting full time employees. Fulfilling the duties of a case manager working with inner city youth has been challenging to the organization. Recruiting individuals that are experience with working with the Population City Youth work with has been meeting the requirements. The applicants that have been applying for the full time positions do not met the skills or ability to services the population City Youth is looking for. The employees need to be able to work independently with minimum supervision, they need to know the area, and have experience in dealing with challenging adolescents. Staff need to be effective in the assistance they offer their clients in order for the client to reach their goals and complete the program. Employees that do not have the qualities City

Genetic Variation Definition, Causes, and Examples

Genetic Variation Definition, Causes, and Examples Definition In genetic variation, the genetic makeup of organisms within a population change. Genes are inherited segments of DNA that contain codes for the production of proteins. Genes exists in alternate versions, or alleles that determine distinct traits that can be passed on from parents to offspring.   Genetic variation is important to the processes of natural selection and biological evolution. The genetic variations that arise in a population happen by chance, but the process of natural selection does not. Natural selection is the result of the interactions between genetic variations in a population and the environment. The environment determines which genetic variations are more favorable or better suited for survival. As organisms with these environmentally selected genes survive and reproduce, more favorable traits are passed on to the population as a whole. Key Takeaways: Genetic Variation Genetic variation refers to differences in the genetic makeup of individuals in a population.Genetic variation is necessary in natural selection. In natural selection, organisms with environmentally selected traits are better able to adapt to the environment and pass on their genes.Major causes of variation include mutations, gene flow, and sexual reproduction.DNA mutation causes genetic variation by altering the genes of individuals in a population.Gene flow leads to genetic variation as new individuals with different gene combinations migrate into a population.Sexual reproduction promotes variable gene combinations in a population leading to genetic variation.Examples of genetic variation include eye color, blood type, camouflage in animals, and leaf modification in plants. Genetic Variation Causes Computer graphic illustration depicting a point mutation. A point mutation is a genetic mutation where a single nucleotide base is changed.   Alfred Pasieka/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Genetic variation occurs mainly through DNA mutation, gene flow (movement of genes from one population to another) and sexual reproduction. Due to the fact that environments are unstable, populations that are genetically variable will be able to adapt to changing situations better than those that do not contain genetic variation. DNA Mutation: A mutation is a change in the DNA sequence. These variations in gene sequences can sometimes be advantageous to an organism. Most mutations that result in genetic variation produce traits that  confer neither an advantage or disadvantage. Mutations lead to genetic variation by altering genes and alleles in a population. They may impact an individual gene or an entire chromosome. Although mutations change an organisms genotype (genetic makeup), they may not necessarily change an organisms phenotype.Gene Flow: Also called gene migration, gene flow introduces new genes into a population as organisms migrate into a new environment. New gene combinations are made possible by the availability of new alleles in the gene pool. Gene frequencies may also be altered by emigration of organisms out of a population. Immigration of new organisms into a population may help organisms better adapt to changing environmental conditions. Migration of organisms out of a population could re sult in a lack of genetic diversity. Sexual Reproduction: Sexual reproduction promotes genetic variation by producing different gene combinations. Meiosis is the process by which sex cells or gametes are created. Genetic variation occurs as alleles in gametes are separated and randomly united upon fertilization. The genetic recombination of genes also occurs during crossing over or the swapping of gene segments in homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Genetic Variation Examples A true albino squirrel photographed eating a nut in Companies Garden in Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.   David G Richardson/Getty Images Favorable genetic traits in a population are determined by the environment. Organisms that are better able to adapt to their environment survive to pass on their genes and favorable traits. Sexual selection is commonly seen in nature as animals tend to select mates that have traits that are favorable. As females mate more often with males considered to have more favorable traits, these genes occur more often in a population over time. A persons skin color, hair color, dimples, freckles, and blood type are all examples of genetic variations that can occur in a human population. Examples of genetic variation in plants include the modified leaves of carnivorous plants and the development of flowers that resemble insects to lure plant pollinators. Gene variation in plants often occurs as the result of gene flow. Pollen is dispersed from one area to another by the wind or by pollinators over great distances. Examples of genetic variation in animals include albinism, cheetahs with stripes, snakes that fly, animals that play dead, and animals that mimic leaves. These variations enable the animals to better adapt to conditions in their environments.