The Literature Review Paper

Research Paper 1

Research Pater

Roger Schlueter

GU299

Grantham University

The Grow, Hamm, & Lee’s “The Debate over Doing Good” Summary

In the article Chief Executive Robert L. Nardelli believes social responsibility is a way to build a shareholder value at Home Depot believing managers should spend the profit on social causes. He tries encouraging companies to volunteer because they are beholden to customers, employees, suppliers, stakeholders, social activists and community members. It is notable that Gen Yers are attracted by companies that burnish the image of socially responsible companies. They are happier when companies bake social responsibility, and investors accept costs of the culture. According to Nardelli, the most competed thing are associates thereby many companies bake concept of social responsibility to their culture. Some executives have argued that companies should develop social responsibility platform of employees marrying work with non-work lives of volunteering.

Burke, M. A., Picus, L., & Fenton Avenue Charter School (Lake View Terrace, Calif.). (2001). Developing community-empowered schools. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.

In the article it is evident School-community partnerships are started to take a variety of various forms; common is partnership with business, health care organizations, military and government agencies, and faith-based organizations, cultural and recreational institutions. The actives of these organizations are family, student, community or school centered. Case studies have identified a high commitment to learning, a welcoming school climate principal support for community involvement and two-way communications with community partners as methods of developing and maintaining meaningful community organization and partnerships. The partnerships have been credited to exposure to career opportunities, school attendance positive effects on grades and high grades. The communities are involved in parenting, volunteering, communicating, decision making, learning at home, provision of needed equipment, support for student instruction and technical assistance. Developed Community collaborations can enhance curricula, disseminate and identify information about further schools community outreach and community resources. The relations between partnerships to curriculum and instruction is critical in moving partnerships from peripheral public relations to central programs in students learning and development and improvement of students overall lifestyle.

Butterfoss, F. D. (2007). Coalitions and partnerships in community health. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Butterfoss emphasizes that a partnership should always have a champion for sustainability; he should not necessarily be the leader. Often a high profile individuals, mostly cheerleaders, visionaries’ thinkers, innovative to stakeholders and have access to extensive networking abilities and resources. Efficiency in Partnerships requires equal distribution power among members regardless their size thereby the sense of decision making and control for long-term success through trust.

It is believed that Partnerships should have important compatible goals for success. It is these goals and common problems that strengthen the partnerships. The champion solves the conflict and dysfunction occurring due to diverse points of view through dialogue. The article maintains that for long-term survival of the community partnerships Trust is the key in role performance, technical competence and concerns partners abilities.

Andrews, M. M., Boyle, J. S., & Carr, T. J. (2003). Transcultural concepts in nursing care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

The article outlines that community-based nursing practices with families, individuals and communities are promoted by collaboration, partnerships, facilitation and empowerment. These methods require the active involvement of communities and clients in designing the service programs, implementing interventions, assessing the needs for care and evaluation of outcomes. The services are always often fragile and complex and require a high level of nursing knowledge and skills because most persons come from diverse cultures and socio-economic contexts. Mutual understanding and respect indicate continued communications among health care providers. Nurses are advised to help clients and community leaders to form partnerships responsible for structuring the health care systems in culturally appropriate and sensitive ways. Through partnerships, Clients from diverse culture and economic contexts make nurses have easy, comfortable and productive working conditions. The cultural concepts and culture increase nurse skills and abilities to work in diverse community settings by identification of the risks and community strategies to reduce the health risks.