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Motivation is the psychological process that arouses and directs behavior. There are three theories that will help us understand the motivation of employees in the workplace:

• Goal-setting theory suggests behavior can be motivated with specific, challenging goals that are obtainable. The key to goal-setting theory is ensuring employees understand what is expected and accept the goals.
• Self-efficacy is the belief in one’s personal ability to do a task. There is a lot to be said to scoring high in this trait. People who are confident about their ability tend to succeed, whereas those who doubt their ability tend to fail.
• Reinforcement theory explains how behavior can be altered by administering positive or negative consequences to actions of employees. Behavior with positive consequences tends to be repeated, and behavior with negative consequences tends not to be repeated.

Step 2 – Post a Response

Respond to the following.

• Take a moment to think about what it would take to motivate you to achieve your goals at work, which theory would you use and why?
• In reflecting on either an experience at work or with a family or friend, how can you motive them to achieve the goals in their lives? Which motivational theory would you use and why?

Managers spend 1/3 of their time communicating up and down the  organizational hierarchy. Communication is the transfer and  understanding of information from one person to another. The  communication model comprises of several parts.

We want to examine the Communication Pathway or medium in which  communication is delivered. The Communication Pathway is the pathway  messages are sent, including:

• face-to-face meetings,
• electronic mail and online discussions,
• written letters or memorandums, and
• telephone or voice-mail, among others.

While some people may be better at using  certain mediums over others, certain mediums can be better suited for  the specific message being conveyed.

For this week’s discussion, suppose you are a manager who needs to communicate several messages to employees of the company.

  Messages   1. The CEO abruptly resigns after the news media reported, the CEO embezzles millions of dollars
2. A plan to relocate the company
3. The death of an employee
4. The reassignment of one division to a new location    

• For each of the messages above:
  • List the medium (telephone, email, text, face-to-face meeting, etc.) you would use to communicate the message.
  • Explain why you choose that medium over the other possible mediums.
• Then, look at the messages from a general sense and explain how your choices affect trust and credibility among the employees.

Need a response to this two papers Quality Control 

Discuss the adverse impact of stereotyping in the workplace. 

Give detailed examples of various HR functions where stereotyping may occur. Examine the consequences of stereotyping as they relate to an employer’s exposure to liability. 

TEXTBOOK:

Bennett-Alexander, D., and Hartman, L. (2019). Employment Law for Business, (9th ed.). NY: McGraw-Hil

For this assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of these  metrics by writing a short paper that addresses the  following questions:

1. What can each metric demonstrate? What is its importance to HRM and strategic decision-making?
2. What would be learned from statistics derived from this metric?
3. Where might one find (or collect) the raw data for this metric? How would you implement tracking this metric in an organizational dashboard/balanced  scorecard?
4. What, if any, potential difficulties might create challenges in tracking this metric?

 metrics:

• Performance Rating Metrics (Quantitative)
• Succession Planning Metrics (Quantitative)
• Satisfaction and Perceptions of Fairness in Performance Management and Advancement Opportunities (Qualitative)

Critically evaluate the use of competency-based approaches in modern HR strategies.Explain in detail how they may be used in relation to EITHER Recruitment and selection ORPerformance managements organisational examples as appropriate to support your answer (30 marks)

Just answer the questions 1-5

This course address costs, access, quality, financing, workforce, and the Affordable Care Act. What is a health care issue that you are passionate about that will not be addressed in this course? Please write your 2 to 3 page issue brief on your issue, providing a description of the nature and scope of the issue, how it has been addressed if at all in the past, current efforts to address it, and other interesting aspects.

Your issue can be:

prescription drug spending, legalization of medical/recreational marijuana, opioid epidemic, surprise medical billing, interoperability of electronic health records, a national patient identifier, the impact of COVID-19 on any host of issues, mental health/substance abuse treatment, etc. 

I want a 3 page MLA science cited essay addressing mental health/substance abuse treatment and plagarism checker 

Write a 4–6-page analysis of a leader you either interviewed personally or researched thoroughly. In your analysis, address specific ways the leader demonstrates effective leadership.

Effective leaders realize that employees should be recognized for a job well done. While some people prefer public praise and others prefer personal recognition, most employees want to be recognized in some way. Kouzes and Posner (2017) state that effective leaders begin their leadership development by first learning to lead themselves. Effective leadership begins from within and expands outward to affect others. This development cascades into effective leadership.

SHOW LESS

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Evaluate the purpose and relevance of leadership.
  • Analyze how a leader reflects the definition of leadership.
  • Evaluate leadership style, characteristics, or themes in relation to the purpose and relevance of effective leadership.
• Competency 2: Evaluate how leadership strengths apply in the workplace and within the community.
  • Analyze how a leader models leadership.
  • Analyze how a leader inspires a shared vision.
  • Analyze how a leader looks for new opportunities that may require experimentation or taking risks.
  • Analyze how a leader empowers and recognizes the contributions of others.

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Questions to Consider

As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

• How does having or not having a shared vision affect your work? What strategies have you seen used that inspire a shared vision?
• How do the leaders you know recognize and acknowledge exceptional work?

Preparation

Throughout your career, you could undoubtedly benefit from analyzing leadership and management characteristics of other leaders and managers you consider effective and successful. This assessment provides an opportunity and framework to do that in the context of effective leadership.

To complete this assessment, you have two options. You may choose to base your assessment on a leader you know personally or on a leader who is well-known. Be sure to read the complete instructions for both options carefully before making a decision.

Instructions

Option A: Interview a Leader You Know Personally

Identify someone you know who is currently serving in a leadership capacity at an organization. You may choose a leader affiliated with your employer, a community leader, a political or church leader, or anyone whose leadership skills you admire. Arrange an interview with your selected leader to learn about his or her view of leadership. Structure the interview around the concepts of leadership as you have come to understand them from your own research or the recommended readings. Some suggested interview questions are:

• What is your definition of leadership?
• How do you model leadership?
• How do you inspire a shared vision in those around you?
• How do you look for new opportunities that may require experimenting or taking risks?
• How do you enable or empower others to act?
• How do you recognize the contributions made by others?
• In what ways do you get personally involved?
• What challenges and opportunities do you face?

Conduct the interview and then use the interview results to complete this assessment as instructed in the Requirements below.

Option B: Research a Well-Known Leader

It may be difficult for you to gain access to interview an available leader. If so, you may opt to research a well-known historical figure or contemporary leader whom you believe embodies great leadership. You may choose a business leader, political leader, author, scientist, sports personality, or any public figure about whom there is enough information publicly available for you to fulfill the requirements of this assessment. Refer to the Option B Leaders List (linked in the Resources) for potential subjects; you are not limited to this list.

Focus your research on how the leader demonstrates exemplary leadership as identified below:

• What is the leader’s definition of leadership?
• How does the leader model leadership?
• How does the leader inspire a shared vision in those around him or her?
• How does the leader look for new opportunities that may require experimenting or taking risks?
• How does the leader enable or empower others to act?
• How does the leader recognize the contributions made by others?
• In what ways does the leader get personally involved?
• What challenges and opportunities does the leader face?

Once you have completed your research, complete this assessment as instructed below.

Requirements for Both Options

In your assessment, address the following:

• Explain why you chose your selected leader.
• Provide background information on the environment and culture of the organization in which the leader provides leadership.
• Analyze how the leader models leadership.
• Analyze how the leader inspires a shared vision.
• Analyze how the leader looks for new opportunities that may require experimenting or taking risks.
• Analyze how the leader empowers and recognizes the contributions of others.
• Analyze how the leader reflects their definition of leadership.
• Evaluate the leadership style, characteristics, or themes of the leader in relation to the purpose and relevance of leadership. Draw justifiable conclusions about the effectiveness of the leader.

Additional Requirements for Both Options

Your analysis should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language. It should be approximately 4–6 pages in length. Follow APA rules for attributing sources that support your analysis and conclusions.

Reflect on the importance of using articles from peer-reviewed journals compared to information from the Internet. Ask yourself who evaluates the accuracy of information that you might obtain websites like Wikipedia and what form of accountability there is to ensuring that information is up-to-date, reliable, and valid.

Review the Final Assignment: Article Review and Critique in Week 10 for this class. Note that you will have to locate an empirical research article from a peer-reviewed journal. Begin to search for an article. Practice navigating the databases in the library by searching topics of interest. (Note: At this point, you do not need to identify the actual empirical research article. The goal of this assignment is to begin getting comfortable navigating the databases in the library).

For this Assignment, complete the following:

• Identify a list of 10 peer reviewed social work journals from the library that you might find helpful relative to your social work practice interests.
• In a 100-150 word paragraph, discuss why using research studies from peer reviewed journals is important to the development of knowledge in social work. For example, discuss the advantages of having articles reviewed by other scholars and researchers. Then using a case illustration, describe how articles from peer-reviewed journals can help to inform your social work practice decisions with clients, communities, agencies, and/or social work policies.