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Culture plays a primary role in how we communicate with each other. As human services workers, we often encounter individuals whose cultural perspective is very different from our own. Knowing the key elements that differentiate cultures, as well as our own cultural orientation, is important in being able to communicate effectively. In this discussion, you will be describing aspects of cultural difference that may impact interpersonal communication. You will also be reporting on your own cultural orientation.

Read Chapter 2 from The Interpersonal Communication Book. In addition, answer the fourteen questions on your cultural orientation found on pp. 35 – 36.

Reflect on the findings of the cultural orientation test that you completed. How did this help you to understand your own cultural orientation? Were there some elements that really made sense to you while others did not? How did this compare to what you read about differing components of a cultural orientation? How would you describe your own specific cultural orientation (not just as the United States or your country or origin)?

DeVito, J. A. (2016). The interpersonal communication book (14th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

• This text is a Constellation™ course digital materials (CDM) title.

HRM theories and references

1000 words

Case Study 1: Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Read “Case Study 3: Walmart Manages Ethics and Compliance Challenges,” located on page 407 of the textbook. Then, research and read two or more articles related to Walmart and ethics.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Examine the manner in which Walmart’s business philosophy has impacted its perception of being unethical towards supply and employee stakeholders. Provide one (1) example of Walmart in an unethical situation.
2. Determine the major effects that Walmart’s business philosophy has had on its human resource practices and policies.
3. Analyze two (2) of the legal mandates that workers and U.S. government has accused Walmart of violating. Provide an explanation as to why these legal mandates were violated, citing specific violations.
4. Evaluate the efficiency of the structure of the ethical decision making framework that Walmart has used in making its decisions. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Recommend two (2) actions that Walmart’s Human Resources Department should take in order to improve the employees’ perspectives of Walmart’s human resources policies. Provide a rationale for your recommendations.
6. Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe the business ethics issues and definitions, theories, and frameworks important to organizational ethical decision making and the role of a human resource professional.
• Determine the role of stakeholder interests, the interrelationship of ethics and social responsibility, and the role of corporate governance in ethics.
• Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business.
• Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric

Consider the multicultural perspective while reading this line from the chapter: “For many individuals, the medical establishment represents a place where they have little knowledge, no power or authority, or previous difficult experiences.” Read about the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee at http://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm/ (Links to an external site.). Then watch the video at McRae Today Show AARP with Jane Pauley (Links to an external site.) .

How is this material related and why is the multicultural perspective so important to case managers?

Optional: Find another example of a possible reason a group of people may be wary of the medical establishment.

Supporting Document 1: Memorandum to the CEO

Overview

Using the same scenario from Identifying the Organizational Learning Issue, as the vice president of human resources, you must create a memorandum to the CEO on the issues you discovered from the research. This memorandum serves as your communication to share the discovered problems and request for permission to continue researching future solutions.

Instructions

Write a 1–2 page memorandum in which you:

• Identify the issue(s) you discovered in the organization’s mystification from individual learning to the organizational learning using the examples that you provided in Identifying the Organizational Learning Issues assignment.
• Elaborate on the significant barriers that you discovered impact the process of learning within the organization’s culture. Provide a brief description of the selected OLM (such as, Off-line/Internal, Online/Internal, Off-line/External, or Online/External) that will be most suitable for this transition. Justify the selection.
• Suggest two actions that management can take in order to raise the level of trust as part of their strategy to create psychological safety. Justify your suggestions.
• Use Microsoft Word or other equivalent software to select a memorandum template for this supporting document, or use the template located here.

1. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
   The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
   • Prepare a memorandum on issues hindering a transition from individual to organizational learning, including a description of an OLM that will support the transition and actions that can raise the level of trust.
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MUST FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS!!!

-APA 7th Ed, double spaced, times new roman, 12 pt font, no excessive spacing, no images/charts/etc.

-All writing must be in essay/paragraph format (NO BULLETS). 

Below is the following information that must be used in the paper

Company: AECOM ( https://aecom.com/about-aecom/ )

Position: Construction Project Manager ( https://aecom.jobs/arlington-va-va/project-manager/A06B4CB49FD94554918BE8EFDF5EAF08/job/ )

-Begin by providing the formal definition of job analysis as described in the textbook. 

-Conduct a job analysis of the select position. 

-Discuss your decision to conduct job analysis (using both JOB REQUIREMENTS and COMPETENCY-BASED job analysis).

-Describe the process of collecting information about the select position. 

-Bring in info and data from O*net to create your task list or KSAO’s. (https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/11-9021.00 )

-Based on the job analysis, prepare a Job Description of the select position

REFERENCE PAGE

– Must utilize provided textbook (PDF FILE ATTACHED)

– ANY WEBSITES MUST BE USA BASED and DOCUMENTED AS REFERENCES and CITED IN THE PAPER (APA 7th Ed.)

Create a chart containing the three forms of business organizations: proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations.

Include key users of financial information, and briefly explain their roles.

Cite 3 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your assignment.

 Pick one of the “Qualitative” healthcare related studies that is of interest to you (YEAR – 2014 or newer), and analyze the paper.  Your topic can be on any subject related to the healthcare industry, and can be either administrative or clinical in nature. Write a 3-5 page research paper, analyzing what the study says (not including title page, Abstract, or References).  Your paper will be graded in accordance with strict APA compliance. 

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Option #1:

For this Capstone assignment, you will create an organizational intervention and evaluation plan that focuses on technological and environmental impacts. Specifically, you will examine how to engage employees in organizational change efforts regardless of impact type.

Develop a well-written paper that addresses the following:

• Conduct an environmental scan and analyze at least two technological or environmental influences that are impacting an organization/industry of your choice.
• Recommend interventions or strategies that can be implemented to mitigate any negative impact that a new technology/environmental factor may have on the organization. Explain how the recommended strategies can be used to engage employees in the change process.
• Identify an evaluation process for the intervention plan. Specifically, explain how you will gauge the success of the plan.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be 5-7 pages in length.