Monthly Archives: March 2023

1. Watch the following two videos from the LinkedIn Learning course Relational Database Fundamentals with Adam Wilbert.
   • “Database Management Systems (DBMS)” (4m 36s).
   • “Relational Structures” (3m 57s).
2. Review Figure F2.1 Database, Database Management System, and  Business Applications on page 28 of the textbook. Based on the  videos and your readings this week, please do the following:
   • Choose a set of data from the database list (e.g., Performance data).
   • Next, select the appropriate application program that the data  interfaces with via the database management system (i.e., Performance  program).
   • Now, explain how information from the application and system are displayed on your computer screen as the user.
   • Explain how you use the program and what functions are available to you.
   • Provide recommendations you would make to improve the program’s functionality to make it easier for end users.

Ask a member of the Human Resources team (or the person who does the hiring) at your work what they see as the key characteristics of a successful manager. In the discussion thread, provide a summary, answering the following questions:

1. What company do you work for and what is the role of the individual you interviewed?
2. What are the key characteristics of a successful manager that your colleague described?
3. What are your thoughts on your colleague’s response?

1. Reflection #2 – Inspire a Shared Vision 

o LC – Ch 5-6, p.93-142

§ LC – Ch05 – Envision the Future

· Leadership Vision – 

o What percentage of time is focused on the future, imaging possibilities?

o How does future envisioning take place? Evolve to actual reality?

§ LC – Ch06 – Enlist Others

· Leadership Enlistment –

o With amount of time a modern General Manager spends responding to e-mails and analyzing a plethora of reports and data leaves little time to focus human interactions. Is this how GM’s want to operate and what can be done to change this?

o How does one articulate and encourage constituents to “buy-in” to a shared vision?

o What happens when constituents don’t buy-in to a shared vision?

o EO – Ch 3, p. 65-86

§ EO – Ch03 – Believe

· How can leaders align the immediate tactical mission to the overall strategic goals? What are the expected obstacles to doing this?

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1. What are your own expierences of having been involved in meaningful conversation? Identify one or two such occasiosn in your life. What made these conversations memorable and full of meaning? What can you learn from these expierences that you can apply in counseling situations.

2. Reflect on the feeling of being really understood. Identify one recent occasions when you felt that another person really understood what you were expierencing. how did they express their empathetic engagement with you- how did you know that they understood? What was the effect of their empathetic sensitivity on your relationship?

3.When was the last time that you exhibited a puzzling reaction to a situation? Take a few minutes to write a description of the situation, how you reacted, and how you felt afterwards. What was strange about the way you responded in this situation? are you now able to make sense of you reaction? who or what helped you to develop an understanding of what happened? What have you learned from this whole event that might help you to work with a client wishing to make sense of a problematic personal reaction.

Your Activity responses should be both grammatically and mechanically correct and formatted in the same fashion as the Activity itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your response and document them in a bibliography using APA style. (100 points) (A 4-page response is required.)

AGC Resources is developing several new jobs for the organization. The VP of HR has decided that the company needs to hire several mid-level sales managers (SOC Code 11.2022.00) and has asked you to develop the job requirements for these positions. Information necessary to develop this activity can be found in Chapters 3-4 of the text, as well as the O*Net website. For this activity, you must complete the following tasks. (100 points) (A 4-page response is required.)

Part A

Explain ten (10) tasks, ten (10) task dimensions, and ten (10) work contexts that are necessary for developing a formal job description. (30 points)

Part B 

Define KSAOs and develop and discuss a listing of the KSAOs needed to successfully support the position. Discuss six (6) knowledge, six (6) skill, and six (6) ability components. (40 points)

Part C

Write the job description that follows from the development of the job requirements. (30 points)

Jack Welch, GE’s former CEO, said, “We now know where productivity comes from. It comes from challenged, empowered, excited, rewarded teams of people.”

• Explain how group dynamics, team characteristics, team leadership, and team management all play a vital role in company productivity.

Respond to Mitch Jessip post 

MUST BE IN APA FORMAT

1-2 PARAGRAPHS

REFERENCES

The Pledge to Eliminate Poverty 

As Hite and Seitz (2016) discuss in Chapter 2: Wealth and Poverty, the Millennium Development Goals were created to provide developing countries support through the partnership of developed countries. The first goal is to “eradicate extreme poverty and hunger” in the world. 

According to the textbook, population is still increasing in the world’s poorest regions. Take a look at the Millennium Development Goals report (https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/2015_MDG_Report/pdf/MDG%202015%20rev%20(July%201).pdf).

The report notes that progress in reducing extreme hunger is uneven across regions and countries. Looking at the graph on page 14 of the report, which countries have the least reduction in extreme hunger? Which countries have the greatest reduction in extreme hunger? What factors contribute to this uneven progress? What are some possible strategies for creating more progress in these countries? 

1. Choose whether you believe a company should hire for diversity or hire the best qualified individual. Explain your rationale. Explain how place of work could benefit from a diverse workforce.

2. Managers are often overwhelmed by their day-to-day activities and postpone important aspects of their jobs, including performance appraisals. What is the purpose of performance appraisals within an organization? Do you think performance appraisals are effective? Give a reason for your position. What components should be included in a performance appraisal?