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Write a minimum of two pages in which you analyze how an organization can use ground rules and dialogue to grow as a learning organization.

The team learning discipline helps a team sustain and reinforce its learning, and increases the capacity to act synergistically and learn how to learn. Dialogue is a fundamental skill in the discipline of team learning, and is essential to the effective practice of the other learning disciplines. Dialogue makes meaningful, shared vision building possible. It makes systemic insight possible by facilitating reflection and inquiry in work groups. Consequently, it is important to understand the value and nature of dialogue, and how it differs from other forms of conversation.

Questions to Consider

To deepen your understanding, 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 the business community.

• Review The Ladder of Inference multimedia piece in the Resources. Consider the meaning of this concept and your experience using it. What suggestions do you have for self-improvement when using it next time? How might the ladder of inference apply to communication within an organization? How might it diminish effectiveness in terms of organizational learning? Can dialogue play a useful role? If so, how?
• Consider how dialogue can allow ostensibly conflicting allegiances or differences (for example, unionized labor and management) while allowing an organization to learn as a common entity.

Assessment Instructions

Analyze how ground rules and dialogue can be used to grow a learning organization. Address the following elements:

• Describe the differences between debate, discussion, and dialogue.
• Analyze the value of dialogue in helping a team learn and change.
• What are the ground rules required to reach this level of conversation?
• Describe what you are learning about how to design an effective dialogue session.
• Analyze the ease or difficulty of conversing at this level. Comment on the dangers and obstacles.

Your assessment should be a minimum of 2 pages in length, double-spaced.

Develop 1,500‐2,000 word, high‐level, Performance Management Cycle Plan. The plan should contain an introduction and conclusion that explain how effective performance management supports organizational strategy and HR goals.

The purpose of this assignment is to simulate the thought process that managers use when evaluating the various elements of supervision, performance management, and employee retention. The students are expected to produce a plan that includes:

1. Introduction of the organization that outlines the importance of performance management in organizations and performance management needs in the chosen organization.
2. Performance Management Process (Step 1). Performance outcomes for the company and performance outcomes for a selected department in the company. Students should include policies that support a culture of diversity.
3. Performance Management Process (Step 2). Develop employee goals, behavior, and actions to achieve outcomes.
4. Performance Management Process (Step 3). Provide support, supervision, and ongoing performance discussions.
5. Performance Management Process (Step 4). Evaluate performance of employees.
6. Performance Management Process (Step 5). Identify improvements needed.
7. Performance Management Process (Step 6). Provide consequences for performance results.
8. Evaluate HR management strategies including strengths and weaknesses of current training methods. Consider showing the link between how employee training supports HR goals including supporting a culture of diversity. 
9. Proposed impact of the revised human resource management strategies (recruitment, performance management, and employee training) on employee retention. 
10. Conclusion including human resource practices (performance management, training, and employee retention) and their contribution to the organization’s competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Incorporate three to five resources (including your course textbook) to support your paper.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

BS in Business Management- No Emphasis

5.3 – Examine human resource practices and their contribution to an organization’s competitive advantage in the marketplace.

BS in Health Information Management

5.5 – Evaluate human resource management strategies and techniques to facilitate staff recruitment, retention, and supervision.

5.6 – Create programs and policies that support a culture of diversity.

For this assignment, you will focus on how the National Response Framework (NRF) and the U.S. National Planning Frameworks direct the nation’s response to incidents and disasters, specifically focusing on Hurricane Matthew. 

Review the unit’s reading on the preparedness and response efforts to Hurricane Matthew in 2016, and write an analysis of the federal response. Your case study should address, at a minimum, the following questions. 

• Discuss how the National Planning Frameworks core capabilities and guiding principles applied to the Hurricane Matthew response. 
• How did the federal government prepare in advance for the landfall of Hurricane Matthew under the National Response Framework (NRF)? 
• How did communities apply the community approach to prepare and respond to Hurricane Matthew? 
• In your opinion, was the National Preparedness Goal achieved? 

Visit the following website by clicking on the link provided to read about each of the five frameworks and their available resources.

1. Federal Emergency Management Agency. (n.d.). National Planning Frameworks. Retrieved fromhttps://www.fema.gov/national-planning-frameworks

Links to read about the federal response to Hurricane Matthew.

2. Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2016, October 8).

 Hurricane Matthew unified response efforts underway [Press release] Retrieved from http://femacontract.com/news/hurricane-matthew-unified- response-efforts-underway/

3. COCESoE. (2015, June 22). Module 2 National Planning Frameworks [Video file]. Retrieved from

4.Katz, E. (2016, October 12). Federal agencies deploy thousands of feds for hurricane Matthew response.Government Executive. 

Your submission should be a minimum of three pages, not including the title and reference pages. You should support your analysis with strong arguments and evidence. You may use the two sources listed above as a basis for your analysis, but you must conduct additional research and use at least two additional sources. Your case study and all sources used should be formatted in APA style. 

Part 1: Research

Conduct  some independent research. Using Rasmussen and other resources, locate an  article that supports your personal values and professional communication  style. 

Part 2: Reflect

For this assignment, you will use your critical thinking  skills and reflect upon your personal values and professional communication style.

In a minimum of two-pages (not counting the title page and  reference page) address the following:

• Discuss how you will show your personal values through the  professional communication style you will use with clients.
• Identify concepts such as boundaries, respect, body language, the role of humor and  support, and disclosure. 
• Explain correlations  between the student’s personal values and their own professional communication  style. 
• Incorporate one (1)  credible resource to support your communication style. Cite source used. 

Use professional language including complete sentences and proper  grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout your paper. Be sure to cite any  research sources in APA format.

Information Privacy  

1. Watch the video “Massive cyberattack strikes Anthem” (1 min 43 s.)  
2. Review  the Case Study: Practical Applications of an Information Privacy Plan  on page 443 of the textbook. Based on the video, your readings this  week, and the case study, please respond to the following questions:  

• What information privacy principals have been breached?  
• How were the information privacy principals breached?  
• What would you do to address the situation?

NOTE: MORE THAN ONE ANSWER POSTED CHOOSE ANY

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation that justifies the implementation of a new compensation strategy that will support the motivational needs of knowledge workers and reinforce the real-time performance appraisal system that the organization has embraced. While your goal is to retain, motivate, and grow the current workforce of multi-generational knowledge workers, you must also justify to your senior management that this compensation strategy is competitive in the marketplace.

Min of 12 slides

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

The Summative Assessment for this course will involve the application of professional presentation skills in preparing a Power Point presentation and a narrative summary that might be used in an oral presentation related to communication in the human services field. This Final Project will focus on one group in need that is served by human service professionals, taking into account all of the learning outcomes identified throughout the course. Note: The Final Project requires the submission of both the Power Point presentation and the narrative summary.

Imagine that you are a human service professional interviewing clients from a particular group and select one of the following groups:

• Children and families
• Elderly
• Homeless
• People with mental illness
• People with disabilities

Upon selecting a group of interest, prepare a six- to eight-slide presentation (excluding title and reference slides) that includes the following:

• A description of the group’s challenges and specific communication needs (one slide)
• A description of at least two communication theories applicable within the human services field. Discuss how you, in the capacity of a human services professional, might use each theory to effectively engage with your clients. (one to two slides)
• Examples of three verbal and three nonverbal communication techniques/skills you might use when working with clients from within the health and human services workplace setting (three to four slides)

In addition to your Power Point presentation, prepare a four- to six-page narrative summary (excluding title and reference pages) that further explains your selected methods. Use the Week 5 Assignment template as a guide for formatting. Specifically, your summary will

• Describe your selected communication theories as applied to the health and human services setting, including your reasoning for selecting them, as well as benefits and limitations of their use when working with your selected group.
• Identify active listening skills you might use in interpersonal (e.g., one-on-one interactions) and group (e.g., group sessions) settings within the workplace.
• Identify empathy skills you might use in interpersonal (e.g., one-on-one interactions) and group (e.g., group sessions) settings within the workplace
• Describe how family, culture, and gender issues impact communication.
• Consider your proposed approach to interviewing clients from your selected group and identify some of your personal communication strengths and growth.

Writing the Narrative Summary

The Narrative Summary:

1. Must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.). The Power Point presentation must be at least six to eight slides in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a separate title page with the following:
   • Title of paper
   • Student’s name
   • Course name and number
   • Instructor’s name
   • Date submitted
3. Must use at least five scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
4. Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
5. Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

you reviewed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and trends (SWOTT) analysis of a fast-food franchise that was done in 2013. There have been many more recent changes with the fast-food giant toward improved business results. Read this article (Article Link is below) on these changes, and conduct a brief SWOTT analysis based on these new changes that includes the following:

• Strengths: The internal and external characteristics of a company that are stronger than its competitors
• Weaknesses: The internal and external characteristics of a company that are weaker than its competitors
• Opportunities: The issues internal and external to a company that can affect the company and its competitors in a favorable way
• Threats: The issues internal and external to a company that can affect the company and its competitors in an unfavorable way
• Trends: The internal and external patterns in the organization, market, or industry

https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-unveils-turnaround-strategy-2015-4

As a starting point, review the federal government guidelines of the core competencies of an executive leader. These qualifications are defined in OPM’s Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications (see phase resources). Review the competencies that are defined in the phase resource FM 622: Leader DevelopmentComplete the following for this assignment:

Compare and contrast similarities and differences in the leadership competencies.  

Compose your own list of the 5 most important leadership competencies, and justify your answer. 

 Formulate your own theory of the profile of a person who would have mastered the 5 competencies that you selected (based on experience, gifts, situations, academic achievements, mentoring, nature versus nurture, etc.). Use resources to effectively support your statements. 

Discuss whether economies of scale have any relevance to such companies as Wal-Mart.