Assignment Content

1. Complete the Wk 1 – Apply: HR Competency Journal worksheet.

   (See attached worksheet)         Submit your assignment.

    

Comparison of the information presented by the HR manager and the topics discussed in the course: Compensation and benefits 

Individual conclusion: Include your takeaways from this activity 

• Read the Week 1 lecture which introduces us to Emma and CM Tech.  Also read Chapter 1 of our text which introduces you to all the things NOT to do.  The chapter is only 2 pages long and provides a lot of great insights into our topics.  Remember, you will be shadowing our fictitious manager, Emma, for the next 8 weeks in our course.  Emma has asked you to think about your past experiences and consider what your current or previous employers did that brought out poor performance from you or your coworkers.  Her goal is to discuss with you what didn’t work very well so you can both look to the future, helping ensure the team chooses a successful path without repeating past mistakes.  

In your initial discussion post share with your classmates your experiences as Emma requested.  In your responses to your peers expand on similar experiences you may have had or share experiences you’ve had that would have worked well to avoid the poor performance issues in their examples.  

Access Connect through the McGraw-Hill Connect® Access link at the top of this course.

Review your results from the Week 1 and Week 2 Self-Assessments:

• Self-Assessment: Assessing My Perspective on Ethics
• Self-Assessment: What is My Big Five Personality      Profile?
• Self-Assessment: Assessing an Organization’s Diversity      Climate

Consider how the information you’ve gathered can be used to solve a problem, work on a team, and function within a business environment. 

Determine how you can use your findings to get along with co-workers that may have different assessment results. 

Evaluate how you would handle stressful situations, manage change, and stay motivated. 

Complete “Apply: Self-Assessment Reflection” in Connect®. Do not exceed 175 words.

What is appreciative inquiry (AI)?

What are the implications of AI on defining project scope?

Create a two- to three-page Word document in APA format to answer these questions. Include a title page and a reference page (not included in the total number count of pages).

The HR planning process should be aligned with the strategic process of the organization in general. It will show how HR will contribute to the achievement of goals and objectives the organization has determined as a whole. As part of the planning process, HR should perform a job analysis. To have a better understanding about the job analysis, you should answer all of the following questions for this assignment:

1. Judge the job analysis process of an organization you are familiar with and indicate whether it is an effective one.
2. Judge a job description and job specification for any job selected that was performed with that job analysis process. Indicate how you would improve it and explain its importance.

Parameters

• Submit a Word document
• The paper should be 2 pages long
• Use 1″ margins (all around) and double space
• Use Times New Roman or Arial font, size 12
• Use APA format

No Plagiarism of any kind if you accept to work this assignment !!!!!!!!

Overview

Leaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader, you’ll need to stay on top of events that may facilitate or hinder productivity. You must create and implement solutions to address these issues.

In the assignment preparation, you chose an organization, described its organizational issue, and identified how it hinders organization efficiency. This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizational challenges. The solutions you devise should reflect your learning and research of organizational and individual influences in the workplace.

Instructions

The new CEO has selected your consulting firm to provide an analysis of the organizational efficiency.

Write a 2 page, double-spaced paper in which you will present to the CEO your findings during your research steps. You must propose strategic solutions in your paper to include the following:

1. Describe the organization and the issue to resolve: 
   • Provide a brief description of the organization you selected.
   • Present the organizational issue that adversely affected productivity and that you, the consultant, will review and resolve.
   • This information can be summarized from your assignment preparation last week. Make sure to incorporate any feedback that you received from your instructor.
2. Analyze current corporate culture: 
   • How has the current corporate culture facilitated the development of the current issue? Research the organization, dig into the culture, and analyze how it contributed to this issue. Hint: Review the mission and vision statements as well as the corporate Web site.
3. Identify areas of weakness: 
   • What are the organization’s areas of weakness as they relate to the issue? Apply your research on organizational behavior approaches to aspects of corporate culture—such as diversity, teamwork, and motivational strategies—to help identify the areas of weakness.
4. Propose solutions: 
   • What organizational practices would you modify? What solutions would you recommend to management that would help solve the identified weaknesses? As a consultant, you will identify the suggestions and solutions you would present to the organization’s leadership with regard to modifying current organizational practices to resolve the issue.
5. References and citations: 
   • Provide at least two quality resources such as the course textbook, a company Web site, business Web sites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or outside sources. Note: Wikipedia and Web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources.
   • You can find in-depth and quality company information using the Nexis Uni database through the Strayer University Online Library.
   • In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.
6. Formatting and writing standards: 
   • 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.

Confidentiality:Since you will be addressing real issues in real organizations in your assignments, it is important to respect confidentiality. Feel free to use an alias for any company or individuals you might mention in your assignments. Remember that all discussions about these organization should only occur within this course and not be shared with people outside the course.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Propose a solution for an organizational culture issue.

Western World Theory

Write a paper that examines what the repercussions might be of applying a Western World theory in a non-Western area. Why would it be a risk to apply a Western theory without first checking for the cultural impact?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

Given the varied history of race and the problems with race in the biological sciences, how would you describe what race is to a child who asks you about it?

Debate

I hope that we are slowly gaining a holistic view of Outdoor Education, and that your first impressions shared during week 1 have evolved accordingly. We have looked at Outdoor Ed through an academic lens, and had explored how these programs manifest themselves in the market place. At this point we have identified the Outdoor Ed has significant advantages when it is presented as a multifaceted educational experience that targets several different objectives via diversified curriculum. In simplified categories, Outdoor Ed works in the following realms:

Social Emotional Learning– Is the increasingly mainstream terminology that encompasses traditionally labeled ‘emotional intelligence’ topics. SEL is slowly working its way into the public school system, and gaining traction in state mandated educational requirements. For more information check out- https://casel.org/what-is-sel/ (Links to an external site.) 

Environmental Literacy– P21 Sums up Environmental Lit well- http://www.p21.org/about-us/p21-framework/830-environmental-literacy (Links to an external site.) 

Technical Outdoor Skills– From map and compass navigation, travel techniques in bear country, medical knowledge regarding heat related illness, to assessing and managing risk, teaching technical outdoor skills has long been the primary focus of Outdoor Education.

Dynamic programs meets many other needs but for our purposes we will focus on the above three items.

For this week please DEBATE which of the above elements of Outdoor Education you feel are most needed and/or most important in your community. All responses should be posted in the Discussion section under Week 5- Ranking debate.  

First, define your community (family unit, peer group, local population, generational group (e.g. millennial’s) etc. Your definition of community should be explained in 2-3 sentences.

Second, rank from 1-3 your priority of subjects within Outdoor Education that are you feel are most needed and/or most important within your community. Explain your rankings with two-three (2-3) sentences each. Feel free to argue for a component other than Social Emotional Learning, Environmental Lit, or Technical Outdoor Skills. You can also introduce and argue for your own category that you feel exists in Outdoor Rec. 

NOTE: This is a Chinese client, female.

If you are unclear about certain topics, continue to explore, identify, and synthesize 

This is one of our final theoretical assignment, before we shift our focus to the Back country component of this course.

*A reminder that all submitted work should always be your own. Plagiarism in any form will not be accepted and will be reported accordingly*