Week 1 Discussion

 

Supporting Lectures:

Review the following lectures:

Discussion Questions

Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right” and any specific instructions for this topic.

Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.

Introduction:

By the due date assigned, respond to the assigned discussion questions and submit your responses to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area. Respond to the assigned questions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading.

Select any one of the following starter bullet point sections. Review the important themes within the sub-questions of each bullet point. The sub-questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion supported by research. Select a different bullet point section than what your peers have already posted so that we can engage in several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to reuse the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue.

Tasks:

Question 1:

Analyze the global vision of Li Shufu, owner of Volvo.

Question 2:

Evaluate the success or failure of a multinational corporation (MNC).

Submission Details:

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite all sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Your initial posting should be addressed at 500–1,000 words as noted in the attached PDF.

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ASSIGNMENT 3: POWER, POLITICS, AND CULTURE

Due Week 9 and worth 190 points

In Assignment 2, you created a professional development plan using EI building blocks and motivation. In this last assignment, you will examine how politics and power influence an organization and its culture.

In business, power and politics greatly influence an organizational culture and may hinder organizational productivity. In your role as consultant you observed power and politics influence on the corporate culture.

INSTRUCTIONS

Following SWS standards, write a 5 to 7 page report that addresses the following:

1. Influence of Politics and Power

○ Explain how politics and power-play may have influenced the organization’s culture.

2. Sources of Power

○ Explore the sources of power and describe how management could use this influence to benefit the department and improve organizational performance.

3. Leadership Behavior and Culture

○ Make recommendations that support how the study of power and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s culture.

4. Leadership Influence

○ Discuss the importance and complexity of leadership behavior in solving the issue you identified. How does it influence organizational structure and performance?

5. References and Citations

○ Go to https://research.strayer.edu to locate at least two resources.

○ In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.

6. Formatting and Writing Standards

○ Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.

STRAYER CLASS

1-2 PRARAGRAPHS

APA FORMAT

MUST USE EBOOK IN THE STRAYER WEBSITE

The Cost of Natural Resources

As Hite and Seitz (2016) show in Chapter 4: Energy, the world is in the midst of an energy crisis as it concerns the rapid use and depletion of nonrenewable natural resources. 

According to the textbook, “Many experts predict that the largest increase in demand for oil in the coming years will come from increasingly industrialized economies with large populations…” (p. 140)

Can this be offset by measures taken in developed nations to address the energy–climate crisis? Why or why not? What potential strategies could be used to reduce the demand for energy in industrialized economies with large populations? 

what is project/project management

 

Instructions:

This assignment will consist of 3700-word paper double spaced and in accordance with APA writing standards.

The paper should also have a cover sheet and reference section and is not counted toward the 3700 words. A minimum of 7 sources are to be used. The sources that you use in this paper are to be authoritative – preferably peer reviewed literature. Web sites may be used moderately but must be reputable and authoritative.

Although you may take the liberty of covering more topics the paper should at a minimum cover the following:

What is a Project?
What is Project Management?
Why do organizations need to use

Project Management?
What are Project Teams?
What are the differences between a

Project Leader and a Project Manager?
What are the major determinants of

Project success?

How does the Project Management concepts learned in the course thus far apply to your own professional career? (**This section of the paper should be critically reflective)

11 page research paper on the negative effects of poor human resource management

11 page research paper on  The negative effects of poor human resource management

Cover Page(1 page) 

Descriptive TitleandAbstract (1 page) 

Body of Paper (11- pages)containing appropriately labeled section headers: 1. Introduction 2. Theory / Concept or Literature Discussion (known theory in thefield – forexample, Marketrate Compensation,Affordable CareAct of 2010, Incentive Compensation Plans). 3. Application of Theory to the Workplace(nationally and/or internationally) 4. Recommendations / Learning Points 5. ConclusionReferences (1-2) 

Human Resource Management–PPT

Discuss best practices for hiring top talent and the process for developing top talent from within the organization. 

Imp point:- 

  1.  PowerPoint presentation consisting of 25 slides not including the cover slide and the reference slide. Every slide needs to include 100 words in the Notes section. 
  2.  You must use at least one reference, in addition to your book. You need to use in-text citations. Your in-text citation and your reference (on your reference slide) must be in APA format. 

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Risk Management Plan

The PCNet Project (B) **Dynamically Managing Residual Risk**

Assignment is based on the case study

This case was written by Christoph H. Loch, Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD. It is based on real events, but the names of all companies and participants have been disguised. Any similarity with existing companies is accidental. The case is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate the effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation.

Note: The assignments depend on one another (last assignment attached) In this assignment, you will create a risk management plan. You have a budget of $100,000 and a timeline of six months for the plan. Please refer to the Risk Management Plan Template (Figure A-1 in Practical Project Risk Management) to create the plan.

Write an 8–10 page paper in which you:

1. Prepare the scope and objectives of the Risk Management Process section of the Risk Management Plan, based on the facts presented in the case study.

2. Determine the project size, based on the facts presented in the case study, and provide justification based on the Example Project Sizing Tool (Figure 3-4 in Practical Project Risk Management).

3. Select the risk tools and techniques, and complete the Risk Tools and Techniques section of the Risk Management Plan for both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the project. Provide a rationale for the selections.

4. Develop the Risk Reviews and Reporting section of the Risk Management Plan, based on the project size previously determined.

5. Define the Probability and Impacts section of the Risk Management Plan, and justify the values assigned.

6. Define the Risk Thresholds section of the Risk Management Plan, and justify the values assigned.

7. Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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:

· Create a risk management plan that includes justification to support your rationale.