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Competencies for Project Managers

Read these 9 mini-case study series from the Project Management Institute on the Global Green Books Publishing company before starting this assignment:

· Mini-Case 1 – Project Management at Global Green Books Publishing [PDF].

· Mini-Case 2 – The Back to School Crunch at Global Green Books [PDF].

· Mini-Case 3 – Defining Standards at Global Green Books [PDF].

· Mini-Case 4 – Cost Estimating at Global Green Books Publishing [PDF].

· Mini-Case 5 – Managing Change at Global Green Books Publishing [PDF].

· Mini-Case 6 – Developing Project Managers at Global Green Books Publishing [PDF].

· Mini-Case 7 – Closing Projects at Global Green Books Publishing [PDF].

· Mini-Case 8 – Team Building at Global Green Books Publishing [PDF].

· Mini-Case 9 – Quality Management at Global Green Books Publishing [PDF].

Write a 6–8 page paper in which you:

1. Describe and discuss at least three challenges that supervisors face in being effective project managers at Global Green Books Publishing.

2. Identify and discuss at least three key skills/competencies supervisors need to be effective project managers at Global Green Books Publishing.

3. Describe at least three challenges that team members face when working on projects at Global Green Books Publishing.

4. Identify and discuss at least three skills/competencies that team members need in order to be effective in projects at Global Green Books Publishing.

5. 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.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

· Examine the competencies of project leadership that are necessary to overcome challenges and effectively lead high-performance teams in a project environment.

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How would you assess the consequences of “The Great Uprising of 1877?” (ULO 1)

To attract, motivate, and retain good workers, companies need to define what an employee wants from the employment relationship. One way to define employee needs is to consider “total rewards,” which are everything an employee perceives to be of value resulting from working for the company. Benefits are a core element of total rewards and the ever-growing package of offerings have evolved. You must now work with the company to define precisely where the various programs will be categorized. 

Write a six- to seven-page paper in which you do the following: 

• Identify and discuss at least three important variables that almost always should be considered by organizations when developing employee benefits programs. Be sure the response is specific and relevant. 
• Compare and contrast income protection programs and pay for time not worked programs, both of which are usual elements of benefits programs. How are the programs similar? Are they mandatory? 
• Research and discuss at least four to five of what may be referred as “Other Benefits” that you could recommend to the management team as necessary elements for the benefits package. Hint: Flextime and product or service discounts are good examples.
• Develop an employee benefits package for any exempt or non-exempt position (you must designate which) level of your choosing, making sure you support the selection of your program elements.
  • Note: The preferred method for presenting your benefits package information is using a table or exhibit, but either approach is not mandatory.
  • Examples:US Bank Benefits at a Glance and UW-Madison New Employee Benefits Summary.
• Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment, one of which must be the assigned textbook.

NOTE: You are not allowed to use non-academic websites except for those listed in the course resources list, or SHRM, ASTD, HCI, or WorldatWork. There are no exceptions to this requirement.  You may also use Strayer University Library to locate additional sources to support your work.

Since this is the final course in your journey through the PPA program, it is worth reflecting on what you are learning and how it connects with work you have done up to this point. In this module, we are examining the legitimacy and support perspective as an analytical tool. Consider your prior coursework. How has your prior learning shaped your experience in, or provided a foundation for, your perspective on this topic?

 This entry should be at least 200 words in length. 

 Cite resources and follow APA style guidelines as appropriate. 

3. Mr. Jackson owns several manufacturing plants and has just purchased a company that makes tire rims. The company has an OD department with three employees. Mr. Jackson doesn’t know anything about OD and he has asked you to design a study to see if OD really makes any difference. What do you propose?

2 page paper on New Advances in Understanding Sensitive Periods in Brain Development. Paper must have Evaluation, Reaction, and Application, and title page.

I have added picture to use for this assignment it just needs to be completed in text. I have listed instructions for this assignment below. The template to complete the work is in an atachment.

Instructions:

Relative to human history, the period covered in this week’s study is long. During this lengthy span of years, not only did people change in appearance, but the way they lived also changed radically. What we have found of their art and architecture also demonstrates an evolution in these areas.

Using your eBook, find one example of sculpture from each of the following periods: Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze OR Iron Age.

View these sculpture pieces carefully. Capture an image of each of the three sculptures and place them in chronological order, from oldest to newest, in this template. Then, using information from your textbook, lectures, and other appropriate academic sources, provide the following regarding each image:

1. The title of the work, its location, the materials used to create the work (if known), and the date.
2. A brief assessment of the visual properties you observe. Describe the types of lines, shapes, colors and textures (actual and perceived) the artist has used.
3. An analysis of the formal structure of each piece. What is the meaning or importance of how the artist has arranged, organized, or structured the visual elements in the image?
4. The natural subject of each piece. Based on your textbook reading and Internet research, are there any details that have a symbolic meaning? If so, what?
5. A five- to seven-sentence paragraph that discusses the cultural context of each work, based on what you have learned through your textbook reading, the online lectures, and Internet research. What do the images tell you about the culture and the people who created them?
6. List of references, including the specific websites where you found the images.

Create a six-slide, 12-minute presentation briefing a team on a potential ethical dilemma.

In the career for which you are preparing, where will you look for ethical guidance?

• Employer: contractual obligations, employee handbook, corporate culture.
• Colleagues: fellow workers, deserving respect, productive relationships.
• Clients: honest treatment, service with dignity, contractual obligations.
• Profession: fellow practitioners, counterbalance to employer, code of conduct.
• Personal: individual commitments, personal responsibility, integrity.

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All of these overlapping concerns may create conflicted situations. Professional association codes of ethics commonly deal with a number of concerns:

• Expertise: qualifications for practitioners, continuing education.
• Research: informed consent, plagiarism, shared publication credit.
• Privacy: record keeping, protecting confidentiality, public statements.
• Relationships: harassment, conflicts of interest, workplace behavior.

No matter how extensively the professional code is spelled out, it cannot cover everything, and it often overemphasizes enforcement. It is more helpful to take a positive approach, thinking aspirationally about how best to handle challenging situations.

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.

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• What concrete situations in your workplace might give rise to ethical dilemmas?
• Does the professional code of conduct provide any relevant guidance for these cases?

Assessment Overview

Imagine management at your future workplace tasks you with making a formal presentation to your team discussing a workplace ethical dilemma they might face. You consider an appropriate professional code of conduct, but only to the extent that it might offer useful guidance in this situation. The central task is to help everyone work together productively in resolving tricky issues.

For this assessment, fulfill the management task and create an audiovisual presentation that applies a professional code of ethics to common workplace situations. Submit your work as a narrated visual presentation in the courseroom submission box. You may develop a series of annotated PowerPoint slides, for example, using Kaltura to record the audio portion of your work. If you are more familiar with other presentation software, you may use that, so long as your submission satisfies all of the required elements of the assessment.

Assessment Instructions

Include the following in your narrated visual presentation:

• Apply a professional code of ethics to this workplace situation.
• Assess the advantages and disadvantages of the selected professional code of ethics.
• Explain methods for resolving ethical disagreements productively.
• Describe areas of one’s personal disagreement with professional standards.

Note: Include in your presentation slides or annotations a full APA-style citation of any quotation or paraphrase from the professional code or other sources you choose to employ.

Your instructor may provide video feedback on your work, in addition to completing the official scoring guide for the assignment.

Submit this assessment to your ePortfolio.

Additional Requirements

• Communication: Create an audiovisual presentation that applies a professional code of ethics to common workplace situations.
• Media presentation: Create a minimum of 6 slides, 12 minutes total in length, with notes or a transcript to ensure accessibility to everyone. Upload the presentation.
• Resources: There is no minimum number of resources required; however, use your judgment to ensure your topic is thoroughly researched.

Print

Ethics in the Workplace Scoring Guide

CRITERIA

NON-PERFORMANCE

BASIC

PROFICIENT

DISTINGUISHED

Apply a professional code of ethics to a workplace situation.

Does not apply a professional code of ethics to a workplace situation.

Explains a workplace situation in the context of a professional code of ethics.

Applies a professional code of ethics to a workplace situation.

Assesses an appropriate professional code of ethics as applied to a workplace situation.

Assess the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics.

Does not describe the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics.

Describes the advantages or disadvantages of a professional code of ethics, but not both.

Assesses the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics.

Analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics.

Explain methods for resolving ethical disagreements productively.

Does not mention methods for resolving ethical disagreements productively.

Mentions methods for resolving ethical disagreements productively.

Explains methods for resolving ethical disagreements productively.

Assesses methods for resolving ethical disagreements productively.

Describe areas of one’s personal disagreement with professional standards.

Does not describe areas of one’s personal disagreement with professional standards.

Lists areas of one’s personal disagreement with professional standards.

Describes areas of one’s personal disagreement with professional standards.

Explains areas of one’s personal disagreement with professional standards.

Create an audiovisual presentation that applies a professional code of ethics to a workplace situation.

Does not create an audiovisual presentation that applies a professional code of ethics to a workplace situation.

Creates an audiovisual presentation that applies a professional code of ethics, but the presentation lacks detail or does not reflect a workplace situation.

Creates an audiovisual presentation that applies a professional code of ethics to a workplace situation.

Creates an audiovisual presentation that applies a professional code of ethics to a workplace situations, and the presentation is engaging and detailed.

Will the internet and other devices increase in the future by putting the “secrecy” of the jury deliberation under threat?

Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation Open

Instructions

Imagine you are an executive for an organization of your choice, and you are preparing a presentation for the board of directors about the organization’s direction.

Create a PowerPoint presentation (approximately 10 to 15 slides), with speaker notes, in which you address the following components:

• Describe the organizational structure and design.
• Examine the organization’s differentiation and growth strategy.
• Analyze strategic options and a management approach the organization uses as it relates to the organization’s goals and strategies.
• Analyze the corporate culture and methods used to influence employee satisfaction and retention.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying in-text citations in the proper APA format. Use at least one scholarly article from the CSU Online Library.