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Begin by researching academic resources on the new realities in the modern workplace. Be sure to research any applicable laws and regulations, either newly enacted or that have been in place. Then, prepare a white paper that includes the following:

• Identify and assess at least two new workplace realities.
• Explain how new employee legislation, organizational change, and/or workforce diversity can present challenges in the modern workplace.
• Recommend strategies for a supervisor and/or organization to positively manage these identified challenges.

Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. 

• For each approach, discuss what methods can be used to circumvent the attack, prevent it, or minimize the disruption caused by the event.
• Include 3 pages of material covering the 3 discussion areas.

Cost Comparison of Web Conferencing

The two owners of Spinner Media Services Inc. wanted to cut travel costs and productivity losses (wasted time) and maintain the benefits of person-to-person collaboration. They decided to use Web conferencing internally for collaboration and externally for sales demonstrations to customers. Their two options were (1) a pay-per-use basis or (2) a per user licensing plan based on the number of seats or participants. The decision would depend on cost comparisons based on these data estimates:

• Approximately 400 meetings per year
• An average of 12 participants per meeting
• Each meeting lasting about one hour, which takes into consideration the need to get the meeting set up at least 15 minutes in advance and meeting for 45 minutes
• 250 unique participants, consisting of 50 employees and 200 customers

1. Research the costs of a pay-per-use plan vs. a per user licensing plan based on the number of seats or participants for Microsoft’s Zoom and Cisco’s WebEx. Or evaluate two other pieces of web-based meeting software. Precise cost comparisons are difficult because there are so many variables, but a general cost analysis between Zoom and WebEx or other software is feasible.
2. Design a spreadsheet that shows cost comparisons of the vendors’ licensing options and the pay-per-use option using the data estimates.
3. Identify other criteria that should be taken into account when making such a decision (for example, vendor support or the ability to integrate with Outlook).
4. Based on your analysis, make a fully documented recommendation to the owners.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Prepare an Excel spreadsheet that fulfills the criteria for this SLP assignment. Be sure to use formulas and graphs within Excel so they can be reviewed. In a Word document, interpret the meaning of your analytical findings from the spreadsheet. The Word document should present the results to the owners of Spinner Media Services. Use analytics and graphs in your report and then describe the results. Remember you can copy spreadsheets and graphs into Word but you need to upload both the Word document and the Excel document to the SLP drop box.

An action plan is a written strategy used to achieve outlined goals. For the purposes of this assignment, the action plan will be created using PowerPoint. An action plan includes the components listed below, and you may refer to page 237 in the textbook for additional guidance.

1. State the goal, which should identify what training content will be used and how it will be used.
   1. The goal for this action plan is to assist managers with identifying how performance appraisals are used to demonstrate the success of training efforts.
2. Include the strategies for reaching the goal including what the trainee must do, what resources will be needed, and the type of support from managers and peers that will be necessary.
3. Include the strategies for receiving the feedback, which will be used to demonstrate the success of the training efforts.
4. Define the expected assessment results and how the results can be used to improve training.

After the title slide, begin your action plan by stating the goal. Next, identify at least three strategies for reaching the goal. Briefly explain your chosen strategies with supporting data in the speaker notes section of the PowerPoint presentation. For the third part of the action plan, develop a 10-question survey that could be used to demonstrate the success of the plan. Conclude your action plan with a summary of the expected results and how the manager could use them to improve training.

This action plan should contain at least 12 slides. You must use at least two sources with one being the textbook and the other being academic in nature from any database within the CSU Online Library. Be sure to cite and reference sources using proper APA style.

Here are some general guidelines to follow when preparing your PowerPoint presentation.

• Design your presentation with the back of the room in mind. It is important that everyone can easily see and read the content.
• Select a professional-looking slide design appropriate for the presentation and audience.
• White text on a dark background is the easiest for the audience to see.
• Use a large font size.
• Use color and graphics when appropriate. Illustrations should relate to the content being discussed. Be creative.
• Follow the 6 x 6 rule (i.e., use no more than six lines per slide and no more than six words per line).
• Utilize the speaker notes function to add your talking points.
• Bullet points work best on the slides.
• Add slide transitions to enhance the audience’s experience.   

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Reflective Discussion

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In the Module 4 Reflective Discussion, please reflect on everything you have learned in this course by addressing the following: 

Paragraphs 1-3: 

Given the readings and assignments in the course, identify and discuss three important concepts applicable to your work experience, profession, and/or career plans for the future. Describe how each applies.

Paragraph 4:

What part of the course (background materials, assignments, and so forth) helped to shape or reshape your perceptions of the role of HRM in the private sector? 

Note: No outside research or citations are needed with your four paragraphs to the Reflective Discussion. Also, no responses to your peers’ posts are needed.

After responding to the Reflective Discussion above, please complete an anonymous Course Evaluation Survey. Instructors are not able to view course evaluation reports until after the grade submission period is over. Thank you for your feedback.

Final Step:

We want to encourage you to stay in touch with Trident regarding your career successes related to the HR field! If you pursue HR certification, let us know how your degree helped you achieve that milestone. In addition, if you obtain a new job or a promotion as a result of completing the HR degree program at Trident, please let us know that, too! Congratulations on being this far in your degree! We are so proud of our Trident students!

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

• What are some environmental challenges facing your community?
• What are some environmental science issues that might never have solutions?
• What are the factors that have led to a lack of resolution?
• What are some potential effects of not addressing these concerns?

Write a 3–5 page evaluation of the leadership styles and characteristics of effective leaders, based on a leader you admire and on leadership approaches addressed in a provided illustration.

Becoming an effective leader is a very personal and individual experience. Each great leader carries out his or her leadership practices differently. Yet, several common leadership styles and characteristics of effective leaders have been identified through the study and theories of leadership.

Questions to Consider

As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. 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 your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

• Which leader has had the most positive influence in your daily life?
• In what ways has this person contributed to your life?

For this assessment, consider that you recently applied, and were selected, for a promotion to an executive level position in your organization. The organization’s HR department conducts management training sessions periodically as needed for employees recently promoted into senior manager or executive level positions. The organization’s HR team places a high value on leadership skills and emphasizes that as part of the management training sessions. You and other new senior managers are scheduled to attend one of those training sessions. In preparation, each attendee was asked to analyze and write a short paper about leadership styles and characteristics of effective leaders. During the management training session, the papers written by participants will be distributed and reviewed.

Preparation

To complete this assessment:

• Review the Leadership Styles and Characteristics multimedia piece linked in the Resources.
• Select a leader you admire from a for-profit or nonprofit organization you know well. This should be an organization you have a positive perception of, such as an organization for which you might someday aspire to be a leader. Examine and reflect on your chosen leader’s leadership styles and characteristics as defined in the multimedia piece.

Requirements

Analyze the leadership styles and characteristics of effective leaders. In your analysis, address the following:

• Briefly describe the organization of the leader you selected and the type of products or service it provides. You should briefly include additional key organizational information, such as size, years in operation, location, and reputation.
• Evaluate the leadership styles and characteristics of the leader whom you admire. In your evaluation, explain how these leadership styles and characteristics can determine effective leadership.
• Compare and evaluate your own leadership styles and characteristics to those of the leader you admire, and identify what is necessary for effective leadership.
• Evaluate how environmental and societal factors such as politics and innovation might influence your approach to leadership at this organization. How might these and other factors affect the way you lead? Would there be differences in your leadership style if this were a different type of organization?
• Evaluate how economic conditions might influence your leadership style. Would your leadership style change during the time of a strong economy? Would your leadership style change during the time of a declining economy? Would your leadership style change if you were leading an organization through different maturation phases (including start-up, growth, and establishment)?

Given the intended audience for your paper, it should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language. It should be approximately 3–5 pages in length. Follow APA rules for attributing sources that support your analysis and conclusions.

Scoring guide 

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Leadership Styles and Characteristics Scoring Guide

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Analyze leadership styles and characteristics to determine effective leadership.

Does not describe leadership styles and characteristics to determine effective leadership.

Describes leadership styles and characteristics of effective leadership, but does not explain their significance.

Analyzes leadership styles and characteristics to determine effective leadership.

Evaluates leadership styles and characteristics of effective leadership and provides relevant support for conclusions.

Compare individual leadership styles and characteristics to identify what is necessary for effective leadership.

Does not describe individual leadership styles and characteristics to identify what is necessary for effective leadership.

Describes individual leadership styles and characteristics to identify what is necessary for effective leadership, but does not explain their differences.

Compares individual leadership styles and characteristics to identify what is necessary for effective leadership.

Compares and evaluates individual leadership styles and characteristics to identify what is necessary for effective leadership.

Analyze the environmental and societal factors that influence leadership style.

Does not describe the environmental and societal factors that influence leadership style.

Describes the environmental and societal factors that influence leadership style, but does not explain their significance.

Analyzes the environmental and societal factors that influence leadership style.

Evaluates how environmental and societal factors influence leadership style and provides relevant support for conclusions.

Analyze the economic conditions that influence leadership style.

Does not describe the economic conditions that influence leadership style.

Describes the economic conditions that influence leadership style, but does not explain their differences.

Analyzes the economic conditions that influence leadership style.

Evaluates how economic conditions influence leadership style and provides relevant support for conclusions.

What are some of the ways in which you doubt your own ability, or undermine your chances of success in various ventures? Looking back over your life, to what extent, and in what ways, have you been able to ameliorate this tendency? Who or what has helped you to be less self-critical? In what ways can this personal learning serve you as a source of ideas, methods and examples that you can use with clients who are seeking to take better care of themselves?

choose a recent significant expierence of transition in your own life. In thinking about how that process unfolded, can you identify stages that you passed through in terms of your feelings, attitudes to what was happening and your behavior?

choose a recent significant experience of transition in your own life. In thinking about how that process unfolded, can you identify stages that you passed through in terms of your feelings, attitudes to what was happening and your behavior?

Imagine that you are the HR representative working with Lisa on this issue. You have 45 mins available to you to continue the conversation outlines above. What would you say next in response to Lisa plea for help? What themes and possibilities might you want to pursue as the conversation continued? Are there any other counseling task that might be relevant in this case beyond a focus on dealing with relationship difficulties? 

What is the most important role HR managers play?