– prepare a one page (2 single spaced paragraphs) case and current event analysis memo.
1) How does the case specifically apply to the chapter material?
2) How does one WSJ story from the last 7 days apply to the material in the chapter?
https://www.wsj.com/
Chapter Summary & Case attached
For this assignment, you will write an essay that assesses the role of culture in human resource management practices within a global organization. Give examples of how cultural differences may affect at least two human resource (HR) functions. Examples of these functions may include recruitment and hiring, employee and/or management development, performance reviews, promotions, compensation, and benefits, but you are not limited to these functions.
paper should be at least three pages in length.
The group project is aimed at the process of management and its functions in real organizations and the legal, moral, and ethical dilemmas we face as individuals and in our roles as part of the managerial process. Students will be divided into teams of three and provided a topic to work on but they will be working against each other. Each student will take either a “pro” or “con” side to a topic taken from business, government, or education. Further, each situation will be fraught with ethical considerations and ramifications. As individuals, each team member will search, discuss, analyze, and report information back to their classmates and course instructor with slide presentations they will post in the Discussion Board.
Again, each student will be provided with a topic to be handled by teams of three. Each team member will be presenting opposing arguments, one for and one against that topic, the third will play both roles. The point is that as managers, clarity of thought influences not only the quality of their life but all those who work for them. As decision-makers, managers often need to be willing to take a position and try to influence others to make a decision that they try to promote. To be effective, they should be willing and able to describe their rationale for the choice they made.
After a topic is assigned, students will develop PowerPoint slides to support their position (20 slides max, not including references slides listing your sources). The rest of the teams will ask at least one question per team, but no more than three questions, so each person may clarify/defend their position. The exception is that you may not ask questions of your counterpart who is arguing the opposite side of your position. Instructors will judge the quality of your presentation based on the criteria found in the rubric. Furthermore, the instructor may also question if they feel a position lacks merit. Additionally, instructors will look at the quality of your questions and answers to other students and at the end, a student’s rationale for choosing one side of an argument over the other.
The slides will be posted on the Discussion Board for everyone to view by the date listed on the course schedule. All questions must be submitted to the Discussion Board and the answers posted by the scheduled dates as well. Finally, after all the questions are in and the questions answered, each student will select the position for each topic that they feel is the better of the two and explain their rationale for that decision in the Discussion Board, again as per the course schedule.
The point of this exercise is to help each of you develop clarity of thought. Be advised that instructors may ask pointed questions from each student to determine whether the basis of a position is an opinion or rationally based ideas on these topics. Just as with other assignments, facts, figures, and expertise, carry a lot more weight when arguing a position that does opinion alone.
Give the instructor and other students facts when arguing positions. Facts, data, and analysis in addition to insight are all potent tools in any manager’s arsenal. Finally, please note that some positions will be easier to argue than others when grading, instructors will take that into consideration as well. So even if it seems the other side has an easier position to defend, instructors will compensate for that issue.
Discuss the benefits of pilot testing prior to the full implementation of a performance management system. Include the decisions that the HR department must consider when conducting a pilot test.
Persuasive Essay
Many people today believe that U.S. executives are paid too much while others believe that the size of their compensation packages are justified. For this assignment, you will choose which side of the argument you believe to be true, and you will try to persuade your readers to agree with your position.
Please utilize at least three sources, one of which can be your textbook. The Business Source Complete database in the CSU Online Library is a great place to begin searching for sources. Make sure that all sources are cited and referenced utilizing proper APA formatting.
Your persuasive essay should be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages.
Review the following lectures:
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.
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.
Analyze the global vision of Li Shufu, owner of Volvo.
Evaluate the success or failure of a multinational corporation (MNC).
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.
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.
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?
