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What is the most important factor to keep in mind when considering a facility for your logistical operations and why? Please justify your answer by specifically mentioning which type of facility that you are discussing.

Evaluate the leadership of Jeff Bozos using at least 5 theories of motivation keeping in view the corporate progress of Amazon.
 

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Conduct some online research into when and how to terminate a Human Service case and Self-Care of the Human Service Professional. 

Included is an upload an example of what the assignment should look like 

 For this part of your portfolio project, you will use your critical thinking skills and develop a guide for Human Services Professionals that covers appropriate case termination.

In a minimum of two-pages (not counting the title page and reference page) address the following:

• Develop a guide for Human Service Professionals that covers appropriate case termination.
• Incorporate at least two (2) scholarly sources in the guide on case termination.
• Create a brochure/infographic on Self-care Strategies for the Human Service Professional.

 Combine the guide and brochure/infographic into one Word document. 

 Use professional language including complete sentences and proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout your paper. Be sure to cite any research sources in APA format. 

Your team’s approach is to involve everyone, to help people be generalists, and to share information openly. What is your team’s approach?​

​Self-censorship

​Mind guarding

​Continuous improvement

​Direct pressure

A long-range, big-picture process to assist companies in better overall management for the entire organization is known as:

​Long-range goal analysis

​Productivity

​Value-added analysis

​Total Quality Management (TQM)

What should effective motivational programs do in terms of offering rewards?

​Make a distinction between workers based on seniority

​Not make a distinction between workers

​Make a distinction between workers based on performance regardless of effort

​Make a distinction between workers based on effort

What is the natural tendency of people in resolving problems?

​Select the last solution possible after evaluating all the alternative.

​Select the first reasonable problem that comes to mind

​Select the first reasonable solution that comes to mind

​Select the best solution after evaluating all the alternatives

Which is best when generating alternatives?

​Focus on the short term; bad decisions in the short term means there is no long term to worry about.

​Evaluate the alternatives after all alternatives have been proposed.

​Separate alternatives from one another.

​Evaluate the alternatives as they are proposed; this saves time.

You are a manager of a team of 50 professionals. One particular professional persists in accusing you of having your priorities out of order. Since the planning activity you do often is not urgent, this particular professional tries to undermine the activity. Which research-based principle should the manager remember?

​People who experience the most time stress are those who allow others to generate their personal principles statement for them through their demands for time.

​Relationship conflicts should be handled at the end of the day so that the important things can be given your best energy in the morning hours.

People who steal time from you should be removed from your work environment in order to avoid situational stress.

​People who steal time from you can be dealt with by talking to them while standing.

As a manager, you are trying to hire someone for a critical position in your department. You have called references on three applicants. Bob’s reference, his former supervisor, said, “Bob has more information and communication flowing through him than anyone in our company.” Joe’s reference said, “Joe can get others to get things done better than anyone I know.” Albert’s boss said, “Albert is the greatest person to be around. He is so optimistic and giving.” Based on the information in the text about creating positive change, who should you hire?

​Bob

​Albert

​Joe

​Not enough information to determine

Which of the following is an unconscious aspect of an organization’s culture?

​Dress codes

​Office furniture

​Mission statements

​Perceptions

According to the text, Management, one approach to translate a performance development vision into a reality involves a three-tier quality and innovation approach focused on:

​benchmark, strategic monitor, progress monitor

​universal, selected, targeted

​facilities, process, and talent

​early prevention, targeted intervention, intensive intervention

If you would like to expand your power base horizontally, what could you do?

Have lunch with co-workers in your department every day

Do an excellent job on all your assignments

Have lunch with workers from other departments

Focus on increasing your power through the formal organizational power

If someone believes that the possible alternatives to a problem must conform to her perception of the boss’s expectations, which conceptual block is she a victim of?

​Ignoring commonalities

​Artificial constraints

​Perceptual stereotyping

​Not separating figure from ground

Dividing a company into sub-units where each unit would be assigned a specific function and employees would perform different tasks, and a manager(s) would be put in place to oversee the department is an example of which technique?

​diversification

​differentiation

​integration

​Implementation

In the workplace, people are most likely to interact with which co-workers?

​Co-workers with diverse social values

​Co-workers with different self-awareness traits

​Co-workers similar to the.

​Creative co-workers

You need a little extra money, so you added an extra $100 to your expense reimbursement statement before handing the receipts over to accounting. Your co-worker Sara added over $1000 to her statement. If you believe Sara’s actions are worse than yours, what is your level of values maturity?

​Third level of maturity

​Second level of maturity

​First level of maturity

​Theta level maturity

You understand the importance of two-way communication during the delegation process. What does this mean?

​That you, as the manager, remain available for consultation and idea exchange

​That you, as the manager, should answer every detailed question and provide continual advice

​That you, as the manager, provide information on a need to know time frame

​That you, as the manager, empathize totally with the process

Your boss prefers that you act on your own initiative and report to her when the final results have been accomplished. Which initiative does your boss practice?

​Wait to be told

​Recommend, then take action

​Act, then report

​Ask what to do

Standardization, formalization, and delegation are used to provide clarity to which of the following processes?

​implementation

​diversification

​integration

​Differentiation

Which information systems help organizations with their decision-making processes?

​ERP

​DSS

​MIS

​ESS

As manager, you have decided to enforce a new policy restricting dating in the office. You are comfortable with the policy and have decided that the policy will affect you also. Which ethical test did you most likely employ?

​Golden rule test

​Personal gain test

​Cost-benefit test

​Equal treatment test

According to the Management text, quality may be defined as:

​an inherent or distinguishing characteristic

​a measure of product or service excellence minus the amount of defects.

​peculiar and essential character

 ​the attribute of an elementary sensation that makes it fundamentally unlike any other sensation

If your boss encourages your team to ask questions and obtain and search for data, she is trying to overcome which conceptual block?

​Separating figure from ground

​Compression

​Bias against thinking

​Noninquisitiveness

Which of the following characteristics are important sources of personal power?

​Flexibility

​Knowledge

​Criticality

​Relevance

The processes and systems built to assist in the daily activities of production are known as:

​automation

​logistics.

​operations management.

​management science.

Relationships must be formed and trust established. Clarity of direction is needed from team leaders. Your team is at what stage?

 ​Storming

​Norming

​Performing

​Forming

Employees at Turner, Inc. are engaged in a debate over the merits of an individual vs. a team-based compensation program. Based on Trompenaars’ dimensions of national culture, which cultural dimension does this debate most closely relate to?​

​Universalism vs. particularism

​Achievement vs. ascription

​Individualism vs. collectivism

​Affective vs. neutral

_____________ help organizations run more efficiently by incorporating people, technology, and information systematically.

​DSS

​ESS

​MIS

IT

What guideline should a firm follow to attain the greatest motivational impact from a new awards programs?

​Give the awards privately

​Make sure the award is meaningful to the families of employees

​Only acknowledge current recipients

​Use awards infrequently

Which is the most accurate summary of the differentiation some writers have given between leadership and management?

​Management is about setting direction and leadership is about creating something new.

​Management is about controlling variance and leadership is about initiating change.

​Management is about equilibrium and leadership is about refining current performance.

​Management is about facilitating stability and leadership is about managing change.

Events, situations, objects, people, or other artifacts that provide greater meaning to the organization are the company’s ___________.

​symbols

​stories

​ceremonies

​Rituals

To become a better manager, what is one of the first things one should do?​

​Manage one’s time better

​Seek knowledge of oneself

​Improve one’s communication skills

​Empower one’s employees

Option #1:

For this Capstone assignment, you will research HR best practices that can be used to ensure strong staffing and ensure better quality applicants are drawn to the company including focusing on employee/organization match. Then you will develop an HR Audit for talent acquisition.

Develop an HR Best Practices Audit that addresses the following operations of an organization:

• Identify critical mistakes that should be avoided during in the recruitment process, especially mistakes that may result in the recruitment challenges. This information would be beneficial to tailor a recruitment process that aligns with corporate culture and takes into consideration the current labor force and marketplace. For example, a more detailed job description is needed for specific positions such as an electrical engineer that will work with robotics in an autonomous flat organization culture.
• Describe recruitment processes that should be utilized to attract the most talented employees, regardless of industry or organizational type. In particular, present at least three strategies that should be utilized to ensure a talented employee pool.
• For example, a strategy could be for human resources representatives to visit high schools, colleges, civic clubs, or local events to promote the organization.
• Create a table or checklist of items that the audit will address. Within the narrative section of your report, include information on how and what data will be collected. Explain how the data will be used when benchmarking with other organizations. For example, in the early 21st century, screening agents at airports in the South had a high turnover rate when compared to screening agents in the North. The comparisons and best practices were benchmarked against each other to create a better recruitment plan.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be 5-7 pages in length.
• Include at least two different scholarly sources not utilized previously.

2. design a total rewards program that incorporates monetary, nonmonetary, and environmental elements in order to ensure organizational success

In this final assignment, you will design a total rewards program based on the organization where you work and/or used for assignment one.

Before creating the final projected total rewards program, you will have conducted a research project in which you have obtained original data thorough and detailed information about organizational goals, objectives, and challenges. In addition, you will have obtained information about the current monetary and non-monetary rewards and work environment of the organization and the challenges or changes (such as expansions, downsizing, changes of services or products) the organization anticipates. You will have also designed metrics to evaluate the total rewards program.

In the final paper, you will provide the research findings in a report of at least 10 pages plus a title page and a reference page. Provide at least eight sources (in APA format) in a reference list and respective in-text citations. At least 5 of these sources must be from course materials. Please be sure to use topic headings and include the following:

1.  Provide a Title Page in Academic Format

2.  Give the Introduction and Purpose for the Paper

3.  Summarize and describe the organization, including its capabilities, key goals, objectives, challenges, values, and core competencies required for success.

4.  Demonstrate your knowledge of the total rewards model by describing the current total rewards philosophy of the organization and its three categories of offerings.

5.  Identify and describe the segmentation of the workforce (drawing up our study of how to differentiate employee groups depending on their drivers, such as flexible schedules, growth potential, desire for demonstrating individual expertise or team success, low obligation and easy income, or high obligation and high income).

6.  Describe further the current requisite capabilities of the organization and the competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) of the employees and, in your opinion, an analysis of whether the current needs will change given the issues faced by the organization.

7.  Recommend changes to the total rewards program, along with specific plans, including plans for communicating the changes and metrics that should be used by the organization to evaluate the success of the new program.

8.  Present the justification for your recommendations.

9.  Assess and discuss the risks of not implementing the program and the opportunities the program will give the organization.

10.  Provide your metrics for evaluating the total rewards program and share why you chose the ones you did.

11. Describe your conclusions and a summary of knowledge gained about total rewards through the activity.

12. Reference Page (with at least eight scholarly sources), at least 5 of these should be from course materials. 

Consider developing these goals with your mentee.  It is important to identify areas that could use coaching or mentoring techniques in order to complete your implementation plan. Short-term goals must reflect the next 6 months and long-term goals must reflect 6 months to 2 years.

Job Offer Negotiations

you are the applicant in this case

The Applicant

You are considering a job offer from a highly respected consulting firm and have requested a meeting with the person who would become your future boss, a partner at the firm, to negotiate the terms of the offer. The proceedings have come to a point at which you must make a decision to accept or reject the offer during this meeting or at the end of the day at the latest. You are quickly approaching the conclusion of your MBA degree and would like to make a decision as to where you will be working afterwards.

The Recruiter

You are a partner at a multinational consulting firm. During the recent financial crisis, the demand for strategy consulting services decreased significantly and a hiring freeze swept your firm, paired with isolated lay-offs. However, the past three years have been favorable to the industry. Your firm has performed particularly well during this period, and the resulting promotions and firm retention has left your firm in need of human capital. You are looking to hire another consultant to alleviate some of the overwhelming workload.

A student assigned as “the Applicant” and a student assigned as “the Recruiter” shall negotiate an employment contract within the parameters defined in the respective case studies.  The areas that need to be negotiated are: Base Salary, Signing Bonus, Performance Bonus, Pension, Health Coverage, Paid Vacation, Moving Expenses and Start Date.

In order to complete this project, students will need to purchase the case at Harvard Business Publishing by following this link:   https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/743068

Students must present a one-page paper that lists the negotiated terms.  Additionally, each student must submit a paper, describing each of the following:

1. What were the easiest terms to negotiate?  Why do you believe they were easier to negotiate, and did it surprise you that these terms would be among the easiest terms?
2. What were the hardest terms to negotiate?  Why do you believe they were harder to negotiate, and did it surprise you that these terms would be among the hardest terms?
3. Describe the negotiation process that took place.  For example, but not limited to, how many sessions, how long were the sessions, how did the parties separate the topics to be negotiated.
4. What strengths and weaknesses did you observe about yourself in the negotiating process.

Option #1: Small Employer Reward Management System

Create a presentation that introduces the reward  management system deployed by the small employer, Alfa I Omega (AIO) (Chapter  14) that allows it to compete with larger companies to get top-flight workers  (Odrakiewicz, Szulc, & Odrakiewicz, 2018). Incorporate into the  presentation the governmental factors that influence reward systems in this  country and your evaluation of whether or not the premise of small raises and more pay  at risk would work in the United States and in a large company. Conclude your  presentation with advice or tips for AIO to make its reward system even  stronger so it can compete with larger companies for key personnel.

Your presentation should:

1. Be 10-12  slides in length (not including cover and reference slides).
2. Include  presenter’s notes for each slide to further detail the key text that is  included on each slide.
3. Integrate  a minimum of three scholarly articles in addition to course resources.
4. Note:  Citations integrated into the presentations and all references must be formatted  according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).