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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.

Step 1) Read the statement and report in full below:

“The U.S. construction industry has an enormous opportunity to improve the effectiveness of the incentives offered to employees for increasing return on their investment and driving the desired outcomes and behaviors” (FMI Management Consulting, 2013, p. 30).

http://www.fminet.com/media/pdf/report/IncentiveCompSurveyReport_2013.pdf

Step 2) Select a specific industry to focus on for this discussion. (The report was about the construction industry. However, you should branch out and select a different industry. Everyone should discuss a different industry, if possible.) IBISWorld is available from the Trident Online Library. You may find IBISWorld useful as you prepare for this discussion topic.

Step 3) Answer the following 4 questions below using question-and-answer (Q&A) format; in other words, include the original question along with your response. Support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or Web-based) and provide full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Share your own personal experiences, readings, and research, where applicable.

1. What industry did you select? You can select Any of your choice.
2. What are some ideas on how to improve the effectiveness of using employee incentives in the workplace?
3. What are the challenges of offering incentives in your selected industry?
4. What are your recommendations on how to overcome those challenges?

Buyer behavior is at the core of marketing. All marketing programs need to begin with an understanding of why and how consumers buy what they do. If no one purchases a company’s product or service, the company will quickly go out of business.

Apply the model of consumer behavior (Exhibit 11 on page 89 of your textbook) to the product/service you selected in Module 1. Explain how the model affect the purchase process as it relates to the product/service.

Providing a list of the steps or a graphic of the model is not adequate, you should explain how the process works in the real world using your own words supported by research.

You must use at least two articles from the Trident Online Library’s online databases (Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete and/or ProQuest Central). The focus of this assignment is application and critical thinking. Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite and reference the sources in APA format. The paper should be written in third person; this means words like “I,” “we,” and “you” are not appropriate. For more information see Differences Between First and Third Person.

See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” on the TLC portal. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. In-text citations and corresponding references should be included in your paper. The use of direct quotes is strongly discouraged.

Use the attached APA-formatted template (MKT301 SLP2) to create your submission.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Your submission will include:

• Trident University International’s cover page
• A two-page paper with APA citations (2-3 sentence introduction, body, 2-3 sentence conclusion)
• The reference list page in APA format (see specific research requirements)

 Instructions:

 The topic I chose to research form my research project was high speed trail. My thesis for my paper was. this assignment must be about healthcare.

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

Now that you are working of revising and polishing your rough draft, return to the idea of a discourse community.

Share the following information in your post

• Topic
• Thesis Statement
• Identify three discourse communities that would be the audience for your research paper.
• In your research, you are suggesting a change to an existing situation or providing a solution.
• What are you proposing to change or solve?
• Where could you go to get feedback on the proposed change or solution?

The Value of Fair Treatment in the Workplace

You have been hired as a management consultant by a large company to examine the company’s business decisions regarding employee protections. The applicable laws are federal anti-discrimination laws, federal health and safety laws, and employer firing practices related to the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine.

In response to the three questions below, write a 4–6 page paper in which you do the following:

Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation, within the last 10 years, that helps to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Provide at least two federal legislative protections. Provide some insight when the federal legislation conflicts with the state.  

Explain the EAW doctrine and all exceptions to the doctrine. Look at the scenarios below and determine whether the decision to fire the employee is a smart one. Identify why or why not, and determine all the possible exceptions per the EAW doctrine that are, might be, or could be applicable if the employee sues for wrongful termination.

Brenda, a manager, started a blog on the company website for employee grievances. She noticed that a worker was protesting that no Asian American employees had gotten a raise in two years at the company. The worker also criticized how much the CEO made and how the CEO was “out of touch.” Brenda reprimanded the worker. The next day, the worker talked to fellow co-workers about forming a union. Brenda subsequently fired the worker.

Jason, a department supervisor, requests approval to fire his secretary, Alice. Alice, a devout Christian, has been putting Right-to-Life flyers in the employee breakroom. Alice is also taking time out to pray each day during the busiest time of the morning.

Brian, the head of the accounting department, refused to sign Lori’s leave request for jury duty. Lori is a tax attorney in his department. Brian wants to fire Lori for being absent without permission during their busiest time—tax season.

Peter has worked for the company for one year. He has a rare form of liver disease and works with chemicals that make his condition worse. Peter does not want to stop working, but his boss is not happy with his performance and wants to let him go.

Determine the federal law regarding undocumented workers and whether they are eligible for state workers’ compensation in the United States. Advocate for or against this practice and substantiate your response with research to support your position.

Learning Theories and Technology 

Positive/Negative

Discuss a positive/negative position about each of two learning technologies in a 2-3 page paper using APA format.

Identify two learning technologies. Research them and share your findings. Discuss the pros and cons, and under what conditions you think that each technology would be most effective.

Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Please include citations to support your ideas.

Make sure you have a INTRODUCTION, BODY AND CONCLUSION!!!!!!!!!!

Overview

Innovation and change within organizations often requires a deft application of communication principles. In this assessment, you will create a video response to a crisis depicted in the Riverbend City: Communicating and Leading for Change and Innovation scenario.

Preparation

• View Riverbend City: Communicating and Leading for Change and Innovation. (you will need my login info to access the link)

Scenario

Based on the communications that you have received from your team depicted in the Riverbend City: Communicating and Leading for Change and Innovation scenario, it is clear that your team is resisting the changes being proposed. Your examination of the communication surrounding your team members’ feelings about the changes have left you concerned. Of particular concern have been the communications of Matthew Chu, who has sent group emails with disrespectful comments and memes about the governor. You have resolved to reset the team members’ attitudes so they clearly understand your approach to the changes and how communications among them need to reflect it.

After analyzing the situation, your plan is to briefly introduce items for your team to consider before the meeting via a 4–5 minute speech. Your goals for this speech are to:

• Communicate your decision on how you plan to address the governor’s actions and plans. 
• Explain three critical communication issues and challenges faced by the team, including communication issues to date.
• Describe an action or policy that you will introduce to improve communications and assure people are working with a unified purpose.
• Define your expectations for ethical discourse in team communications. 

Instructions

Prepare a 4–5 minute speech that will be presented at a conference meeting for all team members in which you address each aspect of the scenario.

Presentation Guidelines

Be sure your speech meets the following requirements:

• Length: Approximately 4–5 minutes.
• Presentation: Although this is not performance art, you will be judged on the communication skills that you have studied in this course including your consideration of audience and content.
• Content: Address all items defined in the scenario.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze business communication situations.
  • Create an appropriate response to the scenario based upon sound analysis.
• Competency 2: Apply fundamental principles of organizational communication.
  • Create a video that effectively addresses specified goals.
• Competency 3: Analyze the interrelationships of communication within organizational systems.
  • Explain critical communication issues and challenges faced by the team.
  • Describe an action or policy that would likely improve communications and assure people are working with a unified purpose.
• Competency 4: Analyze the application of ethical principles in organizational communication.
  • Define appropriate expectations for ethical discourse in team communications.
• Competency 5: Communicate effectively and professionally.
  • Organize content for ideas to flow logically with smooth transitions.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.For this course, you will be creating an Organizational Change Action Plan. Please read the following description of the Key Assignment to understand what this will entail.

Key Assignment DescriptionYou have been engaged as an Organizational Development (OD) consultant by an organization with which you have deep familiarity that has endeavored to implement a system of organizational change and has failed. For the purposes of the assignment, the organization should be one that you know well, such as your employer, former employer, or a client. For the sake of confidentiality, you may disguise the actual identity of the organization. The chief executive officer (CEO) of the organization has asked for your help to determine what went wrong with the failed change attempt and to develop an action plan for re-engaging the organization with change efforts that are based upon systems thinking and decision making.

Discussion Questions:

1. In what ways do you think the narrator effectively communicated the patient safety issue with CEO Jerry Westfall? How could the narrator have improved his persuasiveness?

2. Jerry Westfall correctly predicted the decline in reported medication-related incidents in the 6 months after the 2023 health information technology implementation. If the analysis had stopped at this point, what would have been the consequences to patient safety associated with CLIF implementation?

3. How can the practice of healthcare quality management enhance patient safety and minimize the negative consequences of health information technologies? 

4. In the implementation of new technologies or work processes, what risk management approach would you take to monitor clinical activities to identify both expected and unexpected risks?

What is the case background and problem statement?

• Describe an example of your own success story as a leader, if not professionally, then in the community or within your family.
• Which leadership theories or styles helped you to be successful, and why?
• How would you lead the merger in the UWEAR-PALEDENIM scenario?

500 Words 2 References

Scenario attached.