BUS 681 Week 1 DQ 1 & @

 PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A BID FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH GRADUATE LEVEL WRITING TERMS AND CONCEPTS. ALL DIRECTIONS MUST BE FOLLOWED AND NO PLAGIARISM. MY SCHOOL USES SOFTWARE TO DETECT COPIED MATERIAL. AND REFERENCE THE BOOK AND USE SCHORLARY SOURCES.  MUST FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTION  150 to 200 WORDS EACH DISCUSSION

Outsourcing and Logistics

 

Based on the attached and assigned reading material from this week, in a 3-5 page paper, explain why (or why not) a company would decide to outsource logistical activity out to a 3rd party?  What are the benefits from outsourcing?  What are the risks?  Who will gain from outsourcing?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

  • Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
  • Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
  • Include cover page and reference page.
  • At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
  • No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
  • Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
  • Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

humn 8660

The fundamentals of a strategic plan include the core values, mission, and vision which represent the organizational identification (ID). Your Assignment this week requires you to develop the organizational ID for your chosen Capstone Project agency, organization, or community.

To prepare:

  • Review Final Project: Developing a Strategic Plan –Part 1: The Fundamentals media in the Weekly Resources.
  • To prepare for this Assignment, review your Discussion 2 post from Week 1. Research the core values, mission, and vision of your selected agency, organization, or community.
  • In addition, consider the key stakeholders involved with the agency, both internally and externally, including other professions.
  • Consider whether this agency addresses or supports the mental health and welfare or human rights of individuals.

By Day 7

The Assignment (3–4 pages):
For this Assignment, perform the following:

  1. Identify and describe the core values of the agency.
    1. Discuss the degree to which those core values are aligned with advocacy, leadership, or social change.
    2. State how those core values contribute to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
  2. Identify and describe the mission of the agency, organization, or community.
    1. Evaluate whether the mission statement is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
    2. Describe whether the mission statement promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
    3. Discuss whether the mission statement provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
  3. Identify and describe the vision of the agency.
    1. Evaluate whether the vision is aligned with the core values of the agency, organization, etc.
    2. Describe whether the vision promotes advocacy, leadership, or social change.
    3. Discuss whether the vision provides evidence of how the agency/organization contributes to the well-being of individuals, groups, societies, or international communities.
  4. Identify and describe key stakeholders involved with the agency.
    1. Discuss whether each stakeholder is internal or external to the agency/organization.
    2. Describe the role each stakeholder has in the organization (i.e., leadership, management, staff, recipient of services, etc.).
    3. Discuss how each stakeholder can be an essential element for gathering information to develop the strategic plan.

Support your Application Assignment, citing all resources in APA style, including those in the Learning Resources.

Project Management Discussion Board – 400 Words- Project Management – Due in 48 Hours

A Problem or a Crisis?

For this discussion question, perform the following:

  • Differentiate between a problem and a crisis. Table 8-3 in your textbook will help you with this discussion.
  • Examine a project that you are familiar with and consider one of the metrics/KPIs used to find something that is either a problem or crisis.
  • Explain your reasoning.

Support your statements and conclusions using at least one peer-reviewed scholarly article. Current means that the article was published in the most recent five years. Be sure to include your citation/reference pair in accordance with CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).

complete an annotated bibliography for each article (scholarly/peer-reviewed journal articles).

 Annotated bibliographies must be written in manner, in which, they are understandable. 

You must describe all-important data such as: 

• The participants

 • The reason the study was conducted 

• What research design was used (surveys, interviews, case study, etc.) 

• Which research analysis was used (MANOVA, ANOVA, Kruskal Wallace, etc.)

 • The results of the study along with any conclusions of the author(s).

 You are to complete two annotated bibliographies, AB’s should be ½ to ¾ pages long. It should be double-spaced, and you are to use Times new Roman 12 font. 

You can find the articles in ” https://campbellsville.libguides.com/researchbasics#s-lg-box-10794551 “

Research Assignment

Human Resource Initiatives (Primary Research Assignment)

Primary research for this assignment can be in the form of a personal or telephone interview.  With COVID-19, please utilize technology to conduct your interview, so the interview is not face-to-face (teleconference, video conference, etc.).  The person must be an expert in the human resource field, someone who has first-hand experience with the initiative or issue, reporting of direct observation from you in a researcher role or a human resource role.

Secondary research does not require an interview and we continue to gather data by utilizing existing research.

Topic: Human Resource Working Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Topic Selections:

  • Remote Working Plan (telework)
  • Business Continuity Plan
  • Managing Employee Communication
  • Maintaining Organizational Culture
  • Talent Acquisition and Retention
  • Engaging Remote Employees
  • Essential versus Non-Essential Employees
  • Implementation of Preventative Measures
  • Considerations to Remain Open or Re-Opening
  • Investment in Technology
  • Handling of Sick Leave and/or Time-Off

Our paper must select a minimum of 5 COVID-19 HR related topics.

  • Person to interview
  • Consider the COVID-19 learning objectives or concepts of interest to research
  • 5-6 page paper demonstrating an understanding of Human Resource application of course concepts
  • A minimum of 6 references
    • We must use a minimum of 3 references from our Annotated Bibliography. 
    • We must use information from the course textbook to support your paper.  
    • Find additional peer-reviewed journal articles from Welder Library E-Resources or Google Scholar to support your paper (minimum of 5). Your articles must be within the last 10 years. 

Paper Requirements:

Write a 5-6 page paper demonstrating an understanding of the application of course concepts. A good rule of thumb is to introduce the subject discussed and use the information from your interview to support the subject. You must include citations from the course textbook and a minimum of four scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles (from Welder Library E-resources) to support your paper. Also, make sure how to review how to cite an interview in APA.  (Links to an external site.)

  • Your paper is required to be in APA. 
  • Include a title page 
  • You do NOT need an abstract
  • Avoid first person. 
  • Include a reference page with a minimum of 6 sources (the course textbook and 5 peer reviewed journal articles). If you list a source as a reference,  you must include an in-text citation within your paper for that source.v