week 6 discussion

 

Question 1: 

Applying Moral Philosophy

Kohlberg identifies 6 stages of cognitive moral development in chapter 6 of our text book. Review the stages carefully and decide which stage you believe you fall under and why. Have you ever been associated with one of the other stages and changed to your current stage?

NOTE: In your response, adhere strictly to the discussion topic’s requirement. Do not forget to read the guidelines for responding to discussion topics covered in the Student Center.

Question 2:

Culture and Ethics

Examine the major influences that organizational culture can have on organizational ethical decision making. Be sure to make a meaningful connection between culture and ethics through either research or a personal experience in current or past organizations to which you belong(ed).

NOTE: In your response, adhere strictly to the discussion topic’s requirement. Do not forget to read the guidelines for responding to discussion topics covered in the Course Information Section.

training and development

. Plot your career highs, lows and plateaus on a graph with job satisfaction as the vertical axis and time in years (starting with your first job) as the horizontal axis. Please add your graph to your post.

a. What do the highs and lows have in common?

Q2. If any plateaus what did you do to change the slope?

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Managing Diversity in the Workplace Annotated Bibliography

In most of your courses, you are required to use sources published within the past 8 years. However, legal sources older than 8 years may still be relevant and appropriate to use. Therefore, in this course, you may use sources older than 8 years when the sources are relevant. You are tasked with making sure your sources are appropriate and applicable. 

For this assignment, you must compile an annotated bibliography with 8-10 peer-reviewed, academic sources that you will use to write your draft paper.  Please click here (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) for information describing the difference between scholarly and non-scholarly sources. In addition, you can find an example of an APA annotated bibliography by clicking here (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Please review the rubric for the grading requirements. 

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Annotated Bibliography Requirements:

  • 8 to 10 peer- reviewed sources
  • For the purposes of this course “Peer reviewed, scholarly references” also includes state, federal, and administrative cases, decisions, and opinions; statutes and regulations; constitutions; as well as Restatements and other legal summations of common law
  • The book for this course may be used as a source be in addition to your 8-10 peer-reviewed sources.
  • APA format
  • You must submit original work. Turn-it-in is enabled on this assignment.
  • The majority of your sources must be new and relate to your established your focus areas in this course.
  • If you have prior sources you want to use because they are relevant to concepts in this course you may. However, recycled sources should be less than 30% of your total number of sourcesIMPORTANT: If you reuse the source you can use the same summary however, you must update how you are going to apply the information to the paper for this class.
  • You must summarize the article AND state how the information pertains to your final paper.  

The purpose of the Annotated Bibliography is to explain in your words the article you found and how it relates to your topic. Each source should have a minimum of a paragraph to adequately accomplish the objective. For a short explanation please click on the link below.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZoIXuRyTgI (Links to an external site.)
You will be able to retrieve your articles through the University of Mary online resources. You can access the Welder Library by clicking here (Links to an external site.). If you need help getting started, please contact the library staff at 701-355-8070 or by emailing [email protected]. Please use the information below to access the eResources.

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This assignments must be written in APA 6th edition format. I recommend that you purchase a 6th edition APA if don’t already have one. Also, you can contact Smarthinking through the left navigation pane if you need further writing assistance. 

Organizational Issues and Solutions

 

Overview

Leaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader, you’ll need to stay on top of events that may facilitate or hinder productivity. You must create and implement solutions to address these issues.

In the assignment preparation, you chose an organization, described its organizational issue, and identified how it hinders organization efficiency. This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizational challenges. The solutions you devise should reflect your learning and research of organizational and individual influences in the workplace.

Instructions

The new CEO has selected your consulting firm to provide an analysis of the organizational efficiency.

Write a 2–3 page, double-spaced paper in which you will present to the CEO your findings during your research steps. You must propose strategic solutions in your paper to include the following:

  1. Describe the organization and the issue to resolve:
    • Provide a brief description of the organization you selected.
    • Present the organizational issue that adversely affected productivity and that you, the consultant, will review and resolve.
    • This information can be summarized from your assignment preparation last week. Make sure to incorporate any feedback that you received from your instructor.
  2. Analyze current corporate culture:
    • How has the current corporate culture facilitated the development of the current issue? Research the organization, dig into the culture, and analyze how it contributed to this issue. Hint: Review the mission and vision statements as well as the corporate Web site.
  3. Identify areas of weakness:
    • What are the organization’s areas of weakness as they relate to the issue? Apply your research on organizational behavior approaches to aspects of corporate culture—such as diversity, teamwork, and motivational strategies—to help identify the areas of weakness.
  4. Propose solutions:
    • What organizational practices would you modify? What solutions would you recommend to management that would help solve the identified weaknesses? As a consultant, you will identify the suggestions and solutions you would present to the organization’s leadership with regard to modifying current organizational practices to resolve the issue.
  5. References and citations:
    • Provide at least two quality resources such as the course textbook, a company Web site, business Web sites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or outside sources. Note: Wikipedia and Web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources.
    • You can find in-depth and quality company information using the Nexis Uni database through the Strayer University Online Library.
    • In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.
  6. Formatting and writing standards:
    • This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.

Confidentiality:Since you will be addressing real issues in real organizations in your assignments, it is important to respect confidentiality. Feel free to use an alias for any company or individuals you might mention in your assignments. Remember that all discussions about these organization should only occur within this course and not be shared with people outside the course.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Propose a solution for an organizational culture issue.

Measure of Success

 Measure of Success 

 

Purpose of Assignment: This reviews the SMART goals model and challenges students to apply their knowledge by creating SMART goal scenarios and responses. 

Transferable skill: Digital Fluency

Effectively employing and understanding digital tools to express ideas in appropriate contexts. In the human services field, digital fluency manifests through mastery of apps and software that can help a worker organize data, locates services and track client progress.

Instructions:

You now have an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the SMART goals model. Respond to the following scenarios and include the following in your submission:

  • Write a goal for each scenario.
  • Using each part of the S.M.A.R.T goal acronym explain how the goals you have established for the client to fit the SMART model.
  • Use clear and concise grammar.

Scenario A:

Sally is ten years old and has outbursts at school that include verbal aggression towards teachers and the destruction of physical property. This behavior occurs daily.

Scenario B:

Marion is 50 years old and is socially isolated. She does not work and rarely interacts with other people. She feels lonely.

Scenario C:

David is 40 years old and recently divorced. Three weeks ago, he was laid off from his job of ten years. He is looking for work and struggling financially.

Format:

Submit as a Word document with a title page.

3 pages paper

  

· Watch the video “The Boston Marathon Bombings: Lessons Learned for Saving Lives |

o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcg4BqJsyVI

· Write a 3 page review of the video focusing on the content learned in class. 

o Thoroughly and thoughtfully discuss how the team moved through the phases of emergency management (mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery)

o Thoroughly and thoughtfully discuss 2-3 Public Health Preparedness Capabilities and how they are applied within this scenario 

Discuss your reaction to the video (your thoughts, opinions, reaction to first responder’s testimonies, the mental health recovery after the fact, communication as events are happening, involvement of the media.

reflective essay

 

Short Reflective Essay

a short reflective essay that examines the mission of the College and your written communication skills.

The instructions to complete this assignment are as follows:

The short essay must be written in an appropriate business format, single-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, page numbers, with a minimum of 2 pages in length. Appropriate headers should be used and the paper should include a cover page with your name, concentration and student ID number. NOTE: The final essay should be attached in either Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or Adobe PDF format – do not use the Blackboard text submission feature. Save the file with the following naming convention: LastName_StudentID_Comp2 (Example: Smith_004999100_Comp2).

To write the essay, use the following prompt:

The Jack H. Brown College of Business and Publics Administration Mission Statement reads:

“The Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration is committed to nurturing a high quality educational environment that ensures student, faculty, and staff success in its pursuit of academic excellence and achievement. We seek to transform the lives of our students and alumni, ensuring that they become responsible management professionals within a dynamic region and a globally connected world.”

After careful consideration, how has your experience either met or failed to meet the mission of the college? How have your studies as a business student embodied the statement?

Your response is organic to you and we welcome your honest feedback. Some areas to consider, but are in no way required are your classes, job prospects, learning, diversity, ethics, faculty, staff, accommodations, or the physical environment.

HCS/305

 

Select and complete Option 1 or Option 2 below.

Option 1: Build Your Personal Brand for a Future Career in Health Care

Create a 1,050- to 1,400-word plan for building your personal brand. Include the following in your plan:

  • Skills you will need to develop for your future career
  • Strategies you will employ to gain the required skills needed for your career choice
  • How you will project a professional image to potential employers, considering the effect of professionalism and etiquette
  • Strategies you will employ to search for, find, and get a job
  • How you will measure the effectiveness of your strategies to build your brand
  • Strategies for continuing your professional growth and advancement once you are employed in the health care field
  • Your top 5 practices for career success, with descriptions