Option #1: Develop Applications Relative to Course Objectives 

As part of successfully completing this course, you should be able to master the eight course objectives:

1. Demonstrate the need for project management metrics.
2. Establish the importance of metrics in effective management of time, cost, and scope.
3. Apply the knowledge of project metrics to identify the key characteristics of properly defined metrics.
4. Characterize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as used in metric-driven project management.
5. Apply value-based project management metrics as important in selecting the right metrics.
6. Explore project performance dashboards including designs, use, and limitations.
7. Explore the applications of visual project management tools, including project performance dashboards.
8. Create proper performance indicators for application in measurement-driven project management.

In this portfolio project, you are to show your mastery of the eight course objectives at a master’s level. You are to write a paper that covers each of the eight topics.

Notice that each objective is written with a verb as the first word to show some action that students must achieve for success in this class. Verbs like “demonstrate,” “apply,” and “create” require that the student takes some action on a project to satisfy the requirement. You should find a project to use in this portfolio where you may take those actions and document them in your paper. You might apply earned value analysis on a project underway to satisfy course objective number 5, for example.

Verbs like “establish,” “characterize,” and “explore” require that the student shows mastery of current thinking on the subject. This part of your paper may be taken from research, or interviews. You might explore an application of dashboards by interviewing a project manager and performing research on current thinking about dashboards, for example.

Therefore, your paper should include sections to address the following:

1. Identify and describe an actual project that was successful in part because it used project metrics, what those metrics were, and why they were a contributing factor to success.
2. Research and report on current thinking in both research and practice about effective management of time, cost, and scope with metrics.
3. Research and report on current thinking in both research and practice about the key characteristics of properly defined metrics, and identify and describe an actual project to compare its use of metrics to your research to determine if the metrics were properly defined.
4. Research and report on current thinking in both research and practice about KPIs.
5. Show your application of value-based project management metrics on a project with which you are familiar and interpret the results of your application.
6. Research and report on performance dashboards including designs, use, and limitations, and visual project management tools, including project performance dashboards.
7. Create proper performance indicators for application in measurement-driven project management on a project with which you are familiar.

Since the key sections of your work correspond to individual module of the course, it is recommended that you progressively develop your project based on the weekly topics.

Paper Requirements:

• Prepare a portfolio paper to address the eight-course objective. All eight course objectives must be addressed. The Course Objectives are: 
  1. Demonstrate the need for project management metrics and benefits of metric-driven project management.
  2. Establish the importance of metrics in effective management of time, cost, and scope.
  3. Apply the knowledge of project metrics to identify the key characteristics of properly defined metrics.
  4. Characterize Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as used in metric-driven project management.
  5. Apply value-based project management metrics as important in selecting the right metrics.
  6. Explore project performance dashboards including designs, use, and limitations.
  7. Explore the applications of visual project management tools, including project performance dashboards.
  8. Create proper performance indicators for application in measurement-driven project management.
• Incorporate at least 10-12 current peer-reviewed scholarly references (current means published in past five years). The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find your sources. Additionally, be sure to visit the Library’s Project Management Resource Guide (Links to an external site.) for assistance with research and writing.
• Incorporate any constructive feedback provided by your instructor on your work in Week 2.
• Properly organize your writing and include an introductory section with thesis and mapping, headings/subheadings for the body of your work, discussion, recommendations, and a conclusion.
• Any diagram, figure, or table should be included in an appendix, but clearly discussed in the text portion of the paper. Appendices should be included after the references.
• Format your entire paper in accordance with the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).

Your paper must be 10 pages long, not including the required title page and references page or any other supplemental pages such as appendices that you choose to include.

 What are some of the typical challenges for HRM in international SMEs? How do they differ from challenges for larger multinational corporations? What are strategies HRMs can use to meet these challenges? 

Read the case study titled “Revitalizing a Brand”, located in the online course shell. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the branding and communication strategies of one (1) health services organization that is similar to the health services organizations mentioned in the case study.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
2. Conduct a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) analysis associated with the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
3. Assess the importance of benchmarking in Plaza Home Health Services’ development and implementation of an effective brand strategy (marketing communication, identity, and brand position).
4. Compare branding and communication strategies of a similar health services organization with that of Plaza Home Health Services. Determine whether or not Plaza Home Health Services should apply additional best practices into its current branding and communication strategies. Provide a rationale and support for your response.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the marketing research process and market segmentation strategies in the health care industry.
• Analyze business planning based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics (supply and demand), commercialization, and product-market expansion.
• Explain how branding strategies apply to the health care market for existing and new products.
• Determine the marketing communications strategy used in health care services.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services strategic marketing.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services strategic marketing using proper writing mechanics.

HR Issues Papers (50%)

You will research and prepare two papers covering any two of the articles from the textbook that you don’t write discussion items for. Each paper will be worth a maximum of 25 points. The text of each paper (excluding the cover and reference pages) must be a minimum of five full pages and no longer than six pages in length and must be single-spaced (not 1.15, which is the default setting for recent versions of Word) and printed using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with 1.25 inch margins on the side and 1 inch margins on the top and bottom (Office 2003 default in Margin settings in Page Layout).  Also, please do not use any space saving techniques such as adding extra space between paragraphs (the first sentence of each paragraph should be indented and the After setting in Paragraph should be set at ‘0 pt’), using bulleted or numbered items, using sub-titles or footnotes, including diagrams or tables, or including your name/paper title at the top of any of the5-6 pages.  You will not receive full credit for a review that has more than a few grammatical errors.  Your grade on a paper will be reduced if you do not follow these technical requirements.  In addition, you must attach a cover page that includes the issue you have chosen and a page of references at the end of your paper (the cover page and reference page do not count toward the 5-6 page requirement).  You must use at least four references for the paper in addition to the textbook article that is the basis for your paper and none of the four references should be other articles from the textbooks.  No more than one page of the paper can be based on the textbook article.

In each paper, you should include your summary and analysis of the topic and your opinions regarding how an employer and, in particular, the HR function of the employer, should address the issue.  Please see the note regarding plagiarism in the class policies section of this syllabus.  Your papers should be submitted to me as Word attachments to either a Blackboard or email message.  Information in the text of your papers must be properly cited using the method that is used in Are You a Leader or a Laggard in the textbook.  Do not include any footnotes at the bottom of any of the 5-6 pages of your paper.  In preparing the papers you should avoid using more than three direct quotes and no quote should be longer than two sentences.  Following are the deadlines for the submission of your papers.  You do not have to wait until the deadlines to submit your papers.

In a two-page essay, give an example of a publicly known news headline that caused ethical questions to be raised regarding an employee relations case. Do you support the ethical decisions made? Support your answer using information from previous units and readings. At least two references are required. Follow APA guidelines for references in your essay. Be sure to include an introduction. 200 word minimum w/cited references.
De George, R. T. (2010). Business ethics (7th ed.) 

Using the learning outcomes for this week’s material, you will prepare two threads of at least 400 words each that discuss two of those outcomes. In addition to all required sources for the week, (e.g., textbook, readings, and presentations), three additional sources must be used and properly cited. Second, you will post a response to three other student threads, with at least 200 words in each reply. Two additional sources beyond required weekly sources must be used in each reply and properly cited.

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Summarize the characteristics of accurate performance management tools.
• Discuss various tools available to the evaluator/rater.
• Identify some of the common problems with the performance appraisal process.
• Explain how police officer promotional aspirations factor into promotion consideration.
• Discuss how promotion measurement systems factor into job satisfaction.

You will do replies to student once the original two posts are made 

Part One

Create a chart to compare and contrast the major legislative influences on the labor relations process. Your chart must contain at least five major legislative acts and how they affect management and unions. Columns should include the law, coverage, major provisions, and federal agencies.

Part Two

Find a recent Supreme Court or U.S. Court of Appeals decision concerning a labor law issue. Summarize the case. Findlaw Legal Information Center is a good commercial site for researching case law. You can also use the CSU library, LexisNexis, or Westlaw, for example.

• What legal principles does the court rely upon in determining the case decision?
• Be sure to support your response with specific examples.
• Use one resource from the CSU online library.
• This homework assignment should be a minimum of two pages in length.

 From the HRM perspective, what are the implications of managing labor relations in the Public Sector? 

Case Study: Transforming the Organization

Use the Week 5 Case Study Template to complete this assignment. 

Congratulations! The executives are taking your information system proposal seriously. In fact, they think it has the potential to transform the way the organization works.

The CIO asked you to read Too Much of a Good Thing to think about what resources you will need to get your new information system up and running. Please also review the five case studies in The Leader’s Role in Managing Change so you can recommend a change management pattern for your company to follow. 

Write a memo to the CIO that describes how to implement your information system into the organization. Please focus on these topics:

1. How much of the implementation work can you handle? What additional resources (people, information, time, money, etc.) will expedite the process so you don’t end up like Susie Jeffer?
2. What is your change management strategy? Provide an outline. Consider:
   • What new equipment and software are necessary?
   • What training and support will the staff need?
   • How will the staff complete their work during the transition period?
   • Do you anticipate other areas of resistance?

The CIO is very skeptical, so provide evidence that your assessment is accurate and complete. It can be difficult to admit to personal limitations!

Your memo should be 3–5 pages long.

 Use these references as well as additional 

Brett Connelly. 2016. Too Much of a Good Thing: User Leadership at TPAC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1136256.pdf

Kallol Kumar Basu. 2015. The Leader’s Role in Managing Change: Five Cases of Technology-Enabled Business Transformation. Global Business & Organizational Excellence, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 28–42. 

Follow all instructions given above and below 

Absolutely no plagiarism, APA style, ect

Please include graphs, examples, ect within the memo in describing what is asking above 

Follow the template example below for the format of the memo and also reference the paper below Karens Proposal to elaborate on whats being asked above.

Everything in bold is extremely important in following directions for the memo! 

Looking for thorough and quality work 

• In your opinion, what is the difference between being a manager and being a leader?
• Read research findings by Kabacoff (1998) that, although men and women are perceived as equally effective in leading, women tend to focus more on production, attaining results, and people, while men tend to focus on strategic planning, organization vision, and business tasks.
• Considering this, in your opinion, which leadership theory or style will be effective when leading the merger and why? 

450 words. 

Research Findings attached below.