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. Based upon the course readings, supplementary materials, and your own literature search via the CTU online library, provide the following for discussion:

Synthesize the academic and practitioner literature.

Provide at least 2 scholarly resources to support your response. Use the LIBRARY or the MGMT Doctoral Library for help.

Prepare PowerPoint (10-12 slides, not counting the cover slide or the references slide). (using two impactful slides)—table or chart, picture, drawing, etc.—discussing what employees can and cannot openly say openly about their coworkers, supervisors, and employer.  Cover how the term “protected concerted activities” affects workplaces. 

The audience for presentation will be new shop-floor, first-line supervisors. 

Include notes underneath the slides on what you will say.

Include at least 4 additional sources to help strengthen your discussion.

Please respond to the following:

• Recommend at least two strategies for how your selected agency (from the assignment) provides training and development to increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies of employees, especially at high levels of the organization.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 350–500 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.

This week, the discussion will focus on contingency theory. This theory has been most recognized by the work of Fiedler. Research the work of Fiedler on contingency theory, and respond to the following questions:

• What is      your understanding of contingency theory? 
• Why is      authentic leadership important to contingency theory?  
• Describe      the differences and similarities of path-goal theory, Blanchard’s      situational theory approach, and Fiedler’s contingency theory

In addition to addressing all requirements of the assignments, model answer includes the following:

• Contingency theory is based on the premise that leaders      understand the situation in which that they would be most effective.      Authentic leadership requires a commitment to undertaking a journey to      better understand oneself and leadership style.
• Your answers may vary. However, theories are measuring      different things. Where Blanchard is measuring the overall effectiveness      of a leader’s ability to address each situation with the style needed to      be successful, Fiedler is measuring where the leader is most effective and      states that a leader is not effective in every situation.
• There are similarities in the approach of assessing a      situation and recognizing potential gaps in subordinates and then applying      the leadership that would fill those gaps. Path-goal theory focuses on 4      varieties of leadership that are different from situational theory:      directive, supportive, participative, and achievement-oriented. Where      Blanchard focused on how situational theory provided the best leadership      for a specific situation, path-goal theory describes the influence on the      subordinates’ performance. 
• Path-goal theory includes motivational theory, which is      important but is not an emphasis on Blanchard’s situational leadership      theory.
• If leaders want to be effective, they must be able to      give subordinates what they need to compensate for the gaps in      subordinates’ abilities (these gaps are found in the subordinates’      characteristics) and make changes based on the type of tasks. The goal is      to use the leadership style that best motivates the employee to be      effective in his or her job.

Additional Resources:

• Bayan, Y. F. (2018). Application of path-goal      leadership theory and learning theory in A learning organization. Journal      of Applied Business Research, 34(1), 13-22.
• Bickle, J. T. (2017). Developing Remote Training      Consultants as Leaders-Dialogic/Network Application of Path-Goal      Leadership Theory in Leadership Development. Performance Improvement,      56(9), 32–39.

This week’s video introduces you to the Hernandez family. Juan and Elena Hernandez are mandated to attend parenting classes. As part of the parenting classes, they are required to participate in both a pretest (taken before classes begin) and a posttest (taken after classes end). Pretests and posttests can yield very useful information. They can measure the learning that has or has not taken place as a result of the education being provided. For this Discussion, imagine what kinds of questions would be on a pretest and posttest for this particular study sample (the parents who are taking parenting classes).

Post your explanation of what you think the social workers wanted to know when they designed the pre/posttest for evaluating the parenting classes. Be sure to address the concept of attrition and whether or not you believe they took that into account. Be sure to explain why. Then, analyze potential lessons learned from attrition. Finally, explain how you might design a study to gather data about the effectiveness of these parenting classes. Use the following questions to focus your thinking:

• Would you recommend a pre-experimental, experimental, or quasi-experimental design?
• Would the study involve measurement over time?
• Would there be a control group?
• In this group research design you imagine, what or who will be compared?
• What limitations in terms of generalizability and internal validity can you anticipate based on the research plan you envision?
• What can you tell the social worker about the issue of client drop out (also called attrition or experimental mortality)?
• If there is no control group, what type of research design could answer the question: Is this parent training class effective in reducing abusive parenting practices?

Please use the resources to support your answer.

Instructions:

Part 1 write a page with reference in APA format.

Locate an article or case on a worker’s disability in employment. Be sure to discuss the following:

• What were the issues of the case?
• What were the outcomes?
• What can be learned by the case in light of your own employment and/or professional career?

Part 2 write a page with reference in APA format.

Discuss how business owners and corporations can protect themselves from becoming liable under the ADA.

Based on what you have learned thus far in the course, do you feel that your place of employment or business organizations has a sound policy to help curb possible ADA issues? Fully explain.

****Q&A Format Required****

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Individual performance appraisals, which are conducted on an annual or semi-annual basis, have been criticized over the last decade. In fact, many researchers and practitioners promote the benefits of daily and consistent performance feedback.  Many merit and bonus pay systems take into consideration an individual or team’s performance levels or ratings. Therefore, for many organizations, it is critical to have a system in place that measures the performance and productivity of individuals, teams, departments, and the organization as a whole.  Leadership has an influential role in an organizational culture and overall performance of an organization.

In this discussion, research a leadership’s role in performance management and how individual performance can be linked to the organization’s strategies. Provide two performance management strategies that can make a positive impact on the organization.

Answer the above using the question and answer (Q&A) format.  The Q&A format should include the original question along with your response. Within your post, support your responses with information from at least one peer-reviewed/scholarly source (not older than 3-5 years) from  CSU Global online library or the Internet, and provide the full citation at the end of your post. Use APA guidelines (at the CSU Global Writing Center )  to format your references. Your total word count must be at least 300 words excluding the original questions.

Select two motivational theories as they apply to health care. Then, assess the impact of the chosen theories on related health care human resources issues.

Two Part Q & A business 

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