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Throughout the HSBE I and II courses, you have explored the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects of different phases of the human life span. You have explored life-span development theories that help to explain human behavior. You also have considered how the social environment influences individuals and their behavior.

Gathering facts about a client’s life span through the interview process is an important social work skill. This week, you practice this skill by interviewing an older adult using the questions in the Life Span Interview document available in this week’s resources. For this week’s Assignment you transform your interview notes into a narrative—that is, a life story—of the older adult ­you interviewed. You interweave within this narrative an analysis of the life story by applying person and the environment concepts to your understanding and interpretation of that story.

Submit a 3- to 5-page paper in which you provide a narrative analysis of the Life Span Interview you completed. The paper should:

• Provide a chronological history of the individual’s major life experiences.
  • Identify specific biological, psychological and sociological influences that shaped the individual’s experience.
• Analyze the individual’s experiences by applying theory and concepts learned throughout both HBSE courses.
• Provide your reflection of the experience, both in interviewing the individual and analyzing their narrative.
• Explain what you learned and how you will apply this to future social work practice.

Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

You have recently joined an organization in an entry level HR position. The organization is now subject to union representation. You have been asked by your supervisor to write a brief memo for your HR colleagues that provides an overview of the expectations for managing human resources in a unionized environment. Your memo must address the following:

1. The differences, from the organization’s perspective, in operating in a union-free environment versus a unionized environment
2. The rights of the union, management, and employees
3. The impacts of the union on human resource functions, including
   • Work restructuring  
   • Performance Management
   • Employee Discipline and Job Security
   • Wages and Benefits
   • Health and Safety
4. Any costs the organization may expect based upon these impacts

Use headings to separate the sections of the paper, double-space, and Times New Roman font, cover page, page numbers, and APA format.

Support your answers! In responding, you must use FIVE references including THREE FROM THE COURSE MATERIAL BELOW. They should be from a scholarly journal or credible news source from within the past three years. At least three should be from course materials. 

PICK 3 ARTICLES TO CITE FROM OUT OF CLASSROOM MATERIAL!

 https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/employer-union-rights-and-obligations 

 https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb 

 https://open.lib.umn.edu/humanresourcemanagement/chapter/12-2-collective-bargaining/ 

 https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/the-law/bargaining-in-good-faith-with-employees-union-representative 

 https://www.fedsmith.com/2008/07/08/why-do-employees-file-discrimination-complaints-2/ 

Job Analysis and Job Description Instructions

Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on their personal leadership styles at the beginning of the class, as a basis for class learning. 

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment

Take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment. 

Create a 1,400-word analysis based on the assessment, text, video, and any other information you wish including: 

• Explain how you view      your strengths and weaknesses, along with a development plan to address      both.
• Be specific, and explain      your rationale based on the text and video, with cited evidence. 

You will use this assignment as a reference for the assignments in Weeks 2-6. You will be required to take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment listed in the Resources.

Research an index fund and compare the costs (management fees, loads, etc) to the costs of an actively managed fund in the same space.

The successful submission will state the differences in active and passively managed funds from a cost standpoint and make an informed assessment of the degree to which the additional costs are or are not justified.

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. 

1. apply knowledge of the levels, components, and development of culture to inform decision making about organizational practices
2. analyze and describe the impact of organizational culture on performance

Based on your last paper, create a change-management plan. Put yourself in the position of a consultant making recommendations to the CEO of the organization.

Present your recommendations in a PowerPoint presentation of 10-15 slides. State how the organization can be better prepared to meet the needs and challenges of the future. Defend your argument.

Your presentation should include the following (at a minimum):

1)  an evaluation of the current situation (current culture)  

2) an analysis of how the culture should change in order to better address the needs of the future (be specific!)

3) recommendations for change, with specific strategies that need to be adopted by the leadership, including how to communicate the changes and how to respond to resistance to change (Keep your recommendations to two or three, otherwise it becomes overwhelming)

4) justification and support for the recommended changes, based on both your own observations and the literature (at least three sources) 

Application: Evidence-Based Practice Interventions

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) includes a variety of approaches and therapeutic systems, the most well known of which include cognitive therapy, behavior therapy, rational emotive behavior therapy, and multimodal therapy. Multimodal therapy is a type of CBT that is based on the idea that humans are biological beings who think, feel, act, sense, imagine, and interact. Each of those “modalities” should be addressed in psychological treatment. The multimodal therapy acronym “BASIC I D” signifies behavior, affect, sensation, imagery, cognition, interpersonal relationships, and drugs/biology and is the basis for treatment. Various types of cognitive behavior therapies such as Trauma-Focused CBT are valuable when working with child and adolescent disaster survivors. Relaxation training is a cognitive behavioral adjunct that is helpful for anxiety reduction.

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) is time-limited and employs homework, structured interviews, and assessment tools. It focuses on the interpersonal context (rather than intrapsychic) and on building interpersonal skills. IPT may change the client’s interpersonal behavior by promoting adjustment to current interpersonal roles and conditions. Similar to other counseling and psychotherapy, crisis interventions include assessment that is ongoing throughout the intervention process. The dissimilarities of crisis interventions, however, include the persistent emphasis on problem-solving techniques as well as safety assessment.

To prepare for this assignment:

• Review Chapter 7 in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies, and think about the potential scope of impact a crisis may have on people suffering from PTSD.
• Review Chapters 10  in your course text, Crisis Intervention Strategies,and think about how special populations and/or substance abuse might require additional attention when PTSD is involved.
• Review the types of responses to trauma, including but not limited to responses to PTSD.
• Review this week’s media, During a Crisis-Counselor Interventions and Strategies, paying particular attention to Dr. Berger’s presentation on differences between military and civilian trauma reactions.
• Review the article, “Responsive Therapy and Motivational Interviewing: Postmodernist Paradigms,” and consider the benefits of motivational interviewing.
• Review the article, “Best Practices for Counselors Who Treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,” and think about ways these best practices could fit into the implementation of CBT and IPT.
• Review the article, “The Treatment and Prevention of Depression: Implications for Counseling and Counselor Training,” and consider how you might teach this information to make it useful for counselor educators and in crisis training.
• Review the article, “Psychosocial and Moral Development of PTSD-Diagnosed Combat Veterans,” and think about whether this information transfers to civilian populations too.
• Review the literature to support CBT and IPT techniques for use with survivors of crises suffering from such illnesses as PTSD, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse.

The assignment: (4–6 pages)

• Briefly describe two CBT and two IPT evidenced-based practice strategies that may be applied to working with crisis survivors.
• Then explain how these strategies might be changed if the crisis survivor was diagnosed with PTSD prior to the current trauma.
• Finally, provide a brief analysis of how your intervention strategies for persons with PTSD might differ if you were working with military personnel rather than civilians. Give specific examples.

Activity # 1

Based on the reading for this week, identify an artifact and a value in your organization. 

Describe each one in detail.

Activity #2

Based on the interview with Schein, respond to these questions:

a. How does Schein define culture in this interview?

b. When does culture matter, according to Schein?

c. Why does Schein say that “best practices” do not work?

REFERENCES

1.  https://www.thercfgroup.com/files/resources/Defining-Culture-and-Organizationa-Culture_5.pdf 

2. http://www.businessmanagementib.com/uploads/1/1/7/5/11758934/________types_of_organisational_culture.pdf 

3.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fw5H7GWzog&feature=youtu.be 

• watch the video interview with Edgard Schein

Culture Fundamentals from Edgar Schein

NOTE……Pls stick with the references and answer separately ( Activity 1 and 2)

Communication Strategies for Different Audiences

How does a health care administrator communicate with different audiences? What potential challenges might exist for health care administrators when engaged in communication with these audiences?

As mentioned previously, health care administrators engage in communication with different audiences. Not surprisingly, the approaches used to effectively communicate with a patient or client may not be as effective when communicating with a physician, other medical staff, or non-medical employees/staff. While the approaches used to communicate with these different audiences will certainly vary, clear, concise, and direct messages will contribute to the effectiveness of your communication as a health care administrator.

For this Discussion, review strategies in the resources for this week that health administrators might use to communicate with different audiences. Reflect on what strategies you might use as a health care administrator when engaged in communication with these audiences. Then, consider how these strategies might differ when delivering the same message to different audiences.

By Day 3

Post a brief description of health care administrator strategies for communicating with different audiences (providers, patients, and staff). Then, explain how these strategies might differ depending on the audience and why.

This is a tough question to answer. I think it’s first most important to understand without each of these topics playing a role in our agency we would fail to be successful. So each of these areas has extreme value in today’s HRM functions. With that being said I believe Sanction to encompass all of these areas to establish the employee-employer relationship (Llorens, 2018). It is key to have this contract between the two parties to ensure a fair and balanced workplace for all. Sanction takes into account the rights of employees, counseling, as well as writing them up (LLorens, 2018).

Every workplace has these social norms that govern them whether they are noticed or not. For us to be successful we need an organization that supports positive behaviors. These behaviors must support a positive social environment (Claridge 2020). With all that being said, every role that has been discussed here carries extreme value and weight in our organization. Instead of discussing which of these areas is the most important, I think it is more important to discuss how each of these roles plays a part in our organization, how they work together, and how we can promote success in each of these areas. 

Llorens, Jared J; Klinger, Donald E; and John Nalbandian (2018). Public Personnel Management, 7th Ed. Routledge: New York.

Claridge, ClaridgeTristan. 2020. “Social Sanctions & Reputation Creating Organisational Culture.” Social Capital Research & Training. https://www.socialcapitalresearch.com/social-sanctions-reputation-in-workplace/ (April 23, 2020).

Respond to this answer