Brainstorm ways to engage employees in a Virtual Training Course.

1. Think about how you would plan your lesson and what activities you include in a live classroom so it’s not just lecture.  Some ideas are:

· Breakouts:  small groups work on something together for a little while and then come back to the larger class and each group gives a report.  

· Discussion board or forum activity:  you post a question and everyone has to respond

2. Then, when you have an activity, describe how we can do it in Microsoft Teams.  So for breakouts, it might look like this:

· Breakouts

o Set up multiple channels and assign students to a specific group where they complete the assignment

o Set up multiple document tabs and assign students to a specific tab to work together on the assignment

3. Make A list of everything we can do within a virtual class room

4. What are some activities will be engaging for learners?

5. Ways we can deliver engaging virtual learning

6. Finding ways to engage our staff ( be innovated )

7. Start with a list of innovated ways to make virtual training engaging’

Select one of the following case studies (located in your textbook):

• Case 10-1: Willful Violation, or a Problem That Can Be Corrected? 
• Case 10-2: Constructive Discharge and Reinstatement of Strikers.

Then complete the following: 

• Add your opinion about the choices and decisions being made—if this was your company, would you make this choice? 
• What would you do differently?   

You are strongly encouraged to make your initial post by the middle of each week so that you have plenty of time to respond to your classmates. 

Assignment Content

1. Your team is consulting with a local manufacturing company that has 1,200 employees and is the third largest employer in the area. When averaging all of the manufacturing employees’ salary divided by the market midpoint, the organization has a 0.90 compa ratio, meaning that on average employees earn 90% of the market rate. Using the current sales and profit trend, the company has the ability to increase compensation spending by 4% annually for the next three years.

   Your firm has been asked to propose three approaches for management to consider:

   • increasing base pay
   • adding a team incentive plan such as profit sharing or individual incentive plan based on individual performance
   • a combination of base and incentive pay
   • Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Prezi, or Microsoft® Sway® presentation in which you:
   • Propose a plan for each of the three approaches.
   • Make a final recommendation.
   • Support your points with at least one source.
   • Include graphics and speaker notes on each slide that script what would be said if this information were to be presented in person.

     Format citations according to APA guidelines.

      

High Performing Work Team Analysis

This assignment is worth 20% of your final grade. It gives you an opportunity to analyze a tool used to assess the performance of a team. You must complete this assignment individually, without contacting other students, and you may not use a paper or any part of a paper from a previous class or from another person or an online source. If you have any questions about this assignment, please post them in the Ask the Professor discussion forum so that everyone can benefit from the answers. The assignment addresses Course Objectives 3, 4 and 5. 

Organizations often use surveys or questionnaires to obtain information regarding employee satisfaction, organizational issues impacting staff performance, and perceptions of pay and benefits, organizational culture, etc. Sometimes, questionnaires are used in classes for staff development and focus on behavioral styles, conflict styles, or team behaviors. Additionally, surveys may be used to help intact teams or departments focus on and resolve team differences or performance issues.  Many times, the questions themselves provide people with insight into what the organization expects from its employees.

The Scenario

You are the leader of a cross-functional team that has not been performing well. You are not sure what’s causing the problems, but you know that the team cannot continue this way. You have contacted the Human Resources (HR) department for help and they suggested using the High Performing Work Teams Survey as a tool to diagnose problems within the team. Every team member will complete the survey anonymously. The HR department will analyze the results and will work with you to develop a plan to address issues. 

Your Task

Read the questions in the High Performing Work Teams Survey. The survey follows these instructions. You will analyze the questions, identify trends you see in the questions, and discuss what you and the members of your team could learn by taking this survey. 

Write 4-7 pages (not counting the cover or reference pages), summarizing the trends you identified, describing what you and your team members could learn from taking the survey, and discussing your conclusions about what is required of team members in order to create a high performing work team.  Support your opinions and statements with a minimum of five references from sources published within the last ten years. 

You can cite scholarly and practitioner-oriented journals, newspaper articles, YouTube videos, (but not Wikipedia, vendor websites, or other non-academic sources.)  Please use the UMUC library to search for appropriate sources rather than Google or other search engines. Librarians are available by phone, email, and chat; they are excellent at their jobs and they love to help students. See the Library link in the Resources section (on the ribbon at the top of our classroom) or go directly to https://sites.umuc.edu/library/index.cfm for more information and to begin searching for sources.  You can also consult a graduate writing tutor for help with organizing your ideas, presenting them clearly, and complying with APA style requirements.. You can access tutors through the Writing Tutoring module in our classroom. 

Use APA format for citations, references, and quotations.  This means your list of references should start on a separate page, and should be double spaced, with a hanging indent and no spaces between entries.  Your analysis should be 4-7 pages (not counting the cover or reference pages), double spaced with one inch margins and a font size of at least 11 points. Criteria for Grading High Performing Work Team Analysis are attached to this document (they follow the High Performing Work Teams Survey). The criteria give details on how your analysis will be graded. Keep in mind that most organizations value efficient communication; busy managers don’t have time – and most don’t have the desire – to read long reports. Keep your writing clear and concise.

Please add the following statement to the cover of your paper:

This paper is my own work that I created specifically for this course and this section. All research or material I used in preparing this paper has been properly acknowledged within the assignment in accordance with academic standards for complete and accurate citation of sources.

Go to the United States Department of Labor Website to read “ Health Plans and Benefits” at http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm. This Website communicates the current regulations and federal involvement in employee benefits.  Navigate the Website to become familiar with its contents. 

Write a five-page paper in which you:

1. Describe the major features of this Website and how each feature can be used to monitor employee benefits.
2. Explain how employers could verify that their employee benefits comply with all federal laws by using this resource.
3. Explain how employees would use this information to ensure their benefits rights are protected.
4. Create an outline of the Website so that you could orient others to its usefulness for regulatory compliance.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality 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. 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.
• NO PLAGIARISM
• MUST INCLUDE TURNITIN REPORT

Warehousing and Material Handling

Based on the chapters reading and the attached articles, in a 3-5 page paper, explain the following:

• How do product characteristics influence packaging and materials handling considerations?
• What are some environmental disadvantages to plastic packaging?
• What environmentally friendly packaging strategies might a firm adopt?
• Discuss the advantages/disadvantages to public warehousing.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of private warehousing?

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. 

Assignment Details

Review the Terminal Course Objectives, accessed by clicking on the Course Information tab at the top of your screen, scroll down to the “Course Objectives,” and then selecting “View Class Objectives.”

• How will accomplishing these objectives support your success in management?
• What risks or challenges might a health care manager encounter if he or she has not mastered these objectives? Explain.

Deliverable Length:  300-words

Subject: Equal Employment Opportunity  

8-10 pages not including the title paper or reference page. I will be checking for plagiarism and grammar. I read all of my assignments before turning them and run on sentences can not happen.  

Conforms to APA format 

apa format

1-2 paragraphs

references

Leaders set the tone for an organization, provide examples for behavior and problem solving, and have influence over organizational behavior. Leaders align their methodology through the application of managing processes and people. Differences among individuals, however, can create challenges and, in many cases, lead to conflict. 

1. Consider your organization or an organization you research (provide the URL to the organization). Identify ways to handle conflict within the workplace that may occur with individuals from different cultures. 
2. As a leader, what things must you consider when dealing with a conflict of this nature, and what steps would you take to deal with the conflict?  
3. Practical Application: Describe a conflict you handled in your professional life. How did you respond to someone challenging your viewpoint? What are some best practices for dealing with conflict in this type of situation (be sure to share specific recommendations). 
4. Identify two effective de-escalation techniques that impact leadership decision-making in a global society. Describe how they are applied in the organizational structure.