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How many times have you either asked or been asked, “Are you listening?” While we might think we know what it means to be an effective listener, different skills are needed to suit different situations. In the human services field, listening is a multi-faceted task that must take into account the needs of the client and the situation being addressed. In this first discussion, you will consider a range of listening skills and how they may be used in a human services setting. Specifically, you will identify active listening skills used within interpersonal and group settings.

Read Chapter 6 of The Interpersonal Communication Book; review the five human service career paths from Human Service Careers (Links to an external site.) provided by Films on Demand:

• Early Child Development & Services (03:01)
• Counseling and Mental Health Services (04:17)
• Family & Community Services (07:00)
• Personal Care Services (03:54)
• Consumer Services (04:11)

Consider the stages and skills associated with effective listening and reflect on the essential responsibilities associated with one human service career path.

Initial Post: Prepare a 300-word minimum reply that sufficiently addresses each of the items below. Don’t forget that it is critical to cite your sources of information, including the textbook, using APA formatting.

• What listening styles might this particular professional use in their work with clients, and how might they use them?
• Identify active listening skills (specifically, the three techniques of active listening identified on page 165) that the professional would apply in both interpersonal and group settings (e.g., one-on-one client interaction, facilitating a group session, etc.). Describe how and why they would be used.
• Using the Basic Counseling Skills (Links to an external site.) website, identify two to three interviewing skills, other than active listening, that the professional would apply in both interpersonal and group settings (e.g., one-on-one client interaction, facilitating a group session, etc.). Describe how and why they would be used.

Using your learning from this week, choose two companies that you feel could use Kirkpatrick’s Taxonomy. In your paper, justify why you feel Kirkpatrick’s Taxonomy would be essential for each organization. In addition, support the need for aligning evaluations with the values and the strategies of these organizations. Your work should also design a plan for implementing Kirkpatrick’s Taxonomy into each organization.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

·  Write at least 4 pages using Microsoft Word in APA style.

·  Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

·  Include cover page and reference page.

·  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.  

The purpose of this assignment is to construct an ideal profile, based on the trait approach of leadership, for an emergency manager working in the aftermath of a disaster. This assignment also provides you with an opportunity to consider several of the details associated with hiring someone to serve on your emergency management team.

• Address the following in a two page essay:
• How “self-confidence” could help an emergency manager with decision-making skills. 
• How “integrity” could help an emergency manager build trust among colleagues. 
• How “sociability” could help an emergency manager interact with other professionals, including subordinates, supervisors, and interagency roles. 
• Based on the results from your personality test, what traits do you possess that would make you an effective emergency manager.  (traits are extrovert , judging, thinking and sensing )

Discussion Topic:

The HR process of selecting employees is continuing to evolve as employers consider a variety of strategic, economic, legal, and professional conditions that are constantly changing.  Interviewing is a skill that must be developed through training and experience.   One of the strategies HR teams are utilizing as part of their hiring and interviewing strategy is through assessments.

Complete the following tests:

‘Big Five’ personality test – https://www.truity.com/test/big-five-personality-test 

Emotional Intelligence test – https://www.arealme.com/eq/en/ 

Evaluate your test results and then discuss:

• what are the ethical and/or legal considerations for these type of tests?
  • do you believe your test results would depict you correctly?
• what is the best interview question you either ask during an interview or have been asked during an interview? Explain.
• what is the worst interview question you have asked during an interview or have been asked during an interview? Explain.
• what questions should be avoided during an interview and what listening responses should be avoided as well? Explain.

Discussion Board Directions:

• You will not be able to view your classmate’s posts until you post.
• Your initial post should be 4-5 paragraphs in length.
• Include one peer reviewed journal article to support your post. 
• Your initial post is due by Thursday. This allows you and your classmates time to read and reply.
• Your initial post should be 2-3 paragraphs in length.
• Make sure to demonstrate critical thinking and analysis by using research and personal work experiences.
• For full credit, you are required to respond to a minimum of two classmates. Please begin your reply by addressing the student by name. Your responses must be completed by Sunday at midnight.   
• Please refer to the rubric for the grading requirements. You can view the rubric by clicking on the wheel in the upper right corner and selecting “show rubric.”  

 Based on your assessment of this case study, in which of the four cultural concepts would you categorize Nimble Storage’s mission and vision: ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric, or geocentric? Offer a rationale to support your selection. Finally, based on Nimble Storage’s mission, does the organization appropriately present itself as a global company? Explain why or why not. 

 Visit the Nimble Storage website to further explore the company. 

New and Improved Rewards at Work
 

Employers have been coming up with innovative employee rewards to boost morale and acknowledge employee needs for creativity and personal goal accomplishment. Some of the latest potential employee rewards include using the Internet at work for personal reasons such as shopping, communicating with friends, or personal finances; bringing a pet to work; instituting a controlled napping policy, and the sports and office betting pools.
 

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Determine how innovations in employee benefits can improve the overall competitive compensation strategy of the organization.

2. Explain how innovative benefits could be tied to specific jobs.

3. Critique the effectiveness of equity-based rewards systems versus those with more creative approaches.

4. Discuss the key elements of integrating innovation into a traditional total rewards program.

5. Recommend a process that optimizes an employee-based suggestion program to continually refresh the total rewards of the organization.

6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment
 

ODC 2

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. 

You have completed Part 1 of the Organizational Change Action Plan. This week, you will begin to work on Part 2 of the plan. References and appendices will be worked on throughout the course.

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

• Review and  analyze the academic literature of organizational change and development.
• Provide at  least 2 scholarly resources to support your response. 

Use the LIBRARY or the MGMT Doctoral Library for help.

 Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Click the link above to submit your assignment.

Assignment 2: Avon Products or GE Money America Case Study
Due Week 4 and worth 150 points

From the Goldsmith & Carter textbook, select either the Avon Products (Chapter 1) or GE Money Americas (Chapter 6) case study for this assignment.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a brief description of the status of the company that led to its determination that a change was necessary.
2. Identify the model for change theory typified in the case study of your choice. Discuss what led you to identify the model that you did.
3. Illustrate the types of evaluation information that were collected and how they are used to benefit the company.
4. Speculate about success of the changes within the next five (5) years and how adjustments could be made if the results become less than ideal.
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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explore how to identify and develop high-potential talent.
• Analyze behavior change theories and their impact on talent management processes.
• Determine the effects of leadership in the management of talent pools and the talent review process.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in talent management.
• Write clearly and concisely about talent management using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.
 

It is critical for healthcare professionals to be prepared to handle large-scale, public health emergencies. Consider the readings for the week, and think about what you’ve learned regarding preparedness strategies. Then, write a discussion post that lists the three most important things that a healthcare organization can do to be prepared for these types of emergencies, and justify your choices. 

• Discussion: Using Balance Scorecard to Measure Project Effectiveness
  • You are a project manager for a large electronics retailer (e.g., Best Buy) who will be implementing a new time keeping system to track hourly and salary employees’ time and attendance. You have been asked to develop a balance scorecard that can be used to manage the effectiveness of this project. Select an area (e.g., financial, customer, business, and learning) that you will focus on from a balance scorecard viewpoint and explain how you will measure the effectiveness of the project.