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Assignment #4: “OD Application: Why Teams Are 14 Time Zones Apart” (2 pages of content) –  DUE AT END OF WEEK 7 (June 20th, 2020 at 11:59pm CST on Saturday). Read the “OD Application: Why Teams Are 14 Time Zones Apart” on page 344 of our Textbook. Write a brief paper summarizing the case and that addresses the following questions:1. What were the challenges faced in outsourcing work to India?2. Can you think of any other things that will help Indian and U.S. teams work better together? Remember to integrate references from at least two different sources to support all conclusions and recommendations. You may use the textbook as one of the sources/references needed.

1. What is the strategy? What strategic impact do they hope to have? Does this reflect what is currently happening in the health sector?
2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of TQM in this case?
3. What, if any, role does corporate headquarters have?
4. Is there support among various staff?
5. What should be done next?

4 pages

Find and interview two people who have managed organizational change, or who have been directly involved in change implementation. Design a “topic guide” for your interviews.

Further instructions on attached word document 

Instructions

In this homework assignment, you will develop a table on performance appraisals (PA) and how they are applied to training.

• In column 1, identify three different types of PAs that can be offered.
• In column 2, analyze how the PA can be applied to a training effort.
• In column 3, identify one type of training and one assessment tool for each PA that could be used to identify training success.

Use bullet points in the table. APA is not required for this homework assignment.  

  Respond to Jerry Darby  post 

 Go to the United States Department of Labor website to read “Continuation of Health Coverage – COBRA.” This website communicates the current regulations and federal involvement in employee benefits. Navigate the website to become familiar with its contents. Write a five- to seven-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 quality academic resources in this assignment. 

Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not quality as academic resources. 

 Choose an organisation which you currently work in, or have worked in, or have access to in-depth knowledge.

Should meet 3000 words

No plagiarism

APA format

Instructions

This assessment addresses the following course objective(s):

• Develop findings and recommendations for an IT innovation project.

This is the second part of the project in technology innovation. Through these three assessments you will:

• identify a potential IT innovation
• create a plan to implement that innovation
• describe how the plan could be executed

In this stage of the project, you will be discussing how your innovation idea will be successfully implemented within an organization. Include the following in your paper:

• brief overview of the IT innovation to be implemented
• discussion on the specific characteristics of the innovation
• a plan on the steps required to create/implement this innovation
• a discussion of the technological challenges that may be encountered
• a discussion of the organizational challenges that may be encountered
• a scorecard that can be used to evaluate the overall success of the innovation

This paper should be a minimum of seven pages and include references for ideas and concepts discussed.

View the video on how to handle a difficult conversation regarding a dress code issue. For your first post, use these questions to analyze the video: youtube video.

1. What did you observe?
2. How did the supervisor handle communicating with the employee? What was the employee’s reaction?
3. What did the supervisor do well?
4. What could the supervisor have done differently?
5. In your opinion, what should have happened?

Assignment 2