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Of all of the different types of essay types (comparison/contrast, persuasive, argumentative, and division) which type do you prefer to write? Why? Which is the type you least prefer to write? Why?

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A growing, profitable internal medicine practice of 10 physicians, 2 physician assistants, a physical therapist, and a massage therapist is located in a city of 150,000 people. The clinical personnel are mostly from the majority group in the area and consider themselves open-minded, altruistic, and culturally aware. The administrative support staff is representative of the makeup of the patient population—mostly minority groups in the local community. The patient population is growing and becoming more diverse from those newly arrived in the city. The practice is currently facing several challenges.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. The practice manager wants to have the local hospital expert on cultural competency come talk to the staff. The administrative support staff does not feel that they need training. How should the practice manager proceed?

 2. The practice needs to hire a new administrative assistant to work with the front desk staff. The practice wishes to hire someone from the local minority community rather than an equally qualified individual from another state. How should the practice manager proceed? Justify the rationale for this recommendation.

 3. With the recent growth, the practice is considering relocating its office to another, larger office facility. Several options are being discussed. Should they relocate to a more affluent area of the city that is less diverse? Or should they stay in the same neighborhood, even if it is less profitable? What are the pros and cons of staying in this neighborhood versus moving to another area? If the rent is higher in the more diverse area, is that enough to justify not moving there? Or is diversity responsiveness a “cost of doing business?” How should the practice manager proceed?

4. The practice wants to maintain its good standing in the community. What initiatives could it undertake to remain connected to its local patient population?

5. The practice manager wants to complete a strategic plan as a guiding framework for the organization for the next five years. From whom should she get input to help shape this plan? Should cultural competency initiatives be included in this plan?

As we begin to study performance management, a significant aspect of success is team performance. According to the text, the chapter that focuses on managing a team’s performance provides team definition as well as why teamwork is so pervasive in today’s global marketplace.

Organizations that choose to include a team component in their performance management system face various challenges. Please describe the three (3) main challenges discussed in the readings and share your recommendations (as HR Manager) for overcoming these challenges. 

This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of course outcomes:

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

You will be asked to analyze an organizational culture. This could be the organization you work with( work as Security Officer), or it could be some other organization to which you have access. Remember that clubs, associations, and churches can be considered organizations.

Research (data gathering) should include (but does not need to be limited to)  mainly primary sources.

Primary data is the data collected by the researcher themselves, i.e.

1. interview
2. observation
3. action research
4. case studies
5. life histories
6. questionnaires
7. ethnographic research

Secondary sources are data that already exists

1. Previous research
2. Official statistics
3. Mass media products
4. Diaries
5. Letters
6. Government reports
7. Web information
8. Historical data and information

Collect your data and analyze it. Describe how you collected the data (observation, interviews, surveys).

Then, analyze the organizational culture along three dimensions: artifacts, values, and underlying assumptions. Give examples of behavior, speech, or symbols that illustrate your findings. This paper should be 5-8 pages in length. Any data used (interviews, surveys, websites, etc.) should be attached as appendices. You should use at least 3 course resources. 

BU47S : Strategic Management

Question 1

 As part of its training, most military academies teach the:

Nine Principles of War.

Seven Principles of Success.

Five Keys to Effectiveness.

Eight Steps to Efficiency.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a characteristic of strategic management that makes it different from other types of management?

It is interdisciplinary.

It has an external focus.

It has an internal focus.

It concerns the present direction of the organization.

Question 3

Imitability of a resource can occur through:

uplication.

exploitation.

substitution.

duplication and substitution.

Question 4

The traditional view of social responsibility states that:

corporations should exist only to represent the stockholders.

corporations must represent all stakeholder groups.

corporations should operate on the basis of their suppliers’ interests.

corporations function as a measure of consumer behavior.

Question 5

The various studies of organizational environments can be summarized from the following perspective(s):

environment as a source of information.

environment as a source of resources.

environment as a source of power.

environment as a source of information and of resources.

Question 6

Why is an internal analysis important?

It is the only way to assess an organization’s competitive environment.

It is needed for making good strategic decisions.

It establishes organizational goals and objectives.

It assists in product positioning.

Question 7

In Mintzberg’s typology, ________ is a way to differentiate.

price

adaptability

focus

niche

Question 8

A more dramatic response to a failing organization may be:

a joint venture strategy.

a turnaround strategy.

a vertical integration strategy.

a long-term contract.

Question 9

________ refers to the values and attitudes shared by individuals from a specific country that shape their behavior and their beliefs about what is important.

National culture

National values

International value systems

Global culture

Question 10

Public sector organizations are most affected by ________ constraints.

internal

external

efficiency

managerial

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.

1. Discuss the purpose of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB). Identify and discuss NLRB jurisdictions and the tests that must be met before the NLRB is empowered to act. Your response should be at least 400 words in length.

2. Identify and discuss why employees join unions. What do you believe are the major pros and cons of unions today? If you had a choice, would you recommend union formation within your organization? Why or why not? Your response should be at least 400 words in length.

3. Describe the different types of labor unions, how labor relations are related to labor unions, and their impact within various industries. Your response should be at least 400 words in length.

1-2 PARAGRAPHS

APA FORMAT

REFERENCES 

Step 1 – Read the Information Below

Organizational behavior is the combination of four areas of study—psychology, social psychology, sociology, and anthropology. While each of these areas involves an examination of people and their interactions, the focuses are quite different:

• Psychology studies the mind and how people make decisions.
• Social Psychology examines how people work in groups.
• Sociology explores how systems work within the organization.
• Anthropology examines how culture works within the organization.

Now, assume that you are an organizational consultant and have been asked by a new CEO to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the organization.

Step 2 – Post a Response

Respond to the following.

• Of the four areas of study listed above, which would you focus on first?
• Make sure to explain why you chose this area, and why it would take precedence over the other areas.

Select 3 journal articles (either quantitative or qualitative) from a  peer-reviewed journal and complete the attached template. Each article  must come from a journal related to the discipline of management, human  resource management, or you must demonstrate how the article is (could  be) relevant to the profession of management. Regardless of publication,  the research must be based in psychology.

Write your review as if sharing the findings with someone in human  resource management, who can use the research to make a professional or  business decision. A thorough review demonstrate how the research can be  applied to business.

attach the all 3 articles in the references too.

While focusing on yourself as a project manager, identify the least important element of emotional intelligence that would be needed for your project. Justify your response.