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 Consider that you are a member of the Human Resource Department of a medium-sized organization that is implementing a new interorganizational system that will impact employees, customers, and suppliers.  Your manager has requested that you work with the system development team to create a communications plan for the project.  He would like to meet with you in two hours to review your thoughts on the KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.  What should those objectives be? 

Answer the follow questions

Option #2: Reflections on Resolving Work Conflict

For this assignment, you will identify a workplace conflict that you have researched. Address the following in a paper:

• Describe the organization and share its URL.
• Briefly describe the conflict and make sure to use at least two different sources, such as a newspaper article, a scholarly article, or a trade (business) publication. Do you detect differences in the accounts of the conflict?
• Outline the steps in the de-escalation technique used; highlight the benefit of each step in the process.
• Identify the conflict resolution or negotiation processes that were used.
• Highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the approach.
• Describe why you believe the approach was successful or unsuccessful.
• What was the end result of the conflict? Analyzing the conflict, what might have been handled differently and by whom?

Assignment Requirements:

• Your paper should be 4  pages in length, not counting the required title and references pages.  
• Cite a minimum of six scholarly sources to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to the textbook, four of which should be academic, peer-reviewed sources.  (You may not use the required and recommended readings for this course.)

This week, you have learned about the strategic value of diversity and inclusion. You also have learned about the differences both diversity and inclusion play in allowing an organization to embrace its significance.

As the VP of HR, you will prepare a written report for the executive leadership team of an organization of your choice. In your paper, you will complete the following:

• Discuss the significance of the term diversity.
• Discuss the significance of the term inclusion.
• You will discuss the strategic value that diversity and inclusion (D&I) will bring to the organization.
• You will also give 3 to 4 examples of how D&I improves innovation, creativity, and better problem-solving capabilities.

Support your assignment with at least three scholarly or professional resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

References:  Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. 

Research the organizational structure of the United Nations Human Rights Council. What are the goals of the organization? How is it structured to accomplish those goals? Discuss if it is accomplishing those goals, and if it is not accomplishing those goals, suggest possible changes to streamline the organization.

The essay should be three pages in length and properly formatted to include a title page and reference list. The paper should follow APA guidelines for all resources for in-text citations, paraphrasing, and references. 

Prepare an essay response of at least one page in length that addresses the following items:

• What factors distinguish the labor relations system in the public sector from that in the private sector?
• Propose a public-sector labor relations system for the employees of the city government.
  • What would it borrow from the private sector?
  • What would it not be able to borrow? Why?
  • How would you modify your system to account for specific aspects of city government? Why?

1-2 paragraphs

apa format

references 

Step 1 – Read the Information Below

Organizations from time to time must make hard decisions (expand, lay off employees, or close a facility). As a manager, you will have to use work experiences, advice from supervisors, and the organizational culture to support your decision. Organizational culture is the sum of the values and beliefs shared among employees.

Suppose you are a manager who is faced with having to reduce headcount (lay off one of your two employees) in your unit. Sales within the company have declined due to the downward spiral of the economy and each department within the organization is faced with making the same decision. Fortunately, you only have to cut one job; others are reducing more.

• Mary is in her mid-20s, single, college graduate, she is very hard working and was in the top 10% of the performance ratings this year, she constantly volunteers to travel, work weekends and evenings. However, she supports political causes that could be viewed as contrary to the goals of the company.
• Alice is in her mid-40s, has two young children, her husband is a doctor, her performance is good, and she has above average performance reviews. However, she has limited availability on weekends and limitations on overnight travel due to her volunteer work with local charities.

Step 2 – Post a Response

Respond to the following:

• As a manager who would you select to layoff and why?
• What is the potential impact of this choice on organizational culture?

Please review the following scenario and place yourself in the position of the new Human Resource Manager for Acme Manufacturing. Once you understand the circumstances of the problems in this organization, please respond to the questions that the General Manager has posed.

Scenario: You just started work as the new Human Resources Manager for Acme Manufacturing, a Fortune 1,000 company. The job was vacant for 6 months prior to your hiring. You have wondered about this, especially since reading about employee harassment incidents and fights recently in the news.

The General Manager (GM) calls you into his office the minute you arrive. He shuts the door after saying a quick word of welcome and begins to tell you about an incident that happened last week that needs your immediate attention. The company’s manufacturing operation runs three shifts of production workers so that the plant is operating 24/7. Over the past 6 months, hostilities have arisen between employees on the third and first shifts. What started out as jeering and criticisms by the first shift, claiming they have to clean up the mess and complete all of the work left undone by the third shift, has escalated to physical confrontations and altercations. Although the GM says that aggressive bantering back and forth is common for shift workers in manufacturing, he admits that he is worried about further violent escalation. The GM says he needs your help.

• Where do you think that      this evaluation should begin? In your reply, explain your reasoning.
• Explain the different      levels of disciplinary actions that will be used for the Acme      Manufacturing Company. Your reply should include the levels of discipline      and 1 example of a disciplinary action for each level.
• How would you determine      the disciplinary action appropriate for the employees involved in this      scenario? Your response should include your reasoning.
• Why would you draft      policies and procedures associated with disciplinary actions for the      workplace? Provide a minimum of 2 reasons in your response.
• How would you ensure      that the entire workforce is trained on these new policies and procedures?      Provide 1 example in your response.

Write a 5–7-page memo to the GM that provides your responses to his questions above. Be sure to cite any references used in proper APA format.

As a future leader in the field of health care administration, you may face many chronic health threats to various systems. As you work to combat these threats and ensure community wellness, you are likely to become an agent of social change. This objective may be more challenging and critical to achieve in matters such as health emergencies and outbreaks. For leaders, outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics elicit critical and timely attention to situations in health care administration. 

In this week’s article by Gostin, Lucey, & Phelan (2014), the authors highlight the challenges present with an Ebola epidemic on a global scale. Using this Learning Resource from this week as well as 2–4 additional resources you may find from the Walden Library, current events, etc., consider your leadership perspective during an outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic. 

As you collaborate with your group, individually select one of the following leadership roles that would respond during this outbreak: 

• Director, FEMA 
• Director, CDC 
• Governor of an afflicted state 
• Incident Response Commander 
• Response Leader, American Red Cross (or other nongovernmental organization) 
• Health Care Administrator for a large medical center

After selecting your leadership role, use a systems approach to work with your group to establish immediate response in preventing another pandemic. 

The Assignment—Part 1: 

Individual Case Analysis (1–2 pages):

Based on the leadership role you selected for the Assignment, include the following:

• A summary of the leadership challenges this leader would face in assuring the system changes necessary to be prepared for the next outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic 
• An explanation of how your leadership challenges as this leader relate to challenges of the other leaders listed above

Support your Case Study with specific references to all resources and current literature used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

Lawrence O., G., Daniel, L., & Alexandra, P. (2014). The Ebola Epidemic: A Global Health Emergency. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 312(11), 1095–1096. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1001/jama.2014.11176

Read the case study titled “Revitalizing a Brand”, located in the online course shell. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the branding and communication strategies of one (1) health services organization that is similar to the health services organizations mentioned in the case study.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
2. Conduct a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) analysis associated with the current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
3. Assess the importance of benchmarking in Plaza Home Health Services’ development and implementation of an effective brand strategy (marketing communication, identity, and brand position).
4. Compare branding and communication strategies of a similar health services organization with that of Plaza Home Health Services. Determine whether or not Plaza Home Health Services should apply additional best practices into its current branding and communication strategies. Provide a rationale and support for your response.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify 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. 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the marketing research process and market segmentation strategies in the health care industry.
• Analyze business planning based on an analysis of domestic and global operating environments, market dynamics (supply and demand), commercialization, and product-market expansion.
• Explain how branding strategies apply to the health care market for existing and new products.
• Determine the marketing communications strategy used in health care services.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services strategic marketing.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services strategic marketing using proper writing mechanics.