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Common Assignment Requirements 

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your comprehension of project planning as a key function for enabling PMO success and business outcomes. To satisfy this objective, address the following assignment key elements:

• In your own words including scholarly reference support, 
  • Define project planning in context of the PMO.
  • Describe the primary rationale for PMO project planning.
• Compare and contrast the project planning functions between Supportive and Controlling PMO types as described in the PMBOK Guide (6th ed.), Part 1 Section 2.4.4.3 page 48.
• Describe the application of PMO standards and metrics in PMO project planning.
• Summarize how the project planning enables PMO success while recognizing ethical considerations and challenges unique to an international PMO.

Option #1: PMO Planning Results Essay 

For the assignment Option #1, write an essay to address the Module 4 Common Assignment Requirements.

Submit your Module 4 Critical Thinking assignment as a single Microsoft Word document to the submissions area established for this purpose.

Your essay should address the following requirements:

• Your well-written PMO recommendation essay thesis should be 5 pages in length, which does not include the title, reference, or appendix pages. You need to add headings and subheadings associated with each of the bullet points listed in the common assignment requirements.
• Format your paper per the CSU Global Guide to Writing & APA (Links to an external site.) standards, which includes an introduction and conclusion.
• Include title and reference pages.
• In addition to your course textbook, cite at least four current (published within the past 5 years) scholarly resources (peer-reviewed, official governmental reports, and other scholarly sources) to support your suppositions, assertions, and conclusions. To enhance your learning experience, scholarly resources are available from the CSU Global library.
• Include an appendix for tables and figures as appropriate.

Please write clearly, concisely, and cohesively; use section level headers to organize the key elements of your thesis.

Consult the assignment template (Links to an external site.) for a more complete list of requirements. If you need assistance with your writing style or you need writing tips or tutorials, visit the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

 Paper length: 5 pages, not counting cover and reference pages. Must include information from background notes.

Assignment Content

1.     Use the job description from the individual assignment in Week 2 to complete this assignment.

   Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you cover the following:

   • Outline how you would design an employee performance appraisal system for your organization. It must be a comprehensive system, not simply an annual written evaluation.
   • Using the job description, discuss how the work described would be evaluated using your proposed performance appraisal system. Are you looking for behaviors? Results? Can the work described be quantified? How can “intangibles” such as “provide good customer service” be measured?
   • Justify your responses with support from your textbook, peer-reviewed research, and other sources.

     Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.

Narrative and solution-focused therapy are postmodern theories of working with couples and families. In terms of practitioner relationships, both forms of therapy can be viewed as more collaborative than other theories discussed thus far in the course. They emphasize a more equal distribution of power between helping professional and client. They also promote movement away from a traditional metaphor of couple/family relations toward conceptualizing couple/family relationships as networks of co-constructed meanings.

For this Assignment, view two of the media resources in this week’s resources (at least one narrative and one solution-focused video). Identify the couple’s or family’s issue(s) and begin to think about short- and long-term goals you might include in treatment plans for them. As you consider techniques or interventions to accomplish these goals, think about how you would measure progress in re-authoring or storytelling.

The Assignment (2–3 pages)

Based on the theory demonstrated in the narrative video:

• Define the problem.
• Formulate a theory-based treatment plan including short- and long-term goals for the couple’s or family’s issues.
• Describe two theory-based interventions you would use and justify your selection.

Based on the theory demonstrated in the solution-focused video:

• Define the problem.
• Formulate a theory-based treatment plan including short- and long-term goals for the couple’s or family’s issues.
• Describe two theory-based interventions you would use and justify your selection.
• Explain one anticipated outcome of each.

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John is a 26-year-old male who has recently been diagnosed as HIV positive. He comes to your organization hoping to seek supportive services for persons diagnosed with HIV. John is employed at a local fast food restaurant earning minimum wage. He does have some medical insurance but the overall coverage in his plan is limited. John is concerned about expensive HIV medications and also wants to know if there are other people in the community with the same diagnosis.

You are the human service worker assigned to work with John. In a 2-page paper address the following:

• Identify organizations in your community that provide services to help persons diagnosed with HIV. Explain how and why these services are an appropriate resource for your client.
• Identify national organizations that might also be a resource for your client. Explain the services they provide.
• Discuss any other additional resources or recommendations you might offer this client e.g. internet resources, support groups.
• Are there gaps in services in your community for persons with HIV? Be specific. Give examples.

Read the article titled, “Sarbanes-Oxley Act: HR’s Role in Ensuring Compliance and Driving Organizational Change.” Next, suggest two (2) actions that HR should take in order to ensure an organization’s compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. Explain the manner in which HR policies and practices are instrumental in implementing, and ensuring compliance, with legal mandates.

• Examine the key individual and organizational factors that influence an ethical decision-making framework in resolving ethical dilemmas. Outline a guide that HR can use to implement principles and core values in ethical decision making in an organization. Provide a rationale for your response.

Instructions

Introduction: Throughout this course, you will be working on a staged project researching a public policy issue as identified in your project proposal. At this point, you are being asked to write and deliver your findings and evaluation to your classmates and instructor in a final Research Paper.

Instructions: At this point, you will submit your final Research Paper evaluating your chosen policy and making recommendations based on your research. Your Research Paper should include the following components:

   Abstract: Please provide an abstract (one paragraph) for your paper. (I did not see this in your instructions but I do want it included.)

:Introduction

• Identification of the issue
• Description of the background context and significance of the issue
• The research question behind this project
• Literature Review
• Methods
• Findings from your data collection
• Public Score Card
• Recommendations regarding this policy
• Conclusion
• Bibliography

Remember to support your evaluation of this issue and your recommendations with the data you collected and any additional information you learned from your literature review.

Submission: Your Research Paper should be about 12-15 pages (about 3,000-3,750 words) in length.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmPR585RTsU

Based on your review, please respond to the following:

Specifically focus on the elements of performance tools (there are 6 noted). Select any 3 of the elements as being the absolute elements that must be part of your performance tools if you are in charge of developing the performance management strategy. Be sure to explain why you selected your choices.

Note: Your response to the discussion must be informative, be supported with research,  and follow the requirements set by this course.

• Select one (1) moral philosophy (teleology, deontology, relativist  perspective, virtue ethics, or justice) that has influenced the outcome  of an ethical dilemma that you have witnessed. Provide one (1) example  of the way in which this moral philosophy influenced the outcome of an  ethical dilemma in a past or present organization. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by name.
• Examine Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. Determine the  stage of Kohlberg’s moral development that your current, or past,  organization and coworkers are in. Provide one (1) example of your  current, or past, organization and coworkers that illustrates the stage  of Kohlberg’s moral development. Note: Please do not identify workplaces or leaders by nam

15 page final paper