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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to provide a chance for the student to examine an existing organization and apply research to identify opportunities for strategic change. 

Assignment Steps

Develop a 1,050-word essay to identify one global creative organization, as defined in Ch. 10 and 11 of Mastering Leadership. 

Analyze the opportunities for strategic change that are evident, citing evidence. 

Include considerations of culture and structure in addressing those opportunities. 

Include the following: 

• Identify one organization that      could be considered creative, based on definitions in Mastering      Leadership.
• Determine whether or not you      believe the organization meets those criteria. Explain why.
• Discuss the impact of      organizational culture and structure on that opportunity for strategic      change.
• Formulate conclusions including      personal learning on your analysis. 

1-2 paragraphs

apa format

references

Step 1 – Read the Information Below

Daniel Goleman, a psychologist, was the first to popularize the trait emotional intelligence, sometimes referred to as EI. Emotional intelligence is a person’s capacity to be aware of her or his emotions and feelings towards others to influence their thinking and actions. The four components of EI are:

• Self-awareness: This is your ability to read your own emotions accurately to know how your actions or lack thereof affect others.
• Self-management: This is your ability to control or regulate your emotions and act with integrity.
• Social-awareness: Gives you the ability to understand the needs of others and show empathy towards them.
• Relationship management: this is your ability to communicate clearly and convincingly, reduce conflict and build strong bonds.

• Your HR project to develop a centralized model of delivering HR  services has progressed through very critical stages of the project thus  far. It is now time to present actionable, decision-making information  to project leaders. This can be best accomplished when projects have  been successfully managed, are devoid of any major risks, and have been  properly closed out and finalized.
  Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:
   

1. Explain what it means to successfully direct and manage  project work, and identify and discuss 3–4 strategies you might use to  manage and sustain progress in your HR project. Be specific.
2. Identify and discuss a minimum of three strategies that could  be used to address and resolve any risks within the control of the  project. Hint: See Exhibit 14.5 in the textbook. Is any one of the  strategies you selected more important than the others? Why?
3. Describe 2–3 actions a project manager may take as they begin  to close out the project. Be sure to justify using the actions you  discuss.
4. Review Project Management in Action: The Power of Lessons  Learned (pages 518–520 in the textbook), and provide an overview to the  project team on the significance of the information. Be specific.
5. Go to Strayer University Online Library to locate at least three quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources for this assignment.
6. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards  (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer  Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.
   The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
    

• Determine how to manage project work, including how to sustain progress, resolve risks, and close out a project.
• By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are  submitting your paper to be used and stored as part of the SafeAssign™  services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy;  (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your  institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be  without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.  

Course Objectives:

• CLO #1: Examine ethical values and principles inherent in healthcare.
• CLO #2: Appraise legal requirements for healthcare organizations.

Assignment Prompt:

1. Take both the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Ethics Self Assessment and the Project Management Institute (PMI) Ethics Self-Assessment.  
2. Watch the MindTools video on Values.  
3. Watch the videos Kant & Categorical Imperatives: Crash Course Philosophy #35   and Utilitarianism: Crash Course Philosophy #36. 
4. Compare and contrast these assessment methods and models.  
5. Using information from your reading materials, create one assessment that could be used for hiring healthcare leaders.

Instructions:

Write a memo to the Head of Human Resources suggesting the addition of an Ethics Self Assessment to the hiring process.  Be sure to include a thorough benchmarking of the existing tools on the market.  Create your own mockup of an ethics assessment that could be used by your organization.  What are some of the challenges involved in creating an ethics assessment?  What strategies did you incorporate?  Your memo should be detailed and persuasive.

 DUE IN 30 HOURS

Please complete a 5-6 page summary in APA format of what you took away from this class on Human Resource Management.  Please discuss the following topics in your paper:

• Equal employment and diversity
• Labor Unions
• Performance mgt systems
• Orientation
• training and development
• affirmative action

Create a PowerPoint presentation outlining guidelines for college students on how to have a successful interview. The presentation must be at least eight slides in length and use at least two references. You may include your textbook as one of the references. Be sure to cite your sources in a reference slide and use proper APA style. All sources and their use must have accompanying APA citations. Be sure to include the content listed below in your presentation.

Describe the steps of an interview.

Differentiate the three types of interviews: information-gathering, job, and appraisal.

Discuss the interviewer and the interviewee’s roles during the opening, body, and closing portion of an interview.

reply to the students’ response and not the question  in 150 words minimum and provide 1 reference. Respond to the students response as though you are talking to them, use name 

question-

Jason works for a car rental agency. Part of his religious observance is to pray several times per day.  He approaches Supervisor Jan with a request for two additional 10-minute breaks per day in order to engage in prayer.

Instructions: Please write in essay format.  Include the guidance below in your analysis:
a) Set forth the federal statute and/or theories of law that are applicable.
b) Identify the legal issue(s) that exist.
c) Apply the facts of the case to the elements of the law/theories of law.
d) Cite a case in the text which is on point with the scenario, or compare and contrast with a case in the tex

students response

Statutorily, it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer— (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s . . . religion . . . or (2) to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual’s religion . . . [Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; 42 U.S.C. § 20002-2(a). Bennet – Alexander (2019.

According to title VII, section (j) states the term “religion” as includes all aspects of religious observance and practice as well as beliefs.Considering the case of Jason religious observance to pray several times per day, Jason’s right under title VII civil rights act of 1964 is secured. However, the employer can discriminate against employee for religious reasons; if to do otherwise causes the employee undue hardship. When the employer discovers a religious conflict between the employer’s policy and the employee’s religion, the employer first responsibility is to attempt accommodation. If accommodation is not possible, the employer can implement the policy even though it has the effect of discriminating against the employee on the basis of religion. See Bennet – Alexander (2019) Pg. 547. The duty to accommodate is not a static concept for the employer and the employee. Critically looking at Jason’s case, he was asking for two additional 10 minutes breaks, which denotes, that the employer has previously granted his request of breaks for him to observe his religious practice. Employee’s duty to co-operate in accommodation of what the employer can give is necessary because the protection Title VII provide for employment discrimination on the basis of religion does not mean that the employer must resolve the conflict in the way the employee wants. The employee also must be reasonable in considering accommodation alternatives. 

Jason’s case can be compared to the EEOC v. Firestone Fibers & Textiles Company, that the fourth circuit found that the employer met the accommodation requirement for the employee’s religious belief prohibiting him from working on a Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday and seven religious holidays during the year. The employer sought accommodation by altering Friday work shift, where it could and using the collective bargaining agreements seniority system. But, the employee requested 11 additional days to observe two religious holidays and was terminated, when he violated the company’s attendance policy prohibiting taking over 60 hours of unpaid leave. As far as the employer can convince the EEOC and the court that the employer has successfully borne the burden of reasonably accommodating Jason’s religious practice then Jason will not have a case against his employer.

References: 

Bennett-Alexander, D. (2019). Employment Law for Business. [VitalSource Bookshelf]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781260031805/

Read Drug That fights Complications of AIDS and Cancer Goes from $13.50 to $750

1. Is it okay for drug companies to increase the price of drugs substantially, such as in this case? Why/why not? 
2. Do you think this drug company was justified in making this change?  Why/why not?
3. How do unethical practices impact a business. Provide example, where applicable.

• Create a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation to explain a selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders. 

Supply chain managers coordinate all of the activities in the supply chain process into a seamless network. The transportation function of the supply chain focuses on the movement and delivery of goods and services in the supply chain network from suppliers to manufacturers to the ultimate consumers. Decisions must be made as to which mode of transportation is used to move products along with the type of warehousing systems that will be used. Many companies are choosing to outsource their supply chain to companies such as UPS.

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Design a supply chain to support an organizational strategy. o Describe the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.o Evaluate the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.o Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.o Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Competency 2: Improve efficiency in the supply chain. o Describe how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Competency 3: Manage a supply chain in order to satisfy customers. o Recommend improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner that is consistent with the expectations for supply chain managers and participants. o Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources.• Questions to Consider 

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

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• For the following questions, refer to Terdiman’s article, “UPS and the Art of Sorting a Million Packages a Day,” linked in the Resources. o What are the advantages and disadvantages of their central cross dock Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky?o What is the impact that cross docking has on inventory costs, material handling costs, transportation costs, and customer satisfaction?• For this assessment, consider that you work for a company that develops and sells case studies and case study analyses. Your company’s primary customers are colleges and universities wanting to use them within their courses, but your company also has customers using them for management training and development. Your manager asked you to conduct research and develop a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to explain your selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders. She’s specifically interested in you creating the presentation associated with one of a small set of possibilities she provided to you. You may use the same company you selected in Assessment 3 or select a different company from this list:• L. L. Bean.• Amazon.com.• Starbucks.• Intel.• Johnson and Johnson.

Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to explain your selected company’s transportation and warehousing strategy to potential investors and lenders.

You and your manager discussed the high level outline of your presentation and agreed you should address the following items. As the basis for your research you can use any of the resources noted in this course, in the Capella library, and on the Internet.

• Slide 1: List the presentation title, the selected company name, the date, and your name.• Slide 2: Analyze and describe the overall transportation objectives of the selected company.• Slide 3: Describe and evaluate the modes of transportation that the company uses to move products from factory to customers, and recommend improvements to the modes of transportation.• Slide 4: Identify the locations of the factories and warehouses.• Slides 5–6: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for the organization’s factories and warehouses, and recommend strategies to mitigate the disadvantages.• Slide 7: Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact their transportation and warehousing network.• Slide 8: Analyze and describe how technology is used for managing the organization’s transportation and warehousing network.• Slide 9: Recommend improvements for the organization’s transportation and warehousing network, and support those recommendations with examples and research.• Slide 10: List at least three references.

You may use additional slides, if necessary. Provide your information as a bulleted list on the slides and insert explanations where applicable. Use the notes section in MS PowerPoint to add additional information and clarity to your presentation.

SCM Case Analysis: Transportation and Warehousing Scoring Guide

SCM Case Analysis: Transportation and Warehousing Scoring Guide 

Criteria 

Non-performance 

Basic 

Proficient 

Distinguished 

Describe the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.

Does not identify the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.

Lists transportation objectives of a selected company, but does not describe their significance.

Describes the overall transportation objectives of a selected company.

Analyzes the overall transportation objectives of a selected company. 

Evaluate the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.

Does not analyze the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.

Lists modes of transportation used by an organization to move products from factory to customers, but does not describe their significance.

Evaluates the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers.

Evaluates the modes of transportation that an organization uses to move products from factory to customers, and recommends improvements to the modes of transportation. 

Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.

Does not analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.

Lists advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses, but does not describe their significance.

Evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses.

Evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the locations for an organization’s factories and warehouses, and recommends strategies to mitigate the disadvantages. 

Analyze the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Does not describe the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Identifies economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, but does not describe their significance.

Analyzes the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Analyzes the economic and political factors that can impact an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, and relates the factors to improvement recommendations. 

Describe how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Does not identify how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Identifies how technology can be used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, but the relationship or significance is unclear.

Describes how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Analyzes how technology is used for managing an organization’s transportation and warehousing network. 

Recommend improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Does not evaluate an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Explains strengths and weaknesses of an organization’s transportation and warehousing network, but does not explain their significance or impact.

Recommends improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network.

Recommends improvements for an organization’s transportation and warehousing network; supports recommendations with examples and research. 

Exhibit proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and academic integrity by appropriately attributing sources.

Does not exhibit proficiency in writing and critical thinking; does not appropriately attribute source.

Exhibits inconsistent proficiency in writing, critical thinking, and appropriately attributing 

How does business strategies, link to strategic recruiting.