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DeVito, J. A. (2016). The interpersonal communication book (14th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu

• This text is a Constellation™ course digital materials (CDM) title.

Do you ever wonder how and why you communicate with your family in the ways that you do? Every family unit has its own way of engagement and interaction. In this first forum for the week, you will have an opportunity to describe different ways in which your family communicates, using the course text and a scholarly source to assist you.

Read Chapter 10 from The Interpersonal Communication Book. In addition, utilize the Ashford University Library to retrieve one scholarly article (i.e., peer-reviewed source, such as a literature review, study, or professional critique) that discusses family communication.

Initial Post: Please prepare a 300-word minimum reply that sufficiently addresses each of the items below. Don’t forget that it is critical to cite your sources of information, including the textbook, using APA formatting.

• Summarize your selected scholarly article and describe the impact of family on communication.
• Which of the four communication patterns from the text can you identify that are most reflected in your family? Explain their impact as it relates to how your family communicates.
• Why would it be important for a human services professional to understand how families interact, taking into consideration the different patterns and dynamics you’ve explored?

Respond to the following:

You have recently been hired as the HR manager of a small furniture manufacturing company that has 63 employees. These employees include everyone from line workers to upper management. You are the first HR person the company has had. One of your first assignments was to evaluate the fairness of the company’s current compensation system.

Based on your evaluation, you have discovered a number of inconsistencies:

Some line workers earn more than managers.

Some managers earn twice as much as other managers even though the work is similar.

Some line workers are making significantly more money than others even though they are performing the same work.

What recommendations would you make to improve the consistency of the company’s compensation system?

Be sure to provide the rationale for your recommendations.

Improving Human-Machine Interactions

Discuss the different fields that human factors experts work in and how they help improve human-machine interactions in those areas.

• Write at least 100 words in your initial posting

Respond to Ashley dunaway post 

APA format

Include at least 1 reference

Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following questions:

• What are some strategies you can use, as a health care manager, to overcome human resources challenges? 
• What current or future challenges do you believe you will have to overcome? 

MUST BE 800 WORDS 

1. There are several recommendations for documentation of performance and developmental activities. Describe three (3) recommendations and why you believe they are important.

2. In this video, Charles Rogel of DecisionWise discusses 5 myths concerning the process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAA01x-xp6Q

After watching the video, please share your thoughts on any new learning you had from the video or ideas you may have for overcoming some of the possible concerns based on what the myths reveal.

FOR QUESTION 3 AND 4 Do not use outside resources for your answers. Make sure to include in-text citations with supporting reference.

3. Avett Manufacturing Company allows employees to purchase materials, such as metal and lumber, for personal use at a price equal to the company’s cost. To purchase materials, an employee must complete a materials requisition form, which must then be approved by the employee’s immediate supervisor. Brian Dadian, an assistant cost accountant, then charges the employee an amount based on Avett’s net purchase cost.

Brian is in the process of replacing a deck on his home and has requisitioned lumber for personal use, which has been approved in accordance with company policy. In computing the cost of the lumber, Brian reviewed all the purchase invoices for the past year. He then used the lowest price to compute the amount due the company for the lumber.

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is the professional organization for managerial accountants. The IMA has established four principles of ethical conduct for its members: honesty, fairness, objectivity, and responsibility. These principles are available at the IMA Web site: www.imanet.org.

Using the IMA’s four principles of ethical conduct, evaluate Brian’s behavior. Has he acted in an ethical manner? Why?

4. TAC Industries Inc. sells heavy equipment to large corporations and federal, state, and local governments. Corporate sales are the result of a competitive bidding process, where TAC competes against other companies based on selling price. Sales to the government, however, are determined on a cost plus basis, where the selling price is determined by adding a fixed markup percentage to the total job cost.

Tandy Lane is the cost accountant for the Equipment Division of TAC Industries Inc. The division is under pressure from senior management to improve income from operations. As Tandy reviewed the division’s job cost sheets, she realized that she could increase the division’s income from operations by moving a portion of the direct labor hours that had been assigned to the job order cost sheets of corporate customers onto the job order costs sheets of government customers. She believed that this would create a “win–win” for the division by (1) reducing the cost of corporate jobs, and (2) increasing the cost of government jobs whose profit is based on a percentage of job cost. Tandy submitted this idea to her division manager, who was impressed by her creative solution for improving the division’s profitability.

Is Tandy’s plan ethical?

Your paper should include the following elements:

• Select an ethical issue of interest to you and write to how you might address this issue if you encounter it in your practice. If you prefer, you can write your paper on some aspect of cultural diversity and how this might impact your work as a counselor.
• If you do address some topics pertaining to cultural diversity, narrow down your subject to a specific issue that you can address adequately.

Your paper should be two to three pgs. in length, typed in APA style.

Request help with writing an essay about  knowledge management and content management systems based off a scenario. Details uploaded in the attachment.

Two Part Q & A business 

 You are to write on Three essay questions (25 points each, a total of 75 points). You will select from these provided questions. How you say it is as important as what you say. Organize your thoughts and plan the answer to the questions, Try to use the templates from ASQ or SmartArt from Word Document to create nice diagrams. Word your answers carefully and completely, supporting each answers with facts and reasoning. Cite references when appropriate. Answers for each question should be at least 150 words, use Microsoft Word, Time New Roman, 12 font, double space. 

Select 3 out of 5 questions 

1. Explain the elements and concepts of Kaizen, Kanban and JIT (Just-in-Time). How does they relate to Lean production? Also you will explain and give an example of Lean systems that can be applied into your daily life. 

2. Develop a flowchart and cause-and-effect diagrams for the followings: a. A flowchart of the process you use to study for an exam. How might you improve this process? b. A cause-and-effect diagrams of ‘late for work or school’. Explaining involved steps or/and related factors in details. 

3. A large hospital identified the following strategic priorities: – Patient safety – Few hassles for patients and families – Workforce well-being – Operational efficiency Suggest some measures that link to these strategic priorities. You might wish to do some research on how hospitals measure patient safety and clinical excellence. 

4. Observe a business with which you are familiar and interact with frequently, such as a restaurant or food service, a laundry service, your bank, or the college bookstore.  a. Develop a Pareto chart that encompasses the major service defects of the business, identify the most significant service problems and suggest how quality could be improved. b. To prevent some incorrect actions and/or defects of your selected business, develop at least 2 mistake proofing (Poka Yoke) items from your observation. 

5. With the football season, the program want to develop its budget for the coming year using a forecast for football attendance and promotions. The business manager has accumulated total of annual attendance figures and promotions for the past eight years. Wins Promotions ($) Attendance 4 29500 36300 6 55700 40100 6 71300 41200 8 87000 53000 6 75000 44000 7 72000 45600 5 55300 39000 7 81600 47500 Given the number above, develop the equation to forecast attendance for wining 7 games next year. Students will explain the equation, correlation, and coefficient of determination. a. Using Linear Regression to forecast relationship between wins-attendance b. Using Linear Regression to forecast relationship between promotions-attendance c. Using multiple Regression to forecast relationship between promotions-attendance Note: From your course textbook, Regression analysis is in Chapter VII Analysis Techniques