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Purpose of Assignment 

The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on their personal leadership styles at the beginning of the class, as a basis for class learning. 

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment

Take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment. 

Create a 1,400-word analysis based on the assessment, text, video, and any other information you wish including: 

• Explain how you view      your strengths and weaknesses, along with a development plan to address      both.
• Be specific, and explain      your rationale based on the text and video, with cited evidence. 

You will use this assignment as a reference for the assignments in Weeks 2-6. You will be required to take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment listed in the Resources.

Assessment 4

Create a 7–10-slide presentation and record a 4–6-minute voiceover presentation that explains who you are as a professional, your strengths and professional attributes, how you will maintain lifelong professionalism, and your educational plan for continuing to develop and market your skills.

What does it mean to demonstrate professional presence? An employee, a leader, or an entrepreneur with professional presence has confidence, poise, and competence and knows how to communicate effectively, take initiative, and innovate to achieve results. This course has introduced you to 10 skills that together form a toolkit you can use to demonstrate a powerful professional presence to your current or potential employer. In this assessment, you will explain how your accomplishments, professional attributes, and skills have contributed to your professional presence, and you will also discuss ways you will continue to practice lifelong professionalism. Creating this presentation will help you clearly communicate who you are as a professional and market your talents, skills, and achievements to colleagues and other key stakeholders in your professional life.

Assessment Instructions

Overview

In this assessment, you will build on the work you have done in this course to create and record a professional presentation. Your presentation will explain who you are as a professional, your strengths and professional attributes, how you will maintain lifelong professionalism, and your educational plan for continuing to develop and market your skills. 

Preparation

Review the assessment resources. Use the Capella library to locate at least two additional articles or books that discuss professional presence.

In your presentation, you will need to record a voiceover narration. It is recommended that you use Kaltura, a program that records audio and video. Refer to Using Kaltura if you need help using this courseroom tool.

Note: If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in these activities, please contact [email protected] to request accommodations.

Instructions

Create a 7–10-slide PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

• Step 1: Describe your professional attributes and skills. 
  • Include a Title slide with a title for your presentation and your name. 
  • Include an Introduction slidethat introduces who you are and your chosen professional field, with an appropriate photo.
  • Include at least one Professional Attributes & Skills slide that provides a description of your professional attributes and skills (such as professional attire, strong communication skills, self and social awareness, et cetera). You may need a second slide to cover this component. Reference the course resources or other sources to support your description.
• Step 2: Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence, citing support from credible sources. 
  • Include a Professional Presence slide that explains what it means to have professional presence, citing evidence from your library sources to support your explanation.
• Step 3: Describe personal examples of professional presence. 
  • Include at least one Examples of Professional Presence slide where you describe clear, concrete examples of how you have demonstrated professionalism in your career and/or academic program. You may need two slides. 
• Step 4: Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.  
  • Include a Lifelong Professionalism slide explaining how you will continue to develop your professionalism. Consider how you will continue to hone the skills you learned about in this course as you continue in your career or enter a new field. 
• Step 5: Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills. 
  • Prepare notes for your oral presentation and add them to the presenter notes in PowerPoint. You can type your notes in the Notes area below each slide.
  • Record a voiceover presentation to accompany your slides (approximately 4–6 minutes). Focus on how you have demonstrated professional presence and your plan for lifelong professionalism. It is recommended you use Kaltura to record your presentation. Refer to Using Kaltura if you need help using this courseroom tool.
• Step 6: Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources. 
  • Include a References slide that cites at least four credible references, two from the Capella library. 

Additional Requirements

Your presentation should also meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA format: Citations should be formatted according to current APA Style and Format guidelines. 
• References: Your presentation should include at least four credible references (two from the Capella library).
• Visual appeal: Slides are clear and visually appealing.
• Speaker notes: Notes accompany the content slides to provide more detail and expand on points made in your slides.
• Length of PowerPoint presentation: 7–10 slides.
• Length of voiceover presentation: 4–6 minutes.

Competencies Measured

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

• Competency 1: Describe the importance and impact of key skills and behaviors that are necessary for success in the future of work. 
  • Describe professional attributes and skills.
• Competency 2: Analyze factors that contribute to professional presence.  
  • Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence.
  • Describe personal examples of professional presence.
• Competency 3: Develop skills to support a successful learning experience and career. 
  • Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism. 
  • Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills.
• Competency 4: Compose text that articulates meaning relevant to its purpose and audience. 
  • Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.
• Professional Presence Presentation Scoring Guide
  Professional Presence Presentation Scoring Guide Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished Describe professional attributes and skills.Does not attempt to describe professional attributes and skills. Attempts to describe professional attributes and skills, but the description is unclear or incomplete.Describes professional attributes and skills.Describes professional attributes and skills, including specific examples of how those attributes and skills are demonstrated. Explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence.Does not attempt to explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence.Attempts to explain what it means to demonstrate professional presence, but explanation is unclear or incomplete.Explains what it means to demonstrate professional presence.Explains what it means to demonstrate professional presence, using specific evidence to support explanation. Describe personal examples of professional presence.Does not identify examples of professional presence.Identifies but does not describe examples of professional presence. Describes personal examples of professional presence.Describes concrete personal examples that demonstrate a clear understanding of professional presence. Discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism. Does not identify strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.Identifies but does not discuss strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.Discusses strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism.Discusses strategies that will be part of a continued plan for maintaining professionalism, including examples of how those skills will be honed and refined. Demonstrate effective oral and visual presentation skills. Oral and/or visual presentation components detract from the overall message. Demonstrates oral and visual presentation skills, but the skills are in need of improvement.Demonstrates effective oral and visual presentation skills.Demonstrates effective oral and visual presentation skills, including clear and visually appealing slides and notes that expand on points made in slides. Write coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.Writing is unclear as a result of poor organization, grammar, usage, or mechanics.Attempts to write coherently, but there are examples of incorrect grammar, usage, or mechanics.Writes coherently with correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and citation of sources.Writes coherently with organization and correct grammar, usage, mechanics, and correct citation of sources. 

Prepare an essay response at least one page in length that answers the following questions:

• What is the European Union’s Social Charter?
• Why is it important for U.S. firms dealing with European unions to be aware of this?

Sources should be less than Five years old

Why is human resources in the health care industry just as important as it is in other industries? Provide an example. 175 words

• Identify an organization or business that you like. Imagine writing an annual Human Resources Operating Plan for the year 2100 – 100 years into the future. Find the following four components in the vision of your future plan:
  • Recruiting and interviewing
  • Communication—internal and external
  • Performance review process
  • Conflict resolution
• Select only two of the four elements above and explain what they could look like in the year 2100.  Create a section heading for each to clearly present your predictions and how to address things in the future. 

Discussion 2: This Course as a Prerequisite for the Final Doctoral Study

How might this course contribute to your final doctoral study? As you continue exploring the field and practice of health care administration, your experiences throughout the Doctor of Healthcare Administration program will help inform the planning, design, and completion of your doctoral study. As you explore the topics in each course in your program, reflect on how the topics covered might relate to and contribute to your research.

For this Discussion, reflect on your experiences in completing this course. Consider how this course might contribute to your doctoral study and practice of health care administration. Then, review the DHA doctoral study guidebook in this week’s resources. This doctoral study guidebook outlines the processes necessary to complete the requirements for the doctoral study in the DHA program.

By Day 5

Post an explanation of how this course contributes to the doctoral study you will complete in the research forum (DDHA 8900/9100).

Instructions

Select the company from the Fortune 500 –  https://fortune.com/fortune500/ 

Prepare a 10-page Research paper on one of the following topics:

• Changing Organizational Priorities that change scope of projects
• Change Management impact on Projects and/or Change management impact on operations management
• Lack of accountability on project requirements
• Unrealistic deadlines for project completion
• Relationship of project to strategy of the business

Guidelines:

• Relate your paper to a specific project or initiative (this can be a past or future project at your organization, a past project from another company or a future project you wish to undertake). In review of all of the aspects of Project Management what one area do you believe will be your biggest challenge? Explain for the project chosen, explain, analyze, synthesize, and summarize the impact that the application of operations management will have. Provide examples of specific projects or operations failures for the chosen company, and relate how this conforms or deviates from effective project management standards/theory.
• Research Paper will be in APA format
• Research papers will be 10- pages in content length (not including cover and reference page)
• Research paper will have a minimum of 10 quality peer-reviewed references in APA format including intext citations.

FYI, it doesn’t have to be *just* a Fortune 500 company, it can be a previous employer or even a current one as well, whether they are a Fortune 500 or not. You can analyze and discuss a project or standard operating procedures that you witnessed or went through there, discuss the specs, challenges, risks, failures, aspects that went well, etc. If you’d like you can do some comparing to your current/proposed project you’ve been working throughout the term as well…but I’m most interested in seeing you analyze and breakdown a project of some sort. Be sure to tie the discussion back to content, concepts, and theoretical frameworks that we have discussed throughout the term.

Now, you can also analyze a company that you’ve never worked with. A great place to look for an example is in our current textbook. Beginning in Part Six (page 433), it is all case studies. This would be a great place to find an organization, get the details on a project/operational dilemma, and be in a position to analyze the material in more detail. Of course, you can use some additional research, like looking at the organization’s website and other Internet searches for background info on the company as a whole…but those case studies will provide a great deal of info for you in regard to the content we’re discussing.

Textbook

Schroeder, R., Goldsetien, S. & Rungtusanatham, J. (2010). Operations Management: Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Case, 6th edition. ISBN:978-0073525242

E-Learning 

1. Does  your organization use e-Learning? What training methods does your  organization use? Are your organization’s training methods effective?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of your organization’s  training and development methods? What online training and development  systems/methods would you recommend? Explain.  

NOTE: MORE THAN ONE ANSWER POSTED CHOOSE ANY

Employee Development and Performance

Scenario

Continuing from the Strategy, Planning, and Selection assignment, you were selected as the new HR director for the retail company and now have been in the position for approximately six months. Your approach to strategy, planning, and selection have been quite successful thus far, and now it is time to address the organization’s expectation for performance and development of employees since these components of HR strategy are critical in achieving business outcomes and success.

Instructions

Write a four- to five-page paper in which you do the following:

• Critically analyze and discuss any researched (web or textbook) training process model you may consider for use in developing employees (Here’s an idea:The Addie Model or exhibit 7-1, page 230 in the textbook). Then, identify and discuss some possible challenges that might be faced in implementing a new training process in the company.
• List and briefly discuss at least three types or methods of training that can be used for employee training. Of the three, which would you select to train the retail employees, and why? Be specific.
• Differentiate the concepts of performance management and performance appraisal with three to four key points. Then, make your case to leadership for or against using annual performance appraisals in the organization. Be specific with your perspective.
• Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment, one of which must be the assigned textbook. 

NOTE: You are not allowed to use non-academic websites except for those listed in the course resources list, or SHRM, ASTD, HCI, or WorldatWork. There are no exceptions to this requirement.  You may also use Strayer University Library to locate additional sources to support your work.

Each assignment should be done on its own word document. Please read all instructions and follow all guidelines. Information for Ebook is posted also link to CSU Library is posted. If you have any questions please let me know. 

Unit III Journal

Instructions

Diversity has many advantages and disadvantages within an organization. In regards to gender identity and embracing diversity in the workplace, do you consider yourself an accepting person? How important is it to you to accept diversity? Remember that there are no right or wrong answers; this is simply a reflection.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit III Project

E-BOOK  Diversity in Organizations, 3rd Edition

https://online.vitalsource.com 

[email protected]

Jamal2013!

YOU MUST USE THE EBOOK AS ONE OF YOUR SOURCES.

Instructions

Improving Organizational Culture: Acceptance of Religion and Orientation

Fig Technologies has identified concerns at several of their offices globally. Division has been noted on key teams based upon religion and sexual orientation. Several team members have complained that the non-Christian holidays and LGBT celebrations are not recognized by the established company celebrations or paid time off for observance. There have been complaints with regard to coworkers making harassing comments to this effect. The Executive Leadership Council has asked for you to draft an assessment of these concerns and then to propose a plan of action for addressing these concerns. Further, include a preliminary draft of policy to be included as an addendum to the organizational policy on discrimination and harassment. In your report, be sure to address the following: 

• Compare the impact of different religious beliefs and practices (choose three to four different religions) and how these affect the organizational culture, and describe how your new plan and policy will improve organizational culture through inclusion of different religious beliefs and practices. 
• Compare how belief systems of different gender orientations and sexual orientations may impact the organizational culture, and describe the effects of discrimination against any of these. In your plan of action, address how inclusion and assimilation of different orientations will improve organizational culture. 

Support your recommendation through the use of at least two sources, one of which can be the textbook. Content should be two to three pages in length. Length does not include an assessment tool, if used, though it may be added as an addendum (recommended, not required). All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations used must be in APA style. 

Have some fun with the assignment. Use your creative thinking along with your critical thinking to include your perspective of the findings and how to address the issue.

Unit IV Journal

Instructions

Please respond to questions from both of the following scenarios:

• An individual who looks different than you (color, age, ethnicity, disability, or orientation) comes into your favorite dining establishment. Some of the restaurant staff treat him or her poorly, providing lesser service to the individual. You hear snide (off-color) remarks being made by staff and fellow patrons. What action do you take?
• Similar scenario, though instead of a restaurant, it is coworkers mistreating a coworker who is visibly different than they are. What actions would you take, and why? Please explain.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit IV Assessment 

E-BOOK  Diversity in Organizations, 3rd Edition

https://online.vitalsource.com 

[email protected]

Jamal2013!

YOU MUST USE THE EBOOK AS ONE OF YOUR SOURCES.

QUESTION 1

1. The blending of cultures is becoming increasingly prevalent as individuals of different races or cultures intermarry. As a manager, how would you address an individual’s cultural needs that are broad-based across several different cultures? Also, how would you address integration into the organizational culture to prevent any misconceptions in the workplace?
   Your response must be at least 500 words in length.

QUESTION 2

1. Fig Technologies has acquired a network services firm that has several Native American workers. The events team in the local office is putting together the calendar of events for the next year. How do you educate, inform, and assimilate Native American culture and traditions into a self-described White Anglo-Saxon Protestant workplace environment?
   Your response must be at least 500 words in length.