CRISIS MANAGEMENT APPLICATION

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Application: Design-Build

Floods, storms, landslides, earthquakes, and many other types of natural disasters can leave an affected area without the ability to evacuate or to receive needed provisions. For example, transportation was severely limited on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina due to the destruction of major highways and bridges. Several communities became “islands” due to the destruction of these bridges. Because people could not leave or receive needed materials and goods, a different approach was applied to re-building the highways and bridges there.

Design/Build was the process used, and this provided for the quick rebuilding of three major bridges. This process contrasts with Design/Bid/Build and combines the design, permit, and construction into one overlapping process. Design/Build involves hiring the same designer/contractor to oversee a project’s design, bid, and construction. This process was so successful in Mississippi that the first bridge built, the St. Louis Bay Bridge, won an America Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Transportation Award in 2007. Might this same process be applied to disaster recovery when re-establishing communication, business and industry, housing, and human services?

To prepare for this assignment:

  • Review Chapter 9 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, and think about challenges to organizational learning in crisis management and how you might address them.
  • Review the article, “What is Design-Build?,” and focus on the strategies involved in the design-build model and the challenges that might be presented by it.
  • Think about the importance of keeping cultural and social justice considerations in mind when developing a design-build model.
  • Use the natural disaster you chose for Week 8 or choose a different one, other than Hurricane Katrina, and research the demographics for the area where the disaster occurred. Think about the various cultures involved and challenges there might be regarding languages or traditions.
  • Review the article, “Design-Build Effectiveness Study,” and think about how the concept of design-build can be applied to the natural disaster you chose.
  • Review Table 9-2 in your course text, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape, and think about the new learning areas related to the natural disaster you chose.
  • Keep the natural disaster you chose in mind as you review the article, “The Dirty Dozen: Twelve Failures of the Hurricane Katrina Response and How Psychology Can Help.” Think about ways to avoid the failures presented in the article.

Technostructural and Human Resource Management Interventions

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Assignment 1: Discussion—Technostructural and Human Resource Management Interventions

Technostructural interventions focus on the technology and structure of an organization and involve change programs aimed at moving organization decision making downward to improve responsiveness and performance and to increase employee flexibility, commitment, and satisfaction. Due to the increase in competition and globalization practices, it has become an important area of work for organizational development (OD) practitioners.

Human resource management (HRM) interventions can include a focus on managing performance, developing talent, and managing diversity. These areas are also of concern when implementing a technostructural intervention.

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research technostructural and human resource management (HRM) interventions and then select an organizational development (OD) intervention of particular interest to you.

On the basis of your research and analysis of the selected intervention, respond to the following:

  • Provide an overview of the intervention strategy in terms of its definition and purpose and approaches to it.
  • Explain the multicultural issues that may arise because of the intervention or that may need to be addressed for the intervention.
  • Provide a real-world example of the intervention from your experience or research.

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply APA standards to cite sources.

Submission Details:

  • By Saturday, June 6, 2015, post your responses to this Discussion Area.

Through Wednesday, June 10, 2015, respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. While responding, identify the similarities and differences between what you have constructed and what your classmates have.

Presents the grading criteria and rubric for this assignment.

PROGRESS, TIMELINE, AND ROADBLOCKS

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For this Portfolio Milestone perform the following:

  • Provide a one-page submission noting your progress to date on the portfolio project,
  • update the timeline of activities remaining for portfolio production originally produced in Week 2,
  • update the concerns and roadblocks you have on the portfolio from Week 2 showing those you have resolved and how, along with any remaining concerns or roadblocks, and
  • how you will overcome those.

No need for formal APA submission for this assignment. Your timeline of activities is most critical as are your concerns, roadblocks, and how you will overcome those. It is expected that your timeline shows at least one task each week from Week 2 through Week 8, and many weeks should have multiple tasks.

SALES FORCE COMPENSATION

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I need help writing the attached assignment in APA format before August 01, 2020. Please follow all the attached instructions that are attached. Only use the course resources and the grading instructions to the letter. The cover page and the reference pages are not apart of the number of pages needed. If can do that it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry

COMPANY PRESENTATION

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For this final assignment, imagine that you are an HR Manager on a HRM planning committee for your selected multinational corporation. You are required to present to upper management concerns related to global human resources matters.

You have compiled data about three of those concerns in previous assignments, but you need to add two more elements to the presentation.

The VP of human resource management has asked you to present a PowerPoint presentation to upper management to discuss your findings. These include:

· Culture in a global environment.

· Performance management systems.

· Training to improve expatriate performance.

 

In addition to presenting data of the previous assignments, the VP of human resources management also wants you to discuss a compensation strategy that would support international operations in your company and to identify two or three key strategies your company could use to enhance ethical behavior, labor relations, and work conditions.

Create a 15 slide PowerPoint in which you:

· Address concerns from prior assignment feedback.

· Summarize what you have learned about blending different cultures in a global corporation.

· Summarize the factors of a performance management system for a global corporation.

· Outline a training plan for employees on international assignments. Include training for pre-assignment, during the assignment, and post-assignment.

· Recommend compensation strategies that support international operations.

· Recommend strategies that enhance ethics, labor relations & work conditions.

Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:

Business Expansion and Sustainability

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Assignment 2: Business Expansion and Sustainability

Due Week 10 and worth 280 points

In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario that you chose in Assignment 1.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments.

Using the scenario from Assignment 1, write a Eight (8) page paper in which you:

1. Identify three (3) job requirements (e.g., needed certifications, previous work experience, external influences, etc.) that could apply to your chosen scenario. Determine two (2) ways these requirements could impact staffing at your organization. Next, suggest one (1) strategy that you could utilize to ensure that all applicants meet the identified job requirements for your organization. Justify your response.

2. Outline a long-term recruitment plan that contains at least four (4) components, is aligned with your company’s recruitment strategy, but also addresses possible job skill or credential shortages. Note: Consider concepts such as succession planning and hiring retirees.

3. Describe three (3) branding strategies that you would employ to attract qualified applicants to your organization. Next, suggest three (3) communication methods that you would utilize to reach out to applicants. Predict the outcome of integrating your branding strategies and communication methods at your organization. Provide a rationale for your response.

4. Determine two (2) selection processes for recruiting new employees that could apply to your chosen scenario and then identify five (5) selection criteria that you could use when hiring new employees. Next, analyze the effect of the five (5) identified selection criteria on long-term employee retention and preservation of organizational knowledge. Justify your response.

5. Suggest two (2) assessment methods that you could employ to select new employees for your organization and then analyze the validity and reliability of each method in regards to the job your organization is offering. Next, identify four (4) job predictors that you believe can assess candidates’ knowledge, skills, abilities, and other skills and experiences (KSAOs). Provide support for your rationale.

MICROAGGRESSIONS

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Riverbend City: Microaggressions

Review Riverbend City: Microaggressions and identify microaggressions that occur in the scenario. Use Chapter 2, “Taxonomy of Microaggressions,” in the Sue (2010) text to discuss the microaggressive themes in the scenario. Consider the Racial Microaggression in Counseling Scale presented in the Unit 4 study.

Self-reflection: Provide an example from your personal experience of a microaggression you have faced or a microaggressive statement or action you have made.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the posts of at least two learners. Share if you have ever witnessed the microaggressions discussed.

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

  • Describe personal experiences with microaggressions.
  • Identify microaggressive themes.

Resources

Staffing Plan for a Growing Business

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Assignment 1: Staffing Plan for a Growing Business

Due Week 6 and worth 280 points

Please choose from one (1) of the scenarios below. Note: The scenario that you choose in this assignment will be the one you continue to use for Assignment 2.

Scenario 1

You are a Human Resources Manager of an expanding technology company consisting of 170 employees that develops and distributes small electronic devices. Over the past two (2) years, a research group formed, designed, and built prototypes of small remote surveillance cameras used for security. Recently, your company won a contract to build and provide these remote surveillance cameras to various government agencies. The contract will begin with your company supplying these cameras to agencies within your home state. If all orders are fulfilled sufficiently, the contract will be expanded to supplying agencies outside of your home state.

For the immediate future, you will need to secure a larger facility and hire more staff to sustain the first part of the contract. This staff will consist of ten (10) Assembly Technicians, one (1) Certified Quality Control Engineer, one (1) Contract Administrator, and one (1) Office Support Paraprofessional. Meanwhile, there is a contract clause requiring that you provide a staffing plan in order to ensure future product deliveries and sustain the possible future growth.

IDENTITY PROFILE

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Identity Profile

This assignment is a reflection and analysis of your personal racial, ethnic, and cultural identity. For this assignment, you will write a paper of 4–5 pages (excluding the cover page and references list).

You are expected to complete the following:

  • Describe your own race, ethnicity, cultural influences, traditions, beliefs, and values:
    • Support your description of your identity with at least three peer-reviewed journal articles published in the last 5 years that discuss racial identity development, ethnic identity development, or cultural identity development. Use the Capella Library and search for three peer-reviewed journal articles related to the identity you describe. (For example, key word search for Latino and identity model or Hispanic and cultural identity development models.)
  • Identify and discuss factors that influenced how you view yourself (background, experiences, cultural traditions, parental and family relationship, education, and workplace):
    • Support your description of factors that influenced your view of self with findings from your Internet search in Unit 1.
  • Consider and analyze how the two domains above have affected your interactions with others, paying particular attention to culture and diversity issues and cultural competence:
    • Support your analysis with a summary of findings from Universal Ethnic Identity Scale (UEIS) in Unit 1 and the self-assessment in Unit 3.
  • Compare and contrast your analysis of Universal Ethnic Identity Scale (UEIS) and self-assessment with one of the following additional assessments:
    • Everyday Multicultural Competencies/Revised Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy.
    • Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Tool.

Assignment Requirements

  • Times New Roman, 12-point, and double-spaced.
  • Include a cover page, page numbers, and a running head.
  • It is acceptable to write in the first person for this assignment.
  • Cite at least three sources.
  • Use the current APA style and formatting, particularly for citations and references.

Resources

the process of benchmarking as a function of practice management

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Assess the process of benchmarking as a function of practice management. Suggest one financial and one operational benchmark that a practice manager could use to improve business outcomes and the quality of patient care. Support your recommendations with at least one real-world example.