Teams and Communication
Examine the team building techniques found in the PMI article titled “Team Building and Development in a Matrix Environment” located athttps://www.pmiwdc.org/article/karen-davey-winter/team-building-and-development-matrix-environment. Then, give your opinion on the manner in which team dynamics affects communication and conflict resolution among its members.
In a service providing business such as a salon, I can see where depreciation and amortization could be used on a regular basis. How do you think this would be done?
Written in your own words…need it by 7pm 8-22-2015
What does Aronson say is one of the most powerful determinants of whether you will like another person ?
a. If that person likes you
b. If that person and you are about equally attractive
c. If that person and you have similar attitudes
d. If you have high self-esteem
Explain your reason for selecting this answer.
Applied
2. Suppose you are observing a highly popular and well-respected politician and a college student eat lunch. Both proceed to spill gravy on their neck-ties. Generalizing from research cited in Aronson, your liking of the politician will most likely___?___ and your liking of the college student will ___?___.
a. increase; increase
b. increase; decrease
c. decrease; decrease
d. decrease; increase
Why do you believe that this is the correct choice?
Research/Textbook
3. Aronson’s text describes an experiment in which subjects watch a victim supposedly receive electric shocks. Subjects were given the opportunity to vote as to whether the victim should continue to receive the shocks, and the shocks were either terminated or not. What was the outcome of that experiment in terms of liking the victim?
Research/Reader
Article 37
4. Explain why it was that Dutton and Aron found it necessary to conduct a third experiment, this time in a laboratory setting, to control for what possible potential confounding factor?
Personal Relevance
5. Explain a situation in which you heard it said or someone said to you something that started a conflict or became a confrontation. Explain how it made you feel. Next, describe how the confrontation or conversation could be re-written using “Straight Talk”.
Summary
6. According to the Aronson textbook in Chapter 8, why is it important to express one’s feelings rather than one’s judgments about another person?
This paper will be a revised and expanded version of the first research paper. Based on your instructor’s feedback, you will first revise the first paper.
Write three-to-four (3-4) new pages that address the following:
Define presidential doctrine and summarize the regional or global events during the Cold War leading up to the formation of the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1.
Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between the country you selected and the U.S. before the presidential doctrine was announced.
Describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and the country you selected in section (2) above.
Describe the effect that the presidential doctrine has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War.
Assess whether or not the presidential doctrine you wrote about in Assignment 1 doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.
Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
To help you understand this assignment further, the following description and examples may be useful.
Step 1: Define doctrine and identify why a president would want to announce one.
A doctrine is an ideological platform that a president uses to advance a policy towards a country or region in order to accomplish foreign policy goals for the United States, so you will need to expand on this theme.
Refer back to Assignment 1, and build on whatever doctrine you wrote about then. Say, for example, you selected the Truman Doctrine. Therefore, this is the only thing you will write about in Assignment 2 step 1.
Step 2: Select one country you wrote about in Assignment 1 and describe the Cold War relationship that existed between it and the U.S.
Before the presidential doctrine was announced. In the case of Truman, you would pick either the Soviet Union, Greece, or Iran, since all three were affected by his doctrine. If you are writing about the Eisenhower Doctrine, you would choose Lebanon or Egypt; if you wrote about the Kennedy Doctrine, you would have write about Cuba or Vietnam; if your wrote about the Nixon Doctrine, you would choose either Vietnam, Saudi Arabia or Iran; if you chose Carter, you would select either Iran or Afghanistan; and if you wrote about the Reagan Doctrine, you would select Nicaragua, Angola, Russia or Afghanistan (although there were several others).
Step 3: Describe what effect the presidential doctrine you chose has had on regional or global affairs since it was announced during the Cold War.
That is, how did the doctrine change the status quo regionally or globally after it was announced by the U.S.? What happened in Western Europe after the Truman Doctrine was announced? What happened in the Middle East after the Eisenhower Doctrine was announced? What happened with Cuba or Vietnam after Kennedy offered up his doctrine of flexible response? What happened in Southeast Asia or the Persian Gulf after the Nixon Doctrine went in effect? What happened in the Middle East after the Carter Doctrine was announced? What happened in Central America or Africa or the Middle East after Reagan announced his doctrine?
Step 4: Refer back to the country you selected in step two and describe the relationship that currently exists between the U.S. and that country.
How has the relationship changed between the U.S. and that country since the doctrine was announced?
Step 5: Evaluate whether or not the presidential doctrine had had the intended effect of altering the behavior of the one country you selected in section (2) above since the doctrine was first announced.
Your assignment must:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Identify the cultural, economic, and political context of information resources, and interpret information in light of that context.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in international problems.
Write clearly and concisely about international problems using proper writing mechanics
“The Present and the Future of Religion” Please respond to the following:
The lawsuit alleged that Sam, an employee at Logan’s location in High Post, CA, was not accommodated for his religious beliefs. Sam, a Jehovah’s Witness and a skilled machine tool operator worked Logan’s for over 20 years. As a Jehovah Witness, his religious belief was that he did not work on any part of product that could be used as weapon of war. For many years, he refused to work on projects that involved orders from any of the Armed Services. Accordingly, these projects were reassigned to other machine operators. Logan’s’ supervisors were aware of his beliefs and provided him with reasonable accommodation over the years.
In 2002, Sam was asked to work on a part which was going to be used on a United States naval submarine. Just like he did in the past, Sam refused to work on it. However, this time he was cited for insubordination and then fired after he refused to accept an alternate assignment in the shipping department.
· What are some beliefs and practices of Jehovah Witness?
· Did the employer do the right thing? Why or Why not?
· If you are the manager, how would you handle this situation?
For this assignment, you will refer to the section “Course Case Study.” Reread the case study, looking specifically at issues related to cultural competence. Examine the ACA’s and APA’s ethical guidelines related to the issue of cultural competence and respond to the following:
Describe the ethical issues related to cultural competence.
Examine the influence of your own personal values as related to the diversity issues presented in this case. Reflect on how you felt as you read the case study, how your values came into play, and how you would handle your values in a situation such as this.
Make recommendations based on your readings and the APA or ACA ethics codes.
Be sure to apply specific ethical principles.
Save the paper as AU_PSY430_M2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the M2 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Your response should be at least 2 pages long.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described the ethical issues related to cultural competence.
20
Explained how one’s own personal values relate to diversity in the case study.
20
Made recommendations based on readings and the ethics codes.
20
Applied specific ethical principles.
20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Provide an example to illustrate one of the four types of competition in a free market system: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly. Did this competition result in any type of government intervention? Project how this type of competition, if widespread, would impact the overall health of the economy.
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Determining ethical boundaries can sometimes be a challenge, since ethics is both based on individual beliefs as well as societal standards.
Would receiving a holiday gift from a client be considered bribery? Would it be wrong for a person in a position of power, like a mayor, to ask a bank manager friend for a personal loan? On a more practical level, is it unethical for a cashier to provide a coupon to a customer who did not have one at the register? Is it unethical for someone to complete a timesheet recording eight hours of work, when they left 45 minutes early?
Select a case study of an ethical dilemma in the workplace. You may use an example from this week’s readings, your professional experience, or a website.
Please answer the following questions:
1. What is the ethical dilemma? Describe the individuals involved in the scenario.
2. Who benefitted from this situation?
3. Who was disadvantaged or hurt?
4. What are the benefits of the decision?
5. What are the problems of the decision?
6. Will the decision survive the test of time?
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LEARNING ACTIVITY 3
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
Consumers increasingly demand more from the businesses they support. They are pleased to purchase goods and services but expect that these organizations will earn their revenue in not just a legal, but also ethical, manner. Not every consumer feels this way, but the number of consumers that do has risen to the extent that businesses have taken notice and responded accordingly. Clothing apparel stores wish to avoid negative publicity associated with migrating their production chain to a developing country and employing staff in sweatshops with terrible pay and poor working conditions. Even if the employment of children under these conditions is not illegal in a particular developing state, it would certainly be unethical.
Yet, beyond the issues of legality and ethics, consumers have demanded more. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) seeks to advance a social good that does not directly benefit the company’s profit margins. The activity benefits the company’s employees, customers, and communities and builds greater support for the company brand, which in principle can also help build brand loyalty.
CSR is based on six principles (see Fig.2 CSR Principles chart in the Instructor Notes area). Consumers increasingly demand more from the businesses they support. They are pleased to purchase goods and services but expect that these organizations will earn their revenue in not just a legal, but also ethical, manner. Not every consumer feels this way, but the number of consumers that do has risen to the extent that businesses have taken notice and responded accordingly. No clothing apparel store would want negative publicity of having migrated their production chain to a developing country and employed people in sweatshops with terrible pay and working conditions. Even if the employment of children under these conditions were not illegal in a particular developing state, it would certainly be unethical.
Yet, beyond the issues of legality and ethics, consumers have demanded more. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) seeks to advance a social good that does not directly benefit the company’s profit margins. The activity benefits the company’s employees, customers, and communities and builds greater support for the company brand, which in principle can also help build brand loyalty.
Please respond to the following points:
1. Select a business of your choice and describe how the organization conducts CSR, highlighting which principle in the Fig 2. CSR Principles chart (found in Instructor Notes area for this week) addressed.
2. Design your own CSR program for the same business. What more could your selected business be doing for employees, customers, and communities?
By Saturday, August 22, 2015, respond to the discussion question. Submit your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion until Wednesday, August 26, 2015.
At an inpatient residential treatment facility, a depressed client unrelentingly begs the attending consultant for a weekend discharge pass. While begging for the pass, the client states, “You remind me so much of my brother. He was always such an easygoing, kind person. Whatever you decide is fine. I trust my brother so much to make wise decisions. You are so much like him. So I trust you will make the right decision.” The consultant finally agrees and allows the patient to be discharged. The consultant is aware that the client has attempted suicide two times in the past. The consultant does not take the time to check with the licensed on-site clinician in charge before signing the weekend discharge slip. Answer the following questions:
What issues of transference are displayed by the client? Explain in your own words.
Did the consultant act ethically by allowing the client to be discharged? Discuss.
Is it possible that countertransference played a part in how the consultant acted? If so, how?
What are the other pitfalls facing consultants in the mental health profession?
What ethical guidelines would you follow if you were a consultant in the mental health profession?
By Saturday, August 22, 2015, respond to the discussion question. Submit your responses to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion untilWednesday, August 26, 2015.
At an inpatient residential treatment facility, a depressed client unrelentingly begs the attending consultant for a weekend discharge pass. While begging for the pass, the client states, “You remind me so much of my brother. He was always such an easygoing, kind person. Whatever you decide is fine. I trust my brother so much to make wise decisions. You are so much like him. So I trust you will make the right decision.” The consultant finally agrees and allows the patient to be discharged. The consultant is aware that the client has attempted suicide two times in the past. The consultant does not take the time to check with the licensed on-site clinician in charge before signing the weekend discharge slip. Answer the following questions:
What issues of transference are displayed by the client? Explain in your own words.
Did the consultant act ethically by allowing the client to be discharged? Discuss.
Is it possible that counter-transference played a part in how the consultant acted? If so, how?
What are the other pitfalls facing consultants in the mental health profession?
What ethical guidelines would you follow if you were a consultant in the mental health profession?
Managing Organizational Change and Development
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You read an article, “Joe Willis: Feeling the Heat in Thailand” this module. Take another look at the article and answer the following questions in a 1-2 page paper:
Link to article: http://content.learntoday.info/B235_Winter_12/site/Media/Feeling_the_Heat.pdf
How does change affect leaders in an organization?
How does change affect employees in an organization?
How can leaders transition change smoothly and keep their employees on board with the changes taking place?
Provide 2 other sources to support your answers.