Category: Essays

Describe a novel way you can use microscopy to solve a real-world or fictional problem.

1. Describe the problem and current solutions, if any

2. Describe what kind(s) of microscopy you will use and how you will prepare the sample

3. Describe what you expect to see and how will the images help solve the problem

To earn the full 1% final grade, the use of microscopy must be novel and appropriate. Essays with

incorrect use of microscopy will not earn any point. Discussions of ideas with Dr. Sun are highly

encouraged prior to essay submission. Submit essays as word documents to Dr. Sun through email with

subject titled, “Microscopy Extra Credit.” One resubmission i

Write 500-750 words on article that relates to the class
(a news paper, magazine article, a blog entry, etc) A print media source!

summarize article

Define concepts of class that relate to article – socialization, pigget, mead, cooley
Use terms from the text book (Chapters 1-4) as well: Handel, Gerald., Spencer E. Cahill, and Frederick Elkin. 2007. The Sociology of Children and Childhood Socialization. Oxford University Press

Performance appraisal is always a challenge for managers, because there are different ways in which we can evaluate performance. Additionally, most managers dislike giving constructive feedback that may be taken negatively by employees; however, appraisal is important to increasing productivity and creating high-performance work teams. With this in mind, there are ethical considerations in the development of performance appraisal systems. Gilbert (2012) addresses the challenges associated with lying and truth-telling in performance appraisal. Consider the following situation:

Suppose that the employee being evaluated is a sixty-four-year-old woman who has announced her intention to retire next year. You have been her supervisor for one year, and you judge that her performance is below standard, but not bad enough at present to require termination. When you review her personnel file, you find that her previous supervisor rated her as satisfactory for each of the last three years. People who have been in the unit for a long time assure you that her performance has not changed this year. One final item of relevance is that she does not take criticism well. In fact, she tends to respond to criticism with tears and hostility. Should you rate her as satisfactory, as your predecessor did for the last three years, or should you rate her as below standard and endure the difficult interview that is sure to follow, with very little hope that her performance will improve before she retires? (p.116).

Guidance:

identify and evaluate the ethical components of this situation. Approach the situation using an ethical theory as a foundation for your views. As you work through the performance appraisal, the question about the impact of cultural context becomes something that you should consider. Respond to the following dilemma:

Consider the impact of truth-telling and lying and your responsibility to your employees and the organization as a manager in this situation.

After you have responded to the question above, consider the impact of truth telling and lying and your responsibility to your employees and the organization as a manager in this situation, create a short paper presenting your results.

Your paper should be 2-3 pages in length (not including the title and reference pages), using APA formatting, in Times New Roman, 12-point font, with one inch margins

Assignment 2: Case Study—Training Assessment

Training assessment is an important task for HR personnel. Use the Argosy University online library and textbooks to read about training assessments.

Then, consider the following scenario:

You have recently been appointed as a training manager for the southeast region of a major supermarket chain in the U.S. Your territory includes 15 retail stores. Your responsibility involves working directly with store managers and other stakeholders to develop training solutions to meet specific needs of employees in various stores. This includes, but is not limited to, performing needs assessments, determining appropriate instructional design and training delivery methods, as well as implementing and evaluating training initiatives.

Three of the stores in your territory have missed sales goals for the last two quarters. All three stores have received low customer satisfaction scores and are experiencing increased employee turnover rates. The high employee turnover has resulted in the store managers hiring many new and relatively inexperienced sales associates, which further contributes to the problem.

The senior management team of the supermarket chain believes that training and development may help decrease employee turnover and increase customer satisfaction. You have been asked to assess training needs and develop a proposal to address the situation in these three stores.

Instructions:

Use scholarly resources and your learning, address the following:

Identify, using simple heuristics, the indicators that show that the specific problems experienced by the three stores can be resolved through training.
Design a needs assessment plan and identify three specific training initiatives you would recommend for these employees. Include the expected outcomes for the three training initiatives in your proposal.
Select one of the specific training initiatives you identified and develop a budget of projected costs to implement this initiative.

Write a seven-to-nine-page training proposal in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc. By Wednesday, May 27, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Identified the specific indicators that problems experienced by the three stores can be resolved through training.

24

Designed a needs assessment plan and recommended three specific training initiatives for these employees. Included the expected outcomes for the three training initiatives in the proposal.

32

Selected one of the identified specific training initiatives and developed a budget of estimated costs to implement this initiative. Used scholarly resources to justify your expenses.

32

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuatio

Review the initial scenario and the Strategic Business Plan presented in Module 1 to make sure that the requirements of the Board and the Part II Strategic Plan are met.

From Module 1: As a member of Harley-Davidson’s strategic planning team, you have been asked to create a five- to six-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation titled “Harley-Davidson Today: A Brief Overview of the Business” to orient members who have been newly added to the strategic planning team.

The PowerPoint presentation should include at a minimum the following:

The CEO’s vision and overview of 2009 performance
The organizational structure and management team
A brief description of each of the brands/business units and the products and services offered
Key corporate goals and objectives such as new products, new markets, and new customers
Total Revenues in 2009 and Net Profit in 2009

In order to meet the requirements of the Board, you will prepare the final Strategic Business Plan—Part II—Strategic Plan to the Executive Board. Ensure your strategic plan is thorough, succinct, and complete. Challenge yourself to link the targets to specific initiatives you have identified in the Strategic Plan you are developing for H-D.

Your written report should include a title page, table of contents, executive summary, and each of the following sections in an 8- to 12-page report:

Part I: Global Economy & Factors Affecting H-D

Identify H-D’s Motivations & Risks

Motivations for Expansion
Risks in Expansion

Explain H-D’s competitive advantage in Global Markets
Determine and explain entry strategies for global expansion
Recommend an Internet approach/strategy for H-D

How the Internet adds value
Internet Business Models
Competitive Strategies
Leverage E-Business Capabilities

Part II: Corporate Leadership

Develop the following: Current Direction Setting

Organizational Culture: In addition, evaluate the culture at Harley-Davidson (H-D) and define what attributes you think team members should possess in reaching the business goals set forth by the organization. If you were part of the management team at H-D, what motivational techniques would you implement to make these teams successful?
Organizational Design: As you have been completing the Strategic Business

Plan, the management at Harley-Davidson has decided to take a team-oriented approach in various departments rather than the traditional, functional structure. Based on your knowledge of different types of teams and their focus, suggest what kinds of team strategies should be applied to each department. Be sure to explain your recommendations in detail.
Leadership Traits
Ethical Organization Characteristics

Identify elements
Identify missing elements

Learning Organization Characteristics

Identify elements
Identify missing elements

Part III: Strategic Plan Summary

Conclusions
Recommendations
Implementation
Discuss how you will implement your strategic plans, including how teams should be implemented in each department
Develop a brief roadmap for implementation
Identify the primary benchmarks to assess success or failure
Risks

Part IV: Self-Reflection Summary

Self-reflection is the key to good leadership and good management. Reflect on what you have learned in this class and on what you gained from your Bachelor of Science program. Based on your reflections, discuss the following:

Five or six key “lessons” learned from the textbook and the content that will help you in your career.
Consider what you have learned throughout this program. Discuss career opportunities that interest you in business.
Include what you have learned about yourself.

Evaluate how your personal biases and assumptions have affected your work in the past and how you plan to manage them in the future. Your final product will be in an MS Word document approximately 8–12 pages in length and utilizing approximately 4–6 scholarly/professional sources. Your document should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Assignment Components
Explain the current global economy, the motivational/risk factors affecting H-D, and their competitive advantage.
32
Determine and explain entry strategies for global expansion and recommend Internet approaches for H-D.
44
Explain H-D’s current directional setting, organizational culture, and design. Recommend and explain team strategies for each department.
32
Explain H-D’s leadership traits, ethical characteristics, and its learning environment.
40
Provide a Strategic Plan Summary to include your conclusions, recommendations, implementation, and risks.
56
Identify and explain 5–6 key lessons learned and how they will help you in your current and future career. Include an evaluation of your own personal biases and assumptions and how you plan to manage them in the futur

Write a 375-word paper in which you complete the following:

 

Research at least one company and describe the strategic management process that the company uses.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

Case Study: Good Management or Bargaining in Bad Faith? in Ch. 14 of Public Personnel Management

Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words in which you address the following:

• What was the relationship like between city management and the unions? Were there any problems with this relationship? Did this relationship differ from normal relationships between management and unions in the public sector?

• What was the collective bargaining process like? What was effective in this process? What should have been done differently? Was hard bargaining the best choice in this situation? Why? Were there any other options that could have been considered?

• What were some of the challenges faced to reaching an agreement? Are these challenges normal?

• What personal and public factors must be considered when determining which course of action to take?

Format your paper consistent with APA guideline

Resource: Case Study: Good Management or Bargaining in Bad Faith? in Ch. 14 of Public Personnel Management

Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words in which you address the following:

• What was the relationship like between city management and the unions? Were there any problems with this relationship? Did this relationship differ from normal relationships between management and unions in the public sector?

• What was the collective bargaining process like? What was effective in this process? What should have been done differently? Was hard bargaining the best choice in this situation? Why? Were there any other options that could have been considered?

• What were some of the challenges faced to reaching an agreement? Are these challenges normal?

• What personal and public factors must be considered when determining which course of action to take

Discussion Question 1

It is said that, “men are from Mars and women are from Venus.”

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, read more about this statement. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

•Have you seen this kind of difference in communication style between men and women? Provide examples.

•How can this gender gap in communication be bridged?

Discussion Question 2

With a society that is so diverse in its own nature, issues pertaining to cultural diversity are bound to occur in the process of team management and leadership.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about cultural diversity. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

•How does having members of different cultures on a team affect the team’s performance?

•How would you incorporate a person from a culture of your choice into your team, keeping in mind communication differences within your and the chosen culture

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Case Studies – It is not necessary to copy the case study into the paper as they go against the Turnitin counts for being copied. Label the beginning of each case study with the number you selected (e.g. Case Study 1). Cite your sources in APA format on a separate page. Use in text APA citations and the paper should be done in APA format which I always change and put into my own format anyhow lol so as long as the answers and all the citations and References are in place, I’m good. DO IN MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT

Case Study 1

Michael Scott orally agreed to purchase a surveillance system priced at $35,000 from Sadiq. Scott wanted to use the system to monitor employee activity on the company’s computer system. The sale of the system also included a one-time setup service visit priced at $500. The total contract price amounted to $35,500. The surveillance system was delivered and set up, and Scott paid $35,500. Afterwards, Scott discovered that he could obtain the same goods and services from another seller for a total contract price of $30,000. Scott now seeks rescission of the contract, based on the fact that more than $500 in goods were involved in the sales transaction, that the contract between Sadiq and himself was subject to the statute of frauds as a result, and that the oral agreement between them was therefore unenforceable. Scott wants to return the surveillance system to Sadiq, and receive reimbursement of $35,000 (He is willing to waive his claim to reimbursement for the $500 setup service visit.) Evaluate Scott’s legal position in this matter. using the Common Law of Contracts or the UCC.

Case Study 2

Danny was looking for a birthday gift for his father, Frank. Frank loved cigars; however, Danny was a nonsmoker. While Danny was looking around the Butt Hutt, a local cigarette and cigar store, the owner suggest Danny try a new cigar, imported from Jamaica. The owner stated that the new cigar is just like Cuban cigars. After some hesitancy, Danny lit one up. The cigar had a surprisingly aromatic smell and took seven or eight minutes to consume. Danny purchased a box of the cigars and gave them to his father on his birthday. When Frank smoked one of the cigars, it gave off a bitter obnoxious smell and was consumed in less than four minutes. When Danny saw this, he was upset and asked his father to try another cigar. The same situation was repeated with offensive smell and the cigar burning down very quickly like a cigarett