Category: Essays

Due Week 6 and worth 140 points

Using the company that your instructor previously approved, apply Kotter’s eight (8) steps of change management to an HR situation you have selected for change. You will address all eight (8) of the Kotter steps, developing an action plan for each step. Use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or traditional video recorder to record a maximum of a five to seven (5-7) minute dynamic video on the topics detailed below. Alternatively, you may submit a four to six (4-6) page paper instead of the video submission.

Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.

Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard, click here to view the “Student Video Assignment Submission” video tutorial in the “Creating a Presentation for Your Course” playlist.

Please use the following naming convention in the popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:

Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Managing Organizational Change

Tags: HRM560, Organizational Change

Description: First Name, Last Name – HRM560 Assignment 3 (Date Uploaded ex. 11-14-2014)

Prepare and present a video that is a maximum of five to seven (5-7) minutes OR write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Ascertain how each of the steps applies to your specific organization.
Develop a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight (8) stages of change:
Establishing a sense of urgency
Creating coalition
Developing vision and strategy
Communicating the vision
Empowering broad-based action
Generating short-term wins
Consolidating gains and producing more change
Anchoring new approaches into the culture
Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Note: If you choose to submit a video presentation, please also submit a one (1) page summary of your presentation.

If you choose the written paper, your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Compare theories of change management and select an appropriate theory for an organization change.
Analyze diagnostic models relevant to various aspects of the change management process.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing organizational change.
Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.
Identify organizational changes that link to vision.

Click here to view the written paper grading rubric for this assignment.

Due Week 5 and worth 150 points

Imagine you are a recently-hired Chief Operating Officer (COO) in a midsize company preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO). You quickly discover multiple personnel problems that require your immediate attention.

John posted a rant on his Facebook page in which he criticized the company’s most important customer.
Ellen started a blog to protest the CEO’s bonus, noting that no one below director has gotten a raise in two (2) years and portraying her bosses as “know-nothings” and “out-of-touch”
Bill has been using his company-issued BlackBerry to run his own business on the side.
After being disciplined for criticizing a customer in an email (sent from his personal email account on a company computer), Joe threatens to sue the company for invasion of privacy.
One of the department supervisors requests your approval to fire his secretary for insubordination. Since the secretary has always received glowing reviews, you call her into your office and determine that she has refused to prepare false expense reports for her boss.
Anna’s boss refused to sign her leave request for jury duty and now wants to fire her for being absent without permission.

As an astute manager, you will need to analyze the employment-at-will doctrine and determine what, if any, exceptions and liabilities exist before taking any action. As you proceed with your investigation, you discover the company has no whistleblower policy.

In preparation for this assignment, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research your state’s employment-at-will policy.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text and then evaluate three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining:
Whether you can legally fire the employee; include an assessment of any pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine.
The primary action(s) that you should take to limit liability and impact on operations; specify the ethical theory that best supports your decision.
Examine your state’s policy on employment-at-will. Analyze at least one (1) real-world example of an employee or employer utilizing your state’s employment-at-will doctrine in the last five (5) years. Include a summary of the main issue and the outcome in the identified real-world example.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze and apply the concepts of freedom versus responsibility and ethical decision making.
Analyze and evaluate laws that protect against discrimination in the workplace.
Analyze and evaluate the employment-at-will doctrine and exceptions, as well as the protections afforded whistleblowers.
Explore the legal and ethical issues surrounding employee and consumer privacy.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in law, ethics, and corporate governance.
Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing mechanics

Assignment 1: Financial Statement Analysis Select one (1) of the following publically traded health care organizations: Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) or Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA). Suppose you are a newly appointed CFO of your chosen health care organization. One of your first tasks is to conduct an internal financial analysis of the organization. Conduct a brief financial analysis and review of the chosen company�s financial statements for at least three (3) consecutive years. After conducting the analysis, interpret the data contained within the statements. 1. Based on your review of the financial statements, suggest a key insight about the financial health of the company. Speculate on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Provide support for your rationale. 2. Identify the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization�s financial performance. Indicate the trend�s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, suggest at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization. 3. As the CFO, suggest one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Recommend an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendation. 4. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources; citations and references must follow APA format.

Journal ( I NEED IT BY 8 PM my TIME TODAY)

To complete the following journal, go to this week’s Journal link in the left navigation.

Course Reflections

Reflect upon your knowledge of each of the course learning objectives for ESE631. Explain how you have demonstrated your knowledge and understanding of each concept through the discussions, journals, and assignments in the course. What do you feel are your strengths? Do you feel there is any particular area that you need/want to grow and improve in?

One of the things we do in IT is use technology to match people up. The blizzard has put a bunch of people in need of help. We are going to use IT to go help someone. You are welcome to do this in a group.

1) Assess what you can do, don’t go volunteer to shovel snow if its going to put you into the ER.

2) Pick a volunteer site like snowcrew.org and find a volunteer opportunity

3) Go do it and take a photo of you doing it.

4) write a brief thing saying what you did, why you chose that volunteer opportunity and what you liked/didn’t like about the IT involved. (400 words)

but i have question can you tell me how can i take picture?

Write 4 pages paper on the doctrine that President Kennedy used. Your research must include at least four (4) credible sources.

President Kennedy (1961-1963) the Doctrine: “Respond flexibly to communist expansion, especially to guerrilla warfare.”

Your paper must address the following:

Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office.
Explicate the diplomatic doctrine the president followed, with reference to specific actions or events that occurred.
Describe the effects of these diplomatic efforts for the U.S. and other countries.
Assess, in conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of the particular doctrine that was followed.
Cite at least four (4) reputable sources in addition to the textbook, not including Wikipedia, encyclopedias, or dictionaries

How much to write paper with the following requirements

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In Hamlet, Shakespeare makes significant use of extended monologues, or soliloquies, to express the thoughts and feelings of Hamlet in dramatic form. For this assessment, write an essay in which you explore the use of this technique in three distinct ways:

Select one of Hamlet’s soliloquies from the play and analyze how it displays his inner thoughts for the audience in dramatic form.
Use evidence from the play to compose a soliloquy that expresses the point of view of one of the following characters: Gertrude, Claudius, Ophelia, or Polonius. Into which act of the play would you insert this additional speech?
Write a soliloquy for yourself, expressing the central narrative of your own life in dramatic form. Think of yourself as a character explaining yourself to an audience that does not include those who play the most important roles in your life.

This assessment requires you to employ your critical skills in analyzing a work of literature but also gives you the opportunity to apply what you have learned in creative expression of your own.
Additional Requirements

Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Should be formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
Length: 6–8 typed and double-spaced pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point

Many people feel that there is room for improvement in the area of campaign finance spending. What is the current status of campaign finance reform? Is reform a realistic expectation of the American political process? What is the role of soft money? Should there be limits on independent campaign spending by corporations and labor unions? Why? Why not? Be specific. Provide concrete examples

The purpose of this assignment is to apply the motivation and job satisfaction theories to a specific situation.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BELOW THOROUGHLY IN A THREE DOUBLE SPACED PAGE ASSIGNMENT.

Describe the theories and key assumptions on what motivates people or makes them satisfied. Apply one of the theories to a specific situation related to motivation you have witnessed or experienced professionally. In your paper

1. Define each of the following major motivation and job satisfaction theories: need theories, individual differences, cognitive theories, situational theories, and job satisfaction.

2. Describe a specific situation in the workplace related to motivation and job satisfaction from your own professional experience and apply one of the theories to the situation.

3. Discuss how useful this theory is in explaining the lack of effort or the high performance of employees.

Provide examples of the advantages and disadvantages of this particular theory in explaining employee motivation or job satisfaction.

THIS PAPER IS DUE 8 HOURS FROM NOW THE SOONER THE BETTER NO LATE WORK NO PLAGIARISM AND USE PROPER WRITING SENTENCING/PRONUNCIATIONS ALSO..

Your paper should be three double spaced pages in length excluding the title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style, and it must include citations fron at least three scholarly sources from a proquest database preferably scholarly articles.

A quaint but well-established coffee shop, the Hot New Cafe, wants to build a new cafe for increased capacity. Expected sales are $800,000 for the first 5 years. Direct costs including labor and materials will be 50% of sales. Indirect costs are estimated at $100,000 a year. The cost of the building for the new cafe will be a total of $750,000, which will be depreciated straight line over the next 5 years. The firm’s marginal tax rate is 37%, and its cost of capital is 12%.

For this assignment, you need to develop a capital budget. It is important to know what the cafe managers should consider within their capital budget. You must also define the key terms necessary to understand capital budgeting. In this assignment, please show all work, including formulae and calculations used to arrive at financial values. You must answer the following:

Using the information in the assignment description:
Prepare a capital budget for the Hot New Cafe with the net cash flows for this project over a 5-year period.
Calculate the payback period (P/B) and the net present value (NPV) for the project.
Answer the following questions based on your P/B and NPV calculations:
Do you think the project should be accepted? Why?
Define and describe Net Present Value (NPV) as it pertains to the new cafe.
Define payback period. Assume the company has a P/B (payback) policy of not accepting projects with life of over 3 years. Do you think the project should be accepted? Why?

Your submitted assignment must include the following:
A double-spaced, two page Word document that contains answers to the word questions.
You must include a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for your calculations.
Either the Word document or the Excel spreadsheet must have all of your calculation values, your complete calculations, any formulae that you used, the sources you wish to cite, and your answers to the questions listed in the assignment guidelines.

Please submit your assignment.

Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.

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