research plan

Instructions

Continuing your work on the research plan you have been developing in Units I and II (I will provide you with this), you will now write a literature review for this unit’s assignment.

First, conduct research to locate at least FIVE relevant sources that can contribute to your research study.

  • You must use high-quality sources such as peer-reviewed articles and empirical studies (quantitative and/or qualitative).
  • At least FOUR sources must be published within the last 5 years.
  • At least two of your sources must come from the CSU Online Library.

Next, compile your sources into a literature review. Your literature review must be at least two pages in length.

  • Ensure that you critically evaluate each source as well as explain why each source was selected and how it is of value to your research topic.
  • Thoroughly compare and contrast your findings.
  • Identify any gaps (what is unknown or needs to be researched further) and controversies that exist in the literature.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used.

you are conducting a needs assessment and developing two job descriptions for your current organization. 

In this assignment, you are conducting a needs assessment and developing two job descriptions for your current organization.

Needs Assessment

Observe and assess the state of your current organization, or another pre-selected organization. A needs assessment is necessary to identify areas for potential growth, both at the employee and organizational levels. If you are not in a position to look holistically at your organization, you can focus on a department or team within the organization. Use the “Needs Assessment Matrix” resource to complete your needs assessment. You are required to analyze required functions, department or employment needs, jobs or tasks, and current training in order to complete your matrix and prepare for the next part of this assignment.

Job Descriptions

Once your needs assessment is complete, you are required to select an existing position in your organization and develop a one-page detailed job description for that position that is informed by the findings of the needs assessment. It is recommended that you take the time to conduct a job analysis and observe current employees in the selected positions to accurately depict the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that must be incorporated into the job description. If you are unable to observe, do your best to accurately depict the specific functions of the job. Incorporate any new job roles you feel should be added to the position based on your findings. Make sure the job description is based on the needs and available resources of the organization, and that it adheres to all applicable labor laws.

“compare and contrast” analysis of 5 PM methods and conclude with which is the best for your organization

“compare and contrast” analysis of 5 PM methods and conclude with which is the best for your organization

Write a paper of a “compare and contrast” analysis of 5 PM methods and conclude with which is the best for your organization. The following methods or frameworks will be required for you to analyze along with ONE OTHER FRAMEWORK you find on you own.

Frameworks/Methods to Be Analyzed

1. Balanced Scorecard, 2. Performance Prism, 3. Quantum Performance Management Model, 4. Tableau de Bord, and 5. In addition, you will add one OTHER FRAMEWORK of your choice.

The analysis that details the formal presentation which will be no more than 10-15 typed pages excluding attachments and bibliography; font at 10-11; spacing at 1.5; margins- normal, APA format for citing’s.

* Table of Contents Format for paper and more detail is on attached MS Word file.

* Sample of PPT presentation is on attached PPT file.

My Professional Work Journal

My Professional Work Journal: CLA 1 – CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 3

Journal response. In Weeks 3-7 you were directed to keep a professional work journal (Please refer to Week 2 for a review of instructions). Now you will review your work journal entries and arrange some of them into an essay. The essay will reflect upon those five (5) weeks of experiences recorded in your journal and what you have learned.  Include how they may have furthered your career or caused you to rethink your career goals.  Your essay should include your experiences, observations, and the key concepts based on the internship and business course experience. The CLA 1 assignment will be a Turnitin paper of 5 to 7 pages.

Your paper should be formatted in APA style. Include at least two (2) peer-reviewed sources related to course material taken in your academic program and scholarly journals.

Reminder About Journaling: Whether you want to be able to look back at where you started, set a future state for yourself and seek a new path, or just deal with present issues, journaling helps you do that in a reflective way. You need not write every day. Journaling gives you a place to better understand yourself, to plan your goals, and to follow-up on goals. One pitfall of journaling is that it can devolve into a log of your feelings for any one day. You want to keep these types of emotional responses from happening.

Provide a brief background summary of MRMC

After receiving MBA from FSU BCBE in May you have just taken the position of Manager of Professional Training and Development at First Health’s Moore Regional Medical Center (MRMC). The Chief Human Resource Officer has just assigned you to create an internship and continuing education curriculum for newly hired RNs.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation longitudinal study of newly licensed and employed RNs found that nationally 17.5 % of newly Licensed AA RNs left their job in their first year of employment; 33.3% leave their first position by the second year. The Hospital will receive a higher insurance reimbursement rate if 75%of its nursing staff are RN BSN nurses. The Hospital has as two of its strategic goals to:

· Reduce new RN turnover by 20% year on year

· Achieve 50% conversion of new AA RNs to BSN RNs within 5 years

As part of this strategy the HR department policy will be changed that newly hired AA RNs must successfully complete an 8-week internship course as a condition of being hired. Furthermore, these AA RNs must be actively pursuing an RN to BSN program and complete the BSN within 5 years to sustain employment beyond 5 years. For planning purposes assume that MRMC will hire 20 AA RNs in May and 20 more in December to accommodate expected attrition and growth in hospital census.

Please address the following and justify your choices as competitive for Pinehurst NC:

1. Provide a brief background summary of MRMC (1 paragraph)

2. Background on living in the Pinehurst area. (1 paragraph)

3. A position or job description:

a. Duties and responsibilities

b. Qualifications including required items and optional but preferred items

c. License requirements

d. Assignment following successful completion

4. Compensation and Benefits specifically related to tuition reimbursement and incentives for RN to BSN training.

5. Budget and timeline for these programs

Write parsimoniously. Use correct grammar, spelling, and syntax.

Describe how will you use the knowledge you have gained in this course to change the way you interact and do business in the future?

Describe how will you use the knowledge you have gained in this course to change the way you interact and do business in the future?

Select a topic of interest in organizational behavior that you would like to explore with additional research (must use at least five references). Some suggested topics for your paper are:

  • Personality
  • Organizational Culture
  • Stress
  • Attitudes
  • Motivation
  • Attribution
  • Performance Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Team building
  • Leadership
  • Decision Making Process
  • Communication
  • Organizational Goals

In your paper,

  • Apply the research to an environment you have previously experienced.
  • Describe how will you use the knowledge you have gained in this course to change the way you interact and do business in the future?

6 pages double spaced

need by 6pm 10/19

You are approached by a hospital to maintain the data records of its patients. Which file organization technique would you suggest?

  1. You are approached by a hospital to maintain the data records of its patients. Which file organization technique would you suggest? Why?
  2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each access control method? Which of these methods would you recommend for a highly secure system with several files and several users?  Provide reasons for your answers.
Projects
  1. Using the Internet as a resource, research multiple file systems for hard disks supported in Windows, such as MS DOS’s FAT file system, the 32-bit FAT file system, and the NTFS file management system. Submit your findings in a report.
  2. Compile a list of various data-compression techniques that are commonly employed in today’s computer systems. Which of these techniques is the most efficient? That is, which of these techniques has the maximum gain in storage space with the least effect on processing time?

Recommendations That Will Meet The Needs Of Your New Team

Develop Recommendations That Will Meet The Needs Of Your New Team And Align With Your Organization’s Mission, Vision, Culture Statement, And Goals.

Scenario

Imagine you are a new manager at the SNHU Pet Supply Company. The company has grown from a small, local pet-supply company into a large organization with locations in Manchester, New Hampshire and Denver, Colorado. It also employs remote staff. The manager you are replacing was with the team for two years and left on negative terms, which exacerbated an already concerning team culture.

You have been asked to present a management plan that addresses identified areas of concern, rebuilds the team’s culture, and aligns organizational practices to leadership.

Leadership has provided you with a management brief that outlines the key pieces of information you will need in order to make informed recommendations.

Directions

Use course resources and the information provided in the Project One Management Brief (located in the Supporting Materials section) to develop recommendations that will meet the needs of your new team and align with your organization’s mission, vision, culture statement, and goals.

Use the Presentation Template to create presentation slides that highlight key pieces of information, and use the Speaker Notes Template to outline what you would say when presenting your recommendations in a future meeting with leadership. Both templates are located in the What to Submit section.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  1. Team Management
    1. Leadership and Management: Describe leadership and management practices that you feel would be best suited to manage the team. Explain why you believe these practices are in alignment with the organization’s mission, culture, and goals, as well as how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.
    2. Followership: Explain how you would leverage your strengths as a leader to strengthen the team’s effectiveness and culture. Also explain how your strengths could be used to develop followership within your team.
    3. Decision-Making Models: Describe decision-making models that you believe will be the most effective for the team and management approach and their alignment with the organization, as well as how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.
    4. Emotional Intelligence: Describe considerations for ensuring your management practices are emotionally intelligent and inclusive of diverse perspectives, needs, and roles within your team. Explain why you believe they are in alignment with the organization and how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.
  2. Communication and Collaboration Across Functions
    1. Forms and Functions: Explain how the various forms and functions of the organization impact the team; also explain how the team impacts the various forms and functions across the organization.
    2. Communication Practices: Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the current communication practices being used across functions, and recommend better ways to communicate that meet the organization’s needs.
    3. Organizational Mission, Vision, and Goals: Explain the general purpose of organizational missions, culture statements, and goals and what these three things say about the way an organization should operate. Take organizational structure, leadership and management approaches, and diversity and inclusion practices into account when considering an operation.

What to Submit

To complete this project, you must submit the following:

Template: Presentation Template
Your presentation should be between 7 to 10 slides in length, not including the title and references slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Template: Speaker Notes Template
Use complete sentences to outline what you would say in a verbal presentation. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Customer Service Supervisor for Hoffman Airlines

Case Study: Customer Service Supervisor for Hoffman Airlines

Harry Patterson is the customer service supervisor for Hoffman Airlines at the Kiowa Airport in Colorado. He supervises 10 employees who are responsible for helping customers with lost baggage, dealing with delayed or missed flights, finding hotel rooms for stranded passengers, and so on. Hoffman Airlines has been considering implementing multisource feedback program for the employees and has hired you to help them develop such a program. Management has decided to test the concept by using it as a developmental tool for Harry Patterson.

  1. What might be the benefits of implementing 360-degree feedback as a developmental tool for this supervisor?   Make a list of the benefits (using bullet points) of using/implementing 360-feedback for developing this supervisor.

What key takeaways should all managers understand?

To succeed, you must know more about the gap. Read these articles to get a better understanding.

1. Practitioner explanation: https://medium.com/new-organizational-insights/is-the- scientist-practitioner-gap-an-impossible-chasm-of-despair-660c553cfdcb

2. Scholar explanation: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge- core/content/view/AA57F81A60F9E2114CD7CB87212347EE/S1754942618000081a.pd f/systems_view_of_the_scientistpractitioner_gap.pdf

Assignment

Scholar: AMY CUDDY NON-Verbal Communication

Curate a list of your scholar’s academic research and other public works.

Create a complete bibliography that denotes all the major journal articles, books, and major presentations attributed to your scholar. All works should be properly cited using APA format. You should identify a minimum of 12 works attributed to your scholar.

Separate the bibliography by the intended audience (i.e., one section for an academic audience and one section for a practitioner audience).

Synthesize the works so that you can explain to other managers why this scholar’s perspective is important.

Consider:

• What contributions to managerial thinking have been made by your scholar?

• Why is this pivotal to organizational life?

• What key takeaways should all managers understand?

• How should this be implemented?

Draft a persuasive argument for following the evidence & advice created by this scholar.

• Define, summarize, and give an overview of the important concepts

• Identify common organizational problems or obstacles that could be improved by better

application of these concepts

• Specify behaviors, strategies, and changes that managers should implement now that they

have a better understanding of this concept

Create a video that persuades managers to act.

Assume that your audience is a group of top-level managers (at any real or fake organization you choose).