Identifying Microaggressions in Your Local Area

Identifying Microaggressions in Your Local Area

A member of the racial, ethnic, or cultural population group you selected in Unit 4 discussion is relocating to your local community. Consider the experiences of your selected racial, ethnic, or cultural identity population with living in your community:

  • Explore the community and find all of the everyday resources needed for this racial, ethnic, or cultural population group to make a life in your community. (For example, grocery store, doctor, place of worship, gym, library, barber, hair stylist, shopping mall, school, social club, and a newspaper that reflects the racial, ethnic, or cultural group’s point of view and interests.)
  • Describe the demographics of your community. Include information on the selected racial, ethnic, or cultural group’s percentage within the community.
  • Visit your local grocery store, pharmacy, and shopping mall. Are there products, goods, and services that readily address your racial, ethnic, or cultural group’s sensibilities?
  • Is this racial, ethnic, or cultural group represented in the pictorial images found in stores, billboards, and local publications? If so, do the images represent intragroup diversity (age, gender, socioeconomic status, et cetera)?
  • Is this racial, ethnic, or cultural group represented in the local professional community (doctor, dentist, lawyer, judge, accountant, teacher, et cetera)?
  • Is this racial, ethnic, or cultural group represented in the local business community as business owners?
  • Is this racial, ethnic, or cultural group represented in the local government (city council, mayor, et cetera)? If so, does the percentage of government representation match the percentage of the population?
  • If your racial, ethnic, or cultural group visited the public library, would they find a robust collection of titles dedicated to the interests of the racial, ethnic, or cultural group or written by members of this racial, ethnic, or cultural group?

Discuss your findings for your community observation. Compare and contrast your findings for your community observation with the discussions in the Sue text (2010), Chapters 7, 8, and 9.

Identifying Social Change Issues

Identifying Social Change Issues

Consider your own community and describe a social change that demands the development of new policy. (This example should be different from the social change issue you have chosen for this unit’s assignment.)

Discuss the following:

  • Explain what you believe to be the most suitable method for identifying this social issue.
  • State the policy that you would propose to be enacted.
  • Identify the specific agency, government, business, non-profit, or combination of these that should implement your proposed policy.
  • Describe what you think is the most likely outcome of your social change policy proposal. Who will benefit and who will not benefit?

legal constraints on pay systems

Analyze the legal constraints on pay systems and recommend that the  government either repeals one law

Analyze the legal constraints on pay systems and recommend that the  government either repeals one law or adds one new law—of your  design—that improves current pay systems or addresses gaps.

  • Explain your rationale for legislative changes.
  • Be creative, but make sure your recommendations are applicable.

The Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act  website is a great source of information on such topics as minimum  wage, child-labor, nonexempt and exempt employees, overtime, independent  contractors, garnishment laws, equal pay, and others.https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa

Critically  analyze and discuss any researched (web or textbook) training process  model you may consider for use in developing employees

Scenario

Continuing  from the Strategy, Planning, and Selection assignment, you were  selected as the new HR director for the retail company and now have been  in the position for approximately six months. Your approach to  strategy, planning, and selection have been quite successful thus far,  and now it is time to address the organization’s expectation for  performance and development of employees since these components of HR  strategy are critical in achieving business outcomes and success.

Instructions

Write a four- to five-page paper in which you do the following:

  • Critically  analyze and discuss any researched (web or textbook) training process  model you may consider for use in developing employees  Then, identify and discuss at  least 3 possible challenges that might be faced in implementing a new  training process in the company.
  • List  and briefly discuss at least three types of training that can be used  for employee training. Of the three, which would you select to train the  retail employees, and why? Be specific.
  • Differentiate  the concepts of performance management and performance appraisal with  three to four key points. Then, make your case to leadership for or  against using annual performance appraisals in the organization. Be  specific with your perspective.
  • Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: You may only use the resources listed in the Course Guide and those that are specifically provided by the professor.

Why is it important to have an adaptable workforce in a global economy?

  1. Why is it important to have an adaptable workforce in a global economy?
  3. read these two articles:
  4. Respond to the following:
    • Why is it important to establish the meaning of talent and talent management in a particular organizational setting?
    • How does the strategic direction of the organization influence human resource planning activities?
    • What are some potential disadvantages of using a packaged application to help automate the employee goal-setting process?
    • Why is it important to have an adaptable workforce in a global economy?

Evaluate and revise ethical issues in visual media communication to improve awareness of social perceptions.

Assignment Content

  1. Competency
    Evaluate and revise ethical issues in visual media communication to improve awareness of social perceptions.

    Student Success Criteria
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    Scenario
    You are the campaign manager for a well known environmental outreach organization. The current campaign is to bring awareness to the organization’s Ohio River Clean-Up Project. As the manager, one of your tasks is to review all content and visuals used by the campaign. You actively evaluate and revise any ethical issues that may be detrimental to the project, your organization, or society in general.

    As you meet with one of the campaign designers, you identify several ethical problems with the new poster he has created. His poster includes the following elements:

    1. The poster image shows a group of poor, urban, African-American children playing alongside the Ohio River.
    2. The poster text states: “Let’s help them clean up.”
    3. The poster has several overlaid images in the corner of a few celebrities, which gives the impression of celebrity endorsement.
    4. There are no sources acknowledged anywhere on the poster.
    5. The poster has been digitally altered to make the African-American children appear thinner, darker, and dirtier.
    6. Since you are flying out to a campaign meeting in one hour, you ask this campaign designer to hold this poster and wait for your video review.

      You plan to take time tomorrow to create a seven minute or less video analysis. Using screen share, you can present the poster image visually and verbally instruct this designer how to correct several ethical visual issues. You realize you will not only have to identify the ethical visual issues and explain how to revise and change them, but you will also need to clearly describe to him the effect these unethical media issues will have on society.

SWOT analysis for your current job environment

Conduct a simple SWOT analysis for your current job environment

50 words using APA (7th Edition) in text cite and 2 references

 

Topic: Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats (SWOT)

Conduct a simple SWOT analysis for your current job environment or a former one. How can management use this information as part of a strategic plan for improvements?

It is often stated that HR deals with the problem not the cause of the problem – please explain why this may or may not be true.

It is often stated that HR deals with the problem not the cause of the problem – please explain why this may or may not be true.

Instructions: Please respond in 250 to 275 words to the following

It is often stated that HR deals with the problem not the cause of the problem – please explain why this may or may not be true.

1. What is the difference between a person doing the daily operations of a human resource function versus the role of a strategic human resource partner?

At what level in the organization do you become strategic?

2. Compare and contrast the role of a strategic Human Resource Partner in a national and global organization.

Discuss two increased challenges a project manager may face when leading virtual or global project teams.

Overview

Continuing from the previous assignment, it is now important to consider your approach to leading and managing your HR project. Tightly structured projects tend to restrict cross-organizational communication. As such, objectives originate at the top of the project and are subdivided as they are passed down, resulting in little opportunity for creative contributions. Effective leadership and managing of the project can greatly improve communication and team contributions.

Instructions

Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:

  1. Select two types of project management power that would be relevant to your current project, and explain your rationale.
    • Be specific.
  2. Identify and briefly discuss a minimum of four outcomes (possible issues) resulting from managing projects, and address how you might resolve the issues. Be clear with your rationale.
  3. Discuss two increased challenges a project manager may face when leading virtual or global project teams.
  4. Recommend three strategies to deal with the challenges.
  5. Identify and explain your overall plan for communication management during the project. The plan must be comprehensive and at a minimum address structure, purpose, method, and timing.
  6. Use three sources to support your writing.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Examine types of manager power, how to resolve common management challenges, and how to manage team communication.

 

Contrast the leadership styles of healthcare managers.

HA405-5: Contrast the leadership styles of healthcare managers.

In this module, you will explore opposing leadership styles found in managers.

In a 2-page paper, elaborate on two leaders: one which you determine as effective and the other as an ineffective leader. These individuals do not need to be in healthcare. Include two (2) academic references and submit your assignment in APA format.
Requirements:

  • Discuss your example of an effective and an ineffective leader.
  • Address the similarities and differences of your leaders.
  • Include specific characteristics of each type of leader based on identifying their effectiveness.
  • Include two (2) academic references.

Minimum Submission Requirements

  • This Assessment should be a Microsoft Word (minimum 2 page) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
  • Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
  • Your paper must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
  • Your paper should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
  • Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
  • A separate page at the end of your research paper should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
  • Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
  • Your submission should:
    • include a cover sheet;
    • be double-spaced;
    • be typed in Times New Roman, 12 -point font;
    • include correct citations
    • be written in Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors; and
    • include correct references at the bottom of the last page.

If work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned without being scored.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty. It violates the University Honor Code, and the offense is subject to disciplinary action. You are expected to be the sole author of your work. Use of another person’s work or ideas must be accompanied by specific citations and references. Whether the action is intentional or not, it still constitutes plagiarism.