Use two to three scholarly resources to support your decision-making process,

(MY RELATED FIELD IS MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS)

Research and find an instance of a policy compliance issue that has occurred in an organization related to the field you are pursuing as your career (Government, Nonprofit, Health). Find an issue that has enough detail for you to do a thorough examination of the policy and the compliance issues involved. Review the policy compliance issue that occurred and offer an update to the policy in the form of a policy memo and an evaluation of the issue by doing the following:

Part I:

Analyze the problem you chose and write a 500-750-word policy memo that proposes improvements to the policy to better address the problem and improve the compliance issues. Be concise and follow the general structure of a policy memo. At a minimum, your policy memo should contain the following:

  • A title
  • A summary of the problem
  • At least three possible solutions
  • Statement and explanation of the recommended solution with rationale
  • The implications and benefits of the recommended policy
  • Brief conclusion
  • At least three sources used to support claims
  • Graphics and/or other visual elements so it reflects the formatting of a professional policy memo

Part II:

Create a presentation that briefly outlines the policy. Include your decision-making process for presenting the information contained in the policy.

Explain the specific policy compliance issues that occurred and why your proposed update will help improve the compliance issues.

Use two to three scholarly resources to support your decision-making process, some of the sources may be the same as sources used to support your recommendations in the policy memo.

You will turn in both your policy memo and presentation. See the document “submitting multiple attachments” for assistance in attaching multiple documents to the assignment dropbox.

Your presentation will require an outline of your presentation speech or speaker notes depending on the format chosen for the presentation. For PowerPoint, 8-12 slides are required with speaker notes of 50-75 words for each slide. Reference information must be provided at the end of the presentation. Reference and title slides do not count as part of the slide count.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Challenges a project manager may face when leading virtual or global project teams

You are now ready to deliver a final presentation to management establishing a project team and project phases needed to initiate the changes for a more centralized model of delivering HR services. Once the management team receives the report and is thoroughly briefed on the direction the project will take, you and your project team will begin work on the project.

The management team report will be a consolidation of the previous assignment papers you have written in this course plus an executive summary and final conclusion (offering importance of topics and recommendations for next steps). Continue to use the Centralization of HR Project at WorkSafe, Inc. as the case.  Do NOT make up a fictitious company name (do NOT use a real company). Do NOT make up your own team name.

Instructions

Prepare a 15–20 slide PowerPoint presentation, including use of the Notes area of the slides for text,  in which you:

  1. Create an executive summary summarizing and emphasizing the key points of the report’s contents, which are the topics from previous papers in the course. Hint:
  2. Address the following bulleted topics from your previously revised papers in the notes area with summary bullets for that content placed on the corresponding slides. Note: Make sure you incorporate any feedback received on your previous work, as applicable.
    • Provide a statement of overall importance and include the vision and mission statement. Describe how the vision and mission statement relates to the overall strategy.
    • Create a project charter and emphasize the importance of the information in the charter to the project.
    • Discuss a minimum of four outcomes that could occur during this project.
    • Identify and discuss the challenges a project manager may face when leading virtual or global project teams. Recommend a few strategies to deal with the challenges.
    • Outline the overall plan for communication management during the project.
    • Explain how the budget was determined.
    • Insert the WBS and budget file, created in Week 4, into the presentation and summarize the meaning of the findings.
    • Discuss the behavioral skills needed for project success.
    • Identify and explain the possible risks to your project and ways to mitigate those risks.
  3. Prepare and include an original conclusion section that focuses on key recommendations.
    • Do not use any previous conclusion sections from past papers in the course.
    • The conclusion section must take all previous papers into account.
  4. Create the reference page or pages by copying and pasting all references from the previous four assignments and any new references as a result of this report. Remember, the reference slide should be separate from the other content.

develop a balanced scorecard

  • You supervise a department for a local electronics retailer.  You have been assigned to lead an eight-month project to implement a new time keeping system to track hourly employees’ time and attendance. You want to develop a balanced scorecard that can be used to manage the effectiveness of this project as it goes forward. Many people are familiar with using balanced scorecard to measure the overall business, but few understand how it can be applied to help manage a specific project.
  • Create a balanced scorecard for the financial, customer, business, and learning aspects of the project and insert it onto the discussion board. Explain how you will measure the effectiveness of the project.

How important is interpersonal communication?

To begin your discussion, take a few moments and introduce yourself to your peers by providing a brief description of your hobbies, special interests, or other details to help us get to know you. Also, share your Ashford University degree program and your future career goals. You might revisit the goals you set in previous courses.

Additionally, read chapter 1, and answer the six true-false statements on your beliefs about interpersonal communication on page 3. Once you have completed the quiz, consider the following:

  • How important is interpersonal communication? We have been communicating with others throughout our lives. We have casual conversations at work or the grocery store, in-depth conversations with friends or family, and interactions that include communication throughout much of our day. How do you use communication skills in your actions with others? Are there ever times when communication goes awry? Does communication just mean your use of words? What other things might be communicated beyond the content of your words? How might your culture, assumptions, or beliefs affect the way in which you communicate? How important would it be to communicate clearly when working in health and human services?
  • Reflect- Think about your own beliefs and assumptions about interpersonal communication, especially as they relate to working with people in human services.

In addition to writing about yourself in your introduction, please respond to one of the two following sets of questions:

  • Think about characters in television dramas or sitcoms that you have watched. What are some examples of effective communication (verbal and non-verbal) that you have observed? What are some examples of ineffective communication?
  • Think about a time when you had to communicate with someone else. What are some examples of effective communication (verbal and non-verbal) that you engaged in? Conversely, what are some examples of ineffective communication you have engaged in? What were the consequences of this miscommunication?

Guided Response: Prepare a 150-200 word minimum reply that sufficiently addresses one of the two items above. Consider ways in which you might like to interact with your peers. For example, are any of your peers engaged in similar degree programs? Did anyone mention similar television characters or communication techniques as you did? Please be courteous and adhere to the rules of respectful engagement throughout your replies. The initial reply is due no later than Day 1 (Tuesday) of the learning week, and at least three welcome replies to three different peers will be due no later than Day 7 (Monday) of the learning week.

discuss how income inequality occurs in the U.S., and how it is related to poverty

This is a two-part exam. Please label each of the two essays clearly. Please reference the textbook by author and page number when you are summarizing an idea or fact from the text, and use quotation marks (along with the page number) when you are using the exact language of the textbook. Most of the language should be your own.

Part 1:

Write an essay of 3-5 pages in length in which you explain and discuss how income inequality occurs in the U.S., and how it is related to poverty. Include discussion of the feminization of poverty, the juvenilization of poverty, and the racialization of poverty . End your essay with a description of the impact of blaming the victim and of internalized blame on the way poverty plays out in the U.S.

Part 2:

Write an essay of approximately 2 pages in length in which you describe and explore 2 of the valuable personal characteristics and/or ethical values in Social Work that you feel would pose a problem for you as a social work practitioner. Keep in mind that no one can live up to all the ethical values all the time, that everyone struggles to live up to them, and that no one holds all the valued characteristics. Keep in mind also that critical self-examination is a necessary tool for a social worker, and this is your chance to start engaging in it!

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A brief explanation of the Constitution and its purpose. 

 

You are a recent immigrant who has moved to the United States to attend a U.S. university. Your family has never been to the United States, and you are excited to tell them all about it, in particular the fundamentals of the U.S. government you are learning about in one of your courses.

Compose a 3-page letter to your family in which you outline the fundamentals of the U.S. government. Be sure to include the following:

  • A brief explanation of the Constitution and its purpose.
  • A brief explanation of two American ideals (e.g., democracy, liberty, equality, justice, freedom, or opportunity). This should include a definition and your understanding of what those ideals mean to the average U.S. citizen.
  • A current event (from the last 6 months) that serves as an example of one of the two ideals you chose to explain. This will be the current event you selected in the Searching for Current Events About American Ideals activity in Week 4.
  • A constitutional liberty that has benefitted/affected you as a student or a citizen in the United States. For example, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. Title VII also applies to private and public colleges and universities, employment agencies, and labor organizations. So if you chose this one, in your letter you would identify this constitutional liberty and how it applies to you specifically.
  • At least one quality reference cited using the Strayer Writing Standards. This should be the current event article you selected in the activity in Week 4.

apply Kotter’s eight steps of change management to an HR situation you have selected for change

Kotter Change Management Model

Introduction

Using your approved company, apply Kotter’s eight steps of change management to an HR situation you have selected for change. You will address all eight of the Kotter steps, developing an action plan for each step.

Instructions

Write a 4–6-page paper in which you:

  1. Ascertain how each of the steps applies to your specific organization.
  2. Develop a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight stages of change:
    • Establishing a sense of urgency.
    • Creating a 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.
  3. Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources

Create a communication plan for a change initiative that will minimize resistance to change.

Create a communication plan for a change initiative that will minimize resistance to change.

Resistance and Communication

Introduction

Using your selected organization, diagnose the organization’s level of resistance, and construct a solid communication plan.

Instructions

Write a 4–6-page paper in which you:

  1. Diagnose the reasons for resistance to change.
  2. Interpret the potential causes of resistance in the organization. Identify and describe three potential causes of resistance to your change plan. Identify and describe three potential sources of resistance to your change plan.
  3. Create a plan for minimizing possible resistance to your change management plan.
  4. Elaborate on the relationship between resistance to change and communication.
  5. Evaluate three communication strategies.
  6. Recommend one communication strategy that would be applicable to your organization. Diagnose why this communication strategy is best for your organization.
  7. Create a solid communication plan for your change initiative.
  8. Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Create a communication plan for a change initiative that will minimize resistance to change.

Change Management Plan

Change Management Plan

Introduction

In this assignment, you will combine the previous four assignments into a proposal that you could present to the executive leadership and board members. You will argue the value of the change management plan to the overall success of the organization. Add to your previous submissions a plan for sustaining the change in the long run.

Instructions

Write a 6–10-page paper in which you:

Section I: Organization: Describe the organization and comment on the HR change that the organization should make. Utilize effective diagnostic tools to assess the organization’s ability to change. Support assertions with theoretical evidence.

1. Describe the company in terms of industry, size, number of employees, and history.

2. Analyze in detail the current HR practice, policy, process, or procedure that you believe should be changed.

3. Formulate three valid reasons for the proposed change based on current change management theories.

4. Appraise the diagnostic tools that you can use to determine an organization’s readiness for change. Propose two diagnostic tools which you can utilize to determine if the organization is ready for change. Defend why you believe the diagnostic tools selected are the best choice for diagnosing change in the organization.

5. Using one of the diagnostic tools you selected, assess the organization’s readiness for change.

a. Provide results of the diagnostic analysis

b. Explain the results

Interpret whether or not the organization is ready for change. Substantiate your conclusion by referencing current change management theories.

Section II: Kotter Change Plan: Utilizing the Kotter eight-step method of change, create a solid change management plan for the HR initiative you identified as requiring improvement.

1.Ascertain how each of the steps applies to your specific organization.

2.Develop a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight stages of change:

a. Establishing a sense of urgency.

b. Creating a coalition.

c. Developing vision and strategy.

d. Communicating the vision.

e. Empowering broad-based action.

f. Generating short-term wins.

g. Consolidating gains and producing more change.

h. Anchoring new approaches into the culture.

Section III: Resistance and Communication: Research methods of minimizing resistance to change and create a plan to address resistance within your change management initiative.

1.Diagnose the reasons for resistance to change.

2.Interpret the potential causes of resistance in the organization. Identify and describe three potential causes of resistance to your change plan. Identify and describe three potential sources of resistance to your change plan.

3.Create a plan for minimizing possible resistance to your change management plan.

4.Elaborate on the relationship between resistance to change and communication.

5.Evaluate three communication strategies.

6.Recommend one communication strategy that would be applicable to your organization. Diagnose why this communication strategy is best for your organization.

7.Create a solid communication plan for your change initiative.

Section IV: Sustaining Change: Research methods of sustaining change in organizations and create a plan for sustaining proposed change.

1. Recommend two strategies for sustaining change:

a. Diagnose the two theories from a scholarly perspective

b. Evaluate why the strategies selected are viable for the organization

Section V: Presentation: Create a visually appealing and informative presentation espousing the importance of the change management plan you developed.

1. Create a 10–15 slide PowerPoint presentation to submit to executive leadership and board members outlining and describing your recommended change. Include the following criteria:

a. Be creative in your design so that is appealing to others.

b. Ensure that all of the major points of the plan are covered.

c. Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the shareholders in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.

d. Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.

Section VI: References: Utilize good scholarly research skills and writing skills to develop a solid change plan and presentation.

1. Use at least 10 quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources

2. Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Create a proposal for a change management plan for an organization.

What role does the HR function play with the strategic planning process?

What role does the HR function play with the strategic planning process?

Create a Power Point presentation (6 – 8 slides) and include “notes” on each slide (using the Power Point notes area) for the question asked below.  A voice over is not required and should not be included.

The presentations should:

· Analyze and discuss the critical reading question based on the reading at the end of the chapter.

· The Power Point slides should not be crowded with information. As with any Power Point, the slides should give concise bullet information.

· The notes section on each slide should give the analysis/detail.

Please be sure you are reading the chapter reading assigned to each of the question to ensure your analysis is well thought out.  The question can be analyzed and well supported with detail from the reading, it should not be limited to your general opinion.

Week Two: Chapter Three – 3.2 Reading (Attached)

What role does the HR function play with the strategic planning process? What unique value and perspectives does the HR function bring to strategic planning?