Your final research paper will be based on a topic of your choice related to an aspect of organizational development examined in this course (see list provided). This assignment requires that you explore a key aspect of organizational development within a large business setting, and prepare a substantive outline detailing the program that you intend to design, develop, implement, and maintain for the benefit of the organization […]

4.4 – Assignment: Student LPI   Submit Assignment  Due Sunday by 11:59pm     Points 100   Submitting a file upload        Read Leadership: What People Do When They’re Leading on pages W-10 through W-11, then read how to complete and score the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), pages W-11 through W-27, and finally complete the LPI and record your Student LPI scores. For the LPI, you are asked to self-rate […]

In the case, “Norway: Comparing Internally Consistent HR at the Airport Express Train, Oslo, Norway, and Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX, USA,” the two companies have very similar processes related to the strength of their internal HR programs. With that said, propose structural factors that might limit an organization’s ability to replicate or mirror the HR programs at Airport Express Train and Southwest. Then provide two […]

irections: Produce a 1800-2000 word, APA style research paper titled: “Policy Website Evaluation: Implications for HUS Service Workers.” The paper should analyze 4 websites that focus on a policy issue of relevance to HUS service workers (e.g., mental health, education, poverty, drugs, etc.). Each website will be described and assessed in detail using the CRAAP method for evaluating websites, and then will be ranked in […]

 Read the case study on pages 147-148, “Making the Problem Worse,” and write a unique 300-400 word position paper explaining strategies for gathering interpersonal data during change process. Which change implementation theories would have helped the administrators at Springfield General Hospital in the case study? Develop and explain at least two strategies for gathering interpersonal data through the change process by asking questions, listening, and […]

Almost every part of the world has experienced the impact of a crisis or disaster, whether natural or man-made. Because of the breadth and number of crises/disasters over the past decade, scholarly research has increasingly tried to identify empirically supported interventions and evidence-based practices. Recent crisis research provides more appropriate intervention models than older models such as the Critical Incident Stress Management model (CISM). One […]

A billion-dollar retailer with more than 4,000 stores finds that it cannot move fast enough to beat the competition. The organization’s senior management arrives at the conclusion that it would be easier to achieve the strategic goals enumerated by the board of directors if the various organizational functions would share information. Shared information would enable them to develop and deploy new actions and tactics more quickly. […]

You will write an APA 6th Edition paper, 5-7 double-spaced pages in length, on an executive or leader that you wish to study. They should be considered a C-Level (CEO, CIO, CFO, etc.) executive or prominent leader. At a minimum this person needs to be responsible for a significant function in an organization and have supervisory responsibility over others. The interview may be conducted on the phone, on-line, […]

While professional interviewing can elicit information, motivational interviewing is a collaborative, conversational approach for evoking a service user’s own motivation to change. Not only do you draw upon an individual’s needs, using motivational interviewing helps to empower the service user to make the necessary changes to improve their well-being. Traditional assessment is often a question and answer process versus motivational interviewing, which is conversational and […]

 Reflect on the assigned readings for Week 6 and then type a two page paper regarding what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.  Define and describe what you thought was worthy of your understanding in half a page, and then explain why you felt it was important, how you will use it, and/or how important it […]