Students will write a written report on any organization that they wish to study for its organizational behavior and leadership.  The organization may be a for profit corporation listed on a stock exchange,  a smaller for profit corporation non stock exchange listed corporation,  a nonprofit corporation such as a college or hospital or charity,  or a government organization.  The rsport will be at least five […]

Recommendation Report Assignment Your task is to create a Justification/Recommendation Report proposing a positive change you want to make in an organization in which you operate (military, business, civic, church, family unit, club, etc.). Topics: (choose ONE):  new computer system or software upgrade,  new policy or procedure,  employee/member moral or team building initiatives,  other change that needs to be implemented within […]

Cost of Living The City of St. Albans has a unionized police force that is coming up for a contract renewal. The police have one issue: the cost of living increases. During the past 10 years, police officers have received minimal cost of living increases, and this time they want to match what other police forces are making. They claim that their salaries are below […]

You are the HR manager for a small retail company that sells a high volume of products over the Internet.  Your company is growing rapidly due to increased Internet sales. Your company prides itself on providing high-quality products and services. The Customer Service department is integral to the success of the company. Over the past few months, the Customer Service department has been unable to […]

Shortly after the CNO (Chief Nurse Officer) completed her annual performance appraisal and salary evaluations, as required by the Joint Commission; you are confronted by a minority female RN that claims that her wages are substantially less than her male RN counterpart who is performing the exact same job in the oncology department. She feels as if she is being discriminated against. You realize you […]

Prepare a paper that summarizes the Steinkuhler et. al. study and its findings.  Include an explanation of the following phenomena described in the article: self-justification, selective perception, sunk cost effect, and over-optimism.  Then, select one of these four phenomena and describe its applicability to a real management decision that you have encountered or that you find through additional research. The management decision selected must have […]

Individual Paper #1: Case Study of a health care organization’sfinancial health (12.5%) In this assessment you will select an organization and evaluate itsfinancial health based on ratio analysis. You will be graded on basedon your understanding of the ratios, the accuracy of yourcalculations, the validity of you conclusions and your ability toclearly communicate your analysis. To complete this assignment, followthese steps. Select a health care […]

Mills (2014) shares in Chapter 6, “the interpretation of qualitative data is the researcher’s attempt to find meaning, to answer the ‘So what?’ in terms of the implications of the study’s findings” (p. 133).  He adds that data analysis and interpretation is “. . . a process of digesting the contents of your qualitative data and finding related threads in it” (133).  Analyze the middle […]

Final Paper The purpose of the Final Paper is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of employee training through the analysis of a scenario related to the creation of a training course. Focus of the Final Paper In the course, you have examined several areas of employee training. For this […]

Part of the ethical and fiscal responsibility of a healthcare organization (HCA) is to be a good steward of resources, but HCAs may not connect their daily operations to this responsibility. Choose a specific type of healthcare organization for this assignment, such as a hospital, mental/behavioral health facility, long-term care, or surgery center.  Generate a list of a healthcare administrator’s daily activities that could be […]