Using the same scenario from Assignment 1, you realize that transitioning your organization to a learning environment may not be as easy as first imagined. You have encountered several resistance issues relating to the culture, psychological learning, organization structure, workforce commitment, and dissemination of knowledge. You decide to gather a decision-making team to assist in identifying the high or moderate resistance risks that may stop […]

Imagine a customer service call center has recently hired you, as an HR advisor, to make recommendations to their organizational development and training program. The call center’s profit margin has been low and many employees quit after 1 year. The employee who has worked longest has only been there for 2 years, and he is looking at other job markets. You observe employees in their […]

You are a new associate at the law firm of Dewey, Chetum, and Howe. John, a former researcher at PharmaCARE, comes to your office. He has concerns about PharmaCARE’s use of AD23, one of the company’s top-selling diabetes drugs. Two (2) years ago, after PharmaCARE’s research indicated that AD23 might also slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, John and his team of pharmacists began reformulating […]

Leadership Competency Models A competency model is a set of knowledge, skills, behaviors, or attributes, which defines what is needed by a person to be effective in a particular leadership position. Chapter 7 of the course text introduces the concept of competency models and provides an example of a leadership competency model. Study the practice of competency modeling and existing leadership competency models. Using the […]

The U.S. population continues to diversify, increase in average age (primarily due to baby boomers), and to be influenced by national legislation (e.g., Affordable Care Act, Medicare Modernization Act, HITECH Act). Select a specific type of health care organization. Which market segments pose opportunities for growth, and which pose threats to the organization’s survival? Provide at least one strategy related to the assessment and interaction […]

Michelle wants to continue working at the call center, and more importantly wants to maintain the good working relationship that she has cultivated with her boss, Nikki. Neither party wants the schedule dispute to derail that relationship. Nikki knows that Michelle has started bad mouthing her to the other employees because she thinks that Nikki’s approach to scheduling people based on seniority was a lazy […]

  The article I selected is titled The Spontaneous Formation of Stereotypes via Cumulative Cultural Evolution (2014).  Of the articles I read, researching this subject, I found this one particularly interesting because the researchers were investigating the origin of cultural stereotypes.  In the experiment the researchers introduced participants to alien attributes and documented how that information was transmitted across a chain of participants.  The experiment showed that […]

For this assignment, please complete the steps below:   1. Select two of the following job positions to research.  2. Explain the basic/general requirements for each position. 3. Identify and discuss at least two different recruiting sources you will use to fill each position.  4. Based on the method(s) selected, create a job posting for each position.  (NOTE: Do not simply Google and copy a job […]

Health care leaders understand their role as change managers. Managing organizational change in health information systems initiatives can be very complex and concurrently rewarding, if carried out strategically. When a health information system implementation is completed effectively and efficiently with stakeholders’ interest and the appropriate health care decision-making model(s) are utilized; the result is a quality IT project that is not only ready for the […]

For this discussion, select a game of chance, explain it briefly if it is likely to be unfamiliar to your classmates, then calculate probabilities of various outcomes like winning or losing in this game. For example, you might choose your state lottery, scratch card game, a card game like poker, or a dice game like Craps or Yahtzee, as your game of chance. As illustration, […]