Week 2 Assignment 2 Student Full Name Name of University Course Number and Name Instructor Name Date  Everything in Blue should be deleted Due Week 2 and worth 50 points  Present a 3-4 page paper (does not include Title or Reference pages) in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style. Cite any sources using the APA guidelines. Name your file SU_MBA6501_W2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Savannah Engineering, Inspection […]

 Assume for this assignment that you are being highly considered for a director-level HR management position for a best-in-class national retailer. You are in the final phase of the interview process and must respond to the interview panel regarding specific questions and scenarios that will help them determine if you are a good fit for the new role. The company’s culture is centered on the […]

 Organization Development: Comprehensive Model Analysis : Option #2: Comprehensive Model Analysis Utilizing the Comprehensive Model for Diagnosing Organizational Systems, demonstrate how your organization (or another organization) can be diagnosed at any one of the three organizational levels. Your demonstration should be a visual infographic or some other illustrative representation. Then, create a one page summary (150-300 words) to correlate with your illustration (not including the […]

After viewing the video TEDTalks: Margaret Heffernan—Dare to Disagree (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and engaging in a conflict management assessment (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., post a statement (per Hefferman’s guidance) that you perceive to be ‘true’. Be prepared to constructively engage in conflicting perspectives with at least two peers and prof, as appropriate. Remember to […]

In the Christ & Diwan (2008) article, the authors list seven domains that social workers should address in order to fully assess an older client’s needs. Each domain is considered equally important. This comprehensive evaluation fits well with the social work perspective that it is important to not only address the internal concerns of clients but also their environment. Making decisions for older adults without […]

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on patterns of thinking, with decreased attention on patterns of behavior and emotional components of relationships. Researchers have given an enormous amount of attention to CBT and its application to a variety of individual mental health concerns, but they also have appropriated it for working with couples and families. Many systems purists argue that CBT is an individual-oriented theory that […]

Watch Keep the Peace with Conflict Coaching (36:08) and read Face, an essay on Ting-Toomey’s Face Negotiation Theory. In groups of two (self-selected dyads) take opposing viewpoints and support your position on the dyad discussion forum. Is conflict coaching against you? Is conflict coaching for you? In a dyad or small group, prepare a good natured but generically face threatening appeal to participate as a […]

 After researching the affordability and financial sustainability of the Medicare program, discuss whether or not the Medicare program is reasonably affordable for its beneficiaries – why or why not? Is the program financially sustainable for future generations, given the retirement of the baby boomers and the shrinking of the active taxpaying workforce numbers? What changes could be proposed now/soon to save Medicare? Provide responses based […]

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 […]

Instructions: This week you are to write a research paper regarding an actual organization of your choice that is either contemplating using and/or has already implemented the use of a team-based approach to increase productivity and reduce costs. What training issues would the organization be likely to face? How could the organization address these issues utilizing accepted HRD practices? Be sure to conduct research into […]