You are the newly appointed Director of Community Services for your community that is designated as a Sanctuary City and are responsible for administering social services programs. Many of your clients are recent immigrants to the United States and some may be undocumented. People in your community express support both for and against the President’s executive order on border security and immigration enforcement. Based on […]

What ideas and strategies do you use when you are confronted by your own problems in living? What is your preferred coping style? Take some time to reflect on and make notes about two or three recent episodes in your life when you have been troubled or under stress. For the purpose of this exercise, your focus should not be on the actual situation itself, […]

Organizations have various strategies to recruit employees. Below is a link that provides you with information regarding strategies that Facebook uses to recruit. You will see on their page a quote, “connecting the world takes everyone of us” which can be considered part of their recruitment brand. After reviewing the recruitment information, you will have a better understanding of their perspectives regarding “do the most […]

You have been asked to present at a professional organization’s meeting and the topic requested was “Twin Technologies – Low-Tech and High-Tech Job Aides”. Create one version that is interactive for a live audience in the same room with you. Provide some time for your own presentation as well as some time for group participation. The organization’s webmaster is going to video tape your presentation […]

Prior to beginning your assignment, read Chapters 7 and 8 of the textbook, and Creating an ethical workplace. For this assignment, you will take on the role of a mid-level organizational manager. In your current job role, you have to noticed that the organizational culture is contributing to some unethical decision making by subordinates and peers. You feel strongly that leadership must be not only […]

Use the template below to create an outline of your upcoming Website Evaluation paper.  The assignment should analyze four websites that focus on a policy issue of relevance to HUS service workers (e.g., mental health, education, poverty, drugs, etc.). For example, a social problem could be a  education and the weebsites to evaluate could be the Department of Children and Families, Department of Education, Duval […]

An understanding of change theory is critical to the success of human and social services professionals. A classic model of change theory consists of three phases: (a) unfreezing, (b) movement, and (c) refreezing (Lewin, 1951). Another model describes the differences between first- and second-order change and how first-order change may continue to perpetuate the very problems human services professionals seek to remedy (Watzlawick, Weakland, & […]

Question 1: Benefits of a diverse workforce  What are some of the organizational benefits of attracting and retaining a culturally diverse workforce? How can diversity and multiculturalism support an organization’s talent management strategy? What policies would you develop as an HRM to ensure your organization achieves these benefits? Use the articles and resources provided to support your ideas.  Don’t forget to read over and then […]

In this final Portfolio Project presentation, you will illustrate the lessons learned throughout this term. For this portfolio assignment: Consider an organization you currently work for or have worked for in the past.  Assume that you have been asked to educate the senior leadership of that organization regarding the benefits of a staffing and development plan that is linked to the organization’s strategic plan.   […]

Course Project Part 1: Group Dynamics In Unit VII, you will submit an essay titled Team Building at ________. The final essay will be several pages and include four different components. Each unit, you will complete an additional component/concept for the final essay. The final essay will not be simply adding the four components together but will be a culmination of lessons learned in creating […]