Day: April 17, 2018

Using your current work organization (or an organization of interest) and a second organization in the same industry as the subject matter, research the elements of business, compare and contrast the two selected organizations, and prepare an APA formatted paper that:

• Analyzes the basic legal, social, and economic environment in which the organizations operate
• Analyzes the managerial, operational, and financial issues impacting the organizations including:
  • Company Culture and Performance
  • Promotion Policies
  • Strategic Decisions Making
  • Decision-Making Style
  • Management Style
  • Leadership Style
  • Communication Style
  • Use of SWOT Tool
  • Operations Strategy Framework
• Assesses how the overall management teams perform in terms of the four functions of management.
• Identifies and explains the strong points of the managers.
• Identifies and explains areas in which improvements are needed.

Be sure to use a minimum of 5 external sources to support your analysis

1. Describe the four key elements of a good performance appraisal.
2. Many factors can lead to a company failing.  Discuss the external conditions that can occur that would hinder the success of a company.
3. Discuss your understanding of the POWER SWOT.  How can this method increase the effectiveness of a strategic plan?

This assignment is an opportunity for each individual to turn the leadership concepts and theories learned in this course into specific leadership action plan in a personal setting. In PALP part 2, students will engage in a full action-learning cycle of 2) action planning and implementation, 3) reflection and learning, and 4) planning for next actions and leadership development now that problem identification has been completed in part 1.

The purpose of this assignment is to help students:
• Apply the leadership concepts and theories to a personal leadership situation
• Develop and implement concrete action plans informed by sound analysis and concepts
• Reflect and learn from their own actions and outcomes, as well as the assessment feedback
• Plan for next action steps and continued leadership development.

The personal action-learning project (PALP) must be synthesized in 6 pages (1 inch margin, double spaced, 12 font-size Times New Roman). The format is important and not complying will lead to an automatic 2 points deduction.

Virtual teams are becoming more common in the business environment; however, most managers have little experience or training in how to direct those teams. Team managers, as well as team members, have specific challenges to address. So how do they do it?

Review the required and recommended readings for the week. Synthesize the information from those sources and create a strategy that you would use as the manager of a virtual team. Consider the variables that can affect a virtual team, such as time zones; language barriers; social, religious, and cultural beliefs; and team diversity. Prepare a substantive response to the following:

Analyze the potential challenges a virtual Capsim team can face. Then, create a strategy for how a team manager can address those challenges using a team charter.

Your discussion posting must be at least 250 words in length, and contain a library-based, scholarly citation and a supporting reference. Use the CSU-Global Library or other online resources to retrieve your scholarly or peer-reviewed articles and journals

Professional Legal Issues with Medical and Nursing Professionals”  Please respond to the following:

* From the scenario, analyze the different and overlapping general roles of physicians and nurses as they apply to professional credentialing and subsequent patient safety and satisfaction. Determine the major ways in which these overlapping roles may help play a part in health professional credentialing processes and conduct, and identify and analyze the ethical role these influences play in health care.

Analyze the major professional roles played by physicians and nurses as they apply to physicians’ conduct in the medical arena and to nurses in the role of adjuncts to physicians. Evaluate the degree and quality of care that physicians, nurses, and medical technologists provide in their primary roles, including, but not limited to, patient safety and satisfaction as required in 21st Century U.S. hospitals.

Choose one (1) company that you believe would be an ideal company to work for based on working conditions, salary, opportunity for advancement and work involved. Use the Internet to research.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Evaluate the fundamental driving forces that shape the organizational environment of the selected company. Be sure to address the following: competing in a global marketplace, workforce diversity, ethics and morality, and technological innovation.
2. Examine the selected company’s specific practices or policies. Speculate on the major influences that these practices or policies have on individual and organizational outcomes.
3. Determine which practices related to work attitudes in U.S. organizations are most strongly affected by diversity and suggest a strategy to address the effects.
4. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate human behavior in organizations and the forces shaping the behavior.
• Analyze individual differences within organizations and their impact on organizational behavior.
• Use technology to research issues affecting organizational behavior in order to deliver assignments which are clear, concise and have proper writing mechanics.
• Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.