a) What are the major current federal immigration policy issues?
b) In your informed opinion, why is immigration policy such a controversial issue?
c) Describe at least two opposing viewpoints on federal immigration policy
d) What, if anything, has changed or is changing, and how does it affect you personally?
e) What were your thoughts prior to reading this weeks reading assignments?
f) How has your perspective been either reinforced or changed now that you are more informed?
Day: January 23, 2020
Critically evaluate your learning teams work of Part 1, outlining the strengths and weaknesses/limitations of the frameworks and ideas used in the group part. Please assess the people management strategy through your reflections. You may either use other literature to strengthen your case or apply the ideas to your own/other organizations not discussed in Part 1. The length of Part 2 is approximately 1000 words, including the (academic) referencing and other appendices.
While you are playing the role of a new leader in an organization, remember that you are also writing a paper that will be evaluated by an instructor. Thus, you want to make it easy for the instructor to clearly see that you have demonstrated the outcomes of the assignment. Don’t make your instructor search for information; guide them to it. How? By double-checking the scoring guide and ensuring that you have clearly demonstrated each of these competencies at what you believe is the “distinguished” level.
Read the following and think about how Panera used critical thinking and an understanding of VUCA to solve its “mosh pit” problem.
Jargon, J. (2017, June 2). How Panera solved its “mosh pit” problem. Retrieved from https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-panera-solved-its-mosh-pit-problem-1496395801 Note: As an MBA learner, you have access to a free subscription to the Wall Street Journal. See the Wall Street Journal page on Campus to access your subscription.
Then, find another company with a problem they need to fix. You may use NASA, BP, or United Airlines, all of whom have had numerous high profile problems to solve in recent years, if you wish. Or, you may choose a company that you know has an issue. If you are unsure who to use, try searching “Companies with customer service problems” online and you will get a lot of ideas, though your problem doesn’t have to be about customer service.
Write an APA-formatted paper that does the following:
1.Summarize the problem you researched. Then, apply Kallet’s critical thinking framework to describe how the leadership of this company should think through the problem to create a solution. Finally, give at least one evidence-based solutioneither that you came up with through your research or that you read the company is going to employ or did employ. Next, describe what VUCA considerations the leadership must keep in mind as they implement this solution.
2.Work on being concise but thorough, keeping your academically formatted paper to no more than 4 double-spaced pages.
3.Your paper should include, and be organized, as follows: Introduction: Write an introduction that tells the reader what to expect of this paper (1 paragraph). It would be most effective to include a brief mention that leaders at Panera bread effectively used an understanding of critical thinking and VUCA to solve their “mosh pit” problem, and that this paper applies a similar framework to solving whatever problem in the organization that you chose. Choose an organization with a problem that you can research.
Problem: Describe the problem that you will be solving for another company, describing the situation (13 paragraphs).
Thinking Critically: Apply the framework for critical thinking as outlined by Michael Kallet in Think Smarter to the problem you identified to describe an evidence-based recommendation for this company to improve. You can create your own unique recommendation, or show how critical thinking applied to a solution that someone else came up with already or applied, which you read about in your research. (13 paragraphs)
Applying VUCA: Explain how VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) could affect both the situation and your recommendation, and any important considerations for management in implementing the recommended solution (12 paragraphs).
Conclusion: Write a conclusion that wraps up and summarizes your document (1 paragraph). The Capella Writing Center, which you can reach by clicking MBA Program Resources, then Writing, has good information on how to write an effective conclusion.
References: Include at least 2 APA-formatted citations in your paper.
Deliverable
Write a 2 page academic paper following APA style and formatting. Refer to the writing resources in the MBA Program Resources in Tools and Resources, especially paying attention to the MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, under Writing Resources.
ePortfolio
This portfolio work project demonstrates your competency in applying knowledge and skills required of an MBA learner in the workplace. Include this in your personal ePortfolio. See the Tools and Resources for more information on ePortfolio.
Note: Your instructor may use the Writing Feedback Tool when grading this assignment. The Writing Feedback Tool is designed to provide you with guidance and resources to develop your writing based on five core skills. You will find writing feedback in the Scoring Guide for the assignment, once your work has been evaluated. Learn more about the Writing Feedback Tool on the course Tools and Resources page.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Apply leadership strengths and behaviors to workplace situations. Apply a critical thinking framework to a business situation.
Explain how VUCA can affect a business situation and a recommended solution.
Competency 3: Recommend evidence-based strategies for leading and collaborating in complex environments. Recommend an evidence-based solution to a business situation.
Competency 4: Communicate effectively through academic and professional writing. Provide an overview of a business situation.
Develop text using organization, structure, and transitions that demonstrate understanding of the relationship between the main topic and subtopics.
Integrate appropriate use of scholarly sources, evidence, and citation style.
Convey clear meaning in text through sound grammar, usage, word choice, and mechanics.
You have been asked by your supervisor to review a community health program in your current healthcare setting. If you do not have a community program available at work, you may research and use for this assignment one that you find online.
Specifically, you are to discuss the issue that the program addresses. Present and evaluate the current program objectives and targets. Your supervisor wants to know your assessment based on your current knowledge of developing program objectives and setting targets.
Required key elements (be sure to review grading rubric for scoring!):
Develop a 2-page max WORD format paper that includes at minimum the following:
o Cover/Title Page
o Executive Summary (1-2 paragraphs)
o Discuss the Situation. What issues does the program attempt to address?
o Identify the programs objectives and targets.
o Present your Assessment of the programs objectives and targets.
o Present your Recommendations for program improvement
o Conclusion
o In-text citations and references: APA style
o Writing: standard edited American English
Be sure the following is evident in your paper
o Define the health problem
o Identify or write the Casual Theory of the Health Problem
o Identify several of the program objectives
o Identify several of the program targets
o Assessment of objectives and targets
Paper instructions:
Write the following three essays in three to four pages each, and submit to your tutor in a single file.
1. Examine how cross-cultural comparison has contributed to each of the theoretical perspectives in medical anthropology. (20 marks)
2. Explain in what ways biomedicine can be said to be culture bound. (20 marks)
3. What does Scheper-Hughes mean by the phrase, the medicalization of life? How has such medicalization been accomplished in Brazil and what have been the consequences? (20 marks)
Grading: Papers will be graded at zero (0) if they do not address the topic, or if they exhibit signs of plagiarism. Are sources properly cited in the body of the paper and listed in full at the end? Does the paraphrasing represent a substantial difference from the original?
Acceptable papers will be marked according to the following criteria.
Development of argument (35%)
Logic of organization (15%)
Supporting evidence (30%)
Definition of key terms (10%)
Grammar and appropriate use of vocabulary (10%)
Using the organization from Topic 3, prepare a cultural analysis to support you in strategizing the implementation of innovative thinking. In 500 words, answer the following questions:
- What type of role does culture play currently within the organization?
- What current cultural components enable innovation to successfully occur?
- What cultural components require redesigning prior to innovation successfully occurring?
- What strategies would you propose to the organization to strengthen the innovation culture?
- How will you effectively communicate this innovative structure to employees?
- How will you continue to build capacity for innovative thinking?
organization chosen COCA COLA
Respond to the two discussions.
each response must be a minimum of 150 words in length and advance the discussion.
Include at least one (1) properly APA cited reference to the course material.
Course Material:
Tuesdays with Morrie
Aging Concepts and Controversies 9th Edition
Begin your proposal with an explanation of how the approach to operations strategy will differ between the service side of Going and the manufacturing end, and what operations challenges are likely to be faced with each. Include specific examples.
Click here to review Going’s service division data and here to view Going’s manufacturing division data.
This assignment will be one of several throughout your PhD program that we use to help you prepare for the dissertation process. One of the core competencies necessary to succeed in a doctoral program is the ability to identify other research that pertains to your own. This means you’ll have to identify similar research, read the papers, and assimilate prior work into your own research. An annotated bibliography helps you develop and hone these research skills.
This assignment is listed on the syllabus as “Mid-term research paper” and is worth 20% of your grade. Your paper will be an annotated bibliography, specifically focusing on the “Depth” topic (i.e. Defense in Depth) in the context of protecting National Infrastructure.
You paper must be in correct APA format, use correct grammar, and will need to include at least seven (7) resources, ALL of which must:
1) Be current. Published within the last few years.
2) Be peer-reviewed.
3) Relate directly to Defense in depth in the context of protecting National Infrastructure.
Remember that an annotation is not the same as an abstract. Abstracts are descriptive. Your annotations are to be evaluative and critical. Give me enough information for me to decide if I’m interested enough to read the paper, and also how you perceive the paper. Don’t go skimpy on these annotations, but DO NOT write too much here. Quality is far more important that quantity. This exercise is for each of you to demonstrate that you can identify, categorize, and digest multiple research papers.
Every resource you choose must be peer reviewed. That means the paper must have undergone a formal peer review before being published in a journal or presented at a conference. You must ensure that your resources have undergone rigorous reviews. In most cases, you can find out the review process for a conference or journal by visiting the appropriate web site. Do not simply assume that a resource is peer reviewed – check it out.
Here are a few URLs with additional information: (I strongly suggest that you look at these. Really.)
https://sites.umuc.edu/library/libhow/bibliography_apa.cfm
https://www.bethel.edu/library/research/apa-annobib-sixth.pdf
http://libguides.enc.edu/writing_basics/annotatedbib/apa <<<< Check out the “Rules! rules! rules!” section
http://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/03/
Assignment 2: Complementary Partners
Due Week 6 and worth 200 points
Imagine you are working with a partner to plan and host a workshop on leadership. There will be 100 people attending. Within this assignment you will be creating a document that discusses the main components of leadership and corporate culture.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Address a key leadership trait that can assist in managing conflict.
Discuss a tool or strategy a leader can adopt for improving communication within the organization.
Describe some methods for motivating employees and improving behaviors within the workplace.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Describe the primary functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling) and the associated skills, tools, and theoretical approaches that can be used to accomplish these functions.
Explain the principal theories of leadership and motivation, and describe the fundamental considerations in managing and motivating individual and group behavior.
Describe actions to improve communications, manage conflict, develop strong organizational culture, and improve the ethical behavior in organizations.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in management concepts.
Write clearly and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics
