MGMT 4325/HCAD 4355 Individual Assignment 1 Fall 2020
Due Sunday October 11 by 1159PM CST
Individual Assignments (30%):
Individual assignments are designed to develop your ability to (1) diagnose an organization or issue (2) lead, manage, or evaluate change. Please do not wait until the last minute to submit your assignments, as I do not accept late work.
Formatting Requirements
12 point Times New Roman
Maximum word limit of 2000 words; please adhere to this limit. Since the assignment has a word limit, make each word count. Avoid empty sentences that add little to your analysis or recommendations. Well-discussed submissions will likely fall between 1800-2000 words.
Single-space
1-inch margins
Instructions
Read Northwell Inc. and answer the following questions by critically analyzing the situation, weaving course content into your answers, and developing convincing recommendations. Assume you are a management consultant whom Northwell has hired to review their situation and make recommendations.
Part 1 (900-1100 words)
As a consultant, convince Northwell upper management of what you believe are the important issues that Northwell should address. Divide part 1 into four sections as described below. The sections need not be equal in word length.
1. Important issues from concepts and material of Chapter 1
2. Important issues from concepts and material of Chapter 2
3. Important issues from concepts and material of Chapter 3
4. Important issues from concepts and material of Chapter 4
Part 2 (900-1100 words)
As a consultant, recommend what Northwell should do for each important issue brought up in part 1. Recommend actions that should be taken in the next 6 months and within the next 3 years. Be convincing in your arguments. For part 2, divide your response into the following four sections. Again, the sections need not be equal in word length.
5. Recommendations pertaining to issues discussed in Part 1 of your paper from topics found in Chapter 1
6. Recommendations pertaining to issues discussed in Part 1 of your paper from topics found in Chapter 2
7. Recommendations pertaining to issues discussed in Part 1 of your paper from topics found in Chapter 3
8. Recommendations pertaining to issues discussed in Part 1 of your paper from topics found in Chapter 4
Hints for Completing the Assignment
2000 words is not a lot of space to write about issues and recommendations. What you will need to do is choose the most important/critical issues involved in the case. If you have room to spare, mention the other important issues, but do no sacrifice your ability to complete the task at hand. Also, choose your words carefully. Avoid repetition unless necessary for clarity. Pick one issue per chapter, and dont forget that you need both short- and long-term recommendations for each issue.
Day: October 10, 2020
Write a policy brief to inform the minister of Environment and climate change Canada about Trudeaus plan to ban Single-Use Plastics, before addressing a press conference on this issue.
Provide context on the debate surrounding plastic pollution. This should include a brief note on what the state of the regulation is in Canada. Establish a connection between the regulation and economic incentives to reduce plastic pollutants and discuss why this has far reaching consequences (externalities). Your brief must contain some quantitative measures (graphs, figures, maps, tables), which may be drawn from other sources, or constructed by you.
The final integrative written case assignment for the course is Harley-Davidson: Internationalization in the Trump Era You are required to answer questions based on the case. It is an integrative case study that involves the application of concepts and principles of international business.
Please answer each of the following four questions (you should write the question’s number and its statement at the beginning of your response to the question in order to clearly identify your response to the question):
1. What are the challenges and opportunities facing Harley-Davidson?
2. Discuss the global and domestic contexts facing the chief executive officer.
3. How does foreign policy affect business in general and international expansion in particular?
4. What approach would you recommend Levatich take in order to grow sales and increase the stock price?
1. Compose an annotated bibliography (use the working bibliography format as found on pages 5860 in The Curious
Researcher: A Guide to Writing Research Papers and on pages 373375 in The Little, Brown Compact Handbook) using
the sources you have found for your research paper. Remember to cite your sources using APA format.
You are only required to include two of your sources in the annotated bibliography. Your annotations should be at least 200
words per source.
2. Compose an essay discussing how you feel you have grown as a researcher and writer during this course. Also, discuss how you feel about the suggestions you were given by your peer reviewer. Will you change anything in your paper based on those suggestions. Why, or why not? Be sure to make your essay focused and honest. Like any essay, remember to include a thesis statement and prove that thesis through the body of the essay.
Your response must be at least 300 words in length.
1st reponse:
Questions 1: Based on McClellands Need Theory, which is the most important for me at this time in my career?
At this point in my career, I have a need for achievement. The need for power has never really appealed to me because positions of power carry a lot of responsibility, and I dont enjoy the prospect of being blamed for other peoples negative behavior or mistakes. While leadership is important, sometimes the level of responsibility for others seems excessive and time-consuming to me. A need for affiliation is closely behind my need for achievement, because feeling ostracized is detrimental to my motivation at work, and affects my quality of work since I dont feel included or appreciated. Since I have a high reward response motivation, this is why I need achievement more than anything. Even if I dont receive a reward per se, accomplishing a task, crossing an item off a check list, improving myself, or helping some one else, drives me. Potentially receiving a monetary bonus, promotion, or recognition is simply extra incentive for me to do well.
Question 2: Were the results of the survey surprising to you or what you initially suspected they would be?
These results are what I expected they would be, and nothing seemed out of line in the description of me. I have a drive for completing important tasks, but often dont feel driven if a task doesnt feel important enough. I wrote something very similar to this in my SLP for module 1. Even how I organize myself around tasks depends on how important I think they are. I also actively seek out activities that make me happy. The examples given in the test were not great examples for my personality type; they said hanging out at parties or thrill seeking through sports. I would consider things like crafting or playing video games far more enjoyable. This also said I tend to be fairly impulsive. I see this in my personality when an idea strikes me seemingly out of nowhere. I will pursue that idea to completion and not let it go. I am highly motivated by seeking reward for my behavior, and will complete difficult tasks when rewards are available. This is true of me, especially in a monetary sense. Lastly, I am motivated to avoid things I dont like, attempt to escape punishment or pain, and sometimes feel nervous.
Question 3: How are these or other various tools to improve employee engagement and increase work productivity measured at your company?
Our company measures productivity with annual employee reviews that individuals go over with their supervisors. One additional tool that has been recently implemented is a goal setting tool used in our HR Sharepoint site. Each individual is instructed to enter at least 3 goals for the year, which can be a combination of personal and professional goals, that are reviewed by a supervisor before they are approved. Employees are instructed to write their goals as SMART goals so that they are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based (Organizational Behavior, 2017). This increases chances of the goals being reached. At the end of the year the employee and supervisor review the goals set and accomplished for the year and use this as part of annual reviews.
2nd response:
Hello,
Questions 1: Currently, my most important need according to McClelland’s Need Theory is the need for power. I’ve accomplished my goals that I have set up for myself when I enlisted in the Air Force and received several awards in the process. At this point in my career, its either stay in middle management and have minimal impact or move up the ranks to advance into higher leadership roles.
Questions 2: The test results described me as having a strong drive to accomplish tasks that I have set up myself, or by others, however I am very motivated by seeking reward for my behavior, I fully agree with this assessment. I find myself more altruistic in my personal life, but when it comes to work, I expect a reward for doing anything extra that’s outside my normal duties. People shouldn’t work additional hours or take on more responsibilities without proper compensation from their employer. “Money not only helps people attain their basic needs but is also instrumental in providing upper-level need satisfaction. Employees often see pay as a reflection of how management views their contribution to the organization.” (Luthans, 2015).
Question 3: Our office uses many recognition based tools to identify best performers or good one time incidents. There are also monthly, quarterly, and yearly awards that identify best performers in a certain period of time. The military has many avenues to recognize somebody, we have ribbons which you can earn for moving to a different base, getting marksman with a rifle/handgun, volunteering, deploying, etc. We also do annual performance reports, which capture your productivity for the year. These reports get collected and are racked and stacked, individuals who were deemed better performers would receive additional points towards their promotion testing for next cycle. I believe the military has mastered the “need for achievement”.
Explain your understanding of the concept of innovation. Explain:
what innovation is in your own words.
use the knowledge of different readings and add your perspective (ex: Steal Like an Artist).
share your thoughts as to why innovation matters
give your reasons why innovation can be challenging.
Expected to explain the concept of innovation and then describe and support your opinion of why it matters, what the challenges are and why these are natural and, perhaps, inevitable.
use APA style, and include appropriate citations.
Review the attached article. It discusses just how fast decisions need to be made in the business environment. This decision making has some serious implications with regard to conflict management. After reading the article answer the following questions in detail.
Based on your reading in chapter 7 what are the different conflicts that are discussed in the article?
Organizations and project teams can get stuck at any given time with regard to decision making. What does the article insinuate with regard to the project manager’s role in getting the organization or team unstuck?
Chapter 8 of the text is a diverse chapter in terms of concepts. Based on what you read in the article, what concepts are directly relate to the need for project managers top be decisive.
We’ve talked about the need to follow protocol in the past weeks. However, escalating circumstances is something that may need to happen for any given reason. Discuss how procurement/contracts could help (Note: There are procurement related articles in the Procurement Corner section of Modules 1 – 3. They can help provide perspective.).
You are a professional in HRM and are in charge of your employers company blog for the week. In your introductory blog you start out by showing the following video:
https://youtu.be/QpEFjWbXog0
Your first blogger asks you:
Is there risk that technology will over-power life as we know it? What impact will technology have on the employee-employer relationship? How will this impact HR labor/employee relations activities?
How would you respond?
Write your response as 3-page blog, adding a 2 small visual for impact. Include sources to validate your comments. The format is for this assignment is an essay format using Word (e.g., similar to an opinion piece found on an editorial page in a newspaper or online news). 3 references and 2 visuals are required.
Please follow the guidelines in the attachment in order to answer the scenario below:
Tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon dont do their own manufacturing. Instead they use CEMs (Contract Electronics Manufacturers) in countries where labor costs are low and the technical skills needed are available.
There have been numerous scandals relating to these outsourcers – low wages, long work hours, oppressive environment, injurious work conditions, etc.
After the latest scandal, your teenage daughter/son/cousin is wondering if she should get rid of her iPhone. Why do you tell her to keep it? What reasons do you give her?
For this assessment, you will develop a concept map and provide supporting evidence and explanations.
Some example conditions, diseases and disorders that are relevant to metabolic balance and glucose regulation considerations are: WE ARE GOING TO USE OBESITY AS OUR CONDITION OF RELEVANCE.
Instructions
Develop a concept map and a short narrative that supports and further explains how the concept map is constructed. You may choose to use the Concept Map Template (in the Resources) as a starting point for your concept map, but are not required to do so. The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your evidence-based plan addresses all of them. You may also want to read the Concept Map scoring guide and the Guiding Questions: Concept Map document to better understand how each grading criterion will be assessed.
Part 1: Concept Map
Develop an evidence-based concept map that illustrates a plan for achieving high-quality outcomes for a condition that has impaired glucose or metabolic imbalance as related aspects.
Part 2: Additional Evidence (Narrative)
Justify the value and relevance of the evidence you used as the basis for your concept map.
Analyze how interprofessional strategies applied to the concept map can lead to achievement of desired outcomes.
Construct concept map and linkage to additional evidence in a way that facilitates understanding of key information and links.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:
Assessment 1 Example [PDF].
Additional Requirements
Length of submission: Your concept map should be on a single page, if at all possible. You can submit the concept map as a separate file, if you need to. Your additional evidence narrative should be 23 double-spaced, typed pages. Your narrative should be succinct yet substantive.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 35 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that supports your concept map, decisions made regarding care, and interprofessional strategies. Resources should be no more than five years old.
APA formatting:
For the concept map portion of this assessment: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style. Please include references both in-text and in the reference page that follows your narrative.
For the narrative portion of this assessment: use the APA Paper Template linked in the Resources. An APA Template Tutorial is also provided to help you in writing and formatting your analysis. You do not need to include an abstract for this assessment.
