American cinema, usually viewed as entertainment, often also engages in politics. Movies offer, among other things, an alternative way to present arguments and project views. Select, view, and critically analyze a film. Examples of suitable films include American Hustle and Wall Street. How does the film represent Americans from the standpoint of, for instance, beliefs, values, opinions, norms, and identities? Relate to discussions about issues that concern government, such as policy making. Compare this to the political discourse on American political culture. Movies are sometimes touchstones for debates about political concerns. How does this assertion relate to your film? Discuss your position on the issues and situate yourself in the debates.
Day: October 23, 2020
Structure, Organization, Ease of reading, Grammar: 2.5 Points
This Assignment had a very, very specific structure. Identify 2-4 issues. Come up with solutions for those issues and summarize them briefly. Provide a table with Pros and Cons for each, and wrap it all up with an overall (but brief) recommendation what could have been done to help prevent this disaster from a PM perspective. DID YOU FOLLOW THIS STRUCTURE?
Did you follow the advice given in the lectures and From Your Instructor about the format?
Did you follow rules of English grammar, spelling, and syntax? Did you fix errors pointed out via Words editing capabilities (e.g. squiggly blue or red underlined text)?
Content: 8 Points
Is it clear from reading your assignment that you read the case and understood what happened that led up to the mistakes that were made and that yielded the fires and explosions?
Did you dig deeper? Some people identify very technical issues did you find the underlying reasoning – the project-level thinking that may have driven decisions to go a certain way technically?
Did you keep your writing concise and to the point? Part of the intent of this assignment is an exercise in expressing important ideas in as efficient a way as possible.
Was there a logical flow from your Issue Identification to your Proposed Solutions, to your Pros and Cons and to your conclusion?
If you did have extra information to exhibit, did you put it in an Appendix rather than in the body of the text? Again, the focus is on a concise, crisp presentation of your arguments.
References and resources: 1.5 Points
Did you provide several relevant references that helped make your points? Of course you can use the main Case as a reference, but did you reach out and find out more about the Columbia Gas incident from other sources? You really should at least investigate the references pointed to at the bottom of this Case at a minimum.
Unit 4 Assignment: County General Hospital Case Study
In this assignment, you will apply the key guidelines associated with employee retention and how they
connect with the four human resource strategies described in Appendix A of the text.
Read the Discussion Case in Appendix A regarding County General Hospital, and write a 2- to 3-page
paper answering the following questions:
1. What is the HR strategy pursued by County General? (Choose one of the four HR strategies
outlined in Appendix A of your text) Differentiation or cost reduction? Internal or external labor
orientation? Describe the reasons for your selections.
2. What programs do you suggest County General implement to decrease turnover? Suggest at least
two programs, and be specific.
3. What benefits would the various stakeholders (e.g., customers, employees, management, and the
community) gain by reducing turnover?
To successfully complete the assignment, the following are the minimum requirements:
Complete a 2- to 3-page paper, in addition to the title and reference pages, in APA 6th edition
formatting 12-point font, double spaced, indented paragraphs, citations, reference list, etc.
Review the APA formats found in Writing Resources accessed through the Academic Success
Center within the Academic Tools area of the course.
Your assignment should have a title page with the following information: Title of the paper, your
name, course and section number, and date.
Your writing should be well-ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful. Your
viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
Include introductory and summary paragraphs.
Limit the use of direct quotations instead, paraphrase and cite the author’s work. For a refresher
on paraphrasing, view this short Guide to Paraphrasing video and explore the additional resources
prior to starting your assignment. You can access tutorials, how-to videos, tutoring services, and
more by visiting the Academic Success Center.
Reinforce your personal opinions with at least two credible or scholarly research articles (quotes
from and paraphrases of these articles should not exceed 1015% of your papers content). Peerreviewed articles, journal articles, textbooks, and Library resources are examples of high-quality
resources. Note that Wikipedia, Investopedia, etc. are not considered reliable resources for this
research.
Demonstrate your understanding of the weekly objective(s) through your response.
Ensure that a response to each question of the case study is included in your paper.
Please revise and edit “Impact of Covid-19 to Digital marketing” attached to be similar to the attached “Sample research to follow”,
Please add table of content of “Sample research to follow” to the original paper “Impact of Covid-19 to Digital marketing” and make necessary edits and revision.
Kindly add citation and references from: https://www.emerald.com/insight/
Focusing on retaining high performing employees and maintaining appropriate staffing levels are key functions for both human resources and the management of an organization. This units discussion addresses both of these functions. Please label your initial response to the different parts as A and B.
Employee Retention
A. What are the factors that influence employee retention? What three steps would you take as a human resource manager to positively reduce employee turnover in your organization?
Downsizing
B. How does downsizing affect organizations in the short term? In the long term? What is the impact of a layoff on layoff survivors within the organization? How can these effects be minimized?
MT400-2: Analyze the role of planning and metrics in a successful Business Process Management
(BPM) project.
In this Assignment, you are going to evaluate a specific business process based on criteria detailed
below. If you already have selected a business process, continue using that and skip to the next
paragraph. If you have not yet selected the business process you will use for these Assignments,
then begin by selecting one. Email your instructor and clearly describe the objective of this process, the
participants, and the strategic significance forthe company. The business process you select must have
a clear beginning and an end, with identifiable, specific steps. Your instructor will confirm that the
process you selected is suitable or will ask you to select another one.
Part 1: The Stakeholders
Answer the following questions:
1) Who are the stakeholders in your selected business process, besides those that are directly
involved in the execution of it? List at least two people/groups and explain their relationship/
connection to the process. Also describe what they expect from this project.
2) What is this process intended to accomplish? What constitutes success? Focus on the selected
process, not the organization in general. Be specific about both of these elements (definition of goals
and success).
Part 2: Metrics
List three metrics that you think can help you quantify the performance of the selected business
process currently. List and define the metrics clearly, explain why each metric is important in the
assessment of the process, and then give an example of the statistic units. For example, if your
metric is speed of processing, it may be defined by how quickly each employee audits a tax form,
and the example would be that on average you would expect eight tax forms audited per hour.
Metric 1:
1. Definition
2. Significance in assessment
3. Example
Repeat this format for all three.
Part 3: Quick Wins
Identify two quick wins for your process. For each, describe (a) what they are, (b) how they can be
accomplished quickly and (c) why they will provide a boost to the project.
Read chapter 5 pg. 124-157
Pick one of the prompts below:
1. Define culture and explain what is meant by culture as “symbolic construction.” Then, explain how understanding culture in this way impacts the study of organizations.
2. What are some differences in viewing organizations as culture versus classical management (ch. 3) or systems (ch. 4) approaches? In what was are the perspectives similar?
3. Briefly explain one of the “three views” of organizational culture
What is the article about
Agree with the author
What are the weaknesses of the article
What are the strengths of the article
Identify the purpose
Mention the title
Mention the author
Mention the thesis
Include examples
In this assignment, you will record and transcribe your conversation with at least 3 people and write a 3/5-page paper that reflects on concepts learned in the course thus far. More specifically, you will audio-tape, record, and transcribe conversations with a friend, significant other, family member, coworker, etc. Make sure to ask the people you interview for their permission to record the conversation for the class. Considering the length of time it takes to transcribe, you should only transcribe five to ten minutes of each of the conversations you record. Projects will be graded on originality, completeness, and integration of concepts introduced in the course. This assignment should help you understand the intricate dynamics involved in everyday conversations.
Considerations for a successful paper:
Arrange a meeting with the other people and make sure to explain that this paper is for a class assignment. The outcome of the conversation, in this instance your paper, will not be published. This is important to share out-loud for ethical reasons.
You will need an audio recording device. The conversation might take place online. If you use tools provided by USF (e.g., Microsoft Teams), you should be able to record the conversation without a problem.
Steps for successful completion of the assignment:
After the conversations that you have carefully recorded, thank the people and make sure to ask if they would like to receive a copy of your paper. Then,
Transcribe, write down word for word, part if not all of the conversations.
Read the transcript once; the initial reading should give you an indication of main themes.
During a second reading; highlight the passage that reflect the main themes
In a final reading of the transcript, you should be able to connect certain themes and draw (perhaps) broader themes that will become the main points of your essay
Requirements:
In three to five pages (bibliography and title page not included), write about;
what happened in the conversation as evidenced in the transcript and your own experience,
how do conversations illustrates topics and concepts discussed in the course.
You are required to cite at least three references from peer-reviewed sources (academic journal articles, books, book chapters, etc.)
Be creative in the transcription of the conversation, that is in writing the final polished version of the essay.
Do not submit the transcripts and the recordings. Submit the essay, only.
It is important to identify what issues will be targeted before revision can begin in the upcoming Innovate phase. In the Understand phase, you conduct root cause analysis, which not only helps to determine the right problems to attack, but also to gather an understanding of where you are currently and where you need to be. Correct identification will allow you to make quick improvements, which would not be possible if you only treated the symptoms.
For this Discussion topic, first:
Explain, in your own words, the difference between root cause analysis and simply identifying issues in a process.
Then, research and describe an article or a case study where a company has performed a successful root cause analysis. This means they went deeper than identifying just the symptoms.
Explain what the symptoms were and what root causes they identified as the culprits.
How did this analysis help the company create quantifiable, specific targets/objectives in their improvement efforts?
Make sure to describe how they accomplished this; there are various specific methodologies beyond sitting and talking in a room that can be used for this purpose. For example, root cause analysis is part of Six Sigma, which has specific tools for carrying this out.
If you cannot clearly show the distinction between the root causes and symptoms in the case, then you do not have the right case. You are not looking for cases where someone just identified problems by talking to people root cause analysis is a very specific term that describes using formal methodologies to go beyond the most obvious issues. Your example should demonstrate this in-depth analysis.
