Although many organizations and professional societies have their own specific codes of conduct, it seems there is no single, established Code of Ethics for Human Resource Training and Development professionals.
What does it mean to be an ethical Training & Development professional?
What ethical issues should trainers be mindful of?
What legal and liability issues should trainers be mindful of?
Do contract trainers & in-house trainers face different ethical issues? If so, what?
Write a 2-3 page paper that investigates a popular culture event or trend from a networked perspective. Try to think beyond COVID, and instead focus on something that interests you more personally. Try to identify 1) what group or person started the event, 2) how did it spread (by what medium or communication technology), 3) who was the main audience. Then, explain how this connects to any of the network theories we talked about this semester.
ssignment 1: Health Policy and Law Basics
Due Week 3 and worth 150 points
As a chief operating officer of a hospital, you have been tasked with opening a new ambulatory care center in your city.
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
Specify whether you would utilize the professional autonomy, social contract, or free market perspective as the paradigm to design the structure of your new center. Debate at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of your chosen perspective. Provide at least two (2) examples of your perspective in action to support your response.
Analyze the key components of three (3) sources of law related to the effects that each source could potentially have on your healthcare organizations new initiative.
Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these 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.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors 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:
Describe the evolution of hospitals and sources of law.
Examine tort law and the criminal aspects of health care.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in healthcare policy, law, and ethics.
Write clearly and concisely about healthcare policy and law using proper writing mechanics.
In this trip, we will all become political campaign analysts. Log into the internet address http://livingroomcandidate.org, a campaign ad playlist website called the ‘The Living Room Candidate.’ During this trip, you will select two commercials, analyze them and present your analysis to the class. POST a LIVE LINK to each of the commercials in your assignment so we can see the commercials you have chosen.
1. Choose one campaign year and analyze an ad from a Republican and a Democratic candidate. Everyone must choose a different ads. Post your campaign year and ad names (including the candidate’s last name) in the subjectline of the post.
In your post, you will be expected to discuss the following:
1. How would you categorize each ad? (for example, biographical, issue-oriented, value-laden, or negative). The website characterizes the ads.
2. Describe the language and tone of the ad(s). Is the narrator a male, female, or the candidate? How do language and tone shape the overall message?
3. How do words, images, color, music, camera angles, lighting, people, and symbols contribute to the message of the ad(s)? Do you think they are effective?
4. Do you see any trendsin language, in style, in images/symbols, in peoplein these ads? Can you find any common links between them?
5. How do the candidates’ ads attract or appeal to their audiences? Which voting audience are they intended to reach (retired voters, new voters, working voters, swing voters)?
6. How did the election turn out? This information is provided on the website.
7. Did the ads selected influence you? How would you change the ads to make them more effective? Read your classmates’ posts and comment.
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a companys strengths and weaknesses in order to recommend feasible value-enhancing alternatives.
Consider the publicly traded company Amazon you analyzed in the Environmental and Industry Analysis assignment.
In a paper of 1,000-1,200 words, discuss potential growth opportunities and strategies for your selected company and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each opportunity.
1. Conduct a SWOT analysis for your selected company and discuss your findings. What advantages does your company have over its competition? What opportunities exist in the industry from which your company can benefit? Who is your company’s competition, and what types of risks might they pose? What weak areas could your company improve to compete with its strongest competitors?
1. Identify strategic alternatives that create value for the company. Which ones are focused on internal growth and what do they offer to the company? What are the drawbacks of these strategies? Which ones are focused on external growth and what do they offer the company? What are the drawbacks of these strategies?
3. How would you use a decision matrix to identify the leading alternative? Explain how you determined the values used to distinguish between each option. What about the matrix, if anything, may be limiting in its use value to an analyst or decision maker?
4. What factors might inhibit the success of the optimal strategic alternative identified? How can the issues you identified be addressed and corrected?
5. Growing an organization is not always about increasing the size of the firm. If expansion is not the main focus, what other elements lend themselves to growth of the firm? How might each be achieved?
Amazon is the company of choice
Week 3 Readings and Media
Please review the following for this week:
Vic (J.R.) Winkler, Securing the Cloud, Cloud Computer Security Techniques and Tactics, 2011, Chapter 3
NIST SP 800-125A SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HYPERVISOR DEPLOYMENT ON SERVERS, https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-125A.pdf
Video:
Public Cloud Security: Surviving in a Hostile Multitenant Environment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk4eCARD1RU
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Week 3 ASSIGNMENT: Security Concerns, Risk Issues, and Legal Aspects (2 pages)
Write two pages using this weeks reading and media. APA Format and provide two references at a minimum.
Write two paragraphs (for each answer) in a separate document that you can upload (e.g., Microsoft Word file). Precede each answer with the question and its corresponding number.
1. Privacy laws attempt to provide protection to an individual from unauthorized disclosure of the individuals personally identifiable information (PII). Please list and discuss items that are normally considered as a persons individual identifiers.
2. Using virtualized systems introduces many new risks, while maintaining many if not most of the risks inherent in using traditional systems. Please identify and discuss some risks to virtualized systems.
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Week 3 DISCUSSION: Cloud Privacy (1 page)
Write one page using this weeks reading material and video. APA Format and provide two references at a minimum.
One area that is greatly affected by cloud computing is privacy. Its important to remember that although the control of cloud computing privacy has many threats and vulnerabilities in common with non-cloud processes and infrastructure, it also has unique security issues. Discuss some of the impacts on an organization of exploits that can result in a privacy loss for the organization.
Prior to completing this assignment, review the pertinent sections of Chapter 3. You have been the manager of a Dunkin Donuts store in the Midwest for the past two years. The store is owned by a Dunkin Donuts franchisee who owns 20 other Dunkin Donuts locations. Your employer took an employee inventory and examined all current employees. It has been noted by the owner that you have a highly successful track record. You have been recognized for doing an exceptional job staffing, leading, training, coaching, and managing people. You have been recognized for successfully managing all key components of your store and have successfully managed key business drivers such as cash, profits, growth, asset utilization, and people. In regards to the metrics that are used to measure their stores for sales, quality, and customer service, your store is the top performing store in their system.
Congratulations! You have just been promoted to district manager! The Dunkin Donuts franchisee sees your growth potential and the growth potential in your geographic area. The owner now has committed significant capital and plans to open five new locations over the next two years. You will be given complete autonomy, authority, and responsibility to structure, staff, and operate these five new locations. You will be playing a key role in this expansion for growth.
For this assignment, you will prepare a four to five-page paper in which you explain your chosen job design and organizational design as the new District Manager for Dunkin Donuts.
You must organize your paper using the following section headings and include additional section headings as needed:
IntroductionProvide a well-organized introduction to the paper.
Job DesignExplain your chosen job design including job analysis, job description and job specification.
Organizational DesignExplain why the chosen organizational design was chosen.
Conclusion
Your paper must include at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook and be formatted according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
The Case Study: Opening Your New Dunkin Donuts Locations paper
Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA Style (Links to an external site.).
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Students name
Course name and number
Instructors name
Date submitted
Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
The specific purpose and objectives of the project must be clearly stated and unambiguous, containing sufficient detail to serve as a specific guide to the project.
Project’s objectives are clearly stated
Motivation for pursuing the project and its relevance are clearly stated
The topic is introduced, and groundwork is laid as to the direction of the project
Citations and References (sources are cited when specific statements are made)
PLEASE PIGGY BACK OFF OF ATTACHMENT UPLOADED AND CONTINUE PAPER. Thanks.
Research indicates that we form more positive impressions of physically attractive people than we do unattractive people. Explain how advertisements, movies and childrens fairy tales play a role in this and how they may be able to make some adjustments to facilitate positive feelings about unattractive people.
Please write in complete sentences and thoughts.
Use detail.
It must be 1 page in length (approx. 250 words)
Double spaced .
This is a part of your Gordon Rule requirement.
Must be submitted in APA format with citations and references
* Ive attached some files you will need to look over for the assignment
Question 1.From the list below,choose three skills,abilities or attitudes that you believe are important to intercultural competence,and explain why they are important to successful intercultural communication.
-Mindful listening
-Imagination and empathy
-Self-awareness
-Observation
-Willingness to take risks
-Knowing where to look if you want more information
-Seeing things from an ethnorelative perspective
-Willingness to ask questions
Question 2.Sawika grew up in Thailand,which has a high score on Hofstedes Power Distance scale.Victoria grew up in Australia,which has a low score on Hofstedes Power Distance scale.Sawika moves to Australia,and is hired at an advertising agency in Sydney.Victoria is her supervisor.What communication and interaction problems might occur as Victoria and Sawika work together? Discuss at least three.Describe-no bullet points.
Answers should generally be 6-10 sentences long for both essay questions.
