Identify two theories used for group interventions, and describe how you would use each theory separately with a group.

200 words

Readings

Read the following chapter in your Introduction to Group Work Practice textbook:

  • Chapter 6, “Planning the Group,” pages 160–195.

Library Media

Identify two theories used for group interventions, and describe how you would use each theory separately with a group.

Proceed by explaining how some theories can be combined for effective group work. Identify theories that can be used together and provide a group work example.

Identify and explain the four systems that promote change and the four systems that are the focus of change. What is your preferred focus of change, and what systems would you target?

200 words based on the text book reading

Readings

  • Use your Social Work Macro Practice text to read Chapter 9, “Building Support for the Proposed Change,” pages 267–298.

Identify and explain the four systems that promote change and the four systems that are the focus of change. What is your preferred focus of change, and what systems would you target?

What threat(s) to internal validity are presented in this proposed study design? Explain why.

Assignment and Critique – Identifying Threats to Validity

In this assignment, you will review several cases of study designs. Based on concepts you’ve learned about internal validity so far, you should identify and describe the threats to internal validity that are presented in this case.

Review the following three cases below. For each one, answer the following questions: 

1. What threat(s) to internal validity are presented in this proposed study design? Explain why.

2. If you were consulting for this research team, how would you advise them to change their study design to minimize the identified threats to internal validity? 

Research Design #1: 

A manager is preparing his employees for a certification test. He has them take a sample test, which they do poorly on. He then has them all take an online training program to practice. After the online training, the manager has his employees take the sample training test again. Can we say the online training was effective? 

Differentiate between randomized and nonrandomized approaches to sampling populations.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 8 and review Chapter 9 of the course text. Also, review the following resources:

Visual

Documentary

Oral History

This discussion supports your understanding and application of the quantitative method and qualitative method of research approach. In your initial post, address the following:

  • Differentiate between randomized and nonrandomized approaches to sampling populations. Discuss the importance of the role of sampling when conducting research.
    • Snowball sampling is a form of sampling where participants recommend people they know as research participants. Explain one pro and one con to this approach.
    • Discuss the usefulness of pretesting, pilot testing, or field-testing a survey or interview questionnaire.
    • In some large-scale research projects the researcher is not always the one collecting data but is more heavily involved in the analysis and interpretation of the data. Would this create a challenge in a quantitative study where a survey was used for data collection? Would this scenario create a challenge in a qualitative study where a one-to one interview or focus group data collection method was used? Explain why or why not for both scenarios.
    • As you experienced in the Week 3 assignment, qualitative methods research can encompass some interesting forms of research approach to help us understand the human experience in society, such as ethnography. In the resources this week we asked you to review three other forms of approach that help us understand in unique ways: visual, documentary, and oral history.
    • After reviewing the resources provided, describe each form of approach. Explain their unique differences and similarities.
    • What is gained by conveying human experience via visual or audio as opposed to a written interpretation?
    • Which form of approach did you find the most compelling in sharing the experience of humans in society? Explain why.
    • Do you think that these forms of visual and audio data evidence could be more powerful for influencing social change and public policy than written or statistical data? Explain your response.

Your initial post should be at least 800 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.

Which short-term approach would you recommend in order to address the potential employee shortage, and why?

 Read attachment and answer the two questions.

  1. Mr. Swann is very concerned about possible upcoming staffing gaps, and needs your advice. Examine Exhibit 3.10: Staffing Alternatives to Deal with Employee Shortages and Surpluses on page 120 of your textbook. Review the strategies identified for dealing with employee shortages. Which short-term approach would you recommend in order to address the potential employee shortage, and why? Make sure your rationale is based on the specific circumstances presented in the General Appliances case study.
  2. Now, which long-term approach from Exhibit 3.10 would you recommend in order to address the potential employee shortage, and why? Again, remember to base your answer on the specific circumstances presented in the General Appliances case study.
develop a health maintenance plan for a selected Disease, such as asthma, hepatitis, hypo and hyperthyroidism, and coronary artery disease, in a selected Population.

The purpose of this assignment is to develop a health maintenance plan for a selected Disease, such as asthma, hepatitis, hypo and hyperthyroidism, and coronary artery disease, in a selected Population.

According to Turner, how did the frontier change the characteristics of Americans and make them different from other peoples?

Carefully define the Turner Thesis. What are its key arguments? According to Turner, how did the frontier change the characteristics of Americans and make them different from other peoples? How did it make Americans more democratic?

According to Ridge, how was the Turner Thesis historically received by Americans and others? What is its (Turner’s thesis, not the frontier) significance in U.S. history?

Describe the primary variables of interest in the study and how you would operationalize (measure) them.

In this assignment, you will apply the key concepts from this module by developing and describing a set of hypotheses and your variables of interest for an organizational research question of your choice.

Think of a research question that you believe a typical organization or an organization like yours should address. In no more than two pages (double-spaced, Times New Roman font, one-inch margins), provide us with a written summary of the research problem.

Specifically, your summary should include the following:

· Describe the primary variables of interest in the study and how you would operationalize (measure) them.

· One Predictor

· One Outcome

· One Mediator

· One Moderator

· Discuss your hypothesis/hypotheses and why you expect to find the proposed relationship between each variable (e.g., why the predictor should relate to the outcome and how the mediator and moderator variables help explain that relationship.)

· Hint– It can be helpful to have more than one hypothesis (e.g. separate hypothesis describing the impact of each variable on the outcome or the relationship between the predictor and the outcome.) For example, one hypothesis might discuss the mediator and another might discuss the moderator.

· How answering this research question provides value to the organization or to the broader research topic.

What are the leader and management qualities of the co-CEOs?

Deliverable 4 – Leadership Qualities

Objective
Differentiate between various management and leadership styles.
Instructions
Case Study
Read the above case study and prepare the necessary documents as explained below.
You have recently been hired at Blackrocks as a consultant in organizational effectiveness in the company. Your role is to consider the organization’s hierarchy and whether or not the senior-most leaders provide direction, vision, and inspiration through their leadership.
Identify the leader and management qualities of the co-CEOs and their ability in achieving shared objectives and higher level organizational goals. Remember this report should have a clear Introduction (Overview of the Case Study), Body (each of the points below addressed), and Conclusion.
Introduction: an overview of the case study
Present key ideas and concepts about leadership:
What are the leader and management qualities of the co-CEOs?
Compare and contrast the key leadership styles of the co-CEOs.
Examine the relationship between power and leadership.
In what ways are the organizational requirements for leadership met?
How would you know if those requirements are in place and successful?
Conclusion: summary of the discussed concepts.

What can they learn from this data set?

You have been hired by an investment group that wants to learn more about what drives restaurant sales. You have been provided a sample of 173 restaurants located in a medium-sized city. You know the restaurants’ average weekly sales, as well as a number of other variables such as food type, if has road frontage, number of competitors within a certain distance, etc. See the attached the Excel spreadsheet for definitions of all variables.
Your task is to help the investor better understand the data that has been collected. What can they learn from this data set?
Audience: 
Your audience is your client, the investment group.  You can assume that your audience has some very basic knowledge of statistics, and you should explain the implications of statistics you generate to this audience. (They understand mean, median, mode–the basics–but might not fully understand concepts like standard deviation, percentiles, etc. so those require some explanation as to what the information is communicating. They might understand basics graphs but you need to be sure they understand the “takeaways” of your graphs. Do not “orphan” the graphs.)    
 Instructions:
This should be styled as a report with brief intro or executive summary, a discussion of the data with a clear organizational structure, and conclusion. 
You are limited ONLY to the statistical topics below:
Mean
Median / Average
Min and Max
Standard deviation
Variance
Correlation
Correlation Matrix
Your analysis must include at least 3 different graphs and no more than 4. They must be different types of graphs that communicate different information. 
Graphs should be large enough read but no so large that they waste tons of space. 
Do not stretch out graphs in order to take up more space
Be sure the font inside graphs is readable (both color and font size are appropriate).
Please have a blank line before and after tables and graphs and before section headings. 
Consider putting two graphs next to each other as to not waste a lot of space. 
Your report may be no more than 2.5 pages in length.
Please use 12-point font and 1-inch margins.
WILL NOT READ BEYOND 2.5 PAGES.
You cannot do a good job if you are much less than this length. 

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