Explain how HR is impacted by diversity?

 • What has been the primary impetus behind changes in healthcare in recent years? Describe the most prominent challenge(s) facing healthcare employers, with regard to human resources. How does HR need to contribute to the need for managing costs in healthcare organizations?

• Explain how HR is impacted by diversity? Describe how the need for more efficient and effective HR support, and the increase in HR professionals’ training, skills, understanding, and competencies have contributed to the evolution of the HR Management function in healthcare over the last two decades?

• Describe some of the ways in which HR can contribute to the challenge of managing change in the healthcare industry.

What is the role of the human resources department in the organization?

 What is the role of the human resources department in the organization? 

Discuss the topic, the problem the model has been used in the research, and any present findings.

During this session, we looked at several topics on Strategic IT planning and strategy

We examined researchers, models, and issues in the area, and as you get closer to starting your own dissertation, you will need to choose a topic in your first dissertation class , so it is essential to start preparing.

This week, let us take a look at some topics to consider, and by the end of the week, we could have several ideas for dissertation topics.

Since you have already examined several research articles, another way would be to examine previous dissertations in these areas.
Go to the Dissertation Database, and locate an interesting topic on IT strategy, or examine a model presented this term.

Here are some pointers that will help critically evaluate some viable topics.

• Is the topic attainable for a first-time dissertation student?
• Is the problem rooted in the literature?
• Is the research empirical, i.e., is there a survey, is there an interview guide, has the data been analyzed via some statistical tool?
• Is there a theoretical model or framework discussed?

Discuss the topic, the problem the model has been used in the research, and any present findings.

Do not read the entire dissertation, as the abstract and chapter one introduction should give a clear understanding of the research.

In the spirit of best practices, continuous improvement, and lesson learned what changes to the course would you recommend?

Assignment

Now that we have reached the end of the course it is time to reflect on our experiences (a/k/a lessons learned). Reflect on your learning and experience related to this course then draft and post a response to the questions below.

End of Course Retrospective

1. At what moment in the course did you feel most engaged with what was happening?
2. At what moment in the course were you most distanced from what was happening?
3. What action that anyone (teacher, student, colleague, etc.) took related to the course that you find most affirming or helpful?
4. What action that anyone took related to the course did you find most puzzling or confusing?
5. What about this course surprised you the most? (This could be about your own reaction to what went on, something that someone did or anything else that occurs.)
6. What did you do as a result of this class to enhance your own learning?
7. In the spirit of best practices, continuous improvement, and lesson learned what changes to the course would you recommend?

Requirements: 500 words

Examine Trait, Skills, Behavioral, Situational, and Path-goal approaches/theories of leadership

This presentation should be 12 – 15 slides long in addition to a cover page and a reference page. Use bullets on most slides following the Rule of 6, but each page should include a note section (VIEW/NOTES) with at least 150 words in addition to the slide. Cite your work, limit quotes, and edit your work well for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. Quotes should always be rare and properly cited. Slides or notes with excessive quotes will have deductions. Use your own words.

Assignment – Examine Trait, Skills, Behavioral, Situational, and Path-goal approaches/theories of leadership

Prepare a presentation as if you were a leadership instructor. You are to prepare it so you will be able to teach a lesson to a class. Using the five approaches/theories of leadership we have discussed in the first three weeks of class, document what the approach or theory is based on, how it is different than the others, and when it is best used. Consider the strengths and weaknesses of each one. Give examples of when each theory would work best. For example, consider different positions like a construction plant manager or a school principal or a nurse. What approach would work best for different positions? Incorporate that into your lesson. Your goal is to have your audience (students) understand the five approaches and when to use them.

Remember that your presentation should not just be words.  You should make it professional and interesting.  Make sure that any photos or diagrams you may use are open source (while still citing your source).

Do not copy definitions from the book. Use your own words to get your students to understand the different aspects of the theories. Use the 12 – 15 slides for the five approaches/theories, approximately two- three pages for each one.

Format:

Please see the attached templates for helpful hints to a good presentation.

Title Slide – Include a title page with your name, student number, title of your paper, course number, course name, professor name, & due date.

Introductory Slide – Include a short introduction of your agenda/topics.

Length – 12 – 15 slides plus the title page and citation page. Make sure you have at least 150 words in the note section of each page. Do not include any quotes in your notes.

Reference Page – Include at least two outside scholarly sources in addition to your textbook and other course articles on a separate reference page. Use references with authors, not websites. All references must have citations within your presentation. Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference.

Proof read your work well to ensure spelling/grammar/punctuation and sentence structure are in good order.

Late submissions will have deductions. Be professional. Grammar, spelling, punctuation are important

Any questions for better understanding, please ask.

share your knowledge about how to evaluate the effectiveness of different recruiting and employee selection methods by applying human resource management (HRM) principles.

Instructions

For this assignment, imagine you will be presenting at a conference for an audience of newly hired human resource professionals. You are to share your knowledge about how to evaluate the effectiveness of different recruiting and employee selection methods by applying human resource management (HRM) principles.In your introduction, include one type of position you would like to hire for and the KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities) required for that position.Include examples of methods used in recruitment efforts that foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Consider the diverse cultures and social practices that surround your specific local or regional community.Include an explanation of steps used in the employee selection process.Use speaker notes to explain the content (in detail) for each of the slides, and support your presentation with at least two references. One reference may be your textbook.Include a minimum of one graphic or image that relates to the content.Your PowerPoint presentation must be at least five slides in length, not counting the title or reference slides. Adhere to APA style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used.

Describe the steps you plan to go through to ensure this new computer system remains as secure as
possible.

Final Project
The final project for this course consists of two case studies related to cybersecurity and the use of
social networking and home computer use. Please review the case studies and respond using the
guidelines provided below.
Case Study 1: Securing your home computer
You just purchased a brand new computer for your home environment. It comes with the latest
operating system, Internet connectivity and all accessories to complete your home office and school
activities. You also have an Internet Service Provider where you can easily use the existing network to
connect to the Internet and to perform some online banking.
Describe the steps you plan to go through to ensure this new computer system remains as secure as
possible. Be sure to discuss the details of firewall settings you plan to implement, browser privacy and
security settings, and recommended software (e.g., Anti-virus and others) you will install. Also, describe
your password strength policy you plan to adopt, and what you envision to do to ensure your online
banking site is encrypted and uses the proper certificates.
Discussion of operating system patches and application updates should also be included. As you discuss
these steps, be sure to justify your decisions bringing in possible issues if these steps are not followed.
You can discuss this for a specific type of computer (e.g. MAC or PC) to make the scenario more
appropriate for your environment.
Case Study 2: Guidance for a family member using social networking sites.
A family member, who just turned 13, wants to join Facebook, create a Twitter account and start texting
his friends on a regular basis. For the purpose of this paper, let us assume you are willing to allow your
family to participate in these social networking activities and the family member has agreed to use your
advice to protect his or her privacy and security while participating in these social networking activities.
Describe the specific guidance and rules that your family member must adhere to for this activity to
move forward. Be sure to provide specific settings for Facebook and Twitter as well as any guidance for
texting with friends. Be sure to discuss how to detect, prevent and report issues such as cyber bullying,
identity theft, and child predatory behavior. Be sure to justify your decisions bringing in possible issues if
the guidance you provided is not followed
Prepare a well-written paper no more than 10 pages in length.
In this paper you will address each of the above case studies. Be sure to clearly separate the case studies
into separate sections of the paper. Only one paper is needed to address both case studies
Submission requirements:
Your completed assignment should be saved as a Word (or PDF) document and submitted to your LEO
assignments area no later than the due date listed in the syllabus. Your document should be neat, wellwritten with minimal grammar and spelling errors.
You should name the file yournamefinalproject.docx (or yournamefinalproject.pdf). So if my name was
Julie Smith, I would name my document juliesmithfinalproject.docx.
Your name should be clearly listed on the first page along with the class/section, professor and due date.
Your document should contain page numbers at the top of each page. Single or double space line
formatting is acceptable. All references used for your report should be included in APA style format. See
the following APA reference guide in the Course Resources module of this course.

Why have some cities been more successful than others in reducing homelessness?

Research Paper

During the next several lessons you will be writing a research paper on a topic that you choose from a list of research questions. The paper will be 3–4 pages long and will be followed by a list of works cited on its own page.

Check your Notebook document for more information on how to choose one of the following questions as your topic. Here is the list of research questions:

• Overall, how are young people affected by their participation in social media?
• What philosophies, thinkers, and documents most influenced the writers of the United States Constitution?
• Why have some cities been more successful than others in reducing homelessness?
• What effect do teenage curfews have on crime and public safety?

Follow these guidelines in structuring your paper:

• Include an introduction that presents the topic, engages readers’ attention, and poses the research question as its thesis.
• Include body paragraphs that achieve the following:
  • Feature evidence, drawn from credible and relevant sources, that answers the research question posed in the thesis.
  • Contain synthesized information from at least three different sources.
  • Establish clear relationships among facts, reasons, and evidence.
  • Contain correctly formatted in-text citations to at least three different sources.

• Include a conclusion that
  • Summarizes the major points of the body paragraphs
  • Re-asks the research question posed in the introduction
  • Answers the research question based on the findings of the paper
• Includes a works-cited page that
  • Includes at least three sources from both print and digital sources
  • Use MLA format to correctly document all sources
  • Supplies full source information corresponding to all the in-text citations
• In terms of mechanics, the paper should
  • Use formal language and an objective tone.
  • Follow the rules for grammar and usage.

Requirements: 4 pages

Describe the event/time period and explain why it helped you to understand the “American experience”.

Pick an era from this course that fascinated you.

Describe the event/time period and explain why it helped you to understand the “American experience”.

What would you like to know more about this event/time period?

Why do you think understanding this event/period in history is important for future generations to know about?

Commenting on your classmates’ posts is encouraged but not required. 

how can the costs be justified relative to the perceived value of adoption? 

Assignment No. 6 ~ Technology Innovation for competitive advantage
For this assignment, use the business that you selected for Homework 1 — unless you clear a new selection with your facilitator in advance.
Good news! The business evolution that you proposed (from Module 1) was accepted!
Over the next two years, your organization needs to shift its business model and widen its technology exploitation in order to expand in its existing market, expand into new markets, facilitate new products and services, and reduce costs, using your business evolution as the beginning platform to do it from.
Your mission is to provide the CEO or CFO with technical recommendations on how to accomplish these goals and fulfill your business model evolution proposal.
Your assignment is to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the CEO, CFO and the Board of Directors, describing a technology you believe should be adopted, describing the benefits, costs and risks of adoption, and recommending how to proceed. However, all work and ideas not your own should be clearly acknowledged in the PowerPoint notes in accordance with academic standards.
Use your own words and do research to back up your assertions! Your objective is to convince the committee to adopt your proposal.
Use the PowerPoint “Notes” section for comments that you would supply verbally at the presentation. Also use it for explanations to your facilitator.
Address (in order) the sections described below in approximately 15 PowerPoint slides with Notes sections. Typically, an average submission is about 12-13 slides with speaker notes. You may follow this with appendices if you wish.  Appendices will be read only as needed.  You need not address every point mentioned within each section – just those most significant for your organization and the technology, and which result in a clear, coherent overall presentation.   Give approximately equal space to the sections.
For 5 points of extra credit for this assignment, you can record yourself going through the presentation and upload it as well either separately or as part of the presentation. This must include video to achieve the 5 points of extra credit!

Hints:
This presentation is designed to convince your CEO, the CFO and the Board of Directors. The slides should steer a course between the extremes of wordiness (remember that you can talk to add content) and bare-bones meaninglessness (viewers need words with meaning). Vary bullet slides, figures, and tables to maintain attention.
You have limited space, so conciseness is important.
Organizational Background
This section of the presentation demonstrates to the CTO/CIO that you clearly understand your organization’s background enough to advocate the technology you propose. Emphasize the basis on which it competes with similar organizations (or for organizations where there is no relevant basis for competition, describe the organization’s mission).  Include mention of technology that your organization uses, but only to the extent that it is relevant or needed to understand this presentation. This will probably differ somewhat from assignment 1 in that it describes the background for the proposals you are making in this presentation: However, you are free to cut and paste from assignment 1 if you wish. The section in this week’s notes on SWOT may help too.

2. Technology Description
   Re-cap your business model evolution and then identify and describe a technology (e.g., virtualization) that your organization should adopt, along with its key capabilities and characteristics.  The specifics of “how” the technology would be implemented are not required in this section. If it is to replace technology your organization currently uses, consider summarizing key technology differences.  Focus on the here on the essential technology description, as well as on the problems you expect that adoption would solve. Do not focus on these details about the technology (especially ones extracted from marketing materials).  Where possible, focus on the technology, rather than one particular product or supplier’s version. The section in this week’s notes on IT portfolio management may help for this and subsequent sections. In thinking about this, note the section in this week’s notes on “The Technology Hype Curve.”
   Use and Benefits
   In considering a technology, it is possible or even likely that you have a specific use in mind (e.g., for a specific project, or to solve a specific problem). However, keep in mind that a technology may be used for a variety of purposes, and that after its first use, others applications may present themselves.

Your task in this section is to be somewhat visionary, and imagine, where possible, a range of potential uses (in part, so that you can justify amortizing any one-time costs of adoption over multiple uses) and benefits, while still remaining pragmatic. Be clear about exactly how features of the technology support the benefits described. Recall the following.
Operational Uses and Benefits.  What are the most significant ways in which adoption of the technology could allow your organization to operate more effectively?  Consider both new opportunities, as well as ways in which existing problems and compliance requirements can be addressed.
Competitive Uses and Benefits. What are the most significant ways in which adoption of the technology could benefit the company’s competitive strategy (or for organizations where there is no relevant basis for competition, consider how adoption would support the organization’s mission)?  Consider new opportunities (e.g. ways of expanding or extending the company’s business model), as well as ways of addressing existing environmental (e.g. regulatory, economic) and competitive forces.
Hints:
For technologies whose benefits are primarily operational, there may be no competitive use or benefit that you can clearly articulate.  Don’t stretch to find competitive uses and benefits that are not clear.
Internal cost reductions, by themselves, are primarily an operational benefit rather than a competitive benefit, unless the cost reduction is intended to directly affect product or market positioning (e.g. by lowering prices in a market where cost is a primary basis of competition) or to provide the crucial additional revenues needed for specific competitive strategies.
Technologies that will be adopted for incorporation into products or services that your organization offers may primarily have competitive uses or benefits and may not have significant operational benefits for your organization.  Note that operational benefits refer to your organization, not to your customers.

4. Technology Analysis
   Summarize the preliminary analysis you have done which convinced you that the technology is viable and appropriate for its intended uses in the intended timeframe, and to identify any additional analysis that will be needed as part of the adoption consideration process.   
   Consider and address the specific points below to the extent that they serve this purpose.  The goal is not to necessarily address every point, but to include material and organize this section in a way that provides a clear, cohesive, and diligent analysis of the technology, and how it would fit into your organization’s technology infrastructure. Focus here on “what” the technology is, not necessarily “how” it will be implemented in the organization. You may find the section “IT Architecture Planning” – and, of course the section on “Technology Analysis” – in this week’s notes helpful for this part of the assignment.
   Technology Maturity. 
   Think about where the technology currently falls on the reality curve, where you think it will fall at the time you believe it should be adopted, and what that says about whether your organization should adopt it.  What successes and difficulties have been reported in both experimental and actual deployments, especially in situations similar to the uses you imagine?  How stable and mature are the companies developing and supplying the technology?
   Technology Displacement and Disruption.  In what ways, to what degree, and how rapidly might this technology displace other existing technologies, especially ones your organization is currently using?  How might this affect whether and when your organization should adopt it? 
   Technology Impacts.  Think about ways in which the technology would need to be integrated with your organization’s existing IT systems, and the associated costs and risks.  How might it result in new reliability, privacy, security and compliance challenges? How might adoption drive or limit other technology choices you expect to make in the future?  What other IT-based solutions or initiatives are needed to address these issues and ameliorate these risks?  (Note that initiatives or processes that would involve your organization more broadly are probably better discussed below under Addressing Operational and Competitive Impacts).
   Technology Evolution.  Think about how the technology might evolve over the next five years and how this might affect its value for your organization, or your organization’s need to adopt it.  Might there be added costs or risks if your organization doesn’t have control over how it evolves?
   Technology Alternatives.  Are there alternative technologies (other than the ones you are already using) that could be adopted for the uses you envision?  If so, how would they compare with respect to technology evolution and lifetime benefits, as well as costs, risks and benefits.  Why do you believe the technology you’ve chosen is the best alternative?  Note that if it’s not clear, there might be some additional evaluation needed during the adoption consideration process.
5. Operational and Competitive Risks
   The purpose of this section is to describe the impact of adoption and the approaches needed to ensure that any related issues and risks are addressed successfully. 
   Consider including the following.
   The major issues and risks that will need to be addressed during integration and deployment of the technology (other than ones fully addressed in the Technology Analysis section above)
   What it is about your organization or the technology that makes each of these issues or risks significant and critical (this ensures that you focus on real issues specific to your organization or the technology, not just general principles)
   The operational processes, structures or approaches that will be needed to address these issues and risks successfully.  (These should be very specific to your organization and to the technology.  Note that purely IT-specific solutions and initiatives are probably better discussed above under Technology Analysis.)
   In regard to issues and risks, consider the following.
   The structure, management, business processes, staff and culture of your organization, and whether its capabilities are adequate for successful adoption, as well as any negative impacts that adoption might have.
   The external relationships of the organization, and how they might be impacted by adoption.
   Whether adoption might have any negative impact on the basis of competition in your segment (e.g. might adoption lead to commoditization) or on the success of your organization’s competitive strategy.
   In regard to processes, structures and approaches needed for successful integration and deployment, consider the following.
   relationships with technology suppliers
   stakeholder involvement
   change management
   resource and capability management (including outsourcing)
   pace and extent of deployment
   management and governance structure and activities
6. Adoption Analysis Summary
   The purpose of this section is to summarize the key reasons why you believe, on balance (considering costs, risks etc.), that the technology is seriously worth considering for adoption, and the reasons for the specific timeframe you are recommending. 
   Consider and address the specific points below only to the extent that they serve this purpose.  The goal is not to necessarily address each and every point, but to include material and organize this section in a way that provides a clear, cohesive and compelling overall analysis that supports your recommendation.
   Adoption Cost and Value.  What are the main sources of cost due to adoption, including some rough $ estimates?  What are the overall costs, and how would they be spread out?  What’s the ROI (or other basis for evaluating return), or more generally, how can the costs be justified relative to the perceived value of adoption?  You might think about quantifying the perceived value in terms of $’s, although this can be hard to estimate, especially when the benefits involve opportunities such as preparing for potential business model evolution or are part of a larger initiative.
   Risks of Adoption.  What are the most significant risks of adopting the technology? What’s the likelihood of the various risks?  What kinds of effort should be put into ameliorating (vs. accepting) the various risks, and what are the associated costs? (Note that these may actually dominate other costs!)  What are the costs and other impacts if the risk scenarios actually occur?
   Other Approaches.  For the uses you intend, are there other approaches that need to be considered that do NOT involve adoption of new technology, and if so, why?  How do they compare with respect to costs, risks and benefits?  Why do you believe that adopting new technology makes most sense?  Note that if it’s not clear, there might be some additional evaluation processes needed during the adoption consideration process.
   Relative Value.  How important and urgent is adoption of this technology relative to other IT activities your organization could undertake instead?  How well does adoption of this technology fit into your organization’s overall IT portfolio?
   Adoption of this Technology.  It is almost certainly worth noting what kind of adopter your organization should be for this technology, with respect to (a) all potential adopters, (b) all organizations in your industry/segment and (c) just those of comparable size.  You will probably want to provide some justification if the answers are different than the one for organizational adoption, in general.

End with a list of references following the standard reference format, as described in References and Citations document.

Use the Ask Your Facilitator Discussion Board if you have any questions regarding the objectives of the assignment or how to approach the assignment. 

Save your assignment as LastnameFirstname_assign6.doc and submit it in the Assignments section of the course.