Briefly, discuss the findings in a study conducted by Donner, Fridell, and Jennings (2016) pertaining to the relationship between self-control and police misconduct
Police Misconduct
Briefly, discuss the findings in a study conducted by Donner, Fridell, and Jennings (2016) pertaining to the relationship between self-control and police misconduct.
In doing so, discuss Gottfredson and Hirschi’s (1990) general theory of crime as it is relative to self-control theory and police misconduct.
Note: The essay response given should reflect upper-level undergraduate writing in accordance with current APA standards. The essay response is to include in-text citation(s) in proper APA format. Intext citations are to correspond to a source in proper APA format listed after the essay response.
Analyze whether the organization meets any of the determinants of a psychologically healthy workplace.
The purpose of this paper is for you to apply your knowledge of I/O psychology to a real-life organization. More specifically, this project will give you the opportunity to examine the organizational practices of a specific company of your choice that makes it a “psychologically healthy workplace.”
Background Work
• Read the document Introduction: Building a Psychologically Healthy Workplace provided in this module to learn more about the determinants of a psychologically healthy workplace.
• Visit the below URLs to learn more about the PHWA and some companies that have won this award:
o https://www.apa.org/applied-psychology/phwa-2019-winners
o https://www.psychologists.bc.ca/content/psychologically-healthy-workplaceawards
o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2__qb0sOOac
• Identify a real-life organization you may analyze.
• Find a contact within the organization you have picked. This person cannot be yourself,
and must be someone in a management or human resources position (i.e., someone who clearly knows about the organization’s policies and practices). If you have been or an employee of this organization, you may include your own personal experiences in the paper, but this should not be the primary perspective (see bullet below).
• In addition to the management/HR contact, you must utilize at least one other source to gain information about the organization. This may include, but is not limited to: news articles, press releases, the organization’s employee handbook, an employee in the organization (this can be yourself), etc.
• Create a list of questions that you will ask your contact(s).
The Write-up
• Your paper should include five sections: 1) description of the organization; 2) discussion of organizational practices and policies as they pertain to each of the five psychologically healthy workplace criteria; 3) recommendations on how the organization may improve their practices and policies to be more psychologically healthy; 4) references; 5) appendix. Below are more details regarding each section:
1. Describe the organization you have chosen (e.g., name, location, approximate size, type of sector, etc.). Why did you choose this organization? Who was your contact and sources of information?
2. Analyze whether the organization meets any of the determinants of a
psychologically healthy workplace. You must include all five criteria in your
analysis. In describing the practices/policies of the organization, do not merely
include verbatim the responses of your contact person. Discuss what they shared with you in your own words, by incorporating into this section to describe the organization. Discuss whether the organization meets each criterion for being a psychologically healthy workplace. Be very specific about any practices that you include. For example, do not merely state that the organization provides opportunities for employee growth; instead, describe what it is that the organization does (e.g., provides employees tuition reimbursement). Your analysis of the organization should be based upon research (see #4 below).
3. Provide recommendations on how to make the organization more
psychologically healthy. Recommendations should be specific (i.e., a specific
organizational practice or program) and based upon research (see #4 below).
4. You must back up your analysis and recommendations with research from peerreviewed
journal articles. Each “healthy workplace” criterion must include at
least one reference; therefore, there must be a total minimum of five references included in your paper. The research articles must come from the research journals listed on p. 18 of the Aamodt textbook; those listed under Bridge Publications and Trade Magazines and the textbook may be used but will not count toward the five required references. Failure to include references will result in deduction of points. Use APA style for your reference section.
5. Appendix should include the name, position, and phone number or email
address of the person(s) whom you contacted for your paper. Remember, the
primary contact must be someone in management or human resources. I may
contact this individual to verify the information you have provided. Appendix
should also include the questions you created and used to ask your management/HR contact about the organization. Failure to include this will
result in zero points on this paper.
Discuss the companies’ management of human capital in the merger or acquisition.
For your final essay, you will be applying the concepts learned throughout this course to an analysis of a merger or an acquisition. Much of the information you will need to complete this analysis can be found in the company’s annual report. You may choose any recent merger or acquisition (within the last 5 years). Using the concepts from this course, you will analyze the success of the merger or acquisition.
The completed project should include the information listed below.
Provide an introduction to the companies involved in the merger or acquisition. Include the companies’ background information and the reasons for the merger.
Evaluate the financial statements of both companies (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement).
Evaluate the potential and actual risks that occurred during the merger and what the companies could have done differently to mitigate these risks.
Discuss the companies’ management of human capital in the merger or acquisition.
Evaluate the soundness of the company’s financial policies after the merger (e.g., capital structure, debt, leverage, dividend policy, enterprise risk management, and others.) based on the material covered during class.
Include a synopsis of your findings, including your recommendations and rationale for whether the merger or acquisition was beneficial to both companies and your recommendation on best practices for moving forward.
This analysis should be at least three pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. Support your findings and recommendations with evidence from the annual report and at least five scholarly sources, such as the textbook, industry reports, and articles from the CSU Online Library. Use APA format to cite and reference all sources, including any websites that were used to access company information.
Explain how the strategic analysis tools found can help your chosen organization build a future-oriented strategy.
Scenario:
Choose an award-winning company from the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program website to study ( I CHOSE LOCKHEED MARTIN https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/2017/10/11/2012_Lockheed_Martin_MFC_Application_Summary.pdf ) . You will evaluate the Award Application Summary as a business case. You are the director of strategy and business Intelligence for your chosen company. You are conducting an evaluation of your chosen company for an upcoming annual report. Your goal is to demonstrate skill and expertise in strategic analysis of the strategic position of your company. You will be submitting this report to the other C-level executives for consideration. Use the following criteria to make strategic decisions for your chosen award-winning organization.
Assignment Part 1 Requirements:
Provide background information about your chosen company, including the company name, industry sector in which the company operates, products, and target market. Elaborate and use research.
Introduce the concept of strategic analysis
Explain how the strategic analysis tools found can help your chosen organization build a future-oriented strategy.
Explain the macro-environment, how to analyze the macro-environment, and its importance to strategy development. Use theories, principles, and concepts from various research resources to substantiate your thoughts, opinions, and ideas
Conduct a PESTEL analysis and identify three strategically relevant factors per PESTEL component that may impact the long-term direction of your chosen company, including its strategic vision and mission, objectives, and business model ).
After the PESTEL analysis table, explain what strategically relevant factors are most likely to have a higher impact and which are likely to have a lower impact on your chosen companys situation and business strategy.
Explain the five forces framework and its value in diagnosing the competitive conditions in a companys industry
Conduct an analysis using the five forces framework to diagnose the competitive conditions in your chosen companys industry.
Analyze the rivalry among competing sellers of your chosen company
Analyze the competitive pressures associated with the threat of new entrants
Analyze the factors affecting competition from substitute products
Analyze the factors affecting the bargaining power of suppliers
Analyze the factors affecting the power of buyers
Explain the significance of the SOAR framework for competitor analysis as a strategic analysis tool in your chosen companys industry
Assignment Part 2 Requirements:
Explain how the tools for analyzing the internal environment of an organizationcan help your chosen organization to develop a competitive edge over rivals . Use theories, principles, and concepts from various additional research resources to substantiate your thoughts, opinions, and ideas.
Explain the components of a single-business companys strategy
Identify three key financial ratios. Explain why they are strategically important and how your chosen company can use them to analyze its current situation for strategic planning purposes
Explain the value of conducting a SWOT analysis to a company
Conduct a SWOT analysis on your chosen company. Determine the companys strengths and weaknesses in relation to the market opportunities and threats
Explain how the results of a SWOT analysis can be turned into strategic actions (
Explain how value chain activities impact a companys cost structure and customer value proposition.
Explain how your chosen companys resources and capabilities give it a competitive edge over rivals.
Explain what strategic issues and problems merit front-burner managerial attention for your chosen company.
Analyze the results of your strategic analyses and explain your chosen companys competitive situation and how this information can assist managers in making critical decisions about their next strategic moves.
Each slide should have oral narration and notes. Your slides should be professionally designed.
Identify three key aspects of leadership in World War II based on the readings of the second half of the course.
Identify three key aspects of leadership in World War II based on the readings of the second half of the course. Then, reflect on how leadership in each case was effective or ineffective (or both.) Also, consider what we can learn about leadership from each event. Do not merely tell the reader what happened.
Your essay must be at least 500 words in length and must include a topic sentence and a closing sentence. Include at least two meaningful quotations from the text with specific page numbers placed in parenthetical citations. DO NOT include outside sources. DO NOT merely write about what happened. 75% of the response should be your analysis and reflection, with the other 25% quotes or facts from the textbook.
Minor grammatical or spelling errors are not penalized.
3/4 of the essay should contain your analysis of the factual information. Essays predominately comprised of facts will be penalized significantly. Facts should support, but not dominate, the essay response. Quote from the textbook ONLY.
Do Americans get what they deserve from our economic system?
Do Americans get what they deserve from our economic system? Do Americans who live in poverty deserve to live in poverty? Do wealthy Americans deserve their wealth? What needs to be changed in order to make our economic system better?
In your answer you should demonstrate thoughtful understanding of the different schools of thought we have studied in relation to economic justice (e.g., capitalism, socialism, Rawls difference principle, etc.) and you should demonstrate an accurate knowledge of the distribution of basic economic goods (e.g., healthcare, income, social security, education, etc.) in the United States today.
Evaluate effective working capital-management techniques.
For a health care organization to survive and grow, it requires capital. Effective capital management is vital for the business to function, especially in health care sectors that exist with such narrow profit margins. Your business operations skill is important to be able to identify risks associated with various financing options for capital projects that fund growth, purchase equipment, and build new facilities.
Preparing for the Assignment
Create this assignment using Microsoft® PowerPoint®.
Assignment Directions
Create a 12- to 15-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes in which you:
Evaluate effective working capital-management techniques.
Evaluate alternative capital projects.
Analyze risks associated with capital projects.
Describe the decision-making factors in lease versus buy.
Describe the effect of financing strategies on the cost of capital.
Describe the benefits and risks of debt financing.
Incorporate appropriate use of images or other multimedia in your presentation.
Cite any sources, images, and multimedia included in your presentation.
Format your references according to APA guidelines.
How does your chosen topic relate to interpersonal communication competence?
Throughout this course, you have delved into many areas of interpersonal communication. Now it is time to demonstrate what you have learned. Select one of the following topics previously covered and explain how it relates to interpersonal communication:
Perception
Culture and Communication
Gender and Communication
Listening
Verbal Communication
Nonverbal Communication
Conflict
Relationships
Create a PowerPoint with a visual presentation, address the following:
How does your chosen topic relate to interpersonal communication competence?
What possible communication barriers are related to your chosen topic?
What knowledge or skills related to your chosen topic can improve communication?
What have you learned about yourself, related to your chosen topic?
Your visual presentation must include 5-10 PowerPoint slides and should be in the following format:
Title slide (1 slide)
Discussion (3-8 slides)
List of references, including at least three scholarly references (1 slide)
What are some over-the-counter stimulants? How do they differ from cocaine and amphetamines?
What are some over-the-counter stimulants? How do they differ from cocaine and amphetamines? How are they similar? How are barbiturates and sedative-hypnotics different from non-prescription methods to enhance sleep or reduce anxiety? What methods other than prescribed medication could be used to enhance sleep or reduce anxiety?
Application Paper assignments require the student to think about and apply what they have learned and write about it in a meaningful way.
What are three of the most important things about internet safety that you would recommend, and why?
Discuss the following regarding internet safety:
What are three of the most important things about internet safety that you would recommend, and why?
