How does it differ from author to author, place to place, etc…? What kinds of connections do you see?
DISCUSSION PROMPT
Select a sentence (or short excerpt) from one of the essays from Freedom Feminist Warriors: Genealogies, Justice, Politics, and Hope to use as a springboard to share your ideas on what freedom means to the various authors in this text. How does it differ from author to author, place to place, etc…? What kinds of connections do you see?
Why don’t we elect our presidents by popular vote?
Write a short essay explaining: 1) Why don’t we elect our presidents by popular vote? And 2) If you were representing the State of Maryland in a Constitutional Convention, in order to serve the interest of the State of Maryland, would you vote to keep the Electoral College or would you vote to change the system to a Popular Vote?
Determine two conflicts that could possibly arise as a result of asking people to work on days of religious significance.
Your company has just hired your foreign friend to work in a middle-management position. As a new manager, she is interested in coaching her staff through their careers. Since you have lived in the United States for many years, your friend believes that you understand job coaching for a traditional American company. She wants to work with you and has many questions—some of which concern the manner in which cultural nuances related to religious customs, verbal and nonverbal communication, and so on may affect leadership roles
Recommend whether your friend should assume the role of a job coach as soon as she begins her new position or wait until she has been a part of the company for a certain amount of time. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine two conflicts that could possibly arise as a result of asking people to work on days of religious significance. Propose concrete solutions for these two possible conflicts.
Determine whether cultural factors could restrain the foreign manager from expressing his or her ideas readily. Provide a rationale for your response.
Determine two actions that you can take in order to prepare yourself and your friend to become multicultural leaders. Provide two examples to support your response.
Predict two major conflicts that may arise out of nonverbal communication misunderstandings (for example, words misinterpreted, hand gestures, looks, shoulder shrugs, names of objects). Suggest two actions that your friend could take in order to defuse these types of misunderstandings and thus make the workplace more harmonious. Justify your response.
How do you think the COVID pandemic signals a shift in how work is managed?
The pandemic has required organizations to redefine, redesign, and shift their practices.
When you look at the timeline of the history of management theory and the accompanying historical events that triggered changes in the practice of management. How do you think the COVID pandemic signals a shift in how work is managed?
Describe competency-based compensation programs.
You have been asked by the organization’s senior leadership to explore the practicality of implementing a pay for performance program for your organization. Before providing your summary and recommendations, you will want to consider the following points: How an organization measures the effectiveness of a pay-for-performance plans.
The advantages and disadvantages of a pay for performance plan from the employee’s perspective as well as the employer’s perspective.
Include any additional information that will support your position and recommendation; do not limit yourself to these points.
Your paper should be a minimum of five (5) full pages of double spaced content in 12-point font. This excludes your title page and reference pages. An abstract is not required.
Include a properly formatted APA cover page, an abstract, a properly formatted Introduction and Conclusion, and a minimum of 5 references to support your work, and 3 of those 5 need to be peer-reviewed
The course objectives addressed by this assignment are as follows:
Explain the various classifications of rewards.
Describe competency-based compensation programs.
Describe relative standards in the performance management system.
Discuss ethical issues in HRM
What if the company does not record these adjusting entries? Would financial statements be accurate? Why or why not?
For your initial Discussion post, describe at least two typical adjusting entries a service-type business would need to record to bring account balances up-to-date.
For your examples, one of the adjusting entries should be an accrual and another a deferral. You may use similar examples as those in your textbook and you may also research other typical adjusting entries for service-type companies. Be sure to address the following questions:
What are the purposes of each of your example adjusting entries?
Why are these adjusting entries required?
What if the company does not record these adjusting entries? Would financial statements be accurate? Why or why not?
Should the adjusting entries described be posted to the general ledger before preparing an adjusted trial balance? Why or why not?
Beyond the explanations above, post the actual adjusting entries (with accounts, debits and credits) for each of your examples.
Explain in a few paragraphs to justify why this market (country) will be a good potential market for the selected brand.
In this module, you will complete your country research and report the country profile to evaluate and assess the market that your company chose to enter.
Country Profile: To provide your reasoning behind the proposal of an existing brand or retailers’ store opening, you must expertly study this country based on the concepts and methods covered in this course.
Rationale and Justification: Explain in a few paragraphs to justify why this market (country) will be a good potential market for the selected brand.
Country Overview: Economic/Political/Legal/Technology/Environment/Social/Cultural Background
This section should be an in-depth research and analysis of the target country’s current political and economic structure, economic conditions/infrastructure, geographic location, climate and natural environment, market conditions, technology development and adaptation, environmental awareness, socio-demographic background, and culture in order to assess current market conditions and market potential.
These are all important issues that will impact your brand launch in the market. Do not limit your research to quantitative data. Discuss market characteristics, business practices, social norms, and other factors and characteristics, such as:
What legal or political barriers need to be considered?
What infrastructure issues need to be considered?
What are the major industries the country is built upon?
What is the composition of the labor force and what are the demographic breakdowns and trends?
Country Evaluation: Based on your research, explain why this market has the potential for your company’s growth.
Citations/References
Attention
To get full credit, cite sources properly using MLA citations.
My brand is ADER ERROR and the country that my brand is going is USA
What do you feel has led to the growth and related demands of security management in the United States at present?
What do you feel has led to the growth and related demands of security management in the United States at present? Conversely, what do you feel serves as primary challenges to security professionals in attempting to meet these needs and expectations?
Of what was Socrates accused and why?
In at least 3 pages (typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point, one inch margins), write your reaction to the material, citing at least 3 supporting quotes from the book, . What thoughts occurred to you as you read the book Did the material make you think of anything from your own life? In what way does it connect to the textbook content? This assignment is creative, analytical and evaluative. Do not write a book report or a summary of the book. As long as you write in prose, your work might take the shape of a first-person reaction to the material, a letter, or a journal entry. Feel free to email me with questions about the content or format prior to writing your paper. Additionally, within the introductory paragraphs of your reaction paper, answer the following questions about the material:
Of what was Socrates accused and why?
How did he defend himself? How did he react to the verdict and what was his demeanor as it was carried out?
Please FORMAT your paper using these precise guidelines. Your paper must be:
at least 3 pages in length typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, using the 12-point Times New Roman font
attached as either a Microsoft Word document (.docx file) or a PDF file
Please cite your sources or avoid plagiarism I have tried to turn in my own paper three times and I keep getting plagiarism strikes. Thank you very much for writing this!
Identify the change challenges and needed changes in organizational structure that were required to support changes in IBM strategy
Introduction
In this individual case analysis, students will be assigned an organizational case analysis where they will be analyzing different approaches to organizational design, structure required to support changes in strategy. The objectives of the case study are to give students an opportunity to illustrate how organization structure contributes to strategy, how different environments and factors affect the organization structure, design, and strategy.
Students will write an APA format case analysis report of 1,600 to 1,800 in MS Word (or another compatible word processor), double spaced, 12-point font, excluding title page or references. Instructions:
This case analysis is to be done individually. Carefully read and review the case study and write a 1,800-2,000-word case analysis report, In MS Word, double spaced, 12-point font, APA standards. Your case analysis must include a minimum of 3 external academic resources.
Assignment Questions
Carefully read and review the case study assigned for this term:
Bivins, S. S. (2014). A transformational change at IBM. Paper presented at PMI® Global Congress 2014—North America, Phoenix, AZ. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/transformational-change-ibm-9297 Analyze the case study using all the organizational theory and design concepts you learned so far in this course. focusing on how the organization changed its structure to achieve its new strategic goals.
Make sure that your analysis covers, but not limited to, the following elements:
a. Identify the change challenges and needed changes in organizational structure that were required to support changes in IBM strategy. (Use concepts learned in unit 8).
b. Illustrate how IBM new organization structure contributes to strategy.
c. Apply the concept of organization life cycle to IBM. (Use concepts learned in unit 7).
d. Apply the Change Management Model in unit 10 in the textbook (Experience Change Model/EXHIBIT 10.9/Page 398) to the IBM’s change approach. e. What is your overall assessment of the change approach that IBM used? (Use concepts learned in unit 8)
