The assessments in this course give you the opportunity to design a project plan. Throughout the 5 weeks, you will choose an organization, create a project, write project metrics, and develop a plan that includes a contingency plan. You may use the course textbook and outside resources for all assessments. This week you will choose your organization and learn about its corporate values.
The assessments in this course give you the opportunity to design a project plan. Throughout the 5 weeks, you will choose an organization, create a project, write project metrics, and develop a plan that includes a contingency plan. You may use the course textbook and outside resources for all assessments.
This week you will choose your organization and learn about its corporate values.
Review the case studies available below.
Case 01: Airbnb, Inc. Case 02: Facebook, Inc. Case 03: Starbucks Corporation Case 04: The Vanguard Group Case 05: McDonald Case 06: Best Buy Co., Inc. Case 07: Tesla, Inc. Case 08: Netflix, Inc. Case 09: Amazon.com, Inc. Case 10: Apple Inc. Case 11: The Walt Disney Company Case 12: Nike, Inc.
Choose one of the organizations to use for all weekly assessments. You will not be able to change your organization, so make sure you are comfortable with your choice.
Use the Degree of Alignment Advanced Organizer (attached) template to:
Describe the mission, vision, values, structure, and culture of the company. Each description should be 75-100 words.
Based on your advanced organizer and further research on your company, analyze the degree of alignment between what the organization is currently doing (actions) and their mission, vision, values, structure, and culture. Think about what your company is doing right and on-brand and where there is room for improvement. Your analysis should be 500-750 words. Note: An organization is typically centered on its mission and vision, but it may not always do as its statement says.
Find a video about one of the following three general topics: Speech anxiety, Delivery of a speech, Persuasion within a presentation
Find a video about one of the following three general topics:
Speech anxiety
Delivery of a speech
Persuasion within a presentation
Once you have found the video, address the following in your initial post, using the provided headings to format your post:
Title
(The general topic you selected)
Summary
(Begin by introducing your video. Next, share the main points. Finally, identify the helpful take-aways.)
Helpful to Others
(Use this section to write a persuasive paragraph that is designed to motivate your classmates to view your video and use the information for their presentation. This is where you should include your reference to the textbook.)
Helpful to Self
(Explain how you are going to apply the video’s information to your own PowerPoint.)
References
(Cite your references for your video and the textbook here in APA format.)
How did your ideas on your topic shift and change?What are some of the misconceptions you had about your topic before beginning? Or, what did you not understand about your topic before beginning this research? How have your opinions, thoughts, feelings, understandings, of the topic shifted throughout this process?
How did your ideas on your topic shift and change?
What are some of the misconceptions you had about your topic before beginning? Or, what did you not understand about your topic before beginning this research? How have your opinions, thoughts, feelings, understandings, of the topic shifted throughout this process?
How did your ideas about research shift or change?
Is there anything about the way you conducted your research or the kinds of sources you found that is different from the way you’ve conducted research in the past?
What are some of the research methods that you used for this project that you found particularly effective/ineffective?
Research topic: Negative impact of social media on young girls and women
-Sources:
https://www.jmir.org/2018/6/e219/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1740144522000638
‘Social media’: the harms to women and girls
Research news stories of a major security breach that occurred on a wireless network within the last four years.Select an incident where the attack resulted in economic or political damage to the targeted organization.Write a 2- to 3-page paper that includes the following: What happened? How did the breach occur?
Research news stories of a major security breach that occurred on a wireless network within the last four years.
Select an incident where the attack resulted in economic or political damage to the targeted organization.
Write a 2- to 3-page paper (@ 350 wpp) that includes the following:
What happened? How did the breach occur? What were the economic or political consequences? How was the situation handled? How could enterprise-level network security planning and policies have helped to prevent this incident? Provide at least two specific examples. If a similar incident did occur with enterprise-level network security planning and policies in place, how would the response have been different?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Extra credits: code a complete C program that uses getch() to enter digits only, make up 2 numbers of no more than 3 digits, add them together in the most primitive wayexample: a set of getch() will input 3, 6 , and 8then the plus signthen another set of 3 digits example: 5, 7, 5in this case, you will be calculating the following:368+575————=the design for this extra credits is up to you.” This program is to find the sum of 2 numbers input by user using getch() function.
Extra credits: code a complete C program that uses getch() to enter digits only, make up 2 numbers of no more than 3 digits, add them together in the most primitive way
example: a set of getch() will input 3, 6 , and 8
then the plus sign
then another set of 3 digits example: 5, 7, 5
in this case, you will be calculating the following:368+575————=the design for this extra credits is up to you.”
This program is to find the sum of 2 numbers input by user using getch() function.
Research and then communicate through a presentation the following 2 elements for the chosen health topic are Substance abuse ( students or families)..The presentation should include a minimum of one slide for each element: Element*****Symptomatic impact of the health issue for individuals Element****** Impact of the health issue on academic and social progress and learning outcomes for students.
research and then communicate through a presentation the following 2 elements for the chosen health topic are Substance abuse ( students or families)..The presentation should include a minimum of one slide for each element: Element*****Symptomatic impact of the health issue for individuals Element****** Impact of the health issue on academic and social progress and learning outcomes for students.
As an organization develops a Total Rewards Strategy, one of the primary categories to consider is the compensation category. For a company to maintain a competitive edge, pay adjustments should be made based on job market fluctuations. As such, it is imperative to know where to begin as an HR professional.Discuss the steps needed to make an informed decision about pay adjustments or to develop a pay structure.Identify at least one method for gathering valid market data, at least one decision factor associated with collecting market data, and at least one data source.Discuss how the chosen data align to make organizational decisions, or potentially hinder progress for an organization.
As an organization develops a Total Rewards Strategy, one of the primary categories to consider is the compensation category. For a company to maintain a competitive edge, pay adjustments should be made based on job market fluctuations. As such, it is imperative to know where to begin as an HR professional.Discuss the steps needed to make an informed decision about pay adjustments or to develop a pay structure.Identify at least one method for gathering valid market data, at least one decision factor associated with collecting market data, and at least one data source.Discuss how the chosen data align to make organizational decisions, or potentially hinder progress for an organization.
Discuss the definition of diversity and diversity consciousness as described by the textbook. 2. Compare and contrast the above theories and practices to the selected corporation you have chosen as your case study. Question: How does this relate to the Fortune 500 list of companies doing the best in the diversity, equity and inclusion realm?
Discussion #21. Discuss the definition of diversity and diversity consciousness as described by the textbook. 2. Compare and contrast the above theories and practices to the selected corporation you have chosen as your case study. Question: How does this relate to the Fortune 500 list of companies doing the best in the diversity, equity and inclusion realm?3. Based on your reading last week and this week, what emerges as a best operational practices for the corporation you have selected. Why is that the case? Draw your conclusion using the textbook as the comparator in discussion.
. Analyze ad discuss the components of individual success within a diverse workplace as described by the textbook. How does it look? How does it feel? 2. Compare and contrast the above theories and practices to the selected corporation you have chosen as your case study.
Discussion #31. Analyze ad discuss the components of individual success within a diverse workplace as described by the textbook. How does it look? How does it feel? 2. Compare and contrast the above theories and practices to the selected corporation you have chosen as your case study. Question: How does this relate to the Fortune 500 list of companies doing the best in the diversity, equity and inclusion realm?3. Based on your reading last week and this week, what emerges as a best operational practices for the corporation you have selected. Why is that the case? Draw your conclusion using the textbook as the comparator in discussion.
Create a table that portrays the similarities and differences between a controlled experiment and a quasi-experiment. Describe how you would conduct a nested case-control study of low socioeconomic status as a risk factor for teenage pregnancy. Explain what is meant by the statement that cohort studies overcome the problem of temporality, which is not addressed by other types of observational study designs.
Address the following listed items: Create a table that portrays the similarities and differences between a controlled experiment and a quasi-experiment. Describe how you would conduct a nested case-control study of low socioeconomic status as a risk factor for teenage pregnancy. Explain what is meant by the statement that cohort studies overcome the problem of temporality, which is not addressed by other types of observational study designs. You satisfy temporality of cause and effect, one of the causal criterianot done in other observational studies. What are some of the practical issues that influence the design of a cohort study? Explain the purposes of blinding and randomization in clinical trials. Describe the phases of a clinical trial to license a vaccine or new medicine. What is meant by a crossover design? Distinguish between a planned and unplanned crossover.
