What is required to be a good ethical leader in a non-profit organization

Describe your initial expectations on researching your chosen service organization. What specific disciplinary skills (i.e. skills learned in your major) could you apply to your chosen service organization? Write about your thoughts and feelings on researching the service organization and how you might contribute your time in the future to support the goals of the service organization and/or allow you to make a difference in the community. Based on the knowledge gained in researching your chosen service organization and concepts taught in this class on developing a mission and vision, draft a new and improved mission and vision statement for the organization. You should include not only the new mission and vision but also an appropriate rationale for the mission and vision including elements of the organization as well as required elements needed in a well written mission and vision statement. Based on your research of the organization and in drafting the vision and mission explain how you might recommend that the organization expand the diversity of those it serves while achieving its mission. Identify diverse constituencies that might benefit from the organization’s services or with whom it could collaborate to extend its mission. Based on your research, what ethical dilemmas do you think can arise in non-profit organizations? What is required to be a good ethical leader in a non-profit organization (see the service learning handout for links on leadership and ethics in non-profits)? Examine how this service learning experience required different business skills and knowledge than the assignment related to the strategic management project

Identify a practice problem that you have had some experience with as a customer or as a practitioner and explain how eliminating wasteful practices could have improved the experience.

As health care consumers, we all expect quality care and positive outcomes. It is important as professionals that we meet these demands of health care consumers. Consider the work of the major theorists you examined in this week’s Resources and think about how these theories apply to your own experience as a health care customer and/or practitioner.

By Day 3
Post your definition of quality, and apply it to the work of one major quality theorist (e.g., Donabedian, Juran, Deming, Triple Aim (IHI) – Berwick). Identify a practice problem that you have had some experience with as a customer or as a practitioner and explain how eliminating wasteful practices could have improved the experience. Include how your definition of quality applies to that experience.

Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.

Overview
This assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel.

You will be graded on the following criteria:

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.
Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your chosen case study.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
This course requires use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
Cite your textbook as a reference.
Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
Determine the implications and impact of various civil liberty laws in the workplace, such as hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, and wage discrimination.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric.

Choose one (1) of the following case studies for Assignment 2:

Case 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct?
Located on page 342 of your textbook

Do you believe the Board of Education violated her right to privacy? Were they justified in firing her? Explain two to three (2-3) major reasons why or why not.
Was Pettit’s behavior unprofessional or immoral? Do you believe she was unfit to teach? Provide a rationale for your position.
If teachers have good performance inside the classroom, should they also be held to a higher moral standard outside the classroom? Explain why or why not.
Analyze five (5) behaviors you believe would show unprofessional or immoral conduct for a teacher.
Case 8.4: Have Gun, Will Travel…to Work
Located on page 312 of your textbook

Do you have not only a legal, but a moral right to own a gun? Do you believe that you have either a moral or a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned parking lot, regardless of what the lot’s owner wants?
In your view, do employees have either a moral or a legal right to park cars with guns in them in the company parking lot? What do you believe should be the property rights and safety concerns of employers?
Do you think state legislatures are right to get involved, or should the matter be left to companies and employees to settle?
Because the workplace is the company’s private property, the company could choose to allow employees to bring guns not only into the parking lot, but also into the workplace itself. Are there ever circumstances in which doing so might be reasonable? Or would the presence of guns automatically violate the rights of other employees to be guaranteed a safe working environment?

Looking at the nature of the curriculum and topics included, which training topics do you think might be added to help combat the above issues? Why would that help?

You are consulting with a large-size police department that has been criticized in the media for its high levels of recent incidents involving police errors in procedure, police misconduct, and revelations of inappropriate use of force. The police department and the police chief have come under extreme criticism from the media, the community and the city officials. On page 127 of Policing America: Challenges and Best Practices is a list of common curriculum implemented in a police academy. Answer each of the following questions pertaining to that curriculum and defend your answers:

Looking at the nature of the curriculum and topics included, which training topics do you think might be added to help combat the above issues? Why would that help?
Which topics should be expanded in their duration? Why?
Which topics should be refreshed and included in continuing education of experienced officers? Why?
Which curriculum topics should be deleted altogether? Why?

Discover the various responsibilities of a project manager by organizing a project.

This assignment is intended to help you use leadership skills to gather project members from cross-functional departments and skill sets and lead them in the fulfillment and implementation of a mock project.

Discover the various responsibilities of a project manager by organizing a project. See Chapter 19, sections 19.9 and Cases.

Apply project management tools and a PM outline type of your choice to structure and plan the project by defining, planning, and controlling. The project will be a continuation of how to improve the process you chose in Weeks 1 and 2.

Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint (supported by Excel and Word as needed) presentation, with detailed speaker notes, that includes the following:

o Project description

o Project Management Charts (Critical Path, Gant Chart, etc.)

o Improved Process Flow Chart from Week 1

o Meeting cadence/rhythm and timing

o Metrics to measure the project’s success

o Financial and budgetary considerations

o Description of the project reporting structure

Think about how even this current or most recent presidential election was impacted by the ruling you have analyzed.

Tell the reader which of the five key Supreme Court ruling you selected to analyze.

What was the law being challenged in the case? Tell me any of the states or government entities that were part of the case. Who was the Petitioner in the Case? What was the Petitioner’s argument? Who was Respondent? What was the Respondent’s argument? What part or parts of the Constitution were discussed in the case? Why were those parts of the Constitution discussed in the case? What was the final Supreme Court ruling? What was the final score of the case was (for example, 5 to 4 or 7 to 2 or some other combo that, in most cases, adds up to 9). What was the date that the case was decided? Which side won? Was it the petitioner or the respondent? What did it mean that this particular side won? This is the most important part of the assignment: how does this case currently impact your life and the lives of Americans? Explore the political and electoral consequences of the ruling. Don’t just say, for example, in the case of Roe v. Wade; women can now have abortions because only a small percent of the population is of childbearing potential – how did the case impact everyone else more generally? Think about how even this current or most recent presidential election was impacted by the ruling you have analyzed.

Provide a reference list.

Write a brief analysis of the connection between EBP and the Quadruple Aim.

Write a brief analysis (no longer than 2 pages) of the connection between EBP and the Quadruple Aim.

Your analysis should address how EBP might (or might not) help reach the Quadruple Aim, including each of the four measures of:

Patient experience
Population health
Costs
Work life of healthcare providers

Identify an industry of interest that you are going to make ergonomic plan for.

The subject of term paper will be application of ergonomics at a workplace. So far we have

learned various workplace related health and safety issues and how to prevent them. In this

project, you will use the following points to create an ergonomic plan to address an industry

specific problem.

1. Identify an industry of interest that you are going to make ergonomic plan for.

2. Discuss why you chose this sector.

3. Describe the problems workers face in their typical work day.

4. Explain the strategies that can be used to resolve these problems.

You need to find and study (research) sources. You can take help from available ergonomic

plans but make sure that your plan is original. Discuss scientific vs. non-scientific approaches in

your plan as appropriate. Here is the link to help you distinguish between these two sources-

Cite all the resources used for this activity

Develop a short paper in which you compare and contrast informative messages and persuasive messages

Instructions
Develop a short paper in which you compare and contrast informative messages and persuasive messages. Discuss the approaches to an informative message versus a persuasive message and when each should be utilized. Do you think that the indirect approach is shrewd or unethical?

Explain your answer with sound reasoning. Explain the common types of evidence in persuasive messages. What are the differences in logical, ethical, and emotional appeals? Why is it important to establish common ground when communicating with a hostile or resistant audience?

Textbook: Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications, Chapter 8 and review Chapter 2

Based on your research, what are the key drivers for success in the large office supply store industry?

Organizational Resistance to Change (and Why Good Companies Fail)
Assignment Overview
In the Module 1 Case Assignment, you will write a 5- to 6-page paper in which you analyze in-depth the reasons that good companies fail due to their reluctance to respond to changes in the internal company and the external environment.

Case Assignment
To begin the Module 1 Case assignment, read the following article:

Butt, J., & Ivanov, S. (2017). Study of a large office supply retail organization: How good companies slowly go out of business. International Journal of Organizational Innovation, 9(4), 100-116. Retrieved from EBSCO – Business Source Complete.

After you read the foregoing article, visit the library, and consult IBISWorld (download the IBISWorld Academic Overview). Search for “Office Supply Stores in the U.S.” Scan through the various pages associated with the large office supply retail industry, noting key areas of opportunity, key areas required for success, and key threats. Then, in a well-written 5- to 6-page paper (not including Cover and References pages), respond to the following:

Based on your research, what are the key drivers for success in the large office supply store industry? This section should be at least 2 pages in length.
What were the reasons for the failure of the Fortune 500 office supply company as discussed in the Butt and Ivanov (2017) journal article? Are these reasons consistent with the reasons for organizational failure as identified by Sheth & Sisodia (2005)? What other reasons, if any, have you identified? Are there any practical difficulties that served as barriers to needed organizational change? (This section should be at least 2 pages in length).
What recommendations would you have given the leadership of the foregoing Fortune 500 company relative to how the company may have avoided organizational failure? (This section should also be at least 2 pages in length).
Conclude your paper by identifying the key lessons you have learned from Module 1 (as taken from both the Background materials and the Module 1 Case assignment) concerning the need for ongoing adaptation on the part of the organization and the need to avoid organizational inertia and resistance to change. This section should be at least 1 page in length.