What are some of the ways that Pitney Bowes has aligned its goals for diversity with a market-driven approach to meeting its customers’ needs?

 
Assignment:
Assignment – Part 1:
In this assignment, you are the game show host for the Diversity game (attached PowerPoint).
Gather two or three friends or family members as contestants. If you have more, divide them into two groups. Use a piece of paper to keep score and print the second page of the presentation to mark which questions were incorrectly answered. 
1. Open the PowerPoint Diversity game. Start the Slideshow to begin.
Read these instructions to the teams:

One person (or team) will randomly be selected to choose the first question category and level. Once a question is read aloud, all person (or team) will debate the answer. One team will raise a hand or use his or her assigned team noisemaker when the team is ready to answer.
I will call on the first team to respond. If they answer correctly, they will receive the number of points indicated, and they will choose the next question category and level. If their answer is incorrect, I will call upon the second team and so on.
In the event that no team answers the question correctly, I will give the correct response. The team that chose last still has control of the board and should choose the next question.
Scores will be recorded and the winner announced at the end of the round. There will be one round of 25 questions (or two rounds of 25 questions each if you also play Double Diversity).

2. Once you have the “board” displayed, and the first team has selected their question, click one of the cells to reveal a question.
3. To return to the main board, click on the “Diversity” icon in the lower right corner of the screen.
4. If the game is close, use the Double Diversity board.  To advance to the Double Diversity board, click the logo in the top-right (above “The Amazing Race”) of the main game board. This will take you to the Double Diversity! board (Board 2). 
After playing the game, discuss with the contestants why they believe they missed some of the questions.
Write a 500-word essay that evaluates the game play, your thoughts on why questions were correctly and incorrectly answered, and what you learned from the game. 
Assignment – Part 2:
Select three of the following five prompts.  Write a response of at least 300 words for each of the three prompts:

What was one of your earliest experiences concerning race? Describe the experience, how you felt, and how the experience was handled. If you could rewrite that experience, how would you change it and/ or how it was handled?
Explain the concept of “best practice” and what it means in the context of diversity strategy. What are the challenges of developing and implementing best practices? What are the potential benefits?
What are some of the ways that Pitney Bowes has aligned its goals for diversity with a market-driven approach to meeting its customers’ needs? Be specific.
What is/are the common theme(s) between the Bowman exercise and the Miner article?
Review the author’s list of 46 examples of white privilege. Critically evaluate which of these indicate white privilege and which might be artifacts of other forces (market forces, personal choice, etc.). 

 Submit both Assignments in the same document.
Assignment Expectations:

Why is it important to engage employees in implementing an employee assistance program? 

The role of human resources in creating total rewards that meet employees’ wants and needs is important for attracting talent, retaining top performers, promoting employee satisfaction, and much more. Communicating total rewards offerings to top talent assists with understanding the value of all the monetary and non-monetary rewards an organization provides. From benefits to compensation, what total rewards do you value most? Is there anything from the readings in Module Five and Six that stood out to you as something you would love in an organization? 
Before you begin, review the examples of total rewards packages from various companies in the Resources section of this module.  
Then, for your initial post, address the following: 

Identify three different examples of compensation or benefits that would matter most to you when considering a job offer. Be sure to explain why each would be important to you. 
Identify three examples of compensation or benefits that would not matter to you when considering a job offer. Explain why. 

Finally, respond to at least two of your peers by assuming the role of an HR professional at a company trying to create a total rewards program. Specifically, be sure to address the following: 

How could you use the information your peers shared about how they rank various benefits to inform the decisions you make in designing, implementing, and managing a total rewards program?  
What other factors will influence how you perform your HR functions related to total rewards? 

Textbook: Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, Chapter 14 opens in new window, sections LO 14.6, LO 14.7, LO 14.8, and LO 14.9 In these sections, you will learn how organizations can use benefits to match employees’ wants and needs, how to choose the contents of an employ benefits package, how to design and administer benefit programs, and how to effectively communicate the nature and value of benefits to employees. As you read, consider the following:  

Why is it beneficial to match benefits to an employee’s wants and needs? 
What do HR professionals need to consider when choosing benefits for a total rewards program? Why? 
Why do legal regulations affect the design and administration of total rewards? 
Why is the way that HR professionals communicate the nature and value of benefits important? 

Reading: Rethinking Total Reward Strategies opens in new window In this article, you will explore how employees’ diverse and changing preferences directly impact the administration of total rewards. As you read, consider the following: 

Why do total rewards impact employee retention? 
What are current trends in employees’ preferences for total rewards offerings? 
How and why are total rewards mixed and matched to meet workforce needs?  

Reading: How an Employee Assistance Program Benefits Your Company opens in new window An Employee Assistance Program is an employee benefit program that assists employees with personal and professional needs to improve their wellness, job performance, emotional well-being, and mental health. This article dives deeper into the value of these programs and explores relevant trends. As you read, consider the following: 

What is the role of HR professionals in managing employee assistance programs? 
Why is it important to engage employees in implementing an employee assistance program? 
Why is it beneficial to design an employee assistance program that encompasses wellness, job performance, emotional well-being, and mental health options? 

Examples of Total Rewards PackagesThe following list is a collection of total rewards packages from three different organizations. These resources will help you complete the discussion in this module. 

Describe the challenges that the LGBTQ+ communities face in the community.

1. 
Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals and Generic Human Services Professional Competencies adopted by the National Organization for Human Services do not include language or competencies specific to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. Without a specific ethical code and/or competency outlined by the field, human services practitioners do not have clear guidelines for their work with these populations. Additionally, researchers lack a way to formally measure professionals’ abilities with these populations. This leaves potential for these historically marginalized populations to continue to be in a vulnerable position. To address these needs, established competencies in other helping professions (i.e., counseling and social work fields) relative to LGBT populations, and argue that creating LGBT specific competencies in the human services field will lead to more competent practice and support the purpose of ethical guidelines which in part is to serve as a basis for self-monitoring and improving practice.
Advancing the human services field by developing specific LGBT competencies offers an opportunity to set the standard for working with these populations and contributes to establishing a preventative culture. A preventative culture encompasses an ethics ideology which has a focus on preventing recurring ethical issues by developing ethical guidelines and quality control measures to address systemic gaps. The ultimate goal of this culture is to minimize or prevent future conflicts and improve service delivery to these populations. Through the establishment of a preventative ethics culture in the human services field, organizations could better plan for situations that require intervention. Specific LGBT ethical codes and/or competencies would address this call by supporting the intent of ethical guidelines which are to educate professionals, and provide a framework for professional accountability, while serving as a basis for self-monitoring and improving practice.
2.  LGBTQ+ communities face many challenges. They are discriminated against and bullied. They must worry about being accepted by their families and friends when they “ come out.” Many members of this community have thought about suicide. Not knowing how to cope with this, some abuse substances. Members of the LGBTQ+ community do not seek professional mental help or medical help due to fear of being judged. Many older Americans are stuck in their ways and believe in traditional relationships. Also, religion plays a significant role in accepting LGBTQ+ people.“Discrimination in health care settings endangers LGBTQ people’s lives through delays or denials of medically necessary care. For example, after one patient with HIV disclosed to a hospital that he had sex with other men, the hospital staff refused to provide his HIV medication. In another case, a transgender teenager who was admitted to a hospital for suicidal ideation and self-inflicted injuries was repeatedly misgendered and then discharged early by hospital staff. He later committed suicide.” (Director et al., 2022)
There are many programs to help LGBTQ+ people against bullying and discrimination and to help them find the medical help they deserve. There are laws to protect people from being discriminated against. Knowing where these programs are for your area is vital for human service professionals.Organizations can increase LGBTQ+ inclusion by making gender-neutral bathrooms. Pride month is June, and celebrating LGBTQ+ people shows inclusion. Training employees on diversity can help eliminate the terrible stigma against LGBTQ. Employers should make sure promotions are equal across the board.Everyone is human, and just because someone believes differently doesn’t mean they are wrong. The world needs diversity. Everyone brings something different to the table. Sexual orientation doesn’t determine work quality and should not matter. Understanding your client makes it easier for them to trust you.
Should religious people discriminate against someone because their sexual preference differs from their beliefs? 

Analyze ways in which leaders and managers can effectively initiate, shape, and support organizational change.

 
Write internal report that assesses specific change factors you have observed within a selected organization to determine a specific change recommendation and the potential benefits that would come with its implementation.
Introduction
It is important to be able to accurately diagnose the higher priority needs for change in organizations and to develop a high-level process for initiating that change. In this assessment, you will analyze the factors driving change and how these change factors impact an organization of your choice. The emphasis here is not on how to change but on what to change and why.
Preparation
Do the following:

Choose an organization. This can be where you currently work or an organization with which you are familiar.
Select a change model that best applies to a change needed in your selected organization. If you are unfamiliar with organizational change models, you may choose to use those in the Organizational Change: An Action-Oriented Toolkit text.
Research your selected change model and John Kotter’s 8-step model. Use the Capella University Library to find three to five resources to support your assessment.

Scenario
After your recent success heading up a staff development initiative, your supervisor’s boss has asked that you devote part of your time each week to supporting a task force that explores opportunities for positive change within the organization. After an initial orientation meeting with the rest of the change task force, you have been asked to create an internal report in which you assess specific change factors that you have observed within the organization to determine a specific change recommendation and the potential benefits that would come with its implementation.
Your Role
Imagine that you work in any organization you choose in any position you like. For the sake of simplicity, you may choose to imagine your present position at a company where you already work. Whatever your other responsibilities, you are now also tasked with providing change leadership within the organization.
Requirements
Using Kotter’s 8-step model and one other change model of your choice, write a report in which you analyze aspects of the change needed for your chosen organization. Include the following in your analysis:

Describe a change challenge facing the selected organization to sustain success.
List the factors that are driving change for this selected organization.
Identify the type of change that is needed for the selected organization.

You may find Figure 3.1 in the Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change text useful for this identification.

Assess the organization’s readiness for change and ways to heighten awareness. Use the force field analysis model for this assessment. You may use the Force Field Analysis Template [DOC] to guide your work.
Articulate recommendations for change for the selected organization. These are recommendations you would eventually deliver to the organization’s executive leadership team. Make sure you support your recommendations with research. Remember, the emphasis here is not on how to change but on what to change, and why.

Your analysis should be written coherently to support a central idea, in appropriate APA format, with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.
Deliverable Format
In your last meeting with the rest of the change task force, it was collectively agreed that your recommendation would take the form of an internal report that could be shared with other stakeholders within the company. This report should be 5–7 pages, so that you have enough space to develop your ideas and provide some academic support. Since you plan to share your report with the rest of the change task force, your supervisor’s boss, and other internal stakeholders, you want this document to be well organized and readable.
Internal Report requirements:

References: Support the analysis in your report with 3–5 academic resources from the Capella University Library. You must use proper APA style to list your references.
Length: 5–7 pages, in addition to the references list.
Written communication: Demonstrate graduate-level writing skills through accurate communication of thoughts that convey the overall goals of the analysis and do not detract from the message.
Formatting: Use APA formatting, including correct in-text citations, proper punctuation, double spacing throughout, proper headings and subheadings, no extra line spaces before headings and subheadings, proper paragraph and block indentation, no bolding, one-inch margins all around, and no bullets.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Evaluation
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Assess the complex and dynamic nature of organizational change.

Describe a change challenge facing the selected organization to sustain success.
List the factors that are driving this selected organization’s change.

Competency 2: Analyze ways in which leaders and managers can effectively initiate, shape, and support organizational change.

Assess the organization’s readiness for change and ways to heighten awareness.

Competency 3: Analyze the processes of change in people, groups, and organizations.

Describes the type of change that is needed for the selected organization.
Articulate recommendations for change for the selected organization.

Competency 5: Communicate effectively in a professional manner.

Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for business professionals.

Faculty will use the scoring guide to review your deliverable as if he or she were your immediate supervisor. Review the scoring guide prior to developing and submitting your assessment.

Describe the timeline that you will use to track the status of each of your three goals that you have identified. What are the specific dates or time periods you will use as a checkpoint for each of your goals?

For this assignment, you will use the SMART Goals Worksheet (linked in the Resources) to create three personal or professional SMART goals.
Complete three worksheets (one for each goal), ensuring that each goal is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound.

Specific – Describe the three goals in the first box of the template ensuring that they are specific.

What exactly should you be doing to help you achieve the goal?

Measurable – Describe how you will measure the successful completion of each of the three goals.

How will you know when the goals have been completed?
How will you track your progress?

Attainable – Describe how you know each of the three goals is attainable.

Who is going to help you with your goals?

Relevant – Describe the steps needed to achieve each of the three goals.

What skills and resources do you need to achieve each of your three goals?

Time-Bound – Describe the timeline that you will use to track the status of each of your three goals.

What are the specific dates or time periods you will use as a checkpoint for each of your goals?

For further guidance and examples on creating SMART goals, review the media pieces (linked in the Resources).
You will continue to build upon these SMART goals in your Unit 5 assignment after receiving feedback from your instructor.
You do not need to use APA formatting for this assignment. Your assignment submission should consist of three pages only; a single worksheet for each of the three goals you have identified. You do not need to write a paper or submit any other documentation for this assignment.
Submit your paper as a Word document to the assignment area by the due date.
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Differentiate between strategic management, strategic thinking, strategic planning, and managing strategic momentum.

  Peer review references are required for all work in this class. I will not accept websites that are not creditable. I will accept federal and state websites in addition to current peer review journal articles and your textbook and assigned supplemental reading material for the course. I am looking for research to support your arguments and thoughts on our topics. Please let me know if you have any questions about these requirements.
FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND DO THE ASSIGNMENT AS THE RUBRIC ASKS. DO NOT DEVIATE FROM THE RUBRIC PERIOD.
I HAVE UPLOADED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND RUBRIC BELOW. NO PLAGIARISM. MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK. NO EXCEPTIONS!!
Write an 8–10-page strategic plan. Your plan must include the elements listed below. Note that the instructions correspond to the grading criteria for this assignment. You may also want to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion in the scoring guide to see how your work will be assessed:
1. Differentiate between strategic management, strategic thinking, strategic planning, and managing strategic momentum.
2. Propose one specific analytical tool suitable for use as an adaptive strategy that will be the most effective in helping an organization achieve its strategic plan.
3. Propose the manner and provide an example of how the selected analytical tool will be used to
support the strategic proposal.
4. Research three internal and three external factors that could become barriers to the success of
the proposed strategic plan.
5. Recommend at least one solution to each of the possible barriers to implementing your proposed strategic plan.
6. Determine the specific segment of the market that your organization’s strategic plan will target.
7. Recommend the most effective approach to marketing your strategic plan and provide examples.
8. Use at least three quality academic resources.
· Use the Basic Search: Online resources SUCH AS PEER REVIEW ARTICLES AND STATE AND FEDERAL WEBSITES.
· Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
9. Meet requirements for clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting.

You have been tasked with displaying Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital quality measures data for a 5-year period on four quality measures at your site. What conclusions can be drawn for each quality measure over the 5-year period? What trends do you see for each quality measure over the 5-year period?

The purpose of this assignment is to examine health care data on hospital-associated infections and determine the best methods for presenting the data to stakeholders. Use the scenario below and the “Hospital Associated Infections Data” Excel spreadsheet to complete the assignment.
Scenario
You have been tasked with displaying Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital quality measures data for a 5-year period on four quality measures at your site. After examining the data, identify trends and determine the best way to present the actionable information to stakeholders.
Assignment

What conclusions can be drawn for each quality measure over the 5-year period?
What trends do you see for each quality measure over the 5-year period?
When comparing each quality measure, is the quality measure better than, worse than, or no different from the national benchmark over time?
Based on your examination of the data, which of the quality measures should you prioritize and why?
Develop a quality improvement metric and related measures to improve care processes, outcomes, and the patient experience relating to the identified area of opportunity.
Explain how you would monitor the metric and use collected data for improvement.  

Include a title slide, references slide, and comprehensive speaker notes.
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency: 
MSN Emphasis in Leadership in Health Care Systems 
6.6 Develop and monitor continuous quality improvement metrics and measures to improve care processes, outcomes, and the patient experience.
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Which do you think is worse, refusing a customer’s order upfront because you don’t have the units available or accepting the order and then failing to deliver? What are the implications for master scheduling?

Chapter 12 Case Study: The Realco Breadmaster

Develop a master production schedule for the breadmaker. What do the projected ending inventory and available-to-promise numbers look like? Has Realco “overpromised”? In your view, should Realco update either the forecast or the production numbers?
Comment on Jack’s approach to order promising. What are the advantages? The disadvantages? How would formal master scheduling improve this process? What organizational changes would be required?
Following up on Question 2, which do you think is worse, refusing a customer’s order upfront because you don’t have the units available or accepting the order and then failing to deliver? What are the implications for master scheduling?
Suppose Realco produces 20,000 breadmakers every week, rather than 40,000 every other week. According to the master schedule record, what impact would this have on average inventory levels?

Chapter 13 Case Study: Supply-Chain Challenges in Post-Earthquake Japan

What are some of the advantages of the supply chain used in the Japanese auto industry before the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami? What were some of its disadvantages?
Is Toyota’s plan for a “foolproof” supply chain consistent with the Lean production philosophy? Explain.
Can you think of any additional ways Toyota (and its competitors in the Japanese auto industry) can improve upon the company’s plan to create a “foolproof” supply chain?
What impact do you think Toyota’s plan will have on the way it handles relationship management in its supply chain?

The Final Paper:

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Must include a separate title page with the following: 

Title of  paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted

Describe what is kidney stone, it’s signs and symptoms and how the disease occur and how can affect on the kidney .

I want to write 2 part First , write the itnroduction ( 1500 words ) Inculde : 1- infection organisem and infection disease of the kidney which include all this point ( what is the infection of the kidney , what are the organisem that found in the kidney infection with small introduction of all organisem , what are the symptome of infection , how can dignose this organisem . 2- diabetis disease which include ( what is the diabetis disease , how can affect this disease on the kidney , what is the affect of this disease on epithilial cells in urine , what are the symptoms of the disease , what are the type of the disease ) 3- kidney stone which inculde ( what are the kidney stone , type of the kidney stone , symptoms of kidney stone , how the disease occur and how can affect on the kidney ) 4- lupus nephritis disease which include ( what is the lupus nephritis , how can the disease occur , type and stage of this disease , symptoms of this disease ) 5- urine cytology ( what is the urine cytology , ( manual and automated ) , how can to dignosis the kidney disease by this procedure . 2 the second part is liturutrure review about this topic 1- infection ( pathology of the disease , dignosis by the urine cytology ( sedement and smear ) prognosis of disease , change of the epithilial cells in the urine by infection , tretment 2- diabetis ( pathology , diagnosis by urine cytology , change of the epithilial cells in the urine in pateint of diabetis , tretment 3- kidney stone ( pathology , diagnosis by urine cytology , change of the epithilial cells in the urine , tretment ) 4- lupus nephritis ( pathology , diagnosis by urine cytology , change of the epithilial cells in the urine , tretment ) . I need this part 2000 to 3000 words . I have references from which I want the file to be written, and I do not want them to deviate from these references, and I do not want references other than these .

Identify legal mechanisms to protect the innovation through patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets

For a manager to successfully execute a strategy for a product or process innovation, they must have a strategy for the implementation, which requires flexing their skills in information analysis. Understanding the impact of regulatory requirements and the ethical considerations for the rollout are key factors to developing strategies for a successful launch. Each innovation will have its own considerations, such as protecting intellectual property rights, complying with federal regulations and local laws, or issues affecting the community.
This week, you’ll present the implementation strategy for your innovation to the executive leadership team and the project management office (PMO) so they can assign resources and put a project team together.
implementation strategy for the innovation you selected.
Identify the organizational resources necessary to implement and assess whether the organization has the resources or must hire or contract to get there.
Explain any ethical, legal, and regulatory implications related to the implementation.

Identify regulatory stakeholders that may influence the approval and implementation of your innovation.
Identify legal mechanisms to protect the innovation through patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.
Identify any ethical issues related to the implementation of the innovation.