Write a 700-word paper addressing the following:
For the Session Long Project for this class, you will be applying the concepts from the background materials to your own experiences in the workplace. More specifically, you will be examining the decisions and decision-making processes of the leadership of the organization you currently work for or one that you have worked for in the past.
For this first SLP assignment, think about some major and minor decisions made by your managers that you were involved with or impacted by. Review the background material concepts, and think carefully about how you have personally observed some of these concepts. Then write a 2- to 3-page paper addressing the following issues:
Include both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to
21st Century Corporate Social Responsibility
Read Chapter 2 of the textbook as well as the Snider, Hill, and Martin (2003) article on corporate social responsibility in the 21st century.
Conduct research on the Internet and select a company for which you will summarize the corporate social responsibility of the organization. In your summary, incorporate the following key words and phrases: sustainability, strategic philanthropy, cause marketing, shared value, stakeholders, and global perspective. Include definitions in your own words for these key words and phrases.
The paper
Ethical Decision Making
After reading about Bill Daniels and the story about the insurance company in Chapter 5 of Gonzalez-Padron (2015), answer the following questions in essay form:
Which ethical tradition best describes Bill’s decision to pay the client from his own funds?
Did he approach the decision using a rules-based, virtue or relationship-based, or outcome-based approach, or a combination of approaches?
Bill credits sports coaches for progression to higher stages of moral development. What other factors could motivate someone to develop higher levels of moral reasoning?
Can you think of a person who demonstrates principle-based ethics? How do this person’s actions reflect a highly developed moral reasoning?
Incorporate key words and phrases from Chapter 5 of the text and at least two additional sources into your responses. Use your own words to define the key words and phrases you incorporate. Be sure to cite all sources in the body of your paper and on the references page.
The paper
Must be three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the FSB APA guidance located in the classroom.
Application: Leadership
As entrepreneur John C. Maxwell points out, “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” We have all been influenced by leaders at some point in our lives. Individuals who know the way act in a way that achieves the set goals and demonstrates to others how to accomplish the tasks at hand.
To prepare for this Application, consider the characteristics of leaders described in your Learning Resources.
To complete this Application, write a 1- to 2-page paper that identifies the following:
1. What is the true value of leadership in decision making?
2. How do individuals with the different leadership styles described in your Learning Resources make decisions?
3. Using examples from your own personal work experience, how are those decisions perceived by teammates or other employees based on the different leadership styles?
4. What leadership style do you believe is most effective in a health care setting of your choice?
Instruction:
Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as required. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.
Learning Resources
Media
Pink, D. (2010, March). Walden University Academic Residency Speaker: Human motivation. Retrieved from http://www.waldenu.edu/About-Us/35759.htm
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.
Daniel Pink is a leading business writer and visionary who thinks deeply about America’s workforce and our increasingly complex workplace. He is the author of several provocative best-selling books about the changing world of work, including his latest, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which draws upon 50 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offer a more effective path to high performance.
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Readings
Course Text: Buchbinder, S. B., Shanks, N. H., & McConnell, C. R. (2012). Introduction to healthcare management. (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Chapter 7, “Leaders and Managers”
This chapter examines the relationship between leadership and the culture of health care organizations. The author describes various types of leadership and highlights characteristics of effective leadership different styles in different health care settings.
Chapter 9, “Decision Making and Problem Solving”
Decisions made in health care can mean life or death for patients. While not every decision is life altering, most decisions made by health care managers can impact the organization’s ability to provide care. In this chapter, the author introduces problem solving and decision making from the role of the health care manager.
Chapter 6, “Team Leadership”
Various teams function within the health care setting. This chapter examines the characteristics of effective teams and identifies the common reasons for team failure.
Book: Borkowski, N. (2011). Organizational behavior in health care (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Chapter 1, “Overview and History of Organizational Behavior”
Borkowski, N. (2011). Organizational Behavior in Health Care, 2e. Copyright 2011 by Jones & Bartlett Learning. Reprinted by permission.
Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science that has significant implications on the diverse array of professionals that work in the health care field. This introductory chapter will identify the major challenges facing health care organizations. The author highlights important research into how people behave in organizations.
Article: Freshman, B., & Rubino, L. (2002). Emotional intelligence: A core competency for health care administrators. The Health Care Manager, 20(4), 1–9. Retrieved from http://auth.waldenulibrary.org/ezpws.exe?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=12083173&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Emotional intelligence, or EI, includes critical management skills that are beneficial to health care managers. This article highlights the proficiencies in intrapersonal and interpersonal skills that are important in order to develop to enhance health care manager’s abilities.
Analysis of the current government. What are issues that you see with this government? And why? Need 9 modern examples. APA format
The minimum number of sources and citations for your short paper is three sources and citations for two quotations or paraphrases.
Assignment 2: Motivating Employees
Employees who are satisfied and feel fulfilled in their jobs will be more productive. Managers will also experience less turnover than with employees who are dissatisfied with their jobs. Finding ways to motivate employees and creating a workplace where they are motivated and feel appreciated can be a challenge for managers.
Research methods of motivating employees using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet,
Go to the Webliography and review the following:
Based on your readings and research complete the following:
View problem scenario B to learn more about regulatory challenges. This scenario provides key information in helping formulate answers for assignments in Phases 3 and 4.
Note: All character and company names are fictional and are not intended to depict any actual person or business.
During the preparation for your meeting, you discover that UWEAR and PALEDENIM do not currently have any policies in place to provide whistleblower protection as outlined in the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act, Section 806. Because UWEAR is a publicly-traded company, as will be PALEDENIM, you recommend that they immediately implement a policy to address this issue.
You schedule a meeting with the two executives responsible for the policy decisions in human resources (HR): Sharon Reese, the HR manager for UWEAR; and Marcia Henry, the HR manager for PALEDENIM.
“Thanks for meeting with me today, Sharon and Marcia,” you say as you shake their hands across the table in the small conference room. “As you both may be aware, we have many challenges that are facing us during this transition period of the merger.” Watching their body language, you see that they are wondering what you want from them. As a strategic manager for a consulting firm, you have been in this situation before. You are an outsider who is trying to help a company and their employees change, and you have found that nobody likes change.
“Because we haven’t had the opportunity to work together up to this point, I was hoping that you could share with me some of your philosophy about management and tell me about your management style,” you say. “How do you like to manage?”
“I guess I’ll start,” says Sharon. “I’ve been an HR manager for over 17 years with UWEAR and have seen this company grow and change quite a bit in that time. I took this job right out of college after getting my B.A. in human resources management. I feel that I am successful because I make things happen. If something needs to be done and needs to be done quickly, people always come to me. I have a very intuitive management style, and I get a real feel for people and situations. I inherently know what needs to happen to get the job done. Also, I don’t think it’s necessary to create huge project plans with long implementation timelines. If you want something done, I’ll get it done for you. People who invest all of their time in planning and strategizing take too long to get things accomplished. Time is wasted, and the team loses momentum.”
“Thanks for sharing that information, Sharon,” you say. “I get a feeling that you are someone who can really make things happen, and I can appreciate that. Marcia, how about you?”
Marcia starts, “I have been the HR manager for PALEDENIM for the past 3 years. I have about 20 years of experience in the HR field and have an MBA. I feel that I’m an effective and trusted manager. I seldom interact with my vice president because she trusts me to do the job that I was hired to do. I don’t get much glory, but I don’t get much grief. My goal is to bring my projects in on time and at or below budget. Sometimes it is necessary to request additional resources to meet time lines if plans don’t go off as scheduled, but I am not afraid to speak up and make that request. My projects are planned and laid out prior to implementation. I partner with my team to make sure they are successful and, in turn, I am successful.”
Answer the following in a paper of 2–3 pages:
This has 4 parts and needs to be 2 paragraphs long each one with references. So Occupation needs to be 2 paragraphs long, the league vs. the un 2 paragraphs long, etc.
What were the goals of the German and Japanese occupation? What role did they play in contributing to the emerging East-West Conflict.
The League vs. the UN
How did the failures of the League of Nations influence the structure of the United Nations?
Post-War Visions
What were the American and Soviet visions for the post-war world? What were the role of these visions in contrbuting to the emerging Cold War?
The Cold War
Were the Soviets or the Americans primarily responsible for the emerging Cold War? Is there someone or something else to blame?