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Assignment: Team Assignment

 

In this course, you have an opportunity to work with your classmates as teams. The ability to interact and solve problems together — even at a distance — is a key skill in today’s business environment.

Team Assignment information is available in the Rubric icon below, and your team has a proprietary Team Discussion Board area under Unit 3 labeled Team X Discussion. Your team also has a team-specific email group list, and a private synchronous Chat area, if you choose to use them. Teams sometimes use an instant messaging service, such as AIM. Please post your meeting minutes in your Team Discussion Board area. Setting up a specific time each week to check in may be helpful.

This Team Assignment will require you to:

1. Analyze financial data and present the rationale to deny a loan renewal request.
2. Participate in the Team Discussion Board located under the Unit 3 tab in the left-hand bar.

Course title: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE (not Operations Management).

 

Discussion Week 4

 

Who in your organization is a good motivator? Does motivation have to come from a person, or can an organization in itself be a motivating factor? Explain with reasoning.

 

Instruction:

Please compose a 2-3 paragraph response to the questions above.

Follow the rubric requirements (attached).

Sources must be cited with APA format.

 

This discussion is based upon personal experience but should have references.  Again, the course title is  Managing Organizational Change.

After doing the one page chapter summary,

 

please  Respond to 2 of the 4 Topic Questions.

 

Q1

What trends are predicted by the SDT theory?

Q2

Give 6 examples of states in the USA that are SDT-type states. Give 6 examples of states in the USA that would be considered anti-SDT states.

Q3

If there is no immigration then what is the projected population shrinkage by the year 2100 in the countries of Italy, Spain, Germany, and Greece?

Q4

Explain how the US social security system is like a Ponzi scheme.

 

 

Then post 2 new questions related to our chapter reading.

 

 

 

Respond to 2 of your classmates questions. Below

Two Americas

Do you believe that we are truly turning into a divided country with this issue as the author thinks?

Decrease in Population

Overall, do you agree with the author that our population will decrease to a point that it will cause serious issues?

 

Research paper ( using the attached lecture notes ” structure of corporation”)

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Topic:-

 

Identify and explain all the important parts of a large, publicly traded corporation’s governance structure.  Then discuss how such a corporation is controlled internally – in theory,  and in fact.

Identify and explain the main risks that large, publicly traded corporations pose

1. To their employees
2. To the economy at large
3. To the communities they have facilities in
4. To the environment

and explain how the corporate structure makes those risks larger than they would be if having the corporate form and the possibility of millions of investors were not an option.

 

Make sure that you footnote copiously,  using Chicago style with full information footnotes at the bottom of the page. EACH fact gets its own footnote.  There is no specific word limit,  but being overly vague or general  will not yield good results,  and neither will being wordy.    The way you ORGANIZE your paper WILL count for part of your grade, as will the quality of your research,  and the sufficiency.   Instructions for Chicago Style footnotes can be found in the Marist Online Library.  Go to Research Tools>Reference Shelf>Citation Styles (blue tab)>Chicago/Turabian>Chicago Manual of Style Online.

Make sure your upload is a WORD document.   Make sure it is ONE single Word document….do not create a bibliography as a separate document.  Make the bibliography PART of your answer document.

Once you’ve researched and written it, leave it for a day, then come back and edit it.  The way or ORGANIZE your paper WILL count for part of your grade,  as usual,  as will the quality of your research and the sufficiency of your footnotes.

Pick an ethical issue  that arises in the management of a multinational corporation.  Describe succinctly the situation. It should be either one actual situation in which the issue arose in an important way,  or else it could be a synthesis of situations that arise that all contain the same issue in essential the same kind of factual situation.

Show how the situation you have picked contains an ethical issue as defined above.  Articulate the issue clearly,  and say how it fits the definition above.   It can come out of environmental issues,  human resource management issues,  worker safety issues,   scientific honesty issues,  international contracting situations,  and the like.

The archives (which you can find in the Marist College online library)  of the Christian Science Monitor,  the New York Times,  the Wall Street Journal,  Bloomberg BusinessWeek,  the Atlantic Magazine,  and similar publications should provide you with plenty to choose from.

After you have shown how the issue you picked meets the definition given above,   identify the normative stakeholders (using the Phillips and Freeman definition) and the derivative stakeholders (Phillips and Freeman definition)  most affected, both short-term and long-term.  (In other words, you don’t have to identify and classify ALL the stakeholders,  just the major ones in each category.)  Explain  the basis on which you did each classification.

THEN,  classify those stakeholders another way:   Entities Harmed you may call “EHs”  and Entities Benefitted you may call  “EBs”.   Explain the harms and the benefits for each stakeholder.

Then make a recommendation as to

1.  How the decisionmaking process should be approached
2.  What the resolution of the issue should be,  and why.

The safest way to organize your answer will be to follow the above instructions paragraph by paragraph.  However, if you have an alternative way to do it that will be as good or better,  you are free to do that.

You will do well to re-read the materials in Resources,  particularly   What Does “Ownership”  Mean to Stockholders?  and the Lecture Notes on Ethical Decisionmaking.     You may also find sources in there which you want to pursue and/or update when you are looking for approaches to the last two questions,  above.

 

Make sure that you footnote copiously,  using Chicago style with full information footnotes at the bottom of the page. EACH fact gets its own footnote.  There is no specific word limit,  but being overly vague or general  will not yield good results,  and neither will being wordy.    The way you ORGANIZE your paper WILL count for part of your grade, as will the quality of your research,  and the sufficiency of your footnotes.   Instructions for Chicago Style footnotes can be found in the Marist Online Library.  Go to Research Tools>Reference Shelf>Citation Styles (blue tab)>Chicago/Turabian>Chicago Manual of Style Online.

Make sure your upload is a WORD document.   Make sure it is ONE single Word document….do not create a bibliography as a separate document.  Make the bibliography PART of your answer document.

Once you’ve researched and written it, leave it for a day, then come back and edit it.  The way or ORGANIZE your paper WILL count for part of your grade,  as usual,  as will the quality of your research and the sufficiency of your footnotes.

• From the e-Activity, discuss the impact of adopting IFRS reporting on equity-based accounting for financial reporting and tax payments.  Then, recommend a strategy for companies adopting IFRS to minimize the impact of the accounting treatment.
• Examine the potential results of measuring the fair market value of the equity-based compensation at the grant date on financial statements under GAAP only. Provide recommendations you would make to minimize any distortions in fair market value
• Use the Internet to research the accounting treatment of equity-based compensation under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

Philosophical perspectives and theories on morality contribute to an understanding of the deep-rooted human need to question the role human beings play in society. Whether your views align with those of Aristotle, Kant, or Mill, you can explore the reasons behind your inherent motivation to act responsibly. At the outset of your life, you develop habits of thought based on what you are exposed to, where you live, whom you live with, and your experiences. In this Application Assignment, you critically examine these experiences as well as theoretical perspectives on morality and assess how they impact your moral and cultural identity. You also assess how these experiences influence your concept of social responsibility.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review the “Classical Theories of Morality” as described in Chapter 3 of the Arthur & Scalet (n.d.) course text and summarize key points of each theory. Does one theory resonate with you more than another?
• Make connections to your own culture. Contemplate whether these three theories are reflected in your own culture.
• Review the Cultural Genogram: Dimensions of Culture document in this week’s Resources. Consider the ways different dimensions of culture inform your moral identity (e.g., how your national, ethnic, and/or gender identity informs your moral identity).
• Consider your response to this week’s Discussion.
• Think about how different dimensions of culture inform your concept of social responsibility.

The Assignment:

Write a 2-page analysis connecting the three “Classical Theories of Morality” to your own cultural identity. Explain how the theories align or do not align with your cultural identity. Include how cultural identity impacts social responsibility. Provide three references using proper APA citation.

Wilson, A. (Ed.). (1991). The golden rule. In World scripture: A comparative anthology of sacred texts(pp.114 Cultural Genogram: Dimensions of Culture (Word document)–115). St. Paul, MN: Paragon House.

1. Compare and contrast the roles of mens rea (i.e guilty mind) and actus rea (i.e, the forbidden act or omission)  as they relate to proving a crime has been committed.  Next, discuss whether the concurrent occurrence of these elements is more beneficial to the prosecution or the defense. Justify your response.

 

2. It is common knowledge that jurisdiction, the official power to make legal decisions and judgements, is virtually important to the adversarial legal system.  Discuss the importance of having either subject matter jurisdiction or personal jurisdiction over the cause of action. Include one example of the importance of the chosen jurisdiction to support your response.

 

• Ensure Paper consists of at least 4 pages, double spaced, 12 point font (times new roman), at least 3 references that support answers and addresses the following questions.

• Show work for all calculations and explain how you got them

  Suppose that in 2013, the economy produced 10 shirts at $20 each and 5 hamburgers at $5 each. In 2014, the economy produced 15 shirts at $21 each and 10 hamburgers at $6 each.

• What is the value of real GDP produced in 2014 using 2013 as the base year?
  • (show how calculations was received)
• What would be the growth in real GDP?
• Why is there unemployment even when the economy is at “full employment”? What are some “costs of unemployment”?
• Use the table below:

Year	CPI
2008	100.0
2009	102.5
2010	106.0
2011	111.0

• • What is the inflation rate from 2010 to 2011?
  • Suppose that you have an income of $30,000 in 2008. How much would you need to be able to have the same standard of living in 2009?
  • What are some of the problems with using the CPI as a measure of standard of living?
• Explain some limitations of using GDP as an indicator of standard of living (be sure to do some research on your own).

Bhopal, India – Case Study

The incident investigation should deal with the chemical accident presented below. The case study should include the following components:

 

• A brief introduction of the scene and the accident
• Safety and health impacts of the accident
• A statement on the legal aspects of the incident
• Analysis of the key points from a project management perspective about the incident and accident
• Summary of the article’s conclusions and your own opinions

Conduct a Case Study on this disaster identifying safety management, safety audits, accident investigation, and industrial hygiene issues. Your Case Study should be a minimum of 500 – 600 words and contain the components listed above.

 

Below I have attached all of the references that can be utilized to conduct this case study.  No other reference material can be used. An APA formatted reference sheet has also been attached.     

The Bhopal Incident:

On 2 December1984, a pesticide factory owned by an American multinational – the Union Carbide Corporation leaked a large amount of poisonous gas into the air surrounding a small and impoverished town called Bhopal, India. The immediate death toll has been estimated to be around 7,000 people, and the death toll from long-term health problems now stands at 25,000 – and a further 25,000 people in the slums around the factory continue to be poisoned by the chemicals that have been left behind.

Requirements:

Conduct a Case Study on this disaster identifying safety management, safety audits, accident investigation, and industrial hygiene issues. Your Case Study should be a minimum of 500 – 600 words and contain the components listed above.