Author: chris

eflecting on the concepts you have studied in the course, discuss the legal and ethical issues surrounding Solyndra, the California based solar panel manufacturer.  You will need to research the company through the American Military University library. Your essay should include the following:

superhero：yahoo, Marissa Mayer

require：600-800

Identify your business superhero’s real name and the company he/she heads in an opening paragraph where you make a claim about this person’s status: superhero OR supervillain? Based on what evidence?

Provide his or her origin story. Identify the key moments that led to this individual’s transformation from ordinary individual to business superhero. Trace his or her rise to power, including significant job changes or dates of promotion.

Describe your subject’s key attributes or business superpowers, and make it clear how they are illustrated by his or her rise to prominence. Provide supporting examples that show your subject’s super abilities.

Describe his or her iconic Your images should clearly support how your business superhero presents himself/herself to the world, and how his or her appearance clearly “proclaims” a distinctive identity.

What is your subject’s mission? Is it fully reflected in his/her company mission statement, or is it something more? Locate a quote or statement from the company website that expresses the company’s overriding goal, and provide a real-world example of your subject’s performance that either supports or exceeds the company’s mission.

Resources: All previous parts of the Business Plan Practice, Appendix 2—Sample Student Business Plan—and Appendix 3—Advanced Business Plan—in Entrepreneurship: Starting and Operating a Small Business

Combine all previous parts of the Business Plan Practice and submit it as your Final Business Plan project.

Locate Appendix 2 and Appendix 3 of Entrepreneurship: Starting and Operating a Small Business:

• Access the text within the eBook collection through the link provided
• Click theDownload eBooklink
• Click theEntrepreneurship_Entire_eBook.pdflink
• Click Open or Save when prompted
• Use the Adobe down-arrow or scrollbar to navigate to Appendix 2 and Appendix 3

Refer to Appendix 2 as a sample and Appendix 3 as a format guide. The business should reflect the merits of a plan that represents a business venture in a real business environment. As you prepare your business plan, ask these questions:

• Does this business plan do justice to my dreams and goals of owning a business?
• If I saw this business plan presented by someone else, would I be interested and eager to participate and invest in the project?

Description of Assessment Requirements 

As a Human Resource Management Consultant, you have been invited by a company of your choice to advise them on the possibility of restructuring their HR practices in order to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. In particular the Board of Directors would like you to address the following:

Task 1

Drawing on HR models, critically explain the company’s approach to the management of its human capital and whether it is appropriate to current market requirements.

(10 marks)

Task 2

Critically discuss its recruitment and selection in relation to strategic human resource initiatives. Make relevant recommendations as to how it could improve this process.

(20 marks)

Task 3

Discuss its approach to HRD and explain how this could be improved.

(20 marks)

Task 4

Critically evaluate the classical theories of motivation and from your discussion of these theories propose a hybrid theory which may combine the most meaningful characteristics from a range of these theories and which you believe will have practical value in this organisation.                                                                                 (20 marks)

Task 5

Discuss the challenges of managing change in the context of restructuring the company’s approach to managing its human capital.                                      (20 marks)

Presentation                                                                                                     (10 marks)

(Each task should be approximately 800 words in length)

General guidelines:

Assessment Critieria

You will be assessed on the following criteria:

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Further Guidelines: 

•	The submission of your work assessment should be organized and clearly structured in a report or essay format.
•	Maximum word length allowed is 4000 words, excluding words in charts & tables and in the appendixes section of your assignment.
•	This assignment is worth 100% of the final assessment of the module.
•	Student is required to submit a type-written document in Microsoft Word format with Times New Roman font type, size 12 and line spacing 1.5.
•	Indicate the sources of information and literature review by including all the necessary citations and references adopting the Harvard Referencing System.
•	Students who have been found to have committed acts of Plagiarism are automatically considered to have failed the entire module. If found to have breached the regulation for the second time, you will be asked to leave the course.
•	Plagiarism involves taking someone else’s words, thoughts, ideas or essays from online essay banks and trying to pass them off as your own. It is a form of cheating which is taken very seriously.

Report Structure (if used)

Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Discussion/Literature Review

Conclusions

References 

Appendix

 

Why does Jackson Jackson not save the money he acquires? In your view, did he ever have a chance to raise the money and recover the regalia from the pawn shop owner? Why or why not?- there is a reading to go along with it

Assignment
(due Oct. 1St.)
Course Learning Outcomes:
⦁ Demonstrate proficiency in Information Literacy and Technology
⦁ Practice academic honesty and exhibit ethical conduct

Assignment Learning Outcomes:
⦁ Determine credible sources for a research project
⦁ Create correct citations for research sources
⦁ Exhibit developed skills in critical thinking, reading, and writing
⦁ Show a knowledge of the iRead books, March: Book One and March: Book Two

You must identify a research topic of your choice relating to the iRead books, March: Book One and March: Book Two. If you are unsure about a topic, please consult the librarian in your WU101 course. Include the following items below to ensure the creation of a well-developed assignment.

⦁ Provide a brief overview of the books March: Book One and March: Book Two. (1 page)
⦁ What part of the books is most meaningful to you? Why?
⦁ In your opinion, what is the purpose of March: Book One and March: Book Two?
⦁ Would you recommend the books to another person to read? Why or why not?
⦁ Identify your research topic which relates to the March books. (1 page)
⦁ Why are you interested in this topic?
⦁ How does the topic relate to the March books?
⦁ Did you narrow your research topic? How did you do so?
⦁ Identify THREE sources you would use if conducting research on this topic. (2 pages)
⦁ You will use one book, one internet source, and one journal article to complete this portion of the assignment.
⦁ You must cite each source in a works sited page at the end of the assignment. All citations should be written in MLA, APA, or Chicago style format.
⦁ Using the CRAAP test, critically evaluate the quality of each source. Identify characteristics that ensure these sources are credible.
⦁ Explain why you have selected these sources as scholarly works which will support your research. How do these sources relate directly to your topic?
⦁ Explain the importance of Information Literacy as a 21st century learning skill. (1/2 page)
⦁ What did you learn from this assignment? Is there anything you would have done differently? (1/2 page)

SPECIAL NOTES:
You are not actually writing a research paper. You will simply address various parts of the research process in this assignment.
The final assignment should be 4- 5 pages double spaced. The MLA, APA, or Chicago style format works cited page is included in the total page requirement.

• Case Study #1: “Going Green” University Project – This case focuses on a university converting their present facilities to being “green” and is best suited to learners interested in project management within this capacity.

To achieve a successful project experience and outcome, you are expected to meet the following requirements.

1. Choose and provide a summary description of a project that requires procurement management.

2.Annotated Outline and Bibliography: You will need to clearly lay out the structure of your plan and provide an initial set of annotated references for support.

3.

About Your In-Depth Analysis

Concentrating on managing procurement processes, you will need to describe how each of the following work within your organization:

1. Plan procurements.
2. Conduct procurements.
3. Administer procurements.
4. Close procurements.

Your in-depth analysis should include the following:

• Evaluate the effectiveness of each process.
• List the roles and responsibilities of the project manager in each process.
• Propose best practices to improve three (or more) processes. Explain why your proposed improvements would make procurement more effective.
• Must be 8 pg. and follow APA format

Guidelines of the application Papers:

Problem analysis– Select an actual problem/ issue from a LOCAL organization that you have read about or have seen/ uncovered in the organization that you are interviewing.  Gather information on the problem and integrate the information from all your sources into an analysis of the central issues in your case. Your writing should focus on problem or problems identification and evidence supporting your interpretation of the problem or problems

Application of CUSTOMER RELATIONS IN BUSINESSTheories and Concepts: Select theories and concepts from the organizational behavior textbook that offer guidance in solving these problems. Justify your choice of theories and explain their relevance. The textbook is a starting point but you must not rely solely on your textbook as a source of information about organizational behavior. Peer reviewed articles are recommended.  Be sure to include a list of references with your paper.

Suggested Solutions– Outline the steps that the key decision-maker(s) should take and justify your suggestions. Your suggested plan of action must be derived from the theories you have discussed. In some cases, you must develop a solution that integrates across more than one theory. Your plan of action must be specific and include enough detail that the decision-maker(s) could begin implementation.

Specifications for the Final Application Paper

 USE ANY THEORIES AND CONCEPTS FROM CHAPTERS 1- 17 IN THE TEXTBOOK AND RELATE /APPLY TO YOUR CHOSEN ORGANIZATION

• Type report using MSWord®

• Title Page with Title of the assignment, Students’ Names, Date, Course, & Instructor’s Name

• Table of Content format
• Length of report:  minimum 7 pages, double spaced, text font size 12 (titles and headers maybe 12-16). The title page, table of contents, abstract, references, and appendices are not includedin the 7 pages
• APA style
• Appendix format (research information, charts, graphs or others visuals should be placed in the Appendix section, when appropriate)
• Bibliography (sources of information, cited references, etc.)

o    Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (see list provided)

o   The textbook can be used as a reference.

 

Individuals will use a minimum of 5 sources for the application paper. All references must be from Academic Journals. An acceptable list is provided in the syllabus. The journals are available online through the library. Papers will be evaluated for content, style, spelling, grammar and punctuation. (Papers must be “A” work in order for an “A” to be awarded.)

Application papers will be graded using the Application Grading Rubric on the last page of this syllabus.

* APA format is discussed comprehensively at http://www.APAStyle.org.

 

 

Find articles from any of these peer-reviewed journals to support your main theme for the individual paper and for the group project/paper:

NOTE: The article journals below should only serve as guidance not a mandate; you are free to use any other academic sources

Ø         Academy of Management Review

Ø         Academy of Management Journal

Ø         Administrative Science Quarterly

Ø         Journal of Applied Psychology

Ø         Journal of Business Venturing

Ø         Journal of Management

Ø         Management Science

Ø         Organization Science

Ø         Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Ø         Strategic Management Journal

Ø         Journal of Supply Chain Management

Ø         The Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

Ø         International Journal of Value – Based Management

Ø         Industrial Marketing Management

Ø         Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice

Ø         American Business Review

Ø         Journal of Business Research

Ø         Educational and Psychological Measurement

Ø         Journal of Business Ethics

Ø         European Journal of Marketing

Ø         The Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

Ø         Health Marketing Quarterly

Ø         Academy of Marketing Science. Journal

Ø         Marketing News

Ø         Journal of Applied Business Research

Ø         Review of Business

In the online lectures in Module 3 and your textbook readings (“Training and Development”, Leadership”, and “Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Job Involvement”) you learned about the importance of training your employees.  However, training is only effective when employees can retain the information and incorporate what they learn to improve their job performance.

You have just learned that your company is looking for ways to cut back expenses.  One of the cost cutting measures being considered is to terminate the training department, as the company considers this an expense and they do not believe training is contributing to the profitability of the company.  As the head of the training department it is your job to defend the value of the department.  You realize that well trained employees perform their jobs more efficiently and consequently can contribute to higher productivity and profits for the company. One way to show the value of training is to have tools that will allow a manager to track the performance of an employee both before and after they have received training.

1. 1. Report

      Write a report that will be shared with senior management on why training is a very important part of the company’s overall financial success.  Discuss the advantages of having well-trained employees.

 

1. Evaluation Tool

   Using what you have learned about transfer training and the evaluation of training programs create an evaluation tool which can be used to evaluate how effective any given employee training program is in terms of:

• • Increasing the level of transfer of knowledge (knowledge retention)
  • Monitoring the effectiveness of the skill performance in the job performance improvement
  • Include common attributes in your evaluation tool which could be applicable to most employees at the organization such as: employees showing concern for saving the company money or consistently turning in error free work.  Your training tool should contain a minimum of 10 evaluation criteria.

Your training evaluation tool must be included with your report defending the value of the training department.  You know that your report will be shared with senior level managers and eventually to the board of directors.  However, you are uncertain whether or not you will be allowed to present your work at a later time or in a different manner.  Therefore it is important that your report is well written and professional.

Report Details

The report should be 5-7 pages in length and include:

• Executive Summary highlighting all the factors in the scenario.
• Justification of the importance of retaining the training department in the company and explanation of how the training department is important to the overall success of the company.
• Training Evaluation Tool to evaluate knowledge retention and job performance improvement (10 criteria minimum).
• Explanation of how the evaluation tool will be implemented.
• Describe how the evaluation tool will help evaluate the level of transfer of knowledge and skill performance for current training programs as well as, monitor and improve planning for future training effectiveness.
• Summary and conclusion of tool’s effectiveness.

Learning or Cognitive Personality Theories Podcast

Your instructor will assign each team a learning or cognitive personality theory.

 

Imagine you are creating a lesson on your specific theory and you need to provide a supplemental audio file to support your lesson.

 

Record a 5- to 10-minute informational podcast on your assigned theory, including the following:

• Describe the main tenets of the theory and how they affect behavior.
• Provide an example of a situation that demonstrates the relationship between the theory and the behavior.
• Explain the example situation according to a different learning or cognitive theory, and explain how this differs from the assigned theory.
• Outline the strengths and limitations of the assigned theory.

Submit a transcript of your podcast and a reference page, along with the audio file.

Include a minimum of two to three peer-reviewed sources.

Format your reference page consistent with APA guidelines.