Describe how yourownlevels ofmotivationaffect your performance on a task or on your job/career.

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Consider your own experiences as an employee, and think of a time when you were highly motivated to perform well (e.g., a task, major project, or stage of career advancement). What factors do you see as contributing to this motivation? It is likely that an engaging task, a great boss or coworkers, or the potential for reward or advancement helped the experience you imagined stand out as particularly motivating.

Now, consider a time when you felt particularly demotivated. Did you feel your efforts were futile or that they would not be adequately recognized? Were the expectations placed on you unreasonable or unsupported by management?

How do you view the OD consultant’s role in improving employee motivation within an organization? As an OD consultant, you will likely bring change to an organization, and you should consider how these changes may potentially affect the motivation and performance of the employees.

To prepare:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the effect that motivation has on performance.
  • Consider what the OD consultant’s role is in improving employee motivation.

By Day 3

Reflect on and post a response to the following questions:

  • Describe how yourownlevels ofmotivationaffect your performance on a task or on your job/career.
  • Identify some ways that you canassess your own levels of motivation.
  • Identify what motivates youand whatdemotivates you.
  • Explain how this self-knowledge applies to your role as an OD consultant.
  • Identify the OD consultant’s role inimproving employee motivation

select a company and research their brand ambassador program.

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When implemented correctly, a corporate brand ambassador program can be a powerful tool to improve organizational culture; increase employee motivation, retention and performance; and change external company perception. As an OD consultant, a brand ambassador program may be a tool that you consider implementing to create positive change within a client company.

For this Assignment, you select a company and research their brand ambassador program. As you research your selected company, identify how the brand ambassador program impacts the organization and consider elements of the program that you see as especially effective or that you may choose to change.

To prepare:

Choose a company from the list below and research their employee brand ambassador program.

  • Adobe
  • Coca-Cola
  • Deloitte
  • GE
  • Nokia

By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper written in APA format and style in which you evaluate your selected company’s brand ambassador program and the impact it has on employees, the organizational culture, external perceptions, and overall company performance. How can shared values be promoted via brand ambassadors? As an OD consultant, is this a model you might recommend to your own clients? If so, how might you initiate and implement a brand ambassador program for a client organization?

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation.

Submit your assignment by Day 7 of Week 5.

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how personality can influence or impact work behavior.

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Each of us is different, with unique personalities and preferences. Workplaces are conglomerations of as many personalities and individual differences as there are employees. Leading disparate groups of individuals, seeking to motivate them despite their differences, or advising others on how to manage sometimes-competing goals, desires, and preferences can be challenging.

Within the field of I/O psychology, understanding the intricacies and effects of individual differences and personalities sets our work apart from other disciplinary areas of focus on management and leadership. It’s from the psychological foundations of our training and focus that our work often differentiates itself. It’s around these aspects of individual personality and preferences that our first Discussion this week revolves.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Read Chapter 2 in the course text, Organizational Behavior, Chapter 12 in The Sage Handbook (vol. 1), the journal articles on personality, and the video, “The Power of Introverts.” Reflect on how specific personality traits affect employee behavior. Also, consider the advantages and disadvantages of using personality measures in the workplace.
  • Read the article, “Personality Tests in Employment: A Continuing Legal, Ethical, and Practical Quandary.” Consider the ethical issues related to using personality tests for making decisions about hiring and promoting employees.

Important Note: For this discussion, you are required to complete your initial Discussion assignment post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings.By Day 3

Post a response to the following:

Briefly explain how personality can influence or impact work behavior. Then describe how personality measures can be used in the workplace. Based on this week’s readings, explain one advantage and one disadvantage of using personality measures in the workplace. Be sure to include a discussion about the ethical implications related to using personality measures in the workplace.

By Day 5

Respond to at least two colleagues. Consider how the points they have made about personality align with your own understanding. Where can you contribute additional ideas or concepts (from the Learning Resources or other scholarly sources)? What evidence can you find to respectfully challenge the perspectives of your peers?

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.

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Managing the Hidden Stress of Emotional Labor.

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Within the workplace, it is common to have organizational and cultural norms for behavior. These expectations require employees to display or refrain from particular emotions as a routine part of their job. Human emotions, however, are influenced by many factors inside and outside the workplace, and there may be times when emotions must be regulated to align with client, customer, or coworker needs. Emotional labor is the term used to describe the emotional regulation required in workplace interactions. For example, a nurse may feel tired, angry, stressed, or overwhelmed, but must appear caring and confident to patients. In addition, a bill collector may have a sweet disposition, but the job requires acting in a harsh and unrelenting way with customers who do not pay their bills.

In this Discussion, you will explore challenges related to emotional labor. You also will consider how personality affects emotional labor.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Read Chapter 4 in the course text, Organizational Behavior, and the article, “Managing the Hidden Stress of Emotional Labor.” Pay particular attention to the definitions of and challenges posed by emotional labor.
  • Read Chapter 12 in The Sage Handbook (vol. 1) and the article, “Emotional Labor and Burnout.” Consider how different personality traits may affect an employee’s propensity to engage in surface acting or deep acting.
  • Identify a job you had or one with which you are familiar that requires emotional labor. Consider the challenges emotional labor poses for an employee in this job and how specific personality traits might influence the level of emotional labor required.

By Day 5

Post a response to the following:

Briefly describe the job that you selected. Using specific examples from the workplace, explain challenges that emotional labor poses for an employee and why. Then, explain how factors related to the employee’s personality might influence the level of emotional labor required in his or her job.

By Day 7

Respond to at least two colleagues. Share experiences that you may have had that relate to the workplace challenges your peers described. How did your own perspective influence how you understood those situations or arrived at perhaps different solutions for the challenge? What ideas and concepts from the readings might prove helpful in better understanding or mitigating similar situations in the future?

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.

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major points of prenatal and infant development.

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Discuss some of the major points of prenatal and infant development.

Incorporate at least 2 references and citations in APA format (with the exceptions that single-spacing is appropriate in the discussion boards and that you will not be penalized if the references in the discussions are not in hanging indentation format due to the difficulty that sometimes occurs with formatting discussions in Blackboard). The 2 required references and citations should be from course materials and/or other scholarly sources. The Bible and additional sources may (optionally) be incorporated in addition to the 2 sources from course materials or other scholarly sources. Must be 300 words

Sensitive (Avoidant Personality Disorder), Conscientious (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) and Devoted

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The traits: Sensitive (Avoidant Personality Disorder), Conscientious (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) and Devoted (Dependent Personality Disorder) correspond with which PDs (on that page)? Read the characteristics of those 3 traits (first page of each corresponding chapter in NPSP) and then compare those traits to the symptoms listed in the DSM for the corresponding PDs (those are in a separate module if you need to reference them). Upon doing so think to yourself, “how does a normal trait become pathological?” Attempt to explain in the post how these personality traits exist is normal and productive fashion and what might happen that pushes these traits past the sense of normalcy into the “pathological” zone? Would someone who scores high in one of these traits be more likely to develop the corresponding PD, why or why not? What might be some protective factors and risk factors? If you have these personality traits what might you do to keep yourself grounded so that these traits do not become too extreme? If the traits do become extreme how does that affect the person’s daily functioning?

What do developmental psychologists/scientists do

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Describe what is developmental psychology (or developmental science)? What do developmental psychologists/scientists do? What is the benefit of developmental psychology/science? Why study developmental psychology/science? Which research methods are useful in studying development, and why?Incorporate at least 2 references and citations in APA format (with the exceptions that single-spacing is appropriate in the discussion boards and that you will not be penalized if the references in the discussions are not in hanging indentation format due to the difficulty that sometimes occurs with formatting discussions). The 2 required references and citations should be from course materials and/or other scholarly sources. The Bible and additional sources may (optionally) be incorporated in addition to the 2 sources from course materials or other scholarly sources.

 

death, dying, and end-of-life issues.

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Discuss some of the major points of child, adolescent, and/or adult development. Discuss death, dying, and end-of-life issues. Incorporate at least 2 references and citations in APA format (with the exceptions that single-spacing is appropriate in the discussion boards and that you will not be penalized if the references in the discussions are not in hanging indentation format due to the difficulty that sometimes occurs with formatting discussions in Blackboard). The 2 required references and citations should be from course materials and/or other scholarly sources. The Bible and additional sources may (optionally) be incorporated in addition to the 2 sources from course materials or other scholarly sources. must be 300 words or more

State several forms of conflict you can expect in the types of groups you will lead.

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Conflict typically appears when a group is in transition. State several forms of conflict you can expect in the types of groups you will lead. Consider group members suffering with substance use disorders. What are your own reactions to conflict? How will this influence your ability to help members recognize and work through conflicts? 150 words

How could the use of role-plays among group members facilitate the goals of early and transition stage groups? What purpose could role-plays serve for individual members and for the group as a whole? 150 words

 Treatment Effectiveness for Veterans with PTSD

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Topic: Treatment Effectiveness for Veterans with PTSD

Resources to use:

PDF: Ethical Issues in Psychological Research

PsychINFO

Doran, J. M., & DeViva, J. (2018). A naturalistic evaluation of evidence-based treatment for veterans with PTSD. Traumatology, 24(3), 157–167. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1037/trm0000140

Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Functioning Deficits in Veterans With PTSD (CCTPTSD). (n.d.).

Sloan, D. M., Unger, W., & Beck, J. G. (n.d.). Cognitive-behavioral group treatment for veterans diagnosed with PTSD: Design of a hybrid efficacy-effectiveness clinical trial. CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS, 47, 123–130. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1016/j.cct.2015.12.016

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