.Follow the instructions to come up with 3topics for the essay.
You will need to list 3topics of the essay you come up with and briefly explain each topic
All the work must be 100 percent original.
Please do not use any used answers if you have done the same.
Turn it in report is required.
Any kind of plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Research Paper: New Supervisory Skills
Your research paper is based on the following scenario:
You have just taken over as a Shift Supervisor at Bad Teddy Bear Manufacturing and have a team of 30 under you. Your educational and training level is exactly what you have today.
Your teams rotate shifts every 3 weeks and there are two shifts, morning, 0700-3:30 PM and evening, 3PM to 11:30PM. You have the flexibility to move people around shifts, and you stay on the same shift, with overlap (i.e. your hours are 9-6). Two co-leads take over when you are not there and stay on shifts with their workers.
The previous supervisor was let go for cause, failure to meet quotas and leadership inability. The department’s morale is very low and there is a great deal of pressure for your shift to perform.
On top of this, there is a problem with two of your employees, one is always late and the other calls in sick frequently (you can decide what factors lead to their absenteeism). The previous supervisor never did anything about this and everyone knew it was an issue. One of your co-leads has brought it to your attention and wants to know when you are going to fix it.
You also have an employee that has been there for 14 years and has never been promoted to co-lead or supervisor. He came to you and wants to know why? He is an older worker and knows what he is doing, however, one of your co-leads told you that some of the younger workers grumble that he is too slow and can’t learn new technology. He also stated that unless he gets the opportunity to move up, he’ll quit and make sure that management knows you never gave him a chance.
Finally, there is a brand new worker, a single mother, who is super sharp and a very hard worker. She told you on your first day there how much she loves working at the company and wants to progress upward. However, childcare is an issue and sometimes she needs to leave early. On top of that, her car has left her stranded on several occasions.
You are to develop a solution to present to each of your co-leads on how to start fixing some of these issues. Make the paper informative, with some of the techniques and terms that we have addressed thus far in the course that deal with new supervisors. This about the terms leaders vs. managers, counseling, feedback, types of leaders, SMART objectives, SWOT, generational differences, Theory X and Y, MBWA, and favoritism. These terms are not all-inclusive and you are welcome to add others to support your solutions.
This can be a narrative paper, informative paper, a letter (albeit a long one) or a talking paper. You can use the first person to discuss what you think needs to be done. You can also assign tasks or take tasks away from co-leaders.
Your supervisor, co-leads, and workers can have fictional names, you can add in additional issues or factors and most of all, have fun and be creative in developing this workplace. Your co-leads can be good or bad at their job, you can decide how little or much you want to delegate to them as well as how much reporting back to you is needed.
Think about these challenges you will face as a new supervisor. You may want to break this into fixing immediate problems, a six-month goal, and one-year goal.
You should use proper APA sixth edition formatting.
You should have a title page, abstract page, 3-5 pages of body content and the last page should references. Make sure that your paper has references.
Use at least 3 references on your paper. They should be articles that support your paper or lessons we have covered. Do not use Wikipedia!
The paper should contain no more than 20% direct citations or quotations. That means 80% should be your own analysis, thoughts, and ideas.
Have fun writing this and make sure to use good terms and sources.
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This course project will help you utilize the concepts in this class, by doing a thorough analytical and in depth review and comparison of “change” in two companies. You will accomplish this project through 5 deliverables in the course:
Do not use Wikipedia as a reference source. If you find useful information from Wikipedia, triangulate your research and find other, more credible source(s) which provide the same (or better) information, and then utilize the information from that more credible source in your paper and reference page/bibliography.
Your project will have five separate parts, due throughout the term. It will incorporate the learning of the course as we go through – and hopefully will cement the process for you. At the end of the term, your final exam will contain 4 randomly selected Change Management questions based on YOUR Course Project companies and research findings as related to the course content, as well as other questions (multiple choice and essay) which are not specifically related to your project (but are related to Change Management course content!).
Thus, the initial “topic selection” where you pick the companies you will research throughout the term is critical for you to ensure you are interested enough in the material that it will keep you engaged throughout the term.
Here are some examples:
Example: Both Ford and GM experienced serious issues during the pre, during and post TARP period causing them to restructure and change how they do business. Each of them reacted to these pressures differently. A paper comparing and contrasting the way both companies reacted to this pressure would be very interesting and easy to set up in an organized fashion. Further, utilizing the images grid, you can discuss how they did handle these pressures (using which image) and how a different style of leader (image) might have handled it differently.
Example: Both HP and Home Depot have had issues with selecting a new CEO for their company. Reviewing the last 10 years of CEO history, a paper comparing and contrasting the pressures involved, and how they impacted the overall productivity of the companies would be sustainable throughout the term.
Example: Review any two companies in the airline industry, their entrance into (and possibly their completion of) bankruptcy, and how they handled the changes through management as a result. (i.e. United Airlines and American Airlines)
Example: Review any two companies who have recently been through some part of Merger and Acquisition change and how they handled the culture changes.
Example: Review any two companies who have had industry changes and how they have reacted either successfully, or unsuccessfully and how their reactions perhaps resulted in their success or failure. (i.e. Yahoo vs. IBM)
These are simply illustrative – you can do research and find any of many companies and topics of change which could work for this paper – and you are encouraged to do so. If you have questions or need more ideas, please ask your Professor for help!
Pick out your two companies and their change. In 1 double spaced page, please submit your company selections, with a brief write-up on the changes you will be comparing in the two companies. Pick two companies which have undergone some type of fairly substantial change in the recent past. Find the company and the change information online, using EBSCO, or using a company’s case described somewhere in our textbook. (See page 388 of the textbook index for page numbers and names of each of the cases described in the textbook.) Other ways to find information: utilize Google or Yahoo Finance, or Reuters, and look up Annual Reports of companies which interest you. Often reading the first sections of these reports (i.e. letters from CEO’s) will give you ideas about changes they have gone through in the past year(s).
Be sure that:
Your topic will be graded/approved and returned to you so that you know your topic will work for the course. You must get approval to move forward with your project. This section will be worth 25 points and must have at least two references.
How this will be graded:
| Item | Total points |
|---|---|
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Topic includes two companies which have undergone a somewhat similar type of change over the past 10 years (or longer if you have plenty of information about it) |
5 |
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Write up sufficiently tells the instructor the names of the companies, the information you have found about the changes, and why you find this project topic interesting |
15 |
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Includes at least two references to articles or items about the companies and the change |
5 |
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Total Points |
25 |
The “Images” section focuses on the six different images of managing change and how each “approach” to change effects all that follows in its implementation and continued support. Download the “Week 2 Project Images Grid” from doc-sharing. Pick three of the “images of change” explained in the Week 2 lecture from the grid, and analyze how those particular “images” would affect the ensuing diagnosis and implementation in your two selected companies on their change plans.
Here’s what to do:
This paper should focus on evidence that demonstrates how the management of the organization integrated one or more of the six images of managing change (Chapters 2 and 3) how effective the change was and what management could have done differently to increase the probability of successfully implementing the strategic change initiative. Again, this is a compare and contrast paper – so include information about both companies in your report.
Grading rubric for paper #2 – Change Images
| Item | Total points |
|---|---|
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Properly filled out and submitted change grid showing your initial analysis and notes. |
10 |
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Two companies selected, “briefed”, and referenced. |
20 |
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Thorough description of the change explained |
20 |
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Comparison of the two companies, similarities/differences of the changes and the results |
25 |
| Image analysis |
25 |
| At least 4 new references, properly cited. |
10 |
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Total Points |
110 |
This paper could be as short as 3 pages or as long as 7. Use APA formatting (double spaced, decent font.) Include your references on the final page. You should have at least 4 additional/new outside references, excluding the textbook. References should be scholarly.
Select a Diagnostic Model (see Chapter Five) that you utilize to review aspects of change activities and actions that have been taken by the companies chosen. Here we are looking at the “parts” of the companies as well as their strategies, as surmised by your research in Part 1. It is acknowledged that this information will not be complete, as you are looking at these companies as an outsider; but a thoroughly researched paper will give enough data to allow some (well-defended) assumptions on your part.
Here’s what to do:
Grading rubric for paper #3 – Diagnosing the Change:
| Item | Total points |
|---|---|
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A comprehensive review of the Change Diagnostic model chosen that details the components included as well as some background about the model itself through research from the author(s). |
20 |
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Your rationale defending why you chose that particular model. You can utilize a review of internal/external pressures that have affected the companies chosen. |
20 |
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A SWOT analysis that you created based on the above. |
20 |
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Potential areas of resistance that were encountered or that you anticipate may be encountered and possible actions to minimize the negative effects of such resistance. |
20 |
| Recommendations for further actions within the organizations and the rationale chosen for these recommendations. |
20 |
| Use of 4 new references, properly cited. |
10 |
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Total Points |
110 |
An important part of any change project is how the change is communicated to the organization, to the change agents, to the line workers, to the customers, and to the public. Along with media relations issues, communicating change (especially in a publicly traded company) can involve multiple legal and regulatory aspects, as well as personnel and management concerns. Perhaps the single most difficult piece of handling Kotter’s “establish a sense of urgency” is that too many inexperienced or immature change agents read this to mean “panic the troops.” Never do this.
This project piece will have 3 parts:
Grading rubric for Part 4 – Communicating the Change
| Item | Content item | Content points available | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Excel spreadsheet grid |
ID of stakeholders |
8 |
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Timeline of communication |
8 |
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Type of communication |
8 |
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Rationale |
20 |
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ID correct communicator |
8 |
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At least 4 Communication pieces listed on spreadsheet (no more than 6) |
8 |
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Your analysis of the actual communication plan as seen from the “public eye.” |
20 |
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Your sample communication piece. |
20 |
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Your reference page (at least 2 new references) |
10 |
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Total Points |
110 |
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More details about grading your excel spreadsheet:
List of all of your references you used in the project to date (you should have at least 12 at this point) and create an annotated bibliography. Basically, for this assignment, you will use your reference list, in alphabetical order, and provide a 2-4 sentence summary (brief!!) of what that reference said. This is a summary style document! Your grade will be based on your ability to BRIEFLY summarize the important points in the document as well as the strength of your reference materials. (i.e. if you used mainly low-level reference documents like encyclopedias, online dictionaries, anonymous articles, etc. this will negatively impact your grade.)
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Grading Rubric
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Points per item: | Total points possible: |
|---|---|---|
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Use of 12 references (at least) |
1 |
12 |
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Brief summary (2-4 sentences tops!) |
1 |
12 |
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Strength of references |
.5 |
6 |
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Proper use of one of the 5 Keller-approved citation methods |
Not applicable |
5 |
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Total Points |
35 |
I would like a summary base on this article
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Jackson County judges try thousands of cases per year. In an overwhelming majority of the cases disposed, the verdict stands as rendered. However, some cases are appealed, and of those appealed, some of the cases are reversed. Jackie Chan of The Star Tribune conducted a study of cases handled by Jackson County judges over a three-year period. In the Excel file, Judges, linked at the bottom of the page, are the results for the 182,908 cases handled (disposed) by 40 judges in Common Pleas Court, Domestic Relations Court, and Municipal Court.
The purpose of the newspaper’s study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. The newspaper wanted to know which judges were doing a good job and which ones were making too many mistakes. You are to assist in the data analysis by using your knowledge of probability and conditional probability to help with the ranking of each of the judges, as well as each court.
Managerial Report
Prepare a report (see below) with your ranking of the judges based on the probabilities and conditional probabilities, as well as the analysis of each court. Include the following seven (7) items in table format to support your ranking. Be sure to use five (5) decimal places for your probabilities in the table, as some of them will be quite small.
Answer the following questions for this research article: Callaghan-Gillespie, M. et al. (2017)Trial of ready-to-use supplemental food and corn-soy blend in pregnant Malawian women with moderate malnutrition: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 106:106-9.
Please use short, concise sentences to answer these questions;
Introduction:
Subjects and Methods
4. This study is described as a randomized controlled clinical trial. How were the participants randomized? What is the control group? What is meant by single-blind? (3 pts)
5. What criteria were used to select the subjects for the study? (2 pts)
6. Which supplemental foods were compared in this study? How did the energy (calorie) and protein content compare among these foods? (2 pts)
Results
7. Which supplemental food gave the greatest weight gain in pregnant women (Table 3)? And in newborns (Table 4)? Are the weight gains significantly different (P<0.05) in the different groups of pregnant women? (3 pts)
8. What conclusions do the author’s draw from their study? (2 pts)
Discussion
9. Did the study results support the authors’ hypothesis? How strong/convincing are the data? (2 pts)
10. What is a limitation of this study? (2 pts)
11. Suggest a possible future experiment based on this study. (2 pts)
Global Economy Context: U.S. & International Health Care Markets
International Paper
Resources: Business Proposal Project and Macroeconomics Policy &
Implications assignments
Write a paper of no more than 1,750 words, supposing 5 years have passed and your organization is looking to expand overseas. You have already identified a market and population in another country that has unmet demand for your service. Address the following in your paper:
1. Would the price be more or less than what you charge domestically?
2. Will you hire domestically or outside the country?
3. What are barriers to entry?
4. Are there any limits of supply?
5. How will foreign consumers react to your service offerings?
6. How will you pay for imports and receive payments for exports?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines:
1. Use week 2, 4, and 5 paper (Frank Drug Store) as a reference in this assignment.
A written research paper in APA format, a minimum of 6-10 pages will be submitted during week 8. Be certain in writing that you adhere to APA citation guidelines (in text and Reference). Make sure to proofread carefully. Grammar and spelling errors will impact the grading. Minimum of 5 scholarly peer reviewed journal articles must be included (I expect an extensive reference list of at least 10 references (books, journals, interviews, etc.) to be included). The paper is a Strategic Plan of your organization.
The Strategic Plan of your organization should contain the following:
ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS
This section will present your identification of the firm’s strengths and weaknesses, which emanate from your value chain and functional analyses. There is a maximum of five strengths and five weaknesses and your presentation of them should be prioritized. Exhibits are effective tools to provide strong support for each strength and weakness. Please be as specific as possible and quantify your analysis where appropriate. This section will provide the first part of the foundation for your identification of strategic issues and related recommendations through your analysis of the organization’s core competencies, competitive advantages and organizational weaknesses.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
This section will present your identification of the major external threats and opportunities currently facing the organization. These will be generated from your analysis of the industry and general environmental factors in light of the organization’s strengths and weaknesses. A maximum of five threats and five opportunities should be identified and should be presented in a prioritized order. Use power point exhibits to support your analysis, be specific and quantify your analysis where possible. This section will provide the second part of the foundation for your identification of a strategic issue and the formulation of related recommendations through your analysis of driving forces, key success factors and industry attractiveness.
STRATEGIC ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Identify and fully support and discuss the most important strategic issue facing your organization. It is extremely important that you clearly integrate the strategic issue with your analysis to the organization’s SWOT. There often interrelationships between particular weaknesses and threats or missed opportunities, which should be recognized. It’s possible that 2 different weaknesses, 1 threat and 1 opportunity could be combined, due to their relatedness, to form one strategic issue.
Similarly, your recommendations should attempt to capitalize and build upon strengths, competitive advantages and opportunities that you identified. The point is to clearly ground your issue and recommendations with the internal and external analyses
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