Will you change any tactical strategies on live fires that you respond to based on what you learned from the scenario-based case study? How? Why, or why not?

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For this unit, you will write a one- to two-page reflective paper on your experience with the scenario-based case study, course, and on what you have learned. Really reflect on how this learning experience has caused you to change or influenced your thoughts on fire behavior and combustion. Use your experience during the course, to respond to ONE of the questions below.

  • Will you change any tactical strategies on live fires that you respond to based on what you learned from the scenario-based case study? How? Why, or why not?
  • Did the course have any positive or negative bearing on your thoughts about fire behavior and combustion?
  • Looking back, what would you have done differently in writing your scenario-based case study project?
  • Why do you think you made the particular responses to the scenario-based case study that you did? Do you think these were the right responses?
  • What are your thoughts on the overall experience in general? Was it a useful learning experience? What specific skills or perspectives did you acquire as a result that will make the task of firefighting safer?

you will need to locate an actual fire and emergency services incident report.

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In previous units, you were given a scenario and asked to demonstrate your knowledge of the concepts in this course and your ability to relate the concepts to practical situations. For your final assignment, you will need to locate an actual fire and emergency services incident report.

Below are resources for locating fire and emergency services reports:

NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
National Fire Incident Reporting System
In your response, please identify the following:

The scenario: You can paraphrase the scenario, but make sure to use proper citations and references. Use the report as a reference and include corresponding citations.
Major issues: Identify the major problems including their causes in this section so you can identify appropriate solutions later.
Potential solutions: This section evaluates potential solutions for the identified key problems. Often there is more than one solution, so it is useful to evaluate each solution in terms of its advantages and disadvantages. This will also assist in determining your recommendations. Include consideration of the following:
the importance of safety in the design of apparatus or personal protective equipment,
how proactive community risk reduction efforts could have prevented the emergency response hazards,
how enforcement of codes (identify the codes) could have prevented the incident, and
how risk management assessments could have been applied to prevent the loss of life or injury.

Recommendations: This section should outline your recommendations for how your department can avoid a similar situation based upon the given solutions for each of the identified problems.
References: Include a reference page in APA style.
Your assignment should meet the following guidelines:

A title page and reference page are required.
Include a minimum of two pages of discussion and analysis (title and references pages do not count toward this total).
Use APA formatting.
Use a total of two separate sources (including the report you find).

Develop a Job analysis (JD & JS) for one of the following jobs: 1-Sale-person in a retail shop

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Assignment Content

Develop a Job analysis (JD & JS) for one of the following jobs:

1-Sale-person in a retail shop

2-Waiter in a restaurant

3-A job of your own choice.

Note:

Search the net for examples and try the following options:

If you choose 1 or 2, develop JD and JS from your point of view as a customer.

if you choose the third choice, develop JD and JS from your point view as a responsible manager or as an employer

Prepare a Requirements Elicitation plan (use a template or prepare your own). Explain what you have included and why

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Prepare a Requirements Elicitation plan (use a template or prepare your own). Explain what you have included and why. Based on your industry knowledge and publically available information, prepare a “completed” version of the requirements elicitation. Include a discussion of why you selected identified these requirements.

ASPE Training. (2016). Business analysis planning template set. Retrieved from http://www.aspe-sdlc.com/offers/business-analysis-planning-template-set.xlsx [Excel]
Corporate Education Group. (2019). Business analysis, tools, templates, and checklists. Retrieved from http://www.corpedgroup.com/resources/ba-tools.asp
A complete analysis includes both a plan and a “completed” dataset, as well as a discussion on why items are important and the reasoning for the “completed” responses.

Include all references used in APA format in 3 pages.

 

 

Extra resources:

 

Brandenberg, L. (2012). 3 steps to preparing for an elicitation session. Retrieved from https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/preparing-elicitation-session
International Institute of Business Analysis. (2006). A guide to the business analysis body of knowledge. Retrieved from http://it.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/ITnvgov/Content/Sections/IT-Investments/Lifecycle/BABOKV1_6.pdf
Read Chapter 4
Whittenberger. A. (2014). The top 8 mistakes in requirements elicitation. Retrieved from https://www.batimes.com/articles/the-top-8-mistakes-in-requirements-elicitation.html

How does a high employee turnover rate impact the operations in an organization?

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Instructions

Employee turnover can be very costly to an organization in terms of lost productivity as well as added recruitment costs. While some turnover is to be expected, and possibly required, most employers would choose to reduce the rate of turnover. In this assignment we will examine turnover and retention issues and attempt to address potential solutions to common retention problems create an academic paper that addresses the following issues:

  • How does a high employee turnover rate impact the operations in an organization?
  • What data may be gathered and analyzed to assess the reasons for employee turnover?
  • What best practices would you recommend to reduce employee turnover? Explain at least three such best practices.
  • Weekly written assignments have a minimum requirement of 4 pages and 5 scholarly resources (this does not include the title or reference pages) in APA format (as covered in the Course Syllabus) on the information researched from the article and your views as well.

Suggest three ways that a mentor and an employee orientation program can assist new employees with their career development.

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Question 1

Suggest three ways that a mentor and an employee orientation program can assist new employees with their career development.

  • Which suggestion do you value the most and why?

Question 2

  • Examine the major effects of unfair bargaining actions on the negotiation climate.
  • Suggest two actions that an employer could take against an employee to reduce the possibility of engaging in unfair negotiation tactics.

Select a company for which you would like to work and determine the necessary components of an attractive compensation plan.

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Compensation Plan

Instructions

Select a company for which you would like to work and determine the necessary components of an attractive compensation plan.

Note: You may use the same company you selected for your assignments in Weeks 3 and 6.

Requirements

Write a 5–7-page paper in which you:

  • Describe (briefly) your “dream job” with the selected company.
  • Create a rewards and compensation package for this position that would attract skilled workers and control costs.
  • Create a benefits package for this position that is competitive and advantageous to the company.
  • Speculate on how the negotiating and collective bargaining of this position would contribute to the company’s talent management strategy for retaining high performing employees, including your rationale.

Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Consider beginning with your course textbook and scholarly sources that can be found in the Strayer Library.

Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

  • Create a compensation package for a position that considers the impact of collective bargaining on organizational goals.

Review the legalistic approach and problem-solving approach during the arbitration hearing process

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Question 1:

Review the legalistic approach and problem-solving approach during the arbitration hearing process. Then, develop two approaches that an organization could use to make the typical arbitration procedure more effective than either of these approaches.

  • Review good faith bargaining.
  • Discuss the major advantages and major disadvantages of your approaches.
  • Provide your rationale for each approach.

Question 2:

Compare job-based pay with skill-based pay and provide an example of each.

  • State which type of pay you prefer and why.

Change Management Intervention Proposal, Part One

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Change Management Intervention Proposal, Part One

  • Choose the topic for your Organizational Development project. Remember, an OD project is not project management, rather, it is Human Change Management. Consider yourself a change agent or an organizational development consultant. Your goal will be to create, manage and sustain a system-wide planned change in the organization while using social science knowledge. Furthermore, keep in my mind as the change agent or OD practitioner you are responsible for creating long lasting changes using education to improve organizational groups, individual functioning and organizational effectiveness.
  • Please do not choose a technical challenge for your OD project unless you identify the underlying human challenges.
  • Choose the organization that will be the client. Use a real organization with genuine challenges. Identify the problem and diagnostic plan. Identify background information and think about the culture of the organization. How will the organization culture be impacted?
  • Submit a three to five-page proposal that describes the organization and the challenge, such as improving team collaboration, job enrichment, work design or intergroup relations methods. Be sure to clarify the organizational issue (please refer to chapter 2 or other scholarly journals). Organizational issues such as performance management or developing talent. Be sure to identify the magnitude of the organizational issue (chapter 2), why is this issue so pressing or timely? Be sure to identify the lists of stakeholders (investors, employees, suppliers and customers) and identify the type of change models proposed, for an example, the three-step change model (Kurt Lewin), Action Research Model or the Positive Model (chapter 2).
  • Be sure to describe the diagnostic plan.  How will you diagnose the organization and the design components (chapter 4)?  Describe how the external consultant (you) will be involved in the project. What is your strategy and contributions? For example, how do you plan to collect data and use the data to implement changes and achieve goals? How can you measure that they are long lasting sustainable goals?
  • Use subheadings (left side justified; first letter capitalized) for each of the headings of your proposal. Include an APA cover page to both parts of the project. Minimum of three references required (outside references must be scholarly).

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS: -12-point Font; New Times Roman; Double Spaced; 1” Margins -APA Format with regard to citations; Reference page also required -Development of Main Points -Quality of Writing Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling, and Citations (APA)

Identify and discuss at least three important considerations that almost always should be considered by organizations in providing employee benefits programs.

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To attract, motivate, and retain good workers, companies need to define what an employee wants from the employment relationship. One way to define employee needs is to consider “total rewards,” which are everything an employee perceives to be of value resulting from working for the company. Benefits are a core element of total rewards and the ever-growing package of offerings have evolved. You must now work with the company to define precisely where the various programs will be categorized.

Write a six- to seven-page paper in which you do the following:

Identify and discuss at least three important considerations that almost always should be considered by organizations in providing employee benefits programs. Why are each considered important? Be specific and relevant.
Compare and contrast income protection programs and pay for time not worked programs, both of which are usual elements of benefits programs. How are the programs similar? Are they mandatory?
Research and discuss at least four to five of what may be referred as “Other Benefits” that you could recommend to the management team as necessary elements for the benefits package. Hint: Flextime and product or service discounts are good examples. Develop an employee benefits package for any exempt or non-exempt position level of your choosing, making sure you support the selections you made for the package.
Note: The preferred method for presenting your benefits package information is using a table or exhibit, but either approach is not mandatory.
Examples: US Bank Benefits at a Glance and UW-Madison New Employee Benefits Summary.
Use at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: You may only use the resources listed in the Course Guide and those that are specifically provided by the professor.

students need to use APA 6 or APA 7 and must indicate their choice on the assignment cover page.

The specific course outcome associated with this assignment is:

Design a strategic employee benefits package for an exempt or non-exempt position.