This assignment allows you to explore the effects of social influences on personal development.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you examine the concept of the self. Address the following: Identify who was in the radius of significant others that shaped your development through your toddler, child, and adolescent years. Identify verbal messages you recall that suggested situational or dispositional attributions about you. Describe how you developed your current attitudes toward authority, competitors, subordinates, the opposite sex, or another generation. Explore the effects your social world has had on your developing professional identity.

Cite at least 2 scholarly references.

 

Reaction papers are thought papers where you critique an article. As you read the assigned articles, 

point out 

1)

at least one interesting fact that you learned from the introduction,  

2)

study’s 

strengths, 

3)

the limitations of their research design (for example, the way they defined or 

measured their variables, the measures’ reliability/validity, their data collection technique [e.g., 

self-report, lab visits, direct observation]), 

4)

implications of their findings (so what do they 

findings mean in real world!. In your implications section you must relate the study’s findings to 

real life, and give it some context to make it relevant for lay people), 

5)

future direction ideas (what 

would you want to test next to build up on the findings of this research, and/or to address its 

shortcomings). 

These are some questions to have in mind as you read the article:



Did they account for confounding factors? 



What other factors could explain their findings? 



Were the findings substantial? Who will benefit from these? 



What were some of the considerations or little things that the researchers took into 

account that strengthened their design? 



If you were to do subsequent investigations, what next steps would you take? 



Also, if the article posed questions in your mind, mention the questions and take a 

stab at giving answers too! 

Show me that you’ve thought the article thorough. 

I evaluate your reaction papers based on 

the

depth of your thoughts and how sophisticated and well explained your arguments 

comments are.

  Project: Cultural Differences

This course has major project assignments that will be due in weeks 3 and 5. It will take more than a week’s effort to adequately complete them. Plan time to start the research and other work for those assignments earlier than the week in which they are due.   

The course project is based on a case study: System Modification for Japan. Click here to download the case study. You will be submitting a portion of the course project in weeks 1, 3, and 5 during the course. As noted above, the week 3 and 5 submissions are considered major projects.

This week, read the Background section of the case study. Also review the first two discussion questions at the end of the case study document. Do not skip ahead to future sections of the case study or other discussion questions in the document for this week’s work. Many important issues for the case study lie below the surface and require both background research and critical evaluation to uncover. 

Based on the Background section, address the following topics: Differing business practices among cultures What business practices appear to be different among the cultures/organizations in the case study? What are the cues in the case study that demonstrate the different cultural perspectives about business practices? In particular, be sure to look at cues around the RFP and around task versus relationship themes to help you dig deeply into the business practices issue. Best practices for easing tensions among cultures in international negotiators. Based upon the cues within the context of the case study and the research you have completed, provide at least 3 best practices that international negotiators might use to ease the types of tensions developing in the case study. Provide research support for the best practices. 

Important hint: You might find it helpful to begin each section of the paper by discussing the key themes and cues you observe. Then, do research on those key themes to both broaden and deepen your evaluation of the case and your understanding of the important issues. In the final product, about half your written evaluation of each topic should be research. About half should be application to the case study. 

Recommendation for the level one headings for the body of your paper:

Differing Business Practices

Differing Communication Styles and Structure

Best Practices for Easing Cultural Tension Submission Details: Submit your answers in a one page paper

 APA  Format Plagiarism free

Based on the CRM work you have done throughout this course, you are now called on to act as a consultant to apply your knowledge to other industries that have an existing CRM program that would be beneficial to employees and organizations to reduce human error and improve employee efficiency.

Select one agency that employs a CRM program.

Research how this agency employed a CRM program in a similar or different way than was identified in the aviation article from Week 2.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you provide evidence of how this CRM program was implemented. Include the following in your response: Distinguish between various team concepts as they relate to performance during and after this training program. Explain the difference between leaders and managers, as well as the influence and power they may have on the success of this program. Evaluate at least two theories of leadership and the role that leaders utilizing these theories play in facilitating this program. Analyze the general effects on the organization that may result from this program, referencing the concepts of organizational development and various organizational theories.