uman Resources: The Scholarship of Motivation Theory (4-6 Paragraphs)

Scholarship of Motivation Theory

Using databases in the Walden library (e.g., Business Source Complete or ABI/Inform complete), locate one article (attached) that discusses or applies one of the theories of motivation you have studied this week in an HR context. After reviewing this article, write a paper (4-6 paragraphs) in which you:

• Summarize the main argument of the article and the evidence or examples used to support the argument.
• Critique the article and describe whether its argument is convincing; be sure to explain your conclusion.
• Analyze whether the article is useful to scholar-practitioners who are currently working in the HR field and describe any potential practical applications in the workplace.
• APA Format

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Submit an evidence-based practice paper about cultural competency in mental health nursing. An evidence-based practice paper allows you to explore best practice and help improve client outcomes on a psychiatric unit. Your paper should describe how you, as a nurse, will include – or have included – cultural awareness in a client diagnosed with a mental illness. The person you describe could be someone in your clinical setting, someone you have worked with in the past, or a theoretical client.

Remember that culture can also include gender equality, sexual orientation, and other cultures besides race and religion – including cultures unique to one particular family. Your paper should be at least 3 pages (double-spaced, not including the title or reference pages) in APA Format and include:

• Assessment: Discuss what you would assess in regard to a client’s culture. For example, are there specific dietary requirements? Are schedule changes necessary to avoid conflicts with religious practices? Who is the spokesperson for the family? What would you assess?
• Diagnosis: List any mental health nursing diagnoses this person has or may be at risk for. Include at least one cultural diagnosis.
• Planning: What planning needs to be done to ensure the cultural and emotional safety of the client?
• Implementation: What are interventions that would ensure the safety of your client in regard to culture? Include at least two interventions. For example, if your client has religious beliefs that affect the ability to take medications, what interventions would you create to ensure the client’s safety? What can you do to make sure the client’s cultural needs are met?
• Evaluation: How will you evaluate whether your implementation was effective? Make sure the parameters are objective and measurable.
• In your summary, discuss whether any completed interventions were successful. What could be done differently in the future? If the interventions have not yet been carried out, you might discuss some institutional changes that could be made to ensure cultural safety for all clients in that setting.

Your paper should utilize proper APA guidelines and include at least three scholarly sources to support your paper. A scholarly source is a source that has been peer reviewed and has appropriate authors that are credentialed

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WK 7 Assignment: The Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture

The reading

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Chapter 14, “Team Leadership” (pp. 363–396)
• Chapter 16, “Culture and Leadership” (pp. 427–467)

WK 7 Assignment: The Role of Leadership in Shaping Organizational Culture

 

Recent researchers stated that “[c]ompanies with an established organizational culture that includes strong capabilities for change, a commitment to innovation and a high level of trust have a significant advantage” (Eccles, Perkins, & Serafeim, 2012, p. 44) when attempting to adopt a strategy of broad-based corporate sustainability. In fact, according to the National Business Ethics Survey (ECI, 2013) results, building strong corporate ethics cultures are paramount and leaders must continue this work to ensure progress.

Organizational leaders should have a strong incentive to identify and address any disparities that exist between their organization’s current culture and a productive, healthy one. They must understand the impact they can have as leaders in facilitating an organizational culture, determining the necessary steps to build that culture, and taking the necessary action to create a healthy organizational culture. Leaders must also be able to utilize principles of positive social change to enhance both their leadership styles and overall organizational culture.

For this Assignment, you will continue to familiarize yourself with Dr. Craig Marsh’s challenges and those things he must consider as he builds a new corporate culture. Imagine again that you have similar challenges, but before building a new corporate culture, you must become familiar with relevant research to make the appropriate decisions.

To prepare for this Assignment, review the “Leading a Virtual Organization” videos and Case Study Guide in this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the insights gained by Dr. Marsh in his journey as an organizational leader.

BY DAY 7

Submit a 7- to 10-page comprehensive scholarly analysis of the role leadership plays in establishing an organizational culture that includes a focus on positive social change. In your analysis, do the following:

• Analyze Dr. Marsh’s challenges and their influence on an organization’s culture.
• Summarize the leadership style you would adopt to influence the organization’s culture and why.
• Explain the organizational change or cultural change model or steps you would take to change the culture.
• As a global change agent, explain how you would infuse positive social change into your leadership style and organizational culture.
• Describe the incremental steps you would take given your selected model to ensure success.
• Explain how these steps will influence each of the challenges you face and the mitigation plan to eliminate the challenges.
• Delineate the key concepts you would include in your vision statement.

Note: Be sure to use the APA Course Paper Template (6th ed.) to complete this Assignment. Also, refer to the Week 7 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work. Please Note: For each page of your paper, you must include a minimum of two APA-formatted scholarly citations
The reading
Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Chapter 14, “Team Leadership” (pp. 363–396)
Chapter 16, “Culture and Leadership” (pp. 427–467

Week 8: Selling the Vision

Authentic leaders have some basic characteristics that employees trust and find inspiring. These characteristics include embodying a positive mind-set, using a moral rationale, being aware of oneself, and having a moral compass to guide decisions so the leader can remain balanced in self-adjusting behavior and being open and honest about his or her practices. Transparency is that frank and honest behavior authentic leaders embody. Your Discussion question will relate to transparency.

Your Assignment will culminate with the business case study involving Dr. Craig Marsh. In fact, you now have an understanding of the challenges Dr. Marsh faced as he was delegated with the responsibility of changing the organizational culture for his team. You placed yourself in his position, you considered his challenges as well as his strengths, and you have adopted a model for corporate change. This week, you will compile the elements of organizational change and cultural change philosophy into one PowerPoint presentation and include your strategic plan to sell your vision to your organizational team.

Learning Objectives

Independent scholars will:

• Evaluate appropriate use of transparency by leadership in organizations
• Create a strategy for realizing a leader’s vision

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

REQUIRED READINGS

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Review Chapter 8, “Transformational Leadership” (pp. 161–194)
Consider the following two scenarios:Scenario 1
Employees work in an atmosphere of distrust and fear. Leaders make decisions behind closed doors. Changes to processes and staffing often occur unexpectedly without warning or explanation. A few select people are given information and guard it jealously. Most employees do not get an opportunity to give input or feedback.
Scenario 2
Employees work in a small company where everyone knows everything about everyone and the rumor mill runs rampant. Leadership gives both praise and reprimands in public. They frequently discuss employees’ personal affairs.
These scenarios illustrate two extremes of transparency in business. Maintaining the right degree of transparency is a challenge for many organizations. Some leaders operate their organizations with an open-book management style. Others believe in carefully maintaining the security of information. Leaders must determine the appropriate level of transparency necessary for their organizations to stay healthy.To prepare for this Discussion, consider your experience with transparency of information and decision making in organizations of which you have been a part, such as businesses or schools.BY DAY 3
Post your evaluation of the appropriate use of transparency in an organization. In your analysis, be sure to address the following:Explain what you believe to be the most appropriate level of transparency for an organization.
Identify any instances in which transparency would not be a good strategy.
Explain how a leader might exert influence-using transparency.Be sure to support your work with a minimum of two specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and one or more additional scholarly sources.Refer to the Week 8 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work

Every business leader, at some point in his or her career, will likely face a decision involving matters of organizational ethics. Leaders must find a way to make solid business decisions and yet remain faithful to ethical values; however, ethical values vary according to many factors, such as culture, situational considerations, and spiritual beliefs, among other things. In fact, it is not uncommon for people to say they are ethical and that they adhere to organizational policies and procedures while still making decisions frequently without consciously considering whether or not they are ethical. For you, as a global change agent, it is imperative to not only understand the importance of ethical decision making but also to begin gaining experience applying ethical frameworks as you analyze the consequences of ethical decisions in business settings.

This week, you will examine ethical dilemmas by applying ethical frameworks to a specific business case. Further, you will analyze the consequences of making ethical decisions within a given business environment.

Learning Objectives

Independent scholars will:

• Apply ethical frameworks to a business case
• Analyze the consequences of ethical decisions in a business setting
• REQUIRED READINGS
  Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Chapter 13, “Leadership Ethics” (pp. 329–362)
  • Discussion: Applying Ethical Frameworks
    Although the Ethics Resource Center conveyed, as of 2013, that 41% of employees reported having witnessed misconduct in the workplace—down from 45% in 2011—this percentage remains alarmingly significant (McGregor, 2014). In fact, these statistics seem to indicate an ongoing need to continue to strengthen commitment to ethical business practice. Business professionals and scholars need to know how to face ethical dilemmas and make sound ethical decisions. As a DBA independent scholar and global change agent, you should have a basic understanding of various ethical frameworks and understand how these frameworks influence real-world business decisions. Northouse (2016) stated, “Ethical theories that deal with the conduct of leaders are in turn divided into two kinds: theories that stress the consequences of leaders’ actions and those that emphasize the duty or rules governing leaders’ actions” (p. 333). Business leaders apply their ethical values daily for decision making in business. Understanding and analyzing various ethical frameworks can help you as you work to solve ethical dilemmas.To prepare for this Discussion, consider Case 13.2, “How Safe Is Safe?” on pages 351–352 of Northouse (2016) and review the Albert, Reynolds, and Turan (2015), Lawton and Páez (2015), Hoover and Pepper (2015), and Gustafson (2013) articles provided in this week’s Learning Resources.BY DAY 3
    Post your application of ethical frameworks to the ethical dilemma posed in the case study. In your application, do the following:
  • Justify your proposed solution, and explain the reasoning you used to arrive at your solution.
  • Incorporate the justifications you provided in response to the Case 13.2.
  • Apply the ethical framework(s) outlined in the Learning Resources or in other scholarly literature that aligns with your reasoning. Explain how your reasoning aligns with those frameworks.
  • Be sure to support your work with a minimum of two specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and one or more additional scholarly sources.Refer to the Week 6 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work