Suppose that your organization, or an organization with which you are familiar, is dealing with a major issue in transitioning individual learning (e.g., sharing knowledge, training programs, working as a team, experiences, procedures, processes, etc.) into organizational learning. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked you, as the Vice President of Human Resources, to assist with the issue and to help the organization transition its culture to this new way of learning. Before you provide any recommendations to address the issue, you must first research the root of the problem and the resistance to this transition.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization[s] that you have used.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Assess the organization’s culture as it relates to shared knowledge, then specify the significant issue(s) that you discovered with the culture. Determine the disconnect you observed between the culture and organizational learning using three (3) of the five (5) mystifications. Support your response with at least one (1) example of each selected mystification within the organization.
2. Give your opinion on the current Organizational Learning Mechanism(s) (OLMs) that hinder organizational learning. Support your response with one (1) example of a training or learning initiative (e.g., sharing knowledge, training programs, working as a team, experiences, procedures, processes, etc.) and the outcome when it was applied to the organization.
3. Determine which one (1) of the following OLMs is suitable for replacing the identified OLM(s) that hinder organizational learning as a corrective action to facilitate the transition from individual to organizational learning: Off-line/Internal, On-line/Internal, Off-line/External or On-line/External. Justify your selection.
4. Evaluate the norms of the organization’s learning culture to determine the source(s) that currently prevent productive learning by applying two (2) of the following norms: inquiry, issue orientation, transparency, integrity or accountability. Provide at least one (1) example of each of the selected norms’ manifestation within the organization in your evaluation.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic references in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Examine the processes of how organizations learn and organizational barriers that impact the process.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in developing a learning organization.
• Write clearly and concisely about developing a learning organization using proper writing mechanic.

The topic should focus on the dangers of social media and how it impact society

This is the second of two (2) position papers based on the following scenario to be completed in this course.
Imagine that you are running for a state office (e.g., governor, senator, or representative) and you have to prepare a position paper for a debate on controversial issues in the news. (Select one (1) of the topics addressed in Weeks 5-9 of this class.) You will want your position paper to demonstrate critical thinking, sound logic, valid claims, personal passion, and credible support that is cited correctly because the paper will be provided to the news media before the debate and will be scrutinized by the media and reported on regarding these criteria. Your professor will serve as your close advisor whose job is to review the paper and provide feedback to you on the paper’s strengths and weaknesses.

Write a two to three (2-3) page (700 to 1,200 words) paper in which you:

1. Introduce your position using a thesis statement in the first paragraph, including a quote, question, or statistic from your reliable sources and an overview of the main points you will cover. (It’s important to grab the audience’s interest and inform them of what the main and support points are.)
2. Provide three or four (3-4) major points to support your thesis statement. (Put each major point in a separate paragraph.)
3. Provide one (1) paragraph in which you identify and answer an expected argument against your view.
4. Organized arguments and support for claims effectively.
5. Demonstrate personal passion for your position and critical thinking with persuasive language, sound logic, valid claims, and credible support for the claims.
6. Provide two to three (2-3) credible and reliable references (in addition to the text) about current events, which have been published in the last five (5) years and are cited correctly in the position paper. (Wikipedia is not an acceptable source.)

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

As an HR representative at Delta Corporation, analyze the company profile and address the following in 525 to 700 words:

• Assess the current company profile and identify any current or potential diversity issues
• Evaluate why diversity is an issue
• Create a strategy for recruiting a competent and diverse workforce for your company

Document should apply the APA formatting guidelines, including citation and references.

Delta Corporation Company Profile

Delta Corporation – Delta started in 1998 and is a small family-owned firm in the microcomputer business. The company grew rapidly because of its disk, optical, backup drive, and innovative approaches to computer hardware problems. Managers and workers have all put in long hours, often sacrificing their personal time to get the company off the ground as many are long tenured employees.

Employee Profiles

FINANCE DEPARTMENT:

• John Wilde, 33, white male, MBA Marketing, married, 4 dependents. Fifteen years of service, average job performance and a four-year college education.
• Joseph Dana, 55, white male, CPA, widower, no children at home. Started with the company at its inception

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:

• Otis Armstrong, 49, white male, some college, single, 1 dependent at home with 17 years dedicated service. Exceptional corporate knowledge and networking ability enabling him to accomplish what few can.
• Hardy Hanger, 53, white male, PhD Computer Science, married, no children at home, 16 years of service.
• Kent McCullum, 23, white male, 1 year college, single, no children.

MARKETING:

• Jake Jakes, 42, white male, been with the company for 5 years, single, custody of 3 children.
• Lance Ripper, 56, white male MBA, rated as exceptionally good manager. Married, 2 children at home. Hired as an HR manager with Debby.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT:

• Debby Wringer, 33, African-American female, BS in HRD, married with no children, 10 years of service.
• Mark Jones, 46, white male, BA in Accounting, single, no dependents. Hired 1 year ago.

SALES:

• John Wilson, 59, white male, some college, 1 dependent at home. One of the first employees hired. Exceptional corporate knowledge and networking ability enabling him to accomplish what few can.
• Mike Zimbrowski, 54, white male, high School diploma, married, 6 children. Has 16 years good service for the company.
• Julie Windsor, 26, Asian-American female, no college, single, no children, 6 years of service.
• Jimmy Nutter, 50, white male, GED, married with 2 children. Was hired 3 months ago.
• Tony Kite, 49, white male, didn’t finish HS, 21 years at another company, recently hired.

Hypothetical situation: Bobbie Black died unexpectedly and had a will. Bobbie was a single woman with no children. She left $20,000 each to her dear friends Sally and Mona. She also left $20,000 to the local no kill animal shelter to provide for the care of her dog, Lucky. The remainder of her property was left to her ex-husband, Paul. Assume Bobbie had a $4 million taxable estate. Bobbie’s will has the following clause:

“I direct that my Executor pay out of my residuary estate, without apportionment, all estate, inheritance, succession, and other taxes (together with any penalty thereon) assessed by reason of my death, imposed by the Government of the United States, or any state or territory thereof, or by an y foreign government or political subdivision thereof, in respect to all property required to be included in my gross estate for estate or like death tax purposes by any of such governments, whether the property over which I have a power of appointment, without contribution by any recipient of any such property.”

1. Answer the following question: Who will bear the tax burden of Bobbie’s estate?
2. Rewrite the will clause to be more understandable by the average person.

This Reflection is based on the videos you viewed last week. Please write a 300-500 word reflection and post it on O-Space.

This is a conference by Michael Shaw on news and media images, from photojournalism to Instagram.

NOTE: the lecture ends at 54:00. The rest of the video is Q&A and you are not obligated to watch it.

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This short video discusses visual literacy from the perspective of different fields of study:

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These are three images by Yannis Behrakis for REUTERS. Reuters and The New York Times shared the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for images of the migrant crisis in Europe and the Middle East.

Please PICK TWO of the three images and compare/contrast them, specifically discussing:

• How do the two images portray the migrant crisis?
• What kind of visual message is communicated?
• What about symbolic and political meaning?

Try to keep in mind the COMPOSITION, COLORS and other elements discussed in class and in the homework assignments.

A Syrian refugee kisses his daughter as he walks through a rainstorm towards Greece’s border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015. Image © REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

An overcrowded inflatable boat with Syrian refugees drifts in the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece after its motor broke down off the Greek island of Kos, August 11, 2015. Image © REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis

Migrants and refugees beg Macedonian policemen to allow passage to cross the border from Greece into Macedonia during a rainstorm, near the Greek village of Idomeni, September 10, 2015. Image © REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis.