As the project manager for Advancement Corporation, you act as the CEO’s deputy. As such, you are granted the authority to develop and promote the vision or direction of the project: you must provide a solution to this personnel crisis. More specifically, this means that it is considered common knowledge throughout the organization that you, as the project manager, have the ability to identify, plan, be the catalyst to execute a plan, and provide closure for the plan to address the “raid” of your corporation’s key personnel by a predatory executive search firm.

To identify, plan, and execute this project, you must first develop a means for communicating with existing department heads in the research and development and sales departments. The goals of these two departments must not only be met, they must be reconciled. The director of research and development contends that developing the pharmaceuticals is the critical role of Advancement Corporation. As such, she believes the new recruiters should have expertise in recruiting and selecting scientists. In contrast, the executive director of the sales department believes that the actual selling of the prescription drugs in doctors’ offices and hospitals is the key to the company’s success.

As the project manager, you must do the following:

• Develop a list of 10 questions that will be asked of the executive director of research and development and the executive director of sales in a joint interview.
• Provide the CEO with your strategy for dealing with this conflict between the two executive directors. In doing so, you are to address the following:
  • Which communication techniques will you rely on to resolve potential disputes between these two directors?
  • How will you plan this critical meeting between yourself and the department heads? What will be the agenda for the meeting? Provide an outline.
  • In executing and providing closure for the joint, voluntary, and crucially important participation of these two executive directors, which specific goals will you attempt to gain joint agreement upon?
  • How will you measure whether and/or the degree to which these goals have been reached?

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In this chapter, you will learn about employee behavior and motivation. After you have read Chapter 8, please use the topic below as a starting point for class discussions, but please feel free to generate and initiate your own topics, including any questions or comment you may have for the concepts and content of this chapter.

At a minimum for every chapter, you need to submit at least one
primary discussion posting(s) in response to the instructor’s topic or a
new topic initiated by another student. You also need to submit at
least one secondary posting(s) commenting on other students’
postings. Please note that initiating a new topic is classified as a
primary posting. In the subject line of your posting, please indicate
whether it is primary, i.e. initiating a new topic, responding to the
instructor’s topic or to a new topic initiated by another student, or
secondary, i.e. commenting on other student’s postings.

1. Please read the chapter-opening case “Living Wage” on page 25 and answer the following questions: What are your thoughts on Aetna’s wage increases? Does a wage increase improve productivity and morale at a company? Tell me about your experiences if you have worked about wage increases?

please reply those 2

Primary Post – Responding to Instructor

1. I think the wage increase was a good thing for the employee’s. It helps them in dealing with the cost of living going up everywhere, and also boosting the morale around the office. It showed the employees, that they do matter, and are being paid for what they have to deal with, like those in the call centers. So by increasing pay, it helped these low paid people live their lives day by day, by increasing pay, this reduces stress making the work environment more peaceful.

2. I think an increase would help productivity as well morale. So by increasing pay, it helped these low paid people live their lives day by day, by increasing pay, this reduces stress making the work environment more peaceful, boosting morale. By increasing the wages, research has shown that low-wage workers are more likely to quit than their higher paid counterparts. CEO Mark Bertolini thinks that the pay raise increased productivity in the company.

3. I personally haven’t worked with low wages. I feel like this kind of relates to those who work for fast food restaurants and how they want pay increases for a job that was mean’t for high school kids or kids working part time in college, it was made for people to live off of. I think there are some jobs that should have higher pay, like teachers, I think teachers are very underpaid. What people don’t realize though is that when the wages increase the cost of living goes up, so you will never be ahead, you will always be trying to keep up.

PRIMARY RESPONSE TO INSTRUCTOR

I believe the Aetna’s wage increase was a smart move, it encourages and satisfies current employees and possible even boost productivity. However, wage increase may not always be a good thing.

I do believe that with wage increase will improve or increase morale and or productivity in a company. If a company increases its pay, that is usually a sign that the company is doing better and making money which in turn means they can use it to pay workers more or spend it on other resources.

The problem with wage increases is when it becomes mandatory for businesses to raise it. This is usually due to a law coming from a county, state, federal, etc to raise minimum wage. At this point it is generally good for CURRENT workers but not NEWworkers. Current workers will have more money in their pockets and work harder. The problem is when it comes to new workers or other outside factors. For instance struggling companies or small business are going to be unwilling to hire new workers. Some may move depending on the increase, for them why pay an employee $11.00 an hour in California when they can move to North Carolina and pay employees $7.25 an hour. It also might scare future businesses from forming or settling in said areas. Another possible cause is that inflation might happen. Stores can see this increase and see it as charging more for their product or services.

I have not really experienced wage increase as it was more of a pay raise. On top of that starting pay can be anywhere between $15.00 to &25.00, maxing out at $45.00 an hour. This is well above California’s $11.00 so a wage increase will be highly unlikely for a long time.

Lastly, there is nothing wrong with laws concerning minimum wage or wage in general. They are there so that employees can’t be paid ridiculous low amounts of money. Increasing it will generally be for the better. There are just many factors that need to be taken into account as this can effects economy, living standards, economic circulation, inflation, etc.

You can pick any topic about International Business to do this research paper. Minimum is 7 ages. I need the outline in 2 days but you will have a week to write the whole paper.

The outline must follow this example

Concept Example

Title of Paper: Your research title should have no more than 12 words. This is to teach you to be concise.For example, Internal Strategies for Asessing Organizational Communication Channel Effectiveness.

Foundation of the Study

There is a general lack of published studies on the effectiveness of organizational communication channels and their impact on organizational effectiveness. This paper exploresemployees’ perceptions of the effectiveness of six internal organizational communication channels with respect to the distribution of internal organizational communications.

Research Question

The central research question explored in this paper is the following: Whatinternal strategies do medium-sized law firms use, if any, to assess the effectiveness of their internal communication channels? Note:

Background of the Problem

Organizational communications generally encompass both internal and external communications (i.e., sending and receiving messages both within an organization and with parties outside an organization) and include (a) strategic communications, (b) internal communications, (c) corporate communications, (d) internal marketing, and (e) marketing communications (Christensen, 2014).

Problem Statement

Ineffective communication channels negatively influence the flow of information within an organization and can negatively affect both employee performance and organizational effectiveness (Berger & Iyengar, 2013). Meng and Berger (2012) found 73% of small- and medium-sized organizations have no formal initiatives for assessing the effectiveness of their communication channels. The general business problem is that some managers of law firms do not assess the effectiveness of their organizations’ internal communication channels, which may result in costly inefficiencies and lost business opportunities.

References

Berger, J., & Iyengar, R. (2013). Communication channels and word of mouth: How the medium shapes the message. Journal of Consumer Research, 40, 567-579. doi:10.1086/671345

Christensen, M. (2014). Communication as a strategic tool in change processes. International Journal of Business Communication, 51, 359-385. doi:10.1177/2329488414525442

Your final paper must include:

Title cover page (APA requirements)

Abstract

Table of Contents

Foundation of the Study

Research Question

Background of the Problem

Problem Statement

Research Themes (minimum of five themes)

Presentation of Findings (Addresses all five themes)

Conclusion

References

Rubric

Abstract (Includes a WOWstatement illuminating the problem under study
Background of the Problem: Provides a brief and concise overview of the context or background of the problem.
Problem Statement: Problem Statement does not exceed 150 words.
Research Questions: Lists research question in about 10-15 words (20 words max). Ensures research questionaligns with the specific business problem
Research Themes: (minimum of five themes). Research themes are the areas you wish to discuss about your topic in your presentation of findings. For example: Culture, employee performance, or Organizational effectiveness
Presentation of Findings: List the overarching research question. The student identifies each theme. The student analyzes and discusses findings in relation to the themes. Describes in what ways findings confirm, disconfirm or extend knowledge in the subject.
Application to Professional Practice Provides a detailed discussion on the applicability of the findings with respect to the professional practice of business. This major sub-section provides a rich academic argument why and how the findings are relevant to improved business practice
Implications for Social Change
Expresses implications in terms of tangible improvements to individuals, communities, organizations, institutions, cultures, or societies as the findings could affect to social change/behaviors.
Recommendations for Action
Ensures recommendations flow logically from the conclusions and contain steps to useful action.
States who needs to pay attention to the results.
Indicate how the results might be disseminated via literature, conferences, training, etc.
Reflections
Includes a reflection on the researcher’s experience within the process in which the student discusses possible personal biases or preconceived ideas and values, the possible effects of the student and her/his changes in thinking after completing the study.
Conclusion
Closes with a strong concluding statementmaking the take-home message clear to the reader.
References: APA references and format are required.

• After watching videos on abstracting, attempt to abstract all the information needed on the attached note by highlighting in word or printing the attachment.
• Once abstracted, compare your information highlighted with the completed abstracted note, posted separately. Did you pull all the same information? Do you feel that you had different information? Feel free to include thoughts about these differences in your discussion post regarding questions below.
• Once you’re comfortable with the information abstracted, make an attempt to code this using the root operation “excision ”.

Use your code book for this activity, then use the encoder 3M to see if you come up with the same answer. Make sure to read all 3M notes/guidelines indicated with the? next to your selection options for proper coding

Go to 3M.ahima.org
Log in is:

Username: CNM001

PW: AHIMA#35

Answer the following discussion questions

• In your own words, how do you identify the difference between skin and subcutaneous tissue for coding?
• Why do you think the provider uses the word skin, instead of following coding terminology of subcutaneous tissue, when talking about the cheek excisions?
• When attempting to abstract and code this OP note, did you come up with the same information highlighted, and/or correct codes? If different, how do you feel you can ensure correct information going forward? If the same, how do you feel regarding your comfort level doing this activity?

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