Assignment 4: Annual Review

Due Week 4 and worth 125 points

Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee, Jim’s,
annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months
of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a
few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the
production line. In this assignment, write a one (1) page summary of
your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance
issues while still praising him for his previous nine (9) months of good
work? Your goal is to balance the negative and positive feedback so
that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.

Write a one (1) page paper in which you:

1. Explain how you will address Jim’s recent performance issues.
2. Suggest both constructive and positive feedback designed so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.
3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your
      name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover
      page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain effective approaches to the broad spectrum of employee
  relations, including career development, fostering ethical behavior,
  discipline, labor relations, and dismissals.
• Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of performance appraisal programs.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.
• Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Discussion Board:

1) Continue week’s 2 theme, by comparing and contrasting management theories to leadership theories in order to develop or refresh a working knowledge of application of these principles in practice. Find two alternate academic sources to support your analysis.

2) Describe in detail how you can apply project management techniques to the risk communication project. See the project description to understand what the requirements are for the assignment and then create your project management plan.

3) Describe a SWOT analysis.

4) Individually, perform a SWOT analysis on your learning community group

here are week 3 Readings as indicated in Topics of Study:

Crawford, L., Langston, C., & Bajracharya, B. (2013). Participatory project management for improved disaster resilience. (16 pages)

Ismail, Majid, Roosli, & ab Samah (2014)

Project Management Success for Post-disaster Reconstruction Projects: International NGOs Perspectives INGOs

(8 pages)

(four others, totaling 36 pages)

(Risk Communication campaign Project deliverables due weeks 8-10-13+PSA week15)

Here is the last week discussion board question and answer:

1. How do you look at collective problem solving and avoid the dilemma of an individual’s agenda driving the work of the group in their own direction rather than for the common good.

2 .What are methods to come to consensus and value each member’s perspective?

my answer was:

How do you look at collective problem solving and avoid the dilemma of an individual’s agenda driving the work of the group in their own direction rather than for the common good?

Problem-solving is very significant in achieving the primary goals of a group. It helps in uniting the group towards achieving the common goal and eliminates all the elements of individualism among the group members. To avoid the dilemma and achieve the collective goal of the group, one must ensure the process of solving the problems include discussions, thoughts, collective decision-making and actions that considers the challenges faced by the group and the primary objectives of the group (Sherif & Muzafer, 37). The group must effectively define the problem by considering the goal, undesirable situations and the obstacles affecting the problem-solving process.

Analyzing the problem together with the group members and identifying the significance of its solution to the group helps in achieving the common goal of the group. It helps in identifying the potential causes of the problem and assists in generating its possible solutions. Evaluating the solutions is also imperative and helps in avoiding the dilemma of an individual’s agenda driving the work of the group in their own direction rather than for the common good and achieving the collective problem-solving goals. To achieve the common goal of the group, one must also assess and implement the solution to determine its effectiveness and its impact on the primary goals of the group.

What are methods to come to consensus and value each member’s perspective?

Coming to consensus and considering the value of the perspective of every member of a group is paramount and helps in achieving uniting and understanding among the group members. One of the major methods of coming to consensus and valuing each member’s perspective is by ensuring and initiating active participation from all the members. Encouraging all the members to generate ideas helps the group in coming to consensus and valuing each member’s ideas. Introducing a multi-voting approach when making decisions is also a significant method that helps the group achieve consensus and valuing perception of members. It is significant when the group has different options. Pinpointing the priorities also helps in attaining consensus. It helps in prioritizing and ranking each members task and collectively deciding on the best option (Baldwin, Richard, Francesco, 42). The most effective approach that helps the group in valuing the member’s perception and achieving consensus is involving the whole groups in developing the solution. It helps the members to feel valued and important to the group. It also helps the group to easily come to a consensus.

References,

Sherif, Muzafer. Group conflict and co-operation: Their social psychology. Psychology Press, 2015.

Baldwin, Richard E., and Francesco Giavazzi. The Eurozone crisis a consensus view of the causes and a few possible solutions. London: CEPR Press, 2015.

— if you have any questions let me know

1) Research Drafts (15 pages – double spaced)

Please submit your chapters 1-3 drafts. Before submitting, you should review Chapter 2 to ensure that it aligns with Chapter 1 and 3. Are all of the variables in your research questions discussed in Chapter 2? Do you have literature in Chapter 2 that supports/justifies your research questions?

Use Grammarly in Microsoft Word to review your assignment before submitting. Grammarly may show areas that you do not think need to be changed. If so, you should use the “trash” feature in Grammarly to remove each area that you do not think need to be addressed.

Review all of your references. Are all references in APA format? Do all in-text citations have an associated reference in the reference list? Do you have references in the reference list that are not cited in the chapters?

2) Research Proposal (3 pages – single Spaced)

Submit a second draft of your research proposal, if needed. This will help you envision all the components before you begin drafting your IRB materials.

It is about GPS Jewelry Idea Project

I attached two files, one of them is the example and the other one is the one which needs to adjust

in each section I did, I need two- six sentences more, (no need to do the empty sections) and I also need four survey questions with the answers (multiple choices)

and here is more explaining

“I think the most interesting were temperature, heartbeat and a range of area they should be in. A good point for kids is temperature – they hate it being taken and this would allow parents to know if they aren’t feeling well at any time, especially at school.

In class we talked about using a sticker for the kid. Like a clear strip that would go on their back so it wouldn’t bother them and they couldn’t remove it. This would be deviating from jewelry, but it looks like there are already tons of GPS options out there for kids.

This would be pushing reality like what she wants because the products available now have a battery and have to be replaced. We would have to figure out how to power the tracker. If it were on the body, could the body heat charge it? He said the technology doesn’t have to be developed yet. I read reviews for the Tile and that was the biggest complaint is that after the battery dies you just have to replace the product.”