Your neighbor tells you that her nine-year-old son has been having behavior and academic problems in school. “His teacher recommended taking him to the pediatrician to get a prescription for Ritalin,” she said.

In a well-thought-out paper integrating information from the text and the module readings, make an argument for why your neighbor should first have her son evaluated by a clinical psychologist.

Discuss the types of assessment tools the psychologist might use in his or her evaluation and how these tools would help in guiding diagnosis and treatment. Make sure to use appropriate sources of information and reference them properly, in American Psychological Association (APA) style.

This paper should be 3–4 pages and formatted in APA style.

Write helpful responses to the students post as if you were the one writing to them.

1) Write a response to the student, welcome them to the class, and write how you agree include details to support it. Also give your opinion, keep it positive. 100 words min

Hello everyone my name is Liam Clingan, and I’m very happy to be taking this class with all of you! This is my 2nd year in college and I’m 19 years old. I plan on majoring in broadcast journalism, hoping I can one day be a sports debater/ sports analyst. For instance I love to talk sports with anyone, I run my own podcast on sports, but other than sports I love fishing, hiking, and playing video games. I really enjoy any kind of history. My whole life I have always thought that History was the most important subject in school, besides English of course. Needless to say I’m very excited to be taking this class.

“If you think you already have the answer or the truth, it keeps you from learning”. This quote is something that really struck home with me. The time we live in we are privy to all sorts of different information, and yet we use very minimal sources when it comes to anything. For example we can look at Republicans and Democrats. Democrats are often getting their news and information from CNN or NBC. While Republicans get their information from Fox. The issue with this is that we see information coming from one side and people want to just believe it rather than watching or listening to both so you can see the different point of views. These groups of people think that there information is more correct than the others, and that isn’t the case. They are all right because with out diversified information you cannot learn. Which ties into things

The New History Wars. The way we teach history needs to be taught with any censorship at all. We need to learn the harsh reality of history that has happened in the world and in our own history as a country. People are getting upset with schools not teaching the correct history. This whole ordeal is skirting a fine line between patriotic inspiration and historical thinking. People want there to be change and for history to be taught correctly and yet we don’t want change if it changes the way we perceive the way we view America. Which goes back to what we know, what we know is America isn’t perfect, but we want to believe it is. This stems from our Nationalistic roots as Americans, and we do not want to see change if it changes the way we view our proud history

2) write how you agree include details to support it. Also give your opinion, keep it positive. 100 words min

After watching the video several times I kept going back to the definition of “Bill of Attainder” in the video it is defined as: legislation imposing punishment without trial. I didn’t comprehend exactly what that meant and how someone can be punished without trial. I then looked it up in the textbook and what I found was this, “There are only three individual rights mentioned in the Constitution: (1) the right to see a writ of habeas corpus; (2) the prohibition of bills of attainder; and (3) the prohibition of ex post facto laws” (Hemmens, pg 39). An example would be if someone committed a felony or treason. I’m not too sure why I was having trouble comprehending this individual right, so if someone can give me another example of scenario I would highly appreciate it.

ORIGINAL
QUESTION:

Lean
Systems

The advent of new technologies (the Internet,
computerization, etc.) and the impact of globalization (products not only
available from every country but being developed in multiple countries) has
increased not just the demand for goods and services but also has increased
customer requirements and expectations. As such, organizations must be
constantly changing to be as economically competitive as possible. This means
doing more with less as the organization becomes as “lean” as possible
(no fat).

The operations manager must be aware of how and why
lean systems are necessary.

To answer the Discussion questions you will need to do
additional research using the virtual library and/or Internet.

In order for an organization to do more with less they
must examine all facets of the production or service process. To that end
address the questions below:

1. How
   does just-in-time (JIT) inventory control help organizations become
   leaner?
2. Where
   does the information on waste (waste in raw materials, waste in process
   and flow, etc.) come from?
3. Should
   line employees be involved in making recommendations to improve lean
   production and processes or should this decision making be left only to management?

STUDENT
1 RESPONSE TO ORIGINAL QUESTION:

Just-in-time inventory refers to the material flow or
product flow to ensure it arrives as needed and not ahead of schedule or behind
schedule (Russell & Taylor III, 2014). Just-in-time inventory helps to make
a company “leaner” by reducing inventory costs and ensuring customers are
pleased by keeping stock on hand (Kokemuller, 2015). It costs money when there
is too much inventory. The company has already invested money in the product
that is now sitting in a “storage” room in the store or factory. The company
paid for the product or part, and now it is sitting in a room collecting dust
instead of being sold. It also will cost the company in labor because the
company needs to pay someone to count the back stock of the product or part
come inventory time. Customers generally will not be upset when there is an
“overstock” of a product, in fact, they might not even now about the overstock
of the product. Having an overstock might not directly affect the customer.
However, if there is “no stock” of the product, then the customer might be
upset they have to wait for a product they want.

            Look at the
processes to identify waste or find a computer software program that will work
with the company (Business). It is possible for the person or software to find
waste in inventory (producing too much), employees waiting on certain things
(parts or machines), needless moving items from one place to another (and
possibly back again), over processing, inventory (storing, counting insuring
etc.), employee movement (by not having what it needed at their stations), and
defects (having to complete work over again because it was not done right the first
time) (Russell & Taylor III, 2014).

 
Line employees should be involved in making recommendations to management for
changes and improvements to the process. These employees work the job every day
and can see where improvements could be made in order to improve the process
and make the company leaner. At first, some employees might resist the change
because they do not want to be challenged and prefer to stay in their comfort
zones, but eventually, employees will see their opinions and ideas are valued
(Lean, n.d.). They will be more likely to work harder, work smarter, pass on
their ideas, their morale will increase, and most importantly they will feel
like a contributing part of the team (Lean, n.d.).

References:

Kokemuller, N. (2015). Advantages & Disadvantages
of Just-in-Time Inventory. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-disadvantages-justintime-inventory-21407.html

Russell, R., & Taylor III, B. (2014). Operations
and Supply Chain Management (8th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Business Knowledge Source. (2010). What can you do to
reduce the amount of waste? Retrieved from http://businessknowledgesource.com/manufacturing/what_can_you_do_to_reduce_the_amount_of_waste_025340.html

Lean-manufacturing-junction.com. (n.d.). Benefits of lean
manufacturing – short/long term benefits and challenges explained. Retrieved
from http://www.lean-manufacturing-junction.com/benefits-of-lean.html

STUDENT
2 RESPONSE TO ORIGINAL QUESTION:

Just-in-time (JIT) inventory controls helps
organizations become leaner because materials and products are only produced as
demand requires (Kokemuller, 2014). This helps businesses avoid situation in
which inventory is greater than demand leaving businesses to deal with the
extra inventory that requires management and storage cost. By using (JIT)
producers can maintain a balance of what is being produced and what is being
used leaving little or no inventory to deal with which minimizes the risk of
taking a loss.

The information on waste come from the part of the
analyze process in DMAIC it is there that processes can be discussed and
targeted for statistical analysis (Russell, Taylor, 2014). In the analyze phase
information is being gathered through somewhat of an investigation whether it
be the materials used and the cost associated or the process of producing good
and the time associated all of this information along with statistical data can
be used to identify waste.

I believe that line employees should be involved in
making recommendation to lean process because they are the one the people that
are actually operating at that level and may know what really works and what
only works in theory and when looking at statistics. Participative decision
making can help with innovation which is part of what a lean process is about,
it can also help to motivate employees and make them feel like they are a part
of a process which creates a better work environment and this should not be
underestimated no matter what process is in place (Jensen, 2011).

References:

Jensen, A. (2011). Motivating Employees with
Participative Management. Retrieved 01/16/2016 from http://www.andrewjensen.net/motivating-employees-with-participative-management/

Kokemuller, N. (2014). Just in Time Inventory
Definition. Retrieved 01/13/2016 from

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/just-time-inventory-definition-23475.html

Russell, R., Taylor, B. (2014). Operations Supply and Chain
Management. Retrieved 01/13/2016

Communication Ethics

In this assignment, you will learn to critically evaluate the code of ethics practiced in the corporate world.

Complete the following tasks:

• Find an example of an actual corporate code of ethics (you may also use the code of ethics from your current employment).
• Critique the code of ethics by addressing the following questions:
  • What seem to be the key focal points of the code of ethics?
  • Does the firm urge all its employees to uphold the code and perform only in ethically acceptable ways? How?
  • Does the code discuss the firm’s values and reflect the corporate culture? How?
  • Recommend at least three improvements the organization could make to its code of ethics.

Support your answers with examples and reasoning.

Submission Details:

• Submit your assignment as a 3 to 4 page Microsoft Word document, using APA style.
• Support your answers with examples, reasoning, and research.
• Name your document SU_BUS3041_W2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
• Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

No Plagiarism!

Must have 3 or more references with citations!

Thank you!

Read Chapters 12-13 in “Organizational Behavior and Management” (Konopaske et al., 2018) to gain new understanding of such concepts as power, politics, ethics, and communication in an organization.

Respond to the following discussion questions:

• Think about your current attitude towards and experience with office politics and write down your thoughts.
• View the video: “The best way to play office politics” [16:12]
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGdRyPN3IRk (Links to an external site.)
• To what extent was Linda Hill and Kent Lineback’s message in congruence with your attitude and experience of office politics? Why? Explain.
• To what extent did their message influence how you perceive office politics today and what actions, if any, will you take in the near future to participate in office politics? Explain.

Respond with a substantive and succinct post of 250-350 words and make at least two substantive comments (50-100 words) to classmates’ posts