Has the ACA affected large employers and full-time, part-time, and temporary employees more positively or negatively? Why?
Provide reasons and evidence in support of your responses.
Be sure to cite any relevant resources used in framing your responses. Apply APA standards to cite sources.
Assignment 1: Procedural Email Message
Due Week 2 and worth 140 points
Write
a procedural email message to employees reminding them of standard
operating procedures or organizational changes that take the form of
step-by-step instructions. Be creative, or use an issue applicable to
your work environment. (Example can be found on page 76, Figure 5.1, of
the course text.)
The message should take the form of an email; however, you will submit your assignment to the online course shell.
The procedural message must adhere to the following requirements:
Your assignment must:
Submitting your assignment:
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
This week, you have examined the debates over Mexican-American War. After reading the historical documents for this week, compose a short essay in which you:
1. Summarize the arguments of antiwar opponents (100-150 words).
2. Summarize the arguments of war supporters (100-150 words).
3. Very briefly, take a side and explain why you favor one position over the other (100-150 words).
You are expected to pull evidence from the documents. NO OUTSIDE SOURCES ARE ALLOWED. You may draw from the lectures and the textbook reading to help provide context BUT your post should draw evidence primarily from the historical readings for evidence.
Resources
Boyer. America: A Very Short Introduction. 2012. 9780195389142
Read Boyer, pp 35 – 37*
Holton. Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia. 1999. 9780807847848
Holt. The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and Coming of the Civil War. 9780809044399
Need 2 full pages, word count at least 650.
Reading list:
1. Beck’s “Unnatural Selection” link: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/unnatural-selec…
2. Lopato’s “Yes, Science is Political” (attached in file)
3. Jewitt and Luu’s “Pluto, Perception & Planetary Politics”
4. Martin’s “The Egg and the Sperm” (attached in file)
Assignment Directions:
1) Choose an interesting passage (~three to four sentences) from one of our shared assigned readings so far.
2) Place the passage in quotation marks at the top of the page (beneath your heading) and follow it with an MLA in-text citation, just like you would if the quote appeared in an essay.
3) Below, compose a formal response to the passage* in which you:
a. explain what the passage means and is saying to the reader, in your own words
b. explain why it interests you as a reader** while paying attention to at least one important word in the passage.
*If the passage doesn’t give you much to respond to and you find yourself doing more summary than analysis, it’s best to choose a different passage. Otherwise, you won’t have anything to write about 🙂
**Keep in mind that you can be interested in something even if you feel like you don’t fully understand it or don’t really agree with it (Ex: “I find theories about the existence of aliens interesting, but ultimately pointless, because…”). Your response is a great place to explore that dynamic!
Assignment Goals:
1) Your primary task is to explain why and how the ideas/concepts/arguments in the passage you’ve quoted made you think more deeply about a larger issue or idea you might be interested in exploring further in your upcoming argumentative essay.
2) By beginning to engage actively with a text as a reader, you are becoming more aware about what you respond to as a member of the essay’s audience.
3) When you carefully read and analyze a meaningful passage from a shared reading, you are working actively towards building an essay. The best arguments often critically engage with important points or ideas, so by summarizing and analyzing a small passage you find interesting you’re well on your way to brainstorming and building your own argument.
Minimum Assignment Requirements:
A psychological assessment report is created by psychology professionals to inform groups or individuals of the assessments appropriate for their current needs. This type of report also includes a summary of the services provided to these groups or individuals. This evaluation is used by the various entities to assess basic needs, competencies, preferences, skills, traits, dispositions, and abilities for different individuals in a variety of settings.
Psychological reports vary widely depending on the psychology professional creating it and the needs being assessed. Some of the psychology professionals who create this type of report include counselors, school psychologists, consultants, psychometricians, or psychological examiners. This type of report may be as short as three pages or as long as 20 or more pages depending on the needs of the stakeholders. Many reports include tables of scores that are attached either in an appendix or integrated into the report. Despite the many variations in assessment reports, most include the same essential information and headings.
Students will choose one of the personality assessment scenarios from the discussions in Weeks Two, Three, or Four to use as the basis of this psychological assessment report. Once the scenario has been chosen, students will research a minimum of four peer-reviewed articles that relate to and support the content of the scenario and the report as outlined below. The following headings and content must be included in the report:
The Reason for Referral and Background Information
In this section, students will describe the reasons for the referral and relevant background information for all stakeholders from the chosen personality assessment scenario.
Assessment Procedures
In this section, students will include a bulleted list of the test(s) and other assessment measures recommended for the evaluation of the given scenario. In addition to the assessment(s) initially provided in the personality assessment scenario from the weekly discussion, students must include at least three other measures appropriate for the scenario.
Immediately following the bulleted list, students will include a narrative description of the assessments. In the narrative, students will examine and comment on the major theoretical approaches, research methods, and assessment instruments appropriate for the situation and stakeholder needs. In order to defend the choice of recommended assessments, students will evaluate current research in the field of personality theories and provide examples of how these assessments are valid for use in the chosen scenario. For additional support of these recommended assessment measures, students will evaluate the standardization, reliability and validity, and cultural considerations present in these personality assessments that make them the most appropriate tools for the given scenario. Students will conclude the narrative by assessing types of personality measurements and research designs often used in scenarios like the one chosen and providing a rationale for why some of those assessments were not included.
General Observations and Impressions
In this section, students will describe general observations of the client during the assessment period provided in the chosen personality assessment scenario and explain whether the client’s behavior might have had a negative impact on the test results. Students will analyze and comment on how the APA’s Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct affected the implementation of the personality assessment during the initial process. Based on the observations and analysis, students will assess the validity of the evaluation and make a recommendation for or against the necessity for additional testing.
Test Results and Interpretations
In this section, students will analyze the results of the assessment provided in the chosen personality assessment scenario. Based on the score, students will interpret the personality factors (conscientiousness, openness, emotional stability, introversion, extroversion, work drive, self-directedness, etc.) that are present.
Note: Typically, this section reports test results and is the longest section of a psychological assessment report because the results of all the tests administered are analyzed and reported. Some psychologists report all test results individually, while others may integrate only a portion of the test results. However, in this report, only the assessment presented in the chosen personality assessment scenario will be included.
Summary and Recommendations
In this section, students will summarize the test results. They will provide a complete explanation for the evaluation, the procedures and measures used, and the results and include any recommendations translating the evaluation into strategies and suggestions to support the client. Finally, students will provide any conclusions and diagnostic impressions drawn from the previous sections of the report.
Pathbrite Portfolio
The Masters of Arts in Psychology program is utilizing the Pathbrite portfolio tool as a repository for student scholarly work in the form of signature assignments completed within the program. After receiving feedback for this Psychological Assessment Report, please implement any changes recommended by the instructor, go to Pathbrite and upload the revised Psychological Assessment Report to the portfolio. Use the Pathbrite Quick-Start Guide to create an account if you do not already have one. The upload of signature assignments will take place after completing each course. Be certain to upload revised signature assignments throughout the program as the portfolio and its contents will be used in other courses and may be used by individual students as a professional resource tool. See the Pathbrite website for information and further instructions on using this portfolio tool.
The report:
Truly innovative ideas are often met with resistance. Consider the large number of record labels and musicians who were initially opposed to the idea of selling digital music rather than physical CDs. Many record labels feared copyright violations or thought that no effective and reliable distribution method could be established, while many artists worried that the low price of digital music files would hurt their income. Ultimately, this resistance was overruled as the digital music revolution proved profitable and pushed musicians, labels, and consumers to adapt to the new ways music could be accessed, distributed, and purchased. How do you think the early years of digital music distribution might have gone differently if all the stakeholders in the music industry supported the innovation? This week’s Individual Reflection will help you examine the influence of stakeholder support on innovative ideas.
For this Individual Reflection, identify a plan that you would like to implement within the next few months. Perhaps you are working on a plan toward achieving a goal in your personal or professional life, or maybe there is another, more short-term goal that you need a bit of extra help to achieve. Whether it is within the workplace or a personal area, consider how an innovation might span more than one department, function, or group. Consider your stakeholders as an Innovative Team. There will be stakeholders who seem willing to support your plan, are neutral to your plan, and a few who might be resistant to or against your plan.
Note: Consider the rubric and the expectations for exemplary work for this and all of your course assignments. Often, an exemplary level of work is considered innovative in the workplace. Using this mindset, complete the aspects of this Individual Reflection as if you are preparing a stakeholder report for a leader at your company (or a company with which you are familiar), a mentor, or a community leader.
In the solution development stage of the creative process, you will be taking your time to analyze and test several alternative solutions. You will be adjusting and analyzing potential solutions, all the while moving your team toward convergence. Using the text, consider Chapters 20 and 21 that includes the POINt tool and the Stakeholder Analysis tool (Applegate) which provide ideas and techniques to devise creative solutions. Also consider Long (2010) who emphasizes the importance of engaging stakeholders in meaningful ways to achieve project goals.
Submit your Individual Reflection in which you describe the plan that you would like to implement, including:
Guidance on Assignment Length: Your Week 4 Individual Reflection assignment should be 2–3 pages (1–1.5 pages if single spaced), excluding a title page and references.
Long, S. (2010). The strategic implications of non-technical stakeholder acceptance in high technology system design and implementation. Human Systems Management, 29, 205–215.
APA style and references….
You have just been part of a merger. You have each been chosen to head up your department and merge the two groups into a self-directed work team. Work with each other to lay out a plan describing how you will develop a new team within your department or departments. It is natural that there will be some confrontations between people. Look at the stages of team development and use that knowledge to work with the team. It is recognized that some employees will refuse to be part of the team. In fact, the new ownership expects that there will be some who lose their jobs because of these issues; however, that is a last resort. Use all your skills to negotiate with employees in an attempt to resolve conflicts and pull your team together.
Because you are working together as a team, it is seen by the ownership that if one is successful, you are all successful. Likewise, if one fails, you all fail. The future success of the company is dependent on your mutual success.
Consider the following:
The Group should present your findings as a 7-8 pages (body of paper) Word document formatted in APA style and references.
Discuss how Oedipus the King meets the standards for tragedy set out by Aristotle in his work Poetics: “Tragedy is an imitation of an action of high importance, complete and of some amplitude; in language enhanced by distinct and varying beauties; acted not narrated; by means of pity and fear effecting its purgation of these emotions.” Be sure to include at least three quotes from the play.
Must be MLA format
Outline for Essay
Original Title
Introduction
Interesting Beginning
Identification of title of play and author
Thesis Statement
Body
Topic sentences to introduce the main idea of each paragraph
Development of thesis with reference to scenes in the drama
Inclusion of at least three direct quotations from the play
Conclusion
Restatement of thesis (not repetition)
Encapsulation of main ideas
Satisfying ending
Address the three part questions:
Part 1. In 300 words explain the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling in your own words. Also, explain how the functions work together in business. Part 2. In 300 words explain how outsourcing, offshoring, and foreign entities affect the operation of businesses in the United States. Under which management function (planning, organizing, leading, or controlling) would outsourcing and offshoring take place? It is often not unusual to hear or read about the interchangeability of management and leadership in most businesses. However, it is not always clear how management functions differ from leadership functions.In 150 words, List two distinct differences between management and leadership and discuss these two differences between management and leadership.
Think about how you can plan for unexpected life
events both now and in the future. What are your thoughts on, and plans for,
setting aside the time you need for your educational program, while making sure
that you are also taking care of your professional work, your family
responsibilities, and yourself?
Discussion
Specifications
Your initial discussion post must:
Thomack’s 2012 article, “Time
Management for Today’s Work Demands,” from Workplace
Health & Safety, volume 60, issue 5, pages 201–203.
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