Short Paper Guidelines

IV. Creating a More Effective Organizational Culture: In this section, you will analyze the transcripts provided to determine the influence of cultural differences on the conflict.

• Analyze how the stakeholders’ cultural perspectives affected their points of view in this conflict. Support your analysis with relevant examples.
• Describe instances in which you see a match or gaps between the former employee and organizational culture. Support your description with specific examples.
• Recommend strategies that individual stakeholders can use to deal with employees who have disparate cultural perspectives. Justify your recommendation(s) with appropriate conflict resolution concepts.

Using the final project transcripts provided and the articles “Bias Has No Place at Work” and “Workplace Religious Accommodation Issues for Adherents of Islam” from the module resources, assess the cultural needs of Kareem versus the culture at ABC Corporation. Where did you identify gaps? What should ABC Corporation do to meet Kareem’s needs while still maintaining performance expectations?

Your paper should include these critical elements:

• An assessment of Kareem’s cultural needs
• An assessment ABC Corporation’s organizational culture
• A description of the gaps between Kareem’s cultural needs and the ABC Corporation organizational culture
• Recommendations of strategies for ABC Corporation to meet Kareem’s needs while still maintaining performance expectations

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Library Article: Bias Has No Place at Work Many
human resources departments work hard to remove intentional bias from
the workplace; however, the ability to determine what a bias is can be
subjective. This article details how unconscious bias impacts the
workplace.

Library Article: Workplace Religious Accommodation Issues for Adherents of Islam
“Diversity of religious practices has resulted in tensions in the
workplace. Many of today’s workplace conflicts related to religion are a
result of the growing presence of workers of the Muslim faith of Islam.
This paper focuses on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its
required regulatory compliance related to religious discrimination and
accommodation.” Navigate to pages 41-50 of the Business Studies Journal Volume 3 to read the article “Workplace Religious Accommodation Issues for Adherents of Islam”. Article: How to Handle Difficult Conversations at Work “Difficult
conversations—whether you’re telling a client the project is delayed or
presiding over an unenthusiastic performance review—are an inevitable
part of management.” This article provides expert advice on how to
handle difficult confrontations at work.

Library Article: Difficult Conversations (Optional)
This article is based on a series of focus groups held with managers.
It looks at the issues that make conversations difficult and provides
some ideas to help turn difficult conversations into productive and
meaningful ones.

Article: Those “Difficult Conversations:” How Can Technology Help Managers to Learn How to Hold Them in an Effective Manner? (Optional)
Managers find “holding difficult conversations with staff a challenge. .
. . Are the learning messages still the same and how can technology
help now in a way that was not available before?” This paper aims to
address ways technology can help managers hold an effective
conversation.

For this assignment, you will undertake an analysis based on a self-designed fictitious study that utilizes statistical methodologies. You will first develop a fictitious problem to examine – it can be anything. For example, maybe you want to look at whether scores on a standardized college placement test (like the SAT) are related to the level of income a person makes 10 years after college; Or, whether those who participate in a Leadership Training program rated as better managers compared to those who do not; Or, whether ones political affiliation is related to gender. These are just a few examples; be creative and think about what piques your interest. You might also address a problem that you may want to look at in future research for a dissertation.

Your analysis report should include the following components:

1. Describe your research study.
2. State a hypothesis.
3. List and explain the variables you would collect in this study. There must be a minimum of three variables and two must meet the assumptions for a correlational analysis.
4. Create a fictitious data set that you will analyze. The data should have a minimum of 30 cases, but not more than 50 cases.
5. Conduct a descriptive data analysis that includes the following:
   1. a measure of central tendency
   2. a measure of dispersion
   3. at least one graph
6. Briefly interpret the descriptive data analysis.
7. Conduct the appropriate statistical test that will answer your hypothesis. It must be a statistical test covered in this course such as regression analysis, single t-test, independent t-test, cross-tabulations, Chi-square, or One-Way ANOVA. Explain your justification for using the test based on the type of data and the level of measurement that the data lends to for the statistical analysis.
8. Report and interpret your findings. Use APA style and include a statement about whether you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.
9. Copy and paste your data output and place it in an appendix.

Constructive Eviction and the Implied Warranty of Habitability

Steve is renting a property from Billy. One evening Steve tripped and fell down the stairs. The issue is that one of the stairs in the common area was faulty. Billy knew about the stair, but he had never got around to fixing it.

Steve injured his leg, so he decided to return to his room. The heater was not working (and it was in the middle of winter). Steve had told Billy about the faulty heater for months, but Billy never got around to fixing it. There is a local ordinance that requires landlords to repair heaters. Additionally, assume that this jurisdiction includes the implied warranty of habitability. The jurisdiction recognizes constructive eviction, and it follows the majority rule of when landlords are liable for injuries.

• What causes of action does Steve have?
• What remedies does he have for the faulty heater?

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
• Attempt APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page.Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

POST 1:

• What is the purpose of the background section in Chapter 1? Why should you fully and effectively provide reader’s with an understanding of the problem context? 

The background section in Chapter 1 allows the writer to discuss the organization which is being researched which can include information regarding the organization’s background, history, when it was founded, number of employees, and annual report information. Providing the reader a full and effective problem context should be clear and succinct, lengthy background info detracts from the research clarity. However, it is vital to provide a clear understanding in order to explain the factors relevant to the organization’s problems and current circumstances that contribute to it and how the problem has evolved. This adequately sets the stage for the research and allows the writer to discuss not only the situation the organization is facing, but the impact the problem is having on its ability to accomplish its mission.

• Review the Chapter 1 examples (see Examples on the BlackBoard menu). Which example do you think has the best background section and which has the weakest background section? Explain why you think this is true. 

Example 1 stands out as having the best background section due to its succinct yet thorough and clear history and background information necessary for the reader to understand the paper’s topic of Youth Job Training in the state of Michigan. There were a couple of examples which I believed to be too long, however the weakest background section for me existed in Example 4. This was not succinct and there did not exist a clear ending to the introduction. A briefer, clearer, and more succinct background section would help the reader understand more quickly the important history of the topic and then be able to focus immediately on the research provided.

• Which example most closely matches the type of problem that you plan to research for your individual research project? 

Examples 1 and 2 most closely match the type of problem I plan to research, focusing on program evaluation and effectiveness.

• Why is it important, in the Research Objectives section of Chapter 1 to identify a specific audience for the research results? 

It is important to identify the specific audience for the research results in the Research Objectives section in Chapter 1 in order to direct the research towards and write a paragraph in order to convince the particular audience that this study is important and worth the expense. Within this, included can be the anticipated benefits that will be obtained from the research once the recommendations are implemented. Additionally, this can convince the reader that if this issue is not addressed can threaten the survival of the organization.

• Why is it important to have a primary research problem and to organize it as sub-problems? 

The primary research problem should address an important question so that the answer will make a difference. Additionally, this research problem should advance someone’s knowledge by illustrating new ways of thinking, suggest possible applications, or pave the way for further research in the field.

Sub-problems should be organized within the primary research problem as they are the most integral part in digging deep into the main overall problem. The sub-problems should be individual, researchable units which are clearly tied back to the interpretation of the data. More importantly, the sub-problems must add up to the totality of the problem.

POST 2:

Chapter 1 – Problem Definition

It is necessary to provide background information to put research problems into context.  When a reader is given ample facts about company history, structures, environment and the like, it becomes easier to understand the significance of the research problem and why it is so important to address it.  It also shows that significant thought was put into the research problem and the benefits that can be taken from the research material. 

The Chapter 1 examples offered vast examples of background infomation.  I felt that the #6 (Family Medical Practice) was a bit lengthy but provided a good history of what family medicine is, a description of the proposed location for a new practice, etc.  The author could have condensed the introduction into the future needs for rural medical practices, the importance of VCOM as well as saving the cited areas for the literature review.   I felt that #4 (Army Combat System) was far too long, so much so that I didn’t read much of it because it distracted me and lost my attention.  #2 (Law Firm Retention) did not give me enough information in the background section.  I was left wondering if the retention problem was new and if the management really even cared about retention.  Example #5 (Proposal Laundromat) was too short but did provide some good information such as who the residents are, what housing examples warrant a need and what current services exist.  I think this example has the potential to easily expand the background by illustrating facts like what caused the decrease in jobs and what are the thoughts that jobs may come back (is it a cyclical situation)? 

Structuring the primary research problem with corresponding sub-problems is an effective strategy to answer the main problem through the answering of sub-problems.  Since all sub-questions should be related to the primary question, sub-questions provoke thought through a series of questions that may or may not explain the problem and recommended solutions.  Chapter 2 Example #2 (Leadership Effectiveness Study) most closely matches my research problem of “the impact of mergers on employee morale and productivity” because employee attitudes, behaviors and changes in organizations are common topics to be addressed.

The Research Objectives section of Chapter 1 identifies the end outcome of the research problem (a problem needs to be solved or a decision needs to be made).  Recommendations should be shared with an intended audience, those who will best use the research information presented to solve the problem or make a decision, rather than everyone in an organization.  If the information is shared with a general, non-specific audience, it’s simply a sharing of information with no intended outcome.

Must be able to pass any and all originality tests. 

Using the information
from your previous assignment and the supporting documents, you must create a
proposal for your CEO explaining the issue and implementation recommendations
in transitioning the individual learning to organizational learning. Refer to
the Project Proposal template (attached), for additional information on the
content of each section of the proposal.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page proposal in which you:
Section 1: Project Summary

1.  Summarize your findings along with the
implementation recommendations.

Section 2: Project Background

2.  Determine the issue that has disconnected the
culture and organizational learning based on the three (3) selected
mystifications from Assignment 1.

3.  Critique the current OLM(s)’ hindrance to
organizational learning and provide your recommendation(s) for the organization
to address the issue.

Section 3: Project Goals and
Methodology

4.  Defend the one (1) OLM that is suitable (i.e.,
the OLM identified in Assignment 1) for the organization’s training and / or
learning circumstances then suggest three (3) pros and three (3) cons of
implementing the selected OLM. Next, diagnose the possible source that has
prevented productive learning within the organization then support your
recommendation(s) for a permanent change.

5.  Suggest two (2) talent management strategies
designed to prepare the organization for its readiness to share knowledge and
maintain a learning environment.

Section 4: Project Risk
Management

6.  Elaborate on two (2) high resistance risks to
this transition. Outline a plan for managing each resistance risk.

7.  Generate a high quality After-Action Review
(AAR) to monitor the effectiveness of the transition from individual to
organization learning.

8.  Specify one (1) training technique for the
organization to introduce this new way of learning to the workforce. Next,
examine whether or not the current organizational structure and processes can
support transition from individual learning to organizational learning.

9.  Use at least six (6) quality academic
references in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic
resource.

10.  Use the Project Proposal template attached.

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.