select a company and research their brand ambassador program.

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When implemented correctly, a corporate brand ambassador program can be a powerful tool to improve organizational culture; increase employee motivation, retention and performance; and change external company perception. As an OD consultant, a brand ambassador program may be a tool that you consider implementing to create positive change within a client company.

For this Assignment, you select a company and research their brand ambassador program. As you research your selected company, identify how the brand ambassador program impacts the organization and consider elements of the program that you see as especially effective or that you may choose to change.

To prepare:

Choose a company from the list below and research their employee brand ambassador program.

  • Adobe
  • Coca-Cola
  • Deloitte
  • GE
  • Nokia

By Day 7

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper written in APA format and style in which you evaluate your selected company’s brand ambassador program and the impact it has on employees, the organizational culture, external perceptions, and overall company performance. How can shared values be promoted via brand ambassadors? As an OD consultant, is this a model you might recommend to your own clients? If so, how might you initiate and implement a brand ambassador program for a client organization?

Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation.

Submit your assignment by Day 7 of Week 5.

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how personality can influence or impact work behavior.

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Each of us is different, with unique personalities and preferences. Workplaces are conglomerations of as many personalities and individual differences as there are employees. Leading disparate groups of individuals, seeking to motivate them despite their differences, or advising others on how to manage sometimes-competing goals, desires, and preferences can be challenging.

Within the field of I/O psychology, understanding the intricacies and effects of individual differences and personalities sets our work apart from other disciplinary areas of focus on management and leadership. It’s from the psychological foundations of our training and focus that our work often differentiates itself. It’s around these aspects of individual personality and preferences that our first Discussion this week revolves.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Read Chapter 2 in the course text, Organizational Behavior, Chapter 12 in The Sage Handbook (vol. 1), the journal articles on personality, and the video, “The Power of Introverts.” Reflect on how specific personality traits affect employee behavior. Also, consider the advantages and disadvantages of using personality measures in the workplace.
  • Read the article, “Personality Tests in Employment: A Continuing Legal, Ethical, and Practical Quandary.” Consider the ethical issues related to using personality tests for making decisions about hiring and promoting employees.

Important Note: For this discussion, you are required to complete your initial Discussion assignment post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings.By Day 3

Post a response to the following:

Briefly explain how personality can influence or impact work behavior. Then describe how personality measures can be used in the workplace. Based on this week’s readings, explain one advantage and one disadvantage of using personality measures in the workplace. Be sure to include a discussion about the ethical implications related to using personality measures in the workplace.

By Day 5

Respond to at least two colleagues. Consider how the points they have made about personality align with your own understanding. Where can you contribute additional ideas or concepts (from the Learning Resources or other scholarly sources)? What evidence can you find to respectfully challenge the perspectives of your peers?

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.

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Managing the Hidden Stress of Emotional Labor.

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Within the workplace, it is common to have organizational and cultural norms for behavior. These expectations require employees to display or refrain from particular emotions as a routine part of their job. Human emotions, however, are influenced by many factors inside and outside the workplace, and there may be times when emotions must be regulated to align with client, customer, or coworker needs. Emotional labor is the term used to describe the emotional regulation required in workplace interactions. For example, a nurse may feel tired, angry, stressed, or overwhelmed, but must appear caring and confident to patients. In addition, a bill collector may have a sweet disposition, but the job requires acting in a harsh and unrelenting way with customers who do not pay their bills.

In this Discussion, you will explore challenges related to emotional labor. You also will consider how personality affects emotional labor.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Read Chapter 4 in the course text, Organizational Behavior, and the article, “Managing the Hidden Stress of Emotional Labor.” Pay particular attention to the definitions of and challenges posed by emotional labor.
  • Read Chapter 12 in The Sage Handbook (vol. 1) and the article, “Emotional Labor and Burnout.” Consider how different personality traits may affect an employee’s propensity to engage in surface acting or deep acting.
  • Identify a job you had or one with which you are familiar that requires emotional labor. Consider the challenges emotional labor poses for an employee in this job and how specific personality traits might influence the level of emotional labor required.

By Day 5

Post a response to the following:

Briefly describe the job that you selected. Using specific examples from the workplace, explain challenges that emotional labor poses for an employee and why. Then, explain how factors related to the employee’s personality might influence the level of emotional labor required in his or her job.

By Day 7

Respond to at least two colleagues. Share experiences that you may have had that relate to the workplace challenges your peers described. How did your own perspective influence how you understood those situations or arrived at perhaps different solutions for the challenge? What ideas and concepts from the readings might prove helpful in better understanding or mitigating similar situations in the future?

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights that you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.

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major points of prenatal and infant development.

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Discuss some of the major points of prenatal and infant development.

Incorporate at least 2 references and citations in APA format (with the exceptions that single-spacing is appropriate in the discussion boards and that you will not be penalized if the references in the discussions are not in hanging indentation format due to the difficulty that sometimes occurs with formatting discussions in Blackboard). The 2 required references and citations should be from course materials and/or other scholarly sources. The Bible and additional sources may (optionally) be incorporated in addition to the 2 sources from course materials or other scholarly sources. Must be 300 words

Sensitive (Avoidant Personality Disorder), Conscientious (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) and Devoted

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The traits: Sensitive (Avoidant Personality Disorder), Conscientious (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder) and Devoted (Dependent Personality Disorder) correspond with which PDs (on that page)? Read the characteristics of those 3 traits (first page of each corresponding chapter in NPSP) and then compare those traits to the symptoms listed in the DSM for the corresponding PDs (those are in a separate module if you need to reference them). Upon doing so think to yourself, “how does a normal trait become pathological?” Attempt to explain in the post how these personality traits exist is normal and productive fashion and what might happen that pushes these traits past the sense of normalcy into the “pathological” zone? Would someone who scores high in one of these traits be more likely to develop the corresponding PD, why or why not? What might be some protective factors and risk factors? If you have these personality traits what might you do to keep yourself grounded so that these traits do not become too extreme? If the traits do become extreme how does that affect the person’s daily functioning?

What do developmental psychologists/scientists do

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Describe what is developmental psychology (or developmental science)? What do developmental psychologists/scientists do? What is the benefit of developmental psychology/science? Why study developmental psychology/science? Which research methods are useful in studying development, and why?Incorporate at least 2 references and citations in APA format (with the exceptions that single-spacing is appropriate in the discussion boards and that you will not be penalized if the references in the discussions are not in hanging indentation format due to the difficulty that sometimes occurs with formatting discussions). The 2 required references and citations should be from course materials and/or other scholarly sources. The Bible and additional sources may (optionally) be incorporated in addition to the 2 sources from course materials or other scholarly sources.

 

death, dying, and end-of-life issues.

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Discuss some of the major points of child, adolescent, and/or adult development. Discuss death, dying, and end-of-life issues. Incorporate at least 2 references and citations in APA format (with the exceptions that single-spacing is appropriate in the discussion boards and that you will not be penalized if the references in the discussions are not in hanging indentation format due to the difficulty that sometimes occurs with formatting discussions in Blackboard). The 2 required references and citations should be from course materials and/or other scholarly sources. The Bible and additional sources may (optionally) be incorporated in addition to the 2 sources from course materials or other scholarly sources. must be 300 words or more

State several forms of conflict you can expect in the types of groups you will lead.

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Conflict typically appears when a group is in transition. State several forms of conflict you can expect in the types of groups you will lead. Consider group members suffering with substance use disorders. What are your own reactions to conflict? How will this influence your ability to help members recognize and work through conflicts? 150 words

How could the use of role-plays among group members facilitate the goals of early and transition stage groups? What purpose could role-plays serve for individual members and for the group as a whole? 150 words

 Treatment Effectiveness for Veterans with PTSD

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Topic: Treatment Effectiveness for Veterans with PTSD

Resources to use:

PDF: Ethical Issues in Psychological Research

PsychINFO

Doran, J. M., & DeViva, J. (2018). A naturalistic evaluation of evidence-based treatment for veterans with PTSD. Traumatology, 24(3), 157–167. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1037/trm0000140

Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Functioning Deficits in Veterans With PTSD (CCTPTSD). (n.d.).

Sloan, D. M., Unger, W., & Beck, J. G. (n.d.). Cognitive-behavioral group treatment for veterans diagnosed with PTSD: Design of a hybrid efficacy-effectiveness clinical trial. CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS, 47, 123–130. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1016/j.cct.2015.12.016

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Gender, Stress, and Mental Health

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Discussion: Gender, Stress, and Mental Health

Whether you are male or female, you no doubt face some level of stress in your life. Even good things that happen, such as marriage, a job promotion, a move to a new home, or birth of a baby, can be stressful. People deal with stress in different ways. Some handle life stressors in positive and healthy ways, while others allow stressors to impact their health. The damaging effects of stress have been shown to be a potential factor in cardiovascular disease, cancer, hypertension, and numerous other issues. In addition, there are many stress-related mental health problems, such as depression, suicide, anxiety, and substance abuse that can be in part related to stress and the ability to deal effectively with stress.

Life’s stressors can be very different for men and women. Men experience different stresses in life and often deal with stress differently than women do. For example, men and women have different roles and expectations from others placed on them. Men and women experience violence, both as children and as adults, at different rates, which has been shown to be a significant factor in serious mental health problems and ongoing stress. Men and women experience discrimination differently, which adds to stress, especially in the workplace. Women tend to be in poverty more often than men, which is a significant factor in stress, depression, and anxiety. These are only a few examples where research suggests that the stress factors for men and women are different.

Other factors contribute to stress and resulting health problems and can be different for men and women. For example, women typically develop stronger support systems than men do as adults, which has been show to improve the ability to deal with stress. Men may perceive themselves as having more power over those things that cause them stress than women do. Power often impacts how one copes with stress. And though men and women often have families as their support system, women tend to take on the role of the family caretaker, which can be a significant stressor. It may also be that men and women react to stressful situations differently, either because of personal traits or because of how they have been socialized. Some research suggests that women tend to respond to stress with more emotion, while men may respond to stress with more problem-solving behaviors.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review Chapter 14 in the course text,Gender: Psychological Perspectives. Focus on the gender-related similarities and differences related to stress, coping, and the related mental health problems.
  • Review the article, “Gender Roles and Traits in Stress and Health.”
  • Think about specific stressful life situations, such as divorce, marriage, entering a new school, job changes or loss, dealing with sick family members or aging parents, the death of someone close, having a baby, etc. Consider some of the stressors specific to these situations.
  • Select one stressful situation to focus on in this Discussion (e.g., divorce, marriage, a job change or loss, a sick family member or aging parent, a death in the family, etc.).
  • Explore the topic of stress on the American Psychological Association website. Focus on stress issues related to the life situation you selected.
  • Now think about how stressors may be different for men and women in general and specific to the situation you chose. How might men and women deal with the stressors differently? Why might there be differences?

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 3

Posta brief description of a specific stressful life situation. Identify the specific stressors in this situation illustrating how some stressors may be different for men and women. Use specific examples when possible. Also, identify possible differences in how men and women may deal with these stressors and why this might be the case. Discuss the potential mental health disorders that might result.

Note:Put the stressful life situation you selected in the first line of your post. You will be asked to respond to a colleague who selected a different stressful life situation than you did.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Reada selection of your colleagues’ postings.