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Politics at Walt Disney

Read the case study, Politics at Walt Disney, on page 414 of the course textbook, and write a 1000-1500 word essay with two high-level section headers:

1. Conflict, Politics, and Conflict Resolution (In this section, answer the questions on page 414.)

2. Effects of Power on Organizational Structure (In this section, include discussion that:

a. identifies sources and effects of power on organizational structure, and

b. recommends how to evaluate organizational design/strategy in a global operations environment.)

Your paper should be 1000-1500 words in length, not including the title page or reference page. You are required to cite Chapter 14 and various other chapters in your textbook and at least one article from the CSU Online Library. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying in-text citations in the proper APA format.

 

Book ref: Jones, G. R. (2013). Organizational theory, design, and change (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

 

Note: use in-text citation, other references besides the book, title page,. I sent you the case study via email. Also 1000 words is good.

I need at least a 6 page paper apa format .  Please follow the rubic.

 

You are the HR manager for a small retail company that sells a high volume of products over the Internet.  Your company is growing rapidly due to increased Internet sales. Your company prides itself on providing high-quality products and services. The Customer Service department is integral to the success of the company. Over the past few months, the Customer Service department has been unable to fill its openings for Customer Service Representative positions. You suspect there could be a number of reasons for this, but you know you first need to look at the job, the work flow, the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience the company is seeking to ensure the job reflects the current workload and expectations.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

 

1. Examine at least three (3) approaches that you can take as the HR manager to conduct a job analysis of the Customer Service Representative position. Suggest the major pros and cons of each selected approach. Recommend the approach that would be most effective in conducting the job analysis for this organization. Justify your recommendation.
2. Select two (2) out of the four (4) approaches to job design that are the most important for you to consider. Suggest two (2) challenges that you may encounter when designing a job using each of the selected approaches. Support your response with specific examples to illustrate the potential advantages and disadvantages of using each approach.
3. Using the four (4) approaches to job design, create two (2) strategies that the organization can implement to attract and select qualified applicants for the Customer Service Representative position. Justify the main reasons that the selected strategies would be effective.
4. Propose three (3) ways that you can use the information obtained from a job analysis to measure the performance of Customer Service Representatives. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

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.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Analyze issues involved in job design, resource planning, and recruitment.
• Evaluate an organization’s approaches to and procedures for training employees to meet organizational goals.
• Examine performance management issues and processes.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations.
• Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics

Assignment Instructions

Select a president from the table, “Presidents and Their ‘Doctrines,’” in Roskin, Chapter 4. Then write a 3-5 page paper on the doctrine that president used according to Roskin. Your research must include at least four (4) credible sources, apart from your textbook. Your paper must address the following:

1. Summarize a situation that required U.S. diplomatic efforts during the president’s time in office.
2. Explicate the diplomatic doctrine the president followed, with reference to specific actions or events that occurred.
3. Describe the effects of these diplomatic efforts for the U.S. and other countries.
4. Assess, in conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of the particular doctrine that was followed.
5. Cite at least four (4) reputable sources in addition to the textbook, not including Wikipedia, encyclopedias, or dictionaries.

Your assignment must:

• 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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Identify the cultural, economic, and political context of information resources, and interpret information in light of that context.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in international problems.
• Write clearly and concisely about international problems using proper writing mechanics.

What I Look For In a Research Paper

I WILL REFER TO THESE NINE POINTS WHEN GRADING YOURS

I want you to do well on this first assignment, but there are some rules you must follow, so this is what I am going to be looking for in your research paper, due at the end of week 4.

If you really want to do a good job on this then you MUST write from an outline, and if you’re unsure of how to write one, there are plenty of sites on the Internet.  In addition, I will be happy to look at yours as well as your draft of the paper before you submit it, so please call me with any questions.

1. If you do not submit assignment 1, you automatically lose 14 percent.  If you fail to submit both assignments 1 and 2, you automatically lose 28 percent.  That’s three letter grades, which means that the highest grade you can receive in the course is a C, even if you get 100 percent on every other assessment.

 

1. Your title must be the same as the assignment topic.  EXACTLY the same.

 

1. Omit photographs and art work, but if you include graphs or tables, then you must explain them.

 

1. Don’t begin with a history of the country or where it’s located or its main industries, agriculture, population, etc.  Get right to the point.

 

1. Do not use any phrases that begin with “I think  . . .” or “In my opinion . . .” or “I knew someone who . . .”  This is a research paper, not an opinion piece.

 

1. If you list a reference in the bibliography, it must be cited as a source in the text of the paper.  Ten references = ten citations in APA.

 

1. Do not list URL (web) addresses either in the bibliography or as citations in the text.  Use the author’s name and date of publication.

 

1. Do not quote long paragraphs, because they take up too much space.  Use few lines only and then paraphrase the rest.

 

1. MAKE CERTAIN YOU SUBMIT A TURNITIN WITH LESS THAN A 20% SIMILARITY INDEX. OTHERWISE, I CAN’T READ YOUR PAPER FOR A GRADE.

Choose from the following:

 

President Kennedy 1961-1963 Respond flexibly to communist expansion, especially to guerilla warfare.

President Nixon 1969-1974 Supply weapons but not troops to countries fighting off communism.

President Reagan 1981-1989 Sponsor anticommunist guerillas who are trying to overthrow pro-Soviet regimes.

I have chosen the implementation of a Scrubex system from a company named IPA.  In your project, be sure to apply the risk assessment concepts discussed in this course and listed in Chapter 11 of the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK® Guide) Fifth Edition, 2013. Address the major planning strategies of the PMBOK® project risk management process and provide in-depth examination and analysis in at least one of the following areas:

• Plan risk management.
• Identify risks.
• Perform qualitative risk analysis.
• Perform quantitative risk analysis.
• Plan risk responses.
• Monitor and control risks.

The process for preparing this risk management plan provides for learner feedback and instructor guidance. In developing your project, you:

• Choose a project from the four choices.
• Prepare an annotated bibliography and develop an annotated outline.
• Write the draft of your risk management plan.
• Complete the final risk management plan.

To successfully complete this project, you will be expected to:

1. Apply the major planning strategies within the PMBOK process to your selected project.
2. Analyze one of the major planning strategies within the PMBOK process as it applies to your project.
3. Compare at least two impact and risk analysis techniques.
4. Assess the risks associated with the project using the selected impact and risk analysis techniques.
5. Propose appropriate risk response strategies and performance monitoring to mitigate risks and help ensure the project’s success.

• Contents and sequence of risk management plan: This plan should meet professional expectations for a written risk management plan. The content that is required in a risk management plan is covered in the course. See the PMBOK guide for ideas on how to present your plan.
• Communicating metrics: When effective for communicating numbers, schedules, et cetera, use tables, bar charts, or other appropriate graphics.
• References and sources: The project must extract relevant material from a minimum of five peer-reviewed references.
• Written communication: Written communication is clear and free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting guidelines.
• Length: Include a maximum of 25 double-spaced pages and use 12-point Times Roman font.

Write a 5-7 page (1,250-1,750 word) essay that explains and evaluates 3-5 arguments on a controversial topic. The arguments can be: i) for the same conclusion or ii) for contradictory conclusions. For example, you could examine two arguments for the conclusion that abortion is morally wrong and two arguments for the conclusion that abortion is not morally wrong. On the other hand, you could examine three separate arguments for the conclusion that abortion is morally wrong.

 

In order to explain an argument, I expect you to: i) state the argument in your own words (though, you can selectively use quotes to support your interpretation of the article), ii) state the argument in “Premise-Conclusion” form. [For example

P1- It is always morally wrong to kill human persons

P2- Abortion is the act of killing a human person

C- Therefore, abortion is morally wrong.]

iii) state whether the argument is best interpreted as an inductive or a deductive argument. Remember, you should attempt to interpret the argument in the best light possible; in other words, don’t state the argument in an obviously illogical way when it can be formulated in a stronger way.

 

In order to evaluate an argument, I expect you to: i) state whether the premises of the argument REALLY support/prove its conclusion  ii) identify the use of any rhetorical devices and/or fallacies that occur in the argument, iii) indicate whether the argument contains any false or implausible premises.

 

Sources: I would prefer you to choose arguments from newspaper, magazine, or journal articles. If you would like to use a book or an online source (not including online newspapers, magazines, etc.), please check with me. Predictably, Wikipedia articles are not permitted for this assignment.

 

Documentation Style: MLA or APA

 

Format: Double Spaced. 12 point normal font.

Argument Explanation

Read the article entitled “Leadership Excellence: Communicate Your Vision”. Next, assess the consequences of leaders not being able to communicate their change vision. Discuss the outcomes of a change management plan with an under-communicated vision of change. Develop a strategy for avoiding under-communicating the change vision.

• View the video titled “John Kotter – Communicating a Vision for Change” (4 min 16 s) below. You may also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGVe3wRKmH0. Next, assess the means of communication that are available to us as leaders. Review Kotter’s comments regarding communication, and efficient and effective communications. As the leader of a large organization implementing a change, develop a strategy for communicating your vision of change. Discuss the tools that the organization would use as well as the frequency of communication.

You are to identify the author’s purpose for the book, its major themes, principles and concepts, and describe how those themes, principles, and concepts relate to the themes, principles and concepts presented by DuBrin in the text.

For this analysis paper, you are to read one of the four books listed below. You are to identify the author’s purpose for the book, its major themes, principles and concepts, and describe how those themes, principles, and concepts relate to the themes, principles and concepts presented by DuBrin in the text. In other words, I want to see at minimum four (4) concepts from your ���chosen author��� and how they to compare to DuBrin: where they agree and where they don’t or if they don’t.��This is not a book review but rather it is an analysis of an outside reading and the documentation of that reading’s relatedness to the material you have been studying throughout this class.

 

The paper is to be completed in APA; it is to be between 6-10 pages no more no less (double- spaced pages, 12 point font) in length, and must include, at a minimum:

 

• an APA title page with running header;
• an Abstract Heading and Section;
• an Introduction Heading and Section;
• a Discussion Heading and Section;
• a Conclusion Heading and Section; and
• the Reference page in alignment with APA 6th edition

 

The book I choose is

The Zen leader: 10 ways to go from barely managing to leading fearlessly by Ginny Whitelaw (2012)

After reading case 2-2 in your text, “The Dangerous Morality of Managing Earnings” (attached) write an essay that includes the following elements:

1. A formal introduction.
2. Discussion of the five generalizations from the findings in this study relating to managing earnings.Please Note: Do not simply restate the generalizations. You are being asked to discuss each in the context of professional experiences or examples given in the case itself.
3. Discussion of management’s ability to manage earnings in the long-term given the operational manipulations discussed in the case.

Your submitted paper should be at 2-3 pages and written according to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements, following APA style, and properly referenced.

Please note that the textbook author is citing a source in this case, which must be considered when forming your references and citations.

Refer to the grading rubric titled Critical Thinking assignment, Week 2, found under Course Information to ensure you are meeting all assignment criteria.

Kim Woods

Project Deliverables

Phase 1 – Modules 1-3 (Outline for Strategic Management Case)

 Introduction of the company (limit to a maximum of three single-spaced pages).  o Description of the firm and its products o Company history (brief history, critical events, competitors, leadership), including strategic elements of its history o Vision and mission statement o Assessment of mission and vision  External assessment o EFE and CPM with strategic implications o Analysis of competitive position, opportunities, and threats  Internal assessment o IFE with strategic implications o Financial ratio analysis with key conclusions and implications for strategic choice o Overall analysis of internal capabilities and implications for your strategic decisions

Module 1:  Select company and secure instructor approval. Once approved, create plan outline, insert current mission and vision.

Module 2:  Complete an EFE and CPM for your company (including analysis and conclusions) and insert in your working draft which you will hold until you submit Phase 1 during Module 3. .

Module 3:  Complete an IFE and calculate financial ratios (including analysis and conclusions) for your company and insert in your plan to submit at the end of Module 3.