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In a 1,000-1,250-word paper, address the following:

Read “The Global Leadership of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan.”
Explain how Ghosn’s understanding of emotion helped him communicate his message of change. (Do not focus on Ghosn’s emotions, but on the emotions of those he was leading.)
In the second part of the paper, discuss Ghosn’s use of cross-functional teams and why they were important to gaining employee buy-in.
Conclude by giving a specific personal example of the importance of understanding emotion and of how you have communicated to gain buy-in.
Use outside sources as well as material from the readings to support your writing.

Is It a Learning Organization?

In Chapter 8, transfer of learning is examined. Transfer of learning is based on organizational climate. The climate of a learning organization is most conducive to the transfer of learning. Describe the characteristics of the learning organization. Based on the characteristics of your organization, is it a learning organization? Why or why not?

Use this week’s lecture as a basis for your post. Reference and cite the textbook in your original post. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Senge’s Five Disciplines and Organizational Climate

The learning organization is affected by both the individual and the organizational climate. In a two- to three-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), describe Senge’s five disciplines and the characteristics of an organizational climate that promotes organizational learning. Include the following in your paper:

Describe Senge’s five disciplines.
Discuss characteristics of an organizational climate that supports organizational learning.
Analyze how organizational climate and Senge’s disciplines are related to organizational learning.

Your paper must include in-text citations and references from at least two scholarly sources, excluding the textbook. You may use this week’s lecture as an additional resource. Your paper must be formatted according to APA Guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Ethics Worksheet

After watching the “Into the Mind: Mind Control” video, answer each question with at least 200 words.

1. Based on the information in Ch. 1 of Research Methods and Statistics and the video, what is the goal of psychological research?

2. Identify one landmark study from the video. What did the field of psychology learn from this study? What are some ethical considerations that should be considered?

3. Research Methods and Statistics discusses the concept of cultural factors in mental health research. How might this topic apply to Robert Heath’s experiment on psychosurgery on African-Americans? What is the current application of this study?

4. Based on the information you read from Standard 8 of the APA Code of Ethics (Research & Publication), which ethical principles do you think apply to the current study of optogenetics?

Writea 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you select an organization with which you are familiar and present the following items as they relate to that organization:

Describe the organizational structure of your selected organization. Compare and contrast that structure with two different organizational structures.
Evaluate how organizational functions, such as marketing, finance, human resources, and operations, influence and determine the organizational structure of your selected organization.
Explain how organizational design, such as geographic, functional, customer-based, product, service, hybrid, matrix, marketing channels, and departmentalization organizational design, helps determine which structure best suits your selected organization’s needs.

write a 5-7 page paper using APA standards for citation of sources that focuses on the following:

Interview two different individuals regarding their positions in society. Analyze their responses regarding:

Identify each person’s class, race, and gender.What role has class, race, and gender played in their lives? How do you see these stratifiers as playing a role, even if the interviewee is unaware of it?Apply one of the sociological perspectives (structural-functional, social-conflict, or symbolic-interaction) to the individuals’ lives. Why did you choose this particular perspective? How does it explain each person’s life and life choices?What are some the benefits and limitations to using interview as a research methodology?Analyze each person’s components of culture (language, symbols, material objects, and behaviors) and relate them to his/her stratified position in society.

Communicating Health Risks
Assignment Overview

The public health field encompasses a number of different sectors and one valuable area is crisis and emergency risk communication. When a problem arises, public health communicators need to take quick and accurate steps in order to divert or control disaster. We have seen this first hand with H1N1 flu and SARS outbreaks. It is important to understand steps that can be taken ahead of time, so when an emergency occurs you can react with effective procedures.
Case Assignment

For this case assignment, you will be using the CDC Risk Communication resource provided in your required readings section.

Step 1: Go to the website and under Risk Communication, click on “Emergency Preparedness and Response.”

Step 2: Read through the information on this page and then under Specific Hazards, click on “Recent Outbreaks & Incidents.

Step 3: Under “Select a Year,” click on 2014

Step 4: Choose one of the recent outbreaks

In your paper:

Identify the incident/outbreak you chose from 2014 for which risk communication was essential.
Describe the situation that occurred and some statistics to display the severity of the incident.
What types of communication/procedures were used during this incident? Provide examples on the information that was disseminated and how it aided in the situation.

Assignment Preparation: Activities include completing the SkillSoft® course, independent student reading, and research.

Complete the SkillSoft® course “CompTIA Network+ N10-006: Industry Standards, Practices, and Network Theory.”

Assignment:

Write a 2- to 3-page paper explaining how the networking infrastructure and use of the cloud can impact overall network availability and functionality applies to the global environment.

Include an answer to the following questions:

How does use of the cloud affect the local environment?
What are some of the issues identified by the SkillSoft® module?

Discussion—Species Interactions and You

Humans interact with various species every day without actually realizing it. In the field of ecology, these interactions can either be interspecific (between species) or intraspecific (within species). Interactions between humans are known as intraspecific (within species) interactions. For example, interactions between a human and a pet would be interspecific, whereas interactions between a human and another human would be intraspecific.

Research interspecific and intraspecific interactions using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.

This assignment has two parts. Complete both parts.

Part A

Complete the following:

Track your interactions with other organisms—between and within species—for one day.
Summarize your interactions throughout the day, using the terms from this module’s readings. If required, review the module’s readings again.
At a minimum, identify ten interactions that you witnessed or participated in today. Among those interactions, you should be able to identify a predatory-prey relationship, a competitive relationship, and a mutualism. You could also identify parasitic relationships or commensalisms, if you choose. Although you can repeat interaction types—for instance, you can have multiple mutualisms—the examples must differ. These are some examples:
Did you have a predatory-prey relationship with a chicken today? That is, did you eat chicken for lunch?
Did you have a competitive relationship with a coworker today? That is, were you competing for a raise?

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write up to 300-400 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

For this assignment, you are required to post a report describing your initial impression of Accounting and Intellipath.

The following questions must be answered in the report to receive full credit:

Define and explain two common types of receivables.
Why does a business depreciate?
What are three methods of depreciation?
Provide the formula for each of the three methods of depreciation along with an example and rationale for use.
Example would be straight line depreciation, provide the formula, and why a business would chose to use it.