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Assignment 1: Conducting Survey Research: Hiring Ex-offenders in the Workplace

The City of Centervale’s Department of Labor has proposed a plan to learn whether employers in the region are willing to hire ex-offenders. The department requests that a professional research report is prepared to obtain any quantitative and qualitative research findings addressing the use of ex-offenders in the workplace.

Several issues influence this decision, including public safety concerns, ethical issues of hiring outside of the law-abiding community, cost effectiveness, and type of ex-offenders who would be eligible for hire. Specifically, the hiring of an ex-offender would require screening each job candidate. Essentially, no violent or sexual offenders or offenders involved in arson would be eligible for this pool of future applicants. It is envisioned that the most meaningful way to obtain objective insight would be to conduct a form of web survey research. In essence, survey research typically embraces exploratory, descriptive, explanatory, and evaluative research designs.

This type of survey research captures attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, opinions, characteristics, policies, knowledge, expectations, and self-classification issues. Therefore, web-based survey research would be the desired type of research for investigating and deciding whether ex-offenders should be hired.

Locate and read at least two authoritative articles about using a web-based survey for data gathering associated with hiring ex-offenders in the workplace. Use the Argosy University Online Library resources, the National Institute of Justice Data Collections, or the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Databases.

In a minimum of 300 words, post your responses to the following topics to this Submission Details:

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using a web-based survey (or other measures) for data gathering.
Discuss the type of research questions appropriate for survey research.
Discuss what sample size would provide sufficient data.
Discuss the results of the survey (are the results positive or negative?)

Discuss two (2) ways in which leadership communication differs from typical management communication and give one (1) example for each of the two (2) types of communication. (20 points) (A 1-page response is required.

Devereaux-Dering Group Case Analysis

Read the Case Devereaux-Dering Group on pages 324-325. Respond to the following: List and discuss five (5) factors you think are affecting this team’s cohesiveness. If you were the team leader, what could you do to bring Fitzgerald into the team more and foster better relationships among the team members? (30 points) (A 2-page response is required.)

Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular Disorders

Complete your assigned disease presentation below, include three differential diagnoses, pathology and epidemiology data.

Remember to include an evidence-based clinical practice guideline source/link relevant to the disorder
Submit your response as a reply to this post.

Presentation A: Discuss systolic murmurs to include characteristics, location and radiation, diagnostic tests, special considerations, management, and education for patients. You may present in table format.

Address the triple revolution that Skolnik describes. Then relate that to one of the following concepts/issues:

pure relationships; Stone’s theories about control of sex and control of reproduction; Giele’s views of family decline. Describe how these processes are shaping modern American families.

Chose one other family system from the class (Nuer, Brahman, Navajo, Nayar, Sikaiana) and compare the American family system with that one. What new understandings of American families can we learn from understanding another culture.

umanistic & Cognitive Therapies

Afte reading the attached article please respond to the following:

Describe your understanding of the 2 forms of relaxation therapy (RT) noted in the study.

Compare and contrast RT with the other approach examined in the study: cognitive therapy, or cognitive-behavioral therapy (CT, CBT).

What were the primary objectives of this study?

Do the results of this study support the use of these treatment protocols over other psychotherapies? That is, are they superior to other protocols? Why or why not?

Chapter 15 (The Leadership Experience, Richard Daft, 5th Edition) and your Lecture and Research Update discuss creativity. Do you feel that creativity is a talent of a select few or something that can be developed in any leader? Discuss your answer and provide at least two (2) reasons why an organization might suffer from a lack of creativity. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)

It has been said that strategic leaders are concerned with vision and mission, while strategic managers are concerned with strategy. Do you agree? Your answer should include specifics about what you believe a strategic leader does as opposed to what a strategic manager does (e.g., analyze competitors, review market analysis, become informed on technological trends, etc.). In addition, discuss whether you feel there is a need for both roles in organizations today. Justify your answer. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)

“Critical Thinking in the Workplace” Please respond to the following:

The video clip “Thinking on the Job” in the Webtext this week illustrates the importance of critical thinking, especially in work contexts. Define the concept of critical thinking in your own words. Discuss a time in either your work or personal life in which you needed to be able to use critical thinking to either solve a problem or acquire a skill.
Determine the manner in which you would show a potential employer that you possess solid critical thinking skills. Give your opinion on whether or not you believe that individuals can increase their critical thinking skills. If you believe that they can, explain certain steps that individuals can take to improve this skill.

Chapter 12 discusses five (5) types of leader power. These five types fall into two (2) broader categories: position power and personal power. (30 points) (A 2-page response is required.)

1. Define each of the five (5) types of leader power.

2. Discuss how each of the five (5) types of leader power impact and/or motivate followers.

3. Which of the five types of leader power fall into the category of position power, and which fall into the category of personal power?