Suppose that your organization, or an organization with which you are familiar, is dealing with a major issue in transitioning individual learning (e.g., sharing knowledge, training programs, working as a team, experiences, procedures, processes, etc.) into organizational learning. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked you, as the Vice President of Human Resources, to assist with the issue and to help the organization transition its […]

•Discussion 8.1 – The Purpose Checkup◦Take the Purpose Checkup and discuss your results.◦ Throughout the balance of the week, review another student’s results ◾Briefly comment on their results  from a coaching perspective.◾Based on this week’s course leadership coaching concepts, how will you coach your client so they accept  feedback and act on it? ◦Discussion 8.2 – Adventure Framework◾Describe how the adventure-based framework for coaching applies […]

OL 211 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric Overview: This milestone focuses on the topics of this week’s lessons: managing and appraising employee performance. Using the material on performance management and appraisals provided in this week’s lesson and the case, in a short paper you should:  Determine the HRM’s role in the performance management process and explain how to ensure the process aligns with the […]

Whether a crisis or disaster is natural or man-made, effective communication strategies are needed no matter where it occurs. A great deal was learned about communication issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. After this disaster, thousands of residents in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana were without roads, electricity, or cell phone towers. Because of this, creative means of communication, both inside and outside the region, […]

• As you continue on your quest for academic success, it is important to share your knowledge with others. In fact, you have been asked to provide advice to future students on academic integrity.  Begin by reviewing the Unit VI Scenario Activity in this unit’s readings to determine instances in which academic integrity has been violated. After doing so, it is now time to share […]

You are the newly appointed director of human resource management for the police department of a city in the northeastern United States. Your organization has struggled to hire new police officers for some time. Your predecessor attempted to increase recruitment and selection of new officers by implementing an employee referral plan; however, the number of new officers hired through referrals has fallen short of hiring […]

People can react to crises and disasters in a variety of ways. Keep in mind, however, that mental health professionals do not label reactions as “symptoms,” or speak in terms of a “ diagnoses” or “pathology” when responding to survivors of a crisis. One interesting way to better understand the scope of survivor reactions is to think of them in the context of Bronfenbrenner’s Chronosystem […]

World Measurement is the global leader in product testing for safety.  The recent problem with Chinese-made toy products (for example, Mattel recalled 19 million toys with evidence of lead paint) combined with the global recession has caused a 7% decline in sales and 12% in net profits.  The president of the company, Lewis Jacobs, is convinced that he must get concessions from the workers if […]

 Choose ONE Young Entrepreneur under the age of 30 and answer the following questions: Describe the young entrepreneurs’ vision or idea. State name, age, net worth and write at least 5 sentences.  The Entrepreneur I chose to talk about is Ben Jackson who is the creator of the Bungii app. Ben’s idea came to mind after the popularity of Uber and Lyft, in which he […]

You have been hired into the position of healthcare manager/leader within your organization. Recently, you have received reports that one of the employees has an unwillingness to work and complete her tasks. Violent verbal exchanges have occurred between the employee and her supervisor based on her underperformance in the unit and the organization as an entity. As you are investigating the issue, you find that […]