UCB General Motors CSR Campaign Presentation

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THE ASSIGNMENT
Before you begin, review the assignment description and rubric carefully. There are five criteria in the rubric, which you should pay close attention to as you prepare your pitch. I will evaluate your pitch based on the criteria in the rubric. Also remember, the length of your recording should be 8-10 minutes.

With VoiceThread, you will use slides (visuals) and narration (voice). Consider carefully which elements of your presentation should be displayed visually.

YOUR ROLE

As a reminder, you are preparing a CSR Campaign for your client company. Over the past several weeks, you have studied your company and you have developed a CSR Campaign Plan that you believe is in their best interest. You want to persuade your client that your campaign will strengthen their company’s reputation with key stakeholders.

WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO

You are presenting your campaign plan to senior executives as your client company.

ORGANIZING YOUR PITCH

To organize your pitch, follow the Communications Matrix that we’ve followed for the past several weeks and collect the work you’ve already created in your building blocks. Use the Communication Matrix, your recent readings, and my lectures to guide you in correctly formatting each part of the campaign description.

Part 1: What is the CSR problem? This is the core problem/opportunity from the Communications Matrix and it was part of your first building block in Lesson 8: Goal and Objectives. What is happening in the world that needs to be improved?

Part 2: What is the CSR goal that you recommend your client?

Part 2A: The Hook – -Why This Goal Is Intriguing and Powerful

In a pitch, it’s important to convey why you believe this CSR goal will help your client improve their reputation and trust with key stakeholders. This part of your presentation may require a little research unless you already gathered the information you need in the Client Profile.

Your pitch should demonstrate your understanding of what the client company really needs and why your suggested CSR goal will help them. Make it easy to understand, so that senior decision makers can appreciate its elegance.

At this point, you may wish you give your campaign a name, likely the overarching message / tagline that you developed for your messaging building block. Then you can refer to your campaign by name while explaining why you believe it will be most effective.

Use a hook: Give your audience a reason to be interested in what you are talking about. Tap into their innate curiosity and signal that you’re giving them something useful.

Part 3: Explain your CSR Campaign Objectives.

Part 4: Explain your overarching campaign message / tagline and hashtag if you have one. Next, describe your Primary and Secondary Audiences (stakeholders) and the messaging that is targeted at each audience.

Part 5: Explain your strategies and tactics.

Part 6: What measurement criteria and tools will you use?

Part 7: The Ask: Summarize your campaign’s strengths and remind your audience of why you believe it is in your client company’s best interests to invest money and resources to bring your campaign to life.

Clearly articulate and quantify what you need to take your idea to the next level. You could ask for money, time, or additional types of resources. For purposes of the capstone project, your “ask” is decision makers’ or stakeholders’ approval to put your plan into action.

Part 8: Conclude your idea while leaving a lasting impression on decision-makers. Say something memorable; connect back to your hook. What does the future look like once your campaign has rolled out? If your campaign has a substantive branding element or motto, work that into the clinch.

TIPS FOR MAKING THE PITCH

The Purpose of a Pitch:
Remember, that a pitch is not the same thing as your campaign plan. When you submit your CSR Campaign Plan, you will want that document to be able to guide others (communicators, designers, social media managers, etc…) to execute your campaign. But the emphasis of your pitch is to convince your client company that your ideas will be effective. As a reminder, preparing your pitch may require some additional research about your client company and their industry. Review your Client Profile Building Block homework to see if you have already collected the information you need for a persuasive pitch.

Generic Tips for Pitching

1.Attunement: imagine yourself in your audience’s position. Focus on understanding their thoughts, not their feelings.

2.Buoyancy: As you’re getting ready to deliver your pitch, ask yourself questions. Instead of declaring “I can do this!” ask yourself “Can I do this?” This prompts your brain to generate responses that are often tactical steps to completing the task at hand, and will help you stay focused on your motivations for success.

3.Clarity: Focus on a few options; you don’t need to cover every communication aspect of your objectives, strategies, and tactics. Since you only have 8-10 minutes, you should focus on the potential of a solution rather than track record or past performance.

Choose and use a gain or loss frame consistently throughout your pitch. My instinct is that a gain frame will be more effective for a campaign pitch. A gain frame will emphasize how the campaign creates benefit. A loss frame emphasizes opportunity costs and the dangers of not investing in the campaign.

4.Call to action: In any style or form of pitch, including a specific request or call to action with clear steps to complete it are necessary to maximize likelihood of your audience completing your request.

5.Draw your audience in with a story: Make your story real and tangible to your audience to get them engaged and help them understand what’s at stake.

6.Memorize the first few lines. You don’t have to write and memorize your pitch verbatim (though for a high stakes presentation, I always commit it to memory). If you can remember how you want to begin, and organize your thoughts in bullet points, the rest will seem easy.

7.Pause for effect, or when you need to. Avoid the public speaking pitfalls of “um,” “like” and “you know?” Don’t be afraid to let a pause fall between sentences and get your thoughts together.

8.Breathe. If you misspeak or mess up, take a second to correct yourself. Because you’re using Voice Thread, you have the option of deleting and re-recording.

9.Use visuals to enhance resonance and memorability; the visuals function as nonverbal communication that reinforces or amplifies your talk track.

Business Discussion

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There are 4 Responses. Read each one, and write a 100 page response.

Response 1) Michael

Collective bargaining involves a group of employees negotiating as a unit with management for improvements in working conditions, compensation, and benefits (Noe et al., 2021). Collective bargaining is one approach to a labor relations system. Ideally, an employer’s management team would make the working conditions and compensation plans good and maintain effective, open communication with employees. Unfortunately, many employers do not ensure favorable working conditions due to competitive pressures, and individual employees have very little leverage. Labor unions give employees a collective voice to communicate with management and make their concerns known.

The basic foundations of collective bargaining are environmental context, participants, rules, and ideology (Noe et al., 2021). Each of the participants, employees, union, management, and owners must work towards optimizing the firm’s competitive success. Working towards the same goals ensures a continuation of the company, jobs for the employees, and returns for the investors. Ultimately, it is best for society if the labor unions work to resolve conflict in the least costly manner.

An exciting study in the health care industry is the ethical considerations for physician unions (American Medical Association, 2020). Physicians may struggle with the conflict between going on strike and fulfilling their duty to care for patients. However, there are other ways to leverage their requests besides a strike. They can cancel non-urgent elective cases and refuse to document some aspects of the medical record, preventing the hospital from billing and receiving revenue.

American Medical Association. (2020). Case and commentary: What should physicians consider prior to unionizing? AMA Journal of Ethics, 22(3), E193-200.

Noe, R., Hollenbeck, J., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. (2021). Human Resource Management (12th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.

Response 2.) Kimberly

Collective bargaining is the negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees. It is perhaps one of the best laws that were passed to ensure fair employees were secure in what they were attempting to achieve at their workplaces. “Perhaps the most dramatic example of labor laws’ influence is the 1935 passage of the Wagner Act (also known as the National Labor Relations Act or NLRA), which actively supported collective bargaining rather than impeding it” (Noe et al.2021.p.631).

The role of collective bargaining is to give employees greater negotiating power against the employer. It is then generally targetting several key areas such as wages, benefits, pensions, workers’ rights, working conditions, and protecting workers’ jobs. The passage of the above act helped many unionize and become more vocal and active within the organizations to ask and demand what should already be given at the workplace. Collective bargaining allows the parties to tailor a collective agreement governing the employment relationship to their particular industry or enterprise. It also allows parties to solve problems that may be specific to their industry or workplace.

Reference

Noe, R., Hollenbeck, J., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. (2021). Human Resource Management (12th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.

Response 3.) Jayne

Noe et al., 2021 noted that while most entrepreneurs began their business locally, there are four global participation levels. The domestic or local Level is the beginning of the different levels of participation. As the company expands beyond its domestic country, three additional levels are introduced—international, multinational, and global. ( pp. 689-692)

Domestic Level – is the beginning start-up of a company with the geographic location in their domestic country.

International Level – When the domestic market becomes crowded, some companies seek markets outside their present market. Organizations entering the international market build structures in one country only.

Multinational Level – unlike the international Level, the multination Level is applied when a company builds facilities in several countries.

Global Level – the global level status occurs when a company attempts to offer a variety of products to meet the people’s needs in that market area in several countries.

Reference:

Noe, R., Hollenbeck, J., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. (2021). Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage (12th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN: 978-1- 260-26257-5

Response 4.) Bryana

Due to globalization, Job seekers and professionals have more chance or opportunities to work across the world. This is because of the fact that they have better access in getting a job of their interests and capabilities almost similar employment terms and conditions in a different countries. Non union companies have some fixed policies to be applied to employees. Employees get many benefits related to financial terms with the help of inhouse supported finance options. Global technologies and practices are getting popular in almost in each sector and every types of organizations. The employees have more chances to manage their work life balance.

The four levels of global participation and HRM issues faced within each level are as follow:-
A. Domestic:- global participation of their local functioning cover all that value requirements in their same projects and plans that are part of every security project. They could use their domestic functioning and programming in the same process and design that they used in all local terms to push their projects.
B. International:- international participation and secure functioning by all effective projects work on better processing and targeting to cover the cost benefits from their all value projects. International markets require better processing and community service to deliver their goals in the marketplace.
C. Multinational:- multinational market quality and performance designed fix with the community suggestion that helps to secure their position in the marketplace. They could use it by the same approach that helps in local and regional markets. The multinational market covers the good approach and programs management in sustainable development.
D. Global business:- global business and their programs work to attend all the functions and projects that allow local and values marketing strategy for their security projects. All that regional markets and local authorities work to stop their projects and control designs. The global marketplace allows all progressing strategies and command plans to boost their local community and marketing.

Reference:

Noe, R., Hollenbeck, J., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. (2021). Human Resource Management (12th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.

Walden University After Action Analysis Discussion

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How might the process of AAA and reporting, applied to partnerships, alliances, or other collaborative efforts, potentially yield a new system view?

An After Action Analysis (AAA) or After Action Review (AAR) is when completing a project a review is typically done to determine what went wrong and what can be done differently. This step usually involves gathering all the relevant information and then studying it to determine what went wrong. After-action reviews are structured reports that provide a comprehensive analysis of the actions taken to address information that can help improve the project. They are commonly used to measure the effectiveness of preparedness systems and identify areas for improvement (Sorbello et al., 2021).

The AAA and reporting can be applied to partnerships, alliances, or other collaborative efforts by helping the organization follow a structure that prevents any negative outcome. Having a well-established safety culture is very important to minimize the impact of adverse events on the leaders and employees of an organization. It can also help prevent staff burnout (McCarthy et al., 2021). Effective AARs require the use of trained facilitators. They can help reduce the participants’ experience of ambiguity and improve their satisfaction with the process.

Could this new system view include innovation as well as negative outcomes? Explain.

           The new system view can include both innovation and negative outcomes when it comes to partnership and alliances. AAA can help with innovation by helping organizations with new ideas and implement them with resources that are provided for the organization. AARs and simulation exercises help organizations assess the capabilities of their various capacities and develop effective plans and procedures. They can also help ensure that their plans and procedures are up to date (Stoto et al., 2019).

           The new system view can have a negative outcome depending on who the report is coming from and if the report is clear enough to implement the new changes. The incidents that constitute AARs are singular, and they are usually unique in context and details. This makes them difficult to implement and apply. Complex events can make it hard to know who should have done what. Also, AARs can be time-consuming and require a lot of resources. They can also reveal uncomfortable truths. AARs can help organizations develop effective plans and procedures (Stoto et al., 2019).

How could AAA best be used to advance partnering concepts?

           The AAA can be used to advance partnering concepts by helping an organizations identify and implement actionable recommendations for improving the process of completing a project or task (After-Action Review, 2006). This helps the organization by deleting any past steps that we used to complete a task. The organization can create a newer way of addressing any information that did not help them in the past.

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           In strategic partnerships and alliances there are different factors that need to be considered. In mergers, internal factors can affect the environment, which in turn it may affect employees’ perception of sustainability (Ford & Gilson, 2021). The aftermath of an acquisition compels the HR managers to make an assessment of the benefits of the newly merged entities and implement the strategic goals needed to support the organization (Gobble, 2015).

           When the proverbial smoke dissipates, then the HR managers need to engage in the after action analysis (AAA) or report to assess what will work and what will not, and learn from the actions sooner rather than later (Ansari et al., 2021). According to Woodruff (1991), AAA is a structured meeting that does the following: (a) Focuses on why things happened, (b) compares the intended results with what was actual accomplished, (c) encourages participation, and (d) emphasizes trust and value of feedback. As this week’s reading are examined, this discussion will answer the following questions related to AAA or report:

How might the process of AAA and reporting, applied to partnerships, alliances, or other collaborative efforts, potentially yielding a new system view?

           According to Ansari et al. (2021), the effect of mergers and acquisitions has a great influence on financial performance of business organizations. The HR leaders must assess the role of organizational value, culture change, organizational structure that results from the alliances and integrate them to improve performance (Kim et al., 2014). The process of report and AAA in this context can be done by improving communication and feedback within the company. The main goal is to learn and not to blame, which will lead to improved understanding of team performance to produce better results (Metz et al., 2020).

Could this new system view include innovation as well as negative outcomes. Explain.

           According to Vanpoucke and Vereecke (2010), alliance attributes, communication behavior, and alliance management were the predictors of cost benefits and service benefits. In line with these assumptions, the AAA system includes innovation. For AAA process to be successful there is need to be more open and honest to allow greater levels of innovation (Brix, 2018). The following are the key elements of an effective AAA: (a) Discuss the purpose and rules, (b) encourage active participation, (c) use a facilitator, (d) talk about team performance, (e) conduct the AAA as soon as possible, and (f) focus on discussion with skillful questioning (Brix, 2018).

How could AAA best be used to advance partnering concepts?

           Organizational learning is important because it requires continuous assessment of organizational performance (Zenger & Folkman, 2017). After action analysis (AAA) is a simple option for facilitating the learning of organizational performance. The best way to make it work is by bringing together a team to discuss a task, event, activity or project, in an open and honest fashion (Woodruff, 1991). The application of AAA across the organization can help drive organizational change (Lajara et al., 2002).

University of North Texas Leveraging Information Technology Worksheet

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Case2
You are working with the IS Strategy and Implementation team at Compu-Tec.
You are assisting the team in building the project management plan and dashboard for the ERP implementation.
Please check the Sample Answers in the sheets – DB_Fltrd, DB_Unfltrd, PIVOT_UnFltrd and Pivot_Fltrd.
1. DB_Fltrd : This sheet shows the Dashboard after filtering through Slicer.
2. DB_UnFltrd : This sheet shows the Dashboard without filtering through Slicer.
3. Pivot_Fltrd : This sheet shows all the pivots after filtering through Slicer.
4. Pivot_UnFltrd : This sheet shows all the pivots without filtering through Slicer.
Steps to Perform:
Step Instructions Points
1 On the Status worksheet, perform the following
Using the data given in the sheet Data, generate a PivotTable report and Pivot chart.
The report should display the percentage actual completion status.
You can perform the following steps to create the pivot table report:-
(a) Select the data in the range A5:S50 in sheet Data and create a Pivot table in the cell range A3 in the sheet Status. 1
(b) Add Actual Completion Status to the Rows 1
(c) Add Actual Completion Status to the values area and summarize value fields by the Count function. 1
(d) Change the Show value As to % of Grand Total 1
(e) Rename the Pivot table to Status 0.5
f Create a Doughnut Chart for Task Completed
(f.1) Select F2:G4 and insert Doughnut Chart 1
(f.2) Remove the legend 0.5
(f.3) Change the Chart Title location to Bottom 0.25
(f.4) Change the Chart Title to Tasks Completed 0.25
(f.5) Change the Chart Title font to 14 and change the the font face to bold 0.25
(f.6) Click on the In-Progress Strip and change the fill colour to No Fill 0.25
(f.7) Click on the Not Started Strip and change the fill colour to No Fill 0.25
(f.8) Click on the Completed Strip and change the fill colour to Green (it can be any green color of your choice) 0.25
(f.9) Double click on the chart, and select Fill as “No Fill” 0.25
(f.10) Select the doughnut chart and change the angle of the first slice to 280 degrees. 0.25
(f.11) If the doughnut hole size is not 75%, then change the doughnut hole size to 75%. 0.25
(f.12) Select chart, click on format, select text box from insert shapes.
Insert the text box in the center of the doughnut chart
Click on the text box, go to the formula bar, enter = and then select G2 and press enter.
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(f.13) Change the text box font size to 22 and font face to bold 0.5
(f.14) Select the doughnut chart and Change the border width to 0.5 point and transparency to 80%. 0.5
(f.15) Select the chart, click on format and change the height of the chart to 2″ and width to 2″ 0.5
(f.16) Copy the chart and move it to the dashboard sheet in the location near E16:G26 (it need not be precise location, see the sample dashboard) 1
(f.17) Select the chart and change the Border to “No Line” 0.5
g Create a Doughnut Chart for Task In-Progress
(g.1) Select F2:G4 and insert Doughnut Chart 1
(g.2) Remove the legend 0.5
(g.3) Change the Chart Title location to Bottom 0.25
(g.4) Change the Chart Title to Tasks In-Progress 0.25
(g.5) Change the Chart Title font to 14 and change the the font face to bold 0.25
(g.6) Click on the Completed Strip and change the fill colour to No Fill 0.25
(g.7) Click on the Not Started Strip and change the fill colour to No Fill 0.25
(g.8) Click on the In-Progress Strip and change the fill colour to Orange (it can be any orange color of your choice) 0.25
(g.9) Double click on the chart, and select Fill as “No Fill” 0.25
(g.10) Select the doughnut chart and change the angle of the first slice to 160 degrees. 0.25
(g.11) If the doughnut hole size is not 75%, then change the doughnut hole size to 75%. 0.25
(g.12) Select chart, click on format, select text box from insert shapes.
Insert the text box in the center of the doughnut chart
Click on the text box, go to the formula bar, enter = and then select G3 and press enter.
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(g.13) Change the text box font size to 22 and font face to bold 0.5
(g.14) Select the doughnut chart and Change the border width to 0.5 point and transparency to 80%. 0.5
(g.15) Select the chart, click on format and change the height of the chart to 2″ and width to 2″ 0.5
(g.16) Copy the chart and move it to the dashboard sheet in the location near H16:J26 (it need not be precise location, see the sample dashboard) 1
(g.17) Select the chart and change the Border to “No Line” 0.25

ACC 411 Southern New Hampshire University Robbins Network Solutions Discussion

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ACC 411 Final Project Guidelines and RubricOverviewProfessional auditors are charged with the responsibility of analyzing internal controls, conducting risk assessments using analytical procedures, and designingand implementing audit programs. The purpose of any audit is to report, analyze, and determine whether a specific entity met the stated goals of theprocedures being audited. The audit objectives drive the audit program, the analytical procedures, and the substantive fieldwork done by the audit team. Mostpeople think of financial auditing when they discuss, read about, or are involved with audits because it is the most common type; however, there are many othertypes of audits. These include performance, government, compliance, and internal audits. This class focuses on financial auditing for the majority of the topics,which requires that auditors possess the skills and abilities to successfully implement auditing standards and procedures.For your final project for this course, you will assume the role of an auditor at a large accounting firm, preparing to perform an audit of financial records forRobbins Network Solutions (RNS). As with any audit, the audit team is not always going to have access to all the information and resources they want prior tostarting and working on the audit. That is real-world auditing. The assignment is intended to mimic what auditors face in their career. Do the best with what youhave, using auditing standards and critical thinking. Support all your responses based on the material you have.This summative assessment focuses on the preliminary audit assessment, including the drafting of a summary of findings, preparation of an audit program, andevaluation of the relationship between audit risk, audit evidence, and financial statement assertions.The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality finalsubmissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Five. The final product will be submitted in Module Seven.In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:? ACC-411-01: Explain the use of assurance services in financial reporting? ACC-411-02: Assess the internal controls of an entity for minimizing risk? ACC-411-03: Analyze the impact of emerging technologies that could affect auditingPromptAssume you are an auditor at an accounting firm. Your team is getting ready to start a financial audit of Robbins Network Solutions (RNS). You will start with theinitial review and audit preparation. Refer to the Final Project Scenario document for more information.Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed. Most of the critical elements align with a particular course competency (shown in brackets).I. In a concise memo, evaluate the internal controls of RNS.1A. Describe the major financial business transactions of the company. Include appropriate research to support your answer. [ACC-411-01]B. Evaluate the highest business risks associated with this company. What makes you believe these specifically are the highest risks? Provideappropriate research or data to support your reasoning. [ACC-411-02]C. What would you suggest are the appropriate types of internal controls for this industry? Why? [ACC-411-02]D. Describe ethical issues involved with this company and industry that would have a direct effect on the outcome of a financial audit. How couldthese issues be addressed? [ACC-411-02]E. Analyze current events for their impact on this company’s risk and internal control in the future. Include documentation of these current events.[ACC-411-02]II. Write an audit program for internal control of cash in Word or Excel. The following internal control components must be included: [ACC-411-02]A. Control environmentB. Risk assessmentC. Control activitiesD. Information and communicationE. MonitoringIII. Adding to your memo from Milestone One, document your understanding of the relationship between audit risk, audit evidence, and financialstatement assertions as it specifically relates to this company and industry.A. Describe the audit data or evidence your team will review. Why is this proof important? [ACC-411-01]B. What if a significant portion of the data is overseas and beyond the auditors’ jurisdiction or audit universe? Analyze how the audit team willcompensate for that risk. What governing rules and regulations must be taken into consideration? [ACC-411-02]C. Describe analytical procedures you will use to determine the sampling program. How will your internal control evaluation affect this step? Bespecific. [ACC-411-02]D. List and then describe the types of audit evidence you will request from the company. [ACC-411-01]E. Describe any considerations your team will make in auditing subjective areas, including any governing rules and regulations that were factoredinto the auditing decisions. [ACC-411-02]F. Describe the factors you took into consideration when planning the nature and extent of the audit documentation. [ACC-411-01]G. Describe how responsibility for IT (computers, software, internet usage, databases) risk coverage for companies in the IT industry is defined. Is itadequate? Describe how that definition addresses or fails to address current and future risks related to social media. [ACC-411-03]H. Describe the internal controls that are put in place to specifically protect computer data and proprietary information. How well do thesecontrols operate within the IT industry? [ACC-411-03]I. Where do current and future vulnerabilities exist for IT, and what must be done to manage these gaps? [ACC-411-03]2MilestonesMilestone One: Internal ControlsIn Module Three, you will submit Milestone One. You are starting your audit at RNS and the first step you have to take is evaluating the internal controls of thecompany. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone One Rubric.Milestone Two: Audit ProgramIn Module Five, you will submit Milestone Two. You will complete your audit program at RNS. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.Final Submission: Auditing Final ProjectIn Module Seven, you will submit your final project. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It shouldreflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded with the Final Project Rubric.

BMGT 365 UMGC Week 6 Leaders and Followers Discussion

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Week 6: Leaders and Followers

Theme 1: A leader can plan and strategize all they want, but they cannot succeed if the vision cannot be sold to others. Influencing people to follow is about creating trust, which is the building block of the leader-follower relationship.

Having a story is not enough! A leader must sell the story to others. This means a leader must learn about his or her own style, traits, knowledge, etc., in developing knowledge about others. The leader will create a relationship that will result in “others” following the strategic vision if successful. The leader-follower relationship is crucial to successfully selling the story to others. One truth to the leader-follower relationship is that the relationship must be based on mutual trust if it is to succeed.

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Theme 2: Authentic Leadership and the Emotional Bank Account – If trust is the cornerstone of leadership, how do we get there? If there is one thing we have learned in our study of leadership, mutual trust is the most valuable element to the leader-follower relationship. Mutual trust requires authentic leadership Course Material.

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Discussion

Directions: Read the Case Scenario and answer the questions using course materials to support your reasoning and conclusions.

Case Scenario

Tisha Allen is Senior Vice President (SVP) of Life Sciences Nutraceuticals, Inc.(LSN) east coast operations. (The LSN company profile can be found in Week 1 above Discussion 1, although it is not specifically needed for this case.) Tisha has received your memo request to be considered for further leadership positions. You have been with the company for 12 years. You are now a senior analyst in the Management Effectiveness Division. You supervise 13 junior analysts. Your roles involve conducting a quality analysis of management practices in all LSN departments on a scheduled basis. You are highly valued by LSN’s leadership and known for your ability to work well with everyone and for being liked and respected by those you have supervised. After reading your memo to her, Tisha has decided to ask you to perform a specific function so she can observe your approach. She assigns you to help the Manager of Accounts Payable, Ken Count.

You walk over to Accounting and visit Ken. He is visibly upset. He has just received a performance review from his manager. This is a six-month review, as Ken was recently assigned to this role after working with great success for 10 years in another area of the Accounting Department. As part of this review, Ken’s manager interviewed the six members of the Accounts Payable section, who all report to Ken. Ken’s boss summarized their feedback in Ken’s performance evaluation. Ken shares this feedback with you:

“Ken marched in here thinking he knows everything. He doesn’t want to listen to any of our ideas. It’s his way or the highway.”

“We really don’t know Ken all that well. He keeps to himself, except of course when deadlines are due, and then he’s all over our backs.”

“He acts as if he is perfect. I’m scared of getting yelled at when I make a mistake.”

“Most times, Ken is fine, but when we have a deadline, he micromanages us. I literally dread coming in to work on days our accounts are due because I know Ken will be watching over us like a hawk.”

Based on your readings this week, answer the following questions, and support your answers with the course materials:

  1. What would you explain to Ken is the major reason for his subordinates’ issues with him?
  2. What are three specific recommendations you would make to Ken that would immediately improve the situation with his subordinates? You must use course materials to support your answer. (The three recommendations must not overlap with the three suggestions in #3.)
  3. What three specific course materials from this week’s course materials would you suggest to Ken that he should carefully review to enhance his future leadership development. You must explain the rationale for each of your three suggestions. (Thee three suggestions must not overlap with the three recommendations in #2.)

Completing the Discussion

  • Read the grading rubric for the project. Use the grading rubric while completing the project to ensure all requirements are met to lead to the highest possible grade. (Rubric is in the attachments)
  • Third-person writing is required. Third-person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first-person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (the second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person.
  • Contractions are not used in business writing, so do not use them.
  • Paraphrase and do not use direct quotation marks. Paraphrase means you do not use more than four consecutive words from a source document, but put a passage from a source document into your own words and attribute the passage to the source document. Not using direct quotation marks means there should be no passages with quotation marks, and instead, the source material is paraphrased as stated above.
  • Provide the page or paragraph number when they apply to in-text citations. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
  • You may only use the course material from the classroom. You may not use books or any resource from the Internet.

Allusion to Frankenstein Discussion

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Choose one question for doing the discussion after that reply1 people 

This is the book

Here is the space for discussing the third part of HeLa. As always, feel free to raise your own points of interest for discussion.

Ch. 23:

The title of this chapter (It’s Alive) contains an allusion to the classic horror movie Frankenstein. What does this allusion suggest about the tension between scientific discovery, and public perception and fear of such discoveries?

Why did the Lacks family think that doctors wanted their blood? Did researchers explain why they wanted the samples? Did the family give informed consent for using the samples?

Ch. 24:

Describe Michael Rogers’ motivation in finding the Lacks family, and his interactions with them. What did they find upsetting about his article, and why?

Explain how the sale of HeLa evolved into a business. In what ways beyond the financial do scientists, corporations, and individuals profit as a result of HeLa? 

Why did Deborah begin researching her mother’s cells? What effects did her research have on her?

Ch. 25:

Describe John Moore’s story. Do you agree with the Supreme Court of CA’s decision? Summarize the legal reasoning behind the decision.

Ch. 26:

What changes had taken place in the lives of Henrietta’s children by 1980? 

Why did Zakariyya decide to participate in research studies at Johns Hopkins? What is ironic about his participation?

Why did Deborah choose not to request a copy of her mother’s medical records? How did she react after reading about her mother’s death?

Explain why Gold’s journalism could be considered irresponsible and/or unethical. What do Gold’s comments about his decision to publish private information without consulting the Lacks family reveal about his attitude toward them?

Ch.27:

Are scientists able to definitively explain why HeLa cells grow so powerfully? Explain the theories that Henrietta’s family have about why her cells are so powerful.

Explain Van Valen’s theory that HeLa cells are “no longer human.” Was his theory accepted by the scientific community? What does Stevenson think that scientists developed this argument?

Ch. 28:

Carefully reread the speech Deborah gave at Morehouse College, paying particular attention to her repetition of the word “understanding.” Why do you think understanding HeLa was so important to her? What obstacles does she mention as impeding her understanding? 

Summarize the events in Deborah’s life leading up to her initial contact with Rebecca Skloot. How do these events help explain Deborah’s initial reluctance to talk with Skloot?

Ch. 29:

Why do you think Deborah eventually decided to talk with Skloot? What did she ask Skloot to promise she would do? What did Deborah hope would happen as a result of Skloot’s research? What was Deborah reluctant to discuss, and why?

Ch. 30:

Zakariyya uses the term “disrespect” to describe Gey’s treatment of Henrietta and the family. What are his reasons for feeling this way? Do you believe Gey was disrespectful?

What does Zakariyya blame on Henrietta’s cancer cells? Does Deborah agree with him?

Ch. 31:

What does Deborah say about people who frame her mother’s story as a story about racism?

How did Skloot finance the research for her book? What did she promise to do for the Lacks family if and when the book was published?

Explain why it would be easy to believe that the Marvel super villain, Hela, Goddess of Death, was based on Henrietta Lacks. 

Ch. 32:

Compare and contrast Skloot’s, Deborah’s, and Zakariyya’s interactions with the Jesus statue at Johns Hopkins. What do these interactions reveal about their attitudes toward religious faith?

How does Christoph Lengauer interact with the Lacks family? Why do you think his interaction is so different from any of their previous interactions at Johns Hopkins? What does he believe about the Lackses’ right to be financially compensated for the sale of their mother’s cells? 

Your initial post is due Oct. 21 at 11:59 pm. You must respond to at least one peer by Oct. 24 at 11:59 pm. Please see the syllabus for more information. 

Here is the space for the last part of HeLa. You may also reflect on any aspect of the book now that you have finished reading it.

Ch. 33:

The title of this chapter is “The Hospital for the Negro Insane.” What was your reaction to this title? Why do you think Skloot chose it?

Why was Skloot surprised by the appearance of Crownsville? What do you think she expected to find?

Describe conditions at the hospital during the time period that Elsie was a patient there. 

Compare and contrast the medical research likely performed on Elsie with Gey’s research and Southam’s research. Does some medical research seem “more wrong?” Why do you think you feel that way?

Ch. 34:

How does Deborah respond when Skloot suggests photocopying some of Henrietta’s records? Why do you think she responds this way? 

How can you tell that Elsie’s photograph and autopsy are deeply troubling to Deborah?

What causes the confrontation between Deborah and Skloot, and how is it resolved?

Ch. 35:

Gary tells Deborah that her quest to find out about Elsie and Henrietta has been a way of “honoring her mother.” Explain what he means by this.

Ch. 36:

Discuss the impact that witnessing the interaction between Gary and Deborah – and, later, talking with Gary- had on Skloot. What new perspective did she gain after these experiences?

Ch. 37:

What did Pullum ask Skloot to “preach” about at JaBrea’s baptism? 

According to Deborah and Pullum, how is Henrietta’s story going to be different for her descendants in future generations?

Ch. 38:

At the time of this book’s publication, how had the lives of Henrietta’s great- and great-great-grandchildren been affected by Skloot’s research, and by the knowledge and understanding of Henrietta’s contribution to science?

Afterword:

What legal options do the Lackses have? What is their position on suing over the use of HeLa?

If Henrietta Lacks could know how important her cells have been to science, do you think she would approve of the fact that they were taken from her without her knowledge and consent? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

MGT 672 SEU Screening for the Ideal Managerial Candidate Research Paper

Description

  apply decision-making to the process of international human resource management as you determine which of the four final applicants to hire into a global executive position.  

You are a member of the management committee of a MNE that conducts business in 23 countries. While your company’s headquarters is located in the Netherlands, your regional offices are located fairly evenly throughout the four hemispheres. Primary markets have been in the European Union and North America; the strongest emerging market is the Pacific Rim. Company executives would like to develop what they see as a powerful potential market in the Middle East. Sales in all areas except the Pacific Rim have shown slow growth over the past two years.

At present, your company is seeking to restructure and revitalize its worldwide marketing efforts. To accomplish this, you have determined that you need to hire a key marketing person to introduce fresh ideas and a new perspective. There is no one currently in your company who is qualified to do this, and so you have decided to look outside. 

The job title is “Vice President for Global Marketing”; an annual salary of $250,000-$300,000, plus elaborate benefits, an unlimited expense account, a car, and the use of the corporate jet. The person you hire will be based at the company’s headquarters in the Netherlands and will travel frequently.

A lengthy search has turned up four people with good potential. It is now up to you to decide whom to hire. Although all the applicants have expressed a sincere interest in the position, it is possible that they may change their minds once the job is offered. Therefore, you must rank them in order of preference so that if your first choice declines the position, you can go on to the second, and so on.

First, read the biographies of each applicant. As you are doing this, rank each of them from 1 to 4, with 1 being your first choice, and explain your reasons for their ranking. 

For your essay this week, respond to the following questions using the decisions you have made with your rankings. 

The first section of your paper should be an overview of your rankings and reasons for your decisions.

Did your decision include any culturally based biases you may have—for example, feelings, personality traits, or politics in your rankings?

  1. Did you make any observations that you feel would have been fully acceptable in your own culture, but were not accepted in other cultures? If so, explain.
  2. What implications do you believe any of the applicant’s cultural differences would have in business dealings? In what countries or cultures? 
  3. What expatriate adjustments for the candidate need to be considered? How will the company handle these? 
  4. Explain the decision-making process you used to make your decisions. 
  5. Park L.
  6. Park L. is currently senior vice president for marketing at a major South Korean high-technology firm. You have been told by the head of your Seoul office that his reputation as an expert in international marketing is outstanding. The market share of his company’s products has consistently increased since he joined the company just over 15 years ago. His company’s market share is now well ahead of that of competing producers in the Pacific Rim.

Park graduated from the University of Seoul and has worked his way up through the ranks. He does not have a graduate degree. In addition to his native tongue, Park is able to carry on a reasonably fluent conversation in English and has minimal working knowledge of German and French.

Saya K.

Saya K. is a woman living in Malaysia. She began her teaching career while finishing her DBA (Doctorate in Business Administration) at the Harvard Business School and published her first book on international marketing ten months after graduation. Her doctoral dissertation was based on the international marketing of pharmaceuticals, but she has also done research and published on other areas of international marketing.

Two months after the publication of her book, Saya went to work in the international marketing department of a Fortune 500 company, where she stayed for the next ten years. She returned to teaching when Maura University offered her a full professorship with tenure, and she has been there since that time. In addition, she has an active consulting practice throughout Southeast Asia. In addition to fluency in Malay, English, and Japanese, Saya speaks and writes German and Spanish and can converse in Mandarin.

Peter V.

Peter had worked in a key position in the international marketing division of a US Fortune 100 company until the company pulled out of his country South Africa eight months ago. Peter has a long list of accomplishments and is widely recognized as outstanding in his field. 

Peter has a Ph.D. in computer science from a leading South African university and an MBA from Purdue’s Krannert School of Business. Peter speaks and reads English, Dutch, Afrikaans, and Swahili and can converse in German.

Joe P.

Joe is currently job hunting. His former job as head of marketing for a single-product, high-technology firm—highly specialized workstations for sophisticated artificial intelligence applications—ended when the company was bought out by Texas Instruments. 

Joe has both his undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford University. In addition, he was a Rhodes Scholar and won a Fulbright scholarship, which he used to support himself while he undertook a two-year research project on the marketing of high-technology equipment to Third World countries. In addition to his native English, Joe has a minimal command of French—which he admits he hasn’t used since his college days.

 

MBA 524 Park University Reverse Osmosis Discussion

Description

Please responds to each student 150-300 words and use references 

Find an ad, product container, or product and evaluate for the following:

safety

  1. warranties

adequacy of instructions

  1. defects
  2. liability.
  3. Attach a picture or copy of the ad to your post.
  4. Student 1
  5. The product I have selected is Humira (adalimumab), manufactured by Abbvie. I chose Humira as it is a new medication that my younger sister and mother have started to use to treat their Chrons Disease. I have personally had to help both of them with their injections and thought it would be a great option for this discussion post. More specifically, I have chosen the Starter kit package for the Humira Pen that contains the first three injections. Taking it a step further, I will consider the outer packaging that would be seen before ever opening the product. I will evaluate the efficacy of the product packaging under the listed categories.
  6. Safety: On the issue of safety, there are blatant call-outs on where TO and TO NOT open the package. There are also call-outs on refrigerating but not freezing the product as well as using the product subcutaneously. 

Warranties: There is an express warranty that states that the product is used to treat Chron’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and Hidradenitis Suppurativa.

Adequacy of Instructions: The instructions are not very clear on the external packaging. The instructions are provided, however, once the package is open. I think this is more effective for this product as the administration process has many steps. 

Defects: There are no defects listed on/with the packaging. 

  1. Liability: Liability would only occur if there were defects with the packaging. 
  2. Humira is administered by following along with the directions provided in The Complete App. The app also tracks when injections were complete and where on the leg they were administered. The advanced The Complete App makes up for what the provided packaged instructions lack. 
  3. HUMIRA® (adalimumab) Citrate-free Injection
  4. *I have used standard packaging found on google for my image as the packaging for my family contains personal information that also makes some of the package labels illegible. 
  5. Student 2

Hello Class, 

The product I chose is Electronic contact cleaner. There are varies safety precautions. This needs to be used in an area with a lot of ventilation. Product should not be handled around food or children. The instructions are quite clear on the labeling. The first sentence of the instructions states to ensure the spray point opening is facing away from your face. The product also states that it is in compliance with Boeing D6-17487 which incorporates four evaluations into the analysis. To ensure that the product can be safely used, several tests are carried out (CLEANO INC, 2022). The tests include a Sandwich Corrosion Test, Acrylic Crazing Test, Paint Softening Test and Hydrogen Embrittlement Test (CLEANO INC, 2022).

When looking into The Federal Hazardous Substances Act, I found that my product “indicates that your product may require hazardous substances labeling under the FHSA and its accompanying regulations. Hazardous substances labeling is covered under the FHSA–an Act administered by the CPSC. Federal enforcement regulations pertaining to the FHSA can be found under 16 CFR part 1500” (CPSC, 2022). In order to be considered a hazardous substance, a product must meet both of these criteria: it must be capable of causing serious injury or illness when handled or used in the normal course of business, including reasonable ingestion by children; and it must be toxic, corrosive, irritating, strong sensitizer, fire- or smoke- or pressure-generating through decomposition (CPSC, 2022).

The Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) regulations require hazardous household products to be marked with precautionary labels to help customers store and use them securely, as well as tell them what to do immediately in the event of a spill or accident (Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) requirements 2022). Certain commodities may be prohibited from sale if they are shown to be harmful or their hazard is so great that labeling mandated by Act is insufficient to protect consumers, as provided for in this Act.

As stated by the legislation, the Federal Hazardous Materials Safety Administration only applies to things that can be carried into or near a place where people dwell during reasonable anticipated purchase, storage, or usage. According to the policy’s coverage rules, the garage, shed, carport, and any additional outbuildings owned by a home are all protected (Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) requirements 2022). It is required by law for hazardous household products to be labeled in order to inform customers of the dangers that these products pose and what they can do to protect themselves and their children from those risks. Depending on the contents of the product and the chance that purchasers would come into contact with any dangers it may contain, the product must be labeled appropriately. Among the types of objects that must be labeled are those that are potentially hazardous in some way, such as those that are toxic or corrosive, flammable or combustible, an irritant, or an exceptionally intense sensitizer. A product must have the potential to cause serious harm or sickness to customers, including children, during or after their regular or reasonably anticipated handling or usage in order to be classed as dangerous (Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) requirements 2022).

Ana

CLEANO INC. (2022). What is Boeing Specification D6-17487? CLEANO® INC. Retrieved April 13, 2022, from https://www.cleano.net/pages/cleano-is-boeing-spec…

electric contact cleaner. Welcome to CPSC’s regulatory robot! (2022). Retrieved April 13, 2022, from https://business.cpsc.gov/robot/decision/viewrepor…

Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) requirements. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. (2022). Retrieved April 13, 2022, from https://www.cpsc.gov/Business–Manufacturing/Busin…

MGT 672 Saudi Electronic University Vice President for Global Marketing Paper

Description

For this assignment, you will apply decision-making to the process of international human resource management as you determine which of the four final applicants to hire into a global executive position.  

You are a member of the management committee of a MNE that conducts business in 23 countries. While your company’s headquarters is located in the Netherlands, your regional offices are located fairly evenly throughout the four hemispheres. Primary markets have been in the European Union and North America; the strongest emerging market is the Pacific Rim. Company executives would like to develop what they see as a powerful potential market in the Middle East. Sales in all areas except the Pacific Rim have shown slow growth over the past two years.

At present, your company is seeking to restructure and revitalize its worldwide marketing efforts. To accomplish this, you have determined that you need to hire a key marketing person to introduce fresh ideas and a new perspective. There is no one currently in your company who is qualified to do this, and so you have decided to look outside. 

The job title is “Vice President for Global Marketing”; an annual salary of $250,000-$300,000, plus elaborate benefits, an unlimited expense account, a car, and the use of the corporate jet. The person you hire will be based at the company’s headquarters in the Netherlands and will travel frequently.

A lengthy search has turned up four people with good potential. It is now up to you to decide whom to hire. Although all the applicants have expressed a sincere interest in the position, it is possible that they may change their minds once the job is offered. Therefore, you must rank them in order of preference so that if your first choice declines the position, you can go on to the second, and so on.

First, read the biographies of each applicant. As you are doing this, rank each of them from 1 to 4, with 1 being your first choice, and explain your reasons for their ranking. 

For your essay this week, respond to the following questions using the decisions you have made with your rankings. 

The first section of your paper should be an overview of your rankings and reasons for your decisions.

Did your decision include any culturally based biases you may have—for example, feelings, personality traits, or politics in your rankings?

  1. Did you make any observations that you feel would have been fully acceptable in your own culture, but were not accepted in other cultures? If so, explain.
  2. What implications do you believe any of the applicant’s cultural differences would have in business dealings? In what countries or cultures? 
  3. What expatriate adjustments for the candidate need to be considered? How will the company handle these? 
  4. Explain the decision-making process you used to make your decisions. 
  5. Park L.
  6. Park L. is currently senior vice president for marketing at a major South Korean high-technology firm. You have been told by the head of your Seoul office that his reputation as an expert in international marketing is outstanding. The market share of his company’s products has consistently increased since he joined the company just over 15 years ago. His company’s market share is now well ahead of that of competing producers in the Pacific Rim.

Park graduated from the University of Seoul and has worked his way up through the ranks. He does not have a graduate degree. In addition to his native tongue, Park is able to carry on a reasonably fluent conversation in English and has minimal working knowledge of German and French.

Saya K.

Saya K. is a woman living in Malaysia. She began her teaching career while finishing her DBA (Doctorate in Business Administration) at the Harvard Business School and published her first book on international marketing ten months after graduation. Her doctoral dissertation was based on the international marketing of pharmaceuticals, but she has also done research and published on other areas of international marketing.

Two months after the publication of her book, Saya went to work in the international marketing department of a Fortune 500 company, where she stayed for the next ten years. She returned to teaching when Maura University offered her a full professorship with tenure, and she has been there since that time. In addition, she has an active consulting practice throughout Southeast Asia. In addition to fluency in Malay, English, and Japanese, Saya speaks and writes German and Spanish and can converse in Mandarin.

Peter V.

Peter had worked in a key position in the international marketing division of a US Fortune 100 company until the company pulled out of his country South Africa eight months ago. Peter has a long list of accomplishments and is widely recognized as outstanding in his field. 

Peter has a Ph.D. in computer science from a leading South African university and an MBA from Purdue’s Krannert School of Business. Peter speaks and reads English, Dutch, Afrikaans, and Swahili and can converse in German.

Joe P.

Joe is currently job hunting. His former job as head of marketing for a single-product, high-technology firm—highly specialized workstations for sophisticated artificial intelligence applications—ended when the company was bought out by Texas Instruments. 

Joe has both his undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford University. In addition, he was a Rhodes Scholar and won a Fulbright scholarship, which he used to support himself while he undertook a two-year research project on the marketing of high-technology equipment to Third World countries. In addition to his native English, Joe has a minimal command of French—which he admits he hasn’t used since his college days.