Create an instructor’s presentation to teach students about qualitative research designs. This week, you were presented with three different qualitative research designs. Determine the value of each of the five designs explored over the last two weeks, and then critique the utility of each one relative to your research problem.

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BUS-7380 Week 4

Create an instructor’s presentation to teach students about qualitative research designs. This week, you were presented with three different qualitative research designs. Determine the value of each of the five designs explored over the last two weeks, and then critique the utility of each one relative to your research problem. Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

Cover and references slides (these do not contribute to sliding count)
The problem to be investigated (your problem statement from Week 1)
A critique of five qualitative research designs
Comparison and contrast of the value of these designs
Defense of your selection of one of the designs covered this week for your proposed dissertation research study.

Note: This presentation should be usable in a teaching environment

Thoroughly describe what leaders need to know about communication and leveraging the diversity of their team. Describe what that should look like with examples, share with us a plan to apply leadership communication with diversity in mind in great detail.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

(a) Teach us what you learned with specific examples of using those three key concepts. Make sure you tell us about the problem solving and decision-making models in your own words.

(b) Thoroughly describe what leaders need to know about communication and leveraging the diversity of their team. Describe what that should look like with examples, share with us a plan to apply leadership communication with diversity in mind in great detail.

(c) Describe how you will apply the concepts.

What is the benefit of asking each of two questions? Also, list two additional questions that you should NOT ask of potential hires during a job interview? Why should you avoid those two questions?

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Developing a Global Management

As an HR manager in the healthcare industry, discuss ways to attract qualified candidates and list two interview questions you may want ask your potential hires. What is the benefit of asking each of two questions? Also, list two additional questions that you should NOT ask of potential hires during a job interview? Why should you avoid those two questions?

End your post with a question to your classmates.

Important: Use and write more about your point of view.

 

What are the two major barriers preventing innovation in the supply chain? What are the top innovative digital technologies impacting SCM?

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Business Question

  1. What is a supply chain?
  2. List four functions carried out by companies in a supply chain.
  3. List and describe the three main flows being managed in a supply chain.
  4. Describe SCM.
  5. What are steps in the order fulfillment?
  6. Explain logistics.
  7. What are the top two strategic priorities of SCM executives?
  8. What are the two major barriers preventing innovation in the supply chain?
  9. What are the top innovative digital technologies impacting SCM?

Does the lodging and tourism industry look positive for entrepreneurs? Support your conclusion with information from your research.

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Business question

Case Assignment: Go online and research the Lodging and Tourism industry and from your research address the question below.

Feel free to use the resources listed in Section 4.1a: Gathering Secondary Sources of Industry Information for your online research.

Question: Does the lodging and tourism industry look positive for entrepreneurs? Support your conclusion with information from your research.

Remember to address the question using and in the format of a 800 word response-7th Edition APA style.

 

Identify a desired personal change to implement during, and in the weeks following, the course.

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PERSONAL CHANGE PROJECT (50% of grade, 4-6 pages double spaced)

This is an individual project in which you will identify a desired personal change to implement during, and in the weeks following, the course. This will require you to put your plan in place, track progress, and evaluate success.

1) a leadership statement of no more than two lines at the beginning;
LEADERSHIP STATEMENT: “We will all move forward together, step by step, slow or fast.”

2) description of your change initiative in relation to your leadership statement (about one page)
-You will identify an area you aim to change or improve in the near future, AND explain why this change is important compared with other areas of consideration

3) a reflection story about a personal change you attempted in the past (one page or slightly beyond). This includes detailing your key learnings about your personal strengths and weaknesses in implementing this change, and takeaways for dealing with your future change initiatives. This part is ideally leadership related but not necessary. Please note that this part of the paper focuses on a PAST experience (i.e., something you actually did), not to talk about leadership and your future plan in general. You are encouraged to incorporate information you have received during the course (e.g., reflections from class exercises and discussions, and feedback from group members, as well as including information from outside the course (e.g., previous leadership assessments, and external feedback you have received).
-The paper should include reference to relevant literature to support your analysis and arguments.

LEADERSHIP CHANGE RECOMMENDATION (50% of grade, 4 pages double spaced)
In this individual assignment, you need to identify a leader, either a supervisor/senior leader in your current/former organization or someone you know from public sources. Please try to provide a comprehensive evaluation of his/her leadership, particularly the attributes/perspectives that we discussed in the class. You will then identify 1-2 aspects that you believe the leader needs to change for the benefits of the organization. The demonstrated capability of evaluating someone’s leadership skills, together with your skill of presenting your evaluation, is key to your performance in this assignment.

Predict at least two potential deduction errors that a taxpayer would most likely make when mixing business and pleasure travel. Suggest one way in which a taxpayer could avoid those deduction errors.

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Decision-making process

(Original Content Only)

If a few paragraphs…describe What makes a cost relevant for the decision-making process? How can we use these relevant costs to make short-run decisions?

Predict at least two potential deduction errors that a taxpayer would most likely make when mixing business and pleasure travel. Next, suggest one way in which a taxpayer could avoid those deduction errors.

Debate it! The 50% disallowance for meal and entertainment expenses is fair and reasonable. Provide a rationale for your response.

 

Evaluate the validity and value of each person’s position/stance on the situation. Discuss any ethical concerns raised in the situation. Discuss any suspicious or fraudulent claims in the scenario.

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Week 5 Writing Assignment

 You are the CEO of a young, growing company. You have long expressed concern to your executive team that the company is unprepared to handle harassment claims. While there haven’t been any claims so far, the recent growth in the size of the company, creates a need for precautions. You have observed heated arguments on the shop floor, in the sales offices, on the showroom floor, and even in the executive offices over all kinds of matters, some not even work related. You have even observed some employees bursting into tears over some of these arguments. You have heard people cursing openly, some of the employees are so crude that they don’t even seem to know that they do it.  There have been some complaints by employees who feel that this is unprofessional and hurts the image of the company, damages morale, and could result in harassment claims.

The Director of Human Resources drops by your office to show you a recent article called “Reducing Harassment in the Workplace.” According to the article, at a minimum, the company needs a policy that informs employees about harassment, which can be sexual, racial, religious, national origin, age, or disability, that it is not permitted at work, and that there are a number of people they can contact if they feel victimized. The article goes on to say that is a good start, but it isn’t nearly enough to protect a company. The article says what is needed is a civility code to ensure that everyone treats everyone else, fellow workers, subordinates, superiors, customers, and suppliers, with dignity and respect. One section of the Code says: “Courtesy is the responsibility of every employee. Everyone is expected to be courteous, polite and friendly to our customers, vendors and suppliers, as well as to their fellow employees. No one should be disrespectful or use profanity or any other language which injures the image or reputation of the Company.”

The next day you discuss the article with your 4-person executive team.  Two of them like the idea, two of them hate it.  You tell them to think about it and you’ll discuss it further at your next meeting. The following Monday morning you get to work, and your secretary tells you to check your e-mail. You discover that there is a heated battle going on between numerous employees debating the “proposed” civility code. Some of the comments are favorable, but others are downright uncivil, rude, and profane. Some of the critics complain that it is a violation of free speech and one even calls you a communist. One employee says this is good reason to bring in a union. One of the advocates of the civility code has been called a “p.c. millennial snowflake” and is threatening to bring a harassment claim to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the EEOC.

You call your attorney and tell him what’s happening. Later that day, after doing 2 hours of research, the two of you meet. He tells you that the situation is complicated from a legal standpoint, but there are three key points. One, employees of private companies have no First Amendment free speech rights at work. Two, the EEOC likes the idea of civility codes, since they are charged with eliminating harassment in the workplace. Three, the National Labor Relations Board, the NLRB, has taken a very broad view of what is protected “concerted activity by workers for mutual benefit and support,” whether there is a union involved or not. By the way, the lawyer says, the NLRB has gone so far as to prohibit employers from restricting company e-mail use to purely business matters. In other words, he says, you are between a rock and a hard place, and, by the way, here is a bill for $500 for the meeting and research.

As CEO, you must now decide how to handle the situation. Using the Writing Advantage format, write a draft proposal (approx. 2 pages) to your Executive Team addressing the following:

Recognize Assumptions:

  • State the problem in the situation, and provide the inductive or deductive (or both) reasoning that leads you to your problem statement
  • Discuss any assumptions that you or others in the situation may be making (as much as possible, support your statements with data from the case)

Evaluate Arguments:

  • Evaluate the validity and value of each person’s position/stance on the situation.
  • Discuss any ethical concerns raised in the situation.
  • Discuss any suspicious or fraudulent claims in the scenario.

Draw Conclusions:

  • List and discuss pros and cons of possible solutions
  • Recommend a solution and course of action.

Explain your rationale for these choices in relation to your simulation company’s values, mission, goals, and current place in game play. Would you use one or multiple resource sources? Why?

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Venture Capital (VC) Funding

In Q4 of the simulation you and your team have the opportunity to seek Venture Capital (VC) funding to help your business grow. VC funding is one way of many to gain needed resources as your business scales and grows to the next growth stage. In the real world, you as the leadership team will need to assess the current state of your business and determine what support you are going to need to help you achieve your growth goals. Support can and should come in many forms and help solve multiple problems. This can include but not be limited to, the leadership team growth, product/service development, finance, sales, and marketing. In this discussion question, using the readings, personal examples, and other research that you conduct;

1) Select 1-3 types of resource support that you think would best fit your simulation company. You may use the resources for this unit as well as any additional research you complete, and personal experiences

2) Explain your rationale for these choices in relation to your simulation company’s values, mission, goals, and current place in game play. Would you use one or multiple resource sources? Why?

3) Discuss how you would present this information to the leadership team in your simulation company and present an outline of your strategy for accessing the resources you have identified.

What could GOC have done to prepare Collins for his assignment in the United States? Outline an action plan for companies to use in preparing executives —and their families—for international assignments.

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An Australian Manager in an American Company (Complete & Discuss in Class)

Read the Case in Chapter Three:  An Australian Manager in an American Company (Complete & Discuss in Class)

Case Questions

  1. Citing Geert Hofstede s cultural characteristics, compare Australia and the United States on various measures. As you’ll see, the two countries are fairly similar, but there are some differences that may help explain Les Collins’s apparent lack of success in the American setting. Which of these do you think is the most significant and why?
  2. What could GOC have done to prepare Collins for his assignment in the United States? Outline an action plan for companies to use in preparing executives —and their families—for international assignments.
  3. Articulate and evaluate your own opinion about the degree of distance prevalent in U.S. companies between managers and their direct reports. Who is protected by this management style? What adverse organizational impacts might result from this style?

 

Just a reminder, active class participation is part of the total grade for this assignment.  Case analyses are essential in learning to apply new concepts to real-life situations but the case method is only as effective learning tool as is the class discussion, which relies heavily on preparation and thoughtful discussion demonstrating a strong analysis and understanding of concepts as well as case material