Explain how the lack of these principles led to poor performance of the group or team.

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Read the following articles about building and leading effective teams:

Building and Leading High Performance Teams
Building Effective Teams Isn’t Rocket Science, but It’s Just as Hard (Note: This article can only be accessed a limited number of times.)
Managing groups and teams is an essential element of the leading facet of the P-O-L-C framework. As you read these articles, reflect on your experience working in groups and teams, and then address the following prompts:

Think about a positive experience when you worked in a group or team and identify the principles that were presented in the articles that were exhibited by your group or team. Explain how these principles helped the group or team succeed.
Think about a negative experience when you worked in a group or team and identify which principles from the articles were lacking. Explain how the lack of these principles led to poor performance of the group or team.
If you were the manager of that group or team, how would you correct the issues that caused the poor performance? Consider the material from this module and in the articles.

 

Describe the possible decisions facing the sport management professional

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This critical analysis will include the following components:
Provide an overview/summary of the case involved.
Outline the ethical issue associated with the case.
Describe the possible decisions facing the sport management professional in case.
Provide detailed description of your decision making process in response to the case using information covered in the course from the various readings

Identify the key individuals (stakeholder groups) in the unused calculator case, and discuss the extent to which each stakeholder is resistant to change (i.e., is amenable to use of the technology).

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Nelsen, B. J., & Valadez, M. S. (2012). Resistance to technological change: The case of the unused calculators. Journal of Case Studies, 30(2), 14-20.

Then, in a well-written 5- to 6-page paper, to include 3 scholarly sources from the required and optional readings list, please respond to the following:

Part One:

Briefly summarize the circumstances confronting Ms. Figueroa in her quest to have the calculators widely used at the American School for the Deaf (ASD).
Part Two:

Identify the key individuals (stakeholder groups) in the unused calculator case, and discuss the extent to which each stakeholder is resistant to change (i.e., is amenable to use of the technology).
How might the different perspectives of each of the major stakeholders, in this case, come together to further increase the overall resistance to change at the ASD?
Part Three: Using the background readings:

What factors—other than the technology itself—do you believe contributed to the resistance to change on the part of each of the major stakeholders you have identified in Item #2 above (mistrust, fear, loss of job security)?
Part Four: Conclude your paper by commenting on the following:

Is it possible that Ms. Figueroa can resolve this situation such that the calculators can be used at the ASD?
Or, is the resistance to change at the ASD now impossible to overcome? Be sure to explain your reasoning.

Develop a complete Human Resource Management strategy for a Pet business.

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Develop a complete Human Resource Management strategy for a Pet business. This will include:

1. A statement of the strategic goals of the organization’s HR strategy.
2. Job descriptions of key employees or classes of position. (4 employees)
which includes the founder and owners, the accountant, and the chief marketing officer.
3. The development of a strategy for hiring and retention.
4. A specific and complete strategy of compensation for key employees and key classes of positions.

Critically discuss the potential risks associated with projects and how to manage and/or mitigate the risks.

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1. Choose this QUESTION:
Question 2
Critically evaluate the options to finance a new project (Corporate Financing and Project Financing).
Critically discuss the potential risks associated with projects and how to manage and/or mitigate the risks.

2. Read the paper requirements carefully and choose the second question for research (as described above).

3. Understand the mark allocation (in the PFM 02 field)

Explain the different foreign market entry modes, and describe which factors influence the choice of an MNC for a particular mode.

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Explain the different foreign market entry modes, and describe which factors influence the choice of an MNC for a particular mode. Which mode do you think has the highest risk of failure?

Describe the considerations you weigh if you decide to limit the rollout of the improved payment processors to only the US. Why might this be a better idea? What challenges would that pose?

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Summarize the vulnerabilities of different types of companies. What, if anything, surprised you about the areas where companies are most vulnerable? (1-3 paragraphs)
Describe a circumstance from your own experience where you witnessed (or perpetrated?) “ethical fading,” a fraud, or intentional bad act in a business setting that is.
Who tried to misappropriate what? What was the outcome?
Was there a compliance program in place to prevent the act you witnessed?
Was the compliance program, if any, effective?
What, if anything, did the organization change as a result of this incident?
Suppose your clothing company is rolling out new cash registers and point of sale electronic payment processers at multiple sites across several states in the US. (3-5 paragraphs)
What kind of instructions, guidance, training, or policies would you insist be in place before the transition to protect your company? To protect your customers? To protect your employees?
What additional considerations will you have if your stores are in multiple countries?
What additional considerations will you have if your customers are foreign tourists who may not fluently speak the language of the points of sale? (Think Waikiki!)
Describe the considerations you weigh if you decide to limit the rollout of the improved payment processors to only the US. Why might this be a better idea? What challenges would that pose?

What does research suggest as a best practice for how much time should be spent in initiating and planning activities for projects? Do you think that estimate is realistic? Why or why not?

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What does research suggest as a best practice for how much time should be spent in
initiating and planning activities for projects? Do you think that estimate is realistic? Why or why not? How does spending more time on planning help reduce time spent on executing? Give examples of how this has worked on real projects.
Your essay should be approximately 400 words.
Be sure to use proper APA punctuation as well as provide research references;

Write a summary report detailing the ergonomic approach that would have improved the purchase, installation and ultimate

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You are the Safety and Risk Manager for a large distribution warehouse.
The company has recently won two major contracts in succession and with increased production has
been required to employ more staff and change the packaging of goods coming into the warehouse.
Staff on the two new packing lines stand and work at fixed height benches and are cutting open boxes,
removing and packing hand held products into new boxes. The boxes are then are placed onto the
conveyor belt line and two employees take the boxes from the line and stack them onto two pallets on
the ground at the end of the line. The job of pallet stacking is rotated among those working on the line.
Once the pallets have been stacked to a height of around 1.5m a fork lift truck removes them and brings
new pallets to be filled.
You are asked to carry out an ‘ergonomic assessment’ to identify any issues and suggest potential
solutions.
Note You are free to make further assumptions about the design of the packing line and process to
allow discussion of hazards, risks and controls. If applicable, such assumptions should be made known
to the reader.
Part A
Detail what ergonomic assessments you would you carry out noting:
(i) specific tasks you would focus on and why
(ii) suggested ergonomic improvements
Part B
Shortly afterwards you return from annual leave to discover the Production and Facilities Managers
decided unilaterally to order, purchase and install mechanical lifting aids for the end of each line.
They are both unhappy as production seems to have slowed down rather than increased, and the lifting
aids are not always being used. They report to you that a member of staff “pressed the wrong button
and dropped a number of boxes”. Fortunately, they just missed a member of staff’s foot. You are asked
to speak with staff to “fix the problem and get them to use the lifting aides properly”. During initial
discussions, a number of staff say they feel the lifting aide takes longer than manual handling and also
is too complicated to use.
What has gone wrong?
Write a summary report detailing
(i) the ergonomic approach that would have improved the purchase, installation and ultimate
use of the mechanical lifting aid
(ii) any potential breaches of health and safety law that could arise from the way the machinery
has been brought into use

Critically assess to what extent it is actually possible to exert control within a complex project, programme and/or portfolio

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Project controls allegedly allow projects to be monitored and controlled, however large, complex and uncertain projects and programmes are often late, over budget, and fail to achieve their original objectives. Critically analyse the interplay between humans and project control systems which contribute to this and critically assess to what extent it is actually possible to exert control within a complex project, programme and/or portfolio. Within your essay critique should be given concerning approaches to control which are referred to in your analysis.
The essay should be 3500 words (maximum 3850 words, minimum 3150 words) in length, (including all quotes and citations but not including references).