After reading the positive experiences and challenges of your classmates’ philosophies of change, how could you add to or expand on your own philosophy of change based on their ideas? Provide two or three specific examples. Why would you make these changes?

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Philosophies of change

The following question will give you a chance to self-evaluate, to think about what you’ve been learning in this course, and to draw your own conclusions about how you can apply problem-solving in your life. Your answers may be used to determine how to improve the program for future students. Your answers will not be used for marketing purposes. Please respond in a paragraph of at least 5–7 sentences to fully address the question. Be sure to use your own words!

After reading the positive experiences and challenges of your classmates’ philosophies of change, how could you add to or expand on your own philosophy of change based on their ideas? Provide two or three specific examples. Why would you make these changes?

While the importance of EDI is acknowledged by many contemporary organisations, translating EDI principles into practice is a complex issue. Discuss the means, benefits and challenges of implementing EDI in the workplace.

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Importance of EDI

While the importance of EDI  is acknowledged by many contemporary organisations, translating EDI principles into practice is a complex issue. Discuss the means, benefits and challenges of implementing EDI in the workplace. Include two organisations as examples.

Further details.

This essay gives you the opportunity to discuss the link between EDI theory and practice. To address the question you will need to show understanding of theories and concepts related to equality, diversity and inclusion, and discuss how EDI is implemented in practice in the workplace. This includes the types of measures that can be introduced to support EDI, what the benefits of those are, and also what the potential challenges are. The essay should draw on two real-life examples of organisations that implement EDI.

 

Use the Insights to performance excellence, 2013-2014 : understanding the integrated management system and the Baldridge criteria text book.

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ITEC 6011 Final Paper: Evaluation of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria

Use the Insights to performance excellence, 2013-2014 : understanding the integrated management system and the Baldridge criteria text book here or I can send the PDF:

  • http://library.lol/main/E037AAB4A599D724EC9CA87332CEE3D6

as a source along with accessible pages from the NIST website (www.nist.gov/baldrige/how-baldrige-works

Does the analysis employ concepts/frameworks from class? Are the concepts/frameworks used relevant to the analysis? Are the concepts applied appropriately/correctly? Does evidence support all conclusions/assertions? Is all evidence included relevant to the analysis?

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Case analysis

The best structure for your case analyses depends on the particular issues raised in the case you analyze. Those questions should be a starting point for your analysis.

Your analysis should be:

⦁ Does the analysis employ concepts/frameworks from class? Are the concepts/frameworks used relevant to the analysis? Are the concepts applied appropriately/correctly? Does evidence support all conclusions/assertions? Is all evidence included relevant to the analysis?

⦁ Identify the strategic issue(s): Your identification of issues/problems should be consistent with—and directly tied to—your analysis and evidence. Do all conclusions/assertions logically follow from the evidence provided? Is the overall logic of the argument clear and accurate? Is the analysis clear and easy to follow? Does the structure of the analysis follow the case-analysis framework?

⦁ Recommendations: Are recommendations realistic for the company? Are they well supported by the preceding analysis? Thus, you should not recommend an alternative that you have not carefully analyzed, nor should your recommendation come as a complete surprise to the audience. These recommendations should be justifiably implementable: you must consider the firm’s realities that may limit its ability to pursue specific strategies . Also, consider the organizational consequences and changes necessary to initiate any bold moves.

 

Explain the mechanisms by which they managed to sustain their central and highly profitable position in the diamond industry for such a long period.

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Risk Management

The De Beers organization was successful at monopolizing the trade of diamonds for over a century. Explain the mechanisms by which they managed to sustain their central and highly profitable position in the diamond industry for such a long period.

In 1981 DRC decided to leave the CSO . How did De Beers respond, and why does it make sense?

Use the attached files for guidance and instructions.

2.5 page minimum single spaced

 

Identify specific opportunities for improvement with regard to the content in the initial posting. Furthermore, you should provide supporting rationale for your stated position, as well as concrete suggestions and guidance intended to strengthen the effectiveness of the content.

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Unit 8 Discussion OM Peer Response.

Project Plan

As the Operations manager for Kibby and Strand and taking on this new task for shipping products for Amazon. To accomplish this task our shipping department would need additional resources like an additional building solely for amazon’s shipping department, more employees, more delivery trucks, and so forth. By adding these resources for this big contract, it would raise our reputation and make acquiring other contracts in the near future more easier to acquire. Since we are moving our shipping department to a new facility and expanding our production department into the old shipping department the project task list would be as follows.

Project Tasks:

  1. Move the shipping department to new facility
    1. Strategically move machines, employees, materials, resources, without interrupt current operations
    2. Start December 5, 2022 / End December 12, 2022
  2. Downsize current shipping department to maintain current operation
    1. The current shipping department will continue operations but to a small size to focus shipping on new department.
    2. Start December 12, 2022 / End December 19, 2022
  3. Expand Production department
    1. As we move the old shipping department we would order new production machines and start filling in empty space.
    2. Start December 12, 2022 / End December 19, 2022
  4. Move old shipping department
    1. At this point move the remaining entity of the shipping department to the new facility
    2. Start December 19, 2022 / End December 27, 2022
  5. Complete set up of the expanded production department
    1. As soon as the last remaining resources of the shipping department are moved out initiate the remaining set up of the production department.
    2. Start December 19, 2022 / End December 27, 2022
  6. Allocate for more resources
    1. Once the new shipping department is up and running need to acquire more resources to fulfil contract obligations.
    2. Start December 27, 2022 / End January 8, 2022

Assumptions

  • The whole process will automatically grant more contracts.
  • Shipping expenses will be reduced by adding a new shipping department.
  • With the expanding of the facility that production and contracts will rise.
  • Production will maximize output
  • Shipping department will run efficiently and effectively without any hicups

Constraints

  • Time would be the greatest adversary for shipping orders that Amazon fulfils per their shipping policies.
  • More shipping contracts will require more employees
  • More machines will require more skilled laborers to run them.

Network Diagram

References:

Stevenson, W. J. (2020). Operations Management (14th Edition). McGraw-Hill Education

 

Provide one page peer response for each attached document following the guidelines below:

1. Point out what you perceived to be the strengths of the initial posting along with supporting rationale.
2. Identify specific opportunities for improvement with regard to the content in the initial posting. Furthermore, you should provide supporting rationale for your stated position, as well as concrete suggestions and guidance intended to strengthen the effectiveness of the content.

 

There is a tendency among businesses today to use incentive pay plans over merit or seniority pay plans. Which of these plans do you feel is the most effective? Explain why you feel this way.

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Comp Management Unit 2 Discussion

Some organizations have a merit performance approach where increases and bonuses are typically given to seniority and how long one has been with the organization. On the other hand, there are some that are more focused on a pay for performance structure, where increases and bonuses are given to those who perform the job well.

There is a tendency among businesses today to use incentive pay plans over merit or seniority pay plans. Which of these plans do you feel is the most effective? Explain why you feel this way.

Create a PowerPoint presentation in which you define each type of pay plan and explain the similarities and differences between them.

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Comp Management Unit 2 PPP

Instructions
Imagine that you are the human resources (HR) manager at a manufacturing company. The company you work for is trying to determine whether it can make the switch from using a merit-based pay plan to an incentive-based pay plan. As the HR manager, it is your responsibility to explain each pay plan to your company’s board of directors and voice an opinion about whether the company could successfully make the switch. In addition, you must explain your choice.

Create a PowerPoint presentation in which you define each type of pay plan and explain the similarities and differences between them. Also, you will express an opinion about which pay plan would work best and why you feel this way. In your introduction slide, include a fictional name, company size, and what the company manufactures.

Your presentation should consist of no less than 10 slides, not counting the title slide and reference slide(s). You are required to enchance the presentation by adding speaker notes to explain the information on each slide. Any references used, including your textbook, should be cited and referenced using APA formatting.

Conduct a DE&I audit for your chosen organization. An audit includes the assessment of the organization’s leadership, culture, policies, and procedures/practices for legal compliance with equal opportunity laws, as well as analyzing specific ways the same support or act as barriers.

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WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT – RESEARCH PAPER 1

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DE&I)

OVERVIEW

As we discovered in our learning activities for Week 2, the topic of diversity is a mainstay in life. Organizations and individuals both work to educate those around on the value of understanding and embracing diversity with the hopes of ensuring the underrepresented received equal opportunities, fair treatment, and experience inclusive environments. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are independent concepts, but many believe to truly commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), all three must be successfully attained and sustained.

Diversity brings together the various characteristics of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, tribe, cast, socio-economic status, cognitive abilities, etc. but this is often where it stops for many. A diverse organization does not mean it is inclusive or equitable in the treatment of their employees.

Some of the underserved and underrepresented groups we have seen as the subject of articles, news, and social media are, but not limited to, the following: former felons, LGBTQ, Asian American, Hispanic, neurodiverse groups, law enforcement, veterans, Black African Americans, Arab Americans, long-term unemployed, just to name a few.

Some of the social movements that have brought attention for the need to strengthen an organization’s DEI programs include MAD Pride (users of mental health services), Men’s Rights Movement, Me Too Movement, Black Lives Matter, Trans Lives Matter, and Blue Lives Matter,

ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES

Choose one option. For each option, except Option 3, you will need to select a group or movement to be the focus of your paper.

Option 3: Conduct a DE&I audit for your chosen organization. An audit includes the assessment of the organization’s leadership, culture, policies, and procedures/practices for legal compliance with equal opportunity laws, as well as analyzing specific ways the same support or act as barriers. The parts of your paper include the introduction, brief organizational background, your audit, and a summary and recommendations.

Additional Assignment Guidance:

Your paper should be a minimum of 5 pages in APA format (excluding title page and references) but encouraged use the number of pages needed to complete your assignment and address each of the elements effectively.
Read the instructions before beginning this assignment. Please ask questions.
Submit your work as an MS WORD ATTACHMENT in either a .doc, .docx, or .rtf format.

You are encouraged to use subheadings. A subheading reflects the content that follows. Subheadings provide a point of reference for the reader as well as guide the reader through your paper. If you do not have a clear thesis or your introduction is a bit complicated, the reader spends time guessing and is unclear as to what they are reading and why

Write a 4 page essay focusing on Verbal and Written Communication for the subcompetency of communication. Explain the importance of this subcompetency in the field of HR.

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Reflection and Professional Development

Write a 4 page essay focusing on Verbal and Written Communication for the subcompetency of communication.

Explain the importance of this subcompetency in the field of HR.

Explain in your own words how that subcompetency relates to what you have learned in this class.

Reflect on how you can use this learning in your future life or career.