Describe the recommendations for methods of identifying employee performance issues. Evaluate alternative methods of employee development. Describe the steps you would take to implement your recommendations.

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Performance Management

As a newly hired human resources manager, the CEO solicits a meeting with you and other senior leaders in the organization. During the meeting, she raises concerns about the decline in employee performance and shares that she suspects it must be due to the quality of new hires or a lack of incentive for them to perform better. The Vice President (VP) of operations shares his frustration with the poor performance and productivity seen in his department and states the following: “I think we should fire underperforming employees immediately and start over by hiring those who are better qualified.” At the conclusion of the meeting, the CEO tasks you with sharing your diagnosis and recommendations at the next meeting. In preparation for the follow up meeting, you begin conducting internal research, and your investigation uncovers several critical problems that must be solved in order to improve the performance of the organization. Some of the problems include poor job descriptions, a poor performance management system, a lack of training, low base pay for new hires, and no recognition program.

To communicate with senior leaders, you must create a two-page memo to explain the issues, as well as offer appropriate solutions. Given your assessment of the current use of individual development plans, describe the necessary steps to mitigate the current issues. In your memo,

  • Describe the recommendations for methods of identifying employee performance issues.
  • Evaluate alternative methods of employee development.
  • Describe the steps you would take to implement your recommendations.
  • Support your assessment and recommendations with at least one scholarly and/or credible source.

Choose one myth and explain the reasons why you chose that particular myth. In your opinion, what kind of important insight or wisdom does it contain for your own person?

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“The Adventures of Perseus” From Metamorphoses

Choose one myth and explain the reasons why you chose that particular myth. In your opinion, what kind of important insight or wisdom does it contain for your own person? Moreover, why do you think the ancients told that story? What kind of lesson you think it provides for an ancient and/or modern audience in general?

You need to talk about a specific ‘mythical’ story, not provide just the discussion of the characteristics of one God or Goddess. Of course, within the story, you can discuss the mythical characters and their personality.

No citations or bibliography required, just state clearly what myth you are referring to. Of course making reference to ancient sources and secondary sources also with quotes, it will better the quality of your paper. For bibliographical references you can use any style (Chicago, MLA, etc.) as long as you are consistent.

What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the simple ranking, alternate ranking, and point method job evaluation techniques? What problems may occur by following Robert’s approach?

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Job Evaluation at Smith Upholstery

After reading the case study “Job Evaluation at Smith Upholstery” at the end of Chapter 6 of your textbook, write a short paper that adequately answers the following questions:

  • What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the simple ranking, alternate ranking, and point method job evaluation techniques?
  • What problems may occur by following Robert’s approach?
  • What do you recommend Marco do first? Why?

Are there social situations in which one or more of the factors among your identities seem especially challenging or which provide support for you? If yes, can you think of social situations in which your “dominant” or “subordinate” identities play out in different ways – either challenging or supportive or both?

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Study question

Answer only ONE question from each section. Make sure you number each section in your answers. Each answer must be at least 100 words in length. You do not have to include a work cited page. Answers must make use of the reading/video as evidence.

Part One – Tatum “The Complexity of Identity”

  • Tatum describes identity as “complex” and made up of many different factors. As you think of your own identity, what are the racial, gender, sexual, class, religious and other factors that have shaped it? Do you mainly focus on one or two aspects of your identity or do you think of your identity as “complex” in real-life, everyday interactions? Can you describe some examples of how various factors in your own identity interact with each other?
  • How do you think that (what Tatum calls) your “dominant” and your “subordinate” identities have shaped your sense of yourself – as you are today? As your experiences have changed over time? Were there any personal experiences that stand out for you that made you especially aware of a “dominant” or “subordinate” identity?
  • Are there social situations in which one or more of the factors among your identities seem especially challenging or which provide support for you? If yes, can you think of social situations in which your “dominant” or “subordinate” identities play out in different ways – either challenging or supportive or both?

Part Two – Johnson’s “The Social Construction of Difference”

  • Johnson quotes James Baldwin’s statement that “No one is white before he/she came to America. It took generations, and a vast amount of coercion, before this became a white country.” Can you identify one or two examples of immigrants who became “White” in the US? Were they considered “White” before becoming Americans? Can you describe how that process of “whitening” happened?
  • On the other hand, for immigrants who did not become “White” when they came to American, how were they identified racially? Had that been their racial identity before the process of immigration?
  • Johnson makes the point that the “social construction of reality” applies to sexism and ableism as well as to racism and that these social constructions have no significance except to provide privilege for some and disadvantage for others. Can you provide examples of how systems of privilege and disadvantage – concerning race, or gender, or any other system of advantage and disadvantage – may have changed over time, as the “social construction of reality” itself changed?
  • Johnson distinguishes between “diversity”/“difference” (“difference” need not imply inequality) and “privilege”/“oppression” (in which inequality is rationalized or justified by differences). Can you think of examples you’ve personally observed of “differences” that you have observed or experienced that do not convey inequality? Can you think of examples you’ve observed or experienced of “differences” that are used to justify privilege and oppression?

Part Three – Sue’s “Microaggressions, Marginality, and Oppression”. Make sure you also use this video on Microaggressions to support your answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDd3bzA7450 (Links to an external site.)

  • Have you observed or overheard any of Sue’s examples of microaggressions in your neighborhoods or schools or families? Have you experienced them yourself? How does the accumulation of multiple microaggressions, day after day, make the person experiencing them feel?
  • Have you tried to interrupt a microaggression? Can you provide an example of interrupting microaggressions successfully?
  • Looking ahead to the next section, where Young describes oppression as the result of the “unquestioned norms, habits, and symbols … [of] normal processes of everyday life”: Can you give examples of how Sue’s approach to microaggression might illustrate Young’s description of oppression?

Part Four – Young’s “Five faces of oppression.”

  • Here’s how Young defines oppression: “Its causes are embedded in unquestioned norms, habits, and symbols, in the assumptions underlying institutional rules and the collective consequences of following these rules … in short, the normal processes of everyday life.” What examples of “the normal processes of everyday life” have you experienced or observed that fit Young’s definition of oppression? Why do you think these normal processes of everyday life are not questioned or resisted?
  • Young offers a different explanation of oppression from the explanation in Bell, Adams, and Zúñiga. Do you find it useful to have two different explanations oppression? Do they clarify different aspects of a complicated social system?

Using accurate terminology, describe what makes “Artist 47”, “Artist 47”.

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Writing Question

Do Kanye or lauryn hill

– Research Paper on Artist

  • Must be 5 pages in length
  • Must detail the Artist’s background
    • Do they play an instrument, are they a trained musician, when did they start playing/writing music, etc.
  • Must detail the Artist’s style
    • Using accurate terminology, describe what makes “Artist 47”, “Artist 47”.
      • Style, Genre, do they write their own music, who is their producer, has/did their sound changed after becoming famous?
    • Must use 8 scholarly sources
      • Properly cited in text.
      • Proper APA/MLA Citation format

What techniques or coping skills from “Becoming Aware” textbook that you might use to deal with the issue(s) that you presented earlier? What would you do differently now to enhance the quality of your life in regard to this issue(s)?

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Counseling 5 DEALING WITH CONFLICT

Final Paper

You will write a four to five page, double spaced final paper. Remember to look back at your draft paper you turned in during Week/Module Four. You can use that same topic or choose a new topic.

Final Paper Guidelines

Selecting the Topic

On the journey we call, “life,” where do you see yourself and your relationship with others? Are there areas you want to improve and develop a greater awareness of your own patterns of behavior? Is it your self-esteem, your identity, your emotional expression, your communication style, or how you handle conflict? Select at least two-three areas that are most significant to your own growth and development, e.g., your identity development and its impact on personal and interpersonal relationships, or how you manage conflict and your communication style and their impact on your relationships, or how you manage your emotions and their role in developing your personality traits. You have total freedom to choose any of the areas discussed in your textbook. Make this assignment worthwhile to you.

Structure and Organization:

It would be best to include an introduction and to organize your paper in terms of past, present, and future to give it a logical order and a smooth flow.

  • Introduction:

Introduce your theme (s) and why you chose this topic. State clearly what your paper is going to be about. Make sure to highlight your topic sentence. You are expected to elaborate on this area (s) of your life throughout the paper.

  • Past:

Reflect back on your life story and early childhood experiences. Include details that are only pertinent to your theme. When you introduce an idea, ask yourself: How does it relate to my topic sentence? What am I trying to show? This is a good place to introduce and show how have you dealt or been affected by the theme(s) in your life.

  • Present:

Who are you now in relation to the issue(s) you introduced earlier. How are you dealing with this issue(s) now compared with how you dealt with it in the past? What are some of the current event(s) that are impacting the issue(s) presented? Are there any changes to how you view yourself now?

  • Future:

What techniques or coping skills from “Becoming Aware” textbook that you might use to deal with the issue(s) that you presented earlier? What would you do differently now to enhance the quality of your life in regard to this issue(s)? What are your goals, hopes and visions of yourself? In other words, if you were to re-write your life story, what would you do differently? This part of your paper is about bringing a resolution to the issue (s) of your earlier concern (s).

In your own words, explain why Newman believes a gentleman should cultivate “gentleness and effeminacy (tenderness) of feeling, you know, get in touch with his feminine side without any controversy.

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Literature British

This work is from the Victorian Age. The focus is knowledge.

John Henry Cardinal Newman The Idea of a University

150-200 words in length. Roughly two (2) paragraphs. Do not write in first person.

In your own words, explain why Newman believes a gentleman should cultivate “gentleness and effeminacy (tenderness) of feeling, you know, get in touch with his feminine side without any controversy. Please, no critical Mombo-jumbo, and again, use your own words to explain. That means you should have read and understood what you’ve read, so that you can explain it without regurgitating Newman word for word. A paraphrase or two is okay, but should be minimal at best, and parenthetically cited within your paragraph. However, I don’t want to read your discussion and feel like I’m re-reading Newman. Worse than that, I don’t want to feel like I’m reading someone’s critique who has studied Newman as their life’s work. Understand? You are an intelligent person. You know what your take-away is. At one time or another you’ve probably even considered how you feel about this whole man, feminine side, controversy. So, what has Newman added to that for you? Discuss it as though you are explaining it to a friend so that he or she/he might understand.

 

What is Somerset Fire currently doing well as a fire department? What can Somerset Fire do to prepare for the future of the department and the city?

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Writing Question

Check the following links and answer the following 2 questions (paragraph for each):

Question 1: What is Somerset Fire currently doing well as a fire department?

Question 2: What can Somerset Fire do to prepare for the future of the department and the city?

Why would some people think that this work is harmful to learn about? Why do some people have such a vocal and passionate objection to this document?

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English 102

  1. If you had to distill the episode into a thesis statement, what is the thesis of this episode?
  1. Which sound effects were effective, in your estimation? Pick one of the examples and explain its impact.
  1. Does this episode change your perceptions of any historical figures? Why or why not?
  1. This is all very interesting information, but how does the author move from the information to the “so what?” of the argument? How does she make us understand the implications of our history and the need to care?
  1. Why would some people think that this work is harmful to learn about? Why do some people have such a vocal and passionate objection to this document?
  1. Understanding that this has now been made into a filmic documentary, what strengths does this podcast have in relation to other genres?

Remember that it should still be, at least, 150 words, so pick a question that will allow you to make an informed answer

listen to the first episode of the 1619 podcast (it can be accessed through any podcast service, or you can just Google it and there is a free version available)

How were nursing shortages a problem before the pandemic? How did the pandemic put immense pressure on the health care system and contribute to a high dropout rate among nurses?

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Article Writing Question

“Although nursing shortages were a problem long before COVID-19, the pandemic put immense pressure on the healthcare system, contributing to a high dropout rate among nurses. The increased workload and stressors have taken a toll on nurses’ mental and physical health, leading to burnout and exhaustion. Therefore, nurses should be given mental health days, and pay should be increased to attract more people to the profession.” write a 10-page research essay on this.

  1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2668/
  2. https://aacnjournals.org/aacnacconline/article-abs…
  3. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migrat…
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/health/covid-nu.
  5. https://ovidsp.dc2.ovid.com/ovid-b/ovidweb.cgi?&S=… https://mhanational.org/mental-health-healthcare-w… to an external site.]
  6. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/us/nurses-quit-hosp…9. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/healthcare/workst… to an external site.
  7. https://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/A…

Focus questions :

  1. How were nursing shortages a problem before the pandemic?
  2. How did the pandemic put immense pressure on the health care system and contribute to a high dropout rate among nurses?
  3. How did the increased workload and stressors take a toll on nurses’ mental and physical health, leading to burnout and exhaustion?
  4. How/why should nurses be given mental health days?
  5. What is the current average pay for nurses, and how should it be increased?