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Critically evaluate the similarities and differences between coaching and mentoring, as well as two other learning interventions within an organizational context.

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Difference between coaching and mentoring

Written Reflection
Following the practical exercise, all students will be required to complete a 2,500-word individual report and reflection,
Your reflection should critically evaluate the following:

1. The similarities and differences between coaching and mentoring, as well as two other learning interventions within an organizational context. You should consider the tangible and intangible benefits of coaching and mentoring to organizations (Return on Investment).

2. The line manager as a coach/mentor, including an assessment of the necessary skills and behaviors.

3. The role of coaching and mentoring in building resilience and dealing with change.

4. Your own performance in the peer coaching exercise, with reference to relevant reflective cycles and the coaching model used. You should present an honest and transparent reflection, highlighting your strengths and weaknesses. You should also include a personal development plan. Note: Whilst Tasks 1-3 should be in third person, the personal reflection (Task 4) can be written in first person, if preferred.

GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF TASKS
NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five generic assessment criteria overleaf.

1. Engagement with Literature Skills Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s) set; you should make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources, where appropriate (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline). You should provide evidence that you have accessed a wide range of sources, which may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal

Identify historical and contemporary influences of discrimination in U.S. culture. Analyzes the evolution of the social movements that have emerged as a result of a diversity issue and cites support from scholarly resources.

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Same Sex Marriage

Many of the current political, legal, and social debates in U.S. society concern diversity and its related issues. Two of those debates have centered on immigration policy and same-sex marriage. These debates involve not only arguments regarding discriminatory treatment of particular ethnic groups or sexual minorities but also legal, economic, and religious questions and concerns.

In this assessment, you apply the sociological perspective to one of these debates. You research the political players and key arguments on the different sides of your chosen controversy, and you place them in historical and contemporary context to gain a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of the debate, and current and proposed policy solutions. Understanding the key developments and policy changes that pertain to your debate puts you in a position in which you can more accurately evaluate the merits of arguments made by politicians, leaders, and others with a stake in shaping future policy decisions.

Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1:Analyzes how sociological theory can be used to understand disparities in political power and cites scholarly sources for support.

Competency 2: Identify historical and contemporary influences of discrimination in U.S. culture.
Analyzes the evolution of the social movements that have emerged as a result of a diversity issue and cites support from scholarly resources.

Competency 3: Analyze the effects of social policy using aggregated data.
Address questions that reflect public perception using supporting data or research.

Competency 4: Analyze how laws are applied or created based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, and social class.
Analyze the evolution of antidiscrimination law to give context to current law or policy.

Competency 5: Apply diversity strategies in professional, educational, and personal contexts.
Discuss tactics employed by activists to promote a cause.

Competency 6: Communicate effectively.
Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate format and with few errors of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Instructions

Discuss epigenetics and its connection with mental health in a two to three page essay. Make sure to include integration process and discuss clinical application and/or suggestion for further research.

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Mental health

Discuss epigenetics and its connection with mental health in a two to three page essay. Make sure to include integration process and discuss clinical application and/or suggestion for further research.

How does reframing what is usually seen as an individual behavioral issue allow for a public health commitment to address it? How does Veronica Gago highlight the importance of struggle for achieving public health and abortion and human rights?

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Public health

How does reframing what is usually seen as an individual behavioral issue (like cigarette smoking, seat belt use, etc.) allow for a public health commitment to address it? How does Veronica Gago highlight the importance of struggle for achieving public health and abortion and human rights? How does femicide highlight the idea that in Latin America “la calle” is the social space of the Macho and no place for women?

What is the purpose of command and control as a war fighting function? What is the role does a senior NCO have in mission command?

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Mission Command

Write a 150-word post answering the two questions below.

1. What is the purpose of command and control as a war fighting function?

2. What is the role does a senior NCO have in mission command?

 

How will you create developmentally appropriate instruction that takes into consideration the students’ strengths, differences, interests, and needs.

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Benchmark Summative Assessment

Assessment Description
Throughout this course, you have studied the major principles, concepts, and learning theories related to the major developmental milestones and stages of development. With this knowledge, you will explore how to integrate the major principles, concepts, and learning theories when determining the appropriate instructional strategies that meet the diverse needs of all students.
For this benchmark assignment, you will complete a summative course assessment consisting of one essay question based on a case study.
Consider the following scenario:
Several students in your fifth grade class are disengaged during math instruction and discussions. One student has an IEP (Individualized Education Program) for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), one student has an IEP for dyslexia, one student has an IEP for visual impairment, and one student has severe language development concerns preventing understanding of instructional material.
Citing major concepts, principles, and theories, write a 750-1,000 word essay in which you describe instructional strategies along with the differentiation you would implement that would encourage them to participate and develop more confidence in their abilities.

In your essay, include:
Strategies that support engagement in the class as a whole, the role of language, and readiness of learning, based on the theories learned in class.

How you would modify instruction by applying the concepts and theories related to development (cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical).

How you will create developmentally appropriate instruction that takes into consideration the students’ strengths, differences, interests, and needs.

Strategies that can be implemented for motivation and acquisition of knowledge.

Strategies to provide equitable access for all students to appropriate digital tools and resources.

Support your findings with a minimum of 3-5 scholarly resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Identify the poem from which the quote comes as well as the author of the poem; then explain the meaning of the quote in the context of the entire poem.

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Choose one

Question 1 Edgar Allan Poe developed a theory of the construction of a tale. He wrote:

A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; but having conceived, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought out, he then invents such incidents – he then combines such events as may best aid him in establishing this preconceived effect. If his very initial sentence tend not to the out bringing of this effect, then he has failed in his first step. In the whole composition there should be no word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design.

Analyze Poe’s careful crafting of the works we studied. Keep his theory of the short story in mind – the idea that a story must have a “singular effect.” He carries this philosophy over to his poetry as well. In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what is the singular effect of this story? How do the setting, characters, and plot all work together to carry this effect to the end? Be sure to also include the purpose of the literature within the story (“The Haunted Palace” and the Ethelred story).

How does he craft “Annabel Lee” and “The Raven”? How do the elements of each poem work together to carry a “singular effect” to the end?

Question 2 Answer the following question in complete sentences.

You should not merely answer in bullet style. Write a well-developed essay that incorporates all of the ideas in the question. The question is two-pronged.

First, discuss the idea of conformity vs. nonconformity in the works of Emerson and Thoreau. The focus of your essay should be the works that we studied by these authors. This is important. Give consideration to these things in your answer:

how the transcendentalists view man
Emerson’s concept of “man thinking” and a “foolish consistency”
what it means in their eyes to really be a “man” (think of Self-Reliance and the “different drummer” quote)
how society affects the individual
obstacles that keep a person from truly being himself
the general lesson about conformity that can be drawn from the path Thoreau wore between his house and the pond
how Thoreau defines true success
Though Whitman and Dickinson were quite different poets, both were greatly influenced by the transcendentalist movement. In the second part of your essay, explain this transcendentalist influence in Whitman and Dickinson, using at least four of the poems listed in your discussion. Ask yourself, what “tenet” of transcendentalism does each one express?

“Song of Myself #1” – Consider the poem as a whole, but also think specifically of these lines:
Creeds and schools in abeyance,
Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,
I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,
Nature without check with original energy.

“When I Heard the Learned Astronomer”
“Much Madness Is Divinest Sense”
“I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed”
“Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church”

Question 3 In the document on Nathaniel Hawthorne (found in Content),

Give five predominant themes that can be found in Hawthorne. DO NOT GO TO THE INTERNET TO FIND THEMES IN HAWTHORNE; FOCUS ON THE NOTES I HAVE PROVIDED. Choose three themes and demonstrate how they can be seen in the Hawthorne short stories that we studied – “The Birthmark,” “Young Goodman Brown,” and “My Kinsman Major Molineux.” Here are your guidelines:

1. You must write in complete sentences, but you MAY approach the answer in bullet form rather than writing a cohesive essay.

2. You should give specific examples on how you find a particular theme in a particular work. HOWEVER, You MAY NOT repeat any examples that I have given in my discussion of that theme.

Each theme receives five points. You only have to give one example from one story for each theme; however, you are welcome to discuss the theme in all three if you would like.

Question 4 Answer ONE of the following shorter essay questions.

“The Devil and Tom Walker” takes the form of a folk tale. In such tales, (a) the tone is generally humorous; (b) the main characters are stereotypes; and (c) many events are unbelievable and ascribed to hearsay. Find and discuss at least one example of each of these three characteristics in “The Devil and Tom Walker.”

The excerpts that we read from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass include two epiphany experiences from Douglass’s life. Explain what an epiphany is in a person’s life. (Look up the definition if you need to.) Then describe the two experiences FROM THE ASSIGNED EXCERPTS that Douglass relates that you would consider epiphany experiences. What did Douglass gain / learn from each experience? Do your best to capture the profound effect that each experience had on his life. As always, you should not search for this answer. The Internet may take you to experiences outside our assigned reading.

Question 5 Choose two of the following quotes to interpret.

Identify the poem from which the quote comes as well as the author of the poem; then explain the meaning of the quote in the context of the entire poem.

1. God preaches,”a noted clergyman,”
And the sermon is never long;
So instead of getting to heaven at last,
I ‘m going all along!

2. I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

3. His own parents,
He that had father’d him, and she that had conceiv’d him in her womb, and birth’d him,
They gave this child more of themselves than that;
They gave him afterward every day – they became part of him.

Provide a link to, and a short description of a tool, technique, or plug-in with a brief synopsis that details an interesting aspect or capability of Java.

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Java

All matters regarding Java. Asking for and providing assistance are solid ways to build your coding skills. Provide a link to, and a short description of a tool, technique, or plug-in with a brief synopsis that details an interesting aspect or capability of Java.

Briefly discuss the major impact this pandemic will have on Smithfield Custom Furniture’s Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling functions.

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Last one

Case Discussion: Smithfield Custom Furniture (Part 4 Conclusion)

This case discussion continues with the Smithfield Furniture Company. (You may desire to briefly review the facts provided to you in Discussions 1—3 to address this week’s discussion.)

It is now April 1, 2020. The 2015 purchase of You Figure it Out was culminated, and the planned integration of their manufacturing and sales, as described in Discussion 3, fully completed.

The company now has 411 stores and 24,000 employees. 344 of the 411 retail outlets all sell the upscale and moderately priced lines; 51 retail outlets (Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4) sell only the You Figure it Out brand. These 51 stores employ 2,000 of the 24,000 workers.

There are 16 stores overseas, Spain (4), France (4), Germany (4), and England (4), that sell all 3 product lines. These stores employ 1,000 workers. Half of these employees work in retail stores. The other half work at various seaports in their countries, receiving furniture and delivering the furniture produced in the US to various stores and customers.

In 2015, Margot Smithfield and the 12-member board of directors purchased You Figure it Out, a moderately profitable 51 store chain of ultra-modern furniture. The furniture and furniture-related accessories of You Figure it Out were all made in China. Still, with the 2015 acquisition, all furniture is manufactured at 1 of the 5 furniture manufacturing plants in the United States. Their retail stores are located in Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4).

Financial Info:

2019 Gross Sales (all product lines) – $1.6 Billion US.
2019 Net Profit – $440 Million
April 30, 2020 (Cash Reserves) – $2.8 Billion
Sixty percent (60%) of sales, gross revenues, and expenses are associated with the upscale product line.
Twenty-five percent (25%) of sales, gross revenues, and expenses are associated with the You Figure it Out product line.
Fifteen percent (15%) of sales, gross revenues, and expenses are associated with overseas outlets.
In other words, for this case activity, all 3 product lines are proportional in terms of revenue and expenses.

The Management Issue: Presently, it is believed that as early as March 2020, the possibility exists for the company to be in the throes of a worldwide rapidly spreading, highly contagious, debilitating, and often fatal viral pandemic. The company must plan for this eventuality to occur.

Your Task for Your Initial Post

Margot Smithfield has requested you, based on the course materials you have studied the past seven weeks related to Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling, to briefly discuss (supported by course materials. in-text citations, and references) the major impact this pandemic will have on Smithfield Custom Furniture’s Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling functions. You can assume a vaccine will be available and distributed worldwide 18 months from the start of the pandemic.

After you have discussed the major impact the pandemic will have on the company’s Planning, Organizing, Leading, and Controlling functions, you must indicate for each of those functions the most significant action the company will need to take to ensure its survival, assuming the pandemic’s effects will last 18 months.

Identify specific leadership competencies from the competency model that you think are necessary to successfully navigate the organizational change required to deal with the changes you identified. Describe each competency and justify its importance.

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Leadership and Change

Purpose
This assignment is intended to help you learn to explain how a healthcare leader’s mastery of competencies influence processes, motivation, interpersonal relationships, and communication capabilities.

Overview
Change is a fact of life in the healthcare industry. Successful change management depends on capable leadership. In this discussion, you’ll identify areas of change and the leadership skills needed to navigate them.: 1 Page paper
Describe 2 examples of change that are impacting the healthcare industry today or are projected to impact it in the future.
Identify specific leadership competencies from the competency model that you think are necessary to successfully navigate the organizational change required to deal with the changes you identified. Describe each competency and justify its importance.
Describe how you plan to apply these competencies in your specific role as a healthcare manager.
Support your perspective with evidence-based information that includes 2 sources.
Cite your sources according to APA guidelines.