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Compare at least three different tools for analysing the business environment.

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You have been asked by your CIPD Branch to lead a discussion at one of its events on ‘The evolving role of HR in the contemporary business world’. You have been asked to produce a paper for inclusion in the delegate pack. In your paper, you should include the following:
An analysis of some of the key forces which shape the HR agenda e.g. models of the HR function, HR strategies, insights and solutions to support business performance, business ethics and accountability.
Compare at least three different tools for analysing the business environment.
Assess at least four different factors which impact on an organisation’s business and its HR function. You should include examples of external and internal factors to illustrate the different types of impact.
Summarise the key stages in strategy formulation and implementation with reference to a model from the literature. You should also refer to the role of HR in each of the stages and in particular, highlight HR’s contribution to business ethics and accountability.
Give some examples of how business performance can be evaluated, making reference to at least three types of indicators. You should make particular reference to the role of HR in business planning and change management with some examples to illustrate HR’s key role.
Explain how at least four different sources of business and contextual data can be assessed and utilised for planning purposes.

Select three theories and/or response models that are used when working with survivors of critical incidents and that you think are particularly valuable.

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To understand effective service delivery in response to critical incidents, helping professionals must first understand theories of how individuals process crisis and models for responding to survivors. For example, being aware of the Childhood Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome can help sexual trauma practitioners conceptualize the cognitive processing of sexual abuse from the perspective of the child or adult survivor (Summit, 1992). Other theories include the eco-systemic theory (the effects of crisis affect more than just the survivor), the constructivist self-development theory (each individual constructs the meaning of his or her own traumatic event), and the resilience theory (the ability to recover from crisis events). Models provide techniques for working with crisis survivors, including but not limited to Psychological First Aid and suicide prevention models. Familiarity with theories and models related to crisis and crisis intervention provides important foundational knowledge that informs the effective response to survivors.
For this Assignment, select three theories and/or response models that are used when working with survivors of critical incidents and that you think are particularly valuable. To complete this assignment use the resources from module 3.
Briefly describe each of the theories/models you selected.
For each, explain its value in helping individual(s) who have experienced or are experiencing crisis, trauma, or disaster. Be specific and provide examples to illustrate your points.

Write a 1-page reflection discussing the consequences Jack Abramoff faced because of his unethical decision making.

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Write a 1-page reflection discussing the consequences Jack Abramoff faced because of his unethical decision making. Explain the internal biases and external pressures that Write a 1-page reflection discussing the consequences Jack Abramoff faced because of his unethical decision making. Explain the internal biases and external pressures that Jack Abramoff faced. How would you have handled things differently? Please include an Introduction as well as a conclusion paragraph. faced. How would you have handled things differently? Please include an Introduction as well as a conclusion paragraph.

What guides your decisions?

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what guides your decisions? where does this come from? when have you stood up for your beliefs?

How did Cutts aim to persuade his audience?

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View the TEDTalk “Try Something New for 30 Days (Links to an external site.)” (TED, 2011) by Matt Cutts. Respond to the following questions: What are your impressions of his talk? How did Cutts aim to persuade his audience? What was especially effective about his speech? Do you relate?link: https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days

As a healthcare manager, reflect on how you think financial statement analysis and operating        indicator analysis would be useful.

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  1. Reflect on the volatility of the market, and discuss how you could leverage your knowledge of healthcare financial management to increase productivity and financial stability of your organization (or an organization where you want to work).
  2. If you were tasked with starting a new healthcare clinic, would you lean toward using the cash or accrual method of accounting? Why? How would revenue recognition and expense-matching principles be related to your decision.
  3. As a healthcare manager, reflect on how you think financial statement analysis and operating        indicator analysis would be useful. What do you think are some of the problems or challenges inherent in financial statement analysis?
  4. Suppose an organization uses the activity-based costing (ABC) model. How do you think this model differs from traditional costing approaches? What do you see as advantages or disadvantages for this healthcare organization?
  5. Healthcare organizations strive to manage working capital in such a way that they can reliably cover their short-term expenses while also getting the best possible benefits from their capital. In managing working capital, healthcare organizations face some common challenges, as well as other challenges that are particular to the institution. Reflecting on your experience, what do you think the main capital management challenges would be in a facility that has a constant stream of revenue?
  6. Bring to mind a wide range of healthcare organizations, such as a long-term care facility, large for-profit hospital, a physicians’ practice, Veterans Affairs hospital, or a state-run clinic. Consider two types of organizations, and explain how you think the purposes or uses of a budget vary would vary for management according to the kind of healthcare organization.
  7. Reflect on a situation where a business did not take steps to prepare for unexpected cash flow emergencies. As the manager of a healthcare facility, what steps could you take to assess and minimize the riskiness of expected cash flows in capital budgeting analysis?
  8. Identify a task that you would need to perform in your current career or future career, and explain how you would apply the knowledge you have learned in this course to succeed at performing the task in a real-word scenario.

 

 

 

Discuss and analyze the listening environment of a place you have worked or an organization you were involved with.

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Answer the following questions after reading the assigned chapter. Answers should be supported by references from the assigned reading, include supporting examples, and should be in short-
answer/paragraph form. Your answers should be detailed enough that anyone could evaluate your work. To submit your work, click on the linked title, create a thread, type your answers, and submit them in the forum.

Of the bad listening practices, which do you use the most, and why? What can you do to help prevent or lessen this barrier?
Discuss and analyze the listening environment of a place you have worked or an organization you were involved with. Overall, was it positive or negative? What were the norms and expectations for effective listening that contributed to the listening environment? Who helped set the tone for the listening environment?
Recall an instance in which someone gave you feedback that didn’t meet the guidelines, and what could the person have done to improve the feedback?
Pick an important relationship and describe its relationship culture. When the relationship started, what relationship schemata guided your expectations? Describe a relationship story that you tell with this person or about this person. What personal idioms do you use? What routines and rituals do you observe? What norms and rules do you follow?
Of the conflict triggers discussed (demands, cumulative annoyance, rejection, one-upping, and mind-reading) which one do you find most often triggers a negative reaction from you? What strategies can you use to better manage the trigger and more effectively manage conflict?
Think of someone in your life whom you believe has a high degree of emotional intelligence. What have they done that brought you to this conclusion? this is the text book link https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/communication-in-the-real-world-an-introduction-to-communication-studies

Do you think it’s okay to pseudo-listen sometimes? If so, explain and give an example.

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Answer the following prompt from your own perspective and support your response with at least one clear example from your personal experience. Your response should be in short-answer/paragraph form.

After submitting your prompt, you should read the prompts of at least two classmates and respond to their prompts in a meaningful way. This can be accomplished by building on similarities, offering alternative experiences, providing support, and asking questions.

Submit your own discussion prompt by creating a new thread, and submit responses to your classmates by replying to their threads.

There are many situations in which we feel like we are going to experience a negative result no matter what we choose. Pseudo-listening is categorized as a negative listening style because the end results can leave others feeling disrespected and unappreciated, but I think we’ve all chosen to fake listen to avoid those exact results (making the other person feel disrespected and unappreciated). Do you think it’s okay to pseudo-listen sometimes? If so, explain and give an example. If not, how do you communicate to the other person that you can’t fully listen right now without hurting their feelings?
Under what circumstances is it OK to share information that someone has disclosed to you? Under what circumstances is it NOT OK to share the information?

If you were the HR director of a Chinese multinational company (MNC), which has recently acquired a British firm, how would you manage the transition of integrating the British firm into the Chinese MNC?

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This is the question for this essay: If you were the HR director of a Chinese multinational company (MNC), which has recently acquired a British firm, how would you manage the transition of integrating the British firm into the Chinese MNC?
The additional material i have uploaded is some of the idea which i would like to include into this paper, you don’t have to conclude the information noted entirely, but choose the most appropriate points and ideas will do.

What are the main ethical dilemmas discussed?

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What is the book about?

Who are the main characters?

What are the main ethical dilemmas discussed?

What is Socrates trying to say?

What did you personally learn, if anything, from the book?

Why do you think this book can be relevant today?