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If you managed people in an organization in which there were lots of hindrance stressors, what actions would you take to help ensure that your employees coped with the stressors using a problem-focused (as opposed to emotion-focused) strategy?

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Organizational Behaviour (MGT 301)

Case Study: –

Case: DELTA

Read the case “DELTA” from Chapter 6 “Motivation” Page: – 186 given in your textbook – Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (7th ed). by Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2021) and Answer the following Questions:

Assignment Question(s):

1. Which motivational theories does Delta appear to be leveraging in its approach to motivation? (03 Marks) (Min words 150-200)

2. Picture being an employee of Delta during the period where the company transitioned into—and out of—bankruptcy. What motivational implications would that experience have, and how long would they last? (03 Marks) (Min words 200-300)

3. Which do you think is most motivational for Delta’s employees? Their high base pay, their generous profit sharing, or a CEO who is so accessible and communicative? (03 Marks) (Min words 200)

Part:-2

Discussion questions: – Please read Chapter 4 & 5 “Job Satisfaction & Stress” carefully and then give your answers on the basis of your understanding.

4. Consider the five core job characteristics (variety, identity, significance, autonomy, and feedback). Do you think that any one of those characteristics is more important than the other four? Is it possible to have too much of some job characteristics? (03 Marks ) (Min words 150-200)

5. If you managed people in an organization in which there were lots of hindrance stressors, what actions would you take to help ensure that your employees coped with the stressors using a problem-focused (as opposed to emotion-focused) strategy? (03 Marks ) (Min words 200-300)

Write a program to produce Dragon curves with rounded corners, as shown in Fig. 8.4.

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Computer graphics

1 Write a program to produce Dragon curves with rounded corners, as shown in Fig. 8.4.

2 Program ColorCircles.java in Sect. 7.3 is based on the additive color system. Modify this program so that it produces the diagram for the subtractive color system as shown in Fig. 7.2b

3 Complete Problem 8.3 (page 280) of the textbook.

Textbook: https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecigpnafypxp4s44qu7pzxkfm2ofzmnalblnhhjlz22c7o6izf63s?filename=Leen%20Ammeraal%2C%20Kang%20Zhang%20-%20Computer%20Graphics%20for%20Java%20Programmers-Springer%20International%20Publishing%20%282017%29.pdf

Create a theory-driven argument for how the leader you have designed would effectively run the organization. You can utilize any combination of theories and concepts you believe will help support your arguments.

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Design an effective leader for a chosen organization

QUESTION
Pick an organization in an industry that you are personally interested in. Given the particularities of the organization/industry you have chosen, your job is to consider what an optimal leader would be in that context. ‘Design’ an effective leader in your chosen context, considering both the trait, skills and/or behavioral approach to leadership. Students must justify why they believe this combination is appropriate for the context. Students must use relevant theories and concepts to explain how this leader might run the organization effectively. Appropriate source material should be used to support points throughout – remember to score highly there must be strong evidence of wider reading (academic journal papers). The assignment should be structured as follows:

Part 1 (20 Marks)
Introduce your chosen organization and industry. Students should list the relevant attributes and characteristics of this context.

Part 2 (30 marks)
‘Design’ an effective leader – you must justify why these combinations of traits, skills, behaviors etc are appropriate to the context. You should draw upon relevant theories and concepts that you
have learnt from the module to support your analysis. For example, if you are discussing the personality traits that your leader would ideally have, then you could draw on the five-factor personality model to support your discussions.

Part 3 (50 marks)
Create a theory-driven argument for how the leader you have designed would effectively run the organization. You can utilize any combination of theories and concepts you believe will help support your arguments. (e.g. Theory X, Theory Y etc).

*Note you may give your assignment a project management focus if you wish to. So your effective leader design may be in relation to a specific project. Part 3 may focus on how your leader may approach running certain projects specifically.

Read the article attached and write a Review of the Literature on the Simerly articles.

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Literature review

  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2818027&path=uploads/questions/2223110/20230422005526article_pdf.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_1

Read the article attached and write a Review of the Literature on the Simerly articles.

The review of literature must be 2-3 pages in length and include references done in APA FORMAT.

Why did the Americans win their war of independence from Britain?

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American Studies Question

Answer this question based on your own personal research. Be sure to use academically strong sources.

Question: Why did the Americans win their war of independence from Britain?

GUIDELINES:

  • Include at least three reasons – other than military victories or defeats
  • Be sure to follow course guidelines for format, footnotes, and sources.
  • Your paper should have at least 3 paragraphs – one for each of your three reasons.
  • Minimum word count: 300.
  • Chicago style footnote

Locate/paste an image of a well-designed warning label that exemplifies proper use of the 4 Human Factors best practices for a warning label. Clearly identify which components correspond with each of the 4 warning best practices

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Warning Label Design

Instructions

Warning Label Design: Part 1

Your goal is to demonstrate understanding of the 4 elements associated with designing an effective warning label. These 4 elements are described on pages 542 – 544 of the class textbook (Lee, Wickens, Liu, & Boyle, 2017) as follows:

  • Signal word conveying the seriousness (e.g., Danger, Warning, or Caution)
  • Description of the hazard (e.g., Risk of fall or collision)
  • Consequences associated with the hazard (e.g., Risk of death)
  • Behavior needed to avoid the hazard (e.g., Watch for obstacles)

In this assignment a problem statement is presented. You are expected to design two versions of a warning statement to help prevent the problem from reoccurring. Use the template below, replace the red text with your own.

Extra Notes for Part 1:

  • Description of behavior to be improves: create your own version “annotated version”
    • Names not clear, looks to real, maybe don’t have access to instruction
  • Warning label design 1: Don’t create a warning for something else
    • Be specific
      • Nonsterile solution, practice use only …
    • Warning label design 2:
      • Be specific
  • It was a practice bag but were still administered to patients
  • What is the problem?
    • Not sterile
    • Does not say do not use practice purposes only
    • Title PRACTI is not specific
    • Looks legit (has NBC number and a scanner)
  • No warning label
    • Create a warning label
      • Behavior needed to avoid hazard
    • In the real world people maybe don’t have time to read a warning label
  • What behavior are you trying to improve???

Problem Statement: Company X produces practice IV solution bags for clinicians in training. These practice IV bags are never to be used on real patients as they contain fake or non-sterile solution. In 2014, several of these bags were inadvertently given to patients through a drip line leading to serious harm and one potential death. A description of this real-world problem can be found in the following link: www.protectpatientsblog.com/training_ivs_used_by_mistake_p

Consider the labeling on the sample product pictured below:

  • Is there anything about the product name that is misleading?
  • Is there any information that informs users that the product is only for training and never to be administered on people or animals?
  • What are some design interventions that may prevent use of this product on patients?

Summarize the Behavior to be improved: review the problem statement, the sample image, and summarize the behavior to be improved. Provide enough context for the reader to understand the root-cause of the problem so that your design intervention can be evaluated.

Design Activity: create 2 original versions (short version and long version) of the same warning label. Use any design tool you feel comfortable with (e.g., MS Word, MS Power Point, hand draw it and scan it).

  • Short Version: Create a short version that is constrained by a) exactly 10 words or less, b) no color/graphics, and c) includes all 4 elements of a well-designed label per pgs. 542 – 544 of the class text book (Lee, Wickens, Liu, & Boyle, 2017).
  • Long Version: Create a long version of the same label above with no constraints, consider using color, symbol(s), images, and get creative as long as all 4 elements of a well-designed label are included!

Warning Label Design

Description of Behavior to be Improved: < Replace your response with black text specifically from the problem statement indicated on pg. 2: sample statement – Some students may try to take short cuts by copying work from online reseaources. These short cuts tend to occur in situations of procrastination or low motivation leading to insufficient time to fully review instructions. This warning label is intended to alert students that they should use original designs to get full credit.>

  • Warning Label Design 1 – Short Version: Create a short version that is constrained by a) 10 words or less, b) no color/graphics, and c) includes all 4 elements of a well-designed label.
  • Warning Label Design 2 – Long Version: Create a long version of the same label above with no constraints, get creative as long as all 4 elements of a well-designed label are included!

 

 Part 2:

Instructions:  An example submission is provided below.

  1. Locate/paste an image of a well-designed warning label that exemplifies proper use of the 4 Human Factors best practices for a warning label (your job is to find an existing one).
  2. Clearly identify which components correspond with each of the 4 warning best practices (find a clear way to call out each element)
    • Signal word conveying the seriousness (e.g., Danger, Warning, or Caution)
    • Description of the hazard (e.g., Risk of fall or collision)
    • Consequences associated with the hazard (e.g., Risk of death)
    • Behavior needed to avoid the hazard (e.g., Watch for obstacles)
  3. Indicate the source of the label (e.g., a reference link)

When a new hire is terminated or quits, the employer’s investment in acquiring that employee is lost. These costs include recruiting, screening, and training the new employee. How can an employer avoid hiring the wrong person? What factors should be considered in making a hiring decision?

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1 Discussion questions 2 responses and 15 multiple-choice

1. Discussion questions

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Poor hiring decisions can be very costly to employers. When a new hire is terminated or quits, the employer’s investment in acquiring that employee is lost. These costs include recruiting, screening, and training the new employee. How can an employer avoid hiring the wrong person? What factors should be considered in making a hiring decision? How would the employee selection process differ for a high-level, key position versus an entry-level, low-skill position?

2. Response to:

Ashley Holmes

There are several ways an employer can avoid hiring the wrong person. Keep in mind hiring the wrong person could be a dangerous situation if you’re not careful when making a good decision when hiring the candidate. Some ways would be to do a thorough back ground check on the potential employees prior to bringing them on with the team.

Another way would be to create a job score card which defines everything you’re looking for within the candidate. You’re basically creating a blueprint of what you’re looking for which will allow you to find a person who will succeed in the role you’re hiring for.

Also, job proposition is very important which can be time consuming because you are proposing something to perspective job candidates which is written in a way to attract candidates that you’re looking for and will possibly push away all if the people that are not fit for the position. Inviting the wrong people into your interview process will cause mis hires. Some factors to consider in making a hiring decision would be to think about the department’s needs and the candidates’ skills and experience. Think about what’s needed for the company, what are the positions needs right away 6 months from now and long term.

3. Response to

Brittnee Calkins

I don’t believe that there is a definitive method of ensuring that a new hire employee is not the “wrong person”. Sometimes an applicant may get overlooked for applicants with more experience; only for the more experienced employee to resign or be terminated within the first year. For example, I tried for 2-3 years to get a job with a specific employer and was turned down repeatedly until I was eventually hired. I ended up staying with the company for 3 years until I was pregnant and had to resign for medical reasons.

While a thorough background check can cause a liability to the employer if they hire someone with a criminal background, I still believe that it is important to check all applicants’ backgrounds during the selection process. I believe circumstances, age at the time of the crime, and charges should be taken into account when hiring someone with a criminal background. While I wouldn’t hire someone who was convicted of credit fraud to work in a bank, they could be hired as a grocery stocker. In the same respect, I wouldn’t flat out deny an applicant just because they were convicted of assault while still a teenager; I would consider the information found in the public record along with allowing them a chance to explain their criminal background check results should they be selected for an interview.

In a PowerPoint presentation, identify the specific preventive health needs of different type of population (elderly, infants, pregnancy, lower income family, among others).

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

In a PowerPoint presentation, identify the specific preventive health needs of different type of population (elderly, infants, pregnancy, lower income family, among others).

Choose 2 community-related Nursing Theories, and in a PowerPoint presentation, describe a brief overview of them, and describe the contribution of each of them to the care of the community.

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PowerPoint presentation

Choose 2 community-related Nursing Theories, and in a PowerPoint presentation, describe a brief overview of them, and describe the contribution of each of them to the care of the community.

Compose a new and thought-provoking haiku on any aspect of brain, main, and behavior. Can you do a haiku about psychoactive drugs?

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Homework

Compose a new and thought-provoking haiku on any aspect of brain, main, and behavior. This should relate to at least one topic we covered in class, but any topic is appropriate. Conventional haiku are composed of three phrases of 5,7, and 5 phenetic elements (i.e., syllables). Haiku will be graded on quality and relationship to the course material.

Can you do a haiku about psychoactive drugs?