Wednesday 11 June 2014
mental disorders from the perspective of psychology
Prepare a paper that
Examine at least two mental disorders from the perspective of psychology 200 words
Fundamental concepts of human interaction
Prepare a paper in which you examine fundamental concepts of human interaction from the perspective of social psychology.
Identification of Hazards:
Identify
any workplace such as a retail outlet, restaurant, grocery store, café,
nightclub, or any other that you are familiar with as a customer or
employee (Canada).
- Visit the establishment to observe it as a workplace with hazards, and note the approximate number of staff and maximum number of customers
- Develop a list of all possible hazards (10 or more) for the workplace. (This can include the establishment layout, furnishings, equipment, supplies, employee tasks, operations, items consumed, washrooms, customer behavior, etc). Hazards fall under the following categories: people, equipment, environment, materials, and processes.
- Outline the changes that could be made to reduce the level of risk associated with each hazard.
Discuss revenue streams including liability payers, donations, outreach/education, etc, as well as grants
Discuss revenue streams including liability payers,
donations, outreach/education, etc, as well as grants. What types of
reports would you expect are involved in tracking these income streams?
When and how would you use them?
The Case of ABC Financial
Students will be provided with a case study for analysis. Students are
expected to review the case and provide an analysis on the current state
of the organization, what’s working and what is not working. The
student should then use this identification to make recommendations for
interventions, changes to the organization, based on the information
(theory/practice) provided during classroom discussion and in the text
Working in teams
Today, more than ever, organizations are built around people working
collaboratively with one another in teams. The continued impetus is for
the establishment of synergies between team members that can accomplish
tasks that are in keeping with an organization’s strategic initiatives
and vision. How are talented people working in groups (some, for the
very first time with a new group of people) formed into high-performance
teams? Along with this question is the issue of the ad-hoc work groups
that are placed together to accomplish very specific tasks in a short
amount of time.
Additionally, there are the required departmental level meetings that are called on some regular basis, either weekly, every two-weeks, or monthly. The expectation is that such meetings are necessary and therefore required. And yet, some people consider such teams to be a waste of time, money, and resources.
The Mining Group Gold process is a team process and meeting management process whose sole purpose is to leverage the combined wisdom, experience, and ideas of everyone on the team in order to cash in on this wisdom to improve the overall meeting process and to improve the decisions of the organizational unit.
Kayser (1995) developed and perfected a method for teams or groups of individuals to maximize and capitalize on their collective effort in a decision meeting venue. Kayser’s steps to Mining Group Gold are to (a) establish a purpose for the meeting; (b) set the outcomes that the group wishes to achieve from the meeting; (c) assign the roles of facilitator, scribe, and timekeeper; (d) set an agenda for the meeting; and (e) perform periodic time checks during the session to keep the group on track and on task. The connection between the Bikhchandani et al. model of observational learning and Kayser’s Mining Group Gold process is that significant behavioral observation and reflection are taking place. The focus is more on the process dynamics that a group uses to reach a consensus rather than on the outcomes directly (Kayser, 1995).
Brandt (2001) reported that teamwork assists with understanding in an organizational unit. The author suggests that by fostering an environment of collaboration, managers will be able to positively impact the outcomes of the groups. The appreciation, or understanding, of conflict in a group setting can be made to work for the process rather than against it. Brandt further states that teamwork is imperative with regards to enhancing decision-making and improving communication (Brandt, 2001, p. 32). Brandt additionally posits that it is important to examine the behaviors of the members of the team. The author suggests breaking down the process into the elements of antecedent conditions, perceived conflicts, felt conflict, and manifest behavior (Brandt, 2001, p. 34). Kayser (1995) suggests in Mining Group Gold a methodology for dealing with feelings in a group setting. Brandt states that effective problem solving is only possible when feelings are kept under control. Brandt concludes her article by suggesting five ways to handle conflict in a group setting. They are collaboration, accommodation, avoidance, competition, and compromise (Brandt, 2001, p. 35).
The following summarizes the key points of the Mining Group Gold meeting process.
Mining Group Gold
The five basic steps for Mining Group Gold
1. Determine the purpose of the session or meeting.
2. Determine the desired outcomes of the session or meeting.
3. Assign the roles of facilitator, scribe, and timekeeper.
4. Set the agenda.
5. Establish the time allocation for each item on the agenda.
*Remember: Mining Group Gold is a process. It is effective for all types of sessions or meetings.
Other ideas and concepts to consider:
1. The roles of primary and secondary facilitator
2. The idea of switching hats when you are the facilitator
3. The agenda check
*To create an open and collaborative climate or environment, team leaders or facilitators should be objective. Everyone should practice safe-guarding and gate-opening.
*When dealing with emotions, use the sub-process of “feelings-facts-solutions.” It is also suggested that all members of the group take a moment of silence to relax. During this time, everyone writes down their feelings in order to express them later. Then, the primary facilitator asks everyone in the group to read what they wrote. From this information, additional and pertinent information is mined, and then a path forward to solve the problem can be determined and implemented.
Questions to be answered.
Review the information in the lecture that presents mining group gold as a method for facilitating meetings. Then, after you have studied and reviewed this information, answer the following questions in a two- to three-page paper. Your paper should use APA style.
Describe and explain the five basic steps of mining group gold for its team meeting management process. (9 points)
What are the steps for dealing with emotions during a session or meeting? (9 points)
Describe and explain how you believe the mining group gold process will improve teamwork, empowerment, and effective communication.
Additionally, there are the required departmental level meetings that are called on some regular basis, either weekly, every two-weeks, or monthly. The expectation is that such meetings are necessary and therefore required. And yet, some people consider such teams to be a waste of time, money, and resources.
The Mining Group Gold process is a team process and meeting management process whose sole purpose is to leverage the combined wisdom, experience, and ideas of everyone on the team in order to cash in on this wisdom to improve the overall meeting process and to improve the decisions of the organizational unit.
Kayser (1995) developed and perfected a method for teams or groups of individuals to maximize and capitalize on their collective effort in a decision meeting venue. Kayser’s steps to Mining Group Gold are to (a) establish a purpose for the meeting; (b) set the outcomes that the group wishes to achieve from the meeting; (c) assign the roles of facilitator, scribe, and timekeeper; (d) set an agenda for the meeting; and (e) perform periodic time checks during the session to keep the group on track and on task. The connection between the Bikhchandani et al. model of observational learning and Kayser’s Mining Group Gold process is that significant behavioral observation and reflection are taking place. The focus is more on the process dynamics that a group uses to reach a consensus rather than on the outcomes directly (Kayser, 1995).
Brandt (2001) reported that teamwork assists with understanding in an organizational unit. The author suggests that by fostering an environment of collaboration, managers will be able to positively impact the outcomes of the groups. The appreciation, or understanding, of conflict in a group setting can be made to work for the process rather than against it. Brandt further states that teamwork is imperative with regards to enhancing decision-making and improving communication (Brandt, 2001, p. 32). Brandt additionally posits that it is important to examine the behaviors of the members of the team. The author suggests breaking down the process into the elements of antecedent conditions, perceived conflicts, felt conflict, and manifest behavior (Brandt, 2001, p. 34). Kayser (1995) suggests in Mining Group Gold a methodology for dealing with feelings in a group setting. Brandt states that effective problem solving is only possible when feelings are kept under control. Brandt concludes her article by suggesting five ways to handle conflict in a group setting. They are collaboration, accommodation, avoidance, competition, and compromise (Brandt, 2001, p. 35).
The following summarizes the key points of the Mining Group Gold meeting process.
Mining Group Gold
The five basic steps for Mining Group Gold
1. Determine the purpose of the session or meeting.
2. Determine the desired outcomes of the session or meeting.
3. Assign the roles of facilitator, scribe, and timekeeper.
4. Set the agenda.
5. Establish the time allocation for each item on the agenda.
*Remember: Mining Group Gold is a process. It is effective for all types of sessions or meetings.
Other ideas and concepts to consider:
1. The roles of primary and secondary facilitator
2. The idea of switching hats when you are the facilitator
3. The agenda check
*To create an open and collaborative climate or environment, team leaders or facilitators should be objective. Everyone should practice safe-guarding and gate-opening.
*When dealing with emotions, use the sub-process of “feelings-facts-solutions.” It is also suggested that all members of the group take a moment of silence to relax. During this time, everyone writes down their feelings in order to express them later. Then, the primary facilitator asks everyone in the group to read what they wrote. From this information, additional and pertinent information is mined, and then a path forward to solve the problem can be determined and implemented.
Questions to be answered.
Review the information in the lecture that presents mining group gold as a method for facilitating meetings. Then, after you have studied and reviewed this information, answer the following questions in a two- to three-page paper. Your paper should use APA style.
Describe and explain the five basic steps of mining group gold for its team meeting management process. (9 points)
What are the steps for dealing with emotions during a session or meeting? (9 points)
Describe and explain how you believe the mining group gold process will improve teamwork, empowerment, and effective communication.
ADA compliance
An accounting firm has just contacted your consulting business for
assistance. They want to hire someone to do accounting and payroll. The
bookstore is downstairs, while the office is upstairs in an older
building. The essential functions of the job include operating a
computer, maintaining a ledger, providing the owner with financial
statements, completing tax returns, paying bills and employees, and
balancing the bank statements. The desk for this is at the top of a
flight of 24 steps. There is no elevator and the building is too old to
be ADA compliant. The firm is struggling financially, but hopes to
increase sales as a new coffee shop just opened next door. The most
qualified applicant to their advertisement has just come into the
bookstore in a wheelchair.
Choose a delivery style of delivering your recommendations to the accounting firm. Be sure to discuss whether this candidate is capable of performing the essential functions of this job from a wheelchair. Analyze and critically discuss the issue of reasonable accommodation. What does the law say? Could the employer make a reasonable accommodation here to hire the best candidate for this job? How could they do that considering their tight finances?
Find a court case on ADA that has reached a verdict, how did the court case interpret the law as written?
Choose a delivery style of delivering your recommendations to the accounting firm. Be sure to discuss whether this candidate is capable of performing the essential functions of this job from a wheelchair. Analyze and critically discuss the issue of reasonable accommodation. What does the law say? Could the employer make a reasonable accommodation here to hire the best candidate for this job? How could they do that considering their tight finances?
Find a court case on ADA that has reached a verdict, how did the court case interpret the law as written?
Change Management Plan
Using
the organization where you work, one where you have worked, or one in
which you are very familiar, identify a Human Resource Management
program, policy, procedure, or initiative that you believe needs to be
changed. Your goal is to apply Kotter’s 8 Stage Process of Creating
Change to the HR situation you have selected, with corresp
onding
suggestions for how to put this change initiative into practice. Once
it is formulated, you will present your recommendations to upper
management.
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a written report and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit the two (2) sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for.
Section 1: Change Management Plan
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a written report and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit the two (2) sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for.
Section 1: Change Management Plan
1. Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:
a. Describe the organization in terms of industry, size, and history.
b. Describe how the HR program /policy / process / procedure / initiative that has been proposed should be changed.
c. Describe three (3) reasons why this change is important to make.
d. Describe the recommended change.
e. Develop
a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight (8)
Stages of Change (Establishing a sense of urgency; creating coalition;
developing vision and strategy; communicating the vision; empowering
broad-based action; generating short term wins; consolidating gains and
producing more change; anchoring new approaches into the culture).
f. Identify potential resistance to change and describe how the resistance would be managed.
g. Outline at least three (3) communications strategies you would use.
h. Propose two (2) diagnostic tools to identify the changes that need to be made in organization.
i. Recommend two (2) strategies for sustaining the change.
j. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be
typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with
one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA
or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
·
Equity based compensation plan
Please create an equity based compensation plan for your fictitious
company and explain why this can be the most powerful device available
for a company.
Tribute Speech
Students must prepare a three to five minute speech paying tribute to a
person, living or dead. Criteria for evaluation include how well a
student develops the person's laudable characteristics and
accomplishments. NOTE: YOU CANNOT PRESENT A SPEECH ON A FRIEND OR
RELATIVE. Structure your speech in this manner:
Introduction
Body:
Person's educational accomplishment, community service, professional accomplishments, personal philosophy on life, the reasons why you selected to pay tribute to this person. Include at least 3 references for your speech.
Conclusion: Summarize main points of the speech.
Introduction
Body:
Person's educational accomplishment, community service, professional accomplishments, personal philosophy on life, the reasons why you selected to pay tribute to this person. Include at least 3 references for your speech.
Conclusion: Summarize main points of the speech.
Fraudulent Activity of Refco and Adelphia Communications Corporation
With your research complete, write your 2-3 page paper regarding the
fraudulent activity. Your report must identify the following for each
company:
Issue – What types of fraudulent activity occurred?
Facts – Where did this activity take place? What was the scenario? Who was involved?
Weaknesses – What were the weaknesses within the company’s internal control structure that allowed for the fraud to occur?
Outcome – What was the court decision in this case?
Prevention/Detection - How would you have prevented and/or detected this fraud?
Financial Impact - What was the total dollar value of loss due to the fraudulent activity?
Issue – What types of fraudulent activity occurred?
Facts – Where did this activity take place? What was the scenario? Who was involved?
Weaknesses – What were the weaknesses within the company’s internal control structure that allowed for the fraud to occur?
Outcome – What was the court decision in this case?
Prevention/Detection - How would you have prevented and/or detected this fraud?
Financial Impact - What was the total dollar value of loss due to the fraudulent activity?
The best strategy and approach for a major project
Marcus Jones is the Human Resources Manager for Banks
Industries, which specializes in automobile parts. The company's CEO, Matthew
Banks, has informed Marcus that the company is ready to expand and become a
global organization. They recently purchased a building in Hong Kong that will
serve as their first manufacturing plant outside of the United States.
The CEO wants Marcus to completely staff the operations in
Hong Kong. Marcus is stressed about trying to determine the best strategy and
approach for this major project.
What should Marcus do to ensure the manufacturing plant is
ready to open in the next six months? Include the following information in your
case study summary:
An overview of Marcus' case.
Alternatives that Marcus can consider.
A potential solution to Marcus' dilemma.
Your conclusion on the case study.
Relevant additional supporting research.
Be sure to cite any outside research sources.
Sales promotions
Sales promotions can be found anywhere from newspapers to
television. In this assignment, we are going to focus on sales promotions on
the Internet or in print. For your assignment, locate a sales promotion and
explain what you think the company is trying to communicate to its target
audience. Prepare a ½-1 page essays that summarizes the sales promotion. Make
sure that you identify the sales promotion that you are using.
Grievance process
Assume that the organization for which you work has entered into the
grievance process with a number of employees who dispute the recent
disciplinary action taken against them. As the labor relations manager,
it is your role to prepare the necessary documents, schedule the
meetings, and notify the appropriate staff and union officials about the
upcoming process.
Evolution of Laws
MMA
was signed by President Bush in 2003. The MMA brought about sweeping changes
that increased enrollment and improved access to Medicare Plans. Similarly, the
PPACA was signed into law by President Obama in 2010. The law is expected to
significantly increase access to Medicaid for the uninsured, low-income
families, and individuals. Medicaid managed care has been implemented by most
states, mainly because of rising costs, plan quality, access to providers, and
the decrease in state revenues and federal matching funding. Medicare has
explored managed care for the same reasons: to reduce costs, improve quality
and improve access to providers. Using the Scholarly Online Library or the
Internet, research the following two topics and write a paper evaluating the
impact of these policies on Medicare and Medicaid managed care.
You
need to research on the following two topics:
•
Medicare
and managed care
•
Medicaid
and managed care
Based
on your research, answer the following questions:
•
Write
a summary for each topic tying together the information learned about that
topic.
•
Analyze
the challenges Medicaid faces in terms of improving access to care, quality of
care, and reducing the cost of care.
•
Analyze
the challenges Medicare faces in terms of improving access to care, quality of
care, and reducing the cost of care.
•
Draw
conclusions about the future of managed care in each program—will it grow or
decline? What will be the challenges for success?
•
Select
at least four reputable articles per topic that address the
challenges
facing Medicare and Medicaid managed care.
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