THE IMPACT OF LOW MORALE CAUSED BY MICROMANAGEMENT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE

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Chapter 4: Research Results, Findings that includes carefully designed sub-chapters/headings i.e. Clear presentation of research findings. Discussion: a critical discussion of results with a clear connection to literature, re-assessment of research hypotheses/Research questions under the light of the new findings) of your dissertation. There are some changes made to the research questions please review attachment ‘introduction for final’ for changes. The information from questionnaire is in attachment ‘research findings’

Discuss how performance appraisals are a function of HR and management

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Paper details

• Discuss how performance appraisals are a function of HR and management. • Analyze the basic components of an effective performance appraisal. o Explain how performance appraisals can contribute to organizational goals and objectives. • Explain the advantages of performance appraisals and how they contribute to effective training and development. • Explain potential forms of discrimination based on labor laws and regulations when conducting a performance appraisal.

Dealing with change is an ongoing challenge for every manager

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Dealing with change is an ongoing challenge for every manager. Describe how an organization can tell that it needs to change. What are indicators that change is needed?

Dealing with change is an ongoing challenge for every manager

Do some research and answer the following critical thinking questions from this week’s readings. In your analysis, cite a minimum of three (3) references from different sources (the textbook can be one source).

Dealing with change is an ongoing challenge for every manager. Describe how an organization can tell that it needs to change. What are indicators that change is need ed?

Organizational development (OD) is a set of techniques for implementing a planned change to make people and organizations more effective. Additionally, Describe metrics that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of a planned change, and explain why it is often difficult for managers to implement change.

Social psychologist Kurt Lewin developed a three-stage model. Summarize the model and provide an example of how that model was implemented or used in your company (or previous one) or a change initiative.

Your submission should be a minimum of two (2), double-spaced, full pages of analysis with proper reference citation per current APA guidelines.

More details;

How do you identify the need for change?
Prosci’s ADKAR Model:
Firstly, Make each individual aware of the need to change. …

Secondly, Establish a sense of urgency. …

Thirdly, Create a guiding coalition. …

Fourthly, Create the vision of the change. …

Further, Communicate the vision. …

Also, Empower and enable action for the vision. …

Finally, Get quick wins.

Why change is require d in an organization?
Change is important in organizations to allow employees to learn new skills, explore new opportunities and exercise their creativity in ways that ultimately benefit the organization through new ideas and increased commitment.

Using two newspaper articles/professional publications (see below)

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Using two newspaper articles/professional publications (see below), and drawing on the Whitin & Whitin (2011) framework, critically analyse and discuss how the ‘findings’ or ‘outcomes’ of a standardised test/survey were used to persuade the public or the profession of a particular point of view.

Using two newspaper articles/professional publications (see below)

“Students will investigate the way in which standardised tests or standardised achievement goals are implemented and understood in an educational setting. They critique these understandings, drawing on current research literature in support of their own critical philosophical position on standardised tests or standardised achievement goals”.

The assessment task (1800-2000 words):
Using two newspaper articles/professional publications (see below), and drawing on the Whitin & Whitin (2011) framework, critically analyse and discuss how the ‘findings’ or ‘outcomes’ of a standardised test/survey were used to persuade the public or the profession of a particular point of view.

Reflect on how you will integrate what you learned from this assignment into your own critical philosophical position on standardised tests or standardised achievement goals.
Articles (Primary and Secondary)
Article 1: Let’s abandon NAPLAN
Article 2: Five things we wouldn’t know without NAPLAN.

In your essay address these points:

1. Firstly, why is competence in evaluating and interpreting data sets important for a professional educator in current times? (I.e. why do professional educators need to be able to accurately interpret NAPLAN/AEDC/TIMMS/PISA results?).

2. Secondly, what arguments for and against NAPLAN/AECD are present ed in each of the two articles?

3. Thirdly, identify and discuss points you consider to be problematic/inaccurate/missing in each of the two articles. When arguing discussing these points, use the Whitin & Whitin (2011) “Heuristic for a Critic’s Orientation towards Statistics”, p. 10 to develop your critical analysis. Use two or more of the following points to guide your analysis and discussion:
Firstly, what data NAPLAN collects and how it is collect ed,
Secondly, when NAPLAN data is collect ed and when the data are available,
Thirdly, the ways that NAPLAN is or can be analyse d,
Fourthly, the ways it can or could be interpret ed and used by policy makers/teachers/parents,
Further, the ways in which these interpretations and/or uses could impact on students.

4. Reflect on the critical perspective you have developed from doing this assignment and the ways in which this has influenced your philosophical position on the impact of standardised tests or standardised achievement goals on education.

        Note:
What attracts high marks is the quality of what you write, not the number of points you make.

In Week 3, you created an annotated bibliography on a set of topics

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In Week 3, you created an annotated bibliography on a set of topics. For this assignment, use that information to write a thorough literature review. Develop a paper from the information you collected as well as what you learned from your course and text readings.

In Week 3 you created an annotated bibliography on a set of topics

In Week 3, you created an annotated bibliography on a set of topics. For this assignment, use that information to write a thorough literature review. Develop a paper from the information you collected as well as what you learned from your course and text readings. To supplement your literature review for this paper, find two more scholarly journal articles related to any of the topics here (added to the six articles you reviewed in Week 3, for a total of at least eight articles; see article criteria from W3 Assignment 2):

Criteria: Clearly identify and describe your chosen disorder. Include the following:

Firstly, The typical age of onset of the disorder.

Secondly, Symptoms or criteria for diagnosis.

The typical course or progression of the disorder, causes, and multicultural and diversity factors (including gender)
Associated problems or disorders that tend to co-occur.

History:

Describe the history of the disorder. (Explain how our understanding of the causes and treatment of the disorder has changed over time.)

Theories: Compare at least two psychological theories that seek to explain the causes and symptoms of the disorder.

Treatments:

Identify and describe three of the most effective (on the basis of your research findings) treatments for the disorder. Provide information from your sources to back up your statements.

Write a paper in Microsoft Word document, adhering to the following guidelines:

The length of the paper should be 12–14 double-spaced pages (including the title and reference pages).

The paper should have the following sections:

A title page.

Introduction:

This should be 1–2 pages in length. The introduction provides a brief overview of what will be covered and the purpose of the paper.

Literature review:

The literature review should be based on the information you gathered and analyzed in Week 3, in addition to at least two additional articles. In total, you should be including at least eight academic journal articles in this paper.

Discussion and conclusion sections:

The difference between a great paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the discussion and conclusion sections. This is where you bring together what you learned from the literature review (as well as through the course) in your concluding remarks regarding your topic. The discussion and conclusion sections should be 1–2 pages in length.

References page
The paper must use proper APA style for citing sources and references. Apply APA standards to citation of sources, including use of in-text citations and full references.

Submission Details:
Firstly, Support your responses with examples.
Secondly, Cite any sources in APA format.
Lastly, Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Identification of a management principles relating topic

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This is a paper that focuses on the identification of a management principles relating topic. The paper also provides guidelines on how to write the assignment.

Identification of a management principles relating topic

Project Description:
Your team will choose a topic related to management principles in today’s fast paced business environment.  Research the topic thoroughly.  Write a paper defining the topic, issues related to the topic, and your findings related to the topic.  Include your team’s thoughts and ideas: what “best practices” would you deliver given the opportunity to be a supervisor who must address the topic and related issues.

Firstly, choose a topic that interests your team.  Sample topics are listed in the course syllabus.  Your team can select one of those topics or you can choose another related topic, such as: Leadership/Motivation, Management Control, Effective Planning, Organizing for Success, etc.

Secondly, if several team members are currently working, perhaps a topic and related management/supervision issue common to their current places of employment might be interesting and helpful to you in the “real world”.  Suggestion: choose a particular issue(s) related to an overall topic.  For example: you may want to research recent changes in management strategy – as determined by upper management and practiced by floor supervisors in the retail store environment.

Thirdly, resources you may want to leverage include: our course textbook, the internet (Google!), the slides you can find on Springboard, your notes from our class sessions, the Kent library, the public library and more…
You should not have to pay for information: free data is available.

Project Deliverable:

Write a minimum six page paper and submit it in hard copy format to the instructor.  Single space and also use size 10 or 12 font.  Be sure to reference your resources on the last page.  The format of the paper should be…
·         Executive Summary
o    Single page summary of the paper: include what you learned about your management topic!
·         Body of the paper
o    Description of the topic
o    Issue(s) related to the topic

The leadership and management training at Solaris

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This is an assignment that focuses on the leadership and management training at Solaris. The paper includes the activities that are at the training and also the development activities.

The leadership and management training at Solaris

Leadership and Management
You are HR Manager at Solaris IT and Management Solutions (the case study organization). You must produce a report detailing at least ONE training and also development activities for EACH of the three appointments. • In the case study organization, three appointments are being made: o new IT/MBA graduate appointed as team manager for R&D project team (first line role); o current employee promoted to team manager on a software project team (first line role); o marketing manager in UK HQ appointed as operations manager for subsidiary office in Barcelona (middle management role).

The leadership and management training at Solaris

• For each training programme/activity you should include the following information in their supporting documentation: o i. Title of Activity: What title have the students given this training course/programme? o ii. Brief description: What is the nature of this activity? For example, is it an induction? A specific training course? An action learning project? If a training course, is it online or face-to-face, accredited or non-accredited, in-house or external? o iii. Primary objective: What skills/knowledge are the students aiming to develop through this activity? For example, is it to improve customer service skills? Is it to improve cross-cultural awareness? Also, is it to develop team leadership skills? Be as specific as possible! o iv.Location/duration:

Where will the activity take place? Will it take place on comp‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍any premises or at an external training provider/college? How long will the course/programme of study last? Is there a specified time scale (i.e. one day per week for six weeks) or is it ongoing? o v. Content: Additionally, given the overall objective of the activity (as specified above), what specific content is included in the activity? For example, if the activity is an induction, then what is included in the overall induction programme? This could be a mixture of activities and methods held over a number of sessions and at different periods of time – be as specific as possible! o vi. Methods: How should the programme/course be delivered i.e. what is the process?

The leadership and management training at Solaris

For example, is it through tutorials/workshops? Will the students use role plays, critical incidents, tests, written work?  Group or individual? o vii. Evaluation: How and when will the students get feedback on the success/outcome of the activity and from whom will the students seek feedback? For example, evalution forms at the end of the programme/session/activity? Discussion with those taking part? Views of peers, colleagues, managers? o Viii. Rationale: In the rationale students put forward the students analysis. The students must explain their reasons for the studentsr choices outlined above, backed up with evidence from further reading and ‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍research.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

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This is a paper that focuses on the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness. The paper also provides requirements to use in writing the paper.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

Overview
Choose one public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database, the University’s online databases, the Nexis Uni database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Requirements
Firstly, write a four- to six-page paper in which you do the following:
Secondly, assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
Thirdly, apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
Fourthly, assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
Also, evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
Then, go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library and locate at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Additional requirements

Use the Assignment 1 Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the above requirements.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·         This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
·         Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
·         Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. Additionally, the cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:
·          Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic and organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the scoring rubric.
2.      By submitting this paper, you agree: (1) that you are submitting your paper to be used and also stored as part of the SafeAssign™ services in accordance with the Blackboard Privacy Policy; (2) that your institution may use your paper in accordance with your institution’s policies; and (3) that your use of SafeAssign will be without recourse against Blackboard Inc. and its affiliates.

The reasons for internal control weakness at Jonathan LLC

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This is an assignment that focuses on the reasons for internal control weakness at Jonathan LLC. The paper also investigates the actions to improve the existing internal control system.

The reasons for internal control weakness at Jonathan LLC

Jonathan LLC

Mr.Paul was working as senior accountant of Jonathan LLC for the last five years. Two month before Mr.Paul has given resignation and agreed to work for three months until the management finds a suitable replacement for his position. The accounts department consists of 5 employees including Mr.Paul at present. The assistant accountant has been given signing authority of supplier cheques and some of the functions of senior accountant also assigned to him.

It has been noted that large amount of outstanding for the suppliers were pending and few of the suppliers have stop supplying goods to Jonathan LLC from last month. The credit period was extended to customers to improve the sales and most of the customers have not settled the dues on time. Few of the customers are disappearing and unable to find them in the market. The assistant accountant is suggesting to the management that to meet the temporary financial difficulties,

Jonathan LLC should approach the bank for additional overdraft facilities to overcome the cash-flow difficulties.
Managing director is to appoint an internal auditor to find out the reasons for present financial difficulties. Additionally, to rectify weakness in record maintenance by the staff in finance department.  He further comments that the computer system installation many years ago is not supporting increasing number of transactions in present times.

The reasons for internal control weakness at Jonathan LLC

In the meantime, the managing director has informed the assistant accountant that there is a new project. The new project is going to be award to Jonathan LLC in three months’ time. There is an immediate fund requirement is RO 1,000,000. The assistant accountant to evaluate the options available for raising funds to meet the financial obligation of Jonathan LLC.
You have been appoint as senior accountant to Jonathan LLC. Also, you are to function from the next month to take over many tasks handed over to the assistant accountant.

You are to prepare a report to the managing director. The report is to address the following two concerns raised by the managing director.

Task 1
The reason for the internal control weaknesses. Also, what are the actions that you can proposed to the management improve the existing internal control system. You also need to state what are the consequence of having weak internal control system in the organization. (Your report should support proper explanations with reasonable number of examples).      (Marks 10)

Management principles application in management plans

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This is a paper that focuses on the management principles application in management plans. The paper also defines the questions to answer in regards to the topic.

Management principles application in management plans

T‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍he purpose of this project is for you to apply management principles to create management plans that include strategy formulation, business analyses, industry trends, and organizational characterization. The intent of the Capstone project is for you to use the same case / company throughout the course. Select one (1) out of the three(3) recommended cases listed below. The recommended cases are: Case 8 BP: Organizational Structure and Management Systems Case 10: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.: Disrupting the Fast?food Business Case 13: Tesla Motors: Disrupting the Auto Industry

You may also use the Internet to research articles on your chosen case or company. The project contents will address the following materials: Deliverable 1: Strategy Development. In this deliverable, you will perform an industry analysis and develop a strategy for the CEO of your chosen company to help shape the company’s future. Based on the case, you will perform an industry analysis and develop a strategy for the CEO of your chosen company to help shape the company’s future.

Questions

Write a three (3) page paper in which you:

1.)Firstly, define strategy and examine how the definition of strategy fits your chosen company and its situation. Support your response.

2.)Secondly, summarize the main strategies that your chosen company’s management took leading up to this company’s recent development.

3.)Thirdly, identify your chosen company’s industry and determine its main competitors. Additionally, , select two to three (2-3) strategies that the competitors use, and analyze whether or not the selected strategies are successful. Support your re‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍sponse.

4.)Fourthly, perform an industry analysis for the CEO of your chosen company in order for him / her to develop strategy for the company. Next, evaluate the company’s current standing in this industry taking into account the company’s resources and capabilities.

5.)Then, propose at least three (3) performance goals for the company for the next one (1) and five (5) year period respectively. Provide a rationale for your response.

6.)Lastly, use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your 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. The cover page and also the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Firstly, demonstrate an understanding of the need for strategy and methods for developing a business strategy within an organization.

Secondly, apply analytical, technical, and research skills to assess and measure the value of organizations.

Thirdly, use technology and information resources to research issues related to business strategic management.

Lastly, write clearly and concisely about topics related to business strategic management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventio‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍ns.