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Assignment 3: Creating a Compelling Vision

Leaders today must be able to create a compelling vision for the organization. They also must be able to create an aligned strategy and then execute it. Visions have two parts, the envisioned future and the core values that support that vision of the future. The ability to create a compelling vision is the primary distinction between leadership and management. Leaders need to create a vision that will frame the decisions and behavior of the organization and keep it focused on the future while also delivering on the short-term goals.

To learn more about organizational vision statements, do an Internet search and review various vision statements.

In this assignment, you will consider yourself as a leader of an organization and write a vision statement and supporting values statement.

Select an organization of choice. This could be an organization that you are familiar with, or a fictitious organization. Then, respond to the following:

• Provide the name and description of the organization. In the description, be sure to include the purpose of the organization, the products or services it provides, and the description of its customer base.
• Describe the core values of the organization. Why are these specific values important to the organization?
• Describe the benefits and purpose for an organizational vision statement.
• Develop a vision statement for this organization. When developing a vision statement, be mindful of the module readings and lecture materials.
• In the vision statement, be sure to communicate the future goals and aspirations of the organization.
• Once you have developed the vision statement, describe how you would communicate the statement to the organizational stakeholders, that is, the owners, employees, vendors, and customers.
• How would you incorporate the communication of the vision into the new employee on-boarding and ongoing training?

Write your response in approximately 3–5 pages in Microsoft Word. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

 

 

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Chose and described the organization. The description included the purpose of the organization, the products or services the organization provides, and the description of its customer base.	16
Developed a vision statement for the organization. Ensured to accurately communicate the goals and aspirations of the organization in the vision statement.	24
Ensured that the incorporation and communication strategy for the vision statement is clear, detailed, well thought out and realistic.	28
Evaluated and explained which values are most important to the organization.	24
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	8
Total:	100

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 800–1,000 words:
  • Brief the following cases:
    • Brady v. Maryland
    • Giglio v. United States
  • Your case briefs should follow the format below:
    • Title: Title of the selected case
    • Facts: Summary of the events, court timeline, evidence, and so forth
    • Issues: Issues that were present in this case
    • Decisions: The court’s decision and the conclusion to the case
    • Reasoning: The rationale behind the final decision
    • Dissenting opinions: Any dissenting opinions, and an explanation of what they were and why they were raised
  • Address the following questions:
    • What is relevant evidence? Explain in detail.
    • What is exculpatory evidence? Explain in detail.
      • What is the importance of exculpatory evidence during trial?
      • Read and discuss Brady v. Maryland and Giglio v. United States regarding this issue.
      • Provide any further examples that you feel are appropriate.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

While companies must tailor their strategy-executing approaches to their particular situation, there are eight managerial tasks which are common elements in executing strategies. Review the eight components of strategy execution and develop a PowerPoint presentation which applies each of these components to an organization of your choice.  Include at least three visual elements such as charts or graphs to complement your presentation.

Consider the following while developing your PowerPoint presentation:

• Discuss what is involved in performing the eight key managerial tasks that shape the process of implementing and executing strategy.
• Explore building resource strengths and organizational capabilities including: marshaling resources, instituting strategy-facilitating policies and procedures, adopting best practices, installing operating systems, and tying rewards to the achievement of good results.
• Explain what role a company’s culture plays in executing these managerial tasks.

Present your findings in an 8-10 slide PowerPoint presentation. Use the notes section to clarify your work.  Cite your sources and apply APA standards for writing style to your presentation. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Examined the Eight Key Managerial Tasks that shaped the process of implementing and executing strategy.	30
Explored the building of resource strengths and organizational capabilities, including: marshaling resources, instituting strategy facilitating policies and procedures, adopting best practices, installing operating systems, and tying rewards to the achievement of good results.	30
Explained the role corporate culture plays in executing these managerial tasks strategically.	30
Presentation is clear, concise, and well organized. Visual elements enhance the presentation and ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation is present.	10
Total:	100

Self-assessment of Communication Skills

In this assignment, you will develop an understanding of how good listening is crucial to effective communication and career success. In addition, you will perform a personal assessment of your communication skills and style.

As a student studying healthcare administration and leadership in healthcare, you should be developing your own personal development plan to include a personal assessment of your communication skills.

Listening is an integral part of the communication process. Communication in the healthcare setting is vital. This includes communication between doctors and patients, doctors and nurses, clinicians and administrators, and so on.

Based on your learning, create a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document that includes answers to the following questions:

• Which topic of conversation makes you uncomfortable? What is the topic? Do you know why you find it difficult to talk about this topic?
• What do you do when you become uncomfortable during a conversation? Do you withdraw? Do you try to change the topic? Do you speak louder or softer? Do you begin to gesticulate?
• Have you had an occasion to talk to a very persuasive or very aggressive person? If you and this person hold different opinions, can you hold to your position? Are you easily “led” in a conversation?
• Are you flexible in a conversation? If a comment made by someone takes the conversation in an unexpected direction, can you adjust quickly? Can you assimilate new information, reassess your position, and continue the conversation?
• When entering into a conversation, do you attempt to eliminate potential distractions and interruptions?
• Do you consciously avoid having important conversations in high traffic public areas where environmental distractions are likely possible? Why?
• Do you put your cell phone in the silence mode when you are likely to have conversations? Why?
• Do you listen without interruption and sufficiently control the conversation to minimize interruption? Why?
• When engaged in a conversation, do you give your undivided attention to the matters being discussed? Why?
• When engaged in discussion, do you develop reflective questions pertinent to the conversation? Why?
• When engaged in discussion, do you make conscious eye contact? Why?
• When involved in conversations, are you cognizant of body language, both the individual you are conversing with and your own? Why?
• Do you have an understanding of body language gestures and posturing?

In a self-assessment summary, provide a list of your communication strengths and weaknesses. Also, provide a plan to address the weaknesses identified.

Human service providers work with a variety of clients with a variety of needs. Often, a group of agencies or specialized services may be required for a given client. In these cases, it is the human services provider who must refer the clients for those additional services. Awareness of the types of services available is critically important. This assignment is designed to provide you with an increased awareness of the types of services available to clients in their communities.

For this assignment, picture a scenario where you have three clients who have various referral needs to particular community resources. Your supervisor has suggested that you use the Internet to identify resources in your own community that will help you meet your clients’ needs.

Consider the following scenarios and select any three that particularly appeal to you.

1. Your client has agreed to substance abuse treatment for 30 days. Locate local treatment facilities and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings that your client can attend.
2. Your client’s mother was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. Locate a hospice that services the elderly in your county.
3. Your client just lost her young child to cancer. Locate a bereavement center for parents other than a hospice in your area.
4. Your client disclosed in counseling that she was a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Locate a local agency that provides group treatment for these adults.
5. Your client has a 4-year-old child who is autistic and is in need of various services including occupational, physical, and speech therapy. Your client would prefer that the chosen agency offers some developmental counseling and education as well. Locate services both within and outside of the school district.
6. You are a school counselor and seeing a young child who recently moved from Mexico. His parents do not speak English but have recently expressed an interest in taking an English as a Second Language (ESL) course. Locate an ESL course that either provides transportation or is easily accessible by the local bus system.
7. You are working as a human services worker in an adoption agency and your client has disclosed that she is seeking adoption services because of an unplanned pregnancy. She also disclosed that she cannot share that she is pregnant with her husband because she fears he will become physically violent with her. Locate all services for her that you believe would be appropriate considering her situation.
8. Your client is a victim of domestic violence and is in need of human services, including assistance with her criminal case, a support group for herself and her children, and counseling and advocacy services for her. Locate victim-advocacy services both within the county prosecutor’s office as well as within the community.
9. Your client is a single mother and has recently lost her job. She will be evicted soon and has no family to provide her with the funds necessary to remain in her apartment. Locate as many services as possible that will help her with her short-term and long-term housing needs (both governmental and private).
10. You have several clients who are asking for faith-based counseling services. Locate at least one faith-based agency in your area that provides general human services and support.

Select any three of the scenarios. Use the Internet and your local telephone directory to compile an information bank of community resources to meet the needs of clients in your three chosen scenarios. The description of each resource should include:

• The name, address, phone number, and Web site address of the agency
• The at-risk population the agency or organization serves (it could serve multiple populations)
• A description of services provided by the agency
• An explanation about why the agency would be a good fit for the given scenario

After gathering the information about your selected resources, use that information to write a paper in your own words, providing the required information about each source. Your paper should be at least 2-3 pages in Word format (not including the title page and references page). Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.

By Wednesday, January 13, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

Note:

You will select one of the community resources identified in this assignment to work with for your course project. Read the Overview of Major Projects document in theDoc Sharing area for more information.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Compiled an appropriate information bank of community resources that best meet the needs of clients for three of the given scenarios.	20
Provided the relevant information about each resource and a description of their services.	20
Explained why the particular resource would be a good fit for each scenario.	40
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, punctuation, and format when required.	20

Points Earned / Possible Points: 0 /15
Group Influence Rubric
Paper (Due Week Four) Percentage of Points Actual Points Earned
Key elements are covered: 50%

Obtain faculty approval of your selected opportunity prior to engaging in the opportunity or receive a three point deduction. May not be retrospective this must be a new experience occurring during the course of this class; it cannot be a work, church, or school meeting. This is not a personal experience or personal opinion paper. This is to be written as a scientific APA paper, providing practical application of the theories and concepts as it relates to the group’s experience, and your observation of the group, not your experience. Paper to be written in 3rd person.
There is an additional 3 point deduction for not obtaining pre-approval, and 3 point dedcution for weriting in 1st person.

Resources: Group InfluenceAssignment

Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper incorporating your analysis with evidence to substantiate your conclusion.

Describe your setting by answering the following:
1. How were the people arranged in the physical environment layout of room and seating arrangement)?

A. What is the composition of the group, in terms of
number of people, ages, sex, ethnicity, etc.?

B. What is purpose, mission, or goals of the group? What is the duration of the group (short, long-term)?

C. Did the group structure its discussion around an agenda, program, rules of order, etc.? Explain items 1, A-C employing sources to support your ideas. (worth 1.5 point).

1. Who are the primary facilitators of the group? What were the group’s norms, roles, or status hierarchy? Employ sources, concepts, and theory to support your ideas. (Worth 2 points)
2. What communication patterns illustrated if the group was unified or fragmented? Explain using Myers and one additional source to support your idea as well as the concepts (1 pt)
3. Did the members share a sense of identity with one another (characteristics of the group-similarities, interests, philosophy, etc.)? Explain; In your opinion, how did the collective group behaviors influence individual attitudes and the group’s effectiveness? Provide your overall analysis as it relates to Myer’s and additional sources. (Worth 2 point)
4. Was there any indication that members might be vulnerable to Groupthink? Why or why not? Explain how your observations relate to research studies on norm formation, group norms, conformity, and/or social influence. Integrate your findings with literature from the textbook, peer-reviewed journal articles, and additional scholarly sources. (Worth 1 point)
5. Provide in-text citations of 2 peers reviewed references in addition to Myers, to support your key points. (Worth 1.5 pt.)
6. Post the completed assignment as a Word document in the appropriate assignment section along with a copy of the Plagiarism Checker (turitin) report. Report can not be > than 20% match (Worth 1 point)
7. Submit the Certificate of Originality in addition to your assignment and turnitin report. 10 points
Organization 10%
A clear and sufficient introduction and central theme/purpose are clear. Structure is clear, logical, and easy to follow (including spelling, punctuation, and correct grammar). The subsequent sections support the central theme. The conclusion/recommendations follow logically from the body of the paper. 1 points
Format 20%
Citations follow APA guidelines. Reference page follows guidelines and is included. Paper is laid out effectively, uses title page, running head, reference page, appropriate margins, paging, headings (in paper) and attends to detail. 2 point
Readability and Style 10%
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. Sentences are well constructed. Sentence transitions are used to maintain flow of thoughts. Words are precise and not ambiguous. Appropriate use of tone for content and assignment. 1 point
Grammar/Punctuation/Spelling 10%
Rules of grammar, punctuation and spelling are followed and are correct. 1 point

Prior to completing this journal assignment, please read Modules 1and 2 in your textbook, view the “Endless Questions” video, and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. You may want to look specifically at the interactive media tools demonstrating information on theory which are provided in the Section 1.5 (within Module 1) of the textbook.

In a Journal entry of about 500 words, you will be addressing the role of theory and evidence – both scholarly and personal – and how they can be utilized in the classroom or other professional settings.

Begin by reflecting on the benefits and drawbacks of accepting advice from stories told by previous generations (i.e. “I did that with my kids and they turned out just fine.”).  For example, you may have heard a grandparent suggest that you put a bit of whiskey on an infant’s gums to help with teething. Describe your own thoughts about anecdotal advice such as this and explain why it may be true in some cases cases,  not in others.

Then, watch the Endless Questions video analyzing child development research and find one additional scholarly source of your choice (see tips and a link to tutorials below) and use it to reflect on and answer the following questions:

• Why is it important to utilize developmental theory to explain children’s development?
• Identify and briefly describe the key points of one of the major developmental theories and why you feel that theory is applicable to child and/or adolescent development.
• What makes scholarly research different from anecdotal evidence (personal experience) in explaining child and adolescent development?  [Hint: Consider the methodology of the article you are reading.]
• Finally, demonstrate the value of continued learning with a concluding reflection on why we should incorporate both personal experience and scholarly research or theory to help support any statements made in this class or any other professional setting.

You are required to utilize at least one (1) additional scholarly source not from this week’s required readings (including, but not limited to, the multimedia in the recommended resources for Week 1).  You must cite all of your sources (including the video embedded above) in proper APA style.  If you are unsure how to create an APA style reference page, please visit the Ashford Writing Center website. Aside from the video embedded in the prompt, you are to find one other scholarly through the Ashford Library website to help support your reflections in PART II.  View this great tutorial provided by the Ashford University Library which will show you how to find scholarly articles and how to assess the scholarly quality of the resource.

• NOTE: As you are completing your searches in the library search engines, check the boxes in the search engines of the library for scholarly, peer-reviewed sources. This allows you to find resources that have been evaluated by a number of experts in the field and do not represent just one person’s opinion.

What constitutes an ideal childcare setting for a 6 month old?

Suppose you were seeking a child-care setting for your 6-month-old baby. What would you want it to be like, and why? Address issues such as (but not limited to):

• Physical setting
• Personnel qualifications
• Health, safety, and nutrition
• Mental, emotional, and cognitive stimulation
• Cost
• Proximity

Support your opinions with citations from at least three academic sources (not websites or popular press).

 

Word document with separate title page and reference list, not included in the word count

1200-1500 words

1：a short description of  the requirements for good leadership

2：Describe the ways in which you believe you meet these requirements and what you believe other people could learn from you as a leader.

3:    List the areas where  you need to develop as a leader.

4：Discuss your plans for continuing your development and describe how your self- development plans are aligned with your views of a good leader

2000 words and Reference theories, 10 reference and describe how these theories have helped you understand the nature of leadership and how this has help

In Week One, you will choose a generic organization (manufacturing plant, hospital, etc.).  Assume that you are a hired consultant for this organization.  You have been asked by the president of the organization to prepare a background paper on the results of your research and to make recommendations to improve group productivity in the organization.

Your research has identified the following problems:

1. Role conflicts within groups
2. Communication problems among group members
3. Lack of cohesiveness in groups with diverse members
4. Excessive intergroup conflict

In an eight to ten-page paper, include the following:

1. Introduction – clear explanation of the type of organization
2. Explanation of how each problem could impact a group’s productivity (use examples to illustrate points)
3. Recommendations to resolve each problem
4. Suggestions, based on your knowledge of group dynamics, for a company-wide training program on best practices for group productivity
5. Conclusion/Summary

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   • Title of paper
   • Student’s name
   • Course name and number
   • Instructor’s name
   • Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least six scholarly sources.
7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.