What are the advantages and disadvantages of performance-based pay? Explain why employees in an organization should or should not earn pay based on performance.

Is thinking about the sacred a useful method for understanding our own existence?  Why or why not? Present a descriptive analysis

What would human life be like without the idea of sacred reality? Present a persuasive discussion using three premises.

Are rituals positive for society?  Why or why not? Present a persuasive discussion using three premises.

Is it still true in modern society that religion helps to hold communal groups together? Present a persuasive discussion using three premises.

Write your own best solution to the problem of evil using either previously proposed answers or one wholly of your own making.  Advocate for its superiority.

Compare the role of salvation in Eastern and Western religions. Select one Eastern and one Western religion and provide a descriptive analysis.

Once you have chosen your short story and formed a thesis statement, write a ten-paragraph critical analysis paper in
response to it, citing (direct quoting or paraphrasing) the corresponding textual source to help introduce your points
of argument and synthesize your ideas based on your reading of the text (this is a Formalist/Close Reading approach
so no outside sources, except, of course, for the textual source, are required to be cited from). MLA Style
parenthetical citations must be used (no block quoting) and a Works Cited page is required as well.

Additional Information:
Create a unique title for your paper. You must use Times New Roman font at size 12. The paper must be double-spaced.
Paragraph format is required. Remember, when writing a supporting paragraph, follow these steps: 2-3
sentences to introduce your point, a citation that backs up your point, then 2-3 sentences explaining how the citation
backs up your point (this is called synthesis).

Assignment:

You need to look at the previous three case assignments and SLP assignments to help with this final SLP assignment. Write a complete 2-3 pages paper that addresses the following:

1. Explore and outline what policy or employee education program you will propose to address the problems you identified in prior modules.
2. As the Assistant Manager of a Home Health Agency, explain why the proposed policy and/or the employee education program are appropriate for addressing the problems.  
Must provide 3 credible references cited in APA.

QUESTION 1

1. Several national labor policies were created with the establishment of unions. Discuss the impact of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, The Wagner Act, Executive Order 10988, Women’s Trade Union League, and Fair Labor Standards Act. What circumstances prompted Congress to pass these acts along with the Taft-Hartley Amendments and the Landrum-Griffin Act? What are the key provisions of these acts? 
 

Your response should be at least 400 words in length

QUESTION 2

1. According to the reading in this unit, there have been some noted differences among private sector and public sector labor relations. Discuss in detail how public employees’ rights generally differ from those of private sector employees. Discuss right to strike and its impact on private and public employees. Identify and explain some of the challenges of public sector collective bargaining. 
Your response should be at least 400 words in length.

QUESTION 3

1. 

  Describe the onset of the American labor movement, and explain how it relates  to the growth of national unions. 
 

Your response should be at least 200 words.

For this activity, you will play the Agent Surefire: InfoSec game, which is an extension of the risk assessment project (final project) scenario. 
 

Access the game on the Jones & Bartlett Learning website. 
 

You should discover, assess, and describe at least seven security vulnerabilities within the virtual environment. Correctly categorize each vulnerability based on the methods specified in the game. The virtual environment should be viewed as part of the system described in your final project. 
 

Detailed instructions will be provided once you access the game. This can be expected to take about 45 minutes to an hour. You are not required to play the game to its conclusion (although you might want to!). The purpose of this game play is to discover physical vulnerabilities that you can use for your final project. 

Undertake Project Work
Submission details
Candidate’s Name

Phone No.

Assessor’s Name

Phone No.

Assessment Site

Assessment Date/s

Time/s

Assessment 1: Develop, Plan and Review a Project
Option 1: Your task is to develop and plan for a work related project of your choice.

Your trainer will discuss some possible options with you to help you with your choice.

Option 2: You may model your assessment on a project which is currently taking place in your workplace.

The scale of your project needs to be medium to large so that all the complexities of project management can be covered within your assessment.

The requirements for both Option 1 and 2 are outlined below.

Part A: Define the Project

Your first task is to give a description of the project and what you are hoping to achieve. For this you need to prepare an initial project report which covers the following areas.

1. An outline / description of the project.

2. A summary of the resources needed to complete the project (people, materials, etc).

3. Discuss the relationship your project has to other projects that may be taking place within the company.

4. Document issues related to project and project parameters from delegating authority.

5. Explain your role in the project, what your responsibilities are, who you to report to and how often.

Part B:    Develop the Project

In this section of the project report you will develop the project plan. The plan needs to align itself to the mission, goals, objectives and operations of the chosen organisation.

The following areas need to be researched and information provided.

Appendix 1: contains a range of templates which may help you with this task.

1. Define the various project stakeholders.

2. Develop a risk management plan which includes relevant legislation and codes of practice including the following,

–    Work health & Safety legislation

–    Privacy Laws

–    Relevant Codes of Practice

–    Environmental Issues (if applicable)

–    Ethical Principles

3. Develop a project budget.

4. Summarise the project management tools you plan to use and why.

5. Include an organisational structure which shows lines of authority and communication.

6. Develop an project structure which also shows lines of authority and communication

7. Identify team members and define their role and responsibilities.

8. Formulate an activity/task timeline for beginning to completion. Ensure key milestones are identified.

9. Establish a communication plan for those involved.

10. Gather feedback from team members and incorporate any relevant ideas / concepts

11. Submit your initial project report to your Project Manager (Trainer) for feedback, final approval sign off.

Part C:    Administering the Project

In Part C you will commence your project. Here you need to provide information and evidence (such as memos, emails, management tools etc), of how you are administering the project.

1. How are you providing support for your project team members?

2. What record keeping system have you developed to help monitor and manage the project? Explain how effective these have been. Provide relevant examples.

3. Undertake risk management to ensure project outcomes will be met.

Part D: Monitor the Project

1. At each project milestone identified in B7, provide the Project Sponsor (Trainer), and other relevant stakeholders, with a short report which outlines the current status of the project.

Discuss:

–    How you are ensuring the quality and timelines of the project are being met?

–    Is the project on track financially?

–    Are there areas of risk which could negatively impact on the project?

Part E:    Finalise the Project

Now that the project is complete it is time to finalise all relevant areas.

1.    Prepare a final costing for the project. Compare this to the original budget. If variances of > 5% exist from the original budget explain why these variances have occurred.

2.    Complete all project documentation. Submit the completed report to the Project Sponsor (Trainer), for comment and sign-off.

3.    Meet with your team to discuss their future roles and responsibilities.

Part F:    Review the Project

1.    Meet with your team to discuss and document the following.

–    Review the project outcome against the original scope / plan of the project.

–    Gather and review feedback from relevant stakeholders.

–    Discuss and document the ‘lessons learned’ from the project.

2.    Submit a short report to the Project Sponsor (trainer) which summarizes the above points.

Submit the following to the Project Sponsor (Trainer) for review.

· Initial project report for review and approval

–    supporting documentation to be included; templates, correspondence, plans, lists, examples, financials etc

· Milestone reports with supporting documentation

· Final report will all project documentation

· Project review report.

System Safety Engineering.

Textbook:

Leveson, N. G. (2011). Engineering a safer world: Systems thinking applied to safety. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Unit VIII Homework

Operations Safety Management Plan

– Review the information in your textbook (Leveson, 2011, pp. 412-414) related to the Operations Safety Management Plan design.

–  Review the Figure C.1 depiction of a sample Safety Control Structure in your textbook (Leveson, 2011, p. 500).

– Review and use a minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed journal articles from the CSU Online Library (Academic Search Complete) to support your design work.

Option 1: Design an Operations Safety Management Plan for your own organization or an organization that is familiar to you.

Option 2: Design an Operations Safety Management Plan for a bulk tank railcar off-loading facility for hydrocarbon products that has the following features:

A one railcar switch located next to an interstate highway,

B . capacity to off-load both liquid hydrocarbon products and liquefied, compressed, natural gas products,

C . two 500,000-gallon bulk liquid storage tanks for liquid hydrocarbon products,

D . two 45,000-gallon bullet-styled, horizontal, liquid storage tanks for liquefied, compressed natural gas

products,

E . one off-loading station (single-sided) that is elevated 12 feet from the ground,

F. one flare for over-pressurized gas tank railcars,

G. one 3,000-gallon condensation storage tank, and

H. one switch engine for staging railcars at the off-loading station and at railcar storage tracks.

Using the CSU APA-styled paper as a formatting template, design a minimum eight-page Operations Safety Management Plan with a minimum of five (5) scholarly sources (books and articles) using the following APA Level 1 headings:

General Considerations

2. Safety Organization

3. Procedures

4. Schedule

5. Safety Information System

6. Operations Hazard Analysis

7. Evaluation and Planned Use of Feedback for System Maintenance

8. Safety Control Structure Diagram (Design a Safety Control Structure Diagram for your work system and use as the content.

1)Why is technology potentially important to the banking industry?

2) What consumer needs does it fulfill?

Assignment:

Read this scenario: 

You have been hired as Assistant Manager of a Home Health Care Agency. The agency offers a wide range of skilled medical services such as nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy from qualified medical professionals. The agency also provides home health aide services including assistance with activities of daily living, such as bathing and eating.

Your supervisor told you that she recently received a call from an advocate whom an employee consulted via the Employee Assistance Program because the employee felt that she had been treated unfairly after contracting an illness. She explained that a few months ago, one of your agency’s home health aides, Sara, became ill. Sara had been coughing for approximately six weeks, lost weight without trying, had no appetite, was having difficulty sleeping, and had an intermittent fever. She became concerned and went to see a healthcare professional who diagnosed her with active tuberculosis (TB).

Sara missed a lot of time from work while completing treatment for TB. Her physician cleared her to return to work after she was no longer contagious. Upon returning to work, Sara felt isolated because her boss and co-workers refused to spend time with her. She heard that someone from the agency’s Human Resources Department told her co-workers her diagnosis. The stressful circumstances at work became even worse when another home health aide started to display the same symptoms Sara had.

Your supervisor has asked you to review the entire situation and how it was handled by the agency.

Watch the Dealing with Diversity and the Sick Doctors Admit to Spreading Infections at Work videos before working on this assignment.   

Write a 3-4 pages paper that outlines your processes throughout the investigation and your findings. Your paper should include an interview with the relevant individuals, departments, and agencies that are involved in this scenario; evaluation of the information you gathered throughout the course of your investigation; determination of the best course of action. 

Please make sure you take into consideration the language barrier since one of Sara’s co-workers in this scenario only speaks Spanish. Also, make sure to provide the financial implications of Sara missing work as well from the financial point of view of the agency. Health care coverage, or lack thereof, is to be considered here. 

Below is an outline of key headings that I will be looking for in your paper.

1. Introduction: (background and context of the problem)
2. Importance/relevance and extent of the problem
3. Causes
4. Stakeholder issues
5. Legal, ethical, and financial implications—Sarah’s perspectives.
6. Legal, ethical, and financial implications—agency’s perspectives.
7. Possible solutions and current attempts
8. Specific plan (policies or education program) and its likelihood of success
9. Conclusions
10. References