Communication and Team Decision Making

Part 1: Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence

A.    What are some of the possible biases and points of error that may arise in team communication systems? In addition to those cited in the opening of Chapter 6, what are some other examples of how team communication problems can lead to disaster?

B.      Revisit communication failure examples in Exhibit 6-1. Identify the possible causes of communication or decision-making failure in each example, and, drawing on the information presented in the chapter, discuss  measures that might have prevented problems from arising within each team’s communication system.

Part 2: Team Decision-Making: Pitfalls and Solutions

A.    What are the key symptoms of groupthink? What problems and shortcomings can arise in the decision-making process as a result of groupthink? 

B.    Do you think that individuals or groups are better decision-makers? Justify your choice. In what situations would individuals be more effective decision-makers than groups, and in what situations would groups be better than individuals?

Law intelligence

The National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) was created based on the recommendation by the 9/11 Commission, in the wake of the terrorist attacks in September 2001, in an effort to eliminate duplication and create a more effective way to organize and evaluate terrorism-related intelligence. According to the Commission, the NCTC should be the center for joint operational planning and joint intelligence. 

You are an FBI intelligence analyst assigned to the NCTC and have just received information from the FBI’s New York field office that a suspected terrorist will be traveling from New York City to Lahore, Pakistan sometime next week. The New York field office has also informed you that this individual may be meeting with other suspected terrorists in Pakistan to attend a terrorist training camp in the Northwest region of the country. The FBI received this information from a human intelligence (HUMINT) source with direct access to the reported information. 

Assignment Guidelines

· For this assignment, you must write a paper discussing how the NCTC will utilize the information received from the FBI to resolve this threat.

· Address the following in 2-3 pages:

· How does the NCTC function within the USIC? Explain.

· How will the NCTC integrate this threat report into the USIC and draw on intelligence resources?

· What is the process by which the NCTC would plan and coordinate joint intelligence operations to effectively combat terrorism? Explain.

· Which law enforcement and intelligence partner organizations would NCTC plan and coordinate with to resolve this threat?

· What is the NCTC’s role in leading strategic analysis, pooling all sources of intelligence, and developing assessments and warnings? Explain.

· How will the NCTC utilize this information to provide warning and prevent future threats to U.S. national security?

· Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Case Study About Generation X And Generation Y In The Workforce

Gen X & Gen Y Case Study Assignment Instructions

3-4 pages; double space; excluding cover page and citation page

1. Summarize the Issue (1 paragraph)

2. Key facts/relevant information (not included in the summary)

    Ex. Traits/characteristics of Gen X and Gen Y 

3. Context of the problem

     Ex. Parent role/ defensiveness

     Ex. Communication challenges of Gen Y

Using social/ emotional intelligence

     Ethics

     Implications of actions

4. Desired Goal/ Outcomes

What are they?

How do you get there?

5. Alternatives (positive & negative) & risks

    What would you recommend why?

At least 5 paragraph.

Assignment Details

Assignment Description

Conduct a risk assessment on a community of your choice, with specific focus on a specific facility or system within that community that you determine is part of the broader community’s critical infrastructure (e.g., hospital, water system, power system). You should select the community (town, city, county, region, state, or nation) considering the availability of information that exists or your access to information (e.g., your ability to interview community leaders).

Assignment Guidelines

· Address the following in 2-3 pages:

· Describe (briefly) the community and why you selected it (e.g., demographics, topography/geography, climate, criticality of CI, political issues).

· Outline the risk portfolio of the selected community (e.g., flood zones; high-value terror target).

· How did you compile that list?

· What other risk portfolio and assessments for the community exist (e.g., local hazard mitigation plan, DHS assessments)? Explain.

· Describe the critical facility or system that you selected, and describe why it is critical to the selected community.

· What are the possible/probable outcomes of the risks that you identified as occurring as they relate to the whole community and, in greater detail, to the specific infrastructure you selected? Explain in detail.

· What are the possible/probable cascading effects at the local, regional, national, or international level should one of the risks occur and affect the critical facility/infrastructure you selected? Explain in detail.

· Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Translation & Operating Exposure

What do you see as the primary difference between operating exposure and translation exposure? Would this have the same meaning to a private firm as a publicly traded firm? Why or why not?

Your initial post must be in your own words, be a minimum of 450 words in length. 

Students should demonstrate their own knowledge in the forums and avoid copying and pasting from web sites. Responses will be graded directly from the Forums.

Make sure you are using credible sources in your assignments. Scholarly journals are the preferred source of credible/quality references. These consist of peer-reviewed articles published in academic journals related to the field, which are found via our Library.  Websites such as Investopedia, ask.com, answers.com, or dictionary-type of websites limit the insight to the topics. Wikipedia is not acceptable as it is not a reliable or credible source of reference. The purpose is to bring in new information and how does it apply to our topic from a real-world perspective, instead of extending on definitions that are found in the book.

Watch the video How to: Write an Abstract of a Research Paper (link below).

Discuss how you narrow the research topic and what information sources are acceptable in research.

Identify the source qualities that are of the most importance and describe the skills and competencies that are required to interpret a research article.

1 – 2 pages

Intext citation of at least 4 recent studies

APA format

Week 7 PP

Prepare a 6-8 slide Microsoft PowerPoint highlighting the content from the paper (outline attached)

Submission Instructions:

• You  may use resources from the  any library, government  library, or any peer-reviewed reference (Wikipedia and any other  publicly-reviewed source is not accepted). 
• The  paper must by at least 6-8 pages double-spaced, 1″ margin all around,  black, 12 point fonts (Times New Roman, Arial) with correct  citations of all utilized references/sources, (pictures, graphics, etc are extra – allowed but extra for the minimum page count). 
• The title page and references are also required but don’t count in the minimum page count. 
• The PowerPoint of 6-8 slides is  a summary of this paper. No new topics, ideas or concepts are  introduced in the PowerPoint that is not included in the paper. A  minimum of 10 references are needed.
• The paper will be subjected to checking against plagiarism.
• The required number of pages do not include title or references pages – although these must be included.

Psychology Of Leadership

This assignment will allow you to apply the results received from the different instruments you have worked with in this and previous parts of the course.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

· Use the tools from the Required Readings for this topic.

· Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. 

· Use academic sources, including peer-reviewed journal articles, scholarly books, government reports, and other instructor-approved texts.

· You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Write a paper (2,000-2,250 words) that addresses the following:

1. Choose an existing organization (your own or one you are very familiar with), and briefly describe it using the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework.

2. Using the Baldrige framework, outline that organization’s leadership structure and practices you’ve chosen to study.

3. Describe the evidence you find to identify that organization’s leadership style by using specific references from the research literature to support your description.

4. As a researcher of organizational leadership, how does the Baldrige framework help you assess organizational leadership? Identify any gaps in assessment the framework does not address, and describe them with references from other sources.

Offsite Versus On Site

l. Your organization has approximately IOTB of data, and you need to decide if your organization should have on-site or offsite tape storage. 

2. Your organization must be able to easily recover data no Older than one month, as an operational requirement. 

3. Your organizations further requirement is that recovery operations must resume at minimal levels for all systems within two weeks of a total catastrophe at the data center. 

Health Care Financial Management

Locate an article that focuses on a current challenge or challenges in healthcare finance. Recommend any changes to help organizations overcome challenges regarding healthcare finance. 

· Include the following items: 

· an introduction, 

· a summary of the main points, 

· your analysis, 

              o  current challenges presented with healthcare reform, 

              o  obstacles faced by healthcare organizations in healthcare finance, 

              o  challenges that organizations face in establishing organizational goals, 

              o  recommendations for overcoming challenges, and 

              o  a conclusion.