PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

 

Due Week 6: 240 points

 

As you continue your consulting role, the next task is to deliver a professional development program to the CEO of your chosen organization.

 

It is important that your program’s proposal be based on your research of emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically detail how a new incentive program, based on an EI management approach, will:

 

▪ fosterteamwork,

 

▪ strengtheninterpersonalrelationships,

 

▪ enhancecommunication,

 

▪ increase overall performance,and

 

▪ benefitnotonlymanagersbutthebottom-line.

 

INSTRUCTIONS

 

Create a double-spaced 5 to 7 page proposal that includes the following components:

 

1) EI and Motivation

 

• Which of the EI building blocks would impact management’s ability to

 

enhance employee performance and job satisfaction?

 

• Based on your research on motivational theory, describe how you would utilize positive or negative reinforcement to influence the members of the organization and resolve the issue. Provide examples to support yoursolution.

 

2) EI and Social Skills and Decision Making

 

• Explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence would

 

enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management team.

 

3) Effective Teams

 

• Describe the core attributes of an effective team and the strategies

 

you would implement to develop team dynamics that will benefit the organization.

 

 

 

4) Reward Systems

 

• Create an effective reward system for this organization. Determine

 

the strategies you would incorporate to motivate employees and influence behavior.

 

5) References and Citations

 

• Provide at least 2 quality resources.

 

• In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.

 

6) Formatting and Writing Standards

 

• Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your

 

formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.

 

 

 

                                                                                 *Grading for this assignment will be based on the following criteria and evaluation standards:

 

   POINTS: 240

 

ASSIGNMENT 2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

 

                  Criteria

 

Exemplary 100% – A

 

Proficient 85% – B

 

Fair 75% – C

 

Unacceptable 0% – F

 

                 1. EI and Motivation

 

Weight: 20%

 

Fully describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Draws compelling, logical connections between theory and solution. Examples are strong and support solution.

 

Satisfactorily describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Makes logical connections between theory and solution. Examples support solution.

 

Partially describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Makes loose connections between theory and solution. Examples do not fully support solution.

 

The description does not address how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Examples are not provided.

 

                 2. EI and Social Skills and Decision Making

 

Weight: 20%

 

Fully describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Draws compelling, logical connections between theory and solution. Examples are strong and support solution.

 

Satisfactorily describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Makes logical connections between theory and solution. Examples support solution.

 

Partially explains how core concepts of emotional intelligence would enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management team. Loose connections are made to support the relationship between EI and management’s skills. Application of research is minimal.

 

The description does not explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence would enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management team.

 

                 3. Effective Teams

 

Weight 25%

 

Completely describes the core attributes of an effective team. Strategies to develop team dynamics are strongly articulated and detailed. Benefits to the organization are logical and well supported.

 

Satisfactorily describes the core attributes of an effective team. Strategies to develop team dynamics are articulated. Benefits to the organization are stated. Additional details and source support would improve the description.

 

Partially describes the core attributes of an effective team. Strategies to develop team dynamics lack details and source support or are not fully articulated. Benefits to the organization are unclear.

 

Does not describe the core attributes of an effective team or strategies to develop team dynamics. Benefits to organization are not presented.

 

                 4. Reward Systems

 

Weight 20%

 

Creates an effective reward system and articulates well- thoughtout strategies to motivate employees to influence behavior. The connection between strategy and influence is strong and supported by source material.

 

Creates an effective reward system and provides motivational strategies. Details and source material support how behavior would be influenced.

 

Partially creates an effective reward system and articulates some motivational strategies. Supporting details are given but could be expanded to describe how behavior would be influenced. Application of research is minimal.

 

Did not create an effective reward system or determine strategies to motivate employees to influence behavior.

 

                 5. Reference minimums; Reference quality

 

Weight 5%

 

Meets or exceeds numberof required references; all references high quality choices.

 

Meets number of required references; some references maybe poor qualitychoices.

 

Does not meet the required number of references; some references may be poor quality choices.

 

No references provided or all references poor quality choices.

 

                 6. Follows writing standards; Meetspage minimums

 

Weight 10%

 

Followed all writing standards.

 

Met page minimums.

 

Followed most writing standards.

 

Met page minimums.

 

Followed few writing standards.

 

May not have met page minimums.

 

Followed few to no writing standards.

 

Did not meet page minimums.

 After completing the reading assignment and viewing the videos in this module, along with any other information you may have found, list three (3) items you will definitely put in your resume. Explain why you think these are important factors to share with your potential employer and will make you stand out from other applicants! Then, list at least two items you learned about that are definite “no-no’s” in building a resume and why you want to avoid using them.

Final project

 

Formulating Strategic Management Decisions

 

 

 

This final project is based on the following Harvard Business case study:

 

 

 

Khachatryan, D. (2014). Amarcord Incorporated: Combating money laundering using data analytics. Harvard Business Case Study. Retrieved from https://hbsp.harvard.edu/tu/789925b5

 

 

 

Assume your client accepted your urgent business proposal to design a data-driven approach to effectively accomplish the goal of fraud detection in financial institutions. Data analytics for fraud detection in financial institutions is the strategic management vision of Amarcord Inc.’s Chief Compliance Officer. Your work in teams is based on the average or aggregate monthly incoming wire transfer of $500,000 for a swimwear chain, considered highly unusual by business analysts for that business chain. In other words, it is impossible for a business chain of that size to earn such high monthly revenue.

 

 

 

After reading and analyzing the case, each team is required as part of the final project to address the following:

 

 

 

Identify and address the business problem and explain the need for a data analytic solution.

 

 

 

Explain the data analytic approach to tackle the business problem.

 

 

 

Explain the nature and structure of the received data (i.e., the average monthly revenue of $500,000)

 

 and how data inconsistencies can be resolved.

 

To what extent is competitive intelligence and ethical standards relevant to your analysis and solution(s)?

 

How does cultural diversity impact the problem identification and or analysis of this case?

 

Elaborate on all the undertaken modeling and forecasting strategies.

 

Emphasize and summarize key findings as well as observations and recommend further steps that your client should undertake in the data analysis realm which could potentially lead to another engagement with your team.

 

Include how the company could work with various stakeholders currently and in the future; include desired outcomes.

 

Address how the organization’s culture influenced the situation within the case and give recommendations for culture improvements and your team’s ideas about changes that support innovation and ethical conduct.

 

Deliver your project report to provide clear and thorough answers that both technical and non-technical audiences will understand.

 

 

 

Your team’s written paper should meet the following requirements:

 

Be eight to ten pages in length, plus exhibits or illustrations

 

 

 

Be divided into the following sections:

 

Identification of business problem and evaluation of the need for a data analytic solution.

 

Explanation of the data analytic approach to tackle the business problem.

 

Explanation of the nature and structure of the received data (i.e., the average monthly revenue of $500,000) and how data inconsistencies can be resolved. Do you agree or disagree with the business analysts that the aggregate monthly revenue of swimwear is three times higher than the industry average? Justify your position.

 

Evaluation of all the modeling and forecasting strategies undertaken as brainstorming solutions and so forth.

 

Summary of key findings as well as observations and recommended further steps that your client should undertake in the data-analytic realm, which could potentially lead to another engagement with your team.

 

Deliver your project report to provide clear and thorough answers that both technical and non-technical audiences will understand.

 

 

 

Support your project with 10 to 12 peer-reviewed articles.  Be formatted according to APA.

 

Include a title page, introduction, conclusion, and references page.

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for Assignment 1 (Public Corporation – Wal Mart)

 

Using the corporation you chose from Assignment 1, examine the industry in which the entity operates. Use any or all of the following resources to conduct research on the company:

 

Company website

 

Public filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml)

 

Other miscellaneous sources. Note: the company’s annual report will often provide insights that other resources may not include.

 

 

 

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

 

1) Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Choose either a strategy OR tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy OR tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.

 

2) Determine the company’s tangible and intangible resources, core capabilities, and core competencies.

 

3) Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

 

4) Choose two (2) forces of competition that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these) forces in the recent past, going back no further than five (5) fiscal years.

 

5) With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

 

6) Identify what you consider to be the greatest external threat to this corporation. 7) Discuss how the corporation should address this threat. Justify your explanation.

 

8) Identify what you consider to be the greatest opportunity presented to the corporation, and discuss how the corporation should take advantage of this opportunity. Justify your explanation

 

9) Use at least four (4) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources .

 

 

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

This course requires use of APA Format using the attached Template.

 

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.
• Identify the five forces of competition.
• Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.
• Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
• Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

Analyzing an Issue or Event in Diversity Through the Lenses of the Sciences and Social Sciences

 

 

 

Topic –   Conflicts in Intergenerational Workplace

 

 

 

 

 

For this fourth milestone, you will analyze your issue or event in diversity through the lenses of the natural and applied sciences and the social sciences. Like Milestone Two, this task provides you with an opportunity to dive deeper into your analysis of the issue or event through these two lenses.

Write a research report based on a hypothetical research study.  Conducting research and writing a report is common practice for many students and practitioners in any of the behavioral sciences fields.  
 

 

A research report, which is based on scientific method, is typically composed of the different sections listed below:

 

• Introduction: The introduction states a specific hypothesis and how that hypothesis was derived by connecting it to previous research. 
• Methods: The methods section describes the details of how the hypothesis was tested and clarifies why the study was conducted in that particular way. 
• Results: The results section is where the raw uninterpreted data is presented. 
• Discussion: The discussion section is where an argument is presented on whether or not the data supports the hypothesis, the possible implications and limitations of the study, as well as possible future directions for this type of research. 

 

Together, these sections should tell the reader what was done, how it was done, and what was learned through the research.  You will create a research report based on a hypothetical problem, sample, results, and literature review.  Organize your data by creating meaningful sections within your report. Make sure that you:

 

• Apply key concepts of inferential hypothesis tests.
• Interpret the research findings of the study.
• Examine the assumptions and limitations of inferential tests.
• Develop a practical application of the research principles covered in this course.

 

Focus of the Research Report
To begin, create a hypothetical research study (you do not have to carry out the study; you will just have to describe it) that is based on the three pieces of information listed below.  Once you have your hypothetical study created, write a three- to four-page research report (excluding title and reference pages) that outlines the study.  You are encouraged to be creative with your research study, but be sure to follow the format outlined below and adhere to APA formatting as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Your hypothetical research study should be based on the following information:

 

• Recent research has indicated that eating chocolate can improve memory.  Jones and Wilson (2011) found that eating chocolate two hours before taking math tests improved scores significantly.  Wong, Hideki, Anderson, and Skaarsgard (2009) found that women are better than men on memory tests after eating chocolate.
• There were 50 men and 50 women who were randomly selected from a larger population.
• A t-test was conducted to compare men and women’s performance on an assessment after eating chocolate. The results showed an independentt-test value of t .05(99) = 3.43; p < .05

 

Your research study must contain the following:

 

1. Title Page 
   1. Title of your report
   2. Your name
   3. The course
   4. Instructor
   5. Date
2. Introduction 
   1. Introduce the research topic, explain why it is important, and present the purpose of the paper and the research question and hypothesis. 
   2. Discuss how this study is related to other research on the topic.
   3. Elaborate on the information from the references you were given.  State how they relate to your hypothesis.
   4. Your introduction must:
      • Consist of a paragraph explaining what you are studying and why. Use previously cited research to explain your expectations and discuss how those expectations led to your hypothesis.
      • State a clear and testable hypothesis and whether it is one-tailed or two-tailed.  Make sure it is understandable to someone who has not read the rest of your paper yet.  State the null hypothesis. 
      • Include a justification of the direction of your hypothesis.  In other words, explain why you chose the direction of your hypothesis if it is one-tailed (e.g., previous research suggests that people with big feet are more likely to score higher on math tests; therefore the hypothesis is one-tailed) or if it is two-tailed (e.g., previous research is not clear on which group will perform better; therefore, the hypothesis is two-tailed).
      • Describe why this study is important.

 

• Method

 

1. Design: State the experimental design of your study, the independent and dependent
   variables, and what the task was (e.g., what you had the participants do).
2. Participants: Identify and describe your sample, how the participants were selected
   to be in the study, and why you chose them.  Provide details for how each individual was
   assigned to each group.
3. Procedure: Describe the precise procedure you used to conduct this research (i.e., exactly
   what you did).  It should be clear enough that anyone could replicate your study.  This is the
   subsection where you tell the reader how you collected the data.
4. Data Analysis: Describe the statistical procedure used in the study to analyze the data.

 

• Results: In this section, you will describe the statistical results: 
  1. State the statistical tests that were used.          
  2. Justify the choice of test.
  3. State the observed value and significance level and whether the test was one or two-tailed.
  4. State your conclusion in terms of the hypothesis. 
  5. Did you accept or reject the null hypothesis?
• Discussion: Discuss your results as they relate to your hypothesis. 

 

1. Did you accept the hypothesis or reject it? 
2. Compare your results to the previous studies mentioned in the introduction.  Are your results similar or different? Discuss why.
3. Tell the readers what your findings mean.  Why did you get the results you did?

 

• Identify limitations to your study.
• Suggest ways your study could be improved.
• Suggest ideas for future research, not just a continuation of your study, but research that is similar to this study.  Perhaps one of the variables could be changed or a different sample could be investigated.
• Finish with a concluding paragraph that is a statement of your findings and the key points of the discussion.
• Conclusion: Write a paragraph detailing your experience with writing a research report.  Discuss how easy/difficult it was to write a false report that reads like real results, and how this experience might affect you review research in the future.  Do you think this experience will provide you with a useful skill in your potential career?
• References: You will create a minimum of three fictitious references in the following format based on the information you have created in the preceding sections of the report: 
  1. Author, A., & Author, B. (Publication year). Title of the article. Journal Name, volume number(issue number), page numbers.
  2. Example:  Jones, A., & Williams, B. (2013). Why monkeys are good pets. Journal of Silly Science, 23(4), 221-222.

 

You may access the Critical Thinking Community (Links to an external site.) website for tips on how to formulate your report in a logical and meaningful manner.
Writing the Research Report
The Assignment:

 

1. Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
3. Title of paper
4. Student’s name
5. Course name and number
6. Instructor’s name
7. Date submitted

 

• Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include the sections with the appropriate headings and content listed above.
• Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following:

 

1. Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation.
2. Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
3. Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
4. Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss the different approaches they take to address the selected issue and promote patient safety and quality care. Support your rationale by using the theories, principles, skills, and roles of the leader versus manager described in your readings.
5. Discuss what additional aspects mangers and leaders would need to initiate in order to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue.
6. Describe a leadership style that would best address the chosen issue. Explain why this style could be successful in this setting.

 

Use at least three peer-reviewed journal articles other than those presented in your text or provided in the course.

 

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

 

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

 

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

 

RN to BSN

 

1.1:       Exemplify professionalism in diverse health care settings.

 

1.3:       Exercise professional nursing leadership and management roles in the promotion of patient safety and quality care.

 

3.4:       Demonstrate professional standards of practice.