As a leader, it is expected for you to be able to identify with the workers within the organization. This process can take place during basic observation, performance evaluations, attendance, interaction with others, and basic characteristics or behaviors. The leader must identify different personality types or behaviors and apply the suggested tactics for properly handling each type.
Research the CSU Online Library or another external source for an article(s) that addresses different personality types or behaviors in the work place and how to apply tactics for properly handling of each type.
Provide your opinion on the article as it applies to the following questions:
What is the author’s main point?
Who is the author’s intended audience?
Do the author’s arguments support his or her main point? Explain different personality types or behaviors and how to apply the suggested tactics for properly handling of each type.
What evidence supports the main point?
What is your opinion of the article? (Do not simply summarize the article.)
What evidence, either from the textbook or additional sources, supports your opinion?
Your article critique should be at least two pages in content length, including an introduction, a body of supportive material (paragraphs), and a conclusion. Be sure to include a title page and a reference page and follow all other APA formatting requirements. The title page and reference page do not count toward the total page requirement. 

Looking at your department and community – is there a vision for the future? Is this vision consistent with the community’s vision for itself? Is the public aware of the vision? Do you agree with that vision?

#1

This is a good conversation to have with your fire department. When I get to work with my local fire department I always talk to them about their goal for the community. The fire departments goal every year is to have more community outreach. This is done by sending out notices with flyers about upcoming fire training. The training is free of course and everyone is welcome to attend no matter what age. The fire department goal is to teach about fire safety to everyone. The fire engines are on display and there are stationed set  up to act out real fire seniors. The fires are controlled and the fire fighters use small fires and have CO2 bottles on stations. They show how to properly use the bottles and also how to call for help. This is good training the fire department does on my fuel terminal with the locals. The kids and parents love it and they can even see the fire engines shoot out water. The event is for the community and the fire department also has other fire fighters from different parts of the city come and talk to the locals. We as the military work with them and we provide food for the community to eat and we mingle to together to build that trust and comradery The locals know that we will be there for them and we also teach them how to exit their homes and what to have with them to protect them in the event of a fire or emergency. We also talk about the dangers of smoke and not being careful when cooking or using fire. This is good for everyone’s safety and we try to have more people come out every year, so far the two years that I have been here have been very successful. 

#2

When it comes to looking at the vision of the future for the community, it may differ slightly from what they want comparatively. Since I live in a small town instead of  a newer or bigger city, They want to keep things to a more older style. They still want to live in the past and not advance anything and try to keep the old town feel and live even with the world constantly evolving.

Having a meeting that will change anything that could take away from the feel of being a old quite town can be painful. We want to make advancements that help the community in being safer when it comes to fires and all but most do not wish to listen because they want to think that it may pull away from the old southern town feel. We want to advance our coverage in the area by putting in another sub station from our main one that would help us with the distant area out of the actual town that is still in our district. The problem they are having with it is that the station would be in a part of the horse country as we call it and they think it would just be in the way and that the money for it would be wasted with it being out there.

We are trying to align their thoughts with ours. It does make it a bit of a pain but a lot of the community is behind us and our vision versus some of the ones on the board for the town. This helping push it but it is still a struggle to try and push it even when it is to help the community and make a reach to the furthest parts of our district.

 Choose an Ethnic Group living in America (but not your own group) and right no more than a ten-page report detailing the following:

A) When and why did a substantial number of the Ethnic Group come to America?

B) Where did they settle in the United States and Why in that particular area?

C) What distinguishes the group from other ethnic groups?

D) How well has the ethnic group integrated into American life and to what extent have they tried to keep their own identity?

E) How has the indigenous population of America accepted this particular Ethnic Group?

You should use at least five (5) sources. One of your sources should be a book on the topic.

You must have a Title Page and bibliography of all sources used. You must use notations when quoting or paraphrasing. 

Read the material on the problem for this assignment in the Assignment and in Lesson Four and write a 5 page paper on how you would handle this problem and what groups you would enlist to assist you. (This problem is adapted from an actual situation that occurred in Long Island, New York, New York.)

For the past week the local regional newspaper has been running a series of articles attacking all the fire departments in the county commenting on their extravagant practices and wasteful use of public funds.  Comparing the departments to the Metro department to the west of the county all sorts of strange comparisons have been made by the reporter.  Looking at the comments on your department, one of them is that you have a “million dollar beer and jacket fund,” and another is that you as Chief have installed a “the Cadillac of workout gyms,” neither of which is trues, you realize that this series will impact the community’s impressions of the department as you realize that the department has been drifting away from the community during your tenure.  In a discussion with other Chief Officers impacted by the article you find out that the article series was approved by the paper due to the comments made by a fire chief after an incident at the paper when a staff member died because the request for an ambulance was delayed to respond to the injury and the reporter who volunteered for the article series was jilted by a local volunteer firefighter who said she would settle the score.  You do have a gym but it is part of the department’s physical fitness program and meets all standards, and there is no million dollar fund for anything.  With all of this knowledge what do you do to rebuild the community trust and insure that the truth gets out? 

Points Possible

300

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Assignment 2: Compensation Plan Outline

Due Week 8 and worth 300 points

Using the same company you researched in Assignment 1, evaluate the company’s compensation plan to determine how it could be improved.

Evaluate the existing compensation plan to determine if it is the most appropriate for your company. Explain your rationale.

Determine the most beneficial ratio of internally consistent and market consistent compensation systems for the company you selected.

Evaluate the current pay structure used by your company and assess the recognition of employee contributions.

Make two (2) recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the discretionary benefits provided by the company you selected.

Evaluate the types of employer-sponsored retirement plans and health insurance programs provided by the company you selected and compare them to that company’s major competitors.

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:

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; 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. 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:

Evaluate the effectiveness of traditional bases for pay (seniority and merit) against incentive-based and person-focused compensation approaches.

Compare and contrast internally consistent and market-competitive compensation systems.

Evaluate the role of benefits in strategic compensation.

Use technology and information resources to research issues in compensation management.

Write clearly and concisely about compensation management using proper writing mechanics.

Diversity Research Assignment

You will research diversity competent practice with a diverse and disadvantaged and/or oppressed population (your definition of this can be broad – e.g., some groups that could be considered include those with developmental or other physical/mental challenges; sexual or ethnic minorities; older adults; men, because they often aren’t a focus of practice). The goal of this assignment is to assist you in using the social work literature to identify techniques and strategies supported by research in working with diverse groups.

What you need to do:

1. Locate one journal article, book, or professional paper that describes some aspect of social work practice addressing your chosen population. You might begin by looking at the bibliography for the text. In addition, you can consult the computerized databases in the library (e.g., PsycINFO, Social Sciences Abstracts). 

2. Read the article and identify one technique or strategy that the author(s) suggests will be helpful in working with this population.

3. Prepare a brief, two to three page, written summary of the technique and a critique of the author’s research. In your review, address the following (5 points each):

a. What does the author suggest are the main clinical or other issues facing this population?

b. Describe the approach suggested by the author(s). Include comments on the extent to which the approach allows for consumers to determine their own goals and options and make their own decisions.

c. Does the author cite any research or study that supports his/her suggestions?

d. What are some of the limitations to using this approach, particularly for this population (e.g., Is it appropriate? Does is limit empowerment, person-directedness in achieving goals, solutions, etc.? Might it reinforce stereotypes/oppression? Is it an evidence-based approach?)?

e. Are there any ethical considerations in using this approach?

f. Would you be comfortable using this approach? Why or why not? Include in this any critique you might have of the approach based on your knowledge of the population, research methods, theory, etc., or any values conflicts you might have personally.

g. What did you learn about this population? Did what you learn change any previously held beliefs, values, ideas, stereotypes, etc. about this population? How?

h. Be sure to include a full citation for the article you used.

Please build on the following info;

TOPIC RESEARCH 

Do black and white women have the same privileges at the work place?

REFERENCES:

Landry, M. (2015). Women at work in an American retail department store. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsndl&AN=edsndl.oai.union.ndltd.org.PROQUEST.oai.pqdtoai.proquest.com.1591603&site=eds-live

McLaughlin, M. (2007). Women in the Crowd: Gender and the East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917. Studies in the Literary Imagination, 40(2), 49. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=33947681&site=eds-live

Holmes, T. E. (2015). Black Women @Work. Essence, 45(12), 77–78. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=101628933&site=eds-live

Prior to beginning this discussion, please read and view the following required sources:

• “Flexible Retrieval: When True Inferences Produce False Memories”
• “Memory Suppression in Alzheimer’s Disease”
• “Mnemonic Instruction in Science and Social Studies for Students with Learning Problems: A Review”
• “Short-Term Memory and Long-Term Memory Are Still Different”
• “The Development of Real-Time Stability Supports Visual Working Memory Performance: Young Children’s Feature Binding Can Be Improved Through Perceptual Structure”
• Memory

In your initial post, you will apply what you learned from each of the five articles, but you will discuss the findings and implications for just one of these articles. The articles are assigned based on the first letter of your last name. Please see the list below to determine which of the articles you will focus on for your initial post based on the first letter of your last name:

• F through J: “Memory Suppression in Alzheimer’s Disease”

In your initial post,

• Explain the empirical research presented in your assigned article, applying appropriate citations and references.
• Describe, in your own words, how the research relates to your own experiences as well as how this area of psychology may have affected your past or current beliefs about memory development. Do the research findings refute or support your current beliefs, and in what ways? Are there variables about memory of which you were unaware based on your article?
• Apply skeptical inquiry to the potential problems that might arise from research in the area of memory, and relate it to the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.
• Provide a rationale for whether or not this premise is valid and/or appropriate based on the findings reported by the assigned articles.