It is important for students to understand how their curriculum is applied to real world workplace environments. How what you are studying can or will benefit you in your current, or future, career. For this assignment, you will need to review your programs curriculum and goals and compare that to your current job/internship (if unemployed, reflect on a job/career that you desire to obtain in the future). To complete the assignment, please follow the below instructions:

Courses: 

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1. Review your programs goals and curriculum on the UC Webpage and the UC Graduate Course Catalog:

• Webpage Links found here:
• Graduate Catalog:

1. Reflect on (research, if needed) your current (or future) job duties and responsibilities.

Assignment Details:Part 1 Identify a Problem

• Problem solving starts by being able to identify existing problems, gaps in service, inefficient systems/processes, flawed policies, or any other areas of our job/career where improvement is needed. Identify a problem or gap at your workplace and explain why/how this problem exists.

Part 2 Solve the Problem

• Use your knowledge that youve learned in the program (or hope to learn in a future course) to implement a plan to solve the problem.

Grading Expectations:

•  Fully answer both parts of the assignment.
• Word requirement: 400-500 words

*Please include job details (job title and employer, if available). 

discuss communication problems that occur in the following:

External environments, such as in the media or the public
Criminal justice agencies

Explain how the communication issues may be resolved for each environment.

Include how technology can play a role in facilitating or hindering communication in each environment.

References: You must use at least 3 academic sources, excluding your weekly readings, list them on your reference page and cite them appropriately in the body of your paper

 In the article this week “What your prosecutor doesn’t know could hurt you…”, Chief Shults mentions a case that was lost because the officer did not put the statute in the report and assumed the prosecutor knew about it.  In the prosecutors defense (still should have known), the statute pertained to college campus encounters versus normal officer encounters.

  My question to you this week is, do you or would you cite a specific statute in your report?  Why or Why not? Please provide any examples you may have (general information about the case is fine.) 

 two paragraph minimum 

Getting Started

Trials and tribulations have the power to either keep us from abundant life or produce in us a character that sustains abundant life. The choice is up to us. Will our faith remain steadfast in the face of trouble or will we abandon the lifestyle of faith for one of the world?

James 1:2-4 says, Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Allow the phrase, Count it all joy to settle in for a second. What trials have you faced in the past? What trials stand before you today? Is joy the emotion that stirs up within you when you think about your problems?

My first instinct in the face of trial is to run. I long to abandon the problems before me, to act as if they dont exist. But Scripture commands me to count my trials as joy and run at them head-on for the sake of being transformed into a faith-filled, steadfast child of God. God sees trials as a chance to produce character within me, not as a circumstance intended to harm me or derail his plans for my life.

The greatest gift weve been given in the face of trials is faith. When problems are staring at us head-on its hard to see around them to the beneficial outcome God intends. In order to face trials the way God intends, we must have faith. We have to believe that God has an outcome as beneficial as the trial is hard. We have to have faith that God will see us through every problem that stands in our way and produce in us a steadfastness on which we can experience abundant life.

Hebrews 10:35-39 says, Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For, Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him. But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls. May we not be a people who shrink back but stand on the firm ground of Gods promises. May we be believers filled with a faith founded on the faithfulness of God.

Spend time in prayer allowing Gods word to fill you with a fresh perspective about your trials and tribulations.

Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:

• Critique the relationship between confidence as described in the VBM and good decision making.

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Prepare a discussion post that answers the following questions:
   1. What trials or tribulations have you or are now experiencing in your life? Please explain your response.
   2. What advice would you give to a friend who is going through some trial or tribulation? Please explain your response.
3. Your initial post should be 200 300 words long and is due by the fourth day of the workshop.
4. Respond in writing to two of your classmates.
5. Each written response should be 100 200 words in length and demonstrate a critical analysis of your classmates post. 
6. These responses are due by the end of the workshop.

how does social media affects body image and increases mental disorders such as bulimia? how does social influence the downfall in legitimate communication skills amongst teens increasing disorders such as social anxiety?

APA format and 7 pages 

If you have you been involved with a company doing a redesign of business processes, discuss what went right during the redesign and what went wrong from your perspective. Additionally, provide a discussion on what could have been done better to minimize the risk of failure. If you have not yet been involved with a business process redesign, research a company that has recently completed one and discuss what went wrong, what went right, and how the company could have done a better job minimizing the risk of failure. Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Be approximately 4 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference page.
• Follow APA7 guidelines. Your paper should include an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
• Support your answers with the readings from the course and at least two scholarly journal articles to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to your textbook. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
• Be clearly and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality of your writing.

 Read the following learning materials.

Wang, Wang, N., Su, X., & Ge, S. (2016). . Information Security Journal., 25(4-6), 280294.

Zhang, Z., Nan, G., & Tan, Y. (2020). . Information Systems Research, 31(3), 848-864.

M. Singh, 2018 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICACCCN), 2018, pp. 64-67. 

 You selected a population (African American)  Step 2 of McCollum’s model of Mental Health Education is “Needs Identification”.  This step entails identifying the interests and needs of the target population. Think about the population you selected in module 2 and answer the below questions.   

1. Identify the measurement tool you will use for your project. 
2. Discuss each of the constructs measured.
3. How does the measurement identify your target population’s interests and needs?
4. How will you present the data to justify the development of your program?

Where do you see yourself in five? Ten? Twenty? Thirty years?

This question pops up everywhere from job interviews, relationships, to financial planning. Knowing where youre going is not only seen as responsible, but its expected. So, we do everything in our power to create and maintain this life plan, erasing as much uncertainty as possible along the way.

Think about it. We buy health insurance and try to stay active. We insure our cars and homes. We plan our finances and schedule meetings, projects, and vacations months into the future. Whens the last time you went for a drive without your GPS navigating the quickest route to avoid traffic? We do everything in our power to avoid uncertainty and to know where were headed. To some extent, it works our lives are often relatively safe and predictable.

But, what if God asked you to leave all that behind? Leave the job thats paying the bills, leave your community of friends, and move to another place, starting all over. Would you do it? Would you trust your long-term plans to God?

Abraham was asked by God to do this. Leaving everything, he obeyed Gods call even when he didnt know where he was going. How did he do this?

Faith: Abrahams faith in God was greater than his faith in himself. He surrendered everything he knew, placing his long-term plans into Gods hands.

All In: Its one thing to know what God wants and its another thing to do it. Abraham put faith into action by obeying Gods call. He was all in.

Call: Abraham was clear about his lifes calling. As Christians, our call is to follow Christ above all else, even when the call doesnt quite make sense.

Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:

• Discuss how the DBA has changed your future life.

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Prepare a discussion post that answers the following questions:
   1. Describe where your life would have looked like in five years if you had not started a DBA.
   2. Now describe what your life will look like five years after completing the DBA. What will be different and what will be the same?
3. Your initial post should be 200 300 words long and is due by the fourth day of the workshop.
4. Respond in writing to two of your classmates.
5. Each written response should be 100 200 words in length and demonstrate a critical analysis of your classmates post.
6. These responses are due by the end of the workshop.

Using the Weber & Marley article how do the characteristics of power, legitimacy and urgency attributed to stakeholders influence the business-stakeholder relationships? 

What is the role of Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals like Walmarts?

Sample Answers:(Please dont Copy Paste the same)

Example 1:

 Using the Weber & Marley article how do the characteristics of power, legitimacy and urgency attributed to stakeholders influence the business-stakeholder relationships? 

            Power, legitimacy, and urgency are the three salience terms described within the Mitchell Stakeholder model. Each of these characteristics exerts a unique force when considering them in the context of the business-stakeholder relationship.

We are currently experiencing a time within the business community when stakeholders are asking for more out of the worlds corporations. The various legitimate stakeholders, whether they be stockholders, customers, employees, or suppliers, are exerting their power on the corporation to do more. Without stakeholders a corporation is unable to function, which places power on the stakeholders values. That is why over the twenty years there has been a rapidly increasing number of corporations publishing CSR reports. The corporation became more conscious of its obligation to the stakeholders and realized that they need more from the entity. Stakeholder urgency is also illustrated by how the corporation addresses issues that the stakeholders find to be critical, whether they be environmental, social, or operational. Each of these characteristics help stakeholders exert a different type of force onto a corporation.

Source: Weber & Marley Article

What is the role of Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals like Walmarts? 

            The purpose of CSR and Sustainability reports are to give an update to a corporations shareholders on the good things that the firm is doing. The good being created can either be environmental or social. A few topics that these reports can address are environmental impact, social effect, and corporate governance.

It summarizes what has already been done to show actioned results from the companys previous period being disclosed. This helps stakeholders to see what the company has already to meet their power, legitimacy, and urgency needs. The corporation lays out their higher purpose and reason for continuing business within these reports. The reports also create a set of goals that the company is hoping to meet within the next x amount of time. It creates a sort of contract between the stakeholders expectations and what the corporation believes to be its upcoming goals.

Example 2:

Using the Weber & Marley article how do the characteristics of power, legitimacy and urgency attributed to stakeholders influence the business-stakeholder relationships?

Many companies and especially large corporations are often subject to high scrutiny from being in the public spotlight. One of the biggest impacts that a company can do to influence stakeholders is to openly communicate their intentions. This shows that they are truly following through with their values and being fourth coming with disclosing their intent. I think this is the best way to show their power, legitimacy, and urgency. This is the best way to show shareholders why they should support their company.

What is the role of Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals like Walmarts?

Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals allow re-assurance and optimism for shareholders. All of these things create line of site into the companys goals and initiatives that they are striving for which allows them to feel comfortable with investing into a companys future. I think that this is a very key component for any company to embrace and this shows not only the stakeholders where they stand, but also creates meaningful goals for the employees as well. These things show where the company currently is and where they want to go.

Example 3:

Using the Weber & Marley article how do the characteristics of power, legitimacy and urgency attributed to stakeholders influence the business-stakeholder relationships? 

From the research provided, it seems that the larger the business, the greater importance of the business-stakeholder relationship. The research also seemed to suggest that the higher the consumer exposure, the greater effect on a business-stakeholder relationship. In other words, as visibility for a company increases, so do the demands and actions by stakeholders from that company. To me, the research overall suggests that the more eyes isn’t always a good thing. If you are Nike and your company is found to be using child labor in sweatshops, there is going to be great urgency for the company to change that. The power that stakeholders has becomes legitimate when stakeholders stop purchasing Nike products until Nike makes the changes necessary for stakeholders to be satisfied with their business practices. However, you could have a lesser-known company right down the street from the Nike facility doing the exact same deplorable practices. The difference is that there is no voice for action because the visibility of the company is significantly smaller. You could even apply this to local restaurants. Think about the cleanliness and standards that McDonalds must produce because they are who they are. Now think about your local diner that serves the same type of food. Think about their cleanliness and their standards. They are most likely different. This is exactly the point that Weber and Marley are making in their research; the greater the visibility, the greater the importance and effect of stakeholder power, legitimacy and urgency on the businesses’ actions. 

Source: In Search of Stakeholder Salience: Exploring Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports (James Weber and Kathryn A. Marley)

What is the role of Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals like Walmarts? 

CSR reports are a great way to attract visibility and transparency to goals that your company has. They can also be good guideposts and reminders of what your company set out to do and how much work is left. But at the end of the day, these are nothing more than reports. The action is what really counts here. Trying to obtain zero net waste after five years is a good plan and companies would obviously like this plan to be known to the public. But, if zero net waste isn’t obtained after five years, what then? Is it enough for stakeholders to continue to read updated CSR reports that the goal of zero net waste hasn’t changed? Again, these are good guideposts and should be followed as such. But the real importance comes from action. As the old adage goes, actions speak louder than words. Or, in this case, actions speak louder than reports. 

Source:

Example 4:

Using the Weber & Marley article how do the characteristics of power, legitimacy and urgency attributed to stakeholders influence the business-stakeholder relationships? 

Depending on relationship one is trying to define, each relationship could give more weight to power, legitimacy or urgancy. Today organizations understand that all relationships they manage link to their economic performance. By sharing their CSR reports publicly with potential stockholders, current business partners and community it allows for an open understanding of how their organization is or could benefit them. There are certain organizations who focus on certain business-stakeholder relationships than others such as energy and gas and oil organizations will focus more on a sustainability relationships because they deal with limited resources and those resources need to be available as long as possible. 

What is the role of Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals like Walmarts? 

As stated in WalMart’s website for CSR “Shared value addressing societal issues in ways that create value for our business and stakeholders lies at the heart of Walmarts enterprise strategy and our approach to ESG issues.” It seems that WalMart is looking towards how they can better the lives of everyone within their serving community, their business model is being designed with CSR in mind as to how they believe it will affect their future state. Walmart is using these reports to communicate what path they will be taking and why. The reports appear to be a future model as to how Walmart will be operating in the future however these models are based on today’s knowledge and current regulations. Regulations will affect the goals for companies like Walmart since introducing a new regulation could require a current goal to be modified. 

WalMart website:

Example 5:

eber & Marley article how do the characteristics of power, legitimacy, and urgency attributed to stakeholders, influence the business-stakeholder relationships? 

Stakeholder power, legitimacy, and urgency influence the business-stakeholder relationship differently depending on geography and sector the business resides. Depending on where a company operates and the type of service/good they provide they must prioritize due to finite resources. The article accurately described the company I work for, a U.S. based company that is in the Utility Sector. Our Corporate Social Responsibility reports and strategies focus largely on community development as well as environmental concerns. We are in the people business; most people cant go without electricity in their day to day lives, so building trust within our communities is paramount. The environment also directly affects our business. Higher temperatures mean increased load on the system and an increased likelihood of equipment failure.

What is the role of Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals like Walmarts? 

Corporate Social and Sustainability Reports and sustainability goals like Walmarts are a good way for a business to show what targets they are aiming to hit. In the case of Walmart I think it was a good change of pace for them because as the article eluded to they have a reputation for not being transparent. Its also a good way to drum up support from stakeholders and stockholders to show them that its not just business as usual and that they are taking steps in the right direction. Companies that fail to innovate and adapt end up going out of business. As was the case with Toys R Us, instead of developing their own ecommerce system they relied on Amazon to do the work for them. Consumers found they could find similar or cheaper alternatives on Amazon which further fueled their rise and contributed to the decline for Toys R Us.

Getting Started

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

Luke 14:28 ESV

One of the characteristics of those who are impulsive is that they often fail to count the cost before they jump into some new project, task, relationship, educational program, and perhaps even a job. Luke infers that the better approach is to count the cost of any new endeavor before starting.

This raises the question of what costs are counted. The Virtuous Business Model argues that there are at least three dimensions that must be considered in counting the cost. The economic domain is the obvious one. We have extensive tools that we use to make better cost counting divisions. The social dimension has largely been ignored in the past but is now gaining more prominence as society begins to demand sustainability and recognition of the businesss responsibility to be a good citizen of our communities. However, the spiritual domain is still largely unrecognized.

The Virtual Business Model helps define the spiritual domain both for leaders and organizations. Counting the cost for the spiritual domain then means considering the impact of this new activity on your core values and beliefs. Critically inspect this new activity and if you find it worthy and have counted the cost, move forward courageously!

Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:

• Engage in critical thinking in alignment with the Virtuous Business model.

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Prepare a discussion post that answers the following questions:
   1. Describe some time in your life when you may have failed to count the cost. What were the results?
   2. Describe some time in your life when you did count the cost. How critically did you consider the cost before moving forward? What were the results?
3. Your initial post should be 200 300 words long and is due by the fourth day of the workshop.
4. Respond in writing to two of your classmates.
5. Each written response should be 100 200 words in length and demonstrate a critical analysis of your classmates post.
6. These responses are due by the end of the workshop.