MBA 6631, Intercultural Management – Research Paper

Write a report on one of the major topics listed below and include at least five other related empirical studies of your choice.

 

· Diversity approaches in the workplace in the United States and the legislation surrounding it

· The opportunities and challenges of managing a diverse workforce

· Diversity with respect to differences such as gender, race, and nationality in a domestic and global workplace

· Business practices from cultures around the world

· Diversity in a multicultural, intercultural and diverse business environment

 

* The research report must:

(a) identify the main issues in the chosen area,

(b) contain and reference new learning that has occurred,

(c) build upon incidents that facilitated learning and understanding, and

 (d) present specific current and/or future applications and relevance to the typical workplace.

 

* The research report should also focus on real-life, real-time application of topics; the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision.

 

* The research report :

· must be 6 double-spaced pages in length (not including the title page, table of contents, and references page); using APA style

 · must address the topic of the report with critical thought; MBA 6631, Intercultural Management 4

· must use at least five empirical studies as references; and

 

· must use your own words, and include citations and references; NO Plagiarism. 

 

 

(Week 6) Two set of discussions questions to post for MBA level Human Resource Management Online!

 

Please Read Instructions First:   This assignment for discussions questions “does not” require APA style.  I have to post to discussion board for an online class.  I attached an “example format for discussion questions” so you can see how the discussions questions should be formatted and  answered.  All work should be original with no plagiarism and in proper English grammar.  The responses should include answering the main discussion questions, fully, including proper cites as well.  If you use citations, I should be able to look it up online to find where you got it from.  (USE ALL AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS, CITATIONS AND RESOURCES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!)  The professor requires that the questions be restated and then answered for the discussion questions. I highlighted the questions in “red, bold, italic and underlined” so you would know exactly which ones to restate and answer.  If this is not done, it is his option to deduct formatting points and I could get a “0” for the work.  The more in-depth the information is, the better, as long as you fully answer each set of discussions questions.  Discussion Questions Set 1 should be about two pages including restating the questions.  Discussion Questions Set 2 should be about two pages including restating the questions.

 

1.  Discussion Questions Set 1 “Performance Appraisals” Please respond to the following:

 

·         Determine why organizations can have higher productivity when top managers encourage supervisors to set goals, assess performance, and provide feedback to employees.  Support your answer with examples. Then, describe the experience you have had with performance appraisals and how your performance has been influenced by them.  

·         Go to businessballs’ Website and review the information regarding performance appraisals.  Next, rate the importance of measuring performance and providing an opportunity for feedback. Support your position.

·         Class, in an article published by ClearCompany, the author listed five (5) tips to align performance management and goal setting for the employees.  They are below:

1.  align employee goals with company goals;

2.  collaborate with employees to set goals;

3.  make performance goals attainable;

4.  increase engagement with career discussions; and,

5.  recognize goal achievement, or lack thereof.

 

Now, how do we link the job analysis with the above factors to design and administer an effective performance management system?

 

2.  Discussion Questions Set 2 “Performance Measurement” Please respond to the following:

 

·         Imagine you are working at an ice cream shop.  It is the middle of summer, the shop’s busiest season, and the electricity goes out during a storm.  Rank the actions that you should take in order of importance, as your performance will be measured regarding your immediate actions.

·         Assess the advantages and / or disadvantages of having more than one source of performance measurement within a company.  Support your position with examples.  Of the performance measurement sources you provided, select one that you believe your current or previous company could benefit from and explain why.

·         Class, when we discuss performance measurement in HR we must be very specific in what we are discussing, and defining, as it impacts on what we measure.  There are many types of performance measures that HR can draw upon such as, MBO, KPI, and Metrics.  You know measurement is only accurate if you are measuring the right thing.  For example, if you wanted to know how fast a car was going in the US you would measure MPH v. KPH.  Measuring KPH would give you a number, but the number would not be accurate because it does not answer the question.  When you look at picking a performance management measurement you must consider how that measurement supports the business unit’s, and organizations, goals.  Now, herein lies the problem having more than two (2) performance measurements in the organization can lead to confusion, especially when two (2) different measurements are used in the same skill.  This is not to say that two (2) different measurements cannot be used, however, it does say that there must be concern for equity in what is being measured.  Can you think of an example where you might use two (2) different measurements for your job?

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PAD 530 Week 5 – Discussion 1

 

“Generational Differences and the Public Sector Workplace” Please respond to the following:

·         Analyze the descriptions of generations from traditionalists to Generation. Assess your own category and discuss the ways you agree and differ from the description, indicating which generation best describes you. Provide three reasons and examples for your position.(NOTE:  I was born in 1962 (53 years old))

 

·         Assume you have performed an analysis of your agency’s workforce and have concluded that over 30% of employees will retire within the next 24 months and another 35% in five years. Currently, the workforce of 650 employees has 40% baby boomers and 60% Generation X-ers and Generation Y-ers. Your observations indicate that the baby boomers distrust the Generation X-ers and Y-ers, appear to disrespect the baby boomers. Recommend two strategies you could implement to address and change this situation for the better. Provide a rationale for your views.

 

Week 5 eActivity

Use the Internet or Strayer Library resources, or both, to research two news events related to sexual harassment laws covering lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals published within the past 12 months. Be prepared to discuss. 

 

PAD 530 Week 5 – Discussion 2

 

“Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Employees in the Public Sector Workforce” Please respond to the following:

·         From the e-Activity, analyze the two news events published within the past 12 months related to sexual harassment laws for or against lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals. 

 

·         Propose at least two ways your agency plans to address these events, highlighting two challenges to identifying and prosecuting offenders within your agency.  

 

·         Debate It: Take a position for or against this statement: A public sector agency should provide medical benefits to employees who choose to have surgery to change their sex. Provide at least two reasons and examples to support your position.

 

 

Tom Ridge: Americans Need to ‘Dial Down’ the Hyperbole on Terrorism

Sept. 16, 2016

    

 

Tom Ridge, founder and Chairman of Ridge Global, served as the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania and was the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

It’s making us fear going into the world and doing what makes the country great

A frightening, yet isolated incident in New York City this week underscores a growing trend that I’m concerned will continue to have a lasting negative impact on the American psyche when it comes to coping with the threat of terrorism.

A man wielding a large cleaver not far from Penn Station slashed a detective in the head before being shot by police. It surely was a scary situation for anyone on that city block. Thankfully the officer is expected to survive. You would assume such an incident would be well covered by local media outlets in New York. And it was. But in this post-9/11 age—with concerns about ISIS-inspired lone-wolf attackers—an incident that would historically be considered only local news was the lead story on multiple national newscasts.

“This most recent incident, once again, triggers fears of lone-wolf attackers,” said one national television reporter, who then interviewed a crime analyst who asked whether this attacker may have been inspired or motivated by others. It is certainly reasonable to ask those questions. But let’s assume a terrorist did inspire the attacker. Does it change the result? For the officer in the hospital, does it really matter whether the man with the cleaver had a mental illness, was angry with law enforcement, read an article about radical Islam or none of the above? The breathlessness of the coverage—coverage that up until 15 years ago would have likely not extended beyond newscasts and newspapers in New York—is ratcheting up anxiety levels that is not healthy for our nation.

It turns out I made headlines the other day when I warned against “hyperventilation” over terrorist attacks. I had been invited to join a panel discussion with Secretary Jeh Johnson, one of my successors at the Department of Homeland Security. We were asked if we can expect another attack this year and how many. I think my answer surprised some in the audience. I said what I really think the country needs to do is accept the reality that terrorism is a global scourge and accept the reality that it will probably happen again. I’m not trying to say that the pain or suffering of a terrorist attack isn’t significant or isn’t real. As someone who has had the honor of being in the company of many of the Flight 93 families, I know it’s all too real and painful. But I want Americans to dial down some of the hyperbole and the hyperventilation. And our friends in the media can help.

The cleaver attack in New York is a perfect example. Every day across our country there are evildoers who attack innocent people. More than 500 people have been murdered so far this year in Chicago alone. These are not ISIS-inspired attacks. Social issues such as poverty, education, gang warfare and drug abuse are fueling these crimes. The media devotes coverage to deaths caused by terror attacks disproportionate to urban gun violence and even fatalities on our highways. By the end of this year, more than 40,000 Americans will likely die in car crashes. The number of Americans killed in 2016 by an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack is miniscule in comparison. More and more of what should be treated as local news is now national, or even international, news. Terrorism is often assumed as a motivator with accompanying graphics and music to play up the fear.

What’s missing is context. And without context, I fear that the American psyche—built over nearly 250 years on resilience and determination and resolve—stands to suffer. I worry that Americans, in the wake of real attacks such as in San Bernardino, combined with news reporting that inserts the specter of terrorism into the coverage of traditional violent crime in which terrorism is not a factor, will begin to shy away from the things that make our democracy great—travel, visiting public spaces and attending large events.

Perhaps no country has had to deal with the threat of terrorism more than our friends in Israel. In the wake of the recent Paris attacks, Israeli-American psychologist Alon Gratch wrote a powerful essay about how Israeli’s have learned how to expose themselves to the things that make them most anxious. “Avoiding public transportation, concert halls and shopping malls only exacerbates your anxiety, and factually speaking, it does not make you safer,” Gratch writes. He explains that the goal is not to eliminate anxiety but rather to reduce it to a tolerable level as some anxiety is essential for self-protection.

My hope is that all Americans will not be breathless about future threats, or the inevitable future attack, but instead continue to maintain proper vigilance and enjoy all that democracy offers. Let’s work together to make our nation safer, not only from the specter of terror but from all violent crimes and needless loss of life.

 

http://time.com/4497615/tom-ridge-terrorism-hyperbole/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter 9/17/2016

Discuss one (1) project where you used a problem-solving approach to address what turned out to be common-cause variation, or where you used a process improvement approach to deal with a special cause.

If you do not have a personal experience that echoes either of these situations, you may use Internet to search for a case that reflects either of these situations.

Examples:

·                     one’s personal investment strategy since 2008

·                     reducing waiting times at the local hospital or emergency room

·                     reducing difficulties trying to connect to a Wi-Fi Internet provider

 Answer the following questions:

1.     Describe the experience in the project.

2.     What were the solutions used to address the problem?

3.     Was the case you described a special-cause or common-cause?

4.     Do you feel the solution or approach used appropriate for the cause?

5.     What would you do if you could do it again?

6.     What conclusions can you draw from the problem-solving or process-improvement techniques?

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization(s) that you have used.

 

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