Category: Management

Importance of Fairness and Shared Decision-Making in Public Personnel Management

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Discuss the following articles in your own words, in no less than 700 words:

1. According to Stritch and Pedersen (2019), the perception of fairness in managerial decisions is influenced heavily by the decision-making locus, highlighting the importance of transparent and inclusive strategies in public personnel management.

2. The shared decision-making model, as examined by Brown and Salmon (2019), emphasizes a “matching” approach where the theoretical ideals of shared decision-making are aligned with practical leadership applications.

Brown, S. L., & Salmon, P. (2019). Reconciling the theory and reality of shared decisionmaking: A matching approach to practitioner leadership. Health Expectations, 22(3), 275-283

Stritch, J. M., & Pedersen, M. J. (2019). The apparent locus of managerial decision making and perceptions of fairness in public personnel management. Public Personnel Management, 48(3), 392-412

 

 

Essential Role of Advocacy in Case Management

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1. Read the https://mdc.instructure.com/courses/89058/files/34559826?wrap=1 , and then, answer the following questions:
a. Case Managers have four duties as described in the article. What are they?
b. What dilemma are Case Managers presented with everyday they practice?
c. What is the relationship between advocacy and provider-driven ?
d. Give four examples of case manager advocacy that are mentioned in the article.
e. Name four Four Basic Perspectives on Advocacy in Case Management Practice.
f. Case management advocacy consists of seven areas of focus. What are they?

 

 

 

Understanding McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y

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McGregor developed the Theory Y and Theory X. These define how managers view their employees. This was not covered in the lesson. Do your own research about McGregor’s theory and answer the following questions:
1. Contrast McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y assumptions about people.
2. What types of managers have you dealt with in your organization?
3. Assess why there is a predominance of Theory X or Theory Y managers in your organization or industry?

 

 

 

Planned Change at The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority: An Analysis

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Refer to the case study titled Planned Change at The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority given on Page number 31, Chapter 2 in your textbook and answer the following questions:

Discuss the key success factors that played a major role in accomplishing the task in your opinion. (3 marks)
Discuss the impact of the change on the overall performance of the Airport. (2 marks)
Discuss the main challenges faced by the transition team during the planning and implementation phases. (2 marks)
Critically evaluate the change process and if you were the consultant what would you have done differently? (3 marks)

 

 

 

The Behavioral Approach to Leadership: Historical aspects of the task and behavior dimensions

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Read the attached class presentation and chapter four of the course textbook, The Behavioral Approach, and address the following:

Describe and expound upon the historical aspects of the task and behavior dimensions as they relate to leadership. Compare and contrast the Ohio and Michigan Studies and give examples of how the findings relate to leadership practices.
Describe Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid and give an example of how your leadership practice concerning a specific scenario you have encountered relates to the grid. Explore how your response may have differed or remained the same had you applied the behavioral approach.
Read Case 4.3, Cheer Coach Monica Aldama and answer the following questions:
a. How would you describe Coach Aldamas leadership behavior in terms of initiating structure and consideration? Is she more task
oriented or relationship-oriented?
b. Where on the Blake and Mouton Leadership Grid would you place Coach Aldama? Defend your answer.
c. How would you describe Coach Aldamas leadership behavior in terms of paternalism/maternalism?
d. Do you think the leadership behavior of opportunism applies to Coach Aldama? Explain your answer.

 

 

Annual Family Engagement Event Proposal: “Savannah Learning Festival”

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IMAGINE: Your school has been awarded $5,000 by the City of Savannah each year to host an annual family engagement event that connects at-home skills and knowledge with current learning within the school building. What kind of demonstrations would you invite families to assist with (i.e. fractions through a cooking demo; narrative practice with storytelling activities, etc)? Which community partners would you ask to join you? What kinds of opportunities or activities would you bring to the families to celebrate & connect what they already know to the curriculum you teach?
Don’t let the budget amount distract you. Dream big!

 

 

Key Takeaway from the Article on Heart Words

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PART 1
Week 3 Reflection Questions – Due
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Instructions
Week Three Reflection Questions:
Read this article:
https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/phonics-and-decoding/articles/new-model-teaching-high-frequency-words
What is a key take away from the article about teaching Heart Words? How is this applicable to you/your students? The students are 3rd graders.

PART 2

Deep-dive into at least 3 resources from the module (i.e. 1 article, 1 video, 1 link) and respond to the four reflection questions in the Microsoft Word document. Justify/Refer to the resources that shaped your perspective in your reflection.
USE THESE:
Questioning Payne | Learning for Justice
Jonathan Villafuerte: FLY Scholars: Reframing the Narrative | TED Talk
LOOK AT ATTACHED ASPEN FALLS 7A

Answer the questions for the attached ASPEN FALLS 7

PART 3
This week is about teaching more, not less to disadvantaged students. It is your free option to do ONE of the following and post it for your classmates to view & comment:
1. write a letter or poem from your perspective or a fictional student’s perspective (like FLY from the TedX video)
2. draw a picture, create a virtual collage, or any visual representation of what teaching more means to you
3. create slam poetry or write freely about what teaching more signifies
4. create a graphic or flyer on https://www.canva.com/ to invite teachers to teach more, explaining what that signifies (post finished product here for classmates to see)
5. post a photo with explanation of what teaching more, not less looks like
Comment on at least one other classmate’s post with a glow (praise), connection, or inquiry (question to learn more) related to at least ONE RESOURCE from this week’s module.

Criteria Level 5
100 points Level 4
90 points Level 3
80 points Criterion Score
Criterion Student shows meaningful personal reflection & connection to the module’s resources. The original creative piece demonstrates vivid & vibrant imagery. While language & grammar may be nonconventional for artistic purposes, the piece is polished and creative choices within add “flow” that is appropriate to the piece & prompt. Student participates fully in discussion. Student shows thorough reflection & a connection to the module’s resources. The piece takes artistic risk and is cohesive. The majority of the piece “flows” but can lend itself choppy or disconnected in 1-2 lines. Student participates fully in discussion. Student completes assignment according to directions and there is evidence of reflection though it may be superficial in places. 3-4 lines seems disconnected or choppy from the prompt as a whole. Student participates partially in discussion.

Ethical Quandary of Tax-Exempt Status for Hate Groups

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After reading the Content Three material, go the the following link and watch the TED Talk by Sam Harris entitled Science Can Answer Moral Questions
Afterward, please write an essay addressing the following questions.
1. Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of association are all values that we as Americans hold dear. Yet, we sometimes encounter ethical quandaries when individuals or groups who seek to proliferate ideas that the majority would consider nefarious demand statuses of recognition and privilege normally reserved for more widely-accepted perspectives. Consider the article on the implications of 501(c)(3) tax status awards for racist, white-nationalist propaganda organizations titled Four white nationalist groups given nonprofit status, permission to raise nearly $8M in tax-deductible donations (Please note: If a pop-up appears after clicking on the link, simply scroll down and click “Go to homepage” located under View Options). Consider the arguments on both sides of this public debate. On one hand, you have the argument that all Americans (and organizations) should be afforded equal rights, notwithstanding different points of view (remember Evelyn Beatrice Hall: “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it”). On the other hand, you have the arguments that government tax incentives should not be subsidizing hate groups, and that the groups in question are unworthy of non-profit status because they operate in a deceptive manner (with misleadingly benign names) and are not really “educating” as the spirit of the law intended. What say you on this issue? Did the IRS err in these cases? To what rights are such groups entitled? What statuses would you—or would you not—confer upon such groups?
2. Suppose that someone who reads your answers to the first part of this assignment accuses you of bias. Another reader states that your answer is “just your opinion,” and that there is nothing that makes your opinion more valid than anyone else’s. Defend your position. How would you counter such charges? What makes your answer more than just opinion?

 

 

Information on exact costs of overhead

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Prompt: You are the management accountant for Williams Company. Your company does custom carpentry work and uses a job order cost system. Williams sends detailed job cost sheets to its customers, along with an invoice. The job cost sheets show the date materials were used, the dollar cost of materials, and the hours and cost of labor. A predetermined overhead application rate is used, and the total overhead applied is also listed. Nancy Kopay is a customer who recently had custom cabinets installed. Along with her check in payment for the work done, she included a letter. She thanked the company for including the detailed cost information but questioned why overhead was estimated. She stated that she would be interested in knowing exactly what costs were included in overhead, and she thought that other customers would, too.Instructions: Prepare a letter to Ms. Kopay (address: 123 Cedar Lane, Altoona, KS 66651) and tell her why you did not send her information on exact costs of overhead included in her job.