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Please thoroughly read the attached material. You can organize your paper in whatever way you would like but please be sure to address all of the points/questions, based on the attached articles.

If you just look up this information online, without thoroughly reading the attachments, you will not meet the requirement of this assignment.

After reading the attached PDF research papers please address the following. Feel free to use any information we covered in class as well.

As an important side note, a sizeable portion of the final exam will come from the material presented in the PDF (in addition to lecture) so it’s a good study resource.

Per the attachments –

What information is presented and why is it significant? What’s the argument within the field of geology and are both perspectives being equally portrayed in the education system? Why or why not?
What is uniformitarianism? Give evidence, if any, for the support of this view.

What is catastrophism? Give evidence, if any, for the support of this view.

Can both really be true?

What are the implications of this question and why does it matter?

Has there been any suppression in the public-policy or scientific community regarding any one of these views as it relates to geology, climatology or any other sciences and why might this be so?

Please include specific examples from the attached articles in your paper as well as any outside information you would like to add (acceptable but not necessary).

This paper should be at least 2 pages typed, double-spaced, 12 point font, regular margins as a Microsoft Word document.

 

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Complete the Starbucks Case Study (found in attachment)

How has Starbucks structured its organization to have a social and environmental focus?Go to a Starbucks and sit and observe for at least an hour. Take notes about what you notice about:

1 How the customers are treated?

2 How the employees dress, act, interact?

3 How the facilities are laid out?

4 Analyze the organizational culture of Starbucks from your observations and case study analysis.

5 Why did Starbucks choose the organizational culture?

6 What facets of the culture make for effective employee engagement?

7 What facets affect sales?

8 What leadership qualities make the Starbucks model effective?

***this a discussion should be own opinion****

***please must be original work (no copy and paste)***

 

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Week 4 – Discussion 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Implementing Strategy

Which is more important: the formulation of a strategy or the implementation of a strategy?

What are the challenges associated with your choice?

Support your primary response with at least one scholarly source. Provide in-text citations and complete references for all sources used. Format your post according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Week 4 – Discussion 2

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Strategic Alternatives

Read the “Staying on Course with Strategic Metrics” article. As a future health care administrator, you will be required to evaluate the strategies, efficiency, efficacy, and outcomes of your department or strategic business unit (SBU). After examining the article, analyze the strategic alternatives that result from monitoring strategic metrics pertaining to your in the role of a department or SBU manager. List at least two strengths and weaknesses of basing strategic alternatives solely on strategic metrics. Support your primary response with at least one scholarly source. Provide in-text citations and complete references for all sources used. Format your post according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

 

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Instructions

1. Access the HRManagement simulation using your ID and password via the Interpretive Simulation – HR Management by clicking here.
2. Reference the
   
   HRManagement’s
   : The Human Resource Management Simulation [Student Guide] as needed.
3. Quarter 1 of Year One in the Simulation.
   1. Download the HRManagement Staffing
      
      Worksheet
      
      
      .
      You will need two copies of the Staffing Worksheet. The Staffing Worksheet is to be completed for each quarter: Quarter 1 and Quarter 2. Note: Complete the worksheet PRIOR to inputting your staffing decisions in the HR simulation. (Refer to the Staffing instructions below.) Your staffing worksheets are to be submitted as part of the complete Dropbox assignment for this workshop.
   2. Download the HRManagement Budget Planning
      
      Form
      
      
      .
      You will need two copies of the Budget Planning Form. The Budget Planning Form is to be completed for each quarter: Quarter 1 and Quarter 2. Your budget forms are to be submitted as part of the complete Dropbox assignment for this workshop.
   3. Analyze your company’s current situation by reviewing the case study. Note that while instructions are provided here to help guide your quarterly progress in the simulation, the case study instructions are the best source for particular details of the program elements not fully disclosed here due to space limitations.
   4. Review your goals for your hotel in light of the information provided in each of the reports in the Reports menu located on the left side of the screen in the simulation (i.e., Dashboard, Staffing, Demographics, Compensation, Production, Performance, and Budget sections).
   5. Review the Environment menu >>Newsletter section (located on the left side of the screen in the simulation) to obtain the most recent newsletter highlighting the internal and external environmental scanning updates (e.g., internal production projections and external industry wage averages).
   6. Review the details in the Reports menu >> Budget section (located in the Reports menu on the left side of the screen in the simulation) and plan accordingly—noting there are four quarters in the year and that some decisions made in one quarter will have a carryover effect in future quarters. Refer to the case study details in the Student Guide for how decisions impact your budget in the current and future periods (quarters and years).
   7. IMPORTANT: For each of the following decision areas (Staffing, Wages, Benefits, Training, Programs, and Special) DO NOT FINALIZE your decisions until ALL your input has been completed for the quarter and you have verified and are satisfied with the impact of your decisions as reflected in the Decision Summary and the analysis reports.
   8. Staffing. Determine your hotel’s projected staffing needs for the quarter.
      1. Download the HRManagement Staffing
         
         Worksheet
         
         
         ,
         if you have not already done so.
      2. Complete the Staffing Worksheet based on information in the case, the established company goals, and the information provided in the Analysis menu>>Staffing Analysis section (located on the left side of the screen in the simulation) in the simulation.
      3. Save a copy of the completed worksheet which is to be submitted as part of the Dropbox assignment for this workshop.
      4. In the Decisions menu >>Staffing Input section (located on the left side of the screen in the simulation) in the simulation, input your decisions for each of the five levels of staff: (a) the number of employees you plan to hire and/or (b) the number of employees you plan to promote.
      5. Adjust the target percentage of females and/or the target percentage for minorities based on your demographic goals for the hotel.
      6. Submit the decision by clicking on the Submit Decision button. IMPORTANT REMINDER: For each of the decision areas (Staffing, Wages, Benefits, Training, Programs, and Special) DO NOT FINALIZE your decisions until ALL your input has been completed for the quarter and you have verified and are satisfied with the impact of your decisions as reflected in the analysis reports.
      7. Check the Analysis menu >>Staffing Analysis section (located on the left side of the screen in the simulation) to verify the impact of your staffing decisions (hiring, promotion, and percentage of females and minorities) in the analysis report.
   9. Wages. Determine, enter, and submit the wages decisions for the quarter, if any, in the Decisions menu >> Wages section located on the left side of the screen in the simulation. Check the Analysis menu >>Wage Rate Analysis section (located on the left side of the screen in the simulation) to verify the impact of your decisions in the analysis report.
   10. Benefits. Determine, enter, and submit the benefits decisions for the quarter, if any, in the Decisions menu >>Benefits section located on the left side of the screen in the simulation. Check the Analysis menu >>Wage Rate Analysis section (located on the left side of the screen in the simulation) to verify the impact of your decisions in the analysis report.
   11. Training. Determine, enter, and submit the training decisions for the quarter, if any, in the Decisions menu >>Training section located on the left side of the screen in the simulation. Be sure to consider the report found in Analysis menu >>Training Cost Analysis section (located on the left side of the screen in the simulation) if you wish to make adjustments to the default costs for new hires and promotions (by system default automatically populated in the Training Cost Analysis from the decisions you make in the Wages section).
   12. Programs. Determine, enter, and submit the program’s decisions for the quarter, if any in the Decisions menu >>Programs section located on the left side of the screen in the simulation.
   13. Special Incident. Click on the Decisions menu >> Special section to access the video, brief incident report, and decision submission windows in the simulation.
       1. Watch the Special Incident video for the quarter.
       2. Read the Special Incident report.
       3. Determine, enter, and submit the incident decision(s) for the quarter in the Decisions menu>>Special Incident section located on the left side of the screen in the simulation.
   14. Special Incident Journal Entry. Make a journal entry using the title Quarter 1 Special Incident: Job Analysis, responding to the following questions:
       1. What risks are faced by an employer when creating formalized job descriptions?
       2. How might job descriptions prove to be unbeneficial?
       3. Which job(s) do you believe most need job descriptions?
       4. What choice did you make? Why?
   15. After
       
       all
       decisions have been entered and submitted for staffing, wages, benefits, training, programs, and special incidents, review the Decisions menu >> Decision Summary section and the budget reports. Once you are satisfied with the results of your decisions as determined by the analyses and budget, and only then, finalize all decisions. To finalize your decisions, enter into each of the decision windows—staffing, wages, benefits, training, programs, and special decision windows—to click and save on the final decision tab.
   16. Complete the Budget Planning Form for the quarter if you did not complete it as you progressively made each HR decision. Save a copy
       
       for
       submission to the Dropbox for this workshop.
   17. CAUTION: As a precautionary measure before you advance to the next quarter in the simulation, always verify that each decision window (i.e., staffing, wages, benefits, training, programs, and special) displays the following message to designate the decision has been locked in the present quarter: This decision has been locked.
   18. Informational Note: You may immediately continue on to the next quarter in the simulation or, if you choose, elect to close the simulation and return at a later time to complete the next quarter for this workshop.
4. Quarter 2 of Year One in the Simulation.
   1. Advance the simulation to the next quarter—Quarter 2—after having verified that all required prior quarter decisions have been finalized and locked.
   2. Have readily available the additional downloaded copies of the HRManagement Staffing Worksheet and Budget Planning Form to be completed for this quarter.
   3. As in the prior quarter, the first steps are to review detailed reports in the Reports menu (Dashboard, Staffing, Demographics, Compensation, Production, Performance, and Budget) as well as the newsletter (e.g., Environment menu >> Newsletter section)—ahead of any decision making in this new quarter. Note: The various reports and newsletter are updated upon advancement to a new quarter and accessible in the menu listing on the left side of the screen in the simulation.
   4. Consider the present situation of the company in light of the goals and strategies originally identified on the Goals and Strategies worksheet in Workshop One.
   5. Progress through the simulation decision-making process for Quarter 2, guided by the steps listed for the prior quarter (as shown above) and as detailed in the Student Guide. Begin with Staffing and progress through each of the decision sections: Wages, Benefits, Training, Programs, and Special Incident.
   6. Special Incident Journal Entry. After reviewing the video, reading the report, and submitting the decision for the Special Incident, complete the journal entry using the title Quarter 2 Special Incident: Selection of Employee, responding to the following questions:
      1. What risks might an employer face in hiring someone without supervisory experience?
      2. What risks might an employer face in hiring someone based on affirmative action concerns?
      3. What risks does an employer face by ignoring affirmative action concerns?
      4. Is it difficult for you to weigh affirmative action concerns with experience and proven abilities? How would you balance these concerns?
      5. What choice did you make? Why?
   7. Complete the remaining simulation activities for the quarter, including finalization of all decisions in the quarter. DO NOT ADVANCE to the next quarter before completing and submitting the Dropbox assignment for this workshop.
5. After all decisions for Quarter 2 have been reviewed and finalized, ready the following documents for submission to the Dropbox for this workshop (4 attachments total):
   1. Quarter 1 Staffing Worksheet
   2. Quarter 1 Budget Planning Form
   3. Quarter 2 Staffing Worksheet
   4. Quarter 2 Budget Planning Form
6. Save a copy for yourself and submit a copy of the 4 one-page documents to your instructor using a single Dropbox submission by the end of the workshop.
7. Be sure to complete the two journal entries by the end of the workshop. Use a separate journal entry with appropriate journal title for each of the two special incidences.

Click here to access the Dropbox.

 

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