Nurs 6221: managing human resources – discussion 5 (grading rubic

Discussion: Strengths-Based Leadership
 
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
 
—John Buchan
 
It can be demoralizing when managers focus primarily on the deficiencies of employees, yet it can sometimes be difficult to see beyond the negatives. Strengths-based leadership is a management approach that not only recognizes an individual’s strengths, but also draws upon these strengths to enhance the dynamics of the workplace. Strengths-based leadership can be applied to employees performing at their personal best or to those who may need redirection. In addition, the principles of strengths-based leadership can be carried over to managers themselves. When nurse managers are aware of their own strengths, they can better leverage them to effectively manage difficult situations.
 
To prepare
 
Review the article “Know Your Own Strength.” How can strengths-based leadership improve the skills and attitudes of employees?
Reflect on your own personal and professional leadership strengths. Consider how you might use these strengths to manage staff members who seem to be disengaged or problematic. In addition, determine how you might use these strengths to resolve difficult situations between employees.
Recall a time when you either observed a disengaged or problematic employee(s) at work or observed a difficult or conflict situation between employees.
Imagine that you were the nurse manager in the above situation. How might you have used your strengths to effectively manage this employee or situation? Also, give some thought to the strengths of those posing the problem. How might you have used their strengths to resolve the situation?
 
 
Post an explanation of what you consider to be your top two strengths as a leader. Then, briefly describe the situation you selected and explain how you could leverage your own strengths (applying strengths-based leadership) to successfully manage that situation. Explain at least two ways you might also capitalize on the strengths of the employee(s) involved to successfully resolve the situation.
 
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
 
Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days using one or more of the following approaches:
Suggest another way a colleague might capitalize on the identified strengths of the employee(s).
Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information and evidence or research.
Expand on a colleague’s posting by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.
Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
 
 
Required Readings
 
Lussier, R. N., & Hendon, J. R. (2016). Human resource management: Functions, applications, & skill development (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 7, “Training, Learning, Talent Management, and Development” (pp. 234–274)
Chapter 7 explores many types of training that organizations can offer new employees, such as on-the-job training, classroom training, and e-learning. It also highlights career development opportunities for existing employees.
Manion, J. (2011). From management to leadership: Strategies for transforming health care (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Chapter 7, “Coaching and Developing Others” (pp. 283–349)
This chapter compares the roles of leader and coach and explains why some leaders fail to employ effective coaching strategies. The author discusses coaching best practices and reviews in depth one practice, the six-step coaching model.
Kanefield, A. (2011). Know your own strength. Smart Business St. Louis, 4(2), 6.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
 
This article provides simple rationale for employing strengths-based leadership in clinical settings.
Tyra, S. (2008). Coaching nurses: A real example of a real difference. Creative Nursing, 14(3), 111–115.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 
 
The author of this article uses an authentic coaching example to explain the stages of the coaching process. The author identifies coaching strategies as well as general feelings both the coach and the nurse might experience.
Optional Resources
 The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. (2006). Authentic happiness.Retrieved from https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/
 Ellisen, K. (2011). Mentoring smart. Nursing Management, 42(8), 12–16.
Meister, J. C., & Willyerd, K. (2010). Mentoring millennials. Harvard Business Review, 88(5), 68–72.

Minimum number of toll collectors

Oakton River Bridge The Oakton River had long been considered an impediment to the development of a certain medium-sized metropolitan area in the southeast. Lying to the east of the city, the river made it difficult for people living on its eastern bank to commute to jobs in and around the city and to take advantage of the shopping and cultural attractions that the city had to offer. Similarly, the river inhibited those on its western bank from access to the ocean resorts lying one hour to the east. The bridge over the Oakton River had been built prior to World War II and was grossly inadequate to handle the existing traffic, much less the increased traffic that would accompany the forecasted growth in the area. A congressional delegation from the state prevailed upon the federal government to fund a major portion of a new toll bridge over the Oakton River and the state legislature appropriated the rest of the needed monies for the project.
Progress in construction of the bridge has been in accordance with what was anticipated at the start of construction.
The state highway commission, which will have operational jurisdiction over the bridge, has concluded that the opening of the bridge for traffic is likely to take place at the beginning of the next summer, as scheduled. A personnel task force has been established to recruit, train, and schedule the workers needed to operate the toll facility. The personnel task force is well aware of the budgetary problems facing the state. They have taken as part of their mandate the requirement that personnel costs be kept as low as possible. One particular area of concern is the number of toll collectors that will be needed. The bridge is scheduling three shifts of collectors: shift A from midnight to 8 A.M., shift B from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M., and shift C from 4 P.M. to midnight.
Recently, the state employees union negotiated a contract with the state which requires that all toll collectors be permanent, full-time employees. In addition, all collectors must work a five-on, two-off schedule on the same shift. Thus, for example, a worker could be assigned to work Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday on shift A, followed by Sunday and Monday off. An employee could not be scheduled to work, say, Tuesday on shift A followed by Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday on shift B or on any other mixture of shifts during a 5-day block. The employees would choose their assignments in order of their seniority.
The task force has received projections of traffic flow on the bridge by day and hour. These projections are based on extrapolations of existing traffic patterns—the pattern of commuting, shopping, and beach traffic currently experienced with growth projections factored in. Standards data from other state operated toll facilities have allowed the task force to convert these traffic flows into toll collector requirements, that is, the minimum number of collectors required per shift, per day, to handle the anticipated traffic load. These toll collector requirements are summarized in the following table: Minimum Number of Toll Collectors Required per Shift

SHIFT

SUN.

MON.

TUE.

WED.

THU.

FRI.

SAT.

A

8

13

12

12

13

13

15

B

10

10

10

10

10

13

15

C

15

13

13

12

12

13

8

The numbers in the table include one or two extra collectors per shift to fill in for collectors who call in sick and to provide relief for collectors on their scheduled breaks. Note that each of the eight collectors needed for shift A on Sunday, for example, could have come from any of the A shifts scheduled to begin on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.
Discussion Questions
1. Determine the minimum number of toll collectors that would have to be hired to meet the requirements expressed in the table.
2. The union had indicated that it might lift its opposition to the mixing of shifts in a 5-day block in exchange for additional compensation and benefits. By how much could the number of toll collectors required be reduced if this is done?

Acct 346 midterm | Business & Finance homework help

1. Question : (TCO 1) Managerial accounting stresses accounting concepts and procedures that are relevant to preparing reports for
taxing authorities.
internal users of accounting information.
external users of accounting information.
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
2. Question : (TCO 1) Which of the following costs does not change when the level of business activity changes?
total fixed costs
total variable costs
total direct materials costs
fixed costs per unit
3. Question : (TCO 1) You own a car and are trying to decide whether or not to trade it in and buy a new car. Which of the following costs is an opportunity cost in this situation?
the trip to Cancun that you will not be able to take if you buy the car
the cost of the car you are trading in
the cost of your books for this term
the cost of your car insurance last year
4. Question : (TCO 1) Shula’s 347 Grill has budgeted the following costs for a month in which 1,600 steak dinners will be produced and sold: materials, $4,080; hourly labor (variable), $5,200; rent (fixed), $1,700; depreciation, $800; and other fixed costs, $600. Each steak dinner sells for $14.00 each. What is the budgeted fixed cost per unit?
$1.06
$1.44
$4.49
$1.94
5. Question : (TCO 1) Which of the following costs is not part of manufacturing overhead?
electricity for the factory
depreciation of factory equipment
salaries for the production supervisors
health insurance for sales staff
6. Question : (TCO 1) Product costs
are also called manufacturing costs.
are considered an asset until the finished goods are sold.
become an expense when the goods are sold.
All of the above answers are correct.
7. Question : (TCO 1) Red Runner’s Work in Process Inventory account has a beginning balance of $50,000 and an ending balance of $40,000. Direct materials used are $70,000 and direct labor used totals $35,000. Cost of goods sold totals $135,000. Manufacturing overhead applied is $20,000. How much is cost of goods manufactured?
$145,000
$115,000
$125,000
$135,000
8. Question : (TCO 2) BCS Company applies manufacturing overhead based on direct labor cost. Information concerning manufacturing overhead and labor for August follows:
Estimated Actual
Overhead cost $174,000 $171,000
Direct labor hours 5,800 5,900
Direct labor cost $87,000 $89,975
How much is the predetermined overhead rate?
2.00
1.90
30.00
1.93
9. Question : (TCO 2) During 2011, Madison Company applied overhead using a job-order costing system at a rate of $12 per direct labor hours. Estimated direct labor hours for the year were 150,000, and estimated overhead for the year was $1,800,000. Actual direct labor hours for 2011 were 140,000 and actual overhead was $1,670,000.
What is the amount of under or over applied overhead for the year?
$10,000 underapplied
$10,000 overapplied
$130,000 underapplied
$130,000 overapplied
10. Question : (TCO 3) Which of the following describes the differences between job-order and process costing?
Job-order costing is used in financial accounting while process costing is used in managerial accounting.
Job-order costing can only be used by manufacturers; service enterprises must use process costing.
Job-order costing is voluntary while process costing is mandatory.
Job-order costing traces costs to jobs while process costing traces costs to departments and averages the costs among the units worked on during the period.
11. Question : (TCO 3) The Blending Department began the period with 45,000 units. During the period the department received another 30,000 units from the prior department and completed 60,000 units during the period. The remaining units were 75% complete. How much are equivalent units in The Blending Department’s work in process inventory at the end of the period?
30,000
22,500
15,000
11,250
12. Question : (TCO 3) Ranger Glass Company manufactures glass for French doors. At the start of May, 2,000 units were in-process. During May, 11,000 units were completed and 3,000 units were in process at the end of May. These in-process units were 90% complete with respect to material and 50% complete with respect to conversion costs. Other information is as follows:
Work in process, May 1:
Direct material $36,000
Conversion costs $45,000
Costs incurred during May:
Direct material $186,000
Conversion costs $255,000
How much is the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials?
$24.00
$16.20
$15.86
$13.58
13. Question : (TCO 4) Total costs were $75,800 when 30,000 units were produced and $95,800 when 40,000 units were produced. Use the high-low method to find the estimated total costs for a production level of 32,000 units.
$80,115
$76,000
$79,800
$91,800
 
 

Expanding the organization | MGT 576

 
Choose 1 country that the organization (Home Depot) you’ve been working on in this course could consider expanding into.   
Read the selected article from the University Library.
Analyze that potential international market by considering the 4 aspects of the Diamond of National Advantage: industry rivalry, demand conditions, related and supporting industries, and factor endowments.
Analyze the forces (in the home market and international market) that will help the organization succeed with its expansion and the forces that may act as barriers to that expansion. Refer to your analysis of strengths and weaknesses completed in Wk 1, Porter’s Five Forces worksheet from Wk 3, and your analysis of the Diamond of National Advantage. 
Evaluate the 4 adjustments leaders must make when expanding internationally (Burkus, 2012). Recommend 1 specific leadership action for each adjustment, such as developing a global mindset, developing sensitivity to cultural differences, decentralizing, deciding on the level of involvement, etc.
Recommend whether the organization should expand into the chosen country. Explain your rationale. 
Create a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to present your analysis and recommendation. Include the following sections in your presentation: 

A cover slide
An agenda
Identification of the country you have chosen (1 slide, with brief speaker’s notes)
1 slide for?analysis of?each of the elements of the Diamond of National Advantage (4 slides, with speaker’s notes) 
A summary of the analysis of the forces that will help the organization succeed in the new country (1 slide, with speaker’s notes) 
A summary?of the analysis of the forces that will hinder the organization’s success in the new country (1 slide, with speaker’s notes)
Leadership actions are required to make the 4 adjustments identified by Burkus (2012)
A recommendation and rationale?(1 slide, with speaker’s notes)
A conclusion
References

Cite references to support your assignment.

Empowering Growth Mindset in Education Discussion

Growth MindsetRead Carol Dweck’s article, “Revisiting the Growth Mindset (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” and summarize what it is means to have a growth mindset and how is it different than a fixed mindset.  Consider the triggers identified in the article and elaborate on any of them that may be alive in you.  Defend your thoughts about how and why it is important for educators to have a “Growth Mindset.”Guided Response: Consider and respond to the thoughts about the Growth Mindset shared in at least two of your classmates’ posts. Provide your reaction to their thoughts by sharing your agreement, disagreement or suggestions to further their foundation. In addition to your two classmate responses, be sure to respond to any questions or comments posted by your instructor.You can use the Writing a Good Discussion Board Post (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. document to help create your responses.Week 4 – Discussion 2( 300 words)Week 4 – Discussion 21 1 unread reply. 1 1 reply. 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.  Do You Believe in Me?View Dalton Sherman’s famous keynote speech, “Do You Believe in Me? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.”  At the time of this speech in 2008, Dalton was a 10 year old entering into the fifth (5th) grade.  He address over 17,000 educators from the Dallas Texas area, challenging them to believe in him and his classmates.Then view the same young man seven (7) years later as he addresses educators at the Extra Yard for Teacher summit in 2015 with his “Don’t Lose Your Joy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” speech.After viewing the “Do You Believe in Me? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.”, and the “Extra Yard for Teachers Summit 2015 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.”, based on the “Six Pillars of Character”,  consider the target career option in education you researched in week three, and what you know about the importance of mindset in both the student and the educator.  Craft a discussion response that explains three specific ways you will show your students that you believe in them as you create your own classroom culture and climate.

Annotated bibliography on economic data

 OVERVIEWIn preparation for writing each of your Discussions, you should submit your AnnotatedBibliography Assignment on the topic that is being covered for the week (Marketing,Accounting, Finance, Management, Economic Data Analysis, International Business).INSTRUCTIONSAn annotated bibliography is a list of sources (books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, etc.) onehas used for researching a topic (Annotated Bibliographies, 2020).For all sources used in your Discussion you should:
? Provide an APA formatted Citation (this should look like what you would include in anormal reference section.
? Summarize the source and discuss the research study that was conducted and what thefindings were.
? Assess the source and discuss how useful it is and how it compares with other sources inyour paper.
? Reflect on how the source will be useful to you in your discussion. How does it help toshape your argument and how are you using it to shape your writing?Each annotation should look like:
Author (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Vol no(issue). Pg to pg.In your summary, you will begin with a discussion of the research question the study isattempting to answer. You will summarize the research that was conducted and the specificfindings that were uncovered. You will then provide a summary of what this means for the topic.Next, you will discuss how the source compares with other sources in your paper and how usefulis the source in attributing to your writing.Finally, you will discuss how the source is useful in your discussion. You will need to be specificon why it is important to use and exactly how you will use it in your writing to shape yourarguments.*Do not use “I” in any of the annotations.Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

a competitive proposal | Management homework help

Students can now bid for a share of up to £60 million in grant funding as part of the Commercial Management taught unit calendar. Our technology is Organic Rankine Cycle?ORC). The project is aimed at Babaoshan funeral home.
To support the final submission of the assignment, students are required to produce a competitive proposal that satisfies the following criterion:
1.Outline a decarbonisation plan/initiative across the business value chain (15 %) [200- 400 words] 
-Describe or explain the extent to which any of the study would have still occurred without IETF funding (e.g. would it not have gone ahead at all, or would it still have gone ahead but at a smaller scale?)
-Describe or explain why some or none of the study would have gone ahead without public funding 
-Describe or explain why you are not able to wholly fund the study from your own resources or other forms of private-sector funding (such as loans)
In this section you will be asked what would have happened without IETF money. This section seeks justification for the use of public money to support the study. You will be scored based on the strength of that justification. 
Higher marks will be awarded to applications where there is a compelling case for why public funding is required and the positive difference this funding will make to the supply chain.
Higher scoring proposals will describe alternative sources of support with an explanation of why they are discounted or used in conjunction with the grant funding. It is likely that a very high proportion of the study would not have gone ahead without IETF support.
2. Identify one strength and one vulnerability of your project’s sustainability efforts. Justify your  choice (10 %) [200- 400 words]
-Describe or explain how the study could be replicated by others in the sector
-Describe or explain how the technology could be adopted in other sectors 
-Describe or explain any measures you intend to take to encourage the project to be replicated outside your organisation. 
-Describe or explain how the results of the study will be disseminated to others
 In this section you will be asked to describe the extent to which the technology to be explored though this study could be adopted by others in the sector or wider sectors. 
This section seeks to understand how the project fits into the broader industrial decarbonisation agenda. A technology that is repeatable and scalable across different industries and locations will have more value for industry. It will be scored based on the description of how this project could be repeated. 
Higher marks will be given where a clear and strong argument is given for replicability with good consideration of other sectors and how learnings from this project will be disseminated. The argument is justified with supporting evidence.

Write a class named employee

Employee Class. Write a class named Employee, with the class declaration in a file called Employee.h and the implementation in a file called Employee.cpp. The class should have the following data members name A string that holds the employee’s name idNumber An int variable that holds the employee’s ID number department – a string that holds the name of the department where the employee works position – A string that holds the employee’s job statusThe class must have the following constructors A constructor that accepts the following values as arguments and assigns them to the appropriate number variables: employee’s name, employee’s ID number, department and position. A constructor that accepts the following values as arguments and assigns them to the appropriate member variable: employee’s name, employee’s ID number. The department and position fields should be assigned an empty string (“ “). A default constructor that assigns empty string (“”) to the name, department and position member variables and 0 to the idNumber member variable. Write the appropriate mutator functions that store values in these member variables and accessor functions that return the values in these member variables. Once you have written the class, write a separate program that creates 3 instances of the Employee class. Each instance of the class should use a different constructor than the other 2 objects (so all three constructors must be used). Main should use a function called displayEmployee that has one parameter which is a pointer to a constant Employee object. Main will call the function 3 times to display the information for each of the 3 instances of the Employee class. void displayEmployee(Employee* const e);Name ID Number Department PositionSusan Meyers 47899 Accounting Vice PresidentMark Jones 39119 IT ProgrammerJoy Rogers 81774 Manufacturing Engineer

Counselor and client safety | Psychology homework help

Locate a minimum of two current scholarly articles (published within the last 15 years) from the professional literature that address counselor safety and two articles that address client safety in crisis situations, for a total of four articles. Tip: You may need to look at multiple disciplines, such as counseling, social work, emergency and crisis journals, and so on.
Evaluate the key points of the articles in your own words, such as the author’s recommendations, and describe the issues related to counselor and client safety.
Evaluate the key elements of the risks to counselor and client safety associated with the types of crises you may work with in your community. Key elements of risk are discussed throughout crisis assessment in your textbook, such as assessing for lethality, determining if mental instability is present, or if substance use is involved. Chapter 6 is particularly helpful in the assessment process of a telephone or distance counseling client or a severely disturbed caller.
 Discuss the procedures for identifying trauma and abuse and for reporting abuse when safety issues arise for the counselor or the client.

***The headings for the paper are:
Research on counselor and client safety
 This first section is your paper’s introduction. For the purposes of this assignment, simply replace this text with a brief paragraph in your own words introducing the topic and informing the reader of the organization of the paper. 
Research on counselor safety  
 Research and summarize at least two articles that address counselor safety. In Chapter 4 of your text (James & Gilliland, 2013, p. 90), personal safety is shown to be an ethical, legal and professional response in counseling practice. Provide an analysis on how you envision addressing your own safety as you work with clients. 
Research on client safety
 Research and summarizes at least two articles that address client safety. James and Gilliland (2013) made reference to client safety in Chapters 3, 4, and 6. Provide an analysis on how you envision addressing client safety in your work with clients. You can include strengths that you have that will support your work, as well are potential areas of challenge.  
Key elements on risk
 Summarize the key elements of potential risks to client and counselor safety. Describe the issues with an example of a specific crisis situation in relation to at least one key element. Key elements of risk are discussed throughout crisis assessment in your textbook, such as assessing for lethality, determining if mental instability is present, or if substance use is involved. Chapter 6 is particularly helpful in the assessment process of a telephone or distance counseling client or a severely disturbed caller. 
Managing risks
  Evaluate the recommendations for managing risks identified in your research and discussed in the section above. Use a specific example of evidence-based practice to support the recommended risk management. 

The quality of the user experience is very important to the success

Assignment 4: User Frustration
Due Week 9 and worth 80 points
The quality of the user experience is very important to the success of an application. In the early days of computing, users often experienced long delays since computing power was poor and networks had comparatively slow throughput. Modern systems have largely eliminated these delays due to increased network and computing power, yet users still report a high level of frustration.
 
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Describe three (3) reasons users are still frustrated with modern applications.
Suggest one (1) method for reducing the frustrations for each of the reasons you supplied in Question one (1).
Describe methods for determining if user frustration is caused by poor system design or from the natural frustration associated with learning a new software product.
Suggest at least three (3) methods to reduce the frustrations among the disabled population and how this population can be better served.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA 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 assignment page length. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the inherent design issues across HCI environments.
Explain the use of interaction devices.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in human-computer interaction.
Write clearly and concisely about HCI topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.