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Response Paper—Application of Systems Thinking 
In a three- four-page paper, choose two or three ideas or skills Peter Senge (2007) identified in ‘The Leader’s New Work’ as being critical to leading learning organizations and discuss the application of these ideas to your organization.  

For example, you may choose to discuss the interdependency of various divisions or groups within

your organization and the ways decisions or activities in one area impact other areas.  You might 

discuss the “blame game” that is played at your organization and suggest ways to move beyond 

the blame for problem orientation and solution. You might discuss the shared vision that has been 

built for your organization; or, if one is currently lacking, the ways a shared vision could contribute

to greater commitment and productivity. Still another possibility could be to contrast how adaptive 

and generative learning occurs within your organization.  How do leaders in your organization

leverage creative tension or do they attempt to motivate through an atmosphere of fear?





So for my organization. I work in the medical field. I am a Medical Assistant (MA)  at a hospital called Unity hospital to where I work under MD's, NP's, PA's, RN's. LPN's. Also, I work in an assisted Living nursing home as a medication technician. So you can talk about both organizations I work for. I'll To try to explain everything in a short summary, both jobs of mine especially in the nursing home, many residents are passing away from other nursing homes due to the COVID-19, so we as a team in the nursing homes as management, Nurses and med techs trying to find the best ways and protocols and order from the governor to do our best to prevent COVID 19 the spread of the virus to the residents. That is by doing a screen search at the door for all employees that come in to clock in, having all sanitation stations all over the building, where masks at all times when we come close to a resident we have to where shields and gowns and gloves, also stop visitation from other family members to decrease the chance of having COVID-19. Also due an hourly temperature check for all residents to make sure their containing good health. So far these solutions are working great in my organization. We all as a team coming up with a plan to decrease the pandemic. And it works. We have not had any cases due to the protocols we did in my organization. Our plan is very effective. These are the same protocols that are followed in the hospital to where I work for internal medicine to where the guidelines are very strict as well. 


My instructor said it is more a response and reflection paper, so references are NOT needed. But still, have an APA format. 3-4 pages. The instructor does not want to go overboard. The instructor is more concerned with whether or not a student knows the material and can apply it to their work.

In the attachment below I will send you the article of the reading Which is called "The Leaders New York  Building Learning Organizations".

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Using the Introduction to Emergency Management 3rd ed:

Provide an introduction that gives the background of the resource reviewed 

Analyze, discuss, and apply the following:

-the relationship between the local response, the state response, and the federal response to a disaster to include the presidential disaster declaration system and the Stafford Act
-FEMA's Individual Assistance and Public Assistance for programs for recovery
-Community Capacity Building for recovery
-the purpose of disaster communication and it's assumptions
-the elements of an effective disaster communication program

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must use a scholarly article relate with The Impact of Information Systems on the Travel Industry

Here is the description of the topic.

The impact of Information Systems on the travel industry
Topic Description – 
This topic relates to the class because technology has greatly contributed to the increasing value of the travel industry. 
There is a lot of data in the travel industry including flight data, hospitality data, transportation data, reservations and bookings, etc. Travel websites store data about what interests you from what you click on and what you have purchased through their website before. In a way information systems have taken the part of travel agents in the travel industry.

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In this video, Simon Sinek discusses the characteristics of leaders who create an incredible commitment, trust, and cooperation, in the context of situational leadership. Please consider this week's readings on Situational Leadership when answering the following questions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmyZMtPVodo&feature=emb_logo

In what hospitality leadership situations would Simon Sinek's perspectives be applicable?
In the context of everyday work, how can hospitality leaders make employees feel safe?  

Critical Thinking - to enhance the critical thinking process there must be explicit questions being raised and/or assumptions being challenged regarding posts made by self or others.

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Watch these two videos and the one companion article. They are about three highly publicized incidents where actions by employees forced each company to take a drastic and unusual action. As you watch, think about the ethics of what is happening. Then in 1-2 sentences per number, answer the questions. Spelling and grammar count. There must be at least one text reference (page/chapter/edition). There is no right or wrong answer. There is only a complete answer that is supported by a complete reference to the text. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/29/847842205/navy-seeks-deeper-review-in-probe-of-pandemic-struck-warship-captain-s-firing (Links to an external site.) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/health/evolus-wrinkles-toxin-jeuveau.html?action＝click&module＝MoreInSection&pgtype＝Article&region＝Footer&contentCollection＝Health (Links to an external site.) https://www.foxbusiness.com/sports/katelyn-ohashi-ucla-ncaa-rules-pay (Links to an external site.) 1. Do you think Captain Crozier was justified in writing the letter that he knew would be leaked to the media? Why? 2. Should the doctors disclose this event to anyone and, if so, to whom? Why? 3. Read and watch the video on Katelyn Ohashi. Who do you see exhibiting unethical behavior? Explain? 4. Think about the Approaches to Ethical Reasoning, Duty-Based Ethics and Outcome Based Ethics. Which approach do you think the doctors should use when handling their attendance at the NewTox event? Which approach should the Secretary of the Navy use in regards to the USS Roosevelt situation? Which approach should have been used by the unethical party in the Ohashi case? Explain? Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law: Text and Exercises 8th Edition There must be at least one text reference (page/chapter/edition). There is only a complete answer that is supported by a complete reference to the text.

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Key skills and competencies required by line managers

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1. 
   
   Introduction
   Provide a brief overview of the mission, business, markets, products and scope of operations the company is in.  The past/current strategic direction of the firm can be briefly summarized but the focus should be on the most recent events that will impact the decisions and future direction of the firm.  Identify strategic actions by generic and grand strategies. 
   
   This is NOT a long historical view.  It shows how capable you are of describing the company’s business and current strategy using strategic vocabulary.
   Common Errors
       Focusing on history rather than the current situation.
       Not using strategic vocabulary for strategies.
       Giving too much detail about the case—assume I’ve read the case.
   
   2.    Strategic Issue
   In one or two paragraphs, summarize the company and strategic situation.  This should characterize the fundamental state of affairs that exists in the focus company and industry with enough background information to understand it.  See page 85 in the textbook for a definition of strategic issue and review page 9 for the tests of a winning strategy.
   
   This section MUST summarize the strategic situation the company faces.  “Situation” means “state of affairs.” Summarize and connect to the key findings of each section.  Weave these findings into a summary story leading to a clear and specific statement about the future prospects for strategic success for the company.  Make a specific statement about whether the company’s prospects are good, indefinite, or poor.
   
   The strategic issue must be a single, well-crafted sentence that captures the fundamental problems and concerns that came out of the analysis.  This single sentence must be formed as a question and will end with a question mark.  Write this in very specific terms addressing both the company’s short-term situation and the broader strategic situation.  Incorporate the need to provide shareholder value, sales growth, profitability and sustained competitive advantage but incorporate the specific challenges with which the focus company must deal.  Everything prior to this question is headed toward this one culminating formulation of the problem.  This question forms the basis for the recommendations.  
   
   Do not make recommendations in this section. 
   
   
   
   3.    External Environment
   Provide an introduction that characterizes the essence of the external environment and industry situation at the time of the case and sets the stage for the analysis that follows.  In each section/paragraph that follows, discuss the STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS of the analysis.  ALL the discussion in this section relates to the INDUSTRY, not the focus company.  You may use examples of the focus company or other competitors to justify your analysis.  
   Common Errors
       Writing about historical events rather than the current state of the industry.
       Identifying the topics you are about to discuss without discussing the state of the industry.
       Not using the vocabulary and discussion in the textbook supported with facts from the case.
   
   Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis.  Use the Porter model to evaluate the strength of the five forces that affect the strategic choices of all firms in the industry.  Discuss the balance of power in the industry.  Relatively weak forces (low threats) place power in the hands of the firms that comprise the industry, and, therefore, broaden their freedom of choice of strategic actions.  Relatively strong forces (high threats) reduce the power of the industry firms and limit their strategic choices.  An industry with strong forces tends to be less attractive than an industry with weak forces.
   
   Specifically state your assessment of the strength of each of the 5 forces—intense, strong, moderate or weak.  Justify and show why you reached your conclusion.  For example, it is not enough to write, “Competitive rivalry is strong because the number of competitors is high, barriers to entry are low and product differentiation is low.”  A better explanation is, “The many competitors in this industry must aggressively battle for market share in this slow-growth market.  They each have considerable investments in the physical plant, which makes it difficult to leave the industry.  The products are difficult to distinguish from one another, so companies must focus on aggressive, marketing programs to win customers away from their competitors.  All these factors contribute to a strong rivalry and continued downward pressure on profit margins.”
   
   Put the actual diagram of the model in the APPENDIX and discuss each force in the body of this section.  Include a closing paragraph on the implications of the analysis to the overall attractiveness of the industry and the potential for companies to be profitable.
   Common Errors
       Not identifying the strength of a force or the conditions that lead you to your finding of a force as being strong or weak.
       Getting supplier, firm and buyer mixed up.
       Overlooking key factors you previously identified in the external/industry analysis.
       Not recognizing the strength of competitive rivalry.
   
   Macro environment
   
   Analyse the external macro environment that the company using the PESTLE framework. Identify and describe 3-4 major external developments that are of significant importance. Then, for each trend, describe what is the strategic significance of this trend for the company. Why is it of importance and what may be the impact for the company’s strategy?
   
   As much as possible, the trends should be obtained from the information that is in the case. No external research needs to be done to complete this.
   
   Common Errors
       Being too general.
       Not specifically identifying why the external development is important.
       Failure to convince why the development is important.
   
   Industry Profile and Attractiveness.  Summarize the characteristics of the industry.  Draw together all of the key findings from each area of the external analysis.  What conclusions can you draw about the nature of the industry?  How attractive is it to its current incumbents?  What are the key success factors in the industry? What are the future prospects for the industry?  Why?  What challenges does the industry face?  Provide a summary statement about whether it is highly attractive, moderately attractive, etc., to current players re profits, sales and competitive intensity.
   
   4.    Company Situation
   Provide an introduction that characterizes the essence of the company situation and sets the stage for the analysis that follows.  Calculate the past sales growth rate for the company if there is historical data. If the case has data on historical industry sales, calculate the sales growth rate and determine whether the industry is in the introduction, growth, maturity or decline phase of their life cycle.    If there is information such as the revenue of the top 3 competitors for the last few years, combine their sales and calculate the change in sales growth to infer where the industry is in their life cycle.  Then discuss this analysis in any of the sections where it is appropriate.  Based on the conclusions from the preceding section and the case analysis, determine the stage of the industry life cycle (introduction, growth, maturity or decline).  Identify the key company-specific issues with which the company is dealing.  
   
   Financial Analysis.  Be sure to distinctly address each of the four areas of financial analysis—profitability, liquidity, leverage and activity—identify each in the topical sentence for that paragraph.  The financial analysis must be thorough and accurate.  Look at trends and compare the company’s performance to industry targets, if available.  Evaluate the primary financial indicators, provide supporting data and interpret them to show how they affect the company regarding its present and future strategic performance.  
   
   Put the calculations of the ratios in a table in the APPENDIX.
   
   Close this analysis by writing a paragraph that draws conclusion about the company’s overall financial situation, prospects and the impact of its financial condition on its potential strategic plans.  The fundamental question you are trying to answer is, “What is the overall financial status of the company now, and what does its current financial status mean for its future strategic success or ability to grow sales?”
   
   For this section, use any numerical data available in the case (both financial and non-financial) that will help the reader to understand the most important elements of the Company Situation at the time of the case. You will most likely use the Tables in the case, but you can also use other numerical information that you find in the text. 
   Try to analyze the information you have available by looking at relevant trends and ratios. Summarize any data you use in clear tables or graphs. Give a brief description in words of what your analysis means. 
   
   Common Errors
       Incorrect computation of the ratio.
       Incomplete computations of the ratios (trends, etc.).
       Focusing on the definition rather than the strategic impact that the ratio implies.
   
   SWOT Analysis.  Discuss each of the four legs of the SWOT fully—strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in this section.  Be clear that events are not the same as attributes.  SWOT is about attributes, not events.  An attribute describes the characteristics of the company.  For example, you might say, “The company isn’t profitable.”  True, but what is its weakness attribute?  What characteristics of the company drives its lack of profitability?  A better way to express it is, “The company has not managed costs in its value chain.  This is supported by the sustained increase in cost of goods sold accompanied by flat sales reflecting a weakness that must be overcome to improve profitability.”
   
   Summarize the SWOT analysis in a one-page table and place in the APPENDIX.  Discuss the table in the body of the paper.
   
   SWOT is the “integrator” of the analysis.  SWOT draws from the findings resulting from the Macroenvironment, Industry Analysis, and Financial Analysis.  No new information is provided.  Use the terminology in the previous sections.  For example, “An opportunity identified in the discussion of the competitive analysis . . .”  Another example, “The dumping of foreign products into this industry, identified earlier as a driving force, is a significant threat to incumbents.”
   Common Errors
       Not linking the findings to the previous analysis through the use of common terminology.
       Omitting important findings discussed previously.
       Focusing on historical events rather than inherent strengths and weaknesses.
       Not recognizing obvious strengths and weaknesses in the business functions:  financial analysis, marketing (product, price, place and promotion), human resource management, operations, etc.
   
   5.    Recommendations
   Strategic Issue.  This is the same question that is presented at the end of Section 2. 
   Strategy Recommendations.  Identify the GENERIC and GRAND strategy recommendations.  These will tie closely to the SWOT analysis.  The recommendations should play into the company’s strengths and opportunities.  They should minimize the company weaknesses and overcome its threats.  Discuss each strategic initiative in detail including the actions required in the functional areas to support the strategic recommendations:  marketing, operations, human resource management, finance, etc.
   
   Objectives.  Specify the performance objectives that should be monitored and result from the strategic recommendations and earlier analysis.  What key performance indicators should be reported and what are the appropriate targets?  For example, what are the sales and profitability goals?  What goals should be established for nonfinancial indicators?
   
   Strategic Justification.  Justify why your recommendations are the best option and why other options are not.  This is a comparative analysis.  Develop this fully, tying it back to the various factors in your strategic analysis.  Evaluate the pros and cons of the recommended direction.  Demonstrate that you understand the implications of your recommendations.  
   
   A justification analysis weights the strength of the pros and cons for a given alternative in comparison to the other alternatives.  It presents a rationale for why the pros of the recommended alternatives are better than the pros of the other alternatives.  It also addressed why the cons of the recommended alternatives are less significant the those of the rejected alternatives.
   Common Errors
       Not naming and discussing a generic and several supporting grand strategies 
       Developing recommendations that don’t tie clearly to the previous analysis.
       Not describing distinguishing characteristics of the strategies.
       Not clearly describing each strategy.
       Not aligning strategy recommendations with objectives.
       Writing in generalities rather than company and situation specific.
       Not describing strategies for all the relevant functions, e.g., human resource management, finance, etc.

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Objective: Describe the importance of working capital to tie firm's financial health and its effect on the firm's profitability and liquidity.

Introduction: The Balance Sheet is the first window to open and review the strength or weakness of any company. The Balance Sheet can be carefully analyzed across three main categories of investment, specifically: Working Capital, Asset Performance, and Capital Structure. A company's capitalization is the mixture of debt and equity. Equity capital over and above debt capital measures the strength of the business.

Deliverables: A minimum of 3 full pages (excluding the title and reference pages). 

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Step 1: Research
Consider the following scenario. You just accepted an opportunity to manage and operate a business that you do not know much about. What financial information would you need to analyze the company’s capital structure and how could it be used to advance business operations?

Perform preliminary research from the course readings and external sources (relevant internet articles, magazines, periodicals, etc.) about analyzing a company's Capital Structure and advancing business operations.

The Written analysis should include a minimum of three references cited within the content of the paper and the reference page according to APA guidelines.

Step 2: Introduction and Description
Begin the essay with an introduction that describes what Capital Structure and capitalization is and why it is important.

Describe and Detail:

The sources and value of the various forms of leverage that are used in companies, explaining how any debt, equity, or assets are used to further the business operations. This should include the effect that leverage can have directly or indirectly on operational funds and ultimately on the operations.


The overall capital structure, including how equity, namely stocks, is held, other capital resources, and cash. How each of these items affects operations, positively or negatively, should be discussed.

How these can be used to advance the business operations, mostly focusing on how the capital structure affects available funds for operations, such a payroll, inventory costs, marketing costs, cost-of-sales and support etc.

Step 3:Summary and Conclusion
Perform reflective thinking about capitalization, capital structure and why it is so important to a company's sustainability and how it can be used to maximize business performance. Synthesize what you have learned and write your thoughts about how effectively managing a company's capital structure can be used to advance business operations. Please review the link provided below, containing the essay rubric, prior to proceeding:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

References
Capital Structure Theory from Gitman, L. J. (2012). Principles of Managerial Finance (13th ed., pp. 516-522). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 

Baker, H., & Martin, G. (2011). Capital Structure and Corporate Financing Decisions Theory, Evidence, and Practice (Robert W. Kolb Series, pp. 17-40). Chichester Wiley.

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Signature assignment
Still acting as a consultant specializing in professional communications (just like in the Case Assignment), you are to write a business proposal to the Board of Directors or C-Suite of your chosen company on how to fully utilize education, training, and personal/professional development in that organization to improve their professional communication.
It is recommended that you use the same company as you did for your Case Assignment. Should you choose to use the same company, you may use the introduction to that company (no more than a paragraph or two) of overview of that company in this paper, the rest of the 8-10 pages of writing should be unique to this paper.
Locate scholarly, recent, relevant, and external sources to synthesize your thoughts within the proposal. Please include ethical and multicultural implications in your discussion. Include a title page and reference section. This is meant to be a formal paper, 8-10 pages long, based on the subject of professional communications and focusing on topics learned in modules 5-8 of the course.
Writing Guidelines:
Must be between 8-10 pages in length (cover page, appendices, and reference page are not included in the page count
Use at least 5 but no more than 10 references
At least 3 references must come from a scholarly journal article (use the TUW library databases)
  
Essays should be in APA style [apastyle.org] and include Running head and pagination
Must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and no extra space between paragraphs
12-point Times New Roman, Calibri, or Arial
Paper should be proofread for spelling and grammar mistakes If you use charts, graphs, or tables, include those as appendices
You must cite all texts used, including page numbers in your in- text citations to avoid plagiarism
Your paper must be supported by background literature

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Essay Objective: Describe the sources of capital available to firms and estimate the cost for various sources.

Introduction: Financial planning is about developing strategies to help you manage your financial affairs and meet your life goals. Business financial planning determines how a business will afford to achieve its strategic goals and objectives that are aligned to the mission and vision.

Deliverables: 3-page essay.  A minimum of 3 full pages (exclusive of title and reference pages) is required.

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Step 1: Introduction

Begin with an introductory paragraph that describes what business financial planning is and why it important.

Step 2: Research and Write Essay Content

Consider the following scenario: you and your two new partners have to get through the financial planning process. They have no financial management knowledge and are confused by some of the terminology. Since most of the funding for the startup was done via capital funding, it is important that your partners understand these terms and how they can work towards the growth of the business. There are specific questions that need to be answered:

What is the difference between the coupon rate and the current market interest rate of a bond?

What is the difference between a mutual fund and a mutual fund family?

What is the difference between a preferred stock dividend and a common stock dividend, if any?

Describe and explain to the reader what the above financial planning items are and answer the questions.

Step 3: Conclusion Summary
For the conclusion paragraph summarize what you have learned about possible business financial planning and share your thoughts about business financial planning.

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References
Financial Statement Analysis For Small Businesses from the Virginia Small Business Development Center (2011) Florida Small Business Development Center Network Florida SBDC Network grants permission for use and modification of this manual to the Virginia SBDC July 16, 2008.

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Write a 300-word response to the following question(s)/prompt(s); include at least one APA-formatted citation/reference:  

Based on the case study, ‘Adobe's Operating Leverage,’ found on p. 545, respond to the following: 
  
What are some of the operational strategies that a company might pursue to maximize their leverage internally, as well as against its competitors?

Reference
Adobes’ Operating Leverage from Gitman, L. J. (2012). Principles of Managerial Finance (13th ed., p. 515). Upper Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall. 

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Columbus Custom Carpentry is a small but growing Midwest company that manufactures residential interior doors. Its competitive advantage is its ability to produce a custom-styled product at a low price. In the industry, this is known as mass customization. Columbus Custom Carpentry has achieved this by producing custom assembly jigs that reduce the time and therefore the labor cost required to produce their doors. 

Columbus Custom Carpentry employees 134 employees and just hired you as their HR director.  You can learn more about the company by reading the included employee handbook. Recently, there has been a claim of unfair pay practices among employees. The President, Mary Thonn, would like to investigate this claim in hopes of maximizing morale and minimizing voluntary turnover. 

HR professionals can use both metrics and analytics to address issues such as this. For this assignment, write a proposal to the President of Columbus Custom Carpentry addressing how analytics can help address this complaint. Address the following in your proposal:

Discuss the importance of analytics
What are metrics, analytics, and data?
Compare and contrast metrics, analytics, and data.
Why are analytics important to her organization?
Address the case study
Define the problem.
Make a recommendation for collecting data (what, why, how, etc.).
Provide a rationale with examples on why your recommendation would be effective.
Incorporate mindfulness, dialogue, and collaboration and how they can be used for change in this case study.
Mechanics: This assignment is to be submitted as an academic essay. You are required to reference the readings and articles ( at least 10 appropriate APA references and in-text citations) that provide evidence of effectiveness for your proposed plan. Give your paper a title, a brief introduction, and a conclusion. Adhere to the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines for citation and references. Limit it to 1000-1500 words (3-5 pages) typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1" margins.

Information on the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide (Links to an external site.) can be found in the APA style guide located in the CLU library or on the APA Style website. Additional tools are available through the student resources module.