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Understanding and Modeling a System
Thinking of a company as a system and understanding the business problems are keys to modeling a solution. We have to answer the question, Is this project worth looking at? To answer this question, in this phase, we define the scope of the project and the perceived problems, who is involved, and what the system will need to accomplish.
Your first  task this week is to describe the business and the business problem. How does the business system work? Who is involved, and what do they do? Using our massage example, we might find we have massage therapists, schedulers who answer the phone and make appointments, an accountant who does the billing, customers, and a manager. Business may be conducted at a central office and at customer homes. The business problem might be a lack of competitive advantage with other, more automated massage businesses or problems with missed or broken appointments or customers that do not pay for the service.
Next, will need to define the business requirements for an information system to solve the business problem.

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You are the human resource manager for a 300-employee insurance company, and you would like to start a new employee orientation program. To get approval from the company’s senior managers, you develop a plan that outlines the reasons for conducting orientation and what content the program will include. In this plan, you will need to:

1.  Identify the reasons and purpose for conducting employee orientation.

2.  Outline what would be covered in organizational and departmental orientation.

3.  Indicate the length of the program, who will conduct it, and what formats will be used.

4.  Describe if and how you would incorporate a Web-based component into the program.

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Using the Internet, go to the FASB Website, located at http://www.fasb.org, and other resources to research accounting for Leases.
Write a e paper in which you:

1. Based on your research, compare and contrast the early historical accounting for Leases with the guidance / rules in place today.

2. Select two public business corporations and download the most current annual reports for them. You can find the annual reports on the corporations’ website. Usually the corporate annual reports are located in the Investor section of the website that you typically find by scrolling to the bottom of the website home page. Find information about leases in the financial statements and notes to the financial statements. Include the exact page number in the annual report where this information is found. Compare and contrast how the two corporations report how they measure and report leases. 

3. Predict the significant manner in which the future of accounting for leases could change, based on potential changes in the business and political climate that you foresee. Provide support for your prediction(s).

4. Use at least three (3) quality references. Two will be the most recent annual reports for the two corporations. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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For this research paper you are required to find four articles on the impacts of tourism on a destination. You are free to choose any destination in the world. You are also free to focus on the socio-cultural and/or environmental impacts of tourism, as well as the planning that occurs to manage these types of impacts. Important: refer to Chapters 11 and 17 in your textbook for more information on these topics

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Discussion: Transformational Leadership: An Ideal Solution?
For many, the concept of transformational leadership is difficult to understand. Numerous researchers have defined it as a leadership theory and leadership style. One definition of transformational leadership is “the process whereby a person engages with others and creates a connection that raises the level of motivation and morality in both the leader and the follower. This type of leader is attentive to the needs and motives of followers and tries to help followers reach their fullest potential” (Northouse, 2019, p. 164).

Sir Richard Branson is a commonly cited example of a transformational business leader. Branson’s entrepreneurial efforts began in the music industry and then expanded to numerous industries, including the Voyager Group travel company, Virgin Atlantic Airline, and Virgin Galactic, a space-tourism company. He changed perceptions of entrepreneurial possibilities and empowered other business leaders.

To prepare for this Discussion, do the following:

Consider the difference between transactional and transformational leadership.
Identify two well-known business leaders from the scholarly literature or personal experience, including one who exhibits transactional business leadership behavior, and one who exhibits transformational business leadership behavior.
Note: Your transformational business leadership example need only satisfy one of the functions of transformational leadership as outlined in the course text.
By Day 3
Post an evaluation of the effectiveness of transactional and transformational leadership in business. In your evaluation, do the following:

Describe two well-known business leaders who respectively exhibit transactional and transformational business leadership behavior, and explain how each business leader exemplifies the identified type of leadership.
Explain whether you believe that transformational leadership is the most effective type of business leadership and why. Be sure to include specific examples, if any, in which transactional leadership might be more appropriate.
Describe any potential negative consequences of transformational leadership.
Be sure to support your work with a minimum of two specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and one or more additional scholarly sources.

Refer to the Week 3 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

Offer an example from personal experience that validates the impact outlined by your colleague. Explain how your example validates your colleague’s point of view.
Critique your colleague’s evaluation of transformational leadership, and offer an alternative perspective.
Please note that, for each response, you must include a minimum of one appropriately cited scholarly reference.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what insights you gained as a result of reading the comments your colleagues made.

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From the Goldsmith & Carter textbook, select either the Porter Novelli (Chapter 12) or Southern Company (Chapter 13) case study for this assignment. 

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you: 
Evaluate the effectiveness of the roles that the strategic leaders played in the formation of the performance management strategy.
Develop a five (5) point criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the talent management strategy and how the data could be collected.
Critique the components of your talent management strategy and suggest alternative ways to achieve effective results.
Outline the functional expertise component of this strategy and how it optimizes the company’s ability to identify highly qualified individuals.
Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.


Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; 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 page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Assess the effectiveness of human resource planning and performance management systems.
Assess how negotiating and collective bargaining contribute to the achievement of organizational goals.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations.
Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing mechanics.

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Discussion: APA Formatting
As a doctoral independent scholar, you must continually develop your understanding of and ability to apply APA style to your academic writing. In this program, the APA requirements not only apply to every Discussion and written Assignment you will complete, but also to your Doctoral Study. Learning to apply the rules and standards of APA requires practice and perseverance, but with time, you can achieve mastery. In this Discussion, you will evaluate the current strength of your APA skills in order to map out a path for ongoing development and to help set yourself up for success throughout your program.

To prepare for this Discussion, complete the APA Quiz and review your results.

By Day 3
Post an assessment of your APA knowledge strengths and areas of opportunity. Your assessment should include answers to the following questions:

What aspect(s) of APA formatting did you find easier to comprehend? Why?
What aspect(s) of APA formatting do you find most challenging? Why?
How will you plan to minimize or overcome your challenges in APA formatting? Provide specific examples.
Be sure to support your work with a minimum of two specific citations from the APA Manual and any additional sources.

Refer to the Week 2 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

Support or refute your colleague’s analysis of his or her assessment.
Suggest one or more additional APA resources (e.g., Walden Writing Center resources, other websites) your colleague may find beneficial that will help with the particular APA formatting challenge identified.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what insights you gained as a result of reading the comments your colleagues made.

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Assignment: Uncovering Leadership Styles
Organizations, business professionals, and even the public often take a keen interest in discussions about leadership style. The reasons for the popularity of discussing leadership style approaches may lie in the way leadership researchers define leadership as a collection of observable behaviors. People can both observe and learn behavior, unlike innate traits. When people study the behavior of a successful leader, such as a CEO, from a leadership styles perspective, they may seek to uncover what aspects of that person’s leadership style led to his or her success. People then attempt to emulate that leadership style in the hope of achieving a comparable level of success. Leaders with unconventional leadership styles, such as the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, attract considerable attention. Jobs’s leadership helped make Apple one of the more prosperous companies in the world. He remains an inspiration in spite of his reputation for being rough on employees (Isaacson, 2011). He achieved success despite the fact that his leadership style was different from those widely recommended in published leadership style approaches. People like Jobs challenge previous assumptions and conceptions of good leadership. While many others debate these issues, researchers continue to look for empirical and systematic ways to uncover an elusive link between leadership style and leadership success.

To prepare for this Assignment, select and interview a business executive about whom you can find information regarding his or her leadership activities and the organization with which he or she is affiliated. This may be someone you know or who owns a business local to you. Use the weekly readings as additional support for your ideas. Your interview should focus on the following two questions:

How would you describe your leadership style?
How would you describe your role as it relates to the health of your organization?
By Day 7
Submit a 3- to 4-page analysis of the individual’s leadership style and the impact of that style on his or her organization. Your analysis should include the following:

An evaluation of the leadership style of your selected leader, according to an existing leadership style theory
An assessment of the health of that leader’s organization, based upon information shared during the interview as well as any additional resources to support your assessment
A comparison of the relationship between your chosen leader’s leadership style and the health of his or her organization, as conveyed in the interview, to what is depicted in any local media, websites, or news information about the organization
A minimum of two specific citations per page from this week’s Learning Resources and/or additional scholarly sources; you may also include media examples of leadership behavior and other relevant organizational information to support your analysis.
Note: Be sure to use the APA Course Paper Template (6th ed.) to complete this Assignment. Also, refer to the Week 2 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work. Please Note: For each page of your paper, you must include a minimum of two APA-formatted scholarly citations.

Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK2Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 2 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 2 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK2Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

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Discussion: Leadership Style Assessment: Evaluating the Impact
Being a global change agent does not necessarily mean you are in an executive leadership position, but it does mean you have a particular mind-set. That mind-set is one that you use to remain flexible to change, to develop creative solutions to complex business problems, to manage stress effectively, and to mobilize a culturally diverse team and inspire the team to help achieve organizational objectives. Global change agents must be competent in cross-cultural business practices. Imagine you are a global change agent similar to Janelle in the following scenario. Read the scenario, follow the instructions, and reflect on the results of your assessment.

Janelle is interviewing for a low-level management job, which will require her to supervise a small team of employees. One of the forms Janelle must complete as part of the interview process is a leadership style questionnaire. Janelle wonders what insight her potential employers hope to gain from the results, what insight the results will provide her personally, and how this information will impact her career.

Experiences like Janelle’s are not uncommon. Organizations use leadership style assessments and other such instruments for a variety of reasons. Bookstore shelves and the Internet offer a vast number of resources to help business professionals uncover their leadership styles and develop perspectives for positive and effective change. Given the widespread availability and use of such instruments, global change agents should evaluate the potential impact and usefulness of the assessments and their underlying leadership theories.

To prepare for this Discussion, complete the style questionnaire at the end of Chapter 4 in your course text, and reflect on your results.

By Day 3
Post your evaluation of leadership style assessments, such as the one you just completed, and the leadership style approach. Explain whether you think such assessments and a leadership style approach are useful for providing insight into leadership behavior for global change agents. Explain the potential impact of the use of such assessments for both individual employees and organizations. Also, explain the potential impact of the style approach to leadership for individual change agents and organizations.

Be sure to support your work with a minimum of two specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and one or more additional scholarly sources.

Refer to the Week 1 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:

Offer an example from personal experience that validates the impact outlined by your colleague. Explain how your evaluation aligns with your colleague’s point of view.
Critique your colleague’s evaluation of leadership style assessments and the style approach, and offer an alternative perspective.
Please note that, for each response, you must include a minimum of one appropriately cited scholarly reference.

Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what insights you gained as a result of reading the comments your colleagues made

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Assignment: Management and Leadership: Defining the Relationship
Consider the two individuals in the following scenario:

Roger works for a business software firm and is passionate about his work. He is committed to delivering high-quality software solutions on schedule. He maintains a precise and accurate project schedule with meticulously detailed documentation of product design specifications and processes. Roger’s subordinates never have to guess about expectations. When the rigorous quality assurance process uncovers a problem, Roger can proceed largely unfazed. He knows the capabilities of the developers on his team so well that he knows exactly who to assign to fix the issue. He is quick to offer encouragement and guidance when needed. Roger’s team is productive and happy.

Linda works at the same company as Roger. She closely monitors industry trends. She is watching the rapid rise of mobile computing and sees competitors introducing new mobile applications with rapid speed. The company has yet to attempt to design software for a mobile platform, but she knows that the company can be competitive in the industry if it makes changes quickly. She is working hard to gain support from members of the executive board and is planning a kickoff meeting for the employees to announce the company’s entry into the new market. She wants to make certain the employees see the change as a great opportunity and know that training will be available. She already has the company’s first mobile project and an ideal timetable in mind. She is anxious to hit the ground running.

What are the roles of the individuals in the above scenarios? Are they managers, leaders, or both? What distinguishes management from leadership and managers from leaders? The nature of the relationship between leadership and management remains a topic of debate among scholars. The debate provides insight into the definition of leadership and offers a suitable avenue for beginning an in-depth exploration of the topic of leadership.

To prepare for this Assignment, consider the similarities and differences between leadership and management.

By Day 7
Submit a 3- to 4-page analysis of the differences between leadership and management. In your analysis, do the following:

Evaluate the two scenarios by answering the following questions:
What are the roles of the individuals in the scenarios?
Are they managers, leaders, or both?
What distinguishes management from leadership and managers from leaders?
Analyze the similarities and differences between leadership and management.
Support your work with a minimum of two specific citations per page from this week’s Learning Resources and/or additional scholarly sources. These may include specific media examples of leadership behavior and other relevant organizational information.
Note: Be sure to use the APA Course Paper Template (6th ed.) to complete this Assignment. Also, refer to the Week 1 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this rubric to assess your work. Please Note: For each page of your paper, you must include a minimum of two APA-formatted scholarly citations.

Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 1 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 1 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission

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Total quality control, known today as total quality management (TQM) is virtually equivalent with Feigenbaum's name [11], and he was one of the foundations of modern management and has been widely accepted as a viable operating philosophy in all economic sectors. It could be developed by Feigenbaum’s work significant [8]. Dr. Armand V. Feigenbaum was an American quality guru, his valuable ideas revealed by his experiences working at General Electric (GE). During this period, he had contributed for many years with world-class companies such as Hitachi and Toshiba in Japan. He investigated quality procedures at these companies, and understood “total approach to quality” is the best way to solve quality problems. He advocated the inspection for quality control “after the fact rather than build it in at an earlier stage of the process”.  Feigenbaum adopted an approach for quality that was different from Deming and Juran [24], his approach has a three-step to improving quality that are included “quality leadership, quality technology, and organizational commitment” [10].
  Feigenbaum was the first guru who introduced the concept of “Total Quality Control” (TQC) first time, and published his first book “Quality Control Handbook” in 1951 [17]. This philosophy was adapted by the Japanese and the concept of “Company Wide Quality Control” (CWQC) later [12]. His philosophy is more on the “prevention-based system by emphasis on product, service and process design and by streamlining the source activities”. The mechanism of this system is based on  the documentation and auditing to make sure that the products are conformed  with “pre-defined standards” (e.g. ISO 9000) [13]. Likewise, Feigenbaum [10] emphasized on the significant roles of all members of the organization, including office staff, engineers and shop-floor workers in the improvement of business quality.
Feigenbaum's principles describe that for manufacturing the product with high level quality, TQC should be considered instead of the implementation of the production quality control alone. These ideas and principles caused total quality movement that the companies understood that responsibilities for quality are company-wide, and stayed with the leadership hierarchy [12], [5]. 
Feigenbaum [10] argued that the term “total quality” are related to broader issues such as planning, organization and direction, and “quality assurance” cannot be able to improve efficiently quality products, if it just focuse on production process [1].

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Several of us had a fascinating discussion after class last week about how to negotiate a better salary, either at the time of hire or after you have been in a job for a while.  What tips do you think will be most effective in salary negotiation?