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As your textbook states, leadership is among the most researched topics in organizational behavior and one of the least understood social processes in organizations.

For your final paper, you are going to research an additional leadership concept, that of Level 5 Leadership as defined and reported by Jim Collins and his research team in the book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t (HarperBusiness, 2001). You may use this book as one of your primary references and/or you may use sources you find online.

Your paper is to have three sections and be three to five pages in length.

The first section is to research and define the concept of Level 5 Leadership…what is it? How is it different from other leadership styles? Why is it important? This section of your paper is worth approximately 40% of the paper grade. It should be at least 2 pages long and needs to be explained in your own words…not just copied from your research. If you do quote sources, be sure to do so appropriately with quotation marks and APA citations.

The second section involves the presence or lack of Level 5 Leadership in an actual organization. Please choose one organization and research the impact the leader of the organization had on its success or failure. You can choose either perspective to write on…how an organization benefitted from the presence of a Level 5 Leader OR how an organization suffered because of a failure of leadership at the highest level. Explain what happened in this organization and how the leader impacted the outcome. Again, this section of your paper should be at least 2 pages long and needs to provide specific information on the series of events within the organization, specific decisions made or influence exerted by the leader and the impact of leadership on the organization’s ultimate success. This section of your paper is also worth approximately 40% of your paper grade.

Finally, the last section of the paper (worth approximately 20% of the grade) is for you to process what you have learned about Level 5 Leadership that you can apply to your personal leadership style. How the lessons learned by Collins and his team can improves your leadership style and thereby, impact the organization of which you are a part? How are you going to apply this information in your own life? How do you think it will make a difference? This section should be at least 1 page long.

Be sure to prepare your document in a standard APA format. Click on APA Style in the Institutional

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Qatar Domestic Issues, Issues among Qatar and it neighbors, and U.S. and Qatar relations

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Consider the questions below as you critique the following assertion:

Leaders challenge the status quo. They not only see what's possible; they pursue what's possible. Implementing change requires strong leadership and excellent management skills.

Question 1: The only constant in business today is change-change to organizational structure, technology, business processes, policies, budgets, and regulations-all in the name of progress. But change is not that easy. Leaders cannot simply announce new initiatives or implement new ways of doing things and expect these concepts to be embraced and accepted. Change is a process that has to be managed. What are the three key priorities in implementing change?
    
Question 2: Why is it that it's not the "change" itself that causes failure, but the process of transition?

Question 3: How does the business system and culture impact the success of change initiatives?

This assignment does not need to be written in formal paper format, but address each question and write at master-level. Please write in APA format and use at least 3 scholarly, properly cited sources in your work, and include a proper bibliography.

Leaders challenge the status quo. They not only see what's possible; they pursue what's possible. Implementing change requires strong leadership and excellent management skills.

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Your hospital Chief of Surgery wants you to provide laboratory services to support an active surgical center which includes cardiovascular surgery, but does not include organ transplants.  He is adamant that he wants testing to be provided in the Operating Rooms so results are immediately available to the surgeons.  

Describe the Surgical Testing Services that you would recommend.
·        What testing- if any?
·        Performed by whom?
·        Performed on what instruments?
·        What issues/ limitations should be considered?

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  Assume you are consulting for Porsche AG about its post-acquisition strategy for Volkswagen and coming up with a global technology strategy for integrating VW best-practices into Porsche’s operations. Use the following concepts to offer decisional recommendations:
a.    How might Porsche practice “modularity” to utilize VW’s Best-Practices without losing its own Core Engineering Culture and Competencies? Identify Porsche’s and VW’s best-practices and explain what you would merge and what you would keep separate. Why? 
b.    What do you think would be 2 good metrics for assessing the performance of Porsche and VW after the acquisition? Come up with 3 metrics for Porsche and 3 metrics for VW that would measure what each company is good at. Explain.
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The paper should include two parts:

1.    Assume you are a media conglomerate (e.g. MGM) executive perplexed by the parting fates of Blockbuster and Netflix. As an executive for the conglomerate, you want to learn from their mistakes by highlighting the varying fates of the two companies via conducting a SWOT analysis for Blockbuster and Netflix and explain how strengths can become weaknesses over time. 


2.    From a thorough reading of the article on Google "attached" and focusing on (i) customer (ii) product and (iii) market audits, provide a detailed audit of Google’s product portfolio. Explain why, thoroughly.

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Concern among the public sector is the demand for public organizations to be transparent about their budgets and spending habits. You have been scheduled to conduct a presentation for the State Budgeting Committee about the type of budget that the organization operates under. Identify the type of public organization for which you work, as well as what types of services, goods, or activities the organization provides to the public. Identify the size and scope of the organization. 

Construct a budget using Excel that will provide a breakdown of the various budget items. Copy and paste the Excel spreadsheet of your budget into a Word document. Finally, explain how the budget is made available to the public for review. For example, is the budget made available at public meetings, on a special request, published in a newsletter, on the organization’s premises during regular business hours, via the organization’s Web site, or by some other means? If the budget is not available for the public to review, explain why. Furthermore, are there any provisions in place regarding the budget being made available for public view? Explain in detail.

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Address the following in 750–1,000 words:
Identify the type of public organization for which you work, as well as what types of services, goods, or activities the organization provides to the public. Identify the size and scope of the organization.
Construct a budget using Excel that will provide a breakdown of the various organizational budget items.
Copy and paste the Excel spreadsheet of your budget into a Word document.
Is the budget made available to the public for review?
If yes, explain how in detail.
If no, explain in detail why it is not.
Are there any types of provisions in place regarding the budget being made available for public view? Identify and explain.
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

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Prepare a one page, 12 font, double spaced, one inch margins document answering the following questions:

1.  Are the HR practices employed at Sysco Foods effectively being used to achieve the desired business results?  Explain.

2.  Do you agree with the three selected HRM metrics used to assess its success in achieving operational performance goals?  Why or why not?  Provide rationale.

3. How realistic do you believe it may be to set operational objectives that can be measured and linked to each employee level within the organization?  Explain.


Watch the video "HR in Alignment:  The Link to Business Results at Sysco Food Services (SHRM Foundation)"  I have provide a link to take you to this video 

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v18606622t864ATp4?h1=HR+Management+-+27+SHRM+Foundation+-+HR+in+Ailment-+The+Link+to+Business+Results+at+Sysco+Food+Services

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Do you believe that public universities should be able to consider race as a factor in deciding whether or not to admit a student?  If a university is unable to consider race, how else might it design an admissions program to achieve a diverse classroom?

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Assessment of the Turkish health care system reforms: A stakeholder analysis

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Case: Marco has been a salesperson for the XYZ cellular phone service company for the last seven years. He has been a solid employee: he has always met his sales goals and received good evaluations from his supervisors. Marco is Facebook friends with his coworker Linda, who is Facebook friends with their manager John. One day John noticed that Linda had commented on a Facebook post by Marco’s sister Julia about how happy Julia was with the customer service at ABC cellular phone network, one of XYZ’s competitors. John did not like that Marco’s sister was a customer of XYZ’s competitor. The next day John called Marco into his office, and fired Marco for this reason.

Your goal in this paper is take a position on and defend your answer to the following question:


Was John, acting on behalf of XYZ, morally justified in terminating Marco? Why or why not?
To do this, you must:
(a) explain both the employment at will (EAW) and due process views on what the employment
relationship should be like,
(b) explain what each view would say about Marco’s case, and
(c) defendoneofthetwoviewsaboutwhatourlawsshouldberegardingemployment.
When defending your position, make sure to offer both ethical arguments in favor of your position, and counterarguments where you consider ethical objections and arguments made by the other side, and try to undermine those ethical objections/arguments so as to defend your position.

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LINK TO THE ENRON MOVIE :  http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/enron-the-smartest-guys-in-the-room/


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Enron Movie: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Review Questions


1.    Identify at least five (5) control issues in the movie using the Committee of Sponsoring Organisation of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework as a guide.

2.    How did Enron engage in fraudulent financial in reporting? Give at least three examples of Enron’s creative accounting policies. 


3.    Explain Ken Lays relationship with President Bush.  What is your opinion of the regulatory  environment which existed at the time.

4.    State two major implication of fraudulent financial reporting in Enron’s case


5.    Use the fraud triangle to identify fraudulent issues in the Movie.  The issues should be categorized according to the three factors.