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Develop an operational plan for an organization of your choice. Read the article, Operations Plan  , for an overview of the required elements in this type of plan. Create a fictional organization that includes the name, type of business, size of organization, and the product or service that the organization offers. The paper must be between 8-10 pages in length and include five scholarly sources, in addition to the text. Your paper must:Develop an organizational chart for the proposed organization.Include the title of positions and a brief description of the positions’ duties and responsibilities.I will provide you with the examples of how different organizations are structured.Define the organization’s vision, mission, and valuesOutline the basic planning process for the organization, and describes how the three levels of management influence this process.Explain why the quality, productivity, and profitability are important elements in the planning processEvaluate the relationship between the human resource planning activities and the overall organizational strategyDiscuss the philosophy of management that will be applied to the management of the organization and how the structure of the organization will foster a positive work environment where employees will be motivated and productive.Compose the steps of control and types of controls included in the control process for the organization.The Operational PlanMust be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined.Must include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudent’s nameCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submittedMust begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.Must use five scholarly sources in addition to the course text.The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources  table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.

Module 3 – CaseJOB REDESIGNCase AssignmentIn the background materials you had a chance to read about the traditional “top down” approach of job redesign as well as the newer “bottom up” approach of job crafting. Before starting on this assignment, make sure you have thoroughly reviewed the readings and understand the key job redesign and job-crafting strategies. Once you have finished reviewing the background materials, apply what you’ve learned to the specific scenarios and questions below. Make sure to cite at least one of the required readings for each answer and try to cite at least four of the readings in your answer. Your paper should be 4–5 pages in length:Relax Lines, Inc. is a luxury cruise line that has hired you as a job crafting consultant for two groups of their employees. The first group is the ship crew. The crew have responsibility for safety, navigation, and maintenance of the ship. The second group is the hospitality staff. The hospitality staff is tasked with making sure the passengers are enjoying themselves and are properly entertained with various events that this staff plans and prepares. Before arriving at the cruise line to do interviews and make recommendations, you first need to do some reading on what general approach you will use. As a first step, review Dik and Duffy (2012), where they discuss task crafting, relational crafting, and cognitive crafting. Which of these three types of job crafting do you think would be most appropriate for the ship crew, and which one do you think would be most appropriate for the hospitality staff? Also, read up on “job-crafting swap meets” in Wrzesniewski (2014). Do you think a swap meet would be appropriate for either ship crew members or hospitality staff? Any other strategy from Wrzesniewski (2014) that you think would be useful for either pilots or online marketers?The ABC Corporation has a team of telemarketers. The job description for the telemarketers is pretty basic: They call up potential customers who have visited his company’s web page and requested information about the product. Telemarketers’ performance evaluations depend mostly on their monthly sales as well as customer satisfaction surveys, and they receive monthly feedback reports. Their supervisor gives them some initial training, but these telemarketers have a lot of freedom to choose how and when to call customers. For example, they are free to customize their own sales pitch as long as they don’t mislead potential customers. Also, they are not required to fill out a time card or work at the office (they can work from home, if they want). As long as they are making enough monthly sales they are free to set their own schedules. While the telemarketing team is performing well, the company is concerned about high turnover among telemarketers and wants to do some job enrichment. Which of the five core job dimensions discussed in Bauer and Erdogan (2012) or page 9 of Griffin (2007) do you think should be revised the most during a job redesign intervention? Which ones do you think do not need to be revised? Explain your reasoning and cite some of the required readings in your answer.Suppose a sports injury clinic has three main practitioners. First, there is a general practitioner doctor who does the basic diagnosis of the injury and works with the patient to come up with an overall treatment program. This doctor also prescribes medicine as needed. Then there is a surgeon who specializes in sports injuries. This doctor only does surgery. Finally, there is a physical therapist who helps patients with exercise programs to help them recover. The owner of the clinic though becomes worried that these three practitioners are becoming bored and dissatisfied with their jobs and there is concern they might all leave unless their jobs change. However, given the high degree of training required for each of their specializations management is not sure how to go about making their jobs less monotonous and more rewarding. In general, would you recommend management undergoes a traditional job redesign approach or a job crafting approach? Which specific job redesign strategy or job crafting strategy would you recommend? For example, if you choose job redesign discuss whether you would recommend job rotation, enlargement, enrichment, etc. If you choose job crafting, refer to one of the specific strategies or interventions discussed in Wrzesniewski (2014) or Dik and Duffy (2012).Create a table with the definitions of the three main types of job redesign (job enlargement, job rotation, job enrichment) and the three main types of job crafting (task crafting, relational crafting, and cognitive crafting). Then write two paragraphs explaining which of the three types of job crafting are most similar to any of the three types of job redesign, and on what you think are the key differences between job crafting and job redesign based on the definitions in your table.Assignment ExpectationsAnswer the assignment questions directly in 4 to 5 written pages.Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.? JOB REDESIGN ?Required ReadingFor an in-depth view of job design, dig into the following two readings. Pay special attention to the concepts of job rotation, job enrichment, and job enlargement. Also, pay attention to the core job characteristics such as task variety, autonomy, etc., discussed in both readings:bauer-organizational behaviorBauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2012) Chapter 6.1: Motivating employees through job design. Introduction to Organizational Behavior. Flatworld Knowledge. http://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/an-introduction-to-organizational-behavior-v1.0/s10-01-motivating-employees-through-j.htmlGriffin, R. (2007). Chapter 6: Organization structure and design. Principles of Management. Houghton Mifflin, New York. http://college.cengage.com/business/griffin/sas_principles/1e/assets/students/know_bank/griffin_sas_KB_6.1.pdfNow that you have read up on traditional approaches to job design, read up on job crafting. This reading is by Amy Wrzesniewski, who you saw in one of the videos above:Wrzesniewski-How to Be a Positive LeaderWrzesniewski, A. (2014). Chapter 6: Engage in job crafting. In Dutton, J. E., & Spreitzer, G. M. (eds). How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions, Big Impact. San Francisco, CA, USA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. [EBSCO eBook Collection]Finally, this chapter provides a solid overview of job crafting including some relational, cognitive, and task crafting:Dik-Duffy-Make Your Job a CallingDik, B. J., & Duffy, R. D. (2012). Chapter 7: Job crafting. Make Your Job a Calling: How the Psychology of Vocation Can Change Your Life at Work. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press. [EBSCO eBook Collection]

Participation in this discussion is mandatory. Everyone must participate at least once by the deadline. There are sever penalties for not doing so.Your task is simple. Read this article about bad strategy carefully. Summarize it in 250 words or more. That is it.If you wish to respond to a classmate’s post, you can take any aspect of the article you want and elaborate/discuss, but your initial post should be geared towards demonstrating that you read the entire article, and did not skim it.Article link belowhttps://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-perils-of-bad-strategy

Research Paper AssignmentInstructions:Students are required to prepare a 10 pages double spaced research paper with one of the following subject area:TOPICS HEREThe paper should reflect student understanding of the main points of the subject. Students have the freedom to choose any topic of interest to them written in the past 5-8 years discussing a topic listed above or one submitted to the instructor for approval.The purpose of this assignment is to develop your writing and communication skills, and to help you understand the role each area plays in our lives.Requirements:PAPER: the paper must be 10 pages, typed, double spaced-APA style using a 12-point/Time New Roman font, written in a logical manner in the student’s own words, contain no more than 1 grammatical or spelling error. Title page includes the title, student’s name, course/class time and date, while the work cited page includes name of article, name of author, URL, and date published/etc. (title and reference page not included in the number of pages)PRESENTATION FORMAT• You must prepare at least eight (8) slides PowerPoint presentation – not including your title/reference slide. Presentation slides must be in bullet form (absolutely no paragraphs)• Use SmartArt when creating your slides• No more than 5 bullets per slide and one sentence per bullet (7-8 words).• Slides cannot contain video or audio linksRemember… These slides are a visual supplement to your presentation.

Instruction  write a employment letter telling the employee they must go to san Bernardino California.You will be required to do for days .When the management will pay for the tickets and you are required for training . No family members will be allowe we are paying for 4 days if trining ends early we will send you home earlyWe will be sending you between the first and second week9197 South Peoria StreetEnglewood, CO, U.S.A80112-5833For General Inquiries:+1.800.835.3832This the employer make a professional letter telling the employee they are required training in  California anytime .

Many companies have introduced office spaces with open floor plans and seating arrangements. Some have introduced musical chairs type seating, where employees seats are switched around every few months. The hope is to increase collaboration. Do you feel like this would be a helpful situation for you or is it going too far?

Please summarize the ideas from the two papers into one paper.Has your company pursued any cooperative strategies ?  If yes, have they been successful ?  If they have not pursued any cooperative strategies, why do you think that is ?the company is Exxon-Mobil

The purpose of this assignment is to have the student identify and analyze various organizational structures, along with how structure impacts work.Using class material, the articles listed below, and research where appropriate develop a 6-8-page research paper that addresses the relationship of structure to culture in creating an effective and efficient place to work. For this assignment, you will evaluate the strategies managers can utilize to impact organizational structure and culture. Address the following in your paper:Explain how organizational structure interfaces with organizational culture to create a smooth work and decision-making flow. Be sure to include a discussion of how organizational purpose relates to the relationship between the integration of structure and culture.Compare and contrast good and not so good organizations.  First select two organizations from the best places to work (Forbes, Glassdoor, etc.). Research and describe each organizations’ structures and cultures.Analyze why the structure and culture work well in those organizations that are deemed the best places to work.Identify three strategic ways a manager could improve the interface of structure and culture.Finally, many large organizations are trying to transition to smaller more flexible structures. Identify three management strategies that can make a bureaucratic organization a more team-oriented, collaborative, and inclusive culture.Use of at least three scholarly articles and other professional sources to support your work.Additional Requirements and How to Prepare the  SubmissionAPA formatting with in-text citations and a reference list is required.Read the grading rubric for the assignmentCheck the instructions to make sure all elements of the assignment have been covered.Third-person writing is required. Third-person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first-person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second-person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person .Contractions are not used in business writing, so the expectation is that students do not use contractions in assignments.Paraphrase and do not use direct quotation marks. This means you do not use more than four consecutive words from a source document, put a passage from a source document into your own words, and attribute the passage to the source document. Provide the page or paragraph number as appropriate for APA format. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.Do not use books as source material.Students are expected to use a variety as well as multiple course readings and research to support ideas, reasoning, and conclusions.Submit the final project into the appropriate assignment submission folder.  Once submitted, the project is eligible for grading and students will not be permitted to make changes or make another submission.NOTE:  All submitted work is to be your original work. You may not use any work from another student, the Internet, or an online clearinghouse.  You are expected to understand the Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism Policy and know that it is your responsibility to learn about instructor and general academic expectations with regard to proper citation of sources as specified in the APA Publication Manual, 7th Ed. (Students are held accountable for in-text citations and an associated reference list only).Additional Sources may include:The Best Companies to Work For10 Unmistakeable Signs of a Toxic CultureForbes Just CompaniesForbes Best EmployersForbes Best CompaniesMoney Worst Companies to Work For100 Great Places to WorkView Assignment Rubric

Q1: (10 points)a) As grocery stores in the UK (and elsewhere) shifted to “central distribution” what changes took place in the competitive landscape for packaged yogurt that was offered to consumers?b) From a consumers’ point of view what benefits did central distribution create? What were some negative consequences of central distribution to the consumer?Q2: (10 points)a) As European regulators increased their scrutiny of health claims made by yogurt makers, how did the various yogurt brands respond?b) Given the inability to substantiate health claims, how did the competitive landscape change in favor of well established yogurt brands relative to less well-established or new brands?

Choose a product that you are familiar with; this may be one that you use or work with every day. It does not need to be complicated.  Define the quality requirements for the product using some of the tools that you have been exposed to so far: Wheel of Quality, Template for Gathering Requirements, Quality Requirements Research Checklist, and other methods and tools. You should refer to the example of the Recreational Facility and also, see the example below.