Public Relations

(3 PAGES TO DISCUSS) Topic: Leadership skills that contribute to leader better communication effectiveness in the public sector Thread Prompt: Discuss in detail the types of communication skills and suggest a leader communication strategy for effective leadership communication. Also consider communication strategies found by leaders in the Bible. Apply at least 1 biblical passage that speaks to biblical communication approaches and style. Explain why you picked the passage and what it means to you. (2 PAGES) 2X  250 WORD REPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES; MUST INCLUDE BIBLICAL PASSAGE #1 According to Purpose in Leadership Just Irving, there are five different types of leadership communication. The first is beginning with verbal and nonverbal. These verbal and non-verbal give social cues and communicate language even if none is spoken. Secondly, intentional and unintentional. This is more geared towards emotions and interpretation. Thirdly, conscious, and unconscious. This is a communication directed towards employees and may indirectly affect their perception. Fourthly we have action and inaction. This is how we can communicate the gung ho attitude or be a hermit and no forward movement. Lastly, head and heart. This is huge for so many organizations to have proper communication about head and heart. Many public organizations suffer from the right head being in the game, with no heart. Developing effective communication demands that the leader implements ways to integrate all different styles of communication. Ideally, we would pick up on social cues that deal with these different communication types, but COVID-19 has slowed many down. These differing communication styles are essential in their way! For effective leadership communication, I will propose that there be a combination of all the traits above. A leader should be able to be a mix of all the traits listed above. (Parr, 2016) Even in uncertain times, a leader should at least be adaptable and socially aware. Most of these traits of communication are excellent forms to give employees a sense of understanding and empathy. With COVID-19, I have found that it is challenging to portray some of this leadership communication, whether verbal or non-verbal, due to the inability to interact face to face. (Henry, 2020) Leadership and communication have had to adapt. Today, we utilize face to face zoom or Microsoft teams meetings with employees (cameras on, course). We feel that this creates a well-received form of communication instead of only communicating by email. (Goggin, 2020) This virtual face to face allows for verbal and nonverbal cues which are needed with communication!#2Things that can cause written communication to be less effective are misspelled words, tense issues, grammatical errors, and fused or fragmented sentences (Coffelt, 2019). The listening component of communication skills is one of the most important aspects of communication, as the communicator is conveying not only information but details about their moods, attitudes, and levels of engagement. The Bible says in Proverbs 11:12, that a man of understanding holds his peace, and in Ecclesiastes 7:21-22, it says we are not to take the things that people say too literally. Nonverbal communication is the conveyance of “far more subtle and embedded” information, which has to do with our body language, tone, and gestures that can tell our audience about how we feel and are connected with the information (Van Wart, 2011, p. 294). An example of nonverbal communication may be found in Genesis 4:6 when God as Cain why had his countenance fallen, perceiving there was an issue by the nonverbal cues Cain gave. It is important to acknowledge that leaders will do well to ensure that they carefully consider who the communication is geared towards, how to use their communication tools to help convey the messaging, and gauging the appropriate time to deliver certain messages (Raphael & Nesbary, 2005). Proverbs 15:2 discusses the importance of a timely word, also a measure of responsiveness in public service. 

Objective: The general purpose of this Informative Speech is for the speaker to inform the audience about a topic previously approved by your instructor.  Once your topic is approved, you may proceed. If you have not received a formal approval from your instructor, you will not be able to earn credit for the speech. You must choose a topic that speaks about a social problem or injustice within our community or country.  Length: 4 – 5 minutes

Police Brutality Evaluate a specific community problem: research underlying issues; identify representative character(s).  social impact 750 words

(2) Your Personal Brand- 1ST Individual Paper Read the sections in Chapter Three of the book titled “How to Develop Your Personal Brand” and “How to Create Your Personal Brand.” Then, select any company in any industry (business, sports, entertainment, etc.). Explain the company’s brand: A. What is right about the company (explain 1-2 positives about the firm) and then explain how these 1-2 positive attributes relates to your personal brand; B. What is wrong with the company (explain 1-2 problems with the company) and how these 1-2 negatives relate to your personal brand; C. Explain how HR professionals should fix the company’s problems and also explain what you will do to improve those same problems within yourself.  It is fine if the company is one where you work or have worked. But, there must be publicly available information about the company. Articles about the topic should be from well-respected publications (e.g. Time; Wall Street Journal; Yahoo! News; The Huffington Post; MSN.com; etc.). The paper should address the following issues: Who is the company, what does it do?  What did you learn from this assignment? Explain what is right about the company and yourself. Do they make great products? Are they good at recruiting/hiring? Why? How? Does the company pay well and/or have good benefits? Do workers and managers have input into the company’s decisions? Do people get promoted fairly? Do they offer good training? How so? These are just examples, you can use other positives about the company, too. Relate those positives to yourself. Are you good at getting people to hire you/hang out with you? Are you fair to others? Do you always turn in work on time? Do you make good products/websites or anything? Are you good at statistics? Give details explaining why and how you are good at these things. Explain what is wrong with the company? Do they treat some employees better than others? Do they have many legitimate lawsuits against them (what kind of lawsuits, why?) Do they mismanage their finances? How so? Do their workers make bad products? Why? How? Do you go to work late a lot? Do you do things that cause you to get fired or not to be promoted? Do you not study enough for exams and fail classes? Do many people have legitimate grievances against you? Do you spend too much money? Give details explaining why and how you these are things that you need to improve. Who does these company issues affect and how? (e.g. managers, companies, society, government, staff employees, etc.) How do your problems affect you? (e.g. in school, at work, getting a new job, relationships, etc.?) How should the firm address these problems? How can HR professionals help address these issues?  What role can they play and what are the likely outcomes of their involvement?  What will you do to solve your problems? What is the plan and what is the likely outcome of the plan? You must use at least 4 different sources of information regarding this issue. The first page of each source (e.g. magazine, journal article, newspaper, or website) MUST BE COPIED AND PASTED to the back of the report or YOU WILL NOT GET CREDIT FOR THE REPORT. Copy and paste the entire first page of each of your four (4) sources to the back of your report. You must include a bibliography page at the end of the report, as well.   The paper must be 4-5 pages long, NOT including the cover page, double-spaced, typed in 12 pt font. 

Evaluate the status of minorities in American legal and political history Discuss the key policy debates related to civil rights, equality, and criminal justice Synthesize the above with a Biblical model of government and statesmanship. Cochran chapter 6-10 Murray 4-10 The New Jim Crow- Michelle Alexander Racial Critiques of Mass Incarceration: Beyond The New Jim Crow

For this paper, you will critically analyze and assess the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NARA) mission in terms of its relevance to the organization’s/agency’s primary focus or thrust for the next four to five years. Questions to consider in this stage include the following: *Is the mission statement easily understood by all personnel and serve as energy source/rallying point for the members of the organization? *Are the organizational/agency programs, budget expenditures and policies consistent with the mission statement?* Are the persons receiving services from the organization reflected in the mission statement?    Please get information from NARA’s website https://www.arts.gov/ and from the Strategic Plan attached https://www.arts.gov/about-nea. Please also incorporate information from the PDF attached from Bryson.     Resource Bryson, J. M. (2018). Strategic Planning For Public And Nonprofit Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey -Bass.

Public Service Management: Question: How has the recent political climate affected the government’s ability to respond to persistent public problems? Please answer the question with reference from the book. I have attached Chapter 1 book pages along with Chapter 1 PowerPoint.  Reference: Cohen, S., Eimicke, W. B., & Heikkila, T. (2013). The effective public manager achieving success in government government (5th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

1.   Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade. 2.   Read the Foreword, as well as Chs. 1 and 2 in the Miller text. 3.   This is a “post first” discussion.  You must make your main post responding to the prompt before you will be able to see the postings of your colleagues. 4.   Carefully consider the following prompts: a.    Think about the ideas discussed in the assigned reading. Consider the ways citizens are impacted by the various levels of productivity and quality provided by government organizations. b.    Then conduct some independent research on OCLS to identify a news story from the headlines that illustrates one idea from the text.  (Make sure that your news story is, in fact, featuring a public sector organization and not a non-profit or private sector organization.) 5.   RESPONSE TO THE PROMPT: Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the prompts below. a.    Use the subheadings below to organize your post:                                           i.        News Story: Briefly summarize your news story in your own words.                                         ii.        URL: Provide the website where you found this story.                                        iii.        Connection to Text:  Explain how the story you found illustrates one concept from the Miller text. Include a direct quote from the assigned reading in this section and include a properly-formatted APA in-text citation   Text:  Miller, K. (2014). Extreme Government Makeover: Increasing our capacity to do more good. Washington, DC: Governing.

Innovation in Leadership   For this assignment you will examine a famous leader. In 1,250-1,500 words, apply the concepts and theories explored in this course by doing the following: 1.    Describe a famous leader of your choosing. Summarize the leadership theory you think best describes the leader. 2.    Summarize the leadership theory most aligned with this leader. Describe two specific leadership skills, two specific leadership behaviors and two specific leadership traits of this leader. 3.    Compare this leader’s approach or style to one of the leadership theories discussed in this course. 4.    Explain why this leadership style or approach has been successful for this leader and make logical arguments supporting your case. Support your analysis with direct quotes from class texts. 5.    Identify this leader’s view on and contribution toward innovation. Analyze whether those views and contributions added to their success or failure. Use four to six scholarly resources to support your explanations.   Must use these as sources   Read “On Leading Innovation by Becoming a Learning Organization” by Prickett from Armed Forces Comptroller (2017). URL: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=126741033&site=ehost-live&scope=site   Read “The Role of Leadership in Innovation” by Dodge, Dwyer, Witzeman, Neylon, & Taylor from Research Technology Management (2017). URL: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=122763642&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Your Personal Power   Read the following scenario. A former City of Arizona colleague sets up a consulting business and approaches you for a letter of reference. He submits a draft document, which makes mention of several projects for which he is taking credit. You know that he was a minor player in one of these and feel uncomfortable with his suggestion that the letter be on city letterhead, “just to make it more official.” In 500-750 words, put yourself in the scenario and use the results of your “personal values Explain how you would approach the situation, if you were put in the scenario, based on your personal values assessment.         2. Describe how your personal values inform and instruct your personal power. Use two to four scholarly resources to support your explanations. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.