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Examine three (3) tools, methods, or techniques that your organization or a company with which you are familiar uses to manage and share communications

BUS302

“Could your team use Twitter?” Please respond to the following:

Examine three (3) tools, methods, or techniques that your organization or a company with which you are familiar uses to manage and share communications. Next, suggest one (1) new tool, method, or technique which may enhance your chosen company’s communications overall.

HIS105

Age of Reagan

Please analyze the presidency of Ronald Reagan and its impact on American society and culture. Make sure to cite your sources. Please address ALL of the following:

•&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Compare Reagan’s approach to politics and foreign affairs with those of his predecessors. What were the major foreign policy issues of his presidency?

•&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Compare Reagan’s approach to domestic issues with those of his predecessors. What were the major domestic issues of his presidency?

Choose a president from this unit (George Washington to John Quincy Adams) and write a two-page public address/speech that covers a minimum of two important issues that took place during that president’s term(s).

Unit V Speech

Choose a president from this unit (George Washington to John Quincy Adams) and write a two-page public address/speech that covers a minimum of two important issues (at least one covering a military issue and one on government evolution) that took place during that president’s term(s).

Describe your experience with a consultant, either from your place of employment (current or previous), in the community, or as the consultant yourself.

Discussion 1

Ethical Consulting [CLOs: 1,2,3]

A company that needs help with implementing a process you have little familiarity with has contacted you. Although you could most likely learn it, you would not be a subject matter expert in the period in which they need you. You are certain you could learn the process and could use the extra income, as your consulting has been a little slow. What are the implications for deciding not to take the assignment? What are the implications for taking the assignment? What would you do and why? Respond to two classmates’ posts.

Discussion 2

Describe your experience with a consultant, either from your place of employment (current or previous), in the community, or as the consultant yourself. Thinking of this week’s lecture and the components of a contract, did he/she follow that process? If not, what was missed? Describe your experience.

If you do not have experience with a consultant, recall a situation from your experience where you would have benefited from having an OD Consultant. What would you have done as a consultant? Why?

Why do you think or how does starting a project with cost management in mind help avoid certain pitfalls which may or may not be present otherwise?

Deliverable Length: Two paragraphs with two references properly quoted in APA format

Since cost management is the process by which companies control and plan the costs of doing business and after learning the objectives thoroughly, the demand for public sector services is ever so increasing, meaning that current financial constraints must achieve with fewer resources. With that being said, there is a need for good organization (often vendor) performance and more importantly cost control. Each operational project should have a customized plan and integrate cost management into the overall business model.

Why do you think or how does starting a project with cost management in mind help avoid certain pitfalls which may or may not be present otherwise?

Analyze the potential backup / recovery options. Outline a plan for ensuring that the database meets the 24 / 7 availability.

Imagine you work in the IT department of a new company called Web Assets (WA), located in Denver CO. WA builds custom Websites and provides technical support for clients. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) wants you to create a new customer database using Microsoft SQL 2012 that will interface with the company’s Web server, so that any inquiries or potential customer data can be stored and retrieved by the sales force. The company is expecting to expand and offer these same services in Phoenix AZ, and Sacramento CA. The pertinent information required from each potential customer includes:

First and Last name
Contact Phone Number
Contact Email address
Description of project
Address

Since there will be three (3) sites, the CIO wants to ensure that the database and Website are available for customers 24 / 7 days a week.

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” video in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.”

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Review the available SQL 2012 editions. Recommend the edition which you believe should be installed based on the usage. Justify your recommendation. Note: Keep in mind to consider scalability into the decision.
Suggest the naming convention you would use for the object in the database.
Analyze the potential backup / recovery options. Outline a plan for ensuring that the database meets the 24 / 7 availability.
Provide a SQL script (DDL) to create the tables with their relationships, including data types, primary keys, and foreign keys. Note: You may optionally include constraints.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Diagnose the need for change and present a plan to transform the organization, utilizing Kotter’s 8-Step Approach.

Final Paper

The purpose of the Final Paper is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by demonstrating your knowledge of organizational management by synthesizing the information from class into work and life experience.

Focus of the Final Paper

Think of an organization you have worked for or one with which you are very familiar. Diagnose the need for change and present a plan to transform the organization, utilizing Kotter’s 8-Step Approach.

Include the following sections headings and additional sections as needed:

Introduction
Company Overview
Diagnosis
Kotter’s 8-Step Approach
Conclusion

The Final Paper for the course must be submitted to the instructor by 11:59 p.m. of the time zone in which you reside on the last day of the class.

Writing the Final Paper

Analyze whether the I-9 Form and other documents are enough to establish legal status in the U.S. and are adequate protection for employers.

As the Chief Human Resource Officer of Community State University, you have just been contacted by your legal team. They informed you that your organization has been selected to undergo a Federal I-9 audit. You decided to do a spot check on 5 random departments and noticed that numerous I-9’s were filled out incorrectly. You only have one month before the auditors arrive to do an entire I-9 audit on over 100 departments and the president of the university expects a strategic update on how to tackle this issue in 2 days.

For the first part of your post, describe the immigration forms and documents needed to apply for a job. Research and review an I-9 Form and describe the documents that you would produce to establish legal U.S. status.

For the second part of your post, recommend a plan of action to correct the deficient forms described in the scenario above. In your discussion, analyze whether the I-9 Form and other documents are enough to establish legal status in the U.S. and are adequate protection for employers.

For the third part of your post, justify one additional safeguard that could be added to protect the employer from unknowingly hiring an illegal immigrant. Post to the Discussion Area by Saturday, August 29, 2015, review, and comment on at least two of your classmates posts.

Prepare a well-organized and thoughtful five to seven page research on the characteristics of water as a fire suppression agent.

The characteristics of water as a fire suppression agent

Prepare a well-organized and thoughtful five to seven page research paper. The paper should expand on what you learned during this course. Show that you understand the issues using life experiences. This paper should demonstrate a higher level of learning with examples to show that you can analyze the information and apply it to other situations. A title page and reference page are required but not included as part of the paper length. Requires that students use the outside sources. All sources used, including the textbook, must have accompanying citations, and may include Internet sources, books and professional journals, or resources related to the course. Your research paper must contain at least three references.

APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed.

Research the use of better recruitment practices and a formal disciplinary model to address the increased turnover and disciplinary issues in the maintenance department.

Assignment 2: Case Analysis/Scenario

You are the vice president of Human Resources at Community State University. The president of the university has just informed you that the Maintenance Department is experiencing a high turnover rate in addition to an increase in disciplinary actions.

You have been asked to research the use of better recruitment practices and a formal disciplinary model to address the increased turnover and disciplinary issues in the maintenance department.

Begin your paper by summarizing the applicable HR laws, theories and issues that you have studied so far in the class that might apply to the case.

Then, using the SUO library databases, textbook, and other scholarly resources, research and analyze an effective recruitment process and how it might reduce turnover and disciplinary actions.

Additionally, evaluate the pros and cons for a formal disciplinary process for the organization.

Conclude your essay by defending at least three specific recommendations you would make to the university president.