Occupational Health and Safety homework 1
Briefly explain the following concepts related to exposure thresholds: time-weighted average, short-term exposure limit, exposure ceiling, and biological exposure indices.
Summarize the similarities and differences between confined spaces and permit-required confined spaces, and give at least three examples of each. Summarize the duties of personnel involved in the performance of a permit-required confined-space entry.
Your response must be at least 200 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Assignment 1: LASA 2: Change Management
For many companies, change is a constant thing. A company that can smoothly navigate organization change is one that is more nimble and better able to meet market demands for products. In this assignment, you will develop a change management plan that is similar to what a business today might use to implement change.
Assume you are the supervisor of a product development team that designs cell phone applications for your company’s newest cell phone. Unfortunately, this model has not been performing well in the market and your company has decided to discontinue production.
Your team is being asked to discontinue their current operations and move to the design and development of applications for a new smart phone. This will require new skills and experience that some of your team members do not possess. In addition, management has asked for a shortened timeline meaning your team will have to put in considerable overtime hours.
You are to develop a change management plan for leading your team through these changes, including reorganization. You will review your plan with your boss.
Research change management plans using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Select at least twoauthoritative resources, one of which may be your text, to use in this assignment. Be sure to use real-world situations when presenting examples in your response.
Download and review the Change Management Plan template from the Doc Sharing area. Analyze the case information and fill in the template.
Write a detailed change management plan covering the following:
Identify two reorganizational changes and their impact on the team.
Offer suggestions and strategies for managing the change including:
Two ways to communicate the reorganization plans with the team
Two ways to gain buy-in from the team
Two ways to deal with resistance from the team
Two ways you will lead and motivate your team through the change
Identify two specific ways you will inform your supervisor of plans and progress.
Identify five action items required in order to implement the change.
Identify seven potential risks along with a plan of the action to take if a risk occurs. Explain your solutions.
Instructions: Using this week’s lectures, presentation, and at least one (1) outside source which can be from your “Supplemental Readings for this week, please write a one to two (1-2) page paper on any aspect of China or India that contributed to the Eastern concept of collectiveness in society. The paper must be in APA format. Examples you might choose from include religion, philosophy, government, business or any combination of these or others you think best demonstrate the concept of collectivism. Remember to also state how this concept can be seen in, or strongly influenced, modern societies.
Grading Rubric:
Use of correct APA formatting (max. 5 points)
Paper is free of grammatical and/or spelling errors (max. 10 points)
Use of at least one outside source with proper citation/reference (max. 5 points)
Student wrote at least one page of text of 250 words (max. 20 points)
Clearly stating:
• what their selection was, (max. 20 points)
• how it demonstrated collectivism in Eastern Civilization, (max. 20 points) and
• related it to modern societies, values, or history (max. 20 points)
Instructions: Using this week’s lectures, presentation, and at least one (1) outside source which can be from your “Supplemental Readings for this week, please write a one to two (1-2) page paper on any aspect of China or India that contributed to the Eastern concept of collectiveness in society. The paper must be in APA format. Examples you might choose from include religion, philosophy, government, business or any combination of these or others you think best demonstrate the concept of collectivism. Remember to also state how this concept can be seen in, or strongly influenced, modern societies.
To conclude your marketing plan, in Assignment 3, you will describe the company’s, marketing strategy, implementation strategy, expansion plan, social media strategy, monitoring methods, and integrated marketing communication strategy.
Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:
Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
Provide the following marketing strategy information:
Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
Assess the level of impact that the salient macro-environmental issues (e.g., legal, technological, social, and economic, etc.) and trends with which the company must contend could potentially have on the company’s marketing strategy.
Discuss the marketing research tools that you used in your marketing strategy.
Construct an implementation strategy for your hypothetical company in which you specify the essential activities and responsibilities. Include a timetable for completion of each component of your strategy.
Develop a five (5) year expansion plan that includes future profitability and market share growth. Include necessary graphs to explain your plan.
Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
Choose two (2) performance standards, two (2) monitory methods, and two (2) financial controls that you would implement that differ from the standards that you had provided in Assignment 1. Justify your choices.
Assess the potential for your company’s overall performance in relation to the marketing plan objectives.
Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.
Use at least five (5) academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Assignment 2: Unhealthy Lunches
Drive-In Don’s fast food restaurant sells the most delicious burglyhters in town at the most affordable price. Elementary and high schools in the vicinity have contracted with the restaurant to serve burgers during lunch hour. However, the county health department’s one-year study shows that children from these schools have the highest cholesterol, are the most obese, and are the least active.
George and Mary’s son, Randall, 12, attends one of the schools where Drive-In Don’s foods are served. He suffers from extreme obesity and high cholesterol and runs the risk of diabetes.
George and Mary have sued Drive-In Don’s and the school, alleging that Drive-In Don’s is engaging in illegal deceptive advertising of its foods and is not truthful to customers. Further, the lawsuit states that the restaurant purposely fails to provide consumers details of the ingredients of its food products.
Research consumer protection laws and regulations, using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Based on the facts of the case and research, write an analytical paper (approximately 4-5 pages). In the paper, respond to the following questions:
Do George and Mary have a case? What are their strongest legal arguments? Explain.
What defense(s), if any, do the school and the restaurant have? Explain.
Can the government agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) help the plaintiffs in any way? Explain.
Imagine that a newly engaged couple hears that you are taking a course in interpersonal communication, and wants advice for their relationship. Based on what you have learned in this course, what advice would you give them regarding how to effectively use interpersonal communication in their relationship? Write your paper in the form of a letter.
Instructions
Use the below list of five course learning outcomes to help guide your letter. For each of the five learning outcomes, create a separate section with a heading that reflects the learning outcome that you are using.
Identify the barriers to effective interpersonal interactions.
Describe the process by which self-concept is developed and maintained.
Define emotional intelligence and its role in effective interpersonal relationships.
Evaluate appropriate levels of self-disclosure in relationships.
Describe strategies for managing interpersonal conflicts.
Write an eight to ten page paper (excluding title and reference pages) in the form of a letter. In this paper, address the five concepts above. Your advice cannot be based on your own opinions; you must back up your advice with research, which may include readings from this course or from outside sources. In total, your paper must include at least five sources, including at least two from the Ashford University Library. This is a formal paper and should utilize proper grammar, complete sentences, appropriate paragraphs, and correct citations/references in proper APA (6th edition) style. However, you will write this paper in the format of a letter to the newly-engaged couple, and may address the couple throughout the paper. For example: “Dear Sara and Tim, my advice to you for a successful relationship is…” Along with explaining concepts and including research, you may also use your personal experiences as examples of the research and advice that you are offering.
Consider the following scenario:
You have decided that you would like to formally start an entrepreneurial business. To ensure the success of your business, you will produce a business plan. The plan will assess, compare and contrast alternative schools of thought, cultural and political differences which impact the application of management activities within the broad notion of entrepreneurship. The plan that you submit should contain at least the following components:
Title page
Table of contents
Executive summary (Abstract)
Business description
Definition of the market
Description of proposed products or services
Organization and management descriptions
Marketing strategy
Financial management
References Page to align with internal citations
Appendixes.
Your final submission should include all of the components described and should be submitted in an 8–10 page APA Word document. Use the class resources and research the Internet to help you in creating the plan. The links to Web resources provided in the unit material will also help you get a clearer picture of what is included in the business plan and what a finished business plan might look like.
The business plan should be researched and professionally written with all the components listed in the assignment description. Grammar, spelling, punctuation,
Leaders today must be able to create a compelling vision for the organization. They also must be able to create an aligned strategy and then execute it. Visions have two parts, the envisioned future and the core values that support that vision of the future. The ability to create a compelling vision is the primary distinction between leadership and management. Leaders need to create a vision that will frame the decisions and behavior of the organization and keep it focused on the future while also delivering on the short-term goals.
To learn more about organizational vision statements, do an Internet search and review various vision statements.
In this assignment, you will consider yourself as a leader of an organization and write a vision statement and supporting values statement.
Select an organization of choice. This could be an organization that you are familiar with, or a fictitious organization. Then, respond to the following:
Provide the name and description of the organization. In the description, be sure to include the purpose of the organization, the products or services it provides, and the description of its customer base.
Describe the core values of the organization. Why are these specific values important to the organization?
Describe the benefits and purpose for an organizational vision statement.
Develop a vision statement for this organization. When developing a vision statement, be mindful of the module readings and lecture materials.
In the vision statement, be sure to communicate the future goals and aspirations of the organization.
Once you have developed the vision statement, describe how you would communicate the statement to the organizational stakeholders, that is, the owners, employees, vendors, and customers.
How would you incorporate the communication of the vision into the new employee on-boarding and ongoing training?
Individual Reflection: Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth—Managing Business Information Systems, Executive Summary of Class and Collaboration Skills
As you begin this Assignment, review the broad range of topics presented throughout the course related to managing business information systems. Clearly, eight weeks does not provide enough time to explore all the topics of this course as deeply as you might have liked. For this Individual Reflection, select concepts or topics that resonated with you during this course and commit to learning more about them. To bring this commitment to life, identify concrete action items that will support your goal to deepen your personal learning experience in the coming year. Then, consider the following:
What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you had in this course with your personal and professional development goals?
What are the most important things you are taking from this course that will shape your future and enable you to make a positive difference?
The Assignment
All components of the Assignment must be turned in as one document:
The Executive Summary: Write an Executive Summary of the course (2–3 paragraphs) that addresses the following questions:
Which content and assignments in this course improved your understanding of managing business information systems within your chosen organization?
What impact has your improved understanding had or do you anticipate it will have on the value you will bring to your role within an organization?
How have the content and assignments changed the way you think of managing business information systems?
How have the content and assignments shaped your goals now, and how do you anticipate they will shape your goals in the future?
One of the major challenges in information systems management is the management of information ethics. What can you do to influence the ethical behavior of yourself and others in this area?
How can the knowledge you gained in this course enable you to make a positive difference within an organization, community, or more broadly?
The Back-up Plan: Create an individual data and technology back-up plan that identifies how you will keep your files and notes from this class and all of your other classes safe and secure for the long term so that you may reference them at any time.
Your Professional or Personal Action Plan: Write a detailed action plan for one new goal for professional and personal development. You will continue to build on the list of goals you started in your previous course. Include the following in your action plan:
Your specific goal for professional and personal development with an explanation of why you selected the goal. Be sure to provide concrete and specific examples of why the goal is important, the extent to which this goal enables you to be an agent for positive social change, and the personal or professional value you expect from achieving each goal, and how the goal relates to the resources you reviewed in the course.
At least two objectives for the goal you have identified. Provide a rationale that explains how your objectives support the goal.