How an individual gets affected in a psychological way when hid sexuality is not accepted in the culture he is living in, Use snowball sampling as a research method

Revision comments : Research should include data and analysis

The research paper should talk about the purpose of the research project’s study, and explain why it was carried out. Describe the methodology used for data collection and analysis of the data. (Snowball sampling) research.

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Human sexuality: How an individual gets affected in a psychological way when hid sexuality is not accepted in the culture he is living in, Use snowball sampling as a research method

What are the trends of employee innovative behavior in the oil and gas organizations in the UAE?

1.1.  Research Background

Rapidly changing and dynamic operational environments are placing businesses under increased social, economic and financial pressure. These dynamic and competitive operational parameters are contributing to increased innovation as a strategy to ensure and contribute to an adequate competitive advantage that facilitates an entity’s performance and operational efficiency. Therefore, numerous economic entities are investing in innovation led strategies to gain an effective hold over their respective operational environments. Innovation initiates and contributes to an entity’s flexibility and adaptability to the ever-changing and advancing technologies and the unpredictable and uncertain business environment. An entity’s employees play a crucial role in the implementation and incorporation of innovative technology within the business’ operational structure. Therefore, for businesses to innovate they have to rely on their employees’ capacity and willingness to innovate and develop viable solutions to the problems facing an organization because these employees have firsthand experience relative to the organization’s operations, associative problems and probable solutions (Elidemir, Ozturen, & Bayighomog, 2020). Notably, the employees’ innovative capacity, willingness and associative behavior are frequently influenced by the work environment in which they work (Theure, Tumasjan, & Welpe, 2020). The aforementioned work environment includes fundamental components such as the organization’s culture, its leadership practices, the resulting system of governance, employee behavior, available resources and organization specific policies that facilitate the day-to-day activities of the organization. Moreover, first line mangers have direct access to an organization’s employees and strategically positioned to initiate effective change in the organization’s workforce by translating and interpreting fundamental organizational rules, policies and associated changes (Theurer, Tumasjan & Welpe, 2018). They oversee fundamental operations that culminate in and contribute to the entity’s objectives and goals. Therefore, these first line mangers have the ability to influence the organization’s innovative capacity by impacting the innovative capability and willingness of the employees. Furthermore, given that organizational work environments are also defined by the workers’ impressions of official and informal organizational rules, practices, and procedures, it is evident that first line managers can impact the innovative behavior exhibited by employees.

The current study seeks to offer insights into the impact of first-line managers’ roles on the employees’ innovative capacity, willingness and associative behavior in the organization. The research study will specifically, focus on the oil and gas sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which in the last year has experienced upheavals driven by a considerable drop in oil prices (The National, 2021). The reducing oil prices as well as shifting demand for oil and gas driven by tightening emission regulations across the world, the rise of electric vehicles, considerable demand growth being driven by countries outside the organization for economic co-operation and development (OECD) and the younger generation embracing the sharing economy thus reducing the demand for oil means that oil and gas companies have to embrace innovation to remain functional and competitively viable (The National, 2021). Innovation in this case is in pursuit of new efficiencies such as cutting costs to maximize productivity and profits and to produce low hydrocarbon products.

With the changing price and demand dynamics, a majority of the oil and gas companies in the UAE have responded with innovation initiatives. For example, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) put in place a “2030 strategy” designed to transform its business and future success by delivering growth, value creation, and profitability by seeking new ways to suit the current world and the future needs (ADNOC, 2021). However, while it has not been difficult to introduce technology advances and innovations, putting them in place, maintaining them, and keeping them successful over time has proven challenging (Abuhejleh, Dulaimi, & Ellahham, 2016). To ensure successful implementation of technological innovation, there is a need to provide adequate organizational support to employees to ensure they exhibit positive energy and eagerness which motivates them to go beyond their defined job responsibilities and exhibit innovative behavior (Riaz, Xu, & Hussain, 2018). Therefore, this study will determine the impact of first line managers’ role on employee innovative behavior in the UAE oil companies.

In the ever dynamic and competitive contemporary business environment, businesses are always striving for competitive advantage with innovation being earmarked as one of the avenues to help organizations to achieve a larger market share (Alhammadi Tham, & Azam, 2020). Technological advancements, shifts in customer behavior, greater competition, limited resources, short product lifecycles, and changing business models are among the elements that have helped drive the need for innovation in businesses in recent times (Kozioł-Nadolna, 2020). Moreover, internal factors that constitute and contribute to an organization’s working environments that affect employees’ innovative behavior and the subsequent competitiveness and productivity of the organization include material, intangible, and human resources at the disposal of the organization’s workforce and its management (Kozioł-Nadolna, 2020). The role of internal factors and the resulting work environments that impact organizational innovation are informed by the resource-based view (RBV) which implores organizations and management to focus internally and assess assets, capabilities and competencies that can help an organization generate and deliver competitive advantages (Davis & DeWitt, 2021; Kozioł-Nadolna, 2020). This approach can be incorporated and utilized by the first-line of organizations to facilitate and contribute to their ability to utilize resources available at their disposal to motivate and improve the employee’s capability and willingness to embrace innovation relative to the organization’s operations. An example is the incorporation of training programs designed to improve the employees’ technical and technological knowledge that complements and contributes to innovation.

Based on the RBV, employees are one of the most valuable internal resources to organizational innovation (Cruz & Haugan, 2019). Employees create and introduce new ideas and innovations with their attitudes towards innovation playing a crucial role in how an organization perceives problem finding and solutions and determining how effectively an organization can adopt and implement innovations (Paulikas, 2018). Hansen Amundsen, Aasen, and Gressgård (2017) further note that leaders and managers can influence employees’ attitudes towards innovation by being open to new ideas, making the employees aware of the impact of their innovative ideas on the organization, open communication and trusting employee to solve problems. First-line managers, in particular, are critical in influencing employees’ attitudes towards innovation, employee innovative behaviors and innovation implementation since they are the ones who are in constant contact with employees (Fader, 2014; Schultz, 2020). With leaders playing such a crucial role in implementing effective innovation in organizations, several studies have been undertaken to examine the role of managers and specifically line managers in organizational innovation. A study by Fader (2014) indicated that the role of first-line managers in encouraging employee innovative behavior included recognition and encouragement of innovative behaviors, empowering employees in problem-solving and supporting innovation through participative decision making and openness to new ideas. The views by Fader (2014) showing the important role of first-line managers are supported by Kozioł-Nadolna (2020) who indicated that first-line managers stimulate innovation by incentivizing and rewarding innovative behaviors, openness to new ideas and new ways of doing things and inspiring employees by settings goals and open communication. Despite the above studies indicating that first-line managers have a crucial role to play in implementing innovation in an organization, the managers sometimes lack the necessary skills to achieve their goals and objectives. Specifically, Fader (2014) notes that line managers are often not trained and equipped with sufficient knowledge on how to stimulate and implement innovation. In UAE specifically, a survey undertaken by Abuhejleh, Dulaimi and Ellahham, (2016) evaluating businesses that had participated in a UAE organized World Government summit indicated that only 26% of the participants have successfully generated and implemented innovations. Therefore, while first line managers can play a crucial role in stimulating and implementing innovation, their efforts are occasionally hampered when it comes to the effective implementation of innovation in an organization. Therefore, this research takes on an empirical approach to examine the role of first line managers in facilitating the incorporation and implementation of effective innovative strategy, specifically the study seeks to identify, critically evaluate and ultimately illustrate the role of first-line manager in stimulating employee innovative capacity, willingness and associative behavior, thereby providing and contributing to knowledge and information that would help organizations to better equip line managers with the relevant training and knowledge for effective innovation implementation.

1.2.  Problem Statement

Innovation implementation has proven a challenge to numerous businesses, especially in the UAE where 65% of the firms surveyed indicated that they were able to generate innovation but failed in implementing them (Abuhejleh et al. 2016). While organizations are aware and able to generate innovation, sustaining them in the long term and ensuring that they are effective in achieving the intended objective has proven a challenge. According to Rønningstad (2018), a key role of first-line managers entails passing innovative ideas proposed by employees to top management to shape decision making. In this respect, first-line managers need to exhibit penness to new ideas as well as open communication with employees to enable them understand employees’ perspectives on improving operations (Rønningstad, 2018). However, studies such as Alhadhrami (2013) have shown that in the UAE, the Arabic culture influences managers to not accept direct and open communication from their subordinates which makes it difficult for the managers to understand innovative ideas from employees. As a result, there is a gap in literature which this study will seek to address since it is realized that although open communication is crucial role of first line managers in promoting employee innovative behavior, it is disregarded in the UAE organizational setting.

At the same time, Hasnat and Philbin (2021) explained that employees’ attitudes affect their innovative behavior in which employees with positive attitudes are likely to make suggestions on how to improve the organization operations and increase profitability. However, research by Al-Ali (2018) showed that UAE employees exhibit negative attitudes towards their work since they do not regard their jobs as a source of satisfaction leading to high rates of absenteeism and turnover. In this regard, the gap on how employee attitudes in the UAE can be improved to promote innovative behavior is addressed in this study. One of the ways organizations can mitigate challenges affecting innovation is by involving first-line managers who play a crucial role in stimulating and implementing innovation through open communication, participative decision and settings goals (Kozioł-Nadolna, 2020). Therefore, it is also essential to understand the influencing factors that could affect and possibly impede the efforts of first line managers in their capacity as facilitators of innovative strategy implementation. As such, this research study will seek investigate with the intention of offering insight to organizations on the critical role first-line managers play in the successful, effective and sustained implementation of innovation.

1.3.  Purpose of the Study

To examine the impact of first-line managers’ roles on employee innovative behavior in

oil and gas organizations in the UAE.

1.4.  Research Objectives

• To determine trends of employee innovative behavior in oil and gas organizations in the UAE through the involvement of empirical testing.
• To determine trends of first-line managers’ roles in oil and gas organizations in the UAE through the involvement of empirical tests.
• To determine the correlative, measurable, justifiable and empirical relationship between first-line managers’ roles and employee innovative behavior in oil and gas organizations in the UAE.
  • Research Questions
• What are the trends of employee innovative behavior in the oil and gas organizations in the UAE?
• What are the trends affiliated with first line managers’ roles in the oil and gas organizations in the UAE?
• What is the identifiable, measurable/ observable relationship between the roles of first line managers and employee innovative behavior?

Economic Institutions are the sole cause of economic growth in the longrun, discuss.

Essay Question: Economic Institutions are the sole cause of economic growth in the longrun, discuss. • The essay question must be discussed within the context of two or more developing countries. If possible use Guatemala, Iraq and/or Pakistan. • The three fundamental causes of growth must be discussed 1. Geography 2. Institution (Political + Economic) and 3. Culture. You must talk about all three fundamental causes but do not completely omit one of the three. • Must link the three fundamental causes (1. Geography 2. Institution (Political + Economic) and 3. Culture) • Make sure facts are about the fundamental cause and not the proximal causes of growth • Show earlier on that the question is about fundamental causes of growth • You must forge an opinion and argue the case accordingly – supporting opinions with research papers • Don’t talk too much about politics • Must discuss what’s been discussed in the lecture material (attached below) and research papers (listed below), as well as other papers (from your research) • Word limit: 2500, without references Research papers that must be included in the essay • ‘The Macrogenoeconomics of Comparative Development’ (Ashraf and Galor) https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jel.20161314 • ‘Institutions, Human Capital, and Development’ (Acemoglu et al) https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev- economics-080213-041119 • ‘The Global Distribution of Economic Activity: Nature, History and the role of trade’ (Henderson et al) https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/133/1/357/4110418?l ogin=true *Additional to this, lecture material (attached) and 15 other sources must be included in the research. Refer to research by Stelios Michalopoulos, Felipe Valencia Caicedo & David Weil

Develop, implement and evaluate a marketing plan that contributes towards achieving strategic organisational objectives.

1. Module Overview

The module is designed to enable students develop an appreciation of the role of marketing and the management of marketing functions in the modern organisation. It will focus on what being “market oriented” means, in practice, to contemporary organisations. The module helps you understand the challenges of marketing management such as: analysing marketing environments; evaluating strategic alternatives and designing and implementing marketing programmes involving decisions about products/services, pricing, distribution and promotion. We will explore the concept of strategic marketing planning, tactical marketing decisions and discuss key challenges in external environment face by the marketer.

2. Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this learning, and this module, you will be able to:

1. Critique key theories, concepts and models in marketing and its role in the achievement of organisational objectives.

2. Critically evaluate organisational current markets and/or sectors within which it operates.

3. Develop, implement and evaluate a marketing plan that contributes towards achieving strategic organisational objectives.

3 Sensitivity: Internal

3. Summative and Formative Assessment

Formative Activities and Assessment

Formative activities and assessments are opportunities for you to apply, practice and make sense of the learning materials and content that you have encountered. These may take the form of individual tasks, such as reading some text or watching a video and documenting your reaction to it, responding to some discussion points on the discussion forum, considering a case study, or participating in a live online classroom session. The main aim of formative activities is for you to receive feedback on your contribution or performance that will help you prepare for and complete your final module assessment.

You are given ONE opportunity to submit a summary of your ideas (or an outline) for Coursework 2 (up to 500 words) through Turnitin. Please check with your module tutors for details.

Summative Assessment

Summative assessments are the pieces of coursework that you complete which contribute towards your final grade in this module. You should take the feedback that you receive from the completion of coursework in this module and use it to help you improve your performance in future assessments.

Summative assessment in this module is two pieces of submitted coursework. You will be expected to submit your summative assignments via the submission points in the Assessment folder of your module.

Your assessments will be marked under the Anonymous Marking Policy. It is the responsibility of students to respect and enable anonymity in the assessment process. You must submit your work using your student number to identify yourself, not your name. You must not use your name in the text of the work at any point. When you submit your work via Turnitin, you must submit your student number within the assignment document and in the Submission title field on Turnitin.4 Sensitivity: Internal

4. Summative Assessment

Develop the implementation plan with the focus on communication mix for the successful implementation of the marketing plan.

Assessment guidance

For the organisation you used in CW1 you will develop a Marketing plan that contributes towards achieving strategic organisational objectives. The Marketing plan should make use of various strategy models and discuss the implementation and evaluation of marketing frameworks and tools. In your Marketing plan you should show that it:

Supports the organisational objectives.

Demonstrates understanding of the stakeholder needs

Is in line with the marketing objective(s)

Shows consideration of external and internal environment – identified in CW1.

Section 1: Introduction, Audit & Objectives

Introduce the organisation, products/services and main market(s) using the CW1 information. Outline the scope of the report. Discuss the SMART marketing objectives for the organisation to demonstrate how these objectives will sustain/improve the success of the organisation and how they meet the stakeholders’ expectations.

Section 2: Strategies for Growth

Application of the strategic models (e.g. BCG matrix, the Ansoff Matrix / Porter’s Generic Strategies etc.) will enable you to identify areas of risk and growth within the organisation and possible strategic directions. 7 Sensitivity: Internal

Section 3: The Marketing Mix

This is your opportunity to explore the 4Ps, or 7Ps, as you currently see them. You can suggest changes to any or all of the components, if these would help to achieve the objectives you have set in Section 1. Remember that the marketing objectives should be in line with the chosen marketing strategy, so refer to the targeting of the company, as well as its positioning, to support your arguments.

Section 4: Communications and marketing tactics

Explore the communications mix and how this is already used and make suggestions for future marketing planning. You will discuss the importance of marketing analysis and make recommendations for further communications.

Section 5: Implementation and evaluation

• • Develop the implementation plan with the focus on communication mix for the successful implementation of the marketing plan.
• • Develop an evaluation to measure the successful implementation of marketing plan framework based on the identification of KPIs and methods.

The report needs to be well-presented and well-structured, with good vocabulary and grammar. Citing sources of concepts/theories/models is essential. When you first introduce them, you should also briefly explain their purpose and meaning – this can be done via the citation of an academic source (a book or a journal article, or a report). All citations should feature at the end of your work as a List of references.

What is the sociological imagination? What does it mean to you?

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(Please write in three full pages) Sociology 101 (Introduction to Sociology 2e) Module 10 and 11 https://cbc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6c1d3fe7‑1761‑4176‑bb9b‑ae9700ffc8e8 This is My Assignment (Use TWO FULL pages for this assignment. Also, I will pay extra if you will use the 3rd page) Unlimited Attempts Allowed Details Answer the following questions in at least one complete page (meaning if you start one third of the way down the first page it must go at least that far onto the second page) and make a strong argument that you achieved mastery of these concepts: 1. What is the sociological imagination? What does it mean to you? How can it help you throughout the course of your life? What is the six word definition I like to use that starts with ‘The intersection of _______ ___ ________ ? 2. Then tell me about two other concepts – or theorists – or theories you learned in this class. Tell me the implications for each and show that you can apply them to the real world. If you can submit this before June 10th at 11:59 pm you will receive 5 extra credit points. ** If this assignment seems overwhelming, and you do not feel like you can manage expressing your knowledge of the material by writing, you can also create a powerpoint presentation, video, Prezi or some other creative medium to communicate that you have mastered the material. Please contact me so we can talk about it!

Critically explore and appraise the leadership and change management strategies that will be used to implement the change.

3. Discussion (4000 words)

1. Critically explore and appraise the leadership and change management strategies that will be used to implement the change. In discussing your strategy, you need to evaluate the role of nurse leaders in leading, managing, and changing practice through innovation in order to improve patient / service user care in a variety of settings in your field of practice.

2. Critically discuss your proposed delivery plan of change / improvement / innovation to improve patient safety/outcomes. You need to clearly evaluate the involvement of all stakeholders in developing the plans for delivering change and innovation that focus on better outcomes for people who use services in your field of practice.

3. Systematically appraise collaborative approaches to identifying risks and challenges, problem solving and decision-making in planning and implementing your proposed change in challenging, complex and dynamic health and social care systems such as the NHS. You need to clearly identify potential barriers and how these will be managed using evidence -based approaches.

4. Discuss how you will evaluate and measure the success of your delivery/implementation plan/service development/innovation/improvement and what further action plan might be required.

5. Critically reflect on how you have developed your ability to lead change since year 1. You need to reflect on how your learning has prepared you to be able to lead, manage, and improve services in order to improve patient / service user outcomes and or safety in your field of practice.Page 4 of 4

4. Conclusion (500 words)

1. Summary: Write a short concluding statement, which summarises the key learning points that have emerged from the discussion.

2. Recommendations. Make recommendations on what needs to be done in light of your findings and conclusions.

5. References. Appropriate referencing is an important element of academic writing. Ensure that you have used the most up-to-date UWL referencing guide available from the library. Please be aware that the referencing guide is regularly updated.

6. Appendices. You are required to include your poster as an appendix (Session 11). Any other diagrams /charts should also be included in the appendix. Remember that appendices need to be fully referenced and need to be cited in the main body of your work. Appendices are not marked, but supplement the information discussed in the main body of the essay.

Explain why your chosen statistical tests are appropriate for testing the null hypothesis

Description

Probability, Distributions, Hypothesis Testing, and Measures This is a three-part assignment that will be submitted as one document. You will need a title and reference page for this assignment. You do not need to include the introduction or conclusion sections. Part I. Based on what you have learned about probability and distributions, hypothesis testing, and measures of association, answer the following: What statistical tests will you use to test your null hypothesis (H0)? Explain why your chosen statistical tests are appropriate for testing the null hypothesis (H0)? How will you determine correlations between variables? Part II. Go to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Table A-1: Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age. Table A-1 presents the employment status of the civilian population by sex and age and is updated monthly. For this assignment, select the data from the latest available month under the Seasonally Adjusted header column, men, 20 years and over employed and unemployed, and women, 20 years and over, employed and unemployed. Using any software of your choice and data from Table A-1, develop the following tables and figures, and conduct the following statistical tests. Create a contingency table and calculate the frequencies. Create an expected frequencies table. Calculate the Chi-Square statistic. Calculate the t-Statistic. Develop a standard scatter plot for the variables. Determine if your data level is nominal, ordinal, or continuous. Then calculate the Phi coefficient for nominal level data, Gamma for ordinal level data, or Pearson’s r for continuous level data. Export the tables and figure(s) into a Word document. Tables and figures are required to follow APA Style. Part III. As in previous units, revisions to the hypothesis and research questions may be necessary. If you feel revisions are needed, go ahead and make them. If no revisions are needed, justify your decision. Keep in mind you will be developing a quantitative research proposal. Your final submitted document must be at least three pages long. The title and reference pages do not  apply to the page count. You may use the textbook and at least two peer-reviewed scholarly articles. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm

Evaluate the role of nurse leaders in leading, managing, and changing practice through innovation in order to improve patient / service user care in a variety of settings

LOs

1. Evaluate the role of nurse leaders in leading, managing, and changing practice through innovation in order to improve patient / service user care in a variety of settings

2. Critically analyse and evaluate methods of service evaluation and service improvement to propose and plan for organisational change and service improvement

3. Systematically appraise and apply collaborative approaches to risk identification, problem solving and decision-making in planning and implementing innovations in challenging, complex and dynamic health and social care systems.

4. Appraise current healthcare challenges and evaluate the involvement of all stakeholders in developing plans for delivering change and innovation that focus on better outcomes for people who use services.

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Assignment Guidelines

This assignment is a dissertation which discusses how a particular service can be led/managed, improved/ changed/innovate/developed in order to improve patient / service user safety or/ and outcomes.

The first step in any change/improvement/innovation is to assess the current state of the service. This would help you in identifying the service gap and rationale for service change/improvement/innovation/development. You will then need to set out a plan, discuss/ explore how that plan might be implemented and critically evaluate your led/managed proposed service change /improvement / development/innovation.

You will need to decide on your chosen strategy for change which will be based on theories related to change management / leadership / management, project management, evidence- based practice research, current health care policies, clinical guidelines, reports, findings and recommendations. You will need to set your work against the background of the NHS, NHS policies and evidence- based practice.

Dissertation Structure Guidance

1. Introduction (500 words).

The introduction needs to clearly explain what the assignment is about. This section needs to explain in your own words what is required in the assignment brief given above. Your introduction also needs to outline how the essay is structured and articulate why your topic is of significance/importance in relation to patient safety or/and outcomes. You can use references to support your work. Page 3 of 4

2. Context and Background (1000 words)

1. Appraise current healthcare challenges in England or in the UK. You will need to clearly identify gap in service in your field of nursing practice.

2. You will need to discuss the NHS and or other organisational policies, internal and external drivers for change, for example, reports, clinical guidelines, recommendations supporting change, innovation and improvement in your field of practice.

3. Briefly discuss the change, innovation /improvement in service that is being proposed. You need to clearly articulate how patients or/and service users will benefit from the proposed change.

explore how a service could be led/ managed/ improved or change in order to improve patient safety or/and outcomes.

Summative:

For this assignment you are required to explore how a service could be led/ managed/ improved or change in order to improve patient safety or/and outcomes. You will need to identify a particular service and have clear reasons for this service needing change/improvement /development /innovation. The first step in any change is to assess the current state of the service (service gap/need) then set out a plan, explore how that plan will be implemented, and critically evaluate the change /improvement / led or managed service.

You will need to decide on your chosen strategy for change which will be based on theories related to change management / leadership / management, project management, evidence- based practice, research, current health care policies, clinical guidelines, reports, findings and recommendations. You will need to set your work against the background of the NHS, NHS policies and evidence- based practice.

6000 words- Dissertation