Organizational Strategy, Project Risk, And Project Management Maturity

Businesses often face significant challenges when it comes to ensuring that projects align with organizational strategy. In order to overcome this challenge, a certain level of project management maturity is needed. Read the article “How Can the Trade Off Between Corporate Business Strategy and Project Risk Be Optimized?” (Sheykh, Azizi, Sobhiyah, 2013) (see attached) located in the Ashford University Library. Then, write a paper discussing the following:

  • Explain how project and portfolio management relate to organizational strategy and risk management.
  • Explain the rationale behind an organization keeping a diverse project portfolio.
  • Discuss the project management maturity level an organization would likely have to achieve in order to successfully build a project portfolio that would align with organizational strategy, while managing risk.

The Organizational Strategy, Project Risk, and Project Management Maturity assignment

  • Must be 900-1200 words in length (not including title and references pages)
Pros and Cons of Globalization

Pros and Cons of Globalization

Based on the reading assignment this week, respond to the two of the three following questions:

1. In your opinion; what are the pros and cons of globalization?

2. How has the economic downturn impacted trends in protectionism and nationalism?

​3. What is the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in global organizations?

*Post must be a minimum of 250 words.

Developing An Employee Training Session

Imagine you are a new employee in a HR department. Your first task is to develop a plan for an employee training session on stress management.

  • Identify specific, relevant topics that should be covered during the training session, with justification.
  • Describe proven methods of tracking employee attendance and dealing with employees who do not attend or participate in mandatory training.
  • Develop detailed criteria to assist in selecting a vendor to use for the stress management training session.
  • Provide a well-reasoned explanation for why one of these training methods is most effective: presentations, case studies, simulations, and discussions.
Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books

The “Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books” states: “The visual and verbal messages young children absorb from books (and other media) heavily influence their ideas about themselves and others. Depending on the quality of the book, they can reinforce (or undermine) children’s affirmative self-concept, teach accurate (or misleading) information about people of various identities, and foster positive (or negative) attitudes about diversity.” Do you agree with this quote?  Explain why or why not.  ( 100 words please cite)

key characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research questions
  • What are the key characteristics of quantitative and qualitative research questions?
  • What are the most important considerations when drafting research questions for applied business research?
  • Provide feedback on the research questions formulated by your classmates.

For students expecting to conduct a military-related study:

The Department of Defense and each military branch provide its own  requirements on human protections and IRB approval. Which DoD  regulations or limitations for conducting research are you familiar  with? When is DoD approval required? In what circumstances is DoD  permission not required? What changes in the research design could  prevent having to meet these additional (and time-consuming)  requirements? How can you expect your design to apply to a  military-related study without conducting a case study with a military  unit or soliciting data collection solely from active duty personnel?