Describe the role of Team Leader and how you will fulfill that role.

Over the last few weeks, you have learned how to start identifying the roles and skills needed to build an effective team. You have also discovered methods for selecting and evaluating potential candidates. Now it is time to put your team-building techniques into practice by participating in a case study with real employees from Joe Gibbs Racing! This assignment gives you an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of actual team building techniques and leadership qualities. In addition, this assignment prepares you to complete your final course assignment, A Report for Vice President’s Approval of your team, due in Week 10.

Scenario

Imagine that you work at JGR. The CEO has tasked you with being the Team Leader for a committee that will plan a one-day summer team-building retreat. All JGR employees will be attending the event. The purpose of the retreat is to foster unity, trust, and cohesion between the organization’s employees. The event will start with a welcome and introduction, and then everyone will break out into group team-building sessions. The whole team will reconvene for a company-wide lunch, followed by a keynote speech.

As the Team Leader for the event planning committee, your job is to choose four other JGR employees to be on your committee.

Instructions

Download the Week 7 JGR Roles and Employees [DOCX].

In the Week 7 document, read the four role descriptions, Logistics, Budgeting, Programming, and MC/Host. For this assignment, you will choose four team members to fill these team roles.

Watch the Week 7 Strayer Talk, Building Your Team: Finding the Right Balance, which describes the 10 JGR candidates you may choose from for your Fantasy Team. Brief information on the candidates is also provided in the Week 7 document.

Complete a 10–12 slide PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:

1. Describe the role of Team Leader and how you will fulfill that role.

Explain your skills and personal strengths needed to be an effective team leader.

Think about your personal DiSC assessment results from JGR100. What is your DiSC work style, and how will you select team members to complement your skills?

What will you be responsible for as Team Leader? What will you handle personally, and what will you delegate to other members of your team?

2. Select a candidate for each of the four roles described above, and justify your selections.

Review the candidates by viewing the Week 7 Strayer talk and the document JGR Employee Profiles.

Consider how each choice’s particular skills and personality will help them perform their role successfully.

How do these team members’ strengths complement yours? What skills and/or personality traits do they have that will help your team in areas where you feel challenged?

Explain how chosen team members complement you in more than one case.

3. Create 10–12 Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) slides for the JGR CEO in which you present the team you have put together for the one-day summer team-building retreat.

Include a title slide and reference slide, in addition to the required slides (not included in the 10–12 slide count).

Include speaker notes or record audio for each slide content.

Use specific phrases, ideas, and quotes from the Strayer Videos, Coach’s Huddle, Weekly Readings, and/or Discussion to explain and support your thoughts.

Write in a professional manner using proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and SWS.

Submission Requirements

Check your assignment for grammatical errors and clarity.

Reach out to your instructor if you have any questions.

Submit your presentation to the assignment in Week 7.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Evaluate candidates for team roles using team leadership skills.

Discuss how you would define your positionality as a researcher.

For this question:

(Read about action research and research ethics.)

(Discuss how you would define your positionality as a researcher.)

Based on your experiences reflect on your relationships (actual or planned) with key individuals who have been or might be involved with your applied research. Reflect on how you presented yourself (or how you plan to present yourself) and what considerations are critical, while also understanding that you might need to report results to your stakeholders.

• What outside resource (image, video, credible or scholarly article, research study, web resource) best reflects your experiences or feelings about important the role that position power or status has in conducting applied research? Share the link within your post. Why did you pick this item to share?

What are the benefits of implementing an HR Scorecard/Dashboard. Should it be balanced? Why or why not?

Post by Day 3 a cohesive and scholarly response, based on and supported by your required readings, media, and research this week, that addresses the following:

• What are the benefits of implementing an HR Scorecard/Dashboard. Should it be balanced? Why or why not?
• Identify at least two possible competitive advantages that might result from using an HR Scorecard/Dashboard.
• List two challenges of creating a Scorecard/Dashboard propose a strategy for overcoming these challenges.

Pease, G., Byerly, B. & Fitz-enz, J. (2012). Human capital analytics: How to handle the potential of your organization’s greatest asset. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Why is this effort necessary?  Briefly explain and support using APA  style citations.

Organizations  are struggling to reduce and right-size their information footprint,  using data governance techniques like data cleansing and de-duplication.  Why is this effort necessary?  Briefly explain and support using APA  style citations. Remember to appropriately respond to two other learners  for full credit.

Please make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least two of the following:

• Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic
• Answer a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor
• Provide extensive additional information on the topic
• Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
• Share an applicable personal experience
• Provide  an outside source (for example, an article from the UC Library) that  applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic  or the source (please cite properly in APA)
• Make an argument concerning the topic

At  least one scholarly source should be used in the initial discussion  thread. Be sure to use information from your readings and other sources  from the UC Library. Use proper citations and references in your post.

Explain what would happen if we eliminated the microbiome from someone.

In a one to two page answer, discuss the following:

• We are increasingly aware of the importance of the microbiome to our bodies.
• Explain what would happen if we eliminated the microbiome from someone.
• Discuss whether or not researchers have a model organism that doesn’t have a microbiome.
• If so, identify have we learned from these model organisms

Is there a theoretical model or framework discussed?

During this session, we looked at several topics on Strategic IT planning and strategy. We examined researchers, models, and issues in the area, and as you get closer to starting your own dissertation, you will need to choose a topic in your first dissertation class DSRT-736, so it is essential to start preparing.

This week, let us take a look at some topics to consider, and by the end of the week, we could have several ideas for dissertation topics. Since you have already examined several research articles, another way would be to examine previous dissertations in these areas. Visit the University library, go to the Dissertation Database, and locate an interesting topic on IT Strategy, or examine a model presented this term. Here are some pointers that will help critically evaluate some viable topics.
• Is the topic attainable for a first-time dissertation student?
• Is the problem rooted in the literature?
• Is the research empirical, i.e., is there a survey, is there an interview guide, has the data been analyzed via some statistical tool?
• Is there a theoretical model or framework discussed?

Discuss the topic, the problem the model has been used in the research, and any present findings.

Do not read the entire dissertation, as the abstract and chapter one introduction should give a clear understanding of the research.

Please make your initial post and two response posts substantive. A substantive post will do at least two of the following:

• Ask an interesting, thoughtful question pertaining to the topic
• Answer a question (in detail) posted by another student or the instructor
• Provide extensive additional information on the topic
• Explain, define, or analyze the topic in detail
• Share an applicable personal experience
• Provide an outside source that applies to the topic, along with additional information about the topic or the source (please cite properly in APA)
• Make an argument concerning the topic.

Explain the differences between a change in supply and a change in quantity supplied.

1. Explain the differences between a change in supply and a change in quantity supplied. (2 pts)

2. Indicate whether each of the following situations would shift the supply curve to the left, to the

right, or not at all. (3 pts) a. An increase in price of inputs b. An increase in the number of firms in the market c. An increase in the price of substitutes in production d. A decrease in the current price of the product e. A decrease in productivity f. A decrease in the expected future price of the product

3. If there is excess demand in a perfectly competitive market, does the government need to

intervene to restore the equilibrium price and quantity? Why or why not? (2 pts)

4. Suppose the equilibrium price and quantity of bicycles is determined at $40 and 200 units, respectively. For some reason, the market price of the bicycles initially increases to $60 and then decreases to $20. How will these deviations from the equilibrium price be corrected in a perfectly competitive market? Explain with the help of suitable diagrams. (3 pts)

5. In each of the following situations, graphically show and explain what will happen to the

equilibrium price and the equilibrium quantity for a particular product, which is an inferior good. (5 pts)

a. The population decreases and productivity increases b. Income increases and the price of inputs increase c. The number of firms in the market decreases and income decreases d. Consumer preference decreases and the expected future price increases e. The price of a substitute in consumption increases and the price of a substitute in production

increases

6. Using graphs, explain how the equilibrium price and quantity of MP3 will change when: (5 pts) a. The demand curve for MP3 players shifts to the left and the supply curve for MP3 players

shift to the right. b. The demand curve for MP3 players shifts to the right and the supply curve for MP3 players

shift to the left, but the supply curve shifts more than the demand curve. c. The demand curve for MP3 players shifts to the right and the supply curve for MP3 players

shift to the left, but the supply curve shifts less than the demand curve. d. Both the demand curve and the supply curve for MP3 players shift to the left but the

demand curve shifts more than the supply curve. e. Both the demand curve and the supply curve for MP3 players shift to the right but the

supply curve shifts more than the demand curve.

Describe the course of infection from contact with the pathogen to its exit from the host. 

Describe the course of infection from contact with the pathogen to its exit from the host.

• Include your opinion on whether or not all Infections travel the same course
• Provide an example to substantiate your opinion

Discussion Expectations:

The  minimum requirements for class discussions are to respond directly to  the discussion prompt and to respond to at least two other posts, by  other students or the instructor, by the end of the week. The discussion  will close on the due date and will NOT be reopened for a late  submission.

• This  should be a substantive response (between 75 -150 words minimum) to the  topic(s) in your own words, referencing (using APA format) what you  have discovered in your required reading and other learning activities.
• You  may use resources in addition to your textbook that supports your  post(s); however, you must mention the source(s) that you used in your  post(s) using APA format in-text citations and reference lists. You can  review APA formatting here

how would you define qualitative data versus quantitative data? 

Class, just to clarify substantive posts. The minimum word count should be no less than about 75 words so about 4 sentences at least. Substantive posts must be more than an agreement of another classmate’s or professor’s post, but you can add information that you’ve learned through your studies with scholarly sources.

Post 1:

Class, how would you define qualitative data versus quantitative data? Please reply for substantive credit.

Post 2:

Can anyone define the difference for me between an independent variable and dependent variable? Please reply for substantive credit.

What were the criticisms leveled against the company?

Putting Cash to WorkLocate and post a recent news story from The Wall Street Journal or other reputable source about a publicly-traded company that has been criticized for its cash management practices and/or the amount of debt it is carrying.

• What were the criticisms leveled against the company? Was it accused of being too  conservative and hoarding too much cash, or of taking unnecessary risks such as being too highly leveraged?
• How did the CFO or CEO address this criticism?
• How has the stock performance been impacted by these cash management practices?
• Present three recommendations to management to address these criticisms. For example, how the company can improve cash or capital generation in the case of not having enough cash, or how the company can make better use of its cash through capital actions, in the case of cash hoarding.