?  Is social media the most effective way for employees to share knowledge? Explain.

?  Is social media the most effective way for employees to share knowledge? Explain.
Your essay must be a minimum of two full pages in length, not including the title and reference page. You are required to use a minimum of two outside sources; one must be from the CSU Online Library. All sources used, including the required reading assignments, must be cited and referenced according to APA standards.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below. 

Explain the factors that contribute to the success of the IBM Wellness incentive program.

“Making Human Resource Management Strategic”. Please respond to the following:

•IBM’s Wellness Program has cost the company more than $130 million in wellness incentives. Discuss how IBM’s Wellness Program contributes to its HRM strategy.

•Explain the factors that contribute to the success of the IBM Wellness incentive program.

•Evaluate whether or not a wellness program may give an organization a competitive advantage.

Conduct some independent research on the analytics ecosystem. Write a 1-2 page APA formatted paper with citations and references that defines the nine clusters of the ecosystem. Within your paper, identify which clusters represent technology developers and which clusters represent technology users. Use smart art to illustrate the major differences between these two types of clusters.

Conduct some independent research on the analytics ecosystem. Write a 1-2 page APA formatted paper with citations and references that defines the nine clusters of the ecosystem. Within your paper, identify which clusters represent technology developers and which clusters represent technology users. Use smart art to illustrate the major differences between these two types of clusters.

If your subordinates expect you to be consistent in your decision making style, but you believe that different decision making styles (e.g., high involvement of others vs. low involvement) are appropriate for specific situations, how can you change your decision making approach and yet not seem inconsistent to your employees?  

 
1. If your subordinates expect you to be consistent in your decision making style, but you believe that different decision making styles (e.g., high involvement of others vs. low involvement) are appropriate for specific situations, how can you change your decision making approach and yet not seem inconsistent to your employees?
 
2. Think of someone you know personally who is an effective decision maker. What key characteristics would you use to describe this person?
 
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of a manager with “good instincts” and who seems to make effective decisions, but whose approach is more like the retrospective than rational model?
 
4. Japanese and Korean managers tend to spend considerably more time on and involve more people in the problem formulation stage of decision making than
 
American managers do. What are the pros and cons you see with this?

What impact do benefit offerings have on marketplace competitiveness and the ability to attract and keep quality employees? Do you think pay is the primary motivating factor for most job applicants and existing employees?

Question 1.   Performance management is an important HRM function as it is the processes and actions taken to align employee performance with organizational objectives. Read the article and in words evaluate whether your company’s formal performance evaluation process is effective. What steps could be taken to make it more effective? What is the role of HR in performance evaluation? Who is responsible for it?
 
Question 2.   What impact do benefit offerings have on marketplace competitiveness and the ability to attract and keep quality employees? Do you think pay is the primary motivating factor for most job applicants and existing employees?

Deliberate and Emergent Strategies : What is the difference between deliberate strategies and emergent strategies? How might emergent help with a future strategic planning process? In your opinion, what are the potential consequences of ignoring emergent strategies?

MGT 450 (Strategic Planning for Organizations)
 
Week 1
 
Week 1 DQ 1
 
Strategic Planning Process: In your own words, define strategic planning and explain why it is crucial to an organization’s survival. In your response, include a description of how strategic planning differs from strategic management. Lastly, explain how your current or previous organization’s strategy might influence its business model. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.
 
Week 1 DQ 2
 
Mission Statement: Why are vision and mission statements important to strategic development? How might leaders and managers view and use vision and mission statements differently? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion
 
Week 1 Assignments:
 
MGT 450 Week 1 Developing a Mission Statement. (450+ Words)
 
MGT 450 Week 1 Quiz (10 MCQ’s)
 
Week 2
 
Week 2 DQ 1
 
Porter’s Five Forces: The internet significantly influenced business and strategic planning. In your opinion, according to Porter’s Five Forces Model, has competition increased or decreased overall as a result of the Internet and e-commerce? Justify and support your response with two examples from your text or external resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion
 
Week 2 DQ 2
 
Industry Analysis: Describe an industry analysis and its purpose. Give two examples of the types of questions an industry analysis might answer. In your discussion also include an analysis of the chosen two areas and how they affect the strategic planning process. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.
 
Week 2 Assignments:
 
MGT 450 Week 2 Develop a Vision Statement. (400+ Words)
 
MGT 450 Week 2 Quiz (10 MCQ’s)
 
 
Week 3
 
Week 3 DQ 1
SWOT Analysis and Strategic Planning: Identify and describe the areas of a SWOT analysis and discuss why it is important to consider these areas when developing a strategic plan. Why is it often difficult to develop a realistic analysis? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion
Week 3 DQ 2
Strategic Alternatives: Imagine a nonprofit organization trying to raise funds for cancer research. What types of strategic alternatives might such an organization develop? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.
 
Week 3 Assignments:
 
MGT 450 Week 3 Conducting a SWOT Analysis= Fast Food Chain (300+ Words)
 
MGT 450 Week 3 Quiz (10 MCQ’s)
 
Week 4
 
Week 4 DQ 1
 
Establishing Metrics: Your text explains why it is important to select the appropriate criteria for strategic planning. Part of this process is establishing metrics to measure the progressive success of the strategic plan. Choose and discuss two metrics that an organization might consider when developing a strategic plan? What are some considerations or criteria that leaders utilize when developing a strategic plan? How might this process work in your current organization or a previous organization? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 3. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.
 
Week 4 DQ 2
 
Mission and Vision Statements:In Weeks Two and Three we examined mission and vision statements. Conduct an internet search to find an organization that lists its mission and vision statement on its website. What do the mission and vision statements communicate? How might the organization use mission and vision statements when establishing goals for the organization? How might this process impact operational planning and the establishment of metrics? Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 3. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.
 
Week 4 Assignments:
 
MGT 450 Week 4 Quiz (10 MCQ’s)
 
Week 5
 
Week 5 DQ 1
Deliberate and Emergent Strategies : What is the difference between deliberate strategies and emergent strategies? How might emergent help with a future strategic planning process? In your opinion, what are the potential consequences of ignoring emergent strategies? Support your answers with resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.
 
Week 5 DQ 2
Globalization and International Markets: Choose two international strategies, compare and contrast them, and discuss why organizations may choose one strategy over another when expanding into the international market. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. You must create one initial post and at least two responses, for a minimum of three posts for this discussion.
 
Week 5 Assignment:
 
MGT 450 Week 5 Final Project (DELL). (3250+ Words)

Explain generics in C#. What are reasons for using generics? How do generics apply to collections? Write the code for a small example using C# code.

 (a)   Explain generics in C#. What are reasons for using generics? How do generics apply to collections? Write the code for a small example using C# code.
  Ref: Chapter 7, Starting Out with Visual C#, pages 444 to 455.
     (b) Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:
 Provide an example in which polymorphism would be useful. Write the code for the example. Explain its use of polymorphism using C# code.
Ref: Chapter 10, Starting Out with Visual C#, page 599.
Week 4 DQ 2:
DQ 2  :
(a)   What Event is raised when the class implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface?
(b)   How does the IDataErrorInfo interface triggers the display of the error message from a bound textbox ?
Provide the XAML code needed for a textbox bound to the Classification property of the Fireman class shown in this Lecture’s code example.
 Ref: ValidationwithWPF project posted under Course Materials
       How to use IDataErrorInfo

WPF Tutorial – How to use IDataErrorInfo in WPF

Week 4 DQ Assignments:
Kudler Fine Foods Inventory Management Systems (VB vs C# Pro’s & Con’s)
POS 409 Week 4 Individual Inheritance.

Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Disorders Develop an IEP of that includes a design and evaluations of the appropriate individualized education goals and the issues surrounding the disorder. ·         Design and evaluate two appropriate individualized education goals to meet the needs of the student. ·          Analyze the type of disorder. What are the specific disabilities associated with the disorder? ·         What are the salient complications as a result of the injury or disorder? ·         What are the financial effects and assistance in the educational system?

Orthopedic and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Develop an IEP of that includes a design and evaluations of the appropriate individualized education goals and the issues surrounding the disorder.
·         Design and evaluate two appropriate individualized education goals to meet the needs of the student.
·          Analyze the type of disorder. What are the specific disabilities associated with the disorder?
·         What are the salient complications as a result of the injury or disorder?
·         What are the financial effects and assistance in the educational system?
·         Discuss treatment options.
·         Discuss the rehabilitation.
·         Discuss appropriate educational interventions to address these situations.
·         Describe the teacher’s responsibilities in terms of meeting the needs of students with curvature of the spine, hip conditions, limb deficiency, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and musculoskeletal disorders

The demand curve for product X is given by Qxd = 300 – 5Px. a. Find the inverse demand curve.b. How much consumer surplus do consumers receive when Px = $40?c. How much consumer surplus do consumers receive when Px = $20?d. In general, what happens to the level of consumer surplus as the price of a good falls?

The demand curve for product X is given by Qxd = 300 – 5Px.
a. Find the inverse demand curve.b. How much consumer surplus do consumers receive when Px = $40?c. How much consumer surplus do consumers receive when Px = $20?d. In general, what happens to the level of consumer surplus as the price of a good falls?
The level of consumer surplus as the price of a good falls.

Discuss what duty or duties a business has with regard to checking the background of potential employees before hiring.  Do you agree that businesses should be liable for injuries resulting from negligent hiring? Why or why not?

Read attachment Malorney v. B&L Motor Freight, Inc.  Discuss what duty or duties a business has with regard to checking the background of potential employees before hiring.  Do you agree that businesses should be liable for injuries resulting from negligent hiring? Why or why not?

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