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Johari Window Assignment Instructions

Open Self

Information about yourself that you and others know

Blind Self

Information you don’t know about yourself but others know

Hidden Self

Information you know about yourself but others don’t

Unknown Self

Information about yourself that neither you nor others know

1.Write down 10 adjectives that describe you. It is very important that you complete this step FIRST!

2. Ask 10 people to also write down 10 adjectives that they associate with you. Ask people from different contexts: family, friends, neighbors, work colleagues, boss, cousins, school acquaintances, etc.

3. You will end up with 110 adjectives. Put them all in a Word document.

4. Separate the words by person: your adjectives, your mum’s, your 1st friend, your 2nd friend, your neighbor etc. (keep it anonymous; instead of names use designations such as “parent”, “friend”, “boss”, “cousin” etc.

5. Sort ALL 110 WORDS into the Johari Window (see above). 

Open: Words that are on your list and at least on one other list
Hidden: Words that are only on your list and not on any of the 10 other lists
Blind: Words that are only on your family’s and friend’s list but not on your own.
Unknown: always stays blank!

5. Reflection: Write a one to two-page essay that discusses your experience (without headings). For a full score, your submission must be 1 to 2 pages in length, written in essay form, and you will have to cover the following points:

• Analyze the distribution of the words: What does it tell you?
• Look at frequently named adjectives or any discrepancies between your self-perception and the perception of others.
• What have you learned, if anything?
• Do your friends and family all know the same “you” or do their perceptions differ depending on your relationship with them?
• How was your overall experience?

There are 3 parts to this assignment.  Your 110 adjectives (with relationship stated for each set of 10: grandmother, coworker, etc.), those adjectives sorted into the Johari window, and your reflection paper in essay form (don’t just write the question and your answer).

 

Instructions

• Please respond to these questions collectively in an essay format.
• Submit a Microsoft Word document by Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

Purpose of the Case

1. To realize that constructing an action plan for a project that involves significant change must always consider the stakeholders involved in the operation, the perception of end users, and the support of persuasive and interested groups.
2. To understand that the best action plans include decisively planned steps, which build upon one another and include measurable goals and checkpoints along the way to adequately account for measurable evaluation after every step.

Please download the case study below and read it before answering the two questions below in an essay.

Questions

1. Assume you are a project manager at JCDecaux and have been assigned to work with the City of Lyon to implement this physical, organizational, and social change. What are the practical and philosophical implications of this work?
2. Using the tools, methods, and processes described in Chapter 8, construct a comprehensive “action plan” for this project. Where would you start? Who are the key stakeholders and how will you manage them? What are the practical categories of activities that need to be addressed? What are the sequences of change that have to happen? What do you see as the key activities and initiatives?

Answer questions 1 through 5 with at least 3 complete sentences for each question. Be specific with your answers.

1. Which type of heat transfer is thought to occur in the mantle that helps fuel plate tectonic movement?
2. What happens to oceanic lithosphere over time, as it ages?
3. Why are continents so much older than the ocean basins?
4. Where in the world’s oceans are the oldest rocks? How old are they?
5. Where does all new ocean crust form? Why?
6. Enter the terms in the left column into the appropiate boxs.
   

   Terms	Oceanic Lithosphere	Continental Lithosphere
   New rocks forming Old rocks melting Contains oldest rocks Contains youngest rocks Less than 250 million years Older than 250 million years High Density Low Density

7. Label each diagram (A, B, and C) as either convergent plate boundary, divergent plate boundary, or transform plate boundary.
   
8. You find a 10,000,000 year old rock 2,500 km away from the nearest seafloor spreading center, how fast has the plate been moving since its formation? Give answer in cm/yr. (Hint: 1 km = 100,000 cm)
9. You find a rock 7,500 km away from the nearest seafloor spreading center. The plate is spreading at 5 cm/year, how old is the rock? Give answer in years. (Hint: 100,000 cm = 1 km)
10. You find a 2,400,000 year old rock formation on a plate that is spreading at 12 cm/year, how far is the rock formation from the spreading center? Give answer in kilometers. (Hint: 100,000 cm = 1 km)

 

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STEM CELLS -For this week’s discussion, please see the topic below to discuss. It is strongly encouraged that your initial post be posted by 11:59 PM ET on Thursday. It should be at least 250 words. This MUST be in your own words. Do NOT copy and paste from the Internet. You MAY use quotes from a source, but those quotes will NOT count towards your 250 word count requirement. Please do not plagiarize. If you use a quote, you MUST put quotation marks around it AND you MUST cite the source at the end of your post. It is NOT simply enough to put a source at the end. You should also include at least one reference in your post. Do NOT use Wikipedia as a source.

For this discussion, choose a type of cell that has not already been chosen and answer the following questions. This list of questions is not inclusive, so feel free to add in other information that you might find that is relevant to the topic.

What type of cell is it? What type of organism is the cell found in? Where in the organism is the cell found? What is its function or duty? How does it contribute to the ability of the organism to maintain homeostasis? Describe the cell’s characteristics. Are there organelles? Does the cell contain components that are unique to that type of cell? Can the cell reproduce, if so, how does this occur? Is this type of cell found in other organisms?  Stem cells

 

In a  3-page paper, explain how the literature informs you about Claudia and her family when assessing her situation.

1. Describe two social issues related to the course-specific case study for  Claudia that inform a culturally competent social worker.
2. Describe culturally competent strategies you might use to assess the needs of children.
3. Describe the types of data you would collect from Claudia and her family in order to best serve them.
4. Identify other resources that may offer you further information about Claudia’s case.
5. Create an eco-map to represent Claudia’s situation. Describe how the  ecological perspective of assessment influenced how the social worker  interacted with Claudia.
6. Describe how the social worker in the case used a strengths perspective  and multiple tools in her assessment of Claudia. Explain how those  factors contributed to the therapeutic relationship with Claudia and her  family.

Support your Assignment with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.
 Woolley, M. E. (2013). Assessment of children. In M. J. Holosko, C. N. Dulmus, & K. M. Sowers (Eds.), Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions (pp. 1–39). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

McCormick, K. M., Stricklin, S., Nowak, T. M., & Rous, B. (2008).  Using eco-mapping to understand family strengths and resources. Young Exceptional Children, 11(2), 17–28. 

What does the ACA code of ethics say about the role of counselors/group workers in regard to community presence and/or multiculturalism?

1. Why is this important especially for group counseling? Name and discuss at least two (2) ethical codes in your response.
2. Pick three (3) of the ten strategies highlighted in the Ten Strategies article and discuss for each one that you select:
3. Why you believe this strategy is necessary for cultural awareness and competence in group work/group leadership
4. Describe a specific example (not stated in the article) of how you could apply this strategy in a real world group setting. 
5. How does this strategy relate to one more of the ethical codes that you identified in section one of this paper

• This assignment requires at least 3 scholarly references

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint with speaker’s notes for each slide, which provides an appropriate level of detail on your management plan.

Introduction

This assessment looks at the important topic of summarizing HR’s recommendations and plans for discrimination policies and presenting these to management for their approval. A key to an effective visual presentation is to summarize ideas so they are easily grasped by the audience while still capturing the main and critical points of the presentation. It is common that a similar presentation is also developed for keeping the employees up to date on these policies.

Introduction

CapraTek management is now anxious to review your plan for addressing legal issues. One key issue is clearly communicating this plan to employees. You have been tasked with developing a PowerPoint directed at upper management that provides an appropriate level of detail on your management plan.

Instructions

Determine the aspects that leadership is most interested in when deciding on elements of an HRM plan. Consider how to structure your message in a persuasive and convincing manner. The goal of our plan is to avoid the tort actions that you have previously analyzed.

Address the appropriate audience, using familiar, discipline-specific language and terminology. Specifically, focus on the following issues:

• Identify weaknesses in current policies that risk legal action.
• Provide a summary of your recommended policies.
• Outline an updated plan that supports legal compliance and productivity.
  • Highlight the best practices that an organization can use to encourage equity in the workplace, (for example, inclusivity, multiculturalism, and ethical practices)
  • Describe how your plan promotes an ethical workplace culture that supports legal compliance and productivity.
• Propose measures of success for your management strategy.
• Assess how your plan will impact organizational mission and business performance.

Review the HR Management Plan PowerPoint Scoring Guide as you complete this assessment to ensure that you have thoroughly addressed all grading criteria.

You may find the following Capella Campus pages useful when completing this assessment:

Additional Requirements

The deliverable for this assessment applies professional skills in Human Resources Management (HRM) to workplace situations which you will likely encounter in your day-to-day work in HRM. As part of your learning, we focus on the development of effective, professional communication skills for the workplace.

• Length: Your PowerPoint presentation should be 10–12 slides and include narration on each slide that provides further detail explaining the items on each slide.
• Organization: Make sure that your writing is well-organized, using headings and subheadings to organize content for the reader.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 28-point for the slide and 12-point for the notes.
• Resources: Use two scholarly, peer-reviewed, or academic sources.
• Evidence: Support your assertions with data and/or in-text citations and create a reference list for the last slide.
• APA formatting: Resources and in-text citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
• Written communication:
  • Support recommendation with relevant and credible evidence.
  • Write for a specific audience, using the vernacular of the profession.
  • Use spell-check and other tools to ensure correct spelling and grammar.

ePortfolio

You should consider adding this assessment to your personal ePortfolio. This assessment demonstrates your ability to present a management plan. This skill is necessary in a professional setting when you are trying to make recommendations. You will want to organize your assessments to easily support future reflection and completion of your HRM capstone project as well as for showcasing your knowledge with employers after graduation. For more information on ePortfolio, visit the Campus ePortfolio page. 

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze the makeup of a legally compliant workplace on organizational performance and productivity.
  • Summarize the best practices in an HR plan that encourages equity in the workplace.
• Competency 2: Assess the nature of workplace legal action.
  • Relate weaknesses and gaps in HR policies and the potential for workplace legal action.
• Competency 4: Formulate action plans to implement management strategies to create a legally compliant workplace.
  • Assess how an HR management plan will impact an organization’s mission and business performance.
  • Propose measures of success for the management strategy.
  • Outline an updated plan that promotes an ethical workplace culture and supports legal compliance and productivity.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for HR professionals.
  • Address the appropriate audience, using familiar, discipline-specific language and terminology.

 Select an exposure and disease. Then use one of the modes of cause and  effect to explain the relationship. Remember epidemiology is a  quantitative discipline. Your answers must use appropriate  epidemiological statistics to help describe the association. (300-500  words minimum) 

Develop a 10-page digital marketing plan for a provided scenario or for a selected company.

Introduction

This portfolio work project, a digital marketing plan, will help you demonstrate competency in digital marketing planning and measurement.

Scenario

For this assessment, choose either Option 1 or Option 2. You do not need to do both. You will apply one of these scenarios in the Requirements below. Both options will be graded using the same scoring guide.

Option 1

You are an owner of Spokin’ Wheels, a locally owned bicycle shop with two locations. While your original location has been in business for several years, your second location has only been open a few months. The bicycle shops sell new and previously owned major brand bicycles. The shops also provide repairs, offer a small line of bicycle accessories and clothing, and organize group rides on Sunday mornings. You and your business partner both want to have a solid digital marketing plan in place to grow the shops.

Option 2

If you chose Option 2 for Assessments 1 and 2, use the same business for this assessment, or select a different business. Note that it is recommended that you use the same business for each assessment in this course, using the following criteria for your selection:

• The company fits the assessment requirements.
• You can complete your assessment without disclosing confidential company information.

Contact faculty with questions.

Your Role

Option 1

You are one of two owners of Spokin’ Wheels. Your background is primarily in marketing. Your business partner’s background is in operations. While she is focused on making the internal customer-facing processes as efficient as possible, you are working on writing the digital marketing plan.

Option 2

Your boss, a director, has tasked you with a marketing mix project. He is relying on you to prepare an analysis that can be presented to the executive team of the company. You have completed a couple of special projects for him previously that went very well. You are pleased to have received this new assignment.

Requirements

Develop a digital marketing plan using the SOSTAC® model. Your plan must address each of the SOSTAC® elements, including:

Situation Analysis.

• Analyze the current situation in terms of customers, intermediaries, and competencies. 
  • Include a SWOT and PESTEL analysis. Conduct a thorough competitive analysis and identify what your competitors are doing in terms of Web presence and social media presence.
• If you selected Option A, Spokin’ Wheels, as your company, you should conduct the competitive analysis on a similar local bicycle shop.​

Objectives.

• Develop specific measurable objectives using the 5 “S”s for a digital marketing framework. Where do you want your company to be?​

Strategy.

• Articulate short- (< 1 year), medium- (1 to 3 years), and long-term (> 3 years) digital marketing strategies. How do you achieve your objectives within these terms?​

Tactics.

• Differentiate various techniques (for example, website, social media, advertising, pay-per-click, events, press releases, sponsorships) to use for implementing strategies. How will you build your sales funnel?​

Actions.

• Develop a project plan for executing each tactic. The plan is to briefly capture your execution of the tactics.​

Controls.

• Develop specific metrics to monitor tactics. How do you know things are going as planned? How often will you monitor the metrics?

Deliverable Format

Requirements:

• The digital marketing plan must be at least 10 pages in length, in addition to the title and reference pages.

Related company standards:

• The digital marketing plan is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines (available in the MBA Program Resources), including single-spaced paragraphs.
• Include a SWOT and PESTEL analysis with properly cited visual elements.
• Use at least eight scholarly or academic sources, where applicable, one of which must come from the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, or MIT Sloan Management Review.
• Use APA format for references.

Evaluation

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze how marketing theories and models inform marketing strategies in the interactive marketplace. 
  • Develop specific, measurable objectives.
• Competency 2: Evaluate how digital marketing tactics contribute to business outcomes. 
  • Articulate short-, medium-, and long-term digital marketing strategies.
  • Differentiate various techniques to use for implementing strategies.
  • Develop a project plan for executing each tactic.
• Competency 3: Evaluate the impact of relevant data on digital marketing strategies and techniques that support organizational outcomes.
  • Develop specific metrics to monitor tactics.
• Competency 4: Analyze how social media can be leveraged to drive awareness, customer relationships, and customer loyalty. 
  • Analyze the current situation in terms of customers, intermediaries, and competencies.
• Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is professional and consistent with expectations for members of the business professions. 
  • Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.

 Labels are often used in schools to identify a concern or group a student belongs to, but labels sometimes have negative consequences on students’ learning. What are some of the consequences of labeling? What are some alternatives to labeling students’ cultural, ethnic, gender, and learning differences? 

100 words with one Reference