Understanding the Court System

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Case Study 1: Understanding the Court System

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

The U.S. Court System is a complex system that includes both federal  and state-level courts. The federal system includes the judicial branch  of the government. This system is designed to help society interpret the  U.S. Constitution and provide guidelines for society. Court cases may  concern many different topics and have an unlimited number of outcomes.

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research a civil or criminal court case in which you are interested.

Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Summarize the seminal facts of the case that you chose.
  2. Explain the main laws that have been violated in the case that you chose.
  3. Describe the possible penalties that could be associated with the laws that you just described.
  4. Explain whether your specific case was heard in the state or  federal court system, and include any related jurisdictional  requirements. Explain the fundamental reasons why it was necessary for  the case to be heard in that particular court system.
  5. Summarize the outcome of the case, and indicate whether the judge or jury made the decision.
  6. Discuss whether or not you believe that the outcome of the case was justified. Provide a rationale for the response.
  7. Use at least (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).  The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please  take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the  student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.  The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required  assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Examine the organizational frameworks and decision-making environment in the judicial process.
  • Examine the rule of law in the American court system and in the judicial process.
  • Detail the history and organization of the levels of the American court system and the issue of jurisdictional boundaries.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in the criminal court and the judicial process in America.
  • Write clearly and concisely about the American court system using proper writing mechanics and SWS style conventions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing

Explain the nature and extent of various types of transnational crime

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Assignment 1: Research Paper

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Use  the Internet or Strayer databases to research one (1) transnational  crime as it applies to two (2) different countries of your own choosing.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Review one (1) transnational crime.
  2. Compare and contrast the two (2) countries for their definition of the crime, crime rate, and tools used to measure the crime.
  3. Determine each country’s legal traditions and their major influences on crime definition, rate, and measurement.
  4. Examine  the extent to which crime statistics compiled in different countries  can adequately be compared. Provide support for the response.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be  typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with  one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA  or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional  instructions.
  • Include  a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s  name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover  page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment  page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Describe the nature of globalization, and assess the aims and methods of comparative criminal justice and criminology.
  • Explain the nature and extent of various types of transnational crime.
  • Describe the principles of the four (4) major legal traditions and types of legal systems around the world.
  • Use technology and information resources to research comparative perspectives in criminal justice.
  • Write clearly and concisely about criminal justice topics using proper writing mechanics and APA style conventions.

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Differences in cultural perception and stereotypes

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Read the article:

“Crisis Management: Prevention, Diagnosis and Intervention” by Toby J. Kash and John R. Darling

 

Write a 3-to 5 page analysis (approximately 3,000 words) on the companies in the assigned case study.

In your analysis, do the following:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs).

b.Identify 3 different companies in the article.

a.Discuss whether the risk management approach

taken by each company was a preventive or intervention measure.

b.Consider whether or not the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner instead of a reactive manner. Explain your reasoning.

c.Compare the different types of leadership approaches,

and suggest how an HR department might implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event.

d. Discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders, considering practical implications to executive leaders.

Guidelines

The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12 point Times New Roman font, one inch margins, and APA citations. Page length

requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

OL 645: Article Analysis Instructions and Rubrics

Overview This course includes three Article Analyses. These exercises are designed to actively involve you in HR considerations and decision making, and help you understand how the concepts covered in the course apply to complex real-world situations. These exercises also provide practice communicating your reasoning in a professional manner.

3-3 HR Article Analysis: Crisis Management Students will demonstrate their knowledge of HR’s role in and influence on legal and environmental risk mitigation, as well as the integration of ethical practices. Read the article: “Crisis Management: Prevention, Diagnosis and Intervention” by Toby J. Kash and John R. Darling (SNHU Library online) http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/226915167?accountid=3783 Write a 3- to 5-page analysis (approximately 3,000 words) on the companies in the assigned case study. In your analysis, do the following:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs). b. Identify 3 different companies in the article. a. Discuss whether the risk management approach taken by each company was a preventive or intervention measure. b. Consider whether or not the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner instead of a reactive manner. Explain your reasoning. c. Compare the different types of leadership approaches, and suggest how an HR department might implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a

crisis event. d. Discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders, considering practical implications to executive leaders.

Guidelines The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. Page length requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

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Rubric for Article Analysis One/Module Three

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Summary of the article

N/A Includes a brief summary of the article (100%)

N/A Does not include a summary of the article (0%)

5

3 different companies

N/A Identifies 3 different companies in the article (100%)

Identifies 1 or 2 different companies in the article (70%)

Does not identify any companies in the article (0%)

5

Preventive or intervention

Submission meets “Proficient” and extends explanation to include supporting evidence from scholarly resources (100%)

Evaluates whether the risk management approach was a preventive or intervention measure and clearly explains why (90%)

Evaluates whether the risk management approach was a preventive or intervention measure, but is not correct, or does not clearly explain why (70%)

Does not evaluate whether the risk management approach was a preventive or intervention measure (0%)

10

Explain whether risks change

when addressed proactively as

opposed to reactively

Submission meets “Proficient” and provides illustrative examples (100%)

Explains clearly whether the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive vs. a reactive manner (90%)

Attempts to explain whether the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner, but is not clear or correct (70%)

Does not explain whether the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner (0%)

15

Leadership approaches to mitigate risk or manage a crisis

Submission meets “Proficient” and extends explanation to include supporting evidence from scholarly resources (100%)

Compares different leadership approaches, and suggests how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event (90%)

Compares different leadership approaches, but does not suggest how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event; or compares different leadership approaches, and makes illogical suggestions for how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event (70%)

Does not compare leadership approaches, or suggest how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event (0%)

20

Ethics implications for

leaders

Meets “Proficient” and provides in-depth discussion of ethical concerns in mitigating risks; considers practical implications in detail (100%)

Discusses ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders in detail; considers at least 3 practical implications for leaders (90%)

Only weakly or does not discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders; considers few or incorrect practical implications for leaders (70%)

Does not discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders; does not consider practical implications for leaders (0%)

20

Course Vocabulary

Meets “Proficient” and integrates the course vocabulary into all aspects of the analysis (100%)

Applies vocabulary for HR throughout case study (90%)

Uses some vocabulary or phrases, but it is not connected to the context of the questions (70%)

Does not include appropriate vocabulary (0%)

10

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format (100%)

Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (90%)

Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas (70%)

Submission has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%)

15

Total 100%

6-3 HR Article Analysis: Improving Performance

Review the article “Mutual Perception of Russian and French Managers” from The International Journal of Human Resource Management (Muratbekova-Touron, 2011) http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,cpid&custid=shapiro&db=bth&AN=60610752& site=ehost-live (Must be logged into Shapiro Library at SNHU to access.) Consider the characteristics studied by these researchers, such as hierarchy, time, neutral vs. emotional, human nature, and so forth. Write a 3-5 page essay outlining tactics an HR manager can take to improve work performance, considering differences in cultural perception and stereotypes. Use your experience, the research, and the lecture to create a plan to approach these differences as an HR Manager. In your article analysis:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs). b. Identify and describe the characteristics studied by the researchers c. Consider differences in cultural perception and stereotypes. d. Create a management plan outlining tactics an HR manager can implement to improve work performance, based on readings, research, and your

experience.

Guidelines The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. Page length requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

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Rubric for Article Analysis Two/Module Six

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Summary of the article

N/A Includes a brief summary of the article (100%)

N/A Does not includes a summary of the article (0%)

10

Discussion of research

characteristics

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes other characteristics in addition to those listed (100%)

Discusses characteristics studied by the researchers: hierarchy, time, neutral vs. emotional, human nature (90%)

Only discusses 1-2 of the characteristics studied by the researchers (70%)

Does not discuss characteristics studied by the researchers (0%)

20

Differences in cultural

perception and stereotypes

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes illustrative examples (100%)

Considers differences in cultural perception and stereotypes, and how they might be overcome (90%)

Considers differences in cultural perception and/or stereotypes in only a basic manner (70%)

Does not consider differences in cultural perception and stereotypes (0%)

20

Management plan/tactics for

improving performance

around researched

characteristics

Submission meets “Proficient” and extends explanation to include supporting evidence from scholarly resources (100%)

Suggests 2-4 tactics in a plan for improving performance (90%)

Suggests only a single tactic for improving performance, or the tactic(s) suggested are not appropriate (70%)

Does not suggests tactics for improving performance (0%)

20

Course Vocabulary

Meets “Proficient” and integrates the course vocabulary into all aspects of the analysis (100%)

Applies vocabulary for HR throughout case study (90%)

Lists some vocabulary or phrases, but it is not connected to the context of the questions (70%)

Does not include HR vocabulary (0%)

15

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format (100%)

Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (90%)

Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas (70%)

Submission has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%)

15

Total 100%

7-3 HR Article Analysis: Downsizing

One outcome of downsizing must be to preserve the organization’s intellectual capital. Used sparingly and with planning, downsizing can be an organizational lifesaver, but when layoffs are used repeatedly without a thoughtful strategy, downsizing can destroy an organization’s effectiveness. Read the article “Downsizing With Dignity: You Can Downsize With Care—for People and the Business” by Alan Downs. http://humanresources.about.com/od/layoffsdownsizing/a/downsizing.htm This article presents an Executive Summary regarding how to treat people during a downsizing, including both the people who leave and the people who remain. Throughout the article the author mentions different considerations during the downsizing process and the impact on the remaining employees. Utilizing the information presented in this module, summarize an effective downsizing, citing your research on employment law, readings, and your experience. In your article analysis:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs). b. Identify considerations for the downsizing process. c. Explain the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization. d. Outline the requirements for an effective downsizing, based on readings, research, and your experience.

Guidelines The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. Page length requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

Rubric for Article Analysis Three/Module Seven

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Summary of the article

N/A Includes a brief summary of the article (100%)

N/A Does not includes a summary of the article (0%)

20

Considerations for the

downsizing process

Submission meets “Proficient” and explains why they are important (100%)

Identifies at least 3 considerations for the downsizing process (90%)

Only identifies 1-2 considerations for the downsizing process (70%)

Identifies no considerations for the downsizing process (0%)

20

Impact on employees

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes examples of supported claims in real life or from research (100%)

Explains the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization (90%)

Insufficient explanation of the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization (70%)

No explanation of the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization (0%)

20

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Evaluation of Claims

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes examples of supported claims from real life, research, and/or course readings (100%)

Outlines the requirements for an effective downsizing (90%)

Outlines only some of the requirements for an effective downsizing, or lists factors that are not required (70%)

Does not outline the requirements for an effective downsizing (0%)

20

Course Vocabulary

Meets “Proficient” and integrates the course vocabulary into all aspects of the analysis (100%)

Applies vocabulary for HR throughout case study (90%)

Lists some vocabulary or phrases, but it is not connected to the context of the questions (70%)

Does not include HR vocabulary (0%)

10

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format (100%)

Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (90%)

Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas (70%)

Submission has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%)

Health Care Organization Criteria  

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This quarter, you are asked to choose and monitor two health care organizations to complete the written assignments.

If you need guidance on choosing the publicly traded companies, click the link http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/companie.. for a complete list of health care industry companies.

Health Care Organization Criteria

  • Select organizations that represent either a health care product, service, or company that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ market. Make sure that your companies are competitive in nature.
    • Post the organizations you have selected with their symbols and a brief summary of the organization and their missions.
      • Do not use HMA or UHS organizations for this or any of the course assignments.

Resource

  • Mergent is an online database that tracks companies and provides detailed information regarding financial statements, company history, news, staffing, etc.  Searching the Mergent database for the health care organization will give you many of the details needed for these activities as well as for the assignments in this class.  http://www.mergentonline.com.libdatab.st..

SWOT Analysis

What is a SWOT analysis? The SWOT is an organizational performance tool used to conduct a

situation analysis. The acronym SWOT stands for the following factors:

Strengths – internal factors that leverage organizational performance

Weaknesses – internal factors that will affect the health care organization (cost, quality,

etc.)

Opportunities – external factors that improve initiatives for the organization

Threats – external factors that could negatively affect organizational performance

The SWOT analysis should match the organization’s resources and capabilities to the

competitive environment in which it operates. The analysis should help guide the organization’s

formulation and selection of strategy. The SWOT analysis framework is often represented in a 2

x 2 matrix. (See template below.) Strengths and weaknesses are internal to the company and

can be directly managed by it, while opportunities and threats are external (meaning the

company can only anticipate and react to them).

Using the health care companies selected in Week 1, create a slide presentation with no more

than 12 slides (with bullets) and note pages that include the following (Note: Use the bullets

below to help you structure your presentation):

 The first slides should introduce your companies and why you chose them.

 Include your completed SWOT diagrams (one for each company).

 Include a comparison of each company’s SWOT.

 Identify a minimum of three factors that affect each firm’s environment. You must

include the internal and external environments (e.g., resources, market, competitors,

geographical, global) in each factor. Rate the top two concerns, based on your

professional experience.

 Assess and provide recommendations that will:

1. enhance the strengths,

2. minimize the weaknesses,

3. maximize the opportunities, and

4. overcome the threats.

HSA525 – Assignment 1: SWOT Analysis

 Assume you are meeting with your internal or external stakeholders. Create a

Stakeholders Recommendation in which you:

 Summarize your SWOT analysis to the stakeholder selected.

 Provide short-term recommendations.

 Include two or more references to support your rationale.

A Treatment Plan for Recovery

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A Treatment Plan for Recovery

As a part of improving skills for developing appropriate interventions, you will design a treatment plan that focuses on recovery and is appropriate for the particular client being treated.

In this assignment, shift your focus from stabilization to the recovery aspect of treatment.

Click here to study a vignette.

Tasks:

Based on the information provided in the vignette, design a treatment plan for Veronica, including the following elements:

  • Grieving
  • Cognitive restructuring of faulty beliefs
  • Insight and behavioral change

Veronica has been in treatment for a couple of months, and you are now designing a comprehensive treatment plan focused on her stabilization.

Create a 2- to 3-page plan in a Microsoft Word document describing how you will achieve the following:

  • Describe in narrative form how you will establish the therapeutic goals for the treatment and how you will make certain Veronica takes an active role in the identification of those goals.
  • Analyze and explain specific interventions that are helpful to Veronica in this stage.
  • Analyze and explain the therapeutic homework and the treatment for Veronica in case of acute symptoms of PTSD between sessions.
  • Identify and explain the specific interventions to help Veronica achieve the reconnection stage of recovery.
  • Analyze and explain long-term goals, short-term objectives, and the therapeutic interventions of the treatment plan.

Apply current APA standards for editorial style; expression of ideas; and format of text, citations, and references.

Click here to access the template.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Submission Details:

  • By the due date assigned, save your document as M4_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area.

This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded according to the following rubric

Define online harassment and how you are going to protect your employees against online harassment

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Create a PowerPoint presentation using one of the three choices below. You will address the Presentation to the Chief of Information Technology of a company (one in existence or make up one).

Requirements Length: At least 5 slides not including the Title or Reference slides.

1. Define online harassment and how you are going to protect your employees against online harassment.

2. Define cyber stalking/threats and how you are going to protect your network and personnel against cyber stalking.

3. Define Ransomware and how you are going to protect your network against Ransomware. Would you pay out the ransom to get your data back? Why or why not?

Create a PowerPoint presentation using one of the three choices below. You will address the

Presentation to the Chief of Information Technology of a company (one in existence or make up

one).

Requirements Length: At least 5 slides not including the Title or Reference slides.

1. Define online harassment and how you are going to protect your employees against online

harassment.

2. Define cyber stalking/threats and how you are going to protect

your network and personnel

against cyber stalking.

3. Define Ransomware and how you are going to protect your network against Ransomware.

Would you pay out the ransom to get your data back? Why or why not?

Create a PowerPoint presentation using one of the three choices below. You will address the

Presentation to the Chief of Information Technology of a company (one in existence or make up

one).

Requirements Length: At least 5 slides not including the Title or Reference slides.

1. Define online harassment and how you are going to protect your employees against online

harassment.

2. Define cyber stalking/threats and how you are going to protect your network and personnel

against cyber stalking.

3. Define Ransomware and how you are going to protect your network against Ransomware.

Would you pay out the ransom to get your data back? Why or why not?

The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing

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  • First, review MLA or APA (depending on your discipline) in-text citation guidelines at the OWL at Purdue.  For this assignment, you are going to demonstrate knowledge of how to use in-text citations in an annotated bibliography.  PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU MUST BE ABLE TO CITE CORRECTLY and that you will probably have to study these guidelines in order to understand correct citations.
  • An annotated bibliography is a genre of writing that scholars turn to when they are beginning to learn about a subject.  Its purpose is to provide a synopsis of the written conversations that are happening about a given topic and to provide the bibliographic information on those conversations.  Writing annotated bibliographies is a useful practice for researchers because it enables them to see where texts overlap, how they “speak” to one another, and where there are spaces for a writer to insert his or her own arguments.
  • Your task in this assignment is to write a very short annotated bibliography with two of your sources.  Ultimately, you will have to use five sources in Writing Project 3, but for today you only need two.  For each source you must:
    1. Summarize the work.  Remember, to summarize a text you must READ the entire article.  If your source is a book, you should read only those chapters that are relevant for your topic.  Your purpose is to provide an overview of what the work is about.  Your summary should be 2-3 sentences.  Your summary should be labeled as such (a paragraph that begins “Summary:”).
    2. Within the summary, you should paraphrase a specific portion of the work that seems particularly important (1 or 2 sentences).  Be sure to think carefully about what and why you paraphrase and consider how much you paraphrase.  Underline the paraphrased portion and label it with [P] at the beginning of the sentence(s).
    3. Include a direct quotation that would highlight a particularly important point.  Underline your direct quotation and label it with [Q] at the beginning of the sentence or quote.
    4. Explicitly state: who is the intended audience of the work?  Academic reader, general reader, children, etc.?  This can go anywhere in the annotation.
    5. Comparison:  After the summary paragraph, include another paragraph that compares this source to others you have read.  Does it support the other works’ claims?  How?  Does it differ from other works’ claims?  How?  This paragraph should be labeled “Comparison.”

    Two Examples of Annotated BibliographyBelow are two examples from an annotated bibliography.  (Note that Titanium has messed up the formatting, particularly indentations.  Make sure your assignment is properly formatted).Graff, Gerald. Birkenstein, Cathy. “They Say, I Say”: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing.  New York: Norton & Company, 2006.Summary: Graff and Birkenstein seek to make academic writing more accessible by providing templates that allow writers to think critically about texts.  [P] While the authors acknowledge that the templates seem formulaic, perhaps something like the cousin of the five paragraph essay, they argue that their approach is actually an antidote to formulaic writing because it helps writers think critically and creatively about topics. Moreover, they believe their method is inherently democratic and argue, [Q] “This approach to writing therefore has an ethical dimension, since it asks writers not simply to keep proving and reasserting what they already believe but to stretch what they believe by putting it up against beliefs that differ, sometimes radically, from their own” (xxvi).            Comparison:  Written for a general audience, this book is not marred by jargon and is easily accessible.  Like LaMott’s book, this book functions as a how-to for writing.  However, unlike LaMott’s book, the authors present a philosophical discussion of academic writing that helps them assert that this type of writing is highly significant. LaMott, Anne. Bird by Bird. New York: Random House, 1994.Summary: Using a funny and down-to-earth voice, Lamott offers advice on how to be a writer.  She organizes her book into five sections: writing, the writing frame of mind, help along the way, publication and other reasons to write, and the last class.   Each section consists of short chapters that deal with various aspects or issues surrounding writing such as getting started, drafting, and revising.  [P] LaMott’s work provides a discussion of the internal struggle that often occurs when writing and describes the struggle as something akin to having “voices” in your mind that try to distract you (7).  Her book is by no means a “research” report on writing, and her claims are not factual.  However, she does present some very real issues surrounding writing in an eloquent and engaging way; her book is aimed at the general reader and indeed was a NYTimes best seller).  [Q] She states, “Writing can give you what having a baby can give you; it can get you to start paying attention, can help you soften, can wake you up” (7).Comparison:  Unlike Graff and Birkenstein, LaMott does not discuss secondary sources.  Her more general aim is a personal appreciation of writing, not a philosophical consideration of the topic.
    Checklist: items to include in your annotated bibliography in checklist for_____________1. Citation is correct_____________2. Is your summary clear and concise?  Your reader should have a sense of what the piece is about, and that there is enough specific information included to give the reader an idea about how this piece contributes to the body of knowledge surrounding the topic._____________3. Have you introduced quotes properly?_____________4. Are your in-text citations correct?  Make sure you’ve used a direct quote and underlined it.  Make sure you’ve paraphrased a specific portion of the text and highlighted and marked it._____________5. Did you include a statement about how this text relates to the other texts?  Did you make specific comparisons, rather than vague generalities, and have you demonstrated knowledge of the content of the source?______________6. Have you commented on intended audience?______________7. Is your tone and word choice appropriate for an academic audience?

Explain the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization

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Read the article:

“Crisis Management: Prevention, Diagnosis and Intervention” by Toby J. Kash and John R. Darling

 

Write a 3-to 5 page analysis (approximately 3,000 words) on the companies in the assigned case study.

In your analysis, do the following:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs).

b.Identify 3 different companies in the article.

a.Discuss whether the risk management approach

taken by each company was a preventive or intervention measure.

b.Consider whether or not the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner instead of a reactive manner. Explain your reasoning.

c.Compare the different types of leadership approaches,

and suggest how an HR department might implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event.

d. Discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders, considering practical implications to executive leaders.

Guidelines

The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12 point Times New Roman font, one inch margins, and APA citations. Page length

requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

OL 645: Article Analysis Instructions and Rubrics

Overview This course includes three Article Analyses. These exercises are designed to actively involve you in HR considerations and decision making, and help you understand how the concepts covered in the course apply to complex real-world situations. These exercises also provide practice communicating your reasoning in a professional manner.

3-3 HR Article Analysis: Crisis Management Students will demonstrate their knowledge of HR’s role in and influence on legal and environmental risk mitigation, as well as the integration of ethical practices. Read the article: “Crisis Management: Prevention, Diagnosis and Intervention” by Toby J. Kash and John R. Darling (SNHU Library online) http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/226915167?accountid=3783 Write a 3- to 5-page analysis (approximately 3,000 words) on the companies in the assigned case study. In your analysis, do the following:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs). b. Identify 3 different companies in the article. a. Discuss whether the risk management approach taken by each company was a preventive or intervention measure. b. Consider whether or not the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner instead of a reactive manner. Explain your reasoning. c. Compare the different types of leadership approaches, and suggest how an HR department might implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a

crisis event. d. Discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders, considering practical implications to executive leaders.

Guidelines The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. Page length requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

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Rubric for Article Analysis One/Module Three

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Summary of the article

N/A Includes a brief summary of the article (100%)

N/A Does not include a summary of the article (0%)

5

3 different companies

N/A Identifies 3 different companies in the article (100%)

Identifies 1 or 2 different companies in the article (70%)

Does not identify any companies in the article (0%)

5

Preventive or intervention

Submission meets “Proficient” and extends explanation to include supporting evidence from scholarly resources (100%)

Evaluates whether the risk management approach was a preventive or intervention measure and clearly explains why (90%)

Evaluates whether the risk management approach was a preventive or intervention measure, but is not correct, or does not clearly explain why (70%)

Does not evaluate whether the risk management approach was a preventive or intervention measure (0%)

10

Explain whether risks change

when addressed proactively as

opposed to reactively

Submission meets “Proficient” and provides illustrative examples (100%)

Explains clearly whether the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive vs. a reactive manner (90%)

Attempts to explain whether the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner, but is not clear or correct (70%)

Does not explain whether the risks change when events are addressed in a proactive manner (0%)

15

Leadership approaches to mitigate risk or manage a crisis

Submission meets “Proficient” and extends explanation to include supporting evidence from scholarly resources (100%)

Compares different leadership approaches, and suggests how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event (90%)

Compares different leadership approaches, but does not suggest how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event; or compares different leadership approaches, and makes illogical suggestions for how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event (70%)

Does not compare leadership approaches, or suggest how to implement strategies to mitigate risk or manage a crisis event (0%)

20

Ethics implications for

leaders

Meets “Proficient” and provides in-depth discussion of ethical concerns in mitigating risks; considers practical implications in detail (100%)

Discusses ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders in detail; considers at least 3 practical implications for leaders (90%)

Only weakly or does not discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders; considers few or incorrect practical implications for leaders (70%)

Does not discuss ethical ways for mitigating risks with key stakeholders; does not consider practical implications for leaders (0%)

20

Course Vocabulary

Meets “Proficient” and integrates the course vocabulary into all aspects of the analysis (100%)

Applies vocabulary for HR throughout case study (90%)

Uses some vocabulary or phrases, but it is not connected to the context of the questions (70%)

Does not include appropriate vocabulary (0%)

10

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format (100%)

Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (90%)

Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas (70%)

Submission has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%)

15

Total 100%

6-3 HR Article Analysis: Improving Performance

Review the article “Mutual Perception of Russian and French Managers” from The International Journal of Human Resource Management (Muratbekova-Touron, 2011) http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,cpid&custid=shapiro&db=bth&AN=60610752& site=ehost-live (Must be logged into Shapiro Library at SNHU to access.) Consider the characteristics studied by these researchers, such as hierarchy, time, neutral vs. emotional, human nature, and so forth. Write a 3-5 page essay outlining tactics an HR manager can take to improve work performance, considering differences in cultural perception and stereotypes. Use your experience, the research, and the lecture to create a plan to approach these differences as an HR Manager. In your article analysis:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs). b. Identify and describe the characteristics studied by the researchers c. Consider differences in cultural perception and stereotypes. d. Create a management plan outlining tactics an HR manager can implement to improve work performance, based on readings, research, and your

experience.

Guidelines The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. Page length requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

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Rubric for Article Analysis Two/Module Six

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Summary of the article

N/A Includes a brief summary of the article (100%)

N/A Does not includes a summary of the article (0%)

10

Discussion of research

characteristics

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes other characteristics in addition to those listed (100%)

Discusses characteristics studied by the researchers: hierarchy, time, neutral vs. emotional, human nature (90%)

Only discusses 1-2 of the characteristics studied by the researchers (70%)

Does not discuss characteristics studied by the researchers (0%)

20

Differences in cultural

perception and stereotypes

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes illustrative examples (100%)

Considers differences in cultural perception and stereotypes, and how they might be overcome (90%)

Considers differences in cultural perception and/or stereotypes in only a basic manner (70%)

Does not consider differences in cultural perception and stereotypes (0%)

20

Management plan/tactics for

improving performance

around researched

characteristics

Submission meets “Proficient” and extends explanation to include supporting evidence from scholarly resources (100%)

Suggests 2-4 tactics in a plan for improving performance (90%)

Suggests only a single tactic for improving performance, or the tactic(s) suggested are not appropriate (70%)

Does not suggests tactics for improving performance (0%)

20

Course Vocabulary

Meets “Proficient” and integrates the course vocabulary into all aspects of the analysis (100%)

Applies vocabulary for HR throughout case study (90%)

Lists some vocabulary or phrases, but it is not connected to the context of the questions (70%)

Does not include HR vocabulary (0%)

15

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format (100%)

Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (90%)

Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas (70%)

Submission has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%)

15

Total 100%

7-3 HR Article Analysis: Downsizing

One outcome of downsizing must be to preserve the organization’s intellectual capital. Used sparingly and with planning, downsizing can be an organizational lifesaver, but when layoffs are used repeatedly without a thoughtful strategy, downsizing can destroy an organization’s effectiveness. Read the article “Downsizing With Dignity: You Can Downsize With Care—for People and the Business” by Alan Downs. http://humanresources.about.com/od/layoffsdownsizing/a/downsizing.htm This article presents an Executive Summary regarding how to treat people during a downsizing, including both the people who leave and the people who remain. Throughout the article the author mentions different considerations during the downsizing process and the impact on the remaining employees. Utilizing the information presented in this module, summarize an effective downsizing, citing your research on employment law, readings, and your experience. In your article analysis:

a. Briefly summarize the article (1-3 paragraphs). b. Identify considerations for the downsizing process. c. Explain the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization. d. Outline the requirements for an effective downsizing, based on readings, research, and your experience.

Guidelines The article analysis must follow these formatting guidelines: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA citations. Page length requirements: 3-5 pages, not including cover page and references.

Rubric for Article Analysis Three/Module Seven

Critical Elements Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement Not Evident Value

Summary of the article

N/A Includes a brief summary of the article (100%)

N/A Does not includes a summary of the article (0%)

20

Considerations for the

downsizing process

Submission meets “Proficient” and explains why they are important (100%)

Identifies at least 3 considerations for the downsizing process (90%)

Only identifies 1-2 considerations for the downsizing process (70%)

Identifies no considerations for the downsizing process (0%)

20

Impact on employees

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes examples of supported claims in real life or from research (100%)

Explains the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization (90%)

Insufficient explanation of the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization (70%)

No explanation of the impact of downsizing on employees remaining with the organization (0%)

20

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Evaluation of Claims

Submission meets “Proficient” and includes examples of supported claims from real life, research, and/or course readings (100%)

Outlines the requirements for an effective downsizing (90%)

Outlines only some of the requirements for an effective downsizing, or lists factors that are not required (70%)

Does not outline the requirements for an effective downsizing (0%)

20

Course Vocabulary

Meets “Proficient” and integrates the course vocabulary into all aspects of the analysis (100%)

Applies vocabulary for HR throughout case study (90%)

Lists some vocabulary or phrases, but it is not connected to the context of the questions (70%)

Does not include HR vocabulary (0%)

10

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format (100%)

Submission has no major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization (90%)

Submission has major errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas (70%)

Submission has critical errors related to grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas (0%)

10

Total 100%