...Running Head: Implementation and Development Proposal Implementation and Development Proposal Delta R. Bowers LDR 726 Dr. Matthew Reis November 24, 2008 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to propose to senior leadership at the SEI Corporation an employee reward program that could potentially address issues regarding the employees’ dissatisfaction with the organization’s current employee reward structure. A Potential Improvement Points (PIP) Initiative was conducted with SEI’s senior leadership to determine why employees were dissatisfied with the organization and in many cases resigning from the organization. The PIP analysis is a process that is used to get to the major issues that are the foundation for the problems in the organization such that they can be resolved (LaRue, Childs, & & Larson, 2006). Although SEI has been losing contracts and laying off employees, those employees remaining have been dissatisfied with SEI’s employee reward structure for quite some time. The sessions were conducted at a hotel approximately 10 miles from SEI’s headquarters office. The sessions lasted for two days for approximately seven and a half hours. The participants chosen were selected by the President of the company. All participants were extremely expressive and were given an opportunity to share their opinions as to how the organization had spiraled into a rapid downfall. When proposing to implement new policies, products...
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...contemporary change methodologies, an in-depth perspective of related OD to change, and an applicable example of a specific organization. Keywords: organizational development, contemporary tools, change Organizational Development & Practitioner Tools The topic of organization development (OD) focuses on the effective implementation of change within an organization and is often broken down into two primary change methodologies of either classic or contemporary change intervention. The following article seeks to provide a broad overview of the OD change methodologies, an in-depth perspective in change initiatives of OD consultants and an actual applicable example of these OD practitioner tools used in real life. “Organization development has emerged to allow the voice of all organizational members to be heard and all organizational talent to be captured” (Jackson, 2006, p. 216). The field has many challenges in addressing both the human and the organizational sides of change initiatives in an attempt to get everyone on board in embracing change. Overview When organizations are resistant to necessary change, many times organizational development consultants are brought in to address the issue and implement the proper change methodologies they view as effective in bringing the change within the organization. Organizational consultants are often brought in to intervene in numerous situations when an organization is having difficulties with change and frequently...
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...Class-1 Ten Principles of Economics Economy. . . . . . The word economy comes from a Greek word-Oekonomous- for “one who manages a household.” Any similarity between household and economics? Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS • A household and an economy face many decisions: • Who will work? • What goods and how many of them should be produced? • What resources should be used in production? • At what price should the goods be sold? Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS Society and Scarce Resources: • The management of society’s resources is important because resources are scarce. • Scarcity. . . means that society has limited resources and therefore cannot produce all the goods and services people wish to have. Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS Economics is the study of how society manages its scarce resources. Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS • How people make decisions. • • • • People face tradeoffs. The cost of something is what you give up to get it. Rational people think at the margin. People respond to incentives. Copyright © 2004 South-Western/Thomson Learning TEN PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS • How people interact with each other. • Trade can make everyone better off. • Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity. • Governments can sometimes improve...
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...My mission is to act as an instrument of positive change in my family, my work and my community. I will utilize all of the talents that God has given me and will participate in all aspects of my life with energy, purpose and gratitude. I will utilize my talents in strategy and administration to ensure that my home is loving and calm, my workplace is productive and positive and my community is responsive and growing. Through this focus I will give more than I take and will provide a positive role model for my children. Ethical principles which I follow in achieving my life mission Ethical principles provide a generalized framework within which particular ethical dilemmas may be analyzed. As we will see later in this module, these principles can provide guidance in resolving ethical issues that codes of ethics may not necessarily provide Make Regular Dhikr: Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah, calms the mind and gets rid of disturbing thoughts. i do tasbih, dhikr, whenever I am free, by doing this my mind feels to be in peace during the day. My mind will not be easily disturbed as it was before. Never Leave The Mind Vacant: An empty mind is the devil’s workshop. I keep mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile and negative thoughts will not plague your mind. Actively follow a hobby, something that holds your interest. You must decide what you value more: money or peace of mind.. Change Yourself: I have try to change the environment single-handedly, the chances...
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...Vaughn April 25, 2016 Many healthcare organizations set goals and objections and write mission statements that reflect the way they want the public to see how healthcare is provided. This is done to guide how their healthcare providers practice daily. In order to meet these goals and objects it is necessary to have in place processes and procedures to ensure the results will be what is expected which is a positive patient experience and outcome. In order for our organization to reach this goal there is a coaching and execution package that will provide step-by-step processes and procedures to ensure that everyone is doing the same thing at the same time with every patient every day. This package is called the Studer Principles® offered by the Studer Group Corporation®. This package is detailed and contains the necessary information to educate all staff in evidence based leadership that will foster a relationship between leadership and staff. The package will also provide every employee with the tools necessary to perform their jobs more efficiently to increase positive patient outcomes and experiences. This will be a new way of learning but will do so in a way that everyone will be on the same page and speaking the same language. After reviewing the strategic plan for the Fayetteville Veterans Administration Medical Center there are a number of goals and objectives covered in this document. The strategic plan speaks to “priority goals and KEEPING THE PROMISES.” This...
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...Economic Principles ECN220 Economic Principles Truly, the mind has been studied for many years, and is an amazing organ. Specifically, the study of economics and what causes people to make the decisions they do. “The National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientist is looking directly at brain activity to see whether, and how, certain portions of the brain correlate with the values people express, and the choices they later make,” (Cimons, 2014). What is economics? Economics is a study of people’s decisions, how they come to make those decisions and why. The decisions can be for the family, personal, or business. Indeed scarcity plays an important role in the decisions that people make, and unfortunately is a way of life. Everyone has their own view of what type of scarcity that causes them to make their decisions, as it can be the amount of time, money constraints, or labor issues. How do Economists use theories and models to understand important economic issues? Economists use theories and models as a tool, or a way to determine an answer. “John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century, pointed out that economics is not just a subject area but also a way of thinking,” (Principles of Economics, 2014). Identify each of the following topics as being part of microeconomics or macroeconomics: a. the impact of a change in consumer income on the purchase of luxury automobiles Microeconomics b. the effect of...
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...The Customer Services Team handles all inbound calls for the business (1000+ per day) and operates from 08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Saturday. There are fifteen team members two of which are Team Leaders. The Team is further divided into different sub-groups that deal with different business sectors such as Pharma, Telecommunications, e-commerce. The main focus of the team is dealing with customer queries via inbound calls and managing corporate accounts in terms of providing daily reports and updates. The Team Assessment and the group discussions would seem to indicate that this is a group of individuals that are operating in a very structured environment and while they are referred to as a team they do not actually operate as a team. Each member of the team has specifically assigned tasks which they focus on but these do not combine at a higher level. The team are therefore very task orientated and operate independently of each other. Communication within the team is also a fundamental issue but this may be driven by the task nature of the group which does not require a high level of communication to complete. In assessing the results from the Team Assessment there are a number of areas that are presenting challenges for the team. The results of the assessment indicate that the core challenges for the team centre on interpersonal communication, respect, collaboration and styles. This is not atypical given that call centres can be a loud, fast paced and highly pressurised...
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...The Most Crucial Principles and Qualities for Survival Although humans are the strongest and smartest animals on earth, we still die for silly reasons. Sometimes, humans do not know why they get in trouble or how they control the circumstances for survival. According to Laurence Gonzales, Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why, we can clearly see the situations that happen to us and understand the reasons why somebody can survive, but someone else cannot. This book makes us realize that "accidents happen anyway but they do not necessarily happen to us". Through this book, Laurence Gonzales supplies an enormous amount of knowledge to us about the most crucial principles and qualities for survival. We need to be aware and ready when the dangers are close to us. We can survive by learning how to be perceptive, positive, and active to overcome the challenges and survive. Before we talk about the qualities insides the survivors' mind, there are three important principles discussed in the book that will improve our chances of survival by learning how our body must act in dangerous situations. The first principle is that we should avoid impulsive behavior and always be aware of danger. In Chapter Two, LG told us about the deaths of two snowmobilers who tried to speed off and reach "high-marking". Although people warned that "there were a high avalanche", they still wanted to go up to the hill (45). They thought, "it's fun" (48). They had poor impulse behavior which easily...
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...the diversity concerns and the therapeutic relationship in order to increase the outcome of successful treatment. Being competent as a MFT means being able to navigate through the five steps of competent therapy: (1) determine what the situation entails, (2) identifying the obstacles and resources that can effect a client, (3) develop a treatment plan, (4) assessing the client’s progress, and (5) document the process. Common factors research shows us the correlation of importance of therapeutic relationships to the positive response to treatment. My interpretation when looking at Lambert and Wampold’s theories are that outside of the relationship bond formed with a client, therapists can only directly influence 8%-15% of the effectiveness of therapy. In Lambert’s model it should be noted that if therapists acknowledge the power of hope and try to incorporate instilling hope into the treatment plan, they can possibly gain an additional 15% in variance to promote positive outcomes based upon the trends Lambert analyzed. In Wampold’s study, hope is included in the general factor category and cannot be isolated to determine the variance that can be...
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...The Principles of Operant Conditioning and Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences Operant conditioning involves operant behavior-responses that an organism makes to produce an effect on the environment. The concept of operant conditioning was introduced in 1938 by B.F. Skinner. The principles of operant conditioning can be used to modify an existing behavior, either an undesirable behavior that you would like to eliminate or a desirable behavior that you would like to strengthen. The desirable behavior that I have decided to strengthen is the regularity of which I exercise. I will generate a plausible explanation for why the problem exists, describe one reason why I want to change the behavior, and provide one benefit that the change will bring. To conclude part A of my assignment, I will provide a carefully designed program for strengthening the behavior, making sure to include all relevant conditioning principles incorporated within my plan; which will include the use of positive and negative re-enforcers, and shaping. In part B, I will design a series of test items that would indicate the difference intelligences according to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. I will provide one original of how you would test each of the eight differences. Howard Gardner developed a theory of multiple intelligences in (1983, 2004) according to Gardner there are eight different types of intelligence. Each of the eight intelligence is...
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...People are motivated to |behavior and consequences. His theory used operant | | |satisfy needs at the lower of hierarchy before |conditioning in which reinforce and punishers shaped | | |seeking to satisfy those at the higher level needs. |behavior. | |How Motivation Changes |Maslow’s hierarchy of needs moves from basis to move |Skinner’s principles of motivation Practical | |For Elementary Versus |advance, from need to know to understanding, and the |reinforces: Elementary; reinforcement schedule, | |Secondary Students |desire to become all that one is capable of becoming.|reward students for desires behavior, motivate | | | |students to perform desire behaviors to receive | | | |rewards | | | |Secondary: reward positive behavior before | | |...
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...Comparing Adams with Backus and Chapian Summary How to Help People Change, by Jay Adams, focuses on a counseling theory which emphasizes the vertical relationship between man and God. According to Adams, effective changes cannot occur if the client does not seek to improve his prayer life and seek to become more like Christ in order to gain perspective on their situations which surround them. Adams shares his belief that God must be central to the Christian counseling relationship and that, without room for God, the counseling will be ineffective and useless. To Adams, it is as simple as a matter of the heart involving four steps enforced by the counselor: teaching, conviction, correction, and disciplined training and righteousness. When one seeks knowledge and wisdom from biblical truths, true change can occur. Through each of the steps, a client can learn to recognize what the Bible says and grow in their daily convictions, causing them to desire to live a more Christ centered life, reaching step four which allows for discernment to come into play through discipleship with the counselor. Telling Yourself the Truth provides strategies for someone to accept their current situation, learn their responsibility in it, and redefine the way they think and believe (Backus & Chapian, 2000). The book includes a study guide in order for a person to truly change the way they think while practicing these new concepts/ truths as they read the book. After defining misbeliefs for...
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...Omega Health Foundation Finances play a major role in part of decision-making of any industry that can have a conclusive affect on the processes of the business. Most health care organizations have significant changes within the industry; this is specifically because there are new trends available in the market industry which are impacted by the finance organization and the decisions that must be made. Most of the decisions within the health care industry are primarily reliant on the demand for health care services that are available to patients and the health care organization financial position. Health care administrators are enabling to analyze financial data obtained from financial report. These principles of finance report helps manager make well informed decisions. Principles of Finance The Omega Health Foundation is an example of principle of finance, which is “a complex business with two hospitals, Omega and Able Memorial, plus a number of related medical-service providers” (Cleverly & Cameron, 2007, p. 164).These principles of finances are risk-return trade off, time value of money (TVM), leverage, bond prices versus interest rates, portfolio effect, the matching principle, and liquidity versus profitability. By using the principles of finance it helps Omega Health Foundation because these are prepared to help the organizations financial statements and reports. Furthermore, the use of these financial statements like the balance sheet, income statement, statement...
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...must be fair and honest. They must make decisions and give guidance based on the most authentic to the law, even if he or she does not personally agree. Because of this, the job of a judge is very important (Kagan, 2010). Next topic is the role of judges in creating law. With the assumption that the positive law has limits and sometimes the judges are supposed to expand its borders, people must understand what a positive law is, why it has limits and why and how a judge can change the and expand the law when it is necessary. The positive law mean the law that is sanctioned by the Parliament and Legislature, produced by legitimate and democratically elected representatives, systematized and accepted by the society. In democratic societies and countries, this law is a result of the work of elected officials and it reflects the political and social goodwill of the majority of people and the pressures of the groups with special interests. However the social preferences always change, the majorities are mobile, and the lobbyists are different. One law or statute reflects the intent of a nation or community in a definite time and while the social and cultural preferences do not change quickly, yet there are always situations in which...
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...THE THIN BOOK OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY BOOK REVIEW 2 Introduction The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry, written by Sue Annis Hammond, is an explanation of the principle of Appreciative Inquiry, which was introduced by David Cooperrider in the mid 1980’s. Appreciative Inquiry is an innovative way at dealing with organizational change, a contrast to traditional theories of change management, which follow a problem-solving model. One of the main responsibilities of today’s leader is to facilitate change, which is necessary for organizations to survive and thrive. Appreciative Inquiry is a unique tool to ensure that all members of an organization are aware of their roles in the process, intimately involved, and excited by the potential outcome. Summary In contrast with traditional change management theories which tend to focus on the negatives of a particular procedure or organization, Appreciative Inquiry focuses on the positive and what is working for the organization. By focusing on the positives, those who follow the Appreciative Inquiry model have “the confirmed knowledge, confidence, and inspiration that they did well, and will continue to do well with a heightened awareness of what works” (Hammond, 1998, p. 12). Appreciative Inquiry uses assumptions, or “the set of beliefs shared by a group, that causes the group to think and act in certain ways” (Hammond, 1998, p.13). According to THE THIN BOOK OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY BOOK REVIEW 3 Hammond, the longer...
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