...Collaboration versus Working Alone NPM 6108 Cultural Collaboration and Nonprofit Sector Constance N. Evans February 8, 2015 10877 Sprucehill Dr. Cincinnati, Ohio 45240 (513) 370-0932 Performanceleader1@gmail.com Dr. Cathie Witty Table of Contents Abstract ………………………………………………………………… pg. 3 Introduction …………………………………………………………….. pg. 4 Possible Organizational Structure of Collaboration and Potential Responsiveness to cultural and contextual influences. ………………………………….. pg. 4-5 Recommended strategy to Promote Democratic Decision Making and Innovative performance to achieve organizational and programmatic goals……… pg. 6 Assess the International business and governmental political influences on Fuerza y Unidad and local Canexico economies …………………………………… pg. 7 Describe the community, Social, and Economic Strengths and Weaknesses that can Support or Undercut Organizational Success ……………………………. pg.7-8 Closing ………………………………………………………………………pg. 8-9 References………………………………………………………………….Pg. 10 Abstract This proposal will describe and assess the possible organizational structure of collaboration and its potential responsiveness to cultural and contextual influences, recommend a strategy to promote democratic decision making and innovative performance to achieve the organizational and programmatic goals using techniques for collaboration, communication and technology. Next it will assess the international business and governmental political influences on Fuerza y Unidad...
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...A Case Study: A Focused Study of Homeless Students Toni R. Brent-Willis Capella University ED8102 – Introduction to Qualitative Research, Dr. Patricia Ryan August 4, 2013 Case study research is designed to bring a greater understanding of a specific phenomena or experience. It can also serve to deepen the understanding of an experience that is already known. Yin (1984) defines case study as research method as an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context; when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident; and in which multiple sources of evidence are used (p. 23). It presents details on a bounded event or participant experiencing the event. Case study has its roots in anthropology, sociology, and psychology, but gained legitimacy as a valid methodology for use in other fields of study in the 1980’s. It is useful in close examination of existing phenomena of which in-depth study has not been done, or has un-explored areas. While case studies do fall within the category of qualitative research, they are used when attention to a specific subject, or participant will garnered information about a phenomena or experience that a wide study can not provide. Gobo (2004) writes that in some instances generalizations based on large samples are overrated and close attention to a limited number of participants is more reliable. Information on how or why a specific participant was able to navigate...
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...Best Practices in Performance Management Bre’Onda Scott Capella University Best Practices in Performance Management Charles Schwab, a famous American steel magnate and businessman, once said, “The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement” (Pace, 2002). Schwab apparently understood how to connect with employees on a level that would not only motivate their morale, but would also enhance their performance and production. Schwab was not the only one to make such a discovery, as many organizations now understand and implement strategies to manage the performance of their employees. One of the many organizations that have a performance management plan in place is Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS). Performance management is defined as “the process through which managers ensure that employees’ activities and outputs contribute to the organization’s goals” (Noe, 2016). VCUHS has put an entire department together to manage the performance of its 9,000+ employees. This team, known as the Department of Performance Improvement, has a focus of supporting the mission of VCUHS by guiding quality processes, remaining compliant with regulations, cost-effectively utilizing resources through internal and external benchmarking, collaborating with company leaders to identify process redesign opportunities , and much more (Mission Statement, n.d.). All of these are part of the current performance management system and is based on putting...
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...Single parent home Ashley Reid Psy Topic proposal Capella University August 11, 2013, Year “Seventy percent of all children will spend all or part of their lives in a single parent home.”(Dowd)The family structure has changed significantly in the last fifty years with higher percentages of marriages ending in divorce, and higher rates of childbearing out of wedlock. In this study the writer will show that the children of these families are affected dramatically both negatively and positively? Problem Statement Children being raised in single parent homes have a higher chance of poverty, delinquency and high school failure. Background of Study The US census bureau reported that 30 percent of children live in a single parent home. Are children that are raised by one parent verses both parent receiving the short hand of the deal? Children with single parents were twice as likely to have psychiatric disorders, attempt suicide, and abuse alcohol, and three to four times more likely to use narcotic drugs”.(The Lancet,25 January 2003.) In 2009 the New York Times found that the time spent with a single parent during the formative preschool years seems to have particularly bad effects on a boy’s education,” (Shelia Fitzgerald Krein,, 2009.) Single mothers who work outside the home appear to provide greater incentive as role models for their daughters than there sons, The role-model influence in the case of the girls appears to compensate for the loss of the mother’s...
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...Internet and it’s Affect on Business Capella University Technology has been able to provide advancements in quality of life across the world. One of the biggest forms of technology is the use of the internet in a variety of different business sectors. One of the fastest growing forms of Internet use revolves around online schooling. The result is not only because of the access of the Internet, but the vast amount of resources now available just a click away. Online schooling provides several advantages and disadvantages, but the new opportunities afforded due to the change are winning out. The growth of attending online school is becoming popular by both the students and the institutions because money talks; attending and producing an online learning environment are cheaper than running and attending a traditional college or university. The school does not have to pay for the space because everything is attended to online. In addition, the instructors do not have to be responsible for creating their own teaching material; this material can be shared among like classes (Chaffee, 2011). The online environment also opens up doors for a different type of teaching. No longer is the tenured professor the person in demand, now anyone with the correct education can be considered for an adjunct instructor position. This change from professor to instructor means a decrease in operating costs for the school. The economy is making the balance of work and life much harder. Being a...
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...Running Head: Course Project: School For Thought Course Project: DeVry University – Keller Graduate School of Management Managerial Decision-Making (MGMT530) September 2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction – Overview of Decision Problem 4 Problem Statement 4 Objectives 4 Summary of Key Objectives: 5 Alternatives 6 Description of Alternatives: 6 Selection 6 Consequence Table with Original Values: Title 7 Weighted Scoring Model: Title 8 Consequences 9 Risk Profile: Title 9 Implementation, Monitoring and Control 10 Timeline: 10 Summary 11 Works Cited 12 Executive Summary I am nearing the end of my graduate studies for a master’s in nursing administration. I was presented with the option to continue for another year at my present academic institution for a master’s in business administration. However, an additional option was presented from another academic institution, to pursue a doctorate degree in nursing practice. The program is two years. Should I pursue another master’s degree but in business administration or move on with my master’s in nursing administration and go right for my doctorate in nursing practice? My true goal is to stay true my nursing core values. I would like to be prepared for a role as a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Introduction – Overview of Decision Problem Problem Statement The nature of the decision correlates to pressure as I am quickly approaching...
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...Youth Violence and Youth Deaths by Guns Capella University November, 2013 Abstract This project will explore the history, cause, and preventive measures on the subject of problems with our youth. As adults the saying "The Children are our future" is fairly and accurately a true statement. With the changing of times, and economic problems within the urban communities, the children of our future are becoming more of the criminals, and inmates of the future. Violence and deaths among youths has become more of a problem than crimes, and violence among adults. Trying to reach youths that have falling victim to the "street life" seems to virtually impossible because the benefits from being in the streets are more appealing to the youths than getting those same benefits by going about it the right, and legal way. Trying to understand why children kill has come to be a disturbing process. It seems that the youth of today have far more resources, and avenues to obtain a gun than the youth of the past. A study was conducted by Author Richard Tremblay, and some of his findings suggested that “Longitudinal studies of large samples of children from infancy to adulthood indicate that the peak age for physical aggression is between the end of the second and the end of the fourth year after birth. Fortunately, because of their size, physical aggression from two-year-olds does not constitute a major threat to the public in general.” (Richard Tremblay, 2007). Many youths have been subjected...
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...ALLIED AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Personalized. Flexible. Dedicated. Online Programs – Individual Support – Open Enrollment – Ease of Transfer Credits UNIVERSITY CATALOG 2013 Seventh Edition 22952 Alcalde Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Phone: (888) 384-0849 ∼ Fax: (949) 707-2978 7:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. (Monday – Friday) Email: info@allied.edu Website: www.allied.edu KEY STAFF AND FACULTY Charlotte Hislop, Ph.D. Candidate, President/CEO Bonny Nickle, Ed.D., Provost Eric Sharkey, M.Ed., Director of Education Bill Luton, Ph.D., Director of Assessment and Dean of Business Carlo Tannoury, Ph.D. Candidate, Dean of Computer Information Systems Patricia Drown, Ph.D., Dean of Criminal Justice and General Studies C.J. Bishop, M.B.A., Institutional Research Frank Vazquez, Operations Director Parrish Nicholls, J.D., Director of Compliance Lindsay Oglesby, Admissions Director Abby Dolan, B.A., Registrar Sasha Heard, M.B.A., Student Services Manager Barbara Jobin, B.S.B.A., Career Center Manager Hugo Aguilar, B.A., Chief Financial Officer Richard Madrigal, B.A., Financial Aid Officer As a prospective student at Allied American University, you are encouraged to review this catalog prior to signing an enrollment agreement. You are also encouraged to review the student performance fact sheet which must be provided to you prior to signing an enrollment agreement. This catalog is not a contract between the student, AAU, or any party or parties. Reasonable effort was made at the time this document...
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...Starbucks Corporation: A Strategy Recommendation Elizabeth Joyner Capella University I. Introduction and History of Starbucks It all began in 1971 in a small storefront in Seattle, Washington’s Pike Place Market. This was the site of the very first Starbucks store where unlike how the store is set up now it was merely a roaster and retailer of whole bean coffee and teas. Ten years later in 1982, Howard Schultz joins the company as the director of retail operations and marketing. To further immerse himself into the coffee world he travels to Italy in 1983 and subsequently falls in love with the coffee bar experience. The following year, the very first Café Latte is served in downtown Seattle. In 1985 Schultz founds Il Giornale, a business that offers brewed coffees and espresso drinks made from Starbucks brand coffee beans. Two years after the founding of Il Giornale, Howard Schultz acquires the assets of Starbucks and changes the name of Il Giornale to Starbucks Corporation and opens up 17 Starbucks stores including stores in Chicago and Vancouver, Canada. The statement, “Our Mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighborhood at a time” (Starbucks Corporation), the popular coffee chain became what it is today. II. History of the Internet and Social Media While Howard Schultz and the “big wigs” of the Starbucks Corporation are watering the new coffeehouse idea and growing Starbucks into the conglomerate that...
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...Innovation Leadership MBA6006 Capella University Introduction When one thinks of innovation, it is a term used to describe new ideas and new beginnings. One who introduced this concept to a failing organization, was an innovative leader named. Alan Lafley former CEO of P&G, adapted the five discovery skills that were displayed in Dyer, Gregersen, & Christensen ‘s Innovator’s DNA associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. Lafley applied these skills to create an innovative organization and gave a blueprint for other innovative organizations to follow. Although, leadership is a group experience that includes interpersonal influences or persuasion, is goal directed and can lead others through certain actions or to achieving goals through influence, and has hierarchy within the group that can be formal and well defined or informal and flexible. Leaders assist in establishing goals and reaching those goals through actions, allowing individuals in leadership positions to be effective (Nahavandi, 2006). Analyzes which leadership model and practices would encourage innovation considering the global context of the organization in your chosen case. Leadership research has been and will be completed by many individuals and has led to many theories and models to be developed that have both similarities and differences. Four theories or models of leadership that have been researched...
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...of the 21st Century is forcing health care organizations to change or modify currently used standards of motivation. This change of practice requires organizations to plan, develop, and implement more creative motivational strategies designed to focus on the health care employee’s motives and needs. There is some debate among motivational theorists about whether intrinsic and extrinsic incentives successfully can serve as motivational tools or merely serve to direct and change employee behavior (Barocas, 1999). However, there are several motivational strategies that can be effectively employed in the health care environment. For the purpose of this paper, the two main motivational theories that will be discussed are Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Deci and Ryan’ s self-determination theory. Equally important for discussion are the differences between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, the influence of motivators on different age groups in the health care workforce...
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...Sasha Green Capella University Strategic Operations Management - MBA6020 December 6, 2015 Abstract This document will be evaluating The Toyota Way process within Toyota during the time of their accelerator crisis. A problem statement will be defined around Toyota’s internal and external customer complaint responses and communication channels, especially between US Toyota employees and the authoritative management of Toyota based in Japan. Problem Statement To become the leading automotive producer, with a strong presence in all of the 50 states and abroad, Toyota developed a strong global marketing plan and employed more than 8,900 people. They “produced 5.2 million cars in 58 production sites in 2000, and by 2009 they had the capacity to produce 10 million cars and had added 17 production sites.” (Greto et al, 2010, p. 3). Any industry leader in the position of Toyota should seize opportunities to grow and expand while ensuring that the company employees, customers, and stakeholders all stand to benefit and are all well informed about the possibilities that lie ahead. Effectively, a clear and informative communication system must be part of the company’s organization structure. However, the organizational structure known as the Toyota Way, a system designed to provide the tools for people to continually improve their work, though efficient and effective, could not prevent the accelerator crisis. Toyota’s rigid corporate culture and a hierarchy of seniority are...
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...Heathwood Hardware, Inc. Strategic IT Plan Capella University January 19, 2016 TS5010 Table of Contents Introduction3 EIA Analysis3 Systems and Data Integration4 E-Commerce5 Enterprise Information Systems6 Security Issues7 Disaster Recovery Plan8 Transformation through Web-Based Technology7 Website Proposal13 Appendix A: Interface Design Evaluation15 Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography17 Abstract This IT strategic plan for Heathwood Hardware, Inc. (HHI) is intended to serve as a guide for coordinating an information-enabled enterprise. HHI must take advantage of IT and the internet to beat their competitors and with this plan there is a holistic approach to implementation. In an effort to change their business operations, this plan focuses on the business, technical, and architectural perspectives of IT implementation for this small organization. Introduction Small companies today must balance the push for information technology (IT) innovation with stable business strategies. Information technology is rapidly changing the business world, affecting how small companies market and distribute their products, as well as how their people operate. With that in mind, small companies like Heathwood Hardware, Inc. (HHI), must work to evaluate its existing infrastructure against the requirements. Currently, HHI’s IT infrastructure follows the typical scenario with silos of integration and knowledge. Critical functions such as accounting, inventory...
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...Operations Improvement Plan for Toyota Angie Beckey Capella University Author Note This paper has been prepared for MBA6022 Strategic Operations Management Section 103 Executive Summary Clear and transparent communication efforts are critical in the strength of an organization. These efforts go beyond the internal walls of an organization and extend to their external customers. Effective and efficient communication is crucial to an organization on how consumers perceive the company and brand. There seemed to be a significant break-down across the lines of communication within Toyota, which resulted in a significant negative public perception of the organization and brand. Toyota Motor Corporation is in need of a communications overhaul across the entire organization to prevent future crisis’s and to retain market share, as well as capture additional market share. Implementing a communications improvement plan across the organization will cost approximately 11% of working capital, however, the opportunity cost of restoring and maintaining the reputable brand that has been known for reliability, durability and quality will be priceless. Operations Improvement Plan Implementation “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” – James Humes The purpose of this paper is to illustrate why Toyota is in need of a communications improvement plan overhaul. I have identified the root cause of the accelerator recall crisis as a lack of critical and pertinent information...
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...Final Plan for Collaboration Cassie Corona Capella University Introduction All schools have a vision or mission statement and this is what they strive to follow as far as what their goal is. My school is no different. To have a vision and action plan of collaboration is important. Having strong community-parent ties can ensure that students are learning and are successful. “When a school begins to function as a professional learning community, teachers become aware of the incongruity between their commitment to ensure learning for all students and their lack of a coordinated strategy to respond when some students do not learn.” (DuFour, 2004) Identifying the Problem Desert View Elementary has a primarily white population of 67%. However, we also have one of the largest Hispanic populations in the district with 29%. Desert View is 56% male and 44% female. About half of the student population comes from low-income families. We serve 53% of the student’s free or reduced meals. There are 14% of students that attend Desert View that are on an IEP and 15% that are ELL. For years now Desert View has been a school within our district that is a choice school. There is a current achievement gap among Desert View and the rest of the school district. The decision of making this school a choice school was made because of the consistently low PAWS test scores. PAWS is our standardized test that students are required to take...
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