...The Woodson Foundation, a large nonprofit social service agency is teaming up with the public school system in Washington D.C. to improve student outcomes. There’s ample room for improvement. The schools have problems with truancy, low student performance, and crime. New staff quickly burn out as their initial enthusiasm for helping students is blunted by the harsh realities they encounter in the classroom. Turnover among new teachers is very high, and many of the best and brightest are the most likely to leave for schools that aren’t as troubled. The First Stage is bringing the new plan in development is forming an executive development committee or team with the help of Human Resource to choose the right candidates for the jobs. The Second Stage will be Storming which gives conflict towards each and individual group and creates doubts also each group have its own interests and some cases they can directly opposed to one another. For this stage they have to be work as a team and leave all the intensive and doubtful behavior outside of the team. Only then will this stage work. The Third Stage will be Norming in this for the achieving the certain purpose the goals have set up to start the performance and the team has learn how to set aside your doubts and how to learn work productively together. Who will do what work and how it will be accomplished The Final but not the least is Performing this stage will give us the satisfaction when the actual team work together to achieving...
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...Woodson Foundation Team Development Kevin Hornsby Hornsbyk@cboe.com MGMT-591-20624 Professor Kenneth Steinkruger January 24, 2015 Abstract During the course of conducting business, often times organization seek information from case studies. Case studies present an account of things that have happened in organizations and how things turned around. Today we will look at a case study involving the Woodson Foundation offering recommendations in a role of a consultant. Introduction We have been hired as a consultant for the Woodson Foundation, an organization that specializes in the management of teams, advising those whom have hired them, best courses of action through analysis. The Washington D.C. School district has hired the Woodson Foundation to analyze and offer solutions to correct the problems that are currently plaguing the school system. As a consultant working with the Woodson Foundation, we have been tasked with recommending a process that will be used to decide who should be on the team working with the D.C. school system. The Woodson Foundation will develop an Executive Development Team, whom will actually implement the changes that will be needed in the D.C. school system, our job as consultant is to advise on the process of selecting team members which will best suit the needs of the client. Type of Team In the selection of persons whom will operate on the team working with the D.C. public schools puts the firm in the preliminary...
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...Keller Graduate School of Management DeVry University Case Study 2 xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Situations and Solutions a.Williams Oil Services b. Scott Sales Services c. Craig’s List III. Assessment IV. References I. INTRODUCTION Internal Control is one of the most vital issues that every company has to have inorder to have a better chance of success. Inorder to protect company’s assets and prevent from theft, fraud or unauthorized use of company property, one of the best preventive process is to teach all employees of how Internal Control exist in the company, in the company’s environment, and how employees need to abide to it, and also in its process and overall in the entirety of the company. Statistics indicate that companies with 100 or less employees is prone to fraud or misappropriate use of company’s property; which almost 32% of fraud occurred. While bigger companies with more than 1,000 employees have bigger losses; and have threatened some companies into deep trouble. Enron, a huge company is one example where some of their management team members and employees committed fraud or embezzlement. With the various corporate or business scandals happened in Corporate America, Congress had introduced and passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Under SOX, all publicly traded companies were required to maintain an adequate system of internal control. Under Section 404 of the SOX, states that...
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...Case Study for Building a Coalition for Woodson Foundation. The Woodson Foundation, a large nonprofit social service agency is teaming up with the public school system in Washington D.C. to improve student outcomes. There’s ample room for improvement. The schools have problems with truancy, low student performance, and crime. New staff quickly burn out as their initial enthusiasm for helping students is blunted by the harsh realities they encounter in the classroom. Turnover among new teachers is very high, and many of the best and brightest are the most likely to leave for schools that aren’t as troubled. The Stags of Group Development for the Woodsom foundation in building a cohesive coalition The First Stage is bringing the new plan in development is forming an executive development committee or team with the help of Human Resource to choose the right candidates for the jobs. The Second Stage will be Storming which gives conflict towards each and individual group and creates doubts also each group have its own interests and some cases they can directly opposed to one another. For this stage they have to be work as a team and leave all the intensive and doubtful behavior outside of the team. Then only this stage work The Third Stage will be Norming in this for the achieving the certain purpose the goals have set up to start the performance and the team has learn how to set aside your doubts and how to learn work productively together. Who will do what work and...
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...Case Study Week 3 Zhengyu Gui dragonfly8563@gmail.com MGMT591 Professor Bodero July 2014 Group Development When developing teams, a five-stage group-development model called the Tuckman Ladder is referenced most often. The model, first proposed by the educator Bruce Tuckman, is consisted of five distinct stages all teams go through: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Each stage is characterized as the following: * Forming: Characterized by a great deal of uncertainty about the group’s purpose, structure, and leadership. Not until these issues are sorted out members can think of themselves as part of the team and move on to the next stage. * Storming: Characterized by intragroup conflict. Members accept the existence of the group but resist the constraints it imposes on individuality. There is conflict over who will control the group. When this stage is complete, there will be a relatively clear hierarchy of leadership within the group. * Norming: Characterized by close relationships and cohesiveness. There is now a strong sense of group identity and camaraderie. This stage is complete when the group structure solidifies and the group has assimilated a common set of expectations of what defines correct member behavior. * Performing: Characterized by fully functional group. The group structure at this point is fully functional and accepted. Group energy has moved from getting to know and understand each other to performing the...
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...and led michigan to a 20-5 winning record over those years. Now Tom Brady is the quarterback for the Patriots and is one of the most respected quarterbacks in the game today(Kinney, 2006). Another famous player for the U of M is Charles Woodson. Woodson played for the Wolverines in 1995-97. Charles Woodson was not only a Heisman winner, but the only Heisman winner to play primarily defense. Woodson is now a player for the Oakland Raiders(Kinney, 2006). The most famous coach has to be coach Fielding Yost. Yost arrived at the scene in 1901and was the athletic director and coach. During Yost's early years Michigan was a powerhouse. Yost's teams became the "point a minute" team. Yost led the Wolverines into the first bowl game in football history and defeated Stanford 49-0. Yost is widely considered the best coach in Michigan's history. He led the way and made winning a tradition at the U of M(Kinney, 2006). Memorable seasons Michigan has won 11 National titles and was the unclaimed winner 3 years. These are the seasons that we remember the most at the University of Michigan. The most recent time Michigan won the National Title was under the leadership of Llyod Carr. Llyod Carr led his team to a undefeated season. With Charles Woodson at his side, the two led their team to become a defensive juggernaut and allowed on average only 9.5 points. With a trip and Victory to the Rose Bowl, the Wolverines won the national Championship(Kinney, 2006). But we...
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...Volunteering – The personal benefits Prewriting – For Prewriting this essay, I chose to use brainstorming. I wrote a list of what I felt the benefits of volunteering were as well as different things about volunteering and then used them to create my essay. Draft Are you bored with your life? Do you feel that you want to do something new or more for your community? Volunteering can be a great way for you to meet new people, get involved with your community and feel good. When you volunteer, whether it’s helping others or volunteering on a project or program, what you are doing will benefit an individual person or many people. Volunteering can be a short or long term situation, but whichever you choose, you should make sure that you are able to commit to the time involved. I volunteer at my church. The program that I volunteer in is called Friendship Ministry. With volunteering for the Friendship Ministry, I share God’s love with people who have impairments and help them become an active member of God’s family. Each mentor is assigned a “friend” that they will develop a relationship with. We sit with our friends and have lunch with them and play activities and sing with them while teaching them that we were all made special and are God’s family. We do this the third Sunday of each month. Each mentor interacts with their friends differently, but makes them feel special. I developed a special relationship with my friend Susan. She lives in a group home run by the state...
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...Dante Woodson The Study of the Negro There is a lot that goes into the study of Negros instead of just them being slaves. Most people don’t even think about looking into Negros. The reason why so many give such little attention to the background of the Negro is the belief that this study is unimportant and very irrelevant. Even though the study of Negros is important because the Negro race is just as important and any other race. Negros basically have their own class due to how they were treated and still are being treated but it is not as bad now than it was before. This is because the oppressor has put a negative mind set into the Negros and other races that Negros are worthless, which put the Negros in their own class. The also oppressor teaches the Negros that they has no worth-while past and that his race has nothing significant since the beginning of time. Also the oppressor always reminds them that they will never be anything. The education of a Negro was carefully directed because they didn’t want them to achieve anything. They were told even if they were taught anything it would not work out no matter how good they do. Negros were schooled instead of being educated, meaning they were being trained opposed to being taught were you can question what you’re being taught and that is what the oppressor didn’t want. Since they were schooled they did everything by the rules. For example if you tell a Negro to always use the back door that’s what he would do and if there...
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...charity and the public. 2. Major differenceS between 501 (C) (3)tax exempt organization and a 501(C)(7) tax-exempt organization is 501(3) consists of charitable, religious, scientific, literary, educational, testing for public safety and 501(7) consist of social and recreational clubs. Under 501(3) is the opportunity to apply for grants from foundations and government agency which often limit funding to public charities. 3. The NFP organizations that have to file form 990 are all not-for- profit organization except religious organizations and government NFP. Tax continues with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less per year will file a form 990-N e- postcard. Form 990 – EZ will be filed by tax exempt entities with annual gross receipts of between $50,000 and $200,000 and will less than$500,000 in total assets. Larger NFP organizations with file form 990. Private foundations, will prepare annual warm 990 – PF. 4. A private foundation is one that receives its support from a small number of individuals or corporations and investment income rather than from the public at large. It exists to make grants to public charities. Pvt. foundations file an annual form 990-PF and are subject to several excise tax:(1) failure to take certain actions (such as distribute a minimum amount to public charities),(2)for prohibited behavior(such as speculative investing, self-dealing transactions with...
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...Tyronda R. Cole D03199304 Negotiations HR595 June 18, 2011 This paper will focus on the strategies and techniques used by members of a community in Cordova, Tennessee to prevent the opening and continued success of Stella Marris, a restaurant owned by Steve Cooper, a well established business owner within the community. Currently, the residents in Cordova are working diligently to stop a suspected strip club from opening in their area. Stella Marris Coastal Cuisine and Lounge, located at 7955 Fischer Steele Road, and owned by Steve Cooper originally opened in October 2009 but closed in the Summer of 2010 for renovations in order to upgrade the facilities. Based on Stella Marris’ Facebook page, they have implemented the following changes to the establishment in order to enhance and make the facility more conducive and elaborate for its clients and staff: Improvements to the property as well as operational refinements are being made to the facility. A new parking lot adjacent to the current lot and entry way from Germantown Parkway will be constructed for added convenience. Definitive signage along Germantown Parkway will be added for visibility. New bathrooms in place of some private rooms will be constructed. Some refinements in the lighting and sound system for disc jockey and live entertainment are in the works. Bar area, computer and surveillance systems will be upgraded. The planned renovations were based in part from feedback and operational handicaps...
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...Personal Responsibility and College Success Mohammad Obeidat GEN/200 Ms Diane Miller-DeSoto March 19th, 2012 Personal Responsibility and College Success “I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty.” – John D. Rockefeller Personal Responsibility is being responsible for your actions, forecasting all possible consequences and implications of those actions, along with taking care of your family and friends, being held accountable for your tasks, setting a number of reasonable objectives and developing a proper action plan to work towards achieving those objectives, being able to respond in a reasonable and adult like behavior to any unexpected event that might occurs. The connection between Personal Responsibilities and College Success is embedded deep within our day-to-day lives. As a student, it must be taken into consideration that a person's actions have consequences directly related to his/her future, which can be somewhat intimidating if we think about it. This is why people plan; planning can set a track for people to achieve their goals, the responsibility lies within the ability to follow the right track. Here is where the Time Monitor/Time Plan Process adds much needed value. For me, I have noticed some factors that affect my daily planning routine; I consider all of them personal responsibilities. Family is the first and most important factor, for example, in a random case of...
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...THE EVOLUTION OF MENTORING By: Patrick Delaney Mentor was first documented in Greek mythology. Mentor was with whom Odysseus trusted to run his household and see to his son’s education when Odysseus went off to fight the Trojans. Many things have changed in the three thousand years since. Mentoring has evolved from the traditional one-on-one relationship to eMentoring. This paper will look at the different types of mentoring relating to leadership and how it has changed over the years. Mentoring is a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital, and the psychosocial support perceived by the recipient as relevant to work, career, or professional development. Mentoring entails informal communication, usually face-to-face and during a sustained period of time, between a person who is perceived to have greater relevant knowledge, wisdom, or experience (the mentor) and a person who is perceived to have less. There are two broad types of mentoring relationships: formal and informal. Informal relationships develop on their own between partners. Formal mentoring, on the other hand, refers to a structured process supported by the organization and addressed to target populations. Traditionally, mentoring was a formal one-on-one face-to-face relationship between an older more experienced person and a young person with no experience. At one time, the term 'apprentice' was commonplace in various trades, most commonly in blue collar industries; however, apprenticeships...
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...aspects of its activities in light of what it learned about sustainable development and society's changing expectations towards the behaviour of business. In 1997, Shell decided that, in parallel with its efforts at internal transformation, it would launch a new global, social investment effort that would concentrate on working with external partners to advance sustainable development worldwide. This decision ultimately led to the establishment of the Shell Foundation. Shell’s worldwide social investment initiative promotes sustainable development. Their main aim is to maximize benefit to the society and environment and to have integrity in their operations. The main aim is to maximize benefit to the society and environment and to have integrity in their operations. There are 6 main programs under the Shell Foundation namely: Aspire, Trading UP, Embarq, Breathing Space, Excelerate, and Climate Change ASPIRE: Through a long and close partnership with GroFin - a specialist business developer and financier - Shell Foundation helped pioneer a new business model specifically designed to service the Growth Finance sector. GroFin actively work with local entrepreneurs to help them establish sustainable businesses and in so doing, realise both attractive financial returns for investors and a suite of social returns, including job creation. Trading UP Trading UP acts as a...
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...Mentoring Introduction According to Schemm, R.L. and Bross, T. (1995), the act of mentoring is defined as a process where a younger individual is paired with an older, person for the purpose of attaining guidance and support. Mentoring is becoming increasingly prevalent in today’s work force, and becoming more of a necessity rather than a consideration. It is likely that most, if not all, individuals will form one of these mentor-mentee relationships during some point in his or her professional career. There are several advantages, as well as possible disadvantages, to forming one of these relationships. When thinking of mentoring, a one on one relationship usually comes to mind; however, multiple-mentor relationships make another valid option available. In any mentoring relationship, there does come a great deal of responsibility. You are responsible for molding that person. Mentoring is a growing trend among working professionals; it has many benefits, and will help individuals gain success, and provide a fulfilling role for the mentor. Disadvantages/Problems Unfortunately, not all mentor-mentee relationships assist in the professional development of an individual. Occasionally, but not always, there can be problems in a mentoring relationship. There is always a chance that personalities and communication styles may not mesh, or poor advice be given by the mentor (Nolinske, 1995, p. 40). Creating an environment in which the mentee is evaluated based solely on...
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...Man is a social living being and lives in a society. In order for a society to progress there are few heroes who are recognized even after they are gone. The above stated claim is not true it is possible to regard even living man or woman as hero. We are safe at our home and have a good sleep at night, all of it is possible by our soldiers who are guarding and protecting us from enemies entering our country. The soldiers are sometimes unsung heroes they need to be appreciated, awarded for their bravery and the sacrifices they make for us. There are many Iraq war veterans who have come back home but still they are living in battle. Almost all of them face post-traumatic stress which needs to be treated carefully and given proper jobs after they are retired from military life. They have families which they stay away for long time, most them do not get to see their kids grow. All the soldiers are heroes of their society. The other heroes are the ones who protect law and put their life in danger despite the risk they know. All police officers fight crime within the society and many lives are lost. They make society a better place for people to live. Again, the society should accolade law protectors for their valor. They should be given decent amount of salary for the risk they take to protect. Most of these jobs are low paid salary and lesser incentives. There are few leaders in society like Nelson Mandela who fought against apartheid, racism, poverty in South Africa and was in...
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