PART 1 PLEASE RESPOND IN 275 WORDS

 ORIGINAL WORK, NO PLAGIARISM, 1 REFERENCE

My Dream Business
Please respond to the following:

• Discuss the most innovative idea you can dream up for a new business. Explain why you think it would be successful.
• Discuss the major challenges you would face in running such a business and how you would expect to overcome them. Provide specific examples to support your response.

PART 2 PLEASE RESPOND AND COMENT TO THIS DISCUSSION NO LESS THE 175 WORDS BASE ON 1 CREDIBLE RESORCE

 

My Dream Business – Please respond to the following:

 

•         Discuss the most innovative idea you can dream up for a new business.  Explain why you think it would be successful. 

 

Once I launch my event planning business and I get some events under my belt I would like to establish an application that potential customers can go to in order to view my previous events.  I would have them categorized by event type, budget, price point, etc.  This would give my potential clients an idea of the type of events I will put on, the costs associated by the type of event they want.  By doing this they would be able to compare my services with those of other vendors and choose mine due to the cost and outcome of the events.

 

 

 

•         Discuss the major challenges you would face in running such a business and how you would expect to overcome them.  Provide specific examples to support your response.

 

Some challenges that I foresee as I launch my business would be in getting my business name out there and establishing a reputation of being innovative, affordable and willing to work with any budget.  I’m a true believer that you can make an event nice at any budget and will provide my customers with examples of how we can make this work for them.  Based on my various contacts I would also be able to offer additional services.

 

 

1.  Sophia’s job in publishing requires her to seek out new writers. She has chosen a bunch of talented writers, but none of them seem to get chosen for publishing. She thinks this has something to do with conflicts in management. How would you describe Vera’s job attitude?

 

2.  Julia is a receptionist at a stockbroker’s office. Her boss just came in and chewed her out for no apparent reason. Julia freaks out and slams her iPad in the garbage. What is the cause of Julia’s reaction?

 

3.  Erin is a customer service rep a social media software company. A customer calls and chews her out because the software is down. She needs to leave her desk to cool down. Why is her anger an emotion and NOT a mood?

 

4) Incompatibility two or more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes is referred to as?

 

5) What is the term that describes a person’s connection to their job and their view of self-worth from their work at the job?

 

6) Some companies require their employees to display a certain type of emotion when performing their job. What term refers to these emotions?

 

7) Janet must find a writer who can be assigned to an big advertising account. She pours over data from the past performance of her writers. Eventually she chooses a writer that has shown great results on similar accounts. What is the basis for Janet’s choice?

 

8) What is it called when managerial methods are based on the scientific evidence?

 

9) A construction manager is spending a great deal of time conducting interviews, due to high turnover rates of skilled workers. Many people quit because the workplace is not safe. Some foreman employees were encouraged to break rules in order to get the job done faster. How can the manager control these bad foremen?

 

10) Phil is a great salesman who has had a passion for sales since a young age. He recently won a trip to Hawaii for setting a new company sales record. Based on self-determination theory, why did the company recognition and award motivate Phil?

 

11) Tony is a computer program who is being forced to make a presentation about a project. He loves programming, but this project is going to take up much of his personal time. Based on self-determination theory, why is this presentation reducing Tony’s motivation?

 

12) Glendon is a business graduate who worked at a firm in Spain making a lot of money. The firm was hit by a financial crisis and sent Glendon back home where he makes less money at a non-profit, but is much happier. Which theory explains why Glendon is more happy?

 

13) Marci was sitting at her desk, when her boss walked in a gave her a bunch of really nice compliments. This made her very happy and satisfied with her career. Marci’s boss uses what type of communication?

 

14) How can manages make sure that employees do not withhold important info by being silent?  

 

15) A CEO sent a super mean email to over 500 managers at his company. What did he do wrong?

 

16) Araceli works for a large corporation. She never speaks at meetings because employees like to gossip after work. What contextual issue is damaging the performance of Araceli’s team?

 

17) Ayesha is creating a team to build a new prototype. The other two team members have show great success working together in the past. She brings a high level of expertise for this project. Which best describes Ayesha’s group?

 

18) Irma is assigned to a project, but does not like some of the rules that have been set. However, other team members are perfectly fine with rules, so Irma decided to go along. What is this called?

 

19) Angelina has a cubicle neighbor that talks in a really annoying voice. She decides it’s not even worth talking to this individual. What is this called?

 

20) What is needed to keep process conflict productive?

 

21) What is the inherent right of a manager to have orders followed and obeyed?

 

22)  Consider the following actions: reduce costs, cut overhead, speed up decision making, increase flexibility, get closer to customers, and empower employees. What type of strategy is this?

 

 

23) What is the term for employees adapting to organizational culture?

 

24) Imagine if an employee’s expectations do not reconcile with reality… At which stage of socialization is this person going to quit?

 

25) Your boss offers you a raise for doing additional work. What type of power is this called?

 

26) How do Political behaviors factor into the workplace?

 

27) How can a manager leverage the diversity of group, regardless of its actual composition?

 

28) Workforce programs that focus on diversity can be broken down into 3 steps. What is the third step in the process?

 

29) Sometime people will resist change. A manager gain their support by letting them contributes to the change process. What is this tactic called?

 

30) What strategy can quickly gain the support of enemies, but could backfire?

Assignment 3: Ajax Minerals and Perrier
Due Week 7 and worth 175 points

Read the Ajax Minerals exercise and the Problems at Perrier case study in Chapter 6 of the Palmer textbook.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Identify two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Ajax Minerals exercise and describe how the organization dealt with each type of resistance. 
2. Identify two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Perrier case study and describe how the organization dealt with each type of resistance. 
3. Compare and contrast how management diagnosed and approached change at the two (2) companies and indicate which company dealt with resistance to change in a more effective manner. Justify the reasoning.  
4. Consider a situation as a consultant with Ajax Management. Propose two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and provide a justification as to why those adjustments would improve the effectiveness of the strategy.
5. Consider a situation as a consultant with Perrier. Propose at least two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and provide a justification as to why those adjustments would increase the effectiveness of the strategy.

6.      Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. 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:

·        Analyze diagnostic models relevant to various aspects of the change management process.

• Evaluate the reactions to change including identifying signs of resistance and approaches to managing it.

·        Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing organizational change.

·        Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.

 

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

 

Points: 175	Assignment 3: Ajax Minerals and Perrier
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Identify two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Ajax Minerals exercise and describe how the organization dealt with each type of resistance. Weight: 17%	Did not submit or incompletely identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Ajax Minerals exercise and did not submit or incompletely described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.	Partially identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Ajax Minerals exercise and partially   described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.	Satisfactorily identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Ajax Minerals exercise and satisfactorily described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.	Thoroughly identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Ajax Minerals exercise and thoroughly described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.
2. Identify two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Perrier case study and describe how the organization dealt with each type of resistance. Weight: 17%	Did not submit or incompletely identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Perrier case study and did not submit or incompletely described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.	Partially identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Perrier case study and partially described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.	Satisfactorily identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Perrier case study and satisfactorily described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.	Thoroughly identified two (2) sources of resistance to change in the Perrier case study and thoroughly described how the organization dealt with each type of resistance.
3. Compare and contrast how management diagnosed and approached change at the two (2) companies and indicate which company dealt with resistance to change in a more effective manner. Justify the reasoning. Weight: 17%	Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted how management diagnosed and approached change at the two (2) companies and did not submit or incompletely indicated which company dealt with resistance to change in a more effective manner. Did not submit or incompletely justified the reasoning.	Partially compared and contrasted how management diagnosed and approached change at the two (2) companies and partially indicated which company dealt with resistance to change in a more effective manner.  Partially justified the reasoning.	Satisfactorily compared and contrasted how management diagnosed and approached change at the two (2) companies and satisfactorily indicated which company dealt with resistance to change in a more effective manner.   Satisfactorily   justified the reasoning.	Thoroughly compared and contrasted how management diagnosed and approached change at the two (2) companies and thoroughly indicated which company dealt with resistance to change in a more effective manner.   Thoroughly justified the reasoning.
4. Consider a situation as a consultant with Ajax Management. Propose two (2) adjustments that should be made improve its change strategy and provide a justification as to why those adjustments would improve the effectiveness of the strategy. Weight: 17%	Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and did not submit or incompletely provided a justification as to why those adjustments would improve the effectiveness of the strategy.	Partially proposed two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and partially provided a justification as to why those adjustments would improve the effectiveness of the strategy.	Satisfactorily proposed two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and satisfactorily provided a justification as to why those adjustments would improve the effectiveness of the strategy.	Thoroughly proposed two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and thoroughly provided a justification as to why those adjustments would improve the effectiveness of the strategy.
5. Consider a situation where as a consultant with Perrier. Propose at least two (2) adjustments you would make to improve its change strategy and provide a justification as to why those adjustments would increase the effectiveness of the strategy. Weight: 17%	Did not submit or incompletely proposed at least two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and did not submit or incompletely provided a justification as to why those adjustments would increase the effectiveness of the strategy.	Partially proposed at least two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and partially provided a justification as to why those adjustments would increase the effectiveness of the strategy.	Satisfactorily proposed at least two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and satisfactorily provided a justification as to why those adjustments would increase the effectiveness of the strategy.	Thoroughly proposed at least two (2) adjustments that should be made to improve its change strategy and thoroughly provided a justification as to why those adjustments would increase the effectiveness of the strategy.
6. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present

Assignments

LP3 Assignment: Mock Interview

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For this assignment you will conduct a mock interview with a professional. The mock interview is often overlooked in the interview process. One of the best ways to improve your interview skills is practice. You can go to many interviews to get this practice, and you can also set up your own mock interview. Mock interviews are beneficial for several reasons. They allow you to increase your confidence as well as requiring preparation, execution, and follow-up. Mock interviews provide you with the perfect setting to convey your skills in a controlled setting.

Schedule a mock interview with someone who will ask you interview questions and provide you with helpful feedback. It is recommended to use someone who does this as part of his or her job or someone in HR. By selecting someone in the hiring capacity to conduct the mock interview, the feedback you receive should be constructive and helpful.

Use the Interview Checklist (Chapter 7, Figure 7.3) for the mock interview. Have the interviewer (not you) fill out the checklist. It is helpful if they give you specific comments, not just checkmarks or points. Consider video taping the mock interview so you can go back and see exactly where and how you want to improve.

Submit the completed Interview Checklist and any notes given to you by your interviewer to your instructor via the dropbox “LP3 Assignment: Mock Interview.” This assignment is worth 50 points and will be graded according to the scoring guide below.