Skillful Communication

There are specific qualities required to successfully communicate change initiatives within an organization. Drawing from this week’s lecture and readings, discuss some of the most important leadership skills required to develop employee ownership and acceptance of change initiatives within an organization. Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Compare their choice…

Restructuring

Imagine that you are the liaison between the decision makers and the followers and that your role is to communicate potential personnel change initiatives. Using the communication strategies found in the text, what actions will you take to format the conversation with employees regarding the restructuring process? Guided Response: Assume the role of the employee…

Successful Change Versus a Dismal Failure

Using the Ashford University Library, locate and discuss a scholarly article that describes a successful change initiative within an organization. Next, locate and discuss a scholarly article that describes a failed change initiative within an organization. Compare and contrast the implementation theories used for the change events discussed in the two articles. Provide a summation…

Change Implementation

Organizations face substantial change on a regular basis. Technology, outsourcing, and restructuring through downsizing or rightsizing are some of the key reasons for change. Assume you are receiving news that you are the point person within your department/division for one of the change factors listed above. What are the barriers you must address that could…

Driving the Change

There are common change processes that face most organizations. Some of the changes affect the processes of doing business and some of the changes affect the people within the organization. Drawing from this week’s lecture and readings, choose one of the common change initiatives and define the issues that might emerge at the “front line”…

Change Stories

In a three- to four- page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), reflect on an important professional change that you have experienced. Compare your change story to one of the stories from the beginning of Chapter 1 of the text. Answer the following questions and support your thoughts with at least two scholarly sources….

Application: Patient-Centered Technologies

Although health care professionals play a significant role in health outcomes, the day-to-day management of a patient’s health is also a personal responsibility. Physicians and nurses can provide diagnoses, interventions, treatments, and prescriptions, but they will only have an impact if patients follow through with their health care provider’s recommendations. The advent of diverse health-related…

Role of Public Administrators in Protecting Civil Liberties

More than many other professionals, public administrators face the daily challenge of balancing personal rights with the needs of society. To perform their functions and duties, public administrators may have to carry out administrative actions that invade privacy interests and violate civil liberties. What would your personal ethical code of conduct dictate in the face…

the ethical problems raised by the Jahi McMath case

“Describe the ethical problems raised by the Jahi McMath case. Take a position. what was the right answer? Defend your position.” “be very specific and straight forward”.3 or more sources. Use proper form citing sources in the text of the paper and endnotes (Bibliography)” as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association….

Cardiovascular Disease and Alzheimer’s disease

Cardiovascular Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Ramona Wilkerson Jersey College Coronary artery disease has been identified in earlier studies as a self-governing risk factor for Alzheimer disease and computed tomography–based coronary artery calcium, an assess of the harshness of coronary atherosclerosis, has been connected with a higher risk of cognitive impairment. However, change for white matter…