Organizational Change

Your company sells underwear for men and women. You decide to invest into a firm in Romania that will produce this product for you. You are sending a manager, an accountant, and an engineer for this Romanian firm. All three are from the US home office. What kind of training would you give them prior…

Communication Efficacy

Being able to communicate effectively with employees and other stakeholders is an important skill for a leader or manager. Getting your point across is essential. Using the University online library resources, locate and read the following article: Rodman, L. (2001). You-attitude: A linguistic perspective. Business Quarterly, 64(4), 9–25. http://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp?sch=auo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=5949866&site=ehost-live Complete the following: Use the Internet…

Job attitudes

Kirca and Yaprak (2010) develop a five-stage framework and research practices commonly associated with each of the five stages in their framework, which they summarize in Table 1 on p. 307. In this fourth SLP assignment, your job is to: Apply the Kirca and Yaprak five-stage framework to identify the meta-analysis stages and practices described…

Community Assessment

In this week’s media presentations, Ms. Marren and Dr. Fernando Guerra discussed the importance of community assessment when determining the needs of the community and health promotion or intervention programs. In addition, Dr. Sattler examined the influence of the environment on the health of a community, along with occupational health concerns. Community assessment is one…

Communicating Bad News

Leaders and managers often have to deliver unpleasant or difficult information to other employees or other internal or external stakeholders. How well this news is delivered can affect employee relations as well as public perceptions. Review the following scenario: A new company claims it manufactures the best dog food in the market. It employs around…

Organizational culture supporting evidence-based practice.

In this Discussion, you focus on how to create an organizational culture that supports evidence-based practice. To prepare: Review the information in this week’s Learning Resources. Examine the various suggestions for promoting an organizational culture that embraces the use of EBP. Reflect on your own organization’s (or one in which you have worked) support of…