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 Describe a person, place, or object that has special meaning in your life.Describe a particular moment or occurrence in your life that had special meaning to you.Use the techniques described in sections 6.3 and 6.4 of Essentials of College Writing and expand upon the prewriting done in the discussion forum for the past three weeks to provide specific details about the person, place, object, or event so that readers can visualize the subject and/or feel present in the story. Your description should be specific and appeal to the five senses. Please be sure to read and review the “Example Personal Essay – Draft” document before beginning your draft for more guidance on writing a descriptive essay. This rough draft needs to be at least 550 words, and it should have a thesis statement that clearly states what you are going to be writing about. View the sample Personal Essay – Draft to guide you as you complete this assignment. For more information about writing thesis statements, visit the Writing Center and review Chapter 5 of Essentials of College Writing. The point of a draft is to allow your instructor to get a good sense of your organizational writing skills, examine your use of the strategies of narration or description, and provide you with feedback you can incorporate into the Final Essay that is due in Week Five. As you write this draft, please pay attention to the areas that you struggled with in your “Grammar Assessment” quiz and “Practice Essay” assignment. When submitting your draft, make sure to Proofread your work for errors in grammar, mechanics, and style.Format the essay according to the “APA Template” handout.Perform a word count check to make sure the essay is 550 to 800 words in length.Save the document as a Microsoft Word or compatible .doc or .docx file. 

Drug use is found among all ages, genders, races, socioeconomic statuses, educational levels, and cultures. Throughout the course, you will follow the story of Aaliyah where you will apply the concepts you learn. In this module, you will meet Aaliyah and get to know her current situation. Analyze the case study and review your readings. Respond to the following:Write a 2-3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc.By , deliver your assignment to the .

Write a three to four-page essay setting forth your interpretation and critical analysis of the reading assignment and media resources. Discuss the assigned case study (Case of the Broken Saw) with regard to the principles and concepts found within the reading assignment.

What is the primary characteristic of the reframing innovation strategy? Why is the reframing strategy difficult to execute within established organizations? 

Describe your most positive experience in working on a group project in which the group’s cohesiveness led to greater work productivity.  Have you experienced a situation that was just the opposite – a situation in which group cohesiveness negatively impacted the productivity of the project?Provide examples to support your descriptions.min 200 words

Your city has a voluntary health and welfare organization (VHWD) that provides musical opportunities for inner-city youth. It does not use fund accounting, but it does identify all revenues by their net asset class. The following transactions have occurred in the past year:Please make a journal entry for each of the transactions. Remember that the revenues must be classified as unrestricted, temporarily restricted, or permanently restricted. The main areas for information on financial reporting for not-for-profit organizations (NFPOs) and VHWOs can be found in Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) statements 116 and 117. For your VHWO, you will have to make an additional report that is not required for NFPOs.

The Web site Amazon.com once aimed to be the world’s largest bookseller. Now the company offers a wide range of products and services to consumers, operating online retail storefronts for partners and developing and selling its own manufactured products (such as Kindle). Can a company like Amazon.com have a strong business model but a weak strategy? Using the Internet, find Amazon’s most recent annual report and peruse its main sections. Based on your analysis of the report, respond to the following: Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Kotter Change Management Model: Please do the paper and not the video

Using the company that your instructor previously approved, apply Kotters eight (8) steps of change management to an HR situation you have selected for change. You will address all eight (8) of the Kotter steps, developing an action plan for each step. Use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or traditional video recorder to record a maximum of a five to seven (5-7) minute dynamic video on the topics detailed below. Alternatively, you may submit a three to 5 (3-5) page paper instead of the video submission.
Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.
Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard, click here to view the \”Student Video Assignment Submission\” video tutorial in the \”Creating a Presentation for Your Course\” playlist.
Please use the following naming convention in the popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:
Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name Managing Organizational Change
Tags: HRM560, Organizational Change
Description: First Name, Last Name HRM560 Assignment 3 (Date Uploaded ex. 11-14-2014)
Prepare and present a video that is a maximum of five to seven (5-7) minutes OR write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
1.Ascertain how each of the steps applies to your specific organization.
2.Develop a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight (8) stages of change:
a.Establishing a sense of urgency
b.Creating coalition
c.Developing vision and strategy
d.Communicating the vision
e.Empowering broad-based action
f.Generating short-term wins
g.Consolidating gains and producing more change
h.Anchoring new approaches into the culture
3.Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Note: If you choose to submit a video presentation, please also submit a one (1) page summary of your presentation.
If you choose the written paper, 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 students name, the professors 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:
Compare theories of change management and select an appropriate theory for an organization change.
Analyze diagnostic models relevant to various aspects of the change management process.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing organizational change.
Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.
Identify organizational changes that link to vision.
Click here to view the written paper grading rubric for this assignment.