Please make work personal, and please choose 2 areas of change. Write an essay of no more than 1,000 words describing how you contributed to advancing positive social change in one or more of the following areas:
Influencing the lives of others
Mentoring a colleague
Making a positive impact in your community
Living rightly and being a virtuous person are important features in both Buddhist ethics and Aristotle\’s ethics. These two ethical perspectives also differ on key points.
For this assignment, consider and respond to the following questions:
What are two differences between how virtues are described by Aristotle versus how they are described in Buddhism?
What is one character trait that both Aristotle and Buddhism would describe as a moral virtue?
How do you believe your friendships can help (or hinder) you having a good character?
one article from the library\’s academic resources/databases.
Preparation
Begin your preparation work for this assessment by selecting a business-related topic. This can be a business topic you would like to research to gain new insight that will be helpful to you in your current work environment, or it might simply be a business topic you are interested in. Some examples of business topics include:
Workplace diversity.
Management techniques.
Globalization.
Marketing trends.
Change management.
As you choose your topic, think about how knowing more about that topic will improve your career or advance your organization\’s mission. Selecting an appropriate topic will enable you to develop a sound argument that is supported by expert knowledge.
Once you have your topic, think about a problem or challenge associated with that topic. For example, if your topic is workplace diversity, the associated problem might be the challenge faced by organizations in creating a productive, healthy, and supportive work environment.
Next, research your topic and problem. Locate 37 expert resources on the topic. The resources you choose will help you to define the focus of your research and writing. For example, if your topic is workplace diversity and your problem is how organizations can create a productive and supportive work environment, your research may lead you to focus on how company policies can influence the work environment. Your research should also help you develop possible solutions to the problem.
Now, suppose the topic and problem you have selected are also primary concerns for your organization\’s leadership. You have been asked to research the topic and problem and prepare a presentation for the executive board that incudes your evaluation of the problem and your recommendation for a solution.
Requirements
Develop a PowerPoint presentation on the business topic and problem you selected. Use the notes feature of each slide to expand your bullet points and reference your resources. You must still follow APA guidelines for your in-text citations and all references. Be sure you include a title slide and reference slide.
Within the body of your PowerPoint, complete the following:
Define the problem.
Explain how the problem affects the organization.
Outline possible solutions to the problem that you found in your research.
Explain the advantages and limitations of each solution.
Recommend the solution you feel is best for the company.
Explain how your solution will result in sustainability for the company.
Justify your recommendation.
Additional Requirements
Formatting: APA formatted, including a title slide and reference page slide.
Follow APA guidelines for in-text citations and references.
References: Use 37 current scholarly or professional resources.
Slide Show length: 810 slides, in addition to the title slide and reference slide.
Consider your audience and develop your presentation accordingly.
Develop a 35 page report on the importance of a code of ethics and mission and vision statements when starting a new business. Explain the purpose of each, identify the key elements for each, and explain how they can affect the success of a business.
An organization\’s structure as identified through its mission and vision statements and code of ethics establishes a foundation for sustaining business practices as well as managing change during times of transition. Such components are organizing principles that serve to align personnel and functional areas to a business\’ overall ideals. In combination, such statements and codes inform both internal stakeholders (such as employees) and external stakeholders (such as business partners and customers) about the organization\’s priorities, values, and standards, explaining to them the ways in which the business will be responsive to their needs. It is important that mission and vision statements and codes of ethics are interrelated and consistent, and that they accurately reflect current environmental dynamics and practices. Senge, Kleiner, Roberts, Ross, and Smith (1999) emphasized that in order for such structural components to be effective they must be conceived and communicated carefully, realistically, and meaningfully.
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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Explain the underlying principles of successful business.
Explain the purpose of mission and vision statements.
Identify key elements within mission and vision statements.
Explain the role of a company\’s leadership in promoting and supporting the vision, mission, and ethical principles of the company.
Competency 2: Examine ethical principles associated with the field of business.
Explain the purpose of a company\’s code of ethics.
Identify key elements within a code of ethics.
Explain the relationship between a company\’s code of ethics and its mission and vision statements.
Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for the field of business.
Write coherently using correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Use evidence to support a central idea in a consistently appropriate APA format.
Preparation
Suppose you have been hired by a small group of partners who is in the process of starting a new business. The business will design, produce, and sell an innovative product to the bio-medical industry. The partners have a great deal of experience designing products but very little knowledge about starting a business. Due to the sensitive nature of the new business, you feel that the partners need to develop a code of ethics and a mission and vision statement for the company. They do not agree. You need to convince them that this is an important step in establishing a new business.
Use the Capella library and the Internet to locate 37 scholarly and professional articles on codes of ethics for organizations. Identify examples of codes of ethics, as well as examples of mission and vision statements. You must have at least three resources to support your writing and research.
-Requirements-
Based on the scenario above, develop a report on the importance of a code of ethics. Format your report according to APA guidelines. In your report, be sure you complete the following:
Explain the purpose of mission and vision statements for a company.
Identify key elements that should be included in mission and vision statements.
Explain the purpose of a code of ethics for a company. Be sure you consider who the code is directed toward: Leadership, employees, or customers?
Identify key elements that a code of ethics should contain.
Explain the relationship between a company\’s mission and vision statements and its code of ethics. How can they affect the success of a business?
Explain the role of an organization\’s leadership in promoting and supporting the vision, mission, and ethical principles of the organization.
Additional Requirements
Formatting: APA formatted, including a title page and reference page.
References: Use 37 current scholarly or professional resources.
Page length: 35 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font.
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.
-QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Why is it important for professional organizations to have a code of ethics?
Should a code of ethics apply only to how an organization deals with external relationships, such as how customers are treated, or should it also apply to how employees of the organization are treated?
What is an example of a mission statement for an organization? How does a mission statement differ from a vision statement?
Preparation
Suppose leadership in the organization where you currently work (or have worked) is considering changes to organizational structurein particular, to the functional areas it currently has. Before making any changes, the leaders have asked several managers, including you, to develop a report that outlines the manager\’s recommendations for three functional areas that he or she believes to be essential to the success of the company. Based on the recommendations of each manager, as well as the strength of each manager\’s arguments and supporting references, leadership will make final decisions.
Use the Capella library and the Internet to research functional areas of organizations and the purpose of these functional areas with regard to organizational goals. Use 37 scholarly or professional resources to support your writing in this assessment.
Although this is a report for executive leadership, format this assessment following APA guidelines.
Requirements
Select the three functional areas that you believe to be essential to the success of your organization. For each functional area, describe the primary purpose of the area and then explain how that purpose works to promote and support the organizational goals.
You may choose to organize your report in the following manner:
Title page.
Introduction. Explain the type of organization the assessment is based on and its primary goals. Be sure you clearly identify the three functional areas you believe are essential to the organizational structure.
First functional area.
Explain the primary purpose.
Explain how the purpose supports organizational goals.
Second functional area.
Explain the primary purpose.
Explain how the purpose supports organizational goals.
Third functional area.
Explain the primary purpose.
Explain how the purpose supports organizational goals.
Describe the type of organizational structure best suited for the functional areas you have selected.
Conclusion. Explain how your selections will promote continued success of organizational goals.
Reference page.
Additional Requirements
Formatting: APA formatted, including a title page and reference page.
References: Use 37 current scholarly or professional resources.
Page length: 45 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font.
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.
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What can organizational structure tell you about a company\’s values and goals?
Is it possible for a large, successful company like Apple to drastically change its organizational structure?
What advantage might there be in making a change in organizational structure?
Prepare a 45-page report in which you identify three functional areas you believe are essential for organizational success. Explain the purpose of each functional area and how the purpose supports organizational goals. In addition, describe the organizational structure best suited for the functional areas, and explain how the functional areas support continued organizational success.
The functional areas within a business or organization contribute to the smooth and effective running of the business. Although the number and names of the functional areas vary from organization to organization, there are five that are key in almost every organization: Human Resources, Accounting and Finance, Sales and Marketing, Production and Operations, and Information Technology (IT) Systems.
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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Explain the underlying principles of successful business.
Explain the primary purpose of the essential functional areas of an organization.
Explain how the purpose of the essential functional areas supports organizational goals.
Describe the relationship between organizational structure and its essential functional areas.
Explain how the essential functional areas promote continued organizational success.
Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for the field of business.
Write coherently using correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
Use evidence to support a central idea in a consistently appropriate APA format.
Preparation
Use the Capella library and the Internet to research the characteristics of effective teams, as well as strategies for building and leading teams. Use at 37 scholarly and professional resources to support your writing in this assessment.
Consider the following case study:
You are a consultant hired by an established medium-sized manufacturing corporation with 250 employees. It directly markets one unique product. The corporation is run by a new CEO and 11 other executives who have been with the organization for varying lengths of time. The new CEO has an aggressive growth objective for the corporation of 100 percent over the next five years. The current business model will not support this objective and needs to be updated.
Your task is to create a team that will work together over a 9-month time frame to develop a proposal for a new business model and growth strategies. Your responsibilities include convening the team, assigning roles and responsibilities, structuring the team, monitoring activities and production, and documenting outcomes. The team members must come from at least three different functional areas because the new CEO wants input from a variety of stakeholders. The challenge is that under the old business model, none of the personnel working in the functional areas communicated or collaborated. In addition, the former CEO never asked for new ideas and seemed oblivious to issues the corporation was facing.
Key ideas for your consideration as you write your plan should include:
The team will work together for a sustained period of time.
The visible outcome of the teamwork should focus on the development of a new business model and growth strategies; however, the success of the team as an outcome is up to you and the team members.
There should be a representative from each of the three functional areas to produce the model.
A variety of perspectives is important.
Communication and collaboration are new priorities for teamwork; these processes have not been considered as valuable in the past.
Issues impacting the business model have not previously been identified by the business\’ leadership.
Innovation previously has not been prioritized as a factor in the business model.
Develop a plan for building your team that you could present to the CEO. To facilitate evaluation of this assessment, format it according to APA guidelines.
Requirements
The purpose of this assessment is to create an overview of what should be considered when developing teams. It is not intended to be an in-depth analysis. Using the case study, address the following:
Select team members from three of these functional areas: human resources, accounting/finance, marketing/sales, information technology, and operations..
Explain why you selected each team member and their functional area.
What are the knowledge, skills, and abilities each team member brings to the project that will be crucial to its success?
Describe the type of characteristics effective team members have.
What characteristics will you look for in each team member that you choose?
Explain how you will communicate and ensure that the team understands its objectives.
Will you draft a team charter?
Will you write a mission statement?
Explain the types of strategies you will use to delegate responsibilities.
Will you assign tasks or ask for volunteers?
Describe strategies you may use for conflict resolution.
Identify strategies that can be used to avoid and resolve conflict.
Explain how you will measure the success of the team.
Explain the type of measures you will use.
Additional Requirements
Formatting: APA formatted, including a title page and reference page.
References: Use 37 current scholarly or professional resources.
Page length: 35 pages, double spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font.
Sources as many needed
500 word essay
Any choices
one inch margins, double space, Times New Roman 12, don\’t include space after paragraphs,