Given increased globalization and demographic shifts, what changes in the workplace are likely to occur? Explain in terms of workforce demographics, new challenges, and benefits.

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Assignment 2: Required Assignment 2—Five-Year Global Workforce Forecast
Not only is the U.S. experiencing a demographic shift, but the world is also changing, and national borders are becoming blurred. This increased connectivity will highlight human differences while putting organizations in a position to benefit from the multiple perspectives gained through a diversified workforce. BANKS Industries continues to look for business acquisitions and plans to continue to expand over the next five years.
Consider forecasted changes in the U.S. and on a global level, and write an 8–10-page executive report addressing the following:

Given increased globalization and demographic shifts, what changes in the workplace are likely to occur? Explain in terms of workforce demographics, new challenges, and benefits.
How will these changes impact the way organizations function?
How will HR practices change staffing, rewarding, employee relations, communication, performance management, training and development, and technology? Within that discussion, point out current best practices that may require modification as well as the most appropriate modifications.
What are the legal and ethical implications of change?
How should current employees and leaders begin to prepare for this change? Prepare a change management plan that includes strategies to communicate relevant information to employees.

Write an 8–10-page executive report in Word format.

Would developing new cookies and investing in more marketing potentially reap sufficient benefits for Kookie Kutter Bakery?

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After your analysis of the case, prepare a response to the following questions:
1) Can Ceretti afford to develop new cookies? 

2) Would developing new cookies and investing in more marketing potentially reap sufficient benefits for Kookie Kutter Bakery? 
3) What should be recommended to Ceretti to continue growing his business and to succeed in the future? 
4) What is data percolation?  How did the marketing agency hired by Ceretti use data percolation?

5) If Ceretti were to reconduct the marketing agency’s experiments, what changes or improvements to the experiment would you suggest?  
In your response to these questions, be as thorough as possible.  In case analysis, you always want to support your answers with a cited source.  In addition, utilize material from the chapter readings in your response.
Post your 5+ page (double-spaced

In this course, you have examined the various aspects of effective leader and manager communication in organizations. Now is your opportunity to summarize and synthesize what you have learned.

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Assignment 1: Discussion—Planning a Presentation to Summarize Your Course Learning
In this course, you have examined the various aspects of effective leader and manager communication in organizations. Now is your opportunity to summarize and synthesize what you have learned.
Respond to the following:

Describe at least four major things you have learned in this course.
Explain why these are important for organizational effectiveness.
Explain why they are important for you personally as a leader or manager in an organization.

As a leader or manager, you will be called upon to deliver information in PowerPoint presentations. Being able to communicate concepts and information effectively is a very important skill. Using the same information that you discussed in the three points above, you should (1) identify the major points you would include in a PowerPoint presentation and (2) discuss at least five criteria that you would use to design and develop this presentation so it communicates most effectively with an audience of your choosing.

Your Professional Development Portfolio will be a compilation of specific artifacts that should be suitable to present at a job interview or performance review.

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Professional Development Portfolio 

Your Professional Development Portfolio will be a compilation of specific artifacts that should be suitable to present at a job interview or performance review. 
This component demonstrates your proficiency in program outcomes 5, and 9.
Program Outcome 5: Communication: Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, including interdepartmental and interdisciplinary collaboration for quality outcomes.

Program Outcome 9: Professional Role: Incorporate the qualities, skills, behaviors, and knowledge required to function as a patient advocate, practice high quality care, assess and evaluate patient outcomes, and provide leadership in improving care.Compile your artifacts from the four previous assignments into a professional portfolio that you might share with a prospective employer, or a supervisor or manager. 

Imagine that you are either applying for a new position, advocating for a new role, or preparing for a year-end review. When applying for a new position, or advocating for a new role, it is helpful to anticipate the sorts of things a decision maker might be looking for in evaluating you for that particular position or role and to rehearse your responses.

Prepare a written summary of your proficiency in the format of interview questions and answers as follows:

Briefly describe a position, role, or project you would like to apply for or participate in. (I WANT TO BE A LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE)

Alternately, imagine that you are preparing for a performance evaluation. List the questions that you imagine you might be posed. 

Respond to each question, highlighting accomplishments from your portfolio that demonstrate your level of competence.

Continue with a succinct summary of the qualities, skills, behaviors, and knowledge your bring to the tasks of patient advocacy, the practice of high quality care, the ability to assess and evaluate patient outcomes, and the leadership skills needed to provide improved patient care. (This should be 1–2 paragraphs in length.)

Conclude with a statement that reflects your understanding of the role of lifelong learning in your career goals.
Requirements: Times New Roman font, 12 pt. Double-spaced.

 
Print Professional Development Portfolio Scoring Guide
Due Date: End of Unit 10.
Percentage of Course Grade: 15%.                 Professional Development Portfolio Scoring Guide Grading Rubric Criteria Non-performance Basic Proficient Distinguished Identify interview questions that are congruent with desired nursing role or project.
25%   Does not identify interview questions that are congruent with desired nursing role or project. Identifies interview questions but they are not congruent with desired nursing role or project. Identifies interview questions that are congruent with desired nursing role or project. Identifies interview questions that are congruent with desired nursing role or project. Includes mix of behavioral and competency-based questions. Provide reflective answers to interview questions that illustrate professional nursing qualities, skills, behaviors, and knowledge.
25%   Does not provide reflective answers to interview questions that illustrate professional nursing qualities, skills, behaviors and knowledge, for interview questions. Provides answers but they are limited in illustrating professional nursing qualities, behaviors, and knowledge. Provides reflective answers to interview questions that illustrate professional nursing qualities, skills, behaviors and knowledge. Provides reflective answers to interview questions that illustrate professional nursing qualities, skills, behaviors and knowledge. Answers are supported by brief examples. Summarize personal professional qualities, leadership skills, behaviors, and knowledge that contribute to patient safety, patient advocacy, and patient assessment.
25%   Does not summarize personal professional qualities, leadership skills, behaviors and knowledge that contribute to patient safety, patient advocacy, and patient assessment. Summarizes personal professional qualities, leadership skills, behaviors and knowledge, but does not connect to patient safety, patient advocacy, and patient assessment. Summarizes personal professional qualities, leadership skills, behaviors and knowledge that contribute to patient safety, patient advocacy, and patient assessment. Summarizes personal professional qualities, leadership skills, behaviors and knowledge that contribute to patient safety, patient advocacy, and patient assessment. Discusses contribution to potential role or project. Write a statement that reflects personal understanding of lifelong learning throughout career.
20%   Does not write a statement that reflects personal understanding of lifelong learning throughout career. Writes a statement but is unclear about personal understanding of lifelong learning throughout career. Writes a statement that reflects personal understanding of lifelong learning throughout career. Writes a statement that reflects personal understanding of lifelong learning throughout career. Discusses personal plan to continue learning. Write content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
5%   Does not write content clearly, logically, or with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes with errors in clarity, logic, grammar, punctuation, or mechanics. Writes content clearly and logically, with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Writes clearly and logically, with correct use spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; uses relevant evidence to support a central idea.