Evaluate the contemporary applications of personality tests today using the information provided in the United States Office of Personnel Management (n.d.) article on assessment and selection.

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Big 5 Personality Test

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 7 from the Harré (2006) e-book as well as the required Maslow (1943), Freud (1910), Bandura (1999), and the United States Office of Personnel Management (n.d.) articles.

One approach to understanding personality is using trait theories. The most influential trait approach contends that five traits, or factors called the “Big 5,” lie at the core of personality. The five factors are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (Emotional Stability).

 

This week, you will complete two different versions of the Big 5 Personality Test. First, go through the Qualtrics platform to take the complete test online . After you have completed the online test, you will see a link to download the Big Five Personality Short Form document version. Click the link and save the Big Five Personality Short Form document to your computer. Complete and score the short form version within the downloaded document. Once you have completed both the online and document versions attach the completed document short form to your initial post. In the discussion forum analyze and briefly explain the Big 5 Personality Test as a scientific tool. Detail your experience with both the online and document versions and give your opinion as to which of the two provided the better experience. Be sure to cite specific reasons for your statements.
Using the PSY600 Making Sense of the Big 5 Personality Short Form tool as a guide, analyze the results from your document version. (Note: This is for educational purposes. There is no right or wrong personality type.) Assess how accurate the results are based on your understanding of yourself and the results as analyzed. Refute any areas with which you disagree providing examples which may disprove the assessment results. Evaluate the contemporary applications of personality tests today using the information provided in the United States Office of Personnel Management (n.d.) article on assessment and selection. Assess how knowing one’s personality type can benefit them personally and professionally.

is what happens when a public debate leads to a consensus. A)

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A) noise

B) receiver

C) channel

D) message

E) source

2) This element of the communication model represents the medium used to transmit the communication.

A) message

B) channel

C) receiver

D) source

E) noise

3) This theory of mass communication says people are influenced by opinion leaders who may change from issue to issue.

A) Agenda Setting Hypothesis

B) Magic Bullet Theory

C) Diffusion Theory

D) N-Step Theory

E) Uses and Gratifications Theory

4) According to Abraham Maslow, ________ is/are the most basic order of needs people have.

A) acceptance

B) safety needs

C) self-actualization

D) self-esteem

E) physiological needs

5) The purpose of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence is to ________.

A) anticipate future trends

B) study the evolution of public opinion

C) measure public opinion

D) build persuasive messages

E) counteract Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Unit 2 Examination

6) According to Aristotle, an appeal to one’s reason is known as ________.

A) pathos

B) ethos

C) eggos

D) legos

E) logos

7) ________ is what happens when a public debate leads to a consensus.

A) A social action

B) An issue

C) A social value

D) An already present mass sentiment

E) Public opinion

8) When public relations practitioners attempt to manipulate public opinion, they run the risk of losing their ________.

A) credibility

B) license

C) accreditation

D) respect

E) innocence

9) Communicating an idea in such a way that an audience is influenced, either intentionally or unintentionally, by the way it is expressed is known as ________.

A) spinning

B) manipulation

C) framing

D) shading

E) coloring

10) The Ten Commandments is an example of ________.

A) an organizational ethics code

B) a really, really long movie

C) a professional ethics code

D) a societal ethics code

E) a personal ethics codes

11) When you evaluate an ethical dilemma by determining definitions, values, principles and loyalties, you are applying the ethical process known as ________.

A) Utilitarianism

B) the veil of ignorance

C) the Potter Box

D) the golden mean

E) values-driven public relations Unit 2 Examination

12) In an ethical dilemma, when you try to understand the situation from others’ viewpoints, you are applying the ethical principle known as ________.

A) the Potter Box

B) the veil of ignorance

C) the golden mean

D) values-driven public relations

E) Utilitarianism

13) The public relations practitioner’s role as a relationship manager ________.

A) resolves the misleading question of whether one should serve as an advocate or as an objective observer

B) can mean that sometimes it is necessary to be an advocate

C) can involve the delivery of unpopular truths

D) All of the above.

E) None of the above.

14) The believe that one system of ethics is superior to all others and leaves no room for flexibility is known as ________.

A) cultural relativism

B) cross-cultural ethics

C) the golden mean

D) ethical imperialism

E) dilemmas

15) Immanuel Kant’s categorical imperative requires one to make ethical decisions as if  _______.

A) we have reach the “Golden Mean of Enlightenment”

B) it’s the end of the world as we know it

C) there is a veil of ignorance descending upon the world

D) they would be applied as rules you want everyone else to follow

E) it were a life or death situation

16) ROI stands for ________.

A) return on investment

B) relevance of information

C) relationship ordinal indexing

D) real or imagined

E) rate of interest Unit 2 Examination

17) “What is your favorite color?” is an example of ________.

A) a closed-ended question

B) an open-ended question

C) a rating-scale question

D) a trick question

E) a dichotomous question

18) Research that focuses upon determining the issues and the client’s stake in those issues is ________.

A) stakeholder research

B) quantitative research

C) client research

D) evaluation research

E) problem-opportunity research

19) When everyone in a sampling frame is included in the sample, the sampling technique is known as ________.

A) simple random sampling

B) cluster sampling

C) a census

D) systematic sampling

E) cross-tabulation sampling

20) The Pentagon came under sharp criticism in 2003 when it created a PAM, an online trading market designed to predict ________.

A) the flow illegal immigration into the U.S.

B) future terrorist activities

C) future economic conditions

D) the effects of global warming

E) military intentions of other nations

21) A public relations plan that contains strategies for dealing with a situation that may arise is called ________.

A) an adhoc plan

B) a logistical plan

C) a flexible plan

D) a contingency plan

E) a standing plan

22) Crisis communications plans are a form of ________.

A) standing plan

B) logistical plan

C) contingency plan

D) flexible plan

E) ad hoc plan

23) Generalized statements of the outcomes you hope your plan will achieve are ________.

A) building consensus

B) tactics

C) objectives

D) brainstorming

E) goals

24) An accurate and unbiased description of the reasons why it has become necessary to take public relations actions is known as ________.

A) a planning grid

B) team building

C) a situation analysis

D) goal setting

E) evaluative research

25) A good plan is ________.

A) one that includes free balloons for the kids

B) linked to dynamic and creative tactics

C) one that is inexpensive

D) makes targeted audiences happy

E) tied to a specific goal

 

Create a scenario where the implemented process at D. D. Williamson would not work.

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Assignment 1: Prioritizing Projects at D. D. Williamson (Case Study from Chapter 2)

 

Due Week 3 and worth 240 points

 

Read the case titled: “Prioritizing Projects at D. D. Williamson” found in Chapter 2.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

 

  1. Analyze the prioritizing process at D. D. Williamson.
  2. Suggest two (2) recommendations to improve the prioritizing process.
  3. Create a scenario where the implemented process at D. D. Williamson would not work.
  4. Project five (5) years ahead and speculate whether or not D. D. Williamson will be using the same process. Justify your answer.
  5. Use at least four (4) quality (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment.

 

Your assignment must:

 

  • 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 student’s name, the professor’s 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:

 

  • Assess organizational strategies that contribute to effective project management of human resources.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing human resource projects.
  • Write clearly and concisely about managing human resource projects using proper writing mechanics.

 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.

Points: 240 Assignment 1: Prioritizing Projects at D. D. Williamson (Chapter 2)
Criteria Unacceptable

Below 70% F

 Fair

70-79% C

 Proficient

80-89% B

 Exemplary

90-100% A
1. Analyze the prioritizing process at D. D. Williamson.

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2. Suggest two (2) recommendation to improve the prioritizing process.

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3. Create a scenario where the implemented process at D. D. Williamson would not work.

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Case STUDY:ACCOUNTING FOR SPOILED UNITS:

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Assignment 3 of  Cost accounting

Last Date for Submission 20April, 2017

 

You are required to work in this assignment individually.

Any suspicious activities or cheating will result zero grade in this assignment.

 

 

QUESTION 1:

PROCESS COSTING SYSTEM:

Case STUDY:ACCOUNTING FOR SPOILED UNITS:

 

The House Hold Products Company assembles clip clothespins in three sections, and uses process costing. Under normal operating conditions, each section has a spoilage rate of 4%. However, spoilage can go as high as 7% and is usually discovered when a faulty pin enters process or on final completion by a section.

The spring mechanism is the only material which can be saved from a spoiled unit. The production supervisor assigns a worker once or twice a week to remove the springs from spoiled units. The salvaged springs are placed in bins at the assembly tables in section No1 to be used again. No accounting entry is made of this salvage operation.

In the past, the controller has made no attempt to account for spoilage separately. Lost unit costs have been absorbed by the units transferred out of the section and those remaining in the process. However, because spoilage is increasing, a different method is needed.

Describe the method that can be used for accounting for spoiled units?                                                                                 (2points)

 

QUESTION 2:

University AAA is organized into four colleges with the following characteristics:

Business Engineering      Science Humanities

Number of majors                                     10,000         9,000          9,600        2,400

Number of non-majors taking classes         2,000          1000          4,800        7,200

Revenue from student fees                $1,200,000    $1,000,000   $1,440,000  $960,000

Revenue from external grants               $400,000   $3,000,000    $1,600,000   $240,000

Variable cost per student                          $35.00       $65.00        $80.00       $25.00

Fixed cost per student (based on total students) $35.00 $65.00   $25.00      $10.00

A.  List three items that would likely be included in the category of variable costs per student from the perspective of each college.

B.  List two items that would likely be included as fixed costs per student from the perspective of each college.

C.  Calculate the contribution margin per student from the perspective of each college and then from the perspective of the university as a whole.

D.  Calculate the total profit from the perspective of each college and then for the university as a whole.

E.   Based on financial considerations alone, identify the college that would be most likely to be dropped from the university during a budget crisis.  Then identify the candidate that would least likely be dropped.                                                                      (4 Points)

 

QUESTION3:

Abdullah and Rahman Corporation produces and sells two types of sofa pillow: Plain and fancy. Currently, Abdullah and Rahman uses a traditional costing system with direct labor hours as the allocation base. Actual hours for 20X3 were 20,000. In anticipation of developing an activity-based costing system, Abdullah and Rahman has identified the following cost pools and activities associated with pillow production:

 

Estimated Costs      Actual Costs

for 20×4                for 20×3

Activity                                      Driver

Material cutting                     Number of cuts                  $32,000                   $27,330

Sewing machine setups Number of setups                        54,000                    49,600

Factory maintenance         Number of direct labor hours  30,000             34,000

$116,000                           $110,930

Direct costs for a plain sofa pillow are $1.25 for material and $2.00 for direct labor (15 minutes @ $8.00 per hour).  Direct costs for a fancy sofa pillow are $1.50 for material and $4.00 (30 minutes @ $8.00 per hour).  In 20×4, BCH expects to make 8,000 fancy pillows and 10,000 plain pillows.  Those output levels will require 5 setups for fancy pillows and 10 setups for plain pillows.  For the material cutting activity, the number of cuts is estimated at 10,000 for each type of pillow.

What will be the cost per unit for each type of pillow under traditional costing?                                                  (2 Points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 4:

Describe quantitative and qualitative approaches/ informations, and explain why both are important in management decision making.                                (2 Points)

 

 

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