Explain how aerodynamics are an important factor in maintaining vehicle control.

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Unit 6 journal:

How do you overcome occupational stressors when operating a fleet vehicle (or how do you plan to overcome operational stressors)? When you experience an occupational stress, how does this negatively impact your daily work?
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Question 1 

Explain how aerodynamics are an important factor in maintaining vehicle control. How do steering and tires play an important role in also maintaining control of the fleet vehicle at all times?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 2 

Define three types of stressors that can impact a fleet driver’s work environment. What are three possible solutions for correcting these stressors to improve safety and productivity?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 3 

Analyze the safety implications that a workspace environment within a fleet vehicle present to the driver. What are some solutions for correcting and maintaining an improved area to safely operate the vehicle?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 4 

Identify the speed that is predetermined for a fleet driver to have a minimum stopping sight of 115 feet. How can a fleet driver use this information to successfully manage their sight distance when operating a commercial vehicle?
Your response should be at least 75 words in length.

Question 5 

All transit companies have policies and procedures regarding safe driving practices. Identify and discuss at least three of the human factors for consideration for public transit buses.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Question 6 

Describe how a fleet can utilize the safety management system to ensure accident anticipation and avoidance. What are the differences between an unavoidable accident and a preventable collision?

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

Explain the steps you would have taken to conduct a needs analysis.

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Unit VPowerPoint Presentation

Imagine that you have been tasked with creating a training and development program for midlevel business managers in an

organization (you can use your actual organization or one that you create). A midlevel manager is defined as a manager of

managers. You have to present your proposed training program to your supervisor. To do this, you must decide on a training

model, conduct a needs analysis, write learning objectives, and create the content of the training.

For your assignment, you will create a 12- to 14-slide presentation (not counting the title and reference slides) that includes specific information as

outlined below.

The topic of the training can be any subject relevant to a midlevel manager that we covered in the course, such as how to

deliver real-time coaching feedback, how to communicate unfavorable news to employees (e.g., compensation status

changes), or how to communicate that a complaint has been made against an employee concerning harassment. If you are

unsure that your topic is appropriate, contact your professor for approval.

Be sure to include the information below in your PowerPoint presentation.

Discuss your selected training process model, and describe why you recommend this model.

Explain the steps you would have taken to conduct a needs analysis.

State how this training links to the organizational objectives.

Provide a sample of two measurable course objectives (from input objectives through impact objectives).

Present one of the program’s completed modules. For example, this should be one or two of the objectives that inform or

engage the participants in an activity.

Be sure to cite any sources used in a reference slide with proper APA style. In addition, a minimum of one academic source

that was not used in the Unit III Lesson or listed in required reading must be used, cited, and referenced. If you need

assistance, the CSU library staff can help you with your research for this assignment. You may also use the slide notes

function to explain slide contents as necessary, but this is not required.

Introduction to Employee Selection and Assessment

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Assignment 1: Introduction to Employee Selection and Assessment

You are employed as an HR consultant for a mid-sized bank. The bank employs 200 tellers across its branches.  You need to recommend to the bank what to consider when hiring for the position of Bank Teller.  The following pages describes more details on KSAOs, pay statistics and desired factors for the candidate to possess.

For this first assignment there are three main tasks you need to complete:

  • Assignment 1: Part A Employee Selection Exercise
  • Assignment 1: Part B Operationalizing Your Assessment
  • Assignment 1: Part C Apply Your Assessment Systems

All three tasks should be included in one paper 3 to 5 pages in length, double spaced, use Times New Roman font (12 point), use tables when needed, and use APA format for referencing and citing. Include a cover page and a reference page.  For complete instructions Content> Course Resources> Three Major Assignments.

Criteria

Grade A

5 points

Grade B

4.25 points

Grade C

3.75 points

Grade D

3.25 points

Grade F-

0 points

Part A Employee Selection Exercise

Completed all 6 selection method justifications.  The answers showed a thorough understanding of selection methods.

Completed all 6 selection method justifications.  The answers showed a limited understanding of selection methods.

One or more selection method justifications are incomplete or unclear.

Two or more selection method justifications are incomplete or unclear.

Completely missing or incorrect.

Part B Operationalizing Your Assessment

Completed all five assessments accurately.  The answers showed a thorough understanding of rating assessment factors.

Completed all five assessments accurately.  The answers showed a limited understanding of rating assessment factors.

One or more assessments are incomplete or unclear.

Two or more assessments are incomplete or unclear.

Completely missing or incorrect.

Part C Apply Your Assessment Systems

Completed table and three questions accurately.  The answers showed a thorough understanding of assessment systems.

Completed table and three questions accurately.  The answers showed a limited understanding of assessment systems.

Table or questions were not completed accurately or are unclear.  One or more errors were present.

Table or questions were not completed accurately or are unclear.  Two or more errors were present.

Completely missing or incorrect.

Writing Mechanics

Strictly adheres to standard usage rules of mechanics: Conventions of written English, including, but not limited to capitalization and punctuation and spelling. No errors found. No jargon used.

Adheres to standard usage rules of mechanics: Conventions of written English, including capitalization and punctuation and spelling. One to three errors found.

Minimally adheres to standard usage rules of mechanics: Conventions of written English, including capitalization and punctuation and spelling. Over three errors found.

Does not adhere to standard usage rules of mechanics: Conventions of written English, including capitalization and punctuation and spelling. Over ten errors found.

Completely missing or incorrect.

APA Guidelines for in-text citations and References

The paper correctly cites in-text and lists at least three resources on the References page.  If additional sources are used, they are included correctly.

The majority of in-text citations and the reference are properly cited; formatting is inconsistent/inaccurate in a few cases.

References are cited but incorrectly under APA style. The student has either used another format or incorrectly applied the APA style guidelines.

Inconsistent or missing in-text citations; fails to attribute an author’s word through APA citations.

Completely missing or incorrect.

Case Study The Problems Of Multitasking

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Instructions:

In this assignment, read Case Study 12.1 – The Problems of Multitasking located in the Pinto (2009) text.

  • Present a case analysis 2500 word paper in length, not including the cover page and reference section.
  • Your discussion is to wrap around questions one through three (1-3) below.
  • You are to use a minimum of 7 sources as is required in accordance with APA standards.

CASE STUDY 12.1 The Problems of Multitasking An eastern U.S. financial services company found itself way behind schedule and over budget on an important strategic program. Both the budget and schedule baselines had begun slipping almost from the beginning, and as the project progressed, the lags became severe enough to require the company to call in expert help in the form of a project management consulting firm. After investigating the organization’s operations, the consulting firm determined that the primary source of problems both with this project in particular and the company’s project management practices in general was a serious failure to accurately forecast resource requirements. In the words of one of the consultants, “Not enough full-time [human] resources had been dedicated to the program.” The biggest problem was the fact that too many of the project team members were working on two or more projects simultaneously—a clear example of multitasking. Unfortunately, the program’s leaders developed their ambitious schedule without reflecting on the availability of resources to support the project milestones. With their excessive outside responsibilities, no one was willing to take direct ownership of their work on the program, people were juggling assignments, and everyone was getting farther behind in all the work. Again, in the words of the consultant, “Project issues would come up and there would be nobody there to handle them [in a timely fashion].” Those little issues, left unattended, eventually grew to become big problems. The schedule continued to lag, and employee morale began to bottom out. Following their recognition of the problem, the first step made by the consultants was to get top management to renegotiate the work assignments with the project team. First, the core team members were freed from other responsibilities so they could devote their full-time attention to the program. Then, other support members of the project were released from multitasking duties and assigned to the project on a full-time or near full-time basis as well. The result, coupled with other suggested changes by the consultants, was to finally match up the project’s schedule and activity duration estimates with a realistic understanding of resources needs and availability. In short, the program was put back on track because it was finally resource-leveled, particularly through creating full-time work assignments for the project team that accurately reflected the need to link resource management with scheduling.

Questions 1. How does multitasking confuse the resource availability of project team personnel?

2. “Inmodern organizations, it is impossible to eliminate multitasking for the average employee.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?

3. Because of the problems of multitasking, project managers must remember that there is a difference between an activity’s duration and the project calendar. In other words, 40 hours of work on a project task is not the same thing as one week on the baseline schedule. Please comment on this concept. Why does multitasking “decouple” activity duration estimates from the project schedule?