The brief is to develop a comprehensive strategy to effectively communicate a major change in company direction.

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Managing Change Report: develop a change management and communication strategy incorporating organisation development aims and activities, strategic planning activities, together with an integrated communication strategy.

The brief is to develop a comprehensive strategy to effectively communicate a major change in company direction. This change does involve some changes in senior management and additional staff will be inducted into the organisation.

You are to assume that the impending changes are known or feared resulting uncertainty and disruption within the workplace that may potentially affect employee morale, motivation and consequently productivity.

The strategy should cover these basic elements:

  • Change management planning process within an organisational development model
  • Organisational activities to be engaged – team building, survey/feedback, interventions or others
  • Convergence of planning, organisational development and communication into a cohesive strategy
  • Implementation tactics to be used and why?
  • ‘Future-proofing’ to sustain change and development for the organisation.

This presentation must be in an appropriate Report format and must be fully referenced.

You should draw on scholarly material to support your response to this assignment. You should reference using either the Harvard or APA referencing system. There is an excellent guide to referencing styles available through the Griffith University library website.

You must submit a reference list with your assignment. At least six scholarly sources must be submitted.

Defined issues that are responsible for food insecurity but did not relate them to a specific developing country.

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Assignment 2: Analysis on Food Security

Due Week 7 and worth 110 points

The members of the United Nations found great value in the analysis you provided on the effects of global warming that result from population growth. They are now asking you write an additional analysis to include further issues related to population growth. Here is the issue they have asked you to consider:

The member states of the United Nations seek to build food systems that can provide global food security which will feed everyone, everywhere, every day by improving food quality though the promotion of effective and nutritional agricultural practices. The crucial issue is not the lack of food in the world but the access to that food. In many developing countries, food shortages are due to governmental control over food distribution. These governments maintain control of the population and their power by limiting access to nutritious food to certain groups. In this practice, they thereby “weaponize” food.

Your second project as a consultant for the United Nations is to develop an analysis that addresses three issues related to global food insecurity caused by global population growth and poverty, and to explore these issues in a developing country of your choosing.

The UN has given you the following guidelines.

Content

The UN has asked that your paper contain three sections. Each section should be one page (or approximately 300 words) in length and answer specific questions, identified in the outline below. It also asks that you use examples from your developing country when answering the questions.

Introduction

Provide an introduction of half a page minimum that addresses points a-e below.

  1. Explains the problem the UN has asked you to address in your own words;
  2. Identifies the three sections your paper will cover;
  3. Identifies the developing country you will consider;
  4. Tells the UN the causes of food insecurity; and
  5. Provides a one-sentence statement of your solutions at the end of your introduction paragraph.

Section I. Background

  1. What is food insecurity?
  2. What role does population growth play in food security?

Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food Security

  1. What forms of technology can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security?
  2. How would these technological solutions work?
  3. What causes of food insecurity do these technologies address?

Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing Country

  1. Considering the causes of food insecurity, what factors interrupt the flow of food from the source to the people in the developing country you selected?

            Conclusion

  • Provide a conclusion of half a page minimum that includes a summary of your findings that the United Nations can use to inform future policy decisions.

Success Tips

  • In answering each question, use examples from your developing country to illustrate your points.
  • The UN needs facts and objective analysis on which to base future policy decisions; avoid personal opinion and make sure your answers are based on information you find through research.

Formatting Requirements

  • Make sure your paper consists of four to six pages of content (or 1,200 words minimum, not including the cover or reference pages).
  • Create headings for each section of your paper as follows:
    • Section I. Background
    • Section II. Technologies That Can Reduce Hunger and Improve Food Security
    • Section III. Specific Factors in Chosen Developing Country
  • Use and cite at least five credible sources in your research. A list of potential resources is available below.
  • Make sure your paper contains both in-text citations and a source list, per SWS guidelines: Refer to the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS) document for reference.
  • Include a cover page with your name, the country you selected, the date you submitted the paper, and your instructor’s name.

Potential Sources

  1. Peter Timmer. May/June 2015. Food Security and Scarcity: Why Ending Hunger Is So Hard. Foreign Affairs. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/food-security-and-scarcity-why-ending-hunger-so-hard
  2. The United Nations Population Division. 2017. World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision. https://www.un.org/development/desa/publications/world-population-prospects-the-2017-revision.html
  3. Will Martin. November 5, 2010. Food Security and Poverty: A Precarious Balance. Let’s Talk Development blog by The World Bank. http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/food-security-and-poverty-a-precarious-balance

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows:

  • Propose a plan to address the issue of global food security in underdeveloped countries that considers the impact of prior solutions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric:

Points: 110

Assignment 2: Analysis on Food Security

Criteria

Exemplary

90–100% A

Proficient

80–89% B

Fair

70–79% C

Meets Minimum Expectations
60–69% D

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Defined food insecurity and addressed its connection to population growth.

Weight: 20%

Exceeded expectations in explaining the connection between food insecurity and population growth.

Proficiently explained the connection between food insecurity and population growth.

Defined food insecurity and population growth but did not sufficiently explain the connection between the two.

Defined food insecurity and population growth but did not explain the connection between the two.

Did not define or connect food insecurity or population growth.

Explained other issues that are responsible for food insecurity in a specific developing country.

Weight: 20%

Exceeded expectations in explaining issues that are responsible for food insecurity in a specific developing country.

Proficiently explained issues that are responsible for food insecurity in a specific developing country.

Explained issues that are responsible for food insecurity but did not relate them to a specific developing country.

Defined issues that are responsible for food insecurity but did not relate them to a specific developing country.

Did not explain issues related to food insecurity as it relates to a specific developing country.

Explained the forms of technology that can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security.

Weight: 20%

Exceeded expectations in explaining how technology can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security.

Proficiently explained how technology can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security.

Explained how technology can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security.

Listed forms of technology that can be used to reduce hunger and improve food security but did not explain how they can do so.

Did not list or explain how forms of technology can be used to reduce hunger or improve food security.

Included an opening paragraph and a conclusion for this section of the paper.

Weight: 20%

Included a well-thought-out opening statement and a conclusion.

Included a sufficient opening and a conclusion.

Did not sufficiently include either an opening statement or a conclusion.

Missed writing either an opening statement or a conclusion.

Both the opening paragraph and conclusion are missing.

Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting.

Weight: 15%

0-2 errors present.

3-4 errors present.

5-6 errors present.

7-8 errors present.

More than 8 errors present.

Met the minimum requirement of five credible sources/citations.

Weight: 5%

Met minimum credible source and proper citation requirement.

Used 4 credible sources, with few citation errors.

Used at least 3 credible sources and properly cited sources.

Used at least 2 sources but did not properly cite sources.

Used 1 or fewer sources.

Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.

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Assignment 2: Workplace Ethics
Due Week 8 and worth 275 points

Overview
This assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel.

You will be graded on the following criteria:

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.
  2. Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your chosen case study.
  3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. This course requires use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
    2. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    3. 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 is not included in the required page length.
    4. Cite your textbook as a reference.
    5. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
  • Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
  • Determine the implications and impact of various civil liberty laws in the workplace, such as hiring, promotion, discipline, discharge, and wage discrimination.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric.

Choose one (1) of the following case studies for Assignment 2:

Case 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct?
Located on page 342 of your textbook

  1. Do you believe the Board of Education violated her right to privacy? Were they justified in firing her? Explain two to three (2-3) major reasons why or why not.
  2. Was Pettit’s behavior unprofessional or immoral? Do you believe she was unfit to teach? Provide a rationale for your position.
  3. If teachers have good performance inside the classroom, should they also be held to a higher moral standard outside the classroom? Explain why or why not.
  4. Analyze five (5) behaviors you believe would show unprofessional or immoral conduct for a teacher.

Case 8.4: Have Gun, Will Travel…to Work
Located on page 312 of your textbook

  1. Do you have not only a legal, but a moral right to own a gun? Do you believe that you have either a moral or a legal right to park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned parking lot, regardless of what the lot’s owner wants?
  2. In your view, do employees have either a moral or a legal right to park cars with guns in them in the company parking lot? What do you believe should be the property rights and safety concerns of employers?
  3. Do you think state legislatures are right to get involved, or should the matter be left to companies and employees to settle?
  4. Because the workplace is the company’s private property, the company could choose to allow employees to bring guns not only into the parking lot, but also into the workplace itself. Are there ever circumstances in which doing so might be reasonable? Or would the presence of guns automatically violate the rights of other employees to be guaranteed a safe working environment?

Do you think that companies need to experience a crisis to take risk seriously?

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Chapter 34: Building an ERM Program at General Motors

Please answer the following questions:

1.  What are the pros and cons of having risk officers as part-time assignments within different functions and business units?

2.  Can you think of a company whose strategy failed due to its not considering the actions of external players?

3.  Do you think that companies need to experience a crisis to take risk seriously?