Describe your professional development thus far along with your goals for the future. How will the MBA influence your ability to achieve your goals?

MBA/MPH Dual Degree Program

This an admissions’ essay for a dual-degree MBA/MPH program. Below is listed the instructions:

In 500 – 1000 words, discuss the factors that have influenced your education and career decisions to date. Describe your professional development thus far along with your goals for the future. How will the MBA influence your ability to achieve your goals?
Word count: around 750

Compare and contrast the rational, natural, and open systems of organizations.

Compare and contrast the rational, natural, and open systems of organizations. The following should be addressed at a minimum:

1. Defining characteristics
2. Relationship between the three
3. Theoretical viewpoints
4. Personal perspectives

Instructions:
Discussion thread of at least 2,100 -2,200 words. Students must support their assertions for each thread with at least seven scholarly citations plus both textbooks in APA format. In addition, each thread must integrate at least one biblical principle— 10 references published within the last five years.

Discuss ways that you observe a bias against introverts, either at work or at school.

Power of introverts

Watch the following TED Talk video entitled “The Power of Introverts” and critically respond to the following questions:

1. Discuss ways that you observe a bias against introverts, either at work or at school.
2. Describe ways that you as a manager could better harness the power of introverts.
3. If Susan Cain were to ask you, “what’s inside your suitcase and why did you put it in there,” how would you respond?

1. Discuss ways that you observe a bias against introverts, either at work or at school.
2. Describe ways that you as a manager could better harness the power of introverts.
3. If Susan Cain were to ask you, “what’s inside your suitcase and why did you put it in there,” how would you respond?

Define Phase of your improvement project. During the Define phase, you complete a process map.

Lean Six Sigma

Improvement Project: Healthcare-reducing waiting times in hospitals and private practices
Organization: Northwell Health

For this Assignment, the focus is on the Define Phase of your improvement project.
During the Define phase, you complete a process map.
The steps in a process map include:
Step 1 Determine the scope of the process to be defined
Step 2 Draw a “start” step for the process
Step 3 Observe all of the steps in the process
Step 4 Use flowcharting symbols for steps in the process
Step 5 Verify that the finished process map accurately portrays the steps in the process
The Define Phase includes defining a problem and examining an improvement opportunity. A component of this phase is called a project charter, which defines the focus, scope, direction, and motivation for the improvement team. This is a common component used by many project managers. Another component is the voice of the customer, which allows you to understand feedback from current and future customers, indicating offerings that satisfy, delight, and dissatisfy them .

What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to a corporation?

Provide an evaluation of the following in a paper:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a partnership to a corporation?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to a corporation?
Provide a recommendation when a company should move away from a sole proprietorship to another form of business .
Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) resources. Other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included in addition to these specified resources.

Briefly introduce the organisation, highlight the key knowledge management challenges it faces, and characterise its knowledge management requirements and aims.

MANAGING KNOWLEDGE FOR INNOVATION- Draw on selected knowledge management concepts, theories, and models discussed in the module to analyse and critically evaluate the knowledge management of a large organisation of your choice.

Draw on selected knowledge management concepts, theories, and models discussed in the module to analyse and critically evaluate the knowledge management of a large organisation of your choice.

Your report should focus on the following aspects:

1. The analysis of your organisation’s approaches to internal knowledge management, for instance relating to its knowledge management strategy as well as practices and tools in use.

2. The analysis of your organisation’s approaches to sourcing and managing external knowledge as well as protecting its knowledge.

3. The evaluation of the approaches in place and the derivation of recommendations for how the knowledge management of the organisation could be improved to foster innovation.

To achieve this, it will be critical to understand and briefly introduce the organisation, highlight the key knowledge management challenges it faces, and characterise its knowledge management requirements and aims. Also consider discussing enablers of knowledge management that your organisation has or should have in place.

What are the essential human resources management practices identified in the textbook? How do each of these areas contribute to the success of an organization?

KEEP QUESTIONS SEPARATE

1)What are the essential human resources management practices identified in the textbook? How do each of these areas contribute to the success of an organization?

2)After reviewing the topic resources, explain why ethical behavior, social responsibility, and sustainability are important aspects of corporate governance. What are the four tenets of conscious capitalism and how can organizations operating by these tenets create positive change? Provide an example of an organization that you feel operates from a conscious capitalism perspective and justify your choice.

3)Identify the formal structure of an organization. Using an organization of your choice as an example, how are the organization’s structure and design a reflection of its environment, goals, and competencies?

4)Using an organization with which you are familiar, identify its corporate culture and the elements of its observable culture. What do you think would need change in order to facilitate innovation? What role would organizational development play in overcoming resistance to change?

Discuss the key personal, family, and business challenges that John encountered when he started to work at Aurum. Which of these challenges were related to the informal, nonprofessionalized nature of Aurum and which were caused by family relationship dynamics inside the business?

Read carefully the case study attached then answering the following questions:

1. Conduct a SWOT analysis of Aurum Furniture, highlighting the implications it has on John’s decision.
2. Why did John decide to join Aurum Furniture?
3. What were the most important organizational differences between Aurum and the typical nonfamily professionalized firm?
4. Discuss the key personal, family, and business challenges that John encountered when he started to work at Aurum. Which of these challenges were related to the informal, nonprofessionalized nature of Aurum and which were caused by family relationship dynamics inside the business?
5. What tactics did John use to overcome these challenges?
6. What was needed for professionalization to succeed? What benefits did Aurum derive from John’s attempt to professionalize the firm? Do you agree with John’s focus on dealing with the challenges mainly through the professionalization of Aurum?
7. At the close of the case what did John perceive as his primary career alternatives? What were the advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to a corporation?

Provide an evaluation of the following in a paper:

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a partnership to a corporation?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to a corporation?
3. Provide a recommendation when a company should move away from a sole proprietorship to another form of business .

Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) resources. Other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included in addition to these specified resources.