Distinguish ethical philosophies and its implications to public decision-making.

Public Administration Ethics 1

Course Learning Outcomes for Unit II

Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Recognize the public service values: efficiency, effectiveness, and ethical responsiveness.

Distinguish ethical philosophies and its implications to public decision–making.

Synthesize ontological and epistemological theories to public administration applications.

Describe the concept of force-field analysis and the forces that either drive or restrain the change process.

Force-Field Analysis

Describe the concept of force-field analysis and the forces that either drive or restrain the change process.

Using the force-field analysis model, discuss a change initiative that you are familiar with, and define the key driving forces and key restraining forces that impact the change.

Your paper should be three to four pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center, and it must include in-text citations and references for at least two scholarly sources from the University of Arizona Global Campus Library, in addition to the course text

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

. What methods of training would be appropriate for your audience?

Training Design and Objectives Part 2

You are to develop a training plan. Each student will identify an organization, You will then identify a training need of that organization (e.g. new system, new product, upskilling, customer service, etc.). This training must address an area in which the participants’ KSAs are at a lower than the desired level. It also must be an area in which the participants have at least a moderate desire to develop their KSAs. After you have identified the training need (Training Topic) you will answer these 7 questions. The organization identified is OFFICE DEPOT and The training Need identified is strategic problem solving (can add more details under this topic)

QUESTIONS

1. What might be some organizational constraints?

2. What is the overall budget for the training? Show the different line items. This might change as you go through with your project, that is fine.

3. What are the objectives of the training? Make sure they are specific and include behaviors, conditions, and standards.

4. What methods of training would be appropriate for your audience?

5. Which training methods would you actually use based on the objectives?

6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the training method(s) you will be using?

7. What activities will you use to engage your audience?

Have attached a document below to help with these questions from part 2

Determine the most critical merger or acquisition that has contributed to Caterpillar’s performance and success in achieving organizational goals.

Strategic Management Research Journal

Review the Strategic Management Project Background document

Review the following terms and concepts discussed this week to prepare for this assignment:

vertical integration
taper integration
backward vertical integration
forward vertical integration
strategic alliances
global strategy
international strategy
innovation

Create a Microsoft Word doc and title it Strategic Management Research Journal Part 4.

Write a 525- to 700- Microsoft word response to the following prompts in your journal entry. Remember the journal should be research written. Remember APA formatting is required, inclusive of the title page, level headings, 3rd person, and a thesis sentence. Please do not focus on the word journal. Rather, complete each assignment using research writing format. :

Identify Caterpillar Inc.’s short-term and long-term goals.

Evaluate how mergers and acquisitions in the last 3-5 years have contributed to Caterpillar Inc.’s performance and affected its organizational goals.

Determine the most critical merger or acquisition that has contributed to Caterpillar’s performance and success in achieving organizational goals. Defend your choice.

Evaluate the effectiveness of Caterpillar’s operational plan for global strategies (international, multi-domestic, global-standardization, or transnational). Include supporting research or data.

Use a research writing format, that includes the use of the 3rd person, and APA formatting for the title page, headings, in-text citations, and reference list.

Use at least two scholarly sources. Be sure to use Rothaermel, F. T. (2019). Strategic management: Concepts (4th ed).

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill as one of the two scholarly sources.

Class, a gentle reminder to try to attempt to limit your word count to no more than 700 words.

Note: You will use information from this entry in your presentation due in Week 5.

Describe a discrimination issue facing your workplace (you can focus on discrimination based on race, religion, ability, national origin, age, sex, etc.)

You are a Human Resources Manager at Fly Eagles Fly, Inc., a company that makes custom sports jerseys for domesticated parrots.

Draft a 1 page memo to the CEO of the company addressing the following:

1. Describe a discrimination issue facing your workplace (you can focus on discrimination based on race, religion, ability, national origin, age, sex, etc.)

2. Propose a training session to address the problem. Be sure to detail:

Explain the purpose (routine/annual training, training conducted in response to a violation, etc.) and audience (executive leadership team, hiring managers, low-level managers, employees/staff, etc.) for the training
Include a description of the training

Include anticipated costs (time, etc.) and benefits (to the company, individual, etc.) of the training
Some sample memos can be found here: http://www.bizdocx.com/personnel-issues/trainings/trainings/#tabs-895-0-1

APA format is not required for this assignment.

Identify the employee’s strengths and weaknesses.

Unit V Project

Instructions

For this assignment, determine an effective process to evaluate the performance of one of your employees. As you have determined that periodic evaluations can be more beneficial than annual evaluations, you will be evaluating the mid-level manager who you hired and who has now been on board for 6 months. Your process should include an appropriate evaluation tool and a means of providing feedback on the employee’s performance issues.

There are three parts to this project. You will begin by developing a performance review form that contains a minimum of 10 points of criteria. This template is a starting point and may be used as is or can be modified as you wish. The template has 10 points of criteria; however, you can add more if the specifics of the position warrant you doing so.
Provide an explanation for each of the criteria. Remember, these should directly represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) as well as the requirements for the position.

Develop a rating scale, and provide a legend that identifies the distinct performance rating definitions. There must be a minimum of three levels. (The template has three levels; however, you can add more.)
Next, you will fill out your newly created form to evaluate the mid-level manager. This is, of course, based on the input of the immediate supervisor and your own assessment.

Evaluate each criteria,and include a minimum of three criteria where the employee does not meet performance expectations.

Summarize the employee performance appraisal in the comments section.

Identify the employee’s strengths and weaknesses.

Offer feedback and coaching on ways that the employee can improve his or her performance.

Finally, you will write a one-page synopsis in which you explain the value of your evaluation process and new tool to your leadership team. Include the information below:
how the changes will benefit the organization,
how equal employment opportunity laws were considered, and strategies that leaders can use to address unmet employee performance expectations.

Include two sources to support your explanation.

The template is only a guideline. You are encouraged to modify it as you wish, as long as it still meets all of the above listed requirements. Combine your completed template and the one-page synopsis into one document (.doc or .pdf) to upload in Blackboard. Ensure that you include a title page. Adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment.

Identify implications that resulted in successful or unsuccessful future operations.

Using the CSU Library, research and select an article on a current event from the past 5 years that deals with one or more ethical dilemmas. Write an article review that addresses the ethical factors from an organizational perspective. National examples may include Department of Defense contracting events, Hurricane Katrina (or similar catastrophic events), election campaign funding, BP oil spill, or lobbyist operations. Local or state events may include nonprofit or public organizations. You may also use international events. Be sure to address the following requirements in your review:

Identify the key stakeholders, and introduce the organization.

Summarize the context of the ethical dilemma with specific facts (who, what, where, when, why).

Using Svara’s (2007) problem-solving model (as depicted in this week’s lesson) as a point of reference, identify the selected ethical decisions and obligations. Be specific if the actions resulted in best consequences or a full, open and honest process projected to the public.

Identify implications that resulted in successful or unsuccessful future operations.

Summarize what you have learned from an analysis of this event.

Your response should be at least 500 words in length (not including the references page) in APA style. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.