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Describe the external and internal driving forces

Evaluate the performance of your organization or department. Identify an area that would significantly benefit from initiating a change. Write a paper (1,500-1,750 words) in which you describe the particular area you propose to address through a change initiative. Include the following for your company: ( Healthcare Field)

Discuss the issues in this area and the current outcomes as a result of the issues.

Describe the external and/or internal driving forces, contributing issues, and the people affected.

Evaluate the stakeholders involved and discuss how they will be affected by your change initiative.

Clarify your role and responsibility as a change leader. Discuss the leadership theory (or theories) you will use to guide the change process.

Discuss the change agents you need to recruit in order to successfully implement your change. Describe the roles of these change agents.

Utilize your change model to develop strategies: (a) Explain the relevance of this model to your organization; and (b) Present the strategic aspects using your model. Be sure to clearly define the purpose of each aspect, the people involved, and the actions that need to be taken.

Identify, or predict, the potential barriers to change. Discuss possible ways to overcome these obstacles, including methods for dealing with emerging or unforeseen circumstances that could impede implementation.

Describe the evaluation methods you will use to determine the level of success of your change initiative. Discuss what metrics or measureable determinates you will use.

Propose strategies to anchor change or support continuous change.

Establish how your change plan supports the organizational mission/goal, genuinely addresses stakeholder concerns, and will serve as an equitable contribution for the community or society overall.

Purpose of discussing business objectives

Contact the owner or manager of an organization by phone or e-mail in your city or town. Request a 15-minute personal interview or meeting for the purpose of discussing “business objectives.” During your meeting, seek answers to the following questions:

1. Do you believe it is important for a business to establish and clearly communicate long-term and annual objectives? Why or why not?,

2. Does your organization establish objectives? If yes, why type and how many? How are the objectives communicated to individuals? Are the organization’s objectives in written form or simply communicated orally?

3. To what extent are managers and employees involved in the process of establishing objectives?

4. How often are your business objectives revised and by what process?

explain Interface of Financial Policy and Strategic Management

explain Interface of Financial Policy and Strategic Management

Compare and contrast the national cultures of the u.s

Explain financial management

Management has different branches. List any three branches of management and explain financial management as a branch of management.

Explain change management plan and risk management plan

1. (i) Draw the framework of the Project life cycle and explain it

(ii) concepts of Business Project Management (time, cost and quality)

2. Explain in detail with charts, matrix, table wherever necessary for the following sub headings:

a) Time Management Plan using Gantt Chart showing the allocation of time for your project and

b) Prepare a matrix chart allocating people to jobs is essential.

3. Explain the work breakdown structure with a WBS Chart.

4. Prepare a cost plan showing the profit calculation and compare the cost with competitor analysis using any one of the following analyses (Payback, Period, NPV or IRR)

5. Explain the Change Management Plan and the Risk Management Plan with the help of a table.

Business Project Management

Introduction
– definition of Business Project Management (citation)
– concept of Time, Cost, and Quality (citation)
– give and explain the framework of Project Life Cycle (citation)
– Background of the coniagm and the project (should be a manufacturing company or construction company

2. Time Management Plan
– Choose one from the following:
– Gantt chart
– CPM
2 PERT
– definition of the time schedule (e.g. Gantt chart) you choose – Table or chart with detailed tasks of your project
– explanation of your table or chart
– Matrix chart allocating people of your project

3. Work Break-down Structure

– definition of Work break-down Structure – chart/table for WBS for your project
– explanation of your table/chart

4. Cost Management plan

– definition of cost estimation plan (citation) and explanation
– Table for the cost estimation plan – explanation of your table

Organizational structure and organizational controls

What is organizational structure and what are organizational controls? What are the differences between strategic controls and financial controls? What is the importance of these differences?

Evaluate and present the impacts of the resources

Designing Interventions

Your employer has been going through many challenges this past eighteen months due to the recent financial crises. There has been major challenges throughout the company including, high turnover, software applications being used are outdated, stress is increasing for those employees who have been staying around, and morale is at the lowest point ever for the company . The remaining executives are planning to do a re-organization of the jobs and responsibilities throughout the company. However, each time the executives want to implement the change; another batch of employees resigns. You have been asked by your supervisor to prepare an analysis of what the executive leaders must do. Present your findings as a 4-5 page report in a Word document formatted in APA style. At a minimum, your paper must:

• Apply the best organizational development process skills the executives should use
• Apply the change strategies within the short-term and long-term
• Evaluate and present the impacts of the resources

Present your findings as a 4-5 page Word document formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

• Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
• Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
• Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 3-4 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.

• Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

Examine the size and scope of the sports business

The purpose of this assignment is for students to examine the size and scope of the sports business industry and use that information to identify sports business career opportunities and trends.

Sports business jobs are diverse and can include jobs in areas such as sports promotion, sports production, and sports performance. As a sports business major, learning about a variety of jobs is essential as you begin to focus on the precise type of position you hope to gain upon graduating. When considering sports business careers, keep in mind that being a professional athlete or coach is a reality for a very small percentage of people. Most individuals work in the world of sports in a variety of other capacities. Below you will see a list of just a few occupations that can be found within different sectors of the sports industry.

1. Sport Performance: Event management, fitness and sports firms, sport finance, information technology, research and analytics, and team operations.
2. Sport Production: Retail sales, manufacturing, sporting goods/brands/consumer products, amateur and youth sports, sports governing bodies, facilities and operations, coaching and scouting, and fitness training.
3. Sport Promotion: Communications and public relations, sales and marketing, technology and social media, sports marketing suppliers, and media.

Conduct research about the sports business industry and identify three potential career opportunities that are of interest to you. Use the list provided above as a starting point in your search of sports industry careers. Do not feel limited by this list, but rather use it to help you generate other more specific jobs that may be of interest to you. Use your research along with the Topic Materials to create a graphic organizer (chart, table, etc.) that outlines the following elements for each career.

Graphic Organizer

1. Training and educational requirements
2. Specific job roles and responsibilities
3. Job growth trends
4. Salary outlook
5. Associated pros and cons

Essay

Based on what you have learned about each career, write a 750-1,000 word response that addresses the following questions.

1. What did your research inform you concerning the size and scope of the sports business industry?
2. What sports business career trends did you notice as you conducted your research?
3. Based upon what you learned from the assignment, which of the careers you researched, if any, would you seriously consider pursuing? Explain why.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Analyze the leadership style of a contemporary leader

Case

Transformational, Transactional, and Charismatic Leadership

Assignment Overview

Background

We are all familiar with the concepts of transformational and transactional leadership, terms which were coined by James MacGregor Burns in his classic Leadership which was published in 1978, as well as the charismatic leader from movies and films. In this Case Assignment, you are going to examine these three leadership styles.

Required Readings

Fortune Magazine’s “Top 100 Companies to Work For 2016”

Case Assignment

Drawing on the material in the background readings and doing additional research, please prepare a 5- to 6-page paper (not including the cover and reference pages) in which you do the following:

1. Compare and contrast the transformational, transactional, and charismatic leadership styles.

2. Analyze the leadership style of a contemporary leader from one of Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 Companies to Work for in 2016 in terms of their transformational, transactional, and charismatic leadership styles.

Keys to the Assignment
– Compare and contrast the three leadership styles. A table may be a good way to summarize some of the key points you come up with.
– Choose a company from Fortune Magazine’s Top 100 Companies to Work For 2016.
– Research the company and its leader, then answer the following questions.
o Analyze the leader in terms of their transformational, transactional, or charismatic leadership styles?
o What is the added value of this leadership style?
o What impact does this leadership style have on the organization’s overall image?
o Contrast this leadership style with United Airlines, named the worst company in America to work for by glassdoor.com.
o Based on your experiences and research, what kind of leadership style is needed to promote efficiency in an organization? Justify your response.

– These are not the only things must be covered, but are the minimum. You are encouraged to go deeper with the assignment and use your critical thinking skills to ascertain what other areas are important in making a company one of the top ones in which to work.

You need to complete this paper and must be written in APA Format.