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Discussion: Racism and Privilege

Discussion: Racism and Privilege

In many societies certain groups possess more resources and hold more power than other groups. In some of these societies, racial discrimination and racial tension also exist. While members of the societies may openly acknowledge that unequal distribution of power and racism are present in their society, many fail to examine the complex relationships between privilege and racism. Social workers must understand this complex relationship so they can educate and empower their clients. Empowerment is the cornerstone of social work practice.

In the book Black Empowerment, the author,Barbara Solomon, writes, “Empowerment refers to a process whereby persons who belong to a stigmatized social category throughout their lives can be assisted to develop and increase skills in the exercise of interpersonal influence and the performance of valued social roles” (p. 6).

Empowerment practice is based on a collaborative relationship between worker and client, initiated to promote the client’s power through self-actualization, self-determination, and the fulfillment of personal goals (Gutierrez, Parsons, & Cox, 1998). Further, this process includes increasing your clients’ awareness of the structural oppression that exists and its impact on them. It is the role of social workers to empower clients and to bring about awareness of the inequalities that exist in society. This is done two fold?through work with clients on the micro and mezzo levels and on a macro level through work in organizations and communities.

Social workers cannot effectively empower clients without first understanding the mechanisms of oppression and how they impact their day-to-day work. Then social workers can recognize the impact on their clients’ lives and apply the appropriate skills.

To prepare: Review the case study “Working With Individuals: The Case of Mary.”

Post by Day 3 an explanation of the relationship between racism and privilege. Furthermore, explain how the concepts of racism and privilege relate to “Working With Individuals: The Case of Mary.” Explain the impact of racism and privilege on social work practice. Provide recommendations for how you as a social worker might use an empowerment perspective when responding to Mary. Be specific and provide examples from the case. Also, identify specific skills social workers might employ.

Research and Reflection Paper ? Management Perspective

Research and Reflection Paper ? Management Perspective

Your Portfolio Project synthesizes information gathered from an interview you will conduct with a manager of your choosing, the knowledge you?ve gained in this course, and your own experience to create a research and reflection paper.
Be sure to thoroughly read the Portfolio Project description below before beginning to work on the project.
Portfolio Milestone Deliverables
The following deliverables are due before Sunday midnight of Weeks 2 and 4 respectively:
Week 2: Interview Subject and Summary of Theories (20 points of the Portfolio Project)
Select which of the two Portfolio Project options you will complete and submit. Before midnight on Sunday, submit the name of the person who will be your interview subject, along with a summary of the theories that you plan to cover. These theories can change as you progress through your project, so the information you provide for this Week 2 deliverable is not set in stone. Instead, this assignment provides an opportunity to begin thinking about your Portfolio Project and record your preliminary ideas. Your submission should be 200-300 words in length.
Week 5: Portfolio Project Outline (20 points of the Portfolio Project)
Submit an outline of your Portfolio Project. Your outline should include bullet points, in the form of sentences or phrases describing each major argument you want to make, organized as the final project will be organized. This should by no means be a complete or final document, but should be sufficiently advanced to serve as a guide for a working draft of your project drafts to ensure that your writing is clear, thoughtful, and precise.
Interview
Choose a manager to interview with whom you are familiar?ideally, someone whom you admire and aspire to emulate. Ask her or him for some time?perhaps you can sit down for coffee?during which you can describe your course learning objectives and discuss what you have so far taken away from the class (in brief) Ask the manager what insights she or he has to offer to you at this point in your career.
The goal of the interview is to gain insight into what makes a good manager from the perspective of someone in a management position. Some topics to touch on in the interview could include the following:
How did your interviewee come to be a manager (i.e., what career path she or he followed)?
Has your interviewee found that professional certifications, volunteering, and continued education are important factors to career development?
What has surprised your interviewee most about what it means to be an effective leader (as opposed to the popular view of what a successful leader is and/or does)?
What roles are played by managerial goals, objectives, decision-making, and communication on the job?
How does the interviewee handle change management at his/her organization and what specific challenges has she or he encountered?
What advice does your interviewee offer to someone in your position and with your short- and long-term goals?
At the close of the interview, be sure to thank your interviewee for her or his time and assistance!
Note: Any documentation resulting from personal interviews by CSU-Global students are for the sole purposes of fulfilling a course assignment and will not be used as part of a larger study, published, or distributed outside of the course environment.
Research and Reflection Paper
In the next phase, ruminate on what you learned in your interview?especially anything that helped you to gain a deeper insight into the topics you studied in the course?and write a research and reflection paper in which you draw upon learning shared with your instructor and colleagues, your individual learning, and knowledge you have gained from the interview to demonstrate a more in-depth understanding of the foundational principles of management. In your paper, go beyond recitation of memorized facts or regurgitation of information; strive to synthesize the most important topics of management (i.e., leadership, personality, motivation, decision-making, communication, and the importance of good management to yourself and to society) into a hybrid research and reflection paper.
Your paper should integrate responses to each of the following questions in a well-organized and coherent paper:
What leadership precepts did your interviewee impart to you (or what can you glean on the topic as a result of your interview), and how do those dovetail with one or more of the modern theories of leadership?
How do the personalities of workers, colleagues, managers, and subordinates impact your performance in, and experience of, the workplace? How do they interact with one or more leadership models to create the most effective work environment?
In light of your interview, the leadership model(s) you?ve discussed, and your own personality, what one or two tenets of motivation theory have you taken away from the course?
How do your understandings of motivation theories impact your conceptions of the best practices when it comes to making decisions and communicating at work?
Based on your interview and on learning from this course, what does it take to be an effective employee, a successful manager, and an exemplary citizen of society?
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
8-10 pages in length in addition to the title page and reference page
Formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
Cite at least three scholarly sources, at least one of which is not provided in, or linked from, the course, to support your assertions and strengthen your arguments. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find these sources!
Refer to the Portfolio Project rubric on the Course Information page for grading criteria. Please proofread your paper to ensure the sentences, paragraphs, and ideas flow well and are logical, concise, and grammatically error-free.

Management Perspective

Management Perspective

Your Portfolio Project synthesizes information gathered from an interview you will conduct with a manager of your choosing, the knowledge you?ve gained in this course, and your own experience to create a research and reflection paper.
Be sure to thoroughly read the Portfolio Project description below before beginning to work on the project.
Portfolio Milestone Deliverables
The following deliverables are due before Sunday midnight of Weeks 2 and 4 respectively:
Week 2: Interview Subject and Summary of Theories (20 points of the Portfolio Project)
Select which of the two Portfolio Project options you will complete and submit. Before midnight on Sunday, submit the name of the person who will be your interview subject, along with a summary of the theories that you plan to cover. These theories can change as you progress through your project, so the information you provide for this Week 2 deliverable is not set in stone. Instead, this assignment provides an opportunity to begin thinking about your Portfolio Project and record your preliminary ideas. Your submission should be 200-300 words in length.
Week 5: Portfolio Project Outline (20 points of the Portfolio Project)
Submit an outline of your Portfolio Project. Your outline should include bullet points, in the form of sentences or phrases describing each major argument you want to make, organized as the final project will be organized. This should by no means be a complete or final document, but should be sufficiently advanced to serve as a guide for a working draft of your project drafts to ensure that your writing is clear, thoughtful, and precise.
Interview
Choose a manager to interview with whom you are familiar?ideally, someone whom you admire and aspire to emulate. Ask her or him for some time?perhaps you can sit down for coffee?during which you can describe your course learning objectives and discuss what you have so far taken away from the class (in brief) Ask the manager what insights she or he has to offer to you at this point in your career.
The goal of the interview is to gain insight into what makes a good manager from the perspective of someone in a management position. Some topics to touch on in the interview could include the following:
How did your interviewee come to be a manager (i.e., what career path she or he followed)?
Has your interviewee found that professional certifications, volunteering, and continued education are important factors to career development?
What has surprised your interviewee most about what it means to be an effective leader (as opposed to the popular view of what a successful leader is and/or does)?
What roles are played by managerial goals, objectives, decision-making, and communication on the job?
How does the interviewee handle change management at his/her organization and what specific challenges has she or he encountered?
What advice does your interviewee offer to someone in your position and with your short- and long-term goals?
At the close of the interview, be sure to thank your interviewee for her or his time and assistance!
Note: Any documentation resulting from personal interviews by CSU-Global students are for the sole purposes of fulfilling a course assignment and will not be used as part of a larger study, published, or distributed outside of the course environment.
Research and Reflection Paper
In the next phase, ruminate on what you learned in your interview?especially anything that helped you to gain a deeper insight into the topics you studied in the course?and write a research and reflection paper in which you draw upon learning shared with your instructor and colleagues, your individual learning, and knowledge you have gained from the interview to demonstrate a more in-depth understanding of the foundational principles of management. In your paper, go beyond recitation of memorized facts or regurgitation of information; strive to synthesize the most important topics of management (i.e., leadership, personality, motivation, decision-making, communication, and the importance of good management to yourself and to society) into a hybrid research and reflection paper.
Your paper should integrate responses to each of the following questions in a well-organized and coherent paper:
What leadership precepts did your interviewee impart to you (or what can you glean on the topic as a result of your interview), and how do those dovetail with one or more of the modern theories of leadership?
How do the personalities of workers, colleagues, managers, and subordinates impact your performance in, and experience of, the workplace? How do they interact with one or more leadership models to create the most effective work environment?
In light of your interview, the leadership model(s) you?ve discussed, and your own personality, what one or two tenets of motivation theory have you taken away from the course?
How do your understandings of motivation theories impact your conceptions of the best practices when it comes to making decisions and communicating at work?
Based on your interview and on learning from this course, what does it take to be an effective employee, a successful manager, and an exemplary citizen of society?
Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:
8-10 pages in length in addition to the title page and reference page
Formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements
Cite at least three scholarly sources, at least one of which is not provided in, or linked from, the course, to support your assertions and strengthen your arguments. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to find these sources!

Research Weekly Concepts for Ethical and Social Responsibility

Research Weekly Concepts for Ethical and Social Responsibility

Responses to be completed by Day 7 (Sunday)
For Discussion 2, please visit the Walden Library databases or select a recognized business publication such as Forbes, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur, and so forth. Select an article addressing ethical practice in global companies; building a culture of ethical values; empowering stakeholders to follow ethical principles; or another topic that relates to these ideas. For example, you could explore topics such as examples of firms that are known for corporate social responsibility; examples of business ethical failures; the impact of transformational leadership on creating a ?best practices? business; strategic approaches to growth.
Following APA style and formatting guidelines, summarize the article into approximately 300 words (do NOT copy the article), and explain the knowledge you gained from it. Post to Discussion 2 by Day 4. Include a link to the original article so your colleagues can read it.
Please use the Week 5 Discussion 2 Template located in the Week 5 Learning Resources to draft your post.
Engage in class discussions of the article, starting no later than Day 4, and continuing until Day 6. All discussion posts must be complete by Day 7. In addition to your initial post, respond a minimum of three times (100?125 words) over a minimum of three days.
To earn full points, full engagement in this discussion requires an initial post and active substantive responses with colleagues over a minimum of 3 days, and preferably every day.

Required Resources

Readings
Thompson, A. A. (2014?2015). Strategy: Core concepts and analytical approaches(3rd ed.) [BSG electronic edition]. Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill Education.
Chapter 9, ?Strategy, Ethics, and Social Responsibility? (pp. 181?197)
Chapter 10, ?Building an Organization Capable of Good Strategy Execution? (pp. 199?216)

Business Strategy Game (BSG) Simulation website:
Thompson, A. A., Jr., Reidenback, M. A., Stappenbeck, G. J., Harms, C. C., & Thrasher, I. F. (2014). The Business Strategy Game: Competing in a global marketplace. Retrieved from https://www.bsg-online.com/

Visit this website to read Chapters 9 and 10 of the e-book course text and continue the Business Strategy Game. This simulation provides opportunities for you to make some of the difficult decisions often encountered by managers as they seek to execute the strategy that has been established by senior executives who are responsible to the shareholders.
Media
Drachli, T. (Producer). (2013). Coca-Cola social responsibility [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/WcR-V3vdhG8
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (Producer) [HSGUniStGallen]. (2012). What is corporate social responsibility (CSR)? [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/E0NkGtNU_9wv

Causes AND/OR Effects of Career Dissatisfaction

Causes AND/OR Effects of Career Dissatisfaction

Description
Essay 3: Writing to Show Cause and Effect or only cause or effect.
Please write an academic essay where you show a clear relationship between cause and effect, with a topic
chosen from your major field of study, your work life, or your personal life.
write your essay in the third person.
Use the APUS Online Library article databases, no open web sources.
Minimum of three sources for your essay.
Integrate the sources using MLA format.
All essays should be 750?1000 words, in MLA format.
WARNING: you may NOT use this paper for any other class. Using this paper for any other class is a form of
academic dishonesty.
DISCLAIMER: As with Essays #1 and #2, your paper is automatically submitted to Turnitin when you submit it
at the assignment location. Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor
will receive the results.

Library archives management

Library archives management

pick a topic in records or archives management and write a research paper about it. The topic can be any one that interests you, such as records classification, appraisal, description, access, preservation, reference, etc. The paper should show that you have a thorough understanding of the topic.
Some recommended topics:
1. Choose an archival repository, read its mission statement, appraisal criteria, and collection policy. Then appraise your personal records collection based on the appraisal methods and theories taught in class and decide whether some of your records should be accepted by this repository.
2: Jennifer heard that a former successful friend was arrested by FBI and then sentenced for 10 years in prison. She really wants to find out more about this case. After talking with some friends, she has leamed several versions of the story but still does not know the whole truth. So she has decided to tum to records which are supposed to be authentic evidence. FBI records and court records are two major sources on her mind. Please conduct some research and help find out answers to these following questions:
Can she get access to FBI records and court records about this case? Why or why not? Please cite relevant laws and policies if needed, such as the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, the recordkeeping policy of FBI and federal court. Assuming that she can, please describe how Jennifer get access to those records? Information about how to obtain FBI records: http://www.fbi.gov/foia/ (Links to an external site.)

3. Please explore the Directory of Corporate Archives (http:/twww2.archivists.org /groups/business-archives-section/directory-of-corporate-archives-in-the-united-states-and-canada-e-f (Links to an external site.)) and related literature, and write IA research paper characterizing organizations that run archives in terms of their size, years of existence, types (for-profit, non-profit), etc. Please discuss what make it possible that these corporations have an archival division wheareas many other organizations do not.
4. Compare two open source software for archival description: Archivesspace (http://www.archivesspace.org) and IAC AtoM (https:/Avvew.ica-atom.org (Links to a external site.)). You can explore their websites, especially their user manuals and th ICA AtoM free online demo site.
5. Compare Archivesspace with CALM for archives (http://www.dswebhosting.info /Documents,