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Description The  responses should be written from the first person perspective and  incorporate your unique perspectives of the film or episodes. Although  these are more informal, your responses should be informed by the  concepts introduced in your readings and our class discussions. The  responses are not intended to be film reviews but rather are responses  to aspects of teen media that are repeatedly represented within the  weekly screening https://tubitv.com/movies/675264/rock-around-the-c...

Description You have been asked to lead a ten-person team within your department. You know that several of these team members have not worked well together on previous group projects, so you have decided to put the team through a series of team-building activities. Review the important themes within the sub questions of each bullet point. The sub questions are designed to get you thinking about some of the important issues. Your response should provide a succinct synthesis of the key themes in a way that articulates a clear point, position, or conclusion supported by research. Select a different bullet point section than what your classmates have already posted so that we can engage several discussions on relevant topics. If all of the bullet points have been addressed, then you may begin to re-use the bullet points with the expectation that varied responses continue. -   Define your top three goals or objectives for the team-building activities for the scenario. Defend why those goals are appropriate. Also assess at least two other possible goals and justify why they did not make your top-three list. -   Select two articles that discuss whether team-building activities really help. Briefly note what you learned from the articles. Did they guide you to select the best activities, or did they warn you away from certain activities? Justify three best practices for team building activities that emerge from the articles. -   Team dynamics include both productivity (task) and cohesiveness (relationship) components. Identify three team building activities and assess the extent each influences on productivity and cohesion. Evaluate how cohesion and productivity are linked. The final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response.

Description Course Project: Team Building The course project has major assignments that will be due in Weeks 3 and 5. It will take more than a week's effort to adequately complete them. Plan time to start the research and other work for those assignments earlier than the week in which they are due. Continue to use the organization you selected for your final project in Week 1. This week, you are being placed on a ten-person virtual team. You decide that prior to the team getting started on the project, you want to do some research that will help you identify ways to make your virtual team most effective. You may need to create hypothetical details about the team and its purpose on the basis of what you know of the organization you selected for the final project. On the basis of your research, write a paper addressing the following: Assess the purpose of the team (i.e., what is the      project it has been assigned?) and the contribution of key members to team      purpose. Analyze four to six potential problems that virtual      teams typically face. Is the hypothetical team you described susceptible      to these problems? What specific problems might it develop? Justify four to six viable solutions to make your      team effective, including why these solutions will work. Submission Details: Name your file: SU_MBA5001_W4_      LastName_FirstInitial.doc Submit your Five- to SIX -page paper in APA style to      the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. (with Reference page) Use Textbook as a reference -      Organizational behavior a practical problem-solving approach 3rd ed. by      Angelo Kinicki can use as a reference. Chapters:  Groups      and Teams Managing      Conflict and Negotiations Decision      Making and Creativity

Description Identify 3 anti-hypertensive drugs each from a different medication class

Description Select any major mental health-related, crisis work/crisis relief  organization of your choice, and then learn all you can about that  organization. This research can be conducted by studying their corporate  website, finding marketing or general information documents, doing a  phone interview with the director of the organization, etc. You will  need to have a good understanding of the general purpose, function, and  requirements of the organization you choose. Examples of  research/interview topics include: the role of first responders at the  organization, qualification criteria to work/volunteer there, types of  training they offer, first responder skills implemented at this  organization, etc. To have a good context for your findings, you will  also want to ask basic demographic information about the organization,  such as the population they serve, where they are located, and their  mission statement. This needs to be one thousand words

Description Discussion - Effective Communication Assume you are the manager of the department where you currently work. If you are not currently working, use a past situation or a hypothetical situation; be sure to describe it. Select two leadership theories that you believe will be most useful in managing your staff. Select different theories or different combinations of theories for each bullet points. Respond to the following bullets: ---Assess why you think these theories will be most practical or helpful. ---Evaluate how the two theories might interact with one another. ---Analyze whether you anticipate needing different leadership methods (based on your two selected theories) according to the ages, races, national origins, cultures, genders, educational backgrounds, or job types of your subordinates. Provide necessary illustrations and citations to justify your conclusions. ---Justify three best practices that emerge from your selected leadership theories (three best practices total. You do not need three best practices for each theory). For each bullet point write a final paragraph (three or four sentences) of your initial post should summarize the one or two key points that you are making in your initial response. Your posting should be the equivalent of 500–1000 words in length for each bullets points. Total of 2000 to 4000 words in APA style to the Submissions Area. Submission Details: Submit your response in the Discussion Area, using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading: Kinicki, A. (2020). Organizational behavior: A practical, problem-solving approach (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 9781260075076. chapters: Leadership Effectiveness Organizational Culture, Socialization, and Mentoring Organizational Design, Effectiveness, and Innovation Lecture Culture, including organizational culture, has significant influence on the attitudes and behaviors of organizational members. Culture is the basic pattern of thinking and acting that is shared by members of a group. It develops over time and includes beliefs, values, underlying assumptions, and norms. Although often "unspoken," such cultural ways of thinking and behaving are taught to new members through socialization pressures. For example, why do you like the foods that you like? Why do you wear the clothes that you wear? Why do you drive the cars that you drive? Almost all of our ways of thinking are heavily influenced by the cultures of which we are a part. Look around your organization. Do members dress similarly? Do they listen to the same types of music? Do they follow the same sports teams? Do they share an in-group language of terms and phrases that others might not understand? If you look closely, you will likely see lots of similarities, even within diverse organizations. There are many places in which we can see the culture of an organization and develop insight into its influence on organizational behavior. Artifacts in the organization Symbols, mottos, and creeds Design of buildings Reward and punishment criteria Recruitment and promotion criteria Stories and legends Climate elements such as trust, scapegoating, conflict, morale, and resistance to change Things that leaders focus on Leader and organizational member reactions to important incidents Organizational culture impacts much of what organizational members want, like, do, do not do, and believe to be right or wrong behavior. In other words, the "organization" influences organizational (human) behavior. Organizational culture refers to the shared norms, values, beliefs, and assumptions held by members of the organization. The commonly held attitudes and perspectives become expressed in behaviors and other artifacts in the organization, including symbols, rituals, stories, and language. Individuals who share a culture interpret events in similar ways. The common attitudes and actions simultaneously create and reinforce culture. Culture is ubiquitous, covering all areas of organizational life. Culture perpetuates and reproduces itself. However, a single organizational culture can possess multiple subcultures in constituent groups or sections. As new members or groups join a culture, they are socialized toward the shared components. New members can also introduce new ways of thinking and behaving that can alter the culture. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leadership One of the most researched topics in organizational behavior is leadership. Leadership can be defined as "Using influence in an organizational setting or situation, producing effects that are meaningful, and having a direct impact on accomplishing challenging goals" (Ivancevich, Konopaske, & Matteson, 2014, p. 435). Leadership is a process that is similar to management. Both involve influence. Both usually involve working with people. Both are concerned with achieving goals. However, leadership is also different than management. The primary functions of management are planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling. In other words, management seeks to achieve goals by bringing order and consistency to an organization and its processes. In contrast, leadership seeks to produce change and movement toward achieving goals, even asking if the goals are the right ones. Reference: Ivancevich, J. M., Konopaske, R., & Matteson, M. T. (2014). Organizational           behavior & management (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill            Irwin. Northouse (2009) noted that over 100 different definitions of leadership exist in the literature. Despite the numerous definitions, he suggested several concepts are common. Leadership is a trait: Individual has certain inherent qualities that influence how the leader leads. Leadership is an ability: Individual has the capacity to lead, through a combination of natural and acquired abilities. Leadership is a skill: Individual has developed a competency to accomplish a task(s) effectively. Leadership is a behavior: Individuals are able to do key actions toward others in various situations. Leadership is a relationship: Individual is able to communicate and collaborate in a mutual or reciprocal process with others. (pp.1-3) Although various leadership theories may emphasize one or another of the listed concepts, the full answer to “what is leadership” may be “all of the above.” Reference: Northouse, P. G. (2009). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. Leadership Research Research has tried a number of approaches to determine what makes a leader. The earliest research focused on finding specific traits within individuals that made them leaders. Variables studied included intelligence, personality, physical characteristics, and supervisory abilities. Although each of these variables was shown to have some impact on employee productivity, research was not always successful in using a trait approach to predict who would be an effective leader. The next wave of leadership research looked at the behaviors of leaders. Researchers studied leadership as a dichotomy. Either the leader was task centered, or the leader was people centered. Specific leadership behaviors included role modeling, inspiring others, challenging the status quo, and building a shared vision. The trait and behavioral theories of leadership helped researchers to understand the dynamics of the leader and follower relationship. Unfortunately, traits and behaviors alone do not always provide good predictive power for forecasting who will be a successful leader. Theories that included an analysis of situational factors took the next step in leadership research. The situational theories propose that the leaders’ effectiveness depends upon matching the needs of the situation. Theories supporting the situational approach to leadership include: Fiedler’s Contingency Leadership Model Vroom-Jago Leadership Model Path-goal Leadership Model Hersey-Blanchard Situational Leadership Theory Leadership continues to be an important research topic. Current and emerging topics of leadership study include charismatic leadership, transactional and transformational leadership, coaching, servant leadership, authentic leadership, relational leadership, and multicultural leadership. Transformational leadership continues to be a popular leadership theory. Transformational leadership contrasts with transactional leadership. Transactional leaders operate through contingent reward and punishment actions. The relationship between the leader and follower is a contract. If the follower does X, then the leader does Y. For example, if the employee puts in an hour of work, the employer will pay at a certain rate for that hour. In contrast, transformational leaders build trust-based relationships with followers that generate higher levels of morality, motivation, and performance in both the leader and follower.  Instead of merely relying on the reward and punishment processes used by a transactional leader, a transformational leader operates through inspirational motivation, role modeling, intellectual stimulation, and individual consideration.

Description RESPOND TO THIS DISCUSSION BOARD PLEASE: Kimberly’s Center for Child Protection The Kimberly’s Center for Child Protection is a place of protection, help, hope and healing for children affected by neglect or abuse (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). The goal of this organization is to have a positive and lasting impact for a safer community so that children can thrive, grow, and reach their potential. This organization is in Ocala, Florida. This facility works closely with several law enforcement agencies and the Department of Children and Families. For example, The Marion County Sheriff’s Office has placed detectives, who are specifically trained and credentialed to conduct forensic interviews with children, at this location for investigative purposes. The State Attorney Office also works together with this organization. There is a large number of children that are under the authority of these joint agencies. To give perspective, On July 1, 2022, the United States Census Bureau reported that Marion County Florida has a population of 396,415 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2022), which more than warrants the need for this non-profit organization. Qualifications The qualifications required to work for or in affiliation with this organization are stringent (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). In relation to the specially designated law enforcement detectives of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, specialized training and educational classes are provided and required. The first responders who are stationed at this facility must first be sworn law enforcement officers. More specifically, they are detectives that are under the Major Crimes Unit. These detectives are assigned at the discretion of the Sheriff. Their training includes experience as a patrol deputy. The classes required are Interviews and Interrogations, Advanced Report Writing, Sex Crimes Investigations, Child Crimes Investigations, and Abuse and Neglect Investigations. Several of these classes are offered by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and may be hosted by a local college or university. These courses are vital to the training and integrity of the process. Once equipped with specialized training, the detectives will have the knowledge to conduct a proper investigation. This will also assist with court proceedings. Having these credentials will help validate the testimony in court. This all-in-one facility has a wide range of resources involved. This consists of an Executive Director, Medical Director, Clinical Director, Senior Case Coordinator, CPT Case Coordinator, Nurse Practitioner, Data Specialist, Child Advocate, Intake Coordinator, Development Director, Therapist, and Interns. Each person plays a vital role in the process. With the multiple moving parts, it is critical that the proper communication and procedures are conducted. Three step process Kimerly’s Center for Child Protection has implemented a three-step process for healing (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). Their specialty trained staff are prepared to provide a child-friendly and safe environment for children of all ages. This then opens the door and allows the children to communicate their neglect and abuse to this specialty trained personnel, and from there, the journey will begin for the healing process to take place. Step 1: Respond The first step in the process is to respond. Kimberly’s Center for Child Protection has investigators on call and ready to activate (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). They function as twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week organization. Even during the holidays, they will respond immediately and without hesitation. These investigating experts provide specialized treatment through forensic interviews of children. This is to help stop further trauma to the child by the information that they obtain. This also includes medical examinations for children. This would include physical abuse and even sexual battery kits. This is crucial to the preservation of evidence and the integrity of the case moving forward. Step 2: Protect The second step in this process is to protect (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). This is where the child advocate comes into the process. This advocate is designated specifically to the child for the entire process. From the beginning to the end, this advocate will be present on the child’s behalf. This will also include court proceedings. They will work together with the State Attorney Office on behalf of the child. They also educate others in schools with prevention and awareness training. Awareness is an ongoing project for this organization because awareness unlocks the call to action. Step 3: Restore The third step is to restore. This is where the expert therapist in child crisis and trauma comes in. These experts are specialized in their field and provide the therapy that the child may need. This then begins the road to recovery for children and their family. This is also the road to healing and recovery from the neglect and abuse (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). Psalm 127:3, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him (New International Version, 2024). Get involved! On their website, the Kimberly Center for Child Protection stated that one out of four children have been the victim of neglect or abuse by the age of eighteen (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). From its inception, this organization has helped over twenty-two thousand children from abuse or neglect in this community. They have also implemented a three-step process for others to help and to take part. Step 1: Become Aware The first step is becoming aware (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). Denying or ignoring the reality of these situations does not make it go away. The reality is that most people are not aware of the extent of the abuse and neglect that targeted children endure daily. Before asking to donate, the Kimberly Center offers an impact report. This will provide statistical information on the amount of abuse in their community. More importantly, it goes on to show the positive outcome that their resources have provided to the children in need. Step 2: Take a tour. The second step is to take a tour (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). The website will provide a virtual tour of their facilities and resources. The goal is for donors to be inspired by the life changing effects that the facility provides. Step 3: Make an Impact The third step is a call to action (Kimberlys Center for Child Protection, 2024). This is to make a positive and lasting impact on a child’s life. They request support from them so that they can in turn support the children in need. We can then be accountable and play our part in the process of providing help, hope and healing for children who may not be able to stand up for themselves. They also provide annual events such as art auctions and racing events. The is not only to raise money but also to raise awareness of their cause. In conclusion, this organization was chosen based on its mission, purpose and need. Children are more than just our future, they are us. We are responsible for the legacy that we leave. Kimberly’s Center can be contacted anytime by telephone or email. Matthew 18:2-5 states, “He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me” (New International Version, 2024).

Description Analyze how the steps of the strategic communication plan are addressed in the campaign you chose by conducting in-depth research. In your analysis, determine how effectively the campaign implemented each of the steps of the strategic communication campaign plan, which include:  • RESEARCH: Situation Analysis, (Campaign) Research, Target Audience(s) • PLANNING: Objectives, Strategy, Key Messages/Themes Objectives • IMPLEMENTATION: Tactics, Timeline, Budget

Description First question: What was the most meaningful, interesting, or significant thing you learned from this chapter? Next, answer the following: 2.    FWN discuss their assumption sand beliefs about communication. What are your assumptions about communication as you enter the course? How are your assumptions about communication similar to the authors'? How are your assumptions different from the authors'?  How do your assumptions overlap with the authors’ assumptions? 

Description my topic is the "impact of social media on political polarization due to its significant role in shaping public discourse and opinions."