In the fall of 2023, the President of Harvard, Claudine Gay, was accused of plagiarism (AP News, 2024). The accusation brought the issue of academic integrity and the importance of accurately citing sources in our research into a clear view. As a scholar, you are responsible for ensuring that everything you write is your original work or correctly attributed to whoever wrote it.

Instructions

This assignment asks you to examine the Claudine Gay accusation as a case study. After reading the two required readings for the week, you will write a paper explaining the academic integrity issue she was accused of. You will determine whether or not you feel the accusation was justified, or not, and then you will support your opinion with research on academic integrity.

Your paper should address the following questions:

• What was the reason she was accused of plagiarism?
• In your opinion, was this a valid accusation?
• If so, why? Be specific, using APA format to support your answer.
• If not, why not? Be specific, using APA format to support your answer.
• How could she have avoided this accusation?
• How can you avoid this kind of accusation in your scholarly writing?

Length: 5 to 7 pages (approximately 250 words per page), not including title and reference pages.

References: Include 3 scholarly resources.

Complete in your own words. It will be run through a plagiarism checker. Thanks.

This internship is turning into a great hands-on learning opportunity for you. Your manager has tasked you with proposing a talent management plan for pilots at Southwest Airlines. Your proposal will be considered by the Director of HR to make a formal plan.

Develop a 3- to 4-page proposal that includes the following:

• A recommendation of 3 recruitment sources that are best suited to recruit pilots. Consider the number of resumes generated, the percentage of resumes likely to result in accepted offers, the time to fill a position, and the cost to fill a position.
• An evaluation of common methods used to select a candidate
• Recommend 3 methods for selecting new pilots. In your evaluation, consider reliability, validity, utility, and legality.
• An evaluation of common methods used to train and develop employees
• Recommend 3 methods for training pilots at Southwest Airlines. Consider learning and development outcomes, cost of training and development, the effectiveness of training and development, and risks.
• An evaluation of common performance management systems
• Recommend 1 method for performance management of pilots at Southwest Airlines. Consider strategic congruence, validity, reliability, acceptability, and specificity.
• An evaluation of common methods to minimize voluntary turnover
• Recommend 1 approach to retain pilots at Southwest Airlines. Consider methods for retaining employees, meeting pilot needs, and cost.

Cite all sources.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

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Assignment Questions: (Marks 10)

PART-A: Data Exploration and Visualization (Critical Thinking)

Question 1: “Business analysts must know how to use data to derive business insights and improve decisions In context of this statement explain the vital reasons to use data by analysts in business organizations. (250-300 Words) (2.5-Marks)

PART-B:Case Study

• Log in to Saudi Digital Library (SDL) via Universitys website
• On first page of SDL, choose English Databases
• From the list find and click on EBSCO database.
• In the Search Bar of EBSCO find the following article:

Author:

Read the above case study and answer the following Questions:

What does autonomous decision-making entail, and what are the associated advantages and disadvantages? (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks).

Question 3: Examine the concepts of centralized and decentralized decision-making, and provide examples that illustrate each approach .(250-300 words) (2.5-Marks).

Question 4: What is the reason that most energy and environmental management decisions are identified as decisions of community interest? (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks).

Student Learning Outcome/Objective (SLO) (6)

label and bold questions and answer below.

SLO: (6) Analyze the use of results, feedback, reward, and punishment.

To acquire the required competency from this SLO, students must read the following assigned text(s):

Cardy, Robert Ch 6; (Itner, 2003); and report on the following topics:

a) Delivering Feedback

b) Receiving Feedback

c) Feedback from Multiple Sources

Links to Cardy Reading:

The purpose of this assignment is for you to be concise in explaining real-world strategic scenarios and to be confident and persuasive with language and TOOLS of the course. I only need the SUPPLIER POWER, THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE segments. PLEASE USE THE FOOT NOTE CORRECLTY DO NOT JUST COPY THE REFERENCES AT TH END OF THE PAGE. Use appropriate articles with help from the website cited in the instructions. READ ATTACHED DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY PLS.

if you cant open the shared doc please use the template provided and please please please use footnote approprerly.

1. Conduct additional Research on-line as needed. Some key resources are:
   • utsa.edu => Library Resources => Research Guides => Business => Industry Research
     • Mergent Online
     • GlobalData Explorer
     • Passport(Euromonitor)
     • MarketResearch Academic

Describe global teams and comment on what makes them more challenging than teams with members from a single nation. Give an example.

By: Michael Geringer, Jeanne McN..

To receive full credit, the initial response should be 300-500 words in length; demonstrate an understanding of key concepts; include a rationale, evidence, or example that supports your response; and be free of significant mechanical errors. At least 1 scholarly reference should be included and should be cited and listed according to APA guidelines.

Initial post guidelines:

• If there’s a copy and paste from the web, the work will receive ZERO and will be referred to OSCCR for academic integrity violations.
• Must use at least 2 references (including the assigned course textbooks (Essential Scrum & The Scrum Guide)
• Post contains at least 4 paragraphs answering all the discussion post questions.
• Use in text citations to support your main ideas in the post
• All your references list must only support the in-text citations used in the post.

Discuss Daily Standup

• What is the true value of the Daily Standup meeting
• Is it part of planning as the Scrum books seem to suggest, or is it just a status meeting?
• How does it contribute to the team self managing and organizing concepts?
• Is there any downside to having a daily stand up meeting?
• What will a daily standup look like for team that has been working together for 5 years?

Week 2 Discussion Questions

• How do you feel about developing the emotional qualities of yourself and other people in an organization as a way to be an effective leader?
• Do you agree that people have a capacity for developing their minds and hearts beyond their current competency? Can you give an example?
• What are some specific reasons leaders need to be aware of their mental models?Required Textbook:
  Daft, R. L. (2022). Leadership Experience (8th ed). Mason, OH: Cengage. ISBN:
  9780357716304
• 
  

Week 2 Assignment title above.

Discussion Questions:

1. Chapter 5, page 195 question #7

2. Chapter 6, page 232 question #2

3. Chapter 8, page 310 question #3

In a Word document answer these questions in an APA formatted paper. Be mindful to demonstrate critical thinking and analysis in your answer. References and citations are required for all written work. Please label the

number of each of your answers. This is very important so that I understand the questions to which you are responding.

Requirement:

Submit a 2-3 page paper on one of the topics below. You should cite at least three scholarly sources other than the textbook and title page is required. For guidance, it is suggested to have 1-2 quotes with source citations per page. Include a references page (not counted in the 23-page length requirement). Use the APA material at the top of the course site to help with formatting.

Topic,

How does the Agile approach to scope, time, and cost differ from the traditional (predictive) project management approach? Provide an example.
Compare Scrum and Kanban: which method would you choose for a product launch project, and why?
What cultural differences can create challenges in international projects, and how can project managers address them?
Discuss the importance of sensitivity to cultural values and norms when leading a diverse project team.

As a business manager, you may encounter situations that require a wide variety of communication responses. For this assessment, you will be creating a portfolio of communication documents. Please appropriately format each communication for the message type.

Scenario 1

You are a manager of a company that has recently purchased and merged with a smaller company. The purchased company has an existing product, which will now be part of your product offering. The product is a weight-loss supplement called Kamelon. The product has been very successful for the previous owner, but the company had a limited ability to adjust its manufacturing system to accommodate growth, as well as a limited potential sales audience. Your role is to oversee and coordinate all aspects of launching the product from the newly acquired company. You have a far greater manufacturing capacity and more potential customers readily available because you already sell several weight loss-related products to a large base of customers.

Kamelon has been proven successful by a limited research study. The study consisted of 100 participants, 90% of whom lost at least 15 pounds over a reasonable time period. To date, the study participants who lost at least 15 pounds have successfully maintained their weight loss by continuing to use the product, and 80% were able to maintain their weight loss with continued use of Kamelon. The 10% of study participants who lost less than 15 pounds may have been unsuccessful because they did not follow the programs protocol. An inherent risk of a weight-loss product is the inability to determine whether the product has produced results or if the user has not followed directions. Dissatisfied customers present a challenge as a result.

Your success relies on your external business partner Synesthor, who continues to manufacture the pill casing for Kamelon. There is a need for 10 million pills to be manufactured in the next three months to meet the demands of your customers. Synesthor is a manufacturing company located in South America, and you will need to work closely with this partner to ensure their manufacturing operation is able to meet the demand as needed in a just-in-time environment. Your contacts name at Synesthor is Fatima Sousa.

You have received a customer complaint via the companys social media page. The customer is extremely dissatisfied, and the complaint has negatively impacted the companys image. The customers complaint is as follows: Kamelon does not work! Ive been using this for a week, and I havent lost anything! Im going on vacation in a couple of weeks, and I was hoping to shed a couple of pounds before I left for my trip. Unfortunately, I do not foresee this happening. No one should buy this product! As a faithful member of several weight-loss groups, I will not recommend this product to anyone in my groups.

Create a portfolio of communication documents based on one of the scenarios by doing the following:

A. Compose an email to internal staff by doing the following:

1. Discuss two advantages of the product.

2. Discuss two disadvantages of the product.

a. Explain how to mitigate the disadvantages of the product discussed in part A2.

B. Compose an informational email to external stakeholders (e.g., investors, shareholders) that discusses two distinct organizational and/or financial impacts the product will create.

C. Compose a consumer-facing blog post by doing the following:

1. Highlight three distinct benefits of the product.

2. Explain what sets this product and/or business apart from others in the industry.

D. Compose a persuasive letter to the business partner by doing the following:

1. Discuss one challenge in meeting production needs.

2. Describe your solution to mitigate the challenge discussed in D1.

3. Explain how the business partner will benefit from using the approach described in D2 to meet production needs.

E. Compose responses to the customer complaint about the product by doing the following:

1. Develop a public response for publication on the companys social media page that acknowledges the customer complaint and improves the company image.

2. Develop a direct private message with a proposed remedy to the customer.

F. Explain how to overcome two potential biases (e.g., prejudice, discrimination) using culturally competent strategies that will help improve stakeholder communication.

G. Explain how to mitigate two potential intercultural differences (e.g., ethnocentrism, stereotyping) found in stakeholder communication.

H. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

I. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

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