Module 05: Critical thinking assignment (15 points)

Leadership Style

Dr. Wassmiah is a leader in a local hospital and works well in the environment. The hospitals environment is characterized by well-defined individual roles where each employee knows what is expected of him or her. Employee conflicts are minimized as everyone understands his or her responsibility, and the coordination of all activities leads to goal attainment. There is no duplication of work. Dr. Wassmiah encourages people to perform well and rewards positive behavior to boost productivity. Most goals Dr. Wassmiah sets are short-term, making them easier to fulfill, less intimidating to achieve, and as a result, employees are interested in obtaining the various rewards. When a problem arises, Dr. Wassmiah directs the employees in what to do and is quick to point out if the employee does not deliver results. However, Dr. Wassmiahsuspects that employees are not working when there is no supervision.

What style of leadership is most likely described in this case and why have you reached that conclusion? What are the advantages of this type of leadership and what examples from the case support your position? What are the disadvantages of this type of leadership and what examples from the case support your position?

What are the implications for employee motivation with this type of leadership?

What other styles of leadership might be complementary to that described in the case and why?

Directions:

Write an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essays body, and a conclusion paragraph to address the assignments guide questions. Do not address the questions using a question-and-answer format.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

Be 3-5 pages in length, which does not include the title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.

Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Current articles are those published in the last five years.

It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments to the Turnitin Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment to the Originality Check tool, review the TurnitinOriginality CheckStudent Guide for step-by-step instructions.

Before submission, review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Answer

Defining Performance and Selecting a Measurement Approach

Objective

Critically analyze the determinants of organizational performance and evaluate the appropriateness of trait, behavior, and results-based approaches to performance measurement. Develop actionable recommendations to improve appraisal systems.

Introduction

How would you define “performance” in an organizational context?

Why is effective performance measurement critical to achieving strategic goals?

Determinants and Facets of Performance

Define three key determinants of performance in organizations. Analyze each one.

What are three essential facets or dimensions of performance? Discuss each in detail.

How do theoretical frameworks from the textbook support your analysis? Can you provide examples from real-world organizations to illustrate your points?

Critical Evaluation of Appraisal Approaches

For each of the trait, behavior, and results approaches to performance appraisal:

What is the core focus and methodology of this approach?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach?

Can you provide an example of a job or role where this approach would be particularly appropriate or inappropriate? Why?

How do these three approaches compare regarding fairness, objectivity, and alignment with organizational goals?

Recommendations

What hybrid or customized measurement strategy would you propose for a specific industry or organization of your choice?

How can you justify your recommendations using evidence from scholarly research?

Conclusion

What key insights have you gained about performance determinants and measurement challenges?

How does your analysis align with modern performance management trends?

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

Be 4 to 5 pages in length, which does not include the required title and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.

Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles unless the assignment calls for more.

It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the Turnitin Originality Check before submitting it to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality CheckStudent Guide for step-by-step instructions.

Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Course Name: Management of Technology	Students Name:
Course Code: MGT325	Students ID Number:
Semester: 2nd	CRN:
Academic Year:2025-26

For Instructors Use only

Instructors Name: Dr. Ibrahim Alotaibi
Students Grade: 00 /10	Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

Instructions PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED ON BLACKBOARD (WORD FORMAT ONLY) VIA ALLOCATED FOLDER.

ASSIGNMENTS SUBMITTED THROUGH EMAIL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

STUDENTS ARE ADVISED TO MAKE THEIR WORK CLEAR AND WELL PRESENTED, MARKS MAY BE REDUCED FOR POOR PRESENTATION. THIS INCLUDES FILLING YOUR INFORMATION ON THE COVER PAGE.

STUDENTS MUST MENTION QUESTION NUMBER CLEARLY IN THEIR ANSWER.

LATE SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.

All answered must be typed usingTimes New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).

Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Course Learning Outcomes-Covered

Recognize the dynamics and the importance of managing technological innovation strategically. (LO 1)

Reference Source:

Textbook:-

Schilling M.A (2020),Strategic Management of Technology Innovation (6th Edition). Mc-Graw Hill Education. Electronic Version: ISBN-13: 978-1260087956 ISBN-10: 1260087956, Printed Version: ISBN-13: 978-1260087956 ISBN-10: 1260087956

Weight:10 Marks

Assignment 1

Technological Innovation and Its Sources in Saudi Organizations.

Technological innovation plays a very important role in the growth and success of organizations.In Saudi Arabia, Vision 2030, digital transformation, and government support are encouraging firms to adopt new technologies and innovative practices.

This assignment helps you understand:

1. Why technological innovation is important

2. Where innovation ideas come from

3. What type of innovation organizations should adopt

Students should carefully read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the textbook. A clear understanding of the main concepts and continuous critical thinking about each topic and subtopic is highly recommended.

Based on the knowledge gained from the textbook and the students own research, students are requiredto select any ONE Saudi organization and to answer the questions given below:

STC

Saudi Aramco

NEOM

SABIC

Careem (Saudi operations)

Any Saudi startup (FinTech, HealthTech, EdTech)

Q1. Explain why technological innovation is important for your selected Saudi organization.(3 Marks)

In your answer, briefly discuss how innovation helps in:

Growth and development

Improving products or services

Supporting Saudi Vision 2030

Q2.According to Chapter 2, organizations get innovative ideas from different sources of innovation.(4 Marks)

Identify FOUR sources of innovation relevant to your chosen organization

Briefly explain how each source can help generate new ideas in the Saudi context

Q3. Based on Chapter 3, Identify ONE type of innovation your organization should focus on: (2 Marks)

Explain why this type of innovation is suitable for the Saudi market

Give ONE simple example

References (1 Mark)

Cite at least three reputable sources to support your arguments and claims.

Use proper citation formatting.

Formatting and Presentation.

Ensure proper formatting, grammar, and spelling.

Use clear headings and subheadings to organize the content.

Include cover page with your name, student ID and course title.

Directions:

All students are encouraged to use their own words. Avoid copy-paste from internet or AI tools and Focus on understanding and application.

The assignment should be approximately 800-1000 words in length.

Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

Use proper referencing (APA style) to reference, other styles will not be accepted.

Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles unless the assignment calls for more.

It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the safe assignment Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading and review the grading rubric to understand how you will be graded for this assignment.

Restricted –

Do 4 Quarters of Micromatic

Use website in the photo

Week 8: Module 14 Discussion Assignment _ Primary post is due tonight by 11:59pm.

Completion requirementsDue: Monday, March 2, 2026, 11:59 PM

Students will complete the discussion in 12-point, Times New Roman font using APA format, as needed. There must be a minimum of two sources to support primary responses. Students are required to post their primary response (250 word minimum) by tonight at midnight. You must have a minimum of two references to support your answer and in-text citations of those references.

Discussion questions are worth 50 points

Module 14 Discussion: Safety, Health, and Risk Management

Even though the rate of worker deaths and reported injuries has decreased by more than 60% since the inception of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, there are still 3.6 million serious job-related injuries, and more than 5,000 workers killed on the job each year.

As an HR manager at an ophthalmic medicine research lab at a major university, you provide safety guidance for about 400 faculty and staff. These 400 people are actively engaged in research that involves chemicals, sharp tools like scalpels and needles, easily broken glassware, and machinery that cryogenically and deep-freezes biological and chemical materials.

Safety concerns for the lab would include fire and being able to safely extinguish it; proper use of chemicals that follow biohazard rules, use of them in properly vented areas, and careful procedures for use of radioactive materials; safely operating all machinery; and proper use and disposal of sharps, which include needles and syringes, scalpels and the like. Safety and risk management are a large part of your job as the HR manager.

Discussion Prompt

The director of the safety department just approached you to investigate OSHAs resources. Hes looking for a recognition program for workplace safety that would work well for the lab. Particularly, the director is proud of the work his team has done to instill safety into the workplace and wants them to get some official recognition. Using the resources provided to you in this week’s reading material (links: or and or ) and/or outside research, determine which of OSHAs offerings might be best suited to what the director is looking for, and what next steps youd recommend. Write a paragraph or two with your recommendation.

Please follow all guidlines and instructions to answer the assigments

Module 8 Assignment Instructions for Strategic Audit. Company is Pandora Internet Company

In this module, you will finish putting together all the elements of your Strategic Audit (SA) for the Capstone BUS 485A. The SA is the most valuable grading item.

ASSIGNMENT: Submit the complete Strategic Audit with sections V(TOWS) to VIII. Templates are uploaded. Include updated/improved/corrected sections.

Submit also the updated/improved/corrected versions of 5-Y financials, SFAS, TOWS matrix, Pro Forma Income Statements and Implementation, Evaluation and Control Plans in your SA

Exhibit attachment instructions Some exhibits go at the end of your SA (word document) and others are included in the 5-year financials of your case (Excel document).

• Exhibit 3, SFAS, included at the end of your SA
• Exhibit 6, Implementation, Evaluation and Control Plan, included at the end of your SA
• Exhibit 7, TOWS Matrix, included at the end of your SA
• Exhibit 8, Pro Forma Income Statements, included in Excel 5-year financials.

Assignment Submission Procedures

You can do it from Module Eight/Assignment or Course Work/Assignments. Attach both, your complete SA word document and 5-Y Financials Excel file. After attaching your documents, you may add comments to your instructor in the Add Comments field if you wish. Then click the Submit button.

Writing Instructions

Level of detailed discussion and analysis: Your prose needs to be in sufficient detail to demonstrate your business knowledge, critical thinking, and critical analysis abilities. One-line statements do not show nor demonstrate satisfactory business knowledge. Bullets do not show nor demonstrate satisfactory business knowledge. Your writing needs to expand on each point in a paragraph where you discuss and analyze the important elements of that particular SA item. Demonstrate critical thinking, critical analysis, good discussion/analysis for your paragraphs. Make your paragraphs good complete detailed discussion and analysis.. Not one-liners.

Formatting and Admin of the SA: Single space your SA with the appropriate line spacing between parts, sections, and paragraphs. Extra line spacing is a serious detractor. Follow the alphanumeric paragraph structure as in the texts SA and as shown in the SA Paragraphing Structure Template and the Expanded Paragraph View for sections VI, VII, and VIII document. Do not use bullets. Use font size 10-12. Use Portrait page mode for your SA text do not use Landscape page mode for your SA text. Use single space of 1.0 do not use 1.15, nor 1.5.

Use the SA Writing Template in Course Resources.

For Section V(TOWS): Analysis of Strategic Factors:

1. In your Situational Analysis, discuss how the 10 most important Strategic Factors shown in the SFAS could be grouped in the TOWS matrix. Divide them up into paragraphs on Strengths and Opportunities, Strengths and Threats, Weaknesses and Opportunities, and Weaknesses and Threats. Be sure to continue using the same SF tags from the SFAS (S2, W4, T3, O2, etc etc)
2. In your Review of Mission and Objectives, the question here is – are the current mission and objectives good to go or not? And if they need to be changed, what do you recommend they be changed to? See page 38, Appendix 1.A for good analysis questions.

For VI: Strategic Alternatives and Recommended Strategy:

Pay close attention to the content for this section in the SA-WritingTemplate-BUS485B document in Course Resources. It does not follow Appendix 1.A.

In VI.A, there are 3 Strategic Alternatives mutually exclusive: No change alternative, growth alternative and retrenchment alternative.

For each of the three strategic alternatives, you must provide

1. a corporate strategy direction (stability, growth, and retrenchment),
2. appropriate supporting business strategy (competitive or cooperative),
3. and need to identify 3 to 4 supporting functional level strategies (marketing, finance, R&D, operations, purchasing, logistics, HR, IT, etc)
4. describe corporate scenario
5. discuss the Pros and Cons

Discuss in good complete detail each of the 3 levels of strategy in each alternative. Talk about what the Corporate level strategy is about. Talk about what the supporting Business-level strategy is about. Talk about what each supporting functional level strategy is about.

Demonstrate the linkages between each of the 3 levels in each alternatives hierarchy of strategy as you discuss and describe each level of strategy.

Then, discuss in good complete detail each of the 3 strategic alternative corporate scenarios with good reasonable estimations of future performance expressed in $$$.

Then discuss in good complete detail the Pros and Cons for each of the 3 strategic alternatives.

If you follow the suggested organization in the writing template, then youll be sure to do good complete work to construct, analyze, and discuss in detail your 3 strategic alternatives under consideration. Remember, you need to have the hierarchy of strategy, the corporate scenario, and the pros/cons for each of your 3 Strategic Alternatives. Do NOT use the VI.A paragraph structure in the text on page 368.

In VI.B discuss in detail your decision-making process:

First, state your one selected alternative.

Then second, provide a good complete discussion of the decision criteria you used to analyze your 3 alternatives and base your decision on.

Then third, discuss and analyze your 3 alternatives in terms of your decision criteria to show your rationale and justification for your selection. A good complete compare and contrast analysis would be very useful. Be sure to support your decision using your calculations from your 3 pro forma common-size income statements included in your 5-Y Financials for your 3 alternatives.

For VII, Implementation, and VIII, Evaluation and Control:

Organize your discussion and analysis around your ONE recommended Strategic Alternative that you have chosen to implement.

The verbiage in VII and VIII describes the data elements in your Exhibit 6, Implementation, Evaluation and Control Plan. Your Exhibit 6 content that supports VII and VIII should contain the same details about your one recommended Corporate Strategy, supporting Business Strategy, and 3 to 4 supporting Functional Strategies.

Follow all templates and rubric

Assignment Description:

Design and propose an action plan to address the issue of limited access to mental health services in underserved communities across the United States. Your goal is to develop practical strategies that can improve access, raise awareness, and promote mental well-being in these communities.

Assignment Steps:

1. Research and Identify Underserved Communities:
a. Choose a specific underserved community (e.g., rural areas, low-income neighborhoods, minority populations) to focus on.
b. Conduct thorough research to understand the specific mental health challenges and barriers to accessing services faced by the chosen community.

2. Proposal for Stakeholder Collaboration:
a. Identify key stakeholders involved in mental health services (e.g., healthcare providers, community organizations, government agencies).
b. Develop a proposal for collaboration that brings together relevant stakeholders to address the mental health needs of the chosen community.
c. Outline the potential benefits of collaboration and how it can enhance the effectiveness of proposed interventions.

3. Interventions and Strategies:
a. Design a set of practical interventions and strategies to improve access to mental health services in the chosen community.
b. Consider the unique characteristics and challenges of the community when developing these interventions.
c. Include a mix of short-term and long-term strategies, considering both immediate relief and sustainable solutions.

4. Implementation Plan:
a. Create a detailed implementation plan for the proposed interventions.
b. Include timelines, resource requirements, and responsibilities for each stage of the plan.
c. Address potential obstacles and challenges that may arise during the implementation process and propose mitigation strategies.

5. Evaluation and Impact Assessment:
a. Develop a framework to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the proposed interventions.
b. Identify key performance indicators and data collection methods to assess the success of the initiatives.
c. Discuss how the findings from the evaluation can inform future improvements and adjustments to the intervention plan.

• Written Paper – For the written paper you will address your topic of choice in no less than 10 double-spaced pages, not including the title or reference page. You must adhere to all current and use a minimum of 5 scholarly sources in your paper. Your paper must include an introduction and a conclusion and must address all the content areas listed on the attached assignment paper. You may use any of the resources provided during this course, but you are expected to conduct some independent research as well.

For this week’s Assignment, you are going to request funding for a new project from the executive level of your company. Be creative with this assignment but remember your target audience and keep your presentation professional. Create a PowerPoint presentation describing what you need money for and why (a new product line, upgraded computer system, new chairs for the office, etc.). Your executives are concerned with the financial future of the company, so you will need to explain how this expenditure will benefit the company overall. Include a budget and a timeline. While the numbers are fictitious, you need to provide valid justifications for your requests, so provide research that supports your request. The executives of every company have a duty to the stockholders/investors, so your justification are critical.

Your presentation should be at least 7 slides but no more than 14 (not counting title and reference slide). Include notes on each slide with a dialogue of what you would say while you were presenting. You could also choose to dictate each slide if you prefer. This is essential to a complete proposal.

You are allowed to use graphics on your slides but be sure to cite your open sources. You may also use AI to create a graphic but also must cite this source.

Make sure to include a reference page using APA format!

PLS FOLLOW THE INSTURCTIONS AND KEEP AWARE WITH NUMBER OF WORD REQ ALSO THE REFERENCE