Students will support their understanding of pay-structure design by creating three complete job descriptions that include pay structures: one for incentive pay, one for traditional pay, and one for person-focused pay. These can be developed for an organization the student is familiar with or a fictitious organization. Each description will be no more than two pages in length, double-spaced, and presented in a business-oriented document. For each, include a job title, a description of the organization, a brief summary of the job, a bullet-point list of essential job tasks, a brief description of the context of the job, a bullet-point list of key knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the position, and pay considerations in the context of pay-structure design.
Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press. (ISBN: 9781422158005
Researching job descriptions
Please refer to the BAM 450 research starter for resources about job descriptions from the library. Use the keyword section to alter your keywords and explore the databases for articles regarding trends in human resources.Here is an example of a search to get you started:“writing job descriptions”Examples of job descriptions can also be found from private company websites as they advertise for new positions.If you need additional research help or have any questions, please use the Ask a Librarian service.
Article: “Lessons Learned from Managing the Design of the ‘Water Cube’ National Swimming Centre for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games”
Use the Water Cube project article as the context for this Assignment, and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan Template as your guide. Complete Sections E and F of your Stakeholder Engagement Plan. The requirements for the content and length of each section are provided in the template.
Explain how project changes will be managed for the project
Explain how project changes will be communicated to the project stakeholders
Describe ways in which conflict among project stakeholders can be handled
References:
Project Management Institute. (2017). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Sixth edition. Newtown Square, PA: Author.
Zou, P. X. W., & Leslie-Carter, R. (2010). Lessons learned from managing the design of the ‘Water Cube’ National Swimming Centre for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 6(3), 175–188.
Topic: the Cost of Pharmaceuticals (outline needed only)
Second, provide your research paper with the following OUTLINE (Your final paper assignment should include a detail explanation of this outline):
a. Introduction -Your introduction should give a brief overview of the topic you are going to discuss. The last sentence of your introduction section should be your thesis statement. Your thesis statement should start with – The purpose of this paper is to…..
b. Body of paper – The body of your paper should organize how you plan to address each required section of the paper. Each supporting item is then broken down into smaller supporting items.
Why is this issue a concern from a health care economics perspective?
Who are the major parties involved in this issue?
Which market forces have an impact on this issue?
How is demand illustrated in this issue?
How is supply illustrated in this issue?
How has the affordable care act impacted this issue?
How are health disparities demonstrated in this issue?
How has this issue been improved in other global markets?
What is your recommendation for making improvements based on economic principles.
c. Conclusion – The conclusion of your paper should summarize your thesis statement and the supporting items discussed in your paper. In this outline, please indicate what you expect the finding to be.
d. References – Provide list of five (5) bibliographic references (using APA format). Your final research paper will require seven (7) bibliographic references. (You may use your textbook as a reference and you should have a minimum of 6 academic outside references including 3 peer-reviewed journal articles
Your response should be an essay which is at least 3 paragraphs long. Your evidence should consist mainly of quotations from the essay, and your analysis and evaluation of those quotations.
Your thesis should probably be that the essay is 1) effective, 2) ineffective, or 3) partially effective in convincing the reader that the author’s world view is correct. You should follow this with a plan of development, laying out your arguments.
I wouldn’t worry about a hook, or a long summary at the end of the essay. While I often encourage synthesis, please DO NOT relate any long stories about your life in your response. That would miss the point of the question and get you a poor grade.
Anecdotes are given to prove that the author has experience with what she is writing about, examples include are rampant. Her hook was used not only to pull the reader in, but show that she had experience with communicative applications:
“Last Sunday, I spent a lazy afternoon with my boyfriend. We chatted while I made brunch, discussed the books we were reading, laughed at some cat pictures and then settled down with dinner, before bidding each other good night. We did all of this despite living over 3,000 miles apart.”
After establishing this, she goes into more specific experience to demonstrate to the reader that it was not just one experience, but there were multiple. This was done so that the reader would find her credible and knowledgeable in this particular area.
“I prefer to use applications that already figure into my daily routine, like Google’s instant-messaging application, Gchat, as well as Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. This way, we can talk about travel plans while I’m waiting for the train or talk about what he’s making for dinner while I’m at work.”
This is all in the context of her relationship with a partner that is over 3,000 miles away. Meaning it is almost impossible to communicate with him face to face. Moreover, it is only possible to communicate with him due to these messaging and social apps.
Authorities
In addition to the pathos/emotional appeal to the readers through her personal anecdotes to increase credibility, she provides a logos/logical appeal to further prove her credibility and persuade readers that social applications do positively impact interpersonal relations.
A couple of notable examples are found when she is explaining the business side of dating applications:
” The original HowAboutWe dating service was started in 2010 and has attracted two million users to date. But it had a business-model problem, said Aaron Schildkrout, one of the founders of HowAboutWe. The site lost users — and potential customers — once they were in a relationship. “The couples market is huge,” he said. He and his business partner were getting feedback from “couples who had met on the service but couldn’t use it anymore” and decided to build an application “to facilitate communication and interaction.”The new You & Me application lets two people send photographs and voice messages and play a selfie-exchanging game called “Halfsie.”
By explaining that the actual intent it to facilitate communication when they have already chosen a partner, prevents the reader from making the assumption(from more emotional roots) that the app developers are merely trying to make money. And because she chose to do this from a logical perspective, it persuades her readers of her main point, that applications can improve/ have a positive impact on interpersonal communications.
Contrast
The last major method of persuasion that the author utilizes is contrast. This contrast is achieved by differentiating assumptions that are made about applications like this, as well as people who debate that these apps have a negative affect from the reality of it. This is done with Turkle’s argument and the preceding rebuttal of it:
Sherry Turkle, the author of “Alone Together,” says she believes that using an application in place of real-world, face-to-face interactions is having a detrimental effect on how we prioritize offline communication and, potentially, on our ability to interact even when we aren’t relying on technology as a mediator. “We’ve given ourselves something so gratifying that we can forget other ways we can communicate,” she said. “What starts out being better than nothing becomes better than anything.”Ms. Turkle, who is researching the impact of technology on communication, said technology-saturated types could “forget what a face-to-face interaction can do.” She says she is not opposed to messaging applications, but she cautions that their most frequent users should be aware of the potential impact.In my experience, however, I’ve found the opposite to be true, especially as more and more of my daily interactions with friends, colleagues and family happen through a screen. If anything, the pervasiveness of technology in my life has heightened my desire for actual one-on-one meetings.Anyone who spends much time online and on a smartphone knows that it’s no substitute for the real thing — it’s just an appetizer that can delight and satisfy until the main course arrives. But that satisfaction is real.Although I am using a vast array of apps to deal with a real challenge — trying to date someone who lives on a different continent — they still hold their appeal when that distance is erased. Even when we’re both in the same city for an extended time, we still use them, albeit to a lesser degree and not to the detriment of spending actual time together.In many cases, adding the Internet to the mix can strengthen a relationship over all, because online interactions have their own kind of entertaining rapport that can coexist with their offline counterparts.
In conclusion, Wortham’s article is compelling and persuasive that social communicative apps have a positive affect on interpersonal communication by using anecdotal evidence, authorities, and contrast.
**Please give me the introduction asap, the rest I’ll get at the deadline; thank you!**
**You can choose the famous person of your choosing but I’ll need to know who you choose asap so that I can get the teachers approval**
This project will be a 6–8 page paper in APA format. You will select a famous person (by reading a biography or viewing a movie)(e.g., Sylvia Plath, Antwone Fisher, etc.) to complete a case study and a diagnosis. The person cannot be fictitious, such as Forest Gump or Mary Poppins, although the person could be an actor in a film (course learning outcome 4)
This assignment in no way suggests that you have the education or training to complete such a task in the real world. Moreover, it does not imply that your chosen person truly has the diagnosis and/or has consented to treatment. You must include a disclaimer on your cover page to demonstrate an awareness of ethical practice. You must include citations from your professional references from the UMUC library (not Wikipedia).
Please provide the following in your paper:
* Cover sheet: Provide the ethical disclaimer here.
* Background information: Give the background information of your subject (age, culture, gender, history, etc.). Discuss relevant socio-cultural aspects of his or her life—for example, possible historical influences (e.g., World War II, 1950’s, 1960’s era, etc.). Discuss these with a focus on etiology of diagnosis.
* Diagnostic information: Provide a possible diagnosis out of all the diagnoses (using books and journals for reference).
* Compare and contrast of at least two theoretical orientations: Find at least two empirical supports for your diagnosis and evaluate them against each other (find these in professional journals from the UMUC library).
* Summary and conclusions: Here, provide a synthesis of data and your conclusions based on a close analysis of the case.
You can find the grading rubric in the syllabus.
In your introduction, make sure you include an ethical disclaimer(per the syllabus). For the ethical disclaimer for Paper 2: The Famous Person Diagnostic assignment, please read the following:
You are required to write your own individual ethical disclaimer at the beginning of your paper to demonstrate an awareness of ethical practice. For example, your ethical disclaimer could begin with the following: “As a psychology student, I do not have the expertise to analyze the character for this assignment. This assignment in no way suggests that I have the education or training to complete such a task in the real world. Moreover, it does not imply that my chosen person truly has the diagnosis and/or has consented to treatment.” Your ethical disclaimer should consist of at least 3 to 4 sentences.
