Discuss why communication skills are important to organizational success
Communication
Discuss why communication skills are important to organizational success and why recruiters focus so much on finding leads with good communication skills. What happens when there are problems with communications in the workplace (re-work, low morale, product delays, dissatisfied customers, etc.)? Use at least one resource to support your key points.
In your introduction, explain whether you think the gender gap is a women’s issue, men’s issue, or both. Explain your response and reasoning within your introduction.
Then, divide the body of your paper using the headers below, and cover in that section what is indicated under the header.
Closing the Gap
Explain why the gender gap continues to be an issue in our society and what can be done to help close this gap in terms of opportunities and pay.
Legal Provisions
Identify legal provisions that are in place for addressing the gender gap. Hypothesize why legal provisions have not been successful in closing the gap. Discuss how ethics may play a role in future changes.
Recruitment Planning
Explain what human resource professionals should consider when planning compensation and pay during recruitment planning.
Support your essay with a minimum of two resources from the CSU Online Library. Your essay must be at least two pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages. Adhere to APA style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.
Answer two of the following questions, and respond to at least one other student’s post afterward for a total of at least 400 words. This assignment is due by Sunday, August 23rd, at 11:59PM.
1. In Chapter 4, Sternheimer discusses the concerns about technology raised by the communications scholar Neil Postman, who was fond of saying “technology giveth and taketh away.” What were Postman’s main concerns about technology’s impact on our ability to think? According to Sternheimer, in what ways was Postman “partly right“? Given that she was writing in 2013, does her argument (and/or Postman’s) hold up in 2020? In your mind, what has the internet age done to our critical thinking skills, especially in regards to our current pandemic?
2. Discuss some of the scientific studies on television that have been conducted over the years. What were some of their key findings, and what seem to be some of their insights and limitations? Specifically, what links do these studies find between ADHD (and even autism) and television? Do we see similar issues surrounding internet access?
3. What problems does Sternheimer find with linking media to violence, and what approaches does she suggest as an alternative? What role might media play in making the public think that violence (and youth violence in particular) may be more common than it appears? (Think about current media coverage of “rioting” for example). Finally, what factors does Sternheimer suggest are better indicators for violence?
4. How has the media approached the relationship between violence and video games, particularly since the Columbine massacre in the 1990s? What issues does Sternheimer find with the argument that children are prone to imitating media violence? Finally, consider the followingnews report (Links to an external site.)
Minimize Videoon a crime blamed on Grand Theft Auto. Is this another example of media hysteria surrounding video games, or do you believe such games require closer scrutiny?
Note: In order to encourage earlier rather than later in the week postings to the discussion board, students who post at least 100 words (either as one or multiple postings) to the discussion board by midnight Wednesday each week will receive 5 points of extra credit added to their weekly point total. No partial credit will be given for early postings totaling less than 100 words.
Signature Assignment: Analyze the Impact of a Current Social Problem on Individuals, Families, and Communities
This final assignment will be one that culminates the learning of this course and will be built on the previous assignments. Because of this, it is important to integrate the feedback you are receiving from your professor into this assignment.
For your Signature Assignment, analyze the impact of a current problem on individuals, families, and communities. In your analysis, please work on the problem/issue you began addressing in Week 1. Identify the problem/issue and what area(s) you think might be the greatest challenge to you based on the social issue/problem selected. Next, identify the social work values and ethics that you might need to address; identify elements of micro, mezzo, and macro dimensions that can be utilized in addressing the social problem/issue you identified as well as the practice skills that are needed for each dimension. Then, identify your chosen problem/issue within the context of social welfare and identify particular welfare systems or agencies that could best help the individual/family who may be experiencing the social problem/issue. Lastly, provide your own takeaway about how you as a social worker would advocate for an individual or family presented with this social problem/issue.
For this final project, your analysis must include the following:
Provide an overview of the social problem/issue you have identified.
Review the practice knowledge, planned change process, and level(s) of dimensions that inform you of the systems that influence the individual and/or family in the problem you are addressing. Please note that dimensions can overlap, so it is important to identify this and how they overlap concerning the problem you are presenting and the practice skills that are needed to address each of the systems of micro, mezzo, and macro practice.
Explain how the problem can be addressed within the social welfare system and explain which social welfare system would be most helpful.
Conclude by indicating how you as a future Master Social Worker would advocate on behalf of the family or individual (e.g., what would you advocate for, what dimension (level of practice) would you advocate at (micro, mezzo, or macro), and what your advocacy would entail).
Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.
Length: 10-12 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect graduate-level writing and APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.
Compare the physical assessment of a child to that of an adult. In addition to describing the similar/different aspects of the physical assessment, explain how the nurse would offer instruction during the assessment, how communication would be adapted to offer explanations, and what strategies the nurse would use to encourage engagement.
