Develop a plan that is aligned with the mission statement, the organization’s processes, and any specific assumptions about the culture of the organization and human resource systems.

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In this assignment, you will develop a talent management plan for the company in the following scenario.

Review the following scenario:

You work in the human resource department of an electric power company in the southwestern region of the U.S. The company was founded in 1940. It has an excellent reputation as a provider of electricity, an outstanding corporate citizen, and an excellent place to work. It has been ranked among the top three employers in the community for several years.

The company’s mission is to serve customer’s needs for electric power in ways that provide exceptional value to all stakeholders including customers, shareholders, employees, and the communities in which it operates.

Its values include providing a safe work environment; ensuring fairness and respect for customers, employees, shareholders, and partners; honoring commitments to use resources wisely; providing a high quality of work life for its employees; striving for excellence; and having fun.

Given its long history, many of the company’s current employees are children and, in some cases, grandchildren of former employees. Thus, there are close family ties to the company as well as a sense of loyalty.

However, over the years, technological advancements in the power generation business have resulted in jobs being either redesigned or eliminated. For example, in the past, the company had many employees who read meters that showed the amount of electricity used by households. Meter readers traveled from house to house each month to log the information for billing purposes. Now, meters are read automatically and data are transferred to the billing department via computer. This technological advancement has eliminated the need for many employees who were required to resign, be laid off, or be retrained for other positions in the company.

The company faces a challenge as it strives to maintain its reputation as an excellent employer in the community and yet leverage advances in technology to help it increase efficiency and remain competitive.

Directions:

Given this scenario, develop a talent management plan for this company. Complete the following in your talent management plan:

  • Develop a plan that is aligned with the mission statement, the organization’s processes, and any specific assumptions about the culture of the organization and human resource systems.
  • Identify any financial implications and/or constraints.
  • Identify the gaps in the organization’s current management talent. Make sure you identify gaps in the depth and breadth of management talent and use all factors of the human resource system.
  • Propose and describe in detail 2–3 interventions that would help mitigate those gaps. Make sure you justify your ideas with scholarly research.
  • Develop a plan to counsel out or otherwise redirect individuals who have served the organization well, but are inappropriate for further promotion.
  • Justify the effectiveness of the talent management plan for this company.

Be sure to write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Write a 6–8-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.

Develop an HR Scorecard table for your selected company. Include the four (4) dimensions (i.e., financial, customer service, internal process, and learning / growth / sustainability)

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You made it! You received your master’s degree in Human Resource Management, and now it’s time for you to start seeking career opportunities. At this point, you may be a little confused as to what areas you should focus on in HR since your experience may be limited. Imagine that a friend shares with you that he/she has a small but rapidly growing business which is in need of an HR department. He has asked you to be the HR Manager. Your friend mentioned that he / she previously worked with an HR consultant, but now has close to 100 employees with no definite, dedicated HR department, and really needs your assistance. Although you are nervous, you realize that it’s now time for you to show your skills and put all your years of studying into action.

Select an existing small company in an industry you are familiar with to be the basis of the small business in this case. Review the company’s structure, culture, business strategy, mission, and vision.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: The reference and title page is NOT included 

  1. Provide a brief summary, in your own words, of your selected company’s overall business strategy. Next, determine the direction you visualize the company growing within the next five (5) to ten (10) years.  Hint: Review the common business strategies of Cost Leadership, Differentiation and Focus or Niche on p. 50 of your text.
  2. Design a human resource management strategy to support your selected company’s business strategy. Explain the competitive advantage of your HRM strategy. Hint: Review the following common human resource management strategies of Loyal Soldier, Bargain Laborer, Committed Expert and Free Agent from previous courses.
  3. Develop an HR Scorecard table for your selected company. Include the four (4) dimensions (i.e., financial, customer service, internal process, and learning / growth / sustainability). Next, assess the value of your proposal to the small business in each of these dimensions.  Hint: Review the video titled “Building the Human Resources Performance Measurement Scorecard” (4 min 1 s) located at  for additional guidance in creating an HR Scorecard.
  4. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment from within the past five (5) years. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
  5. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
  • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

Create a timeline in which you note between twenty and twenty-five events andindividuals relating to this theme.

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Project 3

Evaluation 33

American History 2

SSTH 034 060

Be sure to include ALLpages of this project (including the directions and the assignment) when yousend the project to your teacher for grading. Don’t forget to put yourname and I.D. number at the top of this page!

This project will count for 13% of your overall grade forthis course. Be sure to read all the instructions and assemble all thenecessary materials before you begin.

Historic Theme

In this project, you will trace the development of a themein American history from the Gilded Age through the twentieth-first century.Create a timeline in which you note between twenty and twenty-five events andindividuals relating to this theme. How did the theme affect American society?How had the United States changed?

Choose one of the following themes:

· Native Americans’ situation in the United States

· women’s roles in society

· immigration

· environmental protection

· the development of technology

· economic expansion

· the changing role of the United States in foreignrelations

There are one hundred points possible on this project. Youwill be responsible for:

· Key events that affected development of thetheme. (20 points possible)

· Actions of key leaders and figures. (20 points possible)

· The importance and significance of each eventand person in your timeline. (25 pointspossible)

· The impact of the theme you are discussing onAmerican history. (25 points possible)

· Proper convention and presentation. Yourtimeline should be free of spelling errors. Use proper grammar, punctuation,and capitalization, as well as complete sentences if they are appropriate. Theoutline/layout you use is up to you, but the project must be clearly andlogically organized. Items in your timeline should appear connected todemonstrate change over time, but they should not appear cluttered. Theelements you use (which may include headings, different fonts, bullets, images,text, etc.) should be effectively integrated with white space to make yourtimeline easy to understand. (10 points possible)

You may use any of these threeoptions to create and submit Project 3:

· To submityour project as a text file, type it in the space provided at the end ofthis project assignment document (scroll down). Save the document asSSTH034060_yournamehere_Project3.doc and submit it with your course managementsystem.

· To submityour project as a PowerPoint presentation, you will need to create aPowerPoint presentation that meets all of the project’s requirements. Yourtimeline should be between fifteenand twenty-five slides in length.Headings should be easy to identify, and all text, including bulleted lists,should be easy to read.

If you design aPOWERPOINT PRESENTATION that is LESS THAN 5 MG, save your presentation as SSTH034060_yournamehere_Project3.ppt.Submit it with your course management system.

If you design a POWERPOINTPRESENTATION that is LARGER THAN 5 MG, you will need to use the UNHSDropbox. For directions on how to use the Dropbox, go to the homepage of yourcourse management system and click the DROPBOX link in the navigation panel. Ifyou use the Dropbox, it will give you a URL. Paste the URL into the spaceprovided at the end of this document (scroll down). Save this document as SSTH034060_yournamehere_Project3.docand submit it with your course management system.

· To submityour project as a website, paste the URL for your site into the spaceprovided at the end of this project assignment (scroll down).Save this document asSSTH034060_yournamehere_Project3.doc and submit it with your course managementsystem.

Create a Wage and Hour standard for the job opportunity that you had selected in Assignment 2, and support your standard by using the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Equal Pay Act to prevent any potential discriminatory impact.

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It is your responsibility as the HR Director of the same organization from Assignment 2 to a) create policies regarding pay and benefits for the selected job opportunity, and b) develop methods for both addressing unionization and implementing OSHA regulations. You will present your findings to the Vice President of Human Resources for approval.

In preparation for this assignment, review the following articles on contractors vs. employees and temp workers:

  • Bier, Ellin & Tucker: Distinguishing Between Independent Contractors and Employees
  • Murray: Difference Between Independent Contractors and Employees
  • “The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed”

Create a PowerPoint presentation with fifteen (15) slides in which you:

  1. Create a Wage and Hour standard for the job opportunity that you had selected in Assignment 2, and support your standard by using the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Equal Pay Act to prevent any potential discriminatory impact.
  2. Decide on three (3) benefits required for the job opportunity using ERISA. Propose two (2) methods that the employer can use in order to manage the fiduciary duties wisely and with the employees’ best interests in mind. Provide a rationale for your response.
  3. Elaborate on two (2) rights regarding unionization that Section 7 of the NLRA guarantees. Next, examine two (2) unfair labor practices, and argue the importance of your organization refraining from using such practices during any self-organization and collective bargaining activities. Explore two (2) potential repercussions of an organization’s interference with self-organization and collective bargaining practices.
  4. Propose three (3) ways to discourage employees from considering unionization. Then, compose one (1) strategy for championing a supportive and satisfying work environment within the organization.
  5. Select one (1) OSHA violation case, and determine whether the resulting penalties were sufficient to deter the organization in question from repeating the same violative action. Justify your response.
  6. Outline a plan for investigating workplace injuries, and formulate a policy that explains the process for filing a worker’s compensation claim within the selected organization.
  7. Narrate each slide, using a microphone, and indicate what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience.
  8. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from eighteen (18) feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.

What are the new marketing challenges you face? Based on the material covered in this chapter, use the 4 Ps of marketing to make a preliminary marketing plan.

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Margo Switches Coasts

For 17 years Margo Williams owned a jewelry store called Margo’s Diamond Mine near the naval base in San Diego. The large majority of her customers were sailors and their families and her most successful items were wedding rings, inexpensive necklaces, and low-priced brand-name watches. Because her customers were often stretching their finances to make what they felt was a major purchase, Margo’s store provided lay-away plans that allowed her clients to pay for items over time.

Margo’s mother, who lived in Ft. Lauderdale, recently became ill, so Margo decided it was time to close the store in San Diego and relocate both her home and business to Florida. She found a vacant store at a reasonable price in a small upscale strip mall in which the other businesses included an expensive dress shop, a gourmet food store, and a craft outlet. The surrounding area consisted mostly of high-end condominium developments which catered to retirees and people who spent about half the year in Florida.

Margo knows the jewelry business, including how to value items she takes on trade-ins, which suppliers are best to work with, and how to design and manage a store. Although she doesn’t know her new Florida market very well, some issues are clear:

  • The new market is older, wealthier, and includes many retired people.
  • People appear to wear much more expensive items.
  • The existing competition consists of two well-known chain jewelry stores that aim their products at middle-income markets.

• Advertising and promotion tend to be concentrated in newspapers and pennysavers.

Margo was not sure she wanted to use the Margo’s Diamond Mine name in this new market and she really did not know how to go about designing a marketing and promotion plan for the Florida market. To get started, Margo focused on two issues. First, she wanted a preliminary plan that would address—as best she could—the new marketing challenge she faces. Second, she wanted to research background information so she could refine her preliminary marketing plan.

Case exercise:

You are Margo. What are the new marketing challenges you face? Based on the material covered in this chapter, use the 4 Ps of marketing to make a preliminary marketing plan.

Review the information in the Learning Resources, including this week’s media presentation, focusing on the development of performance metrics for a strategic plan.

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Discussion: Developing a Balanced Scorecard

How does a group gauge whether the strategic changes they implement are creating sound business results?

The effective use of a balanced scorecard can facilitate alignment between strategic initiatives and day-to-day operations. The balanced scorecard may serve as a valuable tool for monitoring progress and assessing the outcomes of a strategic plan and provide a practical means of communication.

In this Discussion, you examine the use of a balanced scorecard to measure performance related to finances, customer/client satisfaction, internal processes, and learning and growth.

To prepare:

  • Review the information in the Learning Resources, including this week’s media presentation, focusing on the development of performance metrics for a strategic plan. See Figure 8-6: Design your Balanced Scorecard in the Sare and Ogilvie course text.
  • With your Course Project in mind, think about how you would develop a balanced scorecard to measure performance, including the processes you would use to gather appropriate data.
  • Consider how the use of a balanced scorecard reflects the importance of being able to evaluate progress, assess the impact of planned change on performance, and determine if the costs are justified in terms of the outcomes.

By Day 3

Post an explanation of your plan for creating a balanced scorecard as part of your Course Project, including the processes you would use to gather data to measure performance. Explain how the use of this balanced scorecard would enable you to evaluate progress, assess the impact of your proposed change, and determine if the costs are justified in terms of the outcomes.

optional resources

https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201930_27/MS_NURS/NURS_6241/readings/NURS_6241_Week08_fieldsCohen.pdf

https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201930_27/MS_NURS/NURS_6241/readings/NURS_6241_Week08_groene.pdf

https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201930_27/MS_NURS/NURS_6241/readings/NURS_6241_Week08_jeffs.pdf

Kollberg, B., & Elg, M. (2011). The practice of the balanced scorecard in health care services.International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 60(5), 427–445.

Lupi, S., Verzola, A., Carandina, G., Salani, M., Antonioli, P., & Gregorio, P. (2011). Multidimensional evaluation of performance with experimental application of balanced scorecard: A two year experience. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 9(1), 7.

http://www.balancedscorecard.org/BSCResources/AbouttheBalancedScorecard/tabid/55/Default.aspx

http://www.ruralcenter.org/sites/default/files/Final%20BSC%20Manual%2010.18F.pdf

http://sunnybrook.ca/scorecard/index.asp#sr

http://tsh.to/pages/Balanced-Score-Card

How would you describe and interpret the turning point or epiphany in “Sonny’s Blues”

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Your initial post is due by midnight (11:59 PM) on Thursday and your response to your peers is due on Friday (by 11:59 PM) . You must write at least 400 words on James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”After you finish writing your response make sure to write an original title that captures the main idea you are focusing on. You want to avoid having a generic title like ‘Discussion of “Sonny’s Blues”‘.Except for the first bullet point, you can address the rest in any order you choose.Your response should not be in the form of a numbered list: use the prompts below to write at least three paragraphs incorporating the prompts into your response. In one or two sentences state yourgeneral impression of “Sonny’s Blues”, describing what you interpret to be the story’s main theme (or central idea). Plot is not just the events that happen in a story, rather it is the way the writer sequences and paces the events so as to shape our responses and interpretations. How does Baldwin use sequencing (the order in which events are related) to develop the situation, point-of-view or key ideas you think the story is trying to represent)? All plots hinge on at least one conflict. What conflictsdrive the plot of “Sonny’s Blues”? Most stories move towards a turning point (a discovery or new insight) or an epiphany(a sudden revelation of truth). How would you describe and interpret the turning point or epiphany in “Sonny’s Blues”? Somewhere in your response interpret a description of aninnerorpsychological state. Baldwin is considered one of the masters of describing the inner life of characters. Read Baldwin’s essay “The Creative Process”. What aspects of that essay do you see reflected in “Sonny’s Blues”?

What factors are important in understanding this decision situation? What are the possible alternatives? Fully describe at least two.

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Have you noticed how many new flavors of Oreo cookies now exist at your favorite store? While reviewing viral videos and social media sites, Oreo comes up with new and unique ways to experiment with eating its cookie. Ultimately, this type of promotion helps them personally sell its new products.

Consider what you have learned about Oreo from this case study and how it has developed a new Snack Hack social media campaign along with a Vine content area with six second videos to connect with Oreo fans. Read how Oreo has developed a new Web promotion with a video series of top food innovators posting their new creative Oreo recipes.

What are your thoughts about using social media to engage customers? How should Oreo continue to engage customers, and how could it convert the social media excitement into potential product and revenue growth?

After you have read through the entire case study, post your responses to each of the questions below. For your answer to the third question, you should include a full discussion of at least two possible alternatives. For your response to the fourth and fifth question, respond as those you are the marketing manager of this company.

  1. What is the decision facing Oreo?
  2. What factors are important in understanding this decision situation?
  3. What are the possible alternatives? Fully describe at least two.
  4. Pretend you are the marketing manager at Oreo. What decision(s) do you recommend?
  5. What are some ways to implement your recommendation?

Develop an employee compensation and benefits package for this new position. Support your ideas for the compensation/benefits package.

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Assignment 5: Employee Compensation and Benefits

Due Week 10 and worth 250 points

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a narrative and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit two (2) sections for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for.

Imagine that you have just been hired by a new company as the director of the HR department. You have been tasked to hire a new secretary for the department and to develop an employee compensation and benefits package that will be used for that position upon hire. Develop a PowerPoint presentation to present this information to your Vice President. Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Website, located at www.bls.gov, for information regarding organizations and pay in your geographical area.

Section 1: Narrative

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Choose the type of organization for which you are designing the package.
  2. Develop an employee compensation and benefits package for this new position. Support your ideas for the compensation/benefits package.
  3. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Section 1 of your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Section 2: Presentation

Create a twenty (20) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

4. Provide an overview of the employee compensation and benefits package that you developed in the narrative portion of this assignment.

5. Determine if the employee will be exempt or nonexempt and discuss how overtime will be handled.

6. Suggest other benefits that might be considered within the next few months to enhance employee performance and provide job motivation.

7. Provide information on how government regulations will influence the compensation.

8. Examine data from two (2) organizations listed in the BLS Website with packages similar to yours, focusing on salary, compensation, and benefits in order to convince upper management that your package should be accepted and implemented.

9. Describe how the competitive compensation and benefits package will align with the HRM strategy.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Design training and development systems to improve employee performance.
  • Develop competitive compensation and benefits packages that align with HRM strategy.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic human resource development.
  • Write clearly and concisely about strategic human resource development using proper writing mechanics.

What did the landmark Bakke v. Regents case conclude? Click here to read the case.  What was the basis for the conclusion? 

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Points Possible:   200

Points Earned: 0

Deliverable Length:   6 to 7 pages excluding cover and reference pages

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Diversity Training Manual: Part IV

As the new manager of human resources, you are preparing the next section of the diversity training manual, which focuses on making supervisors more aware and sensitive to religious discrimination issues.

This section of the training manual should include the following information:

  • Give an explanation of the Civil Rights Act, Title VII 1964 legislation, dealing specifically with the meaning of reasonable accommodation for religious practices.
    • Click here to read the Civil Rights, Title VII 1964 legislation.
  • For each of the 3 religious groups listed, describe and explain the following:
    • Include at least 2 religious practices that could easily be accommodated by management without any hardship for the company.
    • Include at least 2 practices that would be difficult to accommodate.

The 3 religious groups you will be examining are as follows:

  • Orthodox Jewish
  • Hindu
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Part V:As the human resources manager, you are now ready to complete your diversity training manual to be used for training and sensitizing your employees on diversity issues. This final section will cover actual legislation. You would like your employees to not only be aware of issues dealing with discrimination that may not be addressed in legislation (the moral component) but to be knowledgeable of the seriousness of the discriminatory practices that have been made into law.

Affirmative Action is one of the most contentious issues; its intent and the discriminatory result of applying it in practice has become a major issue in today’s workforce.

Using this Web site (or any others you find), write a paper of 4-6 pages that will summarize the following points and become part of the training manual:

  • What is Affirmative Action?
  • What was the initial intent of Affirmative-Action legislation?
  • What did the landmark Bakke v. Regents case conclude? Click here to read the case.
  • What was the basis for the conclusion?
  • What are the positive and negative results of Affirmative Action legislation?
  • In your evaluation, is Affirmative Action legislation is still appropriate?

References

Ball, H. (2000). The Bakke case. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. Retrieved from http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/pos334/archive/ball.htmCivil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (1964). Retrieved from http://finduslaw.com/civil-rights-act-1964-cra-title-vii-equal-employment-opportunities-42-us-code-chapter-21University of California Regents v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978). Retrieved from the FindLaw Web site: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=438&invol=265

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

  1. TITLE PAGE. Remember the Running head: AND TITLE IN ALL CAPITALS
  2. ABSTRACT. A summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third person voice.
  3. BODY. The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The type face should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 4-6 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
  4. REFERENCE PAGE. References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper and lower case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference Page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

Individual Project will be graded based upon the rubric provided here.

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Individual Project Rubric

Grading Criteria

Percentage

Deliverable requirements addressed; understanding of material and writer’s message and intent are clear.

35%

Scholarly research supports the writer’s position and is properly acknowledged, and cited direct quotations may not exceed 10% of the word count of the body of the assignment deliverable (excluding title page, abstract, table of contents, tables, exhibits, appendices, and reference pages). Inclusion of plagiarized content will not be tolerated and may result in adverse academic consequences.

20%

Critical thinking: Position is well-justified, there is logical flow, and there are examples.

20%

Structure: Includes introduction and conclusion, proper paragraph format, and reads as a polished, academic paper or professional presentation, as appropriate for the required assignment deliverable.

10%

Mechanical: No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors.

10%

APA: Deliverable is cited properly according to the APA Publication Manual (6th ed.).

5%

Instructor’s Comments:

An Example of Week 5 IP will be in the Learning Materials for Week 5