What does the learning in your ideal environment look like? What kinds of assignments exist in your ideal learning environment?

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Read the following excerpt:

“He emerged into the strangest-looking classroom he had ever seen. In fact, it didn’t look like a classroom at all, more like a cross between someone’s attic and an old-fashioned tea shop. At least twenty small, circular tables were crammed inside it, all surrounded by chintz armchairs and fat little poufs. Everything was lit with a dim, crimson light; the curtains at the windows were all closed, and the many lamps were draped with red scarves. It was stiflingly warm, and the fire that was burning under the crowded mantelpiece was giving off a heavy, sickly sort of perfume as it heated a large copper kettle. The shelves running around the circular walls were crammed with dusty-looking feathers, stubs of candles, many packs of tattered playing cards, countless silvery crystal balls, and a huge array of teacups.” (J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (New York: Scholastic Press, 1999), p. 101.)

Above is the description of a fictitious classroom from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In the passage, Rowling describes a classroom which is full of possibilities, personalization, and purpose. She highlights key elements of that classrooms culture – the items that line the shelves, the color and temperature of the room, and the size of the tables – and focuses the reader on this new way that learning is about the take place.

We all have a different perspective on what makes a great place to learn. There is no such thing as a perfect classroom but there is great value in thinking about, and sharing, your perspective on what your ideal learning environment would be like.

Instructions

Using our resources in this unit, write three paragraphs to answer the following question:

What is your ideal learning environment like?

You must include:

  1. One paragraph on the relationship to the Park University LE Competencies. Choose at least two competencies of the six to incorporate.
  2. Two paragraphs that answer at least two of the following questions. (NOTE: Not all questions have to be answered)
    • What are the surface cultural elements of your learning environment? What kinds of things are around you?
    • What are the deep cultural elements of your ideal learning environment? What do people talk about? What do they think about? How do your peers act?
    • What does the learning in your ideal environment look like?
    • What kinds of assignments exist in your ideal learning environment?
    • What kinds of things do faculty do in your ideal learning environment? What kinds of  support is given or received?

Who is the probable intended audience(s) for the television show you are analyzing? What factors contribute to your awareness of audience?

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This assignment asks you to become a cultural critic by applying some of the concepts of cultural analysis to contemporary mass media. Your sampling of mass media will be a short portion of prime time commercial television. To complete this assignment you will select at least a half hour of television to analyze carefully. Take notes while watching with the prompts below in mind. Your analysis will focus on the representations of women in these cultural artifacts.

Your analysis will emerge out of your reflections about and responses to the prompts below. You will submit your work as a series of numbered responses to the prompts below in the discussion board (accompanying a speech video). While this assignment does not require you to write a formal essay, your responses should be carefully and thoughtfully written. Remember to incorporate specific examples from the TV program you watched to illustrate your analysis.

Discussion Prompts:

  1. Who is the probable intended audience(s) for the television show you are analyzing? What factors contribute to your awareness of audience? Consider not only gender but also age, race/ethnicity, geographic location, etc.
  2. Is there a relationship between the plot/action/narrative of the television show and the commercials that accompany it? To the target audience(s)? Explain. 1) Do the women who appear differ from one another, and if so, how? What is the relative frequency of women by age? By race/ethnicity? Are women (or anyone else) represented who are differently abled? According to dominant cultural ideals of beauty, how many women portrayed fall into the categories of ‘beautiful,’ ‘average,’ or ‘unattractive’? What range of weight is represented between the women and the men and among the women themselves? 2) In what roles do women appear (or not appear)? Do they play multiple roles (e.g. wife, mother, lover, worker?) What types of jobs do they hold? How much time to they appear to devote to their different roles? What kinds of work do they do? Can you see any difference in the roles assigned to women or to men?
  3. What level of education do the men and women seem to hold? Do you find women represented who appear to be of working-class backgrounds or to be poor? Are they major or minor characters? Are they portrayed sympathetically or used in ways that perpetuate stereotypes about race or class?
  4. What is the relationship of women in the show to the products being advertised in commercials? Does it vary from program to program, from channel to channel? Is there any evidence of a famous assertion that in public representations of gender, men do the looking and women are there to be looked at? What influence, if any, can you see in the three decades plus of feminism’s attempts to influence the representation of women in the media?

Once you have reviewed your television show, formulate your response and create a 2-3 minute video detailing your experience and thoughts. Your written prompts should be provided in when posting your video as well.

Develop three (3) recruitment methods for the job opportunity in question, and suggest two (2) ways that each method helps one to avoid discriminatory practices. Justify your response.

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Imagine that you are the HR Director at your current organization or an organization with which you are familiar. As the HR Director, you must use different employment law requirements to create methods and policies that support the promotion of a diverse workforce. Select one (1) job opportunity that you have held or with which you are familiar within the same organization for this scenario.

(Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization[s] that you have used.)

Write a ten to twelve (10-12) page paper in which you:

  1. Develop three (3) recruitment methods for the job opportunity in question, and suggest two (2) ways that each method helps one to avoid discriminatory practices. Justify your response.
  2. Outline an application process that details the organization’s method of accepting all applications, as well as its method of validating applicants’ attainment of the required credentials (e.g., reviewing resumes, collecting transcripts, verifying certifications, etc.) for the job opportunity.
  3. Develop a five- (5) step procedure for the HR Department to use in order to maintain all applicants’ records in case a discriminatory charge occurs.
  4. Decide on three (3) background checks that the HR Department must utilize, and justify the relevance of each background check for the job opportunity.
  5. Choose three (3) employment tests (e.g., drug tests, medical examinations, HIV tests, generic tests, polygraphs, honesty tests, psychological tests, intelligence and skills tests, and physical fitness, etc.) that the HR Department should use. Justify the relevance of each selected employment test to the job requirements.
  6. Formulate a policy for making both the hiring and promotional decisions related to the job opportunity. Specify the major challenges and potential adverse impact of using subjective criteria for assessing soft skills. Next, suggest one (1) plan to mitigate the adverse impact. Justify your suggestion.
  7. Recommend two (2) types of reasonable accommodations for both disabled applicants and applicants needing special religious considerations. Argue two (2) legal reasons for not being able to sufficiently provide such reasonable accommodation for each group.
  8. Select one (1) case in which a court charged an organization with an affirmative action violation and one (1) case in which a court charged the organization with not managing harassment issues more expeditiously. Recommend an action plan geared toward preventing the issues addressed in both cases within your selected organization. Justify your recommendation.
  9. Choose three (3) work-life conflicts that the HR Director should consider within the selected organization. Then, outline a policy geared toward resolving each conflict through the use of related employment laws. Justify your response.
  10. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe a step-by-step process of conducting the dismissal meeting.   Determine the compensation that the fictitious company may provide to the separated employee.

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Assignment 3: Dismissal Meeting

Due Week 6 and worth 150 points

Imagine that you are an office manager and you have been tasked with the job of coordinating and heading the dismissal meeting for an employee layoff.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Propose three (3) ways that a manager can cope with any negative emotions that may accompany an employee layoff.
  2. Describe a step-by-step process of conducting the dismissal meeting.
  3. Determine the compensation that the fictitious company may provide to the separated employee.
  4. Using Microsoft Word or an equivalent such as OpenOffice, create a chart that depicts the timeline of the disbursement of the compensation.
  5. Predict three (3) ways that this layoff may affect the company.
  6. 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:

  • 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.

Develop a five (5) point criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the talent management strategy and how the data could be collected.

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From the Goldsmith & Carter textbook, select either the Porter Novelli (Chapter 12) Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

  1. Evaluate the effectiveness of the roles that the strategic leaders played in the formation of the performance management strategy.
  2. Develop a five (5) point criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the talent management strategy and how the data could be collected.
  3. Critique the components of your talent management strategy and suggest alternative ways to achieve effective results.
  4. Outline the functional expertise component of this strategy and how it optimizes the company’s ability to identify highly qualified individuals.
  5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Compare and contrast the talent assessment and employee performance management processes.
  • Review the process of developing functional expertise and setting and measuring talent management objectives.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in talent management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about talent management using proper writing mechanics.

. Create a sexual harassment policy for your selected company to address a sexual harassment complaint. Cover both quid pro quo and hostile work environment types of harassment in your policy.

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Due Week 5 and worth 200 points

As you are reviewing the growth of your selected company, you are noticing how diversity and sexual harassment issues are impacting the overall company culture. You want to make sure that your friend is not vulnerable to any legal issues that could jeopardize the survivability of the company. You realize that you may need to start implementing a few policies now instead of waiting until the HR department has been fully materialized. You will also need to communicate the policies to the managers, staff and employees of your selected company.

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1. Create a diversity policy for your selected company to mitigate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, etc. and to promote a diverse workplace. Note: Use the following samples as guidance.

Hint: Review the sample diversity policy

Hint: Review the Sample Human Resources Policies, Checklists, Forms, and Procedures, or use a sample policy from a company you are familiar with as guidance.

2. Create a sexual harassment policy for your selected company to address a sexual harassment complaint. Cover both quid pro quo and hostile work environment types of harassment in your policy.

Hint:  Review “Sample Policy 1: Sexual Harassment”

Hint: Review the Sample Human Resources Policies, Checklists, Forms, and Procedures, located at , or use a sample policy from a company you are familiar with as guidance.

Hint: Review the article titled “How to address an employee sexual harassment complaint”

3. Use the Diversity or Sexual Harassment Training Plan template to develop a training plan to communicate one (1) of the policies you created (the diversity policy or the sexual harassment policy) to the company’s managers, staff and employees.

Note: The completed Training Plan should be incorporated into the paper and is counted towards the total page length requirement for this assignment.

Hint: Review the article titled “How Do I Plan a Human Resource Training Program in an Organization Setting”

4. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. 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 and the reference page are 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.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Develop human resource policies and practices that foster an appreciation for multiple cultures, ethnicities, and other diverse populations.
  • Describe key laws governing employment and the required compliance for organizations.
  • Use communication skills to effectively convey human resource policies and practices throughout the organization.
  • Demonstrate an ability to motivate individuals and teams toward organizational goals through the application of human resource initiatives and policies.
  • Review the human resource management function of training and development and the function’s importance to business strategy.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanic

How do you think this piece would be described by different types of listeners — casual, referential, critical, or perceptive?

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Now that you are familiar with how different listeners approach a piece of music, let’s combine your analytic skills with putting yourself in the shoes of different listeners by listening to a new music selection titled “In the Hall of the Mountain King” from the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.

Peer Gynt is the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s 1867 play of the same name loosely based on a Norwegian fairy tale. It tells the story of Peer Gynt, a Norwegian peasant anti-hero, who is constantly drunk, getting in and out of trouble, and experiencing real and imaginary adventures, including the one that is portrayed in the piece to which you will be listening.

“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (2:51)

There is only one music idea in the piece. Here it is played by the violins (pizzicato). Familiarize yourself with the entire piece by listening to it at least three times from beginning to end. How do you think this piece would be described by different types of listeners — casual, referential, critical, or perceptive?

How To Enter Your Answers

  1. Click “Add Submission” at the bottom of the page (You may need to scroll down.) The page will reload, and you will see a comment box on the right hand side of the video. This is where you will input your answers.
  2. Click Pause at the end of each theme entry and use the Comment Box to describe what you heard from a listening perspective of your choice — casual, referential, critical, or perceptive. Include at least two short descriptions from each perspective.
  3. During the video, follow the question prompts and also use the Comment Box to type answers.
  4. When commenting as a referential, critical, or perceptive listener, please address how Grieg achieves unity and variety in the piece through the use of:
  • Dynamics (loud or soft volume, or gradual changes from one to another).
  • Timbre (instruments playing the theme by themselves or in different combinations).
  • Pitch (for instance, an entry of the theme at a different registers, i.e., higher or lower than another).
  • Tempo (at what theme entry does the piece start getting faster-accelerando? Does the piece get slower again?
  1. Does this piece have any specific connotation(s) for you? If so, what is it? Why does it have it?

Submission Instructions

  1. Once you have finished inputting your comments in the Comment Box to the right of the video, you will see a text entry box at the bottom of the screen (You may have to scroll down.) Use the text entry box to inform your instructor that you have added your comments. You can say “Please see Comment Box for my submission.”
  2. Click “Save Changes.” You will have the option to “Edit Submission” after you have saved your changes to continue working on your assignment.
  3. Click “Submit Assignment” when you are ready to submit your assignment to your instructor.
  4. Click “Continue” at the prompt “Are you sure you want to submit your work for grading? You will not be able to make any more changes.”

Who is the probable intended audience(s) for the television show you are analyzing? What factors contribute to your awareness of audience?

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This assignment asks you to become a cultural critic by applying some of the concepts of cultural analysis to contemporary mass media. Your sampling of mass media will be a short portion of prime time commercial television or a show (NOT MOVIE) on a streaming service that includes product placement. To complete this assignment you will select at least a half hour of television to analyze carefully. Take notes while watching with the prompts below in mind. Your analysis will focus on the representations of women in these cultural artifacts.

Your analysis will emerge out of your reflections about and responses to the prompts below. You will submit your work as a series of numbered responses to the prompts below in the discussion board (accompanying a speech video). While this assignment does not require you to write a formal essay, your responses should be carefully and thoughtfully written. Remember to incorporate specific examples from the TV program you watched to illustrate your analysis.

Discussion Prompts:

  1. Who is the probable intended audience(s) for the television show you are analyzing? What factors contribute to your awareness of audience? Consider not only gender but also age, race/ethnicity, geographic location, etc.
  2. Is there a relationship between the plot/action/narrative of the television show and the commercials (or product placements for streaming services) that accompany it? To the target audience(s)? Explain. 1) Do the women who appear differ from one another, and if so, how? What is the relative frequency of women by age? By race/ethnicity? Are women (or anyone else) represented who are differently abled? According to dominant cultural ideals of beauty, how many women portrayed fall into the categories of ‘beautiful,’ ‘average,’ or ‘unattractive’? What range of weight is represented between the women and the men and among the women themselves? 2) In what roles do women appear (or not appear)? Do they play multiple roles (e.g. wife, mother, lover, worker?) What types of jobs do they hold? How much time to they appear to devote to their different roles? What kinds of work do they do? Can you see any difference in the roles assigned to women or to men?
  3. What level of education do the men and women seem to hold? Do you find women represented who appear to be of working-class backgrounds or to be poor? Are they major or minor characters? Are they portrayed sympathetically or used in ways that perpetuate stereotypes about race or class?
  4. What is the relationship of women in the show to the products being advertised in commercials (or product placements in streaming services)? Is there any evidence of a famous assertion that in public representations of gender, men do the looking and women are there to be looked at? What influence, if any, can you see in the three decades plus of feminism’s attempts to influence the representation of women in the media?

Once you have reviewed your television show, formulate your response and create a 2-3 minute video detailing your experience and thoughts. Your written prompts should be provided in when posting your video as well.

EXAMPLE OF THE START OF AN ENTRY THAT IS NOT USING CABLE:

I was watching Ozark on Netflix this weekend. I noticed that the two women in the show were both drinking “Coors Light” and the men were drinking “Show Freak” red wine. I found this intriguing, as this specific episode was about the two lead female characters asserting their dominance as the stronger figures in their illegal business trade. What was intriguing was that the show cast reversed gender assignments regarding the drinks. Specifically, the women were drinking a cold beer while the two men were sipping on red wine. According to research by Lyons, Dalton & Hoy (2006) this is the opposite of what how society would normally depict these gendered character roles. This could be interpreted as……..

References: Lyons, A. C., Dalton, S. I., & Hoy, A. (2006). ‘Hardcore drinking’: Portrayals of alcohol consumption in young women’s and men’s magazines. Journal of Health Psychology, 11(2), 223–232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105306061183

       Identify and discuss at least three (3) important variables that almost always should be considered by organizations when providing employee benefits programs. Be sure the response is specific and relevant.  

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Strategic Value of Employee Benefits Programs 

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR AN ORIGINAL, UNUSED, NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED PAPER WITH LESS THAN 10% PLAGARISM AS IT GOES THRU A CHECKER. PREVIOUS PAPERS ARE ATTACHED. 

To attract, motivate, and retain good workers, companies need to define what an employee wants from the employment relationship. One way to define employee needs is to consider “total rewards,” which are everything an employee perceives to be of value resulting from working for the company. Benefits are a core element of total rewards and the ever-growing package of offerings have evolved. You must now work with the company to define precisely where the various programs will be categorized. Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

·         Identify and discuss at least three (3) important variables that almost always should be considered by organizations when providing employee benefits programs. Be sure the response is specific and relevant.

·         Compare and contrast income protection programs and pay for time not worked programs, both of which are usual elements of benefits programs. How are the programs similar? Are they mandatory?

·         Research and discuss at least four to five (4-5) of what may be referred as “Other Benefits” that you could recommend to the management team as necessary elements for the benefits package. HINT: Flextime and product/service discounts are good examples.

·         Develop an employee benefits package for any exempt or non-exempt position level of your choosing, making sure you support the selection of your program elements. NOTE: The preferred method for presenting your benefits package information is using a table or exhibit, but either approach is not mandatory. HINT: http://www.isacs.org/uploads/file/Monographs/Business%20Operations/Benefits%20Plan.pdf http://www.usbankhr.com/hr/docs/benefits/benefits-at-a-glance-next.pdf

·         Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:

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a.        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.

b.       Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment (with running head), 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.

c.        Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. Use the Strayer University Library at https://research.strayer.edu to locate additional sources to support your work.

The specific course outcome associated with this assignment is:

·         Establish the importance of compensation and benefits, and how they support business strategy.

submit your full presentation thus far, which should include the previous updated segments and the segment for this unit.

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See feedback from instructor to correct Unit III PPT first. Then add the rest of the following.

Art Gallery: Principles of Design

For Unit IV of your art gallery presentation, you will be adding descriptions of the principles of design you observe in the artworks you placed in your art gallery. The purpose of this unit assignment is to demonstrate that you can apply what you learned about design principles to your gallery artworks.

  • Begin by reviewing your Unit III feedback and making any necessary revisions to the descriptions of the visual elements.
  • Next, research the design elements in Chapter 4 of your textbook.
  • Place the Design Principles slide directly after the Visual Elements slide describing each artwork.
  • Provide a detailed description of the design principles in each artwork, using full and complete sentences. For design principles, make sure you describe how the artist used most or all of the ones in Chapter 4: unity and variety, balance, emphasis, directional forces, contrast, repetition and rhythm, and scale and proportion. Questions to consider are included below:
    • Unity: what elements work together to make a harmonious whole?
    • Variety: What creates diversity?
    • Balance: Is it symmetrical or asymmetrical?
    • Emphasis: What is the focal point?
    • Directional forces: What are the paths for the eye to follow?
    • Contrast: Where do you see contrasting elements in the artwork?
    • Repetition and rhythm: Is an element repeated?
    • Scale and proportion: Are the objects in proportion to each other?
  • You do not need to cite a source if it is your observation. Only cite a source if you are using information that someone published. Be sure to use APA formatting for all outside sources.
  • Please submit your full presentation thus far, which should include the previous updated segments and the segment for this unit.
  • This segment must include a minimum of five PowerPoint slides.

***Also, please write about each principle in a full and complete sentence.

Unity/Variety – Is everything is the artwork similar or unified? Or is there diversity?Balance – Is there balance?  Does one side appear visually heavier than the other?Emphasis and Subordination – What is the focus of the artwork?  Why do you feel that is?Directional Forces – How does your eye move around the work of art? Describe the path your eye takes through the work as you view it.Contrast – Is there a juxtaposition of opposites? This can be a contrast of color, or texture, or line, etc. Repetition and Rhythm – Is there a pattern or movement in the artwork?Scale and Proportion – Does the size or proportion change how you think about the artwork?