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Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, review the following resources:
Chapter 5 of your textbook Leadership Essentials: Practical and Proven Approaches in Leadership and Supervision

15 Tips for Effective Communication in LeadershipLinks to an external site. webpage

Leaders video
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In your post,
Create your top five essentials of leadership communication.
Share why you feel these are important and how, as a leader, you can help others succeed through these five essentials.
Your discussion post should be a minimum of 250 words.
Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ or instructor posts in a substantive manner and provide information or concepts that they may not have considered. Each response should have a minimum of 100 words and be respectful of others’ opinions and beliefs that differ from your own. Support your position by using information from the week’s readings.
You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion forum. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until Day 7 and respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post.

 Week 1 Discussion – Strategy Foundations
Read the articles Five Questions That Make Strategy RealLinks to an external site. and Strategy First. From the two articles, specify the main differences between strategy and tactics. Provide support for your response.
Introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background. Explain how you expect this course will help you move forward in your current or future career.
Compare the primary characterization of strategy that both Welch and Linker present in their respective articles.
From the articles, select a principle of strategy and provide a real business-world example that reflects that principle. For both articles, you are expected to assess the concept of the strategy, core directional choices that led to the best outcome, and specific actions implemented. Provide a rationale to support your reasoning. Present evidence and provide support for your response to strengthen your position.

Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 6Assigned Readings:Chapter 8 – Managing Stakeholders in a Virtual WorldInitial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion.Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
Describe risks associated when working with virtual teams? What are some areas in which a project manager could improve upon when working with virtual teams?
[Your post must be substantive and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. Postings must be in the student’s own words – do not provide quotes!] [Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]

You are a project manager for a large hospitality firm (for example, Marriott International) who will be in charge of the firm’s HQ office relocation. You have been asked to speak to the HR staff about the move, as many of them have very little understanding of project management. Also, they are fearful that this project will end up being a failure because other projects have failed at the firm. Explain to them the key elements of project management and its relationship to human resources management (HRM). Be sure that your explanation curtails their fears of project management.

A state university, facing major cuts in its public funding, wants to
persuade the state legislature and the taxpaying public to not make
any budget cuts.
• State your case for why there should not be any budget cuts. follow
the recommendations regarding tone, clarity, reiteration and more
to create a compelling message.
• Persuade your significant audiences and stakeholders to take some
action, and make their voices heard in support of what you are
proposing.
• Use drama, statistics, surveys and polls, examples, testimonials,
endorsements and emotional appeals to support your argument.
• Conduct research!!
 2 ½-3 pages, double spaced.
Make sure to conduct research, cite your research in the body of
your text

. My topic is DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN THE ORGANIZATION AND POWER DYNAMICS. And my two OD tools are Decentralized and Centralized structures. and The Institutional View and Organization Design.
This week, choose one of the two OD tools that you identified and outlined in Week 3 and expand on it, providing more depth and support. Write a 1-2 page resource for the chosen tool that includes more than 1 reference (at least 3). You could also consider interviewing someone who has experience with the tool for advice!
Provide detailed descriptions of the selected tool, including:
Purpose: Explain the purpose of the tool and what it aims to achieve.
Application Guidelines: Provide step-by-step guidelines on how to use the tool in an organizational context. You could even write about a real or hypothetical scenario.
OD Practitioner Overview: Write a generic overview of how an OD practitioner would approach helping a client with an issue on your topic, and how/if the tool would be beneficial.
Next, it’s time to bring everything together. Write a 1-2 page conclusion that ties together the insights from your exploration. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you craft a clear and engaging conclusion:
Summarize Your Key Findings: Begin by highlighting the most important points you discovered during your research. What were the central themes or key takeaways?
Compare and Contrast Sources: Discuss how the scholarly articles in your literature review compare with the “pop” or scholarly sources in your toolbox. Do they align, or are there discrepancies? Provide specific examples to illustrate this.
Effectiveness of the Tool: Evaluate the evidence (or lack thereof) supporting the effectiveness of the tool you reviewed. What did your sources say about its utility and impact?
Practical Application: Reflect on how a practitioner might use the tool in real-world scenarios. How could their experiences with the tool further inform or advance research on the topic?

Go to Chapter #2, page 61 and read Marketing Ethics: Pharrell Williams’ Humanrace Brand.
Answer Question 2-12. Your response must be a 300-word narrative (paragraph containing complete sentences, proper grammar and punctuation). Your response must include at least five terms/vocabulary learned to-date. Your response must cite two references. See Course Tools > Reference List. +5 points.

Pareto Analysis sets priorities for action based on the assumption that roughly 80 percent of problems typically result from 20 
percent of the possible causes. Thus, not all possible causes of problems are equally important. Pareto analysis identifies the
most critical causes of problems so that improvement efforts can be focused where the investment of time, effort, and money will 
yield the largest return.
1. How would you identify categories about which to collect information from your customers. For example, specify, categories 
that describe possible causes or types of defects?
2. How will you gather data and calculate the frequency of observations in each category for an appropriate time period?
3. How will you sort your categories in descending order based on your percentages?
4. Present your data graphically and identify the vital few categories that account for most of the variation.
5. 8 – 10 slides excluding cover and reference page
6. Two outside sources
7. MLA format
*I WANT TO USE THE BEATS ARTICLE DATA IF POSSIBLE. 
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 This policy memo is about the Policy Writing Process and focuses on making an argument for and against a specific public policy as described in Smith (2023) chapter 3 

Watch the following Shark Tank episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5rQ_eHm4KYLinks to an external site.
1. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the business and analyze its business strategy. 
2.  Why you would or would not invest in this business.
No Ai
Source: video link and attachment.