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 lease read the article on Social Intelligence and Biology of Leadership Download Social Intelligence and Biology of Leadership.  Then write a 4 pages paper analysis of how this topic relates to YOUR Emotional Intelligence as well as the terminology that you have studied in Chapters 1-8 of your Sparrow and Knight (2009) course textbook.  
Please be sure to address ALL 7 Social Intelligence Categories in your written analysis, relating to your EI and what you have learned in Ch1-8 of Sparrow and Knight.
Page 1; title page; two pages of the body of writing analysis; followed by 1 reference page.  Four citings and associated 4 reference detail in your content. Please use the format for your paper that was provided to you in your student comments for M2.1 Bill Gates Paper last week.  Please be sure to include the “purpose statement” to open your paper.

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Cousin’s Tournament
Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to test the link between family harmony and selection of a successor. 
Mechanics
Start by reading the case in the textbook on page 189. (Please submit the assignment as Lastname.Firstname.ICA02.docx.) Your written report should be key boarded, utilize the American Psychological Association (APA) citation format, and be 2-3 pages in length. Use 12-point Arial font, one-inch margins, 1/4-inch indentions, and single line and character spacing. All assignments will be graded as to content, format, Grammar, spelling, punctuation, word use, subject-verb agreement, and other hallmarks of University level writing. Turn in your MS Word files (with header) to Canvas. Late submissions will not be accepted. Do not send me assignments in PDF, HTML, Pages®, Word Perfect®, linked to Microsoft 365®, linked to Sharepoint.com®, or linked to Google Docs®.
Questions to Answer:
Cousin’s Tournament Case
What are the central challenges facing Al Blanchard, Grandview Industries, and the Blanchard family.
What does your answer to question 1 say about what is truly unique about family-owned businesses?
What would you recommend Al Blanchard do, in his leadership capacity, on behalf of Grandview Industries and its shareholders?
What should the process for choosing the next president be?

 POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SLIDES
Select, review and discuss a meaningful real case-study related to the topic of Sustainability in Logistics and Supply Chains. You can focus on any real company you want as a casestudy (the size does not matter) as long as the company should have faced a sustainability aspect in the field of logistics and supply chain. You can use the web or any scientific journal to identify your reference, but please do not use trivial examples from textbooks, etc. Your slides should be self-explanatory to understand the main key points of your problem and to appreciate its benefits. Your talk should cover the following items: (a) Introduce the company and what it does clearly, introduce its SC and explain the reason for which the sustainability aspect is arising (b) Describe the specific sustainability problem you are considering, its details and why it is challenging (c) Describe the solution method used to solve the sustainability problem and discuss the strengths and the weakness of such approach (d) Show the benefits behind using sustainability techniques to solve such a problem 

 
Your research paper is based on the following scenario:
You have just taken over as a Shift Supervisor at Fast Fleet Shoes Manufacturing and have a team of 30 under you. Your educational and training level is exactly what you have today.
Your teams rotate shifts every 3 weeks and there are two shifts, morning, 0700-3:30 PM and evening, 3PM to 11:30PM. You have the flexibility to move people around shifts, and you stay on the same shift, with overlap (i.e. your hours are 9-6). Two co-leads take over when you are not there and stay on shifts with their workers.
The previous supervisor was let go for cause, failure to meet quotas and leadership inability. The department’s morale is very low and there is a great deal of pressure for your shift to perform.
On top of this, there is a problem with some of your employees, one is always late and the other calls in sick frequently (you can decide what factors lead to their absenteeism). The previous supervisor never did anything about this and everyone knew it was an issue. One of your co-leads has brought it to your attention and wants to know when you are going to fix it.
You also have an employee that has been there for 14 years and has never been promoted to co-lead or supervisor. He came to you and wants to know why? He is an older worker and knows what he is doing, however, one of your co-leads told you that some of the younger workers grumble that he is too slow and can’t learn new technology. He also stated that unless he gets the opportunity to move up, he’ll quit and make sure that management knows you never gave him a chance.
Finally, there is a brand new worker, a single mother, who is super sharp and a very hard worker. She told you on your first day there how much she loves working at the company and wants to progress upward. However, childcare is an issue and sometimes she needs to leave early. Currently no one does any work from home (your organization has not embraced it as a culture), however, in her position (she is inventory control) she feels she can perform this just as effectively from home several days a week and ask you if this is possible? What is your response? 
You are to develop a solution to present to each of your co-leads on how to start fixing some of these issues. Make the paper informative, with some of the techniques and terms that we have addressed thus far in the course that deal with new supervisors. This about the terms leaders vs. managers, counseling, feedback, types of leaders, SMART objectives, SWOT, generational differences, Theory X and Y, MBWA, and favoritism. These terms are not all-inclusive and you are welcome to add others to support your solutions.
This can be a narrative paper, informative paper, a letter (albeit a long one) or a talking paper. You can use the first person to discuss what you think needs to be done. You can also assign tasks or take tasks away from co-leaders.
Your supervisor, co-leads, and workers can have fictional names, you can add in additional issues or factors and most of all, have fun and be creative in developing this workplace. Your co-leads can be good or bad at their job, you can decide how little or much you want to delegate to them as well as how much reporting back to you is needed.
Think about these challenges you will face as a new supervisor. You may want to break this into fixing immediate problems, a six-month goal, and one-year goal.
You should use proper APA 7th edition formatting.
You should have a title page, 3-5 pages of body content, and the last page of references. Please make sure that your paper has references even if you write it in a letter format. 
Use at least 3 references for your paper. They should be articles that support your paper or lessons we have covered. Do not use Wikipedia!
The paper should contain no more than 20% direct citations or quotations. That means 80% should be your own analysis, thoughts, and ideas.
Have fun writing this and make sure to use good terms and sources.
Attached to these instructions, you will find a sample APA paper to give you some visual clues for proper formatting

Objectives for Chapter 5:
Discuss what affirmative action is, and why it is important to pursue it, as well as explaining the three types of affirmative action.
Explain how to create and use affirmative action plans.
Define reverse discrimination and how it relates to affirmative action.
Discuss arguments for and against affirmative action.
Explain the need for diversity, equity, multiculturalism and inclusion and give examples.
Assignments for Chapter 5:
Assignment #1-Read Chapter 5 carefully and completely.
Assignment #2-The most recent affirmative action case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court was the case of Students for Fair Admissions v, Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, No. 20–1199. Argued October 31, 2022—Decided June 29, 2023*.  It involved admission to two colleges  rather than employment, but it overturned prior court opinions regarding the affirmative action debate.  Google this case or copy and paste this this link, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and answer the rubric questions related to this case.  This case is the most recent opinion on affirmative action, and may have far reaching effects for the overall affirmative issues in all areas, including employment, in the future, so be sure that you are aware of it.

300 word summary of the reading 
AND
200 word on What did you find most interesting, unexpected, disappointing, etc. about this reading?
These are separate questions and answer.

Objectives for Chapter 7:
Describe the impact of changing demographics on the American workforce, define how a discrimination case for national origin discrimination is brought under Title VII.
Explain the meaning of “English-only policies”
Explain what protections are contained under the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
Assignments for Chapter 7:
Assignment #2-Read the case of Espinoza v. Farah Manufacturing Co., 414 U.S. 86 (1973)  Answer the questions in Rubric 7 regarding this case. 

Objectives for Chapter 6
Discuss and explain the importance of the history of race discrimination and civil rights to the present day.
Identify several examples of race and color discrimination in the workplace.
Describe ways in which an employer can avoid liability for race and color discrimination.
We will study the concept of color and national origin discrimination in Chapter 7.
Assignments for Chapter 6
Assignment #2-Case #4 at the end of Chapter 6 is the case of Chandler v. Fast Lane, Inc., 868 F. Supp. 1138 (E.D. Ark., W. Div. 1994).  Read this case regarding racial discrimination practices in the hiring process and answer the questions posed in Rubric 6.  

300 word summary of the reading 
AND
200 word on What did you find most interesting, unexpected, disappointing, etc. about this reading?
These are separate questions and answer.