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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapters 7, 8, and 9 of the course textbook, read the following articles, What We Can Learn from Evaluating OD Interventions, The Benefits of Creating A Diverse Workforce (Links to an external site.), and What Are the Advantages of a Diverse Workforce? (Links to an external site.), and watch the video, How Can You Influence Others?.Last week, you prepared the foundation of your final project by selecting a case study and applying the appropriate action research process to the OD challenge. Based on your knowledge of intervention types, you proposed a recommended interaction for the challenge. This week, you will have the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of individual, team, group, and organizational interventions, and what they look like during problem solving and decision-making.Intervention is the “doing” phase of action research. This paper will solidify your intervention selection. You will explain the actions used during your selected intervention and comprehensively apply the process to the case study. The paper must be at least two full pages in length, and must include the course textbook as a reference, as well as three additional scholarly and credible sources to support the content of the paper.In your paper,Select an appropriate intervention for your case study.Evaluate why the intervention is applicable to the case study.Interpret the actions involved when utilizing the intervention.The Intervention Selection and Application paperMust be at least two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).Must include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudent’s nameUniversity of Arizona Global CampusCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submittedMust utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.).Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

For the term project, imagine yourself as a tour guide leading adults for three days anywhere on the planet where you can showcase and explore an area of Earth’s most interesting physical and cultural features and phenomenon. Please select one particular geographic region and become an expert of the area’s physical and cultural points of interest. On this three-day field excursion, indicate where you will go and why (i.e. how do sites you stop at relate to information within your textbook or topics covered in course lectures). Make sure that your trip provides a day-to-day scenario. In addition to describing the sites visited, indicate where you will be staying, how you will be getting around, what local foods you intend to try, any local people you will meet, unique species (flora/fauna) encountered, and/or any customs and festivities you intent to participate in while there. Maps, images/photos, diagrams greatly aid in conveying information about your project. You may choose any place on Earth that you find most interesting, but do keep in mind scale. Places that may seem close to one another on a map might actually require hours of flying or multiple days drive by car, particularly in rural areas not connected by modern highway networks.Writing the Field ReportYour term project is an opportunity to integrate what you have learned in class with personal experiences or interests while practicing your writing and small group discussion skills. Be sure to organize and summarize pertinent observations and conclusions gained from textbook readings, lectures, and any additional sources. To avoid plagiarism reference ALL sources used BOTH in text AND in a bibliography page (APA, MLA or Chicago styles are all acceptable styles).Field trip ideas: Below are a few examples, but options are as diverse as Earth’s physical and cultural landscape. Please contact me if you have any questions or need clarification. Alaska’s Mount Denali to Glacier BayYellowstone National Park & Grand Teton National Park LoopHiking Mount Kilimanjaro from Base to CrestHawaii – Best of the Big IslandBelow are some helpful guidelines for the report:1. IntroductionIn your introduction, outline the trip objective(s). An original map with route and stops is required! There are many map-making tools and programs freely available, but you are able to use Google Map Engine or hand drawings so long as purposeful information is clearly conveyed.2. Stop-by-Stop DescriptionsEach day should have an itinerary table followed by in-depth narrative of key activities.The itinerary table outlines brief descriptions, provides stop locations, arrival and departures dates and times, plus activities planned. Think about how best to convey this information clearly and briefly. Note: Also consider travel times and modes between stops plus any time zone changes part of this project is to demonstrate basic logistics.Then include narrative paragraph(s) offering longer description(s) of key each stop location and the relevance to physical and cultural geography. This would be a great place for a few representative images. Remember, as the tour guide, you want attendees to have an idea of what to expect and prepare for. The last thing you want is an angry mob of confused exhausted travelers who forgot to pack their parkas in Antarctica! Take your time with each narratives. Make sure you have thoroughly related each stop to ideas and themes represented during this course. I want to see your ability to apply course concepts into your writing and their connections to the larger world. Doing this will merit a much higher grade than just reciting destination information. 3. BibliographyCite ALL authors, publications, and/or websites you used as references in text and in a bibliography at the end of your paper.

Résumé RegretsHuman resource (HR) managers say that 53 percent of résumés and job applications contain falsification, and 21 percent of résumé falsification state a fraudulent degree. In this age of digital and social media, it’s hard to imagine anyone falsifying their records, much less someone who’s in a company’s top position as CEO.After a thorough search, Scott Thompson was named as Yahoo!’s CEO in early 2012. Prior to his appointment at Yahoo!, Thompson was president of PayPal, and prior to that he was PayPal’s chief technology officer. Thompson replaced Carol Bartz, a well-known computer industry executive, who, after two years on the job, had been unable to resolve Yahoo!’s troubles. In his first months on the job, Thompson formulated a strategic plan for turning around the company, including a massive layoff of employees. Then, the whole situation started to unravel. An activist investor sent a letter to Yahoo!’s board of directors expressing concern about an SEC regulatory filing signed by Thompson “that stated to the best of his knowledge its contents were accurate.” That document said that Thompson had earned a college degree in accounting and computer science in 1979 from a small university south of Boston. The activist investor said he had reason to believe that the degree was in accounting only. And, come to find out, the university didn’t have a computer science program until the early 1980s and school officials confirmed that Mr. Thompson received a bachelor’s of science degree in business administration. The activist investor questioned if Thompson had embellished his academic credentials and if the board had failed to exercise due “diligence and oversight in one of its most important tasks—identifying and hiring the chief executive officer.”Would YOU lie on a résumé to get a job you want? 70 percent of collegestudents said they would!After all this came down, a person close to the company said that, “In the absence of evidence that Mr. Thompson actively misled Yahoo! about his résumé, Yahoo!’s directors likely won’t force him out. Maintaining him as CEO of Yahoo! at this time is more important than whether he had a computer science degree or not.” And at first, that was the stance Yahoo!’s board took. However, the controversy continued to grow. In a meeting with senior Yahoo! officials, Thompson said he “regretted not finding an error in his public biography.” He then suggested that maybe an executive search firm might have inserted this information more than seven years earlier. Yet, this blame game backfired. Some of his comments ended up on tech blogs, which angered the search firm, which produced documents from Mr. Thompson showing his inaccurate biography. As one person close to the situation said, “The cover-up became worse than the crime.” Not long after, Thompson ended up resigning his position. Although the board did not give him severance pay, he did get to keep $7 million of the cash and stock he received when appointed to the position. Not a bad haul for only four months’ work. (Epilogue: Thompson was replaced by Marissa Mayer, whom we introduced inCase Application #1 in Chapter 6)Prepare a 2-page paper answering the following questions.Remember, use 10-12 pt font and APA format!Feel free to bring in outside data/sources, but please provide citations and a list of references.1.What does this story tell you about the importance of checking a job applicant’s2.background?3.What stakeholders are affected when an executive has inaccuracies in his or her résumé? How might they be affected?4.Look at the statistics in the first paragraph of this story. Are you surprised by them? Why or why not?5.What can you learn from this story (a) personally and (b) professionally?

Introduction:Dewey (1959) argued that the single most important purpose of schooling was to prepare children to become responsible citizens. He believed that children needed to learn social skills, empathy, perspective taking, and problem-solving to become competent adults. It is through analyzing Dewey’s arguments that we as teachers need to consider our role in helping children become competent in these skills in order to create a peaceful, calm climate in the classroom so academic learning can occur. Scenario:You just got a teaching position at a new early care and education center in which there were three openings. You were told you could select which classroom you would prefer to take over; a toddler (two-year-olds), three-year-olds, or a preschool classroom (four-year-olds). Upon selecting your desired age group, your center director asks you to set-up your classroom and then present her with a map of the layout of your classroom demonstrating how you incorporated developmentally appropriate decisions in your arrangement. *Note: you will use this same age group with all of the following assignments for this course in preparation for the final project. Assignment:Draw a classroom arrangement for your selected age group (toddlers, three-year-olds, orpreschoolers). Make sure to indicate your selected age group on your assignment and label centers and furnishings for the classroom. You must include the following in your classroom design:selected age groupcarpet/tile flooringdoors and windowsbathrooms and sinks (bathroom does not have to be located in the classroom – doorway can indicate bathroom in hallway)furniture (shelving, chairs, tables, sand/water table, cubbies etc.)learning centers (i.e. math, science, art, sensory play, blocks, computer, housekeeping, reading, etc.)built-in or freestanding cabinets/storage2. When creating the map of your classroom, use one of the following methods: A. Websites:1. Choose one of the following websites to create your classroom layout: Classroom ArchitectMy Kaplan Floor PlannerLakeshore Classroom DesignerScholastic Class Set-up Tool2. Instructions are found on each of the web pages, but you will basically follow these 2 steps for any of the above websites:Select the basic dimensions of the room from the Room Dimensions drop downs.Drag objects to the grid from the Items bar, or draw in your own objects with the Draw bar. Arrows will allow you to change the position of some items. Delete an object by dragging it to the trashcan at the bottom, or by clicking ‘delete’ on your keyboard. Objects must be selected by clicking the arrow button on the Draw toolbar.3. Save, print, or take a print screen of your final map. Then, upload your file or scan your map into the computer to submit your assignment.B. Design your classroom using Microsoft Word. Use the “shapes” insert to design your classroom and use text boxes to label your areas and furnishings. This option will work, but is typically more time consuming. Draw your classroom arrangement by hand. Use a blank sheet of printer paper or construction paper. You will need to make sure that you have some way of submitting your assignment if you do it by hand (i.e. scan/upload drawing/take C. Draw your classroom arrangement by hand. Use a blank sheet of printer paper or construction paper. You will need to make sure that you have some way of submitting your assignment if you do it by hand (i.e. scan/upload drawing/take picture, etc.).Helpful Hint: Before starting on this assignment, read over Assignment 3: The Physical Space. Many of the decisions you make in completing your classroom design for this assignment will need to be thoroughly explained next week in Assignment 3: The Physical Space. Specifications:Put your name and selected age group somewhere on your map.

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I.Shopping SituationAfter a day of shopping, Carmen was ready to pay for the shoes she had picked out at her favorite clothing store. The lines were extremely long because the store was having a sale. She managed to find one line that was shorter than all the others. After waiting nearly an hour, she finally reached the front of the line.“This is a customer service line only, we can take returns but not sales,” the salesperson said. “That means you’ve got to go to one of the other lines.” Carmen replied, “Are you telling me I have to wait another hour?” The salesperson just shrugged, and replied “That’s not my problem.” “Fine,” yelled Carmen. “Then I’m out of here, and I won’t be coming back to this lousy store.” She dropped the shoes on the counter and left the store.DiscoveryCarmen was furious about the salesperson’s attitude. When she got home, she thought about what she wanted to say, and made an angry phone call to the store manager. That gave her some satisfaction, but it didn’t change the fact that she didn’t get to buy the shoes she had wanted. She wished she could have somehow solved the problem on the spot.Think About ItUsing complete sentences, please answer the following questions.1.What were some different ways Carmen could have responded to the salesperson while still in the store? 2.Could she have addressed the issue afterward in a different manner than contacting the store manager? 3.What would you have done? 4.Have you ever encountered a similar situation like Carmen’s, and if so, how was it handled?How would you handle that situation today?Specifically, what would you do if you were in one of Langley’s time-wasting meetings?II.The Never-Ending GameWalter Langley, marketing vice president of Comfort Furniture, Inc., was holding his weekly meeting. Langley began the meeting with the same plea he had been using for the past three months: “You all know that we are in a downward sales spiral. Something has to be done. Now, I hope you have some creative suggestions that will turn this trend around.”At that point, people offered their suggestions.John Bettermore: “We could get production to start using that new synthetic padding for our living room furniture line. We could sell our line for at least 15 percent less; we’d be more price-competitive.”Langley: “That’s a good suggestion, but that new synthetic doesn’t have a track record. We’ll be worse off because of quality complaints from our customers.”Allen Avery: “We’ve been getting stung in the South, especially in Mississippi and Georgia. Why don’t we just eliminate those states and concentrate on the Midwest, where our business is more dependable?”Langley: “Yes, but that’s giving up. If we ever try to penetrate the southern states again, we’d just be that much further behind.”Shirley Keener: “One of our biggest problems is that we can’t produce enough of the one product line that’s in great demand: our dining room furniture. What if we put another shift in that plant at least until we catch up with the demand?”Langley: “Well, I’ve thought of that, but do you have any idea what the union will do to us if we try something like that?”This sort of dialogue continued until two hours had passed. Then Langley said, “Well, thank you for your time and effort. Please think carefully and come back next Monday morning with some better ideas.”Case Study Questions6.Walter Langley is playing a repetitive game here. What is it called7.Also, what are its payoffs?8.What can Langley’s team do to end this game? Be specific.10. What role does achieving Emotional Intelligence play in the two scenarios above?