ScenarioAfter working for some time in various communication roles at a few different organizations, you have decided you would like to become an independent communications contractor, which would provide you the opportunity to focus your professional energy on your strengths and interests. This new business venture will be a significant undertaking, and to help provide a foundation to start from, you have decided you need to develop a business plan outline to guide your future work, as well as a business pitch that will help you begin thinking about how you would approach a business plan in the future.Your business plan outline will help you define how you will incorporate successful business practices as you begin your entrepreneurial journey, while your business pitch will serve as a way to market yourself and your new business venture to potential investors. To best suit your needs and the needs of your audience, you will want to ensure that both deliverables are concise and brief, as the business plan you develop at a later date will be more detailed.DirectionsPart 1: Business Plan Outline: To identify the effective key business practices that you will apply in your new business venture, you will create an outline of a business plan. This outline will help provide the foundation for your business to grow as well as serve as a springboard for the creation of a full business plan.Describe your communication strengths and your professional brand:How will these influence your business?What will the professional niche be for your new business?Brainstorm how you will address business practices used by entrepreneurial communication professionals. For example:What promotional strategies will you use to acquire clients?What key communication skills and tools might you need to develop your business?What are common start-up costs for a new business, and how will you plan for them?What are additional key considerations you will need to incorporate into a business plan?Part 2: Business Pitch: To clarify your vision and understanding of business practices in a succinct way, you need to develop a business pitch that will outline key considerations of your new venture. This pitch will be provided to potential investors to gauge interest and collect feedback. To develop your pitch, you will need to complete the following using your business plan outline:Develop a concise business pitch that addresses your brainstormed business practices used by entrepreneurial communication professionals. Make sure to consider the following as you develop your pitch:What are the key pieces of information from your business plan outline that your audience needs to know before you begin your business plan?How can you align your pitch to your professional brand?How should your pitch be delivered (e.g., a video, an audio recording, a written work) to have the strongest impact on potential investors?What to Submit For this project, you must submit the following:Business Plan OutlineCreate a 500- to 750-word business plan outline that identifies and briefly describes key business practices you will incorporate into a future business plan. Potential deliverables could include the following:Word documentSlideshowInfographicPitch for New BusinessDevelop a broad but concise overview of the key business practices you will incorporate into a future business plan. Possible deliverables include the following:A 500- to 750-word document

Hello there, I need help working on these extra credit assignments. I was each assignment in one word doc. Let me know if you have any questions.1. I want you to write me a short story about Leonardo da Vinci and why does he inspire me. (also, I attached a rubric in which way the instructor is grading the short story.2. For Extra Credit Opportunity #2, For a Zoom lecture with People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC), the extra credit assignment is to go to the lecture and then write a reflection on what the event has made you consider about art and creativity, and the possibilities of social transformation through imagination and design. You will turn in this 2 to 3 paragraph reflection here.This event is from a series from CSU Platform on Socially Engaged Artists, Collectives and Curators in Conversation (a collaborative project of California State University art galleries and museums).To access the lecture link and for further information, visit the CPP website (https://www.cpp.edu/platform-csu-art-speaker-series/ (Links to an external site.). You may also use the link on the flyer emailed to you by me.More Information on PKC:People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC) works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland, California, their creative practices reflect the diverse histories and backgrounds of co-founders Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jocelyn Jackson, and Saqib Keval. Written in their families’ recipes are the maps of their migrations and the stories of their resilience. It is from this foundation that they create immersive experiences that honor the shared struggles of their people. They believe in radical hospitality as a strategy to address the urgent social issues of our time. http://peopleskitchencollective.com/ (Links to an external site.)More information on artist Jocelyn Jackson:Jocelyn Jackson’s passion for seasonal food, social justice, creativity, and community is rooted in a childhood spent on the Kansas plains. Her family would sing a song before sharing a soulful meal. Since then, Jocelyn has practiced law, taught environmental science and ethics, become a yoga instructor, and created performance and visual art. Her inspiring international experiences include serving in the Peace Corps in West Africa and teaching in an ecovillage in Southern India. Jocelyn has presented on the principles of community nourishment at Court Bouillon in Southern France and back home in Oakland for the Fusion of Food and Yoga series at Anasa Yoga. She enjoys collaborating with a wide range of wonderful people and organizations including People’s Community Market, BALLE, Bryant Terry, Life is Living, Impact HUB Oakland, MOAD, Kitchen Table Advisors, NUMI Tea, YES!, and Late Nite Art. She is beginning her fourth year of full hearted cooking. Jocelyn founded JUSTUS KITCHEN to continue to create food experiences that inspire people to reconnect with themselves, the earth, and one another. And she still begins every meal with a song. justuskitchen.com3. For Extra Credit Opportunity #3, please read Chapter 3 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire and write down one page out of this whole chapter as a whole. You can start the sentence mid-sentence at the beginning, or end mid-sentence.Write down this page on a separate word document.Paulo Freire, Myra Bergman Ramos, Donaldo Macedo – Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition Chapter 3 2.pdf

Response to ONE group member’s post of your choice). Each of your posts (a response to my post and a response to another student’s post) should be 300-400 words (excluding references), should contain 1 internal reference (a reference to a textbook page) and 1 external reference (a reference to a business journal/magazine articleInternal reference is: Northouse, P. G. (2019). Chapter 5: Situational Approach. In Leadership: theory and practice (p. 95). SAGE PublicationsDBA 2 Questions:1) In your opinion, are there any risks associated with servant leadership? List and briefly explain two risks.2) Is it possible to practice servant leadership in a computer-mediated environment (e.g., in a virtual team)? Why or why not? Please explain.There are risks with all leadership styles and servant leadership style is no different. The risks are different with each leadership style though, so I will point out a couple of risk with servant leadership. Then I will move to discussing servant leadership style in the computer-mediated environment. With servant leadership, one where the leader’s priority is to serve others, particularly those they lead, there is a potential for the leader to stray from 100% ethical behavior and pure intention and end up in being manipulative or seem to treat someone unequally. There is a power differential between a supervisor/manager and a subordinate. Even if this is minimized as much as possible, the person who gives a job evaluation or pay raise has some power over the ones they supervise. For this reason, building trust is difficult, and if not done ethically, a leader may end up doing inappropriate things to try and build that trust or just to “help”. For example, a supervisor, acting in good conscious and knowing his employee is a single parent, could allow that employee flexibility with work hours. As long as other people have similar flexibility based on their lives, that may be appropriate given the work environment. However, if the supervisor paid the employees utility bill by rationalizing that they would otherwise give that money to charity and would rather give it to someone they know, this could be a boundary line that was crossed, and the employee could quickly feel obligated to do more work or do other things the supervisor asked (Stone, Russell, and Patterson, 2004, pg 357). It would also be a situation where the supervisor appeared to be choosing favorites, even with good intentions. There are many examples along these lines that could appear manipulative, playing favorites, or crossing boundaries in a work relationship, even with good intentions. Regarding the leader using this style in a computer-mediated work environment, I see the same cost benefit ratio as I see for an in-person work environment. The same central focus of emotional healing, putting others first, helping followers grow and succeed (Northouse, 2019, p 238) can be accomplished with interaction over a virtual media. On the positive side as well, when a subordinate is not seeing their boss regularly, the employees would feel less obligated to do small favors for the supervisor and there is less chance of small manipulations. The reason I feel this is doable is that I have a trustworthy relationship with a supervisor I have never seen in person. My needs have always been met, and I have been challenged and offered opportunity to grow, which is enough to keep me working diligently.

For this post, I’d like you to read the two pieces linked below, both of which are by the famous and highly influential Japanese horror manga artist/writer Junji Ito. After reading these pieces, please reply in your post to the two prompts that follow the links to the stories. The Linked Stories 1* Here is the link to the first piece, The Enigma of Amigari Falls: https://imgur.com/gallery/Wht7zImportant tips: *Please note that this manga is laid out in traditional Japanese manga style, which means you should read it from right to left. *Do not click “next” on the screen (that would take you to a funky screen). Just scroll toward the bottom as you read subsequent pages. When you reach the very bottom, click “Load 23 Images.” The remaining panels of the comic will then be loaded for you to finish reading it.2*Here’s a link to the second piece, Uzumaki, Chapter 1:UzumakiImportant tips: *This manga has been adapted to read like an American comic. Thus, you can read it left to right (unlike the first piece). *You only have to read the first chapter for class, but if you choose you can keep reading it for your own pleasure. At the end of the first chapter, which you reach by scrolling down, there’s a link to take you to the second chapter and so on.BTW: The total page count of these two pieces is longer than the short stories we’ve read but don’t let that scare you. Together, they actually take you less time to read than most of our stories (I timed myself)—because they’re comics and particularly text-light ones. The PromptsPrompt #1: Mention anything that you find interesting in these two pieces—from their particular visual and textual approach to creating horror, the themes they engage with, and their difference from American comics (aka: sequential art) to their connections to theories or concepts you find illuminating. Prompt #2*What do the two pieces have in common (visually, thematically, etc.)***********Recommended But Not Required Junji Ito ReadingThe Thing That Drifted Ashore: http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2010/12/junji-ito-thing-that-drifted-ashore.htmlGlyceride: https://imgur.com/gallery/Hn5SbLong Dream: https://imgur.com/gallery/4e4G5Army of One: https://imgur.com/gallery/juapWHouse of Puppets: https://imgur.com/gallery/VJQHRjyHuman Chair: https://iemonsy.tumblr.com/post/24781524204/junji-ito-human-chair****************************************************************************************************************************** Junji Ito BioInfluences: H.P. Lovecraft, Kazuo UmezuLife: Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, Junji Ito was inspired from a young age by his older sister’s drawing and Kazuo Umezu’s comics and thus took an interest in drawing horror comics himself. Nevertheless, upon graduation, he trained as a dental technician, and until the early 1990s, he juggled his dental career with his increasingly successful hobby.Film director Guillermo del Toro cited on his official Twitter account that Ito was originally a collaborator for the video game Silent Hills, of which both Del Toro and game designer Hideo Kojima were the main directors; however, a year after its announcement the project was canceled by Konami, the IP’s owner. Ito and Del Toro would later lend their likenesses to Kojima’s next project, Death Stranding.In 2019, Ito received an Eisner Award for his manga adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The Eisner Award is the Nobel Prize of the comics world.

You are an HR analyst for XYZ Corporation, and you have been tasked with the assignment of helping a company through a period of organizational change. Your client, Thoreau Enterprises, recently acquired several other companies in its industry. The organization has gone from being a $1 billion entity to a $15 billion entity as a result of these acquisitions. Though Thoreau Enterprises purchased the others, it was actually the smallest entity of the entire grouping. After meeting with Thoreau Enterprises’ company leadership, your Director, Jacob Wickham, has compiled notes on three main areas that need to be addressed: talent management needs, compensation, and the role of HR to lead change for the new organization. Following is a list of specific concerns that Jacob noted during the initial meeting:

There are a number of “legacy” employees whose roles in the new organization have changed drastically as a result of the acquisitions. Many employees are unclear whether their jobs are going to be considered redundant or if they are “safe” in the new organizational structure. Rumors are spreading that everyone’s jobs are up for grabs, employees will have to re-interview to keep their jobs, and the severance packages for anyone laid off may not be as great as people are hoping for. Morale is low in this period of uncertainty.
HR leaders are aware of the need to hire to fill certain functions, and it has come to light that job descriptions do not exist for all levels in the organization.
In the past, employees were typically hired because they were referred by existing staff. Therefore, contemporary recruiting and hiring methods have not been utilized at Thoreau Enterprises.

Compensation strategies need to be aligned across the new organization.

With the merger of so many companies, no cohesive corporate culture has been established, and there are major employee morale issues, as stated above. In fact, the leaders of the new Thoreau Enterprises are unsure of what their company culture should be and need guidance for how HR can help them to establish this and lead them through this period of uncertainty and change.

Your director, Jacob Wickham, has asked you to put together a presentation on talent management, compensation, and the role of HR in helping to manage organizational change. After speaking with the client, Jacob has compiled a list of items that he wants you to cover in this presentation, which should include a title slide, References slide, and speaker notes for each slide that Jacob can use to present your points to the leaders of Thoreau Enterprises.
Submit Part 3 of your presentation, according to the following prompts.
Part 3: Addressing Organizational Changes (6–9 slides)

Illustrate the role of HR in managing the talent pipeline during organizational change and restructuring. Provide at least three specific examples of HR functions that would apply to this type of situation. (1–2 slides) 
Describe how HR can address the impacts of organizational change and restructuring on employee morale. In your response, identify at least two tools, methods, and/or strategies that HR can employ, including a brief rationale for each selection. (2–3 slides) 
Identify at least three examples of legal challenges a company could potentially face during restructuring and explain how HR can help the organization avoid committing violations for each example. (3–4 slides)