Director of Worldwide Consulting

Part I Assume you are in upper management of the hypothetical United States-based company Walden Consulting Group, Inc., and you need to hire a new “Director of Worldwide Consulting.” This director will be responsible for consulting teams that will provide various management consulting services to organizations of all sizes and industries all over the world. The director you hire will manage these teams while working out of the home office in the United States. The director will be responsible to create a productive and positive working environment and implement processes to sustain it. Using the “Job Description Template” provided, write the job description for this position. Include the characteristics, behaviors, skills, education, attitudes, and key competencies needed to create a sustainable, positive, and productive work environment. Contact information should also be included.   Part II   Read the scenarios in the “A Year in the Life of a Manager” document provided and respond to the related prompts below. Identify and shape factors that can affect an...
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A Year in the Life of a Manager

A Year in the Life of a Manager Managing Two Employees at Different Stages of Their Professional Lives Background: Allies of College Educators (ACE) is a Silicon Valley start-up founded in 2011 as a digitally driven, higher education consultancy that specializes in using the latest technology to aid admissions departments at U.S. colleges to attract, enroll, and retain students from diverse backgrounds. Combined, the core of ACE’s leadership team has more than 40 years of experience in college admissions departments. Like many start-ups, they were able to exploit their combined professional networks to grow ACE’s customer base quickly without a sales department and with only a small team of customer service representatives. By 2013, ACE had gained a strong reputation as the innovative, technologically driven, and cost-effective consultancy for higher education institutions suffering from the budget shortfalls caused by the economic downturn. In June 2014, the chief executive officer (CEO) and product director introduced a new 3-year plan to the ACE board. Their research showed that access to online college applications among prospective students had dramatically increased...
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Yoonnie and the tea in the Mall

CASE A Yoonnie and the tea in the Mall     Darnestown Malls, Inc. (DMI) owns and operates a mall in the state of Maryland in the U.S.  During the holiday season, as is customary for malls nationwide, DMI allows independent vendors to rent space in its common areas so that they can sell their wares to mall shoppers. Each independent vendor pays DMI rent in exchange for space. DMI provides no insurance coverage or any guarantees for services to these independent vendors. Vendors provide their own carts, displays, products, services, signs and all related business materials. Vendors agree to keep their areas clean and to place all trash in large bins DMI provides. In turn, DMI provides cleaning services for the common areas. DMI also employs on-site staff who provide maintenance, customer support, emergency health, and security services.   Over the past six months, DMI, like many businesses, suffered major financial losses. Retail sales had been down, and projections for the holiday season were significantly...
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Karen Case Study

Guidelines for completing the case study Read the case carefully and determine the specific relevant legal issue before starting to write your analysis of the case.  The facts are critical to analyzing the questions asked Map out answer to the case or how you plan to approach your case.  Often there will be multiple parties or factors involved in the case. You are required to address when you analysze the case. Having a sense of how many different points you need to address will help you to develop and carefully plan your response. Also, remember that some cases may have multiple parties involved. Exam each party carefully and discuss whether and how the specific area of law applies to the party. Here is how you should approach your case study Thesis: A brief summary of the case and what area(s) of law is (are) pertinent to the case. What is the case all about-what area of law (e.g. the case relates to the area of...
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Project 3: Internal Environment Analysis

Project 3:  Internal Environment Analysis Purpose: This project is the third of four projects.  Students will perform an internal environmental analysis using the tools and concepts learned in the course to date.  You will also draw from previous business courses to develop an understanding of how organizations develop and manage strategies to establish, safeguard and sustain its position in a competitive market. Students also have the opportunity to review an organization's objectives and goals and the key functional areas within the organization.  Performing an internal environment analysis helps assess a firm's internal resources and capabilities and plays a critical role in formulating strategy by identifying a firm's strengths to capitalize on so that it can effectively overcome weaknesses.   Skill Building: In this project, you are building many different skills including research, critical thinking, writing and developing analytical skills related to various financial analysis tools and strategy tools used in business. Outcomes Met with This Project: utilize a set of useful analytical skills, tools, and techniques...
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BLACK FRIDAY: AN ILLUSION OR REALITY?

BLACK FRIDAY: AN ILLUSION OR REALITY? Hispanics, who make up about 16 percent of the U.S. population, are the fastest growing minority group, and they are more likely to be uninsured than any other minority group, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is estimated that only 10.2 million of the 53 million uninsured Hispanics in the United States will qualify for coverage under the new healthcare laws. (Visit the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Information Trust for additional information.) The Community Health Care Center, which has facilities in central North Carolina, has created innovations to address preventive care, chronic disease management, and other initiatives to help the population in their area. Unfortunately, the hospital is not equipped to deal with the emotions and productivity of its employees. All employees received the following e-mail from Douglas O’Rourke, the CEO of Community Health Care Center. “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely...
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Roles and responsibilities of a behavior analyst

Objectives This assignment addresses the following course objectives: Describe roles and responsibilities of a behavior analyst. Describe responsible conduct of a behavior analyst. Identify sections of the Code associated with specific ethical challenges encountered by behavior analysts and discuss ways to resolve the issues in accordance with the BACB Professional and Ethical Compliance Code for Behavior Analysts. Discuss the dangers of using practices that are not research-based. Discuss the importance of the protection of human subjects in research. Use electronic resources to locate research articles and other scholarly works related to ethics in ABA. Purpose The purpose of this assignment is for you to expand your knowledge about the roles and responsibilities of a board certified behavior analyst (BCBA). As future behavior analysts, ethical considerations will serve as the foundation for all of your interactions. Although the course readings about ethics are an excellent way to establish your knowledge-base, interviewing and discussing this topic area with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst provides a real-life, applied perspective. Deliverable A paper that addresses...
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