...Assignment 3 Silvia Thomas Instructor: Cristina Russu Ph. D Psychology 105 – Intro to Psychology December 4, 2011 This paper will discuss the mental disorder of phobias, and the available treatment options. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. There are many specific phobias. Acrophobia is a fear of heights. You may be able to ski the world's tallest mountains but be unable to go above the 5th floor of an office building. Agoraphobia is a fear of public places, and claustrophobia is a fear of closed-in places. If you become anxious and extremely self-conscious in everyday social situations, you could have a social phobia. Other common phobias involve tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, animals and blood. People with phobias try to avoid what they are afraid of. If they cannot, they may experience panic and fear, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trembling, and a strong desire to get away. Treatment helps most people with phobias. Treatment options include medicines, therapy or both. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html A phobia is defined as the unrelenting fear of a situation, activity, or thing that causes one to want to avoid it. The three types of phobias are social phobia (fear of public speaking, meeting new people, or other social situations), agoraphobia (fear of being outside), and specific phobias (fear of particular items or situations)...
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...Ashley Kresge BUS310- Human Resource Management Week 4 Paper Extra Credit- Week 2 10/19/2014 Week 2: Post to the journal in week 2 the organization you have selected to write your week 4 paper on and its mission statement. Tell me how you will explore their HR’s role in supporting this mission. Provide at least one research source. This is due during week 2, no later than Monday, October 20 9 am Eastern time. The company that I have selected as the topic for my week 4 paper is Dun and Bradstreet. This company has been in business since the mid-1800’s. It has survived the test of time and through adaptability remains a leader in the data industry. Dun and Bradstreet’s mission statement is to be “The Most Trusted Source of Global Business Insight”. I plan on exploring how Dun and Bradstreet’s HR department supports their mission by delving into the functions of the HR group, what development opportunities/programs are made available to employees, and how HR helps drive business success. I hope to identify what strategies HR is taking to drive the business towards success. The company named a new CPO in February (CEO, 2014) who has an extensive HR background. I also plan on exploring how this new business leader is driving change and success in relation to the company’s mission. Research sources: CEO & Direct Reports. (2014). Retrieved October 19, 2014 from http://investor.dnb.com/management.cfm Dun and Bradstreet Company History. (2014). Retrieved October 19, 2014...
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...Bandage Automotive Case Analysis BUS310-011016 Date: May 27, 2011 Bandage Automotive Case Analysis Given Bandag Auto’s size, and anything else you know about it, explain why and how the human resource management function should be reorganized. Given the size of Bandag Auto in reorganizing its HR function will make for a more efficient company. I suggest the following services be put in place: 1. Transactional HR group which will focus on using centralized call centers and outsourcing arrangements with vendors to provide specialized support in the day-to day- transactional HR activities to the company’s employees. 2. Corporate HR group that focuses on assisting top management in “top-level” big pictures issues such as developing the company’s long-term strategic 3. Embedded HR unit and assigns a HR generalists directly to department like sales and production, to provide the localized human resource management assistance the department needs. 4. Specialized HR consulting firms within the company to provide support in area such as organizational changes. Recommend what Bandag should change and/or improve upon regarding the current HR systems, forms, and practices the company now uses. “In today’s competitive environment, it’s important for all managers to understand they have a role in building, even within their own department, high-performance work systems. A high-performance work system is a set of human resource management policies and practices that promote...
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...WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 Creating Your Dream Job STUDENT: NDOWAR, TECUMSAY PROFESSOR: MCGRATH, CHRISTOPHER BUS310 DATE: DECEMBER 1, 2013 PAGE 1 Create a job description and specifications for your dream job. Research and Development Specialist Job Description: Execute and lead all product research and development activities for approved business initiatives in a cross-functional and collaborative manner in an effort to support in coordinating design, development, validation, and documentation of systems & components. Provide technical support in response to customer needs and typically interacting with engineers at commercial, industrial, and other establishments. Collaborate with other personnel throughout the organization. Assess customer needs and develop solutions utilizing company resources to meet those needs. Communicate project specifics with company’s operational personnel to ensure that the objective of the project is accomplished in accordance with the customers schedule and needs. Provide accurate and current progress reports to management on the status of work activities including critical customer-related activities, and other projects as assigned. Product development, product improvement and product testing. Lab and Field performance testing. Project specific performance improvements. Customer correspondence for all...
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...Organizational Analysis BUS310-2016 .July 28, 2013 Describe the Organization The purpose is to introduce First Group America and First Student as the largest leading transportation company, between the United Kingdom and the United States. To show how it maintains its status as the leading school bus operator with the largest fleet in the U.S. and Canada. Description What the Organization Does First Student is one of five (5) sub-divisions of First Group America’s North America Division. They are First Vehicle which provides vehicle maintenance and ancillary services. First Canada which does school bus transportation, along with transit contracting management services. First Transit provides the transit contracting and management services for the senior citizens and different adult centers and residential homes. Greyhound is also a part of First Group America; they provide scheduled intercity bus transportation services in the United States and Canada. First Student provides the school bus transportation and charter services. The Customers it serves First Group is the leading transportation operator in the United Kingdom with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. First Group has 136,000 employees and they transport approximately 2.5 billion passengers a year. First Student has approximately 600 locations with approximately 1400 school districts, which operate in thirty-eight (38) states and nine (9) Canadian providences. First Student is the leading school bus...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Dr. Larry Byrd BUS310 9/14/2014 ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS Nature of the Organization The Coca Cola Company is an American multinational company that is a part is in the drink industry. Coca Cola is located is located in located in Atlanta. Coca Cola currently offers more than 500 brands worldwide. They are also offering product in more than 200 countries of the world. Coca Cola currently employs 146,200 employees. It is a prestigious company and it has a well managed performance management system in order to achieve higher employees’ performance accordance with organizational goals. Coca Cola is one of the most valuable global brands of the world. Coca Cola has been holding the largest market share in the beverage industry with approximately 40% share in industry for several years. Coca Cola is has a very strong brand recognition in market due to the strong marketing and advertisement strategies they have. Pierce says, “Coca Cola focus on corporate social responsibility programs like healthy leaving, recycling packaging, water stewardship, energy conservation and much more provides the competitive advantage to company over others.” (Pierce, 1987) They focus on ways to make the environment better and safer. HR Support of the Company Mission Human Resources according to DeNisi & Griffin, “are the people that...
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...Assignment 1: Organizational Analysis Keira White Professor Kim Williams BUS310 Human Resource Management May 3, 2015 When choosing a company for this assignment I wanted to choose a company that had local ties to where I live but also was a fairly large company so that I could gather the appropriate information. The company I chose is Raytheon. Raytheon is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. Raytheon’s core manufacturing concentrations are in weapons and military and commercial electronics. Raytheon was established back in 1922, reestablished in 1928 but did not take on its current name until 1959. With a history of innovation spanning 90 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. They are not only the world’s largest producer of guided missiles, but they are also the fourth largest defense contractor in the United States by revenue. What stands out the most to me when I think of Raytheon is the Patriot Missile from the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. Raytheon’s vision is to be the most admired defense and aerospace systems company through their world-class people, innovation and technology. Another thing about Raytheon that really sticks out in my mind is that...
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...THE SUCCESS OF COACHING AND MENTORING COACHING FOR SUCCESS Building a Successful Training/Coaching Team (Arneida McDonald) (August 18, 2010) Prof. Lezlie Clay BUS310, Training and Development Strayer University Online Building a Successful Training and Coaching Team Business coaching and a training helps get any business running at peak performance and help keeps the company’ skills sharp. When you work with a business coach, you commit to being your best in business and in life. The business coaching relationship is simple and working with a business coach forges a foundation for the success that any manager wants most in business. In the business environment, coaching and training team is imperative to have within your HR department; the tools provided by these two teams in a company are one of the key elements to success to any organization. As anybody knows, companies have a diverse number of employees that might need additional assistance depending on their background (language, religion, etc.), level of knowledge and skills. When situations like this arises in any organization, the HR in particular should have a coach to assist any employee to help the open up and share the problem that they are going through even thought, it might be related to other employees, the supervisor, or the job itself. At this point is when coaching becomes a feedback for any manager...
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...Analysis of an International Organization: Yum! Brands Inc. Kimberly A. Waters BUS310 Professor Dianna Anderson May 9, 2014 With over 40,000 locations in more than 125 countries that span across six continents, Yum! Brands Inc. is the world’s largest restaurant operator in terms of the number of locations it owns. Yum! Brands, based in Louisville, Kentucky is ranked #201 on the FORTUNE 500 list with revenues of more than $13 billion. It was named among 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine in 2013. The restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell are leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories globally (Yum! Brands Inc., 2014). With this kind of credit and stature this company has, who would think Yum has any challenges within their company? Yum! has their fair share of common human resource challenges. They also have some uncommon challenges. These challenges include but probably are not limited to; low wages for employees, food safety issues, high turn-over, wage/hour violations and child labor rules. Challenges such as these have cost Yum! Brands thousands on top of thousands in fines, as well as bad media. Low wages is one of the biggest challenges in the fast food industry as a whole. Yum! Brands seems to have it worse than most. Reports show that a substantial amount of Yum’s domestic employees are paid very little and causes them to have to seek government or community assistance, just to feed their families...
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...Free eChapters (FALL 2012) eChapters offer students immediate access to the first few chapters of their textbooks while they are waiting for the print book to arrive. eChapters help students to keep up with required reading and assignments until they receive their course material, without having to pay expedited shipping costs. eChapters that are available from the publisher are attainable free of charge. How do students gain access to free eChapters? Not all courses or textbooks have eChapters available. For all courses where eChapters are available, the files are located in the student’s Blackboard course shell under the Student Center. Below is a list of courses with eChapters loaded into the course shells, giving students free access as of the first day of classes. * = eChapters are forthcoming Course ID ACC100 ACC206 ACC303 ACC304 ACC305 ACC306 Text Title Accounting Principles – 9th edition Accounting Principles – 9th edition Intermediate Accounting 14e Intermediate Accounting 14e Intermediate Accounting 14e Microcomputer Applications for Accounting Excel 2010 Microsoft® Excel 2010: A Case Approach, Complete, 1st Edition, copyright 2011 SOUTH WESTERN FEDERAL TAXATION 2012: COMPREHENSIVE, 36th ed. South-Western Federal Taxation 2013: Corporations, Partnerships, Estates and Trusts, 36th Edition Cost Accounting 13th 09 ed. Advanced Accounting 4th 10th ed. Auditing & Assurance Services 13th 10 ed. Core Concepts of Government and Not for Profit Accounting 2nd ed., 2011 ed ACC...
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...Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing 2012 Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing 2012 – as at 26 September 2012 1 2012 Accredited Undergraduate Courses AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY The Australian National University University of Canberra NEW SOUTH WALES Australian Catholic University Australian Institute of Higher Education Avondale College Charles Sturt University Kings Own Institute Macquarie University Southern Cross University Top Education Institute The University of New England The University of New South Wales The University of Newcastle The University of Sydney University of Technology, Sydney University of Western Sydney University of Wollongong Williams Business College NORTHERN TERRITORY Charles Darwin University QUEENSLAND Australian Catholic University Bond University Central Queensland University Christian Heritage College Griffith University James Cook University Queensland University of Technology The University of Queensland The University of Southern Queensland University of the Sunshine Coast SOUTH AUSTRALIA Flinders University Kaplan Business School The University of Adelaide University of South Australia Open Universities (conferred by Uni of SA) TASMANIA University of Tasmania VICTORIA Australian Catholic University Cambridge International College Carrick Higher Education Deakin University Holmes Institute Holmesglen Institute of TAFE La Trobe University Melbourne Institute of Technology Monash University Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE RMIT...
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