Writing Question

PART 1

Create either a fact sheet or infographic that describes how an effective manager behaves and makes plans.

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Introduction

You will explore the fundamental principles of management and their relationship to the modern workplace. The resources will focus on these principles and their relationship to the modern workplace environment and important issues frequently encountered by managers, including effective planning.

Overview

In this assessment, you will create either a fact sheet or infographic that describes how an effective manager behaves and makes plans.

Remember to use insights from the interactive experience to describe how a manager applying resilience could positively impact the success of the event or project.

Preparation

Step 1: Choose a topic.

• An example from your workplace experiences.
• Managing a social event.
• Managing a small business project.

Step 2: Choose a format.

• Fact Sheet:
  • Length: 1 page.
  • Template: .
  • Resource: Visit to review the following helpful aid:
    • 39 Beautiful Fact Sheet Templates, Examples and Designs.
  • Tip: Use 10-point or 12-point font for text and no more than 14-point font for headers.
• Infographic:
  • Resource: Visit to review the following helpful aid:
    • Create a SmartArt Graphic From Scratch.
  • Tips:
    • An infographic is an image that shares information. The infographic can include numbers and text. Before thinking of ideas, you can look up infographics on the Internet to get ideas.
    • Infographics require using the fewest words possible to make your point. The visual design will be an important part of what you are communicatingit will replace some of the words youd use in a paragraph.
    • Text should be no smaller than a 10-point font. If you use images from an external source, check for copyrights and make sure to give credit to your source.

Instructions

For this assessment, choose a time where you had to manage a specific event or project. This does not need to be in a business setting. For example, you could have led a social event, a project, or you can use your own work experience.

In your chosen format, describe characteristics effective managers should do as well as how they should behave. You will also describe the planning process that made this project or event successful.

In your assessment, include the following:

• Describe characteristics of effective managers that would relate to your situation.
  • For example, how would a manager demonstrating resilience positively influence the outcome of your event or project?
• Explain how managers should behave to be effective in the situation.
• Describe how a manager should plan for the situation to be successful.

Notes:

• Use Microsoft Word if you are doing the fact sheet. You can upload the Word document as your submission.
• If you are creating the Infographic, you can use either Word or PowerPoint. These can be submitted as an uploaded file.

Submission Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following submission requirements:

• Communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional. Your assessment should be:
  • Clear and organized.
  • Free of errors in grammar and writing.

  PART 2

Create a paper or oral presentation that explains how a manager would take action in a situation.

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Introduction

A good manager plans ahead before starting a new project. They take time to get everything ready so the work goes smoothly. Managers need to be good at organizing things and leading people.

In today’s fast-changing business world, it’s important for managers to do both these jobs well. By looking at how managers organize and lead, we can learn what makes them good at their job. When managers understand these skills, they can help their teams do better work and reach their goals.

Overview

Create a paper or oral presentation that explains how a manager would take action in a situation.

Remember to use insights from the Breaking Down Big Tasks to Build Momentum activity to help describe how a manager should effectively plan.

Preparation

Step 1: Choose a topic:

• Increase corporate sales (sales department).
• Plan and run a company event (any department).
• A project from your current or previous workplace.

Step 2: Choose a format:

• Academic Paper:
  • Length: 23-pages double-spaced, excluding your title page and references page.
  • Template: .
• Speech:
  • Length: 24-minute speech.
  • Template: .
  • Resources:
    • For guidance on recording your speech, review or .
    • Visit to review the following helpful aids:
      • Basic Tasks for Creating a PowerPoint Presentation.
      • Record a Presentation.

Instructions

Choose one of the topics and describe the actions a manager should take when planning, organizing, and leading. After describing the situation you chose, describe how a manager will be effective.

In your assessment, using the situation you chose, make sure to address each bullet point below.

• Describe characteristics of effective managers related to the situation.
• Explain how an effective manager should behave in the situation.
• Describe how a manager should plan for the situation to be successful.
• Describe what a manager would need to organize in the situation.
• Describe how the manager should lead in the situation.

Notes:

• If you are writing a paper, we prefer Microsoft Word. You can upload the document as your submission.
• If you are doing the speech, we prefer Kaltura or Zoom. For guidance on recording your speech, review or .

Submission Requirements

Your assessment should meet the following submission requirements:

• Communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional. Your assessment should be:
  • Clear and organized.
  • Free of errors in grammar and writing.

  PART 3

• Complete and submit the Time Management Exercise worksheet.Expand All
  

  Introduction

  This first assessment is all about time management because it’s a topic that’s important for adding school work to your daily schedule. It is also something we hear is a pain point from learners.Time management is an essential skill that evolves as we take on new tasks. Your first assessment is to evaluate how being a new learner can fit into your already busy schedule. You will then be able to review, reevaluate, and utilize these new time management skills/exercises for your educational, personal, and work endeavors.

  Prepare

  Gather any calendars, notebooks, or devices you currently use to plan and manage your time.

  Instructions

  • Step 1: Download and save the worksheet.
  • Step 2: Fill out the first section of the worksheet, the weekly schedule, that includes many of the things you typically did before attending college. Then, develop a practical timeframe that includes enough time for your coursework at Capella.
    • You should decide what activities have been part of your day in the past that need to be eliminated or reduced to accommodate your study time so you can achieve your career goal.
  • Step 3: Answer all nine questions after the schedule using full sentences where applicable. Make sure to complete all questions.

  PART 4

• Write the first part of a paper by identifying the key elements of mission and vision statements, and what organizational structure would be ideal for your chosen organization.Expand All
  

  Introduction

  This assessment is the first part of three written assessments that build on each other. You will utilize the learned writing skills (POETS and APA) and apply the concepts to a real organization. You have learned about organizational structures, mission, vision, and code of ethics. Each of these concepts is a component of this assessment.You will start with just a few paragraphs and then continue to add content in the following two assessment. This allows you to gain feedback and make changes as you work toward putting everything together in the final assessment.

  Preparation

  • Choose a healthcare organization, such as the local community hospital, continuing care retirement community, the Red Cross, or something similar. (It can be something that interests you, where you work, or an organization you are familiar with.)
  • Locate the mission and vision (or values) statements for your chosen organization.

  For example, MD Anderson provides the following for their mission statement:

  • The mission of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is to eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation, and the world through outstanding programs that integrate patient care, research and prevention, and through education for undergraduate and graduate students, trainees, professionals, employees and the public.

  Additionally, they provide the following for their vision statement:

  • We shall be the premier cancer center in the world, based on the excellence of our people, our research-driven patient care and our science. We are Making Cancer History.

  Instructions

  • Step 1: Download and save the .
  • Step 2: Answer the questions on the top of the template:
    • What is your chosen organization?
    • What are the mission and vision statements for your organization?
    • What type of organizational structure makes sense for this organization and why?
    • Identify the key components included in your organization’s code of ethics. Then write a paragraph detailing the ethical principles these components represent. Are there any others you think are missing that are commonly found in a code of ethics and why would they be important for your chosen organization?
    • Include the references where you found the above information.
  • Step 3: Write 34 paragraphs using POETS.
    • In the first paragraph, identify the key elements of mission and vision statements and include what those statements are for your chosen organization.
    • In the next paragraph, identify what organizational structure would be ideal for your chosen organization and why using the readings.
    • Finally, after identifying the key components of your organization’s code of ethics, write a paragraph explaining the ethical principles commonly found in an organizational code of ethics and why they are important for your chosen organization.

  Challenge: Attempt APA for your references. You will need to complete the APA citations for the final part of the assessment (in Assessment 4), so include them now and get feedback!

  Additional Requirements

  Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, not larger than 12-point font.
  • Organization: Based on the intended audience, your assessment should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language.
  • Template: Use the to help you organize your paper.
  • Length: 34 paragraphs of content, in addition to references.
  • Resources: Include at least two reputable resources to support your ideas, including your chosen website.
  • APA: Follow APA rules for citing sources that support your analysis and conclusions. See the section of the Writing Center for guidance.

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  PART 5

• Continue your paper by aligning your new knowledge of healthcare business functions (operations, patient engagement, IT, HR, and finance) with your chosen organization.Expand All
  

  Introduction

  You have completed the first few paragraphs in the paper we are building and received feedback.You will now create the next paragraphs based on the course content we covered. You will align the new knowledge of healthcare business functions (operations, patient engagement, IT, human resources (HR), and finance) with your chosen organization.You are encouraged to utilize the feedback you received in the prior assessment to help guide you while writing.

  Prepare

  Using your same organization from Assessment 2, identify two functional areas you feel are essential to the organization’s success.

  Instructions

  • Step 1: Download and save .
  • Step 2: Answer the questions on the top of the template:
    • Using your same healthcare organization, identify two functional areas you feel are essential to the organization’s success.
  • Step 3: Write two (24 paragraphs as needed) paragraphs using POETS.
    • In the first paragraph, evaluate why you chose the first functional area and include what ethical principles the function needs to be aware of in their day-to-day work. What critical thinking questions would be important to consider to drive organization success?
    • In the second paragraph, evaluate why you chose the second functional area and include what ethical principles the function needs to be aware of in their day-to-day work. What critical thinking questions would be important to consider to drive organization success?
  • Step 4: Delete any remaining example content that is inside the square brackets.

  Challenge: Attempt APA for your references and add in your in-text references. You will need this for the final part of the assessment, so add it now and get feedback!

  Additional Requirements

  Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, not larger than 12-point font.
  • Organization: Your writing should be well-organized and written in clear, succinct language.
  • Template: Use the to help you organize your paper.
  • Grammar: Your work should be free of grammar and punctuation errors that would distract the reader’s understanding of the content.
  • Length: 24 paragraphs, in addition to references.
  • Resources: Cite at least two resources in your paper and list them on your reference page.
  • APA: Follow APA rules for citing sources. See the section of the Writing Center for guidance.

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  PART 6

• Provide rationales for how you would choose a team to rewrite a mission statement and what ethical principles they would need to consider.Expand All
  

  Introduction

  This is the last portion of the assessment, where you will put everything together and add the final components.The full paper was broken into three parts to allow you to focus on smaller segments, receive feedback, and apply what was learned throughout our time together. As you continue at Capella, you will complete full papers as individual assessments. The goal is for you to take what you learned about business concepts and how to build a paper, gather evidence, utilize feedback, and practice APA style each time you have an assessment.

  Prepare

  Locate the paragraphs you wrote for the earlier assessments.Scenario: Your chosen healthcare organization has determined that its mission statement needs to be updated accurately to reflect its strategy for the upcoming year, so you are forming a small team to work through this problem. Which functions do you want to select team members from? Why? What ethical principles does your team need to consider when making updates to a mission statement? Finally, what critical thinking questions does your team need to ask to update the mission statement? (Note: You will not be creating a new mission statement for this assessment.)

  Instructions

  • Step 1: Download and save .
  • Step 2: Copy your paragraphs from Assessments 2 and 3 directly into the template.
  • Step 3: Write two paragraphs (additional paragraphs can be created as needed).
    • In the first paragraph, address which functions you want to select team members from to develop a new mission statement.
      • Why?
      • What skills and characteristics make a good team member?
    • In the next paragraph, what ethical principles does your team need to consider when making updates to a mission statement?
      • Also include what critical thinking questions your team needs to have answered to update the mission statement.
  • Step 5: Add an introduction paragraph.
  • Step 6: Add a conclusion paragraph.
  • Step 7: Include all reference list citations and in-text citations.

  Additional Requirements

  Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, not larger than 12-point font.
  • Organization: Your writing should be well-organized and written in clear, succinct language.
  • Template: Use the to help you organize your paper.
  • Grammar: Your work should be free of grammar and punctuation errors that would distract the reader’s understanding of the content.
  • Length: 46 paragraphs, in addition to references, plus prior work from Assessments 2 and 3.
  • Resources: Cite at least three resources in your paper and list them on your reference page.
  • APA: Follow APA Style rules for citing sources. See the section of the Writing Center for guidance.

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