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1. This assignment has two parts.

   Part 1: Problem Statement
   View the Dissertation Series Tutorial – Problem Formulation.

   Read the Guide to Developing the Problem Statement and then review the two sample problems below:

   SAMPLE PROBLEM 1: The problem is that husbands caring for wives with breast cancer have a demanding caretaking schedule, resulting in failure to practice their own self-care (LeSeure & Chongkham-ang, 2015).

   SAMPLE PROBLEM 2: The problem is that despite extreme workplace stress, police officers lack stress management skills, resulting in diminished health, family life, and work performance (Toers-Bijins, 2012).

   Write a 1-sentence original problem for a prospective study you might conduct using the format below:

   The problem is that _____ (state problem), resulting in ______ (consequence). 

   Include a citation to support the problem, and provide a reference.

   Part 2: Background to the Problem
   Locate 2 or 3 peer-reviewed scholarly articles (published within the last 5 years) from the University Library that address the problem.  

   Write 1 to 2 paragraphs providing a brief description and background of the identified problem using the scholarly articles to support the existence of the problem. Be sure to use scholarly voice.

   Use the provided Research Outline Template to ensure proper APA formatting.

   Note: Beginning this week, you will be using this template for your assignments, with the expectation that all revisions are incorporated from feedback from previous week(s).

   Include APA-formatted in-text citations, a title page, and a reference page.

   Submit your assignment.

   Note: You will continue to narrow the focus of the problem as you continue reading relevant literature.

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SOCW 6070 WK 2 Discussion: External Factors Impacting an Organization

Last week, you explored how systems theory and the ecological perspective emphasize the interaction between a human services organization and its environment. Any change in one part of the system effects change in another part of the system. Because organizations are not immune to their environment, local, national, and global events affect them.

Social workers in administrative roles must be able to identify and analyze the external factors that affect the function of the human services organizations for which they work. Though you may apply leadership and management skills as you assume an administrative position, you may also be able to repurpose many of the assessment skills you use in clinical practice for macro social work. Just as you gather information about a client and develop strategies for treatment at a micro level, so too, at a macro level, you gather and analyze information about a situation or program and identify appropriate strategies that will support positive organizational functioning.

For this Discussion, you address the Phoenix House case study in the Social Work Case Studies: Concentration Year text.

Post  an analysis of the supervisor’s role in the Phoenix House case study and identify leadership skills that might help the supervisor resolve the issue.

Identify which aspect of this situation would be most challenging for you if you were the supervisor. Finally, explain how you would use leadership skills to proceed if you were the supervisor.

Support your post with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references.

Resources

Northouse, P. G. (2021). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Sage.

Chapter 1, “Understanding Leadership” (pp. 1–24)

Chapter 2, “Recognizing Your Traits” (pp. 26–54)

Chapter 5, “Developing Leadership Skills” (pp. 127-158)

Lauffer, A. (2011). Understanding your social agency (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Sage.

Chapter 3, “Role Playing and Group Membership” (pp. 70–98)

Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen, S. M. (Eds.). (2014b). Social work case studies: Concentration year. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing [Vital Source e-reader].

“Social Work Supervision, Leadership, and Administration: The Phoenix House” (pp. 82–84)

Social Work Supervision, Leadership, and Administration: The Phoenix House

I am the senior social worker at a program called Phoenix House. Phoenix House is an after-school program supporting at-risk middle school youth. It is funded in part by local school districts. Students are generally referred to Phoenix House by school administrators or parents.

I supervise a staff of four full-time social workers and two social work interns from a local university. Staff responsibilities generally include helping students with homework, individual and group counseling, field trips, and recreational games and activities.

Students are usually referred to Phoenix House when school administrators feel that the student is on the cusp of expulsion or long-term suspension from their school, usually due to disciplinary issues. Parents of students may also enroll their children in the Phoenix House program if they feel it will be beneficial. Parents are made aware of Phoenix House and its services through PTA meetings and via school administrators when a disciplinary incident takes place. Although it is free of charge and funded primarily through school district funds, parents are discouraged from using Phoenix House as an after-school or extracurricular activity for their children.

The average clients of Phoenix House are boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 14. The clients possess a range of presenting issues, mostly relating to inappropriate behavior. Some of the clients have been involved with the juvenile justice system in some form or fashion. Almost all of the clients have been suspended from their school at one point or another. Common problems with clients at Phoenix House include fighting, bullying, stealing, and vandalizing.

The staff I supervise have quite a bit of experience working with juveniles with behavioral issues. Some of them have worked in juvenile detention facilities and others have worked at court-mandated youth programs.

We have recently accepted a new client named Daniel. Daniel is a 13-year-old, Caucasian male. Daniel was enrolled by his mother when he was suspended from his school after a marijuana cigarette was found in his book bag by school security staff. It was the first time Daniel had been suspended from his school and the first time a disciplinary report had been filed on him.

Sarah, one of the social workers, asked to speak to me concerning Daniel. Sarah had spoken to Jim, one of our social work interns, about Daniel and the appropriateness of his presence at Phoenix House. Jim is concerned that Daniel is not a “good fit” at Phoenix House because he does not seem to match up with the character and attitudes of the other clients. Sarah shares Jim’s concern and is also concerned that the other clients may be a harmful influence to Daniel.

Sarah is Daniel’s counselor, as well, and has gotten permission from Daniel to share some of his statements from their counseling sessions. The statements indicate Daniel has no idea how the marijuana cigarette got into his book bag and that Daniel suspects it was put there by another student as a joke or as a means to get rid of it during bag searches. Sarah, who has years of experience working with at-risk youth, indicates that she believes Daniel. Daniel has also gone on to state that his mother has a tendency to overreact, and this may be the reason why she enrolled him in the Phoenix House program instead of listening to his explanations.

In response to Jim and Sarah’s concerns, I contacted Daniel’s mother, Lisa. Lisa listened to my concerns but did not feel that it would be right to remove him from the Phoenix House program. She said that even if he had done nothing wrong, Daniel could learn a valuable lesson about consequences by being in the Phoenix House program. I attempted to explain to Lisa that this is not really the purpose of the program and also indicated that Phoenix House is not meant to be a typical after-school or extracurricular program. Lisa retorted that it is her right to enroll her son in the program, and in her opinion, the end result of Daniel being in the program will be positive in nature.

I have shared this conversation with the staff at our weekly meetings. The staff seem convinced that Daniel will not have a positive experience at Phoenix House and feel he is being picked on and bullied by the other clients despite their efforts to prevent it. Some staff members have also pointed out that this may be an ethical issue because they feel the situation violates the social work value of “Do no harm.”

 

Each week we will be looking at a set period from our past.  Although these are our ancestors, it will seem like we are studying a distant planet, inhabited by people with the strangest of habits.  Fortunately, these subjects of our observation give us abundant clues about who they are.  Their art, their writing, their technology, the way they do business, the way they govern 
themselves all feed into a picture we will attempt to paint for ourselves each week.  Understanding who they were will help us understand who we are.

Each week you will be given three or four questions pertaining to important topics covered in the materials provided in the question itself, the textbook, the lectures, the other materials provided, and my comments in my Live Session. You choose the one question you like and post a response of 125 words or more.  You also need to respond to another post from one of your fellow students.  This second post should be at least 60 or so words long and should not just agree with or repeat what has been said. 

Please always use an example that has not already been used in the discussion.  

• European monarchs followed the example of Louis XIV and one of them is well described in your book, Frederick William of Prussia aka Frederick the Great.  What does  his palace Sans Souci  and what we know about him personally, tell us about the way he saw his world and promoted his power? Frederick the Great was an aggressive monarch who built his kingdom into what would become the German nation.  
• Your book makes the point that, in many ways, Classical music is a reaction against the Rococo and its wild exuberance.  Why did symphonic orchestras form at this time?  What composers used this form to express a new world view?  How does Classical music reflect Enlightenment thinking?
• The ancient artwork traditions of China and Japan began to enter the European world as European trade became a huge business and cultural exchange.  Europe fell in love with what came to be known as chinoiserie. The reality is that China was an ancient and quite advanced civilization, scientifically far ahead of the West in many ways.  What Europeans saw as exotic artifacts from a mysterious land reflected the many cultural traditions that melded to form Chinese culture in the 18th Century. What are some examples of  chinoiserie and other artifacts of Asian culture that became so popular in Western Europe?  Why were Europeans so enthusiastic about anything Asian?  Why do you think Europeans were so arrogant about their self-conceived superiority?
• Chapter 26 covers both the American and French Revolutions.  Both proclaim liberty for all but America built slavery into its most important founding document and the French kept the Haitians enslaved until they too fought to free themselves.  Why were slaves so important to both countries? How did slavery become a huge international trade system? How are slavery and racism connected in America?
• Many of our oldest and most important buildings in America are Neo-Classical in design.  Our nation’s capital was laid out in the midst of this design period.  The documents created by the political leaders of the time were also built on Greek and Roman ideas.  Recent events in Washington make it seem as if this architectural style doesn’t work in 2021.  Strains and stresses in our society tend to indicate that our founding documents might need deep re-examination.  Are we being constrained by following these 200 year old documents? What about them should be changed if anything, to bring about an America where we are all equal and free?  Should we stop using these ancient buildings in exchange for greater security? 

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  I’m working on a psychology question and need guidance to help me learn.As you learned from last week’s readings, forensic psychology can apply to many areas of the legal system. Narrowly defined forensic psychology professionals conduct evaluations of defendants and appear in court to testify based on their findings. https://academicessly.com/2021/05/08/buacc3721-investment-portfolio-management-report-writing/ However, in reality, the activities of forensic psychology professionals, because of their knowledge of human behavior, might include working in prisons as mental health professionals; working with law enforcement agencies screening applicants; engaging in criminal profiling; or assisting in hostage negotiations, crisis intervention, or in the selection of a suitable jury.As you have seen in the Learning Resources this week, there are forensic psychology subspecialties that include criminal forensic psychology, juvenile forensic psychology, civil forensic psychology, investigative psychology, correctional psychology, police psychology, and military psychology. https://iacademicessay.com/2021/06/06/im-working-on-a-english-writing-question-and-need-an-explanation-to-help-me-lea-21/ Additionally, there are a variety of roles and responsibilities within each subspecialty. Studying and understanding the various roles and responsibilities of a forensic psychology professional within specific subspecialties, will help you to understand the field and identify a subspecialty of forensic psychology you may find most interesting.undefinedTo prepare for this assignment:Review Chapter 1 of the course text, Introduction to Forensic Psychology. Pay particular attention to the subspecialties and roles that fall under the umbrella of forensic psychology.
Review this week’s DVD program, “Practice Areas, Roles, and Responsibilities.” Consider all of the roles, responsibilities, and opportunities pertaining to forensic psychology professional.
Review the article “An Interesting Career in Psychology: Forensic Psychologist” (Pinizzotto) on the APA Online: Law and Psychology Web site and consider the roles of a forensic psychology professional within this specific subspecialty.
Think about the subspecialties of forensic psychology and the various roles within them.
Choose two roles that are of interest to you in one or more of the subspecialties.
Consider how each of the roles you selected contributes to a subspecialty and why..
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Describe the two subspecialties to which the roles belong and contribute.
Explain how each role contributes to the subspecialty you selected and why.
Explain how roles of forensic psychology professionals in general contribute to forensic psychology subspecialties.
Requirements: 1.5 pages, strong to the point 

Assignment 1 Organizational Theory and Behavior (9 slides total)

Unit three CEO of an organization attached below

 (Do not combine the two assignment as one)

For the Unit V PowerPoint Presentation, you will continue to work on your course project, and you will present on the ways in which your selected organization will reduce errors in communication.

Start by researching your organization, and determine if they have made an error in communication through an advertisement, consumer policy, or verbal actions to employees. If they have, you will explain that error in your presentation. If not, please research another organization that has, and use this as an example of a situation to avoid.

Continuing in your role as the CEO of the organization you chose in the Unit III Assignment, create a presentation to give to your employees that explains the communication blunders and your solutions to avoid them in the future.

Include the components listed below in your presentation.

1. If your organization committed a communication blunder, outline the communication error and what went wrong (highlight the shortfalls). If you researched an example, share the example with your organization, and explain what happened and how you can learn from it.
2. Outline your suggested solution(s) to fix the problem and what processes from Chapter 9 in your textbook can be implemented.
3. Explain what your organization can learn from this mistake and ways to improve communication in the future.
4. Support your work with a references slide.

Your completed PowerPoint presentation should include a minimum of seven slides, not counting the title and reference slides. You must reference the textbook at a minimum.

Assignment 2 International management

 1. (200 words response) Some international management experts contend that globalization and national responsiveness are diametrically opposed forces, and that to accommodate one, a multinational must relax its efforts in the other. In what way is this an accurate statement? In what way is it incomplete or inaccurate?

2. (200 words response)  In what way do the concepts of formalization, specialization, and centralization have an impact on MNC organization structures? In your answer, use a well-known firm such as IBM or Ford to illustrate the practical expressions of these three characteristics.