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Describe the change that occurred in your workplace, and list the major steps or stages involved in this change.

think about a major organizational change that occurred in your workplace. Think carefully about the steps taken by management during the change process, and the organizational change processes and concepts that you read about in the background materials.

1. Describe the change that occurred in your workplace, and list the major steps or stages involved in this change.
2. What stages were successful during this process, and which ones were problematic or handled poorly?
3. Do a side-by-side comparison between the steps you listed in your answer to Question 1 and the steps used in Lewin’s three steps, Kotter’s eight steps, or the five-step approach of action research. What were the key similarities and differences between these models and the ones used in your organization?
4. Based on your answers to Questions 2 and 3, do you think the change process would have gone better if management used Lewin’s three steps, Kotter’s eight steps, or the five-step approach of action research?

Discuss how to create and maintain credibility based on your communication style and emotional intelligence.

In essay format, you will create a communication strategy acting as the vice president of communication in this scenario.

Briefly discuss your biggest responsibility and to whom. Why?
What do you say to a global audience who is shocked and horrified by what is happening?
Define three distinct and varied audiences and how you will choose what aspects to focus on with each:
Anguish, safety records, financial loss, etc. Be specific.
State your overriding purpose for your ongoing outreach and the focus for each audience.
Discuss how to create and maintain credibility based on your communication style and emotional intelligence.
Explain the channels you will use to contact people – TV newscasts, internet, live presentations, individual letters, etc. Be specific and explain your choices and how they might be effective.
Scenario:

World Wide Airlines (WWA) Flight 979 has gone missing over the China Sea, and there has been no communication with it since 10:04 p.m. ET last night. Flight 979 is an Airbus A380 carrying 598 passengers and a full complement of the crew on its way from New York to Singapore. Passengers are from at least 13 countries. WWA is the third largest airline company in the world, and you are the vice president of communication.

Identify the departments and agencies designated to perform response and recovery activities and specifies tasks they must accomplish Outline the integration of assistance that is available to local jurisdictions.

Mass Casualty Incident Specific Annex , write a Mass Casualty Incident Specific Annex describing the response to a high amount of casualties during a disaster in Bobsville. Your annex should: Identify the departments and agencies designated to perform response and recovery activities and specifies tasks they must accomplish Outline the integration of assistance that is available to local jurisdictions during disaster situations that generate emergency response and recovery needs beyond what the local jurisdiction can satisfy Specify the direction, control, and communications procedures and systems that will be relied upon to alert, notify, recall, and dispatch emergency response personnel; warn the public; protect residents and property; and request aid/support from other jurisdictions and/or the Federal Government (including the role of the Governor’s Authorized Representative)

Review the articles by Scott and Patel on blog headlines and subheadings. These are in your required readings section for this week and re-posted here for your convenience. Patel, N. (2019, June 16). Subheadings: What they are & how to craft great ones [Blog post]. Next, identify a blog post you enjoyinclude the reference as a source. Now, analyze and grade your chosen blog post using both Scott and Patels criteria for blog titles and subheadings. How well did each blog post author do compared to the criteria? What could s/he do better? How has this exercise changed how you view blogs?

Review the articles by Scott and Patel on blog headlines and subheadings. These are in your required readings section for this week and re-posted here for your convenience.

 

Patel, N. (2019, June 16). Subheadings: What they are & how to craft great ones [Blog post]. Next, identify a blog post you enjoyinclude the reference as a source.

Now, analyze and grade your chosen blog post using both Scott and Patels criteria for blog titles and subheadings. How well did each blog post author do compared to the criteria? What could s/he do better?

How has this exercise changed how you view blogs?

Investigate the suitability of sand, clay and peat soil mixture to revegetate TiO2 sand tailings.

The aim of this research is to investigate the suitability of sand, clay and peat soil mixture to revegetate TiO2 sand tailings.

The research objectives will include;

  1. Determining the proportion of sand, clay and peat required to retain water and nutrients to support plant growth on TiO2 sand tailings.
  2. Identifying suitable tree species that can grow well on sand, clay and peat anthroposol in a temperate climate
  3. Determine whether the sand, clay and peat mixture will enhance biological fertility of TiO2 sand tailings.
  4. Determine the impact of sand, clay and peat mixture on the acidity of TiO2 sand tailings.