Paper Assignment 1: Action Research Project
You have been hired as a consultant (to your current organization, previous organization, or a fictional organization). Describe and analyze a human resource/organizational problem(s) and recommend an organizational development strategy (ies). Provide a rationale as to why you think this approach will help. This will require a practitioner analysis of the organizational problem of interest and an academic literature review of similar organizational problems and organizational development strategy (ies) that you believe will be most beneficial in solving the problem. Also, provide an evaluation plan for the proposed intervention(s).
The plan should have the following headings:
• Problem Identification
o Description of the organization
o Context of the problem:
- How do you know it's a problem?
- Specifically what is the problem (select from list below)?
- Turnover
- Job Satisfaction
- Diversity
- Performance Appraisals
- Downsizing
- Training & Development
• Needs Assessment and Diagnosis
o Data collection
o Data analysis
• Proposed Organization Development Interventions/Strategy(ies)
o Required resources
o Timeline
o Anticipated resistance
o Potential benefit(s), i.e. cost savings
• Suggested Evaluation Approach
• Summary/Conclusions
This assignment should be 8 to 10 pages in length (not including the title and reference pages). You must use at least five scholarly sources and format your paper according to APA style guidelines.
Paper Assignemnt 2
The purpose of the Paper is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of employee training through the analysis of a scenario related to the creation of a training course.
Focus of the Paper
In the course, you have examined several areas of employee training. For this paper, you will be applying this knowledge by examining the creation of a cultural diversity training course.
Imagine that you are in training and development for a global organization. You have been tasked with the creation of a cultural diversity training course that all employees will be required to take. Before designing the course, you must consider the ethical and cultural issues of the task.
In an eight- to ten-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), you must address the following:
a. Examine any legal implications in creating a training course that discusses culture. Identify what laws and regulations should be considered.
b. Explain how the demographic diversity of your employees affects discussions of cultural diversity.
c. Examine which ethical implications should be considered.
d. Examine if training can be standardized for all locations in a global organization. Analyze what media is best suited for training in a global setting.
e. Provide recommendations for implementing the training course.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.