What is a learning organization? Discuss why is this approach to strategic management better than the more traditional top-down approach in which strategic planning is primarily done by top management

Critical Thinking:
Question 1. (5 marks)
a. What is a learning organization? Discuss why is this approach to strategic management better than the more traditional top-down approach in which strategic planning is primarily done by top management. 2 marks (max
b. Give an example of a learning organization from the SAUDI market. Describe the mission statement and vision of this organization. In which way this organization is considered a learning organization? Is it successful? Justify. 3 marks (max
Question 2. (5 marks)
c. Discuss how the strategic vision of CEO/top management contributes to successful management of the cultural change in organisations? 1 mark (max 200 words)
d. Identify various methods which companies can use to manage cultural change? 1 mark (max
e. Discuss the criteria(s) which can be used to choose a particular method of managing cultural change? 1 mark (max
f. Identify and describe the cultural change management used in any Saudi Arabian company in the past 5 years? 2 marks (m
Note. To improve your answers, you are requested to use at least 5 recent scientific references, following the APA style.
ANSWERS

Research government regulations on a particular area of your choice, such as food, drugs, product safety, fracking, environment, etc. Do you think the government regulations go too far? Do you think the government needs to add more regulations? How are lobbyists involved concerning regulations on food and drug safety, and our environment concerning fracking? Explain your answers.

Research government regulations on a particular area of your choice, such as food, drugs, product safety, fracking, environment, etc. Do you think the government regulations go too far? Do you think the government needs to add more regulations? How are lobbyists involved concerning regulations on food and drug safety, and our environment concerning fracking? Explain your answers.

What are the key database products made by the vendor OR the key database platforms available under the database category (pick at least three for this paper) If a vendor, who are the competitors to the platform? If a database technology class, who is the clear leader and why? What industries are these database vendor tools or database technology platforms used in? Is the market increasing or decreasing for technology? What are the key features for each of these database platforms? What are differentiators compared to other database platforms in its like-kind class?

What are the key database products made by the vendor OR the key database platforms available under the database category (pick at least three for this paper)
If a vendor, who are the competitors to the platform? If a database technology class, who is the clear leader and why?
What industries are these database vendor tools or database technology platforms used in? Is the market increasing or decreasing for technology?
What are the key features for each of these database platforms? What are differentiators compared to other database platforms in its like-kind class?

Describe a time when you should have had a face-to-face meeting instead of sending an electronic message. Why would this face-to-face meeting have been better? 2. What is your strategy to avoid sending a direct message, text, or tweet that you might regret later on?

Communication
For this week’s assignment, you are on your own to source articles dealing with workplace
messaging. All types of messages occur within organizations. We address a few of those in this
week’s assignment.
Post your responses/answers to the following four questions. You should cite a minimum of one
outside source for each question.
Your answers must not exceed ½ page each. You are not required to respond to other posts in
this assignment.
1. Describe a time when you should have had a face-to-face meeting instead of sending an
electronic message. Why would this face-to-face meeting have been better?
2. What is your strategy to avoid sending a direct message, text, or tweet that you might
regret later on?
3. Describe an occasion in which you should have written a goodwill message expressing
thanks, recognition and/or sympathy, but failed to do so. Why was it difficult to write
that message? What would make it easier for you to do so?
Analyze the corporate jargon for getting laid off: realigning the workforce, reallocating
resources, rightsizing the company, eliminating redundancy, rewiring for growth, smart-sizing
the company, redeploying workers, and rebalancing human capital. How do these terms
compare to “fired, booted out, given the boot, or get the ax?”

  Imagine your team represents the executive committee at an imaginary organization tasked with drafting a CSR policy.What role does your organization play in the community?What factors in your organization influence the social responsibility strategies?What is one social initiative your organization will champion?

individually, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy at a large organization. Prepare to discuss the benefits and disadvantages of the policy with your team.
 
 
 
Imagine your team represents the executive committee at an imaginary organization tasked with drafting a CSR policy.What role does your organization play in the community?What factors in your organization influence the social responsibility strategies?What is one social initiative your organization will champion? Each person must represent a different stakeholder in the company.
 
 
 
Document your committee’s views on the essential components of a CSR policy. Include the following: 
•What role does your organization play in the community?What factors in your organization influence the social responsibility strategies?What is one social initiative your organization will champion?
•What factors in your organization influence the social responsibility strategies?
•What is one social initiative your organization will champion?
•What is your organization’s responsibility to the community? Explain.
•What are the main components of an effective CSR policy?
•What are the potential consequences of your chosen social initiative and policy? 
 
Prepare a 15 slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, including speaker notes, presenting your CSR policy to key stakeholders in your organization.

In their articles, authors Friedman, DeBroff, and Rimanoczy discuss the issue of work-life balance, and how that idea may no longer fit with the way we live our lives.  Choose one of the articles, and briefly answer this question: 1.  What does the author of the article propose in place of the “work-life balance” ideal? Critique the author’s proposal.  Be sure to use  APA formatted in-text citations and a reference for the article you chose.  

In their articles, authors Friedman, DeBroff, and Rimanoczy discuss the issue of work-life balance, and how that idea may no longer fit with the way we live our lives.  Choose one of the articles, and briefly answer this question:
1.  What does the author of the article propose in place of the “work-life balance” ideal?
Critique the author’s proposal.  Be sure to use  APA formatted in-text citations and a reference for the article you chose.
 
Remember to refer to the Short Exercise rubric.  
Using the first person point of view is allowed in this exercise.  Most short exercises will be approximately 1-2 paragraphs long; consider a full paragraph to average 5-7 sentences.

Define Bioavailability and explain its impact on dietary intake? What can occur to the absorption of other minerals when a person takes a supplement that contains an excess amount of a Calcium? Explain.

Discussion 9
1. Watch the following videos.
2. From the videos above, answer the following questions:
Define Bioavailability and explain its impact on dietary intake?
What can occur to the absorption of other minerals when a person takes a supplement that contains an excess amount of a Calcium? Explain.
Discussion 10
1. Watch the following videos.
2. From the videos above, answer the following questions:
What is the potential impact of caffeine on athletes?
How is nutrition the key to sports performance?

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you: Explain the project procurement process.  Explain how change control is implemented in the information technology processes. Analyze the required elements of a communication plan.  Describe the different organizational structures as it relates to project management (i.e., functional, project-based, matrix). Assess the importance of the project manager’s role in organizational leadership.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

Explain the project procurement process. 
Explain how change control is implemented in the information technology processes.
Analyze the required elements of a communication plan. 
Describe the different organizational structures as it relates to project management (i.e., functional, project-based, matrix).
Assess the importance of the project manager’s role in organizational leadership.
Examine the different leadership approaches and determine when each approach is best utilized.
Describe three (3) conflict resolution techniques that project managers can utilize to keep team members productive. 
Describe five (5) ethical situations that project managers may face in their role.
Explain the role of technology in project management.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Prepare strategies to manage project resources to include human resources, capital equipment, and time.
Summarize the project procurement process including external acquisition and outsourcing.
Design project execution activities including change control and communicating project status.
Summarize methods to control technology projects through information tracking and cost and change control techniques.
Evaluate the ethical issues in complex project environments.
Identify and plan communication strategies for project constituents and stakeholders across global teams and those internal to the organization.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems and technology.
Write clearly and concisely about Information Technology Project Management topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

CASE STUDY Lynette has been married to James for 11 years. The couple have two children (Samantha and Xavier), both under the age of five. They live in a two-story house in the country. James works at home and Lynette is a full-time homemaker. James’ mother lives about 14 miles away, but Lynette’s family lives three hours away. The couple do not have any close friends. Lynette had friends when she first met James, but over time those friendships dwindled due to the fact that James didn’t like Lynette spending time away from him. The first time James was physically abusive to Lynette he slapped her across the face when she questioned why she couldn’t have more money for the groceries. Getting the groceries was the only time Lynette was away from James for any length of time and his birthday was coming up. She was hoping to pick him up a small gift and asked for a little extra money that week. When he asked why she didn’t have a good reason she just asked why she couldn’t have more. His response was to slap her across the face. Since then, slapping and punching Lynette has become a regular response when she does something that he doesn’t like.How would you explain to Lynette’s mother (and others) why it isn’t that easy to leave [base your responses on what you learn from the Duron et al. (2021) reading]? What reasons would you provide? What would you recommend that her mother (and anyone that cares about Lynette) should do instead of saying ‘why don’t you leave’?

Students are to first read the Duron, Johnson, Hage, & Postmus (2021) article on coercive control (found in Module 11). After reading the article, apply what you learned to the case study listed below.
Be sure to cite the article in correct APA format in your responses. The proper way to cite within the text of a document is to add the citation in parentheses as is exemplified here (Duron, Johnson, Hage, & Postmus, 2021). Note that the parentheses appears at the end of the sentence before the punctuation.
CASE STUDY
Lynette has been married to James for 11 years. The couple have two children (Samantha and Xavier), both under the age of five. They live in a two-story house in the country. James works at home and Lynette is a full-time homemaker. James’ mother lives about 14 miles away, but Lynette’s family lives three hours away. The couple do not have any close friends. Lynette had friends when she first met James, but over time those friendships dwindled due to the fact that James didn’t like Lynette spending time away from him.
The first time James was physically abusive to Lynette he slapped her across the face when she questioned why she couldn’t have more money for the groceries. Getting the groceries was the only time Lynette was away from James for any length of time and his birthday was coming up. She was hoping to pick him up a small gift and asked for a little extra money that week. When he asked why she didn’t have a good reason she just asked why she couldn’t have more. His response was to slap her across the face. Since then, slapping and punching Lynette has become a regular response when she does something that he doesn’t like.How would you explain to Lynette’s mother (and others) why it isn’t that easy to leave [base your responses on what you learn from the Duron et al. (2021) reading]?
What reasons would you provide?
What would you recommend that her mother (and anyone that cares about Lynette) should do instead of saying ‘why don’t you leave’?

Lynette has thought about leaving James, but she doesn’t have any savings of her own, a car of her own, and having two children under the age of five makes achieving these things difficult. Also, Lynette worries about what James would do if she tried to leave him. He controls everything about her life and when he loses any of that control, he gets very angry and more violent.
One night when James is out playing poker with other men in the neighborhood Lynette calls her mother to talk and vent about her situation. Her mother, exasperated over the fact that they’ve had this same conversation for years, says “I don’t understand why you don’t wait until he’s asleep and then take the kids and walk out the door!”
How would you explain to Lynette’s mother (and others) why it isn’t that easy to leave [base your responses on what you learn from the Duron et al. (2021) reading]?
What reasons would you provide?
What would you recommend that her mother (and anyone that cares about Lynette) should do instead of saying ‘why don’t you leave’?

Budgeting and its alternatives have been a contention for practitioners and academics for decades. How can companies weigh the advantages and disadvantages of budgeting and its alternatives?

Wallander (1999, cited in Asogwa and Etim, 2017) critiques the
effectiveness of budgeting in the modern business world, highlighting its
rigidity, complexity, and error-proneness. He contrasts it with alternative
methods like rolling forecast, accrual, and performance budgeting, which are
more flexible, efficient, and accurate. However, Asogwa and Etim (2017) argue
that budgeting is essential for control, motivation, and planning, facilitating
target-setting, accountability, monitoring, and communication. They acknowledge
the budgeting challenges but suggest that the correct application can mitigate
them. They also discuss alternatives and their limitations, stating that
budgeting is crucial for setting and achieving organisational goals.
Bogsnes (2016)
criticises traditional budgeting for its inflexibility, inefficiency,
costliness, and conflict-generating potential. He suggests, beyond budgeting, a
more agile management model based on trust, purpose, values, transparency,
autonomy, and accountability. This model helps organisations deal with
volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity while meeting employee and
leader expectations. Bogsnes believes that adopting these principles can help
organisations better manage their financial resources and adapt to changing
business environments, enhancing their ability to adapt.
Question
Budgeting and
its alternatives have been a contention for practitioners and academics for
decades. How can companies weigh the advantages and disadvantages of budgeting
and its alternatives?