Given what you now know about the Fourth Industrial Revolution, identify and explain 4 ways the American education system should be preparing people in order to contribute to the American society in the coming years? It is important to provide supporting examples.
Why is conflict between family life and work more common today than it was a century ago? What 2 factors are involved in this change? On balance, do you see these changes as good or not? Why?
As a sociologists, what 2 practical suggestions would you offer a CEO on how to make the workplace more family friendly in order to retain their best employees, and to help them minimize family and work life conflicts.
Find, link, (cite and reference) a journal article to your analysis.
This assignment will enable you to examine the increasing interdependence between the work life and family life, the challenges it presents to companies in retaining employees, and the strain endured by families
Using a Logic Model as a Strategic Planning Tool
In your readings for this week, Watson and Hoefer (2014) provide a general overview of using logic models to define a problem and identify inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes.
In your initial post, discuss how application of a logic model would be different for a small nonprofit organization, a large federal agency, or the development of a policy for a specific human service program. How would the leader for each of these organizations engage the participants in the process? Cite examples from the reading.
When Ethics and Legalities Collide
Each professional code of ethics includes a requirement to define limitations of confidentiality that are not always required by law. Legal mandates in some states can result in dilemmas when they conflict with standards in the code of ethics. For example, standards of confidentiality might conflict with a court order or a duty to protect a third party.
In your initial post, consider a situation such as the disclosure of HIV status or adolescent privacy standards for disclosure to parents without consent. Use the Tarvydas (2012) integrative approach to decision making (described in your textbook) to discuss how you would arrive at a decision about confidentiality or disclosure related to potential ethical dilemmas caused by conflicts between the code of ethics and legal requirements.
Overcoming Resistance
In the article by Weber (2015), there is a statement about the importance of engaging those who will be impacted by change in the process of implementing change. The article further relates that initial efforts to foster change in the organization’s strategic planning process were unsuccessful in part because of lack of engagement. Resistance to change and lack of trust are common experiences when an organization or community engages in change efforts.
In your initial post, discuss the principles for dealing with opposition or resistance in change efforts for the Riverbend City Strategic Planning Committee, as described in the media piece in the Studies for this unit. Is resistance a normal part of the process? Can it be used in the effort to promote change? How? Discuss the resistance presented by one of the members of the Riverbend City Strategic Planning Committee and critique the response or method of addressing the resistance that was used by the group leader.
Response Guidelines
Read the posts of the other learners and respond to the initial posts of two. Ask clarifying questions or provide another perspective about dealing with resistance in the Riverbend City Strategic Planning Committee.
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Learning Components
In this week’s Discussion, you will comment on being human in the online world and observe others’ in the same context. Include some reference to the week’s resources in your post and responses. If you are relating an idea or building upon the readings, poems, or videos, please identify which one by listing it at the bottom of the post.
TIP: You can copy and paste the reference details from the Resources page to make your life easier.
