Most human and social services professionals come into their professions to make a difference. Doing so at the societal level is both a challenge and an opportunity. Being a successful social change agent, leader, and advocate requires both skill and commitment. To accomplish large-scale change to address societal issues as part of the technical aspects of a strategic plan, human and social services professionals need to address indicators of success and performance targets.

To prepare:

• This Assignment is the second part of developing the technicals for your Capstone Project.
• Think about how you might apply the theories and processes of change, leadership, and advocacy when implementing a strategic plan that addresses indicators of success and performance targets.

By Day 7

The Assignment (2–3 pages):

• Describe leading indicators of success. To determine whether the agency, organization, or community will benefit from the strategic plan, you must identify those things which would serve as indicators of success. These indicators must be observable, measurable, and quantifiable in some way.
  • Identify four indicators that would signify success with regard to the strategic plan.
  • Discuss specifically how you would measure each indicator.
• Identify performance targets. Performance targets represent the level at which you would like to observe performance on each indicator. They represent the desired level of performance. For each performance indicator that you have identified, specify the targeted level of performance.

1. Create a chart with rows and columns to establish the following requirements of discrimination under the law in the following areas at the top:
   • Title VII Gender Discrimination in Employment Practices
   • Sexual Harassment Based on Hostile Work Environment
   • Quid-Pro-Quo Sexual Harassment
   • Sexual Orientation in the Workplace
   • Along the left side of the chart, create the following rows:

   • Requirements to Prove Under the Law
   • Ways Employers can Minimize Liability
   • Recent Case Example
   • Complete the chart for each section.

     Explain in 350 to 525 words the requirements of each type of potential gender discrimination. 

     Explain in 350 to 525 words the specific ways employers can minimize liability for each type of gender discrimination. 

     Research and include a relevant case to illustrate each type of gender discrimination. 

     Format your citations and references consistent with APA guidelines.

Talent acquisition and recruiting has changed over the last decade with new technology, online postings, phone applications, use of social media, etc. Some organizations spend more resources on recruiting new employees rather than retaining and developing current employees.

This week’s case study about GE’s Succession Planning focuses on attracting, hiring, and retaining strong organizational employees. Specifically, the case discusses how organizations can use mentoring and succession planning to ensure talent retention.

For this week’s discussion propose three strategies that could improve an organization’s employee talent acquisition process, thereby leading to a stronger workplace.

***********************Answer the above using the question and answer (Q&A) format.  The Q&A format should include the original question along with your response. Within your post, support your responses with information from at least one peer-reviewed/scholarly source (not older than 3-5 years) from  CSU Global online library or the Internet, and provide the full citation at the end of your post. Use APA guidelines (at the CSU Global Writing Center )  to format your references. Your total word count must be at least 300 words excluding the original questions.****************************

• Cahill v. Nike, Inc. (Links to an external site.) (3:18-cv-014777)
  • See also Why the gender discrimination lawsuit against Nike is so significant (Links to an external site.)

After you have reviewed the case (this includes searching for other resources), you will prepare a case analysis in which you address the following in 2-3 pages (not including a reference page):  

Introduction

• What is the case? 
• What are the facts in the case? Provide a brief summary.

Analysis

• What is the legal conflict / issue(s) that is presented? 
• What is the relevant legislation surrounding this dispute/case? 

Conclusion

• Has the dispute been resolved or a court decision made? 
  • Do you agree/disagree with outcome?
  • Do you agree/disagree with the likely outcome? 
  • If yes, what was the legal outcome?  
  • If not, what do you think will likely be the outcome? Why? 

Option #2: Reflections on Resolving Work Conflict

For this assignment, you will identify a workplace conflict that you have researched. Address the following in a paper:

• Describe the organization and share its URL.
• Briefly describe the conflict and make sure to use at least two different sources, such as a newspaper article, a scholarly article, or a trade (business) publication. Do you detect differences in the accounts of the conflict?
• Outline the steps in the de-escalation technique used; highlight the benefit of each step in the process.
• Identify the conflict resolution or negotiation processes that were used.
• Highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the approach.
• Describe why you believe the approach was successful or unsuccessful.
• What was the end result of the conflict? Analyzing the conflict, what might have been handled differently and by whom?

Assignment Requirements:

• Your paper should be 4  pages in length, not counting the required title and references pages.  
• Cite a minimum of six scholarly sources to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to the textbook, four of which should be academic, peer-reviewed sources.  (You may not use the required and recommended readings for this course.)