“State of Estates” is a national estate planning firm with 2,500 employees in eight states.

Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes for upper management at “State of Estates” to address the following areas:

• An overview of Title VII as applied to race and national origin discrimination
• Ways “State of Estates” can minimize liability for race and national origin discrimination in its employment practices
• The three types of affirmative action
• Whether any type of affirmative action is required or recommended for the firm

Include visual interest in the form of relevant photos, clip art, and/or graphics. 

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines and include both an introduction slide and reference slide.

In all likelihood, developmental and life transition issues will form the core of your work as a couple and family practitioner. These issues are those that couples and families typically encounter through common day-to-day living and may include being newly married, having a child, or sending a youngest child off into his or her own adulthood. They also may include common stressors, such as divorce, job loss, or death of a family member, just to name a few. Individuals across all cultures experience developmental and life transition issues in one way or another, and you will likely find yourself sitting across from a couple or family experiencing a similar life event to one you have encountered in your own life.

Despite the universality of many developmental and life transition issues, you should still keep in mind that there is no one way to experience a divorce, death, or job loss, nor is there one way to clinically encounter and assist a couple or family experiencing such issues. Different theoretical orientations may suggest different ways for addressing various scenarios, and you may have to modify your chosen theoretical orientation to work effectively in your professional practice.

For this Discussion, choose one life transition or developmental issue, and consider how you might modify your theoretical orientation and/or infuse interventions from other theories in order to address this issue.

By Day 3

Post a brief description of the life transition or developmental issue you selected and your chosen theoretical orientation. Then, explain how you might modify the theory-based interventions of your chosen theoretical orientation to work effectively with client(s) experiencing the issue you selected. Finally, explain the significant aspects of the life transition or developmental issue that influence how you would modify the application of your chosen theoretical orientation.

For this assignment, you will act as the director of human resources for a large global organization. You are asked to compile a report that will be shared with the senior leadership team. You will critically evaluate the benefits and costs of a D&I program. As you discuss both the benefits and costs, also discuss the return of investment (ROI). Locate case studies and other reports that will validate your report.

Support your assignment with at least three scholarly or professional resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.

Length: 3-5 pages, not including title and reference pages

References:  Include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. 

 Write a 800-1000 word paper (body content length) based on researched artifacts from three companies in the same sector of private or non-profit industry (e.g., restaurants, services, products, hospitals, etc.) and their individual presentation of mission, vision, and values. After presenting each company’s brief history, mission, vision, and values, compare and contrast the various features and differences between the selected same-sector companies. Using relevant research via peer-reviewed journals and research conclude your paper with a scholarly assessment about the strengths and weaknesses of the mission, vision, and values of the companies researched. 

Unit VII Journal Training and Development 

Instructions

As a result of performance appraisal feedback, it is identified that training is needed. In preparing for the training, the need has been analyzed, designed, developed, implemented, and evaluated (ADDIE method). As the HR manager, it is your responsibility to assess the training efforts, to conduct the training, and to assess the outcome or success of the training. What are some recommended methods of assessment when it comes to meeting the legal concerns of training? In addition, which do you think is more driven by results? Please explain. Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit VII Journal

Instructions

Contrast the rights of public employees with private sector employees to organize and bargain collectively. What authority do the unions have in each sector? Do you feel there is a tendency in your home state to favor the rights of public employees or the private sector? Are unions celebrated, or is the emphasis on the right to work? Share your rationale. Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit VII Scholarly Activity

Instructions

You are a new union representative. Draft a memo requesting copies of documents, policies, and procedures the union has in place so you can begin your job effectively. Be sure to indicate the importance of these documents on your position. 

Your memo should be at least one full page. Below is a suggested format for the memo: 

To: (Include the name of the supervisor and any others to whom the memo needs to be sent)
From: (Your name and role in the organization/union)
Date:
Re.: Specify the Topic (In this case—Requesting specific documents, policies, and procedures pertaining to your role as the new union representative)
Request: Include paragraph explaining your request (For example: “I am compelled to express concern about how we at ____ Company handle issues related to equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment prevention laws. In an attempt to do my job efficiently and effectively, I respectfully request the following documents, policies, and procedures that reflect our organization’s efforts to affirm equal employment opportunity and those documents that reflect the organization’s sexual harassment prevention efforts:”)
Name of document
Name of document
Name of document Requested date: (when would you like to meet with the company leadership to discuss the documents?) 

Be sure close the memo with a sincere thank you for the cooperation of the person(s) to whom the memo is addressed and a desire to work together often in the future. References and citations are not necessary for this assignment.

Unit VIII Journal

Instructions

Discuss how you can apply the concepts learned in this course to your current or future career. How might the lessons you have learned positively influence your career success? Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Unit VIII Scholarly Activity

Instructions

Write a letter to the current United States President, and put forth arguments regarding why you support or are against an increase in minimum wage. In your letter, discuss whether managers should be given a higher minimum wage or be paid overtime. Address what the minimum weekly salary should be for bona fide executives, administrators, or professionals. 

Your letter should be at least one full page and cite at least one reference from the CSU Online Library. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA style citations. Draft the letter using proper, formal letter writing format. Click  here to view the Writing Center’s example of a business letter.

• Inside addresses
• Formal greeting
• Introduction
• Purpose for the letter
• Rationale for your request and research to support your opinion and ideas
• Respectful appreciation for the president taking the time to consider your suggestions
• Formal closure including your name