Group Dynamics and Team Effectiveness
On January 28, 1986, NASA launched the space shuttle Challenger, which exploded 73 seconds after liftoff and killed all seven crew members. The night before, space shuttle engineers met with NASA executives and expressed concern about the forecast for freezing temperatures, which might affect the functionality of a part called the O-Ring. Executives urged the […]
Change Management
Change management is an important topic in today’s workforce. Organizations can no longer afford to be stagnant; therefore, the most successful organizations are constantly reinventing and improving their processes, products, and services to stay competitive in a global marketplace. For most employees, change is difficult. Upon learning of an organizational change (e.g., restructuring), employees may […]
Module 5 Discussion: A Republic of Laws, not Men
As one of the founding fathers of the United States, John Adams represented Massachusetts at the First Continental Congress in 1774, served on the Second Continental Congress in 1775, signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, was the first Vice President of the newly minted United States of America in 1789, and became the second […]
Penitentiary model revolutionary?
Module 6 Discussion: Punishment, Penitence, & Prison Public officials temporarily held accused men, women, and children in common rooms at the Walnut Street Jail—a city prison that opened in 1773 in Philadelphia—while they awaited trial or punishment. In 1790, Pennsylvanians constructed a separate cell house to detain inmates at the jail, making it the first prison in […]
Briefly describe the training and evaluation
Briefly describe the training and evaluation 2. Comment generally on what you like about your colleagues training module and if you think their evaluation can capture efficacy in the training. (If not, what could strengthen their evaluation/evaluation process)? 3. Share at least 2 aspects of the training that you find most effective and tell us […]