PSY 655 Week 6 Discussions Assignments

PSY 655 Week 6 Discussions Assignments

PSY 655 Week 6 Discussions Assignments

PSY 655 Grand Canyon Week 6 Discussion 1 

A solid definition of the Law of Unintended Consequences is provided on page 54 of the assigned article, “The Unintended Consequences of the Application of Technology in Teaching and Learning Environments,” which includes work from Portes (2000). Draw a comparison between Portes notion of the importance of careful and sustained analysis of the social context and the red flags of poor decisions.

PSY 655 Grand Canyon Week 6 Discussion 2

Consider the bicycle helmet example of Blanch flower in the assigned article, “The Law of Unintended Consequences.” Clearly more detailed research would be required to support his notion, but he poses an interesting way of considering unintended consequences. Consult your own experiences and those in your immediate circle of influence to generate one potential example of unintended consequences.

PSY 655 Grand Canyon Week 6 Assignment 

Details:

Write an essay (1,250 – 1,500 words) analyzing the unintended consequence(s) of a decision.

To frame the context for this assignment, consider the following questions:

Leadership is hard; why? Perhaps the culprit is the tangential difference (disconnect?) between the intellectual, emotional, and inspirational decision relative to the problem. How do effective leaders reconcile the art and the science of decision making with the possibility of unintended consequence?

Select a case study on a business, social, or psychological “problem” in which a decision yielded an unintended consequence. Describe the process of decision making that was used in this instance and why that process led to the decision that was made.

Consider the following areas of concentration for effective decision making:

1. Barriers.
2. Cost of indecisiveness.
3. Collaboration: strength and or weaknesses.
4. Unintended consequence: Inherited feature in the decision-making process?
5. Recommendations or reconciliations to avoid unintended consequences.

Example topics include, but not limited to:

Unintended Consequence: Business

1. Athlete-Agent
2. HMO Cost Containment
3. Financial Crisis
4. Bailout of Financial Auto Industry
5. Corporate Governance Reform and CEO Compensation
6. Economic Restructuring in Iraq

Unintended Consequence: Social

1. Communism for Neighborhood Relations
2. Civil Rights Act of 1964
3. Cuban Missile Crisis
4. Employer Layoffs
5. End-of-Life Care
6. Health Care Reform
7. Immigration Act of 1965
8. Large-Scale Iron Ocean Fertilization
9. Rise of International Criminal Law
10. Transportation Security (TSA) Administration Policies
11. Youth Bike Helmet Laws

Unintended Consequence: Psychological

1. Gender Aspects of Conflict Interventions (Bosnia, Somalia, etc.)
2. Women in the Workforce
3. The Workforce Investment Act

Use the GCU eLibrary databases; include a minimum of three outside references or other resources for evidentiary support.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This PSY 655 Week 6 Discussions Assignments uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

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GC PSY655 Week 7 Assignment

Details:

This CIT Interview Techniques assignment includes two parts: a critical incident interview (due in Module 7), and a summary report (due in Module 8).

To frame the context for this assignment, consider the following statement as the basis of the project: “There is evidence that researchers using the CIT are now asking participants to reflect upon and write down the meaning of critical incidents, not just discuss them in a research interview” (From the Canadian Journal of Counselling, by Butterfield et al., 2005, p. 489).

Interview Preliminaries:

1. 1. Using methodology described in the readings, prepare a list of questions regarding an individual’s direct personal experience with leaders. A minimum of 15 questions is required.
2. 2. As the interviewer, pose the questions to the respondent(s). Questions include but are not limited to specific leadership moments, negative and/or positive experiences, leader decisions and consequences, or any direction drawn from course readings to this point.
3. 3. Identify a subgroup of people in your immediate circle of contact with whom you have the ability to conduct a critical incident technique (CIT) interview regarding their experience with leaders in their own lives.
4. 4. Conduct a minimum of three interviews.

Prepare this assignment as a Word document according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

GC PSY655 Week 8 Assignment

Details:

As the second part of the CIT Interview Techniques assignment, write a summary report (1,250-1,500 words) about the information gleaned from the interview process in Module 7.

Interview Preliminaries Redux:

1. 1. Select two to three people to whom you will administer the interview developed in Module 7.
2. 2. Administer interview questions to chosen participants for final formal interview purposes.
3. 3. Revise your original questions. Administer the additional final set of questions regarding why the selected incidents might be important (i.e., have the participants identify the meaning of the incidents discussed during the interview process).
4. 4. Provide follow-up questions as necessary along with subsequent responses.

Interview Summary Report

1. 1. Write a summary report (1,250-1,500 words) about the information gleaned from the interview process.
2. 2. Conclude paper with a discussion of the participants’ descriptions of the meaning of the incidents described during the interview process.

Use the GCU eLibrary databases; include a minimum of three outside references or other resources for evidentiary support.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.