Your final research paper will be based on a topic of your choice related to an aspect of cross-cultural management examined in this course (see list provided). First, you will choose a company that is involved in global cross-cultural management.

This assignment requires that you explore a key aspect of cross-cultural management, and prepare a substantive outline detailing the program that you intend to design, develop, implement, and maintain for the benefit of the organization identified.

Examples could be cultural training for expatriate employees; diversity training for employees; global leadership, etc. Conduct your academic research in the APUS Library, and you may also use the readings assigned in the class to supplement your research.

Prepare an outline with bullet points of the topics, subtopics, theories, and concepts that you plan to ultimately cover in your research paper. In addition, please refer to the reference below for more information on research paper outlines. This assignment is worth 10 percent of your grade.

Research Paper Topics:

1. Global executive leadership
2. Cross-cultural management
3. Global team development
4. Operating in a global environment
5. Leadership conflict resolution in a global context
6. International culture
7. Inter-cultural communication practices
8. International ethics and corporate strategies
9. Global HR strategies for a 21st century workplace

Attributes of an Effective Leader. Prior to beginning work on this assignment read and review Chapters 1-13 from Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice, review The Only Business Writing Book You’ll Ever Need text, review the Week 5 – Weekly Lecture and the List of 50 Leaders  Download List of 50 Leadersdocument.

Additionally, review the Making PowerPoint Slides: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad Slides (Links to an external site.) presentation, the How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.) resource, and previous weekly assignments.

This week’s assignment is a PowerPoint presentation that will provide the following information:

In your presentation,

· Describe how your chosen leader exhibits the key elements of an ethical leader.

· Describe how your chosen leader exhibits the behaviors of an emotionally intelligent leader.

· Describe how your chosen leader exhibits strategic vision and empowers stakeholders.

Your PowerPoint presentation should be six to eight slides (not including the title or references slides) and include substantial speaker notes (no less than 100 words per each speaker notes section), include a minimum of two scholarly sources from the library in addition to the textbook, and adhere to APA guidelines. The Making PowerPoint Slides: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Bad Slides (Links to an external site.) presentation is a good resource to use for tips and guidelines for creating an effective PowerPoint presentation.

The Attributes of an Effective Leader presentation

· Must be six to eight slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.) resource.

· Must include a separate title slide with the following:

· Title of presentation in bold font

· Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

· Student’s name

· Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)

· Course name and number

· Instructor’s name

· Due date

· Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

· Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

· For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.

· Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed, credible sources in addition to the course text.

· The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

· Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.

· Must include a separate references slide that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Newborn intensive care unit is a familiar clinical practice area that, like any other clinical practice area, needs improvements because of the change /increase in demand for the services offered in the NICU.

There are many staff members involved in the NICU area of practice. They include administrators, a range of doctors, nurses, and support staff like cleaners and social workers.

A change in this practice area will affect all these staff members differently, but the main aim is to improve the quality of services offered to ensure the best patient outcome.

All interested groups will support the publication of game-changing research findings since they are meant to improve the service delivery system.

Hospital administrators will be excited with the findings since it provides a roadmap to improve service delivery in the hospital. Publication of the findings that more doctors and nurses should be employed to solve the shortage crisis in the NICU area will be positively received by NICU staff.

Patients in the NICU area require specialized attention, and many patients are being admitted to the NICU area as time goes by. The available specialized doctors are few and are experiencing burnout.

Nurses will also be happy about the publication of the research findings favoring the employment of more nurses to reduce the number of NICU patients one nurse takes care of (Bresesti et al., 2020).

Therefore, doctors will support the research findings and advocate for more doctors to be employed to reduce doctors’ and nurses’ burnout.

For a long time, parents have advocated for inclusion in NICU treatments. This publication will be an advantage to them as many people will get to understand their needs and support them.

Increased parent participation in the NICU, including their presence and infant holding, will improve attachment, thus improving the infant’s ability to cope with NICU stressors (Benzies et al., 2017).

Therefore, parents and families will support the published findings that favor their inclusion in the treatment and improve the treatment outcome. Also, social workers will be at the forefront in supporting the published findings since their inclusion in the NICU area is of value.

Their emotional support for the parents makes the whole process less stressful, and the parents can easily cope with the situation and be hopeful that the struggle will end in no time.

Therefore, administrators, doctors, nurses, families, and social workers will be interested in the findings and will support them since they will improve service delivery in the NICU.

References

Benzies, K. M., Shah, V., Aziz, K., Isaranuwatchai, W., Palacio-Derflingher, L., Scotland, J., … & Lodha, A. (2017). Family Integrated Care (FICare) in Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Units: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Trials, 18(1), 1-12.

Bresesti, I., Folgori, L., & De Bartolo, P. (2020). Interventions to reduce occupational stress and burn out within neonatal intensive care units: a systematic review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 77(8), 515-519.

Using current events (for example, local, state, or federal oversight of business enterprise and personal freedoms), discuss if there can be too much public policy in place. Can government overextend and intrude into our personal freedoms? Is it worth the benefits? Argue your viewpoint with examples.