Assignment Instructions There are 2 parts. the first part, the one page paper is due asap but no later than thursday noon. the second part is due saturday noon so that way i can have time for review before submitting. I havent worked with many companies but if you can choose from places i worked when i was a kid there was burger king, mcdonalds, holiday inn express. I would just make the client not something too difficult lol. Instructions:  During Week One  only , you have two parts to the assignment. Part One:   Attach a one page (or less) document that describes your client and your relationship to the client to a message to me. I will then approve your client or ask you to choose an alternate client.  The client you choose will remain your client throughout this eight week class.  This is  due on Thursday  of Week One.  It is ungraded but required.  Because it is ungraded, you turn it in as an attachment to a message to me. Part Two:   After your client is approved, you can proceed to Part Two of the Week One assignment.  Turn in a two-four page paper identifying the problem your client is having and that you will act as a consultant to resolve.  This is due on Sunday of Week One.  This is the graded portion of the Week One assignment and should be  submitted using the Week One Assignment tab in the classroom . VERY IMPORTANT!  If you have not already read the information in the Lessons folder (link is located on the left-hand side in the classroom), you should do so without delay.  You will find additional information there that will help you be successful in this class. Part  1.  Identify the Client The client can be your own work group or company, a family business you are involved with, a business you worked for previously, a volunteer organization you work or have worked with, or a public company.  The client you choose should be a small group or organization in which you can influence change in your role as a consultant.  Please do NOT select “the military” or “the U.S. government” or “Giant XYZ Corporation.”  You can choose a work group within the military, government or corporation as long as the focus is on a problem within that group. Turn in:  One page word document describing the client and your relationship to the client.   This is due by midnight on Thursday of Week 1.  Please submit it as an attachment to a message sent via the Messaging feature in the classroom.  2.  Identify the Problem Read the material at the sites listed in the Week 1 Lessons folder (look for the Lessons tab on the l.h. side in this classroom) to help guide you in identifying a management problem in your work environment. Complete a 2-4 page paper discussing the client and the management problem you will explore during this course. This course is designed to provide hands-on experience that utilizes the learning from previous courses.  With your knowledge of the client you have identified and the learning you have acquired to this point, identify ...

1. Assignment Instructions
There are 2 parts. the first part, the one page paper is due asap
but no later than thursday noon. the second part is due saturday
noon so that way i can have time for review before submitting. I
havent worked with many companies but if you can choose from
places i worked when i was a kid there was burger king,
mcdonalds, holiday inn express. I would just make the client not
something too difficult lol.
Instructions:
During Week One
only
, you have two parts to the assignment.
Part One:
Attach a one page (or less) document that describes your client
and your relationship to the client to a message to me. I will
then approve your client or ask you to choose an alternate
client. The client you choose will remain your client
throughout this eight week class. This is
due on Thursday
of Week One. It is ungraded but required. Because it is
ungraded, you turn it in as an attachment to a message to me.
Part Two:
After your client is approved, you can proceed to Part Two of
the Week One assignment. Turn in a two-four page paper
identifying the problem your client is having and that you will
act as a consultant to resolve. This is due on Sunday of Week
One. This is the graded portion of the Week One assignment
and should be
submitted using the Week One Assignment tab in the classroom
.
VERY IMPORTANT! If you have not already read the

2. information in the Lessons folder (link is located on the left-
hand side in the classroom), you should do so without delay.
You will find additional information there that will help you be
successful in this class.
Part
1. Identify the Client
The client can be your own work group or company, a family
business you are involved with, a business you worked for
previously, a volunteer organization you work or have worked
with, or a public company. The client you choose should be a
small group or organization in which you can influence change
in your role as a consultant. Please do NOT select “the
military” or “the U.S. government” or “Giant XYZ
Corporation.” You can choose a work group within the
military, government or corporation as long as the focus is on a
problem within that group.
Turn in: One page word document describing the client and
your relationship to the client. This is due by midnight on
Thursday of Week 1. Please submit it as an attachment to a
message sent via the Messaging feature in the classroom.
2. Identify the Problem
Read the material at the sites listed in the Week 1 Lessons
folder (look for the Lessons tab on the l.h. side in this
classroom) to help guide you in identifying a management
problem in your work environment. Complete a 2-4 page paper
discussing the client and the management problem you will
explore during this course.
This course is designed to provide hands-on experience that
utilizes the learning from previous courses. With your
knowledge of the client you have identified and the learning
you have acquired to this point, identify a management problem
you will investigate and for which you will provide
recommended solutions. If you are working with a supervisor
or manager, you may want to consult with them to complete this
step. Some questions you can explore to help you are:

3. • What are the goals of the company/division/work group?
• In considering the goals, where does progress halt?
• Is there data to substantiate this or is it a perception of the
manager?
• Who is involved…the manager, the employees,
stakeholders?
• How long has this problem existed?
• What and how are expectations and requirements
communicated?
• When expectations are key deadlines are missed, what
happens?
• What factors contribute to the problem (politics, structure,
decision-making factors)?j
• Are technical skills or training contributing to the problem?
• Are there ethical issues relating to the problem?
• If so, how have those issues been handled to date?
These questions do not all need to be answered nor is this list
all inclusive; they are provided to help you get started and
inspire your own questions to explore while completing this
assignment.
As you think about this consider:
When relationships experience roadblocks of any sort we can
say there is a problem in the relationship. This is true for both
personal and professional relationships. When identifying and
analyzing potential problems one would start first with
symptoms of the problem. This is sometimes a difficult process
as it can be easy to confuse symptoms with the problem. For
instance, perhaps as a manager you are dealing with a lack of
acceptable productivity with two of the ten people who work in
your area of responsibility. Maybe one of those people is
cranky and difficult to work with.
In this case the problem you need to solve as a manager is one
of increasing productivity in your area to an acceptable level.
Managers respond to this issue in many different ways
depending upon their skill, ability, knowledge and maturity.
Some managers may transfer some of the work from the two

4. problem employees to some or all of the eight other employees.
This solution will, in turn, produce additional symptoms that
now are visible in the behavior and productivity level of the
other eight employees in addition to the original two
employees. You can see that this solution will only continue to
affect productivity in a negative manner and never really solves
the problem. This is why, during the problem identification
stage, one ought to be certain they are looking at the problem
and rather than trying to reduce or eliminate symptoms.
NOTE: Research is required for this an all of the papers in this
class. You must have a minimum of two unique sources each
week, neither of which can be Wikepedia.
Turn in: Two to four page paper in a word document, submitted
to your Week 1 “Identify the Problem” Assignment folder in the
classroom. This is due by midnight on Sunday of Week 1.