Please respond to the three discussion questions below. Write a response using information from your text and scholarly research articles to support your reasoning, opinions, and arguments. Each response should be approximately 200 words or more. When stating your answers, do NOT use the same examples that are given in the text. Include scholarly research to support your views.

1. Examine and discuss structured and unstructured interviews. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of structured interviews and unstructured interviews. Think of interviews that you have had. Give an example of a good and a bad interview. Explain why one was good and the other was bad. Also, discuss which interview was structured or unstructured. When would you want to use an unstructured interview? Are there risks to having a “too structured” interview? Is just using a structured interview the best way to go? What is the appropriate amount of structure for an interview?

2. Discuss the use of personality tests in making personnel decisions? Should they or should they not be used? Why or why not? Discuss the non-personality testing you took prior to being hired for your current or a previous job. How valid do you think this was in terms of rating your likelihood of being able to do the job well? Be specific.

3. How can management effectively evaluate individuals when they work as part of a team? What kind of measures should be used? Who would do the ratings of performance?

Remember to answer each part of the question as points will be deducted.

The Book:  Aamodt’s Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach, 7th Edition

ISBN-13: 9781111839970

Directions: Please provide a response to each of the following questions using APA guidelines for formatting and citations.  Each response must be at least one paragraph in length consisting of three to five sentences.

1.      What percentage of the earth is covered by water?  What percent of water is usable by people?

2.      How much water does the World Health Organization suggest people need to survive?  How much water does the U.S. Agency for International Development state that a person needs for a reasonably good quality of life?  In the United States, what is the direct per capita daily water use?

3.      Name reasons why water use is so high in the United States.

4.      What are some requirements of the Energy Policy Act?

5.      How can a plumbing system be made more efficient?

6.      How much water is flushed down the toilet every day?  How can toilets be more efficient?

7.      Name types of efficient toilets and urinals.

8.      Why were older versions of low-flow showerheads unpopular?  How have the new ones improved?

9.      Describe the differences between a gas- or oil-fired water heater and an electric water heater.

10.    What are the two types of collectors that solar-powered water heaters use and how do they function?

DBM 381 WEEK 2 INDIVISUAL ASSIGNMENT

Individual assignment :

ERD and Database FileComplete Service Request SR-ta-001: Scheduling System Database.

Note. This course utilizes the Virtual Organizations, an Apollo Group, Inc. learning tool. The Virtual Organizations portal is accessed from the link on your course materials page.

Write a 300- to 350-word memo to the Technical Services/Logistics Manager at Taylor Ambulance explaining the following:

•The design you will use

•How your electronic solution will cover their needs from a management perspective

Create a detailed ERD using the Entities and Attributes document provided with the Service Request. 

Create a Microsoft® Access® database using the ERD created above. You do not need to include keys and relationships at this point. Include the following:

•Tables with appropriate data types

•Descriptions

•Format

•Masking

Submit the ERD, memo, and Microsoft® Access® database file to your facilitator.

Imagine that you are a consultant for an organization, and they want you to work on developing their core values. The organization would like their core values to reflect key attributes of their culture.

Select an organization, such as a company, community group, or nonprofit organization.

Create a 10- to 12-Microsoft PowerPoint slide presentation describing cultural, research-based models and how they help clarify the organization’s core values.

Include at least three credible, peer-reviewed references and speaker notes.

Format the citations in your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.