Cooperative Education Goals, Job Description, and Supervisor Information

Assignment Description
The course scenario stated the following relative to this assignment: As happens on occasion, there were some factors that had an effect on company profits, but the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jared Smith, was in a position to focus on several internal strategic areas, including structure, work design, motivation, conflict, and company culture as a whole. To stay profitable, the company had to eliminate several management positions in an effort to flatten the organizational chart. Many of the responsibilities fell to the employees, and many people resisted the change.

As the economy recovers, CMA continues to rebuild. Since 2012, the company has been divided into a functional structure that includes four departments: Research and development (R&D), marketing, production, and finance. Each department is headed by a vice president who has responsibility over each of the functional areas. The company currently sells components to computer manufacturers. As technology continues to advance, the CMA R&D department and its vice president, Kevin Adams, are feeling pressure to keep up with the competition. However, because of the differentiation and separation between the departments, the CEO is concerned that communication is hampered.

You as the OB consultant had a training and development session about teams with the managers that went very well, so well that the participants expressed a desire to have some of the information that you discussed to be available in writing so they can reference it, as needed. One person wrote the following in the post-session questionnaire: The information I got during this training was very good. I’d like to have something I can read about the different types of workgroups and teams you talked about during the training session. Also, could you give us something that compares and contrasts the various types of teams? Jared, the CEO also wants your recommendation on which types of groups and teams you think would work most effectively at CMA.

If there are any questions on any of this, reach out to your instructor and also be sure to attend or listen to the chats as that is where you will be able to ask questions and gain many insights in what is being asked for here.

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Overview: Cooperative Education Goals, Job Description, and Supervisor Information

One of the key attributes of a BSN-prepared nurse is the ability and the drive to set personal professional goals. In this assignment, you will set three goals to achieve during this course. Although your future goal-setting experiences may span a number of nursing issues and practices, for this course you will focus on three areas:

• Evidence-based nursing practice
• Professionalism
• Team dynamics

Your goal for each area should be achievable during the span of this course, and must specifically address your work environment. To check for such alignment, you will submit the description of your job at your particular jobsite.

You will also discuss the course expectations and your specific goals with your jobsite supervisor. At the conclusion of the course, the supervisor will be asked to complete an evaluation of your performance and a verification of your total work hours. In this document you will provide the name, job title and/or credentials, and contact information for this person.

Objectives:

• Practice skills and use theory learned in the classroom.
• Integrate work experience into total education.
• Function as a member of the employer’s health care team.
• Participate in personal and professional learning.
• Adhere to the cooperative education program guidelines.

 

Rubric

Use this rubric to guide your work. Remember that this course is graded Pass/Fail, but completion and submission of Assignments are requirements to pass the course. (Any student work that needs improvement must be revised and re-submitted to earn course credit.)

	Acceptable	Needs Improvement
Goals	Relevant to work environment Achievable in course time span Reflecting key areas	Does not record provide personal goals for the course
Job Description	Official job description and/or sufficiently detailed to specifically describe expected duties	Fails to provide job description
Supervisor’s Contact Information	Provided	Missing

 

Goals

For each area, compose a specific goal relevant to your work environment and achievable during the course time span.

Good goals follow the “S.M.A.R.T.” criteria:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Realistic
• Timely

Consult one or more of these online resources (or others) for more guidance in composing S.M.A.R.T. goals: