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Question Module 1 discussion Influences on Employee Relations Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Include your own personal experiences, if applicable. What position/positions in your organization are accountable for workplace relations in your organization? What impact do they have? What programs are in place to impact relations at work? Provide specific examples. If you were an HR manager in a private-sector organization, what key programs would you implement to improve employee-employer relations? Why? How would you determine the added value of your programs? Subsequent Posts—Module 1 Read through responses by peers and post individual responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Include ideas/comments and/or research not mentioned yet. Cite your sources. Module 2 discussion Employee Voice First Post—Module 2 Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Bring in your own personal experiences, if applicable. What data would you gather about your organization (or large department or division) to accurately evaluate its organizational climate? How would you collect that data? How often would you collect data and analyze it?
How would you analyze it? What is an example of an HRM action that might result based on data gathered? What are your experiences with evaluating organizational climate as an administrator or as part of a work group? Subsequent Posts—Module 2 Read through responses by peers and post individual responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research not previously mentioned. Cite your sources. Module 3 discussion Organized Labor First Post—Module 3 As of February 2017 there were 28 states with right-to-work laws. To review the list of right-to-work states, see: National Conference of State Legislatures (2017). Right-To-Work Resources. Retrieved from http://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/right-to-work-laws-and-bills.aspx. Then conduct your own research on the topic. right to work Google Images Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Include your own personal experiences, if applicable. Are you for or against state right-to-work laws? How can a right-to-work law impact an organization? Does operating in a right-to-work state add value for an organization? Why or why not? Does it add value for the employee? Why or why not? Does it add value for the state? Why or why not? Subsequent Posts—Module 3 Read through responses by peers and post individual responses to at least two peers with opinions different than yours. Attempt to convince readers that yours is the stronger and “right” position. Include ideas/comments and/or research not previously mentioned. Cite your sources. Module 4 discussion Workplace Relations, Value Creation, and the Future After reading the materials listed on the background page for this module, view again the Did You Know video as well as the video below:
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Leonhard, G. (2016). Digital Transformation: Are You Ready for Exponential Change? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ystdF6jN7hc. Standard YouTube license. (Leonhard, G., 2016). First Post—Module 4 Please answer the questions below. Use question and answer (Q&A) format for your response; in other words, include the original question along with your answer in the reply. Within your post support your responses with information from at least two reputable sources (library and/or web-based) and provide the full citation at the end. Use APA format for your references. Include your own personal experiences, if applicable. Do you think the exponential change that futurist Leonhard talks about will take place? Why or why not? What changes do you see ahead in employee voice? Will there be an HRM function as we now know it? How might HRM create value in the world as futurists describe? As an individual and/or as an employee, will you be ready? Subsequent Posts—Module 4 Read through responses by peers and post individual responses to at least two peers. Include ideas/comments and/or research not previously mentioned. Cite your sources. Module 4 reflective discussion In the Module 4 Reflective Discussion, please reflect on everything you have learned in this course, by addressing the following: Paragraphs 1-3: Given the readings and assignments in the course, identify and discuss three important concepts applicable to your work experience, profession, and/or career plans for the future. Describe how each applies. Paragraph 4: What part of the course (background materials, assignments, and so forth) helped to shape or reshape your perceptions of the role of HRM in the private sector? Note: No outside research or citations are needed with your four paragraphs to the Reflective Discussion. Also, no responses to your peers' posts are needed. Module 1 - Case INFLUENCES ON EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Assignment Overview Signature Assignment: Information Literacy, Emphasized Level View the following video discussing information literacy (Eastern Gateway CCTS, 2015).
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As mentioned previously, there are many influences on employee relations in organizations. One of the most relevant today is the amount of information that is available to us. There are numerous sources of information available to us as students, employees, labor union representatives, and HRM professionals. For example, students might use sources from the Internet. Before we use information that we have found, however, it is important that we evaluate its authority and appropriateness. In this assignment you will be evaluating some sources available to you. Start by reviewing some of the following articles and making a list of important factors needed to evaluate sources. (you will need to include this list of factors as either an appendix after the References section in your paper, as a slide at the end of your slide presentation, or as a MS Word document along with your video file). University of California Berkeley. Critical evaluation of resources. Retrieved from http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html Cornell University. How to critically analyze information sources. Retrieved from http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill26.htm Cornell University. Distinguishing scholarly journals from other periodicals. Retrieved from http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill20.html Cornell University. Evaluating web sites: Criteria and tools. Retrieved from http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/webeval.html Case Assignment For this exercise you will be presenting information on the following topic and defending the sources utilized. Topic: HRM’s role in improving employer–employee relations Your discussion of the topic itself should be 3–4 pages. Describe the issue, its importance to overall business success, and any anticipated changes related to employee-employer relations in the next decade. Select at least three different library sources and at least three different Web sources. Each source that you select should be available to you in full text and be at least 3–4 paragraphs. Be sure to include a variety of both “good” and “bad” sources. Be sure to discuss the factors you selected as important to evaluate sources. Cite each of the six or more sources in proper APA format and include its link. Provide a “List of References.” Under each source, provide a paragraph critiquing the source according to the evaluation factors you have learned are important. Include how useful the source was for you to write your paper. You may present your information as (a) a written essay (3-4 pages, not counting the cover page and References page), (b) a slide presentation of 10-12 slides, with graphics and detailed presenter notes, or (c) 5-6 minute video delivered as an MP4 or MOV file. Remember to include the list of factors you developed to evaluate sources (as described above). Submit your assignment by the module due date. Information Literacy
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As you may recall, the first signature assignment addressing information literacy at the “introduced” level was located in ETH501—Business Ethics, Case 1 Assignment). Then, in MGT516—Legal Implications in HRM, information literacy was assessed at the “reinforced” level in Case 1. Now, in this HRM522 Case 1 assignment your information literacy skills will be further developed reaching the “emphasized” level. These three assignments build upon each other and aim to offer you the opportunity to enhance and practice your information literacy skills at the graduate level. The grading rubric for this HRM522 assignment has been developed to measure student success in meeting the HRM522 Case 1 expectations related to information literacy. Assignment Expectations Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered end notes, or use APA style of referencing. Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a list of references, headings/subheadings, and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors. Visit Trident’s Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper for instruction on writing papers, citing sources, proper referencing, and so forth. Module 1 - SLP INFLUENCES ON EMPLOYEE RELATIONS In the SLP project for this course you are asked to place yourself in the role of others. You might play the role of an employee, HR Manager, or another stakeholder in a private-sector organization. By the end of the course, you will have a better understanding of different HRM employee/union/employer relations responsibilities in the private-sector and how to maximize your department’s contributions to the organization. Your assignment: Look over the following list from the Overview page: As you recall we began the course by considering many different internal and external factors that might impact relationships at work. For example: Employer Rights Company Policy & Work Rules Management Actions Wage and Salary Plans Employee Privacy Employee Benefits Supervisory Actions Work Design Economic Conditions Available Information Work Assignments Technology
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Employee/Co-worker Actions Performance Management Labor Unions Company Practices Laws & Regulations HRM Procedures typing manWrite a magazine article draft (of at least 750 words) in which you select one internal or external factor from above and analyze how it can positively or negatively impact work relationships. (Look at HR Magazine in the library to see what a short magazine article might look like.) Be sure to include employer examples (stating employers by name). Also provide specific examples (for example, if you discuss “work assignments,” provide actual examples of work assignments on the job and how they could impact relationships with others). Include 2 additional library sources (or more) to help strengthen your submission. Upload your paper by the module due date. SLP Assignment Expectations Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered end notes, or use APA style of referencing. Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a list of references, headings/subheadings, and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors. Visit Trident’s Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper for instruction on writing papers, citing sources, proper referencing, and so forth. Module 2 - Case EMPLOYEE VOICE Case Assignment In this assignment you have the opportunity to look at employee voice and protections and restraints on that voice. Prepare voice over PowerPoint (using two impactful slides)—table or chart, picture, drawing, etc.—discussing what employees can and cannot openly say openly about their coworkers, supervisors, and employer. Cover how the term “protected concerted activities” affects workplaces. The audience of your 5-to 8-minute presentation will be new shop-floor, firstline supervisors. Include notes underneath the slides on what you will say. worker Google Images Include at least 4 additional sources to help strengthen your discussion. Please upload your paper by the module due date. Assignment Expectations
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Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered end notes, or use APA style of referencing. Module 2 - SLP EMPLOYEE VOICE meetingYou are currently interviewing for a middle management HR position with a prestigious manufacturer.Your interviewers have asked you to speak to them for about 8 minutes about whether or not you would implement employee voice activities/programs in the organization if hired. What will you say? Present your talk as a podcast using a software of choice (such as voice-over PowerPoint, limit to 2 or 3 slides) or a video, or other such as Sound Recorder or Audacity to create an audio file and save as a MP3 or WAV file. SLP Assignment Expectations Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. For the sources you utilize, give the authors credit for their work. Module 3 - Case ORGANIZED LABOR Assignment Overview This assignment is about what the labor contract says. This is a key element in whether or not the union or employer will win at a grievance arbitration case. View the following video that explains that the contract wording alone sometimes does not tell the whole story: (Eisenberg, 2015) In this Case Assignment we will look at actual labor contracts to experience the content and detail involved. Go to the following source: United States Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Collective Bargaining Agreements.Retrieved from https://www.dol.gov/olms/regs/compliance/cba/index.htm The emphasis is on how to represent information in table form and to draw your own conclusions from the data presented. Case Assignment Select two labor contracts, each representing a different industry group. Discuss (in your own words):
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How the two contract sections on employee grievance handling differ and are the same (paying close attention to the definition of “grievance”; grievance processing steps, mediation and/or arbitration and other important topics in the clause). Compare and contrast their employee discipline/discharge clauses. Summarize by bringing in your module readings and/or library research to discuss the impact grievance handling might have on employee relations. Include at least 3 library sources to help strengthen your discussion. Half of your paper should be a table or tables, and half a discussion of your conclusions drawn from the tables you present. Paper length: 4–5 pages, not counting cover and reference pages. Please upload your paper by the module due date. Assignment Expectations Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered end notes, or use APA style of referencing. Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a list of references, headings/subheadings, and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors. Visit Trident’s Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper for instruction on writing papers, citing sources, proper referencing, and so forth. Module 3 - SLP ORGANIZED LABOR In the SLP assignment, you have the opportunity to evaluate strategies taken by union organizers to organize nonunion workplaces. Review the sources pertaining to union organizing listed on the Module 3 Background page, review the indystar.com article (below), and conduct your own research. Hussein, F. (2017). Labor Movement Turns to Social Activism to Attract Millennials. Retrieved from http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/07/27/labormovement-turns-social-activism-attract-millennials/456409001/. What labor movement effort or efforts do you think might have the most impact on increasing the number of unionized workplaces in the private sector? Why? Prepare your response as a 3-page brochure/handout geared to HR professionals attending an HRM conference expo. Your goal is to make them more aware of what you think will be unionization tactics they should look out for in future. Please upload your eye-catching brochure by the Module due date. Include at least 2 references that you utilized to prepare your assignment. SLP Assignment Expectations
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Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. For the sources that you utilize, give the authors credit for their work. Prepare a submission that is professionally presented. Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors. Module 4 - Case WORKPLACE RELATIONS, VALUE CREATION, AND THE FUTURE Assignment Overview We will conclude this course by looking at the contributions HRM might make to creating value for private-sector organizations and how employee relations and/or union relations fits into that process. Begin by reviewing the following: Case Assignment You are a professional in HRM and are in charge of your employer’s company blog for the week. In your introductory blog you start out by showing the following video: (The Centre Online, 2014) Your first blogger asks you: Is there risk that technology will over-power life as we know it? What impact will technology have on the employee-employer relationship? How will this impact HR labor/employee relations activities? How would you respond? Write your response as 3-page blog, adding visuals for impact. Include at least two outside sources to validate your comments. Assignment Expectations Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM trends, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. Give authors credit for their work. Prepare a paper that is conversational in nature. Include a cover page and a list of references. Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors. Module 4 - SLP WORKPLACE RELATIONS, VALUE CREATION, AND THE FUTURE Signature Assignment: Oral Communications, Reinforced Level Begin by viewing the following video on globalization:
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In this SLP 4 assignment you are the top human resources manager in your hospitality organization. You are responsible for your organization’s human resource function with HRM offices in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) as well as in a few developing countries. You have just received an email from your boss (the CEO). He wants you to help explain to the top managers at 10 of your employer locations how the impact of globalization is changing the world of work. He has asked you to prepare a slide presentation (10-15 slides) with notes at the bottom that he (the CEO) will give to his top management staff next week. In the presentation he wants to explain why it is important for all managers and supervisors to think globally and incorporate the influence of globalization into their workplace practices. Your boss wants you to email him the slides “today if possible, and tomorrow at the latest.” You are currently sitting in an airport in China with a 10-hour delay. It is time prepare and send in this presentation. You have prepared slides and notes for your boss before. He wants appealing slides with attached, meaningful notes so that he doesn’t need to add content. Any references utilized for this assignment should be included in a “List of References,” using APA format. Please upload your presentation by the Module due date. Oral Communications Emphasis As you may recall in HRM520 SLP for Module 1 emphasis was placed on the first step to building oral communications skills—deciding what to cover. Now at this “reinforced” level, the HRM522 4 SLP takes oral communications a step further by working on your slide presentation skills. And, finally, in HRM 599 (Integrative Capstone) your oral communications skills will be further developed. In Module 3 Case in HRM599 you will complete an audio presentation component to bring your final speech outline and slide presentation alive. These three assignments build upon each other and aim to offer you the opportunity to enhance and practice your oral communications preparation and delivery skills. The grading rubric MBA/MSHRM Oral Communication has been developed to measure student success in meeting the HRM522 SLP 4 expectations related to oral communications. Rubrics for the other two courses are included in their respective oral communications assignments. Assignment Expectations Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing on your background reading and research. Information Literacy: Evaluate resources and select only library/Web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information. Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes or numbered end notes, or use APA style of referencing. Prepare a slide presentation (and accompanying notes) that are professionally prepared. Proofread carefully for grammar, spelling, and word-usage errors. Visit Trident’s Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper for instruction on writing papers, citing sources, proper referencing, and so forth.
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