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Question Week 1 discussion Strategic Role of Human Resources Discussion One: Describe, in your own words (but using the course material provided): 1. Generally, what has influenced the Human Resource Management function over the past ten years toward serving in the role of a strategic partner or leader in the organization? See in item three you will provide more specific influences that will continue to impact the function. 2. What could be holding HR professionals back from serving in the strategic HR role? 3. List at least two items for the positive contextual influences and two items for the negative contextual influences that will impact the HR function from today forward. In addition to the course material, you may want to share an additional outside source that has informed your answers. Be sure to provide the references for the sources of the information you used to inform your comments including the material provided in the classroom. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Discussion Two: Application: After reading the case study about the organization HSS in the module included in this course for this week, do the following: Write a memo to the CEO of HSS in which you justify HR's role in drafting a strategic plan. The report should be written using language the CEO will understand and can relate. The document should be complete enough to convince the CEO of the importance of a professional HR function being part of the strategic plan at HSS. It is important for you to locate and include academic sources (at least two) that support the content in the memo. You must show the reader that what you assert is accepted practice at other companies or organizations.You may use a word document if you like or provide your proposal in the content of your response window.
Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Discussion Three: Recognizing Fact from Opinion and Real from Fake Web Sites In this hyper-connected world we live in, where anyone can go to the Web to research and learn rather than trekking to the university library it is imperative that educational intuitions take the lead in teaching students how to tell the difference between real and fake information because everything you research on the Web is not real. Today, any information you need can be found online -- including Web sites and articles that look and feel like real information but are based solely on fabricated opinion, or worse, lies made to look like fact. In order for you to learn the difference between fact and opinion and real and fake information, you need to be able to recognize it. To this end, go to the Content page, scroll down and click on the "Differences Between Fact and Opinion" module and read the short introduction. Then, click on the links provided to understand the difference between fact and opinion and how to spot fake news. Then go online to find an example of what you believe to be a bogus Website.Post the link and discus your thoughts on why you think it is based on opinion and/or fake news. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Week 2 discussion Job Analysis Discussion One: Share why job analysis is crucial to the effective management of organizations.Include the following in your answers: 1. How does a job analysis help managers do their jobs better? 2. How does a job analysis relate to job descriptions and job specifications? 3. Why is it beneficial to have someone from outside the organization conduct the job analysis? Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Discussion Two: Application Knowing that EEO laws and regulations greatly impact the HR environment, share how job descriptions and job specifications serve HR toward compliance with the laws and regulations. Include at least two of the following major functions of HRM: organizational design, staffing, training, compensation and performance management. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. DISCUSSION THREE: ACA After reading the material provided and doing some more research on your own, comment about the ACA. Do you have experience with it personally? How was it?
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Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Week 4 discussion Performance Evaluation Methods Discussion One: Select three methods for conducting an evaluation of an employee's performance. Tell us what level of employee (management, administrative, clerical, laborer, etc.) would you use this method to evaluate. Finally, provide the advantages and disadvantages for each method. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Discussion Two: Application After reviewing the module material, answer the following taken from the module: The acting head of software development advises you that she wants to develop an effective performance appraisal system for her department. She remembers, from having taken a human resource management class as an undergraduate, that there are a number of different ways to measure performance and she wants your guidance in selecting one. She also wants to make sure that the method chosen to conduct performance appraisals fits the technical nature of the workers she supervises who work in teams. Knowing what an individualistic society the USA is, she suggests there be an individual and a team component. Write and share a memo that outlines the different alternatives that you recommend as the most effective for appraising the performance of software developers working in teams. Share at least three alternatives with the pros and cons of each alternative you suggest. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Week 5 discussion Training Methods Discussion One: Select three methods for training (such as online training, on the job training, computer simulation or others found in the reading material for this week). Give a short description of the method, which audiences it best serves (leaders, managers, administrative staff, production workers, customer service employees just as some examples). Finally, provide the advantages, disadvantages and at least two metrics for evaluating the training.
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Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Discussion Two: Application After reading the module for the week, answer the following: The board of directors of HHS thinks a training program and a process is required to project what skills and certifications will be needed in the future at HSS. They have provided a list of questions that they feel should be answered before developing this training program. These questions are: How will the organization's training needs be determined? How will HSS know if the training program is being effective? Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Week 6 discussion Differentiating Total Rewards Discussion One: Differentiating total rewards to attract employees with the requisite competencies the organization needs in order to achieve its goals and objectives is one of the key functions of the HRM function.Differentiating compensation, benefits and workplace environment such as flex schedules, teleworking or job sharing to fit the needs and desires of different segments of the workplace is a strategy most organizations engage in order to attract and retain the needed employees. Select two segments of the workforce such as recent university graduates, parents with young children or recently retired military (just a few examples - you may select other categories). Provide a short description of the compensation and benefits you would design unique for each of the two segments. Provide your rationale for your differentiation. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Discussion Two: Application Internal equity and external competitiveness are two of the core elements of effective compensation plans. If you are employed, ask your HRM department what steps are taken by them to ensure internally that compensation is assigned in an equitable manner and externally, the compensation for benchmark positions are competitive. If you are not employed, you may either seek the answers from an organization of your choice or research the needed steps and describe the needed steps. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Week 7 discussion Status of Unions
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Discussion One: Describe one element of the status of unions from the readings such as the diversity of union members, targets for new members, whether unions are gaining or declining in membership or geographic concentrations of unions.Explain If the element you selected has changed over the recent past and if so, share your thoughts on what you feel has fueled the change. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Discussion Two: Application The CEO of HHS asks you, the Chief of Human Resources, to assess the vulnerability of the organization for unionization of its employees. Think about the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for unionization and include in your report, what you see as some of the categories you would be sure include. Consider why employees join unions for guidance as you assess the situation. Post your original thoughts to the question by Thursday 11:30 p.m., and at least one of your colleagues by Sunday morning so your peers have time to respond! Do not forget to include in-text citations and references to reinforce your thoughts. Week 8 discussion We are in the last week of the course! Congratulations on your accomplishments. As you know, your final assessment is due by 11:30 p.m., ET, on Sunday in your assignment folder. Please share with the rest of the class at least three statements of key knowledge gained in this course and provide a concrete example of how you think the knowledge will assist you in your work career. Include an in text citation for each of the three knowledge points. Also, this is the opportunity to say so long to your classmates. Assignment 1 Job Analysis Power Point Presentation Objective of the assignment: Job analysis is a core skill for HR professionals and a key task for organizations to perform. So many of the employment decisions are based on this one task. The purpose of the activity is for you to gain practice in conducting a job analysis and to gain knowledge about the methods to collect data for the analysis. Deliverable: For this assignment, you are asked to develop a plan to gather data for a job analysis, use at least two of the methods to gather data, write a short job description and job specification based on the data you have gathered. Please do not use your own position and do not use a job description already written. If you do not work outside the home, you have other opportunities for positions to analyze. If you do not have a position in a typical office, retail establishment or production facility you can use, seek out a position from elsewhere. The opportunities could include a server at a restaurant, a service provider in your home, your hair stylist, a sales assistant, the receptionist at your doctor’s office or perhaps your child’s au pair, tutor, teacher or nanny. First review the material presented in the course about how to conduct a job analysis, the various methods for collecting data and the pros and cons of the various methods.
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After you have selected your methods for collecting the data, select the position (a job) to analyze and use at least two of the methods for collecting data, collect the data using the methods selected and summarize your findings in a short job description and job specification. . Place the power point presentation in the assignments folder AND in the discussion forum for all to see. In the power point presentation, share the following: 1. Provide an academic definition of job analysis and a short description of how it is used in organizations. Provide an in text citation for the definition. 2. The position you selected to analyze. 3. The methods you selected for gathering data, an academic definition of each, and in-text citation and the pros and cons of each data collection method you selected. 4. The rationale for why you selected the methods you did (tell why you selected the methods you did). 5. A description of your experience in collecting the data (how did it go? - was is easy, hard, stressful? for example). 6. A short sample position description and job specification you were able to design based on the data you gathered. Include an academic definition of position description and specification along with the in text citation for each. 7. Suggestions for data gathering if you were to complete this assignment again and desire to make it even more accurate. Please try to present your data in no more than 10 slides; including title and reference slides that are not counted in the total slide count (recall that if you have in text citations you must also have a reference page and it is to be in APA format including displayed in alphabetical order) with any Web references linked to the site where you found the information. Keep all the relevant content in the slide content area and use the notes area on the slide for other supplemental information Additional information on job analysis: http://managementstudyguide.com/job-analysis-methods.htm http://ezinearticles.com/?Job-Analysis-Methods&id=4258790 http://www.zeepedia.com/read.php? job_analysis_methods_of_collecting_job_analysis_information_observation_source_of_data _human_resource_management&b=33&c=15 Assignment 2 Literature Review Paper: The learning outcome of this assignment: is to understand how to conduct research on a given topic. Also, the outcome includes the application of your research about strategic human resources planning for your HR practice.Research and staying current on HR related topics is a critical need for an HR practitioner as is the knowledge of how to strategically plan for the Human Resources function. For this assignment: you are asked to develop a literature review on the topic of strategic human resource management. The paper requires you to develop a four- to five- page paper (not 3 1/3 or 3 1/2 or 3 2/3’s pages) – not including title and reference pages
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document on the current thinking and research in the area of strategic human resource management. You may include examples in your paper about how the Human Resources function creates initiatives that are strategic such as targeted recruitment, a Total Rewards program, engagement studies just to name a few, but the main focus on the paper is on the strategic nature of the Human Resource function. You want to conduct a scholarly review of the literature, and you must have a minimum of three citations (excluding our course materials). Again, your topic is strategic human resource management but you may provide examples of strategic HR initiatives. Review the paper provided "Writing a Literature Review Paper." Keep in mind that a literature review is not merely a bibliographic list of resources. A literature review is your synthesis of the scholarly research available on the subject. Your literature review can be used to inform management for decisions that are pending and/or serve as a basis for mere knowledge sharing. Literature reviews can be stand-alone documents or parts of a larger document. This assignment is to create a stand-alone literature review. Your literature review must use scholarly references and it must be written in a narrative format synthesizing the research from your citations, which must be in presented in APA format. Be sure to use topic headings such as Introduction, Main Findings and Conclusions. The paper will include at the least the following:: 1. Title page (not included in the review’s text page count) 2. Introduction and Purpose of the Paper 3. General Findings of the Research (including definition of the topic) 4. Synthesis of the Findings 5. Conclusions 6. Reference Page (not included in the review’s text page count) Please post your literature review in the discussion forum AND in your assignments folder. Assignment 3 Recruitment and Staffing Proposal Objective of the assignment: The objective of this assignment is to allow you to demonstrate your knowledge of the steps required to recruit and staff for an important segment of the workplace and to demonstrate your strategic skills to the CEO. You will share some of the essential strategic and administrative steps for this important function of Human Resources and will include metrics for which to evaluate the recruitment and selection approach that will be implemented. The situation: Suppose that you are the new HR Director at HSS (the case study presented in our Course Resources under modules) and you have already made a presentation to the CEO and the Board of Directors on the need for HR planning and enhanced strategic role that HR must play in the organization. After that presentation, and having read the research on managing human resources strategically that you have presented (assignment 2 literature review), the CEO confides that she has been thinking about how the senior staff in the organization are recruited and selected. As a result, she has asked you to propose new recruitment and selection methods for the senior level employees. Deliverable: The CEO's directive to you is to prepare a 4- to five-page (not 3 1/3 or 3 1/2 or 3 2/3’s pages) proposal that includes at the least:
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1. A cover memo to the CEO providing an overview of the task assigned and a summary of your proposal 2. A description of at least three recruitment approaches that could be considered 3. A description of at least three selection approaches that could be considered 4. A cost/benefit analysis and comparison of the approaches of both the recruitment and selection approached 5. Metrics the organization could use to evaluate the effectiveness of the on-going recruitment and selection of senior level employees. Propose at least three metrics for the evaluation (include the time-frame for your evaluation period such as six months after entry into the position). 6. Your recommended approach and your arguments/justification to defend your choices. 7. A conclusion section that includes a summary of the approaches recommended; the benefits and any other aspects to the proposal you want to highlight. Notes: Use topic headings to organize your presentation, include in-text citations for statements of fact, and provide a reference page in the proposal (not included in the proposal’s text page count), use professional level language and writing. Additional resources: Module three (found in week three) offers some information helpful about how to recruit. You may add to your thoughts by researching the topic, including your HRMN 300 course information. Assignment 4 ‘Final Assessment Case Study: Objective of this assignment: This activity serves as a final assessment for the course. It provides you the opportunity to demonstrate how well you have achieved the learning outcomes of the course. You are to provide your knowledge of the strategic and administrative function of Human Resources by thinking about the situation of Southwest Airlines recent merger and their expansion. Deliverable: Read and reflect on the case study below and prepare a response paper of five to seven pages – not 4 1/4 or 4 1/2 or 4 3/4 pages – (excluding title and reference pages) with appropriate in-text citations.Demonstrate your research and analytical skills in developing your comprehensive paper by using the organizations Website and outside articles written about the organization to supplement the information provided in the case study. However, the case study is unique in that it is focused on the HR ramifications and most of the outside reports you will locate articulate the business side of the merger or expansion possibilities. Tailor your paper to the HR ramifications of the merger and expansion. Keep in mind that the purpose of this final assessment is for you to demonstrate your knowledge of the strategic and administrative function of Human Resources. While the business side of the situation is the foundation, it is the command of the needed tasks and role for the Human Resource function that you are to focus most of your attention. Key Components: 1. Title page (not counted in final assessment text page count)
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2. Introduction in which you restate the issue(s) and state the purpose of the paper 3. SWOT analysis from the HR perspective 4. Recommendations to address the issues. Scholarly research is expected to support the recommendations. Examples of issues that may want to be elaborated upon may be possible redundant positions, maintaining the culture of both organizations (or not), combining compensation and benefits plans and union involvement (just to name some). 5. There are many tasks for recruiting and hiring for the expansion (in various global locations). Think about and list what those tasks are. 6. Provide the metrics for evaluating the outcomes of the expansion of the organization (again, from an HR perspective). 7. Synthesize and summarize your thoughts about the merger and expansion (from an HR perspective), including recommendations for aligning the HR function of the two organizations and addressing any of the S.W.O.T.assessment HR-related elements as appropriate. 8. Reference page containing at least five scholarly references cited in the paper and presented in APA guideline format with links to Web-based references. Situation: Southwest Airlines is a major airline in the United States with limited flights outside the country. The organization has a strong culture which is described in the following excerpt from Gary Kelly, CEO, Southwest Airlines found on the Southwest Airlines Website. Living the Southwest Way Living the Southwest Way: (Gary Kelly states that).....I ask three things of the 46,000 Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways Employees every day: Work hard, have fun, and treat everyone with respect. We call this Living the Southwest Way, and it comprises three characteristics that we look for in job candidates and require of our Employees: a Warrior Spirit, a Servant’s Heart, and a Fun-LUVing Attitude. While it may sound simple (and it is), the impact can be profound. Our Culture has long been admired and has earned Southwest much recognition, including a yearly spot on Fortune’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list (we ranked seventh this year) and the distinction of being named one of the Best Places to Work in Glassdoor.com’s 2013 Employees’ Choice Awards.Our Culture is not a program or a campaign; it is the sum of the personalities and behaviors of our People who Live the Southwest Way every day. (The following is fiction but is the situation to consider for this assignment). Due to the recent acquisition of AirTran Airways and with the possibility of acquiring other airlines that will expand the organization to other countries, Southwest Airlines will add thousands of employees quickly from any number of existing airlines in a variety of global locations. Faced with the tasks of maintaining the values of the organization, consider and propose steps the Human Resources team will need to take to achieve a successful merger of the two companies and to expand to additional global locations. PLEASE NOTE: Much has been written about Southwest Airlines, its culture and the recent merger. While that information may be used as reference material, the situation you have been asked to use for your application of your knowledge about HR is unique. Do not merely cut and paste from what you find in the documents you locate.
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