Human Resource Management

An involuntary separation  occurs when management decides to terminate its relationship with an employee due to economic necessity or a poor fit between the employee and the organization.  Please find an article on line that highlights a company that recently  went through involuntary separations and how they managed  it.  Then write a short paper (200 words) summarizing the article.  Make sure you provide a link to the article so that I can read it also.

Citations and references must adhere to the latest APA format. Academically appropriate sources are peer reviewed journals, text books, conference proceedings, dissertations etc. They are NOT Forbes.com, Business Week, Wikipedia etc. Chapter 6, Question 2: Why do you suppose the five categories of classroom training are so popular in HRD? Identify two types of training programs a manager might not want to conduct in using a classroom format. Chapter 7, Question 1: Even though most HRD professionals agree that HRD evaluation is valuable, in your opinion what are the most important reasons why it isn’t practiced more frequently by organizations? How can these objections be overcome? Werner, J. M., (2017). Human Resource Development, Talent Management, Boston, MA; Cengage Learning. Seventh Edition

Develop an audio script. The audio script should be a detailed script and reflect what you would say to executives to introduce a presentation. The idea is that the script is read/used to present human resource strategies to executives. The script will outline the premise of the presentation which will be used to assist an organization to transform the human resource function to a strategic business partner. The introduction audio script needs to include the following:  -An introduction  -An assessment of the knowledge and competencies that a global human resource leader should possess. –Describe how the denoted knowledge and competencies can be acquired and why this knowledge, these skills  and abilities are critical.  -Create strategies for transitioning HR from a transactional/process-oriented role to a strategic partner role. Format this script according to APA 7 with 2 sources.

Your Personal Brand- 1ST Individual Paper Read the sections in Chapter Three of the book titled “How to Develop Your Personal Brand” and “How to Create Your Personal Brand.” Then, select any company in any industry (business, sports, entertainment, etc.). Explain the company’s brand: A. What is right about the company (explain 1-2 positives about the firm) and then explain how these 1-2 positive attributes relates to your personal brand; B. What is wrong with the company (explain 1-2 problems with the company) and how these 1-2 negatives relate to your personal brand; C. Explain how HR professionals should fix the company’s problems and also explain what you will do to improve those same problems within yourself.  It is fine if the company is one where you work or have worked. But, there must be publicly available information about the company. Articles about the topic should be from well-respected publications (e.g. Time; Wall Street Journal; Yahoo! News; The Huffington Post; MSN.com; etc.). The paper should address the following issues: Who is the company, what does it do?  What did you learn from this assignment? Explain what is right about the company and yourself. Do they make great products? Are they good at recruiting/hiring? Why? How? Does the company pay well and/or have good benefits? Do workers and managers have input into the company’s decisions? Do people get promoted fairly? Do they offer good training? How so? These are just examples, you can use other positives about the company, too. Relate those positives to yourself. Are you good at getting people to hire you/hang out with you? Are you fair to others? Do you always turn in work on time? Do you make good products/websites or anything? Are you good at statistics? Give details explaining why and how you are good at these things. Explain what is wrong with the company? Do they treat some employees better than others? Do they have many legitimate lawsuits against them (what kind of lawsuits, why?) Do they mismanage their finances? How so? Do their workers make bad products? Why? How? Do you go to work late a lot? Do you do things that cause you to get fired or not to be promoted? Do you not study enough for exams and fail classes? Do many people have legitimate grievances against you? Do you spend too much money? Give details explaining why and how you these are things that you need to improve. Who does these company issues affect and how? (e.g. managers, companies, society, government, staff employees, etc.) How do your problems affect you? (e.g. in school, at work, getting a new job, relationships, etc.?) How should the firm address these problems? How can HR professionals help address these issues?  What role can they play and what are the likely outcomes of their involvement?  What will you do to solve your problems? What is the plan and what is the likely outcome of the plan? You must use at least 4 different sources of information regarding this issue. The first page of each source (e.g. magazine, journal article, newspaper, or website) MUST BE COPIED AND PASTED to the back of the report or YOU WILL NOT GET CREDIT FOR THE REPORT. Copy and paste the entire first page of each of your four (4) sources to the back of your report. You must include a bibliography page at the end of the report, as well.   The paper must be 4-5 pages long, NOT including the cover page, double-spaced, typed in 12 pt font.

Human Resource Management Assignment:  Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim’s annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. In this assignment, write a one (1) page summary of your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance issues while still praising him for his previous nine (9) months of good work? Your goal is to balance the negative and positive feedback so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best. Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim’s annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. In this assignment, write a summary of how you would approach your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance issues while still praising him for his previous nine months of good work? Your goal is to balance negative and positive feedback so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best. This assignment should focus on your goals for the conversation and which employee relations approaches you will use to address the situation. You will create and submit your assignment by using the ecree link. Just click on the link, and start writing. Your work will be saved automatically. You’ll see some feedback on the right-hand side of the screen, including text and videos to help guide you in the writing process. When you’re ready, you can turn in your assignment by clicking Submit at the bottom of the page. Click the assignment link to start your assignment in ecree. Please note that ecree works best in Firefox and Chrome. Write a 5–7 paragraph paper in which you: Explain how you will address Jim’s recent performance issues. Suggest both constructive and positive feedback designed so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.

Your organization is building a new plant in the southwestern United States. This is the first time that a human resources professional will be part of the design team that is establishing the new personnel systems for the plant. You expect your candidates to be very diverse in their backgrounds and experience levels. The plant director has asked you to focus on how you will develop the newly hired personnel into a strong team that crosses organizational boundaries within the plant. Prepare a presentation that addresses the following elements of a diverse workforce: How will you determine whether the candidates are a fit for the team? Discuss your design for a cross-functional training program that aligns strategic plant goals with each work group. Identify the training topics that you will use to foster diversity, intergroup relationships, and productivity within the plant. Deliverable Length:  5–7 slides, excluding title and reference slides, and speaker notes of 200–250 words per slide  You must include a minimum of 2 scholarly references.

Building Teams Human resources professionals are frequently assigned to be members of newly formed project teams. In most cases, the HR person’s role in the team is to keep the group focused and on task. Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. You have been asked to lead a team on a new project. Discuss the steps that you will take to complete the following: 1)Ensure that the goals of the team are clearly understood by all members. 2)Build a strong, cohesive team. 3)Manage the interactions in the team.

Go to the United States Department of Labor website to read “Continuation of Health Coverage – COBRA.” This website communicates the current regulations and federal involvement in employee benefits. Navigate the website to become familiar with its contents.   Write a five- to seven-page paper in which you: Describe the major features of this website and how each feature can be used to monitor employee benefits. Explain how employers could verify that their employee benefits comply with all federal laws by using this resource. Explain how employees would use this information to ensure their benefits rights are protected. Create an outline of the website so that you could orient others to its usefulness for regulatory compliance. Use at least five quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not quality as academic resources.

Either using the ideal role you identified for yourself in the week two assignment or choosing another (within hospitality), describe and explain the necessary skills and knowledge required or would be preferred for advancement in the field, from an entry level position to management (preferably to general manager, vice president, or director level). The writing should be outlined by job progression and you can refer to specific job postings from company or third party job sites, like hcareers.com for example. Furthering your self-assessment from week two, you will also identify your steps to advancing within the chosen job role. NOTE: Even if you are not actually planning to obtain employment within hospitality, you will choose a hospitality job for the purpose of this writing.

For this homework assignment, you will develop a supporting human resource (HR) plan for an organizational strategy. In a paper of three to four pages (750-1000 words) of text, offer your ideas for a promising HR assignment, development plan, and sustainment plan to support the strategy of an organization expanding to open offices in sub-Sahara Africa. Drawing from appropriate sources, develop a scenario that provides the business of the organization, identify how much expansion is taking place, and identify the countries in which the expansion is taking place. A useful starting point is estimating the total number of relocating employees that can be supported in the host country. Will the organization need to establish a commissary (for grocery purchases), banking and currency exchange, and limited urgent-care stations? Should the organization set assignment lengths of one year or two with families? What does research say is the optimal time period? If there are families, what would be the children’s school arrangements? How will the employees be housed? Do they need an increased housing allowance, or does the organization need to procure its own compound of apartment housing? Your homework assignment must be at least three pages in length. You are required to use at least one outside source to support your explanation. Your homework assignment response should be formatted in accordance with APA style.