Human Resource Management

Consideration of workforce diversity is a part of HRM.  discuss the following What comprises workforce diversity? What is the responsibility of the Human Resources Department to address this, for example in the selection and retention of employees? Are there legal and ethical ramifications of maintaining a diverse workforce? What are some of the diversity ramifications, and how do health care organizations characterize components such as various minority programs?  For a healthcare organization, why would workforce diversity relate to health equity?  Is there a relationship between workforce diversity and improvements in patient care? Note: Use APA style to cite at least 4 scholarly sources from the last 5 years. The paper includes introduction and conclusion, the source will be from URL OR DOI

Affirmative action is often regarded as an antiquated policy that is no longer relevant. HRM must consider the legalities of affirmative action policies, and also adhere to company standards. Understanding the ramifications of affirmative action is important to ensure compliance. Initial Post Instructions Visit The ACLU’s Affirmative Action site. Provide a brief overview of the purpose of Affirmative Action. Is Affirmative Action still relevant in today’s society? Why or why not? What are the challenges and limitations that universities face when recruiting qualified personnel for faculty and staff positions? How do HRM practices help to overcome these challenges? https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/affirmative-action?redirect=racial-justice/affirmative-action

Activity Instructions In this activity, you will be comparing and contrasting human resource management policies at various institutions. Follow these steps to complete the assignment: 1.   Research human resource management policies at various educational institutions. 2.   Identify three educational institutions that you will analyze in greater depth. You should have access to hiring policies, benefits, packages, job listings and descriptions, employment expectations to include collective bargaining and unionization, and the institutions’ perspective on diversity. 3.   Prepare a list of interview questions that you would like to ask a human resource manager at each institution. The questions should center around how HRM is used at their institution and should give you more insight about how HRM is applied in higher education. 4.   Write a 2-page report, identifying why you chose the educational institution(s), summarize the questions you prepared and explain what you hope to learn from these questions.  Over the course of the semester, you will conduct and analyze a number of research sources. In addition to the course reading, you are required to include at least one additional resource for your discussion postings and assignments. Using the worksheet located in course documents, you will record your research, summarize your findings, utilize your resources and submit your completed worksheet in your Week 7 assignment. Writing Requirements (APA format) 2 pages (approx. 300 words per page), not including title page or references page 1-inch margins Double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font Title page with topic and name of student References

Human resources (HR) leaders often have the task of identifying effective ways to solicit feedback from new hires, existing employees, and other key partners within and outside the healthcare organization. This information can provide key metrics to help track the organization’s annual trends. After developing an online survey and collecting responses, you will submit a paper explaining the survey results.  You will include graphics as a means of conveying the information and then identify the foundational HR skills needed to address the results. Create a 2- to 3-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) in a Word document for your response. Use APA format for the paper, title page, references page, and in-text citations. Develop an introduction and conclusion for your paper. Include the survey as an appendix in your paper.

You are an HR professional charged with handling the performance-related dismissal of a particularly difficult employee who is also popular with his or her work colleagues. In 750-1,000 words, outline the strategy you would use to make sure the process is handled as smoothly and positively as possible for all involved. You should use the table provided in this module’s lecture to help guide you. Use two to four scholarly resources to support your explanations.

The consulting firm you have worked for over the last year is having some financial troubles. The large contracts it once had are slowly going away, and as your company struggles to make payroll, it is clear that layoffs must occur. The sales staff has not been meeting the sales goals set for them, resulting in incorrect budgets. It has been decided that at least three people in the sales department should be laid off. You create a spreadsheet with pertinent sales employee data: Name Title Years with the company Last overall rating on performance evaluation (1–5 scale, 5 being highest) Last year’s sales goal met? Deb Waters Sales Manager 1 3 N/A as her position is managerial Jeff Spirits Account Manager 5 3 Yes, 1% over Orlando Chang Account Manager 3 4 Yes, 10% over goal Jake Toolmeyer Account Manager 2 4 No, 2% under goal Audrey Barnes Account Manager 5 5 Yes, 15% over goal Kelly Andrews Account Manager 1 2 No, 20% under goal Amir Saied Account Manager 8 5 Yes, 5% over goal Winfrey Jones Account Manager 4 2 No, 10% under goal Making reasonable assumptions, develop criteria for the layoffs in the sales department. Develop a plan as to how layoffs will be communicated with the individual as well as within the company. Discuss strategies to motivate those sales employees who stay with the organization. Submit a Microsoft Word document in essay format.

A female employee (Tammy) approaches HR on Monday morning complaining about a male employee who hugged her Sunday Night at work. The female states her department was working over the weekend on system conversion project that had to be implemented by 7:00 AM Monday morning. The department lead Mike who is also a non-exempt employee was leading the system conversion Sunday night as requested by their supervisor. The team was excited that at Midnight Sunday when they hit the transfer switch all systems transfer over without a hitch. Mike approached Tammy with his arms extended out to embrace her. Tammy said, “Mike do not touch me, I have told you before I do not like for you to touch me”. Mike gave Tammy a big hug anyway rubbing his chest against hers lifting her feet off the floor stating, “That is reward for doing a great job, boy that feels good”. Mike had been warned before about making inappropriate comments to female employees. Tammy shared the incident with her husband who wants to confront Mike. Mike is one of the only employees who could have run the systems conversion without supervision and has received accolades from the Department Director and CEO for his system knowledge and system conversion success. You are the HR director: How would you have handled the situation? How do you handle the Director and CEO? How do you handle Tammy’s husband?

Read the following vintage article written in 2000 concerning how new technologies will change the HR profession: SHRM Workplace Trends. (2000). How will new technologies change the Human Resource profession? Retrieved from http://www.indiana.edu/~jobtalk/HRMWebsite/hrm/articles/hrm/TechnologyChange.htm Your task is to rework this article to represent the present day. Provide sections titled 1. Current Technology 2. Technology and Privacy 3. Technology and HR 4. Changes to HR Technology in Next 1-5 Years Write your response in a 7- to 8-page blog format, complete with pictures and/or graphics. At the end of your blog, provide a list of the sources utilized to prepare your submission. Use valid and reliable sources.

You are the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at your organization. As the CHRO, one of your primary roles is to be the workforce strategist. Your organization is planning to expand business operations to your neighboring state by opening an office. As a result of this expansion, your organization needs to make sure that the best and brightest employees are recruited to fill key roles at the new office. Write a 4-6 page research paper using APA style outlining the steps involved in recruiting the staff at the new office. Discuss the following in your recruiting plan: Will initial recruiting be outsourced? What types of media will be used for recruiting? What types of positions are needed? What is the timeline for completing the recruiting process? What stakeholders need to be involved in developing the recruiting plan? What types of costs will be involved in recruiting the new employees?

Organizational appraisal systems typically focus on functional rationality; supervisors, however, tend to emphasize substantive rationality by filing false–but effective–evaluations. Under what circumstances can inaccurate reviews be examples of sound management? Please answer all the questions in full detailed. Reference: Berman, E. M., Bowman, J. S., West, J. P., & Van Wart, M. R. (2020). Human resource management in public service: Paradoxes, processes, and problems. CQ Press. I have uploaded Chapter 10.