Human Resource Management

Please answer the following questions. Students will provide a summary of the key lessons learned during the negotiating process of this course as well as a reflection on the other course outcomes. Below are specific points to include in the paper:Questions to answer•    What is the role of management and unions in society today? How has this changed in the last 100 years?•    How does the history of unions and the collective bargaining process impact negotiations today? What are some of the current trends or problems in labor relation practices?•    Would this negotiation process differ if it involved a public compared to a private-sector union? Please explain.•    How has this exercise increased your understanding of the collective bargaining process?What is your assessment of the value of mediation and arbitration in this process?•    Explain the value of the various organizational leadership competencies (communication, problem solving, teamwork, analytical skills, legal and ethical practices, strategic approach, and research) that are important to be successful in this type of negotiating process.

To be considered complete, all written assignments must include proper citations within the body of the paper when relevant, as well as a Reference section. Failure to cite outside sources is plagiarism and will be treated as such! You must also include a title page. Do not include pictures or graphics. All documents must be in Word format and placed in the Dropbox by the assignment deadline. Quoted material in this assignment should be <5%.Assignment Description/ScenarioConsider yourself to be the Human Resource Systems Manager for a Global Corporation with about 15000 employees across various countries. Your company has 10000 of those 15000 employees in the U.S. You have been approached by the Corporate Compensation Manager asking your help to find specific Compensation Administration productivity tools for the US operations only.The Compensation Department regularly must do some data intensive tasks such as:1. Participating and analyzing specific salary surveys to compare your company's compensation data with those of similar companies in similar or related industries. The compensation analysts must go through an annual exercise of benchmarking jobs and then inputting your company's data into external salary surveying systems. After that the Compensation Analysts will engage in analyzing and comparing benchmarked survey data to internal data in the effort to update salary ranges for a Salary Ranges based Compensation System or do market pricing for a Market Based Compensation System.Also, the compensation department must work with line HR managers and HR Reps. during the annual salary planning and budgeting process working in conjunction with the Finance Department.The Compensation Manager wants to automate these tasks which are now done by Compensation Analysts by hand. So, the Compensation manager wants your help in finding automated Compensation Administration Tools.Tools such as a Salary Survey Analyzer to automate the entire Salary Surveying process, 2) Salary Range Developer to automate the number crunching steps in updating Salary Ranges and Merit Matrices and 3) a Salary Forecasting and Budgeting Tool to automate this other annual number crunching process.The AssignmentYour job as the Human Resource Systems Manager is to search the web, do library research and find appropriate tools that can interface with your current HRIS system. Review the HRIS Tutorial found in the Week 3 Lesson.In this written Assignment your task is to research various tools available in the market and write a 7-page maximum paper summarizing for the Compensation Manager what appropriate standalone tools are available in the Market which the Compensation Manager might be able to adopt in their companies.The best way to go about writing this paper would be to find who the major Compensation Consulting companies are and then search their websites of what they offer by way of these tools. Hint: Radford Associates. You will also find material for this assignment in Lesson Section of Week 3.The following information must be included in your completed paper. Use the headings outlined below for your paper.Introduction - Introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points.Elaborate your understanding of the specific tools in question - Explain in a comprehensive manner the specific tools the Compensation Manager is looking for. What is importance of these tools? Why is it important to automate these tasks? What is the difference between the Compensation Systems discussed in Assignment Description? Do you need to assist in the application of these tools by building various interfaces between your HRIS system and the outside party? For example, in order to automate Salary Surveying how to upload your company's salary data with the automated salary surveying process of the Survey company.Report on the available tools that are available in the marketplace. - Review the tools you would recommend to the Compensation Manager. Explain why you chose these automated tools. Describe and explain the vendors who are providing these tools. Explain how these automated tools can be integrated into the HRIS systems. Be sure to fully explain your reasons for selecting these tools. Be sure to properly cite your sources!Conclusion - Conclusion is logical, flows from the body of the paper and reviews the major points.

In this module you looked at employment law and ethical considerations. In reviewing the relevant laws discussed from past to present, how would you say American culture is evolving in terms of workplace expectations? Which do you believe evolves more quickly, ethics or the law? What problems might this lead to? Explain your answer with examples.

This assignment will involve the creation of a simple wage and salary program. You will complete this assignment utilizing Excel. You will find the grading rubric for this assignment following the case study.Case Study:This organization has 10 different positions; due to the lack of having an HR professional who understands compensation issues, it is without any salary structure for the employees.The job titles are:OperatorMechanicElectricianSupervisorAdministrative AssistantSales ProfessionalSales ManagerHR ManagerOperations ManagerPresidentYour task is to identify the ranking order of these jobs in the business based on least to most value to the organization.This is accomplished by the following:1. You will need to do some research at https://www.salary.com and benchmark these positions using regional data or national data and rank the salaries of the employees.2. You can use an objective point system to assign points, using compensable factors for the jobs as well.3. Next, you will tally the points for each position and assign these jobs to specific pay grades.Now you have created an example of how a compensation professional creates pay grades for internal consistency and external competitiveness.

HR’s role is to monitor and modify corporate culture. What are two effective ways HR can do this? Explain why you believe these particular methods are effective. Use your own research and experience to formulate your response.

As with many areas of rapid advancement, the law often lags behind the actual situation that exists with regards to technology and privacy in the workplace. In this case, we must be guided by ethics alone. As an HR professional who can guide workplace policy, where would you draw the line between privacy and employee monitoring in order to best balance concerns of all stakeholders? What factors should be taken into account for any law regarding this subject?

Your assignment is to write a 15 page (minimum) research paper analyzing the HRM concepts we learn in this class to an organization of your choice. The key learning objectives from this course will fulfill Dialogue of Self and Study (DSS) 300 Level written communication requirements. Your paper must include separate sections for each chapter addressing what you have learned throughout the semester. You should structure your paper into sections for each chapter covered.  The page count does NOT include the title page and reference page.  Late papers will lose 5 points each day.The papers require research from course materials and at least seven (7) independent scholarly sources that you find separate from course materials. Students are encouraged to share their sources in advance with the instructor, to be certain that what you’ve found are reputable and acceptable sources.After exploring the role of Human Resource Management and its various requirements, it’s now time to demonstrate that you can apply these concepts in your own chosen industry or organization! Specifically, consider what you have learned over this course and write an essay that explores in detail:how strategic planning and HR planning work together in your industry or career pathsteps that managers in your industry or career path should take to ensure alignment with EEO requirements and best practicesyour recommended approach for conducting a job analysis of a common job in your industry or career pathany specific implications for job design in your industry or career pathtypical approaches to recruiting applicants for common jobs in your industry or career pathcommon selection processes in your industry or career path, including interview methods, selection tests, etc.descriptions of new-hire training, onboarding, and ongoing development processes in your industry or career patheffective methods for performance appraisal, coaching, and feedback to employees for jobs in your industry or career paththe typical balance of base pay (salary or hourly wages) and variable (incentive) pay for common jobs in this industry or career pathhow managers can use an incentive plan to drive the desired behaviors and results in your  industry or career path (with specific examples for multiple common jobs)any unusual or innovative benefits that organizations in your industry or career path may offerworkplace safety or healthconcerns that may be known in this industry or career path, and how managers and HR can help reduce the riskOSHA and important implications these regulations have in your industry or career pathhow employees rights and employer responsibilities typically apply in your industry or career pathperformance or behavior issues that commonly require employee discipline in your industry or career pathhow prevalent labor unions are in your industry or career path, and why they are that common (or uncommon)concerns or needs that employees are likely to have in this industry or career path, and how management should (or should not) address themWhat are the core concepts to be considered in International HRM?How does international HRM play a role in your organization?What are the components of an HPO (high performing organization)?How does HR play a role in creating an HPO?

MOS 6301-Advanced Industrial Hygiene Unit I AssessmentQUESTION 11. You will be using the fictional manufacturing facility Acme Automotive Parts (AAP) throughout the course. AAP manufactures several support parts for new automobiles as a small supplier to Nissan, Honda, and Volkswagen facilities in the United States. Their processes include shipping/receiving, hydraulic presses, metal working lines, robotic welding stations, hand-welding stations in rework areas, two small paint booths, a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) laboratory, and a final inspection area.For this unit please answer the following question:Determine what information you would use to anticipate health hazards that might be present in each of the eight areas of the AAP plant.State where you might find the information you need.Your response must be at least 200 words in length.QUESTION 21. You will be using the fictional manufacturing facility Acme Automotive Parts (AAP) throughout the course. AAP manufactures several support parts for new automobiles as a smallsupplier to Nissan, Honda, and Volkswagen facilities in the United States. Their processes include shipping/receiving, hydraulic presses, metal working lines, robotic welding stations, hand-welding stations in rework areas, two small paint booths, a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) laboratory, and a final inspection area.For this unit please answer the following question:Choose one area of the AAP plant. Summarize the steps you would take on an initial visit to the plant to complete the recognition of hazard tasks associated with that area of the plant.Your response must be at least 200 words in length.QUESTION 31. You will be using the fictional manufacturing facility Acme Automotive Parts (AAP) throughout the course. AAP manufactures several support parts for new automobiles as a small supplier to Nissan, Honda, and Volkswagen facilities in the United States. Their processes include shipping/receiving, hydraulic presses, metal working lines, robotic welding stations, hand-welding stations in rework areas, two small paint booths, a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) laboratory, and a final inspection area.For this unit please answer the following question:Produce a list of one anticipated hazard for each of the eight areas of the AAP plant, and determine which of the categories of hazards each of your choices fits into. Predict which route of exposure would be the most important for each hazard.Your response must be at least 200 words in length.QUESTION 41. You will be using the fictional manufacturing facility Acme Automotive Parts (AAP) throughout the course. AAP manufactures several support parts for new automobiles as a small supplier to Nissan, Honda, and Volkswagen facilities in the United States. Their processes include shipping/receiving, hydraulic presses, metal working lines, robotic welding stations, hand-welding stations in rework areas, two small paint booths, a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) laboratory, and a final inspection area.For this unit please answer the following question:Assess the improvements you believe the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 provided to industrial hygienists to control exposures to health hazards for workers in a plant like AAP.Your response must be at least 200 words in length.

Discuss the importance of Human Resource Planning.

Human Resources Design Thinking Project ( Please find details below) :Opportunity: The area of opportunity is creating new compensation plan for our retail Skincare brand. The opportunity would create incentives that would help increase employees take home pay. This would include commissions and bonuses. The plan would start where all employees come in at the same pay for the sales position.Assignment:Upload a 5-page report in Word that provides the following:Executive Summary (1 page)Company Overview (1 page)The Problem or Opportunity for HR (1 page)Project & People Plan (1 page)Key Assumptions (1 page)Launch Plan (1 page)Conclusion (1 page)