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Week 4 Assignment – Health Care Human Resources ManagemenOverviewCompany mergers are very busy and challenging times for corporate leadership. The role that HR plays during a merger is often complex and far reaching. In this assignment, you write an executive brief that considers aspects of how an HR department might prioritize and operate to support the union of two companies.PreparationHow to Brief an ExecutiveThere is no single correct way to brief an executive or other stakeholder. The final deliverable is your choice, but effective briefs have common elements; they should be clear, concise, relevant, well-structured, and provide decision-making information. Here are a couple of resources you may use to get started:· How to Brief an Executive: A podcast from the Communications Guys.· How to Write a Formal Business Report (With Examples): Hints from Indeed.ScenarioImagine that Anchor Hospital, a 250-bed medical center, is merging with the similar-sized Saint Mary’s Hospital to better serve the needs of their metropolitan community. An administrative board has been formed to guide all aspects of the merger. They have asked all departments to submit an executive brief that states their roles, intended model of operations, and initial steps to build interdepartmental relationships.The board’s primary concern for HR is how it will manage the merging of the workforces into a single, cohesive, and effective team. They want to understand HR’s primary role, guiding principles, and application of current practice. Specifically, they want your vision for the following:· A merger-related current best practice or trend that is being successfully employed by HR departments.· HR’s primary role in assimilating the workforces for the two hospitals.· The HR management model to be followed.· How to foster relationships between HR and department managers.InstructionsWrite a 3–4-page executive brief that address the following merger-related items:1. Recommend a relevant HR trend or practice that would be useful to consider as part of this merger. Justify your recommendation.2. Analyze HR’s primary role(s) as a strategic corporate partner in merging the workforces of the organizations.3. Recommend an HRM model that would effectively steer the joining of each organization’s employees into a single, cohesive workforce. Justify your recommendation.4. Recommend two initial steps that HR should initiate to develop an effective relationship between HR and management. Justify your recommendation.Additional Requirements· Resources: Use four sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.· SWS: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:· Determine strategies for HR operations including defining organizational roles and relations with leadership.

1. Individual Exercise: Working with international Compensation/taxation Differences – 12% – Due in Week 8For the sake of exercise students will consider Canada as their home country. Students will be selecting 1. their dream role/job and 2. Their dream country – this would be a country that you have always wanted to move to (make sure it’s not Canada) – make sure you are converting your preferred destination currency into CAD for easy calculations; For example if your dream country is USA and you will earn 7000USD annually for your preferred job you will convert 70000USD into CAD· Now look at the average salary for your selected job title in both Canada and your dream country· Look at the tax bracket for your job title in both Canada and your preferred location (this will help you understand how much would you be taxed in both countries)· Calculate COLA (Cost of living) not for countries but for cities; for instance Vancouver v/s Los Angeles and so on. Do not rely on websites that give you exact figure for cost of living instantly such as Numbeo, Expatistan etc., as there data is not reliable and you are required to perform your own search. COLA – add any items that you think should be included in cost of living – Remember, the most concrete your item list is the better.· In the end calculate your Earnings after taxes and all necessary expenses – savings –· For your clarity I have added a table below to simplify your calculations – Remember, this is just a template you don’t have to blindly follow it – show your creativityHR Consultant –Vancouver Canada – home countryHR consultant LA, USAAvg yearly salaryAvg yearly salaryTaxes – think of all the common tax deductions applicableTaxes – think of all the common tax deductions applicable in the host countryCOLA – add any items that you think should be included in cost of living – Keep in mind your family sizeCOLASavingsSavings· Conclusion: Based on your results write a conclusion as to whether or not you are moving to your dream country – strictly one paragraph not more than 3 quarters of a page.· The correct file type is Word only. No EXCEL files will be accepted· You must include title page and list of references. NUMBER the references in your list.· No abstract, no introduction/this is an exercise not a paperAssessment Criteria: You will be marked based on how accurate your figures are, how thorough your analysis is and how creative and well researched your table is. Assessment will also include how well written and creative your conclusion is. You can add/include qualitative aspects of your analysis in the conclusion.Use at least 20 reliable links to support your information, include all your sources of information that you have used to gather the numbers/figures along with hyperlinks that instructor can access. For every element of your analysis provide a hyperlink. For instance if you have 5 links only in your reference list it easily shows that your paper is not well researched. DO NOT include hyperlinks in the table they will be given in list of references.

HelloI need 300 to 500 words to answer the question belowScenarioWill Fence owns a 70-acre large timber and Christmas tree farm. The Christmas farm gets busy in August and September when Will identifies and flags the trees suitable for the Christmas season. Starting in October, the flagged trees will be cut, baled, and trucked to the storage yard where they will stay until shipped. The storage yard is situated in an area that offers shade and protection from the wind to maintain the freshness of the tree. The trees are stacked with the tops locked together to keep the sun and wind away from them. Will has just purchased an additional 40 acres and will need to expand his storage yard by 40,000 square feet. The budget for this expansion is $55,000. Will has hired your team to design a process to contract resources to expand the storage yard.Question· Explanation of how the contract resources procurement process that was described will assist Will in negotiating the best purchase

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:What are some strategies to consider when delivering performance appraisals to health care employees?What strategies have or have not worked for you in the past, either as a manager or as an employee receiving a performance appraisal?

InstructionsYour assignment for this unit involves analyzing a conversation and breaking down the elements of conclusion, premises, assumptions, and extraneous material.Using the Unit II Assignment Template , write a dialogue (short conversation) between two people. Make sure that each person provides the other with an argument. Each argument must have a conclusion and at least two premises. Since it is a conversation, each person should also state some extraneous material. After you are done writing the dialogue, fill out each part of the dialogue elements. You will need a conclusion and at least two premises, two assumptions, and two pieces of extraneous material for each speaker.View the Unit II Sample Assignment for an example of how your completed assignment should look. Your completed assignment should be at least two pages in length. APA Style will not be required for this assignment, and no outside resources are required.

Topic – Team Report – MNCs and Global Industrial Relations context (30%)Students will write a 1500-word report concerning the following issues:Q1. How do the MNCs adopt/face/respond to Industrial relations/labour relations policies of host countries they operate in, especially if the parent country and host countries have contrasting views on the role of unions? (For instance, Home country is low unionized/anti-union and Host country is unionized/pro-union and vice versa)Q2. Based on your research provide suggestion on how the MNCs can overcome the industrial relation challenges faced in host country.Report should be based on multiple real life MNC examples and/or country/region wide discussions. Descriptive assignments will be marked down. Provide a very short introduction one paragraph half- page only. Your focus should be on Q1 as that’s your main analysis. Include proper in-text citations and APA style referencing for all sources. A minimum of 15 references are required. Follow the APA Report style but DONOT include executive summary – This way you can use your 1500 words towards analysis.Requirements: TEAM CHARTER – GROUP SUBMISSION – You are required to submit team charter for the team project after you have finalized your team members (only one charter per team). You should agree on meeting times, team goals, allocation of tasks and deadlines for work submission. Signing the charter means you all agree to the goals and tasks. Hand over the team charter to your instructor in week 5 using ‘dropbox’ submission available in week 5.TEAM EVALUATIONS – INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSION – In week 10 each team member will separately submit the team evaluation form using ‘dropbox’ submission. Inform your instructor right away if any team member is not cooperating and not performing the assigned tasks. After the result is out instructor will not be responsible for any group conflicts that were not communicated in advance.Each team has to have 5 members strictly – A team with less than 5 people will not be accepted by instructor and your paper will not be checked. If you have a serious issue that requires exception contact your instructor right away and seek permission/approval.Assessment Criteria:You will be marked for the following:1. Clarity: Refers to clarity of writing – How easily understandable your concepts are. How grammatically correct the entire project is. Although simple, error free English is okay but at post grad level you are required to write in formal/academic style.2. References/Sources: You are required to use at least 15 references for the team project (at least 6 of 15 references should be academic/peer reviewed)3. Formatting: Assignment should adhere to the APA formatting style; Times new roman, font size 12, double spacing. You should also know the difference between essay/paper and report.4. Coherence: Since this is a team project, this should not look like different pieces of writing put together. The paper should have connectivity, good transitions and coherence through out.5. Analysis: Analysis is at the heart of paper – this project requires you to analyse either regions or multinational companies and their union relations globally. You must focus your analysis on region specific/company specific knowledge. Theoretical assignments will be marked down. Use as many region specific/company specific examples as you can.6. Paper requirements: Lastly, you will be assessed based on whether or not you have answered the questions being asked AND whether your group understood the paper requirements or not.

Please select one health behavior that you would like to change as a group. Then, please apply the socio-ecological framework to describe at least one intervention you would recommend at each of the three main levels of the framework (intrapersonal, interpersonal and environment levels) if you wanted to change your selected health behavior in a rural population. For each intervention you choose, please answer the following questions:1) Which health behavior models/theories/concepts will you incorporate into the intervention? Please also describe HOW you would incorporate these concepts into your intervention.2) What are some key stakeholders you would need to consider when developing this intervention in a rural setting? It may be helpful to review Chapter 4 in your textbook.Please summarize your responses in a 2-3 page double spaced typed paper using 12-pt. Arial or Times Roman font. Please be sure to cite your sources (both textbook and outside sources) in APA format.

Compensation SystemsPay StructuresDiscussion Questions:Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right” and any specific instructions for this topic.By the due date assigned, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.Introduction:There are three discussion questions listed below. You may choose any one of the questions. By the due date assigned, respond to one of the discussion questions and submit your response to the Discussion Area below using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research and cite your sources using the APA format.Tasks:Choose one of the following discussion questions:A new employee has just been hired by your department. Provide a definition of the person-focused pay plan and design a performance plan for the employee using the person-focused concept.Provide a definition of a market-based evaluation. Describe how it is used in the organization.Explain how the HR professional can benefit from using the Occupational Information Network (O*NET).To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

As we have explored, throughout Module 1, performance management systems are critical to individual and organizational success. Consider the scenario below and respond to the three questions asked.ScenarioYou are the new owner of a small business. About one week ago, you purchased this business from the previous owner who decided to retire. The previous owner was a phenomenal businesswoman; however, she did not value the importance of performance management systems. When you decided to purchase the business, you knew that you would need to make organizational changes. Based upon the information provided, answer the following questions:In your own words, explain the benefits of a performance management system in terms of employee and organizational success.Explain the implications associated with poorly implemented performance management systems.Address components that you believe your performance management system should include.Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (require supporting citations) in your initial response along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article.. Use APA style guidelines.Be sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources referenced. Post your initial response early and check back often to continue the discussion.You are required to reply to at least two peer discussion question post answers to this weekly discussion question. These peer replies need to be substantial and constructive in nature. They should add to the content of the post and evaluate/analyze that post answer. Normal course dialogue doesn’t fulfill these two peer replies but is expected throughout the course. Answering all course questions is also required.

Tell us the name and ticker symbol of the company that you selected for analysis. What is their vision and/or mission statement? What does your company do to make money?Why did you choose this company? What drew you to it and why do you think this is a good company to choose?What do you think of classmates’ choices?