Human Resource

Instructions. Analyze: Discourse Communities.  Evaluation Title: Discourse Communities. Before starting a research project it is imperative to recognize your discourse community. This will lead you to suitable places to conduct your research and will assist you in communicating with your audience in a language that they recognize and relate to. To complete this assessment, consider the discourse communities or groups of people with whom you share common interests. Consider the individuals that discuss topics important to the group. a. List all learning and social discourse communities that you are a member of. Respond to the questions below in an essay that provides an analysis of your discourse communities. a. What topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these communities together? What constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these two and other methods? b. How would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these communities uses? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the community’s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their language? c. When you entered the community, did you have to change your discourse, both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the discussions of the community? d. Does your community or group produce any written documents? These may include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next? e. How often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?  Validate your statements and opinions with supporting evidence (citations and references) in APA form.

For this assignment, imagine you have been hired as the new Diversity & Inclusion Specialist in the Human Resources (HR) department of your current company or another company of your choosing. One of the first tasks you are given is to create a Diversity Proposal for your manager in response to an anonymous complaint (below) that was recently submitted to the HR suggestion box:Complaint: I have been working here for 4 years. I am tired of watching the same “Diversity in the Workplace” 20-minute training video each January in order to satisfy the company’s annual diversity training requirement. Nothing around here shows that this company values diversity. As one of a few people of color at this company, I feel like I’m just here to increase diversity numbers so that the company “looks good” on paper. When are we going to actually do something to recognize all types of diversity? There are more aspects to diversity, besides race, that make individuals unique.Create a 500- to 800-word Diversity Proposal that addresses the following questions:What is the business case or proposition for recognizing the importance of diversity and inclusion?How can we create a company mission and company goals to outwardly express and reinforce our commitment to diversity and inclusion? What might our mission statement say to express our commitment?What are at least two short-term actions (less than 6 months) that the company can take to immediately address some of the concerns expressed in the anonymous complaint?What are at least two long-term actions (6 months to 2 years) that the company can take to address some of the concerns expressed in the anonymous complaint?How can the company enhance its current annual employee diversity training? Why is this training important?What initiatives can the company implement to celebrate diversity beyond race?How can these initiatives bring employees together to celebrate diversity and promote inclusion?What other suggestions do you have to improve workplace culture and messaging around diversity and inclusion?

Human Resource Management (HRM) takes a strategic approach in developing and maintaining a qualified workforce to gain a competitive advantage. The role of a Human Resource Manager in the strategic process is to focus on the specific areas that will contribute to the overall effectiveness of the organization. If you were an HR Manager, on which would you focus? Give a rationale for your choice.Knowledge workers: Seeking individuals who have the skillset to perform the specific functions of the job.Financial Crisis: Ensuring the organization can meet financial obligations when the external environment (economy, laws) negatively affects the organization and prevents it from meeting forecasts for annual sales.Ethically and socially responsible to the needs of society.Work life balance for all employees.

You are the HR manager for a commercial airline. You have been assigned to develop a realistic job preview for flight attendants. Your objective is to give a balanced picture of the job so that applicants will better understand what they will be asked to do. Job duties, schedules, and other facets of the job should all be well understood early in the recruiting process to avoid poor P/E fit later on.How would you gather information about the job context and environment? Explain what sources you would use and why.How could you use technology to show the positive and negative aspects of the jobNote: Need around 600 words, In-text citations and references.

You are a member of the Human Resource Department of a medium-sized organization that is implementing a new inter-organizational system that will impact employees, customers, and suppliers. Your manager has requested that you work with the system development team to create a communications plan for the project. He would like to meet with you in two hours to review your thoughts on the KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. What should those objectives be?

Identify an organizational-level goal that would be incorporated into an annual business strategy (e.g., financial performance, service, productivity, competitive advantage, innovation.) Develop three organizational development strategies relating to HRM you would utilize as a manager to support this goal. Create the goals utilizing SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely) criteria, specifically identifying how the goal will be measured using evidence-based HRM.

A human resources manager stores a spreadsheet with sensitive personal information on her local workstation. The spreadsheet is the only file with sensitive data, and the name of the spreadsheet does not change.As a security specialist, you must choose the best form of encryption to protect the spreadsheet. Your choices are:BitLockerBitLocker To GoFile encryption via Encrypting File System (EFS)Folder encryption via EFSAnswer the following question(s):Which form of encryption would ensure the spreadsheet is always stored on the disk in encrypted format? More than one form may be correct.

You have been in your role as Human Resources Manager of Acme Manufacturing for 6 months now. The employee hostilities that existed when you started your job have been resolved. Training was provided to all employees about expected behaviors and disciplinary actions, and the organization is now well-aware of requirements. The shift workers have received disciplinary action resulting in a written warning and now understand the importance of appropriate behavior in the workplace. The shift workers are now back at their jobs and are happy to be there! There has been little communication regarding how the company is doing since your arrival as the Human Resource Manager of Acme Manufacturing. Leadership of the company has noticed this as well, and the CEO has called you to her office for a meeting. The CEO explains that the company does not have a compensation structure for the nonrepresented management employees. She explains that there is a need for an overall job analysis process and that this work must be completed and approved by the board during its meeting in 2 months. She hands you a report from an external consultant to the board’s Compensation Committee outlining the elements needed, as follows: Develop and explain the different requirements that could be used in the recruitment and selection process for managerial positions in the corporation. This should include a discussion about what may be unique about managerial requirements as compared to other roles. Explain the important steps of job analysis, job design, job description, and job specification as they relate to this project. Ensure that you provide substantial detail in your response. How would you evaluate the relative worth of these management jobs in the company using the job evaluation process? Where would these managerial roles fall within the company’s compensation structure? Ensure that you explain how you made this decision. Prepare a 5–7-page report for the CEO that responds to the 3 requirements listed above. The report will be given to the Board of Directors, so it must be formatted professionally, and you should cite any references used in proper APA format.

The research subject for your report should be Effective transfer of Learning to the Workplace Within your report you should:? Provide a clear aim for your research project ? Identify two or three research questions ? Explain your proposed research methodology (approach) ? Identify data sources categorised as ‘primary’, ‘secondary’, ‘quantitative’ and ‘quantitative’ as appropriate and explain why they are useful to your research ? Identify some appropriate sources of literature that you will recommend to be covered in the literature review (identify and briefly summarise at least three literary sources ? How you analysed the information and data collected ? Draw conclusions and make recommendations on your findings ? Summarise the limitations of your research ? Articulate recommendations suitable for inclusion in a business report (based on the research you have conducted so far) You should also include 3-5 references from up-to-date and relevant sources in order to support your findings. Please ensure that all reference sources are acknowledged correctly within the text and on a reference list provided. Any appendices that you provide are not included in the word count.

For this last discussion you are required to do the following: 1. State and each of the 5 dimensions of fair treatment. (5 marks) 2. Then for each of the dimensions provide an example; in other words what an organization would be doing to show that they are following that dimension with their employees (5 marks).