Human Resources Management
Employee Development and Pay Equity
What are the key cultural differences between the United States and China? In that Oder country, how effective do you think each of the following practices will be and why?
Importance of Leadership Styles
As a human resources manager, you need to advise top leadership (CEO, Vice Presidents, and Senior Managers) information on the importance of leadership style in creating a culture that embraces diversity. Create a PowerPoint presentation to compare and contrast how the different styles of CEO leadership can affect team building, so that cultural diversity can be used to a competitive advantage in the workplace. Provide ideas for how to effectively build a team that supports and embraces cultural diversity, and recommend the leadership styles that encourage the creation of a culture of diversity. Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists. Support your presentation with at least five (5) scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included. Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate.
Name of the Article
Find a 1-3 page article that describes a current trend in Human Resource and prepare a written summary of the Human Resource article. The summary should include (a) identify what’s useful in the article for employers, (b) describe what you thought the article was missing, and (c) describe the extent to which this trend is prevalent in your work environment. Type double-spaced, correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, free plagiarism, and quality work.
Retail Communication
Retail communication is a key component to retailers implementing the merchandise management process. In a short paper, answer the following questions: Discuss the role that manufacturers play in determining a retailer’s success. How can placing frequent, small orders and last-minute emergency shipments negatively impact the retailer’s relationship with manufacturers? What kind of merchandise replenishment practices should the retailer use to encourage a positive business relationship with manufacturers?
Future of HRM & Industrial Relations
The CEO has asked you and Jane to create a chart that he might use as part of his decision process in deciding what countries in which to locate overseas factories. He also wants an accompanying recommendation summary from an HR perspective. Prepare a 6-column, 5-row chart for the following countries and parameters: Columns (countries) are: Japan Mexico India China Italy Germany Rows (factors to research) for each country are: Average manufacturing wage Country’s minimum wage Typical restrictive work rules where there are unions How do unions enhance or detract from company results Country’s unemployment rate? It is unlikely that you will find all of the necessary data in one online database. Instead, you will have to research a number of different ones. In addition, in some cases, you may have to make calculations from a “base=100” report to get an actual dollar figure. Ensure that you cite the references used, in proper APA format. Wikipedia is an unacceptable reference For minimum wages, try one of the following sites: Minimum wages List of minimum wages by country For unemployment percentages try the following site: Unemployment rate (most recent) by country (be sure to note the year of the data) Your recommendation summary should explain which country you recommend for the future overseas expansion, based solely on the data in your chart. Websites for sites to try are located in reference. References Absolute Astronomy. (2019). List of minimum wages by country. Retrieved from http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country Graham, I. (n.d.). Unemployment rate: Countries compared. Retrieved from https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Labor/Unemployment-rate WageIndicator.org. (2019). Minimum wages. Retrieved from https://wageindicator.org/salary/minimum-wage
Research Discipline
Objective: To understand the characteristics of a high-quality journal article. This assignment has two parts. Instructions for Part A Identify your primary research discipline e.g. Information Systems; Human Resource Management; Environmental Economics etc. Identify the three top journals in your nominated field using the ABDC List https://abdc.edu.au/research/abdc-journal-list/; Limit your search of the ABDC list to A* rated journals only; Select one article from any of those three journals published from the period 2015-2019; and Provide the complete citation for this article. Instructions for Part B Please write a summary review of your chosen article. Be sure to address the following in your review: Describe the key theoretical contribution that the paper claims, or makes; Describe how the paper connects with the existing literature; Suggest three ways in which the paper could be improved;; Evaluate the quality of writing and the comprehensibility of the arguments; Word limit for Part B is 1000 words. Please use your own words in writing Part B. Please do not quote from the article without providing a complete citation and page number for the quote. Instructions for formatting and proof-reading Please use a standard WMS cover page, available on Moodle (under Assessments); Please write formally in an academic style; Please use 12-point Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing; Please use no more than 2 levels of headings; Length of no more than 1200 words plus references; and Be sure to check your work to eliminate typographical and other errors. ? Marking Guide for Assignment: Paper Review Criteria Weightage How well the assignment draws upon Whetten (1989) to describe the theoretical contribution of the paper, its connection to existing literature, and its theoretical significance 50% How well suggestions to improve the paper draw upon Straub (2009a) and Straub (2009b) from Reading List 20% Overall quality of evaluation 10% Quality of writing grammar, expression, flow 10% Compliance with instructions 10%
Job Performance
A performance appraisal is a regular review of employee job performance and contribution to organizational objectives. In many cases, performance appraisals are conducted at the end of the year to evaluate employee performance, as well as set performance for the next year. For this assignment, you will evaluate another function of HR and management and its contribution to effective performance management. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the article Adapting the Performance Appraisal Process to Meet the Needs of the Modern Workplace (Links to an external site.). In your paper, Discuss how performance appraisals are a function of HR and management. Analyze the basic components of an effective performance appraisal. Explain how performance appraisals can contribute to organizational goals and objectives. Explain the advantages of performance appraisals and how they contribute to effective training and development. Explain potential forms of discrimination based on labor laws and regulations when conducting a performance appraisal. For additional support with completing this assignment, please refer to the following tools: Finding HR Journals in the AU Library (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the Ashford University Library. What Is CRAAP: A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources (Links to an external site.). This will assist you in determining the reliability of an HR website. Scholarly and Popular Resources(1) (Links to an external site.).This tutorial explains the differences between scholarly and popular resources. Human Resource Research With FindIt@AU (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the Ashford University Library. The Performance Appraisal paper Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA Style (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Students name Course name and number Instructors name Date submitted For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.). Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources. Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offer additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment. Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Training and Education Programs
What training and education programs are vital for health care managers? Provide details. Which do you believe would be most important for you? Why?
Recruitment Strategies
Why should health care managers know about specific recruitment strategies? Explain. What strategies do you believe would be most effective? Why?
Leadership Strengths for Change Initiatives
Discussion: Leadership Strengths for Change Initiatives Consider your results from the Clifton Strengths Finder, a self-assessment of leadership traits that you took in a previous course. Recall that the Clifton Strengths Finder enabled you to identify your leadership strengths in terms of how you work with information, how you make things happen, how you influence others, and how you build and nurture strong relationships? As a future nurse educator, your ability to leverage leadership strengths is essential to effecting change in academic and practice settings. Photo Credit: Getty Images You must also understand the phases of project management as they relate to change initiatives in nursing education and nursing professional development, so you know how to best insert yourself into each step of the process. For example, if the Clifton Strengths Finder identifies you as a futuristic thinker, you will likely have a great deal to contribute during the initiation and planning phases of a change initiative. For this weeks Discussion, you will examine project management processes as they relate to a change initiative that took place in your current or past workplace. You will also examine your own leadership strengths and discuss how you can apply them to support the change initiative. To prepare: Review your results from the Clifton Strengths Finder you completed in a previous course. If you do not have your results from your previous course, retake the Strengths Finder Assessment found in the Resources and save your results. (Note: If you already have a Strengths Finder account, you might log in and still find your previous results in your account.) Identify a recent change initiative in your current or past workplace (academic or practice setting) to use for this Discussion. Review the Resources for this week as well as Standard 12 from the NPD Scope and Standards and the phases of project management in the Leadership in Nursing Professional Development and consider how each of the competency statements impacts your change initiative for this Discussion. By Day 3 of Week 11 Post a description of the change initiative you identified from your current or past workplace (academic or practice setting). Explain your analysis of the change initiative. Be specific. Then, based on your awareness of this initiative, explain the process of how this project was managed and completed. Refer to the phases of project management to guide your explanation. Explain what went right and what went wrong with the initiative. Be specific. Next, based on the success of the initiative, explain how your strengths identified in the Clifton Strengths Finder could provide support for this change initiative. Finally, identify 5 competency statements from NPD Scope and Standards: Standard 12: Leadership and explain how each of these competency statements applied to the change initiative. Provide examples. If fewer than 5 competency statements applied, identify additional opportunities in which competencies should have been applied. (Note: You should have a total of 5 competency statements analyzed for this Discussion.) Read a selection of your colleagues responses. Note:? For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Submit, you cannot delete or edit your own posts, and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on?Submit! By Day 6 of Week 11 Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days and explain how your leadership strengths identified in the Clifton Strengths Finder could improve upon the change initiative processes they describe. Be specific. Use your Resources to support your response. Read a selection of your colleagues responses and respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days and Submission and Grading Information Grading Criteria To access your rubric: Week 11 Discussion Rubric Post by Day 3 of Week 11 and Respond by Day 6 of Week 11 To Participate in this Discussion: Week 11 Discussion Rubric Detail Select Grid View or List View to change the rubric’s layout. Name: NURS_6370_Week11_Discussion_Rubric Grid View List View Excellent Good Fair Poor Main Posting 45 (45%) – 50 (50%) Answers all parts of the Discussion question(s) with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources. Supported by at least three current, credible sources. Written clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style. 40 (40%) – 44 (44%) Responds to the Discussion question(s) and is reflective with critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module. At least 75% of post has exceptional depth and breadth. Supported by at least three credible sources. Written clearly and concisely with one or no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style. 35 (35%) – 39 (39%) Responds to some of the Discussion question(s). One or two criteria are not addressed or are superficially addressed. Is somewhat lacking reflection and critical analysis and synthesis. Somewhat represents knowledge gained from the course readings for the module. Post is cited with two credible sources. Written somewhat concisely; may contain more than two spelling or grammatical errors. Contains some APA formatting errors. 0 (0%) – 34 (34%) Does not respond to the Discussion question(s) adequately. Lacks depth or superficially addresses criteria. Lacks reflection and critical analysis and synthesis. Does not represent knowledge gained from the course readings for the module. Contains only one or no credible sources. Not written clearly or concisely. Contains more than two spelling or grammatical errors. Does not adhere to current APA manual writing rules and style. Main Post: Timeliness 10 (10%) – 10 (10%) Posts main post by Day 3. 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) Does not post main post by Day 3. First Response 17 (17%) – 18 (18%) Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources. Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of Learning Objectives. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are fully answered if posed. The response is effectively written in standard, edited English. 15 (15%) – 16 (16%) Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are answered if posed. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources. The response is effectively written in standard, edited English. 13 (13%) – 14 (14%) Response is on topic and may have some depth. Responses posted in the Discussion may lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered if posed. The response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited. 0 (0%) – 12 (12%) Response may not be on-topic and lacks depth. Responses posted in the Discussion lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are missing. No credible sources are cited. Second Response 16 (16%) – 17 (17%) Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources. Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of Learning Objectives. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are fully answered if posed. The response is effectively written in standard, edited English. 14 (14%) – 15 (15%) Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings. Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues. Responses to faculty questions are answered if posed. Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources. The response is effectively written in standard, edited English. 12 (12%) – 13 (13%) Response is on topic and may have some depth. Responses posted in the Discussion may lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered if posed. The response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited. 0 (0%) – 11 (11%) Response may not be on-topic and lacks depth. Responses posted in the Discussion lack effective professional communication. Responses to faculty questions are missing. No credible sources are cited. Participation 5 (5%) – 5 (5%) Meets requirements for participation by posting on three different days. 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) Does not meet requirements for participation by posting on three different days. Total Points: 100 Name: NURS_6370_Week11_Discussion_Rubric Learning Resources Required Readings (click to expand/reduce) Dickerson, P. (2017). The core curriculum for nursing professional development (5th ed.). Chicago, IL: Association for Nursing Professional Development. Chapter 20, Change Agent (pp. 230-241) Chapter 22, Leader Role in Nursing Professional Development (pp. 252262) (Previously read in Week 8) Harper, M. G., & Maloney, P. (2016). Nursing professional development scope & standards of practice (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Association for Nursing Professional Development. Standard 11: Change Management (pp. 48-49) Standard 12: Leadership (pp. 5051) Casao, L. R., & Smith, C. M. (2016). Program and project management. In C. M. Smith & M. G. Harper (Eds.), Leadership in nursing professional development: An organizational and system focus (pp. 218255). Chicago, IL: Association for Nursing Professional Development. Credit Line: Smith, C., & Harper, M. (2016). Leadership in Nursing Professional Development: An Organizational and System Focus. Used with permission of the Association for Nursing Professional Development. Clifton Strengths Finder Assessment Tool: To take the Clifton Strengths Finder Assessment, use the QSOS Student Short and Long Guide documents below and follow the instructions for setting up an account if you do not have one already. If the link does not work, please copy and paste the link into your web browser. Note: This Assessment will take roughly 30 minutes to complete. Gallup, Inc. (2019). Strengths Finder Login. Retrieved from https://walden.gallup.com/signin/default.aspx#home Document: QSOS Student Short Guide (PDF) Document: QSOS Student Long Guide (PDF) Discussion: Leadership Strengths for Change Initiatives
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