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Dashboards serve many purposes one of which is to capture and communicate performance.

• Explain the different purpose of each of the three types of performance dashboards: operational, tactical, and strategic.
• Explain the differences in terms of the users, scope, information, frequency of updates and the emphasis for each.
• Include an example of a dashboard as an appendix to your paper and include which type it is. (Remember that appendices are after the references page in APA format.)

Paper Requirements:

• Be sure to properly organize your writing and include an introductory paragraph, headings / subheadings for the body of your work, discussion recommendations, and a conclusion.
• Format your entire paper in accordance with the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA (Links to an external site.).
• Your paper should be at least 5 pages. The page count does not include the required title page and reference page, nor does the page count include any supplemental pages, should you use them, such as appendices.

Prepare your work using at least 2 references (a peer-reviewed scholarly article published in the past five years). The CSU-Global Library (Links to an external site.) is a good place to find these resources. The Library offers this Project Management Resource Guide (Links to an external site.) to assist you with research and writing.

Assignment 5: HR Project Management Final Team Report

Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

You are now ready to present to management a final report on establishing a project team and project phases needed to initiate the changes for a more centralized model of delivering HR services. Once the management team receives the report and is thoroughly briefed on the direction the project will take, you and your project team will begin work on the project.

The management team report will be a consolidation of the previous assignment papers you have written in this course PLUS a Report Overview (sort of like an executive summary) and Final Conclusion (offering importance of topics and recommendations for next steps). You may make up a fictitious company name (DO NOT use real companies) and create your own HR project team name.

Prepare a twenty-five to thirty (25-30) page paper in which you:

1. Create a minimum 2 full-page report overview (executive summary) summarizing and emphasizing the key points of the report’s contents, which are the topics from previous papers in the course. HINT:
   • https://www.clear.rice.edu/bioe451/documentation%20files/Executive%20Summary%20Example_072909.pdf
   • https://www.proposify.com/blog/executive-summary
   • https://www.template.net/business/word-templates/best-executive-summary-samples/
2. Copy and paste all content with headings from the previous course assignments minus any cover pages, running heads, introduction and conclusion sections, and reference pages. All information must be properly aligned and formatted according to APA guidelines and each page must have a page number (your choice of number location).
3. Prepare and include an original conclusion section to be placed immediately after the paper content. NOTE: Do not use any previous conclusion sections from past papers in the course. The conclusion section must take all previous papers into account.
4. Create the reference page(s) by copying and pasting ALL references from the previous 4 assignments and any new references as a result of this report. Remember, the reference page should be separate from the other text.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• All content within the paper must be set up and aligned per the requirements for an APA-style paper.
• All text font will be Times New Roman 12 pt. and spacing between all lines of information will not exceed double space.
• A cover page is required for the assignment and the student is allowed to be creative in designing their own cover page. It does not have to meet APA guidelines.
• Cover and reference pages are not counted in the minimum page count.
• All in-text citations must contain 3 parts: (1) Author or Source, (2) Year, and (3) Page or Paragraph number. This goes for direct quotes and paraphrased information.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain the elements of project management and its relationship to human resource management.
• Assess organizational strategies that contribute to effective project management of human resources.
• Determine the characteristics of a successful project plan.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations.
• Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the rubric for this assignment. 

Part 1: Leadership Reflection Essay

Assume you have been promoted within your company (or your dream company) to a top management position. In preparation for your new position, reflect on your leadership point of view and describe your leadership values. Share how your leadership approach will develop your employees to create a high performing organization (or improve it).

In a 1,000-word reflection essay, considering your leadership view, evaluate the following:

• Identify key people and events that have shaped and influenced your leadership point of view.
• Describe your leadership values.
• Share your expectations for your self and others.
• Articulate how companies can do the same to develop their employees to create high-performing organizations.
• Articulate how your personal talent development strategy (personally) and how you can become an effective leader and develop others to succeed. 

Part 2: Memo/Email

As a new top manager in your company (or your dream company), write a memo or email to your direct reports to share your expectations of yourself and others. Review “Chapter 7: Writing Emails, Letters, and Memos” from Business Writing for Everyone for assistance on formatting your memo or email. 

 Develop: Research Paper

Evaluation Title: Research Paper Draft

The first draft is designed from the outline submitted on the Unit 6 Discussion Board. Please review peer comments and feedback as you write the paper. Consider the information presented in Unit 6.

• The completed paper will be formatted in APA and include:
  • A title page in APA format
  • An abstract in APA format
  • 8-10 pages of researched content.
  • Introduction that includes: statement of the problem, definition of terms, claim statement significance of the study, thesis
  • Body of the paper that includes: background for the research, presentation and analysis of the data, discussion of the research and data
  • Conclusion statement: analytical summary, thesis reworded, recommendations
  • A Reference Page(s) in APA format
  • Provide in-text citations in APA format

Submit the draft research paper along with the draft literature review.

 MA3010 – Statistics for Health Professions SU20 B – Section D01

 Discussion 08.1: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

 For this discussion forum, refer to the Excel file Discussion 8-1 Data Set that contains information on the following:

 In the healthcare profession, you will be presented with ANOVA tables using different forms of technology (i.e. SPSS, Minitab, Excel, SAS,  etc.). An important part of the analysis is to take the results from the ANOVA and make the proper inferences from it.

 1.Identify the worksheet (tab) that matches the first letter of your LAST name (i.e., if your last name were “Fudd” you would use the data from  the “F” tab). This will be the source data you will use to answer your remaining questions for this initial post.

 2.From your ANOVA table: What is the test statistic?

 3.From your ANOVA table: What is the p-value?

 4.Assuming a level of significance at 0.05, would you reject or fail to reject your null hypothesis? Explain how you came to this conclusion  (i.e., either use the test-statistic/critical value or p-value to support your claim).

 A valuable skill in Human Resources Management is the ability to critically analyze and resolve troublesome situations. Many different aspects of unions have been presented in this course. Likely at this point you have a very good understanding of each of these different aspects, such as the pros and cons to forming unions, today’s local and global union environment, attitudes and characteristics of union leadership, and bargaining and negotiation in unionized environments. You also learned about these topics from a human resources standpoint concerning your role as a human resource professional.

It is always a good idea at the end of a course to spend some time reflecting not only on what you have learned, but what you will be able to do with the new knowledge you have gained in your personal and professional life. Theories and research are very important, but application of the theories and the research is what happens as a Human Resources professional, so you especially want to be able to take what you have learned and apply it to your role as a human resource professional.

In a reflective paper, offer a detailed explanation of how the knowledge gained in this course provided you with an understanding of the role of human resources in union environments as well as the dynamics involved in a unionized organization. What challenges do human resource managers face in dealing with a unionized organization? Be detailed and succinct in your explanation of what you have gained from the course.

Support your insights paper with a minimum of seven (7) external resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 12-15 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where applicable.

Profile of an Economist

Write a brief profile of a major economist of your choice. Do the ideas of the individual selected have implications from a policy stand point? If so, what?

The successful submission will clearly and concisely describe the economic philosophies of a major figure in the field as well as the degree to which these ideas may shape policy decisions.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
• Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing. 

Review the following scenario:

As a supervisor, you often contribute to your team’s internal blog. The blog was created over a year ago and is often used instead of meetings or email discussions. The blog has primarily been a way to connect with team members, especially those working remotely, to share important organization-wide and department news so no one would feel uninformed. From the time of its creation, the team’s blog has never had any hard and set rules about posts other than a text limit for responses.

For the past couple of months, you have seen a more negative change in the blog posts that indicate there is conflict among your diverse team members. First, there was a series of negative posts when there was a difference of opinion regarding a global project. People at the U.S. home office accused remote team members of not speaking English well enough to understand the team’s major task. Other blog posts suggested that the company should not hire people who are not fluent in English, stating it is too difficult communicating and working with them. It was clear from the tones of the posts that team members on both sides of the conflict were frustrated, impatient, and even irritated. The non-native English speakers were also starting to show less motivation to contribute to the team’s work.

In another situation, when the promotion of a younger staff member was announced on the blog, there were posts from more seasoned employees in opposition stating this newly promoted staff member came to work at inconsistent times, which they considered willful tardiness. Younger employees immediately wrote posts stating and supporting the statement that you really “can’t teach old dogs new tricks.”

Not only are you aware of these negative posts, so is your boss. So, you know you must respond.

Review this week’s academic resources and research regarding the best practices for resolving conflict on diverse teams. Then, compose two separate blog posts regarding the negative posts. The first post must address the negative blog posts from each situation. The second post should include new changes, rules, and/or recommendations regarding the use of the internal team blog. Be sure to include tips for your employees to help embrace change and remain motivated, or increase motivation if it has been affected.

Length of blog posts: 1-2 pages for each blog post, not including title and reference pages. Support your blog posts with at least three scholarly sources.

Your blog posts should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your submission should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate. 

ASSIGNMENT PREPARATION FOR WEEK 8

Your Effective Compensation Plans assignment is due next week. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the assignment instructions and scoring guide. Make sure you understand the instructions and how you will be evaluated on the assignment. Ask your faculty member about any questions you have.

This assignment is a research-based paper. You will need to conduct independent research on what constitutes effective compensation plans, ones that attract, retain, and motivate employees. Here is some helpful information to help you get started on your research:

• Access Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library or iCampus University Library Research.
• You may also use Google Scholar or government websites, such as the U.S. Small Business Administration.
• Wikipedia and personal blogs do not quality as quality resources.

You may find these resources helpful for your research:

• PayScale.
• Salary.com.
  • Be sure to check out the Data and Learn tabs.
• U.S. Small Business Administration.
  • Click on Manage Your Business.
  • Click on Hire and Manage Employees.

Performance Management

Jack Welch states: “The best performance reviews are frequent, simple, and actionable.” One tool he created for giving feedback on performance is the 3 by 3 card, as shown here. 

Imagine your manager is giving you some quick feedback on a current project. Fill out the 3 by 3 card that he or she might give to you, with three things that are going well and three areas for improvement. Post your 3 by 3 card as an image or simply by posting the two lists in the forum. 

Post your initial response by Wednesday, midnight of your timezone, and reply with ideas of actions they can take to positively impact their performance to at least 2 of your classmates’ initial posts by Sunday, midnight of your timezone.​

1 response

 RE: Week 5 DiscussionCOLLAPSE

Performance Management 

3 by 3 Card

What’s Going Well

Areas of Improvement 

There is open and clear communication 

Resources are not sufficient 

Cooperative relationships 

Diversity is not valued 

Goals are clearly defined 

Conflicts are not well-managed

 Based on the 3 by 3 card for conducting performance review as put forth by Jack Welch, three areas are going well, and three need improvement. There is open and clear communication. Open communication involves listening and giving constructive feedback (Thaning, 2020). There is a cooperative relationship in the project. Project team members are aware of the importance of working together by sharing knowledge, skills, and expertise. A sense of belonging is created, as members are relaxed, comfortable, and focused on the goals. The goals of the project are clearly defined (Thaning, 2020). Everyone in the team is aware of his or her purpose and the overall mission of the project.

 The resources available for the project are insufficient. As a result of this, it can be difficult to determine when the project will be completed on time (Haberfellner et al., 2019). All the necessary resources required at every stage of the project should be provided on time. Diversity is not valued. It is about valuing all the team members’ contributionsto a project (Haberfellner et al., 2019). The majority of the team members in the project are men. Apart from this, the project’s top leadership does not consider some employees’ creativity and ideas. Conflicts are not well-managed. While conflicts might be beneficial in some cases, they can hinder a project (Haberfellner et al., 2019). Conflicts can hinder the decision-making process of team leaders of a project.   

Haberfellner R., de Weck O., Fricke E., Vössner S. (2019). Characteristics of successful project 

management. In Systems engineering. Birkhäuser, Cham

Thaning, J. (2020). Top 10 key attributes of a successful project. Deltek. Retrieved from 

 http://www.projectdirect.se/dokument/Top10-Key-lyckat_projekt.pdf

2nd response

  RE: Week 5 DiscussionCOLLAPSE

Hello Professor and Classmates,

Imagine your manager is giving you some quick feedback on a current project. Fill out the 3 by 3 card that he or she might give to you, with three things that are going well and three areas for improvement. Post your 3 by 3 card as an image or simply by posting the two lists in the forum. 

At my job I have been put in charge of documenting the reconciliation process in our office. I have a team that I work with to help me break down the steps and put it in a reader friendly document. I believe it is going very well. I am nervous to have to be a lead in the team. If my manager was to do a card on me, I believe it would look like this:

3 What’s going well:

1. Helping others to move the project along. I am great at encouraging others and giving them training to get to the next level of the project. Jack Welch says a team lead should be always looking for their subordinates to train to be better but, they choose to be at that particular company (1).
2. Great at communicating to the others in the group of what is needed to get to the end goal. Communication is one of the most significant way of building all aspects of the team, including trust (2).
3. Finding new ways to present materials. I have always had a thing about making sure whatever I do and have to present it sticks to whom ever is reading or listening to it. The wow factor is what grabs your audience attention and keeps it. I believe if you are able to do that in every project meeting, it makes people more interested in working with you (3).

3 Areas for improvement:

1. Celebrating the small wins. I have read that Jack Welch says you should always celebrate the little wins as much as the big wins (1). I always feel that work needs to be done and if you celebrate then you will start slacking off. I need to work on this.
2. Communicating to upper management what is needed and the progress going on. I am great with working with the team but, horrible with reporting out the status of a current project I am working on. I feel like if you are completing a project and you report out that it is not complete then, it is a bad thing. So, I do have a fear of reporting out.  
3. Telling people when their idea is bad for the project and the goal. I have added things in the project because I did not want to say no.  

Tiara Collins

1. Jack Welch. (2005). Winning.
2. http://www.officecurry.com/role-of-effective-communication-in-team-building/#:~:text=Effective%20communication%20plays%20an%20important,team%20members%20complete%20their%20tasks.
3. http://www.infinitebusinesssolutions.com/2014/07/six-tips-to-add-the-wow-factor-to-your-presentations/